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The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Pointed Paragraphs.

An obligation Of any sort IS mort
gage upon your time.
Most people manufacture their own
luck-be it good or bad.
He who waits for something to turn
up is likely to turn up IN the aims
house.
Whoever gets blue over mere trls1es
is spt to paint things red to get ovei
it.
A girl isn't an old maid until she
begins to worry for fear sh IL never
get married.
A man isn't an old batchelor until
he begins to fear some woman VIII
marry him.
The more business ability man
possesses the harder it is for him te
whistle popular air correctly
| Possibly Solenlon's wisdom may
! have been acquired by association
with his. numerous r,othcrs-in-law.
Once there was a poor man who at
tended strictly to his own business
| and today he is rich and happy.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Temperance Notes.

A moderate drinker is worth more
to the devil tEan is a drunkard.-
American Issue.
TIE saloon is 4 parasite-it feeds
upon prosperity, but it never produces
1.-THE Los Angeles Searchlight.
The expenditure for intoxicating
drinks of the Australian colonies for
last year was f14,5OO,OOO, according to
Joseph Cook, NJ. III. r. Thi; may ac-
count for the large number of the u1r
employed in these regions.
President Benton, OF Miami Univer.
sity. Oxford, Ohio, declared that NO
license would mean 100 new students
to that institution next fall, and the
city thereupon voted for prohibition by
cighty-five majority.
Robert Fl. Magwood superintendent
of the temperance department of the
Massa chusetts Christian Endeavor
Union, is making n campaign against
the Boston department stores that, sell
whisky.
There are $4,000 liquor shops in
| Paris.
Tie Order of Sons of Temperance
= England, achieved. i'll The past year, an
J increase of 5093 adult members.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Are Bound to Abstain.

A very large number of the wage
earners in America by the terms or
their contracts with their employers
are bound to abstain from lntoXlcants.
keep out Of saloons and lead lives OF
TEMPERANCE and sObriety. This num-
her is Increasing annually as corpora
tiors realize the danger involved in
committing important tasks to men
with fuddled minds. Competition car
ries on a temperance crusade OF Its
own. for the drinking man learns that
lie is not as valuable 10 his employer
as his non-drinking shopmate. When
the time comes to lay off portion OF
the working force the total abstainer
is not the first to go. His work may be
done no better than that OF others, but
he is more dependable and thus more
valuable to his employer.
Public drunkenness is comparatively
rare in all the cities of America to-day
among all classes of society. James
Dalrymple, of Glasgow, speaking OF
his recent trip to this country, men,
toned the absence of drunken men
from the streets of Chicago as some
thing that attracted his attention and
reused his admiration throughout his
stay here. The spectacle of a drunken
worlSinc,nan is one rarely presented in
any community nowadays. 1t is not
necessary to bark back to pre-Revolu-
tionary times to find a time when diff
ferent conditions prevailed.-New York
Sun.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Reflections Of a Bachelor.

Prosperity has much the same effect
on man as gas has on balloon;
too much Of it will result in an ex-
plosion.
When a man reaches his second
childhood he has no hair and no teeth
and if single, has no more sense
than to want a wife.
It is easier to talk about ruling
mankind with love than it is to do it.
A stunning-looking girl isn't neces-
sarily shocking.
Many woman s hair is not as gol-
den as it plated.
Every man thinks his wife has the
best husband in the world.
A New York millionaire who began
his career a clerk in cigar store
about forty years ago boasts OF hav'
inc risen from the ranks.
Their. are too many divisions of tn,
| Christian army where all those wht
| are not commanding officers are re
tired colonels on half-pay.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Use Potash and Lime.

Nearly all Of the soils of the South
will be benefited by the use of lime,
and especially those on which potash
is literally used, as it seems evident
from the analysis OF many Southern
soils that there is no. enough Of that
element present to enable potash to
give its most satisfactory results. The
principal crops grown in the South
and the kind and amount OF ferti!-
izer best adapted to their use follows
Corn sorghum and the coarse fodder
and grain growing cereals: Cottor
seed meal 800 pounds, nitrate OF soda
$50 pounds, acid phosphate $50 pounds
and muriate of potash ten pounds. Ust
at the rate of 800 to 500 pounds t
the acre.
For wheat and other small grain
bearing cereals use the same mixture
but at the rate of $50 to $50 pounds.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

Cures rheumatism and Catarrh- Medicine
Sent Free.
These two diseases are the result of an
awful poisoned condition of the blood. If
you have aching joints and back, shoulder
blades, bone pains, crippled hands, legs or
feet, swollen muscles, shifting, sharp,
biting pains, and that tired. discouraged
feeling of rheumatism, or the hawking
splitting, blurred eyesight, deafness sick
stomach, headache, noises in the head, mu-
cous throat discharges, decaying teeth,
bad breath, belching gas of catarrh. take
Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. 1t kills the
poison in the blood which causes these awful
symptoms, giving a pure, healthy blood
supply to the joints and mucous mem
branes, and makes perfect cure Of tbs
worst rheumatism foulest catarrh.
Cures where all else fails. Blood Balm
(B. B. b. is composed OF pure Botanic in
gradients, good for weak kidneys. I'M
proves the digestion, cures dyspepsia. A
perfect tonic for old folks by giving them
| new, rich, pure blood. Thoroughly tested
for thirty years. Druggists, u per large
| bottle, with complete directions for home
cure. Sample free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and special free medical advice
| sent in sealed letter.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Feeding Roasting Ear Corn.

Corn is often fed to cattle when go
ing out of the roasting ear stage with
fairly good results. In Investigations
made several years ago when compai-
ing corn on a water free basis, that
which was not well matpred gave
about as good results per poilnd of dry
matter as that fully matured. In some
sections Of the South it is not an un-
common practice to feed corn when
passing out OF the roasting ear stage
to cattle and other classes Of stock with
surprising. Where grass is abundant
it is not necessary that grass be fed III
any considerab BILE quantities until later.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

Every mother possesses Information
which is of vital interest to her young
daus liter.
Too often this is never impaired or is
withheld until serious harm has result
ed to the growing girl through her
ignorance of natures mysterious and
wonderful laws and penalties.
Girls over-sensitivenoss and modesty
often puzzle their mothers and bafhe
physicians, as they SO often withhold
their confidence from their mothers
and conceal the symptoms which ought
to be told to their physician at this
critical period.
When q girls thoughts become slug
0ish. with headache. dizziness or dis
position to sleep, pains in back or lower
limbs, ewes dim. desire for solitude;
when she is 8 mystery to herself and
friends, her mother should come to her
aid, and remember that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetabl Compound will at
this time prepare the system for the
coming change. md start the menstrual
period in a young girls life without
pain or Irregularities.
Hundreds of letters from young girls
and from mothers, expressing their
gratitude for what Lydia E. PinlShan' S
Vegetable Compound has accomplished
for them, have been received by the
Lydia E. Pinkhan Medicine Co., at
Lynn, Mass.
Miss Mills has written the two fol
lowing letters to Mrs. Pinkham, which
will be read with interest:
Dear Mrs Pinhham:- First Letter.]
''Iam bat Il ifg zen years of age, am depressed
have dizzy spells, chilis, hes iache and back
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Fancy Cookery For Christmas Gifts

What would Christmas be without
the traditional dinner with the good
old-fashioned plum pudding and the
numerous other seasonable danties
But some thing new in this line is the
practice coming into favor, Of includ-
ing various forms of cookery among
ones Christmas gifts. In the Decem-
ber Delineator there is suggestive
chapter in ''The Making of House.
wife," by Isabel Gordon Curtis, Civ
ing many useful hints to this pur-
pose. "Suggestions for Child IS
Christmas Party" ''Various Plum
Puddings and Harmonious Sauces.
and "Quaint Little Cakes for Holiday
Occasions prove to be useful, as
well as something new to add to one S
menus, and "Home-Made Holiday
Beverages" and ''Table Decorations
for Children's Christmas PARTIES
close this very valuable department
Of the magazine.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Sugar BE- ets For Hogs.

H. G.. NJ, Rome. Gal am raising a
larger amount of hogs than formerly.
In connection with other feed for them
I have raised one-half ton OF white
sugar beets. Please tell me the most
economical and profitable way to feed
them. whether cooked or uncooked,
and. if cooked, what other ingredients
to mix with them?
Answer-Mix the sliced, or boiled
and mashed. sugar beets with corn
meal at the rate of six to eight pounds
of beets to one pound of corn meal.
If you have root slicer use it and
feed the beets raw with the meal, it
the hogs will eat them. Cooking does
not add to their value. One pound OF
corn meal is equal i'll feeding value
to about six pounds Of first-rate sugar
bects.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Sowing Rye.

Rye is crop that grows on poor
land and it does good work in the way
of holding plant food that might leach
away during the winter months, and
it is also effective in keeping the soil
from washing away when the heavy
winter rains come on. Rye is not
only good crop in the way Of looking
after the physical condition of the
Soil, but it is one of the best grazing
crops that we have for winter and
spring months. We are putting our
rye in as convenient at this season Of
the year. Our practice is to use the
disk harrow so as to break up the top
of the soil, thereby making a good
seed bed. and then seed this land to
rye about the rate of one bushel per
acre. AS rule we have the rye to
follow corn. After the corn is either
shocked CT put into the silo, we gec
| the land in condition and seed the rye.
| We have few lots, however. that
go to rye for the grazing of our hogs
| i'll winter. About an acre lot IVES
seeded the first of August and then
| three or four lots will follow so as
| to have an abundance OF green grazing
for the large ard small pigs. Rye
! can be pastured. or it can be left
| standing until it gets TO be a foot, or
even two feet, above the ground,
when it can be moved and every day
! a small quantity given TO the work
stock or cattle or hogs. This method OF
handling rye crops is known as soil.
ing, and it has many friends who pre-
fer to cut the rye and haul it to the
barn, where it is fed rather than have
it grazed from the field. Still it makes
no difference as to the method of using
the crop. Every farmer should have
his rye field for furnishing green food
during the winter months and spring.
when no other kind is available. l
find for our work rye an invaluable
aid. and we could not think Of farming
without having fifteen or twenty acres
each year for this purpose. Whoever
tries this system becomes friend to
it, and finds it helpful and a good
means of carrying on the work and
) providing an abundance of food fol-
} all classes of farm animals, and we
should also bear in mind that live
stock farming is profitable only with
, an abundance of good food.-C. w
Barkett, in the Progressive Farmer.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
SOUTHERN :: FARM : NOTES.
d=D@d=b
s7ocxMH TRUCK c9cwEH
Cotton. Cotton seed

Cotton: Cotton seed meal 2oV
pounds. high grade acid phosphate
400 pounds and muriate Of potash 100
pounds. Use at the rate of 300 to ooO
pounds per acre.
Potatoes: High grade acid phosphate
$50 pounds, m,1riate of potash loO
pounds. Use at the rate OF 400 to 6Oc
pounds per acre.
Liberal applications of complete
fertilizer should be made on all gar
den and truck crops and on orchards.
Use a fertilizer at the rate Of 400 to
600 pounds composed OF a mixture CT
500 pounds OF cotton seed meal, oOO
pounds of acid phosphate and 4OO
pounds OF muriate Of potash.-Profes-
sor Soule.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Black Rust of Cotton. .

The North Carolina Department OF
Agriculture has since September L
received numerous samples of diseased
cotton bolls. showing blackened sur
face and in many cases having the i'm
mature lint exposed and rotten.
These diseased bolls show the pres
ence OF the spores or reproductive
parts of a parasitic fungus-Colleto-
trichium gossipyium. The fungus
seems to be spreading i'll North Caro-
lima and already does very serious
damage. The estimated damage now
caused is about one-half the normal
yield on the infected areas.
The spores or so-called seeds of the
fungus live over winter in the dis"
eased bolls and stalks Of the proceed
ing crop usually left in the field. The
spores undoubtedly live upon the seed
stored in barns and cotton gins. When
this seed is planted or when infected
seed is planted upon infected soil the
fungus starts growth along with the
seed and grows up through the young
plants. eventually coming to the sur
face of the stalks and forming black
patches on stalk and boil. Great dam
age is done to the growing crop by
the threads Of this fungus choking
the sap vessels Of the leaf-stalks,
thereby causing the leaves to fall Off.
When young bolls are seriously infect
ed they stop growth. open and expose
tie immature lint which soon rots.
The only practical remedy for this
disease is to rotate crops so that cot
ton will not come upon the same land
oftener than once in three years.
Seed cotton should never be taken
from the piles at gin houses. The seed
should always be carefully selected
from healthy and prolific plants in tho
field Such selection, together with a
proper rotation, will prevent the loss
now caused by the disease and will al
| the same time improve the strain and
| increase the yield of the crop.
The use Of fungicidal sprays upon
| cotton is not recommended.-Ger erald
| Mccarthy, Biologist n. c. Dept. Agri
! culture.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
COX OF WATERS FREE-NO DRUGS
-cURES BY ABSORPTION.

Nufc" DeIcntnE OF esas -Ead Breath anu
Bad Stomach - Shnrt BREATH
Bloating-Sour Eructa.Ions
-1rregular Heart, Etc.
Take a Mulls Wafer any tir,e of the dav
or night. and note the INN, ediate good ef-
feet On your stomach. Tt ahsorbs the gas,
disinfects the stomach. kills the poison
germs ard cures the disease Catarrh Of
the head and throat unwholesome food
and overeating make bad stomachs
Scarcely any stomach is entirely free from
taint Of some kind. Mulls Anti-Be:ch
Waters will make your stomach healthy
Nv absorbing foul gases which arise from
the ,,ndigested food and by reinforcing
the lining of the stomach. enabling it to
thorough mix the food with the gastric
juices. This cures stomach trouble, pro-
notes digestion. sweetens the breath, stops
helching and fermentation. Heart action
becomes strong and regular through This
process.
Discard drugs as you know from expert.
ence they do not cure stomach trouble
| Try a common-sense fNature's) method
| that does cure. A soothing healing sen
| sats"n results instantly
| We know Mulis Anti Belch Waters vii
do this. and we want YOU to know it.
| SPECIAL. OFFER.-The regular price o.
Mulls Anti-Belch Wsfers is Soc a box, bu
to introduce it to thousands Of sufferer
we will send two (2) boxes upon receipt 0
75c. and this advertisement. or we viii
send you sample free for this coupon.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
So. 46.
4 "John" Administration.

Governor Hoch is giving Kansas q
"John" administration. That is the
first name of the bank commissioner,
live stock commissioner, state grain
inspector, secretary of tho board Of
control, regent of the agricultural
college, state agent at Washington,
member of the Hutchison reforma-
tory board, one member Of the
grain commission, assistant state
grain inspector. state architect and
the governors private secretary
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

There Is a fine opportunity in this vicin-
~ to take orders for the celebrated White
Bronzo monuments. hsadstones, grave
covers, etc. made by The Monumental
Eronze Company, 392 Howard Ave., Bridge
Jaor., Conn. 1t is good, legitimate busi-
ncss, aud they offer very liberal Inducements.
Someoue should write them tor the agency.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
A Trite Reply.

A girl in Gaylord, Kan, was told by
one OF her admirers that, if she didn't
marry him, he'd get rope and hang
himself right in front OF her house.
ooh, please don't do it. DEAR she said.
@.you know father doesn't want you
hanging around here
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Beware Of Oint.neuta For Cssa-ri Tha.
Contain Mercury.

Beware Of Oint.neuta For Css1-ra Thas
Contain Mercury.
.smercury will sursly destroy ths senss o,
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except ON prescriptions from reputable pny-
sicians, as the damage they will do Is ten foid
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrl Cure, manufactured
by F. ]. Cheney Il Co., Toledo. o., contains
no mercury, and Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surface'
ofthesystem. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally, and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F.
]. Cheney Z Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family PILLS for constipation
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
A Rig Sounder.

One invention sometimes makes an
other necessary. a gramophone which
car be heard a distance of three miles
is the latest Now, what is needed is
n sound deadener with a three-mi.e
range. to smother tie noise of the
SramopEole.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

the doctors decided I cohld not live.
Ally wife got me using Doan's Kidney
Fills. and as they helped me so took
heart. kept on and was cured SO thor
oughIy thatI've been well three years" !"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box
Foster Milburn Co.. Buns'o, y. \.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Pointed Paragraphs.

Occasionally You meet a man who
boasts of his failures.
1t would be strange if The company
a man keeps didn't know him.
A woman's smile IS more dangerous
chan her frown
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
Lydia E. aEham's Vegetable Compound Si~ wonen Well
NO PEACE IN A SUIT.

81 see the Car is about to sue for
peace?" remarked the citizen with the
latest edition.
"Well. that seems a queer thing to
sue for" responded the citizen Wno
had just been up at the courthouse
watching the lawyers wransie.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy OF Sweet Cum
and Mullen is Natures great remedy Cures
Coughs. Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. At drug
g:sts, 25c., zoe. and S1c0 per bottle.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

Piso's Cure for Consumptionis is an infallibss
medicine for coughs and coida.--N. W,
SAMUEL, OceanGrove. N. j.. feo. II, 1870,
There are only three national holidays
in Japan.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

my back acnedEnO
Twas so run down
that l was laid up
four months. I
had night sweats
and fainting spells
and dropped to 90
pounds. The urine
passed every few
minutes with in
tense pain ard
looked like blood.
DrOpsy set in and
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

acbe. and as have heard that you can give
helpf,1I advice to girls in my condition, am
writing you. Myrtle Mills. Oquawka, ILL.,
Dear Mrs Pinkham:- (Second letter.
ut is with the feeling OF utmost gratitude
that I write to you te tell you what your
valuable medicine has done for me When !
wrote you I'm regard to my condition had
consulted several doctors. but they tailed 20
understand my case and ! did not receive
any benefit from their treatment. I followed
vour advice, and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and am now healthy
and well, and all the distressing symptoms
which had at that time have disappeared. y
Myrtle Mills. Oquawka. Ill
Miss Matilda Borman writes Mrs.
Pinkham as follows:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
"Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vess-
lar and painful, and I always had such
dreadful headaches.
but since taking the Compound my head
aches have entirely left me, my monthlies are
regular, and am getting strong and we'll. L
am ling all my girl friend; what Lydia E.
Pinkhsms Vegetable Compound has done for
me. matilda Borman, Pennington, Iowa.
If you know of any young girl who
| is sick and needs motherly advice, ask
her to address Mrs. Pinl1ham at Lynn.
Mass, and tell her every detail OF her
symptoms, and to keep nothing back.
She will receive advice absolutely free,
from a source that has no rival in the
experience OF woman S ills. and it will. it
followed. PIT her Oh the right road to a
strong, healthy and happy womanhood.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pou.d holds the record for the greatest
number of cures of female ills of any
medicine that the world has ever
known. Why don you try it'
nannhnd Makes Sie1- lHInnen Wefl.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

FITSpernanentlyc cured. No fits Or nervous
ness after first day use of DIR. hline's Great
NerveRestorer, s2trial bottleand treatise free
DIR. II. KLINE. Ltd, SCI Arch St. Phila. Pa
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
onlv llvino Model

Harry X. Devereux of Cleveland Is
the only living model of the three who
posed for the famous painting, yam
kee Doodle" portrayed by Willard.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, ,softens thegums ,redu ces infiamma-
t1ou. .aiIavs pain cures wind collie &c a bottle
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

French Gu.ch, Cal. has no jail OF city
y.rISoU
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

1t Is very exciting to kiss a girl be-
ore you get ready.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

Gladstone cut down trees, :ode and
walked
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

Nearly 200 Indians are working on
the grade of the South AID Western
railroad.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

F: Won 't--power is a mighty poor kind
Of will-power.
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

Alittle sin will let lot Of strength
ont of the heart. So. 46
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
CAPT. GRAHAM'S CURE
Seros ON Face and Bzck-Tried Many
Doctors Without Success-Cives
Thanks to Cu:icura.

Captain W. S. Graham, l3ol Eof ST.,
Wheeling. w. Va, writing under date of
June IA, 'O4, says: Il ain Sc grateful want
to thank God that friend recommended
Cuticura Soap and Ointment to me. l
suffered for long time with sores on my
face and back. Some doctors said 1 had
blood poison, and others that 1 had bar
bers' itch. None of them did me any good,
but they all took my money. My friends
tell me my skin now looks as clear as a
baby's, and l tell them all that Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment did it"
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16
RAISED FROM A DEATH-8ED.
11r. Pitts, Once Pronounced 1ncurabAo
Has Been Well Three Years.

f. E. Pitts. GO Hathaway St, Skow-
began, Me-, says: ''Seven years ago
The commonwealth., 1905-11-16

CATARRH is The mother Of CONSUMPTION.
Our CARBOLATE OF IODINE POCKET
INHALER is guaranteed cure: Price Sl.0o.
w, n. SNtTA D. Co..
OF Buffalo. n. T.. Sole Manufacturers and Props.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-10

Greece and the Ionian islands produce
more emery than any other country on
the globe.