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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
Why does the sun burn? Why d

Why does the sun burn? Why does
moequito sting? Why do We feel
unhappy in the Good Old Summer
Time? Answer We don't. We use
DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve, and these
little ills don't bother us. Learn to
took tor the name on the box to get
the genuine. Sold by f. t. White
head q Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16

7aive save !! Spread the Salve, but
let ID be Pine salye, natures remedy
for cuts, burns, sores, etc.
E. l. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck,
Leggett's Drug Store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16

Tor boating, beIchiug,s0u stomach
bal breath ma assimilation OF food
an5 all symptoms Of indigestion, Ring
Tablets are a prompt and efficient cor
receive,
E. T. Whitehead (, Co, Scotland Neck,
Lo&-gett's Drug Store, dobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16

/ DIR. a G. Livermon spent SIN lay
night in BERTHE county visiting his sis.
ter, Mrs. Jilcot. He said he followed a
| heavy rain as he vent Sunday ard an
other cloud followed close after him,
| AID soon alter reaching his sister +
home lightning struck the house near
chimney at each end and shocked a
number of the family but injured no
one.
The Rocky Mount Record makes
following mention of Scotland Neck
people: "Misses Matte Lee and Ma
bel Cutchin, OF Scotland Neck, are Wis.,
iting at the home of their friend, Miss
Sarah Fountain. Miss Pattle Vaughan
who had been visiting her friend, NJ ISIS
Sarah Fountain, left Saturday for her
home in Scotland Neck. Miss Kath-
line Tillery and Miss Lucy Camp, OF
Scotland Neck, are visiting at the
home of their friends, Misses Florence
and Nellie Avera. Miss Helen Lamb,
of Henderson, who had been visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Thomas II. Battle, left
Tuesday for Scotland Neck to visit rel
atives. Mrs. G. Hoffman, of Scotland
Neck, came Monday for short visit to
her sister, Mrs NJ. Oppenheimer."
Don't drag along with dull, bilious,
heavy feeling. You need pill. Use
DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the fa-
nous little pills. DO not sicken Or
grippe, but results are sure. Sold by E..
7. Whitehead d Co.
Eat one of Rings Dyspepsia Tablets
after each meal and you will not suf-
fer with indigestion.
E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck,
Leggett's Drug Store, Hohgood,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
The fIenaqer;e is q Real ZOO

; filed with strange and curious beasts
from every land and cline. See the
elephants, including
"Fopsy," the Smallest in America
Trained animals that do everything
but talk.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16

We HAVE again put in a Com
piete Aine OF Collins.
N. HOFFMAN & Bro.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
70 Keep Pickles.

Use CLARK 5 No. l Cider Vinegar,
Warranted to keen pickles.
j. d. RAY & Go.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
Coming to
Scotland Neck
Tuesday August Il
A Paragon Of all Tented
Amusement Enterprises
Jones' Enormous
Consolidated Railroad
Shows

En- braclng Circus, Menagerie, Aviary,
Wild West and Frontier Exhibition,
Museum and Congress OF Wonders, ase
coming lii all their majestic beauty
and imperial splendor.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
Eng1na, Gin. Press, Pea
T'hrosher.

have for sale Old my farm, the w.
T. Whitehead place, a secondhand
Gin and Press and Pea Thresher. Mr..
T. y Minshew will show them to any
one who wishes to see them.
c. A. WHITEHEAD,
82-tt Tarboro, n c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
r he Commonwealth
2PTnIAI, ANNOUNCEMENTS

"f%C# the recent fire we have pur-
o'asad a full and complete line of
Ivdeytaker's supplies and we are pre-
r"rcd to accommodate all our custo-
mers promptly.
M. HOFFMAN & BRO.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16

Oar Uudertaker's Department is
Guj!v and thoroughly equipped with
4gW stock.
N. HOFFMAN & BRO.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
Fruit Jars.

Big line Ct 1Iason's Fruit Jars just
received J. D. RAY !, Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
FOR Sale Cheap.
For Sale
Fruit Jars.

Big lice OF Mason Fruit Jars just
received. J. d. Ray e Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
TO Keep Pickles.

rse Clark'3 No. ] Cider Vinegar.
Warranted 10 keep pickles.
J. D. RAY e Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-16
= Band of Sioux indians

a squadron OF u. S. Cavalry, company
of Indian scouts, cowboys, cowgirls.
Mexicans, lariat experts and other rep
resent atives OF wild life on the frontier,
presenting characteristic scenes of old
time days IN the Far West.
THIS is THE gEHEMOT!i OF TENTED SHOWS
and all Is to be seen under one huge
cloud canvas seating thousands ct
people, for enc price OF admlssion.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
CANAL BENEFITS.

What a Chesapeake and Delaware ship
canal might do is surprising. II II were
possible to turn into a ship channel the
existing shallow canal. which connects the
Elk river. and consequently CHESAPEAKE
bay, with the Delaware Baltimore would
gain sixteen and one-half hours In the
steam trip 10 Liverpool. Maryland and
West Virginia soal would gain a much
shorter route 10 New England. Balti-
more would be made the nearest point for
the trans-shipment OF Western grain 10
Europe. II would be rather nearer to the
mouth OF the Delaware bay than Phila-
delphia is, and the city OF Brotherly
Love would consequently become quite
unnecessary to the world. The canal
would help 70 protect Baltimore and
Washington from naval attack. 1t would
complete the system OF internal water
ways from Narragansett bay to Beaufort,
n. C. And all this by only twenty miles
of digging, absolutely at sea lvel-New
York Mail
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14

lean must go together In the face Of the plain
and authoritative court decision the railway cor
poration prepared with brazen deliberaton TO
defy it,
large force of special constables was en-
ployed and uniformed TO closely resemble
regular policemen and explicit and emphatic orders
given to collect the double fare at all hazards
The disgraceful rioting Sunday followed
and il continued yesterday, only in less aggra-
waited form until last night when the law defyng
corporation seemingly surrendered. This surrender
however appears TO be but temporary since Col
Roberts counsel for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
company, later declared with amazing brutality that
the company has the right to eject from the cars
those who refuse to pay the double fare by force and
go the extent OF killing them necessary
This affair is OF interest here in that il recalls
similar defiance OF law by the local traction COM
pany. The general assembly passed an act fixing
ten hours the limit OF days labor for employees
OF the street railway companies The first an
nouncement by the general manager of the Rhode
Island company that the law would be obeyed
Evidently he spoke wthctIt the authority of
those higher up tor shortly before the day on which
the law became operative the traction COM
pany impudently announced that il would refuse
10 observe it,
And it did violate the law openly and fagranty
The result OF that violation still fresh in the public
mind, II precipitated strike that continued for
five weeks, during which Braytonized government
placed at the companyS disposal the military forces
OF the state, imposing upon the taxpayers
pense absolutely without warrant or justification
AT that time the state was fortunate in having
in its service attorney general who neither
creature OF the railway corporation nor tool OF
Braytonism. He took the case before grand jury
and secured the indictment of the railway corpora
tion for its lawlessness.
But if the attorney general was not subservient
to Braytonisnl, the legislature was, and it emascul-
lated the ten-hour law at Brayton's bidding, thus
rendering the punishment of the aw-breaking rail
road corporation impossible.
Today that law remains in the statutes, a mere
mockery and standing proof of the ease with which
law-defyng corporations can escape chastsement
for their lawlessness so long corrupt Brayton-
ism exercises its sinister control the governing
and law-making functions of the state.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
AN HONORABLE RECORD.

A man who has been in office himself
almost continuously since 1856. has been
twice speaker OF the Illinois Legislature,
a member OF the National House OF Rep
resentatives for three terms. Governor OF
Illinois twice, has been elected United
state Senator four times and for more
than thirty years has been the most
distinguished delegate from Illinois at
Republican national conventions and
during all the period OF his political zeal
has passed for an oracle and lived on
his salary. is the kind OF man whose
personality counts for a good deal when
an apprentice at the trade OF politics
undertakes TO retire him TO private life
Shelby Moore Cullom may not oulk
large as a statesman. but he occupies an
honorable place in the gallery OF con-
temporary Senators, has filled places
of responsibility in the Senate with
credit, and when the occasion calls for IL
exhibits an independence OF thought and
action which more demonstrative MEM
bers OF that body would do we'll 10 en-
ulate.-New York Sun.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
Matters of Interest
To WOmankind in General
THE SICK ROOM.

Keep bottles as far as possible out of
sight.
Never leave medicine. drink or food un-
covered I'm the sick ROOM
Have the bed foot or two from tho
wall
Plenty OF ventilation. but no air blow
ing directly on the patient.
Everything fresh and clean. with the
purest of soap and plenty OF warm water.
Each individual disease requires a pc
cular diet of its own.
Tobacco should never be used in the
sick room.
Use kindness, but hrmness, toward the
patient.
To assuage thirst and cure feverish-
ness, apple tea Is n notable sick drink.
IL is made by sicing up raw apples into
n jug. filling up the jug with boiling water
as In tea making, then sweetening TO
taste. When cold this apple tea will be
found pleasngly tart and refreshing.
Nowadays doctors forbid gouty patients
TO eat any kind OF sweet food, but recon-
mend them to eat at least a dozen wal
nuts a day. There is nc doubt that wal
nuts are most useful In chronic rheuma-
tism., Swelling goes down and pain de-
creases.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
SARATOGA REDEEMED.

The public gambling houses at Sara
toga have been closed by Gov. Hig-
gins order.
Now they should be kept closed. not
only during this season but once and
for all time.
Their proprietors and some other
persons with local interests declared
that the closing OF these places would
injure the popularity OF the pretty re-
sort and affect Its prosperity.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. Three summers ago the an
nouncement made before the racing be-
gan that the gambling laws would
be enforced elected similar predic-
tions OF disaster. The law, neverthe-
less, was strictly enforced. and sara
toga enjoyed the most prosperous sea-
son IL had ever known.
The class Of visitors that cannot find
enough excitement in betting at the
race track in the afternoon but must
have opportunity TO gamble all night
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
NEEDLEWORKERS' WAGES

, The apprentice in dressmaking has TO
work six months for nothing or perhaps
a mere pittance as errand girl Then
she starts on Innings at 81 per week. Next.
she does over-sewng and finishing at s6.
Trimmers on skirts or waists receive $l2
TO sl4 per week. and filters from sl4 TO SIS.
A small establishment is considered better
than a large one for learning the trade,
as more personal attention Is given ap-
prentices and there is quicker advance
ment. Any woman who sews neatly by
hand or does fine embroidery along popu-
lar lines can secure a position I'm shop
without difficulty and the fall rush In
dressmaklng opens up Sept. I.
girl with the shopping gift can usu-
ally secure a position with a dressmaker
as shopper. Her first duties consist Of
matching thread, buttons. Innings. etc,
and later she is intrusted with trimmings
laces, etc. She starts at 81 per week
spends most OF her time In stores and
usually becomes a professional shopper
Operators In suit and waist factories do
piecework principally. and as rule make
sl2 per week. Finishers, who sew. on but
tons. etc, receive no more than 81 per
week
In underwear factories, girls start the
trade by running ribbon through beading
ironing. running buttonhole machines and
gradually learn TO sew on insertion. tuck
ing, etc. They quickly work up to So per
week. An expert In underwear makes $12
or sl4 per week.-Anna Steese Richardson
in Woman's Home Companion for August.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
LIKE TWO
BONCH DA BANAN.

Giuseppe da barber ees catcha da wife!
O. may. but weell laugh wen you see
wo't he gat.
She gatta da face ees so sharp like da
knife
lie say lees no styleesh for face to be
fat"
Her fingers so skeenny. ees notheeng but
bone:
You fraid dey weel bust wen you go
TO shak ham.
lie say: Oats a sign she ees veera high
tone.
She no gatta hans like two bonch da
banan'."
Ha. wat you theenk dat
For talk cen his hat?
W.T. good eesa wife eef she donta be fat?
Giuseppe he tai me ] no ondrastan'
Da Merican lady so gooda like heem:
lie tai me hees wife ees da swell 'Meri-
can"
An looka so "styleesh" baycause she
ees ''sleem."
tai heem da "styleesh" notta so good
For keepa da house an for helpin' her
mooch
To nursa da house an carry da wood.
He say: II no care eef she nevva do
sooch"
Ha wat you theenk dat
For talk cen his hat?
W.T. good eesa wife eef she don'ta be fat?
It A. DAILY I'm Catholic STANDARD.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
TATOOING UNPOPULAR.

Enlisted men in the navy have insti-
tuted a move to do away with tattoo
marking which was formerly so popular
with sailors Since the conviction of
Brooklyn man through the efforts OF offl-
GERS OF the Humane society for mutilating
the arms Of young boy by decorating
them with India ink. design tattooers
have shown unwilingness to embelllsh
the bodies OF men who are not known
to be OF age, and as few adults care TO
have their bodies decorated, the practice
may soon become n thing or the past.
The following description OF DESERT
er from the navy shows 10 what extreme
some men have gone in decorations which
cannot be removed: "Tottoo marks on
chest. shoulders and arms and back. viz :
Eagle. ship. woman. flag. sailor. cards,
clasped hands. flag and flowers" Tattoo
marks are a ready means OF identification
of deserters
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
RAILROAD DRAIN ON THE FORESTS

Results Of the inquiry by the department of agrcu-
ture into the extent of the consumption OF lumber
form OF crosstes by the railroads really startling
II has been found that during the steam
railroads OF the country an
OF 1000, 100000 feet OF lumber.
When IL Is remembered that this vast total does not
include the large and steadily increasing by
the electric railways the prubfem
be realized The railways fully gravity
OF the situation though the
that which causes anxiety the public
least that part OF that give attention subjects
The railroads are concerned "a the supply
only while the public Is considering
OF 100000 OF woodland demand of the
railroads 1t II probable the Pennsylvania
consider the forestry of the problem wholly
matter of the supply of ties when IL the planting
OF
meet the future needs OF that particular railroad
that II would require the planting or 100000
i5a square miles of land-aowng 400 the
and thirty years for growth
required size.
II may be that ultimately the question will have to
settled by recourse to substitutes for wooden
present such substitutes OF metal
only the experimental stage Some other railroads
followed the example of the Pennsylvania
planting but a scale small be inhnitesmal in
comparison with OF
i10,000000 ties
Present efforts therefore being directed toward
better methods Of seasoning ties. accuracy in
spacing and generally toward such improved practices
will give the greatest service and a minimum wear
and tear.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
THE ICE CONSPIRACY.

Ice trust officials attribute present
conditions to the mild weather last
winter fhey are contradicted by the
reports from Maine that the trust could
Nadily have quadrupled its supply
there. They are contradicted by the
filled ice houses OF the few independent
dealers on the upper Hudson.
AS. n matter of truth, the trust over
reached itself this year. 1t costs about
90 cents a hundred to cut, store. trans
port and deliver the ice in this city.
including In this cost the wastage At
25 cents a hundred, the price In 1898
and 1899. the trust would make only
25 per cent. profit. At 30 cents per
hundred, its price I'm 1904 and 1905. the
profit was 30 per cent. BY cutting less
ice last winter the trust saved not only
on its cost OF production. but was en-
abled to raise the price to 40 cents, or
reap 100 per cent. profit.
II these acts are not criminal Mr.
Jerome should go over to Philadelphia
and assist the counsel for the II In
dicted ice officials there to convinced
the Philadelphia court that they wereI
guilty not OF criminal acts but only on
moral obliquity.--New York World.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
MONEY IN RAILROADS.

The 10000 miles OF main track OF the
railways OF the United States represent
property TO the extent Of $4,000, 100000, or
as much as the total value OF all the
property in the country In 1850 the year
OF Lincoln's election. Their income or
over 81 600, 600. 600 year is very nearly four
times the annual revenue OF the United
States government. The number OF men
on their rolls is l.j00.o00 an army as great
as the combined .SToe- that Oyama and
Linevitch had In Manchurla at the time
Of the peace of Portsmouth. The rail-
roads are vast interest. Anything which
would hamper Thorn IN their legitimate
activities would deaf n hard blow 20 every
important Industry in the country.--Les-
lies Weekly
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
A SCANDALOUS CRIME

The light that is shed the lootng OF the
Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chicago the more It
to have been OF the scandaousy criminal
proceedings on record Outwardly this institution
dignned reputable and apparently stable Inwardly
a den Of thieves and rotten to the
IL reports not exaggerated the safe deposit
boxes OF citizens rihed OF their
OF the bank which really the savings
squandered debauchery and riotous living gambling
or horse races and in other llegitimate
The robbery continuous as IL deliberate
paying teller taken his life
disgrace for which 1t claimed n
responsible.
The chief rascal the president Of the institution
fugitive with how much of the stolen
is able to tell to His who is implicated
the shameless robbery he believes his father
committed suicide.
Perhaps he has but II isn't probable II he has any
considerable amount OF with him he will probably
alive long enough II similar dissipations
those of the poor people
entrusted his keeping
Men conscienceless Stensland has shown himself
to be do not kill themselves through They
hardened for that only when gratifying
earth OF their repelant encumbrance
The utter depravity of this Is beyond adequate
expression. There penalty would
properly his Should he doomed spend
remainder his worthless life In prison the he
stole from the he replaced the
wrong did be enaced.
1t would perhaps, he satisfaction 10 know he had
caught and confined hard labor for longer
than no could possibly live, for that least would
warning 20 others who pose bankers but AZ
heart and by habit just common and vulgar thieves.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
VINDICATING BRYAN.

The extent to which the Republican
president and his party have made off
with the once houted and bitterly
fought ideas OF Mr.. Bryan is nothing
short of amazing. Who could have
thought, much less predicted this, In
those bitter days of 1896, when the
wealth of the nation was being poured
into the Republican campaign chest to
save the country" from the utterly
wanton and wicked ideas OF this west
ern populist?" Even New England
railroad corporations were giving their
$50. 900 to defeat Mr.. Bryan, let alone
the insurance companies, banks and all
used the funds committed to their
Keeping and have not yet been brought
to book for 1T. When this golden flood
OF millions OF dollars was flowing into
the hands of Mark Hanna, the discred-
tied Democracy was attempting to
raise money for the campaign by the
pitful expedient Of dollar contribu-
tions
The great captains of industry were
no doubt amused thereat-it was so
small and inadequate a resource. But
see what the years has brought about
The Republican congressional com
mittee has been forced by the power
Of public sentiment TO resort to the
despised method employed by their OPP
ponents in 1896, when the Democratic
congressional committee collected dol
lar subscriptions from 10000 people.
James NJ. Griggs OF Georgia, chairman
OF the Democratic congressional COM
mittee. will also appeal for dollar sub
scriptions In 1905. Again behold what
10 years have done in vindication Of
Mr. Bryan springfield Republican.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
A LONDON NOVELTY.

The season has brought forward a
novelty in London, which is consid-
jewelry. The new toy. called
"malsette." is described as looking
like lorgnon, and is made OF tor
toise she'll or gold studded with
jewels. In place of the eye g1ayses
which In a lorgnon folds into the
handle, there is slip OF dark green
silk drawn on a bar OF gold or tor
toise shell. This is for use in shad
ing the eyes from the glare OF the sun
at the races, on yacht or anywhere
out of doors.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
THE CARE OF PUSSY.

A certain woman makes much money
by taking cats to board At this writ
ing she has ten cats. She receives 75
cents week for each cat, and her only
expense is for meat and milk. When
she began keeping cat boarders she
had a run of wire netting built out
from a kitchen window at cost of
two or three dollars, in order that the
felines can air and exercise without
getting lost, strayed or stolen. This Is
getting to be quite an Industry, and
to those fond of cats is an easy method
Of earning money. The cats can lie
got at the animal rescue leagues. Peo-
pie owning pet cats and desiring 10
board them for any length OF time
apply at the leagues and those people
wishing to take cats leave their ad-
dresses there.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-14
THE DRUG CLERK.

In the old days the drug clerk spent
his spare moments in pounding leaves
and barks for the production of tinctures
and extracts that are now supplied by
wholesale manufacturer. When he had
nothing else To do he made ointment and
rolled pills The mortar and pestle were
the universal sign of the trade. But the
diverse modern activities Of the pharma-
cist more than compensate for the earlier
details OF toll IL is still n time honored
practical Jest TO ask the apprentice TO
powder 10 pounds OF camphor I'm a mortar.
After sweating at his task for an hour
or two he learns that camphor won't pow
der though II is readily soluble In alco-
hol.-NeM York tribune.