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terest is much interrupted with arguments
for and against the peoples bill" which
are not of vital interest to the average
reader. II was a tumultuous rather than
a picturesque period. and though there
is much blowing OF stage horns and many
stops are made at real Stanley Weyman inns
and many riots and speeches are described,
the interest flags before the long tale is
brought to a happy ending.
Mr.. Weyman is a skilful craftsman. His
story Is well built and it holds together
firmly in spite of condolences that are
forced and situations that seem strained
The figure of Lord Brougham. the brill
liant. the versatile, the champion OF the
people against the old landed families.
stands out clearly and is drawn with firm
and sure lines. Chippinge Borough was no
worse than most boroughs Of its day and
enjoyed the right Of returning by the votes
of it's aldermen and twelve capital bur-
gesses two members to Parliament. It's
patron, Sir Robert Vermuyden. was natu-
rally satisfied with this system and ranked
with the Tories. His cousin and heir ap-
parent, Arthur Vaughan. stood for the bill
and the rights it promised TO the people.
Sir Robert had a daughter whom he be-
ieved to be dead. To find the lost daughter,
wed her to he heir and reconcile the polti-
cal differences between her father and her
lover-such is the problem offered. That
it is worked out with cleverness, skill and
dignity to the satisfaction Of all concerned
readers Of Mr.. Weyman's books will take
for granted. Those interested in borough
politics or in the once famous statesman
who is to most people but the name Of a
carriage will enjoy reading the long story
OF "Chippinge Borough for themselves.
Mcclure, Phillips 4 Coz
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Deputy O'Keene and Boxing clubs.

Deputy Police Commissioner O'Keefe OF
Brooklyn had all the inspectors at his Office
yesterday and directed them TO keep a
sharp watch on the fake clubs cropping
up all oveE the borough for the promotion
of boxing exhibitions. He said that he
would not stand for these fighting clubs.
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shot . silver GRAY Fox

MIDDLErowN, N. T., Nov. 23.-Walter
Hawkins, a plumber OF this city, while
hunting yesterday in the vicinity OF Yankee
Pond, Sullivan county, which is visited by
thousands OF New York people every sum
mer, shot a silver gray. fox. This species
OF animal is rare and its fur is very valuable.
The animal had been seen near the spot
where IL was killed for several years, and
hundreds OF hunters from New York and
other places have hunted it In vain.
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stanley j. weyman's Latest story.
Stanley J. weyman's new novel, Chip
plnge Borough 10 heaviiy weighted with
English politics Of ths beginning OF the
hss century. and its slight romantic in
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Rabbi BenJsmIn's Estate Only - Ooo

The estate OF the late Rabbi Raphael
Benjamin Of the Temple Beth Elohim in
Brooklyn, who died suddenly last week
about 5000. which Includes a Thrarv
valued at 5000. He died intestate and
Public Administrator Teale will
cate with the relatives he left in Europe.
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THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE prints
special illustrated literary issues on the
first four Saturdays during December.
The contributors to these issues will
include Miss Jeanette L. Glider, Mrs.
Ella w. Peattie, and Professor George {.
Rowland, whose reviews and criticisms
have made The Tribune the leading
newspaper for book readers in the west.
THE TRIBUNE has been the
acknowledged leader Of all Chicago
newspapers for over sixty years. Its
readers include the people who have
made Chicago not only the commercial
but the literary center OF 1.-THE entire west.
THE TRIBUNE is a two cent
morning newspaper. No other two
cent paper in the world has as much
circulation. No other Chicago two
cent paper claims as much.
In the city of Chicago The Tribune's
circulation exceeds that of all the other
2-cent morning newspapers combined.
Your Holiday books should be
advertised in these holiday issues.
For rates and full particulars, address
J. C.. Wilberding, special eastern repre-,
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
DID NOT FEEL A QUIvER
Not a Brick Moved on Thickly Built
Island a Few Rods from
Frisco.

San Francisco.-There is one place
within pistol shot of ruined San Fran
cisco that the earthquake did not
touch, that did not lose a chimney nor
feel a tremor-Alcatratz island. De
spite the fact that the island is covered
with brick buildings, brick forts and
brick shimneys, not brick was loos
ened, not q crack made nor a quivel
felt. When the scientist comes to write
he will have his hands full explaining
why Alcatraz did not have any phys
ical knowledge of the event. The scene
from the island was awe-inspiring
The crash of falling city filled the
ears Of the aroused island, but no one
understood what 1t was all about. There
was no earthquake that he knew about
yet the city, few hundred yards
across the bay was crashing to ruin
No man on the island knew what was
the matter until the boat landed at the
shattered wharves.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
JUMPERS TAKE POSSESSION
Big Rush for Lots in Indian Terri.
tory Section Under Con-
troversy.

Sapulpa, I. T.-Jumpers have taken
possession of nearly every lot in the
Noah Frank allotment, which Joins
this town, and over which there is
controversy whether the government
shall recognize the land as an allot-
ment or as townsite. AS soon as the
word was received from Muskogee
that the secretary of the interior had
ordered action withheld as to putting
intruders off, there was big rush to
get possession of the lots, as this was
taken to mean that the land-60 acres
would be laid off as townsite prop
erty, and that the government would
appraise 1t, and every person who had
improvements on a lot would get the
lot at one-half the governments ap-
praised price. which is the rule in the
government townsites.
That night there were many per-
sons who, not being able to get any
thing substantial on the lots in the
way Of improvements. slept on the
open ground to prevent some one else
jumping the lot during the night
Next morning tents were put up and
the jumpers commenced to build an
opening of an Oklahoma town in the
early days.
The case has not been finally de-
cided upon yet, and the land may be
finally awarded to Noah Frank, the
Indian who allotted it and fought sew
eral contests to prove his prior right
to 1t.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
CHARM OF LONDON GONE
Lament of an Englishmen Recently
Returned from Long Sojourn
Abroad

London.-"I am sorry I ever came
back" said an Englishman who has
Just returned after an absence of ten
years in Canada.
''The place l have thought about
and dreamed of throughout my trav-
els and which was so dear to me be-
fore quilted England has disap-
peared. Gone are the picturesque
buildings, obliterated are the histori-
cal associations and perished is the
peculiar charm which made London
so dear to its natives
''In the place of 1t we have wide
streets waiting for houses to border
them; we have gigantic buildings
with little claim to architectural
beauty; we have tubes in all direc-
tions for the molelike population who
love to burrow underground and we
have q crowd of motor buses which
make day and night alike hideous
with their grunting, their screeching
and their clatter. But the charm OF
London-the poetry Of our great city
which was SO indescribably fasci-
mating has departed"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
SEIZE RARE OLD PICTURES.
Customs Officers Descend Upon VaIu-
able Paintings in Maine
Town.

Bangor.-United States customs au-
thorities at Vanceboro made one of
the most important seizures in years
on December 30, and the matter has
been kept dark until now. The ar
ticles seized were four rare old paint
ings, with an appraised value Of $2,-
100. The first known In Bangor con-
corning the pictures was an advertise
ment preliminary to the sale of the
paintings by the United States mar
shall, which appeared In a Bangor
morning paper.
Two of the pictures are about four
feet square each and represent allie
gories. They are valued by the local
customs authorities at $3.50 each The
third is beautifully done landscape
with a cathedral for the principal
feature. This is appraised at $500.
The fourth is very old portrait of a
gentleman in velvet and neck ruff and
Is appraised at $1,000.
The paintings undoubtedly came
from Paris to st. John. They were
sent from there to MacAdam and
from thence brought across the line
by team to Lambert Lake. where
they were found and seized by the
customs officers. The pictures are
now in custody of United States Mar
shall Mayo and will be sold by auction
on April q.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
SUFFERED FOR MONTHS.
Operation Advocated-Saved
BY Pe-ru-na.

Mrs. Louis Lacomb, Hayward, Wis.,,
writes:
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closely as could and am now entirely
well.
ave had two doctors snd one ssid
that would have to have an operation
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ave then decided to write you as to
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"Ncw feel SO weH after short
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advice have had from you"
Write TO DR.. S. B. Hartman, President
O! the Hartman Sanitarium, mbus,
Ohio, for free medical advice.
"Peruna is sold by your local drug
gists-Buy bottle to-day"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
FOR THE GARDENER.
New Varieties, Beautiful Half-Acre
of Petunias-New Forms of
Old Flowers.

The newer yerbena has few leaves, 5
short upright stem and truss. as the
bunch of florets is called, that attains
circumference of from II TO Is inch
es. The individual florets, IL the plants
are properly grown are as large as q
silver quarter Their slocky growth has
made them even stronger than they
We're, and they bloom now from seed
during a whole summer. Some of the
new coIors this year are Aurora Be-
reale," which is a vivid scarlet, and
the "Commendante Marechand," which
is blend of garnet and maroon.
One of the most beautiful exhibits
every year In garden near Bernardo
vile is half acre devoted wholly to
various kinds of petunias. They have
been planted there as freely as If they
were grass seed and the ground is COW
cred with them. They are naturally a
wonderful blend of color and there is
scarcely a conceivable shade in the
lighter hues that is not to be found
there. The petunias are single flowers.
and il is easy to conceive how much
more beautiful this would be If the
new double flower had been used in
stead The doubles are exquisite
crumpled balls of color like velvet in
their depth. and there arc huted petals.
fringed petals and petals edged with
two or three shades that contrast beau-j
tifuIly with the prevailing tint OF the,
petunia. Some Of the petals are!
crossed with different stripes of color
nv. IoIa ha 4
MAS grow are sufficiently descriptiveI
of the varieties to be had. They are|
amethyst, garnet, pink and crimsonI
with green edges, pure rose pink, brill
liant rosy scarlet, blended red and!
white, pure white, and mottled Grim
son and pink.
Primroses, in mauve, white and pink
are nearly twice the size they were andI
the double poppy Of the day is ball OIL
color as large as peony, bearing onlyl
in its name and its brilliant scarlet
hue a strong resemblance TO its proto-'
type. They are most beautiful in the
solid colors, although the variegated
combinations of color are popular.
Lovers of the old-fashioned siugle pop
py can still buy that In a much larger
form than IT used to grow. Asters are
grown On the plants seen this year un-
til they are as large as chrysanthe-
NUNS. All the oldfashioned flowers,
such as phlox. larkspur, sweet william
and wall flowers have gained in the ex-
periments made by the growers during
the past year. and they hopefully
promise more for the future.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
HENS IN LAYING CONTEST.
Winning Team Of Four Leghorns Pro
: duce 251 Eggs in Four
Months. -

London.-For sixten weeks 144 hens
have been laying eggs against each
other at the Lady Warwick agricul-
tural college at Studley castle. The
champion-a buff Orpington-laid Is
egs in that time:
The birds were divided into pens,
each pen containing four birds of the
same breed, In order that some test
as to the best laying strain might be
applied.
The winning team" consisted of
four white Leghorns, which laid be-
tween them 251 eggs. A buff Orping-
ton team" was second, with 236 eggs,
and a team of the same breed, among
them the champion bird-was third,
with 235 eggs. Some Of the eggs
weighed two and oneeighth ounces.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
DISCOVER NEW GEM.
RARE BLUE TOPAZ FOUND IN
AFRICA.
Recent Announcement Causes Consid-
erable Stir Among Experts
Numerous Varieties of
the Stone,

London.-The public interest mani
tested in the discovery in Rhodesia of
what is believed to be blue topaz
has revealed some confusion in regard
to this class of gem.
In addition to the true topaz, some
times called Brazilian" topaz, there
are the yellow variety of sapphire,
sometimes called Oriental" topaz, a
most lustrOus gem of considerable
value, and the yellow and brown
quartz, known as Scotch" or "cairn-
gorm" topaz, which is obtained in
large quantities, and is of little value.
The true topaz, however. resembles
these stones only in color, and can be
easily distinguished by difference of
hardness and specific gravity, says
Leopold Claremont, the well-known
lapidary. 1t is transparent gem
crystaliizing in the rhombic system,
generally occurring in right rhombic
prisms, and is to be found in many
different shades Of yellow and brown,
green, white, blue, and, rarely, pink
and pale red.
Some of the dark yellow and brown
specimens can be altered to a deli
cate pink by careful application OF
heat. Nearly all the pink topazes upon
the market have been altered, or, to
use the technical term, 'pinked" In
this way. Next to the pink variety
In value comes the blue and greentsh
topaz. Although somewhat resembling
the aQuamarine in color and general
effect, these varieties are much more
brilliant owing to their greater hard
ness.
The localities in which the topaz oc-
ours are, among others, Brazil, ST.
IBERIA, Asia Minor, Pegu, Ceylon, Vic
toria, Bohemia, Saxony, Connecticut
GU. S. A. and Japan. The finest spe-
cimens, however, are derived from
Brazil and Siberia. The chief sources
of the topaz in Brazil are Minas Geras,
Villa Rica and Nevas mines, the last
named being generally used In connec-
ton with the white variety. In ST.
IBERIA the topaz occurs in many dis
tricts, notably the Altal and Ural
mountains, near Nertchinsk, and also
in Kamchatka.
II the recent announcement OF the
discovery of the blue topaz upon the
property of the African Option syndi-
cate In Rhodesia be duly confirmed,
yet another source of supply OF this
variety of the gem is available.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
CHINATOWN SECRETS
PERISH WITH THE BURNING
OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Underground Passages Wherein Many
Prisoners and Mysteries Were
Reduced to Ashes and
Oblivion.

Los Angeles, Cal.-"For the first
time In half century the depths of
Chinatown are open to the eyes Of
white men," said w. w. Overton, who
reached Los Angeles among the refu-
gees.
mo heap of smoking ruins marks
the sight of the wooden warrens where
the slat-eyed men of the Orient dwelt
In thousands. The place is pitted with
deep holes and scared with dark pas
sageways, from whose depths come
smoke wreaths. All the wood has gone
and the winds are streaking the ashes.
Men, white men, never knew the
depth of Chinatown's underground
CITY," says Mr.. Overton. They often
talked of these subterranean runways.
And many Of them had gone beneath
the street levels two and three stories.
! But now that Chinatown has been un-
| masked, for the destroyed buildings
were only a mask, men from the hill
side have looked on where its inner Sc
crets lay.
I'm places they can see passages 100
, feet deep. The fire swept this Mon
golian section clean. 1t left no shred
Of the painted wooden fabric. 1t ate
down to the bare ground, and this lies
/ stark for the breeze have taken away
the light ashes.
Joss houses and mission schools,
grocery stores and opium dens. gamb-
ling hells and theaters-all of them
went. TIL buildings blazed up like
tissue paper lanterns when the gut
tering candle touched their sides.
From this place I saw hundreds OF
frenzied yellow men fee. In their arms
! they bore their opium pipes. their
money bags, their silks and their chill
dren. Beside them ran the baggy
trOusered women, and some of them
hobbled painfully.
These were men and women of the
surface Far beneath the streets in
those cellars and passageways were
other lives. Women who never saw the
day from their darkened prisons and
blinking jailers were caught like rats
in huge trap. Their very bones were
eaten by the flames.
"And now there remain only the
holes. They pit the hillside like a mul.
titude of ground swallow nests. They
shows depths which the police never
knew. The secrets of those burrows
will never he known, for into them the
hungry fire first sifted it's red Goals
and then licked eagerly in tongues of
creeping flames, finally obliterating
everything except the earth itself"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
HAS NO PARALLEL.
FRISCO DISASTER UNEQUALED
IN MODERN TIMES,
Greater in Extent and Fatalities Than
That Which Overwhelmed Chi
cago in 1671-Some Com
parisons.

San Francisco's disaster will prob
ably prove to be without modern par
allel in history. Heretofore the great
Chicago fire has been generally re-
garded in that light, but comparison
Of the facts available SO far tend to
show this recent catastrophe as the
most awful visitation of recent times,
says the Washington Star.
When Chicago was burned in 1870
it had a population of about 100000.
San Francisco at this time must have
100000 people in It's gates. not count
ing the thousands affected in other
towns near by. In the Chicago fire
10000 people were made homeless. In
the California city. If the estimates
are reliable, the number will reach
100000.
In addition to this, the location and
environment Of the two cities were
such that Chicago's problem of what
to do with her homeless was simple
In comparison with that facing the
far western city. Chicago was almost
surrounded by open country to which
the people turned for refuge. San
Francisco is practically surrounded
by water-the ocean on one side and
the bay on two other sides. Rail-
roads for the most part send their
passengers into the city by ferries,
and many of the docks were long ago
made helpless by earthquake and fire.
So, for the most part, the thousands
of people without shelter had to stay
In the confines between sea and bay
and were confronted with awful pos
sibilities. The fire rushing along un-
checked was pursuing them relentless
ly. Fortunately, San Francisco is a
city of hills, and on top of some of
these many refugees found shelter.
The beach, too, offered a spot of COM
parative safety.
In area covered by the disaster and
in probable loss of life and property
the San Francisco catastrophe is great
er than that Of Chicago. The loss of
the latter was about $3.50, O,OOO, 900, and
considering that in San Francisco
larger and more costly buildings were
ruined, the probable loss will exceed
even that enormous figure. So far
any estimate of the loss would be
mere guess work. A half dozen hotels
and buildings alone would make up
several millions, and the wide sweep
of the fire makes 1t altogether prob
able that all records for financial loss
will be broken. The loss Of life dur
ing the Chicago fire was 200. That of
Sa Francisco Is estimated at from 300
to 1000.
: Truly 1t is a disaster without par
allel in modern history.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
HUMAN BLOOD MARKS.

A tale of horror was told by marks o1
human blood in the home of J. w. Will
liams, a we'll known merchant Bac, KY
He writes Twenty years ago had
severe hemorrhages Of the Lungs and
was near death when / began taking
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
ONLY 80 YEARS OLD.

IT am only 80 years old and don't
expect even when I get to be real old
to feel that way as long as I can get
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torpid liver, infiammed kidneys or
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
About Plants.

1t is best to wait until the plant shows
IT needs water, then give II a good dous-
ing in the bathtub. A plant with Its roots
constantly in mud cannot thrive. II hot
house plants are watered once week
with water in which there is little am
monia they will thrive well. Sometimes
small white worms are found in the
earth. Ammonia or lime water will kill
them. Stir up the soil, to expose as
many as possible, before pouring it one.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
Long Distance Wireless.

/, A wireless telegraph message which
Travelled distance of 2,080 miles was
received at sea by the steamer Moltke
which arrived in New York the other
day. The message was sent Friday
from the Poldhu wireless station, on
the English coast, and contained SO
words.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
Woman Mineral Surveyor.

Miss May Bradford, of Tonopah,
CAL. is believed to be the only deputy
mineral surveyor in the United States
She filed a $4,000 bond and by prov
ing her fitness has been given a COM
mission by Surveyor General Kyle, of
Reno. She has several contracts for
surveying large mining properties in
the mountains near Tonopah and
Goldfield.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-07-26
American Bulls for Bullfights.

used in the arena. but Felix Robert
has selected a few for trial, and
the fight will be held Sunday. This
will be the first time in the history of
bullfighting that American bulls have
been entered for the bull ring, and
af1cionados are anxiously awaiting for
the corrida. Perhaps the day may
not be far distant when the American
ganaderias may furnish bulls for
Mexican rings.