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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28
Peculiarly of Literary Men.

Hawthorne always washed his
hands before reading a letter from
his wife. He delighted in porting
over old advertisements in the news
paper files.
Thomas Darlington Macaulay kept
his closets crammed with deliberately
embroidered waistcoats, and the
more gaudy they were, the better he
liked them.
Disraeli wore corsets. The older
he grew, the greater became his de-
sire to dress like young man. He
had a pen stuck behind each ear
when writing.
F. Marion Crawford carries his
own stationery, pen and ink, and
hever writes with any other. He has
written every word of every novel
with the same penholder.
Bjornson kept his pockets full of
the seeds of trees, scattering hand
fuls broadcast in his daily walks. He
tried to persuade his associates to do
the same.
Darwin had no respect for books
as books, and would cut a big vol
ume in two, for convenience in hand
ling, Or he would tear out the leaves
he required for reference.
lola would pass whole weeks in
the belief that he was an idiot. While
in this state he wrote more than at
any other time. He would never &C
cept an invitation to dinner.
Oliver Wendell Holmes used to
carry horse chestnut in one pocket
and a potato in another to ward of
rheumatism. He had a great fond
ness for trees and always sat under
one when he could.
Voltaire, as a preliminary to his
days work, would sharpen an even
dozen lead pencils. He would unite
and retie his stock whenever an
Idea concerning his work particu-
ly pleased him.
Count Tolstoi goes barefoot and
hatless the year round. He is fond
of French perfumes and keeps his
linen scented with sachet powder.
There is always a flower on his desk
as he writes. Although very rich. he
wears the cheapest clothes he can
buy.
A. Conan Dolye, even In the cold
est weather, never wears an overcoat.
When he gives an afternoon lecture
he removes his vest, and buttons his
Prince Albert coat close to his body.
He is a golf enthusiast and spends all
the time possible on the links.
Bret Harte, when the insriraticl
was on him, would hire a cab for the
night. and drive without stopping
through the darkness until the struG-
gle for ideas was over, and he gre
calm enough to write. Nothing
pleased him more than to be taker
for an Englishman.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28
COST OF THE BRIDGE TABLE.
Social Diversions in England-Hard
Lot of the Younger Sons.

I
/ Nothing ever happens nowadays
saws the London Tribune, except In
! the police or the divorce courts. The
! aristocracy have lost all interest In
politics; they are not very keen even
on sport, They live nowhere, for
they are always in their motors, and
a chronicle of their movements
would be as complicated and as un.
interesting az Bradshaw. Worst OF
all, they have been reduced to insig-
hiflcance- they cannot strike out III
any original line for themselves be-
cause they Are sd terribly poor.
df course, the first and largest
cause of this poverty is notorious
agricultural depression" Many
nobleman who can travsl perhaps fur
4 hundred miles without leaving his
own estates is scarcely SO rich as
successful manufacturer, and moth
! Ing like so rich as the South African
/ magnates In Park Lanes: On the top
af this depression comes the stress OF
/ com petition with the new aristocracy
/ of wealth, who assert their right to
! dominate society by dint ST gigantic
! Extravaganza.
To complete the ruin, some mali
cious person must invent bridge. Has
! It ever occurred to any one to try to
| calculate how much money IS drop
ped ct bridge by society ladies in
/ year? It IL not by any means an exe
/ agserated estimate to put the num-
! Der Of persons who are in society to-
! day at 10000, and out of this num-
! Der It is still more modest computa-
! ton to reckon that there are $4,000
! ladies playing bridge every night in
/ the year. Allowing fer deductions
/ on tie score OF occasional good luck,
may safely pat down GO night as
average los of each Of these ladies.
That gives US almost 100000 lost
! a. bridge by women in the course of
year.
! 1t can be very plausibiy objected
! that, if most lose, still some must
win, and win enormously; but money
Wol in this way seems to do no
/ one any good 1t does not pay the
dressna,lers' bills or the servants
wages, or help the husband to make
!
a bad year. Just as the boOkmaker
/ feels obliged to spend large part OF
| his earnings on the most expensive
/ cigars and champagne, and the man
lives by 'coups'' on the Stock Ex@
! change is far more extravagant' than
he would be if he earned steady III
come, sd the Writings If the bridge
table lead to further embarrassment
rather than to extrication from finan-
cial difficulties.
There is one expense which weighs
less heavily the higher ones rank in
| society may be. The young man
about town-the younger son who
has a constant struggle to keep up
appearances in the circles where he
Is regarded superciliously, If not sus-
piciously-fnds the necessity of Tip
/ ping" a terrible drain on his purse.
He cannot stop to weigh the differ
ence between a sovereign or half
sovereign. The man or woman with
q position absolutely assured wastes
very little On servants walters, or
cabmen.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

Three ways are used by farmers
for curing and preparing their to-
bacco for the market; namely sun
cured. aif cured and flue cured.
The old and cheap way IS called air
cured; the later discovery and i'm
proved way is called fue cured.
In fife curing the tobacco, is taken
from the fields and racked in barns
especially built to retain heat and
there subjected to a Continuous high
temperature, produced by the direct
heat of fame heated flues, which
brings out in the tobacco that
stimulating taste and aroma that
expert roasting develops in green
coffee. These similar processes give
to both tobacco and coffee the cheer
ing ard stimulating quality that pop
ularizes their use.
The quality Of tobacco depends
much on the curing process and the
kind of soil that produces it, as ex-
pert tests prove that this flue cured
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28
Write 1t.

Miss Frances z. Willard recon-
nended every young person to Learn
and speak these verses.
Write it on the workhouse gate,
Write it en- the schcolboy's slate,
write it on the copy-book,
That the young may often look;
"Where there's drink there's dan
ger"
Write it on the churchyard mound
Who're the rum-slain dead are found
Write it on the gal;UNs high,
Write for all the passers-by,
Where there's drink there's dan
GER
Write it on the nations laws,
Blotting out the license clause;
Write it on each ballot white,
So it can be read Alright,
Where there's drink there's dan
ger
Write it on our ships that sail,
Borne along by storm and gale;
Write it large in letters plain,
Over every land and main,
Where there's drink there's dans
ger
Write it over every gate,
On the church and walls Of state.
IN the heart Of every band,
On the laws of every land.
Where there's drink there's dan
ger"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28
Notice.

North Caroiin Halifax County.
Il VIZ q Allied as administrix of
J. ". eEgett d ceased, late of Hall
3 fax equity, North Carolina, this is
to not I'll persons having claims
agalnsl h estate Of said deceased to
. exhibit EtrG tony attorneys, Messers
kltchin Z NTH, on or before the
9th day Ct Giarch, 1903 or this notice
VIII be pleaded in bar Of their 1ecov-
cry All persons indebted to said
>:st;.tc will please make immediate
settlement.
This 7th day of March, 1907.
JAMES MARGARET LEGGETT.
PR A torneys, Kitchin & Smith.
T-6t.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

In the treatment OF piles it becomes
necessary to have tie remedy put up in
such form that il can be applied to
the parts affected. NanZan Pile remedy
is encased in collapsible tube with
nozzle attached. 1t cannot help but
reach the spot. Relieves blind bleed
ing, itching, and protruding piles. 30
cents with nozzel guaranteed. Try it.
Sold by f. T. Whitehead 4 Co.. Scot
land Neck, I.eggett Dtlrg Co., Hohgood
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28
Neot On 7ohocco IMPROVES ii AMe Roasting
mqxovss Green Coffee. Meet Develops ME
Stimulating kxorAa onA Taste touNa
IN scMnapps 1ohocco
end Coffee

tobacco, grown in the famous Pied
mont region, requires and takes less
sweetening than tobacco grown in
any other section of the United States
and has a wholesome, stimulating
Juicy, full tobacco taste that satisfies
tobacco hunger. That's why chewefs
prefer Schnapps, because Schnapqs
cheers more than any other chewing
tobacco. and that's why chewers Of
Schnapps pass the good thing along
-one chewer makes other chewcrs,
until the fact is established that
there are more chewers and more
pounds of tobacco chcwed to the
population in states where Schnapps
tobacco is sold than there arc in
those states where Schnapps has not
vet been offered to the trade.
A 1oc. plug of SchnapPs is more
economical than a much larger Ioc.
plug OF cheap tobacco. Sold at SOC.
per pound in sc. cuts. Strictly 10
and IS cent plugs.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

"Ah." he sighed. l have long
worshippod you at distance. Well,
she replied coldly, eff it is necessary
for you to worship me at all. I pre-
fer it that way" And it was back to
the boarding house for him. Chica-
go Daily News.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

To remove a cough you must get al
the cold which causes the cough. There
is nothing SO good for this as Kennedy
Laxative Cough Syrup The LIQUID
cold relief that is most quickly effective
that stills and quiets the cough and
drives o. the cold. Sold by f. T.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

Spring Winds chap, tan and cause
frecllles to appear, Pinesalve Carbolived
applied at night will relieve that burn
ing sensation. Natures own remedy
Acts like a poultice and draws out in
Elimination. E. I. Whitehead &. Co.,
Scotland Neck, Leggctt Drug Co.,
Hobood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

In using q cough syrup, why not get
the best? One that comes highly rec
omended is Bees Laxative Cough Sy-
rup, contains Honey and Tar and is
superior to other Cough syrups, in
many ways. Children always like it be-
cause it contains no opiates, is laxa-
tive and is guaranteed to give satislac-
ton or your money refunded. Try it.
Sold by f. 7. Whitehead & Co., Scot
land Neck, Leggett Drug Co., Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

The winds OF March have no terror
to the user Of DeWitt's CarboIized
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t quickly heals
chappcd and cracked skin. 1t too, for
boils and burns, is undoubtedly tie
best relief for Piles. Sold here by Z. 7:
Whitehead < Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

Everyone knows that Spring is the
season OF the year when the system
needs cleaning Dades Little Liver Pills
are highly recommended. Try them
Sold by f. I. Whitehead & Co., Scot
land Neck, Leggett Drug Co., Hobgood
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

You say your son has run away?"
Yes. Have you seen anything Of
him?' mo; but | wouldn't worry
he'll turn up all right" ''He GER
tainly will-just as soon as | find
him. Judge.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28
Wanted.

Ten men in each State to travel, dis
tribute samples of our goods and tack
signs. Salary $500 per month; SIS. 90
per day for expenses. SAUNDERS CON-
ANY, Department p, No. 46 jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Ill. 1-3-3m
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

Mary-dark circles under the eve in
dlcate sluggish circulation, torpid liver
and kidneys. Exercise and Hollistn,,
ROCKY Mountain Tea will make vouwell
and beautiful. 80 cents Tea or Tablo+o
E. L. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

Deacon-By the way, that man
Brown you married a year ago, has
he paid you your fee yet? Clergyman
No; the last time | reminded him
of it he said I'd be fortunate if he
didn't sue me for damages. Boston
Transcript.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

The grccors are handling Argo
Red Salmon because it takes no ar
gument to aell it, and the customers
come back for more.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

Ask your grocer for Argo Red
Salmon, do not accept any substi-
tute. There is no finer Salmon pack
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-03-28

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, W1NsToN-sALEN, n C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09
Combs that Are Alive

WYE seem never to come to the end of similarities
w between the birds and ourselves The time worn
joke of the fox and the rooster taking brush and
comb into the Ark is only play upon words; but
when whippoorwill finds the delicate hairs about
its bill clogged with the dust scales from the wings
of many unfortunate moths a few swift strokes
from the comb upon its middle toe, and they are
clean. We do not know the of the similar comb
on the toe of many herons, but it is probably used
to arrange the pumage of the head and upper neck.
These are. actual combs, being composed of horn
with slender teeth.
Scores of other examples come to mind, far too
many to be recorded here. Probably there is not
city in the United States, where we may not see
on the principal streets vender of glue, who to
prove the excellence of his article, exhibits
broken plate or bottle, mended with his glue and
sustaining the weight of a good sized stone. Com
mendably strong this substance may be for ordi-
nary purposes; but would think of using
a few quarts of it to fasten the shingles on his
roof, to attach his cottage to the side of a
picturesque hill? Hardly. Yet this is what the
chimney swift does when she takes hundred inch
long twigs and CLUES them together and to the per-
pendicular brick wall of chimney. Here her five
eggs and herself safe, held in space, defyng all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09

grubs at work
beneath the hard
wood, he sets to
work and chisels
until he has laid
open the burrows
of the larva. He
might keep on
and with hard
work reach the
inner end of the
tunnel, but fortu-
nately his mate is
furnished with a
beak as long,
curved, and slen-
der as his is short
ndstout, andina
twinkling she now
inserts her long
pliers, draws forth
the coveted NOR
sci from its deep
retreat, and they
share it together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09

When the liquid is tipped overmuch, it irritates
the hairs over which it flows, and these send
urgent message to the brain to restore the
organ to its normal position. Brain instantly
20. KS" the message and repeats it to the
proper muscles. Thus, by the concerted and stimuli
taneous instructive reaction of all these three canals
almost perfect equilibrium is maintained though
the bird has it's head deep buried in its plumage
and is sound asleep. This to the best of our knowl
edge, is the secret of the sleeping bird balanced
slender leg. What great boon to the
surveyors such automatic unipod instrument
would be!
How carefully we have to smoke our piece of glass
when desire to search the surface of the for
the interesting upheavals of fiery gas which we
know "spots"l The eagle, when it gazes sum
ward, merely draws third translucent eyelid back
ward over the eyeball, and the power of the suns
rays is dimmed.
AS watch valet brush and clean a suit of
clothes, think that in this respect at least
ahead of all birds; but be not too hasty-every
heron, every hawk, every parrot, in the world is
living contradiction to you. Growing from various
parts of the body of these birds are punches of
feathers, known powder downs, in form
what like the nesting down which long ago gave
place to the adult p1unage. Instead of growing to
definite size, dying and falling out, like an ordinary
feather, these powder downs keep steadily growing,
and steadily breaking up into fine, white greasy,
powder. This is the automatic clothes cleaner and
valet which works through all the plumage and
keeps it in perfect condition. If may Judge
from the frequent absence of vernin these birds,
it may also have the properties of moth balls.
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Many of the Conn1onest Utensils and Implements Invented by
Man Were Already Naturally Possessed by Featered Maruels
By G. WILLIAM BEEBE


living creature such bird, conceit will
tainly receive we'll merited shock. The levers, the
pueys the balls and sockets of its bones, muscles
and Joints the self lubricatng devices, the auto
matcally adjusting focus of the eye,-an this and
more we might mention as having preceded by mil
lions of years the incomparably rougher devices of
human ingenuity.
There are other and less we'll known parts of
birds which are like human utensils and implements
For example, when go out upon the deep, crust
less snow of northern winters, we don snow
Shoes which, by distributing weight over a
large extent of surface prevent our sinking into the
soft mass This Indian invention, and as he
may have learned to fashion his ashen paddle from
the shape of the seeds of that tree, and his arrow
heads from the leaves of the canoe birch, when
he brought down plump ruffed grouse in winter
and noticed it's snowshoes of horn he soon applied
the idea to his own feet. The long, horny fringe
which grows out from each toe of the grouse gives
the snow loving bird chance to get at the
seeds and berries without which it would soon
starve.
We all admire the songs of BIRDS and admit that
of all sounds in nature they alone are to be COM
pared with music of human invention; but we prob
ably have never thought of the similarity of the
notes of some birds to certain instruments in an
orchestra as anything than interesting coin
cidences. How much more interesting these be-
when we learn that there is an exact homology
aswell as analogy! Listen to the wild malard drake
what deep, resonant quack he utters 1t almost
reverberates and wonder, for hidden deep within
his body he carries drum of bone which
performs for his voice the Office which the
hollow snare drum does for the beating sticks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09
A Natural French Horn

LOW many sportsmen who have thrilled at the
LII wonderful music of the trumpeter swan-clear,
ringing, metallic tones coming down from the high
air above-have had any curiosity to know
how the birds produced it? If they must STAY one
the name Of then let them caer to hey
heads we'll their taste, by saving the great keel
of the breastbone which gave attachment to the
muscles that bore the bird safely from its distant
Arctic home Remember, its tone is just that of
a French horn, and 10! within its breastbone we
find that its windpipe curves about in almost
exactly the curve of the horn In other species,
where there is less in the voice. the
is not so great, and the mute swan has curve at
all. Not satisfied with one such remarkable exam
pie, nature has repeated herself in wholly unre-
lated bird the sandhill crane of our prairies.
Look at the delicate levels surveyors instru-
ment; the least twist of the thumb screw and
the bubble shifts trife, until bring it to
rest exactly in the center of the center line.
Watch famingo, sandpiper, goose, or any bird
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09

which is sleeping
and balancing it
self on one leg.
The bird is never
still for an instant,
but always bends
and sways a little,
now this way,
now that. Within
each ear are three
tiny canals of
bone, semicircu-
lar, and each of
the trio lying in
a different plane
of space; one up
right, one fiat, and
one across. These
canals are, like
the leveling bub-
Bile, partly filled
with liquid, round
the edge of which
are nultitudes of
tiny nerve hairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09

which surround a birds windpipe. When a fowl
ehen for BIT of the w ine DTaW it out e
its fullest extent, and you will see the separate
rings each complete except for two little notches
on the Sides Slowly shorten the windpipe and the
magic which results will give you better appetite
for the chicken itself When compressed as much
possible it will seem if only half the number of
rings present, and yet when you pull it out again,
there they all are, the same as before. No wonder
that chicken has no difficulty IN turning its head
completely round!
But nothing can equal the sleight of hand of
ficker's yellow shafted woodpecker's tongue. If
watch it, we three inches or more of it shoot
out beyond the tip of the beak. Having speared an
insect, it disappears; but where? 1t would seem as
if there room for tit must almost reach the
birds stomach. And SO it would reach the stomach
if it went down the throat But instead, it branches
out into two long flaments, and curves up each
side of the head, just under the skin, the
and eyes, and down forward into of the nostrls,
where the ends of these branches are almost in
touch with the front tip of the tongue. Even so,
its full length could not be accommodated unless
great deal of the tongue rolled over upon itself,
just as ones finger is pulled out or pushed into
the finger of glove.
Many birds which perch resting close to some
branch at night, trust to the tremendous strength
in the tendons of their toes to keep them safely
their roost; but there others which never
have to give thought to their safety. large
tendon from the toes extends back the heel and
forward and up over the knee; so when they bend
the leg the toes curl up-they simply cannot help it.
There is chance to unc1asp until the bird stands
up. If it perched upon horizontal cicle and
slipped, this automatic lock would save it, and
it would only execute giant swing without ever
falling to the ground.
An Automatic Sieve
WE may instance the whalebone fringe of plates
" along the edge of shoveler ducks bill one of
the most perfect sieves in the world, separating
the edible from the inedible portions more deity
than the quicksilver absorbs the gold from the mi
ner's pam The columella, little column"
of bone, suspended between the two taut
branes in the of bird, puts the most delicate
telephone receiver to shame; and the barbs the
commonest feather joined together by air
tight arrangement which is only paroded by
manufactured hooks and eyes.
AS final interesting comparison let consider
the beaks of the male and female hula birds of New
Zealand. Generally we find the two of species
with beaks exactly alike but in this the partner
ship is upon pick and shovel basis. The birds seek
their food together, and somewhat in woodpecker
like fashion. The beak of the male is short and
strong and when he finds promising spot or hears
grubs at work
-. Sl>.s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09

gravity by a few
touches of the
mother birds sa-
Iva.
If ever two OBJ
Jects came near
occupying t h e
same space at the
same time, it is
the hundred or
more little rings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09
Some Wonders of Birds

TN walking
through the
aisles of the
Il Patent Of
fee in Wash
ington, in our
complacency we
realize that we are
indeed a wonder
full people; yet if
we examine some