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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

Summer coughs and colds yield at
once to Bees Laxative Cough Syrup.
Contains honey and tar but no opiates.
Children like it. Pleasant to take. Its
laxative qualities recommend it to
mothers. Hoarscness, coughs, Group
yield quickly. f. I. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

Jamestown Exposition.

Rates from Scotland Neck as fol-
lows:
Season Ticket $3.50 sold daily Ap-
ri 18th to November Both.
Sixty Day Ticket $3.50 sold daily
April 18th to November 3Oth.
Ten Day Ticket $40 sold daily
April 18th to November 3Oth.
Coach Excursion s2.iO sold each
Tuesday and Friday; limit Z DAYS.
Endorsed:
Not Good in Parlor or Steering
Cars"
Through Pullman Sleeping Cars
from Port Tampa and jacksonville.
Florida, Atlanta and Augusta, Geor-
gla, Wilmington, North Carolina
via ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD
COMPANY.
Write for beautiful illustrated
folder containing maps, descriptive
matter, list of hotels, etc.
For reservations or any inform,
ton address
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

Keep the pores open and the skin
Clean when you have a cut, burn, bruise
or scratch DcWitt's Carbolized Witch
Hazel Salve penetrates the pores and
heals quickly. Sod by E. I. White
head & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

Agnes-What are you writing,
Minnie? Your will? Minnie No. Pm
writing my won't. George proposed
last night, and | told him I'd answer
today. Sketch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22
He-A woman can't keep a secret.
She-She never tells the name Of her
pet dress maker New York Sun.

1t flows like electricity through your
veins; it does the work. If you are
wasting away, take HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. 50 cents, Tea OF Tab
lets.
z. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22
EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW

says c. G. Hays, Il prominent business
man OF Bluff, Mo, that Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve is the quickest and surest
healing salve ever applied to a sore,
burn or wound. or to case OF piles.
Fve used it and know what I'm talk
ing about Guaranteed by f. T.
Whitehead & Co., Druggists CSC.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

A Duke who can pump a river dry
comes pretty close to being a man
who can set river on fire. Chicago
Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

If Rockefeller is to live so years
more, rs his doctor affirns, he can
earn enough to pay a lot of fines
Philadelphia Ledger.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

A new divorce law, fixing the
amount Of pin m oney, might help to
settle domestic troubles ST.. Louis
Post Dispatch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22
4 Native OF EeFih Carolina Dies at an
Advance Age.

At the Seneca Infrmary today jeff
erson Scott, is dead at the age of 113
years. His father was a Cherokee
Indian and his mother a mulatto.
Bothwer natives of North Carolina
where Scott also was born. His age
is authenticated by certificate I'M
der seal by the State Of North Car
DINA, declaring him a free man,
which states that he was born July
4, 1894.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

Oh. my stomach's very uncertain
thing,
| suffered the torment that costive-
ness brings,
But now am happy, normal and free,
A miracle wrought by HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea.
E. t. Whitehead &. Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

Everybody loves our baby, rosy, sweet
and warm,
With kissy places on her neck and DIM
pies on her arms.
Once she was 50 thin and cross, used tc
cry with pain
Mother gave her CAscAswEET, now she :
we'll again.
Sold by Il. i. Whitehead 4 Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-08-22

w. J. CRAIG.
Pass. Traffic Mgr.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
AN ARTISTIC TOP.
Easily Made and VIII Furnish Much
Entertainment.

This is such a simple and yet inter
esting little plaything that it deserves
to be much more widely known than
it is
You know the little tops or '-teeto-
tums" that you make by putting match
stickssin button n1olds, and spin with
your finger and thumb. This is pretty
much the same thing, only it is made
of lead One of the little 1eaden disks
that dressmakers put in the edges of
ladies' jackets to Keep them down is
very suitable for your purpose. Make
a hole in the center of it and put in
pointed stick for it to spin on
Then make two holes near the edge,
opposite each other. The holes can be
drilled easily with the point of a pair
of scissors. Through one of these
holes put stiff bristle from a paint
brush, or hat brush, and wedge ii
tight with bit of match stick.
The object of the other hole is sim
ply to balance the top, for in boring a
hole you scrape away some of the
lead, and if you did this on one side
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22

evidently made in Seville, back In
casting, as indeed are all of these old
cannon
Two relics of the revolution are
represented by ships guns of cast
iron They were made By Bowen in
1850. They are without embellish-
ment or record, but are notable for
their Workmanship
A gun which bears many emblems,
decorations and insignia is a bronze
cannon which was taken at Santiago
in 1898. The records show that it was
made in France in 174S, and it is high
~ priced as an example of design and
production in bronze The outside of
the gun bears its name lie Farouche"
1.-THE Fierce), a Latin motto, the en-
blem of the house of Bourbon, the
French crown and coat of arms, the
motto of Louis XIV and blazing
sun Altogether, it is an ornate struc-
ture for a weapon bearing so formida-
BILE a title
The collection is most appropriately
lodged within the war department res
ervation adjoining the White House.
1t presents fine examples of types of
ordnance which have outlived their
days of efficiency The trophies repre-
sent, of course, the American achieve
ments in battle and are at once In
structive as an exhibit and inspiring
a. an example.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
LORDS AND LADIES'"
A Pretty Flower That Is Common in
the Fields OF England

/ wonder how many times my little
friends have read these words: Con
slider the lilies,'' and then have done
as the great Teacher desired they
should do. Over 1900 years have
passed since He babe His listeners to
consider the lowly things made by
His Father, and all through that long
space of time how few have been they
who have really studied and loved
the wayside flowers.
Look at those broad spear-shaped
leaves of deep glossy green, from
which queer-shaped hoods of vel
iowish-green stand up. Within
these hoods lies hidden one of
the most marvellous of our wild
flowers, the Cuckoo-Pint, or Lords
and Ladies' of the village boys and
girls of England. The botanist speaks
of it as the Arum.
In the center of the hood stands
tall, purple finger which beckons to
small fly, little creature whose tiny
wings are thickly covered with hairs.
It may not see the reckoning finger,
and therefore in addition the flower
sends out a smell like that of bad
meat, by which the fly is attracted as
fast as wings can beat to the open
AOOQ ne passes dOWA
narrow passage, soon coming to a
barrier of sharp bristles, the points of
which bend downwards. Through
these he goes, and finds himself at
once in a spacious room along the
floor of which is spread fine feast
of honey. He has an excellent meal,
and thinking he will pay visit to
his ladylove living short way down
the lane, he climbs the walls of the
room, and enters the narrow passage,
but 10. he cannot pass out, for the
way is barred by the sharp ends of
the bristles he passed so easily when
he came in.
He tries again and again to make
his way out, but without success, and
at last goes down again into the room
below, where he INDUCES in another
feast. Night comes on, and, snug and
warm, he dreams perhaps of the glori-
GUS sunshine. Soon he is awakened
by feeling something like dry rain
falling on him; after little time it
ceases, and then to sleep again he
goes. Once more he is awakened,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22

and not on the other one side would
be lighter than the other and the top
would not spin well.
The brist1e should be a little longer
than the peg, so that it will press hard
on the plate on which the top is to
spin This plate is smoked over a
candle fame until it is black and the
top is spun on it. If the top stood in
one spot the bristle would trace a per-
feet circle on the blackened plate and
would go on tracing the same circle
over and over. But it is not the habit
of tops to stay in the same place, and
by fitting the plate you can make the
little top travel in any direction, fast
or slow, as you please. AS it moves,
the peg on which it spins marks out
it's path as a white line and at the
same time the bristle traces a beauti-
full series of scrolls crossing and re-
crossing this path.
The general result, explains Good
Literature, is like the complicated
scroll work on bank notes, which, in
deed, is made in a somewhat similar
way, though, of course, by machines
that can be guided more accurately
than our self-willed little top. You can
obtain great variety of beautiful pat
terms by fitting the plate this way
and that. If you keep the top moving
along at a moderate rate SO that the
scrolls do not blend together you can
tell how many times the top has
turned round by counting the scrolls,
for each scroll corresponds to one ro-
tation.
If you are of an inquiring turn of
mind you have often wondered, no
doubt, how fast a top of this or any
other sort really spins. OF course,
there are great variations. At the be-
ginning it spins as fast as you can
make it go, and it topples over when
it is spinning too slowly to stand up.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22

rage passed him going IN hts direo
uon, but all of them were fun, and
there was no one to give him lift
But at last, when he was certain that
he could never get there, buggy
which came up from behind did not
pass, but stopped beside him.
Hello. bub." said kindly voice
Going far2''
The boy looked up through misty
eyes Two gray and quizzical old
faces peered at him out of a muddy
buggy Two pleasant old gentlemen
were on the seat
-Yy-yes. sir-Fm trying to- said
the boy
Climb in then,r said the man near
est him, and as the boy, not believing
his ears, put foot on the step the
man reached out and lifted him in and
seated him on his lap.
Where are you going" he asked.
Il was a-going to the monument"
said the boy, but I didn't think I
would get there. Do you suppose
will? In time to see Cen Sherman? ?"
The old man who was drivirg
clucked to the horse, and the other.
stroking his beard, said:
.'Why-yes, I guess you will. Yes,
I reckon he'll get there. Eth. Dick?'
'sWhy-why, yes, reckon So" said
the other. Then they both chuckled.
Want to see the general, eh?''. said
the old man who held him. Don't
care about the governor, eh?"
mo, sir, not SO much" said the
boy, truthfully. You see, he lives
right here in this state, and he didn't
march through Georgia, or have songs
about him, or anything"
why, no; so he didn't! Did he,
Dick?" asked the boys old gentleman
again. This seemed to amuse them
very much. They chuckled about it
awhile, and then the old gentleman
who held the boy began to tell him
stories about the campaigns Gen. Sher-
man had fought in and about soldier
life, stories some of which were in his
tory books, but most of them we're
new to the boy. Then the other man
told some stories-about Mr. Lincoln.
did you know him. demanded the
boy, and to his delight they both did
and told more stories about him.
Six miles was a long way to walk,
but it was short way to ride, and it
seemed as if they had hardly started
when the boy heard a tremendous
shouting and cheering and there was
a crowd all lined up along the road
cheering.
Cheering whom? He felt motion
back of him and turned and saw his
old gentleman take off his hat and
smile and bow, and the other old
gentleman did the same.
They drove up to the square and
set him down and everyone stared
at him, and then he saw them mount
the platform with the committee.
He had, indeed, arrived in time to
''see the general" for it was Gen.
Sherman and Gov. Oglesby who had
brought him.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22

In what may be called the front
yard OF the war department building,
the sunhen garden facing Pennsyl-
vania avenue, is an interesting col
lection of captured trophies They
are guns which have come from va
rious places, and which have been
mounted as a means of preserving and
exhibiting the different classes of ord
nance used in former years
One of these is a revolutionary gun
of about six-inch caliber, bronze how
itzer. 1t bears the monogram of
George IL, and was evidently built by
one ~Gilpin in 1850. 1t is fne speci-
men of bronze casting, and was sur
rendered by the Saratoga convention
in October, 1777-
Near at hand is castiron how
itzer. which was presented to the re-
public of Texas by Gen T. l. Cham
bers. 1t bears the single star en-
biernatic of the Lone Star republic
Interesting objects in the collec-
ton are two bronze guns bearing the
title St. Matthew and St Mark They
were captured in Mexico, and be-
l9reed to a battery of four guns, one
OF which is now in Fremont. O.. and
another at Governors island. in New
York haTbor-
Another variety of gun is q bronze
seaccast rife of 6H inches caliber,
which was captured by the United
states at Santiago In 1885, 1t Was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22


day. Gen. Sherman and Gov. Oglesby
were to be the two speakers of the oc-
casion.
From where the boy lived it was
six miles to the county seat. He had
to walk the distance. But worst of
all misfortunes, it rained all the day
before when he should have been
working in the garden, and so on Me-
mortal day the boy had to get down
on hands and knees and pull weeds
under the broiling sun, across row
after row of young vegetables, so that
he did not get away from home until
one o'clock.
Only an hour and six miles to go!
He knew it was useless. 1t would
take him. two hours, and when he got
there he would find everything over
and the general gone-and there was
no use in anything anyway. Tears
rolled down his cheeks now and then,
and he felt like a much abused boy.
Every little while buggy or car
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
Greatest by official Test.

The well drilled on the Accom- lease
northwest of Deering and tested by
County Gas Inspector Sealy L. Brown
shows a flow of 9,4O4, 440 feet of gas
per day and is the largest well by Of
ficial test in the western gas field and
probably in the whole country. There
have been wild-eyed stories in the
western gas field of wells that flowed
over 100000 cubic feet day, but
these ghost stories have none of them
been verified by actual and official
test as has this one.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
Latest Kansas Events.

Quickest Results in Cattle Feeding.
J. F. Douglas. who fed, during the
past few months, over so head of
heifers and 200 steers, thinks that for
quick and satisfactory results the
ground feed is the best. On his farm
near Beloit Mr.. Doublass has a grinder
that will turn out 1000 bushels of corn
day. He feeds Systematically. and
manages to make business pay. My
favorite rations.' said Mr.. Douglass.
is ground corn, cottonseed meal and
alfalfa That Is feed that puts
glossy finish to the cattle that makes
them look good. I do not believe that
ground corn will make any animal any
fatter than the shelled corn, but 1t
will do the work effectually, and do it
in les time. The ground feed is easier
to feed, and seems to be relished a
little more by the cattle than the ear
corn or even the shelled corn There
is no waste to it, either. l keep hogs
with my CATTLE, and whatever rs
dropped they get, but when it comes
to economy, I believe the ground feed
is more profitable
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22

this time by the sun shining through
the green windows of his room He
climbs again to the narrow passage,
and, strange to say. the sharp bristles
are no longer there, the way is clear,
and out into the bright fresh May
morning he flies
Resting on grass blade Overhang-
ing little pool he catches sight of his
reflection in the water, and nearly
tumbles in, so changed is he. From
wing-tip to wing-tip he is covered
with yellow dust. Soon he becomes
hungry again, and remembering
whence he obtained his last meal he
flies straight to the beckoning finger
of another plant. Passing into the
warm room, he brushes off the yellow
dust against the hairs which cover a
lot of little boxes that will one day
become first green, then red, and in
which will lie the bright yellow seeds.
In the picture is shown how the
flowers look as they grow at the bot
tom of the hedge / have taken one
of the flowers and removed a portion
of it to show you the little passage
and the room in which our tiny friend
dined, explains the writer in the
Culver. Below the sharp bristles are
arranged a number of small boxes
with close-fitting lids. These are filed
with the golden dust. Below these
boxes there is a ring of hairs which
protect another and larger ring of
boxes lower down. containing what
will some day be the seed. The little
plant desires that the yellow dust
from another Cuckoo-Pint shall fall
upon the tiny hairs that cover their
lids.
The flower provides a room several
degrees warmer than the air outside,
also good meal, and it keeps the lit
tie fly a prisoner until the yellow
boxes have emptied themselves of
their golden dust, then opens the
door by causing the bristles to shrivel
up, and all this trouble and contriv-
ance in order to obtain the golden
dust from the boxes of another plant
Does not the lesson of the dear Mas
ter come home with greater force?
They toll not, neither do they spin"
but think of the wonderful manner in
which they so provide that their seeds
shall be atrong and good
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
STORY OF GEN. SHERMAN.
How He Helped Youthful Illinois
Farmer See His Boyish Hero.

1t is not always the great things
men do that keep their memory alive.
Frequently it is some small act of
kindness, some pleasant speech or
manly courtesy, which remains in the
minds of those who knew them. So
in Illinois there is a young man who
thinks of Gen. Sherman not as "Old
Tecumseh," the soldier, victor in
strenuous campaigns, says the Youths
Companion, but as a kindly, rough
bearded old gentleman who carried
him over miles of road on his lap in
order that at the end he might really
see his boyish hero, the soldier.
1t was in the early sos. The county
in which the boy lived was to dedicate
a soldiers monument on Memorial
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
Wichita to Fight custer.

With only one dissenting vote the
Wichita city council decided not to
confess judgement in the custer in
junction suit filed against the admin
istration last fall. 1t is alleged that
the city collected funds from saloon
keepers and allowed them to run. The
action of the council is not in accord
with the desires of Mayor Graham,
the reform official. An attempt will
be made to compromise the case with
out judgement.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
Graduated 247 Students.

The University of Kansas graduated
247 students this year, making total
Of over $500 graduates from the in
stitution for the 35 annual commence
nents that have been held at lawrence
held in the new Robinson gymnasium.
The procession of officials and seniors
started from Fraser hall and marched
to the new auditorium, where Senator
Jonathan Prentiss Deliver of Iowa, de-
Iivered the commencement address on
Public Virtue and Politics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT..
It Will Demonstrate How the Earth
Was Formed from Molten Mass.

Here is an interesting little expert
ment showing how the earth, once a
great molten mass, attained it's pres
ent shape.
Pour water into a glass until it is
one-third full.
Upon this pour slowly some thick
oil, to the depth of not quite one-half
inch
Lastly, pour in, very gently,
small quantity of water.
You now have a layer of oil between
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
A MfIipq Company Fails.

The Security Milling plant of Abb
lene, and one of the finest milling
properties in the state, has closed its
doors with an Indebtedness of be-
tween $50, 900 and 5000 The Cfti-
zens' bank of Abilene is one of the
largest creditors, holding paper, 1t is
said, for about $50, 900, while two 9TH
er local banks each have its notes for
$1,000 and the Bank of Talmadge
about the same amount.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
The Largest Tree.

The largest known tree in Kansas
was felled a couple of weeks ago on
the Ben Wilson ranch near Williams
town. It was a cottonwood and was
purchased from Mr. Wilson by the
Topeka Barrel and Box factory, and
four and one-half days were consumed
by the two men in cutting it down.
Sixteen strong horses were required
to draw each of the three sections.
which were twelve feet long, to the
railroad The body was sound and
when sawed up made $500 feet of
first class lumber and about the same
amount of second class. The machin-
cry of the factory was inadequate to
handle such monster and dynamite
was finally used as last resort, and
it was torn in three pieces, when no
trouble was experienced in working
it up.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
Swiss Army.

The Swiss, army will be greatly
strengthened by the new military or.
ganization. Infantry recruits in fu-
ture will serve 65 instead of As days
yearly with the co1ors. There will BE
no change in the Swiss navy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
Best Rerkshire dera.

C. A. Standard, of Emperia, has
sold his entire herd of registered
Berkshire hogs TO 4. F. Guthrie or
Strong City. This is probably the
largest sale Of registered Berkshire
hogs ever made to one man in this
state, If not in the United States
The herd was considered one of the
best herds of Berkshire hogs in the
world. Mr. Standards object IN
selling them was simply that Mr.
Guthrie bid price on the herd that
was SO tempting that he decided tn
let them go.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
Ioneka,s Liquor Sales.

The probate courts record of liquor
sales in Shawnee county for May in
dictate that q, 1922 purchases of liquor
were made and signed for at As To-
peka drug stores.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
First Woman to Practice There.

Julia az Harris, of Kansas City has
been admitted to practice in the Unit
ed States circuit court at Leaven-
worth. She is the first woman admit
ted to practice in that court.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
The WAY of the Congressman.

Congressman raised their salaries
50 500 last winter, "and then" says c.
M. Harger economical by cutting off
the fast mail trains that were of value
to the people of the West"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-06-22
Lioht Crop in Dickinson.

ing Co., estimates that Dickinson
county will, with favorable weather.
make ten to twelve bushels of wheat
to the acre.