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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-17

Hlzonner-You are charged with
breaking chair over your wife's head.
Prlsoner-It was an accident, your
honor. Hlzonner-What Didn't Won
intend to hit her? Prisoner-Yes, but
l didn't intend to break the chair,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-17

The cure Tor profanity-reformers
and educators please make note-is
merely wit enough to handle your
words so that swearing will seem like
baby talk IN mparison.-Patriot.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-17
Much Power.
Selected.

Selected.
A small creek on New York farm
runs dynamo that lights and heats
the farmhouse, pumps water, saws
wood, churns, turns the grindstone and
Is ready to furnish power for any other
purpose. At this rate boys won't leave
the farm unless they want to work real
hard
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-17

Clear up the complexion, cleanse the
liver and tone ths system. You can
best do this by a dose or two OF DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. Safe reliable little
pills with reputation. The pill that
everyone knows. Recommended by
E. T. Whitehead & Go,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-17

Builds up waste tissue, promotes ap
petite, Improves digestion, induces re-
freshing sleep, gives renewed strength
and health. That's what Hollister',
Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cents
Tea or Tablets.
E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-17

An lrshman once tapped poky
horse with whip and said. "Pick up
your feet, and they'll fall themselves"
-Atchison Globe.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-17

Thrift Is the philosophers stone.-
From the French.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-17
ks.nosE O MI -cte in This Case

<-1ACcs . F2iE -I2J III HIS \dSSe
Dillon S. c.. Aug 10.
Gentlemen in September 1899 took rheu.
matlSin in a very bad form tinflammatory) In a
month after the disease started had to give up
my work and 20 to bed It continued to .er9w
worse until my arms and hands Wers badly
draWn so much SO that / could not use them
My IeEs were drawn BACK till my feet touched
my hips; vas as helpless as baby for nearly
IL MONTHS The muscles of my arms and legs
were hard and struggled up ! suffered death
many times over. Was treated by six different
PHYSICIANS in McCoIi Dillon and Marion, but
p g OF them Gould do me any good, until DR. j.
me to try your KHEUMACIDE. He got me one
bottle OF the medicine and began to take it,
to get better, used 81 bottles and was com
Pletsly cured. That was years ago and my
had, no symptoms of rheumatism. Will say
further that began to walk in about six DAYS
alter bsgan to take RHEUMACIDE with fhe
aid OF crutches: in about three months after
PECAN TO take it l could walk as good as any
"ody. and went back to work again.
Yours truly. JAMES WILKES.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-17
CURES AT ER THE

RHEUMACiDE
nag cured John Ee and others Banore aft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
Cat and Canary.

From the Boston Herald.
This is the strange tale of Dick and Tom.
Dick was pretty. jolly, and very tame
canary Tom Is the intelligent cat which
allows the family of the narrator to live
with him. He is a noble fellow. good as
gold Dick and Tom great friends
The bird had much freedom and would
often rest between Toms two front paws
and chirp away at him. Sometimes the cat
would lap the brides feathers so very
gently. yet it was thought by onlookers the
little creature did not really enjoy the hath
but he would endure it for a little while
When the cage door was opened he would
fly out, and first rest on Toms head right
between his ears and begin to sing the cat
keeping as still as a mouse until his little
playfellow finished his song The trick
took place nearly every morning. But one
DAY strange puss, marked like Tom, wan
dered into the room and the maid believing
II was Tom, opened the cage door. Dick
flew toward the usurper to rest on the
friendly head as usual but there was
Wild spring, a snap. and poor little Dick
was dead! There has been mourning in
that household. and none Of the humans has
grieved more or felt worse than old Tom
who goes mewing and calling for the little
bird. But no pretty fluff of yellow and
green flies to him, chirping cheerful greet
ings. A friendship between a bird and
cat is most uncommon, but what is "A
greater puzzle than Tom and Dicks COM
radeship is that strange cat masquerade
as Tom completely deceived the maid, and
thus became the birds slayer. 1t looks as
II this little tragedy to be.
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a woman, and in this shape she is carried
on a camel or donkey to the home of the
groom.
The first home of the desert bride is with
her husbands family: but only when she is
the first wife. If he has other wives she
goes to the common tent, and there takes
her place boss of the establishment. She
holds this position for year or SO, but
after that comes down to everyday life
and does her share of the work She aids
in the cooking. in gathering fuel and in
weaving the cloth for tents and the family
clothing.
The Ouled Nails.
Have you ever heard Of the Ouled Nails?
They are to be found in every oasis, and
there is a whole street given up to them in
Biskra, the so-called Paris of the Sahara.
They are noted for their beauty and are
professional entertainers, much like the
Nautch girls of India, the Ghawazi Of
Egypt or the Geishas of Japan. Robert
Kitchens rather effusively describes them
in The Garden of Allah" making them
more beautiful than 1 have found them
either in Biskra or here. The Ouled Nails
sing and dance for money in the Moorish
cafes Any one who will pay for a cup of
cof1ee can see them, and scores of these
dark faced, turbaned long-bearded Arabs
will sit and watch them for hours The
girls are paid by the owners of the estab-
ishments, but they also collect contribu-
tons from the foreigners present, coming to
them and kneeling down at the close of each
dance. Thereupon the foreigner vets a sill
yer coin with his lips and presses 1t upon
the forehead of the dancer. The coin sticks
and the girl rises and goes through the
wild abandon of another dance, moving her
head 50 gently that the coin remains where
1t was placed.
The dance of the Ouled Nails is the we'll
known stomach dance, in vogue through
out the orient 1t consists of a series of
contortions Of the hips and abdomen while
the rest of the body remains stationary
or perhaps sways back and forth. The
girls are fully dressed; there is no exposure
of person. and they lack the ballet tights
of our wicked stage. Nevertheless, their
action are more demoralizing than those of
our dance halls. Their profession is con-
sidered respectable. and after a time they
take the money they have thus made and
GO home to marry their lovers-
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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n what place is the American banner that
first tiuttered over Alaska now resting?
In what manner has the flag been pre-
served to the present time? And finally,
what is the real story of that stirring
october day at Sitka when the American
warship arrived to take possession of the
country, and when the Russian flag was
rent in two pieces they pulled 1t down
from the flag pole for the last time in the
western hemisphere, while the beautiful
Russian Princess Maksoatofr wept at tn.
shortsightedness of her country at selling
a land with much potential greatness
A few months ago the managem, MT of the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS exposition started to
solve these questions, especially the first
one as to the whereabout of the flag. The
result was curious, and indeed reminds SC
forcibly of a famous incident of the eight.
zenith century, that perhaps the story may
be told.
John Baxter, in his day famous divine.
died with 50 many pious expressions of hope
and belief that his heirs determined to Is
sue the story. The book. THE Last WORDS
of Richard Baxter" was issued. and was
an immediate success. Money rolled In
The heirs became greedy, and hoping to
duplicate the success issued another book,
More Last Words of Richard Baxter"
1t was SO with the flag. No sooner had
search began for the first American flag un-
furled in the northland than the inquirers
| bean to be daily informed of where the
| real first flag was to be found Every
one that had a flag thirty-fve or forty
| years old seemed to be determined to ad-
| vance his banner as the original one. Many
/ and ingenious the stories told. and
| bitterly did some of the contestants wage
war for the legitimacy of the particular
| flag in which they were interested. True,
| r any of these ancient American banners
| had most interesting histories. but histories
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20

come back every so often, and their wives
can claim a divorce If they remain longer.
If q man absents himself more than
two years, his wife has not only the right
to marry again, but she can take poss. s.
sion of all the property belonging to the
family and keep it.
am told that the Mozabite .7omen are
true to their husbands They wear black
while their husbands are absent, and make
great feasts when they come home. Among
the viands served Oh such ocl asoas are
barbacued camels and sh zep. At the same
time a dinner is given to the poor, and this,
strange to say takes place at the cemetery.
Here the wife plays the Lady Bountlfu
sitting on the tomb of her parents. while
she hands out the soup and dispenses her
aims
have SEN many of the Mozabtes dur
ing my travels. They are short. stout and
light complexioned. with features Hebraic IN
cast. They are noted for their stinginess.
Most Of them sleep in their shops. where
they sometimes do their own cooking. saw
ing every cent to take home.
Love and Marriage in the Sahara.
All the women of the Sahara marry
young. A girl is often betrothed at eight
or nine; she Is married at twelve or thir-
teen, and is an old woman at thirty. At
ten she begins to prmp and look at
the men. and something is supposed to be
wrong with her If she is not married at
seventeen or eighteen. AS to the age Of
the husband, that matters not. He may be
sixteen or sixty, and he may have several
wives.
The marriage Is usually arranged by a
female matchmaker employed by the
groom who Is supposed to find out all the
details as to the character and wealth OF
the bride. She goes with her to the bath
and investigates her beauty; she makes
such inquiries at home about her cooking
and housekeeping ability as enables her to
furnish a full description. The groom Is
supposed to pay certain sum for the
bride. and she is expected to bring him a
small fortune in jewelry and household
effects.
Preparatory to the wedding the bride is
put through course Of training. She is
bathed and creased again and again, and
her skin is coated with powder On the
wedding day she is wrapped up in SO many
wells that she looks more like a bundle thar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
WHERE IS THE FIRST AMERICAN FLAG RAISED IN ALASKA?

not particularly pertaining to the point at
issue.
One of Three Flags.
After sitting the matter out the exposi-
ton management believes that the original
thirty-six starred banner to float above the
Russian barracks at Sitka is one of three
which are in different parts of the United
States for safe keeping. The history of
each of these three flags is well authenti-
Gated. and later the one desired Will be
obtained by the exposition to be used at
the opening ceremonies. 1t is the plan Of
the management that when on June 1, 1909
t. gates of the exposition swing open to
the world the banner on the topmost
pinnacle of the ten-million exposition of
Alaska, Yukon and the Pacific countries
Will be the same one that waved farewell tc
the Russians two generations ago
The writer, while in Grand Pre- in the
Acadlan valley, some years ago was shown
nae different sites where once stood the
forge of Basil, the blacksmith, where RYAN
geiine once stood watching the upward
sparks. Each site, strange to say, va, o,
different farm. AS then, so In the present
case, each of the owners Of these three
flags believe 1t to be the original, and
the following pertaining to each flag is tho
story as the present owner tells it:
Strong Claim as Original.
One flag. the property Of Edward Leu
decke of Wrangell has a strong claim to
being the original. 1t now reposes tn the
vaults of the Dexter Horton Bank In Seattle.
The story is that the body of American
troops that left San Francisco in the
autumn of 1867 for Sitka 10 take possession
OF the country proceeded by the inside
channel and touched first at wrangen.
AT that point there were living few
Americans engaged in pioneer work. One
of these was Edward Leudecke who after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20

forty years Is still resident of Wrangell.
Leudecke, when the troops touched at that
point. heard for the first time of the Ameri-
can purchase. Although the country was
not then formally taken over by the United
States, he ran to the fagpole and hoisted
the American flag. and there 1t flew for
many months In the meantime the troops
proceeded to Sitka. then the capital, and
on October IS. 1867. the Russian flag was
pulled down and the American flag raised
before the barracks and In the presence of
a detachment of both Russian and Ameri-
can troops
Floated Until 1867.
The flag of Leudecke foated till 1867,
when the news of the admission Of Ne
braska to the Union was announced. and
then the flag with thirty-six stars was
pulled down and another one with thirty
seven stars was raised in its place. Leu
decke however, chung carefully to his flag,
and in 1905 turned the banner over to G. +.
Rodman, an attorney of Wrangell, who sent
il on to its present destination for safe
keeping.
Leudecke is now seventy-two years OF
age and Is strong and hearty. He remem-
bers perfectly the first arrival Of American
troops in the north and the amazement
and JOY of the few Americans there on
being told that Alaska had been purchased
from the Russians.
OF course this flag of Leudeeke's cannot
be the ofi1cfaf one as 1t was flown at
Wrangell. Nevertheless, 1t would seem as
if it has a strong claim to be the first
American flag ever flown in the northland
Another flag Is told about by Maj A. N
Brown, private secretary to Gov. Albert r..
Mead of the state of Washington. Mr..
Brown in this connection writes as foi-
lows the story of this flag:
At the State Department.
'In making some researches among the
government documents and reports on the
acquisition of Alaska I have found that
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p HAVE just returned from Mechia, the
great oasis which lies on the edge
of the I.ibyan desert, east Of Tripoli.
IL 1t faces the Mediterranean and Is
an island of green on the edge of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20

when Secretary Seward dispatched Gen.
rousseau as United States commissioner to
Sitka to receive the territory of Alaska
from the Russian government he had
given to the general flag with instruc-
lions to use it in formally taking possess
sion. The report shows that it was used,
that it was taken back to Washington by
Gen. Rousseau and that it was there
turned to the Secretary. 1t would be in
teresting to have that flag exhibited at the
exposition. 1 would suggest that you in
terest some of the state delegation in that
matter to the end that the Department Of
State hunt the old flag up and send it
out"
Whereabouts Is Known.
The whereabouts Of the third flag is
known to Dwight A. Hurlburt. Mr.. Hurl-
burt in writing explains further that he
was a member of the squad Of the "a
United States Artillery which went 10
Alaska in 1867 to take possession. He was
the member Of the squad to adjust the
staff at the raising of the flag on OCTOBER
10. 1867, at Sitka. Mr.. Hurlburt took the
mains to follow the course Of this flag after
IT had served it's usefulness. and this he
claims is the original flag after which the
exnosftion Is In search. The flag is not,
as he says, III the poSsession OF the gov
eminent at the present time. Mr.. Hurl-
burt is now in Kansas City, but spent
many years in Alaska. He was there when
Secretary Seward visited Sitka, and took
down the speech of Mr.. Seward in short
hand and thus preserved 1t to posterity.
1t was afterward published in the Alaska
Times of that time.
These are the three flags which seem to
be most near to the ideal Doubtless there
are others, and the management of the ex-
position would be grateful to receive in
formation from any one knowing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
A Queens Scarf.

From the London Onooker
Powerscourt contains the splendid salon
in which a banquet was given in honor OF
George " in 1921. In the house is a por-
trait of the founder of Powerscourt in
which he is represented as wearing
scarf II is said that when Wingfield re-
turned to the court OF Queen Elizabeth.
after efficient services in Ireland, the queen
asked him what he expected as his
ward He was a gallant courtier. and re-
piled: The scarf which your majesty
wears around your neck will be reward
enough for me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
A Yachting Trip.

From Harper's Weekly.
Captain-"Pease, sir, your wife has fallen
overheard.
Owner-"Confound It! Another of those
sinking spells of hers!'
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further about this matter. or, in fact. about
anything vital to the early history and
settlement Of Alaska.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-04
THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE.

the law establish
and the interests OF the farmer as
consideration The planter oeeh
Of; himself able
hephep demonstrating what
tending and in specializing along certain
agriculture idea of taking over the work OF the Planters
avoided need
Il PIT diversf ed farming on
of the soil shall be taught
interested tobacco culture He should first be taught
labor n"nsupbe
tobacco
somewhere else and shown how to avoid mis-
learned all
he be of will saable
sswin
establishing iviza
should have attention the that back
Of of
that
capable corporation
school, He be but he needs
actual contact wi of ALL
1t fine to
university idea
grow, college with field
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-04
MIR. KNUDsEN's SECOND
LECTURE Of HIS SERIES

| In the course of his admirable lecture
on Islam last night, in the pavilion OF
the Alexander Young hotel, Mr.. Angus
tus F. Knudsen said:
ITO be swayed by prejudice is to ad-
nit that you are untruthful and unjust.
But a decision based on partial evi.
dence and inaccurate investigation is
far worse, as it leads those astray who
follow after.
This hasty condemnation of one re-
ligion by another is the cause OF the
worst ignorance and antagonism, and
is an irreligious attitude of mind.
IF we analyze our claims for spe-
cial revelation by supernatural means
we will find that other religions have
the same basis.
..Mohammedanisn lays claim to su-
pernatural origin, but gives Christ,
Moses, Abraham and many others equal
place as prophets
Islam raised a cruel and Ignorant
people to high state of civilization,
and was for seven centuries the bull
wark of science and art. Much of our
modern science and civilization began
in the universities of Bagdad and Cairo.
To-day Islam has little TO arouse en-
thusiasm. But a study of the origin
of the faith. cleared of accretions,
shows US a religion, philosophy, and q.
mysticism of the highest order Ita
are to be ranked with the
highest. Loyalty is its watchword;
raon SIN its creed: temperance it's life;
and God himself the Ideal, the goal Of
human attainment.
No man could follow truly the Islam
without becoming a man of ideal char |
acter''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-04
NEW YORK DAY
BY DAY PLEhSES

The Orpheum held a crowded house
to witness the melodrama New York
Day by Day" by the Ellefords. The
play, which dealt with life in New
York, was full of laughing surprises
and startling climaxes. and the large
audience which snowered the efforts
of the actors with liberal applause
showed that they thoroughly appre-
ciated the performance, for little
nonsense now and then is relished by
the wisest men" True Boardman
played Jack Walters, a young sailor, in
manly manner, while Meta Cham
beriain made a sympathetic blind girl
George Hernandez and Joseph Roberts
created great deal of fun as the
Dutch vendor and Irish policeman.
Matte Lloyd Luce was a hit as
Rags and William Marion got
himself disliked in the role of Richard
Blakely. Clarence Ferguson and Anna
Dodge handled the role of Jose Harris
and Mother Cantwell in a creditable
manner
The specialties were given in an ex-
cellent manner.
The American Girl will be given
this afternoon at the matinee and
New York Day by Day tonight for
the last time. aa8
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-04
THE SALVATION ARMY.

Meetings every evening, except Wed
| nesday, in the hall, corner of King
street and Nuuanu avenue, commenc-
ing at o'clock.
Sunday services: Knee-driIl at 7 a.
M Holiness meeting at IL a. m. Sun
day school at 1890 p. m. Young Peo-
pies Legion meeting at D. m. Saliva
ton meeting at p. m.
Meetings in the Penitentiary and
County Jail at 1890 p. m.
Meetings at the japanese Outpost,
l58 n. Beretania avenue, every Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday and Satur-
day evenings, commencing at 1880
o'clock, and Bible class at $50 every
Sunday morning
Meetings at the Korean Outpost. 100
kukui street, every Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday evenings. commenc-
ing at O'Clock, Sunday school at $50
a. m, and Salvation meeting at o.
M, Sunday.
Sunday school on School street, near
LlIIha street, every Sunday afternoon,
commencing at 2:30 o'clock.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend these meetings and to send the
children to the Sunday schools,
Adjutant and Mrs. Bamberry in
charge, assisted by Captain Armstrong
and Lieutenants Long and Suyeoka.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-04
4 HONOLULU CHURCH
OPEN FOR TWO MONTHS

| A church where services are held fol
barely two months in the year!
'Where?" one naturally asks when he
hears this statement.
Situated on the slopes of Punchbowl
a very short distance after the turn
is made to reach the summit, one
comes across an odd looking little
chapel and that is where services are
held for such a short time. 1t is a
Catholic organization, but is in6epend-
ent of the Catholic Mission, inasmuch
as the people pay all the expenses
connected with the church. No priest
goes to this chapel and no sermon is
preached. In one corner of the yard
is a bandstand and in place of an
organ, the Concordia band, a Portu-
guese organization, plays for the bene-
fit of the large crowds which gather
at the bazaar, which takes the place of
a regular service. Flag poles are plac-
ed all along the fence and on Sundays,
the banners of many nations float
proudly from these staffs. The flag of
old Portugal flies throughout the en-
tire season.
'Egreja do Espirito Santo,'' is the
name or the church, and it is opened
only during the time when the feast
Of the Holy Ghost is celebrated.
The origin of this feast is not known.
AT the feast, however, which is now
observed in all Catholic parts of the
world, twelve poor men, in honor of
the twelve fruits of the Holy Ghost"
are fed and priest washes their feet.
This ceremony, however, takes place
IN the church proper, and not in the
Egreja do Espirito Santo
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-04
WORK FOR WOMEN.


that of build a chidrens
a the
fund
Besides getting this they
Cottage hospitals by
do Japan ana the equipment elaborate
Children of the
telgen which hospital