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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11
Mediocrity, provided it bepersever-
ing, accomplishes more than fitful
talent.

In using a cough syrup, why net g.
the best? One that comes highly rec
omcndcd il Bees Laxative Cough Sv-
rup. contains Honey and Tar and Is
superior to other Cough syrups, in
many ways. Children always like It be
cause it contains 10 opiatc~, Is laXa-
tive and Is guaranteed 10 give satisiac-
ton or your money refunded. Try IT,.
Sold by Il. T. Whitehead < Co., Scot
land Neck, Lcggett Drug Co., Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11
The Price Of Health.

The price of health in nalarious
district is just % cents; the cost ola box
of DR.. Kings New Life Pills." writes
Ella Siayton, OF Noland, Ark. New
Life Pills cleanse gently and impart
new life and vigor to the system. 25c.
Satisfaction guaranteed f. t. White
head & Co. druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

Nothing so good as Cascasweet, J"
writes mother who has used it. 1t
saved my baby's life," writes another.
Cascasweet is vegetable corrective for
the disorders of child stomach. Con-
tents on every bottle in plan English:
50 doses for 25 cents. Recommended
by E. I. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

Ethel Ito her friend in spectacles)
And what is to be your profession.
Mary? Mary-Of, I'm going to be a
tragic poetess. Ethel-But, my dear,
that's not profession. It's dis
ease. e.-Tit-Bits
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Observations of Passing Events.

statistics, importation
United States four times much
A. c- .., it million dollars per month
' ~ 'f while it s million. During two
importation Of and has materially
the last has coffee
the decade These figures
The of the American people.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11
Bitten by a Spider.

Through blood poisoning caused by
q spider bite, John Washington, of Bos-
queville, Tex, would have lost his leg,
which became a mass OF running sores.
had he not been persuaded to try Buck
lens Arnica Salve He writes: The
first application relieved, and four box
es healed all the sores. - Heals every
sore. Zoe. at E. /. Whitehead & Co.,
Druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

The avcarge woman makes siren
uous effort to discover her husband
faults for the purpose Of hiding them
from other people.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

EVERY witnesses great Improvement agriculture best
methods and cultvatng
yo,s; n v , gressive farmers; this
' ~ in all the produced, This
that with equal with good
the South will produce If this
farmers do increase their If the
will than
ed And with larger reasonable that
Of will be lower which
wish The urest guard against this reduce the
little and food all the farmers do
this.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

Every woman appreciates beautiful
complexion, so much desired by men.
Such complexions come to all who use
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea. SOC.
Tea on Tablets.
=E. I. Mhitohead / Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

When there is a man in the house
Just sick enough to stay indoors it be-
hooves everybody to walk straight, or
there is certain to be trouble Som
erville Journal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

Everyone knows that Spring is the
season Of the year when the system
needs cleaning. Dadcs Little Liver Pills
are highly recommended. Try them
Sod by +. 7. Whitehead 4 Co., Scot
land Neck, Leggett Drug Co, HobgooI
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

Improper action OF the Kidneys
causes backache, lumbago, Rheumtism.
'Pineules" is kidney remedy that will
relieve these diseases. Pleasant to take
and guaranteed to give satisfaction or
money refunded. Relief in every dose"
sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scot
land Neck, Leggett Drug Co., Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

The morning of the day and the
morning Of life are but too much
alike.-Pickwick Papers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

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hacf kidney b'aJdar ,,rl ,.-- a3f4 ..-.-'s .-o,!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11
10 YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Gidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
.caEs is sure o know Of the yzonderfr,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

THE lost motion that this
thought and action, would
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-04-11

SCHNAPPS has been advertised in this
paper so that every chewer has had an
opportunity to get acquainted with the
facts and know that drugs are not used
to produce the cheering quality found IN
the ia nous Piedmont country tue-cured
tobacc. 5, and that SCHNAPPS is what he
ought to chew. Still there are chewers
who accept other and cheaper tobaccos
that do not give the same pleasure.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12

Specialists modern scientists are
bound to be. But they are not the
shriveled specimens so often pictured
by the man in the street, all cold in
tellect and devotion to the pursuit of
an abstract idea. They know how to
play. Like other men, they are gre
garious and play together
The Red Lion club was composed of
great Englishmen, and Huxley was
one of the members. The club used to
meet during the session of the British
association. To a certain meeting at
Ipswich, England, which Huxley de-
scribed in his Letters" some foreign
ers were invited, the Prince of Canine,
Bonaparte's nephew, among them, and
greatly astonished they were at the
exceedingly human behavior Of the
learned professors. The Red Lion men
had a custom of roaring instead of
cheering and of wagging one coat
tail-the lions tail-when applauding.
The prince was much impressed by
these proceedings, and when he stood
up to respond to the toast of his health
instead of making a speech he gave
three mighty roars and three wags.-
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12

By luck l for the first time in my
life have found a plausible derivation
for midshipman. 1t would appear that
In the days Immediately after the food
the vessels were very high at the ends,
between which there was a deep
waist" giving no ready means of
passing from one to the other. To
meet this difficulty there were employ
ed class of men, usually young and
alert, who from their station were
called midship men, to carry messages
which We're not subject for the trum-
pet shout. If this explanation holds
water, 1t, like forecastle and after
guard and knightheads, gives another
instance of survival of nomenclature
from conditions which have long since
ceased.
Whatever the origin of his title, 1t
well expressed the anomalous and I'M
defined position of the midshipman.
He belonged, so to say, to both ends of
the ship as well as to the middle, and
his duties and privileges alike fell
within the broad saying that what was
nobody's business was midshipman's.
When appointed as such in later days
he came in with the hayseed in his
hair" and went out fit for a lieuten-
ants charge, but from first to last,
whatever his personal progress, he
continued as midshipman, handy
billy.-Captain A. T. Mahan in Har-
per's.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12

People nowadays do not regard the
comet as one of those signs that fore
run the death or fall of kings, but the
superstition was still current In the
time of Queen Elizabeth, though, to
the amazement of her courtiers, the
queen calmly scorned it. 1t was also
thought that If the sovereign would re-
frain from looking at the malignant
celestial passerby no harm would come
to her. On one occasion Elizabeth q
attendants shut and curtained her win
dows, but her majesty, as might have
been expected, with "a courage an
swerable to the greatness of her es-
tate" caused them to be opened, cry.
ing as she looked up: "Jacta est alea-
the die is castr' Then, like King Knut
on the seashore, she read her people q
homily, asserting that her "steadfast
hope and confidence were too firmly
planted In the providence of God to be
blasted or affrighted with those beams
which either had no ground in nature
whereupon to rise or at least no war
rant In Scripture to portend the mis-
haps of princes"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12
The Only Convert.

For some years there had been q
Presbyterian mission at the Winneba-
go reservation in Nebraska, but there
were few converts. The missionary
hit on brilliant plan. There were
some bucks on the reservation who
had been at the Carlisle school, where
they had studied singing. He organ
lied a quartet The bucks liked to
show off their hymns. One Of them
had yellow dog that always accom-
panied his master to church.
At first the Indians liked the sing
ing; then they grew tired of it. Even
the choir lost its religion. 1t became
trio, then duet; finally the solo quit
A new missionary came into the field.
One day he assembled the pulpit and
looked around The only sign of life in
the pews was yellow dog. Calling to
the sexton, he said, Put that dog out"
Excuse me-" replied the sexton
mildly. I'D rather not. The fact is
he is the only convert Saturday
Evening Post
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Lucky Editors.

When the late N. Villemessant, the
proprietor of the Paris Figaro, died he
left the paper to the three men who
had done the most to aid him. But
there were many old contributors on
the paper, men with well known
names, who made an cutlery at this
division of property. They insisted
that they ought to have been consult
ed, and they threatened to found an
opposition paper to Figaro.
This alarmed the three principals,
and they made proposition to the ef-
feet that they themselves should take
each $1,000 out of the concern yearly
and that the other men should each
have a salary of f1,500 for the work
ehey were to do and at the end of the
year draw like sum out of the prof
its, thus insuring them $4,000 a year
each. Yet these men did not write an
average of more than half a column a
day each-if, indeed, that much-so
that they had very easy time Of it.
1t was one of the conditions that
when any one of them dies his share
goes to the others, so that the last sur
vivor will have an enormous income
London Observer.
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Old s,u.st an.inn.

In the mountains of West Virginia,
which are not as well known to the
country at large as they deserve to be,
are many lovely spots that are sum-
mer resorts as well as beautiful rest
ing places in spring and fall. Old
Sweet Springs is such a place. 1t is
far above the sea level, and there has
been hotel there ever since 1892.
George and Martha Washington spent
the summer of 1897 there, and there
Jerome Bonaparte met Elizabeth Pat
terson. There, too, is still standing the
Lewis cottage, said to have been the
first house erected west of the Allie
ghanies. There is a golf course at Old
Sweet Springs, which is said to be
very fine. Anyway, there is a mint
patch by the brook. The springs them
selves are believed to cure nearly ev-
erything, including dandruff without
vouching for this latter fact, doubtless
If you play golf every day without a
hat they will help.-Travel Magazine.
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day he win love you on the spot, my
dear"
1T is you he loves" whispered littls
Miss Smell, land he is charming. and
think you will be a wonderful cou-
pie"
mo, we won't" said Miss Biscoe de-
cidedly. I'm going to marry doctor
who lives in New York, and he is the
dearest fellow in the world"
The next Friday Owen Marvin, wan
dering little disconsolately through
the empty rooms of the reception hall.
came upon little figure in white. His
footsteps made no sound on the thick
carpet, and unobserved he studied her.
She. wore charming white net gown.
Her fair, fluffy hair was twisted about
her head In shining coronet, and as
she stood on the tips of her white slip
pered toes and surveyed herself In the
big mirror she was dainty, exquisite.
Il beg pardon" Owen apologized az
she turned and caught sight of him,
and then he said quickly, why, it's
Miss Smell"
She came forward, blushing. "Don't
you think my gown is pretty?'' she
asked. Miss Biscoe told me where to
send for 1t, and she fixed my hair.
Isn't she dearY'
But he did not join in her enthu-
siasm.
"She's something Of a c. :. ette," be
said, land very fond of admiration"
Every girl is fond of admiration"
Miss Smell defended, all pink and
white. Don't you think so?'
He liked the Difference Of her man.
ner. Miss Biscoe that afternoon had
told him Of her engagement, and his
pride was hurt. He decided that Miss
Smell appreciated him and that she
was pretty.
He walked with her through the fast
filling rooms Admitting gIances fol-
lowed them. 1t was not easy for the
teachers to understand the transforma-
ton of Miss Smell, and Miss Biscoe
was glowing.
isn't she successY' she said to
Miss Murray. Il told you she was
pretty. You can't always tell when
your ugly ducklings are going to turn
out to be swans, my dear. And clothes
make such difference
Her first name is Lily" she told
Marvin as they stood together for q
moment, while Miss Smell talked to an
astonished professor of English who
had never noticed her socially before.
Don't you think it suits herY'
Eyes," said Marvin and went over
and took Miss Smell away from the
professor of English.
HE needn't think am going to let
you talk to him all the evening" he
told Miss Smell, with an air of proprie-
torship, and she preened herself like a
little white dove as she swept through
the room by the side Of her handsome
cavalier and out upon the moonlighted
campus.
May l call you Lily?' he asked as
they stood under the elms.
'Oh, who told you that my name was
LilyY' she asked.
Miss Biscoe"
isn't she a dearT
"You are dearer," he said as the
moon went behind cloud.
"Ohp palpitated the floating vision
In white
"And love you" said Marvin ma
jestically, ard there in the shadowy
dimness he bent and kissed her.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12

One evening in San Francisco Evan
gelist Moody sat In his room at the no
tel playing game Of cards with Mrs.
Moody and two friends when a mes
senger came in with a dispatch. As
the boy stood waiting for reply Mr..
Moody suddenly asked, won't you sit
down, my lad, and have a game of
authors with us"
The boy declined and soon left the
room. Hardly had the door closed
when Mrs. Moody said, why, Dwight,
what made you think of inviting that
boy to sit down and play with us?"
''My dear" replied Moody, don't you
see, if had not called the boys atten-
ton to the fact that we were playing
authors all the morning papers would
certainly have announced under big
headlines that b. L. Moody had been
discovered in San Francisco hotel
engaged in game of cards ?"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12
Queen Elizabeth as an Ale prinlssr.

There is an amusing letter written
by the Earl Of Leicester to Lord Bur.
leigh as to the lack of sufficiently
strong ale for the queen at Hatfield.
There is not one drop of good drink
for her here. We were fam to send
to London and Kenilworth and divers
other places where ale was. Her own
beer was so strong as there was no
man able to drink it." Ale and bread
were the chief items Of the royal
breakfast The quantity of ale con-
sumed by ladies at breakfast In those
days was considerable, for In the reign
of Henry VIII. the maids of honor
were allowed for breakfast zone Chef
loafe, one manchet, two gallons Of ale
and pitcher of wine." A Lady Lucy
made a mighty tonic Of the national
brew. Her breakfast was a chine Of
beef, loaf and a gallon Of ale, and
for her pillow meal posset porridge,
a generous cut of mutton, loaf and q
gallon of Westminster Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12
Hi. cI...

The head of large mercantile HOUSE
received not long ago letter from a
millionaire banker In the west asking
that the latter's SON be placed in some
business house where he could learn
things from the bottom up" The
writer explained that his offspring was
mo good at home"
Soon after the western millionaire
received the following reply from hin
New York friend:
Dear Sir-Your hopeful has arrived ]
have given him employment In my estab-
lshment at s. week with others OF his
class. One Of these young men has Just
bought $4,000 yacht, and another comes
to the Office in $1,000 motor car No
doubt your son viii find his surroundings
congen1al.
-HarnoT-'s Weakly
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see I'm from your own college, only
I've been east since at law school"
Later she asked suddenly: Didn't
you belong to the Dramatic club
4 Weren't you Benedict in your class
play? That's where must have seen
you. The pictures are up in the club
room, you know"
1t was three hours later that the
train pulled into the little station at
Okeboji, and she realized that she did
not even know the young mans name.
"But Madge will remember, and she
is a Dramatic club member and Will
probably be able to place him." she
thought as she sat erect and wondered
what she should say to him when she
got off.
When the train stopped and she rose
to go he didn't move.
"1f you wait moment, the aisle will
be less crowded." he suggested, and
| she waited. Neither spoke, and when
the aisle was cleared he rose, picked
up his hat, lifted his suit case from
! the seat across the aisle and followed
her to the door. 1t had never occurred
to her that he would be getting off
here too.
Madge was waiting for her, and the
two girls embraced with a sudden rip
pie of laughter. The young man STEP
ped to one side and waited, hat in
hand.
did you escape himT' he heard
Madge say, and Mary answered. "Eas-
fly as you please. But they'll be furi-
GUS when they find out what I've done.
He's there by this time, and"- They
turned around to go to the waiting
trap, and Madge caught sight of the
man.
There" she almost screamed and
stared at the young man and from
him to Mary. "Why. you must be in
sane! Don't you know The man
drew closer, and Madge suddenly
laughed at the utter bewilderment on
Mary's face.
What are you talking about? You
must be insane yourself! Why
Madge wiped her eyes and held out
her hand to the man.
'You have hoped out of the frying
pan straight into the fire. my dear"
she said to the dazed girl. ALLOW me
to introduce Mr.. Ben Markham"
=
1t was quite six weeks before he
dared to tell Mary that he had not
run away from her, too, as she had in
terpreted his presence on the train, but
had been there by design. When she
heard that her mother had met the
trunk on its way to the station the day
before she left and Mrs Markham had
telephoned her nephew she gave up in
despair
'You see," said the man, you might
at least have given me the chance 1
was giving you. felt as much like
fool as you did, only 1 was willing
to be shown, and you-well, you were
afraid"
II wasn't" said Mary. But at any
rate we will not be married in Octo-
Der. That would be too much. Your
aunt actually said, If l were you, I'd
have an October wedding, to my moth
er, just as if l had nothing to do with
it. We will show them that they can't
manage everything"
1--WE Will" said Ben firmly. wen
be married in September"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12

Mr. Lawhead-Why do you treat mt
so coldly? Why didn't you answer th'
note l wrote you last Thursday Miss
Brushley-Sir, 1 don't wish to have
anything more to say to you. You
began your note by saying yor
Thought you would drop me line.
/ want you to understand that I'm no
q fish.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12
TROLLEY TIME TABLES.
BURLINGTON COUNTY RAILWAY CO.
In connection with Camden and Suburban
Railway Company.

In connection with Camden and Suburban
Railway Company.
In effect April !, 1907.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly, for Burling
ton at $40 q. M, and every hour thereafter
10 and including H.D p. m.
Leave Broad and High streets. Burlington
for Mount Holly at Gus g. m. and every houl
thereafter until and including IL .0S p. In
Last car ll.45 p. IN.
Leave Fountain, Mount Holly. for Moores
town and Camden at $40, GA a. m. and every
half hour thereafter until and including S.44
D. M, then y.44 10 "A, ll.34 p. M.
Leave Camden Ferry for Mount Holly 81
5.O3 5.3S O. m. and every half hour thereafter
until and Including 80S p. M, every houl
thereafter until and including u.0S.
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CAMDEN AND SUBURBAN RAILWAY Co

Leave MooRESTOWN every 10 minutes
from 6.42 until I0.42 a. M; then every 81 min
utes until 4.l2 p. m. then every 10 minutes I'M
til 942 p. M; then every 30 minutes until ll.l2
p. m; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
Leave FERRY sos, 5.3s, sos, 6.ss a. M; then
every 10 minutes until y.S8 q. M; then every ~
minutes until 3.38 p. M; then every 10 minutes
until S.3S p. M; then every 80 minutes until
lO.OS d. M; then LOS and 12.0S; then every
hour as per night car schedule.
Leave MERGHANTVILLE every minutes
from 5.82 u. m. until w a. M; then every III
minutes until Az p. M; then every minutes
until S.Z y. M; then every 10 minutes until
Il.47 p. M; then as per night car schedule.
Leave FERRY al 6.03 and 5.3S a. M; then
every 10 minutes until sos a.. M; then every
minutes until S.5S q. M; then every IL min
ules until 3.5S p. M; then every minutes un-
tii75S p. M; then every 10 minutes until l2Ue
midnight; then every hour as per night car
schedule.
NIGHT CAR-DAILY AND SUNDAY.
Leave Moorestown, l.02. 2 w, 3O2, 402 =. IN.
Leave Ferry, *l.08, 2.0S. BIS, Aus a. m.
xIast trip ON Saturday nigh.
Connect with Mount Holly cars at Stanwick
avenue.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12
An Illustration,

Little Harry-Pa, what's a foregon,
conclusion? Pa-Anything that's SUR
to follow something else. To give yot
an illustration, If l were to lock tn,
drawer of my desk it wouldn't b,
twenty minutes before your mother
would break it open for the purpose O.
finding out what I was trying to con
ceal.-Cleveland Leader.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12

"I'n send my boy to a boarding
school"
''What for?'
"Oh, he asks such questions He
wanted to know last night If a shoe
maker could breathe his last"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-12

Il suppose" said the beautiful girl,
''that you often burn the midnight
onT
NO" replied the poet. Il hang my
hat on the doorknob, so the landlady
can't look through the keyhole and
catch xna hnrning thu Gas- "-Ir2a~A@