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The La Jara chronicle., 1908-02-14
UP AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
Uncle Sam Compels Weekly Newspapers to
Pay Extra Postage on Subscriptions More
Than One Year in Arrears.

There is no way out of it or around it. The post
Office department out with order compelling week
y newspapers discontinue papers going to suoscrio
ers who than year In arrears or pay the
additional postage of cent for each tour ounces OF
fraction thereof The order was first made to take Ell
feet January l. 1905 but afterwards changed to April
1s in order that publishers could have opportunity
to collect and get their lists in proper condition The
order of the postmaster general is in part as follows
"Ofice of the Postmaster General,
Washington, d. c.. Order No. 9O7.
Order that the postal laws and regulations be
amended effective January l, l9Os as indicated below.
Amended section 436, postal laws and regulations
to read as follows:
A reasonable time will be allowed publishers to Sc
cure renewals of subscriptions, but unless subscriptions
are expressly renewed the term for which they
paid within the following periods:
Dailes within three months,
Tri-weeklies within six months,
WEEKLIEs WITHIN YEAR,
Semweekes within six months,
Monthies within year,
Bi-monthlies within six months,
Quarterlies within six months
they shall not be counted in the legitimate list of sub
scrbers and copies mailed account thereof shall not
be accepted mailing at the second class postal rate
of one cent pound but may be mailed at the transient
class postal rate OF one cent for each tour ounces
or fraction thereof PREPAID WITH STAMPS AFFIXED The
right of publisher to extend credit for the sub
scriptions to his publication is not denied questioned
but his compliance noncompliance with tins regula-
tion will be taken in consideration in determining
whether the publication entitled to transmission at
the second class postage rate.
1t will be apparent to all of our readers from the
bove order that there is but thing for to do
namely collect up and get subscriptions in such
shape that they can be continued after the 1st of April
when this order goes into effect No publisher can
afford put cent stamp on papers and there Will
be but one alternative when the first of April arrives
and that will be discontinue the subscriptions and
+,,h ,plc of forc ollpc-
tions.
1t is certainly desire to resort to this meth
cd of getting what is owing We believe that prac-
ticay every reader of The Chronicle is honest and in
tends to pay and have been in the past-and would
be in the future if the postal laws would permtmost
liberal in extending credit to subscribers, but the
matter has now been taken out of hands and
can do nothing but abide by the ruling of the post
office department Please examine the date upon your
Chronicle and arrange to pay up the back subscrip
ton as possible
Do 1t to-day, don't wait until tomorrow.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-02-14
February lith. 1908.
JOHN +. VIVIAN.
Register State Board Land Commissioners
First pub. Jan. 81 1908. last Feb, II. 1905.
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF
Notice For Publication.
United States Land Omc,

United States Land Office.
Del Norte. Colorado January 2l, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Samuel :.
Bernard, of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
has filed notice of intention TO make proof
and :. E y NV 4 and NE Section !.
Township 35 North. Range East, n. NJ.
i. NJ. before the Register and Receiver. ut
Del Norte, Colorado, ON Monday. the 2nd
day of March. 1905.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and reclana-
tiou of said land:
Douglas Bernard, of La lara, Colorado.
William \. Braiden. of La Jara Colorado.
William o. NIieir of Alamosa Colorado.
John Hecker, of Monte Vista Colorado.
LEE FAIRBANKS.
Register.
First publication, January "a. 19OS.
Last publication. February 2s, 1905.
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-02-14
Notice of Application to Lease
State Lands.

Office of the State Board of Land Commits
Soners.
Denver, Colorado, january Is. 1903.
Notice is hereby given that ASisClO Con
zales. whose postoffice address, is Cupuiin,
Colorado, has made application No. 1865 to
lease the following described School
Lands, situate in Conejos County. Colora-
do. to-wit:
All of Section l6 Township - North
Range East.
No other application to lease the above
described land will he considered after
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

DURING the three fourth Of the closed the
people this country talked anything
~ r, TO be the stringency, frequently
' ~ called q 'panc'' but with less application than
think has caused people to become financially depressed
embarrassed many hmed with of
who really did know what 1t fall into the habit
Of thinking others think talking others talk. Talk has
been cheap and still cheap while many people really
el the enough hard times be that many
have taken advantage conditions hold should
loose When passing through like this which by
peopeis called hard times difficult for many
financial obligations but dodge behind the
debts when they could easily enough
regard the hard times This The truth
like this who do should his obligations order
may the he with pay
and accounts also To dodge behind hard another putting off
creditors with that really and with motive that
really The better thing
might to forget hard times be grateful for what is hand
he Of it. BY ali like this with
ourselves and with each other.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1ses
A Sign Board.

(By Request)
I will plant you a sign board, rum.
seller,
And hang it above your door,
A truer and better sign board
Than ever you had before.
l will paint with the skill of master
And many shall pause to see
This wonderful peice of painting,
So like the reality.
| will paint yourself, rumseller,
As you wait for that fair young
boy,
Just in the morn OF ,.anhood,
A mothers pride and joy.
He has no thought Of stopping,
But you greet him with smile,
And you seem so gay and friendly
That he pauses to chat awhile.
| will paint you again, rumseller,
| will paint you as you stand,
Holding glass Of liquor,
Sparkling in either hand.
He wavers; but you urge him
Drink! pledge me just this one, -
And he lifts the glass and drains it,
And the hellish work is done.
And next will paint drunkard,
Only year has flown,
But into this loathsome creature
The fair young boy has grown.
The work was sure and rapid
| will paint him as he lies
In deathlike drunken slumber,
Under the wintry skies.
| will paint the form of the mother,
AS she kneels at her darling's side;
Her beautiful boy who was dearer
Than all the world beside.
/ will paint the shape Of coffin,
And label it one word-lost,
| will paint all this, rumseIler,
| will paint it free of cost.
The sin and the shame and the sor-
row,
The crime and the want and the
woe,
That were born there in your rum
shop,
No hand can paint, you know.
But | will paint you a sign, rumsel-
Ter.
And many shall pause to view
That wonderful swinging sign board
So'terribly, fearfully true.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
lii We're A Boy.
(Bishop Vincent.)

Bishop Vincent)
If | were boy | should put no un-
clean thoughts, pictures, sights or
stories in my imagination, and no
loud words on my tongue.
| should treat little folks kindly,
and not tease them; show respect to
servants; be tender toward the unfor-
tunate of this | should strive to
do for the sake Of being a COM
fort to people, joy to my parents,
and help to the next century.
If were boy l should play and
romp, sing and shout, climb trees,
explore caves, swim rivers and be able
to do all the manly things that be-
long to manly sports; love and study
nature; travel as widely and observe
as wisely as | could; study hard with
a will when the lime came for
study; read the very best literature
work Of the imagination, history,
science, and art according to my
taste and need; get a good know
ledge of English; try to speak accur-
ately and distinctly; go to college
even if | expected to be a clerk,
farmer, or a machanic; spend my
Sabbaths reverently; try to be a prac-
tical everyday Christian; help on
every good cause; never make sport of
sacred things; be" about my Fathers
business" like the boy Of Nazereth;
use the world and not abuse it,
treat cid men as fathers, "the young
men as brethren, the elder women
as mothers, the yonger as sisters,
with all purity" and thus | would
try to be Christian gentleman,
wholesome, sensible, cheerful, inde-
pendent, courteous.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
A Curious Fact About Heating.
(Healthly Home.)

(Healthly HOme.)
This explains why we are some
times cold, and even chilly, when the
thermometer stands at rs or so de-
grees. 1t has been found that one
is perfectly comfortable in temper
ature of 60 degrees if the relative
humidity is 60 per cent.
Some one asks what is meant by 60
per cent. humidity. 1t is explained
in this way: At 50 degrees Fahren-
heit cubic foot of air will hold
nearly six grains of water in the form
of vapor. Sixty per cent. humidity
means that a cubic foot Of air con-
tains six-tenths as much moisture as
it is possible for it to hold. tits not
uncommon in hot rooms heated by
direct radiation to find the humidity
dropping as low as 20 per cent,
which Of course is exceedingly dry.
People ewill often be chilly in room
where the thermometer shows over
70 degrees. Place boiling tea-ket-
tie in the same room for fifteen min
utes, and, without raising the tenn
perature, and it will be found to be
enterely comfortable. This is be-
cause the air has become saturated
with moisture, and hence does not
abstract the moisture from the skin
and 30 make the uncomfortable chilly
sensation.
1t will be seen that As mere means
of saving fuel, without any regard
to health, it is economy to keep the
air of the house moist. In a general
way this is understood, for every
furnace is equipped with little re-
servoir for holding water. the pur-
pose being to supply moisture to the
air by evaporation. Recently more
effective devices have been invented
and are being used now in nearly all
good houses 1t wouldn't be a bad plan
for people who are interested it this
matter to hang a hydrometer beside
their thermometer. This is little
instrument which registers the
amount of humidity or moisture in
the air, and is likely to prove of very
great value.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
TIE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Observations Of Passing Events.

The old year closed and the advance the has begun
started the work of the with
o. ., the effect OF good during the year
'"S "S which has closed, while others have
with depression that from failure But all have started again.
the of years
stand for itself We need not look back the old for special
neither need the particular hndrance from
cid Horae Carpe diesee the the
time and those rho act well that principle will
sight dsappontnen eaion from
will be ngroed with the things Immediately hand Already
good stride has been taken
best for all good work may
energies Starting and looking ahead for something
for much before another shall close Coed will
the fellowship that will keep the best attitude
towards others mighty for bringing things
Let hope that such obtain all through the
that lies ahead of US
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
In Our Fathers Care.

Onknown)
The ships glide in the harbor's mouth.
And the ships glide out to sea,
And the wind that sweeps from the
sunny South
Is SIS sweet as sweet can be.
There's a world Of joy and world
Of pains.
Theresa a world Of trouble and care;
But, oh, in the world where our
Father rsigns
There is gladness everywhere.
The earth is fair in the breezy morn,
And the toilers SOW and reap,
And the fulIness comes to the tassel-
ed corn
Whether we wake or sleep;
And far on the hills, by feet untrod.
There are blossoms that scent the
air;
For, oh, in this world of our Father,
God,
There is beauty everywhere.
The babe lies soft on the mothers
breast,
And the tide of JOY flows in;
He giveth, He taketh, He knoweth
best
The Lord to whose home we win.
And, oh, when the soul is with trial
tossed,
There is help in the lifted prayer,
For never soul that loves is lost,
And our Father is everywhere.
The ships sail over the harbor bar,
Away and away to sea,
The ships sail in with the evening
star
To the port where no tempests be;
The harvest waves on the summer
hills,
And the bands go forth to reap;
And all is right, as our Father wills,
Whether we wake or sleep.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
Ptondin.P0iSonIBg.
youths Companion.)

youths Companon)
Food-poisoning is uncommon, if
we consider the number of persons
who eat more or less heartily from
two to four times D dav; yet it oc-
ours with more frequency than is
ordinarily supposed, the symptoms
in the majority Of cases being very
slight, and the poison being thrown
off by a single attack Of vomiting or
slight diarrhea.
Even in cases Of severe and wide
spread poisoning, such as are men,
toned occasionally in the papers as
occurring at picnics or church fe.-
tivals from the eating of sandwiches
or ice-cream, the number of fatal
cases is small.
The greatest mortality is from
mussel and mushroom-poisoning, the
number Of fatal eases in epidemics
of this sort being sometimes as high
as thirty per cent.
The first thing to do in case Of
food-poisoning, if seen early enough,
is to get rid of the offending mater
ial. Vomiting may be induced, if it
has not already occurred through
natures effort to cure, by drink Of
mustard and water or tepid salt and
water, or by tickling the back of the
throat with a feather or a rod of
paper.
As soon as the stomach has been
emptied, or Immediately, if the
patient is not seen until some time
after the meal Of poisonous material,
the bowels should be moved by salts
and by an enema. II diarrhea is
present and excessive, a single dose
Of salts may be given, and after
that remedies tending to quiet the
action of the bowels.
No food should be given, but the
patient may be allowed plenty of
water, at the same time that free
perspiration is induced by hot bottles
or hot bricks in the bed, in which he
lies, covered with several blankets.
In short, the treatment is directed
to the removal from the system as
rapidly as possible Of the poisonous
matters.
OF course these directions for
treatment are for the guidance of
the family Of the sufferer while
waiting for the physician, for SO
serious a condition as food-poison-
ing calls for the doctors care just
as soon as it can be secured.
Collapse is to be treated by
warmth, by rubbing of the extremi-
ties, and by stimulation. Very
strong black coffee, as hot as it can
be drunk, is an excellent stimulant
of the heart in these cases, and one
or two small cups may render great
servica
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

On the first day of January power
Falls Cape Fayetteville hryfve
~ u,, miles. This shows considerable development
that part Of the State is a precursor of
things The Fayetteville Observers paragraph
the occasion january l908
actually being transmitted Fayetteville
Eugene Maxwell the Manager of the Phoenix Construction Company
under which the plant
ucted Very little attended this the his
Of Fayeeve few prominent citizens by invitation
cred the distributing house. which
the silk mills when Mr. Egbert Douglas representative Of the power
company phoned Maxwell Buckhor that ready
Mr. Maxwell the of the great
motion, and in and exactly o'clock
threw switch. At the building brilliantly lighted
nnmb Of ncane5cen lights and little engine notion
being signs power enough the
machinery yetye that being
miles away, with voltage strength of 6OOOO"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
Two Kinds CT Girls.
(ExchanQal

tExcn2nSe-j
There are two kinds Of girls in
the world" says somebody, "the
girl who works and the girl who
gads." Commend US to the former.
Work lends dignity to pretty girl
is an added charm to her. The girl
who works-God bless her-com-
bines the useful and the ornamental.
She might gad about or roll on sofas,
but she prefers to be some account
in the world and goes out stenogra-
pher, teacher, saleslady, etc., and
bravely makes her own way. Such
are the salt Of the earth and Of such
is the kingdom of Heaven.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup for
coughs, colds, crup and whooping cough
grows in favor daily with young and
old. Mothers should keep it on hand
for children. 1t is prompt relief TO
Group. 1t is gently laxative, driving
the poison and phelgn from the system.
1t is a simple remedy that gives I'M
mediate relief, guaranteed. Sold By
E. I. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

Ii cold once gets into your system
it acts on every muscle and fibre Of the
body and makes you ache all over. 1t
especially affects the intestines and
makes YOU constipated, so in order to
get rid of cold thoroughly and with
out delay you should not take anything
that will tend to constipate. Kennedy 5
Laxative Cough Syrup acts npon the
bowels and thereby drives the cold out
OF the system. 1t contains no oplates
it is pleasant to take. and is highly
recommended for children. Sold by
E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

The finest Coffee Substitute ever
made, has recently been produced by
DR.. ShoOp, of Racine, Wis. You don t
have to boil it twenty or thirty min
utes. Made in minute" " says the
doctor. Health Coffee" is really the
closest Coffee Imitation ever yet pro-
duced. Not grain OF real Coffee in it
either. Health Coffee Imitation is
made from pure toasted cereals or
grains, with malt, nuts, etc. Really it
would fool an expert-were he to un-
knowingly drink it for Coffee. w. T..
Tyler.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

In the midst of what psts often call wicked and pevsrse gene
refreshing many believe humanity
c,.. ,, for better things This is well and ruthfuly
' ~ set forth in the following from the Charlotte
News: cat period
better things still small voice. whispers
suggested plane escape
he this Conscience If the
quietly
aloud But who upon suggestion
monitor then spurs
himself speak
Every either change
change broadly of ~ takes place. but the call Of
well other With
present nuencan voice inviting upward
Sometimes spoken hope
subtle appeal the conscience
change things be something worth whe If have
you realize then,
but reality holding does the destiny
quiet
publicly
than existence; to than
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
Pew Advertising Paid.
baldwin Builetir.)


Don't advertise if ysu believe you
are wasting money. Let your COM
petitor waste his money on adyerti5-
ing, and perhaps in this way you'll
soon put him out Of business" " Fix
lis clock for him. Just stand back
s'ld laugh at him when you see him
squandering his money for printer 6
ink. Once there was a boy named
John-we think his last name was
Wannamaker, or maybe it was Mon
eymaker, anyhow his name was John
with some sort q maker attached to
his name. He owned 500 yards Of
calico, three pairs of pants, half
dozen pairs Of boots. He called this
a dry goods store and offered to sell
pair of socks for 81 cents. The
don t-believc-in- advertising m err
chants laughed. Young John spent
S65 with the Philadelphia Ledger to
advertise just one time and had less
than 500 worth Of goods. lie was
cautioned by the merchants who
knew it didn't pay!' 1t was through
sympathy that they offered him ad-
vice. But John didn'J listen to them,
and went and blew his money in fool
ishly; and to-day poor John secs the
result of his misdoings he has 50
many large dry goods stores that he
can hardly find time to study his
Sunday-schoOl Lesson.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

Young Aspirant-Sir, may count
on your supporting me? Practical
Citizen-That depends, young man.
Are you going to run Tor Office or DO
you want to marry my daughter
Philadelphia Ledger.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

Do you have backache occasionally,
or stitches in the side, and some
times do you feel all tired out, without
ambition and without energy? If SO,
your kidneys arc out of order. Take
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills.
They promptly relieve backache. weak
back, inflammation of the bladder and
weak kidneys. Sold E. T. Whitehead
& Co,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

Il don't know which is the great
er gossip, Mrs. LoveneWs or Miss
Scandalmonger." They say Mrs.
Lovenews has a circulation 25 per
cent. greater than Miss Scandalmon-
ger. ."-Brooklyn Life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

First Tramp-After all, it pays to
be polite, pardncr.
Second Tramp-Not always. The
other day | was actin deaf and
dumb when a man gave me siXpence.
l says, THANK you sir" and he had
me arrested. Tit-Bits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

1t will be unnecessary for you to 90
through painful, expensive operation
for Piles if you use ManIan. Put up
in collapsbIe tube with nozzol, ready
to apply to the soreness and infdmma-
ton. For any form OF Piles, price. 5oc
guaranteed. Sold by I. T. Whitehca"
& Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09

Rings Little Liver Pills wake up lazy
livcrs, clean the system and clears the
skin. Try them for biliiou,ncss and
sick headache. Price 25c. Sold by I.
L. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
DISTURBED THE CONGREGATION

The person who disturbed the con-
eregation last Sunday by continually
coughing is requested to buy Il bottle
of Foley's Honey and Tar. E. 1.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-09
Eo3Saai5 Have kidney
IIGlIlo and Meyer SEsl20E i.

Tr"raicncy cf hidncy disease.
Nest people do not realize the alarm
ing !Ic.case and remarkable prcTalency
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-02
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office at Glas-
gov Montana, October 18th, 1908,
Notice is hereby given that
Eleanor j. Nolan,
of Colma, California, one of the heirs
of Mary E. Ruhling, deceased, who,
on July 3Oth, 1902, made Homestead
entry, No. 21s6 Serial No., O954, for
Lot 7, Sec. 7, Lots 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, II,
Section IS, Township 30 NJ, Range 81
E. M. Meridian has filed notice Of
intention to make Final five year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before H. l. Null
crevy ex-otficio clerk of the Superior
Court in and orthe City and County of
San Francisco, California at San Fran
cisco, CAL, and witnesses before
r. M. Reichel, U. s. Commissioner at
Malta, Mon, OH the 10th day of Nov
ember 1908,
Claimant names as witnesses:
Edward c. Mead and Levi W. Mead,
of Cowan, Montana, and Milo La Rock
and George Smith of Malta, Mont.
Truman M. Patten, Register
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-12-02
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department OF the Interior, United
States Land Office at Glasgow, Mon.
tana, November 2Sth, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that
ADELINE COTTER,
formerly Adeline Moran of Leedy,
Valley County, Montana, who, on
Sept. 3rd, 1908, made Desert Land En-
try, No, 1856, Serial No. O1371, for
32O acres unsurveyed land in Valley
County, Montana, as described in ap-
plicant's declaration and map,
which, when surveyed will be in
township "a, N r. 80 E. M. Meri-
dian, has filed notice of intention to
make Final Five Y ear proof to estab-
lish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before Robert M. Reichel,
U. $. Commissioner, in his office at
Malta, Valley County, Montana, on
the 9th day of January, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Gus. Tank and Herman Tank, both
of Leedy, Montana; Robert M. Traf-
ton and George Clanton, both of
Malto, Montana.
Truman M. Patten, Register.