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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-24
To Prevent PICKERING.
Always stitch seams in skirts froE
tcc toward the bottom.
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VII every trace OF the sore was gone. !"
II Is all sores. Sold under guarantee
at 2. T. Whitehead Co. s drug store.
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A PuSy Writer.

Mrs. Cashel Hoey, the EnS1ich nov
elist and newspaper writer, is proba
bly, the oldest woman in active jour
nalistic work. Mrs. Hoey is still
busy writer for the press and bears
lightly the burden of her seventy
six years. Her first newspaper ar
ticle was written more than half
century ago, in 1883.
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but rather you must add strength to
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that will digest the food which the
stomach can not digest. Kodol is the
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this, for Kodol is made of natural di-
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hodol is pleasant to take, and is guar
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-24

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E'p Chair.

Up Chair.
4 pupil from the high school class
Of cookery. South EensinGton, Lon
don. Eng, told nc about this substi-
tute for a Jelly bag ana | have found
that it works to perfection, being
much less troublesome than the old
fashioned jelly bag, says writer in
Farm and Home.
Clean plain wooden Kitchen
chair thoroughly. anG then turn it,
legs upward. Oh a kitchen table. Tie
clean, single or double piece Of
white cheesecioth securely by the
corners to the chair legs, being care
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-12-24
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7faen washing clothes in cold wa
t., Dut handful Of salt in the las.
r ING water. While not entirely
7 -venting freezing, nevertheless, il
w make the clothes easier to han
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Nearly everybody knows DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are the best pills
made. They are small, pleasant, sure
Lie6le Liver pills. Sold by E. 7. White
head Company.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
A REPTDIATED CITIZEN.
Instead of Relieving Him, Strike
Him on the List.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Abram Moses has been repudiated by
the United States. He is Of the type that
Is not wanted by this country. He does
not live in the United States. and has
not done so since 1899. That was the year
he was naturalized. As soon as he re-
ceived the coveted papers he left for
Pretoria. South Africa. He is down there
now. He is In trouble, TOO, and has asked
the protection Of the government to which
he took the oath Of allegiance sixteen
years ago.
But the United States has had its eye
upon that class Of alleged citizens for a
long time. Instead Of going to the relief
of this ardent American who has been
using his citizenship as a protection While
he has been living in Africa. the United
States district attorney at Wilkesbarre
has begun proceedings in court 10 have
the naturalization papers Cancelled.
Things are changing in the naturaliza-
tion line. The old-fashioned asylum theory
is not so popular as 1t once was. Some
unworthy folk took advantage OF il. They
found "a strong feeling in favor of the
right expatriation. That carried with it
the determination to protect the new citi-
zen from the first moment OF American
izatIon. The temptation was strong. there
FORE 10 migrate 10 the land of liberty
get naturalized as soon as possible. and
then go back whence they came or go
somewhere else and claim the privilege
Of American citizenship and the protec-
ton of the Stars and Stripes.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
STINULANT EFFECTS.
No Hard and Fast Rule Can Be APP
piled 10 All.

piled TO All.
From the Ohio State Journal
DR.. Rivers. lecturer on experimental
psychology at Cambridge University, gave
up coffee for a year TO note the effects
and TO experiment with a life that had
nothing 70 do with stimulants He also
experimental with individuals by giving
them stimulants and nonstimulants with
out letting them know which they were.
so as 10 study the psychological effects.
While the Doctors conclusions are little
vague and quite useless for public in
struction. because OF so many attendant
conditions, the experiments seem TO in
dicate that coffee has a tendency TO
create nervous troubles.
Here is a sentence from a review in
the British Medical Journal: Expert
ment suggests strongly that caffein is a
dangerous Evmedy in cases Of prolonged
fatigue. or or that enhanced tendency to
fatigue which is the characteristic fea-
ture Of neurasthenia." In plain terms,
coffee is not good for weak or worn-out
nerves. But the doctor Offsets this fact
by another statement 20 the effect that in
his own case. neurasthenia first followed
the giving up tea and coffee. His own
sleep was upset by caffein. but on fell
low-worker IT had no such influence.
So there we are. Coffee Is bad for some
people and not bad for others. and the
thing TO do is TO find out how II affects
each one, and then govern himself ac-
cordingly But the true way is TO live
good open life and think nothing about IL.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
MRS. TAFT ON DIVORCE.
Her Public Utterances Win Popular
Approval.

From the Wilkesbarre News.
in the purity and integrity Of the Amer
lean home lies the safety and security Of
the American republic. In the opinion of
Mrs. Taft, the wife OF the Republican
candidate for President. the greatest
peril now confronting this country is the
divorce peril
This most charming and intelligent
woman expressed her views very plainly
on this question in an interview the other
day in New York, which we reprinted ard
which we most heartily commend TO the
consideration Of the other women of this
country. who must agree with Mrs Taft
that the laxity Of our divorce laws is a
menace to the very life of our nation"
She does not believe in divorce at all
She holds to the idea Of legal separation
II there must be separation, but no di-
vorce, What God hath Joined together
let no man put asunder." There has been
nothing said on the subject more refresh
ing and utterly In keeping with the faith
and sentiment of the decent people of the
country than what Mrs. Taft has spoken.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
The Labor Vote.

From the indianapolis News
So we shall this year have the same
old speculation as TO the labor vote.
and men will take Gompers seriously
when he says or implies that unless he
has his way organized labor will rush
in solid array from one party to the
other. There is no solid labor vote as
there is a solid South, or a practically
solid colored vote. There is not one of
us who does not know many Republican
and Democratic laboring men who vote
their respective tickets quite as steadily
as other people do. They can not be
coerced or controlled either by their en-
ployers or by such men as Gompers. We
think, therefore, that the Democratic
platform makers ought TO say precisely
what they think right, without any re-
gard whatever 10 its effect on the So
called labor vote. No free convention
should allow itself TO be dictated to by
any leader supposed TO represent and 10
speak for any class. The reason that
the labor vote cannot be unified in sup
port of any political party is that 1t is
too intelligent Men who are intelligent
are in the habit Of doing their own vot-
ing
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
Castro and Capital.

From the New York Sun.
Now, on the face Of things, we would
be very sorry for this modern Bolivar.
because in our opinion he is repulsing
has. indeed. repulsed, in so far as he
can, the one thing that would have
made for the regeneration of north
ern South America. namely. the inva-
sion of foreign capital If President
Castro's eyes were not everlastinglv
turned inward in contemplation of him
self, he might be convinced of this from
having observed Gen. Diaz governing
Mexico and the results that have now
for some time been beginning 10 show
However. the regenerating motive which
Castro proclaims is 'all sham In his
philosophy money makes the army go
and the army maintains the dictator
Inc only people from whom money can
be acquired are the barbarian" investors
in Venezuela, and so they have been rob-
bed. But there Is an end OF everything
and the end of the barbarian" invest
ors is near. What then? VIII others re-
place them2 Probably not. and then there
will be an end of Cipriano Castro as Pres
ident of Venezuela.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
NEW DEGREES NEEDED.
Appropriate Titles Wanted TO Honor
the Rich.
rom the Buffalo Express.

From the Buffalo Express.
Really, there should be no objection
when such Of our institutions as are
authorized 10 issue degrees honor our
great men with the appellation Of doctor.
We have no other means Of recognizing
their achievements. We have no French
academy 10 immortalize them and no
discriminating King Edward TO make
them knights or peers; nor have we any
orders with which 10 decorate them We
can only call them doctors Of one sort
OF another-doctor Of laws or doctor OF
philosophy or something OF that sort.
All OF which is all right from one point
Of view, but quite absurd from another.
Why, for instance, should John Pierpont
Morgan be dubbed a doctor Of laws2
What does he know about law? Per
haps he knows a bit about laws. but
about the art OF law he probably has
quite as haZy an understanding as have
some other distinguished gentlemen who
have been honored by being given the
title.
II would accord little bit more with
the fitness Of things If our degree-con-
ferring authorities would get together and
devise a few degrees which would be
more appropriate TO those upon whom
they are conferred. For instance. Mr..
Morgan might be given the degree Of
master OF finance. and Mr.. Carnegie that
Of universal pacifier. and Mr. Rookie
feller be made a doctor Of golf, and so
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
Mr.. Sherman's Whiskers.

a number Of our contemporaries are
taking the matter OF Mr.. James School,
craft sherman's whiskers too much 70
heart, we think. There isn't a particle
Of good to come Of making them a cam
paign issue.
number of people do not fancy side
whiskers. 10 be sure. They-the whis-
kers-are usually associated with exae-
gerated pomposity and self-consciousness
in addition to this. they are frequently
supposed to be indicative Of decided plu-
tocratic tendencies. Indeed. we are NOT
sure that we ever saw a banker tvpifed
pictorially who was not literally bedeck-
ed with side whiskers.
Mr.. Sherman, however, II he offends
at all in the matter of whiskers. must be
conceded TO offend very slightly. His
equipment IN this regard is hardly notice
able. The specimens he wears are not
even full mutton chop; II would be hard
TO classify them. unless seml-muttons-
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
The Pension Iniquity.

From the Richmond Dispatch
The Republican party, in its platform Of
1850. boasted that it had annually ex-
pended sSO0OO.OO0 for soldiers pensions.
At the last session Of Congress it ap-
propriated S163, 100000 for the same OBJ
ject. The Republicans Of that by no
means remote period were not modest
men, but they would stand with abashed
awe at the accomplishment Of their sue
cessors in office And the platform Of
1865 specifically commends the recently
enlarged appropriations for pensions and
declares for a liberal administration of
all pension laws.
No phase of Republican extravaganza
has been more fragrant than that which
has marked its pension policy. Here
have been an all-embracing law a lax
administration, and a progressive prom
ise of more. The pension list has for a
long time been almost as much used as
a means to strengthen the voting power
Of the party as its benefcent purpose has
been used TO help disabled soldiers.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
Child Labor in the District.

Sometimes people with a hobby are not
altogether fair in their earnest and
praiseworthy desire to gain the whole Of
their ends. We are quite certain that
those who are trying 20 secure adequate
laws covering the curse Of child labor in
this country mean to be just and to gain
what they are seeking by fair means but
sometimes they are led into intolerance.
SO led astray, we believe, is Florence
Kelly, who, in the current issue Of Chart
tiles and Commons, has an article on
child labor in the District Of Columbia.
II is headed-and this head is not quite
fair-"The Senate Monopoly of Child La
bor." Miss Kelly says that 1T is a mea-
ger share of protection that Congress
has meted out to the working children
in the long-expected District OF Colum-
bla child labor bill" and she says that
so far from it being a model for the
states to copy, it is, in one important
matter, a terrible example. This example
she cites Is the exemption Of children in
the employ Of the Senate.
Miss Kellys cause is undoubtedly
good one; so good. indeed, that she can
do it nothing but harm by such implied
misrepresentation as this. Every one
knows the evils at which chlld-labor laws
are aimed; evils that have been eloquent
Iy pictured in the Senate by Senator
Beveridge and pictured with horrible
fidelity by Miss Marie Van Worst. from
whose excellent book Senator Beverldge
got many Of his instances. The Chill
dren" employed in the Senate are the
pages; children in the eyes of the law.
but boys arrived at an age when most
healthy American boys-even those Of
fairly well-to-do parents-are setting out
to learn how 10 make their own living.
The children employed By the Senate are
well paid. well cared for. started honor
ably on a career. and neither they nor
their parents. who in most cases, had
to strive right hard before they could
get them there. have anything to COM
plain of. Miss Kellys objection is unfair.
She then objects to the fact that a
child is exempt from the law IL. In the
discretion Of the judge Of the Juvenile
Court. the labor of such child is neces-
sary for its support or for the assistance
'of a disabled Ill. or invalid father or
mother. SC She says that it Is obvious
that the judge cannot decide each case
Of child labor that comes before him on
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
FRIENDS OF DOUGLAS.
VIII Back His Name for Second
Place on Ticket.

From TIE Baltimore sun.
II is stated in dispatches from Denver
that Eastern friends Of Hon. William L.
Douglas. Of Massachusetts. will present
his name to the Democratic national con-
ventlon for second place on the ticket. Il
is undeniable that Mr.. Douglas is one OF
the strong men in the Democratic party,
and II his popularity. and not his con-
sent. were the only consideration. his ad-
mirers in all parts Of the country could
confidently assert that there's nothing
the matter with Douglas" He Is one Of
the best types of those Americans who.
from small beginnings. have risen. by
sheer ability and pertinacity, 10 COM
manding positions In the Industrial field.
In 1894 Mr.. Roosevelt carried Massachu-
setts by a great majority, but Mr. Doug
las, the Democratic candidate for gov
ernor. was elected chief magistrate Of the
Bay State. Al this time IL is not clear
where the democratic Vice Presidential
lightning will strike. But IL is interest
ing 10 note that Mr. Douglas friends in
Massachusetts and elsewhere are asking
What's the matter with Douglass That
Is the question which was heard all over
the country four years ago. when Mr..
Douglas extraordinary victory in Mas
sachusetts afforded one OF the few rays
Of sunshine in a year Of dark disaster for
the Democratic party.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
Separation of japanese.

AS a result OF the agitation against
equal rights for japanese children in the
public schools Of Seattle. it is announced
that the japanese of that city have
agreed among themselves 10 withdraw
their children and TO send them TO
schools which they will establish and
which are 10 have japanese teachers.
The motive OF this change Is said to be
that the japanese may retain their self
respect and also avoid further trouble.
1t is pointed out that the Japanese par
ents cannot be expected TO send their
children to schools in which they will be
looked upon as interiors Of their school
mates Of Italian. Irish. Hungarian. or
other parentage.
The New York Tribune deprecates this
movement. and says 1T must be re-
gretted and dlsapproved as antagonistlc
70 the spirit OF American institutions
and as likely to entail undesirable re-
suits" and 1t goes on TO say that one of
the most admirable traits OF the Ameri-
can social and political organism is its
immense capacity for assimilation.
We think that our contemporary is
mistaken IN its assumption that fidelity
to the spirit OF American institutions
warrants any attempt at assimilation OF
the yellow races. The Tribune points out
that
Immigrants Of adult age generaIly become
Americanized 10 some degree. while their. chill
dren do to a degree 50 complete that their alien
Tarentage Is scarcely perceptible. This result.
80 highly desirable. is unquestionably effected
largely and chiefly through the agency of the
public schools, in which Children Of alien par
entage and perhaps alien birth are taught by
American teachers and associate on terms Of per
feet equality With American children both in
study and sports
Surely the Tribune will not carry its
benehcent theory Of assimilation so far
as to include the immigrants OF all races
who may wander TO our shores II is.
we believe. against the very grave dam
ger Of such assimilation that the parents
OF white children in Seattle have pro-
tested against the association OF their
daughters with japanese male pupils.
The italian. Irish. or Hungarian immI-
grant children of which the Tribune
speaks are. at least, white children. and
in the course Of a generation are so
recast in the American mold that little
or no trace Of their alien birth remains.
1t can never be so in the case Of the
yellow races, any more than It has been
with the Ethiopian race. Assimilation.
in It's fullest sense. is not possible; GER
tainly II Is not desirable.
The establishment OF separate schools
FOR the japanese or Chinese pupils on
the Pacific Coast should prove an ideal
solution Of the racial difficulty out there
These children OF the far East are. II we
look the facts squarely In the face. here
on sufferance; the marked differences Of
blood and color can never be wholly bar-
monized- Some American girls wed
themselves 10 japanese men. but such
marriages seldom turn out happily. and
those who have seen the children of
such marriages recognize the severity
with which nature exacts a toll for the
violation Of her laws. Let us be thank
ful. indeed. that American assimilation
OF the yellow races is not likely ever to
be accomplished.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
scholarship and Success.

From the Boston Herald.
1t will be interesting to note the re-
suits Of the investigation which Presi-
dent Elliot reports Prof. Lowell to have
undertaken for the purposes Of showing
the superior prospects Of success in after
life possessed by young men taking high
rank as scholars in their collegiate course.
If the purpose Of the inquiry proves sue
.cessful It viii dispose of a more or less
popular sneer against the practical bene-
fits OF high scholarship. II Il falls. it
will be nothing discreditable TO the high
scholars. II will rather serve TO show
that the poor and Indifferent students
frequently brace up after graduation and
by dint of energy and perseverance in
their chosen callings achieve as large a
measure of success as those who out
stripped them in their college days. 1t
often happens so. not only among col
lege graduates, but among the graduates
Of other institutions of learning as well.
such as West Point. for instance.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
Oh, Tennessee!

We've lost all faith in Tennessee. The
tldings from down Nashville way are
distressing in the extreme. John Wesley
Gaines TO stay at home! John Wesley
Gaines to tear himself away from
Washington and the halls Of Congressi
The thought OF it harrows our very soul
The Old Volunteer State. or the Hermit
age district, offends. distresses, and
makes heartsick the whole nation.
John Wesley Gaines IS one Of Congress-
pet institutions; one Of Washington's big
gest assets. Capitol guides will be In
.consolable without him. even temporarily.
His benign and classic countenance visit
ors come miles TO see In action on the
floor OF the House. he is without parallel
His comments on the State OF the repub-
llc are gems Of rhetoric and Jewels of
common sense-perhaps we should say
of uncommon sense. His daily appear
ance in the Congressional Record. 10 thus
express II. is a guarantee Of the Record S
genuineness-a pledge Of its authenticity
Washington has been good 10 John wes-
ley Gaines; and In doing that Washing
ton has been good 20 Tennessee-far too
good TO be thus treated at the very zenith
OF Mr.. Gaines fame as a statesman and
glory as a man.
No doubt the estimable gentleman said
to have been chosen as John Wesley
Gaines successor is all right in his way
Doubtless he Is a worthy Tennesseean.
and entitled 10 honor and emoIument at
the hands Of a grateful people. But he
is not John Wesley Gaines. and never
will be. There is only one simon-pure.
blue-enameled, warranted-to-wear John
Wesley Gaines in this glorious republic
Of ours. Take him for all in all. we shall
not look upon his like again.
1t grieves US to speculate upon John
Wesley's retirement. Washington will be
thereafter metaphorically at half-mast If
not plunged permanently into the lowest
depths OF sorrow
In all seriousness. this gifted Tennes-
seean has been one OF the best Congress
men the Capital has ever seen. Tennessee
has had no better. And we sincerely hope
he viii come back. The nation needs
him.
The Washington herald., 1908-07-03
PLATFORMS IN ADVANCE.
Let Us wait and See Before Getting
Unhappy.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
The Hartford Courant which by no
means indoTsed the cut and dried pro-
gramme arranged for the Republican con-
veEtion. undertakes to spike Democratic
guns by saying:
What dictStionl Bryan is writing the Denver plat
form EchoinR certain foolish remarks that were
uttered before the Chicago convention met. We beg
70 inquire if the Democrats Of the nation going
70 have their work all cut out for them
Let's wait and see the outcome at Den
yer before becoming unhappy over alleged
'in advance platforms Some Of the
ablest men of the Democratic party are
to be members Of the Democratic conven-
ton and some of them are opposed 10
certain features which 1t is said will be
presented for adoption as part OF the
platform.