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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-18

Operation for piles will not be nec-
csnry il you use Nan Zan Pile Pomedy.
Put up ready to use. Guaranteed.
Price soc. Try it. Sold by f. T.
Whitehead Go.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-18

Singleton---Why are you watching
that newly-married couple? Do you
expect to see some love-make?
Oidwed-.-Not me. I'm waiting to
hear them quarrel. Chicago News.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-18

If you will make inquiry it will be
revelation to you how many succumb
to kidney or bladder troubles in one
fom or another. II the patient is not
beyond medical aid, Foley's Kidney
Cure will cure. 1t never disappoints.
Sold by T. Il. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-18

Redd---What kind Of machine
have you got now.
Greene---A runabout; it will run
about a block and then stop:--Ycn-
kers Statesman.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-18

DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the
famous little liver pills, are sold be E.
T. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-18
OVer=Mork Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood,

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-06-18

If a man is right he can't be too
radical, and if he's wrong he can't
be too conservative.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
Never a One Day President.

The periodic assertion is made that
on Sunday. March 4. 1S49. Senator Da-
vid Rice Atchison of Missouri. who
was then president pro tenn. of the
senate. was president of the United
States virtually He never WAS.
Virtually" or otherwise.
In 1893 congress enacted that in
event of no president or vice president
being ready to succeed the first office
should devolve on the president Of
the senate and next on to the speaker
of the house. The succession was
changed in 1886. Now. Zachary Tay-
Tor and Willard Fillmore were in Wash
ington on March 4. 1S49 1t being Sun.
day, they permitted an interregnnm to
follow until the next day. Mr.. Atchi-
son took no oath as president and
without taking such he could not ex-
ercise the office Mr.. Taylor could
have taken the oath at any second
subsequent to noon on March 4. No
pompous Inauguration is demanded.
The chief justice need not administer
the OATH Arthur took it in New York
before Judge Brady at 2 a. m. and Mr..
Roosevelt in Buffalo before United
States Judge Ha6el.
The virtually" of Mr., Atchison is
visionary unless by some bolt from the
blue the elected officials had been re-
moved.-Pittsburg Post.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
A Daring Escape.

The annals Of Sing Sing are full OF
daring escapes. A typical case was
that of Pallster and Rohlf, two con-
victed murdercrs. BY frequent appeals
they had headed off the day of their
execution. and at length decided on
escape at any cOst-even that OF life
itself Late one night Pallister called
for drink Of milk. and as the official
on duty opened the cell door to give
it him he was seized. dragged in and
sverpowered The desperate then
locked the officer in the cell and, after
securing his keys. released his COM
rade Rohlf. when they in turn over
came and disarmed the second night
Waterman. This done, they offered re
lease to three more prisoners with
whom they had made friends. These
declined the doubtful benefit, however,
whereupon the two murderers climbed
the skylight. reached the boundary
wall and dropped to liberty by the
broad Hudson. which they crossed In
4 small boat.-New York Tribune.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
Glory Everywhere.

A Methodist minister was much an
noyed by one of his hearers frequently
shouting out during the preaching
"Gioryr' Praise the Lordv' and the
like Though often reproved. the hap
py member persisted in expressing
himself.
One day the minister invited him
to tea and. to take his mind from
thoughts of praise. handed him 4 SCI
entifc book. full of dry facts and fig
ures. to pass the time before, tea.
Presently the minister was startled
by a suddei, outburst Of GLORY"
"Halleluiah" and praise the Lord!'
what is the matter. man?' asked
the minister
"Why. this book says the sea is five
miles Deep"
well. what of that"
why. the Bible says my sins have
been cast into the depths of the sea,
and if it is that deep | need not be
afraid of their ever coming up again.
Gloryv'
The minister gave up hopes of re-
forming him.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
Only an Office Boy.

If you want Il ready-to-hand study
in the downright cussedness of human
nature >unwarped,'' said an insurance
agent. Just watch the Office boys in
your own or any other place of bust
ness. In four cases out of five the
thing will come out this way:
"A new boy is engaged He is meek
and mild. apologize of bearing and
courteous of speech. He is apparently
seeking an excuse for daring to make
a living. He looks reproachfully at
the head office boy. who orders him
around in a rough, catch-as-catch-can
style. Such rudeness pains him.
Note this boy little later. His
rude superior has resigned or been dis
missed. and he is now head office boy.
Is he meek and mild, apologize and
reproachful? Say, he's worse young
ruffian than his Observation-Disclosures
the newcomer. ignores the cuspidor.
uses language not fit to print and
comes dangerously near 'sassing' his
employer. He knows it all, and a lit.
tie more.
There are exceptions, but they prove
the rule."-New York Globe.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
Water and Life.

OF all the conditions preparatory to
life the presence Of water composed OF
oxygen and hydrogen. is at once the
most essential and the most worldwide,
for if wafer be present the presence of
other necessary elements is probably
assured If water exist, that fact goes
BAH for the necessary temperature, the
gamut of life being coextensive with
the existence of water as such. 1t is
SO consequentially life being impossl-
BILE without water. Whatever the plan
ct, this is of necessity true. But the
absolute degrees Of temperature with
III which life can exist vary according
to the mass of the body, another Of the
ways III which mere size tells On the
earth PIP degrees f. limits The range
AT the top and 30 degrees F. at the bot
tom id the case of fresh water. - de-
greeS +. il the case of salt On 4
smaller planet both limits would be
lowered. the top one the most. On
Mars the boiling point would probably
be about 40 degrees f. Secondly.
from the general initial oneness OF their
constituents Il planet that still pos
sesses water will probably retain the
other substances that are essential to
life-gaSes. for the reason that water
vapor is next to hydrogen and helium
the lighteSt OF them all. and solids be-
cause their weight would still more
conduce to keep them there Water,
indeed, acts as Il solution to the whole
problem. Professor Lowelrs The Ey-
olution of Life" in Century Magazine
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
I'm Two Stunns.

Little Johnny was in the habit OF
wanting more victuals put upon his
plate than he could eat His papa de-
cided to break him of the habit. One
day as Johnny insisted upon being
served until his plate was we'll filled
his papa said. Johnny. If l give you
this you will have to eat every bit OF
it or will punish you" Johnny prom,
Used that he would. and bravely did
the little fellow try to do so, but in
vain. 1t was too much for him. He
would try again and again and then
look sorrowfully at his papa. Finally,
laying down his fork, he said:
Papa, If you was me which would
you rather do get a licking or bust?" !,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
lndia's Eiimy Muslin.

A story is told of weaver who
was "chastised and turned out Of Dac-
ca for his neglect in not preventing q
COW from eating piece Of muslin
spread TO dry on the grass, she mis-
taking it for d spiders web" Bolts
records the story about Mogul
princess whose father was angry with
JUS daughter for showing her ska
through her clothes. whereupon the
young princess demonstrated in her
!astlncation that she had seven suits
sn!"-Indian World
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department. OF The Interior,
US Land Office at Spokane. Wash,
April 20, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that Peter Nelson
Under, OF Newport, Washington, has
filed notice OF his intentionto make final
fve-year proof in support OF mis- claim VIZ
Homestead Entry No. 17134, made Oct. IL, 1905.
for the E1s NwL and Wiz NE4 OF Section
10, Township 81 North, Range "A F. W. NJ.
and that said proof will be made before Sid
ney w. Rogers, Z. S. Commissioner for the
Eastern District OF Washington, at Newport,
Wash. on June 10, 1908.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton of the land, viz: Erick G. Sherman,
Tom Davies Thomas Carey and Gus Sherman,
all OF Newport, Wash
4-o3 :-2S Hal j. Cole. Register.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
SPOILED THE SCENE.
When kimbaIi Pointed the way to MS
Own Future Career.

When kimball Fointeo bhS WY w ''s
Own Future Career.
As delineator of the traditional
Yankee character Matthias Currier
Kimbal. more widely known as 1an-
loo Glunn. long stood without a rival.
Away back in the early forties, wnen
he was mere lad. little lncloent
with Junius Brutus Booth, the elder.
started hir, in his career. Kimbali
was only seventeen years OLD At the
time and was at work as an usher in
tbe Lowell museum Booth. who was
then in the zenith Of his power ana
fame, was billed there for three nights.
The play was Richard Ill" k1mbaH
had thoroughly studied the play and
was considered young man OF prom
Using dramatic ability. On the open
ing night the actor who took the part
of Lord Norfolk failed to show up.
Booth was in despair. At last some
one suggested that young klmDaa
knew the lines of that part, and he
was cast for it by Booth
OF the event Kimball himself said:
when | went on the stage, ] was
badly ratified. Booth was imperlous
and stern, which only complicated mat
ters. However, | got along all right
until we came to the battle OF Bos-
worth Field In my hurry l had tax
Ell the wrong place On the stage, when
Booth Missed out in whisper, Get
into your place. Then wheeling
around he pronounced these words in
thrilling tones: What thinkest thou
now. noble Norfolk That we shall
conquer my lord was my reply. but
on my tent this morning early was
this paper found Booth was, mark
ing out the plan Of battle on the sand.
When had finished the lines. he
drew his sword and with terrific force
struck the paper from my hands, say
ing, "A weak invention of the enemy!
Il was thoroughly frightened at his
fearful expression and lodged back,
nearly falling to the floor. Booth then
repeated the words:
"'What thjnkest thou Norfolk. If tAs
pardon was offered?'
BY this time | was completely rat
tied and forgot my lines. Booth stood
glaring at me like a tiger. The audi
ence were holding their breath for the
next turn of affairs. Suddenly real
lied that something must be dons.
My nerve returned, and think it must
have been the devil that prompted me
to balance myself Oh one foot and
drawl out with Yankee twang:
"'Well. don't know. Mr.. Booth. II
may work"
INSTANTLY the whole house was In an
uproar AS shout after shout of laugh
ter went up the black cloud on Booths
brow relaxed. and, wheeling on his
heel. he left the stage, shaking his
sides with merriment. After the play
was over he came to me and. placing
his hand on my shoulder, said in ia
therly tones. Young man. you never
played tragedy before. did you:' With
out waiting for a reply lie continued:
Take my advice and never attempt it
again. You are natural comedian.
Take a Yankee character and become
identified with it. and fame and for
tune will be yours And followed his
advice"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

Without 1t the Heat Of the Sun Would
Be Unbeatable.

Without It the Heat ct the. Sun Would
Be UNDESIRABLE.
The usefulness of dust is proclaimed
by science despite all the housewives
of all the ages. Dust is part of the ma
chinery that produces cloud and rain.
1t is also Il protection from the sun.
Without it the suns rays would be un
bearable. The reason that sunburn -
more easily acquired On the mountains
than in the lowlands is said to be prob
ably because of the comparatively
dustless air of the mountainous re-
gions.
A dustess atmosphere during rain
would mean much greater degree of
discomfort than rain ever brings.
Trees and buildings would be dripping
with moisture. our clothing and the
exposed parts of our bodies would be
constantly wet, umbrellas would be
classed as useless curios. and instead
of trying to conquer the dust In the
house we should have to face much
greater enemy in wet floors and drip
ping walls. In every drop Of rain aud
in every particle Of cloud there Is a
particle Of dust. a sample Of air may
be taken anywhere and the number Of
its dust particles accurately determin-
ed. Dust. too. produces the glorious
sunset effects In the evening sky, thus
causing the faint obscurity we call
twilight
Twilight is always reflected glory.
The light comes from the sun. which
has in the meanwhile sunk below
the horizon. The reflector is an upper
layer of dust. Were the air perfectly
dustless there would be no twilight.
Darkness would Immediately follow
the sunset.-Exchange
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
Our lanQuaQe.

An intelligent foreigner is said to
have expressed himself after the fol-
lowing fashion on the absurdities Of
the English language: "When dis
covered that was quick. was fast;
if stood firm, was fast; if l spent
too freely, was fast, and that not to
eat was to fast, was discouraged.
But when came across the sentence,
The first one won one 81 prize was
tempted to give up English and learn
some other language :
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
School Notes

The following are the names OF
the pupils who received an average
Of 90 or above in the last examlna-
ton, held April Is and Il: High
school. Talcott Moore and Ruby
Lusher; eighth grade, Selma Stew
ems, Evelyn NELL and Maude
Bridges; seventh grade, Lena Sher-
man, Alta Long, Shirley Fox.
Elsie Watts, Elsie Schwab, Helen
Langille and Carl Hines; sixth
grade, Clifford Harris, Ethel
Sparks, Charles Peterson, Archie
Lutz and Mona Reid; fifth grade
Emmett Lusk, Pearl Martin, Gus
tave Zweyberg, Maize Phillips, Ida
Savage, Lora King, Henry Heisner
and Margaret Fox; fourth grade,
Gerard Stro, Edna Peterson, Elsie
Peterson, Gladys Gilbert, Homer
White and Otis Allen; third grade,
IRA Jones, Marie Soil, Ray Heis-
ner, Sadie Riggen, Herbert McGee,
Hattie McCune and Willie Kloep-
full.
Names of those who were neither
absent nor tardy during the SIX
weeks ending April Il: High
school, Lynn Edgerton, King Reid
and Jennie Pearl; eighth grade.
Fanny Coryell, Wilbur Vawter,
Selma Stephens, Evelyn Nelll and
Herbert Dunwoodie; seventh grade,
Jennie Nelson, Helen Langille,
Elsie Schwab, Una Riggen, Beat
rice Bixby, Shirley Fox, Alta Long,
John McCune, Margaret Suther-
land and Lettie Boyd; sixth grade,
Wendell Montzheimer, Edwin Tar
bet, Silas Klocpful, Grace Edger-
ton. Nina Savage, Mona Reid,
Edna Nelson, Glennie Nourse,
Deane Watts, Bessie Payne and
Maybelle Savage; fifth grade: Leroy
King, Henry Heisner, Gustave
Zweybere, Margaret Fox, Maize
Phillips, Ida Savage. Pearl Martin.
Florence Hitchcock, Lora King
and Myrtle Miller; fourth grade,
Gerard Stro, Orie Schackelten,
Gladys Savage, Ida Metske, Flossie
Lambert, Edna Peterson, Gladys
Gilbert, Esther Griffin and Addie
Geary; third grade, Helen Schwab,
Ethel Nelson, Herbert McGee,
4.onnie Shackelton, Wayman Har-
ris, Sadie Riggin and Julia Nagle;
second grade, Carl Knight, Earl
CLANCY, Ralph Shackelton and
FLOYD Holman; fifth grade, John
Lutz, Demos McGee, Ulysses Grit
fin, Ruth Ainsworth, Lawrence
jacobson, Georgia Lambert, Jewe
Owensby and Edna Vawter.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

DO You believe boys often turn out
as their youth promised?"
Well. they do sometimes. There's
carver He was the village cut-up
"nea ne was boy. and now he's the
leading surgeon in hospital"
cago News.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
A Pleasant Chance.

$50 You enjoyed venice?'' said the
traveller. =
"Yes.'' answered Mr. Cumrox 1T
was kind Of pleasant. for change. to
be robbed by gondolier instead Of q
hack driver" -Washington Star.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
A Little of EVERYTHING,

'The weather used to be in four acts
spring. summer, autumn and VIM
ter" q
'sWeil?' 4
"But now nature seems to have gon4
into vaudeville" Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

1t is net only In politics, but in other
.nings. that many men think they are
zoo smart to be honest.-St. Paul Dr.
patch.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07
Ancestry.

Don't step hard on struggling NOR
tai because his grandfather once rob-
bed stagecoach None of IFS can &C
TOO far back in the family record with
out shiver OF apprehension.-Aaa
chester Unio1.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

Mamma, look!" exclaimed Mary.
'sThose furs are just like NINE"
why. Mary. you have DO furs." re-
piled the astonished mother
Eyes, have" said Mary. and they
are filed with kittens. school Educa.
ton.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07

CALL FOR GENERAL SCHOOL FUND WAR
rants-All warrants drawn on the general
fund OF the following school districts, regis
tered on or before the dates given, are hereby
called for payment and interest ceases from
this date. Dated at. Colville. WASH, April "a,
1905.
District No. Date Registered.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-05-07


Treasurer OF Stevens Comfy, Wash.
By X. NJ. THOMAS, Deputy. 49-3t
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-21
The Discovery Of Bret Harte.

a copy Of the Overland Monthly had
fallen into my hands, and | was ex.
ccedingly Interested In q sketch, THE
Luck OF Roaring Camp" by an author
whose namc | had never before heard.
asked Mr., Fields TO read 1t, and HE
cared more for 1t oven than /, being
much older and wiser, and he very
soon dictated letter TO Mr.. Hartc,
begging him to send something TO the
Atlantic The reply, which came In
due time, think, not only expressed Il
Willingness to become n contributor.
but spoke OF the writer's probable de-
parture from California, | cannot say
how long It was before the Harte fam.
lily reached Boston and became the
guests of Mr.. Howels In Cambridge.
l only know that II was the time when
every man was Quoting from THE
Heather Chinee" ana generally carry
ing the verses in his pocketbooli,
There was, thought, good deal of
curiosity felt about the Office ms to the
sort of man the suddenly popular au-
thor would prove to be. lie was found
good looking and exceedingly well
dressed, extremely self Possessed. with
Il gracefully friendly and even aifec.
tlOnate manner to the new business
and literary acquulntances of his own
age in the cstablishmos, with whom
he speedily became mtImate.-AtlautIc
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-21
The HOOdOO
Ring.
BY INA WRIGHT HANSON.
. Copyrighted, 1907, by Jessie Morgan.


pauline, I love you. viii you mar.
ry me or won't your" made my lit
tie speech desperately, with my eyes
shut.
The silence was so long that | opened
them to find Pauline with her own
eyes shut and her lips moving rapidly,
but nOisclessly.
what are you doing" inquired
as calmly as | was able.
81 was saying the protection charm
for lovers" she answered smiling
swectly at me- ITS lucky for you
that you asked me today. No more
lucky days for me till the middle of
next month"
"Oh, superstition, thy name is Pau
linc! | said fondly. No matter what
absurd ideas she had. she was the
sweetest girl in the world. "Tomor.
row | will bring the diamond" add
ed after awhile.
"Oh, no, please" she answered
promptly. II should rather have Il ru.
by. Rubles exert Il special protection
In matters of love"
Next day when entered the only
jewelry store the place afforded | was
wishing that my Pauline were not so
supcrsttous. OF course wanted her
TO be pleased but diamonds seemed to
me the only gems for betrothaIs.
When | met her in her garden that
night | fancicd that she looked pale,
and when gave her the box thought
she seemed on the threshold Of tears.
"Opcn 1t, hearts, dearest" | allured
not without some trcpidation.
But she put the box up her lace
sleeve and began whispering TO me OF
how she was ever prone TO hold her
pleasures u little while from her until
she had tasted anticipation TO the full
and she was so wonderfully enhancing
that no mortal man could remember
such mundane things as iyctal or bril-
llants in the soft symphonies Of hcl
feeing-swept voice.
But there was change In my sweet
heart after that. had sometimes
chafed over the necessity, when We
were starting for somewhere and had
only brief time to get there in and
had forgotten something, Of being com
PEELED. when we returned for II. TO sill
down till we had counted fifty, but this
Pauline always laughlngly insisted on.
Now she treated all signs seriously
She no longer laughed when we spilled
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-01-21

Inventive genius seldom achieves
success at the FIRST attempt. A half
grown boy in Pennsylvania, who had
devoted his leisure hours for many
months to the making Of milking ma.
chine OF his own dcvislng, ut last com.
plctcd it to his satisfaction and re-
solved to make trial OF It. Without
saying word to any one he carried
his machine down from the attic,
where he had wrought patiently day
after day TO bring It to perfection, and
took 1t out to the barnyard, where old
Cherry, the family COW, stood placldly
chewing her cud. with her big, lusty
calf playing round her.
\ few minutes later his mother saw
him trying to re-entcr the house un.
seen. IIo was covered with dirt from
head to foot and in state of demoral,
izatlon generally, In his hand he was
carrying something that looked like
the wreck Of n toy battleshlp.
"For mercy's sake, JUDI she ex'
claimed, what have you been dolngy'
"Ive been trying my milking ma
chine on the cow" he said.
"Your milking machine? Good land
Did the COW do all that to youf"
mo" answered Jud "Old Cherry
would have stood for 1t all right. II
was the calf that--er-klnd o seemed
TO object TO the machlne."-Youths
Companion.