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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04
Two Items.

Il suppose with all this modern
prison philanthropy, abolishing stripes
and convict uniforms generally, they
will soon introduce dress suits for the
well-behaved prisoners in our penal
Institutions"
We'll, you know, they already give
convicts watches and chains"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04
Labor Unions Fight tuberculosis.


Ten fraternal and benefit organiza-
lions, with a membership of nearly
100000, and three international Ia
Dor unions with membership of over
100000 have joined the ranks of the
fighters against consumption within
the last year, according to a state
ment of the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis. The fraternal orders and unions
now in the fight against tuberculosis
are the Modern Woodmen of America,
Brotherhood of American Yeomen, Or
der of Eagles, Improved Order Of
Red Men. knights of Pythias, Royal
Arcanum, Workmen's Circle, Knights
of Columbus, Royal League, mdepend-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, and Forest
ers of America, the International Pho
to-Engravers' Union of North Amer
lea, the international Printing Press
men and Assistants union, the Inter
national Boot and Shoe Workers
union, and the International Typo
graphical union.
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tired all the time and very nervous.
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and
after taking a few boxes was cured
and have been well ever since"
Remember the name-Doans Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04

Rough on Rats fools the rats and mice,
but never fools the buyer. The secret is,
you mot the maker) do the mixing. Take
a hint, do your own mixing; pay for poi
son only, then you get results. It's the un-
beatable eXterminator, Don't die in the
house. l5c, 25c, 75c.
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of the b l a d d e r
reached its climax
last spring and | suf-
fered terribly. My
back ached an d
panied so / could
hardly get around
and the secretions
were scanty, fire.
quent Of passage
and painful, | was
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04
Fortunes Whims.

Where did you git de hand full o.
changer" asked Meandering Mike 1T
was forced on me-" answered Flooding
Pete. "A lady up de road sicked de
dog on me. had to steal de pup an
sell i'm in self.defense."
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04
MAJOR OR MINOR.

Mr.. Lunnon-I suppose / may adj
dress you as major. sir! Every man
in these southern states seems to be
a colonel or major.
Texas Bill-I'm no major; I'm
minor
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04
The Russian Dynasty.

The present dynasty of Russia Is
the house of Romanoff. founded by
Car Michael Fedorovite Romanoff,
who assembled the throne in 1913.
The Romanoffs are descended from
Andrew Kobyla, who came from Prus'
Iia to Moscow in 1914.
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Appreciation.

II was strongly tempted when we
were in the conservatory alone to take
you in my arms and kiss you Would
you have been very angry with me II
had done SOP" "Yes-very. But
thank you for the compliment"
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Inqratltude.

A Missouri farmer was nearly
Kicked to death by a mule that he
had rescued from burning barn. A
mule may be as ungrateful as
thoughtless son.
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WHY He Won.

Abou Ben Adhem set forth his
claim.
81 never lied about what good
time had on my vacatioh,' he cried
And, 10, etc.
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$500 100000 OF $1,000. 100000 ana eat
1t up and parcel the money out in this
and that section OF the country. ]
am opposed to any such proposition.
because 1t not only smells of the
pork barrel, but would be pork
barrel"
Sherman, Too, 10 for II.
Vice-President James S. Sherman
has brought to the people OF the mid.
die west the message of the east,
promising enthusiastic support of the
waterway program. "We people of
the east depend on your people of the
west" said he. when we help you,
we help ourselves, so there is every
reason why we should do all in our
power for you, as soon as we realize
what you want and why you want it,"
Speaker Cannon and Secretary OF
War Dickinson are no less outspoken
in their assurances Of support, and
many senators and representatives,
among them Senator Lorimer of Hi
nois, the father of the deep waterway
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RIrth Of Rlbllcal Art.

The first Biblical illustrative art
consisted in the symbolic frescoes or
the Catacombs.
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Important to Mothers.

Contentedness in all accidents
brings great peace of spirit, and is the
great and only instrument in temper.
al felicity-Jeremy Taylor.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04

Some people would drown with a life
preserver at hand. They are the kind
that suffer from Rheumatism and Neural.
gia when they can get Hamlins Wizard
Oil, the best of all pain remedies.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-11-04

The first time girl is disappointed
in love she imagines she has moth
ing left to live for
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SUFFERED TERRIBLY.
How Relief from Distressing Kidney
Trouble Was Found.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf, ass w. Morgan
St, Upton, Mo-, says: inflammation
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FHE ~ kiMuNUS less than material costs
you. sI.i5 To SiiS. Snap for lady Agents. Freo
samples. Herr Mig Co, a06 Downing ST., Denver, Col
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Anything a woman won't talk about
isn't worth mentioning.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
ChUZZleWit on America.

Cheerily, lads, cheerily! Anchor
weighed, ship in full sail. Her sturdy
bowsprit pointing true to England.
America a cloud upon the sea behind
them.
Why, Cook, what are you thinking
Of 50 steadily?" said Martin.
Why, l am thinking, sir return
ed Mark, that if l was painter,
and was called upon to paint the
American Eagle, how should | do
it,"
"Paint it as like an eagle as you
could, / suppose
mo" said Mark, that wouldn't
do for me, sir: l would want to
draw it like bat, for its shortsight-
edness; ike bantam for its brag-
ging; like magpie for its honesty;
like peacock for it's vanity; like an
ostrich for It's putting its head in the
mud, and thinking nobody knows
it.
And like a Phoenix for its power
of springing from the ashes of its
faults and vices, and soaring uE
anew into the sky!" said Mark
"Wel, Mark, let us hope so.'-
Charles Dickens.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
Finding His Initial.

Inc man with a SOFT low voice haa
just completed his purchases.
Nha1 IS the name! asked the
c!erh.
'epSoh' rep'ieo Inc man
Jefferson!
NO. 'epson' J-e-p-S-o-h'
JepSoh!
That's it. Eighty-two'--
Your flrst name ihitlai, please.
On, n.
~. ~ Jepson!
Excuse ne, IL lSh ". n. sald
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
He Fed the Staff.

Years ago the late Senator +. W.
Carmacls was editor of the Nashville
Democrat, a paper that had pre-
carious life and fickered out on
Thanksgiving day.
When the staff came around on
Thanksgiving afternoon Carmack
made the announcement that the
paper was dead and they were all
without jobs. This vas sadder than
it seems now, for the paper had not
been paying salaries for some time.
"Boys.' said Carmack, It's all
over. The sheet is dead But we
shall not want for a Thanksgiving
Gay dinner. How much money have
WEI" A search OF all pockets showed
$40.
"Plenty,' said Mr.. Carmack,
Come with me-
They went to the best restaurant
and sat down, and Carmack ordered
a sumptuous dinner, with turkey
and everything complete. After the
dinner was over and the diners were
smoking the best cigars the hous e
had, Carmack called the waiter in
his grandest manner and said: Boy,
you have served us admirably
We are more than pleased. Here is
a small sum to compensate you for
your trouble and as a slight token Of
our qualification"
Thank yo', boss" grinned the
waiter; thank yo." But how about
this yere check of $19.70 for that
dinner you all just had?'
Boy" exclaimed Carmack, what
is your status here? Are you the
waiter or are you the financial man.
ager of this concern?"
Deed, Is only WAITER
We'll, then, said Carmack, don't
trouble yourself about the financial
affairs Of the place. Leave that to
the manager. And he stalked out,
followed by the feasted staff.
But he paid when fortune smiled
again. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
Lived i52 Years.

VIM. Parr. England's oldest man,
married the third time at 120, worked
in the fields till 1872 and lived 30 years
longer. People should be youthful 1T
so. James Wright, OF Spurlock, Ky,
shows how to remain young. Il feel
just like 16-year-oid boy" he writes,
latter taking six bottles Of Electric
Bitters. For thirty years kidney
trouble made life a burden, but the
convinced me had found the greatest
cure on earth" They're a godsend tc
weak, sickly, rundown or old people
Try them. soc. at +. I. Whitehead
Company's.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
Silly SuperStitiOns that Influence Many
Parsons,

What a curious contradiction of
human nature it is which causes
people to put so much emphasis up
on the great power Of destiny or
tate, and yet which makes them be-
lieve they can Gil .umvent or get
around it by resorting to such silly
devices as carrying rabbits feet,
wish bones, or horse chestnuts in
their pockets, It does not seem pos
sible, in this age of progress, that
any human being could be so handi-
capped by superstition as to resort
| to such meaningless, silly devices for
defeating fate. Think of intelligent
people bearing the stamp Of divinity
doing such insane things as splitting
on the right shoe before putting it
on, picking up every hair pin they
come across and hanging it upon
the first rusty nail they see; picking
up every pin that is pointed toward
them, in order to ward off misfor-
tunes! Considering the great ad-
vance Of modern intelligence, it is
amazing to find how many people,
who have splendid ability for getting
on in the world, are held back by a
lot of silly superstitions which ought
not to influence q ten-year-old child.
A large number Of Wall street fl
nanciers and other prominent busi-
ness men never undertake anything
of importance without consulting a
clairvoyant. 1t is known that the
president of one Of the biggest banks
in this country will never do any
thing of Importance without consult
ing a clairvoyant.
Many of the members of our stock
exchanges are greatly influenced by
Friday, the thirteenth, and they of
ten refer to the fatal Black Friday
panic brought on by Jay Gould and
his associates.
Some time ago a bank failed in
San Francisco because its president
had followed the counsel Of a medium
as to his investments. He believed
in the advice of a dead financier with
whom the medium assured him she
had communicated, rather than in
common sense and his own expert
enced judgment.
1t is incredible that intelligent
people should be so mentally warped
and unbalanced by astrologers. palm
lists, mediums and fortune tellers
that many of them order their en-
tire lives by the advice Of these fax
irs. Of course, many of the things
which they predict may happen when
the whole mental attitude of the
mind and all the power of the men,
tality of the gullible victim is turned
toward the prediction, when all the
faith is centered in it to bring it
about. Mental concentration, faith,
conviction, are what make things
happen everywhere. Success Mag
azine.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
YdIe's ibsentmiEded President.

The absentmindedness of Presi-
dent Hadley is byword. He board
ed a street car one day, and seeing
his cid friend, the late Professor
Seymour, step on the same car, he
rushed Up and eagerly shook hands
with the conductor, while indiffer-
emily dropping a nickelin the hand of
the famous Greek scholar. DR.. Had
lev reached his recitation room on
another day, when he suddenly re-
memberel: that be had left his watch.
He was lost without it, yet he must
begin his selection in q few minutes;
so as to see # he would have time to
go for the missing timepiece he
automatically reached in his vest
pocket, drew out the watch which
he had put there after all, and glanc-
ing at it, exclaimed, eyes, I'll have
time to getit," " and started home On
a run.
Eccentric though he be, President
Hadley is never without ready and
witty remark. Yale's Sunday ser
vices are addressed by prominent
clergymen of many denominations
and from many cities. When these
visiting preachers occasionally ask
President Hadley how long they shall
speak, he invariably replies, There
is no limit, sir, upon the time YOU
may preach; but there is Yale tra-
dition that no souls are saved after
the first twenty minutes. - Bohem.
ian
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
EXtermlndte The Flies.

A dram of bichromate of potash
dissolved in two ounces of water and
sweetened, is the cheap and effec-
tive method of encouraging the flies
to kill themselves.
There are other sanitary regula-
tions, though. that the health report
says ought to be exercised, Here
are some Of the ways suggested.
Screen your windows and doors be-
fore fly time.
Screen all food, especially milk.
Keep flies away from the sick, espe-
cially those i'll with contagious dis
eases.
Eliminate the breeding places of
fiies-this is important.
The following should be done:
Sprinkle chloride Of lime or kero-
sana over contents Of garbage boxes
and other refuse,
Keep garbage receptacles tightly
covered. Clean the cans daily.
Clean the boxes every week. Sprin-
kle them with kerosene chloride OF
lime.
Pour kerosene into the drains;keeI
sewerage system in good order.
Clean cuspidors every day; keep q
5 per cent solution OF carbolic acid ir
them all the time.
Don't allow dirt to accumulate ir
corners, behind doors, back Of radia-
tors or under stoves.
No dirt-no flies. DR.. ". \
Evans of ChicaUO
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c., THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1909.
What We Are OF Are Not.

The longer we live, the more we
learn, and the more we learn, the
lie s we think we know. Such is the
inconsistency of mans ideas. The
less one knows the greater his opin-
ion Of his abilities and wisdom. In
the morning of life conceited man
prides himself on his greatness, and
wonders to what grand channel he
will confine his talents. lie looks
upon the school district as the world
at large, and himself as the great
genius in whose keeping the world S
future rests. He imagines that when
ne speaks. nations tremble, noun
tains totter and the sea becomes 81
lent.
He imagines that a gaping and
wondering populace are gazing On
him with open-mouthed wonder and
ironclad astonishment. and that he
holds the world in the hollow of his
hand with a grasp that is perpetual.
But as days, and months, and years
pass in rapid succession, the young
man finds out that he is possibly mis-
taken and if he would wander away
and get lost some one or more of all
the people on the earth would not
miss him. By and by he begins to
realize that he is only one Of the
many millions of people, and instead
Of standing forth as a center Of at
traction, he only fills small niche of
some obscure corner, and really at
tracts but little attention. The ig-
norant man who realizes his ignor-
ance and who does not seek to pass
himself off for more than he is worth
is pardonable, but the self-conceited
man who tries to pass himself off at
a premium, is to be pittied. The best
way is to hold ones self-esteem down
and not rate himself too high. The
man who climbs the highest has the
farthest to fall.
1t is more pleasant to be invited to
take higher seat than TO be depriv
ed Of it. 1t is more pleasant to be
king Of cottage than the servant of
palace. 1t is better to be a good
five cent piece than bogus quarter;
in other words, it is better to hold
ourselves at what we are honestly
worth. The world is full of people
who never learn anything because
they think they know enough to be-
gin with. Thousands are teaching
when they ought to be taught; thous-
ands believe themselves wise when
their ignorance is lamentable; thous-
ands believe they are clothed in gold
when they are thinly plated and the
copper shows through in many places.
The wisest are comparatively ignor-
ant and thousands of men who have
grand ideas of their own abilities
will some dav wake up to the realiza-
ton that they have been laboring
under large sized delusion. Many
a young's man life is gilded by bright
dreams that ccme in the early stage
of the game, but later Oh he finds
that these dreams are only empty,
and O, how little is the change when
it comes. Selected.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
Boost Your Rome Town

that old poem which started out
"Breathes there a man with soul 50
dead
Who never to himself hath said
This is my own, my native land, "etc
Somehow or other / don't be-
lieve that the average man is full of
the sentiment contained in these
lines.
With the many public welfare Or
CARNATIONS that are being formed
and particularly that of the Retail
Merchants Association, think fea-
Jure Of the meetings should be dis
cussion of topics that would lead to
a broader public spirit in local affairs.
Every man should be rooter from
Whooperville for the town in which
he lives. He should do this from
the genuine feeling of comradeship
and good fellowship which is spon-
tane0us within him, and because it is
the right and proper thing to do.
When the citizens of town are
clad they live in that town; when
they are proud of it and wear their
pride upon their sleeves; when they
joy in its beauties and extol its ad-
v3ntages to themselves and also to
the strangers in their midst, they
are not merely agitating the heated
yapor as many thoughtlessly sup
pose.
They are doing infinitely more
than this.
They are developing the spirit of
local patriotism, of civic unity, Of
municipal cooperation. This spirit
prompts them not only to admire the
beauties Of their own town, but to
seek out its defects and turn them
into things Of beauty also.
They elect their leading and pre-
gressive citizens to municipal Office
and stand behind them in work of
improving the town and bringing it
mp to the latest modern require
ments.
The town itself responds to this in
fiuence. The houses are kept fresh
and attractive with frequent apph-
cation of the beautifying brush; the
lawns are fowery, velvety, beauti-
ful, the streets and roads iinpart
pleasure to the pedestrian and the
driver.
Such town attracts people of
taste and means, who erect beautiful
homes, become good customers for
the stores and induce their friends
to come, and build, and do likewise.
Farmers from the surrounding
drive into such a town,
attracted by its beauty and it's life,
and purchase their supplies Of its
merchants; and when they have
made their pile" they seek it as a
place of retirement in which they
round out the autumn of their days.
Particularly should the merchant
be q rooter for his town. 1t is one
Of the easiest, cheapest and most
successful methods of achieving pop
ularity; for to speak well Of your
town inclnes the heart of every man
and woman thereof towards you.
We are all familiar with the
crouch, who whines in sepulchral
and peevisn tones that this is the
duIIest town he ever saw and
that he wishes he was out of it. He
is alternating friends, drying up his
trade, and in a morbid state of de-
cline.
Happy is the town that is filled
with joyous rooterS and wise is the
merchant who shouts for his town
every day and all the tlme.-W. T.
Bailey, Jr., in Merchants Journal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

If you expect to get the original
Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve, you
must be sure it is DeWitt's Carbolized
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t is good for
cuts, burns and bruises, and is especi-
ally good for piles. Refuse substitutes.
Sold by E. T. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

Teacher (at night SCHOOL, Give
me some illustration Of the survival
of the fittest." Shaggy-Haired Pupil
Any handsome widow. - Chicago
Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

Il wonder if everybody vii! have
what he wants 100 years from now. 4"
II doubt it. The men then will prob
ably be agitating for the suffrage. y
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

Stops earache in two minutes; tooth
ache or pain of burn or scald IN nVe
minutes; hoarseness, one hour; mus
cleache, two hours; sore throat, twelve
ho,1rs-Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil, mon
arch over pain.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

odd, isn't 1t, how human ways
are in such direct contradiction to
nature?"
''In what, for Instance
Did you ever find anything green
about a grass widow Baltimore
American.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

Director lin d laundering voice.
Why on earth don't you come in
when / tell you to? First bass (meek-
ly) How can fellow get in if he
can't find his key? Yale Record.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

Mary Jane What makes you so
black, Tilda? Tilda-You'd be black
too, if you was born at midnight, in
dark room. and had "a black fadder
and black nanny, Puck.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

England invests in two warships
for every one that her neighbors
buy" That's the way my wife
likes to invest in diamond rings. -,
Washington Herald.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

Most disfiguring skin eruptlons,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, etc, are due
to impure blood. Burdock Blood
Bitters is a cleansing blood tonic.
Makes you clear-eyed, clear-brained,
c!ear-skipned.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27
MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
What is TPanspirlBg ID North Carolina
and Other States.

Preparations for the Confederate
reunion to be held at Memphis,
Tenn. June 9Th, 9Th and 10th are
under way. Indications point to a
successful gathering. Free accom-
modations will be provided for all
the Confederate Veterans.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

Recently Lincoln, Neb., Mr.. Bry-
ans home town, voted dry by ma
jority Of five hundred. When the
election of a year ago was held in
that city on the liquor question the
town voted wet by majority of 300.
Sentiment has rapidly changed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27


bladder remedy, be-
cause of its remark =
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root fuliills almost
every wish i'll over
coming rheumatism,
pain III the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder
and every part OF the
urinary passage. Il
COrTeCtS inability 10
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-27

A petition to the Corporation Com
mission has been circulated in We'll
don and signed by the citizens for a
union depot at that place. Weldon
IS an important railroad town, and
the depot it's citizens ask for would
doubtless be a great convenience to
the travelling public and an advan-
tage perhaps to the two great trunk
lines entering there.