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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-11

2hold water and scalding pain i'll passingit,
|or bad effects followinguse Of liquor, wine
'cr beer, ard overcor1es that unpleasant
.recessity Of being compelled to go often
through the day, and to get up many
times during the night.
Swauap-Root is not recommended for
severy thing but if you have kidney, liver
lCr bladder trouble, it viii be found just
34i;e remedy YOU need. 1t has been thor
sprg ghly tested III private practice, and has
tpToved so successful that a special ar
Management has been made by which all
9eaders OF this paper, who have not al
|S&ady tried it, may have sample bottle
mt free by mail, also a book telling
3~1ora hO11t Ska arrlrn- Z o0f af1i how 70
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-11

The railroad presidents had their
second conference with Governor
Kitchin some days ago, in which
they urged him to have the Legisla-
ture give the Corporation Commits
sion power to hear their complaint
and to investigate rates, and, if
finding them too low, to change
them. Governor Kitchin refused
their request, one of the grounds
for so doing being that the railroads
base their entire complaint upon
the worst year in ten. He said in
part: Il have thought, and still
think, these rates under normal con-
ditions are not unreasonable or un-
just" The people of the State, as a
whole, approve the Governors S
stand.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-11
On Wednesday, February 3rd,

On Wednesday, February 3rd,
Governor Patterson, Of Tennessee.
sent to the State Senate a message
vetoing the bill prohibiting the man
ufacture Of intoxicants after Janu-
ary 1st, 1910. On the same day the
Senate passed the bill over the Gov
ernor's veto by a vote Of 20 to II.
On Thursday the House passed the
bill by vote of SO to 81. The law
will go into effect January 1st, 1910.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-11
} You Get Up
With q Lame Back?

E1ey Trouble Makes You Miserable.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-11

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26

Several of the best known cafes gave away calendars for the year 1910 yesterday and served a fine lunch Thls was dome MO taz<r. tho place of tho ns-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
ALDERMAN LAVERY
 LEADS GRAND BALL

The members of the St. Joseph's T. E e B. association outdid themselves last evening when over 1.2oo people offsuded their z7th annual ball. in Ea <lesf Hall- President Hugh 2. Law va grand conductor. being ably as- sIsted by Christopher 1IcMshon. City r1~rE Stephen F. Boucher acted as cr-irman Of the floor committee. and Attorney Michael T. Flanagan of the rernpffon coumittee- Edward L4avery rran in charEe of the a1des- The ar rnnrement committee. comprised: Bnrfholomew Hurley. William Dough rrfv- Chrfstopher Mc1Eahon. Thomas Tnnr,ev Edward Kelly. William Toomev. Patrick Sullivan. Charles Hughes. John Donovan Frank Cas- sidy. John F. Bowling and Thomas NcCann-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
Contractor Falls Dead
 At Thanksgiving Mass

White Plains. N. F.. Nov. 2s-Pat- rick Short. contractor of Tuckahoe. dropped dead yesterday morning at the celebration Of the Thanksgiving mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at that place. The con tractor walked two miles to attend the services, and when he got there. after fighting his way through the slush and blindinE snowstorm. his heart gave out, and he was seen to fall i'm his pew. ft~
 Father Mccormick stopped the mass and ushers hurried to his assistance but he. was dead before a physician arrived There was an automobile standing in front of the church and the body was taken home in it to his wife and six children, who had been waiting for his return to eat their -Thanksgiving dinner Coroner Hes was called and found that heart trou- ble was the cause of death
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
FWARSHIPS ASSEMBLE AT HAMPTON ROADS
(special from United Press,

Special from United Press.)
 Boston. Nov. 2s.-It is expected that the battlcshfps Vermont and New Jer- sey. now undergoing repairs at the CharIestown Navy Yard. will complete the work in time to arrive Monday for the fleet rendezvous in Hampton Roads. to join the Atlantic fleet for it's regatta and target pracffce. The armored cr11iser New York will also leave for Hampton Roads and with the Montana and North Carolina will form the special service squadron
 Scout cruisers Salem apd Birmfng- ham are the only other vessels at the their destination Is not known
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
Secretary Gage
 Weds Bride of s

San Diego. Cal. Nov. 2s.--Isynian J. Gage. former secretary of the treas ury. was married yesterday to Mrs. at the home of the brides parents, Mir and Mrs. George H. Ballou in Corando. Cal. ft.t 3t
 The only witnesses were the par ents of the bride. Miss Helen Richards and Col Wesley Brainard. U. g. A.. retired. a brother-in-law Of MT. Gage
 Mir and Mrs Gage left last night for Denver and later win visit cities as a5 and MT. Gage gave his as 7s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
The People of the citx

are invited to view the Waterman Euphonic Player Pianos which are on exhibition at AS Fairfield avenue in the Crawford building. The Water man Euphonfc is the product of w
 w Waterman of 1052 State street. and is placed before the public of this city by John A. Fckler and George F. Am thor. two of the foremost business men of the city. The players can be heard any week day at the Fairfield avenue address from 8 until 10 o'clock in the morning. from until s o'clock in the afternoon. and from 2 until 10 o'clock i'm the evening yxs ,. a.s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
BIeriot Monoplane
 For Shooting Game

Paris. Nov. 2s--A well known French sportsman today ordered a Bleriot Monoplane. for use in sport ing industries The hunter is enthu- siastic over the idea of aerial sport ing and made arrangements for an assistant who will operate the ma- chine The aeroplane will be steered about in the air among the rising birds while the hunter plugs away at his quarry from seat beside the pi- lot
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26

Everyone Is pleased with the change in Golden Hill street since 1t has been
 wldened and repavad. On the south
 side of the street at Main street Geo.
 Berger is building a large two story
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26

at all 
 
  buying. sss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26

ual Christmas gifts the proprietor have been in the habit of giving to their customers Christmas this year win be the first holiday that the sa- looms will be obliged to close the same as on Sundays. The news of the clos ing ia received with much pleasure by the bartenders who will be able to spend Christmas with their families. The majority of the proprietors of sa- looms will not be sorry for closing for instead of being a profitable day with them in late years 1t has been largely Ia giving day for many or the steady customers expected a half pint or a pint to take home li'-
 Someone fin the post-off1ce writes the name of the only living ex-preside ent of the United States as sRosfelt.v Al- though Colonel Roosevelt endeavored to modify the rules of spelling 1t is quite likely this is one of the changes he would not have agreed to. A fam lily who recently moved into Roose- welt street from another part of the city finds the old address scratched out on its man and "Rosfelt" scrawled what difference does 1t make as long as the mall reaches its destination
 An old resident of the city who at- tended the meeting of the taxpayers league in Warner Hall says that one thing that appealed to him was the speech of one of the members, n man with a. large fortune who spoke for an equitable expenditure of the cityas money The old resident declared that part of the fortune of the rich man came from an old time citizen who was celebrated for his tax dodgfnR proclivities- At that time when Park avenue (then Division street) divided Bridgeport from Fairfield the old citi- zen moved over the boundary to es- cape paying taxes in Bridgeport al- though he continued to do business and get his living on the Bridgeport side of the line. The old time Bridge porters dubbed him. .sMr. No Ac- count" and he kept the title for years. As he sat In Warner Hall last Tues day night the old resident said that it was pleasing to his ears to hear the present director of the destinies of the sNo Account fortune speaking for good government and an equitable ex- penditure of the peoples money
 Everyone Is pleased with the change i'm Golden HiI street since it has been
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
ApcoHoL IN MEDICINES.

Alcohol is the best known preserva- tive of medical compounds, and the average proprietary medicine contains from 15 per cent. to 22 per cent. which Is the smallest possible amount to pre- serve the ingredients. while the aver age doctors prescription contains from 25 per cent to 50 per cent
 Such standard preparations as Lydia IE Pfnkham's Vegetable Compound contain but IS per cent and they even put the Compound up in tablet form, which the over-scrupulous woman, who objects to alcohol in any degree, may use. ft
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
MILLIONAIRE REWARDS SAILOR
 WITH CHECK FOR s5,ooo.

Special from United Press.)
 Madrid, Nov. z6.-Advfces received here today from the Madeira Islands say that Eugene Higgins. the New s5. 900 to the sailor who rescued him from drowning when the Higgins yacht, the yaruna. was driven ashore on the northwest coast of Madeira
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26

building. the ground floor of which extends to Middle street. suitable for a large department store. MT Berger has had several offers for it since he commenced to build On the opposite side Of the street s. H. Wheeler has renamed the rebuilt and enlarged Hub-s bells block It is now the Newfield building The owner has equipped 1t with elevator service and already many of the offices are taken by pro- fessional and business men,
 OBSERVER
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE { ALL AROUND TOWN {

Everyone seems to concede that the purchase of the automobile chemical eng ne was one of the best expendi- lures of money the city ever made of the Connecticut O.. one of the big generators would have been put out of commission for the best part of a month had the fire burned i've minutes zine were right on their job and the EeI orator was In operation again with I'm "A hours without impairing the street car service
 The geographies that the children are using In the public schools in this city state that Bridgeport has a fine harbor and enjoys much commerce as result of it's location They also give the startling intelligence that the West Indian trade formerly enjoyed by Connecticut ports has died out. Further 1t says that New Haven har- bor is the finest along the sound while a seagoing man will tell you that New London harbor is the best between New York and Boston. An illustration catching bluehsh in Long Island sound. If any one of the young minds that are being made to think by means of this picture start to go blue
 lhsing in the sound they would not of the state there are a few blue Ash erman who have to go outside of the sound to get their catches- But the geography gives the impression that bluefishing is an industry in the sound
 Gas stoves are so widely used in this city now thar the gas company no longer makes the connections to ranges of It's pipes for a small charge If you want q gas stove Installed you hire a Easfltter to do the work for the GasIieht Company has gone out of the gasftting business
 Several of the best known cafes gave away calendars for the year 1910 yesterday and served a fine lunch This was done t1 ta1<n. tha place of tho ua-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-26
cHICKENs sroLEN

Andrew Burk of Ellsworth street, has reported the theft of seven chickens Thanksgiving eve.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16

According to the most moderate cal
culations, the crystalline mountains
surrounding the Mississippi basin on
the north and east (Which constitute
the Oldest land in the world began
their work of filling up the Mississippi
basin about 10000, 900 years ago. and
all that time has been necessary to
prepare America for its present re-
markable leaps in civilization. If in
times past the same rate of erosion
has been In progress that is going on
now. 1900. 900 cubic miles of sediment
has been handled in this work Of
preparation. This would make q
mountain 20 miles wide and a mile
high and $4,000 miles long, or enough
to reach around the world three times.
Great as Is the amount of sedimen-
tary rocks in the world, so industrious
and efficient are the running streams
of water that 1t Is calculated by Al
fred Russell Wallace that the entire
work of its removal and deposition
could easily have been accomplished
In the limits set above to geological
time.
Copyright by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
saint-eauden's PHILOSOPHY.

The prevailing thought in my life is
that we are on planet going, no one
knows where-probably to something
higher Darwin evolution). But what.
ever 1t is. the passage is terribly sad
and tragic, and to bear up against
what seems at times the great doom
that Is over us, love and courage are
the great things. / try to express it
without entering into any philosophy
or definition of art care nothing for
the thousand PHILOSOPHERS about art.
the intricacies of which seem too COM
pick for me to delve into. The thing
to do is to try to do good, and any Sc.
rious and earnest effort seems to me
to be, to our limited vision, a drop IN
the ocean of evolution to something
better. = Augustus st. Gaudens, in
Century.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
DIETING A RAILROAD ENGINE
Locomotives Kept Under the Care of
High SaIaried Food
Experts.

Railroading is pretty exact science
and the big engine on the testing table
at Altoona is only one of many evil
dences of the skill that is being
brought to bear upon the operation of
the great railroad properties of the
country at the present time.
This engine goes upon diet, says
Outing. DR.. Wiley down at Washing
ton, with his young men sustaining
themselves scientifically upon meas
ured and selected foods, has something
of the same method that is shown with
the test engine at Altoona. Its supply
of coal is carefully weighed and ana
lyzed by sample.
An accounting of the amount con-
sumed down to ounces is kept; the
water supply is also examined and
measured with great care. When the
test Is finished and the big captive
engine has covered miles of theoretical
grades with long theoretical train
hitched on behind the experts get
busy with their pencils and begin to
prepare the reports upon which their
chief may rely when he goes ahead to
construct another gross of 100 ton
locomotives.
There Is no guesswork about mod
ern railroading. Many hundreds of
thousands of dollars are spent each
year In expert scientific tests of every
sort, In the salaries of men who devote
their entire time to this work, and the
railroads reap the benefits of many
more hundreds of thousands of dollars
In operating economies-Philadel
Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
HEAVIEST FREIGHT TRAIN RUN
The Pennsylvania Railroad Claims
Record for 5,544 Tons for
127 Miles.

What is said to be the heaviest
freight train ever hauled by one loco
motive on any railroad in this country.
and probably in the world, has been
moved over the Pennsylvania between
Altoona and Enola, near Harrisburg.
Pa. A single locomotive, No. Lib.
pulled a train of los steel cars loaded
with 5,544 tons of coal, for 127 miles
In seven hours and IL minutes. or at
an average sped of 176 miles an hour.
This record movement marks the
elimination of a series of tests made
for the purpose of determining the
hauling power of the most improved
types Of locomotives used in the regu-
lar freight service of the Pennsylva-
MIA over the best grades of the sys-
tenn.
That part Of the line over which the
test was made from Altoona to Enola
presents at no point greater grade
than IL feet to the mile. The latest
link In the chain of improvements
which resulted in this extremed reduc-
ton Of grades and removal of curva-
ture was completed and opened to
service recently between Mount Union
and Ryde.-Philadelphia Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
WEARING OF EYEGLASSES
Custom Steadily Growing Among Peo-
pie Of This Country, Says Bos-
ton Physician.

"A greater number of persons than
ever are now wearing eyeglasses OF
spectacles," said DR.. Eugene G. Win
ter, of Boston. up to short time
ago the demand for lenses was SO
great that the manufacturers were
swamped with ORDERS" and 1t was
feared in this country that there
would be serious dearth of lenses
All of the glass that is used in the
optical business is imported. The
greater part of it comes from Ger
many; the rest is made in England.
1t seems that American glass manu-
Facturers has thus far been unable to
produce glass of the requisite quality
for the eyeglasses.
THE greatest defect in American
eyesight is its inability to see at great
distances. The majority of persons
who wear eyeglasses or spectacles are
near-sighted. Even those born with
perfect eyes have been forced before
they are very old to resort to glasses
that they may see everything going
on. This myopia is due almost entire
ly to the artificial condition that sur
round human being in this present
age almost from his very babyhood.
"As cities increase in size and as
the conveHiences that are offered in
any one city increase. so does the
value of real estate increase. And
with the rise in realty values the
height of buildings increases and par
titions become more numerous. Sky
scrapers are effective distractions to
long ranges Of vision. The more or less
vivid and tiresome colorings of their
walls have usurped in mans vision
the place of the restful and unfath-
enable blue of the sky. The apart
ments in these news buildings are Of
smaller dimensions that those in the
old-fashioned buildings. for the air
space allotted to each and every per
son in the community must be cur
tailed to make the investment on the
building in any way profitable. Il
makes no difference whether one be
employed all day in small office, por-
ing over set of books, or whether
he is hurrying about the city streets,
he cannot see very far about him. And
even in his home the walls of his
room have been grouped more closely
about him.
The fish that were found in the
stream of the Mammoth Cave were
discovered to be totally blind, al
though they at one time did possess
sight. The same law that was opera
tive in depriving these fish of their
sight is operative today in the great
congested centers of modern civiliza-
ton, and it is only question of time
when the eyes of those who are COM
PEELED to work in artificial light all
day long will become SO unaccustomed
to daylight that binders will have to
be resorted to-"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
Almost Remembered II.

Donald had returned from visit to
the country, and was full of reminis
cences of persons and things that had
interested him.
Il met a boy, mamma he said
that had the queerest name j ever
heard. He said his folks found 1t in
the Old Testament. 1t vast was
let me see-yes, 1t was Father VIII.
liam, or William Father; I've forgot
ten just now which. But it was one
or the other"
But, Donald said his mother.
there is no such name as Father VIII
liam Of William Father in the Old Tes.
lament"
Are you sure, mammal"
i certainly am, dear. have read
it through several times. William fs
a comparatively modern name. 1t
isn't anywhere in the Bible"
We'll, but oh, ! remember nov!"
exclaimed Donald. 1t was Bildad."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
Useful Invention.

The latest invention to hand in the
family dinfng-room is the gum board
1t Is neat little circular board, plain
or decorated, fastened to the wall
The name OF each of the family is
painted on the circumference and
marks the spot where the gum is left
until wanted. This saves carrying the
gum to bed or getting it in ones hair
or swallowing it in the night. 1t is
obvious that the gum board supplies
iong-felt want, and he who invented
the new fad will have the best wishes
OF the young ladies.-Lacon nI)
Journal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
Dangers Of Being IlIsaIble.

One of the old-time conductors on
the Louisville & Nashville railroad
grew suspicious of written pass pre-.
scented regularly by one of his passen.
gers, and took it up. He carried it to
the Office of President Guthrie and
said: "A farmer has been riding on
this pass for about year Do you
want him to continue to use it?''
President Guthrie put ON his glasses.
looked the paper over, and said :
why, this is not a pass. 1t is re
ceipt / gave fellow for load OF
wood about year ago"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
Is Hell a
Place or
Condition
By JAMES M. BUCKLEY. D. D.

bols of bliss 1t not believe that these than
symbols than figures empoed
the doom of the wicked designed represent the greatest possible
misery those applied the destiny of the righteous to portray the
highest conceivable bliss
1t think and Misrepresentation aege that those
who hold the herein forth-he doctrine probation
ending deamus needs believe that the majority human race
will be lost Infants irresponsible persons all Gods children in
country who to the LIGHT
which is in them form the multitude that number
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
DeIphic.

Neat was Delphic utterance that
the newspapers quote Mr.. Hartman
as o1ering to certain inhabitants Of
Bad Gastein who held stock in one of
his railroads:
You'd better keep It, It's all right.
You viii be surprised at what is 20.
ing to happen"
The tip is good either way.-Life.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16
Classical
Music
Enjoyed
by Few
By DR.. PRENrlss HARRELL

of the classic eo unmelodou order and number ecng
applause
few nights later heard Sgnor Tascas band playing Ba-
and what difference the Every piece the enthusiastic
Italians appudd to the echo and after
There rendition of the that the audience knewhe familiar
music what catches the peopand the bandmn threw
work the fullest of animation They played with all their souls
if the gave each performer the pleasure
did the hearers and think this after ALL the achieving
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16

/ believe that Jesus Christ was teach
er come from God, and though the doc
trine of eternal punishment is awful 1
accept it upon His authority. If it were
possible to believe otherwise 1 would gladly
do so; nor can l comprehend the state of
mind of any man living upon earth who
can take any other ground.
In the descriptions given of the misery
of the wicked and of the happiness of the
righteous material symbols are employed.
Fire consuming the flesh and worms that
die not are the strongest material symbols
of misery; gold, harps, white robes, SYM
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-10-16

Only very limited number of people
really enjoy what is called classical music.
Grand opera is bore to the average
person, yet many people profess to admire
it in order to seem as cultured as their
neighbors. A few days since I was in
Washington, ID. c., and strolled down back
of the Treasury building, where the Ma
rine band was entertaining the public. 1t
it a most excellent band and there is
hardly more competent aggregation of
musicians in the country. On this occa-
sion, however, the selections did not en-
brace any so-called popular airs; all were