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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
Snakes in the Bellows.

Mr.. w. V. Hegler, Of Lancaster
county, had unique experience on
Wednesday Of last week. He went
to his blacksmith shop to do some
work, and on undertaking to operate
the bellows he found that it wouldn't t
work. While trying to ascertain the
cause of the trouble snake stuck
its head out of the hole. Mr.. Hegler
secured a pair of tongs and withdrew
the reptile and killed it. 1t was a
large chicken snake about 5 feet
long. Returning to his bellows, Mr..
Hegler found that it still would not
work. and while examining it anoth-
er snakes head was thrust out of the
hole. The astonished farmer pulled
it out also and killed it. The snakes
were both of the same kind and size.
There is now very offensive odor
about the bellows, and Mr.. Hegler
thinks that there is one or more dead
snakes in it. Waxhaw Enterprise.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
A Niqht Riders Raid.

The worst night riders are calomel,
croton oil or aloes pills. They raid
your bed to rob you OF rest. Not SO
with DR.. Kings New Life Pills. They
never distress or inconvenience, but
ALWAYS cleanse the system, curing
colds, headache, constipation, malaria.
25c at f. L. Whitehead Company's.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

The discovery Of the murderer of
Engineer Holt, who was killed at
Durham last December, reads like
a romance. A negro, named Solo
mon Shepard, was arrested at Co.
lumbus, Ohio, last week on some
small charge, and after his arrest he
made some admissions which led to
his discovery as the man who had
shot Engineer Holt. An officer was
sent from Durham after him and
they arrived at Durham last Satur-
day, and he then made full confes-
sion of his crime. And yet another
man has been indicted and is in Jail
at Durham awaiting his trail as the
murderer of Engineer Holt.-Chat-
ham Record.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

The best pills made are Dewitt 5
Little Early Risers, the famous little
liver pills. They are small, gentle,
pleasant, easy to take and act prompt
ly. They are sold by E. T. Whitehead
Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

Get DcNitt's Carbolzcd Witch Hazel
Solvc when you ask for it. There are
great many limitations, but there is
Just one original. This salyc is good
for ANYTHING where salvc is needed to
be used, but it is especially good lor
Piles. Sold by +. L. Whitehead Com
panV
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

81 see that our friend still enter
tains the idea Of running for Con-
gress."
"Not exactly" answered Farmer
Corntossell. ''Thc idea cntertains
him. Washington Star.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
pleyion saiow? Liver needs waking
up. Doan's Rcgulcts cure bilious at
taclls. 25 cents at any drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

Farmers, mechanics, railroaders, Ia
borers rely on DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oil. Takes the sting out of cuts, burns
or bruises at once. Pain cannot stay
where it is used.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

Don't think that piles can't be cur
ed. Thousands of obstinate cases have
been cured by Doan's Ointment. ooc'
at any drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

Wigg-I don't see what he admires
about her. She has such a poor COM
plcXion.
Wages Yes, but she has such a
rich father.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

bladder remedy, be-
cause Of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root fulfl!s almost
every wish i'll over
coming rlIcunlati51l,
pain Ill the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder
and every part Of The
urinary passage. It
COrreCts inability 10
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08
20 Eoc4 Get Up
win = Lame Back?
.ire. TIoub-c Makes You Miserable.

,..... .. cry one knows OF DR.. kilner's
.. .. .., tli- great kidney, liver and
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-08

nIL water and scalding pain IN passing it,
u- had effects iolloWjngusc o5 liquor, Wine
q. beer, and ovcrCC1nes that unpleasant
r-.essty of being compelled to 20 often
-4rougI the d-y, and 10 get up many
mes during tie night.
SWacup-l20cE IS not recommended for
-ycrythiug but if y0u have kidney, liver
G. bladder trouble, it will be found just
tie remedy you need. It has been thor
o.: lily tested in private practice, and has
loved so successful that special ar
I4ugcrnent has been made by wllicl, all
readers of this paper, who lave rot al
rcaly tried It, nay have a sample bottle
s-lt free by mail, also a book telling
more about Swarlp-Root, and bow to
Eadoutifyo have kid p.
ucyor bladder trouble. 777i55i
Vh.: writing 8; ss S
reading this generous q.
offer Ill this paper and stss u Y
send vour address to s.55s 1879
Dr. Kilmer s Co., Tare 81 s1alnp-Eeo. COT
Bi1gllamton, n. Y. The regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles are sold by
I'll druggists. Don't make any mistake
hut remember the ua1ne, Swamp Root,
Or. KiluIer's Swanp-ROot, and the ad-
dress, Biugha1uton, n. Y, OH every bottle.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25

The prevalent Thanksgiving hoarse-
ness is probably due to colts in the
throat.
The new Cook book, a work deal
ing with ices, VIII be, in many quar-
ters, roasted.
Some of the suffragettes never stop
to think in their harangues; others
again. never think to stop.
Opportunity knocks at every mans
door, but the poor fellow who needs
he most is often doorless.
Many u Woman's voice is liquid in
that 1t never dries up.
There's no use bluffing unless you
have something to bluff with-and
then there's no use bluffing anyway.
The average Woma Of thirty looks
as old as the aVerage man of forty,
but hen the average woman of thirty
is usually forty or so.
The earth goes round, but it
wouldn't if we all wanted as much of
it as the Ruckefellers, Morgans and
Carnegies.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
An Anccdolc os success.

OF Melville II. Stone, whose contrl-
button to the Cooke-Eeary quarrel
the affidavit Of the guide Barrille-is
perhaps the most brilliant journalist
ie feat of the twentieth century, a
Chicago editor said the other day:
stone, like all successful journal
lists, loves his work. He would sacri-
flee anything to il. Talking about
love of work in the Associated Press
office in New York, he said, with a
smile, that he could almost sympa-
thize with the notorious Australian
boy.
This boy, a resident of Perth, saw
his father kill his mother and then
commit suicide. h boy suppressed
the news for several hours while he
tried to sell an awful tragedy story
in 1900 words to the Perth papers.
But his enterprise missed cash; the
papers feared a fake and wouldn't
deal.
But fancy" said Mr.. stone, fancy
such a boy wasted on a community of
sand-Eropers. What II loss to Park
Row."
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
THE GERM


The following is from the Point OF
View" in the December, (Christmas)
Scrihnor:
II trust hat no one will m%isunder-
stand or viii think that | cherish I'M
cleanliness, when | confess that I
deeply regret the advance made by
modern science in bacteriology. 1t
il not that ! love disease, or fail to
share the enthusiasm of those who
would Danish II, but the knowledge
IN many ways so much less worth liv-
ing that some of us would rather go
back to shorter II merrier days. |
am all compassion for Il piteous child
hood. brought up no longer in the fear
Of the Lord, but in the fear OF the
germ. A young friend of mine. not
long since, tol me of her little sister,
aged five, who came home daily from
the PARK fun of enthusiasm over a
new acquaintance made there, n little
girl Of about her own size. The fam
IFS, Interested, pressed her with in
qIiiriCs about her friend. very natural
~ asking her name. The ~youngster
bore the Questioning for some time.
but nt last burst into tears with. L
don't know her last name, but her
lirs; ulnc is Dorothy, and she hasn't
any gcrms''
"fhc story made me recall "A tiny
niece, an too young for such horrid
thoughts. disciplining a stin younger
sister on a railway train for having
pat a splinter from the portcr's whisk
broom in her mouth. The Infants
idea OF what might be on that whisk-
broom appalled, me: Worms. and
.Vrigsly, Gravity things that will get
inside you ana eat You up" | remem-
Der. oo the f-our-year-oId daughter
q friend of mine who resolutely re-
used 10 kiss her sick mother because,
he little monster averred. she was
.fraid Of getting sick herself. Are
hese bacteriologists in miniature TO
'c endured What shall be done with
childhood, robbed Oh its legitimate
ear of bogic ANA hobgobhn. and left
70 construct from distorted facts such
n unattractivc mythology Of it's own
lre not crlking ana witch wife as
as many a bacillus legend. and
moro euticlng !" s
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
THE aNTI-TARIFF KNOCKERS.

Amen the eight that 10 being nude
on President TAFT by those who insist
that the tariff was not sufficiently re-
vised downward, attention Is called 70
the significant fact that thG most ve-
cement d~enouneers Of the Payne-Al.
drieh act today among the ewspa-
pers and periodicals Of this beloved
land have not approved any tariff bill
passed by the republican party IN the
past quarter Of a century, indeed. for
the greater part. they have seldom APP
plauded the republican policy In n
respect save AZ such crises as The eusb
register or ordinary business was
threatened by ereenbackisni, populfsm
or Bryanism, Il Is these same gentry
who AT this lime, between campaigns,
when political mischief can be done.
are a~sseverating that, II President
TAFT were the statesman he pretends
TO be, he wonld join himself with the
lnsurgent republicans, the minority Of
his party, and pay NJ attention to the
majority under the leadership Of Al
drich and Hale, Cannon, Dal2ell ana
Payne.
This charming suggestion Ignores
the principal argument In favor Of
Mr.. Taft's election last year. The peo-
pie wanted business restored, they
We're anxious far duletcr conditions a.
Washington. and they favored IA re-
vision Of the tarlff that would reduce
customs duties without injufing Am
erican manufacturers aud labor. An
these thinge have comc ahot;t, ami
again the country ia lrealsf rctcrfs
Of production and rrosl atH nut, es
has been said, u The prt3tdt 1T war ~ to
make common cause nov win tle
cummins idna IN the senate ana the
Impossible Murdoch in the house the
tariff fight would be reopened In con-
gress without delay, and We should
years of unsettled trade and no
end of tariff tinkcring. with its at-
adverse consequences. The
tuinmins program Is TO dislodge the
present leadership of the republican
party and establish control In other
hands. Ills plan with the tariff ia 10
revise II piccc-meat whenever an ex-
pert board can show cause for chang
ing a schedule. This would be play
ing directly into tho hands az the
enemies of protection as TO the tariff
ma to the advantage OF the demo-
'racy politically For these reasons,
doubtless for others of weight
Taft has chosen to take the stand
which his sensitive long-distancc ad.
utFtra .I.uI.Y..
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
ANOTHER CASE or "BupGIT."

France, like England ana Germany.
Is having her budget crisis. More
than $40. 600, 600 additional TAXATION
Is carried In tho pending hilL the new
taxes being levied principally ON au-
tomobilcs, tobacco, wines aud i1heri-
anees, the last mentioned Including
an increase OF &lo.oO0.ooo over last
year.
Much opposition TO the budget has
developed, and the isuor Interest.
have already taken part in one big
public demonstration Many deputies
shrink from meeting their constituents
IN the coming elections after having
voted for the big Increase ia taxation
Nevertheless the cabinet emaIns
firm, contending that pending
schemes for workmen's pensions ana
other popular measures involve q new
expenditure which should bc met by
taxation ard not D., loans. and has de-
cided to stake its existence and de-
Is vote OF confidence.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
A Trade Secret.

Lccoq, the detective. smoothed
thoughtfully the head OF the dead
dog.
You suspect, madam. che said,
your right-hand neighbor because
Fido's barking would not let him
sleep. You also suspect your left
hand neighbor because Fido once
nipped him slightly on the ankle. But
your suspicious are wrong. Those
men are too honorable to poison Il
registered dog
The great detective closed absent
~ the half-opcn yes OF the defunct
animal.
1T is the dealers. the dog Dealers
said he, upon whom your suspicious
should be directed. At this pre-holi-
day season, madam, dog dealers all
ovC the world send out Cmissarics
with balls of chopped liver and pow
dercd glass, with outlets of mutton
dipped in prussic acid, and with cakes
powdered with arsenic or Paris green.
ut-hits are fed to the valuable
dogs of the rich. Then, on towards
Christmas. by means of circulars and
So forth, tho bcroaVed owners of the
murdered animals are led insensibly
10 the shops of the murderers. 1t is
4 meal and petty custom. but il does
ndubitably build up trade"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
MUST STUDY CONCRETE.

The importance or rather the abso-
Lutte necessity for knowledge Of con
crete construction on the part Of the
engineer has been recognized In the
schools and IL now included in civil
service examinations. It is interesting
to note that in the New York state
examinations for the position Of as
slstant engineer, -four OF the nine
guestions presented In the first paper
relate to cement and concrete, says
Cement Age. These questions include
the definition Of Portland cement,
process of manufacture, tests and
standards OF requirement, comparison
of wooden and concrete piles and
methods of w-aterprooiing concrete.
Many of the other questions may be
said to relate to concrete construction
as they include problems involved In
the construction of dams, foundations.
aquedncts, etc, In which cement is
almost invariably used. In brief.
concrete Is no longer regarded as
merely n branch Of the engineering
profession. Knowledge OF the subject
Is as important rs knowledge Of steel
construction, and 1t is safe to predict
that ere long the architect VIII find II
Imperative to be equally wen inform
"a aa to its use in his field Of en-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
BrNKRUPTs OF CHILDHOOD.

The child-workers Of the nation
their name is legion, their abuse f.
mountain-high.
flankrupta OF suffering this onlight-
cned country makes OF the children of
the southern cotton mills, of the little
compelled to cat his black bread b.
work thousands of feet under the
suns light, the children who are cut
Ting glass and cutting their lives out,
The children Of Christian New Eng
land whore textile industries be-
come ella monsters. swallowing child
TIE with Unsuitable hunger.
We read and read, and then we
reRd more of the difficulty which
meets child-labor legislation in the
south.
We read how the parents balk the
efforts of the state to abolish this
wrong,
We read about cunning factory out
RACES, the restriction OF child labor in
the Ohio valley, and what n been
done for these youthful tollers in Tlli-
nois.
Yet today, with this rich nation
abundantly able to care for her chill
dren, Pennsylvania, New York, Massa-
chusetts, Illinois. North Carolina.
South Carolina, New Jersey, Georgia,
Maryland and Wisconsin fairly riot in
child labor.
There Ia no need to ask whether the
child has q aso against the nation.
These things are indisputablo.-Kate |
T.. Mack's National Monthly |
for December.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
A Few Grins For the
Thanksgiving Season
Used TO Them.

George f. Martin, the tobacco eX-
pert Of New York, said Of ThanksglV-
ing, as he lit Il Havana eigar-
we Americans should he thankful
for our tobacco. 1t Is the best and
the cheapest In the world. | have lust
returned from London, and there
found hat q shilling cigar scarcely
equaled our American nickel one.
THE Londoners are Indifferent
about their Observation-Disclosures and
blase. like an omnibus ondueto /
saw in oxford street.
You know the London omnibus?
It IS a doubie-decker. If you sit on
top you go up and Town by a very
steep stair.
well this blase conductor pulled
up his bus at Regent circus, and the
ladies bound for Peter R~obinsons
eagerly got out. But one fat lady,
who had been sitting on top, came
down the steep and winding stair very
slowly. Her skirt Tapped around her
ankles and at every step she stopped
and thrust it carefully down. The
conductor waited with a bored expires
sion, his hand on the bell rope, but he
lost patience when the fat lady
stopped for the fifth or sixth time to
thrust down her billowing skirt, and
burst out angrily:
" Now. then. lydy, 'urry up, eahnt
yer? Legs amt no tl'cat TO me!
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25

san Juan river from Aztec. n. NJ. The
corn ~ black and white. one man ex-
hibits twelve varieties Of corn grown
on the same farm, and another has
m ear OF corn with four different
kinds OF grains. a pumpkin grown
without Irrigation in the ~Hstancia val
he's weighs l05 pounds. From the
same section Of the country come Wild
Irish potatoes which may have bcen
planted there years ago. They vary In
size from the end Of a mans thumb
to Il srhall hen egg Photographs show
t%wenty-four irrigation projects now
under way in New Mexico affecting
land sections in extent from 1000 to
100 900 acres.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
II Took the OLD Fellow Al,ack.

There is a Thanksgiving story about
Henry T.. Dixey. the comedian, that
his friends at the Lambs never tire
Of telling.
Mr.. Dixey, while visiting Philadel-
phia one autumn. attended a very aris-
toeratie Thanksgiving bail III Ritten-
house square.
While supper was being served Mr..
DiNey ranged himself behind the sup
per table with the twelve or fifteen
walters busy there. Soon q mild
hammered old gentleman with white
hair approached the actor, glass in
hand.
"Would you mind filling my glass
with champagne, please " he said.
Mr.. Dixey started. drew himself up,
and said, with a look of horror:
certainly not, sir; certainly not
You have already had more than is
good for you"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25

ting red riding breeches stuck into
glittering boots. In her hand she
brandishcd a riding whip; in her
mouth was a cigar.
1T was Miss Alice Roosevelt. We
were fla bbergasted. We had expected
a different sort OF apparition,
Everybody was bowling and scrap
ing in the most approved Korean
court ashton, but the rough riders
daughter seemed to think it all a joke.
"As the mistress Of ceremonies |
stammered out a few words Of greet
ing, and the guest of honor numbled a
word Of thanks, but nothing more.
she was mainly interested in the colos-
sal figures Of gods and the mammoth
stone images Of animals which hold
watch over the graves of the departed
Korean dynasty.
Spying a stone elephant, which
seemed particularly to strike her
fancy, Alice hurtled off her horse and
in a flash was astride the elephant,
shouting to MIR. Longworth to snap
shot her.
our suite was p%aralyzed with hor-
ror and astonlshment. Such a sacri-
legious scene at so holy a spot was
without parallel.
1T WAS a critical moment. The
was relieved only by the
passing Of tea and other refreshments.
remained oblivious to what was
going on around her. Not a word of
thanks for her reception was forth
She chatted casually wit
the wife Or tho American minister,
Mrs. Morgan, and partook Of the
champagne and other delicacies.
Suddenly she gave orders for tho
saddling of her horse and galloped
away with her male escort like .
Buffalo Biz" -.
That's the story of alice in Won
%lerIand." or course, 1t nay be all
aure fiction, just as Mr.. Longworth IN
imates. Fraulein Kroebel may have
invented 1t out Of whole cloth, u IL
he did she exhibited a remarkable
familiarity with the Rooseveltilr
manner OF doing things.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
NIJCI, IN KOREA.

In the Morning Journal of Tuesday,
we printed a report from Cincinnati
to.tho effect hat Congressman Nich-
olas LouEWorth has dcnlcd in toto
certain stories recording the conduct
white in Korea, or Miss Alice Roosc-
welt, now Mrs, L0ngworth. The con-
duct referred to or limited AZ hy Mr..
Longworth in his denial seemed to
le rather out of the ordinary among
ladies ina good society. ana the eare-
ally guarded language in which the
douial was cuuched has served to
gard to tho matter As n consequence.
we have had "a number of requests
from readers OF the Morning Journal
iu print the whole story, ana here it
is. just as 1t comes from Berlin
Frau'ciu Emma Kroebcl. who was
Tho chief mistress of ceremonies a..
the court of the Emperor OF Korea in
tHoa. nppenrs as the author of "a book.
Just published an Berlin, which con
uius sections dealing with the visit OF
the then Miss Alice Roosevelt to
Korea in that y,lr
ln her account of thc official re-
copton to Miss Roosevelt she says
Learning That thc RooscveIuan
party had been Invited to the court OF
DE Mikado. tho korean emperor
fastened Geo extend the hospitality oil
iis modest csttbil hmont Zoo The dis
iuguishcd American travellers Ac-
.eptancc or his maJcsty's Invitation
anne with such astonishing prompt
less that the court was .n 81 dilemma
low TO get a suitable welcome ready
% time
The emperor finally decided Co Dee
upon the daughter or the rrrsi-
ont the highest honor az his COM
iaud namely. "a reception st the
ravcailc OF hia departed oousurt. the
impress An imposing suite 90 dig
ifurirs aud nunkcys we're according
Dispatched % the grave. la "a pic
lrcsquc and secluded spot "a mis-
Inside seoul with utensils for a Sat,
anquct.
shortly after thu suite arrived q
'rnado OF dust burst upon us. out 81
hich "a caitarade Of equostrians
merged "A their head lode a dash
young h-orscNnman. clad in n |
FIItu~ Raftf f.rsash a.. - i
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25

Andrew Carnegie. in tho smoke
room OF the Baltic, talked about
Scotch whisky.
1t is a pure but powerful spirit. o.
he said. smiling. I'm PEBBLES the
other day they told me a good story
about Il.
1T seems that a PEBBLES lawyer
and his clerk had been TO a wedding
of the real. old-fashioned sort. on
the way home the lawyer said, as They
yer crossing the famous PEBBLES iron
bridge;
" MOO. saunders. mon, IN juist
gang on e head a mecnit. an VEN
tell me IT I'm waikiki straucht'
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25

For Ions time post ul advocates
Of tarin reform in the republican
p"rtf hove demanded that tle tariu
be revised ls hc lri,u,s Cos th, tiies
aud Not hl lts cucmles 80 th. extra
'ession OF last March uHat domaud
was complied with. and thc tariff was
revised hy its facnds Now thr only
objection Go that revision comes from
gentlemen who worked and Vetoed for
revision according to the plans of thc
enemies OF the tariff.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-25
II DESTROYED Their Hunger.

Senator Tillman was talking about
Thanksgiving dinners.
'At a dinner in the country" he
said, the turkey was very large
large enough. in fact, to feed easily
"A party OF thirty persons seated
around the table.
AS the farmer host carved the
huge bird, sixty eyes watched him
hungrily. But the bright look of hun
ger in those sixty eyes was succeeded
by a dun look of horror when Tom
my, the farmers youngest child, piped
loud and shrill:
" Say, ma, that's the old sore
headed turkey, amt IT,