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The commonwealth., 1909-06-17
The Fable OF q Fellow and His Luck.

There was once upon time man
who said to himself, Now hear
this fellow talking about his bad luck
and another about his good luck.
AS for me, | haven't any luck at all.
What shall | do about it,"
And after thinking while, he
started out in search of his luck.
For" said he, "it will never do
in the world to go through life with
out luck"
And after so long a time, as he
searched, he came across his luck,
and it was very bad luck indeed
cross and peevish and full of pro-
family.
He stood looking at it, and the
bad luck looked at him, leering and
jeering all the while.
Then the man said to his luck,
"You are not at all the kind of stuff
thought you would be, else should
never have searched for you at all" 4"
And the bad luck leered in his
face.
And the man said, 81 am not going
to put up with any such thing as
you. You belong to me, do you un-
derstand? | am the master and you
the slave"
And he looked at his bad luck
straight in the face, and it covered,
and he looked again, and it turned
away, and he looked again and it
skunk off whimpering.
Then the man turned or his heel
and strobe off whistling. and behind
him, as close as it dared. very we'll
disciplined good luck trotted at his
heels. Cally Ryland.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17
Women who are EnVied.

Those attractive woncn who are
lovely in face, fonm and temper are the
envy oi many, who might bc like them.
\ weak, sickly woman will he nervous
and irritable. Constipation or kidney
posons show in pimplcs, blotchcs,
eruptions and Il wretched complexion.
For all such, Electric Bitters work
wonders. They regulate stomach,
liver and kidneys, purify the blood;
give strong nerves. bright eyes, pure
breath, smooth, vclvety skin, lovely
complexion. Many charming women
owe their health aud beauty to them.
SOC. at T.. L. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17
A Tall Bear Story.

"Why, once, do you know,I found
bear inside hollow log. Well, of
course, | couldn't get at him 20 shoot
him, and the log was too heavy to
move. | didn't know what to do.
So at last | thought of cutting four
holes in the log, about where the
bears feet must be, and ] got his
paws through, slick. Then tied
rope about the log and made him
walk with it into the camp. And
would you believe tive had all
our food and all our fuel for the
winter out Of that one deal. Out.
ing Magazine.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c., THURSDAY, JUNE II, 1909.

were 5000 bills introduced, out of
which about one and a quarter per
cent became laws. This small per-
centage includes a large number of
bills that were not public in charac-
ter, such as pension bills and other
measures that were for the benefit
Of individuals, particularly indivi-
duals, able to render political assis-
tance to Congressman Representa-
tive Rayner, in National Monthly.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17
Trouble Makers OuSted.

When a sufferer from stomach
trouble takes DR.. Kings New Life Pills
he's mighty glad to see his dyspepsia
and indigestion fly, but more-he' 5
tickled over his new, fine appetite,
strong nerves, healthy vigor, all be
cause stomach, liver and kidneys now
work right. 2oc. at Z. t. Whitehead
Company's.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17
If YGu are a TrifIe Sensitive

about the size OF your shoes, it's some
satisfaction to know that many people
can wear shoes a size smaller by sprink-
ling Aliens Fcot-Easc into them. Just
the thing for Patent Leather Shoes,
and for breaking new shoes. Sold
everywhere, 25 cents.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

A big real estate deal was consum-
mated in Greensboro last week when
Mr. Charles D. Benbow sold the Ben
bow hotel and the adjoining property
on the west side of South Elm street,
with q total frontage Of over two
hundred and fifty feet, to Mr.. Jas.
F. Jordan. The deal it is understood
represents about S150,O0O. The most
valuable part Of the property sold
for as much as $4,000 a front foot.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

As announced by l.. II. Clement,
Esq, of Salisbury, president of the
North Carolina Bar Association, the
annual convention Of the Association
will be held in Asheville, June 80 and
July / and 2. Hon. James w. Os-
borne, of New York, brother of
Judge T. O. Osborne, Of Charlotte,
will deliver the principal address.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

The North Carolina Medical So
ciety is holding its 56th annual meet
ing at Battery Park Hotel in Ashe-
vile this week. The opening meet
ing was held Tuesday morning. Dur
;ng the meeting about fifty papers
will be read and discussed by many
Of the leading physicians in the
State.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

"Why is Maude so angry with the
photographer"
"She found a label on the back of
her picture saying: The original Of
this pr totograph is carefully preserv-
ed. Boston Transcript.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

There arc many limitations OF De
Wits Carholized Witch Hazel Salyc-
DcWitt's is the original. BE sure you
get DeNitt's Carbolizcd Witch Hazel
Salve when you ask for it. It is good
for cuts, burns and bruises, and is
especially good for Piles. Sold by f.
I. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

The election at Warsaw some DAYS
ago to decide the question of an ad-
ditional school tax of fifteen cents on
the $4,000 valuation of property and
forty-five cents on the poll, resulted
N d sweeping victory for the schools,
the vote standing 81 for, to 26 against
an additional tax.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

According to a report sent out by
the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, the general average
condition Of crop growth in the I'm
ted States on June l, was announc-
ed as approximately four per cent.
below the conditions on June 1 of
last year, but about eight per cent.
better than two years ago.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

Il suffered habitually from consti-
patton. Doan's Regulet's relieved and
strengthened the bowels, so that they
have been regular ever since. "A. f..
Davis, grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

Mothers, have you tried HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea? It's a. great
blessing to the little ones, keeps away
summer troubles. Makes them sleep
and grow. 35c., Tea or Tablets. j..
+. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17
MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Rha: is TranSplrIng in North Carolina
and Other States.

The Confederate Veterans held
their annual reunion at Memphis,
Tenn. last week. General Clement
A. Evans was reelected Commander
in-Chief, and Mobile, Ala. chosen as
the next place Of reunion.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17
Senate and House leaders who ar

Senate and House leaders who are
directing the course of the tariff
bill have decided that there is no
foundation for the report that Pres
ident Taft will veto the bill unless it's
revision is downward Mr.. Taft has
told one Of the tariff leaders that no
one was authority to predict what
would be his action in regard to the
tariff measure. This statement, on
MIR. Taft's part, was called forth by
an utterance of Secretary of the
Treasury MacVeagh, made in his
speech at Chicago.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

Ni8Cr and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out Of order or dis
eascd.
kidney trouble has
heconie SO prevalent
that It is not ullco1n,
mon tor Q child to be
born afflicted Will
" eak t-iG-1a1-e -c4L
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17
VOL. XIV. New Series Vol. l1.--e-1s
@91aH as Hei! as 5oa aI8 ha1a l''ssG5Ie '..ssssGa1lI:
BY Kidney aEi 33ilaadidi3l 3iaidi3l Trouble.

8. sidney trouble preys upon the mind
C:7cotL-28e5 and standardization; beauty
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

She-Oh, ISM the man that throws
the ball on your side just splendid,
He sends it so they hit it every time.
Life
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

A club, to be known as the Hun
dred Thousand Club, has been or
ganized in Winston-Salem, it's pur-
pose being to raise the population to
that number. A club very much
similar to the one in Winston-Salem
has been organized in Wilmington.
There seems to be a general awaken
ing among the towns and cities
throughout the State, as is evinced
by the slogans they are adopting and
the advertising methods they are en-
ploying in order that people may
know something of the advantages
they have to offer. This general
awakening and progressive spirit
throughout North Carolina means
much for the States sure and rapid
development along all lines of pro-
gress.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

In letter to Major w. A. Ora
ham, United States Commissioner of
Agriculture B. H. Rawles, express
ing his appreciation Of the work of
the North Carolina board in support
Of the dairy field work, said:
''From a study Of the possibilities
of dairying in the Southern States
that [ have had opportunity to make
during the past four years | am ab-
solutely sure that dairying is sue
cess, especially in our Piedmont belt.
The trouble III the past has been
that our people have not had an op-
portunity to become familiar with
handling a dairy in the most econom-
ical way. hence in the main our dai-
ries have been failures. In estab-
lishing this industry we are accom-
pIishing a great deal for general ag-
riculture, and | believe that the IN
cIination of your board to supprt
the work in connection with the es-
tablishment of dairying in North
Carolina will be so far-reaching in
it's results to build up North Carroll
IA agriculture as anything your de-
nartment is undertaking, to the
same extent.
"The results Of the dairy field
work in North Carolina have been
so good that we call the attention OF
other States to them, and now desire
not only to call the attention OF other
States to the result Of the work, but
to the kind of support your depart
ment has given this work. Your de
partment, therefore, in undertaking
this pioneer work is setting an ex
ample which we hope to induce every
State to follow"
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

child uriuates too often, if the urine sca1ds
lH2 flesh, Or If, when the child reaches az
a3e when ii sllould be able 20 control the
passage, # is yet afflicted with bed-wet
ing, dependupol It, the cause of the diff.
Clity Is kidney trouble, and the first
s.cp should be toWards the treatment OF
iAese Important organs. This unpleasant
t.1nble IS due 70 < diseased condition OF
the kidneys and bladder and not to 9
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made 111iser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the SAME great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
s5WaEu2=s>oot is soon realized. It is sold
by druggists, il fifty 4
cent and one-do11ar z55i5: 55sTssss ~
size bottles You 1nay s.3ss;s s.3ssas ] : 81 50 ssi
have sample bottle ss.s@1 s.s"a j = - - ss ss q.
by mail free, also sEsc ~ s.2s
pamphlet telling al Sts.ss.s s g = t. ss- =
about Swamp-Root, TIolns i sTor-1.ra~
including many of the thousands Of testi-
nonlal letters received from sufferers
who found Swa-up-Root to be lust the
remedy needed. In writing DR.. Kilfller
& Co, Binghanton, \. Y, be sure and
MENTION this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Dr.,
K1lmer' 5 Swamp-R3ot, and the address,
Binghamton, n. Y, on every bottle.
The commonwealth., 1909-06-17

Is 20 Business what Steam is to
Machinery, that great propelling
power. This paper gives results.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
DIFFICULT PROFESSION

1t is to me an appalling thought that
practically all the women one encount-
ers know precisely what they are go
ing to eat tonight and most of tomor-
row. The burden of that knowledge
would suffocate me or any man. Wo-
men are only able to support it be-
cause food in itself does not appeal
to them. A meal to them is not
surprise or delight or an occasion for
self-gratiflcation. 1t is a domestic
crisis foreseen and prepared for, coup
deliberately planned, and all the salts
faction they get out of 1t is purely
managerial. Until a woman is able
to afford a housekeeper her palate
stands no chance, and she is never
able to sit down to the table in the
proper spirit of anticipation. Food
has no surprises to her any more than
it has for the professional caterer. Full
Justice has never been done to feminine
herosim-it is nothing less-in this mat
ter. Housekeeping is by far the most
difficult of all the professions; and
woman who is a good housekeeper
would, if she were a man, be Kttch-
ener or a Carnegie. The distinctive
tragedy of her situation is that while
one may assume Lord Kitchener to be
interested in war and Mr. Carnegie
in steel, women have no interest in
food, which is the pivot of their
household work, and only apply them-
selves to its problems because they are
obliged to. The really efficient mis-
tress of a home has thus moral claim
to greatness above and beyond that
of any masculine achlevement.-Har-
per's Bazaar
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
SutfragiSt and Mother of Children

TN COMMENTING upon the step
taken by Mrs. Frances Squire Pot
\ ter in leaving her work as profess
sor of English in the University of
Minnesota to become corresponding Sec
retary of the National Equal Suffrage
association, LaFollette's Magazine says
that those who knew only of her schol-
arly attainments and literary aspira-
tions wondered. Others realized how
her purpose had always set in the di-
rection of a wider use of her scholar
ship The expansion of the suffrage
movement has brought to it wealthy
friends and made it possible for it to
move It's headquarters to New York
city, whittier Mrs. Potter will go, TAX
ing with her Prof. Mary Gray Peck of
the university to be office secretary.
They expect not only to work for the
general association, but also to estab-
lish what may be called a Political Set
tlement, the plan for which Mrs. Potter
outlined in her address on Education
and Democracy" before the convention
in Seattle. In this settlement the resi-
dents, who are to be members of the
College Equal Suffrage league, will, be-
sides working for the enfranchisement
of woman, seek to perform the kind of
service which has been rendered by the
Municipal Voters league of Chicago
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
MAKING A NEEDLE

1t is computed that England pro-
duces about S0,OO0,OOO needles weekly,
most of which come from the little
town of Redditch, in Worcestershire.
The manufacture of a needle is an in
telesting process to watch.
A coil of fine wire is first run into
the machine and cut into pieces the
length of two needles. These lengths
are made into little bundles, and each
end of the wire is sharpened at the
rate of hundreds minute by being
pressed against a grindstone, the
sparks, flying in a continuous stream,
making a miniature fireworks display.
Two eyes are next stamped in the
center of the wire, which is then
broken in half forming two needles,
and roughly first finished" by having
the burrs rubbed down.
At this stage the needles are stu
soft wire and need hardening SO they
are soaked in a bath of hot oil, and
when cool again are quite haHd ana
brittle. Then follows the polishing
process. When done up in bundles of
thousands the needles are continually
rolled in sand for a period of seven
DAYS, coming forth from the process
with a fine polish.
Lastly, they are threaded on wires,
and a little friction makes the eyes
bright and clear before they are taken
to the packing room.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
IN FAVOR OF CO-EDUCATION

Canon Rawnsley in the London
Leader argues in favor of co-educa-
ton. He says in part:
"An objection made to co-education
is that girls are roughened and boys
are made effeminate. 1 confess that
having ample opportunity of first-hand
study on this subject, l do not find
the criticism a just one. 1t seems to
me a natural thing to suppose that
the boy in the presence of the girl
will try to be more manly, and the
girl to be more womanly. l have seen
no slackness of games on the part of
the boys at the co-educational school,
and | do not believe that the girls are
made rough by the presence of the
boys.
THE same argument would apply to
the whole of family life. 1t ought to
be argued that you cannot expect the
girls in a large family of brothers to
be gentle or womanly because of the
continual presence of the rougher sex.
But it is not found to be so. The
brother desires that his sister shall
grow up in all gentleness. He loves
her for her womanliness and grace.
The sister desires that her brother shall
excel in all manliness, as any one may
know who has ever had sister come
to the school sports or university
cricket match or be with him on the
rowing barge at Iffley or Henley"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
WOMAN CROSSES HISPAR PASS

The threatened war of words between
Mrs. Fannie Bullock Workman ana
Miss Annie Peck, the most noted noun
tain climbers of the world, as to Whlcn
has reached the highest altitude has
been averted by the public surrenderlng
of the palm for achievement by Miss
Peck to Mrs. Workman. The latter IS
the first and only woman to cross the
huge Hisparand Biafe glaciers and the
Hispar pass in the Himalayas. She
gives an account of her wonderful jour
ney in the October number of Harper
magazine and accompanies it by unus-
ual and difficult photographs. Mrs.
Workman endured hardships that the
strongest men find terrible, but she has
the true zest of the mountain CLIMBER
Through fierce blasts she travelled
stumbling through snow for hours upon
hours, in regions where the scenery
was sublime. Obstacles that seem over
whelming to the reader she oVercame'
she was beset by the obstinacy of 1g-
norant coolies, and often the ratlons
were short for her, but her pluck and
perseverance won and her triumph is
great one,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28

They will examine into the records of
candidates for city offices and pass on
their fitness or unf1tneSs.
Mrs. Potter has the degrees of B. A.
and M. A. from Elmira college, the old
est woman's college in the world. She
has also the degree of M. A. from the
University of Minnesota. After teach
ing at Elmira college and the East high
school of Minneapolis, she was made
instructor in Anglo-Saxon in the Uni
versity of Minneapolis, and then be-
came professor of English She is
known among scholars for her studies
in sixteenth and seventeenth century
English. She is the author of novel
called 1.-THE Ballingtons," which has by
several sociologists been called the best
novel yet written dealing with the eco
nomic position of American women;
Mrs. Potter has not only been con-
nected with the general association and
the college movement, but was instru-
mental in forming at Minneapolis a
Workers Suffrage league, whose men,
bers are self-supporting women, most
of them being wage earners. The dues
in this organization are 80 cents year
and the plates at its banquet cost Is
cents each.
Last, but by no means least impor-
tant,, Mrs. Potter is the mother of three
beautiful children.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
VOLUNTEER NURSES

The British war office intends to give
every woman an opportunity to serve
her country as a nurse in case of in
vasion. The proposed organization is
modelled on the German and japanese
nursing armies and is to be depart.
ment of the new territorial or citizen
army. The Red Cross and the Hos
pital of st. John of Jerusalem are CO.
operating with the war office in pro-
noting the scheme and each group of
voluntary aid detachments will be un-
der the control of the Red Cross
branch of the locality.
There will be mems detachments and
womens detachments, the former to
consist of forty-eight men, with the
necessary officers, and the latter OF
twenty women, with officers. The duty
of the men will be to convert country
into clearing hospitals, and especially
hospitals for the slightly wounded near
the field of operations, and to this end
they will be trained as carpenters, me-
chanics, sanitary officials and clerks.
The men will also act as nurses and
stretcher bearers and the British Red
Cross will teach them how to improvise
pare country carts for the removal of
patients who must lie fiat.
The women's detachment will be en-
ployed chiefly In forming railway rest
stations for the sick and wounded en-
route to the hospitals and in taking
charge of temporary hospitals contain
ing severe cases unable to continue
their journey. The women will be
trained in ordinary and invalid cookery
and in nursing, and will also be taught
how to convert common things into
hospital necessities. Ideas for this part
of the work will be borrowed from
the Japanese, who accomplish wonders,
it is said, in the way of '1mprovisa-
tion."
Members of the new organization
will not be required to wear any dis
tinctive uniforms, but to each indivi-
dual will be issued an identity cer-
tificate and each will be entitled to
wear a brassard, or armlet, without
which he or she will not be recognized
by belligerents.
The whole scheme is intended to
bridge the gap between the field am
bulance and the general hospital, which
may be a hundred miles apart.
Another volunteer military organiza-
| tion is the Ladies' Mounted Ambulance
corps It's object is to render first aid
to the wounded in time of war, and the
members stand ready to offer their
services to their country at a mo-
ment's notice in any time of need. Re-
cruits will be trained in ambulance
work and horseback riding. The uni
form will consist of semi-fitting coats
of dark blue cloth trimmed with silver
braid, divided skirts to match,
breeches, boots and cap. On the cap
and arm will be a badge compounded
of a red Maltese cross and a blue mon
70 hap hn
new corps, of which Miss Margaret
Collyer an artist, is lieutenant and sec
retary, has the approved of officials in
high places, and as soon as it's sue
cess is assured recognition by the war
office is expected.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
FREEDOM OF DRESS

The emancipation of the English
that used to appertain to the juvenile
state in early Victorian days is at
tributed by The Gentleman to the eX-
ample of Queen Alexandra. At the
time of her majesty'S marriage to the
prince of Wales, now King Edward
VII, the occupants of British nur-
series were rarely seen in public with
their parents, and when their pictures
were to be taken they were usually
sent to the studio with a nurse. But,
the lovely Danish princess who had
become the wife of the future king
had her children constantly about
her in public and in private, and was
photographed with babies in her arms.
OF course the fashionable world could
do naught but follow, and the appear
ance of devoted motherhood, whatever
the reality might be, became hall
mark of smartness.
Still another boon which little Brit
ishers are said to owe to their queen
is comfortable clothing. When the
queen was a young mother sailor hats
were not much worn by children of
high degree, and a noted member or
parliament tells how he used to envy
the boys who did not have to live up
to his own social status and could
therefore wear the comfortable sailor
costume. One day he went to Marl-
borough house and saw the two little
princes, the present prince of Wales
and the late duke of Clarence, in sail
or suits. He called his fathers atten-
tion to the circumstance and the lat
ter said: well, if prince is allowed
to dress comfortably l don't see why
you should not" So he got the sort
of suit he wanted.
For little girls her majesty intro
duced the loose wooden serge jersey.
1t was first worn in England by the
present queen of Norway and Princess
Victoria and it is now a compulsory
garment in many high schools for girls.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
A NOVEL BLESSING

On one occasion my sister-in-laW
with her little daughter, years OF
age, was visiting at my home. Ihe
little tot had heard me asking bless
ing before meals. One morning as We
ali sat down at the table for breakfast
and bowed our heads for the blessing,
before 1 could utter a word, my little
niece with her own head bowed low
said "Come to brecket, o Lord, come
to brecket. THE Delineator.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
GODS PURPOSE

Just where you stand in the conflict
There is your place;
Just where you think you are useless,
Hide not your face.
God placed you here for a purpose,
Whatever 1t be.
Think he has chosen you for it,
Work Loyalty.
God is your armor, Be faithful
At toll or rest;
whichever 1t be, never doubling
Gods way is best
out in the fight or on picket,
stand firm and true;
This is the work which your Master
Gives you to do.