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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-03-26
For Sale or Trade.

Black Percheron Stallion. years old.
sure foal getter. His colts took IS. and I'D
premium last fall in Williams county.
Price $500 or will take four good work
horses for him. He will pay for himsel.
this season. Also one Of his yeariing stud
colts for stoo Tell me your wants.
w. 2. THoRNTos.
4Sps Trenton. N. d.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-03-26

..All thought I'd lose my leg" writes |
A. Swenson. Watertown. Wis. Ten years
of eczema. that IS doctors could not cure.
had at last laid me up. Then Buckien's
Arnica Salve cured il sonnd and WE'LL In
faIlible for Skin Erap.ions. Eczema. Salt
Rheum. Boils. Fever Sores. Burns. Scalds.
Cuts and Piles. a.c At Valley Drug Co.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-03-26

The Royal Nelghbors Lodge meets the
frs, and third Wednesday evenings in each
month al Masonic Hall in the S. S. Moen
block. Mrs. G. II. Coulter. Sec. If
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
One Million Ancestors.

| asked a friend a short time back
how many ancestors he had In the dl-
rect line between generations back.
After minutes reflection he suggest
ed fifty, it may be little surprising
and of intrest to some of our read
ers to learn that they each have
had more than a million ancestors
within comparatively recent years,
and that without taking into account
uncles and aunts. Starting with one S
parents, each person usually has two,
father and a mother. The father
had his two parents and the mother
had hers. Thus each person has four
grandparents. One step father, and
we have eight great grandparents
| know a case within living memory
where a man had four great grand
parents, all living. A simple calcula'
ton gives the astonishing result that
our lineal ancestors during twenty
generations number no fewer thar
/. .O48, ,579, or sufficient people, II al
living, to populate the whole o1
Wales. London Strand.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
INTELLIGENCE OF The FOX.
Apparently Able to Distinguish Be.
teen Real and False Dangers.

The intelligence of the fox is often
shown by the way he refuses to be
headed when he has made up bis
mind as to the safe course to take.
The West Somerset have an excellent
fixture at Kilve: they found a fox,
and the whipper-in is not far off, and
foxes naturally often make for the
cliffs, secure refuge. A fox can
be easily headed at times, but that is
nearly always when to be seen
wound betray him to his enemies,
the hounds, and give them an advan-
tage; but when, if he makes his point,
the advantage is on his side, then
nothing will turn him.
To return to the West Somerset
at Kilve; thy found a fox and the
whipper-in, seeing that the fox
meant to go to the cliffs if possible,
started to head him off. The ground
was open. and for half a mile the
whipper-in and fox were taking par
allel lines, the fox clearly meaning
to slip by and find a refuge in the
cliffs. The man turned the fox away
at last, but in a short time the
hounds lost him, and / believe he got
back after all.
Again the master ranged up some
of the field to prevent another fox
going back into certain covert. In
vain whips were ratified against
saddle flaps; the fox went right
through the watchers and made his
point 1t is a thing have often no
ticed both with stag or fox, that the
quarry seems to distinguish between
real and false dangers. London
Globe.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
Never Heard Of Lincoln.

In Jersey City yesterday Matteo
ValIone, an Italian, who is a tailor
living at 4O7 Patterson Plank road,
West Hoboken, appeared before
Judge Carey and made application
for citizenship. He told the judge
he had been in this country 22 years.
do you know who Abraham Lin
coin was?" asked Judge Carey.
mo; don't know who he was
"You don't know who Abraham
Lincoln was?" repeated thejudge.
"No; does he live in West Hobo
ken?" asked the applicant.
He is dead" said Judge Carey.
"Well, never heard Of him, " con-
tinued the Italian. "Was he tai
lori"
The judge advised him to go home
and study op on history and geo.
graphy, and said, "No man who
does not know who Abraham Lincoln
was is fit to enjoy the privilege OF
Of American citizenship.
When asked to name six Of the
United States Vallone answered
"New York, New Jersey, Boston
West Hoboken, Union Hill, and Ho,
boken. New York Times.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
India Cotton.

That a South Carolina cotton mill
should be able to import cotton from
Hindoston and have it brought to it's
spindles at less cost than it can have
the cotton raised at the miil-door
laid down there is a suggestive oc-
currence.
In old times we had slave-grown
cotton and could complete with the
wage-grown cotton of other coun-
tries. Now it is wage-grown cotton
every where, and if wages are cheap
er abroad than at home, to that ex-
tent foreign cotton can be sold at
less than domestic.
Nor will barrier tariff on foreign
cotton relieve The situation. Mills
buy to weave and weave to sell. and
must sell at least abroad. In COM
petition with the fctile industry of
the world. To bar out India cotton,
for instance, may be good way to
raise the home price Of cotton goods,
but it cuts of the foreign marke
entirely.
We are between his satanic maj es-
ty and the deep sea on this subject
tits one of the fruits Of Appomattox
and bitter it is.-Augusta Chronicle
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
A Difference.

In delivering his charge to the
grand jury Monday, Judge Guion,
in discussing the question of gamb-
ling, explained the difference be-
tween dealing in cotton futures,
where it is not the interest to deliver
any cotton but settle the profits or
losses in margins, and the entering
into contract to sell cotton and
make actual delivery Of it at GER
tain time. He said that under the
law the former is gambling, but the
latter is not. Judge Gui0n impressed
the fact that when a person sells cot
ton to be delivered at certain time
at specified price, he is under the
same obligation to deliver the cot
ton as he is to fulfill any other con-
tract into which he has entered
Those who have been considering
the matter Of testing such contracts
on the ground that it is gambling, in
order to avoid delivering the cotton,
should think well before taking such
a step, as the law will be against it,
Greenville Reflector.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
Those Good Old Times"

A correspondent of The Monroe
Journal writes Interestingly of old
times in Union county. Speaking of
the great improvements made during
the last few years in the county and
in the town of Monroe, he says there
is one building in the latter which
forms IAN eyesore to the spectator
and has never been an honor to the
county" T. ; is the old county jail.
His first acquaintance with the in
side of this Jail was made when ne
visited it in 1855. He says OF what ne
saw on entering the prison and OF
prison laws in those days;
81 saw two poor white men in the
debtors cell in Union county Jail.
The law was then if man could not
pay his debts, sell everything he had,
put him in Jail, and take him out
every 80 days and make him swear
if he had any money. If he died his
wife went to the poor house and his
children were bound out at the court
house steps; and in some cases Afrl-
can slavery was nothing compared
to this treatment.
albert Starens, a negro lay IN
that Jail three years. So did A. M.
Diggs, Of Arson county. Diggs went
to the penitentiary two years;
Starens was acquitted after being
sentenced to the gallows twice.
The Jail we think, was built with
the proceeds of a fine imposed on
| white man of the county who was
convicted of manslaughter for kill
ing q slave. There was such an occur
ence in this State and we are under
the impression is was in Union county
that the Judge agreed to impose
fine instead of a Jail sentence becaus'
the county was badly in need of
Jail and the convicted man was abl
to pay fine large enough to build
county prison.-Charlotte Observ
| er.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
Two States al Norfolk.

The meeting in Norfolk this month
of the Atlantic deep waterways con-
vention will be an important gather
ing. 1t will be body of representative
of the country's entire Atlantic sea-
board. The interests represented will
not be confined to any particular
section or any class of business in
that territory. For this reason it be-
hooves all delegates who shall attend
to lay aside any and all local schemes
that may have sprung up and to
work for the general good of the
movement as a whole, which must
necessarily in it's accomplishment
inure to the benefit of everybody.
Along this line The Norfolk Land
mark we'll suggests that'the Virginia
and North Carolina delegates to
the convention should get together
before the convention meets, discuss
the subject thoroughly, compromise
any differences which may exist as
to details and stand united for gen.
eral policy when it comes to adop-
ting convention resolutions. On this
subject the Raleigh Times we'll says
that "a solid front, with the claims
we'll put, will show to the conven-
ton that the route through North
Carolina is one of the most impor-
tant links in the great inland water
ways chain and will make the Nor
folk Carolina waterway the feature
of the convention" Virginia ahC
North Carolina should pull together
| in this matter.-Charlotte Observer
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
As TO A MODEL WIFE.
Hale Members Philadelphia COngreqa.
ton Expressed Their Views.

Some interesting masculine views
Is to what constitutes an ideal help
mate were stated Sunday evening by
the Rev. DR.. Forrest E. Dagger, of
St. Paul's Reformed Episcopal
church, who preached on "A Model
Wife" At his request various male
members Of the congregation sent
him letters expressing their opinions
on this interesting subject, and
these he read, to the great wonder
and edification of the large number
OF women present. Some of the
views expressed follow:
An ideal wife would not spend $25
q week on a $50 sairy.
One that does not spend three
parts of her time gadding with the
neighbors.
One that has the breakfast dishes
washed when her husband comes
home for supper.
One who keeps her home neat and
tidy.
One who does not harass the life
and soul out of man.
One who enjoys his prosperity and
is ready to sympathize with him in
adversely and helps to make the
home happy.
One who thinks more Of her chill
dren than bull pup.
A woman with more gray matter
in her upper story than red paint on
her busy-body face.
A woman that dresses we'll is re-
membered more for herself than her
clothes.
A woman who cares more for her
home and children than for after
noon bridges and parties.
A woman who realizes the value
of perioxides as a disinfectant, not
as hair dye.
4 woman who does not consider
her home complete when it consists
of herself, her husband and a dog.
A woman who reads, understands
and obeys her bible.
DR.. Dagger in his sermon advoca-
ted a combination of ideas presented,
Especially should a woman be neat
and tidy, keep herself nicely dressed.
always have the meals ready when
her husband arrives home, love her
children and home, read her bible
faithfully and go to church regular
y.-Philadelphia Record.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
Growth Of the Drainage Idea.

Nothing shows more clearly the
growth of an idea, than it's increas-
ed following. The second annual con-
vention of North Carolina Drainage
Association, shows by it's increased
attendance and growth Of member
ship, that the drainage project is one
of vital interest and concern, and
this being true, that its development
will be more generally promoted and
thoroughly carried out as time goes
on, to the benefit of the individual
and the State, which will have it's
beneficial influence upon the nation.
The meetings Of this association
are not for farmers and land owners,
merely, for its discussions concern
every trade and industrial interest,
and as the drainage project goes
forward to successful results. so
will all business interest be greatly
benefited. There is a great gain, an
edcational one, for every one to at
tend the sessions of the association
and hear the addresses made, and
the discussions that take place,
That this convention has gained
Immensely during the past year, is to
be seen in the increased attendance,
in the character of the addresses
made, the close intrest in each sub
ject spoken upon, and the intelli-
gent discussions following. The
drainage idea is rapidly growing,
and already giving special results.
Its future is offering great oppor-
tunities, and each years convention
will increase the development and
practical side of the drainage ques-
ton, giving beneficial results to
Eastern Carolina. .-Newbern Jour-
nal.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
WASHING DISHES.
Only One Time In a W0mdn'S Life
When She Enjoys Il.

Wenever knew but one woman who
professed she liked to wash dishes,
and that moment our faith in her
veracity melted like soap in hot dish
water.
The only time we wish we were q
man is after hearty dinner, when
he can enjoy slesta or discuss the
papers, while we must attend to the
inevitable dishes.
Can any one wonder that girls get
tired of the monotonous round of
dish washing, which must be done
three times a day for 365 consecutive
days?
Think of it, ye gods, and tear your
hair and weep for the woes of your
sisterhood!
There is short time in most every
v'oman's life when it is a pleasure,
but that is when we are too small to
reach upon the kitchen table with
out chair and are PERMITTED to wash
the cups and saucers to keep US out
of mischief. When we are older and
have it to do alone the soup tureen
would not hold the tears we shed
over it.
How we have dreamed over the
blue pictures on the old fashioned
dishes-pictures if impossible tenn
Piles and castles, built in unhealthy
proximity to "clear takes" and in
girlish fancy wandered to unheard
of lands to dwell in those "castles in
the air.
There should be no dishwashing
there.
But bark! The shrill voice of our
mother rings out clear and sharp:
Matilda, what are you doing?"
with rising infection on the last'sylla-
BILE of our name.
All the house knows that ''Till' is
dreaming over the dishpan again,
and reverie is not PERMITTED in our
active household, which was conduct
ed on the "whoop her up" system.
When we see ladies going mad
over ceramics we wonder if they
served their apprenticeship polishing
tahlefuls of china. New York Week
IL,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
All THAT'S Lacking to The Farmer.

1t is gratifying to have the assur-
ance of the Agricultural Department
that, under intelligent and scientific
management, American soils are i'm
proving all the time. IF the Ameri-
can farmer could also be assured of
an intelligent and scientific revision
on the tariff, his future would be
bright indeed. AS it is, the benefits
of improved lands and methods are
more than counterbalanced by in.
creased and increasing tariff burdens
Virginia Pilot.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

"What's become Of jerks, who
used to be such a good mathemati-
cian?"
"Oh, he's trying to solve the ma
trimonial problem. He discovered
he and girl were one. They were
married, have triplets, and now he
has to put down one and carry two.
MONTGOMERY Advertiser.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
:. If Many
s{Ien Deaths.

t. T.. ~ i.-aec prevailing in this
k.-...a.. ,....,y-0us because SO decep-
i, "A "A tive. Many sudden
N l.. J deaths are caused
Y -t,-, s by lt-heart dis
q \. 4 ~ ease, pneumonia,
/ 4 !. / 4: !: !: J. !. ] !. ]. ]
q lZl1 y L : heart failure or
r. H~%\ III = apoplexy are often
F. h1 ~ the result of kid
E \ 81 ney disease. II
e. ! \ e kidney trouble is
8 Y#Mi y H. = allowedto advance
: 81! neutrality-suspicious.
& - ed blood will at
H. v.tal organs, causing catarrh of
bqIler. Lrick-dust or sediment in
kline, head aele, back ache, lame
dizziness, si>cplessness, nervous
or the kidneys themselves break
/ and waste away cell by cell.
lllar troubles almost always result
"a de7augu uneIit Of the kidneys and
r health in that organ is obtained
test by = proper treatment Of the kid
swamp Root corrects inability to
urine and scalding pain in passing it,
vercones that unpleasant necessity
ing compelled to go often through
az. and 10 get up many times during
iqht. The mild and immediate effect
the great kidney remedy
n realized. It stands the highest be-
of its remarkable health restoring
rites. \ trial Will convince anyone.
ln1n-Root IS pleasant to take and is
bv all druggists Il, ffty-cent and
olIar size bottles. Eou may have a
e bottle and q book that tells all
it. both sent free by mail. Address,
,ilu1er & Co., Binghanton, N. Y.
writing mention reading this gem
offer III this paper. Don't make
mistake, but remember the name,
.D-Root. aid den t let dealer sell
3ncthing il place of Swanlp-Root-
do YOU viii be disappointed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

When a cold becomes settled in the
system, it will take several treatments
+o cnre it. and the best remedy to use
is Chamberlain Cough Remedy. 1t
will cure quicker than and other, and
,lso leaves the system IN natural ana
healthy condition. Sold by F. T.
Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

Wigwag- When are you going to
pay me that $40 you owe me?
Borrowell-My dear fellow, you
cannot get blood out of turnip.
Wigwag-I know, but if | punch
vo,1r head | can get blood out OF a
heat--Philadelphia Record.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum
sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch
of your clothing. Doan's Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. Why
suffer? All druggists sell it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

Madder Brown-There goes old
Dauber. He's living on his reputa
ton.
Maulstick No wonder he looks SO
thin illustrated Bits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
A SCd!Ged BOYS ShrlekS

Mortified his grandmother, Mrs. Maria
Taylor, oi Nebo, Ky, who writes that
when all thought he would die, Buck
lens Arnica Salvc wholly cured him.
InfalIible for burns, scalds, cuts, corns,
wounds, bruises. Cures icver-sorcs,
boils, skin cruptions, chilblains, chap
ped hands. Soon routs piles. 25c at
f. 7. Whitehead Company's.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

MY child was burned terribly about
the face, neck and chest. l applied
DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil. The pain
ceased and the child sank into rest
full sleep. Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson,
Hamburg, n. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

Don't use harsh physics. The rcac-
ton wcallcns the bowels, leads to
chronic constitution. Get Doan's
Regulets. They operate easily, tone
the stomach. cure constipation.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

The Tailor can't make you an
other suit until you pay for the last.
The Customer-Great scot; | can t
wait that long.-Brooklyn Life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

Lame back comes on suddenly and
is extremely painful. 1t Is caused by
rheumatism of the muscles. quick re-
lief is afforded by applying Chamber
lain's I.inimcnt. Sold by +. T. White
head Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

Many man passes for wise be-
cause he asks questions which cam
not be answered even by himself -
Life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

What do you call your mule,
uncle?"
"You means whut's his name,
boss; or whut Al calls him?"-IIous-
TON Post
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25

Send lOc., name of paper and this ad. ior our
he,utitnI Savings Bank and Childs Sketch-Book.
Each bank contains q Good Luck Penny.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 400 Pearl St. New York
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-11-25
= .r.=vE:gsrG
/ al y ~ - - - 70

.sl..aes> what Steam is to
.,.rr. that great propelling
.- t:0- .aper gives results.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-02-26
YEAR OF 1909 RICH IN
CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAYS

he l9O9 Is distinguished
memory the Of
anniversaries of the birthdays
narKs me tercentenary celebrations of
ENNH Inc year S9 brought Of
men whose achievements
ZION ass In that Abraham first the of
uay III ooun kentucky and
England Ihee days
who described
agriculture than other man." :
ne heu Oh literature
dfkaDe year by the birth Of Oliver
aDh Barrett Browning
10 The world
1o9 Robert Fulton
son river had
patents Two hundred
IN search de
the north
intimately
Oh these historic birthdays
the coming Of o
naturally the greatest and
De hat OF the birthday Abraham
STATES IN England France
emancipation will be $3.50 - ~ e
cyrus Hall Mccormick died
career cut short the
burg FEB o. 1909 and died Nov
or his life after
TO th study OF and research of
ONer wendell Holmes Edgar
the latter in
HudsonFuton
on magnificent scale and will
Will be pageant which, it is claimed
the worlds ~ O N 49,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-02-26

A big goat butted In on a dance
given in the school house at Annapolis,
California, the other night and for the
time being held the fort successfully.
The dancers scattered when Billy
dashed in through the open door. The
goat cut wide swath. The musicians
forgot themselves and the music
ceased very suddenly. Then 1t was a
case of grab without a waltz. The
ladies and children took refuge on the
benches and tables, spread for the re-
freshments. Even mems courage
quailed before the intrusion of the but
ter. The goat seemed to pay particular
attention to the leader of the orchestra.
The animal charged, horns down, at
him. The music stand vanished; so
did the musicians And the butttng the
plano got put it all out of tune. Fin
ally the goat was elected and the dance
resumed.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-02-26
ROBIN HOOD NOT A MYTH.

Hero of Sherwood Forest Had n
Court Place Under King Ed
ward II.
Many famous men have their names
linked with Sherwood, King John, the
three Edwards, Richard III, Cardinal
Wolsey and Charles l., but the hero of
the place, the genius loci" is Robin
Hood, the London Globe says.
Some think that the famous outlaw
Of the ballads was a myth, a mere
poetic conception and a creature Of the
popular mind, but Mr.. Hunter in
his research into the person and period
Of Robin Hood holds that he was born
between 1885 and 1905, living through
the reign Of the second Edward and
Into the early years of the third. He
was OF family of some station seated
near Wakefield, and supported the Ear
OF Lancaster in his rebellion against the
government. When the earl fell and
his followers were prescribed Robin
Hood took to the woods and supported
himself by Staying the wild animals
found In the forest and by levylng q
species of blackmail on passenger
along the great road which united
London and Berwick. This continued
for about twenty months, from April
1922, to December, 1923, when he fell
into the kings power, who for some
unknown reason not only pardoned hin
but gave him place at court. Any
how, man of the name of Robyn Hode
was "vadlet" Of the king In 1924.
DR.. Spencer T. Hall says that Robyr
was created Earl Of Huntington by 6
London ballad writer hard up for 6
word to rhyme to Little John. Be thi:
as it may, Robin Hood will always BIZ
the hero of romance and those who love
romance will refuse to believe that ht
never existed.