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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Work of Bees.

Three hundred billion bees made
enough honey during last year to fill
a train Of cars long enough to reach
from New York to Buffalo. At the
low wholesale rate of ten cents a
pound it was worth S25,000,000, and if
the 700, 900 beekeepers of the country
had worked as industriously and skill
fully as did the bees, the weight Of the
output would have been three times
as great and the value S75O00,000
In one year the beehives sent to
market a product worth nearly as
much as the barley crop, three times
as much as the buckwheat crop, So
100000 greater than the rye crop, and
nearly s900O,0GO greater than the rice
crop. All the the rice and buckWheat
grown On an aggregated area OF
2.126 1-3 square miles did not reach to
the value of the honey by s151,259.
To appreciate these results, one
must necessarily strive also to appre-
ciate the number of insects at work.
That is rather difficult, for 100000, ,000,-
600 stretches long way beyond intel
Eeent human comprehension. The
human mind doesn't work we'll in any
thing mathematically greater than
thousands.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
DEVOTION TO RULER
KOREANS SHOW HIGH DEGREE OF
PATRIOTISM.
Had Decided Freely to Give Their
Lives to Warn Emperor Of
What They Considered
Grave Danger.

Out OF Korea comes a story Of the
fanatical devotion shown to the shad-
ow emperor of the land by those of
his subjects who still resent the rule
of the Japanese and view each move
of their virtual masters with deep
suspicion. In this instance several pa
triots were willing to let themselves
be run over by railroad train if only
his majesty might be warned by their
death that he was flying into the trap
set for his feet by Prince Ito
A month ago the emperor announced
that he was going to leave Seoul
and take a trip to Fusan, the most
easterly city of the peninsula and
wholly Japanese settlement. This
was an unprecedented thing for the
emperor to do, since for countless gen
eratiOns Korean kings and emperors
had been content to sit in the hall of
congratulations in the Mulberry palace
at Seoul and let subjects from other
parts of the land come to them 10 pay
homage. Despite the protests of the
patriots Prince Ito, who was engineer
ing the trip ruled and the emperor SCI
visit the seaport at the other terminal
1t became known by the Koreans
along the route that the Japanese bat
tleship AZuma was to anchor in the
harbor of F'usan and that a part of the
welcoming ceremonies that were to
occur in Fusan was to be luncheon
to the emperor on board the ship.
Immediately the rumor grew to the
conviction that as soon as Prince Ito
had the emperor safely on the AZumas
deck anchor would be hoisted and the
last of the line of Korean rulers would
be whisked off to Japan, there to die
in dungeon.
Perhaps the simple Koreans had
some justification for believing that
the crafty resident general would like
10 execute a coup like that: certainly
/ the hand of the Japanese had made
such startling moves on the imperial
| chess board at Seoul that even du-
! plication of the murder that was done
! in the Mulberry palace some years ago
/ at the instance of a Japanese minister
would not seem improbable to the 10
reanS.
AT any rate the emperor had his
/ luncheon on board the battleship in
. Fusan harbor and was put safely back
on his own territory again. Duripz
!! the course of the luncheon Prince Ito
made conversation by telling the pup
pet ruler that he had learned that al
| Taiku one of the large towns on the
line of the railway, a party OF pa
triots, convinced that the emperor
was going to his doom, had determined
to lay themselves on the rails as his
train approached the station. They
believed that by this act of sacrifice
their monarch might be made to see
that he was approaching immediate
danger.
The patriots had been dissuaded by
a very material Japanese policeman.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
LIVE AFTER DEATH
VITAL ORGANS SLOW TO CEASE
FUNCTIONS.
All Parts Of the Body Do Not Stimuli
taneousiy Give Up Their Work
Where Science Admits
Itself at Fault.

To the unscientific citizen it is some
thing OF a surprise to learn that large
parts of the body are alive and useful
after the phenomenon popularly known
as death has taken place.
Few of us suspect, for example, that
our kidneys and hearts after we have
died ourselves can in most cases be
resuscitated and that if by some sur
gical miracle they could be trans
planted into another body they would
quickly resume their functions.
This, however, is well demonstrate
ed medical fact.
The human heart has been removed
from the body more than 80 hours
after death and made to beat again
DR.. Carrel Of the Rockefeller institute
has taken the heart from one dog and
inserted it in the neck of another,
connecting the aorta with the carotid
artery of the new heart and the vena
cava with its iugular vein. In few
moments the live dog had two hearts
rhythmically beating, one recording
q pulse Of IS and the other 100.
Science has yet formed no precise
definition of death, says Mcclure S.
The human body teens and Quivers
with life, only small part Of which
becomes a part of individual conscious
ness.
An artery, thoroughly disinfected,
placed in an ordinary culture tube and
then closed to the access of all bac-
terra, will not putrefy. Under ordinary
circumstances, however, it will under
go autolytic disintegration. Complete
desiccation will preserve it against
this latter process.
Autolysis does not take place except
in the presence of water, this explains
why Egyptian mummies, which were
thoroughly dried before being placed
away in the tomb, have resisted for
so centuries the autolytic ferment
Normal blood serum is another sub
stance which inhibits to considerable
degree autolytic degeneration.
Cold, while it does not entirely check
the process, makes it exceedingly
slow. 1t is upon refrigeration that DIR
Carrel has thus far chiefly depended
for preserving arteries. In order tc
prevent putrefication he places them
in sterilized culture tubes and ther
hn -u,ts away the tubes in large ice
chests. which maintain a temperature
Just above the freezing point. Here
they live in a condition of suspended
animation.
/ Dry and shriveled as they appear
/ they are still living tissue, and al
! though the animals from which they
have been taken have long since gone
to their final rest these fragments, j
placed in a new living host, once more
take up the thread of existence. Tha
/ the arteries could be removed from
man recently dead and have thei
/ vitality and usefulness preserved IL
! this same fashion is certain.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
All About a Pie.

Golf. the famous London barrister,
has a humor peculiarly his own. He
looks at the world in a half-amused.
halfindulgent manner sometimes very
annoying to his friends. One day,
when in town, he dropped into res
taurant for lunch. 1t was tidy, al
though not a pretentious establish
ment. After a good meal he called
to the waitress and inquired what kind
of pie she had.
"Applepiemincepie cepieraisinpiebluebe
piepeachpieandstra wbe y
shortcake," the young woman repeated
glibly
"Will you please say that again?'
he asked, leaning a trifle forward
The girl went through the list at
lightning rate. "Andstrawberrysh
cake" she concluded, with emphasis.
Would you mind doing it once
more he asked.
The waitress looked her disgust, and
started in third time, pronouncins
the words in a defiantly clear tone.
Thank you," he remarked, when
she had finished For the life of me
| can't see how you do it, But ! like
to hear it. It's very nteresting-very
Give me apple pie, please, and thank
you very much. .'-Tit-Bits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Remarkable Educated Horse.

The remarkable sagacity of Trixie,
the educated horse that was killed in
a railroad wreck recently. is vouched
for by Mrs. Louise Culp, of Cleveland,
O., who saw the animal while it was
on exhibition at the jamestown fair.
'Spell the lady's name" said Trixie's 8
owner to the horse. "Her name is
Louise'-dividing the syllables and
pronouEcing them Ices"
The horse promptly spelled the
name and spelled it phonetically-
"Lo-es."
About two months later, when he
had become acquainted with the
name, he also conformed to the spell
er and picked it out properly,
Louise.
What puzzles the students of natural
history is how the horse learned to
spell at all.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
HANGMAN WAS ALSO SURGEON.
Until 100 Years Ago Executoners
Were Permitted to Practice.

Two or three centuries ago eXecu-
TONERS not infrequently performed
surgical operations, says the British
Medical Journal This seems to have
been particularly the case in Denmark.
July 24, 1879, license was issued by
Frederick II. to AnderS Freimut, exc
cutioner of Copenhagen, granting him
the right to set bones and treat old
wounds; he was expressly forbidden
to meddle with recent wounds. In l6O9
it is recorded iii the municipal
archives of Copenhagen that Gaspar,
the hangman, had received four rigs
dalers for the cure OF two sick children
in the infirmary. In 1888 Christian w.
summoned the executioner of Gluck-
Stadt in HolStein to examine the dis
eased foot Of the crown prince. In a
letter addressed to Ole Worm, lead
ing Danish physician of the day, Henry
Roster, hysician-in-ordinary to the
king, complains bitterly of the slight
thus put upon him. He says that for
two whole months the hangman, who
is as fit to treat the case as an ass
is to play the Tyre had the case in
hand and the doctor was not asked
his advice. Again, in 1851,
Christian V. gave q fee of 200 rigs
dalers to the Copenhagen hangman
for curing the leg Of a page. In 1892,
Bergen, an executioner in Norway, was
authorized by royal decree to practice
surgery.
Even up to the early years OF the
nineteenth century this extraordinary
association Of surgery with the last
penalty of the law continued. Erik
Peterson, who was appointed public
eXecutioner at Trondhjem In 1896
served as surgeon TO an infantry regi-
ment in the war with Sweden, and re-
tired in 1914 with the rank of surgeon
major. Frederick l. of Prussia chose
his favorite hangman, CoblenZ, to be
his physician-in-o 1t might be
suspected that this peculiar combina
ton OF functions had its origin in a
satirical view Of the art Of healing
but in the records we have quoted we
can trace nothing of the kind. Per
haps the eXecutioner drove a trade il
human fat and other things supposed
to possess marvellous healing proper
ties; he may thus have come to b.
credited with skill in healing, thougl
the association surely represents the
lowest degree to which the surgeon
has ever fallen in public esteem an(
social position.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Defens. Of Canned Products.

That foods properly canned do not
dctcrtoraic witt, age was a statement
made ct dinner Of Gamers in Chica-
go q few DAYS ago. Suppose custom
or des:rc;i can OF corn on February
90. 1921, said one Of the speakers.
and was given corn canned i'll 1909.
It would be rejected with z demand
for something fresher, and although
the 1909 article would be found as
fresh as that OF 1920 il would be lost.
At recent banquet in London canned
fruit taken from the ruins of Pompeii
was found to be fresh and fine. There
should be a law to compel the canning
of all products in such q manner that
they would keep for ages.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
TOO AFFECTIONATE FOR MAYOR.
Dignifed Official Cisikes Being
Rugged in the Dark by Bruin,

When closing time came in the city
hall the other afternoon Mayor
Charles II. French coughed impress
slvely, indicating a proper degree or
satisfaction with the dignified prog
ress OF his administration, closed his
roll-top desk with q bang. permitted the
messenger TO adjust his oYercoat ana
present his hat, and then trod forth
10 meet his fellow townsmen. says a
Concord On. j. dispatch 10 the New
York Herald Instead of going OUT the
front door of the city hall. however.
Mayor French took 4 Short cut thal
led through dark hallway past the
back entrance of a theater
While The mayor in the city hall was
throwing off the shacklos of official
care a wrestling bear in the theater
was busy throwing off the shackles OF
more material nature, and as the
mayor put on his Cyercoat the bear
shed its leather collar SO it came
| about that as the mayor entered the
dark hallway al one end the bear en-
tered it al another. The mayor has
great respect for bears, but this
| bear had no respect at all for mayors.
In the darkness the mayor felt a
| powerful OBTAINING force laid upon his
arm.
Sir he said IN chilly tones, "if
you have business with me, YOU may
call at my Office in the morning.
! "Ur-g-r-r," was the unpleasantly
| harsh response.
! i,ltt
| he stopped right there, for furry arni
was thrown about his neck, and a
rough tongue made demonstration
which, if ii was intended for kindly
salute, failed utterly OF its purpose
with the mayor
| lie go!" commanded the mayor. but
his companion showed no disposition
to yield to harsh commands. The may OF
had other resources. He struck out sc
savagely with his free hand, and with
such painful precision, that the bear
smitten on the nose, loosed its hold
and fell back a step.
| Content with this temporary victory
the mayor sped agilely back over the
route he had just traversed, shouting
Bear! Bear!" at every jump. In cor
roboratiOn of his alarm, the bear gal
loped along behind, bound not to be d.
serted by his new friend. The mayor
was the first to reach an open door
through which he sped just in time tt
be able to close it in the face of his
pursuer.
The bear was led back into captiv
ity by the theater employees.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
In Memory OF -

Old New England graveyards are
not the only ones which contain GU
rious epitaphs. The old-time dweller
Of Maine who ''tied Of a falling tree"
as his heaGstone asserts, had fellow
in misfortune in far-off Australia, as is
shown by w. A. Baillie-Grohman' $
"The Tyrol and the Tyrolese."
A wooden slab. painted with the rep
resentation OF 4 PROSTATE tree unde"
which lies man in spread-eagle atti-
tude, bears testimony 10 the violent
death of Johann I.emberger, aged
52a4 years. This upright and virtu-
Gus youth was sGuashed by a falling
tree"
The record Of Michael Gerstner is
even more succinct and convincing. He
"Climbed mp. fell down, and was dead.
Youths Companion
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Reunited After Many Years.

Report says hat Gen Sickles. vet
eran of the civil war and his wife are
reunited after - wears of separation.
The story is tl.al Mrs. Sickles' mother.
who was al invalid. wished her TO re-
turn to Spain after her marriage and
reside with her Mrs. SicIlcs thought
she should return 20 her mother and
remain with her iii she died Mr.
Sicklcs did not agree with her and he
refused 20 return "a SPaia to live. The
couplc separated. The wife returning -
her mother. who has recently died.
Now fl their old age the couple are
reunited.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
telegraph Letters.

A novelty in correspondence, re-
Gently inaugurated by the French post
office department. has met with such
success that it might be tried all over
the world This is the telegraphic
letter. The hours between 9 p. NJ.
and a. ~ are not busy ones for the
French telegraphic lines. So the post al
to some use. Therefore, if one misses
the post for a provincial town IN
France to-day one can at the rate OF
100 words for 90 cents have the letter
telegraphed and delivered by the first
most next morning. The scheme is
very simple and is working admirably
in Paris.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
TIE RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT.
What Happened When Resident Sent
Hurry Call to LoreIyville Fire Chief.

Bll'ups smelled smoke, and investi-
cation divulged the dread fact that his
house was on fire.
Now, inasmuch as Billups lives off in
the country, two miles away from the
nose company, he became very much
agitated, and ran at once to the tele,
rhone. After ringing three or four
times he connected with old ST Hop
kins, the fire chief of Lonelyville.
That you, Silas?" he cried agitated-
~ over the wire.
'Ya-as, who's this?" came the an
swer
"Nhy, I'm Billups. My house is on
fire, and
Who'd you say"
"Billups. old man. For the love of
heavens, hurry the engine over here.
Ny house is On fire.
Whose haouse dye say?'
Mine, Billups'"
"Wa'al, wanter know. Who sot it?'
i don't know, but ring the alarm,
will you? And send the boys up quick" "
"Na'al, dunno as l kin, Mr.. Billups.
My Wife, she's got the key to the fire
house, and she's gone daown t. Sallie's
house for supper. Besides, Bill Jones.
he's gone to Centerville to buy kyow,
an jim, he's daown TO Mfssus Holli-
berry's place pickin' Cherries
Wen, for heavens sake, do some
thing, can't you?" roared Billups.
"Wa-al, I'd like t oblige ye squire,
but | dunno as l kin. Leastways not
Till to-ZnOTreT mornin'"
Tomorrow morning be hanged, Hos
kins! The house is burning now"
"Wa-al, mebbe l might git up some
time this evening, Mr. Billups"'
This evening nothing. Why, the
roofs ablaze at this very moment"
'Wa-al, l tell ye, squire, if it's as bad
as that, what think ye'd better do
We'll, go on! I'm listening"
Got postage stemp?"
YES"
Wa-al, preaps ye'd better stick il
onto an envelope and send word to til
insurance people. If it's got to tn ROOT
they amt much use o my coming OF.
Il ye want me to, I'll send my DO,
Willie up after the letter, an he kir
take it daown to the post-ofice an
mail it for ye.''
You be" began Billups, but he
didn't finish. The fire had reached The
telephone wires and destroyed the cen
nection.-New York Herald
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
shoi,d Genuine Heroes Be Dead?

Real heroes are like Sherman's def
in;ticn of good Indians" they are
all dead. They commit suicide as he
roes by appearing in the music halls,
w qualifying as professional athletes,
bv giving cut too many newspaper in
terv;ews, by yielding too readily to the
camera. by succumhing to kissing
bees. by becoming too strong to work
in one method or another by seek
ing to capitalize the admiration of the
moment into permanent maintenance
and support. II they escape suicide
they are asphyxiated by the aduIation
of mankind or extingu;shcd in its
speedy lorgetfulness.-New York Mail.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Tone and Tune,

When your vitality is low you need
''toning up" Why not tuning up?'
Same thing. We are all pianos, just
a mass of sounding boards, keys and
strings. We get out Of tune and tone;
we run down, just like an eight-day
clock. and require rewinding. Look at
vour wife tomorrow morning and see
if she is cut of tune Ii she is cross
YOU viii say she got out OF bed Win
he wrong foot foremost. Not a plt OF
sense in that. She simply got up from
her nights rest out Of tune, or tone.
Tune her up! Tone her up. In her
finest health she may be G sharp;
when not 80 well she may be at d.
Have your family kit of tuning irons;
give her a test; then bring her up to
Ditch.-NeW York Press.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Swept Over Niagara.

This terrible calamity often hari'' NJ
beca,,,," a carclc-- boatfndn Ignores tie
river, Notwithstanding ripplcs and
faster current Natures warnings are
kind. That dull pain or ache III the
back warns you the kidneys need at
tcntion il you would escape fatal mala-
dic--proi~y Diabetes or Bright dis
case. Take Electric Bittcrs at once and
see backachc fly aGd AL your best feel
inCs return. 'Aitorlong suffering from
weak kidneys and lame back, one 81 90
bottle wholly cured me, " writes J. Il.
Blankcnohip, Of BcIk, Tenn. Only 5nc
ut T.. f. Whitehead Co,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
ErOuqht Old Man to Time.

The young man had asked the father
for his daughter and been refused
Then you will rot give me Jane?"
ne hoa~se!y demanded
L didn't speak in Volapuk, did I?''
sneered James father
The young man paused at the door
Il am considered good looking fell
low" he said. Ladies turn and stare
after me as l pass along the street.
Your cook smiled at ME tonight as
fingered at the side door I returned
the smile. Now ! will follow up this
favorable Impression. l will make
love to the cook-in a week we will
elope!"
Tie old man turned pale.
Don't talk Ike that" he gasped
You wouldn't be cruel enough to rob
us of our cook. No, no; not another
word Jane is yours!"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
All Holm in EeIpinu MesSina.

Saws the London Chronicle: 1t is
NOT only by means of ships that Amer
ioa has gone to the rescue Of Sicil-
ians. Visitors from the western henl-
sphere to Rome, albeit making no long
stav. are using their wealth lav1shly
in the work of rescue. We hear OF one
family alone receiving six earthquake
children into their house, and giving
shelter to 1G more elsewhere. Ih4.
committees of relief are composed
from every nation that gathers III
Ron,a for winter and spring. All gay
cites are suspended, and the embas-
sizes have put their merely social Of
fees aside"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Small Scale Love.

DR.. Pierce Undernill, whose book on
divorce and marriage is to appear next
month in Indianapolis, delivered lee
ture On divorce recently IN fashlon-
able Indianapolis church.
"Extravagance," he began, lis one
of the big causes Of divorce. My cous-
in. a bank clerk, married a pretty
girl and took her home to a nice little
fat. But she frowned and bit her lip.
ooh. Jack she said, i can't live
in tiny flat like this!
"'You don't love me when you say
that. darling said my cousin.
"'Oh, yes I do, but not on such a
small scale.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Reliable Weather,

$50 you are going to the north pole
next YEAR,
Yes" answered the arctic explorer.
You must like the climate"
mo. But there is some satisfaction
in knowing that when cold wave is
predicted you won't make any mis-
take in starting fire and putting on
Your heavy clothes"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08

American phonograph companies do
a b.. htaircse in China. The most
famous Chinese bands and palace sine
nrs are ersag-d io make records. They
are brought from al paris Of the en-
uire. to the three record-making cen
ters-Peking. SHANGHAI and IIongkouG
Here The apparatus for making the
master records ia s"i pp aud The re-
cor5in. don" under he direction of an
expert. 4 record popular III Inc north
OF China seldom is popular in the
Sonth b.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Teleoraphers' Cramp.

An interesting feature of telegraph
ers' cramp is that certain letters are
nearly always the stumbling block.
The most frequent are c. and "
that is. the code signals used for these
letters. When a sender begins 10 be
conscious about SO common letter
as &C." his case soon becomes hone
less one Another form of cramp at
tacks the receiver of the message. II
takes the form of inability TO write
fast enough to take down message
quickly transmitted. This is easily un-
derstood when it is remembered that a
receiver often has to write continuously
to code dictation, SO to speak, fol
hours at a time. The strain is enor.
Gus. and leads fairly commonly to what
is practically form of nervous break
down.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Cause of Badness.

After considerable jocularity the
rair turned to the pearly pated
stranger and one said:
My friend and have been discuss
ing the cause of badness, but we can't
seem to agree. Would you mind tell
inc us what you regard as the real
cause OF baldness?'
The stranger wheeled about, eyed
his uuestioners fiercely and snorted:
"Brains!"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Quantity.

Don't you admire the big hats that
women are wearing?'
We'll" answered Mr.. Meehton, Il
must say they look more like the
moneys worth
He who foresees calamities suffers
them twice over. er.---Porteous.