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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22
A GIRLS WILD OATS.
Ii is a Pleasure to Sow Them But The
Time Of ReapIng Comes.

1t is all nonsense to say that
girls don't SOW wild oats, and that
they don't reap them, too, with many
bitter and vain regrets. Of course
it is all delightful while it lasts, but
the sowing time is soon over.
For it must be remembered that
a girls temptation don't lie in the
direction of poker or high balls. They
are nevertheless real in their own
way.
i At first she sees no earthly reason
why Tom should not hold her hand
or Dick kiss her, just for fun. When
Harry slips his arm around her waist
when the picnic snapshot is being
taken she thinks it is the greatest
joke in the world.
Her laugh is the gayest of any at
the picnic, and when one of the boys
suggests playing forfeits she thinks
the idea great fun and throws her
self into the game heart and soul.
A little later she takes stroll with
Jack and attempts tiny Whit from
his cigarette. Inever take dare" :"
she explains to Will, who comes up
at that moment. Will is about to
reply when they see a couple of girls
standing near. Who would ever have
thought that they could have come
up so quietly? Then she says a great
many things she doesn't mean and
remarks eats quite loud enough
for them to hear. After all it's only
the Jones girls, and who cares what
they think anyhow"
Later she goes out for a walk with
Fred, and doesn't take any pains to
think how late it is. When they fin
ally get back to the picnic things are
all packed and the others are waiting
for them. The other girls don't say
much, but they look a great deal!
The years slip past and somehow
other girls get engaged, but she is
left out. Tom says she is a jolly little
girl, he remembers how he used to
hold her hand, but he is glad to think
Of his own special girl up state as be-
ing bit more standoffish.
Dick still kisses her occasionally.
He kisses every girl he can Alec
pays her a sigh or two until he sees
the photograph in Toms den, where
Harry and Jennie figure in the pic
mic picture with Harry's arm about
her.
The photograph cools his ardor--
he knows the sort Of chap Harry is.
He wouldn't be hanging around his
sisters.
And Will? Will. too, has sighed
after vivacity and camaraderie, but
he has horror of the modern girl
and remembers the picture Of the
cigarette that time with Jack in the
woods. So Will falls in love with
Polly, who hasn' t one-tenth Of Jessie's
sense, but who has trick Of blushing
Of course she meets other men,
but somehow she is unpopular with
the girls-"old cats;;" she calls them
and things don't look bright.
She is reaping her wild oats she
doesn't realize it-she calls it hard
luck and does not see that it is her
own making.
For there is just the difference be-
tween a boys crop Of wild oats and
a girls.
When a boy has sown his crop he
is pretty sure to find some woman
who will help him reap them-he!p
him with her sympathy and tears if
need be, but when a girl soWs her
wild oats she reaps them alone
Chicago Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22
Sale of Land for Taxes,

will sell at the court house door
in the town of Halifax. N. c.. on the
first Monday in October. 1910. the
following tracts or parcels Of land
to satisfy taxes and costs due for
the year 1909:
ID. M. Prince, 81 acres, Nelson
land. S9.37.
Mrs. A. M. Perry, 102 acres. Deep
Creek land. 1906.
Bryant Smith. $50 acres, Burwell
land, balance S3.1S.
+. II. WHITE, Tax Collector.
Palmyra Township.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy is today the best
known medicine in use for the relief
and cure of bowel complaints. 1t
cures gripping, diarrhoea, dlsentery
and should be tken at the first un-
natural looseness of the bowels. 1t
is equally valuable for Children and
adults. 1t always cures. Sold by
E. Il. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

"My dining room is the hottest
place on earth. | wish | knew what
to do to cool it,
Did you ever take a friend home
to dinner when your wife didn't eX-
pect it?"-Buffalo Express.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22
Lady Wanted

plete Fall line of beautiful wool
suitings, wash fabrics, fancy waist
ings, silks, hdkfs., petticoats, etc.
Up to date N. Y. City Patterns.
Finest line on the market. Dealing
direct with the mills YOU will find
our prices low If others can make
$1,000 to $1,000 weekly you can also
Samples, full instructions in neat
sample case, shipped express pre-
paid. No money required. Exclu-
sive territory. Write for particu-
lars. Be first to apply. Standard
Dress Goods Company. Dept. 500,
Binghamton. N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

If some people were as free with
their money as they are with their
advice, what a lot of good they
might do in the world.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

Mr.. Bach suppose you find that
a baby brightens up the house?
Mr.. Benedict-Yes; we burn near
ly twice the gas used to.-Tit-Bits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

The temperance papers Of Belgium
have no postage bills to pay, the gov
erment considering the work done
by them so valuable that they give
them free postage. The same is true
of the Grand Duchy Of Luxembourg,
which also makes an annual grant to
the temperance work.
One of the vital subjects consider
ed in the recent budget discussions
in the Italian Chamber was the in-
creasing alcoholism in Italy, and GER
tain members of that body urged up
on its president the necessity for
legislative and executive measures
to combat the evil.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

No more champagne for the Aus
trian Parliament! During several
lengthy sessions of this body, held re-
Gently, over l 900 glasses of non alco-
holic apple juice were ordered by
various members in place of the US
nal alcoholic refreshments.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

At the Russian Anti-alcohol Con-
gress, held in St. Petersburg the first
Of the year, the following resolution
was passed: ''The first National
Anti-alcohol Congress of Russia is of
the opinion that the only effective
weapon against drunkenness is total
abstinence.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22
{ .ood Advertising
gcs3gdS A3T3 Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect Il,
Low TO Find Cut.

iii bottle or common glass with your
Ter and let 1t stand tWenty-four hours.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

4 DICK dust SeGi.
1nent, or settling
strlngy or milk y
appearanceoftell
indicates an ull-
healthy condi-
ton Of the kid
1leys; too fre-
quent desire to
pass il or Daiui,,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

crH.e OI.-- ICllaf IA DE
b a,th restoring prop
,-.,es. If you need a
Medicine Won should
ave tie best. Sold by
.rugg.sts in ffty-cent
II nra-lInlior sizes
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

back are also symptoms that tell you
and bladder are out of order
IL d attention.
What To DO.
ere is comfort in the KNOWLEDGE so
Z expressed, that DR.. kilrner's s
the great kidney remedy,
al1nost every wish in correctincc
t.-lS1n, pair II the back, kidneys,
, adder and every part of the urinary
1g'. Norrects inability to hold water
.,-.l.1S pain in passing it, or bad
IS Glowing use of liquor, wine or
, al overconles that unpleasant ne
itv Of being compelled to go often
ugh he day, and to get up many
IS d1r.lG the night. The mild and
aedi--e effect Of Swasnp-Root is
I realized. 1t stands the highest be-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-22

Yoa may have a sample bottle sent free
,v,il4.l. Address DR.. kilr,er & Co., Bing-
ll,aton, \. y. Mention this paper and
e.acmber The name, DR.. Nil1ner' Swamp
loot, and the address, Binghamton,
!. y, on every bottle.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-05

movement in that direction recently
organized by the Rice Growers Assoc
ciation at the head of which move.
ment they have placed that energetic
and public-spirited citizen, Mr. Henri
! Gueydam of Vermlion, to advertise to
the world the merits of rice.
AS we have before noted, this ce
real was, until today, the only import
ant American product the consump-
ton of which had decreased within
the century. We have been using less
rice per capita than was eaten during
Colonial days. This decline was due
to several causes, partly to the limit
ed area planted in rice, which caused
it to be little known throughout the
greater part of the country, and part
ly to a lack of knowledge in the North
how to cook rice in a palatable and
inviting form.
With the development of the rice.
growing sections of Louisiana and
Texas, the first obstacle was over
come We have for some time been
raising all the crop we need; and, in
deed it has become question of find
ing markets and consumers for the
surplus. This is the campaign which
the rice growers have carried on for
some years, with much success, and
on which they are now again EN-.
barked.
The report Of the Agricultural De-
partment is encouraging, showing as
it does the increased production and
consumption Of rice. The per capita
supply, which was only 3S pounds in
1898 and 1899, had increased to rs
pounds for 1906 and 1907, and has
been 10 pounds for the last five years.
We have thus reached the consump.
ton Of the early days of the republic;
and rice no longer fingers in the rear.
With the experience that the rice
growers have enjoyed, no one will
doubt their ability to make rice so
clean, pure, healthy, nutritious, and
if properly cooked-inviting a pro-
duct, one of the most generally used
cereals in this country. 1t is primar-
lily to the interest of the rice growing
districts, but at the same time the
whole country will be benefited by
enjoying new food product, than
which there is no superior iC every
desired element-strength, health, nu.
triton and culinary possibilities
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-05
REDIScOvERED FOOD.
As Much Rice Eaten Now as in the
Early Days.

A report of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture in regard to
the rice crop and rice consumption in
this country shows an encouraging in
crease, not only in the aggregate, but
in the per capita consumption of the
Southern cereal, and proves that it's
merits and the efforts to bring it into
greater popularity are having a good
effect. The figures show the wisdom
of the agitation and booming in the
past of the rice growers: and holds
out every encouragement to the new
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-05
AEROPLANE SWIMMING.
London's Novel Water Sport a Fat
With Athletic Boston Women,

| WIN AtnietIC Boston women.
| "Aeroplane swimming" the newest
and most sensational athletic fad OF
the century, is to become an estab-
| lished favorite with Boston society
| women
In dozens of private Back Bay
swimming pools the maids and ma
irons OF the smart set prepare to de-
vote themselves daily to the novel
water sport, and as it has the sanction
and approval of Europe's highest So
ciety, it is predicted that before long
"aeroplane swimming will be placed
on the list of the necessary accom-
plishments of every society bud.
London is the birthplace of aero
plane swimming" and Hackney Baths,
London. where the Clapton Ladies'
Swimming Club, composed of ultra
exclusives, holds forth, were the
scene OF the first event OF its kind
ever held in the world.
The fad did not reach America I'M
til but a few days ago. Two young
English women, Misses Martha Flagge
and Molly Hetherington, initiated the
members of three or four exclusive
swimming clubs into the mysteries Of
"aeroplane swimming"
The fair swimmer takes her place
on a board above the pool. SO far the
sport has been tried only in pools, but
it is said to be equally adapted to
surf bathing. Spreading the arms
wide, as though in regular fight, the
body leaves the board and scars along
in the air.
The. rnonoplane is securely held by
the hands, and the feet strapped to
the lower ends of the machine. The
whole arrangement looks more like an
immense box kite than anything else.
After the swimmer" gets tired of
soaring in the air, she simply slows
down the motion of her arms and
sinks down into the water.
Here she swims till she again wishes |
to rise in the air.
The monoplane is constructed of |
hin steel bars of extreme toughness |
md great lightness aluminium is used |
1T the joints), and the canvas used is |
he thinnest obtainable. yet possess
ng the resisting powers of thick leath
Post
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-05
TEN BEAUTY HINTS.

One of the most beautiful WON.
in English society presented ~
daughter with the following hints =
Gently:
When your mirror tells you wv
are not looking well, rest. !.
To keep the hair beautiful, wasn :
once week.
To keep the mouth young MASSES. !.
with the little fingers the llneS
petulance from nostrils to lips
To have always "a youthful con'0a.
keep the line Of lie jaw as tn'n z
a knife edge. y.
To keep the nose shapely gave =
frequent massage. .
To take away the ugly, middle 8
ed redness OF the nose, use not "
presses on it.
To keep the tired lines away ~ ~
the eyes, battle the lids ana -
about the eyes with water as
as you can endure 1t. .m.
To make the eyes always Driin.-
battle them as often as you 40 "
face. -.
To avoid the multiplied chin ~ ii
with the head low; the lower inc ~
'St r. rorrosb tba srr, withered sk
,.tfo ' i aftar '' >, [ T5,ar as warm
you can eudu.e.-BroohlJn EAs'
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-05
japanese APPROVAL,

When a Japanese audience listens
with disapproyal to play and wishes
to make the impression known it
turns its back to the stage.-New
York Times.
Great Britain has 100000 horses
available for the purposes of war
fare.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-05

The mineral resources OF Liberia
are practically unknown. Prospect
ing in that part Of Africa is mat
ter OF extreme difficulty, owing 70
the density of the forests and the
country's disturbed state.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-05

The government owns over 80 per
cent Of the railway mileage in Gar
man.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-05

polite reptile, in the presence of the
Philadelphia Record. as the snake
charmer began to do her act.
BY this time, notes the Milwaukee
Sentinel, the summer girl has either
become resigned to her fate or sue
ceeded in putting the "blinders" on
some unsuspecting male being.
Positions as nurses in the Govern.
ment leper colony are available, an
nounces the Philadelphia Record. No
civil service examination necessary.
Transportation free one way and not
needed the other.
Owing to the increase Of crime in
Morocco, the Sultan is reported to be
contemplating the abolition OF the
rack and the iron cage and the substi.
tuition Of football, observes the New
York Evening Post.
BY it's decision that in connection
with mothers day" the fathers
should also be recognized, AYERS the
New York World, the International
Sunday-School Committee at Chicago
pays homage to facts.
Uncle Sans Pacific naval base is TO
be in Hawaii. All plans for the Chi
merical $50.00O,OOO naval base in the
Philippines have been abandoned, as.
severates the Portsmouth Star, and
this government is going to retreat as
gracefully as possible from the project
which was denounced from the first
by army men as unfeasible. This
means that the defense Of the Hawai-
ian Islands will be maintained by the
navy and the defense of the Philip
pines will be left to the army. And
a foreign foe that strikes at either the
Philippines or Hawaii will find real
work mapped out for it.
In Sterne's Sentimental Journey"
and Sues Wandering Jew" there are
rather cynical passages of identical
purport, recalls the New York Mail
commenting on women in public life.
Both OF them proceed on the theory
that among certain set in France
there comes a time when a woman
realizes the passing OF her powers to
win admirers and attract lovers to her
Side. and turns the current of her be-
ing toward new shore; she becomes
an ardent churchwoman. One OF the
arch plotters with whom Sues lively
but unconvincing narrative is filed is
such a woman. 1t is a fact, to which
religious history bears witness, that
among the founders OF converts and
charities, have been women of Mrs.
Warren's Profession" Good causes
have always to meet so many obsta-
cles inherent In ordinary human ma
lure that they are entitled to at least
few advantages. developed when hui
man nature takes new tack merely
because it is new.
The plea OF the Mayor of Plymouth
With regard to the problem of the ;
eeble-minded has not been received ,
Nth general approval in England, nor
s 1t at all likely that he will find
many to support it. His argument,
ubmits the New York Sun, is that as :
billions are at present wasted on the G
rection of expensive buildings, on b
he maintenance Of large official v
taft, and or the providing of good ).
BOD, for no better purpose than to !,
Import chose who have not and never D
ill have one CLEAN Of intelligence: t
} it would be very much wiser and u
ore truly humane to expend all this :
oney in other ways and to put the h
eble-minded to death. When DR.. Os- 81
RS opinion was asked he put the rt
,rtine Mt question: Who is to decide
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-03-05

BY it's decision that in connection
with mothers day" the fathers
should also be recognized, AYERS the
New York World, the International
Sunday-School Committee at Chicago
pays homage to facts.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-10-12
HAS NEAT TRAP FOR INSECTS
Device Patented BY An Oregonian For
the Protection Of His Apple
Orchard.

In the country all sorts of homely
devices are used to catch the bugs
and kill them, and an Oregon man.
who probably had his apple orchard
overrun by some destructive species,
patented trap for the pests.
A barrel has pieces cut out of the
upper portion and is half-filled with
rotter or bruised apples or some other
odoriferous fruit. On top of the bar
rel is placed pan partially filled with
water, oil or some poisonous liquid.
From the apex of tripod that keeps
the basin from falling off the barrel
hangs lantern.
In the daytime the insects will be
attracted by the odor of the fruit, and
in flying up to feast many of them are
likely to fly into the water. At night
the lantern is lighted and bugs will
come from afar to flutter against it
and meet their death in the liquid be-
low.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-10-12
Fish Influenced by the MoonY

A recent report of the Scotch fish.
cry board mentioned a curious habit
which, according to fishermen, is as.
ISOLATED with fish; the phases of the
moon, 1t was asserted, have a very d.
rect connection with the willingness
of fish to be netted.
To test this theory statistics were
obtained of the catch of behring's from
1860 to 1900. with the result that the
biggest catches were found to have
conceded with new moon and the
smallest with full moon The report
suggested that full moon enabled
the nets to be seen much more easily
than at the times of new moon or the
crescent phase or that the tides,
which vary with the lunar phases.
were possible factors in the matter
Westminster Gazette.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-10-12
NIce's Pumpkin Festival.

The pumpkin festival at Nice is one
of those old world customs rescued
by popular sentiment from gradual
decay that was Fastening towards OBJ
livion. 1t is a celebration singularly
unique, In that the widest exuberance
of spirit alternates with serious cere-
monies, representations of art and
prosaic business dealings-a celebra-
tion so quaint and so little like the
usual productions of modern mankind
that 1t leaves one with the impression
of having witnessed a scene idealized
upon the stage rather than an actual
festival Of the present practical age
Yet the pumpkin custom undoubtedly
reflects the character and individual
ity of its resuscitators, the inhabitants
of Nice, whose deep religious in
stincts. innate refinement of feeling
and intense love of the beautiful were
the underlying forces which prompted
them to revive a time-honored custom
without the least trace of vulgar ad.
vertisement or sordid materialism to
mar its perfect harmony.-Wide
World Magazine
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-10-12
WALKING SALOON POPULAR.
Indiana Streets Swarm With Sunday
Liquos Law Evaders.

He walks along the indianapolis
streets on Sunday. covered basket on
his arm. braZen gaze for all coop
pers' and sly wink for all dry drink
ers. He ~ the walking saloon"
brought into being by Mayor Shank s
Sunday closing order. The police Are
looking for him. but thus far have
found only two Of him. Two hundred
more of him are said to be tramplng
the streets on Sunday.
The walking saloon" does not con
fine Its efforts to LAYING the parched
whistles of indianapolis thirsty ones
on Sunday He may be found in any
dry territory In Indiana at any and all
times. and more than three-fourths Of
the state rs dry.
The walking saloon" does not carry
license His only incumbrance Is a
big basket loaded with bad booze. He
gets it on Saturday and peddles it on
Sunday In the highways and byways
of the city and state He Is a puzzle
to the police. for all basket carriers are
not walking saloons" although all
walking saloons" are basket carriers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-10-12
The Sprinsbok.

popularity of that most beautiful
Of South African. antelopes the spring
box is that 1t always leaps over human
tracks. II Is at once exceedingly shy
and marvelously active. and the rea'
son for this strange ante is its In.
tense suspicion OF any possible enc
mics. among whom II has come to rec
ognlze man as the most dangerous. Ii
is not only with human tracks that the
springbok goes through this perform
ance. for IL does the ssrse With the
tracks of lions or even when II gets
wind of a lion. The leap Is exceeding
ly graceful. and the animal covers from
twelve to fifteen feet at each bound
II drops on all four feet al once and
Immediately rises again. making clear
spring without any run. It's usual gait
when not pursued is light springy
trot. The sprngbok usually travels
with its nose to the ground. as If con-
stantly on the lookout for the scent OF
enemies
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1910-10-12
oRIGINAoF LLoYD's.
HtumbIe Beginning of Europe's Great
Maritime Agency.

Humble Beginning of Europe's Great
Maritime Agency.
Two centuries ago man who had u
cargo TO send to the Mediterranean
contrived to get rid of some of the
risk by inducing a friend to take an
interest with him. 1t was necessary
to write out a statement of contract
TO which the guarantors subscribed
This was the first underwriting
These two men happened to be fire.
quenters of Lloyd's coffee house in
London, which was a favorlte. place
for the merchants of the town tn
gather to discuss business or to gossip
Others Immediately saw the advan
tage of the scheme which their col
leagues had devised. and on the next
voyage the risk was parceled out
among a larger number Of the patrons
OF the coffee house
Out of this small beginning has
grown the great European MARITIME
agency, still bearing the name of the
humble coffee house proprietor, and
which not only writes risks on vessels
but rates them and publishes their ar
rivals at every port the world over.
no matter how small or how remote
ly situated. Annals Of the American
Academy"