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The Washington times., 1913-12-02
2-MY JOB.

We got rotten Job. Everybody IN
the place is doing his lever oeS'
IN make NV life miserable. Each
wan has his axe out for me, anu
!. - ho a cause for secret rejoicing
among them If the boss caiiiieu Ia
work Ike a slave. worrS
about the business. l even laAe my
down,ovn troubles home with me at
night and stand )a"ihs i''
wife on account OF IL ,I,,d
And what do / gain? Not Dlaintu
thing. Every time ] overexert ihysell 10
be especially efficient i get cati uo"t
from headquarters for sonetniRs
sIinnad nm on six or eight weeks back
frbeir eves go back on them when
they're looking for my good points, put
tbev have the X-ray and binocular
mIcroscope beaten to q pulp when II
comes to finding faults:
"puIr' anywhere It's all fine and high
sounding to speak of succeeding on
your own merits. IN one ever streWeo
MY path with rose leaves, etc. But
when .you apply THAI dope to pay
envelope that isn't elastic 1t loses Its
romance.
If had my life to live over again
Pd toady TO the high moguls. I'd
chloroform my pride and lick their
boots to get in,. and after j d made good
I'd throw them down. That success.
Even now. II l didn't have wife and
family, ] could take a chance or two.
There are lots of little side tricks that'd
bring in extra coin. But when you're
trying to hold down a keep-you-live job
you can't indulge in those things. The
bosses might drop on you for stealing
some of the time they're paying for:
and your landlord isn't going to extend
credit on the strength of your finding a
Job a couple OF months from now
maybe.
II only Ia gone into another line Of
business! ANY business Is better than
mine. Even II you're a headliner In my
business you needn't worry about whom
you're going to leave your money TO.
The professional men! They're the
ones who gst theirs easy. Doctors. law
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
What Are Hindoos Coming To?

From Durham comes the news that
six HIndoos have been killed by police
men in the strike riots on the sugar
plantations. This is one of the things
that destroy the illusions OF youth. We
always imagined, from what we
read about a Hindoo. that a policeman
was as nothing to him. II a policeman
were to forget himself so far as to fire
at one, the Hindoo would spit out the
bullet. throw a rope into the air. climo
it, disappear. pop out of a rose bush.
throw the cop into basket, run the
basket through and through several
times with a sword. plant palm tree,
palm a plant tree. climb both or either,
charm a cobra and then change the
cop into bulbul. which would sing un-
til tiffin.
And now cops are killing Hindoos. In
dia must be on the toboggan.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
Washingtoniana.

George Washington is having quite an
uplift. Surveyors have just gone over
some work he did when he was nine
teen years old, and they report that
they cannot improve on it.
In London last week one of WASH
,neton's letters sold for $500. 1t Is a
letter that has never been published
OF course. there are plenty OF unpuo-
lished letters sold in New YORK right
along for more than $500 tthe WRITER'S
usually indiscreet men Of middle age
buv them), but 1t speaks well for q. w.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
GOOD STORIES
Coming to Herself.

~N one occasion DR.. Francis
Warner was trying to tring
~ back to consciousness a wom-
an who had had a paralytic
stroke
His efforts seemed likely to be in
vain. For a long time her utterances
were only the rawlings of deliriun, but
all at once she sat up in bed. and, look
ing straight at DIR. Warner, she cried
out: "Oh, you funny old man. ..
.Ah." said DIR. Warner. cheerfully.
Now she's beginning to talk sense"'-
Pearson's Weekly. ... ...
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
THE MEASURE OF NAVAL EXPANSION.

1t has been the general scheme of our naval au-
thorites to feet of fortyeght battleships by
1920. Interruption of the program has made it alto
gether probable that the mark will not be attained.
Naval construction nowadays has to be carried
forward at a rapid rate in order to maintain fixed
efficiency in large fleet. Obsolescence never wiped
out so large percentage of the usefulness of feet
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
Prevent the Disease.

1t is terribly wrong to practice medi-
cine without a license, but we must
suggest to the Batavia man who dis
locates his jaw every time he yaWns
that he stop reading that stuff about
the new tariff reducing the price OF
food.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
Twenty Gems of
American Hunor
Copyright 1873. by The rress Publishing Col
l4.-THE ALARMED SKIPPER.
By lanes T. Fields.

r. ANY long, long year ago,
MI Nantucket shippers had plan
lV OF finding out, though Lying low
How near New York their schooners
They creased the lead before it fell,
And then by sounding through the night
Knowing the soil that stuck so well.
They always guessed their reckoning right
A skipper gray. whose eyes dim.
Could tell, by tasting. just the SPOT,
And So below he'd "dowse the giin1-'
After. of course, his something hot
Snug in his berth. at eight o'clock.
This ancient skipper might be found:
No matter how his craft would rock.
He slept-for skippersnap sound,
The watch on deck would now and then
Run down and wake him. with the lead:
He'd up. and taste. and t ell the men
How many miles they went ahead.
One night, twas lothian Marden's watch,
A curious wag-the peddlers SON
And so he unused the wanton wretch).
'To-n.ght I'll have asgrain Of fun.
We're all a set Of stupid fools
To think the skipper knows by tasting
What ground he's cn-Nantucket schools
Don't teach such stun, with all their bastins"
And so he took the well-sreased lead
And rubbed DER a box Of earth
That stood on deck-a parsnip bed
And then he sought the skippers berth
Where ate now, sir? Please to taste
The skipper yawned, put out his tonSae.
Then ope'd his eyes in wcndrous haste.
And then upon the floor he sprung
The skipper stormed and tore his hair,
Thrust on his boots. and roared to Marden:
.Nantucket's sunk. and here are
Right over old Marin Hackett's garden
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
THIS AND THAT
With Sometimes Little of AS 1T WERE

that his literary work Is valued 50 high.
A lock of his hair was sold last Fri
day night foi 800. In fact, for man
who never was impeachei and never de-
livered Chautauqua lecture, G. W. Is
uoinS first rate.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
New Jerseys Docile Domiciles.

Meantime the flames spread to the
stables of the Consumers Ice Company.
in which fifteen houses were stalled
They were turned loose in the street
and captured later without difficulty
Jersey Journal.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
Those Were the Safe Old Times.

Cooper carried Natty Bumppo alive
and vigorous through four or five novels.
a feat which couldn't be accomplished
nowadays, when the seasons record for
slain deerslayers in one State (Wiscon-
SIM Is twenty.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
ALWAYS the Charitable View.

The New York man who willed his
wife and children cent apiece may
have wished to protect them from the
income tax.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
HITS FROM SHARP WITS

why. for a change, doesn't New YORK
have a clothes show, and invite the
horses ALBANY Journal.
Jokes are never as funny in the morn
ing as, they are at ll:So the night De-
fore.-Toledo Blade.
Every time the MEXICAN crisis cooIs
off II Is warmed over and served again.
Chicago News.
There is one thing worse ihan a
drunken chauffeur. but we've forgotten
what IL is.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Pork trust cans everything now
adays except the squeal of the public
Boston Transcript.
Speaking Of irony, the new Carnegie
Peace building in washington will lace
the War and Navy Department.-Co-
lumbia state
Edison says the tango and the trot
will die as soon as the novelty wears
Off He sends smoking women by the
same route.-Augusta Chronicle.
There is something consoling in the
knowledge that the Booth brothers have
broken sAsir ieaG ssssanSsmsaI Fight
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
The Oyerworked Writ.

As if poor old Habeas Corpus hadn t
had a busy enough year with Thaw
and the rest. Zelaya has now pressed
1t into service.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
But Haman Never Came Out of 1t.

Neck Pressure is Anesthetic." says
headline. Mordecai. gazing at Haman
through fifty or more cubits Of space,
realized that q long time ago.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
Chow! !!

The supreme court of North Dakota
has upheld the law prohibiting the sale
of snuff. A pinch hit, AS 1t Were.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
What's on the Program tn
Washington Today

Meetings, evening:
Masonic-Natlonal Lodge, No. IL. and
ArmInius, No. %, elections: Myron NJ.
Parker, No. 81, elections: King David.
No IS, elections; La Fayette Chapter,
No. 5, Royal Arch: Washington Naval.
No. 6; Robert de Bruce Council OF
Kadosh, Scottish Rite, thirtieth de-
gree; Mithras Lodge of Perfection,
No. /; Mizpah Chapter. No s, Eastern
Star, elections.
Odd Washington Lodge. No. 6.
degree work: Golden Rule. No. q, and
Amity, No. q. business.
Knights of Pythias-Webster Lodge.
No. :: Excelsior, No. IA: Capital, No.
81, illustrated lecture. Myrtle, No. 25,
social evening.
X. o. T. M-Brightwood Tent, No 5,
Maccabee Hall. Brightwood. elections;
Metropolitan. No. - Fifth and q
streets northwest. elections.
Socialist party-Lecture by John Spar
go. of Vermont. Pythian Temple, lOls
Ninth street.
Amusements.
National-"The Land of Promise" Sl;
p. IN.
Belasco-"Blue Bird" $50 p. m.
Columbia-"The Prodigal Judge" ST.;
Poirsw"st. Elmo" els and s:l5 D. m.
Academy-'Little Lost Sister," 2:l5 and
S:l5 p. m.
Keith 's--Vaudeville. 2:l5 and Sis D. m.
Cosmos-Vaudeville, continuous.
afternoon and even.
ing.
.:l5 and Sis D. m.
Arcade-Baseball party. dancing. TO-
night,
The Washington times., 1913-12-02
A Man Was Seen Wearing One
in 1897.

In spite >of Spug activities. smoking
jackets are still to be sen Elm the shop
windows.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02

ing the devil is handicapped when the
generals at at odds.-Pittsburgh Post.
Cheaper to buy the whole her than q
dozen Of her eggs.-Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02

knowledge that the Booth brothers have
broken shair lens sstranS smeAI Fight
The Washington times., 1913-12-02

There is one thing worse than a
drunken chauffeur. but we've Forgotten
what Il is.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02

The Pork trust cans everything now
adays except the squeal of the public
Boston Transcript.
The Washington times., 1913-12-02

Every time the Mexican crisis coois
off II Is warmed over and served again
chicago News.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19

cial, la correspondence que Clarence
Hamlin dirigia la ofcina de Washing
ton de la Association Americana de
Azucareros de Remolacha. En- dlcha
correspondence, Sc ha descublerto Ia
actividad de la campana que hay en-
prendida contra la tarifa libre del aztl-
car. Sc hacen diligencias para que Sc
de publicidad a la parte de la CORES
pondencia que Sc ha hecho constaf EN-
Il expediente de investigation. Henry,
Oxnard Truman y Palmer, Sc opusle-
ron que Sc leyese la parte que fue es-
crita con anterioridad la presente le-
gislatura del Congreso.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
WILSON EN- Ell CAPITOLIO

Conferencias sobre la reforma
T' del sistema monetario.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
No son historietas son historias.

Nueva York, 19.-E Presidente vii,
son fu6 hoy al Capitolio para inaugurar
la serie de conferencias que celebrara
con los dem6cratas del Senado y de Ia
Camara, acerca de la refOrma del sis
tema monetario. Mega las historietas
de desacuerdo q. Sc dice haber entire los
cue han preparado ell proyecto de ley
del gobierno sobre la reforma del sista-
ma de moneda, en- sus diferentes dispo-
siciones.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
Veleros de la Llnea Benner,


"'@@' '@s7 :.
La goleta americana Republic. Salio
de New York, para San Juan ell 20 del
pasado.
Consignatarios, Sobrinos Ezquiaga
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
UNA ENMIENDA AL
BILL DE LAS TARIFAS
Jontribuciones a las corporaciones que
poseen un capital de $1OOOOo.O0O

Nueva York, 18.-El senador Hitch
ock present6 aver una enmienda al
bill'' de tarifas disponiendo que Sc lie
npOnga una contribution graduada 4
is cOrporaciones que tengan control !"
4obre una cuarta parte de la produc-
ion EN- sus negocios y clyo capital sea
1e $1OO.OOO.OOO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
UNA DERROTA DE LOS
FILIPINOS

Los americanos les causan 13 bajas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19

Los Emphasizes HazOl-MentOl
son muy efcaces para curar dolores. LoG
efectos agradables del mentol son expert
mentados inmediatamente en- los dolores de
espalda, reumatismo, sciatica y otros males
dolorosos. Rollos de una yarda $1.OO orc,
tamano corriente 25c. ORC. De venta en- todas
las droguerias y boticas. SERVINGS pedidos
nor correo tambien.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19

Prime Western, 11.40; avena blanca
No. 2, AZ. Letras sobre Londres a 90
d1as, 4.81-1 s. cambios sobre Londres
1865; sobre Berlin, 95-31 16 sobre Pa
ris, 5.18-3 4.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
JUEGO DE PELOTA

Nueva York, 16.- Liga Americana
Boston Z, Detroit 4, Boston 3, Detroit
4, 20. juego, Chicago l, Filadelfia I,
Cleveland 3, Washington 6, New York
+, St. Louis 7,
Liga Nacional: Boston l, Pittsburg O.,
Brooklyn s, St. Louis 3, Chicago + Fl
ladelfa 0, Cincinnati, 2, New York 6.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
LAS MAQUINACIONES
AZUCARERAS
iUff!' .iQue miedo!

Nueva York, 19.-El Comite investi-
gador de las maquinaciones para ejer-
GER Influenza sobre la legislation, obtu-
yo por medic de un mandamiento judi
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
TRANSACCIONEs Y CAMBIOs

Nueva York, 19-Mercado del dfa
f7-Cafe del Rio No, 7, 9-3 4 !; manteca
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
BUQUEs ANUNCIADOs

BUQUES ANUNCIADOS
a24~-~
Vapor americana Caro]vn. FL II del
o W Ai'A 20 '"'lo 00 4>0" l u \ par" 0S'
Vapor americana Maracaibo. Ell IA del
Will ~ ~ '' . '''''' f)''- "
o114do1 oo+,,o1 do Now vo,1, naro ss+o
Vapor espanol Monserrat. Ell 81 del
dcuudl eStdrd aqul proceoelIe uei Oen-
tlno Espana.
o.1 1.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19

Nueva York, 19.-Informan de Fill
Dinas que han sido derrotados los taga-
los que Sc habian fortifcado en- ell mon
te Bagsag Las fuerzas amerlcanas alta
caron estas posiciones ell domingo pOr
Ia noche, causando 6 muertos y heri-
dos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
Ell COLERA EN- MACEDONIA

Nueva York, 19-Informan de Mace
donia que una gran epidemic colerlca
esta causando importantes estragos en-
tre las tropas b1lgaras que Sc hallan en-
aquella region.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-06-19
No hubo victimas.

Nneva York, 19-El temblor de tie
ira que Sc sinti6 anoche en- Martinic2
cause gran panico; pero seg1n infor-
mes no hubo v1ctimas.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-06-05
LOVES THE SOUTH.

While delivering an address on the
South some days ago. Senator John
Sharp Williams said:
cit is the land that strikes love in
to you. The Englishman loves his
land as he loves his wife with whom
he has lived long. and tried and
found true; the Frenchnan loves his
land in a-well, in a way peculiar to
Frenchmsn; but a Southerner loves
his land as q boy loves his sweet
heart do any fool thing she
tells him to do.
1.-The South has a number Of pc
culiarities. One among them is,
that down there we believe in God
"a thing that is somewhat improper
now, l know. Another is, we steer
clear of the divorce courts. Still
another, we have a habit of voting
the Democratic ticket. And we
have faith, hope, and charity for all
who don't differ too much with u.s.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-06-05
ALL DUE TO HIS MOTHER.

During an address Oh his anniver-
at Washington, N. c., the place of
his birth, Mr.. Jcsephus Daniels, Sec
rotary of the Navy. paid the follow
ing high tribute to his mother:
''All that l. am, if there is any
worth in me, owe to my mother.
All that any man ever has been or
ever will be is due to his mother. 1t
is she that made him; she fixed his
character, fixed his soul, shaped his
career. No good man, no great man,
was ever reared by a weak or vicious
mother. Whenever a big task looms
up before me, whenever mountain
of adversely towers ahead of me,
whenever the sky seems darkest and
stormiest, l recall the placid face of
my courageous widowed mother, l
go back again to the days of child
hood, l feel the glow of her radiant
countenance, the courage of her
calm, steady eyes, the fire Of her
dauntless soul. She still lives, thank
God, and is here with us today, as
when l was barefoot boy, and
guides my life now as then. 1t will
ever be so; it is so with all men.
All my power has come from her
and everything | have tried to do of
value that has met with your ap-
proval are tributes to the brave,
noble unselfsh, heroic woman who
took Christ for her master and in
poverty and travail taught her boys
to follow the flag of duty and never
to strike their colors."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-06-05
YICLATDRS PROSECUTED.
Enforcing Quarantine Law fer EFadi-
cation OF Texas Fever.

Mr.. T. M. Owen, of Norfolk, Va,
an official Of both the Federal and
State Departments Of Agriculture,
whose work in this State is confined
largely to the enforcement Of the
quarantine regulations for the Grad
ication of Texas fever among cattle,
which were passed by the Depart
ment of Agriculture Of the United
States and adopted by the Depart
ment of Agriculture Of North Caro-
lima, was prosecuting witness in sew
eral cases that were tried here last
Wednesday before Justice j. E.
Shields for the violation Of these
regulations.
Quite number of prominent citi-
zans in this section were bound over
to the superior court, which is in
session in Halifax this week, the
trial magistrate finding the evidence
in every case to justify him in SO
doing.
There were present also IS prose-
cutting witnesses Messrs. James Ear-
per. Of Emporla, Va, and E. Fl.
Foust, Of Roanoke Rapids, n. c.,
both Of whom are connected with
the Bureau Of Animal Industry in
| the State.
The attorney prosecuting for the
State was MIR. Ashby Dunn. The
defendants were represented by
Messrs. A. Paul Kitchin and Stuart
| Smith.
Owing to the fact that the quar-
antine lire, located as it is on the
borders Of Martin and BERTHE coun-
ties, and lying between these coun-
ties and Halifax county, is not far
from the people Of this neighbor-
hood, there have been many viola
tons of the regulations. On this
account the Department Of Agricul-
ture was especially anxious to see
that the laws should be enforced at
this place. The people who live in
Halifax county, just within the Dor
ders, and who declared that these
regulations should be enforced as a
protection to their cattle, manifest
ed a keen interest in the conduct of
these cases, and were very much
pleased with the outcome.
1t is hoped that these prosecutions
will put an end to any further vic
lation, and that in the near future
our entire State may be declared
free from any and all quarantine.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-06-05
Palmyra Items.

Palmyra, June 2.--Mr. Emmett
Burnett, of Oak City, is now with
Baker & Harrison Bros, for q few
| days.
Messrs. G. A. and D. B. Harrison
returned Friday afternoon from
WILLIAMSON on their auto, after
spending the day with friends and
relatives.
Miss Reba Everett, Of Williams
ton, is visiting Miss Hattie Everett.
Mr.. Robert Everett has just re-
turned home to spend his vacation
after session at Chapel Hill.
Mr. Jack Robertson spent Sunday
in Martin county with friends and
relatives.
Mr.. Wilmer Hopkins spent Satur-
day night in Tarboro with friends.
Mr.. Lance Everett, of Scotland
Neck, spent short while with Mr..
and Mrs. E. R. Ausbon Satu rday.
Mrs. Justus Everett left Friday
for Raleigh where she will make her
future home.
Mrs. H. B. Moore, of Rocky Mount
is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. ].
Baker.
MIR. E. H. Leggett went to Oak
City Saturday morning on business.
Miss Selma T. Guilford, of Rocky
Mount, is visiting her cousin, Miss
Mary E. Ausbon.
Lonnie Lewis and Alfred Hopkins,
both colored, were tried here Fri
day for breaking into E. R. Ausbon's
store, taking some clothing and
other articles on Saturday, Nav II.
They were arrested by constable T.
C. Allsbrook tried before Justice
Robertson failed to give bond and
were bound over to a higher court
court at Halifax. Mr.. Lance Ev-
erett took the prisoners to Halifax
to await trial.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-06-05
No More Use For CdlOmei Since
C0rSWeiHS LiVer-Aid Arrived.
Everybodys Now Singing, "Gee! Gee I'm Glad I'm Free!
No More ldlOmei For Mel"

Every bodys Getting The New Vegetable Remedy at b.
Whitehead Company's Drug Store
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-06-05
BOTTLE BROKERS'.
A Curious Branch of tho Fiery Vodka
Traffic In Russia.

Traffic In Russia.
Since the edict of June 6, 1904, the
production and sale of vodka, that fiery
drink In which most Russians delight,
have been controlled by the govern.
ment. OF the 10000 places engaged in
the vodka traffic in European Russia
more than one-half are conducted by
the state under the direct supervision
Of the ministry Of finance.
Most Of the employees in the govern.
ment vodka shops are widows and
orphans of deceased officials of the
state. These shops are conducted in
an orderly manner, and no drinking is
permitted on the premises. The fact
that charge ranging from 1 cent to
0 cents is made for the bottle in which
the vodka is sold has given rise to a
strange business.
Bottle brokers', as they are called.
haunt the neighborhood Of the vodka
shops, watching for some thirsty per.
son who needs the loan Of one or two
kopecks Ga half a cent or cent With
which to make the purchase Of bottle
of the desired beverage.
Perhaps the buyer has but six ko.
pecks and he requires eight to get a
bottle Of vodka. The "broker" lends
him the two kopecks to make up the
desired amount, and, after the recep.
tacle has been drained under the vigi.
liant eye of the broker, the bottle Is
turned over to him. He takes it back
to the shop and sells it for three ko.
pecks, thus making q profit Of one ko.
peck.
In Moscow and st. Petersburg hun.
dreds of men are earning a living at
this strange trsde.-Harper's Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-06-05
Cotton Seed.

VIII pay IS cents per bushel for
~ e1un 1 cotton seed in sacks, deliver
Gu at my warehouse, this week onIv
K. j. MADRY