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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
Trap OF the FcurmiEion.

s'In the Sahara said an explorer,
there is a little insect that throws
sand and it's yolleys slay. They call it
the fourmilion. The fourmilion digs
itself a funnel shaped hole of the cir
cumference Of a silver dollar. It lies
hidden and watchful in the bottom OF
this hole, and when a spider or ant or
beetle comes cautiously prospecting
down the steep and slippery sides the
inhospitable fourmilion launches upon
it's guest volley after voiley of sand-a
hail of stinging sand so abundant. SO
suffocating, SO binding that the visitor
loses it's head. He rolls unconscious
for the nonce to the bottom of the
hole, and the fourmilion calmly dis
members him before he has time tc
come to himself again and puts him
in the larder for the next meal"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
The Joys Of Two
Old Men
was New Years morning. and
the bells that had welcomed in
I the new year hurst forth into

L was New Years morning. and
the bells that had welcomed in
the new year burst forth into
spasmodic changing every now
and then. To John Peters. Christmas
and New Years had always been a
problem. He was a lonely man and
had been alone in the world, fighting,
too. for sixty years. His name was
great in the financial world He had
no relatives. All had died years ago.
For John Peters it was work. work.
work, all the time. with many hours
of study.
This New Years morning Peters was
! far away from his English home
Business had brought him to America.
and his problem for celebrating seem
ed knOttier than ever. He left his ho-
tel, tipping the chambermaid and bell
boy before he reached the street. He
hailed cab and told the driver he
wanted to be taken to the home for re-
leased convicts.
The matron at the home received the
visitor at the door with surprise
Good morning. madam" said he
Happy New Years to you. l want
to hire one of the oldest men you have
in this institution
The matron looked surprised as she
ushered the visitor into the long re-
ception room. 81 don't think we could
allow you to hire any one today, sir
1t is New Years, you know, and as we
make little extra comforts for them
on a day like this we wouldn't like to
have any one absent from the table"
''The work is not hard, and it will
include New Years dinner better
than you can turn out here" replied
Peters. -'and when 1 have explained it
to you I'm sure you will have no diff
Guilty in finding a man ready and will
ing to accompany me-
He sat down and for ten minutes
talked low and earnestly to the ma
tron. Presently she smiled and caught
the eager spirit with which the old
gentleman was explaining his plan.
When he had finished she grasped
his hand. 'That is lovely I never
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05

heard of such a thing before. l know
just the man you want" She rang a
bell, and soon Filbert appeared at the
door. He was a venerable looking
man, with a fine. aristocratic face-in
fact, he was distinguished looking.
did you send for me, Mrs. Pyle?'
he asked II was just getting ready
for dinner"
"Yes, Filbert This gentleman is Mr..
John Peters, and he is looking for some
one to work for him until II O'Clock
tonight. Are you wiiling?"
The little man looked worried. well.
ma'am, I'm nearly seventy years old
and wouldn't be much good shoveling
snow, and as this is New Years day
r. He paused and looked appealing
ly at Peters:
"You won't have to shovel snow, MIR
Filbert," said Peters hastily. "and If
you'll Just sit down for a few moments
I'll explain just what l want you to
do. and I know you'll be willing to
come with me-"
"Filbert has been with us nearly q
year now,' said the matron. He came
to us from Ionia, where he was serv
ing a long term"
"Fifteen years, SIR" interrupted FIJI
bert, "for counterfeiting. I was an en-
graver, sir. and fell in with a bad lot
Poverty forced me to it. l wss guilty
and they sent me up for fifteen years.
Are you alone in the wOrld?" asked
Peters.
"All alone, sir. Fifteen years is
long time, sir, and friends don't las
that long,"
! "Sit down then. l want to tell yo'
exactly what I mean to do"
I The matron left the room. Peter
/ told his story to Filbert, and soon tn
i two were hrrying away in the cab.
Ito the best clothing store in town.
he told the driver. ..-
At noon the cab rolled up In front
Peters hotel, and the two entered.
'sWho is that old party dining wit
Peters this afternoon" asked one
the loungers in the hotel.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
Peculiar After Effects
Of Grip this Year.
Leaves Kidneys ia Weaken
ed condition.

Doctors in all parts Of the country
have neen kept busy With the epl-
denic of g ip " h,ch has visited so
mary ZONES. The symptoms Of grio
this year are often very Distressing
and lea.e the. sysienl in run dow,
nditiun. particularly the kidneys
whlca seem to suffer most. As almosE
every victim complains Of lame back
and urinary troubles which should
not be neglected, as theoe danger
signals often lead to dangerous kid
ney troubles. Druggists report a
large sale on DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root which So many people Say soon
heals and stregthens the kidneys
after an attack of grip. Swamp
Root IS a great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy, and, being an
herbal compond, has a gentle heal
ing effect on the kidneys, which is
almost Immediately noticed in most
cases by those who try it. DR.. Xii
mer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y, offer
to send a sample size bottle of
Swamp-Root, on receipt of ten cents,
to every sufferer who request it. A
trial will convince any one who may
be in need of it. Regular size bot
ties SO cents rnd S1.O0. For sale at
all druggists. Be sure to mention
this paper.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
Americas New
Year Message

NOR several years Uncle Sam has
H had the pleasant habit of send,
ING" New Year GREETINGS NOT


ing New Wear greetings not
o1I1y 20 all l5Js11 IS o1 f1i.; . Tn de-
mains, but to the capitals Of the lead
ing nations Of the world. The message
is flashed out at exactly midnight,
Washington time, and requires about
ten seconds to go around the earth.
since it has to be relayed several times.
The scheme for simultaneously greet
ing the peoples of all lands and climes
is an invention of the officials at Wash
ington, and in practice the electric
greeting must, of course, set out from
the naval observatory, which is the
only time factory on our continent.
The message travels over 1,1S0,000
miles Of wire and cable ere it returns.
in the space Of one-sixth of minute,
to Miss Columbia's seat Of government.
Of this achievement in globe trotting
distance Of more than $4,000 miles
Or nearly one-third of the journey, is
travelled in the United States. To eX
plain an apparent discrepancy it may
be pointed out that, whereas the United
States is only about 5000 miles in
width, it must be remembered that it
is traversed by a perfect network of
telegraph wires, and in the aggregate
these represent the total given
Whereas ten seconds are required for
encircl1ng the globe, only about one
fifth of a second is needed to carry the
time signal to every point in the
United States where there is a tele-
graph station.
After traversing our own continent
it jumps across the Pacific to Uncle
Sans new possessions, and in the far
east, owing to the fact that in the mid
die Of the ocean the signal crosses the
international date line, where each
new year is born, it arrives in Manila
on the afternoon of New Years day to
find our soldiers and sailors and the
other Americans in the Philippines
just finishing their New Years dinner.
Continuing on it's flight it crosses Asia
and Europe and thence traverses the
Atlantic back to it's starting point
Although it takes such a short time to
| make it's journey, the New Year greet
| ing from Uncle Sam does not merely
make a bee line around the globe. In
| stead it makes long "side trips" up and
| down the coast of Asia, digresses into
! India, shoots off to republics in South
| America and apprises them that their
| big brother of the north has not for
| gotten them; runs down to Egypt and
South Africa to say "Howdy" The
| signal reaches some parts Of the world
| at unusual hours, as, for instance, its
happening into Rome at O'Clock il
the morning and at London an hour
earlier, but at every foreign capital tbs
arrival Of the American message is
| acknowledged by the dropping of the
time ball, the dipping Of flag, the
booming of cannon or some other com
pliment to Uncle Sam.
The times at which Uncle Sam:
New Year greeting is received in vari
Gus parts Of the world are shown b,
the following table:
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
cE1angeabIe Climate
is e CONSTANT THREAT TO THE
HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE.

DR.. Hartman, Of Columbus, Ohio.
discusses an iuaportant health topic.
Yes, it is the climate, not the germs,
that we have to fear in this country.
The germs are present, TO be sure,
and are Of some significance III
diagnosis. Climate, G changeabie
climate, is the true cause Of disease.
The atmospheric pressure varies, the
humidity Of the atmosphere changes.
Every day the temperature rises and
falls. All this presents to the body
very great trials to adjust to.
The area of high pressure forms in
the northwest. Moves rapidly south
east, subjecting millions Of our
population to its influence. The re-
suit is, thousands upon thousands Of
people catch cold. 4 small per cent.
Of these thousands do not get we'll OF
their cold. It goes into pneumonia,
or chronic catarrh, or bronchitis, or
laryn GiliS, or pleurisy.
Now, what I am getting at is this.
These climatic changes are inevitable.
Nc one can prevent them. The very
best we can do IS TO prepare for
them, defend ourselves against them.
Good health is the best preventive.
Ilc NSIy DSSls Sie5ct = -ifo i1Scstlii, W LII
excess vitality, this is Natures own
preventive and protection.
We do not all have this, however.
Some Of US must have assistance.
the assistance that I use for myself,
would recommend for my friends to
use, my neighbors and my country
men. is Pe-ru-ra. Keep Pe-ru-na in
the house.
If the children indicate they are
catching cold, give them Pe-ru-na.
# the parents, the grandfather or
grandmother, present those symptoms
that are SC well known which precede
q cold, q, few doses Of Pe-ru-na and
the deed is done.
Some people are very subject to
colds. Others who have weak lungs
and are timid about our winter
weather, take Pe-ru-na off and on
during the whole winter season.
The plan is q good one. The medicine
is inexpensive. It does no possible
harm to the system. It keeps the
appetite regular and keen. It as
sists digestion and helps the user
through the inclement weather Of
! winter.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05

The printers dollars where are
they? 4 dollar mere and a dollar
there scatterd over numerous small
towns all over the country, miles
and miles apart how shall they be
gathered together? Come home, ye
truants to thy fathers S house; ye are
wanted. Come here in single fsle. by
columns CT platoon SO that tie
printer may seEd thec forth again
to battle for him ard yindicate his
credit. r ader { YOU discover a
stray dollar around your premises,
send him home tenderly, fer he art
ours. We would also ask you to he
sure you haven't . couple 81 stray
dollars stickines about your ciotEes.
More:lead City Coaster.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
THE -CoCOANUT PALM.
Almost tho Life of the People In Many
Tropical Countries.

tropical Countries.
The cocoanut palm is native Of the
torrid zone and thrives best on the
seacoast Of the tropics. But in the
United States it is not generally
known that the uses Of the palm Co
cos nucifera) are as numerous as the
days of the year.
Found nearly everywhere within the
tropics, almost the sole dependence
for food of the palmivorous inha bit
ants of many countries, this king Of
low tropical countries furnishes man
With food, drink, medicines, domestic
utensils, materials for boat and house
building, Oil for cooking, lighting, lu-
bricating and lnnumerabie other pur-
poses, and is of all the paimaceas the
of products.
It has been truly said by Tenant,
the historian, that "of the cocoanut
palm a ship can be built and laden
too"
The cOcoanut palm comes into bear
ing between the fifth and sixth year
of it's life. earlier if near the ocean
front. later if inland any great dis
tance. and will bear for SO to 100 years
thereafter. 1t is still in it's full vfgor
at twenty-five to forty-fve years of
age and even up to seventy years may
be found in fairly good bearing.
So highly valued is the cocoanut in
the orient that Tenant mentions a
claim in court in the island Of Ceylon
for the two thousand five hundred and
twentieth part of "plantation' con
tanning only ten cocoanut palms.
'BeloW the Rio Grande."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
The failure to provide books an,

The failure to provide books and
papers in the average farm home is
one great reason why the average
farm boy or girl does not study
harder in school. Books are the tools
with which education does itn work.
What's the use to know how to read
unless you do actually read after
YOU learn how? So if the father and
mother do not read books and pap=fs
and find pleasure in them, how can
they expect the childIen to show an
eagerness to learn to read?-Ihe
Progressive Farmer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
Repaid.

An Irishman knocked at a door one
day and asked the lady of the house.
who was very ugly, if she could help
him, as he was hard up and on tie
road.
Indeed I'll not" she replied. And
if you don't clear off out Of this Fl
call my husband. who is a policeman
and he'll come and take you"
81 quite believe ye. missis,' retorted
Pat He'd take anything when he
took you."-Argonaut
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05

seThis song is not suited to my voice"
said the prima donna.
"Well," said the discouraged man
ager, 81 suppose I'll have to get you
another song. There's no use of try
ing to have your voice rewritten
Washington Star.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
The Muliahs OF inale.

A mullah, or as it is more properly
written, mol,ah, is a title given in In
dia and throughout the east generally
to religious leader of any description.
Thus the sultan Of Turkey is mol
lah. because he is the supreme head Of
the mosiem world. And there are hun
dreds OF others. To most Of the more
conspicuous among them is pretiXed
the adjective mad" This, however.
must not be taken to mean that they
are insane. the word being used rather
in it's oriental significance Of 'in'
spired." The person Of the mollah is
sacred. Not even the mighty Habi-
bullah himself would care to lay a
sacrilegious finger On one of these
sanity personageS If he were to ven
ture such an unheard of thing ven
geance would surely overtahe him.
For it is the cardinal principle of the
Ulima-as the mollahs are collectively
termed-that an injury purposely
caused to one Of their number can only
be atoned for by the death Of the in
dividual inficting it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05
AN. DUBOIS

Consulting Analytlcal IeAtlle anu
Sanitary Chemist. Office and
Laboratory 3O8 N. 9th St.,
WILMINGTON, N. c.
Analysis of anything, particular
attention to Fertilizers, Cotton Seed
and Cotton Seed Oil Products. Well
Water, Spring and Mineral Water,
Canned Food Products, Dairy Pro-
ducts, Urine and Earth, etc.
Farmers should have their Well
Water examined at least once year,
and all that part of their land that
gives poor crops, analysed to find
what is missing. so it can be added
to their land to make it good and
productive.
Ask for my price of analysis, which
is not high, and may save you lots
of trouble.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05

Difficulties may surround our path,
but if the difficulties be not in our.
selves they may generally be over
cOme.-JOWett.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-02-05

DR.. Hartman, Of Columbus, Ohio,
discusses an important health topic.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23
Majority Of Dead Men, Women. ane
Children suffocated in Trenches
Where They Sought Shelter

Denver. April IA known death.
list of twenty-six men, women and
children, and a maximum possibility
of fifty dead, as the result of the bat.
tie at Ludlow Monday between the
state troops and the striking coal min.
ers, reused official Colorado tonight
to high tension. Squads of miners
armed from Fremont County and
from near Denver, going to reinforce
the 600 or more strikers now at Lud
low, presaged renewal of violance at
any time.
The discharge of four train crews
of the Colorado & Southern railroad
for refusing to take trains of soldiers
and ammunition from Trinidad to Lud
low has caused talk of strike by the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and Trainmen, and officers of the Colo
RADIO State Federation Of Labor to-
night planned a meeting forthwith to
discuss again the ACCESSIBILITY OF call
ing a statewide general strike.
Meanwhile the administration ofiic.
ials of the state awaited authority
from Governor Ammons, now in Wash
ington, to call a special session of the
state legislature to provide funds for
the state militia and measures for
dealing with the strike situation.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23
REM EN- DER

You may forget to buy the thread
Your wife demanded, or the bread;
You may forget to pay the rent.
Or count the money Won have spun:;
You may forget to go TO lodge,
And other duties You may dodge;
You may forget to kiss your wife,
Or cen fail to insure your lie;
You may forget your dinner date,
Or else get there full hour late;
You may forget to go to church,
And leave the paste in the lurc!,,
You may forget to say your prayers,
O. many serious a!fa To.
You may forget to wii,l the clock
., turn at night the front door lock;
You may forget to go to work
And simply stay at home and shirk
You may forget to pay your bills,
Or take your tonic and your pills.
But
Though other duties you pass by,
Do not forget to
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23

The Kalem Company OF New York
manufacturers Of moving picture films
recently made a film of the T. G..
Hawkes. Company Glass Works, show.
ing the manufacture Of cut glass,
from the time the sand Is put into the
melting pot to the finished product.
This picture was shown last evening
at the Oak theatre and will be shown
tonight for the last time in our city
The Hawkes. cut glass is sold the coun
try over and is handled here by the
Carbon Jewelry Company. This pic
ture should have considerable local
interest.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23
Americans
Are Now In
Full Control

Especial to The Logan Republican,
Washington D. c.. ARsil %. The
Y. s, troops are in ! isllt s. control Of
Vera Cruz. accordinE, yt1p !, adv'ees re,
oeiyed from concul .,S GaYnada today.
Rear Admiral Badger b. landed his
forces and there wsrf r. further in;
iuFiss1 other than hays been reported
The battleship Utah iT BEL IN I the THICK
Of the fight and did ysry, aggressive
work. ,oo
The hotels in Vera Graz have been
ordered to open and are guaranteed
full protection at the hands of the
Americans. Quiet prevails except
for an occasional picket shot. The
total number of forces landed accord
ing to Consul Canada is 5000.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage Licenses have been issued
to the following:
T. w. Hutton of Hyrum and Miss
Irene Pond of Lewiston.
c. A. Romriell of McCammon and
Mss Elnora Dean Kemp of. Logan.
G.. +. Anderson and Oles Marlor,
both of Lewiston.
Elmer /. Stoddard, LaGrande and
Florence GsIy McAlister, Logan.
Alma Baker and Elise Watkins of
Mendon.
F. j. Schenk of Providence and
Clara T.. Sjoberg of Millville.
Vernon C. Olsen and Ella Nielsen
of Hyrum.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23
Light From Stars.

The light we receive from stars Of
the first magnitude, like Vega, is equal
approximately to forty.thousand-
millionth part Of thst Of the sun. 1t
is calculated that the total light re.
ceived from the lesser stars is equal
to that of 5000 stars the first mag.
nitude, or sixth part of that which
Is semitic US from the moon.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23
-..- 49,
KILLED In
BATTLE BETWEEN THE
STRIKERS and TROOPS
IN COLO. COAL DISTRICT
Union Labor Leaders Con siderine Propos.
al to Call Statewide Strike

AT al late hour ton 'ght Lieut.. Gov.
Fitzgerald and John mcl.ennan, pres
'dent Of the district fifteen OF the Uni.
ted Mine Workers, over long distance
telephone agreed to send committee
into the battle zone at Ludlow in an
attempt to effect an armistice. The
committee will not leave Trim dad be-
fore tomorrow morning.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23
Terrible Thought.

"Brederen,' the old darby preacher
said, right in dis yeah connection |
wants you to stop and consider whut
good man de Lawd was, how he
made de moments of time cawnsecu.
tive Std of simultaneous, TO, bred
eren, II our ancestors and our poster
ity had a both been bon on dis
yeah yearth at de same time. think
whut confusion dere would been
and whar would we a been at?"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23
.WEELSvIlLE Dept.
Weekly News From the Metropolis
81 OF Southern Cache
Of Southern Cache

Of Honor.
Benediction.
Music by the band.
At two o'clock a baseball game
VIII be played and other athletic ac-
tiyities will be participated in. In the
evening grand ball will close the
days amusements.
The following are the officers of
the day:
Master Of Ceremonies Brigham
Vaughan. ,., -,.
Marshal OF the Day-John b. Wood.
ward.
.Chaplan-Thomas Leishman.
Prince Consort-Sterling Jones.
Queen-Mary Douglas.
Maids and Guests OF Honor-Zella
Stuart, Martha Stuart, celia Green.
Addie Allen, Marie Hendry, Lorena
Jones, Marjory Hill, La Ru Leishmfm,
Manila Vaughan, Mabel Jones, Lulu
Jones, Annie Lloyd, Garland Wood.
ward, George Cooper, Charles Murray,
Floyd Bailey, Ariel Vaughan, Haro!d
Glenn, Heber Murray, Geddes Maugh.
an, Vernon Brown, Daniel Lloyd, New
ell Brenchley, MILFORD Wyatt.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23

After several weeks of hard work
and considerable Inconvenience the
management of the Blair Motor Com
pany is now rejoicing over the COM
modious shops and automobile stor-
age room which is afforded by the
large addition to their garage. They
are fully equipped with a machine
shop to do repair work, with large
turn table and many other convent
ences which are not found In many
larger towns than Logan.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23

A second edition of DR.. Robert
Stewards doctors thesis has Just
been published by the Illinois Expert
ment Station as bulletin, las. Some
years ago upon Mr.. Stewards gradua.
ton from the Illinois Agricultural
College, his graduating thesis was
published rs a bulletin. Now that
the first edition has been exhausted
a demand for a second edition las
been felt and supplied.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-04-23

b.
Program for May Day celebration
to be held Friday, May 1. 1914:
At sunrise Old Glory will be unfurl.
ed with music by the military band :.
At nine o'clock the people will as.
semble on the public square and
march to the residence OF the queen
and escort Her Majesty to the place
of Coronation and render the follow
ing program;
Music by the band.
Singing.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Singing.
Address of Welcome-John C.
Brenchley.
Nj ed Quartet, Come, Smiling,
Spring.
ecitation-Annabell S. Taylor.
Piano Duet-Gilbert Thorpe apd
Jos, j. Allen.
Speech by member of the bishopric
Song-Mrs. Annie Vaughan.
Speech and Growing of Queen by
Prince Consort,
Speech by the Queen.
Dancing around May Tree by Maids