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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Eye lnf.anra alton In Babies,

What is the cause OF the eye inhum-
nation III newborn babies?
Answer.-Often it is a simple inha1nIna-
ton due to failure to wash he eyes with
lukewarm water containing a teaspoonful
Of salt in a pint or with luilewarm water
(Which has been boiled) containing a tea
spoonful of borc acid IN the pint. I;11t
sometimes serious inflammation occurs
from infection OF the baby's eyes In the
birth canal, ard it may destroy the sight
IN a few hours unless trea ted by the doc
tor at once. To prevent this dangerous ac-
cident every newborn baby should have a
drop Of per cent silver nitrate PLACER; in
each eye Immediately after birth.
Dampness In the Cellar.
We live in a district where spring
foods often leave the cellar damp for
a long time. Is this not bad for the
health of our family?
Answer.-The dampness alone is not
! harmful, any more than would be a pond
or fountain in your dooryard. but the sce;p-
age Of water into the cellar might carry in
pollution, disease germs, which might thus
get il or food kept in the cellar. To be
on the safe side about this you should
report the condition to your health officer
for Investigation.
Information About Values of Foods
Please advise me where I can obtain
reliable information upon the nutritiye
value of various foods.
Answer.-Crn IF tie United states De-
partnent o. n "a t,Ire :. ~ iics ions COW
ers the subject cutie Thoroughly It is cali
ed bulletin IS. 'AmeficaD Food Materials
by Atw ter and Bryant, ard nav be OBJ
tanned for 10 cents Tin COIN from the SUI
perfntendent Of Documents. Washington.
Every housekeeper should have a copy and
study it in henn2 - Of btI wing food
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11

low. Simply lift the head a t11e to
enable the patient to swallow this
quickly acting. safe Stimuant 1t may
be repeated in the same dose every ten
minutes for three or four times, If nee
cSsary.
Keep the patient warm, quiet and ~
ing fiat Oh the floor or ground " bed
until at least an hour has passed
Rub the limbs with SLOW firm. strokes
toward the body.
If til" pate can swali0w, cup Of
hot, strong coffee or tea is 81 ideal
StimUIant to give
Painting is treated in Tie same way
Usually faintin2 IS due TO warm,
close air. Therefore the yictim should
be removed 70 colrcn;cnt place
where fresh air may be had AID the
surroundings kept quiet. But in carry
ing the patient out Of q crowded place
Go not forget to keep the head low.
People too frequently insist unon sit
ting the faintiug person upright which
is absolutely wrong.
In any case of faintinS or shock,
when the victim does not respond 10
these measures i'll q few minutes, A
physician should lie summoned, be-
cause serious conditions. such as con-
cealed internal hemorIlIa@c or grave
disease to which the victim may be
subject, may call for medical attention.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11

nom1cal is the plain old oatmeal, homY-
ny. wheaton grists!> How much more
appetizing and stimulating for the
food tube! Yet people pay over their
good money for the insipid, sugary
deceits sold as breakfast food and then
resort to some horse doctors alleged
liver pills to counteract the bad effects
of ultra refined pabulum.
Wheat bran was looked upon as ''in-
digestible" some years ago and there
fore considered Objectionable In the
diet. We know now that indigestible
residue is essential to the natural func-
ton of the bowels. besides being an aid
to normal digestion.
Bran may be taken in any cereal, in
soup, In the form of bran gems, bran
cookies. bran biscuit or bran bread 1t
should be taken in some form at prac-
tlcally every meal unless whole wheat
or graham bread is restored to the
menu in place of the anemic white
bread Of modern times.
Such vegetables and fruits as may
be eaten raw are advisable in the daily
| ration whenever they can be obtained.
Fruits containing seeds are especially
helpful to normal bowel function and
never cause of appendicitis, as some
misguided folk imagine. Indeed, one
predisposing cause of appendicitis is
chronic constipation, attribute Die to in
| sufficient coarse food And the abuse
of physics is another predisposing cause
of appendicitis, as of piles and other in
teStinal diseases.
By diet rich in the indigestibhe SUBJ
stances supplied by nature for a wise
purpose and regular habit of going to
stool at definite time each day or sew
eral times Greatly natural bowel move
ments occur shortly after each Of the
three meals), by the free drinking OF
water and moderate open air exercise
and the scrupulous avoidance Of crude
oliver pills" and other harmful drugs,
the average individual can soon devel-
Op Il natural bowel function and keep
it so for life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11
DARKEN GRAY HAIR,
LOOK YOUNG, PRETTY
Sage Tea and Sulphur Darkens
So Naturally that No.
body can tell.

Hair that loses its color and 1ustre. or
VIXEN 1t fades, turns gray, dull and life
less, is caused by lack of sulphur in
the hair. Our grandmother made up
mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur to
keep her locks dark and beautiful, and
thousands of women and men who value
that even color, that beautiful dark
shade of hair which is SO attractive, use
only this old time recipe. =
Nowadays we get this famous mixture
improved by the addition of other ingredi-
ents by asking at any drug store for So
cent bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" which darkens the
hair so naturally, so evenly, that nobody
can possibly tell it has been applied. You
just dampen sponge or soft brush with
it and draw this through your hair, tax
ing one small strand at time. By morn
ing the gray hair disappears; but what
delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound, is that, besides beau
tifully darkening the hair after a few
applications, it also brings back the gloss
and lustre and gives it an appearance
of abundance.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound
is delightful toilet requisite to impart
color and youthful appearance to the
hair. It is not intended for the cure,
mitigation or prevention of disease. =
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11
AN EASY WAY TO REDUCE Flesh
Drink Hot Water and Take Iassco

Haven't you often wished for ne.
dicine to reduce your flesh? Somethins ),
that does not require dieting Or calls
thenicse Well, right here you nave a
5-grain tassco tablets, which you may
secure at e. T. Whitehead & Company.
They are pleasant to take, perfect
1y harmless and cause no restrictions
of habit or eating, and reduce the flesh,
little by little, until you are down to
the number Of pounds you wish to
weigh. Too much flesh is undesi1 alb e,
as most quite stout people will readily
admit, and it detractss from ones good
appearance; makes one clumsy and
short of breath
There ism t any reason why anyone
should be stout when there s this much
tried, perfectly satisfactory remedy at
E. T. Whitehead & Co. Tassco tablets
(don It forget the name) are recommend
ed by physicians and are guaranteed
to be perfectly harmless. Refuse sub
stitutes, if you will not come to our
store. we will mail Tassco to YOU
- SOC. BOX FREE
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11
DRINK HOT WATER
IF YOU DESIRE A
ROSY C0MllPlLlEXION
Says we cant help but look
better and feel better
after an inside bath.

To look ones best and feel ones best
is to enjoy an inside bath each morn-
ing to flush from the system the pre-
viOus days waste, sour lamentations
and poisonous toxins before it is alb
sorbed into the blood Just as coal,
when it burns, leaves behind GER
tain amount Of incombustible material
in the form Of ashes, so the food and
drink taken each day leave in the ALI
mentary organs a certain amount Of
indigestible material, which if not
eliminated, form toxins and poisons
which are then sucked into the blood
through the very ducts which are in
tended to suck in only nourishment
to sustain the body.
If you want to see the glow OF
healthy bloom In your cheeks, to see
your skin get clearer and clearer, you
are told to drink every morning upon
arising, a glass of hot water with
teaspoonful Of limestone phosphate in
it, which is harmless means Of wash
ings the waste material and toxins
from the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels, thus cleansing, sweetening and
purifying the entire alimentary tract,
before putting more food into the stom-
ach.
Men and women with sallow skins,
liver spots, pimples or pallid COM
plexion, also those who wake up with
a coated tongue, bad taste, nasty
breath, others who are bothered with
headaches, bilious spells, acid stomach
or constipation should begin this phos-
phated hot water drinking and are
assured of very pronounced results in
one or two weeks.
A quarter pound of limestone phos-,
phate costs very little at the drug
ctoro h,1t is sufficient tn demonstrate
that Just as soap and hot water
cleanses. purif1es and freshens the
skin on the outside, so hot water and
limestone phosphate act on the inside,
organs. We must always consider that
internal sanitation is vastly more I'M
portant than outside cleanliness, be
f.a1,se the skin pores do not absorb
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11
LEMONS WRITTEN AND BEAUTIFY
THE SKIN
Make this beauty lotion cheaply for
YQur face neck and arms and hands

Make this beauty lotion cheaply for
your face, neck and arms and hands.
At the cost Of a small jar of ordinary
cold cream one can prepare full quar-
ter pint of the most wonderful lemon
skin softener and complexion beautifer
by squeezing the juice Of two fresh
lemons into a bottle containing three
ounces Of orchard white. Care should
be taken to strain the juice through a
fine cloth SO no lemon pulp gets in, then
this lotion will keep fresh for months.
Every woman knows that lemon juice
is used to bleach and remove such blem-
ishes as freckles, sallowness and tan
and is the ideal skin softener, white
ner and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up quarter pint Of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage it daily
into the face, neck and arms and hands.
It is marvellous to smoother rough, red
hands.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11

ing aromatic spirits OF ammonia.
paralyzes the reptiles victim and rem
ders it incapable Of running away. The
fear. with more or less paralyZing
Weakness
The signs or symptoms by which
shock is recognized are characteristic:
Pale face slow and very shallow
breathing. with occasional weak signs.
skin covered with cold. clammy sweat.
pupils of eyes widely dilated pulse
weak and small and difficult to feel.
victim lying absolutely quiet, either
wholly unconscious Of surroundings or
else responding feebly and unintel'igi-
bly, to questions; hands and feet ere
cold. and if the temperature <is taken
it is found lowered below the normal
% degrees.
First, keep the victim lying fat on
the ground or floor or bed. Never sit
him up Or allow him to raise the head.
BY keeping the head low the circulation
is kept going in the brain.
Second, apply warmth to the body
blankets, hot water bottles hot fat
irons or cloths wrung out of hot water
to the feet, between the thighs on
the chest, under the arms. to the hands,
but be careful not to burn all uncon-
scious patient.
Third, loosen clothing about the neck
and, if woman, loosen clothing about
waist to permit free breathing.
Fourth, administer a half teaspoon
full of aromatic spirits OF ammonia III
about an inch of cool water in cup
or glass if the patient is able to swat
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1unor Is Not Cane

Tunnor IG Not Cancer
Please explain the difference between
tumOr and cancer
AnsWer.-TumOr is any swelling or
SroWth-for instance. a harmless fatty tu-
NOR on the skin. Cancer is a naiignant
poisonous growth or liberation. tumOr
may do harm by pressing on important
structures or interfering with important
functions. A cancer kills by slowly poison
ing the victim.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11
FOOD VERSUS MEDICINE

nF the hundred millions of people
" In the United States probably
more than 100000 are habitu-
ally constipated and slaves to physics.
Why?
constipation is peculiarly an ailment
OF civilized races. Neither the lower
animals living in the wild state nor
the uncivilized races suffer from con.
st1pation.
The cause, of course, is not just one
thing in all cases, but by far the great
est number Of cases Of constipation
are due to faulty diet.
Take bread, the so-called staff Of life
It may have been a reliable staff to
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11
CONSTIPATION CURED WITHOUT
PILLS.

Bran, whole wheat flour, bulky foods,
fruits, vegetables, green's" water,
exercise, fresh air, strong deternai-
nation and no pills or purgatives turn
the trick.
lean on in the days of the upper and
neither milestone, when our ancestors
got all the good of the whole wheat
But today that refined, colorless, insip-
i'd, denaturized substitute which makes
the excuse offered as bread is robbed
of most Of it's mineral matter, most of
its blood building salts and all of it's
natural laxative elements
Take the patent cereals sold as break
fast food-boxed wind, as you might
say, at an exorbitant price; pretty la
bells dispensed in lieu of nutriment
palate tickling connections more fit for
the candy counter than for the break
fast table. How much more whole
some, nutritious, digestible and eco
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11
Shock and How TO MANAGE L

I\AINTING Is identical with shock
though not so serious and prolong-
ed. When one faints the face
goes pale, and the victim sinks down or
perhaps loses consciousness for few
moments.
Shock may be caused by any acct
dental injury, by an operation, by a
severe fright, by the sudden receipt of
bad news Or even by witnessing some
distressing occurrence
Fear is the emotion underlying shock
When a snake charms its prey-if a
snake really does this-fear simply
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-09-11

wood from the tops Of the sawed
timber, now stacked within a mile
Of the Kitchin siding, and within 3
miles Of Scotland Neck Also want
ed good second hand skidder. Apply
to Mr.. w. F. Butterworth, Scotland
Neck, n. G. 9-1O-3t.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-02
FIXING BREAD WEIGHTS.

The dairy commissioner and the director of the Connecticut Agricul. tural Experiment. station at New Haven have been made a ruling in relation to the allowance in the weight of loaf of bread. Heretofore in five-cent loaf one.half an ounce was allowed for short weight. This allowance is now extended to 10 and 15. cent loaves. But the allowance is for the individual loaf only. It does not extend to num- Der of loaves that may be sold in bulk.
 For instance, one hundred loaves must weigh exactly one hundred times the weight which single loaf is under stood by the buyer to contain. The reason for this distinction is that, while an individual loaf might be, through no fault of the baker, one-half an ounce short, the supposition is that in number of loaves there would be a sufficient number over the required weight to make up for the light loaves:
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-02
SHARON

Miss Mildred Reach of New Haven is visiting Miss Ethel Klebes.
 Misses Dorothy Landon and Celia Hall of Hartford spent the weekend with their parents here.
 MT. and Mrs. Clayton Walters motored from Hartford Saturday and spent Sunday with relatives here.
 H. B. Dakin speat Monday and Tuesday in New York.
 MT. and Mrs. John Curry of Hart ford are spending their vacation with Mrs. Curry's parents, MT. and Mrs. P. Liner.
 MT. and Mrs. F. A. Wike and daugh. ter Pauline have been spending the week at their cottage at Pine Grove, Canaan.
 MT. and Mrs. G. L. Forte of Pitts. ford, Vt are visiting at the home of MT. and Mrs. D. N. Eggleston.
 Miss Viola Landon who has been visiting relatives in New York re- turned home Friday.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Klebes are visit. ing their daughter Mrs. Wm. Heriman of Hackensack, N. J.
 Mrs. Walter Walker and daughter Mrs. Edna Lee of Stamford are visit ing Mrs o. H. Tiedman.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-02

yc1iaan. Fat Smith oc Bay City. Alen., captain Clc, t of the University uf MieA-I igun football team, enlisted as q Scas Lan. Is In charge a! the football squads. AS nuclca for his team he has Raymond IIndner aud Locks. holders of University of Michigan Ms and Phil Proctor of the Univer- sity of Nebraska.
 Boxing is one of the most popular sports at Great Lakes. Bouts are held every Thursday afternoon m a ring ravine on the reservation, and thou sands of persons from the surrounding communities attend them.
 Competition between the men of the service Is keen. Each fighter seems to feel that he is to be the honor of his company. Chief Turret Captain Jack Kennedy. former champion of the this part of the athletics. Ben Reuben. n Chicagoan and holder of the middle weight wrestling title of the world, has enlisted as n second class machinlsts mate and holds regular instruction classes on breaks and holds" for the sailors. Coach Harry Hazelhurst of the Hamilton club Of Chicago has en- listed in the United States naval re- serve force as second class yeoman. With the help of William Bachrach of the I2inois Athletic club he is teaching the recruits to swim. ..
 One of the recruits has even installed a putting green and practices golf in his leisure hours. Baseball and boxing, however, are the favorite sports of the men. Almost any of the daylight hours you will see sailors engaged in batting and catching balls, while off at one side others arc sparring.
 In these days of stress and strife there is some competition for the title of the busiest man." but Captain Mof- fett's assistants believe that he easily leads the field. It takes three relays of
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-02
Play Mixed With
 Great Lakes Boys Who Never Saw the Ocean Are Taught the Duties of a Saiior and Make
 Good Seamen

N TORE than 10000 young men frorl WI the colleges. factories, farms and
 offices of the middle west ara learning at the United States naval training station at Great Lakes, III, far from the tang of salt water. to be sailors, and many of them have nos even seen the sea
 Of course there is Lake Michigan, abutting the training station at iti very doorway. but it is surprising what cne can learn about navigation and nautical tactics without even setting foot on shipboard.
 In the middle of a grassy field are scattered the working parts of battle ship. On swinging platform there is a steering wheel with it's creaking rope and rigged with a naval compass. Here the recruit gets all the sensations of the pitching seas while he holds her headed into the teeth of a booming sou WeSter." This contrivance and one affording training in the lowering and raising Of boats are shown in the pictures.
 Upon this field large proportion of the men who have been sent into the navy since the declaration of war against Germany have been trained from raw material into deep sea sailor
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-02

stenographers, called yeomen III une navy, to keep up with him. He rises shortly after daybreak and is usually at his desk until after midnight. Ere uuently it has been necessary for him to have his luncheon and dinner served on q tray i'll his office. He often trans acts business while going to and from his home, giving interviews and con ferences which he otherwise would have no time for As m, example of the pressure of his business, more than 900 visitors appeared at the station in one day not long ago and asked to see tue commandant
 Captain Moffett displays Il real per- sonal interest in the station, and much of the routine work is delegated to oth- CTS under his supervision, and he makes frequent inspections of details, and any complaint made by an enlist ed man receives his hearing and atten- tion
 Three times n day there are spirited combats with beefsteaks, called half soles;" with potatoes, called "spuds;' with bread, called punk" and butter that is called grease" and perhaps nr piece of pie, known as silver" h. scene in a mess hall, os which there, are about thirty on the station, resem- bles nothing SO much us n college din- ing room.
 Feeding this vast horde of 10000 hungry hoys Is no small task, and their healthy outdoor life demands that they must be fed, and fed well, three times day. According to Chief Commissary Steward Craver, the blue iacket who is unable to eat his share at mess has yet to be found. Mir. Ora yer has figured out that the fuod ncces- sary for n single meal on the average day is about as follows: Seven thou. sand pounds of roast chicken. 2,00O hounds of mashed potatoes, 5Go quarts uf gravy. I5.O0O r0dishos, i.CGJ tpma- turs. 1,Up0 pounds of green peas, 100 '"'H""' or 'cc ir,a:1. 2,GCo bounds of ra'.r. 7.0U ly'uatis of ihilll. COCO lolves of bread apd a%oGt 5000 quarts of cof- .ee. X ;,il4p!a oljcr of ham and" for nll hand; '@'' for LAO dozen of eggs und .. ... l,,.':'- 'f hI"1.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-02

men. About 2O,UOO have gone 10 sea from the station so far, and all of them have been trained on dry land.
 Knotty problems in sailors knots form regular part of the recruits day at the station. Before a bluejacket goes aboard ship he must be master of "bendS, hitches and spices" and the work is given every bit as much at- tention at the station as drill, physical training or boat practice. The recruit must qualify ill the rigging loft before he can be rated a second class seaman. Here he is taught first to tie the sim plest knot, known as the overhead knot and is that used ill tying bundles. Bit by bit he progresses until he can tie ropes in all manner of intricate fashion.
 The names of some of these savor of the deep sea. For example, there are the figure eight, the overhead, the square, the tomfool, the diamond, the French shroud, the lanyard, the mon keys first, the semitic, the double and single Mathew Walker, the marlinspilte hitch, the back wall hitch, short spices. long spices. eye spices, wire rope spices, the stopper knot and manJ others.
 And finally when he is graduated from the rigging loft he can tie bow line knot to make a ship fast as it docks as easily as he can prepare a bowline on blight for the purpose Of singing casks or loading stores. All are experts on the square knot. for it i'' this knot that usually catches the eye of Captain W. A. Moffett, commandant. on inspection days.
 Three kinds of rope are used by blue jackets in tying the krOts-Manila. tarrcd hemp and untarred hemp. Wire hemp iS uScd Wen the orGiiarr rope will not serve the pu-nOSe. And f;n"l- ly. after two or tl.ree lHonths this fresh water "EJy" lu.0w.: almost as mGrii about a ships ro"ca as does the man who has spent years on the s'ilt water. Fro-n Fav,2 to the Navy. To the lar.a lTU1Hrti0n of them knowlcdgc of navigation was contiuc 10 a ca,,oat or q ,&no' ccl aI inland
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-02
Wood of the Pecky Cypress.

Pecky cypress is d grade of cypress lumber in which the wood looks decay. ed because of numerous holes filled with a brown powder, but it's appear, ance is highly deceptive, for it is in reality one of the most decay resisting woods known in this country. After it is once cut from the tree it does not change in character, and it resists all kinds of atmospheric and soil changes The becky wood appears to be full of holes, varying in width from one-quar ter to three-quarters of an inch, these holes being found in the heart wood of the tree only and then not until the trees have reached an age of 125 years or thereabout. - Popular Mechanics Magazine