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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29
HAS FAITH IN TTF
DABNEY. n

MAJ II1h IN lie ESTEEMED ouitman Quill has this to say regarding
DABNEf. i the charges made by the Grenadan against Maj. Dabney:
nOn on first 1890 Sil be found an article copied from the GTenadfan,
lin which We tbinko ON esteemed contemporary does a very great injustice to
Mai Dahrey the cbiefengtneer Of the upper leyee district, and in which,
we think, some mistakdl are mahe WHICH shouu DC ecu III ue hs'
place We are reliably irIoHnco ID az Daohey aa 81, to'ah ae hoe
brothersinIaw, and arr nt related ether oy do" OF marriage. II
second place a short time before the break at Flower Lake, the levee board
Of this district held a injecting at Carksdae, at which meeting. seeing the
danger Of a break imminfnt, the board diVlded TN dlstrictl nto I've sections,
appointing a chief or mlnayf W. IA section an experienced ie'ee man.
whose duty II was IN cotItantly watch and guard the levee IN his section,
with fun pIeaary poyer,Io call for aid, money and supplies needed, and also
with power 70 check or GA" II he treasurer Wr all money needeo, tu VIZ
tually dividing the system mt" nv dlstrcts' WIN achle1 oSr eah Win
full penary powers backdd D! I'M entire p'puhuon' In addltoh 10 ths
the board appiDted a puNchalng agent at Memphis whose duty it was to fill
any and all orders for supplies OF whatever nature needed and ordered by the
chiefs of the lUee sectimf And still further, the board so arranged that.
any citizen living near thd cyee,secing the danger o a break imminent, had
fun power to Older at any thine through the agent at Memphis, any supplies
needed for use Nh the leyed, such as sacks or lumber, without even the SANE
ton Of the chie of any Particular section.
"Thus it will be seen tat the board certainly made all arrangements
for leyee protection which human foresight, interest and care could suggest,
and that, after AL, a break occurred was certainly not through their faMt or
neglect. Or couSe. Maj lPahney had chief charge OF the entire district, but
as the upper part of the DISTRICT was considered in good shape, and generally
so reported, he spent most ~ his time near the lower end, where the levees
had to be raised some five OF six feet. II was generally reported all through
the district, at all times, thlt Maj. labney was vigiant In the discharge OF
his duty and gave his perSDaal attention to all points considered dangerous.
The break at Flower Lake Fas not from neglect, but caused, it Is UNDER
stood, from the sandy nature Of the soil composing the levee, and which, per-
haps, no human foresight coald have prevented under the circumstances
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

THE legislature will make a great mistake If more than $500, 600 should
l be appropriated for the building Of n new capitol That sum Is ample
to build a house large enough, strong enoNgh and handsome enough to an.
swer every purpose. All Of this sickly sentiment about building a million
dollar house for the purpose of inspiring In the average citizen respect for
the state, etc, is hardly secondclass rot. II we would have the citizen love
the state-the subject loyal and devoted to ,he king the king must be just
to the subject. The people of Mississippi are in no condition to bear heavy.
and the man who for any purpose at this time, attempts to put It
upon them, will be made to feel their dlspldasure.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

The letter from our friend j. NJ.
Liddell, published in his paper, the
Grenadian, Of last week, descriptive
OF his visit 10 the delta during the
food, Is bright, crisp aud exceedingly
entertaining.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

The air ship joke Is becoming Il lit
tie stale. Every fellow In the coun'
try 0 who wants to he funny, sees
an air ship aud proceeds at once to be
interviewed by the ''local reporter.
IL Ia time now to saw Off.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

LOUISIANA THE WORST has at last come to the planters of Louisiana.
lEVEE. / The break In the levee at Biggs a few niles below Vicks
burg will inundate a large section Of the fairest portion Of that state. The
damage done can better be imagined than determined definitely BY a mathe.
NAUTICAL calculation. 1t is quite likely that the water will run In upon the
land until too late to make a crop. 1t Is horrible to contemplate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29
The Commonwealth always pub
fishes the news. 1t Is not surprising,
therefore, that the people want IL.

The solons are at 1t, They should
not waste any time on immatcriai
and unimportant matters. Let them
proceed nj once to tho work At hand
and do II.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

THE legislature will hardly suredern the light which 1t certainly should
/ exercise, Of naming the personnel Of The commission, should one b
created, for the supervision of the building II the capitol. The people o
the state prefer that this commission be named by the legislature, and the
peoples wishes should be respected.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29
Gov.
MESSAGE,

voted almost exclusively to the matte
nation converting the Legislature. Al
is devoted to the treatment Of his
economic abnormity is incomplete, avn
cogency of reasoning-exceedintly cluk
ignorance of constitutional law, Gnd v
The governor admits that theI are
contravene the state constitution Sed
arising from fines and f0rfeiturd to Il
still contends that the poll tax My
ties In which 1t is collected without CV'
iting 1t to the state; that a tax nAy ~
ties for the purpose Of paying the &pei'
which the constitution requires tOIbe !
the state treasury''--that the bill ;ppt
sources for school purposes Can be pAsseI
the fact that such bill "d0es not fiji do
All OF these things Whic
OF the constitution, Gov. McLaurin ask
that it is remotely possible that the legi'
tions for the building OF a capitol are eli
ing. He draws a dark plcture-make'
house. 1t is quite probable that a new
legislature should vote $3.50, 900 for tina
the governor, 1t will deserve and receive
the state. We shall not believe that Il
regarded until IL is done.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

THERE is no more sensible aud patriotic man in Mississippi than L.
1 flores representative on the leyee board, Hon. A. Henderson. He is
absolutely correct. Il IL.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

OUR PATRIOTIC governor does not write as good English as old Dr.
~ Sam johnson. But you know a mans style Of composition is often
formed by the character and peculiar style at his favofite authors. The GOV
ernor, we are told, is a great reader Of the Jackson Evening News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

IxTHATw Will some Of our slow pressure contemporaries who have been
w hootng at the idea OF "Anse McLaurbn' javoring the building of .
capitol say after reading last Tuesdays epslc sSthe legislature We shall
wait for them to speak.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

I,IHATEVER (e Legislature may do should be done with an eye single to
state
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29

THE COMMONWEALTH will publish ae~. week Mai. I. g. Dabneys
chief engineer to the eyee board, repHto his critics
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29
~OvERNoR N'LAURIN's MESSAGE to the legis
W. lature il rather a lengthy document. 1t is dc

'LAURIN'S MESSAGE to the legis-
rather a lengthy document. 1t is de-
and things mentioned in his procla.
was expected, the larger portion of 1t
an of salvation. His defense of this
ard and weak. 1t is sadly lacking In
,nsy in construction-betrays a dense
thai, it is a very unsatisfactory paper.
bme parts Of his original plan which
|tion 26l will not permit the monies
!e used for school purposes. But he
COLLECTED and retained In the coun.
Urging the same to the county or cred
by and collected in the coun.
fes Of the schools for the four months
paid for out Of the general fund in
lpriating the money arising from all
by the legislature, Notwithstanding
N nitely the maximum sum to be ap-
appear to us to be clearly v~iolative
the legislature to do. 1t strikes us
sVlture will do it. The recommends.
.Elest--full of hope and intense long
d "mighty leaky thing" Of the old
capitol should be erected, but IL the
{ purpose, as is so earnestly urged by
c he condemnation Of the people Of
,c public interest will be so sadly dis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-27
 Utilizing Hh College Education.

A tramp appeared at the house of J. H. Barton, three miles south of Golum. bia, Mo, one morning and asked fo1 cold victuals ip Greek He stated that he was graduate of Princeton Mir Barton, himself Greek scholar, was just about to start for Columbia, and his horse WAS hitched in front of the house
 Jestingly he offered to give the tramp the horse if he could reeite the Greek alphabet without a mistake. The tramp looked at the horse and then at Mr. Barton and then inquired f the bet in. cluded the saddle and bridle. Mir Bar ton said that 1t did, and then went into the house 70 get Greek book
 Returning, he found the tramp mount cd on the horse. As Mr. Barton stepped from the porch the tramp rattled off the alphabet without mistake, and, turla- ing the horse's head, disappeared in . cloud of dust. The animal on which the Princeton pilgrim rode away was one of the best blooded horses ill Boone county, noted for it's bl.Efded stock --Philadel phia Press.
 The first drug store was opened for business by Al Mansur, the Arabian, TAO A. D.
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FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
swede Spent Two Years In vIndicatinr
 His Brothers Honesty.

"I praeticed law once in Silyerton. Colo,, said ono of the passengers ill the smoking room of the Pullman, land had case that struck me as model Nhlbltion of faithfnlness. A Swede fas mall carrier over the pass to the other side of the range. It was not long trip, hut it was a severe one, made on foot and with the danger in winter from heavy snows added to it's diff. cnlty. Andrew carried the mail for Q year. then one day he failed to reach home. There wer5 valuable letters in hls sack, and the inference that be had deeamped was strong. On the night he should have come into Silyerton his brother. fresh from Scandinavia and unable to speak English, got off the stage As county attorney I had to break the news to the boy and stood by while he wept
 Rewards were offered for Andrew, and sent out parties to search the pass, but to no effect. A miner claimed to have seen him week later in Leadyille, but we got no more trace of him. The brother refused to believe that Andrew had done wrong and spent his days framnlng5 the canyons searching for his brothers body. We tried to get him to go to work, but he did not yield until by his shortness of funds he was starved to It. in the summer, when most of the snow was off, he searched again. but in vain. During the winter he worked, but when the second spring came he re- newed his lonely trampings up the trail We thought him demented, but he cared not for our opinions. One day in August he walked along at the base of cliff and saw boot sticking out from some debris. He uncovered it, and his search was ended. That evening he came into town with the mail sack, much stained but intact, and his brothers coat. The grave he dug, with the rough stone he afterward put at it's head, is up the canyon yet. It took two years to vindi- cate his brothers name, but he did not begrudge it. When it was done, he went back to his native land. Chicago Times Herald
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AN ANECDOTE OF LINCOLN.
He Measured Height With Miner In a
 Pennsylvania Town.

He Measured Height With Miner In &
 Pennsylvania Town.
 In the course of an article in St. Nicholas Mary Lillian Herr relates the following characteristic anecdote of Lineoln:
 Once while on bis way to Washing ton as president the train stopped lit- tie time i'll the town of Alleghany, Pa. Around the station great crowd gath cred, eager to see the new president. They shouted and cheered until Lincoln had to appear on the rear platform of his car. He bowed and smiled, but the crowd was so noisy he did not try to speak to them.
 Very near to the platform stood a overalls and carrying dinner pail. Like the rest, he had stopped hoping to see Mr. Lincoln. The workman was al most a giant in size and lowered head and shoulders above the crowd
 No doubt he had heard that Lincoln also was very tall, and, cnccrraGcd by the friendly face, the workman sudden. ly waved his bare arm above his head and called out:
 Hi, there, Abe Lincoln! I'm taller than yeu-yes, a sight tallerP'
 This loud speech silenced the crowd by it's boldness, and a laugh arose. But MT. Lincoln, leaning forward with 8 good humored smile, said quietly:
 My man, I doubt it-in fact, I'm sure am the taller. However, come up and let's measure.
 The crowd made way and the workman climbed to the platform and stood back to back with the president elect. Each put up hand 10 see whose head over topped. Evidently MT. Lincoln was the victor, for with smile of satisfaction he turned and offered his hand to his beaten rival, saying cordially:
 .sI thought you were mistaken and was right, but I wished to be sure and to have you satisfied However, we are friends anyway, aren t we?"
 Grasping the outstretched hand ill a vigorous grip the workman repllsd:
 "Yes. Ate Lincoln as long as live. '
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To Improve Theateys--Resoluticn Concern. ]. ing salmon-To Change Street Names Tn Washington = Mir. Peffer's Resolution. Treloar and Roatner Have Wants.
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SPANlARDS WEAR BUTTONS
Express Their War Spirit by Peculiarly
 Marked Badges.

Henry D Pierce, a relative of the late Vice President Hendricks, who has just returned from Europe, says that Ill all the cities in Spain he saw persons wear. ing buttons much the same as they are worn here.
 These badges show small dog run ming away The dog represents Cuba and is so marked. Following the dog al full speed is all immense pig, which IS marked with the word America. 7 Following the pig ill turn IS large fine bull, running after the pig and eVi- dently highly infuriated. The pig ls supposed to be rutning away from the bull, which is goring him with his horns in most energetic manner. The bull is marked "Spain,
 MT Pierce added that Ill every con ceivable way the hatred of the sranish people for the United States IS made ap. parent. He thinks that the spanlards are only too anxious for all opportunity to get into fight with this country. -- Chicago Times-H Herald.
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KNOW THEIR POWERS.
The Eternal wo,nanIy In the Rough Girl'
 of New York.

of New York.
 In the girls of the rougher tenement house districts the eternal womanly wears such disguise of the eternal camin that it cannot always be 1ecog- nized. Their pertness and sauciness are only sharpened by their precocity and their tombov habits of street Arabia. A reporter recently had occasion to visit lower Washington street to ascertain the facts regarding the murder of boy down there. He was obtaining his in- formation from the boys of the neigh borhood, who might have been play mates of the dead youth A circle of them, together with three or four eirls of 15 or 6 years, was gathered around him.
 A big, hulking youth about 20 years old arrogated to himself the place Of spokesnan. He was evidently the ty- rant, the bully of the street, young Bill the Brute, " who had not yet ac- auired wife to beat and was conse- ouently an object of great interest to these misses, whose skirts had not yet grown down to their ankles. With his bip. harsh voice he silenced every inter ruption of his tale, saying
 "shut up therel Pm tellin this yarn. z
 Of course this adjnration, which forms part of the ordinary courtesy of the neighborhood, did net quiet the girls They chaffed him and the report g CT and giegled until at last the speaker said to the reporter;
 Don't paind them. They're nc count. They re aot.,ssia hut girls. 7
 "Of course he'll mind us, smarty, instantly retorted one of the girls. ssWe's the kin s of ladies.
 It was the eternal womanly of streef Arabia. York Trtnne.
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COOKS ON A PILLOW.
Domestic Eoonomy In Wong Seeks Tia,
 Chinatown Home.


 Tno smallest residence in San Fran. cisco is, ef course, located in Chinatown. ls is not, sowever, at the end of dark alley in Q da0p cellar. h many of these are some ye3y diminutive roasting places, but they are elegant homes and flats compared to Wong Seeks private residence on the corner of Wayerly place and Clay street
 Wong's home is about as big as hit skin--a trifie larger, of course. to allow for his wooden shoes that go to bod wits him, but the difference is not material. Wong's home is box nailed to brick wall over the fruit stand where Wong makes a living that would not keep ? white baby fat
 Directly opposite--that is to say, OH the southeast corner of Waverly place and Clay street--there is another China. nan who has q residence similar to thai of Wong. But his is larger than Wong 3 whether owing to larger wooden shoes or to just what is not known. But il measures fully foot more i'll length and is all inch or so more i'll thickness.
 AAo aAhebhioas Ol WOAs < pftfate residence-he lives i'll 1t aii by himseii --are feet in length, 3 feet in width. with ceiling height of 3 feet clear oi the gas fixtures. For pillow Wong has g 90 cent oil stove, and in the moTu- ing he cooks his breakfast on his pillow. He uses rope ladder to get into hi1 home, and when he has tucked himself in for the night he pulls up his ladder and is safe.
 Wong is saving money and will some day take the steamer for China and cart off 200 or 300 American gold dollars to the slums of Hengkong, where he will live like prince. San Francisco Gall
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WAGES IN CHINA.
rbeir Lowness the celestials , spi1o Wax Fat.

rawness the Ce1estials Ers spi'o Wax Fat.
 chinese workman manages to
 How sis family and remain sleek aud Support n', ,gages he receives IS an ever tat .'as 0n 'la mystery to the European ana |. |ssting m The Chinese are a people of Anerlea.n.s, economy. They will support AusrSs.''Da5f .',. 5fnrnishing food, clothes. shel- fanny my 2 small garden which they Esf, noI farm. but which in America Eall ,a 4 naf more than furnish an Amer |Fouia eanilg nJi with early vegetables. Zean la.Is astias inc labei ing men receive the ID !, s',,f a;ttspce. h Canton, where la pslsss are better paid than in other parts |Pofsls aa' skilled workmen live on these
 op'ls' Shoemaker, $4 per month; gasss, ss,ssm;tb, s5 per month; fine ivory laeas1s s1s per month; tailor, 50 per kafsst' st. fine embroiderer, $4 per month; pohsu, asr as per month; silversmith, $s 6er month. o snne,stit;ons and
 ile sgorkmen support, in addition to as 2. temples and pagodas and priests, asis ls;sb receive more in proportion than Rpi'a ssnrcbes of Europe and America, as as, 'ns makers. geomancers, fortune tell lo' nIbysiognomists, I soothsayers, astrol-
 ,s and interpreters of dreams, wio se'' sas bv thousands and coin all the mon- l''s shey ~ want. Another thing which '.1ss an money for certain class is the Es;nese 'sas custom of burning great quan- E;t;ss l,as of spirit money imitation lass ;ss which are supposed to be legal sdss sadsr for dead relatives. One city saas, 'aus employs 100, 900 people in making |hs cash for ghosts.
 p Peculiar superstitions embarrass the ,a,tman. For instance, carpenters and silers have to exercise great care in ssefjng a ridgepole for a house. It snst have neither cracks nor knots, and i. q small hole must be made and Ellsd with gold leaf and the whole
 ssm painted red. This insures good seL for the owner of the house.
 The tea trade employs thousands of
 ersons. The laborers receive from $2 BIO per month. according to their
 ,ade of work. Chicago News.
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EsIlY.

man who resides on the east side
 blstes an incident which may be true, |ut it sounds iishy.
 His boy caught large sucker a cou- |Is of years ago, and since that time he IAs been experimenting with his fnny |st somewhat The fish has been kept hi of the water so much that it gradu- Lly became accustomed to 1t, and ire Iusntly Topped out of the water itself Ind followed the boy around Finally be boy placed 1t in q pen and gradual K reduced it's bathing periods until it Became acclimatized, abandoning en- 6rely it's native clement It would fol- bH the boy around like a dog, and one Eay he started over to town across the
 minging bridge with the pet fish flop @ng along after him. But alas for boy kh hopes The fish made slight mis-
 ue aud Topped overheard into the creek 5nd drowned before the boy could res. 5ue him. -Punxsutawney Spirit.
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HER SIXTH MARRIAGE.
spr of Mrs. Linfer's Ex-Husbands Were
 ushers at Her Wedding.

hur of Mrs. Linter's Ex-Husbands Were
 ushers at Her Wedding.
 The marriage of Mrs. Eleanor B. lnter to her sixth husband occurred a Tuesday at the Church of Emanuel Providence, and four of her ex- bus. Ends acted as ushers. The entire mar. s batch would have been present, but |e fifth man met with an accident and las confined to his bed.
 Contrary to the ordinary run of such FalH, the lady and all her former hus- Pnds are on excellent terms. They are 90 great friends of MT. Augustus llstlewood, who is the abundantIy arred ladys sixth husband.
 Ms Ihistlewood was Miss Eleanor olet before she was first married. Her sDand was q Cleveland man. He is one who Is hurt, but he sent her 8 Fuaing present. and invited her and Ihlatlewood to spend their honey eOa as his place. an invitation which been accepted.
 Ill every instance the lady has obtain 2 olvoree without opposition and uVut losing the friendship of any of spouses. She convinced them all hey were not well mated, and sisone of them accepted the situation Sssiuily and retired respectfully, with lied On.
 nuspand No. 3 is a Mansfield man, 'Iu1 A' Singleton; No. 3 is Hiram A'amp of Rochester. The fourth h, ah Albert Edward Derbey, an Eng auan, sa and the fifth is Walter E ,'alsn ..a Llnter of Newcastle, Pa.
 s. a'h pc the turn of the last to take NJ. as president of the Eleanor B. s,s s' Vluo' which was organized few l' ago oy the first three ex- husbands, a su whom has served a term as pre- s oilicer. None but men who have n.' husbands of the lady are eligible thai' thiueisNlp. They dine once 8 year, sss asn ex'wlfe is never absent from ma. suaal ss' dinner in her honor. The lis, sut " iosS would have taken place 0,s .' " Sae was deferred until the night sss 0ss 'ne wedding.
 .s.aa. ulioesroom elect would like to jetv sVA'' aa but the ironclad rules of the busha Sal nm out until he becomes an ho@ a',u' and when that will be is |istlsm"an' :, The average term of MT. Intbs b'ouu m, s predecessors was ten tbe ss iaere are no children. None lhev s..nusoands sa., has married again.
 at .s a''ed as ushers at her wedding, sd ,ha' 'ae meeting it was moved and 5 ,bs s' as, ae all future weddings of this pallhs.0i 0i1o will act as ushers; also M S,asers va.', in the event of her deatn
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Utterly Bad.

"Yes, spake they of the one who had gone, he was utterly and hopeless- iy bad. His wickedness might have been foraiyen had it been accompanied by any redeeming trait, but he had none He coaldn t even tell 2 funny story = Indianapolis Journal.
 \ kiloqrani, CT 1. GOO grams of tile E'rai5SI. system, is about ssa
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No inventor.

|' 'lhpc i inFentOr.
 bon ;o0d.y u0 say that every American is |tensn' ''''of' said the patriotic said the fat lady. is a tar i'''. M J 2 ases the same old ex-
 ng . s4 as'5 iato that used to
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