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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

central Illinois. experiments are be.
ing made for the construction OF brick
roads. At Monmouth a road has been
made Of q single course OF vitritied
brick set on edge, laid On sand, seven
feet wide between curbs Of oak plank
and borders OF broken stone to a dis
lance of two feet on each side. This
road has not been in use long enough
10 be fully tested, but has given a very
favorable impression at the outset. 1t
has been recommended that an expert
ment be made with brick trackways
for wheels and gravel between for the
tread of horses. and it is quite pos
sible that steel trackways may be prof
itably substituted for brick.
Gravel roads cost less than macadam
and vary from $1,000 to $1,000 per
mile. The seven-foot brick road at
Monmouth, ILL.,, cost 90 cents per run
ming foot, or 81, $50 per mile. The eight.
foot brick roads at Cleveland range
from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile, but this
included heavy grading. Material for
steel roads of the heaviest class of pres
cnt design cost, in small quantity, about
$500 per mile. The amount of ma
tcrial, however, is less than 100 tons per
mile, and if the present prices of steel
should be maintained material for long
lines of road could be furnished for
about $1,000 per mile. The lighter class
of steel rails for ordinary country roads
need not exceed 50 tons per mile, and
need not cost much over 81 900 per mile.
The cost of grading and track-laying
will be additional, but that need not be
heavy on the western prairies, for the
rails are all prepared to be bolted to-
nn1LnrN
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Natchcz, June @i.-rhc steamboat
Lcathcrs grounded last night at the
foot OF Natchea Island, a few miles be,
low here, in four and u half feet OF
water, She was following tho old chan,
mel, where there was always from twelve
20 tftecn feet OF water. The channel
has changed to the Mississippi side,
and cuts close to what is known as Car
thago Point light, There is plenty OF
water in the new channel aud ahou,
seven foot across the head OF the island
on the Mississippi side. The Leathers
was still aground at last accounts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
A Spider in His Dumping.

Says n dispatch sent from Owens
boro, Ky; Rev. Silas Spurrier, a Meth
odist preacher, went to sulphur
Springs, OHIO county, Ky, and was
taken very i'll. \ physician was called
IN, and he declared the minister had
been fatally poisoned, After the fu-
neral it was understood that a woman
was suspected Of placing II spider in Ii
dumping the man ate, but when the
authorities went to see her She had left
the country, and has not been seen
since. The minister on his death bed
told something concerning the matter
to the doctor and another gentleman,
but they will not talk.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
which reads az follows;
I'iiei Nov. !, 1903
4 Family Poisoned,

Tho family Of John A. Lloyd, OF Meri,
dian. and several boardars had a narrow
escape from death last week from
poisoning, supposed to have been ad'
mlnistercd by Hattie Ice, the negro
cook, in the evening meal. The parties
were all takens sick about tho same time,
and the symptoms Of each indicated
arsenic poison, Those who were AT,
footed wore John A, Lloyd, vito and
son, j. NJ Barron and vito and j.. X.
Russell. While all tho parties are out
Of danger, one or two of them have
been quite sick, and but for tho prompt
attendance of a physician the result in
all probability would have been fatal.
\ warrant was sworn out for the arrest
OF the woman and she wa placed In the
county 1Ail,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
HIS After-Dinner Sneech.

Around the table were gathered many
men. The dinner was almost over, and now
in the interval Of service general converse.
ton had ceased, and they were all looking
at him and waiting for him to speak. He
was a handsome man; clean shaven and
commanding looking, in irreproachable
evening dress. He stood, his left arm
hanging at his side, his right hand resting
lightly upon the table. Every eye was upon
him as he began to speak. And this is what
he said:
"Sorry, gents, but de plum puddin' is all
out. Dere's rice an tapioca, an dere's
plumpeachanapple creamorrhubarb an
mincerlemon pie. Whachergo' nterhave?"--
N. Y. journal,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Edwin Men orrics, cashier OF the First
National Bank OF Meridian, was last
week appointed receiver OF tho new
there. Chancellor I'm issued the order
for a receiver on tho petition of the
creditors OF Contractor Reomau of
Chicago, who is alleged TO be financially
unable To carry out his contract. The
building will be completed under the
direction OF tho receiver.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Florence rringlc, Of Washington
county Ala, has filed suit at Mobile,
Ala, alleging that in the recent di-
yorcc granted her husband in the chan
Gerry court in Mobile all the papers,
save the bin of complaint, were for
gcrics. Her husband accused her Of
adultery with a mar She has never
seen, and testimony was taken in the
form of dispositions, which were made
out of the whole cloth. the parties
named declaring they never were
asked to make dispositions ana never
made any, while the commissioner APP
pointed by the court to take the depoSi-
tjnn, never heard of the appointment,
nor signed any Of the papers bearing
his name, on the strength of which II
divorce was granted TO pringle. The
divorce was sued IOr and obtained with
out Mrs, PringIc knowing anything
about it, She asks that the decree be
set aside.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
IMPROVED ROAD MAKING.
An Interesting Interview with the
Secretary OF Agriculture.

The importance of good roads is rec
ogniled by all, and SO is the expense
necessary to produce them considered
OF equal significance. Upon the sub
iect William +. Curtis, in the Chicago
| Record, says: Secretary Wilson has
| given directions to Gen. Roy Stone,
chief of the bureau of good roads at
the department of agriculture, to con
struct a sample steel roadway at the
most convenient location he ear find
at the Nashville exposition, where it
may be seen and studied by the visit
ors who will attend during the sum
mcr. Secretary Wilson thinks the
steel tracltwny for wagons is the east
est solution OF the good-roads prob
lem, particularly in the west, where
stone and gravel are carce and the
soil is deep and sticky.
NO road material promises so much
hope to the western farmers as the fiat
bars of steel at the present cost Of
manufacture" said the secretary,
land | propose to have sample roads
built. not only at the Nashville ex-
position, but at different points
throughout the country, where they
will afford practical object lessons to
county commissioners and other Of
ticials having the highways under
their charge. The steel manufacturers
are taking hold of the matter with
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
Found Not Guilty.

The jury in the case of Clifton Gar
rott, for the killing of Tom Leavcll
during a quarrel near liopkinsville,
Ky, last year, on trial in the Christian
circuit court, returned a verdict of not
guilty after a long and bitter contest.
This was one of the most remarkable
eases ever tried in the Christian circuit
court.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Laura and Jennie, aged seven and
tive years, respectively, daughters of
Joseph and Lucy Melton, of Bordley,
Union county, Ky, were playing hide
and seek with three other young
girls Of the neighborhood, aud
during tn" pastlme the little sis
tiers had entered the cellar. Seeing
a large Old-fashioncd trunk in one
corner they raised the lid and jumped
inside, when the top fell and closed
with Il tight spring-lock. All search
for Laura and Jennie proved fruitless.
AT the time both parents were visit ing
at = neighbours, and did not return un-
til their children had been immured
for three hours. A rigid search was
instituted, but almost another hour
elapsed before the father thought of
the old trunk, and when at length the
receptacle was opened both children
found locked in each others
arms, having been smothcred for want
of air,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Matt Wilkinson, u young tobacco
merchant of Hopkinsville, Ky. and
Miss Matte Tucker, aged IL, an heiress,
eloped and were married.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
shot Himself Through the Head,

Prof. F. Il. Hacker, u musical in
structor, Of Knoxville, Tenn. commit
ted suicide by shooting through the
head. His health was very poor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

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4 lnur finn, g,a. vl.. I...a4r..
n a4rL bad "a funny "HHs,utlU, f
t,Ar ,rrn smiled ..n,. tn r,.nN. h..
J|r.lrru, mortified and distressed
rrI, ,hp,t fl "a. the time and rov Iu.
Jiru,,,t ,Iot ,yrr..uG. srouId IaaaN
nt mao
And Tins ie how If hammered:
Ne all had he mra~ly& that sprinr.
There we're four of Is IN the uurgDr,
then. and wa the oldest of the tour.
Then came Willie, who wa. eight; Min.
mic wa, si> and Freddie was only four.
Wr did not all have the measles very
badly. but we did not seem to get we'll
very fast, and when warm weather
came we were ,akrn into the country
Ia MAY ont of doors alt day. if we liked.
mad 10 pct strong uDd fat and rosy
pen,n
Wc ,Iid hu,r a pr,i,y rood time /
,hiuL lhoro vcr, two children II, the
h,ns, vhr,n NJ, were stny,ur one of
,L.m , y,ar nIl,r thru and Lam,
Ice and gpt tu he very great friends.
Her sister, KITTY, was about Minnie %
ogc,
f,l, at lenst A.
! always tnoA' OF the "'h'rS patron
red and uncomfortable If nnvour
smiled
lhe house vas not " me one hN'
"" md plenty 81 mic" places IN winch
to play W" had " swing under the
hle apple tree f"'hpS ~ the haf" am"
u lovely house, ni''l' "i @"iIr boards
IN the corner ct the orchard NU' the
most charming spot OF All was the
hrtdg" over the stream thai ran not
far from tn" house,
y hundred l"'' or Soah",r the bridge
lher' was a dn'n' und an o'd '"IJi 'l""'I
on the borders 81 tue stream Nb"'"
the dam the water was very deep, but
hei"" II formed only a broad shallow
brook, That ~" could easily cross on the
stones,
Then there were two little islands
lying in the stream The largest was
long and narrow, and the bridge
crossed 1t about the middle. The space
underneath was built IN with stones,
and we could descend 10 'hr island from
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Campbell Brown was jnilcdat Selma,
Ala. charged with the murder of his
wife. She was shot in the ear with a
pistol. Brown says that the killing
was accidental.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
ANA There They stick.

They always talk about the seven
ages of man. said the Curious One.
"Nhy not the seven ages of woman?"
"~l'ecause, my boy" replied the Know.
ing One, zone is enough for them
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Frank Riggs, a prominent merchant
Of Bridges, was shot and instantly
killed and William !. Reese was Sc.
rionsly wounded in a fight at Belknup,
Ala,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Clark Lewis vas hanged at Faycttc,
vile, W. Va, before 4 large and order.
ly crowd in a natural grove. The con.
demned man sang on the scatfold.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Rev. w, NJ. Mcintosh, the financial
agent for the Grenada Collegiate lnsti.
tQto and the well-known evangelist OF
tho North Mississippi Conference, il
conducting q revival At Sardis.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
Mind Tiger Taken In.

Greenwood, June o4.-Lewis Davis,
~colosed, was convicted in Mayor Miller's
court today OF running a "blind tiger"
Davis was fined 500 and costs. He took
an appeal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Judge Fish Carson, for 40 years pro.
prictor OF the old Corner hotel, Crab
Orchard, KY. widely known. died the
other day, aged Il.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
OutdOnc.

Prof. Braintank-Newton was a great
philosopher. BY observing the mere fall of
an apple he discovered the law of gravity.
Smithers - That's nothing. BY simply
biting an apple Eve discovered the gravity
of lawn. y. Journal. ~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

"Flora had a dreadful time last evening.
She didn't come in town until after dark"
"What was the matter?"
"She lost her powder-rag somewhere out
on the road, and couldn't fix up fit to be
seen."--Dctroit Free Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
Mrs. ". 4. Percy.

Mrs, W. A, Percy, widow of the late
Col. W. A. Percy. aud mother of Hon.
Leroy Percy, died suddenly at the
home of her daughter in Knoxville,
Tenn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

Miss Pearl Bryan, one of the most
beautiful women of the Yazoo delta.
was married to n. I. Winter, OF Green.
Vile, Miss, recently.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

The gas company Of Columbus. Miss.
has decided TO put In an electric light
plant and furnish incandescent lights
10 addition 20 gas
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
Halls Cntnrrh Cure

1t is amazing how many people there are
who don't amount to anything. Washing.
ton Democrat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

The difficulty with the man who knows
too much is that he always will tell TN.
Y. Weekly. "
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

The architect Of his own fortunes seldom
tires OF building extensions.-N. Y. Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01

The less energy a man has, the easier he
drifts INTO matrimony.-Atchison Globe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
soILs, soiLs, SOILS
Tney Came Thick and Fast-Tiu
C,Ipad bv Moods SaG0anarilia.

Cured by Hooos oaF0opartta.
my brother had terrible boils on the
back OF his neck. AS fast al one would
get better another would come He became
very much emaciated, ard began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla- One bottle made a
great improvement, and when he had taken
two bottles he was completely cured"
CARRIE d. Erwin, Mound City, Illinois.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-01
SarsapariNa

Is the One True Blood Purifier. u; six for sa
Hoods PILE cure sick headache. Is cents.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
FACTS ABOUT GARLIC.
Most of That Used In This Country
Comes from Italy.


About three-quarters of the garlic
used in this country is imported from
Italy. 1t comes in hampers containing
about no pounds each. Garlic is raised
in this country in Connecticut, in Lou
isiana, in Texas and in New Mexico.
All garlic, both imported and American,
is put up in strings of punches, some
thing like the punches in which onions
were once commonly sold in this coun-
try, but much larger. American gar
lie is shipped in crates and barrels;
some from the far southwest comes in
long cylindrical baskets.
Garlic is sold by the pound or by the
single bulb, which is sold for penny.
In its commercial form, whole and
dry, garlic does not yield the strong
smell for which it is famous. In a
wholesale produce Establishment, where
garlic was stacked up in quantities,
there was no noticeable odor from it,.
But if one of the several smaller bulbs
of which each root is composed and
which are called cloves of garlic be
broken off and broken in two the pow
erful odor becomes perceptible.
The aggregate consumption of garlic
in this country is large, and our ex-
ports of it to South American countries,
which include American garlic and i'm
ported garlic reshipped, amount to
enough to be reckoned in tons.-N. Y.
Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28


fastened to the legs or the body of the
cart.
The picture is one made from photo
graph taken in Brussels, Belgium. The
milk is usually retailed by women. 1t
is surprising 10 see some of the large
loads the dogs draw. 1t is common
thing to see two men or women sitting
upon the cart with a half-dozen cans
in the back of the bed, and going along
the street.
They have another very common
method of doing work on their farms
that we rarely see in the states-that
is, with cattle. 1t is common thing
to see a man plow his oeets or other
crops with one OK or with cow
hitched to a shovel-plow. When they
work an animal single they have a
collar and harness, and a bride with
a bit that goes in the mouth, the same
as we work horse. Sometimes you
see two animals hitched together-a
COW and a bull, or two COWS. To me
it looks very much out of place to see
two old mich cows hitched to a big
load of wheat, but it is common here.
These people here know what it
is to work. They cut every bit of their
grain with the hand sickle They raise
magnificent crops of everything. Every
thing depends on manure, and nothing
goes to waste. They are doing here
what we in the states call intensive
farming, but l don't think that there
is anything in the states like this A
man can't come over here and not learn
some valuable lessons. We have seen
nothing like it in England or any place
we have been. The tillage is better and
the crops are better and l feel quite
safe in saying that they are better farm
ers than the English farmers. But these
men are very poor breeders. Their
horses and cattle are bad. The Belgium
cattle are very much like the Holstein
cattle, but instead of being black and
white, many are red and white. Some
are just like the Eolstein cattle. have
got some interesting lessons from the
dairy industry of this country, but shall
do a good bit more in the next few
weeks in that line.-P. f. Pfarr. in Ohio
Farmer
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
DOGS MADE USEFUL.
In Belgium and Holland They Are
Made t.. Draw Milk Carts.

In Belgium md Holland They Are
Made to Draw Milk Carts.
But now l nave come over to Bel
GUM and Holland, and / see things
here that could not see in the states.
l want to tell you how great many
of the vehicles on the streets in the
cities are drawn. They are drawn by
dogs, and Ihave seen as high as five good
sized dogs hitched to one cart. Nearly
all the milk carts and bread carts are
drawn by dogs. The carts are made
like an American handcart, with two
heavy wheels, about as heavy as the
front wheels of narrow-tired Ameri-
can wagon. The dogs are sometimes
hitched in front of the cart and some
times under the cart. When there are
but one or two, they are hitched SO
that they walk right under the bed
and between the wheels. Often the axle
of the cart has an arch in it so that the
dogs walk right in the arch. The dogs
usually wear good leather collars, made
in harness shop, and the traces are
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
FEEDING THE ORCHARD.
How to Improve the Physical Quality
of Poor Soils.


To provide vegetable matter and to
improve the physical quality of poor
soils, apply barnyard manure once in
four years in fall or winter at the rate
Of five or ten tons per acre. To aid in
the decomposition of vegetable matter
and to insure sufficiency of lime and
plant food, apply lime at the rate of 25
bushels per acre once in five years. To
provide, in addition, an abundance of
all forms of the available plant food at
the time of need for development of
tree and fruit, apply annually chemical
fertilizers in the following proportions:
Nitrate of soda. 100 pounds; South Car
olina rock superphosphate, 100 pounds;
ground bone, 200 pounds; muriate of
potash, 200 pounds. The amounts to
be applied depend on the character of
the soils, the kind of fruit and the
age and vigor of the trees. BY the in
PRODUCTION of clover we have plant adj
mirably adapted to cheaply supply nj
trogeneous vegetable matter for or
chards, and its growth is to be rec
commended instead of barnyard manure.
Director Voorhees,, New Jersey Ex-
pertinent Station.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
Solids In Pure Milk.

Many people are surprised to learn
that milk which is liquid has larger
proportion of solid contents than have
many articles of food. Milk averages
IS per cent. of solid matter, of which a
considerable part is albumen. 1t is this
which coagulates with heat, and still
more when rennet is used. Potatoes are
80 per cent. moisture, though when the
potato is cooked the starch in it ex-
pands, making it seem much heartier
food than it is. The solid of the potato
is mainly starch. That of milk is di-
vided between caseine, butter fats and
sugar, the last of which is found in
whey, which, even though it be soured,
shows by that fact that it has had some
sugar In 1t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
OF the Modern Duel.

First Second-I think the swords have
soaked long enough in the antiseptic com.
pound
Second Second--I think so. Did YOU scat.
ter the chloride of lime under the trees?
Yes, and l burned sulphur in the
branches"
Good. How about the BUSIEST"
"They have been sprayed with that No. ]
deodorizer. Did you sprinkle the lawns"
yes. used the camphorated wash"
Excellent. Shall we start the rotary at
mospheric PURIFIER"
II think so. One moment-did you kindle
the fire under the medicated bath?"
Il did. And | also put the hot water bot
ties on the portable furnace and set the
mustard plaster where it would warm"
Then think we are all ready.
think so. Messieurs, we are quite
ready. cleveland Plain Dealer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
INTERESTING ODDITIES.

Many English accident insurance
companies charge an extra premium
when their policy holders travel i'll
Canada or the United States.
The Germans seem to be losing re-
spect for their emperor. Last year
there were SO per cent. more imprison-
ments of les majestic than II years
ago.
Judge Reid, of the Atlanta city court,
has recently found it necessary to issue
an order prohibiting attorneys from
eating peanuts while court is in SEES
sion. ~.-..
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
tor any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. Cheney 4 Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West 4 Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucou,
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial.
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
walters First Dip.

Walter T was six years old. He
never had seen the ocean. We were
to spend the summer at the seaside,
and Walter had new bathing suit.
Every boy in the block was invited
into the house to see him try 1t on. and
one day we discovered him in the bath
tub surrounded by an admiring group
of juveniles, to whom he was disconrs
ing about how he would dive from the
end of the iron pier when he reached
the ocean. When the young man, how
ever, saw the ocean with the great
waves rolling on the beach, he could
not be induced to go near it, and posi-
lively refused to put on his bathing
suit. One day his father offered him
so cents if he would put on his suit
and get wet all over once. He wanted
the money very much, and he finally
consented. Clasping his arms around
his fathers neck like wise, the great
undertaking was begun. After much
shivering and trembling he was wet
about two inches above his ankles,
when he exclaimed: Papa! L
guess-I-will-only - take - ten -
h-this-time. Crypt.