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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16
LIFE in THE couNTRY.
The Numbering Of Farm Houses and
Free Rural Mail Delivery Would
Add 10 It's Comforts.

Residents of the country desire 10
see the rural districts placed in every
practicable way on an equality with the
city, and city dwellers are gradually
learning that the whole land would be
materially benefited in many ways IL
this end were attained. The improve
ment Of highways BY state aid is a long
step in the right direction, and makes
possible the Introduction Of other fea-
lures calculated to ameliorate coHdi-
tions and bring the back country dis
tricts into closer touch with the world.
Easy means of communication, more
rapid transit, the electric car every
where crossing the land, free rural pos
tai delivery, and some plan for naming
roads and numbering houses SO that
the farm house may be as readily To-
Gated as the city house, are among the
Improvements that the near future
ought TO bring.
A plan for the last.named purpose is
being pressed by the California Cultiva-
tor, All roads, beginning at the county
seat or end nearest are divided into sec
lions Of one mile each, and each mile
into ten blocks, with an odd number for
one side and an even one for the other
The houses on each block are desjg-
mated By the block number, with a dis
tinguisbing letter following it. This
locates every house and tells how far II
is from the beginning Of the road. 10
find block 42d, divide b. two Gas blocks
and 2 are opposite each other)
getting 2ls, and then divide by ten CAS-
there are ten blocks to the mile), and it
will be plain that block 1876 Is 2t.s miles
from the beginning Of the road THE
adoption Of this plan, the Cultiyatpr
thinks would pave the way fora speedy
enforcement Of a rural free delivery Of
uailsL I. a VI Bulletin.
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RUNNING A CREAMERY.


There are at least two good reasons
why many af the ereaneries in different
localities have proven a failure. One OF
the principal ones is a lack of milk
The creameries were built all righta and,
with proper management, would have
turned ont a good quality Of product,
but the amount Of milk was insufficient
to pay running expenses and the nat
ural consequence was failure. While
creameries pay, they can only be made
TO pay with plenty Of milk, and in work
ing up a cooperative creamery one of
the FIRST items to look after is the supply
Of milk The farmers must not only
keep cows but they must keep good
dairy cows and be willing to sell the
milk at fair price, and there must be a
sufficient number of cows to Keep the
creamery running every day. Make
sure ofthe COWS before undertaking the
building. Another cause is the invest,
ment Of TOO much money, Too high "a
price is paid 10 the promoters of the
scheme The dairy business is of slow
growth and if after a careful canvas,
the milk Of only 400 cows can be re-
ceiyed it is rather poor economy to in
vest in a building and machinery to
work up the milk Of 800 COWS. Then be
sure that considering quality, you are
paying fair price.
One Of the schemes worked that has
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16
DO NOT 0VRRFEED.
new Dairsanen can maize Complete
Success Of Feeding the calves
~ Hand.

We are particularly anxious that our
readers should make a complete success
IN growing calves BY hand this year. As
we have said before, the haua-raised
calf has become an economic necessity
both for che farmer and the feeder, and
in fact fer the state. The impression
has become general that this calf cans
moi be grown On separator milk We
haTe held steadily to the contrary for
two or three years, and have given
enough letters from farmers who have
been solving the problem to satisfy
every reader thar, given the separator
milk sweet and properly balanced with
eornmeal at thl beginning, and shelled
corn aiterward, this calf can be grown
% perfection We wish. however, 10
warn our readers agaiBst overlooking.
1t will not do 10 suppose thar II calf
does well on four quarts Of milk that it,
will De twice as welHon eight, nor wilI
it do @ suppose that if the milk is not
properly balanced more OF il viii make
up for the hack Of balance. We are SAT-
istied thata large number of the calves
that are spotted in starting them ia life
on separator milk, are spoiled by over.
feeding The separator milk from one
good COW viii grow two good calves &c
it is properly balanced. The ealves do
notuced much over halfof the milk, and
If the other half is fed to The pigs, bal
anced iH the same way, there will be
plenty Of profit to the man who goes at
1t intelligentlY BE careful about over
feeding with separator milk, and be
careful that what Eoa do feed il prop,
erly balanced with corn meal or haS
eed meal to start on, and with shelIed
corn after The calf Is two months old
Nalace's Farmer
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heat. The first known 81 this curious
state Of affairs was q report that the
wells at Maricopa. on the Southern Pa,
eific railroad, 30miles south 81 Phoenix,
had suddenly become hot Gays the
Omaha Bee
II was four days thereafter TINT the
phenomenon first was noticed . dozen
miles west 0f that city 4 test Al one
wall showed temperature Of nearly
100 degrees No difference Is noted 3D.
wells ii the Immediate vicinity II
Phoenix
The line eff ubterraHean heat wave
follows che general direction 1T the So
ezra Es.rflla mounfaus, volcanic
chain lying Immediately south of Oh
Giiariger Theneeitapp eara continue
% n Che direction - sHe HarQ8a Hala
mountains, near which afe ntuBefDf
large and modern volcanic cones aud
hills 81 dfifted volcanic ash Further
to the east Gle Java lows are aeoloe
icallY modern 70 have overwhelmed
81 number of places the elf dwellings
of ha aneients
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BIER EXPLANATION
she rsla Him Hou lie waald Make
Her aad Mamma ana
Annty Happier.

There are Incidents Of real life which con
aantlY prove that truth Is often more anus
ins as sch IS more strange than HeiiaH A
sweet rFntlelvolrod giri-ouc from whose
deposition sarcasm Is as far as frpst from am
active voleaBo-won the affections oil a
Young man 1t was an uuintrnitandl con-
quest on her part but none The less com.
pete lie propouudei the old question and
She demurrcj He hided his time and again
proHered bis suit She again delayed en- an.
swer But the third time She received his
question dst with silence and then with as.
sent
Aud you wijl he mine he asked
"Yas
1T seems too good to he true, When shaft
the wedding take place.
"ll don't know
There is He use III putting it of
"No she aHswcud y think not"
"S5v q week from today
.'A ery wei
% knew that veu would realize that vaa
can be happitr with me than without me-
ne suggested, a little trumrh3utN
YES she answered ~ do realize &c
now. You see. since mole Bob weut away
mamma and aunty and haze heru quite
done We all talked It over and agreed
that il would he ever SO much safer 20
have o man in the house at nights. Wash
iHEiUn star.
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Regularity in time Of milking IS nec-
essary The dairy COW Is a good time
keeper, and knows very web when milk
ting time comes. II She is neglected and
allowed to I'd faf beyond the regular
time she begins 70 worry and loss fol-
lows. There are some cows that eer-
tain mixers can never get clean. They
milk out all that flows readily, strip
around once 81 twice, and call her fin
lshed WITH some COWS this win do,
but with others the miIker must reach
well up % the udder, and work Il with
a sort d kneading process. a little
manipulation 81 this sort viii cause the
whole quantity To fioW into The tfats
whereas without # there win be from
eili toa pint eli Che richest milk left
in The uddef every tune Which means
prematafeiF drY cow
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

age and found that the wound had
completely healed The rat was, how
ever, unable to walk, and Willie de.
cided that be would make for 1t an ar
tiieial leg. Going down TO the cellar,
be obtained a piece Of pine, and after
some whiting succeeded IN making a
leg This be fastened on with a string,
and was delighted TO see That his plan
was entirely Successful The rat is now
the family pet and can be seen any day
hobblipg about the kitchen or teasing
a little Irish terrier, Of which il has
made a IifeIong friend.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16
HOT WATER WELLS.


The wells in parts Of Arizona have re,
Gently become producers Of hot water,
and apprehension is felt by many Of the
residents Of the region affected that
they are about to become participants
in q grand volcanic drama In some Of
the wells the temperature Of the well
water rose 20 degrees In single night.
In few the phenomenon disappeared
soon after its appearance. In a major.
ity of the cases, however, the wells fair
ly steam from their newly-acguired
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

bulls nose, or in the case Of any other
animal a strap just back Of the muzzle.
Bind the sticks securely together where
they cross. Place ropes II the three
ends, get behind the animal, and he can
be easily managed, a great leverage
is secured. If he tries e run straight
ahead pulling Ga the upright will throw
the head up ID the cir. Orange Judd
Earmer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

c0very Of modern times hos done 60 much 10
enable women to take their proper place in
lLle by saleeuardng their health as pr.
Jig directly On the blood aud nerves. III.
MIGRATING the body. regulating The tunc.
tlong, they restore the strength and health
to the exhausted woman when every effort
ot the physician proves unavailing
For the growing girl they are Of the great.
est benefit, for the mother indispensable, for
every woman invaluable
For paralysis l0eomotor ataXa and other
diseases long supposed incurabie, these pills
have proved their efficacy in Thousands Of
eases
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16
The Chinese FIar5

The standard at the Celestial Empirs Re 4
very queer looking affair Il, represents he
most Efotesque of green dragons on 4 yellow
ground. The latter is suggestive not only OF
the national complexion, but also OF thar Of
SUFFERER from hl.l0nsurss 1n remove this
Hnoeeomlng TINT from tte complexion. nse
Hostslter stomach Rltteya, which viii
speedily regulate yaHr liver prevent malaria.
ana remedy dyspepsia nervousness rhtuma
tl5m and sidney omp5lHt,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

The best six kind 81 apple for fam
ilf use q winter and for market as we'll
aFe tile King SPY spitzenburg Bald
win and 6reening for our apples and
fs sweet apples Pound sNeef Ger early
Use and the Belle Baune far lafa use
lnis last appl IS great keeper %
most deiitiou quality and great bear
Il an zig Connecticut fruit and
bis been crowded ont q sight ~ ih-
fariar SORTS 10 this Nigh n added
Huhhsfd ioH NouesHeh aud ekAo-
Farther apple almost sure ta reform
clean crops 4 6 remarkable boW well
these apples resist the attacks q u
aeets and fungi
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CIRCULATION Is LIFE.
Ana for This Reason Farmer ana
Merchant Are Extremely Inter-
ested In Gasd Roads Isuilding.

The roads and highways of a civil di-
vision are as the veins and arteries 1T
the human system, says the suffern
Independent. Life and health, that is,
business and prosperity Of each part
can Be had aud secured only by the
freest circulation, and the eondaits
must nor be allowed to clog. While he
limb would wither if the circulation
was interrupted, the heart would also
suffer Where would the proud city
al New York be without her magnif
cent railways, and what would have
been her condition il the great blizzard
Of 1858 had continued a month2
The village with its paved streets
and tagged walks may say let the
faymer build his roads; he is the party
benefited" Tho lord Of the manor who
surrounds his grounds with high wall
ard morass, and then beauties his
place for his own enjoyment and bene-
fit, may be wise il he has within him
self all he requires to satisfy his needs.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16
DEHORNED cows
Here Is a story About one Old Woman
Who Wanted Her Cow 70 BE
Detailed ALSO.

Dehorning cows has been all the fash
ion lately, says an exchange It's aston
ishing how many claim that their cow
had the hollow horn, simply as q salve
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

Does your Head Achcg Somuif Cafein
Fures instantly All druggists Is cents, Dr.,
Paxton MedicalCo.. 29l Riverst., Troy N Y
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

After physicians had given me up, was
saved by Pisos Cure Ralph Erieg, VIII
Transport, Pa, Nov ~, 1893.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

The first gray hair that a man finds 10 bic
aair he thinks must have been caused BY
trouble; it certainly WASH age. AtchisOn
Globe
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

Good advice has been offered for hundreds
81 years, but none Of i is 8s good as the old
rule to keep your mouth shut Atehis0n
Globe
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

no cure = cola b one nav
Take Laxative Rromo QuiuiBe Tablets All
druggists refund mercy Il e fails to cure. z5v.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16
hairs catarrb Cure

A darby never looks Of picturesque as
in snow storm Washington tiu1 Demo
cuat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

for what appears 10 be hard hearted
practice. il most instances the deed
was done before the parties lad even
learned that their cattle even had the
hollow born. Hence, this not being tha
motive for the deed they should DOT
mix II into a saIye @ soothe their
wounded conEcieuces.
a good Old sister said no I'll net
have my COW aehorned. The Lord made
Ter with horns and He knew better tllan
i do what she needed" A good OH
brother said when be was asked the
cause IF hollow horn. Why poor feed.
ing and TOO much milking viii keep
both the COW and her horns hollow I
reckon that's The cause Of SO much hoi-
TOYS horn
Another sister worried over the De-
horning Of her COW Before i recoe-
cred from tbe effects Of il some one
said "Thai eow has The hollow TAIL
The DID woman looked around threw
up her hand u barr0r ard ai6. Take
her out aHd detail hef at once Iete
make good i0n q Il while we're stit
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

Pc. DO not sqoeal when they are feeding
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

A man never tsilf about anybody who fol,
lowed bis advice and failed Washington
Mal lamneraL.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-06-16

VEL 's1 st''l 4iFSis 'f aIiia
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-14

OF the fields. I; is a collection OF buildings
with great suaokestacks rising above them
II contains thousands Of dollars worth OF
costly machinery. vast tanks for boiling
the nitrate rock. crushers like those OF
smelter TO break ii 10 pieces and settling
watts in which the liquor containing The
pure nitrate of soda is left until it has
dropped its burden of valuable salt The
nitrate rock of the Aqua Santa fields rs
We saw i blasted out OF the earth has only
about 20 per cent. OF nitrate of soda in II.
The nitrate sent to the markets Is from 20
TO Sc per cent. pure and the rock must be
so treated as 10 bring about this result
This is done by boiling the rock just so
much and more. The c.ushers reduce
the caliche to pieces about two inches
thick. and < is then taken TO the boiling
tanks which are situated in a building
perhaps fifty feet above the ground. These
tanks are each big enough TO form a bath
tub for an elephant. They are twenty-four
feet long, nine feet wide and eight feet
deep. In them there are colts of pipe into
which steam is running, raising the tenn
rerature OF the fluid in the tank 20 any de-
sired point. The caliche is carried in cars
UP an inclined railway and dumped into
the tanks. Then water Is admitted and Is
allowed 10 flow from tank 20 tank In such
a way as to act TO the best advantage
on the salts within. The nitrate OF soda
will remain in solution at a lower tenn
perature than other salts. This fact and
others of a scientific nature are taken al
vantage of, everything being done with
the greatest care. and the result is that
when the liquor Is drawn off nearly all
of the pure nitrate OF soda in the rock
goes with it. II flows from the boiling
tanks into other tanks. which lie in the
open air at a lower level. 1t now looks
for all the world like pale maple molasses
or thick lemon syrup. In a short time L
begins to crystalline and the tank is half
sugar, which is really almost pure nitrate
OF soda. This is now shoveied into piles,
whence 1t Is bagged up in sacks of $40
pounds each and hauled on the railroad 10
the sea coast to be shipped off to the Unit
ed States or to Europe.
Lesson I'm Economy.
After the salts have settled in the tanks
the liquor which lies on top still contains
g large amount of nitrate. It is conveyed
back 70 the boiling tanks and Is loaded
with ore nitrate by being flowed over the
fresh rock. / shall not describe the tech
n!cai details OF the process. which is COM
plicated in the extreme. They were ex-
planned TO me by Mr.. James r. Humber
stone. the manager of the Auga Santa
OHcina, the man who is perhaps of all the
nitrate managers the best posted upon such
matters. I will only say that the greatest
care is taken 10 get every atom of nitrate
out OF the rock at the lowest possible cost.
and that l was again and again surprised
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~ Is He early attracted the notice Of his
icokout FER promising mtfer al. and was
sent. after learning the duties IF ii sailor.
to the government gunnery school There
he spent 4 number OF months under theo-
reiical and prac.ica! tuition in the sci
euce % gunmanship. When ne gradu-
stcd Il, the end % the course he was de-
tailed 10 the Newport torpedo schooi. and
there absorbed more scientific training.
y few We rs spent in a private arms man
ufactory. ana ae wSS returned 20 the
ssrVice-ard 70 his baejaekc;s uniform
a. q seaman gunner. Although almos,
fitted for a commission, re i permitted
TO occupy a position paying him the
me1ger salary OF So a month and rations
There are many young men such AS he
IN cur naval ssfvice. They are 10 be
foUrd on every ship and there are hun
arc3s AMI hundreds 81 naval apprentices
IN training for the same station. X vas
either tho seauen gunners or men rem
deTe4 expert ny constant practice after
our thorough system who manned The hat
tsries Of the Olympia. Baltimore and Bos-
ton in the battle Of Manila bay. and of
the Brooklyn Oregon, Iowa, Texas and
TIRE rest % Simpsons feet IN The dessruc-
ti0u or Cervers's ;0gttive squadron Of
Santiago. The man behind the gun in
the American navy Is TO magician. He
can shoot with marvellous accuracy. and
he can make z sisve with rapid-hrs gun
OF any warshIp aeoat, but he is napied
70 do i simply becaase he has been in
seructed after tina. fashion.
WAAo The officers OF CsryerA's GQuadroz
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stuH h borax OF rrne, and II not 30 good.
] am told. az the borsx that comes from
similar lakes in California Still Il Is OF
considerable value. for the lake has just
been sold 20 Q syndicate OF Germans for
Eo.o1o.
A Desert Paved With Cold
This lake. however, is not drop In the
ocean compared with the enormous value
Of the nitrate fields through which I
crossed as I neared the Pacific. These
fields extend north and south through this
part OF Chile for a distance Of more than
90 miles, and their product is so valuable
that they almost pave the desert OF Chile
with gold. They have produced millions
upon millions OF tons OF nitrate OF soda,
and II il estimated tina; more than ]. %. 0O
tons Of nitrate will be shipped from them
this year. The value OF these nitrate de-
posts runs hga into the millions OF dol
lars When they were in the hands Of the
Peruvians they were rich, and now that
they belong 10 Chile, as result OF aer war
with Peru she gets more than half her
revenue from the export duty which she
collects from them. The working OF the
fields 10 In the hands OF foreigners. and
more than slo9.000.VJ0 worth Of English
capital is invested in the great ofic!nas or
factories by means OF which the nitrate
IL taken from the earth and prepared fer
the markets Of the world. Vast fortunes
have been made Out OF these nitrate fields
! met in England some yeare ago the late
Col North, the nitrate king. and visited
him at his magnficen: country place at
Ethan. near London. He lived there like
a prince and was at the time fairly rolling
In wealth. All Of his money was made in
this region, and the champagne which Ne
had at dinner. though its taste showed no
evidence Of the fact, was effervescent
with nitrate OF soda. The nitrate which
the United States imported from this Iaui-
que district alone In 1897 cost more than
100000 in gold, and the amount was more
than 224 600. 60 pounds. The greater part
OF this has gone into the making of pow
der and high explosives, and much OF il
has already been used In the war with
Spain. Another part of 1t has been sold as
fertilizer. and is now enriching the soil OF
American farms II Is fertilizer that
the chief demand for the nitrate comes
the bulk Of the product going 10 Germany
where u Is used in the growing of the
sugar beet. Just now, however. the nit
rate business is not ag prosperous as It has
heen. A number OF the factories are idle,
and the marketG are overstocked.
In the Nitrate Fields.
My FIRST view OF the nitrate fields was on
the railroad going to Antofagasta. The
deposits in that part OF Chile, however, are
no. so good as those further north. and I
have taken ship and come to Iauiaue.
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at that! They knew. as We know today.
that our skill in gunnery comes from
system which has as It's keynote one preg-
nant word-Practice. Pract.ce'
When the torpedo boat Morris dropped
in at the Brooklyn navy yard on her way
TO Cuba several weeks ago, among the diff
ferent members Of the crew who went
ashore for short run was a young man,
smooth-faced and blue-eyed, and with
PLACID. calm expression such as might be
worn by youth studying theology. He
was clad in the picturesque uniform OF
the naval sailors, and there was nothing
in his attire or bearing TO indicate that
he had. among his effects on board.
media! won for expert craftsmanship with
great guns He was a seaman gunner,
had graduated from the gunnery school az
Washington, and could place a thirteen
inch shell in the vitals of an enemy's war
ship with the accuracy OF a Rough Rider
using a revolver.
That young mar had entered the serv-
ice as an apprentice when he was scarce