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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

A COUNTRYWOMAN OF NINE

Handsome: | hardly know. Her profle's
tinc--
Delightful. intelligent, acquiline.
Her keen eyes light it-keen, vet often Kind.
Her fair hair crowns it to an artists mind.
Fine figure and fine manners. without doubt.
determine hair her charm, and bear me out,
Learned? We'll. rather, See them for your
Mil, spencer. Darwin, on her ~favorite shelf.
Wet! educated. certainly well read;
We'll born. of course, and mot Of course) well
bred.
Provincial. Never. Cockney; Not at NIL.
Her world Is small enough. yet not tODsInall.
70 prove she knows it. only watch awhile
Tilt humorous, tender, half-sarcastic smile
Accomplished: She says not. but who can
tell
She does some simple things. and does them
we'll.
She walks well, stands well, sits well--thinoS
50 rare. .
To praise as they deserve I hardly dare.
She rows, rides. dances--admirably done,
Delights in each. and yet depends on pone.
What to tako up she knows.and what to drop:
now 10 say clever things. and when to stop.
Few dress so well; she does what few can do.
Forget what she has sn---and so do YOU!
ne ; no1 700 careless, not conventional quite:
Does what She llkes---knows what She does
Is right.
lakes New World freedom with the Old
World ease. 800
'icS but TO please herself the world to
please. "
ICenturv.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

The constitutional convention Of
1890 cost more than 500, 900. 1t
was called for the purpose Of elimi-
mating the niger from politics. Yet
under Il system of public schools
we are spending in the ncighborhood
of a half million dollars IL year for
his education-thus multiplying the
work Of that convention. / am in,
favor of a change which will cause
this money to BE- spent for the edu-
cation of the white children and
leave Sambo out, regardless of what
"BOSting' may say.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

The unterritied citizens of Jackson
have issued a paper in which it is
stated that the health of the city
during the months of September and
October Of this year has been better
than for years past Since Sept. LIST
there has been Il deaths. while for
the same time last year the number
of deaths was IS. The publication
of ties, facts puts our frantic, panic
stricken Office holders in a very ridlc.
ulous light.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20
WAR ON BRYAN FIGHT AGAINST OE-
tIIiON.

tIIiON.
j. Sterling Norton ha, again sue.
cccdcd in bringing himself into no.
tjrc, As usual he is trying to dcprc.
c,ulr his superior and attract attcn-
riun to himself by getting a gentle
man to notice him. Poor fellow. he
has u hard battle against oblivion.
but he is making II desperate >trug.
gle. II pcrsl>tcncy were II Jewel,
this self-blUated, vacant-hcadcd no
IiliraI yagrant would be an cxagger-
atcd kohinOor. He was first usher
ed into public view by Grover CIrvc-
land and distinguished himself by
playing the contemplate sycophant
and chief tody to the Prophet ofGrey
Gables. Since that time he has o c
caSionally succeeded in raising him
self above the waves of obscuritv by
holding OF to the coat tail OF some
distinguished man. With }. Ster-
ling, it is Il question of getting some
body to notice him. 1t makes no
difference in what way. He would
much rather you would call him the
son Of Il female canine and kick him
out OF the street than have you pass
him unnoticed. Anything to put
him IN the current of SANDER, sluSh
and political drift wood. OF course
he prefers to have his name connect
ed with some distinguished person
because it increases the notaricty.
1t makes no difference with blm in
what connection, just SO it is CON
ncctcd. He would prefer being a
gaiiy coStumCd colorcd coon driving
some tin horn politician or an I'M
washed, powdered face. thiuly ven
cercd ari>turratic carriage, in a great
city, the cynosurc of the gaze of the
vulgar mob, than to he a gentleman
situated in a cosey. vine
lad cottage away from the MAIDEN
ny crowds ignuble strife. To be
heard aud Smclt. is the aim
md effort Of his life Just now he
5 trying to destroy Col, Bryan and
nd draw himself ont of the hole of
he forgotten. by publishing the fol-
owing. which We take from the Com
lercial-Appeal Of the 18th inst:
"A new style of war has been inau.
grated On William Jennings Bryan, !
nd 10y his crstwhilc friend, J. Sterl- !
NJ Morton, Of Nebraska. The Chica.
0 Times Herald, Mckinley's chief
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

Hon. j. ". tutrcr. Il. Culhuua
ruuHIy, is spoken Of by his friend, as
Il probable candidate for Congress to
succeed Gen. Ca,chings. Mr.. Cutrer
is Il Young man of talent. tact and
ambition, and considering his puliti.
cal affiliations aud the geography of
his residence il would rot he unwise
Tor those gentlemen VIII are think
ing the matte. ovcr and surveying
The field with Il view of pluckiug the
cot EreSsional plum to take Mr.. Gu
into the calculation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

Ny good friend Mckie, of the
Biloxi Review, one of the best edited
papers ia Mississippi, thinks the use
OF ''l' IN the place Of the old-time
editorial "we' is "egotistical." 1t
is not intended so by the editor of
The Commonwealth. 1t strikes me.
that it could not be more egotistical
than ''we, when 1--WE" undertakes to
play the role of universal critic and
general censor of every other editor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

Unless an effort is made to cleanse
the town and insure good health to
the people there is nc use trying to
get factories or anything else. Men
Will not bring their families to a
place where disease is likely to break
out and kill them.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

There seems to be a great demand
for Dewey. Every town in the coun-
try is asking him to visit it. l.
should like to have the old fellow
visit Greenwood, but | think too
much running around will be unfor-
tunate for his reputation. 1t will
get so after awhile that every
'cuSsed' little city in the country
VIII be using him for big day attrac-
tiOnS,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20
BUSINESS NOTICE.

Mr.. Ii. +. Crosby has sew.
cred his connection with The
Commonwealth. He goes tc
as-llme editorial control OF
the Greenville Times. If he
succeeds az he deserves, the
Times will blossom like a
green bay tree and be a fac
tor in tho affairs of the State.
TO THE POINT.
There are many accounts
due The Commonwealth for
subscription and otherwise.
Mr., Crosby's withdrawal
from the paper renders it i'm
peratiye that they be closed
at the earliest possible mo-
mellt, and tOtlat end we most
earnestly request our patrons
to come npand settleat once.
1t is a small matter TO the in
diyidual subscriber, but in
the aggregate it is consider
able.
Trusting that our friends
will respond promptly,
am very truly,
JAS. X. NAHDANAN.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

The city is improving some of the
streets with ebert. Wish the Dads
would walk down River Front "and
see what it needs"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

The man who is capable OF meas
uring his own limitations Is fortu-
nate indeed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

The cup is still with us. The COL
umbia defeated the Shamrock badly
last Monday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

Billy Bryan Is not 50 sick after all
He will persist in Disappointing hi.
enemies.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

1t is said that Bob Taylor is max
ing $50, 900 a year lecturing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20

Take the ballot from the niger
and the a C problem is settled.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1899-10-20
organ, publishes 4 special telegram
from San Francisco which saws:

.. ..L, , -
'p "'
from san Francisco when says:
j.. The Call tomorrow will reproduc
in fac smile a letter written by "
!, +. BRYAN in 1899 tn !, Sterling Mo,
t"t'' III "li'c'' ne >tates' - ass"i
=. ,hc Office and not The honor that n,
tracts me"
The Call will also print an atidayl
nf \ reporter to whom Mr.. Bryan de
uicd he had ever written such Il let
ter. The letter Is AS follows:
"LincrlH, Neb., Jan. II, 1889.
''Tu Hon. :. Sterling Morton, Ne
braska CITY. Neb
dear fricnd:-Iour Kind letter t,
Mr.. Lease WAS received and delivered
| think II was well received. Ih,
i. :, was judtciOuS, ] think. | AN
grateful IT, you lGr your endorsement
Had he>ltated to write you because
dislike soliciting aid.
II assure you llIal 1t IS tie money
that IS in the ottre and not the tIono'
that attracts me. II successful II
getting 1t, Will tIde me over by be-
ginning here. NItl regards TO the
ladies' am yulls very truly,
"N j. BRYAN.
prpop~rr s,uru,s ,~rr,n,vtr
Following is the reporters atlida-
VIZ
CorSTy or LANCASTER
i'c''9 w. ''n't"' d newspaper
Nch. hpInu dulv sworn. SAYS that an
NesdaF' sept ~ A. II. 1879. lie IN
in Limo, and ,h,t durinr said in.
ttrEIeW and IN response to the qu S
nry,n had eyor said hn v,ntoa osco
for the money there was in it and
Joniad nasi.innIn .L"t ,a t',d c.an
made such an assertion.
P'"','' l"''nol "S'','' ''|'
Bryan expressed Il wish not to be
I"'''" Us "'hA 'hE "i'aN ne ''au ever
here IA, in II and NOT for fine honor
"hENRf t. SMITH
This 2l day If nrtnhpr 4 y
lN"',
,,ynta,n. pnlI,, -.
,dnttti,u ,l,, prr,n u.ro+o +1o
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
HELD IT UP WITH A SMILE OF
TRIUMPH.

Never again in all my life will l
make fool of myself by attending
bargain sale." she gasped. as the tears
came to her eyes. Il didn't want those
pins, as | told you, but l had a Curl
osity to see them. They are just what
l thought they were-brass crow-bars,
with points so dull you couldn't stick
EN- into pumpkin pie. Oh, yes, they'll
go to the very last paper, and every
woman will hurry home to brag to her
husband of what a tremendous bar
gain she got Think of a lady using
thTee-cent pins around her house, when
the cheapest second girl or cook would
be ashamed to ask for anything under
seven! There's a lawyers wife with
$500 sealskin on, and l know her
dress cost a hundred and her hat at
least twenty-five, and yet she's got her
elbows into everybody's ribs in her mad
desire to buy five papers of pins at q
saving Of four cents a paper! I'm 60
ing home. l just dropped in to see the
women make idiots CT themselves.
When you catch me-
At that instant her eye caught sight
of sign reading: Finest perfumery
at 10 cents bottle, and she shut her
teeth, stuck cut her elbows and made
a dash at the crowd. She was elbowed
in return, but she persisted, and she
would have reached the counter but
for grand old dame who blocked the
way. There was no passing a bulk of
240 pounds in that jam. The grand
old dame had muscle as well as bulk,
and when she found the little woman
on her shoulders she shook her of,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
AN ATLANTA spy.
Nobody Knows Whether Man OF
Woman.

In the spring Of 1864 Atlanta was full
Of Gen. Johnston's officers and soldiers
An uneasy feeling prevailed in every
circle, and it was feared that the Fed
erals might any day make a forced
march or a raid and surprise the city.
Still the people faced the situation
courageously. They had passed through
so many dangers that they were not
easily frightened. The sullen boom Of
sherman's big guns could then be
heard forty miles away, but Atlanta
maintained her usual serenity outward
" and gave no sign Of her secret mis-
givings.
The theatre was then on it's last legs,
but occasional performances were lib
orally patronized. One Of the star at
fractions in a strolling company at that
time was a pretty, black-eyed young
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
SQUAN CREEK FOLKS.
Jep Jones Tells How Abner Green Played 1T Low
Down on the Mourners.

Abner Green was Tair to metxsSn with
The oyster tongs, and he could firt as
many CLAIMS out of the mud with his
toes as any man in Squan Creek, but
he was no liar He tried his level best,
but after three years of it he couldn't
lie 1or shucks. He thought he could,
aid that was wAere the trouble all
started. He got up lie about a whale
anItold it to a stranger. and that
eyeger hunted up Adiniron Nisbitt
laid:
nrossss going to buy a lot of real
20. b Squan Greek, but I've changed
Wind. You amt no liars here. A
oridsalled Abner Green has just bin
WV ~ me sample and it's the poorest
He i ever heard"
deGen Adiniron goes and hunts up
,sner and says:
what you tryin' to do? Do you
want to ruin this town? You are no
(1iar, and what possessed you to try
ard show off to that stranger is more'n
I can understand"
Haven't I a right to lie?" asks Alb
her.
"Skassly. You might lie around home,
but you ain't good huff liar to lie in
public, and particularly to a stranger
Dog gone 1t, but you've sot this town
back ten years."
That made Abner vexed and hunili-
ated and he went to plaDnin' for re-
venge 1t didn't occur to him that
natur' had anything to do with liars.
He argued that anybody could reel
Of whoppers and make a reputation if
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
FOR WOMEN ONLY.
A Bargain Counter Would Draw Them From
ihci, Dying Beds.


The little woman had left her home
at an early hour in order to avoid the
rush and have her pick of the bargains,
but she reached the store to find five
hundred other women ahead of her.
She pushed, TANNED, crushed and
el6owed, and had got within ten feet
of the fifty-cent stockings marked
down to seventeen cents when a tall
woman on one side and a red faced
woman on the other lifted her up and
gave her molten which dropped her
at the end of the corset counter and
clear Of the press.
well, I'm glad of it," exclaimed the
little woman as she Strengthened her
hat and borrowed two pins to make
temporary repairs to her dress. q
ought to have known better than to
come down here This bargain coun-
ter business is all a cheat, and I'll be
glad to know that all those women will
be swindled. Just look at EN-, will
you! They are almost tearing the
clothes off of each other to get those
stockings. l didn't intend to buy any
oh, no! l know all about fifty cent
stockings marked down to seventeen
cents. They are simply fifteen-cent
stockings marked up to seventeen.
They are not fast-dye and they've been
kicking around the store for two or
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

presume l could square up with actors
anG printers and hotel men, but as l
haven't got it, why should | bother?
The other day an actor who is nv
creditor to the tune of $240 offered to
release me for IS cents in spot cash. 1t
was a grand opportunity to wipe out
an old debt, but alas, | had only 40
cents to my name and couldn't take
advantage of it. | was feeling rather
dumpy last week, but things have hap
pencd to make me think luck is coming
my way again. I've got hold of a play
certain to make a tremendous hit, and
If ! can get it on the road in the spring
to hit the farmers | won't envy the
man with silver mine. Bound to be
bit, sir-bound to be. The heroine
IS farmers daughter, and there's a
barnyard scene, sugar bush, tvs
straw stacks, a quilting bee and live
COW to be MIXED in front Of the audi
ence. It will cost about a thousand
cellars to get ready for the road, but
the profits will be at least $3.50 per
week for twenty-six weeks, and an
other year I shall probably go into
grand opera
CHARLES B. LEWIS.
Copyright 1899, by the International Lit
erary and News Service)
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

on and waiting for US, but we never
got there. l had SIS in my inside
pocket to carry my company on to for
tune, but some base wretch entered nv
room as l slept and stole it all. and we
We're shattered. Napoleon might have
retired into Obscurity and never been
heard Of again. Three months later I
was backing the grandest melodrama
ever staged. You talk about luck. but
see how it fairly climbed all over me!
An uncle died and left me $3.50; the
author Of the piece accidentally met me
when he had spent his last dime; | had
scenery which could be used for the
piece; | knew q dozen actors and act
resses WHO were living on air. Why.
sir, it was like fishing $4,000 out Of
the sea. l descended from a garnet to
the Darlor floor; I let 90 of beer for
champagne. If any man had offered
me $4,000 for my seasons profits I
should have turned him down. We
started out with flags flying and the
band playing and never a cloud on our
horizon. We should have opened to
twelve hundred dollars in Syracuse, but
1t rained cats and dogs. At Troy the
theater had burned down. At Roch-
ester everybody had the small box
scare and at Buffalo there was a grand
torch light procession, a circus and two
fashionable weddings to knock US out.
1 counted On Oswego to pull rs out of
the hole, but the sheriff had closed the
theater and our career was ended.
There are managers, l hear, who can
face crash and smile at dozen ac-
tors left dead broke two hundred miles
from home. That is not me at all. I
had to maintain certain dignity, Of
course, but it could always be seen
that my heart was full OF pity. Instead
Of jumping out, as managers often do,
| invariably called the company to-
gether and sought to satisfy them that
only circumstances was 10 blame. 1t
takes both moral and physical courage
to DO this, and you have a right to feel
proud Of yourself when all is over. The
leading man Of a busted company al
ways wants to punch the busted man
2gel S head. You'd naturally think the
villain would be the one, but he sell
dom or never is. On the contrary,
being a villain, he is always prepared
fer disagreeablo surprises. When the
hero and the lover has got through
shaking his fist under your nose and
making dire threats the leading lady
comes forward to give You a whiri.
An hour before she was making women
week as she played the injured wife,
and they were amazed at her humility.
There is no humility in her compo-
sition as she tackles the busted man
ager. He can't talk back. When she
wants to know how she's going to pay
$40 hotel bill and find S12 more to
get back to New York, he finds Moth
ing in the English language to solve
the problem. The character old man
has caught the audience with his
benign face and gentle speech, but they
ought to hear him 90 for the busted
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19

daylight tomorrow mornin' the record
shall be busted all to smash. Jest go to
bed and be calm in your mind and
leave this thing all TO u.s.
That was one of the most memoir
able nights in Squan Creeks history.
When the men watchin' with the dead
got fairly started the lies they told
would have made old Annanias turn
green, and over at Moses Reviews
house the shingles had to be kept wet
to prevent a confiagration. They lied
about pirates, buried treasure, whales,
sharks, turtles and dozen other
things, and they didn't give no liar
time to blow hic nose and cough and
fgger on how to work up a climax.
Between o'clock in the evenin' and
daylight next mornin' the six watchers
told fourteen lies apiece, and they were
all long, sleek, belieyable lies. Durin'
the same time the pall-bearers told
twelve lies apiece. They fell short be-
cause one of 'em had toothache and
another had to go home for an hour,
but every one of themseventy-two lies
stood out like a white cow in a. dark
night. 1t was jest CROWN daylight
when Deacon Spooner, who was one O.
the watchers, finished a beautiful lie
about fndin' sixty gold watches in an
old boot on the beach and said:
"Feller-citizens, kinder feel that To
like to gaze on Abner's dead face afore
l go home. Abner was no liar, but he
would allus lend his fish-hooks."
The Others, agreed with him, and the
coffin was opened without consultin'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-02-19
gave her couple of digs, and some
what assisted by cross-eyed woman,
heaved her clear of everything.

gave Aci d CUuuie Ol UlSS, anu SCIle-
what assisted by cross-eyed woman,
heaved her clear of everything.
"Oh-h-h! but If / ever meet that
woman in society won't | make her
heart aehe!' exclaimed the little wo-
man with sob in her throat as she
got back to her old place. How
dared she dig me that way. What
impudence for her to stand there and
snuff and sniff and dawdle around and
keep everybody else away! l hope she
bought a dozen bottles Of that per-
fumery. l know all about it. | used
some on my handkerchief once, and
it burned holes in it. My cooks young
man gave her bottle, and she put
some on her eyebrows and lost every
hair. Perfumery at 10 cents a bottle!
Why, Billy pays as high as 81 bottle
for mine, and he'd have me shut up
for lunatic if l took home such a
bargain as that. Look at 'eml They
are growing worse and worse! That
woman with the 5000 diamonds in her.
ears is fairly crying because she can't
get at those 10 cent curling tongs which
have been marked down to four The
man who originated the bargain coun-
ter knew Womankind better than any
one who has come after. He knew
The little woman had been gradually
pushed along from the corsets to the
silk skirts, but had valiantly contested
every inch of room. Her eyes now
caught a new sign over at the bargain
counter. 1t read: Hair brushes, only
u cents She gave utterance to a lit
tie shrek of surprise, rallied all her
forces, and women were hurled right
and left as she made her way into the
crowd. 1t was an effort born of des-
peration, and it was crowned with sue
cess. She got to the hair brushes, and
med about she held her place until she
became a possessOr. When she was
cast cut of the crowd it was at a point
far distant, and she was as rumpled
as a hen which had been caught up by
a whirlwind. She had been victorious,
though, and she was happy Taking
the hair brush from its wrappings she
held it up with a smile Of triumph and
exclaimed:
MY husband won't believe it when
tell him! Only 81 cents for this hair
brush. Last week I was pricing them
at dozen different stores, and ones
like this were thirty cents at every sin
gle place! I'm so glad | came"
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the wilder. Five minits later the doa-
con appeared among the paIl-bearers to
say:
We've Jest opened that coffin and
durn my buttons if it amt full O. dirt
instead of Abner Green! Gentlemen of
Squan Creek, we've bin throwed down,
and we've bin throwed hard"
There was rush for Abner's house,
and the twelve liars was standin' over
the coffin lookin' at each other when
Abner hisself walked in. He had his
hat On his ear and was whistun': "A
Hot Time He looked at the crowd,
and the crowd looked at him, and bime-
by Deacon Spooner says:
'Abner Green, what's the meanin' of
this So
1T means that there is other liars on
the beach," says Abner as he yells up
the stairway for his wife to come down
and get breakfast.
That day the Liars club held a
special meetln, ana so Gid the Squan
Creek Inyincibles and the fire depart
ment. Later on there was public
meetin' in the town hall. Excitement
run high ana men sweat their collars.
1t was felt that Squan Creek was pas
sin through the crisis OF her history.
and that she was saved was all OWN
to Deacon Spooner. At the town hall
meetin', after speakin' for two hours,
he introduced a resolution as folders:
" Resolved, That the principles for
which our forefathers fit and died still
animate the population of Squan Creek,
and that the rights and liberties of a
nation shall continue safe in our
hands,"
CHARLES B. LEWIS.
Copyright. 15S9, by the International
Literary and News Service.