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says: "For two years l had kidney
trouble and there was such a severe
pain through my loins and limbs that
l could not stoop or straighten up with
out great pain, had difficulty in getting
about and was unable to rest at night,
arising in the morning tired and worn
out. The kidney secretions were ir-
regular and deposited a heavy sedi-
ment. Doctors treated me for rheuma-
tism but failed to help me. | lost all
confidence in medicine and began to
feel as if life were not worth living.
Doan's Kidney Pills, however, relieved
me so quickly and so thoroughly that
gladly made a statement to that effect
for publication. This was in 1898, and
during the six years which have
elapsed / have never known Doan's
Kidney Pills to fail. They cured my
wife of a severe case of backache in
the same thorough manner"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured M. Bierbach will
be mailed on application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all druggists, price 30 cents per box.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
The Hog On thr Farm.

The hog should find a place In the
economical management Of every farm,
He will turn to good account many
things that would otherwise be iGal
either on a grain or grazing farm.
On the former, there are plenty OF
grazing spots and many other herb
erowths that will ~eqnalize the grain
ration of quite a number Of hogs a1d
send to market or to the farmers table
healthy and p~alatable meat. On the
grazing farm a little grain will fill out
The high albumenOid ration and make
fat animals.-Farmer's Home Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30

glass is a twisted piece Of white materi~
al, supposedly clouded glass, over which
is smooth transparent glass.
The glass was taken from Holland to
Yorkshire, England, and was brought to
Virginia from that family seat OF the
Washingtons, in 1857, by Col. John
Washington, the great-grandfather OF
Gen. Washington, a colonel in Prince
Rupert's army. The glass was used on
feast days and celebrations by the Wash
ington family, both in Yorkshire and III
Virginia, and was a prominent feature
in the christening of George Washing
ton, at the family dinner given by Mrs.
Mildred Washington Gregory, the aunt
and godmother of Gen. Washington, on
the 9Th day of April, 1892. At this his
toric dinner it was from this wine glass
that Augustin Washington, the father
of George Washington, not only drank,
but with it proposed long life, success
and happiness for his SOL George"
In later years it was used by Gen.
Washington himself at a dinner given
to him in Fredericksburg, Va, when he
stopped to see his mother o o after
the surrender of Lord CORVALLIS at
Yorktown in October, 1881.
During the period from 1882, the year
of the christening and the dinner after
the fall of English forces in America in
1871, the glass was continually used on
state occasions at the Washington seat
in Westmoreland county, the birthplace
of Gen. Washington, and in Stafford
county. opposite Fredericksburg, on the
Rappahannock river, where Mrs. Martha
Washington resided.
This relic descended from Mrs. Mil
bred Washington Gregory to DR.. Forbes,
her great-great-grandson.
The only occasion on which this glass
has ever been out of the possession OF
Dr.. Forbes, who came into the posses
sion Of it in 1859, was when Gen. Lucius
Fl. Warren took it to the centennial cell
ebration of the battle of Bunker Hill, In
Boston, Mass, in 1875, at the time of the
unwilling of the Bunker Hill monument.
The probable final resting place of this
glass will be at Mount Vernon, where,
at the present tiE1e. the only suit OF
clothes in existence that Gen. Washing
ton wore wa deposited by the late John
Murray Forbes, of lines Hill, Farquier
county, Va, the eldest brother of DR.,
Forbes tha nrpepDt puunr nf the glass
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
GLASS WITH RARE HISTORY.
1t Wa Used by Washington and Now
Is in the Possession Of a Phil
adelphia Professor.
Phnaaelphla pa spee!aI.

DR.. William S. Forbes, professor OF
surgical anatomy at jefferson college,
who lives at 9O1 Pine street, Philadel-
phia, is the possessor of a Washington
wine glass. which, he says, is probably
one of the ~best-known pieces of Wash
ingtonia in existence to-day.
OF this notable glass DR. Forbes gives
the following history. 1t vas made in
Holland for the Washingtons and bears
the w~elI-known griffin and rose in full
bloom with stem and leaves, parts Of
their eres:s and arms. IL stands 5A
inches high and the bowl holds two
ounce or four tablespoonfuis.
Running up inside the stem Of the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30

The southwest has cheap, good pas
lures; alfalfa. sorghum John on grass,
milo maze, Kafir corn, corn fodder,
oat and wheat straw. rice straw and
prairie hay in abundance on which Z,
found a system of profitable cattle
feeding. The improved stock are In
our midst We have begun to combine
these superior advantages. ContjUu-
II study of those peculiar conditions
will make the southwest the control
ling factor in the supply Of the worlds
heef.-TeXas Farm and Ranch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
NOT A vEsTlCE.
Nothing in Sight, But Much Had Gone
the Way of Extravagant
Living.

A notorious character who had run
through a large fortune through intern
perance had occasion to consult a doctor
regarding a supposed ailment in his throat.
The specialist made the usual examina-
ton with the ~laryngoscope, but failed 10
discover anything anliss.
Don't you seen anything down there"
asked the patient, pointing to his throat.
Nothing, absolutely nothing replied
the doctor.
Immensely relieved, the spendthrift, a
wag in his way, gasped out:
Nothing down th~ere-nothing? Why.
doctor, I've swallowed SIX houses in my
time. Isn't there as much as half a brick
OF EN- to be SEEM"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30

confidence, oreven whispering aloudthat
| had the aspirations of a poet. MI. SEX
ton, however, during my absence from
the city, called attention in the Mine
Workers Journal to my little book, and
| am now getting more %notoriety than
| expected"
There are only two or three love
poems in Memories" The last stanza
Of Blue Eyes" reads:
Such eyes: In their limpid beauty,
20 pleasant, and strong, and true,
Urging me on when duty
Geems more than my strength can do.
l KOHL and deem 1t a pleasure,
Yet pray that God may devise
For me a lifetime of leisure
To gaze in her sweet blue eyes.
A grewsome but realistic poem depicts
the horrors of THE Explosion 1t is a
true description of a colliery disaster,
written by one whose experiences fitted
him for the task, Here are a few lines
from the poem, which is a long one:
Hark! A rumbling in the distance
Strikes a terror to the heart.
Oh! How well they knew the meaning
vi lIldl GlSlhIll, ulsIldi lOdi.
Quick they drew their coats about them,
Threw themselves upon the floor.
Through the headings, Always, chambers,
Every open space it came,
With a voice more loud than thunder,
With a solid wall of flame,
Rails and sleepers. doors and b]rattice,
Cars and tlmbers, coal and rock,
Crushing, tearing. rushing, roaring.
Flew before the mighty shock.
stalwart men were but as feathers,
Driven with a cyclones ire;
Fast their flesh and sinews shriveled.
Scorched and roasted with the fire.
Some were hurled against the pillars.
Mangled, bleeding, dying, dead;
Arms and legs torn from the body
Bodies severed from the head.
There lives no fisherman, hunter or
pedestrian who has not on a hot day
blessed the sight of an old tin can rest
ing beside a cool spring. Mr.. Wilson,
in THE Old Tin Can" after describing
a spring flowing out of a hill, says:
| On a stone, within the shadows, sits a can
of ancient tin,
With a band of rust about II and a coat
of rust within;
But there's nothing God has given to ap-
pease the thirst OF man
Like a COOLING QrauBAt OIL water from that
old tin can.
The various stages of the life of o
colIiery employe are described in THE
Coal Miner"
A slight little fellow, not yet in his teens,
His arms to his elbows, tucked down in his
jeans,
goes whistling to his work, without
care 81 any kind to worry him. At 16
he is "wiry and strong" and wants a
full turf as a miner" The third
stage Is:
A middle aged man with a calm, pleasant
air,
HIS face and his brow slightly furrowed
with care,
Fighting life's battle with stubborn Will.
| Doing his work with a mastery skill.
The fourth stage is a g~ray-haired
man, walking about with a cane,
Telling with glee and a care for the truth
Great tales of the digging he did In his
youth.
A little later his tales live only in the
memory of those who heard them, for he
has zone where "all mortals as well as
a miner must go.
Memories was not printed for sale
merely for circulation among a few
friends of the author.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
WRITES GOOD VERSE
HOW NOTED MINE LEADER OBJ
TAINs HIS RECREATION.
William B. Wilson, Secretary of the
United Mine Workers, Known
as Miner Poet'-Speci-
mems of Els Work.
Indianapolis dnd.) Special.

~ENs'S N@ANst 5PFA4AAs
William B, Wilson is a name familiar
to the labor world. As secretary treas
urer of the United Mine Workers he is
a counsellor and adviser of John Mitch
elan able lieutenant, whose services
are appreciated. Few persons aside
from Mr.. Wilson's personal friends are
aware that he is a verse writer, having
the faculty Of expressing himself well in
graceful English. To quote him:
No great refined, poetic powers 1 claim;
No college learning snlooths my humble
muse;
Unknown to fortune, hidden far from fame,
simply sing because TO sing l choose.
But as | tune my rude, uncultured Tyre,
III sing the praises OF the multitude,
Whose toiling Drawn, and brain, and
hearts desire
Move ever for their fellow beings good,
These lines show that Mr.. Wilson has
a modest appreciation of his accom-
plishments. They are taken from the
introduction o a collection of Mem
cries recently printed by the author for
circulation among his friends, The
book is dedicated to his father and
mother. In the preface Mr.. Wilson
says:
This little volume has been printed
(not publishedl for circulation among
those intimate friends of mine who can
bury its poetlcal, grammatical and
structural defects beneath their per-
sonal respect for the author"
To a person who said he was a poet,
Mr.. Wilson replied with a smile:
"In a small way, writing verses, such
as they are, is one of my methods Of OBJ
tanning recreation. When the spirit
moves me l find pleasure in putting my
fancies and thoughts on paper. had no
intention of taking the public into my
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
FAVORED BY THE MIKADO.
Prince Fushimi, Commander of ia
pans Land Forces in Korea,
Popular in the Army.
Toxic (Japanl Special.

The japanese are proud Of their royal
family, and especially of Prince Fushimi,
who has recently been appointed COM
mander in chief of the mikado's forces
in Korea. Prince Fushimi stands close
to the mikado, and has always been con-
sidered the rulers personal representa-
tive In the army. In view Of his bril-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30

liant record in the past, both as a fighter
and as a tactician, great things are ex-
pected Of him In the inevitable clash
between the land forces of the contend
ing powers. The prince is In the prime
of life, hale, hearty and vigorous. He
made many friends in this country and
in England on the occasion Of his tour
around the world, sone 10 or IL years
ago. While in the United States he
visited San Francisco, Chicago. Wash
ington, Philadelphia, New York and
Boston. In Europe he was entertained
in London, Paris, Berlin and other con-
tinentai capitals.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
.aFun, IN d Country School.

During a spell OF zero weather there
was a hot time In the old township
school of S%turtevant, Pa. Some Of the
big boys imprisoned Miss Mc-se, their
teacher, In an clubhouse, and then burned
every text book In sight, closing their
sport BY playing football with the geo
graphical globe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
Teacher Has a Switch Stolen.

Police instituted search for a long
switch Of ripping brown hair that vas
stolen from the desk Of a woman teach
ar in a public school at Third avenue and
me Hundred and Seventy-Nin
street, New York. They calamity with
mid the name OF the teacher. Several
classroom doors were forced by the
thieves. 80 or 60 desks rummaged, and
a lot of postage stamps books, pencils,
and other trifes stolen. Also the teach
sr's switch
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
BALD HEADS COVERED
with Luxurfant Hair, and scaIy
ScaIps CIeansed and Purified
by Cutfcura Soap

Assisted by dressings of Cuticura, the
great skin cure. This treatment at once
stops falling hair, removes crusts, scales
and dandruff, destroys hair parasites,
soothes irritated, itching surfaces, stimu-
lates the hair f~ollicles, ~loosens the scalp
skin, supplies the roots with energy and
nourishment, and makes the hair grow
when all else fails. Complete external and
internal treatment for every humor, from
pimples to scrofula, from infancy to age,
consisting of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Pills, price 800. A single set is often suf-
hcent to cure.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
In the Spring.

Lowndes, Mo-, April 4th.-Mrs. Fl. c.
Harry, of this place, says;
For years / was in very bad health.
Every spring / would get SO low that |
was unable to do my own work. /
seemed to be worse in the spring than
any other time of the year. | was very
weak and miserable and had much pain
in my back and head. | saw Dodd's Kid
ney Pills advertised last spring and be-
gan treatment of them and they have
certainly done me more good than any
thing | have ever used.
Il was all right last spring and felt bet
ter than | have for over ten years. | am
fifty years of age and am stronger to.
day than | have been for many years and
l give Dodd's Kidney Pills credit for the
wonderful Improvement"
The statement of Mrs, Harry is only
one of a great many where Dodd's Kid
ney Pills have proven themselves to be
the very best spring medicine. They
are unsurpassed as a tonic and are the
only medicine used in thousands of fam
lies.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
4 Bishops letter.

r. II. Lomax, d. D., bishop 2ud Dist.
A. NJ. e, of Charlotte, N, C., writcai
~ recommend your peruna to all who
want u strengthening tonic and y very
effective remedy for all catarrhal com"
plants" T.. II. Lomax,
Ifyou do not receive prompt and sat"
isfnctory results fromth use of PeruIn,
write at once to Dr.. Hartman. giving y
fun abatement Of your case aud he viii
DE pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President or
The Hartman Sanitnrium, Columbus,
Ihtn
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30

Read Browns last novel YETI" "No;
Just convaIescing from his hrst!'-At-
ianta Constitution.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30

Up Against It.-"Russia will fight till
the skies fall" "0h, well, a good many OF
the skies, and also the --viches' and
the -skofs,' have already fallen."-
Puck
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30

The sprirg Is the best time TO trent cafarrh. Nature reHeWs hcr-
self every spring. The system is rejuvenated by spring weather.
This renders medicines more effective. A short course OF Per"na,
assisted by the bafmy air of spring, VIII cure old, stubborn cases or
cgtgrrh that have resisted treatment for years. EHerybody Shomd
.bave u COPY of DR.. Harfman's latest book on catarrh. Address lhe
peruua Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30
Mornvian Barley and speltz,

two great cereals, makes growing and
Mont, Ida, Colo, yes everywhere. and
add to above Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass,
reosinte, which produces 80 tons Of green
fodder per acre, Salzer's Earliest Cane,
Salzer's 60 Day Oats and a hundred Of
other rare farm seeds that they offer.
JUST CUT THIS OUT M RETURN IT
with lOc in stamps to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, and get their
big c~atalog and lots Of farm seed sam
pies. TX. IL
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-30

Tess-"Well, their engagement is off"
Jess--"The idea! 1t was only announced
yesterday, What did they quarrel about?"
thy of the other. Philadelphia Press.
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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-15
BA1TLESHIPS
RACE THE SEAS
American Navy Will be Given an
Endurance Test in Crossing
the Atlantic Ocean

tSpecial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
WASHINGTON, April 15.-Plans
have been completed for putting the
hattleships of the American navy
through such an endurance test as
no war vessel Of asy nation ever have
heen subjected to. Within a few days
the battleship squadron of the North
Atlastic fleet with several cruisers,
will be rushed across the Atlantic and
into the Mediterranean. They will visit
Triests. Villa Franche and Lisbon. and
will return early in August, again rae
ing across the ocean.
This is a part of the comprehensive
scheme for the improvement of the
navy worked out by the general board.
of which Admiral Dewey is president
It is intended further to impress the
world with the serviceability of the
American naval ships and develop any
weaknesses that less severe tests have
failed to reveal On his way to Eu-
rope it is probable that Admiral Bar
ker commanding the squadron. will
meet the British North Atlantic fleet
which is to be sent racing across the
ocean in a similar test of speed and
endurance.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-15
MEETING At
THE temple
Massachusetts, Republicans Select
Delegates to National
Convention
Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
BOSTON, Mass. April 15.-Sixteen
hundred delegates filled fremont
Temple this morning when the repub-
lican state convention was called to
order by Attorney General Herbert
Parker The conventios will name four
delegates at large and alternates to
the Chicago convention. BY common
consent it has been agreed that Sena-
tor Lodge, Ex-Governor Crane and eX-
Governor Long shall be three of the
delegates and indications point to the
selection of Colonel Everett c. Benton
as the fourth member of the delega-
ton. Strong Roosevelt Aeselutions will
be adopted and it is possible that the
convention may go a step farther and
pledge the delegates to vote for Roose-
welt in the convention.
The platform. while insisting on the
maintenance of protection as a car
dinal policy of the republican party
recognizes that the particular tariff
schedules are seither sacred nor i'm
mutable. The plan to incorporate q
plank for reciprocal arrangements
with Canada was defeated.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-15
BAD STATE
OF AFFAIRS
Big BaffalO Mine Has No PAY
Ore Says Mr.
Sweeney

Charles Sweeney OF Spokane. aspi-
rant for political honors. president OF
the Federal Mining and Smelling
company and also principal owner and
| promoter OF the big Buffalo and
other mining property in the Buffalo
Hump camp is in a hopeful mood.
He has great hopes for the future, es-
peciaIly for the Big Buffalo" mine.
He told the Spokesman Review yes
terday that I'VE have found no pay
ore on the Big Buffalo We may strike
| it yet, but so far we have been un-
lucky In the hump. Others have
good ore.
we are keeping at work steadily on
the tunnel of the Big Buffalo, and are
in about $50 feet, but shall have to go
700 feet further before we reach the
| ledge beneath where our workings
were in the shaft. We are on the
ledge now, but are not in pay ore. OF
course we hope to strike it.
I'VE shall not do anything on our
other properties i'm the Hump. but
shall confine our operations to the Big
Buffalo. If we find pay ore. all the
necessary machinery for mining will
be installed. but we are not figuring
on anything at present"
| 1t is too bad and is discouraging tc
know that Mr.. Sweeney is spending sc
much money in the Hump and on the
Big Buffalo and buying in other prop
critics and patenting claims and build
ing mills and building towns and still
working the properties and then tc
find out he has no pay ore in the Bis
Buffalo He is entitled to the sympa.
thy of the whole country. He should
not cast away his money on useles,
work. He should at once abandon th'
claims, but he has hopes and thes'
hopes are that he will get all the min
ing property in the Buffalo Hump dis
trict. buy all the claims in the camI
and then discover that the Big Buffal'
" the greatest gold mine in the worlt
and the wisdom of Charley Sweeney Il
heralded broadcast
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-04-15
OFFERED SCRIP
FOR FILING
Local Land Office Rejects it as
Conflicting With States
Priority Right

John j. Skuse, representing the Tur-
from Spokane and this morning at the
local land office offered for filing For
est reserve and Soldiers additional
scrip. covering 1000 acres of land in
Township 3S, north range east. The
scrip was rejected by the local Office
state has not expired. Mr.. Skuse will
probably offer his scrip on an appeal
which will involve the land in long
contested fight against any filings
made by the state 1t IS not known
what effect this will have on the state
until after they report what they have
filed on 1t is possible that the state
may not file on land that'will conflict
with scrip. 1t is known that other
scrip has been offered on other lands
in this township and should the state
make a blanket selection there is
likely to be some lively contests.
The local land office today rendered
several decisions on contest cases
which were tried recently. In the case
OF Eugene Tillitt, contestant VS.. John
w. Wilks, entryman involving 16O
acres of land near Forest, the recon-
mendation was made that the home
stead be cancelled and the findings
sent to the honorable commissioner
for his disposal.
In the case of John T. Bell. plain
tiff. VS. w. H. Hoffman. defendant,
involving 160 acres of land near Rus
sell. the local Office recommended the
cancellation of the homestead and Sent
IN TO the honorable commissioner fol
his disposal.
In the case of VIM. c. Boyd. con.
te.tant. va Geo. Utter. entryman. in
yolying forty acres of Land near Slick
| 200 the local ONCE dismissed the con
test leaving the land intact and II
favor Of Utter.