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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

and Francis Newlands, the present
senator, the third, His term will NOT
expire until March. 1909.
Mr.. Jones, a Welshman, was senator
from Nevada for 80 years, from 1873 to
1903, when Mr.. Newlands succeeded
him. He was not a candidate for an
other term, and his name was not pre-
scented in the caucus which chose Mr.
Newlands.
1t is an unusual thing for an Amert-
can state to have SO few changes OF
representation as Nevada. Oregon,
admitted only FIVE years before Neva.
da, has had 15 United States senators,
California. with 81 years of statehood,
has had 90.
Nebraska, admitted to the union
three years later than Nevada, has had
IA United States senators, and Utah,
which became a state only eight years
ago, has had five.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
FoorwoRK ON TIE PLANO.
"First Steps in Music. By a Youth.
full Artist with Too Much
Pedal.

Clifton Bingham, the author Of In Old
Madrid" is not himself a musician, but
his ear is delicate and sensitive, and moth
ing annoys him more than to hear bad
singing or bad playing says the New York
Tribune.
He was visiting a cousin Of his in Lon.
don, and this cousin has a son, a boy Of
IL or Is, who practices on the piano every
morning. The muscular lad, banging false
notes from the instrument with tire
mendous yigor, tried Mr.. Bingham not q
little.
What on earth are you playing there,
Jimmy" the song writer called from the
next room n morning,
IAN exercise from First Steps in
Music the boy answered.
Il knew you were playing with your
feet" said Mr.. Bingham, but would you
mind stepping a little lighter Oh the
keysf"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

cross of st. George, a golden sword Of
honor, and the rank of colonel. In
1884 Gen. Linievitch vas promoted 20
the command of the Eighty-fourth
regiment Of infantry. In 1889 he took
charge Of the T~ranscaspian rife brig
ade, with the rank of lieutenant gen.
eral. In 1895 he was transferred to the
Usouri as commander Of the local mill
tary district, and in 1900, at the time Of
the Boxer outbreak, he was ordered to
Manchuria at the head of the Siberian
army corps. He was In command OF
the Russian forces which operated
against Pekin in that year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
10000 Plants for Ice.

This is a remarkable offer the John A..
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, makes.
They will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed to
grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 delicious Carrots,
1900 blanching, nutty Celery,
1900 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
1000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to in
duce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them you will
grow no others, and
ALL FOR U Ice POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
if you will send them zoe in postage, they
will add to the above a package Of the IA
nous Berliner Cauliaower. liz. IL
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
cofins to Go with Troops.

The Third regiment, United States
army, now stationed al Fort Thomas, will
have as part Of its baggage, should 1t go
to Panama, rs collins. Quartermaster
jackson made requisition on the quar-
termaster's department for that number
of collins just for the trip. Judging from
the grewsome literature the officers and
men have been reading concerning the
climatic disadvantages coff.as may be
much In demand.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
BE Didn't Have to Prove 1t.

The other day a stranger stepped of
the train at Hopkins and said to a man
on the depot platform: Can you tell me
who is the best lawyer in this town. 81
am" replied the man on the platform,
without hesitation. The stranger seemed
somewhat disconnected by this display Of
egotism and gently said; Excuse me, sir,
but ] should like to have you prove it."
am the only lawyer in the town sir" And
Immediately the stranger got a lawyer
and the lawyer got a client.-Kansas City
journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
The Usual Way.

thine is precious said the moral
izer.
1T Isl" rejoined the demoralizer,
.and I've wasted lots Of It."
by INDUCING in foolish pleasures.
eh?" queried the party Of the preface.
'No," replied the other, "by being
punctual in keeping my appointments
With Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
beard at IetYerson,s Laks.

Joseph Jefferson has a lake well
stocked with fish on his Louisiana plan
tation. Not long ago ne came upon a
stranger fishing there. Stepping TO his
side, Jefferson politely invited his at
tention to the fact that he was fishing
In a private reserve, in violation Of the
Law. The stranger smiled sadly. You
are mistaken, sir" he replied. I'm not
catching your fish; I'm feeding theml'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
The farmer who has confined his ef-

The farmer who has confined his eff
forts to two or three staple crops does
not know how his farm would respond
TO some n or special crops,
This is a day Of specialities and
many men can make a success grow
Ing some special crop, who are not
now Exking a good living growing
sons II the staple crops.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
w, l.. DOUGLAS
s3so SO SHOES Y saBH

w. l.. Douglas
shoes have by their
excellent style,
~easy-ftting, q d
superior wearing
qualities, achieved
the largest sale of
any shoes In the
world.
They are just as good
as those that cost you
81 to S5--the only
difference is the price.
Sold Everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
DOUGLAS lises Corona
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
One Big Braid.

Towne-Her hair is positively golden.
Browne-So they say, but it seems very
strange to me. | knew her when she was
a little girl.
"Well?"
Well, 1t was merely plated them
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

Dolls are often displayed in the cot
tage windows Of Servia. They are put
up as a sign to 0 to wayfarers
that a manageable daughter dwelis In
the house.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

Gilbert-"I went to the lunatic asylum
yesterday" Noyes-'And they let you
come away? Perhaps the places were all
taken?"-Boston Transcript.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02
U Ice POSTAGE,

"Pa, how much is Mr.. Rockefeller
WORTH" "Oh, about a billion dollars, my
son" How much is that in d%oughnuts,
pa T"-Town Topics.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as a cough cure.-J. W. OBrien, 322 Third
Ave, n, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 6, 1900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

Just as you are pleased at finding
faults, you are displeased at finding per-
fectiens.-Lavater.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

Coltskfn, which Is eyerywhere cOnceded 70
be The finest Patent Leather yet produced.
Fast Color Eyeiets used. Shoes bymail. 25c. extra.
Write for Catalog. W.L.DOuglas, Brockton, Mass.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-02

To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
druggists refund money! it fails to cure. 25c.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
CHAPTER XVI.

Ia HREE weeks later the steam
barge Pole Star sailed down
the reach of Saginaw bay
~ Thorpe had received letters
from Carpenter advising him of a
credit to him at a Marquette bank and
inclosing q draft sufficient for current
expenses. Tim Shearer had helped
make out the list of necessaries. In
time everything was loaded. the gang
plank hauled in, and the little band of
argonauts set their faces toward the
point where the Big Dipper swings.
The weather was beautiful. Each
morning the sun rose out of the frosty
blue lake water and set in sea of
deep purple. The moon. once again at
the full, drew broad paths across the
painless waste. From the southeast
blew daily the lake trades, to die at
sunset and then to return in the soft
still nights from the west.
The ten horses in the hold munched
their hay and oats as peaceabIy as
though at home in their own stables.
Jackson Hines had helped select them
from the stock of firms changing local
ity or going out of business. His iude-
ment in such matters was infallible,
but he had resolutely refused to take
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
THE OLD p1ArK ROAD.

Only the Oldest people now alive have
ever seen an old plank road, and yet in
the pioneer days fifty years ago the
plank toll road was very common
thing all through Indiana, Wisconsin
and Michigan where timber was album
dant. We recall one forty miles In
length running from Fond du Lac, Wis,
to Sheboygan, on Lake Michigan,
through the virgin forests of that se.-
ton. 1t was built of three inch white
oak plank cut ten feet long and laid on
stringers on the graded surface Of the
highway, good road when new, but
when once out Of repair about as bad
road as could be conceived of. In those
days, before the building of the rail-
ways, the travel over this road was
something immense, and the tolls col
lected from travellers made it good in
yestment for the builders Some Of the
finest timber ever grown in the west
was used in the construction Of these
roads. There were also corduroy roads
In those days-roads built Of round logs
IN place of sawed plank, to ride over
which was sure cure for rheumatism
and dyspepsia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

shoulders. 1t confirmed the hopeless:
but sullen despair that brooded on the
white countenance.
At the hotel Thorpe, examining the
cut, found it more serious in appear
ance than in reality. With few
pieces of sticking plaster he drew it,
edges together.
Then he attempted to interrogate hi
find
"What is your name?'' he asked.
"Phil."
"Phil what?'
Silence.
'How did you get hurt?"
No reply.
"Were you playing your fiddle in ont
of those houses?''
The cripple nodded slowly.
"Are you hungry?' asked Thorpe
with sudden thoughtfulness.
Eyes," replied the cripple, with /.
lightning CLEAN in his wolf eyes.
Thorpe rang the bell, To the DO,
who answered it he said:
Bring me half a dozen beef sand
witches and glass of milk, and b.
quick about it,"
DO you play the fiddle mucF?" con-
tinued Thorpe. I"
The cripple nodded aa1f,.
Lets heartHhat you can do"
The, Gut my strings! cried Phil,
witt. passionate wall.
The cry came from the heart, and
fhorpe was touched by it. The price
of strings was evidently big sum.
"I'll get you more in the morning. %
said he. "Would you like to leave Bay
City,"
"Yesw cria1 the boy, with passion.
''Iou would have to work. You
would have to be chore boy in lum-
Der camp and play fiddle for the men
when they wanted you to-
''I'll do it," said the cripple.
"All right; then I'll take you" re-
piled Thorpe.
The cripple said nothing nor moved
a muscle of his face, but the CLEAN Of
the wolf faded to give place to the soft,
affectionate glow seen in the eyes of
setter dog. Thorpe was startled at the
change.
A knock announced the sandwiches
and milk. The cripple fell upon them
with both hands in sudden ecstasy
of hunger. When he had finished, he
looked again at Thorpe, and this time
there were tears in his eyes.
A little later Thorpe interviewed the
of the hotel.
81 wish you'd give this boy a good
cheap room and charge his keep to
me-" said he. Hes going north with
me-"
Thorpe lay awake for some time aft
err retiring. Phil claimed share of his
thought. ln an hour or so he dozed.
He dreamed that the cripple had grown
to enormous proportions and was over
shadowing his life. A slight noise out
side his bedroom door brought him to
his feet.
He opened the door and found that
in the stiffness of the night the poor
deformed creature had taken the blan-
kets from his bed and had spread them
across the doorsill of the man who had
him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
EDUCATION OUTSIDE COLLEGES.


A young man in Michigan desires to
be Informed how he can best get the
groundwork Of a scientific agricul-
tural education, he being prevented
by physical infirmity from attending
an agricultural college. We would
suggest that he first secure the bulle-
tins from the Washington and state
agricultural departments, which can
very easily be done at snail expense;
then if he could enroll in CORE
spondence school, such as is conSucted
by the New York Agricultural COLLEGE,
that would be a fine thing. He should
also take two or three of the best agri-
cultural Journals, and if he could in
connection with these helps get the
chance to work year for the most
successful and up to date farmer he
knows he could mingle science and
practice in the best manner possible.
II he is going to take up some special
ty, such as poultry or fruit or dairying,
he would do well to confine his studies
Along those lines, for awhile at least.
Special lines require special study to
insure success.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

'"Come with me-" SAID he. "and I'll
have your forehead attended to-"
the yes dcamed into his with a
sudden say, &c concentration. Then
their owner obediently arose.
Thorpe now saw that the body be-
fore him was Of cripple, short legged,
hunchbacked. long armed, pigeon
breasted. The large head sat strangely
top heavy between even the broad
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

With proper care it is entirely pos
stble to realize 81 head on a flock of
$50 hens on any western farm. In
this limited number they largely OBJ
tain their living as scavengers. and the
cost of keeping them is very small.
There is no $3.50 made on the farm
with SO large percentage of profit to
the farmer as this.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

There is an absolute scarcity of oak
lumber all through the country, and
not few enterprises are blocked for
the want Of it. ) We have been burning
up and saving up our magnificent for
ests for century, with no man plant
ing to replace them, and we are nsaiHi,y5ss
face 10 face witR<2-Iim6efs famine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

Good seed is the first step in securing
good crops, then proper and thorough
preparation of the seed bed. Ignoring
t. use things, many men work and fret
and fail, it being the same sort of fool
isbness which makes man expect to
raise good calf on sour separator
milk
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

The difference between happiness and
misery for many farmer in the north
west depends good deal on whether
he has a mortgage on some other fell
lows farm or whether the other fellow
has one on his.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

When you come across man who is
uneasy if he owes man dollar you
come across a pretty good sort of
citizen, even if he does not belong to
your church or vote your ticket.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

1t is not the big udder so much as it
is the wide udder-the one with the
teats well spread-which indicates the
good mixer,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

To be obliged to hunt for tool just
when one wants to use it in hurry is
hard on ones temper. The small boy
is not always responsible either for
tools or other things left out Of place.
The proper care Of things-the putting
of them where they belong-is just sim
ply habit, a habit just as easy to ac-
quire as that of leaving things kicking
around.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

A simplicity Of living which permits
dispensing with hired help in the house
is pretty good thing. Much company,
much style and all that, make slaves
Of women.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

There are no such things as tree
blackberries,. ever bearing strawberries
and hardy peaches for north Iowa and
Minnesota. If any agent tries to sell
you such things, set the dog on him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

A man in Missouri gave his daughter
two chickens and agreed to feed the
increase for her for four years. He
evidently didn't realize just what sort
of contract he had entered into, for at
the end of two years the girl had $64
egg money in the bank and 200 chick
ems for the old man to winter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
Minnesota has vast supplies Of fuel
locked up in her peat marshes. Some
day this peat will be utilized.

The majority Of men are followers,
not leaders. This is true on the farm.
If men would do more original thinking
and less initiating, they would accom-
plish better results.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

Better get along with the old wife.
Here is Mr.. Hans Ivers suing for di-
vorce. Lawyers show up in court list
of his observation-disclosures, moneys
and credits. Tax ferret gets list and
finds Ivers has been tax lodging. Re-
suit $4,000 back taxes as well as ali
mony for Iyers to pay.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

We know men who take far better
care Of their horses than they do of
their boys and take more pride in
them too. The scrub sires are not all
confined to the stockyards by any
means
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

A scientific Journal closed long
article on wild mustard lately by say
ing that If the western farmers only
knew what fine dish mustard greens
are they would eat all the mustard
up which grew on their farms. We
know Of some farms where the OLD
man and all his tribe would have to eat
greens all day and all night, too, to
make any impression on the crop Of
mustard raised.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

Future Improvement in the line of
agriculture will lie in the Improvement
of methods rather than in improved
facilities. About all that can be done
has been done in the line of improved
machinery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

Workmen tearing down q barn for
C. H. clapp at Fairfield Killed 4sl
rats in one day,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
EApM.0pCHAlpssG,,AppENl
BY Us WNIrG

A COW which goes dry five months
should do big business the other sew
en- in order to make her worth her
keep.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

Did you ever notice that the peculiar,
irregular and very attractive pattern
displayed on the tanned skin of the alli-
gator is exactly duplicated when var
nish shrinks on painted door or when
clay mud dries up in the basin Of a
slough? What law governs the forma-
ton Of ths iSs i:R gddi isss pattern
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

The monarchial herd of Europe needs
new blood. The present sires are old
rakes, epileptics, some idiots, an in
bred cancerous, unhealthy lot. Reyer-
ence for royalty is strong when intelli-
gent nations will worship at such fes-
tering shrines.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

We once had very fine climbing
rose-a Prairie Queen-which we al
ways laid down and covered up for
the winter. We used straw to cover
this bush one winter, and when we I'M
covered it in the spring the stems were
peeled clean Of bark by the mice.
Since then we have used earth and not
straw for this purpose.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

Orchard trees will bear to be planted
much more closely together in the west
than they will in the east, for the rea-
son that all western orchards are at
best short lived, and one need never ex-
pect to see there apple trees hundred
or more years old, such as may be
found in New York and the New Eng
land states. The trees in the western
orchard are further benefited by mod
erately close planting, as they afford
protection to each other from the heat
in summer, the cold in winter and the
force Of the winds of the prairie re-
gions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

You can't all buy cheap acres and
have them become high priced corner
lots on your hands. 1t is not at all
likely that you will have a rich uncle
die and leave you fortune or that If
you invest you will draw big prize in
a lottery. You must not expect that
everybody will love and respect you,
no matter how good you are. The
big haul OF money, the great streaks
OF luck, the maximum of popularity,
the best things in sight are not with
in the reach of the common everyday
man and woman and never come to
them. Happiness for such lies rather
IN regarding these things as accidental
and in the recognition of the truth that
bodily toll means physical health; per-
sistent industry and economy, fnan-
cial prosperity; fair, honest and cour-
teous treatment of your fellows, a
circle of honored friends; brave, out
spoken championship Of the right,
bitter enemies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

The woman man wants for wife
is not a Martha, all engrossed with
cooking, scrubbing and the cares Of the
home, nor a Mary absorbed with lit
erary tastes and ambitious to shine in
a social way, leaving fellow to wear
buttonless shirts and eat bakers bread.
There is a woman just about halfway
between these two types that fills the
bill.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

An experiment that will be watched
with good deal Of interest by all
those who favor the governments
making an effort to rescue even a
small portion of the once grand forests
OF the country is contract recently
made between the United States de-
partment OF agriculture and the Wey-
erhauser Lumber company of the state
of Washington, where 100000 acres
of the best timber left in the country
are to be hereafter supervised and cared
for under the direction Of the forestry
department. This will mean a care
full selection and culling, Of all timber
used, the prevention of forest fires and
the promotion of rapid growth of
young timber over all the deforested
portions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

Grant that the hog pays the mort
gage, buys The other forty and keeps
the boy at college, it is still no reason
why his squeal and grunt should dis
turb his owners daughter as she sits
in the hammock in the front yard with
her beau or that his odor of sanctity
should faint the summer evening air on
the front porch. Being hog and al
ways one, he should be kept in a hogs
place-out of sight, hearing and smell.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02

n T2OW, in August, however, the first
IMll turmoil had died. The "jam"
II vi had boiled into town, taken it
A( anart'' and left the inhabitants