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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
INDIAN TERRITORY STONE.
Coming Demand for Building Mate
rial VIII Be Filled by Tisho-
mingo Quadrangle.

AS the population of the Indian terri
tory increases, al its towns grow, and its
Industries multiply, there Is sure 10 be
demand for good structural material.
That there is abundance of excellent
building stone In the TishOmingo quad
rangle 10 attested by Mr.. Joseph A. Taft.
author Of the ~Tishomingo geologic folio
mo. 49,, recently published by the
United States geological survey.
The Tishomingo granite, which is
exposed over an area Of about 100
square miles in the Tishomingo quad
ransle, makes a handsome building
stone and viii bear a smooth polish
that makes it available as a stone for
ornamental purposes. 1t is usually
rather coarse in texture, with a pink
iah d" reddish cast. II varies, how
ever, IN both texture and color, rang
ing from a coarse crystalline to q
ftne-Gsalned rock. and from pale pink
10 red. In places the granite has
been introduced by a great number of
diEes of di2base, varying from a frac-
tIon Of an inch to 40 feet In thickness.
The diabase Is generally fine grained.
Is either dark blue or black in color,
and makes a very effective stone for
ornamental work. In parts of the
quadrangle the Tlshomingo granite is
faulted and Joined 10 such an extent
that it cannot be used as a building
stone, Elsewhere 1t occurs as a mas
siyc rock from which large blocks of
valuable stone can be quarried. 1t
occurs most abundantly in the central
part OF the quadrangle, and is crossed
by branches Of the St. Louis and San
Francisco and Rock Island railroads,
North and west of the granite in this
quadrangle Is an area which contains
a large supply of limestone suitable for
building purposes, This rock is hard,
not exceedingly tough, and varies
IN color from light blue to a cream ,
white, The Goodiand limestone is A ,
nearly pure, massive bed Of white lime
stone, well situated, and structurally y
disposed for use, but generally too soft b
weak for a good building stone. 1t :,
$ considered an excellent lime pro6uc- ,
ns rock and is found on the border of .
ne extensive timber belt Of the Trinity :,
'ahds, where fuel for burning lime is 9
lbundant. !
lhe price Of this folio is 25 cents. y
L may be obtained on application to the y
.lrector Of the United States geological =,
urYey, Washington. D e Il
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
QUAINT ENGLISH CUSTOM.
Pancake Tossing Ceremony That
Comes Down from the Days
Of Queen Bess.

There is probably no old English cus-
tom so rich in interesting memories nc
the pahcake-tossing ceremony of which
the hall of Westminster school was the
scenerecently says the Westminster Ca
zette, The custom, which Is known IN
the boys by the unaesthetic name of
crease has an unbroken history
when takes us back to the days of Queen
bess, when as many as 300 bows womb
scramble in II tumultuous bean far
the possession of a solitary oreske
Heneage Finch, first earl of Noting
nam, groyelled with the rest long wears
before he subsidized into the no less cov-
eted Woolsack, John Dryden, the par.
sons boy from Northumberland
struggled on the floor with the Young
christopher Wren; and from the crowd
or pancake~snatchers In l74S Won misht
have picked out William Cowper. War
ren Hastings and Charles Churchill all
very small boys, to whom the pancake
loorhed much larger than the laurels
they later won. And among the scram-
bling crowds Of other years were John
Locke, Charles Longley destined to be-
primate of all England), Edward
dihbon, Lord Raglan, and many another
boy who was to win much greater tro-
phies in the world outside the school
walls,
Then think of the stories those walls
tell had they but tongues. Ed
ward the C0nfessor watched the build-
ng of the arches upon hichthe school"
King John was signing Magma
when the very walls which re-
choed the boys shouts this morning
cyan TO rise on the site of the dormi-
ory In which generations of Benedie.
ne monks had slumbered. BOYS were |
their lessons In the same hall
before Oliver Cromwell was born,
for three centuries all the classes
I Westminster school were held where d
ID pancake is tossed to this day. Il
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
SHOEBLACkS OF OLD TIMES
A Common Feature Of London Street
Life In the Seventeenth
Century.

u has often been pointed out that
many Of the developments and Ro-calIed
Inventions which the nineteenth cen
tnry witnessed are really reyivals Of ap-
pIlancea that were familiar. in slightly
different Euise, to people of the eight
ecnth or the seventeenth. The author
or 'ByBoue London Life recalls the
shoeblack Of the seventeenth century as
"A common feature Of London street life.
The shoeblack's equipment consisted
pf a stool for the customers foot TO
rest upoh, strong brushes of boar brig-
Ties and q jar containing a mixture of
whale oil and SCOT, Later the black
Ing was made Of i%yory-hlack, very
coarse, moist sugar and water with a
little vinegar.
Two other necessary implements were
a Knife and an old wig, with the
knife The incTusted dirt was scraped
away, while the wig was invaluable for
wiplng off dust, wei mud. or any other
obstacle to the free application Of the
backing.
These old shoeblacks must have ac-
duired considerable dexterity in the ex-
ercise Of their calling, for in days when
fine white cotton stockings and shoes
with bright buckles we're the only wear
Tor a gentleman, the operator needed a
eye and a quick hand to black
the shoe without solling the immaculate
stocking or smearing the polished
The bootbIacks were then. as now, an
race, In the old streets
there were far more opportunities of
soiled, Given a wet day. in
narrow, roughly paved streets, without
oot-paths, and thronged with carts
trays and coaches. how could any pedes-
Ran hope to keep his shoes, or, indeed,
part OF his attire clean? In addi-
ion to their chance street custom the
hoeblacks also had much regular work
private houses, as the backing of
noes at home was then a general prac-
ice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.
immense Export Trade of 1901 and
1909 and Increased Yield of
Southwestern Fields.

The heather sat in darkness in =
parts Of the world until the exnorts a.
lion OF American petroleum began
mere are remote towns in the inter,o,
OF China where the name of Amar,c,
IS hardly known, but where tha ~
boxes containing petroleum that ara
brought from the treaty ports ar.
nailed with delight as vehicles of li9bt
ana warmth, the true gospel Of lifo
FOR over ten years the export trade of
me United States has been increasing
steadily and rapidly. The wears 1oo7
ana 1902 have been unusually nros.
porous ones in the annals of the in.
dustry. The exports of petroleum and
It's products in 1902 amounted to I OfA-
233,GO1 gallons.
This large amount was less HOW,
ever, by 14,S40,91S gallons than tbo
number of gallons exported in 1qo1
On comparing the separate exnorts
FOR the years 1901 and 1902 It will hn
seen that there is a considerable fail.
ing on in the naphtha and illuminot.
products in 1902, and an increase
IN the amount of crude, lubricatine
ana residuum products. The great
Increase in the crude production is in
he fields Of the southwest and west
and it is not surprising, therefore
mat lS'4So'35S gallons of crude petro.
cum were exported from Texas ports
turing the year 1S02-a quantity that
represented nearly 10 per cent. of the
0tal crude exported from all ports.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
French Csbbace

French cabbage is a dainty dish from
a homely vegetable. Wash we'll. drain
ana remove the stalk from a white cab
page then cut the cabbage into inch
CUBES. Melt one rounding tablespoonful
OF putter in a saucepan. fry in it slowly
lof TWO minutes q small teaspoonful of
ninety chopped onion. Add the cabbage
a good dash of pepper, a teaspoonful of
SAT- and three rasps of nutmeg. Cover
anu OOH over a slow fire for Is minutes.
Use a pancake turner to lift the cubes
ana turn them often to prevent burning.
race on a hot dish, garnish with crou-
.ohs made by buttering two slices of
bread, cutting 1t in small squares and
1t in the oven.-Rural New
Yorker.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
AS LONG AS MOTHERS THERE.

My fathers he's n travelling man.
He travels every here,
He's been 10 Europe and japan
And seen the Russian bear.
He stays at home q week OF so,
Or msbby just a day,
And then the first thing that you know
Hes got 10 W away.
Were Away glad when fathers here.
tic brings us lots Of things.
Hes been all over. pretty near.
Ana he's seen queens aud kings.
We hardly seem to miss him. though.
And things 30 On all right.
For mother bolts the doors. YOU know.
Sc Wen be safe a. .@.Eht
We seem, somehow. 20 get along.
All teelln' pretty gay:
Ihere hardly anything goes wrong
w men fathers far away
lie very Kind and yer, good
And wed be awful glad
To have him stay here n no roul5-
but sun things ain't so bad
sometimes when mother goes somewhere
Ana don't come home tha, night
mem when It's pretty lonesome ,h,r.
anu nothing seems just right
glad boys mothers needn't En-
To travel far away
AZ seems about q month or so
when mothers gone a day
- r. hiser. In Chicago Record. Herald
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
ARE IDEAL HoUSEKEEPERs
German Women Regard the Duties q,
the Home in the Light of
Science and Art.

Dorothea 0 Schlegel, the clevs,
wife of a great husband and the daugb.
ter Of a great man, was often urged IN
lay down her knitting needles ana
take up her pen. She replied, 'Tbers
are far too many books In the world
and far too few stockings" Mrs. Louise
]. Min, in "Wooings and Weddings o,
Many Chimes" says that this remark II.
Illustrates the point of view of many
German women.
with most German women house.
keeping is both a science and an art
The woman who is daily and hourly
engaged in science and art Is not a
woman of stagnant mentality. Her
kitchen is her laboratory. Her linen.
room is her studio.
The average German housewife does
as much work as an. but she makes
far less fuss about 1t than most. She
does no dirty work. There is neve,
any dirty work for her to do, for dirt
is only matter out of place. The good
German housekeeper never displaces
anything, never allows anything to mis-
place itself. 1t is a fine lesson in good
breeding to see a German woman make
a cake or brew a cup.
In the early seventies, in Chicago
| knew a German family. From the
breaking of their bread to the seeing
of their bread baked, from the dining
room to the kitchen was an easy ster
for the child-stranger within those
simple German gates. And | had my
first and greatest lesson in elegance
and the grand manner when | watched
Frau Won Ritter pickle peaches.
II was a sermon on high thinking
and rich living. She was SO cool, 50
dainty, so unfinished, so self possessed
so CHEEKY, but SO dignifed, so every,
thing that had supposed impossible tic
be in a kitchen. Although l was only
little girl, / realized that this simple
German housewife had In both he1
mind and her manner many fine anG
high traits, which were often sadly
in the mothers OF others of my
playmates. Most of them were womer
lavish wealth. but not one of then
could ever hope to wear her diamonds
With half the distinction with which
his German woman wore her spotless
'ookingapron.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
Agnosticism of japanese.

NTE
When the Jap became civilized in
the accepted western sense he lost HE
laiIh IN the divinity of his ancient re-
llglon, which, it is true, had become sad.
~ perverted by the priesthood ua
ald not hesitate to discard the suner-
natural elements of the national faitb
"hlle retaining its mora code as an
admirable philosophical rule of ,ifa
IN a word he became as a skeptic who
accepts the philosophy of Jesus with
out accepting his divinity or ,nsnirod
mission Thus civilization made H.,
Jap an a~gnostic without being ah,o ~
proselyte him to Christianity. TIL
superior japanese places the tescbinns
Christ alongside those of Rnddha
Confucius, Mencius and the otho,.
spiritual philosophers of the or;o,t
and, while trying to live moral lIvos
shrug their shoulders at the "sunarst,'
ions" OF religionists. whether westar,
Or oriental.-Atlanta Constitution
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
THE REAL COWBOYS LIFE.
They Still Exist on the Great Froa
Cattle Ranges of the
Southwest.

superintendent Mangum, of ,be
w ranch in New Mexico n,ssnd
through the city the other day en- ronta
10 san Angelo for a few days vacation
says the Fort Worth Record. In rom,
'ersation regarding the cattle bnoi.
ness IN New Mexico, he said.
when n gets out there he zoos
.ne oid-iashioned cowboy, with bic
blankets and ~tarpaulin for his he'd and
ms cover, with a long ride around No
i'hes for his duty and with an me,
o0t-ol,door life the year round, II Il
nor like the ranches of Texas with
thelr ranch houses and their stronr
wire fences and little or nothinr IN do
the year round except to have a pood
time and ride a good horse. II is tho
real thing when you cross the line and
get on the free range. We are crazing
ABOUT 5000 head on a range of terri,
tory of 400 miles square.
The lines must be ridden NJ al,
tlfnes and in all kinds of weather.
tfe rougher the weather the more mead
loF the riding. When the storms STRIKE
the cattle they begin walking and all
the cowboys cannot stop them while
inc storm lasts, In this season of the
year they drift south. We have two
arlft fences, put up by the cattleman
the south Of the range. one sc miles
iong and the other 70 miles long: these
help to keep the cattle in range
The range for the winter will he
very good, but we may suffer from the
want OF water. If we can get water for
cattle we will get through the win.
Ter with very little loss-at least that
Is my opinion. We never feed in this
range winter or summer. The horses
ride feed on the grass. When We
get up the bunch in the spring and
DICK out our mounts we have to cot
ne hair on most Of them. The horse
nat doesn't need the hair set is not
North the riding. | would not live in
town for anything you could give me
Jnt there we never see a house from
days end to the other, The head.
of the ranch is on the breaks
rom the Pecos valley to the plains
M the cattle feed on the plains that
each from the breaks to the noun. |
aims. It's hard work, but it's free
ahge, on government lands, and the {
attle do well, considering. | do not I
now but that it is the cheapest in the Y
ing run" a
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23

seemed stale and lacking of the proper
ingredient to the people OF s%andhurst.
Captain bob" said Miss Cynthia.
addressing the master of the schooner
saiome, az they sat on the porch Of
MISS Dodd's cottage. "it'a high time
you were settling down"
Capt. Dasidge admitted the fact. He
was a. years old.
"fhen,' said Miss Dodd. why don't
you marry Cecilia Craig and do IT,"
1ae captain intimated Il doubt as 10
Mas Craig having him.
Miss Cynthia rubbed her nose yex.
eddy.
why, you've never asked herr
she cried You couldn't expect your
schooner TO sail II you didn't hoist
Your canvas, could you?"
The captain shook his head and said
lie would try some day.
He needs rousiug," murmured Miss
Dodd, looking after him.
Captain Bob and Miss Cynthia had
been friends for years. Every time !
his schooner came TO Sandhurst he
paid her a visit and naturally she felt
a deep interest in his settling down
She had, herself, i%ntrosueed him to
Cecilia Craig, whom she felt would
make him n most suitable helpmeet.
But. despite the encouragement of
Miss Dodd, the suit tagged. TO use a
nautical expression. IL was plagued
with head winds. At the end of A
year apparently nj progress whatever
had been made. and Miss Cynthia, be-
coming nervous, impressed Thomas
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
SHOE REPAIRING SUPPLIES.
Household Kits Of Cobblers' Tools Are
in General Use Throughout
the Country.

II was not so very many wears
ago, said a dealer in shoe gpDnlies
TO a New York Sun man, that You
va" IN every cobbler's shop a side OF
Sole leather, or, 1t might be. a roll NJ
Such leather standing over In one cor
heF' the stock from which he cut his
supply OF soles, as he needed them. in
repairing shoes, But now from many
thousands of such shops this once ia
hllIlar feature has disappeared. In.
stead the cobbler buys soles already
cut out. ~
Cut soles are made in A great va
rely Of sizes and shapes. The cobbIer
can now buy cut soIes and get exactly
what he wants for less than he can
hry the leather and cut them ont him.
self. N'"
ABOUT 30 per cent, of the cobblers
or New York and this part of the coun-
Try now buy cut sOles; in the sonth
no" about rs per cent. buy them In
me west about Is per cent. of the cob.
piers buy them. They are apparently
more progressive there than the nan.
pie Of the east.
h Is accounted for. | supnnsa nv
'Ne tact that there are more new com.
munities there, and towns startint
ne" are likely to start with everything
modern II you were going to install,
a new plant Of any sort you would nut
IN the very latest styles of machinery
while In older communities they cling
more to old ways.
ana IN the west. too, cut solcs are
sold to people who mend their own
Shoes. Taking them altogether. IN all
parts OF the country there are many
thousands who do this.
FheFe are plenty of people living
scattered about the land who wou1d
have to go rs, so. rs miles. to get a
coOhier' and this wouldn't pay. Or
they may mend their own shoes for
economy's sake.
IN old times the farmer or other
mead OF a family who did this work
mad for 1t an i%mprovised set of tooIs
In these days he buys a household
KIT OF cobblers' tools.
In no trade has there been n ereat.
r. advance than in that of shoe mann
.acturing. And no trade has been
more highly specialized. For examine
mere are concerns that make nothine
'ut shoe counters, and other establish.
nents that turn ont nothing but boot
ma shoe heels; and there is one
'ig western concern that makes
but kits Of cobblers' tools
arning out Of household kits and
theT sorts a car load day.
"A good many kits Of cobhlers' Z
ools? Yes, a lot, | know, but this 10 ,
big country with lots of people in T
, and there are other lands to SUNNY :
We'll, the farmer or other man :
no mends his own shoes buys in +
lese days a household kit of cobhlors' ,
'ols, and he can also buy cnt soIes p
just what he wants, and all /
andy to use" +,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
" r,,r "
MISTAK OF
CYNTHIA DODD
BY j. c. PLUNIhfER


FF''"} bAiy htFFf run Col
THINK, Miss" said the hired
man, while wedding out Miss
bodd's garden. that old apple tree
ought to be cut down. 1t takes up
room and don't bear"
II wonder why It doesn't bcar?" gaid
Miss Cynthia Dodd.
'Beehnse,' replied the man, 1T is
al alone. Trees like eomp'ny"
But Miss Dodd did not have the tree
cut down, 1t DID not seem Just for her
10 DO 30. Was she not alone and of
iltJe consequence to the community?
F"fhaps there was n tfiHe legg of sun
hhlno In that day to Miss Dodd. SO
many women around her had hug
bands aAd children about their heels.
and she could see from her window
several apple trees In clumps with tho
fe'i iruit on their branches. Miss
Cynthia caught herself Blghlng that
day, Maybe the old apple tree had It's
blue days,
At no time had Snndhnrst spectlat-
ed ON the chance of Miss Cynthia mar.
rying 1t seemed an accepted fact to
The folk Of that port that she would !
live and die a splnster. Men might
escort her to and from church, visit,
may, walk with her by moonlight In
senuestercd pathways, and yet the
gosaipy tongue Of Sandhurst never
hinted at Miss Cynthia having q lover.
u was not that she was particularly
plain Of feature, for she wasn't; her
manners were agreeable and her heart
wtls the kiHdest IN the world, hut the
TACT remained that she had never had
"A lover, md SaRdhurst, while loving
her hugely, believed she never would
Having no personal interest In love
o. marriage, Miss Cynthia felt tiie
deepest possible interest In tho loves
other people. She delighted to bring
Jack 10 his Jill and to follow, perhaps
their feet along the pathway of
.opa TO a joyful ending. A marriage
Mi8s Cynthia had not been IN
some way concerned would have I
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-23
USE OF ARTIFICIAL FUELS.
Many Have Been Invented, But Few
Have Met with Any Appre-
ciable Favor.

Everybody who has spent any time
: on the continent Of Europe has noticed
the economy pract!ced by Europeans
in the consumption Of coal, and mar
yeled that the results should be so
satisfactory. To be sure, the lofty,
tombstone-like porcelain stove Of the
Germans has a chilly look at first,
and the cooler atmosphere of German
houses may give one a homesiek long
ing for the furnace-heated rooms OF
America, but gradually the open
minded stranger comes to look with
approval on the European arrange
mehts for keeping warm, and to won
der why his own people have not per-
celYed the beauty, the cleanliness, the
economy and satisfactory results that
some patent fuels have to recommend
them. That many a Yankee has
turned the matter over in his busy
brain is attested by a chapter on
artificial fuels in Edward W. Parker's
report on THE Production of Coal in
lsV2,' which is about to be published
by the United States geological survey
as an extract from the annual volume
OF Mineral Resources"
Prior to 1902 about 400 patents had
been issued in the United States on
artificial fuels, but up TO the close OF
1901 none had proved a commercial
success. Mr.. Parker gives a list of
United States patents granted since
January l, 1902. 1t remains to be seer
whether any Of them will be success
fully developed. The list includes 81
patents, but contains no mention of
fuels made from petroleum or petro-
Ieum residue, unless used in connection
with coal, Ignite or peat. Neither
does it include any compounds that
nave for their object the increase of
tuei efficiency, unless they are used in
the manufacture Of the fuel itself,
Ihree patents were used on briquetting
machinery.
The steady advance in the price of
less than 40 per cent.-which
las taken place since 1898 has stimu-
.ated experiments looking to the in
'entlon of artificial fuels. Results
obtained in foreign countries from the
Use OF ignite and peat in briquetted
.orm should encourage producers in
he United States to try similar meth
DDS Of manufacture. Small sizes of
anthracite coal formerly wasted are
indeed recovered now by washeries
rom the Old culm banks and utilized.
\ large amount of coal lost in the
orfn Of dust or finely pulverized
might also be put into con-
'enlent shape for domestic consump-
ION, and slack now wasted at many of ,
ne bltuminous mines in the United :
tales might be used to advantage if =
compressed into briquettes. There =
re many indications that the time is :,
OF lar distant when these neglected n
lei resources will all be utilized. ,,