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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18

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10 the John A. Salzcr Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and they will send you free a sample
Of this Wheat and other farm seeds, to-
gether with their great c%atalog, worth
$4,000 to any wide-awalie farmer. Tx. Lnj
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18
It curns While You Walk.

Aliens Foot. Ease is a certain cure fol
hot, sweating, .%callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all l)ruRglgts. Price 25c. Don't
aecoptany substitute, Trial package FREE.
Address Allen s.. 0lmstcd, lie Roy, N, Y,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18
A Michigan man has invented a device
which offers relief to milkmaids. 1t is

a cow-tail holder, and consists of a de-
vice to clamp upon the legs of the ami
NAL, with a flexible connection with
another attached to the caudal member
of the milk purveyor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piloa,
Your druggist will refund money il PAzo
OINTMENT fails 70 cure In 6 to IA days, 50c.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18
FEEDING THE OPEN
Movable Shed Which May Be Con-
st~ructed--Is a Great Saver Of
the Feed.

1t is often necessary, or at least con-
venient, to feed cattle in the open field
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18

There should be no objection to a nun
smoking cigarettes ii he is alone and hap
pens to have a grudge against himself
thlcngo SIM.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18

Greenville will keep clean, IL pos
sible, and in pursuance of this deter
mination the second steam laundry Is
under construction. That splendid
delta city will make an aggressive
campaign this year for factories, and
hopes to eclipse the excellent record
OF last wear
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18

during the summer
and fall months. In
doing so a large
quantity Of feed is
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18

Track laying on the M, J. & X. G..
railroad has been resumed since the
bad weather of February, and is now
down to Dewey, south of Houston. 1t
is not thought that trains will be run
through from Mobile to Middleton be.
fore September or October.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18

There is an opening In Mississippi
for every man who is willing and
anxious to all such an opening and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18

The ice, snow and accumulated
water On the headwaters of the
Mississippi river will soon test the
strength OF our splendid system OF
leyees. Those in position to know,
express perfect confidence In their
ability to withstand any water that
may come against them. For a mum.
Der Of years the work Of ~perfecting
and strengthening the system has
been carried on without cessation,
and It is now believed that they are
as nearly perfect as 1t Is possible to
make them.
Buy your goods from home mer.
chants and patronize home people
every opportunity. They are the ones
who will help you In adversely and be
glad at your The Chicago
department store pays no taxes or III
any way helps to support Mlssissippi
Or her institutions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-18

The Columbus Progressive Union,
an industrial organization that brought
to the city something like 100000
worth of factories last year, is to be
revived and an effort made to do
equally az much during the present
year. Columbus made an excellent
record last year and is becoming one
of the most prominent manufacturing
cities of the State. There is still plenty
Of work for an active industrial or
g~anization to do, and the city should
not let the Progressive Union die by
any means.
Newport daily independent., 1905-01-03


 Mrs. P. V. Ferguson returned home to Little Rock Monday, after a visit to home folks.
 Miss Imogene Randy left for Little Rock Tuesday noon, where she attends Maddox seminary.
 Miss Carrie Stevens has re- turned from delightful several months visit to her aunt in St. Louis.
 Mrs. Edyth Johnson and two children, who have been visiting at Hot Springs, arrived horne Sunday night,
 Misses Kathryn and Rina Price and Mary Bailey left Tuesday noon for Searcy to resume their studies at Willis institute.
 Invitations are out to a dance in honor of w. T. Parish at the home of MT. and Mrs. w. A. Billingsley Thursday evening.
 Mrs. Henry Schott and, little daughter Hortense of St. Louis came Sunday for a few weeks visit to Sigmund Adler and wife.
 Misses Hilda Bailey, Irma Hooker and Annie Dutton left Sunday for their school at Nash- vile, Tenn. They were accom- panied as far as Memphis by Roy Dutton.
 Misses Minnie and Agnes Dowell, the attractive daughters of s c Dowell of Walnut Ridge, arrived Monday and are guests of Misses Ray and Lucy Bran denburg.
 Mrs. Robt. Carvell and w. B. Carvell of Allensville, Ky., were expected Tuesday afternoon over the Rock Island for a two weeks visit to the formers son and lat ter's brother, J. D. Carvell.
 Miss Genevieve Rutherford, who has been visiting her parents at Batesville, was in the city Tuesday returning to Augusta, where she is governess to the children of w. E. Ferguson.
 Mrs. Flora Kimberlin of this city and MT. Williamson of Texas were married at the home of Fletcher Kimberlin at Claren- don at 2 o'clock Sunday after noon, Rev. A. M. R. Branson officiating.
 Mrs. Fletcher Kimberlin and daughter Ray, after visiting in this city for ten days, left for their home at Clarendon Satur- day afternoon. They were ac- companied home by Mrs. Flora Kimberlin and two children. T. J. and Max Gregg left Sat- urday night for Joplin, Mo-, heinz called there by the death of their sister, Mrs. Delmar Wise, which occurred at her home in that city Saturday morn ing. The bereft have the sym pathy of our people.
 c. A. Windau writes the Inde- pendent from Prairie du Chien, Wis.,, that he has just returned from a trip to New York City, where he disposed of a nice lot of pearls, and has moved to a farm five miles out of town aud is enjoying rural life.
Newport daily independent., 1905-01-03

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CnIiSImas week parties at Mill ms Alley would prove pleas fable. O4dtf Miss Mary Johnson returned from short visit to Little Rock Monday night.
 For Sale One large sideboard, practically new. F. s. Hess, 1923 Pine street. 07dtf Mrs. B. R. Tyler, we are sor- ~ry to state, was reported on the sick list Tuesday.
 To be healthy, which is more than to be wealthy, try bowling at Millions Alley. O4dtf
 Mrs. T. B. Stewart will enter tain the Round Dozen club to- morrow afternoon.
 Joseph M. Berger and A.. Arndt spent Sunday and Monday with relatives at Jonesboro.
 James Blackwood left Tuesday for Fayetteville to resume his studies at the state university.
 Miss Dove Erwin left on the early train Tuesday for Searcy sesume her work at Galloway olldge.
 Miss Birdie Darling of New |ort| is in the city visiting her riend, Miss Oma Warren. - Batesville.
 Lancelot Minor came up from Hot Springs Friday and spent he day with his mother, Mrs. Emma Minor.
 Mrs. E. R. Walker of Vanndale anne Sunday for a visit to Mrs. Fannie Robinson and her many Newport friends.
 A. N. Grogan of Newport was khe guest of his son-in-law, G.. N. Smiley Saturday and Sunday. Augusta Citizen.
 Misses Valera and Julia Skill Tern left for their home in Searcy Sunday, after a few days visit to Miss Dove Erwin.
 Miss- Allie Adams, who has cen visiting relatives at Even ing Shade fer the past week, ar rived home Monday night.
 B. B. Bond and wife arrived home Monday night from spend ing the holidays with friends ill Columbia, Tenn.
 Miss Ruby Blackwood left Sun day for her home in Clarendon, after spending the holidays with relatives in the city.
 Misses Ruth Wallace and Jamie Irby left on No. 7 Tuesday, returning to school at Gallo. way college, Searcy.
 Mrs. N. B. Wishon and son re. turned to their home in Little Rock Saturday, after a several days visit to Mrs. I. D. Price.
 The friends of MT. w. B. Elm pie are glad to know that he is about able to be out again, after a chill and two days sickness.
 Positively no goods charg. ed during our clearing sale, beginning Jan. 2nd.
 WolH-G Goldman Mere. Go, Mics pparl ,entZ of Kennett,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18
CARPENTERS STROKES TO DE1vE A NAIL.

How many hammer strokes does
carpenter use in driving a nail
Perhaps not one carpenter in a
thousand or one layman in ten times
that number can tell, or ever thinks
of it. The truth of the matter is this !:
The carpenter takes seven strokes in
driving nail into ordinary wood,
and twelve regular strokes and two
finishing taps in driving nails into
hard wood.
These figures are furnished by a
man who works at nights, snd sleeps
or tries to sleep by day, and whose
bedroom window opens out upon a
fat building in course of erection.
He figured the average number of
hammer strokes for nine mornings,
and, having learned them moved to a
hotel until the new building is COM
pleted.
He discovered that the carpenter
drives an average of three nails a
minute in soft wood and a fraction
under three in hard wood. At this
rate he would drive I,44o nails day
in soft wood, if he keeps up the gait
steadily, and 1889 in hard wood.
He would give 10, ,oSo hammer strokes
in soft wood and 20, 100 in hard
wood. Chicago Tribune.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18
MEANNEss OF SOME OF THE RICH.

here submit, writes Cleveland
Maffett in the June number Of
.SucceSs, that there is reason for a
certain severity of judgment touching
the very rich, especially the ostenta-
tious rich, because the great sums
they lavish on pleasure and show are
spent sel6shly and for selfglory, with
only harm resulting, and, further
more, because many of our million
aires are neither very generous nor
very public spirited.
When I say they are not generous,
1 am putting it mildly for there is
evidence enough that some of them,
when there is no question of display,
are positively mean. Of course, it is
notorious that many of the rich are
scandaIously slow in paying their
bills. 1 recall one instance where the
wife of multi-millionaire (she was
afterwards divorced) took no notice,
month after month, of bill amount
ing to over twelve thousand dollars for
her daughters wedding trousseau,
and the bill was not paid for more
than a year after the ceremony, and
only then because a resourceful col
lector ''held up" the multi million
aire himself in the street one day aud
finally got his check.
I know a rich man who lavishes
thousands on his stables and art col
lections, and yet grudges his daugh-
ters pocket money. And lady of
my acquaintance once crossed on an
ocean steamer with two rich women
in the ultra smart set, who put their
maids in the steerage to save few
dollars, and protested angrily when
the purser told them they could not
have the services of their maids un-
less they transferred them to the Sec
cond cabin.
l have been told of several rich
women in the smart set, two of them
very rich, who are wont to haggle
over prices in the shops as if they
were in genteel poverty. One of
these ladies, whose snowy Newport
fetes are widely proclaimed, tried, on
a certain occasion, to beat down an
estimate for favors, candle shades,
&c., that she wanted in hurry for
dinner dance, and having failed in
her efforts, she finally exclaimed ::
"Why you oughtn,t to charge me
cent for those things Think of the
advertising you can get out of it |!
If you treat me right I'll see that
your place is mentioned by all the
reporters II
And another, whose husband is
one of the richest men in the world,
actually wept, it is said, before
Fifth avenue dressmaker in her plead
ings for a reduction of fifteen dol
lars on the price of a garment that
she simply had to have, but couldn't
afford, she declared out of the small
allowance made by her husband.
When l was at Newport last sum-
mer people were laughing at the latest
petty economy of this same husband
who is certainly one of the "closest"
of our idle millionaires. He had
heard of new aluminium paint, war
ranted to keep shiny without much
rubbing, and he had given orders
that the brasses on his beautiful yacht
be smeared over with this paint SO
that he might reduce his payroll by
the wages of two sailors previously
needed to clean these brasses. This
mans income must be at least four
million dollars.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18
A TRIP TO THE MOON.

How would you like to take trip
to the moon 1t would be long
journey, taking more than six months
if you went with the speed of an ex-
press train; or if you travelled with
the swiftness of ball from modern
cannon, it would take about as long
as trip across the Atlantic in a fast
steamer. Under average atmospheric
conditions, large telescope gives US
view of the moon as it would be
without telescope at distance of
300 miles from US.
The necessary outfit for the journey
must be much more extensive than
for any trip on the earth, even the
trip to the North Pole. There will
be no chance ito live off the country"
In addition to warm clothing and food
you must carry with you all you need
to drink, and the problem of keeping
II from freezing or thawing it out if
frozen will not be an easy one to
solve. There is practically no air on
the moon and you must take supply
for breathing. If you expect to make
a fire and cook your dinner you must
take, III addition to fuel an additional
supply of air to keep your fire going.
But, suppose that in some way you
are landed on the moon with sup
ply of things necessary for sustain
ing life. If you are on a part of the
moon on which the sun is shining,
yon will marvel, perhaps, first Of all,
at the dazzling of the sunlight and
the intense blackness of the shad-
ows. Everything in the shade will
be in almost total darkness, as there
is no air filled with little dust parti-
cles to scatter the sunlight SO that it
may illuminate the places out Of the
direct path of its rays.
And what a sense of desolation
will present itself to your view The
Desert of Sahara would look like a
luxuriant park in comparison with
the lunar landscape. Not blade of
grass, not tree, or brook, or lake
nothing but a vast, stony, silent des-
ert. There are plains, not quite so
level as our Western PARTIES, and
a great number of mountains, most of
them much sleeper than those on the
earth; they are not grouped in long
ranges, as our terrestrial mountains
generally are, but are scattered all
over the surface singly and in irregular
groups. Most of them are shaped
more or less like our terrestrial vol
canoes, and they probably were vol
canoes ages ago, before the noon
cooled off.
If you happen to land on part of
the moon where it is early morning
you will have plenty Of time for ex-
plorasion before night comes on. The
sun rises and sets as it does on the
earth, but the time between sunriseand
sunset is nearly fifteen of our days.
Then during the long lunar night
our earth will act like the moon, and
will light up that part of the moons
surface which is turned toward it.
Only there will be this curious off
ference it will not rise and set, but
will remain nearly stationary in the
same region of the sky. From the
side of the moon which is always
turned away from us the earth, of
course, can never be seen at all.-S.
Wich0l0S.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18
MATERNAL INSTINCT OF FISH.

"The female fish has no maternal
instincts whatever" said ]. NeviD, of
Madison, superintendent Of the State
fish hatcheries. 'In fact the fish is
the most unhuman creature in exist
ence, that is, of the animals which
have any degree of intelligence at
all.
'Perhaps it is we'll that it is so, for
if the parent fish took care of their
young as other creatures do the wa
tiers Of the earth would be filled with
them in a very short time. Under
natural conditions not one egg in
million ever becomes a fish year
old. AS an example, I have seen
female brook trout go up into the
spawning places and spawn their eggs
and then turn around and deliberate
ly eat them.
"For the past few years l have
been much interested in experiment
ing with bass and studying their
ways. Here the male parent has
some maternal instincts apparently.
He builds the nest for the female,
some little pocket with a gravel bot
tom protected from the strong current,
but with plenty of fresh water, then
hugs or pushes the female into it.
The eggs are spawned by the female,
who swims away and leaves them to
their fate. The male fertilizes the
eggs and then for few days watches
over them, tanning them occasion
ally to insure circulation of fresh
water and keeping off other fish who
would devour the eggs. The male
fish have been known to follow the
little fry for several days, protecting
them until they were able to care for
themselves.
81 have seen school of say 1900
bass fry devoured in five minutes by
a few sun bass or perch minnows.
Under the care of the fish hatcheries
from so to 65 per cent. of the eggs
become fish fry. How many of the
fry live to be year old or SO after
they are planted in the streams it is
very hard to determine. 1t depends
SO greatly upon conditions that no re-
liable estimates can be made"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18
KEEP UP YOUR ENERGY.

Never allow your physical standard
to drop. Keep up your energy. Walk
as if you were somebody and were
going to do something worth while in
the world, so that even stranger
will note your bearing and mark your
superiority. If you have fallen into
a habit of walking in a listless, indo-
lent way, turn right about face at
once and make a change. You don't
want to shuttle along like the failures
we often see sitting around on park
benches or lolling about the streets,
with their hands in their pockets, or
haunting intelligence Offices and won
dering why fate has been so hard
with them. You don't want to give
people the impression that you are
discouraged or that you are already
falling to the rear. Straighten up,
then Stand erect ! Be a man
You are child of the Infinite King.
You have royal blood in your veins.
Emphasize it by your bearing. A
man who is conscious of his kinship
with God and of his power and who
believes thoroughly in himself walks
with firm, vigorous step, with his
head erect, his chin in, his shoulders
thrown back and down, and his chest
we'll projected in order to give large
lung capacity. He is the man who
does things.
You cannot aspire or accomplish
great or noble things so long as you
assume the attitude and bearing of a
coward or weakling. If you would
be noble and do noble things you
must look up. You were made to
look upward and to walk upright,
not to look down or to shamble along
in a semi-horizontal position. Put
character, dignity, nobility, into your
walk.-SucceSS.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18
TEARS AND SMILES.

The skies cannot always be clear,
My dear
The merriest eye must still have its tears.
The clouds that are frowninR above us today
VIII presently break and go floating away,
And the skies will be blue that are sullen and
Ny dear
We can't have just happiness here,
My dear,
You would never be glad If you ne'er shed a
Mydear;
The sorrow that turks in your bosom today
Like the cloud, when you've wept, will go hoat-
And the the skies win be blue that are sullen and
s'"'' My dear.
If it's going to rain. it will rain,
No matter how bitterly we may complain,
Myde0r:
There are sorrows that every good woman must
There are griefs in which every good man has a
It is only the fool that has never a care,
The skies cannot always be clear,
My dear.
Sweets wouldn't be sweet were no bitterness
MY dear;
There could never be joy If there was no sorrow.
The eobs OF today may be laughter tomorrow,
And there's gladness as well as vain troubles to
NY dear
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18

Mr.. AND Mrs. James E. Reinhold,
of New Holland, Pa, have family
of fourteen children, thirteen of whom
are girls. The fifteenth died num-
Der of years ago.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18
ENGINEERS "JUMP FEVER"

In a party of locomotive engineers
who were talking about old time fell
low craftsmen reference was made to
one old timer, who had come to
his death through " jump fever"
whats Jump fever?''' inquired an
outsider who was interested in the
conversation.
lump fever ," explained the
engineer, sis sort of hallucination
that affects some engineers and leads
them to leap from the cab to escape
a supposed impending collision. It's
mostly freight engineers that are at
fected. On long runs out West a
freight engineer may be thirty-six
hours at the throttle without much
chance for rest, owing to mishaps.
He gets sleepy, and dozes in the cab.
All of sudden he wakes up, but his
faculties are scattered and, what with
lightness of the head and the motion
of the cab, he gets an idea that col
lision is about to happen. In a semi
conscious state he dives out of the
window, and the chances are he's a
poner when he lands. The engineer
we referred to had done the trick
twice, but he was killed the third
time, out on the Santa Fe road.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18
WHERE HAVE THEY GONE.

What has become of the old.fash-
ioned man who carried shot bag in
his pocket to keep change in?
Who wore barn door trousers?
Who kept boot jack to pull off
his boots?
Who had his trousers lined with
unbleached muslin?
Who wore along linen duster when
travelling?
Who carried an old fiat carpet
bag?
Who creased his boots on Sun
day?
Who wore shawl?
Who wore watch cord with watch
key fastened TO it?
What has become of the old-fash-
ioned woman who kept bodkin in
her workbasket
Who basked custard for tea when
she had company?
Who made impressions around the
edge of pies with key to make them
look fancy?
Who wore calico sunbonnets with
pasteboard Stats?
Who wore Shaker bonnets?
Who seasoned apple pie with all
spice?
Who used indigo to blue the water
when washing clothes?
What has become of the old-fash-
ioned people who poured tea in the
saucer and blew on it to make it
cool?
Who drank sassafras tea in the sp.-
ing to purify their blood?
Who had to learn to like tomatoes?
Who saved old rags to trade off to
the tinware peddler?
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-11-18

A FATHER, in reproving his son,
said sternly to him Ibid you ever
see me doing such thing as this
when was boy o.