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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

pull it out by the roots, and jump up
and crack his heels together like a
drunken shoe maker, and below as
though he was saying he was a bad
man from Bitter creek.
Well, at Akron, the keeper of this
elephant, Bolivar, had to go and see
a girl that he met when the show was
here last year, and settle a case of
breach of promise before a justice OF
the peace, and the boss told pa to look
after the elephant for an hour or so.
So pa took a pole with a hook in it and
sat down on q bale of hay to watch
Bolivar. 1t was one of those hot days,
and Bolivar stood dropping and per
spring, and wishing the show was in
Alaska, and pa was kind of sleepy,
like everybody in the show, when sud
denly that elephant whooped, and
swatted jeanette, his wife, a couple OF
times. and she cried pitiful, and pa
nut the hook in Bolivar's hide and
gave a jerk, and told him to hush up
that noise, but Bolivar just reared and
pitched and walked right through the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

came along, and when he saw pa with
watermelon and bluing water all over
him, and perspiration rolling down his
face, he yaid to pa: Why don't you
take your elephant back to the lot,
cause the afternoon performance is
about to begin" aud that made pa
mad, and he said: you go on with
your afternoon performance, and |
will have Bolivar there all right" and
then everybody laughed, but pa knew
what he was about.
Pa dropped his hook and went to a
hose cart and took a Babcock extin-
guisher and strapped it on hls back
and went up to Bolivar, who was tip
ping over some dummies in front of
a clothing store, and pa said: Boil
var. you lay down" but Bolivar threw
a seven-dollar suit of clothes at pa,
and beloved, as much as to defy pa.
Pa turned the cock of the extinguish-
er, and pointed the nozzle at Bolivar's
head, and began to squirt the medi-
Gated water all owe him. For a mo-
ment Bolivar acted as though he
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

I'm
DUFAUx FLYING MACHINE.
Remarkable Results of Experiments
with an Entirely New Type
of Machine.

The experiments which were re-
Gently made at Paris with the new
DufauX flying machine seem TO prove
that a considerable step in advance
has been made In this direction, writes
the Paris correspondent of the Scien-
tific American. Up to the present We
a scarcely point to an apparatus
which is able to rise in the air by
the force of its propellers alone, driven
by a gasoline motor, and carry a re-
serve of energy necessary to continue
its flight in the air, Such n ma
chine has been built by two young
engineers of Geneva, Henri and Ar
mand Dufaux, who are already known
| by their invention of the m~otosacochr ;,
| or gasoline motor outfit applied to a
bicycle. After working for some time,
they have succeeded in building a
helieoptere, or propeller flier,' which
will rise in the air as long as there
is any gasoline in the reservoir, ana
| the supply can even he increased, see
ing that the ilier will carry a dead
weight of 1872 pounds outside its own
weight, which is 3Si4 pounds. AT the
Aero club II is considered that the Du'
faux apparatus will no doubt aid
greatly in solving the difficult prob
lem of the heavier than air" type OF
flying machine,
The complete apparatus is represent
eG diagrammatically in the accom-
pauying drawing, showing the arrange
ment of the propellers, II II II H, car
ried by the steel tubular frame, Il Is,
and driven by the motor, NJ. The eX-
tensions of the frame are hollow rods.
a A, carrying at each end two plane
silk surfaces, s S s. s., placed above
one another and atfording a total sur
lace Of II square meters OlS,4 square
'eet). The triangle. A, Is a rudder
liked in front of the apparatus. The
,otal weight of the whole outfit is only
q kilogrammes (50.7 pounds),
In order to insure the stability OF
his combined flying machine, the longi'
udinal axle, A A, Is made free to 70.
ate round the transverse axis, b b,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

pieces at the proper distance. The
cross-piere of the base may be turned
about a pivot bolt into a longitudinal po-
sitlon, to facilitate the storing or ship
ping of the see-saW. Three parallel bars,
the upper one shorter than the other
two, are piyoted by means OF bolts be-
tween the two section OF the central post.
Vertical shanks carrying seats are piv-
oted to the two lower bars at their ex-
tremities. Two other vertical bars piv-
oted to all three longitudinal bars, ana
at the eXtremities of the upper, shorter
one. are provided with handle bars and
foot-rcsts. The see-saw is shown in
the drawings adapted for persons OF APP
proximately the same weight. The par
allel longitudinal bars are provided with
| several bolt-holes so that II is possible
to adjust the device for persons of vary
ing weight by shifting the bars length-
wise upon the posts. The operation Ia
| easily understood from the illustration,
The persons see-Eawing when In tho
seats as well as in mounting and dis
mounting, rest 'AelT Ieel upon the loot-
rests. and grasp the handle bars. Then
to operate The See-saw 1t Is merely nee
essary for the two occupants to push and
pull with both hands and feet, II de-
sired. in opposition to each other, This
sae-saw Is simple, light. and an inexpen-
stye article, which may be easily shifted
from place to place, while at the same
time afTording much pleasure and
au,4n,,,rf
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

May 6,-We had the worst time at
Akron last week and pa proved himself
a hero, though he was swatted good by
the rogue elephant before he got his
second wind and went for the animal.
We have a male elephant that is al
most human, cause he gets on a tear
about ono a month, like a regular
ugly husband, You can't tell when
his mind Is in condition for running
amuck, but suddenly he will whooT
like a drunken man, strike his poor
patient wife over the back with his
trunk and grab her tail and try tc
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

md the point of application of the mo-
i've force, that is to say, the crossing
Of the axes, A A, and B b, S near
er to the front aeroplanes, s, than the
rear aeroplanes. s.. The motor, NJ,
and the dead weight, N, moreover, are
always kept vertical under the infu-
snce of gravity, while the axis of rota-
lion of the screws may be inclined with
regard to the motor until they become
horizontal.
AS constructed at present, the ap-
paratus is intended simply to demon
strate the principle which the invent
orr are bringing out. Once this point
is proved successfully, the next step
will be to build a complete flying ma
chine of 100-horsepower, One of the
interesting points about the apparatus
Is the motor, which Is claimed TO be
q step in advance in the way of gaso-
line motors for flying machines. 1t
has been specially designed for the
purpose by Messrs. Dufaux, and Is OF
the two-cy1inder, air-cooled type.
The tests of the new apparatus were
made at the large balloon shed OF the
Aero club, in the suburbs Of Paris.
An endless cable was mounted SO al
to run upon four bicycle wheels, two
il the ceiling and two upon a beam
on the ground, thus forming a quad
rilateral Of which the longest side
was some IS feet high, and formed a
The work was attached loosely to the
cable by the framework containing the
motor. As soon az the motor was
started up, the machine rose by the
force of the propellers and mounted in
a vertical and we'll balanced flight up
to the roof of the shed, which was as
far as 1t could go, and 1t was retained
b. a trail-rope. In the open air there
IS no doubt that It would have risen
10 a considerable height. This ex-
pertinent was fande several times, with
equal success. Many experienced aero
Eauts, and especially those who are
intereste. in the aeroplane method,
were present, and they were greatly i'm
pressed with the way the new ma
chine acted. AS at present construct
&C.. the apparatus is only n part of
0 complete flying machine, and will be
used for the lifting movement. After
ward the inventors are TO add an aero
rIana which will nroyida for the horf-
zontal movement. Messrs. Dufaux are
now engaged in building a complete
aviator on the same lines, but this Ia
to be a large machine and will carry
an aeronaut. 1t is to have a motor
IF 100-horsepower.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

couldn't take a joke, and was going to
start off again, but pa kept squirting.
and when the chemical water began to
eat into Bolivar's hide, the big animal
weakened. and trumpeted in token of
surrender, and kneeled down In front
of pa, and finally got down SO pa could
get on his back, and pa took the hook
and hooked 1t in the flap of Bolivar's
ear. where is a tender spot, and he told
Bolivar to get up and 60 back to the
tent. and Bolivar was as meek as a
lamb. and he got up, with pa on his
back. and the fire extinguisher on pas
back. and marched back to the tent.
through the hole he had made coming
out. Thousands of people followed.
and cheered pa, and when they got In
the tent pa said to the principal owner
of the show, who had made fun of
him: Here's your elephant, and
whenever any Of your old animals get
on the warpath, and you want EN-
rounded up, don't forget my number,
cause | can knock the spots out of any
animal except a giraffe" The crowd
cheered pa again and he got down off
the elephant, took OFF his fire extin-
guisher. ard handed Bolivar a piece OF
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

side of the menagerie tent, and seemed
70 saw to the other animals: Come
on. boys; there is going to be some
thing doing" and the animals all set
nm a howl in their own language, as
though they were saying: "Whooper
nm. old man, and don't let them
monkey with you" /,
Bolivar went out in the street inc
moved a wide swath, with pa after
him. hooking him all the time, but ne
maid no attention to pa. He put MS
head under the side of a street car
loaded with negroes that had come 10
eee the show, dressed in their Sunday
clothes. and tipped the car over on tne
sida and the negroes crawled through
the windows and went uptown yeiiing
murder, while Bolivar went IN froht Oh
. rrocery store where there was a pie
~ watermelons, and began TO throw
them at the people in the street. n
the negroes thought an elephant was
not So bad, so they came back and mad
G feast. 40
rrocery. but Bolivar took half a
watermelon and put the red side on
ton of r.'s head, and sQuashed 1t down
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15
Flowing Salt.

One of the sights of the Great SAT-
Lake Of Utah. developed by the prog
ress of scientific industry, is the sys-
tenn Of immense salt-making ponds ON
the shore Of the lake. At saltalr the
lake water is pumped into a great set,
Ting basin. where the impurities fall
to the bottom, and, containing much
iron, form a reddish deposit From this
basin the water Is drawn off into "har-
yesting ponds" averaging 10000 square
wards In area and SIX inches IN depth.
The ponds are kept supplied with wa
ter. as the evaporation goes on from
MAY to September. when the salt har-
vest begins. The water having disap-
peared, a dazzling layer Of salt, two or
three inches thick, 10 found covering
the bottom Of the ponds, which 10
broken up with plows before being con-
yeyed to the mills. where the final
crushing aud winnowing are done.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15
New croton Reservoir.

The new Croton reservoir to supply
water to New York city has as one of It's
main features a great wall 100 feet above
he ground and 40 feet below It. II Is
100 feet thick at the ground level and
20 feet at the top. When It is done ii will
lave taken 10 years to build. 1t will
back up the water for 20 mii.s, compell-
ing the reconstruction Of many miles Of
roads, and will hold 10000. 900 1900 gal
IONS Of water. The present consump-
ion OF water by New York city is about
geo. 900. 900 gallons a day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

30 the seeds and juice and pulp run
down pas shirt and neck, and he
looked as though murder had been
committed, but pa wiped his face on
his shirt sleeve and showed game, be-
Il he kept mauling Bolivar with
the hook. Bolivar broke up a millinery
store by throwing tomatoes al the
ONE in the windows, and be went
into a yard where a woman was
washing and squirted the bluing wa
ter all over the woman. and all over
pa, and then he ehewed the clothes on
the line, and drove the family over the
fence.
You'd a died to see those milliners
climb i've a high board fence mead
first, and Bolivar actually seemed TO
laugh. Bolivar run one of his tusks
through a barrel of gasoline, and IL
run out on the street a track, and an
electric spark set it on fire, and the
fire department turned out, but the
engines had to all go around Bolivar.
cause he wouldn't bulge an inch, but
seemed to say: Let 'er rip. boys;
this is the Fourth of July"
The circus men began to come with
ropes and club, to tie Bolivar and
throw him, but he escaped into a side
street and watched the engines put out
the fire, and he swung around with his
trunk and his tusks and wouldn't lei
anyone come near him but pa with the
hook. and he seemed to enjoy the prod,
ding, but | guess that gave him cour
age to keep on doing things.
The principal proprietor of the show
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s~oFT.GROuNp HORSESHOE.

ing from n face along the periphery
and formed with slots TO admit the
calks of a horseshoe. Ribs ia tho
plate prevent the calks from sliding
back and forth on the plate. At each
side a T-slot is formed to admit the
head of a clamping strap. The two
straps are bolted together over the
hoof OF the horse, as shown. One OF
the straps is formed Of I'VE members,
which are adjustably connected by
a Of a pin, This permits or
adapting the shoe to different sizes OF
hOOfs,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15

SOFT GROUND HORSESHOE
Device for Aiding the Horse in Trav.'
cling over Soft and Doggy
Ground.

Quite a demand has recently arisen
for soft-ground horseshoes, that ID.
broad, fiat shoes which, owing to their
large area, will prevent the feet OF
horses from sinking unduly into the
ground. A simple shoe Of this type
has recently been invented, which IL
80 designed that It car be easily re-
versed. The advantage Of this design
will be particularly felt in winter
time. as the shoe is prevented from
balling up with TOY As the %reyersi-
BILE shoe Is smooth at n side, II Will
be found advantageous for use on
horses when moving lawns. It con-
sists of a plate with a fiange project
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15
Wantad to KnoW.

'Mr. Einstein, / gone to ask for
Rebecca's hand"
"Td is yours, key"
DO te diamond rings on 1t go nit
II. Mr.. Einstein?'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15
Washing Milk.

Bacon-How do you know your milk
man gives you clean milk?
Egbert-Because I've seen MIN wash
ing it at the pamp.-Yonkers States
man.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-15
tcopyright By J, !. Bowlss.J

The Rogue Elephant Creates a Panic
and Pa Proves Himself a Hero
The Bad Boy Gets Scolded for
Being Tough"-He Finds That
Audiences Like Accidents.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01
Lumber Grades.

A subject of increasing importance to every lumber producer and consumer IS that of grades. That these grades should be uniform where practical is well recognized and many efforts to ar rive at some general rules have been made Tn view of these movements to standardize grades, the Forest Service has undertaken to bring together the specifications of the various lumber and manufacturers associations and to put them in such form that they may be compared. ." @.>.
 The object of the study is not to de- wise a system of standard grades but to make, simply, such compilation or the grades now in use as will be of ser vice to lumber producers and consum- CTS. though it is hoped that great deal of information may be accumu- lated that will be of value in eventually preparing the way for a standard sys- tenn.
 It is planned to get the views of those concerned partly by interviews and Agely by correspondence. repre- sentative of the Forest Service will en- deavor to visit the secretaries ana mem bers of grading bureaus of various as- sociations and learn their views in re- gard to the practical workings of the various rules. A large number of mill men and manufacturers will be reach cd by correspondence and their views sought. It is especially desired to find the important points of difference in grades from the view points of both producer and consumer of lumber. and also to ascertain the chief difficulties in the way of devising and executing system of standard grades:
 The assistance of manufacturers and consumers of lumber of earnestly de- sired in this work. Suggestions con corning it will be gladly received by inc Offce of Forest Products, Forest Service. Washington, D. c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01
Cavalry Camp Closed Early YesteI>ly
 Morning.

Morning.
 When the last yellow-legged cavalry man of Troop A discarded his uni- form for his prosaic citizen clothes yes terday morning. Camp Tisdale of the 1st cavalry squadron, A N. C., and in fact one of the most successful camps of the Alabama National Guard for many years. passed into history.
 Montgomery was quiet last night. Not a single khaki-clad form could be seen on the streets, not note or bugle sounded on Dexter Avenue, no handsome officers. resplendent in their dress uniforms, could be seen in the restaurants and cafes, and Montgomery missed the soldiers that have been in the city for the past three weeks. dur ing which time, two regiments of in- fantry, one battalion of artillery, ard one squadron of cavalry have been en- camped in the vicinity of the capital.
 Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock every soldier had left Pickett Springs and the last camp closed, Troop "A bear ing of all the honors of camp, com handed by Capt. Tyler Goodwin, rode into the city, dismounted. took off their uniforms, put on their citizen clothes and went to work. The only other troop left In camp over Sunday night was the Birmin gham outfit and carly yesterday morning tents were struck and the soldiers hurried to the depot to catch an S:15 train for the Magic City.
 F All of the officers and men were pro- fuse in their praises of Montgomery. The treatment of the citizens has been hospitable and the boys all return home with reports of a great time in the Capital City.
 A few officers remained over to finish up the business of the camp, but even these officers reassumed the roles of civilians, and unless personally known, could not be distinguished on the streets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01
F. V. Kale MsAfnR.

Roanoke, Va. July S1,-A special to The Roanoke Times from Fincastle. Va, says:
 Eustis ". Kale who was chief clerk in the Kanawaha Banking and Trust Company of Charleston. W. Va, who was spending q vacation with his family at Fincastle. left there July g to attend the Elks' convention at Buff
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01
BAT BROKE UP NERVE
 HACKING GAME IN THE NINTH

was at the bat, there was a crashing sound. the ball was falling away out beyond Sam Dungan in deep left Dur. rett was steaming for the plate and the hard hitting shortstop of the Climbers had won a sensational game of ball. The score was:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01

falo and was to return to Fincastle shortly. He has not been heard from since and his family have no trace of him. Foul play is suspected. The Buffalo authorities have been commu- nicated with.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01

are getting so short now that the sun almost tlinds the players about the sixth inning. In short time the same would nave to be called earlier. so be, ginning now does not make material difference.
 Roy Hale has discarded the spit ball ball and Is winning games; Maybe Jack hs CheSbro's recent victories can De ascribed to the same cause.
 Duffy couldn't let Molesworth have all the honors from his great forward catch, so he made one going back ward that was almost as startling
 Uncle Isaac showed a lot of people from Missouri yesterday that ne from the American Association with him.
 If we didn't have Charlie Schwartz playing around the keystone sack, we might wish for Walters. He played d game yesterday that would have re- fiected credit on Lojoie.
 turned Hale loose in bygone days,
 o woe Is me-O woe is me. But I have learned my erring ways,
 o woe Is me-O woe Is me -Ravings of Lew Whistler, Chapter
 ".
  Brouthers are playing third, patrons of the game have an opportunity of sec ing the best third sackers Tn the league, MT, Rohe to the contrary not withstanding.
 Roy Hale has pitched four games against Memphis this season, winning them all. The first game was in Mem phis and he beat them to 3-the next was in Montgomery and he peat them g to 0-the next in Memphis and he beat them f to o. and yesterday, was l to 0. Montgomery has made eighteen runs in the four games! while Memphis has made three-yesterday was Hale s third consecutive shut-out.
 Woody Thornton, hard hitting out fielder who was with Vicksburg Of the late Cotton States, will reach Mont gomery and join the Climbers at II o'clock this morning. While he was signed yesterday morning for right field 1t does not mean that Busch will go, as the Kid Is one of the most val uable men in the Southern League and the local association recognizes his ability and versatility.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Boston. July 31.-Boston-St. Louis postponed; rain.
 New York, July 3l-New York-CleVe- land postponed; wet grounds
 Philadelphia. July 31.-Spiendid nit ting by Philadelphia at the right time gave the home team a victory over GhI- cago today. Score: R. II F. Chicago ........ .olO 900 ooo- /?
 Batteries~White and sullivan; Plank and Barton. Time, 1:14.
 Washington, July 31.-Washington today took advantage of Detroits mis- plays and hit Kitson at the proper
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01
( ToDAY's SCHEDULE. 1 . ' . >><<<<>><

Southern League. Memphis at Montgomery. Shreveport at Atlanta. New Orleans at Birmingham.
 Little Rock at Nashville. American League Cleveland at New York.
 Chicago at Philadelphia.
 St. Louis at Boston. Detroit at Washington. National League. F.. New York at Cincinnati
 Brooklyn at Pittsburg.
 Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. American AssOciation- St. Paul at Columbus.
 Minneapolis at Toledo.
 Kansas City at Louisville. Milwaukee at Indianapolis. South Atlantic League. Jacksonville at Augusta.
 Charleston at Macon. Savannah at Columbia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01

Young Ladies of Court Street Metho- dist Church will give a trolley ride and lawn party at Pickett Springs Tuesday evening Tickets for sale at Bastinni's, Dowe's and Mays. Cars leave Square at o'clock.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01
sOne out when winning run scored.

summary-First base on errors, Montgomery. 1; Memphis, l. Two base hits, Duffy, 1. Left on bases, Mont gomery, J; Memphis. 1. Bases on balls, By Suggs, 1; Hale. 1. Bases given for hitting batter, by Suggs (Oldring). Struck out. suggs. 5; Hale, 5. Sacrifice hits, Mullaney, 1. Stolen bases, Old- ring, l; Alexander, 1; Durrett, l. Time, l:55 Umpire, Burke.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-01
lyn, 2 to 1, won; Harry New, 4 to 1, second; First Born, to l, third. Time
Cricket Match Ends,

Philadelphia, July 31.-The cricket match between the Gentlemen of Phil adelphia and the Marylebone eleven of London ended today in victory for the home players by 6l runs. The match was started on Friday and when play was resumed today the Philadelphlans had only one wicket in hand in the sec ond inning. They. lost this after SCOT
 the the second inning 23S. Or grand to- tai of 456 for the two things. Three Englishmen made PA runs in their first turn at bat for 151. or grand total of 395.