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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
WOMAN POSED AS MAN;
WAS GOOD COW PUNCHER
Wore Male Attire to Earn Liyino for
Baby and Mother-Also a Din
ing Room Girl.

Norfolk, Neb.-Masuueradine as a
man for many months before she was
hnally discovered wearing male attire
for the purpose of securing work al
mems wages with which she might sup
port her babe and mother, Mrs. Omer f.
S~weigert, of Waterloo. Ia, has been play
ing a unique role in Holt county and at
O'Neil, Neb.
Working on ranches in western Ne
braska as a full-1edsed cowboy, pitch
ing hay alongside the huskiest fellow, al
tending neighborhoOd dancing parties
as an attractive bean and making love
to the young women OF the community
for the sake of carrying out her masque-
Tade in each detail, DIS. Sweigert was
~chagrined to d degree when. upon ru-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

ity. His wife vas a noted breeder OF
fine poultry, and the Weisse hennery is
II OF the finest on Long Island. Re
Gently eggs and chickens have disap-
peared. Mrs. Weisse accused prowlins
cats.
At nine O'Clock the other morning Mrs.
Welsse saw a cat enter the hennery. She
called her husband. who took a rifle and
ran to the big hennery.
just then a farmland called for in
structiOns and Mrs. Weisse went out in
search of her husband. At the door OF
the hennery she called his name.
In a minute he replied. III come
as sOOn as l kill this cat and not BEFORE
Just then Weisse spied the cat on top
Of a barrel in the dark. Surprising that
his wife had returned to the house he
fired. bullet missed the cat, crashed
through the thin wall of the hennery
and entered the heart of Mrs. Weisse.
She screamed as she fell. and in an in
slant the farmer was at her side. Med
zeal aid was summoned in haste, but she
was dead before it arrived.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
A False Alarm.

III Ppera season was at its height.
iillicent, carefully adjusting her
!oI I'D entered the third box on the
lower tinan .
dlPunting out his money.
The u nat;n upn thro was tdh,d nei ureSS
i~ng-rOOTAoIv No NTH e.
Everyt,ieo wban - IIS oou m
tain to ~ "
I Il Mlllicent still had on her
bak. She had a bosom full
~ -" lids, that she a determined
to spring moroan+ rbn hoGi
For a.ou1i,a oc;da ~ oI|~ "H1
then, tho ~ H ~i0"N' I"'Su
L - Of Fire" rang out immedi-
Blinded by the intense glare,
-c. people became panic-strfcken.
- alok only three minutes for the
~ to arrive.
r. chief of the fire department
1 the hose to be turned on
'dillicent at once.
hauy ring her with a ~tarpaulfn. she
removed to her home.
~S-SeTer again" said Lady MiIIicent,
MSFully will l make such a dis
Life.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
SHOT At A CAT BUT
KILLED WIFE INSTEAD
Long Island Farmer Put q Bullet
Through a Wall Into Heart
of His Helpmate.

st. James. l.. Ludwig Weisse. q
prosperous farmer of this place, shot and
almost instantly killed his wife the
other day, but the bullet that entered
her heart was not intended for her. II
was aimed at a strange cat that had in
vaded the hennery.
Weisse. Frustrated by the tragedy
was arrested by his own SON. Deputy
Sheriff Rudolph Weisse, the only official
at hand legally competent to act in the
case. But it was so clear that the killing
was accidental tina the ounty authori-
ties released the heart-broken farmer
and surrendered to him the body of his
wife.
Weisse is Sc years old. He owns one
Of the best equipped farms il the vicin-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
THE MISSION OF THE WIND.

The Wind he howls DER land and sea;
AN he's wantin inches wantin' mel"
The beggar cries, as he hears the beat
And fees the chill Of the dagger sleet:
over the land
An over the sea,
The Winds q hound
On the track o mel
An oh, that the Wind
As he strikes, might sIay.
An send my soul
To the judgment day!"
The Wind he bowls Ger land and sea;
An he's wantin' inches wantin' met
The rich man cries, the night falls dim,
And the sleet's keen daggers strike at
him:
The Outlaw Wind
In a mad. world race
Hath tossed the leaves
From my dead youths face!
The CLEAN of gold
So the hound would say
Makes a lurid light
At the judgment day."
The WINK he howls Ger land and sea;
Come in, o Wind! to the soul of me;
And sicety darkness, with iron bars
Stay and prison the fea--white stars!
1 love neither
Low nor gold
In my dying
Arms to hold:
But sunlight knew me
When Life sang May:
And God stands there
At the judgment day.
Frank /. Stanton, in Atlanta C0nstitu-
ton.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
When the Days Were Longest.

can excess of candor will as fire.
quently destroy ones cause in an ar
gument as will a lack of it," said A.
H. Hummel, in discussing the ethics
of debate. For instance, that point
is well illustrated by the Irishman who
boosted that he had often skated 60
miles a day. "'sixty mhes.' exclaped
an AUDITOR; that's a great distanse.
You must have done It when the daJs
were the longest "STo be sure thy
We're admit that replied the
seniouS Hibernian."N.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Falls Five Stories and Lives.

Atlanta--C. j. Jones, a timer. fen
from a chimney on the top Of the Far
linger building, five stories. He
dropped onto the telephone wires, a
distance OF about 20 feet, and then
made a second descent through a
cloth covering snatched from a meat
wagon and held by persons VINO had
seen him fall. He is suffering from a
sprained, ankle INT a general shaking
up, but otherwise is uniniured.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Plumber Died Poor.

aan near the door of the street
ne ! inveighing against plumbers
listeners, says the Chicago
~ hd he finally clinched his ar
news, by looking around in a def
suilehT, and saying:
an M@any of you eve know or hear
Diu TIMBER who died a poor man."
OIL d pl,w Of one case" replied a man
l All been reading his newspaper
who naming interest
with sc LET us hear itn
.'Theas the case of NV own f.+ba
IL Nis a plumber. He invested
II WOO in a steamboat line and
Sl'.oool hurricane every single craft
curing Inc went to the bottom. He
IN the wear later n he didn't have
oled a enough to pay the undertake.
money "
er'S bill
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Shower of Frozen Geese

Nagy-Beeskerek, Hungary.-The in
habitants of this little town have re-
ceived an unexpected gift in the form
of a shower of h~alf-frozen geese num-
bering nearly 1000, which have fallen
from the skies.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
DIVERSFICATION
"Something t Sell Every Day"
By OSWALD WILSON, se.ary National Cotton Association.


possible to get pure bred corn except
from some salesman h has taken
unusual pains to keep it pure. The
ears should be Of medium length with
kernels deep and firm, well filled at
the ends and with small cob. Above
all. it should be corn specially selected
and carefully housed, n not taken at
random from a crib. In planting re
ject the irregular kernels at each end.
and use plenty of seed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Corn and Cow Peas in the South.

It has long been recognized that
corn and COW peas are two of the most
valuable food crops for stock in gen
erai use by Southern farmers. Their
hardy character, vigorous growth and
wide adaptation to climates n soils
place them in the first rank of plants
for general farm use. In the improved
system Of agriculture which the South
must adopt to meet boil weevil cOndi-
tons corn and COW peas must occupy
a more important position than in any
previous period. because soil cOndi-
tons must be improved to successfully
make good crops, and this can best be
accomplished by the alternate planting
to corn and cow pea and to cotton.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Corn.

The soil should be prepared for the
corn crop the same as for cotton by
deeper fall blowing Cor ~breaking) of
the land n winter cultivation.
Breaking for corr ought to be eight
inches deep, but where the previous
breaking has only been three or -four
inches, it will not do to go down to
eight inches at once, hence it will be
advisable in such cases to break only
about six or sever inches SO as not
to stir up too much rue soil, but
reach a depth of eight inches or more
as sOon a. practicable. The winter
cultivation referred to is simply har-
rowing OF discing the land at intervals
of twenty to thirty days so as to put
it in the best of condition for planting.
Plant as early as the season will per-
nit, in rows six feet apart on rich
land, and five feet apart on hill lands
Il worn bench, bottom or prairie
lands. Where corn is planted five and
six feet apart in rows, it will bear a
little crowding in the row. 1t may be
single stalks one in ten to twelve
inches, according to the fertility of the
land, or it may stand two stalks in a
place once in twenty to tWenty-four
inches; the single stalk is preferable.
The wide rows allow the sunshine to
penetrate to the soil and gives a bet
ter ear than where the planting is
done in narrow
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18
Seed Corn.

In the selection of seed corn better
results in bushels will be reached by
selecting promising varieties, grown
not more than 200 miles north of he
field to be planted. 1t should not be
understood that it is necessary to Sc
cure corn grown one to two hundred
miles north. Promising varieties
grown in he immediate ne~ighborhoon,
II they have been carefully selected,
will undoubtedly give the most salts
factory results. The objection to corn
grown in the immediate vicinity is
that It has not. as a rule, been selected
with care, and hence it is almost i'm
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

r,Ee boil wcevil is a menace and a
eoa+Ir that will have to be taken into
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

,, In acres in cotton at 10 cents ia
1 money than twenty acres with
hhot'ln at 5 cents.
'CCtr"tate a stable price, based upon
Ciekof production.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

r. pave millions to the cotton indus
I'D prevent Generalization of the
Is prosperity will require Organi-
.o"In Mn advance of the boil weevil.
-, Estates producing cotton and the
nno using the staple must awaken
nc tmenace.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-18

EOttOn is the nations greatest crop.
Is the worlds greatest need.
The daily sentinel., 1905-05-23
John Mann At Home.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Mann returned
last night from California.
Mrs. Mann left the city for Cali
fornia in December. and her stay in
that state has been very beneficial
to her health, and the visit was thor
oughly enjoyed.
Mr.. Mann left here about the mid
die of April. He attended the head
camp convention of the Woodmen of
the World at Los Angeles. as a dele
gate from Colorado. He states that
the convention was great gathering
and he met Woodmen from every
part of the country.
In speaking of California, Mr.
Mann says that 1t is a fine country
TO look upon, an ideal country in
which to spend a vacation, but he
has no desire whatever to live there
Says he would enjoy spending a
month or two each year in the state.
California is not the place for a
por man to get start in business.
man that goes into the country
with plenty of money can be sue
cessful in business; but the man
without money has a hard struggle.
The weather during Mr.. Mann 5
stay has been superb He spent about
three weeks in Los Angeles. There
he saw r. c. Hickman and family.
and other former Grand Junction
people. Mr.. Hickman is doing we'll
in the lumber business and the fam
lily is well pleased with their new
location.
Mr.. Mann has been out OF the city
five weeks, and returns in good health
and greatly refreshed from his long
vacation.
The daily sentinel., 1905-05-23

John Drussen of Peoria, Ill, COM
petent jeweler of long experience and
an expert matchmaker. arrived in the
city yesterday morning to accept n
position with sherman w. Moody
Mr., Drussen comes highly recon
meuded and will doubtless prove a
capable and popular assistant in the
sherman w. Moody jewelry es,ab
lishment, which today ranks as one
of the best equipped and most reli-
able retail jewelry houses in west ern
Colorado.
The daily sentinel., 1905-05-23
Eat at the Arcade.
Eat at the Arcade.

| Eat at the ATCdue.
Grand Junction souvenirs, 25c. at
G. V. Store.
When you are hungry go to the
Arcade restaurant.
Saturdays candy special. sc per
pound. G. V. Store
We can skin 'em all on driving
harness. Fred Mantey.
Laces. ribbon, handkerchiefs and
notions at G. V. Store.
Embroidery silks and stamped lin
en- patterns. G. V. Store.
Watch the show window for Sat
urday's special, at the G. V. Store.
The Blue Barn has strictly up-to-
date teams of every description.
We have canvas gloves for men
and women. 131 Postoffice block.
Hack makes calls to all parts of
the city, day or night. Erwin & os-
born.
Our specialty-clean buggies; good
horses. The Blue Barn, Erwin &
Osborn.
Eat at the Arcade. Corner of Sec
ond and Colorado. A first class res
taurant.
Saddle horses well broken. At
tention to all orders, night or day, at
Blue Barn.
Save money by buying your sum
mer suit at Grahams. 131 Post
office block.
If you won't let us show you a
buggy, we can't sell you one: that's
sure. Fred Mantey.
Buy your meat where you know
you get the best all the time. The
Independent Market
Erwin & Osborn at the Blue Barn
have the heaviest equipment in the
city for transfer and moving.
Walter Graham returned this
morning from his trip to Salt Lake
City and other points in Utah.
Harry p, Potter of Denver, repre-
senting the Erie Dispatch. was a most
pleasant visitor to the city yesterday
We carry everything in fresh veg
etables that is in the market: also
strawberries. The Independent Mar
ket.
If you want the best there is in
Gents furnishings for the least mon
ey. don't fail to stop in at 131 Post
office block.
While a bilious attack is decidedly
unpleasant. it is quickly over when
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets are used. For sale by all
druggists.
Don't buy until you see those Shar-
ood $3.50, S3. $3.50 and 81 shoes at
Graham's. Every pair warranted
131 PostoHice block.
Seats are now on sale for "Mr
Bob" the high school class play
Have you secured yours? Go to Has
kells pharmacy and get them. Prices
25c. 35c and soc.
The best transfer wagons in the
city are owned by Barton & Platt.
Telephone your orders to them.
Prompt attention given every order
Telephone Mesa 1O5.
We don't have to run down the
quality of other merchants goods in
order TO sell our own. A careful
comparison of quality and prices will
convince anyone that the best place
to buy is at 131 Postoffice block.
Fresh bread every day at the Prog
ress bakery. Pies, cakes, pastries of
the finest make always on hand.
Fresh fruit and vegetables received
daily. All orders promptly and care
fully filled. Telephone junction III.
If you want to rent a house. see
me about those two new ones at
Third and Pitkin. Strictly up to
date; modern throughout: four
rooms and bath; suitable for small
family. Only SIS each. Apnly IN
NJ. o. Delaplain.
When you want to take drive in
to the country. either long or short,
go to Barton & Plat for your horses
and rigs. They guarantee you salts
factory service. Good horses and
comfortable rigs are found in thr:r
stables. Telephone Mesa 1O5.
The daily sentinel., 1905-05-23
"Mr. BObS'' Tonight

This evening at the Park opera
house a large audience will be en-
tertained by the members of the 1905
high school graduating class. The
class day exercises will be given dur
ing the early part of the evening and
then the class play will follow.
The young people will give a splen-
did production of the play, Mr..
Bobs." The performance of the class
play with the other features, make up
a most worthy program program
that will prove entertaining to ev-
cry one.
Not a seat in the house should be
vacant this evening. The young Ia
dies and gentlemen are deserving OF
crowded house.
The program is as follows:
CLASS DAY.
Music. .. High School Orchestra
Address of Welcome Alice Chester
Glass History Ethel Perce
Vocal solo. ... Mrs. J. G. Cropsey
Glass will Grace Sharp
Glass prophesy. 80. Louisa stein
Music High School Orchestra
CLASS PLAY: MIR. BOB"
Cast of Characters.
Phillip Royson. 49,. John Mcclure
Robert Brown. clerk of Benson &
Benson ..-......... Ray Hunter
jenkins. Miss Rebecca's butler.
............... Thomas Price
Rebecca Luke, a maiden lady
........... Mary Dean
Katherine Rogers, her niece.
Helen Newton
Marion Bryant. (Mr. Bob .....
Mary Jaquette
Patty, Miss Rebecca's maid $50.
............... Ida Wadsworth
The daily sentinel., 1905-05-23

Mrs. Anna X. Collins will entertain
twelve ladies at / O'Clock luncheon
tomorrow at her home on the corner
of Eighth street and Rood avenue.
The daily sentinel., 1905-05-23
MONEY SAVING SALE ON WASH GOODS

TUESDAY MORNING.
o Goods will a big
if viii
yards of Gc-durng
sale ic
assortment
o
sale i21s
for
this sale soc
The stock White Goods
Handkerchief
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-04-07
BLISS HAS MADE
NO AGREEMENTS
ALPHABETICALLY DENIES FLIMsY
FALsEHoo0s MALiclousLY
CIRCULATED TO IN
JuRE HIM.

Editor Pensacola Journal:
1t comes TO me on very good author
ity that a report is being circulated to
the effect that an agreement has been
made that If am elected mayor Mr..
Shine is to be clerk, and IL Mr.. Shine is
elected mayor that am to be appoint
ed clerk. Among those who know me
there is no need of denial of such a
flimsy falsehood, and to those who do
not know me wish to say emphatical-
ly that no SUCH an agreement or under
standing has ever been made er talked
of to me. ~
/ won my nomination in the primary
without making any promises to Or
agreements or understanding with
any individual, and it is manifestly
not necessary to my success at this
time. My second campaign will be
made precisely like my first one
without any promises except those
made to the whole people. After cleo
tion 1 shall consider all applications
and make my appointments according
to my best judgment.
Furthermore, am not an applicar.
for a clerkship anywhere. If / were
it would be in some position WITH less
politics and more salary.
When / enter into any contracts re
garding the mayoralty / shall take
pleasure in giving the terms to the
public through the columns of the
papers. CHAS. H. BLISS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-04-07
BLUFF SPRINGS
NEWS OF INTEREST
sENTERFIT-MecAsKILL NuPTiALs
WEDNESDAY = PROSPECTS
GOOD FOR FINE CROPS
IN VICINITY.

Bluff Springs, April 6.-(Special)-
Your correspondent has been on the
sick list for the last three weeks, con-
sequently no news went in from our
little town, though not much has
transpired in the way of news
We are having beautiful spring
weather and gardens are beginning
TO look pretty and green. Soon We'll
have plenty of nice vegetables for.
our own use and for the market.
Rev. j. T. Fillingim, one Of Escam-
bias representatives in the legisla-
ture, left for Tallahassee Monday
morning.
Misses Eta and Bessie Taylor, of
Foshee, Ala. have been visiting their
sister, Mrs Will Douglas.
Mr.. r. Lee Williams has gone to
Pine Barren and is working for the
hardwood mill.
Quite crowd attended quarterly
conference at the Methodist church
here last Saturday. Among the num-
Der were Rev. Glenn, of Pensacola,
Presiding Elder Wade, Rev. j. o. Law
renee and family and Mr.. C. L. Wig
gins and niece, Miss M. Virgins, of
Pine Barren.
Miss Ira Lee McCaskilI, of Nora,
and Rev. ]. Senterft. of Hollis, Fla
were married at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
|McCaskill, Wednesday morning. Rev.
Fred Jones, of Pensacola, officiating.
The BRIDE was a pretty picture in a
beautiful dress of white chiffon and
lace, the groom in conventional black.
A large number of relatives and
friends were present. After a boun-
tiful dinner was served Mr.. and Mrs.
Senterfit left for a trip to New Or
leans Their many relatives and
friends wish them much happiness
and prosperity.
Mrs. Walter Mackey and Miss Hat
tie Jennings, of Pensacola. were up
"Wednesday for the McCaskill-Senter-
fit wedding. Also Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
McCaskill, of Pine Berren, and Mr..
Ed McCaskill, of Muscogee.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. Byrne, of Mobile.
returned TO their home Thursday
morning after visiting relatives at
Nora.
Mr.. James McDavid, of Pine Bar
| ICA SpCuI 0Co00S oAd CoACodoy
with Mrs. NJ. McDayid and family.
Mr. Marion Mayo and family are
now occupying the Dodge residence.
We are always glad to see good folks
locate here.
Mr. John Parker and family have
moved back from Mississippi and are
living at the Tinney place.
Mrs. VIII Dick ana daughter, Ellen,
have returned 20 Mobile after visit
of several weeks to Rev J. L. Bryars.
| Mr. Robert Williams has resigned
the l.. & N. agency at this place, and
has gone home for a much needed
rest.
Mr.. j. Daily, of Pensacola, has &C.
cepted the position of l.. & N. agent
and bids fair to make many friends
and give perfect satisfaction to ALL
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-04-07
HE FIELD
CONTESTS TO-DAY
MUCH INTEREST BEING SHOWN
IN THE VARIOUS EVENTS TO
BE PULLED OFF.

The field contests this afternoon be-
tween the High Schools promise to
be very interesting events. Botn
teams have been taking it easy this
week, after some weeks OF arduous
training. Captain Hunt OF the High
School, speaks confidently of the pros
poets his team has for winning, and
though very reticent, Captain Brent
believes the CHARGES for the Classical
School have not disappeared until late
in the fight this afternoons
The very handsome cup presented
by the citizens will be awarded to the
captain of the winning team by Sena-
tor S. R. Mallory at the conclusion Of
the contest this afternoon.
The starter fors the races will be
Mr.. w. A. Blount, Jr.; and the judges
OF the various events; Messrs. Ernest
Baars, MCGOWAN, Sheriff. and DIR. Ken.
needy.
There will be extra cars running to
the park TO handle the crowd, leaving
Pensacola about 2:30 O'Clock.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1905-04-07

IN CAR SERVICE
MORE CARS ADDED FOR PURPOSE
OF MAKING BETTER
SCHEDULE.

A number of Improvements have re-
Gently been put on in Pensacola
street car service which are very ae-
ceptable 10 the public as well as credit
able to the company
An additional car has been put on
the East Hill lire, making four alto
gether, and ten-minute schedule is
contemplated there.
An additional car has been put on
the North Hill line and an s-minute
schedule Is contemplated on that line.
A ten-minute schedule is being run on
the belt line
Most of the old cars have been over.
hauled and repainted, gates nave been
put on the platforms, and each car
Is now supplied with buster for use
In keeping the interior clean.
The Bayou Chico car now runs till
10 p. m, adding greatly to the conyen-
fence of the patrons of that line.
Altogether the Pensacola street car
system is now in better working co.,
dition than ever before and it will
no doubt receive additional improve
ments as the future may require.