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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS,
There Are About Seven Million in
the United States and
Increasing.

The number of depOsitOrs in the saw
ings banks Of the United States has
doubled in the last Il years. The total
amount Of their deposits has increased
from S1.235.2 47,371 in 1887 to So 35,-
204.S45 during the year 1903. The Off
cial statistics for 1902 show 1906, 22S
individual depCsitors, says Success
Magazine.
About One-half Of the amount depOs-
tied represents the savings of the
~wage-earning class. The figures here
given not only show an increasing
prosperity among those Of small in
comes, but they also indicate an H.
~creasing frugality.
Of the total deposits Of the entire
country not less than 3S.5 Der cent.
are in the state of New York.
The part of this grand total of de-
posits which is credited to the wage
earning class does not represent all Of
the savings of that group. The build
ing and lean associations, with total
assets Of more than $500, 600. 600, are a
favorite form of investment for MANY.
Then personal boarding, life insurance
and even modest investment in stocks
and bonds. are other means of accr-
mutation. Many wage earners in cOun-
try towns and small cities own their
homes. All this shows that the wage
earners of the United States have a
large share IN our national prosperity.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The American Bible society last real
sen forth nearly 1000, 900 Scriptures.
London society women are forming
prayer circles" in connection with the
Torrey-Alexander revival.
The Italian minister of public in
struction made use Of $1,000 visiting
cards during his 80 months of office.
W. c. Matthews, the negro football
and baseball player, has been elected
one OF Harvard's senior class day Off
GERS. This is among the highest honors
III the gift of Harvard undergraduates.
The Russian government has sent 20
the California university college of ag-
riculture specimens of the famous black
earth" of European Russia, which is
showing signs of deterioration. The
Russians want the advice of the Berke-
ley scientists as to reviving it.
Rev. F. E. Higgins, the logging camp
Presbyterian missionary of northern
Minnesota, travels all over the timber
region of that state with a dog sled.
MIR. Higgins weighs over 200 pounds, but
his dogs have hauled him 40 miles in six
and One-half hours. Sometimes he
makes a journey of 200 miles in the dead
of winter through the forests and, sleeps
between his dogs, all three covered by
a blanket
After so years of continuous service
in the Brooklyn schools, As of which have
been spent as teacher and principal IN
public school No. q, Miss Kate f. Nc
Williams closed her official connection
with the schools, and began that rest
which she has so well earned. Since
she was five years old her life has been
spent in the schOOlrCOm-the early years
in molding her own mind for the life
work she had chosen and later in teach
ing the youth of Brooklyn the funda-
mentalS Of education.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
WHERE WAR STILL RACED.
Something for the Correspondents to
Do When Nations Were
at Peace.

Even at the early dawn of Utopian civ
illzation it became evident that the era
of universal peace had arrived, says the
New York Sun. The nations discovered
that the great gun had been invented that
would send a projectile through any
armor. while, on the other hand. the
armor had been invented that would re
slst the attack of any gun. The submarine
boat had been tested that would destroy
any battleship, that is, If not caught by
the submarine destroyer. which IN it's turn
might succumb to the submarine de-
stroyer-destroyer.
Quite naturally this deplorable condi-
ton of worldwide peace frightened the
Amalgamated Conclave Of War Core
spondents, whose members found their
occupation gone. Accordingly at a meet
ing the president arose and presented a
resolution for disarmament.
There are no more conflicts. Cruelty
and carnage is a thing of the past. We
might as we'll go into other professions"
he said.
just then Richard Chefoo O'Higgins
arose and objected in a speech that proved
war correspondents to be still necessary.
\ carnage, no contiicts." he roared.
why, the editors can still send US to
write up woman's suffrage meetings, col
lege hazing and the Brooklyn bridge crush
st siN!'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

God only knows,"1 responded, al
though l had made up my mind that
death awaited me.
Here, take my place. he cried. exc
citedly. You are a married man, and
He had no time to finish. The late at
which the bucket had been ascending
had lessened the distance to the top OF
the shaft with frightful rapiGity, and be-
fore could answer No we were out in
the sunlight.
For a m l saw the earth, the riv-
er, the mountains. Never had they
looked more beautiful. | saw John and
Evan jump-and fall back into the black
pit. heard a cry CT horror from the men
VINO stood helpless at the mouth OF the
shaft. Then the bucket struck the cross
tim careened, and threw me for
ward. My hands caught something. AS
L grlpped it | knew that | was hanging
on the lower circle of the sheave-wheel.
Then as l heard the dull crash Of the
bucket on the rocks twelve hundred feet
below me l sickened, and everything
swan dizzily before my eyes. How did !
manage to hold my grip until help
SaShCd IHC L w uOl kION.
Some things | can explain. | learned
afterward the cause OF the accident that
took the lives of my comrades, and |
found that it was by another accident
that my life was preserved.
At that time-20 years ago-we had
only a single engine, geared to the hoist
ing-drum by pinion wheels. 1t was not
a reversible engine. 1t had a large fly
wheel to carry the crank over the center,
n was, in general, like most Of the old
fashioned hosting machinery used in
shaft sinking.
They tOld me that hardly had the en-
gineer started the engine On his occas-
ion when he discovered that he could not
control it. The disk in the throttle
valve had lCosened in some way. The
engine gained speed with each revolu-
ton. and could neither be topped nor
checked.
Rushing out of the engine room, he
gathered the men at the top of the shaft.
They saw the bucket shoot up, saw John
and Evan fall back, and saw me catch
the sheave-wheel and hang suspended
over the enter of the shaft.
Grasping a rope, the head man hur-
ried up the ladder to the crOss-timbers of
the headhOuse. Making a moose in the
rope, he lowered it under my feet and
drew it up round my body. Not a moment
too OOn for as the moose drew taut |
tainted dead away.
Most wonderful OF all was the part the
sheave-wheel played in securing my
safety. The wheel hung closely between
the two crOss-timbers that supported it,
and was revolving rapidly. But when
the bucket struck, the rope was thrown
off the wheel, and falling between it and
the cross-timbers, gagged and stopped
it.
Had the wheel continued to revolve, it
would ave torn off my hands in an in
slant and flung me down to death with
my companions. Lives are risked as
well as lost every Gay in the anthracite
regions, but have never heard of a mar
roWer escape than mine.-YOuth's Com
paniOn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
It IS IN THE BLOOD
Neither Liniments nor Ointments
Will Reach Reconsideration
Mr.. Stephenson Was Cured.

People with inf1amed and aching
Joints, n painful muscles people who
shuttle about with the aid of a cane or a
crutch and cry, Oh at every slight jar,
are constantly asking, "What is the best
thingf for rheumatism ?"
To attempt to cure rheumatism by ex-
ternal applications is a foolish waste O.
time. The seat of the disease is in the
blood, and while the sufferer is rubbing
lotions and grease OH the skin the poison
III the circulation is increasing.
Delaysin adopting a sensible treatment
are dangerous because rheumatism may
1T any momentTeach the heart and prove
fatal. The only safe course for rheumatic
sufferers is to get the best possible blood
remedy at once.
Mr.. Stephenson's experience with this
obstinate and distressing at1iiction is
that of hundreds. He says:
About a year ago l was attacked by
severe rheumatic pains i'll my left
shoulder. The pains We're worse in wet
weather, and at these periods caused me
the greatest suffering. 1 tried a number
of Treatments and ointments, but they
failed to alleviate the pains"
IhSll LIZ iSlAiLSo NlItu LII SouSS ltIt.SG
be deeper and the pain only a surface in
dication. He adds:
4 had heard DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People recommended as a cure
for rheumatism, and when I found that
Twas gettingno relief from applications,
I made up my mind that 1 would try
them. Before the first box was gone I
noticed that the pains We're becoming
less frequent, and that they were not SC
severe as before. After the second box
had been used up I vas entirely free
from discomfort, aud I have had no traces
of rheumatism since"
The change i'll treatment proved by
almost immediate results that Mr..
Thomas Stephenson, who lives at No.115
Greenwood street, Springfield, Mass,
had found the true means for h purlf-
cation and enrichment of his blood.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are without
doubt the best Of all blood remedies.
They effect genuine and lasting cures in
rheumatism. They do not merely deaden
the ache. but they expel the poison from
the blood. These pills are sold by all
druggists.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
cured Her Diabetes.

Halo, Ind, Feb. 27th.-(Special}-If
what viii cure Diabetes will cure any
form of Kidney Disease, as so many physi-
clans say, then Dodd's Kidney pills will
cure any form of Kidney Disease. For Mrs.
L. c. Bowers of this place has proved that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure Diabetes.
L had Diabetes" Mrs. Bowers says,
my teeth all became loose and part of
them came out. | passed a great deal of
water with such burning sensations l
could hardly bear it. | lost about 40
pounds in weight. | used many medi-
cines and doctored with two local doctors
but never got any better till | started to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills. They cured me
SO completely that in three years | have
had no return of the disease. I am a
well woman now, thanks to Dodd's Kid
ney Pills"
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all kidney all
ments from Backache to Bright's Disease.
Cure your Backache with them and you
will never have Bright's Disease, Diabetes
or Rheumatism.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
RECKON WE'LL GIT THAR VT.

We WIZ always a-sayin', when trouble
come roCnt
Il reckon we'll git thar vi"
A.r't enough rain fer a lily to dIown-
Reckon we'll git thar yit!
It's jest human natur' to grow an com
plain;
RG.her have sunshine than oceans Q rain:
But-spite o wild weather, I'm .elin' YOU
plain,
Reckon wen git thar yit!
An We carried that counsel the rough way
along
"Reckon Wei git thar yit."'
1t lightened the burden-madc sorrow a
song
"Reckon Wen sit thar yit!'
Ee wuz only a toiier in bloom an III
blight.
With Hopes star a-shinin', f~ui-b:aze, in
his sight;
But he looked to the light, crie1ds-he
looked to the light
Reckon well git thar yit,'
F. L. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
@llLll0M S. GRASS

Agricultural Editors wrote about it,
Ayr. College Professors lectured about it,
Ayr. Institute Orators talked about it,
while in the farm home by the quiet fire
side, IN the corner grocery, IN the village
oOst-Otfice, at the creamery, at the depot,
n fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer's
Billion Dollar Grass, that marvellous grass,
good for 5 to IA tons hay per acre and
lots of pasture besides, is always a theme
worthy of the farmers voice.
Then comes Bromus Inermis. than which
there is no better grass or better perma-
nent hay producer on earth. Grows wher-
ever soil is found. Then the farmer talks
about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces
100 stocks from one kernel of seed, II it.
high, in 100 days, rich in nutrition and
greedily eaten by cattle, hogs, etc, and is
good for so tons of green food per acre.
Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for
hogs and sheep which can be grown at
25c a ton, and Speltz at zoe a bu., both
great food for sheep, hogs and cattle, also
come in for their share in the discussion.
JUST SEM 10C IN sTAMps
and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis. for their big catalog
and many farm seed samples. TX. L..
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
His Point of View

The Maid-Do you believe that mis-
cry really loves company?
The Bachelor-I'm sure of it. Just
consider the enormous number of we'd
dings during the holidays.-Chicago
Daily News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
Billion Dollar Grass,

When the John A. Salzer Seed Co., of
La Crosse, Wis, introduced this remark
able grass three years ago, little did they
dream it would be the most talked of grass
IN America, the biggest, quick, hay pro-
iucer on earth, but this has come to pass.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
A "ifo,c Advf~A

Cndertaker-That fellow who thinks he
can get the nomination for mayor il .
dead one.
Mrs. Undertaker-Don't talk shop, dear.
Brooklyn Life.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullen is Natures great REM
sumption and all throat troubles. At
druggist, 25c.. SOC. and $l.00 per bottle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. 1hos
Robbins. Norwich, \. Y, Feb. II. 1900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Don't Get Footsore! Get Foot-Ease.
A wonderful powder that cures tired, hot.
aching feet and makes new or tight shoes
easy. Ask to-day for Aliens Ease.
Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S.. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Cut what you want in half, subtract
what you would like to have, add nothing,
and multiply the result by nought. and
you get what you get in this vale of
.ears.-Boston Globe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

A Chicago man calls his dog Weiner
because it is the worst dog in the BLOCK
Chicago Chronicle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

A man has no business with religion
who has no religion in his business.-Chi
cago Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
japanese Tobacco Law.

The Japanese strictly enforce a law
which prohibits til use OF tobacco 81
boys under 20 years Of age.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

A teacher OF a class was disturbed by
giggling among certain boys and called
upon one OF the culprits to tell him the
cause. Please, sir" responded the lad,
Turner says he knows Of a baby who
was fed on elephants milk and gained
ten pounds a day" "Turner,' said the
teacher. sternly, you should not tell
lies" But it's true, sir!" rejoined the
pupil. Whose baby was it," The ele-
plants, sir" replied the lad.
Another teacher was giving a lesson
on the circulation of the blood. Tryin
TO make the matter clearer, he said:
Now, boys, if l stood on my head the
blood, as you know. would run into it,
and | should turn red in the face Yes,
sir" said the boys. Now" continued
the teacher, what | want to know is
this: How is it hat while am standing
upright in the ordinary position the
blood doesn't run into my feet" A
little fellow shouted: Why, sir, be-
cause yer feet amt empty"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

"A short time ago." says a school
teacher, Il vas giving a lesson on the
use Of the hyphen. Having written a
number of examples on the blackboard,
the first of which was bird cage asked
the boys to give a reason for putting
the hyphen between bird and cage
After a short silence, one boy. who is
among the ounces, held up his hand,
and said: 1t is for the bird to perch on,
sir"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
PEDAGOGUE AND PUPIL.

Teacher-What animal has
brains than a man?
Smart Pupil-The hog.
Why do you think 500"
Because he has a hogshead full. See?"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

A sunny temper gilds the edges of lfe'a
blacklist cloud.-Guthrie.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

Lots OF narrow-mlnded men are quite
chesty.-N. y. Times.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Your druggist will refund money If PAzo
OINTMENT tails 60 cure in g to IA days. soc.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

The social millennium will not have ar
rived until every man is richer than his
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04

You can't preserve the peace in alcohol.
Judge.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-03-04
To Cure a Cold il. One Da

40 CuIe q SCIu IL II Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quin u Tablets. Al
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
&. w Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-13
TROLLEYS ADVENT MEANS
NEW ERA FOR MZNVEZONKA

the throng of southern tourists, which,
was partly a matter of circumstance
and partly due to a changed feeling
for country life, brought many. lamen.
tations from owners concerned in hotel
and steamer property, and there was
for a number OF years a strong feeling
that Minnetonka had seen its day; but
nothing so beautiful and accessible
from a large city could fall into per
manent neglect, as the wise ones fore
saw and all others have seen in the
preceded the tourist, but he only came
into his own a little more than a dec
ade ago, and already there is a newer
evolution, to whom the next era be-
longs-the suburbanite, who will cast
his lot with the lake denizens and be-
come a rural citizen.
The suburbanites belong to a variety
of classes, all of which are already rep
resented in the little nucleus. Two
kinds of motives a~ctuate moving from
the city permanently, but these are
gree in each individual. Cheap homes
with the opportunity of at least. supply
ing their W tables with fruit and veg
etables, have led a considerable mum
Der to buy a few acres at the lake OF
near by. This has much force for the
man who cannot afford two homes, anc
must choose between being deprived OF
some city conveniences and doing with
out any real country life.
1t is probable that comparatively
few to whom money is no object, viii
actually spend twelve. months of thu
90 back and forth to the city daily
The suburban class will for a time a
least be made up quite largely Of peopl!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-13
LAKE HOTEL PLANS
Popular Minnetonka Resorts Sec a
Busy Season Ahead.

The Tonka Bay hotel will open for
the season June 90 with the bankers
national convention, this being the sec.
ond time this association has been at
the hotel. The grounds have been
beautiied until it scarcely resembles
the place of former years Mr.. Godfree
has been at the hotel the past week
experimenting operations. Inquiries
have been numerous from all portions
Of the south, especially from New Or,
leans and st. Louis, and the season
promises to be lively.
Governor Frank Hanley Of Tennessee
a personal friend Of Mr.. Godfree, will
spend his vacation at the hotel with his
family. The National Bank Clubs as
ISOLATION will be entertained at the
hotel and will hold its debate in the
hotel diningroom in August. Another
large gathering will be that of the
Merchant .Tailors' exchange Of Chicago
the members of which to the number Of
200 will be guests Of the hotel ont
week in July.
The Western Passenger association
has been invited to hold it's convention
at the hotel in July and it is expected
it will accept. The. best orchestra oh
tainable will be at the hotel and will
daily concerts and a number of vaude
!! Vile shows at the hotel will be a feat
ure Of the lake life appreciated by cot
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-13
Beautiful Lake Resort, OF Late Years a Summer
Retreat tor>Ciy DweHers, VIII Become q Sub
urb OF MiuneaboHs-Lzte Aronnd Lake .WW
Be Stimulated and EnZiyewed.

was estimated to be 15e. years growth,
was found a pistol Of French make.
The period of exploration began with
the visit of a party of lads from Fort
Smelling in 1922, and was fairly com
pleted in the first year of permanent
settlement in 1852. Another decade
from this time constitutes the period
of settlement. During the days Of the
civil war and threatened Indian trou-
bles, Minnetonka, like the rest Of the
state, simply marked time. Altho s:
c. Gale built a cottage at Maplewood
in 1862 and a few other cottages were
resort of p%icnickers and campers rather
than tourists and summer residents.
Hotel St. Louis was built in 1873,
and was followed in rapid succession
by other large hotels, clubhouses and
boarding houses, and up to 1890, the
dominant element at the lake was the
fitting vacation visitors, whose stay
was limited to a few, weeks and whose
taste was for gayety n society. rather
than rural delights.
Period of Depression.
The change of affairs that diverted
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-13
tagers as we'll as guests. Mrs. Godfree
will be the hostess at the hotel during

tagers as we'll as guests. Mrs. Godfree
will be the hostess at the hotel during
the season.
Mr.. Reynolds, late Of the National
hotel, will be chief clerk, and Louis
Garvey, well-known in the twin cities,
has been engaged as chef.
The Hotel del Otero promises to be
the center of activity for the upper
lake. This is one Of the hotels that
has never had a change in manages
ment and has always been truly pop,
ular. The new pavilion at the grounds
adjacent to the hotel, 48xl12 feet, and
nearly completed.fiRminn shdrlu cmfp
facing the lake, is nearly Completed.
It will have a commodious screened
porch 16xl12 feet, there will be lunch
and checkrooms and a ladies' dress
ing room. The diningrooms will be
open for the public and also will serve
to take care of the outflow from the
hotel SO that the regular, guests will
at no time be crowded. There will be
music each day and evening and a
speciality will be made of caring for
parties Of fifteen to thirty couples,
who may make appointments for din,
ner at regular prices and will be per.
United the floor for dancing with music
without other charge, but by appoint.
ment only.