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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
Increase of Fer,,Ii,,.

tn value of mans feeding sfnffs "a
oased on their digeshbility. but even
when food is digested il Is not all as
simulated, the larger portion being
voided, OF the protein in clover hay
nearly one-half fails 10 aisest. and of
the digested portion the manure heap
receives a large share. If a ton of
hoFer hay is worth $40. enough of il
soes INTO the manure heap TO equal
~ worth of fertilizers. A ton of cot-
ION seed meal, which may cost s20. will
return in the manure about SIS and
tpat, too, after the farmer has used
lhose foods for producing meat. milk
and putter, though the estimates de-
pend OF course, upon the market price
OF plant foods. The reason is that
OF the food is composed of fat
ana starch which create heat and fat
Tor the animals but faJ aad starch
'ene from the air, and not from the
sou, hence the real plant foods of the !
materials purchased for use on tho
arm are those portions which are add
ii TO the manure. In fact. at $40 per
on Tor cotton seed meal, il can he
ana ls) probably used On the land "a
eitillzer, but in so doing the farmer
ls@s some portions which can be utiI-
ael by stock and when are of no
a ue as manure, BY feeding all foods
D STOCK they are simuly Dassed I
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
GAVE HIS MAN MUCH TIME
He Could Take Sixteen Hours a Dav
to Do His Work If He
Required 1t.

Judge saunGerson, who is pract;cinr
law ia Everett, Wash, formerly lived in
kentland, Ind, the boyhood home Of
George AIDE, the humorist, relates Sue
cess Magazine.
AIDE was a peculiar character, in his
younger years. says the judge. lie made
my office a sort of aaloating place during
the little time he spent in l%oafing. He was
employed, on a farm owned by a banker,
One day he walked into the office and said
to me:
That man is the best | ever worked
Why ! asked, for | knew that some.
Thing funny was coming from AIDE.
Well he replied, he doesn't ask a
man to do a days work in ten hours-he
gives him To-
AZ a boy we didn't suppose that AIDE
wonnf amount T. much continued the
amusing"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
RACE SUICIDE IN TURKEY.
Families Becoming Small to Such a
Degree as to Alarm Gov
eminent.

Turkey ii seems is also copfrarte,
with the problem of race suicide. Tbi,
10 the more remarkable in Turkey be.
cause the prophet Mahomet made pro.
visions which he thought would prevent
such a state of affairs. The rule among
the Turks SO years ago was to marry
young, every mar to have several wives
and each to rear a large family.
But all this is changed. The Turk
nowadays does not marry until late and
then he usually has but one wife. and tbe
families are becoming small 10 such !
oegree as to alarm the government,
The sultan is trying TO remedv tbfs
matter. He is afraid his empire win he
.depopuIated. So he has just recently IA,
sued an trade on the subject by which
abolishes a great deal Of the az.
display connected with Turkish
marriages. He probably hopes in tbi.
way to make marriage easier and lesq
expensive and so encourage the TURKS
o marry earlier and perhaps oftener
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
Ne DID THE TALKING.
And His Self Importance Blinded
Him to the Possibility Of
a Mistake.

A livelylooking porter stood on ths
rear platform Of a sleeping car in the
Pennsylvania station, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, when a iussy and choleric
old man clambered up the steps. He
stopped at the door, pulled for a moment
snd then turned TO the young man in
uniform.
Porter he said, I'm going to St.
Louis, to the fair. | want to be well
taken care OF. | pay for it. Do you I'M
derstand?n
4Yes, sir, but"
Never mind any butts You listen
to what | say. Keep the train bows away
from me. Dust me off whenever ! want
you TO. Give me an extra blanket, and
If there is anyone in the berth over me,
slide him into another. | want YOU to-
But, say, boss, l."
Young man, when I'm giving ~instruc.
tlons 1 prefer 10 do the talking myself.
You do as i say. Here is a two-dollar
bill. ! want to get the coed of IT, Not a
word, sir"
The train was starting. The porter
Poeketed the bill with a grin and swung
himself to the ground.
An right. boss!' he shouted. "You
can do the talking if you want 10. I'm
powerful sorry you wouldn't let me tell
you--but amt going out on that train
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
Shouting Their Praises.

Kirkland. ILL.,, Jan. 2nd.-(SpeciaD-
Cured Of the terrible Rheumatic pains
fhat made him a cripple for years, Mr..
Richard r. G%reenhon, an old and respeet.
ed resident of this place, is shouting liz
praises Of the remedy that cured him.
Dodd,s Kidney Pills. ~
had the rheumatism in nv left limb
SO that could not walk over ten to ff,
teen rods at a time, and that by the use
Of two. canes" Mr.. Greenhon saws >"I
would have to sit or lie down on the
ground when l was out trying TO walk,
and the sweat would run down nv face
WITH 50 much pain, I could not sleep at
night for about five or six weeks.
Il tried different doctors medicines Int
they were all no good. Then / sent for
Dodd's Kidney Pills and almost from the
fiFat they brought relief. By the time
! had taken fourteen boxes Of them nv
rheumatism was all gone and | can truly
say feel better than / have in the last
twenty-five years"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
QUEER COUP OF GAMBLERS
interesting Reflections Suggested by
Recent Shooting In New
York City.

That gambler who has been shsts nt
MORALLY wounded by anotEer eamblr,
should dosredly refuse to ideniify an
aesi,se his aysailant, and that the asgsll.
AM on his part. when brought TO The
bedside OF his dying victim. should reny.a
10 take hts hand-these things seem 10
Ordinary men and women almost IN.
cfe0lOle, says the New York Times. Bur
ordinary men and women must bear in
mind The fact that gamblers are moi or
thelr KIND; that they have altogether
an ideas Of conduct; that their
emotions and passions are different and
heir conceptions OF honor sometime
quite out of the ordinary.
OF these two gamblers II misbt with
any risk whatever be assume That
all their lives it has been their highest
desire to feel themselves to be and to 10
generally looked upon as ~"dead-game
sports The obligation not TO peach 81
which VIGOROUSLY inheres in tho anal.
lty OF 'dead-gameness. was recognized
as binding by the gambler who in pertl
OF Immediate dissolution Womb nor
identity and accuse the man who was
known by the police AID the ~bystanders
have shot him.
lie was able to take care of himself
ne said; that is, he asked no fayors NJ
me law, not even the posthumuus favor
doing his murderer to death in the
electrlc chair. There are raadreGs
hayGe thousands. of tough Youngsters {
ms city now ~ripenins for lives Of
whose highest ambition it is TO he ,
2nsldered de&d-game sports. None of
ne honUrs and rewards of life common {
prl2ed by men and women in depen- y
rates would be held By these youngsters /
n any such esteem. f
me murderer's refusal to take the n
r"Hered hand of his victim is readily 40 II
for on grounds Of Temperament n
al moral organization, The man who d
lot hoche seems 10 be a wholly immoral Il
eng. a man with the low n~eryoiIs NJ o.
'nization of the brute and with only the Il
OF the higher faculties. 10
lhere are many such men walking the al
reefs Of New York, or of any other of ha
e worlds greatest cities, men to whom
e forgiveness Of an enemy even upon ut
g enemy's deathhed would seem n tn
'akness' Equally with his Victim this ST,
mbler would be Incapable of invoking tn
e aid OF the law to redress a private hi
.evance. NJ.
Professional gambling breeds men of wa
s type. ha
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07


lnevcry country Of the civilized worlc
SISTERS OF Charity are known. Not oni,
90 they minister to the spiritual am,
intellectual needs Of the charges com.
hlitted to their care, but they ais,
minister to their bodily needs.
WITH so many children to take care of
ana TO protect from climate and disease.
these wise aud prudent Sisters have
round fernna n never tailiugsafepuard
Dr. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over The
United States. A recommend recently
received from Il Catholic institution in
Detroit, Mich, reads as follows:
DR.. S. %. Hartman, Columbus. Obio.
DearS Sir: "7he Young giri who used
Perhna as suffering from Mryngj-
rs and loss of voice. The result of
tbe treatment was most satisfactory.
She found great relief. and after
'Drfher use OF the medicine we hone
De abie 10 say she Is entirely cured"
OF Charity.
The Young girl was under the cnre of
he Sisters OF Charity and used Perunn
or catarrh OF the throat with good re.
ults as the above letter testltics.
Send to The Pcruna Medicine Co.
Ohio, for a free book written
y DR.. Hartman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

The Paris municipal council has
unanimously called on the French Leg
stature to make 1t a penal offense 10
cause employees of either sex to work
more than six days a week.
The Goldhelds Labor Council Of
West Australia, has passed u resolu-
tloh IN favor of a six-hour working
day, and as a labor ministry Is in pow
er the Idea Is likely to be realized,
Glass houses may soon be made
s~tone-proof Silesian glassmakers are
turning out glass bricks for all sorts
OF building purposes. and hope Tint
the proyerb will o have no slgrid-
canoe.
Fifteen million punches OF bananas
were brought to the United States last
year by one fruit company, which runs
~ steamers. They came chiefly from
cuba, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Hon
duras.
Il American shelters Of the smel-
ter town of Murray. Utah, have organ
ized to ask the employers to discharge
all Greek and Austrian employees and
to employ only Ameli ans in future
the foreigners are accused of
many recent crimes.
The restriction that salmon rnv not
taken from the waters of south
iastern Alaska until after July I OF
ZACH year has been removed, and. in
lew OF that, Il is expected that the
atch will be very much larger this
ear than previously.
The Journal of Education SAYS;
Taking the country as a whcle. one
hid In five between the ages OF 5 and .
, is at work as a wage Garner. In |
iabama It is one In four, while In
Massachusetts, 1t is but one in 2Ool
leads all other states
far In the lead-in this particular
record is 40 times as good as that
the United States as a whole"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
"BrowsingD on pank-Note,

PROBABLY n Of the oldest claims
ever made on a bank is recorded as hay-
ing been made against the National
Bank Of Belgium, An old peasant vom-
an mad laid on the grass a jacket on
tanning bank notes Of small denomina-
uon Tor f4S In the pocket, and while
she was at sork ker pet nanny-goat had
got at the notes, which it had eaten.
me animal was killed, and the chewed
paper recovered from the stomach was
submitted in support OF a claim for com
.pensation, which the bank paid after
verifying the facts by chemical analysis
aud other inquiry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
Queer Trip for Health.

a wretched looking prairie schooner
propelled by two skin and bone horses
stopped one day lately for repairs IN
STROUD. The old navigator Of the craft
said they had been on the road the last
hve months They left North Carolina
last June and Travelled ever since. He
aid that he and his family we're out for
their health, They ate nothing hui
meats ever since they started on their
long tour. Their health is m~ending.-
Kansas City journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07

lhe advantage OF mixing foods for
poultry in confinement depends a good
deal upon how it is done. An ~eyeellent
method is to take some suitable meas
llre and use four quarts of bran to one
each OF corn meal. ~middIings. oats and
ground meat. No more, of course
sfould be fed at any time than the
fowls VIII eat up clean and, lust az
their condition seems to REQUIRE the
meat should be mole or less rad,cad
aad the grains, excepting the corn in
creased, 1t is preferable. too. that r.
be presented to them dry. 1t is nor
natural for poultry to eat foods 81
STICKY that they are like paste. Add
a llttle salt and red pepper to the
mixture occasionally is beneficial, as ia
likewise some fresh cut bone or an
weight of cut clover; one or the
OF the last two, in fact, sbouId
fed regularly once a day and also
OYSTER shells for grit. The best results
IRE obtained by feeding this mixture
llternately with whole grains every
'th@f mornlng,-Cor. Epitomist,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
Slang.

Slang" said the college professor
VINO was sailin' with me for his health
rs utterly without meanin' 10 The ed.
uca.ed person" Hey, there, you four
eyed wisdom feeder!" yelled the sailo,
VINO mad been watchin' current han.
enins instead Of ~listenin' to the man
81 knowledge, "git a move on and NAV
peiiy-whack real sudden, or that sniff.
IA di~ngle-block II knock your bloom.
nut onn And the professor
hanged his position quite somo
prompt, thereby a-sayln of his sl,,,I
Judge. "
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
WHEN WOMAN ENvIEs MAN,

When he gives his hair a neat brush
and his couture is complete.
When he doesn't have to kiss bfs
sworn enemy, and tell him how sweet he
looks.
When the children cry and he car
whistle a tune, get his hat, bang the
door, and go out.
When he trips up the street ahead
OF her on a rainy day with his trougerg
1auntily turned up and no skirts to
carry.
When Ne doesn't have to twist bis
to aook his bodice up the back or
drag six superiuous yards OF dress goods
behind him-and do 1t gracefully. 100.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
HERE AND THERE.

while cleanliness is NOT an abs,,
u preventive of disease AMONG
swine, 1t is recognized as a necessary
preaautton. and ii serves in the major.
ity OF cases to minimize disease.
If the farmer can induce his hons
TO lay during the winter, he will ma
terllly add to his income: but the "if"
seems to be as far as many 20. Often
proper attention is not given TO feed
ing. and this causes failure.
The average farmer who expects
success must be a stock grower and
understand the methods of breeding
growing and finishing stock, as we'll as
producing the grain, grass and forage
with which TO finish them.
The aim in feeding poultry in the
winter is to give variety and come az
near to meeting summer conditions
as possible. Therefore, providing of
green food of some sort for winter
feed should 0 be overlooked.
unfortunately we have as yet dis
covered no royal road to success in
weed-killing. Work and tillage is
whit we must look to for getting rid
weed pests. Lime will not kill them.
will salt applied in doses that
VIII not injure crops also.
The present methods Of feeding
hogs with good, wholesome grain and
pasturage certainly produces as
a character of meat as any
inimal can produce since that which
s eaten governs the resulting produc-
Ion.
-To-day's prosperous farmer Is not
e VINO only raises grain IT, the fun
apaoity OF his land during any sea-
Oh, but Is the farmer who turns his
into meats of various kinds. ac-
70 his tastes and the wants of a
market. Il
True grasses furnish the bulk of
nay crop and the greater part OF
70 pastures; the cultivation Of cloyers.
peas and other leguminous plants q
an essential part of all successful in
lming, as they have a marked eff B
Ct in fertilizing and preparing tho an
for future crops. Ia
Good keeping Of milk Is to a great tx
tent promoted by the care of the sh
iilk things and the condition OF the go
ON in<which It Is placed. Take this IL
settled, that a healthy COW gives pa
re milk and IT'S frpuhleg aftarwa, .ds sI
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07

disease Of thirty
years standing. David Meckison,
DIR. Hartman, one Of the best knov,,
PHYSICIANS and surgeons in the United
ntates' was the first man to formulate
Ieruha 1t through his genius ma
perseverance that II was introduced H.
the medical profession Of this countrv'
II you do not derive prompt and satls.
factory results from the use Of pernna
write Htonce to DIR. Hartman, giving =
inii statement OF your case and he Vim
DC pleased TO give you bis valuable nj.
vice gratis.
ADDRESS DR., Hartman, President Of
Inc Hartman S~unitarinm, Columbus. d
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
FARMER PLANTER.
CURING AND KEEPING
A Southern Farmer Gives MS Plan.
snecesssaily Foiioucd in Cur
ing His Meat.

notlee an article on curing and
keeping meat, thog meat by Mr.. H,
n. Galloway. VIII say / think Mr.. C.
Is correct TO salt while animal heat Is
sun IN the meat. | will give my ex-
perlenee and way of handling meat for
keeping, and know by experience it is
a success. We ate our last ham in
August, and 1t was as nice and sweet
as one of those old Tennessee cured
hams. The hogs were killed during
The cold spell in February. | kill A
hog, Cthey dress all the way from 1850
10 700 pounds, and when dressed
throw it on table and cut and trim
Close, and then salt and pack down in
a nice clean box and, then kill anoth-
er, dress, cut, trim and salt, and pack
as before, and so on until all are done
WIN. l let meat remain in bulk until
iate bedtime, say ten or eleven O'Clock,
ana then unpack and lay out on table
in single layer, and if weather is cold
lei 1t remain so next day and night.
anu on following morning. when as a
rule, inns near coast weather begins
10 get warmer, / then repack and
cover completely with salt q use about
tablespoonfuls OF salt peter TO one
peck OF salt, we'll mixed and well
rlhDed M, and make a small opening
IN each han joint and put in about a
-~easpoonful of the mixture-salt and
;alt peter-at the Joint. | let meat re-
nam Tour TO six weeks, and then take
Up and have my wash Dot full Of wa
or nearly boiling hot and dip each
niece for a second or two which dis +
Gives all the salt, and then vine off @
Vlth a cloth. Then | take puIyerized +,
orax or powdered borax, and rub on u
ne flesh side, using a large cloth. SO /,
! 70 save all borax that would other Of
Use be lost. then hang up and smoke w
nd IN Two or three days the meat will NJ
2 a beautiful brown and not a fly or q
sect VIII bother it. / then take down Ii
Ter hanging for ten days or two til
eehs and pack in nice, bright, clean In
~, and 1t is done, and you can rest IA
sured that when you want some of +,
nice bacon or ham as you ever Do
nck a tooth in, you have got IT. and W,
III know that you are not eating
cad hogs!"-well, | mean hogs that as,
re not killed. no
?. ST. will state that generally we mr.,
three or four days cold and then ar,
VIII turn Oft warm with rain. and sh,
weather is. as anyone knows. ya,
rd on meat; yet ours keeps perfect sta
my wife says, and she knows, as The
did it. Smoke the meat for two pre
eks at least, but not every day. and TIL
third or fourth day, only in fore ant
~ and letit hang till middle or to- hay
RI the last Of March. Use powdered "ou
and you will never have skip emf,
The night of the great storm orr Far
e room was blown 10 atoms and
tered all over the place and our
got a good washing, but 1t was =.
d still II is all bosh about Won !
I Keep meat in Texas. Try it and pou,
S. Bartlett, in Texas Farm ueai
Ranch. met
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
IS A VERY TRYING ORDEAL
Why Men Get So Tired When Being
Fitted by the Tailor for
New Clothes.

Did you ever watch a man having a
SUIT OF clothes tried on?" asked a down
town tailor a few days ago of one of
MS customers, who was standing mn
uehly rs every crease in The newly
made coat was being analysed in order
that II might be smootAed out in The
finishing,
Mo- continued the man with the
tape measure, according to the Wash
ington Star, We'll, you will never I'M
derStand what II is to have tailor-made
clothes tried on until you make a point
oil watching some one else. You can't !
understand by going through the oper-
atloh yourself. Are you aware that
you have been gaping like a man work
lnS into the small hours and longing
Tor mis- bed? You didn't know what
made you so sleepy? Now, III tell Won
It's the measuring that does it. It's
hothlng peculiar TO you. WHY il is
uoht know, but a man who can stand
tle strain OF hours Of physical exercise.
or VINO can sit at his desk engaged In
1''nS mental WORK all day
~ "itno"t showing iatlgne, Will go
all TO pieces in Is minutes under the
mus VI ms amor /
"S'"'S give a strong man Ia min
ltes to get played out. At the end Of !
u"e he begins to cape and he !
a.elSHeS az Ihuch as he can without |
ims 'he .ailof ehtlreIy away from
,,h' lheh nus fatigue grows rapidly (
"' " man mas iallen down before he I
=" """'e NO" ehlirely Exhausted he :
80 ueen uhuef the ordeal Of posing for :
- '"''''' 4No' lohs ago one OF my Gus :,
,an mt'sH'ns over @oo pounds, and a -
W nave extraordinary
'e"e'u' ieii mai on the ioor and near ;,
ine III going Gown. tell (,
YOU nave 70 "atch a man after he s,
. Voeh S'anolHe IN thls way for lie
,nH'e "
"o'S' VI !. Is men 40 not under y
lu nv" soon they become exhausted
81 ete't WITHOUT moving, Usual
'neS oeslh 10 cape they try to
w t"oii a'ts" Ihey don't under I'm
~ u nv" IT ~ lhey hght against If. isI
y Az Ho use' why Is 1t they give out ga,
Puie,ly "neh they could walk mr
% lni'e" WITHOUT leeilng tired? ,
put tHa' question TO my physician w,
t'ine ago and he pulled down one Az.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
Dyspepsia Was Thriving.

Now and then Marshall P. Wilder will
have a touch Of indigestion; but The trou-
bic IN nowise dampens his spirits.
One day when the humorist was uffer-
ing IN a mild degree a friend, meeting him
for the second time in the afternoon.
asked:
Well, Marshall, how's the dyspepsia
Very nicely, thank you" was the re.
BY; but am not SO well myself. Sum.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
Relies on Courts Protection

The Louisiana Mo- Press-Journal tells
Of a negro bootblack who was being
".loshed" in a barber shop the other day'
If the grand jury had got at YOU said
a man., 1T would have made YOU tell ali
about your crap shooting NO dew
wouldn't replied the bootblack, cause
de court done held dat a man doan' hab
TO tell nothin dat cremates hisself'"-
Kansas City journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07

II rs interesting to learn that the United
states navy cost last year a little more
snan n dollar apiece for every man.
woman and child in the country. This
information comes from the secretary Of
the navy and it is calculated to Stir M
considerable pride in the patriotic ia.
T}hers OF large amilies.-Cleveland Plain
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07
ULCERS FOR THIRTY YEARS.
Patnfui Eruptions from Kneea To
Feet Seemed Incurnble UntiI
He Used C%uticura.

Another of those remarkable cures bv
Cuticura, after doctors and all else had
Jailed, is testified to by Mr.. M. @. Moss
Ct Gainesville, Texas, in the following
letter.: For over thirty wears i snfs
Tered from painful ulcers and an er,n.
ton from my knees to feet. and cot,id
lind neither doctors nor medicine 10 helm
PIE, until used Cuticura Soap, ONT.
tDent and Pills, which cured mi in six
months. They helped me the very
hrst time 1 used them, and I am clad
% write this SO that others suffering as
J did may be saved from misery
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-01-07

!, Gentlemen. II
have used several
bottles Of pernna
and feel greatly
benefited thera-
by from my q
tarrh ofthch head,
md feel e~ncour.
aged to believe
I h at Its con.
tinued use will
fully eradicate a