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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13
AN UNLUcKY THIRTEEN.
Shsy Were All Creditors and Not
One Ever Got a Cent Due
Them.

did you ever sit down at a table
where there were Just 1877" asked a man Of
his companion in a railway carriage.
Once" replied the latter.
well, you never observed that any bad
luck followed it, did YOU"
why, yes. Bad luck for most of the
l2."
"Any Of them die"
Not that know of. Never heard Of
any Of them dying
Not enough v]ictuals to go round?"
queried the other.
who's talking about victuals' There
wasn't any vIctuals.
Thought you said you sat down to a
table where there We're Is persons.
That's what | said. The table was
in a lawyers office. 1t was a meeting Of
my creditors. There were Il of them. /
was the other man"
There was a long pause, and then the
first speaker inquired:
in what way did the meeting prove un.
lucky, may | ask"
None Of them ever got a cent from
me, answered the other, heaving a deep
sigh as he left the carriage.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13
Doctor BI1glsns Says
MANY PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE
Lydia K. Pinkhans,s
Vegetable C0s,ip0und

The wonderful power of Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womankind is not be-
cause it is a stimulant. not because il
is a palliative, but simply because it is
the most wonderful tonic and recon-
structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the generative organs, positively
curing disease and restoring health and
yigor.
Marvellous cures r reported from
all parts of the country by women who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures and physicians
who have recognized the virtue of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and are fair enough to give
credit where it is due.
II physicians dared to be frank and
open, hundreds of them would acknowl-
edge that they constantly prescribe
Lydia e. Piukham's Vegetable Com
pound in severe cases of female ills, as
they know by experience it can be re.
lied upon to effect a cure. The follow
ing letter proves it.
DR.. s. G. Brigham, Of 4 Brigham
Park, Fitchburg, Mass, writes:
ut gives me great pleasure to say that |
have found Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound very efficacious, and often pre-
scribe it in my practice for female difficulties.
"My oldest daughter found it very benef-
cial fora femaletrouble some time ago, andmy
youngest daughter is now taking it for a fe-
male weakness, d is surely gaining in health
and strength.
81 freely advocate it as a most reliable spe-
cific in all diseases to which women are SUBJ
ject, and give it honest endorsement"
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, bloating Tor
tlatulency), weakness of organs, dis
placements, inflammation orulceration,
can be restored to perfect health and
strength by taking Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. If advice is
needed write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. She is daughter-in-law
Of Lydia z. Pinkham and for twenty
five years has been advising sick
women free of charge. No other living
person has had the benefit of q
wider experience in treating female
ills. She has guided thousands to
health. Every suffering woman should
ask for and follow her advice if she
wants to be strong and well.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13
A 11enple Mtth
Nh Ut11tr tn Eat
By DR.. GEORGE sTEDrfAN,
Associate Medical Examiner OF Boston.

Nowhere perhaps is this custom OF rapid and il-constdered eating
so firmly established as among the great mass OF people who do bust
ness i'll the city and live in suburban communities. The suburbanjte
never has time apparently to cat. His breakfast is hurriedly bolted
that he may be able, to catch his train in town. His luncheon in the
city is a Stand-up fight against time. He is at home for his evening
meal, but usually his engagements, social principally. make it ncces-
sary that he should save as much time as possible.
The consequence, OF course, is indigestion of one form or another.
The Starchy foods particularly which require for digestion an abundant
flow OF saliva are swallowed so hastily that they are deprived almost
entirely OF this element. This is especially true of the cereals which
are consumed so universally at the morning meal
Rapid eating may hc said 70 be
distinctly a national evil and a d.
tatioaal menace, $50 ~~ t~Z1yya IZXar<a~x~
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13

The Wife-I see by this paper that the
cactus is coming into fashion in England
and Germany. A German writer main.
talns that cactus blossoms excel all others
IN variety and in beauty of form and
color.
The. Husband--T suppose the milliners
will soon be trying TO stick us on the
cactus, then,--Yonkers Statesman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13

Be your boys
chum. Get his conf.
dcnce absolutely.
Do not make rigid
rules for him. Lead
him to realize the right
and follow it.
Teach him respect
for parents, for older
people and for vested
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13
Substantial Reason.

The Father-But why do you want to
go halfway across the continent to at.
tend college when we have one lust as
good right here at home?
The som cannot tell a lie, father. I
don't like the yell Of our home institu.
t~!0n.-NhIeago Daily News.
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Another's.

Elderly Man greeting former acquaint.
ANGEL remember your face perfectly,
miss, but your name has escaped me. -
The Young Woman-I don't wonder, II
escaped me three years ago. ! I'm mar
rled now.-Chicago Tribune.
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Foot in II Again.

$50 she's engaged, Ell? That merely
goes to prove the truth of what | have
always contended- that, no matter how
pl~ain-looking a girl may be, there is a mate
Tor her somewhere in the vide world.
Whom is she to marry
"Me."-Chicago Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13
Nobody can doubt

Nobody can doubt
that the practice OF
hurried eating is uni
versal among Ameri-
cans to-day. The life
OF the average Ameri-
can is such as to make
almost imperative the
surrender OF all leisure
at the dining table.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13

I'll it took a man as long to git into
debt said Uncle Eben, "as it does to git
out, dar wouldn' be nigh so much tinan.
cial worriment. Washington Star.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13
A Harmless Laxative.

II you must take a laxative, take a harm.
less one. Lax-Fos does not grippe, therefore.
does not %irritate. Irritation is what does
the harm. Price SO cents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13

't" tfH"Itg. 8hahiH& bli1h'H vigorous.
.f Ia effort io overcome the 'htI! oI
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'' "'1 b''H I'E"fd 10 t'tF' lhaI ai''f.
moo" "'"ij he ever a"- her "Itft
again. H' asked himself. amt ih'
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13
Ths

stone
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beneath bis feet, and no was brushed
aside al though he mad been a DIT OF
chan, Curses and terrified cries MED
inc ar. me '"'oIcF7 we're b''a''
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13

The woman who really wants to man
age a man first persuades him he is
suck.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-04-13

UG%Q1 OF the baby. Badly led, or undcrfcd, the child very quickly
liz XII departs from the normal, and indeed this is exactly what
- happens in the case Of hundreds OF thousands Of the child
rem of the poor each year, and each year turns out its quota
OF i~mbcccs, Of criminals and paupcrs, all of which can be, either d-
recty or indirectly attributed to the effects Of the food given the
young child in the plastic years from its day Of birth until the critical
age OF Il
A good concrete example Of this is to be found in the matter Of
our public school children. The past 50 or 90 years have been attend
ed with a wonderful development Of the science Of education, as re-
markabIc and important in its way as anything OF which we may boast.
We arc PROUD, and justly SO, OF the admirable machinery OF instruction
which We have created, the fine buildings, laboratories, curricuIa, high
" trained teachers and so on, but there is a growing conviction that
progress. We have created a vast network Of means, there is no lack
of equipment, but We have largely neglected the human and most i'm
pouant factor, the child. The futuiy Of expecting efficient education
whcn the teacher is handicapped by poor and inadequate means is
generally recognized, but not so as yet the fudluy Of expecting it
when the teacher has poor material to work upon in the form OF
chronicany underfcd children, too weak in mind and body to do the
work required Of them. We are forever seeking the explanation of
the large percentage of educational failures in the machinery of in
srucion rather than in the human material, the children themselves,
The nervous, irritable, hali1 children to be found in such large
numbers in our public schools represent poor material. They are
largely drawn from the homes of poverty and constitute an over
Whclmng majority Of those children for whom we have found it neces-
sary to make special provion-thc backward, dull pupils found year
after year in the same grades with much younger children. In a
measure the relation OF a child's e~ducabilty to its physical health and
comfort has been recognized by The correlation Of physical and mental
exercises in most up-toda schools, but its larger social and economic
significance has been almost wholly ignored. And yet it is quite Ger.
tain that poverty exercises the same rctardng influences upon the ply
steal training as upon mental education. There are certain conditions
precedent to successful education, whether physical or mental Chief
OF these are a reasonable amount Of good, nourshng food and a
healthy home. Deprived OF these, physical or mental development
must necessarily be hindcred. And poverty means just that to the
child. 1t denies its victim these very necessities with the inevitable
result, physical and mental weakness and ncthcicncy.
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Scripture Authority Matt 2as s2-5g,
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY /, 1906

down at the great roll of yellowbacks in his trem
bling hands
When Wells reached the square before the hotel,
he had somewhat recovered his composure. He
paused to watch a number of little boys set off
bunch of fre-crackers blast-and the boys
family hurrahed, then looked at each other with
blank hopeless faces,
Go ahead and set off some more" suggested
Wells.
We hain't got no more shrilly announced
youngster.
Wells looked at him closely He was little
tow-headed, frecke-nosed boy, poorly dressed. His
scrawny little hands were backened with gun
powder, and there was smudge across his face.
As the financier looked at him curious thing hap
pened He suddenly saw another tow-headed,
freclle-faced boy-the boy who had slept in the
gable room up in the parsonage yonder. This boy
was smiling at him and waving hand to him across
gulf of years. Wells pulled himself together.
mo more? he asked. why, how is that"
I'VE only had few packages" returned the lad.
'Ye see, we're too poor to buy many. We ben
berryin' an cowslippin' too all summer to git
enough to buy fre-crackers. But everybody round
here goes berryin an cowslppin fer themselves;
so couldn't sell many.
Il see," said Wells seriously. 1t looks as if l
ought to do something to relieve the stringency of
the market" He paused moment, then said:
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Il don't suppose there is place here where you
can buy fre-craclers by the gross is there?"
The boys looked tnidly at him and then at each
other. "Oh, yes sir, they chorused with trem-
ulous voices.
Suppose you show that place." said Wells.
A few moments later he watched the excited
Youngsters make ready for holocaust of the entire
stock of the little country shop. For the sake of
that other little boy he thought And suddenly
he him again-his lost self-saw him smile
tender1y at him and wave his hand and vanish
across the gulf of years.
That afternoon in Whistles woods Wells watched
the pale, exalted face of the youthful orator who
burned out of himself by the fire of patriotism.
The boy showed a vigorous mentality in his grasp
of certain national questions, and his fresh, beau
tfu enthusiasm carried to the heart of the man in
front Bright chap" thought the financier.
What enthusiasm! had as much at his age. He
ought to have start in life
Why don't you give it to him? something said.
Wells started. Who what had spoken to him?
Once more the procession of years passed before
him, and he saw himself youth of nineteen with
heart burning with lofty ambitions. How he had
1onged for the education his father the poor country
parson, had been unable to give him! And now,
the irony of fatei his son had dawded through
famous college only to become leader of cotillions,
while this boy
Which is Sam Pease2" Wells asked Jim Whit
ford, who had suddenly slid his lank body on the
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thcket, every winding path. He recalled the trout,
stream, the pure cold tumblng water Listen
Could he not hear it calling through the balmy
night2 There little bridge made of logs on
which he used to stand while fishing, and by its
side, down among the shadows, the watercresses
grew How good they used to taste with the
bread-and- butter lunch he carried wrapped up in
his pocket handkerchief
1t must be lovely up there now in the moon
light. What would these people think of him if
he should take to the woods at that hour? Nom
sensel he would go to bed and wait till morning
But the pines kept whispering to him and the water
calling, and so at midnight Wells crept like thief
out of the little hotel and took his way up the hill
to the forest What transpired in the soul of this
worldly homesick during that midnight quest
we may not know; but when he stole back to his
room toward dawn his face was Chastened and
peaceful and ne fell asleep like tired child.
Despite Weiss nocturnal ramblngs he was up
and out early next morning. He strobe hastily
along as if with some definite aim in view.
It was down this street." he said, pausing at
turn" no. | am mistaken 1t is the next street
Yes, there is the belfry." He hurried on until he
stood before the little old wooden church with the
squat square belfry, The building was dilapi-
dated and weather-stained. Many of the windows
were broken; a few mended with odd bits of glass
His gaze wandered over it and then to the parson-
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rough wooden bench beside him. Jim at once
pointed out Pease-a sickly with disprited
air; but whose face was lighted by a look of
pride as he eagerly listened to his sons address.
As young Pease finished speaking the Hanover
Corners brass band burst into prodigious peal of
triumph. Wells, who a stakeholder in the
Metropolitan Opera House, and had taste for fine
music, shuddered.
Did We ever hear sech a go1-blamed noise2"
whispered Jim Whitford. But faint the boys
It's them instruments, blank EN-"
Under cover of the terrific crashing and splitting
of chords, Wells made his way swiftly through the
throng and touched Sam Pease on the shoulder
Mr. Pease,' he said directly my name is Wells
am from New York. | have been greatly inter-
ested in your sons effort, and l beg that you and
he will come down to the hotel and have a little
business talk with concerning his future"
An hour later boy with dazed air and rapt face
out Of the little hotel, walking like man in
dream. The impossible had happened. His edu-
cation assured.
And Wells looked after him and smiled: Only
nineteen" he dreamily said Is it possible l was
like that when was nneteen? All, youth youth"
On the porch of the hotel after supper Wells met
the leader of the Hanover Corners brass band
Drawing him one side he whispered in his ear, and
then deity slipped something into his palm. The
looked at him in establishment, and then as
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just getting under way.
Suddenly Jim came cavorting down the platform,
eyes starting from his head, whiskers and linen
duster flung to the breezes. He was encouraged
by the shouts of ribald occupants of the smoking
car: Go It grandpal -" Hurrah for Daddy Long
Legsl'-'Get move on, you old jayl"
Here, here!" Jim bawled, making a frantic
effort thrust the bill back in Weiss hand as he
stood on the steps of the car; we've give me too
much-yeve made mistake!"
No, Jim, | meant to give you that.
Still racing alongside the train, his ugly old face
working convusively, he managed to grasp tie
fnancier's hand: l want to say God bless We,
blast it" he painted, then sank down upon the
platform and buried his face in his hands.
A few nights later at one of the smartest dinners
given in Newport that season a beautiful woman
leaned to Wells with deferentia1 grace. We
missed you the Fourth she said. 1 thought
Mrs Wells expecting you over.
Wells glanced across the cut glass and gardenias
to his wife, stately matron of auffywhite pompa-
dour and many jewels. Yes" he said Then
after pause he added: But I was called in
another direction
One hopes you had delightful celebration"
archy continued his fair neghbor.
Wells lifted his glass of champagne and regarded
its amber bubbles with a critical eve: 4 had,
madam" he softly said, the happiest Fourth [
have spent since l was boy
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If it's not too much trouble said Wells
No trouble whatever. Mother!" called the
clergyman he led the way to the straight little
staircase that led out of the stting-room, this
gentleman stopped here once-when a boy Did
l understand right"
Yes, when boy"
Il am going to show him his old room"
All right, father, came the CHEEKY reply from
the kitchen.
The fnancier stood in silence, regarding the little
plain with the severe white bed, the rag car
pet the tiny looking glass. He thought of the
perb chamber in his city house with its massive
canopied bed, its luxurious carpet, its crystal
mirrors He crossed to the gable window and
looked out at the church where pigeons were
walking about the roof and softly cooling
AS he turned back, the pastor to his amaze
ment that his visitors eyes sufused with
tears.
They descended the stairs, and as they reached
the outer door Wells suddenly pressed big roll of
bills into the clergymans hand, Thank you" he
murmured. Please take it and repair the church
and the parsonage"
But sir, stammered the bewildered parson, :"
don't understand From-from whom?" he called
after the retreating guest
The tinanCier paused moment at the foot of the
steps and looked back at the old pastor From
whom? From an unworthy son." he murnltlred
and was gone
The clergyman stood, amazed stupefed, looking
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the bills in his hand, with an incoher-
fled UP and down the street. 1t was
not long before the whole village knew
that a crazy stranger had insisted
upon buying new instruments for the
Hanover Corners brass band.
This was the one detail of the fl
nancier S celebration of the Fourth that
he had cause to bitterly regret; for
at midnight he was serenaded by the
Hanover Corners brass band
There was yet another pilgrimage
for the visitor. At dusk, when all the
world of Hanover Corners had gath
cred in the square to burn flour barrelS
and send up rockets, Wells stole away
down a lane bordered by lilac trees-a
lane he had never forgotten. At its
foot he found tiny brown cottage
imbedded in a grove of 1ocusts It's
porch was tangle of honeysuckle and
jasmine 1t was plain to see that the
cottage had long been tenantless.
And yet, as the man sat down upon
the steps, he did not feel alone; for
some gracious presence, some gentle
ghost, fingered there. Again his youth,
ardent and romantic, rose before him
and looked at him with tender eyes.
Until the moon swung high in the
heavens he sat there inhaling the scent
of the jasmine and looking back.
Wells felt a genuine regret next
morning when the stage numbered up
to the hotel. He had thoroughly en-
Joyed his trip to another world AS
they logged along to the station he
suddenly remarked how old and worn
the poor nags looked as they wheezed
and groaned up the steep hills. And
so when he shook hands with their
owner at the station he said in the
most matter -of-fact way: Here,
Jim, for Heavens sake buy new
span and turn those poor old beasts
out to pasture" Then he swung
himself aboard the train. which was