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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
MISS RICKA LEOPOLD, 1877 Main
AVA street, Menasha, Wis, Sec'y Lied

erkranz, writes:
''Three years ago my system was in
a terrible rundown condition and | was
broken out all over my body. began
to be worried about my condition and |
was glad to try anything which would
relieve me.
''Peruna was recommended to me as
a fine blood remedy and tonic, and l
soon found that it was worthy of praise.
"a few bottles changed my condition
materially and in a short time | was
all over my trouble.
lowe to Peruna my restoration to
health and strength. am glad to en-
dorse it"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
WOOD STARTS INVESTIGATION.
Records Of Army Officers in Philip
pines to Be Looked Into.

San Francisco. Cal. 49, Maj Gen,
Leonard Wood, Of the United States
army, has summoned a commission
to the Philippines to investigate the
conduct Of the United States army
officers on duty in the islands. He is
keeping secret the object of his inves,
t~igation, and even the members of
the commission do not know what
they are to do. They will receive their
instructions when they land at Ma
Mia.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Regular Organization Puts a Full
State Ticket in Field.

FL Paso, Textile regular repub,
lican state convention, headed by
State Chairman and National Com
mltteeman Cecil Lyon, has nomi-
mated the full state ticket decided
upon by the committee on nomina-
lions. Nominees for leading state of.
fcers follow; Governor, W. c. Aver
III, Beaumont; lieutenant governor,
Fredk. Hofheinze, Comal county; at.
torney general, c. W, Ogden, San An
tonic; railroad commissioner, w. F,
Conner, Dallas,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
FIFTY MEN ENToMsED ALIVE.
Cave.In of Tunnel at C%linchport, Va,
lmprisons Workmen.

Bristol, Na.-Fitty men are en-
tombed alive in the Cltnch mountain
tunnel at Clinchport, Va, as a result
of a Caye.in.
II is not known whether the men
are dead or alive, The work of rescue
is being rushed as fast as possible. Air
is being pumped in the tunnel by sew.
eral pumps for a distance of 700 feet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Raleigh, n C.-In an address to tho
people of North Carolina, GOV. Glen.
after calling attention to recent law.
less acts by the mobs, announced that
in the future the militia will be IN.
structed to fire on the crowds when
that step Is deemed necessary by the
sheriff Of the county in which the
trouble occurs.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

II Is said that when King Victor
Emmanuel visited Ancona on a re,
sent Sunday to lay the corner stone
of n hospital, he was attended by $50
detectives, 500 policemen, 500 car
bineers and 5000 soldiers. If "A royal
parsonage cannot perform SO worthy
q public service as this without such
n guard to protect his person, who
would 70 into what Artcmus Ward
called tho kings ~businoss?'
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

The institute season is in full blast
over the State and hundreds of school
teachers are perfecting themselves in
methods of work preparatory to the be-
ginning of the school term. In nearly
all Of the separate school districts the
term will begin on the second Monday
in September. In rural districts the
openings will be considerably later,
owing to shorter terms.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Fatal Bargain Counter Rush.

st, Joseph, Mo.-One woman was
injured, a dozen others bruised
and a score tainted as the result OF a
bargain counter rush at a 10.cent
store here. The police closed the
store TO stop the rioting. Mrs. Susan
Weiland will probably die as a result
of injuries from being trampled upon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Houston, Texan automobile was
overturned on a country road a the
city, killing George Meiklejohu and
severely hurting j. Campdean and P.
ReImer, of Rockford, Ill. Something
became wrong with the gearing, and
the accident occurred before the ma.
chine could be stopped.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Was Confederate P~riva.eer Officer,

New Orleans-John Hutchinson. one
of the two surviving officers of the
confederate ~privateer and blockade
inner Shenandoah, is dead, aged 6s.
The officers of the Shenandoah, which
was in North Pacific waters at the
time of Lees surrender, did not learn
that the war had ended until several
months afterward. Hutchinson was
first assistant engineer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Stock Raising Profitable.

For the purpose of inducing success
fui cattle r~aisers and stockmen in the
Northern and Western States to move
to Mississippi and engage in the indus
try, the immigration department of the
Illinois Central road is sending out
100. 600 circulars to the farmers in that
section setting forth the many superior
advantages of this State.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

According to American naval off.
GERS the powerful new British bat
tleship Droadnought ia not so furmtd.
able as she has been represented
Two vessels which the American
government Is o building, the
Michigan and the South Carolina, are
credited with br0adstdc power equal
To that of the pride OF the Britons.
At all events, it would seem that the
limit Of effectiveness in great float.
ing fighting machines has about been
reached,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Bond Sale Closed.

The last detail OF the bond sale trans.
aetion between the State of Mississippi
and Rollins, Son & Co.. of CHICAGO.
was ccacludnd when Vice President
Iaylor reached jackson with SOL 500
in cash, which sun was paid into the
Mr.. Taylor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Want the Veterans.

Hattiesburg is a candidate for the
next annual reunion of the Mississippi
division, United Confederate Veterans.
It is expected that Columbus and Me-
ridian will also ask the honor of enter.
tanning the veterans in 1907, and invita-
lions will probably be sent by Biloxi,
Gulfport and Vicksburg.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
The Tariff On Live Stock,

New York-Georgo H. Schafer, pres
ident Of the United Master Butchers
Association of America, says that the
question of eliminating the tariff on
live stock would be one of the sub
iects discussed at the convention Of
the association to be held in Milwau-
kee, August 21-24.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Three Thousand Return TO Work.

Adams, Mass.-The strike In the
four mills OF the Berkshire Cot.
manufacturing Co. has ended, and
5000 employees will return to work.
The company refused to re-employ
Whittam. president of the
weayers' union, whose discharge pre-
cipitated the strike.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Pittston, Pa.-Soo Sing. a Chinese
laundryman, told the police that a
Black Hand system is being tried
upon him. An unknown Chinaman
called and demanded 500, on pain OF
death. Sing asked him to call again,
and he agreed. The police will be
there, also.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Porto Rieans Petition President,

San Juan, Porto Rico-The Amer.
lean Federation of Labor or Por-
to Rico has forwarded to President
Roosevelt an appeal. to which 5000
signatures are appended, against the
alleged use Of the police by the in
sular administration TO obstruct the
efforts Of the federation to improve
the condition OF the working people.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Report StensIand In Arkansas

Little Rock, Ark. A posse
of officers left Little Rock at midnight
for some town in the interior of the
state, the name of which was kept Sc.
Cret. One of the officers said that the
posse was going after Paul 0. Stems.
land, the fugitive Chicago banker
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Downpour at Meridian.

The heaviest rainfall that has visited
Meridian in the past fifteen years fell
there n day last week. The precipi.
tation was $40 inches, and the greatest
amount OF downpour was reached when
q inch fell in ten minutes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

The United States department Of ag-
riculture has instructed Prof. ". NJ.
Bamberge, boil weeyil expert, to spend
the autumn and winter period in Missis-
sippi. As soon as the cotton picking
season is well under way, Prof, BAN
berg will a tour of the State
for the purpose of in%structing farmers
in the use of fertilizers, illustrating the
methods whereby the greatest goodc a
be obtained from the smallest amount
of fertilizers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Canadian Indians Visit kina Edward.

London-Three Canadian Indian
in their picturesque dress,
received by King Edward
at buckingham palace. The Indians
came to plead for the restoration Of
their hunting rights and certain ma
tive customs which have been cur.
by the Dominion government
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
E. Harmless Laxative.

il you must take a laxative, take a harm.
less one. Lax-Fos does not grippe, therefore
does not ~lrritate. Irritation is what does
the harm. Price 90 cents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Springfield, Mo,-Only "a talesmeu
out of a panel of l24 have qualified to
sit as Jurors in the Galbraith lynch.
ing case, and the state, having OK.
hausted its regular and additional
panel, the court laid the case over
until Friday
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Big Timber Deal.

Wisconsin parties bought 3,444 acres
Of land in Perry and Lamar counties,
paying a purchase price OF 1892 500.
The sellers are John Landers, Spring.
field, Mo-; L. N. Arson, Merrill, Wis,
and George F. Gilkey, Oshkosh, Wis.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Fall Races,

Plans are being formulated for a Sc
ries of fall race meetings in Mississippi
to take place during the autumn fair
season, commencing at Grenada during
the early part Of October and winding
up in jackson during the Mississippi
industrial exposition,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Sale of yearlinns-

Saratoga, n. Y.--At a sale of year
lings belonging to John E. Maddey, a
half-brother to Pegasus was sold to
Fred Burlew for s7,oo0-top price Of
the sale. The colt is by Hamburg.
Peg Wellington. Burlew also paid 49,.
900 for a chestnut colt by Plaudit-
Strath Reel.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Plans are being perfected by the
Brookhaven Progressive Union for a
merchants carnival and county fair
early in October. The exhibition will
be varied and the premiums numerous
and attractive.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Sreat pemonstratlcn BY Workmen.
Brussels-There was an immense
demonstration in favor of the reduc.
ton of the working hours. 1t is es-
timated that from 10000 to 10000
men participated in the procession
which, with a hundred bands, marched
through the principal streets. There
were no disorders.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Shells Make Good Paths.

Ground shells are being used for
paths in some of the London parks
with very satisfactory results, as they
do not make dust.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Pe-ru-na Restores Strenath.

Mrs. Hettie Green, r. r. 6, Iuka, ILL.,,
writes 81 had catarrh and feltmisera-
BILE. / began the use OF Peruna and
began to improve in every way. My
head does not hurt me>so much, nv
appetite is good and | aa gaining in
aesh and strength"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
MuIatto Woman Assasslnated.

Waco, Tex.-Mattie Sims, a hand
some mulatto wamon, was assassinat-
ed by a negro, who drove a dirk into
the heart of his victim and fed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Silver Service Fund.

Mississippi's fund to purchase a silver
service for the batileship Mississippi
has reached the sum of $1,000, that
amount being now in the hands Of the
governor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Club BUILDING Dynsmlted.

Dubuque, la,-Dynamite was placed
rl the front steps of the Dubuque club
building, and an explosion followed,
wrecking n Of the pillars at the en-.
trance and windows,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Picnic and Reunion

Fully 1000 persons attended the pic.
mic and reunion of McLean's Camn.
United Confederate Veterans, at Ar.
chusa Springs, near Quitman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
IN TROUBLED RUSSIA
THE WAR OF TERRORISM SEEMS
TO BE ON IN EARNEST.
TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
The Resumption Of Trouble Renders
the Task OF Government Mere
Difficult

St. Petersburg-The war Of terror
ism which the fighting organization OF
the social Te~yolutiUnists declared i'm
mediately after parliament was dis
solved, seems 10 have begun In earn
est. From all parts o. the en-
pire the telegraph brings the same
story OF attacks on police officials Of
all classes, accompanied in the MA
jor,ty Of cases by plundering.
The Polish reyolutionists are espe-
cialIy active. There is a verltable
reign Of terror from the Vistula to
the German frontier. Nearly so cases
Of assassination nave been reported.
Task Of Government.
The resumption Of terroristic actiy-
ity on 4 large scale renders the task
Of the government more difficult, and
darEens the prospects Of the present
ministry in accomplishing anything IN
the direction Of an amelioTation OF
the situation. While for the moment
the campaign OF the t]erTorists Is
bound TO create the reyulsiOn o. the
mere conservative public opinion
against the wild excuses Of the eX-
t,cmists, It is at the same time GER
tain 10 force the government II re-
double the measures Of repression
which it is claimed will in the end
drive public sympathy back to sup
port almost any can Of relief,
Some of the dispatches from Poland
assert that the outbreak Of terrorism
Is in retaliation for the wholesale ar
rests and repressions Of the governor
general.
The New Parliament.
The government announces that the
new parliament will not be deprived
Of the right to revise the budget for
1907. The budget will he submitted to
parliament when it assembled in March
and in the meantime the credits FOR
the first two months will be one-sixth
of the credits of the present year, IN
der the authority Of the fundamental
law assigning the credits for the pre-
ceding vear in case of the failure OF
the passage of the budget.
Several liberal papers have been
permitted TO resume publication either
under their old names or with e
franchises.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Moscow--Moscow police have dis.
covered another depot Of bombs,
which contained also so pounds of DIV.
Mantle and 1000 rifle cartridges.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
BRYAN and the PHILIPPINES.

Florence-Col. Moses Wetmore, OF
st. Louis, Mo, in an interview. saws
Bryan favors independence for the
Philippines.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Bordeaux-Mr. Bryan may decide to
abandon his intention to visit Grenada
and go to Tangier instead,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

England Is not Indifferent to de
armcncnt It has decided to build
three new Drcadn0ughts instead Of
fOuT.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

France having cat on the salary
OF the F]uillotiuo artist lH almost
equivalent to cutting on the head Of
the hraasman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

II ig said that the %cwpart baby
Whose parents gave 1t 10000, oOC
cries all the time i shows the baby
needed castoria instead of money.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
EARTHQUAKE

there are fires. Many ships, with their
cargoes, have been lost. More than
100 persons have been killed and
many hundreds injured. There is mis-.
cry indescribable."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Thomas A. Edison seems TO have
hit upon n valuable idea outside Of
electricity. He proposes that molds
be made for a house Of a given de.
sign. SO that liquid cement can be
poured into It. He estimates that IN
this way a house worth $4,000 can
be built for $500, The thing looks
feasible, says the Chicago Chronicle,
and il It should aver be realized viii
prove far more valuable than most
Of Mr.. Edison's electric inventions,
one reason being that these hardly
ever turn out as well as MIR, Edison
expected.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

A woman's idea of economy is to
use a gas range for the purpose Of
cutting down the coal bill.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Miss Margaret Carpenter, of Brook
Ign, who has just celebrated her
Tooth birthday by Waiting with her
l3,year-old great.grandson, was asked
for her recipe for becoming a century
plant. She has always acted on the
maxim, Early TO be and early
TO rise Furthermore. she said:
Since ! have been as high IS a
g%rasshopper | have been busy; but
the trouble with folks nowadays is
that they have so much idle time thai
they poke their noses into othel
peoples business and worry them
selves into an early grave"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

German government statistics show
that 43,i2l horses and 2.15l dogs
were slaughtered for food under GOV.
eminent inspection during the first
three months of 1906. This was an
increase Of 1922 horses and 366 dogs
over the number slaughtered during
the same time in 1905. 1t is est
mated. says the National proyisioncr.
that among the poorer classes, forced
to resort to dog and horse meat by
the exclusion of foreign meats from
the country, the consumption of this
sort Of meat was much larger than
the official records show.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24

Indiana Contractor Killed in California
Yreka, Call. f. Stairbridge,> a
contractor from Indiana, fell from a
bridge he vas building near Happy
and was instantly killed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-08-24
Lee Mantle Cut For the Senate.

Lee Mantle Cut For the Senate.
Butte, Mont.--Former United States
Senator Lee Mantle, OF Butte, has an.
nounced his candidacy for United
States senator,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-04-26
A Sensitive Operator.

A certain editor not more than a
thousand miles away was sitting in
his Office, alone, enjoying a quiet
smoke, when he had occasion to use
the telephone. BE arose, laid the
cigar he was smoking on a chair,
and took down the receiver, says an
exchange. just as he lifted the re-
ceiver a friend stepped into the Office
and started to sit down on the chair
Not realizing that the operator could
hear what he was saying, and just as
she was about to say "number,
please'' in her sweetest tones, the
editor yelled: ''Look out there you'll
burn your pants!" Communication
between him and central was cut at
once
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-04-26

The midget of the whole tree family
is the Greenland birch. It is a perfect
tree in every sense Of that term and
lives its allotted number of years from
IS to 100 just as other species of the
great birch family do, although its
height under the most favorable condi-
tons seldom exceeds ten inches. Whole
bluffs of the east and southeast coast
OF Greenland are covered with chick
ets' of this diminutive species of
woody plant, and in many places
where the soil is uncommonly poor and
frozen from eight to ten months year
"forest'' of these trees will flourish
for half century without growing to
height exceeding four inches.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-04-26
WattersOn Drives a Nail.

SVoCC0ASOA DEAScS d NALL
When degenerate like Clyde Fitch
works with French realism as his raw
material the product is bound to be
unrelieved rottenness.
And when an actress like Neither
sole, who seems to delight in prosti-
tuting her genius in such a way,
serves that product, the result must
make particularly strong appeal to
the appetite for carrion.
You went to see "Sapho' after
having heard that it was rotten.
Down in the very canker of your
being you hoped it was rotten.
You sought it's rottenness, and for
three hours you soaked yourself in it..
Now, in perfect candor, do you
think that all the rottenness of those
three hours was on the stage?
Do you think there was more of it
on the stage than there was in the
audience?
Can you cheat yourself with the as
sumption that some of the rottenness
you brought away with you from that
production was not taken there by
you?
Are you altogether sure that if the
theater, during that performance, had
been thoroughly disinfected, it would
not have been necessary to employ
goodly portion of the disinfectants on
yourself? - Louisville Courier-Jo Jour-
nal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-04-26
POINTED PARAGRAPHS,

When you are all done but finishing
you are just half done.
If you have time to boast about be-
ing worked to death, you have not
much to do. -..-.
Some people are so unfortunate that
their troubles make people laugh in.
stead Of cry.
A man who underestimate himself
may be tiresome, but he is not a cir.
cumstance to the man who brags.
People may disdain a compliment
but they feel a tender little spot in
them where it hit and refused to be
dislodged.
1t is theory growing in conviction
that the man who says a mean thing
about another isn't as mean as the man
who carries it.
The man who travels over the path
behind you wisely looks at your foot
prints and sees where you could have
avoided many a pitfall. Atchison
Globe.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-04-26
PIANO EXPERIMENTS.
Playing by Sweeping the Strings
With Feather

Open wide your piano so that the
wires are exposed. Over the wires
place sheets of music, and when you
strike tone you will find that it has
a rattling sound. If now you play a
tune in the same manner, with the
sheets of music still lying on the
strings, it will sound as if the instru-
ment were banjo. Anyhow. it is a
good imitation.
Now remove the music sheets and
press down gently, but firmly, the
keys belonging to any cord. Take the
simple cord c, e, G, for example.
The keys must be pressed down with
out sounding them and held down
while some one gently brushes the
strings with feather or straw. The
effect will be as if the cord were play
ed far away and is heard by you as
very soft tones.
Change the cord, always pressing
down the keys without sounding them,
while the feather still sweeps the
strings lightly. In this way you may
modulate or play slow piece, and the
effect will be very beautiful, indeed, as
If heard from great distance.
The reason Of this is that ordinarily
a damper rests against each string,
but when the corresponding key is
struck or pressed down the damper is
raised. In sweeping the strings with
the feather, lightly, only the strings
that are undampered sound, the others
being held mute by the hampers, but
if the touch Of the feather is too heavy
even the other strings may sound, so
your care must be in making a light
and delicate touch.
Now press down a key gently and
hold it. Strike very hard the octave
above this key, but do not hold it after
striking the tone. When the wire of
the tone struck has been sufficiently
dampered, so that it does not sound sc
loud, the pressed down key will be
heard to ''sing' clearly, even though
it was not struck. This is because
every note struck is composed of sew.
eral notes, being in reality a cord in
itself, and each note contained in that
cord causes the corresponding note in
the keyboard to vibrate, or ''sing," in
sympathy if held down in like man
ner.
The other notes that will sound under
these conditions will always be the
fifth above the octave, the second oc
tave and the third and fifth above that
| and these tones that sound are called
| "overtones''
For illustration, if C in the lower
part of the piano be struck, any or al
of the notes that follow will sound il
| their keys are first pressed and hel6
| down.-Philadelph Press.