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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16

process is continued until the ice
house is full. the lower part being
soon filed, as shown in Fig. g..
To prevent the water from running
off the edges, a wall of ice is formed
by first stretching cheesecloth all
around the edge and then spraying
with water, The object of making the
iciclcs is to support the large sheets
of ice, which would be unable to hold
the weight Of the water without the
use of the ice columns.
When the ice house is full, the walls
are closed up tight until the Ice is
wanted. A small door is then opened
and the ice is mined out as wanted
the cracks between the layers greatly
facilitating the operation Of splitting
It up into symmetrical pieces of uni
form size.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
Electric Execution for Mosquitoes.

An electric lamp inclosed in a pretty
little cage formed of fine metallic
chains almost touching each other,
and held rigid by metallic rings above
and below, is the very latest thing in
lethal chambers, Its destined victim is
the mosquito, says the London News.
BY this inyention-recently explained
to the sarants of the Paris Academy
by Mr.. Chaulin-the insect is pleasant.
ly attracted to its doom. An unseen
alternating electric current passing
through the chains does its business
as 1t e%ndeavors to investigate the at.
tractive luminous object inside.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16

used In connection with a two horse
power engine, under a pressure of go
to so pounds. and this set OF fiues
has been in only a year, The pho.
tograph is Of a part ear the center
of one OF the latter,
The only explanation of the Pc
culiar rupture which seems appli'
cable. says Scientific American, is
that it must have occurred from the
inward pressure of the air when the
boiler had cooled sufficiently to form
a vacuum, The appearance would in,
dictate that the scale had served to
help withstand the steam pressure,
while against that from the outside it
offered little or no resistance.
The circumstances support this
theory as to the cause. in that the
boiler was last fired on a very cold
evening, cooled OFF rather more
quickly than usual. and was found
the mex morning, to leak freely.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
HOW DEBILITY SHOWS
And Why Or. Williams Pink Pill.
Are a Specific for Dangerous
PHYSICAL Declines.

The symptoms of general debility vary
according to the cause but weakness is
,l,uoye n,aSort q to,dorov e. norsn;un
ara fatir,a nas;,m s;na;n. =, r.
snm,at;"Ssa To-. -, 1"i'
soh'oa piaoh spois passlns pelore
the eyes, weak BACK, vertigo, wakeful-
ness caused by inability to stop thinking,
and unrefreshing sleep. The cause of
the trouble may be some drain on the
system or it may be mental or physical
oyerwork. sometimes insuficient nntri.
| tiop dino to dioe,t;ya distrrhanoo r,
y uuo w uiso''',o disturbances III
.ne ia.tei caso 'ncre 10 senerahy loss OF
appe'ite anu coated tongue as well as
general languor and debility.
Miss Lula M. Metzger, a stenographer,
living at II Mill street, Watertown. N. ".
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16

Il STORY

A THRILL Of glad expectancy swept
n through the camp OF Israel as they
came to camp In the plains Of Moab
and II became known that they were
on the very border land OF Canaan,
the land God had promised to give
them, Little else was thought Of or
talked about. The children listened
with eager fascination to thci, par.
ents MS they talked about the won.
ders Of the land, and the young men
with the i"mpctu0sity Of stirring
manhood, were inpatient TO push for.
ward at once. And fftcr they had
encampcd there several days the muir.
mur ran through the camp from lip
TO lip and from tribe TO tribe:
Why deluyeth Moses here? Why
does he not 20 forward"
When this complaint reached the
ears Of the leaders of the different
tribes, they we're troubled thereby
for they remembered that Moses had
told them that God had said that he
should never enter the Promised
Land.
Yes, and has not Joshua beer
chosen as leader when Moses shall.
be taken from u.s. spoke up 0ne. who
was of the tribe Of Ephraim, the one
to which Joshua belonged.
TO be sure, but death seems ia,
from our leader. for he ia 40 fpll M
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
Sinele-phase Electric Railway.

A series s~ingle-phase electric rail.
way system between Atlanta and
Marietta, Ga,--the first alternating
current line in the southern states
was recently put into service. The
line, which is of standard gage, Is
about Is miles long, and Is supplied
with power from the hydraulic station
of the Atlanta Water and Electric
Power company. Is miles from Allan.
ia. transmission along the feeders be.
ing at $4,000 volts, with three-phase
current. Each Of the two sections OF
the line is served by two transformer
s~ub-stations, these stations being a
little more than three miles apart.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
Jove's First Awakening.

One is always a little hypocritical
In the beginnings of love. How can
you expect a woman, a reasonable
woman, to confess to herself frankly
that a man whom she did not know
yesterday occupies already a larger
place in her heart than all her rela-
tives, friends or enemies? She will
spend entire months, a year, perhaps,
in seeking for her preoccupations all
sorts of names before giving to them
their true one.-Madame Emile de
Girardin.
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Tanta,um Pens.

A new pen has recently come upon
the market in Europe for which con-
siderable SUGGEST IL predicted. These
pens are made Of tantalum In substi,
tuition for steel. They are more flexi-
BILE than gold pens and more durable
than those Of steel. since they resist
corrcsion, and ! With diGculty be
spotted with ink. At the sAmc umo
their points are exceedingly hard.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
Worlds Gold Production,

In the last 500 years over twelve
billion dollars worth of gold is esti-
mated to have been dug from the
earth. Not much more than one-half
of this is definitely known to be in
existence in the monetary stocks of
the globe. OF this, however, the
United States is believed to hold from
a billion and a quarter to a billion and
a half.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16

A story is told Of a Scotch minister
who gave the rural joiner an order to
make a small wooden cupboard.
When the pastor received the &C.
count he complained to the joiner
about the amount, and said he could
have got a secondhand cupboard,
which would have answered his pur-
pose equally we'll, at much less COST.
Yes" retorted the Joiner; and l
could buy a guild sermon for three
pence; but e'e wadna' care aboct
preaching them at that price!'-Stray
Stories.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
E~xperlments with Ties.

An interesting experiment on. a
large scale is about to be made by
the Pennsylvania lines. using screw
spikes with the Thiollier special steel
lining or sleeve. The purpose Of the
experiment Is to determine the add.
tional life which may be obtained
from ties Of inferior wood BY the uss
Of improved fastenings.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
5E0,TABLE FROM PIPE FITTINGS.
A Convenient Article Of Furniture fol-
the Sick Room.

A bed-table will be found a most
convenient article for the sick room,
or for these who wish to read in
bed. The table may be made to
hold the books or dishes, as the case
may be, in any desired position
without the slightest effort on the
part of the patient or reader.
In the sketch, which shows the as.
sembled table, A and II are one,half
inch tees; d is a one-half inch pipe;
c Is a three-fourths by three:eighths
inch cross; ID is a three-eights inch
tee used as a handle to tighten the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
A PECULTHH aUFTUrE.
Probable Reason for Singular Holes
In a Boilers Flue.

The accompanying photograph Is
Of a short section of a fiue taken from
an old boiler, and shows two small
holes which appear TO have been
made by some pressure from the in
side of the fiue, l. e. a pressure from
the direction opposite to that of the
normal steam pressure.
Though the direction of the rup-
ture is more distinctly apparent in
this place than In any other, it is
only n OF several similar holes in
the same set of fues. The boiler was
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16

short nipple, l., which acts like a
set screw; E is a three.eighths inch
tee; + is a three-eighths inch elbow,
and X knob of hard wood driven into
the fittings, as shown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16

A pension plan for aged and dis.
abled employees will Don be intro.
duced by the Boston and Maine rail.
road.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
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 50 cents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
SHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICES
Mons Shoes, s. to $1.bo. Boys, ehoes. 81
Al Ill DssIsrs. Ia zS-cssf Bsxsa

Mems Shoes, So to $l.6O. BOYS, 6hoes, -
to$1.25.. Womeu's Shoes. $4oO 70 $i.S0.
Misses q Children's Shoes, $2.2b to $l.OO. !.
Try w. L. Douglas Woinen's, Misses and
Children's shoes; for style, ft and wear
they excel other makes.
II could take you Into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass, and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape. fit better,
wear longer, and are of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain ". l..
Douglas shoes. His name and price Is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and inferior shoes. Take no su6sfts
tate. Ask your dealer for W.. L. Douglas shoes
and insist upon having them.
Fast Color Eyeists used; they viii not Weay byassy.
Write for illustrated Catalog Of Fall Styles.
WI DOUGLAS, Dept. II. Brockton, Mass.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16

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80 L., dlscornoa tho movenents
a., QUE .,.,,I,s the Noabttas when
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rtts ,r,, ,.af tho ar.rr,ysl of the
-.s, o,t ,s,y s.,,, M o,c. IN seek
,,, ,t.lr l.alsr Tfey found him
, Lysv gyc- MI. ~rarchuerts as ne had
.,, s,ra ,n.tr ,r,f,.1 at that, pIace
In far, ~. had 1.r, seldom sacn
,s,rst nj late and n was known
/ ,t7, b.. yae u~ri,irg tho history of
/ A,s ,.,-rc A. ,Rav .r,o-aa no arose
/ sot Mia s-rat .,,rs. farm was head
ana sl,,Jlore ,noya nos, NJ the men
I rbare No trace Of old age IN the
| sfr,op limos NJ tbat form in that
.-.r, ga--lspn In that clear piqrcjng
eve In tnaf full rowcrrp! voice. and
II there had nI-rrd ANY doubts in
the hearts Of tED.r men that Moses
WA angs TO ta,B thorn IL vanished now
In the rraarrcr nf his commanding
rrrsonatlg What IL he was 800
yrs7. old WAS NOT there the strength
| oC prrrrcr uaulpaia Surely he would
continue In load them
Wln condolences therefore. the
ro lagwa0 stunned onward and cy.
rl,fnrd what had brought them TO
him told of the m~urmnrInrs among
The paonla and their desire to push
forward 10 the Promised Land which
| I,y n,st ahead and ended by urging
thar he Moses urroare AZ once to
load thcu
The brow of the leader cIoudcd a,
,hpy proceeded and within the drcp
set ryrs ihrre came a look of tronble
and ncrpIcvity
Thou gnnwcet tbe words of the
Lord how he has said that I shall
rot GO tpto tho pr,miqnd f.ond and
uogog ho,,od bis bood bumhlv "Thou
krnweql ais, that Iosku, Inns haen
| phngnn lnnIIT In my gtpul Hpmpn
horest thon not the soIon, service
If corsocrotion WHOM Cot set hia nm.
nrovoI pnnn him. Tbo,, abaIt go in
and ,,,gsoss m, land and L-I--God
win take me-" Moses' voice ended
| almost in a whisper, and a deep 81.
| Icncc followed
npu, r,lt,r,a tho ,ro ,,to bod
gppkcn before death is far from
thee. Thou art able to lead us. And
the peopIo are eager to push on"
81 cannot Moses renllod. without
raising his ovos God has spoken
We must wait"
"Wait, Wait for what"
oNIy death vhisperod Moses. and
silently and sadly and soIemnly the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16

Yes, the sun shines for all--when It
isn't cloudy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16
A. things come quickly to those
who wait on themselves.

Steadfastness is a noble quality,
but, unguided by knowledge or humil-
ity, it becomes .rashness or obstinacy.
-SWartz.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-11-16

Set your hearts unto all the words
which testify among you this day,
which ye shall command your chill.
dren to observe TO do, all the words
Of this law, For it is not a vain thing
for you, because II is your life: and
through this thing ye shall prolong
your days IN the land whittier ye go
over Jordan to possess It."
Then lifting his hands over the
people. he spoke his blessing upon
the people, giving his prophetic mes.
sage for each tribe. And when he had
ceased and the people stood silent be,
fore linn, the voice OF God was heard
speaking out Of the heavens, say,
ing;
Get thee up into this mountain,
Abarim, unto Mount Ncbo,
Silently, reverentls, the people
watched him depart. Out from their
midst he went, with face turned up
ward towards the mountain God had
pointed out, A look of peace and
JOY rested upon his face, Not a looh
backward did he cast. His work wa,
done, the record had been written
henceforth his course lay ahead ant
not behind, and SO In obedience t
the call of God, Moses wended hi'
way out from the camp OF Israel, AMI
up, up, up, the winding pathway o
the mountain. The people watched
silently until the form of their be
loved leader had disappeared from
view, and then a great sob swept owe
the congregation. and they departe,
: TO their tents. Aud for 80 days tn
people wept and mourned their Dc
+ parted leader.
4 So Moses. the servant Of the Lore
j died there in the land OF Moab. q,
cording to the word Of the Lord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24
EXCESSIVE LIGHT.
Effect of the Suns Rays on the Organ
ism of Animals and Plants.
From the Literary Digest.

L rom the Literary
The theory advocated by Ma ior Charles
Z. Woodruff, L. S. A, that excessive light
Injuries the animal organism and that
blonde races in southern ATTITUDES can not
permanently survive its effects, has already
been noted in these columns. In a paper
read before the Northern New York Medical
Association and printed in the Medical
Record DR.. Woodruff has more to say on
this action and its mechanism. 1t is his
belief that our knowledge of the curative
action of light has led to the curious result
that we are totally ignoring the injurious
nature of its shorter waves. These, he as
serts are always Acknowledgement con
structive He writes:
Even in plants, they are used to break
up the carbonc oxide of the air being
transformed in some way to another form
of energy, possibly electric, by the chloro-
phyl. Hence the opinion was universal that
light was most beneficent agent of when
we could not get too much, and the pro-
fession to a man has been advocating eX-
cessive exposure to the suns rays and the
admission of great streams Of light into our
living rooms, schools and workshops, utter
ly oblivious of the fact that if 1t can de
stroy bacillary protoplasm ii can do the
same to the cells of our bodies In ad-
dition light almost invariably binders
growth while darkness favors it both in
plants and animals Even men tend 10
be big In dark climates and little in light
ones with some exceptions.
"Botanists have long recognized the fact
that the living growing cell always func-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24
Birds That Construct Prisons.

From the Scientific American.
Among the hornbils of southern Asia, the
Malayan Islands and central and southern
Africa most of the species have curious
habit of Matching their young In the walled
ND hollow of the tree chosen for the nest.
The birds have immense bills and horny
crests.
The mother bird is walled up by her mate
and remains imprisoned until the eggs are
Matched, and in some species until the
young birds are able to fly. Meanwhile the
mother has become temporarily incapable
OF flight as she has moulted, or at least
shed all her wing feathers, during her cap
tivity. But the male is interchangeable In
providing for his family. and is said to work
so hard that he is reduced almost to a
skeleton at the end of the brooding season.
According to the theory Of many natives,
the female Is imprisoned to prevent her
neglecting her duty of brooding. and If she
has been unfaithful or negligent her mate
closes the little window of her cell and
abandons her to painful death by suffoca-
ton
The true story, perhaps, is this: The
female walls herself in that she cannot
fall from the nest after losing her feathers,
and also to protect herself from enemies.
This version is less poetical than the other,
but 1t is probably nearer the truth. 1t is
supported by the statement that the female
liberates herself as soon as the young birds
are well grown, so that her prison Is less
formidable than it appears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24

tons IN the dark under tine bark. and that
the pfotoplasm in She lnsf MUST resort 20
all sorts of schemes cor protection from too
intense light BIOLOGISTS also have shown
that animals pass an their time ina the
dark. or II they must expose themselves 60
the sun rays they are Invariably pro-
tected by an opaque covering OF hair, feath-
erS or skin augmentation. 10 is only within
decade that anthropuIugists have discoN-
cred that the same law applies to man. II
is now proved that IN every part of the
world the native type OF man, who is add
1usted To the climate. has an amount of
augmentation strictly In accordance with
the amount of light TO which he is eX-
posed"
But just how does the Injurious action Of
excessive light take place. II il is strong
enough. it kills the protoPlasm. Dr Wood
ruff SAYS; if not. it causes 1t TO decompose
or break up chemically. lie goes on:
We see a typical illustration in the low
vitality of tissues damaged bV the k-ray,
Another instance is prolonged and often in
durable neurasthenia following sunstroke.
and it might be said that the short sun
rays are one OF the factors in some of these
cases, though thelmiC fever may be due TO
the dark infra-red rays alone. II might
also be explained in passing that in thu
therapeutic use OF these short rays II -
found that invading organisms and typical
new cells are more easily killed than ths
normal tissue. but that II the light is too
strong It kills both normal and abnormal.
Indeed normal cells, from repeated damage
OF minor degree. may be $50 changed as u
take on malignant growth themselves
The practical point that he thinks SHOULD
he noted by every one. and especially by
physicians. is expressed by the writer in
the following paragraph.
IF II is true that excessive light Is one or
the many causes OF ueura Sthenia, II follows
thar this condition in America should be
worse In blends than in hrunettes should
be worse in the cities than in the country,
and should be vastly benefited or cured by
a removal TO dark, cloudy climates. AS
matter of fact, severe "a SeS are known To
be remarkably benefited by removal from
the city in the summer. ana are made worse
by remaining; are damaged by trip To
lighter climates and benefited or cured by
sojourn in northern cloudy ones 1t IS
not the heat, for the fact is the same even
If the sufferer escapes TIE heat OF course
cases can arise in cloudy places n there
are other causes. Ii is merely proof that
light is one Of the causes Of This trouble
s. me interesting conclusions are drawn
by DR.. Woodruff, among them that the re
markable success OF sanatoria in such
places as the lower mountains OF New YORK,
which has been very marked in cases OF
neurasthenia from southern cities, might DO
due 10 relief from excessive light and that
erhaps the rest treatment of Wier Mitchell
may also partially owe it's yaIJie to the fact
that the patient is removed from light irri-
tation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24
Tea Time in England.

From Harper's Bazaar.
il was ) O'Clock when we found ourselves
in the drawing room. There IS no hour. 10
meal. like that Of the English tea nor the
world over can the Women of any nation ar
range a room quite as well as the upper
class English. What they do 10 give their
we'll proportioned drawing rooms that air OF
weli-bred cheerfulness, that look Of comfort
and time-proved elegance. is their English
secret. l cannot describe with any detail
the great drawing room OF my hostess but
there remains in my memory a picture OF
space and of old vet graceful furniture of
flowers everywhere OF an open piano, of
just enough pictures and ornaments, and
OF wicker teastand in the ingle-nook by
an open, blazing fire.
The sister of my hostess presided over
tea scenes were buttered and on the fender
and, with a thrill. I realized that /, like q
Jane Eyre, or a Dorotbea Brooke, n Molly,
a Phyllis. had just arrived in country
house and was about 10 sample all things
traditonally English.
Alas that further years abroad have made
such things now familiar, But | was new
TO them then. and full Of the novels, and
my hostesses, older women, smiled openly
a my ardor But ! did not care. and
looking back | think now they were well
pleased.