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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01

Mr.. William A. Bedford will answes
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to thS
subject OF building for the readers OF thi-
paper. On account OF his wide eNps-
rienco us Editor, Author and Manufae-
turer, he IL. without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects, Address
all inquiries to William A. ltadforh, No,
~ t1ftll Ave-. Chicago, ~. and only
enclose ewo-cent stamp ios reyiy.
A seven room cottage house that
may bo built for about $4,000 under
favorable circumstances is here given.
Down stairs there is a parlor, dining
room and kitchen with one bedroom
and a bath room with an entrance
from the bedroom and another en-
trance from the Kitchen. which tacili-
tates warming the bath o from
the kitchen when there Is no fire In
the furnace, There is q convenient
grade entrance to the cellar which
may DO reached by four steps down
from the kitchen. This arrangement
leaves room in the corner OF the en-.
trance for a good sized refrigerator.
a provision that Is valuable In any
house and one that Is appreciated
by every house,keeper.
The size Of this little cottage Ia
rwenty-eight feet wide by ~thirty-eight
feet long, exclusive OF the porch.
which is not very large on the ground
and not very high; but there Is
room for four rooms down stairs and
three rooms up stairs with a good I'M
finished attic for storage, and there
Ia plenty Of closet A woman
never gets too many closets. Arehi.
tects are often worried because Of
the demand for more closets than
they can find o for. One adyant'
& OF arranging bedrooms In the
roof like this ~ that the low portions
OF the roof may be used to advant.
age for this purpose, Some women
prefer an attic over the bedrooms, but
many would rather have a store Don
OF this kind because 1t saves climbing
two pairs Of stairs. II Is impossible
to have every good thing included in
one plan. Cottage houses may be
lighter In construction than two story
houses and they are more economical
where the roof space Is utilized as 1t
Ia In this house. The three bedrooms
on the second floor represent Just that
much room that you do not have to
provide siding for. Tho roof answers
for both cover and side enclosure.
Some years ago a nan built a house
like this on a good street In a thirty.
ing city. All the other houses or the
street were larger and he was abused
for building a small house. but he
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time his little cottage was pointed
out as being the most attractive home
ON the street. Instead Of being a
damage TO other property II was a
most valuable acquisition. A great
deal depends on the way things are
done. 1t is easy to put up a big
barn OF a house that no one likes and
1t ~ just al easy to build a cottage
house like this for a small outlay and
make II into a very interesting prop
erty proposition.
Rose cottage, as he called his little
home. was talked about and soon be-
came known away beyond It's imme.
date n~elghborhood because II vas
such n neat and pretty home. II was
built soon after the hard times In
the early nineties when building ma.
terials were plentiful and money was
scarce; when grass grew between the
piles Of lumber In the yards and lum.
Der was rotting In the piles while
good mechanics were begging for
work at any kind Of wages. The lot
cost t70v and the house WAS completed
including plumbing. furnace and pip
Ing for gas for less than $1,000. max.
the whole property cost abcut Sl,675.
which was $1,000 more than the own
Or had put Into II Il required good
rosSuaxive powers - induce > money
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They seemed to think it made him re-
spectacle.
But you know what q hand some
folks is for details? Well, the rela.
tives OF the late deceased hadn't fig.
gered on the local thirst for informa-
ton. They gave Ike a fine funeral
and as peaceful al end as any Dibble
ever had. Ike in death was conven.
tional. Them Dibbles even went as
far as to say that In his last days he
a a credit to the name he bore and
that the citizens Of his town In Da-
kota felt dreadful bad when he passed
away and the leading stores were
closed when the procession went by.
They had a faint aroma OF a tale that
come back about Ike once before tell.
ing hoy he came into town shootin'
of fireworks and everybody had to
run for shelter and pull down the
shutters till 1t was all over. Still, I'm
not the one to begrudge Ike Dibble a
good, bang-up funeral and l hope he
got It!
nu. uye .hinA ne res.eu easy IN
'me nioe, een'eei srsse inc Dlopies
aiIo'.ce nm! ! snouia say 9 ihere
Was % many iuinols YOU'D a tnought
ny wAs war. hVelsoooy nad OH
leIene eorS anu hopody oehe'ed ne
was aeau'
ttTft.~ n rv--S -yL- 49,.
The Dawsons' VINO nave a son out
west somewheres' claim ROD met Ike
IN a cigar store n Utah. n Ike told
o ne was soin. TO the mines. Ike
seemed healthy, but as II he'd led a
hard ana various HE.
Soon comes another society note
thas Ike had married a squaw woman
on the reservation and was living like
a lord. This didn't set well on the
Dibbles and they threatened to show
the aotice OF lke's death in the Okla
horna paper. told Oscar Dibble that
the lady might be as good as Ike.
Oscar said he'd defend his dead
cousins memory against all villfiers.
! lot 1t go at that.
"A man from Oregon stopped over
- -
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COUSIN IkE---BlACk SHEEP OF The FAMILY

sSpeakin' Of Arizona, I've never met
q whole family SO down on anything
- the Dibbles was on Colorado, They
just couldn't say anything good OF It
Some one sent Fannie Dibble some
real pretty views OF places in Colorado
and the Dibbles wouldn't let her have
'em in her album. Why, they was 50
dead set against It I'm surprised they
didn't have a brand new flag made for
their pole, cutting out the star that
stood for Colorado. Cousin Ike just
tainted that whole bloomin' state as
far as the Dibbles were concerned.
Colorado to them meant Cousin Ike,
and Cousin Ike meant q whole buryin'
ground full Of family skeletons. Oh,
now l come to think Of 1t, 1t wasn't
Colorado at all! 1t was California.
likes people were simply elegant.
I'm distantly connected, about three
times removed, and that's how l come
to know SO much about all the inside
details of all Of 'em from Ike down.
or, as ! should say, from Ike up,
cause Ike was gently admitted to be
the lowest Dibble. Funny how one
member will break over the traces
and shame the life out OF all the 9TH
srs, amt itg
HE didn't have regard for things
when he was young and to home. and
1t was q great relief to all the Dibbles
when Ike cut out aud went west. I
thought It wasn't giving the west Z
square deal, but from that day on the
Dibbles cut the Pacific coast right of
their list. They seemed to argue that
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DECORATING with Flowers.

When decorations are very extern.
sive, the brac-a-brac Is sometimes en-,
tirely removed. II depends largely
upon the character Of the brlc-a.brac
whether this Is necessary. Surely
enough must be removed to prevent
an impression Of crowdIng when the
flowers are added. Very frequently,
however. some of the brlc,a.brac al
be used with the floral decorations to
obtain an artistic effect. Pieces OF
brass and copper are very effective
used against green foliage and In
Frightening up dark n Brass
eandlesticks with burning candles are
a wonderful addition. Candle light is
the most artistic light possible. and
will enhance all the beauties OF tho
decorations. Masses Of holly with It's
brilliant red berries. red candles In
brass c~andlesticks. and the only light
chat Of the candles. and Of an open
wood fire, and we have a never.to.be.
forgotten background for Christmas
mysteries and festivities--Harper's
Bazaar.
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burnt. Pretty soon Ike had so cut
himself sdrift from his folks that let
tiers were returned with no such per-
son here in red ink.
Some years later they got a picter
of Ike. 1t just came with no word or
nothln' on it. but It certainly spoke
fc- itself. that picter! Something pc
culiar about getting your photygraft
taken-you always want to send EN-
to folks you hain't heard OF for years.
Limbers up your remembrances. Yes,
sir, it's second mater to send a like
ness of yourself TO folks you aren't
on speakin' terms with. Otherwise.
what's the use Of hayin' q fine. ele.
giant picter IL your enemies can't see
It an be consumed with enyye The
Dibbles didn't have much to be CON
sumed over in 1ke's case, but 1t was
a melancholy satisfaction for 'em to
gaze at his features. an say. I told
you SO! Doesn't he look it? Yes. In
deed. And to think he is OF vas q Dib-
BILE. He was an awful pretty baby.
too. Mother Dibble always said he
was the prettiest and best behaved
child she had.'
"Old Mis- Dibble always laid every.
thing to the time Ike was vaccinated.
Next came tidings Ike was dead.
1t didn't come direct nor backed up
by proofs, but the faith the Dibbles
put in the report was positively disre-
spectful to the dead. / said they might
give poor Ike Just n little measly
chancst for his life, but Ike was as
dead as q doornsil to the Dibbles.
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anyone or anything or any place that
would have to do with Ike couldn't be
much.
You see, the Dibbles were mighty
self.conscious people, havin' lived
right here in W~estville, Conn, in the
same white house for so many genera
tons. It's a great and respectable
thing to get to be known as the So
and-Sos Of Such-a- Place, and the Dib-
bles were
The Dibbles' affection for Cousin
Ike must have been well acquainted
with the cat that liked hot soup, but
they certainly took a morbid interest
In his antics. because the Dibbles
were born reformers.
"They Just swallowed hard every
time they thought of the things they'd
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01

to avoid all shades Of green. Green
paint Is almost certain TO fade and
during the process It is likely to taxa
on some very sIckly shades OF color
that are extremely disappointing.
Nothing looks better than q light
shade of green when 1t Is first put
on, but nothing looks worse after it
has been exposed to the u and
storms for five or six monthe. II n
man ever wants TO kick himself for
doing something absurd In the decor
alton line 1t 10 for painting q house
green. Drabs and browns nre always
agreeable and generally such paints
arc lasting. but colors depend 30
much on the quality Of the materials
used that great care is necessary In
making the purchase, II you buy tho
paint yourself, or in making q con-
tract II you have a painter do the
Job.
A movement is on foot to bring
about government inspection OF paints
something after the present manner
OF food inspection. II seems ridicu-
lous that dishonest paint manufac-
turers are permitted to grind up any
sort Of old junk and sell the pasty
product for pure white lead. No won
der honest manufacturers have be-
come Disguised with such work and it
Ia to be hoped their efforts to secure
protection for honest goods will bO
successful. 1t makes a great differ
ence whether the PAINTER himselk
thoroughly understands the business.
A man who knows paint is not likely
TO be badly deceived. II be gets pay
sufficient he would much prefer 70 uso
good materials. There are two class
CD Of painters to avoid, n doesn'e
know and the other doesn't caro-.
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n STORY.

nUT OF the way! Out of the wayl
" the kings son cometh." The
shouting of the gayly.dressed heralds
who ran before the cavalcade, mingled
with the notes OF the buglers. caused
a scurrying and excitement in the mar.
row streets OF Jerusalem. Those
abroad at that early hour sought ref
uge In the friendly hooks of the walls
Of the houses and In the doorways,
while the people within rushed to the
windows and doors to watch the pro-
cession as ii passed.
The splendid turnout of Absalom
son of King David and generally ac-
knowledged heir to the throne, had be
come a familiar sight in Jerusalem
during the past few months, but the
people never tired OF watching the
gorgeous procession as It passed--the
company OF fifty feet runners leading
the way, the gayly caparisoned horses
and the %glistening bronze and gold
chariots. with their broad-shouldercd
b~rawny.armed drivers. and their splen
didly a%ccoutered warriors. All fur.
nished a pleasing and animated picture.
the center OF which was the handsome
youth who rode with such dignity and
royal grace in the largest and most
splendid OF the chartots. AS he passed.
the people fairly held their breath, SO
enrapt were they with the rare beauty
Of the face and form. Never before
had they seen so regal a presence.
such a wealth of hair, such flashing
eyes, such rudy glow upon the full.
rounded cheeks. such graceful poise
Many were the whispered words of
commentator, and approving mods,
and the people were pleased to think
Of the day when Prince Absalom
should succeed his father. David. on
the throne Of Israel.
HE Is like n of the gods come TO
earth." whispered one into the ear of
the man standing next him. B
Yes" was the response. "and the
gods be up early this morning. What
brlngeth Absalcm abroad while yet
the sun is scarcely above the top OF
|'yonder city's WALTZ"
ut Is early. Perhaps he IL bent
upon discharglng some OF the kings
business. Let Us follow"
And they fell In behind the process.
sion which wound its way through the
streets and q last brought up at the
chief gate Of the city. which, with the
rising Of the sun. had been thrown
open for the incoming stream OF trav-
elers.
As We have said, the royal turnout
Of Prince Absalom had become q "a
miliAr sight to the people Of Jerusa-
lem, but this was the FIRST morning
that the shouting OF the heralds. the
notes Of the buglers. the clatter and
tramp Of the prancing horses and the
rumble Of the chariots had been heard
10 early in the day. and many were
The conjectures q to the eascn for
II
Absalom Noted tho expressions of
surprise which mingled with the looks
" admiraticn and approval On TIE
1Aces Of the people - ~ passed. and.
tsrniaS wtth ! sigpi6esat sniIe y ~
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Handicappins an Agent.

Can ! talk to you q few minutes7s
asked the life insurance agent.
Yes" replied the managing editor.
II you don't mind walking about Tie
building with me. l really haven't tn
time to sit down"
That's all right" said the agent,
"T'd prefer that. really"
The managing editor led the way
out to the composing room. thenco
into the telephone department, stop.
ping every moment or two to converso
with some operative. and took his can.
er at last into the machine rcom.
where the huge printing machines
were illing the air with their unearth.
" din.
NOW" he said. yelling into the 60
q The life insurance man. II an rso6k
u listen TO yon % ahoad-~
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say to Ike to turn him from his evil
ways. 1t was torturin' to nice folks
like them to have one-by-their-name
breaking jails and records out west.
They wrote several letters to Ike tell
ing him II he'd come home they'd give
him . place In the store at six dollars
per to start and he could board with
his married sister.
"Of course this must have seemed
. big inducement TO anyone who was
having . lot or fun out In Wyoming!
ike Was one Of the kind that would
rather play than learn his books when
he was little, bnt they was able to
make ont enough Of his answer to
know that Ike would be something
the Dfbbles couldn't mako out. but
probably . remark popular In Idaho
IL he cfme back. They inferred he
didn't have any longings to see the
1cenes OF his childhood.
"a spell Afterwards they got the
minister 70 write, too. and It was -
friendly and nice ! lstter a you'd
vish - rod. But no. Ike seemed
poossssed 10 50 hi own u~nrfghteoas
~ - they gfvs Up ~ hope q ~.
~ ~ bfand-eor tear they'd ~ ~
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sERMoNErTE.

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ton to 4, called himself Emanuel
Hgginbotham. Still. ne would be
likely 70 have changed his name. For
awhile we took comfort thinkin' Ike
was dom well. and We honed he'd see
bis way clear to ON on and bring
his family for q visit. The Dibbles
began TO allow Ike to inhabit the
earth once more. and eve went so
far as to hope they'd like his wife.
which was unbendin' some for . Dib.
BILE.
But all this was kicked over pref
ty quick when they heard that Ike
was mixed up In a train Robin ept
demic. The way they popped him
back to his grave was a caution.
After this they wal 50 sore on any.
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astendan, ana coandant Who rode win

attendant and conhdant who rode with
him in the chariot, he whispered:
"They viii soon become used to this
early-morning appearance. Yes. all
Israel shall know that Absaiom stitch
at the gate Of the city and thinketh
upon the welfare Of the nation"
Thou hast the wisdom as wea As
the beauty Of the GODS" ilatterinsly
responded the other.
"And Absalom hath a right royal ad'
wiser in thee said the prince, patron
izingly. WAS II not thee who first
got nm inkling of the schoming OF
Bathsheba to place her son solomon
on the thronef And was It not thee
who limited that the place for the
prince and heir was In the gate of the
city OF the king. whittier those from
every tribe In the nation come On
matters of businessf"
That was the beginning Of busy days
with Prince Absalom, No one loved
ease and pleasure more than he, but
when 1t came 10 personal ambition and
the qualification of his pride no hour
was too early for him and 40 task too
hard for him to undertake When the
first int.matiou had come to him that
plans were being laid whereby tho
kingdom should 60 to Solomon, the
youngest son OF David, rather than to
him, the eldest living son and rightfnl
heir. he was filled with the b%itterest
Of anger and was for plotting the
death OF the young prince, but his
close conidant. seeing at once the fol-
ly and peril OF such a course, had per-
suaded him to abandon the thought,
and had showed him that II he was TO
save the kingdom for himself he must
do II by subtlety. He must turn the
hearts and thoughts Of the people to
himself, and then strike the blow that
would place the throne within his
grasp. And so 1t came to pass that
day after day he roae up early and
stood beside the way of the gate and
greeted in gracious name all who
came thlther. And when any man that
had a controversy In the town or dis.
trict from which he had come and
sought the king out for Judgment, Alb
salon would draw from him his story,
win his confidence, and then exclaim;
See, thy matters are good md
right; but there Is no man deputed
Of the king to hear thee. oh, that |
were made judge in the land. that
every man which hath any suit or
cause might come to me. and | would
do him justice!'
And when any man came nigh to
him to do him obelsance. he put forth
hin hand and took MIN and kissed him.
And In this manner did Absalom to all
Israel that came to the king for judg.
ment, and as the years went by tho
fame and favor Of Absalom spread
throughout all the tribes Of Israel, so
that one was SO popular or Sc much
talked of as he.
But disquieting word came to him
one day as he sat In his accustomed
place by the gate. There had been
secret messengers from the king, so 1t
was intimated, mingling with the peo-
pie who had come to him for succor
and to do him obeisance, and he feared
lest the matter of his plotting should
reach the ears of the king and bring
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Croahy's Great Mistake.

william Crosby, for many years .
prominent publisher and bookseller
in New Engand, Is dead at his home
IN Roxbury, Mass. His firm. Crosby
G Nichols declined to print a volume
Of poems called Voices OF the Night"
by Longfellow. The poet offered the
poems with the stipulation that the
firm give him a position. For this
refusal the firm lost Longfellow's
work, which later became famous.
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The Test.

H. Ia as much the test Of dlscipleship
to wash or mend a net on the shore
az to catch a great draught In the
open sea.
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The Rich Poor.

The poor In this worlds goods may
be rich in faith and heirs Of the king.
dom.
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Occasionally . dull person shines Ii
@ emergency.
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Get What They Pay For.
erlck Absorbs Water.

Women got their rights as well 40
their lefts at q shoe store.
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A mIser Is loved by his neighbors u
mice love a cat. 4
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01

The absorbing capacity OF a brick
10 about 10 ounces OF water.
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Knsiand has e orGauisatioa n a.
promotion " ycat culturs
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-01

That II yca really care Tor 4 pessos
you xill not ~ unkind things 70 q
~ thonf
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The Cherry-Y0u are apt to regret
digging up . cat or q mar that's
passed on.
Gopyrisht nv. By W. q. Chapman,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-03-01
FORTY YEARS AGO.

just forty years ago last Thursday
Edgerton was visited by one of the most
disastrous fires in her history. We
were small village at that time and the
ire wiped out a big portion of the bust
Dess district. Edgerton had no news
paper either to chronicle the event, but
the GAINESVILLE Gazette gave the follow
account of the disaster:
"a fire broke out in Edgerton Thurs
day evening, February q, 1867, starting
in Root & Bowerman's store on Front
street, and spread so rapidly that nearly
one-half the business portion of the place
was destroyed before the progress Of the
flames could be stayed. There is no fire
company or engine III the village, but
hook and ladder company was extempor-
lied and two of the buildings in the row
were soon torn down and by the use of
buckets and wet carpets the fire was
stayed in it's rapid and all deyouring
march, after having RACED eight build
lngs to the ground and turned eighteen
business men and four families into the
street. The losses as nearly as can be
ascertained are as follows Root q Bow
eTman, furniture store, loss S0,0UO; ln-
sured So, 800; D. r. Wheeler, mechanic,
loss 5000; DR.. Crandall, loss $415; no
insurance; Mrs. Bowerman, loss 500;
DIR. Lord, loss 500; DIR. Landers, loss
$1,000; no insurance; Son & Clark, loss
500; covered by insurance; Williams &
Sherman. loss ST. 200; insured 5000: M. G.
Pond, loss $780,; insured $1,000; B. B.
Sherman, loss ST 900: insured $500; Jas.
Clark, loss 81 900; insured $500; 81. Rob-
erts, loss $500; no insurance; w. Ellis,
loss $3.50; no insurance; e. Fl. Smith, loss
500; no insurance.; Dan Edwards, loss
$3.50; no insurance"
Judge Smith is the only survivor now
living in this city that were mentioned
as being in business and suffering loss
from the fire.