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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
EXHAUST FOR MOTOR BOAT.
How II Can De Arranged So as TO Be
. Practically Noiseiess.

Everyone who rides in q motor boat
viii be indebted 10 the Motor Boat
magazine for suggesting this method
Of a~bolIshing the %nuisances Of the eX-
haust 1t Is simple enough~-when you
know how. Run the exhaust pipe over.
board at u point oue.half foot above
water line, and there screw on an
ordinary elbow, leaving IT free to turn
Into the elbow screw solidly four feet
at ~ inch pipe, and to this attach a
wire or cord by which the end may
he held up out Of the water, Now,
with a little practice, you "A master
the problem Of n ~noiseless. 0dorless.
heatless. spray less exhaust.
With the hinged pipe drawn up out
Of the water, start your engine. AZ
o as the boat gains Roadway drop
the pipe in, aud YOU will be delighted
90 discover TINT your boat Is actually
going faster and your engine running
irper. and without noise or smell
The reason is evident, The water
rushing past the open end of the pipe
produces u suction which makes the
exhaust more perfect, emptying the
cylinder of all exploded gas after each
stroke of the piston, so that the next
explosion has fun effect, On account
of varying speed at different times a
little experimenting may be necessary
IA order to find Just che right depth to
which the pipe end should be dropped
The vacuu may be still further in.
creased, II desired.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
Largest locomotive Is Built,

The largest steam locomotive In the
world is about to be turned out from
the plant of the American Locomotive
company at Schenectady for the Erie
railroad. 1t will haul on grades a
train OF loaded ears a mile and a half
long without the aid OF helpers. Its
weight is $4,000 pounds.
The engine is in reality two engines
under II boiler. 1t has four cylin.
ders. The engine Is designed for
pusher service and will operate on the
S~usquehanna and Gulf Summit pass.
While the hauling capacity of these
enormous engines Is more than double
that Of the heaviest freight engine
now in service on, the road, the load
on any single pair Of driving wheels is
less than that of many OF the ordinary
road engines of the present day. In
view of this fact the advantages Of
fered BY this type for the %concentra-
ton of power In a single unit are read
lily recognized.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
BOYS CASE "A SAD ONE.

from whipping to claiming to keep the
boy inside of their premises.
Mervln is a bright boy of 8, Of
whom mental experts say there is
hope Of a cur provided he is carefully
handled.
Because of a fall in early childhood
his bump of reverence became flatten.
ed and the bump of will was abnor.
mally developed.
This causes him to disregard what
olGer persons tell him and to seize
with and carry out with unbeatable
determination any fancy which
prompts him to commit certain acts.
The case has been talked OF before
the Merchants association : and the
Humane society Of South Pasadena.
and committees will endeavor to find
some relief for the parents as well as
the boy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
DOG WAS TOO S

and ~unsavory. 1t is a tale OF mis-.
placed confidence and the evils of
chance acquaintances. Ordinarily
Do is rather exclusive in his ac-
quaintances, but the other night an
uncomfortable impulse led him to de-
part from his usual scruples and in
this single lapse lay his misfortune.
The members of the Plamondon
family, together with several of the
young peoples friends Of the neigh
oorhood, were seated in the porch Of
the Plamondon residence enjoying the
lake breeze, and laughing and talking
with the usual gayety of young people.
Doc lay peacefully stretched out on
the stone porch coping, enjoying the
caresses of his mistress and sleepily
viewing the nelghborhood through
half closed eyes.
But Doc was far from asleep. All
at once he espied what he mistook to
be his dearest enemy, George Pay.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
A RAILROAD OUT TO SEA.
New Line Is Triumph for American
Engineering Art.

Railways have climbed mountains
and crossed lakes and canyons. Civ
ing the world Horseshoe curves"
~switchbacks and great yiaducts to
wonder at. Now a railway Is going
l56 miles out to sea, and the prob.
lens involved in its construction
make the feat one OF novelty and in.
terest. The work Is an extension Of
The Florida East Coast railroad from
Miami to Key West, the nations
southernmost city, now accessible
only by water.
II Is as II human coral insects were
building a solid reef between the
mainland and the cigar city, employ
ing cement as the material and using
the AZ keys between the two points
as natural piers upon which to an.
chor the sections OF concrete viaduct
constructed over the intervening rs
miles of water.
Where the sea is shallow great
dredses are raising entertainments be.
tween the keys, but to span the wider
iniets, which sometimes reach a depth
OF 70 feet and arc more directly ex.
posed to tide and storm, six miles OF
Waduct will be required. Altogether,
according to a writer in the Cement
Age, 2S6,000 barrels of cement, IT,
O00 cubic yards of crushed rock and
$4,000 cubic yards of sand will be
used. together with G12, 900 lineal feet
Of pillng, $500 tons of steel reinforc.
ing rods and 1900, 600 feet of dressed
lumber. An industrial brigade of
1000 Workmen is employed on the
work which has progressed to a point
where construction trains run over
10 miles Of track.
The L~ackawanna terminal In IIo-
boken, Itself a notable example OF
concrete architecture, is virtually a
railroad depot built in a river. Pill
Ing driven into the soft tide-water mud
furnishes a foundation for tho great
concrete b~uttresse3 on which 1t rests.
But the Key West railway shows con.
crete utilized to enable maj to 20
further in his dominance of the sea
than ever before. There is something
in the solidity and massiveness of the
undertaking to recall old Roman aqne.
duct construction.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

sons hinge Maltese cat, moyine aiarr
in the shadow Of tlefence which bor.
ders the Hamondon home on Inc
south and closes on the vacant lot a.
the corner. Docs stumpy tail ssif.
fened with eagerness as he gathered
himself for a spring at the bushy
tailed animal. and his lips rolled back
In a smile OF canine joy. With a vein
he sprang from the porch and dashed
at the enemy.
The meeting was brief and volcanic.
The yelp Of JOY turned to q howl o.
utter woe as an overpowering odor--
that of Mephitis Americanus-rose on
the evening air. Doc came rushing
back to the porch searching his soul
for sounds to express how he hated
himself. But he found no welcoming
friends. The overpowering smell had
aroused a commotion among the &C
cupants Of the porch and a grand rush
for indoors was made In the melee
everybody overlooked Doc, who gained
the inviting open doorway two jumps
ahead Of the rest Of the family. As
the last member OF the porch party
cleared the threshold he caught sight
OF the black and white pussy" calmly
pursuing it's course down the middle
of the sidewalk.
Then the commotion was trans.
ferred to the interior of the Plamon-
don home. The house filled with the
perfume of eau de Mephitis Ameri.
canus as Doc dashed down the e a
stairway to the kitchen and in abject
misery sought V under the kitchen
stove, The problem was how to get
him out. The young men of the fam
lily donned old clothes and gloves, put
clothespins on their noses, pulled Doc
out from his retreat, and hurried him
into the back yard, where they ma
rooned him. He was sprayed-from a
d~istance-with Florida water and
chloride Of lime.
In the meantime Mr., Piamonlon
and other members Of the family
we're Dusy uSHliuS iuCcuSc, utOnquitC,
and punk sticks and placing them In
jars, vases and saucers throughout the
house to mitigate the atmosphere.
Also in the interim the upper win
dows of several of the houses ia the
neighborhood had hastily opened to
discover the cause OF the commotion
and were as hastily closed. The whole
n%eighborhood thought a mammoth
stockyards had moved right down In
its midst.
Two night watchmen and a couple
of coppers were called into service to
locate the intruder and put an end to
his ministrations, but the task was an
nnwelcome n and the policemen nc.
cepted 1t gingerly. Reliable indlca.
tons point to the fact that the little
animal has taken sanctuary back OF
the Payson domicile.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
Adoption Of american Mustaehe by
Men 10 the Cause.

berlin, Gcrmanys-Fashionable men
and the beaux and the tops are wear.
ing a scrubby mustache called indif-
ferently American and English
which would be utterly foreign In
Hyde Park or on Fifth avenue.
Only a few months ago these same
men were proud and happy to adorn
their upper lips with . mustache cut
like that which characterizes Emper-
or william. So patriotism may have,
in part, melted the storm Of public
criticism Of the new mustache from
women.
A leader Of society writes 70 2 news
paper that she will not recognize any
Of her acquaintance who wears ~
toothbrush" on his upper lip.
MAN II naturally very ugly" an
other lady declares IN print. The only
natural adornmcnt no eyer had va
hls mustache. and that Ne u ruthless.
" mutllattn9 nov. Instead ~ The
sracefnl htfrute ornament ~ ~ pAst
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

the face'plate, Figs, s and ., is made
of another niece of h'ln, shaGting fGs.
tened IN a round disc of wood. A
lain. bolt with head removed makes
the arbor. The spindle bearings arc
held in separate wooden boxes, fas.
tened In head standards, explains
Popular Mechanics, and are babbtltcd,
which allows adjustment of bearings
without loosoning standards.
The tail screw Is made Of a &,in.
bolt screwed In its own nut which Is
countersunk In tho face of tail block
and Is held from turning by an eye
bolt, with hand nut. A piece of rat.
tail file ground 10 q point is inserted
In Il hole drilled in the tail screw.
The lugs were removed from mower
wheels by striking them on the side
with a hammer aud dressing down
with a file and cold chisel.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

heavy. IT Is claimed that the greatest
degree Of operating efficiency car be
developed with electricity as motive
power. Heavier loads can be pulled,
the Westinghouse engineers maintain.
with a locomotive such as the n Just
completed, with fewer men to handle
the trains. The electric locomotive, II
was pointed out, does not have to 80
70 the shop at the end OF the days
work. Between New York and Pitts.
burg three locomotives and three train
crews are used on the Pennsylvania.
One electric locomotive would do the
work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

bars IN en- ordinary boz the top was
made IN . ronns form with q ptecs o.
soser pipe put in for The base OF the
store pipe, the hole in the top was
made by setting a tin pan. bottom OF
which was covered with oiled paper,
right in the form. The body Of the
stove was made by setting a small
barrel inside a large one and hllins
the space between the Two with cor.
the door being blocked out in
the barrel. hinges get in while the
concrete was e The whole stove,
says Popular Mechanics. was %relnforc.
ed with "lock,woven steel fabric at
a cost OF about ohe-sixth OF what an
ordinary iron stove wouI1 be.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
Berlin Ladies Are Angry.

he Is marring his face with a lot Of
bristles.'
Yet a third woman is organizing q
league OF unmarried girls, each Of
whom pledges herself not to marry a
man who sports nj English or
American mustache.
All the fair critics protest against
the slavishness Of following a foreign
fashion and aver that II there Is any.
thing thoroughly national In the en-.
pire It Is the German mustache.
Seeking II explain this feminine out.
burst, . newspaper ventures to sug.
gest that the new mnstache tickles
q woman's delicate face too much.
Then the paper rejects Its own sun.
gestion BY saying that any mustachc
u better than none and quoting the
old proyerb:
TO kiss q man without 4 mustache
Il like eating an egg without salt.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

to a minimum, Regulation is said to
be as good. moreover. at 30 miles all
hour as 20, since the apparatus con-
tains neither mechanical governors
nor slipping belts. The first set Of
machines, Of a tentative kind, is said
to be running satisfactorily and the
manufacturers expect shortly to com.
plete some 9 machines, which will
BIO standard, and in the design Of
which the results OF the Midland com.
pany's experience with the experiment.
tai set have been embodied. The ques.
tion Of electric light for trains has
assumed unusual interest and impor.
lance In Great Britain, in view Of the
statement in a report to the board OF
trade upon the Granthnm disaster that
the accident points, as previous acci.
dents have already done. to the I'M
suitability Of gas as an Nlumlnant for
railway vehicles
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
THE ERROR OF JUMP.
ING AT CONCLUSIONS.
Pet Thought He Was Jumping at the
Conclusion Of a Cat, But 1t Was
Another Kind Of
Animal.

Chicago.--Doc, the prize speckled
bulldog which is the JOY OF the young.
or members of the family Of c. A.
Plamondon, Sc Astor street. and the
particular pride of his mistress, Miss
Marie P~lamondon, is in bad odor. He
admits it in all the most expressive
terms of the canine tongue and offers
no excus From the lip of his
wrlnkled o s to the extremity of his
stubby corkscrew tail he is the Der.
sonification of shame and disgust.
The story Of Docs undoing is sad
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
shinaIe Party Scared Pastor.

Middletown, N. Y.-The Rev,
Thomas Livingston, pastor of the
North Congregational church, receiv-
ed a sound drubbing after prayer
meeting from about SO young mem.
bers of his congregation. The young
people entered the parsonage and Sc
GREETED themselves. All were armed
with shingles, and when their pastor
entered he was set upon and a shing-
ling was given him that he win NOT
soon forget. The minister fought on
his assailants until 1t dawned upon
him that 1t was his birthday and he
took the drubbing sood naturedly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
Hail Not Dlssipsted by Guns,

For several years past, in son,e OF
the vine-growing districts OF France
and Italy. persistent attempts have
been made to dissipate gathering hail.
storms by the systematic firing OF
guns at the clouds. Many vine,grow.
ers believe that the method lis efrec.
tive, as their vineyards have escaped
threatened hail.storms when the gun.
were fired. A recent report by DR..
Blaserna OF the results of a long
series OF experiments, under scientific
control. shows that the supposed eff.
fects Of gun-flring are illusory, and
that hail cannot be dissipated by fir.
ing In the air any more than rain can
be induced by a similar method.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

@as made entirely OF cement. led the
uwner to build o cement stove with
which 20 hoat the conservatory, We do
not understand that any heating ad.
yantagca are claimed over an iron
stove. but the novelty of the thing
Ina&es II interesting
The stove was made IN three parts.
the base, the body and the top The
base MAS made with concrete CRATE
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
CoIorinu Putty.

Ordinary painters colors in oil, pref.
crably transparent colors, such az
burnt and raw sienna, burnt and raw
lumber aud l%ampblack, are best for
coIoring putty. Make the putty sey
cral shades darker than the wood.
the American Carpenter and
Builder. as all wood grows darker
with age.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
American Fish for Japan.

Japan is to get trout eggs from the
Colorado hatcheries, Superintendent w.
n. Thompson. Of the Leadville hatch.
cry, has secured $4,000 rainbow trout
eggs which will be shipped to the i'm
perial hatchery In Japan. The mikado
has become Interested in fish culture
md cones to America for his fish sup
niles. s ,Y
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
omnibuse. IN Bio Cities.

London has ~ cabs and five buses
for every 10000 Inhabitants. Paris
has As cabs and only two buses fpr
the same number OF persons, Naples
has IS cabs per 10000 persons; Genoa
has ven buses for every 10000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04
HOMEMADE MEDICINE CABINET.
Old Clock Case Can Be Easily Trans.
formed.

a cabinet for medicine can easily be
made by using and old clock. After
removing tho works, shelving may DO
placed in it suitable for bottles and
a drawer or Two may be added for
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

smaller articles The one shown In
sketch is the way | arranged the draw.
ers and shelves, explains a writer In
Popular Mechanics. 1t the
purpose of n that would cost sew.
Cral dollars.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

80 You are going to lecturor
Yes" answered. senator sorghum.
not that ! care for the money, bit X
= = pleasure 70 ~ away frnm your
stony-faced colleagues IA ccnstsSs -
- ~ audience Ut really wsntasl y
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

A new branch railroad line Of 10
miles was opened for trafic ID May
from Estcourt On the main line and
pc%netrates an agricultural district.
This NOV gives Natal sSS miles u
railroad. all owned and operated ~
the colony.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-10-04

Even Luther Burbank hasn't vt
succeeded IN grating ne milk weed
% the strawberry plant and producing
strawberries and cream.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-10-03
He Got the Billet.

Wher organizing the Red River
expedition Lord Wolseley received
from home the following cable:
Remember Butler, Sixty-ninth
He thought no more
about it. One day, some weeks later,
Lieutenant Butler walked into
Wolseley's headquarters and men
toned the telegram. He asked for
a job. Pm afraid there are no bill
lets left" said Wolseley. "All Can
ada and the army wanted to get on
this expedition" ''There is one bill
let" said Butler. "What is that?"
"You will want to know what is hap
pening among the Indians on your
flank during the advance" 'By
Jove, you're right" said Wolseley,
and the billet was his. Moreover,
the general was so impressed by his
forethought that he conceived the
idea Of keeping a record of the
names of soldiers who think things
and do things. Buffers was the first
name on that list, which was after
ward known as the famous Wolseley
sing.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-10-03
Be a GRAPEVINE,

The tentacles of the devilfsh are
less wonderful than those of a vigor-
III grapevine in the spring. Grasp
ing ambition is as nothing in COM
parison Herewith. See the tender
yet audacious tendrils reaching out
in blindness for something to catch
hold of. The new vine may grow
five, seven, ten feet, without support,
and the tendrils may grope for
weeks in search Of something to tie
to, but their cropping invariably sue
ceeds. They hitch on at last and
their grip is tenacity itself. No soon
ef do they wind their way several
times around the newly discovered
support than they lose all their ten
derness and being to harden into a
wirelike coil. Their cropping is fin
ished. Their sense of feeling is lost.
They become mere hoops of steel.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-10-03
Notice

Regular Teechers' public cxamina-
tions will be held in South Dakota
on the following named dates of
1907
Third Examination October 18th
and 18th for first, second and third
grades. only.
Fourth Examination November
21st and 22nd for first, second and
third grades. only.
All applicants at the above named
examinations will be required to
pass in drawing and O separate
questions in South Dakota History.
All of the above named examina-
tions will be held in the court room
at Miller in Hand county and will
begin a anime a. m. on the opening
day of each examination.
Under the new law the manu-
scripts are to be sent to the state
department for marking.
MARGARET DUTHlE, Co. Supt.
> By order Of the State Department
of Education. 33t6
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-10-03
H HUMAN EAR.
les Range of Hearing and Some Sounds
That Escape Ii.

ma SSef~
A careful observer writes: "The
range Of the human ear is only sup
posed to be some nine o~ctayes--two
octaves more than the ordinary par
loI piano, which, of course, is a ri
~diculously small section of the ac-
tual range of sound. 1t is only nee
essary to watch a cat out on the
grass on a summer day to become
convinced that it hears many things
that we do not, and numbers of in
sects we know make noises which
are far outside the compass of the
human ear. We can see certain in
sects possessed Of certain stridulat-
ing organs going through certain
motions, and we hear the sound
which they produce. We can also
observe the effect which that sound
has on others of the same kind of
insect that are within earshot.
Then there are smaller insects al
lied to them generically, with the
same organs, which we can see going
through the same motions. Again,
we see precisely the same effect on
other insects of the same kind that
happen to be near. But no human
being has ever heard the noise they
make nor probably could any micro
phone make it audible-at all events
experiments have failed. The air
around us must be full of noises
which we do not suspect.
zone Of the Morse gods, so the
sagas say, could hear the hair grow
ing on a mouse's back. | know one
little girl who, if she cannot quite
do that, has, if not some octaves,
at least a tone or two outside the
normal range. What a noise the
mice are makingp she will say as
we walk beside a hedge row, where
everything to all others Of the party
is as silent as ones bedroom at mid
highland that, we may be sure, il
we could hear, is far from silent.
Again and again | have known her
when walking along a lane or across
a field suddenly to stand still and
listen and then to flop down on all
fours, plunging her hands into a
tuft of grass, from which they
emerge with a struggling vole in the
fingers.
"In the middle of a game of GRO
quet she will drop her mallet and
disappear into the shrubbery, to
come back later with the informa-
ton hat st is only the young will
low wrens,' and there is difficulty
in convincing her that not her ia
Their or mother or any of the elders
present, young or old, can hear the
sounds which, she declares, are as
loud as anything Most of us drop
a tone or so for every decade we
leave behind us" -Chicago News.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-10-03
Priceless knowledge.

care you the celebrated Nine.
Bombaston 2" he asked, after he had
climbed four flights of stairs and
was admitted into a mysterious
apartment.
eyes," replied the bizarre look
ing parsonage who had received him.
""The great clairvoyant?"
eyes"
"And you foretell the future? !"
eyes"
"And read the mind"
Eyes"
Sand unfold the past?"
eyes, yes"
saThen," said the visitor as he
took a roll of bank notes from his
pocket eagerly, "tell me what it was
my wife asked me to bring home
for her tonight" - Parsons
Weekly.