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then takes tho blowpipe with the now
hard bottomless bottle and carefully
breaks off the one from the other.
Along the snapper" who
winds a little string of soft red hot
glass around our big bottle at Just
the point where the sides begin to
narrow toward the neck. A little rap
on the glass and the neck drops off
cleaving away in a perfect line just
where the red hot glass touched. We
now have left a great perfect cylinder
Of glass five feet long and IA or is
inches in diameter and weighing about
60 pounds. b~lowpipe and all.
As it lies on the table another man
reaches Into 1t with o red hot iron
looking like a poker. He traces with
this red hot iron a straight line on
the side Of the cylinder from end to
end and at once the glass splits on
that line. Now o have a cylinder
with a crack down one side. and you
can readily SEQ that If the cylinder
can be persuaded to f1atten out 1t will
be a nearly square sheet.
Here comes n reckless boy with
a spring pushcart. He loads ten of
these cylinders on. placing each in a
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05

machinery into a bath in the basement
Of boiling water and murlatic and nj
trio acid. This thoroughly cleans tho
glass.
Glass blowers are strong men. Like
the village blacksmith, their muscles
are strong as iron bands"
The glass blowers guild attends
strictly to its own affairs, VIII take
only a limited number of apprentices.
who must be sons or brothers Of glass
blowers.
They know their business and know
1t well; know all there is at present
to be known about it, and so they are
secure Of always having a job, and
one that pays well. Many of them
make $50 a week.
The glass blower Is proud of his
work. says the Kansas City Star. He
chose it when a boy; he expects to
stay with it while he lives. He Is
proud that his father before him and
his grandfather, yes, and often his
great-granGfather before him were
blowers, and he hopes and believes
that his family to come for genera
tons more will also be blowers OF
glass.
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Novelty for Cold Weather.

Here's something for cold days"
said the man who has Travelled, and he
showed his friends a metal cylinder
about an inch in diane ter and four
inches long. 1t was just warm enough
to hold In the bare hand without pain.
"A Japanese contrivance," said the
traveller. It's filled with a powder,
which you light with a match. 1t will
burn slowly for hours, keeping the
cylinder just as hot as it is now. Japa.
nese railway carriages are not heated,
and 1t is the custom OF travellers In
that country to buy a couple Of these
things and carry them in their pockets.
It's astonishing how they dihuse a
gentle warmth all over the body.
They've been adopted Recently by Lon
don bus drivers, who tuck them In the
tops OF their. boots, and sometimes
they put an extra pair in the breast
pockets Of their undercoats. Thus
fitted d man a drive substantially
all day In winter weather without dis
comfort"
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fcstoon Of two leather straps which

fcstoon Of two leather straps which
are strung on springs, and away he
goes fun gallon down a slight incline
to the great "hattening room" There
our cylinder viii be eoaXed out fiat by
a gentle heating. great enough to soft.
A great low oven is the fiattcning
place, A boy lifts into the yen onto
a travelling table one of the huge cyiin.
ders. You remember 1t has been
cooled. so now the end of the oven
at which II enters Is not very warm,
but it is moved along by hidden ma
chinery through greater aud greater
heat until 1t finally rests o a smooth
stone table in a section of the oven
so hot that the glass CLOVIS slightly
soft. aud limp enough so that a man
by reaching into the oven with a long
handled scraper car easily smooth 1t
u fiat.
When this has been successfully
done, the great revolving stone table
on which it has been lying while Fat.
tening, wheels it around to a cooler
part OF the oven.
1t is given a little push and slides
off onto an iron frame which travels
slowly through the sections OF the
oven growing gradually cooler and
cooler. At the last end GO feet away
il is cool enough to be handled by a
man with gloves, who stands the sheet
Of glass in a frame which dips 1t by
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
THE STORY,

T was the proudest moment Of Alb.
imelech's life. The ambitious
dream of the years before had been
realized, and there he stood, elated
but imperious, before the people Of
Shechem, their acknowledged king.
The u shone In his strength and
glory, and nature all about seemed
smiling In silent tribute as the sol.
m procession OF the priests OF Baal
had set forth from the temple that
morning and proceeded to the great
oak that stood like a giant sentry
upon the knoll just outside the town.
There the priests had chanted their
inyocations and had spoken the
words that proclaimed Abimelech
king. at the same time placing upon
him the magnificent and costly ephod
which years before had been made by
Gideon, the father Of Abimelech and
which up to the present time had
been treasured In the house OF Gideon.
Suddenly as the procession enters
the town a voice rings out from the
heights above overlooking the city.
Quickly every eye Is turned in that
direction, and there sharply outlined
on the cleaning white OF the rock a
man Is seen standing. His appear.
ance Is almost that OF a supernatural
being. His white, tense features, his
cleaning eye and streaming hair, his
outstretched arms and hands pointing
to the people below him, and the
nervous tension apparent in every
muscle OF his body as he drew him.
self up and shouted In high.pitched
voice cast a mysterious spell over the
people, 50 that where an instant be.
fore had been the noise OF tramplng
feet and the shouts OF acclaim there
fell a silence stlll az death.
And had not the people been 80 fas.
cinated by the apparitlon before
them, they would have noted the
startled look Of surprise and fear
which passed acros the features OF
Abimelech, they would have seer
him start back and catch his breath
and mutter:
GOTHAM! BY the go( fought
my men had slain him! his
spirlt|
But this dismay gave IN OF
der as he listened to the BILE
parable which lothian spo(
Let fire come out frods D
lech," he cried In closing. "ahA& mr
the men OF Shechem, and u Use
Of Milo; and let fire come u JIM
tAe mel Of Shechem and fr6.a the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05

refined and cultivated tastes of girls
who have been accustomed to good
homes.
Formerly lore in a cottage meant
happiness during warm weather only.
At the approach Of fall it was neces-
sary to go and visit mamma or hunt
up a boarding house. The sympathy
of friends followed the young turtle
doves into their little suburban seclu-
sion because their friends knew that
inconvenience lurked in every corner
of the little habitation of four bare
walls utterly devoid of artistic beauty
and as innocent Of modern con-
venience as the cabins of our forefa-
theirs without their redeeming big
wood burning flreplaces. But the old
time sympathy has changed to new
time envy. The girl with a five-room
modern cottage has as much comfort,
less worry and more time for social
duties and fancy work than the more
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
WITH THE AUTHORS INSTINCT,
Lewis Carroll Knew Artist Whom He
Had Come to Meet.

The following anecdote is told of
the author of Alice in Wonderland"
Lewis Carroll saw some fairy designs
by Miss Z. Gertrude Thompson, the
artist, and wrote that he should like
to see more of her work. When he
called she was out; but a meeting was
arranged in South Kersington muse.
UNI.
She wondered how she should rec.
ognize him in the usual crowd, or he
her. She watched care fully, but saw
no one she thought o lld be the au.
thor of her ~favorite book.
Finally she heard high. vivaclous
voices approaching and the laughter
or children. A gentleman entered,
two little girls elinging to his hands,
She knew him instantly. He stood
for a moment, head erect, and glanced
swiftly round the room. When he
bent down and whispered something
to one of the children. After a mo-
ment's pause she pointed straight at
Miss Thompson.
He at once came for ward with Ok.
tended hand.
81 am Mr.. Dodgson. | was to meet
you, | think"
How did you know me?" she
asked.
my little friend found you. | told
her / had come to meet a young lady
who knew fairies, and she axed on
you at once. But knew you before
she spoke"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
Vegetable Soup.

Have ready n pint each white
turnips and potatoes. cut in cubes,
one-half pint each leeks and carrots
sliced, one pint tomatoes, one large
onion sliced, one Glove of garlic, two
sprigs parsley, two stalks celery, one
tablespoonful salt, m teaspoonful
sugar, three tablespoonfuls good drip
pings or butter, and pepper to season.
Cut the onions fine and cook In the
drippings until family colored, then
put into the soup pot with two quarts
Of water and the carrots and cook
for half an hour. Add potatoes, eel.
cry, tugnips, seasoning and tomatoes
and cock an hour. Ten minutes be-
fore serving add the minced parsley
and serve with croutons.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
Good Butter.

It Is not every woman who knows
what good butter really is. In how
many establishments that pride them.
selves on their cuisine has not n
met with poor and tasteless butter,
oily butter, even with a tainted arti,
Gle which gives a favor to all the
cooking and the cakes? The yellow
butter of the ordinary hotel is a thing
to shudder at-not to eat. Butter fac.
tories and separator have done much
toward bringing a sound quality with.
in the reach of many people; but with
the agricultural report on butter be-
fore us, with it's scathing comments
on the prevalence of coloring matter,
the DISCUSSES of margarine and lard,
or the use Of boracic acid, n appre.
ciates the security of first-rate butter,
above suspicion, made in the old-fash'
toned way, though it must be owned 1t
is not easy to obtain and very little
is quite pure.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
Chicken In Rice Cups.

This Is a delicious breakfast or lun.
cheon dish and also Is an economical
way Of using small quantities of left.
To prepore 1t line small but.
tered cups with soft boiled rice a half
inch in thickness. FIJI the center
with cooked chicken, finely minced,
d~elicately seasoned and slightly made
moist with cream sauce or chicken
broth. A few chopped oysters added
to the chicken improve the flavor.
Onion Juice and minced celery may be
added If desired. Cover the top with
o layer of the rice and bake in a mod.
crate oven for Is minutes. Then In,
vert the cups carefully on a heated
platter and serve at once with any
preferred sauce.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
NOW 70 sEAurlFy WINDOW.
Center Of Attraction In Living Room
Needs Artistic Touch.

There is always a particular win
dow In the living room that is the
center Of attraction, ard 1t usually
commands a view of the street. II
the window is large and of clear
glass. or even II the panes are small.
1t may be made attractive with a very
small expenditure of time and money
II one has ingenuity.
In addition to the shade and lace
curtains sash curtains are always use
full a. well as attractive.
II plain white is desired there is
nothing prettier or so dainty as dotted
net. Or. If a bright effect is desired,
select an Indian silk stripe with
plenty of yellow and red in it.
A fern pan filled with maidenhair
fern, or even a common woodfern.
will make a beautiful window n
ment, and may also be used for CEN
terpiece on the dining table.
II there is a window seat 1t should
harmonize with the sash curtains. 1t
may be a seat without ~fiounces or
may be a box used as a handy re-
ceptacle for putting away gowns.
The cushion and founces may be
made of tapestry, the former being
stuffed with sea-moss and buttoned.
If a cheaper material is desired
denim may be utilized, and it should
be filled with excelsior.
AS to the pillows that make the
window attractive one can not have
too many Of them.
II the window sill is broad enough
one may have a box of bulbs in the
winter; they can be set away at
night, 10 that the frost will not nip
them.
Sometimes Is unfortunate in
having a window which opens on an
alley, or from which there is an IN
pleasant outlook.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
NDu51W&A|5
YYhEcHAR
HOW WINDOW GLASS is MADE,
Il 10 First Blown Into a Cylinder and
Then Cut and Fiattened.

The making OF window glass is an
interesting process. The melted glass
is taken by a~man called a "gatherer."
on the end Of a blowpipe. that is a
hollow crowbarlike instrument. The
mass OF soft glass to be worked
weighs perhaps so or so pounds, The
blower injects air by blowing through
his pipe into the middle OF 1t to initiate
1t like a balloon, except that the hol'
low glass is much longer than wide.
and looks like a monstrous bottle five
feet long dangling by It's neck, from
the end of the blowpipe.
Just before the glass becomes too
hard to manage, the blower. by ms
of those simple twists. which he Is
paid good wages for knowing how to
do, manages to cause a hole to APP
pear in the bottom Of the bottle, and 1t
wideus for a minute or two until there
Is no bottom to the bottle. A helper
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
CoS Ic, on n an,, subjects pertaining te The
paper. On account of his wide expe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
.turer. he is. without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave, Chicago. ILL.,, and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
Did you ever get married and start
housekeeping in a neat little cottage
that you could dress up to your liking
and make 1t look cozy and comfort
able? If you never had that pleasure.
you will regret your misfortune as
soon as you study the possibilities of
this little plan. unless you already
have it in prospect.
The time was when life In a cot.
tage meant discomfort in two or
three rooms that were awkward, bad
ly arranged and bare looking in spite
of every effort to make them home
like. There was a shivery bedroom
opening Off from the kitchen and a
squeaky boxed-in stairway which led
TO the unfinished or rough plastered
loft where the other sleeping quar-.
tiers were found. But women demand
ed so many changes for the better in
small houses that architects have i'm.
proved them wonderfully in the last
ten years. Then have found out how
to put lumber and other building ma
terials together to form very pretty
hve and six DON houses, a thing they
considered unworthy of their time and
ingenuity a few years ago, The fact
is, it is much more difficult to make
a good little house than to make a
good satisfactory big house. The
planning of a small house runs into
a thousand difficulties, in fact, archi-
tects are checkmated about every
third move when they try to make a
thousand dollar cottage cater to the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05

ambitious young lady who marries an
eight or ten-room house with the
usual responsibilities.
For about $1,000 this coy little
combination of three rooms down
stairs and two bedrooms and a bath
room upstairs may be built in al.
most any of Il smaller cities or
towns. The living room, dining-room
and kitchen are perfect in arrange
ment. They are all large enough for
two at all times, with for com
pany occasionally, and they are light,
airy, and may be made very pretty.
Nobody wants a parlor any more,
parlors have gone out of date. We
want a large pleasant living room that
we a decorate with pearl tinted wall
and ceiling decorations and furnish
with good comfortable everyday CON
veniences which are good to see and
not too good to use. We want q big
couch or davenport with at least a
dozen pillows OF appropriate sizes
covered with soft materials In colors
to match the other decorations. We
want q morris chair by the window
and shelves containing our favorite
books In n corner. We like TO dec.
crate the walls with pictures that
smile back our ideas of c~heerfulEes-
in this room we receive our friends
and enjoy our evenings when a. fcme
alone together.
We 60 upstairs from the front hall
il aChristian like manner where we
have ! bedroom for ourselves knd
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05

Maine is to have the distinction Of
possessing a factory owned and run
by Indians. Sabatis Shay and Newell
Rance, full-blooded Indians, recently
purchased the necessary land, and are
to erect a building for the manufac-
ture OF canoe paddles and cant-dog
handles-articles which demand abso-
Lutte fidelity In manufacture, since on
their trustworthlness the safety OF life
may depend. The stenographer and
typewriter Of the firm ID a young In
dian girl, a graduate OF a high school
and business college, who a write
both in her native language and in
English.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
TO REMOVE IRON MOLD.
Lemon Juice and Salt Can Be Trusted
to Eradicate 1t.

This stain is usually caused by mate
rial coming into contact with rust, or
by ink. To remove 1t sprinkle the
stain with lemon juice and salt, and
expose to the air and sun, Repeat this
until the stain has gone, If the above
remedy fails, dip the stain into boil
ing water, and rub 1t with salts of
lemon, using a rag for the purpose.
Then hold the stain owe a cup or
basin, and pour a stream of boiling
water through. The article should be
well rinsed and washed to remove all
traces of the salts, which would other
wise burn the material. This last
remedy must not be tried with color,
as salts of lemon destroys color. II
colored material is stained with iron
mold, the only remedy is lemon Juice,
and this must be used cautiously, as 1t
destroys some colors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
MADE FROM PIPE FITTINGS.
Useful Articles Which Can Be Made
from Odds and Ends.

It seems that the number of useful
articles that can be made from pipes
and fittings Is unlimited. The sketch
shows two more that may be added to
the list, says Popular Mechan 3. A
and b are front and side views OF a
lamp screen and c Is a dumb bell. The
lamp shade is particularly useful for
shading the eyes when reading or
writing and, II enameled white on
the concave side, makes an excellent
reflector for drawing at night, or for
microscopic work.
The standard and base, which con
sists of an ordinary pipe flange
pushed down to receive the upright
nipple, are enameled a jet black, and
II the device is to be used on a pol
ished table, a piece of felt should be
glued to the bottom. A good way to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
Mushroom omelet.

Wash IL fresh mushrooms. cut them
in slices and put In a stewpan with
half an ounce OF butter, a little salt,
and the Juice Of a quarter Of a lemon,
simmer for a few minutes on NE fire
until tender; II too liquid add a little
-four.
Place In the center Of the onelet
and pour around It the gravy and a
few slices Of mushrooms.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05

BID Plans for Atlanta.

Rev. Len G. %Broughton, OF Atlanta,
Ga, has all his plans made to build
a great new Baptist tabernacle. He
proposes to erect some other build
ings all on the same square, one OF
which will be a Bible training school
similar to the Moody Bible institute
In Chicago. Such a school is already
being conducted in a small way, with
Miss Blodgett In charge, The taber-
nacle Is to have many stories, and q
great deal Of institutional work will
be carried on. The church Is the
largest OF the Southern Baptist de-
nomination, having about 1900 mem
bers, and a Sunday school OF about
1000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
New TELEGRAPH Line.

There is now on foot in France a
project for uniting the French Sou
dan to Algeria by ear Of telegraph.
10 lines. Britain has projected a cape
to-cape wire which touches and cross
es the Belgian Congo /, and German
East Africa. The French line will
doubtless have the advantage Of tray-
ersine only French soil.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
Titania,s Toast.

Cut some bread into very thin slices
and remove all the crusts; then but
ter tie pieces lightly, and between
every two slices lay an extremely thin
shaving of the breast Of a chicken.
Press the slices Of bread firmly to-
gethe., put them In the oven and
toast them until they are a delicate
brown. They should then be served
at once while they are very hot.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
Wiping Up Hardwood Floors.

accumulates. ! have had a good deal
of experience with them, writes a
correspondent of Popular Mechanics.
and | find that the dust can be very
simply removed by this little devices:
Take a piece Of wood, A. about two
feet long and tack a piece of flannel,
B, along one edge. Then bore a hole
in the middle and insert an old broom
handle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05

hold the fan in the nipple consists In
using a small wedge.
The dumb bells are made OF short
pieces OF three.quarter-inch pipe with
one and one,half-inch couplings fas-
tened to each end by pouring melted
lead in the space between the pipes
and the couplings. The appearance is
greatly improved by enamellng black,
and II desired the handles may be
covered with leather.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
The Evils Of Divorce.

Wilfred and Elsie were quarrelIng
over a costly doll Wilfred had a good
grip on the dolls leg, and Elsie held
on to the china head with both hands.
They pulled and %quarreled simultane-
ously.
ELSIE" came mammals voice from
somewhere in the kitchen, whats all
that noise about?'
After a short pause Elsie replied:
"Nothin', ma; we're only playin' di.
vorce, an Wiifred's lghtin' for the
custody Of our doll."--Judge.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
a cure for hoarseness.

A simple remedy for loss of voice
Is made by beating up the white Of an
egg, adding to 1t the Juice Of one
lemon and enough castor sugar to
sweeten. A teaspoonfrl Of this mix.
ture taken At short intervals Will soon
bring back the voice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
Billions of Suns.

Millions, possibly billions, Of suns
shine in the unmeasured universe,
and the one nearest to our sun Is
about $4,000, 00O, 900, 900 miles distant.
II 1t were possible TO go there In an
airship averaging a mile a minute, day
and night, the journey would require
As, 1886, 600 years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05
Union OF French protestants.

One Of the most important events
In the history of modern French
Professionalism Is the union Of the re-
formed churches Of France as a re-
suit OF the new separation law. This
will unite their forces and strengthen
their hands for more aggressive evan.
gelism. In response 10 the call
100 Protestant churches sent
gates to the assembly at jar
thus showed tho desire for
tie.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05

This coffee at SO cents, madam, is
as good as any in the market" re-
marked the new grocery clerk.
And this at 80 cents?" queried the
lady from Missouri.
"Oh," replied the n. q. c., 1T Is still
Observation-Disclosures Daily News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-05

is for young folks to start with. 1t
is not necessary that they should al
ways remain in a little cottage. They
may branch out when prosperity
smiles If they want 10, but in after
years, when the silver hairs appear
and they have quit romping with
the children and playing tag with
each other, they will contide the fact