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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
rAKEs LONG TO CAST STATUE
Many Delicate and Laborious Opera.
tons Required.

Immense pains and immense labor
attend the production of a bronze
statue Of any size. even after the
artist has done his work." remarks a
sculptor.
TO begin with. the plaster model
has to be completely covered with
small Jumps OF a special kind Of sand.
sometimes az many as 1900 to 1000
~ these piecss being required. After
these blocks VI sand are dry they are
taken off the cast one at a time and
carefully put together to form the
mold. The latter is then filled with
clay. and the same operation is again
gone through, a facsimile OF the pias.
ter cast being thus obtained.
Then comes the most delicate part
Of the whole work. The clay model,
or core as II is technically called,
has to haya a quarter Of an inch taken
OF Its entire surface. which, as may
readily be imagined, is anything but
easy, especially If the subject be at
all ornate.
"The core is then again put into
the mold-which has, OF course, to be
reconstructed once more-being kept
exactly in the center by "a Of iron
rods.
The moltes bronze is then poured
In from the TOD, completely filing the
space between The core and the mold.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
WHAT WAS 1T
The Woman Feared?

What a comfort to find It is not "the
awful thing feared, but only chronic
Indigestion, which proper food can re.
lieve.
A woman in Ohio says:
4 was troubled for years with indi.
gestion and chronic constipation. At
times | would have such a gnawing
in my stomach that l actually feared
! had al dislike to write or even
think OF what I feared.
Seeing al account OF Grape-Nuts
! decided to try II. After a short time
I was satisfied the trouble was not
the awful thing I feared but was still
bad enough. However, I was relieved
of a bad case OF dyspepsia BY chang
ing from improper food to Grape-Nuts
Since that time my bowels have
been as regular a. q clock. I had also
noticed before / began to eat Grape
Nuts that ! was becoming forgetful Of
where ! put little things about the
house, which was very annoying.
But since the digestive organs have
become strong from eating Grape
Nuts. my memory il good and my
mind as clear as when / was young,
and ! am thankful" Name given ~
Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Read
the little booklet, s'The Road 10 We'll.
yille.s n packageS. .'Thsre's reason.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
500 Paid for Good Luck Emblem az
Gift to New Hotel,

While the management Of the new
] laza hotel. New York city, the sky,
high pile Of white marble and lime,
stone at Fifth avenue and Ffty.ninth
street, feels moderately certain that
1t will take In a few dollars a day
John W. Gates, one Of the first guests
of the house, Is positive that 1t is 70.
ing to be one Of the most successful
hostelries In the world.
Il just paid 500 to make II So" said
Gates after the opening reception.
And this is how Gates spent his
500. Newspaper men and visitors
were being shown through the hotel,
and Gates went out to stand on the
beautiful marble stairway arched In
y magnificent canopy OF bronze when
a rickety old cab ratified along. Just
as the cab got In front Of the hotel
the horse cast a shoe. Gates walked
out with others to observe the cab
man pick up the shoe. and Mr.. Gates,
who enjoys superstitions. thought Il
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Women Workers Of Great Britain.

Women of Great Britain are well rep
resented in the professions and trades,
and about 100000 earn their own
living. There are 1874, 900 who teach;
10000 are bookkeepers; over 5000 are
printers and nearly 500 act as editors
and compilers; 1900 are engaged in
photography; civil service clerks num-
Der nearly 1900; $500 are engaged in
medical work and nursing and $50
women are blacksmiths,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
A Girls cjooIe.

Samuel shadwell, a touchy old man
living in an Indiana village, had q
pane Of glass broken in his house one
night not long ago and next day he
had a ten-year-old girl named Minnie
Dayton arrested for it.
When the case was called in court
he was asked how he knew it was
Minnie. He admitted that he didn't
see her, but heard her giggle. When
asked If her giggle was different from
that of any other girl he said 1t was,
but he couldn't tell why. Neither
could he initiate the giggle, and he
lost his case.
We all know what a girls giggie is,
but If any of us were asked to give an
imitation of it we'd probably fail. A
boy may litter, but when it comes to
giggling only a girl can do that.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Ambiguous.

A Washington correspondent who
used to run g newspaper in Iowa tells
how the heavy advertiser of the town
once entered the editorial offices and,
with anger and disgust depicted in
every line Of his face, exclaimed:
That's a fine break you people
have made in my ad. this week."
whats the troubles" asked the ed
itor, in a tone calculated to mollify
the indignant one.
Read 1t and see!" commanded the
advertiser, %thrusting a copy OF the pa
per In the editors face.
The latter read: IF you want to
have a fit wear Blanks Shoes
Harper's Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
The Final Shower.

"And you say when the heiress be-
came the wife of the foreign noble
man 1t was a shower wedding?"
II should say SO. The bride wore a
shower bouquet"
Yes"
"And then there was a shower Of
rice"
'My!
Followed by a shower of congratu-
lations and old shoes"
We'll! Well! And how did it end
up?"
"Very embarrassing all round. The
nobleman's creditors came around and
presented a shower of bills"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

Women Are Good Explorers

DR., Charles Shaw. the biologist, says
that seven out Of ten worsen are At
ted by nature to make good explorers.
He has taken women through the
mountains on hard scientific trips. and
he declares that they not only stand
the trip as wen as men, but they have
a latent love for the wilderness that
keeps them spiritually as well as
physically vigorous.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
MxkEs 4 SPLENDID SHOWING.
Missouri Paeific's Gross Earnings In
crease, and Expenses Decrease.

The Missouri Pacific system (incIud
Ing the st. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern and the Central Branch)
operated last year for SOS per cent,
as against a ratio OF 67.s per cent
In the preceding year, which, on its
face, is a very creditable showing
and which improves upon examina.
ton. Gross earnings were $4s, 1903 ,a42
the largest in the history Of the com,
pany; net earnings were SIC, 1855, 27z,
To net earnings add $685. 82 other
income, and the total available income
Is $19,471,555, of which taxes, inter
est on funded debt and equipment
trust obligations, and sundry other
charges consumed sos per cent, or
~$11,773,452. The 1858, 103 remainder
equaled 9.9 per cent. on the outstand.
ing $77,S17,S75 capital stock.
That this result was not obtained at
the expense of the property is shown
by the following percentages: Gross
earnings increased 9.3 per cent; ex-
penditures for maintenance Of equip
ment increased 81 per cent; expendi-
lures for maintenance of way and
structures increased 9.S per cent; the
cost of conducting transportation In.
creased &c per cent, general ex-
penses increased II per cent. The
secret Of the company's showing is in
the small increase in the cost Of con
Quoting transportation. Expenditures
for maintenance increased In greater
ratio than gross earnings, but as
against an increase Of 9.3 per cent. in
gross earnings is an increase of but
2.6 per cent. in the cost of conduct
ing transportation.
There is obviously nothing in the
showing made by the company for the
last fiscal year to account for the fact
that the stock Is selling at the lowest
price since 1900. when 1t was a non
dividend bearing security. 1t has
earned and paid its 5 per cent. a year
since then. The price of the stock
must be supposed to be due, partly, to
financial conditions affecting all Sc
curities, and partly to the fact that
In the last two or three years there
has been no organized effort to sup
port Gould securities. They have been
left to find their level with investors.
Since the appearance of the annual
report the transfer office Of the com
pany has been fairly overwhelmed
with the opening of new accounts in
odd lots,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Cjaars and Omen Air.

Cigars in good condition when sold
are sometimes complained of after
ward. In many cases they have de.
Perforated owing to the customers
own neglect, Tobacconists should
warn buyers of boxes of cigars that
fresh mir Is as good for cigars as 1t is
for the mortals who are soothed by
Their fragrance, and the connoisseur
will at regular intervals let the box
lie open for a space.-Tobacco Week.
ly journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

As mercury will surely destroy the sense Of smell
and completely dcrange the whole system wher
entering II through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip.
lions from reputable physicians, as the damage they
will do Is ten fold TO the good you can possibly dc.
rive from them. Hans Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer-
curry, and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t ia take en- internally and made In Toledo,
Ohio, By FIJI Cheney q Co. Testimonials free.
Sold BY Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
snapdrason Seed Pods,

The a%ntirrhinum, o snapdragon. Is
one of the old-fashioned garden flow
ers known to every ohe Although II
10 a visitor from southern Europe Il
has been hero SO long that It has be-
come naturalized.
When we say lions mouth" frogs
mouth" "calfs mouth" rabbits
mouth" we mean snapdragcn, all
these names being suggested BY Its
grotesque. masklike corolla. But thers
Is something still more grotescue Y
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
srlLL AHEAD or AUDIgkcE
Comedian Made Humor Of What VA
Approaching Tragedy.

sH HAt1H aH
willie" Collier, the comedian, waa
an ~irrepressible member Of . barn.
storming combination which, some
ten years age, did the tank" towns
Of the middle west.
The company had been doing q poor
business for several weeks when .
certain town in Illinois was reached.
just before the curtain went up that
night. Collier was standing at the cur
tain "peeg-hole," sizing up the ardi-
ence.
"How's the house, Willie!" asked
another player.
Well answered Collier. there are
some out there. But" he added, Inn
p~ressively, we're still In the ma
jority, old boy. still in the majority"
-Harper's Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Blinded While WALKING Wire.

While walking a wire rope scross
South Bowlder canyon, near Denver,
Col, Ivy Baldwin suddenly was
stricken temporarily blind, but by
talking to the men at the other end he
retained his nerve and finished in
safety, probably the most perilous
walk ever undertaken by man. The
wire was 5S3 feet above ground and
from end to end was $50 feet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Picture. Marked Walls.

That main disadvantage in moving
pictures a~round-the bright patches
left on the walls where they have
hung--is obviated by the scheme OF
Il housewife. She drives u brass.
beaded tack into each lower corner OF
the picture frames. In this way the
pictures are held out from the wall
a fraction of an inch. allowing the air
10 circulate behind them.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
School for Walters.

1t Is often a matter of wonder why
foreign walters are preferred to Eng.
lish ones, even in English hotels, says
London Truth, The eason Is a very
simple one, The foreigner is a far
better waiter, His aim Is. not always
to remain a waiter, but to rise in the
hotel business to a higher position.
In Lausanne there is a school for wait,
ers. They are taught there foreign
languages, and not only to wait well,
but everything else connected with
the working Of n hotel.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
A Delicate Task,

"The newspapers said the orator
solemnly, do not tell the truth"
Perhaps not" answered the editor,
regretfully. ave do our best. But you
know there is nothing more difficult
than to tell the truth in a way that
won't put it UP to some one to chal-
lenge your veracity."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

Ell Taylor Of Fairfax, VT, accosted
Amos Rugg, who was pushing q
wh~eelbarrow. and asked him what he
would charge to wheel him home,
three miles distant, Mr., Rugg thought
50 would be a fair price and the OF.
fer was taken. Mr.. Rugg stopped oaly
once. then to take or his coat. ana
covered the distance in about an
hour.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
BIG PRICE FOR HORSE SHOE.

was too good an opportunity to over.
lo0k, The loss Of the shoe, the Gao.
a complained bitterly. was the eli.
max OF a series of hard luck incidents,
and then Gates, after having gotten
the shoe away from him, gave the man
500.
Just buying good luck for the
house. said the hnancier as he walk
ed up to the manager and presented
to him the shoe which is to be hung
conspicuously in the hotel Office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

VIII Norton, editor Of the Queries
and Answers department Of The
Wnna,ta uoI,ar uae h,sv at his
desk.
Very few, not even all of the EN-.
DIoyes. were aware who WAS the au.
thor of the excellent advice given In
The Aunt Polly column Of the maya.
zine. II was difficult to become recon.
eiled TO the fact that this man, with
his round, ioyIal face, bore any rela-
lion whatever 10 the dainty little lady
with the motherly features. whose pic,
ture graced the top Of the query and
answers department,
When the editor of the magazine
Rrst decided to establish this column
he was unable to find anyone to
lake charge of II. Finally, when al.
most desperate, he overheard the OF.
ice hoy say to a friend:
"EYhy don't Won ask WIN Norion9
He knows everything
Just what was wanted. Some one
VINO knew everything,
Norton was accordingly summoned
to the Office from his desk AZ proof.
reader
To-day the appeals for aid to the
wisdom Of Aunt Polly were exception.
ally numerous and after he had ad
vised one girl Of sweet 10 to wait
a few years before worrying about
any lovers supposed faitblessncss, had
given a prospective bridegroom a de
scription of correct wearing apparel
tor the happiest day Of his life, coun
seled a distracted mother on the best
method OF inducing an abundant
growth Of hair instead of the scanty
locks on her darllng's head-It was
right here that he became s~elf.con.
scions, as he remembered how much
be himself needed a pre~scriptIop for
This very trouble-~he took IN the next
letter and his eyes casually fell upon
the postmark.
Canton " tbeb ,r,o ~, his .h,,a,oo,
the scene NJ his ba,nv boyhnaa ,..ai
Perfectly ,1,mi,ds,I 20 ~.,.t.a
hts memorv wandaraa ,ooL :, -"
DAYS NJ Iony 400 IA
old swavtry trao, MI, No., e",
on either sjde a, tho hna.I -
leading up 10 the ,ow comfor,a,,o
farm. house He could o1,,aa, 49,
the leayes r,st,e no EN-, hrnn.a .nun,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
A Bum Affinity

:" don't hear Gwendolin talkins
abort her affinity any more"
"Nope."
Whats wrong?'
"ber affinity gave her a fake com.
mercial rating"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

After II has cooled The latter is again
removed and the clay interior extract,
ed, when the statue. somewhat rough,
and needing a slight touching up, is
revealed"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

| pop; II there's any more talk about
war | wipe this aye off and shave up
and tell all widders to go to grass"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

The searchIght of sOooocande power has long been a feature of naval
warfare. and the apparatus is carried by every batieship and cruiser afoat
chiefly to detect the night approach of torpedo boats.
But now the sweeping beam makes its appearance on the battlefield
also, thanks to the invention Of a German str officer. which has been
adopted in England and also In this country. The next war will surely see
the new portable searchlisht at work, galopins into action with the artillery
q specially constructed wagon, and may be appraised twenty or thirty feet
on telescorng ladders. The type employed is the usual electric ire Of i'm.
mense power or else acctylene. %88#
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

There Is no lawyer In the United States more feared by corporaions of
criminal repute than Frank Billings Kellogg. He is Just o in the thick
of the fight to prove that the Standard Oil company is practically the same
corporation that ws dissolved by the government in 1891 soon after the
passage of the Sherman law. He is representing the federal government in
the case ant hopes that his efforts will dissolve the STANDARD OIL trust.
Mr. Kellogg has for years been connected with the law firm Of Davis
Uhe late Senator Cushman X. Davis), Kellogg C Severance of St. Paul
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Woman's love

The only thing that's constant in the world.
The only peak that stands above all clouds.
The only window where the light ser burns
Tie only star that darkness cannot dim.
IL Woman's love.
II rises to the greatest Of all heights.
II sinks into the lowest Of all depths,
Forgets, ~forgiyes the most and deepest wronlB
Perennial IN Its llfe. II finds It's home
In every cline.
Not coldness. cruelty. neglect nor wrong
Can alter. weaken or e1tinguish H.
A womaD's love IL perfume TO the heart;
Her love has wrought all miracles Of art,
And benaty's dream.
II gives as music all along the way.
From cradle 10 the last grand symphony
That bears the soul away on wings Of tlre;
This love Is greater. sweeter than all power,
OutlaSting death.
Author Unknown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

Gain In Railway Earnings.
French railways are reporting large
gains In earnings compared with 1906
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and e that 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-18
SHOOTS AT TWO
 AND MAKES ESCAPE
Jesse Lowry In Fit of Jealousy Slips up Behind Couple And
 Fires.

Two negroes. Frank Jones and Mary Bibb, furnished targets for another ne- gro named Jesse Lowrey last night, and each of them was the recipient of a lead ball from the barrel of Lowreys pistol, which happened to be Smith & Wes- son 3S special
 Jealousy is believed to have prompted Lowrey to act in the rash manner he did, as the other two negroes were together at the time the shooting occurred, and the cool and reserved manner in which tho as- sailant went about his work indicates that the shooting was premeditated. He sim ply walked up behind the negro man and woman, and afetr taking a deliberate aim shot at the man, shifted his weapon and shot down the woman.
 Jones was shot in the small of the back and the bullet passed through the stomach and came out just below the joint of the leg to the body. His wound is very se- rous and may prove fatal. When the negro woman heard the shot which struck Jones, 1t appears that she turned and re- ceived bullet in the right breast which pierced through and came out through the middle of the right shoulder. Her wound, while very serious, is not believed to be d fatal one.
 Onicers Burge and Guthrie were some distance from the place where the shoot ing took place, but when the shots rang out they ran to the scene and found the two wounded negroes, but their assailant had fled Into the darkness. The shooting of the two negroes took place about Il o'clock last night fin Alley c, between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets.
 Both of the wounded negroes were taken to the Hillman hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-18
PATIENTS NOT ANNOYED.
Arrests are Being Made, However, of
 the Noise Makers.

An Eleventh avenue resident incident ally remarked to Officer St. Clair yes- terday evening that the fever patients on Eleventh avenue between Fourteenth and Seventeenth streets were not at all worried by the loud "honk-honks" of au- tomobles yesterday.
 Following out the orders from Chief Wier. an officer was dispatched to Elev- enth avenue yesterday afternoon short ly after O clock and dozen or moro fast rowing machines were stopped by the officer, and one motorcycle rider was stopped and arrested on a charge of ex- ceeding the speed limit. The officer saw him coming. motioned to him to stop. and at Eleventh avenue and Fifteenth street he was stopped and put under bond for running at the rate of twenty miles an hour.
 Rapidly moving automobiles, and the loud and unnecessary blowing of the horns of them has been great source of worry to typhoid fever patients on Eleventh avenue, and upon request Chief Wler sent an officer there yesterday to hold things down. It Is said that auto mobiles are already choosing other routes into town by which they can take the much coveted spin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-18
Mdn Kills His Friend
 Thinking Him O Thief

Believing him to be a thief, Luther Me Anally, a young white boy of 19 years, shot and killed his old friend, J. T. Bur roughs, commonly known as "Rube," this morning at 1 o'clock at the Alice furnace The circumstances were brought about by the unfortunate number of large thefts that have been perpetrated recently, brass>an iron having disappeared in large quantities from the furnace yards.
 The first the authorities knew of the killing was when young McAnally walked into the warden's office of the city Jail and told Warden Williamson that he had shot a man and wanted policeman. Po- hceman Joe Nix made out the charge against him and went to the scene to in- vestigate.
 He found the body of Burroughs cold in death with a large crowd of men around. Inquiries found that the two men had both been seen a few moments before, and neither had any animosity for the other.
 McAnally's story. which seems credita- ble, is to this effect:
 q was walking through the yard with the foreman when he said we ought to have pistols to protect the brass, which was being stolen At the time there were