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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
Duck Ties up Telephone System.

One spoonful duck was the cause Of
the suspension Of the long distance
telephone service cast OF New York for
several hours.
All tests known to tho management
were applied but failed to locate tho
seat Of trouble. A lineman was dis
patched by team to ascertain the
cause. He found ttat, Just east OF Al
lamont, the third station from New
York. on the Northwestern railroad,
a spoonbill duck In It's flight from one
lake TO another. had evidently started
TO quack either a greeting or G warn
Ing to Its mate. and had caught the
wire fun In the mouth. The momen-
tum had carried II against a second
wire, the two forming a vIceIike grin
upon the birds neck. the body making
several revolutions around the wires
and twisting them irto q cable, TINS
short circuising the system. The duck.
with a broken neck, was still suspend.
ed from the wires when the Iinesman
reached the scene.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
sgaMoNETTg

! SERMoNETrE-
I Destruction is from within.
! Every man builds the scaffoid-
I inq on which 10 executed the
! monster Of his mlsdeeds.
I Absalcm 10 but n example
: Of the myriads which the
! worlds history affords Of the
! fact that an evil life contains
! the seeds Of its own undoins.
Pride which built up such q
] splendid conspiracy, proved the
/ medium through which came de.
! feat and final destruction.
! A man, after all, 10 only a.
! strong az his weakest point, and
I Notwithstanding Absalom's rare
! genius and clever seheming, he
I fell an easy victim to that de-
! sire for magnificence and dis
! play which had been a ruling
! passion of his life. A night cam
I paisn, swift and full Of hardship
! and danger, did not appeal to
] him, but the leading Of a mag
! nifeent army In q spectacular
: campaign won his approval and
! led him to defeat and death.
! That is about all there Is to
! b. said concerning Absaiom. As
! wa see him In that last igno-
I minlcus hour how tho mask Is
! torn from his beautiful face and
I form, and the hldeous character
I which he had grown Within
! stands revealed! A dishonerable,
I disobedient, Goddess scn going
! down In disgrace to a grave dug
! In the woods, while the magnih-
! cent mausoleum which he had
! erected with a etatue Of himself
] stands empty, and, In silent
! mockery, condemns the folly OF
!: mans planning apart from the
/ will and purposes Of God.
! In this Incident 10 strikingly
! emphasized the old, familiar
] adage: sMan proposes and God
' d~isposes."
! David realized this, and az he
I fled from Jerusalem, a broken
! hearted father, he lifted his eyes
I to heaven and said: az ! shall
! find favor In the eyes Of the
] Lord, he will bring me again,
! and sheW me both the ark and
! its habitation. But II he tGod)
: thus say, I have no delight in
] thee; behold, here am I, let him
I do to me as ssemeth good unto
] him."
! Here was both the spirit Of
] true repentance for the sins
: which had come into his own
! life, and whose fruitage was to
7 be found In the present wicked
! pIottings Of his son; and whole
\ hearted submission to the SOW.
! ereisn will Of God.
Z And both the repentance and
! the submission find their inspira-
: ton and strength In the faith
! which laid hold upon God In the
I dark hour and elung to him as
! only the helpless soul can cling
! which is reduced to the last ex-
! trsmity and secs that, only God
! can deliver.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
THE STORY.

A e4~ rH gl tVIG StSNVs IN. l
JERUSALEM, which had but a few
j hours before wept over the aged
king, as he fed with his few follow,
ers, now rang with the shouts for the
new king. Ever a lover Of pomp and
ceremony, that was q most Spectacular
entrance which Absalom made as
with his gathered army and the in.
creasing multitudes who were carried
away by the enthusiasm Of the mo,
ment, he made the journey from
Hebron and took possession Of the
royal city and the palace Of cedar
which David had built.
As he rode through the streets sur.
rounded not by fifty inner and a few
cbariots, but by q multitude of chart
OTIS and a great company of lighting
men, be smiled with grim satisfaction.
Far beyond the greatest expectations
had his plot carried. He had not cx.
pected to enter the gates of Jerusa.
lem without a struggle. He had mol
dreamed that 30 easily and quickl,
we're his ambitions and hopes to be
realized. But here he was within
Jerusalem's gates. and yonder was the
splendid palace of cedar. The ali
rang with the shouts of the multi.
tudes al they cried: Long live King
Absalom."
With IN expression Of supreme sat
isfaction and self.assurance upon his
face Absalom turned to AhithopheI
who was riding with him In the char
lot, and said:
Where are those who stand with
Oavid7"
BE not over-confident, oh, king, for
where David Is there will DO found
those who will lay down their lives
for him." rejoined Ahithophel. almost
curtIy.
There was no man In ali the land
10 keen and wise az Ahithophel. Foi
long years he had served at tho court
OF King David. and raj acquainted
with every detail Of the business Of
the Kingdom, Through some slight
fancied or real. ut the hands Of the
king, he had become dissatisfied, and
when the plotting Of Absalom had &c
carried the nation BY storm he hac
welcomed It as his opportunity OF
gaining ! greater ascendancy over the
nation and had quickly Joined himself
70 the court OF Absalom which he had
set up q Hebron. and when tidings
had come that David had Ned from
Jerusalem be counseled that they re.
turn 70 tho royal city and take posses
mon Of the palace. This advice Alb
SALON. speedily adopted and. - We
lhays sssn, VII welcome to ~Jerusalen,
M IN that the heart 81 IN ambitions
man could desire.
Ard o. ~ day sitter his return
eefns fIust1tS Tie Archite. saying:
Whom ~ Lord. md this people,
I'D N ~ men Or fssasl choose, ~
Wi1, A ~ IN wftA hin wiIl 1 abide.
xpV1 xhouId ! server &hcuJd
rkyS ~ ygxGo91 ~ peEi1s
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

will be dry and" sighed her hus-
band.
We'll, I came as soon as I possibly
could" burst In Mrs. Klinker. "And
7 had to stand up with all these
bundles very step Of the way home!
There wasn't q gentleman In that
whole car man enough to give me a
seat!
Il sometimes wonder, IL you appre-r
ciate the fact that / am Shaving and
digging iron one weeks end to the
other to make a home for you and the
children-dpfng as much Is any
three women ought to do-and doing
1t better! But ! suppose IL / should
die tomorrow you'd be looking around
for some one else the day after, and a
silly, young dollface that couldn't,
or wouldn't, raise her finger II the
houre was to fall down on top of your
heads! I cant help being capable
any more than | can help breathing.
When ! was a girl and lived at home
mother always said ! was the only
Il of the girls she could trust to do
a piece Of work well.
"You may all realize 1t when I'm
In my grave. There aren't many
women who can clean the whole
house, bake, get meals for q big hun
CRY family and then walk out Of the
house as much Of a lady and looking
better than any woman on the street
who keeps servants and has nothing
to do but fus IS herself up. / tell you,
Albert Klinke Or, you're a very fortunate
a / don't want to complaint only
want you to get 1t through your thick
head how much | do on a very iittle!"
my dear Stella, ] know you work
hard, but 1 beg to remind you that
you had Mrs. Flaherty to do the clean
ing, Charlotte stayed home from the
basket ball game to bake and Grace
and Edith seemed to be equally en-
ployed with various tasks. / don't
like to mention It, but l washed the
luncheon dishes and dinner is now or
the table awaiting you" It was a
long speech for Albert KlinkerN--he
was a nan who thought than he
talked.
"Oh, Of o rse, I don't do anything.
Oh. no! Do BIT give me any credit
whatever. I'd like to know where this
house and you and the rest would all
~ xusAI-.k .-l9 w.. -A-l A. 49, It
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

~Doast mentsun thar wpn6n q
mes shrieked Mn Kiinker. I al
! did uas to sit around IN negiigees
and hook pretty a act deceltfnl and
pretend to be IN angel ! snppose ,ou'd
break your neck waiting on me. Put
q. I can slave my fingers r. the
bone. and you hold for . shining ex-
ample some one who never does .
stroke Of work and just let's her house
run itself. That pipe ia the cellar
that connects with the set-tub needs
to have something done to IT and
there's a castor on the sideboard so
We can't move It when we sweep: the
shade In the front spare Don won't
20 up or down, but ! guess YOU can
liz It some way. and there's a screw
out Of the"
Now mother. protested Charlotte.
you never give dad a chance to draw
a long breath
stop right where you are, Char
lotte Klinker!" Numbered Mrs. Klink-
er. You haven't as much heart as a
stone, You'd see your mother muir
dered right before your eyes. without
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
The Hungry Parrot.

Everybody knows n or more oi
those conscientious ego.lsts who can.
lot rid themselves OF the idea that no
me can be trusted to carry out the
simplest details Of routine work
Without personal supervision. II
was one Of these men who sailed for
America, leaving In his brothers care
a parrot OF which he was very fond.
All the way across the Atlantic he
worried about the bird, and no sooner
lad he landed at New York than he
cent over this cablegram to his broth.
ar:
BE sure and feed parrot"
And the brother cabled back:
"Have fed him. but he's hungry
again. What shall ] do next?"-Tit
Bita.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

plants and trees that are suitable to
the soil, to the climate and to your
own taste.
1t pays well to give careful atten-
ton to the preparation Of the soil.
You cannot grow any kind OF vegeta-
ton satisfactorily on poor soil IL
does not cost a great deal to haul in
good soil sufficient to cover the whole
lot a foot deep. or this may not b
necessary. A mixture Of good soil.
well rotted manure ard commercial
fertilizer usually will tone UP almost
any lot so the stun planted win givs
good results.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
Admiral Phitibert.

Admiral Phiiibert. who Is command.
ng the French ships OF the Morocco
cast which destroyed Casablanca, II
a the French feet what Lord Kitche'
ier Ii Ia the British army. He Is .
~,rogressive sailor. the best gunnery
expert In his country's naval service.
ind II u largely owing TO bis influences
and advice that the French govern
nent possesses such : ane fiotilla of
SUMMARIES, for Admiral Philibert has
lfways Lecn an advocate Of the sub
marine 4, the power Of the future.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

the most satisfactory way of going mp
stairs. Other arrangements have been
tried repeatedly, but builders have
never found a satisfactory substitute
for a front hall and a stair OF this
kind. 1t lands far enough back ny
stairs to leave room for q good bed
room In the front part of the house
and 1t does not spoil any room either
upstairs or down,
A house of this style lends itself
easily MS part OF a plan OF outside
decorations. There 10 more In this
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

would you like to come and live with
me, Sarah?"
Begin your pardon. nam, I'm
very we'll satisfied at Mrs. Bruins
wick's. They're awful good to me
there"
I'D be good to you Sarah said
Mrs. Klinker, sweetly. "And I'll give
| you more money!"
Thanking you nam, I'll be after
stoppin' where | am" said Sarah Arm
ly. I'm thinking a lot of Mrs. Bruins.
wick and all OF EN-"
rs Mr.. Brunswick a good provider.
SARAH" asked Mrs. Klinker.
you'll not be after pickin' me-"
flnred Sarah anefiy. 4 wouldn't
y,0rk for the likes Of you. nor would
any other girl 1 knew. You don't half
feed the girls you've had!" and with
this parting shot sarah flounced Of.
Il wouldn't have the saucy piece In
my house!" resolved Mrs. Klinker.
Thank goodness I'm capable Of doing
my v work. and I'm as good. Il not
better, than anybody"
@ = s =
RI you haven't got to work this n
ternoon. Albert, there's several little
thinen around the house I've been
waiting : chance 70 have ron do,~
Mrs. Klinker smiled g~racl0usly.
ut looks a. ~ No. going to work.
grumbied Albert. "A Iot o. rest my.
cno co W sroun6 this house! I had
|intended to-r
~You upel b H. - nice ahout doing
littie tkincSyv sfshed III. Klinksr.
~nut W. aren't Nv norss ] don't
knoW whatss gstting int0 you- Nh.
FHsunnw1ek 49, tsillng ~ only -.
|fs11 80 kin1 - hosb114 = -
u. 1eSFgr ssSMs
1o111yt mpks hlvse IN u
Kl1nl9 e.alSs
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

1t Is sometimes better to increase the
purchase price mortgage sufficient to
cover certain extra cost In order 10
have the house as you want II. be-
cause under satisfactory conditions
the increased enjoyment In occupying
the house ID worth a good deal more
than the additional interest. How
ever, each person must decide such
questions for himself.
There is n good deal In the looks
Of a house. In these modern times
II Ia not necessary to build a plab-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
The lutsreettnd Novel.

You can't convince . woman that
! novel v i~ntsrestinE iniess the hero
and heroine ct married In the lat
chapter ana llve happily cver aftee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Knicker--Dc you like ne fosr
boatf \
Hockcr-No; TO- short eith6f
have : socd time = recover tsu1f
ins ora
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
SOMETHING ABOUT MRS. ALBERT
kLiNkER.


BY Helena Smith Dayton.
Pictures BY Angie B~reakspear.
you needn't sit there with a face
on, Albert Klirxer. and try to make
OFT you've got q grievance!H Mrs.
K1inker placed her packages on the
center liable and drew the shot-button
kind Of hat-pins out OF her hat.
"My dear, I only regretted that the
dinner will be spoiled. Charlotte and
! have had 1t all ready and waiting
for an hour and Q half! The chops
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

The Alpine summits are not a.
nents ~ Utarte4 TAsy ~ ~
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
Useful Candle Nut.

One Of the oldest nuts in the world is the candle nut, which grows in the Pacific islands. The name is derived from the fact that the kernel is so full of oil that when dried it can be stuck in a reed and used as candle. The natives of Hawaii roast these nuts, and after removing the shell reduce the kernel to a paste, which, when seasoned with salt and pepper, is re- ported as making an appetizing dish The husk of the nuts and the gum which exudes from the tree have me- dicinal values. while the burned shell is used in making an indelible ink with which tattooing is done--Ameri- can Fruit and Nut Journal.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
-
Plan Excavations at Memphis.

An appeal Is being made in England for funds to undertake the great task of excavating the ruins of Memphis. It is expected that England will now do Tor Memphis what the French gov ernment has done for Delphia and the Germans for Olympia The sites of the four great temples are plainly mark ed, so that exploration can begin at once. This mass of ruins covers 100 acres. as much as the whole of the site at Karnak, and it Is estimated that $15,000 will be needed annually for fifteen years to accomplish the work Important material Is believed to lie within few yards of the sur. face, so that results should be reach ed promptly.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
4 Womsn's Riuht,

Whether the right to go through a husbands pockets is guaranteed by 8 wife's marital endowment of all his worldly goods, or whether 1t Is a con- stitutional right in the pursuit of hap, piness, or whether it is just because she needs the money and will have it. right or no right, law or no law, this essentially feminine privilege has long been accepted as one of the necessary evils of married life, says a writer in the Baltimore American. Few men would take the matter into court even with chance of success, because the pocket graft is much cheaper in the end than alimony, and few courts with proper regard for their own dignity would prohibit wives from going through their husbands pockets, since there is no earthly way of pre- venting them.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
Affection Between Senators.

There was sincere affection be- tween the late Alabama senators, Nor gan and Pettus. It is said that Pettus adored Morgan. He looked up to him as few men look up to other men,
 When Morgan passed away the fading old veteran lost all interest in life. These things sound unbelievable, per haps, to . skeptical modern time, but Morgan and Pettus did not belong to a modern Sine, They were relics of an elder age. They passed away all most together. The death of one pre- ceded and, the Alabama men say, brought about the death of the other. Together they lie in Selma. where. side by side, they lived for 40 years.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
Strenuous Medical Treatment.

Although the Maoris of New Zea land have made considerable strides In civilization during recent years some of their barbaric superstitions survive. One of the most persistent is belief in the tohunga" or tribal medicine man. His patients some times succumb to his energetic meth ods of treatment. The latest case of that sort comes from Waikato. A sick girl after having been immersed in cold water for some hours, was beat. en with sticks to drive the evil spirits out, the 'tohunga" afterward gripping her throat to prevent their reentering. She died the next day.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
Bucolic Style.

The farmers made fortunes on wheat, didn't they?" Yes, indeed replied the railroad official. "and by a little strategy we are getting them to ride in our parlor cars. You know the farmers have always been prejudiced against parlor cars" Why was that?" Well, they said the cars didn't look anything like parlors at all. That set us to thinking, so we fitted up sev. eral special parlor cars with wax fruit, horsehair furniture and old fashioned photograph albums and now you couldn't pay the farmers to ride in any other car but the parlor."
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
WHAT CHARLES DICKENS SAID.
Great Writers Remark to Small Boy
 Fingered Long in Memory.

MT. Henry c. Robinson, witty law Conn.,. once told the following anec- dote one evening when he was in- troducing an English author to a Hart. ford audience. The first famous Englishman whom I ever saw was Charles Dickens, who lectured here in Hartford when l was young boy. I had read some of the stories of this great writer, and I was most anx- ious to catch glimpse of tA- man himself. So on the afternoon when he was expected to arrive I walked up and down the street in front of the hotel where l knew he was to stay The hotel was built close to the side walk, and the long windows of the parlor were so low that the passerby could easily see into the room. l soon realized that a gentleman was sitting within, reading a paper. 1 stepped close up under the window and pressed my face against the glass. eager to get a good look at the stranger. Yes, it was he It really was I had seen his picture often and couldn't be mistaken. 1 stared and stared, anxious to impress every feature upon my memory. After a few moments he turned and saw me ,here, the little, eager Yankee boy, gazing up at his face: and then the famous man, laying aside his paper, actually spoke. so that I really heard the voice of the great Charles Dick ems himself, and he was really talking to mel" Here MT. Robinson paused impressively and some one on tho platform inquired, What did he say, MT Robinson" He said, replied away, little boy. go away!'"
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
PAPA's IDEA OF ECONOMY.
All Right When 1t Only Affected Pleas
 ures of Others.

tie daughter say to him: Papa, can't 1 have a nickel to buy some gum?"
 He was a good, kind man. and he didn't refuse her roughly. He patted her on the head and said: "Daugh- ter, your old dad can't afford such things It takes all our money to buy bread and meat and keep you and mamma in shoes" She looked disap- pointed and walked away. Presently he started home. He felt as if 2 hot one would help his appetite and put him in more cheerful frame of mind in which to greet his family, so
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
o.. vegetable Freak and the Other o"s a Greedy Monopoist.

c.,;fornia has one tree which Is the
 essonification of mystery. Found no p, hsre else in the world, it had a mys' n,ous origin and thrives in region of mystery. - |. o vaoo+oh,o ..oal which has developed into spe- .,ss % It has the characteristics of sew I ..o1 nlants, to which no relationship can be traced. '' '. is an endogen, yet its bark shows .,rcentric rings such as characterize ~ .ua oxogenous stems. It lives and .sr,ves in great numbers in a region sorlv devoid of vegetation, in land Of hsat and thirst and barrenness.
 Another tree in California which has neculiar personality is the creeping oak of Monterey.
 Nowhere in the vegetable kingdom .sn he found so true a representative of monopoly. This tree is of gnarly orowth. it's limbs, like those of the sycamore. bending and twisting in all directions.
 Wherever a branch touches the aorth if takes root and becomes, as 1t were. another trunk, though still a branch of the main stem, drawing rourishment both from the parent stem and from the new source. In this manner the tree is spread till it has taken possession of five acres of ground and it is still advancing.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
Victims of Poor Food,

At recent military enrolment In Baden, Germany, of 604 young men liable to service, only 20 per cent. were found to be up to the physical stand ard. The peasants of this country were at one time among the most robust in the empire, but owing to the dearness of meat and the fact that the milk which once was staple article of food is now sold to cheese factories their physique has degenerated
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
Sentiment.

A lag is no more to be classed as d strip of bunting than the sword of bunker Hill could be classed as a chunk of steel. Memories, traditions, iaeals' loyalty, patriotism are not un- 'edI because they cannot be measured "i'h yardstick or weighed on the Scales Of a coal yard. Loyalty to the nag IS force as real and far more permanent than the great lifting crane VI tne navy yard. Patriotism will move more' In the space of time, than the v,sseSt engine in the freight yards. 'ueaiS are more forceful than the big eeSt mound of radium that the civiliz- eu world can ever get together Public continent has had more to do with the @ssihg Of the Panama canal than the a'a'lest shovels driven by steam in 'ne Culebra cut.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-09-09
Advice to Wives.

Nothing is so consoling to a wor- yied man of affairs as to know that he can always find a harbor of refuge fin his home.
 Hence (advises an observant wom- an). the wife should seek always to make the home an abode of peace Her troubles and perplexities should he reserved for discussion when he is comfortable and at leisure, and not sprung upon him the moment he en- ters the house at the close of his days work.
 Many men fight their way success