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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

SAYS POTATOES HAVE SOULS.
Mystic MaeterIinek's Announcement
Gives vegetarians Brainstorn,.

-
Paris.-What are the ve~getarians to
eat now?
They abhor flesh because they re.
fuse to slaughter pensive beeves, play.
full lambs and joyous calves. Now
Maurice Materlinck has carried con.
sternation into the vegetarian camp
and has greatly disturbed their diges-
tons by his book on the intelligence
of plant life.
Maeterlinck thinks he proves that
plants are as purposeful, al reason
able, as conscientious as most hui
mans, re- as most vegetarians. In
general the vegetarians are mystics
and so they worship Maeterlinck.
What are they to eat If, as he insists,
cereals have souls, green peas have a
purpose in life and potatoes have
white sweet souls?
Prince Tr~oubetskoi, the sculptor,
who is a vegetarian, had a talk with
Maeterlinck on this puzzling subject
at the salon. Troubetskoi has sincere
scruples against tasting meat, against
Staying sentient beings to devour their
flesh. His distress was almost tragic
as he questioned Maeterlinck, who
could console him only with:
Never fear, prince. He who lives
must eat"
But he did not say what, so the
princely sculptor is at his wits end
to choose a food which will sustain
life, but which gives up no life in be-
coming food.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
Pulp Mill Creates Town.

Washin ston.-An English concern
which obtained a concession of 1000
square miles Of land al Grand Falls.
New Foundland. for the purpose of de.
veloping the pulpmaking industry has
surveyed a town site and has plated
of streets, squares and areas for
churches, schools and public buildings.
erected houses for the stan and EN-.
ployes. built two miles of railway and
besides has made other improvements.
among which Is the construction OF a
new dam. An American expert has
prepared the plans for the installa.
ton of a pulp mill and 500 or 900 men
will be employed in the construction
Of the buildings and dam. 1t will be
about three years before the output OF
pulp and paper will be placed on the
market.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
LORDS BUY 1000 PRAIRIE DOGS.
sritishers, Seeking Sport, to Stock
Hunting Preserves with Them.

Huron, S. D.-Two thousand prairie
dogs at three dollars each at shipping
point have been contracted for by
English lords who have extermlnated
the rabbits and hares on their shoot
ing preserves in England and are Ian.
gushing for sport,
Mrs. Nellie Madden, of Waukon,
Wis, having contracted to supply
this number of the dogs, has with.
drawn her farm north Of this city
from the market, believing its value
has enhanced UNNECESSARILY by the de-
mand for prairie dogs, with which 1t is
overrun. 1t is believed the English
noblemen have bucked up against an
other Yankee game, and that the
character of the prairie dogs has been
misrepresented to them.
The animals are the size of an over
grown rat, live in communities, their
holes connected with outlets every rod
or two. They are spry enough to
arouse the sporting blood of the Brit
ish, but w,Ien wounded drop into their
holes or If dead their fellows quickly
drag them In. 1t is mere pot-hunting
to shoot them, but to entrap 1000 of
them will afford d nice problem for
the vendors.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

i~ife-saying apparatus and with q maya
zlne in which will be high explosives
In sufficient quantities to blow half
the battle ships in the world out OF
the sea. The gunpowder and dyna-
mite, however. will not be spent to
destroy life, but TO save 1t.
The ships that she will attack are
those that have outlived their useful
ness and have passed from the service
Of civilization to the class OF human
enemies. The half-sunken derelicts
that float silently up and down and
across the paths Of commerce, claim
ing as victims the finest ships, with
their crews and passengers, will be the
prey of No. II. and no mercy will be
shown when these mysterious Toes
are found. It is expected that in life
saving work the new eyenue cutter
will prove as valuable as in the more
sensational and noisy pursuit of dere-
licts.
Her field Of operations will be COM
paratiyely restricted, with NGva SEQ
tia on the north. the Bahamas on the
south and the mid-Atlantic on the
east. Her duty will be to keep the
paths of. ocean commerce clear, n
the field is large enough to occupy
all the time of her swift engines. The
other side of the ocean will be pa
trolled by the ships of Great Britain
or the powers OF the continent.
When storms along the seaboard i'm
peril passenger ships or there is other
work cut out for ~lifesavers, revenue
cutter II will be summoned by Wire
less if she is at sea, and by land wire
If in port, and will hasten to the scene.
That she will give a good account OF
herself in every emergency the reve-
nue. cutter officials feel certain, and
are concerned now only in expediting
the construction of the sadly needed
ship.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
MONEY SPENT FOR soDAs.
Ten Thousand Dollars a Day Not Un-
usual In Big City.

"Ten thousand dollars worth OF
soda water a day--well, probably"
said a city druggist whose trade In
the e~ffervescent fluid is a considerable
part Of his business. In summer the
days bill for this city is doubtless all
Of that and more. Take the average
price OF soda at ten cents per glass,
figuring that tho Sundays and other
l5-cent connections offset the five.
cent drinks, and $4,000 means a hun.
dred thousand glasses Of soda, not an
excessive estimate for a million and a
half people, allowing for the visiting
strangers, who are generally thirstier
than the natives. Oh, yes, II has
opened. but prabably this days sales
over the whole town won't exceed
5000. or perhaps they will be less
than that. But, all told, allowing for
good days and bad, winter and sum-
mer, this city probably drinks at least
a million dollars worth OF soda water
a year, and, what's more. never misses
the money.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
Where Mrs. Sage Finds Relief.

Mrs. Russell Sage has many advis-
ers. but there is none whose opinions
she holds in higher regard than some
of the simple and unaffected village
folk who live at Lawrence, l.. l., near
her summer home. They have a way
Of speaking their opinions frankly and
they have nothing to gain. Often last
summer when her doors were besieged
by scores of persons seeking money
for all sorts Of representation,
religious or for more or less chimeri-
cal ~schemes--it was a relief for her
v talk to somebody who had no Ak TO
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
Indians towards.

History generally proclaims the In.
dian a coward. Some Of the California
tribes were remarkable for their tim
idity. Powers relates that a full.
grown, vigorous buck was frightened
to death by a belligerent gobbler. The
poor devil had never seen a turkey be.
fore In a state OF strut, and one day
as he a walking along a magnia.
cent gobbler, tail spread and wings
beating the ground. made a dash at
him. He took to mis- bed and expired
In two days.-New York Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
WIlIjnu Ia Conforno.

Richard" said his precise wife, In
an undertone, 1T is all right for you
TO avoid elaborate ceremony in intro
ducing The guests to one another, but
| wish you would not say, Mr.. Throg-
son. shake hands with Mr.. Wigmore.'
I do not approve of that style Of In.
PRODUCTION"
"All right, Amaryllis," heartily re-.
sponded the host. "T1l cut that out.
Hello. Flatbush. Awfully glad to see
you. MIR. Flatbush, wiggle fippers
with Mr.. Skimmerhorn."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
THE STORY.

&C AMSON blind and in fetters!"
- was the message which spread
swiftly throughout the land of the
Philistines, and into the borders of
the land of judah.
Samson blind and in fetters!"
Surely, Dagon, the god OF the Phil.
%fstines, hath heard our cry and hath
delivered him into our hands" ex-
claimed the Philistines.
Surely" bitterly cried the Israel.
ties, "our God hath forsaken us, and
delivered US into the power Of the
enemy"
And Samson, the erstwhile cham.
pfon OF Israel and Israel's God, and
the unconquerable foe of the Phills.
tines, sat in anguish of body and spirit
In the prison house at GAIA grinding,
grinding, grinding, while the clank of
bis chains kept doleful, heartless time
to the movements Of his hands.
Yes, the agony OF those moments
when, in flendish glee his captors had
pierced his eyeballs with their red.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

great deal TO the kids In health and
1t will save you a great deal OF
anxiety and probably some expense In
doctors bills. Build them another
playhouse in the attic for stormy days.
Don't you remember when you was a
kid how you used to enjoy playing In
the woodshed rainy days? The
neighbours youngsters came In and
helped to raise a great row and your
mother usually put up with It patient.
ly. Well, we haven't got any wood,
sheds now, fire-wood trees are all
burned up and we don't need much of
n building to hold coal, but we still
have the kids and we can make com.
Portable playrooms for them If W @
have the inclination to do so. Rainy
days are long days for children I'M.
less they have some place to go other
than the kitchen or the living room.
They love TO make all the noise they
want to.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
thrush Of New Residents Raises Iowa
City to $4,000.

Dubuque, lathe census depart
ment of the federal government esti.
mates the population OF Dubuque at
43,O70 for 1896, but the recent uncov-
ering Of immense deposits OF zinc and
lead has brought an thrush OF new
residents and $4,000 population Is
claimed.
Statistics of the state census bu-
reau rank Dubuque first among the
cities of the state In manufactures,
a fact in part attributable to its free
dom from strike disturbances, to the
advantages accruing to it from the
river break" in interstate rates, to
its railroad facilities, its proximity
to Chicago, its location on the Missis-
sippi and to the conservatism OF Its
working classes consequent upon
their being home owners.
The industries Of the city are va
ried and the number Of wage earners
larger than for any other Iowa city
Of equal or greater size. II numbers
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
NEW BRAND OF DESTROYER
BUILDING FOR ATLANTIC.
Revenue Cutter No. II VIII Be As
signed to Sink Those Floating
Hulks Which Are a Men,
ace to Navigation.

Observation-Disclosures of the reve-
nue. cutter service are looking forward
to the completion of the new derelict
destroyer, revenue cutter II, with high
expectations of her usefulness, She
will be the first craft of her kind to
become part of the service, and when
completed, some time next year, the
ability of the watchdog branch of
the treasury department to cope with
dangers and emergencies that now
seriously strain the bureau will be
largely increased.
At present all the work that will fall
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
BOARD WALK" is TO GO.
Blocks of Tile win DispIaee Famous
Wooden Atlantic City Promenade.

Atlantic City, N. IA block Of the
famous boardwalk paved with tile
imported from Holland, where similar
paving is in use, will be one Of the
novelties for the summer visitors Of
the coming season, who will be asked
to pass their opinion on wooden block
and concrete as a footway for the es.
p.ansde.
The experiment in making a change
In the flooring Of the walk is be-
ing tried with the object of discover.
ing some paving substitute that will
better stand the travel Of the thou
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
Live loads in "Deadn Letter.

Washington.-The dead letter office
Of the post office department came to
life the other day when a woman
clerk, in opening d%ead,letter mail, took
the lid off a box containing three
horned toads from Texas. After the
woman clerks had climbed down from
their desks a summary court-martial
sentenced the animals to death for in
citing a riot, but a tender-hearted mes
n g rescued the culprits and
turned them loose in Farragut square,
where the children play.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

will give them n lesson in patriotism
that they will never forget. These
little instances are remembered In
after years. They help to tie the In.
terest OF growing children to the
home.
Arrange n playground for the chill
drcn In the backyard. Give them a
corner with a load or two of sharp
sand. Put a cover over the sandplle
II you a afford II, but give them the
sandpile anyway. 1t will be worth q
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

sands of promenaders than the planks
now In use.
Tho wear on the board door Is
enormous, and as feminine visitors
refuse to stand for the planking when
1t becomes in the least bit worn or
splintered from wear, the yearly bill
for lumber and laying is becoming an
herl of heavy drain on the finances
OF the resort.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
Remedy for Warts.

A old remedy for warts is made by
mixing two drains Of soap cereate and
a quarter OF a dram each OF powdered
savin and powdered verdlgris. Mix
and spread on a piece Of kid the size
of the wart and bind on over night.
II will burn and eat of the wart 1t
may be necessary to repeat the ap-
pllcation In a week. II the burning
continues apply oxide Of zinc oint-
ment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

A spring the waters of which are
intoxicating has been discovered near
Ada, o. The discoveries insist that
1t will be useless to hunt for moon.
sinners in the vicinity OF Ada, be-
cause there is no headache after one
has beer intoxicated by the spring
water.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
The Trouble with Mike,

Sportsman wonder what's be-
come OF Mike? | told him to meet
me here.
Driver-.tch, It's no use tellin' him
anything! Sure, sorr. just goes in at
wan ear and out at the other, Ike
wather off a ducks back.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

Sydney Oliver, who has been appointed governor of Jamaica to succeed
~ Alexander swstenhan, wasb born in 1859, graduated at Corpus Christi col
iiese, Oxford university, and In 1882 entered the colonial office. In 1eso1Se1
70 ws acting colonial secretary Of British Honduras, in 18e51ss6 lie IA
auotor genef u OF TIL leeward islands and was later private secretary % the
earl OF seiborne, secretary of the West India royal commission, colonial sec
rotary OF jamaica and acting governor of Jamaica. In 1898 he was sent to
washington to assist in the negotiation Of reciprocity treaties on behalf of the
West Indian colonies. W@
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
Ii

Portable for them, They should have
their bedrooms 10 themselves as much
as possible and the rooms should be
furnished to their liking. The tastes
OF children are simple and easily
catered TO and 1t pays TO do 1t.
Before the carpenters go away have
them make a fagpole and put It high
up whore 1t viii show well. Then buy
a good nag and help the kids 10 hoist
ii every holiday, but especially the
morning of the Fourth Of July. 1t
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

grind and was not looking for con-
tributions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
New ZeaIand's Population.

The white population Of New Zea.
land is now 10000, having Increased
III, 900 in the last five years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
ExpensIve CITY Covernment.

New York city pays in salaries to
it, more than $4,000 servants 3132
each minute in the day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10
SAMSON'S
HEROI DEATH
STORY OF THE PERIOD or THE JUDGES
IN ISRAEL
By the Highway and Byway" Preacher

Scripture NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 16.
21-31.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-05-10

And while the tumult was at Its
height, Samson turned TO the lad that
had led him into the arena and said
Suffer me that | may fesl the pill.
lars whereupon the house standeth,
that | may lean upon them"
The shouting ceased as he reached
a position between the two main pill.
lars which sustained the weight OF
the roof. Eagerly his hands CROPPED
about until they touched the great
wooden piers. All eyes were turned
upon him now In wonder to see what
next he would do, and a breathless ex-
pectancy filled the place.
Suddenly upon the stiffness which
had fallen rose the voice Of Samson
as he lifted his face towards heaven;
and the eager multitudes leaned for.
ward to hear what was said, while the
crowds In the rear, realizing that
something unusual was %transpiring,
pressed toward the front.
20 Lord God!" rang out the words,
clear and loud, remember me, | pray
thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee,
only this once, o God, that / may be
at once avenged Of the Philistines for
my two eyes"
A shout of derisive laughter rang
out from the people as they cried:
"He prayeth to his Cod" But the
sound thereof was quickly drowned in
the noise Of crashing timbers as Sam.
son bent himself between the pillars,
and they went down like bits OF straw.
And the house fell upon the lords, and
upon all the people that were therein;
so that the dead which Samson slew
at his death were more than they
which he slew in his life.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-07
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ge2fnal esH assnR recently nrh :
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offering ~ 1ears snd SAID tnst fo-
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a ieiter from Some ere fhHfs e. f.sI me
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-07

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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-07
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-07

The materials in Regal Shoes.
from the Genuine Oak Bark
Tanned Soles TO the fast color
hooks and eysIets-are the
best that money car buy They
are Sc ectsd ait6 the greatest
care and are made into shoes
.by the most expert B0r.ner
n the a0rd These first grade
materials and the expert Rega.
workmanship are what insure
the staying 0ualt IS II Rega.
Style
$3.50, 81 & S.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-07

Are the owners OF the Bslen Townsie. consisting Of 1000 business and
readaoe lots SIZE 25xl42 feet. fronting upon eighty and nnstyfoO,
streets and avenues. night in the business center Of the new city and
directly upon the Santa Fe Railway depot grounds. The Aihlson.
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Is now grading its extensive
depot grounds and yard limits 500 feet vide and a mile long (capaoay
Of seventy miles Of SIDE tack to accommodate rs immense passenger
and freight hahlo. Harvey eating house. r-OundhOuse. coal Aules.
tanks. machine shops. etc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-12
RABIES FROM COW'S BITE.
Connecticut Farmer Inoculated
Whde Treating Aihng Pet.

The bite of pet COW has given to Josiah G.
Adams, wealthy produce merchant OF Weth-
ersheld, Conn, rabies in it's most vrulent form.
and he is here in New York undergoing
treatment at the Pasteur Institute
Mr. Adams. who owns a great many COWS, for
several years kept one named Bessie for the pet
of his family. Several days ago the COW became
SICK, and Mr.. Adams determined to give her
hypodermic injection. AS he inserted the needle
the COW suddenly buried her teeth in his left
hand. at the same time throwing him to the
ground about four feet away. Before he reached
the house his hand began to swell
his FAMILY physician was summoned immediate
~, and he advised Mr.. Adams to go TO the Pas
teur institute at once. No time was lost in
reaching the city DR.. Wheeler, of the Pasteur
Institute. took him IN charge, and ii is now said
mat ne Is doing well, although il will be eleven
GAYS before he can be pronounced out of danger.
Meanwhile the discovery that Mr. Adams's
COW mad rabies caused great excitement through
out the whole neighborhood. The COW has been
snot, and a portion of its brain is being sent to
the Pasteur Institute for examination. The bite
OF a dog several months ago is the only cause
10 which the disease may be traced. Several
other COWS on farms near the Adams place
have been bitten by the stray dog which
is supposed to have given rabies the COW Of
Mr.. Adams, and much anxiety is felt among the
owners Every one is searching for the dog and
all are determined TO kill all other dogs the
owners of which are unknown.