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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
FRUITS OF EXPERIENCE
JACKSON GETS MUCH GOOD ADVICE

to me. and 1t sounds reasonable.
Then once you get a pair of the bat.
teries they last for a lifetime. Wick.
sey has got a pair that he's had for
seven years and he put them on last
week whe he vas threatened with
an attack of sciatica and knocked il
out inside of "a hours"
Well, If you think it's going to help
you I'm sure I've no objection" said
his wife.
Mrs. Jackson had a headache an
evening or two after that and her hus.
band at once put on his hat and dis
appeared, returning In a little while
with a contrivance like a small
double-ended salt shaker, which he
said was a menthol inhaler.
Close one nostril and take some
good long shifts with the other at
that" he directed, his face glowing
with triumph. DO that for an hour
or so and you won't have any head
ache. knew Wicksey would be able
to think of something to help you"
I'D be surprised II he couldn't"
said Mrs. Jackson.
you see, working over chemicals
and things the way he does he natur-
ally gets headaches a great deal" ex-
planned Jackson. He says he'd have
to quit and go into some other bust
ness if it wasn't for the inhaler. You
a1nn4 49, --.4. -
Hand me the cologne bottle,
please" interrupted Mrs. Jackson.
after a sniff at the salt shaker. Il
should think this would give anybody
a headache if he didn't have one"
Jackson's next proceeding was to
stock the flat with a sanitary soap Of
great virtue and to experiment with
a corn eradicator that had totally
eradicated Wicksey's eorns. Mrs.
Jackson said that only W~icksey's
badness and her husbands abundant
hair accounted for the fact that the
apartment was not odoriferous with a
hair restorer, In December, Jackson
began taking a remedy that had cured
Wicksey of dyspepsia and in Febru-
airy he began flooding his system with
a blood purifier. That was the last of
it. however.
One morning he went down to the
drug store and happened to enter
without Wicksey's noticing him. The
druggist was engaged in conversation
with a man who appeared to be talk
ing insurance to him. At all events,
Jackson heard him say: That's all
very well, my friend, but suppose you
were taken down sick"
Nonsense" said Wicksey, I'm
never sick. Never had a days sick
ness or an ache or a pain in my life
Then he happened to look up and
e Jackson and his usually pallid
countenance flushed slightly. Never
theless, he advanced with a smile,
winking one candid blue eye as he
came.
Jackson regarded him severely and
the flush ~deepened and the candid
eyes wavered.
Il wondered II you hadn't something
for the morphine habit that you could
recommend from personal expert
ence," said Jackson, sternly.
IL don't think I can" faltered the
druggist.
Did | say morphine?' asked Jack
son. 81 meant the drug habit. Well,
If you haven't anything / guess I'll try
to cure myself. Good morning.
Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

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GIANT ~CuTTtE-FlSH.
Two Remarkable Models Added to a
British Museum.

Two remarkable models Of giant
c~uttle-hsh have Just been placed in
the shell.fsh gallery of the Natural
History museum at South Kensington,
England. One of these is Of an octo-
pus from the west coast OF North
America, which measures 40 less than
20 feet across the great arms that
make these creatures so terrible to
divers, and even TO bathers,
The other Is of a huge "squid" from
Newfoundland. which from the tip of
its longest tentacles to the tip of its
tail, measures just 40 feet The long
est tentacles, just referred to, are rep
resented by a pair of terrible grasping
organs Just 80 feet long. During rest
they are withdrawn into the body un-
I'll they project no further than the re.
mainder OF the %tentacles; when pur'
suing prey, however. this creature, so
soon as he has come within striking
distance of his victim, shoots out the
long arms like n pair of piston.rods;
and these being armed at their tips
with a cluster of powerful suckers, es.
cape is impossible for anything upon
which they may have fastened. When
the writhing victim IL once grasped 1t
is drawn and pushed nearer and near.
err to the great and horrid beak,
which, shaped like that of a parrot,
tears the living body in pieces with
merciless fury.
At times even the cuttle-hsh, how.
ever, may meet his match, II possible,
conflict is avoided; a way of escape
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Historic Island for Sale.

Raasay island, in the Inner Heb
rides, which lies between the main
land Of Scotland and the Isle Of Skye,
has failed to find a purchaser at the
upset price Of s225,00O placed upon it.
Its name is the Scandinavian for the
place of the roe DEER" and the shoot
lngs, with the mansion house and
grounds at the southern end, consti.
tute the chief value of the island.
Near the northern end are the ruins
Of Brochel castle, the residence Of its
ancient lairds, the MacLeods. In
celtic lore Rassay has q place and In
England literature 1t is mentioned in
Samuel Johrgon's Journey to the
Western Islands Of Scotland"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Wood as strono as Iron.

Recent official tests of the many
valuable hardwoods native to west.
ern Australia have made known the
extraordinary properties of yate, be-
lieyed TO be the strongest Of all known
woods. Its average tensile strength is
$4,000 pounds to the square inch.
equallng that Of good cast iron. But
many specimens are much stronger,
says Youths Companion, and one was
tested up to TN tons to the square
inch, which is equal to the tensile
strength of wrought iron. The sawn
timber Of yate is probably the strong
est In the world. The tree grows to
a maximum height OF 100 feet, and
has sometimes a diameter Of two and
one.half or even three feet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Novel Tunnel Device.

A novel feature In tunnel design de-
vised by Mr.. Charles NJ. Jacobs, the
chief engineer to the Pennsylvania
tunnels under the Hudson river, fs
found In the screw piles, which will
be placed at intervals of is feet
throughout the length Of the tunnels.
While the silt forming the bed Of the
river Is sufficiently tenacious to hold
the tunnels In perfect alignment dur
ing construction, 1t was not consid-
cred firm enough to do so when the
tunnels are in use. To forestall this
possible danger screw piles will be
sunk to a solid foundation, and upon
them the tunnel proper will rest. The
piles will be 81 inches outside diam
eter, and the shell will be one and
one-quarter inches thick. The sec-
tons will be seven feet In length, and
will be bolted together through inter-
nal fianges. The lowest section will
be cast with ono turn of a r four
feet eight inches In diameter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

In connection with the dangers at.
tending the consumption Of milk not
only by infants, but by adult persons,
It Is interesting to note the following
lines written by DR.. Duclaux, Of the
Pasteur Institute, which M. Leroux
quotes:
Numerous experiments have shown
that milk Of cows containing tubercu.
losis contains bacilli OF tuberculosis
not only when the udder is contamin.
ated with tuberculosis. but when 1t Is
in healthy condition and the disease
elsewhere. 1t a be affirmed to-day
that numerous persons suffering from
tuberculosis " their disease to milk
and that to avoid the danger Of In.
lection. which is much greater than
might be supposed, 1t is necessary to
cease drinking unboiled milk" /,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Fig. 2.--An English Invention.

tank is not lifted ont In time Its pur.
pose is defeated. In the form shown
in Fig. 2 the leaves are placed in the
upped section, aand the pot Is tilted
back while the tea draws. In order to
pour off the tea, the pot must be
brought into the upright position.
which automatically separates the
leaves and the liquid. Where no spe-
cial device Is at hand, the writer
recommends the use Of two pots, n
for making the tea, and the other Ia
hold 1t when poured off. In conclud-
ing, the author recapitulates his rules
as follows:
Il. Strain the tea from the tea.
leaves In from three to seven min
utes.
"2. Use fresh water that is really
boiling.
"3. Let your teapots be of china or
earthenware and warmed. IL possible.
a. Use one teaspoonful Of tea or
less, according to kind"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Adjustable Height and inclination.

arrangement OF this kind provides for
adjustments Of both height and incll-
nation and will be found much
rigid than many OF the expensive
ready-made tables, says Popular Me-
chanics. A small shelf. s, fastened to
the right end Of the table will provide
a convenient place for laying tools
when not In use and will be especially
useful when the board Is inclined at
a steep angle. When not In use a draw.
ing table Of this kind may be folded
into a very small space and put away.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Interyocklnq Rubber Filing.

The growing popularity Of inter-
locking rubber thing Is shown by IT.
invasion Of new fields, being extern
sively used In Kitchens, vestlbules and
bathrooms Of the better sort; In fine
ocean liners, lake steamers, ferry
boats and yachts, where Its non-slip-
perry character and the fact that II re.
mains unaffected by constant wrench
ing strains render 1t very valuable,
and now 1t may be seen in q Of the
finest cathedrals in the country and In
one OF the largest Of u public Art
galleries.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
RMoNETTE.

I "a choice young man and a
\ goodIy."-This Is our first intro.
/ duction to the young man who
I afterward became king and
4 around whom some Of the most
+ tragic and sad incidents of the
I Bible center. How large he
/ looms up as he steps out Into
/ prominence and power and how
small he becomes as the fatal
I weaknesses In his character are
1 revealed by the w%illfulness and
! pride that plunge him to fail
I ure. After all one Is not big,
I ger than the character which he
possesses. It is not the exter-
/ nal appearance, but the inner
\ qualities Of heart and mind
/ which determine ones fitness
I for the place Of prominence
+ and power.
! Saul could not stand prosper
/ ity and promotion. II Is so with
/ many a man.. They are choice
| and goodIy In the small place,
! but their moral qualities do not
!: expand with the enlarged
. sphere to which often fortune
\ or favor brings them, and as
! a result pride and the sense Of
| seif-importance lead to the mis-
! step which results in ultimate
. failure.
! "A band of men whose hearts
l God had touched."-A leader by
! the favor of God and man, and
. now a following for that leader.
. New responsibilities, and new
resources Of strength and power
. for their fulfilIment, Although
. God had not wanted to give
them a king, desiring to hold
. that relationship to his people
. himself, he was ready to en-
. courage and help the newly
!. chosen king, and so his spirit
. touched the hearts Of some
. choice men of the kingdom and
. filled them with a desire to con-
. secrate their lives In service to
. the newly-chosen king. Who
. "a estimate what this must
; have meant to Saul. Here were
men in whom he could put his
: trust, because God had touched
. their hearts. Here were men In
: sympathy with him In the diff
. culties and p~erpIexities Of his
exalted office, because Gods
. spirit had breathed into their
; spirits a deep purpose to stand
I. for that which was right.
: To say Of any man that God
has touched his heart Is an ac-
curate index to his character.
God cannot touch the hearts Of
a good many men, much as he
desires to do SC. Business,
worldly ambition, self-seekine,
love Of pleasure, ETC., prove i'm
pregnable barriers against the
touch of the finger Of God.
|. God seeks to touch the heart
of every man, and except the
. Divine impress is received quail
tiles are lacking which can best
. fit m for the discharge Of the
duties Of life. In direct con-
. trast to this band of men we
find there were the children Of
6elial, or naughty men, who re.
sistlng the work of God In their
hearts gave themselves up to
wicked opposition to the new
king. It is always SO. The
forces Of evil are always on
hand to Withstand the good. We
stand with one or the other.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
SCIENCE OF
Ninety Per Cent. ofAmerIcans DC Not
Know How to Brew Beverage.

That 90 per cent, OF Americans do
not know how to brew tea is the as
sertion made by l., Beling, who con
tributes an article on the subject TO
The Tea and Coiee Trade Journal.
This is the more remarkable, II true.
in that so few elements enter into sue.
cess in this regard. We have only, 1t
appears, to use good tea, see that III
water Is boiling, and not allow 1t to
stand too long on the leaves. 1t would
seam to be this last particular in
which the American tea.brewer most
often fails. Says Mr.. Belin;
"A %nauseating decoctioE is produced
by housewife and seryant.maid alike
stewing the tea.leaves by letting the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
PeeuLlarlty q crazy People.

Crazy people never act together, de.
clares the superintendent OF a large
asylum for the insane, quoted in the
Medical Times New York, ApriD. III
one inmate attacks an attendant. as
sometimes happens, the others would
look upon 1t az no affair Of theirs and
simply watch IT out. The moment we
discover two or 0 inmates work.
Ing together we would know they
were on the road to recovery It is
on this account that there are 80 few
concerted mutinies In insane asy.
lums; so that the number Of attend
ants does not have to be large.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Hor-e. Sweet Heme.

The wife OF a naval officer attached
to the academy at Annapolis has in
her employ an Irish servant, who re-
Gently gave evidence of nostalgia.
"You ought to be contented and
not pine for your old home, Bridget"
said the lady Of the house. "You are
earning good wages, your work ID
light, everyone Is kind to you, and
you have lots OF friends here"
"Yis. num-" sadly replied Bridget;
but it's not the place where I be that
makes me 50 homesick: It y the
place where I don't be-"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

what did you think Of the old
country" they asked Of the small
boy who had just got home.
He shrugged his shoulders.
Everything was too little." he said.
That old leaning tower Of Pisa didust
look ten feet high to me-"
n wish you'd listen" they cried, -
~ child Of the skyscrsDers. <
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
Adopts an Indian.

Mrs. Lottie Thompson, a rich widow
OF Grand Junction, Col. has adopted
a young Ute Indian as her son and
heir. She saw the lad recently and
was struck with his intelligence. He
had no parents and the widow offered
him a home. The boy is known under
the name of Earl Dennis and is "a
years old.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
FOR MECHANICAL DRAWING.
Homemade Adjustable Table for the
Amateur Draughtsman.

A very handy and useful drawing
table for draughtsmen and others who
do mechanical work at home, can be
easily made At very little expense. In
the table here illustrated the adjust.
ment is accomplished by e Of
sheet iron strips, cut out in the center
as shown and fastened with thumb
screws in any desired position. An
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

Prof. Berg, IN Buenos Ayres. has
discovered q spider which practices
fishing at times. In shallow places II
spins between stones q two-winsed,
conical net, on which II runs in the
water and captures small dsh. tad
poles. etc. That II understands it,
work well 4 shown By the numerous
shriveled skins Of little creatures that
~ about = ~ ~ nsk
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
poII.hlna pasta.

Melt together two parts Of parafsns
and six parts OF lubricating oil; then
mingie with eight parts Of infuscriAl
earth one part OF oleic acid and : few
drops Of oil Of mirbane are n -
added.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28

being found by the ingenious and eff.
fective device of eiecting clouds of ink
in the face of the pursuer, the e%jectcr
under cover Of the cloud. making good
his retreat by darling backwards, as
the result Of a stream of water elected
from a special tube, known as the
"slphon,' This ink furnishes the pig
ment, beloved Of painters, known as
"sepia;" and even its fossil state still
retains It's power. 1t must not be sup
posed by the way, that such giants
are peculiarly American products.
Specimens quite as large have been
obtained in British waters,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
SAUL CHOSEN
KING
STORY BY THE. HIGHWAY
AND BYWAY" PREACHER

Scripture Authority Sam, chap
tiers 3 and 10.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-28
The Fighting Apparatus Of Monster
Cuttle-Fish.

The Sucker Is from One Of the Arms.
The Parrot.iiko Beak Has Two
T~earlng-Jaws the Size Of a Mans
Fist.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-08
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior,
us. Land ONCE, jackson Miss.
nntAhnr , Inn-

U S. Land Office jackson Miss
October ,. 1907.
sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
in this office by PLEASANT H. Mills. of Grafton.
Miss, contestant, against Jackson series home
stead entry No. 1918. made October H. 1905 for
neA of ne,4 Section Is Township north.
Range weSt.StStephens M .ridian, by Will T.
Harris Contestee. in which il is alleged that he
is well acquainted with the tract of land en-
braccd in said entry and knows the present
condition of same that said viii 7. Harris has
wholly abandoned the said tract for more than
six months prior to the filing of said affidavit
Of contest and that said alleged absence from
the said land was not due TO his employment in
the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United
States. as private soldier, officer, seaman or
marine during the war with Spain. or during
any other war in which the United States may
be engaged. said parties are hereby notified to
appear. respond and offer evidence touching
said allegation at 10 O'Clock am. on
November %, 1907
before Chancery Clerk in and for Greene
County. in his Office at Leakcsville, Miss. land
that final hearing will be held at 10 o'clock a.
m. on December4 1907 beforeI the Register and
Receiver at the United States Land Office in
Jackson, Miss Served under Rules l3 IA and Is
(FOrm 4-2SS)
The said contestant having, in a proper aft
dayit filed October ,, 1907, set forth fact,
which show that after due diligence persona
service of this notice can not be made. it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publication.
L. q. c. LAMAR Register
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-08
Pickup.
Cigarettes.

The cigarette itself is stepped in
alcohol and opium. have been
through the cigarette factories OF
South and North Carolina and else
where and what say know to be u
fact. The bleached paper in which
the tobacco IS wrapped is thoroughly
stepped IN arsenic. 1t is made in
China, heather production. We
can not make it here, though, we
make at it, and make a more danger
Gus article. 1t is this arsenic that
gives the finger ends of cigarette
smoker the dirty yellow color always
50 plain. 1t is generally thought
that this coloring is produced by
nicotine, but I.know that it is not.
Do you ever see it on the fingers of a
man who smokes cigars? No, but
there is as much nicotine in one
cigar DIS in barrel of cigarettes.
The poisoning comes from the arse
mic, and it is this miserable viper
that first enters the brain of the
smoker, after being absorbed by the
blood in the lungs where It's thrown
to be purified, and instead of that is
loaded with impurities. Rev l.. G.
Broughton.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-08
Learn To Do Something.
ELIZABETH JANE

Young men, learn to do something!
Learn to do some particular thing.
Learn to acquire thorough knowl-
edge of some trade, a business or
profession. A MAN who comes to ma
turity without having learned the
art of practicing some particular en-
ployment is in a pitiable condition no
matter whether he possesses money
or not. If he be not among the fortu-
nate few favorites of FLUTES he will.
of course, have to toll all the way UP
to the summit of fortune as d COM
mon labOrer, an employment good e.
nough as long as one can do no bet
ter, but one we should advise no act
i've young man to choose out of the
many. If young man has wealth,
he certainly needs knowledge of
business sufficient to enable him to
preserve his wealth. Neither would
trade iniure rich young man. A
little of the brown and Drawn" and
steadiness of character which labor
induces, would make him better,
more reliable wielder of capital.
The time has passed when young
men of this country can neglect the
the task of learning the details of an
occupation with impunity. When the
country was new and the population
thinly scattered over the land. when
there was plenty of room and priv
leges were cheap, people coulo Ind
employment easily. Skilled labor was
scarce, and rough hewers were in
plenty Any one could become an ar
tisan. Mechanics, especially in the
West, sprang to the journeyman S
position in day.
But that is changing now. Popu-
lation is becoming more settled and
Dense Property increases rapidly in
value. Men are becoming rich, and
desire more elegant business houses,
residences, carriages, and artistic
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-08

There are two expressions that
number of our County Correspon-
dents are dropping into, that we
wish to ask them to eschew They
are Nothing having.seen any news
from here lately, or seeing my last in
print will come again and well as
news is scarce will ring Off or terms
perhaps couched a little different but
having the same singsong meaning.
Pray what's the use of wasting time
and space saying you will do some
thing that the eye already tells your
readers you have done? Open your
letters by beginning at once to re-
cite news. Close them by simply
signing the name you wish to appear
thereto. Anybony with sense will
know you began writing by seeing it
in print, and will know you closed or
in the vernacular of the day 'rung-
off, by having their vision observe
that the article bad finish. We
shall use the editorial bluepencil on
these useless phrases hereafter.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-08

A Serpent Among the Books.

One day a gentleman in India
went into his library and took down
"a book from the shelves. AS he did
SO he felt slight pain in his finger,
like the prick of pin. He thought
that a pin had been stuck by some
careless person in the cover of the
book. But soon his finger began to
swell, then his arm then his whole
body, and in few days he died. It
was not pin among the books but a
small and deadly serpent. There are
many serpents among the books now
adays; they nestle in the foliage of
some of our most fascinating litera-
ture; they coil around the flowers
whose perfume intoxicate the senses.
People read and are charmed by the
plot of the story, the skill with
which the characters are sculptured
or grouped, by the gorgeousness of
word painting, and hardly feel the
pin prick of the evil that is insinuat-
ed. But it stings and poisons.
When the record OF ruined souls is
made up, on what multitudes will be
inscribed, poisoned by serpents a.
mong the books. =
Let us watch against the serpents
and read only that which is healthy,
instructive and profitable Ros,, of
Sharon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-11-08

It's doubly pinching on this section
to have the money furry strike in at
a time of extreme dullness on the
lumber and timber market Not al
ways but more often than not money
stringency and industrially depress-
ion hit together. The last time the
lumber market dropped to the bot
tom money was not SO hard. Most pre-
vious timber dullnesses have Occurr-
ed simultaneous with capital S evan
essence. Neither are as bad by "a good
deal as they could be, and the out
look is for a speedy better rather
than a worse trend.