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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
PROPER MANNER OF READING.
Writer Sees Much Harm In Multi
plieity Of Books.

II seems to me that with the multi
plication OF books we are losing all
sense of literature. Leisure and three
books, a Bible, a Shakespeare, a Walt
Whitman, might make a mai truly
wise If the seeds of wisdom were in
him. / do not know even a wise man
whose instinct for wisdom would not
be deadened by the Reorganization OF
the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Books
should be taken in doses no bigger
than music or pictures; they are even
harder to digest. There is more
drunkenness In a book than In all the
vineyards of France. A book may re-
make a mans soul. Books should be
treated with reverence or cast out as
dirt. They are in danger of passing
out Of the service of the temple into
the parcel delivery of the grocer.
Nothing is gained by reading a book
unless you give to that book more
than 1t brings to you. All these peo-
pie WHO read with their eyes only are
fatally wasting their time. A book
read specifically makes the reader
more superficial, and to read for I'm
formation" Is to gnaw at the bones
OF meat.-Arthur Symonds In London
Saturday Review.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
RUSSIA ENTERS A DENIAL
Cabinet Has No Intention Of DlssoIvIng
Lower House.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-The press
is authorized to give a positive and
categorical denial to the various ru.
mors telegraphed abroad to the effect
that the cabinet had decided to dis
solve the lower" house of parliament
The correspondents learned that a few
Of the reactionary members OF the cab
met maintain that the lower house
should be dissolved on any pretext, but
the matter has not been discussed at
n Of the last three cabinet ses.
sions.
The crucial moment, however, is
expected today, when a vote will be
taken on the constitutional democratic
motion to refer the budget to commit.
tee. There is a social democratic
amendment to reject the budget totally
and the correspondent has been In.
formed that the passage of this amend.
ment will be regarded as justification
for dissolution. The vote is expected
to be very close. The social demo-
Gratis have succeeded in aligning the
social revolutionists, the populists and
a part Of the group of toll, altogether
210 deputies, on their side. The con.
stitutional democrats have a slight
lead, expecting to have 240 deputies.
But the reactionaries who are schem.
ing to oyerturn the duma may re-
peat the precedent established March
20 and vote with the social democrats
against the constitutional democrats.
The group of toll will introduce bills
today for the abolition of the death
penalty and a martial law. The coun-
Gil Of empire has rejected by 1O4
votes to rs a proposal to d~isqualify
Prof. Maxim Koyalevaskya, a member
OF the lower house. His Disqualified
ton was urged on the grounds that
he was a supernumerary professor,
and upon this basis he had already
been disqualified by the senate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
CARE OF THE SICK ROOM.
Above All Things the Walls Should
Be Kept Dry.

When the bedroom becomes a sick
room there is an added reason why ex.
IRENE precautions should be used to
keep the room in a thoroughly sanitary
condition.
Above all things, the bedroom should
never be damp. 1t should be nice and
dry, always warm and comfortable in
winter, cool and airy in summer, and
bright and sunny some parts of the
day.
Ii there Is any suspicion of damp
ness In a bedroom it is probably due,
If there is wallpaper on the wall, to
the absorption of water by the paper
which frequently acts as a blotting pa
per and holds quantities of water in it.
The use of wallpaper on walls is to
be deplored; it means disease, i'll
health and unhappiness. 1t is fire..
quently the cause of lung trouble, not
only because of it's dampness but also
because of its power to retain infec.
ton of many kinds.
ne utSIltu HtlHOu Oh treating q
bedroom wall is to tint it for the ala
bastined wall is a perfect wall. 1t
never fakes off, chips or peels. 1t alb
serbs moisture and expels it, it opens
the pores Of the plaster and makes a
room livable and breathable.
The floor in the bedroom should
have light, %cleanable, dainty rugs that
a be easily shaken and a floor that
is thoroughly oiled or vanished, that
will not absorb moisture. The cracks
in the floor should be thoroughly filled
and covered. Woodwork in the bed
room should be attended to carefully,
window stills should be thoroughly var
nished or waXed, and the window cas-
ings kept in perfect order. The doors
should be wiped off frequently as also
should be all the standing woodwork
in the bedroom, as the presence of
dust on woodwork is a menace to
health as well as an evidence OF Door
housekeeping.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
GRIT SAVED HIS LEG.
Ranchman Rode Far After Most SerL.
Gus Injury.

Jack Farland, a ranchman living at
the base of Pixies Peak, and whose
post office is Midland, in this county,
yesterday suffered a broken leg by
being caught between a horse which
he was riding and a timber wagon
which he was attempting to pass
while en- route to this city, says the
Cripple Creek Times. Farland dis
played the greatest of pluck by riding
on to Victor after suffering the injury,
although he said upon arriving here
that he felt several times that he must
give up, Knowing, however, what
difficulty would attend any attempt to
dismount, and how well nigh impossi-
BILE it would be for him to remount In
the event that he succeeded In getting
safely off his horse, the ranchman
gritted his teeth and kept on. After
having his leg set by a surgeon of
this city, Farland collapsed and it
was late in the afternoon before he
was able to proceed homeward in a
carriage, the accident having hap
nened early in the morning.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
DR.. WILEY is SURPRISED.
Much Canned Goods Sent to EnuIand
Is Not Properly Labeled.

Washington, D. CDR. Harvey w.
Wiley, chief Of the bureau of chem.
istry Of the department of agriculture,
expressed surprise Friday night when
shown a dispatch from London, in
which Health Officer Stepney is quot.
ed as saying that rs per cent of the
canned goods imported into England
from the United States are not labeled
and that English firms afterwards put
on their own labels. DR.. Wiley said
he had always supposed that such
goods were fully and correctly labeled.
1T is a common practice among
many manufacturers" said DR.. Wiley.
mot to put their own labels on their
goods, but instead, the labels of the
jobbers. 1t may be that goods sent
to England are labeled with the names
Of English jobbers in harmony with
this common custom.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

using Doan's Kidney Pills l suffered
everything from kidney troubles for a
year and a half. ! had pain in the
back and head, and almost continuous
in the loins and felt weary all the
time. A few doses Of Doan's Kidney
Pills brought great relief, and | kept
on taking them until in a short time
l was cured. l think Doan's Kidney
Pills are wonderful"
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
MACKLIN TO TESTIFY
SENATE COMMITTEE HEARS COM.
WANDER OF COMPANY c.
MAS SHOT BY NEGROES IN RENO
Capt. MackIln to Be Tried by Court.
Martial When He Returns
to Texas.

Washington, ID. C.-The testimony
of Captain Edgar A. Mackiin, OF
Company G, Twenty.ifth infantry, vas
taken by the senate committee on mill.
tary affairs yesterday in the Browns.
vile investigation. II proved interest.
Ing, particularly for the reason that
MackIin Is to be tried by court.martial
after his return TO Texas and fer the
further reason that he was shOc by an
unidentified negro at Fort Reno after
the negro soldiers were taken away
from Fort Brown. Macklin does not
believe the negroes were guilty Of
shooting up Brownsville, according TO
his story told en- the stand Monday.
At the afternoon session Capt. Mack
lin was cross-examined, principally as
to his whereabouts when the shooting
occurred and the evidence given by
former negro soldiers that they had
been unable to find the captain in his
quarters when Major Penrose sent
them to arouse him. Capt. Macl; in
said that he did not believe the sol.
diers had come to his quarters. The
shells which Capt. MackIin picked up
outside the garrison wall were put In
his desk, he said, and were forgotten
until after the battalion lef. Fort
Brown. Search for them later had
been unavailing.
Chairman Warren questioned Capt.
Macklin concerning the attacl; upon
him at Fort Reno, after the Browns
vile ARRAY, when the captain was shot
through the head, The witness said
he was in doubt as to who did the
shooting.
Officers of my regiment tried to
make me believe that the shooting !
for the purpose of robbery he
said, but it is my own theory that It
not He said the shooting had
been done by a masked negro, but he
knew nothing more concerning It, Cor
poral Knowles of Company A, Twenty
fifth infantry, Is under arrest charged
with having committed the assault,
but Capt. Mackl' said that the evil
dence against Knowles is purely cir.
cumstautiaI.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
President Meets Delta Chi.

Washington, D. C.-Dclogates to
the Delta Chi fraternity, in session
here, were yesterday introduced to
President Roosevelt by Secretary Cor.
telyou. The convention considered
applications for charters filed by the
following universities: Yale, Texas,
George Washington. Washington aud
Use, Louisiana, Southern California,
Indiana, Kansas, Iowa and North Car.
olIna.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
GREENE AND GAYN0R
CASE CALLED FOR ARGUMENT IN
U, S, CIRCUIT COURT.
A SEVEN YEARS LEGAL BATTLE
The Defense Argues Demurrer to the
First Indictment for
Conspiracy.

New Orleans. La.-Eutcr!ng It's
eighth year OF legal battle, the case Of
Benjamin ID. Greene aud John f.
Gaynor. convicted Of ~dcfraudins the
government OF over nall a million dol
lars in Savannah hagbor Improvements.
was called for argument Monday in
the United States circuit court Of ap.
peals upon q writ Of error from the
federal court at Savannah.
The demurrer to the first Indictment
for conspiracy was argued by the de.
Tense. IL was pointed out that when
this Indictment carHe up before Judge
Brown Of New Yofb be condemned the
first eight cut OF ten counts. while
later when the same indictment came
up before Judge Spcer Of Savannah.
IN" latter condemned The two counts
which Judge Brown had sustained
while sustaining The eight counts
which Judge Brown had condemned.
II was argued that Greene and
Gaynor were ~eItraditei from Canada
for participation in fraud by an agent
or trustee. In Savannah. however, the
attorney said they were tried upon a
charge Of conspiracy and this amount.
ed to trying them for a different Of.
Tense than they were e~Etraditei for
Az for the indictment for cmbezzle.
ment, i. was claimed tina, the proof
in the savannah court showed that the
alleged payment OF money for their
use had been made in New York.
The argument for the defense had
NOT been concluded when court adj.
IUurHeL fnr rMa DIV
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
No Race Suicide.

San Francisco, Cal.-Statistics pre-,
pared by tie immigration board at
this port show that, according to the
claims of all the Chinese who swore
they are native born, every Chinese
woman in this country must have been
the mother of 3S children. This in.
teresting condition was made known
when the figures collected from vari.
Gus points in the country we're tabulat.
ed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
HONEST MEDICINE
TRY DR.. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS
FOR STOMACH TROUBLE,
Convincing Evidence Supported by a
Guarantee That Must Convince
The Most SkepticaL

DR.. Williams Pink Pills are n doctor,s
prescription, used by an eminent prac.
titioner, and for nearly q generation
known as a reliable household remedy
throughout the United States. Need
less to say, no advertised medicine could
retain popular favor for so long a period
without having great merit and it is the
invaluable curative properties of the pills
that have made them a standard remedy
in every civilized country in the world.
Added to this is the absolute guarantee
that the pills contain no harmful drug,
opiate, narcotic or stimulant. A recent
evidence of their efficacy is found in the
statement of Mrs. N. B. Whitley. of
Boxley, Ark, who says:
81 had suffered for q good MANY wears
from stomach trouble. For a long time
! was subject to bad spells of faintness
and lack of breath accompanied by an
indescribable feeling that seemed To
start in my stomach. Whenever l was
a little rundown or over-tired. these
spells would come on. They occurred
frequently but did not last very long.
was COLhllltu W my Dpu 1Or ten
weeks n time and the doctor pro.
nounced my trouble chronic infamma-
ton of the stomach and bowels. Since
that time / have been subject to the
fainting spells and Mt other times to tlut.
tering of the heart and a feeling as
though / IA smothering. My general
health was very bad and / was weak and
trembling.
~ had seen DR.. Williams Pink Pills
mentioned in the newspapers and de.
cided to try them. When I began taking
the pills ] was SO rundown in strength
that l could hardly do any housework.
Now ! could walk ten miles il necessary.
Both my husband and myself think Dr..
Williams Pink Pills the best medicine
made and we always recommend the
pills to our friends"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills actually mako
new blood and give strength and tone to
every part of the body. They have
cured serious disorders Of the blood and
nerves, such rs rheumatism, sciatica
annmia, nervousness, headaches, partial
paralysis, locomotor ataxia, st, Wins,
dance and many forms of weakness in
either sex. They are sold by all drug.
gists OF will be sent, postpaid, on recent
Of price, 30 cents per box, nix boxes for
Y. 80, by the Dr. Williams Medicine |
Company. 6chensctady. \, X.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
HOME COMPANY INVESTIGATION.
Lawyers for the Corporation Before
the Grand Jury.

San Francisco, Cal.-FJrther in.
yesttgatloR into the bribery tran.ac.
lions Of the Home Telephone Co. was
begun when the grand jury resumed
It's session yesterday. A number of
Witnesses were called, among them be.
ing George Prick and Mark Gerstle,
members Of the law firm which at.
tended to the company's legal bust
ness; F W, Eaton, secretary and treas.
urer Of the Pacific States Co; e. NJ.
Van Lieu, a director OF the Empire
Construction Co. Of Oakland. an allied
corporation Of the Home Telephone
Co, r. ~ HOtalins, a frmer directr
Of the Home; Nicholas Prendergast,
outside man for the Home. -.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
OCCUPATION MAY Be BRIEF
Troops TO Be Withdrawn from OudIa
Gradually.

Lalla, Marina, Algorta.-At present,
although it is impossible to saw how
long the occupation Of Oudja will be
continued, it Is not probable that the
entire force OF 5000 men viii remain
for long N Moroccan territory. As
soon as the power Of France has been
established the greater portion OF the
column Of occupation Will be with
drawn gradually, leaving at Oudja
only the few hundred men who are
necessary for the preservation Of or
der.
Col Reldel, chief Of staff, who al.
ready has taken over the ]administra-
ton Of Oudia. said yesterday that ev.
erything led him 10 believe that the
occupation would have a widespread
and Statutory effect upon Morocco. All
the Moroccan chiefs Of the region are
coming In and today Col. Reidel win
explain the circumstances Of the oc,
cuWatiun 10 them.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Great German Socialist.

Herr Bebel, the leader of the Ger
man socialists, who has been so much
In evidence Of late. Is a wheelwright
by trade. Although entirely self-edu-
Gated, he Is one of the finest orators
AND debaters in the fatherland and,
dlstasteful as his views may be to
the reichstag, whenever he addresses
the assembly he is certain of having
a large and attentive audience. In
such esteem is he held by the social
lists that millions will obey his will
without thinking whether they are do
ing right or wrong, Herr Bebel
neither drinks nor smokes, and be-
sides being a celebrity in the political
void has gained some fame as a
writer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

Kingston, st. Nlncent-Dr. Tempest
Anderson, who has Just made a
study OF the condition Of the st.
Vincent volcano, says the crater o!
the volcano is inactive, except for q
small discharge Of steam in two
places. The lake is restored and
vegetation Is growing up to an altl,
tude of l,400 feet. Examination of ma.
terials thrown out during the last erup.
ton confirms the conclusions set forth
In the report made by DR.. Anderson
to the Royal Geographical society In
1902.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Can Not Build Tunnel.

st. Petersburg-The cabinet yestcr,
day rejected a proposal made on behalf
of an American syndicate for the con,
struction of a railway tunnel under
Behring straits, by which 1t was
hoped ultimately to connect the Trans,
Siberian with the Canadian Pacific
railroad.
The council Of ministers Wednesday
announced the acceptance of a pro.
posal made by Minister OF Finance
Kokovsoif for the reduction Of rail.
road freight charges on cast iron, cast
steel and rails for exports.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Russo-German Medical Societv

Berlin, Germany.-There has been
formed a Russo-German Medical SO.
ciety, under the presidency of Prof.
Won Leyden, of Berlin, and Prof. Bech.
terotf, of st. Petersburg. The object
of the society is the promotion Of sci,
entific and social relation between the
physicians of the two countries.
Among the several hundred members
of the society are the most famous
physicians of Germany, Austria and
Russia.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Boy Commits Suicide,

Albany, n Y.-Howard Shutter,
nine years old, one of the bright.
est pupils in the school at Sci.
kirk, about ten miles from this city.
committed suicide. His body was
hanging from a rafter in the barn OF
Charles Niycr, the discovery being
made by the boys father who is EN-.
pIoyed on the Niver farm. Howard
had been playing around the neigh.
horhood daring the day and was ap.
parently in the best OF spirits. Mem.
beers OF his family are at a loss to &C.
count for the boys determination to
take his lie.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

Wheeling, West Ya.-Telegraph op.
orators in West Virginia threaten
TO strike II their wages are re.
duced when the new eIGht-hour law.
enacted by the recent legislature, goes
Into effect, The railroad companies
have given notice that there will be
a TEoportionate reduction in wages as
soon as the act takes effect, May /.
At a meeting Sunday the operators
representing every division in West
Virginia adopted resolutions to accept
nothing less than they receive now
for u hours.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
immigration Law Now Effective.

Ell Paso, Textile new immigra.
ton law went into effect April
l and as a result 500 Japanese Ia.
borers are in Juarez in straitened cir,
cumstances, 1t is said. Several are
being detained in Jail here pending
deportation via San Francisco. The
Japanese were not, as expected, turned
back into Mexico, but ordered back
to Japan direct.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
25.O0O Molders Get Raise-

Chicago. ul-At a Joint conference
here between the Stove and Heat.
ing Apparatus F~oundrymeu's Ma.
ttonal Defense association. represent
Ing the majority Of the manufacturers
throughout the United States. and the
Iron Molders Association Of North
America, an advance Of 5 per cent in
the wages Of the molders was agreed
on, The new scale is to run for 81
months and aiIects $4,000 molders.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
MORMoNS IN CONFERENCE.
Church Has Paid OF Its Million Dol,
lars of Indebtedness.

salt Lake City, Utah.-The sew
enty-eighth annual conference of the
Church Of Jesua Christ Of Latter
Day Saints began here Friday in the
Mormon tabernacle, representatives of
Mormon colonies all over the world
being present. All Of the services of
the general conference will be open
to the public except the meetings of
the priesthood, to be held today. Presi-
dent Joseph F, Smith made the an
nouncement that tho church had com.
pletely paid up its $1,000. 0O0 bonded
Indebtedness. A lengthy address to
the world was adopted, setting forth
the principles of Mormonism, protest.
ing against criticism brought against
the church, proclaiming loyalty to the
United States and declaring that the
church has kept the pledge given when
statehood for Utah was made possible
on condition that polygamy be abau-
doned, Apostle Reed Smoot was among
the church dignitaries present.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

The Hague, Holland.-The Niouve
Courant, breaking through the re,
ticence OF the Dutch press regarding
the probable outcome of The Hague
peace conference. expresses regret that
mutual distrust, in spite of the inn
provement in International relations.
should prevent the various govern
ments from discussion so purely and
academic question as the imitation of
ornaments without political prejudice.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Nav Be HEAVY Penalty

Minneapolis, Minn.-Hearing of the
rebate charges against the Chica-
go, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Oma.
ha road began Tuesday in the United
States court, Judge Lochren presiding.
There are fifty counts In the indict.
ment against the road. The maximum
penalty against the road In case the
government won would be $4,000, 600.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

Miss Marion S. Parker. n Detroit
girl and a graduate of Ann Arbor, is
by profession a civil engineer. She IS
responsible for the architects work
on several New York skyscrapers.
She designed the Broad exchange
building in the Wall street section. a
~2S-story monster that houses 5000
brokers, bankers and corporation of.
tlcers. She built the Astoria half Of
the WaldorfAstoria the Whitehall
building and a dozen other notable
structures. She did nearly all the DO.
signing alone, planning steel work
and everything from the sub base.
ment TO roof.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12

San Francisco-Twelye hundred
laundry workers here and COO IN
Alameda county voted to 20 n strike
when their employers refused to
grant them an eighthour day and an
Increase Of wages. Nine lauudries
here closed down. Only three lauu.
dries agreed to the terms proposed
by the union.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Worlds Fair unnrnfitahle

Essen, Prussia,-At a general meet
ing of the German iron and steel
manufacturers held here last Friday
unanimous objection was voiced
against the proposed worlds exposi
tlon. in Berlin in 1913, the 25th year
of Emperor Williams reign. 1t was
characterized as futile and unproflt,
able.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Famine Still Stalks In China,

Washington, D. C.-Famine condi-
tions in China are not improved, &C,
cording to a %cablegram from Rev. T.
c. McCrea of Chin Kiang, China, for.
warded to the state department by
Louis Klaposch, of New York. Thou.
sands are perishIng, according to the
report, and much more relief is need
ed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
Death List Nov Id

Fort Worth, Tex.-Eight addition.
al bodies were found Tuesday un.
der the debris OF the wreck of the
two freight trains which collided at
Bethel switch, south Of here, Monday
on the Missouri. Kansas & Texas
railroad. This makes IA men killed
in the wreck.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-04-12
For Killing Newspaper Editor.

Gering, Neb.-A jury in the dis.
trict court Wednesday brought in
a verdict of murder in the second de-
gree against f. s. Kenison and recon-
mended the extreme penalty. Kent,
son last December shot and killed Sam
d. Cox, a newspaper man well known
in the state.