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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05
Bath Was Fatal.

August Marchant, aged 81, and his
house in VerquIn, France, were In SO
filthy a condition that the parish doc.
tor ordered him a bath and the MAYOR
his removal. The mar sobbed bitter.
ly: u have never had such a thing
in my life, and It Is three years since
water has touched my face. | am
sure IT win kill me me" In spite OF
his struggles Marchant was placed in
a warm bath and three attendants
lathercd and scrubbed him. But the
emotion caused by the feeling of soap
and water on his body was SO great
that the poor wretch expired in the
bath,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05

designed that 1t may be built com
plete with very little outlay. II IL
convenient and well arranged and It ia
n style Of house that shows up larger
than II really is. When you build a
house you like to get your moneys
worth and a little more. Well in this
plan you get your moneys worth OF
comfort and convenience and n ia
worth a little more because Il looks
better than any other $1,000 house
you ever saw,
In such houses the wife is chief
cook, b~ousekeeper and general man.
ager. She must OF necessity spend n
good deal OF time in the kitchen. Very
few hosse plans provide a kitchen
with q pleasant outlook, but in this
cheap little honse we have one win.
dow looking TO the front and two side
windows. and We don't ask the wife
to look out on the back yard at all
This arrangement in itself Is enough
different from the ordinary house plan
to at oncc attract favorable attention
You seldom see d mosern crate In n
cheap house. This luxury is generally
reserved for the rich or the w%ell.to-do,
not that these fellows know how to
than the nan who goes to work reg
appreciate AN open fire any better
ularly every morning early and comes
home tired at night. but II has been
fashionable 70 put CRATES and fancy
mantels In expensive houses more on
account OF looks than any thing else.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05
Tree That Really Weeps.

Among the historical curlositles to
be seen at Chatsworth House, Eng.
land, the residence OF the Duke OF
Devonshire, is a willow tree that
weeps, very often to the personal dis.
comfort of those beneath 1t.
To the casual observer II appears
just an ordinary willow, but on closer
inspection It Is seen to be artfully
artificial, 1t is made from n metal
to closely resemble a living tree. and
each Of its branches Is covered with
inuumerable holes. In fact, the whole
tree Is n monster syringe, being con.
nected to a water main near by.
The key for turning on and off Ia
close at hand, and many a visiting
party has been enticed beneath its
branches by practical iokers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05

DISEASES OF THE DECEASED
colored Mans knowledge Might Wei,
Have Puzzled Professor.

Representative John Sharp VIII.
liams tells of a coroner's inquest in
Georgia, wherein the coroner was en-.
deavoring to elicit Information from
a colored witness named Ben Bolts.
Did you ever hear the deceased
complain of any ailment?" was the
first question put to Bolts.
DE who, sah?"
THE deceased"
Bolts scratched his head In nor.
plexity, looked thoughtful for a mo.
ment, then called into Consultation
his wife. daughter and s~on.inlaw
After much whispering. he faced the
coroner again. I neber knowed no
d~ecease, sah," he replied. !
The deceased means the man
lying dead there explained the cor.
oner
obi" exclaimed Bolts, "Ef va,
means de dead man. I begins 10 under.
stand. Fl ! don't disremember. | did
heah dat he had . rattlins OBJ a.
brain"
" Rafting y TIE brain,' What j.
that?n
wei. ssh. It any exackiy u nil.
cry Oh de stomach. but II aint FIR
from It; an its Jest bout as painful
az fintin' II do heart. 81 ketchins IL
Do jints. Or settiins d a. bones: ~.
- sIn-aL ~ ~ 4N.1A NTT- go
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05
Latest in Locomotives.

II Is said that il required II yeaI
for Matthias Baldwin to construct
his first locomotive in 1892; to-day
the establishment that bears his name
a build nine complete locomotives
In one day when pushed to extremes,
says the Technical World. This huge
engine building plant is only one Of
numerous ace flourishing in this
country, For many years, until the
great wave of organization and trust
making passed over our country dur
ing the late "nineties," all the con.
Germs were Independent. Like their
sisters in the steel trade, however, the
great locomotive companies with n
exception have passed to the control
of a great mother company, and TO
day we have a prosperous concern
known as the American Locomotive
company. The exception mentioned,
the only once not joining the com,
binatlon, Was the Baldwin locomotive
works and at the present time these
two monstrous manufacturing rivals
control the entire locomotive output
Of America.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05
cooD WORK or soLDI1Rs-
Important Lines Owe Construction to
Army Engineer Corps.

In the early history OF railway en-
cheering two names stand out pre-
eminently-Capt. william G. Mcneil
and Lieut. George W. Whistler, says
Lieut.. j. A. Baer In Harpar's Weekly.
These men were detailed from the
army to aid In the location Of the y.
& o. railroad in 1927, the first railroad
10 America. They could not rely upon
the methods Of Stephenson deduced
from conditions found In thickly set
tied England. In a country Of magnif-
icent distances, bristllng with noun.
Ssins. sparsely settled, they were to
build q railroad economically. without
any capital to waste In expensive cuts
and Fills; and, in addition, they had
10 contend with the frost. which dis
placed the tracks that In England
were laid upon stoneposts. They
could follow no precedent, but were
compelled to evolve new methods;
they we're true pioneers, blazing the
way for The magnificent railway en-
gsnSaFing science OF to-day.
Not only did they locate the Z. &
o., but they constructed it and man
aged il. Win their contemporary
army engineers, they built and man
aged the Northern Central. the Erie,
Boston az Providence, New York, New
Haven & Hartford. Boston & Albany,
Loag Island, the Lake Shore, parts Of
the New York Central, most OF the
Southern railway, the Ohio g. Missis-
sippi, Te~huantepec railroad. Mexico
& Pacific, Cumberland Valley &c Ten
nessee. Cuban railroad, and q list OF
smaller roads too numerous to men
ton. Gen. Mcclellan built the Hi.
nois Central and was president OF the
ST. Louis & Cincinnati; Gen, Bragg
built the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe.
Whistler twho, by the way, was the
father Of the celebrated artist of that
uamej designed and built the best To-
motives and rolling stock of the time.
So widespread was his fame that
when Russia wanted to construct the
st, Petersburg and Moscow railroad
Whistler was chosen by the czar to
engineer the project. While construct.
ing this line he built the famous
bridge over the NeYa and the FORTH.
cations OF Cropstadt. In this work he
had first to educate his workmen be-
fore he could proceed. He died In
harness with the Moscow road not
S.Yttn -..-l4-I
by Lieut.. Brown of the engineer corps,
who carried the work to its compile.
ton. Counting engineers and other
army officers, 40 have been chief en-
%gineers, % served as railroad presi
dents, and counting assistant engi
neers and superintendent, the list
mounts up into the hundreds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05

a house while you are living in 1t II
you don't have to tear out the inside
and scatter plaster all over. You can
build an addition, but you cannot al.
ter the main plan unless you are will
ing TO camp out in the garden while
you are doing It, and that don't pay.
When building q house. build it as
good as YOU can, and make II com.
plete as far as you go, but don't go
beyond your moans and SO tie yourself
up with a heavy obligation to regret
afterwards.
II you haven't got more than $500 or
$500, build a house like this. move
in and fix 1t up just as nice as you
can, II you prosper this yea and
want a nice porch over the kitchen
and cellar doors at the back you can
do it next year, or the year after, for
A hundred dollars or so, and you will
derive Il good deal OF satisfaction from
the work, and you won't have to pay
interest on the money in the mean.
time,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05
EnaIand's Smallest Railway.

There still remain in different parts
of England a few quaint little rail.
ways which have not yet been ANAL.
gamated or bought by the larger cor.
porations,
One OF the most interesting you can
travel on Is the Easingwold railway,
in Yorkshire. This queer little pub.
lie railway has the distinction of be.
ing the smallest in England. Tho
Easingwold Railway company was
formed on August 90, 1887, with a
capital of only G1S,000, this being
the smallest capital of any railway
company in the kingdom. The total
length of the line Is exactly 2 miles
and q chains. The entire stock 4.
sists of n locomotive and two pas.
senger carriages. .
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05
H STORY.

" ING SAUL paused In his ~feverish
N pacing back and forth before his
tent door as the messenger came up,
Speak" he commanded grufly as
the mar hesitated in a confused, en-
barrassed manner. More deser-
tions?" he asked, savagely, without
giving the man a chance to obey his
first command.
YES admitted the man, and even
in the darkness of midnight King Saul
could see as he pressed close to him
and peered In his face that fear and
encouragement we're written there.
And those who remain" the man
went on. ARE fearful and afraid"
With a cultural sound, half a
groan. half an angry exclamation, the
king turned sharply and paced up and
down a few times with quick, nervous
stride, and then, stopping abruptly be.
fore the man again, he demanded,
half appealingly:
And what Is to be done? II the
Philistines learn of the straits into
which we are cast, they will sweep
down upon US without further DELAY
and no man will escape with his life :,
IF Saumel, the prophet, would
come" h~esitatingiy spoke the man.
yes" broke in the king. bitterly
did he not say that he would come
ere this? 1t is now the seventh dav
and still he hath NOT anneareda
.It might no continued ,ho
not noting the i-nterrnption .,b.t :,
sar,nss u,h,ch ~ n.aa,a .na O,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05
Whistles Better Than Bells.

The reason whistles were adopted
for giving warning instead of bells
Is because the latter are not piercing
enough and their sound is more easily
drowned by noise.
Bells are good enough at grade
crossings; but when Il comes to give
a signal to the brakemen and o n
ductors while the train is in motion,
a bells sound a scarcely be heard
at all. This is especially so when the
wind is high and carries off the sound
laterally.
Then, too, the whistle is more apt
to frighten on any stray animals that
may have entered upon the tracks and
Is likewise, a better sounder Of warn.
ing to human individuals in the same
p~redicament.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05

Mahogany is often used for ties
by the railroads in Cuba. as well as
in other tropical countries, but Sir
William Van Horne has forbidden it
on his road. He considers 1t a crime
to cut small mahogany trees, and
there is plenty Of other timber in the
forests suitable for construction pur-
poses, A bridge on the Cuba railroad
near Santiago is built entirely of ma
hogany, but in violation Of orders.
The contractor did not know, or
claimed not to know, that the caoba
tree, as 1t is called In Spanish. was
the mahogany which Sir William had
tabooed, and the latter did not learn
that he had a mahogany bridge on the
line until It had been in 8 for sew.
eral months.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05

while you are about It, and It Is not
necessary TO lay out a great deal OF
money In buying a mantel. A simple
shelf supported BY the brick work Ia
all that Is necessary. 1t may be re
placed with a better one at any time.
but the object of this house plan is to
point the way to a good comfortable
home at a price anyone can afford and
at the same time to build a good solid
house that will make a satisfactory
property.
A porch AT the back may be added
later. There is a certain amount Of
satisfaction In working TO improve
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05

N0w az open FIRE looks all right with
pr without the mlnt6l, and whether
the CRATE and maRtei he simple or
elaborate they add q good deal 70 the
furnishing Of the room, but the man
who owns a cottage has ilsl as much
right 10 an open Gre as the uan who
0wus a castle. and the cottagcr is tho
one % take tho most comfort sitting
TO front IF IT..
This fireplace Is not expensive. the
chimney Us o good one and that rs nee.
assary, anyway, because you want the
stove In the dlDing-rogm 20 have a
good draft II d0n't cost much more
10 hay the bricks in fireplace shape
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05

pay out for rent. then build another
and rent the old one.
Thousands OF families have made n
start In life In this way. The savings
go into the first little house until ii Ii
paid for. then the surplus above the
ACTUAL living expenses may be applied
on a vacant hot and ~ soon AZ the lot
Ia clear, money may be- borrowed TO
build d more "pretcatious dwelling and
.hc rent of the Old one applied to
pay of the mortgage on the new
house, This is q straight, legitimate
business proposition that any man
a carry out. The only thing nee.
essary ia the will power to make the
start IN the right way,
Here In a little slN,room house so
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05
Fatal Admission,

What other qualifications have you
for the r%lace?" asked the merchant.
Wei" began the ap i%licant, my
f'iends tell me ! have a ~contented dis.
position, and"
fon wont do replied the mer.
chant, we want a nan with a dis,
contented disposition, one that viii
hustle Catholic Standard and
Times.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-07-05
N

. "Wha. Hast thou done?"-
: This Is the voice of God speak
. ing through his servant the
: prophet Samuel, to Saul. tits
. the question that pierces like a
: two-edsed sword TO the inner
. most conscience and opens to
! the light the sin that Is hid.
. And the manner of Saul's re-
) ply indicates his ems Of guilt
. which he was reluctant TO ad-
) NIT. He Immediately begins to
, make excuses.
) Excuses flow out Of a guilty
! heart.
, Saul was convicted out of his
!. own mouth. The prophet need
} ed not to enumerate in detail
!, SauI's wrong doing. Saul knew
} as soon as tbs prophet had
, asked: "What hast thou done?"
And he sought to evade the
, real issue and to confuse the
question by telling what the
other fellow had done. What a
common human failing.
Saul feared the less Of men
more than forfeiture of the ia.
vor of God. He sacrificed flu
ture good upon the altar OF
seeming present need. Did you
ever do that;
"Thou hast done foolishIy." I
Saul endeavored to show that ,
he had done wisely, but the .
prophet plainly characterized
his act al foolish.
Any act which violates a Di-,
vine command Is foolish, no :
matter how polite or wise It I
may appear at the moment. =
Sin ever is folly. Z
II as we go blindly into the :
ways Of sin we could realize the I
real import Of our acts and ap- !
preciate their ultimate conse- q
quences would not we, too, des. !
ignste such acts as foolish? Z
How foolish, indeed, is the 7
man who goes counter to Gods :
law. In the breaking Of these :
laws abideth death, but ain the Z
keeping Of Gods law there is !
great reward" 9
Saul had not the moral cour- :
age to stand alone with God. !
He had not the faith to see I
Gods power, nor the patience to :
wait the coming of the prophet. .
Thereby he proved unworthy :
the place he had been called .
to fill and unable to rise to the :
larger destiny which would GER .
tainly have been his had he !
claimed II by obedience and .
faith. =
1.-THE Lord hath sought him a :
man after his own heart."--To Z
and fro through the earth Gods !
eyes are searching for the men I
who shall do his will. It is not :
favorltlsm which God shows, {
but recognition of loyalty to his :
cause and obedience to his COM Z
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-23
DESDE lGUADILLA
Doctor Cordero. = Pa
naderias clausura-
das.-Renuncia.
CARCEL De DISTRlTO
Reformas en- el referido pc.
nal.-Mejoras sanitarias
en- cafes, fondas, etc.

Agosto H. Desde hace dias
Sc encontraba en- esta ciudad, DON
de era muy esperado, el doctor de u
Felipe Cordero, inspector de sani.
dad del Distrito norte de la isla.
81 doctor Cordero, cuya com.
petencia en- el cargo que desempefia
es indiscutible, ha girado una vista
de inspection por toda la localidad
y tambien 4 casi todos los estableci-
mientos pdblieos. Sabemos que el
mencionaio funcionario ha salido
muy NAL impresionado con respec-
to al pesimo y deplorable estado sa.
nitario de esta poblaci6n, que Sc ha
visto en- el precise case de tomar
prudentes y energicas medidas, las
cuales bara que Sc cumplan extfic,
tamente.
Funcionarios como FL doctor
Cordero, son los que hacen falta en-
Puerto Rico.
Sc nos informa, que por dis
posicici6n del doctor Cordero, h n
sido clausuradas seis de los esta.
blecimientos de panaderfa que exis
ten en- esta poblaci6n, q consecuen
cia de no reunir las condicioues hi
gieuicas que estdn prescritas en- la
leyes de sanidad.
Otro tanto Sc ha hecho cor
otras claSes de establecimientos, qu,
higienicamente dtjan ihut no gu,
desear.
-Aseg1raseno' que ell of ial
de sandal, de esta ciudad, doctor
]imenez Sierra, ha presentado desde
hace algunos dias la renuncia d.
dicho cargo. La plaza de mGdict
auxiliar de Sanidad, tambien 81
halla vacante.
Nos informan que esos puesto
no han sido cubiertos todavfa, el
vista del misero sueldo que hay de
signado en- el presupnesto municl
pal.
Aguadilla esta sin Official de "a
/ nidad. Pobre Aguadillal
: Con motive de Ia reCient
vista que girfra q Aguadilla
doctor Cordero, en- muchos establ
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-23
.NOTAS AMERICANS
Marte y sus habitantes,

-S1 algdn dla podcmos llegar a
solucionar uue1tras dudas sobre 81
existe la vida en- alguno de los otros
planetas de nuestro siste1na, a,-escribe
-pareee 10 mas probable que este he
cho de extraordinaria importancia Sc
ra revelado al mundo por los astr6uo-
mos americanos. Y es, a mi juicio,
indiscutible, one cuando tengamoS
pruebas de la existencia de seres hu.
manos en- Marie 6 en- Venus, aus for.
mas seraH precisadas por el microsc6-
pio, operaudo sobre alguua plaza TO-
tografca obtenida por medic de los
telescopes americauos.
En- muchos observatorios de Ame-
rica Sc encuentran examinando foto-
grafias de Marie a traves de podero.
sos microscopes, legiones de aplica-
das j6venes estudiantes, de ojos pers-
pieaces, y no serfa muy diffcil que
alguna de elias fuera "a primera, en-
estos 1ias que van trarscnrriendo, en-
desc,ibrir la 6gura de un marciano, si
es que los marcianos existen.
Esta question referente q los
habitantes de otros planetas es Ia
mas interesante que en- la actuali-
dad pudiera suscitarse. iSomos
acaso, nosotros, 10 que habitamos
en- este pequefio planeta, los 1ni-
cos seres conscientes que viven y
Sc mueven en- los innumerables
mundos que giran en- el espacio?
Mas de una obra imaginative ha
sido escrita y mas de un sueho ha
surgido respecto a los habitantes
de Marie 8 de los otros planetas, y
sin embargo, hasta el presente ma
da positive puede a6rmarse y por
muy fundadas razones.
Apesar de todo Il adelanto que
Sc la Icgrado tn la ciencia as.ro.
monica -tspeoislmente en- 10 que
Sc refere q la fotograffa de las es.
trellas- y no obstante los mejora.
mientos que Sc han hecho en- los
mismos telescopes, todavfa no po
demos precisar sobrs la super6cie
de Marie y de Vents, por ejemplo
ninghn objeto que terga menos d.
cincuenta millas de di$metro. E,
muy dificil comprender, por con
siguiente, por que resulta imposi
BILE para el mejor telescopio copoci
do el sorprender Ia 6gura human
i en- esos planetas, a menos que fue
"a de TN estatura ttemenda, inco
measurable.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-08-23
san JUAN Y La |SLl
Atenta vista. = Deplo-
rable estadO SANTA
rio de Vieques.
81 p0llnTEtRMa
e. POLIO IEJADA
Varies provisiones decomisa.
das. -Instrumentos pa
"a hacer operaciones.

Nuestro anieo y corre'igio-
mario don Zoilo Castaiios, c, mer-
uerciante de Vieques y active aeen-
te de LA DEMocRAcIA, nos ei>pen.
s6ayer ateuta vista que estimamos.
Nos informan de Vieques
que es deplorable el estado santa
rio de aquella poblaci6n. Las ca
lies estan muy sucias y Ia basusas
de los corrales Sc recogen cada dos
8 tres semanas, salvo que Sc anur-
Gle Ia llegada de algIn alto fuucio-
mario del Gt bierno, pues entonces
apresuran a asear TN POGO las ca
lies.
Ell Inspector de alimentos
del Departamento Superior de Sa-
nldad don Enrique Ronda decomis6
aver en- el comercio de esta plaza I2
blrriles arenques y II quintales
lm6n, por hallarse en- malas con.
diciones.
-Por ell Gltimo vapor llega 10 &
q Mayaguez procedente de los Esta-
dos Uuidos, Sc ha recibido en- la Sala
de Socorros de aquella ciudad, uu
compl to y rnoderno juego de instru-
mental para toda clase de operaciones
qnirdrgicas.
En- breve pa compaiifa de zar-
zuela del maestro Campos, estrenara
nna graciosfsina zarzuela: "El polio
Teiada." Estan ademas en- ensaya
las siguientes obras: uCertamen ma
cional,s pEl Tambor de Gianaieroso Y
Ell uSefior Luis el Tumb6n 6 despacho
de huevos frescos.o
eimiento como pulperias, pusstos
de leche, de carne, matadero pana-
derfas, cafes, fondas, barherfas, etc,
ETC., Sc introduciran grandes me-
joras.
A todos esos establecimientos
Sc les ha dado un plazo breve para
que pongan en- practica las 6rdenes
del doctor Cardero.
-Sabemos que Sc han introdu-
cido muchas y muy notables refor-
mas en- el interior del edi6cio que
= ocupa la Carcel del distrito.
! -Por aqui ha circulado profu-
(COntn"G rn Ia b6giaa A.