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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20

been. Nelly only hoped that they
would not finish this bottle and oblige
her to send for another. She knew
he aunt's wine appealed to the mascu.
line palate. She may have expressed
something Of mingled hope and fear
in her face, for no one took a second
glass, in spite OF her remark that
Emily could fetch another bottle II
they liked. Nelly's mind became fair.
ly peaceful. The cold fruit-tart dis
appeared with a rapidity remarkable
in contrast TO the leisurely vanishing
Of the pork. But the black coffee.
which she had in an undertone re-
quested the surly Emily to make, was
so vile that Nelly herself said: Don't
try to drink IT," and launched into fur.
Their apologies.
She felt that she could have re,
trieved the honor Of the house II her
guests would have stayed at tea, but
they resisted all entreaties and left
Immediately, Nelly accompanied them
to the door, with final pleas for in.
diligence; and Mrs. Gerney wa at last
driven off, repeating mechanically
Please don't mention 1t. So sorry to
have put you out"
When Mrs, Martin returned, she
found Nelly restless, tired, and long
Ing to relate her trials of the day.
Il am glad you gave them the Bur.
gundy," said Mrs. Martin, when she
had heard all, though | think ii would
have been better to give them a sort
Of scratch meal, They would have I'm.
derstood. Instead of attempting a
proper luncheon, | should have had
the cold meat, even though there Was
not much left, and made them one Of
your nice omelets in the chafing-dish.
1t was very rash to try the black
coffee. By the way. did you apologize
much?"
"Oh, yes" said Nelly, earnestly,
over and over again; iii fact, the
whole of the time. | assure you,
never stopped"
"Oh. Nelly! That was the real mis-.
take!" rejoined her aunt. Don't you
remember the definition that apology
is only egotism wrong side out? What
you ought to have done was to make
them feel that they were not putting
you out at all, but that you were all
having an impromptu picnic, and you
were enjoying it. Simplicity Is a
ltrump.card In an emergency. But |
am sure you did your best, and Mrs,
Gerney is an old friend, and will un.
derstand. Now, as you say there Is
some Burgundy left, | will have a
glass, and then go and rest till dinner
time"
q NELLY took up the wine to her aunt's
hobm, and was just coming away when
rbe was struck by Mrs. Martins face
al she took a sip and then set down
til glass.
What is 1t? Why don't you drink
it'll she asked,
4 will presently" hastily reioined
Mrs. Martin.
Bot 4 horrible suspicion was dawn.
ing ON Nelly's mind.
ct Ms the Burgundy, isn't it?' She
gasped,
Mrs. AMnrtin rose and put her arm
round her pieces shoulders.
Don't Worry about it, dear" she
said. IT'S only another proof that you
wished them well. But Emily doesn't
know the cellar, and-well, it is cock.
ing claret!"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20

Mr., William A. Rahford VIII answer
questions and give advice FREE or
COST IN all subjects pertaining "a tho
subject Of building for the readers of this
paper, Ca account OF Ills wide eNpp-
rierce as Editor, Author and Maputar-
turpr. he is, without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A.. liaGford, No,
lai Fifth Ave. Chicago, H., and only
enclose two-reut stamp fer rep1y.
A worry substantial house, and one
that looks well, may be built from this
plan. 1t is a gDod.si2rd house. 81 feet
wide by 80 feet deep, designed to
please those old fashioned people
and there are a good many Of them
who like a large, rnomy house and are
willing to invest money enough to
build il and TO furnish it Sfterward A
great many people, after having built
a house, feel dissatisfied with the size
of the rooms, This is because they
are not accustomed 10 reading plans
1rnEn to -rTcal-~ it-te.
person without experience in reading
dAuN ihNC W BAl Il N'l4Nib lI'h "a
either the size or shape Of a room,
over when the figures are given
plainly.
knew a lady who thought she was
building a house exactly to her liking,
but when 1t was done abe felt so dis.
appointed TIL ~ Sold.t-at a -sacrI..
fee and started at once 10 build an.
ether, This time she selected the lot.
had the long grass cut from 1t and
hauled away, She then hNd q load Of
bricks brought and employed a
builder To lay out the two floor plans,
full size, on the ground, the first floor
and the second floor. making the par,
titions the same thickness called for
in the plan, leaving openings for the
doors and setting mp the window
frames In their proper places. The
stairways were marked with laths, a
lath for each step, When this was
done she could walk from one room 20
another until she had a thoroughly cor.
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rect Idea OF the size Of the rooms and
their relation to each other. She knew
exactly how certain pieces OF furni'
ture would fit In the places where she
wanted them to go. The result was
that she built a house that has suited
her aver since and, although she has
lived In 1t about ten years, she has no
desire TO make a change.
1t Is for this reason that ! 80 often
urge people to study the plans well
before starting to build. ! Will start
anyone in the right way II they will
communicate with me.
It Is impossible to embody every
good feature in one house. The sub.
feet is too broad to cover so easily.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
New Bills.

The following bills were read twice
under suspension OF the rules and re-
ferred toI committees;
By NIL Hebron--An act to create a
snecial contingent fund to be used by
Ike GOVERNOR in enforcing the prohibi-
ton laws Sof the State.
Nv M. I~yebron--An act to appropriate
the sum Oh $4,000 for the use Of the
Governor ini suppressing the unlawful
sale Of intoxicating liquors. !.
Nv MI. Brseland tby request)--hn oct
"a exempt ce&tain postmasters from road
duty where tlse roads are not worked By
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20

BY Mr.. McDowell--An act to provide
for the protection Of the property Of
the State of Mississippi at the capitol
from damage and destruction by fire,
and the appropriation Of one thousand
dollars for the year 1908 and n thou.
sand dollars for the year 1909, for same.
BY Mr.. McDowell--An act 10 amend
section 2s2 Of the Mississippi code Of
1906 80 as to provide for the holding
Of four regular meetings Of the board
Of directors Of banks, and for the filing
Of a report Of the directors with the
,udit0r..
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
Wherein All Might Do Something to
Make the World Better.

please say: I guess you didn't
mean tot" sobbed a child pitifrlly
when 1t was discovered in some
childish misdemeanor; and the con-
forting words not only eased the
sore hearts trouble. but plainly
helped to ward a better life for the
rest Of that day. and perhaps for
other days. A little boy in n Of
the kindergarten primaries in a
country town a few years ago beg
ged wistfully for a gold star when
he raw the other boys and girls all
getting them. But" said the
teacher, you do spell SO dreadful
ly, you know, and you don't half
make your letters yet 30 | can read
them!" Don't you s'pose that may
be you could 'scuse a little?" he
pleaded; cause I'm doing Just the
very bestest that l can!" 1t Ii the
cry our human hearts are always
making. Often the world seems
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
Great Strata Of Coal.

II is announced from Hazleton, Pa a.,
that the Lehigh Valley Coal company
has opened at Lattimer what Is be-
lieved to be the largest stripping in
the world--a solid bed of anthracite,
1900 feet wide and 30 feet In thick.
ness, extending from Lattimer to
Drifton, a distance Of at least six
miles. 1t is estimated that with an
output of 500 tons a day it would re.
quire steady operation for $50 years
to exhaust this newly discovered de.
post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
Fish or Amid al.

All organized living b pngs are ami,
mails, members of the ai4lma (breath-
ing) kingdom. The orde.1 Cetacea, to
which the whale belongs, Is higher up
in the animal scale thap the fish
proper, It's members beint mammals,
breathing through lungs, al ID bringing
forth living young, which for a time
they suckle. The Immediate ancestor
of the whale evidently spent part of
its time on the land, having limbs
where now are found the whal pad.
dles.-New York American.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
FINDING THE SILVER LINING

hard and cold and does not heed 1t.
But we might heed 1t. We might
turn every cloudy action round and
find the silver lining. Wrongdoing
IL wrongdoing in ourselves or in
another, but we might at least set
the worst deeds IN the best light.
and see what comes of 1t. That is
the rule Of fairness for a picture
why not for peoples failings? 1t
was a sweet eulogy pronounced on
a sweet woman by her grieving
friends. she wal such an excuslng
sort of person-always SO good at
finding excuses for everybody
Congregationalist.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
Men Have Never Failed America.

Confidence in the stability OF re.
publican institutions 10 rooted In our
national experience. Tho love Of free.
dom and the determination to be free
has never failed among the people.
and never has there been failure Of
men to interpret and give point and
effect to the spirit which has ami.
mated them since before the founda.
ton Of the republic, the birth Of which
was the triumph Of liberty in tho
western hemisphere. -pittsburg Ga
zette- Times.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
Most Popular Books,

The English Bible is the best selling
book, and Shakespeare Is the best
selling author. Who comes next in
popularity? There can be little doubt
It Is Charles Dickens, with Sir Walter
Scott a good third. 1t may be taken
that half a million volumes OF Dick.
n are sold every year in English
editions, not to speak of those ISSUED
In America.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
Danger In Cigar Cutters.

The German health officials are cor.
sidering abolishing the devices for
cutting on the ends Of cigars that form
a familiar part Of the equipment Of
tobacco shops. 1t 10 alleged that many
smokers make use Of the instrument
after having already placed the cigar
In their mouths and therefore render
possible the transfer of germs to other
smokers.-Medical Record.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20

81, 900, but the cost of he7ting and
plumbing would probably BE- extra, So
much depends IN the location that It
Is difficult to give nm accurate csti-
mate without knowing the East OF la.
Dor and building materials wilere the
house is to be built. The local builder
is the proper man to make an esti-
mAte.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
Olive Trees In ALGERIA,

Consul James Johnson writes FROM
Algiers that 1t is roughly estimated
that there are $4,000 cultivated olive
trees in the tree provinces Of Algeria.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
Produces Curious Changes,

Radium acts upon the chemical con.
stituents Of glass. porcelain and paper.
imparting to them a violet tinge:
changes white phosphorus to yellow.
oxygen to ozone. affects photograph
plates and produces many other curl
chemical changes.
Nearer the Soil.
Mr.. and Mrs. Egg and their ten
children escaped the burning house
with the greatest troubla. All were
In their night clothes and were crowd
ed into the lower hall when found
by the iirsInen .--Los Angeles Record
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20
WHERE TO LEARN METHOD.
Discipline Of a Sea Voyage Said 10
Bring Good Results.

u wish" said the head Of a large
business house. that every man who
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-03-20

and there should be n great thick rug
on the floor having coIogs to harmo'
nice with the wall decorations. In fur.
nishiug the entrance TO a house likg
this the inmates have a splendid OPP
purtunity To display good taste and
judgment.
This Is not an expensive house II
Is of medenm size and may b. built
under favorable circumstances for
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-10
SOUTH ORANGE POLICE
HEAD DEFENDS MEN.
Mcguire Says His Officers Did
Not Take Part in
Politics.

In defense of the rumor afloat in
South Orange to the effect that sew
eral members of the village police force
are to be dropped by the Peoples mem
bers of the Village Board of Trustees,
at the next meeting, or brought up on
charges for taking IN active part in
politics at the last village election in
April, Marshal Thomas j. Mcguire to-
day said.
at does not seem possible to me how
any of our police can be dropped for
taking part in the election. A police
mar has the right to vote, even though
he does wear a blue coat and a he'll
met.
81 do not believe hat any one of
them was seen peddling tickets at the
polls, and so far as l nave heard only
three members of the force cared a
great deal about which way the cleo
ton went. Those three claim, to be
Peoples men,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-10
ASSESSORS GET
TIPS FROM THE
COUNTY BOARD
Called Together to Have Their
Knowledge of Their Jobs
Polished Up.

Tax assessors from various munich
palities were before the County Tax
Board today, where they received a
sort of elementary instruction in re-
gard to the tax laws that were passed
last winter. President Lathrop d. An
derson, acting as instructor, with c..
William Holman and Laurence T.
Fell, the other members of the board,
as assistants. Many of the assessors,
however, were SO up" enough in the
law that they needed no further en-
lightennient.
Among the municipalities represented
were Montclair, Caldwell, Caldwell
Borough, North Caldwell, Verona, Cedar
Grove, Bloomfield, Nutley and Belle
vile.
Assessors from other sections of the
county will meet tomorrow, when a
like conference will take place. One of
the matters decided upon was to Sc
cure from sworn statements of the pub
lie service companies, the telephone and
telegraph and other corporations re-
garding their assessed valuations some
sort of uniformity of rate in the vari-
Gus localities where these companies
operate. These annual sworn state
ments are due June 80 and have usually
been a source of complication and
trouble.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-10
MUSIC PUPILS GIVE
PLEASING RECITAL.
Miss Anastasia M. Kirwins
Piano and Vocal Students
Show CleVerneSS.

st. Mary's P%arochial School Hall,
South Orange, was well filled last night
on the occasion of the annual recital
given by the musical pupils of Miss
Anastasia NJ. Kirwin. organist of the
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows.
The program rendered was as fol-
lows:
Piano duet, 'Hilarity March," Nero,
Misses Vail and Miller; plano solo.
Pixies Dance Brown, Misc Margaret
Kenny; piano solo, .'Croquet March
Geibel, Miss Mary Stoneham; soprano
solo (a) Flight of Ages Beran. (b)
"Shoogy Shoo," Heuschel, Miss Mil
dred Drake; piano solo. pixies March,"
Brown, Charles Barrett; piano solo,
"Apple Blossom" Rosewig. Miss Sadie
Scully; piano solo, "Reapers' Dance"
Helm, Miss Florence Vail; piano duet,
"Fanfare,' Bohm, Misses Vail and
Drake; soprano solo (a) Spring" Stem,
Cb) april RAIN Goodman, Miss Jose
phine Murphy; piano solo, .Anitra's
Dance Grieg, Miss Lulu Mineri So
prano solo (a) 'tAhl Lose But a Day"
II. Beach, (b) "Just a Wearyin'Ior You"
Jacobus. Miss Elizabeth Reedi; piano
solo. ''Ariel,' Kern, Miss Theresa
Hogan: soprano solo (a) Sunlight
Ware. Oh 40, Come With Me in the
Summer Night" Van der Stucken. Miss
Mildred Drake; piano solo (a) "Valse
B%rilliante." M~oszkowski, (b) March
Du sacre." Meyerbeer, Miss Florence
Vail
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-10
H|TCHCOCKSvALET
UPSETS STORIES
TOLD BY GIRLS
CorrOborates All Testimony
Given by Actor in His
Own Defense.
TELLS OF HEARING GIRLS
DENY THEY SPREAD SCANDAL
Auburn, N. Y, Justice Testifes
to Good Character and Repu=
tatiOn of Comedian.

NEW YORK, June 10.-Every seat
in the court room was filled when the
trial of Raymond Hitchcock, the actor
accused by girls, was resumed today,
and several hundred persons had been
turned away. Mrs. Hitchcock was one
of the early arrivals. She was accom-
panied by her friend, Mrs. Buckmeis-
ter, and Flora Winston, one of the orig
inal compliments against the actor.
Miss Winston confessed at a previous
trial that she had testified falsely when
she accused Hitchcock. On her testi-
mony the indictment in thai case was
dismissed. The girl was arrested on, a
charge of perjury, and is now under
BON to appear for trial at the con-
clusion of the Hitchcock case.
Justice Adelbert P. Rich, of Auburn,
was the first witness called by the de-
Tense today. Justice Rich said the rep
utation of he comedian for morality
and ~veracity was good.
Herman H. Rupke, Mr.. Hitchcock's
valet, said that Helen Won Hagen and
Elsie Voecks We're taken to their homes
on the night of their first visit to the
Hitchcock home in Great Neck. A few
days later the witness found the girls
al wi = iAOaoV 06dllls .
were no trains going to the city that
night, and by Hitchcock's instructions
the valet gave them a room in the
house, and they were sent home the
mex morning.
On Thursday night, while Hitchcock
was playing at the Montauk Theatre
in Brooklyn, the two girls declared
that they were taken to Great Neck in
the actors automobile. Rupke testified
the automobile was damaged, and that
Mr.. Hitchcock stopped at a hotel in
New York Thursday night. Rupke
said he was alone at the Great Neck
house alone that night.
Rupke was Their asked about the
meeting of Hitchcock and the two girls
in the blouse with the Green Blinds"
in West Forty-f1rst street, Rupke said
he was hidden behind the portieres of
the room while Hitchcock talked with
the girls. The witness added:
Mr.. Hitchcock told them he had
heard that the girls had told stories
about him, and he wanted to know
the truth about it. The girls denied
ever having told anything of that
kind"
AT this meeting the two girls alleged
that Hitchcock attempted to assault
Elsie Voecks. The valet said nothing
of the kind happened.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-10
NEWARK ACADEMY
GIVES DIPLOMAS
TO CLASS OF q
Institutions 10th Year One of
the Most Satisfactory in
Its History.
FRANCHISE PRIZE WON
BY A. L. SCHLESINGER
Number of Class of 'OS Going to
College, Several to Prince
ton University.

The Newark Academy closed its
10th year today, the only exercises at
tending the occasion, in accordance with
the custom of many years, being the
presentation of diplomas to the gradu-
ates in the presence of the school.
Members of the fifth form finished their
final examinations last Friday and re-
turned to the school today for the clos
ing exercises.
After the usual Scripture reading and
prayer the head master, Wilson Far
rand, addressed the class briefly, con-
graduating the members upon the
high standard Of scholarship they have
attained. and complimenting them for
their influence upon the spirit and tone
of the school. He emphasized the quail
ties of integrity, industry and perse-
veranee as being those which the school
had %endeavored most earnestly to es-
tablish in them, and as being the
qualities most essential to secure gen.
uine success in the world.
DR.. La0an DEM, president of the
trustees, then presented the diplomas,
each boy being greeted with applause
as he came forward to receive the
coveted parchment. The names of the
graduates follow:
Observation-Disclosures Frederic Berg,
Trad Morton Hidden, Carl Daniel
Zierosser: Latin scientific, Alfred Nor
rell Bidwell, Savers Coe, Wallace Mel
vile Coursen, John Richie Currier,
Richard Chase Currier, Laurens Nc
Gregor Demarest. William Faber Da-
Wis, Clayton DuBosque, Heroy Maxwell
Dyckman, Ambrose Nelson Hollifield,
ir., Lionel Paul Kristeller, Colt Ladd,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-06-10
BELMONT EXPIRES
AS WIFE BUSHES
TO HIS BEDSIDE
Millionaire Who Was Prominent
Figure in Business and Society
Dies in Great Agony.

NEW YORK. June 10.-Oliver H. P.
Belmont died at his home in Hemp
stead, L. l., today. after a ten days
illness with appendicitis. His death had
been anticipated for days, but in the
end it came suddenly and so unexpect-
eddy that, with the exception of Mrs.
Belmont, none of the members of the
family had time to reach the sick room.
Ever since the condition of Mr.. Bel
mont became critical, more than a week
ago, Mrs. Belmont's children, William
x. Vanderbilt, jr, and Harold Wander
bilt, and Mrs. William *. Vanderbilt,
ir., lar been almost constantly within
call of the sick room. Worn by the
Ions vigil, they retired early this morn
ing when there appeared to be no ap-
probable change in the sick mans con-
dition, and were sleeping soundly when
the came. Mr.. Belmont was
seized with a terrible pain early this
morning. DR.. Lanehart hurriedly called
Mrs. Belmont, n she had just time to
reach the room before her husbands
death.
MI. Belmont, who vas aged so and a
brother of August and Perry Belmont,
held a prominent place in club and
social life here and in London and
Paris. After retiring from his fathers
old banking firm, Mr.. Belmont devoted
his attention for a time to politics. He
was a Democrat, and in 1900 was chosen
as a delegate from New York to the
Democratic national convention. The
same year he was elected to Congress
from the Thirteenth New York Dis
trict.
Mr.. Belmont's first marriage was
with Miss Sarah Swan Whitney, now
Mrs. George Rives. His second marriage
was with Mrs. Alva e. Smith Wander
bilt, who prior to her divorce was the
wife of w. X. Vanderbilt. The Bel
mont country place, Brookhalt Villa,
in close vicinity TO the Meadowbrook
Hunt Clubs magnificent grounds, was
noted for the hospitality of it's host.