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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
WALK LINE FOR A LODGING
C'sve'and Wayfarers' Lodge Forces
Application to Drastic Test In
Proof Of Their Sobriety.

Cleveland. ohio.-Applicants for a
nights lodging must hereafter be ab,n
10 walk a literal chalk line--a white
streak across an eighteen foot room
before there is any shelter for them
at the Wayfarers' lodge of the As.o.
ciafed Charities here. Superintend.
ent Howell Wright of the Associates
Charities instituted the custom when
he refused lodging to a tramp from
Philadelphia because he wavered from
the narrow path.
Wright said that he believes the Gus.
shcdld become general and that
applicants who are unable to negotiate
the feat in proof Of their sobrtety will
be turned out in the cold. The more
cases will be given to the DO.
lics.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

SO TINT no seed IA pUnud IN r,nor A
cultivated crop Should No grown tina
next season and hen tho luud can
be planted to when vitbnpt INV dam
ger Of the ,ptch volunteering
The use Of low ,yrado srrscrings in
authorization usually yari.
Gus weed seeds which are few or
wanting In the best yrtcn seed Soma
Of these are generally rcrornlzed ma
noxloua, and seed containing Thorn
should not he sown
Corn cookie, ar cookie s,ode rrpb-
ably are the commourst Of the weed
seeds with yctch seed Darilcu,arIv
seed Of hnlry vctch This seca ia
RECOGNIZED by ,ts SHINY surface onyn-
lar form. and dark. brown or bInck
color,
Cow cookie sccda oftpn rorerred 10
as cookie dIrar fran tho nracpdInu
In being aphoricaI md not spiny
They ara blnck ora about tho si1n or
the smallest hairy ve,rh acnas
Tho seodg of cleavors are somewhat
hrmi4phericaI tho Hattennd foce bov.
ing a depression or cavity at the scar.
Tho ~gurfaro Ia r~ourhoned md prav
or light brown The gray colnr aIds
in DISTINGUISHING these seeds from
yetch seod
Field hindwoed eoo3s AFRO angular.
brown or prav tho s~urrsco be,ng 0pe.
" rougboned Tboy ara similar In
form n those NJ The mo~r,tnp.pIory
They nre NOT Common IN vo'ch seed.
eYcent In low.prodo lots
Rail mpstard .oods oro ,ro,osea
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
BRAGANzA DAGGER IS FOUND
Portuguese Officials Recover $4,000
weapon, Missing Two Years
Sought by American.

Lisbon, Portugal,-The famous dag
ger of the dukes of Braganza, long co.
Veted by wealthy American collectors,
mas beer returned to the state as mys,
Ieriousiy as 1t disappeared from the
royal palace Of N~ecessidades on the
night OF October 4, 1910, when King
anu fed from his castle to find ref
uge on British shores.
The weapon, studded with precious
stone and bearing chiselmapship at
tributed to Benvenut0 Cellini, is esti-
mated to be worth $5O.0 Many for
elgners have sought to purchase It,
romantic tales associated with the
biadeh having added a historic worth to
its intrinsic value.
At the time OF the revolution the
Republican leaders visited the desert.
ed palace and took possession of all
the jewels and works of art that the
royal family had left behind. The dag
ger and some other valuables. how
ever, failed to find their way into the
hands Of the new authorities.
Some time ago the government de-
clded that all the furniture, Jewels
ana other property seized at the pal.
aces but which belonged to the fallen
monarch and mis- mother, Queen Anne
Ile' should be returned to them in
London, and the old inventory books
OF inc braganza family are being ex-
ahmed to separate what belongs right
Ioliy to the royal family from what
Is considered as the property OF the
republic. Recently the dagger was
placed in the letter box Of the
'mciai who Is conducting the inven-
DRY. There was nothing to Indicate
~ whom 1t had been restored.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

Cby {. V FtPER and r II HIILMAN
United States Department Of Agricli
ture1
common Tetch iB nearly always
grown III rotation. Continuous crop
ping TO vetch for seed production usu.
ally results IN reduced yields after
TWO or three years, according to Ore,
Eoh experience. The effects of cut.
ting the crop for hay seem to be far
less marked. but, nevertheless. con
uhuous cropping to vetch Is unneccs-
sary and undesirable.
IN Oregon and Washington common
'etch Is usually grown after spring
so"n oats, It Ii ndvantageously used
also IN rotation with potatoes or corn
IN the region about Augusta, Ga,
the most famous vetch,growing sec
uoh IN h south, the crop is mostly
grown IN rotation with Johnson grass,
this being especially true on valley
lands where the johnson grass yolun.
teerS, Netch, commonly mixed with
oats or other small grain, Ia usually
painted In October on well-preparcd
and and harvested by the middle Of
May. After tho vetch crop ia remov.
ed' the johnson grass, more or less
mixed with other grasses, begins to
grows and commonly yields two hay
cuttings during the season.
Where Johnson grass does not per.
manently occupy the land 1t Is not ad,
Visable to SOW 1t, az It IN extremely
dlfficult TO eradicate. In this case va.
rious summer crops can be grown in
the rotation. such as sorghum, COW.
peas, sorghum and cowpeas, SOY
beans, peanuts, etc.
Common vetch is not well adapted
to rotating with cotton unless used
merely as a green manure The vetch
cannot be harvested soon enough TO
permit the early planting OF cotton,
even when the seed Is sown between
the rows OF cotton.
Common vetch In somewhat In.
ciined to persist when once grown, |
especially where the winters are mild.
are known of It's r~eseedIng |
Itself in pastures for Ave years. In
fields It volunteers readily, !
which is especially Objectionable In
he wheat crop owing to the dificul.
y OF separating the vetch seed from
he wheat. There is no danger OF vol
inteer vetch unless a seed crop Ia
grown or at least some OF the seed al.
owed to ripen. In such cases, to
Ivoid volunteer vetch, the best plan
d to follow with n crop OF vetch and
,ats for hay, pasturing the stubble,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
A Real Fence.

Fences r q very important item
on a farm, and should not be skimped
Learn all you can about them-how
they are made, what kind Of wire La
used and then buy wisely by choosing
a fence Of proper construction, right
design and made OF the heaviest wire
you can afford. Heavy wire carries
considerable more galvanizing in
proportion to its size than light
wire. and ia the cheapest In the end,
besides having greater strength.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

fKRMN0TBS>

The favor Of the egg IL Influenced
by feed.
Save all the leaves and use them In
The scratching shed,
The older tho hen tho larger will be
her averaged sized eggs.
Double.yolkcd eggs are the result
OF over.fat, or a diseased ovary.
A good time to Gull out the IN.
ferior birds Ia when the market In
UP.
Fix IT sc your fresh COW win
not sec or hear their calves II O
can.
Tho best milk flow cannot be main.
tanned without variety of feeds for tho
COW.
There Is truth in the argument that
milk should be aerated before IL IL
cooled.
Eggs are eolored by a pigment.
which, 1t seems, does not exIs, I'm
all fowls.
The dairy ties one to the farm pret.
ty close, but 1t oftentimes unties tho
bond Of debt.
Where the dropping boards are
made OF matched lumber the lob NJ
cleaning them IL easier.
There Is one important thing TO re.
member when trying for winter
Make your hens scratch.
The first eggs Of winter are zen.
orally larger than those laid at Tho
close Of the summer season.
Trying to run a dairy without n
cream separator Is like attempting 10
steer a ship without a rudder.
A horse will not do well shut nm In
a tight boz stalI--he should have
plenty OF air and light at MI times.
The best plan for weaving colts In
to keep the mare and colt apart untIt
they have entirely forgotten each
other.
Unless more butter 10 made from
a a Of cream than IT contains
OF fat there ia something
wrong.
Only rich men can afford 10 keen
that do not earn their feed. The
poorer q man iC the better his cows
TO be.
The dirt and sweat which accpmn-
late On the horses during the dav
never be allowed to remain ON
hem overnight.
A fine. bright, sleek, ~clean-hairea
horse nearly always has nerve, action
endurance, coupled with a nerv.
'us but gentle disposition.
Mx kerosene and tar well together
md with a paint or whitewash brush
,ut this mixture on the roosts and
n the nests before you put tina
in.
Better results in grains and the quail.
ty OF pork produced are invariably
reduced when variety is furnished In
he swine ration than when not fur.
ished.
AS a rule the fertility Of the farm
an be more easily kept up by sheen
han by dairy husbandry, but there
more p~roit-~nnd more labor In
be latter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
so'1e Expenses Not Put Down In the
Books Are Disclosed by Wife Of
Rotc! Manager.

New York.-Every now and then
one learns something new of the New
YORK hotels. Mrs. Max Thompson.
VIE OF the assistant manager of q
GOTHAM hotel, Is entitled to the graft.
tude of the public for letting in a lit
Tie light upon the duties and emolu-
ments OF the hotel m~anagers-even II
she did do the letting in because, &C
cording to her husband, some dispute
concerning a fuzzy poodle had risen
between them. In her petition for all
mony Mrs. Thompson alleges that her
husbands income is $500 annually.
He Is paid 1890 for his services;
$500 as agent for a champagne; $720
for certain unnamed services perform.
ed for hotels in Paris, Berlin and Lon
don and 1920 by steamship lines for
procuring certain business for them"
That happens to figure up to 1o,s00
a year, but the difference may be set
down to the difficulty which ladies' no.
toriously experienced In dealing with
arithmetical facts. 1t also happens
that she does not state all the factG,
II the facts In Mr.. Thompson's cas-
coincide with the facts IN the other
hotel officials. For example. the as
manager of the hotel is allow
ed his rooms and a certain specified
sum daily in the dining.rooms. The
pushing of q, brand of cigars
10 always worth something. One bar
in n of the great hotels adj
mittedly received $40 a day for push
Ing d certain whisky. No doubt his
superiors may have prof
ted slightly by the same brand. The
callers, head porters. stew.
lrds. chefs, detectives, laundry chiefs,
lead waiters--every other employe in
position of even modified authority
bout q hotel-always are able to add
@ their income by certain other side
Incomes. No doubt they are sometimes J
moved by cheer gratitude to share 4
UGH gratuities with the men who
ave the power Of discharge over
hem. Il will take any position OF re- d
possibility whatever in any one OF c
be great hotels" said a competent 8
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

immigration authorities on Ellis island
on condition that a bond OF $1,000 be
posted to guarantee that he be kept
at his studies in a public school until
he was sixteen years old.
Notice Of this action was formally
conveyed to Secretary George w. Ger
wig of the Pittshurg b3ard OF public
education by William Williams, com
OF immigration at New York.
and when the boy arrived here In
company with his brother Michael.
who had fed from his native land to
ESCAPE Turkish persecution, he was
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
Take Guns to Church.

Memphis, Tenn.-~That citizens q,
Haywood county Tennessee, attend
church fully armed was developed IN
the federal court when Judge Mccall
sentenced Oscar Tapp and Charles
Aiken for shooting up rural route mail
boxes. Both men said everybody 20.
ing to church In their neighborhood
carried suna
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
THREE CHILDREN MARRY
Rushvllle, Mo, Man Gives Formulation
For Son and Daughters. In
der Age, to Wed.

st. Joseph, Mo.--H. H. Sewer Of
Rushvilfe, Mo, observed a dinner as a
marriage feast OF two daughters and
a son, all under legal age. TOR whose
marriage he gave consent. Elmer G
Sewer, a son, aged nineteen. married
Miss Ruby c. Kelly, agen sixteen
years. Miss Florence Sewer, aged
sixteen. was married to Roy Virgil
Brown. aged twenty years, and Miss
Alice N. Sewer, aged seventeen. wed.
ded Archie M. Russell OF Atchinsop
county. Kansas, the only d of the
six who was OF legal aga.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
PROTECTION FOR THE THUMB
Metal Flexible Shield Invented by Ma,
braska Man-Can Be Used for
Rough Farm Work.

An objection to the ordinary rubber
or cloth finger-cot or thumbstall, or
whatever you choose to call 1t. has
been Its lack OF protection from an
accidental knock. Many a wound thus
shielded from dirt also needs protec.
ton from blows, and It took a Ne
braska mar to design a thumstall
which should answer this latter pur.
pose, The article shown in the illus.
tration Ia the result and its charac.
teristics a be seen at a glance. II
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
PRIEST SAVES LIFE

'he cover Instead, the readers were
gwen to understand that the transla.
'o' was the author of the book. Fame
or wealth he cares little about, his
mann concern being the saving of
ilSes which would otherwise be sac.
rinced to the storm fiend,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
Protecting Chickens.

It is said that farmers are. in some
parts Of the country, living along
roads frequented by motorists, plow,
ing burrows ros the highway. A
chicken always runs under a car In.
stead OF away from 1t, and the burrows
compel the drivers OF r to 20 slow.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
Boz SENTENCED TO SCHOOL
'Yr'an Youth Allowed to Enter coun.
Ty on Condition He Pursues
Study Course.

r!ttsourg Sentenced to five years
y y .ne public schools, Nicholas KilIel
haodad. aged eleven, an immigrant
~ from Syria who arrived In Pitts.
as,s a few days ago, went to the home
y ms brother in New Kensington. Pa.
negin Serving his term
Ahe hov was permitted to pass the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
WHY HOTEL RATES ARE HIGH

Raotei man. land I will serve without
salary and with absolute honesty. And
"a the end of the year will have
hede o money than the managers
salary amounts to. 1t isn't n won,
G that the public complains OF the
Motel charges. Look what those
charges cover"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

Is made Of a number Of U.shaped links
Of metal. 30 Joined that they fit closely
together and keep out the dirt, yet are
entirely flexible, giving the wearer the
use OF his thumb to as great an extent
as his injury will permit. Encased in
this yerftable coat Of mail, there Ia
no danger of a wound being opened by
an unexpected Jolt. 1t In also worn
when Smelling corn, removing husk or
other rough farm work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

sent to another brother. John. who
Is q tin worker at New Remington.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20
COMMON VETCH CROP IN ROTATION

commo" Weed Seeds II" Vsteh Seed; a. Corn Cookie; b, Cow Cookie; I
G. cleaverSi d Field Bind"eedi c Ball Mustard; T. English Chanock, or
wa Mustard 9 VIVA Oats H. oarnoL lEoarged and Natural szsl !
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-12-20

A silo Is feet In diameter and 30
feet high will hold 200 tons OF silage.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-10-04
A Visit from ..N1n.n

The way in which an Oklahoma edi-
tor announced that his mother was
coming to visit him may seem a trifle
breezy, but it is safe to say that there
isn't a mother living who would not
be glad to have her advent hailed with
such genuine delight and pride. This
is the way he spread the glad tidings
abroad:
The editor of the News-Republican
is going to tog up a little this even
ing. Going to change collars and put
on a pair of cuffs, if we can find any.
Going to get shaved, and going to get
our shoes shined and the pegs cut out,
so we can walk right pertly.
Mas a-comin' down to see US. You
know who ma is? Ma is our only
ma, and she's a good one, too-one
of the old Ohio Quaker sort, you know
Ma lives in Kingfsher. She was our
ma when we were born; she was our
ma out in Western Kansas when we
hunted prairie coal; she was our ma
when we drank parched corn coffee in
old Oklahoma in 80, and she's our
ma now. She's the best ma we ever
had.
If you see US tomorrow walking
down the street with little woman
with a smile on her face you'll know
that's ma.
If you never had a ma you should
get one-and one like our ma, too
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-10-04

The occupant of the see of st. Peter
is frequently the recipient of strange
gifts, the London Globe says.
Some time ago present of lions
arrived. These are fortunate animals,
and the pope at considerable expense
has had them secured in large dens, in
which they can ramble at will. All
they can desire is free run of the
gardens.
Another remarkable gift, according
to a Paris contemporary, was colos-
sal group in iron of st. X. driving
back Attila from the city of z. The
names are purposely omitted because
our contemporary does not wish to
identify the diocese which in an op-
perfume moment of generosity forced
upon his holiness this damnosa hared-
itas, which now reposes. covered with
rust, in the Vatican gardens.
Such gifts innumerable are constant
ly arriving from all parts of the world,
and no place can be found for them
among the marbles, the antiques and
the paintings of Michael Angelo,
Raphael and Pinturicchio in the pal
ace of Bramante. Possibly the motor
car will find a place beside the name
less saint who turned back "the
scourge OF God" from the unnamed
city.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-10-04
BEAUTIFUL MANcHuR1AN c1rs.

Dalny's Streets, in the Administra-
ton Section, Like Those of Paris.
If you could lift up 112 of the finest
villas on the outskirts of a European
city, gardens and all, and drop them
down on the slope of hill overlook
ing a beautiful harbor you would have
one section of Dalny, writes Frank G..
Carpenter. This famous city of the
Gar, built by the Russians at the
southern end of the Transsiberian sys
tenn, is more like Europe than Asia.
The administration section. devoted
to the railway officials, is made up of
magnificent dwellings of brick and
stone, running along wide streets,
each surrounded by a beautiful gar
den. There is no Asiatic architecture
in this part of the city. and as one
drives through it he cannot realize
that he is in the wilds of Manchuria
The streets are as clean as the
boulevards of Paris, they are lighted
by electricity, and the houses are all
large and made after a uniform style.
There is an administration building.
with scores of offices; Greek church,
which will accommodate more than
1000, and a big hotel, which is one
of the best in the far east.
Dalny is becoming a new city under
the rule of the Mikado. The Russians
spent something like $2O,OOO,OOO in
dredging the harbor, in erecting huge
granite docks and in putting up mag
nificent buildings for their offices and
homes.
When the war closed a large part
of the city had been burned. The
roofs were off many of the houses
The Chinese had carried away the
doors and windows and had even tried
to steal the Russian stoves.
In the residence section the most OF
these damages have since been repair
ed and a new town is rising between
that place and the harbor. There are
10 brickyards now making building
material, and hundreds of Manchurian
masons and carpenters are working
away.
Outside of a population of $4,000 OF
the Monaghan race there are in Dial
ny just Sc Europeans and Americans
composed chiefly of consuls and theiI
employees, and very few traders.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-10-04
An Onion Lover.

DR.. W. A. Evans, health commission
er of Chicago, declares pasteurized
milk to be an overrated article.
"They who expect" said DR.. Evans
recently, wonderful hygienic effects
from pasteurized milk are bound to be
disappointed"
He smiled.
"In the way of real, tangible re-
Suits" DR.. Evans went on, they will
get little more than the Atlantic City
excursionist would have got if-but
listen to the story.
"a Philadelphia gentleman was very
bald. Onion juice was recommended
him as an infallible hair restorative.
Accordingly, every morning he split
two onions and rubbed their juicy flesh
very thoroughly over his nude white
scalp. The odor was strong, but the
gentleman, after time, got used to
it. Throughout his Atlantic City vaca-
ton he saw no reason to abandon his
daily onion tonic Well, one hot morn
ing on the boardwalk, spying vacant
place beside an eXcursionist who was
lunching out of a paper bag, the
Philadelphia bald-head seated himself,
unbuttoned his waistcoat, removed his
hat, and exposed his head to the cool
breezes and the sunshine An over
towering odor of the onion arose. The
excursionist beside him. pausing in his
repast, frowned and shifted. The gen.
tleman famed himself calmly. The
other, sandwich in hand, kept on sniff
fng and frowning. Then, after a min
ute or two, the excursionist leaned
over and said:
Excuse me, boss, but would We
mind if rubbed this here cheese sand
witch on yer head so as to give it a
flavor of onions? I'm awfully fond of
onions"
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-10-04
Peasant Charity.

Havelock Ellis, in his Soul Of
SPAIN" has revealed intimately and
charmingly the temperament of the
Spanish people. According to him,
the Spaniard is still fundamentally
primitive. In proof of his possession
of the primal instincts of hospitality
and charity he quotes the following
anecdote from an Aragonese newspa-
per of a few years ago, at a time
when there was much distress in
Aragon.
laborer out of work came on the
highroad determined to rob the first
person he met. This was a man with
a wagon. The laborer babe him halt,
and demanded his money.
Here are $50, all that 1 have" the
detained man replied.
There is nothing left for me but
robbery. My family are dying of hun
GER" the aggressor said, apologetical-
ly, and proceeded to put the money
in his pocket; but as he did so his
mind changed.
take this, CHICO" he said. handing
back $29. Zone is enough for me-"
Would you like anything have in
the cart?" asked the wagner, i'm
pressed with this generosity.
YES" said the man. Take this
dollar back, too. 1 had better have
some rice and some'beans."
The wagner handed over a bag of
eatables, and then held out SIS, which,
however, the laborer refused.
Take them for luck money" said
the wagner 81 owe you that"
And only so was the would-be rob
Der persuaded to accept.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-10-04
The Lamp of Life.

The comparison Of human life to
he burning and going out of a lamp
vas familiar with Latin authors, as We
Know by the term senes decrepiti. Plu-
arch explains the origin of this meta
phor thus: The ancients never extin-
guished their lamps, but suffered them
10 go out of their own accord-that is,
by the last crackle. Hence a lamp
lust about to expire was said decrepi-
lare, to cease to crackle. Hence, meta
phorically, persons on the verge Of the
grave were called decrepit men.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-10-04
Band for Pigeons.

To place a band on a pigeon, hold
the hind claw back and press the
front claws through the ring; draw
the ring close up to the knee joint.
and then, when on a level with the
extremity of the hind claw, gently
pull the hind claw through the ring
and the ring will be in position and
will not, unless it has been placed
on at too early a date, fall.
The Holbrook news. (Holbrook, Navajo County [Ariz.]) 1909-1923, 1912-10-04
EanIe Not Always Brave.

Eagles are generally believed to be
very courageous. That they are not
always as brave as is supposed is
proved by the following anecdote: A
naturalist tells of a combat between
ten massachusetts and a white-tailed
eagle, in which the latter was thor
oughly vanquished, and was discov-
cred squatting down in shed, where
he had been driven in hope of refuge
from the angry birds.