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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
WEEDS; LEAVES TWO WIVES
Letters He Falls to Take Along Show
That He Was a Very Gay
Lotharlo.

San Bernardino, Cal.-Mrs. Anna
Brown, aged fifty-ive, of Ligonier, Ind,
and Mrs. Ellen Wadsworth, fifty, Of
Newark, N. j., have sworn to COM
plants charging that a man under the
names of X. w. Keown and James
Clark married each In turn within a
few weeks and then disappeared. The
women-both formerly well to do, but
now said to be DISTINGUISHED the
police to assist them.
Through a matrimonial agency Mrs.
Brown said she correspondent with the
man and at his suggestion sold her
home and went to San Diego. They
went through a marriage ceremony
there, and the man, then known as
Keown, disappeared.
AS Clark, It was charged, the man
was at the same time conducting
matrimonial negotiations with Mrs.
Wadsworth, who came to this city a
month ago. After another marriage
ceremony here, it is alleged the man
deserted her. The police found among
the alleged bigamist's effects many
letters showing that he had been con-
Quoting similar operations for a long
time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
NItn.As,

In response to an incS2yJ as % what
Was the cleverest act lie over xrew an
elephant to perform, d 8.kssT. y7qd of.
ticer told how once, vssL H.s.eading
some steel tubing from e ehia. 1t was
the elephants task to carry the Mines
by means of his trunk from ole part
OF the wharf to another.
The pipes had been ofed to prevart
them from rusting, and when the els.
plant took one up 1t slipped from his
grasp. He tried it again with the ssma
result, and at last seemed to comnra.
bend what was the reason for his fail.
ure, for he soon afterward pushed the
pipe with his foot to a spot whera
there was a pile of sand and then
rolled the pipe backward and forward
The sand, owing to the oil, adhered r.
the tube. and the elephant then mt
his trunk around 1t and carried II with
ease. He applied the same means n
the other tubes without aid or supges,
ton from his mahout.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Is ~mysterlously exported under the
very noses OF complainant authorities
and, eludinE the rigor Of Egyptian
customs, as we'll az the vigilance Of
Egyptian spies, finds it's way to the
fellaheen-anong other avid oensum.
era; speaking BADLY, ia struggled into
the land. Customs inspections, fur
thermore, are as severe as might be
expected by anyone acquainted with
the country and Its tnhRbitants--Rs
was O'Rourke.
He felt, then, no sort Of surprise at
the brevity Of the official visitation,
The inspector, accompanied by an
excessively urbane and sunve Captain
Hole, consciously but briefly
glanced into the hold, asked a few
questions which would have been
pertinent had they not been entirely
perfunctory, and took his leave.
From the gangway the captain
turned back directly to his first off.
GER and the latter's charge. Hearing
his approaching footsteps, O'Rourke
gathered himself together and sum.
moned all his faculties to his aid.
Troublesome" demanded Hole,
pausing.
Not a syllable.' said the mate.
"rh' mons sensible. haze me doubts
but mes too canny altogether"
Peaceful as a byby, eh? Well"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

| helahor O'Rourke with short, s,abbing
blows on the side of the head, ut the
same time endeayoring to trip him.
The fury Of his onset all but carried
the freshman off his feet. At the same
time it defeated Holes own purpose.
oRourke watched his chance, seized
the mans throat with both hands and,
tightening his grip. fairly lifted him
or his feet and shook him as q ter.
rier shakes a rat, Then, with a grunt
OF satisfaction, he threw the captain
from him and turned to face greater
odds.
The noise of the conflict had brought
the crew down upon the contestants.
Surrounded, he was rushed to the rail,
With that to his back he drew on his
reserve Of strength and, posing him.
self. began to give his assailants Der
sonal and individual attention. They
pushed him close, snarllng and ours.
ing, hindering one another In their
eagerness, and suffering variously for
their temerity. 0'Rourke fought with
trained precision; his blows. lightning
quick, We're direct from the shoulder
and very finely placed; and so straight
did he strike that almost from the
FIRST his knucklos were torn and
bleeding from their impact upon flesh
and bone.
Fight as ~fercely rs he might, how.
ever, the pack was too heavy for him;
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
HAVE A LOVE TUTOR IN INDIA
Indian Declares That Women as Wen
as the Men Do the Pro-
posing.

London.-Shridhar W. Ketkar, VINO
is advertised as a cultured East lnoia
gentleman, is now ~lecturing IN Eng
land on 1.-THE Art Of Making Love III
Ancient India" that is, prior to tne
year 700 A. D. He is attracting the
attention Of elderly ladies with mar
riageable daughters, especially gnis
who r becoming somewhat passe'
and may next be heard of In this
country, leap year giving to his ID
formation and instruction an fmpof
lance that would otherwise be lacking
"One is most struck" says tls
guileless Indian, "by the fact hat tns
love affairs of the people Of this ear
lier India, I speak only of the upper
classes, were guided and influenced p'
the professors Of love. These wero
generally elderly men (why not WON.
emf we'll experienced In the ways y
the world. who were paid well tf
their advice. They taught men how 70
pay their addresses elegantly and now
to make a good impression upon :
woman's mind. As women proposea
as we'll as men, the professors deviseu
ingenious means SO that the girls o.
the men, who proposed. would, II re-
fused, still save their dignity. The pro
fessors instructed the young women y
the art of love making. More often
than not the woman took the iniua-
tive and let the mar know that she
loved him"
He thought the present system y
be faulty; that while girls are taugns
all the arts Of love by their mamnlas
and aunties, the boys get no adYice
from their fathers, and, growing "
ignorant and inexperienced, become
victims to be stolen by the more OK
p~erienced and intelligent women.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
ROMAN VILLA IS UNEARTHED
Buried at Same Time With Pompei'
Treasures In Dispute Between
Government and Owners.

Or. Johan 40BergmaU conducts a va
cation pilgrimage to Italy for Sweden 5
classical scholars. He has given the
particulars about a newly discovered
antique villa near PompeiL
Vineyard labocer3 happened upon
this extraordinary ruin very recently.
Ten rooms OF 1t were cleared before
the Italian government stopped the
owners operations. More will be
cleared when an Italian court has de-
termined what indemnity the state
must pay him for the property,
Mt. Vesuvius overwhelmed the new
villa with volcanic ash and pumiee
co-iucidently with Pompeii, A. D. 70.
But its construction and decorations
are Of early Augustan date and Of
princely magnlfcence.
Only three Pompeiian suburbana Of
equal splendor have been discovered.
BuIwer-Lytton's villa of Diomed,"
found in the 18th century, was the
first. A second was uncovered at
Boscoreale in 1895.
1t was there that De Frisco, a MEM
Der Of the Italian parliament, found 96
superb pieces Of ancient silver plates,
which he vainIy offered to the Boston
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
MAKES DARING TRIP
W. P. Edwards Of ReCIamatlon
Service Has Thrilling Adventure
Government Enabled to Build au,.
Tunnel Five Miles Long from Gun.
nison Canyon as Result ot
Remarkable Feat.

Denver, Colo.-One of the most do,
ing feats that has been accredited 10
the men of the reclamation service
their battles OF converting the desar,.
OF the west into productive farms wss
the original trip through the swift Wa.
tiers Of the Gunnison canyon,
In the years previous to the tim.
when the reclamation service went q
to Colorado and determined upon n.
diversion of the waters of the Gunn,
son river, that the arid lands of tha
Uncompahgre project might be u
claimed, man had never passed allya
through the Gunnison canyon. Thar
were many tales Of adventurous IN.
dams and white men who had attemnt.
ed the dangers of this canyon buf
none OF them had succeeded and lived
to tell the tale.
W. p. Edwards raj the first man
to accomplish this feat. He did II nm
a rubber mattress, inflated with air
Boarding his raft at the ~headwaters
Of the Gunnison, he started on the
wild ride through Its canyon with the
Idea OF prospecting for a possible Oh
p%ortunity to divert It's waters and get
them upon the desert.
This raft of air and rubber was be.
lieved to be immune to the shocks that
1t would meet in plunging headlong
down the currents of this stream. To
a large extent, 1t proved worthy Of
the confidence that was placed in It.
To be sure, 1t lost upon occasion much
of the form which 1t had In the be-
ginning. 1t was punctured and mend.
ed and reinfiated on many occasions.
At times 1t became merely a ttabby
bag that was thrown over the shoulder
Of the voyager as he waded down
stream over the rapids. At other times
1t became merely a life-preserver that
kept him atioat In deep eddies.
At still other times the raft and Its
operator chung to the sides Of rocks
and fought the currents in the face Of
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Museum OF Fine Arts. Baron Roths.
child Of Paris fastened to acquire
them for tho Louvre museum.
The Metropolitan museum owns sew
eral frescoes from the same ruin, and
Mr.. Morgan a charming bronze statu,
cite.
A third villa Of fairly eqIal proper,
tons was located at Boscoreale once
more in 1900, but the condition of the
paintings in its "a apartments Is de.
plorable.
The principal hall in the new Pom.
peian country house has a fine MOSAIC
pavement and is frescoed round about
with 20 life-size figures of men, women
and children. The handsomest group
is one of Bacchus and Ariadne. Else
where a naked infant reads a papyrus
roll to a draped lady. Other nude fig
ures wear letters.
The nameless owner of this Cam
panian palace was not merely a con-
noisseur, but IN epicure. His kitchen
is larger than any other Roman kitch-
en- we know. One can easily picture
him as Cardinal Newman pic
tured his Roman grandee in a capital
lecture, seeing his batterie de cuisine
m~isexposed in the plateglass show
cases of a modern museum with in
finite disgust,
DIR. Bergman's account is unillustrat-
ed, ~easels, drafting boards and cam
eras remain tabooed on the disputed
premises at Boscoreale.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

II q woman has the slightest din.
Guilty with her sight, she should lose
no time in consulting an oculist Moth.
ing will bring undesirable crows feet
more quickly than stratning the eyes.
and local treatment to prevent the
lines will be ineficacious If the seat
Of the trouble is not attended to. 1t is
far better 10 wear glasses when sew.
ing and writing than to let the whole
face have a drawn and aged look
or course, massaging about the cor
ners OF the eyes will make a tremen,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

sagagciy, ell learn wgt for. Get Np
yoI irish
O.Rorke lay passive under the
stJrm pf Holes profanity. lie had
aIl but closed his eyes, and was watch
luR tfc pair from beneath his iashes
Failing to elicit any response
.Aau'f e moyod demanded the cap
tain.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
PIPE SETS FARMER AFIRE
In Rolling on Ground Flames Ignite
Grass--Vlctim in Serious
Condition.

Kenmare, N. D-John Peterson, a
farmer, residing near here, was nearly
burned to death when his clothes
caught fire from ashes in his pipe.
which he had thrust into his coat
pocket while riding horseback.
A high wind was blowing, and when
Peterson discovered his clothing was
on fire he jumped to the ground and
began rolling on the grass In an effort
to e%xtinguish the blaze. In this man.
ner he ignited the dead grass. Finally
the man succeeded in reaching a near.
by farm house. where he was given
medical aid.
He is now in a local hospital and his
condition is serious.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

aud when presently h" d~isccrued, not
In one but In hall q dozen hands,
CLEANS Of light-the rays Of a nearby
lantern running down knife-blades-
he conceded the moment imminent
when he must sever his connection
with the Pelican. Moreover he had a
shrcwd suspicion that Hole was up
and only waiting for an opening to use
bis revolver.
hcaping to the rail, he poised an
instant, then dIYed far out from the
vessels side. down into the Stygian
@blackness Of the harb0r water; a good
clean dive, cutting the water with
hardly a splash, he went down like an
arrow, gradually swerYing from the
straight line Of his flight into a long
arc~-so long, indeed, that he was
welEnigh breathless when he came to
the surface, a dozen yards or more
from the Pelican.
Splitting out the fOul harbor water,
and with a swift glance over his shout.
der that showed him the Pelican's
dark freeboard Ike a wall, and a
cluster OF dark shapes hanging over
the rail at the top vaguely revealed
by lantern light, he struck out for the
nearest vessel, employing the double
overland stroke, noisy but speedy.
That he heard no cry when he came
to tha g~trfapn Tint H1lo bad mt 40
,""Co' 'n'' ''o'' u"" NOT ue-
and Chad -. '10cn'o
a"t.a nG'u ms n"nu from
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rn,,h rnG".tnaht" ~ ,'''''J "''i"G.
a,d 49, aLts ~ ni"i"'ii
fn,,, a.Sa%ar 1'w "o VI tie i's'
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arat r1,na1 "''uo 0"eG' 'ol 'no
a. aua ~, I1''t ~e,e'y @'ounu
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. b, "I lra 'oIp's pelulnS W
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

Mrs. Charlotte Thomas, proprietor
of the Hotel Florence of Philade,rbi,
whose husband disappeared three
three months ago, declares she doesn, =
care If he never comes back. but 70.
Gently she announced her intention NJ
advertising for him, because Tiny,
grieyed So"
Tiny is n diminutive dog and has
been whining and ~grieving for tho
missing man.
Il am afraid Tiny will die If 7 don,+
find that husband Of rsine, and that
wouli almost kill me-" said Mrs
Thomas.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

the danger of going over a cataract
into sudden death. But in the end,
after passing many dangers, W. +
Edwards and his raft came out of the
mountain gorge to where the river
spreads out into a quiet stream on the
plains below.
When Edwards reached the habita'
lions Of man he had with him the data
which was the foundation upon which
has been based one of the most spec
tacular engineering feats on record.
For the reclamation service has bullt
wagon roads into this p~recipitous csh-
yon and from a point at its bottom
has driven a great tunnel for five miles
through solid rock and through that
tunnel has diverted the frothing wa
tiers and set them to the business OF
making crops grow upon the desert
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
HARMONY NEEDED IN HOME

dous improvement In a woman's an.
p~earauce, but the work will be with.
out results unless she docs 1t regularly
every night Also, II she Is trying TO
smooth away crows feet, she must re-
member that %stroking ia ayt 70 be
done so severely as to loosen TIE skin.
~meh would cause bGsgtness. but
merely that friction is to stimulate cir
culatlon, nourishing the skin tissues.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

I And-the Pool Of Flannel lie
fumed with important rage when he
saw how bIindIy hC had stumbled into
Holes trap, how neatly he had per
mitted himself to be raped Of the Jew
Ell. For In the light of late events he
could not doubt but that Hole had
| sought him out armed With the knowl'
edge that O'Rourke was In possession
Of the priceless jewel-more than
probably advised and employed by Des
TTobcs; assuming that he had failed
to infiCt a mortal wound upon that
ad%yenturer.
Jaw, the diyvie, the diyyle!" COM
planned O'Rourke. Sure, and It's a
pretty mess I've made of it all. now!"
Saying which he rose and clambered
to the top of the Quay-with the 0
haste than good will In view Of the
fact that the splashlng of oars, the
dimIy outlined shape of a boat head
ing directly for his refuge, had sud
denly become visible. OF course, it
might not be the Pelican; but
O'Rourke was too thoroughly i'm
pressed with the conviction that the
laws of coincidence were working
against him, Just then at any rate, to
be willing to III unnecessary risks.
Chance, too, would have 1t that
there should be an arC-light ablaze
precisely at the foot OF the pier, be-
meath which stood, clearly defined in
the white glare, the figure of a hulk
ing black native representative of the
municipal police, whom O'Rourke must
pass ere he could gain solid earth.
For this reason he dared not betray
evidences Of haste; his appearance
was striking enough in all conscience,
without any additional touches. So he
thrust his hands into his pockets and
sauntered with a well-assumed but
perhaps not wholly convincing air of
toward the officer.
The latter remained all unsusptcious
until-and then the mischief of it was
that O'R0urke was still a full five
yards the wrong side of the man
Hole himself leaped from the boat
the end of the quay and sent a
yell echoing after the fugitive.
"Hey!" he roared. stop i'm! De-
serter! Thief! Stop thief"
The black was facing O'Rourkc in
an instant, but simultaneously the
was upon him and had put
an elbow smartly into his midrlf in
passing, all but topping the man back
wards into the harbor.
1t had been well for him had he sue
ceeded. As 1t was the fellow saved
himself by a hairs breadth aud the
next minute was after O'Rourke, veil.
Ing madly.
The Irishman showed a fleet pair of
heels, be sure; but, undoubtedly. the
devil himself was In the luck that
Who shall describe in what
manner a rabble springs out of the
very cobbles of Alexandria's streets?
Men, women, naked children and yap-
ping pariah dogs, f~ellaheen, Arabs. Be.
iouins from the desert, Nubians,
Greeks, Levantines-the fugitive had
not covered two-score yards ere a mob
Of such composition was swapping at
his calves.
Turning and twisting, lodging and
doubling, shifting this gratuitous en-
amy full in the face, treating the next
rs he had the limb of the law land
both howling), he seized the
opening and swung into a marrow
oack-way, leading inland from the wa.
.erfront.
ITO BE CONTINVTED1
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Insane from Disaeter

Chicago,-Unbalanced Mentally BY
brooding over the Titanic disaster.
James O'Hara, twenty-one. waded in.
to Lake Michigan and defied 500 per.
sons who sought to stop him. A %.
liceman rescued him as he was drown.
ing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17

New Haven, Conn.--The anti.mos.
quito crusade in this city which has
begun and for a week subscriptions
will be used for the fight to extermin-
ate the pests.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-05-17
Jumps Rome: Breaks ar

Pittsfield, Mass.-Perley l.. Light.
ems, forty, feeling the exuberance OF
spring time, broke his leg while jump.
Ing a rope for the amusement of his
children.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-05-04
UNITED STATES APPRO.
PRIATI0N OF $780,
900 FOR WATER
AID.
Congressman Ransdell Tells of
the SufferingiAlong the
Stricken Country.

Special Correspondence to st
Landry Clarion.
Washington, D. c., April 80
(Special) President Joseph E.
Ransdell of the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress, Senator.
Elect from Louisiana, has re.
turned from his plantation along
the Mississippi with sorrowine
tales of loss of life and destrue.
ton of property due to the awful.
flood of the mighty river which
must still further be held in
leash that life and property may
be saved from a continuation Of
tn e terrible visitations OF
Providence. Congressman Rams
dell with his usual CELEBRITY and
forcefulness so wrought upon
the members Of Congress, with
the aid of his colleagues living
along the Father of Waters
that the Senate has passed an
emergency joint resolution MAX
ing Immediately available ST.
500, 900 of the amount that will
be carried in the river and har-
Dor bill for the Mississippi River
leVees to the end that the levees
destroyed by the flood may be
at once rebuilt and threatened
levees strengthened. The House
Committee on rivers and harbors
has reported favorably a similar
resolution but now that the Sem
ate has taken primary action the
House will substitute the Senate
resolution for its own and before
this letter appears in print a
million and a half dollars will be
made Immediately available for
the Board of Engineers to begin
the business Of closing up the
creyasses made by the mad
waters. The flood, the greatest
in our history, has swept away
houses, destroyed millions OF
dollars worth Of property and
hundreds of lives and has rem
dered homeless, it is estimated,
more than 100, 900 people.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-05-04
Proceedings Of the Police Jury.
Special Session.

|Opelousas, La, Apr. 20, 1912.
Pursuant to a petition signed
by citizens and taxpayers Of the
parish Of st. Landry, La, and
the call of the President thereon
the Police Jury assembled in spe-
cial session this day for the pur-
pose of considering said petition
which prays for an appropriation
of twenty-five hundred dollars to
be .sed in protecting the levees
affecting st. Landry parish.
Members present: DIR. Clopton,
President; Messrs. Durio, st.
#Cyr. Daley Doucet and Acduel
Fontenot.
MI. Durio called to the chair.
Motion by DR.. Clopton-
Be it resolved, that the sum Of
Two thousand Five Hundred
Dollars. (S2, 500. 00) be appro-
priated out of the general funds,
or funds not otherwise appro-
priated, in the hands Of t h e
Treasurer, for the purpose of
protecting the Ieyees affecting
st. Landry parish;
Resolved further, that the said
appropriation includes the amount
of one thousand dollars as origi-
nally intended to be appropriated
by this jury through the consent
of a majority Of its members; and
Be it further resolved that a
committee composed Of Messrs.
F. T.. Cason, j. T. St. Cyr, N. M.
Richard and DIR. Fl. S. Joseph,
be appointed to audit accounts
and supervise the expenditure Of
said appropriation; and resolved
further, that a warrant for said
amount of So. 500. 90 be issued to
Dr.. w. F. Clopton, to meet all
accounts as audited by the said
committee.
Messrs. Durio, st. Cyr, Daley,
Clopton, Doucet and Acduel Fon-
tenot voting yes. Motion car
ried.
DR.. Clspton resumed t E
chair.
Motion by MI. st. Cyr.
Be it resolved that the Presi-
dent of the Levee Board, MI. e.
G. Richard, be and he is hereby
authorized to close all the public
roads and suspend all traffic
along the base Of the leyee line
along the Atchafalaya River
within this parish, and that he
be further authorized TO fence
all places which he may deem
necessary. Motion carried.
On motion of Mr.. Daley
The Police Jury adjourned I'M
til Monday. May 9Th, 1912, the
date of the regular meeting.
w. r. CLOPTON, President.
j. ]. HEALEY, Clerk.