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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
BONUS OFFERED FOR TEETH
Unusual Activity TO Collect False
Molars In Massachusetts
County Follows.

Greenfield, Mass.-"Wanted -~ Old
false teeth. Send old artificial teeth.
! mail You Immediately three cents
for each tooth received"
This advertisement, which appeared
in the last Issue OF a Greenfield week.
ly newspaper. has caused unwonted
activity On the part Of Franklin coun.
ty residents. The outgoing mail has
assumed such proportions that the
postmasters Of several hamlets are
hopeful that their receipts will be
swelled sufficiently to secure them a
higher salary rating.
Old teeth are being resurrected
from a%ttics, barns and abandoned
wells. A Colbrain youth admits rob.
bling a Bcarecrow In his great-uncle's
cornfeld Of his great-grandfathers
false teeth.
In one local cafe interest in the
baseball pool ia overshadowed by heavy
wagers as TO who can collect the great
est number Of artificial teeth whicl
have seen actual service.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

out OF bed. A hen mother WIN be very
apt TO bring her brood home al night.
fall. but for the first few nights you
will have TO drive the turkey mother
home, After being driven home a
few nights she viii probably come
home without any urging. especially n
you give her a good meal after she
goes into the pen.
Should a sudden shower come up
while the young turkeys are out for
aging, drive them 10 their coups. II
any get chilled and refuse TO eat,
take them into the house, dry and
warm them thoroughly, return to the
mother, and give them a good feed
with plenty OF red pepper or ginger
mixed in. Where insect forage Is
abundant, turkeys will pick the great
er part Of their living for three or
four months, and in such localities It
Will do TO turn them out after they
are three months old without any
breakfast, but they should always have
a handful of grain al night, even If
they come with full crops.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

Soldier" and THE Count Of Luxem-
bourg." At the Marti farce comedy
reigns.
In the moving picture and variety
theaters one finds real wickedness. The
grizzly bear" the bunny hug" are
modest compared with the dances
shown on the stages Of the variety
theaters, where the public is admitted
for rs and 80 cents. The little plays
are beyond description and the act
resses wear very scanty attire.
At midnight Central park, which Is
In the heart Of the city, is crowded
and filled with life as Broadway and
Forty-second street before the theaters
swallow up the crowds. The cafes are
filled with people, but instead of eat
ing Holsters and draining cold bot
ties they eat ice cream and sip soft
drinks. There is very little drinking
of alcoholic liquors in Havana.
The second floor is one big gam
bling room, and it is thronged nightly
by scores of American visitors as well
rich Spaniards.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
Havana Is Most Wide Open Place
on Island.
Night Scenes Depicted In the Theaters
and Parks and on the Prado In
One Of Worlds Richest Towns
Lottery Is Held.

Havana, Cuba.-They say good
Americans when they die go to Paris,
but live" Americans go to Havana.
Havana, gay, wicked, wide open, 1t
Is the one city today to be Stunned
or visited, according to ones point of
view. Several cities have come to be
called the Wickedest city-Reno, New,
Port Said and Irkutsk, Siberia, for in.
stance. They are wicked cities, but
their wickedness is of a sordid vari-
ETY.. Havana is wicked and gay. And
five hours from the United States.
In Paris the night life," gay res
taurants and dances are for English
and American tourists. In Havana the
gay life" Is for the natives. Its wick
edness is part of its life.
Everything In Havana is wide open,
says the Milwaukee Sentinel. And OF
It's ffty-seVen varieties OF wickednesa
the mildest is gambling. Gambling
houses In Havana are open to both
men and women. All that Is neces-
sary Is a bank roll. Roulette, faro,
hazard and good American poker are
at hand. Jai Alai, the popular Span
ish game Of skill, on which such big
sums we're won and lost, no longer
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
Negro Race Has Billion in U.S..

There are 400 self-supporting news.
papers, daily and weekly, owned and
published by negroes in the United
States; 5000 physicians have been
graduated from negro and white
schools and are now practicing among
their people; 1000 lawyers have been
admitted to the bar In the United
States courts Of Justice and $50 au-
thors are found among our race.
I'VE own Al schools and colleges,
representing an investment of $3S, 000,-
900, and $45, 000, 1000 has been spent in
church property for negroes. Negro
men own and control 81 banks which
are prosperous and fourishing, and
s65O,00O has been invested in negro
libraries. And 1t Is significant that in
the southland negroes own 1870, 900
farms on which 80 years ago they toll
ed to the crack of the slave drivers
whip.
"The negro is a born American and
he feels 1t is his country. Africa has
no call for him. 1t is as a fairy tale
to him. Pestilence and disease are
not uncommon in Africa, but America
nurtures him and makes him strong
and he likes 1t and intends to stay in
1t, That doctrine is being taught our
1,650,000 children In the public
schools.
THE negro does not ask for mi
special Legislation in his favor. He Is
willing to take his chance and is con
fident that he can bear his own bur.
dent as we'll as the white man. And
toward that end we are striving to
educate our ignorant poor, make
healthy the weak and to help more
negroes to own their own homes and
farms"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

go into a church to be married, said
II OF the Hearnes.
Incidentally he mentioned that Ger
dren baptized as often as possible, and
the practice of successive baptism Is
not unknown in England.
In both England and Germany the
food Of n gypsy must on no account
be touched by a woman's dress, On
n occasion. said Mr., Thompson. he
was having tea with a family when a
boy Of 16 hurled back a piece of bread
at his mother because she had allowed
It to touch her dress while she was
cutting It. She remarked he was right
not to eat 1t and she gave II to the
dog.
The gypsy held very strong views
on the value OF chastity. As recently
as 1875 an old Suffolk gypsy said the
ancient punishment for immortality
was burial alive, and he described a
certain spot where, as a boy, he saw a
girl undergo this punishment.
The corpse OF q gypsy Is usually car
ried to the grave by the mourners
themselves, and the day after the FIJI.
neral everything which had belonged
to the dead, except money, ia destroy
ed. Three vans had been burned dur
ing the last year. The harness and
everything was placed in the yan,
soaked with parafln and set on fire,
and the ashes and the parts that could
not be burned were buried, or, prefer.
ably, thrown into a river or the sea.
Crockery was broken and the frag-
ments dropped from n ferry into the
Mersey; in another case the unburn.
ed portions OF a gypsy's belongings
were carried miles in order to be
dropped into the Tyne. Only three
months ago, on tho death Of n baby a
few months old, the family burned
practically a new wagon which had
cost ESQ.
The custom Of destroying everything
was due to the gypsies' fear that un.
less this we're done the ghost Of the
dead person would return and haunt
It.
by the oath OF my dead g~randfath.
er" is the most sacred oath a gypsy
a swear.-London Chronicle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
GARDEN dnd
FAPM NOTES

Good farmers keep good cows.
A well dlled pail is a sign Of a well
fed COW.
Cheap meat can be made only from
young pigs,
Study the markets and market hogs
accordingly.
Sour slops have no place on a we'll
regulated hog farm.
Buy some live stock. 1t will be
growing while you sleep.
1t is not necessary to grind clover
hay TO get results with cows.
One of the very best pasture crops
for hogs is Dwarf Essex ape.
In dry-picking pluck the feathers
while the body is still warm.
Scrub chickens are never as sale
able as pure-breds at any age.
Lying on wet floors may cause milk
fever in ewes with large udders and
heavy milk flows.
Both salt and linseed meal are val.
liable adiuncts to the bill of fare, but
they must be used with discretion.
The dairy business calls for a great
deal of technical knowledge. more so
than any other system of farming,
Grass and clover pasture. with
thick, slightly fermented slop given
morning and evening, will make a
healthy growth and the best pork for
family use. 2
Clover seed may be conveniently
cut and gathered by attaching a light
frame behind the cutter bar Of the
move and covering it with a piece OF
cotton cloth.
Where sown broadcast clover can
be successfully seeded with the rape,
thus insuring a good hog pasture next
year,
Buy good seed of all kinds. No
clean seed is ever really igh,priced,
compared to cheap seed that is fun Of
weeds.
Lean, lank hogs and poor fences
will discourage the average man who
goes into hog raising with such an
equipment.
Too much cannot be said regarding
the advantage Of sowing pasture crops
for the hogs. where clover or alfalfa
pastures are not available.
Hiccoughing in pigs Is caused by a
arrangement of the stomach. One OF
the best ways to correct the trouble Is
to change the ration, feeding less
md mara nf u,ph fond nc ground
oats and bran.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
DOCTOR MOVED MANS BRAIN
Delicate Operation Performed at Bal.
tImore Probably VIII Save
Sight of an Ohio Citizen.

Baltimore.-An operation that prob
ably never has been equaled in deli
cacy or skill has been performed by
DR.. Harvey Gushing, brain specialist
Of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, in
which a portion of the minor brain,
known as the pituitary, was showed
aside and replaced after a quantity of
foreign fluid had been removed. The
patient, operated on last week, is on
the road to recovery. He is Harry
Edmonson of Columbus, o.
An X-ray photograph revealed the
fluid and to this foreign liquid falling
eyesight and drowsy periods were at
tributed, The fluid could not be drain
ed before first drilling a tiny hole just
behind the left ear, leading to the cav
ity. Then, before the fluid could be
drawn off, the pituitary had to be re-
moved or directed to m side, for 1t
blocked the flow. To loosen the little
ball would be fatal to the patient, but
al last the nerves were moved to n
Side, drawing the small body after
Them and leaving an opening for the
liquid to escape.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

mistake by disposing OF the ewes that
are in q rundown condition at wean-
ing time. The way to Judge the value
Of a breeding eve is to examine the
quality of the lamb. In nine cases
out of ten the very best lambs belong
to the ewes that are run down in flesh
condition in the fall.
Instead of selling the best mothers
we should devote attention to con
dltioning them for the mating season.
Some make the mistake of feeding
the ewes a highly concentrated ration
Of fa~t-producing feeds to bring them
to a good fiesh-producing too rapidly.
but this often proves detrimental to
their breeding qualities.
The best ration for this purpose is
one made up largely of pasture and
forage crops and the grain produced
on the farm. Many breeders feed
some Of the very highly concentrated
~by-products feeds but my experience
has been that oats, barley. wheat and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
Slow GoInu.

New York-Walter Clark started
from Eureka, Cal, twenty-seven years
ago, for Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. and
reached his destination only a few
days ago. But HIS cousin, Webster
Clark, whom he had expected to find
there, had moved to Montpelier, VI.
five years previously, so he had to ex.
tend his trip.
Starting from the California city in
1885, Clark stopped when he got to
Salt Lake City and remained there
seven years. His next hating place
was Wichita, Kan, there he remained
until 1903. Mackinaw. Mich, was his
next stopping place, and he stayed
there until a few weeks ago.
II is not contended that Clark has
walked.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
Beauty is Called Habit

ninety pairs Of silk stockings, three
dozen pairs of gloves, two dozen pairs
of shoes, ten pairs Of silk equestrian
tights and additional clothing sufi-
cient to fill a number of trunks.
The justice who wrote the major
fly opinion Of the court contended
that the wordrobe "a such as had
been established as a habit by the
wife. with her husbands knowledge,
and that II the matter were laid be-
fore a jury the latter might 80 find. A
nice point was raised in regard to
the items of the 1854 purchase, which
included two coats and three addition
al suits, as to whether these were ac-
tual necessities
Tailors testifying as experts de-
clared that the extra clothing was an
actual need, since the styles changed
twice a year; and the suits could be
worn only three or four months
Through a mere technically the hab-
1t theory is left in doubt, since the
court found In favor of the husband
because the extra clothing was
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

a very little corn is better for the
ewes at this time.
II given plenty of pasture and for
age the ewes can be kept in a flesh
gaining condition with very little ad-
d%itional grain feed; but II the season
is exceedingly dry It will pay to sup
ply supplemental feeds at once.
A little dry roughage is eaten with
great relish and many sheep owners
feed a dry ration once a day, thus
getting the ewes gradually accus-
toned 10 the dry ration before they
are placed in winter quarters. This
provides against deranging the ewes
digestive organs and modifes the in
luence Of the sudden change In feed.
Many successful men find that their
ewes take on better flesh and hold
their condition during the mating per-
iod much better than when they must
depend entirely upon green and sue
culent feeds. While good pasture and
forage crops will cause ewes to take
on flesh rapidly, they are not sufficient
for ewes that are run down In flesh
and vitality.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
TRIPLETS CAUSE OF DIVORCE
Mother Died and Matrimonial Bureau
Bride Fled In Terror Upon See
ing Husbands Family.

Trenton, N. J.--1srael sahn, who
gained notoriety> some time ago by
naming triplet sons for Roosevelt,
Taft and Cortelyou, has instituted d.
vorce proceedings against his wife.
Shortly after the birth Of the trip
let's the mother died and friends OF
Sahn induced him to seek another
wife in order that the children might
have a mother. Through the matri.
monial bureau sahn became acquaint.
ed with a young Austrian, named Yet.
ia Meter.
Returning from her honeymoon to
the New Brunswick home Of her hus.
band, the bride was confronted with
the triplets and six other children and
Immediately fed in terror. Mrs. Sahn
has Lot lived with her husband since
hence the divorce proceedings.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

owner should put their ewes under
the most favorable conditions to take
on flesh so that they may be put in
the best possible condition by the
time the mating period arrives.
Sheep ~husbandry is a branch Of
animal feeding that will not run IT.
self and only the man who gives his
sheep the best Of care and feed will
succeed in the business.
Unless they are maintained strong
and vigorous, deleterious influences
are bound to creep in and cut down
the profits. It is well at weaving lime
to have supplemental forage crops 80
that they may have an abundance of
grazing.
When they recover their normal
condition, gradually increase their
rations until they begia to gain in
flesh. The ewes that have sucked
their lambs we'll are certain to be
reduced in flesh and should be put
in more vigorous condition before
mating.
Many flock owners make a serious
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
WICKED CITY

lourishes, but 1t is scarcely missed.
Burbridge's Miramar hotel Is a temple
of chance when one can WOO the
tickle goddess as she can be wooed
nowhere In America. And, what is
more, it is fashionable to do so.
Even as one sips his chocolate In
the morning the daily round has lbs
beginning. A half dozen peddlers of
lottery tickets interrupt the meal.
The lottery In Cuba is run by the
government and there are drawings
every three months for enormous
prizes. The first prize is 500, 1000.
But it is not until after dark that
Havana takes on its air of gayety.
Then the Prado and the Malacon and
the various parks become a f%airyland
of lights. A band plays at the Mala-
con, as the boulevard along the ocean
front is called. All Havana energies
from its cool and comfortable stone
houses ready for a night Of pleasure.
The cafes are crowded, there Is a
constant stream of automobiles and
carriages up and down the b%oulevards.
The sidewalks are filled with people
hurrying to the theaters. They are
nearly all dressed in the height of
fashion. Havana is one of the richest
cities In the world. Its styles come
direct from Paris. The only cheap
are tobacco and matches.
At eight o'clock performances begin
In a dozen theaters. At the Payret
grand opera is sung by a company OF
headed by Constantine of the
Metropolitan forces. At the Albisu a
Spanish opera company from the City
Of Mexico Is singing THE Chocolate
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
Judge Rules Woman's Clothes Assume
Fixed Standard as Result of Ex-
pe%ndltures Allowed Her.

New York.--Beauty as q habit may
become the slogan of this years June
brides, II an opinion %concurred In by
a majority Of the judges Of the ap-
pellate division of the supreme court
mere receives general notice. since 1t
is held that the character and guam
uty of clothing a married woman is
IN the habit of wearing fixes the
standard which the husband must sus-
tain should he for any reason have
an attack Of parsimony after the hon
eymoon.
The question arose In a suit
brought by a tailor to ecover a bill
lor s665 incurred by the wife OF a
new York merchant said to have an
income OF $4,000 a year. Testimony
saauced at the trial showed that at
ue Time the contested articles we're
oought the wife's wardrobe contained
'O dresses, and suits, a dozen hats,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
VerdiarIs Kills Collector,

London.-A remarkable cause was
assigned for the death of Abraham
Robinson at the inquest which was
held at East Ham. Robinson was a
collector employed by the Gas Light
& Coke company, his duty being to
visit about a hundred houses a day
and collect the coppers from the
penny-in-the-slot gas meters. DR..
Feeley, who attended him, said that
he died from chronic metallic poison
ing. Many Of the coins in the meters
we're covered with verdigris and his
fingers unusually green at the
end of the day. He had a habit of
curling his long mustache with his fin
gers and this assisted In the absorp-
ton of the poison.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
ODD CUSTOMS OF GYPSIsS
Marriage Ceremony Closed by Bride
and Groom jumping Over a
eroom-Wed al early Age.

LOndon-There are traditions Of the
marriage ceremony among certain
gypsies in England consisting simply
OF jumping over a broom or bosom,
and 1t is only within the last Hfty
that that custom has been ex
tiEct In Wales.
The bosom was held by the father
Of the bridegroom or bride and first
the young man Jumped over It, and
then the Young woman. ]whoreupon the
official would make some such remark
as, Now you are married"
Gypsies invariably marry ut an ear.
ly age, and rs the parents are loath
to lose their daughters. the girl FIRE.
q~uently uns away with the young man
Of her choice. In numbers OF cases
there is no marriage ceremony Only
people who have lost their character
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
Finds Skull With Arrow In Il.

Rapid City, S. oh. e. Lee, Of
the Northwest Taxidermy, has added
another treasure to his big collection
or Indian relics. 1t Is the skull Of an
Arickara Indian, with a steel arrow
point i'll n of the eye sockets, show
ing the manner by which the Indian
met his death. The skull vas dug up
with the bones Of fourteen other In
dams on the east bank of the Missouri
river.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

Johnstown, Pa.-When an unidentt
fed man and a game conductor at the
carnival here the other day quarreled
over the formers loss of money
the latter attempted 10 pull a revol.
yer, and the weapon was discharged
In his pocket The bullet struck Dor.
sey Long, aged sixteen, In the alb.
domen, infictins probably fatal
wound. In the confusion the
trtist escaped.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
CARE OF FARM FLOCK
Many Owners Neglect Ewes In
Summer ard Autumn.
Deieterious influences Are Bound 10
Creep in Among sheep and Cut
Down Profits Unless Given
Very Best OF Care.

Many sheep owners neglect their
breeding ewes in late summer and
early autumn, thereby mourning Sc
vere losses, not only in having low
grade lambs in the fall. but also in
the failure Of the ewes to get with
lamb at mating time,
At this season of the year flock
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

n nv enter
largely into tho
com posltis or
human kind, and
are often permit
ted TO control be-
yund their right
ny many things
men are easily ox
cited and In no
sphere Is this
truor than in the
religious. Religloni
may embrace true
or false faiths,
cults and tads,
over which men
grow excited very
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

charged to the wife by the tailor, and
not to the husband.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
The VIII Must Act.

A mans intellect sometimes car
rtes him far asea on its tossing biz
lows, and he puts his hand to the
rudder, which this text suggests, Ia
study. A mans heart or emotions may
carry him far, and he again resorts
to study. But new his will must act.
The Thessalonian Christians we're ex.
cited as to the coming OF the Lord,
but they ought to be quiet and as far
az any faculty that they possessed
was concerned, they were compelled
10 call upon 1t to act, and that faculty
was the will. To be quiet requires ef-
fort Just as In the time of sorest be-
reayement when we are d~lsconsolate.
and some friend says: you must con-
troll yourself; you must make al ef-
fort" Solomon tells US that the man
who rules his spirit is better than he
who takes a city, Storms will over
take us, but at all hazards we must
try to be quiet and await the issue.
II men will not meet this injunction as
II from religious teachers, they
may have to meet It as 1t comes from
some awful disaster as that which re-
Gently overlook the great ocean steam
err, the Titanic. The same was true at
st. Pierre. at Messina, and in tho
earthquake on the Pacific coast a few
years ago. At such times men stop
and say: Maybe there Is a God, any.
way. w are going to study these
things" How fortunate is the man
who has learned to trust God. and
when something meets him suddenly
with upsetting quickness and form, ne
can calmly say: "Give me Quietness,
teach me thy will. ! believe all will
DO Welt"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

TENT-suudy to be quIct.-I Thessalo-
mans, en-
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