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Miss Helen Clifford, Of Washing-
ton, D. c., epent Sunday last 10 our
city % the guest OF Mrs. M. F., and
Miss @ r., Clifford, her mother and
sister.
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Last Sunday was Cbildren's Day
at Dudley Baptist Church, and take o
in their entirety, the exercises wei
both creditable and enjoyable.
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Miss Bertha Keels epent Sunday
last in Ha2erstown, whore she was
in attendance upon the dedication Of
the rev African 81 E. Church.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1912-06-22

DIR. Mason Roman has gone to
Berkeley Springs, where he will be
employed in Mr.. Jenkins barber
shop.
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NOTED Quartet
Of P(IslL-iS1T5 S
Brief Resume Of Their Physical
PioweSs In the Ring.
The HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION

Champion Jack johnson Is Matched to
Maot Jim Flynn, His Most Formidable
Opponent. In JuIy-Events In Which
LanSford, Jeannette and Sam Money
Have Taken Part
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FOR FURTHER DETAILS APPLY TO NEAREST
BALTIMORE 81 OHIO TICKET AGENT.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
HEN PECKS MANS DIAMOND
em From Shirt Stud Vanishes In
Novel Manner--owner of Jewel
Refuses to Xiii Chicken.

Allentown, Pa.-Because he petted
a pretty white Leghorn hen during the
closing hours Of the Allentown poultry
show. A. B. Flower, a poultry fancier
from central New York state, is minus
his diamond stud.
Flower came on. hoping to meet
Judge Braun OF Syracuse. with whom
he had business. In the display from
the Blink Bonnie farm was an attrac-
tive little white chicken that every
body made a pet Of. During the week
she had been taken out Of her cage
many times and allowed to sit on the
shoulders Of women, when she would
peck at their earrings or the buttons
on their coats. '
Flower was much taken up with the
hen. and put her on his shoulder, when
she began to peck at his diamond. He
and the bystanders laughed at the
c~uteness Of the chicken. It seems the
stone was not very well fastened, and
as the little hen gave 1t a vigorous tug
the sparkler loosened and she swal.
lowed it.
Some unfeeling ~bystander, suggested
killing the chicken, but Flower We.
toed the suggestion, saying 1t was his
own fault, and that he had more dia-
monds anyway.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
DOG TO MOTHER CUB BEARS


London. 49, Some young polar bears,
whose arrival is being awaited at the
London Geological gardens. are to be
mothered-by a dog!
Hitherto all the polar bears born to
Barbara, who is now collecting bits Of
straw and making a nest, have died.
A great effort is. therefore. to be
made to rear the polar bear babies,
which, If they live. will be the first
educated in captivity.
The new treatment of the polar ba.
bies will be a daring experiment. A
few hours after birth the cubs will be
removed from the mother and taken
to the sanitorium in the ZOO, where a
dog-pTobably a boarhound-will be In
trusted with the duties of foster
mother.
Under the care of DR.. P. Chalmers
Mitchell and experienced veterinary
surgeons every attention and luxury
Will be given to the young bears, and
their progress watched daily.
Barbara has q sad record as a moth
er. Last year two of her cubs died,
probably because she used to take n
out for an airing in inclement weather.
Sam, the father polar bear, takes 1T
tie interest in his children, except that
he imagines they are dainty morsels
to eat. He is, therefore, separated
from the nursery.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

would rap Bob on the nose. The horse
didn't live. after It once learned the
lesson, that would whirl IN the face
Of the doubled quirt.
More keenIy than ever, during that
week in the Office. did Daylight realize
that he had no social, 0 wen human
contacts With Dcde. The situation was
such that he could not ask her the
simple question whether or not she
was going riding next Sunday. Thus
the mad god had dealt him. How i'm.
portant that card was to become he
did not dream. yet he decided that It
was a pretty good card.
Sunday came. and Bob, out In the
Piedmont hills, behaved like an angel
His goodness at times was Of the
spirited, pTancing order. but other
wise he was a lamb. But no Ded0 did
Daylight encounter. He vainly cirCIed
about among the hill roads. and IN
the afternoon took the steep grade
over the divide Of the second range
and dropped into Maraga Valley. Just
after passing the foot Of the descent,
he heard the hoOf beats Of a cantering
horse. II was from ahead and coming
toward him. What II II we're Dede?
He turned Bob around and started to
return at a walk. The canter came
nearer. but he faced straight ahead
until he heard the horse behind check
to a walk. Then he glanced over his
shoulder. II was Dede. The %recognj.
ton was quick, and. with her, accom-.
panied by surprise, What more
natural thing than that. partly turn
Ing his horse. he should wait till she
caught up with him; and that. when
abreast, they should continue abreast
on up the grade? He could have
sighed with relief. The thing
a accomplished. and so easily.
Greetings had been exchanged; here
they were side by side and going In
the same direction with miles and
miles ahead Of them.
lie noted that her eye was first for
the horse and next for him.
"Oh, what a beauty" she had cried
ut sight of Bob. From the shining
light in her eyes. and the face filed
with delight, he would scarcely have
believed that It belonged to the young
woman he had known in the Office,
the young woman with the controlled,
subdued Office face.
~ didn't know you rode" was one
Of her first remarks. II imagined
you were welded to get-there-quiCk
machines"
Thus, and to his great relief. they
launched on a topic OF mutual inier.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

into the business in a wholesale man
ner In order TO insure a winning is
shown by an incident which came to
light in Norfolk. Neb. Two girls from
that town. friends. went TO Gregory.
registered and each drew a fairly good
number. Several days later one tele-
phoned the other: Come on over Il
my house. I've got something awfully
good TO tell you"
so have |. I'll come right away"
answered No. 2. She came, No. 1
met her at the gate. It's just too
funny for anything" said she. Here's
a mar wants to marry me Just because
| drew a farm" And she laughingly
drew a letter from her belt.
Just listen to this" and she read
through an appeal for permission to
come at once, marry her and 90 TO
housekeeping on the homestead. The
letter was from a farmer down in
Kansas.
Yes, that's funny" said No. 2, but
not neal so funny as 1t would have
been had | not received its mate
and she, In turn. drew out a letter. 1t
was Identical, word for word, with that
received by No. 1, And the signatures
were the same.
That man is getting himself in po-
sition to have to fight a suit for
breach OF promise" agreed the two
girls.
In Lincoln three men VINO drew
farms and whose names appeared in
the list printed In the newspapers have
received offers of marriage from girls
who were unsuccessful In the draw
ing. But two of these men already
have wives. More than half Of the
5000 names drawn from the huge
pile of envelopes at Gregory were OF
Nebraska and South Dakota people,
with Iowa a strong third.
These are the people who are re-
ceiving the offers Of marriage, the
the writers Of which are scattered
from end to end of the country, with
a large majority from the states ad-
Joining South Dakota, where the free
lands were located.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
CHAPTER XIV.

Another Sunday man and horse and
dog roved the Piedmont hills. And
again Daylight and Dede rode togeth-
err. But this time her surprise at
meeting him was t%inctured with sus-
picion; or rather. her surprise was OF
another order. The previous Sunday
had been quite accidental. but his
appearing the second time among her
favorItc haunts limited Of more than
the fortuitous. Daylight was made 10
feel that she suspected him. and he,
remembering that he mad seen =
big rock quarry near Blair Park,
stated Offhand that he was think.
ing Of buying 1t. His oHe.tIm0
investment in a brickyard had
put the idea into his ~head-~an idea
that he decided was a good one. for 1t
enabled him to suggest that she ride
along with him to Inspect the quarry.
SO several hours he spent IN her
company, in which she was much the
same girl as before. natural, u~naffect-
ed, Iight.hearted, smiling and laugh
ing, a good fellow, talking horses with
unfiagging enthusiasm, making friends
with the crusty.tempered Wolf, and
expressing a desire to ride Bob, whom
she declared she was more In love with
than ever, Against bis better judg-
ment. Daylight gave in. and, on an
unfrequented stretch Of road, changed
aaddlca and hriIipE
Remember, he's creased lightning"
he warned, as he helped her to mount.
She nodded. while Bob pricfed up
his ears to the knowledge that he had
a strange rider on his back. The
fun came quickly ~en0uah-too quickly
for Dedc, who found herself against
Bob's neck as no piVoted around and
boIted the other way Daylight followed
on her horse and watched. He saw
her check the animal quickly TO a
standstill, and Immediately, with rein
across neck and a decisive prod Of
the left spur, whirl him back the way
he had come and almost as swiftly
Get ready 10 give him the quirt on
the nose" Daylight called.
ITO BE coNTINUED3
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
TO WE'D LAND

on it. And a lot OF the women seem
to have followed the same plan.
When Judge Witten, In charge Of the
land drawing at Gregory, S. D., ad.
vised from the platform that the young
men who failed to draw a farm do
their very best to draw a wife, he
probably little expected that not only
would 10000 or $4,000 men take him
at his word, but thousands Of women
would enter the lists for a helpmate.
Miss Elizabeth Grove of 1910 North
Twenty-eighth street, Omaha, was
one Of the lucky ones and drew a fine
farm. Now Miss Grove can have her
pick of half a dozen or more men who
have asked to share in her good for
tune. Every mail adds to the list Of
those who wish to assist her in devel-
oping her Internationally. as the
head of the family. Miss Grove re.
ceived No. 2,2S2-and within three
or four days received four offers Of
marriage. One was from Wyoming,
another from South Dakota and two
Nebraska. Miss Grove Ia in the
cloak department of a department
That certain of the men are going
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

est. lie told her about Boh's tricks.
and of the whirl and his scheme 10
overcome. it.; and she agreed that
horses had TO be handled with Il Ger.
tain rational severity, mo matter how
much one loved them. There was
Nab, which she had had for eight
years, and which she had had 10 break
Of stall kicking, The process Rad been
painful for NAB. but It had cured her.
you've ridden a lot" Daylight
said.
Il really cant remember the first
time / was on a horse" she told him.
Il was born On a ranch, you know, and
they couldn't keep me away from tho
horses"
And thereat she told him more of
her ranch life in the days before her
father died, And Daylight vas hugely
pleased with himself. They we're get
ting acquainted. The conversation
had not Jagged in the full half hour
they had been together. When she
talked, he listened and followed her.
ana YET all the WINE ne was lOlloW-
ing his own thoughts and Impressions
as well. II was a nervy thing
for her to do, this riding astride.
and he didn't know, after ali.
whether he liked II or not. His
ideas OF women were prone to he
old fashioned; they were the ones be
had imbibed in the early day. frontier
life of his youth, when NJ woman was
seen On anything but a side saddle,
He had grown up to the tacit fiction
that women on horseback were not BIZ
peds. It came to him with a shock.
this sight Of her go manliko In her
But he had TO confess that the
sight looked good to him just the
same.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
: c. johnson Of Gravesend Was Pic
neer Of Portland Cement indus
try and Temperance Worker.

Lendon.-There died at Gravesend
recently |. g. Johnson. who completed
his one hundredth year last January.
He was known locally as "Gravesend's
Grand Old Man." and his career had
several remarkable features.
Born of working parents at Vaux-
hall on January Is, 1871, he worked as
a lad in a cement mandatory at
Nine Elms, and in later life he estab.
lished factories for the manufacture
OF Portland cement at S~wanscomhe-
clife and Greenhithe. He opened the
FIRST cement works on the Midway,
and also established extensive works
on the Tyne.
The Portland cement industry owed
It's origin to Mr.. johnson He was
one of the Oldest total abstainers.
and had been engaged in temperance
work from, boyhood. He learned to
cycle wkerf he had attained the age Of
az 'zis raAniaI faculties remained
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
MONKEY TURNS ON SCIENCE
FIees From Doctors Preparing to Give
Him lnfantile Paralysis and
Escapes Pursuers.

New York-An intelligent monkey
sat in his cage in one of the laborato.
ries at Cornell Medical college, watch,
ing doctors at work under the direc.
ton of DR.. Arthur Throw. They were
preparing a saline solution containing
sweepings from a ROOF that had shell.
tered a case Of ~infantile paralysis. 1t
Is possible that he suspected their In
tention of injecting the filtered solu-
ton into his spine. AT all events, he
could be heard for a surprising dis.
lance as he voiced his feelings.
Finally the filtration was finished,
and the attendants opened the cage.
The monkey bounded out, ieaped to
the window and vanished by the way
OF the five-inch coping between the
first and second story window. Work.
men passing by along Twenty-eighth
street were treated to an unusual ex-
htbition Of simian antics, continued
by the truant, who was dead to the
coaxings from the window.
Then travelling west on the coping.
he came to the space between the col.
lege building and the Manhattan
brass works. This space is used for
coal, and 1t is closed by an iron fence,
The monkey tried a flying leap and
succeeded in escaping the spikes, but
he found the fence uncomfortable.
For his next leap he took the startled
shoulders OF one Michael O'Brien, who
was working in the Enclosure. Then,
before the mans hands could close
upon him, he jumped for the coal pit
and disappeared.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
C0MP0SES MUSIC AT SEVEN
Prodigy In France Surprises Profess.
sors by His Genlus-scientists
Are Interested.

Paris.--A seven-year.old boy a
Renens has such extraordinary musi-
cal genius that he is said to compose
beautiful and original music with as.
tonishing facility and speed. Among
the works Of the boy, whose name ia
Rene Guillou, r symphonies, soma
tas, melodies, fugues, and duos for
plano and violin. all of which have
provoked the admiration Of the pro-
fessors OF the Conservative.
Scientists are much interested in
this case Of abnormal p~recocity.
Young Guillou plays the piano per
fectly, but his chief ability seems to
be that Of composing. His ability ap-
pears to have developed suddenly one
day after the child had heard a mill.
tary band play Chopin's musical
march.
On returning home, although he had
never touched a musical instrument.
he is said to have gone to the piano
and played the march quite correctly,
Rene Guillou is the son Of a posto,.
fee employe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Western Visitor Wears Out His Poek'
ct Edges Digging Down after
the Money.

The man from tho west was in q
clothing emporium in Broadway SO
lecting a pair Of trousers.
by heck" he said rs he paved
over the pile before him, this here
town of New York Ia the beatln'est
place on pants | eve got up against
Out In my town any hand'me-dOwn
pants | buy are good for a year. start
ing in with Sundays for the first three
months and week days for the rest Of
the time. These I've got on we're my
best and not quite three months old
Now look at EN-" and he showed the
clerk the left hand pockets. hip and
side. The cloth was entirely worn of
the edges and the white showed like
a line OF surf.
How did that happen?" inquired
the clerk. surprised, but sympathetic
This town did II, that's what ]
carry my change and small bills In
the left side pocket and my bank roll
In a book In the hip. and, by heck.
I've been going down into them
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Defender of Blends.

Paris.-A fair-haired woman CORE.
spondent OF the Eclaireur de Nice has
made an energetic protest against the
dictum recently laid down by a French
savant on the intellectual and physical
superiority Of brunettes. The scien.
list in question asserts that two gen
eratlons hence fair women will be ex.
tinct and that the blond woman is a
degenerate type.
Dark women, he adds. are usually
more robust and stronger physically
and intellectually than their fair sis
ters. The correspondent challenges
these statements and says that a true
French blond is a gem" The letter
is signed "A fair woman who rides
horses. climbs trees and receives doc.
tors only at her dinner tatla--
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
DoDGEs FANGs OF DEATH
Keeper OF the Bronx Zoo In New York
Ducks and Cobra Strikes
Ground.

New York-A ten.foot king cobra
at the Bronx Zoo gave a performance
the other day that was entirely I'M
looked for by the throng gathered In
front Of his cage. The spectators had
been attracted by the snakes hostile
attitude toward a small black snake,
which he was handing in the manner
In which a cat leases a mouse.
Keeper Charles Snyder opened the
door in the real of the cage TO assist
the black snake. The cobra coiled
and flung himself toward Snyder,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
New York Hard on Trousers

pockets 20 d frequent for money
since I've been in New York that I've
wore the edges of til they don't look
as II ! had a cent to my name, Every.
where ! go. everything | do, every.
body ] meet calls for the stuff. and
I've got to answer. I've got 1t all
right, but it's mighty hard on pants
And the wear and tear is Just the
same whether ! go after a dime or a
dollar. I've been wearing pants for
40 years and this is the first time any.
thing like that ever happened to EN- 70
Have you ever been in New York
before?" inquired the clerk kindly,
Never till two weeks ago, and I'm
getting out Of It day after tomorrow"
I'm sorry" said the clerk. I'D like
to sell you another pair OF trousers,
soon"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Persons Failing to Draw Farms
Would Marry.
Lucky Ones In South Dakota Distribu-
tEon Are Besieeed by Unsuccessful
Entrants-One Man Writes Let
ter to Two Women.

Omaha, Neb.-Ten thousand men
and half Is many women having fail
ed to draw farms In the recent distri-
button Of Indian lands in South Da.
kota, seem determined to marry 100
acres Of land-at least. 1t looks that
way from the number of offers OF
marriage now being received by those
who were lucky enough to make a
strike" In the big lottery. From ap-
pearances some OF the disappointed
men have simply gone through the list
Of winners and whenever there appear
ed the name of a woman as having
drawn a farm they have written her,
offering their heart and their hands
the latter for use in breaking" the
100 acres of land and making a home
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
Fortune and DROPS pea,

WNTETEIs TOEtuT1 dTu DTVPs DIdu'
Middletown, N. Y.--John Taylor,
who received word a few days ago
that he had fallen heir to a portion Of
an estate valued at $4,000 dropped
dead. His body was found In his barn
near this city. Taylor had planned to
give up farming as 500 as he received
his legacy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
ENGLISH CENIENARIAN DEAD

virile to the last, and until a short
time ago his recreation was the max.
ing of a literal translation Of the New
Testament from the original Greek.
He had been mayor of Gateshead,
and was a justice Of the peace.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

Experience" said the ready made
philosopher, "is the best teacher"
Yes" replied the man who has had
troubles with Wall street, but you're
so liable to go broke paying the first
installment on tuition"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19
He Never Heard of Rryan.

Allentown, Pa,-Because he decIar.
ed he had never heard OF William Jen-
nings Bryan, that statement tempo.
rarily deprived Charles Wallitsch OF
American citizenship. Judge Trexler,
who put the question to the applicant,
deferring action to give Wallitsch Cd.
p%ortunity to post himself upon the per.
ennial candidate.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

The keeper ducked and the snake
landed on the ground. Then there
was action, enjoyed by the crowd safe
In front. A snake fears a shovel or a
broom. Attendants soon had one OF
each at work, but at that it required
an h r to get the cobra back into
his cage
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-01-19

Elan Harnish, known all through Alas
ka as Burning Daylight" celebrates his
10th birthday with a crowd Of miners at
the Circle City TiyolL The dance leads
TO heavy gambling, In which over 800. 900
Is staked. Harnish loses his money and
his mine but wins the mail contract. He
starts on his mail trip with dogs and
slcdge, telling his friends that he will be
in the big Yukon gold strike ut the start,
Burning Daylight makes a s~ensHt!unally
rapid run across country with the mail.
appears at the Tiyuii and Is now ready
TO join his friends in Il dash to the new
gold fields. Deciding that gold will he
found In the up-ri 'er district Harnish
viii be worth Its weight In gold. but
when he arrives witt his -four he finds
the big fiat desolate. A Comrnde discov-
ers gold and Daylight rpaps a rich har-
vest. He goes TO Dawson. becomes the
most prominent figure in the KlOndlke
and defeats q combination Of capitalists
In a vast mining deal. He returns to
civilization and. amid the beWilderlns
complications Of high finance, Daylight
finds that he has been led to invest his
eleven millions in a manipulated scheme.
He goes to New York. and confronting
his disloyal partners with a revolver, he
threatens TO kill them II his money Is not
returned. They are COwcd. return their
Francisco where he meets his fate In
Dede Mason, a pretty stenographer, lie
makes large investments mud gets into che
political ring. For n rest he goes to the
country. Daylight gets deeper INTO high
finance In San Francisco. but often the
longing Tor the simple life nearly over
comes him.,