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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of A%griculture.)
When it is noted hat a hen sits
on the nest for two or three nights in
succession, she is ready to be trans
ferred to a nest, which should be pre-
pared for her beforehand. This nest
should be in a box and composed Of
straw, hay, or chaff for nesting mate
rial. Dust the hen thoroughly with
insect powder each week while set
ting. In applying the powder hold
the hen by the feet, head down, work
ing the powder well into the feathers,
giving special attention to regions
around the rent and under the wings.
The powder should also be sprinkled
in the nest. The nest should be in
some quiet, out-of-the-way place on the
farm, where the setting hen will not
be disturbed. Move her from the reg
ular laying nest at night. Put a china
egg or two in the nest when she is set
and place a board over the opening SO
that she cannot get Off. Toward eve
ming of the second day leave some
feed and water and let the hen come
OF the nest when she is ready. Should
she return to the nest after feeding,
remove the china egg or eggs, and put
under those that are to be incubated.
in cool weather it is best to put not
more thar ten eggs under a hen, while
later in the spring n can put twelve
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
~EPlscoPALiANs MEET.
Bay st. Louis Visited BY Many-Notea
Divines.

Bay st. Louis.-The convention OF
the Episcopal Church. Pass Christian
deanery, diocese of Mississippi, met
here today ataChrist Church. The de-
votions began with a proanaphora
service followed by a celebration of
the holy eucharist and sermon. The
celebrant was Rev. G. B. Crawford,
dean Of convocation. and the preacher
was the Rev. j. .. Lamothe, rector
of st. PauPs Church, New Orleans.
The sermon which Was listened to
with the deepest attention, was a
forceful, able, eloquent appeal, which
went home o the hearts OF those pres.
ent with permanent effect, judging
from the remarks OF the hearers after
ward made.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
'L0GAIHH6cHILD
FAIHERIIDEVOI|0N
PARENT GOES 70 MACON IN
SEARCH OF yEAR-olo
DAUGHTER.
HOME SAID TO BE MEMPHIS
Little Girl Found j \ Custody Of a Me-
chanic-chiid Given to Her "a
ther, the Two Returning
Home.
HOME SAID TO BE MEMPHIS

Macon.-A story developed here
showing fatherly devotion. Horacs
Greedy Storms Of Memphis came to
Macon IN search Of his little S-year-
old daughter, Opal May: He found
ner here in the custody OF Russell
Gardner, who is much attached to the
child, and she to him, refused to sur
render it until arrested. Then find
ing out he could not maintain any
right to the child. though he said the
mother Of the child had given it to
him, he gave it up to her father, who
left with her OF the train for Mem
phis. The little girl is very pretty,
bright and of particularly a~ffectionate
disposition.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
A Real Hermit.
LIVE SNAKE IN HER STOMACH
x-Ray Reveals Reptile In Woman's In
terior-Removed Without
Operation.

Madison, Wis.-One of the most IN
usual cases in the history of local
medicine was revealed at a local hos.
pital, when physicians submitting .
woman from Waukakee, Dam county.
to an X-ray examination, discovered
that her stomach contained a live
snake six inches long. The woman
had not suffered any pain up to the
time Of the discovery, but was greatly
distressed when told Of the results of
the examination. The snake was re-
moved without operating. 1t proved
the grass snake, nearly pure white.
The hospital authorities refuse to
make any statement regarding the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
TIME TO. INVEST in MULES
War 10 Having as Great Influence or
Industry as on Market for
Meat Animals.

To the man who has feed, but who
hesitates to invest in cattle or sheep,
either because of the high initial cost
or the uncertain prospects at selling
time, may occur the idea Of feeding
young horses OF mules. The war is
having fully as great ar influence on
the horse and mule business as on
the market for meat animals.
Seemingly, therefore, the present
time is most propitious for buying
young mules. They may be bought
$25 to $35 lower than usual, and when
they are three or four years old there
is every eason to believe they can
be sold for $25 to $50 a head more
than in an ordinary year heretofore.
Growing mules will have a greater
value than usual during the next two
or three years, in case owners want
to borrow none on them.
In buying mule colts, it is advis.
able to buy females. The cotton trade
pays SIS to $25 a head more for
mules than for males, because they
are better shaped and look more trim.
Mare mule colts will cost S. or SO a
head more than males. Railroad con
tractors and mine workers prefer
male mules because they can. stand
more work. but the cotton trade pref
erence for females overbalances this
demand to the extent indicated.
Kansas and Missouri are the great
est surplus mule states. At the pres
ent time it is possible to buy n
reasonable number Of weaving mule
colts within a radius OF 100 miles, or
less. Of Kansas City, in a compare
lively short time. Missouri posses
SEES about $4,000 mules, Kansas some
thing less than SOC, 900. Each Of the
cotton growing states has between
100000 and SOC, 900 mules. Texas more
than 500. 600, but they raise compare
lively few mules.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
Chinese Locks.

The earliest locks known to man
were of Chinese make. Although IL
Is impossible to tell the exact date
of those still extaat. they r wonder
fully well made, and as strong as any
manufactured in Europe up to the
middle Of the eighteenth century. The
Chinese locksmith of today uses K
actly the same KIND of tools that his
forefathers had, for they are very sim
pie and primitive. He carries all his
impedimenta in two cabinets, sitting
on one and working at the other.
When he has finished all the work
available in one neighborhood he fas-
tent the two cabinets to . bamboo
rod and sings 1t over his shoulder.
He tramps through the towns bur.
dened in this way, and stops when he
is called, much as q scissors grinder
or umbrella member does I'm our coun
try.-Wide World Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
"Margery!" He Exclaimed.

England-but he had pleaded with her
to return to him, and she was going
back to America, because she felt that
her duty lay there.
They parted with averted faces, be-
cause each knew that at a word the
other would follow-follow to the
worlds end. And the night of the fifth
day came.
Gardiner slept through a confused
dream Of cannonade, and awakened to
hear cries and stamping upon the deck
above him. Women were screaming
In fear. He thought the ship had
struck an uncharted rock and was
sinking. He was glad this was the
end. He lay still in his berth.
The cries died away, and he heard
the splashing Of the lifeboats in the
water. Then, with a shrek, some
thing struck the vessel with q shock
that made her shiver from stern to
bow. Again and again. And now
Gardiner understood. A night attack
must have been made by a German
cruiser: she had given the liner time
to get her passengers into the boats
and was now sinking her.
The thought of Margery in an open
beat at e came to the man like a
blow In the face. He leaped out OF
his berth, flung on his clothes and
rushed up on the deck. He saw Marg-
cry. She was standing at his side,
under the stars, on q deserted ship,
now settling into the water, which
AVNfK42 AA4rnA &AA- ~~nr
waste, q primal wilderness.
Az they stood there a searchlight
swept put Of the night and enyeloped
them, and once more came the shrek
OF = shell. dropping into the water
near them. Then the cruiser. evident
II satisfied with the result OF her work,
sailed away: the twinkling lights dis
appeared
Flames and smoke were shooting up
ward ont OF the stern. but here, to-
ward the bow, they safe for the
moment But the ship was settling
down.
why didn't . GOT" demanded
aardiper. dercely.
Il watched for you,a she answered.
Fl looked and You were not in any OF
the boats. They tried to put me
aboard. but / escaped Did you think
/ would 30 without you!
And suddenly she wae 81 his arms.
clinging 70 him, and their3 ~ met FOR
eho arst time1 sevoa t vas
! miracls 81 MysAo both g them. being
49, q 1nmsn beinxn
Issz1.klsNs 42e 711lnxsplenh
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
PRONOUNCED DEAD
INDIAN NOW RICH
After Cataleptic Sleep E-to-Mah-
kah Is Driven From
His Tribe.
IS ONLY RED HERMIT
Though Dead to His Tribesmen He
Was Not Dead to the Government
and Received His Share Of
Usage Property.

Arkansas City, Kan.-Thirty years
ago Erto-mah-kah was one of the finest
young bucks in the Usage tribe of In
dams. He was noted among the tribe
as a mighty hunter and trapper. His
was n of the finest strings of horses
possessed by the tribe. his wives were
among the handsomest of the Indian
maidens, his voice was heard and heed
ed in the tribal councils.
Hence there was a wailing and
mourning when the news ran around
the camp that E-to-mah-kah was dead.
The medicine man of the tribe de-
clared hat an evil spirit had taken
him and he was buried according to
tribal custom.
Body Kept on High Platform.
Now the Indian custom decreed that
the dead should not be buried in the
ground. They were wrapped in their
best blankets and h body placed on
a raised platform. high enough to es-
cape the wolves that roamed the west
ern prairies.
E-to-mah-kah was not dead. He was
simply in q deep cataleptic sleep.
known to medical science of today.
but a totally strange thing to the sim
he-Ninded red man. Coming to life
he climbed down from his lofty perch
and ven back his tribe, or rather
attempted to do So. for his tribe cast
him forth. With shrieks and howls
they flew from him as from the devil
himself.
Ban on Living dead Man."
Forlorn, forsaken, nowhere to go and
no place to call home. he was dead"
to the Indian world indeed. Fol years
he eked out a precarious existence, far
from the haunts of his fellow Indians,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
THE LAST MESSAGE
BY II. \. EcsERT.


Gardiner had been sure that 1t was
Margery the moment he set eyes on
her on board the transatlantic liner.
But. not having seen her o seven
years. he did not know whether she
would recognize him.
1t is easy to play hideapd-seek on
an Atlantic steamship. During the
first fou days he only caught fugitive
glimpses OF the girl: then, on the
fifth, they came face to face upon the
deck. And he saw that she knew
him.
..Margery!" he exclaimed, and stood
looking at her dumbly. She was hard
1y changed. except for a more roman
ly figure and a certain usefulness OF
expression which had not been there
in the old days in London.
How long ago that was! The same
thought occurred to both Of them.
What happy days those had been. un-
der the elms in Kensington Gardens,
up the river, when the world was
young and life seemed to stretch away
eternally.
AASS oAuS Ny 0AuOs
me what you have been doing said
Margery. and, at her words, the years
fell away and they were young once
MORE.
1t was a frank story he told. Their
quarrel. the upheava1 Of his life that
followed had brought hin1sgo good.
He had drifted upon the stream, No
had awakened to the consciousness
that he was becoming a worse man
than he had been; then he had pulled
himself together and faced life brave
ly. Now he was returning from Lon
don on a mission for the firm which
employed him, connected with the sale
Of war supplies.
What he did not tell her was that
1t was her memory which had pulled
him back from the brink when he was
Upon he verge of plunging down
ward.
And you?" he questioned, hungrily.
IT am married." she answered, and
there was a long silence. Presently:
You never married?"
mo, Margery."
After a while: Are you happy?"
he inquired. He saw the tears come
into her eyes.
It seemed so natural that she should
sit there and tell him about it. They
had always perfectly understood each
others hearts. She had married, four
years ago, a man who had treated her
badly. She had left him and gone to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05

hunting and fishing. Several CASTOR
dogs of the tribe were adopted. and
the old Indian seemed fairly well con!
tent. .
White men began to move into
Oklahoma and gradually E-to-mah-kah,
literally, "the one who was dead" be-
came known to the settlers. He seemed
friendly enough and his only desire
was to be let alone. !
But when Uncle Sam rounded up all
the Osages and closed the rolls of the
tribe E-to-mah-kah, dead, perhaps to-
his tribesmen, but not dead to the gov
eminent. came in for his share of
property.
A Real Hermit.
A guardian was appointed for him,
and this guardian, F. w. Farrar, one.
of the pioneer traders and business
men of P~awhuska, the Usage capital,
has taken such good car Of E-to-mah,
kah's interests that today he is prob
ably worth a quarter of a million dol,
lars. However, you might as we'll
speak of a quarter of a million leaves
as far as he himself is concerned.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
LUMBER PLANTS REsUMING.

Industry in South Mississippi Shows
Signs Of Improvement.
Hattiesburg.-The lumber industry
in South Mississippi has shown some
signs of improvement. Weather con
ditions have been better than for any
week since the holidays. The fact that
some few mills have resumed opera
lions and that Others will resume dur.
ing the next few days indicates a bet.
ter feeling and a more hopeful outlool
for the manufacturer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
TRIBUTE TO PASTORS WIFE.

People Of Starkxilie Gather In Honor
Of Mrs. lipscomb.
Starkville-The people of StarkviEe
and community assembled at the First
Methodist Church to pay a last and
sad tribute to the memory of Mrs. Luz
tie Lipscomb, wife OF Rev. T. II. Lips
comb, pastor Of the M. e. Church. Her
death occurred after a very short i'll.
ness and was q sad shock to the nu
merous friends.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05

Anderson. Ind.-James Williamson.
4 retired farmer living In this city. set
q steel trap for q rat The rat VA
caught. Nj. Williamson was trying
10 release the rat from the trap when
the jaws Of the trap snapped and
caught him BY one finger. He had TO
call a~ssistance an while he va be.
img released froE Ne trap the rat ~
sway. Winiapsoa went - ~ doc1apl
q kaxe III Ahs6f 1oo1nm61
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
Raise All Your Feed.

While 1t may be better to use soms
mill feeds during the winter. profitable
dairying can be carried on with farm
raised feeds alone. The man who has
plenty of alfalfa hay and good corr
need not worry about not having the
elements of q balanced ration. Il In
addition he has silage he can AFFORD to
forget about the mills and their prod
uctA
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05

to fifteen, according to the size of the
hen. If eggs become broken while
the hen is setting, replace the nest
with new. clean material and wash
the eggs in lukewarm water SO as to
remove all broken egg material from
them.
Many eggs that are laid r infer
tile. For this reason it is advisable to
set several hens at the same time.
After the eggs have been under the
hen for sever days they should be
tested as to whether they are fertile
or infertile. Infertile eggs should be
removed and used at home in cook
ing or for omelets, end the fertile
eggs should be put back under the
hen. In this way it is often possible
to put all the eggs that three hens
originally started to sit on under two
hens and reset the other hen again. A
good homemade egg tester or Gambler
can be made from a large shoe box
or any box that is large enough to go
over q lamp by removing an nj and
cutting a hole a little larger than the
size of a quarter in the bottom of the
box, so that when 1t is set over a
common kerosene lamp the hole in
the bottom will be opposite the blaze.
A hole the size Of a silver dollar
should be cut in the top Of the box to
allow the heat to escape. An infertile
egg, when held before the small hole
with a lamp lighted inside the box,
win look perfectly clear. the same
rs a fresh one, while the fertile egg
will show . small dark spot, known as
the embryo, with q mass Of little blood
veins extending in all directions II the
embryo is living. The testing should
be done in q dark room.
II the eggs hatch unevenly, those
which are slow In Matching may be
plsced under other hens, ~ hens often
get restless after q part Of the chick
ems are out, allowing the remaining
eggs to become cooled ut the very time
when steady heating IL necessary.
Hens should be fed az soon as possi-
BILE after the eggs r hatched. ~ feed
ing tends to keep them quiet; other
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05
INTERNATIONAL
NNDMSQOOL
LESSON

=. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Of
Sunday School Course Moody Bible In
stitute, chicago)
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-03-05

LESSON TEXT Samuel 4:1-13. 49,
GOLDEN TEXT-Be We doors of ths
wore and not hearers only, deluding your
own s~elves.-James 1:22 r. v.
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MAGDEBURG MAY DISPOSE
OF CARGO OF DYNAMITE
German Ship at New York Will Get
Week to Coal, Provision and
Ship a Crew.

NEW YORK. September 22.-Capt. J..
F. Wild. supervisor of anchorages in
New York harbor. said today that he
would probably give the German steam
ship Magdcburg a week or so to coal
and provision and ship a full crew be-
fore compelling her either to leave the
port or dispose of SEQ tons of dynamite
in ner cargo
An order from William McAdoo. Sec
rotary of the Treasury. directing Capt.
Wild to take such action in order To
prevent possibility of an explosion of
the dynamite was received by the su-
per"isor of anchorages today The
Magdeburg was bound for Australia at
the beginning of the war. and put int O
New York harbor to escape capture by
British warships and has remained here
since. For several months she has lain
at anchorage in Gravesend bay, and
residents of South Brooklyn have been
fearful that the 300 tons of dynamite
might he accidentally exploded as a re-
suit of deterioration.
1t is considered likely that an at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-22
ne danger of not being able to get any
81 or ArRSn-

he danger of not being able to get any
at or ArB.n-
ma she would soon give in.
What the Immediate result mere OF
aking cotton .contraband Will be is
lard to say. The anger. of those in
terested in cotton will be enormously
increased. but. on the other hand, the
fear of threatened confiscation may
make the leaders Of -the cotton trust
so yielding tina. they. against their bet.
ter Judgment, may agree to the sale OF
the greater part of the present supply
position in the future to control the
whole cotton ma ket. and. on peace be-
ing declared, to force on the whole
weld his essential raw mafe-tal
(Signed) &C. DUMBA."
Publication of Documents.
The third letter tells of the publica-
ton of the documents, adding:
Count Bernstorff took the position
that these ISLANDERS require no answer.
and had the happy inspiration TO refuse
q : c planation, to be in no way com
promised
The letter concludes: Everything
German here Will be more energetically
and consistently slandered and befoul-
ed. No impartial person could fail to
be impressed with feeling Of graft
tude at the wide activity of Geheimrat
Albert There are, however. very few
impartial people in New York.
THE torpedoing of the Arabic. should
she have been sunk without warning
or should any American passengers
have lost their lives. would have a more
unfavorable effect with regard to Ger
many on public opinion in the United
States than all the newspaper revela-
tionS.'
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MEEKER ISSUES DENIAL
TO DR.. DUMBA'S CLAIM

CHICAGO, ILL.,, September 22-Arthur
Meeker. vice president of Armour X
Co, tonight made the following state
ment:
1--WE have received thousands of let
tiers suggesting such action on our
part from persons whom 1 presume are
unfriendly to the cause of the allies.
but have never given them considera-
ton, and never SO stated,to DR.. Dunn
ba. nor to any one. Possibly with him
the wish was father to the thought
His imagination probably supplied the
balance.
las a proof of its absurdity. I might
mention the fact that the first seizures
occurred last October. and We are do
ing business with all of the allies
every day to the full extent that orders
are allotted to us. ard, further. that we
have had. and still have, every conf
dence that when our case is finally ad-
Indicated by England We will be &C
corded fair treatment and be paid III
full -
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u S. PRESIDENT SELF-WILLED,
SAYS DR.. DUMBA LETTER

no case will Mr.. Wilson allow this
source to dry up.
President Called Self Willed.
For this reason I am of the opinion
that a return to the question, whether
officially, by replies of your excel
lency or by a semi official conversa-
ton between myself and the Secretary
of State, will not only be useless. but
even, having regard to the self-willed
temperament Of the President, harm
full.
I'm this matter 1 agree entirely with
the view expressed by Consul Schwegel
in report attached. The President
and made his point of view SO definite
that 1t is impossible for him to retreat
from this position.
LAS last autumn, he can always
through his personal influence either
force the House of Representatives to
take his point of view against their
better judgment or, on the other hand,
in the Senate can overthrow the reso-
luton already voted in favor of pro-
hibiting the export of guns and NUM-
tions.
"In the circumstances. any at
tempts to persuade individual states to
vote parallel resolutions through their
legislative bodies offer no advantages,
apart from the internal dlmcultfeS
which the execution of this plan pre-
sents.
"The proposal to forbid passenger
ships to carry munitions stands on a
different footing, however. Mr.. Bryan
and his democratic supporters would
stand for this prohibition, and believe
the President would not show himself
so intransigeant with regard to this
action.
On Protest to Britain.
"As for the note to protest against
British interference with shipping.
which has so often been notified and
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LONDON. September 22.-There are
three letters from DIR. Dumba, the Austro-
Hungarian ambassador. to Earon Won
Burian, Austro-Hungarian minister OF for
eign affairs, dated August 20. in the papers
found upon Archibald. The first is the
letter already published relating to the
proposals for the prevention of the produc-
ton of war material, or the disorganiza-
ton of munitions factories in the United
States. The second criticises Secretary of
State Lansings reply to Baron Won
Burian's protest against the delivery Of
weapons to the allies.
The letter of Dr. Dumba, which is dated
August 20. says:
.aThe reply of Secretary Of State Lansing
to the note of the Goth of June. in which
your excellency protested against the
enormous deliveries of weapons and NUM-
tions to the allies from the United States,
was published here-I do not know
whether with the agreement of the AUS
trian government-the 18th ultimo.
Refusal Categorical.
"As was to be expected, the refusal was
quite categorical. The legal arguments
are certainly very weak. for the references
to articles supplied by Germany and Aus
tria during the Boer war are not to the
point, and are misleading. for at that time
Germany claimed the right to send food
stuffs to the Beers via the neutral port Of
Lorenzo MARQUES, and, If l am not mis-
taken. carried the point after the war
against England.
THE true ground for the discourag-
ing attitude of the President lies, as
his confldant, Mr.. House, already in
formed me in January and now has re-
peated. in the fact that the authorities
in a serious crisis would have to rely
on neutral foreign countries for all
their war materials. At no price and In