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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
H~YPNOTIST REVIEWS YOUTH
Partisan Colonel Uses Peculiar Power
to Restore Lost Vigor-De-
tails of One Case.

Col. A. de Rochas, of Paris, has dis
covered how to make a woman believe
she has lived ten, 20, 80 years fewer than
those which have In reality silvered her
halr II stolen her teeth. Not by deck
ing herself with furbelows nor daubing
hefSetf with rouge. <imply by submit
ting to being hypnotized.
Col de Rochas, who has been long a
recognized authority on occultism and
psychological phenomena, has been in
Vestlgating what he calls "the phenom-
ena OF the repression of memory"
He finds that he can carry back a hyp-
Noticed woman to any period OF exist
shce, even to infancy. And she will ex-
mott the characteristics of the age at
which she imagines she Is living.
lie h%ypnotized a woman IS years of
age, whose mother died 26 years ago. He
told MS subject she was nine years old.
she lamented that her beloved parent
mad expired the day before and that her
rather was about to send her to Grenoble
that she might learn to sew and cook.
r.
linen the ~hypnotist ordered his re-
.JuVehated patient to become six years
OLD She thought she was taking care
OF her little sister in the garden of her
nome, and was entirely happy while
playing with a doll.
AT De Rochas' command she retro
dressed still further to her ~babyhood.
Then she cried pitifully when he pinched
her arm, and she took much pleasure in
playing with her toes.
AT each stage the moral nature of De
Hochas' subjects is exactly that of the
ase IN which they live for the moment.
that. thanks to hypnotism, a widow
OF Az can without hypocrisy assume the
innocence of a girl of 16.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
NEED MANY NEW CLOTHES
Army Officers Raise Cry at Being Com
PEELED to Have Large Num-
Der of Uniforms.

why do the army requirements max,
us buy 50 many clothes?"
This is the complaint made to the wal
department at Washington by army of.
ficers In the United States, and In recog.
milton of the complaint, it is probable
the general staff will very soon order a
reduction of the number of uniforms SC
as to make it possible for an officer to
live at less expense.
Anyone who has inclined to the belief
that all soldiers are fond of trappings
need only to apply to the general board
to be informed of the true attitude of the
American officer, who, it appears, has
little OF the peacock proclivities credited
to his fellow fighters abroad.
The officersofthe junior grade especial
ly find it a hardship to provide the va
riety of dress which Is exacted by the
regulations. Their pay very often is
seriously curtailed by this consideration,
An officer, for instance, must have four
pairs of shoes, and at least six different
uniforms for different occasions. II Ia
now proposed to cut down the uniforms
to TWO, one for service in the field and
the other for dress occasions. This
would do away for one thing with the
tull dress coat, a heavy and costly gar
ment.
In Its place 1t is proposed to use a com
posite blouse, to which would be at.
tached shoulder straps or shoulder knots
as the occasion required.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
SLEEP NOT LEGAL EXCUSE,
Judge Refuses to Accept Fatigue as
Plea Of Engineer Whose Train
Was Wrecked.

Judge Swart2, In the M0ntgomer,
county court AT NorrIstown, Pa. re,
fused to affirm a point In law submit
ted BY an attorney that when a rail.
road employe falls asleep from physi,
cal weakness, illness or WEAKNESS from
long hours or steady employment and
an accident happens the empioye
should be acquitted.
The case was that OF John f. FleIsch-
att. Of P~ottsyille. Pa, an engineer on a
Pennsylvania freight train. A freight
train and a passenger train collided
near Pottstown last April and two per.
sons were Killed aud a dozen Injured
The crew Of the freight train was held
by the coroner for criminal negligence.
Fleischutt was the first TO be tried
II was testified by the fireman that the
freight train had been ordered to wait
on a siding until four trains had
passed He said the crew had been on
duty for ~ hours and that while wait.
ing for the trains to pass had fallen.
asleep. Before the fourth train had
passed the men awoke and, thinking
that The fourth train had gone BIZ. the
freight train was taken from the sid.
lur.
Before the case went to the Jury
~F!eisChutt's attorney made the point
above stated In refusing 10 affirm
1t Judge swartz held that no man had
a right to work on a railroad unless in
hne physical condition and II he fell
asleep, no matter from what cause. he
should discontinue work. ever though
he should lose his position. rather than
Jeopardjze human life by continuing ON
duty, FleiSchutt vas convicted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
MASSACHUSETTS IN LEAD,
Makes More Bank Note Papar III, -
Any Other State in the
Union.

"Ssven-elghths of all the fine writ.
Ing paper Of the United States is made
In western Massachusetts. and tho hul
or II in Holy0ke, said Homer J. STRAIT.
ton, of that Massachusetts town. THE
very best writing paper is made of
raGs, but even with the higher grades
there 10 a certain percentage of wood
pulp, and the product which comes of
this combination is, If anything. su.
perior In looks to the paper made
wholly from rags.
For bank note paper only clean.
new linen rags are acceptable. For
this the manufacturers pay MS much AZ
ten cents A pound. Nothing but linen
VIII suffice. and the clippings from
mems shirts form a considerable per
cent OF the raw material. A good deal
too, comes from Ireland, which can nj
ways be relied On to furnish the best
linen in the world, When o reflect
on the length Of time q piece of pane,
money lasts and the immense amount
Of handling II gets it will be readily
seen that no inferior elements IAN
enter into Its production"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
TO THE TALKING MACHINE.
Maryland Congressman Will Make
Novel Campaign with Aid of
Automatic Devices,

Congressman Franck C. Wachter, of
Baltimore, will maze a novel campaign
and by automatic devices. His first
innovation, now being placed in several
parts Of the Third district comprises
electric talking signs The signs will
be loaded with forty different rea.
sons why the candidate should succeed
himself, and will fire away all night,
In this way Mr., Wachter hopes to en-
gage the attention Of every voter, save
perhaps the blind.
Mr.. Wachter has overcome this by
arranging to place a score of phono.
graphs with m~egaphone attachments at
prominent corners, All day and night
long the ears of the passerhy will be
greeted with.
Elect Wachter and get a deeper
channel"
Frank Waehter always has the In.
terest of all at heart"
"If you want a ship lanai, vote for
Wachter," and so on ad lib.
1t will cost the congressman a tidy
penny, but he says 1t Is a winner.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
SERVANT PLAYS MARoUIS7
Head Of Casa Riera in France Deela rad
to BE an Impostor-Paris
Is All Agog.

The prosecution of the marquis OF
Casa RIera, alleged to be a former
housekeeper OF the old marquis and TO
have substituted himself for the real
heirs, is exciting a sensation in Paris
equal to- the Humbert case.
The old marquis died In 1881, aged
81, leaving a colossal fortune estimated
at $4,000, 900 to $780, coo, 00U. There
were three nephews. Two died shortly
after their uncle. The third il SUP
posed to he the present marquis.
During a recent suit, however n
oeath certificate was produced showing
thai the third son mad died IN Spain In
1876, five years before his uncle. Con-
sequGntiy. 1t Is argued, the present
marquis can be only an impostor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
IS TOURING WORLD AFooT.
New Yorker Has Walked SO, 600 Miles,
But Failed 70 Win Wager-To
Continue Trip.

G. 81 Shilling, an American who
starred out 10 waik around the World
Tor a wager. arrived In Berlin. Ger
many, recently. having completed &c.
100 miles. d distance equal to twice the
circumference VI the earth
He started b~areheaded, accompanied
BY a dog, from New York on August
80, 1891, and the conditions were that
nc should complete the journey in four
years Without begging or borrowing
money. II be succeeded be was TO re-
celyc $1,000.
Shilling has failed in his task. but
has continued his remarkable tramp
three years beyond the time set. and Is
determined to explore Germany. Dsn.
mark, Norway, Sweden, Holland, Bel
Fium, England, Scotland and Ireland
before returning home
Among bis los trying experiences
Has a walk from Adelaide across Aus,
traiia 70 ierth He followed the tele.
graph line. and obtained his water sup
ply from the government tanks, which
we're often 10 miles apart.
One day be arrived. almost dead
from thirst. at one Of these tanks. ana
found that it was empty. Seeing no
other way out Of his difficulty, he cut
the telegraph wire, and within T. hours
"a parry Of engineers were on the spot
to effect repairs. They saved his life,
44 I
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29

Levy and Cohen came out Of the
synagogue on New Years Day. It
was the day of atonement, Of forgiy.
Ing. of making up, says the New Or
leans Times-D Democrat.
Levy approached Cohen and extend.
Cd q great nat hand.
"Cohsn," said he, I'VE hat not shpok-
On for dwendy years. Come! We
make friendts."
Cohen silently shook.
Nov, Cohen" continued the recon.
ciliant. we 60 ofer to Bungleheim's
unit hat q drink"
Arm In arm they crossed the street.
Drinks we're ordered and set before
them,
Cohen, convinced at last Of the sin.
csrity Of the others advances. spoke
for the nrst time.
Levy" he said. I am glad of II.
raise my glass to you, Levy. Wish
ne somedings!"
NIT all my heart" replied Levy,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
Corn Sprouts in Larvnx.

The finding Of a grain of corn in the
tEiUat of a little girl IN Vermilion. s.
d., which had sprouted and TO which
several spriga were attached was the
unusual experience of surgeons there
recently. A few weeks ago Henrietta
Hendricbson, a mere child, while at
play In a corn bin. swallowed a grain
which lodged in her throat. 1t caused
her little Inconvenience until a few
days ago, when her condition became
alarming and a doctor was sent for
An examination by surgeons revealed
the presence of a proturberauce in the
throat, and an inclsion was made. The
grain OF corn was then found as do.
scrihed, The case is regarded as a re-
variable one
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
Meets Death In Odd Mau

Ona, the l~2-sear-old son Of Carrie
Watson, is dead OF lockjaw at Cory0on
Ind, resulting from a fractured bone Of
he arm, Several days ago the boy was
attempting to ride q cali in a field. The
animal was playful and threw him I'd
the ground. He fell on his left arm. the
bone Of which snapped and, protrudins
from the flesh, stuck into the ground. He
was pinned. unconscious, for several
hours, until discovered by accident BY
a laborer returning home in the even
Ing. Specialists were Summoned, but
their utmost endeavors were without
avail.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
HID MONEY IN BOOKS
ODD HALLUCINATIoN OF AGED
INDIANA MAN
Imagined Friends Were Trying 70
Force HIM to Divide His Wealth
Interesting Search On for
Missing Bills.

An insane Authorization that his &C
qustntauceB are 10 a ring to force him Il
divide his money AUG a desire 70 be gen
srons, caused b. the ch~lid!fhness OF OLE
age. has resulted in William C.. Castro
OF indianapolis, " years old, losing $500
aud he has employed an attorney 70 tTJ
70 recover his loss. Since a lost az.
was inserted ia daily paper a few days
ago the searching Of library books has
been a fayOrite pastimc, because the lost
$500 was hidden In a book taken from the
public library and returned The Old
mans loss was $500. but 500 has been
recovered from one book Although the
money was placed tn library books sew
cral weeks ngy Mi Castro has Just con
iessed his loss
Clsrro has l4aa,.,d that bis friends
and acquaintance, who held their hands
to their facea in q certain manner we're
members OF a Clique that vas after HE
money, fIo imagined that this clique
was determined to get alt he had. and
When be Raw persons with their haHdsio
their faces he divided without question
ing.
several weeks ago be vent TO the pub
lie library and noticed one III The wumea
librarians had her hand to brr face He
went to a bank and drew 800 and after
placIng the bills In the book handed It in
wi Ii a handkerchief around II. He said
nothing Of what he had done.
Because Of his old age aud childish
MSS, the librarian thought nothing OF
4 Is, and the book was placed on the
~ ,cIf Later, the old man noticed the
LIBRARIAN had her hand 10 her face again.
and drew $300 from the bank and placed
~ In another book. This book also was
placed on the shelf
The first discovery was made when
Miss Paddock, librarian. noticed 500 IN
bills in Dickens "A Tale of Two Cities "
She advertised the And and this was re-
covered.
Since It was learned that Mr. Castro
had placed altogether $500 in books a
search has been made The eccentric
old man reads books that seldom are
taken from the shelves at the library.
and his scope of reading Is 80 great that
all CLASSES Of books. from chijdren's ,
boots to classics have been searched ,
but in vain, Mr.. Castro sRid nothing of ]
loss until he went to repair his house. q
and his attorney asked him about hts s
bank account.
Tho hnIIttplFaftIt 80 A., rt9 ... &.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
SHIP TO BE UNIQUE.
DESCRIPTION OF NEW ARCTIC
EXPLORATION VESSEL.
Baid-Headsd Schooner, stsel sheathed
with Powerful Engines - First
Craft Ever Constructed Es-
peeially for Such Work.


The new arctic ship upon which Rober
Z. Peary will make his final Try for TIL
north pole Is nov under way, at Bangor
Ne. and from her plans she will be su
perior To the famous Fran, aboard which
Nansen made his voyage in the polar sea
The Peary ship is to be a bald-headet
three-masted schooner-that is, a three
masted schooner without topmasts, with
rather limited sail area, but powerful en-
gines. The hull is to be built by Mckay
& DIX, of New York, at their yards in
Verona, 10 miles below Bangor, on the
Penobseot river, and the machinery is to
be supplied by the Portland company, of
Portland.
The hull is TO be delivered at Portland
on February Is, and the machinery is TO
be installed by April IL, when the vessel
will have a trial cruise on the coast Of
Maine.
The vessel will have a very strong
frame of Virginia oak. with ceiling and
planking Of yellow pine. Part of the
frame and a lot of the ~planking have ar
rived at Verona, but the keel has been
side-tracked somewhere. and its non.
arrival delays the operations. ?
She is to be $50 feet long on deck, 1854
feet on the load water line, IS feet beam
II feet depth of hold Is feet 8 inches
draft, ready for sea with 600 tons of coal
in her bunkers. The bottom will be
double planked, and she will be strongly
reinforced in bow and stern by masses
of oak timbers. while the hull at the
water will be sheathed with steel. hall
an inch thick amidships and one inch
bow and stern.
Her model will be such that the les
pressure will lift, instead of pinchine
her. She will have a long overhang for
ward, the stem being set at an angle OF
about 45 degrees, SO that she will ride |
he ice flows she runs into.
She Will be provided with engines Of
the compound condensing type, capable
developing 1000 horse power under
natural draft and 1,400 Under forced
Her displacement will be 1900
.ons; net register, 800.
The propeller will be %two-bladed
which type is better designed for arctic
'oyaging than the three or ~four-bladed
lind. The ship will not be fast, but will
" a great cruising radius at fair speed |,
The design of the vessel is by Com.
nander Peary himself, while the ma
hinery Is to be built from designs by
'hief Engineer Wilson sprague. of the
'ortland company.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
ACCIDENTS LED TO RICHES
Incidents of Treasures Being Found
Haphazard Recalled by New
Zealand Discovery.

The romantic story of the young
man who has returned home to North
Shields, England. rich in this worlds
goods from having discovered a gold
mine In New Zealand Is not unprece-
dented.
The youth was about to throw a
stone at a wood pigeon. and as he held
IL Tor a moment TO take better aim. he
houced something glittered In the peb-
oie. lie looked at it more carefully
n observed that there was a trace OF
soid. He proceeded then to examine
the ground on which he found il, and
ne again remarked the existence of the
same precious metal. He and a friend
Immediately purchased a small claim,
ana having prospeeted 1t they found
mat they possessed a gold mine.
II may be remarked that Oliver Mar
tln's piekax struck the famous IS. 500
nugget, the largest ever found In Cal
ifornia, when he was digging his part.
hers grave; that the great mine OF
the Antilles was discovered through
the accident OF a rabbit running to
earth and an Indian trying to dig IL
out; that the rich mine in Calaveras
county was brought to light by two
luei eatherers who were preparing an
earth oven to cook a haunch of ven.
lson; that another mine in Arizona
was revealed by the accidental explo-
SION oil dynamite, and that the second
largest nugget in California fell to the
Lot Of a young Indian who CHANGED to
his overalls in the stream where
If was hidden
AND now a rich gold mine has been
discovered at Toxic, capable of pro-
lucing two or three million sterling an
luaily, at a time when Japan needs all
he gold il can amass
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
Attends Bride IN refnota3

The four bridesmaids at the wedding
of Lady Hermoine Grimston in London
recently wore sandals. and their naked
shapely feet attracted pardonable ad.
miratlon at the church. Instead Of
gloves they wore mittens and other.
wise complete early Victorian COS.
tunes. The Grimstons have cultivated
the wearing Of sandals and their feet
looked quite fitted to them, but the
feet of ordinary women cramped IN
narrow pointed boots scarcely would
bear the exposure.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29

and raised bis glass in turn, -eoa-
my dear friendt." said he, Il yiss -
shoost vat you wish mel" ~
The growing smile faded fro,
hens face and be set his glass a.
with a bang. aosr
Ply Abraham!" he excl,,u..
Now you're shtarting II an
againi" esa
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29

In Germany only about one manu-.
script out Of evers 300 offered to the pub
fishers is accepted, and Germany's cut.
put Of books Is enormous. Evidently.
says the Chicago Record Herald, that ID
a country OF scribhlers as well as Of SOL
diers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
The Mysterinns Say

That young Chicago woman, who mar
rled the mia who shot her rather than
have him 40 toprison. has added another
complication to puzzle those students Of
humanity who think they understand
women.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
Not Much Help.

Scientific measurement has demon.
strated that the great star Arcturus
sends about as much heat to the earth as
q man could feel from a candle burning
SIX miles from him-so you might as
we'll lay In . full supply Of coal for the
winter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
Playful kansas Tornadoes

A Kansas mar has evolved a feather.
less chicken, thus depriving the Kan.
sas tornado Of Its most cherished pas.
time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29
Not AlNava-

Syracuse woman who had been writ
fng verses feared she was going insane
and took poison. Is writing verses a
sure 5isn. asks the Buffalo Express.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29

II destiny still refuses to give w.
what you are after. just camp out =.
her 'front.' door step. She will su,.,,
throw you something before man.
days In order to rid herself of you
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29

Great men are too busy to tai, -.
multitude how to become great
nobody has time to listen to the l,,.,.
man. no matter how persistsut,. !.
sQueals the directions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-29

There are lots Of ways to mar.
love, but not nearly enough to sstisf,
the average girl.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-12
GRADUAL LIQUIDATION.
Large New York Dry Goods Concern
Adopts Measure.

New York, May ll.-One of the
largest dry goods jobbing houses iii
I'll" country, SWeetZcr. Pembrook 4
60, Of this city, established in 1854.
has adopted policy Of gradual liuui-
datiOn.
After Il meeting Of the directors just
held the announcement was made ana
u statement issued rs follows: "owini:
to the death of the president and the
present business conditions. the officers
ana board Of directors have concluded
to add the policy of gradual liquida-
tinn without at present determining the
question whether the company shall be
Ultimately wound up or shall continue
in business.
1t is the belief of officers and direc-
tors that the assets are ample to pay
al business obligations ana leave Il
good surplus for dividend for the
stockholders holding preferred stock.
scntini; on"-hIl the firms entire Ia
hiliti"e, VIII act as an advisory COM
mittcc. The concern is capitalized 1T
5 500 300" one of the directors said
after the statement had been issued:
1T Will be for them to decide whether
or not we shall go out of business. The
concern is perfectly solvent and we
have had the general run of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-12

An excellent entertainment was
given at the VI. +. church vestry, last
evening. by ii. F.. X. Whitney. Al
though the soloist, Mr.. Upton. was un-
able to be present, being called home
by the death of his mother. several fine
selections were given. The whistiing Of
Mr.. Nixon was much enjoyed by the
audience. A short lecture upon boys
was given by Mr.. Whitney, parts of
which were very amusing. At the close
Of the lecture Mr.. Nixon gave imita-
tons of numerous birds and other we'll
known animals which We're very life
like and amusing as well.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-05-12


The rain storm Of, yesterday. VII
IL tasted but about four hours,
the real article, and was for the greg
or part of that time a steady down
pour. Every gutter was n runninE
brook, and every brook was min
stream in miniature. The effect upon
lhe river was not noticeable, yestel-
DAY. as that body of water was az
ready hign from Mondays rain, the
water having risen on the dam to
heignt of feet and 10 inches, a gam
OF 2 feet ana inches since Monday
night. The water was on the lower
ccSner of Whites wharf, yesterday
put no rise was reported on the dam
curing the day. 1t is expected. however
mat today will bring decided ~.
crease, on account of the amount o.
water which fell. yesterday, and pe
cause of the area Of the storm, when
extended far to the north and east
a gentleman who came home to Az
"esta from the eastern part Of the
state. yesterday afternoon. said fnas
the brooks and streams were runnin:
Iuil, everywhere, and that he shown
expect quite q rise.