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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
RUBBER GROWING IN SIAM.
Thousands Of Plants Recently Set Out
Are Expected to Make
Large Yield.

The cultivation of rubber in Siam
has only recently been started, some
thousands Of plants having been set
out az an experiment. These plants OF
the Para variety (Heyea brasiliensis)
are said 10 be doing exceedingly well,
although | believe they have had no
especial care, but have been planted
Unfortunately In various places and
under varying conditions of moisture,
sun, etc. 1t Is still too o o TO tell
what the ultimate result OF this ven
ture will be, but | am OF the opinion
that it will prove highly successful.
There is, however, one thing to rear,
namely, the new so-called disease,
which | hear has developed in the Para
rubber plantations of the Malay PENN
gula. can learn nothing definite
about ills pest, except that it attacks
the leaves and is very destructive. |
am inclined to the opinion that 1t is
caused by the larvae OF some insect.
In this connection it may be inter-
esting to note two Of the rubber-pro-
ducing plants Indigenous to Siam. The
more important of these is the F1cus
elastica, so much used in the United
States for ornamental purposes and
found in large quantities in the
Siamese jungle and throughout India
and Indo-China generally.
Rubber is collected from these treas
by the simple process of making longi'
tudinal scarifcations in the bark, from
which the coagulated milk is taken in
long strips. 1t is SAID that a plant Sin
years old will yield four pounds OF
rubber annually of a quality which
could be sold in London at about 81
cents per pound, but this price ap'
pears to me to be a tritle exaggerated
The other rubber-producing plant o.
known commercial value is a creepel
of great size, probably n of tbs
| Urceola (eithef u. esculenta or u
classical, although from certain de
scriptions ! am sometimes inclined tt
believe it to be a Willughbeia, 1t |.
most difficult to obtain any reliable
information on the subject, from &
botanical point Of view, and it is quite
possible that both are indigenous Il
Siam. These Creepers, whatever they
may be, yield a fair quality of rubber
produced by cutting them into sections
two or three feet long and collecting
the juice, which is subsequently boilet
for a moment in water and immediate
ly %coagulates into a viscous mass
which has to be dried by smokin!
over a fire before it can be handled
The bark is also used, and upon bein'
pounded and boiled gives about tel
per cent. of a rather inferior rubber
It Is said that these creepers grow
with astonishing r%apidity, and tina
two or three weeks after being Gu
down they show a growth Of six 0
seven feet.
believe that both the F, elastici
and these creepers could be cultivate
with profit in the Philippine islands.
PAULNAsH.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30

An able Kansas lawyer who was ar.
rested in that prohibition common.
wealth for being drunk made a success.
full defense in court recently. remarks
the Atlanta Constitution, arguing that
as he had acquired his jag in Missouri
TO try him In Kansas must necessarily
be a violation OF the interstate commerce
law. 1t goes without saying that an able
justice of the peace handed down the de,
C!sion In the case.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
New German Product

Artificial silk appears to be an
article of manufacture with a great
future. The Associated Factories of
Artificial Silk, a corporation here,
which was formed in 1900, is reported
now to manufacture five times as
much artificial silk as in 1900. The
exports of artificial silk from Germany
to the United States, as far as | am
able to find, for the year ended June
80. 1903, amounted to 1919, O6S. SS, OF
which $751;, 430.11 was exported from
this district and s137,69S.77 from tina;
of AK la Chapelle. / also find thai
97,943.2l worth was shipped to the
United States during that period from
Lyons, France; s320.S0 from St
Etienne, France, and SIG, 701.09 from
Brussels, Belgium-making exports lC
the United States amounting to s434,
033. SO for that year.
RICHARD GUENTHER.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
Azores Whale Fishery,

Under date of March II, 1904, United
States Consul II. NJ Bartleman, OF Cadiz.
Spain, reports that whale fishing in the
Azores yielded s29,1ss during the year
1903. The fishers Of Graciosa island
caught a whale from which s3,475 worth
Of ambergris was extracted, and thcse
of st. Jorge island another from which
$40 worth Of ambergris was obtained
In the fishery 81 boats we're employed
manned b. COS 9 The number Of
whales caught was 80.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
A Western Creating.

A Kansas newspaper contains the
following fraternal greeting to its es-
leemed contemporary who has Just
commenced the publication Of a rival
newspaper; "A dream-eyed duck from
The dark wilds of the way-back east
has reached town with a hand press
and a shirt-tail full of type. and pro-
poses to start a rival paper. His hide
will soon be added to those already
hanging on our back fence
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
Times Have Changed.

Alexander Hamilton accepted Allen
Burr's challenge to a duel a hundred
years ago this summer because he was
afraid people might think he was a cow
ard If he did not To-day the whole
country would laugh at any political
leader who would challenge an oppon-
emit, and would regard the acceptance OF
the challenge as an act of moral coward
ice, more worthy of condemnation than
physical cowardice youths Compan-
ion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
SOME VALUABLE VOLUMES.
Copies of Dickens Works That Will Be
Worth One Thousand Dol
lars Each.

The rostliost books ever printed are
now being published at Cambridge.
Mass, the Typographical work being
done by The University Press plant and
The binding at the Boston Bindery, In
the vicinity Of Harvard college. They
comprise the complete works Of
Charles Dickens and will cost sl,OOo
each, reports the New York Times of
recent date. There are 1870 volumes
10 a set, making the total cost to each
subscriber $l30, 900. only ten sets are
to be issued, however, and all have al
ready been sold, J. Pierpont Morgan
and the duke Of Westminster being
among those to whose libraries these
expensive volumes will be added,
There is one feature of these costly
volumes which makes them Of unusual
interest to all who have 10 do with the
printing or collecting Of books. They
are being printed on real parchment.
such as was used four centuries ago.
The permanent qualities Of parchment
are known and appreciated every"
where. but all efforts to do successful
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30

There is a plan on foot to bring 10.
600 goats to Chicago to give an assur-
ance Of pure milk for the children. The
scheme is to take the goats around
from house to house. so that you can
get fresh milk while You wait. This
is the way they do in Naples, only
there they take the goat into the
house. After awhile It will be fash
ionahle to say Pass the goat" when
one wants milk for his coffee or his
strawberries.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
BEARSKlN HATS NOT HEAVY
Headgear Belonging to Member of Old
Guard Found to Be Sur
prisingly Light.

Would you consider it an intrusion
{ | were to ask you to let me heft
hat hate
Thus said a polite stranger to one
If the Old Guard, who stood with his
big bearskin hat hanging by It's chiu-
strap on his arm, while the battalion
vas waiting, at rest, Tor the parade %
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
A Sum In Addition.

Mrs. Flaherty stepped of the scales
in the back room of the grocery store
as oon a che had stepped ON.
Sure, these scales is no gud FIR me-
she said, in a tone of deep disgust,
"They only weigh up to wan hundred
an | weigh wan hundred an n~oinety
pounds"
IT'S easily discouraged We are said
her companion, Mrs. Dempsey, cheer.
fully. Just step on to thin twict. me
dear. and let Jamesy, here. do tn sun
Er ye."-Youth's Companion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
Might as Well Tell 1t.

you wouldn't believe me-" he said.
If | were to tell you how much I
love you"
"oh, WE'LL" she replied, why should
you be afraid as long as you don't put
1t in writing?"-Chicago Record-Her-
AID,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
Gasoline as Cleanser.

If the use Of gasoline is tolerated in
the household it will be found useful for
leaning porcelain tubs and other toilet
utensils. Nothing else does this work
more thoroughly or more quickly.--N. Y.
Post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-30
To Prevent Swelling from a Br,,;se

Apply q raw, lean beefsteak to the
part, or apply Immediately a cloth SIX
times doubled and dipped in cold wa
ter and freshly dipped when it grows
warm.-Medical Talk !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23

It will be literal gathering together OF
his children. We are preparing stakes here
and at Independence, Mo, where all true
believers will assemble for the Lords COM
ing.
The charge has been made against my
father that he practiced, countenanced
and taught polygamy. This is false. He
did just the contrary. He preached against
polygamy. Polygamy was made part OF
Mormonism Illegally by Brigham Young IN
1852, to cover his own sins. 1t was not
voted upon by the church, as required by
the church law; it was young's personal
scheme. solely and simply.
After the prophet was killed the church
divided. It had been prosperous for four
teen years. When the seer was killed
there were 10000 Mormons at Nauvoo and
about 200, 900 in the world. OF these, Brig
ham Young headed 10000, and. with this
small proportion, went west to Utah In
#1847 and established the Utah church. In
1852 he introduced polygamy into the
church. Young stated on Aug. 20, 1852,
that the seer gave him a revelation by
which plural marriage was commanded
He also presented what he said was a
copy of the revelation, stating that the
original was burned by Emma, Joseph
Smiths wifef and my mother. The pres
entation of this so-ca1Ied copy by Brigham
Young was not accompanied by essential
proofs OF its authenticity, as correct
copy Of an original document, properly
placed before the several and entire quo
runs OF the church for examination and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23

1T is not So. The people Of this
community do not want cheap and
vulgar music! It is just the other way.
Did you not notice when the italian
bands were out at Lake Harriet, the
people came when there was Wagner
and things Of that sort? It is so in
the theater. The people are done to
death with this villainous musical
comedy It insults their musical in
telligence."
The Sir Oracle who gave expression
to these lines was none other than
Emil Oberhoffer, conductor of the
Philharmonic club and the Mime
apolis Symphony orchestra and future
director of the Minneapolis park band.
when the summer comes" he con-
tinued, "the park band, the body Of
which will be the Symphony orchestra.
will play good music, the best of the
operas and genuinely popular music.
There will be no ragtime because the
Minneapolis public doesn't want it.
When it was arranged by the Mime
apolis park board that I should or
ganize and conduct the Lake Harriet
band for this summer, I was admon-
ished that they expected me to de-
liver the goods as one member of the
board expressed it. This means that
the standard set by the bands which
have gone before must be maintained.
I am glad Of this.
do you know that we are getting
reputation up here Of developing a
most critical musical cult? So much
has our reputation for discernment in
matters musical been spread abroad
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23

that even Fremstad was nervous about
appearing here, anda Damrosch, just
the other day, said pthat he wished to
do his best in Minneapolis. In COM
mon parlance we have our hammers
OUT That Is the way it is said?
And this appreciation of the artis-
tic Is being developed far from what
Is popularity supposed to be an artistic
center and in the face of our Ameri-
can commercialism. Let the young
musician for once stop asking, only:
Will it pay?' and substitute: Am
called?' and soon the voice of the
much-abused American composer will
be heard in the land and his voice
will be clear and strong. The fact is,
if you do not feel that you must be a
musician and nothing else, why in
sist?
when a father asks me if he
should make his son musician,
say: BY no means. In case of doubt
give him the counting stool and not
the piano STOOL
(Which reminds me that in this
country one studies to be a pianist by
practice on pianoforte only. Excel
lent way to become digital special
list, but not musician. In Ger
many he studies the piano and every
thing else. There they wait for
definite manifestations Of musical
talent. t8 s
How did I come to be a mu-
sician?' Why, I am afraid I did not
choose. I remember, a musical soiree
at my home when my father played
the piano. BY some unexplained
oversight stole into the MUSHROOM
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23
PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH.
our church accounts for the Book Of Nor.
| mon Fo11Ovva. go

our church accounts for the Book Of Nor
mon as follows:
Many years before Christ few people
under divine guidance and command left
Jerusalem and crossed the ocean In espe-
cially constructed boats, landed on the
coast Of South America, established them
selves, grew, and for time. were devout
worshipers Of God, In time some OF them
became idolatrous, left the fold and hence
there became two peoples between whom
there were frequent bloody wars. One
branch of these peoples kept records Of
their doings and Gods dealings with them.
and engraved these records upon plates OF
gold. These records were OF course kept
by various writers. Mormon was one of
them and from his name the book Is
called. About the time that this people
was destroyed by their bioodthirsty enc
mics, the plates were hid in the earth
by the last one who had charge Of them
Joseph Smith, poor boy Of few oppor-
tunities, and my father, under divine
guidance of a vision while praying alone
one. night in the woods. was shown the
place Of concealment Of the plates near
Palmyra, N. Y. With the plates he found
two transparent stones, set In silver bows,
thru which, by divine help, he was en-
abled to translate them from the HER
oglyphics and the Book Of Mormon was
given to the world.
In this book Is found a very strong con-
domination of polygamy and Endorsement
Of monogamy, and this Is used by tho
Latter Day Saints to show the Utah peo-
pie are not following the original teach
ings Of the church. In the second chap
ter Of the Book Of Jacob lie the following
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23

and hid under the pianoforte where,
subsequently, I was discovered cling
ing to- a piano leg in hysterical
state. Later, at the age of probably
was looked upon as sort of
| prodigy violinistO I conducted the
orchestra for travelling Passion Play
company-but alas! my first expert
ence in conducting ended in flight
| from the little hall at the sight Of
| the crucifixion.
But as I was saying" continued
the conductor, waving his hands about
as if carrying the orchestra thru a
hard place in the score, since the
people of Minneapolis are becoming
so appreciative that where a few
years ago we had only a couple of
artists visiting us and acting toward
us in a sort Of patronizing or conde-
scending way, we now have score of
concerts in which the home organiza-
lions are wing in excellence with
the best importations and-mirabile
dictu-are receiving the substantial
and sympathetic support of our best
citizens.
'The new music hall? All, the sue
cessful issue Of that problem spells
a new era for musical culture in our
| midst. No more can a religious body
thrive or develop its greatest useful
ness without fixed and settled home
| than can a musical colony without an
art temple of its own.
TWENTY-FIVE hundred seats will be
more than enough. Is not Thomas
with his grand orchestra and endow-
ment fund and the 100000 people in
Chicago moving out Of the Auditorium
/ with its 5000 seats into an auditorium
seating but $500? We want a home
!. for music here, with such acoustic and
esthetic appointments. that going to
a concert should be treat to eye and
ear alike, and only in such environ
ments will music become a dignified
factor in the furtherance Of the pres
ent day culture"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Lamont, Iowa, April 'Polyg-
amy, such as President Smith of the
Utah church has told about, is hea-
thenish; it is condemned by the true
Mormon church, established by my
father; the Utah Mormons are inter-
lopers, led astray by the sins Of Brig
ham Young, a falsifer."
In these unequivocal words, Joseph
Smith, son Of the first Mormon and
prophet and spiritual director for a
quarter of a million communicates,
denounces the conditions in the Utah
division of the church, as revealed by
the testimony Of President Smith be-
fore the senate. Prophet Joseph
Smith Is ex-officio leader Of the Nor
mon colony which has built the town
Of Lamont upon cooperative princi-
Piles. Here he cares for his people,
and awaits the second coming OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23
Christ, which he declares will surely
be here, at the home Of his church.
Division of the Church.

Division of the Church.
When the original Joseph Smith,
the merchant discoverer Of the golden
tablets of the Mormon church near
Palmyra, N. Y, was threatened by a
mob at Carthage, Ill, he solemnly
conferred the charge Of affairs Of the
church upon his son, then lad Of
only ~. The murder of the elder
Smith in the Carthage Jail few days
later resulted in a division of the
church OF the 10000 believers at
Nauvoo, Brigham Young took 100
and went to Utah and the other 10000
followed the boy prophet, Joseph
Smith. This is according to the claims
of the latter. He and his followers
went from Nauvoo to Plano and from
Plano to Lamont twenty-three years
ago. Here they own their own prin-
terry, their saints home, their stores
and churches. The appointment Of
heads Of the church, In fact, all i'm
portant officers, is done by Prophet
Smith, in accordance with alleged
visions.
In these words Prophet Smith tells
Of his authority and Of the spurious
ness Of the Utah people who call
themselves Mormons:
Polygamy Started by Young.
I was called to be the head Of the
church in April, 1860. by direction Of the
seer, and by direct word Of God. We are
preparing for the second coming Of Christ.
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acceptance. No privilege Of examination
was given then or later. Young was known
to have been polygamist for number OF
years before this revelation was presented.
The church under my leadership is -four
fishing and the work will be carried on by
my son, the next prophet, Frederick M.
Smith, now 80 years of age. We have an
enrolment In this country Of from 10000
to $4,000, with 100000 attendants on an
average from years end to years end.
History of the Book Of Mormon.
The visitor to the Lamont church to-
day will perhaps hear texts quoted from
two books, the Book Of Doctrine and
Covenants, and the Book Of Mormon. The
former contains what the Latter Day
Saints believe to be revelations to the
church to-day thru their prophet and
revelator. The other book is the product
Of continued revelation, and, briefly stated,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23
st. Petersburg--Plan Pan-Slav Union.
Special Cablegram.

Special CabAegram.
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Ito oppose the they to
War Tax Gambling
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23
PON7ZFF pLANS TO
SEND AMBASSADOR
TO UNITED STATES
POpe anxious to Establish NunciO at
Washington in Place Of Apostolic
Delegation.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23

The pale blush basque flower, or
anemone, is popularity believed to be
the FIRST flower OF the spring In this
region, and for this reason is re-
garded with affection, especially by
the children, who call it the '.gosling."
The childish name is very fitting. for
the long soft hairs covering the cup
about the flower are gray-green in
color and look and feel like down.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23
Manch uria--Nurses Are I'll Treated.


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have
Creditors Chase Princes.
correspondent there Of Berlin
to
yes.
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Paris--America Anglers King Leopold.
CabLegram.

SPECIAL Ca6zegTaM
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23

~ that of its cousin, the wild cle-
mats Of the late summer. Many per-
sons familiar with the basque flower
never associate with the blossom
either its leaf or its fruit. The pasque5
flower is an anemone and very stn1t-
lar to some varieties cultivated in
gardens, and to the blue and white
anemones Of mountain meadows and
the arctic regions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23
MORMONS OF Lamont AT
WAR WITH POLYGAMY

Tene the Utah Church Denounced and Brigham Young Pro
Fasiher by Joseph Smith, Son Prophet
Head Of the Main Body Left After the Division Maui
voo-Hs Explanation Mormon Was Given
to the World.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23

The blossoms appear before the leaves
and on stems SO short that it requires
sharp eyes to discover them in the.
old grass and leaves on the sunny
slopes of hiIts and banks As the
season advances the stems lengthen
rapidly, and the blue sepals fall, a
soft, fuzzy ball develops, each tiny
seed having a long, waving plume,
making the seed head resemble close