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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Japan's war debt Is said 10 amount
already 10 800, 0 5000 As Japan /,
MOI a rich country and It's sources of in.
come are limited. It will be a long time
In lifting the burden Of this debt Ii
ease 1t wins in the conflict with the
Rassinns, it viii pay dearly for victor,
IN both men md money.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Russia Loses a Floating Dock.

London, Aug. 21.-Lloyd's has re-
ceived Information to the effect that a
floating dock which was on its way
from st. Petersburg to Liban for the
use Of the Baltic feet, is a total loss,
having broken in two.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Treacherousiy Murdered.

Alglers, Aug. 21.-Eighty-three horse
men, sent by the Moorish pretender,
Bu Hamara, to Chief Armada Of the
Benz ~Buzzagora tribe, to ask his daugh-
ter in marriage, were treacherously
murdered by the chief.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
DOINGS Or WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the CIVILIZED World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review Of the Happenings
OF the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN In THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

IN the retail district Of Spokane
Wash. flames did damage amounting
10 $4,000
The practice OF small postmaster
swelling their salaries by means Of
large stamp .alss Will be stopped by the
post office department.
tn" governments report on crops
shows lack Of moisture In seyera. i'm
pprtaul corn states but favorable con-
dDtjoDs for The harvesting CT spring
wheat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Evansville, Ind, Aug. 23.--An aero
lite fell, Sunday night, in the yard Of
W, ID. Miller, at Englefield. The stone
Is in the shape of a cube. is brownish
In color and has a large black stripe
around L. When picked up 1t was hot.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

The recruiting service Of the navy ia
getting plenty Of desirable young mon
OF American birth. especially from the
west. and 1t is a singular fact that 6
Western lad makes a good sailor
though he may never have seen salt
water before he joined his ship But
the quality is in the blood Of the race
and a few generations passed on the
prRirics does not eliminate It.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Everybody viii certainly feet It their
duty 60 congratulate the car that hr
has A son aud heir, and everybody viii
rejoice that he has abolished The cus
tom OF inhtcting corporal punishment
on the peasant class, but there are
Americans who can hardly admire the
manner In which he has connected
these two things. Corporal punish.
ment Is not any more brutal nor any
less so on account Of the addition to
the cars family. II It was wrong he
ought to have abolished il long ago
and If it is right he ought not to abol
ish 4.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Sullivan, Ind, Aug. 21s-Brintom
Creager shot and instantly killed his
wife, Friday night, and then committed
suicide. Domestic troubles are said to
have caused a separation and the wife's
refusal to return home is said to have
led to the shooting.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Austin, Tex, Aug. 2S.-Seventy-two
suits have been filed in the circuit
court against the supreme council Of
the American LEGION of Honor by poll
icy holders for the recovery of amounts
~aggregating about $500, 900, alleged to
be due on insurance policies
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Farmers in the vicinity Of New York
GUY are reported as declaring that they
purpose TO allow the country roads 10
20 without repairs, because good roads
increase the number of automobiles
winch brighten horses and XIII small
iarm animals. This Is an omlnous SIT.
uaAoo' " the farmers are willing to
inconvenience themselves as a matter
u protection from the owners OF motor
sars' II is good evidence that tho latter
aase eeen reckless OF rights and com
orr OF the former. That Is bad for mo.
nr,s'h' because II the automobile comes
70 DC a public menace 1t win have to po
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Ncduccs Working Force,

Binghamton, N. Y, Aug. 23.-An or
der went into effect Monday morning
on the Lackawanna railroad, whereby
one OF the three brakemen is dropped
from every freight and coal train on
the road The order will throw sew
eral hundred brakemen out of work,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

New York. Aug. 21.--All records Of
tne season were broken when May
wheat IN New York sold at s1.16. The
demand appeared TO come from all d.
rections. and all wheat offered by sell
lers was readily absorbed,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Jackson. Miss, Aug. 2S.-Jesse Puck
EFT, a blind tiger, keeper, of Jackson,
was shot and killed in Gus Catchings'
blind tiger, just acress Pearl river from
this city. the pistol bullet striking him
In the center Of the forehead.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Joplin, Mo, Aug. ~29.-James Smith,
a farmer residing ten miles north of
Joplin, was instantly killed by a freight
train on the Frisco, lear Carl juno
ton. The body was literally torn to
pieces.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

st. Louis, Aug. 23.-Mrs. Kate Chop
in, well known as an authoress. par
ticularly as a writer of stories Of
Creole life in Louisiana, died at noon,
Monday, a, her home, 1892 Mcpherson
avenue. Her death resulted from
he~morhage of the brain.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

a great many Americans have gone
20 canada during the past few years.
pul the number has been exaggerated.
This Is shown by the report Of the con
SUI general Of the United States, who
po'nlS out that during the past two
years fewer than 10000 have soue
from ine United States into Canada, IN.
stead Of the great army which has been
rsor"sented by some Of the newspapers
ana other sources Of Information. The
American who goes across the border
can DC spared, lie is by no means es.
Fential to the country that he leaves
and he viii not he greatly missed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Fortress win he His Tomb.

London, Aug. 23.-According to the
Moscow correspondent of the Morning
Post, Lient.-Gen. Stoessel concluded a
telegram to an intimate friend there
with these words: Farewell forever.
Port Arthur will be my tomb
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Ell Paso. Tex, Aug. 2S.-Silver City,
N, M, was swept by a flood Sunday
night, after a severe cloudhurst in the
mountains above. No loss of life has
been reported, but it is believed that
50 homes were washed away.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Hurricane In south Dakota.

Watertown, S, D., Aug. ga hur.
ricaue of severe character swept over
a region In the northeast part of the
state Sunday night. Twenty-Five un-
known of Willow Lake We're injured,
but not seriously hurt,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 23.--Fif-
teen thousand and s~eyenty-six persons
registered for claims on the Fort Tot
ten Indian reservation. The drawing
will begin Wednesday morning at nine
O'Clock.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Gu Charge OF Manslauuhter.

Shoals. Ind. Aug 2&.-Thomas Da,
Wis who is accused of killing John Den
nigau az Loosootee, last Thursday
night has been bound over to the cir
cult court in the sum of $ 1000 on a
charge of involuntary manslaHghter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

M%artinsyille, Ind. Aug, %. White
caps took Good Turk from his home
on East Washington street here, Sat
urday night. and whipped him severely
with buggy whips because he neglected
and abused his family.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Minister Thompson Arrives

New York, Aug. 23.-David Thomp,
son. United States minister to Brazil
and Mrs, Thompson, were passengers
On the steamer Byron from Brazil
ports, which arrived here Monday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27

q am happier at the birch Of a son
and heir than Of a victory Of my
troops. says the ear by the way
what victory does Hr mean
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Published Weekly.

According to th" Japanese system Of
Therapeutic. Port Arthur b. 10 be vel.
shaken before tukpn
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-08-27
Won Plehve's slayer Die. Again.

st, Petersburg, Aug. 22.--rt is ru-
mored here that the assassin of NJ.
Won Plehye. minister of the interior,
died a few days~ago.
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18
A0WE KzZZAE

The appointee was born at FAN Riv.
er. Mass. and graduated - . civil en-
gineer 1t Monmouth university. Mon
mouth. m.. Of which his father Was
the founder. He entered railway 90.
vice in 1869 q rodman and ten years
later became chief enginer oe Tie
Peoria and FArmington railway. tho
construction OF which he supervised.
In 1887 he became bridge engineer Tor
the Santa Fe, and In 1SS3 was ap.
pointed chief engineer Of the nlin0is
Central. During seven years hs held
second vice president, In 1901 assist
ant general manager, and IN 8eptem.
bef. 1902. general manager Of the
system.
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18


but . polite dlploaatic reprsoea-
tafve 0nk1ng tyoaktes and layilg ths
foundations of ooveeelgnty. Up The
Co0go - vsat fortified b. his IN.
rlva)oo Gkin b SuagA travel and b.
his equally unrivaled aeQuaintanee
With 0ottvo nA1nses and cas1o0a.
Tie ropogts vhicAr - oont hook. q
tie resources a the country and q
tAe stealinss and butchefings CON.
nitted b the Arab slave traders Coz
vlnood - avaEicioas and humanita-
riaA Dnrepe- charaeteristies b.
Ing geauine- that Africa could, "a
longer b allowed to 60 IL own vay
70 tho everlasting bonfire.
Tie result vas Tie Berlin coafer-
eaee q 1854 At this conference ths
nations q D1ruDe drew up rules 1us
TIE OAAo q scramble which Wa about
- begin. Stanley had travefsed the
unexplored center q Africa which
separated the better Known regions al
tie soatA fton The stin better known
regions a The north He had brought
the period q earious, investigatogy
exploeatjoa 70 IN end. He had taken
service under Leopold. He had trans
formed tAe lntsspational Congo asso-
ciatioa into . sovereign landed estate.
Sir Itancis d Wintoa had been sent
ost - territorial governor. The Unit-
q States bad recognised the blue
1elded and gold starred dag of the
lnteFantioaal Congo association q
that a . friendly government" II
the oGker nations Of Europe were not
TO b left On the cold edge Of con.
quest Il Was tine for intervention.
The Berlin conference. rendered in
svitable By Stanley. meant interven-
ton. The International Congo asso.
citation became the Congo Free State.
Win IL territory roughly defined and
With ID sovereignty lodged IN the per
60 q the king q the Belgians. The
rest a Africa Was manifestly destined
to b gradually rounded up into
spheres Of influence. the centers Of
gravity Of which would be at London.
Paris, Berlin. Lisboa and Rome. The
laws governing this process were con
structed In skeleton and were left to
b provided With Aesh and blood BY
suhsequent conventions between the
governments particularly concerned.
The year 1854 must. therefore. be
taken - the epoch Of the modern par
titioa of Africa and Stanley must be
tal1en - . co0pelling figure In that
epoch.
This = the reason Why only IN In
adequate conception Of Stanley's work
u secured when he II studied only %
. member of the glorious fellowship
Of Affieaa expl0ress. He ranks with
Dias and Vasco d Cana and Living
stone, and his aAnity n mainly with
then. But circumstances gave him
. night 70 be counted with also IN
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

chl0eoo Used tbe Explosive aeoco
Sjx Hwndred Years Ass.
The torpedo u not . modern inven'
ton. - the majority oe people sup
pose. II, IKE many other devices Of
which civilized nations boast, u hoafy
With age. The invention Of gunpoW.
der By the Chinese seven centuries
aeo, commonly attributed to The Con
fucians. has been disputed. and the
credit for the discovery has been giv'
en- BY various authorities TO the
Greeks or Romans.
Combustibles Nike naphtha, 10 which
class Greek Gre belongs. were ID NE
In the armies a the Califs, and were
conSounded with explosives. Marcus
Graecus seems to have had . recipe
for making gunpovder from saltpetef.
coal and sulphur. and his career has
been placed - early - the ninth cen
tury: but It would b more correct
to place his life in the middle oe the
thirteenth. A critical sitting a the
whole evidence leads to the co0clu-
sion that saltpeter vas 1rst known IN
China, but not before the middle 0l
the twelfth century.
In the successful defense of the Chi
nese city Piauking against the Non
eols, explosives. blasting bodies md
rockets were employed against The
enemy, and some diagrams exist
vAlch ahnv tha fnFm In vhleh th0nG
explooiveS were used.
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

John Findley Wallace Of Chicago.
general manager Of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad. has notified the PanA-
ma canal commission 1t Warrington
OF his acceptance OF the post Of chief
engineer IN charge Of the c0nstruc-
tioo Of the isthmian waterway.
Mr.. Wallace will take up his work
On June 1, at IN annual salary OF $2s.-
900. His headquarters for some time
viii be at the national capital. Il
probably viii take two years for pre-
uminary work. and then the engineer
will go to the isthmus. to remain until
the canal is completed. Nearly $780,
100000 will be expended. and $1,000
men Win be employed. besides skilled
labor.
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18
CARDINAL FOND OF WALKING


Head q Roman Catholic Zee q oasti-
more q Pedestrian.
Though far from being . robust
man Cardinal Gibbons Is . great walk
er. Not only is he known - such IN
his home city of Baltimore. but he has
acquired that reputation among hts TEL
low prelates 1t Rome. The cardinals
and archbiships there with whom he
has made friends say laughingfy that
to start out On Q mornings walk With
their American brother II like doing .
severe stunt OF penance. The cardi-
nal - too delicate In frame and health
to make anything OF . show n pull
nit orator. Knowing his physical hmi-
tatious, he is very retiring In mannef.
and when he does appear before .
ooagregation he Is quiet and unassum-
ing In his delivery, not trying to be
impressive. He wisely husbands al
hia strength for his administrative
lab0rs.
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

Pual)leee odd Reosoo ~ 01o0aao
prooeoe . Pe3ooA

Onaaalaal1a 0A1 R00000 ~ 0|10
n..e - e.ae.A
poa~< 1l1.aa.nnna = ~ = hahaf,
81 - - 49,. - AnenNfv a
.,,.ss.~ 1aA~ - = - nee
- 0..tHe Mece - n g hat,
~ .cn.sa.Aa 49, go.
-. .tsi.esc carcseo "a pAiloaalnAia
~. neoree n.unAa.
RI. 4. = ..eoA cAa~,am-vAieA.
H~ hve.nort N - eoafrary ut.
-ssA.e..se.. ~n = 49,
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18
PLAY TO SPITE ,,usoAsspa

0ayonne Women ln Euehre cOuoo D.
cause Hubbiee 0iell0se Then.
Some time ago . number of men q
Bayonne. N. J.. formed IN anti eueAfo
society, declaring that their wives
were devoting altogether too much
much attention to the game na1e6.
Appropriately enough, Josiah 1ieks
was elected president. The orHa1i1ar
ton has struck . nasty snAG In tho
shape Of IN anti-lodge club started b
the wives. who declare that Il tAeg
may Judge from the midnight stories
told by their husbands Bayonne must
have . remarkably large number q
sick lodge members. They even in-
innate that draw poker 10 the most
prevalent disease. More euchre par
ties than ever are being given and
clubs which heretofore stopped p1ay-
ing in the spring viii hold weekly
meetings all during the summer '91st
to show those fresh married ne0 that
they cannot boss us."
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

0eaalsy's Psaes h Hsssssy.
There are in Africa four great nv
ees. In eoanectioa With the ezpSoea'
tioas o( the Nile the world WW ~
member Bruce. and Burton. ana 49,
and Daksr, and Grant IN connection
With the explorations q the Niger q
Win remember Mungo Park. In eoo'
nection With the explosat6oas q 0e
zambeei 4 vim remember IiviaGsto0o.
In eouneetion with the explorations q
he Couso IT win remember Henry y.
stanley. AZ long - the discovery q
The earth BY it, inhabitants Il studied
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

Mercantile clerks with many letters
to write to India tradesfOlk are to be
pitied. The following. picked at ran
dom from the hooks OF London nrm
doing business In India, are not at all
q bad specimen Of the general run of
names throughout the empire: Joga-
y,iala Seethasamachendrudu: Aanthri
Prakada Suryanarayana, Vangar Pa
thangy vijayaraghavacharriar. Con-
ieeyeram Muttukumaraswamy Mud
Mar. Poonamalie Shunmugasundaram
lludliar. Keduramangalam Subraman-
ist Chidembera Iyer. Peruvayel Coo
maleeswarenpettah Rajaruthna Mood
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

FeedlWe aWd Vvaeesin0 oeeess.
Il makes little di1eeenee Whethes
the water o. chop - given 1rst peo'
vided water II given - frequently
- 4 should be. % that . very large
quantity II not taken at once. Chop
should not b given n its pure state.
but be mixed with . more bulky food.
% that Il viii be returned to the
mouth for mastication. In the water
ing Of stock the animals themselves
'are the best Judges, and they should
b allowed to drink when disposed.
Where % sueculent food. such o.
roots o. ensilage. u given. drink
should Be allowed before feed. then
coarse fodder. such - hay. followed
BY the chop. mixed With cut hay q
chat. II suceulent food n given. the
animals win not require water until
tvo OF three hours after they are
through feeding. Il II well to allow
them an the water they wish at least
three times daily. II all the food b
Cry. and II roots are fed they should
drink once o. twice daily. according
to the quantity q roots given.
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18
TRAITS OF IHH RUSS
sVNU oeUuo - Ao0u - - eeosAS oobd
. anQsoss WAs ~ ouossso-
0bUUO ~ q cnne oooohooo0 tlaat
coUso . oasaOo 1DeA

1Ao alDaGeoe - u 1nDs1aA sAip
noAoed - Arranging tAss smksn
0iDoo a Hogt Arthur Fo01nd0 - that
IL ADegue NleAolas L Vas veey en-
thuslastie over this branch a tAe ssrv-
jca Lord Dloo01sld aeconpanied him
- watch o1pe91DeatD q many occor
s1oaaL o. ooe a them Tie whole
party Wese drenehed % tAe slin. and
after tAe operations there was drive
q three Or 1pur hours. which his lord
chip relished - little . anybody.
o. that drive hack 70 st. PetersbuFg
Loed Dooo01eld had fDur horses 10 his
carriage. and Was proceeding at the
WAea Tie leading postili0a's horse fell.
bringing down his eompanioa and one
q the vAsslsrs. and the poor boy lay
under two q the paunging bgutss. Il
Was diDcult to extricate the position.
for the horses were cruelty hurt. and
furious with pain.
A crowd collected. and Lord Castle
rsagh happened to drive up. At length
the boy was lifted clear-n0t killed.
but terribly hurt. He Was put into
Lord Castlereash's caleche and sent
on to the city. to the open ast0nish-
ment Of . Russian o@eer wA0 had
come up.
why make that fuss!" - said.
Hes Q Russian. He can ride yet.
Wake HIM up with . little whipcord.
and Let him d0 hia work"
But the Englishmen we're more ten
der-hearted. Fresh horses and postil-
IONS were obtained and 81. Petersburg
was reached at last. The story came
to the empress ears. She was Marie
Of Prussia. . stately woman. who had
once been very beantiful
Her appearance Was now marred
BY . nervous twitch Of the features.
which came over her during the terri
BILE days that followed her husbands
accession. There had been IN emeute
and the roaring mob surrounded the
winter palace. threatening death to
the imperial pair. who were watching
from within.
Suddenly Nicholas took his &
mO0thoOld child In his arms and
stepped out on the balcony. facing the
crowds which surged like . sea in the
vast palace square. He Was very
y0ung. and . splendi0 specimen Of .
man. this Emperor Nicholas, In the
heyday Of his magnificent strength.
He did not speak. but stood there
the baby In his arms. A silence fell
on the mob. . silence almost more
awful than its rage. Then came . tenn
pest ol cheers and sObs. The dynasty
W1S saved.
The people were ready to die for
their emperor and his heir. But one
shivering woman had been tried past
her strength-the Empress Marie car
ried with her the mark OF that moment
Of anguish until her dying day.
She laughed at. Lord Bloomfield
when she Was told Of his care for .
position boy. but there were tears In
her beautiful eyes. His mother
loves him." she said. His mother
will thank you. But We Russians have
to learn to be hard. d."-Chicago Jour-
nal
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

Chief Master at Arms Timothy Muir
ray. and the only one q the 1900
participants In the battle q Mobile
bay still in active service In the navy
has applied for his retirement For
some years Murray has been station
ed On the cob dock 1t the Brooklyn
navy yard and II Q familiar figure q
the local station. He has shipped IN
every vessel but one In the old navy.
has touched at every port Of any i'm
portance In the world and u person
ally acauainted With more oncefs and
maa in the navy than any one else.
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

Women will be interssted In the
gieantic bird cage 1t the worlds fair.
which is 325 feet long. The covering
is Of wire, strengthened BY . steel
framework. A wooden platform sur
rounds the cage. and through the cen
ter runs q founteen-foot walk. In
this aviary the feathered tribes viii
disport themselves under NATURAL con
6lti0nA
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18
litsle Scout Wa . Gin.

Little Scout Wae ~ctSG"
Il IL not generally known nat Lit
tie Scout, the gallant son a Lamp
lighter-Lttle Indian. ? frequent win
ner o. the tracks last summer. and
the king of 'em al at New Orleans
during November and December. II
gift" horse.
When Turfman George C. Bennett
bought a lot Of yearlings from Milton
young. which included Abe Frank and
Ed Austin and I'VE others, for which
. total Of 5000 vas paid. he wanted
to get Q Lamplighter. but did not
fancy any that he saw.
After the deal for the seven head
had been closed. Young. pointing to
an under-sized colt, remarked to Nc
Daniel:
There is O Lamplighter In which
you may feel IN interest. and his dam
Is . half. sister 10 Myrtle Hsrkness.
N You want him win throw him
in for good measure"
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

'Vefe0tcAaGin. the fa00oS PAINTER q
var sceoes, Who IoGt hls life On The
battlesAip PetroDaylovsk. had many
curious expoeio0ce0 IN this country.
One day at IN exhibitioa a his paint.
ines q rich bCokef said to him:
What 10 the lowest price you Win
take for that picture!"
mot Q penny less than >5.000." -
plied the Russian artist
''Oh. I say. llr. w." protested the
broker. you can't expect 70 get -
much for your pictures - II you had
beea dad for several centuries, IKE
lfichael Angelo and that class ol can
vas decoeaAors!"-N York Times.
The Columbus journal., 1904-05-18

0eall fes 0esslsino heiIeh 1sossrs.
l. C.-Kindly advise how to make
q Rtall for breaking heifers in to b
MIXED.