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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-09
MESSMER Is NAMED.
Green Bay Prelate viii Take Place
of Archbishop Katzer,
Selection Made by Congregation OF
Ia Propaganda P1eases Catholic
LaIty and Clergy In State
of Wisconsin,.

The report that the congregation OF
the propaganda at Rome has decided to
propose to the pope the appointment Of
Bishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, OF
Green Bay, Wis, as archbishop OF Mil
waukee In succession to the late Arch
bbishop Katzer Is confirmed,
Roman Catholics at Milwaukee are
much pleased with the selection OF BiSh-
op Me8smer, Of Green Bay, to succeed
Archbishop Katzer. Father Augustin
Schinner, administrator Of the MllWau-
kee diocese, who was prominently mem
toned himself for the succession, said:
Il expected the selection OF Bishop
Messmer all the time. ] have no doubt
he will be welcome here. He is a man OF
great ability"
II. j. Desmond, editor OF the Catholic
Citizen, said: The appointment OF
Bishop Messmer is not surprising. He
may be looked upon as logically in line
for such promotion. From personal ac-
uuaintance | have learned to esteem him
highly. He is notably interested in all
those movements which aim at the 0
al, intellectual and social Improvement
Of the laity, In those matters where
there are chances Of differences OF opin~
ton Bishop Messmer always has been
tlassed with the conservative element. ~
1T is a very good choice" said Very
Rev. Joseph Rainer, rector of the Sem
mary at 81. Francis, Bishop Messmer,
Ia a learned man and a progressive one,
While he has not received unanimous
support In this diocese, the difference OF
opinion has not been vital, and all will
be pleased at the selection"
Bishop Messmer Is an eloquent pre-
late, one Of the leaders Of the German
Roman Catholics Of America. He is a
native of Switzerland. where he was
born at Goldach. Canton st. Gail, on
August 20, 1847. He received his educa-
ton at Innsbruck, Austria, going thence
to Rome to pursue his ecclesiastical
studies, and he came to this country
when quite Il young man. He was Or
dained to the priesthood on July %, 1871,
and for a number Of years was a profess
sor at Seton Hall seminary. near South
| Orange, N. j. He left that institution to
| become a professor In the Catholic uni
| versity at Washington, and later was
made rector of st. Peters church at New
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-09
A TALK ABOUT GUAM.
Little Island in the Pacific Is an
Interesting Spot.
People Are industrious and Glad That
Jneie Sam owns the
Causes That Made Aganaa an
Important Town.

The only good map that has yet been
made OF the island of Guam is the result
of a government survey and has been
published by the war department. The
| little sketch map shown here is a reduc-
! ton from it, and the map will interest
many because very few people Lave as
yet any idea of the form Of the island,
which is shown in the aliases scarcely
larger than a dot.
In a rough way the island may be said
to resemble in form the sole OF a snoe.
1t is only 20 miles long and from threeto
ten miles wide, with an area OF about
$50 square miles, or seven times as large
as Manhattan Island.
1t is the most southern Of the chain
OF the Ladrones or Marianne islands,
which stretches 420 miles north n
south. All the other islands belong to
Germany, but they are very small, n
| Guam Is the largest and most important
| of the group. 1t is four days steaming to
the east Of the Philippines.
We observe on the map great paucity
.. information about the interior OF the
island. The reason Is that the jungle
which covers it is so dense that not even
natives have penetrated far into 1t, ex-
cept in two or three places where paths
| extend from coast to coast.
Guam, like all the other Islands OF the
Ladrones, was built up partly by out
pourings from volcanoes and partly by
the work of coral insects; but 1t has this
advantage over islands to the north,
that its volcanoes are all extinct, while
there are still eruptive mountains on
some of the more northern islands.
Guam has some peculiarities. The
northern half of it consists almost who'll
ly of coral rock, which Is very porous,
SO that the rain sinks Immediately into
II and makes its way by underground
channels to the sea, so that there are
20 springs or rivers in the northern part
Of the island.
Near the middle in the ne~ighborhood
of Agana, the capital, is a large spring
that yields a copious supply of water.
1t oozes through a swamp and finds its
way into the sea by means of a river
which has been artificially heightened
and turned for a mile parallel to the
coast for the convenience of the natives.
This is one of the reasons why two
thirds of the population is centered at
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CUPID I'm THE
ELEVATOR
By Carroll Watson Rankin
THE inhabitants we're chary of in

THE inhabitants we're chary OF in
trusting themselves TO the elevator
In Bailey Mansions, for 1t was Of so IN
stable a character that the initiated had
lost all confidence In 1t az a mean of
transportation.
Katherine, however, was not an IN
habltant. In her OWL home elevators
pursued the even tenor Of their way
without vagaries Of any sort SO, when
her call on the top floor was completed,
with every reason to expect a swift ana
uneyentful journey she stepped con
adently into the elevator,
At the fourth floor 1t stopped TO ad-
init a second passenger, a man named
Wegtcott. Weatcott differed from
Katherine in that he entered the cage
like apartment with a full knowledge or
It's treacherous tendencies, but west
rott wac that morning in a frame Of
mind to court disaster. He assured
himself as he stepped in that it was a
matter Of complete indifference to him
whether the elevator shot suddenly up
ward and crashed through the skyiiEht,
or dropped without warning into the
basement.
The elevator, however, did neither OF
these things. Under the guidance OF a
chubby, blue-eyed youth, it pursued It's
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SIZE OF RUSSIA'S ARMY.
Actual Number OF troops the txhr
Has In or Year Manchuria
Kept a Secret.

No one outside the Russian war Of
Ace knows the actual number Of troops
the car has in Manchuria or within
reach Of it, writes o, X. Davis, in Every
body's Magazine. The Russian army in
point of number is the largest in the
world. Nearly 900, 900 young men reach
their majority in Russia every year. and
each is bound by law to spend five years
in the army. II all were taken they
would make an army too large even for
Russia. so only 10000 go to the colors
with the army or the fleet, and the rest
90 to the reserve. The lowest peace
strength OF the Russian military estab-
lishment, therefore, numbers more than
a million men, with 1000 officers. In
war time practically all these young
men join the colors, swelling the army
to the %stupendous figures Of 4.500, 900
men, and 5000 officers. for whom there
are provided $50, 900 horses. Men who
are in position to guess shrewdly say
there are more than 500, 900 Russian
soldiers in Manchuria OF near it now.
The number that can be put in the field
there is limited only by the will of the
government.
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COURAGE E.

where crowds rushed In at noon 70 eat,
The clerks, the scribes and all the others,
He came and hunted for n seat L
And iostled with the hungry brothers,
His hands were large and red and rough,
His coat was frayed along the border.
A bow of soup he deemed enough,
Apparently, for him to order,
There. where the hungry hundreds sat,
with elbows touching as they hurried--
The tall, the short, the thin. the fat,
The unconcerntl and those that wOrried d.
There. where the hard-faced inddel
Partook beside the mild %agnestic,
And noutcd Heaven and laughed at he'll.
And flung out grim remarks and caustlc-
There, crowded in among them, he
Whose hands betrayed the marks Of
labor.
Not caring who might turn TO see.
And eibowed by his thougEtiess neigh
Dor
There, in the noise that they who ate
And they that fed the crowd were max.
ing.
He closed HIS eyes above his plate
And bowed his head before partakihE.
His hands were rough. he was not blessed
With greatness as we think VIC know 1t;
But oh. that l such faith possessed
And dared as he could dare to show It.
S. T. KIser, in Chicago Record Herald.
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CopLIvER OIL FOR STOCK.
Farmer saysItI Is Cheaper Thar Grain
for Fattening P~urposes-iias
other Advantages.

IL fatten my stock on codliver oll,,
a farmer said at the abattoir the other
day, according to the Philadelphia
Record. Il find that this oil is cheaper
than grain and that it produces a finer.
frmer quality of fat. 1t works admir-
ably on pigs, To young pigs give one
ounce a day and to adults give a quar-
ter of a pint. The porkers like 1t; you
can tell IL they are taking too much by
a peculiar lassitude that they develop.
| Killed, their fat has, II they have been
| oyerfed with the oil, a yellow instead OF
a clean white hue. To cattle | give q
half pint Of oil daily and to sheep about
the same quantity as to pigs. Since !
adopted the system of oil fattening two
years ago | have made o money off
my stock than ever before. They eat
less grain now by nearly 40 per cent.
and at the sant> time they weigh heav-
| Ter than they used TO. The butchers tell
me their flesh Is better, too. They say
it is firmer. finer and the fat is whittier.
OF course. an animal won't take codliver
oil raw, so | mix itup with meal. Cod
liver oil Is an excellent thing for broken
winded horses, In fact, | use this fluid
for a dozen purposes on my farm, buy
Ing il in bulk from the wholesale zeal.
| erx"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-09
NEW EUROPEAN CANAL.
Hts Construction Will Restore Ans
cient city of Corinth to Its old
Time Importance.

Few enterprises which have been
started in Europe within the last quar-
ter Of a century are of greater CONNER
cial importance than the new Corinth-
ian canal, a picture of which accompa~
MES this story.
When the project was first proposed
many skeptics ieered at it, asserting
that it would cost an enormous sum Of
money and that some of the difficulties
in the way would prove practically in
surmountable, A syndicate was never
theless formed and the work was be-
gun. The task of cutting n waterway
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-09
Well Remembered.

Valley City. n. OAK, Dec. 1.-two year.
ago Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher OF this place
suffered a great deal with a dizziness in her
mead. She was cured of this By a remedy
called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and has not beer
troubled since.
Shortly afterwards she had a bad bilious
attack and for this she used Diamond Din,
ner Pills and was completely cured in a
short time.
In January, 1903, she had In attack Of
Sciatica OF which she says;
II was almost helpless with the Sciatica
but remembering what Dodd's Kidney
Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills had done fol
me before. | commenced a treatment Of
these medicines and in three weeks | was
completely restored to health. l have
great faith in these medicines for they hays
been Of SO much benefit to me"
Dodd's Kidney Pills are very popular ir
Barnes County, having made a great many
splendid cures Of S~ciatica, Rheumatism and
Kidney Troubles. Many families use nc
other medicine.
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Archbishoprlc of Milwaukec)
ark, N, ]. 1t was from the latter parish
that he vas sent to this diocese, being
consecrated as bishop here March q,
1892.
During his administration Of this
diocese Bishop Messmer has become
highly popular, and his government of
church affairs has given general salts
faction. He is noted for his learning
and piety, and frequently his advice is
sought by clergy outside the diocese on
questions connected with canon law, in
which he is well versed.
While in New Jersey Father Messmer
became prominent with Bishop McFaul
| in organizing the National Federation OF
| Catholic societies. and at the time be-
came very intimate with Cardinal Mar
tinelli, who then represented the holy
| see as ahlegate at Washington. In 1892
Bishop Messmer was spoken of as arch
bishop to Manila, but the authorities at
Rome thought it best to have him re-
main in his present position.
At the meeting OF Catholic societies In
Chicago in August, 1902, Bishop Mess
mer made a notable address in relation
to the friars in the Philippines,
Archbishop Ireland, it will be remem-
bered, had urged Roman Catholics not
to embarrass the Roosevelt administra-
ton In its treatment Of the ~friars, but
Bishop Messmer asserted that Roman
Catholics would be unjustiflably weak
if they did not deal with what public
questions they chose, no matter
whether the discussion Of these ques-
lions had been intcrdicted by certain
church authorities, Said the bishop;
Nov, to be a good citizen It is nee
essary that n man have an intelligent I'M
d~erstandlng of all questions in which his
country is involved. He must proceed
with a clear mind to the discussion of all
these issues, and must lend his aid and
influence to their Just settlement. He
should not be deferred from this patri.
otto duty by any outside consideration
and. although the Catholic citizen should
act In accord with his spiritual advisers
he should remain firm in what he knows
is the right path"
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Agana. The southern part of Guam has
a number Of streams, some of which lose
themselves beneath the surface for a
time and then reappear from caverns.
Another popularity of Guam is that
nearly all the inhabitants, though farm
ers, live in the town and go out to their
ranches to raise their crops. Some Of
them have rude houses on their ranches,
where their families spend a part of the
time.
Nearly the entire population Of about
1000, distributed among six towns,
Agana containing 6,400 inhabitants;
sumai, 900; Ynarajan, $50; Agate, 400;
Merizo, 800 and Umata. 200. A number
of hamlets, each containing a few huts,
are distributed along the shores.
II we were to drop into any of these
towns we would meet men and women
who would welcome us most cordially.
We should find them lighter In color
| than the Filipinos, fully clad, compare
lively free from disease, bright OF face
and cheerful in disposition, having little
money, but procuring their food from
their farms or the sea and making In
their houses most of the things they
need.
In the towns we should see them liv-
ing IN very well built houses, many Of
them of stone, surrounded by gardens,
The country houses erected on the
plantations, intended only for temporary
occupancy, are little more than huts
On Saturday evenings a procession Of
OK carts, a mile long, may be seen bring
ing the families back to the capital afteI
their weeks work, so that they may be
ready for early mass the next morning
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-09

FURTHER CONVERSATION.
downward career until 1t REACHED the
space between the first and second
floors; there it stopped.
At the sight Of her fellow passenger
Katherine turned pink with embarrass-
ment. The man had muttered some
thing under his breath and bowed trte-
idly, for, before counting disaster, he
had courted Katherine-apparently 1t
had amounted to the same thing. They
had parted forever only the evening be-
fore, and the ring she had worn for three
months was at that moment in West
colts vest pocket, where he had thrust
IL savagely at the end OF their quarrel
why are we stopping here2" asked
Katherine, turning to the elevator boy
OF cherubic countenance,
"'Cause We cant go on returned the
boy, producing a bag of nuts and a comic
paper and proceeding to make himself
comfortable, THE powers off again,
Has it ever-does it often go off Hike
this?"
"Oh, yes replied the boy, choerfuily,
There's nothing to be scared of. Some
tlmes.she runs all right for as much as a
week, then, again, she won't bulge for
six or seven hours at a stretch
six or seven hours! ~ gasped Rather
inc,
Yes replied the boy, settling him
self more comfortably on his stool
"Oncc it vas longer, but gin'rally they
get her going in an hour or two, There's
no danger at all miss"
The boy gently discouraged further
conversation by huryins himself in hi;
paper. Katherine moved TO the eud OF
the long. leather-Covercd seat. West,
colt, at the extreme other end, staret
gluomily ut the wall
Katherine looked al her watch, II wa,
already past luncheon time, and she haC
been too miserable to eat much break
fast, Still-she frightened at tn,
thought--she should not starve, for sh,
had with her a box of chocolates she wa
taking home to her sisters children.
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York; Gillett, of Massachusetts; Lit
tie, of Arkansas; Loudenslager, OF New
Jersey; Mccall, of Massachusetts,; Nc
Cleary, of Minnesota; Maddox. OF
Georgia; Mahon. of Pennsylvania;
Parker, of New Jersey; Swanson, OF Viz
GINA; Tate, of Georgia; Tawney, OF
Minnesota; Van Voorhis, OF Ohio;
Wanger, of Pennsylvania, and Williams,
of Mississippi.
These men, VINO were all cubs back in
that congress which met first In the sum-
mer of 1893 to repeal the silver purchase
act, have quite a fondness for one an
other. Naturally, as new members,
they were thrown in each others So
ciety. In that congress they had little
to do save to sit back and watch the
wheels go round. So engrossed with
themselves and the business Of the
house were the older members that they
paid little attention to these new men
| who sort of focked by themselves.
But they are no longer the men who
were merely o%nlookers. One of them
| Williams, is the minority leader; an,
| other, Tawney, is the republican whip
and the speakers right hand man. One
Babcock, has been chairman of the re
publican congressional campaign com
mittee in five successive and successful
campaigns; one, Cooper, of Wisconsin
is chairman of the insular committee
Dinsmore is the ranking minority mem
Der of foreign affairs. Nearly every on'
of them has taken a prominent place ii
the house.
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NEW CAVALRY TRAINING.
Novel system of instruction to lie In
troduccd for Benefit OF the
British Horse soldier.

Apparently as The result of the adj
mirHble experiments IN cavalry train
ing made by Lieut., Col. de Lislo at
Hounslow, the new system of instruC-
ton is e be introduced into the First
British army corps, writes an Alder
shot correspondent,
The innovation win do away with
much of the useleg3 routine work
which in the past has occupied so
much of the ~cayalrymap's time. From
the beginning OF the training the aim
will be to develop the cavalryman's
power of initiative and resourc and
general intelligence in the field. One
of his first lessons will be to catch
his horse when turned loose, to train
it, and ride IL aeros country instead
of around the riding school.
The care of horses Is also TO be
taught, Men are to he instructed in
the treatment Of minor horse mala-
dies, how TO judge and treat lame
ness, and TO tell good forage from
bad.
Outpost and advance guard duties
reconnaissance duties and map reading
are TO be taught thoroughly. Partie'
o. men are to be sent out to find theii
way to iixed points entirely by TIL
map. The art of scouting will be in
stilled by the flag stealing" game ant
practical trials Of scouting, in which
special stress is to be laid on intercept
ing moves Of the enemy. learning hi
strength without being teen dispatcl
riding and making Ineligible yerba
and written reports.
More attention is TO be paid to firms
the proper appreciation Of cover. rapi
shooting, natural rests, and the effect
Of wind.
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Skill al arms is not TO be forgotten,
and mounted cOmhats and compete
lions are to be instituted.
TO render charging a little more SCI
entifc, an interesting game, somewhat
after the idea INDUCED in by the Ger
man infantry, will be practiced. A
squadron of dummies in line will form
the objective, and the squadron bowl
ing over the greatest number of the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-09
BRITISH ROYAL MATCH.


London society is just now greatly in.
terested in the forthcoming ROYAL we'd
ding. Princess Alice of Albany, thu
bride-to-be, is the daughter of the late
duke of Albany, the sister Of the reign
ing duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha the
niece of King Edward VII, the cousin
of the queen of Holland and the niece
of the ~reigning prince of W~aldeck-Pyr-
mont. and as the wife Of Prince Alexan-
der of Teck she will be the sister-in-laH
of the princess Of Wales. She is already
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-01-09

The jury in a case Of assault with in
tent to kill, which was tried in Law
renceville, Ind, reached an agreement
In a novel way. They had been out a
long time and failed to agree. 1t was
then decided that each juror should put
a nickel in a hat. and after the coins
were wen shaken up, they We're to be
thrown out upon a table. If there were
more heads up than tails, the verdict
should be an acquittal. Heads won, and
the prisoner. George L. Ryan, was de-
clared innocent.
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proved much harder than was expected,
hut in time all obstacles were removed
and the canal was constructed. To the
merchants and traders Of southern Eu-
rope the canal is bound to prove OF I'M
mense service, since by passing through
IL their vessels can reach in a few hours
points which It formerly took them sew
eral days to reach. All the maritime
countries of Europe have cordially well
coined the canal and therefore there is
every reason to believe that the money
and labor spent on It will bear good
fruit.
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bidtt III III " 'HbANC
lean girl, for his mother, as a daughter
of the Rothschilds, brought to her hus-
band a dowry Of $l2, SOC, 900.
Unlike his father. all Lord Dalmeny's
early ambitions tended toward the
army. While at Elton he passed his eX-
aminations for the service with excel
lent marks and as soon as the years OF
Oxford were over he took a lieutenant's
commission in the Grenadier guards.
No one knows from whence this young
mans marked athletic tastes come, for
his father as a young man did not fancy
sports which required personal exertion.
Lord Dalmeny is a fine cricketer, an ex-
cellent football player, and possesses a
record that goes back to his early days
at Eaton. He also loves horses. He
has lately decided to enter politics.
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II Sometimes Happens,

"Of course" says the shoe dealer, "shsfs
are times when It is necessary to stretch
the truth a triHe."
Eyes, sir" answered the head salesman.
sand often a fellow has to stretch a lie"
81 don't see how"
"WelI, when a woman with q No. 9 foot
declares that a No. 3 shoe is just her size and
asks you to put it on the shoe stretcher over
night just to make the instep a little higher
That's one of the times."-N.Y Y. TImes.
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a cousin of the prince of Wales and was
named after the late Queen Victoria's
favorite daughter, who married the
grand duke of Hesse. Princess Alice
was born at Windsor castle February
%, 1883, is a lady of the Royal Order Of
Victoria and Albert and, like her moth
er, has been engaged in many good Of
fees since her childhood. 1t is Interest,"
ing to recall the fact that her ~iiancce,
Prince Alexander of Teck, has Hun.
garian blood in his veins through his
grandmother. The late duke OF Teck's
father was a prince Of the house OF Wur-
temberg and married Countess Derhedy.
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The half million acres cultivated in
tea in Indian produces 100, 000. 600
pounds, the investment being about
500 an acre. The labor required is Is
persons to the acre. One pound of In
dian tea will produce even ne one-half
gallons OF tea of a given strength, while
the tea of China will produce but five
gallons