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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
TERRAPIN SLOW TRAVELLER
Took This One Twenty Years to
Cover a Distance of Two
Miles and a Half.

Thomas S. Stadden, a prominent re,i
dent OF Wadesville, Clarke county. and ,
former resident of Winche.. ter, was II
thlS city recently aud bt ,ught win
MN 4 tcrrapin which has .ather a re-
markable and certainly a most unusua
history, says the Winchester Va
News.
Just 80 years ago, in 1874, Mr.. Stad.
den came across the terrain on hi.
farm, and on the bottom of its shell h.
inscribed the date. Every time since
then that he has seen the terrapin he
mas cut the date on the shell, and the
entries are as follows: 1874. 1875. 1870
1850, 1881. 1882 and 1884.
On the latter date Mr.. Stadden car.
ried the terrapin to a spot near Stenher.
sons luLIy two and one-half miles fro,,
nome ana then turned it loose. NJ
sudden has always held TO the theor,,
thaI terrapin and turtles will endeayor
10 wander back to the spot of ~.
oir'h ana to test the theory the errani
was taken to Stephensons.
mat was 20 years ago. and dprIn,
an the intervening two decades Nv
Sl1uoen never saw his pet. In fact ro
.1 'orEotten all about it until one dav
,eyea'iy he came across a terrain "a
10 'rs Ola, Turning the terrapln over
low was amazed TO find that it was HI.
HllH lost ma rsE - ms
tba ,nitt, ~, Iaere ',ere all the dates
tron, 'l'llals that had been placed there
co NJ INT TO time. grown larger. Of
H. ~, WIN the terrapln. but just ID dc
there. uay they were cut
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
AN ESKIMO TRAP.
Simple Continuance by Which Many
Large Fish Are Easily
Taken.

The ESkimos along tho Yukon river
have an odd method OF catching salm-
on, which is described by MIR. Jeremiah
Lynch in Three Years il the KlOn.
dixie"
The Eskimos lake boards a foot
wide and an inch thick, and nail them
together ~lengthwise in a triangular
spout, a little wider than a good sized
salmon. This is submerged in FIVE
feet of water a foot from the surface
and 20 yards from the shore.
The salmon, swimming along the
side Of the shore against the strong
current, go straight into his simple
trap and cannot get back, ana those in
the rear press on those in front.
I'VE saw IS large salmon taken from
one Of these spouts in a few minutes,
ana the indians said they caught
scores every day while the run con,
tinued.
AT an old Russian settlement we
observed how the natives live and pre-
paw IVA l3lt Hiltlti. lie lSu NElc
running plentifully. and every Indian.
even to the little children, was busy
bringing them up from the bank. open
ing them and hanging them on the
trees, or temporary scaffolds, or tops
Of nuts ard cabins, in every eonceiv-
able place where a salmon could he put
to dry out Of reach of the dogs.
THE run lasts about six weeks, and
in that interval the natives must pro-
vide food for their families and their
dogs until neXt season. Very few
wild animals exist on this lower Yu.
kon. and with the addition of geese
and ducks, salmon is the only food
that the country provides for its in.
habitants. No grain is cultivated.
The Indians buy -four and light sup.
plies from the traders, paying in dogs
and furs, for they trap all through the
long winter"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
THE HAPPYFYlNC PERSON.
An Enviable Reputation to Which
emily Howe Could Not
Lay Claim.

Mrs. Brown climbed the steps and
dropped YEARLY into one of the big
chairs on the Hamilton piazza. The
Hamiitons were summer people. ana
Mrs, Brown had never been 20 miles
away from South G0sport in her life,
but a warm friendship had quickly lev
eled all distinctions between the two
families, relates Youths Companion.
Yes" Mrs. Brown said, in reply 10
her hostess greeting, its been an age
since I've been over. ! know, bur v W
been having company; aud 'tisn't that,
ether wouldn't have minded the en-
ira work even with mother sick. but
well. it was Emily Howe. and You've
met Emily, 50 mobbe youu understand.
She isn't exactly what you'd call a hap
pyfying person.
The IIamiltOns understood: they had
exchanged calls with Emily Howe sever
al times. and always, although they were
conscious Of nothing but the ~sunnicst Of
mental tcmpers at the beginning of the
Fall. It's close invariably found them IN
accountably depressed. Cloriuda. who
was young and had not yet learned the
long and gentle art Of charitable speech.
spoke suddenly before her mother could
prevent her; it was not easy to prevent
ClOrinda:
Emily Howe, 'sh" declared. is like
the climate of Scotland as I've read of il
one perpetual drizIle. And there are
some thines-feathers. and my hair. and
afternoon calls and certain enthusiasms
that cant stand a dri22le. and nothing
wants to be drizZled upon all the time"
No, Emily Howe certainly was not
'happyfying,' but the quaint word
might well set one 10 thinking of tho
many people who could wear It honor.
aDIy--the sunny, CHEEKY. warm hearted
people full Of interest in life and love for
humanity and faith in God. They may
not be brilliant or cultured or inteIlectu-
al, but everywhere they go they carry
an atmosphere of ease and charm 70
which others yield as quickly as to the
welcome Of an open fire on a bleak day
After all, could II wish a finer thing
IMAM Just to be. wherever life has placed
one. a 'happyfying" person?
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
NINE. MELBA IN AN ACCIDENT
while Driving IL U"r kuiumobIIe
She Ran oNer mn Ola Ism, XIII
ing Him Instantly.

Paris, Sept. 12.-Mme. Nelba, the
distinguished singer, while driving in
an automobile Sunday afternoon, ac.
%2ompanied by her two cousins. the
Misses Walker, ran over a man about
81 years Of age and killed him instant
ly. The accident occurred on the
Boulevard Periore, Nine. Melba being
on the way from the Hotel Ritz to Yer
Sailles,
The chauffeur was not 10 blame. a.
the old man got in the way Of the au.
tomobile while e~ndeayoring to escape
being run over by a cab. Nine. Media
was greatly distressed, and returned
to the hotel, where she is now con-
fined to her apartments,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

THE young man whose portrait tP printed above is a living. breathing illustration i.
success whchc can b. obtained by practical faith and persistent and iydiJons u@s
ment in newspaper advertising. Mr., Kramer only a few years age. without es
started, In a modest way, advertising in newspapers the merit Of No-To-Eac, the oT~t
guaranteed tobac1o-nabit cure, building up dollar by dollar an enormous mail order %E@
he@2lor that Su1ceSAul specific. His original line, Don't tobacco spit and smoke wr
He 4%1y' through ne medium Of newspapers. became known throughout the English
speaking world, brought in unprecedented results. The secret Of his ADVERTISE,
mMl1o3 is %IcinyaslnGHtn vMon is practically doubling his bet from DAY to day.
When MI Kramer iran it first little advertisement ten years ago his capital was * A."
$l0 lie wrote the order on a rented typewriter operated by himself, and his ajvsts~
appropriation was $500, Three years ago ha originated the famous Cascuca Candy c.
tmtc that" work while you sleep" and this year he employs over 200 people iDcLSH,
twenty stenogaphcrs End tFewntTs and a system Of ten graphophorcs. His daNv nw
paper advertising investment is over $200U00 a year and he is counted as one dG.
greatest pacdcl, because successful, authorities on the science of advertising in Gs
world. His delight is to see the working Of the enormous advertising machine which h
setm motion &c" years ago, and his ambition is best illustrated by an expression md.
usso to a friend recently. He said; My boy we'll get RICH when we make r~"
faster than We can Hond for advertising
Besides the ho-Io-Sac ana Cascacts enterprises MIR. Kramer scored another ra
business success in the Magno-Mud baths OF Indiana Mineral Springs Ind, the onV6kr
where this wonderful treatment for rheumatism can be obtained. The place soon r
No-ToBac began securing recognition, was mere wilderness in Tic hills Of Indiana m
nature had provided the material mud and HtMa water, for the cure, and Mr. Kranag
pccated its possibilities at hTt2ght. To-day there is at the Indiana Mineral Spdng,
$25oCoJ plant CT hotels, lighthouses and cottages, archaeological, ceanheatd viii
beautiful park surroundings pahonized by the very best people II Chicago and ST. Louis
a we'll as thousands Of prominent gucssh from all other parts Of the country.
l. Kramer is only 50 years old and his energy and vitality have not yet reached
their climax. Many leading business men Of America have been glad o Join IN his enter.
prseS, displaying the highest confidence in the great future which this young mans n.
marhabe advertising genius and capacity for work will bring forth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
SENATOR ORCHARD ARRESTED


West Plains, Mo, Sept, l2.-When
former Senator james Orchard arrived
here TO spend Sunday with his family,
he was served with a writ of attach
ment by Sheriff Kimberlin of Howell
county. and cited 10 appear at Jeffer.
son City December 10 and show cause
why he did not appear as a witness at
the time set for the Farris tria, and
give testimony.
Senator Orchard has made arrange.
ments for a bond, and gave surety in
the sun OF $500. He departed Sunday
night for Shannon county to attend
court.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

In order to get back to his usual feed
ing place under the mulberry tree from
Stephensons the terrapin had to cross
several streams, traverse wooded bluffs
treacherous rayines and cross fields.
Twenty years had been required 10
make the journey Of two and one-hal!
miles. but, guided by an unerring In
stinct, the little terrapin had at last
reached hOme-a living object lesson
Of what perseverance can accomplish.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
Helping Elm Out.

I'm going to ash you for your daugh
ter's hand before long, Mr.. Rocks; "
there any chance for me?'
"Hnmph. Why not ask nowg'
J don't think a man ought to naaTry
until he has saved $4,000. and i've only
saved three so far.
That's all right. my boy; I'll giYs
You the other two. Take her and may
me Lord--er-that is 1 say, take her
and be happy.f-Hougton Post.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
Robbers Wreck Hank.

Knobel, Ark, Sept. 1l,-Bank rob
bers paid Knobel a visit aud left the
bank of Knobel a wreck, except fnan-
cially, A heavy charge of nitroglyceria
tore the large safe into fragments and
ruined the front Of the building.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
visited LincoIn's Tomb.

Springfield ILL.,, Sept. Zone hun.
dred and fifty electrical engineers from
Europe came to Springfield Sunday to
visit the tomb of Abraham Lincoln. AT
the tomb they were met by Gov. Yates.
who delivered an appropriate address.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

Washington, Sept. lt.-nr. II. II.
Won Ester, assistant surgeon of The
United States marine hospital CORPS.
a been detailed to st. Louis in ION
nection with the exhibit Of the marine
hospital corps at the fair.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

Marshall, H., Sept. 12.-In the
course of a storm, Sunday afternoon,
lightning struck the barn of Franz Pat.
ton, three miles east OF here. ana N.
stanty killed two sons of Ross Burk.
holder aged G and IL years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

Worcester, Mass. Sept. 1.-THE
bulletin Sunday night on Senator
Hoar's condition said: There has nat
been the slightest gain in strength at
any time. On the contrary. he Is per.
ceptibly weaker
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

81, Louis, Sept. 1.-The st, Louis &
San Francisco Railroad Co. has filed
suit in the circuit court against Lewis
Clay Plat. alias Emil Plat, and about
ninety other ticket brokers 10 restrair
them from dealing in non-transferable
tickets.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
Won With Colonial Girl Again

New York. Sept l1,-Wheu Colonial
Eirl rompcd home first in .ae Omnium
hShoieop AT the S~heepsheai Bay race
track, Friday. OTTO Stifel, he ST. Louis
brewer. who owns The western flly.
Won more than $4,000.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

Chicago, Sept. 12.-Ninc thousand
men have been thrown out of employ.
ment by the closing down Of the three
big branches of the international Har.
vesteT Co, the Mccormack and Deer.
ing divisions in Chicago, and the plant
at Plano. Ill.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
Bolt Worms Ruin Cotton.

Guthrie, Okla, Sept. l1.-There is
much alarm among the cotton growers
of this locality over the appearance of
the cotton boil worm near Coyle, in
this county, where a 200-acre field OF
+. W. Wallace has been practically
ruined by the pest.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

Harrisburg, Pa, Sept. 12.-Blaine
Hoffman, aged 10, received such Sc
rtous internal injuries in a game OF
football at Lykens, near here Saturday,
when the opposing players piled upon
him. that death reSnlted-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

Roswell, n, NJ. Sept. H. Juan
Chayes, aged 1874 years, is dead Mr..
Chayes was the Oldest Mexican in
New Mexico and was born in the
Pecos valley when this was a portion
of Mexico.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
Pope Tnmn, Holds Reunion

fAna, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-THE annual re-.
union Of the Pope family took place at
the home OF j. w. Pope near this city
Friday. AboNS 900 persons attended.
The ancestors If the Popcs came from
Tennessee in 1929,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

st. Louis, Sept 1.-THE school
started for the benefit of the Moro
tribes of Fllipinos at the Worlds fair
has resulted in enecting a bond OF
harmony between the Samal Moros and
the Lanao Moros, formerly deadly ne.
mics.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17

F"4r persons woro billed and 3- We're
injured, On Ihc OH, when a train on
.h" Seahoard Air Line railroad was dr-
rallied at n trcstlc just south uC Ca
Iawba Junction. South Carolina. and
vas run into by q locomotive and ca
bose Ina; followed
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-09-17
THE COMMONWEALTH.
PubIIshed Weekly.
GREENWOOD. : : MISSISSIPPI

Tho dssmas'ed and E~afcrlCgEed
wreck 0 tho British schooner ByBny
Dounc haa boon toHad In yJrt al Rock
laLd. Sc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-03

raised edge which sorves as individual dining table, for in Japan the family table Is unknown, and generally two persons at most sit down to one table. No. not "sit" down but squat down. The Jap does everything almost with his feet curled up out of the way under him on the mat on the floor.
 When one sits down to dinner in Japan 1t is not to well-arranged and elaborately set table. There Is noth- ing in sight but the bare floor and the waiting servant. As soon as you be- come seated upon the floor, however, your table makes it's appearance, upon which the servant has placed 8 small bowl of soup, one of fish and one of some kind of beans or vegetables; also an empty bowl, with a cover, and tiny fiat saucer containing a few small cubes of "Daikon," Ga kind of turnip which is served raw and it eaten at the close of the meal much as cheese is served at the close of the meal in America). And besides the eatables there are the chop-sticks, without which the meal could not be partaken of.
 While you are wondering what the empty bow, can be for the "nesan'' (servant) brings in tub of rice, and sits down before you. You take off the cover from the empty bowl and with bow hand 1t over to her. She receives 1t on a tray, digs out some rice with a wooden spatula, shaped very much like battledore, and fills the bowl, replacing it on the tray and handing 1t back to you with another bow. You put the bowl of rice upon your table, and first drink your soup. Then with the rice bowl in the left hand and the chop sticks in the right, you take a mouthful of fish, then of rice, and so on of whatever viands may bet set before you. So goes the meal, and you may pass your rice bowl up to the waiting servant as often as you please to have 1t replen- ished, but it is seldom that the other articles of diet are replenished.
 Rice is the staff of fife of the Japan ese, and 1t is chief part of the menu at every meal-br breakfast, dinner and supper In an ordinary household rice is boiled early in the morning for the breakfast and midday meal. and fresh quantity cooked for the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-03
STRANGE WAY OF SUICIDE.
Despondent Norwegian Proves That Holding the Breath with Fatal
 Result Is Possibility.

That it Is possible to commit suicide by simply holding one's breath has been clearly proved by Respondent Nor weg1an, who killed himself in this very unusual manner. When he determined to die he closed his mouth and nostrils and by mere force of will prevented his lungs from doing their proper work. This case is the more remarkable as there has long been g. popular notion that no human being could by mere will power stop the action of the lungs for more than one or two minutes. For this reason it attracted much attention, and a French writer. commenting on 1t, says:
 ITO persons of good taste who are weary of life this method of committing suicide will certainly commend itself. one reason being because the body is not disagured thereby and another because the act can be committed in any place and at any time. Itis true that sensitive or nervous persons will never be able to kill themselves in this manner, for. simple as 1t seems. the act of retaining one's breath until death comes can only be performed by one who is either un- usually phlegmatic or endowed with q very strong will"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-03
RUSSIAN MAIL SERVICE.
Rapid Transit and Cheap Postage Proving a Priceless Boon to
 Subjects of the Czar.

One hundred and fifty years ago let ters were carried. 1,500 miles in Siberia for charge of only nine cents. and 4, ,000 miles-namely, from Moscow to Nert- chinsk-for 20 cents: while in England the charge for short distances on the island was 2s cents. and in France 25 cents for 600 miles, writes Prof. O. Fred erick Wright, in the American Monthly Review of Reviews Even as late as 1S46 ten cents was charged in the United States for carrying letters all distances over 300 miles. In 1731 fortnightly mail was established between Tobolsk and Moscow, a distance of 1,200 miles; while, at about the same time, mails were carried between New York and Boston, a distance of 250 miles, only once in two weeks
 Tn 17S4 the mail carriers of England travelled at the rate of three and half miles an hour, while in Siberia it was, for considerable part of the route, from eight to ten, miles an hour, 200 miles day being no uncommon speed This establishment of rapid transit of mails and of cheap postage is one of the most important civilizing and human izing missions of a government, and that priceless boon was given by Russia to northern Asia at a very early period of it's occupation. In later times it has been supplemented by the railroad and the telegraph.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-03
Weapons Of old Lannn.

When Japan awoke to western civili- zation she at once studied and adopted it's cannon, its military tactics, its con- scription and it's firearms. The result is marvellous; her arsenals and dock yards are not much behind Woolwich and Portsmouth, and 1t has been assert ed that her army could make desper- ate fight against any army in the world
 Yet 40 years ago Japanese soldiers. wearing chain and lacquer armor, shoul- dering muskets which would have been antiquated in England at the time of Edgehill, and having on their heads huge iron masks. were led into battle by a man with fan.-London Tatler.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-05-03
ITALIAN ARTISTS COURTESY
Painter When Asked for Postcard Picture Makes Polite Reply
 Which Is Refusal.

Public men who are bothered by re-. quests for autographs and the like ars often hard put to it to answer polite ly. but certain celebrated Italian painter managed to do so with studied courtesy. says the London Hour Glass. A correspondent wrote to him: ''I am making collection of painted post cards. and should feel highly fattered If you would send me one with little picture painted on it by yourself. It would be the most treasured card in my collection, as I should be able to say that you were one of the first to honor me in this way. Hoping to re- ceive one, beg to thank you in ad- vance" Most men would have torn such missive up Not so the artist. who wrote politely in reply: Dear Sir: am making collection of thou sand franc notes, and should feel my self highly fattered if you would send me one. It will certainly be tho most treasured thousand franc note in my collection, as 1 should be able to say, that you were one of tha first to honor me in this way. Hoping to receive one, l beg to thank you in advance H