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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
WANT HOMESlCkER TICKETS
The Kind Sold to Fasteners Going
Out West to Make Their
Fortunes

A young man who has been clerk in a
New York brokers' office for three years
believed he knew most things. But he
was "called' when a friend from Chey-
enne asked him where to buy a home
sicker's ticket, relates the New York
Press.
What in thunder is that?' he in
Quired.
"Where have you been rusticating?"
retOrted the Wyoming man. Out Il
way We are constantly running across
fasteners who got to the far west on
a hOmesiCker's ticket, and would give
their thumb if they could get back on
one. A hOmesicker's ticket is a bit CT
~pasteboard sold at low rates by eastern
railroads to men and ONE who go to
the Pacific slope with the idea of never
coming back until they have made their
pile.
There is no stCpOver east Of the
Rockies, and the pa8tebOard is good for
only a single trip westward. By-anG-by,
when the person gets hOmesick and
wants to come east his return fare is
paid on quite a different basis. Out
west we call them hOmesickers' tickets.
If l can buy one as a New Yorker anxious
to try his fortunes in the west, III save
money. Lots of western men going back
home do this
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
Took Railroads Coal.

The Kansas Southwestern, a short
branch road running out Of Arkansas
City, has opened up a conscience fund
account. Some time g the agent al
Caldwell received the following let
ter: "Agent-Will you please send the
address of the superintendent Of tbs
Frisco depot. or where shall | write &c
make a wrong right?" The required ad-
dress was given, and the following letter
came as a responses: Dear Sir-When
/ was a small child | took some CT the
railroads coal, which | wish to pay for,
as l am now a child Of God. and Heaven
and lost souls are my only desires.' In
the letter was inclosed a post office or
der for rs cents.-Topeka Capital.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
NAMES OF EXPRESS TRAINS
Prizes Given by Railroad
Company.

Some tine ago a railroad company Of
fered a substantial prize for the most at
tractive title for its fastest train, n
though none Of those submitted was ac-
cepted the ~igenuity OF the competitors
was not undeserving of praise. Among
those sent in were such titles as The Re
publican Limited, The Narrow Path
Express" The Liberty Express" The
Yankee High-f1ier," and many others
more Oh less good.
Although the novel competition prac-
tically failed in its purpose, it called at
tentiOn to the picturesque and ingenious
anne which designate many OF the i'm
pOrtant high-fiiers which run daily over
American rails. There is no better known
express in the world than The Twenti-
eth Century Limited which makes the
run between New York and Chicago in
20 hours. The title in this instance is a
particularly happy one, fer it not only
symboliZes the century in which we live,
but also the actual time occupied in the
run.
The Green Mountain Filler is the ia
nous Montreal express for New York,
and received its namef from the beautiful
green hills through which it runs on its
daily journeys. An equally picturesque
title is that of The Sunset Limited" a
Southern Pacific express which dashes
daily toward that Ell Dorado Of hOrticul-
turists-California.
Minneapolis and st. Paul are known as
the Twin Cities, and SO it is only natural
that the train which runs from there to
st. Louis should be called The Twin City
Limited" The exposition at st. Louis, by
the way, has been the means of giving
titles to many new trains, among these
being The Exposition Limited over
the Grand Central.
One of the most magnificent trains in
the world is The High Grass Limited
which runs from st. Paul to the Pacific
coast, sO-called because in its journey it
passes vel much GesOlate prairie. This
train is one of the longest for passenger
express service in the country, consist
ing as it does Of 10 cars, each averaging
80 feet in length.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
TRAFFIC BLOCKED BY SNOW
Operation in Storms Rendered. More
Difficult by Automatic Switches
and Signals.

Railroads are every year more sub
ject to the interruption of traffic by
sn~owstorms. The increasing use OF
l~abor-saving and automatic inventions
is responsible for the increasing irregu-
larity Of railroad travel at every storm.
In the earlier railroad days there were
no automatic signals or automatic
switches. At every switch there was a
switchman, or it was the duty Of the
rear brakeman to attend to the switches
In those days a storm much more severe
than any OF the recent ones would have
produced comparatively small interior
ence with traffic, says a Chicago eX-
change.
What formerly interrupted railroad
traffic was not the cold, but the volume
of the snow. SnOwplOws are not an OLD
invention, and the earlier plows had not
power to cope with large drifts or a deep
snow. The only ways to remove the OBJ
struction were by a gang of locomotives
tandem fashion bucking the drift, or BY
several hundred laborers shovelling the
track by hand. The first Of these meth
DDS was dangerous and the second was
slow.
All the great railroads centering in
New York have automatic signal and
switch systems by Which operators IN a
signal tower can throw any switch or
set any signal in the yards. The older
forms of these systems are operated by
levers and connecting wires. The more
recent forms of signal and switching de-
vices are controlled by the use of COM
nrnSCnI oir Wbiln tho mower afforded
by either of these systems is ample on
all ordinary occasions, where only the
friction Of the switch is to be overcome,
in times Of great cold with a little sl,OW
the switches freeze, and the power OF the
automatic apparatus is not sufficient to
overcome the adhesion of the ice and
0
Frozen snow or ice makes a strong
cement. Pieces of metal can be held to-
gether by a thin film of frozen moisture,
so that no steady pull can separate
them. A jar or a knock with a BANNER
will crystalline the ice and enable the
switch 10 be swung. but his is hand Ia
Dor, and the number OF switchmen in
any New York yard is SO small that they
cannot handle ten per cent. Of the
switches by hand without the use Of the
compressed air and wire devices.
This is what ties up the suburban
travel every cold and windy snowstorm.
1t is>n0t the lack of ability to keep the
tracks clear of snow or the lack Of mo-
tive power to pull the trains, but the i'm
possibility Of handling the hundreds Of
switches by hand with a small available
force and the ineticiency of the modern
inventions for that purpose when the
switch is frozen to the rail.
The railroads try to get around this
by thaWing out the switches with oily
waste and ~steampipes, but SO long as the
wind blows in fresh snow the only prac-
ticable way Of manipulating the switch
es is by hand.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
Alpine Railways.

No less than IA electric mountain
railways are now under way of con-
struction in Switzerland. Within the
course of a few years all the leading
tain railways. Switzerland is spending
many millions on these enterprises, and
it is hoped that, with these increasing
facilities, the number of tourists will
become greater every year. The Jung
frau and Chamounix railways will be
completed and open for passenger traf-
&c by the summer of 1906.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
No. of


The greatest new mileage built in any
one state is Missouri, with 312 miles.
Next comes Texas with 312 miles, and
then in order. Minnesota, 271; West Nir-
ginia, 237; Mississippi, 229; Pennsy!-
vania. 22O; Nevada, 215; California, POI;
Illinois, 1862. There were seven states
in which there was no railroad construc-
ton last year: Nebraska, Delaware,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
sets, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Nevada's prominence in mileage of lev
railroads is due to the extension, across
the desert, of Senator CIark's San Pc
dro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake line, WhicB
has already been sold t the Union Pa.
cific interests.
In II of the past Is years. more miles
Of new railroad were constructed than
in 1904, but the average has been about
$500 miles. Indications are that con-
siderably more railway lines will be
built in/1905 than were built in 1904. The
total railway mileage, for the country At
large, is now PIP, 900 miles.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
Jrlun Jntrt1tttp frnnt
UnnH1tn1rttntt
By DIR. ARNOLD c. KLEBs.
CHICAGO.

before other races. Consumption is a house disease and the laws Of
Moses were adapted for house living:
The laws OF Moses prescribe bathing additions and the washing OF
hands before eating. The Jews who have strictly followed the precepts
Of Moses have not been scourged by tuberculosis and it is only OF late
that the Jews have suffered much from the disease.
The Indians, for exactly the opposite reason, are immune. They
did not live in houses and not until the advent of the white man was
consumption ever known to them.
Now that they have adopted some OF the habits Of the white mar
and retain habits that are not suited to living in houses they are being
wasted by the disease.
We IRE all house-dweIers. Our lives IT. passed necessarily in
houses; in them we do our work. Our problem is how to live properly
III houses.and to prevent the disease
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25

cines to cure my
kidneys. l do
not think that
any man ever
suffered as l did
and lived. The
pain in my back
was so bad that
l could not sleep
Vat night. could
not ride q horse,
and sometimes
was unable even
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
Definition of Railway Ticket

A little schoolgirls definition of a
railroad ticket is worth repeating. In
a composition written in one of the
Boston primaries on "A Railway Jour
ney," the little one says, among other
things:
You have to get g ticket, which is a
piece of paper, and you give it to a man.
who cuts a hole in it and lets you pass
tbrough."-Boston Herald.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25

We can thus pcrsonify
air, impure milk,
impure water and the
noNlous sewer gases as
the modern Hcrods Of
our civilization. Along
with them are impure
foods and medicines.
These IfcrOds are al
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
RAILROAD BUILDING IN 1904
Mileage Computed to Be Twenty-Five
Per Cent. More Than in Year
Preceding.

During the past year, the construction
Of railroads in the United States was
about 25 per cent. less, in the aggregate,
than in 1903; the mileage built in 1904.
as computed by the Railway Age, being
4,168, as against 5,78G in 1903. BY sec
lions of the country, the tabulation is as
follows:
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25

Moses was one of the
great hygienic laW-giv-
crs of history.
The Jews have been
singularly immune from
consumption. I ascribe
this to the fact that the
Jews commenced living
their lives in houses
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25

to ride in a car. Ny Condition was
critical when 1 sent for Doan's Kidney
Pills. I used three boxes and they
cured me. Now I can go anywhere and
do as much as anybody. I sleep well
and feel no discomfort at all"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, N, Y. For sale
bv all dealers. Price, so cents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
ENGINEERS Rewarded.

Locomotive engineers. in Germany.
are rewarded for ter years service with
out accident, by a present of $500 in
money and a gold watch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
Of Jordan.

The msn-in-a-hurry at the railroad
crossing, who crawls under a moving
train, reaches the other side, all right
Newport News Press
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
All in the Family,

Have you any dog biscuits?" asked the
man who had recently invested in a ca
nine.
"Nein," answered the groceryman, put
| hat some fine sissages.'-Chlcago Daily
News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
TORTURING PAIN.
Half This Mans Suferings Would Have
Killed Many a Person, But Doan's
Kidney Pills Cured Him.

A. C. Sprague, stock dealer, of Nor
NAL, Ill, writes: For two whole years
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25
If You Are Sick, Doctor!

When the medicinal properties of Saw
Palmetto Berries were discovered the ques-
ton of the permanent cure of Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bladder troubles was
settled. Nernal Palmettona palmetto
Berry Wine) is recommended by thou
sands of former sufferers. 1t relieves the
inflammation and cures the disease. Don't
suffer from Dyspepsia, constipation, back;
ache, headache, Vernal PaImettona will
cure you. Write for free trial bottle to
Vernal Remedy Co., LIE Roy, \. Y. Sold
by druggists.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-02-25

Wild some folks" said Uncle Eben,
"bein' out O work is a misfortune, an wild
others it's a habit."-Washington Star.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-08
PLANTS FEED ON INSECTS.
Specimen Of Carnivorous Plant Native
Of Cochin-China Now in This
Country.

There is now In bloom at Shaw's
garden. st. LOUIS. queer plant, odd
in its form and color and queer in It's
habits. 1t Is one Of the carrion plants
and feeds on insects. The common
name Of this strange plant is the "dev.
IFS tongue" a name given to 1t on 40
count of its oddly shaped flowers.
The amorphopallus rivieri, or DEVILS
tongue, belongs to one of che most re-
markable groups In the vegetable king.
dom. 1t is a native of Cochin China
The flower has an extraordinary ap-
pearance. The spathe is of purplish.
brown color, and the spadix, which lie
thick and fleshy and about Is inches
long, is of a darker color than the
spathe; 1t is broadly congratulated and
beautifully undulated at the margin.
Like other members Of the singular
tribe to which it belongs, it has a
strong, disagreeable odor. 1t Is one OF
the carrion plants which attract insects
in the manner Of the goose plant and
other plants Of that nature. 1t is fer,
tilted by insects, 1t remains In flower
from three to four days.
The foliage is large and umbrella
like, the stem is snake-like, The plant
grows from two to three feet high.
The root is tuberous, spherical ano
weighs from six to eight pounds, and is
used as a food, after careful cooking to
eliminate the poisonous properties.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-08
The Emancipation of Russia.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
The defeat which sweeps Russian
naval power from the seas brings near
the reform of Russian rule.
Success in the East would continue
repression. Defeat ends it. 1t brings
to Russia more than victory would have
won.
All Russia is close to explosion. The
massacre of Armenians in Ervan, as
brutal as any in Turkey, extends the
area in the Caucasus province in which
orderly administration has ceased. Po-
lish cities rife with disorder. The great
rural provinces of central Russia are
given over to wandering bands and to
local disorder. Over all the means for
keeping order have grown inert or are
in collapse.
These conditions have checked trade
and industry, reduced railroad freights
to half their old volume, filled the cities
with unemployed and disorded all far
ming operations. The Autumn will see
famine near over great tracts.
After this crushing defeat, to be fol-
lowed by another as crushing on land, if
peace does not come, it will be impos-
sible to restore Order ip the old drastic,
despotic way. This is over. Liberal
institutions must come.
The bureaucracy had already begun
to tread the old path. Censorship had
been revived on local political discussion
in st. Petersburg and Moscow. The
right of petition, granted by the Gar,
was cuRtailed by forbidding meetings to
petitions. The newspaper organ
of the associated Zemstvos was sup
pressed.
This cannot continue. The Liberal
will again begin active
work. A representative body chosen
by the Zemstvos is now inevitable.
Public education will begin. If the
Czaf's government does not yield revo-
luton will come. Russia itself was
emancipated in the Straits of Korea.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-08
NEW MOUNTAIN SHEEP.
A Hitherto Unknown Creature Of
America Recently Added to
Museum Collection.

That there are strange and unknown
animals still undiscovered on our own
continent would seem an extraordinary
statement, but the exploration Of An.
drew j. Stone has recently added many
new and hitherto unknown creatures to
the collection of the American museum
of natural history. In Recreation Mr..
B. H. Brown gives a most graphic and
conscientious account of a successful
hunt for the Owls Stonei, the so-called
black sheep of America. One can feel
the breath Of the glacier, as the account
is read, and the lump comes in the throat
of the reader as he scans the brief but
touching paragraphs about the orphan
lamb. The story has the true ring of
man who modestly tells what he has
done and seen among unnamed noun
tains in a country untrodden by white
men. What other animals new to sci.
ence are still hiding in these lonely lands
will only be known when they are fully
explored,
The legendary American hex may yet
prove to be living reality.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-08
The Police and the Law,
New Orleans Picayune.

New Orleans Picayune.
A few years ago, at Cornell Univer-
sity, in Ithaca, N. Y, Mr.. E. A. Philbin,
who had been district attorney at New
New York city, declared, in an address
before the students, that the amount
paid annually as graft to the police of
New York city is 81, 900, 900.
This vast amount of money is paid to
police officers, from the highest to the
lowest, according to graded scale, by
violators of law of every class, to secure
protection while they carry on their
illicit traffic and habitual crimes. Those
who pay up regularly are safe from
arrest, but they are taxed heavily. The
common report in New York has been
that police captain who is not worth
100000 is either spendthrift or he is
fool enough to be honest. There is no
question that much the same sort Of
graft goes on in the police service of
every large city, and it is not surprising
that it exists here.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-08
WooINo REAL AND FANcIED.
Some Differences as Presented in Ro-
mantle Stories and In
Real Life.

The Dolly Dialogue" style Of hero
and heroine conduct their wooing iu
this sort of sparkling repartee, says
the Cleveland Leader.
Her-You're just like all other men
you want the earthl
HIM acknowledge it-you're oil
the world to me, and | want you!
Her-As a piece of real estate may
come higher than you can afford to 60
Him-At any price you'll be dirt
cheap.
And in the old fashioned novels like
this:
Parmela-You must pardon my L.
norance, sir, if | appear TO misappre-
bend the drift of your expression oil
regard: | cannot but think. however
that you presume too much in thus
addressing me at so early period
OF our acquaintance.
Leonardo-Believe me, dearest
madam, when l say that if l seem too
impetuous it is only that the depth
of my feeling overcomes my natural
regard for the conventionalities. All!
do not turn aside, fair maid-my
heart and fortune are lying at YOU
feet!
But in real life would not a phono-
graph reveal something like this?
why, Jack Peters, how dare your"
Jaw, now, you're not going to get
mad about it, are you? Honest, Sade.
| couldn't help it.!
well, I'll have you understand that
l."
"Now, what's the use? You know
how feel, and you've known 1t all
along, and you can't bluff me. You
love me, don't you? Cut that talk out
and quit jerkin' awayi"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-08
Quality VS.. Quantity.

Hard muscles aud strong body do no
depend on the quantity Of food you eat
but on it's perfect digestion and proper as
Sanitation. When yon take Kodol Oys
pepsia Cure your system gets all the nour
ishment out of all the food you eat. II
digests what you eat regardless of the con.
dition of the stomach and conveys the
nutrient properties to the blood and It's
sues. This builds up and strengthens the
entire system. Kodol cures indigestion,
dyspepsia, belching, sour stomach, weak
heart, etc. Kodol Dyspepsia Cnte for
what is sometimes called Americas ma
tlonal disease-dyspepsia-is destined to
eventually work wonderful and lasting
benefit to sufferers from this distressing
and mind harassing condition. Sold by
John K. Jackson.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-08
Boxes of Spanish Cedar.

'The best cigar box is made Of Span:
ish CEDAR" said a tobacconist. "Al
our imported cigars come in Spanish
cedar boxes. Look here"
He opened box of beautiful, costly
cigars, says the Philadelphia Bulletin,
and the odor diffused through the shop
was indescrib8bly pleasant, an odOr
half of tobacco, half, as it seemed, of
spices.
'That spicy smell-do you notice it?"
said the dealer. ''Well, that is the
smell of the Spanish cedar. 1t COM
mutes itself to the cigars, and so
delicate and subtle is it, it actually i'm
proves their flavor.
eff we put up our goods in chestnut
or walnut or pine boxes, the favor of
the wood, impregnating the tobacco,
would ruin the cigars entirely. Hence,
moderately good cigars are put in box
that is quite odorless and the best
cigars are put up in this aromatic and
costly box"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-08
PERSONAL NOTES

George S. Elgood, an English artist,
is said to be the greatest living painter
of gardens.
George Meredith, the English novel
list, cannot write effectively except in
conditions of absolute seclusion.
Charles F. Holm, of Massachusetts.
the father of twenty-four children by
one wife, enlisted in the navy in 1897;
which probably antedates that of any
living man.
Mrs. Mary S. Cobb, Of Northampton,
Mass, has presented to Smith College
her magnificent estate in the suburbs of
her city. The institution will use the
estate for a sanatorium and house of
rest for the students.
Emperor Williams son, Prince Eitel-
Frederick, who is visiting London, has
been coldly received owing to the dis
favor with which his father is regarded
by all ranks and conditions of true
Britons just now.
Mrs. Amanda Diaz de la Tore, the
oldest daughter of President Diaz, of
Mexico, is one of the most graceful
figures in high society Of the capital.
She is the wife of Congressman Ignacio
de la Tore, wealthy haciendado.
John Schroers, one of the directors of
the St. Louis Exposition, has had con-
ferred upon him the Imperial Order of
the Double Dragon by the Emperor of
China for his services in the cause of
education as chairman of the Com
mittee on Education and Social
Economy.
Lieutenant Commander Robert E.
Peary will sail from Portland, Me-, on
June Is, for New York to procure sup
plies. About July he expects to start
on his North Pole expedition on the
steamer Roosevelt, which is practically
completed.
The first new missionary sent out by
the American board in 1905 is Miss
Nellie J. Arnott. She has taught in
connection with the American Mission
arv Association for five yearS-tWO
years at Savannah, Ga, and three
years at Meriden, Miss.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1905-06-08
Fit Observance of Holidays.
Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland Plain DEALER
Two demands are just now beginning
TO make themselves felt, one foP mere
sane celebration of the Fourth Of July
and the other for a more reverential OBJ
servance of Memorial day. These two
holidays, radically different in origin
and spirit, are now celebrated in much
the same fashion, which in the case of
Memorial day is HnbecOming and little
short Of sacriligious. Only small
proportion of the population now OBJ
serve Memorial day in the spirit in
which it was originally set apart. AS a
rule, it is given up to sports and friv-
olity or dissipation of one kind or an
other, and is observed in reverent and
becoming manner emily by those te
whom the Civil War, with its suffering
and sacrifice, is a living, ever-present
memory. 1t was perhaps inevitable
that this should be so, but the fact is
not the less deplorable.