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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

Tho age OF the sun has been for
many years a matter Of controversy
between biologists and physicists.
The investigators of tidal friction
claim that 500 or 1000 million years
have elapsed since the birth of tho
moon, and other scientists, arguing
from purely geological reasons, claim
the age Of the sun to be between 90
and 1000 million years.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
postponed BIZ Cen,ent.

Jefferson City, Mo, Nov. 30.--Attor-
ney-Geasral Hadlay has consented to
a ~postporement of the hearing Of this
suit of the State Of Missouri against
the Standard Oil Co, In New York
until January 2, 1906, at the requess
Of attorneys for the defense.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

Owl on toast Is what many patrons
of fashionable San Francisco French
restaurants have been receiving in.
stead of quail. Patrick Hughes, Of
Jameson, was arrested by q deputy
fish commissioner for killing birds
that are not game birds. For many
months Hughes has been making Il
fat living with his shotgun Staying
billy owls for the delicate palates of
the elite OF San Francisco.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
To Abolish raathau.

New York, Nov. 3o.-At a meeting
Of the Columbia university committee
or students organizations, It was de-
cided to abolish football as one of the
recognized sports Of the university's
students.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
Sunk by Her Commander.

Sevastopol, via Warsaw, Dec. q
During the battle between the rebel
and loyal vessels of the Black sea feet
a mining ship which had 200 White
head t~orpedoes and other explosives on
board, was sunk by her commander.
who feared that she would be struck
nv a shell. Some regiments with ar
tillery have arrived here from Odessa
and other places.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

Tho department OF agriculture OF
Argentina estimates the area under
wheat and linsecd in that country in
1905 at 1896 Dol acres and 2,527,41i
acres, respectively, as against l2,tl5,,
8lG acrcs and 2,675,8G5 acres under
tho same crops in 1904.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

There Is now a bounty upon the
coyotes head in every Oklahoma
county. The government has an ex,
perlmental station at Chattanooga, in
Southwestern Oklahoma, where DIR.
David Il. Lantz, Of the United States
Biological Survey, has been engaged
for a year in experimental warfare
against tho coyote with poison and
such other weapons as lend them,
selves 70 tho slaughter of the animal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
Made nearly 100000 Converts.

London, Nov. 30.-During a three
year campaign just brought to
close. the American evangelists Reu'
ben A. Torrey and Charles M. Alexan.
der, have made nearly 100, 1000 con
verts in Great Britain. Ten thonsant
persons gathered In Tournament hall
Liverpool. 70 bid them farewell.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
Will Be Permanently Disabled.

Peoria, ILL.,, Dec. George Prior,
tackle or the football team of the So
cial Athletic club, was seriously in
jured in the groin in a game played
here between the local team and LON
bard college. The injury will necessi-
tate an operation which will perma-
nently disable the player.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
Germany TnriG Rates.

Washington, Nov. 30.--The German
government, through its embassy here,
formally announced to the state de-
partment the agreement of July 10,
1900, drawn under section 5 of the
Dingley act, which regulates the admis-
sion of certain German products to the
United States in return for minimum
tariff rates on American products. The
agreement will expire March / next.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
Unable to Guarantee That the Guns
of Cronstadt Will Not lombard
the National Capital.
DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS
HAPPENING IN The INTERIOR
Soldiers Belonging to the Regimeats
Selected TO Guard the Czar Ar
rested For P~resesting . Petition
Against the Use of Troops For
Police Purposes.

The revolt at Sevastopol terminated
in a battle, begun by the insurgents,
which st. Petersburg adyices declare
ended in victory for the government
troops, The engagement was on both
land ana sea. Great damage was done
to the town by irc and rioters.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

New York, Nov. 30.--John Y. Nc
Kane, the Tamma district leader.
was found guilty Q perjury in connec-
ton with election rauds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

More than 10000 photographs Of
birds amid their natural surroundings
have been taken by an English
naturalist. Some Of them cntailed as
much "a a week OF waiting and watch
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

The smallest coin in actual clrcrr
lation Is a sort Of wafer made from
a rcsinous juice and used by the ma,
tiycs in the Malay peninsula. It has
a value Of one ten-thouBandth Of one
cont.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
Lifted n Great Load.

st. Petersburg, Dec, 2.-Oficial dis
patches announcing the decisive crush.
ing Of the great mutiny at Sevastopol
and the capture of all the m%utineers,
including the fanatical commander,
Lieut.. Schmidt, has raised a great load
from the hearts of Count White and his
associates IN the government.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
Ri.hop Merr,,ps widow Dead.

Chicago, Dec. Mrs. Anna Merrill,
widow Of the late Bishop Stephen e.
Merrill, who died in New Jei es, No
vember u, died in this city of paraly.
sis Of the heart
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
His Skull Fractured.

Sullivan, Ind, Dec. Right Half
Back Williams of the Owensville Gnd.)
Athletic club sustained a fractured
skull in a football game here. His con-
dition is serious.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
MORE FOOTBALL ACCIDENTS
A Player at Bridgeport, Conn, Re-
ceiyes Injuries Expected to
Result Fatally.

Bridgeport, Conn, Dec. During a
mass play in a game of football between
two local teams, Leo Mentally, aged 81,
had his spine fractured and is not ex-
pected to live.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
lmlinnn nnnk nnhhcrx.

Brownstown, Ind. Nov. 30.-The Peo-
pies bank at Vallonia was robbed OF
1890 by robbers, who worked the
combination of the safe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

II is said that SO0,0 900 domestic AMI.
mats, valued at $4,000 900, are slain
by wolves every year in the Russian
empire.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
Rabies From Old Bite.

Kansas City, Mo, Nov. 30.-Charles
r. James, q years old, died at his
home in Armourdale of hydrophobia
caused by a dog bite several years ago.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

Mrs. Gertrude Massey the painter
Of miniatures, has received ~ com,
missions from the king and queen OF
England.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

St. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-The crisis
continues, and the Russ declares the
situation is such that the government
is unable to guarantee that the guns
of the Cronstadt will not lombard the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08

st. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-THE telegra.
pliers have refused to transmit tele-
grams to the car at Peterhof.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
BITS BY THE WAY.

Women are not photographed in
China.
Monkeys have a peculiar dread Of
snakes.
The artificial manufacture Of ice dates
back to 1883.
The average cost of clothes in India
is a dime a year.
The sense of smell is weaker in the
female than the male.
Lemons are used for soap in many
lemon-growing countries.
Great Show Place.
She-Where in the world do you
suppose all the bonnets go to?
He-Well, a great many of them go
to church.-Yonkers Statesman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-12-08
The Telegraph Tie Up.

The telegraph tie-up throughout Rus
STA is practically complete, and the
government does not know what is
happening in the interior Of the empire.
Emissaries of the strikers have been
sent to Finland to induce their COM
rades to join in the strike. This would
cut off cable communication, which re-
mains open for press and government
messages, although the central ofhce
here is nominally closed.
The Government Poycriess.
Much as the government would like
to resist, it is powerless. with the
threat of a general political strike
next Monday hanging over its head, and
the fact that Interior Minister Durnovo
will probably be sacrificed to secure
the resumption Of Geographic COM
m%unication. At the same time the gov
eminent is fully conscious that the de-
mands for the reinstatement OF the
leaders of the Photographers union and
the dismissal of M. Durnoyo are mere
p~retexts, and that its surrender will
only serve to encourage the revolution
lists to new efforts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07
THE TOPEKA REVIVAL.

1t cannot be denied that Topeka is
undergoing a remarkable awakening.
Within the past ten days hundreds Of
people, both men and women, have
been brought to openly declare their
desire to lead better life, and thou
sands of others have been benefited
and made better.
1t is doubtful if it We're possible for
men to attend such services as have
been held in Topeka recently without
having their better natures stirred and
awakened within them a longing to
cease their wrong-doing, be it great or
small. Processing Christians need this
awakening as a rule as well as the
worst sinners, for many processing
Christians, Notwithstanding good in
tentious. often fall far short of the
standards set by Him whom they pro-
TESS to follow.
There is a remarkable power in the
gospel of the Savior of men. Skeptics
may scon at it, but it is there just the
same. 1t has made millions better
millions who have testified that it
gives a peace that comes from nothing
else. There are countless instances in
which it has taken drunkards from
the gutter and positive criminals from
their crime and reformed them.
1t is doubtful if Topeka ever saw
such a revival as Is now in progress
here. The sermons that have been
preached have been characterized by
simplicity but power. They have done
great good, and anything that makes
men better deserves the commenda-
ton of all who have q. desire to inn
prove the world instead Of making it
worse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07
INSURANCE TRANSFORMATIONS.

In his testimony before the insur-
anee investigation committee in New
York, President Mccall of the New
York Life Insurance company COM
planned that a large majority of the
bills affecting insurance that are intro
duced into the variuos legislatures are
matchmaking bills.
It is quite possible that this is true,
but if so, what has brought it about?
Are not men like Mccall largely re-
sponsible for it?
It is a well known fact-at least it
has been commonly supposed to be the
case, and the testimony already
brought out in this investigation has
corroborated the upposition-that the
big insurance companies put up large
funds with which to influence legisla-
ton. In other words. the insurance
companies began corruptlng legisla-
lures by buying measures which they
wished passed.
How natural then arat corrupt and
dishonest legislators should take ad-
vantage of this condition? When the
insurance companies did not have any
measure for which they wish to buy
votes. how natural it was that corrupt
men should make" measures that the
companies should wish to buy votes
against. Every corruptionist was look
ing for 'his share" of the corruption
fund. and if the insurance companies
did not make the opportunity to buy
him, he took pains to make the oppor-
tunity himself.
The desire of these big companies to
do an illegitimate business, to make
more money than they should IN order
to give the officers large rake offs. -
make them exceedingly vulnerable to
the legislative highwayman. The cor
rupt legislator or lobbyist studies to
ind these weak points ana he attacks
them. If these big corporations always
did a legitimate business it would not
be necessary for them to buy votes.
By being honest they could get all the
votes needed merely from a sense of
justice. The majority Of the men in
the average legislature are not inten-
tionally corrupt mad most of them win
not stand for the hold-up business in
legislation-if they know it. These
highwaymen are so adroit that they
cover up their real purposes, of course,
and the insurance companies are so
corrupt and so vulnerable that they
dare not expose the hold-up bills.
If the insurance companies were
honest and always did q legitimate
/ business, exposing the legislative high
waymen, they would not be subjected
/ to sand-ba gging legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07
AN EASTERN VIEW.

The agitation of the pass question
in Kansas has attracted considerable
attention in the eastern press and now
Governor Hoch's attitude is coming in
for some comment. Here is the opinion
expressed by the Springfield CMass.l
Republican,:
Governor Hoch of Kansas has de-
clared against the use of railroad
passes by public officials, and yet he
uses them himself. This inconsistency
he defends By the statement that he
has paid for his passes many times
over by the advertising he has given
the railroads in his newspaper, the
Marion Record. At this distance the
defense looks like a foolish evasion of
the issue. In his capacity as an editor
Governor Hoch might buy transporta-
ton by means of railroad advertising
but on a proper business basis this
would not coma to him in the form of
free passes. His ground is therefore
fatally weak. The governor OF Kansas
will do well to follow the example of
Governor Mickey of Nebraska who
has returned his passes to the railroad
companies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07
PoTNTED PARAGRAPHa-

LFrom the Chicago News.1
Burglars who rife safes should be
shotgunned.
Many a lawyer has discovered that a
wife's word is law.
Listen when two women quarrel if
you would hear the truth.
The size Of the lions share depends
upon the size of the lion.
It is usually safe to judge a woman
by the things she doesn't say.
Many a mans winning ways are due
to the way he deals the cards.
No, Cordelia. the milk of human kind
ness isn't dispensed from cans.
If you are wise today you can afford
to risk being otherwise tomorrow.
A practical joker is one who possesses
the ability to turn his jokes into cash.
A small boys idea of greatness is to
be able to lick another boy size
larger.
True. the pen may be mightier than
the sword, but the pencil isn't much
good without the help OF a knife
Too many men use up all their reIig-
ion on Sunday-and consequently have
none left for the balance of the week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07
4 Chat Win Auenstns.

Going to get married are you, Angus
tus? Going to take your own little
tootsy- by her liiy-white hand
and sail away with her on an eternal
sea oe bliss and honey. Bet you four
bits. my boy, that sometimes you will
think that the honey has been soured
and the bliss has turned to blister. Also,
I win bet you that you will discover
that your tootsy- Wootsy's hands did
net become lily-white by washing the
dishes and scrubbing the kettles.
Hard-hearted old wretch to talk in
this way. am 1 not. my boy? No TO
nance LEFT in me, or I could not do it,
hey2 I think that you are mistaken,
AdoIphus. There still is considerable
romance hidden beneath this pachy-
dermatous skin Of mine. but you still
are living in a fools paradise. and I
should sooner do something toward
awakening you from it gradually than
TO see you awakened too suddenly
You suggested to me that the girl
whom you are about to marry is an
angel, and It was evident that YOU ex-
peoted to be lulled to sleep by the rustic
Of her wings. It follows that when you
discover that she has no noticeable
wings, and that you are kept from
sleep by the clatter Of her elastic jaw
you wiz be deeply panied. 1t is thii
shock that I would spare you II could
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07
GLOBE SIGHTS.



From the Atchison Giobe-1
The Mysterious Man never turns out
to be a good man.
Remember while you think you are
aggressive, others probably think you
are a knoclzer.
When a man says he has .an equity
in piece Of property, it means he
hasn't much interest.
The dressmakers can tell far ahead
If the season is to be gay, but it takes
the milkmen to tell what particular
week
An Atchison baker today played a
mean trick on the flies: he made pie,
and the top Of it was of fly paper
What has become OF the old fashioned
farmer who imagined he earned a living
for three or four town people?
After a woman has been married for
a few years to man who moves often,
she hates even an orator who has NOV
ing powers.
You know how people kick: at the
park last night a woman complained
! because she couldn't hear the bands in
! the moving pictures
There is no waste time that worries a
man half so much as the few seconds
he spends waiting for Central to answer
the telephone
Dear. but we'd hate to be so mean!
A pretty visiting girl in town recently
/ proved so Fascinating to the men that
/ I'VE home girls have ruined their com
plexions crying about it.
A school teacher asked q dull boy:
| "A man has seven children. If he should
! get seven more, how many would he
/ have?" The boy scratched his head
a while, and replied: "Well, I can't
Just hgger it out, but he'd have enough
all right
A book entitled. How to Become
Young After You Think You Are DID,
has just been printed. There is no way
to become young after you think you
are old. Old people may buy such a
book, but as a matter Of fact, it viii do
/ them no good.
They tell OF an Atchison man and
his bride who went away to lonely
/ cottage in the woods to be All Alone
with their happiness. On the second
/ day the groom said. wouldn't it be
nice if some friend came slong2" and
the bride sighed, Yes. OF even an
enemy
If we had so much time we could
stay in bed. and know that supper
would be breakfast when we got up;
If all the clocks were stopped, and time
was all and everything; If assured thai
Death would forget US. and we would
spend an eternity on earth. we do not
believe we would have time to read any
of ". ]. Bryan's predictions, letters Of
sdvice-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07
LAYHAWKER JOTS

The lola Record suggests that Judge
FIannelly Of O6WegO would be good
man to run the Topeka wooden mills
The SaIina Union complains that big
juicy grasshoppers on the sidewalk are
more slippery than the far-famed banana
peel.
A Sumner county pear tree is working
overtime this year. It is now growing
the second crop of the year and Is COM
meneing to bloom for the third time.
The muse Of the Ottawa Republic
pipes out this lyric When the frost
is On the pumpkin and the folders in
the shock. the plumber gets his ham
mer out and begins again to knock"
According to the Winfield Courier the
school house pump in a Sumner county
district refused to work. An investiga-
ton showed a snake two and half feet
long above the lower valve. and the
people who have been using the water
wonder how long the snake had been
there.
In speaking Of the recent advance step
taken by the State Journal and Cap
ital, the Cawker City Ledger says:
Those Topeka papers are up-to-date
all right. It won't be long before they
viii be printing two or three editions
each day" The Ledger evidently does
not know that the State Journal has
been printing four editions each day
for several years.
A young West Point officer recently
told an Atchison girl some of the ex-
Deriences a new man at West Point is
put through and the Globe repeats some
of them He said that q West Pointers
first year was one long succession of
horror; that man who had distinguish
ed kin suffered more than some poor
unknown. He says that when Captain
Hobson's brother entered West Point
the West Pointers made him take a
toy ship and sink 1t again and again
in a puddle Of water; that General
Sheridan had a relative there. and he
was compelled to ride a hobby horse
around crying: Sheridan, forty miles
away" A young relative Of General
Grants had to hold paper wad be-
tween his shoulders as he leaned up
against the wall. and exclaimed: Il
will hold this wad IL It takes all sum-
mer," in imitation OF a famous remark
/ Of General Grants. And when the young
fellows at West Point could get hold
/ Of a home paper. belonging to brand
new West Pointer, they added to his
| torture by making him learn by heart
the complimentary notices written
about him when he left home. Many of
! the local papers would express the wish
| that the young fellows name might be
enrolled in the hall o. fame, all of
which the poor wretched West Pointer
had to learn and recite amid the whoops
! of his tOrnpntOrs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07

John Gully, grandfather of the ex-
speaker of the British house of com
mons, had twenty-four children A
year ago a Northampton (England)
shoemaker entered as his plea in the
police court that he was the father OF
thirty-two children of whom twenty
seven were living Twenty years ago
an English city boosted of couple
who were 1.-The happy father and de
lighted mother of thirty-three child
rem ten of them being alive In 1880.
But the record in family numbers Is
believed to belong to Scotland. 1t IS
that Of q Scotch weaver in the seven
teenth century, whose wife bore him
sixty-two children. Only twelve died
in childhood, forty-six sons and -FOUR
daughters living to be 21 and upward:
This almost incredible record Is said
to be fully and absolutely authenticat-
ed. Sir John Bowes and three other
gentlemen each adopted and reared
ten Of this prodigious family
A century ago there died in Jamaica
a woman named Mills. Her age was
given as 11s and she was followed 10
the grave by 2e5 of her children
dchildren. eat-grandchildren
and reat-grandchildren - no
fewer than sixty of whom, all named
Fbanks. belonged to the regiment OF
militia for St. Elizabeth parlsh.-Chl-
cagO News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-07
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Secretary Coburn reports that To-
peka has lost 1882 in population since
last year according to the returns made
to him by the county authorities Isn't
this enough to call forth a set of
burning resolutions from the $4,000
club?
The Red Headed club at Washburn
ought not to have any trouble getting
all sorts Of favors from the congress-
man of the new Eighth district
A poet in the Chicago Tribune makes
news of her" rhyme with Character -
Isn't that putting a pretty severe strain
on the license of that particular poet2
Very likely the bulletins concerning
yellow fever foci will soon be displaced
by those about yellow insurance foci.
1.-THE wise man" says the pointed
parasrapher OF the Chicago News,
doesn't waste any time arguing with
the prize fighter" But doesn't the
prize fighter waste still less arguing
with a wise man?
Experience teaches that the best way
for a girls parents to get her to like a
man is to oppose her going with him.