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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08
FAT MEN SHOULD SWIM.
Long Dips in Salt Water Tend Ia
Burn Up the Surplus Tissues
of the Body.

A swimming curt for obesity is aa
Tocated editorially in Modern MedI
cine tBattle Creek. which warns ma.
TENTS, however, that a short dip in
the surf will not be sufficient. tha
swim must last from one to two hours
daily. Not only is the exercise ef.
fectiye but also the low temperature
OF the water, which burns up the sue.
plus tissue. SAYS the writer:
Exercise a~cceierates the movement
OF the blood, and thus stimulates the
consumption Of tissue in the muscles
and other parts, while the low TEN
~perature, acting through the tempera.
ture nerves, stimulates heat proauc.
lion. A person taking active exercise
IN water at the temperature of ordin.
airy sea-water in summertime burns
up his tissues three or four times as
last as n who is sitting quietly in
the shade, tanning himself to keen
Dol The rational diet, that is. the
cutting OF OF a large part of he car.
oo-hydrate foodstufs tstarch and
sugar., combine! with swimming 70,
n or two hours daily, may reducs
the flesh of a corpulent person IL,
heaithy proportions"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08

built Of stone. as are also the piers
around the piazza and first story. The
cellar also contains coal bins. cold
room, etc, complete. and a hot air
furnace which heats the entire house.
The aaA!ra frame gark is hult of
hsEnlock lumber complete. II ais
are sheathed with North Carolina
tongued ami grOoved sheathing
boards, are covered with two ply
building paper and are sided, as shown
in the perspective drawings, with mar.
row beYeled siding boards.
The peiimcnts and bay windows are
all covered with heavy dimension cy.
press shingles with fancy cut butts,
and all of the exterior, except the
shingles. is stained two good coats OF
shingle stains Of such c0lors as may
be desired. The main roof is covered
with heavy cypress shingles dipped
In shingle stain.
The floors throughout are laid with
narrow North Carolina pine tongued
and gToOVed flooring boards.
The interior walls are covered with
patent plaster boards, with all of the
joints properly filled up with brown
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08
INGENUITY.

A Pittsburg ma has Invented a ma
chine that viii make and bake 40
pies a minute. =
Among the latest Inventions patent
ed Is a coatriYance which, fitted to an
ordinary sewing machine, win fan ana
massage the operator while she is
working.
An Italian engineer has invented a
successful elevator for raising sunken
vessels. 1t consists OF compressed air
chambers OF canvas and wire. each
equal to a lifting capacity of 60 tons.
and IL Is possible to attach as many OF
these as may be necessary.
Silicon. the most abundant metal In
the world, but hitherto little known
because OF the difficulty OF separating
1t from oxygen. has now been made
o~btainable in quantities to meet any
demand by the electric furnace. II
gives to steel valuable electrical prop
critics, and is expected to assume i'm
portance in iron alloys.
Greater contrast 10 photographs ia
claimed for a new single lens, which
causes the picture to stand out In re-
lief al under the two lenses OF a stereo-
scope. The tense is conTex-concaye,
SO that the axes of the rays from diff
ferent parts Of the picture meet in
the eye. and the LEGAL length should
equal that Of the camera taking the
photograph.
A novel method of getting rid OF
black smoke and at the same time
turning it to use is adopted IN some
Belgian factories. The smoke Ia
driven by fans into a porous recepta-
Gle, over which flows a stream of pc
troleum or similar liquid. The smoke
Is thus caught and turned into gas
that gives great heat, and can be used
for running gas engines.
A poor laboring man In Denmark
has made a new invention in life-say-
ing. He impregna.es clothes with a
substance which will keep a ship
wrecked person afioat for several days
without losing its property. A coat, a
vest, a travelling rug--in fact, any
piece Of wearing apparel impregnated
with the stuff is enough to keep any
one above water. The invention has
been successfully demonstrated.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08
MEDICAL MENTION.

Bright red ~spectacles, accompanied
by internal doses of calomel form a
aew German specific agent against sea-
sickness.
According to Prof. Behr!ng, "the
milk fed to infants is the chief cause
of consumption" He would insist on
the pasteurization of all milk.
Remarkably favorable results are
said to have followed the hypodermic
injection of sea water in "a tubercu-
losis patients by Dr.. Fournol at a Paris
hospital.
Perhaps it is not wise to prophesy a
time when enzymic diseases shall lose
all their terror by reason Of the dis
coyery OF effective antidotes to the poi
sons to which their ravages are gen.
orally due. 1t is reasonable, however,
to look forward to the time when the
terror of these diseases, namely. dipil-
iberia, typhoid fever, typhus and kin
dred scourges, shall be reduced to a
minimum.
NA A~A6lAoA pAt S'N4dA OCElaICS ll7I
it is better to keep scarlet fever pa
tients at home, where the germs die
out gradually in the fresh air. than to
send them to a hospital. where they
are in the midst Of dozens Of other
cases in all stages Of the disease. On
their return to school, the germs are
called into activity by the foul air in
the room, and the disease is spread to
others by coughing, etc.
DR.. G. c. Franklin, the nsw presi-
dent of the British Medical associa.
ton, in an address to the association
at Leicester, pointed out the danger
OF overspecialization in medicine. The
development of the specialist. he said,
was inevitable, and he feared might
tend to produce a narrower type Of
medical man, but on the whole the de-
velopment had so far been beneficial
both for the public and the profession.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08

mortar, the entire surface on top Of
this being finished with hard white
plaster ready for papering. The walls
should be papered with modern, up-to.
date papers, with fancy paper borders,
etc, complete; colors. etc, arranged to
suit owners taste.
The trim throughout the first floor
is Of ASH, while the trim on the second
floor is of wildwood, all being
finished in the natural wood, with one
good coat Of liquid wood filters on the
soft wood and paste filters on the
hardwood properly rubbed down and
finished with two good coats OF il.
terror vanish.
The staircase is built of quartered
oak complete with turned newels,
rails. balusters, etc, complete.
The kitchen and bathroom contain
full and complete modern sanitary
plumbing and fixtures, as shown on
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08
STRONGER THAN MEAT,
A Judges Opinion of Grape-Nuts.

A gentleman who has acquired a
Judicial turn of mind from experi-
ence on the bench out in the Sunfiower
state, writes a carefully considered
opinion as to the value of Grape-Nuts
as food. He says:
for the past 5 years Grape-Nuts
mas been a prominent feature In our
bill OF fare.
The crisp food with the delicious,
nutty favor has become an i~ndispensa-
Die necessity in my family's everyday
life.
1T has proved to be most healthful
and beneficial. and has enabled us to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table, for the children prefer
Grape-Nuts and do not crave rich and
unwholesome food.
"Grape-Nuts keeps us all in perfect
PHYSICAL condition-as a preventive Of
aisease 1t is beyond value. / have been
particularly impressed by the bene-
ncial effects Of Grape-Nuts when used
py iadies who are troubled with face
olemishes, skin eruptions, etc. 1t
GEARS up the complexion wonderfully.
AZ to its nutritive qualities, my ex-
perience is that n small dish OF
drape-Nuts is superior to a pound Of
meat Tor breakfast, which is an Inn
portant consideration for anyone. It
satisfies the appetite and strengthens
the power of resisting fatigue. while
us use involves none Of the disagree
soie consequences that sometimes fol-
a meat breakfast" Name given
oy Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08
Pumping Gravel

Pumping gravel like water through
a large iron pipe may seem a strange
and unique proceeding" says Popular
Mechanics. but this is what is actually
being done in cettain districts in In
diana. Great difficulty has always
been experienced in obtaining gravel
from river-beds for use in road build
ing. but the new method promises to.
pat an end to this. A six-inch pump
is used, driven by a 15-horsepower en-.
CINE. and three men are necessary for
us operation. A plant Of this kind has
a capacity Of lifting over 100 yards Of
gravel d day"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08
NEW TRIANGULAR DOOR.

similar device. But nothing is too Old
or too good to escape the efforts at
Improvement Of modern inventors. A
Belgian. Joseph Henri Dierickx, has
invented a door Of a new type, con.
sisting OF two triangular parts which
close together on a diagonal line. run
ming from one lower rne of the
door-opening to the opposite upper o
ner. The two parts. or leaves, are
pivoted in such a ann that when
opened they swing into partitions in
the ceiling, LEAVING an entirely unob.
structed passage. Being carefully
counterbaianced. the leaves require
but slight force to moge them,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08

the plans, The hardware throughout
is of antique copper.
The mantels are cherry, with large
beyeled plate mirrors, tile facings and
hearths complete. The f~replaces are
all of fancy nodded bricks with wood
mantels made to suit same. On care.
full study the reader will find many
very attractive and unique features in
this plan and design which is worth
consideration to all intending builders
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08

tThss@ plans and fs=.gns were made by
Dennl, 4 Gaata,eyer. architects, 20
Broadway, New York;
The perspective view and Goor plans
as shown below Illustrate and describe
a handsome unique home, which can
be erected for as low as $4,000 in most
locations.
There IS a cellar under the entire
house. The walls Of sane are al!
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08
Lucky

Knicker-Jones calls himself a vet.
eran of the revolution.
Bocker-Yes; he is a survivor of the
last Fourth Of July.-N. Y. sun.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08
NEW FORM OF DOOR,.
Invention OF a Belgian Which Gives
to the Builder an Improved
Style OF Door.

One of the oldest OF human lnven.
lions is the door swinging on hinges
at n side. Some weaving Insects.
such as trap-door spiders. employ a
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08

IN the chimney. The violence cXhilarates me. On
tho other hand a calm night Of steady, pattering rain.
as. ! think. a nerve DESTROYER.
Goethe longed for more light. Light | believe to be
a grand tonic-ligft, and plenty OF it, windows wide
open TO the gold OF the sun and to strong airs. The
goears of the sun pierce many evil humors. slay
enany black dogs, He who hates and fears the sun
should be afraid to make a friend OF.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-09-08
+ 3lntfnrmity If Our
DiuurfP Talua ARp1pA
by GOV. SAMUEL W. PENNYPAcKER.
u PenEsyIysB.a.

The dr2rce sgl Is simply a case Of an evil thing
getting the ..art and growing unnotccd practically,
and unchecked / see a Wild CARO-, growing here by
the roadside. II dig It up that's an end to ii. but
be ogcrrlu with Wild carrots, and it would require
bard work and lots Of digging 20 root out the evil.
So II has been with the divorce cyi1, A icw
years ago cases Of men and women dissolving the
marriage contract for trivial cause were unieard Of
There aas domestic trouble. to be sure, and there
were unhappy marriage. just as there always had
hccn and probably always Will be. bit m~arriage was
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
.FORESEES DEATH
OF HIS FRIEND

LOS ANGELES, April 2O-Three
days before Dr. Martin L. v. Russell
of Mount Carmel was struck and killed
by a Santa Monica car he was warned
that he would be killed by a street.
car.
Upon the afternoon Of the Wednes-
day preceding his death DR.. Russell,
who formerly lived in Los Angeles.
met DR.. J. A. Mead, a retired physician
who had been one Of his neighbors.
They stopped and chatted for few
minutes. Suddenly, without word
having been said to lead up to such
an unusual remark, DR.. Mead inter-
rupted DR.. Russell in the midst Of q
sentence, saying:
Russell, want you to be very care
full of yourself while you are around
the streetcars for the next few days.
Why so?"
You may laugh at me for saying
So" DR.. Mead answered, but while
you were talking to me just now l felt
a sort of chill running UP and down my
spine, and Immediately 1 had the i'm
preston that you were to be killed by
q streetcar within a short time. If YOU
will take my advice you will walk very
carefully when you are near cars for
few days at least"
Il haven't a great deal OF faith in
lunches myself" DR.. Russell replied
with a laugh Resides, / never ride
upon the streetcars when I can help
it. l prefer to walk"
On Saturday last DR.. Russell. while
crossing a street, was struck and killed
by an electric car.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
GOULD Line
Will SPAN
CONTINENT.
Sea- a-tO-Sea Railroad
System Is Now
Assured.
Wall Street Brokers Agree
to Buy the Western
PaCifiC'S Bonds.
Fifty Million Dollars to Be Spant
Upon Construction From Salt
Lake to Oakland.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, April 20.-Plans were
completed in Wall street to-day by
which funds for the construction of
the Western Pacific Railroad are abb
solutely assured. A syndicate of Wall
street brokerage houses has agreed to
buy 500, 600, 900 of bonds of this COM
pany, the proceeds of which will COM
pIete the line from Salt Lake, Utah,
to Oakland. Cal.
Three important banking-houses it
is understood, will participate in the
bond issue. They are Blair & Co.,
Salomen g. Co. and W. A. Read & CO.
The final conferences have been held
in Wall street during the last few
days.
AS is generally known, the Western
Pacific Railroad will become an in
tegral part of the Gould system,
stretching from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. When the new line, for the
construction of which the $4,000, 900
bonds are to be issued, shall have
been completed the combined system
will be the first railroad in the United
States under one control with termin-
ais on the Atlantic ard Pacific oceans.
The Canadian Paci-ic now touches
both oceans The Gould system s
Western terminus is at present at Salt
Lake, where the Denver and Rio
IL
now end. These properties also ter
inmate at Denver and Pueblo, where
the great Missouri Pacific finds its ter
minal. This latter system carries the
Gould properties as far as st. Louis.
where the Wabash, also under Gould
control, connects and brings business
as far East at Pittsburg. The Wabash
is now building into Pittsburg through
the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal
Railroad from the presidency of
which Joseph Ramsey Jr. recently re-
signed. The West Virginia Central
and the Pittsburg and Western Mary
land carry the Gould system to the
Atlantic.
Thus, when the Western Pacific
shall have been constructed. one ter
minal of the Gould lines will be locat-
ed at Oakland, on the Pacific, while
Baltimore, on the Atlantic, will be the
other
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21

LUSK, wyo., April 2o.-The work of
DR.. Andrew S. Rothermel, an aged
geologist and professed seer, in con-
nection with the development of the
Copper Belt mines, twelve miles south
of here has created a profound SEN
sation in mining circles in this section
The company, known as the Copper
Belt Mining and Milling Company, is
backed by Edwin NJ Weston of Mich
igan, William B. Parsons and A H.
Merchant of Omaha, all prominent
mining men.
The services of DR.. Rothermel as
mining expert were secured. He made
a careful examination of the ground
and then drew out in detail a map of
the location of all the veins in the
mountain, their depth and trend, go
ing down. in prospective, as deep as
1000 feet.
The mine has now reached a depth
of more than 800 feet and is an exact
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
MAY v HEAT
DEAL ENDS
IN FAILURE

CHICAGO, April 2o-The celebrated
deal in May wheat, attributed to John
w. Gates, received seemingly it's death
blow to-day. Possibly as much as
5000, 900 bushels for May delivery was
dumped on the market. As result
there was a break of five cents bushel
in the price, the quotations for May
falling from 81 1917 to 81 Os15. Some
operators professed an opinion that the
slump was due to heavy Eastern hold
ers Of May wheat unloading because of
notable unrest in the stock market,
the alleged purpose of the sellers be-
ing to get free to protect securities in
Wall street. A much more prevalent
belief, however, was that Gates, firing
of the burden, had shifted the May
wheat deal to Armour and others.
One thing was said to be certain
that Gates had sold tremendous guam
titles to-day through at least one
house here. When the price OF May
fell under 81 10, commission men poured
wheat out on stop-loss orders. This
caused breath-catching sheer drop TO
81 0S1z. The total sales Of May were
estimated all the way from 100000 to
5,000.0 600 bushels.
While the bear turn was on in May.
the Armour people were supporting
July wheat against selling drives
caused by general rains. 1t was ar
gued that Armour's enormous buying
for July was for the Gates crowd,
either covering heavy short sales, made
from 81 Oh down, or possibly, going
long for the Wall-street dealer. At the
close Of the session May jumped back
to II 10, leaving the net decline for the
day 59sc. July closed less than Ac off
at S73k 7S71bc
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
WILL LOWER
RAIL RATES
ON lSTHMUS.
Secretary Taft De-
CideS to Make
Reductions.
Special Dispatch to The Call

CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING,
WASHINGTON, April 20.-It was
learned on good authority tonight that
Panama railroad rates are to be re-
duced. Stories to this effect were pub
hshed recently, but met with denial
for the reason that il was then con-
sidered premature to give any intima-
ton Of what the Panama Commission
would do IN this respect.
The determination to reduce rates is
said 70 have been brought about by
Secretary Taft The railway charges
ecross the isthmus have been found TO
be about SO per cent Of the total cost
Of the shipment Valparaiso, Iquicue
and Callao were making direct ship
ments 10 Hamburg, Liverpool and
Eavre and from these ports selling
certain products TO the United States
more cheaply than they could be sold
& shipped by way Of the isthmus. The
South American export business is nof
very large, but Central America fol-
lowed Its neighbor's example and its
trade is very extensive. The same con-
ditions initiated against the export
trade Of New York with South and
Central America and even ram New Or
leans q hard race.
The countries interested, through rep
resentatives here, have presented fig
ures TO show the unnatural condition
Of things They estimated that the
Hamburg American I'D Kosmos lines
could handle European freights 25 per
cent cheaper via the Straits Of Magel-
Ian than other lines via the isthmus
10 New York, in the first mentioned
case making allowance also for trans
shipment to America. The transcon-
finental railroads combat these esti-
mates and are making a hard fight to
head of a rate reduction.
Chairman Shonts Of the Canal Com
mission is said TO have stated that the
Panama Railroad rates would not be
disturb d. but it is now almost certain
that the objections to reduction viii
be overruled.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-21
ENRICHED
BY The Man
She JlL1ED
Millions BeQueathed
to an Omaha
Woman,
InheritS the Fortune Of
Heren, the South African
Diamond King.
Croesus of the Band Dies SteadfaSt
in His Love for Girl Who
Spurned Him.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

OMAHA. Neb., April 20.-Notwith
standing that he was twice Tilted by
Miss Matte Cannon, an Omaha girl
(now Mrs. Joseph MunchhofD, Claude
Henderson Heren, the South African
diamond king, worth two years ago
$50, ,00O, 900, has left his entire estate to
her. The first news of her good fortune
reached Mrs Munchhoff through ca
blegram from Pretoria, which she re-
ceived in Denver while visiting with
friends there. She is now on her way
to California. Her friends here say the
fortune left her by Heren is but rem
nant of what he was worth at one time
and estimate it at $5,000,000.
Mrs Munchhoff's father is L. V. Can
non, president of the p. " Maple
Syrup Company of Quebec. Heren was
the principal of rival concern, the
Main Wood Syrup Company. When
Matte Cannon was a tiny child he
spent hours playing with her, taking
her on little excursions and amusing
her in childish games. For years he
cherished the hope that she would some
day become his wife, but when he pro-
posed both Matte and her father told
him she was too young for him.
Miss Cannon fell in love with and
married Munchhoff. whom she met
while he was collecting fares on a mer-
ry-go-round at an Omaha resort. When
Heren heard of the match he sold his
business in Quebec and left. Several
years later it was learned that he was
in South Africa, where he had amassed
a fortune of $50 900, 900. The story of
his association with Kwalfey and OF his
sensational split with him at Monte
Carlo, where Heren is said to have spat
upon Kwalfey's face and branded him
a coward before a large assembly, came
to the Cannons and Munchhoffs
through the brief press dispatches.
Heren ran through his immense
wealth as rapidly as he acquired 1t. He
bought circuses and vaudevilles for a
weeks entertainment for his friends.
He established churches and libraries,
bought railroads and steamship lines
and forgot the deals as soon as they
were made.
Meantime, Mrs. Munchhoff and her
husband found life anything but bliss
full and their matrimonial venture
quickly ended in the divorce courts.
Heren, hearing of the separation,
again pressed his suit for the hand of
Miss Matte Cannon Munchhoff and
was refused a second time. He died
several months ago.
After obtaining her divorce Mrs
Munchhoff left this city, but has been
regular visitor and has many friends
here. She is a beautiful blonde of 26 or
27 summers.