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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
THE KEYSTONE OF EUROPE
Kaiser Williams Great Position Rec
ognized-Gelmans Vigorously
Alive to Situation.

The emperor will fulflI his dies,
tiny, no doubt, whatever his crit.
les may say; but it is a little dihi.
cult for opponents like Herr Be
bel, or quiet observers, like most
t~ngllshmcn, not TO wondrra little
why he is not more nearly content,
soliIoQuiacs the London SIecta-
tor, Tie is already the first man
IN the world, the one on whom
when anything happens every eye
Is turned to see how he will take
H. lie is nearly absolute within
his wide dominion. vet he is free
from that depressing kind of re-
! sponsihiIitN, that loneliness which
no man should bear, which
brushes and ~drprrsspS a~utocrats
like his Russian cousin. His do
minion, though not the largest, il
the strongest in the world. and
geographically SO situated that
when he is fully awake sleep for
the remainder of mankind is near.
~ impossible.
There IS, and there has been in
history, no position greater than
his, save for moments in the lives
OF one or two conquerorS, whose
careers he declares. and quite hon.
cstly declares, that he has nowish
to cmpIate. The disturbance Of
the world, the sense that nothing
Is stable, which il the occasional
result of his sudden movements or
lmpulSivc speeches, adds nothing
To his greatness. The habit Of
emigration among lis people does
not diminish either their number
or their prosperity, both Of which
Inereasecvery yer. Thcyloscthem-
selves, it is complained, among
other peoples; but one result %
that merging method" is that
they share the wealth of all peOI
pies, till 1t is no Jest to say that
when II millionaire is mentioned
the chances are three TO
one that his name will be Il Ger.
man one. They do not settle on
their lees, either. as the success
Iulinother countries are apt TO do,
'ut Keep up a competition with
The world before which the world
IS perceptibly inclined TO shrink.
BY universal consent the Ger.
nan Is the race at this moment
most vigorously alive, and in Ger
many the most living man is her
by right of birth. WHY,
hen, should he provoke criticisms
ike that Of Herr Bcbel. in which
he whole Of Europe recognizes.
$ the Times does, 'somc truth?"
'he emperor il the keystone of the
european arch, but ii il not the
rue function of a keystone 10
lake the arch it is intended TO so.
.dify periodically quiver.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
o OF K%URoPATklN.
Technical Disgrace of Great Russian
General Brings to Mind His
Part in Another War.

At this time of the lat least
technical disgrace of Gen. Kuro
patkin, it falls distinctly apropos
to hear of that brave and able gen.
tleman's behavior during another
war than that which has lust
come to an end in the far east
during the wal between Russia
and Turkey in the late seventies
when kuropatkin served with
marked distinction under the re.
redoubtable Skobeleff. Through
all of 1877 the younger man dis
played most admirable fighting
qualities. His tirelessness and
ability had gained for him the
highest encomiums of his famous
superior. Then, on Christmas
day, came the chance shot which
laid Kuropatkin by for a time, in,
cidentally showing in a new light
the splendid physical bravery of
the man.
Skobeleff had taken his stand
on a rock to survey the valley
which stretched away from Lvssoi
hill, when a ball from a Turkish
sharpshooter, hidden among the
brush below, pierced Kuropat-
kin's shoulder and c%ollarbone; as
usual, he was at the side of his
commander. The loss to the lat.
ter seemed irremediable, while
the grief of the file troops, when
the III news ran among them, was
so keen and real that some actual.
~ shed tears as this idolized lead.
er was laid or a stretcher and
borne away.
But the rugged steepness of the
rocky hillside was too much for
the bearers. One of them slipped.
and the wounded man was rudely
jerked out upon the ground. "I,l
go on foot. It's impossible to be
carried" hemuttered, his face con-
yulsed with pain. An orderly took
him by he arm and started TO lead
MN up the slope, when he, too,
slipped and went down, the officer
falling on him. Then a rope was
tied about Kuropatkin's waist,
the ends being passed over the
shoulders of a brawny Cossack.
while two soldiers, one on each
side, supported the general
whose military career was thus
ended for a time,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
A Good Thing.

Mrs. Newbryde--I got some
hams here last month that my hus.
band liked very much. Have you
got any more of the same kind?
The Grocer-Yes'm. Got 4
dozen left from the same pig.
''Oh. that's nice. Give me six
of them."-Cleveland Leader.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
LIFE OF THE SHOP GIRL.
Low Moral Tone Is Not to Be Found
as Lecturers Point out-Expe-
Tience of a Writer.

The PHI. ID. had aroused my in
terest 10y her stories of the oh
noNious attentions which were th,
portion of the salesWoman. an,
her brilliant exposition of the low
moral tone which pervaded all de
partment store life, SAYS a write,
III Public Opinion. You may b,
sure | was alert for the first symp
tom. kept open eyes and ears
and even asked leading questions.
But was doomed to disappoint.
ment. Where | had expected TO
nneafth filthy scandals, | could
find only kindness aud drrcncy.
Were the tloorwalkcrs "frcsh?"
They were uniformly patient and
courteous. Mr., Simpson was u
boss respected and admired by all
OF us table girls. He secured us n
raise in salary of 80 cents Il week.
and stood between MS and the de.
partmcnts whose goods We did
not always sell in the desired
quantities. The expert graduate
opticlan who tested eyes free ina
booth across from my table would.
if urged, lend his knife. but beyond
that he attended to his own bust
ness and had none of us. Wccvcn
entered and left the store by a sep
aratc door from the men.
The firm was in the race for
money, and business along the
most scientific lines was the order
Of the day. So strong was this
spirit that newcomers were licked
into shape without delay. The
balcony Office was reinforced dur.
ing my sojourn by the supcrintend
ent of a nearby store who, accord
ing to L0uise-she was up on the
gossip of the stores-was the
"holy limit" 1t took that gentle
man just five days to overcome his
tendency to hold the stenogra
piers hand, to harden his tender
glances to a straight look, and to
eliminate the personal element
when he handed out application
blanks. ! was, to be sure, "h0l.
at on more than one occa
sion, but ! had earned my re
proofs. Once when | wore a white
waist-"alI female employps
were requested to dress in black"
was severely reprovcd. Again
hr. simpson demonstrated against
10 minutes overtime at lunch. !
was absent one day had been
.ooklhg for a more remUnerative
ob-and on my return was dis.
patched to the superintendent.
he was a young man-much i'm.
PRESSED with his own Importance,
nut most businesslikc.
See here," he said, punching my
inc card, 1--WE can't have young !,
'irls coming in and out of here as l
'ou please"
81 was sick" | explained.
neekly. ,
That's another matter" molIi
nI 81 I
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
THE FRYING CENSUS MAN.
Get an Early Tnkling That Troubles
OF Afternoon Had Begun When
He Met Housewife.

The census man had passed ;
weary morning, and when he saw
little Mrs, Remick's firm anC
scornful expression, he realized
that his afternoons troubles wer,
beginning, says Youths Com
panion.
my husbands initials are \
j." said Mrs. Remick, in response
TO one of the usual questions
Just A. THAT is all.
IF the bank people can accept
his checks signed in that way,
fail TO see why you should care
personally to know what his
name is.
IF 1t is the government, of
course can hardly refuse to give
YOU his name, though consider it
very prying on their part to insist.
My husbands name is Aaron Jen
klns Remick, and if YOU are going
TO put that on your records, | wish
you to state distinctly that he
was named for his grandfather.
ana that 1t was a question of pro
pltlation after family troubles.
HIS mother wished to name him
Herbert Arundel, for a dear
friend.
My name is Gertie 4. Remick.
"Iou may write it Gertrude if
you choose. | never sign it that
way. The a stands for Adams.
my maiden name.
swell, | think my father would
like to hear you say | had no legal
to both names! just as if
| stopped being an Adams when
married A. j.! It's perfectly alb
Mr.. Remick's age? Well, real.
~, when he told me that he was
much older, he hardly dared ask
me to marry him. | said at once:
! shall never ask you how old you
lre,' and never have.
ANY objection to telling my
own? Any Object hardly see
The point of such a question, sir.
. woman who was only 26 on her
last birthday doesn't generally
the least objection to tell.
ng it.
NO, there is not anyone living
With us at present, that is, she
yoes home nights; she has a fam
ly of her own.
"Of course she isn't here this
'fternoon-this is Thursday.
oppose in your business all after.
.oons are alike.
do vote? Do Ivote? Really.
shall have to ask you to go. Mr..
'emick said he hoped the next
anyone came and tried TO
ak to me about voting I'd send
hat person to him. ] will bid you
good afternoon"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
Then She Yielded.

The Heiress--But how can you
love me when I'm so cross-eyed?
The Suit0r--You're not cross
eyed, dear. Your eyes are so pref.
ty thar they can't help looking into
each other-tbat's all. - CIeve.
land Leader.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
Guilty Conscience.

Mr.. Justwedde-Here's some
distinguished foreigner who com
plains bitterly of the different
noises in New York.
Mrs. Justwedde (blushingE
Oh, Robert, | wonder if he heard
us kissing.-Chicago Daily News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
Rapid Rise.

a man who within the last five
years has risen from the position
of a mine laborcr to be the richest
man in Mexico has offered to pay
off the Mexican national debt.
which exceeds $50, 900, 900. He de.
veloped gold and silver mines
which are said to yield him e., OOO,-
800 4 year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
Not an Insult.

A woman asked a London mag.
istrate the other day for a sum.
mons against another woman for
calling her a japanese. The mag.
istrate said it was no insult to call
a person a japanese and refused
the summons.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
Russia Recruiting.

Annual recruiting in Russia is
just beginning, 475,24G young mer
OF the age of u being called this
year for military service. All the
young men of the empire of this
age have to appear at the recruit.
ing offices and draw lots, those
taking out the lower numbers hav,
ing then to undergo a medical ex.
animation. The distances in Rus
STA from the villages to towns are
enormous, and often have to be
covered on foot. This involves 2
loss of time and labor to each fam.
lily having a member Of the re.
cruiting age. The number Of re
to be enlisted this year ia
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
Ruthless Reioinder.

They will read my book after |
am dead" said the young man
who poses.
"Indeed?' rejoined Miss Cay.
enne. what a tiresome cpl
stag.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
Her Changing Views.

The same woman who objects
early in life to marrying a man OLD.
enough TO be her father later corlJ
find 1t reasonable to marry ono
young enough to be her son.-N. VI
Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
DESERT WON'T BLOOM.
Million Acres in California Given
Over to Alkali and Snakes, Says
Frisco Contemporary.

On June Is, 1903, 1.000, 900 acre.
CT land in California were throw
open to entry. This may be taker
up either under the desert Ian,
act or as homestcads In ten.acr,
tracts. The strip stretche,
from Mojave TO the Colorado riy
er, says the San Francisco .Argo
naut.
We wish to warn all intendin.
settlers to let this land alone
There is Il good deal of talk abouI
making the desert bloom as the
rose Some deserts blossom.
but not this one. Nobody will ever
do more for this desert than
Mother Nature has done.
The only blooming nature has
brought about there il that its
freckled bosom blossoms with
large alkali pustules or pimples.
punctuated with sage brush and
cactus. This sums up the flora of
the new promised land.
The fauna include jack rab,
bits, horned toads, ella monsters
and venomous snakes.
The soil is coarse gravel. and on
top OF the coarse gravel there is a
line alkali powder which. when the
wind blows-and the wind blows
often-sweeps over the scorching
and barren land like the dreaded
sand storms of the Sahara, which,
by the way, they much resemble.
Even far to the southwest.
across the lofty mountain ranges.
these desert sandstorms some.
sweep, reaching the favored
jewellers in southern California in
the midst of their orange groves
Even this distant touch of the DIES.
ert winds causes trees to wither.
grass TO scOrch and men and ami
mails to suffer keenly.
Over this dreadful desert the
sun moves like a ball of fire across
a sky OF brass. Rarely does a
cloud break The intensity of its
.itiless rays.
Those credulous persons who
may believe that this is the kind of
a desert which, by irrigation, NAV
be turned into a garden, are
doomed to disappointment. There
) no water on this desert strip.
The waters of the Colorado NAV
DC led on the lands of the Yuma
iesert, but that is far lower in lev
than are these. Much of this
noJave strip is at an elevation of
1000 or 5000 feet,
AS for artesian water, the writ
T personally knows of one we'll
which was bored for nearly 1000
eet, ending in igneous rock. and
producing nothing but profanity.
The last hope for the settler on
his barren land would be the dis,
overy of'precious metals. They
nay exist there. We do not say
hey cannot be found. But we
now that the land has been pros.
ected by experienced miners for
alf a century.
III a tenderfoot can find a gold
line where an old California min
fails he is a smart tenderfoot.
'ut we doubt his success.
We warn all eastern people NOT
be deluded by false, even bv
ell meaning, representations ,
'ncerning this strip of land be :,
yeen Mojave and the Colorado :,
yer. 1T is strewn with the skel Il
.ons of prospectors, the bones of "
llmals. 1t is a place of skulls. "
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-11-10
Always Awake.

Bacon-They say a person will
Die for want of sleep in ten days.
Egbert--It's miraculous what
Keeps that baby of mine alive!--
.Yonkers st I Sman.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-04-19
SANTA FEE TIME TABLE
Four Trans-C Ontinental Tr
Each Way Every Day.

No. 2 has Pullman and tourist sleep
ing cars to Chicago, Kansas City and
st. Louis, and a Pullman a for Den
YER is added at Trinidad. Arrives at
La Junta 1920 p. m, connecting with
No. 5, leaving La Junta $40 a. m, ar
irving at Pueblo 500 a. m. Colorado
Springs 6:35 a. m, Denver $3.50 a. m
No. 8 has Pullman M tourist sleep
ing cars to Chicago and Kansas City.
Arrives at La Junta 1890 a. m, on
Meeting with No. 6o3. leaving La Junta
1910 D. H.. arriving at Pueblo 200
D. M, Colorado Springs $3.50 p. m.
| Denver 900 p. m.
No. 10 has Pullman a to kans
City. Makes same connection as \
.. Does the local work Las Vegas
Ration.
No. 4 California Limited. Solid Pull
man train, with Dining, Buffet and OBJ
s~ervation cars. Unsurpassed equip
ment and service.
No. | has Pullman and tourist sleep
ing cars for Southern California
points.
No. Z has Pullman and tourist sleep
ing cars for Northern California
points. and Pullman car for FL Pas
and City Of Mexico-connection for +
paso. Deming, silver City and al
points in Mexico, Southern New Me'
leo and Arizona.
No. 9. California Flyer. OH
hours from Chicago. Has sta ,
' Pullman car for Southern Cal3 y
! Coaches and Chair cars. Pass 9 4
n for Northern California are trans,e
: red to No. Z en route.
No. 3, California Limited has san
equipment a. No. 4.
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siblv at Deming. In central New
Mexico Senator Andrews and his right
hand man, Mr.. Hopewell, are pushing
as fast as money will do It, the branch
from tho Santa Fe Central into Albu-
querque which virtually puts the Rock
Island system into the Duke City.
From Torrance, the junction point
with the Rock Island road, the same
gentlemen are surveying the line pre-
paratory to building from Torrance
across the 100 miles to Roswell, which
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proof will be made before Y, s. court
commissioners at Las Vegas, N. NJ, on
May 10th. 1905, viz:
Hermengildo Trujillo. for the II IL
SELL, Sec. 3, W1.2SWl-4, Sec. 10, T.
l6 n, r. II Il.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation Of said land. viz:
Andres Pollock of Mineral Hill. N,
NJ: Tomas Benavides Of Mineral Hill,
N. NJ; Eluterio Trujillo Of Mineral,
Hill, N. M: Juan de dos Lucero Of
Mineral Hill, N. M.
MANUEL r. OTERO.
3.13S Register
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viii bind the whole territory into one
solid people,
Al Bclen The Santa Re Is getting
ready To resume work ON tho cutoff
across the territory and men and ma
terials are being gathered for the
work very rapidly,
In the Shoemaker canyon l,9O0 men
are working on the new floodprooi
line through the canyon-a piece
or work one must see to appreciate
It's magnitudo-twelye miles OF road
bed almost entirely blasted from the
solid rock walls of the canyon, high
aud above any possible flood, and only
crossing the river but once and then
on a magnificent steel and concrete
bridge that no flood waters can ever
reach, SO high is It built and SO wide
It's span, This Improvement alone will
cost close TO half u million of dollars,
In Albuquerque the street car com.
pany is building two miles and a half
more OF line, which will make close
TO six miles of as well built, easy rid
Ing and splendidly equipped street car
line as exists in the United States to
day, barring one Their cars are
models of elegance and comfort, well
tuhtnI aud rprptShAI vuhtln thA vna.t
bed is laid with heavy steel OF the
same weight rs the best Of up to date
steam roads use. Is as smooth and
steady as any steam road | ever tray.
eled on.
Here, too, the plant Of the Ameri-
can Lumber company, enlarged to
twice its original size. Is working night
and day to fill orders. The new plant
for making sash and doors Is run
ming full blast and out in the woods
125 miles west In the Zuni mountains
500 men are at work getting out logs
for the mill, which are hauled into
Albuquerque over the Santa Fe In
great train loads.
Statehood vs.. Prosperity.
All of which goes TO prove that
while statehood Is a mighty desirable
thing, still given the right sort of sea.
sons, water in abundance. and we will
have all sorts of prosperity. Had we
gotten statehood last year the boost
ers would all have claimed that the
| good times were caused by statehood
and 1t alone. | have always main
| tanned that statehood or no statehood,
if we had the right kind of seasons,
that we would develop as fast under a
territory as under statehood. All we
have to do is to show capital alchance
to make a profit and it's going to come
in. no matter what the form Of govern
ment.
1905 will be a banner year for New
Mexico. a year Of good times for all
of great growth, steady progress anf
rapid advancement In wealth, popu
Ilation and contentment. What's tn
matter with New Mexico9 Why moth
ing at all. Just watch us grow fror
now on,
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She's All Right
"sUncle Bill" satisfactorily An
Swers His Own Question,
ssWhat'S the Matter With
New Mckee,"

Under the caption of Whats the
Matter With New Mexico?" Uncle
Bill writes thus optimistically to the
Ration Range.
Why, nothing's the matter with her.
Statehood or no statehood the year
1905 promises to be n OF the most
satisfactory years the territory has
ever known.
From the Colorado line to the Mexi-
can border, from the Pecos to he San
Juan from Folsom to Lordsburg.
every inch of country has had such
q soaking as it hasn't had ince old
Noah's famous yachting excursion.
Wherever there's a level piece. of land
to be found, a crop will be raised this
season.
Down the Rio Grande the people are
hard at work, the peach and apple
trees are glorious with blossoms, the
alfalfa is already six inches high and
growing an inch a day. New dltches
are being dug, old ones cleaned out
In the lower end of the valley, Las
Cruces and Mesilla, under the impe
4 tus of the Elephant Butte dam project
are taking on new life. Land has
doubled in value. Places that nave
hen idle for years are being cleared
up and prepared for a crop,
On every hand the plows are pus!
and the lowly but popular friiole, TN
warm and gingery chill, that cardina
Of the vegetable world. are beln'
planted in quantities to supply tn
nation.
Immigrants are pouring into IN
pecos valley by the carload. Ne'
tonws are springing up on every nan
where a few years ago were scat.ere
oou, ranches The great Hondo reese
yoir above Roswell. the first piece I
work done by the government III NE
Mexico under the Newlands lrriga'io
act. is being pushed to an early con
pletion as fast as men and macnlhei
will do it. The great artesiah pei'
that region is being daily widens
and extended by new wells boreo
hitherto unproductive districts al
somehow cash new well seems to
bigger and flows stronger ina u
last one did.
In San Juan county and that sec'i'
\ things are booming, too. Large II
cation enterprises are under way al
a steady stream of high class settie
is flowing into it from Colorado
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tracted there by the splendid resour-
ces Of that vicinity.
AT Las Vegas The government has
about accepted plans for a great reseT-
voir near there which will irrigate
thousands Of acres, every one of which
has already been subscribed for by
actual settlers eager to get into touch
with mother earth.
At Daming they are developing their
immense underground supply of good
water hy pumping plants, which Will
irrigate thousands of acres of the best
land in New Mexico.
So much for the farmer.
The Stockmen.
On every prairie in every valley the
grass is coming. Our own section is
probably the slowest of all. In the
Santa Rosa country they have green
grass and the cattle and sheep are
doing fine. In the Roswell district
they have the best grass in twenty
years. In Lincoln county, where SIX
months & they expected to have
losses, their cattle are all fat and they
are furnishing fat beef to the Ell Paso
butchers right from the ranges. Ar
ound Deming and ST lirvtCeF1d.c taee
ound Deming and Silver City the en-
tire country is green and stock are
) rapidly fattening. Round ups are IN
progress and a good calf crop Is III
! sight. Up the Rio Grande II Wes'
: of it they have never known such 9
fine winter and spring. Around SO
zorro and Magdalena the cattle ant
q sheepmen are happy, for they have
4 had no winter losses and everythins
is fat As for wool-why, the sheep
y men are strictly in il this year. Wit
q BUYERS chasing the country over Il
i get the clip at 10 to 22 cents. witt
q lambs at $3.50 and stock sheep har'
O ia get at 81 a head. and the bigges
and best lambing ahead of them i
e years, the lucky sheepmen are wearin
W the smile that won't come OFT.
n Cattle are picking up in value, to'
ID under the promise of grass and wate
r. to hold them on and there is a goo
of demand for Steers for early sprlh
W delivery.
IN Railroads.
n Hardly a section OF New Mex'c
ry but is having some new railroads bnii
of Here In Colfax county we have co
ed siderable in sight and much mo
in planned. In San Juan county s.
nd men are pushing the road mat WI
be eventually run from Durango. Coi
he RADIO. to Ell Paso, crossing the san
Fe somewhere east of Gallup a ie
on miles This Is generally known
ri the phelps-Dodge road and VIII v
nd right south from Durango along o
ers western line to onnec WIN 'he
al. other road al Clifton, Arizona, OF "