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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
SCIENTIFIC ITEMS.

Prof. Koch is said to have decided to
apply the Nobel prize recently award
ed to him to the publication of a com
plete edition of his scientific writings.
Sir David Gill, who has been as
tronomer royal at the Cape since 1879,
is resigning his post and returning to
England for the New Year. Many no.
table astronomical problems have been
solved at the Cape observatory under
Sir David Gills direction. including
the determination OF the minor plan.
cts Victoria, Sappho and Iris.
The problem Of the ascent of say
in trees, an English botanist points
out, is yet unsolyed. 1t appears that
In the highest trees the total pressure
would be nearly 100 ~atmospheres, and
as we cannot suppose that leaves can
exert so intense osmotic suction, the
only theory at all probable Is that the
living cells exert some sort of pump.
ing action in the wood.
NJ. Martel, a. French explorer who
has devoted much time to the subject
of caves, is confident that the surface
Of the earth is fast wearing away by
erosion and ]corrosion, in such a man
ner that the level at which water il
found in the earth's crust is being low
cred. He thinks that there will be
a disastrous scarcity of water avail
able for drinking a few centuries
hence.
Gold has been easily distilled nv
Henri Moissan in the electric furnace.
its boiling point being higher than
that Of copper. but lower than that of
lime. In a cold tube, the vapor con-
densed partly in the form of moss
gold. partly as microscopic crystals.
the general properties being those of
finely divided gold. In alloys with
copper and tin, the gold distills over
last. On distilling an allow of tin and
gold. a purple Of Cassius is obtained
in the dry Way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
GOOD MILK MUCH NEEDED.
Much Poor Material Put Upon the
Market In the Large
Cities.

One Of the cOmpilers Of the Yea
Book Of the department Of agricultur
Is authority for the statement tina
while few cities in the north are WEI
served with d good quality OF milk
the south Is even a greater sufferer
The material put on the markets, par
ticularly In the poorer portions Of tht
large cities, Is Of such a character as
10 give the general city dweller a
Door idea Of the value of milk as a
food. The housewife who refused to
buy milk from a dairyman because she
had found a thick, greasy scum on the
sample left the day before Is not q
rarItg. The sight Of real cream was
/ probably so unusual to her that she
did not recognize it in its place OF
origin. Much OF the milk offered for
sale Is "atered ard mixed with anti
seprics, such as fDrmaliu, boracic acid,
etc, in order to keep it from surfing.
Where milk Of this kind is sold 1t
should be an easy matter for an hon
est &nd capable dairyman TO establish
a good business. 1t Is safe to say
thai hali the towns in the United
States offer good opportunities in this
line at the present time.
There are a number Of reasons why
the profit in the retail milk trade is
not so large as might be imagined.
The cost Of delivering milk is con
sidctlb'n. especially in large cities
Whotc customers may be widely scat
terel /. There is also more or less los
from patrons who do not pay. Where
the tt,hCt system is used persons fire.
~queotly forget to put out the milk
ticket Tor the early morning delivery.
TO get this ticket then requires a spe-
atal trip some time in the day, which
usually costs more than the ticket is
worth. In conducting business of this
aint, where small quantities Of ma
,erill arc sold to a large number OF
people, pIOmptnrss in collecting bills
Is necessary to success. There are
many people in the city who cannot
ind stand that n the summer time
good milk, even under the best condi-
lions, VII sour within a day or two,
and that milk which Is not 50 affected
he looked U9on with suspicion,
Some successful dairymen furnish
their patrons with printed literature
facts regarding the compost
lion Of milk and the care Of it to
prevent sOuring.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
OUR LANGUAGE UNIFORM.
While Great Britain, fer Instance,
Has Many Different
Languages.

II has been observed that the Ian.
guage spoken in The United States
is Remarkably uniform, says II. NJ
Kingory. in The Language Of The
Map,' in 81, Nicholas, True. there are
m.uy dialects, but Great Britain. less
in area than any one of half a dozen
Of our states, contains such very diff
ferc0t languages as English, Welsh
and the Gaelic Of the Scottish High
lands. 20 say nothing Of the provin-
'ial dialects Of Cornwall and York
shire and the unique speech Of the
London coCkncy; while in this coun-
try, with its vast eXpanse Of terri
tory, its settlement by Spanish,
French. Dutch and Swedish Colonists,
and its millions Of immigrants drawn
rom nearly every country, large and
small, all ovc the world, there is far
greater uniformity Of speech than in
any other land Of equal area and pop
Ulati0n
The C1uses can be readily seen. The
public schools have made us a nation
Of readers, and the press has sup
piled books and papers without limit.
Press associations have done their
part toward giving a uniform and
fairlF GUOd tone to the newspaper Ian
Guase of the day. The telegraph, the
telephone and cheap postage have
brought distant parts of the country
into Quick and easy communication.
and so have aided in teaching a
common language. The railroad has
penetrated every corner of the land
and made us a nation of travellers
Countless human shuttles thus are
thrown daily across the land in every
direction, carrying with them the
threads Of thought and speech ana
doing their part to make n pattern
Of the whole. No doubt our maps
which still present so many different
kinds OF names, will in time lose the
strangc1css and the foreign air
that are 80 noticeable now.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09

Everything is b. comparison. Said
| woman recently of a young married
couple whose families are counted i'm.
mensely rich" They really cannot
i've on their income; it is shocking to
pinch rs they must, Why, you know.
MS father only gives him $4,000 a
rear. He has a salary of 5000 and
she has an allowance from her family
If ~sl0,0O0-only $4,000, with a S10l.-
100 house to keep up. lis outrageous
with all the money there is in those
wo families twenty-five thousand
dollars income and a completely fur.
lished house and yet counted paupers
BY the world in which they move.
Better change the orbit and come into
we Of common sense. boston Herald
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
Mayfair and the Commons

The sweeping revolution in IN,
makeup Of the e house of com
mons has eliminated most of the mem.
hers notable for their puuctiliousness
in dress and conspicuous in entertain,
ing society women on the terrace dur.
lng the season. Rank and fashion
and sport are deeply concerned over
the change in the personnel. Divorce
from Mayfair, however. may not dis,
tract from the efficiency of the house
for the transaction Of public business
N. Y. Herald,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
TARTARIC TRUTHS.

Kind hearts are more than coro-
nets"-and about as scarce.
A mar is never too old to learn, but
he may be too young to realize it.
The fellow who shoots off his mouth
never seems to run out of ammuni-
ton.
While sympathy is all right In its
way, it makes a very poor substitute
for beefsteaR.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
@GQ q.

The enormous crops on our seed farms
the past season compel us to issue this
special catalogue.
Z THIS NOTICE TODAY.
and receive the radishes and the wonder.
full Bargain Book free.
Remit 4c and we add a package of Cos.
mos the most fashionable, serviceable,
beautiful annual flower.
John A. Salzer Seed Co, Lock Drawer
K. La Crosse, Wis.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
Got What He Asked.

The proprietor of a hotel, hearing OF
the whereabouts OF a guest who had de.
camped from his establishment without
going through the formaIity of paving
his bill, sent him d note: Mr.. -
Dear Sir-Will you send amount OF your
bill, and oblige?"
To which the delinquent replied: "Ths
amount is S26.50. Yours respectfully
Chicago journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
Robbed in Church.

Just think what an outrage It 8, c, m,
robbed of all the benefits of the services
congregation, when Anti-Gripine is guar.
anteed to cure. Sold everywhere. Is cts.
+. w. Diemer, NJ. D., Manufacturer.
Springfield, Mo.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
Very Chean.

"The really rich are the only ones that
ought to put on airs"
Not on your life! Anyone can afford
to do that! There's nothing cheaper in
the world. Detroit Free Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Nature great remedy Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. At drug
glsts, 2jc., SOC. and $l.0O per bottle.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
A HARMLESS Laxative.

IF you must take a laxative, take a harm.
less one. LaX-Fos does not gripc, therefore,
does not i]rritate. Irritation is what does
the harm. Price so cents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09

A writer says: Nothing is best
achieved by indIrection." The workings Of
a corkscrew would seem to reiute this
otherwise plausible theory.-Chicago Daily
News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
Rich, Juicy Radishes Free.

Everybody loves juicy, tender radishes.
Salzer knows this, hence he offers to send
you absolutely free sufficient radish seed
to keep you in tender radishes all sum.
mer long and his great
sALZER's BARGAIN SEED BOOK.
with its wonderful surprises and great
bargains in seeds at bargain prices.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-03-09
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protruding Piles.
Druggists are authorized to refund money u
PAzoO OINTMENT fails to cure in6to 14days. so
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
BoRGIA's FAMOUS POISON.
Has Vanished from the Earth with
Death OF the Last of Line.

Has Vanished from the Earth with
Death of the Last of Line.
Blaze de Bury, after reviewing the
claims Of the wife Of a certain Italio-
American to the title of the last
Countess of Borgia," tells a most in
teresting story about the last male de-
scendant Of the famous poisoning fam
lily, says the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
He was named Duke Riario- Sforza,
and a well-knOwn figure in the Paris
grand opera. AS our subscription seats
adjoined, 1 met him there two or three
nights a week, and gradually the duke
began to honor me with his friend
ship. One evening he said:
If it wasn't for music, my only
passion, I would have dispensed with
life long ago. Burdened as 1 am with
the knowledge of my family's secrets,
I know little comfort
''Then he told me that he was In
possession Of the formula for max
ing 'Cutarella,' the poison by which
the Borgias rid themselves Of theiE
enemies and Of persons whose for
tunes or wives they coveted. The
secret has descended from father to
son through ten centuries and more.
If had legitimate son 1 would have
to impart it to him before 1 die, says
the family tradition. To avoid that
dreadful responsibility I never mar
ried.' The poison, he explained, was
rather a simple MIXTURE and it was
hard to believe that no chemist ever
found or rediscovered the formula.
The poison he said, carries with it
inevitable death, but no court Of law
and no expert physician is able to
detect any symptoms of violence in
the victims body. Hence the Cutarel-
Ia is the prince Of poisons, just the
poison for statesmen and kings to
handle.
My formula provides either for
sudden or for lingering death, accord
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
GOOD PLACES GO BEGGING.

Railroads Constantly on the Look
Out for First-CIass Men.
There are some good jobs on the
railroads which are going begging
to-day because there is no one to fill
them. In this territory several posi-
tons as passenger and freight solicit
tors are open and men are wanted.
The roads upon which the vacancies
exist are searching every corner to
find the proper man. The old story
that the sons, cousins, nephews,
brothers-in-laW and what not of the
general manager are given preference
does not seem to hold good here. Per-
haps all Of the preferred relatives
have been provided for. But the fact
wanted. Out of the thousands en-
-ployed it seemed peculiar that but few
were really eligible to promotion. An
old railroader explained it.
The present day demands upon
those who have to meet the public are
numerous. One eligible was bright,
but slovenly. He would not keep his
face shaved and his linen clean. An
other had the other qualifications, but
he had sporting proclivities, which
made him unreliable and Objectionable
to a certain class of people with whom
he would have to deal. Another had
many qualifications except the ambi-
ton. He was not pusher. A fourth
was an honest worker, but did not
have the address. He would be I'M
able to present his case well. And
SO the whole gamut of human failings
was gone through. The all-around
man, who lives up to his opportuni-
ties and is broad gauge, is hard TO
find. Or, if he is found, he stands
in his own light by neglect of the
conventionalities and the things which
are tremendous aids to SUCCESS
Cleveland Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
He Got From Under.

A ready tongue is a takers" best
stock in trade. 1t is capable of turn
ing an untoward occurrence into such
ingenious and plausible use that it
wins the good will, and, what is of
more purpose, the pence of the crowd.
The Buffalo Enquirer prints an ex-
ample of this resource of an itinerant
merchant:
A faker was selling cement. He
stood on village street corner, with
a group of women about him, recount
ing eloquently the virtues of the
cement and demonstrating with actual
experiment. He took up a plate, broke
it in halves, cemented the two pieces,
and then suspended from the mended
plate a ten-pound weight.
Look here" he said. There is no
cement like this. 1t is always ready,
it needs no heating, and-it is as strong
as steel. To this plate, for instance, l
have just hung a ten-pound weight. 1
will now substitute a twenty-five
pound one. The cement, you see, holds
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
The Tar Was Gallant.

A theatrical manager told this story
to the New York Tribune:
ut was a benefit performance he
said, "and at a table in the lobby
souvenir programs were being sold by
Lillian Russell, Miss Ethel Barry
more, Anna Held, Edna Wallace Hop
per, Miss Edna May and two or three
other actresses.
"a stunning table it was, undoubt-
edly. A young bluejacket paused be-
fore it. He stood quite still for some
minutes, with his bronzed young face
and his nautical togs, staring with
the most ardent and respectful admir-
alton at the young women before him.
Then, with a half-sigh, he laid a piece
of silver down and turned away.
won't you have something for
your money!" one of the women call
ed.
'The gallant sailor smiled and an
swered:
"'I've had more than my moneys
worth already, thanks.'"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
TAKE YOUR PLEASURES NOW.

Half the JOY of Life Comes from En-
jOying Things as You Go Along.
Half the joy of life comes from get
ting the good out of things as we SO
along. Some Of us are always putting
off our enjoyments. After awhile we
expect to take a rest, see a good play
or read a book, says the Philadelphia
Bulletin. But after awhile never
comes. The good time we are looking
forward to lies as far ahead as ever.
All life is spent in meaning to over
take it and enjoy it. Meanwhile we
toll, drudge and grow old, passing by
with unseeing eye the happiness we
might get out Of every day.
Yes, every sordid, commonplace day
has it's wealth of enjoyment for us,
if we only take the trouble to get it
out
There are the friends we love, and
who love us. If we stop to think of
it, this consciousness would gladden.
life.
There is the beauty of the earth.
Did we only open our eyes to see it,
we should be made glad in spite Of
ourselves. There are people who have
lived on earth thirty and forty years
who could scarcely tell you the color
of the sky from their own observa-
ton. They take it for granted it is
blue, because they hear SO!
Then as to more material pleasures.
Why wait to hear grand opera or see
a star actor until you can afford an
care whether you sit in the orchestra
or up among the gallery gods. If you
are poor and sensible you can enjoy
an intellectual treat every bit as much
in your street suit, up in less-than-a-
dollar seat, as you could downstairs in
an evening cloak and a So chair. The
plays the thing! Not your clothes
nor position.
There are dozens Of simple pleas
ures we might enjoy. Ten minutes
every day with a fascinating book;
an inexpensive little jaunt with your
family or a congenial friend; fifteen
minutes with the home folks on some
other subject than the sordid details
Of making ends meet; few minutes
in an art gallery, just to look at one
good picture-these are some Of the
little everyday happinesses we might
take, and don't, not because we are
too poor, but because we haven't
thought them worth while. We are
too busy aiming at some big, expen-
sive pleasure in the future.
Make up your mind, then, that the
big pleasure will always elude you.
We shall never enjoy life until we
learn to enjoy the little happinesses Of
every commonplace day as we go
along
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

like beautiful veil, was thrown ever
it by the polite Japanese. Those who
are most familiar with conditions in
the peninsula are of the opinion that
the open announcement was Japan's
only course. All attempts of the
agents to establish necessary reforms
have been met by verbal acquiescence
but actual opposition. The last re-
sort was the removal of what has
been called the most corrupt bureauc-
racy in the world, and the open as
sumption of the reins of government
by the Japanese.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24

ing to the prisoners wishes. 1 could
make you drop dead in an instant by
handshake, or by a drop of LIQUID
poured in your water or coffee, and
| might sentence you to perish by
inches, to burn up alive, etc."
Blaze de Bury calls the duke ''the-
oretical philosopher of murder" He
once said: 1.-THE truly great and just
man, man without egotism and with
out axes to grind, might become a
great aid to justice by the possession
of the Cutarella secret The Borgias
used the poison as a vehicle for their
ambition and greed-it might be used
to rid the world of a lot of secret Grim
inals and vampires, laughing at the
law. Justice, as we understand it, does
not punish one-third of the crimes COM
mitted. Numerous perpetrators escape
by technicalities, by bribery, by acct
dent. Now, suppose that the possessor
Of the Cutarella secret hunts down
such men and women and rlds the
world of them. Suppose he makes him
self the instrument Of vengeance for
wronged women, for men driven to
despair, for children robbed and be-
trayed by their guardians? Suppose
he would take it upon himself to kill
faithless kings and ministers that op-
press the people? Suppose the Cutarel-
la proprietor would go to Russia and
do the work of the revolutionists
there? What grand prospectw
HAS your grace ever conceived that
mission?" asked the author.
when ! was young 1 sometimes
considered its advisability," replied the
duke. "But l was never hero. never
a great moralist. Besides, 1 felt Eat
had no particular knowledge Of char.
acter. might have executed more in
nocent people than guilty ones. And
so l concluded to let the secret of the
vengeance poison sleep. Since came
into possession Of the formula it was
never put in operation. And it never
SHALL l won't use it even on nv
self. If horror of life ever seizes me
l shall die by a pistol shot"
Soon after that the last male Rorgia
actually killed himself with a revolver
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-01-24
the ALAMo's MESSENGER.
Death Of the Last American to Leave
the Texas ThermOpyIae.

Death of the Last American to Leave
the Texas ThermOpyIae.
There has recently died near Utopia,
Tex, in the mountains Of Uvalde Coun-
ty, the man last left among the living
who saw and talked with Travis,
Bowie and Crockett, in the doomed
fortress Of the Alamo, Benjamin F.
Highsmith, who was blind in the last
years Of his life, was the soldier boy
who bore through many dangers the
last dispatch sent out from the Alamo.
He was born in Lincoln County, Miss,
Sept. II, 1917, the son Of A. M. High
smith, who served under Andrew
Jackson as a scout and ranger in the
war Of 1912. The father moved to
Texas and the boy first saw San An
tonic in April, 1880, in company with
trading party which included in it's
members James Bowie and William B.
Travis. At 16 years old Ben High
smith began his service as a soldier,
and from 1882 until he was past mid
die lie he had his part in the fighting
Texas revolution came on in 1885,
Highsmith shared in the fighting, and
when the little Texan army disbanded
after the surrender of the Mexican
general, Cos, he remained with the 200
men charged with holding the far
western outpost of San Antonio de
Bexar. His adventures there are thus
told in letter to the Galveston News
"He entered the garrison of the Ala
mo, commanded by Colonel William
Barrat Travis. Upon the approach of
the Mexican army under General San
ia Ana, Travis saw the need Of re-
cruits and sent Highsmith on a fleet
horse to Fannin at GoIaid, bearing a
dispatch instructing that officer to
blow up the fort and bring his men
to the Alamo. but Fannin refused to
obey. Highsmith was absent five DAYS
on this mission, and when he returned
the red flag of Mexico was waving
from the old church of Bexar across
the river and the Alamo was under
siege. The courier paused on the crest
Of Powder House hill and viewed the
startling scenes being enacted below.
Bands of Mexican cavalry were patrol
ling the brush and hillsides around
the doomed fortress watching for the
return of the courier. Highsmith. OBJ
serving that he was discovered and
that it was impossible to communicate
with or aid his besieged comrades.