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srowAwAy HAS BEST THERE H..
Travels Like a First.cabln Passenger
on an Atlantic Liner.

New York.--It is rare indeed that 4
stowaway travels like a ~frst-cabIn
passenger, but that is the experiences
which befell William Roseman, son Of
a New York jeweler. Roseman has
lust arrived from London by the A..
lantic transport steamer Minnetonka.
The Minnetonka had been out ten
hours when Roseman introduced him
self to the purser and explained that
he was a stowaway and wished to b
looked after. The purser took tho
youth to Capt. Cannons and the cap
tain learned from Roseman that he
went abroad on the liner Oceanic last
summer, had a good time in Europe.
and spent all his money.
Roseman assured the captain that
his family would pay for his passage,
the result of which vas the stowaway
was given a berth In the officers quar-.
tiers and a seat at the officers mess.
For five days Roseman had the run Of
the vessel, but after that he vas
obliged to keep to the afterpart Of the
main deck, and when the Minnetonka
lett quarantine, by order OF the immi-
grafton authorities, Roseman was
locked up In the vessels hospital. His
relatives secured his release.
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NEW LIGHTNING AaREsrER.
Application Of IN Old Principle to >
New Device.

A new device for preventing the en-.
of lightning to a house over
the telephone wire Is described in Tele-
1t depends not on a new
but on In old and often
used principle applied In a new way.
Says the writer of the descriptive ar
ticle:
The need OF q reliable arrester
that can be mounted on a telephone
or placed on the line that comes into
the building has never been ade'
quately supplied, It is said. conse-
quently this arrester was developed
having In view these requirements,
This arrester. as a view OF the cut
will show, is very compact, being only
three and three-eighths inches long,
two and one-quarter inches wide, and
one and ~three-eighths inches high,
1t lie covered with q removable glass
top which protects every live wire.
The construction is such that 1t can
be mounted on the top of a telephone,
or used as q mainline arrester out
side of the building in a protected
place.
The theory upon which It depends
for its arresting qualities Is based OF
the ~well-known fact that lightning will
jump across an air space to an ad.
jacent ground rather than traverse
even n complete circle of wire, con
sequently 1t will be noted, by viewing
the cut, that the two cylinders of lava
are wound with about 20 turns of wire.
and the peripheries of the coils are
placed parallel and adjacent to a cyl.
inder Of carbon that Is grounded. It
is found In practice that any high po-
tential current, on account of the cho.
king effect of the coils, continually
creeps and s~plutteringly discharges
itself to ground. This action takes
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Rare Old Coin. Ia { l,uat.

Paris.-M. Rodin, the sculptor. re-
Gently acquired the marble bust Of IN
old man from a curiosity shop. Al
the bust was somewhat damaged. ths
sculptor sent It to q restorer.
when the work was completed the
latter placed the bust in a cab and
drove to M. Robins house, but on the
way there the cab came into collision
with IN automobile, and the bust Wa
thrown out and damaged.
On alighting the restorer noticed
that q number Of gold pieces had come
out Of the broken bust. When thsss
were examined they were found to ~
valuable old coins.
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try, is almost unprecedented. 1t FUR
nishes an excellent filament for cleo
trio lamps. Only a little while ago the
mineral from which tantalum Is OBJ
tanned was SO rare that not enough
could be found to supply specimens to
all the neurological museums. Now
Australia alone produces more than
70 tons of tantalite a year. This does
not seem a very great quantity, but
It is to be remembered that a single
pound of tantalum sufices to furnish
%, 900 lamps, each of 25-candle power.
The metal is SO hard that 1t is said
that a diamond-pointed borer, making
5000 revolutions a minute, produces
in it, after three days of work, an ex-
cavation only one-fftieth of an inch
In depth.
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IS BOON TO VILLAGE
A STRANDED SHIP FURNISHES
LIGHT TO GUATEMALA TOWN.
Iron Hull Serves as Safe Refuge from
Terrors OF Tropical Revolution
airy Storns--Aiso Utilized
as a Hotel.

Victoria, B. Chine and again has
fortune frowned on ocos, Guatemala,
but she has at last made amends In a
manner almost surprising the under
standing of the simple natives who
have hitherto deemed revolutions the
only reputable manner of gaining COM
forts.
The steamer Sesotris from this port
and Tacoma for Hamburg. via South
American ports, which grounded at
Ocos some months ago, has proved n
godsend and Capt. Groot Is enrolled
as the Bolivar Of Ocos. The way Of It.
according to the late dispatches from
the forlorn little port, Is as follows:
Proud alcaldes of the future may
claim for their village on the sand
| dunes the distinction OF being the only
| nlace In the world where erratic for
| tune descended and in a single night
| provided, Free OF cost, a municipal
lighting plant, a big tourist hotel. q
| steel refuge from revolutionary storms
all In one great freight steamers
hull-about which the ocean currents
are hourly packing sand, apparently
| for the sole purpose OF securing to the
| little Guatemalan town ready-made
metropolitan conveniences the like OF
which not all the rest OF the country
can boast.
Between the steel sides OF the
stranded ship and the sand all around
Is a tiny strip of water. This permits
the turning of the propeller, and Capt.
Groot keeps steam up all h time.
| This gave Ocos an idea. Prior to the
last month or two the night owls
among It's swarthy citizens had to go
home by moonlight II they required
any light at all.
80, when the cabins and portfolios
of the Seostris blazed and shot white
CLEANS, the like OF which Ocos had
never seen, into the town, public
spirited citizens gazed a while and
between blinks said; Why not|
Capt. Groot could not see why not
either. so that Is the reason why Ocos
has had illuminated streets TOT Weeks.
Wires from the ships dynamos have
been strung into the town, but Capt.
Groot has neglected opportunities mat
may never return. for he failed to or
ganize a public service corporation 10
issue watered stock to squeeze dlv,'
dends out Of the guileless citizens OF
Ocos.
THE sand now has drHted 0
the vessel so effectively that a deep
canal will have to be dug II she Is ever
to be released, and little hope OF a Y
Ing her exists. The British Columbia
Salvage company has been asked 70
send its steamer Salyor. but the COM
pany. seeing little chance for success,
has thus far failed to enter into a con-
tract and has merely planned various
theoretical ways to free the ship
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

Present at the wedding were Elhu
Root, Jr., and Miss Aida Stryker,
daughter Of DR.. M. Woolsey Stryker,
president of Hamilton college. MI.
Root, who is the oldest son OF the
secretary of state, will marry Miss
Stryker just ten days from the day
that saw his sister married to Lieu
tenant Grant.
The invitations to the wedding were
restricted as far as Washington was
concerned to the persons who must
be invited" The local invitations were
about ESQ in number and they includ'
ed only the closest family friends and
those persons who hold such official
positions that they had to OF neces-
sity be invited to be present.
The out-of.town invitations greatly
outnumbered those given in Washing
ton, but there were comparatively few
Of the out-of-town guests present. The
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
ROOT GRAHWEDD|NG|
xouNc SOLDIER WEEDS pAucH.
rea OF SECRETARY or STATE.
is A BRILLIANT AFFAIR
p~resident, Vice President and Other
distinguished Guests Present.
Union 10 Purely a Love
Match.

Washington.-In the presence Of
president and Mrs. Roosevelt, the
vice-President and Mrs. Fairbanks.
the justices of the supreme court ant
their wives, several senators. repre-
sentatives and other distinguished
guests, Miss Edith Root on Wednesday
became the wife of Ulysses Simpson
Grant Sd, Lieutenant United States
Engineer corps.
The wedding was generally recog-
nized Al the capital as being the Sec
ond in social and official Importance
that has taken place during the Roose-
welt administration, there being only
less interest in the marriage than in
that which conferred about the mar
rage of Miss Roosevelt to Mr.. Long
worth.
The bride is the only daughter of
Secretary of State and Mrs. Elihu
Root, while the groom, as everyone
knows from his name, is the grandson
of General Grant, his father being
General Frederick Dent Grant of the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
The Lesson.

A writer says that when he al q
lad the standard Of gentlemanliness
was impressed upon him by his father
not with a strap--in a way that he
never forgot. They we're walking In
the country, and as they reached a
stile a workingman. who was on the
other side before them, and had the
right of crossing first, stood aside un.
til they had passed. The boy, thought
less, after the fashion Of his kind, got
over first, saying never a word. Then
his father got over and said, THANK
you'''t the man. Turning to his son
he said: you did not thank the man
who stood aside for you" But he
isn't a gentleman" answered the lad.
Perhaps not was his fathers crush.
ing rebuke, but ! want you to be-"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
II STORY.

MOT until after the news of the death
Nv of Absalom and the utter failure
OF the rebellion which had at the first
been managed 80 brilliantly and sue
cessfully did the people Of Israel and
Judah realize the enormity of their
wrong doing. Then they wondered
how they could have been SO easily led
astray, and contention arose among
the people. each charging the other
with responsibility for the misstep.
They saw now how vain and ambitious
q follow the mar Absalom had been;
how little OF real worth there was to
be found In him, end they saw also
as before the sterling qualities
of their aged king, and appreciated
how much was owing to him for the
nations greatness and prosperity.
During those days of darkness, and
doubt. and uncertainty, memory was
busy, and the people recalled David's
mighty deeds, from the first encounter
with the giant Goliath to the many
brilliant campaigns through which he
had led his armies. When had the
nation had such a d~eliverer az David
had been? When had they ever had
such a leader as David, since the time
Of Moses and Joshua? Where was
there a ruler In all the nations about
so faithful to his people, and so loyal
to God? He had kept the nation free
from idolatrous practices of the ma
lions about. He had organized and
solicited the nation as q whole as IL
had lever been before. He had made
the name Of Israel to be honored end
feared among the nations about.
And with the reaction which began
in the nation following the collapse
OF Absalom's rebellion the memory of
all these things swept over the minds
of the people, and the question arose
on every hand:
What shall be done"
The king had been driven forth.
What was now to be done? Shame at
their d~isloyalty. and anxiety over the
consequences OF their wrong doing
gave rise to wranglings and disputings
among themselves, and added to the
confusion OF the situation.
Some there were--peryerse and re.
bellious spirits--wto set themselves to
plotting further mischief. Absalom
was dead. to be sure, but the spirit
OF Absalom still was at work In their
hearts and far from longing for the re.
turn Of King David, they secretly set
themselves to further i%nsurrection. The
king was old, and could not be with
them many years longer. He had
lost his grip or things. He had been
driven ont Of the royal city. Why
again saddle the aged king upon
them. Let him remain In exile.
They would seek out another who
should rule.
This new conspiracy was strongest
among certain Of the tribes Of Ben.
jamin, prominent among whom was
Sheba. the SON Of Blchri. But among
all the tribes Of Israel there were NAL.
contents. who were only waiting the
cali Of . leader to make fresh rupture
In tile nation.
Such was the chaotic state OF the
nation while the old and sorrow-strick.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
The Holtzer.cakt Improved Lightning
Arrester.

place along the peripheries of the first
four or five turns of wire on the in.
coming current end of the arrester.
From a mechanical standpoint,
also, this arrester Is very intelligent
ly worked out. 1t will be seen by re-
ferring to the illustration that the
coils and the carbon rod not only are
capable of being rotated, and thus
exposing new surfaces. but that they
a be instantly removed and new
ones inserted II that should become
necessary. The arrester is made up
entirely Of non.inaammable material,
namely, the base Of porcelain, spools
of lava and cover of glass. In this
connection, 1t should be noted that
when these a%rresters are placed on
the top of the telephone, which is
generally the housewives cupboard
for scissors, s%pectacles, etc, the glass
absolutely protects every live
wire srom a ground or a short"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

why speak ye not a WORD OF
bringing the king backY'--Sad
that the king has been forced 10
flee; but sadder still is It that
the people are slow to bring him
back.
What a picture we nave mere
OF the human heart and IT'S re-
iations to its Lord and KING,
Jesus Christ.
The allurine voice OF se't'n-
diligence and sin speaks In M
ear and II steals away our
hearts from loyalty TO the true
King.
The next step In the down
ward course Is open rebellion
against the rule ct the true and
r'ghtfu' KING.
The king Is driven forth one
cannot read the chapter re-
counting pav'd's departure from
Jerusalem without an over
whelmlng sense OF the sadness
and shame OF II all. sut now
infinitely more tragic and sad
is II when the KING OF kings and
LORD o. 'ords rs forced TO nee
from the rebel'lous heart!
And wnen the hres OF SIN
nave burned themselves our n
the heart reels us oeso'at'on
ana 'oss' what reproach II is
mat there Is no move TO nr'n9
inc King BACK and r~eestanl'sh
, nun upon the throne!
!, Inc King cannot come except
! ny invitation. ne may not DC
tar away. Nay, scripture giveth
the Kings own words:
, "sehold, J stand at the door
!, and Knock" he says. He waits
on the threshold. The heart
must say: come In"
Ihink OF what Jerusalem was
, without Its king. The palace
, OF cedar deserted, and the
J city without a ruler to whom
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
L,ob, or RUM Town to Choose.

Hudson, OFF the village OF Hud.
son will bar liquor for 80 years. with
the exception OF beer, which the
donor Ii willing to let the villagers
imbibe, $4,000 will be forthcoming
for an electric light plant and sewer
age system. This offer has been made
to the village council over the sigma.
ture Hudson Citizen" Although
none Is breathing 1t aloud, the name
Of the donor is understood to be
James w. Ellsworth, millionaire coal
operator. retired, with homes In New
York and in Hudson, and former Chi.
cas3ao.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

he then spent four years In a state
military school founded by Empress
Maria Theresa. He entered Columbia
college in New York on his return to
the United States and was graduated
in 1898, when he at once joined his
father in Porto Rico. where he had
his first experience in warfare. At
the end of a year he entered West
Point, graduating sixth in his class Of
1902. He was ordered at once to the
Philippines, where he did good service
for three years, and, returning to The
United States, was ordered to Wash
ington barracks.
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Prices Of Stocks Fail.

Since last December there has been
an average fall of prices Of stocks
equal to over $40 a share in the case
OF railroad shares and Of S27 In the
case Of Industrial shares. Applying
this to the entire capitalization Of
stocks and bonds OF the railroad and
Industrial corporations Of the country,
and the apparent depreciation in
prices amounts to about I'VE billions
OF dolIars.-Wall Street Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
viii Test Foundations.

The dean and chapter OF st. Paul's
cathedral. London, acting under the
advice OF Mervyn Z. Mccartney, con.
sulting engineer, are about to apply q
practical test Of the safety Of the
cathedral. Metal disks will be placed
In the pillars in the crypt and other
parts Of the building, and by accurate
measurement 1t will be possible to
come to a definite conclusion a. to
whether the foundations and supports
are stable or not.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

Experiments are In progress 1t the
New York Skin and Cancer hospital.
$40 Second avenue, for the alienation
OF pain by the use Of intense light. So
far the physicians are unwilling to ex-
press any definite opinions 81 to it,
eficacy, and content themselves By
saying that their hospital tries every
device which promises TO be Of assist.
ance in curing or alternating cancer.
The results with the Tight cure" how.
ever, have been suflciently satisfac-
tory to induce them to continue the
expeFimsnts.-N. \. Iimss-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

There is q class Of welldefined
"phobIas," as they are called, with
which nerve sufferers are plagued.
"Monophobia,e or fear Of being alone;
"castrophobia." or fear Of closed-in
crowds or Of broad open spaces; in
spaces: a "goraphobia," or fear OF
somniaphobfa," or fear Of not going
to sleep, and many others. The one
great remedy for all these and similar
mental miseries, writes DR.. Samuel
McComb in Good Housekeeping, Il
Interrogation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Elsetric Fans Rsstors.

Electric fans as an aid In reviving
asphyxiated persons were found great
W beneficial at . recent disastrous
IRE in which I number Of firemen
we're overcome BY gases. Wires were
run from ofhces ear the scene Of the
IRE and attached to fans placed close
70 the heads Of the unconscious men.
The rush Of air forced Into the faces
d the mel By the fans soon brought
4 IN back to consciousness and they
returned % continue the light against
re aarnes,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

because of the
tantalizing d FL
culties that he en-
countered while
investigating it, 1t
is only recently
shat tantalum has
been obtained in
a state of purity,
and the rapidity
with which it has
been produced, in
response to the
demands of COM
merce and indus
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
a Wireless Addenda.

Mr.. Bacon--I see a Japanese cleo
trlcian has invented a wireless system
which Is asserted to be superior 70
anything now in use.
Mrs. Bacon-Gracious me! Are BUS
ties comm in style once more, really!
-Yonkers Statesman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
ELECTRIC TABLE FOUNTAIN,
Unique Little Device Which Throws
Perfumed Water.

The latest ornament for a banquet
table is the electric fountain which
throws dainty streams Of perfumed
water, through which glimmer the soft
rays of colored lights.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
s-vmpsthetlc Nature.

even the weather has shared IN
the recent panic"
I'm what way?"
Didn't you see where there was
hurry OF snow from the cloud banks!
baltimore American.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
Mada RECORD clImh.

DR.. Longstahe, who Is mountaineer.
Ing In the Himalayas with two guides
and q Gurkha officer, has reached
the summit Of Trfsul. 23.406 feet. This
Ii the record for the Hlmalayas.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

The fountain can be moved about
like a lamp, and takes current through
a flexible wire cord. A small electric
motor drives a centrifugal pump to
keep the fountain playing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

Worlds Submarine Cables.
This world contains altogether l,7sO
submarine cables, totaling 9 =
miles In length and dropped into their
watery bed at l cost Of t275,000.00o.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
WIrele.. Phone, ! auces.a.

Berlin.-A German company u now
telephoning ~wirelessly from Nauen 20
various places In Germany. so to %
miles distant. One OF the managers oe
the company said that conversations
had been conducted with extreme
clearness and precision.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
THE AMATEUR ELECTRICIAN.
How He Can Make a Circuit Breaker
fer Induction Coils.

Amateurs building induction coils
are generally bothered by the vibrator
contacts blackening, thus giving q
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
1ha World and You.

The world owes every ma 1 living.
Every Il owes the world ! good
We.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29
THE TANTALUs OF METALS.
Why 1t Was So Named by the Swedish
Inventor.

Ekeberg, the Swedish discoverer or
tantalum. gave that name to the metal
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-29

Whether a widow Is nice and plump
or just fat depends On how zsncA
money was left her.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-12-21

AT THE regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College,
held at the college on the 18th instant, the
board voted in favor of a pure food law for the
State, pure paint law and a pure seed law, and
expressed the hope that the inspection of these
articles would be imade at the college. The
following resolution was adopted by rising
vote: THAT it is with deep regret that we
contemplate the early departure of His Excel
7Iency Governor Warfeld and the Hon. Gordon
T. Atkinson from our midst as members of
the board and as this is the last meeting of the
board which they will probably attend, we
desire to extend TO them our hearty apprecia-
ton of their interest in this institution and
their devotion to its welfare and feel sure that
in private life they will extend their support
and cooperation in every measure calculated
to promote the best interests of this institu-
ton, and that the trustees and the institu-
ton will continue to enjoy their esteem, and
we extend them very cordial invitation to
visit the institution, assuring them of hearty
welcome whenever they care to come" Messrs
Charles A. Councilman and E. Cuttings Mer-
ryman, members of the board from Baltimore
county, attended this meeting.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-12-21

IRIS fashionable as we'll as profitable, wrote
Cardinal Gibbons, to cast odium as we'll as
ridicule on Christianity and OIL the Scriptures
which are the basis of Christian religion. A
man of limited capacity, but of fluency OF
speech and shafts Of wit, may propose objec-
lions and difficulties in half hour which may
take learned man a month to answer All
of the civilizations of the past and all existing
civilizations today worthy of the name have
been based on the doctrnal and moral prin-
ciples of the Bible. 1t is time enough to sur
render our Christianity when some better sys-
tenn is brought forward to supplant it. The
Christian religion not only gave man a SUBJ
lime idea of his Creator, but gave him also
rational idea about himself. Hitherto man
was a mystery and riddle to himself. He
knew not whence he came or whittier he was
going. It rescued him from the frightful
labyrinth of error in which paganism had in
VOWED him. The Christian religion gave not
only light to his understanding, but peace as
we'll to his heart.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-12-21

Mrs. Grover Cleveland will be one of the dele
gates to represent New Jersey at the Congress
of Mothers, to meet at Washington. March 18th
to 18th.