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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
NO SLEEP M rs A
Man with conaseai Grief Sits In
Chair, Wide Awake.

Erie, Pa.-Joseph Root, a hermit
resident OF Presque Isle peninsula,
claims he has not slept in rs years
and those who have become Interested
In the case believe his story.
A number OF well known pllysicians
examined him. They say be Is In a
healthy condition and he was awake
all the time they observed him, His
close friends also vouch for his tory.
Drugs have been administered. but
have no effect on Root. The man has
lived tor u long time on the peninsula
and tells an interesting story.
He says that about rs years aso
tive dear relativex we're killed sudden.
~ in q railroad accident. He suffered
SO much from shock that he gave IN
the idea Of sleep, and now remains ia
a chair all night with his eyes vide
open.
After his rest In the chair he II
~ much refreshed In the morning =
II Ne had enjoyed I sood nishtss slsep.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

offered prizes to the boy or girl who
whooped the longest and loudest and
a BOBBY prize for the n who only
wheezed.
There were many complaints when
the prizes were awarded, and some
of the unsuccessful ones claimed that
the winners had an advantage over
them, a they had had the disease
longer.
Lunch was served to the music OF
barking. With the lunch Mrs. Parker
served a mild mixture of the medicine
which every kid on puquesne Heights
has to take about every five minutes
to keep from whooping his head OF.
1t was only by the liberal use OF the
mixture that some of the youngsters
could eat at all.
Many Of the little one wer" accom-
panied by their mamas. who have con
tracted whooping cough from them,
and the affair was such a big success
that several of the mothers who at
tended are arranging to give return
entertainments.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

Serious Charges Against Him and
Brother Officers Made Public.

st. Petersburg.-A document o n
tanning the indictments against Lieut..
Gen. Stoessel, the defender of Port
Arthur; Lieut.. Gen. Fock, who com.
manded the fourth east Siberian dt.
vision at Port Arthur; Maj. Gen.
Reiss, chief of staff to Gen. Stoessel,
and Lieut.. Gen. Smirnoff, who preced.
ed Lieut.. Gen. Stoessel in command az
Port Arthur, was made public here to.
day. These officers are being tried
by court.maftial on charges OF COW.
ardice and treason. The indictments
set forth that Stoessel and Fock DELHI
erately sent false reports of battles
that never occurred. recommended
their own friends and generals who had
lost battles for decorations and sur.
rendered Port Arthur fortress In spite
of the fact that they had at hand am.
pie means for resistance. All the
crimes with which stoessel, Reiss
and Fock are charged are capital OF.
lenses.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
WHOOPlNG COUGH FlETE.

This bona fide society note was sent
to the newspapers here for publica-
ton.
Pittsburg Is suffering from an cpl.
demic Of whooping cough. and every
child on Duquesne Heights has the dis
ease and many of the papas and
The youngsters get tired remaining in
the house, and as physicians declare
that outdoor exercise is the best thing
in the world for whooping cough, Mrs.
Parker decided on the lawn fete.
The party was a whooping success.
Everyone present whooped, some of
them until they were red in the face.
To add zest to the affair, Mrs, Parker
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
Tramps' Esperanto.

German mendicants form a brother.
hood, and possess an interesting code,
which often enables them to escape
the clutches OF the police, mendicancy
being forbidden In Germany. The
keen.cyed beggar, on passing through
a town or village; observes signs
which would be invisible to the unin-
itiated. Two minute circles chalked
near the corner Of the door Indicate
that kind-hearted persons live there.
Three little crosses warn him that
It would be dangerous to ring the
bell, and a tiny triangle tells OF the
existence OF an aged and charitable
dame. Another secret sign OF this
fraternity is that OF two squares,
which conveys the information that
the inmate Is gruK, but may melt II
the story 20 a suniciently pathetic
one. And the brotherhood OF beg.
gars puts those same signs on our
own doorposts! Il II the volapuk
Of vilainy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
Even Nature Need, AdxertI.l.a

1t is worth while to note the stern
fact that even the wonders OF creation
do not actually attract any special a.
tention unless some advertising man
gets busy. The railroads really male
Niagara falls go. the Philistine truly
says. They are advertising 1t con.
tinually as a continuous performances
and filling people with ! desire to 10
there. then transporting them for
consideration.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
REFORM HARSH CUSTOMS RULES.
Treasury officials Decide to End HUI
initiation of Travellers.

Washington.-New customs inspec-
ton regulations, calculated to be a
boon to returning American touristss
are being framed by direction of Sec
rotary of the Treasury Cortelyou, Ii
is hoped to have the plan in opera
ton August Is,
There is to be no elimination OF the
requirement for the inspection of bag
gage, but the new rules will abro'
gate the oath that now p~recedes the
formal inspection, and which puts
the honest citizen in the position of
a suspected perjurer until his word
is proved true. 1t has been com
planned that this is an unnecessary
and unjustifiable humiliation. An.
other reform will do away with the
general penning up of all the SNUG
glers, would.be smugglers and hon
est citizens before cynical customs Of.
ficials.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
Doctor and Dentist.

The care OF the teeth Ia a matter
which Is too often left entirely In the
hands OF the dentist, whereas the fam.
lily practitioner, by judiciously point.
ing out the proper mea Of safe
guarding the patient from infection
through the mouth, is often In q posi-
ton to forestall the necessity Of .
visit to the dentist-London Hos
pital.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
Removes Animated Rock.

York, Pa.-Seeing what he thought
was a big rock in the middle Of the
street before daylight. Patrolman Will
liam Shenberger thought he would
do drivers a kindness by removing 1t.
AS he reached down TOT seize It the
supposed rock became a demon, which
furiously clawed and bit his hand.
The rock was a fine specimen Of
the great horned owl, almost two feet
in height, and the officer had grabbed
1t, luckily, about the neck, and now
1t is his pet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
EVERYBODY THERE BARkEp AND
WORST GOT PRIZES.
Pittsburg Kids and Their Wheezy Pal
ents Bray at Lawn Party
Medicine Is Feature
at Luncheon.

Pittsburg.-"Mrs. w. H. Parker, of
Grand View avenue, Duquesne Heights,
rendered a whooping cough lawn fete
the other evening at her home in
honor of her son George, who is
suffering from the disease. Over a
score Of his little friends attended,
all of them similarly afflicted"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
THE STORY.

VENTS a moved fast for David
at the court OF King Saul. Not
only had the young warriors victory
over the Philistine giant brought him
20 the favorable notice OF the king,
but the sweet music of his harp &C.
companied by his strong, fresh young
voice had won a powerful influence
over him, SO that 1t had come to pass
that during the seasons of deep dejec-
ton into which Saul fell at times
there seemed nothing which could dis.
pei the strange moods and restore his
spirits as the music Of the shepherd
'adf
And all u~nassuming and with quiet
dignity, David had taken up the activ-
tiles Of his new life. He missed his
sheep and the freshness and quiet of
che green meadows and mountain
hooks. and would gladly have gone
back to them, save for one thing. The
memory Of Samuel's visit to his ia.
hers house and Of his amounting him,
had quickened within his heart
strange impulses and desires. He cid
not understand them, he only knew
that he was always reaching out for
some thought and experience which
lay just beyond him. And when by
tho rapid movement of events he had
suddenly found himself a mighty war
rlor II Israel instead Of a shepherd
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

There Is nothing to be said against
a well.made sausage which Il pre.
pared with sound meat. On the con
trary, It affords q valuable, convenient
and appetdzing food. and that belng
so. the sausage should b standard.
lied SO as to prevent ~ being loaded
with a cheap snbstitute which Is neaf.
ly always bread or brokensAnd Waste
biscuits .-London Lshcet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
How the Missionarys children travel In China.


engagements to place these submarine
signals on all light ships not already
so equipped. including the five vessels
approaching completion at the yards
Of the New York Shipbuilding com.
pany and the four to be built at the
Fore River yards at Quincy, Mass.
The board also has arranged for cleo.
trio shore stations at the Delaware
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
OF WAR OF 1872.

Lieut.. Watson, In command of the
post, who said that he intended to
write to the authorities and ask per.
mission to dump them in the middle
OF the Chesapeake bay, as they were
so old-fashloned that they would be
of practically nj use whatever In mod
ern warfare.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
Well Filled.

As the celebrated leading lad,
stepped from the train at Sioux Falls
she FASTENED to the baggage room.
Where is my suitcase? ?" she queried
anxiously. "Ah, there it is. Be very
careful, porter
Suitcase, mann" replied the as.
tonished porter. why, that piece Of
baggage looks big enough to be .
treasure chest"
The leading lady laughed and poked
her $1,000 bull dog in the ribs with
her green parasol.
"0h. that's my suitcase all right"
she confided. 1T contains all my dt.
vorce suits to date"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
Lonely Morse ! suicide.

Akron, GA horse owned by J. H.
Sell, Of Loyal Oak, committed suicide
BY plunging from the door or ! big
bank barn to 4 pile Of rocks 10 feet
beneath. For years the horse was
teamed with another which died sever
u weeks go. and he had acted queer.
ii evsr since.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
sERMoNETTE.

sAnd Saul was afraid OF David
because the Lord was with him
and wass departed from Saul"
What a commentary this Is on
the spiritual condition Of Saul!
Afraid Of David! that noble.
hearted, brave, ~unselfish defend
er Of his nation and his king.
Afraid Of David! that open,
frank, unassuming young man
who sought not his own good but
that Of the king. Afraid Of David!
that simple country lad who had
so modestiy taken his place in
the kings palace and had minis
tered to the ill-natured king by
his sweet music. Think of It!
Afraid Of David, because filled
with devotion to God and love to
mankind, he ought by every act
Of his to perform some kindly
service for others. No, not afraid
of David because the latter was
plotting against him; because he
was trying to work his hurt; be-
cause he was secretly his enemy
and was proving treacherous to
trust placed In his charge. No,
but afraid Of David, because the
Lord was with him. Think Of 1t!
Saul knew that he had been
rejected of God, or rather that
through his wiIIful disobedience
he had rejected God, and then In
hardness Of heart that knew no
repentance he had persisted in
his COURSE. Saul also knew that
God had chosen David. There is
no doubt but that at last the
amounting Of the shepherd boy
by Samuel had become known to
him and that the thought that
this young man had been set
apart as the coming king Of
Israel filled his heart with hatred
and fear. He knew all this and
was foolish enough to think that
he could thwart Gods purposes;
that he could bar the pathway Of
the Divine will by the weak,
puny arm Of flesh.
There is no more pitisble or
awful picture in the Bible than
this picture of Saul fighting
against God and Gods amounted.
Scripture says 'the heather rage
and the people imagine a vain
thing. The rulers Of the earth
set themselves and take counsel
together against the Lord and
against his anointed. But he
that stitch in the Heavens shall
laugh: the Lord shall have them
In derision." Oh, what folly to
fight against God.
We can In some measure un-
derstand how the heather can
fight against God, but how one
of Saul's training, and opportuni.
ties and the light which had
come to him could SO do, is quite
beyond our comprehension. But
does Saul stand alone in this
condition? Is there any danger
that others who have walked
close to God as he did may yet
fall to the depths to which he
fell2 After all, how was such
condition possible? It was taken
step by step in willful disobedi-
ence and violation of the Divine
will. And there Is danger to
every soul which INDUCES in sin
and persists therein that at last
Gods spirit will depart and leave
that soul forever. Let us not
commit the objectionable sin Of
blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

harbor refuge and at Detroit, the en-
trance of st. Mary's river and Lake
Superior.
The Canadian government Is install
Ing such bells at st, Johns, Loulsburg
and Yarmouth, and when the work
now ordered by the two governments
is completed every important harbor
in North America will be protected.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
The Oldest Mail Carrier Retires.

I'VE wore nc uniforms, and instead
OF a bag we carried our mail In a
Bingham handkerchief tied together
with the four and carried over
the arm"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

III q lieutenant has Z fortune he
I'M marry; II his ihAnesS has 1 for.
sdne, he may marry; bst Il he has
dcbts, he must marry Extndor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02
GIadstoue,s l-Ibrarv

Gladstone's library Is now accessible
"a all, as the st. Dein!ols library at
Hawarden, erected at q cost OF 5000.
600, There are $4,000 volumes, large.
ly on theology.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

4 tombstone 70 IL erected Ii ! Bsth
tEngland) Genet y the nernorr 9
ON eng5netsivs Is ~ ~
~geclceist, ~ y ccmop1sd
|fosssls As ~ A.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-08-02

It brought me over $4,000. which
was an ample amount to get home
on and have something to live on al.
ter got there. | did not contest my
fathers will, but went to work to earn
a fortune Of my own. ! have II now
and have Alacia too--though she
hasn't the Keang-see tea s~ervice--and
sometimes people wonder why | wear
a heavy brass coin for a watch charm.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
CRASH
IN AUTO RACE;
DRIVER HURT
Packard Car Tears
Through Fence at Nor
ris Park Track.

NEW YORK, Sept 9S.-In two smash
ups IN the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. auto race
at the old Morris Park racetrack this
afternoon, one msn was killed. two prob
ably fatally injured, one seriously hurt,
and two cars were wrecked.
An hour after the Lozier car had
crashed throu. n the outer fence at The
tAree-Cusrter-mile tu'n. managing the
driver. Louis W. Smelzer. so that he
died soon after in FordhaYn Hospital.
ard sending man and a 10y snecta' ors
10 the hospital unconscious, the Pack
and car. No. s. lost a tire in front OF
the grandsjand. tore ID ough tho fenc.
into the inheld. ara seriously hurt
Driver Charles Emoleton.
n both accidents. he machinists.
Frederick Hall, in the Iozier and vii
liam Smith, in the Pae card, strangely
escaped injury.
John Clark was struck by the run-
away Lozier machine and sustained in
ternal injuries and several broken bores.
Fred Pope. fifteen years old. suffered
Internal injuries and . broker leg.
The accident to the Packard machine.
which happened in frore Of the crowded
srandstan6, caused tn; T. eatest excite
ment, hundreds of persons swarming
across the track in front of the cars
racing at high speed.
CedrinO and Parker, In the Fiat car.
won todays Morris Park automobile
race. covering $50 miles in the prescribed
twenty-four hours. Holm and Dilmar.
In the Studebaker. were second. and
Zembach and Marriers, in the ITALIA,
were third.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
MOTHERS WIN
BOARD WILLING
TO HIRE ROOMS
Petworth School Chill
dren May Be Taker
From Cellar.

Publication by The Times Yesterday
afternoon OF the fact that the mothers
OF Petworth will make a vigorous cam
paign this week 10 have the children
OF the primary grades. who are now
taught In the two cellar rooms Of the
Petworth School. housed in better quar-
tiers. has already brought encouraging
news to the mothers
IL the mothers succeed in finding
available quarters that can be rented for
the three grades who are now taught in
the cellar rooms. the Board Of Educa-
ton VIII Immediately rent the new
rooms and thus healthy quarters for the
children viii be secured.
School Boards Views.
Our first duty is to the children. and
to their comfort and health said Capt.
James +. oyster, president OF the board.
If the mothers OF Petworth can find
other quarters for the children in the
vicinity OF the school building. we will.
II feel safe 10 say. rent the quarters. FOL
We have an appropriation for that ppr-
pose.
The Board OF Education does rot
want tho children in the cellar any
more than their mothers do. We tiled
TO find other quarters for the first. sec
ond. and third grades of that school.
but we were unable TO accomplish VIVA.
we desired 1t would please US I'M
mensely to hear that the women Of Pet
worth had found available quarters for
the children.
so, If they wiz come TO us this week
and tell US they have located the desired
rooms. We viii set to work to see that
they are rented.
Believe Children Are Threatened.
Tho Petworth mothers are as deter
MIXED as ever to seek relief from
situation which they believe threatens
the health Of their children. They are
convinced-a9d an inspection Of the two
rooms complained OF seems TO bear them
out-that the rooms are too damp and
too dark TO be good for the eyes or the
general health of the children. AS was
exclusively announced in The Times yes
tercay afternoon. they held an indig-
nation meeting Friday night and APP
pointed a committee TO look for quarters
that could be rented for the primary
grades of the Petworth School.
Some of them fear they viii encounter
what has been found to be tile case in
many quarters in tile pistrict-unWill-
ingness on the part of househciders to
rent out rooms for use IS school rooms.
This sentiment has greatly handicapped
the Board of Education i'm its attempts
10 rent quarters so as 20 deal practic-
ably with the congested conditions in
The schools.
Suowden Ashford inspector OF Build
ings, yesterday issued 10 the press a
statement explaining why the ADDITION
Continued on Page siD
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
I" INCIDENT CLOSED"
ASSERTS GOODRICH

NEW YORK. Sept. 2S.-Rear Admiral
Goodrich. commsndant Of the Brooklyn
navy yard. is inclined TO treat the cir
cular letter episode as closed When a
reporter called upon the admiral tcday
10 secure some statement from him in
answer to that Of Pay Inspector cowie,
who denied ever asking the admiral to
instruct officers under him to write to
heir respective Senator'S and Repre-
sentatives in regard 10 the proposed
army ana navy bill, the admiral.
through his aide, Lieutenant Church
AID tn he had nothing furthe, to saw
In the premises and that the incident. so
far as he was concerned. was closed
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
ROOSEVELT
LEAVES TODAY
FOR THE WEST
Will Visit Canton and
Other Places Before
Hunting Trip.
Restul Trip
for President

Today - Leaves for Canton,
Ohio, at 1880 p. m.
Monday-Leaves for Keokuck,
after six-hour stay at Canton.
Tuesday-Embarks on Missis-
sippi flatboat, for st. Louis.
Wednesday-Arrives in St.
Louis; stays five hours
Th,rsday-Reaches Cairo, Ill;
stays two hours.
Friday-Arrives at Memphis,
Tenn; stays four hours.
Saturday-Goes TO Tensas par
ish, La. to hunt bear and rest
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
Upton YACHT RACE
UP TO IRISH CLUB

LONDON, Sept. 2S.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton said this afternoon that he had just
received a message that u meeting OF
the Royal Irish Yacht Club had been
called for next Tuesday to consider the
cabled refusal of tho New York Yacht
Club on his challenge for the cup.
Until the meeting is over" he said.
Il can say nothing further regarding
the action Of the Nex York Yacht Club.
Fife has positively declined to design a
boat under the old rule and this means
that If am not able TO challenge with
a big boat under the new rule there
Will be no race"
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
Confidence All That Is Needed.

Confidence Is all that IS needed-con-
idenee on both sides; what call faith
in humanity belief in human nature and
In the natural inclination Of every nor
nal man to be honest
Il believe that the laws are sufficient
az tie present time 20 insure the con-
duct OF corporations on an absolutely
honest basis, end I believe also that
most corporations are administered hon
estly. Mistakes are made, OF course,
but that cannot BE avoided.
But IL more laws are needed let them
be such as are dictated by actual ex-
perience and enacted by the legislative
power aiming at the best interests OF
all. To the workingman I would say
that his best interests lie In accepting
the conditions which have come about
through e natural process Of economic
evolution. Really, he will come to learn
in time that the bulwark Of his pros
perity is the wisely and honestly ad-
ministered corporation, which is here
to stay.
80 firmly am / convinced Of this that
look 20 see the day when the work
ingmen generally, as Standard OH en-
ployes have done, and gre wn rich thL-e-
by. will invest their savings in the Sc
curtties OF the Industrial combinations
as they now deposit them in the saw
ings banks
Finally. with honest administration
assured on the one had and confidence
thereby compelled on the other, let
those who are charged with the man
agement OF the corporations be held 10
a STRIFE personal responsibility for their
acts, and there will be an end TO dis
tressing Industrial strife"
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

Fail Flowers for All Occasions at
Prices. shaffer. 18th & L.
Adv.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
MRS. CHADWICK REALLY ILL,
RALLIES FROM HER ATTACK

COLUMBUS. ohio. Sept 2S.-cassie
Chadwick. the witch Of frenzied
nnance. had rallied somewhat today
after the attack Of heart failure last
nighC
IT. A. G Helmick, penitentiary physi-
Illness was not feiSned. and thai v,bile
she Is much improved today her con-
dillon Vas such that she might dis 81
any minute from a recurrence OF last
nights attack.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29
Every Passenger Hurt
and Total Reaches
100.
Confusion of Orders
and Green Switch
man Cause.
Leg ChoppedOf
toFfee Engineer

Engineer Lipscomb was caught
under the wreckage VI his en-
CINE.
Chop my leg on, viii you?"
he yelled TO members of the yard
force.
An AK was secured and while
the steam was pouring in upon
him he saw them hack of the
limb just above the knee.
He was scaIded all over and
died an hour later.
The Washington times., 1907-09-29

Everything Open at Chesapeake Beach
Saturday and Sunday. Haleys Band.
Dancing.-AdY.