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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-30
QUEEN OF A|RSH|PS.
Huge Graft Being Built For Paris
to London Flight.
MOST POWERFUL OF ITS KIND.

Il Will Have Capacity Of 227,5oO Gu
bic Feet, Two PropeIlers Driven by
Two Motors Of go Horsepower Each.
Expected to Make From Thirty five
to Forty FIVE Miles an Hour.
The announcement made the other
day by Arthur Philip Du Cros, secre-
tary Of the parliamentary aerial de-
Tense committee in London, England,
that an air voyage from Paris to Lon
don would be made presently by a
hitherto unknown airship was fol-
lowed the next day by an announce
ment that the ship in question is be-
ing built by the Surcouf company in
Paris.
Mr.. Du Cros said that negotiations
had been In progress for a long time
with regard to this ship, which would
be the largest and most powerful of
its kind yet constructed. 1t will have
a capacity Of 227, 800 cubic feet, will
have two propellers driven by two
motors of go horsepower and will
carry twenty-five passengers, in addi-
ton to supplies and petrol sufficient
for 700 miles. The speed will be from
thirty-fiye to forty-five miles an hour,
and the ship can ascend to height Of
8.0O0 feet.
The aerial defense committee has Sc
cured an option on the purchase Of
this ship by the nation, and 1t APP
pealed for sum sufficient to build an
airship garage big enough to hold it
during the period Of its trials in Eng
land. The London Daily Mail has
agreed to furnish such garage pro-
vided the committee will arrange to
keep the ship in England for a month
The Surcouf ship is Of the demi-rigid
type, partly protected by a metal I'M
derstructure on which it rests. It's
shape will be something like that of
torpedo, the thickest end in front.
The balloon tapers back to the rear,
where there is series Of protuber-
ances, horizontal and vertical, with
the purpose Of giving stability to the
craft.
There will be large vertical plane
below the gas bag and series of
horizontal planes attached above it,
these serving the purpose Of elevators,
which assist the vessel in rising with
out the sacrifice Of ballast, as they act
like the main planes Of an aeroplane.
The balloon is provided with bal
loonette for economizing ballast and
gas. The car is OF aluminium, divided
into series Of compartments for the
passengers and crew. These compart.
ments are knit together by the main
framework Of the ship.
In the course Of an interview Mr.
Du Cros said he hoped the vessel
would be ready for it's first voyage in
| September.
"The parts are now being assembled
at Clements works, near Paris" he
said. Clement has the true sporting
spirit. He offered to bring the vesse
to England without any condition
whatever as to it's purchase. WheI
it does come it will bring eight or ter
passengers, including Clement and my
1 SELF
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-30

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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-30

1s1-aw-want to give you-aw-a 1T
tie pwesent on youah birthday, doncher
know" said young DeSappe. would
you-aw-pwefer something SEN
sfble r
oh, my, nor answered Miss Dim
pieton. Il prefer presents that are
Characteristic Of the people who give
them to me. Chicago News
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-30
Ksmea who are Eavied.

Those attractive women who are
lovely in face, form and temper are
the envy of many, who might be like
them. A weak, sickly woman will be
nervous and irritable. Constipation
or Kidney poisons show in pimples,
blotches, subscriptions and q wretched
complexion. For all such, Electric
Bitters work wonders. They regulate
Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, purify
the blood; give strong nerves, bright
eyes, pure breath, smooth, velvet
skin, lovely complexion. Many
charming women owe their health and
beauty to them. soc at o. NJ. Olsen.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-06-30

A mid. pleasant remedy lse eonstipa&io0
-px. Miles Nerve and Liver Pills.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Denial by Judge Buckley.

The statement of Chief Justice A.. H.
Whitfield of the Supreme Court, in his
dissenting opinion in the celebrated c.
r. Smith murder case, that the audience
was Constantly engaged in applause
during the. trial at Columbus, and hat
the court permitted ~"clapping of hands
and stamping of feet is erroneous, &C
cording to Judge J.. L. Buckley, who
presided over the trial.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
A Famous %andmark

To most of us the HISTORIAN tablet
Is a name only-an "old, forgotten,
far-of thing" almost as apocryphal
as Aladdin's lamp-if not, indeed, far
more SO. The fact that DR.. S. Wells
Williams monumental work, The
Middle Kingdom" contains a transla.
ton by DR.. Wylie, in 5000 words or
SO, of the inscription carved upon the
ancient stone, centuries and centuries
ago, by the HISTORIAN Christian mis-.
sionaries in China, does not suffice
to make it an object of popular in.
terest. But now that a young Danish
traveller and archeologist-who, by
the way, speaks English like a native
has made a journey to remote Sian
flu, and brought to New York an exact
copy of it, in limestone, from the same
quarry, reproducing every Chinese
character and symbolic ornament just
as it appears in the original, the thing
becomes a matter of interest to all
Americans; and the attendants in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art spend nc
little time nowadays in directing
strangers to what they themselves
agree in calling 1.-THE Chinese stone."-
Putnam's Magazine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Admirable Alma Mater!

This incident really happened, yet
the indemnity of the principal actor
in it is completely changed, according
to the place in WHICH the story is
told. At Cambridge Prof. Whitmore
tells it this way:
wilkins and | were waiting for a
train at Onosquahami, Mich, when
we joined a group of men at the win
dow of the telegraph office, where the
operator was writing bulletins of a
baseball game between Harvard and
Yale. A lumberman who evidently
had bet on Yale was grumbling over
his loss. He swore a great deal and
said the New Haven players were a
sandless lot of cutters. He was 60
ing to say a great deal more when a
tall, husky young fellow pushed
through the crowd, took him by the
shoulder, and swung him around.
Pardon me- he said, politely
enough, though his eyes were blazing
pardon me, but l can't stand any
more of that abuse. / won't stand it!
I'm an alma mater of Yale myself
Harper's Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
MRS. HAYES PASSES AWAY
Last Member of the Family of JEFF
ferson Davis.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Mrs. J. Adj
son Hayes, daughter of the late Jefferson
Davis, president of the Confederacy, died
Sunday night at her home in this city
after an illness of several months.
The cause of her death as announced
by the attending physicians was a com.
plication of diseases.
Mrs. Hayes, the last of the family OF
the late president of the Confederacy,
after the death of her sister, Miss Win
ME Davis, at Richmond, Va, made a trip
South a few years ago, when she was
made a Daughter of the Confederacy In
her sisters stead.
Her mother, widow of the Southern
president, died in New York about two
years ago.
Mrs. Hayes is survived by two sons,
Jefferson Hayes Davis and William
Hayes, and two daughters, Lucy Hayes
and Mrs. Virginia Webb, wife of DR.. Ger
aid B. Webb of this city. jefferson Hayes
Davis bears the name of his grandfather
through a special act of the legislature.
Mrs. I>yes was 54 years OF age.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
State Capital Notes
. Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered BY Our Special
Correspondent At Jackson.
Business Men Pleased.

The Jackson business men who re-
turned Saturday from a trip over the
New Orleans & Great Northern road
speak in glowing terms of the country
through which this new road passes.
There is no fairer or more fertile section
of the Magnolia State than that stretch
along the meanderings of Pearl river,
which, while not as rich as some sec
lions of the Yazoo delta, taken alto
gether, is more thoroughly adapted to
general agricultural and industrial pur-
suits, and is settled by as fine a type OF
American citizens as will be found in
any corner of the great commonwealth.
Along the line of the new road, through
Copiah, Lawrence, Kinds and Marion
counties, it was noted that while from
every part of the State has come the
universal story of very much shortened
crops, and superabundance of grass and
abandoned cultivation, there really
seemed less along this Pearl river valley
than elsewhere. True, considerable cotton
acreage has been abandoned, but much
less than it was expected to find, and
| wherever it has been worked out, and
there has been any drainage at all, such
cotton and corn as had any chance at all
is looking healthy, with a fine color,
many of the fields being dotted with
blooms, while man large areas in corn
are in ~tassel, with an apparently prolific
fruitage, as observed on cursory exam
nation, from the car window.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
PUZZLE AMONG THE NATIONS
For Centuries Students Have Tried
Without Success to Trace Origin
Of Basque People.

The Basone provinces lie In the
north of Spain, and although for centu-
ries students have tried to trace the
real origin of the people and find a
key to their language, they have failed
10 do so.
The race is a Catholic one, and
their devition to the Catholic faith is
so firm that it is commonly said the
devil gave them up as a hopeless OBJ
ject of his sinister attentions, simply
because he could never understand or
master their language.
All other known tongues spoken by
the sons of men have been shown to
possess a common origin, traceable to
the Arabic and Semitic. But the Basque
language has entirely resisted the
| philologist. In some aspects the YER
nacular shows traces of a Chinese ad-
mixture; in others it is clear that
North American Indian terms are ma
tive to it. 1t also shows traces of
barbaric languages spoken on the east
coast of Africa.
The people themselves bear physi-
illogical traits found in those who
speak the said tongues. The native
name of Basqueland is Eskuara, and
their motto is .Iruracbat,' or three in
one" No is their political structure
anything like that of any known po-
litical body, though they belong, OF
course. to Spain.
Each Basque province is governed
by a parliament composed of repre-.
sentatives-selected partly by election,
partly by lot-among the householders
of each country parish or town. Their
laws are essentially peculiar to them.
selves, and are conceived on no known
code, either by ancient or medieval
times. They are the puzzle among
nations, and number 500, 900, all told
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
COTTON BELOW IL CENTS.
Break of 100 Points-Weevil Doing
Small Damage.

Memphis, Tenn.-The price of options
on the new cotton crop sold below IL
cents in New York and New Orleans
Friday, on the publication of a bulletin
by the governments boil weevil experts,
saying that the weevils were less threat
eing to the cotton than at this time
last year.
October i'll New York sold at 1872,
a break of 90 points or $4.65 per bale,
from the high figures of Tuesday. Oc-
tober in New Orleans broke to 11.91, or
102 points from Tuesdays highest equiv
alent, to $50 per bale.
In part the decline was due to re-
ports of showers in Northern Texas and
apprehensions by bulls that general rains
might come to Texas, where drouth has
prevailed for several weeks and moist
ure is greatly needed.
Perhaps, however, the most important
reason for the break was the enthusiast
tic everyday given prices on the advance,
the rise having been carried beyond the
warrant of the crop situation. The
boil weeyil news, therefore, became the
occasion, rather han the cause for the
decline.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
N E SOMETHING OF 1T.
According to Taste.

Discussing missionary work, Nine
Helene Vincente. the well-known Con
go missionary, said at a dinner in
Cleveland:
"A Chinese heaven strikes o as
ludicrous. Yet here in you own coun-
try you are careful to fit heaven and
the-er-other place to your peoples
dislikes.
Thus, on my recent southern trip,
l heard a Georgia negro divine de-
scribe hades as ice cold, a place
where the wicked shiver and freeze
through all eternity. | asked the di-
vine why the altered in that radical
n the usual description of
hades, and he replied:
"'Ah don darst tell nah people nuf-
fin else, marm. Why, if All sed hades
WIZ wahm, some O desc ole rheumat-
ic breddern an sistern o mine would
be wantin' ter staht right down dab
come fust FROST"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
TAFT WILL USE Veto
MUST REDUCE TARIFF DUTIES
He SAYS.
Not Free Raw Materialist-Whers
Duty L Unnecessary Will
Not Tolerate Any.

Washington.-Al doubt as to where
President Taft stands with regard to
the downward revision of the tariff was
swept away Friday, when a statement
was given out at the White House set
ting forth il detail what the president
had to say to twenty-three Republican
members OF congress, who called to pro-
test against putting raw materials on
the free list.
The president, in this statement. de-
clared that the Republican party is com
mltted to a downward revision; that he
has never had any other idea OF the
Chicago platform, and that he person
ally has promised a downward revision
to the people.
This statement is interpreted in some
quarters here tonight as a direct mott
tication to the conferees on the tariff
bill that if the measure they finally
agree upon does not constitute a mate
rial reduction in specific duties the pres
ident will exercise his power of veto.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
B0NI SAYS HE'LL MARRY.
Tells Creditors Bride Will Be George
Gould's Daughter.

Paris.-Incredible as the story may
seem, it is believed among certain well
informed people that Count Boni de Cas-
tellane has been ~re-establishing his credit
around Paris by repeating confidential
ly" that he is shortly to marry Miss
Marjorie Gould, daughter of George
Gould, when his finances would be fixed
up to the satisfaction of all concerned.
Preposterous as such a story would ap-
pear, it is believed at Pre- Catelan, the
fashionable adjunct of the Cafe de
Paris, in the Bots de Boulogne, where
Count Boni has been lately giving en-
tertainments rivaling those of Frederick
Townsend and Martin in luxury.
When asked if Count Boni paid his
bills, the maitre de hotel of the Cate
lane replied: NO, but he had no fear
of giving him all the credit he wanted,
since Castellane was to marry Miss
Could"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Original Version of the Calendar.

o was a new member of the boy
choir, but not having been raised in
the church he made many laughable
mistakes. He tried hard to get the
hang Of the church calendar, but was
frequently dropping into error. He
had noticed that Immediately after
Easter the other members of the choir
began saying first Sunday after Eas.
ter and second Sunday after Eas.
ter etc, so when Trinity was past
and he heard his fellow choir boys
saying first Sunday after Trinity" he
thought he had learned something. He
bided his time for a few weeks, when
one day in Sunday school his teacher
asked if any boy knew the calendar
day. Zoe spoke up before n one
else had a chance to answer:
First Sunday after the fourth OF
July-Spare Moments.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
The Centenarjan,

DR.. Woods Hutchinson says that
when a man says he has lived a hun.
dred years, he merely means that it
seems like that long. Or perhaps he
has simply grown short of breath, and
so. when asked how old he is, re.
plies: "a hundred" which is brief, in.
stead of "eighty-seven," which is long.
er. This is especially. true of French
nonagenarians. When a Frenchman
has reached ninety-seven he has to
say: "Fourscore-seventeen," whereas
Gent will come out much quicker.
DR.. Hutchinson's Investigations show
that almost invariably your centenari.
an is too ignorant to know his age
or comes from a place Sc remote that
nobody can verify the date of his
birth. The doctor claims that when
we hear it said that people don't live
as long as they used to, the correct
answer is They never did"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

About one OF the meanest species
OF fraud is that reported from New
York, where oats shipped from the
west are said to be largely mixed with
barley to give a larger profit to the
shippers. On account Of this diet an
unusual number of work horses have
died, the fraud not only thus killing
the poor animals, but also inficting a
loss on a class in the community least
able to bear 1t. But the modern husi-
ness pirate has no more compassion
than his prototype of old who made
his victims walk the plank.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Thrown Into Furnace Alive.

La Porte, Ind.-Two white men and
a negro attacked August Wiseman,
Waterman of a steam shovel, beat him
into insensibility, and showed his body
into the boiler of the machine. The
Goals had been banked, but Wiseman's
clothing caught fire. Revived by the
pain of burning, he was able to open the
door and reach out and pull the whistle
cord. Workmen ran to his aid and
dragged him out of the frebox. He was
terribly burned, but has a chance of re-
cOyery.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
18th Amendment for Women.

Seattle, Wash.-Speaking before q
great mass-meeting which brought to a
close the sessions of the National Coun.
ell of Women, Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery.
of Pennsylvania, said: THE main line
of our work during the last year has
been the circulating of a petition for the
admission of the sixteenth mendmen
to the constitution, which shall give wo-
men the right to vote. Already between
800, 1000 and 100000 names nave been
obtained. The petition will be present.
ed to congress in the spring Of 1910.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
HOME TESTING
A Sure and Easy Test on Coffee.

To decide the all important quee.
ito of coffee, whether or not it is
really the hidden cause of physical
ails and approaching fixed diseases,
one should make a test of ten days by
leaving off coffee entirely and using
well-made Postum.
If relief follows you may know to
a certainty that coffee has been
your vicious enemy. OF course you
car take it back to your heart again.
If you like to keep sick.
A lady says: Il had suffered with
stomach trouble, nervousness and ter
rible sick headaches ever since / was
a little child, for my people were al
ways great coffee drinkers and let US
children have all we wanted. l got
SO l thought l could not live without
coffee, but / would not acknowledge
that it caused my suffering.
Then l read SO many articles about
Postum that l decided to give 1t a air
trial. / had not used it two weeks in
place of coffee until l began to feel
like a different person. The headache
and nervousness disappeared and
whereas l used to be sick two or three
days out of a week while drinking cof-
fee I am now well and strong and
sturdy seven days a week, thanks to
Postum.
Il had been using Postum three
months and had never been sick a
day when 1 thought 1 would expert
ment and see if it really was coffee
that caused the trouble, SO l began
to drink coffee again and inside of a
week I had a sick spell. / was SO i'll
I was soon convinced that coffee was
the cause of all my misery and / went
back to Postum with the result that
l was 500 well and strong again and
determined to stick to Pos UNI and
leave coffee alone in the future"
Read the little book, "The Road to
Wellvills," in pkgs. There's aReason."
Ever read the above letters A new
one arpears from time to time. they
are genuine true, n tul OF hvnaan
interest
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Kills 14Year-Old Sister.

Brunswick, Ga.-Within a half hour
after he reached home, after an absence
of a year, and while distributing presents
among the members of the family. J.
Edgar Smith, aged 90, shot and almost
instantly killed his 14-year-old sister,
Rene, who was standing at his side
watching him as he showed his father a
pistol he had brought home for him. The
young man had examined the pistol,
which was of the automatic kind, and be.
ieved it empty. He pulled the trigger
accidentally.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Texas Dismisses Suit.

Austin, Textile suit of the State OF
Texas against the Texas Central Rail.
road Company for s6,00o,o 900 penalties
for alleged violation of the separste
coach law was dismissed from the docket
OF the district court BY Judge Blanton,
who held that the suit had been illegally
instituted by the county attorney. The
Texas Central was holding up an impor.
tant proposed extension of its line pend.
ing the outcome of the case. Construc
tion work on this extension will now b
started.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

A western university professor pre-
diets that the population of the
United States will soon overtake the
food supply. This fits in nicely with
the theory of the other professor who
says c~annibalism is the proper thing.
Food can be supplied and the popula-
ton kept down by the simple mode ad-
vocated, which will thus kill two
birds with n stone. 1t is not often
that the learned experts SO neatly
dovetail their theories.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
One Injured; Two Drowned.

Lawton, Okla.-While w. J. Lawson,
a farmer, residing near Walter, was alb
sent at Temple, for the purpose of Sc
curing medical aid for his son, John,
aged ten years, who was run over by a
moving machine and seriously injured,
his other two children, aged six and
thirteen, wandered to a stock pond and
were drowned. The injured lad, upon
hearing the cries of his brothers, has
tened as rapidly as possible to their as
sistance, but was unable to get them
out.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23
Home Improvement Commended.

President III. L. Whitfield of the In
dustrial Institute and College, is bub-
bling over with enthusiasm in regard
to the Home Improvement Association,
which he is satisfied will be organized
all through the State. Since the meet
ing last year he has received dozens of
letters from thoughtful people all over
the State commencing the movement
which has as its object the strengthen
ing and broadening Of the home infu-
C and stimulating and elevsting the
home life.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-23

If the new sultan fails to meet the
requirements Of the reformers, or
should die, he will be succeeded by
Abdul Hands eldest son, Youssouf
1%zzitdine, who is described as in every
respect a better man than Mehmed.
He is a scientist, and astronomer, a
mathematician and a linguist. This
being the case, 1t seems rather a pity
that the aw OF Turkish succession
does not allow the son to succeed the
father.