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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29
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dition OF the public health. The year
1909 was one Of remarkably low NOR
tality.
The variation In the general rateE
among the several states Is not very
great, ranging from 10 per 1000 for
Washington, the lowest, 10 H3 FOR
New Hampshire. the highest. In 1909
the death rate for Washington was
9.s and for New Hampshire II was
100, there being thus q slight I'M
crease In 1910 over the previous
year. While the death rate per 1000
population In North Carolina. 1871.
was actually greater than for New
Hampshire, this figure includes only
municipalities having o population Of
4 1000 Or over In 1900. Ii 1908 North
Carolina was d characterization state
Colorado Is tie only registration
state reporting q decrease II the
death rate per 1000 population. ln
1909 the figures for this state wefe
l4.z, as against las in 1910.
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ALASKAN TRIP
NEW BRANCH or MEDICINE
Bearing o. Dreams In Relation 10
Nervous Conditions OF Patients
II Discussed.

New York.-Cnres by means 81
telling the physician what the pa,
tents think or him are among the
possibilities III psychanalysis. says the
Medical Record.
Dr. ID. W.. Scripture Of this city. who
has been working on Dr. Frendts
method Of studying the condition 81
patients through their talk and
dreams. recounts some Of his expert.
erces.
One Of his patients, when asked To
talk impromptu. made such remarks
40 Doctor. you always wear d collar
with turned corners. or You part
your hair on the right side
Il pointed out to him" writes tts
physician, that those thoughts were
not about me personally. and that he
was merely putting me on Ia order
not to express what Tas really IN hts
mind. Finally he reported I'd me that
1t occurred To him that tho doctor was
d very timid man. ! explained the
VffuCtVlb hb ~ lHo VicGSutuE GdNbs
and he at once told q long tale OK
suffering from intense timidity--a sur.
fering almost beyond belief--that was
the ruin Or his life. After the resist
ance had once been broken down the
thoughts anne freely and the euro
successfully proceeded"
Another patient reported az i'm
promptu thoughts that tho doctors
hair was getting thin and that be war
beginning to be stout This was the
remark the patient made TO pr. Jung,
The doctor discovered there was moth
ing OF the kind as far as be was on-
cerned. but that the patient was wor-
ried about himself and his own nd
yancing age.
Or. Scripture ~ mi OF the physi-
clans In this country who has made
d special study of dreams In their re-
Iations TO certain nervous states, and
be finds also that the study Of these
visions Is helpful In directing the cor,
rection 0f character. One young man
was constantly reporting that In his
dreams he attended receptions and
various public functions and there
met many celebrated people. Inquiry
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

city was unable to provide \ site and
the money was held ID trust until nap
pier days, Now d site has been OBJ
tanned and plans for the buildings
have been completed. Within a year
the hospital will DO completed ana Ia
operation.
Hut what or little Joe Marion.
whose smile made all this possibleg
Before the last dollar OF the quarter
Or d million dollar fund was raised
Smiling joe was cured After being
strapped 10 a board for rnore than
four yeara be was discharged as strong
and healthy aa any elght-year.Dld
youngater in New R,rk.
The treatment had done fpr him
what II Ind done for scores Of others.
and Smiling Joe1 went home to nis
father and mother.
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Lays Eiohtincb EGG.

bingham. Mass.-Mrs. Joseph Fott-
Ter 10 the proud owner 81 d Wits
Plymouth Rock hen. Matched last
April, which han commenced To break
hss egg records for her hensnry.
The hen II very large. IN Her very
appearance giving promise Ok BID
eggs But II more than ful1is this
promise. One Of the sggs weighed
three ounces.
In circumference n was seven
inches the short way and eight anc
one-quarter inches the long way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

tracts like light, and every kind Of no.
ciety which IL worth entering will
soon and easily open fits doors To him.
and DO glad to have him in ~ circle
Az surely AZ water finds its level.
40 surely will they who are fitted for
the best society find their way To a
permanent place I'd 1t; while those
who are not fitted TOR II. who find the
observance Or Its forms irksone. may
be tolerated In circles whore they are
wen known but they carry no pass
port that viii admit them into Tho
best society Of other circles.
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General Leonard WOOD,
now the chief Of stan 81
tie United States army.
Only fourteen years ago
Wood was a surgeon 81
be service. ranking as q
aptain. He became col
he'll of Rough Riders
through the influence Bof
Theodore Roosevelt, and
"A tor Mckinley made
hi a brigadier general
~ the line, from which
81 sition he rose to be a
n ljor general. BY the
Idl lths or the retire.
mnts OF ranking major
lgdE erals, Wood Is now at
th head Of the army
Ehere are three hun
dr army officers sta
tio ed III Washington.
EvdFy one Of them, UNI
lesd on sick report, Is
com pellad 10 be in line
at tue New Years recep-
toni A few days before
the holiday an, order Is
issned BY the general
conn handing that all 81.
fcers Of the District Of
.Colunl bia subject TO
duty phall pay their ~
spects to the president
Of the United States on
the morning Or the
years first day. II an
officer falls 70 put In an
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29
Kills 10 End Ills Own life.

washington--A Mahometan Fiji
Pine. " became known here. killed
Ensign Charles r.. Hoyey, attached to
the United States steamship Famnan+
i'd, ID order 70 DO killed himself. He
"boloed- the young officer and de-
clined 70 escape. An American sol
der was ordered TO shoot him, but as
the man offered no resistance, he do.
clined ID do NO until he was told
the Filipino lind Just killed HDyey.
whereupon he promptly blew out Min
brains,
Other Filipincs explained the d
wished 10 die. but was prevented By
bis religion from committing suicide.
be adopted this means of making
away with himself.
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HJch Youth 20 \ MIL.

Jewett City. Conns--W William Al Sla.
ter Jr.. son Oh 4 New York millionaire
and himself the possession Of d large
fortune inherited from relatives. viii
join the ranks Ok the mill workers,
entering q yarn MILL here. Hs recent
ly became Of age and expressed 4
preference for d practical ~educati0D
rather than d college training.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

Chicago.To prove 70 ridicniing men
that suffragists can raise children. as
one OF their main purposes. members
Of the Illinois Equal Suffrage associa-
ton have planned a county fair At
one Of the leading hotels, at which tho
main feature will be d baby show. Al
prize Of $50 viii BE- awarded To tho
prettiest baby.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

nature eleyates the human soui. and
gives Us q higher type of moral and
spiritual me n The individual
Here aptly recur the words of Caius
Marius, again giving emphasis TO the
truth that II IL not what our ances-
tors made ~themseives. but what w
mako ourselves, that our standing,
our merits, Our influence depends up
Oh. THE glory of ancestors casts 4
light. indeed, upon their p~csterity but
II only serves 10 SHOW what ths de.
scendants are. III alitSe exhibits to
public vfew Their degensraey and their
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

worth. As true today az then
An English author very sensibIy Do
fines the duties Of the individual, OF
rather his proper objects IN life II ne
wishes TO AT himself for good society,
to make himself better 10 every p
spect than be Is; to render himself
agreeable 10 every d with whom he
has to do, and to improve, n necesr
sary. the society In which he 70 placed.
TX he can 40 this. ho win not want
good society long. 1t 81 In the power
Or every man to create II fcr himself.
An agreeable and polished person Az.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

we greet you with q hearty hall.
A welcome Of the best;
We bring fond hopes Of friendly deeds
And that you'll do the rest.
We usher In your coming reign
With fealty and cheer.
And heart to heart, give royal start
10 you, our glad New Year.
What are you bringing unto us.
This welcome to reti1rn2
What's hidden In your secret hands,
Fate fortunate or stern?
what are the words OF destiny
You'll speak for us to heart
oh. bring You good or bring yon III,
Az on you 30, New Year,
You win not speak--the secrets safe.
Your lips are firmly sealed,
And not on threshold Of your reign,
Are they 10 be revealed.
Yet will yon not. to human will
"A plant friend appear,
And let us shape some part OF you,
Oh, promising New Year?
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MzEE M2zXBZEJ EY7ER MH77T H0NzE
M nm YARy

Of State Philander G. Knox. The MEM
bers Of the supreme court and ths
members OF both houses OF congress
follow with army and navy officers u
their handsome dress uniforms tread
ing fast on their heels. Some ?
might ask why the army and navy do
not take precedence Of the civilian
oficials al New Years receptions 2
other formal functions. To set ne
answer to the question It Is only
necessary to remember that in 9 re-
public the military power ~ always
supposed to be subordinate to the
ciyil power. The army ranks the
navy because 1t was Of earlier crea-
tion. The highest ranking officers Of
fhe army today are the lieutenant gen
erals of the service, all Of whom are
ana rafirod ffef hut their
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

GIN, but IL has q flrm6r mold on Nts
South today than 1t has In many
places i'd the North. Ia Washington.
the capital, New Years calling sedm
ingly Ii d fixed habit. Custom has
given 1t virtually the force 81 law
and the Washington people do not
wish to be considered in any WAY
iaw-breakers.
The president Of the United States
holds the earliest New Years DAY ra
ception. It Id In the broadcast sense
\ public reception, for every American
Of whatever creed, color or station iE
life IL welcomed into the big With
House to greet the chief executive
and his wife, who by custom as fixed
as that OF the holiday calling, Isl
known az ethe FIRST lady IN the land !
The wedding garment lis not neces
sary for the visitor ait the White
House on the first day Of the year.
The callers come literally some Iii
rags and some In velvet gowns. l
The president BY force Of the Gus
torn-law OF precedence Is obliged to-
divide his reception into two parts,
one for oflcialdom and one for, the
tIaity." Precedence would not be
such a powerful thing in Washington
were It not for the presence here Of
% many foreigners To whom prece-
deasce is everything. The representa-.
tives of foreign governments would
take a1stant offense and also would
take nseAns to show It II they were
not givea the exact place in line to
which their service rank entities
them. There Ii thing which for
eigners have to forget while III the
diplomatic service. Their social rank
at home counts Tor nothing I'll diplo-
matte circles Length of service Ia
the only thing which II given consid-
Grafton In establishing precedence ex-
cept, of course, thai ambassadors rank
ministers, irrespective Of the time
they have been In the diplomatic EN-.
ployment. New Years Day President
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

Ths DIStinoIIshins Marx of i Gentle
rnan, Which II Ii Impossible
10 Counterfeit

''It takes three generations 10 make
4 gentleman" says Sir Robert Peel
but. Alasi Il TAKES only 0ne genera
tion to undo the work. Just ns tho
proper development of ne physique
through several generations produces
\ higher typs IA organization. b y the
.'aalttynticn ~ ths mnsai and sDiritusl
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

developed that this young man was 30
bashful that III his waking hours ne
ran away from everybody 81 sight.
The physicians, On learning the ma
ture Of this sensitiveness. were en-
abled To help the youth overcome biz
natural timidity.
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appearance he is likely to be called
to account for disobedience. o sc
rious offense. The army In its
commissioned ranks is represented
In Washington by details 10 gen
eral stan, to quartermaster, to
commissary, To ordnance, 70 engi-
neer and to artillery work, More
over, there are many officer stu
dents In the city who are taking
STRATEGY courses az the war cot
leges.
The highest ranking officer o.
the active lat Of either armed
service In Washington today is
Admiral George Dewey. He holds
his active rank for life. He Ia long
past the general retiring sge which
Ia nxed for the navy 81 sixty-two
years, but an act creating him full
admiral carried with II ths delegat-
ed right to remain on the active
list as long "a be should choose.
Dewey is still In active service,
although he no longer goes 70 sea,
There ID no army officer Of equal
rank with Dewey. An admiral
ranks with Il general and there
has been no full general Of the
service since the days Of the last
great trio-Grant, Sherman and
Sheridan.
The ~official visitors TO the White
House On New Years Day form In
separate lines, the members q
each department Of government
taking positions BY themselves.
The lines radiate from tae 'front.'
door Of the executive mansion ~
d dozen different directions. The
AW8& s.sA1sal 20 afso4u11 SohdN utih DffJr
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

n understand that 4 II JsxgeF
naut has been put cut " husi1xSs =
india "Ysssr replied the ch3a1e sif
As aoon IN NM people found X
n is12 model ~ pscpis weaidn
stand fcr M w \
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29

MANS theory of life. before le meets
woman. y generally rewritten later
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-29
XWNMzN III
WaMMgzlM
~

HE practice Of New
Years Day calling is
said to be q heritage
of the American peo-
pie from the early
Dutch fathers and
mothers on Manhat-
tan Island. Therefore
{t a. ~ nnr4havu ar1-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-28
M|LT0N'SHOMEG OE{
Historic Residence of Great poa
Is Doomed.
Bartholomew Close, Most Interesti,,
Section of Old london, Is to Be-
Demolished-Benjamin Frank.
lin Once Lived There,

London.-Bit by bit each year who
little Is left of old London disannaars
Before long a whole neighborhoodI
known as Bartholomew Close-nearlv
the most interesting relic of Old Ion
don, for it includes houses where Mil
ton and Benjamin Franklin lived-wilI
have to go.
The Smithfield meat market admin I,
Bartholomew Close and traffic has
grown so heavy around the marker
Of late years that it has been found
necessary to construct some new roads
there The best part of the old dis.
trict covers the space wanted for the
new roads, SO sentiment must how
before expediency and the Close will
be seen no more.
A close is literally the precincts of
an abbey or cathedral and this old
district is so called because it partly
is and once wholly was the precincts
of the Priory Church of st. Bartholo,
NEW. At the present time what Is
known as the Close is just a network
of rambling little streets and squares
with quaint little courts branching out
here and there; the church itself only
occupies one corner of the place
Milton lived for some time in this
spot when he was in retirement about
1860 He took up his abode at a
small tavern known as the Little
Wonder" The house is in good
state of preservation and is occupied
at present by a plumber. who is very
proud of his workshop and gives all
the information he can to visitors.
The house where Benjamin Franklin
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-28
SERVANTS RUN A NEWSPAPER
Viennese Mistresses Dismayed When
1t Prints Names of Undesrables
and Alleged Wrongs.

Vienna.-A new spirit of indepen-
dence observable Of late among Wen
nese servants, both maids and men,
is widely attributed to a new weekly
journal called the Servants Review.
Viennese mistresses express dismay
at it's appearance.
The new journal calls upon all do
mestics to organize themselves and
thus obtain a weapon by which wages
can be raised and conditions of work
improved All ill-treated and op-
pressed servants are invited to pour
their woes into the ears of the editor,
who offers them the consolation of
printing the names and addresses of
hard.hearted masters and mistresses.
Subscribers to the journal are al
lowed to advertise for situations free
of charge, and notices of footmen's
balls and concerts for maids of all
work are features of the publication.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-28

''The only time 1 ever got stage
fright" relates Joe Tinker, the actor
ball player, was the night | opened
in vaudeville this fall, and the cause
of it all was one of the wisest baseball
fans 1 ever saw in my life. He knows
baseball all right, but never saw him
before and l certainly hope ! never
will again.
when I first started trying to act
it was pretty hard on the nerves, but
1 got interested in the work-Wh1ch
was hard for me, and forgot all about
the audience. After one season
thought l wouldn't have any trouble
and when I went onto the stage at
Danville, Ill, to try out the sketch l
was as cool as if it was ball game.
Down in the second row. on the aisle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-28
Where Milton Lived.

lived is no longer in existence As the
old verger of ST. Bartholomew said,
ITS been completely metamorphosed
into something quite different" Com
paratively recently lady chapel was
added to St. Batholomew's and to
make room for it a famous old fringe
factory had to be pulled down; part
of the walls of the factory are still to
be SEEN In this building was Palmer's
printing office where Franklin was en-
ployed as a journeyman printer While
at the same time he was acting as
Americas ambassador,
Although Londoners will be glad to
see the Bartholomew Close go on &C
count of the slums it contains, still
they will be sorry to see it demolished
on account of its great antiquity and
venerable associations.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-28
HOW FIREWATER GOT NAME
Test by Which indians Learned to Dis
tinguish Whisky That Was
Diluted.

New York.-When the Hudson Bay
Trading company commenced trading
among the Indians it was found that
by selling the Indians liquor they could
more easily be induced to trade their
peltries. The first whisky was brought
to this country in large barrels, but
in transporting it overland, it was
found more convenient to divide it into
small kegs.
The white traders soon became
aware, according to the American
Wine Press, that by diluting the whisky
with water, more furs could be obtain
ed This was practiced for some time,
but the Indians learned that good
whisky poured on a fire would cause
it to flame up, whereas, had the whisky
been diluted, the fire would be
quenched.
1t was by this simple experiment
that the term ''firewater' became a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-28
BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE
OFTEN DECIDED BY SMALL
THINGS.
HOW PITTsBURG LOST OUT
Might Have Won Great Battle of 1908
If Club Had Known Facts in Con-
test With Chicago-Tinker's Stage
Fright.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON.

Baseball championships often de-
pend upon the slightest turn Of the
wheel Of fortune. Often pebble,
even tough blade of grass, will turn
the entire season and make or mar
the prospects of a club. Possibly the
closest shave ever a championship
club had was that of the Chicago Cubs
in 1908. That was the year that
Merkle forgot to touch second base,
the year that the Chicago club fin
ished tie with New York after beating
Pittsburg in the last game of the sea-
son, and then won the pennant and
later the worlds championship by
winning from New York in the play
off of the tie game.
This yarn is about that last game of
the season with Pittsburg. There is
no harm in telling it now, but if the
Pittsburg club had known the facts
that day it could have claimed the
pennant and won it without an effort.
The Chicago club had been on the
road, battling desperately to hold
even with New York. The Pittsburg
team, coming from behind with ire
mendous rush, had unexpectedly leap
ed to the front. On that last day Of
the season-Sunday, the situation was
this: New York was done. If Pitts
burg won the Pirates won the pennant
on percentage. If Chicago won the
Cubs and New York would be exactly
tied. Chicago was baseball crazy.
Over $4,000 persons piled into the
grounds to see that struggle which
was to determine the championship of
the National league. The crowd was
banked around the playing field forty
deep and every ball that was fouled
into the crowd disappeared never to
return.
And thereby hangs this tale Sec
rotary Williams, of the Cubs, had been
on the road with the team. When he
left home there were hundreds of balls
boxed and ready for use, he
jerked out two dozen balls,
and sent them to the umpires when
play started, but within two innings
those balls had disappeared into the
crowd and the umpires were demand
ing more. Secretary Williams, sum-
moned from his duties of watching the
crowds, rushed for new balls and to
his dismay discovered that only bare
half dozen balls were left. The others
had disappeared. Not ball that was
fouled off was coming back into play
and it was certain that the half dozen
new balls would not last more than
an inning or two. Failure to furnish
balls meant forfeiture of the game and
the pennant for Pittsburg and it was
certain that Manager Clarke would
not hesitate to seize the advantage.
The situation called for action and
Secretary Williams acted
1t was Sunday and Spalding's store
was closed, but inside of three min
utes an automobile containing one of
the park employees armed with a key
to the store was racing down Jackson
boulevard to bring balls. Meantime
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-28
ECUADOR'S NEW PRESIDENT

Senior Emilio Estrada was elected
president of the Republic of Ecuador
He will be inaugurated on August 10,
1911, succeeding the present incum-
bent, Gen. Elroy Alfaro The presi-
dent of Ecuador is elected directly for
a period of four years. The vice-pres-
ident is elected in the same manner,
but two years after the election of
president, serving accordingly across
two terms. The congress consists Of
two houses. The members of the SEN
ate 1.-TWO for each province) are elected
directly for four years. The house Of
representatives consists of members
elected directly for two years at tn;
rate of one deputy for every $4,000 in
habitants, with a deputy for every 49,
600 inhabitants or more. The Indians
being practically in condition Of
slavery, are unreprese1ted. Congress
meets bi-ennially, but can be sum
moned for an extra session by the
president. The voting franchise is
restricted to every male citizen Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-04-28
LARGEST VALVE IN WORLD
Automobile Driven Through Opening
of Monster Device at Niagara
Falls.

Niagara Falls, N. Y.-One of the
largest valves in the world has just
been installed in power plant on the
Canadian side of Niagara Falls. This
monster affair weighs nine tons and
was made for controlling one of three
10000 horsepower turbines. The valve
opening through which, as seen in our
illustration, an automobile was driven