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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
Richard Wahrman 10 Being Sought
For in United States to Tell
Him Good News.

vienna--Enorts are being mad in
salAt United StRtes on bahAlf ofs the
Austrian court to discover the whers-
abouts OF Richard Wahrmann. son Of
a Hungarian deputy. who left for
America about six weeks ago. The
Emperor Francis Joseph has consent
ed to pay all the young mans debts.
and the court officials want to inform
him Of the good news.
1t is SO rare an occurrence for q
Hapsburg to hand out money for a
commoner. and 81 unusual for Fran.
els Joseph to bestir himself and his
p%ursestrings In tho cause Of simple
charity, some are thinking there must
be some old love romance Of other
days concealed behind the Emperor's
act. But there is no ground for be-
lieving that this is the secret of
young Wahrmann being freed from
his liabilities.
Maritz Wahrmann. the deputy, once
ingratiated himself with the Emperor
by some signal service. and this is q
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
Young Mental Wonders of Har-
ward the Founders.
Raster Sidis, a 7en-Year-0ld Expert
on "Fourth Dimension" One of
the Organizers o. So
ciety.

Cambridge, Mass.-A prodigy club
has just been founded in Harvard,
where there nave been for the past
year several boys who entered pos
sessed of extraordinary mental attain
ments. The two best known Of these
are the sons Of Prof. Weiner Of Har-
ward and DR.. Boris Sidis. the eugenic
expert OF Boston. The sons of both
these men were trained under special
~ prepared schedules of study, which
together with a native ability has
shown them to be extraordinary types
Of mental precocity.
D:. Boris Sidis recently asserted
hat he could produce q prodigy from
any American child of average intel
lise;sce under his system of develop
meat His. son William J. Sidis, when
years dlIe<teaAaesses
cause the age limit at Harvard kept
him from entering. When he was a
freshman at Harvard young Sidis lee
tured on the mathematical problem OF
the fourth dimension. Among the
learned professors In the special au.
dience was the late William James.
Another prodigy Is fourteen-year-old
Norbert Weiner. who is In Harvard's
graduate school. having taken his de.
gree at Tufts college. Besides being
a linguist he is a mathematician OF
ability.
The curious features that have been
noticed about these boys is their Gag.
erness to put aside their studies foT
simple games that delight young chill
dren.
AS the, have both been exploited
by the magazines, uhere their pictures
have appeared. these two boys a few
days ago called on some others IL
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
cautier a caprhious Writer.

March 8, 1862. II the evening, aft
.r dinner. we made our way to Theo-
phile Gautier, who was still dining.
though it was 9 O'Clock. eau
tier displayed the merriment of a
child, one of the chief charms OF
true intellectual worth.
They rose from the table and we
all passed into the drawing room,
-. whereupon there was a gen.
eral request that F1aubert would
dance the "step of the drawing room
IDIOT He borrowed a coat, turned
up the collar, I cannot say what he
did to his hair. his face. and indeed
his whole appearance. but suddenly
he seemed transformed into a for
midable ~caricature of imbecility. eau.
tier, filled with a wild desire to fol
low suit, took of his coat. and with
beads of perspiration standing on his
forehead, began to tread with heavy
steps the measure of the creditor
and the evening vas brought to 9
close with Bohemian songs and
strange wild NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Jules De Goncourt. Letters and Jour
nails.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
PLUMBER SEALED IN CHIMNEY
Worker Cuts His Way Out
With a Chisel Handed to Him
Through a Slit.

Niles. Cal.-While Neil Alberg. n
plumber. was clinching rivets inside
the chimney Of a new factory here
the other day the man on the outside
was called away.
Another set Of mechanics. who did
not know Alberg was inside. riIeted
a rain protector over the tSp Of tho
stack. sealing him inside.
When the thunder Of the hammers
died away the prisoner pounded fran
tically on the iron until be got the at
tention of those outside. A chise.
was then passed through a slit into
the smokestack and Alberg cut his
way out.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
PRODIGY CLUB

Harvard. who are quite as gifted. and
the following conversation. savoring
of the nursery. took place.
Have you been written up:" asked
young Weiner OF the newest genius.
mot yet. but they came and took
my picture the other day"
"Oh. that's nothing. had a whole
article about myself written by my
father" said young Sidis.
Lets found a Harvard Prodigy
Club" suggested the boy bachelor of
arts, Weiner.
And SO the our child wonders have
formed Harvard's first and only prod
ICY club. The latest addition to the
club is Adolph A. Berle Of the fresh
nan class. son Of the Rev. A. A. Berle
of the Shawmut Congregational
church In Boston.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
RECOGNIZES HIS MOTHER
clans Give Hope OF Recovery
Of Injured Lad.

Notwithstanding the physicians
of St. Joseph's Hospital and relatives
who had given up hope of his life.
Daniel Conley. twenty years old. 10
emerging from a state Of coma In
which he had lain in the hospital for
three weeks. He fell from a roof ON
October 80 and his skull was frac-
tured.
Following a delicate operation It
was thought he would gain. but not
until a day or two ago did he show
any signs of improvement. His moth
er was called. and his face frightened
as he recognized her and spoke to her.
Then he relapsed into unconscious
ness but the physicians said the-'
thought he would .
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
That the Dead Might Play

in high authority. Nevertheless there
were some agnostics who wrote upon
tombs such inscriptions as this: 81
was-I was mott am notI don't
care" Others practiced the saying,
Eat. drink and be merry" Those who
loved the pagan god Bacchus. believed
that heaven meant a perennial ictoxi-
cation. The Egyptians took morec care
with the dead than other peoples and
elnbalmed them.
The method, he said, Of entering
the other world. according to he an
Gent beliefs. were varied. hut car.
riages. carts. chariots and winged
horses prevailed. The winged horse
he termed the earliest theory at
.yiattbn-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
Great Editor Said the Future Presi.
dent Seemed to Him Then Most
inconspicuous, Serious-Minded
and Serious-Mannered.

The late Colonel George Bliss, who
was prominent in Republican politics
in New York state for upwards Of 30
years, and at one time was United
States district attorney for the south
ern district Of New York. was for
many a an intimate personal
friend of Horace Greeley.
TT was at the time when Lincoln's
body was lying in state in the rotunda
of the city hall in New York." said
Colonel Bliss, that Greeley told me
Of his most vivid recollection of Abra-
ham Lincoln as a member Of con-
gress. Little known as the fact may
be today. Lincoln and Greeley were
members Of the same congress-; Lin
coin was elected for a full term in
1876. and to fill a vacancy in the same
congress Greeley took his seat in the
house in December. 1S4S, n re-
NAMED there until March 4 of the
following year. Greeley accepted the
nomination and election for two rea-
sons. he told me: first. because he
wanted to get a view Of what was 60
ing on from the inside in the way of
national legislation and politics, and.
next, because he thought 1t would be
a good chance for him to write special
political letters to the Tribune from
Washington.
"It was the last session of the
congress in which Lincoln sat- con-
.tinued Mr.. Greeley. and I had heard
very little of Abraham Lincoln. ex-
cept that 1 had been told that a Wing
of that name had been elected to con-
gress Unexpectedly from the San
canon district in Illinois.
IA few days after that l made Lin
coins acquaintance. 1t was not long
before discovered that he and l both
agreed on the slavery question as one
which must be answered permanent
" in the course of a few years. and
after that he and l had held many
conversations.
II asked Mr.. Greeley" continued
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
Wealthy French Colonial Officer
Latest Victim.
Nine. Germot, a Partisan Beauty Of
American Parentage, Uses Clever
Ruse to Defraud Her Ad-
mirers.

Paris.-After promising to marry
thfee men in order to swindle them OF
presents Of jewelry. Nine. Germot
who says she was born at Whining
ton, Del. in the United States. but
who ordinarily resides with her hus-
band and three children in the Rue
Basse-Dingre at Orleans. now occu
pies a prison cell In Paris.
Some weeks g Nine. Germot, an
elegantly dressed and refined looking
woman of Is years. became acquainted
at Vichy with a young French colonial
official. to whom she pretended that
she belonged to one of the most arts
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
When Whitney Trusted Nobody

knew Of the temptation to which some
politicians yielded of keeping for per-
sonal purposes a part of the campaign
funds that passed through their hands
an easy thing to do in the old days.
when nc detailed record of disburse-
ments was made.
Mr.. Whitney was a firm believer In
the expediency campaign contributions
by large corporations that might have
favors to ask of the politicians or OF
the legislature. He warmly approved
of the method pursued by the late Hen
ry O. Havemeyer. president Of the so
called sugar trust, who testified be-
fore a congressional committee at
Washington in 1914. when the trust
was on the Goals of publicity, that his
company was accustomed to sea apart
a lump sum when political campaigns
were pending, and then, dividing it In
to two equal parts, give one-half to
the Republican mad one half to the
Democratic party, simply for the
purpose Of obtaining protection"
When Mr.. Whitney vas the brains Of
the old Metropolitan traction system
III view AGAh< AEdtOSEaL 90 A0 "ASS AS
nevertheless recognized with perfect
impartiality each of the political par
ties.
The hate ssusaer Thongs Pfa.s,
used to tell his friends with much
chuckiing an incident which came un
der his own observation. Illustrating
both the generosity and the sublety OF
Mr.. Whitney with respect to campaign
contributions.
Il received information one day
that Mr.. Whitney would be glad to
see me at a certain office and at a
certain hour" said Mr.. Plat. II did
not doubt what the purpose Of the
summons was. for a campaign was un-
der way. So / went to the Office nam
ed at the hour appointed. MI. Whit
ney received me cordially and the
he asked: But where is Cheuncey?
l tent for him.
"'Chauncey who?' l started to ask
in reply. when suddenly it flashed over
me that MI. Whitney had also sent
for Chauncey M. Depew, and did not
propose to go on with the business he
had with me until Depew was pres
emit So once more a message was
sent to Dcpew that Mr.. Whitney want
ed to e him. and when he had ar
rived in the presence of both of us Mr..
Whitney made in behalf of his traction
company a campaign contribution to
the Republican party. And he said to
us very frankly, as he handed out the
money, that he was treating both par
ties exactly alike-that the Republic
n were getting no more and no less
t. an the Democrats were.
But note how shrewd he was; he
was SO shrewd and careful that he
didn't purpose to pay over the contri-
button to just one member Of the party
another member had to be present
also when the contribution was made.
He didn't distrust me any more than
he did Chauncey; he trusted us both,
but. nevertheless. he wasn't going to
pay over that money until we both
were present and could verbally &C
knowledge receipt of the sum. And
SO far as I know. he was always that
way; he never took any chances even
with men whom he trusted. He was
the s~hrewdest. a well as the most
generous dispenser Of campaign funds
Of any man / ever met"
Copyright. 1911. by E. J.. Edwards, All
Rights eservedJ
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
Girl Denies Six MURDER,

Lafayette. La.-Arrested and .
cused OF the murder of six persons.
then confronted with her b~lood-soaked
clothing that had been found near the
crime scene. Clementine Barnabei. q
negro girl. laughed at the police. re-
fusing to admit any part In the muir
ders.
Her brother and two other young
negroes have been arrested with Glenn
entine as material witnesses.
The family Of herbert Randall, in
Guiding six persons. were found in
bed. their bodies horribly hacked. 1t
is believed they were murdered Al
they slept
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22

official and the army officer. Brought
before M. Hamard, he ordered her to
be detained pending trial.
When informed of the arrest OF bis
wife M. Germot refused to do anything
in the matter. MY wife does as she
pleases." he said. II don't interfere
in her affairs"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
VISITED By ST0RK q TIMES
Latest Addition Likely to Give Maine
Couple Record for Country
All Are Alive.

Hangor Me.-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Dickey, of Canaan. Me-. ara maintain
ing their record for raising the largest
family in Maine. II not in the country.
Their twenty-second child was born
several days ago.
All Of the children are alive and
healthy. The youngest - nve days
old and the oldest twenty-niua yoars.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
Live Snake as Cold Cure.

Boston. Mass.-John Mcdonald. an
ofice Of the steamship Kalomo. lust
in from Calcutta. has an unusual rem
udy for coughs and colds. He brought
with him a red. white and blue snake
about I'VE feet long. which he winds
around his neck at night when a cold
threatens. An Indian chest doctcr sold
Mcdonald the reptile
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
Boy Is Saved By Emperor

return Francis Joseph is making him.
Some years g young Wahrmann's
brother Arnst committed suicide when
pressed by his creditors and the faith.
er was SO distressed BIZ the fear that
hlr yfmaining Q migit take hia own
WN That srissAs arreaas6 20 the Eur
peror.
Francis Joseph made 1t a condition
that Richard Wahrmann shall never
return to Europe.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
Euqenics in New Zealand

the percentage OF physical health and
mental development is much higher
than in England and the people seem
anxious to keep it SO. Besides. In
older countries, where many more
conflicting interests are involved. par
ticularly those of inheritance and en-
tail. the difficulty of a rational solu-
ton of the principle OF individual
freedom is much more involved.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
11G
A Practical Woman.

A Practical Woman.
She was a fairhaired lady, an ac-
sress by profession, and dainty withal.
Her head was Covered by a connection
In keeping with her general makeup.
Briefly the healgear consisted Of a
bowllike foundation. from which pro
truded plumes Mounted on slender
wires.
She sauntered INTO a theater, armed
with a free pass, and took her seat in
the pit to witness the great piece.
Ashamed of Her Pomeranian; or. Elk
PEELED From the Baronial Hail."
: AS she viewed the stage she felt
some one Juggling at her hat. She
turned loftily and haightily.
Does my hat annoy you?" she
asked
Not at ALL" replied her neighbor In
the back row.
The footlight favsrite thought for
a time. Then she feared she had
been ungracious, AMI, like Dick Whit
tington, she turned again.
Perhaps my plunes interfere with
your view" she suggested, more ami
ably.
"Oh, no, thank ysu," said the self
possessed young woman. I've bent
'em back!"-Londor Answers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22
co,d-steraae Chicks.

Coid-Storaae Chicks.
Rene Bache, the well-kn0wn author.
vas talking In Washington about ma
ture takers.
Their fakes are 80 evident. ne
said. THAT'S one good thing. They
deceive nobody.
81 know a nature faker." said MI.
Rache. who claims that . hen OF ms
last month Matched. from q setting OF
n eggs. Il chicks that had. In lieu OF
feathers. fur.
..He claimed that these fur-coateG
chicks were q proof OF natures adap-
ration OF all animals to their environ
ment. the II eggs having been OF the
cold-storage variety.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1911-12-22

That Wild anmSe shipped across
he e sometimeg loose on the
voyage appears frcm the ease Of an
English dealer wkp came over from
India to England With ten thousand
dollars worth Of Snilnals aboard a
sailing ship.
An Indian badger Was loose for two
weeks and a specimen of the sacred
monkey OF Northern India for nearly
the whole voyage. Where the badger
concealed itself during the day no
body knew. but the meat and boiled
rice that were put nut for it at night
always disappeared before morning.
The monkey Hv91np IN the rigging
comfortably enough notwithstanding
five feet OF chain hanging to its neck.
Food was put out Tor 1t every night,
and by day it satisfied its hunger by
catching and eating the potatoes that
the sailors amused themselves by
throwing to it.
"A more dangerouI experience was
one in which a hyaaa broke loose on
a ship going to Londoe from
the Persian Gulf. The captain or
Tered the shooting ef the animal. but
"hen 1t came no AZ cutting the order
he hyena coul f.fs I'd found.
Naturally Ell on board was
more or less.5 asns, especially at
algnt. 1t waf fed to keep the
ayena well fed. aid to this end food
N plenty was left in dark corners of
he vessel.
When the ship arrived in dock the
'tevedores, hearing that a wild animal
was at large upozs, her. hesitated
o beginning to- unload. In this
emergency a telegram was sent to an
other dealer in wild beasts, asking
aim to send additional men to capture
the hyena. As fate would have it.
his dealer was away, and the tele-
gram lay unopened until the next
lay. In the meantime the stevedores
summoned sufficient courage to begin
work and soon found and captured the
hyena.
1t was in the hold ind was in splen-
did condition. How came into its
hiding place could never be explained.
Another unexplained mystery was
the loss OF a python. The healer had
occasion to send nine pythons across
the continent. They are usually sent
by threes in a sack, the sacks being
put in a large box and the lid nailed
down. This time, however, they were
sent loose in a box.
The dealer himself saw nine put in,
but only eight were there at the end
Of the journey. The box was perfect
ly tight, and the pytfon lcould not
have got out. 1t way Eever known
what happened, whe.her one swal-
lowed another-and spythons are not
known to % this-oTwhether the box
49, Fmpe1Ge3 Eif111cAnye9w;
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1911-05-19

The American opus-um Is ore 81 ne
most curious animals living 10 the
United States. u /, the only one ihaL
carries It's young u pouch Ike the
kangaroo n Is the only ANNA mat
cnp rrlgn death perfectly. II Is re
variable for hanging by us tail Iihe
a monkey. 1t has hands resembling
those OF human being Its snout Is
Ike hogs, while It's mouth Is liberal
Iv furnished with teeth. It's eyes are
i've rats, and it Kisses Ike a snake.
New York Herald.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1911-05-19
Beware of Ointments for Catdrrh that
Contain Mercury

A. mercury viii sure destroy theeense %
smell and completely derange the whole
.ve,em when entering II through me
mucous surfaces. Such articles should
n.yer be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physician as the damage
they will do is ten fold the good y0n
can possibly derive from them. na'' ;
Catarrh Cure, manufactured Nv -,
Cheney e. Co., Toledo, O., contains no
,narrnTy. and is taken internally, acting
djrecily upon the blood and mucous COW,
.urfsces OF the system. IN buying Halle
Cararrh cure be sure you get the gen
nine. It is taken internally and made
in Toledo. Ohio, by +. J, Cherey 4 Co.
Testimonials free. ~,
Sold by druggists. Price, '3c per
bottle, nh o,u. D.. on.
stipalon.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1911-05-19
an, oft the Jacksonville Campaign.

s.h interest WAS felt IN the cam
Of the Hon W. :. Jordan by
Madison people. this popular
hate once for many years being
l,nl Of Madison and numbering
/, here by Dlc score who wished
/, success, jn tine race.
l. Ne,ropoI, The day after his
iDn published "a little skit Of
| Mayor Jordan was pleased
Ia,Iler hls mascot, during the
saian, this being a tiny and most
a clepLan, Of perhaps two
long, carved from pink
fohm coral.
bite a story thereto attaches. 1t
'lal I'D N'p'V'' me h'''No '''n
IeVes Una, some s0'h 'fI'S'ila'l
c's,'il to "a!' OIL ne 50 called
eye ana a'S"i'S 'o '''ss 10
uTay',ANin-' al' !or some m
cable reason ."'y nave settled
p pax con" Us 'h'' "'Isnlan'
o0's'. ''I'Dl nom ihl' beng
le'd a contain harbineor OF
Iu'N'
nSg'ro'l when Miss Nt'phrna
went down 'o visit Jacksonville
weeks prior TO 'he election, as
assessed or Der yooog" sister
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1911-05-19

Catching The Speakers Eye.
+ p'a,uce o. catching the speak
Eye dates back to the session Of
When q heated dispute arose be.
h members Of the house, several
uOm claimed precedence of speech,
rs men decided that whoever first
~ me speakers eye should have
'ght 10 address the house. This
%oFE'd smoothly until 1855, when
I'olA Trevor was elected to the
I Ihe new speaker was afflicted
III apomin6ble squirt; consequent
H. members would often catch his
UNANIMOUSLY and decline to give
" one another. 70 obvlate this a
'Vt RUE was framed 10 the effect
,ne speaker should call by name
'ne member privileged 10 address
touse' So every holder Of the Of
paS TO possess a good memory for
y y, as Wen as keen eyeslght.-Lon-
Chronicle.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1911-05-19
y Truman Tendency.

!, approve Of economy. don't
81 replied Senator Sorghum;
'oo many Of US are apt to econo-
On the cigars we hand our
!, 'uS , instead Of those we smoke our.
o. Washington Star.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1911-05-19

But why do yea cry 800. Ifau
MaierY'
''rbe sight Of Nr,uN'US rc.-.EdS be
so Of MY poor dear Henry !!"' loo'
was always smoking FlIeScAGe h'at
ter.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1911-05-19

We must laugh before we ere nappy
or else we may die befor' we ever
laugh at all. Ia Bruyere.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1911-05-19
The influences Of the Tvss..

,on 'T'uenee OF the Trees,
we plant a tree we are doing
r W. can to make our planet a
,. ou and happier dwelling
ts Us 'nose who come after us. II
,.S ourselves.-Oliver Wendell
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1911-05-19

|ho,,'e, were no pride in our hearts
"u not complain Of the pride "