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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
ON THE WAY TO LHASA
LOUIS HYDE.

Just ten years ago a woman clothed in RAGS
dirty, tanned, almost black by exposure and nj
ue@lh $ door with fattgue-staggcred to the court.
yaru OF the China Inland Mission house at Ia.
cnioniu, writes Ruth Nicely in the Living Church.
"neh strength enough for speech returned she
told her story. 1t Was DR.. Susie Carsons Rim.
nuf| the hrst woman missionary who ever pene-
uated the wilds OF Tibet and returned TO tell tho
story.
All the world knows the wonderful history of
'oe Eoman's homeward Journey OF 1900 miles.
unprotected and alone, from the interior. near
inc outskirts OF Lhasa, where she buried her
paoy beneath a stone on the mountain side and
"neFe neF husband was later captured by hostile
natives and murdered.
since that time only one group OF foreigners
has penetrated interior Tibet. This was the
oand OF Englishmen who reached and invaded
the sacred city under the command Of Colonel
Iounshusoand' Since the unsuccessful ending
OF mat expedition Lhasa and interior Tibet have
again been closed to the outside world. a won
dertul region whose mysteries have been guarded
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

Teceptscls for the tea basin, whence it is handIly
drawn forth at the constantly recurring hospital
hy OF tea drinking,
Women and men wear heavy TOP boots. They
may be distinguished by the head dress, Both
sexes braid the hair into innumerable plaits,
sometimes over 100. In some sections the plaits
ara fastened together with bright coIored cloth
or with n heavy felt band covered with silver
ornaments, shells and beads. A turban with a
whits fur brim and a red tasssl hanging from
the pointed crown Is often worn.
Women in the district Of Lhasa wear for hair
ornaments a silver halo set with t~urqudse-a
most becoming head dress, other things being
equal The Tibetan damsel uses her braids in
coquettish fashion. much as does our debutante
her fan. II she Ia or wishes TO appear confused
shs shakes the curtain Of buttered locks over
heF tacs, FORMING q screen, through which she
peers with artful artlessnees. In some regions
near remote lanFaseries tho women are said to
dsub their faces with q greasy black cosmetic
lost the lsmas might be tempted by their beauty.
a precautioh which can hardly fail to impress tho
traveller as rather UNNECESSARY.
Except the great caravan route. which in M
thickly beset with spies that to travel II without
meeting a military company sent out to turu
the travellers back is impossible, the roads" to
Lhasa are narrow mountain passes, In some
places only to be traversed By climbing single
Me or mounted on sure-footsd yaks. It is through
Du'H "drlo"' preclpltou3 passes that DR.. Shelton,
MS wife and little ones have 80 far made their
way. II as they near Lhasa they should take the
path travelled by DR.. Rijnhart and her husband
and child they will pass a big boulder beneath
"nlch Ho the remains of a yearold baby, the
first white child ever in Tibet.
Doris and Dorothy Shelton, who have so far
endured the journey very wets are the most re-
markable pilgrims In the world. They are the
youngest, and, If their pareHSs accomplish the
purpose to which they have consscrated their
lives, Doris and Dorothy will one day romp and
rolhck In the somber shadows of Lhasa, the
hoNest city OF all Asia, whsre the Dalai lama
hVes IN his wonderful palace. \ building whose
aad ornamentatiou battle description.
where many OF the houses are literally rooted
with gold, and where the dead are
then left exposed on stone slabs to be devoured
by vultures or by the hogs that rum1nags In the
sacred streets.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
MARY GARDEN TO WED SOON
~ Soon VIII Be Known 40 Mrs.
somebody" She Deeiares-May
Choeee Chicago Husband.

Particularly Garden-fondly called
BY Chicagoans our Mary Garden
VIII soon desert grand opera for a hus
band. There is consolation for the
CAleagoan, however. Although the
p1ma donna flirted with Frenchmen,
ksp< London stage "~johnnies" on the
hop and excited the phlegmatic Ger.
mans on her tours OF Europe, she is
going To America to choose a husband.
she says.
Perhaps she will even select CHI
ca%o from which TO marry the man
VINO Will lend her his name. For
never" she declares, do / propose
that any man be called Mr.. Mary Gar
den And the western people are
more appreciative of me-. ! never have
read the beastly stuff wYittsn by New
feTh dramatic critics"
Nsuratively, princes have chang to
Mary Gardens skirts. scions Of roy
atty have vorshiped her. Despite
this she says:
"Soon you will hear no more OF
Wary Garden. 1t will be Mrs. Some
body. In November / shall go to Bos.
to sing la Tosca.' After that I
shall toin Mr.. DIPPED in the Chicago
philadelphia company.
And ! do not intend 70 become an
90 woman OF the opera / haven't
sso the man, but he will turn up"
somewhat irrelevantly she contin-
asd; The future of great singers OF
America somehow will como from
'hs west
Referring 20 the graft charges
against the New York police. Miss
Sarden exclaimed:
And to think those men, who were
Q pure and good, and were so shocked
" nay Salome, should be In such a
Bat, anyhow, | always consid.
fSd 1t a good foAe to set policemen
p to pass on the morality of art"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
IS CHAMPION COON HUNTER
Missouri Man and His Famous Dog
Have Killed 1872 In Last Three
Seasons.

Centraiia. Mo-. L. Sappington Of
Centraiia will be protected from Tho
cold this winter by a coonskin over
coat made from hides of coons which
ne himself caught with bis famous
coon dog. Buck, whose reputation ~
4 finder and killer of eoons is by 70
means oonfined to Boone county.
Sappington has been offered iiR
for Buck. but says he is not for sab
a. any price sappington's coat W.
made from the skins of thirty Of DO
1s2 of the ~ring-tailed species whth
ne and his past master canine hsfs
captured in the last three years
Three years ago Sappington bagged
o. eoons; two years ago he captured
~; last year but is, and so far ths
year he has Is to the credit Of him
self and Buck.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
BRIDE USES WATER BOTTLE
Mrs. siiversvard Complains to Court
That Her Recently Acquired Hi,
band 10 Shy on Affection,

New York.-Mrs. Elizabeth chsL
finger SilveFsvard, who admits she il
at least sixty years old and worth
$4,000, and who lives at 1884 Webster
avenue, sat on a hot water bottle ia
the Morrisania court while her nus
band. John Fabish silversvard, grand,
son OF q Swedish count, told the mag
lstrate the troubled story Of their mar
Red life.
ne mad to marry, said the grandson
or the count, in order to have his fare
paid from Princes Bay, Staten Island
bach to his home In the Bronx, other
wise he would have had to walk. Tho \
nrst day after his marriage he had h
60 a weeks wash In the home Of tA
coy bride, and then she bought hin
a suit of livery and made him plg
coachman on the box of her cute H.
tie surrey.
Mrs. Silversvard became 50 excited
during the recital Of her Husbands
woes that she sent the hot
water bottle three times to a barber
shop to be renewed. She confessed 10
the court that she had to sit on tho
not water bottle 10 keep the evil spir
It's away.
The elderly bride OF a few monthsap
to answer q summons served
On her at her husbands behest. Hs
lad sworn that when he tried to ra
away from his wife a week ago and
i've somewhere else where there
would be no weeks washing, she had
oeked up all OF his clothes except
shat he stood In. All he wanted vas
o get his remaining wardrobe
Then the magistrate heard the other
ide OF the story. Mrs. Silversyad
declared he had not been a true hue
and. "Hs has never given me tn
aresses a wife should receive from
er husband" she said.
The couple left the courtroom to
ether.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
ELECTRIC SLEEP IS LATEST
Doctor Turns slumber On or on by
Button; ~EtiHInateS All Sense
OF Pain.

Beriin.-Electrie sleep, which NAV
be turned on and off at VIII. is the al
Turing prospect offered to people sui.
fertng from Insomnia by DR.. Nagel.
ssSmidt He asserts that he has de-
vtRed a new form OF electric current
which, when applied to the base ~
the brain, will produce a narcotic et.
feet, able to be maintained as long as
II desired It has been tried with the
greatest success and without any INN.
rtous effects on dogs and rabbits. Or
Ragleschmidt is convinced that II car
be equally we'll applied to human ha.
fnss. The application of the cur,en,
eliminates pain from any part OF
the body.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
NAY PR0L0NG LIFE
Dr.. MetChnikcfi, CoIaborer Of
P2Steur, Is Praised.
tumble Teller in Field Of Science
Eas Made Discovery Accusing In.
tsrse Intsrest-Took Serum
From Dog.

Paris. France,-The hero Of today
N Paris Is Dr.. Ellie Metchnikoff. His
name Is upon every tongue. Stimu.
lated by his discoveries. Parisians,
male and female. all have a vague
hope OF living to be as old as Me-
thuselah.
Since Metchnikof presented the re-
suit Of his Investigations on longevity
10 the Academy Of Sciences his glory
has increased tenfold. So also has
respect for mans faithful friend, the
dog. For the serum which is to rev.
oIutionize our length of days comes
from the dag. This lionized, gold
specialized, long haired. grizzly beard.
ed, unkemDt man has forced his name
into every study and every salon.
The name Of professor still clings
10 him since those distant days when
he taught biology In the University
OF Odessa. About 80 years ago he
took up the study Of medicine, par
ticularly that part of 1t to which b.
oIogy naturally led up. He came to
Paris in 1883, OF "a years ago. Since ,
that time he has been connected with
the Pasteur institute, the immortal
founder Of which took him at once to
his bosom.
For Pasteur had already read and
admired the works of the learned
russian. Pasteur paid this savant
the small salary Of $500 a year. But
we must remember, says a Paris let
ter to the st. Louis Republic, that
The world famed institute which has
grown to be a mighty force was then
only such a tiny concern that DR..
Metchnikof declined for a time to ac-
,ept even the ~pittance which Pasteur
'ould III afford to pay. :
Only since 1910, when a legacy left
" the philanthropist Osirls-the {
anne who gave the Chateau de Nal. T
MASON to France-came into opera
lon has Metchnikof begun to re-
a salary of $4,000 a year. He /
vas then. and Is now, assistant man 1
ger OF the Pasteur institute. !
AS vice president Metchnlkof's d
aoits are OF the simplest; he can az
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
HUGS AND KISSES POLICEMAN
With Appreciation, "oh, You Big Boar
With tho 5rass Buttons" Gotham
Woman 10 Jailed.

New York.-A new form of tortur,
FOR policemen, more sinister than graf
Investigations, more painful than win
ter wind whipping around a fxeC
post, and possessed OF possibilities al
deadly as the burglars bullet, wal
put to the test OF placid Washington
court by a red-faced young police
man.
Facing the victim -- PolicemaE
Getger Of the West One Hundred ant
F~lfty-second street statfon-as he
Told Magistrate House about It, was q
handsome darkthaired woman who
frequently blushed and murmured
Impossible! Oh. l couldn't have
done thatt"
Yes, your honor, she kissed me-
0tammered Geiger. Right out In the
middle OK Amsterdam avenue, al One
Hundred and Fortieth street she
kiseed me, and there's nothing In the
manual that says part Of a polieeman's
duty Is being kissed by strangers"
Couldn't you have escaped II yoa
didn't Ike Hr' asked the court.
7 was on axed post your honor,
sroaned the youthful guardian of the
peace.
Oh" said his homer. that's devo-
ton to duty!"
Yes, sir; It was like this: I was
standing there all alone sbou. 1880,
wondering where all the people we're.
Suddenly soma ere grabs me from
behind and two strong arms are
wrapped around my neck. The first
thing I thought, OF course, was gang
sters!' It seemed whoever It was was
trying TO garrots me, and I started;
to fight for my life.
But I couldn't shake OIL those pow
erful arms. The best I could do was
to squirm around 3 that I faced the
the-ef-ths assailaRt. And, your !
honor, II was this lady.
"Oh, honey, dear!' she says.
What do you mean by using such
language to meT' I asks her.
"Oh, you sweetheart she goes on,
paying no attention to my protests.
oh, you big bear with the brass but
Then she kisses me, and that's not
the worst OF It. for BY this time a big
crowd had collected aud women were
and men shouting: You
brute, release that womanl' I pleaded
her to go home, bat she wouldn't
anything but stay right there and
kiss me. Then the MAJ on the beat
around and rescued me. SO
her f6r-wen, 7 couldn't
:hink OF anything 10 call Il but en-.
RENE disorderly conduct"
Mrs. Margaret Hoefatt, who said !
'he was thirty and lived at 1911 Free
nan street, the Bronx. smiled sweetly I
'ut incrsdulously as she paid a $40 !,
Inc. She said Geiger looked Hike q !
young officer and she wouldn't (.
Iispute his word, though she didn't !
eSnember a thing abcut II. i
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

converging on the markets, throns I'd
by the rising and ebbing tides of those
who go to their work and return from
it jostling in tho crowded hours, sud.
dehly emptying in midevc as the tide
sweep strips the estuary OF It's water.
and full again when the th~eaters
empty.
He knows the streets OF danger fall
of news and the streets o: safety full
Of newspaper readers, comfort clogged.
RE comes to have an instinct as to
the trail OF news, and he discovers.
as perhaps no other man does, how Of
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

ten the intelligent. the educated. the
wellbred and the advantaged are dull
and hackneyed by q safe life, and how
keen and swift ana quick comes to be
the great guerrills horde that knows
the street as Its hunting ground and
VIM oy wit and mot by sork.--Talcott
williams, in the Columbia University
Quarterly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

ford to spend what he earns on phil.
anthropio causes. His clothes cost a
minimum.
During the day, while occupied In
his laboratory at the Pasteur institute,
he wears overalls. when he sallies
forth to go home he is dressed in a
shiny black coat, which at its best
did not cost more than $40.
MetchnikoRs publications have
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
LEARNS TO KNOW GREAT CIV

'church aud with the neither world. He
mas seen the greater and the lesser
"hcess u administrative machinery in
mohon' He has learned how to reach
ina supreme potentato, the police ser.
'Beaht' behind his desk, ana how to ua.
rayei and knit together the varying
tales OF bystanders.
The streets of the city are known to
him, barred in the gray morn when the
vast commissary Of a great city Ia
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
OLDEST IMAGE or A CAMEL
interesting Discovery by Or. ttosarth
Ia Ruins Of Ancient hittte
CITY.

Beriin---What is believed to be the
oldest image OF a camel has been dis
covered BY DR.. Hogarth In exoavatins
the ruins OF K~archemIsoh, an ancient
Hittits city.
Hs' also found the image ola Hlttite
khxndsr god. the body Of a scorpion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
Must Not Kiss on Trains.

seriia.--The Bavarian state railWu
authorities have decided that traVeiei'
must not kiss In railway carriages z
and his wife. travelling In Bagar's.
kissed each other goodby at AugsnslS
station a few days ago and the scsnaA'
lied guard reported >she matter 70 "
authorities The latter immediateH
sued an order prohibiting ktssins
der the penalty of a heavy fne
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
Tunrel 10 proteet ssn..0.

Washingten.-1To save senators from
setting their tootsies damp on wet
days a seven-hundred.foot tunnel rail.
road OF the nonorail type is being IN.
stalled from the capitol to the senate
ouhding, There's only n car Al.
sisned to carly twelve senators,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
G]D' S"DeHSSS0 ~7DkF~Sne Al

raised a tempest on the other side !,
the Rhine. German science seems ID
have formed a coalition against them.
In France his triumph is complets
and ~Frenchmen, respecting the laws
OF hospitality, pay tribute to him
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
The Reporter Sees It's Varied Life
From Above, From Below and
From All Sides.

Among the sons of men there is none
who really knows a great city except
the man who has been a reporter In it.
He has sounded its depths, He has
come to know the house OF crime, the
house OF worship and the house of
festival Ia is familiar with the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
Quits Job 70 ae sister.

Harrison, N, J.--Mise Mary stevens,
general manager Of the sales depart
nent Of the General Electric com
pany's factory here. has resigned her
position to enter q convent az q sis.
Ter Of charity In Madison, Ind,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

Ia feet Of a bull and the wings Of a,
easle. He also uncovered tho u,,S
on a quay at the footof a hill on which
a citadel stood. TGe walls were CO...
NC with Strangely wrought relies
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

New Fork.-An 1S.pound lobster
the largest eve caught, accordine -
Long island fishermen, has been can
tured on a blaekfsh hook in m.
sound, "e
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
Eaas Cause Strike.

Cleveland. O.-The Thirty-Cent w
club has called q three weeks strhs
FRESH eggs are selling here for
cents a dozen.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
EaFv.

Eaby,
What do you think is the best way to abats
the smoke nuisnnce!"
There Ia only one way to ds that"
What is itH~
Buy good cigars" ,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01
Fast Costs Man 60 pounds.

- ~OstH WAN % FOUHuH
New York-Gustave Marquartt :
wholesale grocer. has Just broken :
hfty-day faSt, His weight fell of siru
pounds.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

OF the butter lamps b a NIL the
temples.
They are also infested with vermtn,
which they may not even destroy, be-
cause to kill even the humblest OF
animals Is contrary to the teachings
OF the Buddhist religion. The wonder.
full learning OF the Buddhist lama is
also said to be largely = product OF
western imagination. The worship
consists largely in noisy nominations
in the process OF which guns ars
sometimes fired, bells ring and horns
give forth deafsning blasts.
The Tibetan m may not be
without beauty. 1t is impossible to
tell. since she does not wash. Men
and women dress much alike, in
gowns OF originally bright colored
cloth, fastened about the waist by
green and red Sashes. The bloused
waist portion Is Alwnys used as the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

as the holy of HOLES and as the impenetrablo
sanctuary Of the mysterious east.
but IT Is not to remain so When. in 1901, Dr..
IdJnhart returned to her chosen field. northwest.
eFn China, she took with her two missionaries
Of the Foreign Missionary society, DR.. and Mrs.
A. L. Shelton. With them she established an
other mission in Tachienlu, Of which Or. Shelton
and his wife took charge on the death Of the
famous woman missionary a year ago.
Later It was given over 10 other hands, fl
DF. Shelton and his wife resolved to emulate the
example OF the Rijnharts, and If It be in human
power they intend to penetrate interior Tibet and
TO establish a Christian mission In Lhasa. tho
very shrine Of Buddha, where no foreigner has
ever been permitted peacefully to enter and
where none has ever dwelt.
with their baby girls, Doris. three years old,
ana Dorothy, seven, the two Missionaries set out
from Tachienlu last fall on their arduous and
dangerous journey. They have now arrived at
Batang, about a months journey from Lhasa.
whence they have sent to this country the most
remarkable collection of Tibetan photographs
ever secured. The mission station is near the
lamasary at Batang, which houses 5000 lamas or
Buddhist priests, and Is one OF the Ave great
monasteries OF Tibet.
The western theosophist's cherished ideal OF
this life, pure spirit and lofty contemplation. Ia
hardly borne out by the description OF the Bud
dhist lRmas, as seen in everyday life, by the
To begin with, like all Tibetans, they
are tnordinately dirty. The native of Tibet never
bathes, nor is the lama an exception to this rule.
They are covered with dirt and grease and
exude an odor Of rancid butter from the fumes
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

Graromar Is a tempersmentas sort OF study"
How do you make that oxtr"
Because II is SO controlled By its mood
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

Vast sums Paid to the lasured.
The Insurance companieI OF the Uni
ted States In 1911 paid out $500, sac,
900. '
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

Some men would rather run ~
( hoe than earn q decent Twins
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

\. Just as /
rust II
value, and
easily and
ing a coat
The gdvani
IN spots.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

Buy the
Pound milk
are all RICH
sut they al
aAuhns to
hs banged
nM plattu
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

@. There
stock vii
cowpeas.
ments III,
Ike corn,
timothy b
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

Feed Is
than 1t hai
does not 4
all winter
ter the te,
nme to bu
the fall.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-11-01

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abnornI
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-19

Government privileged classes
And though the present
living freight charges doesn't seem much
indications that on the
indications being considered in Massa
by the State is form
paternasm paternam And
received what
would undoubtedly be able build his own home But this
happen be present
proposal of the State
Massachusetts supply homes working people is step toward gov
in way of
was nominal There is very
little more land comparatively speaking
attention the concrete form OF the home the
The commission created by the State is authorized to buy
ageearners build
rent sell or rarcbas manage and care for said tracts and buildings
constructed thereon
Although a
and is quite successful
the other
European countries the several states Of Australia in New Zealand in
Chilli
bulletin which he In
overcowdd unsanitary
constitutions eneebed and deb
abosavng enagng their
constantly increasing numbers Everywhere in
sent similar conditions soon after settlement The evil effects appear the
high deahrate infants the
pitfalls yms almshouse hospitals penal institutions
rms the need and we see all about us And SO any step that VIII
practically condition while
direction which while
they are trying to head the ship OF state into the course they wish the
people They wha
they be- But neither should bn
properly cared for while government being moulded according to hei
step peoples happiness
it would irrespective of prejudice should ue
IS is
quickly obIieaed
people who are compelled to exist IN such conditions given aer surround
s and poorhouses ayums will tnned
ghened So that works for the good of all of Though
but the children of the ms benefited this in itself would be suf
cient reason for the effort