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Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1902-05-02

A dwelling house containing rooms,
kitchen, dihingroom, bath and store
room, barn and carriage house, cIsterns
Also small house containing 3 rooms, to.
gether with 81 acres land. Can be
bought cheap. Situated one mile from
courthouse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-01
Trifiins With Mrs. Nations Zeal.
Indianapolis Pres


w. l.. Higgins perpetrated practical
JOKE. on Carrie Nation while the
smasher was here. A well-known local
dentist who dresses wen and is rather
adipose, was standing at the corner of
Pennsylvania and Washington streets
when Mrs. Nation got through
haranguing the crowd there.
Look at that man." said Mr. Hig-
gins, pointing to his friend. the doctor.
He is well off. and he makes his
money out of the tears of orphans. the
walls of widows and the groans of
strong men,"
"He keeps a rum shop. does he?" said
the smasher. darling a PIERCING glance
in his direction.
No" said Mr. Higgins. "he Is a den
tist.''
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-01
Unnecessary Particulars.
U.ondon King.)

An old woman of undeniable Celtic
origin entered a provincial savings
bank the other day and walked up to
the desk
do you want to withdraw or de-
posit? asked the clerk. .-f
Nav Oh doan't. Oh wants to put
some in,'''was the reply.
The clerk pushed up the book for her
signature, and indicating the place,
said. Sign on this line, please"
above it or below it?"
Just above it"
Me whole name?"
Yes"
Before Oh was married."
mo. just as it is now"
"Oi can't wroite.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-01
FIRST AID TO THE INJURED.
A Helpful Woman Suggested a Bicycle
Pump, but He Had Something Better.
DenNer POStl

l(
Send n doctor and a bicycle pump to
1925 Larimer street quickly" exclaim-
ed very much excited young woman,
as she rushed into police headquarters.
whats the matter?" asked Capt.
Shelly.
"A mans overcome with gas" she
replied.
What do you want with a bicycle
pump?'
ITO give the poor fellow air. Good
heavens, but you people are slow!" eX-
claimed the young woman. "Well, why
don't you send them?' she asked the
captain.
Yes, yes. lady. I'll send them both
right away" the captain told her, and
he pushed the button for the ambu-
Glance. When it arrived at the number
given the police surgeon found Will
liam O'Reilly seated on the curbing
smiling and drinking small glasses of
whiskey, which were being carried by
vagious people from various saloons.
O'Reilly winked at the surgeon as he
poured the whiskey down his throat
He was about to walk to the ambu-
lance when he saw two. more drinks
coming his way and he concluded that
he needed little more time. This was
given him, as well as the whiskey, and
he climbed into the ambulance and was
taken to his home at 1851 Stout street
He will be all right when that
whiskey gets to working" remarked
the surgeon. ...,
OReilly works for the gas company
and, was tapping a main. He was
down in an excavation making the
connection when the escaping gas over.
came him and he sank unconscious
The othe workmen lifted him to thu
sidewalk, where the young lady saw
him and hurried for the ambulance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-01
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The white convicts employed on the
breakwater at Capetown are sending a
loyal address to King Edward praying
his clemency on the occasion of the APP
preaching coronation.
The revolver with which President Nc
Kiniey was shot was a 32-caliber. and
since that time dealers have noticed ar
cns Of that caliber and. 1t Is said. of the
particular make used by the assassin.
The Western Alsiers Railway Company
has decided to offer n premium of so on
the birth of every child belonging to its
employees The employe with more than
three children Is to receive an extra al
lowance of $40 per child per annum.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-01

In consequence of two years over
production Of wine the situation in
France has reached such point that
the government is considering rel ef
measures.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-01

The life of Londoner is worth 10
to Is years less purchase than that Of
the average provincial. This fact is
due to many causes. but the chief
among them Is the quality Of the water.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
Borrowers: and
8: BQrp0QpS

7 AM moved to point out, as the preach
ers say, finally, which, in their case,
usually means half way through, that
/ borrowing is likely to end in sin
against the books themselves. Can you
conceive the feeling of book which does
not belong to the Submerged tenth,'' but
has lived in respectable. circumstances.
when it finds itself in certain thought
less and uncivilized hands? The hands OF
these who borrow and will not buy. Can
that book expect, will not say courtesy
can it expect even decency from such
people? They have no idea Of the re-
spect due to a book. nor the considera.
ton which it deserves. If it be not cut
up they will perform this most delicate
operation with anything-a steel knife,
railway ticket, or, on emergency, theil
own fingers. They will mark the place
where they stopped reading by turning
down half a dozen leaves, Or by pressing
the open book face down against the
table; they will make insane notes on the
margin. and, in extreme cases, will even
extra illustrate the book. They will use
the book as a fire screen to keep the heat
from their faces, or as pillow on which
to sleep, or a pedestal on which to stand
a flower pot, or as block Of wood to
keep door open. Any place and any use
is good enough for book when it is sold
|. into slavery among the barbarians. It is,
indeed, one of the last acts of trust you
can put in a person to lend him well
printed and well bound book. There are
not many worthy of such a confidence,
and it is a question whether any book
man should ever allow his fine editions
to go out, or whether any other bookmen
should ever wish to have the responsible
ity of their charge. 1t is a pleasant
sight, when it does happen, to see the
care with which the one book lover will
receive the cherished volume from the
other, as if it were the charge of a. child
which he was taking. And the anxiety
with which he will wrap up the calf or
morocco that neither rain nor dust may
touch it, and the vigilance with which he
will watch over it in his own study, and
then the flush of gratitude with which,
at the end OF the appointed time, for a
period will be fixed for the visit OF this
child, he will restore it to its parent, and
proudly demand a full quittance because
he has brought it back without spot or
wrinkle or any such thing.-Ian Maclaren.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07

from the White House az Washington.
:, Special services were held at the tomb
Of Grant at Riverside Park, New York.
and at Lincoln monument at Springfield,
III.
The feature Of the Decoration day ex-
ercises in Philadelphia was the unwilling
of the memorial bronze bust and ped
estal erected to the memory Of President
Mckinley by the Philadelphia Letter
Carriers and Post Office employees.
The first Confederate monument ever
erected in Kansas City was unveiled by
the Daughters Of the Confederacy
In Cuba the Philippines and in every
country where Americans are located
there were services of some description.
In the Northwest the day was generally
observed.
Gov. Van SAINT was the speaker of the
day at Mortified.
The President Speaks.
Special services were held at thesyari-
Gus cemeteries in shington. An inn
mense throng was present at Arlington
where President Roosevelt and Gen. Ell
Torrance, ander-in-chief Of the
G. A. r., delivered addresses, The
president spoke as follows:
1t is a good custom for our country to have
certain solemn holidays in commemoration Of
our greatest men and of the greatest crises
in our history. There should be but few
such holidays. TO increase their number is
TO cheapena them. w ashingt0n and Lincoln
the man who did most to. found the Union,
and the man who did most to- preserve it,
stand head and shoulders above ALI our other
public men, and have by common consent won
the right to this pre-eminence Among the
holidays which commemorate the turning
points in American history, Thanksgiving has
significance peculiarly its OWE. On July s
we celebrate the birth Of the nation: on this
day, the Both of May. we call to mind the
deaths OF those who died that the nation might
live. who wagered all that life holds dear
he Of n
poured out their blood like water in order
that the mighty national structure raised by
the far-seeing patriotism of Washington,
great leaders .or the Revolution, great trainers
of the Constitution, should not crumble into
Enaa n3rsIaas es fFs
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
No Wireless. secrecy.

1.-The objection that wireless biography cam
not insure secrecy is not Of such great weight
says Capt Ferria of the French military tele-
graph service in article distracted in the.
Engineering Magazine (ApriD ''for this dtsad->
vantage is more less common to all methods
of electric communication. Wires have BEEN
tapped. and listening in is not an unheard-of
occurrence in telephony Code systems can OBJ
viafe this objection But more serious troubles
is the possibility OF interference If all the
small stations have to shut up when a big ons
Is shouting in the neighborhood, the practicaE
Limitations of space telegraphy are apparent.
But whatever the final outcome of the work to:
secure perfect syntony there will still remain a.
large and important field which space will have.
alto itself. For communicating with ships at
sea. with isolated lighthouses and with islands,
which cannot be reached by cable it's advan-
tages are unique. 1t seems as If there were
room enough for all our systems of electric
communication and it is most probable that
The net effect of wireless telegraphy upon the
cider methods VII be all-round Improvement
such as was experienced by the gas industry
after the Introduction of electric Lighting" ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
RETURNING: HOME.

the defeat irretrievable. Upon your success
depended an the future OF the people on this
continent, and much Ct the future OF mankind
as whole.
You left US q reunited country. You left
us the right OF brotherhood with the men in
gray, who with such courage, and such 1evo-
ton for what they deemed the right, fought
against you. Bue you left us much more even
than your achievement, for you left us the
memory of how it was achieved. GU, who
made good by your valor ana patriotism the
statesn anship! Of lincoln and the soldlershlp
Of Grant have set as the standards for our
efforts in the future both the way you did your
work in war and the way in which When the
war was over you turned again to the worK
Of peace In war and in peace alike your
example will stand az the wisest of lessons
to us and our children and our ch1ldren's chill
dren. sS5
Just at this moment the army of the United
States led by men who served among you
in the great war, is carrying to completion
small but peculiarly trying and dihcult war
s in which is involved not only the honor OF
the lag but the triumph OF civilization over
forces which stand for the black chaos of
savagery and barbarfsm The task mas not
been as difficult or as important as yours
but, OH my comrades, the men In the uniform
of the United states. who have for the. last
three years patiently and Fzuncornp!alnlngly
championed the American cause in the sPhil-
ippine islands are your younger brothers,
your sons. They have shown themselves not
unworthy of you, and they are entitled 70 the
support of all men VINO are PROUD q 5Ni wa
{ you did. 9 s55ssSg,5ss : !.
These younger comrades of yours have fought
under terrible difficulties, and have received
terrible prpyocation from a very cruel ana
verv traacherous enemy Under the strain OF
these provocations deeply deplore to say
that some among them have 60 far 1orgot. len
themselves as "a counsel and commit, III re-
Sta1istions acts sof cruelty The fact that for
every guilty act committed by enc of our
troops a hundred acts Of far greater atroc1ly
I, ,,Ir,, o,,re troons or upon the peaceable and
iaW-abiding natives who are friendly TO US
cannot be held to
Excuse Any Wr0ngdoer83
5 e, sa,,rs side Determined and answering
affart mnrsf he made and is being made, to
ind out every instance Of barbarity on. the
part Of our troops, to punish those guilty OF At.
and to take. Il possi even stronger meas meas
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07

ures rnun novo ur1Fca"y "Ss.- $1,000 -
lie or prevent the occurrence Of all such in
stances in the future. ..
From time to time there occur in our coun-
try, to the deep and lasting shame of our peo-
pie, lynchings carried on under circumstan noes
Of inhuman cruelty and barbarity-a cruelty
infinitely worse than any that has ever been
committed by our troops in the Philippines;
worse to the victims. and far more brutalizing
to those guilty of it.. The men who fail to
condemn lynchings and yet clamor about
what has been done in the Philippines, are
indeed guilty Of neglecting the beam in their
own eye. while haunting their brother about
the mote in his. Understand These
lynchings afford us no excuse for failure to
stop cruelty in the Philippines. Every effort
is being made, and will be made to minimize
the chances Of cruelty occurring. 4.,..~-.
But keep in mind that these cruelties in the
Philippines have been wholly exceptional, and
have been shanelessly exaggerated. We deep
: ly and bitterly regret that any such crueltes
should have been committed, no matter how
rarely no matter under what provocation, by
American troops. But they afford far less JUS
tifcation for general condemnation of our
army than these lynchings afford for the con-
domination. of the communities in which they
have taken place. In each case it is well to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07

tributes TO the memory OF those VINO
rave up their lives for the love Of the
Union were yesterday paid by the pa
riotic people who are living to enjoy the
blessings of a reunited country. ST.,
= Those who fell fighting for the flag. in
The Spanish-American and Philippine
vars were not forgotten in the distribu-
don Of floral tokens Of love. ~ ~.
The day was perhaps more generally
observed, North and South, than on any
previous Decoration day. ~
In the South the graves Of thousands
IF Federal soldiers in the national ceme-
leries were decorated, including the
graves Of veterans of the, Spanish-Amer-
lean wag. Grand Army posts, Union
Veterans legion, Sons Of Veterans, Span
sh war and Philippine Island veterans,
The Women's Relief Corps, Daughters Of
Veterans, the Ladies' Union Veterans
legion, the Lovejoy Aid society and the
Elks participated. H. ~
Many beautiful floral offerings were
placed upon the tomb Of tho late Presi-
dent Mckinley at Canton. Ohio. They in
Guided a largo crate of choice flowers
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
Scarcity OF PLATINUM.
Production Has Decreased and the
Price Has Risen.


s The history Of platinum which was Giscov-
cred ABOUT the middle of the eighteenth cen
fury, differs from that of other rare metals in
that the Increased demand has not been met
by rcpeated discoveries of new deposits. Hence
the price of platinum has risen enormously In
1922 platinum was worth $1,000 q pound; in
1870 $2ae. this slight decrease being due to
me discovery Of the Ural deposits in 1922 In
1895 the price per pound had risen to 50, 700,
and In December Of last year to 81, 800 Plati-
num was first found In South America and re-
sardeG, as a variety of silver. Hence the
name, from the Spanish plata, silver. It oc-
.s4urs as platinum dust in Colombia, Brazil,
Haiti and also in Borneo, but the Ura1 region
8 the chief source of supply. The annual out
eutS of the Ural mines is about 5000 pounds,
While the rest of the world furnishes only about
300 pounds. The mining OF platinum has,
therefore,. been developed almost entirely in
ssia,s and suspicion has arisen that the
otput IS trfcted purpcselY, In order to en-
ance the price, but this suspicion seems to be
b ithout foundation The Russian government,
ideed, is said to be contemplating the recall
coins mfnted before 1850, which contain
s. latinnna, for the purpose of retaining the
aetai. Most of these coins, however. disap-
Sssared from circulation long ago, having been
cited hys chemists and echnicians In search
"a plat inCm. Il no new source is discovered
scarcity OF platintnn VIII soon be felt sseri-
usly in many in6usts7es.-Public Opinion.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07

= +s,. q - :
You whom address to-day and your COM
rsdes who wore the blue beside you in the
perilous years during which strong, sad, pa
tient Lincoln bore the crushing load Of nation
al leadership, performed the one feat the
failure to perform which would have meant
destruction to everything which makes the
name America symbol Of hope among the
nations of mankind. You did the greatest and
most necessary tasR which has ever fallen to
the lot of any men on this Western herni-
sphere. Nearly three centuries have passed
since the waters Of our coasts were first fur
rowed by the keels Of the men whose children's
children were to inherit this fair land. Over
century and half Of colonial growth fol-
lowed the settlement; and now for over a CEN
fury and quarter we have been a nation.
F - A Reunited Country.
During our four generations of national life
we have had to do many tasks, and some OF
them Of far-reaching Importance; but the only
really vital task was the one you did, the
task of saving the Union. There were other
crises in which to have gone wrong would
have meant disaster; but this was the one:
crisis in which to have gone wrong would have
meant not merely disaster but humiliation.
For failure at any other point atonement could
have been made; but had you failed in the
iran daus tho 1oss n1n1,1d have bean irrenarah1e.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
Should Boss 1t Still.

The women of Montclair, N. j.. have
cleaned the streets of the town for the
last eight Years at their own expense.
but now the women's town Improvement
association find the task grown beyond
them with the growth Of the town, and
have asked the city council to make an
appropriation. When this is DONE as it
will have to be, the expenditure thereof
should be continued under the associa-3
TONS supervision. They have set the
pace for the men SO long that they can.
no Doubt keep up the work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07

older than most ST the European nations
of to-day. From a mere scenic point OF
view the picture will be- one of unparal-
leled magnifcence. Every royal house in
Europe will be represented by princes
and princesses of the highest rank, am
bassadors from distant lands will swell
the brilliant throng of Britain's vast
amy or ermined peers and jewel-covered
peeresses, her great officers of state her
viceroys and governors, her jurists and
her 1awgivers, her generals and her adj
mirals, the potentates of her commerce.
the princes Of her finance, the dignataries
Of her universities, in a word, the repre-
sentatives Of all that makes England
mighty as a. nation. In no other land
could 50 Wondrous and magnificent pa
gent be produced. But what curious as
sembly 1t is that he at whose feet all this
obesiance is laid, this homage paid this
loyalty pledged, has less power outside
the walls Of his palaces and parks than
have three-fourths of the men around
him. He dare not attempt to influence
the legislative action of his lords and COM
mons. To make a political address would
tmperil his crown. His speeches from
the throne are written for him, often by
minister he detests, but - he cannot
change syllable. He can neither declare
war nor make peace. With the formation
Of treaties he has naught to do except
sign his name. Possessed Of a. veto on
Legislation. he dare not exercise 1t. And
because of all this it is that England
loves her king, scatters flowers in his
pathway and spends her blood and treas
ure in his defense. If all this is not kim
worship, what is it?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07
The seal and the hear.

The seal does not stop his search for food
until he has completely satisfied his excellent
appetite; then he takes a good nap, lying upon
the very edge Of the Ice, or as close as possible
to his b1 eathing hole The slightest sound
will awaken him, and without waiting to find
out the source direction, he rolls into the
water. He can~stay under for only thirty five
minutes, but where he will come up none can
tell. This no one knows better than the bear;
and If the bear realizes that 1t is impossible TO
ing his black nose covered with his paw and
his bloodshot eyes closed when the seal has
mis- open and on the watch, he looks about for
favorable point OF departure, dives under
the ice. and if he rightly Judges the distance
and direction, he comes up at the very spot
where the seal has expected to go down. The
seals fate is thus settled, and the bears
shrewdness earns its reward.-St. Nicholas.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-07

condemn the eeed, and 1t is well also 70 re-
Train from including both guilty and innocent
In the same sweeping condemnation.
2 In every community there are people who
commit acts Of #eil-nigh inconceivaDle horror
and baseness. Il we fix our eyes only upon
these individuals and upon their acts, and II
/. we forget the far more numerous citizens of
upright and honest life and blind ourselves to
their countless deeds of wisdom and Justice
denim the community. There is not a city in
this land which we could not thus condemn IL
We nxed 4our eyes purely upon its police rec
& ord and refused to look at what it had accom-
pl1shed for decencys and Justice and charity
s Yet this is exactly the attitude which has
s been taken by too many men with reference to
titude $50
Both Absurd and Cruelty Unjust.
u The rules of warfare which have been pro-
mulgated by the war department and accepted
IS the basis of conduct by our troops in the
field are the rules laid down by Abraham Lin
coin when you, my hearers were fighting for
the Union These rules provide, of course. for
3 the Just severity necessary in war. The most
f aestructfye5 OF all forms OF cruelty would be to
shoW weakness where sternness is demanded
Z by iron need. But all cruelty is forbidden,
and all harshness beyond what is called for
by need. Our enemies in the Philippines have
not merely violated every rule of war. but
have made of these Violations their only meth
cd of carrying on the war. We would have
teeT justified by Abraham Linco1n's rules of
war in Infinitely greater severity than has
been shown The fact really is that our war
fare in the Philippines has been carried on
win singular humanity. For every act of
able acts of forbearance, magnanimitys and
generous kindness. These are the qualities
which have characterized the war as whole.
the crue1ties have been wholly exceptional,
on our part. 5.#s
s. The guilty are to be punished; but In pun
ishing them. let those who sit at ease at home
who walk delicately and live IN the soft places
OF the earth, remember also to do them CON-
mon Justice. Let not the effortIess and the I'M
tempted rail overmnch at strong men who
days and nights OF agony, and at need lay
down their lives in remote tropic jungIes te
bring the light of civilization into the worlds
DARK places The warfare that has extended
the bound.-ies of civilization at the expense