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Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04

Natchez, Miss. March 30.--Forces
which worked all Sunday and Sunday
night on the Arnola levee, two miles
south of Vidalia, have succeeded in
closing the "boiIs" in the embank-
ments discovered Sunday. No nddi-
tional breaks have been reported. The
river is stationary,
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
Insurance Reports.

Insurance Commissioner Cole is
waiting for the reports from only
two insurance companies before
commencing the tabulation of the
volume of insurance business trans
acted in Mississippi last year, pre-
miums collected, losses paid, etc.
This is the first time statistics of
this nature have been collected in
Mississippi, and the general report
will be quite interesting.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
Fire at t4attIesbura.

The most disastrous fire in the
history of Hattiesburg occurred last
week in the large sawmill plant of
the j. j. Newmaa Lumber Compa-
ny, which is one Of the largest mills
in the South. The main sawmill,
all the dry kilns and large quant-
ties Of lumber were consumed.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04

!, Announcement is made that tie
state board Of health and the State
board of dental examiners viii meet
n Jackson on the 18th Of May for
the purpose of holding the spring
examinations Of applicants for Ii
eense to practice in the. State of
\ mississippi. These meetings gem
orally bring about 200 Young men
and half dozen young women to
jackson, about 40 per cent Of whom
generally arc those who have failed
IN previous examinations.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
Flooded the Negro.

Hutch Walton paid Charles john
son, a negro who was serving a fine
for petit larceny, out Of the Monroe
county jail last week and carried
him 10 his farm in the Hamilton
neighborhood. The next night
johnson stole Walton's horse and
was captured near Amory by posse
headed by Walton. johnson was
treated TO a fogging and jailed.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
AT cRrESyILLE. MISS.
water at stand, Hut Nearly the
Entire city IL Inundated.

Grecnvillc, Miss, March 30.-'rhere
is little change in the food situation
here. The water Is on a stand and
covers nearly all the city. Many ne
gro refugees are arriving and there
is some difficulty in providing for
their immediate wants, but there has
been no real suffering.
The electric light plant expects to
resume operation by night. Relief
boats continue to scour the over
flowed district south of here and are
taking all who desire to leave their
homes. Trains on the north end OF
the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rail-
road are running, but owing TO the
Lagrange creyassc, traffic has been
suspended.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
New Insurance company.

The Merchants Union Insurance.
Company, recently organized at Me-
ridian, has paid the State license
for the privilege Of doing business
in Mississippi and established itself
as a full-fedgcd and active insg--
ance company.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04

Los Angeles, Cal. March 3O.--A. @.
spalding, the millionaire sporting
goods dealer and baseball magnate,
who organized the first bicycle trust.
has entered the Raja Yoga theosophy
colony at Point Iona. conducted by
Mrs. Katherine I'ingley.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
VIII Cut Rates.

The jackson Lighting Company
was organized last week, with capi.
tai stock of $4,000, nearly all Of
which has been paid in. The COM
pany will compete with the present
lighting company, which also holds
the street railroad franchise, and
the rates of which are so high that
they have become prohibitive. The
new company promises to reduce
lighting charges so per cent.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
Pearl River Falling.

Pearl river has been slowly fall
ing for the past several days, and
if no more rain visits that section
for the next ten days the stream
will resume the normal stage. There
is still great deal Of back water
covering the fields along the course
of the stream, and farming work
in Pearl river valley will be great.
ly delayed in consequence.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
Criminals Still at Large.

Thus far no trace has been Sc.
cured of ]. Z. Leland, the safe
blower; W. E. Mcdonald, the big
amist, and the other two prisoners
who escaped from the Kinds county
Jail last week. The complete dis
Of the four men indi-
Gates that the escape was planned
with rare skill, and that they had
able assistance in getting away from
the jail.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04

Vienna, March 30.-It Is reported
from Belgrade that one of the bands
formed by the Macedonian leader
Sarafoff, consisting of 30 men, has
been annihilated, 20 Of the insurgents
being killed at vladimiroy, and the re-
mainder at Podareshe.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
A PLACE TO DRAW THE LINE.
.The Younger Brothers. Bank Rob-
Bers," Arrested at Council Bluffs,
Ia, For Violating sunday Law.

Chicago. March 3O.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Council Bluffs, Ia,
says:
A company Of Is which played "Thc
Younger Brothers, Bank Robbers"
before crowded house, Sunday night,
were arrested at the close of the per-
formanee for violation of the Sunday
law, upon information filed by mem
bers of the Woman's crusade against
Sunday theaters.
The actors were released ON bail.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
Pet Stock Show Plans.

Secretary John R. Young has is.
sued cal! for a meeting of the Mis-
sissippi Poultry and Pet Stock Az
sociation, at Aberdeen, April IA, for
the election Of officers. The date
for the third annual exposition has
already been fixed for Aberdeen,
December 14-19, 1903.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04

st. Louis, March GOV p. layton,
aged so, carpenter, committed sui
eide in the attic Of his home by hang
ing himself with strap belt which he
wore around his waist. lie bad been
on spree and became disgusted with
himself.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
Heauvoir coIIeotlons.

Brig. Gen. Webb announces that
he has collected $25s on account of
the Confederate Beauvoir Home.
These collections were sent in as fol-
lows: Lexington camp, $3.50;
Port Gibson camp, $l60, and W. d.
Ratlff, S.. Mr.. Webb requests
that all camps forward their contri-
buttons at once, as it is desirable to
get the home opened as soon as pos
sible.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04

London, March 30.-Thc Times pub
fishes two dispatches from New York,
which. II announces. were transmitted
BY Marconi system cf wireless teieg-
raphy. The dispatch contains about
iJG words.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
New AIbany's New Bank.

The Merchants and Farmers
Bank, of New Albany, opened for
business last week. This b..nk ie
well equipped with up-to-date fix
lures. r. N. Patterson is cashier.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
The G. e. s. /. Victory.

The decision Of Judge Enochs on
the demurrer in the case of the Lau-
rel Cotton Mills VS.. The Gulf &
Ship Island Road was based on the
point that the contract for a rebat-
ing freight rate, which the railroad
company had Cancelled, was clearly
vlolative Of the interstate commerce
laws. The railroad company also
set up in its demurrer that the COM
tract was violatiye Of the Mississippi
laws for State railroad supervision,
but this issue had no vital bearing
on the decision, as the company
claims exemption from State super
vision, and the claim has heretofore
been upheld by a Supreme Court
decision. The ruling Of Judge
Enocbs is an effectual estoppel to
further proceedings, and is deeid-
ed victory for the railroad company.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04

The Vicksburg teachers are max
ing arrangements to receive the
State teachers convention, to be
held here the latter part Of April.
Prof. C. ?. Kemper has been noti-
fed that thousand teachers will
attend.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04

Baltimore, March Frederick s.
Rowe, and his brother Edward r..
eleven and nine years old, were run
down and killed, Sunday by loco
motive on the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road at Locust Point.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
RIsIiop Galloway BAD.

Bishop Galloway is confined ts
his bed at his home on North Con-
gress street, in Jackson. With an at
tack Of the grip.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
Klnus's Dauahters' Convention.

The annual convention Of the
Mississippi branch of the Interna-
tlonal Order of Kings Daughters
and Sons will be held this year in
Vlcksburg, commencing on the 18th
OF May and continuing three days.
Mrs. Mary Thompson Howe, the
state secretary, reports that all Of
tne chapters are in good condition,
and an a fine showing will be made.
The delegates from the local chap
iers will be royalty entertained By
the ladies Of the Hill City during
Their stay. Several interesting sub
lects will be discussed at the Vicks-
purg convention, and one of the
most important that will probably
De brought up is the employment
OF child labor.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
rublishcr Of Onto soldier Dena.

ChilIicothe. O.. March 30.-zCaps.
John T. Rapcr, aged 62, publisher Of
the Ohio Soldier, is dead.
Woodville Republican., 1903-04-04
DEATH RATHER THAN CHURCH

The actors were released on bail.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06
PlTH AND POINT.

The more culture the less jewelry.
Night is only a tunnel to him who
travels toward hope.
What some folks call luck is in real
ity disaster to them.
1t is love of virtue, not fear of law.
that makes civilization.
A mans business may be a success
and yet the man Il failure.
Don't weep over a bad crop. Get
your land ready and SOW again.
You can conquer your cares more
quickly if you do not continually carry
a long face.
Whatever you may have in your
purse, carry hope in your heart and
spend it freely.
There is no law against laughter, my
friend. You are here on earth and en-
titled to its sunshine.
What fortunes are wasted by men
and women who are struggling to
know those who are hardly worth
knowing.
Keep on trimming your lamps. till
ing your soil. Juggling and pegginS
away. You never can tell when the
messenger of success will COME
SchoollaaSter.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06
The Travels of n Jewel.

Fanny Kemble when in the United
States years ago was prosecuted by the
attentions of wealthy lunatic. When
finally rejected by her he flung pack
age upon the table. eXclaiming. well,
Mt least take thiS!' and disappeared.
The parcel proved to contain Il very
beautiful jewel. The actress was not
long permitted to retain it. She saw
no more of her prosecutor. but did not
remain under any sense of obligation
to him. The gem was stolen from her
before she quilted the United States.
She forgot all about it in the course of
the years that followed \ very long
time afterward she was in Italy. a
peddler displayed the contents of his
pack before her at Sorrento. There lay
the long lost jewel. Through whose
hands it had passed there was nothing
to show
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06

To make peppermint drops take a
cupful of sugar crushed fine and just
moistened with boiling water: then boil
five minutes; take from the fire and
add cream of tartar the size of pea;
mix we'll and add half Il tcaspoonful of
essence of peppermint; beat briskly
until mixture whitens. then drop quick
~ upon white paper; have cream of
tartar and essence of peppermint meas
ured while the sugar is boiling; if it
sugars before it is all dropped add Il
little water and boil Il minute or two.
Wintergrcen drops are made the same
way by using half Il tcaSpoonful Of
essence of Wintcrgrecn.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06
SECRETS OF THE BODY.
The Progress Science Has Made In
Two Hundred Years.

A century ago the work of the mod
ern surgeon would have been denounc
ed by the theologians, who then ruled
mankind. as audacious intrusions into
the exclusive jurisdiction of God. Two
centuries ago, or, at the furthest,
three, the man of science who would
take out the viScera of a man. cut out
their disease and put them back would
have been fortunate to escape the
invader of the secrets of the body, the
benefcent healer who, with his vial
or his knife. lessons the mscrics Of
humanity diminishcs or destroys pain.
prolongs life and smooths it's pathway
to the grave-this is now the man who
appeals most strongly to his fellow
beings. For him and his training the
captains of industry are pouring out
their millions, building him colleges
and laboratories, endowing professor
ships, while the world at large halls
him as man Of power and influence
at a time when wealth Is accommodating
and when men are not decaying. More
duu lllOTe, \cIy Ilhely, we SItll SVC thS
strong men Of the college classes
choosing medicine, although the time
has not yet come for domination over
the lawyer. who is now engaged in
settling the direction and the form in
which the captains of industry shall
carry on their development of the
worlds wealth. The time seems to BE-
coming. however, when the indefinite
prolongat ton of human life and the de-
btruction Of the enemies of human
health, work which almost suggests
the creative power, will be the task
that will call for and will receive the
service Of the best training of our col,
leges and universities-tha is when
the appeal Of medicine and surgery
will be addressed inevitably to the
best in every college class. just as once
the call came from the ministry and
then from the bench and bar and SEN
ate house.-Harpers Weekly.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06
THE AGILE OSPREY.
Hungry Bird and IL Tragedy of n
Trout stream.

A big brown and white bird came
sailing up the trout stream, his long
wings stretched far out to right and
left. He flew slowly, for lie was look
ing for mething-something that he
wanted very much. He was doing his
family marketing. Up in the top of a
big pine tree mile away his wife was
sitting on Il nest full of eggs, and it
was both his duty and his pleasure to
find Il supper for her. Suddenly he
stopped short. He had caught sight of
the thing for which he was searching
dusky, shadowy shape. with an out
line like that of submarine torpedo
boat, lying mOveless in the clear water.
For just an instant he seemed to hang
poised in the air. but it was only long
enough to change the direction Of his
motion; then down he went with
rush and Il swOOp.
The brook trout saw him coming and
tried to dart away, but it was too late.
With mighty splash the osprey
struck the stream and went clear I'M
der and out of sight. while the water
boiled and surged over him. He could
not see for the cOmInotiOn about him,
but his aim had been true, and his out
stretched feet touched a slippery,
Shiny, wriggling body that was just
beginning to gather Roadway.
Quicker than wink his toes closed
about it and his sharp talons sank
deep into the trout's flesh. Then up he
came, rising out of the stream like
some tabled monster of old and shak-
ing the water from his feathers in a
shower of flying drops. Every thread
of muscle in his wings and breast was
working with all it's might to lift that
heavy trout. Up went the birds great
piniOns till they were straight above
him; then down they came, flashing the
air like whips. Up again and down, up
and down. up and down, harder and
faster and tiercer, and little by little
he and his victim rose from the stream
till at last they were clear of the tree
tops. then straight away to the nest
in the old pine. where the wife was
waiting to make them both welcome.-
w. d. Hubert in Lesles Monthly.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06

$50 Mr.. SlnlaN told you his heart
was broken when you refused him."
said Maud
YES" answered Mamie.
"The impudence of him to offer me
damaged goods the next day"-Wash-
ington S,ar
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06
The White Mnn In AfriCn.

"The footprint of the white man is
like the footprint of the elephant"
says a Swat native proverb; lit re-
mains in the ground"
Another proverb: white men are
like and yet unlike Quails. When you
see one in your country YOU will soon
see IL flock. But the quails leave you
again, the white men never"
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06
An Important Distinction.

She-l suppose that it would take a
great deal Of observation and expert
encc to enable a man to pick the fast
est horse entered for a race.
He (mournfully)-Yes. but that isn't
what you are trying to do. What you
want is to pick the horse that is going
to win.-New York Times.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06
Not So Bad.

Poor man." she said. STOPPING over
the victim who had just been dragged
you Il wife?'
NO" he groaned: this is the worst
thing that ever happened to me.'-Chi-
ago Record Herald
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06

ITO tell you the truth
"Sh-sh-sh, Don't try it. old man:
George Washington did that once, and
look at him now-he's dead-'-Balti-
more News.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06

Gold melts at temperature of 1910
degrees c. or 2264 degrees +. Lead
melts ut GIG degrees +. and wax at
l40 degrees +.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-06

SIMPSON, blow your own horn a
good deal.
Jenkins-Well, if you want thing
we'll done do it yourself.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-03-18

The gnomon, the predecessor of tn,
sundial, was probably one of the EARL
est devices for the reckoning of time
and II may reasonably be concluded
that the Egyptian pyramids, witt
their great altitude, formed pnrt of Il
design for tlmekeeplng by the shadow
thrown ON the desert sands. The ODE
lIsk, too, In all probability served the
purpose. for as II matter Of history an
obelisk at Rome was actually used for
a sundial In the time OF Emperor Au.
gustus.
III we could step OH board OF Malay
prao. we should see floating In bucket
of water II cocoanut shell having II
small hole In the bottom through which
the water by slow degrees finds its way
into the interior. The hole In the shell
IL 80 proportloned that the shell will
sink In an hour, when the man on
watch calls the time and sets II nnoat
again.
The Chinese have II water clock In
use ut the present time, which inven-
ton they ascribe to IwangtI, who
lived, according to their chronology,
more than twenty-five centuries before
Christ
The time system of early Rome was
Of the rudest character. The dry and
night each were divided into four
watches. the periods OF which were
roughly determined by observations of
the course of the sun and stars.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-03-18

We are SO constituted that what is
occurring at the moment interests us
often out of all proportion to its i'm
portance. For example. we are thrown
off our balance by the merest tribes
perhaps which occur today, but which
In weeks time may have no signiti-
canoe whatever. Obstacles which seem
like mountains when we meet them
dwindle away to molehills when we
get away from them.
Even what seems tragedy at the mo-
ment in the future may be the most
innocent comedy.
Most of us are so constituted that we
will make almost any sacrifice for pres
ent peace. 1t would seem easier TO have
an arm or Il leg amputated two years
hence than TO lose finger today! 1t is
human nature to shrink from pain, and
we purchase release at almost any cost.
If we could only train the mind to look
at today's trouble and annoyance from
the standpoint of the future, 1t would
be much easier to bear.-Success.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-03-18
what buddhism Aimed Ia Do,

The Greeks We're capable of much
poetcal pessimlsm. They saw the Walt
ity of things rs plainly as Gotama did,
but they also saw the pleasure of pro
claiming this vanity in sonorous hex
ameters or musical elcgiacs To give
everything up because you cannot Ell
JOY everything forever would not have
entered into their very sound brains
and healthy nervous systems. Buddha
knew this, knew that mankind was
light minded, II child pursuing II bird.
But in the sluck and demoralizing eli
mate of India he found countless dis
ciples. Most of them perhaps cling to
the Brahamic survivnls in buddhism,
the gods the fairy tales, more closely
| than to the doctrine OF remuneration.
1t Is hospitable religion and has
many mansions But II did aim at do
I ing away with the sacredness of caste,
| ut proving all men 20 he equally hui
man, equally capable, as far as social
distinctions 20, of moral excellence. In
this view, where Buddhism most d.
rectly reacts against Brahminism, 1t
has not been q success. The caste sys-
tenn In all its Indian minuteness has
survived the buddhist doctrine. Bud
dha for the soul and the gods for the
world" an old Cingalcse saying, still
exists in that popular superstition. HUI
man nature cannot be boxed up In
system London News
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-03-18
Nl'IIe .leHkA.v

The most remarkable manifestation
of the great religious movement which
swept over this country just before the
war of 1879 was the physical and merry
Gus disorder known as the jerks" The
jerks took their name from the fact
that the arms aud legs would be thrown
about apparently by force beyond
control of the individual. The disorder
was epidemic IN Tennessee. A slave
owner, man OF great wealth and
prominence and irreligious, called his
slaves together one Sunday morning
when camp meeting was in progress
near by, and announced his deliberate
intention of horsewhIpping any one Of
their number who took the jerks. at
Is all imagination" he said, land I'll
whip any one of you that takes 1t with
IN an inch of his life" lie went to
camp meeting, aud while conyersing
with n friend in the outskirts of the
ground was told that one OF his ne
groeS had the jerks. Selling his horse
whip. he FASTENED toward the spot and
when half way was himself seized by
the Jerks.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-03-18
HE JOKE AS A POWER.
II In Rapidly Becoming Mightier
Than the Pen.

Men VINO fear nothing else shrink
from joke upon themselves. Soldiers
who do not finch before opposing guns
dread to be made ridiculous. Woe to
the national hero who makes one tri-
fling mistake which may subject him
to clever caricature, His meritOrious
career is henceforth Swallowed by one
colored illustration. A comic paper will
tip the scales of justice, snatch the vic
tors prize from his extended palm and
rob the orator of choicest laurels. A
brilliant satire will mar the fortunes
of the greatest statesman, laugh will
turn the tide of political convention.
Indeed the joke Is fast becoming
mightier than the pen. The orator has
learned its value. and even the clergy
man resorts to 1t when he desires to
stir the tagging interest of his flock.
1t furnishes sufficient excuse for the
impertinence of children, and in its
name the daily papers deride the high
est national dignitaries.
What Is the meaning of its steady
| growth In power and what results may
we predict from its humorous tyranny
Is there a chance that our keen relish
for fun may finally produce kind of
humorous dyspepsia resulting from
overndulgence, unless with epicurean
dlscrimina ion we demand quality, not
quantity, and stubbornly refuse to
swallow other than that which should
appease wholesome, nay cultivated
appetite IN jokes ?-Caroline Ticknor in
Atlantic