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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1t is stated that out of 100000, 900
people in Africa only 100000 have
ever heard the Gospel. In the Sou
dan region alone there are 90,OOO,0OO
who are without religious instruc-
ton.
The Yale club of Chicago has decided
70 increase the number of its schoi-
arships to four of 5000 each, to be
given only to Illinois students, after
competitive examination by Yale au-
thorities at Chicago. The club is very
solicitous for the welfare of the llli-
nois representation at Yale.
Grace Congregational church, holy
oke, Mass, keeps a reading and game
room open every evening, and gives op-
portunity to Sunday school teachers
to meet the members of their classes
socially without interfering with the
general use of the room. Classes IN
gymnastics for men and boys are pro-
yided.
Herbert Booths proposalt to pro-
mote scientific evangelization" by
means of religious dramas performed
graph has been described by his IA
ther, the chief of the Salvation army,
as highly ingenious device for
keeping an eye on both worlds" Ru-
NOR says that when the idea was first
broached to him the general ex-
pressed himself in Enthusiastically
candid fashion: $50 you are planning
Christian theater? One of these days
we shall hear of Christian grog."
A new department has been estab-
lished at the University of Chicago,
which will be called the department
of geography. 1t will include not only
physical geography, but also CONNER
cial geography, and at the head of 1t
has been placed Prof. Rollin ID. Sails
bury. dean of the school of science in
the university. Prof. John Paul Goode
of the Wharton school of science in
the University of Pennsylvania, has
accepted an assistant professorship in
the department.
"The Gideons," the band of Christian
CONNIE rcial travelling men IN this
country, instituted some three years
ago, has a membership of about 5000
at the present time. with growing
rate of 130 a month. In over 80 cities
of this country these Gideons have ag-
gressive bodies of men, whose sole OBJ
iect is to see that men are saved. In
Chicago alone there are reported to
have been more than 800 conversions
within the past two years through
the instrumentality of this organiza-
ton. In the state of Wisconsin rs ho-
tells have been compelled by them to
discontinue their bars during the last
year.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26
WILL STUDY OLD RUINS.
American Savants on the Way to Ex-
p1Ore Remains of Civilization
In Russian Turkestan.

Raphael Pumpeliy, who has been
charged by the Carnegie institution
with the exploration of Russian Turk
estan has arrived at ST. Petersburg
with his son, r. w. Pumpelly, to pro-
cure the necessary permission. They
will join Prof. w. II. Davis and ELS
worth Huntington, of Harvard, and
Prof. Richard Norton, director of the
American school of classical studies of
Rome, at Baku.
The party will search for remnants
of the once fourishing civilization of
the basin of the Sea of Aral, will in
vestigate the climatic changes that
have taken place there in historical
times. and will seek to discover wheth-
er such changes have been sufficient to
cause the present decline of this re-
gion, and whether equal if not great
er Importance should not be attributed
to economic and political changes, such
as the interruption of the old caravan
route by the Arabs and Turks the
devastation of the country, the settle
ment of population unused to agri-
culture and the discovery of the Cape
of Good Hope route to India.
The party will remain several
months, some of the members perhaps
longer, future work being determined
by the results Of the present recon-
naissance.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26
HUMOROUS.

There are a6,63s Wesleyans in the
British army.
Indestructible Brick.-A brick struck
Kansas City negro's head yesterday
and was not broken. The process of
making indestructible brick is pro-
gressing.-Kansas City Star.
Il understand Goodman is a candi-
date for mayor of our town" Eyes,
but so is Crookley.' Goodman is sure
ly better able to-fill the place" Eyes.
but Crookley's better able to get it,"
Philadelphia Record.
Chopping Him Off.-Akirside (as
preface to his tale of woe)-"Misery,
you know, loves company, and"
Grlmshaw-"So l have observed, but
company is not SO confoundedly fond
of misery. Good day!"-Smart Set.
The Policeman-"Say, son, are you
lost?' Boston Child-"No, sir.
know my whereabout perfectly, but
presume my father and mother would
like to be directed to where / am
Kansas City (Mo.) Independent.
In Good Company.--''I don't see how
you can rest at night with so many'un-
paid debts to worry YOU" ''My dear
sir, you are under a misapprehension.
Great Britain owes $4,000, 900, 900 and
doesn't lose any sleep over it. Why
should worry about few paltry num-
dreds ?''-Kansas City Journal.
Il notice in this mornings paper"
said the new boarder, ''an advertise
ment about "a good cotton duck
What's cotton duck?'' ''Giye it up"
replied the star boarder; "now, if it
was an India rubber chicken, Mrs.
Starvem could tell us something about
that. t."-Philadelphia Press.
Cautious Willie. = willie, did you
thank Mr.. Speedway for taking you
to drive?" said the mother of small
boy, solicitously. No answer. The
question was repeated. Still no an
swer. willie! You hear me? Did
you thank Mr.. Speedway for taking you
to driver" YES" whispered Willie,
''but he told me not to mention it,
n. o. Times-Demoorat.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26

sion of her. She rose and walked close
to where he sat and fairly shrieked:
''No, sir, have no hopes that he will
return to me, because / sent him from
me most anjuctly, for which you may
thank your lucky stars, because had
l not done so, / would have married
him, and you would have had some ac-
counting to do regarding the estate
left in your hands. that might have
made you some trouble"
Martin had risen from his chair as
though to lay hands on her, when the
door suddenly opened, and tall figure
in the garb of a captain in Uncle Sans
army stepped into the room.
(Which is exactly what the gentle
man will have to do" remarked the
new arrival, bowing low.
"Hoyt!" screamed the girl.~
"Brisbane!" exclaimed Martin.
"At your service" returned the cap.
tain. "And now, if you will listen, T
will tell you both why am here. Miss
Hetty knows we'll why / went away. I
never expected to see her again, and
hoped to end it all over there with the
my law Office without so much as try
ing to straighten matters out. Some
months ago my former partners sent
me a statement winding up the affairs
of the firm. and forwarded a package
of personal papers I had left in the
vault. In looking them over, / found
one which had absolutely forgotten.
1t was a will made by Mrs. Martin, of
later date than the one under which you
are acting. It was given me with the
injunction to produce it only in case
some injustice was done Hetty. She
said she had absolute confidence in
you''-addressing Martin-"but also
that she had a nameless fear that you
might die or something happen so
Hetty would not get her portion of the
estate. Having known me since was
born, and my father before me, and
knowing also my love for Hetty, she
did me the honor to entrust this deli
cate matter to me. The more thought
of it the more 1 felt that I would be
recreant to the trust if did not return
and place the paper in safe hands. So
I secured a furlough and returned-ap-
parently just in time. [ came straight
to the house to hcw matters stood.
and was shown to the drawing-room,
where, owing to the excitement of both
of you, I could not fail to overhear your
converse ton.
"And now" he resumed, smiling, with
sparkle in his eye, 81 will announce
that intend to hold Miss Hetty to her
statement, and claim her hand within
"a hours. And incidentally, the ac-
counting of which she spoke, will be
made under whichever will you prefer
the one now in force, if you interpose
no objections to our marriage; the one
I have in my possession, if you do"
While Martin stood staring at the
speaker, dazed, the door bell rang
again, at which Hetty laughed music
ally.
"There is Mr.. Trumbull, papa. Per-
haps you would best entertain him
and don't forget to give him my mes
sage"
AS Martin left the room he cast a
glance of baffled hatred upon the two
young people-which did not. however,
cloud the expressions of perfect con-
tent on both their faces as she came to
his outstretched arms.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26
Weddings i'm Holland.

In Holland the wedding party enters
the church two and two, the process
sion being headed by the bride and
bridegroom. Forms are arranged in
semicircle around the pulpit and there
the young people with their friends
and relatives seat themselves. The
ceremony consists of the reading of
a portion of Scripture and long ad
monition to the bride and bridegroom,
delivered extempore by the black
gowned minister. The prayers are sat
through like the rest of the service, for
it is against Calvinistic custom to
kneel to pray. At the close of the serv-
ice Bibles are presented to the young
couple and to certain of their relatives.
Then the marriage is registered. This
free distribution OF Bibles. which is
made by the state. accounts for the
very small sale there is for the HOLY
Scriptures in Holland. Chicago Daily
News
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26

face. She knew him we'll enough to
know that he was in deadly earnest,
and that he was cold enough to carry
out his threat. The issue she had
feared for so many months and from
which she had shrunk in such terror,
was before her. A great wave of terror
swept over her at his first words, and
she feared her knees would not sustain
her. But as she listened to the even,
Icy intonation of the thin-lipped man
before her a mighty flood of anger
rushed through her veins. Like flash
all the horrible injustice Of it all came
to her. The estate which had been left
by her own sturdy father in her baby
hood to the wife in whom he trusted SO
implicitly, but who had been as so much
putty in the hands of the grasping
schemer who had married her subse-
quently, was now being used to en-
compass her lifelong misery. Some
thing in her revoltcd. A spirit and
strength she had never before felt
arose within her breast-the old in
domitable spirit of her fathers race,
had she only known it, the spirit his
people had brought when they emf
grated from the land of the dykes, and
which had sufficed to raise him from a
poor lad to power in the business
world before he was 80. BY the time
her guardian had finished his state
ment she was calm, self-possessed and
determined, and to her own great sur
prise had lost all her fears. She faced
him with an expression he had never
seen in her face before.
do you think, sir, that my mother
ever intended that the powers you in
duced her to give you, should be used to
force me into marriage I bhor ~ she
said, quietly.
He looked at her keenly. He had
never heard her speak in that voice be-
fore
''The will speaks for ITSELF" he re-
piled, coldly; "and I must be permit
ted to interpret my responsibilities for
myself"
"And you want my answer now as re-
CARDS Mr.. Trumbull?" she rejoined.
"At once" he replied, decisievly.
"Then, sir. you may say to him." she
said, her own voice as cold as his, that
l would not marry him were he the
last man in the world--nor any other
man who does his courting with money.
And / will further say for your own en-
lightenment, that will marry no man
who is dishonored with your mercenary
favor"
Samuel Martin stared at her incredu-
lousy. He could scarcely believe the
evidence of his senses. Before he could
answer, the door bell rang. and in an
instant the hall door was opened.
Hush, not so loud" he said; "that is
Trumbull now"
81 have nothing to conceal from him,
and will say nothing to you about him
that will not repeat to his face" she
said, raising her voice.
He strode to the door and closed it
savagely. then turned to her with his
face livid with passion.
"Then you leave this house this day.
he said. 81 will harbor no such impu-
dent hussy for another night. / sup
pose you still have some hope of Turing
back into your net that reckless young
Hoyt Brisbane, who threw you over
last winter" with a sneer.
She flushed to the roots of her hair.
An overpowering anger took posses
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26

squares Environ with uprighness and beauty
will breathe these things their natural atmosphere
Its honesty should create
soil in which should be the normal flower
fashion decy the If made it. and
country that the nobes works those
which God cooperated God made the marbles of
Caara Pntecon made from them the Acopos at
Athens and the Moses of Michael Angelo
get together the natural impulse of humanity and is by
rubbing against fellows that the brightest fires of his
natural and inevitable growth the chief
has residents who not citizens
The modern citizens the sense who will
guard repue they do their honor citizens who will
and their strength promoting the higher life and foster
before appeal the heart and the
imagination something than of 1t
must be the center of age
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26
Sure Sign.

Wife-I think father must be enter.
ing into his second childhood.
Husband-That's right. I've noticed
lately that he is beginning to remem-
Der a great many incidents of his boy
hood days that never happened.-Cin.
cinnati Enquirer.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26
Solve Important Questions.

What is the use of trying to settle all
these industrial problems, asks the
Chicago Record-H Herald, before the
sweet girl graduate reads her COM
mencement essay?
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26
The Higher lCiUic Life.
Bv HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE
Author and Editor OF "The Outlook"

What an education in right living may be sup
piled by right government!
You will need to teach the boy fewer maxms OF
morality if he knows the city guards the water that
he drinks and that the fruit and meat and milk that
come to its markets above suspicion. You Will
need preach to the boy less often about neatness
if the ctys streets clean. You will bring up cit
liens with better notions of the true and good if the
skyline of the ctys houses is right archtecurally,
if grass is green the parks and if fountains and
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-06-26

Acocoa palm in full bearing will yield
as much as ten of nuts in q year.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-23
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind. dis
courages and lessons ambition; beauty, vigor
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-23
NOSES SCARCE IN NOME.
Ears, Toes, Fingers aud Legs
by Freezing.

Half the citizens of Nome, Teller
City and other far northern Alaskan
gold towns and camps are minus fin
gers. noses. ears. toes. feet and legs
This statement has been brought back
from the goldseekers' country by Hen
~ j. Dieter. who was one Of the first
10 enter Alaska, reports the Chicago
Tribune.
The gold seekers have paid high
price for the metal they have secured.
he saws. They have been so frozen
and frostbitten that their heads and
trunks are about the only portions Of
their bodies which have not been in
jured.
This prospector is of the opinion
that there Is hardly one entirely able
bodied man in the entire far northern
country. After hearing Of his own
experience one does not wonder that
The country is filled with cripples.
The disasters Of the winter Of 1900
killed all his companions. who were
located with him north Of Teller City.
Many we're lost in the billiards. some
died Of hunger. and many others sue
cumbed TO the severity Of the cold
During these days Dieter recorded
the temperature readings. The aver
age is 40 degrees below zero. He de-
vised a unique method Of determining
the extreme temperature. Mercury
froze at 80 degrees below zero. al 60
below his can Of kerosene would burst.
at - degrees below his bottle Of pain
killer. which every Alaskan prospect
OF cherishes would go 'pop." and when
the whisky turned solid he knew that
the temperature had reached the limit
Of erminafion--;hati Ii was SO degrees
below zero
Dieter tells one pitiful story Of the
killing Of one Of his companions anc
the iniuring Of another. The two set
ont on a three-quarter Of a mile jour
ney across the ice. They had scarcely
started when a blizzard swooped down
on them. They lost their way. being
unable TO see a foot ahead Of them
selves. For five weeks they wandered
about in the ice and snow. At night
they buried themselves in the snow for
protection. They ate the roots and
buds of reindeer moss. At last they
fen faint from hunger and exposure.
The older Of the two men died. The
Younger lost his reason. The dead body
and the crazy man were found by re-
lief expedition. but the survivor never
has regained his senses.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-23

grass 20 those bushes, then through
them TO the brook, and up into the
woods, and they'll never see us" said
Fred. He was cool as a cucumber as
he placed the muzzle of the weapon al
most at the brain of his sleeping vic
tim, and whispered:
"One-two-threei"
Then a crash! Mingled with the guns
awful report was the unearthly roar of
the most surprised squealer on record.
The pigs head appeared to be split
open and to squirt torrents of blood
as she stumbled toward the barn while
keeping up her internal noise. But we
didn't stop % view the remains. If any
boys ever skedaddled at more lively
pace than we did. history doesn't say
so. Frightened fails to express it. For
several days afterward the other fell
lows kept away from us, and we three
brothers were so well behaved that
mother asked father if he thought we
were sick.
Strangely enough. not a word was
heard about the murdered animal. Mr..
Eaton evidently hadn't mentioned it to
a soul. As a week rolled by, and moth
ing was said about the affair, we boys
quaked in anguish, sure that some de-
tective was secretly arranging our
capture. Our suffering was fit and am
pie punishment for what we had done.
We had by no means recovered our
composure when cattle show opened
in all its glory, and we boys went the
rounds in body.
Lets see what this crowd is over
there by the swine department." said
one. and away we went pell nell for
the point Of interest.
As we reached the pen, and looked
in. you could have knocked us down
with a feather. There was Farmer
Eaton's sow standing and looking
peacefully around. one ear happily
erect as usual. and a clean hole about
as big as a marble through the ear, and
through it was neatly tied the first
prize ribbonl
"Why. we thought you'd killed her.
Fredl" the boys all said, as soon as
we could get off by ourselves. You
certainly aimed right at her brainsl"
"Now. boys. don't be alarmed" an
swered Fred. in his superior way. ITS
true the gun was pointed at the pigs
brain. but It was aimed at her ear.
You forget that that gun shoots around
a cornerl really meant 10 make that
hole and mar the pig so she wouldn't
take first prize. Eaton didn't dare say
a word for fear the judges Of stock
would hear what had happened. But
the hole healed up beautifully and the
judges this morning were SO taken with
1t that they awarded the pig first prize
on the spot, and put the ribbon through
il as an earring"
"All's wen that ends we'll" and we
were glad enough to be safely out of
what we then saw had been a mean
act. and might have turned out very
serious one. We boys never went gun
ming for "big game" again.-Farm and
Home.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-23

Beatrice Terry, the little niece Of
Ellen Terry. played a childish part
in sara Crewe" in London recently
with remarkable self-possession and
grace and justified the expectation
that the traditions Of this remark
able family Of actors will be main
tanned BY a new generation. Her
voice is said 10 be clear and reson-
ant and she is said to have brought
tears to the eyes Of many spectators
by simple touches Of pathos.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-23

urine scalds the flesh or II, when the child
reaches an age when II should be able to
control the passage, It is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting. depend upon It. the cause Of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due TO diseased condition Of the
Kidneys and bladder and not 10 a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder tro-ble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect OF
Swamp-Root Is soon realized. II is sold
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sizes. You may have ..--svs3
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free. also pamphlet tell Home Of swamp Root.
ing all about II. including many of the
thousands Of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co.. Binghamton. N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but remember
the name, swamp Root, DIR. kilmer's
swamp Roo, and the address, Binghamton,
y. ", on every bottle.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-23
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and cheerfulnesS soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out Of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that il is notuncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. 1.-THE child urin-
ates too often. II the
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-23
LITERARY NOTES.
New England Magazine.

The opening paper, Little Rest, p
which is Kingston, R. l., is charming
~ written historical sketch by Philip
Kittredge Taylor; the illustrations are
as charming as the text. Clarence NJ.
Weed has timely nature study called,
"When Catkins Bloom" The second
part of 'Nature Love Among the Poets
of Ancient Greece" is by John Vance
Cheney, who always has something of
interest to say. An article OF note is
about "Life Insurance in New England, y
written by Henry Putnam. ''Hale Hous-
Farm" is an experiment with boys suge
gested by DR.. +. Z. Hale. Alice +.
tells capital story of SHOW Ebenezer
Entertained -
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-23
St. Nicholas.

This is an April number in all the name
suggests. We see ''Signs of Spring" in
verse and several rhymes beside relating to
April. mature Studiesn are also on the
affairs of spring. An article about athlet-
les will be read by the boys with profit, as
there are many helpful points given. 1t is
written by G.. w. orion, the noted athlete.
''fhe Little Brown Pitcher" is a true incl
dent of the Austro- Prussian war. "Ben"
is fine dog who protects himself from
three wolves. Another story of exciting
interest is "a Race and Rescue" by Ell
eanor Gates. Some excellent things are
said about books and realities in "Books
and Reading.n
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-23

when I fire. skip through The high