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Times-promoter., 1903-01-23
Vigorous Old Age

Paine's Celery Compound makes the old
feel young, and cures their ills. 1t has added
years of health and enjoyment to many life.
Use this great medicine regularly, and its invig-
Grating powers will fill your declining years
with health, strength, and happiness. Read
what George F. Morse, 81 years old, writes:-
WELLS & RICHARDSON Co.,
Gentlemen Just word in favor OF
Paine's Celery Compound, hoping it may catch
the eye of some afflicted person, and they
may receive the same satisfactory benefit
Some IS years ago | had combination of
malaria, chills and fever, and grip, which con-
tinued for a year or more; meantime lost in
weight about 90 pounds, trying different medi-
cines and doctors with unsatisfactory results.
Paine's Celery Compound was recommended,
and, after using little began to improve,
gaining about pound week. In a year l
had regained so pounds of the lost weight and
good health, and have been we'll man ever
since. Yours truly, GEORGE F. MORSE.
LEoN1INsTER, Mass, Oct. 27, 1902.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23
Now is the time to announce.
Tendency of the Times.

The tendency of medical
science is toward preventive
measures. The best thought of
the world is being given to the
subject. It is easier and better
to prevent than to cure. 1t has
been fully demonstrated that
pneumonia, one of the most dan
gerous diseases tnat medical men
have to contend with, can be pre-
vented by the use of Cham ber-
Iain's Cough Remedy. Pneumo-
MIA always results from a cold or
from an attack of influenza grip,
and it has been observed that this
remedy counteracts any tendency
of these diseases toward pneumo-
MIA. This has been fully proven
in many thousands of cases in
which this remedy has been used
during the great prevalence of
colds and grip in recent years,
and can be relied upon with i'm
plicit confidence. Pneumonia of
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

ten results from a slight cold
when no danger is apprehcnded
until it is suddenly discovered
that there is fever and difficulty
in breathing and pains in the
chest, then it is announced that
the patient has pneumonia. BE
on the safe side and take Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy as soon
as the cold is contracted. It al
ways cures. For sale by all
druggists.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

For perhaps the first time in
the history of the state d Mlssis-
sippi grand jury has indicted Il
party Of lynchers. Court is now
in session at Kosciusko, and the
grand jury has indicted a number
of men who shot two turbulent
negroes to death near Ethel a few
months ago. Some of the men
have been arrested and will be
tried, but the greater number
have left the county. The ne.
groes, it is stated, were guilty
only of reckless talk and impu-
dence, and the killing was con
demned by the, best people of
Attala county. The action of the
petit jury in charge of the case
will be eagerly watched by the
public.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

to medicine and surgery, or to
giving advice TO fellow practi-
tioners when they are wrestling
with a newly-discovered disease
designated by a sesquipedalian
name, but ranges through all
fields of human thought with an
agility possible only to one entire
Iy free from anchylosis of the ar
ticulations.
No pent-up Utica his powers imprison;
The boundless universe is his'n.
He opines that what the democ-
racy needs todayis some one to
"take it back home.' AS the
doctor belongs to the Palmer and
Buckner school of alleged demo
Gratis, it is easy to surmise what
he regards as the true democratic
fold. The democratic party is
notquite ready to accept the politi-
cal panaceas of those who deserted
it in the hour of battle, and the
doctor will have to find another
patient.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

Mark Twain was interviewed
recently by a young newspaper
reporter who wanted his views on
the coal situation IN the north.
The veteran humorist replied
that his opinion would not look
we'll in print; that it could only be
expressed by dashes and excla-
nation points and left to vivid
imaginations for Interpretation.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

A lively scramble is being made
for District Attorney Hills job
in the Fourth district, Mr.. Hills
term will expire March frsl, and
on the fourth of that month he
will take his seat in congress.
Neatly every young lawyer in the
district and a few of the old ones
will enter the race for the covet-
ed position, which will be filled
by appointment.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

DR.. Jay Jay Lawrence, editor
of the Medical Brjet, has under
taken to prescribe remedy from
his political materia medica for
what he evidently regards as the
pre-senility of the democratic
party. He is now having sent
out to the country weeklies two
editorials that appeared in the
January number of his journal
for the Information and Edifica
ton of Everybody Although
publishing medical journal, the
doctor, who is a sort of universal
genius, does not confne himself
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23
THE MOVEMENT FOR STATUTORY
PROHIBITION

On another page we publish
the call issued some weeks ago
to the prohibitionists of the state
for IL mass meeting to be held IN
jackson Fec. 18th to begin an
active movement for state pro-
hibition law,
As before stated in these col
umns, we do not believe this a
wise movement, and in taking
this view we 40 not side with the
liquor forces, but simply favor
the present law instead Of the
one proposed. Prohibition itself
is not the real issue, "but the issue
is the best means of promoting
the cause of prohibition, for it is
safe to assume that the ma jOrity
of the voters of the state are pro-
hibitionists. The strongest argu-
ment made in the call is in favor
of the present local option law.
Only twelve counties in the state
now have the licensed saloons, in
ali the rest they have been driven
out by local option. Aud when
the people of the remaining coun-
ties want the saloons to 60 they
can close them. That this is
more than the state could do has
been demonstrated in Maine, Kan
sas and Vermont. The statutory
law would have TO he enforced
by local officers. If the ma ijority
Of the voters of a town or county
wanted liquor sold they could
elect officers who would cOnnive
at the laws violation. This is
what they do elsewhere, and it is
not reasonable to suppose that
Mississippi would prove an ex-
ception. If q county cannot be
depended on to settle the saloon
question, it could hardly be de-
pended on to enforce law it did
not want.
Prohibition has made great
progress under the present law,
Il progress highly gratifying to
it's adheronts, and we believe it
unwise to attempt u change.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

Congressman A. F. Fox, of the
Fourth district, is said to be
''seriously considering entering
the race for governor. This would
make two candidates for the
same state Office for West Point,
the home of Fox and Judge Critz,
The town of StarkvilIe in an ad-
joining county has candidate in
the person of ex-Attorney Gener
al Nash. East Mississippi may
not be represented IN the guber-
Material chair, but she will be in
the campaign.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

The trial of Phil A. Rush, of
Senate bia, for his part in the
treasury scandal is now dragging
its slow length through the court
ut Jackson 1t will be Il relief,
not only to those responsible for
the treasury shortage, but to the
public as we'll when this matter
is finally disposed of.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

The Dostoffice at Indianola is
still closed, and the president and
postmaster general do not seem
to care when it is opened. The
matter has been brought before
congress and a delegation of rep,
resentative citizens from Indiana
la, now in Washington, will likely
appear before the committee hav.
ing it in charge. A spirited fight
is looked for when the incident
comes up for discussion.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23
For Sheriff..
For Superintendent of Educa-
ton.

we are dULHOTIZtU 10 dIIIlUHIICU
r. E. L. MORGAN
AS candidate for Superintendent Of Educa-
t!on, subject to the action Of the county de-
mocracy.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23

In Paris the other day occurred
the funeral of a Frenchman who
believed that he could divorce his
soul from his body and have them
united later on. The spiritual
essence failed to return. to it's ten.
ement of clay, probably having
found a more congenial abode.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

Neighborhood news and short communica-
tions on topics Of local interest are desired.
No room for poetry. Formal obituaries. No
tices Of pay entertainments, cards OF thanks,
and resolutions of respect will be charged
for at rate of two cents per line OF seven
words each. Count your words ana remit
when you send in manuscript.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23
Bridge Notice.

In accordance with an order of the Board
of Supervisors Of peSoto county Miss, made
at the January term, 1908 the said Board
will, on Monday February . 1903. let at pub
lie outcry the contract for building bridge
over hurricane creek, fourth section Oak
Grove road. The board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids. Done by order
OF the Board.
T. r. MAXWELL, Clerk.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23
Nonresident Notice.

W. V. Wooten VS.. Mrs. Charlotte G. CheathaN
ct al. No. 2791.
State of Mississippi to Mrs. Charlotte G.
Cheath am Memphis, Tenn:
You are commanded to appear before the
Chancery Court of the County of DeSoto. in
said State. ON the 1st Monday OF February
1908. to defend the suit in said Court of wv.
Wooten wherein YOU are defendant A pro-
ceeding for foreclosure of yender's lien etc
T. r. MAXWELL. Clerk,
By f. B. Maxwell, ID. &.
S. A. Wilkinson and J. 2. Edmonson. Soils
for ComplainantS.
Times-promoter., 1903-01-23
PRINTER WANTED

A first class aIl'round printer
eau secure II position with this
paper. Write stating terms and
experience
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
John Bull is Disgusted.

1t would be difficult to pick out any
act in modern times that has been more
distasteful to the nation than the CO.
operation of the British with the Ger
man fleet in blockading the ports, bonn
harding the forts and capturing the
ships of the hapless, bankrupt republic
of Venezuela. We do not think that the
national dislike Of the Venezuela bust
ness is due to dfstrust or jealousy of
Germany. 1t is ascribable, in our judg-
ment, to that anxiety not to drift into
quarrel with the United States which
has become an obsessiOn, an unfortu-
nate obsession, of the British mind,
and also to a ahame-faced feeling that
the power and majesty of Great Britain
are being used for wholly dispropor-
tionate end. The cracking of nut by
Nasmyth hammer is amusing rather
than impressive; and there is a Turk
ing notion that we have been seduced
by the earnestness of the German en-
peror into making ourselves slightly
idiculOus.-Saturday Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
Call This Man Down.

A word to the presiding officers Of
farmers Institutes Enforce a time
limit on the persistent, driveling, wan
dering speaker who is simply stuck on
the sound of his own voice. These fell
lows destroy the interest and strangle
the life out of such meetings. Invite
something from the many rather than
let the time be monopolized by the few.
Glass meeting Institutes are always
good ones. Because a man sits still in
the audience it is no sign that he does
not know and cannot tell something of
much interest and value to the audi
ence. The very best things brought out
in these meetings are the personal and
practical experiences of successful men
Of the community where such meeting
is held.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
Living Close to the Soil.

The advanced cost of the products of
land is very sharply calling attention to
the old truth that the closer a man
lives to the soil the better he is off. The
tendency has been of late years to get
away from the soil, anywhere, any
business, as far removed from it as pos
sible. If the needs of the food which
the soil produces could have been also
gotten rid of it would not have mat
tered so much, but do what we will the
Old problem Of something to eat is be-
fore us all three times a day 365 days
in the year. When a man entirely cuts
loose from the soil, he becames at once
dependent. AS an illustration of what
we mean We give the bill of fare of
meal, and this particular meal is only
q type of many which, on the writer's
own table, invited and precipitated a
discussion on this line. The -four of
which the bread was composed, the
coffee and the condiments were not
produced on the farm or in the gar
den, but everything else on the table
was-meat, butter, eggs, all the veg
etables, fruits, pickles-a list of choice
food products which, had they been
bought, would represent large slice
of a good salary each year. Then the
absolute wholesOmeness and purity of
such food produced at home count for
a little-the heaping painful OF straw
berries just fresh from the garden, the
fresh laid eggs, the Jersey cream-a
pitcherful. When man has to buy
these things, only the few can afford
such literally. Then, better than all,
is the daily consciousness of being able
to do it all yourself, the feeling of in
dependence realized, and the resulting
development of all the better side of
one-nature in the doing of it. The typ
ical American home of the coming
years will be one where all this may be
done, where man will still retain his
God ordained connection with the soil,
to his benefit both mentally, morally
and physically.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
SIvE ME THREE GRAINS OF CORN
MOTHER

Give ME three grains of corn. mother
Only three grains of corn;
1t will keep the little life I have
Till the coming of the morn.
[ am dyvlg of hunger and cold, mother
Dying Of hunger and cold;
And half the agony of such death
My lips have never told.
1t has gnawed like wolf at my heart,
mother
A wolf that is fierce for BLOOD
All the livelong day, and the night beside,
Gnawing for lack of food.
[ dreamed of bread in my sleep, mother,
And the sight was heaven to see;
woke with an eager, furnishing lip,
But you had no bread for me.
How could look to you. mother
How could look to you
For bread to give to your starving boy,
When you were starving, too?
For I read the famine in your cheek,
And in your eyes SO Wild
And felt it in your bony hand,
AS you laid 1t on your child.
The queen has lands and gold, mother
The queen has lands and gold;
While you are forced to your empty breast
A skeleton babe to hold
A babe that is dying of want, mother,
AS l am dying now,
With a CHASTITY look in it's sunken eye,
And famine upon it's brow.
What has poor Ireland done, mother
What has poor Ireland done,
That the world looks on and sees us starve,
Perishing one by one?
Do the men of England care not, mother
The great men and the high,
For the suffering sons of Erins isle,
Whether they live or die?
There is many a brave heart here, mother,
Dying of want and cold,
While across the channel, mother,
Are many that roll in gold;
There are rich and proud men there,
mother,
With wond rous wealth to view
And the bread they fling to the dogs
tonight
Would give life to me and you.
Come nearer to my side, mother,
Come nearer to my side,
And hold me fondly you held
My father when he died;
Quick, for I cannot see you, mother,
My breath is almost gone;
Mother! dear mother! ere I die,
Give me three grains of corn.
Amelia Blandford Edwards.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
The Red Cross Mix-Up.

While it is deeply regretted that the
Red Cross society is involved in scan
dial, no one will for a moment believe
that Clara Barton kas been other than
a dupe in the discreditable transactions
which are charged. Miss Barton is 76
years of age, and is feeble in body and
mind. Naturally, she has fallen under
the control of three or four men who
have handled all the funds collected for
Galveston, Martinique and elsewhere,
and have not accounted for them. The
vice president of the Riggs National
bank, in Washington, will not longer
receive contributions or honor checks.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

traordinary patience 1t also consists in
writing few letters or numbers with
the hand and foot. but in this case the
letters are to be written in the normal
direction by the hand and in the OPP
posite direction or backward by the
foot, and it is precisely herein that
the great difficulty lies.
Those who desire to try this expert
ment need not use either pen nor pen
Gil. Just let them draw letters of large
size on two sheets of paper and then
see If they can move hand and foot
over the lines simultaneously but in
opposite directions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
Too Much Luxury in Living.

There is great tendency in the pres
ent time toward eager pursuit of luxu-
rious living. Every man seems strain
ing every nerve to Guido someone else
in snowy appearance. He builds his
house, not for comfort and convenience,
but to have it cost more and make
more imposing appearance than his
neighbor. Dress, furnishing equipages,
style of living or giving of entertain
ments are all based upon how they will
strike other people rather than what
will crafty ones own personal tastes.
If we would have more real founda-
ton to our prosperity as nation we
need to seek greater simplicity in our
lives.-Milwaukee Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

Is said, can be quickly and easily
cleaned.
The device consists of rod, which,
by means of a hinge Is divided into
three parts of unequal length. The
longest part corresponds 20 the length
Of an ordinary bottle, and the two
other parts correspond, respectively, to
the diameter of bottle at the bottom
and to the length of the neck. The three
parts are covered with rubber, and, as
they are hinged, they can be moved in
any direction.
When bottle is to be cleaned it is
first partly filled with water, then the
rod is thrust into 1t, and as soon as it
reaches the bottom the lower part
spreads out, and thus reaches any sedi-
ment or other dirt that may have gath-
cred there. Meanwhile the middle part
of the rod has also spread out so as to
cover the rest of the bottle and now all
that remains is to turn the rod few
times and then to pour out the water
and dirt.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

among his tribe He was able to drive
out evil spirits and cause sickness to
disappear from the body; in fact, he
was supposed to possess supernatural
powers.
A special burial custom was given
the shaman. The body was removed to
some distant and lonely spot, where
together wis his dancing paraphernalia,
the body was wrapped in a mummylike
fashion in cedar bark mat, and placed
in a. bOxlike Enclosure. 1t is the belief
that the bodies of medicine men do not
decay like others.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

Graves of Alaska shamen or medi-
cine men, are seldom seen by the aver
age traveller in that country. A typical
burial place of this mysterious and
fraudulent parsonage was found recent
ly at an old abandoned settlement of
the Haida Indians, called Kliquan To-
Gated on the Prince OF Wales Island,
southeast Alaska.
Here, in former times, entirely iso-
lated from all contact with the whites,
lived a band of Haidas, who practiced
all their ancient customs. The shaman
was pow erful and conspicuous man
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
DIFFICULT WRITING.

It is easy to write with the hand, and
after considerable practice one can
learn to write few letters or num-
bers with the foot. Try, however, to
write two or three letters with the foot
and hand simultaneously and you will
find it extremely difficult. Yet, if you
practice long enough, you can in time
learn to do it.
Here is a feat which, according to
those who have tried it, is practically
impossible, though few admit that it
may be accomplished by persons of ex-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

These mirrors were made in 1872 and
were the property of George oss, a
signer of the declaration of :. epend-
nece. They were found in his descend
ants house in Lancaster, Pa, by
Charles H. Barr, the famous antigua
r1an OF that place, the man who dis
covered the John Paul Letters" said
to have become the property of Mr.. j.
Pierpont Morgan for the sum of ST.
900.
Mr.. Barr values the mirrors at $500,
because they are "Girandoli Independ-
ence" mirrors, and as such are very
valuable.
The curious part about them is that
the mirrors instead of being fiat, like
all ordinary mirrors, are convex, and
yet are so scientifically made that they
do not distort like the convex mirrors
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

one sees frequently in crystal maze"
They also magnify to such an extent
that one can see the texture of his coat
at distance Of 10 feet away from
them.
Glass manufacturers today say they
cannot make mirrors like them be-
cause the manufacturing secret is un-
known and the means Of doing it is a
lost art.
The mirrors are AZ inches from top
to bottom and the convex glass is 18
inches in diameter. The frame is heavy
mahogany, beautifully carved and gid
ed.
After the Declaration of Independ-
ence everything was ornamented with
the American eagle'-that's why
these are called Independence mir
rOrS -
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
As He Thought.

Saphead-We should be good friends.
We are so congenial in many respects.
Miss Pert-Indeedi
Saphead-Yes, we-ah-both think
alike, you know
Miss Pert-Oh! Mr.. Saphead, do you
really consider me so slow?-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

liz llCClC hCWoPcpOi WILL
an, who had seen much of
the world, was having a
very joyous bridal tour,
and was seeing more of it.
Not satisfied with that,
she insisted on leaving the
Pullman, one certain
morning. and travelling for
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
The Repeater.

Jim-Would you call a man who
steals another mans funny stories or
his plots and uses them a literary
thief?
James-No; would call him a Sec
ond-story man.-Baltimore Herald.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

Old pastures can be greatly improved
by an early spring disking and the
sowing of a little medium clover or
them. Blue grass on certain soils Of
ten gets hidebound, and nothing is sc
good for it as to rip it. all to pieces. II
can't be killed by such treatment, but
is always benefited.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

Everything in the cellar will keep
better if the temperature can be kept
just above the freezing point. Most
cellars are kept too warm and are too
poorly ventilated. When potatoes be-
gin to sprout, you may know that your
cellar is too warm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

Two cars Of lemons en- route for the
East were caught in blizzard. One car
was got out and run into a roundhouse,
where the lemons all froze; the other.
left on the track, was buried up in
huge snowdrift, and never a lemon
frOZe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

Alfred Austin, the poet laureate OF
England, has written a play concern
ing the battIe of Flodden Field for Beer
bohm Tree. 1t is announced that Mr.
Tree will present the drama at His Ma.
jesty's theater after the run Of Tol-
stoi's Resurrection"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09
EARN
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Copyright, 1901, by J. S. Trigg, Rock
ford, Iowa.)
Correspondence Solicited.

Canada's spruce forests will furnish
the printing paper for America for
years and years to come.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

Women are retaining some of the
abandoned farms of the Eastern states
by converting them into poultry and
fruit farms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-04-09

1t is much easier to train well bred
horse, dog or boy than scrub. Good
breeding implies superior intelligence.