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Times-promoter., 1903-02-06
A New Novel Attracting Attention.

"Lionel Ardon," by Malcolm Dearborn. is
a new historical novel brought out by Dill.
llnGham q Co., in November last. 1t has
many points on which to commend it for
ITS superiority to the reading public. There
is, at present, such deluge of new novels
that when one can be picked out whose in.
tersst is SO intense and whose characters
are so we'll drawn like all productions of
true merit, it is soon placed in the first rank.
AT the time of the publication of this vol
ume We had the pleasure of favorably re.
viewing it, and we are pleased to note the
general appreciation of "Lionel Ardon" by
the American press. The following is from
the Boston Beacon:
I'm this book the reader renews acouaint.
ance with English history by means of a
story delicately conceived and very inter-
estingly told. The historical characters are
well drawn and the imaginary ones are true
to lie past or present. This is the first
novel to utilize the beautiful face and char
acter of Lady Jane Grey and she makes
very attractive part of the story. Lionel
Ardon from boyhood to manhood plays
worthily the hero's part. The book is very
strlklngly bound in dark blue and gilt with
decorative touch by the. outlines of the
rose and thistle in colors and two inverted
swords in white"
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06
WHITE MANS BURDEN.
Gev. Terrell OF Georgia Tells What he
Thinks of the Presidents South
ern Problem

| ern Problem.
| New York, Feb. 3.-Gov. Joseph M
Terrell of Georgia was the guest oi
honor at a reception and banquet Civ
en- tonight by the Georgia Society OF
New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria
Gov. Terrell, in speaking to THE
Empire State Of the North said in
part:
Georgia does not come to the peo-
pie OF this section as a self-appointed
preceptor in loyalty, but as a rightful
member OF a great and impregnable
union OF States. She comes as an in
dependent, self-respecting member of
the common sisterhood, giving brave
sons to the continued upbuilding Of
each call.
Withholding nothing from any in
ferior race that may be or that may
hereafter come amongst our people,
in the way of all essentials of life, lib
erty and property, and full need of
justice in all matters relating to their
well being, we should educate our
children in the great central thought
that the best and most enduring Amer
icanism is founded on the unyielding
rock of Caucasianism The best way
to add to our country's strength is to
inculcate lofty ideas Of superiority,
just as the surest way to encompass
our land in doubt, and strife, and
gloom is to encourage low ideas of
equality.
I'm the solution of internal prob
lens as they relate to a State or Sec
tion, the people more directly inter-
ested need intelligent sympathy, with
out interference, more tha1 they do
ignorant assistance, with prejudiced
intermeddling. 1t is better to leave
the adjustment of all social problems
to those who come into daily contact
with them. At this particular stage
OF the worlds history it seems a splen-
did time for all the States to relegate
the Pharisee and the theorist, and In
terest themselves in attending to their
own affairs while they watch with a
common patriotism the dangers that
may await America abroad"
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

The treaty recently negotiated be-
tween the United States and the gov
ernment of Colombia for the con-
struction of a canal across the 18TH
mus of Panama means more than may
appear on the surface. 1t proclaims
to the world that the United States
will be the dominant influence
throughout the western hemisphere.
This aspect of the affair will be
grasped in European chancelleries
earlier than it will be by the average
American.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

Plain speaking is demanded in the
present international crisis, and it is
the plain truth that Germany, more
or less strengthened by an unexpected
league with England, is directly work
ing to diminish American prestige and
to open the way for European in
f1uence in South America, in undenia-
BILE antagonism to the American pol
icy which forbidsl the European
powers to intermeddle in the affairs
of the western hemisphere.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06
FRISCO A WINNER.
Secures Passage of n Terminal Ordinance
In Now Orleans.

In Now Orleans.
New Orleans, La, Feb. Slate to
night the New Orleans city counci
rallied to the support of the Frisco
cut out the commercial exchanges
amendments, knocked down the Eden
born obstructions and passed the Fris
co ordinance as outlined by l.. S
Bergs ultimatum. Unless vetoed by
Mayor Capdeville this settles Vie mat
ter, and the Frisco gets its betting
terminals.
1t was early announced that the
Frisco system would not accept the
ordinance governing it's port termi.
nails, as doctored up by the CONNER.
clal exchange. This statement was
made fatty by y,..Ml1 MI Berg, the Frisco
repres scehasssaa5ttas ooeL delivered a Frisco
ultimatum to the special council COM
mittee, indicating that unless the
proposition was satisfactory to the
city, that the Frisco would pull out
and abandon it's New Orleans project
and would seek deep water terminals
at some other gulf port.
His proposition was that every rail
road using the belt road should pay
into the city lump sum, equal to the
amount expended by the Frisco, esti-
mated at 5000, 900.
Ihe ordinance as amended by the
commercial exchanges cannot and will
not be accepted by the Frisco" de-
clared Mr.. Berg tonight. "Its PROPOSE
tio1s are preposterous.
On top of all this President William
Edenborn of the Shreveport and Red
River Valley sprung another sensation
at the city hall tonight that was q ver-
liable bomb. The Edenborn people
practically offered to build public
belt road from Audubon park down
Henderson street on the river front
and hand it over to the city as a gift.
That for q time struck CONSERVATION
IN the camp OF the Frisco people.
Now the question is, who is behind
Edenborn and the Red River line?
There are powerful influences at work,
evidently aimed at the Frisco, and
New Orleans has become the battle
ground for mysterious maneuvers.
President Ede1born partially sue
ceeded in holding up the Frisco facil-
tiles by announcing that his line
would come to New Orleans. They
want equal privileges with the Frisco
President Yoakum of the Frisco
turned down Edenborn's proposition
to enter iato joint ordinance, alleg-
ing that the Red River Valley line had
no idea of coming here, and that it is
move to initiate the value of the prop
erty.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06
SOUTHERN APPROPRIATIONS.
Sums Set Aside for Public Buildings and
Fish Batcheries.


Washington, Feb. 2.-The sundry
civil appropriation bill for 1904 was
reported to the house this morning by
Chairman Cannon. 1t carries the fol-
I lowing among other items: Mobile
harbor, 100000; Tennessee river be-
low Chattanooga, Colbert and Boo
Tree shoals, by the construction of a
lateral canal, s350,000; Chickamauga
and Chattanooga Park, $4,000; Shi-
lob Park, $200,0O0; Vicksburg Park,
$4,000; Johnson City, Tenn, Noun
tain Branch Soldiers Home, $4,000
for current expenses and 100000 for
construction.
The following sums were made
available for public buildings hereto
fore authorized: Paducah, KY, $4o,-
600; Memphis, $175,000; Nashville,
$4,000; Greenville, 27,50O; Admission,
$25,0e0; Montgomery, $4,000; Selma,
$1S,750; Biloxi, Miss, $31, $50; Bates
vile, Ark, SIT 800; Fort Smith, Ark,
$17,500; Harrison, Ark, S17,500; Err
win, Tenn, fish hatchery, $4,000; Tu.
pelo, Miss, fish hatchery, s3,4S0.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

ease are sure to follow if the kidneys
are neglected. Read how to cure
the kidneys and keep them we'll:
Mrs. James Beck, of 314 West
Whitesboro Street, Rome, N. Y, says:
81 was troubled with my kidneys for
eight or nine years; had much pain
in my back; as time went on 1 could
hardly endure it; I could not stand
except for few moments at time;
I grew weak and exhausted; I could
not even do light housework, let
alone washing and ironing; I could
not stoop or bend; my head ached
severely; I was in pain from my head
down to my heels; centering in the
kidneys 1t was a heavy, steady, sick
ening ache; I could not rest nights,
and got up mornings weak and tired.
l thought was about done for, when
I saw Doan's Kidney Pills advertised
for kidney complaints, and got them
at Broughton & Graves's drug store.
Within a week after commencing
their use I began to improve, and
from that time on rapidly grew bet
ter. I used five boxes in all and was
cured. l have recommended Doan's
Kidney Pills to many others, and my
case ought to convince the most skep-
tical sufferer to give them a fair
trial"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. James
Beck will be mailed on application
to any part of the United States.
Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all druggists, price
so cents per box.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

BY the latest treaty to be submitted
to the senate the United States and
England will refer the Alaskan
boundary dispute, as far as the in
depreciation of the treaty of 1925
between Great Britain and Russia is
concerned, to a mixed commission of
six jurists, three on each side.
Neither country can lose its case by
this plan, except by the vote of one
of its own representatives. The trib-
unal will at least gather much valua-
BILE information on the subject.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

Fifty-six bank robberies are report
ed to have occurred in this country
during the last four months. Illinois
and Nebraska report seven each, In
diana five, Texas and Missouri four
each, Iowa, Kansas and Minnesota
two each, and New Mexico one. These
surprisingly numerous crimes suggest
a widespread bank-robbing organiza-
tion, and recent events tend to con-
firm the idea.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

A Vienna paper expresses alarm
about the construction of the Pana-
ma canal, and says: America will
soon be- the predominant world
power" Why should the Panama
canal do more harm than the Suez
canal? AS for American supremacy
it is already established in many re-
spects, and it is working to the adj
vantage of mankind, thought not of
royalty.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

Still another educator has found
something to criticise adversely.
Prof. Julius Goebel, of Stamford uni
versity, in a lecture which he deliv-
cred few days ago, found fault with
President Roosevelt's book, The Win
ming of the West" declaring that it
was written in partisan spirit and
glorified cutthroats, while the real
work of colonization of the west was
done by Germans, who would have
civilized and christianized the Indians
il the opportunity had been left to
them.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

Mexico's way of dealing with trusts
by suppressing them by executive de-
cree is appealing to the sense of the
proprieties in some Americans. That
mode, however, could hardly be ap-
piled in the United States. Gen. Diaz
can, with impunity, do many sorts of
things which President Roosevelt is
prevented by the law from doing.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06
The Department Must BE Glad.

Since David Observation-Disclosures.
ah resigned his office as postmaster at keo-
kea, Island of Maui, Hawaii, the fourth
assistant postmaster general has been un-
able to find anyone to take the office. David
of the unpronounceable name has been
holding down the office ever since Hawaii
was made territory, but some time ago
he got more lucrative employment on a
sugar plantation at three dollars a month
and left the government service, where he
received $24 a year. Mr.. kaphokohoa-
kimohokeweonah is said to be lineal de-
scendant of the famous King Kalitapokami-
kokiwealoha, who, tradition tells, was very
fond of missionaries IN. Y. Sun.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

Emperor Williams protestations OF
friendship for the United States are
appreciated, but not to the extent of
inducing Uncle Sam to submit to the
coincident smashing" of Venezuela
and the Monroe doctrine.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

There is more gold in Colombia
than has ever been found in Califor-
mia, says a writer from that country.
Dissemination of this kind of informa-
tion is the only means of starting
American capital and emigration in
that direction.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

A court-martial at Manila has ac-
quilted Maj. Glenn of the charge Of
killing prisoners of war unlawfully.
The most humane army in the world
is that of the United States, and those
who try to dispute it thump their
heads against a stone wall.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

On the I'd a bill was introduced in
congress to pension all soldiers and
sailors who served at least 90 days
in the civil war at the rate of $12 per
month, and all widows of such SOL
diers and sailors who were married
prior to June 27, 1890.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06
WOMEN SUFFER.

Hard to attend to
daily duties with o
back that aches
like the toothache.
A woman's kidneys
give her constant
trouble. Backache
is the first warning
of sick kidneys and
should ever be
neglected.
Urinary disorders
annoy, embarrass
and worry woman
kind. Dangerous
diabetes, dropsy d
and Bright's dis
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

Notice is given that the big ice COM
panies will be combined next summer.
1t must be said in justice to the trusts
that they never bear down upon the
public without giving ample time for
preparation.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

A daughter of Leopold, king of the
Belgians, has separated from her hus-
band because the family could not live
On $4,000 per year. Evidently the
head of the family must have INDUCED
in outside speculations.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

The waters of the gulf and lake OF
Maracaibo are fresh. In crossing the
bar commanded by the Venezuelan
fort the German ship left salt water,
which is another popularity connect
ed with "peaceable blockade"
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06
MALTA STRENGTH,
Returns Made to the Adjutant- General
Show That Our Army Can Num-
Der 1O,S53,300 Men.

Show That Our Army Can Num-
Der 1O,S53,30G Men.
Washington, Feb. 2.-Sccretary Root
transmitted to the house today an alb
stract OF the returns made to the ad-
jutant generals Of the various States
showing the militia strength OF the
States to be as follows:
Officers, 1921; enlisted men, 109,-
33S. The aggregate of persons in the
United States available for militia
duty is given as 10,853, 1896.
According to report the militia
strength of several States is as fol-
lows: Tennessee, organized, 1,735;
unorga1ized, 100000; Alabama, organ.
lied, 1888; nnorganized, 10000; Mis-.
sissippi, organized, 1,483; unorgan-
lied, 265,000.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

Judy-"Will We give me yer promise, Dem
mis-, that you'll love me roriver% Dennis
Sure, an Dim hardly of the opinion that
Gill lasht as long as that Richmond Dis
Patch.
Times-promoter., 1903-02-06

Mamma-"Don't be so selfish. Let your
baby brother play with your marbles lit
tie while" Tommy-"But he means to
keep them always" Mamma-"O, guess
not" Tommy-I guess yes, cause he's
swallered 'em!" !"-Phiadelphia Press.
New-York tribune., 1903-06-28
TREE DUELLERS.
Their Habitations To Be Repro
duced at ST. Louis.

There will be houses in the tops Of trees at the
ST Louis Exposition next summer They are
not TO provide places Of refuge for visitors IN
case Of another rise Of the MISSISSIPPI. nor are
they 10 portray ideal suburban homes for com
rruters The tree houses viii be exclusively for
E tribe Of FiIipinos. who are TO live in St Louis
,ust rs they 90 in the island Of Luzon-
Houses Of the type which Robinson Crusoe
built are found in several jungle lands, both In
Islands to the southeast Of Asia and on the
Malay peninsula Now and then returned
traveller tells Of these aerial abodes. perched on
the limbs CT trees, sheltered from sun and rain
BY thatches OF leaves and twigs, and connected
a. times with the earth by q bamboo ladder.
Il recent hunt after rhinoceros. Caspar
Whitney. Of this city. ran across such tree
dwelling people, who live to the north Of the
Straits Settlements. After considerable coaXing
he got within camera shot of the bravest Of
them None however, would come nearer to
him than twenty fest. and their favOrite way Of
viewing him was BY craning their necks from
behind tree trunks
The tree dwellers of the Malay Peninsula are
called Sakai by ethn0logists, and because OF
their long wavy hair and tree dwelling habits
they have earned the name Of "AbsaIons
among the English merchants Of Georgetown
who heard stories about them from Chinese
tra 5ers from the interior
The Sakal DO not I'VE IN trees because VI Oo-i
renience or for scientific reasons. They have
chosen this sort Of habitation 70 escape the wild
elephants the rhinoceros and other Wild beasts
which haunt the jungle. and which they are
unable 10 fight because OF their primitive
weapons Men and women are on the same
plane among the wavy haired jungle folk The
husband and wife share both toll and pleasure
They go hunting together. and after the chase
they divide the spoils The reason may Dc
found in the fact that the men are almost
EOmanly IN nature They are quiet and genue-
u physique also the Sakai man resembles hs
C-ate
New-York tribune., 1903-06-28

Courtship varies among the different tribes OF
the Sakai but in all il has the common barparlc
principle of a struggle One way for the sultor
to wiz his sweetheart is to pursue her around
an anthiIl- The racetrack is not more thah
four feet in diameter, with a high conical mound
of dirt in its centre. The prospective bride ana
bridegroom stationed on opposite sides. and
at given signal the race begins. The suitor
must catch the girl before she has run around
the cone seven times. or else the marriage is
postponed Indefinitely.
Among other tribes the two vie with each
other in a canoe race The girl has moder-
ate handicap and her admirer must overtake
her within certain distance or forfeit his right.
Still another method is that Of a wrestling
match. The girl is decorated with many colored
flowers and should she successfully resist her
lover for twelve hours she has the privilege
of saving her affections for another. Among the
Sakai however. as among other races, the girl
own personal preferences are an important
factor in the success or failure Of her suitor-
Religion seems to be species Of fear among
New-York tribune., 1903-06-28

these people. The wind Is the chief source OF
evil, in their minds. and they believe that it
brings them the lightning and thunder and the
hot rain" Diseases are evil spirits, according
to Sakai superstition. and TO transfer the SICK
ness to some tree or stone is to cause cure
While an English traveller was soJournlng
among the Sakai of the Upper Perak River
woman was suddenly seized with paroxysm
and fed screaming to the deep forest. few
bold persons followed. together with the head OF
the community They found the woman seated
on the ground moaning and writhng if in
acute pain. The chief Immediately dug up a
sapling and discovered that it had a pinched
root He pointed to the dwarfed fibre and indi-
Gated that it. too. had been the victim of de-
mon With the earth which he had dug up he
rubbed the woman's back, and then digging up
another saping applied still more dirt The
patient soon showed signs OF Improvement, and
New-York tribune., 1903-06-28

the warm friendship Of D. L. Moody for MI
scheIl which first attracted him to Mortified,
be being q trustee in the seminary and Mount
Herrnon school until shortly before Mr.. Moody's S
death. when be resigned Credit is due to Bruce
Price for the harmony Of detail in this hne
structure and also to E Maitland Armstrong
and Moffat & Hewitt for their suggestions and
assistance
MI ScheI although second vice-president OF
the New York Historical Society, honorary sec
rotary OF the Bowery Branch OF the Young
Mems Christian Association member Of the
Ardsley, St Nicholas, University, Metropolitan
and other clubs and having many other claims
upon his time, is never so happy as when at his
home il Mortified
New-York tribune., 1903-06-28

finally said she felt perfectly we'll The demon
had gone back to the root. according to the
natives belief.
Like the North American Indian. the Sakaa
has some notion of a hunting ground after
death He calls it the Island of Fruit" The
bodies of the dead disposed of i'll various
ways. Those who have been most in contact
with the Mahometan Malay and the opium
smoking Chinese Buddhist build soul house
on a high pole over the grave. As the SakA
man lives aloft in tree, so he thinks his spirit
must have an aerial home after death. TIT
soul house" is little three-cornered, tentlik.
structure made of leaves and twigs, with =
miniature ladder hanging down to the ground
and implements of the chase or of domestic life.
according the of the dead person, are
deposited beside the body. Other tribes simply
bind body to a tree. together with a few uten-
siIs and then desert that part of the jungle.
While they spend their nights aloft in their
tree habitatOns, the Sakai man and woman
spend their days hunting with the blowgun
This implement Of sport or war. as the case
may be, is hollow stick some six feet long
with a quarter-inch bore, and by a puff OF the
breath the marksman is able to send nine
inch dart into a bird. lizard, snake or monkey
sixty or a hundred feet away. with fatal pre-
csion. Snakes and lizards regarded as par
ticularly tasty to the Sakai palate
When fighting a foe the man with a bloWgun
poisons his dart, and dispatches the deadly mis-
sile into his victim from an invisible ambuscade,
In hours of leisure in counting sweetheart
the Sakai plays on flute. The blowgun
gives him such strong lungs that he can breathe
into this instrument with sOnorOus results
The Sakai is of a paIer skin than his neighbors
the MaIays or even the yellow faced China
man who trades with him Many, because OF
their unwarIike character. have been made
slaves of by Malays, and they search the jungle
for products which their masters sell to Eng
Iish merchants. They wear little more than
Ioincloth made of bark whose fbres have been
pounded out into d sort of fabric. Their huts
in the trees consist sometimes of only floor
thatch bound together with stubs Of bamboo
and fastened securely TO the branches; with a
sIanting roof OF the same material and mode Of
construction. Sometimes several families in
habit one tree with communal roof ever all
Should visitor call instead of ringing the
bell and riding UP in the elevator. he arOuses his
host with a YELL and then graciously climbs the
bamboo ladder that is let down for his con-
venience.
The Filipino tree dweer has by means the
gentle temperament of the Sakai of the main
land His favorite pastime is head hunting, and
his sky parlors'' adorned with the skulls of
his enemies. This tribe is called the Igorrotes.
and its three hundred thousand members equal
ling in number all the Indians of the United
The daily picket. (Canton, Miss.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-25
WE SAY FAREWELL,

The DAILY PICKET bids farewell
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field for the present, if not for
ever.
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by him nearly eighteen years ago.
Possessing great talent and the
advantages of a fine education, the
paper was most creditably con-
Quoted by him up to the time Of
his death in 1891. The older
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Assuming control at an early
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the responsibility, and but for the
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fastly through all these years |
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Yours truly,
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