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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
A Correction.

In publishing the official ballot
in Sundays paper the name OF
Judge J. VI. Wakefield as a can.
didate for reelection to the posi-
ton of Justice of the Peace from
this, the second district, was un-
Intentionally omitted from the
same. 1t is unnecessary to state
that the ballot will appear at the
polls tomorrow corrected and
that the Judge is candidate for
this position and is soliciting the
votes of his friends and will ap-
preciate the same.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

An excursion from Greenville
arrived in this city last Sunday
afternoon about two O'Clock. II
was composed of six coaches fill
ed with white and colored excur
siOnists, and they spent several
hours in this city viewing Colum
bus and the places of interest
here. They were an orderly lot
and no drunkenness or rowdyism
was noticed.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
From Wednesdays Paper.
Citizens Progressive LEAGUE.

! An enthusiastic meeting of the
Citizen 8 Progressive League was
held at the Court House last
Monday night. The purpose OF
the meeting was to discuss and
consider industrial matters pend
ing before this city.
The offer Of Mr.. Kavanaugh,
the New York manufacturer, was
discussed some time and it was
the consensus Of opinion that if
Mr.. Kavanaugh will visit this
city and show the people what
he has to offer that no trouble
will be experienced in interest
ing Columbus capitalists in his
enterprise. He has one of the
largest plants of it's kind in the
country. it is on a paying and
profitable basis and he is anx-
ious to bring it South on account
of the labor conditions in this
section and the advantages offer
ed in coal and raw material. Mr..
Kavanaugh will be invited to
visit this city and the people of
Columbus will have an opportu-
nifty of learning everything of
value in connection with this en-
terprise.
The matter of the location of a
spoke factory here was also dis
cussed and those who are at the
head of the movement were in
Yited to come and were assured
of every concession and favor
which the people of this city can
guarantee. Locations were dis
cussed and a number of available
sites were offered. This matter
will be heard Of again on the 10th
of this month when representa-
tives Of this concern will visit
COlum bus and examine into the
timber resources of this section.
The outlook for Columbus from
an industrial standpoint could
not be better and the location of
these enterprises here will mean
that many more will follow.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

The Board of Supervisors
should by all means provide a
cement walk in front of the
court house. The walk on the
west side Of this property is a
great improvement and the i'm
prOvement should be extended
to the front of the building. The
board has been progressive in
the management of county affairs
and, no doubt, will make this
improvement.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
AROUND THE CITY


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Phone US your orders. Mayo
& Weaver.
Tall graceful palms for deco
rating. Laws.
Roses, white and purple aster
blooms at Laws.
A nice line of water coolers at
Banks Hardware Company $.
Beautiful stalks Of tube rose
and galdiolus blooms. Laws.
Mr.. Irwin Kaufman is weIcom-
ed home from a visit to friends
at Meridian.
Mr.. Frank A. Rowan, of Ar
tesla, spent yesterday in the city
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry left Mon
day for a visit to relatives in
North Carolina.
Messrs. O. b. Locke, Drew
Foote and Burton Garfield are
campingat Kolola.
Miss Maud Thomas will spend
the month of August with Miss
Irene Robertson.
Thirty and forty foot fish
seines for sale at bargains. Cur
ry, Lipscomb & Game.
Dr.. and Mrs Walker, of Padu-
cab, Ky, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Crumbaugh in this city.
Miss Lizzie Vanzant, of Re
form, Ala, is visiting her uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Gunter.
Keep out the flies and mosqui-
toes with screen doors and win
dows sold by Banks Hardware
Company.
Plant your turnip seed now
and have early fall turnips. A
new lot just received at Curry,
Lipscomb & Gaines.
Mr.. Dewitt Harris, who holds
a responsible position with the
Southern Railway in Winston,
n c.. is home on a visit.
Ask for rebate check with ev-
cry cash purchase. We also give
Home Merchants ding
stamps. Chapman & Mayfeld.
Mr. J. T. Brent, Jr., who for
some time has been in Aberdeen,
Miss, will in future be with his
brother in the Columbus Press
ing Club. Mr. Brent is a young
man of thorough business quail
ties and will be quite an addi-
ton to the firm in which he is at
work.
Manager Ottley has cancelled
his engagement with Demopolis
for the series of games that were
to have been played here next
week, until after the election.
The people of Columbus are so
engrossed with political affairs
that they have no time for
pleasure, so there will be no
more ball games at the park I'M
til the election is over.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Mr.. Vivian Halbert, a son OF
Judge Louis Halbert, of Artesia,
has accepted a position to take
charge of the grocery depart
ment of Simon Loeb & Bros.
store and will begin his du ties
about the 10th. Mr.. Halbert is
one of the best young men of
this county, remarkably indus
trious and has hosts of friends
as well as the friends of his
father who will patronize him.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

A farmers institute for
Lowndes county will be held at
Caledonia on August 18th, at
which time representatives OF
the faculty of the A. & M. Col
lege will be present to discuss
various topics of interest to the
agriculturists. For the occasion
it is hoped that the people of the
northern section Of the county
will attend. There will be a din
ner and other attractive features
for the institute and it is hoped
that a large attendance will greet
If.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

The work of veneering the
white house building at the Col.
lege with brick was begun last
Monday morning and it will
be pushed until the building
is completed which will be done
in ample time for the fall session.
The white house will be used as
a dormitory room and it will &C.
commodate a large number Of
young ladies whose applications
for admission to this institution
could not be otherwise enter.
tanned for want of room.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
Short Items of interest.

Miss Maria Smith is visiting
her parents in this city.
DR.. R. S. Curry is out again
after a severe attack Of rheuma-
tism.
Mr.. w. D. Dowdle, of Millport,
was a visitor for a few hours last
Saturday.
Capt. E. S. Donnell's friends
are glad to see him out again af-
ter a severe illness.
Miss Florence Abrams, of Eu-
taw, Ala, is in the city the guest
of Miss Ida Eddins.
Mr.. Henry Humphries is
spending a few days in Crawford
before leaving for Ashville, N. G.
Mrs. r. NJ. Nickles' friends re-
greet to know that that she has
been quite i'll for several days
past.
Mr.. A. H. Pegues left yester
day for Arkansas. where he goes
to spend several weeks recuper-
ating
Capt Geo 2. Waller, one of
Crawford S leading citizens, was
visitor to this city last Monday
on business.
Mr.. Preston Gunter has re-
turned from a pleasure trip to
New Mexico. looking much i'm
proved in health.
Union Lodge No. 35. I. o. o. F.,
met last Monday night and init
ated Mr.. Howard holland, Mr.. e.
@. Grace and Mr.. Gordon.
Mr.. Tom Browning, the popu-
lar employee of the Southern
Express Co., is spending a
month s vacation in North Caro-
lima.
Mr.. Chas. G. MCGEE returned
home from New York last Mon
day and will spend several weeks
here with friends. Mr.. MCGEE
has enjoyed a singularly success
full season in New York and his
friends are pleased to welcome
him home.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
Cheap Excursion AUGUST 18th.

Round trip rate from Columbus,
Miss, to ST. Louis, $1,000, Chicago,
$500. Tickets will be sold for trains
leaving Mobile August 18th and will
be good to return leaving either point
Until and including August 81, 1903.
Apply to M. & o. r. r.. Agents for
further particulars.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
For Rent.

Five room cottage in rear of
my residence. City water and
elegant shade. Also small cot
tage southeast of Benoit's store.
Terms on application.
8-5-1m. JOHN r. MAXWELL.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Plump cheeks, flushed with the soft
glow of health, and a pure complex
ion makes all women beautiful. Her
bine imparts strength and Vitality to
the system, and the rosy hue OF health
to the cheeks. Price, soc. Curry,
LiDscOmb a. Caine
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
Cane To-.

An account of c.Etnge of route
the theatrical comi -. y booked
to play here the last TIL ee nights
of this week has cancelled their
engagement and Manager Locke
informs US that there will be no
performances as advertised.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Lisk ware is strong. durable
and guaranteed not to rust.
Very serviceable in kitchen and
dairy vessels. Sold by Banks
Hardware Com pany.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Delft enamel ware is neat and
clean and is unsurpassed for the
kitchen and dairy. Sold only by
Banks Hardware Company.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
For Rent.

The CASTOR house, two blocks
north of M. & o. depot. Seven
rooms. bath, etc. Apply to
.8-5-1m r. E. CHEATHAM.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Many friends throughout the
county will regret to learn that
the home of Mr.. w. p. Halbert
at Caledonia was darkened by
the shadow of death last Satur-
day when the spirit of his daugh-
ter, Miss Viola, took its fight
into a better world. Miss Hal
bert had been in bad health for a
long time and her decline culmi-
mated in a case of typhoid fever
which resulted in her death. She
was seventeen years old and her
untimely end is the cause of in
finite sorrow to those near and
dear to her. The funeral was
held on Sunday afternoon, the
interment occurring in the
Rowan grave yard. To Mr.. and
Mrs. Halbert and the family and
friends The DISPATCH extends
its heartfelt sympathies.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06
Cash for Cigar Bands!

II. Osborne the Druggist, win pay you
the highest cash prices for BANDS from
Cigars of the following brands: Creme.
George w. Childs, PremiO' and Jack
son Square. "
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Buggies and har sail
kinds at right prices. Banks
Hardware Company.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Misses Imogie Moody an d
Margie Gardner have returned
from a pleasant visit to relatives
out of town.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

DIR. Taylor Henry, one of the
promising young physicians of
the section east of this city, has
decided to locate in Tuscum bia,
Ala, and has gone to his new
home.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

Watermelons right from cold
storage. Telephone your orders
to Silberberg and they viii be
filed.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-06

DR.. w. w. Westmoreland and
daughter. Miss Margie, return
ed last Sunday from Ashville, N.
c., where DR.. Westmoreland has
been attending the National Den
tai Association.
The Washington times., 1903-03-08

known that in those levels the temper
ature changes hardly at all from winter
TO summer AT six miles, where the
feathery mares tail" clouds float, it
is eternal winter, and the wind blows
often at the rate OF 200 miles an hour.
As one ascends from the surface OF
the earth the thermometer goes down
L degrees per mile. and the density OF
the air is halved for each three miles
Of the ascent. One-haIf OF the atmos-
phere is below the three-miIe level. and
its density at ten miles is only one
ninth OF what 1t is at the surface. The
temperature at ten miles is So below
zero. and at twenty-five miles is prob
ably 600 below. At fifty miles il must
be near TO the absolute zero OF space.
the temperature OF the dark side of the
moon. which is 461 degrees below the
zero OF Fahrenheit.
Observing stations have been estab-
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later. in France, Croce- SpinelH. Swell
and Tissandier got up in a balloon to
within !, 600 feet OF the same level. and
the first two died for lack OF air. But
the final achievement. which as yet re-
mains unequaled. was that of Dr. Ber-
son. in 1893. who, with the help of
tank OF oxygen. nearly attained the six
mile level. where the highest clouds,
supposed 10 be composed OF snow crys-
tails OF ice crystals, float. He found the
OF "a degrees below zero.
Cold in the Upper Regions.
There is no telling how high the
Weather Bureaus sounding balloons will
go before they burst. but it is confident
ly expected that the Instruments they
carry will record many facts OF value
to science in regard to conditions Of
temperature. etc. in the upper
levels of the atmosphere. 1t is already
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venturous men have risked their lives in
trying 10 make their way as far skyward
as possible most perilous kind Of en-
terpUise, inasmuch as the thinning OF
the air makes breathing difficult at three
miles above sea level. and a little fur
Their on no human being can survive for
any length OF time Up TO date only
very few individuals have succeeded in
passing the four-mile limit.
The famous EiHeI Tower at Paris,
which is probably ten times as high as
the Tower of Babel. is the tallsst struct-
ure ever erected by human hands. at
tanning an elevation OF 1000 feet A kite
has been down from Blue Hill. near Bos-
ten. at height Of mile and three
quarters. The highest place permanent
ly occupied as a residence by human be-
ings is the Convent Of Hanle. in Tibet.
-. 800 feet above the sea but the village
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FEEDING THE PRESS.

presses. and under the guidance of Mr..
CleaveIand and others. a few adult
blind people from different parts of the
country were taught. and became sue
cessfully engaged in printing. folding
binding. stitching. and trimming papers.
books. pamphlets. and all kinds of work
done by fully equipped job printing Of
fees. The work done is not only fully
equal to that of seeing employees in other
Offices. but superior to the average per-
sons employed in a job printing Office
There are thirteen regularly employed
blind printers in the Institute. but TWEEN
ty-fve could be occupied by the present
plant.
The employees lose no time at their
work on account OF their misfortune
One seeing them at the printing presses
would not realize under what difficulties
they toll. The theory that those void OF
sight are useless, is apt to be shaken, il
one would pass through the rooms of the
institute. Blindness may be a misfor-
The Washington times., 1903-03-08

1T is generally known. says the
1 "Matin, -" OF Paris. that the arst sub
marine boat was invented by Fulton
but Il was generally thought also that
there was nothing practical in. the fam
Gus Americans invention This was an
error. as shown in two recent publica-
lions from a retired lieutenant OF the
French navy and from NJ Fontin, the
librarian OF the ministry Of marine, at
Paris. The latter. after a careful pc
rusal Of the archives az his disposal
quotes several official reports from wit
nesses OF the performances OF Fulton's
submarine boat and concludes by say
ing. with Lieutenant Duboc, above men
toned that THE submarine OF one hun
dred years ago presented very nearly
The principles adopted In modern SUB
marines aud also In the Whitehead
torpedo. The Nautilus OF Fulton ac-
complished feats such as none Of our
submarines have yet cared TO attempt"
The American. supported by the great
savans Monge and Laplace had TO fight
against the bureaus Of the marine 0f-
fee. against the minister Admiral De-
ores, and against that ass. the First
Consul. wno then missed his fortune. .
meaning by this the certainty Of cross
The Washington times., 1903-03-08

The next best record is held by E. A.
Fitzgerald who in 1897 conquered Mount
Aconcagua tz2.422 reeu. in Argentina
which is supposed 10 be the highest
summit in the Western Hemisphere.
Mount Everest. in the Himalayas is
Ave and a half miles high, the Ioftiest
peak on earth. and more than mile
higher than Pioneer Peak. One may as
sert with confidence that it will never
be climbed, inasmuch as no human be-
ing could survive for even a few min
utes on its summit Nevertheless.
men have gone as high as that.
and even higher-in balloons. In
1862 two enterprising English aero
nauts. Coxwell and Glaisher. reach
ed an altitude OF five and a half miles
in balloon aad managed TO descend in
safety. though both OF them became un-
conscious and nearly died. Ten years
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six meters and a half Iong and two
meters and a quarter wide. went down
the Seine 70 Havre using a screw
moved by hand. The boat went down at
will. through the Introduction Of a Ger
tain quantity Of water; it went Up again
through the expulsion OF the liquid bal
last with a pump. Later he adapted
at the bow a screw with horizontal
blades. which allowed his boat TO main
tain itself in a constant level There
were other improvements. Fulton knew
the depth in which he was. thanks 10
kind OF barometer registering the
weight OF the corresponding water
column. The position OF the enemy was
observed through a cupola having ports
and raised just on the level OF the wa
ter The crew was composed OF three
men. captain included. They could stay
under water with two lighted candics"
theoretically during six hours and prac-
tically three hours. To blow up vessel
the Nautilus went underneath IL and
sent into IL a barbed harpoon to which
was attached a torpedo placed one hum
dred meters backward The submarine
boat had mast and a sail. for bs
progress on the surface. and they coalG
be drawn inside the vessel in a few mo-
ments, owing TO an ingenious me2han-
ism
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tune. but II is truly, after all. not ''liv-
ing death"
In this country there are forty-six in
situations for blind children. There is
only one institution for the adult blind
the one in Washington. Mr.. CIeaveland
hopes that the Columbia Polytechnic
Institute will be an example 10 each one
Of the States. and that before long in
stitutions OF the same character will be
established in all parts OF the country
The failure OF Congress at its last
session TO make an appropriation recon-
mended by the District Board OF Chart
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Wonderful Work Performed by Sightless Men and
Women-They Print, Bind, Fold, Stitch, and
Trim Papers Without the Aid of Vision-Work
Equal to That of the Most Ski11ful ~ ~ ~

A y INSTITUTION which is the
4 ou'srow'n of an effort of pro-
grcssive and successful blind
persons to rescue less fortunate fellows
from a condition Of dependence and neg
lect was incorporated in the District OF
Columbia on the 18th day OF May. 1900.
This institution is known as the Column
bia Polytechnic Institute and # has its
humble quarers at 1908 II Street north
west.
II was organized for the purpose OF
accomplishing for the blind adult in
this country what similar Brit
ish and other foreign associations
have accomplished for their blind.
Adults made helpless by blindness
through accident. who are compelled to
see their families left destitute. their
children bound to strangers. they them
selves in all probability sent to the
poorhouse, are employed in the Column
bia Polytechnic Institute. furnished with
employment, and make and maintain for
The Washington times., 1903-03-08

lshed on high mountains, at levels too
far aloft for continued residence. and
in such places seIf-recording instru-
ments have been placed. operated by
cIoekwork. which register from hour
to hour the temperature, moisture, and
velocity OF the wind such automa,ic
stations. which are visited at regular
intervals for the purpose Of rewinding
the clockwork and changing the record
sheets. have been set up on Mount Blanc
ana on tbs summit OF the volcano OF FL
Misti. in Peru. There used TO be a sta
ton on top Of Pixies Peak. but il was
abandoned a few years ago, owing to the
difficulty OF maintaining II.
A French Experiment
Heights lar exceeding even the alti-
;Jde attained by DR.. Berson have been
reached by free balloons carrying auto
matte Instruments One of these. the
AcroPhile, VAS sent up in France sew
cral years ago. and. as shown by the
barometer, il its basket. got up as high
80 w AAAANS abpNN inc NLAAhtt % ANt
earth. or course. # had no human
freight. A similar balloon. the Cirrus.
was iiberd-ed at Berlin, and attained an
elevation OF eight and one-half miles.
the THERMOMETERS carried registering .
degrees below zero.
All Of he seas and other waters on
the earth were once upon a time part OF
the atmosphere. being held in suspen-
sion. but win the cooling OF the crust OF
the globe much Of the moisture became
condensed. The ancients supposed that
many kinds of strange monsters dweIt
in the ocean OF the air. All Of the spirits
are air-dweilers. OF course. as many good
folk honesty believe that the aerial
auid is full Ct such beings Originally
the spirits were physical creatures. sol
id and able 20 be touched. II caught.
and to this day the Australian natives
have periodical hunts. in which they
catch the spirits. afterward eating them.
But in these modern times the corpo.eal
attributes OF the spirits have vanished.
and only their shadows remain. boating
unseen in the mysterious realm OF the
empyrean.
The Washington times., 1903-03-08

When a boss bullyrags you he's trying
to see If you're worth while being nice
to. II a boss says your work is bad. and
it is. try TO better il: II IL isn't. resign.
If you want to get an interest in the
business. take an interest in il.
The more your boss talks 10 you when
you first take the job, the less he'll talk
10 you after while.
II the cashier sees you taking home
pocketfuI of lead pencils at night you'll
find he'll lock the safe when you're
around,
When the other girl begins 70 gossip
about the firm. she's talking right into
the private Office. Every office is fitted
with wireless system. and the co-hear-
er is on the desk of the boss.
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Of San Vincent, in the Bolivian Andes.
Is only 500 feet lower. II is observed
that dwellers a such attitudes are al
ways physically weak. the atmosphere
at 5000 feet being of only one-haIf the
normal density and supplying an insult
cieut amount OF oxygen to the lungs
Peru's Lofty Railroad.
The highest railroad in the world-in
Peru-carries the passengers in nine
hours from the level OF the sea TO two
and a half miles above it. and most peo-
pie who take the trip find no little dis
comfort in breathing. though they have
not been Obliged to exert themselves in
any way. Up 10 the present time the
loftiest point on the earth reached by
human beirg is Pionacr Peak in the
(nearly 22OC0 feeD. which
was ascended in 1892 by W. NJ. Conway.