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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

The bishop of London has no fewer
than 142 livings in his gift. There are
altogether $40 benefices in the dio-
cese, and 1,147 clergy.
bronze tablet was recently un-
yelled in the German hospital of Phil
adelphia, in memory of John d.
Lankenau, the philanthropist, who
for 80 years was president of the in-
stitution.
At the present rate the British gov
ernment soon will cease to be Eng
lish. 1t will be composed of Scots
men and Irishmen. The present
prime minister is a Scot; so is the
leader of the opposition, the chan
cellor of the exchequer, the attorney
general and the secretary of the
board of trade. The lord chancellor,
the solicitor general, the secretary
for India, the foreign secretary, the
war secretary and the chief secre-
tary for Ireland-all are Irishmen.
Joseph Jefferson once had a sort Of
valet Or factotum who was fairly sat-
isfactory except that he drank. No
one could ever catch him taking q
nip, however, and William always
swore solemnly that he was teeto-
taller. One day Jefferson saw him
staggering into the house by side
door. He sent for the man and said
severely: William, do you now deny
that you are drunk?" With accus-
toned earnestness the man answered.:
"Miz' Jeff'son, I'm worse'n that. I'm
drunk's lord" In telling this story
Jefferson says: "Now, what could L
do? William proved himself a truth
full man. He was with me for years
after that"
The lord provost of Glasgow, whose
Office corresponds with that of mayor
in this country, told at dinner re-
Gently how he was clipped" by an
American sightseer. A party of tour
lists from the United States were
viewing the splendid municipal cham
bers in Glasgow and were especially
enthusiastic about the great marble
staircase. The lord provost happened
to .pass and offered to guide them
about. While doing so he gave them
some interesting information about
the rise and growth of his interesting
city. AS he was leaving one of the
Americans quietly slipped half dol
lar into his hand. The provost had
not recovered from his amused as
tonishment until the Americans left
the building
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
THE MEN WHO Toll.

There are 142 union barber shops
in indianapolis, Ind.
Iowa records show 720 local unions
in the state, with membership OF
$4,000.
Unemployed union members i'll the
British government engineering
trades were recently estimated at
SO per cent.
During 1902 sa,ess men were en-
ployed in the mines of New South
Wales, Australia, as compared with
36615 men in 1901.
The annual report of the Inspector
General of the British army, which
aas just been issued, confirms many
previous statements that the phys.
ique of the British working class,
from which the bulk of the recruits
must always be drawn, is deteriorat-
ing.
Three hundred newsboys met re-
Gently at Toronto, Canada, to form a
union. They propose to protect them
selves against increase in the price
of papers, cutting Of rates, etc. The
boys will wear a union button, and
will serve notice on various news
papers that boys who cannot produce
the badge must not be served.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
THEY SIT ON THRONES.

Tire king of Denmark, who Is 81
years old, is one of ten children, of
whom three survive. The average
age of the ten is nearly II. The late
queen was one of five who averaged
IS years. Their descendants occupy
or will occupy the thrones of Great
Britain, Russia, Denmark, Greece and
Baden.
The shah of Persia does not wish
the public to feast their eyes on the
beauty of his wives. When his nu-
merous sp9uses go out for ride or
a stroll, troop of attendants pre-
cede them at distance of a few hun
dred feet, shouting: NRuR and hide
yourselvesi" Pedestrians and all
others then scamper indoors.
Victor Emmanuel of Italy is quite
a little fellow, but more than once he
has shown himself to- be man of
dauntless courage At one time when
holding the rank of colonel in regl-
ment of artillery he was interested
with the testing of new cannon. He
proceeded to the trial field aceompan-
led by several officers of rank and the
inventor. At the first shot the huge
engine of destruction exploded near
the breech with a terrible crash and
the panic-stricken men fed precipi-
lately Not so Victor Emmanuel, who
did not stir an inch, but, turning with
an amused smile to the frightened
officers, reassured them chaffingly:
''No danger now, gentlemen" he SAID
calmly: ''you should have fed before
the explosion"
Prominent among the king of Por-
tugars varied tastes is an English
passion for sports of all kinds and 1T
is known that once when duke or
Braganza he entered the ring to face
a bull with points unbated;" that
is to say, not padded as is generally
the case in Portugal as distinguished
from Spain. One of the ladies, of the
court had dared the duke to face
bull with it's horns unguarded and so
he entered the arena in the Spanish
manner-incognito, though every one
knew who the bold banderillo was
Unfortunately the duke slipped and
fell, but. starting up before the bull
could charge again, he ran for the
barricade and cleared it at bound
just a moment or two before the in
turia ted animal splintered the wood
work with it's horns.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
FISH COME. WHEN CALLED.
curfous Species Brought by New
York Naturalist to This COun-
try from Asia.

Otto Eggeling. naturalist of New
York, has finally succeeded in import
ing from Asia the first specimens of the
curious fish known as the anabes ever
brought to this country, says the
Times.
The special peculiarity of the ana bes.
which inha bits the streams of interior
India, is that it travels for miles on
land in search of water when the
streams are dried up.
Lovers of aquariums have for years
endeavored to secure specimens of this
fish, but without success, as they al
ways died in transit, especially when
in the vicinity of the Suez canal, ow-
ing to the intense heat.
Mr.. Eggeling conceived the idea of
placing the fish in earthenware vessels,
containing sufficient quantity of
water-soaked earth, and two months
ago he corresponded with friends in
India, who secured several fine speci-
mems and shipped them. The fish ar
rived last week, and when the earthen-
ware pots were opened, the earth
therein was found perfectly dry and
the fish were in a lifeless state. Several
hours after being placed in water, how
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
ODDS AND ENDS.

The chemical forces are nearer
akin to the vital forces than to the
physical forces.
An offer has been made by the
Hamilton and Lake Erie Power COM
pany to the mayor of Toronto to de-
liver 10000 horsepower of electrical
energy in Toronto at $40 per horse.
power per year.
With an iron wire telephone con-
versation cannot be carried ON at a
distance exceeding $50 miles; but
with compound wire, consisting OF
q steel core surrounded by copper, it
can be carried on very well over a
distance of 1000 miles.
Sweden's railway department re-
ports that the experiments liz the
substitution of peat for English
steam coal on locomotives have
proved a success. The best results
have been obtained by mixing peat
with coal. Such mixed fuel will there
fore be gradually introduced on the
Swedish railways and great indus
try be created in the country. s.,
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
CURTAIN CALLS.

All the boxes in the Imperial opera
house, Vienna, have just been renum-
bered because no one would use those
numbered s'13.'
Seats are dearer at the Paris opera
house than in any other European cap
ital, in spite of the fact that the state
gives the building rent free and an
annual subyention of 6 80, 1000.
Emile Waldteufel, the waltz writer,
though an old man. still composes
large amount of dance music. Over 500
waltzes. polkas, mazurkas and other
dances have been written and pub
lished by M. Waldteufel.
1t is said that Patti wrote to an
American song writer asking for new
ballad. In prompt response he sent
her copy of his latest composition,
which bears the somewhat opposite
title of s.The Last Farewell"
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22

ever, they came to life. and are now as
well as ever.
These fish are beautifully marked,
and when the light strikes them at GER
tain angles their whole bodies assume
all the colors of the rain bow. They ay-
erage about two and one-half inches in
length. and, unlike other fish, breathe
through the lungs instead of the gills,
thus enabling them to live on land.
1t is said that the anabes can be
tanned as any domestic animal, and
come when called to, eating food out
of ones hand These fish have what
might be called 'crawIers" Oh the low
er part of their bodies, thus enabling
them to travel over land.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
A WESTERN SHOWER.

Good rainfall here? Wal. purity fair.
We reckon that We git our share.
Sometimes it S moist Last month, one day,
When / was haulin' in my hay.
Along bout noon 1t started III
A-Hghtnin' an a-thunderiE'.
The clouds piled up SO black an high,
Twas jest all clouds; ther' wa no SKY.
We heard q rumbin' an a roar.
An then the rain began ter pour.
| hollered out ter Jim, my son.
Ter lower the muzzie of his gun
He took it out ter shoot a bird
/ hollered, but he never heard.
1t rained into that muZzle sich.
1t split the blame thing at the breecn.
My cabin stood on risin ground:
The flood came roarn' all around.
1t bust the fastenin's of the door.
Then riZ an filled the lower floor.
1t poured into the chimney-seat,
An squirted up three hundred feet
I'm keerful not to overstate-
The pressure there, you see, was great.
Oh, it was damp tell you. pard
We had barrel in the yard;
The bung an both the ends were OUT
That barrel was a waterspout.
1t rained into that bung, my friends,
Eastern t could run out both ends
/ like ter see man exact,
An stick ter truth an solid fact;
An so tell folks fair an square,
The rainfall here is purity fair
Byron f. Marsh. in Youth companion
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22

where the tall grass waves, and the
flowers grow, and the dark woods are?
would like to, mother" he would say,
in earnest tones and with his black
eyes shining brightly.
And she would laugh and kiss the
boy and say they would go there some
day, surely. But after he was asleep
the tears would come, and she would
look at her two chubby hands, rough
with hard work and shake her head,
saying: only bread can j get for my
Maso-no country. no flowers. All, if
only my Bernardo had lived be might
much" And then she would think of
the rich woman's offer, but never with
thought of giving up her boy.
But one dreadful winter day a
trouble which seemed to paralyze her
heart with terror came to the little
mother. They brought her boy into
her from the street, where he had been
playing, and he looked SO white and
limp, her heart stood still. But no, he
was not dead, they said, but he had been
hurt; a horse, heavy wagon, the
wheels had gone over his body, and he
was stunned and insensible.
The good and kind doctor who min
istered to all the poor ones in the dis
trict came in haste, and after eXamln-
ing over and over the apparently life
less little body. gave to the poor moth
pr and the anxious friends who were
with her, his opinion.
Yes. he thought the boy would live,
he might get we'll, but he could never
be right, he feared, he never could
walk again. There was an injury to the
spine-the spinal cord was affected by
it. There was little hope that he coulG
ever be right. Yes, there was one hope.
Just one. There was great doctor
and he was in this city now, who per-
formed a very wonderful operation In
such cases, and had cured many, who
almost never failed. But, and the
good man hesitated to go on. as II he
did not want to say what he thought
next.
But what, what is it." cried half
dozen voices, and the mothers pale
face and anxious eyes besought ham.
with more eIoquenee than words, to
speak.
"It COSTS he said slowly, "a great
deal of money"
The cruel force of the words he had
hesitated to speak came home to them
all. Money. great deal of money,
and they. if they had but their daily
bread were, perforce, satisfied, If not
content.
The gall and wormwood in the
thought were not new to their taste.
1t was no new thought to think that
if little Maso was rich mans boy he
could get well. but now, he must take
his chances of life as fate might deal
them out.
Gradually the people who had filled
to overfiowing the little room dis
persed, and gradually the sobs OF the
poor mother became quieter, and the
numbness that succeeds mental agony
was a respite TO her.
And then the instinct which nature
planted deeper than all others IN
human hearts, came to her help-the
mother instinct to do something, to
fight on still, for her child, for his life
And as she turned her thoughts now
in this direction. now in that. of a sud-
den the thought of rescue sure and GER
tain came to her.
The beautiful laGy-she had said to
remember her if the boy needed
friend. and now, and she glanced at
the little still form on the bed, he
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22

hands could not get for him.
The lady loved him and had asked
his mother to give him TO her and she
had refused to do it then. But now
YES. she would go and tell her about
him. and if he could be made well again
she would give him up, she would give
him to the other woman for her own,
always.
She went quickly to prepare for her
Journey across the big city. and, as she
ALWAYS did when trouble came to her,
she knelt for moment IN the little
room at her shrine, rosary and
plaster image of the mother who had
piyen her son t o save all mankind from
suffering. No words moved her lips,
her prayer, like her grief, was too
deep for words. Only in her heart were
the words, Mother of God, help me,
help me-"
And so she went out into the busy,
noisy, jostling strets; going to her su-
preme sacrifice.
And so on the next day little Maso
was carried away, lying white and still
as he had been since his terrible hurt,
in the hospital ambulance, and after
month there he was taken into the
country to his new home, which would
finish the successful work begun by the
great doctor, and make the roses to
bloom in the pale cheeks and the bright
ness to come again into those dark
eyes.
The two little rooms over the store
nIljpt now.
No noisy boys shoes came tramping up
and down the stairs, countless times
day No loud and happy voice calling
| to mother. No boys caps and toys
| to make the rooms always dlsorderly.
| All. no, only a quiet, little mother, cry
| ing out her grief to her baby Waking
each morning to try and bear bravely
| her burden, which seemed too heavy
for her, each night going to her rest
| with a heart yearning for her boy, and
| a prayer to the Holy Mother to make
| him well and strong and keep him safe
| from harm.
| And so the weary Gays dragged into
| months and the chill fall days came.
| Almost year since the day he had gone
; away and she had not sc him since,
| though several letters had told her OF
| his fine recovery.
She had lost her piumpness and her
| cheeks were not rosy now. There was
| look in her face that told of suffer
| ing. long and unrelenting suffering, and
| a palor like that Of i'll health, that
comes to those who have ceased to
smile and to be happy. She sat hold
ing her baby to her bosom one day, as
| she sat every day now.
Oh, how still it was. Always so quiet
| now. Always to be just this quiet way,
| for he was gone. But bark! that sound
| is like his step. How many times she
! has seemed to hear it. just as now. But
| it is step. 1t comes to the door, and
| YES, she almost holds her breath, the
door opens and it is in truth her boy,
| her little Maso. The sweet smile is in
his ewes as ever, but there is a tremor
about the lips.
He walks straight to her arms and
| for a few minutes no sound is heard
| in that bare little room. Then the boy
says:
.Oh, mother, it was so beautiful. The
| country is more beautiful than you
| can think of, but--you see" with a
manly attempt to smile, and a boyish
| tug9ing at the button on his cap, Il
| Il thought l would come back. 1 like
| the country, but there wasn't any you
| there
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
She Need. the Money.

al wonder If al women are hckIe 2"
asked the old bachelor.
..If they are all like my wife they
are.,' replied the man with the hair
less pate. .I'm afraid to leave my
money in my pockets at night, owing
to her fondness for change.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
THE SUPREME
SACRIFICE = =
By MARGARET DE LONG.
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Copyright, 1903. by Daily Story Pub. Coz


"0H, NO, madam, 1 could not give
YOU my child. not eyen--no, not
even though j know you could do many
things for him that | could not-that
[ never can," and the quick drawn
breaths, and the scarlet spots on the
cheeks of the pretty Italian woman
told of the fullness of the mother
heart.
He is all have now, he and the baby
sister. but he puts the gladness INTO
my heart, as it was when was a girl,
he gives TO me again in his Laughing
eyes, my home. My own Italy, my
sunshine aud flowers, and am young
again with my Bernardo and my baby
Maso, and oh. so happy, and the trouble
and the black clouds, L forget them
when my boy is with me.
And then she broke down and the
tears came in dowEpour.
1t was strange scene-the two
women in that tiny, neat back room
over one of the stores on Desplalnes
street. 1t was the Italian part OF the
city. and very poor were all who lived
woman IN the soft dress and the long
rich cloak, looked Il creature OF an
other world, as in reality she was. She
rose quickly and impulsively placed
both her small gloved hands on the
shoulders of the little Italian mother.
"Oh, don't do that she said. Il can't
bear to leave you. l did not mean TO
/ hn
too. very much, and--and he has tai
ents, and / would love to do for him
as if he were my own, and he could live
all the time in that dear country which
he loves so well, with the trees and
the hills.
She looked out Of the window and
spoke again, softly, as if to herself
"And you know [ shall never have
one of my own-a little child, to love-"
The other woman raised her head
quickly.
"Ah, / am sorry--so sorry for you
but you have so much, you are so
rich, you can buy anything you wish
Il have only my boy-that is why God
sent him to me-"
The tall fair woman sighed gently
and turning away, she said, "Yes, that
is why he sent him to you and not to
me- Good bye. If you should ever feel
differently, if your boy should need a
friend, you will not forget me?"
'I could not do that" ,"spoke the other
woman simply.
There were tears in both the black
and the blue eyes as the tall, soft
gowned woman kissed the round baby
cheek and clasped the mothers hand
Down the narrow stair and to her
waiting carriage she walked, and only
her eyes bent upon the ground before
her gave token of her bitter disappoint-
ment. But up in that little room the
mother drew sigh of relief as the car
riage rolled away.
The labor which the poor woman
had sold to the rich one had brought
them together, and then the boy, a
child of rare beauty and unusual sweet
ness, had been from the first a strong
bond.
Maso and his little mother saw no
more of their beautiful lady," as they
called her, for she had gone far away y
for the winter.
s.Do you think | will ever see the
country, mother, and. those fields
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-05-22
v;ct,m of Hi. wealth.

Wealth proved the ruin OF young
man in Lorraine. A relative left him
100. 900 francs. Fearing that he would
lose the money, he always carried it
with him. In a few weeks ne became
insare, made frs of the na.es and
then blew out his hrsi.ss.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-13
BITS OF NEWS.

A clash between the house and the
senate over Cuban reciprocity legisla-
ton is believed to be almost certain to
develop.
One hundred nonunion miners near
Knoxville, Tenn, Were attacked by union
men. placed on a train and forced to
leave town.
Charles C. Goven, accused of embez-
zling $4,000 from Henry Botsford, of
Chicago, surrendered at Portland, Ore.
He had % cents left.
Russia and Germany are said to have
signed convention for an alliance, Of
fensive and defensive, if Great Britain
supports Japan in the far east.
A German post at Usibis, Africa, was
captured by natives, and the garrison
massacred. A post at Keetmanshoop,
defended by 60 white soldiers, also sur
rendered
A sensation was sprung in the United
States Shipbuilding trial when it was
shown that d. lie Roy Dresser violated
the New York banking laws in floating
the enterprise
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-13
AGREEMENT NEAR AT HAND.
Report from Berlin Says RussO-Japan
Difficulties in Far East viii
Soon BE Settled.

Berlin, Nov. 9-The negotiations be-
tween Russia and Japan have so far
advanced that it is officially stated
that the announcement of a settlement
may be expected soon.
The terms of the agreement are not
disclosed here. 1t is only reported
that friendly adjustment of the diff
ferences between Russia and Japan is
now as good as reached, and that all
prospect of war has disappeared The
foreign Office, having this knowledge,
has received the Vienna report, that
the car and Emperor William have
signed far eastern alliance, with
smiling incredulity. The officials here
say it is one of those idle inventions
that follow any meeting of sovereigns.
No such agreement has been signed. Ger
many's interest in the far east is re-
garded as being of too slight char
acter to justify her in even contem-
plating war in any eventuality. Rus
STA could offer no consideration, now
or in the future, sufficient to bring
Germany into war with Great Brit
ain
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1903-11-13
REPORT ON GINNED COTTON.
Census Department Issues a Bulletin
Figures Show Considerable
Decrease.

Washington, Nov. "a bulletin is
sued by the census bureau Saturday on
the cotton ginned from the growth Of
the present year up to October IS places
the amount at 3,S39,627 commercial
bales, as against 5,925,S72 bales ginned
up to the same date last year.
The complete returns on production
for 1902 showed that 53.5 per cent. of
the total crop had been ginned prior to
October 10 of that year, but that per-
centage of the ginnage prior to October
Is of this year cannot be known until
the final report for the year is made
Meantime two other reports were sub
mitted, on November Is and December
Is. The statistics for the present year
were collected by 631 local agents, who
found that 27,723 ginneries had been
operated prior to October IS, while to
the corresponding date last year 29, 314
ginneries had been operated. The only
comment made in the bulletin on the
falling off of this years production is
the following:
''In comparing the statistics of the
two years due allowance must be made
for the different conditions of the two
seasons"