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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28

BY schoolyard where the children played
| paused awhile to see;
Among them was a little maid
Who sweetly glanced at me.
While others laughed and raced and
danced
With many graceful air.
She stood aside alone and glanced
With glad eyes at them there.
Her face was beautiful and sweet,
But, hapless little one,
She stood on twisted. withered feet,
That ne'er were made to run.
] thought OF Gods mysterious ways.
And watched her where she stood:
! wondered ii she gave Him praise
And deemed Him wise and good.
Her playmates joined their hands ere long,
And. hedging her about,
Danced round her with a merry song
And many a happy shout.
! saw her clap her hands, her voice
In gleeful accents rang:
She had the courage to rejoice
With those who danced and sans
left them where they gladly played
A sweet voice seemed to cry:
"While she can laugh. poor little maid,
Why should you ever sigh?"
IS. l.. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
SHARKS FOR SOUP.
TerrOrs of the Sea to BE Turned to
Account in a CONNER
cial Way.

Commerce proposes now to ConVerl
the sharks of the Bay of San Juan del
Norte, in Nicaragua, into factory
products, says late report.
Americans have been led by the
vast number and size of the sharks
down there and the case of catching
them into studying possible uses fo4
the monsters, and they find that there
is lot of money in sharks. Indeed,
there is hardly part of the brute
that cannot be utilized for something.
Shark fins furnish a jelly that
makes a delicious soup. There is an
excellent market for it wherever there
are Chinese, and if it were once of
fered as an American product it might
not be long before Americans and 9th
ers would relish it as much as the
Chinese do now
The livers of the sharks produce e
clear oil that is very valuable, being
in great demand for watches. clocks
and fine guns. 1t is held in almost as
much estimation as the oil obtained
from porpoise and dogfish liver, which
is the finest animal oil there is
The skin of sharks is of a beautiful
FURNISHED gray or blush color. 1t
looks like finely grained leather, be-
cause it is full of tiny prickles, all set
one way. Under the name of sha'
green it has a variety of uses.
Even the bones of sharks are useful.
The backbone is in constant demand
by walking-cane manufacturers. The
teeth and jawbones are salable to col
lectors and tourists.
When the American business man
gets after the sharks in the Bay of
San Juan del Norte there will be dis.
may in the tropical fish world. for
the natives have left the monsters
practically undisturbed for centuries,
and the result is that from Greytown
north and south the sea is thronged
with sharks of all species, ranging in
sizes from two feet to Is feet and even
more.
Among them are the swift blue
sharks, the savage striped tiger
sharks, spotted leopard sharks, hid.
eous hammerheads, threshers or
swingle tails, the immense, but lazy,
basking sharks, which often grow so
large that they have been mistaken
for whales.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
ANIMAL CHARACTERISTICS.
Some to Which the Emission of NOx-
iOus Odors Is a Means OF
Protection

That tae strong edors emitted By
many living creatures may play pro-
tective role in their lives has been
often suggested" said an attendant at
the ZOO to Washington Star man.
"a considerable number of animals, as
is we'll known, emit strong odors, which
are generally unpleasant, at least to man,
and naturalists have often considered
these odors as playing an important part
in the biology of the animal. The odor
protects it, and serves to drive away GER
tain enemies. 1t is certain, for example,
that the skunk, whose disagreeable odor
is so strong that it remains from au-
tumn to spring in place where one Of
the creatures has been killed, is very
generally respected by carnivorous ami
mails. But some other odors are hardly
protective 1t is true that they then play
another part. They constitute a Sec
ondary sexual characteristic, often linn
tied to one sex by which the males and
females find each other out at the mating
season, and which disappears when this
is over There are some moths that eX-
hale an odor of musk, only the males
have it, and these only at the mating
season. An Australian duck emits a
marked odor which is restricted to the
male and is strongest in spring.
''But with many animals there are
strong odors that seem to have no sex
ua, character and to confer no particular
protection against other animals. In ad-
dition it would seem that other odors at
tract enemies. Grows seem to have
special liking for insects with strong
odor. Certain birds have taste for
those myriapods that exhale a marked
odor of prussic acid. Perhaps we must
conclude from these facts that the tastes
of animals, so far as smells are con-
cerned, differ sensibly from ours"
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
Went Inspection in Germany.

An illustration of hardship resulting
from the new German meat inspection
law is given by the consul at Bremen.
The charges on 20 barrels of boiled pig
liver were: Examination, SIS; chem
ical examination, s14.40; examination
for trichinae, $69.s5; duty, $122.24;
total, $224.47. The livers were worth
STA. The case being appealed, the
secretary of the interior held that
these livers weighed less than 8.S
pounds each, and the new law prohib-
tied their importation absolutely.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
TheGir1 With
the Flag
By MRS. GEN. GEORGE E. PICKETT

Copyright, 1903. by Daily Story Pub. Coz

7 HE long lines of infantry had
swept up through the green val
leys of southern Pennsyl, anla and
were weariedly marchj1 G northward
to battlefield somewhere, no man OF
them could have told where. They
only knew that they were tired and
footsore and hungry, and the rich
green fields they had passed had
brought no comfort.
A young soldier took off his ragged
cap, wiped the spiration from his
face and looked over at a little cot
tage with it's encircling vines. IL
made him think of another little cot
tage across the lines, where the vines
had embowered his childhood.
AS the head of the column came op-
posite the house girl ran out from
the open doorway to the front OF
the portico. She had a United States
flag tied around her as an apron and
she stepped upon a chair that the
whole army might see it and waved 1T
defiantly at the approaching troops.
The leader looked around appre-
hensively. Some of his men had come
from the most frightfully devastated
part of the south. How would they
take the sudden defiant presentation
of the banner under which that ruin
had been wrought? With a swift,
graceful movement he wheeled his
black battle horse out of line, lifted
his cap, bowed to the warhke maid
and saluted the flag she bore. He
turned to the advancing men, waved
his hand. and every tattered cap was
lifted and each man as he passed
saluted the enemy's colors. The
leader rode forward to his place and
the long line moved on.
''She is little fighter" thought
the boy who had waved his cap to
her. Il should like to have her for
sister. Only if she were my sister
she would wave but one flag"
He sighed, rem embering the lonely
cottage under the magnolias.
I'm love again, by Jove," said the
older soldier who marched beside
him. Hi, boys! What do you think :?
Shivers is in love with the little
Pennsylvania amazon"
''Shivers is always IN love" said an
other. Hes the victim of chronic
affection. Do yol. remember how he
fell in love with the guerrilla's S
daughter and came near b. ing shot
for a spy? Some day Shivers will
have fatal attack of love and Gen.
Lee will quit lying awake nights try
ing to keep at the head the army,
in the light of Shiver's increasing
military fame"
military fame, indeed!" growled
a rugged veteran. "AI the fame Jack
Shivers will ever get will be for
writing verses and singing love songs
with guitar accompaniments."
All the while they we've marching
on-they who dreamed of home and
love. they who professed lofty
scorn for sentimentalit es, and they
who went silently to the field where
nm a cause was to die.
On the morning of the third poor
lack Shivers was cne of the sc who
Law behind the low, long hill and
looked eastward into the space be-
tween two ranges of fire-crowned
neaks. A man was crouched down
beside him with his hand resang on
his shoulder. Neither spoke, but
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
EARN for the waits.

Commander Booth Tucker, of the
Salvation army, has purchased 10
acre farm near Spring Valley, N. Y,
and will turn the place into summer
retreat for ailing children and moth
ers from the crowded districts of New
York city. About $50 persons can be
accommodated there when proposed
Improvements have been made.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
The Union Forever.

Lady-But you promised to cut some
wood.
Weary-Ma'am, told you / wus q
union man, an jest noticed dat dat ak
wus made by a factory wot employs
nonunion labor.-Chicago American.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
Camel Meat.

Some of the Partisan restaurants
serve camel's flesh. The meat tastes
similar to beef, though white like veal
The hump is considered great deli
cagy by the Arabs.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28

The Corean government has ordered
that all Coreans, without regard to rank
or class, should not wear clothes except
of q blue or dark color.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
Differences.

Singing is great art" said the mu-
sic lover.
occasionally" answered the morose
man with some people it's an art,
and with others it's merely habit"
Washington Star.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
Way Some Debaters Have.

Cmith-Jones is very convincing de-
batter, isn't he?
Brownies; he never stops till he
has convinced you that he is wrong.
STRAY Stories
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
Tonic Effect of Sweet Smells.

The tonic effect of sweet smells is so
great upon certain persons that GER
tain nerve doctors advise the scenting
of the hair And, where patients suf
fer from headaches and great depres-
sion of spirits, it has become prac-
tice to scent the locks thoroughly
every day-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1903-08-28
Of Course

What prevents the ocean from
overfiowing the land??' asked the
teacher.
cts tide, came shrill voice from
the tail of the class -Phiiadelphi
Record.
Evening journal., 1903-03-23
nriherrIn rsIections.

Bribery In elections is an ancient If
not an honorable custom. This is shown
in the case of Shrewsbury, England.
An extract from Parry's "Parliamcnts
and Councils of England" Of a case Of
bribery, with its punishment. In 1871
shows how long the pernicious custom
has been in practice; "Thomas Long, a
very simple man and unfit to serve, is
questioned how he came TO be elected.
He confesses that he gave the mayor
of Westbury and another IA for his
place. They nre ordered to repay this
sum, and fine Of f20 is TO be assessed
on the corporation and inhabitants OF
Westbury for their scandalous at
tempt" One can imagine the indigna-
ton OF those inhabitants Of Shrews-
bury who received no bribe having tc
pay q fno for those who did.
Evening journal., 1903-03-23
THE LITERARY WORLD

In the April number Of scribner's Mag
azlne a writer has revealed himself who
can interpret the region of a great steamer
Below the Water-Line" with the force
and insight and picturesque detail for
which McAndrew longed in Kipling's
famous poem. Benjamin Brooks, who
writes the article is a practical maohinist
and draughtsman, who has served on an
ocean steamer as assistant tothe engineer.
From the fullest knowledge, and with n
mind sensitive to the literary quality, as
we'll as to the practical, he has written
thrilling description of the life in the en-
gine hold. The Illustrations by Edwin b.
Child, I'm color and tint, reproduce from
actual life the scenes described.
In a far different way the romance Of
what seems to many dry subject is por-
trayed by Frank A. Vanderlip in his ar
ticle on "The Treasury Of the very
notable series on Government. Mr.. Van
derip's experience as a former assistant
secretary of the treasury, his wide ac-
quaintance through personal investigation
with the methods Of finance at the Euro
pean centres, his daily contact with the
great questions Of lt as a interpretations OF
an Important national bank-al these
things have given him the equipment and
Evening journal., 1903-03-23
THE sTRTRE COMMTssION

The report Of the Anthracite Coal
Commission is TO be commended, not
20 much because Of the immediate ar
feet it win have on the parties at inter-
est. as because OF the clear statement OF
the relations between employer and
employe. This decision, coming as the
unanimous opinion of so distinguished
and impartial a body, will doubtless
be accepted as the basis for the set
tlement Of future disputes and a prece-
dent recognized by all.
The commission recommends that
all future disagreements or disputes
shall be settled by conferences between
the operators and duly constituted COM
mittees Of miners; and 1t is the gen
sral impression that il this course had
been pursued last fall there would have
been DO strike. Perhaps the most vita
Evening journal., 1903-03-23
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

The propellers of the Turbinia, at a
speed Of 34ik knots per hour made p
GOO revolutions per minute.
The average passenger haul on steam
railways has increased from 23 to %
miles since electrical lines have been
competing FOR suburban business.
The Oldest trade union of the world
is the Amalgamated Custom Tailors.
OF England. The employers have an
association, and a joint standing arbi-
tration board discusses all difficulties.
The Humanitarian League has petit
toned the British Home Secretary to
abolish or largely restrict the custom
OF flogging for breaches OF discipline
which still exists In English prisons.
Professor Shaler, of Harvard points
out that European peasants are sus-
picious OF "the people i'm the next val
ley" Age-long feuds Ike that between
Siena and Florence are common. In
this country, owing to constant travel.
the most ignorant are ready to trust
strangers.
Alexander wilkie. Of Upper Craigie,
Porth, n. b.. is believed TO possess the
longest beard in the world His ex-
lceptional growth OF hair began when
he was about % years OF age. From
that time Il grew rapidly, and it is
now seven feet two and one-half inches
long and still growing.
BY giving 10 Yale's library an excep-
/, tional collection of Russian and Slavic
literature and more recently a small
library on music. the late J. Sumner
i. Smith, of New Haven, Conn, (Yale
1859. so far impoverished his fortune.
that Yale graduates have taken steps
TO raise n fund for the aid OF hii
widow. Recent losses have made in.
roads upon her modest fortune.
A Vienna scientist has invented
safety lamp in which bacteria are th'
illuminating power Isn't this maldni
e light OF a grave matter?
One OF the nature writer's" has un
dertaken to show that a deal OF non
sense is being written about birds AM
animals That seems like a self-evi
e dent proposition.
o The daughters OF the late Judg
. Bruce, OF Louisville. Ky. have estab
\ lished n dressmal1ing establishment
J. and are using the family coat Of arm
as a trademark
Evening journal., 1903-03-23
MUNICIPAL REFoRMs

Or. Lyman Abbott in discussing mu-
nicipal reform says: Nothing is to be
gained by turning out Republican ras-
Gals to let in Democratic rascals. Re
form must come by awakening the bet
ter class Of citizens 10 their RESPONSE
bility. The decent element IS large
and powerful enough to control II It
Will"
There Is the truth In a nutshell. There
is no use OF supporting a rascal for
municipal office because he happens
TO vote with you In a presidential cleo
ton AS well elect q man to Council
because he is a Methodist or a Catholic
as because he is a Republican or
Democrat The question OF national
politics does not. OF should not enter
into It. Likewise when we have elected
Incompetent officials. it is absurd to
charge their shortcomings 10 their
party association. A man is
none the less incompetent, gentle read
er, because he wears your party label;
he is not dishonest because he belongs
10 the other party. No; he is what he
Is, regardless OF his party connection,
and what he is in private life he is
almost certain to be in public life.
Here is the difficulty: Some fine
morning we read that our party has
held a primary and named Bill Sykes
lnow the Hon. william ]. sykes) for
Council Now perhaps, we happen to
know that Bin Is a confirmed loafer.
that he has been accused Of many shady
transactions, and that in mental ability
ne Is qualified for no responsible po-
stion. We wouldn't trust him with
a ten-cent piece, but we say "Oh, well
he is the party nominee" and we vote
for him. And then we expect our az
fairs 20 be properly administered. We
srowl till his term expires. and then he
comes up for reelection and most like
ly we support him again. The shrew'
politician counts on that when h
shouts party regularity In our ears II
affairs that pertain only to municipa
| government.
Evening journal., 1903-03-23
Mill Dams.

From the Middletown Transcript.
In tho closing days of the Legislature
at least one SNAKE" crept through. We
refer to the bin requiring the county 20
rebuild such mill dams as the carelessness
OF the owners have allowed TO be carried
away. There are In this county az least
five such dams. st. Georges hundred fur
iashing two Of them. As The Transcript
has pointed out on more than one oc-
caslon, these dams are built for the pur-
pose of retaining a supply Of water to
furnish power for private purposes, and
the roadway over the dam is merely a sec
ondary consideration. As n matter of
fact in nearly every case the sole use of
such roads is TO lead to the mill. But I'm
the few cases where the road Is Of benefit
to the pubAc; a short bridge will furnish
the necessary convenience, II it were not
for the retenrion OF she large body Of
wafor II mill owners build the'r dams
4 properly and give them the same atten-
tion that would be devoted TO the same
Evening journal., 1903-03-23
BREAKING 1T GENTLY.
He Showed the widow Why IL Was
Too Late 90 Mourn.

He Showed the widow Why IL Was
Too Late 90 Mourn.
After the ship which had come from
New Zealand was tied up at the wharf
Larry O'Rrien was told or by his ship
mates to call upon Mrs. Mccarthy and
break the news Of the death Of her hus-
band, which had occurred on shipboard
the preceding summer. The Brooklyn
Eagle tells how he did IT:
Good morning, Mrs. McCarthyw
said he. ais Denny inT
"Denny?" said the surprised woman.
"AIy Denny? No. he's not in. Is the
ship here?"
"Sure it is. And Denny's not got
home yet? That's quare-unless some
thing has happened him"
"What would happen himY" Mrs. Nc
Carthy asked anxiously.
There's plenty OF things can happen
man." said Larry delicately. "He
might have got hurted or he might
have took sick with the fever. But
there's one comfort, as Father McGin-
mis- said once. and that is that time
heals iv'ry grief"
"What do you name, Mr.. O'BrienT
Il name that IL anything happened
TO Denny you wouldn't feel as bad
about 1t few months after it hap
pened as you would right at the time,
would your
Il suppose not" said Mrs. Mccarthy.
Il mind whin lost me first husband
thought I'd never get over IT. But as
you say, in few months it was aisier
10 bear"
"Then, Mrs. Mccarthy, you'll be glad
to know that it's now four months
nearly flve-since Denny died. Sure, 1t
can't grieve you now as much as 1t
would If you'd known it at the time"
Evening journal., 1903-03-23
A Good Start.

From the Sussex Republican.
Alice has started out well. He appar-
emily believes in the looking after his
family first, as he has appointed his
brother as postmaster at Dover, a Zoo
job
Gale was not forgotten, for godng back
on the Governor, and standing by Alice,
for the latter appointed young Dan, his
private secretary at $500 a year. We do
wonder what the faithful Unions think of
this combination; ]. f. Alice, senator;
ID. c. Alice. postmaster at Dover; ID. J.
Layton, register OF Wills; c.. r. Layton.
Secretary Of State; d. J. Layton, Jr..
private secretary TO Alice Let the good
work go on.
Evening journal., 1903-03-23

produce sight works on the same prin-
ciple II intensifies the vibrations to
such an extent that the sensation of
light is experienced. It appears to be
on the same principle that we see stars
though the eyes be closed, when the
head receives a violent blow.
Science is moving rapidly in dis
coveries that add to the comfort and
happiness of the human family The
tortures that men had to undergo be-
fore the discovery OF anaesthetics are
too great 10 contemplate. Before the
discovery of antiseptics surgery was
always q dangerous thing, and the per-
contage OF recoveries was small. With
our later day serums and anti-toxlnes
we are giving contagious and malig-
nant diseases battle royal. and it is
not too much to predict that certain
maladies that have afflicted humanity
since the dawn OF life Will entirely dis.
appear
The dangers Of smallpox are mini
mized by vaccination and sanitation.
Anti-toxine IS almost a certain cure for
diphtheria. Consumption is now re-
garded as a curabe disease, rabies are
prevented by treatment at our PasteuT
institutes and toxines for cholera in
fantum and dysentery, It is claimed.
have been discovered. Science is even
engaged in seeking a cure for leprosy,
and we confidently expect to see this
ancient and loathsome disease yield TO
medical treatment
If the next half century shall be as
rich in medical and scientific discoy-
cries as the last, this old world will be
worth soiourning IN. If contagious
diseases shall be banished, and the or
dinary ailments OF life minimized by
correct habits OF diet and sanitation
and II in addition to all this. the blind
shall be made to see and the deaf to
hear, those who live in this century
will have cause for congratulation.
Evening journal., 1903-03-23
Bribery in Delaware.

From the Morning News.
The resolutions introduced at the ses-
sion Of THE Wilmington NJ. e. Conference
on Thursday by Mr.. willis sets forth That
bribery and corruption prevail in Della
ware, and as a good cbtizen he calls upon
the conference to put its official stamp Of
condemnation upon the practice Of vote
buying and vote-sellng. He went further
and declared that he could prove what he
set forth.
Here we have a minister Of the Metho-
dist Church. citizen OF Kent county, and
man who knows of THE political meth
DDS of lower Delaware, standing ready
to corroborate Senator Conner's state
ment.
It Is night and proper that the Will
mlngton Conference should have dts at
tention called ITO the vital question in an
official way and 1T is just as much the
duty of the members Of the conference TO
direct their energies to stamping out bnb-
cry and other election evils as 1t is for
them to wage a warfare against the sale
OF Intoxicating liquor. Vote-buying and
vote-sGllng sap the moral life of the
State even more than the use Of intoxi-
canis. II the Wilmington Conference
should make n crusade against political
corruption we have every belief that the
evil could be stamped out The Metho-
dis. Church is great power for good in
the lower counties, and its new mission
is to proceed ito wage unrelenting war
fare against political corruption. 1t is a
moral question and every minister should
take that view OF It,