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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1904-11-10
We Quote Few Prices These Are Only Drop In The Bu
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1850 yds Of Loom End short length
Calico, at Z I-oc
4437 yds 5o-in. Percales, 3 to 10 yd
lengths, the regular y l-2c goods,
for Sc
III yds Amosksag Ticking, worth lSc,
4S5 yds Checked Ginghams, worth &c,
now 4 1-2c
36 doz good Towels, worth 1Oc, now &c
papers Of Pins for Sc
10 doz good Bath Towels, the kind that
always sells for Zoe, now 8 1-2c
IA doz Ladies' Fancy Bordered, Hem
stitched Handkerchiefs, during this
Bargain Feast 1-Ac
Ladies' Hose, I5c value, for lac
36 doz Gentlemen's Fancy Handker-
chiefs, the supreme value for reg
ular l5c seller now 1-4c
S boxes Of Hairpins To- SC
We cannot quote every item or even
a small part, but we premise Our patrons
the best values for the least money that
they may probably ever see again.
$500 Blankets, all wool, for $2.99
Gray Blankets, full size, $500 seller,
ia, 99c
We have big lot Of heavy and warm
Comforts that will interest many house
keepers on account Of their cheapness.
Mems heavy Sweaters, worth 75c,
At 49c
The Imperial press., 1904-12-31

and Imperial base ball teams strove for supremacy on the local grounds, the former winning by score of 9 to 8. The game was won for the visitors by Waldo Miles, of Calexico, who batted for Heber player. With three men on bases he knocked home run, bringing in four scores and the winning run.
 Silsbee plays Imperial on the local grounds next Sunday.
The Imperial press., 1904-12-31
SILSBEE Whats Doing Over at the Pleasure Resort on the Shore of Blue Lake

Miss Hill, sister of Mrs. R. l.. Rum sey, came in on the 25th from El Cajon.
 Christmas Eve at Blue Lake was an occasion of enjoyment to young and old alike. A program, consisting of orches- tra music, songs and recitations was fol- lowed by the appearance of Santa Claus, who arrived on his sleigh. Heremained long enough to help distribute the pres ents from well-flled tree and then made his departure.
 Mrs. Jerome Shufflbarger is in I'm perial nursing typhoid fever case.
 M A. Mastick leaves this week for Indiana. His family will remain for the winter. They have decided to make this their future home and hope within the following year to return to remain permanently.
 P. o. Parsons, M A. Mastick, c. F. Dearborn, G. L. Campbell and families spent Christmas day at Calexico.
 The ball game at Calexico on Christ mas day, between Silsbee and Calexico, proved an attraction to about thirty five of the Silsbee people. The Blue Lake boys were the victors by one score.
 Rev. Richards attended the Christmas exercises and held services in the school house Christmas day both morning and evening.
 The dance at Rumsey's hall on the 26th, given by the ball team, was well attended and the usual good time en- joyed. At a previous dance the boys raised about $35 and soon will appear in the ball suits befitting the players and the city which they represent.
 The Silsbee Mandolin Club, just or ganized, furnished most excellent music at the entertainment Xmas Eve.
 Imperial Loses to Heber
 On Christmas afternoon the Heber
The Imperial press., 1904-12-31

The PRESS does artistic job printing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22

chief satisfied. BY that time there
was gaping circle of customers and
they giggled and giggled as they noted
the chiefs embarrassment in regard to
his purchase, for it was plainly
evident he did not know what to do
with them.
One of the clerks explained the GUS
tom of valentines and offered to adj
dress the sentimental missives. One
went to President Roosevelt, another
declaring that .no knife can cut our
tary Hitchcock, and one by one all of
the valentines were sent to members
of committees, senators, men in Wash
ington and the Indian Territory. But
not one went to a girl. And then
Chief Big-Heart stalked away, as tho
he had sent valentines all of his life.
Each Usage Indian is worth $12, 900,
on which the government pays him In
terest at 5 per cent, and it is fact
that he has more money than he
knows how to spend. One interest"
day a wagon factory shipped a stock
of all kinds of vehicles down to the
reservation, and as fast as the Indians
were paid they went over and bought
wagon, brougham or a victoria,
for there was sample of. everything
in the stock. When the last man re-
ceived his interest there was nothing
left but a hearse, but the last man
was bound to have a vehicle as we'll
as the first, and the funeral trappings
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22

what she needs, instead OF crossing
the kitchen to get it. Another house
keeper has put her shelf above the
table instead Of below it. Still an
other, to whom economy was an i'm
portant consideration, made her
kitchen table of good-sized dry
goods box set on end. Across the
shelf. The top Of the table had sheet
of zinc nailed upon it, the inside OF
the rough box was lined with heavy
brown paper, neatly pasted on.
There are few women who have
lived long in narrow quarters without
learning the advantages of rows Of
nails or hooks. To hang UP as much
as possible, in order to economic
hung up, is the principle that regu-
lates them. Jelly molds and sets Of
gem pans or muffin tins, dish pans,
bread boards and chopping bowls are
hung up, as well as mixing spoons
toasting forks, egg heaters, ladies'
swimmers and cake turner's. Some
women go further than this, and have
a narrow wooden cleat along the wall
with nails driven into it to space it.
and between this strip and the wall
thrust the knives for different pur-
poses-the carving knife, the bread
knives, the small meat and vegetable
knives.
All these avor-saving contrivances
are admirable, and the housekeepel
should have as many of them as she
can. There is no danger that her life
will be made too easy for her. With
all the helps she can have there will
be a large province of her work thai
is more or less drudgery. Even if {
woman puts into her housekeeping
the zeal she would or should bestow
upon any other calling or profession
she will find in it. as she would ir
anything else, a good deal that is more
labor than work. The more she car
tighten this the more energy she will
have to bestow upon those parts Of
her occupation that demand minC
more than muscle. In another article
additional kitchen helps will be con
sidered.
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Cbe(Vin0$ of TIE Mor1i11Q
A Thrilling Tale Of ShlpWreek and Adventure.
Copyright 1908 by Edward J. Globe.
By LOUIS TRACY.

ings suggested f1oationg palace in
which the raging seas were defed. Yet
forty miles away, somewhere in the
furious depths, four corpses swirled
about with horrible uncertainty, lurch-
ing thru battling currents, and per-
chance conveyed by fighting sharks.
The surgeon had been called away.
Iris was the only lady left in the sa-
loon. She watched a set of whist
players for time and then essayed
the perilous passage to her stateroom.
She found her maid and stewardess
there. Both women were weeping.
What is the matter?" she inquired.
The stewardess tried to speak. She
choked with grief and hastily went
out. The maid blubbered an explana-
ton.
"A friend of hers was married, miss,
to the man who was drowned"
Drowned! What MANI"
Haven't you heard, miss? I sup
pose they are keeping it quiet. An
English sailor and some natives were
swept off the ship by a sea. One
native was saved, but he is all smashed
up. The others were never seen
again."
Iris by degrees learnt the sad
was moved to tears. She remem-
bered the doctors hesitancy, and her
own idle phrase huge coffin
Outside the roaring waves pounded
upon the iron walls.
Were they not satiated? This
tragedy had taken all the grandeur
out Of the storm. It was no longer {
majestic phase of natures power, bu
an implacable demon, believing for {
sacrifice. And that poor woman
with her two children, hopefully scan
ming the shipping lists for news of the
great steamer, news which, to her
meant only the safety Of her husband
Oh, it was pitiful!
Iris would not be undressed. The
maid sniveled a request to be allowed
to remain with her mistress. Sh,
| would lie on a couch until morning.
Two staterooms had been converted
into one to provide Miss Deane will
ample accommodation. There wer
no hunks, but a coy bed was screwed
to the deck. She lay down, and strov
to read. Tt was difficult task. He
eyes wandered from the printed pag
4 to mark the absurd antics of her gar
ments swinging on their hooks. A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
AN Usage INDIAN BUYS OUT THE
STORE AND SENDS SENTI-
MENTAL MISSIVES TO PROMI-
NENT .MEN-A HEARSE FOR A
FAMILY CARRIAGE.

Five hundred and twenty-seven dol
lars is rather a large sum to spend for
valentines even for an Indian, but the
truth Of Chief Jim Big-Heart's valen-
tine bill in washington is vouched for
The story Of it begins with the visit
of the Usage braves to Washington
where they spent the week of Valen-
tine day. AS they strolled down the
avenue Saturday the chiefs eye was
caught by the futter of lace paper
and the many red hearts, large an6
small, which filled the windows. With
his suite Of blanketed braves he
stalked to the counter and quickly
found the one which pleased him best
How much?'' he grunted.
Give dollars" giggled the girl be.
hind the counter, and she gigge6
again when, after a careful look over
the glass case, the chief announced
that he would take them all-and he
did, even tho they cost him $40. The
collection grew with the bill and moi
until 1927 worth lay in a pile was the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22

house and signaled in fierce panto-
mime that the wheel should be put
hard over.
The officer in charge of the bridge
pressed the, telegraph lever to "stops
and full speed astern,' while with his
disengaged hand he pulled hard at
the. siren cord, and a raucous warn
ing sent stewards flying thru the ship
to close collision bulkhead doors. The
"chief" darted to the port rail, for
the Sirdar's instant response to the
helm seemed to clear her nose from
the junk as If by magic.
It all happened so quickly that
whilst the hoarse signal was still
vibrating thru the ship, the junk
fcer, joined now by the commander,
looked down into the wretched craft.
They could see her crew dashed in a
bunch around the capStan on her
elevated poop. She was laden with
timber. Altho water-logged, she could
not sink if she held together.
A great wave sucked her away from
| the steamer and then hurled her back
with irresistible force. The Sirdar
ment, and she wheeled over, yielding to
/ the mighty power Of the gale. For an
appreciate instant her engines
stopped. The mass of water that
swayed the junk like a cork lifted the
great ship high by the stern. The
4 propeller began to revolve in air-for
/ the third officer had corrected his
signal to full speed ahead" again
and the cumbrous Chinese vessel
struck the Sirdar a terrible blow in
the counter, smashing off the screw
| close to the thrust-block and wrench
ing the rudder from it's bearings.
There was an awful race by the en-
I gines before the engineers could
shut off steam. The junk vanished
/ into the wilderness of noise and tum-
bling seas beyond, and the fine steam
er Of few seconds ago, replete with
magnificent energy, struggled like q
i wounded leviathan in the grasp Of g
vengeful foe.
She swung round, as If in wrath, tc
pursue the puny assailant which haG
dealt her this mortal stroke. No long.
er breasting the storm with stubborn
!. persistence she now drifted aimless
ly before the wind and wave. She
was merely a larger plaything, tossed
about by Titanic gambols The junl
was burst asunder by the collision
Her planks and cargo Uttered the
waves, were even tossed in derision OF
to the decks Of the Sirdar. OF VIVA
avail was strong timber or bolted irOl
against the spleen of the unclaimed
and formless monster who loudly pro
, claimed his triumph? The grea
steamship drifted on thru chaos Thu
! typhoon had broken the lance.
But brave men, skilfully directed
wrought hard to avert further disas
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CHAPTER I.-Continued.
The Wreck of the Sirdar.

For one tremulous moment the en-
gines slowed. The ship commenced
to veer off into the path of the cy
clone. Captain Ross set his teeth, and
the telegraph bell tangled Full speed
nhead."
Poor Jackson" he murmured.
some Of my best men. I remember
seeing his wife, pretty little woman,
and two children coming to meet him
last homeward trip. They will be
there again. Good God! That Las
car who was saved has some one to
await him in Bombay village, I sup
pose"
The gale sang mad requiem to it's
victims. The very surface was torn
from the sea. The ship drove relent-
lessly thru sheets Of spray that caused
the officers high up on the bridge to
gasp for breath. They held on by
main force, tho protected by strong
canvas sheets bound to the rails. The
main deck was quite impossible. The
promenade deck, even the lofty spar
decks, was scourged with the proken
crests Of waves that tried with de-
monaic energy to smash in the star
board bow, for the Sirdar was cutting
into the heart of the cyclone.
The captain fought his way to the
charthouse. He wiped the salt water
the barometer.
"Still falling!" he muttered. 81
will keep on until Z o'clock and then
bear three points to the southwark
BY midnight we should be behind it. >
He struggled back into the outside
fury. BY comparison the sturdy cita-
del he quilted was Paradise on the
edge of an inferno.
Down in the saloon the harder pas.
sengers were striving to subdue the
ennui of an interval before they sought
their cabins. Some talked. One
hardened reprobate strummed the
piano. Others played cards, chess
draughts, anything that would distrac
attention.
The stately apartment offered
strange contrast to the warning ele
ments without. Bright lights. cost!
upholstery, soft carpets. carved panels
and gilden cornices, with uniformed
attendants passing to and fro carrying
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At last, soon after midnight, the ba-
rometer showed slight upward
movement. At 1870 a. m. the change
became pronounced; simultaneously
the wind swung round a point to the
westward.
Then Captain. Ross smiled YEARLY.
His face frightened. He opened his
oilskin coat, glanced at the compass,
and nodded approval.
That's right" he shouted to the
quartermaster at the steam wheel.
Keep her steady there, south Is
west.''
South Is west it is, sir!' yelled the
sailor, impassively watching the NOV
ing disk, for the wind alteration ne
cessitated a little less help from the
rudder to keep the ships head true
to her course.
Captain Ross ate some sandwiches
and washed them down with cold tea.
He was more hungry than he I'M
agined, having spent eleven hours
without food. The tea was insipid.
He called thru a. speaking-tube for a
| further supply of sandwiches and
some coffee.
Then he turned to consult a chart.
He was joined by the chief officer.
Both men examined the chart in 81
|lence.
Captain Ross finally took pencil.
He stabbed it's point on the paper in
| the neighborhood of IA degrees N. and
112 degrees q.
1--WE are about there, I think"
The chief agreed. "That was the
locality I had in my mind" He bent
closer over the sheet.
Nothing in the way tonight, SIR
he added.
Nothing whatever. It is a bit OF
good luck to meet such weather here
We can keep as far south as we like
until daybreak, and by that time
How did it look when you came in e"
i IA trif1e better, I think.
II have sent for some refreshments
Let us have another dekko* before
we tackle them"
sIIindustani for .'look''-a word much uset
/ by sailors in the east.
The two officers passed out into the
hurricane. Instantly the wind en-
deavored to tear the charthouse from
off the deck. They. looked aloft anC
i ahead. The officer on duty saw then
and nodded silent comprehension.
/ was useless to attempt to speak. The
weather was perceptibly clearer.
4 Then all three peered ahead again
1 They stood, pressing against the wind
seeking to penetrate the murkiness il
/ front. Suddenly they were galvanized
Il into strenuous activity.
\ A wild howl came from the loOkou
!. forward. The eyes of the three mel
glared at a huge dismasted Chimes
;. junk, wallowing helplessly in TIL
!. trough of the sea, dead under tn
bows.
! The captain sprang to the chart
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eleven knots an hour, with wind, sea
and current all forcing her in the
same direction, drifting into one of the
most dangerous places in the known
world, the south China sea- with its
numberless reefs, shoals and isolated
rocks, and the great island of Borneo
stretching right across the path of the
cyclone.
Still, there was nothing to be done
save to make a few unobtrusive prepa-
rations and trust to idle chance. To
attempt to anchor and ride out the
gale in their present position was out
Of the question.
Two, three, four o'clock came and
went. Another l1alf-hour would wit
ness the dawn and a further clearing
Of the weather. The barometer was
rapidly rising. The center of the cy-
clone had swept far ahead. There
was only left the aftermath Of heavy
seas and furious but steadier Wind.
Captain Ross entered the chart
house for the twentieth time.
He had aged many years in appear
ance. The smiling, confident. deb
OMAR officer was changed into
stricken, mournful man. He had al
tered with his ship. The Sirdar and
her master could hardly be recog-
nized, so cruel were the blows they
had received.
IL is Impossible TO see q yar0
ahead" he confded to his sec
ond in command. st have never
been SO anxious before in my
| life. Thank God the night is drawing
to a close. Perhaps, when day
| breaks
| His last words contained a prayer
and a hope. Even as he spoke the ship
seemed to lift herself bodily with an
unusual effort for vessel moving be-
| fore the wind.
The next instant there was horri-
Bile grinding crash forward. Each per-.
son who did not chance to be holding
fast to an upright was thrown violent
| dangerous angle and remained there,
whilst the heavy buffeting Of the sea,
now raging afresh at this unlocked
for resistance, drowned the despairins
yells raised by the Lascars on duty.
voyage. She was now a battered
thus for one heart-breaking second.
Then another wave, riding trium<
phantly thru its fellows, caught tbs
i great steamer in its tremendous grasp,
i carried her onward for half her length
and smashed her down on the rocks.
Her back was broken. She parted in
i two halves. Both sections turned
completely over in the utter wanton-
ness of destruction, and everything
masts, tunnels, boats, hull. with every
living soul ON board-was at once en-
quilted in maelstrom of rushing
. water and far-hung spray.
CTo be continued Tomorrow
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times the ship rolled so far that she
felt sure it must topple over. She
was not afraid; but subdued, rather
astonished, placidly prepared for
vague eventualities. Thru it all she
wondered why she chung to the belief
would be forgotten, and people play
ing quoits on deck, dancing, singing
coon songs in the mushroom, or
grumbling at the heat.
Things were ridiculous. What need
was there for all this external fury?
to instant death in such awful man
ner? If she could only sleep and for
get-if kind oblivion would blot out
the storm for few blissful hours! But
how could one sleep with the con-
seriousness of that watery giant thun-
dering his summons upon the iron
plates a few inches away?
Then came the blurred picture of
Captain Ross high up on the bridge,
peering into the, moving blackness.
How strange that there should be hid
| den in the convolutions of mans
brain an intelligence that laid bare the
pretences Of that ravenous demon
without. Each of the ships officers,
| the commander more than the others,
understood the why and the where
| fore of this clustering combination OF
wind and sea. Iris knew the language
of poker. Nature was putting up a
| huge bluff.
What was it the captain said in his
| little lecture? when a ship meets a
cyclone north of the equator on a
westerly course she nearly always has
the wind at first on the port side, but
owing to the revolution Of the gale
when she passes it's center the wind is
on the starboard side.''
Yes, that was right, as far as the
| first part was concerned. Evidently
they had not yet passed the central
path. Oh, dear! She was so tired
stantly shove away an unseen force
that tried to push you over. How
| funny that big cloud should trave
up against the wind! And so amids
| confused wonderment, she 1apsed into
an uneasy slumber, her last sentien
thought being a quiet thankfulnes:
that the screw went thud-thud, thud
thud with such firm determination.
F. After the course was changed an6
i the Sirdar bore away towards the
southwest, the commander consulted
the barometer each half-hour. The
j tell-tale mercury had sunk over TIVE
inches in twelve hours. The abnor
1 mal1y low pressure quickly created
| dense clouds which enhanced tn,
melancholy darkness of the gale.
i For many minutes together the boy
of the ship were not visible. Masthea,
and sidelights were obscured by tn
peittiiTnS send. The engine thrust the YES
sci forward like a lance into the vi
tails of the storm. Wind and wav
q gushed out of the vortex with impo
tent fury.
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ter. After the first moment of stupor,
gallant British sailors risked life and
limb to bring the vessel under con-
troll.
BY their calm courage they shamed
the paralyzed Lascars into activity. A
sail was rugged on the foremost, and
sea anchor hastily constructed as
soon as it was discovered that the
helm was useless. Rockets fared up
into the sky at regular intervals, in
the faint hope that should they attract
the attention Of another vessel she
would follow the disabled Sirdar and
render help when the weather moder-
ated.
When the captain ascertained that
no water was being shipped, the dam
age being wholly external, the collis-
sengers admitted to the saloon, a
brilliant palace, superbly Indifferent
| to the wreck and ruin without.
Captain Ross himself came down
and addressed few comforting
| words to the quiet men and pallid
women gathered there. He told them
exactly what had happened.
Sir John Tozer. self-possessed and
critical, asked a question.
''The junk is destroyed, I assume?"
he said.
cit Isl
would it not have been better to
have struck her end on?"
Much better, but that is not the
view we should take If we encountered
a vessel relatively as big as the .Sirda1
was to the unfortunate junk"
But" persisted the lawyer, what
would have been the result. ?"
'*You would never have known that
| the incident had happened, Sir john
I'm other words, the poor, despair.
| ing Cinnamon, clinging to their lit
tie craft with some chance Of escape
would be quietly murdered to suit oul
| convenience"
It was Iris's clear voice that rang
4 out this downright exposition o.
1 facts. Sir John shook his head; hi
carried the discussion no further.
/ The hours passed in tedious miser.
after Captain Ross visit. Every on,
was eager to get a glimpse Of the I'M
s known terrors without from the deck
u This was out of the question, so PEG
Il pie sat around the tables to lister
. eagerly to Experience and his wis
saws on drifting ships and thei
=. prospects.
Some cautious persons visited thei
cabins to secure valuables, in case o
further disaster. "A few hardy spirit
! returned to bed.
Meanwhile, in the charthouse, tn
captain and chief officer were gravel
\ bordering over an open chart, and dis
cussing a fresh risk that doomed omi
!, nously before them. The ship was
long way out of her usual cours
when the accident happened. Sh
|. was drifting now, they estimated
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST

ENTHUSIASTICALLY furr tonight and Tuesday;
night and eastern portion Tuesday; winds
WiconsnFar tonight
fair
diminishing
easerly
o
in