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The Tupelo journal., 1904-11-25

Weare authorised to announce George
Fl. Cunningham az a candidate for city
Marshall, subject to the action OF the
Democratic party.
We are authorized to r. +
Robertson as a candidate for city Mar
shall. subject to the action OF the Penn
ocratjc party.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-11-25

In 1872 Mr.. Greeley. the democratic
candidate, died after the election and
before the meeting of thu Electrical toi-
iege. The democratic electors divided
their strength among several Candidates
~ In 1864. eleven Southern States did
not vote
*** In 1868, three Southern States
were still disfranchised Hartford. Conn
Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-11-25
Meat Market.

have opened on Spring street
a tirst-class meat market where |
keep on hand at all itimes the
best meat that can be had. The
variety coveis beef, mutton, pork,
poultry ank fish. Nv prices arr as
chrcp rs anybody. Fair treatment
to all purchasers. Call wien you
need anything in my line.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-11-25
7. j. JOURDAN.
The JeWeler
latham
PATCHES

is now receiving and opening &C complete line of fine JeweltI, Watches,
clocks, silver plated and and sterling silver ware, pearl handle knives
and forks, cut glass, fine laces, scissors, fountain pens, silver thimbles,
gold pens, dainty pearl handle ladies' pocket KIN YES and one hundred
clocks, two hundred watches, five hundred chains, one thousand rings
OF every make and description, one Thousand pairs of spec acles.
With thirty wears practical experience with full and complete up.
to-date nst'umsnts for testing eyes we will give you n accurate and
scientific mt every time, having Studied the eye regularly for many
years
" my stock will be open IL full during the next week or ten days.
We intend 10 keep apace with Tupelo and the prosperous times
All kinds of repairing in the most skillful and workmanhke man
ner.s All goods and repair material boaghtof old estahishehed, re-
4abte firms, Fine ornamental engraving free on all goods bought of
me. Having spent a lifetime in the business, I know what to buy,
when to buy and where to buy.
With many thanks for past favors, Iisolicit a continuance.
~ Remember the old reliable. @se%-e IS X ~ sV.@&F
j. mt :
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-26
GRADE CROSSING TRAGEDY.
Collision at Chicago With Usual
Results.

Chicago, Aug. 1S.--Four persons
were killed, another fatally hurt and
twenty-three slightly injured in a col
lision late this afternoon between an
express train on the Chicago Great
Western railroad and a train of three
trolley cars bound for the Hawthorne
race track.
The list of dead and injured follow.
Dead
Mrs. Frances Kaufman.
William Irving, died in hospital
after amputation of leg.
Mrs. Jeremiah Shuckrow. Danvlle,
Illinois.
Unidentified woman, about thirty
years old.
Fatally injured:
Michael Ryan, motorman, skull frac-
tured.
The injuries of the others consisted
of cuts. bruises and sprains
The accident occurred at the cross
ing of F'orty-eighth avenue and the
Chicago Great Western tracks. The
train was coming into the city and,
according to some witnesses, was
running at a high rate of speed. while
others and the train crew say that it
was not going over twenty miles an
hour.
The trolley train. which was made
up of motor car and two trailers, was
in charge of Conductor w. II. Condor
and Motorman Michael Ryan
1t approached the crossing at rapid
speed, just as the train came around
sharp curve. Ryan put on the
brakes, but they refused to work.
The car struck the train just be-
tween the engine and the tender
The motor car was torn to splinters,
the car Immediately behind was
knocked over, smashed nearly to
pieces and dragged along the track for
100 feet
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-26

sumed in the classification OF the pub
lie grazing area as well as in the de-
termination of range customs and u.s.
ages in the different districts. and.
whereas. The past creation of for
est reserves has often been ilI.advised
and far-reaChing and the administra-
ton thereof as concerns the grazing
interest, has been faulty even to in
justice. and believing that the De-
partment of the Interior is not fully
equipped to study and handle the for
est reserve question: and.
whereas. Feeling that the present
grazing system has been built up
through term of many years. con-
suming the life work of the western
pioneers and of the younger genera
ton, entailing untold hardships and
even sacrifice of life. and believing
that such sturdy efforts entitle the
great majority of the present occu-
pants of the range to no uncertain
voice in the initiation of any legisla-
ton that may affect their interests;
therefore. be 1t
Resolved. That We favor the pass
sage of law which will authorize the
secretary of agriculture to thoroughly
classify the vacant lands of the United
States and determine the conditions at
present governing the use of the range
grazing areas and to ascertain those
sections of the range area. If there be
any. to which lease system can be
satisfactorily applied; and be it fur
ther
Resolved. That the power to Gre
ate and administer forest reserves
shall be vested in the Department OF
Agriculture which is specially organ
lied and equipped for that purpose:
and be it further
Resolved. That we favor govern
ment control of and jurisdiction over
all public grazing areas by or through
the Department Of Agriculture. local
questions being decided on local
grounds and under regulations made
to meet local conditions; that the
range rights of present users Of the
grazing area as determined by prior
ity of occupancy and present use.
shall be carefully safeguarded, and
that no sudden or stringent upheaval
of existing conditions which would
cause commercial distress shall be
made; on the other hand, such legisla-
tion must be gradual in its effect and
leases granted only where locally sat
| isfactory as determined by the proper
authorities"
Mr.. Wantland's idea of administer
| ing the details of leasing law in the
several localities - local option--was
| finally endorsed as the most feasible
| plan
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-26
Senator Davis Notified.

White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Aug. 1S.-Henry Gassaway Davis was
formally notified yesterday that he is
the nominee of the Democratic party
for vice president of the United States.
Mr.. Davis accepted the nomination
with brief speech, reviewing the po-
litical situation. echoing the senti-
ments of Judge Parker on the money
question and expressing the determn-
alton to be successful in the campaign.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-26

The postmaster general has given the
following warning to postmasters OF
small offices: "In determining the gross
receipts upon which the salary of a
postmaster shall be based stamps,
stamped envelopes and postal cards
sold in large or unusual quantities TO
any person to be used in mailing mat
ter at other postoffices. will not be in
cluded. whether the sale be made with
or without solicitation by the postmas-
ter,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-08-26
The British admiralty has invited the

The British admiralty has invited the
Clyde shipbuilders to tender bids for
two battleships of 16,500 tons and high
speed. 1t is aid these vessels in the
matter of armament and armored pro-
lection will eclipse anything yet at
tempted. That the admiralty officials
are in hurry to get the vessels started
is indicated by the fact that the ten
ders must be sent in by September 9th
which is unusually short notice.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

Sir Chentung Liang Cheng, the new
Chinese minister to this country, has
uttered words of highest praise of the
Christian Endeavor society and Young
Mems Christian association in that
country, and particularly of the med
ical missionaries and hospitals.
The German Christian Endeavor
union has offered to support one or
two German missionaries in the Caro-
line islands under the care of the
American board, thus filling the places
of the English speaking missionaries
whom the German government remov-
ed.
In nine months the Congregational
society of Griggsville, ILL.,, has raised
500 for missions, to be divided equally
between home and foreign work. 1t
has seventeen active and three asso-
ciate members, and. besides this. the
members who give the best in the
Christian Endeavor society are the
heaviest givers in another peoples mis-
sionary society and give to the young
church. During its life as a society it
has carpeted and seated the chapel and
bought a new organ and books for II
without once dropping mission work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

-
When the tea is made and the lid Of
the teapot is forgotten for a minute or
two it is sure sign that some one will
drop in for the meal Two spoons put
by chance into the saucer Of a maid
or bachelor denote that he or she
will be married within year. Putting
cream into your tea before you sweet
en- it will bring you love troubles. A
tea stalk floating in girls teacup Is a
beau" She should stir her tea brisk
y and then hold the spoon upright in
the center II the beau" be attracted
toward the spoon and cling to it gen.
tleman visitor may be expected some
time that evening. If. however. the
beau" goes to the side Of the cup the
visitor will not come that day.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
The Young Men Of roaay.

The young men of today are too I'm
icky-too much given to self analysis.
too self pampering. Their shoes and
neckties cost more each year than did
the entire wardrobe of their GRANDPA
theirs. They feel sense Of degrade
ton In small beginnings and plodding.
and they wait for success ready made
to come to them. There is not young
man in the country who would initiate
Ben Franklin and march through the
streets munching loaf Of bread while
looking for employment He dare not.
indeed, because society has become al
SO finicky. and he would be arrested as
tramp. The young man of today
wants capital He cannot be president
Of bank or judge of court the first
week he Is from school, and he feels.
like the famous Eli Pussley, that he
has mo chance. Memphis CONNER
cial-Appeal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
THE WORD "AUssAR.s
1t Is Hungarian and Originally
Meant a Freebooter. ~

1t Is Hungarian and Originally
Meant Freebooter. a.
Hussar is al Hungarian word. mean
ing originally freebooter or rec lance
These men, strong active. hardy, ac-
customed to capture and tame herds OF
wild horses. were brought into milf
tary service by Corvinus. the boy king.
in 1442 and became the finest body OF
light cavalry in the world The sug
gested derivation from the Magyar
huzst. twenty, and ar, pay Zone horse
man raised by twenty families)--is
only fanciful one. The name spreaG
into all armies. and hussars Of all ma
tons are distinguished by uniforms Of
brilliant coiofs and elaborate orna.
ment Two characteristics are the dol
man and the. busby, with its scarlet
cloth attachment a survival Of the
narrow Magyar bag, which fell over
the left shoulder as protection agains,
sword cuts. M
The word dragon was first used Of
regiment of mounted infantry, SO call
cd from the dragons or short muskets
with which they were armed The
head of dragon. wrought on he muz-
zle of the muskets. seemed to spit fire
and at one time was depicted on their
standard
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
NO TIME FOR FRIENDSHIP.
That OLD Fashioned Quality 10 Said
to BE Out of Date.

80 1C OUt VI OAtCs
Friendship is said to be out of date.
We certainly have not much time to
spare nowadays, even to reflect on
what the rush and hurry and hustle of
modern life are costing u.s. Now and
again, however. there is borne in upon
sustain as we tear and scramble
through what we now call life. And is
not one of these the power of establish
ing close friendships?
1t is sad reflection, but the more
we think of 1t the truer we shall find 1t
to be, that we no longer have time to
knit together those bonds of true
friendship and affection which bound
our predecessors together and made
life sweet to them.
We are always in q hurry, rushing
here and there. We meet and know
many people in crowds and yet never
have time to understand them, to give
them or gain from them sympathy. We
can scarcely spare an hour that is I'M
connected with some form Of enter
tainment or some business matter to
those we call our closest friends.
Letter writing has been reduced to
It's least common denominator as time
presses on us heavily. and we have no
pursuits that we can share with our 80
called friends that enable an 10 study
each Others characteFn. Frlendship, In
fact. hss become 4 mere term with the
general run Of people. Chicago Rec
ord. ESQ ~
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

At Chingford. in Essex, England, an
estate is held by a very strange con
dition. Whenever 1t passes into new
hands the owner with his wife, man
servant and maidservant. comes on
horseback TO the parsonage and pays
mis- homage by blow ing three blasts
upon horn. He carries hawk upon
his fist and his servant has a grey
hound in the slip. both for the use OF
the rector for that day. He receives u
chicken for the hawk. a peck of oats
for his horse and loaf of bread for
his greyhound. After dinner the own
err blows three more blasts. and then
with his party, withdraws from the
rectory.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
HOMES OF HEALING.


The History OF Hospitals Begins
with the FIRST Century.
The temple at Epidaurus was found.
ed by Antoninus Plus at the end of the
first century A. d. in honor Of Escu.
lapius, Homer's blameless physician.
Beyond the sacred Enclosure was
building for the reception of the sick
and dying, which Strabo describes as
a place renowned for the cure of all
diseases, always full of invalids and
containing votive tablets descriptive Of
cures.
About $50 \. ID. IL hospital was fond
IA BY Naleus and richly endowed by
Jim att ms;lTea. and another at Rome
by Fabiola. 4 wealthy Roman widow,
Tor the reception Of the sick poor.
Basil is said by Gregory. the pres
byter. TO have built large hospital
for lepers with money collected for the
purpose. The Hotel Dieu in Paris,
founded III the seventh century. and
two founded in 1880 by Lanfranc.
archbishop of Canterbury, were both
connected with monastic establish
ments. Dartholomew's. 1547. and st.
Thomas. 1863 are the Oldest hospitals
In London and were both originally re
ligious foundations
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

Weeds If they are pulled out of a
lawn at time when they are full of
seed will evince a degree Of care for
the seeds which is almost touching.
They will curl their leaves upward as
far as each can go to cover the seeds
and protect them from the sun till the
end, and often one will find weeds that
are quite dead. sun killed. whose leaves
still are wrapped firmly around the
seed pods. No mother could show
more striking devotion In death than
do these despised plants. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

A story is told which couples the
names of Princess Mathilde and the
great painter Gerome. The princess
and the painter had both been invited
to dinner party. The princess arrived
punctually; the painter tarried until
long after the dinner hour was past.
The guests concealed their impotence
as best they could, until at last the
princess suddenly said: why, | nearly
forgot. Only this morning l received
telegram from Gerome, who is in
Spain. He is unable to come tonight"
"But why did you not tell us before,
princess?" cried all the guests together.
Because was not yet hungry"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
A Wonderful Saving.

The finest city and village Churches
are painted with the Longman & Mar
tinez Paints, and we want every Church
to accept our donation whenever they
paint.
s 6 make IA, therefore when you
want fourteen gallons of paint, buy
only eight of l.. & M. and mix six gal
Ions of pure Linseed Oil with it, max
ing actual cost of paint about $l.20 per
gallon.
Don't pay $3.50 a gallon for Linseed
Oil worth 60 cents) which you do when
you buy other paints in can with a
paint label on it.
Many houses are well painted with
four gallons of L. & M. and three gal
Ions of Linseed Oil mixed Herewith.
Wears and covers like gold.
These Celebrated Paints are sold by
Phillips & Day, MorristOwn; P. c..
Henry, Basking Ridge; w. r. Wilson,
Whippany: ]. R. Mead, Hanover.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
AMERICANS MORE RATLoNAL.
We Are Falsely Charged by Euro
peans with Being Undisnifed.

We Are Falsely Charged by Euro
peans with Being Undisnifled.
Our crowds may and do have rip-
roaring times when the occasion de
mands it, but surely they do not. be-
come asinine as do European crowds.
Our crowds may stand around news
paper offices looking at bulletins, but
even on election night they don't rush
away in mad, screaming hordes, every
few moments yelling Historically "a
bas" something or somebody, as they
do in Paris
In London wherever crowds gather
for any purpose, from an unveiling to
an excursion. street hawkers are on
hand with two things that they call re-
spectively ''teasers' and ''ticklers."
The .teaser" is an empty bladder tied
to stick, and the ticker" is a long
feather. The ''teaser" is affected most
by the male representatives of English
dignity, and the ''tickler'' captures the
fond feminine heart. The male goes
into raptures of joy when he succeeds
In hitting somebody-a respectable ell
derby gentleman preferred-with bis
toy. The female trips gayly through
the streets, tickling the ears of mascu-
line persons to whom she has not been
introduced.
And among our flower ORDERS" who
are as undignified as are the coster-
mongers of London? We have no class
that delights In wearing grotesqueIy
bell shaped trousers with huge pearl
buttons down the sides and coats with
immensely broad braid bindings and
also profusely covered with pearl but
tons as big as trade dollars.-New York
proao
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
Messages of War.

Among the natives Of Australia
notched and carved sticks are used for
messages For instance, a piece OF
wood carried from one village to an.
other with straight and curved lines
means: There is fight on hand.
Fetch your spears and boomerangs."
The North American Indians utilized
wnmpum belts from time immemorial
for like purposes. The arrangement Of
the different colored beads conveyed
the signIication desired.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
DEATH AT A WEDDING.
A Pathetic Tragedy of the War Be
tween the StafeN

tween the states.s
Recalling the historic incidents clus-
tering about South Cardinals execu-
tive mansion, Mrs. Thaddeus Horton
writes in The Ladies' Home Journal
of the shocking tragedy that occurred
there toward the close of the war. This
was the death of the daughter of Gov
ernor Pickens Immediately after her
marriage u Lieutenant lie Rochelle.
''On the afternoon preceding the even
ing of the marriage the northern army
began Smelling Columbia, but prepare
tons for the wedding continued.
Finally the guests were all assem-
bled, and the clergyman was proceed
ing with the solemn ceremony and had
just joined the right hands of the hap
Ply pair when suddenly there was an
awful crash, and ball from the enc
my's cannon penetrated the mansion
and burst in the middle of the mar
riage chamber. scattering its death
dealing missiles in every direction.
There were screams and heartrend-
ing groan. mirrors crashed the house
shook, women tainted and walls rock
ed to and fro.
When the first confusion was over,
it was discovered that in all the crowd
only one person was injured. and that
was the bride herself. She lay partly
on the floor and partly in her lovers
arms. crushed and bleeding. pale. but
very beautiful. her bridal gown drench-
ed with warm blood and great cut in
her breast.
Laying her on lounge. the frantic
bridegroom besought her by every
term Of tenderness and eplnarment to
allow the ceremony to , oceed to
which she weakly gave consent and.
lying like crushed flower. no less
white than the cameIlias OF her bridal
bouquet, her breath coming In short
gasps and the blood flowing from this
great. angry wound she murmured
yes to the clergyman and received her
husbands first kiss. A moment more
and all was over.
"She was laid to rest under the mag
nolias and the heartbroken bride
groom. reckless with despair. returned
to his regiment"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
Jealou.x Amonr MS;Sskexs.

When monkey gives way to jeal-
ousy, it shows degree of hatred for
the animal that has innocently aroused
Its malice that makes it for the time a
monster of cruelty.
On ship returning from one of her
tours in tropical lands was monkey
which became great friend of the
stewardess. One day she fed another
monkey. pretty, gentle creature. This
trifiing attention enraged the other
monkey. which coaxed the little thing
to its side and then. before the stew
ardess had time to realize that mis-
chief was meant. took IT by the neck
and flung 1t overheard
or another monkey the same person
tells that while preparing dinner for a
grand party the cook was absent from
the Kitchen for minute. No sooner
had her back been turned than the
monkey slipped kitten of which ii
had always been jealous into the soup
pot
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

Sir Walter Besant's study of old Eng
lish customs shows that the doctors of
several centuries ago prescribed for
fevers "a cold water affusion" with
drinking of asses milk. When the
queen was i'll in 1868 they shaved her
head and applied pigeons to her feet.
Powdered mummy for long time was
considered to be specific against dis
eases. 1t is said that the reason it
went out of use was that dealers took
to embalming bodies and then sold
them for genuine ancient mummies
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
Painter ana rnvern Keeper.

Narcotic Albertinclli. who lived in
the fourteenth century. was a painter
who spent much time in endeavoring
to produce certain mixtures in oil. He
VAS not very successful and objected
so much to the criticism he received
that lie gave up painting and kept u
tavern. but his name as a painter still
lives. while his tavern keeping record
has passed away
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11

A busy merchant who had not taken
a vacation for years, IN which time ev-
cry other member Of his family had en-
joyed an annuaI outing. concluded to
give himself a rest Of week or two
and started for the mountains.
When about days Journey from
home. he received telegram from his
wife to this eject
DsAR vnAxk-Our house was entirely destroyed
By Gre last night The childFsn and escaped
unharmsd. Cone home at o1cs. MAZDA.
To this, after rejecting a moment. he
replied as follows:
DEAR AAnrA-what ia the uss Of coming home
when there 10 no home to come tot Take the
children to mothers. stay there With them till
Join you and don't worry. Additionally,
FRAME
Youths ComDaniOn.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-03-11
Youths Companion.
The Lie Eternal,

A little girl came in her nightclothes
very early to her mother one morning,
saying, (which is the worst. mamma.
to tell lie or stealT The mother re-
piled that both were so sad she
couldn't tell which was worse. WELL"
said the little one, I've been thinking
good deal about it, and I've conclud-
ed it's worse to lie than to steal. II
you steal a thing, you can take 1t back,
less you've eaten 1t, and IL you've eat
en- it you can pay for it. But'-and
there was look of awe in the little
face-"a lie Is forever."-New York
Tribune.