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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02
UNIQUE VOTIVE OFFERINGS.
Paintings in Churches CT Provence
- and Italy Are Remarkable -.
for Their Frames. .... .......

In many churches of Provence and
Italy, especially those near the sea,
paintings placed on the walls in accord
ance with VOWS made by pilgrims in mo-
ments of danger are often remarkable
for their frames. Among the curiosi-
ties may be enumerated laths formed
of splinters from ships that have been
wrecked, also frames made of pieces of
heavy cables, occasionally painted
bright hues, but sometimes left in their
primitive grey color splashed with tar.
Nailed to the laths surrounding a paint
ing representing sailors fighting with
fierce savages may be seen African or
Polynesian spears and darts or swords
made of hardwood. evidently memen-
tos of terrible struggles. Sailors or
landsmen who have made VOWS during
times of peril at sea and who have nc
trophies to display will surround their
paintings with broad bands of wood
heavily encrusted with shells and sea-
weed, not infrequently of rare and ex-
tremely beautiful kinds. .;s4.1Es
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02
ECHO OF A SONG.

To my fancy, idly roaming, comes picture
of the cleaning.
Genes fragrance from the blossoms Of
the lilac and the rose;
With the yellow iamplighC streaming l am
#. sitting here and dreaming
OF haIf-forgotten twilight whence a
mellow memory flows;
To my listening ears come WinginG vagrant
notes of WomanS singing;
I've Il sense of sweet contentment as the
SOUNDS are borne along:
Tis mother who is tuning her fond heart
to love and grooming
To her laddie such
'.'' Sleepy little,
."- Creepy little ST..
.. -..- ........ SIZE Song
All, how well do I remember when by
cracking spark and ember
The oid-faShioned oaken rocker moved
with rhythmic sweep and slow;
With her feet upon the fender, in cadence
low and tender, -.
Floated forth that slumber anthem or q
childhood long ago.
There were COLLINS in the cleaning ana
the half-closed eyes went roaming
Through the twilight for the ghostly
shapes Of bugaboos along;
Now the sandman's siyly creeping and a
tired lad half-sleeping
When she sings to him that
... Sleepy little,
Creepy little
Song.
So I'm sitting here and dreaming with the
mellow lampIight streaming
Through the vine -embowered window IN
yellow filigrCC;
On the fragrant air come winging Tagrant
. t notes of womans singing:
'Tis the slumber song of childhood that is
murmuring to me,
And some subtle fancy creeping lullS my
...' senses half to sleeping
AS the misty shapes Of bogaboos go
dreamily along,
All my sorrow disappearing, as tired lad
In Tearing
Once again my mothers
Sleepy little, r....
Creepy little
Song.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02
WAITER WHO WAS AN ACTOR.
His Stage Salary Was Not Enough
to Keep Him in Idleness Dur
. ing Summer.

"It is not only college boys that earn
vacation money by working as walters
in summer hotels" said New York
man who lives at his club all summer
while his family is at the seaside, re-
lateS the Times. Last week | was up
the New England coast arranging to
settle the folks. | had to hurry aWay
from the city during the first hot spell
with good deal Of unfinished busl-
ness on my hands. The thought OF
spending an idle evening in the couE-
try hotel worried ME. My waiter at
table seemed a nice young fellow, and
said to him:
81 suppose l can't get a stenograph-
er and typewriter around here with
otu driving to the village?'
Must the work be done to-night?'
he asked " +@
"'Well, | should like it first thing in
the morning. l replied. 'Why?'
The young man went away without
replying. and as the landlord came up
TO speak to me just then | forgot all
about the matter After dinner. while
l was taking a stroll and a smoke, my
waiter came up to me. If you Will
come to my room down the street. he
said. L shall be happy to take those
letters for you at the same rate per
folio you would pay for them in the
city. They shall be ready before you
come down TO breakfast in the morn
ing.
Il went Long before midnight |
had cleared up a whole batch OF stun
l was afraid would have to wait until
l got back to town. AS a result, re.
mained two days, enjoying more or
less of rest. That waiter took dicta-
ton for me when he was not at work
in the dining room.
"I am an actor he said, but l
don't yet earn salary enough in Win
ter to keep me idle all summer. / pre-
fer to earn my living during the dull
season in this way, rather than work
in New York. Managers and play
wrights who give me manuscript to
copy during vacation think am sum-
mering at this hotel. The boss under
stands and lets my mail from the city
come with, that of the other guests.
81 hire room in cottage SO that
shan't disturb folks when work at
night. When go back to town | am
in good shape physically, and have
money in my, pocket. That's better
than owing boarding house keepers
and borrowing money from the man
agement to begin the season.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02

could not longer distinguish them
from the spray.
From the locker he took another
bottle of champagne. Filling glass
with the sparkling liquid, he extended
it toward tta dense gloom that en-
shrouded the Point and cried:
Here is to L.pve that is true;
Here Is to Honor that's real.
Love and Hanor and YOU
A trinity
During the night sail boat drifted
upon the mud banks, where fishermen
found it, In the bottom was the dead
body of man. .. ~
Heart disease" pronounced the
learned coroner, solemnly.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02
FIBER TO DISPLACE GLASS
Eastern Firm Has Unique Plan for
'%i1t3 Manufacture of Cheap
IF . (: Lamp Shades. s@

/; Glass has long been used exclusively
for the purpose of making lamp shades,
but a Massachusetts, manufacturing
firm has. recently put a shade on the
market in which the glass is. displaced
by fiber, which is said to be effective
and cheap. The shade is made from a
fiber similar to that used for the lining
Of incandescent lamp sockets. This. is
notified green on the ontside. and pearl
gray IN the inside, The fiber is made
of the same weight as aluminium and is
similar in appearance. 1t is finished
under pressure, which gives it a glossy
surface and makes 1t agood reflector Of
light While it is so.stough that the
edges will not break. it is springy and
will not crush cYt Of shape. $50 Is
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02
TESTING FOOD FOR CATTLE
Experiments in Diet Conducted at the
University of Pennsylvania
Respiration a Factor.

Yale having conducted a series OF
food tests with ''rOokies" supplied by
the United States army and by volun-
teers from the athletic department o
the university, the State College OF
Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, carried
on series Of experiments Of exactly
the same nature with cattle. says the
Brooklyn Eagle. The Pennsylvania
experiments were all. directed toward
the scientific feeding Of cattle, to find
out exactly what foods are the best
adapted to produce the best milk, the
best flesh and best butter. 1t was not
the plan of the Pennsylvania scientists
who conducted the tests to starve
scientifically the cattle with which
they made the experiments, nor to
try the effects of poisons on them. On
the contrary, the sole purpose of the
tests has been to find cut what foods,
or combinations of foods, will pro-
duce the richest results and the cost
thereof. To make their tests correct,
they have invented what they call a
respiration calorimeter 1t is an ap-
paratus which measures with exact
ness the gases given of by a COW or
OK, and the heat generated in the ami
mails body during the process of as
similation. The respiration part of the
apparatus attends to the gases and the
calorimeter to the temperature. In
this machine for months past series
OF the most interesting and to agricul-
ture the most valuable tests have been
made, and the scientists who super.
vised them are enthusiastic over the
results that they have secured. Z.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02
Just Poke the Motorman.

Now that the open car season has
come" complained a motorman on an
Amsterdam avenue car, Il not only
have holes poked in my coat, but my
back is covered with black and blus
spots. AS it is little inconvenient to
summon the conductor from the front
seat, the women occupying it invari,
ably prod my back with the sharp end
of their umbrellas Or parasols as an
Indication that they want to get out at
the next corner. is 49,, ~ .1 I'D
Don't bother to signal the conduc
tor I've often heard one woman say
to another; just poke the motorman.'
.'And when the ferrule Of AN umbrei
la comes in. contact with my spinal
column and l look around and re-
monstrate, they remark: -"
"'Aren't these motormen just the
most disagreeable creatures you ever
saw? p IN. Y. Times. a.. L. .s.,a 3.I
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02
Torture Chinese Bandits.

Before Chinese bandits are executed
n Mukden they are suspended for a
week or ten days by their thumbs and
yreat toes, so that their knees Just
ouch the ground. just before the tor
.ure would kill them their heads are
cut off. All this is done by the Chinese
,ourts. to which the Cossacks turn over
he bandits, or alleged bandits, after
arrest.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02
She Won Out.

Harry-Here is the newest conun-
drum. When is two an odd and
lucky number? 1'ltE3Yfsl
Celia-You know never can guess
lconundrums. tn #ss s~.f4t5 e3. ff.5
When two. are made one 49,.
'Oh,, Harry, this is so sudden!'--
Town Topics.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02

Overheard on the "Tube.."
Baby--Dadda! 8..s rs faF
Fcnd Mother-That amt yer dadda
dear: that's a gentieman!-Tit Bits.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02
Geographical.

I People who studied geography some
years ago are asking where the III In
Thibet has gone to. 1t seems to have
eloped with the apostrophe in L'Hassa.
Hartford Couran6 g
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02


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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02

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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-09-02

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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29
Widow Made Restitution.

Martha M. Gray, widow of Miles B.
Gray, of Marshal, Oklahoma, has re-
funded to the United States the sum Of
$1,274, representing the amount of her
widows pension for eight years, which
she is alleged to have illegally drawn.
Gray was soldier, and he married the
woman, who afterward secured a wild
ow's pension, but their married life was
stormy, and he obtained divorce.
After his demise she applied for and OBJ
tanned a pension, the pension bureau
knowing nothing of the divorce pro-
ceedings She had drawn the pension
for eight years when it came to the at
tention of the pension bureau that she
had been divorced from the soldier
whose pension she was drawing. The
case was put in the hands of the United
States district attorney for the district
in which she lived, and on his represen-
tation of the case she made restitution
to the government of the eight years
pension. She will not be prosecuted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29
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IMPROVEMENT
WORKING FOR WIDE TIRES.
Bureau of Road Inquiry Says Dirt
Roads Are Improved Wonder
fully by Their Use.

The United States bureau of road in
quiry has been making study of the
width of tires prescribed by local and
national authorities IN various parts Of
the world. In France every freighting
and market cart, instead of injuring
the highway, improves it. Many of the
tires are ten inches wide. In the four
wheeled vehicles in that country the
rear axle is ii inches longer than the
fore, and as result the rear wheels run
on line about an inch outside the level
rolled by the front wheel. After few
loaded wagons have passed over road
the highway looks as if a steam road
roller had been at work A national law
In Germany prescribes that wagons heav-
lily loaded must have tires not less than
four inches wide. In Austria the mini
mum for similar vehicles is 61a inches;
in Switzerland, six inches.
In number of states in this country
laws have been passed granting rebate
of highway taxes to citizens who use
on lumber. wagons tires not less than
three inches wide. On toll roads in
81,
ers hauling loads in wide-tired wagons
are entitled to lower rates than those
paid by the owners of narrow tired
vehicles.
At an experiment station it was DEM
onstrated that it requires 40 per cent
more power to draw load on a wagon
with one and one-half inch tires than
on one with three-inch tire With a
dynamometer, careful tests were
made with loaded wagons drawn
over bluegrass sward In a wagon
weighing 1000 pounds it was found
that load of 3,24S pounds could be
drawn on wide tires with the same force
required to move 1000 pounds on mar
row tires. Moreover, the wide tires
did not injure the turf, while the mar
row ones cut through it. In some parts
of the country pioneers in the use of
wide tires have had to stand a good
deal of ridicule. The manifest bene-
lie sentiment.
The president of leading wagon man
ufacturing company states that the de-
mand for wide tires is increasing every
year. Another company in the same line
of business conducted a series of tests.
and was convinced that on very hard
roads the preference, as far as draft is
concerned, is for narrow tires In the
effect upon the roads, however, wide
tires have the advantage-Barnum S
Midland Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29

cured one of the men asked them if they
had any water. Not being in very good
humor, they answered, no. The master
at arms discovered two muskmelons
and one watermelon in their tent, and
they were quickly consumed by the
thirsty men. The prisoners relented
and pointed out a cool spring not ten
feet from the tent. The party started
up the beach on their return The con-
federates did not like to take to the salt
water to reach the boat, but they did it
all the same. The party reached the
ship, tired, sleepy and worn out, for sail
Drs do not have much of that kind of
work to do. At the time the party were
taking to their boat the fort had become
alarmed; but they were too late. The
prisoners were turned over to Admiral
Farragut the next morning, and l pre-
sumo that he obtained all the informa-
ton that he desired from them. The
expedition was as daring as was done by
any party of sailors during the civil war,
with the one exception of Lieut.. Cushing
and the ram Albemarle. If there had
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29
NOTES ON NATIoNALITIEs.

Tame snakes are used in Morocco
to clear houses of rats and mice.
Russia has the most rapidly increas-
ing population of any country in Eu-
rope.
Dogs in Hamburg are taxed accord
ing to size. The bigger the dog, the
higher the tax.
The language of the republic of
Hayd is French, while the language
of the republic of Santo Domingo, on
the island of Hayti. is Spanish.
The average age of the Japanese
navy isl over than that of any other
navy of the world. No one over 20
years old is accepted for enlistment.
The average height is five feet four
inches-less than the average height
OF any other navy in the world
A German society has lately pub
lished an interesting paper on the SUBJ
ject of ecclesiastical anathemas
launched in the middle ages against
animals. Among the maledictions
cited is that of a pastor of Dresden
who in 1859 cursed the sparrows for
distracting his congregation.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29

our old friend That's a fine-lookin'
Teller, but he amt played nuthin' yet"
said he. Whats all this hullabaloo
about, anyway? Is he goin' to play a
tune on that huskin' peg?" Just at
this moment Brooke's baton was
raised, there was an instant of eager
expectancy, and then the band struck
UP stirring march. When the music
ceased the old gentleman was in &C.
stasies. He applauded and stamped his
feet vigorously, then jumped up out of
his chair, waving his hands in the air
and whistling like gallery god. When
his wife pulled him back into his seat
ne shouted: "By cricky, Manda, I
never heard such music as that before.
Seth Tibbitts and his old fiddle don't
amount to shucks!"
And SO it continued throughout the
concert. uncle Reuben growing more
enthusiastic with each number.
Near the end of the programme was
the anvil chorus from III Trovatore,"
rendered with spectacular appur-
tenances. During this selection six red
shirted blacksmiths occupied the front
of the stage, and played the anvil &C
compartment to the music, while SEN
sational effect was produced by the
firing of 16 electric cannon at regular
intervals.
When the first gun was fired, the
rustic lodged excitedly, and began to
get nervous. The next discharge added
to his discomfort. and when the third
cannon went off he grabbed his hat and
started hastily for the door. followed
by his faithful spouse.
AS they disappeared through the en-
trance the old man shouted back at
the doorkeeper: "B'gosh, got enough
O. that kind O. music at Shiloh!"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29
A DARING LANDING PARTY.
Expedition from United States Ship
Oneida Which Secured Much
Useful Information.

In the latter part Of July, 1854, Ad-
miral Farragut wanted some lnforma-
ton In regard to the rebel preparations
for his reception in August, and the only
way for him to get 1t was to go after it..
as there were no confederate deserters
or intelligent contrabands coming off
to the fleet He asked for volunteers
to go after the information and get it..
The sloop-of-war Oneida, Capt Thomas
II. Stevens, was called on to furnish the
volunteers. Two officers and ten men
were selected out of the number that Of
fered, as the service was perilous in the
extreme. The men made their wills and
wrote their farewell letters. Yet no
dozen more determined men ever stood
on shipboard than those IL men. l re-
member the names of but four-Lieut.
Charles S. Cotton (now admiraD and a
voluteer officer, Acting Engineer John
Hall; Thomas Glance, chief boatswain's
mate, and Charles Southland, master at
arms. The dry facts of this exploit can
be obtained from the log of the Oneida
in the bureau of navigation in the navy
department. A dark night was selected,
the men were armed with Sharpe's
rifle with sword bayonet, 40 round of
ammunition and Colt navy revolvers.
volvers and all were prepared to fight if
they had to, for they did not land to
surrender. The second cutter was
manned by her regular crew, armed with
revolvers. The oars were muffled, and
they showed off in the darkness for Fort
Morgan. The surf was running pretty
high when the boat came within sight
of the beach, which was of white sand
She was turned around and backed into
the surf with about four feet of water
under her keel. This landing stern-on
was for good reasons. Had she been
pulled upon the beach it would have
been impossible to get her off quickly,
had that been necessary. Overheard the
officers and men went, holding their &C
coutrements over their heads. They
reached the sandy beach and lay fiat for
awhile, looking the ground over; they
took to the tall grass, about 100 feet
from the water The men were then
divided into squads of two, Clancy and
Southland on the extreme right, Lieut..
Cotton in the center, Mr. Hall on the
left. The two men on the right could
have walked into Fort Morgan if there
had been no sentry. The orders were
not to fire shot, but to use the sword
bayonet, unless things became I'M
usually hot. Shortly after the men had
reached their stations a mounted pa
troll was seen to leave the fort, and
when he reached Lieut.. Cottons station
the men were onto him. Never was
there more surprised confederate. He
gave the countersign, which was cat
lanta," and of course became prisoner.
Upon pain of instant death he was or
dered to pilot the party to the videts'
camp, which he did, and the party cap
tured Lieut.. Brown and two other men
all four being from the Seventh AL
ALBANIA cavalry. BY the time this was
accomplished the men were pretty well
tired out, with their heavy arms, wet
clothes and about five pounds of Ala
bama sandcock; and every man would
have given a months pay for drink
of water. After the prisoners were Sc
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29
Prairie Dog Exterminator.

A letter from Sioux Falls, S. D., says
that George Hatch, of Jerauld county
is probably the only man in the state
or the northwest who follows the pro-
fession of an expert prairie-dog exter
minator. He has slaughtered large
numbers of the pests thus far this sea-
son, and has just been awarded the con.
tract to remove" the prairie dogs on
what is known as the Rowley farm,
near Alpena. The prairie dogs occupy
a tract of about 80 acres on this farm
and number into the thousands. Hatch
and his force of men will eXterminate
the little animals by putting gas in the
holes and covering these up with earth.
He has found this method to be very
effective in Kidding the country of the
pests.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29
FACE OF A PLANK DAM

inches of water. Since it was possible
to irrigate my farm from this creek
provided it was properly damned,
constructed a plank dam similar to the
one shown in cut, stones being used o,
either side in retaining banks for some
distance back from the DAM
The stills or bed pieces are six by
eight inches by 16 feet long, laid every
three feet to sustain uprights and in
clined timbers. The stones are laid fol-
several feet back of incline to prevent
washing of the sandy soil. Eithe.
timbers or plank floors should be laid
in front to prevent the pitting out OF
the bed of stream, that will eventually
undermine the framework. Such a
dam may be constructed from any
lumber that may be available.-T. A.
Russell, in Farm and Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29
HAD ENOUGH OF ARTILLERY
Civil War Veterans Pointed Remark
When the Band Initiated
the Guns.

An amusing incident occurred at a
concert by Thomas Preston Brooke and
his famous band during a recent tour
of the New England states, says the
Chicago Chronicle.
Among the early arrivals at the
opera house were an elderly gentle
man and his wife from the country,
and they were shown to seats we'll to-
ward the front of the house.
When the curtain arose. revealing
the SO musicians attractively grouped
on the stage, their natty uniforms and
respondent instruments completing a
picture of dazzling effect. the old gen.
tleman from the rural district was all
enthusiasm. Gee whilliken. Manda, be
they all goin' to play at onct?" he
calculated, to the amusement of every
one seated near him.
A storm of applause greeted the re-
nowned bandmaster when he appeared
on the stage. which seemed to mystify
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-29

been newspaper correspondent in the
fleet that enterprise would have made as
much noise as Cushing's exploit-yet
not one man of that party has ever re-
ceived the least consideration, except
Lieut.. Cotton, who has reached the
height of his ambition-a rear admiral
in command of the European squadron
and his promotion was won by other
services.
The navy captured cavalry, and Adj
miral Farragut got his information
and on August the battle of Mobile
bay was fought.-Eugene Orr, U. S. S.
Oneida, in National Tribune.