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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
A CURIOUS ANIMAL.
Facts of Interest Regarding the
Opossum by One Who Has
Studied 1t.

The Virginia OpOSsum, 1t is thought,
was originally an inhabitant OF the trop-
les. but has long been resident of tenn
perate regions, also. In fact, writes
Ernest Harold Baynes, in Woman S
Home Companion, it has proved it's abil-
ity to flourish in almost any climate, and
it's gnome-like footprints are found
every winter on the snow-covered
ground of Long Island and the Hudson
River valley. Nevertheless, it is best
known in the south, where to the darkles
the ideal sport is a possum hunt, and the
ideal feast, baked possum an taters.'
An opossum is born in much more
immature condition than any other OF
our mammals At birth it is one OF a
family of perhaps ten or 13, each OF
which is no larger than newly-born
mouse. The mother conveys it at once
to the pouch or pocket, on the under
side of her body, and there it attaches it
self to one of the 13 nipples which are ar
ranged in the form of ring, with one in
the middle At first the baby'S mouth
is very large in proportion to the size OF
it's body, but soon the lips contract
around the nipple, and the little fellow
remains there for weeks without once
letting go. During this time his mother,
by means of special muscles, pumps milk
into him as he requires it. He grows
rapidly, and when he is about the size of
a small rat, at which time he is covered
with gray hair like his mother, lie pokes
his head out of the pouch, and even joins
his brethren in short excursions onto
the back of his parent, scrambling back
again at the first sign of danger.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
Hardened Conner.

Hardened copper, states German au-
thority, has been sought not so much for
providing instruments with razor-like
cutting edges as for coating them with
a case-hardened surface to resist
changes from exposure. A lately pub
lished patent claims that copper may be
satisfactorily tempered by heating slow
ly to a certain temperature, and sprink-
ling with powdered sulphur during the
heating. The objects, while still hot,
are plunged into a bath of blue vitriol.>
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
Aluminium and Plant Life.

A tree using aluminium almost to the
exclusion of other mineral elements has
been reported in New South Wales by
H. G. Smith, of Sydney. 1t is known
botanically as Orites excelsa, R. Br..
and the aluminium is deposited as basic
succinate. Other Towering plants show
only trace of aluminium, although it
seems to serve as food of cryptogams.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
They Commit Suicide.

Herring and other fishes have sought
death by rushing ashore in myrlads,
regiments of ants by deliberately walk
ing into streams. swarms OF rats by
migrating in the face of their deadly
foes. and even butterflies by flying In
immense clouds straight out to sea. II
would be interesting to discover the
cause of this apparent wholesale and
deliberate self-deStructiOn.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
Aged Golf Player.

Tom Morris, green keeper of the North
Berwick Golf club, has resigned be-
cause he is 80 years old. He had played
golf since he was ten years of age, and
was open champion in 1901, 1862. 1863
and 1867.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
Variable.

The Family Friend suppose the
baby is the sunshine of your home?
Mamma-Sometimes Frequently he is
the storm center.-Puck.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
scbooIs Open at NIGHT,

Twenty schoolhouses in New York
have been opened this fall as recreation
centers for the neighborhoods il. which
they are situated.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01

Poker is not a game of chance-or at
least, the novice has no chance.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
The 3ezusb Buzbrzgbt Wo,1bless
By DIR. EMIL @. HIRSCH.

THINGS material and practical in business honor or
position the Jewish brthrgh is worhless-worse than
worthless The Jew everywhere target for ignorant
and prejudiced discrimination.
No matter how emnenty fitted for office Jew
NAV be no matter how spotess and pure his character
no matter how superior he may be to the cheap party
tool vet because he is Jew, his name is not even
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
Not TITLES for All.

Some of the girls have to take dukes.
There are not enough United States sem
ators to go around.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1904-01-01
ADOPTS wireless Method.

Wireless communication has been es-
tablishad between Japan and Formosa,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25

Frequently some business peo-
pie will tell you about their doubt
of advertising, one merchant who
advertised in last weeks Messen-
ger. only one insertion, that on
Tuesday of this week he would sell
at specially low prices. three do
zens pairs Of shoes, told us that he
had three hundred calls for the
shoe bargains. This is proof that
the people read the local papers
and keep close watch for the bar
gains that are advertised. and when
q Merchant will advertised bar
gains, telling the people what they
are and the price, they are sure to
get the crowd. and the crowd al
ways means more business.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25
Letter to Robert Martin
81. yArtinville

Dear Sir: Good yarn: How we
got our agent at Delhi. NY.
Gladstone & Paine were agents
for ----; we mustn't tell
names. We wanted 'em. Paine
was painting his big Colonial
house. Said it took 10 gallons OF
white for the trim.
We sent him 10 gallons and said:
Il You get it all on, no pay, if you
have any left, return it and pay
the rest. Agreed.
He returned four gallons and
took the agency. Four or five
years ago. He knows now that bis
old paint was and lie adulterated ;
that's Why it took ten gallons to
equal six of ours.
Go by the name; there is but one
name to 20 by Devoe lead-and-
zinc.
Yours truly
F w DEvoE 4 Co
AZ New York
u. j. Ixabbo aella our pa;nk
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25
Worst Of All Experiences.

Can anything be worse than to
feel that every minute will be your
last? Such was the experience of
Mrs. S. H. Newson. Decatur, Ala.
"For three years" she writes. II
endured insufferable pain from in-
digestion, stomach and bowel trou-
bic. Death seemed inevitable when
doctors and all remedies failed.
At1ength ! was induced 10 try
Electric Bitters and the result was
miraculous. / improved at once
and now I'm completely recover
ed. For Liver, Kidney, Stomach
and Bowel troubles Electric Bit
tiers is the only medicine. Only
50c. It's guaranteed by T. j.
Liable druggist.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25
Triumphs Of Modern Surgery

Triumphs of Modern Surgery.
Wonderful things are done for the hu
man body BY surgery. Organs are t.
ken out and scraped and polished and
put back, or they may be removed en-.
tirely; bones are spliced; pipes take the
place Of diseased sections Of veins. anti
septic dressings are applied 10 wounds
bruises. burns and like injuries before
Inflammation sets In. which causes them
to heal without maturstiou and In one
third the time required BY the old treat
ment. Chamberlains Pain Balm acts
on this same principle. Il is an anti
septic and when applied 70 such inju-
riee. causes them to heal very quickly.
It also allays the pain aud soreness.
Keep bottle Of Pain Balm In your
home and Y will save you time and mo-
ney, not to mention the Inconvenience
and suffering which such injuries en-
tatl.-F0r sale By T. ]. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25
The Red River is on q ris

The Red River is on . rising
boom at this time, the water has
reached a stage which 10 danger
GUS, a large area Of land is already
under water, destroying valuable
crops, and the danger is increasing
daily. 1t is feared that the water
will rise several feet yet. and con-
tinue to destroy crop and proper
ty as it rises. The condition in
the Red River valley is serious
and very threatening.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25

Chsmberlaln's Stomach and Liver Ia.
bets Better than Doctors Pre-.
scriptlon.
Mr.. J. W. Turner. Of Truhart, w.. says
that Chsmberlain'e Stomach and LIVER
Tablets have done him more good than
anything be could get from the doctor.
II any physician In tits country was
able to compound medicine that would
produce such gratifying results 10 cases
Of stomach troubles. biliousness or con-
stipation, his whole time would be use
IN preparing this one medicine. For
sale BY T. ]. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25

For the past few Sundays the
report was current that some OF
the liquor dealers we're doing some
back door business. Very few Of
our business people are in favor Of
opening their establish ments on
Sundays, apd they look upon the
violation of the Sunday law with
disfavor. Last Sunday one of the
stores, opened for the first time,
and wide open too. there was no
back door or on the ely business
with this store, everything was
wide open, dry goods, grocery and
bar. The other stores in town no
titled their clerks they would have
to prepare to open their stores on
Sundays, as matter of self-pro-
lection, unless the Sunday law was
respected by all; this notice was
not very agreeable to the numer-
Gus clerks who like to have q day
of rest on Sunday. and they deci-
ded that in union there 10 strength,
and as q matter also of self pro-
lection. they organize the Clerks
Protective Association, and they
will make it q duty to see that the
Sunday law 10 respected, and that
the Sunday remains to them Q day
of rest and pleasure, and If the
few people who have opened their
stores continue this practice, they
will close them by process of law. |
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25
SATURDAY, JUNE IS, 1904.

SATURDAY. JUNE IS, 1904.
The planters 10 Cypress Island
and around Park Station were
complaining Of prolonged drought;
in many places the corn crop is
said to be greatly injured. The
other crops, however, are not suf-
fering. This week we have been
having local showers, audit is to
be hoped that the localities which
were suffering by the drought will
get some of the showers. though .
little late, will always be of some
benefit to the crops.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25

Sheriff l. A. Broussard of La
fayette parish had his books chez.
ksd in settling with the parish
when he made his final settlement
with the Police Jury, and his
books showed that he had over
paid the parish something like
u, 100. The Police Jury proclai.
med that the ex-Sheriff was a good,
faithful and honest officer, repaid
to him the money he had overpaid
the parish and rendered him q
vote of thanks for the efficient
manner in which he had conduc-
ted the Office he held for 60 many
years. This is the way that every
officer should retire from a public
Office, with the books showing that
ell public money has been honest
~ accounted for, and his duties
proclaimed by the proper authori-
ties to have been we'll done.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25

The Ladies' Social Club will
be entertained on Tuesday June
28th., by Mrs. Albert Bienvenu.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25

Big Bargains in Mattines this
week at L. G. Duchamp.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1904-06-25

YOU Know WHAT YOU ARE TAYMg
When Jon take Crows TAsrELEss CHILL
Tonic because the formula IL plainly
printed on every bottle showing that It
10 simply Iron and Quinine in taste
les sorm. No Cure. No Pay. 80 cents.
"A light shower fell here Wed
nesday evening, which was a great
relief to the people Of the town, it
laid down the dust and refreshed
the atmosphere which was uncom-
fortably warm.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-19
38 BELOW IN n. Y.
All Cold Weather Records Brok-
ell in Mohawk Valley.

Fonda, n. Y. Jan. 1s.-An records fer
cold weather have been broken in the
Mohawk valley, the official thermometer
registering So degrees below zero here
today. Trains on the New York Central
We're from two to three hours late. Tele-
graph and telephone companies were bad
ly crippled.
MUCH SUFFERING IN CITY.
New York, Jan. 19.-Intensely cold
weather last night and today caused suf-
fering all over the city among the home
less and poor and the temperature, below
zero, brought conditions OF extreme dis
comfort for all whose duties called them
into the open air. The police were kent
busy caring for unfortunates. several Of
whom We're found unconscious one in a
diving condition. The temperature began
to drop suddenly last evening, passing
zero during the night. and at a. m. one
below zero was registered at the weather
bureau, much lower temperatures pre-
vailing in more exposed portions of the
city. Firemen were greatly handicapped
in their work today by the intense cold
and bursting of hose.
Dispatches from all over the state re-
port extremely cold weather, the Their
mometer going as low as 10 degrees be-
low zero in the central part of the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-19

label and recommends that each local
devote ten minutes of each meeting to
a discussion of the question of union
made goods. Vigorous support of the
anti-lnjunctiOn bill and the eight hour
bill now in congress is urged.
President Mitchell voices his earnest
support of legislation prohibiting boys
under 16 from being allowed to work in
the mines and asks the convention to
endorse it. In closing, reference is
made to the cordial business relation
ship that has existed between our or
ganization and operators in all states
and districts in which the wages and
conditions of employment are regulat-
ed and determined by mutual agree
ment.'
Secretary Wilson made his
annual report, in which he said he had
hoped to report a larger amount of
money on hand, but the large number
of strikes requiring aid from the ma
tional organization had been a, great
drain on it's resources. On November
80 there was in Indianapolis banks ST.
129, 1877 belonging to the organization.
The paid up membership is 2S9,S36. The
total membership is approximately
$50 900. To avoid the loss of revenue
from these 10000 members not paid up,
which would amount to $4,000 annual
ly the stamp system is advocated in the
report.
Mr.. Wilson recommends the Mine
Workers Journal be made a monthly
publication instead Of weekly and that
the per capita tax be increased five
cents per month to pay for extra
copies to be distributed to locals.
Following is a recapitulation of the
financial statement: Balance on hand
January 1, 1903. s1.027, 120. Total in
come January November 80, 1903,
1852 651. Grand total, $1,679,7 1872. Total
expenditures January November 80,
1903, $573. 593. Balance on hand Novem-
To,- 81 LOG 102
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-19
LOUIS ATTACKS BRIsTOW.
Says Father and Son Drew Pay for
Doing Nothing.

Washington, Jan. 19.-The house de-
voted a brief session to District of
Columbia business. While in commit
tee of the whole on one bill, the post
office scandal was discussed, Mr.. Bart
lett, of Georgia, introducing a letter
from Mr.. NJ. w. Louis, who felt ag-
grieved at certain statements in the
Bristow report. Mr. Cowherd, of Mis-
souri,, pointed out that Louis was irreg-
ularly appointed just in time to let a
contract that cost the government &c.,
600 more than was necessary
Mr.. Bartlett called attention to a let
ter he had received from NJ. w. Louis,
which was sent to the clerks desk and
read. Mr.. Bartlett previous to its
reading said that he had advised Mr..
Bristow of the nature of the letter and
that Mr.. Bristow had said to him that
his father and son had been regularly
appointed. The letter written by Mr..
Louis protests against statements in
the Bristow postoffice report, and,
among other things, says:
Mr.. Bristow himself injected into the
classified service without examination
more than thirty persons, some of them
postoffice inspectors employed in this
very investigation and among them his
own father, who was appointed as
$500 laborer on March 5, 1901, charged
to the Sixth congressional district of
Kentucky, and who now draws $1,000 a
year as a postoffice inspector in the
Denver Colo. postoffice, and also his
own son, who, during his school vaca-
ton, drew a salary at the rate of 1920
year in the postoffice at Washington,
D. c.
TT is not amiss to state that, even
now, Mr. Bristows father is not per-
forming an inspectors duties, and that
the son performed no work at all to
warrant the payment of a, salary
Following the reading of the letter,
Mr. Cowherd, Democrat, of Missouri,
said: 1T seems to me that the point in
the appointment of Louis was not the
violation of the civil service law, al
though that was unquestionably vio-
lated. Louis was appointed on that au-
thority and transferred, but the point
in the case is that Louis was appointed
on this particular and precise day. the
7th of April. in order that he might be
at the head of the division of supplies
on the 9Th day Of May. when a contract
was to be let, and that, by reason of
his appointment in this irregular way,
he got into a position where he could
let contracts improperly to the loss of
the government of at least some &c.
600, and probably very much more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-19
SNAP SHOTS HOME NEWS
Another yearl And like as not
Twill be Just like the old,
And some of it will be too hot,
And some of it too cold.
Kansas Day is a week from Friday.


There will be a twelve o'clock lunch
at Episcopal Guild parlors Wednesday.
Bishop Millspaugh viii spend next
Sunday in Atchison with Rev. w. R.
Cross.
An old brand of apples called
Smiths Cider has made its appear
anee in the grocery stores.
There are now twenty-five election
precincts in Topeka, a new one having
been created in the Third ward.
Clara May Gibbons has filed suit for
divorce in the district court against
Eugene Gibbons. She charges drunk
enness.
Judge Pollock will probably remain in
Topeka for the rest Of the week. He is
still somewhat indisposed by his illness
of last week.
May Anderson. daughter of Major T.
j. Anderson, is playing "NOrah, cook
in THE Awakening of Mr.. Pipp" in
Pittsburg, Pa.
There will be a free entertainment
Wednesday night, given by the Knights
of Pythias in their hall at the corner
of Sixth and Quincy streets.
Mr.. J. W. Robinson and Mr.. ]. c.
Marshall of Robinson, Marshall & Co.
have gone to Chicago and New York
to make purchases of spring and sum
mer goods.
Unless cider" Smith and Mr. Cox
get together and fix up a bunch of in
clemency, the people Of Kansas will be
gin talking about this as the wonderful
open winter of 1904.
An old bridge across the Shunga-
nunga near the starch factory col
lapsed Monday afternoon while a wagon
loaded with ties was crossing. The
bridge is outside of the city limits.
". S. Kale is grading and excavating
for his new store building at the corner
of Fifteenth and Lane. Mr.. Kale is
looking for a shoemaker to locate in the
shop building which he will build for
rent.
A. w. Dana delivered an address be-
fore the Ohio club last night on the
national prominence of Ohio. He took
the place of Governor Bailey and made
one of the best talks ever heard be-
fore the organization.
Twenty-Five business men yesterday
filed protest with the city clerk for
presentation to the council against the
location of the 'haEmarket' on the
public thoroughfare between Kansas
avenue and Jackson on Fourth.
Two electric cars were badly bump
ed on the East Seventh street track
yesterday afternoon while being coupled
together The damage to neither car
was serious, window glass or two be
ing cracked, and no one was hurt.
A meeting of the streets and walks
/ committee was held Monday afternoon.
and it was decided TO repair the East
Fifteenth street bridge over the Shun-
ganunga, the city to stand half the ex-
pense and the county the other half.
The rebuilding of the Washburn col
lege car line has been commenced and
the street cars are compelled to back
down town from the corner of HuntOOn
and Clay, where passengers are trans
ferred across from the end of the line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-19
CLASH WITH THE TRUST
Implement Dealers Association
Has War Paint on.

Kansas City. Mo-. Jan. ia clash be-
tween the Western Retail Implement
Dealers association, meeting in annual
convention here, and the syndicate that
was expected TODAY when representatives
of the association met the accredited
agents of the International Harvester
company. The executive board of the
dealers, after a discussion of the recent
merger had decided to demand lower
prices for harvesters and longer time Tor
payment.
Previous to the meeting of the dealers
and agents the annual convention of the
implement men association was called to
order and addressed by F. E. Myers of
Ashland, O., president of the national IS
sociation.
The annual address of E. D. Heeney
of Severance. Kan, president of the west.
ern association, followed There are eco
delegates in attendance.
over :, 500 dealers from all parts of the
country are here with displays of veni-
cles presenting the most comprehensive
exhibit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-19

want the trust magnates against US,
not for u.s. Their opposition is proof
of our party's fidelity; their support
would cast suspicion upon us.
Shall we abandon our advocacy of
bimetalism in order to conciIiate those
who defeated the party in other cam
paigns? Never. Some phase of the
money question is always before con-
gress, and no one can predict when the
coinage phase of the money question
of any kind would be possible with the
money changers in control of the party.
Shall We change our position on the tar
if question in order to win our demands?
II IS absurd TO suggest II Tor the same
vicious principle runs through all OF the
facts from which the people suffer. And
SO with the position on the labor question,
the election of senators by the people, on
Watered stock control of corporations
and on other issues.
The Kansas City platform is sound in
convention should be to reaffirm it in
its entirety, and its next act should be
the addition of new plankS in harmony
with it and covering such new questions
as demand consideration.
Then the convention should elect caridi-
dates who believe in the platform-candi-
issue in the campaign and whose fidelity
to Democratic principles will not be
doubted at the election. The committee
! should announce that it will neither ask
nor receive contributions from those who
are intrenched behind the bulwarks
which we are attacking. And then let rs
! ground of dollars and cents, but by show
| ing how Republican policies violate moral
principles and invite the punishment that
sooner or later overtakes the wrong
/ doer.
Win such a course insure victory? The
/ best that our party can do is to deserve
victory and an appeal to the conscience
/ of the American people is sure to win
ultimately and offers the best promise of