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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-06
MAY ALL LIVE
A HUNDRED YEARS

LONDON, Aug. 2O.-Length Of human
life, approximating the years enjoyed
by the patriarchs of the later Mosaic
age, is predicted by DR.. Oliver Ferguson
OF Cheltenham, who. to say the least,
is a pleasantly optimistic scientist.
He anticipates the happy time when
all disease germs shall have gone the
way of the extinct mammoth and the
mastodon, OF the black death and of
the sweating sickness"
Lecturing the other day at Oxford,
DIR. Ferguson said that for those hap
py people who shall be living a nun
dred years hence there probably no
longer viii be any dread of infection,
for perhaps before then-thanks to
radium and its congeners-we shall
have exterminated all noxious bacteria,
and our grandchildren, therefore all
will live hundred years or more
According to DR.. Ferguson, up to the
present time humanity has been born
prematureiy, and the last hundred
years in science have been worth all the
thousands that preceded them. In sup
port of this argument he stated that
within the last sixty years the average
length of life has been extended by
about a decade.
With the advance of medical science
DR.. Ferguson conceives that there may
be no weaker organs in the human
body hereafter If that should be the
case, to use his own words the last
act (death) will consequently come to
all quite suddenly and painlessly, when
all our organs shall be equally worn
out together, when all shall give and
stop and crumble and dissolve together
just as it was with the celebrated
'one-hoss shay"
Commentators on the Cheltenham
scientists lecture assert that he would
have illustrated his meaning more aptly
by quoting Rider Haggard's description
Of the passing away of the mysterious
'She" in that authors remarkable
African romance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-06
Sale of Pope's Clothing.

ROME, Aug. 20.-The Vatican au-
thorities have forbidden the nuns of the
Order OF Reparition to dispose of the
pope's discarded clothing. Those sis
tiers attend to Plus ks washing and
mending and they We're in the habit of
selling discarded articles for the benefit
of their order. Even the buttons from
the papal cassock, neatly sewed on
cardboard, with an appropriate inscrip-
ton, formed material for the trade
which included hosiery and pieces of
the most valuable wearing apparel.
Each article was marked with the
monastery seal. Many visitors to Rome
thus have been enabled to take home
personal souvenirs of the pope.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-06
James for Roosevelt.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-. Aug. 2O.-In
a speech at the Quantril reunion today
Frank James, the former bandit, de-
clared that he had been treated and
honored like a man in Ohio and Penn
sylvania and starved to death in his
native state. He affirmed that he in
tended to vote for Roosevelt and down
the line. James declared that he was
a Republican, adding:
I do not care what you may say
about me, boys, but I am guerrilla and
a confederate till 1 die, and all I want
you to DO is to sound taps over my
grave"
Cole Younger also was present, but
declined to make an address, though
repeatedly called upon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-06
GIANTS SOUGHT By MIKADo.
Wants Them for Bodyguavd and
Tries to Rear Tall Men.

PARIS, Aug. 2e.i-A Toxic dispatch to
the Rappel says the nlikado long had
the same mania for a bodyguard COM
posed of giants as had Frederick the
Great. As giants are scarce in Japan,
the mikado years ago began to try to
grow them by intermarrying japanese
with Europeans, and Feeding the chill
dren by these unions on a special diet,
consisting largely of meat. The mi
kado bitterly regretted that the war
with Russia began before he had Co
liaths enough on hand TO form his body
guard.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-06
French Anglers Contest.

PARIS, Aug 20.-Probably the great
est fishing contest ever held in France
came off this week on the banks of the
Seine. near Paris. when 1000 Izaak
waltons assembled. at the invitation
of a local newspaper. to trv their l,,ck
and skill The spectators numbered
more than 10000. About eighty pounds
of fish We're taken. the largest being a
1S-ounce carp. An anglers banouet
and ball followed the contest
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
PROFANITY
GOT ANOTHER HEAVY FINE THIS
MORN lNG-IS NOT SAFE TO
@ SWEAR IN RINGS AND
CIRCLES.

Officer Fort1ey found Peter Mac
Donald on Madison street last night
about o'clock Peter was beastly
drunk, and swearing rings around the
arc lights.
Peter acknowledged the drum X
charge, but knew uothins about the
profanity end OF it.
His aonor certainly means TO MI
this habit on our streets, tor although
it was Peters first time up, he was
fined $500, which he will work out
The lecture course was abandoned
this morning, Clerk Engle being alb
sent from the Court room. Ned
Smith did the official service in the
absence of the clerk.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
a CONF RAGED:'lY',l
sas:Audfences$Ygns r enay,a bntse hs4
shaw was Tangled OPP

The aud Iences yAs Ready but the
sho Wv was T:,ni led Up
III John Barnard, who. afterward be-
cane famous as the painter of q great
n, r,r:, mn of Mississippi scenery. set
mt in 3$i1is boyhood, lin the early tt1ir
ties5 ia: travel down the Great Water
81, s ia tboat with a mum Der of cornpan-
ions They built their boat on the Wa
hash md were. to pay their way by
axhi1,itinc dioramic views In the cabin
q LANDINGS. Unfortunately the can
delights were not then shining
ti1rouef1 the sycarnores along the Wa
hash. and before the adventures reach
ed a settled region they ran out Of pro-
visions In the woods they could find
notTifn,, shnt panaws. luscious at FIRST
mt o11iclx IL; glowing. 81
For, two DAYS. wrote the sixteen
year-oId Barnard, we had nothing
yyhnteyer to eat but those awful pa
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
DOMESTIC NEGLECT.
The Tragedy of Little Things That
Arc Left UudOne. $500

The Tragedy of Little Things That
Arc Left Undonc.
The Judge and spectators in a Kan
sas City courtroom laughed when a
husband testified that his wife gave
him only mechanical Kisses"
Then the lawyers devoted many min
utes to the question, '.What is a me-
chanical kiss?" They decided that it
was a salutation given only through
sense of duty, and then they laughed
some more.
They didn't go far enough. They
might have called it a tragedy.
With most women affection lasts. 1t
burns as strongly in old age as in gold
en- youth. A caress means q world Of
joy to them.
Some men forget. They grow care
less Carelessness is often species OF
selfshness. Once it was a privilege to
press a lovers kiss on the lips of q
wife at the door when leaving in the
morning, again as warm greeting
that always marked the homecoming
at night.
And one morning the man forgot the
caress and lost himself in business.
And a shadow foil on a romance, and
the woman wept. She tried to be brave
and sensible. She tried to laugh at the
silly fear that be didn't care Tor .hef
She assured herself a hundred times
that it was such little thing and that
it was natural for him to forget ana
that it was unreasonable for her to e2-c
pect the JOY Of the honeymoon through
life. She wiped, away her tears and re-
solved to hide her grief and be kind,
loving, patient
And the man never knew. Perhaps
some day he went into court and COM
planned that he had been the recipient
of "mechanical Kisses" Domestic neg
1ect isn't always confined to lack of
food and clothing. Cruelty doesn't al
ways take the form Of physical abuse.
When men learn to think, when they
remember that the little attentions Of
ten mark the difference between JOY
and sorrow in woman's life, there
will be more real happiness In the
world.-AInwaukeeJ Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13

lJlgIES
ssconsnon Superstition y at 19' ne:
Brins iii Fortune y .t lfou IN

Tsnr centuries many people have had
"a dread OF peacock feathers, fearing
fI1af ID 6 caring of them would bring
s..eYn fortune says the Chicago Chron-
ilc,t. The superstition has nothing to
- !, its existence save its age,
10 fnr 4 Igre seems to be little foundation
s., history for it. Recently the pup PUB
Eishers Of aSwelI-known English mag
:Sszine we're forcibly reminded OF this
4 zen they issued. their holiday num-
Der ii it'll an elaborate peacock design
ION the cover.
The magazine found no sale On the
uews-stands and the publishers were
actually Obliged to recall the issue
and provide a new decoration.
\. neither it would be possible to
make rs popular is hard to tell. ger
laps lit might be done IT fashlon
should take it in hand as she mas the
neacock-feather design. The color
Inss are rich and dark-toned and are
used for hats, gowns and ribbons in
every variety of style.
Lady Curzon, Vicereine OF India, is
surely not prejudiced against the pea
cock feather for she has an entire
Gown made Oh the app11eu peaSooN
eyes It is like magnificent en-
brpIdered velvet and marvellous in col
bring
Stunning buttons are seen made TO
initiate the peacock eye. They seem
40 have been designed purposely for
8te green and blue changeable taffeta
walking suits.
The peacock design appears also in
belt buckles, hatpins brooches and
set IN long chains, with a charm OF O.
single eye lnclosed in glass, supposed
10 be as lucky as the four-leat clover.
One unique design seen at the opera
was "a comb Tor the back HAIR OF
E'rench-gray silver. A peacock feath-
ser, exauisite1y carved, turned over the
top, and the "eye" was a combination
sof Oriental stones in richest greens
and blues.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13

After dancing for a little While many
peoples feet get very tender and I'M
comfortable. If you are troubled in
this way, try this plan: Put ivy leaves
next the soles Of your feet, inside the
stockings. Cut out the hard center rib,
lay the leaves as smoothly as possible,
draw your stockings carefully over so
as not to disarrange them, and see that
your shoes fit just comfortably. For
walking in warm wca Their this is an eS-
cellent plan and prevents the feet from
getting tender.-New York News.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
Relative Size.

Perhaps + may a,.empt to illustrate
the profound truth enunclated IN a
recent art crltique in TINS paper, that
large and small are not absolute, but
relative terms. The electron--"hlch
was referred to as the smallest thing
we !>now-bears to the atom of which
it is a constituent relation all DIG
incredible This is the way Sir OilVt'
Lodge Duls it, Let US imagine an
atom as large as st. Pauls Cathedral.
The electrons which circle within IL
will then be about the size OF this 1uil
stop. The distances between the cleo
irons will be comparable, relatively
to their size, to those. between the
planets Of the solar system. Now,
let us see what is the real size OF this
atom thus 1naSnified to the size or ST.
Pauls. Lord Kelvin has answered
that. He calculates that il drop OIL
water we're magnified to the size OF
the earth it's constituent atoms would
be somewhere between the size on a
small shot and cricket balls. Havlng
thus obtained an idea as to the size o.
an atom, try to conceive pf the elec-
iron, which bears to it the relation
that full stop bears to ST. Pauls
Cathedral Large and small are terms
relative to the mind of man WI :
coined them, and the best answer to
the annotator who declares that the
Dutch painters taught the in ISL! ni11ts
canoe Of man is that saying Of the
Greek phiIosophe Man is th !:
measure Of all things. Z Pail Mall Ca !
szette. s5 S,5
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
His Promotion.

Spa said little Johnny, teacher is
thinking about promoting ne"
GLOW DO you know: 2"
'From what she said today.
'.And what was that"
.She said-if kept on I'd belong to
the criminal class"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
Two Stntenl ents.

Ascum-Some people are saying that
you made most Of your money IN pol
itics. Leader-But others are saying
I made most of my money out or poll
tics; SO who are We going to belleve!-
Philadelphia Press.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13

= t.And what did you do when the doc
tor told you you would have to quit
wearing corset and give up sxeets:'''
ST sent for another doctor.''-Ch Chicago
Record Herald. SKI $:5ssl H
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13

4 Whoever makes the fewest persons
uneasy is the best bred in the COM.
pany.-Swtft
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
J. Moved I,,t cd

sographe Howard has moved M '1es5l
from the building on Jackson street 1l'ee
to a build ling on i q Monroe roe
street; opposite the Grand ope era
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13

Joy, Temperance and repose slam the
door Oh the doctor's4no -Longf fellow
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13

day. May tn summer Hat opens
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
HAMILTON Sc III UFFFTAFl, )

are located on the second oors Of the the,
Peoples Bank 3 ling They are
prep AIRED to a pavinfas 6, grad Ing ce-.
menting ana u lI work IN heir line on
short notice.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
i;YourIVacation Time.

Ter larn de ways er wisdom
You amt got fur ter roam;
& wen Satan call ter see you
Say you done lef home
Ef he answer dat he sorry
En- think he'll loaf about, Il.
Des holler thoo' de lleyhole---
You done sold out.
# Dat DIES de way ter do him, is5
sEif you hedge along des:way
Hell take seat fer dinner .,
En- you's de one'll pay
Atlanta Constitution
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13
is NOW Open
ABBOTTS BOARDING HOUSE
Next TO the New Jacobs Building on
Monroe Street.
Furnished Rooms.
Table Board.

Entire house newly furnish
cd. Baths, all conveniences.
Rooms are large, airy, COM
Portable, honelike. Beds are
soft, new and well taken care
of. Board will be the best
and lots of it. For rates call
!, at house. Fine parlor for all.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13

Ss5s$ 53I have some Of the best lots On the
ssouth SIDE for sale from $3.50 5td g,
500.
IANfIANf 3xs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-13

aFI. ii I,A.NiIAAf
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-30
ENCOURAGING.

Announcement is made that the
Liberty White railroad has been
completed from McComb City to
the Amite river, a distance of Is
miles, and that trains are running
on regular schedule, doing fine
freight and passenger BUSINESS. 1t
is the intention of the manage
ment to build through to Liberty
and to have the road running to
that place by the first of next
July, making new road of 25
miles through as fine timber
belt as is to be found in the south.
Railroad building is not by any
means the only field of enterprise
that is being developed in Missis-
sippi. 1t is very safe PROPOSE
ton, however, that when railroads
are building there is something
doing in all other lines. Every
day charters are granted for new
banks, new saw mills, oil mills,
furniture factories, fertilizer fac
tories, and a thousand and one
other industries. With forty mil
lions of money yet idle in the
banks of the state there is no
reason, so long as present conf
dence in the future is maintained,
that this year should not be re-
cord breaker here. Clarion Led
ger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-30
New Act in Regard to Teachers Ex-
aminatiOnS.

AN ACT to amend Chapter ITO
of the Sheet Acts of 1902, so as
to change the time for the ex-
aminations of the teachers in
the public schools.
Time for holding examinations
for teachers.
Section 1. Be it enacted by
the legislature of the state of
Mississippi, That Chapter ITO of
the Sheet Acts of 1909, be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
On Friday and Saturday (of the
first four weeks of September)
and of the first four weeks of
April the examining board shall
hold under regulations prescribed
by the board of education, writ
ten examination of applicants to
teach. The examination shall be
held at the county site, and in the
public school building or in the
court room whenever practicable.
In counties having two court dis
trlcts, the examinations shall be
held alternately at the places of
holding court, if the convenience
of the teachers require it. The
superintendent shall exclude from
the rooms all persons who are not
examiners or applicants for
license. There shall be separate
examinations for the two races.
Sec. 2. That this Act take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved March %, 1904.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-30
A NEGRO Assassinated by.a NegrN

Particulars Of the assassination
of Ed. Paxton by Need Butler, alias
Need Smith, both colored, have
been given The Leader by Dep
uty Sheriff Tom Applewhite since
The Leaders, last issue.
Last winter Ed Paxton killed
a negro named Yes johnson in
beat 5, at negro festival, and,
from statements gathered, the
killing was done in self-defense.
On preliminary hearing Paxton
was granted bail, and since that
time, had been shot at once by a
brother-in-law of Wis johnson
named Wells, but escaped unhurt.
Last Saturday, while Ed. Pax
ton and a young white man of
Red Star named Monroe Kimble,.
were riding along the public road
near DR.. R. r. Applewhite's
place in beat 5, Paxton was shot
in the back of the neck with a
Winchester and knocked from his
horse, the blood squirting out over
young Kimble, who rode at his
side. He had no..sooner fallen than
Need Butler alias Smith, step
ped out from a blind, which he
had constructed of pine brush
near the road side, and looking at
Kimble with a smile of trium-
plant satisfaction on his face,
deliberately fred two more shots
from his Winchester at the pros
trate form of his victim and then
walked away.
Sheriff R. G. Applewhite, who
was notified of the murder Satur-
day evening, together with Depu-
ty Sheriff Tom Applewhite and
Marshal Byrd and the city police,
came very near capturing the
murderer at negro house on the
Union Church road in the edge of
Brookhaven, Saturday night. His
Winchester, hidden under a mat
tress, with three cartridges miss
ing, was found III the house, and
Wesley Johnson, Yes Johnson's
father, another son and his son-in-
law Wells, were all kinsmen of
the negro Need Smith, were found
in the house at the same time and
arrested as accomplices, though
they were afterward released for
lack of evidence. Need Smith, it
seems, had slipped out to Pearl
haven few minutes before the
officers arrived, where his trail
was lost.
He is a low,,, black negro, with
a gold front tooth which shows
plainly when he opens his mouth.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-30
Are You a Dyspeptic?

If you are dyspeptic you owe it to
yourself and your friends to get we'll.
Dyspepsia annoys the dyspeptic's
friends because his disease sours his
disposition as we'll as his stomach.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will not only
cure dyspepsia, indigestion and sour
stomach, but this palatable, reconstruc-
tive tonic digestant strengthens the
whole digestive apparatus, and sweet
ems the life as well as the stomach.
When you take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
the food you eat is enjoyed. It is di-
gested, assimilated and its nutrient
properties appropriated by the blood
and tissues. Health is the result. Sold
by Price Drug Co.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-30
New Wiring Ordinance Adopted
ApriI IS.

An ordinance to discontinue the
business of private wiring and
repairing, as heretofore done
by the city of Brookhaven.
Whereas, The business of pri-
vate wiring of houses as hereto
fore engaged in by the city of
Brookhaven, necessitates the en-
ployment of an extra man at a
large salary, and also the carry
ing in stock by the city of a large
and expensive stock of electrical
supplies; and,
Whereas, The Board deems it
expedient to discontinue the bust
ness: Therefore
Be it ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Alderman of the city
of Brookhayen, Miss, That from
and after June 1, 1904, no wiring
or repairing will be done by the
city other than that necessary to
maintain it's public electric lines
and such as may be necessary to
bring the electric current up to
the premises of those desiring to
connect with the city electric light
main.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained,
that all ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained,
that this ordinance take effect and
be in force one month from and
after it's passage.
Adopted April Is, 1904.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-30
Notice 10 Veterans.

Editor of The Leader:-Please
announce that a meeting of the
Sylvester Gwin Camp No. 235
will be held on the LIST Monday in
May, 1904, at the Court House to
Elect Delegates" to the Reunion
to be held June 18th, 18th, 10Th
of June at Nashville.
Business of Importance will
come up at this meeting in regard
to Pensions, collecting dues, etc.
New members will be enrolled on
that date.
By order Of
: JOHN M. MAY,
Capt. Commanding Sylvester
Gwin Camp No. 235.
TACK 7, HOSKINS,
Adjutant.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-04-30

The municipal authorities made
another wholesale raid at jackson
on the places under suspicion of
being blind tiger joints. A
dozen or more places were raided,
and ten warrants were sworn out
on Tuesday, against the proprie-
tors. In most of the places the
police found quantities of beer and
whlskey, and in one combination
gambling den they found a bottle
of knockout drops" used to stu
pefy a victim and therefore facili-
tate the 'feeclngo process. All.
the goods found were confiscated.
The witnesses found in the places
were all summoned to appear and
testify.