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a Taste FOR Jewels.

NJ. Carcenat, a jeweler in the Rue Lee
courbe, discovered that q number OF
precious stones had disappeared from
his stock and at once reported the mat
ter to Nj. Raynaud. commissioner OF po-
lice.
4 On the visit of the latter to the
shop, in order to conduct an inquiry.
he was at once struck by the chatter
ing of a parrot, which was moving
freely around the shop. and it occurred
to him that the parrot might be the
thief. He accordingly communicated
his suspicious to the 1eweler, and the
latter, while stoutly maintaining the in
nocence Of the bird, agreed to have an
emetic administered. The result was
that the parrot disgorged over Zoo
worth Of diamonds and precious stones.
In future the delinquent was chained
to his pepch.-Paris Cor. London Tele-
graph.
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BASED ON MISAPPREHENSIO

According to the Portland Telegram,
the Oregon portage railway commits
sioners deny having issued any ulti-
matum to the Open River Association
to the effect that unless $4,000 were
raised by 3 o'clock this afternoon. in
addition to the sum appropriated by
the Oregon legislature, the project
would be abandoned and the
Oregon appropriation returned to
the state treasury. In an in
terview yesterday ]. N. Teal, attor-
ney for the Open River Association.
also declared that Walla Walla's MEM
Der of the association was laboring
under a Misrepresentation Of the facts
and that all arrangements for the
signing of the contract for the port
age road and the acceptance of the
bond of the McCabe Construction Com
pany would be completed by this af-
ternoon.
The Statesman having been led to
believe that the portage railway pro-
ject was to be defeated at the last
moment by an unreasonable and i'm
possible condition imposed by the Ore
gon commission, has commented very
severely upon the supposed recreancy
of the commission, insinuating rather
broadly that the commissioners had
been corrupted by some sinister in
fluence. If the emphatic denial of the
commissioners proves to be authentic,
an apology is due them for censure
which was not deserved and which
was provoked by erroneous informa-
ton.
The Statesman, as we'll as all the
people of the Inland Empire, will re-
joice if, after all, the portage railway
is soon to become an accomplished
fact, and the Oregon commission will
be given all the credit and honor it de-
serves for this notable achievement.
AS the result of DR.. N. G. Blalock's
protest against the abandonment of
the portage project, Governor Cham
berlain today gave assurance that a
reasonable length of time will be given
the Open River Association to raise
the $4,000 for which it stands pledged.
DIR. Blalocks work for the portage
railway, as for many other enterprises
for the benefit Of the Inland Empire
has been interchangeable, although
Sratuitous, and he deserves the thanks
of all the people residing in the upper
Columbia BASIN
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THE MOTIVE REVEALED.

The key to many a mystery In
business and legislation may be found
by asking: How does this interest
the Standard Oil company"
This question throws light on the
obstacles that have barred the way of
the Boutell bill, measure to remove
the internal revenue tax on alcohol
used in arts and manufactures. With
out asking the question, it is hard to
ton to such an act 1t will remit
the tax only on alcohol so mixed as to
be undrinkable, tax which now pre-
vents the general use of grain alcohol
in industry. Cheap alcohol would be a
wonderful stimulus to various lines Of
manufacture.
The secret Of the opposition is that
untaxed alcohol would prove a cheap
fuel for driving small engines. 1t can
be produced for much less than the
present cost of gasolene. Alcohol is
superior to gaSOlene for this purpose,
and cheap alcohol would compel Rock
efeller to reduce the price of gasolene
This he would doubtless do rather than
lose the market.
So it seems that in the final analysis
the tax on alcohol is money in the
treasury of the Standard Oil. That
does not seem good reason for the at
| in congress, but it is difficult to dis
| cover any other, except possibly that
the government needs the money
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MEN WITH LONG HAIR.

when British Soldiers Were First
Forbidden to Wear Curls.
Matthew of Westminster tells US that
in 1927 Henry l. ordered all the SOL
diers Of England to cut their hair a
proper length and not wear 1t like w0-
men. This custom Of wearing hair
like women rose, according to William
of Malmesbury, in the reign of VIII
liam the red king. Young men, he
says, then endeavored to rival women
in delicacy Of person. to mince their
gait, to walk, with loose gesture and
half naked.
Anselm in 11O2 enacted that clerks
who had long hair should be compelled
to have it cropped so as to show part
Of the ears and the eyes. William Of
Malmesbury does not mention the edict
Of Henry l., but he relates that in 1928
a certain knight who prided himself
on the luxuriancy Of his tresses, having
dreamed that he was strangled by
them, cut them OF Immediately on
waking.
This example,. he adds, spread
throughout England, and almost all
military men allowed their hair to be
cropped proper length. But, alas,
this decency did not continue long, for
scarcely a year expired ere all who
thought themselves courtly lapsed into
their former folly, and those who had
no natural curls put on false ones
London Standard.
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WHITE PERIL AND THE NEGRO.

The White Peril: the Immediate
Danger of the Negro is the title of a
remarkable contribution to the De-
cen1ber number of the North American
Review, by Mr.. William CARROT
Brown. Mr.. Brown is a native of
Alabama, and he is now citizen of
Massachusetts. In his article he re-
cords certain observations which he
made during a recent tour of the
southern states from Virginia to Tex
as. Two movements of population
were discernible-a steady exodus of
negroes from country to town, or to-
ward the north, and a moderate, but
apparently increasing inflow of whites
into the south. One fact Mr.. Brown
regards as ominous for the negroes
that is, that the white man is Ousting
Der of negroes The figures for the
the latter some years ago exclusive
ly controlled; while in new industries,
such as cotton manufacture, the negro
is not to be found at al Perhaps it
is even more significant of imminent
peril to the negro that his opportunity
is being gradually taken from him by
white competitors even on the farms
and plantations. Nor is it the native
poor white with whom the negro has
to reckon; it is the European. some
Italian and the Bohemian who are to be
feared. Referring to census testimony,
Mr.. Brown says:
In the case of at least fourteen
leading occupations the figures for
the two census years reveal the true
course of an actual competition. In
five of those occupations, while both
races gained, the negroes gained more
rapidly than the whites. This was true
of the class known as servants and
WATERS Of the miners and quarrymen,
of the nurses and midwives, of the
iron and steel workers. a1d of the sope-
ratives in saw-mills and planning mills
In the other nine occupations, the ne
groes lost ground relatively to the
whites. That is to say, the proportion
of negroes among the draymen, truck
men and teamsters in the south, among
the steam-railroad employees, among
the operatives in tobacco and cigar
factories, among the fishermen and
oystermen, among the BARRIERS and
among the launderers and
laundresses, among the seamstresses,
and among the carpenters and joiners,
was less in 1900 than it was in 1890
In the two classes last named, there
was an absolute decrease in the num-
Der of negros. The figures for the
whole country show also that there
were fewer negro blacksmiths in 1900
than in 1890; and there is no reason
to suppose that what was true of the
whole country was not true of the
southern states
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1T NIGHT BE WORSE.

The divorce laws of many of the
it is better to have them so than to
adopt the Canadian system of granting
divorces only for scriptural reasons.
Under such a system a woman married
to a brutal, drunken, vagabond, who
compels her to work to support him
and their children, has no hope of
freedom. Her only consolation is in
praying to Heaven to help her to bear
her cross and in hoping for death to
give her the separation from a curse
that should be given her in a divorce
court.
The United States goes to one ex-
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IRENE In allowing divorces for trivial
causes and Canada to the other in
granting them only for infidelity and
then only by act of parliament. A
woman married to murderer, even
possibly the slayer of his own children.
has no ground for divorce.
OF the two systems that prevailing in
most of the states of the Union is more
lust and humane, and it is therefore
vastly to be preferred to the orthodox
church system of Canada.
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The term mandy pamby." which
has come to be applied to a person OF
vacillating character as well as to
weak literary productions, was origi-
mated by the poet Pope. He applied it
to some puerile verses that had been
written by an obscure poet, one Am
brose Phillips, addressed to the chill
dren of a peer. The first half of the
term is meant as baby way Of pro-
nouncing Andy. a pet nickname for
Ambrose, and the second half is simply
q jingling word to At it.
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RAILWAY MAPS.
They Are . Valuable Aid and Guide
to the Travelling Public.

They Are . Valuable Aid and Guide
to the Travelling Public.
Robert Louis Stevenson, one of the
most notable English writers known
to the present generation, was wont to
say that nothing interested him more
than the perusal Of a good map, and
without doubt a map that is well made
md accurate catches the eye and ar
rests the attention of many people as
few other things can do.
The men in charge of railway traffic
possess-a-most positive appreciation Of
this fact. and large expenditure Of
time and skillful thought is made on
this feature of railway publicity.
Said an official Of the Chicago and
Northwestern railway While talking on
this subject: There is no doubt that
the American railway map engraver
has carried his art well nigh to the
borders Of perfection. do not know
Of any road maps or other detailed
data for the state of Wisconsin, for
instance. that equal those published
by our passenger department, showing
the haunts of summer tourists and fish
ermen. They are on file in public H.
braries as part of their reference rec
ords. Other portions Of the western
country have been similarly taken up
by our people and maps Of most
complete character made for them
in fact, the western lines are fully
alive to the value of good map in
the hands Of the traveller The map pub
fishing business of the large railway
systems is today reduced to scientific
principles and handled in most sys-
tematic manner"
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In little pamphlet called Better
Say" Mr.. ]. c. Fernald recalls the dis
pute of two friends as to whether the
word news was singular or plural.
They telegraphed to Horace Greeley
the question, rAre there any newsT
Mr.. Greeley promptly returned the
answer, mot a new
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TO be SOLD At COST.
We've decided to close out our line OF
DIAMOND w BAKING POWDER
and this sale will be a chance to get
good baking powder cheap. You will
want some.
XMAS CANDIES.
Our new line is just in. All strictly
choice. Popular prices.
XMAS GROCERIES.
Clean, fresh stock in all lines.
Would you bake a good Christmas
cake or pudding see u.s.
THE STANDARD GROCERY
e. W. MCLAUGHLIN, Prop.
els West Main St. Phone Main 217
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Violinist (proudly)-The instrument
shall use at your house tomorrow even
Ing, my dear sir, is over 200 years old.
Parvenu-Oh. never mind that. It's
good enough. No one will know the diff
ference
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Very often.

Very Often.
Teacher-Now, then, what do we
mean by composition? Little Girl (ea
gerly)-Please, miss. composition 10 the
art of bringing simple ideas into COM
plica tion.-Manila Times
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8 Curry's glasses rest your eyes. Elk.
animation free; 213 South Third st.
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Browne-To what do you attribute
the troubles Of the world? Towne-To
the mobility Of the lower jaw.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-12-10

Alheit's feed mill can save 20,
n y
money on hay and grain.
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He who is destitute of principles Il
governed by whims-Jacobi
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i, Parson--Do you take this woman for
better or for worse? CROMWELL, her
folks thinks it's for better, but mine
thinks it's for worse.
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Children's books &c and up al
Bedell's bazaar.
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The government can better derive its
income from other sources. The
Standard Oil company does not need
a protective tax.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-07-07

AS we watched the mill saw the logs
into lumber l thought Of what purpose
it might be used. 1t might be used to
to build some church in some heathern
land or to build some theatre in a wick
ed city, or to build a mansion, or cot
tage, or for some purpose did not know
of. The cattle were roaming around
the mill feeding on the beautiful tender
grass. They seemed to move around as
if they were free and contented.
Then we went to the opening OF the
mines and went into the mines few
yards. 1t was very cool in there.
AS we came on we saw large banks of
flowers many of which we gathered and
took home with US. | thought it was
very pretty to look at the beautiful
flowers, the rocks and many kinds of
trees. As we came on back we stopped
at the mines again. We watched the
men take the mules out and saw the
men come out after they had perhaps
been in darkness all day, and had now
come to light. A new thought came in
to my mind as the miners came from
| darkness to light. That's of how much
greater change there must be in COM
ing into spiritual light from the dark
ness of sin. Some were hurrying around
with joy at the thought Of the home
they would soon reach where they could
rest.
After we left the mines we came on
home thought of the beautiful flow
ers that perfumed the air, the beautiful
water that rolled at our feet to water
the earth, and the beautiful trees that
give shade-to rest, Every little thing
seemed TO be of some use on this earth.
l learned lesson that day l hope ]
| shall never forget.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-07-07
SHELLM0uND.

Special 10 The Mas.
Look at Macedonia on the 9th of Au-
gust, 1904, at the spring
DR.. Turner was on this side one day
asst week looking after his patients.
Ben Parker had a scarecrow took last
Sunday
Well, readers, said that l would let
you know when the picnic would be. 1t
will be on the first Saturday before the
first Sunday in August, 1904, and will
be at the Blowing Spring about three
miles from Shellnound up the Coal
City hollow. 1t is a nice cool place
with plenty of good water, and as a u.s.
nal thing do not forget to bring a full
basket OF grub, and we will have nice
time that day and sing our praises unto
God.
Mrs. John Harp OF Graham Cove, was
in town one day last week.
Sam Beene of Graham Cove, passed
through here Thursday.
Eddie Higdon has returned back to
his home at Coal City.
Oscar Beene passed through hero
last Thursday on his way to Graham
cove to catch the chickenpox.
c. A. Quarles went up to Whiteside
Friday shopping
We had nice rain here Wednesday
ard it made the farmers happy.
Jonn Higdon said that he dreamed
good dream last week.
Everybody ought to go to Sunday
school and learn the way that will lead
them safe to their home above where
there will be no more parting nor good,
bys.
Ye writer was in town-the town Of
Shellmound, last Saturday.
Mr.. Lewis, candidate for sheriff, was
in Shellmound Saturday
We had nice rain here Saturday.
Wonder who will be the next to gel
married on this side of the river
Well, l told all the readers some
time ago that Scudder had mounted
that donkey, and to be sure he has, as
you cans hear from him, but think he
will make up and come again as o. K
did just from the band box.
A large crowd met at Buck Clouse':
Sunday and had their pictures taken.
Ben Parker and wife and Bill Parkel
and wife of Coal City, Ca, were here
last week to have their pictures taken
Buck Clouse and family also had I
group taken, and large group was tax
en- of the Macedonia singing class.
Old Tab.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-07-07
HthitwRll department.
GEO. W. LEWIS Agent.

NJ. C. Pryor went to Jasper last
Saturday.
Thomas Harrison went to Chatta-
noOga Saturday.
DR.. o. F. McNabb went to Chatta-
nooga last Friday.
Hon. J. T. Raulston went to South
Pittsburg last Saturday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Barnes went
to Whiteside last Saturday.
Everybody is resting up Here now,
while the mines are shut down.
Rev. and Mrs. Beecham of Oak
Grove, were in the city Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Lamb went to
Victoria last Saturday visiting.
Rev. J. d. Blllingsley of Caroline
Chapel, was in the city Saturday.
Boss Norwood left Thursday
morning for Red Sulphur Spring.
Judge w. L. Eakin, of Chattanoo
ga, was in the city last Friday night
The tent meeting under the man
agement of Bro. Close is still in pro
gress.
Ben Kettle, Robt. Reeves and AL
bert Abraham left Thursday morn
ing for Zeigler, Ill.
Robt. Erwin, H. G. Erwin and W
H. Erwin left Thursday morning 70
Zeigler, ILL.,, in search of work.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Bull ant
daughter, Margaret went to Chatta
nooga last Saturday on weeks Wis
it.
Mr.. and Mrs r. S. O'Neal wen
to Sequachee last Saturday on visi
to Mrs. O'NeaTs parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Afford Parker.
Mrs. J. w. Smith and daughter
Mrs. Wilson, of Sequaohee county
were in the city visiting Mrs. Smith
brother, DR.. J. L. Shirley last week
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-07-07
500 REV ARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
G Ire is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature to dc
its work. The proprietors have SC
much faith in it's curative powers, that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address,
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75C.
Halls Family Pills are the best,
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PRYOR COVE.
Patrick.

Special TO the Ne7Os.
T, L. Haynes and Ed Carl spent the
4th in Chattanooga.
A. M. Kilgore attended the picnic at
Kimball.
The two Miss Picketts attended the
picnic at Kimball and reported a nice
time. We we're sorry to learn that Mr.
Pickett and son were so i'll they could
not celebrate the 4th.
Our friends, w. D. Haynes and w. D..
Shadrick attended church at Griffith
Creek and took dinner at T. G. Col
ston's after which Mr.. Haynes called on
the Misses Layne and Lathrum. Mr..
Haynes was accompanied back by Mr..
Ed Lathrum, fine young man of the
mountain.
The Baptist association will be held
at Jasper on Friday preceding the 3rd
Sunday in August.
Picking berries is the order of the
day.
Well, every body and his pup attend,
ed the pienics Monday and had a good
time.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. w
r. Hatfield was laid to rest in the Jas
per cemetery Sunday afternoon. The
sympathy of all goes out to the bersav
ed parents. Hot Summer.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-07-07

The County Court met atJaspes Tues
and transacted regular business
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-07-07
NEGOTIATIONS SUSPENDED.
Between the U. NJ. ". of Alabama and the
Furnace Operators ASsO.

Birmingham, Ala, July 5.-The Uni
ted Mine Workers and the Furnace OPP
orators association suspended negotia-
tions in the matter of seeking to agree
on new wage scale this afternoon and
the Joint committee of the two organic
ations adjourned Meanwhile no union
miners are at work at the mines of the
furnace companies. The miners offer
ed to renew the old scale which expired
June 80, but the operators insisted up
on their own proposition for a reduct-
ion. As yet no formal declaration Of a
strike has been made, and it has been
said that the committees can come to-
gether again on a request from either
side.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-07-07
WHlTWELL DIRECTORY
CHURCHES.

MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev w Billingsley, pastor; Meeting
every 3rd Sunday at IL am. and pm.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
night at pm. Sunday school every
Sunday at $3.50 am, 0. w. Chastain,
Supt
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH-M. J. Butch
er, pastor; preaching every Sunday at
ii am, and 700 pm: Sunday school
every Sunday at $3.50 pm, c. c. Shir-
ley, Supt.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH,. R. johnson,
Pastor. Meetings Saturday before 4th
Sunday at 7 p. m. Sunday school $3.50
am.
M. E. CHURCH-S. p. Angel, pastor;
preaching LIST Sunday at 11;OO a. M,
and 4th Sunday at $3.50 p. m. Sunday
school School every Sunday at $3.50
a. m. 7. p. DUFF, Supt.
c, P. CHURCH--M. A. Hunt, pastor.
Preaching every 2nd and 4tu Sunday
in each month. Sunday school every
Sunday, w. b. Ketner, Supt.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1904-07-07
DIVORCE NOTICE.

In the Circuit Court ofMarion County,
Jasper, Tenn:
Dave Campbell VS.. Arkansas Campbell,
1t appearing from the allegations in
the complainant's bill, which is sworn
to, that the defendant, Arkansas Camp
bell, is a nonresident of the State of
Tennessee so that the ordinary process
of the law cannot be served on her. 1t
is therefore ordered that publication be
made for four consecutive weeks in the
Sequachee Valley News, newspaper
published in this county, notifying said
defendant to appear on or before the
first Monday in August, 1904 and make
defense to said bill, or the allegations
therein will be taken as confessed as
to her and the cause set for hearing
e. Parte.
This June q, 1904.
L. r. LAYNE,
Circuit Court Clerk.
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MOnteagle Opening,

MONTAGUE, Tenn, July The
twenty-second annual session Of
Southern Chatauqua was opened here
today The address of welcome was de-
livered by Maj J. w. Thomas, presi-
dent of the N. c. & St. L. Ry., and
President of the assembly, The open
ing concert under charge of Douglas
Powell of London was an artistic
trump. There was large attendance.