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The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
RICH MAcHINIST A REALITY
Once Abhorrent to Men of Fashion,
Millionaires Are Now Proud
of Skill in That Line.

I'm my time,' said an old broker to a
Cincinnati Enquirer reporter. "machin-
cry was abhorrent to men of fashion.
Black grease, befouled hands, revolving
wheels, and the ugly odor of oil were
things unknown in good society. Con-
slider the change. The motor car, the
naphtha launch. the automobile boat and
the motor cycle have made machinists
Of us all. 1t is as needful for a million
aire to-day to be wise about spark plugs,
oil cups and battery wires as it was need
full in the past for him to be wise about
cobs. hackneys and high-steppers. Ma
chinery plays so big a part in the luxur-
les of modern life that a rich man to-day
is proud Of being q good machinist. just
as he would have been proud ten years
ago Of being a good fencer or a good
horseback rider"
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
PURITANS AND EXTORTION
the Question of Oppression in
Starving Time"

The fields lay parched under the pitt.
less sun. Game had failed and the
main reliance Of the %colonists was
clans gathered on the %seashore. The
supply of fish. which hitherto had been
plentiful. was running short, and often
the crew of the single boat would pass
days upon the water so slender was
the return. Daily, almost hourly, was
a fresh victim claimed from the small
band. At one time there were but six
able-bodied men in the entire colony.
1t was while affairs were at their
worst, in the summer of 1923, that the
ship Plantation arrived in the harbor
and the hopes of the ~colonists arose at
the prospect of speedy deliverance. But
the voyage had been a long one, and
though there was a sufficient supply of
provisions for the crew. but two hogs
heads of dried peas could be spared to
the people of Plymouth. Learning of
the desperate need Of the settlers, the
master of the ship demanded the eXtor-
tionate price of 98 per h%ogshead. 1t
was not a question of money which
made the Puritans decline to pay the
exorbitant price, for actual coined gold
was not lacking. Indeed, the master
agreed to take beaver skins, although
at a reduced rate. Considering their
urgent need, no amount could hardly
have been deemed to great to pay. 1t
was not c%onsonant with Puritan prin-
ciples, however, to submit to %extortion,
and it is duly noted in the journal of
Gov. William Bradford that they told
him they had lived too long without
and would doe still rather than give
so unreasonably." So the Plantation
sailed southwark to Virginia with the
peas still in the hold. t
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Bishop Slept o., the Wharf.

Rev. w. Bompas, Epiacopalian bish-
op of Alaska, is accustomed to rough
ing it. On his way to Winnipeg, he
stopped a night at Vancouver, but re-
fused to sleep in q hotel or private
residence. Instead, he wrapped him
self in a blanket and, with a grip for
a pillow, slept soundly on the wharf.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Public and Private.

az can't see,' said the reformer, "hoT
d nan who is perfectly clean in private
life can lend himself to all sorts OF dirty
deals when he goes into politics"
Il suppose" replied the practical
man. that 1t is for the same reason you
take q bath at home every day. but
would never take one if you had to Go 1t
Id the public square."-Cincinnati Com
merciai Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09

of cadet blue cloth with redingote and
plain skirt; cuffs and collar of cloth
stitched and outlined with darker vel
vet folds. Full rufles down front of
blue liberty silk. 1t is worth mention
ing that the garments here described
will be exhibited ct the semi-annual
display Of the National Dressmakers'
association. which will be held in
Chicago from September IL to II
and at st. Louis from September
10 to "a.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Some Gold.

Colorado's gold statistics, for the
first six months of the current year.
show q total tonnage Of 49,, 800, with
4 valuation OF $1O,522, 500. Should
there be no decrease in the production
for the ensuing half year, Colorado's
total output of gold for 1904 will be
about $22. SOC, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Any Way Out Of It.

Mrs. Flareup-I believe that nothing
would make you so happy as my death.
Mr.. Flareup-Oh, don't know. A
divorce would suit me just as WE'LL
Ally Sloper.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Dogs as Auxiliary Brigands,

The brigands of Corsica use train ed
dogs to attack and pull down their vic
tins, and hold them on the ground
until the brigands come on the scene.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
Good All-Around Cosmetic.

Cucumber cream is an excellent CO.'S
metic and may be made at home at less
expense than it can be bought. While
it will remove sunburn, it is one of the
best toilet aids for all times OF the
year.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
A Stintipg Stunt.

D
Algy-Ferdy has had to economic
fwightfully since he got mawwied.
Ethel-He has?
Algy-Jove, yes. He's wolling his
own cigawettes now. ye know.-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-09-09
THE garments here illustrated wei

THE garments here illustrated were
designed by Nine. Baker for the
American Dressmaker. Fig. ] IS
: coat for fall. Gray ~broadcloth with
shaped pieces Of the same laid over
bands of cloth braided in rows, with
gray soutache. Fig. 2 is q dinner gown,
OF white louisine with narrow bands OF
gold and silver passementerie and all
over lace under opening; insertion
forms yoke: white silk sttff bows. Lace
shawl for mantle. Fig. 3 is = fall suit
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
Costly F00t7Vedr.

Shoes selling at $1,000 a pair are the
product of a factory near Madison
Square. To style it a shop would be to
insult the artisans employed therein.
They call it 'footgear institute" and
the proprietor goes by no less a title
than curative orthopedist" The
wearing of these $1,000 shoes is, in the
main, hobby. and is based on nerves
gene wrong. For there are some per-
sons, it seems, who are plagued with
sensitive nerves in their feet which
ache so excruciatingly that nothing can
assuage the pain but shoes prescribed"
by a physician-cobbler.
The learned cobbler listens to a tale
of toeache with attending nervous lis
turbanCes and examines the patients
feet with critical scrutiny. Every hill
and dale of the foot is inspected and
studied. and especially is a sharp look
out kept for the sensitive nerves, which
ultimately are sure to be found A
volume of notes is taken and the pros
pective customer naturally becomes i'm
pressed with the severity of his all
ment. Next. and what is very impor-
tant, a plaster cast of the foot is ta-
ken. and if the patients purse is pro-
pOrtiOned to his plant the physician
cobbler is apt to enter a new order in
his book
The shoes are made of good leather,
but do not generally follow the lines of
the latest fashions, rather the reverse.
1t all depends on the views of the heal
er. Some sufferers are scientifically
shod in exchange for $500, $3.50 or even
800; but those customers who prefer
to pay the highest prices are satisfied
with nothing less than a $1,000 pair.
! The shoe bills of one New YOrker-a
rich cOntractor-who rides the OrthO-
pedic hobby have footed up to $4,000,
Yet the shoes he wears are queer
looking contrivances.-New York Mail
| and Express.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
Further Instructions.

He entered the department store
And asked to be shown
The route to reach the clothing floor,
Then he would go alone.
The courteous ffoOrWalker said:
Three aisles across. then down
Four aisles, you then keep straight
ahead
The man began to frowR.
You take the elevator then"
The ffOOrman next Observed
Get off the car at No. 10"
(The man was quite unnerved)
Across four aisles, and then you turn
Six counters to your right;
Look to the left and you'll discern
a distant ruby light.
Pass under that and then you're near
The clothing stock you wish
The man cried out: 4 cannot hear!
You gabble like a fish.
L never heard such silly talk;
You're having sport with me
Your jOcular designs I'll balk"-
The courteous fiOOrwalker bowed
And said: Turn to the right
Go down the aisle until the shrOud
Department comes in sight;
From there just thirteen aisles you trace
Until you reach the paints
Beside them is a desk-the place
Where you may make complaints"
Life.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
The Taluable Telephone.

From the figures given it appears
that in 1902 there We're something more
than five thousand millions of tele-
phone messages exchanged in the
United States. If ii is assumed that
half the messages sent were sent be
cause il was merely convenient, there
remain two thousand five hundred
millions Of necessary communications.
Of consequence as affecting the bust
ness or social activities of the Ameri-
can people To find ut how much time
was saved we must assume an arbi-
trary average. On long-distance mes
sages this might run into days for
each communication. On nearby calls
il might be but minutes. If we assume,
as we may safely do, that the saving
Of time on each necessary communi-
cation in asking the question and get
ting an answer. or o. imparting or re-
ceiving information, will average at
least ten minutes by telephone over
any other available agency of commu-
nication, we find that the saving on
the two thousand five hundred mill
lions Of messages Of the exigent and
important class exchanged in 1902 was
twenty-five thousand million minutes,
or 416. .666. 666 hours, or Il. .361.11 days, or
A, $50 years.
If we allow fifty years for the maxi
mum average Of useful life, the ten
minutes saving on each of one-halt
the messages of the 1902 telephone ser
vice would aggregate the entire life
time for purposes of work of more
than $50 able-bodied men employed as
messengers. BY as much as we should
vary the assumed average saving of
time per message our totals would in
crease or decrease. Probably ten min
utes per message is far below the fig
ure which would be warranted-Elec-
trical World
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
MEN aualzMAaTERS IN
THE EOR zze WORLD

quite unused TO such attitudes, and
also a large amount of indigestion due
to undercooked food.
At elevations of $4,000 feet water
boils at about $50 degrees Fahrenheit
and, consequently, the ordinary
amount of cooking is quite inadequate.
At such a height it is almost impos-
sible to boil rice properly, while OF
the several kinds of dal, or ordinary
red lentil of India, there is only one
variety that can be cooked at heights
over 10000 feet. For such elevations
there should have been provided COOK
ing vessels with air-tight lids provided
with safety valves which would blow
off at a pressure of fifteen pounds 10
the square inch, or approximately that
of the atmosphere at sea level. An
other effect Of the altitude and tenn
perature was the difficulty in the oper-
alton of the magazines of the rifles
and the mechanism of the Maxim guns
on account Of the congealing of the oil.
which lost its lubricating properties.
This could have been remedied by sup
plying glycerine for lubricating pur-
pOses.-Harper's Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
4 Russian VictOry.

Time. 1905.
Twas on a June-time evening; old Skryd-
loft s work was done,
And he beside his mansion door was sit
ting in the sun.
A grandchiId with a spell-less name was
playing there beside,
And oft she asked him questions that his
patience sOrely tried
Now, on the YaIu. once she cried,
when Uncle SawedOffs lad
Was blown into next Wednesday-week
you sure were TO the bad?'
Il can't explain the thing said he,
''But twas Russian victOree."
'.And vet" she cried. "at Nanshan Hill
they wiped you from the earth.
Until of Russians round about there was
a fearful dearth;
At VafangOw they did the same-twas
there. as / recall,
That Uncle Huojackovitch was hattened
gainst wall.
At LiaOtung and Otherwher they nerd
ed you like sheep
And made you do a Putnam stunt by
scrambling down a steep.
"Can YOU dispute the CZar?' cried he.
Each was a Russian victOree."
But when at last the war was DONE"
that spell-leSS grandchild urged.
when horse and foot and navy in one
frightened mob was merged.
When things the Japs had clamOred for
they got with interest,
And all Manchuria became the yellow
periIs' nest.
When Nick had figured up and found
that he was down and out.
With all his splendid army turned into a
graceleSS rOut
shut up. you kidovitch,' snapped he.
1T was a Russian victOree.
Baltimore American.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
Seats on Paris BOiWSe.

II may be said that a seat among
the seventy (they call it a charge) costs
about 100000 francs Cs6OO,OOO), or
sometimes >. 500 600, and a charge earns
from to 10 per cent CneD a year,
so that the annual profits are from
$50 900 to 500 600, or more in exceptional
years But these are usually divided
among several associates, for it rarely
happens that an agent is the sole own
er of his seat. More often he has paid
for only half of it or a third of it, and
has three or four silent partners who
own the rest and who may again have
subpartners. so that you will hear of
person owning an eighth or sixteenth
of a seat, or even a thirty-second, these
being simple investments that carry no
rights or privileges on the bourse.
AS to procuring a charge, the thing
has none of the stock exchange sim
plicity, where the main requirement for
getting a seat is to be able to pay for
it Here a candidate must be a French
man and at least 25 years old. He
must have served four years in, certain
forms of business. He must be per-
sonally acceptable to the agent from
whom he would purchase the seat and
often to his family, including the
women. He must be passed upon by
the seventy with formal voting. as if he
were joining some select club, which
he is There must be no stain on his
business record, and no slur on his per-
sonal character. A candidate was re-
jected recently for bad habits, and an
other for no fault Of his own, but be-
cause his brother had been concerned
III questionable transactions. With all
this favOrably settled, there is still
needed the approval Of the minister of
finance and the sanction Of the presi-
dent This makes it clear enough why
many of the ablest dealers on the
bourse have not been members of the
parquet, but of the cOulisse. They
could not get into the parquet.-The
Century.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
THE SUNDAY CALL.

IT. HE Sunday Call Magazine tomorrow will publish
the second installment of Miriam Michelsons
famous novel, "In the Bishops Carriage This
book is almost twice as much demand the leading
libraries any other piece of fiction, and next to
Winston Church's "The Crossing" is the best selling
book of the day 1t may be of interest to know that
Miss Nicholson is California woman, who had been
widely known here a newspaper writer until she
turned her attention exclusively fiction, and that her
first newspaper experience received upon The Call
The story will be completed in two more instalments
Aside from the novel, there are usual any number
of high-class fiction features. king For Day is
full page illustrated story by W. A Fraser in which are
related the humorous experiences and final complications
of Lawrence Jones' captain OF tramp steamer, who Tor
day rules the vast empire of Burmah in the stead OF
his twin brother, the Chief Commissioner Stinson's
Diplomacy by Curran Richard Greenley tale of poll
tics and love- the leading story upon the storiette
page, which contains also stories by Keith Gordon,
E. w Sargent and S 7. Stern. "The Meows of Kitty
receive an illustration from Bronstrup that is quite
classic In The Yellow Mask" Jerome K. Jerome dis
cusses the so-caled Yellow Peril.
The leading special article is study OF Victor H
Metcalf by Alfred Dezendorf The article, which is
purely concerning the and his home and personal
life of especial interest in view of the fact that Mr.
Mecaf recently appointed Secretary of Commerce and
Labor is the second from California to receive
a Cabinet position. "The Soul of Black Folk by
Southerner. sympathetic study of some interesting
and typical coored types.
In Styles for Vacation Days. Augusta Prescott gives
some helpful hints prospective visitors to the
shore and mountains On the WOman's Page Madge
Moore writes concerning embroidered stocks the latest
feminine fad. and answers correspondents. John f.
Woolrich has handsome full page poster of "a Drive
in the Park" The music page, usual, is done in
coors and the puzzle page announces the
of the winners July and furnishes material for an
additional weeks guessing.
On July "a there will begin in The Sunday Call Maga-
zine new series of the famous Mr. Dooley articles
Finley Peter Dunno the creator of Mr. Dooey, under
an exclusive contract with McClure's, and The Call in
the face Of keenest bidding the part of other large
newspapers the coast has secured the sole right to
publish these articles north of Los Angeles.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
CIe0er COunterfeiterS.

United States Secret Service Agents
Harry Moffitt and Thomas B. Foster
were discussing the capture by Chief
Wilkie at st. Louis the other day OF
Marcus Graham, who had passed upon
bookmakers at the race track $4,000
worth of counterfeit 500 gold notes
He was a slick worker, said
Tommy. Every time he went out
with a wad of notes he was fortified
with an advertisement in a newspaper
announcing that he had found sum
of money and requesting the owner to
call upon him, prove property and pay
for the ad and he could have the
money. Well, when Chief Wilkie got
upon his trail and caught him in the
act of showing the queer with the dope
in his pocket, Graham flashed the ad
and told Wilkie that he found the bills
in such and such "a place and was
waiting for the owner to come and
claim them. This would have been
a good defense if he hadn't been
caught red-handed, and he saw it, too,
after the Chief had a quiet talk with
him. So he confessed, told the Chief
where the plates were concealed, the
Chief interceded for him and he got
only fifteen years instead of ninety
nine years, the full penalty for the
crime"
Almost as slick an operator, only
on a smaller SCALE said Harry Moffitt,
was George Cummings, now doing
four-year stunt in the State prison at
San Quentin. Cummings and his two
brothers made counterfeit dollar pieces
at Fruitvale, where they lived, and,
riding through the country on their BIZ
cycles, passed them upon storekeepers
and hotelmen in all the small towns
between Oakland and Stockton. When
George w. Hazen, Tommy Foster and
myself captured the men and the out
fit we found that George Cummings
had scooped out hollow places in his
shoe heels and hidden some of the
money there. Then he had smeared
his shoes with mud so that we wouldn't
think Of looking there for anything.
We'll, clever as they may be. the
smartest of them get caught. The eye
of Uncle Sam never sleeps
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
FINLAND AND THE CAR.

% HE Gar has ordered additional cruelty and re-
preston in Finland in punishment of the assassi-
4 nation of Bobrikoff. The of boy is be
punished by inhuman treatment of a whole people The
act itself provoked by the Cars fahless violation
of solemn treaty, followed by system of tyranny and
oppression unknown in the modern world outside of
Holy Russia.
supposed that brutal autocracy had exhausted
its ingenuity already devising ways punish and
press the Firms. Not only every free movement
denied them. but the Russian Government. concluding
that despicable policy of which Bobrko the in
strument made them hate him and his in thought
and sentiment visited upon them additional punishment
for what they thought and did not express
There will long be in the modern world for
nation knows only cruelty the reckless
inhuman as the of controlling its people. 1t
does not seem be within the providence of events
that Russia shall flourish while using force and repres
sion alone the sole protection of its vile and corrupt
government. 1t is numbering liberty in Finland and
irving to assassinate civilization in Japan, but the
shadow of vengeance is following close upon the most
criminal and oppressive government that exists. A
combination of nations partition Russia cut it
into pieces small enough be civilized and lib
erty would be of the most credtabe acts of this
century.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
Cost of Sub7euy Disaster.

The disaster which occurred in tie
Paris underground" less than a year
ago has proved a costly matter for the
Metropolitan Company, lessee of the
line. Compensation cost close upon
s235,OOO and loss of traffic amounted to
or er S16O, GOO. The total income of the
railway for the year was 1850 900, and
Of this, under the terms of the conces-
sion granted by the Paris municipality,
there has had to be handed over to the
relief of the city rates the sum of ST.
40 900. Then, after deducting the work.
ing expenses, which were in the neigh
borhood Of 81, 500, 600 (42 per cent of the
receipts), it was possible to give a divi-
dend of about per cent. The year has
been one of great moment to the Paris
company in the matter of capital ex-
penditure upon the new power station,
the conversion of the system of cleo
trically working the trans to multiple
unit, etc, and a great deal of new roll
ing stock is now in course of building.
The lighting and traction supplies are
now effected by entirely separate cir
cults, so that in future the stoppage Of
a train through failure of the power
circuit viii not mean that there will be
no light available matter which will
be remembered was one of the chief
causes of the panic at Paris. The un-
certaking so far completed represents
about twenty-five miles out of the
twenty-six miles which constitute the
first section. The new generating sta
ton. which is now almost ready, has
plant of about 10000 horsepower.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-16
Origin of "Dirie."
There are several explanations of Il

There are several explanations of the
origin of the song "Dixie's Land"
Everybody knows the name of the
jolly comedian, Dan Emmett, who inn
mortalized the ballad, but few know
where he got the phrase. One theory,
long since exploded, was that the ex-
preston "Dixies Land" came from the
phrase Mason and Dixon's line. The
other was that a certain farmer down
in New Jersey, just before the war,
ran his fields with negro labor and as
sumed the manners and the bearing
of Southern planter. His name was
Dixie and topical songs of the period
referred to his estate as a miniature
southland. Audiences which did not
know the local reference took the song
as referring to the real south, and En-
met. in his famous ballad, so used the
expression.
However, there is another story and
one which brings the subject home to
New Orleans. For twenty years prior
to the Civil War the Citizens Bank of
Louisiana was the great financial in
stitution of the South and ranked
among the one or two very largest in
the land. Its name was as familiar