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The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-10
Weiohed hv His Soap,

In the little town Of Peru, ten miles from
Pittsfeld, the farmers in the winter bring
their butter and eggs to Frank Creamer's
and exchange them for tea, sugar or any
thing else they need.
One day Mrs. Ackert brought some but
ter in pound Jumps to exchange, and after
weighing them. he said: Mrs. Ackert, this
butter does not weigh a pound.
it by a pound of SOAP l got here a few days
ago."-Boston Herald.
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Reversing THINGS.

They had just finished breakfast and
the woman Of the future was about to
start downtown, when her husband
arose from the table, placed his arms
about her neck and kissed her.
"Dearest," he murmured, softly, II
love you more than words can tell.
ooh, you do, eh?' she rejoined, sus
piciously. What is it nova new
silk hat or a pair Of trousers?'-Chi
cago Daily News.
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Alcoholic Drink from Rice.

The alcoholic drink used in the PROV
ince of Chekiang. in China, is made
from fermented rice. Fermentation IS
induced by the addition OF cakes mads
of wheat meal. An examination OF these
cakes by K. Saito shows that the partl-
cles of wheat are penetrated through
and through by the mycelia of various
fungi. Some seven or more different
species were found. These fungi grow
on the moistened rice, fermentation fol-
lows. and a yellow liquid with an agree
able odor is produced.
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would move to town, and at once BE-

would move to town, and at once b.
gin operations.
This plan they carried out, after
which they themselves started out to
sell clothes Founders, as an expert
ment, before hiring agents.
Their idea was to begin where the
grafters had left off and they took
along the boys who had driven for rhe
canvassers.
They discovered from the start that
when they offered their simple, foolish
looking piece of wood, with a few
holes bored in it, for five dollars, the
farmers and their wives would fairly
boot at them. 1t took less than two
days to convince them that they had
been literally swindled out of their
farms and cash.
On the evening Of the second day
out they met by arrangement in a
small town, and no more broken
hearted men could possibly be imag-
ined. Neither of these two poor, ua-
sophisticated dupes had had the slight
est prospect of obtaining an order.
Before giving it up they tenaciousiy
determined to give it one more trial,
first calling on some of the purchasers
to see how these people liked the
Founders, and find out how the agents
managed to sell them so fast.
At the first house the woman said:
ooh, pshaw! its no good; l am go
ing to give it back when the agent
comes around collecting"
"When he comes around collecting?'
they exclaimed in amaZement. Didn't
he collect when he delivered it,"
why, of course not" she answered;
'he took my order OF condition, that
he was to leave the thing on 80 days
trial, and at the end of that time he
would be around again, and either col
lect the five dollars or take back the
clothes FOUNDER. | wouldn't accept the
old thing as a gift"
Continuing their investigation they
learned that not a single FOUNDER had
been sold-all had. been left on trial.
The main CRATER had provided his
agents with the cash, and after making
the delivery the agent would get into
the wagon, and putting the ~ive-dollar
bill with his other money, would mark
down in his book~one more five-dol.ar
collection.
OF all the swindles and CRAFTS | have
known, this particular one has always
seemed the most heartless and cold
blooded. These farmers had gone into
it, believing they were engaging in a
well-paying, legitimate business and
suddenly awakened to the fact that
they were absolutely stranded, one OF
them in debt to the amount of 50 1000.
besides.
The above graft, being about the
biggest on record, | will now relate
what [ believe to be the smallest.
An Irishman, with only three cents
in his pocket, was in a western mining
town where whisky was Is cents a
drink. Entering a saloon he noticed
o man standing by the bar with a glass
of LIQUOR before him. Approaching
him he said:
q bet yez three cents J kin pass
livery dhrop Of yez glass of WHISKY
into me stomach widout Wun dhrop
touchin' me t'roat."
III take that bet" said the man.
Reaching for the glass Pat gulped It
down with a single sryallow. and sad:
"Begorra! yez wins de bet.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-10
ITCHING SCALP HUMOR.
Suffered Tortures Until Cured by
Cuticura-Scratched Day
and Night.

MY scalp was covered with little PIN
pies and | suffered torture from the
itching. | was scratching all day and
night, and 1 could get no rest. l washed
Soap and then applied the Cuticura ONT
ment as a dressing. One box of the ONT
ment and one cake of Cuticura Soap
cured me. Now my head is entirely clear
and my hair is growing splendidly. |
have used Cuticura Soap ever since, and
shall never be without it. (Signed) Ada c:
Smith, 800 Grand St., Jersey City, n. j."
C6 course, you can fool some people all
the time, but when you consider what KIND
thev are it hardly seems worth while
Puck
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Cash Payment Necessary.

Shoemaker's Errand Boy-If you
don't pay me the boss'H beat me when
/ get back.
Student-Poor devil! Why doesn't
YOUR boss come himself?
"Oh, he doesn't come because if he
didn't. get the money his wife would beat
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Blaetter.
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news and espe-
cially S C a. n d a !
travels fast. This
is true to-day and
it was no less
true in ancient
Egypt. The peo-
pie who thronged
the streets in the
neighborhood of
the royal build
ings at Heliopolis
were whispering
and %eXpectant. 1t
was evident that
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Merely a Fat Man,

81 thought you said he was a big corpora
ton lawyer"
Not at all" =.
I'm sure you told me he spent most OF
his time attending to a big corporation.
Eyes, his own corporation. He's forever
eating and drinking .'-Brooklyn Eagle.
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Even.

He-You married me fo- my money.
She-Well, what if | did? ! didn't
get it. Isn't that punishment enough?
Detroit Free Press.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-10

Coquelin and other
famous singers and
actors, writes:
Gentlemen: I wish
as manys suffering men
and women as I can
reach to know the ex-
~cellence of Doan's
Kidney Pills. | was
greatly benefited by
this remedy and know
it cured several who
The Tupelo journal., 1905-11-10

had kidney trouble S o badly they were
agonized with pain in the back, head
and loins, rheumatic attacks and urin-
airy disorders. lam glad to recommend
such a deserving remedy.
(Signed) MARCUS R. MAYER.
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N, Y.
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SEPARATED" FROM
THEIR FARMS.

How Two Prosperous Farmers Were
Swindled by a Silent Grafter-His
Agents Interest Them in a Pat
ent Clothes Pounder-Make Fake
Deliveries and Display Bogus
Profits - Victims Ozone" to a
Finish.
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GRATIFYING PRAISE.
Letter from Marcus Mayer, the Great
Patron of Music and Drama.

Marcus R. Mayer, who brought to
America Nine. Patti, Duse, Salvini,
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night that the refreshing dew falls,
and is it not then that nature gathers
strength and inspiration for the
growth of another day"
But thou art in prison, and in the
shadow of the hangman's moose. Can
thy God be with thee still to give thee
help?" asked the keeper, more than
ever mystifed by the confidence OF
Joseph.
s'Yea, the true and living God is not
kept back by prison bars, n even
the plots of the wicked come to naught
when He puts forth His hand to save"
'And is your God greater than the
gods of the Egyptians, the gods who
have their dwelling place in our
mighty temples?"
"It must be SO, for He is above all
and over all. No other god can stand
in His presence"
The fearlessness and earnestness OF
the young man in denouncing even
the great gods of the Egyptians
startled and yet impressed the Egyp-
tian jailer, and after he had dismissed
Joseph from his presence he sat long
and studied over what the young man
had said. There was a genuineness
about the young man which ~captivated
him, and from that day he became mis-
friend, and it was not long ere he had
committed to his hand all the prison
ers that were in the prison; and
whatsoever they did there was under
the wise management of Joseph, so
that the jailer looked not to anything
that was under his hand; for the
Lord was with Joseph, and that which
he did, the Lord made it to prosper.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
NO MORE ROMANCE IN WAR.
Preparation and Combat Brought ts
Scientific Basis.

In spite OF all that the military
critics may say, war as romantic oc
cupation Is doomed. The killing OF
men on the field of glory in days long
past is still pictured as pretty
pastime." as Napoleon said. But the
favorite old figures OF tradition are
fast disappearing before the steady
advance Of science.
To-day Browning's boy rider who
was shot in two while bearing news
OF the capture Of Ratisbon to the EN-
peror would be matter-of-fact teleg-
rapher sitting quietly at his instru.
ment. and Beranger's grizzled veteran
of the guard returning to die with
the colors would be barred at the re-
cruiting Office because he could not
tell blue from green without glasses.
Gen. Greedy grew enthusiastic the
other day while describing before the
Military Service Institution at Gov
ernor's Island how the Japanese had
wired" whole army spread out be-
fore the enemy. He quoted approx
lngly war correspondent who said
that the clicking of the telegraph In
struments at his headquarters meant
more to Kuroki than the sound OF the
guns, What room will be left for
romance when the general command
ing the army Of the right can tele-
phone TO the ommander-in-chiefs Of
fec forty miles away to have ten regi-
ments and four batteries expressed to
him by special train? He might as
well be ordering dry goods or hard
ware, for all the sentiment to be got
out OF such a situation.
Kuropatkin's headquarters railway
carriage and touring cars for side
trips are only indicative of what may
be done when his methods are per-
fected When that time comes, the
dashing cavalry leader brevetted for
gallantry on the field of action will
have nothing to boast OF except that
he burst seven tires while charging
across the tack mines OF an enemy
two counties away. There will be no
more Sheridan's rides.
When a lookout officer stationed in
an impregnable bomb-proof with an
automatic range-finder shall direct by
wireless telephone the firing OF
smokeless guns of hidden batteries
against an invisible enemy war will
degenerate into mere scientific test
between rival lens-makers and electri-
cal-supplies concerns. The last step
will be heroless war and a pension
less retired list.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
The Skyscraper Crop.

eff all the skyscrapers now being
erected in Chicago were built as one
great structure this city would have
enough new floor space to accommo-
date the business of city the size of
Indianapolis" said well known build
err the other day. There are now
under course of construction in linn
tied area down town fourteen build
ings eight or more stories high. In
the fourteen buildings there will be
ITO floors. At the present rate OF
building one complete story is being
added to Chicago's skyscrapers every
day. From what / know of building
enterprises to be begun next year it
is certain that the plans call for little
less than 400 new stories built on the
skyscraper plan. That means that dur
ing the year 1905 there will be one
story added each day. If we keep up
at that rate for ten years we will have
365 new ten-story buildings, or the
equivalent in higher buildings. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
international Anlmosities.

In his "reminiscences of diplomatic
life Andrew White tells pleasant an
ecdote Of Empress Frederick. the Ger
man emperors mother. The Ameri-
can ambassador had mentioned GER
tain pathetic picture of George III to
the kings great-granddaughter, and In
talking of the long-ended bitter feel
ing between the United States and
Great Britain he said: ut is re-
membrance of mine, now hard to real
ize, that | was brought up to abhor
the memory of George ILL.," At this
the empress smiled and answered.
and all who have known her will
imagine the note in her voice-"That
was very unjust, for was brought up
to adore the memory Of Washington"
Chicago Chronicle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
CHAPTER l..
4 Win What / Care Not For.

can it please you, Lord Felton,"
said /, ito vary the sameness of
things-all pleasurable excitement
being with you and your friends
suppose we change the dice?"
DO you mean to imply?" he began.
Il imply nothing but what you wish
implied" interrupted. Il have still
a small estate in Essex county-why
not add that, also, to your winnings?"
And | pointed to the gold stacked at
his elbow.
AS you WILL" he replied, with a
shrug of the shoulders which set his
long wig a-bobbing.
GIL" | called to my man, who
leaned across the board opposite us,
throw me the dice you have"
Lord FELTON, was as tenacious as a
miser, and fought for each piece of
gold, for now the conditions were re-
yersed, as ] supposed they would be
upon the change of dice, yet he would
not, could not, stop; the gambling
fever gripped him hard. l won and
won until there seemed nothing else
to win. Nothing else?" said |. MY
Lord FELTON, had many resources.
Il will stake the hand of Lady Mary
FELTON, against ALL" he Kissed, as he
flung his hand out upon the table,
while his fingers twitched. The all
indicated was the wealth worth less
er kings realm piled before me.
His words produced a momentary
hush of establishment even among his
followers. A hat belonging to some
one was pushed from the table,. The
brooch fastening it's plume struck the
floor with slight noise, but it sound
ed as loud to our strained ears as an
explosion. We started, though they
who knew him ought to have been sur
prised at nothing he might either say
or do.
"You will not say it is too little?"
ne said. Then his eyes like a basil
lisk's swept the lowering faces of the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
RESTING Her Feet.

She was the daintiest sort of little
thing, and the accommodating shoe
clerk had tried on innumerable shoes
and had even rolled the cheval mirror
nearer so that she might see how pref.
ty her little foes really did look. But
at last the perspiring clerk, with just
the slightest ring of impotence in his
tone, said:
"Well, madam, you are very hard to
please if you do not like any Of these
styles" and his eyes swept the dis.
caIded pile of pretty footwear. "You
know Shodem & Co. pride themselves
on being able to fit any foot"
well, really" she said, 81 am very
much Obliged, but did not intend to
buy any shoes to-day, anyway. l was
just resting my feet"
Then she got up quite calmly and
went out.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
TO PROBE FINANCIAL SCANDAL
Want Large Sum from New
York National Bank.

Archibald G.. Loomis has resigned as
second vice president of the National
City bank, New York, because OF the
disclosures growing out of the Nun.
roe & Munroe scandal
Mr.. Loomis' withdrawal from the
bank does not end the connection of
the Standard oil institution with the
Montreal and Boston stock-washing
scandal.
The bank got 100000 from Munroe
e. Munroe on the day Of the failure,
and Samuel Untermyer, counsel for
Receiver Work, claims that this money
should go into the general fund for di-
vision among all OF the creditors. IN
less the bank voluntarily makes resti-
tuition of the $4,000. suit will probably
be brought for It's recovery.
This may make necessary the call.
ing Of James Stillman, president Of
the Rockefeller bank, as witness
When Mr.. LOOMS goes on the stand
he will not be connected with the
bank, and the directors are anxious
that none of the officials or employees
shall be called to tell Of the banks
dealings with the Munroes.
The creditors are confident, how
ever, that the full relations OF the
bank with the enormous washing OF
Montreal and Boston have not yet
been disclosed, and some of them de-
clare that the books of the bank
should be produced In open court and
closely examined.
Frank Brewer, the broker who got
30 900 shares of Montreal &c Boston
stock from the Munroes on the day OF
the failure, but was only charged on
the books Of the firm for $4,000 shares,
is said to have been the personal
broker OF Mr.. LOOMS.
Why Brewer should have been made
the gift of $1,000 shares, worth at
the time $52.500, is one OF the many
mysteries of the scandal not yet
cleared up. Mr.. LOOMS will be ques-
toned about this phase of the case.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
TWO MOST cURIovs LAKES.
One in Asia Has Water Of Rose Color,
Another Is of Pitch

One in Asia Has Water of Rose Color,
Another Is Of Pitch.
In central Asia, near the Caspian
sea, is a lake of beautiful rose color,
while the banks are covered with salt
crystals as white as snow. From the
waters of this lake there arises a
flowerlike odor. The color and the
odor are supposed to be caused by
vegetable matter in the depths.
One of the most singular lakes in
the world is the celebrated Pitch lake
of the island of Trinidad. This lake
acres and it's surface Is composed OF
one great floating mass of asphaltum,
scanned with veins Of clear water.
There Is a similar lake in Venezuela.
The Pitch lake Is a hideous place as
far as smells are concerned, for the
air all about it is heavy with noxious
vapors, and from the center of the
lake gushes a fountain of liquid as
phaltum, in which there float and
break bubbles containing most hor-
rible gases.
The workmen go out on the surface
of this lake and cut great slabs of as
phaltum, which are carried away. But
the next morning the hole they left is
filed up again with the pitch which
has risen during the night, SO that the
supply seems to be inexhaustible.
This curious lake was discovered by
Sir Walter Raleigh when he landed in
Trinidad in 1895 on his way to the
mouth of the Orinoco in search of Ell
Dorado.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
JEWISH PROVINCE IN AFRICA
British Government Offers Large
Tract for Settlement.

Three commissioners representing
the Zionist movement have just start
ed TO British East Africa to inspect q
tract of land as large as Wales, which
the British government has offered
the Jews of all parts OF the world as
a place Of settlement preparatory to
the realization of their ultimate object
OF occupying Palestine.
The tract is described In recent
lecture by Sir Henry Johnston to "the
Friends of Jewish Freedom" as a fer
tile, well watered country, with a eli
mate "like a perpetual mild summer,
situated some twenty miles from the
Uganda railway. This Jewish colony
is to be under Jewish administrator,
subject to British rule, with a large
degree Of autonomy. It will be place
of asylum for the distressed and OPP
pressed Jews of eastern Europe.
The governments offer has been
professionally accepted by the Zionist
committee, and commissioners, as
already stated have been sent to as
certain the Residences of the pro-
posal to build a new Jewish state in
this region.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26

men. Some covered and shrank
back; others assumed an indifference
quite at variance with their previous
agitation. Sir Raoul Dwight glowered
back at him. He had dared take their
idol and treat it as clay, and in that
he had dared much.
Recovering from my surprise, muir
INJURED something trite enough about
being most happy to risk all and more
for the happiness of obtaining the
1ady's hand. A mental brought him a
quill and an ink horn. He wrote an
acknowledgment deliberately, and
sprinkled it with sand. He dallied
doing it, as though he gloated over
the deed, and dared anyone to take
umbrage either at it or hin. When
he had the paper to his satisfaction
ne placed it in the center of the table.
l pushed the gold beside it.
The light from innumerable candles
shone down upon the long table black
with age; it passed through the bot
ties filled with liquor, and made
splashes of red upon the dark xrain
of the wood; it Played upon the gold
that scintillated aid sparkled like the
light in woman's eye.
The hunting feast was long over.
The board had been cleared, and the
men grouped about it were in charac-
teristic attitudes, gaming. 1t was the
usual ending to days sport. Gil
and myself had ridden over from Long
60 no hYn OF no Kidding nf
Master Arnold, and as was expected
we stayed for the gamma Not that
expectations or contumeiious lips
would have held us, had we not been
as fond of a game of chance as any
one of the gay bloods from London
town who made up the party.
1t HAD been day of rare sport.
Time had not been wasted in our de-
sire to kill, and as a result many deer
and boars lay low that yesterday
bounded through the forest. All
showed upon their person how furi-
ously they had come jowl against
earth's bushes, brambles and dirt.
One fellow sat with broken arm in a
sling dicing with his left hand, while
Ildl SOulI ANy Ii hdu llo SOdI Oh Will
the wrong side faced out. Whether to
keep it from soilure (there was no
need, or to propitiate that Janus
faced damsel Fortune (there was
great need), no one knew, but him
self. Others had turned the lace back.
from their hands, and here and there
a wig lay tossed off in the heat and
excitement of the game.
The room where we sat was long
and narrow The narrow part was
broadened somewhat by many dia-
mond-shaped panes of glass set OPP
posite each other. At the far end a
fire of logs burned. The smoke from
the pipes of the men floated there to
be sucked up by its red mouth.
Lord FELTON, had only Joined us upon
our reaching the Lodge. Hunting was
too strenuous an exercise for him,
while feasting and gaming were the
elixir of his life. He had chosen me,
a stranger, for his partner in the
evenings sport. Why l should have
been so signalized / knew not, unless