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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-12-22

Mrs. Frank Evans, OF Elizabeth City
n, g., is visiting her parents MIR. and
Mrs w. +. Childs, Charles street
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14

The following paragraph from
the Milwaukee Free Press will be
read with interest:
"While it is forty years since
the Civil War came to an end, the
number of pensioners has shown
40 sign of diminishing. Last Jan
uary the beneficiaries for the first
time passed the million mark, and
it is now nearly that number, and
the number will continue 10 be
large for many years to come.
There are still on the rolls Wild
ows of soldiers who served in the
Revolutionary War; the pension
ers of 1872 are not extinct, and
those of the Mexican War are nu !.
merous. With veterang of the
Civil War still exercising the
privilege of marrying young
wives, the prospect OF diminution
of the pension roll is not at all
reassuring, while the Spanish
War will serve to keep the aver
age up. If the billions paid in
pensions are added to the cost of
the wars we have had, there is an
kargunent that should be power
ful to deter us from engaging in
any wars in the future"
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14
Something New to read everyday
Turnage-C1ark Drug Co.
Wade S. Turnnge, Manager.
coffEEyILLE CHURCH DIRECTORY.


Cumberlan, Presbx xterian Church
Rev. J. p. Ru 5selI, p sstor.
Preaching very ist, 3rd and 5th
Sunday at IL o. M. and 8 p. M.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night.
Sunday Schc.,.. every Sunday at 10
woman ~ ijuary meeting, every
lst Wednesday afternoon at 8 O'Clock.
Session meeting every 1st Wednes
day night.
Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev.
D. G. Foust, Pastor.
Preaching every End and Attn sun
day at IL q. m. and p. m.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night. ),
Sunday School every Sunday at ~
q. ~.
Baptist Church-Rev. N. w. z.
Bacon, Pastor. y.
Preaching every 1st Sunday at IL
a. m. and p. m.
Sunday school at $50 every Sun
day.
Prayer meeting at s p, m. every
Tuesday night
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14

A dispatch fro = Richmond, Va +.
says that 96 years old, 6 times
married, and the father of A
children is the record of Jacob
Kinney, better known as Major"
who has applied for q license at
the Renrico county clerks off ce
TO wed one Ann Green, who is
also no novice on the matrim oni-
al sea, and who is so years Of age.
In recent years the old man has
been getting feeble and has been
supported by his sons. When
asked what he meant BY gettin 9
married again, he said: Il need 8
helpmate. :
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14


Bishop Niles, of New Hamp-
shire, had q singular experience
while attending the recent Epis-
copal convention in Boston. The
Bishop, who il very tall, heavy
man, was seated in one of the low
settees in the public garden, and
when he started to get up he
found that he had great difficulty
in regaining his feet. While in
the midst of his struggles wee
tot of q little girl came along and
offered her assistance. The Bish.
op ceased trying to rise, and af-
ter surveying the little girl, re.
piled that she was to small to
help. The littlegirl persisted that
she could help, but the Bishop
was just as sure she could not.
"Well,' said the little girl q finally.
tive helped grandpa lots o.
times when he was lots drunken
than you are.'
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14
A Congressman In the Pulpit.

The East Mississippi Times
says: "The'pastor Of the Corinth
Methodist church was taken sud :
denly i'll on Sunday few weeks
ago. Hon. e. s. Chandler, jr., who
is a Baptist in good standing,
kindly consented to take his
place and preached a lay sermon
from that pulpit. The congrega-
ton was highly pleased and the
people of Oorinth say that it will
long be remembered as one of
the best sermons ever heard in
that town. We believe that Hon.
E. s. Chandler, ,jr., should be re-
tanned in Congress. That body
leeds one or two Christians in it
as balance wheels"
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14

One of the rural district schools
in Kansas has q pretty girl as its
teacher, but she was much trOu-
bled at first because many of her
pupils we're late every morning.
At last she made the announces
nent that she would kiss the first
pupil TO arrive at the school house
the next msrnine. Afsunrise the
three largest boys Of her school
were sitting on the doorstep Of
the school house, and by six G..
clock every boy in the school and
four OF the directors were waiting
for her TO arrive.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14

Considering the fact that ruling
Russia is his trade and that he
has worked at it all his life, il is
strange that the czar can't do .
little better job Of it. Evidently
he has no regard for the feelings
of the crossroads philosophers
who gather around the country
stores and pick his policies to
pieces.
1t seems . pity to have I'll Of
this free advice going to waste.
If he would just eable over and
take q sort Of referendum Of the
opinion Of the experts il this
country he might mako fewsr
mistakes or mono ct I'll provided
his advisers could agree.
But some men get terribly pig
headed and cant take advice lust
because they have little power.
We have them in this country.
Take the case Of Carnegie. He
wants to get rid Of his money.
and yet several hundred philan'
thropists write long letters 70
him every day telling him how,
and he ignores them and goes
blunderIng along, unable to givs
away half he has got.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14
Strength Of Treasury Notes.

A single treasury note meas
ures three and one-eighth inches
in width by seven and one-fourth
inches in length. It will sustain
without breaking, lengthwise, .
weight Of forty.one pounds, cross.
wise, a weight of ninsty.one
pounds. The notes run four to .
sheet, a sheet being eight and
one-fourth inches wide by thir'
teen and one-half inches long.
One of these sheets lengthwise
will suspend 108 pounds and
crosswise LIT pounds. IL willbe
chat q single note ID capable of
sustaining, erosswise, weight of
ninety lone pounds, which 10 twice
the amount by nine pounds Of
the weight the note can sustain
leng thwise, while, In tho case OF
the sheet, the crosswise sheet,
lacks thirty~nine pounds Of d0u-
BILE the sustaining power Of the
lengthw ise sheet.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14

Is the 'shello girl" doomed 10
extinctioni She has como to
I'LL q considerable place in mod
ern life. Both the social and bus-
mess world know her, and tho
they get out of patience with her
sometimes for taking 90 long to
answer or to make the desired
connection, they really like her
quite well. But it seem as If she
must 60. An inventive genius
has perfected an automatic tele.
phone switching apparatus that
that takes the girls job away
from her. In the cities of nazle-
ton and Attention. !, r.. Tie new
apparatus has bsrn u. in the ex-
changes and more than loo girls
have been dismissed.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14

october ISL iyU5
10 a. m. Devotional Exercises.
Conducted by Pres't of Assn.
(D Benefits to be Derived from a
Uniform System of Text Books,
Prof. L. B. Hutchinson.
(2) The Opportunity of the Rural
Teacher to Improve Country
Life, Prof. G. w. Smith.
(3) The Value of a Teachers Wis
itlng the Homes Represented
!. in Her Room, Miss Mamie
Hunt.
(4) MY Idea of a Teachers Duty,
Agreed and Implied, j. w.
Orowell, A. A, Newell.
(5) Grading Of County Schools,
General Discussion.
This will be the Association 8
first meeting in the new school
year. The County Schools will
soon be open. Are you, or do
you want to. be, q live, active,
efficient, esteemed member of the
teaching force in this county,
Are you as a teacher willing to do
to the limit of your power the
work for which you are employed
and paida Then manifest your
willingness. to help others and
our desire to be improved your :
self by attending the meetings o.
our Teachers Association. Let
us make our organization real
let US make it worth something.
Trustees and patrons are al
ways wanted in these meetings.
| I T.. L. VANN, Pres. of Asso'n.
J.R HoDNETT, Go. Supt.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14

A curious instance Of brute In
telligence is reported from RAM
kin county. On the farm Of Col.
j, 8. Hamilton, two weeks age,
q litter of pigs and other Of pup
pies saw the light of day nbout
the same time. The puppies sll
died and so did the mother Of the
pigs. The mother Of the puppiea
then took charge Of the pigs,
carrying them, one at . time, in
her mouth to her bed in the barn,
and where she has since cared for
the little orphans az if they were
her own. The foster mother
is q very intelligent and valu
BILE pointer.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14
Notice 10 Contr. actors

Notice is hereby given Inas lp =
till 2 o'clock p. N. Move snDss =
1905, the Board of Supervl so,s =
Yalobusha County will re eesye 2
sealed bids for the erection ~ =
bridge on slough in Schoona L'oas !
tom at Torrance Crossing: flaA.s J
ana specifications on file at CLERKS
Office At OoffeevillR. The night
to reject any and all bids is re-
served. l. This Oct. 8, 1908.
J, LELAND TRUsTY, I
Ohancery CLERK.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14
An Ad
In the Progress
Will rent your
h0use or sell your
horse--try it.
Only lOc a line.



A Chidago druggist had gone
to the back part of the store to
answer a telephone call, leaving
his ten year old boy in charge.
Yang PIN, the Chinese laundry
man in the next block, came in at
this moment to buy q bottle OF
blood purifier. Yes. we've got
some,' said the conscientious boy,
shut + don't II do you an ygood.
You might take a dozen bottles
oft, and you'd still be a China-
man,
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14

a pretty Kentucky girl who is
devoted to onions wants to know
how she can prevent p eople from
smelling her breath after eating
them. Simple enough. She should
90 out in the woods about mile
from everywhere and stay there
for about three days.
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14
Programme

YALOBUsHA cOuNTy's TEACHERS AS
: ISOLATION,
In Water Valley Public School Building
October zIst, 1905
Water Valley progress. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1882-1918, 1905-10-14
Tell your doctor
Leave your prescription here.

Our drugs are pure aud fresh. and our
prescriptionists are careful mixoIogists,
Holbrook argus., 1905-12-02

and reverence on the grave of 1s- ham G. Harris, in the name of the state which he served so long and so well. If all the noble deeds he has done for his country and for his fellow man were flow CTS, l could gather million ros- es from the hearts of Tennesseans tonight. Whatever else may be said of him, he was an honest man. His heart was the temple of truth. and his lips were it's or acles. He loved his native land, and loyalty to duty was his creed. He lived a long and stor- my life; he died a hero.
 The summons came to him in the triumphant hour of the state when the centennial bells were ringing out the old century and ringing in the new. In the glor- ious noontide of Tennessee's joy ful jubilee, when the trumpets of peace were pouring out the soul of music on the summer air, he heard the solemn call of another trumpet, which drowned all the melodies of this world. He saw the shadows of an invisible wing sweep across his pillow, a pal Tor came over h1s face, his heart forgot to beat, there was only a gasp, sigh, whisper "I am tired" and tired eyelids were drawn like purple curtains over tired eyes; tired lips were closed forever, tired hands were folded on a motionleSs breast.
 The mystery of life was yelled in the mystery of death. What is life? What is death? Today we hear a bird singing in the tree top; they tell us that is life To- morrow the bird lies cold and stiff at the root of the tree. It will sing it's song no more. They tell us that is death. A babe is born into the world. It opens its eyes to the light of day and smiles in the face of it's loving mother, And they tell us that is life. The child wapders from the cradle into the sweet fairy. land ofvouth. and dreams among it's flowers. But soon youth wakes into manhood; and his soul is fire with ambition. He rushes into the struggle of req llte and wins his way from the log cabin to the gubernationa chair. The lightnings begin to leap from the gathering clouds O war, the thunders begin to fal around him, but he stands like ( lion at his post, and when the dreadful shock at Shiloh comes where the flower ot Tennessee art rushing to glory and the grave through the rifted smoke I sce
Holbrook argus., 1905-12-02

At last his flag goes down in blood and tears; he is exiled from his country. But the clouds soon clear away and he returns in tri- umph, to be clothed by the peo- pie with greater power thaneve before, and to sit like an un- crowned king in the highest coun- cil of the nation until his raven locks turn white as snow.
 But the scene shifts again, and, as we are called from our revelry to stand round the coffin of our matchless senator, there are tear stains on the cheeks ofmerriment, and mourning muffles mirth. They tell us that is death. The song of the bird is the soul mel ody, and the laughter ofthe child is the melody of the soul.
 The joys of youth are the blos- soms of hope; manhood gathers the golden fruit. But death robs the bird of it's song, and steals laughter from the lips of child hood. Death plucks the blos- som of youth, and turns the gol- den fruits of manhood to ashes on the lips ot age.
 Poor thing. is there no brigh- ter cline, where thy sweet spirit shall sing forever III the tree of life? Poor childl is there no better world where thy soul shall wake and smile in the face of God? Poor old, tired man, is it all of life to live? Is it all of death to die? Is there not a hea- yen where thy tottering age will find immortal life shall glorify thy face? It must be so! 1t must be so!
 "A solemn murmur in the soul, tells of a
 world to be,
 As travellers hear the pillows roll, before they reach the sea-"
 There must be aGod. We look up through the telescope into the blue infinite and catch glimpses of his glory We see millions of suns, flaming like archangels on the frontier of stellar space. And still beyond we see in ten thous- and fields of light crowns and
 shields and spiral wreathes o1
 stars, islands and continents o
 suns floating on boundless opaI
 seas. And are there no worlds like ours, wheeling around the suns? Are there no eyes but ours } to see those floods of light? Are , there no sails on those far away summer seas? No wings to cleavt those crystal airs?
 Surely there cannot be a uni l verse of stars without a universe of worlds, and reason teache: , us that there cannot be a uni l verse of worlds desolate of life. 5 We turn from the telescope ant , look down through the micro scope and it reveals in a single , drop of water a tiny world teem 1 ing with animal life, with form:
The Springfield herald., 1905-04-21
Fourth In the World.

The average resident of Chicago now
exclaims with St. Paul: 81 am citi-
zen of no mean city" Chicago's pop
ulation at this time exceeds 1000 900.
The canvass just now begun by the
publishers of the Chicago directory is
expected to show 100000 inhabitants
on the basis of the census of 1900,
which is believed to have been incor-
rect Based on the census of 1890, 1t
is thought that 1t will show a popula-
ton of upwards of 2.4O0,O00. Averag-
ing these two estimates, the population
o. Chicago appears to be equal to that
of Manhattan and the Bronx. which is
estimated as being this year 2.245000.
Chicago has grown to be as large as
the old city of New York without
Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond added
thereto. 1t is safe to say that she is
now the fourth city in the world in
population, coming after London, New
York and Paris.
More creditable even than this rapid
development in population is the fact
that Chicago has made noteworthy
progress in municipal reform, and in
municipal ownership of public utilities.
with a common sense civil service law
as basis. With the latter, and that
which goes with it-an alert public
opinion-municipal ownership is al
ways successful.
The Springfield herald., 1905-04-21
A Wonderful Discovery.

Broadland, S. OAK, April 17.-Quite
q sensation has been created here by
the publication of the story of G. w.
Gray, who after special treatment
for three months was PROSTATE and
helpless and given up to die with
Bright's Disease. Bright's Disease has
always been considered incurable, but
evidently from the story told by Mr..
Gray, there is a remedy which will
cure 1t even In the most advanced
stages. This is what he says:
81 was helpless as little babe. My
wife and l searched everything and
read everything we could find about
Bright's Disease, hoping that l would
be able to find a remedy. After many
failures my wife insisted that l should
try Dodd's Kidney Pills. praise God
for the day when | decided to do so.
for this remedy met every phase of
my case and in short time was
able to get out OF bed and after few
weeks treatment l was strong, well
man. Dodd's Kidney Pills saved my
life"
A remedy that will cure Bright's
Disease will cure any lesser Kidney
Disease. Dodd's Kidney Pills are GER
tainly the most wonderful discovery
which modern medical research has
given to the world.
The Springfield herald., 1905-04-21
HONEST CONFESSION.
A Doctors Talk on Food.

I There are no fairer set OF men on
earth than the doctors. and when they
find they have been in error they are
usually apt to make honest and man.
ly confession of the fact.
A case in point is that OF an emf
nent practitioner, one Of the good
old school, who lives in Texas. His
plain, unvarnished tale needs no
dressing up:
81 had always had an intense preju-
dice, which | can now see was un-
warrantable and unreasonable, against
all muchly advertised foods. Hence,
| never read line of the many ads.
of Grape-N Nuts, nor tested the food till
last winter.
while in Corpus Christi for my
health, and visiting my youngest son,
who has four of the ruddiest, health
lest little boys | ever saw. l ate my
first dish of Grape-Nuts food for
supper with my little grand
sons. became exceedingly fond
of it and have eaten pack
age of 1t every week since, and find 1t
a delicious, refreshing and strengthen
ing food, leaving no i'll effects whatever
causing no eructations with which
was formerly much troubled. no
sense of fullness. nausea, nor distress
of stomach in any way.
There is no other food that agrees
with me so well, or sits as lightly or
pleasantly upon my stomach as this
does. lam stronger and more active
since l began the use of Grape-Nuts
than have been for 10 years, and am
no longer troubled with nausea and
Indigestion" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book, THE Road to Wellville."
The Springfield herald., 1905-04-21

While no woman is entirely free from
periodical suffering. it does not seem to
be the plan of nature that women
should suffer SO severely. Menstrua-
ton is q severe strain on q woman's S
vitality. If it is painful or irregular
something is wrong which should be
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rangement of the whole female organ
ism.
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Pinkham that Lydia E. Pinkham's 3
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The Springfield herald., 1905-04-21
Mr1TWe Hart

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