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The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
HAVE WOMEN ANY GENIUS?
English Writer in London Paper In
sists They Lack Courage for
Self-Restraint

Why is it that women have not dis.
tinguished themselves as creative ar
lists? asks writer in the London News.
Mrs Chesson can mention only two
great" women poets, Sappho and Chris
tina Rosetti Though all women learn
how to paint in water colors at
school are there any great" women
painters? Rosa Bonheur can hardly be
called great. There are no women
painters of the class of Raphael Or
Duerer
No woman ever wrote great oratorio
Or frst-class opera.
In the art of fiction, perhaps, they
stand highest. though even there the
characteristic faults of women artists
keep them from the first rank.
The reason seems to be that women
lack the essential quality of all great
art: they lack restraint They are
afraid TO curb their muse; they have
NOT the courage, if they ever have the
desire, TO go through their work with a
pruning knife and remove every super
fluffy.
Christina ROssetti is great because she
possesses this power to take pains.
POetesses in general-and Mrs. Brown
ing is very good illustration of this, fail
to reach the supreme pinnacle of great
ness because they do not care to use
restraint
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
ONE WAY TO GET DRINK.
Pair Of Topers Each Get "Constitu-
tioaar' for Toll for Single
Glass.

Il thought | was next TO all the
games.'' said q bartender the other day
to Detroit Free Press reporter, but
those two men going down the street
pulled off a new one on me this morn
ing. They have been going a strong
pace and were down and out. They had
but Is cents between them and both
wanted a drink.
They both walked into this place, after
holding conference on the sidewalk,
and one of them called for a special
brand of whisky. He placed the Is
cents on the bar and | served him
the drink. He filled the glass up to
the brim. | said nothing. although he
was buying the whisky cheaper than
we were. Then he swallowed half of
1t, smacked his lips for a minute and
said: That is not the whisky | ordered >
l insisted that it was, and he insisted
that it wasn't. Finally he turned to his
friend, who stood behind him, and said:
Taste it. See if am not right The
friend swallowed the remaining half
Of the whisky, smacked his lips and said:
L think the bartender is right The two
linked arms and walked away 1t came
over me in a minute that [ had been
worked, but the game was so cleverly
done that | called them back and set
them up"
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
CAT LED DOG INTO A TRAP
Pursued Feline Runs by Fore Hold,
But Unwary Canine Jumps
Straight Into It.

The open hatch, necessarily left open
for ventilation, is one Of the perils of
the sailor, but a sailor dog aboard the
four-masted bark Earl of Dunmore in
the Erie basin took flying leap of 35
feet into the fore hold, and landed on
the ballast like rubber ball, says the
New York World
Poodle" Capt. Mencks' water span
iel, from San Francisco was chasing
the ships cat. She led him into the
trap. The. cat ran across the covers
of the midships hatch, with the span
iel at her heels.
She avoided the fore hatch, which
was open, and dog, racing straight,
jumped plumb into it, landing in a
limp ball upon the stones and earth in
the hold.
He wasn't very lively when an ap-
prentice sailor picked him up, but in
five minutes Poodle was frisking and
ready for another bout with the willy
cat.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
Trees Poisoned.

"A gardener discovered the fact that
trees are often sent to an untimeIy
death by poison, usually arsenic The
reason for this does not appear until
one hears the mans explanation. Sup
pose a man has rented a house which
has too much shade, the law will not
allow him to have one or more of the
trees cut down without the consent of
the owner. AS it often happens that
tenants and landlords hold different
views ON the subject Of shade, the trees
remain bone of contention. 1t is then
that the gardener is called to admin
lister a dose Of poison for when tree
is dead the tenant may have it re-
moved Five cents worth of arsenic
is sufficient to kill large tree. A hole
is made in the trunk, arsenic dropped
in and nature does the rest. 1t never
fails.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
M A-h~~4, HL
on purpose" shaking the chessboard so

on purpose SudkluS tuS Guess SOOdIu 50
as to change the position of the pieces.
The marchioness was terrified.
Taking advantage of her fright, he
captured her king, exclaiming, with an
air of well-earned triumph:
Check mattel | have won"
His words cut the poor marchioness
like the knife OF the gui!lotine.
Her eyes blazing with indignation, she
faced him, saying:
General, you have cheated"
you dare to charge me with cheat
ing?" he snarled
''Yes, you have cheated. You have
cheated in a fashion unworthy of you,
unworthy of your glory"
THE ideal" exclaimed Napoleon, ap-
pealing to the spectators to 4cquit him
of her charge.
There was no response. They all
wished to please the first consul, but
his cheating was SO fragrant that they
could not pretend to deny it.
Napoleon hated to be beaten. So. in
q transparent attempt to conceal his
cflagrin, he arose from his chair. walked
to the fireplace and grabbing the tOngs,
began TO shift the logs about
When he had exhausted his wrath on
TIE fire. he turned to the marchioness.
saying. with q smile that seemed
to radiate from an iceberg:
you are right madam. I have
cheated. You won the game The head
of the marquis de Montyille is yours
| pardon him"
A sigh Of relief went up from ali the
onlooiers.
The marchioness, overjoyed, burst
into tears
General" she cried, ''you are just ard
generous" AS she was about to throw
herself at his feet he restrained her.
do not kneel, madam, he said.
Smiling through her tears she asked:
do you also pardon me, general?"
Pardon you for what? What havs
you done?"
Beaten Gen. Bonaparte."
Freely" he said; then in a low tone
so that the bvstanders could not hear:
AT first | wanted you to win
What made you change your mind ?"
What could / do?" replied the great
Napoleon. q have my weaknesses like
other men. When l was. fairly in the
game the thought of being beaten so
terrified me that | resolved to win, even
if had to cheat. But, come, now, you
must, at least, admit that | scared you.
Let that be my vengeance. And-tell
your royalist friends to look out
Then, as sign of perfect reconcilia-
ton. he pinched her ladyships ear.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
THE GRAY AND THE GREEN.

The gray streets of London are grayer than
the stone,
The gray streets of London where l must
walk my lone,
The gray city pavements are hard to tread,
alas,
My heart and feet are aching for the Irish
grass.
For down the winding boreen the grass Is
soft as silk
The wind is sweet as honey, the hedges
white as milk:
Gray dust and graycr houses are here, and
skies like brass,
The lark is singing, soaring Ger the Irish
grass.
The gray streets of London stretch out a
thousand mile
dreary walls and windows, and never
song or smile!
Heavy with money getting, the sad gray
people pass.
There's gold in drifts and shadows in the
Irish grass,
God built the pleasant mountains and blest
the fertile plain,
But in this sad gray London God knows
so in pain.
0 brown as any amber, and clear as any
glass,
The streams my heart hears calling from
the Irish grass
The gray streets CT London they say are
paved with gold;
I'd rather have the cowslips that two small
hands could hold
ia give the yellow money the foolish folk
amass
For the dew that's gray as silver on the
Irish grass
think that TIL be going before l die OF
grief,
The wind from over the mountains will give
my heart tNrelief:
The cuckoo's calling sweetly, calling in
dreams, alasi
Come home come home, acushla, to the
Irish grass.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
GRANT AT LEES FUNERAL.
The Young Lieutenant's Contact with
Old Confederates Regarded
as Significant.

An incident worth remembering oc-
Cured at the funeral of Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee just after the services were con-
cluded at the church. Lieut.. U. s.
Grant, as adjutant of the parade, was
stationed before the church door and
from his horse directed the honorary
pall-bearers to their places in the dou-
BILE line through which the casket was
to be borne to the caisson.
Among this escort of civilians were
several old confederate veterans wear
ing the uniform in which the dead
general won his fame as soldier
These officers wore on their collars the
insignia that in the confederate serv-
ice indicated the rank of captain I'M
mediately, in accordance with the mill
tary training which requires a junior
officer to dismount before addressing
his superior, the young lieutenant
sprang from his horse and, on foot,
assigned Lees old comrades to posi-
ton.
The action possessed no military
value. 1t was simply an inherited re-
spect for the army Of gray shadows.
But those who remembered the mag
nanimity of the boys grandfather at
Appomattox must have been touched
by the second coming together of q
Grant and a Lee.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
CONSIDER YOURSELF DEAD.
Clerk Who Wanted Raise Advised oe
Method of Impressing Employ
er with Usefulness

A Philadelphia business man tells
of German of his acquaintance who
keeps large and prosperous clothing
this German had in his employ a man
who shall be called Louis, whom the
proprietor had during many years OF
service advanced from the position OF
errand boy to the proud eminence OF
head clerk. Now the head clerk, soon
after his last promotion, got eXag-
gerated ideas of his importance, and
again asked for an increase of salary,
which the good d-natured German grant
ed him, says the New York Times. Again
shortly thereafter the head clerk pre-
ferred still another claim for an ad-
vance of salary, whereupon the Ger
man began to do a bit of thinking.
Louis said he, after a pause, i
bays you bretty veil alreaty, amt i'd?
Wy should | bay you some more. eh?"
1T seems to me- replied Louis. very
confidently, that I am your principal
reliance in this establishment. | know
every detail Of your business, I've
worked up big trade for you, and, to
speak plainly | don't see how you
could get along without me-"
''So?" queried the, German, pensive-
ly. "Subbose. now, Louis, you die; vot
do then. eh?"
''Oh. in that case replied Louis, hesi-
tatingly. 4 suppose you would have to
get along without me-
For a few minutes the German re-
mained silent. Finally he gently sug
geSted:
Veil. Louis. | dink maybe you had
peter consider yourself dead"
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
Movable Missions.

Rhode Island has wheeled chapel
e-5ed by the Episcopal mission, capable
III being moved from place to place
upon it's own running gear; but the
most elaborate travelling chapel is one
which forms a part of the special
train to Lourdes on the occasion Of
the annual pilgrimage. Here through
dispensation from the late pope mass
may be said while the train is running
at full speed.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
Sad Story.

Sandy Pikes-Ah, lady, can't yer
help poor sufferer from de Russian
war?
The Lady-Were you really there,
my poor man?
Nom; | was a school teacher till
sprained me voice pronouncing Rus
sian names. Chicago Daily News.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
Bank bY Post.

Inhabitants of the rural districts OF
France may now obtain from the post
men on their rounds postal orders, etc.,
and may hand them money for deposit
in The savings banks. thus avoiding the
trouble of going to the nearest post Of
fee for these purposes.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
Drying Up a State.

Gov Hanly of Indiana has estab-
lished a rule that he will appoint no
man in Office who drinks, and his ap-
pointees have extended the rule to
those whom they appoint. The ex-
ample is worthy of emulation.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
Locating the Difficulty,

"Mr. Bliggins says he has u go,d
ear for music" said one member of
the glee club.
''He may have a good ear" answered
the other. But it is very hard to find
tune that will fit his vocal chords"
Washington Star.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
Horrible Life.

Jerome-How Go you feel about an
cestorS9
Jerry-I hate 'em; my frivolous
grandfather keeps leading me on, and
my steady Dutch grandfather keeps
holdina me on-Life
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
High Toned.

"Maudie says her steady is high
toned young feller.
Gee. that's good name for it. all
right. He's one of those squeaky- voiced
sissiesi i''-Clevela-ad Leader.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21

hangman. The salary is G1 sterling
week as retaining fee, and G2 sterling
after an execution
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21
Hangman in Great Britain.

Technically, any inhabitant of the
United Kingdom is liable to be called up
on 30 undertake the uncongenial task Of
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21

Of course it hurts to be pinned down
by the truth
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1905-07-21

If woman couldn't cry her brain
would soon be drowned.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01
A aneakinR Poatal Card.

Postmasters of the Bill Nye type may soon be unable to read the postal cards passing through their hands unless they have a photograph equipment in the office, if the latest development of the post card announced in Vienna meets popular favor. says the Chicago Trib- une. An ingenious Teuton, who has invented a speaking postal card. plans to spread thin layer of gramophone plaque on an ordinary postal card. To this the sender confides his com munication. and the card goes through the post in the usual way. Arrived at its destination. the card is made to de liver it's message by means of a special phonograph apparatus constructed by the inventor of the new card.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01
TOLSTOPS UPLIFTING PLAN
Gives Books to Russian Peasants to
 Further Self Education.

Gives Books to Russian Peasants to
 Further Self Education.
 While the press bears dispatches of the ever fresh disasters which the Rus sians suffer at the hands of their little brown enemies, while the nations watch with anxious interest the ever growing evidences of strife and dis order within the czar's domain. there comes from St. Petersburg news that cheers with its optimistic indication of sanity and hope in the breast of at least one of that disaster ridden people, says a writer in the Metropolitan Mag aZlne.
 Count TOlstoi, the apostle of reform and peace for Russia, has taken anoth- CT step looking to the education of the ignorant masses and has opened in St. Petersburg with branches throughout the country, stores to supply the schools of the poor people with books at the cost of manufacture. Unable because of his limited means to do more, Tolstoi has perfected system which, by the expenditure of the large sums of money he has donated, will place in the hands of the utterly ig norant peasants the first rudiments of that education which can effect their uplifting. It is only one of the hun dred worthy charities of grand old man.
 Had Russia few more Tolstois and a few less von Plehves she might no1 today be cutting an abject figure be fore the eyes of the nations.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01
FLEA FOR oHRrTUALISM.
Pastor Tells of Its Value In Demon
 stratinG Souls Immortality.

Pastor Tells of Its Value In Demon.
 strntinG Souls Immortality.
 That there is nothing in the phenome- na of spiritualism inconsistent with the doctrines of the church, but that on the contrary through 1t may come the scientific demonstration of the immor- tality of the soul, is the declaration of the Rev. Dr.-Otho F. Bartholow, pastor of the James Methodist Episcopal church of Brooklyn, says the New York Herald.
 While Dr. Bartholow declared recent ly that he believed in the phenomena of spiritualsm and that it was a sub- ject worthy of investigation on the part of every thinking man, he believed that few if any of the alleged mediums were genuine.
 ''To my mind there is nothing in spir- itualism that is in any way inconsist- ent with the doctrines of the church," Dr. Bartholow said. Tt is true that many persons ridicule it. but there has been nothing new in the physical or spiritual world that was not scoffed at in the beginning. The learned pro- fessors of his day were as confident that Columbus would sail into sea of boiling fire when he started on his west ward trip as the learned professors of today are that there is nothing in the phenomena of spiritualism
 Tt may be that through spiritualism will come the scientific demonstration of the immortality of the soul. And why should not this be scientifically demonstrated? There is not thinking man today who does not believe in mind reading or telepathy and phrenol- ogy, and yet in the beginning of the study of these subjects they were ridi- culed in every way as much as spir- 1tualism is today.
 "In affirming my belief in spiritual ism I make no brief for the so called mediums, for they will, as they have, do more to prevent scientific study of the subject than any other thing. That to these mediums are given a monop- oly of the communication between the spirits that have gone before seems to me to be as wicked as it is impossible. How much more natural 1t would be for spirit to communicate with per son with whom a feeling of love and sympathy existed!
 If spirltualism should become as settled principle as telepathy it would wipe away every argument of the atheist. It will do no harm to give the study of spiritualism the deepest thought, and it is worthy the best in vestigation on the part of scientists as we'll as the theologians. These people who prey on the bereaved, who in their hour of grief are looking everywhere for solace, should be suppressed, but that 90 per cent of the mediums are frauds is no argument that as a phe- nomena spiritualism is not worthy the best thought of the age"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01

F.. X. M.-Does foreigner have to become naturalized or declare his in tention of becoming a citizen before b. can vote?
 X. Declaration of intention to bc-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01

E.O. Ut is sufficient to address the wealthy persons you name at the city in which they reside. Their let ters go through the same channel whether addressed to their homes or business places. and the mail Of either one would be handled by secretaries. who would exercise their judgment as to whether it should get any further.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01
Auto Car For Street Cleaning.

A remarkable motor car that looks somewhat like a huge moving and reaping machine and which, in fact, Is a reaper was recently completed at a Hartford factory, says the Boston Journal. It Is street sweeper and gleaner and if 1t does what is claimed for it should be of much interest to city officials. The machine will, it is said, travel a city street at four miles an hour and as it moves first sprinkles the pavement and then by means of TO- tary brushes removes all dirt and de bris and empties it into a large tank that is part of the machine. A fea- ture claimed to have been worked out is that 1t will pick up solid objects, such as bricks, and at the same time brush up the finest dust.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01
Song of the Season.

When the gold is on the willow and the
 maple buds are red. When your feet have grown so heavy that
 you fear they're made Of lead. When the levers in your system and
 you're lazy as the deuce. And your ever ready answer Is a mut'ed
 whats the use7'' Then it's time to hang the kettle and pre-
 pare for making soap. Just beside the ash filled hopper on the
 orchards sunny slope: Then the seasons full of trouble in this
 sernisouthern cline. For fl brings that awful something known
 as garden nakin' time" FaIIow ground with ciods to crumble. pa-
 per baEx of onion sete Rake and hoe and soil stained garments
 and a soul that sorely frets At the prospect Of exerticn even of the
 rniIdest kind. And vo.r- humping over makes you so-ro
 iizzy-Iike and bind: Beets and radislles and lettuce. peas and
 seven breeds of bean Peoples. rnarfgoiis and larkspurs for the
 walks and in between. These the things inseparable from the
 days that reek with rhyme These the tragedies that trouble us U
 garden rnakin- tine -EaItf--ore AraeriCar-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01

s. II. W.-What members of con- gress were known as the Watchdog of the Treasury" and the Great Ob- jector'I .
 A. Congressman W. s. Holman of Indiana, who died fin 1Ss, was known as the Great ObjectOr. Nearly every congress has had it's Watchdog"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-01
BLOWN FROM RIVER BOTTOM
Richard Creeden's Remarkable Es-
 cape From Brooklyn Tunnel.

Richard Cfee0en'S HemafkaDIe Es.
 cape From Brooklyn Tunnel.
 Richard Creeden, who was recently blown from the heading of the Brook lyn tunnel under the East river, de- scribes his experiences as follows. says the New. York World:
 We'll, if I hadn't known how to swim I wouldn't be here now. I got these cuts and bruises from the timbers fall ing around me. I thought everything was over with me. but then l thought I'd make a fight for it. So I pushed the timbers away and went through the hole as fast as I could. Yes, 1t seemed like hundred years to me. It's long way through twenty feet of water for man who's out of breath pulling timbers away.
 It was 8 o'clock when we went into the tunnel, and it wasn't twenty min utes before the blowout came. There were five of us in the heading. Jack sheehy and I on the apron" The apron is a platform for the men to reach the upper part of the shield. The shield Is fifteen and a half feet high and has doors for digging. and the apron stands about half as high. Our heads were about two feet from the top.
 The first break came on the south side of the tunnel. and Jack Sheehy yelled, Bags! Bags" for me to hustle him some bags of sawdust that we al- ways have lying around for breaks. Jack threw two bags into the break, which was about q foot in diameter when 1t first appeared. but as fast as he stopped the hole up the mud gave away around the edges. Just then the top went out right over my head. I had bag in my hands and slapped 1t into the hole. It stuck there for about one second and then went up like a shot. with me hanging on. I was pinned in with timbers and choking with mud. I stuck in the hole at first. while 1t was small. and I knew I was going to be a dead one inside the next minute The air was still keeping the water back. and the four other men had a chance to get out by the back door while I was stopping up the hole. ] There must have been about half a minute from the time the first break l showed.
 Then. knowing I couldn't get back. I made up my mind I'd get through the hole if anybody could do it. pushed and kicked away the timbers and climbed through the hole the best way I could. When I struck the water I swan for the top like diver. wasn't unconscious and didn't mind the water. but wanted to get to the top mighty bad
 There were two men on the dock fish ing up lumber out of the water. swan around for five minutes before they threw me line. They tried to pull me out. but they weren't strong enough. Pretty soon policeman came | running down the dock and gave them q hand. I took half hitch around my hand and held on- It almost pulled my arm of-
 On the dock the ambulance doctor
 gave me some whisky. and I threw up | stones and mud that I'd swallowed coming up through the river bottom wasn't hurt much The doctor tied this
 bandage around my head where I go' | . cut I wanted to % to work again but the company sent me home.