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The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-26
WASH Huqhes' Sentence COmmuted.

A telegram was received in the
city yesterday stating that the
sentence of Wash Hughes, who
at the last term of the circuit
court was convicted of murder
and sentenced to be hanged, had
been commuted to life imprison-
ment in the penitentiary by Gov.
Vardaman. Hughes killed a ne
gro named Rich Harris, on the
Dashiele place. last spring, and
as stated above was convicted of
murder in the circuit court. The
case was appealed to the supreme
court and was affirmed, and as
last resort executive clemency
was asked for, with the result
that the Governor finally COM
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-26

futures in New York at 7.o7. In
the local market good middling
was quoted yesterday at 81.
The break Of ten cents in May
wheat which came last Saturday
was followed by a further de-
cline of seven cents on Monday,
but for some reason Gates and
his crowd, who were manipulat-
ing the market, failed to put
through their scheme. and the
market was steady on yesterday.
May futures having closed at .93.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-26

All Columbus will turn out to-
day to pay tribute to the memory
of the brave and gallant men who
lost their lives in defense of the
lost cause, a cause that was so
dear to them that they forsook
loving families and happy hearth
stones for the trials, deprivations
and vicissitudes of the field of bat
tie. Though years have passed
and gone since this great in
ternescene struggle took place,
those who participated in it are
still near and dear to US, and
each year we gather to pay fresh
tribute to their deeds of valor.
Under the auspices of the local
chapter of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, the lsham
Harrison Camp of the Confeder-
ate Veterans and the Stephen D.
Lee Camp Sons of Confederate
Veterans, an unusually elaborate
program has been arranged, and
the celebration will be the most
elaborate that has ever taken
place here.
The full cadet battalion of the
A. & M. College at Starkville will
arrive early this morning and to-
gether with the various local,
civic and military organizations
that are to participate in the pa
rade will form in front of the City
Hall at 1920 o'clock a. N. and
march thence to Friendship
cemetery, where the memorial
exercises will take place. The
memorial address will be deliver
ed by Hon. A. A. Kincannon, the
distinguished president of the
Industrial Institute and College,
and the devotional exercises in
cident to the program will be
conducted by Rev. W. A. Hewitt.
pastor of the First Baptist
church, who has consented to
act as chaplain.
The Regina Harr ison Lee
Chapter Of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy. of Stark
vile, will arrive in the city this
morning to participate in the
ceremonies. and during their
stay here the members will be
the guests OF Miss Mary Harri-
son at her home on North Sew
enth street. Miss Harrison
viii also entertain Miss Mary
Critz, the sponsor of the Lee
Guards, and her maids of honor,
Misses Virginia Saunders and
Annie May Belk. at luncheon
this afternoon.
The following is the program
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-26

muted the sentence.
Hughes was represented by
Hon. VIM. P. Stribling, who has
labored assiduously in behalf of
his client, it having been largely
through his efforts that the sen
tence was commuted. Mr.. Strib-
bling also represents JimD1l, the
negro who was convicted of the
murder of oungDanceyBlewett,
and whose case was reversed and
remanded by the supreme court.
The attorney naturally feels elated
at having been so successful in
these two cases, both of which
have been so before the public
for several months.
DR.. Walton Green, of Aber-
deem, was in the city yesterday.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-26
Committees tor MemoriaI DaY.

To arrange for Court House and re-
eeive Cadets: Mrs. W. H. Brooks,
Cha irman; Mrs. T. J. O'Neill, Miss
Sue Mae Lincoln, Mrs. Robert Dono-
no, Mrs. A. B. Young. Mrs. 7. J.
Bland.
To Decorate C. S. A Monument:
Miss Mamie w Worthington, Chairman:
Mrs. r. C. Belts, Mrs. ". e. Rich
Continued on Fifth Page
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-26
TO HONOR THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Graves of Those Who Fought and Died for the Land
They Loved Will be Sfrewn With Flowers.

IS arranged by Col. C.L. Lincoln,
who is to serve as Marshal of the
Day:
The procession will move promptly
at 10: 30 a. N.
United Confederate Veterans will as
~iemble at City Hall.
Orator and Chaplain in Carriages.
Isham Harrison Camp, No. q.
E. c. Leech Camp.
Starkville Camp, No. 1911.
S. d. Lee Camp, Sons of Confeder-
ate Veterans.
Military will form on the north side
of Main Street fronting south. Cadet
battalion A and NJ. c. with right
resting on Sixth Street. Company G,
First Regiment, Mississippi National
Guard, on left of Cadet Battalion.
Columbus Chapter, U. d. G.
Starkyille Chapter, u. d. G.
Faculty and student body Industrial
Institute and College.
Faculty and student body of Frank
lin Academy.
The procession will move in above
order. promptly at 1920 a. m, up
Main Street to Market, thence down
Market to Third Avenue South, thence
west to Fourth or ST. John Street,
thence down Fourth or St. John
to Friendship Cemetery Procession
viii enter Friendship Cemetery at the
north gate, where bouquets will be
handed the Veterans, thence TO Mag
noia Avenue, thence south to the
Monument to Soldiers, where the fol-
lowing exercises will be had:
Prayer by Chaplain.
Music and Song,
Ceremonies by Z. G. V.
Grafton.
Music.
Bepediction
Sounding of taps by bugler.
Firing salute.
S. B. Street, w. d. Prowell and W.
A. Campbell are appointed Assistant
Marshals and will be respected and
obeyed accordingly.
All Confederate veterans and citi-
zens generally are invited to partici-
pate in observing the day.
The graves of soldiers on private
squares will be designated by Confed-
crate battle flags.
By order of Columbus Chapter, q.
ID. G G. L. LINCOLN,
Marshal.
In the event of bad weather to-
day the oration will occur at the
Court House. with such other
features of the program carried
out as are possible.
The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1905-04-26

In the event of bad weather to-
day the Grafton will occur at the
Court House. with such other
features of the program carried
out as are possible.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
Induleence of Children.

No children of any generation or country have been indulged more than the children of the present age are in- dulged. Instances of parental control are exceptional. Children are turned over to teachers in many cases to save parents from responsibility and care which it is their natural and moral duty to assume.
 The fancy in some heads appears to be that boys should be left to play all the time; should never be punished for their offenses; should not be given the hard lessons of obedience; should know no hard tasks. The truth about the matter is that their loose and imprac- ticable theories of training the rising generation would be apt to fill the land with idle and worthless sports.
 Sport is all right. Freedom for the young is very much in order. Open spaces, rallying grounds, swimming pools and good schools should be pro- vided. In many places these are now provided. The main mistake is made by those who fancy that 1t is all of life to play.-Galveston News.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
Fixing Railroad Rates.

Making railroad rates is like playing a game of checkers or chess. Com munities to be benefited, producers, manufacturers or shippers to be aided represent the pieces used. Every pos sible move is studied for its effect on the general result by skilled traffic managers. A false move in the mak- ing of freight rates may mean the ruin of city, of great manufacturing in terest, of an agricultural community. Railroads strive to build up all these SO that each may have an equal chance in the sharp competition of business.
 So sensitive to this rivalry are the railroads that in order to build up bus. mess along their lines they frequently allow the shipper to practically dictate rates. Rate making has been a matter of development; of mutual concessions for mutual benefit. That is why the railroads of the United States have voluntarily made freight rates so much lower in this country than they are on the government. owned and operated railways of Europe and Australia that they are now the lowest transportation rates in the world.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
Had Feathered His Nest.

The gage by which worldly prosper ity is measured is not always the same. But 1t does not so much mat. ter what standard is used so long a fl shows accurately the amount of gain or loss.
 q remember Bill Gassett as a shift. less young ne'er-do-well," said form. CT neighbor of MT. Sands, revisiting his old home after many years absence "but hear be left his widow quite a substantial property. How did be man. age it?"
 He made choice of an excellent wife, and she took him as the smartesi women often take the poorest speci. mems of the men-folks," said Mir. Sands thoughtfully, land what's more, shs made something of him, put some gimp into him, and what all. Why, sir, when he married her, all he had for a mattress was an old makeshift stuffed with dried leaves; and when be died he had no less'n three mattresses stuffed with live-goose feathers. l guess that tells the story"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
CANADA ADOPTS SIGNAL.


Submarine Bells Will Be Installed in
 the St. Lawrence River.
 The Canadian government, by an order adopted in council at Ottawa, will enter into an agreement with a submarine signal company of Boston for the installation of thirty bells in the St. Lawrence River and off the coast of the maritime provinces. Of the thirty stations to be established, twenty-six are to be operated from the shore and four from llghtships, says the Boston Transcript.
 It Is expected that all ships making Canadian ports will be equipped with the telephonic apparatus for picking up the sounds of the bells. Already provisional arrangements have been made with the principal steamship companies of the Dominion for the in- stallation of the apparatus.
 Although Canada has taken prece- dence of the United States in the for nal adoption of the signal system as an aid to naviga ton, 1t Is believed to be only a question of a short time when the United States government will adopt the system. It has been investigated thoroughly by the navy department and by the lighthouse board, and all of the officials who ob- served the working of the system unite in recommending it as the most im- portant invention, for the safety of ships at sea, that has yet been dlscov- cred.
 The system has been installed ex- peimentally for some months at Bos- ton lightship. Pollock Rip Shoals light ship and Vineyard Sound lightship, and scores of government officials and ship owners and masters of the United States and Canada have made the trip from New York to Boston on the ships of the Metropolitan line, which are equipped with the receiving ap- paratus, to test the working of the system. These tests have been uni rormly satisfactory.
 The telephone wires on the ships never fail to pick up the sounds of the bells at distances ranging from four to ten miles. As there Is no diff ficulty in locating the direction from which the sounds come, the mariner, by the use of the signal system, IS en- abled to know his position, when near a signal station, if he has wandered from his course for any reason, or If be is picking his way through a dan- gerous passage in fog or storm.
 Many of the recent accidents at sea would have been avoided had the sub- marine signal service been in use. If these bells had been on the lightship near where the City of Rockland went on the rocks, that accident would no% have happened.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
PLANTS TAKE WINTER REST.
Many Species Hibernate Just the Same
 as the Animals.

Many Species Hibernate Just the Same e
 as the Animals.
 Plants sleep much the same as ami mals. Their sleep is quite real and its reality can be shown. Perhaps the best marked form of slumber in the vegetable world is that of the great winter rest, when so many species re- tire altogether under the shelterlng soil and lie dormant, side by side with the slumbering animals. How does the long winter rest of animals differ, after all, from the winter rest of the crocus or the hyacinth, which withdraw all the living material from their leaves In autumn and bury themselves inches deep in the soil in the shape of bulb till February rains or April suns tempt leaves and flowers out again?
 The whole vast class of bulbous and tuberous plants-indeed, the lilies, or chids, daffodils, narcissi, tulips, sQuills, bluebells and snowdrops- they not Just hibernating creatures, which retire underground in autumn with the slugs and the queen wasps, to reappear in spring about the same time with the return to upper air of the moles, the tortoise and the fritillray butterflies Plants protect themselves much the same as insects. One of the uses of the movements of the sensitive plant is to frighten animals. A venturesome, browsing creature coming near it is afraid to touch a plant which so evi. dently is occupied by spirits. The squirting cucumber of the Mediterra. mean alarms goats and cattle by dis charging its ripe fruits explosively in their faces the moment the stem is touched. The cucumbers contain a pungent juice, which discharges itself into the eye of its opponent and the smarting sensa ton which results is hard to bear.
 The dainty grass of Parnassus Is beautiful but dishonest. It Is a bog herb, has glossy green leaves and pure white blossoms and is supposed to be the poets flower. Its milk-white flow. CTS are lovely, yet they are decelvers. The drops of honey which bees and in. sects fancy they see inside the petals are solid, glassy imitation of honey. which fool t-e bees, which are lured In this way that they may carry of the pollen to other blossoms and are held fast until they die.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20

HANK NORTH. It has been called "the toughest precinct in the tough est ward in the world" and no one will claim that North ever tried to plant the seed of virtue in 1t. This fellow is about to retire from bust. ness, and the Chicago papers are printing much about him.
 That even those whose daily life is amid depraved surroundings have a touch of humanity is shown by the following from the Record Herald:
 Hank Smith has his own gra e. yard. He has certificates for twenty seven graves in Oakwoods cemetery which he bought as occasion demand ed to bury some poor unfortunate.
 "Yes, sir" he said, taking tin box from his safe and showing the certif- cates, "I've planted twenty-seyen peo pie out at Oakwoods. Four or five of them were women. Several of the men were musicians who made my place their headquarters. They cash ed in and had to be buried. Anybody that died while stopping at the St Lawrence-that's the name of my ho' tel-never went to the college. If had to mortgage the bar fixtures I'd see that they were buried decently' And it's the same way when any of the boys are taken sick. You don't catch me sending them out to the county house to be killed. They go to A priyate hospital and the bill comes to Uncle Hank"
 The average dlvekeeper would have considered the potters' field an appro- priate burying place for such as these. Not so Hank. Twenty-seven graves in a Chicago cemetery represents an ex- penditure of several thousands of dol lars, and the sympathy that leads to such acts suggests that there were splendid possibilities in such a soul had its avenues been more prudently chosen.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20

Assemblyman Tighe's letter should be read by every brain worker leading strer- uous fife.
 Hon. John Tighe, No. 9S Remsen St., Cohoes, N. Y., Member of Assembly from the Fourth district, Albany coun- ty, N. 1., writes as follows:
 "Peruna has my hearty indorsement as restorative tonic of superior merit. At times when have been completely broken down from excess of work, go that my faculties seemed actually at a standstill, Peruna has acted as a heal ing restorer, starting the machinery of mind and body afresh with new life and energy.
 "I recommend it to a man tired In mind and body as tonic superior to anything 1 know of and well worthy serious consideration. ."-J. Tighe.
 Excess of work so common in our country causes impaired nerves, lead ing to catarrh and catarrhal nervousness "a disease that is responsible for half of all nervous troubles.
 Peruna cures this trouble because 1t cures catarrh wherever located.
 If you do not derive prompt and sat- isfactory results from the use of Peru na, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giv- ing full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valu- able advice gratis.
 Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O..
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
KEEPING THE AIR MOIST.
Health Endangered by an Excessive
 Dryness of the Atmosphere.

Health Endangered by an Excessive
 Dryness of the Atmosphere.
 Indoor humidity has again been dis. cussed by member of the medical pro. fession, who takes the stand also that the excessively dry air of houses dur ing the heated season is injurious to the human organization. because the dry air in passing over the membranes of the respiratory passages and the skin calls for an enormous output of the fluid clements of these tissues.
 This physician, Dr. Henry Mitchell Smith of Brooklyn, N. r., holds that this leads to glandular overactiyity and its consequent evils, but be does not offer the specific proofs which, 1t has been asserted. are lacking to show that direct deleterious effects are thus pro- duced. In his contribution, which was made to the Brooklyn Medical Society, he mentions, however, some tests he an experimental moistening apparatus attached, and he obtained results which concur with general beliefs as to the relation of the humidity and temperature.
 He found that with relative humid ity, never below 50 per cent nor above 70 per cent, TO degrees Fahr. was un- comfortably hot, 6S degrees was warm and 65 degrees comfortable. It was determined by repeated experiments that temperature of 65 to 6S degrees and a relative humidity of GO per cent produced the most comfortable condi. tons, which were in marked contrast to temperature of 72 degrees, with a relative humidity of 30 per cent The former felt warm and balmy, he said, and the latter, notwithstanding the higher temperature, chilly and dry and apt to leave the impression of draft. ness. He did not describe the moisten. ing apparatus, but said that the me chanism was such that the control of the temperature and of the moisture was independent.-Engineering Rec. Ara
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
A Born ScApegrace.

A good mother naturally wishes to see her own traits reproduced in her children. Mrs. Babson, quoted by the Louisville Courier-Journal, said to her son:
 Now, Tommy, I want to be good while 1 am out"
 "I'll be good for a nickel" was Tom my's modest offer.
 Tommy" said the mother, "I want you to remember that you cannot be a son of mine unless you are good for nothing"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20

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According to a report made by M. Harmand, the French minister to Jap an, that country imported foreign books valued at 496, yen in 1908. The yen is equal to 991a cents in our money. The largest importation was from Great Britain. the next largest from Germany, the United States ranking third in the list.
 Perceyal Landon's "The Opening of Tibet" has had an excellent sale, con- siderlng It's size and price. Mir Ian. don is one of the best travellers of modern times. He Is a London Times correspondent, an Englishman, of course; he has the faculty of minute observation, he is accurate, and he is credited with having added a new chapter to geography. MT. Landon accompanied the Younghusband expe. ditlon on Its famous foray.
 It is said that Thompson Buchanan, author of 'The Castle Comedy" dram atized his own novel and offered 1t to a well known manager. On reading 1t the manager was much pleased with the work but spoke of the curious coincidence of having just laid aside a copy of play on precisely the same lines, using the names of some of the same characters. Investigation showed that an enterprlsing and discrimina- ting pirate had boldly stolen MT. Bu- chanan's plot and characters and sub- mitted them as his own.
 It may not be generally known that the Empress Eugenie, the heroine of Mir. Orcutt's story, "The Flower of Destiny" (McClurg), is still living. She Is now a very old lady, and has been an exile in England since 1870, when, after the disaster at Sedan and the downfall of the French empire, she barely escaped from the Tuileries and France with her life. Her father was of an old and noble Spanish family, and as girl she was one of the most noted beauties of Europe. She was married to the Emperor Napoleon III. Jan. 80, 1853. Although so long an ex. He from the country over which she once reigned as empress, she has al. ways had the affection and sympathy of the French people.
 Robert Hichens, whose Garden of Allah" has won golden encomlums from the best critics, is slightly past his fortieth year, travelled man of the world, kind-hearted, brilliant, sym. pathetic, and companlonable. He is athletic in build, with dark brown hair and lively brown eyes. After leaving Clifton College he studied music in Bristol and London for some years, but even at that time the struggle had begun between the musician and the writer, which was finally to result in the triumph of the latter. Flames was his first book to make him widely known in America. Then came "Fe- lix" and "The Woman with the Fan," but hereafter he will be remembered as the author of The Garden of Al. lah," though he is not forgotten as the author of that clever but unpleasant story, "The Green Carnatlon." It is interesting to know that Mir. Hichens lived in Trappist monastery in Al. geria and there be got the "color" and the impressions that he has used so effectively 'The Garden of Allah"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
Civil and Domestic Service.

Not long ago the authorities at Washington were taking steps to se- cure some lighthouse keepers, and the Civil Service Commission advertised an examination for candidates.
 The stenographer who typewrote the advertisement made 1t call for Tight housekeepers."
 So Washington had Its jokes about the weight limit of applicants, and a proposed department of domestic economy" and all the other puns and jokes which the error inevitably sug- gests
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20

Conscience.-Thougnts are serious things because conscience Is behind them. Conscience is that which knows what God knows, knowledge togeth. CT. Meet men or conscience and of conscious power and you must yield or get out of their way. Yet conscience was involved in the fall of man and needs the regulation of the Spirit of God.-Rev. J. S. Key, Methodist, Sher- naE. Texas.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
KHAKI SUITS SAYS.

We have in stock a fine lot of gov ernment Khaki coats and pants which we are selling for $275 a suit They are just what you want for hunting, mining. fishing, camping, prospecting, ranching and numbering.
 W. s. KIRK, 1909 1st Ave. Seattle.
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
Prefers Heavy Tombstone.

Mrs. Hanks-What sort of tomb stone shall we get for dear mother something elaborate or a plain one?
 MT. Hanks-Well, think something good and heavy will be best-Cleve- land LeadeE
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20

Women" remarked the typewriter boarder. follow the golden rule more than men do."
 Admitted" rejoined the old bach elor at the foot of the table, otherwise the majority of them would never be able to break into the matrimonial game"
Alaska sentinel., 1905-07-20
No Lack of Variety.

A travelling salesman just back from Maine says, in the Boston Record, that he recently asked an old fisherman in a snow-bound hamlet what he did with himself evenings.
 "Oh," said the old man, easily, "sometimes I set and think, and then again just set"