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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-06
Now the United States "Is."

Now, by official usage, the United
States "is" nation. Indeed the most
recent history Of the country, that by
Professor Sparks Of the University Of
Chicago, announces as It's plan the sto-
ry Of how the phrase The United
States Is" was gradually developed
from the United States are" The ex-
tent and significance Of the change In
dicated by the substitution Of the sin
gular for the plural verb it Is difficult
for the present generation to under
stand.-Kansas City Star.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-06

SHREVEPORT. LA.
The savings deposits of the bank 10
one of its deservedly popular features
Interest at the rate of three per cent
per annum is allowed on all sums OF
one dollar and upwards remaining on
the calendar three or more calendar
months.
When made during the first three
days Of any month, interest is allowed
on these deposits as if deposited on the
first day of the month Interest on all
sums not Withdrawn will be payable on
the first days Of February and August,
and interest not then Withdrawn is add
ed to the principal thereby giving the
depositors compound interest.
Deposits may be made by married
women, men or minors, in their own
names.
Facilities are given depositors to
draw money.
Deposits made for a longer period
than six months draw higher rate
than ordinary savings deposits.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-06
Savings Deposits

MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANK
AND TRUST CO., CORNER OF
SPRING AND TEXAS STREETS,
SHREVEPORT. LA.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-06-06
An Ants Tenderness.

Not only will ants refuse to attack
one of the members Of their own hive,
but if they find one Of their own kind
wounded or in trouble or blinded or
crippled, then will the ants Of some
species, though perhaps not Of all, ten
derby care for that sick sister ant. as
though it were blessing so to do,
Cripple an ant In a country road, and
her sisters will find her and tenderly
carry her back to the hive and protect
her there until she dies. They will care
for her as tenderly as the good physi-
clan cares for the sick soul. They Will
never leave her, nor let her hunger nor
freeze with the cold If they can help
her. o nan, is one of the missions Of
! your liAr to look after the halt and the
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25

Lilley. He puts on no style not
consistent with the country, but
the latch string hangs on the
outside and whole souled cor
diality meets You within. | can
not say all / could wish Of him as
he is yet with us, butt can say
when he shall be called away
Chesterville will mourn his loss
very deeply, and the world will
be better for his having lived in
it. There at Chesterville | also
first knew Col. T. A. Mitchell and
A. j. Gayle. Col. Mitchell was
reading aloud SCOTS Lady of the
Lake, and this was the first time
/ ever saw the poem. He was a
great lover Of SCOTS writings.
You have all known Andrew
Gayle in Tupelo and the country
around, all these years, that same
unobtrusive gentleman
that he was in the days Of long
ago, bravely bearing the sorrows
and disappointments of life like
a Christian soldier.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25

Thursday morning at s o'clock
the Angel of Death visited the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Ste
vens and carried away their dar-
ling baby, Morriss.
He was born May 21st, 1902
and died Aug. II, 1905. His
painful congestion was of short
duration, lasting only a few days.
"a rose-brief bright life Of joy,
such unto him was given" but
he lived long enough to creep in
to the hearts of all who knew
him. 1t was so hard to give him
up; to know that no more shall
his merry prattle make music in
the home. What a lonely, desc
late home it will be without any
baby feet pattering over the
floor to meet papa" but God
doeth all things WE'LL" He loved
little Morriss too well to leave
him here any longer. Weep not,
fond parents, but rather rejoice
that your baby has gone where
the wicked cease from troubling.
While your loss seems almost
unbearable remember,
..There is no spot so dark on earth,
But love can shed blight glimmers there,
No anguish known to human birth
That yielleth not to faith and prayer.
He was sent from the Garden
of God to blossom in your hearts
for a brief while, and then he
closed his blue eyes while he
passed through the Valley of
the Shadow Of Death" Now
he stands on yonder shore wait
ing and watching for papa"
and mamma"
The body was laid to rest In
the burial ground at Planters
vile, Rev. Price Harris conduct
ing the funeral services.
A FRIEND.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25
Card Of Thanks.

We desire by this method to
express our sincere thanks to
our friends and neighbors for
their many manifestations OF
kindness and sympathy in the re
cent illness Of our daughter,
Christine. Your kind deeds and
words of coincidence will ever be
remembered by us and will tend
to alleviate our grief and sorrow
in this hour Of deep affection.
Mr.. & MRS. H. A. MoRELAND.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25

Section 8. That no freight, baggage
or express shall be unloaded from the
cars of any railroad in the city Of Tu-
pelo coming from the city of New Or
leans, La /, or any other point infected
with yellow fever at this time or that
NAV hereafter become SO infected.
Section 4. That for the purpose of
enforcing this ordinance there shall be
appointed by the Mayor and Board Of
Alderman two quarantine officers,
whose duty shall be to meet all trains,
day and might, and arrest all persons
violating this ordinance, and bring
them before the Mayor for trial; the
compensation of such officers to be f1x-
ed by order of the Board.
Section 5. That all persons desiring
to leave the city Of Tupelo Tor the pnr-
pose of travel shall apply to h clerk
Of this board for q health certlncate;
and if the clerk shall know that such
person has not been exposed to the
yellow fever within thirty days his or
her application for such certificate then
it shall be his duty to issue the same
certifying to such fact, and II the
clerk has no knowledge OF such TACT
then he shall not issue such certlflcate
except on the affidavit Of the appll-
cant of tn , fact that he is not from an
infected point and has not been ex-
posed to the yellow fever within thirty
davs. For each certificate the clerk
shall be entitled to q fee of % cents. :.
Section Z That this ordinance shall
be ii force and take effect on and after
noon July 80 1906, for reasons salts
factory to the Board, except that
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25

AN ORDINANCE-To require the re-
moval of all wooden awnings. on GER
tain side walks in the city of Tupelo
on or before September LIST, 1905, and
providing a penalty for failure to do
SO and prohibit the erection hereafter
on such side walks of such awnings
and to provide a penalty for such
erection and to prescribe the kind OF
awnings which may be erected across
such side walks.
Sec /. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Alderman of the city of Tupelo'
that the owner or occupant OF each
house of any kind, fronting on Spring
street south of Jefferson street
md north of W h e e Spring
street crosses t h e K a n City
Memphis and Birmingham Railroad line
and also of those fronting on Broadway
street south of where it is crossed by
Court street to where said Broadway
is crossedby said rail road and al o OF
those fronting on Court street west OF
where it is crossed by the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad and east of where it is
crossed by Broadway street and also OF
those fronting on Main street west OF
where it is crossed by said Mobile and
Ohio railroad line and east of where a
line drawn from the north west corner
of the new building of The Tupelo
Commercial Co. would cross said Main
street, and also of those fronting on
Troy street west of where same is cross
ed by the Mobile and Ohio railroad
line and east of Broadway street be and
they are hereby required on or before
September LIST, 1905, to tear down and
move away any wooden iron or metal
awning which may now be constructed
across any side walk on any of the
parts of the streets above named and
are prohibited from hereafter erecting
any awning of any kind across any OF
said side walks except as hereinafter
named.
Sec 2. That canvas awnings made on
iron frames which may be let up and
down and which when extended shall be
at least eight feet above the side walk
are the only kind of awning which shall
hereafter be allowed to be constructed
across any of such side walks on the
parts of the streets described in section
one hereof.
Sec 8. That any person violating any
provision of the above ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be
fined not less than five dollars nor more
i than twenty five dollars.
The above ordinance was read previous
| to it's passage, and considered section by
| section, and voted on section by section
a yea and nay vote being taken
and was unanimously adopted, at a
regular adjourned meeting Of the May
or and Board Of Alderman held at the
Mayors office, at Z o'clock P. M. Au-
gust End 1905.
R. d. PORTER City Clerk.
w. d. ANDERSON Mayor.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25
Christine MoreIand

On last Friday morning, the 18th
inst, the angel of death visited the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Moreland
and carried away to that celestial home
above, their beautiful and lovely little
daughter, Christine, aged 4 years, 10
months and 10 days. Her illness, brain
fever, was of short duration, and al
though her suffering at times was in
tense, she passed away in perfect SER
entity.
On! that we could fathom the mys-
teries of death and see why loved
one was taken away. 1t seems almost
unbearable, but we know that God, in
His infinite wisdom knows best and
her removal from earth was only the
fulfllment of some divine purpose;
Weep not, sorrowing relatives and
friends and bereaved parents, but re-
member that through the awful gloom
of death, there shines with transparent
radiance an ETERNAL hope that shall
not be lost, that some sweet day when
your work here shall have been finished,
your soul will be as surely and peace
fully waited into celestial realms OF
bliss as was hers.
A new made grave in Tupelo's quiet
cemetery marks the place where her
form must repose in the mysterious
slumber of death It'll the decree OF
God, declaring the dawn of the resurec-
ton and the end of time is borne on
angels wings from the crystal battle
ments of heaven.
The loss, though sadly felt by al !,
is more sorely felt in the home. All!
who can measure the extent OF the
seemingly unmerciless stroke that
rent asunder the ties of love that made
this home happy? But there is consola-
ton in the thought that she is now num-
bered among that countless throng of
angels that surround the throne of God,
singing praises to his name.
Nav God comfort the bereaved in
this sad a~fliction is u sincere wish
and prayer.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25
COUNTY TELEpHoN E SERVICE.

The Cumberland Telephone & Tele-
graph Co. wishes to operate in connec-
ton with it's exchanges in the country
a county system and to this end request
the farmers of the country to give it an
opportunity of presenting to them its
plans for the service. By the s of
the greatest of modern inventions, the
farmer can at a minimum cost to him
self keep in touch with the markets and
on the days that the highest prices are
offered for the products Of his farm he
can be reached over the telephone by
his merchants or by his confidential ad.
visor and thus frequently. in one transs
action save more than the cost of hi
telephone service for On entire year
The farmers in this section r invited
to confer with the Company's nearest
local manager, or to make their wants
known directly to the executive Office at
Nashville, Tenn.
CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH co.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25
NON.REsIDE NOTICE

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
To Elena Wiley Memphis Tenn.
You are commanded to appear before
the Chancery Court Of the county OF
Lee. in said State, on the Bird. Monday
Of September A. d. 1895 to defend
the suit in said Court of John Wiley
for davorce werein you are a defendant.
This IL day of August Al. p. 1905.
G. w. LONG Clerk.
MITCHELL & CLAYTON
Solicitors Compt.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-08-25

Section s. That any person, firm or
corporation or railroad violating this
ordinance shall be subject toa fine of
not less than $5.0 nor more her $1O0. 90
in the indiscretion of the Mayor.
The above ordinance was read pre-
vious to its passage and considered
section by section, a yea and nay vote
was taken and unanimously adopted at
a regular adjourned meeting of the
Mayor and Board of Alderman at the
Mayors Office at A o'clock p. M, July
10Th 1905. w. ID. ANDERSON, Mayor,
r. D. PORTER, City Clerk.
AN ORDINANCE-To amend section
two of an ordinance passed January
7th 1905 entitled an ordinance provid-
ing for the election of a clerk of the
Mayor and B oard~of A d e r.
men who is not an alderman and the
election of street commissioner and a
manager of the water and sewerage
plant, and providing that n person
shall hold all three of such places and
fixing the duties aud compensation of
such offices
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Alderman of the city of Tupelo
that section two of an ordinance pass
ed January 7th 1905 entitled an ordinance
providing for the election of a clerk
of the Mayor and Board of Alderman.
who is not an Aldermen, and the cleo
ton of street commissioner and a
a of the water and
sewerage plant, and providing that one
person shall hold all three of such places
and fixing the duties and compensation
of such officer which section reads as
follows.
That such clerk, street commissioner
and manager of the water and light
plants etc shall be elected by the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen for a
term of two years, but they shall have
the right to discharge him at any time
they may determine that his services
are unsatisfactory and he shall receive
compensation for his service fifty
dollars per month, to be paid monthly,
and he shall execute bond payable to
the Mayor and Board of Aldermen in
the sum of one thousand dollars con-
ditioned for the faithful performance
of the duties of said officer, be and
the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows. That such clerk, COM
missioner and manager of the water
and light plants etc. shall be electd
by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
for a term of two years, but they shall
have the right to discharge him at any
they may determine that his SER
vices are unsatisfactory. and he shall
receive as compensation for his SER
vices seventy five dollars per month,
to be paid monthly, and he shall ex-
ecute a bond payable to the Mayor and
board of Aldermen in the sum of one
thousand dollars conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties of
said officer.
That for reasons satisfactory to the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, this
ordinance shall be in force and take
effect from and after its passage.
The above ordinance was reduced to
writing and read over prior to its pass
age and was considered by sections and
was voted on by a yea and nay vote
all members present voting yea.
R. d. PORTER City Clerk.
W. D. ANDERSON Mayor.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Rich Woman's Bath.

When that massive pile of ugliness
in Fifth avenue is finished and Senator
Clark takes up his residence there, his
young wife will have the most lux
urious bathroom in the world. 1t will
excel in its appointments the most
sumptuous baths of the early Romans,
and, beside it the bath of the modern
Oriental-which is good deal more
of fable than a fact-will pale into
insignificance. Onyx. alabaster and
the finest marble ever quarried enter
into it's construction. There are show
ers and needles and plunges, and the
water will be filtered and will be as
bure and clear as crystal.
J, But the one novelty Mrs. Clark will
possess which even Caesar did not en-
JOY will be an ingenious arrangement
of tiny faucets from which rare per-
fumes may be drawn and the water i'm
pregnated with their sensuous odors.
She may bathe in softened water
which exhales the scent of the gera-
mum, or the violet or altar of roses.
The idea is new one, and it is the
invention of Pittsburg genius who
got carte blanche to design the most
luxurious and artistic bathroom in the
United States.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07

"A very grewsOme-and, at the
same time, very inConvenient-
scare is going the rounds in the north
ern suburbs of Colombo in kota-
hena and Mutwal,' says the Times
of ceylon in recent issue. Accord
ing to a current rumor there is some
insurmountable difficulty in the build
ing of the new Craving dock. Every
stone and concrete block put down
disappears. goodness knows where
Mr.. Bostock has had experience of
harbor works before. and. so says the
man in the street, he knows what is
to be done when stones ard blocks
disappear in that mysterious fashion
1t is the work of the devil and the
devil must be propitiated by human
sacrifice. There are III pillars to be
built, says the man in the street. and
accordingly III human lives must be
immolated. Every second man in ko-
tahena believes the story. and wives
and mothers live in trepidation let
alone their husbands and brothers
Little children who go to school are
waited for by their parents with the
utmost anxiety. and the scare is
working much distress. One awkward
result of the scare is that servants
will not go out after dusk.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Human Sacrifice In Ceylon

In days gone by no big work was
undertaken. they say in a whisper.
unless what is known as billa was
paid. The folklore of the country il
stepped with stories of the paying
Of biia. 1t is firmly believed by the
masses that hundreds of lives were
sacrificed in the building of tanks and
of dagobas in ancient days. 1t is be-
lieved that the tunnels through which
the railway line runs all had bills paid
before their construction. The souls
of these men enter other bodies and
in the course of the transmigration
of those souls they become snakes.
These snakes are the guardian angels
of many a public work and hence the
disinclipation the masses have to de-
stroy snake found in house.
so it is firmly believed that Mr..
BostOck is in league with the devil
and has got number Of faithful AZ
ghans to procure the necessary men
for immolation by a very simple con-
trivance. A little white powder is
thrown on them. and they forthwith
follow the Afghan, who lures them
into some unknown dungeon. Sew
eral are said to have been taken in
that way already and stories of losses
continue to increase from day to day
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
What Everybody Says.

Samboree. KY. April 3rd.-(Spe-
cial.)-'I suffered for years with my
back" says Mr.. J. NJ. Coleman, a well
known resident Of this place. Then
I used Dodd's Kidney Pills and l have
not felt pain since. My little girl
complained of her back. She used
about one-half box of Dodd's Kidney
Pills and she is sound and we'll"
1t is thousands OF statements like
the above that show Dodd's Kidney
Pills to be the one cure for Backache
or any other symptom Of deranged
kidneys. For Backache is simply a
sign that the Kidneys need help.
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure
Backache. They also always cure
Brights Disease, Diabetes. Dropsy,
rheumatism. Bladder and Urinary
Troubles and Heart Disease These
are more advanced stages of kidney
disease. Cure your Backache with
Dodd's Kidney Pills and you need
never fear them.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07

An Enslishman writes in the St
James Budget of St. Petersburg pris-
ors: Yet more horrible than the
fate of the workers murdered in the
streets of ST. Petersburg is the doom
o: those hapless men whom the ten
der mercies of the triumphant bur-
c;ucracy have consigned to the dark
fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, and
the inferno Of the Schlussenburg in
Lake Ladoga. Well may the inhabi-
tants of ST. Petersburg shudder as
they glance beyond :he Neva at the
dark fortress whence. each hour, the
north wind brings across the river the
dlscordant sound of its melancholy
bells. Melancholy, indeed. for moth
ing but memories of suffering and Op-
preston sit upon its granite walls.
i.ere Peter | tortured and mutilated
his enemies. Here he slew his own
son, Alexis. and to this dungeon, dur
ing the reiSns of the expresses, ON
ripotent favorites consigned aspiring
rivals. And since then whole genera
tions of men and women for no other
crime than love of their oppressed
country have entered these gates oft
en- to leave them no mere.
"A special refinement of the Rus
sian prison system in the case of
political prisoners and suspects is
continued solitary confinement until.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
The Man Worth Envyin &

From all the masses that would mock
his aim.
Who only fears his Maker. and the Day
When God shall view the glory and the
shame.
l envy him.
| envy him. whate'er his lot may be.
Who lives the rart by Destiny assigned
Who does his given duty. spirit free,
With callous hand. brave soul and stain
less mind.
Who stin can love when all but God be-
tray,
And Who in death, goes smiling to his
With sweet conviction of the Coming
Day,
l envy him.
envy him. who can be strong and true
Despite the myriad forces that may
Who knows the Right. and does not fear
Whose mind and soul are from the ban
exempt:
Who lives his life contentcd with his part.
Nor seeks to solve the puzzles Of the
Plan.
Who thrice is blest with but an honest
heart
And lives and dies a mere-contentcd
man:
l envy him.
Il. Shelley Sutton.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Observation-Disclosures
! In St. Petersburg Bastiles

as in the case of that splendid intel
leCtual reformer, Dimitri Passaren,
they can be reported as harmless.
Some prisoners here were relieved OF
their senses quite gently and almost
politely. They We're shut up in COM
Portable cells well lit by electric light
and for mental pabulum they were sup
piled with only religious and technica.
works. When insanity or suicide
surervened the appointed end had
heen secured But the doom of 9TH
eIS presents even greater features OF
horror. Imagine dark. damp cell.
measuring about 10 by feet, be-
meath the level of the surrounding wa
ters. in which the chained man or
woman is condemned to lie in absc.
lutte idleness, studiously isolated from
any intercourse with human beings.
For ten minutes every second daT
the miserable wretch is allowed to see
the light and breathe the air in the
prison yard. For the rest intolerable
loneliness, absolute silence, occupa-
ton of not the smallest kind; no
books, no writing materials. no instru-
r.ents of manual labor. Madness
comes to such gradually with the
passing years. In the majority OF
cases the mind rots slowly in the en-
fe ebling body. Suicide and madness
are the two great weapons in which
Russian autocracy puts its trust"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Five Dollars Easily Earned.

All boys like to earn few pennies
Nv and then, but Mark Twain tells
a very unusual way in which he
Gace made the princely sum of five dol
lars as a small boy. AT one school he
attended there was strict rule against
marking the desks. Any boy discov-
cred mutilating a desk must be pun
1shed-being offered his choice be-
tween paying five dollars or taking
public whipping. The irresistible
eombination of a shiny-topped desk
and brand-new knife in his pocket
vas too much for Mark; he succumbed
- the temptation and whitfield away
xntil the teacher caught him. The
punishment was set for the following
day, and Marks father. thinking it a
pity the lad should be publicly
whipped gave him lecture and a five.
dollar bill. Five dollars looked pretty
big to Mark. He thought it over care
fully, and when the time came. with
the bill in his pocket went up and tool
the whipping.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-04-07
Wouldn't Break His Promise

but this day he wanted a sack of
flour, and he said. following his pecu.
liar method of repeating: Il can't
pay to-day; cant pay to-day; pay next
time | come in; pay next time |
come in"
They let him have the flour, more as
an experiment than for profit One
or two months went by and Dan did
not come in. One day the man who
sold him the flour met him on Main
street. "Hullo Dan," said he, when
are you going to pay for that flour?
Didn't you say you'd pay next time
you came in?"
Yes; yes" replied Dan, grinning,
next time | come in. but haint
coming in; l hain't coming in"