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The Lexington advertiser., 1905-10-19

The Mississippi Central Railroad
sends its annual report to the Railroad
Commission showing earnings for the
year as 1851, IA. .36, and the expenses
were STA 1896. The capital stock of
the road was increased from $4,000 to
81 500, 900. and it is stated that the
United States Construction Company is
now building an extension from its
western terminal at Silver Creek to
Brookhaven, distance OF thirty miles.
This road runs through one of the
finest pine and timber regions in the
State, and is bound 10 become an i'm.
portant line IN course Of time.
The Lexington advertiser., 1905-10-19

II. F, Simrall. State manager of the
Woodmen of the World, states that
during the first nine months of the
present year 3,494 certificates of men,
bership were issued in this State. This
brings the membership up to Is, ,563 on
Oct. |, and with 27,000,000 of insur-
ance in force. Forty-nine new camps
have been organized in the State dur
ing the year, so far, and it is predicted
that by Jan. l the membership will
reach &C, 900.
The Lexington advertiser., 1905-10-19

Tippah and Benton counties, two OF
the poor hill counties, lso called, have
recently decided to spend 81 900 each
on their school houses. They NAV be
termed poor counties" at present, bu,
with such progressive movements as
this being recorded in their favor, it
will not be long until they will be rich
in something that fire cannot destroy
and moths and rust corrupt. Unior
county, adjoining those mentioned, i:
also doing a great deal of improvement
on the school houses, and Superintend
ent w. I. Smith is slahoring hard t.
make his the model for the whole
State. There is great future in store
for these communities.
The Lexington advertiser., 1905-10-19

Memphis proposes Tri-State Fair
to be held each year in that city. While
the project might be very good one if
properly carried out, it will be we'll to
go slow and investigate fully before go.
ing heartily into the scheme. Mem
phis is centrally located point for such
an exhibition, and the proposition
might be made success.
The Lexington advertiser., 1905-10-19

Sid Higgins, prominent citizen OF
Carroll county, and resident of Hem
ingway, accidentally got his arm caught
in gin, and before assistance could ar
rive his arm was so badly mangled that
amputation was necessary. The shock
was so great that Mr.. Higgins died un-
der the operation. He leaves wife
and seven children.
The Lexington advertiser., 1905-10-19
JAMES K. VARDAMAN,
Governor"

Frost came to large portion of the
State last week and now mosquito quar-
antines are being lOosened and will in a
few days be thing of the past
We have been promised that this will
be the last visitation of "yellow jack, :"
and even if not, the Marine Hospital
people have proven that they can han.
die the disease, and that it Is no more
fatal than smallpox and dozens of 9th.
ers that are noticed at present. Forget
the quarantines and pull harder and
stronger for "Greater Mississippi"
The Lexington advertiser., 1905-10-19

The survey for branch of the Illi-
nois Central to run from Corinth to
Jasper, Ala, has been about completed,
and the people along the proposed route
are hopeful that work will be COM
menced shortly. The line will tap
section of country in Mississippi that
has been without rail transportation.
Itawamba county is one of the two coun-
ties in the State at present without a
railroad, and this line will take it out
of that column. Leake, the other, is
promised road which is to run up
Pearl river from Jackson, and will be
built early next year So it looks as il
there would be no county without a
road in less than eighteen months.
The Lexington advertiser., 1905-10-19

A citizen of Forest reports that one
Mr.. Harvey, farmer whose home is
six or seven miles from that place, has
struck oil in well he was digging.
When at depth of nearly 100 feet he
struck earth that was so strongly i'm.
pregnated with oil that he stopped dig
ging for water and is now investigating
the extent of the oil supply A sample
of the earth has been sent to chemist
for analysis, and it is among the possi-
bllities that another oil company will
soon be organized in the State.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
The ReuI Dick TUrpin.

The real hero of Dick Turpin's ride
to York is said TO have been highway
man named William Nevison, who was
born at Pontefract in 1859. The story
goes that on one occasion Nevison rob-
bed gentleman at Gadshill, then rode
to Gravesend, crossed the Thames and
galloped to Chelmsford. After batting
here he pushed on TO Cambridge and
Godmanchester, thence to Huntington,
where he baited his mare again and
slept an hour. Afterward he took to
the North road, reached York the same
afternoon, changed his clothes, went to
the bowling green and made himself
an object of notice to the lord mayor.
Being subsequently charged with the
robbery, he cited the lord mayor as a
witness and was acquitted on the sup
position that it was impossible for a
man to be at two such remote places as
Gadshill and York ON the same day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
One Letter Names.

1t must he very convenient to possess
surname consisting of a single letter
of the alphabet The Paris papers
mention the singular case Of certain
Marie whose surname consists of the
one letter. b.
Many years ago there was shop
kept in the Rue de LOuyain in Blus-
sells by Therese o, and there is a Nine.
o living with her two children at Mo-
lenbeck, suburb of the Belgian cap
ital. In the Rue de rAnglc in the same
commune lives Mr.. o with a cir
cumfleX accent, who is no relative of
Nine. o. In 1866 among the Belgian
recruits was a young man named o,
who could not write and signed his
name with cross, yet he could so
easily have learned to write his own
name! In the department of Somme
there is a village called Y, in the Zuy-
der Zee there is bay called Y, and
Amsterdam has the river Y.
In China there is large town of the
same brief name. In the Chinese prov
ince of Honan there is city called U,
and in France there is river and in
Sweden a town rejoicing in the name
of A
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17

1.-The precious stone workers of Ger
many are among the most interesting
persons have ever seen when engaged
in cutting their jewels" said well
known traveller. "The principal indus
try is at Freiburg, on the edge Of the
Black forest, in. which the precious
stones are found. The principal jew
els are amethyst, lapis lazul and mala-
chite. The process of cutting them is
the interesting part of the work. All
of them are cut under water. The
jewel cutters lie fiat upon their stom-
achs while at work, with their hands
under water. holding the stone which
is being prepared and the motion of
the wheel does the cutting. The action
of the water makes the process more
rapid and at the same time leaves a
better surface than if cut in the air."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17

Bobby Burns associations with Car
Isle were of an active personal char
acter. as there are interesting anec-
dotes to prove. 1t was at Carlisle that
he fell into the company of three farm
ers, and in the course Of their conviv-
iality the farmers agreed with Burns
to try their hand at versemaking, and
all four deposited half n crown on the
table for the one who wrote the best.
Burns, by the way, on entering the
room was welcomed by the others as
Johnny Peep What the farmers
wrote is not known, but the following
was Burns production, and of course
he lifted the ''slller:"
/, Johnny Peep.
Saw three fat sheep
And these three sheep saw me;
Half crown apiece
Will pay for their fleece,
And so Johnny Peep goes free.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
In vanity rair.

A Woman wishing TO purchase Hap
plness at any price was directed to a
booth in Vanity Fair.
Il wish," she said, ito buy Wom-
ans Friendship"
Madam" said the Clerk In attend
ance, "such commodities are not for
sale. l am told, however, that they
are awarded to deserving applicants
mt house ON Good Fellow Street.
There are two women passing yonder
with Friendship between them"
Il have neither time nor strength to
go so far" said the Woman wearily.
81 shall have to buy Love instead"
"That is not for sale here either, but
you will find many Occasions when 1t
is given away unasked."
"Why do you continue searching
among your waresT
IL find | have been mistaken. Here,
after all, is something labeled Love-"
"Ah, but l see quite well that this is
not the genuine article"
Madam" whispered the Shopman.
not to be overheard, 1--WE have no gen.
uine articles. All our wares are imi-
tation."-New York Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
Traits of Indians.

The Indian believes when a man is
so unfortunate as to lose an eye he is
entitled to two wives, and he generally
gets them.
The wolf has a regular name and is
never mentioned rs wolf, but Is ac-
credited with having a soul and is con
sidered almost human.
An Indian never goes on hunt soon
after attending funeral, knowing that
game will detect his whereabouts read
lily after being at funeral.
The medicine man always takes
charge of all in camp when on hunt
He places his medicines in the ground
with great pomp before building his
campfire. The fire is never removed
while the hunt Is in progress.
Knowing that a shot through the
molt of deer is fatal, the Indian al
ways roasts and eats this part before
he eats his supper after bringing in
the carcass.-Kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17

at is possible" said a New York
man, "to be polite always. 1t Is pos
sible to be polite even when discharg-
ing drunken coachman. know that
this is so, for l have seen the thing
done.
"a friend of mine found himself
Obliged to get rid of his coachman for
drunkenness. He summoned the man
into his presence and discharged him
with this polite speech:
81 fear, Montgomery, that we must
part. 1t has been impossible for me to
avoid noticing that several times dur
ing the past month you have been-er
sober. Now, don't believe that any
man can attend properly to drinking If
he has driving to do, and, therefore, at
the months end you will be free to de-
vote yourself exclusively to your cho-
sen occupation"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
4 GI.natir rarcn.cnt.

Gwandu. u native town in Africa,
contains between 10000 and 15,000 in
habitanta and is surrounded by pa,-
isade OF poles, the top of every pole
being crowned with a human skull.
There are six gates, and the approach
to each gate is laid with a pavement
Of human skulls, the tops being the
only parts that show above ground.
More than 1900 skulls are used in the
pavemen. leading up to each gate.
The pavement is OF snowy Wilderness,
polished to the smoothness Of ivory
by the daily passage of hundreds Of
naked feet.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
PrOvident Amin n Is.

All birds Of the crow tribe, rocks es-
pecially. exhibit a tendency toward
winter-like squirrels and some other
animals-to lay up store of provisions
for their sustenance against a season
of scarcity. While jackdaws select
holes of trees and old buildings to store
away such provisions, rocks convey
them away to their rookeries. There in
last seasons nests they deposit them.
Toward springtime, when they begin
thinking about setting their houses in
order, they visit their rookeries and
when rebuilding their nests throw out
the unused store. Thus it is we often
find an accumulation of acorns, pota-
toes and what not ON the ground under
their nests.-Nature Notes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
The Duty of n Gentleman.

On another occasion, having return
ed from playing poker at the club, my
grandfather said:
when a man is hard up he should
borrow, but he must devote his ener-
gies to paying back and remaining the
equal Of the man from whom he has
borrowed. If he cannot pay back, let
him be frank about it, for it is better
to steal than to cheat"
And again
"To ride straight and to shoot
straight, to win money cheerfully and
to lose it cheerfully, never to be boor-
ishly In debt or swinishly drunk, to en-
joy flowers and music, and if possible
to be in love with at least one good
woman, is half the duty of gentle
man."
whats the other half, grandpaY
l had asked him.
"Why, to be a gentleman, of course" "
-Gouverneur Morris in Reader Maga-
zine
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
DOGS AND pEERi
A Mad Flight For Life In the wilds
of Siberia.

OF siberia.
The strength of heredity both In wild
and In domesticated animals Is brought
into clear light by an incident related
in book, "In Search of Siberian
Klondike." The authors of the book
were travelling by dog team through
the wids of Siberia.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the dogs
suddenly broke into a swift run, ana
we knew they had scented something
that interested them. We soon per
ceived that we had struck deer trail
and that we were nearing an encamp-
ment. We turned n bend in the road,
and there a hundred yards ahead of us
we saw the cause of the dogs excite
ment.
A team or reindeer were running FOR
their lives. Their fungus driver was
lashing them with the whip and was
urging them with all his might, for he
knew as well as we that If our dogs
overlook them before the camp was
reached we seven men would be utter
ly powerless to prevent the dogs from
tearing the deer to pieces. Our driver
put on the brake with all his might,
but it had not the least effect. The
fourteen dogs had become wolves in
the turn Of hand, and no brake could
stop them There were many stumps
and other distractions along our way,
and my driver had great difficulty in
preventing smashup.
For Il short time the deer held their
own and, in fact, gained on us, but
before the yurta (village) came in sight
we were gaining rapidly. While we
were still at some distance the people
of the village, warned by the cries of
the dogs, comprehended what was the
matter and, arming themselves with
sticks and spears, came running to-
ward us. AS they came on they spread
out in fanlike formation across the
trail. When the terrified deer reached
the line the men spread out and let the
team through and instantly closed
again to dispute the passage of our
dogs.
ouT uIlNtI WAS uONlbt W lNl
the natives club his dogs and perhaps
injure the valuable animals, so he re-
sorted to the last expedient. Giving a
shout of warning to me, he suddenly
by deft motion turned our sledge
completely over, landing me in snow.
drift on my head. In this position the
sledge was all brake, and the dogs were
forced to stop. They were leaping in
their harness and yelling like fiends
incarnate.
I sat up in the snow bank and laugh
cd. The other drivers had followed oul
example and the struggling tanglc OF
sledges. harness, dogs and men formed
a scene that, to the novice Mt least. was
highly ludicrous. The drivers and tic
village people were belaboring the dogs
and the entire herd of reindeer belong
ing to the village was escaping in al
directions up the hills.
The reader may well ask how the M
| tives can use both dogs and reindeer II
the sight OF deer has such madden
ing effect on the dogs. The eXplaNa
ton is simple. The two never go TO-
gether. There is the dog country and
the deer country, but they do not over
lap. Confusion Is often unayoiiabiy
caused by travelling with dogs t..roagl
a deer country, but the natives do moi
take it in i'll part, knowing that if they
themselves have to travel with deer
through dog country they will cause
quite as much Inconvenience.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
A Quotation Traced.

Who wrote the words "a prospect all
on fire?" They are quoted by Words
worth in his Evening Walk" and Pro
fessor Knight and his helpers had been
unable to trace it. But NOVEL; Smith
communicates to the Athenaeum his
discovery that it comes from a long
forgotten poem, Sunday Thoughts, "
by Moses Browne. Moses Brownies
phrase lives like fossil in Words
worth's poem. Browne died in 1877
and was not unknown to DR.. Johnson,
at whose suggestion he brought out an
annotated edition of the "Compleat
Angler" His Sunday Thoughts" was
reprinted as late as 1906. He held the
living of Olney for short time dur
ing Cowper's residence there and had
John Newton for his curate.-London
Globe
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
The sborte,t sermon Ever Acted

As to preaching, arguing and inter-
preting Scripture in the pulpit, the &C.
centricities of ministers are endless.
We need not have recourse to such sto-
ries as that of Lorenzo Dow. who per-
formed "the shortest sermon on rec
ord" His subject was "Backslding,"
and what might be called the body Of
his sermon consisted in his climbing up
a smooth sapling with great pains and
difficulty and the sliding down again.
An immense concourse Of people had
assembled to hear him. and great was
their astonishment at witnessing this
performance. The only words uttered
were, Hold on there. Dow; hold on"
Then he slid down again. put on his hat
and left.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
DRIVING OUT A DEMON.
Queer Means by which Tartar Lamns
Cured Fever.

IN tho Mains of Tartorv the "iand
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splrl'S anu uei'io''' oi'ei oe0''''io''
5iueraDie ahiioy"'iee lor 'i'c y si'' '''i'
tribesmen and AFFORD proAtaple en-
ployment for the lamas. Ieres l4Ne
and CADET, French travellers who
crossed them threcscore or more years
ago, witnessed the struggles of the
learned men to drive out one OF the
demons.
The aunt of the chief of an encamp-
ment in the valley Of the dark waters
was i'll Of fever. Her nephew waited
IN patience, but she did not get well,
anc at last he called in the lunas. His
worst fears were confirmed. y demon
OF considerable rank was present in
her and must bc cast out, task for
which the lamas would need to be well
paid. Eight others We're ut once called
from dried herbs an image which they
called the demon OF intermittent Ie-
vers." This image they put III the pa
TENTS tent.
An hour before midnight the lamas
ranged themselves i'll semlc!rcle in
one end of the tent, with cymDals, sea-
shells, bells, tambourines ana other
noisy instruments. Inc remainder Oh
the family made up the circle whlle
the patient croucheu opposite the Image
of the demon. lhe chlet lama had De-
fore him copper basin hiled Win NH
let and some little paste images. Inc
tent was full OF smoke from the hearth
fire.
Upon given signal the clerical Or
chestra began noisy overture, the lay
witnesses beating time with their
hands. The diabolical concert over the
grand lama opened the book OF eXor-
cisms and began chanting the forms.
From time to time he scattered mlliet
to the four points Of the compass.
Sometimes he would quit the regular
cadence of prayer and indulge in an
outburst of apparently ndomltable
rage, abusing the herb image with
fierce invectlve and furious gestures.
When he had finished he gave signal
with his arms, and the other lamas
burst into tremendously noisy chO-
rus, setting all the noisy instruments to
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17

Chief Justice Fuller of the United
States supreme court was on visit to
Maine some years ago and while there
was entertained by Joe Manley. Mr..
Manley was held in great reverence by
his fellow citizens all over Maine and
especially in Augusta, his home. He
took Mr.. Fuller for drive about the
place, but was forced by a pressing
business engagement to leave his guest
before the drive was finished. When
Mr.. Manley had disappeared the driver
turned to the judge, whom he did not
know, and, drawing out a cigar, said:
Il suppose you don't mind if smoke.
When we are driving Mr.. Manley we
never light up, because he's rather a
distinguished citizen" Fuller repress-
ed laugh and told the driver to go
ahead, which he did. Later the chief
justice retalled the joke to Mr.. Manley,
who at the first opportunity told the
driver few things, winding up, you
miserable three ply idiot, that was the
chief justice of the United States"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
n.eading a TELEGRAM.

There are two members of the racing
fraternity, both ardent horse owners,
whose early education was sadly neg
lected, and neither can read. Both
conceal to the best of their ability their
shortcomings In this regard. One Of
them received a telegram the other
day, but he could not read it and did
not wish TO expose his ignorance. He
met the second horseman, and as he
was looking anything but pleasant he
was accosted with:
What's the matter? You look like
trouble"
Trouble? Sure. Just read that"
And he thrust the telegram into his
friends hands.
"Well, / should say 1t was trcublew
was the unexpected reply. I'm sorry
for you, old fellow" And the tele
gram was handed back, neither being
any wiser as to its contents.
At this juncture a stable boy came
whistling along, and the recipient of
the message hailed him with jocular
remark and after quizzing him awhile
said:
"Tll bet you can't read, SON."
Huh, that's where you're way off!
kin read as good as you kin"
"Well, let's hear you read that. If
you can it's two bit piece for you"
The harmless telegram was read, and
now both of the men are wondering
what the other meant by saying the
message denoted trouble.-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
pe,r. That Fish For Salmon.

Alaska's brown bears near the Bering
sea live largely on salmon and are ex-
traordinary fishers. Before beginning
to fish they always place themselves
on the downward side of the river.
"They seem to smell the salmon by
some extraordinary MEANS" says a
hunter, "and then begin dashing in and
out of the river at some shallow place,
rarely failing to catch fish. They
bring it out on the bank and devour it,
if possible selecting some thick patches
of bushes and grass in which to make
their meal, which does not take them
long"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
Africans Wash. but Never wipe

Great attention is given in most of
body. The teeth are cleansed with a
stick which has been chewed into a
kind of brush. The hands are washed
frequently. not by turning and twist
ing and rubbing them together one
within the other, as with us, but by a
straight up and down rubbing, such as
is given to the other limbs. This man.
ner of washing is so characteristic that
an African might be distinguished by
1t from European without reference
to the color. The sun is their only
towel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17
An Ancient Tunnel.

Tunnels are no new things in his
tory. The only known inscription in
early Hebrew records that the conduit
which conveys water from a spring to
the pool of Sloan, on the west side of
Jerusalem, was, like the Simplon tun-
mel, cut from both ends of the interven.
ing ridge. But the Hebrew workers
miscalculated, and while there should
have been still three cubits (about five
feet to eXcavate they heard the voices
of the workers in the other tunnel, as
there was a deviation of the lines,
which should have joined.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-05-17

True greatness first of all is n thing
OF the heart 1t is all alive with ro-
bust and generous sympathes. 1t is
neither behind its age nor too far be-
fore it. It is up with its age and ahead
of it only Just so far as to be able to
lead its march. 1t cannot slumber, for
activity is necessity Of its existence.
1t is no reservoir but Fountain
Roswell ID. Hitchcock.