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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-12-19
RESTAURANT Francois

Is again serving French oiA'
also regular meals for rs cents. =
walters; good service.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08
HANDICAPPED.

Did you succeed in breaking your grandfather's will '"
 No but we managed to bend it so that a few more thousand dollars oozed out of the family tree.'-Detroit Free Press.
 Jones-I tell you what you do if you suffer from seasickness. Drink half bottle of champagne at starting.
 Brown-Oh, I don't know. Cham pagnes such expensive stuff to-risk.- Wasp.
 T thought, senator, that you were going to insist on being vindicated be- fore a jury" q was. But my lawyers have been fortunate enough to find a flaw in the indictment. Chicago Rec ord-Herald.
 The cook told my wife she didn't like her face"
 I'll bet she fired that cook
 No, indeed, she immediately put her self under the care of a dermatologist." :" Houston Post.
 Pal" Well, what is it now?" My teacher says I'm a natural born fool Your teacher is a sensible woman, and that's what I've always said. l suppose she had to explain to you what 8 natur- al born fool was." "Yes, pa. She said it was hereditary. "LCleveland Leader.
 "As I was coming in just now," said Mrs. Oldcast1e, your footman used an opprobious epithet."
 My goodness" replied her hostess. T must speak to James about that. l simply won't put up with it. Josiah says unless there's less of them used around here he'll have to be gettin' them by the wholesale. I never seen the way servants GO waste things when they ain't the ones that have to pay for them. ."-Chicago Re2ord-Her- aid.
 Yes, my husband does an immense business-just a rush the whole time. He sells everything just a little below cost, you know"
 But don't VI how he. can make any money that way"
 ''Oh, but he sells so much. Judge.
 Who is that tall chap to whom ev- erybody is paying so much attention? What has he done."
 Nothing. His distinction lies in the fact that no university has ever offer ed him a degree. Puck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08
A Triumphant Proclamation.

have done some things that would mt do If l might go over the past once more; have done deep wrongs and been fool ish, too, And mourned as others have mourned have reused mems hate and engen- dered scorn. And much have I said that was weak or flat But I here declare that I never have worn
 A fancy ribbon around my hat I have sinned in hundred various But where is the man who is free from sin? I have sneered where I ought to have given praise, And failed where I should have had strength to win. I have cheated myself and made others mourn,
 But surely I may be forgiven for that, Since I still declare that I never have worn
 A fancy ribbon around my hat.
 Chicago RecOrd-Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08
AN INTERVIEWING DECISION.

Municipal ownership of public utili- ties doesn't feel good over a decision by Judge Baker, of the United States Cir cult court, sitting at Indianapolis, who held that a municipality was not au- thorized to take over the property of public service corpora tions, notwith- standing an option given by the corpor- ation and inserted in the ordinance granting 8 franchise to use the streets of the municipality. The question arose on an application by one of the stockholders of the Consumers Gas Company to restrain the corporation from giving over to the city, and the city from accepting, the property of the company at an appraised value. The ground of the application was that the corporation had exceeded its corporate powers in accepting the ordinance granting the franchise, so far as the ten-year option to the city of Indian apolis was involved. Judge Baker held that it would be against public policy to allow a public service corporation to sell it's franchise or plant to the city, for the reason that it would thereby disqualify itself from rendering the service it had bound itself to render to the public when it accepted the charter granted by the State.
 The holding of Judge Baker simply is that charter is a continuous contract with the State for the term of years ex- pressed in the charter; or, in other words, contract which cannot be an- nulled or rendered ineffective by the act of only one of the parties to the contract.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08
SOME DIsGRAcEFUL JAPAyEsE.

That isn't very good news from Japan. We expect to read about rloting in Rus sia, but not about rioting in Japan. The people in Japan have been sup posed to be So well trained. so patri- otic, and so confident of the virtue and ability of their rulers, that it is a sur prise to find some of them acting in Tokio just as Russians have been act ing in St. Petersburg, odessa, etc., etc. The riotous Japanese are, it is said, very much dissatisfied with the peace made for them Goy t1eir envoys, and they have shown their displeasure in the regular riotous way. good many outside of Japan think that the peace isn't just what it ought to be, but they have been willing to think that the Japanese envoys did the bast they could for their country. Of course they did. and it is not creditable to the To- kio Japanese that they have not re- mained polite and quiet. Doubtless the Japanese government will be able to make them polite and quiet again.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08
CURIOUS FOODS.
Tcstes Certainly Differ All the World
 Over.

Tcstes Certainly Differ All the World
 Over.
 Among civilized nations the variety of tastes attracts but little attention. The vegetarians and the meat eaters each have their followers, and a re- cent school advocates less food and fewer meals, while there are countless fads for the delectation of the hungry.
 That civilized man has missed some of the most toothsome dainties goes without saying, and it is evident that prejudice enters very largely into this. Thus, in California, the best fish, it Is said, in the sculpin, but in the East this fish goes begging on account of its disagreeable appearance, In Arizona Indian children may be seen catching ants and eating them; and in Mexico the honey ant is eagerly sought after by the natives, who eat the well round- ed, currantlike abdomen. In South America the large lizard, the iguana, is a delicacy, not to speake of the larger snakes which in taste are like chicken. The ordinary rattlesnake, it is said, is very good eating if one can overcome the inborn prejudice.
 Americans are inclined to regard the Chinese as race of rat eaters and de- nounce the animal as unclean, at the same time consuming tons yearly of the most loathsome of all animals the hog. The rat is careful if its toi- let, cleaning itself constantly; but the hog is the only animal of so called in- telligence that revels in filth and pre- fers it to cleanliness. The common skunk, owing to it's peculiar and of- fensive glands. will never be popular as food, yet it's flesh is not only good but delicious, acordlng to various con- noisseurs who have eaten it.
 That insects do not enter more into the food supplies of nations is due to prejudice. Grasshoppers are eaten by some Western tribes. Ground up, they make a meal that is said to be both nourishing and agreeable Many a white man has pressed through a country, believing himself nearly starv- ing, as large game was not to be had, when worms and various insects were at hand sometimes collect them in bags, wash them and cook them for meal
 The most singular food, in all pro- bability, is the larva of a fly common in certain portions of California and known asep hydra. This insect is found in such vast quantities in Lake Mono, California, that it is washed up on the shores in vast windrows and can be collected by bushels. The water of Mono is very singular, seemingly very heavy and smooth, like oil, so much so that it resists ordinary wind and refuses to become ruff1ed. When the lavae begin to appear the Indians gather from far and near and scrape them up, place the wormlike creatures on cloths and racks in the sun and dry them, when they are beaten up and husked, looking then like rice. The In- dians call the food -chah-bee and many bushels are collected at this time that the lavae are nutritious is shown by the condition of the Indians, who soon grow fat on the rich diet. Many birds are attracted by the lavae and gorge themselves with the singular food.
 On Lake Texcoco, in Mexico, a cur ious fly is found which also is eaten by the natives and known as ahunati; the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08
ABOUT AS GOOD AS ANYBODY.


 When the witty Mir. Travers saw a famous lawyer walking along with his hands in his own pockets he said some thing that was thought to be funny. And there are many who think that many lawyers are perhaps not quite as honest and straight as other men. A statement has been going the rounds that 193 lawyers are serving sentences In New York penal institutions. This statement has stirred up the editor of Law Notes. He has looked up the lat est official report. It discloses one law CT in Clinton prison, three lawyers in Auburn prison, eleven lawyers in Sing Sing prison, one lawyer in the Erie county penitentiary and three lawyers in the Monroe county penitentiary- nineteen incarcerated lawyers in all. And in the State of New York there are nearly or quite 15,OOO lawyers. We doubt whether better showing could be made by any of the other occupa- tions or professions" says our legal contemporary.
 Guess Law Notes is about right. Law yers are probably about as good as anybody, and very handy to have arorind sometimes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08
THE GERMANS IN AFRICA,

Germany isn't having any more fun with Her colonies than we are with ours. Our experience of waste of life and treasure in the Philippines is du- plicated in Germany's colony of South west Africa since the rising of the na- lives against German rule in January, 1904. So far the money cost of the campaign of repression has been $62,- 50G,000. The progress made in putting down the rebellion is indicated by the fact that in the last few weeks 110 deaths have occurred in the German force and eighty-f1ve officers and men have been wounded. Wher the rebel lion began there were 772 men, forty two officers and 800 horses kept in the colony, but endorsements of 13,653 men, 665 officers and 12,00O horses have been sent out. Some 4.5 per cent. of the average force has succumbed to ty- phoid fever, and S94 officers and men of the regular corps have been killed or wounded in action. Exclusive of wom- en, some HOO Germans have lost their lives by reason of the war, to say noth- ing of the large number invaIided home. Of the latter per cent. are classed as permanent invalids.
 There are anti-imperialists in Ger many, but they don't dare to say much. About all they can do is to keep still or emigrate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

A curious incident is reported from Colchester, England, Owing to various delays, wedding did not start until some time after, the hour set for it. The Officiating clergyman hastened the cer- enony as much as possible, but was unable to finish it before o'cock in the afternoon, after which hour wed- dings cannot legally be performed in that country. The ceremony had to be stop ped in the middle, and the pair remain -ed unwed for the day. The London Globe says: "Instances of marriages being interrupted in this manner are naturally very rare, now that the legal limit has been altered from 12 o'clock but before that weddings had very often to be postponed, owing to there not being sufficient time to finish the essential part of the service"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

Do you pay poets?" asked the long haired bard as he timidly approached the editor. Sometimes" replied the editor, without looking up. For what size poems?" Don't pay them for poems. Pay them for washing the win dows and scrubbing the floor."-Chica- 80 Daily News. .-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

A Larchmont hackman has sued one of his rich. customers because the latter called him thief and highway roboer in dispute over the amount of fare. And yet some people think hackmen have no feelings.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

Alice Roosevelt is, like her father, worker. During the past fifteen months she has been present at 4OS dinners, $50 balls, 300 small dances, 6SO 5 o'clock teas, and paid 1.7OO calls. besides being six times a bridesmaid and shaken hands S2,OOO times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

DELIvERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, E CENTS A WEEK. 50 CENTS A MONTH. ss FOR SIX MONTHS. $s . YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MALL SINGLE COPIES. CENTS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08
ODDITIES
A few kitchen utensils we sell which some people have never heard of.

TIMBALE IRONS-Takfne little patty cupS for entrees. 75c. POTATO CURLERS-whfch cut pota- foes in long ouPls. 300. PASTRY BAGS--For decorating pas- try, meats, etc. With fHbe 4oc. LADYLOCK STICKS-For cream and jelly puHs. SC, r5c. GLASS ROLLING PINS-Can be kept cold with ice inside. 6Oc. EGG SEPARATORS- Made of wire of convenient size. roc. TEA INFUSERS-Tea Balls with han dies iikc spoons. Goo. BUTTER CHURNS--of glass, for u1ak- ing butter while you wait. $Y.aS WAFER 1RONS-For cooking German pancRkes. $r.as ANIMAL CUTTERS-Eor cutting cook- les in fancy shapes. roo. CREAM DIFFERS very small to skim cream from milk bottles. SC. ROASTING SADDLES-for holding a roast or fowl in tho pan. 25c. N5)oInFBassstt&GS' 754 CHAPEL SL- 32O STATE SD
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.
Iksned ThuEE6ngA, One Dollar a YeaE'
 ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other HlnaIl advertisements, One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents a word for fiIIl week.
 Display advertisements, per inch' one insertion. SEQ; each subsequent inser- xion 40 cents; one week, $S.2o; one
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

.'She says he. met and won 'her at the races
 .sWell, she's the only thing he ever did win there; and-well-his mother ln-laW lives with them. Houston Post. s..
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

A Cornishman had the misfortune to Tall into an. abandoned and partially flooded quarry. An inquest followed. After due consideration the coroner's jury brought in this verdict: Found Crowned in the White Quarry, there being water there at the time''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

Consumption of horseflesh is largely Increasing in Berlin and it's suburbs, where 250 horse slaughter houses exist. Many dealers have become so opulent that they have exchanged the humble cellars where they formerly carried on business for handsome shops. In other large towns the same state of affairs obtains, especially in Hamburg, where the annual consumption is computed to be five thousand horses, much of which, however, is used in sausage manufac- tories.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

Edward Morris, the Chicago packer, has purchased the historic Harvard homestead of tratford-on-Avon, Eng land. The purchase of the old house erected by the ancestors of John Har- ward, founder of Harvard university, was arranged for by MT. Morris while on a trip in England, from which he has just returned with his family. Miss Marie Corelli, the English novelist, was the agent of Mir. Morris in the transac- ton. Miss CorelIi is credited with the suggestion that a clubhouse for Amer leans be established in the homestead. MT. Morris says he has not yet decided what disposition to make of the prop erty. Harvard house is one of the best remaining examples of old English architecture in Stratford.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

This is the address on a letter re- ceived at the postoffice in Calcutta, India: If the Almighty pleases-Let this envelope, having arrived at the eity of Calcutta, in the neighborhood of Calootolah, at the counting house of sirajoodeen and Ilahdad, merchants be offered fo and read by the happy light of my eyes, of virtuous manners and beloved of the heart-Meean Shaikh Inayut Ally, may his life be long. Written on the tenth of the blessed Rumzan, Saturday, in the year 1266 of the Hegira of our Prophet, and dis patched at Bearing"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

THE OLDEST DAILY PAPER PUB
 LIsaED TN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

An American tourist was talking loudly in railroad car. He was boast ing: T have been all over Europe, seen everything that's worth seeing. I've been to Italy, France, Germany, Spain, England; everywhere, in fact. Why, I've been to Constantinople ten times at least. Funny thing the way the dogs are the scavengers in Con- stantinople. Lie about the streets and eat all the rubbish. Awfully dangerous to touch 'em. They eat up every scrap of rubbish Then, at last, a young woman managed to say: q really won der you got home alive!"-And silence fell on the passengers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-08

NEW HAVEN, CONN.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-02-10

J. r. Ledbetter has purchased the
| stock OF groceries from Pickle Bros.
and will continue the business at the
same stand. Mr. Ledbetter will carry
a full line OF groceries and in addition
| will keep a full line OF fresh meats, being
an experienced man in this line.
We regret to learn that Hon. John
! e. Calhoun ia confined to his bed by a
severe attact Of La Grippe, from which
he is suffering severely. He has not been
able to attend at the present meeting
OF the board Of supervisors. OF which
honorable body he is a prominent and
high influential member. We trust that
he may soon recover and be able to at
tend to his m~ultifarious duties.
The Peoples Bank and Trust company
has bought the business house and lot
Of Mrs. Pledge, on Main Street. recently
occupied bv Mrs. Whitfield as a Millinery
store. 1t is announced that this bank
will erect a handsome building as soon
as it ia possible to do o This structure
will add much to the appea. ance of
Main street and its erection will
doubtless stimulate Others. who own
property around it to erect up-to date
billings in harmony with the present
spirit OF improvement in the city.
Mr.. N. II REWARD Of Verona was in
Tupelo Tuesday on business with the
Board Of Supervisors. Mr.. Reynard has
been very successful as a cotton raiser
during the past few years since he
moyed to Mississippi. In speaking OF the
crop of 19c1 he expressed the belief that
conditions in the beginning OF the year
were not so favorable as last year to
plant a large acreage. The farmers had
all the winter to prepare their lands and
were ready the first OF March to plant
cotton. The weather has prevented up
this time any farm work and from
present Indications none will be done
during this month.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-02-10
X. OF P. Banquet And Installation.

One OF the most enjoyable occasions
in the history OF Pythianism in Tupelo
was the public installation OF officers
and the elegant banquet spread on the
same evening by the Daughters OF Con-
federacy. The installation vas public
and witnessed by many visitors who
were greatly impressed with the ceremo-
MES of installation. The banquet was
the sine qua o in the culinary art and
did much credit to the ladies who set
the supper. A fee OF fifty cents was char
ged per plate. The ladies realized n very
handsome sum which will go to aid in
som laudablp movement. The officers
for the ensuing yea are
s. II. We'll, {. c. G.. &. Watson, VIC:
r. A. Kimbrough, Prelate: J. +. tom
pton, NJ. OF w.. A. Fl. De Lay. X. r. 4
s. & NJ. F.. j. Is. Miller, NJ. OF E. Jim NJ
.Trice, n. at A., d. L. Hath, Inner
tiuard., J. L. Godsey, Outer Guard.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-02-10
COUNTY TELEPHONE SERVICE.

The Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph
Co wishes to operate in connection with
it's exchanges in the country n county
system and to this end request the farm
ers of the country to give it an oppor-
tunity Of presenting tothem it's plans for
the service. by the use of the greatest Of
modern Inventions, the farmer can at a
minimum cost to himself keep in touch
with the markets and on the days that
the highest prices IRE offered Tor the
products III his farm he can be reached
oyer the telephone by his merchants or
by bis confidential advisor and ,hus fire.
quently in one transaction say o
than the cost in his telephone service for
all entire year. The farmers in this sec-
ton are invited to confer with the COM
pany's nerest local manager. or to make
their wants known directly to the execu-
tive office at Nashville, Tenn.
CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE 4 TELE
~. GRAPH COMPANY
The Tupelo journal., 1905-02-10
BUY GOOD Oil

Why use a cheap, smoking oil
in your lamps which is Injurious
to your ayes when you can buy
National Light oil that does not
smoke or blacken the chimney. No
offensive odors, Accept nothing
just as good, National Light oil
is absolutely the best, For sale at
,25 cents per gallon exclusively in
Tupelo by
Trice Raymond hdw, Go,
The Tupelo journal., 1905-02-10
Biz Sale.

Having baught a Dutch oven from the
Trice Raymond Hardware Co. for a
dolina and a quarter. I hereby offer
Tor sale my kitchen, cooking stove, pots,
.killets. trying pan and stove wood, at
out cry, on the thirty first day OF
Feb prox, within legal hours. Terms
half cash balance on time with U. S
bonds as security. LON GATES.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-02-10
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
LEE COUNTY.

To George Yost:
An attachment at the suit Of W. II. Rea
against your estate for seven hundred
dollars returnable before the Circuit
Court OF Lee county at Tupelo, Miss.
has been executed and is now pend ing
in said court, and unless you appear be-
fore said court on the Third Monday OF
Feb, 1905, and plead to said action,
Judgment will be entered and the estate
attached will be sold.
f. l.. kINCANNON.
Circuit Clerk Lee County Mississippi
1.2O-O5 st.