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The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
THE YOUNG IDEA.

The teacher wished to impress the
Idea Of the wrong of idleness. He led
up to it by asking who were the per-
sons who got all they could and did
nothing In return. For some time
there was silence, but at last little
girl exclaimed, with good deal Of
confidence: Please. sir, it's the baby!"
A discussion of the word hyphen
was being held in a school. "Give me
some word joined together by hy-
phen," said the teacher to the class.
Among others came the word bird
cage YES" said the teacher, "and
who do we put hyphen between bird
and cage?" For the bird to sit on,
answered one of the boys, promptly.
A school-teacher instructing her
classes in grammar wrote this sem
tence on the board for corrections:
"The horse and the COW is in the lot"
No one seemed to know what was
wrong with it, till at last a polite little
boy raised his hand. What is it,
Johnny?" asked the eacher. You
should put the lady first" corrected
Johnny.
A Boston public school-teacher was
trying to give her pupils definite idea
of volcano. With red chalk she drew
on the blackboard fiery flames issuing
from a mountain top. When the draw
ing was done she turned to the class
before her, and said Can any of you
tell me what tAat looks like?" "It
locks like hell, ma'am," replied one OF
the youngsters, with startling prompt
ness.
In England elementary schools are
organized for girls or for infants"
OF late years the mixed" system has
been introduced, and many Of the
schools have been organized as
''senior" or Junior" mixed An In
spcctor recently met on the school
stairs little nondescript in pima
fore, and asked: Come, what are
you doing here? Are you in the boys
or the girls?" "No, sir" said the
small one, I'm a junior mixed!"
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
CAUGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Alfred W. Syrett, Wanted in 1t.
Louis for Forgery, Arrested
by Detective.

San Francisco, Jan. 22.-Detective T.
P. R;ordan arrested Alfred w. Syrett
On orders from Chief Kiely of ST. Louis.
1t is charged that on check drawn on
the Jefferson bank, st. Louis, to which
he had forged the name of prominent
citizen, Syrett secured $500 He will
be held pending the arrival of an Off
Ger from st. Louis.
Syrett was residing with friends here.
He says he will not fight extradition,
and is more anxious to return to st.
Louis and clear things up than the Off
GERS are to have him. He claims to
have been associated with the Missis-
sippi Valley Trust Co. and to have also
conducted a business of his own under
the name of the Maple Green Realty
CC,
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

An interesting young lady from Chi.
ma bids fair soon to be one of the most
observed figures in the social world
at Washington. She is Miss Liang.
Cheng, daughter of Sir Chentuns
LANG Cheng, the present Chinese min
inster to the United States, who has
become quite as popular in this coun.
try as was his predecessor, Mr.. WI
Ting-Fang. Miss Liang- Cheag is to
make her debut at the national capi-
tai this winter, and she will be the
first high-born woman Of her race to
enter American society. Hitherto her
life has been somewhat secluded.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

The fibre paper on which currency
notes are printed is manufactured es-
pecially for the government by a Mas
sachusetts concern. 1t costs 43 cents
Z pound. The short silk threads,
which are it's most distinguishing
marks, are introduced at certain
point in a manner unknown outsid.
the factory, this forming the greatest
insurance against successful counter
feiting. When shipped from the pa
per mill each sheet has been counted
twice. Yet, upon their receipt at
Washington, all the sheets are again
counted twice and examined for flaws.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
from MEDICAL SOURCES.

Harvey. who discovered the circu.
lation of the blood, is said to have
recorded a dream in which humble
bee stu1g him in his left thigh. on
place where couple of days later ap-
peared an ugly ulcer.
DR.. Andrew Wilson says: "Typhus
fever was once very rife in our big
centers of population. In Edinburgh
1t was often epidemic, being bred in
the dirty, overcrowded slums Of those
days, amid the squalid, poverty
stricken crowd. At one time they
bad 120 cases in the hospital"
An English physician has discov-
cred that the time usually allowed for
the clinical thermometer to remain
In a patients mouth is too short to
give an accurate idea of the degree
of temperature. He says 30 minutes
is often not too long to keep the ther-
mometer in the mouth to get reliable
results.
A scientific commission which has
been investigating the peculiarities OF
the Mediterranean or Malta fever has
come upon evidence which shows that
the infection of the disease may be
transmitted by goats. DR.. Zammlt
and Maj. Horrocks found the specific
organism of the fever in the milk OF
goats that were apparently healthy.
The blood of several of the goats gave
a reaction which is peculiar to the
fever.
Through scientific investigation it
has been ascertained that the bacteria
of diphtheria adhering to eating and
drinking utensils retain life up to Is
days, and that a sufficient removal OF
the infection cannot be accomplished
by washing the glasses and rubbing
them ury with a cloth. Neither can
forks and knives be freed from infec-
ton by simply rubbing them. This
can, however, be accomplished. within
one minute by washing with two
per cent solution Of soda Of so de-
grees.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

The determination of the president
to enforce the Elking statute, and the
indictment by the federal courts of
some of the offending railroad officials,
have driven the railroads to cover.
At a meeting Of the officials of all the
Western roads. recently held at Chi
cago, it was agreed thereafter to re.
port every illegal act to the interstate
commerce commission. The very rail-
roads that had been denouncing in
formers propose to turn informers
themselves.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
RARE AND ANCIENT RELIC
Gift To the Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago, by visit
ing Chinese.

Chicago Jan. 22.-Tuan Fang and Tai
Hung-Chi, the Chinese high commits
sioners, left Chicago at eight o'clock
Sunday night for the east. They will
spend to-day in Pittsburg and will ar
rive in Washington Tuesday morning.
Before leaving Chicago, Tuan Fang
made known his desire to present to
the Field museum of natural history a
rare and ancient Chinese stone tablet
similar to one in the Japanese imperial
museum IN Toxic. There are said to
be but three cf the tablets in existence,
the third being in the palace of Tuan
Fang.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Minerai products are SO abundant

Mineral products are SO abundant
and varied in the United States that
the figures almost stagger belief. Ev-
cry day adds to the grand total. Re-
cent tests made by government miner
alogists at Portland, Ore, of the black
sands of the Snake and Columbia riv-
ers show them TO be OF good value,
containing gold. platinum, and other
metals In paying quantities Besides,
the are rich in iron Of the best sort
for making the finest Of spring steel.
Nothing has been found that excels Il
for hair-springs for watches and edged
tools Of high grade.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Given $40, 900 Damages.

In the circuit court at Iuka Samuel
Wiley was given verdict for $4,000
against the Southern Railroad Com
pany. Wiley was operating a steam
shovel at gravel pit of the defendant
company when both legs were crushed
and horribly mangled by the heavy
chain of the machine slipping out of
the groove owing to the worn and de-
fective condition of the parts of tho
steam shovel.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
strength.

The first statue of Queen Alexandra
on English soil will be erected in the
grounds of the London hospital, to
commemorate the completion of the
rebuilding operations, which have cost
i945,O00. The sculptor will be George
Wade, and the statue, which will be
Of bronze, will be of heroic size. 1t
will cost 91,500, and of this sum
'G1,30O has been subscribed already
by the committee, the staff and few
personal friends.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Butterflies and Grasshoppers.

C. S. Smith and DR.. A. A. Wheat, Jr.,
of Crenshaw. report the finding of
grasshoppers and butterflies near that
place. Someone else reports the fact
that there are mosquitoes galore among
the timber brakes in the bottom.
This is quite. peculiar thing for this
season of the year.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Portraits Of Stone and Marshall.

Two oil portraits Of exceptional in
terest to the people OF Mississippi have
been presented TO the department OF
archives and history, to be placed in
the Hall of Fame, one of Gov. John NJ,
Stone, presented by Mrs. j. M. Stone,
of Iuka; the other of DR.. G. X. Mar
shall, presented by his daughter, Mrs.
A. DeMoss, of Vicksburg. The first
represents one of the best governors
Mississippi ever had, the latter one Of
the most talented and consecrated min.
isters OF the NJ. E. Church. South.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

The suggestion has been made thai
a triple alliance to insure the peace
of the world should be formed by
Great Britain, France and the United
States. This should prove most eff.
fective combination. 1t would bring
into unison one-third Of the popular
tion Of the globe, with fighting force
of 100000 men and 1.056 battle-ships.
Japan would doubtless cooperate with
the alliance, thus adding to it's
strength
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

Admiral's Words Garry Weight.
Rear-Admiral Hichborn is one of the
best known officers of our navy. His
statements concerning Peruna will have
much weight as they go out in the
world. What he says is echoed by
many other officers of high standing.
What the Admiral Says.
Philip Hichborn. Rear-Admiral of the
U. S. Navy, Washington. D. c.,
writes:
"Aner the use of Pcruna for short
period, can now cheerfuI!y recOn1-
mend your valuable remedy to any
one who Is In need of an invig0rafing
tonic. "..-PhiIip Hichb0rn.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
LABOR WENT FOR NAUCHT
Robbers Tunnel Through Eleven
Feet of Rock Into Topeka
Bank hut Get Nothing.

Topeka, Kas., Jan. ga bold at
tempt to rob the vaults and safes of
the Merchants national bank of To-
peka was discovered Sunday. The rob
bers had commenced work in the base
ment and tunneled through IL feet of
solid rock to the floor of the vaults ef-
fecting an entrance. They had made an
attempt to wreck the safes some time
Saturday night, but their efforts had
failed
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Report of Revenue Agent.

The report of the State Revenue
Agent shows that during the two years
the sum of $3.50 O,364.07 has been collect
ed by and through the office, of which,
the report states, more was collected
through official investigation than by
the revenue agent. The total amounts
collected by the State Revenue Agent
were 1927. .552. 90, while the amounts COL
lected through the Revenue Agent
were 1922 IA.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

Residents of Buena Vista, Pa, on
the Youghiogheny river. are puzzled
by bird captured by David McBeth.
The bird appears to be hybrid be.
tween an eagle and duck. 1t meas
ures five feet from tip Of one wing to
the other, and has a head and web
feet like duck. Its bill, however, is
tile shaped, and its color is steel gray.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Must Not Hunt on Sunday.

Judge NOISE Wilkinson, in the
Adams county circuit court delivered a
special charge to the grand jury on the
subject of bird hunting on Sunday He
insisted on having true bills of indict-
ment returned against the Sunday hunt
ers, saying that if this grand jury failed
to return the indictments he would
draw special body of inquisitors to
do the work.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

A London dispatch says that the
Egyptian government has resolved to
construct a barrage at Esneh at cost
of $4,000. Esneh is 100 miles below
Assouan. When the new barrage Is
completed it is estimated that 24O
miles more on either side Of the Nile
will be brought under perennial irri-
cation
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

The soldier and the sailor are es.
pecally subject to cntarrh. In the bar.
racks and on the field, Peruna is found
equally efficacious to overcome this
physical enemy. If taken in time, it
will prevent colds from developing into
catarrh. Even after cold has settled
in some organ of the body, Peruna can
be relied upon as an efficacious remedy
to promptly overcome it.
Peruna will relieve catarrh, whether
acute or chronic, but a few doses Of it
taken in the first stages of the disease
will be more effective than when the
disease has become established.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Seeking a Location.

The Progressive Union of Columbus
is in receipt OF communication from a
large manufacturer in the East, who
desires to locate in Columbus and erect
a manufacturing plant of no small mag
uitude. The offer is being considered.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

Hotel Ormond, Fla, Jan. 23.-Chas.
Hamilton. the sky pilot, fell 800 feet
with his aerop,ane here, after colliding
with flag poe ON the bath house near
the beach. The first thing he said
after landing was: Il have lost my
cigar He was unhurt
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Sivley Special Judge.

The governor has appointed Hon.
Clarence Sivley of Oxford as special
Judge to hold court in Alcorn county in
place of Hon. f. o. Sykes, judge OF
that circuit, who is too i'll to attend to
the duties pertaining to his Office.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

The Marquis of DeDion, who is quite
. figure in Paris, socially, mechanical
ly and commercially, has just built
what he calls motor villa" which
contains dining, drawing. bath and
bedrooms, and a kitchen, the whole
thing being operated by an electric
motor which moves the villa" along
the highways at the rate of seven one
half miles per hour.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Miner Evangelist saving souls.

Irving, H., Jan. 22.-Evangelist Dan
A. Shannon, formerly a coal miner, is
holding a revival here, and the whole
town is throbbing with the excitement
of religious fervor. His meetings last
for hours at time, and scores have
been converted
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

1t Is estimated that for perfumery
purposes each year 1850 tons OF or
ange flowers, $50 tons of roses, $50
tons each of violets and pasmine, IS
tons of tuberoses, 80 tons of cassia
and Is tons of jonquis are used.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Bishop JOHN G. Keencr Dead.

New Orleans, Jan. 22.-Bishop John
C. Keener, senior bishop of the Method
ist Episcopal church, south, died sud-
denly of heart disease. He had been
retired for many years, but his force
fulness was still felt in the councils Of
the church.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Ex-Comgressman Dead.

Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 23.-Ex-Con-
gressman Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick, who
represented the Tenth Kentucky dis
trict in the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth
congresses, died in this city after long
illness.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Cnrneuic Librnrv Durncd.

Huntsville, Ala, Jan. 23.-The new
Carnegie library at the agricultural and
mechanical college for negroes at Nor
NAL, Ala, was burned Monday. The
loss is estimated at $4,000 The blaze
started from the furnace.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Missionaries Return.

Rev and Mrs. s. w. Waters, who
formerly lived in Columbus, but who
for many years have been in Japan as
missionaries, will return to their old
home for visit Mrs. Waters was
formerly Miss Lula Lipscomb, and mar
ried Mr.. Waters after she reached
japan.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Fen Two Thousand Feet.

Fort Worth, Tex, Jan. 22.-Lindsay
Cooper, an aeronaut of Clarinda, O.,
travelling with a carnival show exhibit
ing at Wolfe City, fell from his balloon
at that place, a distance of 1000 feet,
and was instantly killed.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

Rome, Jan. 23.-Cardinal Gotti, pre-
feet of the propaganda, who has been
seriously i'll of pneumonia fer some
(,ayS is diving
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
I,t,I. CtrI Burned to Deatb.

Carmi, Ill, Jan. 22.-Hattie Reb.
stock, aged eight, daughter of John
Rebstock. was horribly burned while
making fire with kerosene oil. DEATH
resulted.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

The largest area of coal lands in
the United States, $4,000 square miles,
Is that Of the interior west, which COW
ers nearly half Of Missouri, extends
north into Iowa, south into Arkansas,
Indiana Territory and Texas, and west
into Kansas and Nebraska. What is
called the central coal field, $4,000
square miles, is in Illinois, Indiana and
Western Kentucky.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

Europe has population OF about
$4,000 900. or about one-fourth Of that
of the whole world Belgium has the
densest population.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27
Hall to Investigate Convicts Escape.

Hall to InvestfGate COnvfcts EscnDc.
Jeerson City, Mo-, Jan. 22.--Warden
Hall of the penitentiary went to Joplin
to investigate the escape of Convicts
Franklin ana Daily, which was made in
Jasper county about midnight Thurs
day.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

J. Lathrop Allen, who made the first
band instrument in the United States,
Is still living in New York at the age
of 90
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1906-01-27

The czar of Russia, who is consider
ably below the average height Of men,
is fully head shorter than the
cZarina
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31
DESTRUCTION OF POMPEH.
buried So Deep That Ii Was Lost
For SiNteen (entmriea

When one hears of ii buried city it Is
very difficult To realize what 1t can
look like still more 50 to realize how a
city can be buried 50 deep as to be ut
terly lost and the place Of it know it
no more for sixteen centuries. Yet
this is what happened to Pompeii and
HerculGncum, Stabiae and Retina and
thirteen other cities of the plain on
the ninth day before the calends Of
September, in the first year Of the
re.gu of the Emperor Titus. Thus 1t
was when POmpe.i was buried When
ncyt the sun Shone into her streets
George Ill. was king Of England. Six
teen years before the burial of the
city an earthquake had done so much
quite restored, but Mount Vesuvius
had been quiet ever since. The oath
OF August was terribly hot day
Most of the people were in the am.
ph!thcater at wild beast fight when
they saw Il strange cloud rise from
NcSuyiuS. 1t seemed like a pine tree
Tie trunk rose up high into the heav-
en5 and then spread out In branches
some white, some dull and spotted
until, slowly Gctaching themselves
FROM the parent trunk, they began to
darken the sky. Pliny the elder, over
at MiScnUm, was reading In his study
when his sister came in to tell him Of
this strange cloud. He ordered O light
galley to be got ready, and as he was
coming out with his tablets In his
hand ready to note down all he saw
the mariners belonging to the galleys
at Retina came up to implore of him
to 90 to their help.
BY the time Pliny got there with bis
galleyS the ashes We're falling thicker
every instant. Then came broken and
blackcned stones and pumice. Vast
fragments were rolling down the
mountain, and the sea had suddenly
retreated. The pilot was for putting
back, but The undaunted old philoso-
pher admiral would not go back. For
tune" he said, "favors the brave" Ev-
erybody knows something about the
rest and how the poor old gentleman,
being weakly and aSthmatic, was suf-
focated by a sudden outburst Of flames
and sulphur fumes. In that awful
darkness, when the sudden rush Of
flames was the only light which pierc-
ed the dense smoke, the fields were full
Of terrified people fleeing they knew
not whittier 1t is true that the de-
struction Was not instantaneous, and
a great number OF the inhabitants saw
ed their lives, ana even took away
good deal of their treasure, but it is es-
timated that at least 100000 persons
were entombeI in Pompeii Hercula-
neum and the other cities of the plain.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31

The people of Syria and Tiflis make
aheir streams do things that Americans
do not seem to have learned the secret
of persuading the water courses Of this
rountry 10 perform.
AT TitiiS the natives have learned
how to utilize the power of the current
of the river kur without building
dams. What they have accomplished
possibly might be done by an Ameri-
can farmer living on the banks of q
rapidly moving stream and desiring
small, cheap power. The CauCasians
build floats on the surface of the river.
Into them are set water wheels. The
whole affair is fastened to the bank In
such a way that ii Will rise and fall
with any change In the level Of the
surface of the river, SO that the power
Is about constant all the time.
In Hama. the ancient entering in Of
Klamath" the Syrians have accomplish
ed u feat that makes one think of lift
ing oneself over fence by tugging at
ones bootstraps. They have harnessed
the historic Orontes, or Nahr el Asi, as
the Syrians call 1t, into the work of
lifting Itself many feet toward the Ze-
NTH and trained it thus to water their
fruitful gardens and orchards.
AS for size, the water wheels which
do this work are as TO other water
wheels what Niagara is to other water
falls As one stands by one Of these
great wooden frames revolving upon
Its wooden axle and looks up at its
perimeter forty feet above one thinks
II large and is astonlshed when he
turns his gaze up stream to see that
relatively it is not great wheel, for IN
the distance looms up one sixty feet in
height Even then he Is not prepared
for the spectacle of one ninety feet In
diameter gruntinG around on its cum
brous axle just outside the town.
Life in Hama for some people Is
like the liking of others for olives, an
acquired taste. because OF these very
water wheels According as one feels
about il. ii is Il musical city or one
filled with nerve racking groans. Day
and night without ceasiug these mass
I've slow revolving structures utter
speech For those who have acquired a
taste for their compunionship the never
ceasing tones are soothing. resembling
the ocean roar or a slow fugue played
on some cyclopcan organ. The dia-
pason tones are deeper and louder than
the deepest organ stop. Now they are
in. unison, now repeating the theme.
81 tn, e, a h,ia
ment in Il sublime harmony never to
be forgotten, according TO one traveller,
then once more together in a tremen-
dous chorus The sounds are describ-
ed as slow movement up the scale,
followed with heavy drop to the key.
note as DO mi sol, do do do; do sol la,
do do do. This unceasing Sisyphean
music. il is said. has been going on
for - century al least
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-05-31

If it takes two to make a quarrel,
were the two" Mary Gale declared.
Because you make mountains Of
golf tees. dear" Carlyle explained in
II superior tone.
How fortunate you have discovered
in time what Il disagreeable person |
am" flashed Mary. But let me as
sure you that since our engagement my
diary reads ILL., the history of a South
American reputic."
Frequent mi:' Misunderstanding resulted
In Mary declinip., to step into the frail
craft of mutriE cny and selecting in
stead an ocean Eu~r. remaining abroad
five years
AT reception In Mary's honor upon
her return there was no one she vel
coined more graciously than Carlyle.
Hers was disarming cordiality.
It's good to see you again" Carlyle
repeated between laughs, for Mary's
experiences were breezy
And its good to see you" she echo
ed "A wise woman doesn't lose her
best friend 10y marrying him."
Mary" l. reproved, Paris has
made You fiippant; also very wonder
ful and awe inspiring" He glanced at
her tGiumi liant toilet.
80; only eXtravagant," she correct
I'd. "Bob5e, you should see the shops.
The dear. little
I'm not interested in the Paris
shops" he said severely. Il want to
tel you how foolish we We're to let
few feathers of The Imagination part
us"
They We're firm facts" said Mary
coldly. L have them Ill down in my
diary"
Mary! Doesn't your diary bring
back any delightful memories? All
mine are charming"
Your memory must be of the elimi-
mating variety like that of the survlv-
Ing relatives of wicked persons. Johns