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Society Calendar.

Soc1ety NaIenOdr. Thursday, January 4-Elks theater, Paul Gilmore, ill "Capta' n Debon. naire."
 Reception by Mrs. J. F. Simmons and Mrs. P. F. Crutcher.
 Friday, January 5-Fortnightly club will be entertained complimentary by Mrs. I. P. Shelby.
 Miss Charlie May Boyd of Monti- cello will arrive tomorrow and will be the guest of Mrs. s. G. Saabrook.
 In Honor Mrs. Crutcher. A reception this afternoon was siv- en by Mrs J. F. Simmons compliment tary to her sister, Mrs. Phil Crutcher.
 The XIV Club.
 The XIV club will be entertained to- night by MT. J. E. Boyce.
 Mrs. Mccoy to Entertain. Mrs. H. A. Mccoy will entertain to- morrow night at cards in honor of her visitor, Miss Rodgers of Hunts vile, Ala, and Miss Mccoy of Louis vile, Ky.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Tastes in CIGARS,

The public taste for cigars varies in
different localities and countries, and
in all the large factories cigars are
conditioned to suit the demands OF
the country to which they are to be
sent In Europe, more especially in
the British isles, the consumer OF
cigars requires that they should be
dry, in fact, almost brittle. 1t is a
common incident in that country to
see smoker take his cigar and place
it to his ear to see if it will give
forth cracking sound, and if it
does not crackle, the cigar is con-
sidered too moist. Pipe smoking to-
baccos, however, are required very
moist. In the United States the prop
er condition for cigars and pipe smok.
ing tobaccos is just the reverse, says
Science. The American smoker re-
quires his cigars in such a condition
that the wrapper, binder and filler
will yield to the pressure Of the fin
gers without cracking or breaking the
wrapper; while, on the other hand,
the smoking tobaccos especially the
granulated tobaccos, must be mod
erately dry.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
WHAT He Mos1 Wished Cor.

john Fiske, the American historian,
was an ardent lover of music and him.
self no mean musician. Furthermore,
he was extremely corpulent and felt
the hot weather painfully. He was
once delivering course of lectures at
a summer school in small city of the
middle west. The heat was terrific
and adjoining the house where the
lecturer stayed was church where
an Unmatched but Jealous quartet"
practiced and performed during all
hours of the torrid afternoons and
evenings. One evening, seeing the IA
nous man sit for time unoccupied
and apparently oppressed by this COM
bined affection, the young daughter OF
his hostess attempted to divert him by
offering him a new novel, then just be-
coming popular. II think The Choir
Invisible is perfectly splendid, Mr..
Fiske," said She "Would'n you like
to read it?" The historian put the
book aside. my dear young lady,"
said he, "the only choir in the world
in which l could feel any interest at
this moment would be the choir in
audible"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Wronoinq the Rich.

Miss Corelli makes David Helms
ley, the millionaire hero of THE
Treasure Of Heaven" say amid many
other opinions of which he is made
the mouthpiece: 1--WE who are richer
than what are called the rich, do in
finite wrong to our kind by tole rat
ing so much needless waste and use
less extravaganza. We merely gene
rate mischief for ourselves and 9TH
ers. The poor are happier, and far
kindlier to each other than the mon
eyed GLASSES, simply because they
cannot demand so much self-indulg-
ence. The lazy habits of wealthy men
and women, who insist on getting an
unnecessary number of paid persons
to do for them what they could very
we'll do for themselves, are chiefly
to blame for our tiresome and osten-
tatious social conditions. Servants
must of course, be had in every we'll
ordained household, but too many of
them constitute veritable hive of
discord and worry. Why have enor-
nous domestic retainers? A small
house is always consistent, and often
prettiest, and the fewer servants the
less trouble. Here, again, comes in
the crucial question-Why do we
spend all our best years of youth, life
and sentiment in making money,
when, so far as the sweetest and high
est things are concerned, money can
give so little!"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Published Weekly.
John Bunyan's Cottage.

The cottage in which, according to
tradition, John Bunyan was born, at
Elstow, is reported to be much dilap-
idated, and a writer to a London pa
per suggests that it be purchased by
the nation and preserved. The build
ing is a typical little English cottage,
a picture of which is printed in some
lives of Bunyan. In a memoir OF
Bunyan, written as long ago as 1889,
Rev. Henry Stebbing complained that
"the present occupants seem no more
interested about Bunyan than are any
other of the villagers; they have no
story to tell no fancy or vision to de-
scribe with reverent looks; and the
stranger is allowed to leave the cot
tage without having received the least
encouragement to guess in which room
Bunyan was born, or on what SIDE
of the fire he used to sit, or whether
there be a tree of any kind reported
to be planted by his hand" This in
difference to the fame of the Bedford
tinker is, we fear, spreading. FL
grim's Progress" is not thumbed by
the children of to-day so diligently as
by those of a generation or two ago.
In many families there is less distinct
religious life, and the old line between
Sunday" reading and that which is
appropriate for week days is rapidly
fading. In this liberal era the re-
fined humor of Buster Brown" and
the "Katzenjammer Kids is left to
do the work once performed by Chris
tian, Greatheart, and Mr.. Valiant-for-
Truth. If ever we fall back into that
stage of unsophisticated piety which
makes it seem worth while for a man
to glance at the pages of good book
at least once a week, Pilgrims Prog
ress" must resume its primacy In
Sunday reading, says the New York
Post. In the meantime grant from
the British treasury would seem SUI
perfluous. There must be many per-
sons whose memory of happy Sunday
afternoons spent on the road to the
Celestial City will prompt them to
subscribe a small sum for the pres
ervation of Bunyan's birthplace.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12

and investigating mind, an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1s43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned days it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in a physician only in specially
urgent cases. By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained Won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinlham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, if we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies eX-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
it was her pleasure to search these out,
and prepare simple and effective medi-
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief of these was rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as a
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn Its length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
of business suffered most from
fearful depression, SO when the Centen-
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter.
with their mother, combined forces to
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
ALASKAN CABLE is BUSY.
Lire to Be Duplexed and 200 McFs
Miles Added.

Few people who have not been over
the ground have any conception of the
wonderful development of Alaskan IN
terests and trade. For instance, the
commercial receipts from the Alaskan
cable and telegraph lines for the
month of July amounted to $4,000.
The rapid increase in the demands
upon the system will be met by the
government by duplexing the cable.
The cable ship Burnside, which is
to install the duplexing apparatus at
the Alaskan end of the cable, will
carry about 200 miles of new cable
for the extension of the service to
Ketchikan. This extension will be
effected by tapping the lines from Sit
ka to Juneau at Cape Fanshaw. From
that point a branch line will be ex-
tended down the Wrangel, then to
Hadley on Prince of Wales island, and
then to Ketchikan, which is only 60
miles from Fort Simpson, the English
town which is to be the terminus of
the Grand Trunk and Pacific railroads.
1t is believed that this additional
200 miles of cable will largely increase
the cable receipts, as it taps coun-
try rich in mines, fishery and canning
industries and greatly in need of daily
communication with the United
States. 1t lie expected that this new
line will be completed by November 1.
Pilgrim.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
TROOPS LAND PEACEFULLY
CUBAN INsURREcTIoN COMES TO
AN END.
Brigade of Marines Under Maj. New
lille Occupies Camp Columbia,
Havana.

Cienfuegos, Cuba-The insurrection
in Cuba is now ended. Gen. Guzman
mas practically disbanded his army,
although retaining 300 men at Banos.
Other smaller forces are policing the
towns and patrolling the province I'M
til this duty is assumed in full by the
American troops. Gen. Guzman's 1000
to 5000 men still retain their arms and
will not give them up until Provisional
Governor Taft has arranged for the
formal surrender
The insurgents have the friendliest
feeling for the Americans, and it is a
mistake to say that ony hostility ex-
lists. There is a possibility of some
minor clashes between troops and in
surrectos who do not understand the
situation, but as whole the occupa-
ton here will be peaceful.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
IN SUBWAY
SIX KILLED AND TWELVE IN
JURED IN PHILADELPHIA.
MANY BURIED UNDER DEBRIS
Three Others Believed Buried Under
Wreckage in Rapid Transit
Company Subway.

PHILADELPHIA terrific explosion
Of Illuminating gas in the subway
of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Co. under construction at Sixth and
Market streets Friday resulted In the
death of six men, the injurlng OF
dozen others and caused property
damage that will run into thousands
of dollars.
Besides the six men that are known
to be dead, it is said that at least three
others are buried under tons OF earth
in the wrecked sunday. Extraordinary
efforts are being made to clear the
excavation, but it will be late in the
day before this can be done.
The explosion occurred shortly be-
fore o'clock, and in consequence OF
the early hour but few workmen
had gathered. The explosion was
caused by leak in a city gas main
that had been improperly repaired the
night before. The escaping gas formed
in a pocket in the subway, and 1t is
believed that a workman carrying q
lamp into the great hole ignited the
gas.
The corner of Sixth and Market
streets is one of the busy sections OF
the city, but there was, fortunately,
little traffic there when the explosion
occurred. About a dozen workmen
were gathered near large derrick,
and five men are believed to have
been in the subway.
The force of the explosion wrecked
the subway for half block, and all
the heavy timbering and other struc-
tural work, including tons of earth,
fell into the excavation. A heavy rain
during the night had slightly weak
ened the walls of the excavation, and
added IN the damage
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
STRUCK BY TORNADO
NEW ORLEANS VISITED BY VlO-
LENT STORM.
PROPERTY DAMAGE 100000
Four Persons Are Reported Killed at
PontchatouIa, Fifty Miles
From New Orleans.

New Orleans, LA tornado pass
Ing through five miles of the resi-
dence and factory section of New Or
leans, Friday, injured at least score
of persons and did fully 100000 dam
age.
There were at least three separate
tornadoes in the vicinity of New Or
leans, including that which struck the
city.
Half an hour after the tornado had
left the city, travelling in northerly
direction, a telegram from Hammond,
La, SO miles north of here, on the H.
linois Central railroad, said that four
persons had been killed in tornado
at Pontchatoula, a nearby town. Great
property damage at Pontchatoula was
also reported.
A report was brought in from the
neighborhood of Lake Pontchartrain,
outside the city limits, that many
lives had been lost there.
Although several deaths were re-
ported in New Orleans Immediately
after the storm, investigation showed
that probably not life was lost
here.
Most of the injured persons were
caught by the storm near Roberts
street and the river front, where the
Columbia oil mill and the Jefferson
saw mill were badly damaged.
A woman and child were injured
when a house was blown down at
First and Magnolia streets, and a ne
gro in Douglas parish was reported
to have been picked up bodily by the
wind and carried several feet. He was
badly bruised.
The tornado entered the city near
Audubon park, having crossed the
Mississippi river from the farming
country opposite that point. The wind
was accompanied by a low-hanging
cloud and heavy rumble.
1t travelled northwest until it
reached the best residence portion of
the city in the vicinity of st. Charles
and Napoleon avenues. Here the dam
age was the highest done in any part
of the tornado's course. From ST.
Charles the wind proceeded straight
ahead to Marriage and Carondelet
streets, where it veered sharply to
the nortward, and in this direction
passed out of the city.
The path of the tornado through the
city was from 80 to so feet wide. This
narrow zone was strewn with bricks
from demolished chimneys, detached
boards, .uprooted trees, fallen tele-
graph poles and an occasional roof.
1t was the falling Of these objects
which caused most of the injuries.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
MILLIONS IN RAILROAD BONDS.
Wabash Will Expend $130,o00,o0o In
Extensive Improvements.

Chicago, Ill-A special meeting
of the stockholders of the Wabash
railway will be held in Chicago Oct.
%, at which it is proposed to author
lie bond issue of 100000, 900. About
$7O,O00,000 of this sum will be used
to retire bonds now in existence. The
rest will be expended in making ex-
tensive improvements in the system,
the bonds being sold and the money
realized as it is required One of the
chief improvements planned is the
completion of the double tracking of
the line between Chicago and St.
Louis.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Finds Herself in Jail.

Burlington, Ia.-Miss Hyrmal ia
cobs has been arrested at Gales
burg, Ill.,, under the name OF
Mary Burns, charged with passing a
forged check for $1,000. The girl was
a student some years at Iowa Yves
leyan university, Mount Pleasant, Ia
She went to Monmouth, ILL.,, Saturday
and in the guise of a college student
attempted to pass check for $4,000
but failed. At Galesburg she succeed
ed with the $1,000 check.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
IRISH LEAGUE MEETS.
O'Donovan Rosa, T. p. O'Connor
John Redmond Attend.

Philadelphia, Pa. The annual
convention of the United Irish League
of America was opened in Wither-
spoon hall here, with about 700 dele
gates in attendance. Many prominent
natives of Ireland are attending the
convention, among them being O'Don-
ovan Rosa, T. P. O'Connor and John
Redmond
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
TRANSPORT THOMAS ON FIRE.
The Only Hope of Saving the Vessel
Is in Sinking Her.

Manila, P. l. The transport
Thomas is on fire. The fire originated
in the hold, where there are $500
bales of hay. The flames have spread
to the bunkers. The hold of the YES
sci has been flooded. 1t is thought
that the only hope OF saving the ves-
sci is in sinking her. The water at
her dock Is shallow.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
A CHIEF OF POLICE ARRESTED.
Scotchman McWhirter on a Hunt for
His Ten Thousand.

Salt Lake City, Utah-Chief of
Police George Sheets has been ar
rested on a complaint by William Nc
Whirter, charging him with compound
ing felony McWhirter is the Scotch
man who had $4,000 taken from him
by bogus officers, during raid on a
fraudulent poker game. McWhirter
forced one of the alleged officers to
accompany him to the police station,
where he was given back $1,000, the
amount being raised by the bogus Of
ficers, and paid through the chief.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
FREIGHT STEAMER FOUNDERED.
Went Down With Her Crew in Gull
During the Hurricane.

New Orleans, La.-Reports have
reached here that a freight steamer
foundered in the gulf of Mexico during
the hurricane.
The report was made by members
of the crew of the barkentine Jennie
Hurlburt, who said that they could
not make out the freighter's name,
nor what was the matter with her,
but that the crew went down with the
steamer
The Jennie Hurlburt was wrecked.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
SAMOAN VOLCANO IN ERUPTION.
Savaii's Lava Moving Down Forests
Like Wheat Before Scythe.

Tutuila, Samoa (via San Fran
cisco)-The eruptions of the volcano
on the island of Savaii have been in
creasing, and further destruction has
been wrought. The lava streams are
flowing from places which were
thought to be safe, and the forests are
being moved down like wheat before
a Scythe.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Robs Lillian Russell,

Springfield, O.-Lillian Russell, the
actress, was robbed of satchel con-
tanning $4,000 in money and diamonds
on a Big Four train. Miss Russell was
sitting in the Pullman at Dayton, when
an unidentified man picked up the
satchel while the actress was looking
out of the window.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
NEGROES SHOOT TWO OFFICERS.
One Officer Dead and the Other Bad
Iy Injured at indianapolis.

Indianapolis. Ind-Officers Chas.
Russell and Edward Petticord, mem
bers of the indianapolis police depart
ment, were shot by two unknown ne
groes in the northwest parpt of the
city. Russell was fatally and Petit
cord seriously shot.
One of the negroes supposed to
have been implicated in the shooting
has been arrested by the police.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
ROOTS SOUTH AMERICAN TRIP.
The Secretary of State Will Make a
Statement at st. Louis.

Washington, D. C.-Secretary Root
will not make any public statement
concerning his recent South Ameri-
can trip until next month, when he
will deliver an address in st. Louis be-
fore an organization interested in
commercial affairs
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
A Fast Niaht Express Wrecked.

Louisville, Ky.-Three persons were
injured when the fast night ex-
press of the Louisville e Nashville
railroad, running from Cincinnati to
Louisville, jumped the track at Lin
den, KY, II miles east of this city.
The engine and mail car went into
the ditch. Most of the injured, who
are trainmen, was seriously hurt, while
the passengers escaped with fright
and shaking up.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Utah Democrats Indorse Bryan.

Salt Lake City, Utah-The demo.
Gratis of Utah nominated Orlando W.
Powers, of Salt Lake, for congress,
and Judge James w. N. Whitecot-
ton, of Provo, for justice of the SUI
preme court. The platform indorses
William ]. Bryan as the logical candi-
date for president of the United
States.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Horse Show JUDGE Drops Dead.

Horse Show Judge Drops Dead.
Cedar Rapids, Ia.-At the carnival
horse show, just as the first class was
through in the ring, Jake Fisher, one
Of the judges, dropped dead Of apo
plexy. Mr. Fisher lived. In West Lib
erty, and was one of the best-known
horsemen in the west.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Death Of an Illinois Banker.

Litchfeld, Ill.-Thomas c. Kirk.
land, aged 83, died in this city.
He was born in st. Louis county, Mo.
in 1923, and moved to this city in
1858, where he since resided. He was
vice president of the First National
bank of Litchfield and president Of
the Litchfield Marble and Granite Co
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
a Gloomy Sunday.

Havana, Cuba-Sunday at the pal
ace passed quietly and rather gloom
lily. There are as yet no signs of
Secretary Taft's actual occupancy of
that edifice, which Sunday was the
scene of number of farewells to ex-
President Palma and his family.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Hear of Wages Paie IN America.

Shanghai, China-The Sikh police
men in the British concession have
gone on strike. They demanded an
increase of pay, and also express de-
sire to terminate their contracts, for
the reason that compatriots in Amer
lea are writing to them glowing &C
counts of the wages received there.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12

That home for superannuated cho-
rus girls is all right, but where are
you going to find chorus girl who
will admit that she is superannuated?
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Say Snyder Was Murdered.

Say SHyoer was Muruereu'
Hillsboro, Ore.-The cOrOner's jury
returned a verdict that Carey M. Sny-
der son of the Kansas City million
aire, whose skeleton was found Mon
day, came to a violent death at the
hands of unknown persons. Drs. Bal
ley and Wood, of Hillsboro, testified
that death resulted from fractured
skull, caused by blows from a heavy
blunt instrument.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12

An Ohio farmer claims to have q
hen that lays eggs with the date on
them. That might be good sort of
hen for a farmer, but If city people
knew when the eggs they eat were
laid they would quit eating eggs.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Girls Head Blown Off.

/ Little Rock, Ark.-Lois Grayson,
aged eight, was found in bed at
her home near Huntington with her
mead blown off. A discharged shotgun
was on the bed, and it Is believed to
have been accidentally fired.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12

AS showing how the human race
has succeeded in climbing upward
during the last 100 years it is worth
recalling that when Gen. Pike discov-
cred the peak now bearing his name
he said no man ever would be able to
reach it's summit.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Rich Crown Has Disappeared.

A richly jeweled crown, which cost
100000, has disappeared from the
church at Mont. st. Michael, Rouen
One version is that it has been stolen
another that it has been hidden by
the priests to save it from confiscation
by the government.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Great Wine Plant Burned.

st. Catharines, Ont.-The On
tario Grapegrowing and Wine Man
ufacturing Co.'S plant, two miles west
of .here, was destroyed by fire. The
vat contained 10000 gallons of wine.
The loss is $125, 900.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12
Daughters of America.

Trenton, N. AT the national con-
vention of the Daughters of America
held here, Albert S. Bossong, of Gin
cinnati, was elected national coun-
cillor, and Joseph Thompson, of New
Jersey, vice councillor.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1906-10-12

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, COM
ing from a good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as woman of an alert