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The silver messenger., 1906-12-18

Shalmai was Just a Rebeccaesque,
besequined waif from the ochre OF
Nazareth. She had been imported to
this country by an enterprising manu-
facturer who knew the commercial
value of a pair of luminous oriental
eyes, of an olive skin with lips and
cheeks the red of the almond, and Of
a sugar-sweet voice to vend his ma
chine-embroidered fabrics as real
Syrian handwrought stuffs.
ShalmaPs success at coming shekels
and spelling the Egyptians ought to
have satisfied any rational man, but
the money microbe had diseased the
Americans business acumen; and
either he had never heard or he will
fully ignored the old pagan precept
that an educated woman was "a fight
Of steps leading to calamity" for, dur
ing the idle season, with the idea of
increasing her commercial value, he
enrolled Shalmai in a mission school
where matriculation fees are un-
charged and both books and instruc-
tion come free.
Through a fateful coincidence, the
allurements of linguistic education
that is, greater familiarity with
| the colloquial dialects of the orient
than is acquired in a college course
had influenced one Emory Kernish tc
become an instructor in this same
evangelical institution where nomadiC
Semites were wont to gather in un
fragrant numbers.
Shalmai was truly a vision Of ori
entail loveliness, dusky and deep-tint
ed. The sandal-wood and spice mys
teries of the incense bath were wafte'
In delicious zephyrs from her ga.
striped garments. She shone an i'm
maculate exception among that thron
of great unwashed" from hi
first surprised glance the fastidiou
Kernish was infatuated with her.
But Kernish was a polite youn
occident, and in no haste to commi
himself to words. In truth, whe
away from the witchery of Shalmai'
The silver messenger., 1906-12-18
nesnest Haul of a Net.

The deepest haul of net ever made
in the world was achieved by Ameri-
cans on the Tonga Islands in the
South Pacific.
The trawl struck bottom $4,000 feet
below the surface; that is consider
ably more than four miles down, but
even at that depth animal life was
found. Those strange beings lived
in water whose temperature was con-
stantly just above the freezing point,
and under a pressure Of 5000 pounds
to the square inch. To sink that net
and bring 1t back again took whole
day of steady labor,-St. Nicholas.
The silver messenger., 1906-12-18
! A DAUGHTER OF JUDEA /
By FLORENCE EDITH AUSTIN
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By FLORENCE EDITH AUSTIN

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The silver messenger., 1906-12-18
We Make Travel Easy.

rive trains daily via the Atchison,
topeka & Santa Fe, Colorado to Kan.
as City, st. Joe, Chicago, Galveston,
ri Paso, City of Mexico. Ask me
about reduced rates. c. f. Warren.
a A., A. T. & S. f. Ry., All Dooly
BOck, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The silver messenger., 1906-12-18
Wind Cuts Out a Car.

A heavy freight car, the sixth from
caboose, on the Northwestern train
near Scarville station, a short dis
hnce north of Mason City, Ia, was
down from the rails by high wind,
the drawbars being pulled out. The
train was moving at the time, and no
other cars were affected by the storm.
No serious damage was done in the
country
The silver messenger., 1906-12-18
Have CHANGE of Menu.

1t is not good economy to cook the
same thing day after day. Study up
new dishes and serve them daintily,
use up all the left-overs; and put bits
of bread, cereals, mashed potatoes, or
anything of the sort in your griddle
cakes, and they will be greatly i'm
nroYed.
The silver messenger., 1906-12-18

wonder why it's so easy for a feA
low to get engaged at summer re-
soty
eyer look into one of these sum.
ner hotel mirrors?"
yes"
well, when a girl sees herself in
ous Of those, she's ready to accent al.
most anybody. ."-Cleveland Leader.
The silver messenger., 1906-12-18
o.A.rs Thirty-Two ON aurr.,.

The Mexican Central railroad has
..dered 81 consolidated engines
OOnuIuDed with oil burners, delivery to
~ made in November. December and
Tsnuary. The engines will be built
~ tbs American Locomotive company
The silver messenger., 1906-12-18
And at Your Expense.

"Hs idea OF a lobster Is any one
who drinks nothing stronger than wa.
ter
'BOE Ridiculous! Why, If you press
a lobster hard enough he's bound to
take nip"
The silver messenger., 1906-12-18

of your ownE
taking her first survey of her cham
hers, which occupied one entire wing
Of the great palace of the Princess OIL
Courtland, Margaret the impetuous
had already commanded the presence
of tbe Count Won Loen. one Oh the
commanders Of the bridal escort.
The princess Margaret was stand
ing by the window as the young man an
entered. Her golden curls flashed IN
tbe late sunshine, which made Klhd
Of haze of light about her head as sne
turned the resentful brilliance Oh her
ewes upon Maurice Won Lynar'
sc II a safe thing, think you' sir
Knight, to jest with princess IN hef
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Seemed a Long Time.

Jim was ten years of age and of an
adventurous spirit. Instead of going
to school he started out to join a
band of buccaneers, leaving a letter
of farewell for his mother. He mad
gone pretty far afield when he was
caught in the rain. Growing miser-
able and hungry, the young ~adventurer
then gave up his idea of a piratical
career and came home very late at
night. He met with a chilling recep-
ton. The clock licked, his fathers
newspaper cracked and his sister did
not look up from her book. Even his
mother did not seem to care whether
he had returned or not. The cat, how
ever, not being in the conspiracy Of
silence, came and rubbed against his
leg. Jim stopped and petted it, and
then in a desperate attempt to open up
the conversation he remarked plain
lively: rs this the same old car that
you had when l went away?"-Tat-
tier.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
HAS HAD SOLDERING EFFECT
Efec of the California Disaster
Upon Business as Viewed
Through Bradstreet's Eyes.

New York.-Bradstreet's regular
weekly review says:
Fuller appreciation of the real ex-
tent of the appalling disaster at San
Francisco has had a SOLDERING effect
upon the entire country, but it is rec
ognized that the disturbance, though
unprecedentedly hurtful, has been con-
fined to a comparatively small area
of country and the rest Of the nation,
contemplating as it does, prospects of
bountiful crops and another year of
great prosperity, finds itself alike will
ing and able to give freely of its
abundance to help the stricken city
and state. In the last analysis 1t Is
felt that while temporary effects up
on, for instance, prices of securities
and commodities has been depressing,
it is likewise certain that replacement
on a scale hitherto unknown will give
employment to the thousands within
and without the section affected and
stimulate productive energies beyond
measure.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
HAWAII ROCKED BY QUAKES
Vibrations Lasted Six Minutes, and
Caused a Panic In
Honolulu.

Honolulu, Hawaii. Earthquakes
rocked the Hawaiian islands for six
minutes. Several houses were demol-
ished in Honolulu. and the residents
were panic stricken. Crowds rushed
from the swaying buildings in the bus
mess district and attempted to make
their way out of the city. The vibra-
tons caused the water to rise rapidly
in the harbor, and for a time it was
feared that the city would be swept by
a tidal wave
The authorities were forced to ap-
peal to the men of war anchored in the
harbor for assistance in restoring or
der. A large force of marines was land
ed and policed the city. No estimate
of the damage has been obtained.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
The Kind That Counts.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 19.-After q
| consultation with a number Of Indian
apolis business men, Mayor Charles A.
| Bookwalter sent the following telegram
to Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco:
'The people of Indianapolis author
ize you to make draft upon me for &c.
600 for the relief of the suffering peo-
pie of your city. Let us know If fur
Their assistance will be needed"
A general call for relief has been Is
sued. and any sum in excess Of $4,000
will be forwarded to the Red Cross so
ciety.
St. Louis, April 20.-Mayor Wells
sent the following telegram Thursday
to Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco:
THE people of the city of st. Louis
deeply sympathize with the citizens OF
San Francisco in this, the hour OF their
terrible affection, and are ready to rem
der any desired assistance in their
power"
New York, April 20.-M. Guggen-
helms Sons Thursday notified Gen.
Funston that they had contributed $780,
600 for the relief of the San Francisco
sufferers.
one Thousand In Ten Minutes.
Detroit, Mich, April 20.-The De-
troit board Of commerce held q special
directors meeting to take steps toward
offering assistance to the stricken city
Of San Francisco. Within ten minutes
81. 1000 was raised, and it is expected
that a fund Of from $4,000 to $4,000
will soon be ready to be forwarded.
Aid From Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., April 20.-Gov. Mickey
has issued a call to the people OF Ne
braska to contribute to a fund for the
benefit of the sufferers in San Francisco.
The governor sent q message to Gov.
Pardee offering aid.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
TROOPS AND MINERS CLASH
French Gendarmes WOund Many
Strikers In RiOt-Revolution-
airy Songs.

Lens, France.-A fierce conflict
between troops and strikers occurred
here. The latter, marching from Lie
vim, sacked the residence Of a mine Of
fetal, and tearing down the shutters,
used them as shields against the wea-
pons of the soldiers, a number of whom
were injured by missiles.
The troops were compelled to call
for re-enforcements, and cavalry
charges followed. The strikers sought
refuge behind the railroad embank-
ment and erected a barricade, from
which position they were dislodged by
gendarmes. A number of miners were
wounded. After this collision the
crowds marched through the town,
singing revolutionary songs. The mar
ket at LEVIN was partly pillaged and
the dealers fed.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
ssPE-RU-NA WORKED
SIMPLY MARVELLOUS"
Suffered Severely
With Headaches
Unable to Work.
T$5NISS.W w.

Miss Lucy v. Mckinney, 452 Srd Ave,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
s'For many months ! suffered Sc
vereIy from headaches and pains In
the side and back, sometimes being
unable to attend to my daily work.
81 am better, now, thanks 10 Peru
ma, and am as active as ever and have
no more headaches.
"The way Peruna worked in my
case was simply marvellous"
We have in our files many grateful
letters from ONE who nave suffered
with the symptoms named above. Lack
of space prevents our giving more than
one testimonial here.
1t is impossible to even approximate
the great amount of suffering which Pc
runa has relieved, or the number of
women who have been restoredto health
and strength by its faithful use.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
ATTACKED The HEART
Awful Neuralgia Case Cured to Stay
Cured by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills

Neuralgia in any form is painful but
when it attacks the heart it isfrequently
fatal. Complicated with indigestion of
a form that affected the vital organ it
threatened serious consequences in an in
stance just reported. The case is that of
Mr.. f. l.. Graves, of Pleasanthill, La,
who tells of his trouble and cure as
follows:
81 travelled considerably, was exposed
to all kinds of weather and was irregular
in my sleeping and eating. I suppose
this was the cause of my sickness, at
any rate, i'll May, 1905, I had got so bad
that I was compelled to quit work and
take to my bed. 1 had a good doctor
and took his medicine faithfully but
grew worse. I gave up hope of getting
better and my neighbors thought / was
surely going to die.
81 had smothering spells that it is
awful to recall. My heart fluttered and
then seemed to cease beating. / could
not lie on my left side at all. My hands
and feet swelled and so did my face.
After reading about DIR. Williams Pink
Pills in a newspaper / decided to try
them and they suited my CASE exactly.
Before long I could see an Improvements
and after taking a few boxes l was en-
tirely cured. I am glad to make this
statement and wish it could cause every
sufferer to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills."
DR.. Williams Pink Pills do not simply
deaden pain; they cure the trouble which
causes the pain. They are guaranteed to
contain no narcotic, stimulant or opiate.
Those who take them run no danger Of
forming any drug habit. They act
directly on the bloodand it is only through
the blood that any medicine can reach
the nerves.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists or will be sent, postpaid, on
receipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes for 5 $50, by the DIR. Williams Med
icine Co., Schenectady, NY. j.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Published Weekly.
Ovarian Marvels.

A recent account informs us that .
Newton IN. J.) man has hens that lay
G g with handles on them, enabling the
devourer to dispense with the customary
egg cup. While this is wonderful 1t IL
only in line with other discoveries being
made by scientific men, notably ProI.
Burbank in vegetable and Prof. Loeb In
animal life. A professor Of chemistry
in one of the Chicago colleges, whose
modesty prevents his allowing his name
to be published until later on, has, we
are informed, for some time been ex-
perimenting with fowls, somewhat on
the line. however, Of hypnotism. Every
farmers boy knows that hens are very
susceptible to hypnotic influences. and
Il Is quite common in the country for
boys to hold a hen firmly in their hands
and. looking cross-eyed at 1t, the fowl
will soon begin to look cross-eyed and so
about for days in that condition. The
first experiment made by the pro-
fessor was in feeding to hens pepper
and salt mixed and hanging before hens
salt and pepper boxes, so that they could
be plainly seen. and in a few days the
eggs produced were all seasoned ready
for use. Going still further in the mat
ter, he fed the hen on comminuted ham,
and the next day the hen produced an
& which, on being cooked, could not he
distinguished from the ordinary ham
and eggs as served in restaurants, except
that it was all together, like a pancake
and it then occurred to him that possibly
by applying the direct rays of the sun
to the hen it might produce a cooked
egg, and after experimenting by putting
the hen in a glass box and exposing it to
the sun the hen produced a cooked egg,
and although these things may seem re-
markable to the unscientifc mind, the
professor went still further, and rea-
soned out that hens could as well pro-
duce two eggs per day as one. He there
fore fed the hen on sulphur and lime,
and also contrived a box with a spring
bottom, so that when the first egg was
laid it was dropped to a cushion below,
and then the hen, as usual, turning
around to see the egg which she had
laid and it not being visible, in less thar
an hour produced another complete egg,
but it is only fair to say that 1t was ct
the common variety, and not quite as
large as usual, but the professor thinks
within a reasonable time he will pro-
duce an educated hen that will lay
cooked eggs with ham. or other material.
and all ready for use.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Aid From Chicago.

Chicago, April 20.-Mayor Dunno re,
turned from his eastern trip Thursday
and Immediately on reaching his Office
sent the following message to Mayor
Schmitz of San Francisco:
accept Chicago's most profound
sympathy in great affection. In what
way can we best give you relief?'
Adolf Kraus, president of the Order
of B'Nai Birth, wired Thursday to
the secretaries of the district grand
lodge of the order, %instructing them to
forthwith wire to each community to
collect relief funds for San Francisco.
New Orleans Offers Aid.
Washington, April 20.-The follow
ing telegram has been received at the
war department from William Mason
Smith, president of the New Orleans
Cotton exchange: MANY citizens OF
New Orleans, represented by the cot
ton exchange, desire to extend most
rapid and useful aid to San Francisco.
see that your department is In
touch with Gen. Funston, the depart
ment commander. and we would be
glad If you Ear tell us If we can best
help by money or provisions by special
train to San Francisco"
Colorado Takes Action.
Denver, Col, April 20.-Anticipating
the suffering that will follow the earth
quake and fire disaster in San Francisco
and the reed Of outside help, Gov. Jesse
F. Mcdonald has appointed a committee
to start a relief fund in behalf of Col
orado for the sufferers in the stricken
city.
To Send an Unemployed Army.
New York, April 20.-The New York
Building Trades Union has voted to send
army of their unemployed members
to San Francisco to aid in the work OF
clearing the city and to help in its re-
building.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
The PRESIDENT PROCLA|MS
URGENT APPEAL FOR AID FOB
THE SUFFERING.
All Cities, Commercial Bodies, Re-
lief Committees and individual
Urged to Send Aid.

Washington - Thursday, President
Roosevelt, after a conference with Miss
Mabel B~oardr.an, Of the American Ma
tional Red Cross, issued in the form OF
q proclamation an appeal to the Amer
lean people for aid for the people OF
Sam Francisco. He asked that all q
tributions be made through the officials
Of the American National Red Cross,
who have effected systematic arrange
ments for the distribution Of the need
ed assistance.
The full text Of the presidents proc
lamation follows:
I'm the face Of so terrible and ap-
palling a national calamity as that
which has befallen San Francisco, the
O%utpouring Of the nations aid should,
as far as possible, be intrusted to the
American Red Cross, the national or
ganization best fitted to undertake sucn
relief work. A specially appointed Red
Cross agent, DR.. Edward Divine, starts
to-day from New York for California
to cooperate there with the Red Cross
branch in the work of relief. In or
der that this work may be we'll sys-
tematized, and in order that the n
tributions which I am sure will flow IN
with lavish generosity, may be wisely
administered, / appeal to the people OF
tina United States, to all cities, cham
bers of commerce, boards Of trade, re-
lief committees and individuals to ex-
press their sympathy and render their
aid by contributions to the American
National Red Cross. They can be sent
to Hon. Charles Hallam Keep, Red
Cross treasurer, Washington, D. c.; Mr..
Jacob H. Schiff, New York; Red Cross
treasurer, or other local Red Cross
~treasurers, to be forwarded by tele-
graph from Washington to the Red
Cross agents and officers in California.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27

One Man Killed and Four Injured In
the Quincy Mine, a Mile
Underground.

Calumet, Mich.-A sharp earth
quake shock, which was felt distinctly
throughout Hancock and was most pro-
nounced in the Quincy mine, killed one
man and injured four others while
working one mile below the earth's sur
face in that property Thursday.
In numerous instances buildings
rocked, chimneys fell and dishes rat
tied, terrifying the citizens and causing
scores of men, women and children to
rush from their homes. Many miners
on the day shift refused to go below
again.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
MYSTERIES OF CHINATOWN
Nothing Left Of the Surface Struc-
lures, But Ashes, While Uncov-
cred Lie the Secret Passages.

Los Angeles, Cal.-"Strange and
wierd Is the scene where formerly San
Francisco's Chinatown Stood" says
W. w. Overton, who reached Los
Angeles among the refugees. mo heap
Of smoking ruins marks the site OF
the wooden warrens where the slant
eyed men of the orient dwelt In thou
sands. The place is pitted with deep
holes and scared with dark passage
ways from whose depths come smoke
wreaths. All the wood has gone and
the winds are streaking the ashes.
Men-white men-never knew the
depths of Chinatown's underground
city," says Mr.. Overton. '@They often
talked of these subterranean runways.
And many of them had gone beneath
the street levels, two and three stor-
les. But now that Chinatown has
been unmasked, for the destroyed
buildings were only a mask, men from
the hillside have looked on where its
inner secrets lay. In places they can
e passages 100 feet deep.
1.-THE fire swept this Monaghan sec
ton clean. 1t left no shred of the
painted wooden fabric. 1t ate down
to the bare ground and this lies stark,
for the breezes have taken away the
light ashes. Joss houses and mission
schools, grocery stores and opium
dens, gambling bells and theatres
all of them went. The buildings
blazed up like tissue paper lanterns
used to when the guttering candles
touched their sides.
"And now there remain only the
holes. These pit the hillisdes like a
multitude of ground-swallow nests.
They show depths which the police
never knew. The secrets of those
burrows will never be known"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
THIRTY MEN INJURED
Were Precipitated Forty Feet To
the Ground By the Giving
Way Of q Trestle.

Duluth, Minn.-Upwards Of 30 la
borers were injured, several seriously,
Thursday evening, by the giving away
of a trestle that connects ore docks No.
1 and No. 2 of the Duluth, Mesaba &
Northern railway. The accident hap
pened when about 100 men, applicants
for positions OF the docks, were crowd
ing to get to the foreman, who vas do
ing the hiring. In the crush, a portion
of the rail on the trestle gave way, 80
of the men being precipitated to the
ground, a distance of about 40 feet.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
HIGHWAY Rights.

The public highway should be main
tanned for public uses. Rights on the
public roads when granted to private
parties should be for temporary Pc
RODS and as non-exclusive as possible
in their terms. These points need to
be insisted upon and most people see
the force of arguments directed against
the granting of perpetual franchises.
It is idle, however, says the Chicago
Daily News, for any newspaper or any
public man to rail against the past
practice of the state in respect OF the
highways-in giving perpetual rights
of way to street car lines or exclusive
rights for a period Of years. The
state in the past could not be wiser
than any of the people, and it is only
of late that anybody has begun to rea-
son with knowledge of what the future
of electric railroading is going to be,
and how important a part the high
ways are going tor could be made
to-play in working u the problem.
What is past is past; the blunders al
ready made are made, and they rep
resented the opinion of their day, not
only in the legislature, but throughout
the province. 1t is the blunders that
have not been made that need to be
discussed. People do not yet put
enough value on the public highway.
which is under control of the munich
palities and the province. One thing
the people know is that they want
electric railways. and want them now.
For cheapness and convenience they
want them on the highways. They ex-
pect that they and their children after
them will use these lines perpetually.
But they should get them by wise and
not by foolish bargaining.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
STABBER GETS SIX MONTHS
John Lawrence Brady, the st. Louis
Stabber, Given a WOrkhouse
Sentence.

st. Enthusiastically vowing he
will never repeat his %offenses, John
Lawrence Brady, The Stabber, JOY
fully accepted a six-months' sentence
to the workhouse in Judge Reynolds
court Friday afternoon. He went out
of the court room gaily, loudly pro-
claiming his gladness at the outcome
of his trial.
The case on trial was that of Mrs.
Martha Young and the charge was
felonious assault. The jury was out
two and one-half hours.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
The Insurance situation.

New York.-Millions indemnity for
fire, but not a cent for earthquake.
This is the insurance situation in San
Francisco. The owners Of property de-
stroyed by the earthquake can not col
lect a dollar under their fire insurance
policies, even though the buildings that
fell were later swept by flames.
AS Henry w. Eaton, manager Of the
Liverpool, London and Globe, explained
it, the insured can only collect on a
building fired while standing. Once
a structure. is shaken by earthquake,
the writer's of insurance are not liable.