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:. Probably True.

Wholly unintentional, but felt sharp
ly by it's recipient, nevertheless. was
the rebuke an old colored ,:.mammy''
administered the other day to her mis-
tress, who belongs to an amazing
number of clubs. The family has a
mansion in one of the suburbs. The
privileged old. servant. does not alto
gether approve Of some methods OF
the modern woman One day her
mistress had q dozen club friends out
to luncheon in her home, and the
feast was spread on the porch. BY
and BY the hostess heard a lively col
'loquy between her eldest hopeful,
seven years old, and the nurse. You
just git down outen dat tree" said
the nurse. ''You want to fall out and
kill. yourself, do you? Well, you Just
Try 1t, and see what good it'll do you.
You mother, she dat busy right now
she wont even hab time to 60 to you
funeral Il @s%$ <. !: " b . 81: - y
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mo, it has not Of course not,
growled the inventor, tugging at his
lever with almost frantic energy. "It's
stuck-a little new-that's all. Err
do you see screw-Griver on that table
Griggs?'
I handed him the tool as quickly al
possible, noting at the same time that
despite the cessation of the STIRRING
"Hawkinsite" was getting greene,
every second
I'LL just take it off," painted Hawk.
ins digging at one of the screws. INC
time to tinker with it now"
why not? There's no danger"
Certainly there isn't. But you-yo,
seem to be little nervous about it
Griggs, and"
Hawkins 1 cried, what are those
bubbles of red gas?"
What bubbles?" Hawkins turned
as if he had been shot. Great Scott
Griggs! There were no bubbles of rec
gas rising out of that stuff, were
there?"
There they 60 again." said, point
ing to the vat, from which a new ebul
lition of scarlet varor had just risen
What does it mean?'
Mean" shrieked Hawkins, turning
white and trembling in every limb.
Eyes, meant" I repeated, shaking
him. Does it mean that"
1T means that the cursed stuff ha!
overheated itself, after all. Lord! Lord
However did it happen? Something
must have been impure. Somethin:
-
Never mind something. What vii
it do?"
..1t-it-oh, my God, Griggs: It'll
blow this house into 10000 pieces with
in two minutes! Why-why, there
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"Oh, Lord!" shifted the inventor. Il
suppose, as soon as I said that, you be-
gan to see green shades appear, eh ?
Why-dear mel"
Hawkins stepped rapidly over to the
side Of the mixer. Then he stepped
away with considerably greater alac-
rity.
There was no two ways about it.;
the devilish mess in the vat was taking
on a marked tinge Of green!
Well-1-I guess I'll shut of the
power" mut:ered Hawkins, suiting. the
action to the word. =.
when the agitator has stopped,
Griggs, the mass will cool at once, so
you needn't worry
If 1t didn't cool, would" it-would it
blow up?" I quavered. ys-~T
'Oh, it would admitted Hawkins,
rather nervously. "But as soon as the
mixing ceases, the slight color disap-
pears, as you see." .>,...
II don't see it; it seems to me to be
getting greener than zever.''os !:
'Well, it's mott" the E inventor
snapped. Five minutes from now.
that stuff will be on even brown once
more" %.# :s'.<5
And while it's regaining the even
brown; why not clear out sof here?" 1
said, eagerly. - ~
Eyes,, we: may as we'll, 1 suppose
said Hawkins, with a. readiness which
refused to<be masked under his as
sumption Of reluctance. .'Come on,
Gr1ggs." .-. =. = - ~" ~: : /.
Hawkins turned the lever on his
fancy lock. remarking again:
"Come on" .,>.. :. -. +. :. .:
well, open the door" s.:* .#5. lv.@
!. ITS op-why, what's wrong here?''
muttered the inventor, + twisting the
lever. back and forth several times. !,
"Oh, good heavens. Hawkins!,,'s ]
groaned. Has your lock gone back
on you, too?" ~ ,:. . *...5 Is. '5. IF =.
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the inventor. "That's my new spring
lock. Just look at that lock, Griggs
1t simply can't be opened from ths
outside, and only from the inside b!
one who knows how to work it. And
I'm the only one who knows. When
patent this thing"
WELL, I wouldn't close the door
Hawkins" I murmured. "You might
faint or something, and I'd be shut In
here till somebody remembered to hunt
for me'.'
"Bah!" exclaimed Hawkins, slam
ming the door, violently. Really, fol
a grown man, you're the most chicken.
hearted individual I ever met. But
what's the use OF talking about it? Te
get back to explosives"
"Oh, never mind the explosives"
said, wearily. you're right, and thai
settles it,
"See here" said Hawkins, sharply;
II had no intention of mentioning ex'
plOsives tonight, for a particular rea.
son. In a day or two, you'll hear the
country ringing with my name, in con
nection with explosives. But since tht
subject has come up, If you want tc
listen to me for a few minutes, III
interest you nightly"
Kind Heaven! Could l have realized
then the bitter truth of those las1
words!
Eyes, sir" the inventor went on, ''as
I was saying-or was saying it,
they all have their faults-dynamite
rhexorite, meganite, carbonite, ston-'
''You went over that list before"
well, they all have their faults
Either they explode when you dom
want them 10, or they don't explode
when you do want them to, or they're
liable to explode spontaneously, o.
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Blessed Sleep.

The German emperor rises at five
o'clock in the morning and goes to
bed at one o'clock at night, his regu-
lar hours of sleep being thus reduced
to four. During his long day of 20
hours there naturally occur intervals
Of leisure. He possesses the happy
faculty of being able to fall asleep
anywhere and at any time. II he
throws himself in full uniform on q
sofa he can be sound asleep within
60 seconds. Blessed are they who can
make sleep come when they call her!
Napoleon had this power; Grant had
It. Gen. Horace Porter relates that
the night before the great fighting
that eliminated in Lees surrender at
Appomatfox, Grant, telling his off,
GERS that they had better get a lit
tie sleep, as they would have a good
deal of hard work the next day, threw
himself on a lounge and was asleep in
two Or three minutes.
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:APPET1ZING DISHES.
SOME OLD AND SOME NEW RE-
-. clPEs OF IMPORTANCE.
Potato Salad Prepared in a New Way
Custard Sauce For Cold Pudding
Pluns and Tapioca First
Class, Dessert.

Ii you have any cold fish and melted
butter, mix them with some anchovy
sauce, pepper and salt: lay them in
scallop shells, place bread crumbs
over them, and three small Jumps of
butter; bake in quick oven till
brown, then serve in the shell.
POTATO SALID.-Cut- cold boiled
potatoes In slices; chop up some small
onions very finely, arrange the pota-
toes In dish with a sprinkling of the
onion, a little chopped parsley, and a
very little salt. Mix in a cup equal
quantities of oil and vinegar, and
little Tarragon vinegar, beat together
with a fork, and pour over the salad.
(Sprinkle a little chopped chives or
parsley on the top.
CUSTARD SAUCE.-One pint milk,
two eggs, three ounces castor sugar,
one teaspoonful brandy, a little nut
meg. Put the milk into a very clean
saucepan, and let it boil; beat the
eggs, and stir them with the milk
and the sugar; put the mixture in
Jug, place the jug in a saucepan of
boiling water, keep stirring well till
the sauce thickens, but do not allow it
to boil, or 1t will curdle. Stir in the
brandy, and CRATE little nutmeg over
1t. This sauce is nice for cold corn
starch or tapioca.
LEMON PUDDING.- four lem
ons In water until quite soft keep
ing them loosely covered the whole
time; when done take out the pips
and pound the lemons to pulp; then
add half-pound powdered loaf sugar,
the same weight of butter beaten to
cream, the yolks of six eggs we'll
beaten; mix these ingredients well
together, and bake it in a dish lined
with puff paste; before serving turn
it out, and cover the top with castor
sugar.
APPLE AND CELERY SALAD
Pare sour apples and cut into dice.
Slice stalks of celery crosswise into
quarter-inch pieces. Make a French
dressing with six tablespoons of oil,
three tablespoons of lemon juice, a
| saltspoon of salt, and as much paprika
as liked. Mix the apple and celery
and pour the dressing over about fif-
, teen minutes before serving.
PLUMS AND TAPIOCA.-Put into
, stewpan two pounds good plums,
with little water, six ounces sugar,
and four ounces of tapioca, previously
soaked for some hours. Let this all
boil up once, then simmer it gently
for almose half-hour, or until the fruit
is soft and the tapioca cooked. Rub
it all through sieve, and turn the
pulp into a china mould or basin pre-
viously rinsed in cold water, and leave
/ in cold place till set; then turn out.
and serve with whipped cream or with
custard in glasses. If properly made
the tapioca will be imperceptible, as
the mould looks quite clear and trans
parent
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something else. It's all due, as
have invariably contended, to impure
nitro-glycerine or unscientific handling
of the pure article"
"Yes.'
eyes, indeed. Now, what would you
say to an explosive
Absolutely nothing" I replied, de.
cidedly. II should pass it without
even a nod"
Never mind your nonsense, Griggs
What would you-er-what would you
think of an explosive that could bs
dropped from the roof of a house with.
out detonating?"
Remarkable"
'An explosive,' continued Hawkins
impressively, Into which a man might
throw a lighted lamp without the
slightest fear! How would that strike
your"
''Well, Hawkins I said, II think ]
should have grave doubts of the mans
mental condition"
''Oh, just cut out that foolish talk
/
Gus. Suppose I should tell you that ]
had thought and thought over this
problem, and finally hit upon an idea
for just such powder? Where would
dynamite and rhexite and meganite
and all the rest of them be, beside
He paused theatrically. i
"Hawkinsite!"
Z Z. Don't 'know, Hawkins, said,: un-
able to absorb any of his enthusiasm.
But let, us thank goodness that it is
only an idea as yet"
''Oh, but it isn't!" cried the invent
or. - 49,
'.'Hawkins!" I gasped, springing to
my feet. What do you mean?' :.
81 mean just this: Do you see that
little vat in the corner?'' = T.. i &
I stared fearfully in the direction in
dicated. A little vat, indeed, / saw.
It stood there. half-flled with q
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power enough in that little vat to de-
molish the Brooklyn bridge, according
to my calculations: There's enough ex-
plosive force in that much Hawkins
ite to wreck every Office building down
town."
"And we're shut in here with it,
eyes! Yes! But let U.S.
Here! Suppose turn the water
into the thing?"
DON'T" shouted the inventor, wild
ly, .battering at the door with his fists
1T would send us into kingdom come
the second it touched! Don't 'stanc
there gaping, Griggs! Help me smasl,
down this door! We must get out,
man! We must get the women out!
We must warn the ,neighborhcod!
Smash her, Griggs! Smash her! Smash
the door,"
Hawkins said, resignedly, as a
vicious @'sizzzz" announced the evolu-
ton Of great puff of red gas, I'VE
can never do it in two minutes. Bet
ter not attract the rest of the house
hold by your racket. They may pos
sibly escape. stop!"
t.And stay here and be blown to
blazes?" cried Hawkins. No, sir!
Down she goes!''' @} ~,
. He seized 2 stool and dealt crash
ing blow upon the panel. 1t splintered.
He raised the stool again, and Il could
hear, footsteps h,lrrying from bSlow.
tr 0y10n n r,,1I v,rs, 81 ~ o1,o,,+
wen. don't know; that I can de-
scribe my sensations With any accu-
racy; vivid as they weresat the time.
Some resistless force lifted me from
the floor and propelled me toward the
half shattered door. .Dimly noted
that the same thing had happened, to
Hawkins. For the. tiniest fraction Of .
second he. seemed to be floating hort-
zontally in the air. Then 1 felt my
head collide with wood, the door part
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,Raisin, Cake.

One-half cup butter, one-half cup
of sugar. cup sour milk, one teaspoon
full soda, one-half teaspoonful each Gin
namon and nutmeg, two and one-half
cups of pastry flour before sitting, one
cup of raislns chopped and Toured
with q part of the measured -four.
Dissolve the soda in sour milk. This
makes one large cake, and will keep
moist for q long time
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Queen Of Puddinua.

One quart sweet milk. one pint
bread crumbs, .one cup sugar, one-half
cup butter, yolks Of two eggs, grated
rind. of lemon. Bake. then spread
over with jelly; beat the whites Of two
eggs to stif froth, add one cup pow
dered sugar and juice Of lemon:
spread this over the jelly and brown
II the oven. zy% x.s,=.3ss. ) .,..s,, ,..s.@
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Church-1s the janitor of your flats
kind to children? vi. III II j. {
II Gotham Oh, very kind Why he
wont let 'em live in the same fats with
him! Yonkers Statesman. s=} ,3s.5 T.: s ST.
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THE PLAIN WOMAN.

When you want to get your grand
est idea of queen, you do not think
OF Catherine of Russia, or of Anne of
England, or Of Marie Theresa of
Germany; but when you want to get
your grandest idea of a queen, you
think Of the plain woman who sat
opposite your father at the table, or
walked with him arm -in-arm down
lifes pathway; sometimes to the
Thanksgiving banquet, sometimes to
the grave, but always together
soothing your petty griefs, correcting
your childish waywardness, joining
in your infantle sports, listening to
your evening prayers, toiling for you
with needle or at the spinning wheel,
and on cold nights wrapping you up
snug and warm. And then at last
on that day when she lay in the back
room dying, and you saw her take
those thin hands with which she had
toiled for you SO long, and put them
together in dying prayer that COM
mended you to the God whom she had
taught you to trust-Oh, she was the
queen! The chariots of God came
down to fetch her, and as she went up
all heaven rose up. You cannot
think of her now without rush of
tenderness that stirs the deep founda.
tions of your soul, and you feel as
much child again as when you cried
on her lap; and if you could bring her
back again to speak just once more
your name, as tenderly as she used to
speak it, you would be willing to
throw yourself on the ground and
kiss the sod that covers her, crying:
Mother! mother! All, she was
the queen-she was the queenl
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nations of heathendom. See what it
has done for science. True, it does
not unfold to us the mysteries of geo.
logy, astronomy or chemistry. And
yet it does train the mind for it's
loftiest fights and broadcast explora-
tions. 81 have always found" said a
patron of National Institute at
Washington, Sin my scientific stud.
les, that when I could get the Bible to
say anything on the subjecl, it af :
forded me firm platform to stand
upon, and another round in the ladder
by which I could safely ascend. - It
throws its beams into the temples of
science and literature, no less than
those Of religion; and so prepares the
way for mans advancement in phil
osophy, metaphysics and the national
sciences no less than the realm of
ethics; and as it saves the soul, it
exalts the intellect.
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Continued from last week. J
WEDNESDAY MORNING

| TREAsURER'S REPORT-D. W.
benson, treasurer Of Rankin County,
Miss, having this day filed his report
for the fourth quarter, 1906, showing
the following balances on hand, towit:
General county fund, balance SO, 1924. AZ
Institute fund, balance------ 97.OO
Pension fund, balance 3O4 30
School fund, Jan. /, 1906, ball
ance due treasurer BAG. 81
and the boad having examined said
report, and finding it in all things
correct, ordered that said report be and
is hereby approved and ordered to be
recorded as the law directs.
OvERSEERS -APPOlNTED-Order.
ed that Charlie Tanner be and is
hereby appointed overseer of road II,
beat 4, in place of j. A. Jones, re-
moved, and that J. B. Williams is
hereby appointed overseer of road No.
Is, beat 4, in place of T. Fl. Hall.
COUNTY PHYSICIAN APPOINTED
-On motion DR.. j. r. B. Berry was
appointed Roounty physician for the
year 1908, at the same salary allowed
him for the past ear, 1905.
Ordered that the following allow
ances be made, to-wit:
Bradshaw & Carr, lumber for
hridpn @1 ns
R. 3 Knight, 3 days contracting
and receiving OC
j. W. Gain, feeding lawyer John
J. g. Shedd. repairs to bridge 10 OC
J. T B. Berry, Atm quarter salary
county physician sc
A. B. Stubblefield, repairs to
| brldge------------------- 90
r. D. McRae, | day inspecting % 0(
r. L, McRae, building BRIDGE O(
J w. 3. Collier. hire Of guard OK
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We fear that in these days Of cheap
nov, Is the good old family bible is be-
ing sadly neglected, especially by the
your g. Why not begin in the New
Year with determination to study
this most interesting and instructive
OF books. The bible is adapted to
every possible variety Of taste, temper
ment, culture and condition. 1t has
strong reasoning for the intellectual
it takes the calm and contemplative
to the we'll balanced James, and the
affectionate to the loving and beloved
John. The pensive may read the
tender lamentations and the funeral
strains of Jeremiah. Let the san.
guine commune with the graphic and
creative Joel; the plain and practical
may go to the wise Ecclesiastes or
the outspoken Peter. They who like
brilliant apothegms should study the
book of Proverbs, and the lover of
pastoral and quiet delineations may
dwell with the sweet singer of Israel.
II you would take the wings of i'm.
agination and leap from earth to
heaven, or wander through eternity,
then open the Revelation; pour over
and fill yourself with the glory of the
New Jerusalem; and listen to the
seven thunders; and gaze on the
pearly gates and the golden streets of
the heavenly city. Let our first
resolution for the New Year be to
study this wonderful book of books.
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ATTEND CHURCH.


While our churches may not be SO
inviting as the Cathedrials in our
metropolitan cities, yet they are
homelike and all who enter are as
sured of a hearty welcome. How
much better is it for o young man to
attend these services than to lounge
about the streets. The music, if not
the preaching, should attract them.
You will see groups of young men
shivering upon the streets while a
nice warm church awaits them and
even the bell urges them to come !.
Going to church is habit, and very
good habit to fall into. Whether
your name is ever put upon church
book or not, it will do you and the
world good to attend. Begin tho
New Year by not only going to church,
but by studying the Bible. Whether
you are q believer or not you will
be surprised how interesting a book
the Bible is if you give it your best
thoughts and closest study. The
oldest reliable history is that given
by Moses: "And God said let there
be light and there was light And
on and down for fonr thousand years
the sacred volume followsrthe fortunes
of Gods chosen people. And in
oidentally it gives us at the same
time. light on the contemporary
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Home Circle Column.

A pastor may have laboured in his
church for twenty years as minister,
comforter to the sick and sorrowing,
and helping along every good word
and work in his community and yet
have little said of it. But let there
be single mistake, or the rumor of q
scandal, and tongues begin to wag, and
sensational papers deal it out columns
choice morsels. 1t is way the devil
has Of getting even.
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SENATOR McLAURIN'S REPLY TOVARDAMAN
He Resents the Stigma Put Upon His Dead Brother the Late
Walter McLaurin, by the Governor in His Message
to the Legislature

Brandon. Miss, January 9Th. 1906.
lin Governor Vardaman's g message to
the Legislature. as published in the
papers, see this language:
s'As ! look back over the past ten
years of the history of the penitentiary
management I have been a
student and close observer of it
fail to find single instance wherein
we have had Warden whose mani
fest purpose was not to serve himself,
or fcw partisan or political friends,
rather than promote the physical and
moral well-being of the convicts and
advance the pecuniary interest of the
state.''
| This period includes the time when
my brother, Walter McLaurin, who
has long been in the grave, was q
| Warden; and cannot permit this
false and unprovoked imputation upon
the integrity of his motives to 90 un-
challenged.
The competency and capacity of
Walter McLaurin for the office of
Warden, and the amoant Of diligence
or efficiency he gave to the duties of
bis office are always legitimate SUBJ
jects of discussion and criticism by
his enemies or friends, but the un-
founded and irrelevant impuuation
upon the honesty of his motives will
be properly estimated by every true
heart and mind who reads it, without
any Characterization of it by me.
| have never thought that men of
manly mold ever pursued the subject
OF their enemity beyond the portal of
the grave, or invaded the sacred pre-
/
clnots of the silent, sleeping dead.
Walter McLaurin, faithfully and to
the best of his ability, performed
every duty that pertained to the
office. There was never more
faithful, humane, ,gnanimous and
philanthropic man. He not only
gave diligence aud energy to the dis
charge of his duties of the office, but
he gave his health also. When the
overflow of the Delta came in 1897 he
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braved the foods and the elements,
in some instances swimming streams
and bayous on horse back, and in
other instances rowing in skiffs, over
the dangerous and chilly waters, to
save the convicts and states property
and take them to places of security !.
Besides the drenching from horse
back swimming, he was overturned in
skiffs, and when he retired from this
work and exposure. his health was
broken, from which he never entirely
recovered, and which eventually
necessitated his resignation of the
Office, when he had held it only about
a year.
He loved his friends as the
Athenian loved the "City Of the
Violet Crown" and would do any.
thing for them consistent with in.
tegrity, but neither for his friends
nor for himself would he neglect or
pervert his official duty. His Lhil-
anthropy and magnanimity were not
bounded. Only few months-less
than year-before his death, he
made an earnest effort to do Governor
Vardaman a favor, Of which suppose
Governor Vardaman never knew. He
received the injury that resulted in
his death, while attempting to save
the lives Of others in a runaway
vehicle.
In writing this hum BILE vindication
Of the memory Of my beloved brother,
I have suppressed my feelings as best
| could.
have not trusted my feelings to
write my estimate Of the man who
would make such an unwarranted
imputation upon him.
Walter McLaurin's memory needs
no vindication to those who knew
him personally. But there are those
who did not know him personally, and
! owe it to the thousands of his
friends that the groundless impugn-
ment Of the honesty of his motives
shall not 60 nnchallenged.
A. J. McLAURIN.
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Your country work done with the
same care and consideration as though
it was in the heart of the city. If
yours is country job speak out,
distance cuts no figure in my work.
E. r. Hendon.
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represent the best wall paper
people on earth. Be sure to see my
samples before you place your order,
it will be money to you. SOS
Big Discount, E. R. Hendon.
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HUNTING NOTICE.

All persons are hereby warned not
to hunt quail or turkeys on Mari Hill
place, or any of my lands.
A. p. MILLER.
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FOR SALE.

My farm of 1870 acres in sw Rankin,
30 acres fine long leaf pine, 80 acres
in cultivation, good water, good
houses. 25 acres in pasture: Price
81 90 per acre.
j. B. KELLY, Whites, Miss.
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NOTICE..

This is to give due notice to all
that all of my lands are posted. Any
one tressrassing will be vigorously
prosecuted. M. 2. MYERS, Thomas
Vile, Miss.