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The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Alas, for the lass who is given
a lassitude!
There are sermons in stones and
ice cream in bricks.
It's up to the spinster to learn
how to strike match,
A man isn't Unnecessarily two faced
because he has double chin.
When woman hasn't anything
to tell she is willing to let man
talk.
Humanity is,one of the ingredi-
ents a self-made man occasionally
forgets to mix with his material.
Attend your own affairs and you
will have no time to butt into the
affairs of your neighbors.
Men accuse women of being vain,
yet man seldom misses all op-
portunity to look in a mirror.
From the spinster's point of
view, a mercenary wretch is a
batchelor who marries rich
widow.
If man is satisfied to make
both ends meet, he is sure to have
a wife who thinks he ought to
make them lap over.
Friendship may have the true
ring, but itisn't the kind of rirg
that is calculated 70 satisfy the
girl who is in love.
Short lives makes merry under
takers.
All praise is m ore less treacher-
ous-mostly more.
Eating is one expensive habit
everybody seems to have.
No, Alonzo, armed chairs are
not classed as hostile furniture.
How to work an embroidered
catch your boy, and
then-
A man is seldom as Indifferent to
his wife a she thinks she is to him.
Chicago News.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
A newspaper has 5000 readers

A newspaper has 5000 readers
for each 1000 subscribers. A mer-
chant who puts out 1000 hand
bills gets. possibly 800 or 400 reo-
pie to read them-that is, if the
boy who is trusted to distribute
them does not chuck them in
ditch. The hadbills cost as much
as half column advertisement i'll
the home paper. All of the wo-
men and girls and half the men and
bows read the advertisement. Re-
sult-the merchant who uses the
newspaper has 8, 500 more readers
to each thousand Of the paper S
readers. There is mo estimating
the amout of business that adver-
tising does bring to merchant,
but that each dollar Invested in
advertising brings to the investor
somewheresfrom $40 to $50 worth
of business there can be no doubt.
I-Corinthian.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
JOHN DIS. INSlDEs

Moralists and philosophers who "a
few years ago were eloquent i'll
showing the inadequacy of riches
for happiness by citing the case of
John D. Rockefeller, who was as
bald as a billiard ball and had a
stomach which wasn't worth 40
cents for digestive service. will now
have to take it all back. Mr.. Rock
feller is now not onlygthe owner of
a beautiful head of hair, purchased,
according to the popular theory,
with the peoples money but has
a stomach which will enjoy the
dispose of good square mesl every
day in the week, and several times
every day. His physician says
Mr.. Rockefeller is new man and
the champion athlete i'll the class
between 90 and 10 years old. If
that is so he must a wonder, as
there are thousands of agile and
robust men in the 90 year class.
Further the doctor promises Mr..
Rockefeller ripe old age-say 95
wears. The public will understand
now why he is saving his money.
He dosen't want to be left destitute
when he becomes a centenarian.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

We wish, wrote the editor Of tie
.Tartown Trumplet, to correct an
error which crept into our issue of
last week. LII describing the un-
fortunate runaway accident on
Main street we wrote: While
awaiting the arrival of the ambu-
lance, Dr.. Skinner, who was for
tunately present, took the victim $
pulse. 1t was the printer who
|carelessly changed the r in the
last word to r. We make the
correction in Justice to DR.. Skiner,
whose fees are always moderate
and who never presents bill in
advance. Office over Jed Kim
ball's drug store. Cleveland Lea
der.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
Mr.. Lloyd l.. Gilky, formerly o

Mr.. Lloyd L.. Gilky, formerly of
Greenville, butwho has been i'll the
service of Uncle Sam in Panama
! for the past two years, has been
with Greenville friends during the
past.ten days and gave the DEM
ocrat an appreciated call during
the week. Mr.. Gilky talks inter
estingly of Panama, the customs
of the people, the work of con-
structing the great canal, the cost
Of living there etc. Mr.. G1lky
holds the important position OF
official time-keeper for a lage sec
,tion of the work of canal construc-
ton, the pay rolls being made up
from his reports. His offices are
located on the Pacific side OF the
isthmus, and the climate is not bad.
He feels sure that within seven
years ships will be making regular
trips through the canal. Mr.. Cal
key is at home on leave of apsense
and will return to his work IN a
! few weeks. .-Greenville Democrat.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
HER ONE FAULT.

There's thorn to every rose
That is true.
shes tie sweetest, goodness knows,
Ever grew;
STILL rs often, for my. sins,
-lhave felt,
She persists in sticking pins
In her belt.
Such = dainty little waist
She has got;
! must say itsuits my taste
To,a dot.
Somc are rigid as they're thick;
She is svelt,
But those pins she's bound to site II,
ilei belt
| might keep my hand away?
How absurd!
That ; a foolish thing 10 say,
On nav word
Why, a frozen snowy Alp
She would melt;
And she, also has my scalp,
AT ler belt.
Chicago News.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
BANKS HAVE THE MONEY.
d. A Jackson dispatch saws;


The banks of Mississippi, accord
ling to the last statement made to
the auditor, are in better financial
shape than ever before in their
history, and have abundant cash
on hand to handle the cotton situa-
tion end market the crop without
calling for aid from any of the
money centers of the country.
Indeed, the bank whith has not a
large capital, surplus and account
with individual depositors suhic-
lient to enable it to take care Of its
regular customers and at the same
time meet any demands of the cot
ton situation, is extremely rare.
A few years since when tile cotton
season began it was common for
all other customers to stand back
and wait until the cotton crop
could be marketed. The reason Of
this was that the cotton crop as a
rule, in the past, made on credit
from the tin1e'the plowswere start
ed to prepare the fields for the en-
suing crop, to the day when the
last lock was harvested and ginned.
But the change has gradually ta
ken place, and today the farmers,
or a majority of them, never have
occasion to ask for credit until the
crop is made, and then only for
the funds to pick and gin the crop.
Hence the banks have not been
called upon to carry the crop. Then,
too, the,couhtry has been prosper
ing generally to the extent that
every one in any vocation has a
balance to his-credit, and the banks
themselves have increased their
capital and surplus, and have been
able to let the profits stand un-
divided, as the stockholders have
not cared for dividends.
In this city, although there are
more banks than ever before, all of
them have larger deposits,than any
bank ever had III the past, and all
sof them have more than doubled
their capital in the past two or
three years.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

Daniels comet has come and
gone, probably to appear again
shortly on the opposite side of the
sun. Many and diverse newspa-
per statements about it have been
especially as to its
speed. The papers have it going
at all manner of miles per second
at $4,000 and some at 80
miles a second. Of course, for all
practical proposes there IS not
much difference between 80 imlles
and $4,000 miles second, and it
tends to show that we ef1itors know
as much about astronomy as we do
about farming Meridian Dispatch
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
THE NEW FALL TWIRLER.

He was a wonder;
He could stand 'em on their head;
He could mako en- fan the breezes
Till they wished that they were dead.
He could use the nasty splitter;
He could cut the plate in two;
He could toss the sassy Navy
Which is going a few.
He'd put the Cubs on ctutches:
Hc'dmake monkeys of the Sox;
He'd have the Giants faded
When lie stepped into the box.
Well, the Wonder started twirli.iy
In a game the other dav,
And what they did to Hiram
Is Shame for ME to say.
Talk about your Phomev.
Bad actor, dub and rum,
This guy was ninety per cent
A little more, then some.
1t was biff aud bang a biigle
Till you couldn't see the FIELD
AS the dust raised by the runners
From AN arntor plate shield.
From the bench the Big Speech hollered.
His words think otnow--
Here, YOU truck horse-your ticket
Take good care Of the plow."
Yes. Hram was WolIder;
He was somcting more than rich:
He could cut all sorts fcapers;
He could do any ything but pitch.
-Vicksburg American.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

The big page and lhalf-page ads
in the local newspapers are the
worst shot any town gives the
mail order house. They tell OF
irst-class goods at prices that no
mail order house can beat. They
tell of goods the customer can see
before he lets go of his money. You
can see what you buy. The merch-
ant who has goods sells them at
mail order margin of profit and
tells his story through a newspa-
per wl1icllis read by the people.
That makes. the most vital way OF
breaking up the mail order busi-
ness. s.-Roakum Times.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
SHE FOUND RELIEF.

If you are troubled with liver
complaint and have not, received
help read this. Mrs. Mafy f..
Hammond, Moody, Texas. I
was in poor health-with liver
trouble-for over year. Doctors
did me no good and I tried Her
bine, and three bottles cured me.
| can't say too much for Herbine,
as it is wonderful liver medicine
I always have it in the house.
Publish where you wish. CLANCY
Durg Co.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

The counties of the state have
all announced their first bales of
cotton. Monroe was tn END first
bale reported in Mississippi. She
was led by Holmes county but that
was not surprising: That couhty
had governor to elect, which ne
cessitated general>hustle and"un-
animous push. 1t was, as the
steamboat hand says up cotton, :
and she cleared the stage plank in
both cases. Aberdeen Examiner.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

A Kansas man is convinced that
advertising pays. He advertised
for a lost hve-dollar bill, and
friend finding one on the street
gave it to him. A few days later
the original supposedly lost bill
turned UP in an old vest pocket.
Ile treated the boys and says he
will advertise again. knights of
Honor Reporter.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

The game atween the Wo If River
Gallinippers and the Bolivar Boom
tararas resulted in favor of home
team by a scrre of 80 to IL. We
ware empiring the game and as we
had AIS on it we'win. The Call
inippers wanted te kill us, but we
stood pat and the home team backt
ms ND. We air out fer the stuff all
the time and we know our bnsness
Free. Press.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
IF IT'S A REPUTATION

you are after, Whites Cream Yer
mifuge has "a world wide reputation
as the best of all worm destroyers,
and for its. tonic influence on weak
and nutrify children. 1t improves
their digestion and assimilation of
their food, Strengthens their ner
vous system and restores them to
health and vigor natural toa child
If YOU want a helthy child get a
bottle Of White Cream .Nermifuge.
CLANCY Drug Co.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

The Yazoo Sentinel announces
tie opening in the market of an
Office by the first lady.cotton buy
cr who appeared i'll our State, Miss
Josie Doherty Iier sister, Miss.
Msfy Pat Doherty, was Mississip-
pi's first lady insurance Aher-
decn Examiner.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

Some Of the papers are publish
ing lules for the ladies on how to
cssre for the arms and elbows to
make them attractive for short
sleeves. From our observation, III
some instances, the application of
some old-fasnioned soft soap would
cause some Improvement. ~ Mober-.
ly (Mo.) Democrat.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION

is worth pound of cure. There
are many poor sufferers. Consump-
tives who are hopeless of getting
well-who, if they had taken care
OF, themselves, would now be well
A cough is the foundation of Con-
sumption. Ballard's Ho.ehound
Syrup will cure that cough. Mrs.
s., Great Falls. Montana.
writes: II have used Ballard S
Horehound Syrup i'll my family for
'vears-ny children never suffer
with coughs. CLANCY Drug Go.
Up-to-Now Job Printing at the
Democrat.
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

A reliable authority shows that
it has cost Uncle Sam approxima
tely $500, 900, 600 to take care Of
the Philippines since we got these
burdensone islands from Spain.
Walthall Warden,
The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1907-09-21

Ella How many men were
there at the seashore this ssnuliner
wlen,yon were there? .
Stella only one.
Alla-tliat was terrible.
Steua- Oh, no, it was all right;
7 had him. New York Press.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02
70 svllp HOUSE n DAY.
Thomas A. Edison says New Method
VIII RsvoIutIenIxs building.

New York.--1n greeting the mem.
bers Of the American Electro-C Chemical
society and showing them through his
laboratories and manufacturing plants
at Orange, N. IT,, Thomas, A. Edison
showed his visitors q big model of .
three-story house.
'T have had New York architects
working on the plans Of that" he
said, "and am ready to begin on It
myself. In fact, I already have made
the models for the window castings
Next summer will build just such a
house within IL hours at an expense
OF $1,000, and the man who labors
on It will know that It was built on
his basis Of wage-$1.50 a day.
What l am going to inaugurate,"
he said, is this: l am going to fash
ion cast iron models for the entire
house. This outfit will cost $4,000
for house Of this design. All the
builders will have to do is to put It
up and pour in the concrete. Then
they will allow six days for settling
and drying and the family may move
In. The cast iron mold Of that house
may be used on countless other build
ings.
THE economic value Of this rests.
for one instance, in that the house
will never be in need Of repair. The
roof and floors will be Of concrete;
the concrete will be made on the site;
there will be no fire insurance; as an.
other instance Of its saving value. the
man who owns the house can let his
children hack at It with hatchets and
axes and lose nothing. There will be
no wood in 1t save for strip upon
which carpets may be tackled"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02
THE MULES WON.
Judge Decided That They Couldn't
Possibly Make a Sudden Start.

Men in the east" said well.known
westerner,' while talking to some
friends in the lobby Of downtown
hotel here lrSt week, appear to me
to be mostly short and stockily built,
except the down-east Yankee, who 10
usually long and lank.
Now, out In Gods country you sel.
dom find man under six feet. and
broad In proportion. But I'll admit
II sometimes pays to be small.
II remember that in tho early 70s,"
the speaker went on, "a man lived in
my town who was over six feet four.
and he was about as broad as he was
long, end weighed 400 pounds or so.
"In those good old days the festive
mule pulled the street cars.
"Well, my friend brought suit
against the street railway company
for damages sustained by their sud.
den starting car in which he was
standing.
During the trial the company
brought two Of their mules into the
courtroom as witnesses for the de-
fense.
THE Jury viewed the complainant;
took casual glance at the mules, and
at once brought in verdict for the
company on the ground that the sud
den start was plainly impossible. -
Washington Post
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02

upper air. The other followed and
McClaln stumped OF to bed q mile
away. leaving his horse and buggy.
McCIain lives near the Columbus
Traction line. He was following the
right Of way when he came upon two
bridges. Unable to decide In the
darkness which was for cars and
which for the rigs he chose the wrong
one. The accident followed. Later
in the morning the police arrived in
answer to summons and found only
the injured horse, wrecked vehicle
and two holes in the ground where his
fee--"pegs' had been.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02

breech OF the eiSnt-ilcn guIs. lnen
the remaining ba= gas showed on the
ammunition hoist into the breech and
the gunner, whose duty 1t was to
swing the heavy breech block to and
fasten It securely in place, by twisting
1t upon threads in the breech, was
about to perform his part.
At that moment Lieut.. Cronan no.
ticed that the last bag of explosive
that had been put in play must have
been torn, for he saw many grains Of
the dangerous stuff glistening be-
tween the steel threads of the breech.
lock. He realized at once that were
the breechlock to grind upon these
grains, the latter would become ig.
nited and explode the entire charge Of
powder in the gun, blow of the
breechlock, and kill and MAIN those
in the turret, as well as ruin both gun
and turret. Oblivious Of the fate that
threatened every one in the turret. as
the gunner was in the act Of swinging
the block Lieut.. Cronan rushed for
ward and plunged his right hand be-
tween the breechlock and the wall OF
the gun.
The breech closed, badly mangling
his hand and cleanly cutting off the
first finger, which fell into the grooves
and caused the closing mechanism to
clog. The sailor at the breech of the
gun tainted when he saw the act. Tho
calling together of board of inquiry
at the New York navy yard brought
the heroic action to light.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02
spANks GROWN DAUGHTER.
Miss Pauline Law, spinster Of Thirty
five, 10 chastlsed.

Pittsburg, Pa.--Miss Pauline Law,
aged 35, who lives with her father,
William Law, on Friendship avenue,
went out the other night without tell.
ing her father where she was going
and remained out until one o'clock in
the morning. When she reached her
home her father was waiting for her
in his slippers Her father is 65
years old. but he took OF one Of his
slippers, placed Miss Pauline across
his knee and spanked her In the most
undignified manner. Miss Pauline had
him arrested for assault and battery
The next afternoon the case was
heard before Magistrate Kirby, the
father was discharged, and the costs,
amounting to ten dollars, placed on
the young woman.
your father has perfect right to
spank you as long as you remain un.
der his roof II you are disobedicnt."
ruled tho court.
Miss Pauline threatened to take an
appeal.
rIo0 e1MnQ QNNAMn EoEAk
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02

covgRNMeNr svReAv EARNED
sURekustLAsr FISCAL YEAR.
Over 1900 Books and 40 Many Pho.
tesraphs ospesltsd In Library Of
ooNsrsss - January the
Best Month.

Washington. Chalk up strike for
the Woodworking author. Then put
him on . pedestal; for, behold, his par
ticular government bureau not only
pays its own expenses but earns sur.
plus.
The copyright Office is fourishing,
thank you. During the fiscal year end.
ed June so. 1907, It received fees
amounting to Ss4.sS5. During that
period II paid out for salaries $74,972.-
81, and for stationery and other sup
plies $1,201.66. This would seem to
leave q snug little balance.
Thanks to the industrious American
author, the congressional library is
growing at rate which will make 1t
at least one Of the largest in the
world, though the less said about some
Of the objects which threaten to
swamp It the better. The articles de-
posted" at the copyright ONCE during
the year numbered 222,047, Of which q
good many thousands went to the
shelves Of the library Of congress.
or course . fair proportion OF this
mass OF material represents things Of
value. II II were not for the benencent
author. who presents, because he has
to do II. two copies Of his work. to the
copyright once, the library would
have had to pay out Uncle Sans good
money for them. So that the authors
bureau not only pays its expenses, but
is accumulating valuable assets at the
same time.
Books are not the only articles sub.
ject to copyright. The entries are di.
vided into nine classes. go that those
for the year 1906-07 are scheduled as
follows:
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02
AVERTS GUN DISASTER
BRAVE OFFICER LOSES FINGER
BUT SAVES eATTLEsHIP.
Lieutenant cronan Sees Explosion 10
Imminent and Thrusts Hand Into
ereeeh Of Cannon to Pre-.
vent Accident.

New York.-The lives Of score of
men might have been sacrificed in a
second Georgia catastrophe and the
superb flagship, Connecticut. might
have been partially wrecked during
the recent target practice off Cape
Cod but for the bravery of Lieut..
William Pigott Cronan. AS 1t was, the
lieutenant lost the index finger of the
right hand. loss that is more serious
to fighting man than one imagines.
One day when all the four eight.
inch guns were in action, Lieut.. Gro
nan was in command of the star
board after turret. A shot had just
been fred at the distant target and a
number OF powder bags had been
hoisted up through the floor from the
magazine. All but one Of the bags
constituting a full charge had been
placed. in rapid succession, in the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-02
LONDON HAS NO LOCAL Pride.
erItish Newspaper Takes WhIri q
elo Metropolis.

Blindfold q Londoner OF the cen.
ter, put him down in the Caledonian
road or on Brook Green or at Herne
Hill, then take OF the bandage and
ask him where he Is. The chances
are ten to one he will have no notion
at all. They might just as well be in
the provinces. Practically they are In
the provinces. They are not inhabited
by Londoners in the true sense, but
by people whom accident or necessity
has brought within the metropolitan
area and who would be just as happy
200 miles away. Their atmosphere 10
not metropolitan. They are not Of the
center. They are on the fringe.
That Is why London has SO little
local pride. II is not community.
II is congeries OF suburbs, each with
its separate narrow interests, grouped
around little city whose citizens
have so wide horizon that they can
spare next to no attention for local
affairs. How can civic patriotism be
expected from man who spends all
his week-ends at house in the coun.
try. the spring on the Riviera, the
autumn in Scotland or the Mediter.
ranean? London is to him only an in.
cident with boundaries probably
smaller even than those which have
suggested.
The real Londoners are those who
would not consider life worth living
anywhere else. The real London Is
the small space wherein are to be
found the interests which flll their
lives. Hundreds of thousands Of sub.
urbans have never seen a picture In
London. never been to the opera or
the play. could not tell st. Pauls from
the Abbey or distinguish between st.
James and Grosvenor Square. Per
contra, few real Londoners know any.
thing about the regions on the fringe.
The immensity Of London is the
constant subject Of bewildered com.
ment. II is the littleness Of London
which astonishes me.-London World.