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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
CHINESE KITES ARE WONDERS.
Ore Ingenious Device Was Made to
Represent Huge centiped.

Probably the most wonderful and
ingenious achievement Of a Chinese
kitemaker is designed to represent a
gigantic centiped. says q writer in the
World To-day. This is unquestionably
the longest and most fantastic amuse-
ment device that has ever been con-
structed for aerial flight From head
to tail it measures nearly 40 feet, and
is made to fold up accordionlike. The
fierce large head OF the creature, with
long protruding horns, huge eyes and
gaping mouth, forms the front Of the
kite. This is the gem and marvel Of
the whole collection and entirely new
to the eyes Of the western world.
Its construction is as follows: Ex-
tending from head to tail and consti-
tuting the body portion are series of
bamboo sticks running crosswise to
the center, to which are fastened Is
or more pasteboard disks a foot or
more in diameter These are painted
In circles of black, yellow and white,
representing the all-seeing eyes of this
neurological creature A tail portion
of narrow strips is fastened to the
last piece of bamboo. BY mechanical
continuance the curved pieces of paste
board forming the eyes are made to
revolve by the wind while the kite is
being flown. Seen in the air, the SER
pentinellke motion, its huge glaring
eyes swiftly twirling in their sockets,
the effect is said to be aStOniShingly
realistic, producing quite an awe-in-
spring scene to the Chinese mind at
least. While being flown cord is at
tached to three or more points of it's
length, in order to keep it under con-
troll. In a strong wind, several men
are required to hold the reel. I'm
doubtedly we have here one of the
first and most ancient patterns of fly
ing machines, thousands of years old.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Not Vet Answered.

Gertrude, aged ten, brought up as
she had been almost wholly in the
company of her elders Though not al.
ways betters), was precocious child,
yet not infrequently "stumped' by her
fathers political illusions. The other
morning at breakfast a London dis
patch in the paper started him on the
just passed deceased wifes sisters
bill, and for 20 minutes he debated on
pros and cons. Then at last came
Mistress Gertrudes inevitable query:
Daddy" said. she, solenlnly, why
is the deceased wife's sister called
Bill? "-Harper's Weekly.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

tial ticket. Bryan and Watson amt
better friends than woodpeckers an
deers.'
Well, I've noticed that every time
we've got anywheres near their lnrkin'
place. says Slithers, some darn jack
ass of woodpecker has begun whang-
in tree like small boy with new
drum at Christmas
well, sir, when he said that l
just lay down on the kitchen table an
LATED until the plates fell off on
the floor. The idee of deer bein'
scared by a woodpecker's hammerin'
was just about as reediculous as to
s'pose you could out-growl an iron
dog by readin' tn editorials OF a
Demlnycratic newspaper on Roosevelt
aloud to him. An l. told him so.
'Slithers,' says I, 'woodpeckers' ham.
merin' don't effect deer no more than
a dude minds tailor bill. Fact is,
they rather like it. So he give in, an
next day we made another trial. An
sure enough, just as soon as we got
anywheres near where the deer was
grain, you'd hear that old woodpeck-
err workin away like an eelectric
blacksmith.
"Tap-tap-tap. Tapity-tap-tap-tap.
"Tappity-ap-tap-tap. Tap-tappity-tap.
And as soon as he done that the
deer would go scamperin' off through
the woods like lot O frightened jack
rabbits.
BY lingo. Slithers, a-sys '. it does
look as If you was right about them
there woodpeckers scarin' the game
away
I'm sure on It, says he. An
wish I'd stuck to my 'riginal idee an
come out with load O. buckshot for
EN-
In a little while we see the deer
again, and we crep' along as silent an
easy as we knowed how, and again
the bird began:
"Tap-tap-tap. Tapity-taptap-tap!
'Slithers ripped out few observa-
tons that amt fittin' for the ears O.
the young. I'm goin' after thar bird
with this here rifle or bust he hol-
Tered. And he drew line on the fell
Ter, who was still hammerin' the tree,
as lively as you please.
"Tap-tap-tap. Tappity-tap-taptap!
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

we'd have some luck, because late in
September | see quite a number O.
fine deer, not only back in the woods,
but on the farm. Six Or seven of 'em
used to make regular trips to my
barn an eat up the hay an late veg
tables an one little fawn walked up
to the kitchen door one mornin', an
got away with a dish-pan full O dough
nuts my wife had made the night be-
fore"
"Yed better not tell the S'ciety for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animiles
about that" said ST Wotherspoon.
It'll match my wife's doughnuts
against your wife's fiapjacks any day
O. the week, 81. an we won't call in
no gov'ment inspector O armor plate
to decide between 'em, neither" re-
torted the captain. But to resume
| expected to give old man Slithers
the time of his life, the deer was
runnin' so strong; but by lingo. at
the end of a week we hadn't had a
shot at anything. The bucks an does
had sort O grown shy all on sud
den. We see plenty of EN-, but when
ever we'd get to a pint where we'd
expect to draw bead on EN-, with
some chances o. success, they'd moved
on
They'd scented ye, / guess. said
ST Wotherspoon.
THAT was the queer part O. It,"
said the captain. Il thought O. that
myself, but the fact is they was al
lers to the windward of us. an con-
sequently If they was any scentin' to
be done, me an Slithers was the
ones to do it, l couldn't account for
1t. They didn't seem to be no way
o. takin' them by surprise. After the
third day. Slithers got kind O. impa-
tient. He couldn't blame me, how
somever, because the deer certainly
was there, just as l told him they
was. We could see 'em in the dis
lance. Finally on the evening O. the
fourth day, Slithers said he guessed
he'd take his shotgun an go after
woodpeckers next mornin' Well, sir,
We could have knocked me over with
a straw. The idee Vt a real sport
chasin' woodpeckers when they was
deer to be had struck me all of a
heap, and kind of remarked of the
fact.
'Woodpeckers?' says /. What in
the name of all the lobster pots of
Kennebunk do We want to go chasin'
woodpeckers for?'
They scare the deer away says
he, kind of moody like.
Nonsense, Slithers, says l. Why
them deers and woodpeckers has been
brought up together like a presiden.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

Happily ap-tap-tap-tap-tap. Tap-tap-
pity-tap!
"Slithers was just about to pull
the trigger, when another ejaculation
came forth from his lips, only this
time it was surprise an not profanity,
an droppin' his rifle he pulled
a pad and fountain pen out of his
pocket, and with tremblin' hands be-
gan maxim notes.
What's happened to YEP 1 asked,
sort OF f1abbergasted by the excited
look in his eye.
tive got it, he answered. That
there bird is telegraphin' scare mes
sages to them deer. Look ahere,'
he added He's got the Morse code
.somewheres. and here's the letters
he's wirin'. He passed ever his pad,
an there was hull row of letters that
Slithers had took down. They ran
this way:
'L-U-K-O-W-T-4-U-R.SE-L-F.
"T-H-E-M-S-H- U-T-I-N-J-SI.S
HEAR"
The captain rose up from the prune
barrel, and. taking a piece of chalk in
his hand, wrote the letters on the
store counter.
Il don't sees that means anything"
said the postmaster, scrutinizing the
legend closely. 81 suppose any kind
O tappin' on tree would sound like
Telegraph letters. but if they don't
mean nothin', what's the use of get.
tin excited about it?''
But they do mean somethin'," cried
the captain. Il couldn't see what my
self at first, but as we puzzled over
it it suddenly got plain as day. That
woodpecker was telegraphin' them
deer: Look Out For Yourself. Them
Shootin' Jays Is Here"
by thunder" calculated 81.
"Where'd We suppose he picked up the
signs?"
"Settins on telegraph wires peckin'
poles, guess" said the captain, ris-
ing to depart.
Better be careful how We tell that
story, Capt" called the postmaster aft
er him. 1.-THE president will read you
out O. the party if he hears it."
mo he won't joe returned the cap
tain, pausing in the doorway, and
looking back with smile. There's
just one feature of that story you
don't see that would please him down
to the ground"
What's that?" demanded the post
master.
THAT there woodpecker was a rec.
formed speller." said the captain. IF
We don't believe 1t, read them there
words in that there message on this
here counter over again. an yen see"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
A Girls Gioole.

Samuel Shadwell, touchy old man
living in an Indiana village had q
pane of glass broken in his house one
night not long ago and next day he
had ten-year-old girl named Minnie
Dayton arrested for it.
When the case was called in court
he was asked how he knew it was
Minnie. He admitted that he didn't
see her, but heard her giggle When
asked if her giggle was different from
that of any other girl he said it was,
but he couldn't tell why. Neither
could he initiate the giggle, and he
lost his case.
We all know what girls giggle is,
but if any of u. were asked to give an
imitation of it we'd probably fail. A
boy may litter, but when it comes to
giggling only girl can do that.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Doc Has a Gold Tooth.

A pedigreed ST Bernard dog, num-
bered among the prize CANNES of
Philadelphia, had gold tooth crown
inserted. The dentist who inserted
the crown was DR.. Philip Daily. of
Seventh and Wells streets, Chester.
The operation was performed at his
office.
More than a fortnight ago the tooth
over which the crown was placed was
broken. Since that time the dog
seemed to suffer from pain. A valu-
able dog and able to perform many
clever tricks, DR.. Waite, its owner
Immediately thought of the remedy
for broken teeth in humans, and COM
municated with a Chester dentist
The latter at once said he would in
sert the crown.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
The Final Shower.

sand you say when the heiress be-
came the wife of the foreign noble
man it was a shower wedding?"
II should say so. The bride wore a
shower bouquet"
"Yes."
"And then there was a shower of
rice"
my!
Followed by a shower Of congratu-
lations and old Shoes"
"Well! Well! And how did it end
up?"
every embarrassing all round. The
nobleman's creditors came around and
presented a shower of bills"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury Will surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
lions from reputable physicians as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you possibly de-
rive from them Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by +. j. Cheney Co., Toledo, o., contains mer-
curry and is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. j. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halrs Family Pills for Consultation.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Power of the Burden.

81 don't mind so much slipping on
banana peeling," she sighed, "but if
there's anything that gets on my
nerves it is to be stabbed with push
cart Here's one coming. Hurry"
That's the secret of the success of
those immigrant people who invade
this country" he remarked as they
sped out of the way. "They keep
straight ahead in spite of all obsta.
cles. If anything is ahead of them,
they knock it down. You see it every.
where. A drove of incoming immi.
grants with their bundles and vaiises
is equal to about two dozen frenzied
automobiles"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Women Workers of Great Britain

Women of Great Britain are we'll rep
resented in the professions and trades,
and about 100000 earn their own
living. There are $4,000 who teach;
10000 are bookkeepers; over 5000 are
printers and nearly 500 act as editors
and compilers; 1900 are engaged in
photography; civil service clerks num-
Der nearly 1900; $500 are engaged in
medical work and nursing and $50
women are blacksmithS.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
A Delicate Task,

"The newspapers" said the orator
solemnly, "do not tell the truth"
Perhaps not" answered the editor,
regretfully 1--WE do our best But you
know there is nothing more difficult
than to tell the truth in way that
won't put it up to some one to chal-
lenge your veracity."
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Quilt with a History.

A quilt exhibit at the Canton, Me-,
fair by Mrs. Carroll L. Hutchinson
contains a piece of silk with his
tory. An ancestor of Mrs. Hutchin-
son was once threatened with ship
wreck. The valuable property of tho
people in danger was all placed in
cask with a note naming the owners.
The silk is a portion Of silk dress
which the ancestor in question con-
tributed to the miscellaneous contents
of the cask.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
The First Iron Shin.

The first iron ship was launched 100
years ago. In England, by John Will
kinson. The idea of building large
iron boat was laughed at. people argu-
Ing that it was against nature to az
pect iron to float on water.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Why It Is Stranger.

Truth is stranger than fc..cn"
quoted the Wise Guy. That's be-
cause we don't get sufficiently well ac-
quainted with it," added the Simple
ug.-Philadelphia Record
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29
Just Misunderstood.

Here's Gwendoline Cashit going to
marry an English lord, and you told
me her trip to Europe was matri.
monial failure"
Il didn't tell you anything of the
kind. said it had baron results"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1907-11-29

Farm for sale,lS0 acres gooi clay land, 3 miles
T. '" tapP, aAHsaeid, o., l. a. Turner = Jasksss,is ia
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

they Will show TT by nibbiing az the
poison contained ia this kTrtredge at
tack upon Senator Gamble Those
Of them who know both senator's,
their personal relations and practices,
their treatment Of the government of
the United States in time cast, and
general reeorrf, already know that up
on the point raised against his col
league, that Kittredge Ear hardly be
felt TO be sincere.
RI The Tribune recalls accurately,
Senator Eirtridge has taken care of
mis- business partners upon the pay
roll OF the government Of the United
States in such q way that signing
their names 70 the salary vouchers
was the principal part Of their ser
vices. FIFE has also left it to be Under
stood among his friends that he was
a always willing TO exploit the govern
nlsnt for thesIr benefit,
In view OF these things which this
newspaper - not disposed TO ge into
at this time, because, whatever his
record may De, Senator GanlbEe Is n0t
u be compared with Senator Kit
redge, the doubt cannot be suppressed
that Senator Kfttredge will not press
the fight seriously along the lines Of
his present attack and, therefore,
there is reason To believe that when
the legislature assemblies the pewee
Kfttrefgs fight Will be dropped, and
Senator Gamble will be given the
honor Of an unanimous reelection by
his party
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY AT HUDSON.
a Man Named Jerry Burns Was
Shot in a Drunken Brawl at
2 O'clock sunday.

Deputy Sheriff Tom Ihackeray of
Hudson seIephoned Sheriff OpsaI sun
day morning that a man named Burns
was shot and that he had arrested
four men who were IN the room when
the shooting took place
Deputy Sheriff Thaekeray and Roy
Parkin arrived In Canton at I2.20
Sunday having In charge tie prison
ers, who were soon locked up in the
county Jail
IL appears that John red Ferry,
Michael Gallery, Ole Nygard, John
Purcell and Jerry Burns were up
stairs in a room over Thorpe's restau-
rant, and ear 2o'clock Sunday morn
ing OF the four loaded a shot gun
found 10 the room and al 2 O'Clock
n Of the four prisoners discharged
the gun at close range the charge bor-
ing a big hole In the right side Of
Jerry Burns The charge wal 50
strong and V close that parG Of the
unfortunate mans pants and drawers
were forced into the horrible wound.
Deputy Sheriff Thackeray was soon
notified and he found three Of the
four men and put them In the lookup,
and had the dying man placed in
charge Of DR.. Wilson. The fourth
man proved tobe Michael Gallery who
had escaped over the river into Iowa.
Tom was on his trail promptly and
found him In a house where after
considerable effort. he got his nan by
busting In the door. He was taken
to Hudson ard locked up with the
other men, and kept there until Sum
day morning
Ole Nygard rents one OF the John
son farms over I'm Iowa. Ferry has
been working for +. b. Cable during
the fall, Gallery puts in most Of his
crime at Hudson while Purcell Is from
Creston, Iowa, and has been husking
corn
Jerry Burns, the murdered man,
had been working for Nygard, and
halls from Mountain Lake, Minnesota
and was a stranger in Hudson. He
had about s2 in his pocket when the
body was searched.
The murdered man lived until 10
minutes before 2 O'Clock Sunday after
noon and was unconscious most OF the
time.
The prisoners as they marched from
the depot TO the court house showed
that they fully realized the serious
nes Of their position.
Coroner Mold and a jury drove to
Hudson Sunday afternoon and viewed
the body
The coroner's jury began taking
evidence Monday and the jury adj
journed Monday evening without I'm
ishing with the men who were in
the room when Burns was shot, Two,
Nygard and Ferris, were carefully ex-
amined BY States Attorney Benedict
and States Attorney-elect Carlson,
and they both testified that they were
asleep when the fatal shot was fired,
but both stated that Gallery had been
handling the gun. Purcell, the third
man, testified that he was also
asleep when the fatal shot was fired. |
Gallery. the fourth man, was examfn-
I'd "Wednesday forenoon and he aIso
aid he was asleep and knew nothing
,f the shooting, and denied that he
handled the gun and stated that
he found out that Burns was
hot he went Y into Iowa AZ he
frightened
This II the substance Of the testL
nony OF the four met who we're In
me o At the time the shooting
s0ok place.
II. a. Skie. Judge CoDkjin and Charlie
Norton were renewal s~utsgrit,sn
Monday
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04
ron nxSrDIHT 1908
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
~ WIN Of Che People


Does tine Open saloon Pay?
whisxy-MGnter--shat fl The rec
ord frora Hudson last Sunday
Does 1t Dags
Hudson voted the saloon oGr In
1896 and voted it back In 1906
The business interests OF the to~n
ne are told, wzs responsible for Ehs
return Of the saloon.
If Hudson had TO Foot the bills
caused By the trouble resulting FROM
the open saloon the business interests
Of the town vot1Id Ind that the open
saIoon does noe pay.
The people Of the entire county
viii hzvs TO pay the costs Of che rnur-
der trial resulting from the drunken
orE5e Iass SCndag morning
The rnHrder Of oue HAN and the
frnprfsauraent for life or hanging OF
another j is the fearful penalty OF
the open saloon as HUDSON
ssIIl we are told the business inter
ests of Hudson demand the open
saloon. No town an ever ss1ccsed on
she sale Of llGg1oF, and the town that
depsrsta on the saloon for prosperity
10 4 business way Is doomed This
has been demonstrated 50 often that
argument IL not necessary to prove
IT,
The 0pes saloon Is a menace TO all
law abiding citizens, for no a can
tell the moment or the hour when
souse one ffenzjed with liquor may
rush out "a a saloon and cOnlrnsr naur-
der.
This menace to life must be main
tasned III order that WHISKY and beer
drinkers can be accommodated. The
man who will come 10 q town because
be can purchase poison generally
spends his money In the saloon and
gets credit from the merchant, and
the business men 10 a whisky town
know that this statement - true.
The saloon never helped any busi-
pess but the distiIler and brewer,
and the men who conduct such estab-
Jfsf1ments ride around In gorgeous
dispIay 81 wealth while the poor I'M
foFtunAtes who drink generally wind
up Id debt or In prison or in an I'M
timely grave
The mar murdered at Hudson had
sayed a60 from working in the corn
Held He came Oyer TO Hudson Sat
urdAy night because the open saloon
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-04

II. a. Skie, Judge CcnkIin and Charlie
Norton ere renewal ~sutwerikssx
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-24
GOES IN
WITH v. A, KINNEY
FORMER DEPUTY ATTORNEY
GENERAL JOINS A LEADING
LOCAL LAW FIRM.

Attorney M. f. Prosser, who was the
efficient First Deputy Attorney Cen
eral under Attorney General Peters,
but who has resigned from the office
with his outgoing chief, will become
a member of the law firm of Kinney,
Marx G. Anderson on the first of the
month.
Mr.. Prosser has remained in the At
torney Generals office 50 assist the
new head of the department, G. K.
Hemenway, to become acquainted with
the work of the office, and Will be
there until September 1st His record
has been good one in the Attorney
Generals office, and the new Attorney
General made efforts to induce him to
remain, but the opportunities of a pri-
vate practice looked better to him and
he turned the offer down. Prosser
will be a valuable acquisition to the
strong legal combination of which he
is to become a member.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-24

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Circuit, Territory of Hawaii
At Chambers-In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mary
Castle, of Honolulu, Oahu, deceased.
Order of Notice of Hearing Petition
for Probate of Will.
A Document purporting to be the
Last Will and Testament of Mary Cas-
tie, late of Honolulu, Oahu, deceased,
having on the :. day of July, A. D.
1907, been presented to said Probate
Court, and a Petition for Probate
thereof, praying for the issuance of
Letters Testamentary to w. R. Castle,
G. P. Castle and L. T. Peck having
been filed by said w. r. Castle.
It is Ordered that Monday, the 18th
day of September, A. D. 1907, at 9
o'clock a. M, of said day, at the Court
Room of said Court at Aliiolani Hale,
be and the same is hereby appointed
the time and place for proving said
Will and hearing said application.
1t is Further Ordered, that notice
thereof be given, by publication once
a week for three successive weeks in
The Hawaiian Star newspaper, the last
publication to be not less than ten
days previous to the time therein ap-
pointed for hearing.
Dated at Honolulu, T. H., July 5,
1907.
(Sgd) w. ]. ROBINSON,
Third Judge of the Circuit Court OF
the First Circuit
Attest:
(Sgd) L. P. SCOTT,
Clerk.
4ts-Aug. o, 16, %, 80.