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SOME NOTABLE DEATHS.

PHILADELPHIA, December Cole
Barn Reifsnyder, lumber agent for the
Pennsylvania railroad lines east of Pitts
burg. died suddenly at his home here yes
terday, aged flfty-nine years. Death was
caused by an attack of acute indigestion
Christine Reifsnyder, son, Is mission
airy in central China.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 3O-Board.
man Carnes, a minstrel and assistant
business manager Of the Al G. Fields min
strels, died at Point Pleasant, W. Va,
yesterday Of pneumonia. He was thirty
four years old. For many years Carnes
lived in New York city The body will
be brought to Columbus for burial.
PHILADELPHIA, December 3d.
Charles A. Porter, former state senator
died at his home here late Saturday night
from apoplexy, aged sixty-eight years. He
was for forty years identified with politi-
cal affairs in this city and state.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, December 3d.
William L. Conyngham, one of the best
known and wealthiest men in the Wyom-
ing valley. died at his home here yester-
day of general debility, aged seventy eight
years. He was director of the Lehigh
forty years he was associated with the
late Joseph Stickney of New York, under
the firm name of Stickney. Cunningham &
Co. sales agents for the Pennsylvania
railroads anthracite COAL.
BIELEFELD, Prussia, December 30
DIR. Hinzpeter. Emperor Williams first
teacher. died here yesterday. DR.. Hing
peter held the position Of tutor to the
present emperor until the latter attained
his majority. and the emperor always
cherished a marked affection for his old
teacher, which was shown publicly on
numerous occasions.
YORK, Pa, December 30.-William
Platts, seventh-ward alderman for many
years, died yesterday of apoplexy. He
was a descendant of Thomas Platts, a
British soldier, who settled in this city
after the revolution. During the civil
war Mr.. Platts was yardmaster on the
old Northern Central railroad, and moved
all the troop trains from Harrisburg and
Baltimore.
MADISON, Wis, December 3O.-Chief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-30
Clerical Garments
and Liveries.
James ID. McConville &c.,
100 a s,r.., Evening Clothes
noao-aot.io a Specially.

THE CONGRESS HALL HOTEL COMPANY.
a special meeting Of the stockholders of the
Congress Hall Hotel COMPANY will be held at
the hotel Monday. December so. 1907. af 8
O'Clock pm. to vote u proposition to in
crease the capital stock of the company.
W. p. z; HAZEN. JOHN Q: KNOX.
j. V. DeGRAW. G. r. VAN NEST.
+. = E EARTsaAw. H. H. MCKEE.
seslz2t A Majority of the Directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-30

THE GEkMANAMERICAN BUILDING ASSO-
cfatton. No. s.-The stockholders Of the Ger
man-American Building Association. 20. 9. are
hereby notified that the annual meeting OF said
association. for the election Of officers and d.
rectors for the ensuing year will be held at
the Office of the association. 300 b s.e.. THURS
DAY. January 2. 1908. Polls open from to
tSigDed) JULIUS H. vIERBUCHEN. secy.
de2S-6t
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
AMUSEMENT FoR The soYs.
Scientific PIaythlnss Which Are Not
Hard to Make.

1T is a great wonder to me" said
an old chemist toa Philadelphia Rec
ord man, why more boys do not take
up chemical experiments as an amuse-
ment. Why, can do things with the
common materials of everyday life
which really seem to be more magical
to the uninitiated than any of the won
ders that are ordinarily performed by
magicians on the public stage. Some
of them are so simple that by carry
ing them out at a parlor entertain
ment a bright boy could achieve the
reputation Of a magician Now, there
are those curious little bubbles OF
glass known variously as Prince Ru-
pert's drops and as Dutch tears APP
parently they are little globules of
glass with elongated tails made by
heating small glass rod in flame
and allowing the molten drops to fall
into water. After they have cooled
you may pound the thick part with
hammer or mallet, yet you cannot
break them. On the other hand, if
YOU break little piece off their tails,
or touch any part of them with a
luartz crystal, they win disappear in
o the surrounding atmosphere quicker
han snow win melt on hot fire. To
he person who does not know how
his has happened the performance is
so astonishing as to seem uncanny."
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
TEMPTATIONS OF A MINISTER.
Questions of the Day Thrust Upon
Him in the Pulpit.

The temptation to be other than a
mere preacher comes to a minister,
not only from within his own mind,
from reading and observation, but the
people of his parish and his neighbor-
hood thrust other suggestions upon
him. One parishioner wants his opin-
ion on the Sunday closing law, an
other wants a book reviewed, another
likes to see his clergyman quoted in
the local newspapers, the local papers
like to get the ministers to discuss
public questions.
In this way, as well as by original
thought, a minister has the questions
of the day thrust upon him. Not only
that, but there are many ministers of
great success and great influence who
have always faced the questions of
the day, discussed them and fought
for their Interpretation of them.
So the minister who believes in
preaching gospel and nothing but
gospel is opposing some accepted facts
as well as proposing a worthy theory
Seattle Times.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
FUN WITH THE PRoFEssoa.
ErudIte Teacher Deceived by Con.
scienceless Student.

A well-known professor remarks
that the passion for any science may
make a man hopelessly narrow, in a
way. AS an example he cites the case
Of an elderly professor in Middletown,
Conn, whose love for philology was
so excessive that it frequently led him
to disregard the broader principles of
language in his minute searches for
the particles binding an ordinary Eng
fish word to its Ayran or Sanskrit an
cestor.
Once a student thought to have a
bit Of fun at the learned professors
expense. Assuming an air of great
modesty, he rose.
Doctor, I've been thinking a great.
deal of late about the derivation of the
word 'Middletown.' What is your idea
of it?"
The professor was bit taken back.
Really" he stammered, "I-er-real-
ly, young man, that is a subject that
will require much reflection. May
ask whether you have CHANGED upon
anything that would throw any light
on the question:"
1T is my firm belief sir" responded
the student, with great gravity, that
Middletown is derived from Moses!"
Dear me, dear mel" exclaimed the
guileless professor. And pray, sir.
how do you derive Middletown from
Moses?"
Very easily, DOCTOR replied the
joker; "by dropping 'oses' and adding
tddletown.' "-Lippincott's Magazine.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
PILLOWS FOR THE SICK.
Have Plenty of Little Ones to Tuck
in Around an Invalid.

There is no problem more difficult
of solution than how to make a long
stay in bed or a convalescing period
comfortable for the patient.
Pillows, pillows, pillows, a score or
more Of them, is the solution, says the
Circle. Not fullsized heavy-feather
pillows, but small light wool, down,
hair, or even balm cushions are the
comforts which ease the patients
tired muscles.
They should be in sizes ranging
from 10 to Is inches in length and
from 8 to 10 inches wide, or they can
be made square. The larger ones are
excellent if made of hair and tufted
like mattress.
These little comfort cushions can be
slipped under the neck, at the small
of the back, under the knees or heels,
and placed where a tired arm can
rest comfortably upon them; this for
the patient in bed
When the patient is sitting up the
pillows can be tucked in all the hol-
lows, and are especially useful in pre-
venting that awful ache where the
bend Of the knees rests against the
chair.
These small pillows also fit nicely
in the hollows of the regular bed pill
lows when the patient sits up in bed
and they are convenient for the nurse
to rest her elbow or neck upon if she
has to support the patient for any
length of time. A good round dozer
of these cushions will not be too man,
and they viii be found an invaluabl,
| aid to both nurse and patient.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
Mosquito time has come. You
can shut them out by buying
your MOSQUITO bars from Hyne-
man & McPeters Furniture Co.

A newspaper has 5000 readers
for each 1000 subscribers. A mer-
chant who puts out 1000 handhills
gets possibly 300 or 400 people to
read tnem-that is, if the boy who
is trusted to distribute them does
not chuck them in ditch. The
handbills cost as much as half col
.umn advertisement in the home pa
per. All the women and girls and
half the men and boys read the adj
vertit' ment. Result-the mer
chant who uses the newspaper has
$500 more readers to each thous-
and of the papers readers. There
is no estimating the amonnt of bus
mess that advertising does bring to
p merchant, but that each dollar in
vested in advertising brings to the
investor somewhere from $50 to
500 worth of busires there can be
no doubt.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
TWO VERY TALL STORIES.
Brought Into Light of Day by Contest
Between Wits.

A couple of witty fellows were con-
versing together recently, and their
arguments finally occasioned bet be-
tween them. Each agreed to tell a
peculiar incident, and the reciter of
the stranger episode was to receive
the stakes. No. began and said he
knew a woman who was turned into
wood"
''Impossible!" said No. 2; explain
yourself"
You see" was the reply, the
woman was placed on a vessel and
then she was aboard"
Very good" said No. q "but listen
to this. once knew a man who had
been deaf and dumb for 20 years, but
last week he regained speech in one
minute"
NONSENSE" rejoined No. 1; "but
proceed"
We'll" replied No. 2, "the man
mean went into bicycle shop with 4
friend, and, stopping down, he picked
up wheel and spoke"
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
HAVE TO HAVE MERCURY.
In Guatemala Natives Steal It from
Thermometers.

The thermometer registered 81, and
looking at it, the two men wiped
their red, wet brows.
"Phew, it's hot" said the visitor.
"But why have you got your thermom-
eter all incased in heavy iron wire?"
Because" replied the host, sit is
Guatemalan thermometer. In Qua
temala they are all incased in wire
like that"
But why?"
ITO prevent the natives from eat
ing the mercury"
60 on!"
1T is a fact. In Guatemala the In
tense heat causes the natives to suffer
dreadfully from torpid liver. They
Know that mercury is a liver specific,
but they have no money to buy it, so
they steal it. For their health's sake
they steal it, poor sick creatures, out
of thermometers. On any dark, hot
night, if you hide near an unprotected
Thermometer, you will see a native,
weak and thin, steal up to the instru-
ment. He groans and presses his
hand to his aching liver; then, with a
quick look round, he breaks the glass
and swallows the ball of mercury in
one mouthful."
The listener smiled.
Il suppose that Guatemala" he
said, lis the only place in the world
where thermometers are looked on as
an article of food"
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
WANTED.

FOR RENT One 5-room cottage in
good repair on corner Polk and Bunch
streets. Apply next door.
FOR RENT-Three nice rooms. Apply
at this office.
LOST-Class Pine H S 'O7 engraved
: on 1t. Reward for its return to j.
3. Creary.
FOR RENT-0ne 5-room house. Sec
ond block on Foote street east Of tie
court house. R. F. Morrison.
FOR RENT Three rooms on TAYLOR
street Gentlemen preferred. Ap-
ply at Corinthian office.
FOR SALE-Jersev cow with Young
calf. Apply to Marvin Daniel.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
HAD AN AWFUL TIME
But Chamberlain's; Collie, Cholera and
DiarrhOea Remedy Cured Him

1t is with pleasure that I give you
this unsolicited testimonial. About
a year ago when l had a severe
case of measles got caught out in
a hard rain and the measles settled
in my stomach and bowles. l had
an awful time and had it not been
for the use of Chanberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy l
could not have possibly lived but
a but IA few hours longer. but
thanks to this remedy I am now
strong and well. l have written
the above through simple gratitude
and shall always speak good
word for this remedy.-Sam II.
Gwine, Concord, Ga. For sale by
H. &. Walker Drug Co.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12

WOOdmen of the World.
CORINTH CAMP. No. 64-Meets every F,t,y
night in X. of P. Hall. '''
J. E. YOUNG. Clerk. " = : '''' AAi y = Z
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12

! : u % LThSs
CORlNTH LODGE No. 1885. Meets ever, Thurs.
day night, Club rooms open every day; visitors
always welcome. ~ ''''''
L. B. PRICE, Sec. ~ - "'''''
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
GENT PER WORDCOLU

Politely but positively The corinthian must i'm
press upon its patrons that ads in this depart
ne inserted; This rule is inviolate Your credit
Is good, Of course, but the cash must aceornnanv
these ads. N'inpahy
Subscribers to The Daily Corinthan reglect;,,,
topay subscription for more than three months
VIII be dropped from the list This is another one
o. the rules that viii be strictly enforced. and
Sorinthian employees have no choice in the rnat1ar
Gun mailing and subscription clerk has positive
orders on this matter and will drop your name
unless you nav. '''he
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12

CoRINTH LODGE. No. 1875 : Meets THURSDAY
night 1880 o'clock, each week. Odd Fellows col.
daily invited to attend.
VIM. E. BISHOP. Secy. - E.
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
6Ec1cna.

For the good of those suffering
with eczema or other such trouble,
l wish to say, my wife had some
thing of that kind and after using
the doctors emedies for some time
concluded to try Chamberlain s
Salve, and it proved to be better
than anything she had tried. For
sale by H. E. Walker Drug Co
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12

NAVAJO TRIBE, No. l5-Meets evsrv ~,
sth sleep, X. of P. Hall. 'A'''''
DIR. J. F, BREWER. saeb4m
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
n Masonic.

Corinth Lodge, No ZIG, f. & A. H. meets lit
Friday night in each month. Rs<aEs1ss -
Corinth Chapter, No. &c, meets I'd Friday night
Barney Trice Council, No As. Sd Friday night
Mary Savory Commandery, No. IA, 9TH FriiW
night
Corinth Chapter. No. 81. o. E. s.. I'd Tuesday
night. q
The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-09-12
coRINTH LODGE DIRECTOR,
knights Of pytbias

knights Of Pythias
FORREST LODGE, No. 9-Meets every Tus...
night at Hall-Citizens Bank Building 4''Ai
JOHN M. BELL, K. of R. & S. = = y f
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-01
p.FTs PRESENCE NECESSARY


Manila. Oct. S0.-As the result OF
ysluminous cable correspondence b.
tween President Roosevelt and Secse-
tary Taft, IL Is understood that the
latter will leave Manila on November
. in order to reach Berlin at ths ear
liest possible moment.
1t is impossible TO communicate with
the secretary at present and the ont-
cials are silent regarding the change
in his plans. II is understood, how
ever that he will leave here on the
flagship Rainbow.
Rear Admiral Hemphill received j
cablegram on Monday, asking whether
or not ne could make the cruiser
ready u Sc. on Sunday. lie respcEd-
ed in t.e affirmative and WIS inform
ed uL~ificially that a matter OF the
utmost impo. tanoe is pending in &c?
many and Secretary Taft S presence
there is necessary Immediately.
Washington, oct. 30 - Presiden;
Roosevelt today declined to discuss The
reported change in the plans OF Secre-
tary TAFT and it was stated in otter
official quarters that nothing was
known on the subject.
| State department officials said thai
I Secretary Taft's visit to Berlin
would be purely social and that ther;
was no situation there which woul[
cause the fastening of Secretary TAT
on his journey from the Philippines
1t is possible, it is pointed out, tina
the German emperor may have chang
ed his plans so as to be in Berlin
the time Mr.. Taft originally expected
to be there, but no advices to ma
effect have reached here.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-01
F0,rP MEN BLOWN TO PIECES
Five Hundred E'OundS Of Dynamite
T,NpicdcS With Fatal Result.

Canonsburg, Pa. Oct 5O-fTagments
OF human bodies appeared with pard-
cles of rock and earth fell in a shower
over the little town Of Gwendolen, on
the Wabash railroad nine miles north
of here today, when SEQ pounds o.
dynamite exploded with 4 terrific re-
port.
Four men We're torn to pieces anu
six others received injuries.
The six injured men, stunned ana
bleeding, ran aimlessly from the scene
and have not been located.
Little is known OF the exact caus"
of the explosion, but a passe"by JuSt
before the accident says That o smaii
fire had been lighted presumably to
warm the dynamite. thornton VINO
was the powder man went to work this
morning with instructions to dynamite
portion of a hillside, above the Wa
bash tracks which was unsafe, the
earth endagering passing trains. ThorI
ton. surrounded by several Of the men
it is supposed got the dynamite to-
near the fire and it exploded. ING
| shock was felt distinctly in Cannons
burg and other towns within d radius
Lof over ten miles.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-01
HITCHCOCK MISSING.
General Police Alarm Sent Out for
Arrest or Actor.

New York. October 30.-A general
nolice alarm was sent out tonight Tor
the arrest of Raymond Hitchcock,
the actor, against whom the grahu
iIlry this afternoon returned SIX III
dictments for criminal assault ana
abduction after hearing the testimony
of three little girls. The order re-
ouired the officers to watch all out
going trains and steamers.
Hitchcock was recently arrested on
q similar charge and after preliminary
examination in police court was re-
leased under $4,000 bond, pending a
further hearing. Today the girls, Ell
sic Voecks, Helen Won Hagen ana
Flora Wishton, aged from II TO h
years, who had figured in the original
case. were taken before the grand
iury. Upon their testimony the SIX
indictments were returned. At the
time it was understood that Hitchcock
would not be arrested tonight. MS
counsel saying that he would under
| take to have the actor in court &c
plead tomorrow morning.
Hitchcock has been starring at
| Broadway theatre, but did not appear
at either matinee today OF the evening
performance and it was stated that he
had been dropped from the cast. "A
la late hour tonight Hitchcock hac
been located.
Later Hitchcock caused the arreS
of a brother of the Voecks girl, wht
he alleged had attempted TO eXtor
money from him on a threat OF cau5
ing the publication of matter refiectln'
upon the actor. Friends Of voeck
and others interested in the case thel
brought the action which resulted Il
Hitchcock's arrest
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-01
C1assED AS PRIZE FIGHTING
Injunction Sought to Restrain Stu
dents From Playing Football.

Kankakee. Ill, Oct. 30-Charglng
that football is prize fighting, Attorney
S. r. Moore filed bill in the circuit
court for an injunction restraining g
high school students from playing the
game.
Moore declares that F. n. Tracy
superintendent of public schools, aid
L. NJ. Smith, high school principal
have aided and abetted prize fighting
among the students; that the game o.
foot ball not only injuries but demor
alizes the student body; that the mem
| bers of the team use profanity on tE'
| field and that the game is degrading
unAmerican, unchristian and unciv
ilized.
The case will probably be heard mex
Tuesday.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-01

Yesterday were the other favorable
symptoms OF the situation.
New Orleans, October 30.-An-
that relief Is in prospect
for moving the cotton crop to Enre-
Dean markets was made tonight by
associates of three New Orleans
bankers. representing the clearing
house here, who have been in WASH
ington and New York since the De-
ginning of this week, negotiating 20
this end. The bankers making TINS
announcement would not allow tneir
names to be used nor would tney
give details. Howver, they SAID tna'
the committees efforts had been di-
rected to opening up foreign exchange
at some reserve center. The market
ing of the cotton crop to Europe mas
ALWAYS been done largely by southern
bankers obtaining exchange In Ne"
York. .
The New Orleans committee IN
cludes Sol Wexler, vice presldent Oh
the Whitney Central National Bank'
w. w. Hurd, vice president or the
State National Bank, and CnafleS
Janyier, vice president of the Canai
Louisiana Bank.
The sugar crop movement ndo
ready put currency into c1rculatloh III
this section, but this crop IKE CO.
ton depends somewhat for prontaD DIE
clearing house commission anu "
other bankers in the south. Speak
ing of the relief afforded by the su-
gar movement, president j. cannon
said today:
'It is the best ray Of hope l nave
seen in several weeks. I am connden'
that the situation Will clear up so'
iSfactory.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-11-01
TO BEAT THE TOBACCO TRUST
Planters Decide Not to Raise
Crop Next Year
Situation I'm kentucky Scrfoas-bu.
ers Advised to Quiet Tobacco f1eids
Until 1906 Crop is Sold-Gro"ers
Determined 60 Carry Tteir foint-
Warehouses Guarded by Ar'hed
Men.

Louisville. Ky, October oO-" III
peaceful armies" of inYaslons III t''e
dark tobacco regions and the OuFles
growers having reached decision mo-
10 raise any next crop, the tonac0o
situation in Kentucky tonight apped'S
TO be serious. From the western e-'"
of the state and especially III 'ns
Green river and the henderson "tsld
ming territories, reports OF rather an
unsettling nature were received TO-DAY.
Bodies of growers, members OF the
American Society of Equity, are rio-
ing through Mclean county adNlsihS
buy ers to quit the tobacco heids uhtli
the 1906 crop is sold and urging grow
nrs to pool crops with the society.
The main thing has already been done
in Davis county Of, which owehSoolo
is the county seat; in Henderson couh
ty. of which Henderson is the chie1
citv and in several other neIghDof~
hoods. In many instances the buyers
have agreed to quit and most CT tne
| growers have expressed their deter
mination to pool their crps. but. eS>
pecial!y in Henderson county there
has been considerable opposition to the
nIan of the growers. The fact tnat
| buvers in Henderson have refused TO
accede to the request of growers anu
meeting is in progress there to cons!d-
er what is to be done. The growers
are determined to carry their point
and the buyers announce that theV
are determined not to take any action
that may be detrimental to their in
| terestS.
Every warehouse in Henderson and
Owensboro is guarded by armed men
and there is considerable uneasnes*
The National Association Of Tobacco
! Growers met in Shelbyville today anc
ratified the action of the executive
committee of the Burley Tobacco
Growers Association which decided
a meeting at Winchester not to rals'
any tobacco next year {