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The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
The LANGUAGE Of Commerce.

Great Britain and her colonies and
the United States represent together
the fabulous total Of III, 00O, $1,000
English-speaking persons, figures
which leave all competitors hopeless
ly in the rear Germany and Russia
occupy second place with 10000 900
apiece, and France, Spain, Italy and
Portugal follow, with 1 1000, 900, 49,
600, 900, $4,000, 900 and 100000 re-
spectively, according to The Atlas Of
the Worlds Commerce.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Reward for American Sailor.

A few months ago Capt. Matthew
Turner, of San Francisco, owner of a
schooner, rescued the crews of two
Norwegian vessels that had been
wrecked in the South Pacific. He has
Just received a handsome silver coffee
set from the Norwegian government
in acknowledgment.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

O slavish man! Will you not bear
with your own brother, who has God
for his father, as being a son from the
same stock, and of the same high de-
scent? But if you chance to be placed
in some superior station, will you
presently set yourself up for q tyrant?
-Epictetus.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

Those things on which philosophy
has set its seal are beyond the reach
OF injury; no age will discard them or
lessen their force, each succeeding
century will add somewhat to the re-
spect in which they are held; for we
look upon what is near us with jeal-
GUS eyes, but we admire what is
farther off with less prejudice.-Sen-
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

WANTED.-For U. S. Army, able.
bodied, unmarried men, between ages of q
and 35; citizens of United States, of good
character and temperate habits, who can
speak, read and write English; for infor-
nation apply to recruiting officer, 126 N.
Court, Memphis, Tenn; 236 Main, Jones'
bo.o, Ark; Corinth. Miss; Hickman, Ky.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

Il suffered a long,
long time with my
back, and felt
draggy and list
less and tired all
the time. l lost
from my usual
weight, 225, to
10. Urinary pas
sages were too
frequent and l
have had to get
up often at night.
I had headaches
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
GERMAN output of Chemicals.

Germany leads the world in the pro-
duction of chemicals. The total output
for the year amounts to 1857, OO0, 900.
This includes a million tons of sui
phuric acid and half a million tons of
soda,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Lecturer on Hysteria.

Marie Pierre Feliux Janet, profess
sor of experimental psychology in the
University of Paris, who is now ira
Yelling and lecturing in the United
States, figures in the public mind as
a hypnotist. AS a matter of fact, this
is only incidentally, but he is trying
to demonstrate that the victim of hys-
terra is at the same time two different
persons.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

A woman who is going to Java In
quest of the missing link probably
will not find it, but, says the Phila,
delphia Ledger, she may learn how
the consumption of Java coffee a
ages to exceed the product
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

Perfectly simple and simply perfect is
dyeing with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES. l0c per package.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Plan Fine Railroad Hospital.

The Southern Pacific Railroad COM
pany has bought in San Francisco a
lot on which it will erect at once q
$3.50, 900 railroad hospital.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

High aims form high character. and
great objects bring out great minds
Tryon Edwards.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
A Harmless Laxative.

II you must take a laxative, take a harm.
less one. Lax-Fos does not grippe, therefore
does not i~rritate. Irritation is what does
the harm. Price so cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

Country youths SOW wheat and raise
corn, but some of their city cousins
SOW wild oats and raise Cain.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
You pon,r Fave to Wait.

Every dose makes you feel better: Lax"
Eos keeps your whole inside right. Not one
grippe in a full bottle. Sold on the money
back plan everywhere. Price 80 cents.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

Occasionally a woman is kept sc
busy watching her neighbors that she
lets her husband go by default.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Sultan Makes Concession.

The sultan has given up opposing
the introduction of electric light in
Constantinople, and ere long that city
will be lighted at night for the first
time.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

Garfield Tea is made OF herbs-a great
point in its favor! Take it for constipa-
ton. indigestion and liver disturbances.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

With some people there is no such
word as fail; with others there is no
such word as enough.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
TORTURED WITH GRAVEL.
Since Using Doan's Kidney Pills Not
a Single Stone Has Formed.

Capt. S. L. Crute, Adjt. VIM. Watts
Camp, U. C. ", Roanoke, Va, says:
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
WorId,s LARGEST Pin Factory.

Birmingham, Eng, boasts the
largest pin factory in the world, where
81, 200, 900 pins are manufactured every
working day.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMo Quin.ne Tablets. Drug
gists refund money IL it fails to cure. X. w
signature Is on each box. Csc,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

A man isn't necessarily a manufac-
turer because he is always on the
make.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04
Many a widows heart has been
warmed over by an old flame.


PAZO is guaranteed to cure any case
Of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
5 to IA days or money refunded. b0c.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

Some men get as tired of being mar
ried as some women do of not being.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-04

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething. softens the gums, reduces In
Illumination allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c q bottle
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
Duel to Death on Hay Wagon

Sturgis. s. D-To settle long stand,
ing feud over their right to certain
lands, Lon Ferris. a Virginian. and
Jesse Wallace, Texan, neighboring
ranchmen. fought a duel to the death
on the range north of here. For fifteen
minutes both men battled for suprem-
acy on the top of hay wagon. first
with their fists and then with revolv-
ers.
Wallace with the latter's own gun, and
then rode to town, where he gave him.
self up. He declared that Wallace and
a friend named Anderson, neighbor
who watched the battle from the
bushes, and was the only witness OF
the tragedy. had waylaid him at work,
and Wallace challenged him TO settle
accounts Ferris is married, while Wal
lace was single.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
Hand Torn From Wrist.

Fort Collins, Colo.-While at work
on the engine of the threshing machine
owned by Steve Burdee. Lee Hill was
caught in the fiy-wheel and danger
ously and probably fatally injured. He
is now in the Fort Collins hospital. The
machine was at work on the English
ranch, north of here.
Hill climbed on the upper part of the
engine to oil the bearings, when he
struck the belt in some manner and
threw 1t of the wheel. The belt struck
him and threw him against the rapidly
revolving fy-wheel. Workmen some
distance away saw Hill fall, and
stopped the engine, but not in time TO
save him from terrible injuries. His
left hand was torn from the wrist. the
left collar bone was torn OF. and the
left ear cut away from the head. His
condition is serious. but there is Q
chance for his recovery.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
THREE SCHOOL CHILDREN SEEK
REFUGE FROM cLoUpRuRsT
AND PERISH.
WATER FILLS THE CAVE
BODIES ARE ENToMBED BY
FALLING WALLS AFTER
THE FLOOD.

Durango, Colo-Three children OF
Samuel Cook, Julia, fourteen; Rose,
eleven, and Sallie, five years old, were
literally trapped and drowned in a hor-
rible fashion Wednesday afternoon.
The three children were returning from
school and were walking through an
arroya, when above them they saw a
wall of water ten feet high coming
down from cloudburst in the foothills.
Julia, the eldest, believing that she
saw chance for shelter, made heroic
effort to save her sisters, and, regard
less of her own danger, dragged her
two sisters up the hill to a cave, where
she believed they would be safe from
the flood.
But the volume of water in the flood
was more than she had calculated and
in spite of her efforts to find safe
place the water climbed up to where
the three little ones had sought safety
and they were all drowned. The cave
was completely filed with the water
and then the cave fell in, burying the
bodies.
The girls were missed from home
shortly after the time they should have
returned and a searching party at once
sought them out The hats of the chill
dren showed where they had been and
the search followed.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
THlRTY.FouR PERSONS KILLED
Texas Trainmen Disregard Orders and
Terrible Wreck Follows.

El Paso, Texas.-In a collision be-
tween the south-bound El Paso ex-
press and north-bound freight on the
Mexican Central, at En- Carnacion de
Dios, a few miles from Aguas Calien-
ties, thirty-four were killed and nine
teen injured. making the worst wreck
on that road in years. Telegraph lines
were broken by the wreck and only
meager details obtainable. 1t is i'm
possible to obtain list of dead or in
jured. All those killed were in the day
coaches. The passenger train was in
charge of Conductor Randleman and
Engineer Brock. 1t is believed that
four bodies are yet in the wreckage.
The dead and wounded were taken to
Aguas Calientes. The wrecked pas
senger train left Ell Paso Tuesday.
There are no prominent persons
among the killed or wounded. The
disaster is said to have been due to a
disregard of train orders.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
Slip of Girl Bags Wildcat.

Florence. Colo.-Connie Meecham, a
thirteen-year-old girl. while picnicking
on Castle Rock with Mrs. Fred VIII
lard and Ellen Blunt, shot and killed
a large bobcat with % caliber rifle.
They were sitting on rock when they
say two large cats below them. They
threw rock at the animals and one
of them made its escape, while the
other ran under rock Mrs. Willard
and Miss Blunt were left to watch the
cat while the Meecham girl walked
two miles to the Willard home and
secured the gun. Upon returning. she
shot the cat through the head, killing
1t instantly.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
Mind Lives Long After Body Dies.

London.-The annual report of the
lunacy commissioners, published this
week, shows disquieting increase in
the population of Britain's asylums.
AT the beginning of this year one
out of ever 2S2 persons in England
and Wales was reported insane. Ten
years ago the proportion of insane per-
sons was only one in ever 214. From
1869 to 1906 the population of England
and Wales was increased by 55la per
cent and the total insane by 1873 per
cent
The significant fact brought to light
by the report is The spread of senile
dementia, which alone accounted for
over 3S per cent. OF last years fresh
lunacy cases. In discussing this phase
of the situation at least one medical
authority expressed the belief that we
live too long for the kind of work most
of us do.
"The advanced medical knowledge
of today" he said, "keeps multitude
of people alive whose minds and life
tenure are practically worn out. The
present age demands more brain work
and strain from every one than was
demanded only few years ago. There
is less demand for the people who can
only use their hands.
"The physical wear and tear has de-
creased, while brain work and the
strain to the nervous system has in.
creased. The result is that the mind
dies and the body is kept alive by
medical science, and this adds to the
growing list of senile dementia cases
in our asylums"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
Cruel Treatment Cause Of 1t.

South Bend. Ird.-When dared to
show his nerve. Albert E. Peverette OF
South Bend, who is serving term for
the Richland. Mich. bank robbery in
Marquette prison, picked up piece oi
glass and cut OFF his left hand.
The fact came out in an investiga.
tion now being conducted at Mar
quette for the purpose of learning the
truth about alleged cruelties practiced
in the prison. According to Peverette
he would no longer stand abuse and
when he was told 10 prepare himself
for another beating, he replied that
he would cut off one of his hands be
fore he would submit to further III
treatment. Jeered at by the keeper
he promptly carried his threat into exc
cution.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
Wyoming Man Ends Life.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-W. d. Pease, city
water commissioner, committed sui
eide at the municipal filter bed, nine
miles north of town. The body was
found half an hour after death oc-
CURED. Pease had been respondent
for some time. realizing that he was
growing old and that his health was
failing. Nine months ago he was re-
moved as city engineer because of his
age and this preyed on his mind. This
morning he took two men to the filter
and put them to work. He informed
them just before noon that he was
going down the creek and would soon
return. When he did not return they
investigated and found his body.
He had shot himself in the head,
but had failed to infiict fatal wound.
He then fired a bullet through his
heart. He was seventy-four years of
age, veteran of the Civil War and
had been connected with the city gov
ernment for twenty-five years.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
Built Fire With oil-Dead!

Sugar City, Colo.-The child of
George Schwartz was burned to death,
Mrs. Catherine He'll was fatally in
jured and her son, Carl, probably NOR
tally hurt by an explosion which took
place in the He'll home, when Mrs.
He'll attempted to light fire with the
aid of kerosene
At the time, Mrs. He'll and the
Schwartz child, whose home is close
by, were in the He'll kitchen and Carl
He'll was in an adjoining room asleep.
The explosion ignited the clothing of
both the child and woman. The son.
awakened by the screams of both,
rushed TO their assistance and in beat
ing out the flames which enfolded his
mother was terribly burned.
While young He'll was battling with
the flames which enfolded his mother
the Schwartz child burned to
death. 1t is stated tonight that Mrs
He'll cannot possibly recover and that
her son is in a precarious condition
This is the second accident of a simi
lar nature to have occurred here with
in the week.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
pemocratic-and prYl

Oklahoma City. Okla.-Oklahoma has
ratified the enabling act and become a
state so far as Oklahoma and Indian
Territory are concerned. The new
state goes dry, according to yesterdays S
vote, and it is Democratic. 1t is now
up to President Roosevelt to sign the
enabling act.
Returns from the largest cities and
counties of Oklahoma and Indian Ter
ritory indicate that the constitution of
the proposed new state has been
adopted by large majority; that
the prohibition clause of the con-
stitution has been adopted, and that
the Democratic state ticket, headed by
C. N. Haskell of Muskogee for gov
ernor has been elected over Frank
Frantz, the present territorial governor
of Oklahoma, who was the Republican
nominee
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
Fined for Trespasslna.

The fourth important case won by
the government upon the question
whether it is crime to violate the
regulations of the secretary of agri-
culture has just been decided in the
United States District Court, held at
Deadwood, South Dakota, where Rob-
ert B. Bale was found guilty of graz
ing trespass on the Black Hills ma
tional forest and fined 800 and costs.
Mr. Bale at once paid the fine and
was released.
The defendant is stock owner re-
siding south of Rapid City and has
been grazing about $50 head of cattle
in and adjacent to the Black Hills ma
tional forest for some years. When
the range in the national forests was
put under administration in 1906 and
the grazing fee system introduced Mr..
Bale refused to secure grazing per-
nit or to remove his stock from the
forest.
After repeated efforts on the part
of the local forest officers to persuade
Mr.. Bale to remove the stock, he was
finally arrested and in August, 1906
was indicted by the United States jury
at Deadwood. The trial of the case
was delayed over two terms of court
by an effort to have the case tried al
Deadwood instead of Sioux Falls ant
the case was not presented to the jury
until September 4th. The court was
prompt in overruling the defendant:
demurrer attacking the constitution
ality of the grazing regulations and il
reaching a decision the jury was ou
only fifteen minutes.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
He Ate the Toothpicks.

A well-known sculptor tells the fol-
lowing story: Whenever 1 see a
toothpick l think of dinner that was
given in Rome in honor of two Turkish
noblemen.
81 sat beside the younger of the no.
blemen. He glittered with gold en-
broidery and great diamonds, but nev-
eI theless pitied him sincerely, for he
was strange to our table manners, and
some of his errors were both ludicrous
and painful.
toothpicks. He waived the plate away,
extended to the young man plate of
toothpicks. He waved the plate away,
saying in low and bitter voice:
mo, thank you; have already eaten
two of the accursed things, and want
no more"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
n. H. ROGERS DROPS $4,000, 900
Said to Have Invested Heavily in Tide
water Railway Project and Lost.

water Railway Project and Lost.
New York.-Reports have been cur
rent on Wall street for some time that
H. H. Rogers of the Standard Oil Com
pany had been heavily interested in
the tidewater railway project in Vir-
ginia and that he had lost heavily by
the investment. The Evening Post
says that it can be stated positively
that Mr.. Rogers incurred personal
obligation in the tidewater project
much in excess Of $40,000,000. The
Post also says the situation has been
entirely cleared up.
The Evening Post says: "Confirma-
ton was obtained in Wall street of re-
ports to the effect that H. H. Rogers
was heavily interested in the tidewater
railway project.
According to the stories previously
circulated, upwards of forty per cent.
of Mr.. Rogers fortune has been in
volved in the tidewater investment. 1t
was reported today that the personal
obligation incurred amounted to $40,-
100000. 1t can be stated positively
that the sum is much larger than the
amount named, also that the situation
has been entirely cleared up.
I'm order to meet the demands made
upon him in connection with the con-
struction of the railroad, Mr.. Rogers
was forced to dispose of a large
amount of investment stock at sacri-
flee. All during the recent decline in
prices the vice president of the Stand
ard Oil Company sold gilt-edged
stocks, such as Standard Oil, Consoli-
dated Gas, Union Pacific and st. Paul.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
PRIEST HAD A WIFE.
Widow Appears and Asks for Her
Share of Estate.

Denver.-Evelyn Benns Lepore after
fighting for four years has at last been
acknowledged to be the wife of Rev.
Father Felix Mariana Lepore, the
priest In charge of Mt. Carmel Catholic
church, who was shot and mortally
wounded in his study at the church No
vember 10, 1903, 1t is believed by Jo-
seph Sorice, who was also mortally
wounded by the priest in the ARRAY.
Both men died within few hours.
When the estate of Father Lepore
was filed for probate by his brother,
Felice Lepore, 1t was stated that the
deceased clergyman had no heirs at
law except his father, three sisters and
a brother. The estate was worth some
thing like $4,000 when first placed in
the custody of the courts. This in
cluded real estate, money in bank and
n number of patent rights held by the
deceased at the time of his death.
1t was not until the estate had been
admitted to probate that there ap-
peared claimant to the property in
the person of Evelyn Benns, who
claimed that she had been the wife OF
the priest since July /, 1896, and that a
son was born as the result of that mar
riage September Is, 1898. Mrs. Benns'
cidiHlS were rluicuieu ny reiiSS iopNi :,
the administrator of the estate, and
since that time until the present the
fight against Mrs. Lepore's claims has
been most bitterly contested.
Yesterday afternoon Judge Grant l..
Hudson signed the decree that will give
to Mrs Lepore her rights to her wild
ow's share in the estate. The decree
states that the court is convinced from
the evidence submitted that the wom-
ans claims are just and that she is In
fact the widow of the deceased. That
the wedding was solemnized July /,
1896, and that Victor Mariana Lepore,
now nine years of age, is the son of the
deceased priest is also asserted in the
| document.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
"AlI In" in Law,

In the recent case of State vs.. Hen
messy, 80 Pac. Rep. 221, the Nevada
Supreme Court gives definition of
the Slang phrase "all in" The ques-
tion came up in connection with the
admission in evidence of dying decla-
ration, the declarant's statement that
ne was "all in" being relied on to show
that he was under sense of impending
death.
The court said: 1.-THE expression I
am all in is one frequently made use
of in this western country, and when
used under the circumstances in ques-
tion may, we think, be taken to have
meant that the speaker considered his
life practically at an end. Law
Notes.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
To Simplify Freight Situation.

Chicago.-A long step forward in the
simplification of the freight situation
throughout the United States was
taken at a meeting in the Central
Freight Association headquarters. The
joint committee, composed of repre-
sentatives from the three classifica-
ton territories, decided on unification,
and within thirty days a new commit
tee will be appointed to undertake the
solution of this problem.
The difficulties arising from diversi-
fed classification have been many and
varied. Only recently the Interstate
Commerce Commission suggested that
since the different classification of
freight in different parts of the coun-
try had been responsible for a large
part of the friction between shipper
and carrier, it would be wise to adopt
one that would apply generally.
The task presented to this new COM
mittee will be difficult one. Roads
operating east of the Mississippi river
and north of the Ohio and Potomac
have what is known as the official clas-
sification; those south of the Ohio and
Potomac and east of the Mississippi,
the southern classification, and those
north of the Mississippi the western
classification Not the least difficult
proposition in this revision is to find a
basis that will be equitable to operat-
ing under dissimilar circumstances.
In the East, where heavy traffic origi-
mates, and hauls are comparatively
short, lower rate can be maintaintd
than in the West, where traffic is
sparse and the hauls are long. In view
of this fact 1t is probable that a sliding
scale will have to be adopted
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
The Great American Boss.

The average American is blase al
most before the English girl is ready
to leave her school. says writer. The
English girl never leaves her govern
ess and home before she is eighteen,
while at the same age the American
girl has seen much of the world. Yet
the American girl retains her vivacity
and her interest in everything, and it
is that one quality, I think, above all
others, that wins for her the admira-
tion of the English woman. The
American woman never looks to her
husband as master, while the English
woman is taught to do SO from her
birth.-Tit-Bits.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-09-21
Say He Thurst Body of Victim in
Trunk.

Victoria, B. C.-Trouble has arisen
with regard to the extradition of w. H.
Adsell, arrested for murder at Chefoo
and taken aboard the United States
cruiser Galveston. 1t is alleged that
he killed Gertrude Dayton, an Ameri-
can woman, in a Hong Kong hotel,
and crowded the remains in a trunk
which he caused to be placed on the
steamer Monteagle. The British au-
thorities are endeavoring to secure the
extradition of the accused to Hong
Kong for trial, but the United States
government refuses to give him up and
has notified the United States consul
general at Chefoo to proceed against
him.