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The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
The Rebecca Nourse House.

she was led in chains down the aisle
of the First Church of Salem, and was
solemnly communicated from the
church of which she had been a faith
full member. On July 10 she was led
out to Gallows hill, in Salem, and hang
ed as a witch, amid the bootings and
excavations of the crowd that had as
sembled to witness the aged and infirm
woman die for crimes it was impossi-
BILE that she or any n else could have
committed.
Hundreds of thousands Of strangers
have visited the old Nourse house, but
it was not until the year 1885 that any
thing was done to place a permanent
mark on the spot. Then the Nourse
Monument association erected a mon
ument to the memory of Rebecca
Nourse on the old homestead, and now
the Danvers Historical society pro-
poses to buy the old house to use as a
home for the society.
The house stands a short distance
from Salem's Witch hill. 1t was on
this hill that eight supposed witches
we're executed at one time, and the
Rev. Nicholas Moves said, as the poor
creatures hung in the air:
What a sad thing it is to see eight
irebrands of hell hanging there!"
The Rev. Nicholas seems to have
enjoyed the spectacle, and when he
twitted one of the women with being a
witch she turned on him and said, with
~pardonable fury:
You are a liar! 1 am no more a
witch than you are a wizard; and if
you take my life away God will give
YOU blood to drink"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Old Enollsh Custom.

The young commoners of Malmes.
bury, Wiltshire, England, who are en-
titled to an allotment of the common
land left them by King Athelstan for
services rendered by their ancestors
in fighting the Danes received their
grant according to centuries-old tradi-
ton recently. Each commoner was
taken by the steward of the common
land to his allotment and there dug a
hole and placed a shilling in it. The
steward struck each mar on the back
three times, saying, before he picked
up the shilling: Il give this to thee
as freely as King Athelstan gave it to
me and hope a loving brother thou
wilt be-"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01

stem and roots pushing them e
further and further apart, until now
the tomb is wide open. Strangely
enough, on a neighboring tomb are
engraved the following prophetic
words: 'tThe creative force Of nature
mocks the blindness of human will,
which would absorb death in eternity.
1t breaches clearly how powerfully a
new life bursts the chains of death,
and how that dying and disappearing
are only a transition state for a more
brilliant resurrection"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Walkers on Velvet.

eWindow dressers haven't such a
tough time of it as some Others" re
marked the man on the street. "The
other night | saw one walking On vel
vet. He was fitting up a window full
of cloaks for the next day, putting
them on forms, hanging them correct
", and all the time he was doing it
he was cavorting lightly about on
imitation grass of thick green velvet
al. Of a foot deep"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
An Anachronism.

The word "a~nachronism" means an
error in assigning the date of an
event, or the time when a person or
thing existed, or any misplacing in
time of historic scenes, events, per-
sons, objects and language. The use
of cannon in ~Shakespeare's King
john Is an anachronism, as cannon
were not employed in England until
100 years or more after his reign.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
His First Refusal.

A young gentleman who had not ia
miliarized himself with the forms of
polite correspondence, and lacked the
good to discover the form for
himself, found it necessary to refuse
an invitation. The Chicago Daily News
gives the note which he wrote:
Mr.. J.. Henry Newton declines with
pleasure Mrs. Raymond's invitation for
the twenty-first, and thanks her ex-
tremely Cor having given him the OPP
p~ortunity to do SO.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Pushing Railroad Building.

According to all accounts from the
upper Pearl river valley, the prelimin-
airy steps toward railroad building are
going ahead almost as rapidly and sys-
tematically as are those in the hands of
the Goodyear party below. This work
S being done b. the Herrick-Hogue
interests.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01

woven at the beginning Of the fifteenth
century, and which shows us a lady
costumed as the fashion of the day de-
manded, toying with her pet, which
is secured with a chain and collar,
each of which the tapestry indicates to
be of gold.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
THOUGHT HE HELD THE LINES.
Familiar and Frantic Order Had No
Effect on Auto.

DIR. Headle was n of the quickest
witted men / we had the pleasure OF
meeting. At anything that necessitat-
ed a quick mind to do the right thing
at the right time, he was a master, as
truly benefited his trade, and how, as
in the following will be shown. his
perception lapsed to such an extent,
/ would be unable to explain.
Being a country doctor, the horse
had ever been his means for making
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
The Meanest Man.

The following is a conversation over
heard between two small boys in a
city street not long ago. The first boy
said to the second boy:
Gee, your father must be dreadful
mean; he's a shoemaker and you have
to wear them old shoes"
The second boy answered, You
needn't talk; your father is mean, too,
cause he is a dentist and your baby's
only got one tooth"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
TREE HAS BURST TOMB.
Would Almost Seem That Nature Re-
scented Dead Mans Orders.

There is a tomb In the cemetery at
Hanover which is a striking illustra-
ton of the irony of nature. Upon it
are the craven words: This tomb
must never be opened" dictated by
the person whose body it contains.
AS if to mock at the futility of human
desires, a maple tree has grown up
between the stones of the tomb, its
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Vicksburg's Cotton Receipts.

The total cotton receipts OF Vicks-
burg for the present season are 1887
as compared with GA, 1879 at the same
late last e
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Findinq Flaws in Metals.

To detect hidden cracks opening
from the surface of metals, the sur
face is first moistened with kerosene.
and is then dried off with a cloth. 1t
is then coated with chalk. A sort of
diagram of the hidden assures and
defects is thus produced.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Mississippian Selected.

W. P. Armstrong, Of Coffeeville, has
been selected as one of the debaters to
represent Yale in the coming debate
with Princeton. This is a high honor.
Young Armstrong is a graduate of the
academic department of Yale and. is
now taking his law course.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Remarkable Vitality.

w. T. Cooms, a switchman on the
Mobile and Ohio railroad, while MAX
ing a coupling at Meridian, had his
head caught between projecting lumber
and a car. His head was crushed and
the neck broken, but the man lived
more than an hour
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Cruel.

my friends" said the mar who
had been making a long and tiresome
speech, there is little more that l
can say on this subject"
why 'more?'" asked ar impertinent
one who had just finished yawning.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Bad for Johnny.

IF you don't quit eating so much.
Johnny" exclaimed Mrs. Lapsling.
Mortified at the %gluttonous propensi-
ties of her youngest, "the first thing
you know you'll be a regular flibus-
teri"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Sues for Damages.

Because his name was, it is alleged,
put on a black list of the retail grocers'
association, w. HI. Shaw has brought
suit for So, 900 damages against the
Sherrard Grocery Company and the re-
tail grocers' association of Vicksburg.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Convict Contractor Sued.

Suit has been instituted at Vicks.
burg by Julius Monroe against L. Page,
the Warren county convict contractor,
for damages for alleged inhuman treat.
ment while on the convict farm.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Big Fire at Newton.

Several brick buildings in the heart
of Newton were destroyed by fire, and
about $4,000 worth of property went
up in smoke. The fire is thought t.
have been the work of an incendiary.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Hazlehurst will have a reg

Hazlehurst viii have a regular
ty fair this fall. A permanent organi-
cation has been effected and arrange
ments are being made. No county in
the State is prepared to give a better
fair than Copiah. 1t should be right at
the head to begin with and get better
wear by year.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
ltalx,s State Lottery,

Italy's state lottery took in ST.
900, 900 in a year and gave back in
prizes 50, 900, 900. Much Of the money
came from the poorest people.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01

thought it looked so manly that he
would try it himself. The picture
shows what happened to him at the
end of five months.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
In the olden time, the squirrel was a
great favorite as a pet with ladies.

and collars Of gold or silver with
chains of the same material held the
little fellows in bondage. We present
our readers with an illustration said
to be copied from a piece of tapestry
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Generally Catch Them.

Thin ice and the buzzsaw were
specially invented for the temptation
of fools
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01

Do you know any little boy that
smokes cigarettes? If you do, just
show him this picture. 1t is the sad
story of little Dick Sillypate. He saw
another boy smoking a cigarette, and
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01

With the taking over of the Wesson
cotton mills by a company with several
million dollars of capital, and the guar
antee that it will be continuously ope-
rated, business is again flourishing in
that little city. Real estate is looking
up again and the transfers recorded in
the Mirror evidence the fact that Wes-
son will be as good or better than aver
before.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01
Practical Points.

Jesus sees the good and the evil in
us. as the angel of Jehovah did when
he came to Abraham's tent and to
Sodom.
The wicked have within them the
elements of their own punishment
their moral natures, memory, con-
science, bad character, These
are often dormant till Gods outward
punishment sets them aflame.
May the young see the doom of
many men around them from afar OF
as Abraham saw the flames of Sodom,
and not suffer the doom as the
Sodomites did, nor escape as did Lot.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-03-01

The farmers have been enjoying a
pleasant spell of weather that has been
taken advantage of on all hands to
make preparations for the coming crop.
Much breaking of land has been done,
fences improved and other work of a
desirable nature attended to. Our
Mississippi farmers are using better
methods in the handling of their crops
than ever before and their prosperous
condition is largely the result of this
advancement.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30

Senator Foraker is taking the
chances left TO "A desperate man. III.
sole political dependence now is th,
negro vote-that IS. such Of it as ne
can control by auousing prejudice in
relation to the Brownsville affair.
lie secms to think that a situatiOl
might arise in the republican national
convention in which he might have
the balance of power with a handful
of negro delegates. And If there are
any republicans who believe that For-
aker would be aboyc letting "a few me-
gro delegates dictate the nomination.
or rather, dictate IL himself through
them, they DO nor knoW Foraker, Hc
Is just the Kind ~ tighter to take that
course regardless of the interests of
this party at the succeeding election.
But Foraker will have no such oppor-
tunity.-PhocniX Gazette.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30

Oscar Roberts was in inc city Satur
day. en- route to Deming to meet his
wife and daughter, who were return
ing from a trip to Europe. Mr.. Rob
erts expected TO meet them in Paris
and escort them home, but found
there was 81 much travel that he
could not get passage on the boat on
which they intended 10 return. and SO
concluded to meet them in the Paris
of New Mexico, the place where the
Santa Fe meet the Southern Pacific,
and there is a Fred Harvey eating
house. Mr.. Roberts has travelled eX-
tensivcly, and he told the Liberal
there was no place that he knew of
where he would rather meet his wife,
after a few months separation than
Deming. The pleasure Of meeting her
would make him forget the own
Lordsburg Liberal.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30
CRYING FOR HELP.
Lots Of IL In Albuquerque ut Daily
Growing less.


The kidneys cry for help.
Not an organ in the whole body so
d~elicately constructed
Not one so important to health.
The kidneys are the filters of the
blood.
When they fail the blood becomes
foul and poisonous.
There can be no health where there
is poisoned blood.
Backache IL one OF the first indi-
cations of kidnep trouble.
II Is the kidneys cry for hop.
Heed. T..
Doan's Kidney Pills are what is
wanted.
Are just what overworlSed kidneys
need.
They strengthen and invogorate the
kidneys. held them TO do their work;
never fan to cure any case Of kidney
disease.
Read M proof from an A%lbuquer-
que citizen.
Mrs. r. Fournelle. living at 403 s..
Broadway, Albuquerque. y. NJ. says:
II have recommended Doau's Kidney
Pills TO n great many of my friends
and acquaintances, and they have
learned Of a valuable medicine and.
like myself. appreciate II exceedingly.
Two years & [ took Doan's Kidney
Pills using I'm all three boxes n was
cured Of pain in my back. a trouble
which ! had for a good many years. 1
was also greatly relieved OF rheuma-
tism at the time and have never been
bothered with this complaint since.
Is no question as 10 the virtue
OF poan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Mulburn Co. Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the United
Remember the name-Doans-and
no other.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30

II. r.. T|witchcn OF Las Vegas e.
given the credit OF being one Of the
main factors in Sacramento in sccur-
ing the sixteenth National Irrigation
congress for New Mexico. We cou-
graduate Mr.. TwitCholl This Is quite
a feather In his cap The holding OF
the National Irrigation congress al AL
buquerque text year ought TO be of
lasting benefit 90 New Mexico. 70 will
advertise the territory greatly and IN
tercst many people IN our advantages
and industries that otherwise would
probably not have heard OF the many
resources of the Sunshine territory.
That only await the coming OF brains
and capltal-Tres Piedras Mining RE
porter.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30
4 CAPITAL BEAUTIFUL.

Uncle sam is ambitious 90 have the
most beautiful capital city In the
world, and we learn from washing
ton letters that Capitol hill. from the
office building OF che house of
representative io the union station
vll D., transformed by the tearing
away of entire squares of dwellings.
NJ, erection of new government siruc-
lures o. Cd complete change 100 the
plan of parking 10 plans siread,
made hy leaders DOB congress are Ia
vorabiy acted upen during the COM
ing session of thc national law
makcrs Whom Speaker cannon
lame BITS committee and the slNtIe.h
congress gets dran Goo actual work.
Elliott Woods superintendent OF thc
capitol. VIII appear before the rom.
mitfcc on library and recommend that
fHc square north ~ She congressional
library and south OF ihe new senate
oIIfc building be- condemned and the
property purchased from the present
owners preparatory 10 erecting o.
magnificent building ln which the su-
preur SQUIRT of the United States ami
International gatherings might he
housed Tentative plans for This
tuldins have already been made by
Fer a HasiinRs of Neu York. arch-
ltlt 10 the Two new office building
but ore under Jock and Key in New
Nak should conEress condemn the
Property % go likely chat building M
efafiuus would begin q lrar later ami
ihat these same plans would De used.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30

ON the EstHncia plains they are
raising twenty-five bushels Of wheat
Go the acre without the use OF a water
ing pot. 4 few years ugo that same
country was considered one of the
urNcst sections of the arid southwest.
hut the eastern farmers came in and
demonstrated its fertility and posi-
biitics. and the land is becoming wall
liable. Thousands 81 acres OF similar
land. with The added advantage OF
better climatic conditions and a thor
uugh trunk line of railway. are now
open go settlement under The home
stead laws in this valley and O. Is only
the question of a few years until ev-
cry foot of 10 viii be- taken. The pco-
pie who avail themselves OF the on
p%ortunity while there Is yct public
viii gain "a prizc-Carrizozo
Outlook.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30
THERE Is 80 GREATER ISSUE.

Nj. Gather. the republican nom
NEE FOR governor Of Maryland. de-
eIaros the paramount issue of the
campaign 10 he restoration to the peo-
pie Of the right TO vote and have
their ballots counted" surely there
can be 10 higher issue. for upon a
free ballot and a fair count rests the
integrity OF our form OF government.
Make / ballot the instrument Of
trickstcrs. construct the machinery Of
elections SO that voters are hindered
instead OF assisted in exercising the
suffrage. prescribe conditions notori-
ously partisan and unfair for polling
day. and rascality and corruption fol-
low as the night follows the day. They
become inevitable. They have been
provided for.
This Is a capital text for Maryland.
says the Washington star. Partisan
ship could go no farther than Mir
German and his lieutenants carried it
IN dealing with election laws. They
1uggled for partisan ends, and In a
measure accomplished them. Their
successors are Of like purpose, and
would shut out II they could thou
sands Of citizens. white and black,
from a voice Ia affairs. The spirit of
the so-cailed Poe amendment Is as
unworthy and uu-Amcrican as a thing
can be. II is the very essence OF
tyranny and hypocrisy. leading not 10
II purer and more Intelligent suffrage,
but TO the installing IN the election
booths OF tools Of machine politicians
as officers IN charge.
nut Mr.. Gathers text has a much
wider application. II applies to more
states than Maryland our suffrage
has been twisted and turned, hamper
ed here and hampered there, until the
result would bc eomical II II we're not
80 disastrous to fair dealing ana nom
est representation And everywhere
the same excuse Is offered. The pur-
pose, We are solemnly told, Is to +
purge the electorate OF the ignorant
and corruptbie element. and put the
worthy and competent IN charge!
Ia time-and maybe az an earlier
day than some people suppose-this
issue, so clearly and courageously
stated by Mr. Gaither. viii become of
paramount national moment and then
We shall have a campaign worthy of
the country. The present questions of
dollars and conts-important enough.
ana demanding settlement on "a just
basis viii not last always. After
awhile we shall discover that even
those questions cannot be satisfacto-
riiy adjusted while questions going to
the very root OF our governmental
scheme are neglected, and that
through that neglect control of az
fairs has grown iopslded and ln many
localities trlckstors have usurped the
places OF power In that day MI
Gather platform VIII be "a national
platform
Bornalilio county was q little la adj
vance Of most parts OF the country in
recognizing and taking hold OF Nh
Gaither's paramount issue. but this
was o1ly due 90 the fact that the pcn-
pie here had been forced a. learn
sonic Of thc bitter lessons In the
school 90 experience "a little earlier
Than most OF their n%cighbors iu other
p1ris ~ the country and they learn
"a thom so we'll That they win never
have 90 De- lenrncd over again.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30
And This From ArIzona.

II Is perfectly natural for a terri
torial federal officer to oppose state
hood, and this applies to democrats
as well as republicans. When demo-
Gratis were holding commissions FROM
Grover Cleveland they were not en-
thusiastic for statehood and the same
may be said of republican Offcehold-
ers since. 1t was easy for r%epublicai,
federal Of~fceholdeIs to oppose JOINT
statehood last year and we are not
surprised 70 see them pouring cold
water on single statehood this year.
Douglas International.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30

with each recurring session of tn,
district court, the people of Grant
county are given additional evidence
of the absolute impartiality. the SPLEEN
did ability and the delicately ball
anced sense of Justice of the prcsid-
ing Judge. Hon. Frank W. Parker. We
doubt " ID bench eve had an occu-
pant who commanded more fully the
universal respect Of the people and the
bar and 1t is a matter of never end
ing satisfaction 10 know that " We
must go to law, we are al least sure
Of fair ana just treatment at the
hands of a sound. sensible Judge. wha
IS Impartial, unbiased and unprcju-
diccd.-Silvcr city Enterprise.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30

There may be gudgeons in New
Mexico who believe hat the deposit
of $500 10 his own credit by Mr.. Bur
sum. which was due the Bergman
administration. was all right. The
bookkeeping which allows a person
to deposit 20 his own credit money
not due on his accounts and for which
no corresponding charge has been
been made is not a safe system. 10
Will not bear legitimate investigation.
No accountant need be told this. nor
need u be told anyone who has even
the elements Of accounts mastered
Santa Fe Eagle.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30

short Of men and other coa mines in
New Mexico are no better of. There
is coal enough in Mckinley county 10
supply the whole southwest, a very
small part of the coal is located as
such. and Most Of it is being worked.
The time t. come when this coal land
will all be located and instead Of there
being only two or three outfits mining
coal. there viii be many. then the de-
mand I'm the immediate country viii
be supplied and this county will take
is place as II OF the foremost coal
countries Of the southwest.-Gallup
Republican.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30

Every business man in Las Vegas
should call the attention Of his Gus
toners from the country to the fact
that a display Of dry farm products
is wanted for the Albuquerque fair
and the farmers convention. 1t is
important and only a word may do
an immense amount Of good. San Mi
guel should have am agricultural dis
play second 70 no county in the terri
tory. and can if the proper effort is
madc-Las Vegas optic.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30

The discovery that 81 per cent Of
the divorce petitions in New Jersey
last ear were based on the evils Of
drink move the Baltimore American
TO decide that the girl who marries a
man to reform him IS making a great
mistake. But the truth of the matter
IS that q good many men take 10 drink
after they are neutrality-suspicious.
(AriZ1 News
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30
or Course Mark WIN GET II.

II the New MeXicans can work thei'
way into the union on the assurance
of sending republicans to the United
states senate there viii be no regret
in Arizona. This territory, through
Representative Mark Smith, viii ask
for statehood on the ground thai It
will vote as Il plcases after statehood
is granted.-Douglas International.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-30
\ Telegraph Operator With an
AufumObiIp.

Postal Operator 6. b.. Howard
went up To Flagstaff last Saturday for
the purpose of bringing down his au-
tomObile. He made the trip with the
machine in ten hours and ten min
utes, a distance of ninety miles over
rough roads.-WinslOw Mail.