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The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
H STORY.

GREAT revelations sometimes come
during the periods of the greatest
darkness. In the decadent days of
the Jewish nation who would have
thought of singing a song Of the com
ing glory of the Lord? And yet that
is what Habakkuk the prophet did,
and the story of how it might have
been that God lifted the veil and gave
him a glimpse of the glories which
are still but the dream of the faith
full.
Habakkuk had been carrying a
heavy burden upon his heart for a
good many days, a burden which was
not made lighter by his passing to and
fro among the people, for each day
as he ministered here and there striv-
ing to turn the hearts of the people
toward God it seemed as though he
uncovered some new and greater evil
which al sapping the life of the ma
ton. He knew the persistent course
of the people in their downward
course of sin and idolatry could only
lead to one inevitable result, the pun
ishment of the nation at Gods hands.
Israel had had a glorious history,
and her rule had extended from the
sea on the west to the far east, but
now to what depths had she fallen.
The northern tribes had been scat
tered and their land laid desolate and
the tribe of Judah alone remained,
and sin was fast plunging her to de-
struction. The glory of the nation
had departed and she was but the
vassal now of the heather nations
about.
No wonder Habakkuk was heavy
hearted. What minister of God is
there who can witness the course of
sin in the human life, and know that
deaf ears and Indifferent hearts spurn
the words of warning and advice, and
not be depressed by the lack of re-
suits obtained? And so Habakkuk
cried in the anguish of his heart:
20 Lord, how long shall l cry, and
thou wilt not hear? Even cry out
unto thee of violence and thou wilt
lot save!"
1t seemed to him as though the
heavens were brass and that God
was beyond the reach of his voice.
But nevertheless he cried and poured
out his heart burden to God.
And then when quiet had come and
he was still, there anne a voice speak
ing to him, saying:
10, l will raise up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and hasty nation. which
shall march through the breadth Of
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Copyright. 1908, by W. q. Chapman.)

There is no encouragement for in
ventive genius in this orphans home
that | am honoring with my patronage.
l always supposed that an orphan
age was a place where they tried to
make an orphan feel that it wasn't
such a great loss not to have a regu-
lar home among your people, as long
as you could be lovingly cared for in
big punches by charitable people,
who would act like a high school to
you, and when you got a diploma from
an orphans home you could go out
into the world and hold up your head
like a college graduate, but l can see
from my experience at this alleged
home that when we boys get out the
police will have a tab on us, and we
will be pinched like tramps.
What encouragement is there to
learn anything but being chambermaid
to cows? Gee, but | want to
look a cow in the face again. When
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
GETTING THE MATTER STRAIGHT
Bishop Potter's Humorous Correction
Of Guides Remark.

of Guides Remark.
When the late Bishop Potter at
tended the Episcopal convention In
San Francisco he kept the people OF
the Golden Gate laughing at the good
things he said.
During his visit the citizens were
in good-natured rivalry to do him hon
or, and he was sometimes EN-
barrassed with the necessity of de-
clining some of the many invitations
that his time prevented him from &C
cepting. However, William Croker
extended to him an invitation that he
vas glad to be able to accept; that
was to occupy his handsome residence
on Mob Hill, the home of the early
millionaires.
A group of visitors were being
shown about the city by a native, and
as they reached this section the resi-
dence of Mr.. Crocker was pointed out,
at the same time the guide taking oc-
casion to spring a joke he had care
fully nursed for the proper time.
That house." he said, pointing to
the residence, 'is Mr.. Crocker's Pot
terry"
He had not noticed q gentleman
who vas at the instant coming down
the broad porch steps. 1t opportune-
ly happened to be Bishop Potter, and
he had heard every word that was
said. There was a CLINT Of humor in
his eye as he stepped up to the man
and said:
:" beg your pardon for correcting
you, but you are mistaken. This is
Bishop Potter's Crockery."-Harper's
Weekly.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Great Men of Culture,

The great men of culture are those
who have had a passion for difrus.
ing, of making prevail, for carrying
from one end of society to the other,
the best knowledge, the best ideas OF
their time; who have labored to divest
knowledge of all that was harsh, un-
couth, difficult, abstract, professional,
exclusive; to humanize it; to make
it efficient outside the clique of the
cultivated and learned, yet still re-
naming the best knowledge and
thought of the time, and a true
source, therefore, of sweetness and
light.-Matthew Arnold.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Copyright in Great Britain.)

till doomsday, and that l was the worst
orphan he ever saw, and he pushed
me out of the room.
The boys met me when I came out
of the presence of the one-eyed man
ager, and we went off into the woods
and held an indignation meeting, and
passed resolutions condemning the
management of the orphanage, and l
suggested that we form a union and
strike for shorter hours and more food,
and if we did not get it, we could
walk out, and make the orphan school
business close up.
We discussed what we would do and
say to the boss, and just before sup-
per time we lined up in a body before
the house and called out the manager
and made u demands, and gave him
Is minutes to accept, or out we would
go, and l tell you we looked saucy.
l never saw anything act as quick
from the cow, and got the clothes
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
GLORY-FILLED
EARTH
Millennial Vision Of Habakhuk
the Prophet.
BY THE HIGHWAY AND BYWAY"
PREACHER
Scripture Authority-Book of Hab-
akkuk, especially 2:14.
opyright, 1908. BY the Author, ". s. Edson.)

Scripture Authority-Book of Hab-
akkuk, especially 2:14.
Habakkuk the Prophet.-Name Is from
Hebrew root meaning to embrace: de-
noting a "favorite" (of God, and a
~Nstruggler" for his country's good.
Facts of prophets life and the date of
ms ministry are in much obscurity, al
though some ancient authors represent
MIN as belonging to tribe Of Levi, others
TO that of Simeon. Eusebius states that
In his time Habakkuk's tomb was shown
at Celia In Palestine. From all evidences
OF the book. the period of the prophecy
seems to have been about 610 B. G. Rab-
plnlcal traditions agree, however, in plac-
ing the prophet with Joel and Nahum in
the reign of Manasseh. The style of the
prophecy is poetical and sublime, the
strophical arrangement of the woes in
the second chapter being a remarkable
feature of the prophecy. The magnificent
Psalm of chapter 3 is called by Ewald,
'Habakkuk's Pindaric Ode" and is a
composition unrivaled for boldness of
conception. sublimity of thought, and
majesty of diction.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

when we got nearly out of sight we
turned and all the brave dubs that
were going to break up the orphanage
were down on their seats on the grass,
begging like dogs to be taken back,
because supper was ready, and my
chum and me were pulling for tall
timber, wondering where the next
meal was coming from.
We were the only boys in that bunch
Of strikers that had sand enough to
stand up for union principles, and as
is usually the case the fellows who
had the most gravel in their crops
had little else, and / was never so
hungry in my life.
A diet of fried bull heads and skim
milk, and sour bread for a few days
in the o%rphanage had left me with an
appetite that ought to have had a ten
course banquet at once, but We walked
on for hours, and finally struck a
railroad track and followed it to a
town.
My chum stopped at a freight a
on a side track and began to poke
around N Of the oil boxes on a wheel,
and when l asked him what he was
going to do. he said that to a hungry
man the cotton waste and the grease
in a hot box of a freight car was just
as good as a shrimp salad, and he be-
gan to poke the stuff out of the hot
box to eat it.. He said the lives of
tramps were often saved by eating out
Of hOt boxes. l swore hat l would
W eat no hot box banquet, and l
pulled him away from the box car just
as a brakeman came along with a
hook and a can of oil and a bucket Of
water to cool it off, and we escaped.
| told him we would have a good
supper all right, if he would stick by
me.
We went into the little town and it
was getting dark, and all the people
were out doors looking up into the
sky, and saying: There it is, l see it,"
and | asked a man in front Of a sa-
loon what the excitement was about,
and he said that they were watching
the balloons from St. Louis, about 200
miles away, which were sailing to the
east.
Did you ever have an idea strike
Well, | was struck with one so quick
that it made me smoker, and l pulled
my new chum away and told him how
we would get supper and a place to
sleep, and that was to go into the
woods near where the people were
looking up into the air, and when a
balloon went over, after it got good
and dark, We could set up a yell, as
though murder was being done, and
when the crowd came to see what was
the matter, he could say we fell out OF
a balloon, and landed in a tree and
squirmed down to the ground.
Well, l didn't want to lie, but my
chum, who had once been in a reform
school, did not care so much about
lying, so he was to do the talking and
| was to be deaf and dumb, as though
the fall from the balloon had knocked
me silly.
Well, when we saw a light in the
sky over us and the people were 60
ing wild over thinking they saw a bal
loon, we began to scream like wild
cats, and groan like lost souls, and yell
for help, help" When the people
came on the run, and when they found
us with our clothes torn, and our hair
standing on end, and our eyes bullying
out, my chum, the old liar, said
when we were leaning over the basket
of the balloon to see what town we
tree, and were so hungry.
Well, the way those good people
swallowed that yarn was too comical,
and they picked us up and took us
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
HELPFUL
ADVICE

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the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fdence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
helpyourcase. Such letters as the fol-
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond a doubt the powerof
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousandsof
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
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ton, dizziness, ornervousproStratio
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
LYDIA <. PINkKAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
Ever since 1 was sixteen yescs CT
age l had suffered from an organic de-
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence l had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous. My physi-
clan said 1 must go through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and l took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you 1 am to-
day a well woman, and | am telling
all my friends of my experience"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Species New to Civilization.

In the wild asses house at the Lon.
don geological gardens the first kiang
ever bred there has been born. The
kiang is the largest species of wild
ass in existence, and is a native Of
Thibet and Mongolia
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Even the Hash.

Embarrassed in the fashionable
restaurant by the menu written in
French, the Wall street man of bust
ness exclaimed:
Hang these froids, entrements and
hors d'oeuvres-bring me a plate of
good plain hash, If you've got such .
thing on the premises
You mean an ola podrida, sir"
said the waiter, in a ton of dignifed
%reproach. And afterwards"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Actual Facts,

For upwards of fifteen years Hunts
Cure has been sold under a strict
guarantee to cure any form of itch
ing skin troubles known. No matter
the name-less than one per cent. Of
the purchasers have requested their
money back. Why? 1t simply does
the work.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup.
70, children teething, softens the gums, reduces M
aammation allays pain. cures wind colo. Gca bottle.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

There is nothing little to the really
great in spirit.-Dickens.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25
Biu-Headed.

Also B~ig-Headed.
You can't always tell by appear
ances. Many a narrow-minded man Is
quite chesty.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Capudlne Cures Indigestion Pains,
Sour stomach and heartburn no matter
from what cause. Gives immediate relief.
Prescribed by physicians because 1t is
pure and effective. Trial bottle 10c. Regu-
lar size &c and SOC at all druggists.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-09-25

Love does not stop at the boundaries
of liking.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
GONE TO HOT SPRINGS.
President-elect and Mrs. Taft VIII
Remain There Until Thanksgiving.

Cincinnati. O., Nov. 7.-President-
elect w. H. Taft, Mrs. Taft and Fred
w. Carpenter. private secretary. left
this city last night at 9:1O o'clock for
Hot Springs, Va, where Mr.. Taft will
remain for rest and recreation until
Thanksgiving.
The day had been the quietest for
the president-elect of any he has had
since election. He had conference
with Myron T. Herrick, but stated
afterwards that no matters of signi-
ficance were discussed. Judge Taft
sent this cablegram to Gov. Magoon
at Havana:
please convey to the family of
President Palma my sincere condo
lence. He was an honored man, a
true patriot who understood the val
ues and the responsibilities of liberty
and who loved Cuba with all his
heart"
The offices of Mr.. Taft were dis
mantled and will be re-established at
Hot Springs. While no official an
nouncement has been made 1t is
known upon reliable authority that
Fred w. Carpenter. who has been Mr..
Taft's secretary for many years, will
be his secretary to the president sue
ceeding in that position VIM. Loeb, jr.
who it is also stated, may have the
position of secretary of the navy in
the Taft cabinet, If he so desires. Mr..
Carpenter was with Mr.. Taft in the
Philippines and has been his secretary
in the war department.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
KAISER PICKS A MAN.
Successor to Won Sternburg at WASH
ington Is Selected.

Berlin. Nov. Count Johann Helm
rich Won Bernstorff, who recently has
represented the German government in
Egypt, has been selected by Emperor
William to succeed the late Baron
Speck Won Sternburg as ambassador to
America
Countess Won Bernstorff is a daugh-
ter of Edward Luckmyer of New York
The appointment has not yet been
made formally, but it is understood
that an official announcement will be
given out within two or three days.
Count Won Bernstorff was assigned
lately to Egypt. He was first diplo-
matte agent and consul general at
Cairo, but was raised to the rank of
minister plenipotentiary early in 1908
He is the fourth son of Count AL
brecht Won Bernstorff, who was a dis
tinguished contemporary of Bismarck.
and he was born in London in 1862,
while his father was German ambassa-
dor to the court of st. James, The new
ambassador began his diplomatic ca
reer in 1899, when he was made at
tache at Constantinople. From Turkey
he was transferred to the foreign office
in Berlin, after which he advanced
from one grade to another, serving in
Belgrade, Dresden, st. Petersburg and
Munich. He was councillor of the en-
DaSSy ana 1rSt secretary in London In
1902.
While in England the count came
especially under the notice of EN-
peror William as a result of his work
In ameliorating the existing i'll feeling
against Germany. He drew up a
series of lucid and comprehensive dis
Patches on the situation After four
years service in London he was sent
to Cairo. In the German diplomatic
service this post is regarded as a step
Ing stone towards advancement
Count Ernst Won Bernstorff. the
founder of the collateral branch of the
family, also had an American wife.
He was married in 1901 to Amerika
Riedesel. Baroness Zu Eisenbach, who
was born in New York in 1880.
Count Won Bernstorff's daughter,
Alexandra, is 20 years of ago, and
came out socially in Cairo two seasons
ago. His son. Christian, II years old,
is now at school
The new amba assador to the United
States is man above middle height.
moust ache. His knowledge of English
is we'll nigh perfect and he is known
as successful after dinner speaker
and to be a witty conversationalist.
The count, of recent years. has
| spent his annual leave in Germany.
He attended the wedding of Prince
August William in Berlin. October %,
and Joined his family in Paris the fol-
lowing day. 1t was his purpose to
leave Paris for Cairo November 8, and
It was presumed here by his friends
that he had done so.
1t is not probable that the new am
bassador will be able to arrange his
affairs at Cairo to arrive at Washing
ton before the end of the year.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
Flood of Purchasing Orders
POurs i'm on Wall Street.
Prices Jump Up a Point on Sim
gle Sales.
A NEW HIGH RECORD.
U. s. Steel Reaches a Figure
Never Before Touched.
Speculation Stimulated by Re-
ports From All Quarters.

New York Nov. IA flood of buying
orders which had poured in on brokers
during the night sent prices soaring on
the stock exchange today and brought
scenes of activity on the floor, the like
of which had not been witnessed in
many months. So strong was the
bullish sentiment that in some in
stances prices jumped upward points
at time on single sales The
readiness with which purchases were
made at the advanced figures indicated
that many buying orders had been
placed practically without Limitation in
price.
New York Central rose five points on
few purchases and United States
steel by short spurts forced itself up to
551s. the highest price ever touched by
lhat STOCK. Many other prominent
stocks rose 1 and 2 points over last
nights closing
There was no definite single piece of
news TO account for the extreme ac-
tlv1ty, but speculation apparently was
simulated by reports from all sections
OF the country of receipts of large or
ders by manufacturers of rapid ex-
pansion in wholesale and retail lines
and that large numbers of workers are
being re-employed
The big advance in New York Central
was attributed in part to a rumor cur
rent in the street to the effect that e.
Il. Hartman soon is to become a factor
in the control of that system. Neither
confirmation nor denial of this report
was to be had today
The animated trading continued un-
til the close, though considerable SELL
ing to realize profits developed in the
closing hour. AS a result the gains in
some Of the prominent stocks were
wiped out but the substantial advances
in some shares remained to the end.
Prices were working upward again
when the sound of the gong put an end
to the trading for the week
Hartman Is Silent.
New York. Nov. Edward H. Har-
riman was informed by those at his
home at Arden, Orange county, this
afternoon of the rumor that he was to
become an active factor in the man
agement of the New York Central &
Hudson River railway and that the
price of the stock had advanced sup
posedly on the strength of that rumor.
He declined to discuss the subject
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
TO MAKE ATCHISON DRY
Mayor King Says Election Results
Show Such Condition Desired.

Atchison, Kan, Nov. There is
going to be an effort here to drive out
the saloons.
"I intend to close every saloon In
town." Mayor King said today. 81
will admit now that have heretofore
been handicapped in my efforts to
close the joints in Atchison by reason
of the fact that I was elected mayor
on the wet issue and 1 have had a
hard time in keeping my record
straight. I construe that my defeat
for county treasurer meant that the
people here want a dry town and 1
am going to give it to them If it is in
my power"
The determination of Mayor King
to close the joints will create a good
deal of CONSERVATION among some and
OF course it will be charged that he is
prompted in this move by a spirit of
retaliation. Whether this is the case
or not, it will not alter the seriousness
of the situation.
If King carries out his plans with an
honest effort to enforce the law, he
will have with him the Civic League
and it is possible. If the lines become
tightly drawn. he Will have behind him
ali the lawabiding citizens of Atchison.
He certainly will have the open and
aggressive support of the state author
tiles.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-11-07
CORNISH FOUND DEAD.
Was OfIicially Connected With Nearly
All Hartman Enterprises.

Chicago, Nov. 7.-William D. Cor
nish, of New York, second vice presi-
dent of the Union Pacific Railway
company, and a director in many
other corporations, was found dead in
his bed at the Auditorium annex in
this city today. Death apparently was
due to heart disease
Mr.. Cornish was a member of the
directories of the following corpora
tions: Leavenworth, Kansas & West
ern railway. the Northern Pacific
Terminal company of oregon, the
oregon Railway & Navigation COM
paRy, of which he was also vice presi-
dent; the oregon Short Line Railway
company, of which he was vice presi-
dent; the Portland & Asiatic Steam
ship company, the San Pedro, Los
Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad COM
pany, the Southern Pacific company,
the Southern Pacific Railway COM
pany. of which he was president,
Spokane Union Depot company, Union
Pacific Land company, of which he
was president, and the Wells-Fargo
& Co.
Mr.. Cornish attended the theater
last night and retired at about IL
O'Clock apparently in perfect health.
Today when Mr.. Cornell, his private
secretary went to awaken him his
death was discovered. An examina-
ton of the body by the house
Cornish had been dead for some
hours. While a superficial examina-
ton indicated that death had been due
to heart disease. the doctor said there
was a possibility that it had been
caused by apoplexy-
this afternoon after which the body
will be sent to Orange, n. j., where
the decedent resided. His office was
at 120 Wall street, New York.