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The Most Common Cause Of Suffering

The Most Common Cause of Suffering.
rheumatism cause more pain and
suffering than any other disease, for
the reason that 1t is the most common
OF all ills, and it is certainly gratifying
to sufferers to know that Chamber
lain's Pain Balm will afford relief, and
make rest and sleep possible. In many
cases the relief from pain. which Ia at
first Temporary, has become perma-
nent. while in old people subject to
chronic rheumatism, often brought on
by dampness or changes in the wealth
er. a permanent cure can not be es-
pected; the relief from the pain which
this Imminent affords is alone worth
many times its cost. Is and so cent
sizes for sale by all druggists.
, 1908-05-19
NOW S CENTS
THE CRYSTAL SHOW
NOW s CENTS
THOUSANDS OF ELK
IN PRIME CONDITION.

A news dispatch from Pinedale.
Wyo.. brings the information that dur
ing a twanty-two mile ride in the Jack
son Hole country. Mr.. s. l.. Spicer, a
pioneer ranchman of the big game
country, passed more than 5000 head
of elk. The animals were in fine con-
dition, the SHOWS having been so light
that they were not deprived of food
during the winter.
, 1908-05-19
/ AM
A MOTHER

How many American women in
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into their lives, and
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepare
ton for healthy maternity is
accoInplished BY the use of
, 1908-05-19
LETTER CARRIER BACK
AT HIS POST TOE

AT HIS POST TODAY.
Letter Carrier A. B.. Pore, who has
been i'll for several days, the most of
the time confined to hts home, was
able to resume his position this morn
ing, delivering mail in che business
portion of the city.
, 1908-05-19
LYDIA e. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Maggie Gilmer, of West
Union, S. c., writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
u was greatly rundown in health
from a weakness peculiar to my sex,
when Lydia L. Pinkham' S Vegetable
Compound was recommended to me. 1t
notionly restored me to perfect health,
but to my delight / am a MOTHER"
Mrs. Josephine Hall, of Bardstown,
KY, writes:
Il was a very great sufferer from
female troubles. and my physician failed
to help me. Lydia Z. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound not only restored me
to perfect health, but / am now a proud
mother."
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07
OkTIBBEHA CLUB BANQUET.

A social event to which Stark
VILE society is looking forward
with great degree of interest is
the banquet to be given by the
Oktlbbeha Club next Friday
night, Feb. 18th. The banquet
will be served at the Commercial
Hotel and the menu will be very
elaborate. Ross celebrated or
chestra, of Jackson, Tenn has
been secured to furnish the music
for the occasion. After the ban
quet dance will take place at
club rooms.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07
WATCH AND WAIT.

One of the greatest eventr that
has ever happened in commercial
circles is to soon occur in Stark
vile. We refer to the big clear
ing sale which is to b gin at
Rossoff's on next Friday, Febru-
airy IA. Mr.. Rosaoff proposes to
make this the crowning event of
the Spring season. He has a
fine line of goods and he pro-
poses to sell them at this sale if
low prices and useful and high
grade goods will make them go.
Watch for the page ad contain
ing price list in next weeks
issue of the Times.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07
Rest and Sleep.

Few escape those miseres OF
wlnter-a bad cold, a distressing
cough. Many remed es arc rec
commended, but the one quickest
and best of all Is Simmons Cough
Syrup, Soothing and healing to
the lungs and bronchial passages.
1t stops the cough at once and
gives you welcome rest and
peaceful sleep.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07
Don't Be Irritable

San lrritated skin makes an
irritable person, and an irritable
person gathers much trouble unto
himself or herself, as the case
may be. Moral: Use Hunts Cure
one box of which is absolute and
unqualitiedly guaranteed to cure
any form of SKIN trouble. ANY
kind of itching known is relieved
at once and one box cures"
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

Mr. "A. M. Maxwell returned
from Memphis this week where
he went to visit his son Claude,
who has been sick with appen.
dlcitis. We are glad to learn
that be is recovering.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07
Joshua Simpkins win
be at the opera House
tomorrow night.
~~~oO~~ooo

The Russell Plantation gate,
for which Mr.. ]. w. Storment
has the state right for Missis.
slppi, is the coming gate and will
sell itself whenever seen. Many
of the farmers of this county are
adopting it, aud as public con-
venience it should also be placed
wherever gates along public
hig hways are necessary. 1t is
the road gate of the future.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

Don't confuse the original
Joshua Simpkins with other
shows that Try to initiate. At
the Opera House tomorrow (Sat.
urday) night.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

Hon. Malcom Franklin. of Co.
lumbus, Miss, chairman of the
Legislative committee which has
been visiting the College this
week, was an appreciated caller
at the Times office Thur ,day.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

Mrs Fannie Beattie Winches
ter, of New York, is visiting her
mother here this week.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07
A Household Necessity.

would almost as soon think of
running my farm without imple-
ments as without Hunts Light
ming Oh. OF all the liniments
have ever used, both for man and
beast, it IS the quickest in action
and richest IN results. For burns
and fresh cuts it is absolutely
wonderful. | regard it as a
household necessity. Yours truly
S. Harrison
Kosciusko, Miss.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

The legislative committee APP.
pointed to visit and investigate
state college. spent yesterday at
the A. & M. College. 1t will
make its report later on and it is
believed that 1t will recommend
liberal appropriations.
~~G~Oo~-N~-~~-~~~
Special Announcement Regarding
theNotionaI Pure Food and
Drug Law
We are pleased to announce
that Foley's Honey and Tar for
coughs, colds and lung troubles
is not affected by the National
Pure Food and Drug law as it
contains no oplates or other
harmful drugs, and we recon-
mend it as safe remedy for
children and adults. r K & f l.
WIer.
Mr.. Ed Yeates, of Shreveport,
La, is spening the week a, the
home of his parents, DR.. and
Mrs. Ed Yeates.
Chronic Constipation Cured.
One who suffers from chronic
constipation is in danger of many
serious ailments. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup cures chronic consti-
patton as it aids digestion and
stimulates the liver and bowels,
restoring the natural action of
these organs. Commence taking
it today and you will feel better
at once. Orino Laxative Fruit
Syrup does not nauseate or gripe
and is very pleasant take. Refuse
substitutes. r K & + L Wier.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

One good way to locate an un-
safe investment is to find out
whether Mark Twain has been
permitted to get in on the ground
floor.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

GARDEN SEED and Onion
Sets. Peas and Beans by the
Pint. Freshest, Cheapest, Surest
r K & F. l. Wier.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

Foley's Honey aud Tar cures
the most obstinate coughs and
expells the cold from the system
as it is mildly laxative. 1t IS
guaranteed. The genuine is in
The yellow package. RK & r
l. Wler.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

Itching piles provoke profan-
ity, but profanity wont cure them,
Doan's Ointment cures itching,
bleeding or protrudiag piles aft
er years of suffering. AT any
drug store.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

Mr., Shaw evidently agrees
with the man who remarked that
when politics iuterferes with
your business, you should give
up your business.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

The legislative committee,
which was IN session at the Col
lege yesterday declined to inves-
tiga'e1 any matters previously
settled by the Board OF Trustees.
The committee to audit the
books completed its labors last
night and report the books prop
erly kept and expenditures prop.
erly made.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

If you haven't the time to ex-
ercise regularly, Doan's regulets
will prevent constipation. They
induce "a mild, easy, healthfui
action of the bowels without
gripping. Ask your druggist for
them. 25c.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07
Don't fail to see JOSH
ua Simpkfns Feb'y. 8,
at the Opera House.

Time for ckbone," says a
headline IN the Boston Traveller.
Sure; for spareribs, crack!lns,
and real sausage too.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07
LIZ Grippe and Pneumonia.

Foley's Honey and Tar cures
la grippe coughs and prevents
ntumonia Refuse any but the
genuine in the yellow package.
R X & f L W,er.
VALENTINES-The Latest,
Prettiest and Cheapest. Prices,
/ cent to S1.00. RK&FL Wier
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

Use DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers' pleasant little pills. They
are easy TO take. Sold by r. K
q + l. Wler and Jackson & SJn.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

VALENTINE POST CARD cent
and p cents each. All new and
attractive designs.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07

Secretary Taft says trat no
war is possible, and after one
has looked at the size of Bill and
the size of the fleet, they can't
blame the Japs for changing
their minds.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1908-02-07
1T knocks the Itch"

NV SuiS OIL youl Ills,
but 1t does cure one of the worst
1t cures any form of itch ever
known-no matter what It's called
where the sensation is 'itch," 1t
knocks it. Eczema, ringworm.
are cured by one box. Its guar
anteed, and its name is Hunts
Cure.
Harry Fhaw might be crazy,
but the way his wife held her
own with Jerome demonstrates
conclusively that she isn't any.
how.
Never can tell when you'll mash
a finger, or suffer a cut, bruise,
burn or scaId Be prepared. Dr..
Thomas Electric Oil instantly
relieves the paln-qulckly cures
the wound.
A Mount Vernon Gill; woman
who has just divorced her fifth
husband says she is not dlscour
aged. To the men in her neigh
borhood, this announcement must
sound ominous.
~~>--~~-~-o~
Most dishguring skin eruptlons,
scrofula pimples, rashes, etc. are
due TO impure blood. Burdock
blood Bitters is cleansing blood
tonic. Makes you clear eyed,
clear-bralned, clear skinned.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-03
BIRTH RATE IS STEADILY
, FALLING; Is. ~CHILDLESS
AGE APPROACHING?

Ithaca, N. Y. Nov. 2S.-During the
period from 1850 to 1900 the proper
ton of children born to each 1000
women of child bearing age decreased
in the United States by 152, an av-
erage Of about 80 in each decade. II
we assume that the change will con-
tinue unchecked for a century and a
half in direction which 1t has been in
progress during the last 40 years, there
will be nc children left" ~" I
This startling statement came out
in a lecture on Birth and the Birth
Rate" delivered by Professor Walter
F. Wilcox, in the course in sanitary
science IN Goodwin Smith hail yester-
day afternoon. The true reason for the
fall In the birth rate Is that In mod
erp times, mainly within the last hale
century, births and birth rate have
come under control OF the human will
and choice insa sense and degree never
before trues"y - -r Ny
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-03
800 PENNSYLVANIA
MINERS CAUGHT in
49,. !. A BLAZING SHAFT
Most of the Doomed Men Are
'Americans-A Model
J. ''' ~HS Town.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec? 1.-Short-
ly after 2 o'clock word was re-
ceived that the rescue party had
succeeded in entering the mine. The
rescuers were able to advance but
a little way, however, and are at
tempting to, force their way
through the debris to where the
miners are caught. ''"
Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. est is
reported the mine Of the Pitts
burg-Bnfalo Goal company at
Mariana, near here, is on fire as
a result Of an explosion. Between
POO and 800 miners are said to be
in the mine.7r W I. 4 ,.., :
At 1 o'clock, an hour and a half
after the accident, dense clouds Of
smoke were pouring from the
shafts, but not a sign of a miner
had been seen.
A majority Of the miners are
Americans. , Their families are at
the mouth Of the mine in a, state
of frenzy. ...
Mariana was built recently by
The Pittsburgh Buffalo Coal COM
pany and is said to be the most
perfect mining town in the world.
Little Hope for Men.
But little home is entertained for the
men who are entombed as the-fan house
was partly demolished and the fans
stopped, for over an hour With the
deadly gases generated by the eXplo-
sion 1t is hardly thought possible the
miners could survive.
Reports from Mariana say there
were between 200 and 800 men in the
mine. At the general office OF the coal
company in this city, 1t Is said only
about 100 men were in the mine.
Rushing as fast, as steam can carry
them, special trains from this city and
Monongahela are. bound for the scene
of the disaster. On them are the OFF,
Gals of the, coal company and many
prominent miners who are considered
experts in. the work Of rescue.
Latest appliances from the new
United States laboratory 1 this city,
which were recently tested before the
foreign and American experts for saw
ing life in mine explosions, have been
hurried to the -scene. e. &"
just, Inspected.
According to officials of the coal COM
tpany, State Mine Inspector Louttit and
Mine Foreman Kennedy had just com
pleted a two days examination of the
mine and had come from the mine only
three minutes before the explosion oc-
Cured. The surprise Of these two men
was beVond dissertation. ''"r'
-. The force OF. the explosion can be
imagined when 1t Is known that the
heavy iron cage which carried the men
from the surface to the workings was
blown 300 feet away from the mouth
of the shaft.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-03
SO LUCKY
HE FEARS SOME
GREAT DISASTER
IF 1 Had Not Gone to the Phil.
ippinesS ~ Should Not Now
Be President Elect

Hot Springs s.. d. Dec I.-William
III. Taft, sitting In a swing on the porch
OF his bungalow, said! treAt "@A3 n. !
When I. consider all that has come.
TO me / wonder, with trembling, If
there Is not to be some great misfor-
tune to onset 1t all. We have our
health andvour children, with never a
loss Of q child. MY parents are dead.
they lived tosa honored and q
peaceful old age. Iahaye not had any
;grievous sorrow. VI
-sThen, politically. i, there .awere the
Philippines; II was the turn OF the
hand whether I should go there. II /
had not gone I do not suppose that I
should be the president-ele at this
time. 1t might be said that opportu-
nifty m to every man, and that Il
is TO the credit OF the man that he
selzes It. Yet, looking back, I cannot
see that. / exercised any shrewd DIS
elimination. I cannot persuade my
sell that 1t was my W wisdom that
led me into the work. ...N... a.r
"Afterward came the offer OF a place
ion the supreme court bench. This offer
was repeated aters*,MyNineiination was
to accept 1t. 1t was not due, really, to
my own Judgment that,.I did not &C.
cept., " ia.
Il have much for which to be thank
full. and / cannot help wondering II
there is not to be some compensatory
sorrow" -'".| ~ s'E.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-03

Paris, Dec. 1.-Paris, with Mme.
lSteinhetPs confession IN ~connection
with the mudrer of her husband and
Nine. Japy, is in the maelstrom Of q
National political and -ssnciaL scandal
more exciting TO the Volatile populace
than the Humbert, Dreyfus and Syve-
ton affairs combined.
- The mysterious death OF q president
of the republic, the late Felix Faure,
Parisians believe, is about to be solved,
and certain eminent statesmen and
high government officials tremble lest
the new day reveal them stripped OF
the last official shred of responsibility,
prey for the tongues of France.
= President Faure died suddenly I'm the
house of M. and Mime. Steinheil, Feb
ruary 16, 1899, n no arrests ever were
made. Late Sunday night, May 30,
1905, Adolph e. Steinheil, q rich and
famous painter, and his highly re-
spected. and esteemed motherfnlaw,
Tie artist's beautifSi and scco M
wifW in tho ext NxoomH escaped I'M
harmed. p.
At least one newspaper in Paris open
ly accused Nine. Steinheil with admin
istering poison to President Faure. =
One man in Paris, high in the conf
dence Of h government officials, gives
a, story of President Faure's death
4 w III iinA ooAu y AOSl-
dent Faure visited Nine. Steinheil Sc
cretly on the afternoon of February Is.
1899, at her home, 1873 Rue de Van
Girard, Paris.
Dead at SteinheiI Home.
The president had an engagement for
the afternoon at the Elysee palace, and
when he did not appear, Mile. Faure,
his daughter, searched for him, finally
going to- Nine. SteinheiPs home in the
Rue de Van Girard. There she found
her father seated In an armchair, dead.
President Faure's hands were clutched
In Mime. Steinheirs hair.
When the household had recovered
from the shock, the body of the presi-
dent was conveyed from the house
though the--back streets Of Paris to
the Elysee palace, and there the formal
GppouRcemeat-Mas-m made of death by
apopleXy.
- Nine. Steiphen confessed that her at
tempt to find the assassins OF her hus-
band and Nine. Japy, and the in
Vulnerable fantastic clues furnished the
police and the newspapers, were only a
desperate farce to conceal the real au-
thor of the-crime, whom she knew.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-03
ENGiNEER'SHEROISM
SAVES $50 LIVES

Lacrosse. Wis, Nov. 2S.-only ths
heroism Of Engineer julius Severson.
of Lacrosse, saved the lives of 800
passengers in a passenger and freight
wreck at Portage Junction, H., early
today, according to a written testi-
monial signed by all the passengers and
submitted TO Superintendent Cunning
ham, Of the Burlington railroad m the
arrival Of the train here. Z
When it was seen the collision was
unavoidable, Fireman Carter Jumped
and" Nas~ killed, but Seyerson stuck to
his post, applied the emergency brakes
and succeeded in considerably reduce
ing the speed OF the train, which had
been running at a high rate, before the
freight struck. Half a dozen box cars
were smashed and piled onto the pas
senger engine, but when the engineer
vas dug out OF he debris he was
found to be uninjured. No passengers
were hurt, WI
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-03
AUSTRIAN TROOPS "r..
ROUTED BY RUM0h

Belgrade, Dec. IA Servian OFF,
eial news agency has circulated an ex-
traordinary story from Cettinje, Mon
enegro, setting forth an alleged panic
and flight of a body Of Austrian troops
was stationed near the Montene-'
grin frontier.
According TO thfs recital, which per
haps accounts for the condition OF
panic observed yesterday on the
bourses of Vienna and Budapest, the
report was suddenly spread among The
Austrian forces, to the effect that the.
Austrian posts on the M~ontenegrin'
frontier had been attacked and routed.
: The. Austrian garrison at Avtovac
and Gazko, totalling some $4,000 men,,
were at once thrown into a state of
panic. Officers and men lost their
heads and fed in terror in the direction
Of Nevesing. abandoning their artillery,
ammunition and provisions.
The following day, according to the
news agency, the falsity Of the reported
attack and the rout on the frontier was
shown, the panic allayed and the troops
returned to their posts. -
1t is added that two generals in
command Of troops had beer summarily
retired. "'s'' 49,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-03
-5HEtPREsfDENT ORDERS i,r
M Il .ahGa HIS, BOOTS

Brockton, -Mass,,., Dec. 2.7-President
Roosevelt has ordered his hunting
shoes. Rheyy really are boots, reaching
almost to the knee, and the measures
rnents' by which they are to be made
are the most complete. ever received
by a Brockton factory. Two weeks,
ago. att the request of the president,
the local firm SEM one OF their most
expert men to- Washington to take the
measurement of the presidents feet,
orders We're given for four pairs OF
;bootss allsrto. be, duplicates Each of
the presidents feet was carefully meas
were takem BY, them plaster casts
are to be made of the presidents feet,
and the legs and shoes literary will be.
hpilt ION these, The shoes are to have
an extra double sole. into which tho
uppers sarec TO be Gsewed with water
proof stitches. s!it- u. -. =,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-12-03
LAMPHERE FOUND
GUILTY OF ARSON
Mrs. Guinness Hired Man Sent
TO Prison for Not More ~
= I+,il Than FL Years. ~

i, La Port, Ind, Nov. 30.-Ray LAM
phere, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Belle Guinness and her three chill
dren by setting fire to the GUINNESS
house April 20, was found guilty Of
arson by the jury. t''F
Within five minutes after the verdict
was reported, Judge Richter had sem
fenced the defendant to the state pen
itentiary at Michigan City for an in
determinate' term OF from two to Fl
years. M .,e 3. ..E.. 49,. wy
to the jury for it's careful and con-
scientious consideration of the case.
Prosecutor Smith also thanked the
jury. %.. 10,
Following the withdrawal Of the
Jurors. Judge Richter instructed Lam
phere to stand up. The prisoners face
still looked haggard and his eyes were
downcast. He held his hands before
him, and then, just as the church bells
IN the city were ringing, Judge Richter
asked him IL he had any reasons to
give why sentence should not be pro-
nounced. He replied slowly, but dis
tinctly: 1T have none" 49, . ~iv !
With that, Judge Richter sentenced
him to"the state prison In Michigan
City for ar, indeterminate term OF
from two to 81 years, fined him
$4,000 and DISTINGUISHED him for
Ave years. The court then instructed
the sheriff to return him to his cell. ,
Mrs. Guinness Dead. ~,,
= All the members OF the Jury made
the following signed statement:
: ''we,r the undersigned jurors, impan-
eled and sworn in the case Of the state
of Indiana VS.. Ray Lamphere, hereby
say that 1t was our judgment In the
consideration of this case that the
adult body found in the ruins Of the
fire was that of Mrs. Belle Guinness,
and that the case was decided by US
on an entirely different proposition"
LaPorte, Ind, Nov. 30,-Before Ray,
;Lamphere, under sentence from two to
q years, today.was taken to the states
prison in Michigan City, to begin his
term, he received a visit from his aged
mother. Though not with him during
the trial, she came here from South
Bend this morning in order to say;
good bye to him and to cheer him up. =
The meeting of mother and son was
a pathetic one, the mother breaking
down and crying as she. clasped her
son in her rms. The prisoner bore up
well, though there was a mistiness
about the eye which he could not keep
back. r.Tt
Attorney Worden announced this
morning he would make a motion Mon
day before Judge Richter for a new
trial, and upon the same being denied,
he expected to perfect an appeal. .
The transcript alone in the case will
cost over $500, n as Lampherers fam,
lily has no means, his friends BIZ sub
scription have provided HIS defense.
The general opinion is that the appeal
Will never be perfected. :