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The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17

such as sitting up. shaking hands,
rolling over, begging, playing dead.
and all that. Indeed, they are 81 easy
that Cap" doesn't care much for
them. He Is an ambitious dog, and
goes in for more serious things.
His chief delight is buying the pa
per. He is an early riser, and every
morning he fidgets and whines about
until his master gets up and gives him
two pennies, wrapped up in paper,
with which to get the newspaper.
Cap" wags his tail happily when
he starts out. with the money In his
mouth, for Edward Everett square,
which is not far off, for he knows he
will find a newsboy at the square, and
that the boy will sell him a paper.
If the boy is busy Cap" waits his
turn. Then he thrusts his nose up
toward the boy, and opens his mouth.
The newsboy takes out the little pack
age. and opens it. Cap" watches him
anxiously when he takes out the
money.
vi SWUNG hio paper hC
straight home. All the dogs in Bos-
ton could not divert him from his path
of duty. But cap" is cautious, and
If he sees trouble coming his way he
makes a detour. He is suspicious of
strangers until he has satisfied him.
self that they have no designs on his
paper, and takes the middle Of the
street when he sees anyone approach
ing he thinks he cannot trust.
When Cap gets home, and his
masters paper has been delivered, he
is a very merry dog indeed. The
serious business Of the day has been
dispatched, and he feels happy and re-
lieved of responsibility.
He watches the reading Of the pa
per with satisfaction, wagging his tail
as if to say: You wouldn't have that
ii 1t were not for me-"
1t would take considerable money to
buy Cap"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
Charges Crime to Cat.

Gladstone, Mich.-Two children of
Clarence Stearns, a farmer living near
this village, are dying and three 9th.
ers are seriously i'll, due to a cat hav-
ing sucked their breath" when they
lay asleep in bed.
The father, in the dim light. saw the
family cat sitting on the child's breast.
its s close to the babes lips. The
cats claws scratched the child's
breast as the father drew it away.
Going to the bed of the other chill
dren he found, he says, that the cat
had sucked the breath Of all and that
two were so i'll it was necessary for
him to hitch up his horses and drive
to the village for a doctor.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
TRAIN IN CALIFORNIA
IS SEIZED BY TRAMpS
TAKE POSSESSION OF CARS AND
EFFORTS TO DlsLoDcE THEM
ARE UNAvAILlNG.


visalia. Ca.-The largest delegation
Of tramps that ever invaded this city
rode in the other day on a fiat car of
a Southern Pacific train. There were
SO of them and the train was virtually
under their control. The sherif's Of
flee had been notified and went to the
relief of the train crew. ~Forty-eight
were arrested and placed in jail.
The army Of tramps first boarded
the train at Mendoza, about 60 miles
north of here. There we're then about
LEO of them, and they defied all eff.
forts of the train crew to put them
off.
At Fresno the tramps boarded an.
other train, taking possession of a re.
frigerator car. This train came down
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
Mischievous Princes.

The sons of Emperor William when
they were younger were about as
mischievous as any small boys could
possibly be.
Opening suddenly upon a courtyard
was a staircase, at the bottom Of
which a guard was stationed. The
princes spent nearly n whole after
noon running down these steps and
bursting out upon the sentry. OF
course, every time a prince came
down the guard had to salute. He
had the busiest time Of his life sa-
iuting.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
Muffs Are LARGE.

Sumptuous is the only word that
expresses the newest muffs.
Some of them are simply immense
in regard to size, and all are Of the
richest furs. Even the fancy muffs
are extremely large.
One on this order, fashioned from
caracul, was made with faring ends
faced with black satin, box-plaited and
edged with ruching, black silk cords
adjoining the front-a regular granny
muff indeed.
Chinchilla and black lynx mufs re-
semble veritable pillows, and ten pelts
of the little ermine are used to make
up a single muf.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17

really to prevent any unlimited exam
nation. The performer nov takes a
position, one corner of the handker-
chief in his left hand, the empty glass
in his right, in the palm of which is
the marked coin, and at the words of
mand relaxes the muscles Of the rsht
hand, allowing the coin to fall visibly
and audibly into the glass, and at the
same instant twitching the handker-
chief from the fingers of the holder
with his left. Glass and coin are then
passed for Identification.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17

chief as the latter is held in the CEN
ter.
Then request the loan of a quarter
and have it marked. Exhibit this
marked coin in the right hand (the
left. being underneath the handker-
chief, and as the fingers of that hand
(right) pass beneath the folds it nips
and carries with it the corner of the
handkerchief containing the hidden
coin up and underneath to the center
of the handkerchief, where it can be
felt and held by the observer, at the
same time palming the marked coin.
Request that the holder grasp the
handkerchief for security just be-
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
CAP oil ceraniums.

Much ingenuity Is shown by Par.
isian women in wearing several differ
ent varieties of flowers, in a combina.
ton for the hair, yet keeping one color
as the dominant note. A Juliet cap of
pink ivy ~geranium blossoms massed
together on an invisible net founda-
ton, with the leaves only about the
border, was worn by a prominent
woman at a ball. Ropes of pure white
net, powdered with diamond dust and
wound among the curls and rolls of
the hair, also have found-favor.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
Needn't Take Of His Hat.

There is just one English nobleman
who doesn't have to take his hat off
to King Edward. This is Baron For.
ester, whose ancestors in the time of
King Henry VIII. were granted this
special privilege because of some
service they performed for the crown.
This was a noticeable feature Of the
kings coronation, but Lord Forester,
after wearing his hat for a few mo-
ments just to confirm this peculiar
privilege of his family, took his hat
off like the remainder of the crowd
of English, Scottish and Irish noble
men.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17

the dropping corners of the handker-
chief while the other hand grasps the
glass. At the word of command the
handkerchief is pulled from the fingers
of the observer, and at the same in
slant the coin is both seen and heard
to fall in the glass, and both are in
stantly passed for examination.
Procure two large red and white
handkerchiefs, alike in pattern, and
stitch both together by the four hens,
or sides, having previously placed a
quarter of a dollar between the two.
This coin, of course, will fall into n
of the angles of the double handker-
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
Goat and Man in Duel.

Kansas City, Mo.-Bruised and bat
tered on all four sides and with all Of
his corners knocked OF, Frank
Schleich lies on a cot in the emer-
gency hospital as the result Of a bat
tie in the dark between him and q
goat. The goat invaded Schleich's
room in the barn and, as the man was
unarmed, the goat might have killed
him had it not been for the arrival
Of another barn man, who subdued the
horned and whiskered beast by throw
ing a horse blanket v its head.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
Old Fashion Is Revived.

What may be, with skillful treat.
ment, a very pretty fashion-that of
making the sleeves of an evening
gown different in color and fabric
from the rest of the dress-has been
revived.
In the case of a recently made eve
ming toilet, black gauze sleeves were
allied to a white gown, with an outline
of black upon the decolletage to con
meet the sleeves, as it were.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
THE U MAGICIAN.
How He Can Do a Coin Trick with
Handkerchief and Glass.

The performer exhibits a small
glass, allowing it to be examined. He
aso requests the loan of a silver quar-
ter, which is marked for Identification.
He exhibits a large colored handker-
chief, showing both sides. Next he
places the marked coin under the folds
of the handkerchief and requests one
of the audience to hold it firmly.
He then places himself in such a
position as to be able. to hold one of
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
lmpo.sibie.

Monty-Win you love me II ] give
up all my bad habits?
Zelia-But how could you expect me
to love q perfect stranger!-Royal
Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
Firemen's Busy Day.

Saturday is the busy day Of the
London firemen. In ten years London
had 1898 Saturday fires, against 5000
on Monday, the day they were least
frequent.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
Daily Thouuht.

So may each year be happier than
the last, and not one meanest brother
or sister debarred Of his share of the
great Creators good sifts!-Charles
Dickens.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
United ACES Of Fourteen Burials

The united ages of the last IA resi-
dents Of Goldanger, Essex, England,
whose names appear on the burial
registry, total 1,105 years. The ages
were SO, So, IS, 70, 81, ~, 81, u, 70,
rs, 70, rs, 81 and So. Before those
entries Is months passed without a
burial.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17

II he could, he would also get the news
out of the paper.
Cap" is a black and white English
setter, owned by A. E. Dayton of IL
Sumner street, Dorchester, says the
Boston Globe. He is seven years old,
and since p%uppyhood he has shown
himself an unusual dog. All the com
mon tricks of dogs come easily to him,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
"cAP,v THE BUSINESS DOG.
Takes Money and Buys His Master
His Paper Every Morning.

Cap" is a wise dog. He buys the
paper every morning. and carries it
home to his master to read. Unfor-
~tunately Cap" cannot read himself.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-17
20 Their Betters

Some mel do their best. others their
betters.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
A TRIBE OF FIGHTING INDIANS.
Abcrglnes Of Central America Seem.
ingly Without Fear.

~ sojourned for more than year In
Central America. mostly In Hondur'
as, where went TO make study Of
the native Indian tribes" said Charles
c. Lesseuer OF New Orleans.
These aborigines are mostly OF
warlike mold and as brave fighters az
any of the human race was es
pecially impressed with the inhabi
tants Of the Copan and Gracias dis.
tricts. They are the best fighting
stock in all Latin America. Three or
four hundred Of them will often defeat
an army Of thrice their size. They
are ever eager for battle and reck
nothing Of heavy adverse odds. They
are supposed to be Christians, but
from what saw and learned Of 9th
ers came to the belief that they prac.
tice heather rites and ceremonies
They are excellent friends. but ter
rible enemies. and II defeated In bat
tie are apt to visit their wrath on their
unfortunate officers.
These Indians cling to their print
tive customs and do most OF their
hunting with bows and arrows. The
way they use the bow Is rather unique
They sight their game. calculate the
distance and then shoot their arrows
into the air. whereupon the weapon
falls upon the mark, whether bird or
beast, seven times out of ten. with
fatal etfect."-Baltimore, American,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
suRNAMEs NOT USED BY KINGS.
Only Christian Names Signed by
Members Of Royal Houses.

The origin Of most royal houses was
similar throughout Europe. and kings
and their families, speaking broadly.
never had or used surnames. They
signed their Christian names alone.
SO universally was this the case
that II became rigid etiquette that a
person OF royal birth should not use
surname. though there have been num-
bers OF cases of dynasties. like our
own Stuarts. like the Bernadotte dy-
nasty OF Sweden or like the Bonaparte
family, who unquestionably and in
dubitably had inherited surnames. But
II has always been a puzzle why the
cadet members OF our own royal
house do not subscribe themselves as
peers by their peerage designations.
as do other peers
However, the fact is they do not,
but 1t has not been discovered what
are the rules which govern their sig
natures. The sovereign signs by the
Christian name and usually adds r."
or "R. and l. Princes and Processes
sign by their Christian names and
sometimes but not always, add the
letter "P." When or why this is added
or omitted is not known.
But the habits OF royalty lead 9th.
ers into strange happenings. There
was an occasion upon which Queen
Victoria after a function" was asked
to sign visitors book. Her majesty
write Victoria r. and l." Princess
Henry Of Battenberg then wrote
Beatrice p" The turn of the local
mayoress came next and she signed
elizabeth" The surname was hastily
written in the following day. but too
late to prevent the story gaining cur
rency.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
TELEPHONY WITHOUT WIRES.
There 10 a Possibility Of Talking to
America.

Wireless telegraphy is at last an
established fact, both scientifically
and commercially.
A director Of the Amalgamated
autobiography company told q re-
porter that his company Is ready to
take orders for the installation OF a
wireless telephony system to cover a
distance up to rs miles, over fairly
fiat land or over water.
Recently" he said, 81 spoke in our
laboratory at Berlin to temporary
laboratory which we have erected
some seven miles away from that
city, and that was not under the best
conditions. because the aerial Tor
wire) at the temporary station was
suspended between two factory shafts
instead Of the usual masts.
From experiments which we have
been conducting in Berlin we are able
to guarantee perfect communication
by wireless telephony over 25 miles
OF not too hilly country.
THE inventor OF the continuous
undamped wave, by which means only
is wireless telephony made possible,
was M. Valdemar Poulsen, noted
Danish electrical engineer. About
eight months ago we bought NJ Poul-
sens invention, together with all his
plant and experimental stations and
we have secured patents for the whole
world with the exception OF the
United States.
I'VE are now converting our sta
lions at Oxford and Cambridge into
wireless telephony stations on the
Poulsen system, and when the work
is completed, which will probably be
In six weeks time, We shall begin to
experiment there am confident that
we shall be successful In establishing
wireless telephone communication
over the 60 miles which separate the
two university towns, and ] do not
hesitate to express my conviction that
in few years time we shall be able
to speak across the Atlantic. Lon
don Express.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15

Horse Diet.
Paris Eats $4,000 horses every year.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
DECLARES LIQUOR NOT NEEDED
According to Writer. Europeans In
Tropics Are Better Without IT,

Transmitting an article written by
Dr. Harold H. Mann. and published in
The Young Men Of India" under
the title OF rs Drink Necessary for
Europeans in Tndia?" Consul General
William r. Michael Of Calcutta writes:
Europeans and Americans who
come to India do not need liquors 10
keep well: they will be better with
out stimulants OF any kind After
nearly two years residence here my
observations lead me to say that drink
ers OF spirits, wines and malt liquors
are the Tost susceptible to disease,
especially fevers. either on the plains
or In the mountains, OF any class OF
the inhabitants. Proper regard for
dress, to guard against sudden wealth
er changes, moderation in eating, es-
pecially meats; using only filtered and
boiled water. entire abstention from
alcoholic, vinous and malt liquors, and
plenty Of sleep will almost invariably
insure, to the average healthy per-
son. good and uniform health, as far
as fevers are concerned, and by add
ing vaccination and incubation, will
60 q long way toward making that
person immune from contagious dis.
eases"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
Alliqators In Ecuador.

A new minor industry that is devel.
oping In Ecuador is the killing and
skinning OF alligators. This industry
was launched In 1903 by an American,
who went to Guayaquil for the pur-
pose Of hunting down the myriads OF
alligators which abound in the River
Guayas and its tributaries. He was
markedly successful. The business
was temporarily interrupted In the
early part of 1905 by the untimely
death Of the American, who had start
ed the fun. but It has recently been
resumed. The total value of the ALI.
gator skins exported during the years
1908, 1904, 1905 and 1906 was s35 900.
The skins shipped from Ecuador to
this country last year weighed $1,000
pounds, and were valued at $4,S73.-
n. o. Times Democrat.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
Air Navigation Enuines.

Ten or Is years ago authorities writ.
Ing on the subject stated that II only
1t were possible to make engines so
light as to weigh but ten pounds a
horsepower, there would be no diff
Guilty In constructing flying ma.
chine. A few years after. petrol en-
gines were made Of such weight. To.
day they are made and on the mar
ket, weighing no more than two and
one-half pounds horsepower.-Tech.
meal Literature.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
"lmprovins the Breed Of Horses"

Improving the Breed Of Horses"
Among the vast number OF letters
received by Gov Hughes on the sub
iect of racetrack gambling the fol
lowing is charged with pathos:
ITO the Governor.-My husband
CANDLES at the racetrack. We had II
children once, but there are only four
left. The others died because could
not give them care. My husbands
gambling forced me to leave them and
go out to work"
Evidently this misguided woman
does not appreciate her husbands
services In the cause Of improving
Observation-Disclosures Post Express.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
WOMAN FOUND MURDERED
Husband Arrested Pending Investiga
tion-Was Seen With Bloody Knife

New York, April 13-Mrs. Liberman
the wife of a shirt waist manufacturer
in the Bronx, was found murdered in
her apartments on CORTLAND avenue
today. Her husband was taken into
custody pending an investigation by
the coroner Mrs. Liberman's throat
was cut. The janitoress found Liber-
man in the hall with blood stained
knife in his hand. Saturday afternoon
Llberman applied to lawyer to secure
summons for his wife accusing her
of infdelity but the summons was re-
fused because of Libermans condit-
ion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
She Told Him.

"About the greatest man who ever
lived in this community was Dug
Skinner; broad minded, big hearted,
and brilliant; and yet he died with
all his talent and goodness unsus.
pected."
"How did you come to find out
about IT."
II married his widow."--Houston
Post.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-15
Pure Blood

Is certain if you take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This great medicine cures those eruptions,
pimples and boils that appear at all seasons;
cures scrofula sores, salt rheum or eczema;
adapts itself equally well TO- and also cures, dys-
pepsia and all stomach troubles; cures rheu-
matism and catarrh; cures nervous troubles,
debility and that tired feeling.
Sarsatabs-For those who prefer medicine in tab
et Y,,u l,oou ont 10 nov Put w ~ ono Mrs
liquid form Sarsatabs have denticay the much Il
curative properties AS the aud form besides acc. WITH
dasa Ioss h, o,an. down
49, VI uooo oeovs io' ~ eN"p little 81
oraton Dreakage or ieakaee Druggists OF promptly appetite
by mail G. l. Hood Co., Lowell Mass. strengt
The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Timothy A Fitzgerald 2, and Gertrude n. Mac
Mahon. 2 Of Richmond. Va. Rev H. B. Hosley.
BENJAMIN S. Newgard. O. Of ElizabethtOwn. Pa
and Lizzie II. Longeneoker, 2, Of Mannheim, Pa.
Rev. John Van Shack. IT,
Alton P. Hastings. 81 and Edith L Burden 30.
Rev. G. G. Carter.
George E. Guide. q, and Bessie 81 Owens, o
Rev. S. NJ Afford.
George 7. Jacobs. @, and Bertha z. Galley, q.
both Of Bedford. Pa. Rev G. C. Bacon
Oliver J. Ford. 81 Of Richmond, Va. and Jessie
S. Bennett 81. Of Baltimore Nd. Rev ]. B. Nc
Lagghlin.
Cornwanis W. Herndon. 81, and Nellie N. Mi.ls.
l5 Rev. E. H. Lamar
Logan L. woolard, q, and Mary s. schveinshant,
q. Rev. A. J. Carey.
Dennis J. o'connoT. .. and Mary F. Welsh g.
ReF. J. ]. 0'Connof
Charles c. Finnegan 2, and Mary E. Fraunholz.
o. both q Baltimore I'D. Rev. Ignatius Fesly.
Willie l. Richards. 32. Of Orange. Va. and
Esther F, Goodwin .. Of GorionsYille, Va Rev
r. S. Ovens
Thomas L. Pane, 81, and Carrie H. Gills 8,
both Of CreYe. Va. Rev. J. o. Wrigbtsou.
Vernon c. Ward. 81, and Mary Wells, g. Rev
". T. Snyder
Thadl E Fowke. a. and Mamie B. Marshall IS
Rey. q. F. Billlnser.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-01
REFLECTIONS OF A
BACHELOR GIRL
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

It's the man who thinks he can
not afford 10 marry who can al
ways afford all the other expensive
things in life.
All a lover says may not be true.
but that doesn't matter il il is in
teresting.
The only difference between a
real hero and a husband who is on
his good behavior is that the first
wears medals and the second
thinks he ought to.
The real proof Of a gentleman is
his ability 10 say charming things
about the girl who turned him
down
The same sort OF love that viii
send a good man to the devil will
often reclaim a rake from the same
source.
A man is always disappointed
when he falls in love with a dim
pie or a pair Of eyes and then
wakes up TO find he has married
the whole girl.
Why does a woman always long
to be understood" when the one
thing on earth that interests a
man is what he can't understand?
The man who tried to appease
his wife's wrath by bringing her a
box Of candy is ike the nurse who
tried to stop the baby's crying by
shaking the rattle in front Of Il in
stead Of looking for the pin.