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The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

What does the prophet know about
the nation, anyway? He is so busy
with his visions and his dreams that
he hasn't the first grain of an intelli
gent idea of the nations affairs"
Yes" asserted another. vehement
ly, IF he spent as much time try.
ing to solve the present problems as
he does in fathoming the mysteries
of the future, he might be able to
render the nation a real service"
1T is all right to speak of follow.
ing the Lord wholly spoke ur
another of the group. but we Jews
are considered exclusive enough al
ready. Instead of a stricter national
life, we need a broader spirit which
will enable us to mingle with the ma
tions about and get the good Of Their
religions, as we'll as that of our own
There was general assent to this
speech, and the speaker went on tc
enlarge upon his idea, so that tempo.
rarily the prophet was forgotten, to.
gether with his message.
But the prophet with heavy heart
had gone on his way, and did not soon
forget the looks or the words of the
chief men of the town.
"Oh, God he cried, when he had
taken refuge in the humble home he
occupied when in town, "Oh, God,
what hope is there for Judah If
the chief men receive not thy mes.
sage, neither believe that thou hast
given to thy servant a true vision? Dc
they not call me a dreamer of dreams,
and laugh me to scorn? Who is there
TO receive thy word? Who is there
that will believer" And a great sob
shook the frame of the prophet as he
bowed himself upon his knees.
There was that little child you met
this morning On your way to the vii.
lage," prompted his conscience, as the
recollection of the blessed little ques,
toner flashed into his mind. and he
remembered how the little n had
wanted everybody to be good, anG
how when he had finished his story
of the great prophet Samuel, who as
q little boy had heard God speak and
had answered.: Speak, Lord, for thy
servant heareth," he had clapped his
hands and had exclaimed: Il wish
God would speak to me-"
These thoughts brought comfort to
the heart of the prophet, and he wills
pered, half in prayer and half to him
self:
Yea, Lord, the little ones receive
thee"
But what of thy holy Zion and thy
people?" he exclaimed, suddenly
Hast thou not spoken good concern.
ing them?" and he recalled the vision
which God had but the day before
given him of the future of his people,
Softly there came a voice from
above in answer to the fearful plea Of
the prophet, saying:
Yea, upon Mount Zion shall be de.
li%verance, and there shall be holiness,
and the house of Jacob shall possess
their possessions, and the kingdom
shall be the Lords
1T shall be so, indeed" reverently
exclaimed the prophet, bowling his
head. How could | have doubted or
let the unbe!ief of the present OBJ
scure the sure fulfillment of the flu
ture years? l shall continue to deliver
my message, for it is of God"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
NOT EYES FAULT THAT TIME.
Childish Realism InstiIIed Into Story
of Garden of Eden.

Realism rules the nursery. A GER
tain Philadelphia matron, who had
taken pains to inculcate Biblical
stories as well as ethical truths in her
three children, heard, the other day,
long drawn bowls of rage and grief
filtering down from the playroom. Up
two flights she hurried, to find on the
floor Jack and Ethel, voices uplifted.
Thomas, aged nine, sat perched upon
the table, his mouth full and his eyes
guilty.
Whatever is the matter??' asked
mamma.
"Bo-o-o." came from Ethel; I'VE
were playing Garden of Eden. Bo-o-o!"
But what is there to cry about?"
Then Jack, with furious finger point
ing at Tom, calculated through his
tears: Gods eat the apple!"-Bohe-
milan Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
The Useful Reason.

Rev. Sydney Goodman-his Mems
church at Atlantic City, with it's smok-
ing congregations and its moving pic.
lures, has already brought out many
imitators-is noted for the brilliancy
and originality of his sermons.
Even in a begging sermon" said a
member of the Mems church, Mr..
Goodman can amuse. He began a re-
cent begging sermon in this manner:
ga deacon said to the minister's
wife:
why is your husband always ask
ing for money, money, money"
THE minister's wife sighed:
az suppose it is because you never
give him any, said She
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Beyond Expression.

G. w. Farlowe, East Florence, Ala.
writes: For nearly seven years
was afflicted with a form of skin dis
ease which caused an almost unbear
able itching. l could neither work
rest or sleep in peace. Nothing gave
me permanent relief until I tried
Hunts Cure. One application re.
heved me; n box cured me, and
though a year has passed, / have
stayed cured. am grateful beyond
expression"
Hunts Cure is a guaranteed remedy
for all itching diseases of the skin,
Price SOC.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
90
OBADIAH
A Story of One of the Prophets to the
Kingdom of Judea.
BY THE HIGHWAY AND BYWAY"
PREACHER
~


Scripture Authority-The. Book of
Obadiah.
The Prophet Obadiah.-"Servant of Je-
hovah'' is the meaning of the name of
this prophet, whose message comprises
the shortest book in the Old Testament.
The date of his ministry is uncertain.
but he was probably a contemporary of
the prophets Hosea, Joel and Amos. The
scene of his labors was Judea, and his
prophecy was directed against the Edom-
ties with the closing verses unfolding a
vision of the future glories Of Zion. The
Book of OBADIAH is a favorite study of
the modern Jews, and it is here especial
ly that they read the future fate Of their
own nation, and of the Christians, for 1t
is a fixed principle of %rabbinical inter
probation that by Edomites are prophet
ically meant Christians, and that by
Edom is meant Rome.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Overlooked.

II always distrust your judgment for
some reason or other, John"
Yes, and you have reason to; it
serves me right"
why, ! cannot remember you ever
having done anything to justify such
a distrust."
Have you forgotten that l married
you?'-Houston Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
The Extensive Part.

Does it cost much to live in the
city," asked the old lady from the
small village.
20, no." replied her city nephew, ut
doesn't cost any more to live in the
city than it does in the country, but
it costs three times as much t o keep
up Chicago News.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
MARRIAGE Aoe Increased.

It is generally admitted that the
manageable age iof women has adj
vanced considerably of recent years.
Many a bride has long left girlhood
behind her before she exchanges her
vows at the altar, and there seem to
be few young men nowadays who care
to assume the responsibilities of mai.
ried life until they are in the financial
position usually associated with mid
die age.-Woman's Life.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Have You ChiHs?

1t cured your Pa and also your Ma
OF chills in the long ago, and it will
cure you now. 1t has been tested by
time and its merits have been proven.
We guarantee one bottle to cure any
one case of Chills. If it fails your
money is cheerfully refunded-and it's
name is C~heatham's Chill Tonic.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

lifting. languor. dizzy spells and rheu-'
matism. Before l used Doan's Kid
ney Pills." says Mr.. Winney, Il
weighed 143. After taking 10 or IL
boxes l weighed 1872 and was COM
pletely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a bcx.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
One Bottle or Less.

Malaria is easy to contract in some
localities, and hard to get rid Of
that is, if the proper remedy is not
used. Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees
any one from it promptly and thor
oughly. 1t is guaranteed to cure any
kind of Chills. One bottle or less
will do it.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
The Entire Family.

Grand Pop used it for Rheumatism.
Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises.
Many for Burns, Scalds and Aches.
Sis for Catarrh and Chilblains. / use
it for everything, and it never disap-
points any of us. 1t surely yanks
any old pain out by the roots.
Hunts Lightning Oil is what / am
telling you about.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

To all who enclose
postage he will re-
ply, telling h o W
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured him after he
had doctored and
had been in two diff
ferent hospitals for
eighteen m on t h s
suffering n S g
pain in the back,
lameness, twinges
when %StoODing or
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
c 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,
andhas positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness Ornervous p~rostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
A Curious Fact,

Water swells wood"
1T must. I've often noticed that
a novelist will wreck a skiff and then
float enough timber onto the desert
isle to build a town"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Opposites Cause and Effect.

"They say that there is more crime
committed in hot weather."
Yes; heat seems to conduce to
w~ickedness."
Now that's strange, that a close at
mosphere should cause loose princi-
pies"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
LOOKING for Work.

Why don't you go to work instead
Of begging and boozing?"
q will, boss, as soon as there's an
openin' in my trade. An | amt got
long to wait now, nuther."
What is your trader"
I'm a trackwalker for aeToplane
lines"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
capudine Cures INDIGESTION Pains.

Sour stomach and heartburn no matter
from what cause. Gives immediate relief.
Prescribed by physicians because it is
and effective. Trial bottle l0c. Regu-
lar size 25c and SOC at all druggists.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Suffering becomes beautiful when
anyone bears great calamities with
c~heerfulness, not through insensibility,
but through greatness of mind
Aristotle.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Try Murine Eye Remedy

For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes.
Murine Doesn't Smart-Soothes Eye Pain.
All Druggists Sell Murine at Scots. The 4s
Page Book in each Pkg. is worth Dollars
in every home. Ask your Druggist.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Comfort in That.

81 see there's a new weather proph-
ct out west who declares all the rivers
in the country will dry up in time"
well. so will he, thank goodness"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces tn
fammation, allsys pain, cures wind collie. sc a bottle.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

A happy nature is sometimes a gift,
but it is also a grace, and can, there
fore, be cultivated and acquired by all.
-Soulsby.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

FITS, st. Vitus' Dance and Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by Dr.. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE 800 trial bottle and treatise. DIR.
X. Ii. Kline, Id, 9Sl Arch Street. Philadelphia, Pa.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
PROOF FOR w CENTS.
II You Suffer with Your Kidneys and
Back, Write to This Man.

G. w. Winney, Medina, N. Y, in.
vites kidney sufferers to write to him,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Hicks Capudine

Hicks Capudine Cures Nervousness,
whether tired out. worried. ~sleepless or
what not. 1t quiets and refreshes brain
and nerves. It's liquid and pleasant to
take. Trial bottle 10c-regular size Csc and
SOC at druggists.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
RIVAL.

Hes a regular philanthro-what
do you call it?"
"Wot's he did,"
why, in de last week he's give
away two dozen 'Deadwood Dick an
a dozen Nickel libraries."
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing 1t is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless
people and children. Soc.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Many a nan is out of work be-
cause there is no work in him.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Contentment Is natural wealth;
luxury, artificial poverty.-Socrates.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

One way to buy experience is to
speculate In futures.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
| 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 prepara-
ton for healthy maternity is
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

He-They tell me you're great at
guessing c%onundrums.
She-Well, rather good.
He-Here's one for you: If / were to
ask you to marry me, what would you
say?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
important to Mothers

Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
signature s1sts enc
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Use Aliens FOot.Ease
Curestired, aching. sweating feet. 25c. Trial package
free. A.. s. Olmstcd, lie Roy, NY.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

The romance of a spinster is apt &c
be one sided.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-04
UP AND DOWN IN INDIANA

near Huntington. have named a COM
mlttee to confer with Prosecuting At
torney George M Eberhart to see
whether something can be done to pro-
vide the goat with a more favorable
exercise grounds.
The Y. NJ. c. A. membership contest
at South Bend closed last night, when
a final count was made, showing 1922
members added. The contest began
May g. Under the direction of Ralph
Harris, leader OF the Greens" and
Herbert Warner. of the Reds" the
canvass started; 1000 members being
the desired number The contest
wnged with enthusiasm until the close
Charles Harrison, 40 years old. a
patient in the Longcliff Insane hospital
at Logansport. committed suicide dur
Ing the night by cutting his throat
with case knife, which he found in
the yard OF the institution. He leaves
widow at Elkhart. Another in
sane patient in the same bed slept
peacefully while Harrison bIed to
death.
At joint meeting of the committees
representing the faculty, students and
citizens in Downey Hall at Greencastle,
arrangements were made for the re-
ception of Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes
when he arrives from Baltimore to-
morrow afternoon on the Vandalia at
1:20 O'Clock.
At a special meeting of the County
Council $1,000 was vited to employ an
expert to audit the records of Monroe
county. In the resolution adopted it
Is stated that the treasurer's and audi
tors balance sheets disclose overdrafts
covering ten years in amounts aggre-
eating more than $4,000
The Grand Grove of Indiana, United
Ancient Order of Drui1s, holding its
forty-eighth annual session I'm Red
Mems Hall IN West indianapolis, will
elect officers for the ensuing year at
the morning session today. The bust
ness of the meeting will be brought to
a close by the installation of officers in
the afternoon.
The Seventh District convention of
the Indiana Bankers Association will
meet tomorrow at the fremont hotel
In wabash. ]. r. Enley, cashier of
the First National Bank of Hunting
ton, will preside.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-04
THE CREAM OF TIE
Morning News

Cancer no longer incurable is the
announcement made at the convention
of the American Medical association.
Living Venus as a corset model is so
attractive to delegates to the medical
convention that their wives cause her
to be replaced by a manikin
Police Lieutenant Smith, censor of
moving pictures, tells how properly to
edit Shakespeare.
That Congressman Liiley was pic
tured by his physician as near sui
eide because of the charges he made.
Is the statement of Congressman
Boutell.
Citizens Association fires broadside
Of questions at aldermen, asking views
on controversy between sanitary dis
trict and council finance committee
Rev. W. A. Quayle, newly elected
bishop of the Methodist Episcopal
church, returns from Baltimore and
prepares to take up new duties.
Judge Grosscup declares it improper
for judges or other public officials to
solicit or receive gratuities from rail-
roads or corporations, although he had
seen no harm in doing so in former
years.
Man jumps from liner in midocean.
resists all efforts to save himself and
finally lets himself sink.
Children in East Side schools in
New York found to be suffering from
hunger and means are taken to provide
relief.
Paying teller of New York bank. see
ing discovery of $4,000 shortage in
evitable. goes into cellar, writes con-
fession and shoots himself dead.
Drain of lawsuit with Hearst is so
great as to exhaust Mayor McClellan's
salary receipts and about $4,000 in
addition.
President Roosevelt by good horse
manship saves himself from serious in
jury when an unbroken animal rears
and falls with him into Creek.
Maryland Democrats in convention In
Baltimore pick delegates to Denver, but
give no instructions.
democratic ticket have been invited to
attend the state committee meeting.
Anti-Dreyusards made a demonstra-
ton when the remains of Zola are
| taken to the Pantheon in Paris.
Corn leads grain list; receipts light
and weather unfavorable. Cattle.
higher; hogs. slightly lower; sheep.
lower.
New York stock list is dull and
lower. Vanderbilt lines show well.
Benjamin Thomas resigns from presi-
dency of the Chicago and Western In
diana and Belt Railway of Chicago. be-
cause of criticism of his work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-04

that when these contests are aired
Secretary Taft will fall far short Of
the strength his friends claim for him."
In Mr.. Kealing's table the two dele
gates from Alaska are not figured in
the list of delegates pledged to any
candidate. This is the only case. how
ever, with the possible exception of
one contest down in Georgia, where
the figures seem to be Inaccurate.
There is a contest for the two seats
from Alaska, but it is merely fight
for control of the organization. both
sides being for Taft. In one of the
Georgia districts there is a contest be-
tween Foraker and Fairbanks dele
gates. so that, whichever set is seated,
the allies will gain.
In the tabulation of the Illinois vote
also Mr.. Healing gives Speaker Cannon
but thirty instructed delegates. but
credits him, under the head of dele
gates in the anti-Taft column, with
fiftytwo votes and two for Taft, which
is correct.
How Healing Figures Vote.
The Healing table, giving the FORE
cast by states. and supported by the
other anti-Taft leaders, is as follows:
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-04

A sensation was created today
with the announcement by the seere-
tary Of the Real Estate Building AS
ISOLATION of Bloomington which Is
confirmed hy the directors. that there
are irregularities Ia the accounts Of
Harry a, AStell. former secretary OF
the association. amounting 60 some
thing like sss.ooo TO meet this
amount AStetl has turned over all hts
property, amounting TO about $4,000.
While Earl atane ana Paris Hatta-
haugh. nine aud nineteen years ola res
speetlvoly, were nshing ia Hiehland
creek. at the old water mill east Of
bloomfield. yeHtefaax. they found n
large catfish fastened between log
of tho miildam and stone. Il had
run Into the trap during the recent
high water ana az the water reeedod,
was unable 90 set loose
Indianapolis detectives despair OF re-
covering all Of the heraea and rigs said
20 have been stelea BY Robert n. Green.
the Montgomery county banker. who
is under arrest here charged with
horse stealing. Detective Frank Dun
can has returned from Chicago 10 which
place he traced nine OF the horses.
mock republican national conven-
ton will be held IN the college gym
uasium Of Indiana University at Bloom
ington today under the auspices OF the
Lincoln League and the jackson club.
Arrangements wero made by n meet
OF the chairman of all the state dele
cations and Fred b Johnson of Rich
mond. chairman of the national COM
mittee. The number OF delegates will
be one-third that of the regular con-
vention.
EIks from fifty three Indiana towns
assembled at Indianapolis yesterday in
the first session of the Indiana state
reunion. The sessions will close to-
night Evansville and Elwood dele
cations each are waging a vigorous
campaign to obtain the next annual
convention. Enthusiasm was the main
feature yesterday, and indications point
to the most successful state meeting
ever held.
Because mischevious boys and curl
GUS women have been anxious to spy
on the actions of the Odd Fellows
goat, Odd Fellows of Browns corners
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-04
serHIs IS MY e5TH BIRTHAY."
Charles Conrad Abott.

Charles Conrad Abbott, noted as a
naturalist and archaeologist. was born
June 4, 1913, at Trenton, n. J. In 1885
he was graduated from the medical
department of the University of Penn
sy1vania,' but has never practfced his
profession. He served as a private in
the Union army, and for a brief period
previous to 1872 he was, engaged as
manufacturing chemist. Since that
time he has devoted himself wholly to
scientific pursuits. He has many dis
coveries In local zoology to his credit
and he has also written many books
on archaeological and illogical sub
jects. AS an assistant of the Peabody
museum of afcheology and ethnology,
he discovered irrefutable evidences of
the one time presence of man in Della
ware valley early in, If not previous TO,
the glacial period.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-04
seTHTs DATE IN HISTORY"
June 4.

16s6-Portocarrero the celebrated vice
roy of Mexico and Peru, born IN
: Madrid. Died in Iona. Sept. p,
ITe5.
173S-George III. of England born.
: Died Jan. %, 1920
1763-Indian massacre at Fort Macki-
nav, Mich.
Neutrality-suspicious. declared by Bel
gian provinces.
1s05-Treaty of peace concluded be-
tween United States ond Tripoll.
1S29-United States frigate Fulton
blown UP at New York; between
80 and 40 persons killed.
1S62-Fort Pillow, Tenn, evacuated by
General BeauregaTd.
1Ss5-Ferdinand Ward of the suspend
ed firm of Grant & Ward, indicted.
1s8S-Eleetrical death bill signed by
Governor Hill of New York.