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The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Birthplace of Hans Andersen.

are pictures, busts, first editions of the
fairy tales, the famous original lead
pencil drawings for the tales by the
Danish illustrator Petersen-these.
perhaps, the finest things in the mu-
seum-and many other interesting
relics. One of the busts of Andersen
is that made by Joseph Durham, the
English sculptor. in one hour Here,
also, are the Andersen's silk hat, um-
brella, trunk and travelling bag, his
will, and the lasts on which his boots
were made, which, says the little
guide book to the museum, do M
testify favourably to the beauty of
his feet"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

WASHINGTON. - immigration Off
w Gals who at first regarded the de-
crease in immigration as OF a tempo
rary character, have determined upon
an Investigation to discover its cause.
The continued falling off cannot be &C
counted for, and it is considered neces-
sary to take steps to ascertain wheth-
er anything not now apparent to the
United States is being done to deter
people in foreign countries seeking
new homes from finding them here.
1t is known that the peonage inves
tigation in the south has resulted in
the posting of notices in some coun-
tries of Europe warning it's laborers
not to come to the United States, but
this has never been seriously regarded
as reflection upon conditions here.
When the unusual departure of the
laboring classes to Europe occurred
during the early winter it was at
tributed to the dull times following
the financial furry. 1t is doubted if
this condition, which has now been TO
considerable degree supplanted by a
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

instead of taking the slightest con-
Germ of what would happen to me,
rapidly crossed the bridge and ran
to my mother. Taking off his cap,
the little fellow stood politely beside
her for some time, waiting till she had
finished rather long story she was
just telling. Then he said:
Mamma, at your convenience, |
have something to tell you"
What is it," said my mother. ap-
provingly, for she appreciated that her
efforts were being rewarded.
Mamma, at your convenience, Lisi
has fallen into the water"
What" exclaimed my mother.
jumping up. HAS any one pulled her
out?''
Il don't know" said Richie, very
politely, but I didn't interrupt your
story, and she can SWIM
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Gaines Will Be Missed from the House

take his seat next March.
But Washington will miss Repre-
sentative Gaines. For. in truth, he
was one of the most popular men on
the Democratic side. Above all will
be missed his annual request for an
appropriation for the care OF the Her
mitage."
John Wesley has filed more pages
of the Record than any living human
being since the beginning of the gov
ernments history. II speech be sill
yer. he has coined more of it than all
of the minis since the crime OF 10.
John Wesley first sprang TO fame
when Bob" Taylor was governor of
Tennessee. One day there came to the
gubernatorial sanctum a tall youth
who said:
Il am John Wesley Gaines"
Have a chair, Mr.. Gaines" said
Bob"
Il am Col. Coles son-in-law," i'm
pressively added the visitor.
Take two chairs, Mr.. Gaines, said
Bob"
Whereupon John Wesley became
famous. He campaigned against j. r.
McReynolds for congress when that
young scion of the tennis cabinet
chartered a street car and a brass
band and went out to create bigger
noise than John Wesley. He didn't.
and Gaines went to congress.
Now cometh young Joe Byrnes to
smite the Goliath of the Sixth Tennes-
see district While he may fill the
place with credit, there will be an
aching void of dense and dignified
silence where once the corridors Of
the national house rang with the
echoes of peoples wrongs.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Clear Proof.

Young Brown had caught the craze
for muscular development, through
which, like teething, mumps and
measles, most of us must go. More
over, he had caught it badly.
He was always prating to his friends
about some new method, or apparatus,
or system, or something. At last the
worm turned.
One youthful companion, after listen
ing patiently to lengthy discourse
on how exercises made people more
healthy, increased their strength and
heightened their lives, turned on
Brown.
Look here, old man." he said, "how
about our ancestors? They didn't use
muscle developers, did they?"
Brown looked thoughtful for q mo-
ment. Then his face frightened.
We'll" he retorted, land where are
they now? All dead!"-Royal Mag
azine.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Chjcauo's Five Maiden Aunts.

Chicago is boasting of its five
maiden aunts" and declaring that they
have done more toward securing bet
ter industrial conditions in that city
and in the country at large than any
other like number Of citizens
men or women, in the world
The five maiden aunts" are Jane AID
dams of Hull House; Julia Lathrop
a charity expert; Mary Mcdowell, OF
the University Settlement; Margaret
Haley, who organized the Teachers
Federation, and DR.. Cornelia De Bey
practicing physician, who secured
the settlement Of the great stockyard
strike by arbitration. DR.. De Bey has
also been prominent in investigating
factory violations of the child labor
law and is member of the Chicago
board of education
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

THE filing of suit for absolute d.
/ vorce by Mrs. Frank j. Gould has
revealed how both Mrs. Gould and her
husband have been employing private
detectives to watch one another. Mrs.
Gould placed detectives on her hus-
bands yacht, Helenita. and it is said
the evidence secured by these men
will play an important part in Mrs.
Gould's suit, Mr.. Gould in turn placed
detectives in his wife's home as serv-
ants, it is alleged.
Mrs. Gould will seek her freedom on
statutory grounds. The most sensa-
tional feature in the action has to do
with an episode on Mr.. Gould's yacht,
in which young singer, whose name
has not been divulged, played lead
ing part.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Field for Trained Nurses

DR.. Lucy A. Bannister of Pittsburg
recommends the placing of a trained
nurse in every factory, department
store and work shop where many
girls are employed. She declares that
this is a field for social welfare work
which at present is hardly touched,
but from which wonderful results
might be obtained. She names five
ways in which it will be beneficial: 1t
will pay the employer to support it.;
it keeps the girls we'll; it saves them
money; it exerts an influence for good
morals, and it reaches the homes of
the workers more directly than any
other method that has been tried.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Canada is not combining its energies
to constructing canals, though doing a
big line of business in that direction.
Railroad development is going on rap
idly. In addition to the transconti-
mental roads in operation or in contem-
plation construction is pushed north
ward. One of the important projects
is the road up to Hudson bay, and
which will open a great territory. The
scheme will involve large outlay, but
that will not scare the Canadians if
they can convince themselves that
the enterprise will pay ultimately, as
it undoubtedly will.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Every now and then the suggestion
is made that the words of Dixie" be
changed In reply to a recent sugges-
ton along that line the Rochester.
Chronicle says: Don't mutilate Dix.
ie.' 1t means much. 1t is a part of
our history" while the New York Her.
aid calls it "soul-stirring southern
melody" and says: Already it is as
much the nations possession as
America Let it alone" Such com
ment, says the Baltimore Ameri-
can, as this shows how very
close TO one another the north
and south have become.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

1t will be news to most persons that
drunkenness can be superinduced by
absorbing too much water-that Is
leaving fire water" out of considera
ton. But learned professor, in lee
ture in Chicago, declared that many
men and women drink too much wa
ter and are victims of that form of In
toxication." However. the statement
is not likely to convince anybody that
the prohibition movement is really a
liquor crusade in disguise.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Tho Demonstration.

table with length Of cotton coming
from the under side, and if the cotton
be pulled gently, as shown in the &C
companying drawing, it might be sup.
posed that the thread would unwind
from the reel, causing the latter tC
roll away from the hand. The oppo
site effect, however, is produced
the reel rolls toward the hand that
pulls the thread. winding up the latter
as it comes, the reel travelling at q
greater rate than the pulling hand.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Big Money Earned by Women Embalmers

lice station. More women than men
gather at these places after some
tragedy.
There are embalming schools in
this city where woman can enter upon
course in this work, but very few
do. Upon graduation they can obtain
work Immediately, and probably get
one or two cases a day at ten dollar
each.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
MINE OWNER TO WE'D ACTRESS.
James Macmillan Started Life as
Reporter.

San Francisco.-James Harry Mac
MILAN, newspaper editor, theatrical
owner and mining operator, Of Ne
vada, who is reported engaged to Miss
Edna Goodrich, the actress, began life
at 20 years of age as a newspaper re,
porter in Ogden, Utah. He went from
one western paper to another, until
lie became city editor of the Ana
conda Standard, which at that time
was owned by Marcus Daily. Still
following his newspaper work. he be-
came interested in mining in the old
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Not What Was Expected.

Naomi he said softly, as he gazeG
at the moon above them, isn't the
evening beautiful? Do you know
strange fancies throng my mind on 6
night like this. Every zephyr seems
to bear gentle voices, perhaps from
the spirit world. Do you hear such
voices?"
Silence for a moment.
Il think I do. George"
What do they sound like to your"
"They are very indistinct, but they
make me think that papa and brother
Henry are calling the dog Royai
Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Eager to Help.

Priest-Pat, there's hole in the
roof of the church, and l am trying
to collect money enough to repair it
Come, now, what will you contribute
Pat-Me services, sor.
Priest-What do you mean, Pat:
You are no carpenter
Pat-No, but If it rains next Sun.
day, sure OIL sit over the hole.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

1t is essential to note that penny
postage between Great Britain and
this country means two penny pos
tage between this country and Great
Britain. In other words the Ameri-
canized penny, SO called, is a good
deal of a misnomer.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

A cat in New York suburb went
mad the other day and attacked a
young woman who fed it a piece of
pie. This is where animals have the
advantage of human beings. A man
in similar circumstances would be
obliged to suppress his feelings.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

An incandescent kamp in its green
shade will, when turned upward to-
ward the ceiling, spread soft and
pleasantly diffused light, plenty strong
enough for room where no one is
reading. When the lamp is so used no
shadows are cast
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Noting the recent events in the re-
spective scandals of France and Ger
many, Harden, who is to get a new
trial, should take precautions against
the day when the military and court
party, finding all other measures in
effective, will begin shooting at him.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

covered in Boston a girl with six dis
tinct personalities. This may be rare
for Boston, says the Baltimore Amer
lean, but other places are entirely ia
miliar with the phenomenon of a wom-
an who is never the same thing twice.
In fact, continual changing is regard
ed in these places as long-conceded
privilege of the sex.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

The police chiefs in convention are
asking that the officer of the law be
no longer made the subject of jokes
and funny pictures. That is reason
able request. 1t is now up to the po-
lice to stop being funny
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

The New Zealand parliament is to
adjourn on the occasion of the visit
of the American fleet and will appro-
pirate $4,000 to pay the expenses of
entertaining the visitors. This is
friendship that bears the real brand.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

After October l it will only cost two
cents for an American to write let
ter to England and vice versa. But
there are a good many on each side
who have no transatlantic correspond
ents, and they will be inclined to re-
gard the reduction obviously.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Olga Nethersole says if she had it
to do over again she'd be wife and
mother rather than an actress. Lots
of sense in this. World could perhaps
get along without actresses, but not
without wives and mothers
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

The men who are trying to teach
women to properly alight from street
cars should be taken off the job and
put to work in a perpetual motion
machine factory
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
HOME OF FAIRY TALES.
House Where Hans Andersen Was
Born Now Museum.

London.-The little house at Oden-
Sc, Denmark, where Hans Andersen
was born, has just been acquired by
the town, restored, and filled with
mementoes of the famous fairy tale
writer, making it one of the most in
teresting of literary shrines. There
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

In consequence of Lahore literary
society announcing lecture, Man
the Index of Creation the city author
tiles sent % armed constables down
to the lecture hall, which only held so
neODle
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
CURIOUS OPTICAL ILLUSION.
A Case Where the Eye Cannot
Be Trusted.

At first sight it appears that the
lines A and B would not join correctly
to G and D without deviating from
their proper course. and so not form a
perfect arch. This is not so, how
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
Quest Of the Ace.

We have lost our power to become
satisfied with the essentials of nfe-
Rich and poor alike, we seek wealth
as the greatest promoter to human
happiness, the greatest blessing OBJ
tainable.-The Queen.
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Prosaic Call-QoWn.

Sandy Pikes-Never more will
claim to be a poet. | told dat lady
in de wayside cottage I was going tC
recite me masterpiece, de Call of de
Wood"
Gritty George-What did she say
pard?
Sandy Pikes-She gave me an ak
and said she'd rather hear me recite
DE Call of de Woodpile. Chicago
Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

John Thaddeus Delane was editor
of the London Times from 1910 to
1877, the period of the papers greatest
Importance and influence
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

King Edward recently rode in an
English street car, and we'll bet that
was one time in his life that the end
seat hog had to move over.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

A man may overtake lot of peo-
pie on the road to ruin, but he never
meets any one.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

In the public schools of Strassburg,
Germany. men teachers get $342.72 to
$937.72 per annum, according to the
years of service, and women teachers
get from $33320 to $66640.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

In Nerveless New York they bounced
a shop girl because she was pretty.
In Merry Milwaukee, boasts the Sen
tinel, all the shop girls are good look
ing
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

The New York World insists that
even royal princesses are human"
Yep, intensely so.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

had very little difficulty on the score
of etiquette.
''The king took the greatest interest
in the education of his sons, and they
were among the most diligent and af
fectionate pupils l ever had"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

When aeroplanes get to working
easily it may be found necessary to
roof the penitentiary yards
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

The thoroughly domestic woman
will do everything for you. except
make you happy.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

The average annual cost for each
pupil for public school education in
Germany is $12.S6.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
EXPERIMENT IN DYNAMiCS.
What You Can Get Spool o
Cotton to Do.

A most interesting experiment can
be made with a half-emptied reel OF
cotton. If such a reel be placed in a
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17
ROAD


journey landing pan-London
The Tupelo journal., 1908-07-17

Treasurer Edwards forwarded to the
state treasurer of Nebraska the sum of
s10,440. to pay interest coupons on
s547, 900 worth of Mississippi bonds
held by the far Western commonwealth
as an investment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-15
SHAWNEE COUNTY APPEALS.
Not Satisfied With Its Share OF Ma
tional Assets.

Shawnee county has appealed from
the United States district court to the
United States circuit court in an at
tempt to secure as much as possible Of
he $32, 731.0 which the county commits
sioners had on deposit at the defunct
First National bank at the time of its
failure
In brief this is the contention:
Shawnee county insists that it's claim
against the bank and Devlin estate Is
$50. 731.07. If dividend is to be declar-
ed on the winding up of the bank and
the estate the sum must be based on
this full claim.
The decision of Referee N. H. Loomis
and Judge John c. Pollock. from which
an appeal is taken is that the dividends
must be based on the amount still due
the county commissioners, the county
having received from the bank 81 per
cent in the way of dividends. Instead
of on 1872, 731.07 the dividends remaining
shall be based on $5,891.59.
The funds Of the county were guar
anteed under a bond to which the First
National bank was not only party
but C. j. Devlin, himself, which ex-
plains why the county commissioners
have claim against the Devlin estate.
When referee N. H. LOOMS asked for
the filing of claims shortly after the
bank failure. the claim OF the county
was fled with him. Later he offered
an opportunity for those who objected
to the claims to file their objections and
this was done, objections being sustain
ed to the amount of the claim Of Shaw
nee county against the estate the ref
cree deciding that it should be scaled
down to $5,891.59, which remained UNI
paid after the 80 per cent of First Ma
tional bank dividends had been declar-
ed. The state has similar claim of
about $550000 which was the funds on
deposit at the First National and this
matter is still pending.
It is probable that If the decision is
against the state as 1t has been against
the county that an appeal will be ta-
ken by the state to the circuit court
also.
If the circuit court should hold for
the plaintiffs it will mean that the
general creditors Of the Devlin estate
will have the amount returned to them
in the way Of dividends on their claims
materially reduced from what they
would otherwise receive.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-15

should be carried out SO as to develop
the maximum water power possible
without injury to the water supply.
When we consider the wide distribu-
ton of our water power resources and
prosperity and future wealth of the
nation 1t is obvious that their deveI-.
opment should be wisely and efficient
~ encouraged. Any tax operating un-
duly to discourage their development
might easily delay our industrial pro-
gress to an extent that would more
than Offset the accelerating influence
OF any improved Waterways, which
might be constructed from the pro-
ceeds Of such tax, great as would be
the undoubted value of such water
ways, ana any direct revenue which
the government might derive from
this source would be insignificant as
compared with the indirect benefits re-
sulting from their use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-15

erai commodity freight. Such an or
ganlzation OF the business of trans
portatfon as has been worked out in
Eneiano. France and Germany does
rates by rail as prevail in the United
states; but the costs Of wholesale and
retail distribution and of many man
uractur1ng activities are undoubtedly
less than they would be were the peo-
PIE OF Europe served almost entirely
py raiiroaus and not by both rail-
roads and waterways. Our depen-
dence upon railroads. almost exclu-
s1vely, for the movement of bulky
commodities long distance even at low
average rates, while we at the same
time neglect the development and
use OF our inland waterways does not
necessarily mean that we have or
gained our work of production and
distribution in the most economical
manner. When conditions in the.
United States approach more closely
those. prevailing in Europe. we shall
find it increasingly desirable to pro-.
vide ourselves both with well-develop-
ed waterways and with railroads more
efficient than present conditions per-
init them to be in the handling. Of
package freight. We. as well as Eu
rope. will find 1t profitable to mini
mize capital and warehousing costs.
Progress Has Been Slow.
The construction of. canals and the
improvement of rivers in the United
States have progressed slowly in part
at least, because the federal govern
ment has in the past left to the states
the work Of canal building, and to
some extent the canalization of rivers.
The states are manifestly incom-
petent to carry out the improvement
of our national waterways. The great
state of New York has the financial
ability and economic incentive to re-
construct the Erie canal; but its route
Is so clearly national that the water
way should long since have been TAX
en- over and enlarged by the federal
government.
The experience of our own country
and of other nations shows conclu-
sively that waterways should be pub
lie ways-that their execution and
maintenance should be by the govern
ment. The entire network of Amer
lean waterways should be improved
and extended systematically by one
authority, and with reference to the
economic and social needs of the en-
tire nation. There is only one power
whose authority is as wide as our
country, and that is the federal gov
eminent. In the future but small
place in the development and control
Of waterways will be given either to
the states or to private corporations.
There can be no doubt that the in
land waterways Of the United States
will be more extensively used in the
future than they have been In the
past. The reasons for this are nu-
merous and conclusive.