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, 1909-09-11

a breath Of wind or a cloud in the starry
sky. The huge, box-liko monster rose
smartly to q height Of 75ft., and gIided in
vast circles round the camp. Soon the first
CLEAN of dawn appeared in the sky, and the
figure of the aviator was Distinguished,
perched by the side Of his whining motor.
Loud cheers broke from the onlookers
when the first hour was completed, and the
first rays of the sun caught the white sails
of the aeroplane. When at the end Of the
second hour the aviator was within twenty
minutes of Mr.. Wright's record the anxiety
of the spectators was intense. Then the
Americans record was broken, and enthu-
siasm burst forth anew. III. Sommer re-
piled with a wave Of his hand, made another
tour Of the camp, and then, his petrol
tank being nearly empty, he came to the
earth.
At one point in the fight the canvas
came unglued on both sides of the lower
plane, tapping in the wind and nearly
necessitating a landing. Fortunately, how.
ever, the propeller cut the tapping canvas
free.-Dajly Mau, dug II.
, 1909-09-11
I T BY A VIPER.

The condition of DR.. Herbert Peck, medi-
cal health officer for Chesterfield, Derby
shire, who was bitten several times by a
viper recently at Ramsley, near Chats
worth, is stated to be very serious. Three
medical men are il constant attendance at
RImsley, and Mrs. Peck has been summon
ed.
It may be recalled that, while Dir. Peck
was walking with two Of his children in
the moorland district near Chatsworth
House, he noticed what he thought was q
small common grass snake in the bushes
As be attempted to pick it up he perceived
it to be an English viper, and before he
could withdraw his hand it had wound itself
round his wrist, striking him three times
and injecting poison into both his hands.
DR.. Peck at once endeavoured to suck the
wounds and apply a ligature, and at last
managed to reach RamsIey Lodge, near
Baslow, where he collapsed.-Bid
, 1909-09-11
LORD LILFORD'S HEIR.

Singular Death Under a Simple Operation
We regret to announce that the Hon.
Thomas Atherton Powys, aged thirteen, son
and heir of Lord Lilford, died under an
nnHsthetic while undergoing an operation.
The sad story was told at an inquest held
Mt the Westminster Coroner's Court. The
post-mortem examination, it was stated, re-
vealed the status lynphaticus, q condition
which it is impossible to detect while the
afflicted person is alive
Lord Lilford, of Lilford Hail. Oundle,
N championships, said his son enjoyed
good health. The boy was with Lady Lii
ford at a nursing home in Mayfair. An
operation was performed for the removal of
aJenoids from his throat.
DR.. Harold B.. Gardiner, 1875, Harley street
w, said he was a special anesthetist. He
examined the boy thoroughly for the purpose
of seeing whether he was fit for anesthesia,
and he came to the conclusion that every
thing was normal as far as could be discover
i, except, of course, the enlargement in his
throat and at the back of his nose. He was
not nervous, but confident and cheerful. The
operation was one which was very frequently
performed. 1t was a kind of routine opera
tion.
, 1909-09-11
COMING COMET.
Approaching the Earth at 1871 Miles
a Minute.

The astronomical world is eagerly awaiting
the appearance of an historic comet which is
now approaching the earth at a rate of $500
600 miles a day. This is equivalent to 1871
miles a minute and twenty-nine miles a
second,
Since 1905 the comet has been known as
"Halley's Comet" as it was in that year that
Edmund HALEY, an eminent English astron-
omer, established the identity of the COM
ct, which had appeared in 1881, 1907 and
1882, and he predicted its temperance in
1853. 1t was last visible in 1885.
1t is not probable that the comet will be
discerned before the middle of September
or possibly October, for it's distance is now
2 10000, 600 miles. The rate at which it is
travelling sunwards and e~arthwards, howev-
or, will soon bring it within reach Of human
eyes.
All the most powerful telescopes in the
world are occupied in searching for the illus
trious comet, which shone SO brightly in the
spring Of 1866, and vas supposed to presage
the Norman invasion. The redetecting of
the object is likely to be brought about by
photography, which is capable Of revealing q
fainter image than can be discerned by the
eye.
The comet will be ut its brightest in May
1910, when it should be quite conspicuous
to the naked eye, and become a popular and
highly attractive spectacle.-Hjd
, 1909-09-11

The operation had gone on for barely two
minutes, and the witness was continuing
annsthetising to prevent him coming round,
by pumping ohloroform through d small tube
at tile side of the mouth, when his breathing
suddenly ceased, and the colour of the up
per part of his face became du5ky.
Artificial respiration was resorted to for
Al hours, but there was no response. Oxy-
gen was administered In fact every known
method for restoring life was applied.
DR.. Robert S. Trevor, pathologIst, who
made the post-m5Rtem examination, said
that death was due to failure of the respira-
ton while the boy was suffering from a con
dition of Iymphatism or the status lymphati-
Gus, the failure of the respiration beng
brought about by the administration Of the
aupsthetic.
The Jury returned a verdict Of Acciden-
tai Death-Da1y Mil, aug. 7th.
, 1909-09-11
SIR H. MAXIMS AEROPLANE.

Sir Hiram Maxim, who had constructed
q flying machine long before many of the
present well known %ayiators had taken up
the science, is at work on q new aeroplane.
While the construction Of the navigable.
balloon for the British Government is pro-
ceeding at Messrs. Yickers, Sons, aud
Maxim's works at Borrow-in- Furness, pre-
partitions ore in progress for experiments
with Sir Hiram's new aeroplane at the
Crawford works of the same finn.
For q considerable period Sir Hiram has
spent almost the whole of his time either
at the firms Firth works, where the 34-b.p-
engine and the greater part Of the machine
has been made, or at the Crawford works,
where the aeroplane will be assembled,
stored and tested.-Lbid
, 1909-09-11
500 SWANS ON THE THAMES.

As a result Of the annual marking it has
been found that over 200 ,cygnets have been
reared on the Thames between Southwark
Bridge and Marsh Lock, Henley, during the
past season, the number being well up to
ayorage.
The largest brood was one of nine cygnets
at Hallford, but several broods Of seven
birds are recorded. The black swans at
Gorng, which are owned by the Winners
Company, have also multiplied.
Altogether there are about 500 swans on
the Thames between the places indicated,
The King beng the owner of the greatest
number and the remainder being the proper
ty of the Dyers' and Winners Companies
Ibid.
, 1909-09-11
WRIGHT AEROPLANE RECORD
BEATEN BY A FRENCHMAN.

One month and three days after his first
venture ia an aeroplane, NJ. Roger Sommer,
the felt manufacturer from the Ardennes,
kas broken the worlds record for duration
of flight made by Mr.. Wilbur Wright, by
remaining in the air for Oh. 27min. 15sec.
Mr.. Wright's longest fight, performed at
LIE Mans on December 81 last, lasted 2h.
20min, 23sec.
Having already last week made notable
flights of Oh. 1Omin. and 1h. 6Omin., M.
Sommer set out in his Farman biplane at
Chalons Camp at a quarter-past three in
the morning.
The day was fine and clear, without
, 1909-09-11
DECLINE OF TIE SILK HAT.

At an inquest recently upon IN old man
at Lambeth it was stated that he had not
done any, work for twenty years. He was II
silk nat maker, said his son, but that style
of hat was 'labsolutely dead" and bis father
bud never troubled to learn any other branch
of his trade.-Ibjd
, 1909-09-11

The st. Croix Hojere Stole
commences after the holidays, on the 18th
inst.
New scholars of all ages can be received
in Frederiksted by the Principal, Mr.. WILL
HANSEN, and in Christiansted by
Il. l.. WULFF- HANSEN,
School Inspector,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
WHEAT JUMPS TO SI.2O
DAYS OF OLD HUTCH, CUDAHY,
PARTRIDGE RECALLED.
Shock Came Out of Clear sky-Cor-
ner Was Cleanest Cut for
Many Years.

Chicago, Ill.-Thc wheat squeeze
which disturbed the ennui of speculative
routine with a Accent advance in the
September option on the Board of Trade
here today lacked none of the features
of former years, when "Old Hutch"
Cudahy, Partridge and Others were wont
to explode bombshells under the trade
1t was the cleanest cut of any corner
iii many years.
One long with five thousand bushels
to his credit snatched his profit at $1.10
and then watched what became of his
sale. In the next thirty minutes it
changed hands twenty-eight times on al
advanced scale. The last man who Sc
cured it paid $1.2O for it. Before it
rested in his hands brokerage commits
sions alone along the various transfers
aggregated $3.50.
One of the most influential traders on
the board waited until the top had been
reached and then delivered the actual
wheat at $1.20-100,0 900 bushels of it,.
Little wheat came out until $1.1S was
reached. At this figure and above a
neat profit was garnered. Deliveries
amounting to 100000 bushels going to
scattered interests. 1t was necessary to
extend the delivery period three times
before the last account was squared
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
THINK PRICES ARE TOO HIGH
Manufacturers President Says Cot
ton Mills May Close.

Charlotte, N. CA critical situation,
and one of rare occurrence, confronts
Southern cotton mills because of the
high price of raw cotton, and unless
there is decided drop in the price of
the staple in less than two weeks, &C
cording to ex-President S. b. Tanner, of
the American Cotton Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION, Southern mills will be forced
to shut down.
ut is a very easy question to answer"
said Mr.. Tanner, "as to what the mills,
both cloth and yarn, will do in the event
of 13-eent cotton continuing as at pres
ent.
1T will mean that there will be no
money in textile products, and the mills,
after using up what small stocks of cot
ton they have on hand, will have to shut
down-that is, if cloth and yarn, espe-
cially the former, do not take decided
jump upwards, a bigger jump than cotton
manufacturers would expect under the
circumstances"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
s1OO,OOO,OOO FOR DRAINAGE
Fifteen Million Acres in the Delta to
Be Reclaimed.

Washington.-That during the next
few years perhaps $5O,OoO,OoO or $780,
000, 900 will be spent for the drainage of
the alluvial region of the lower Mis-.
sissippi is the opinion of Arthur E. Nor
gan, supervising drainage engineer, who
has submitted to his department COM
prehensive report on the alluvial lands
of the lower Mississippi valley and their
drainage. The report shows that in the
states of the lower Mississippi valley
there are 10,000,O0 to 100000 acres
of land awaiting drainage. The investi'
cations of recent years have established
the feasibility of this work, the state
Legislatures are providing for the neces-
sary legal procedure, and great public
interest is awakened in the prospect for
reclamation. The outlook is that during
the next few years vast area of ex-
ceedingly fertile land will be added to
the nations agricultural domain, that
malaria in the alluvial region will pass
away, as it has passed in some of the
more northerly states where it was once
prevalent, and that a prosperous rural
people will occupy the entire alluvial
lands of the lower Mississippi valley.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
ASIATICS ARE BARRED
CANNOT BECOME CITIZENS OF
THE UNITED STATES.
Endeavor to Allay Irritation of
Japan, Who Feels She Has
Been Singled Out.

Misunderstanding literal con-
struction to the naturalization law en-
acted three years ago, Chief Campbell
OF the division of naturalization depart
ment of commerce and labor, Armenians,
Turks, Burmese, East Indians, Tibetans,
Chinese, Japanese and all other Asiatics
alike are ineligible for naturalization.
That this is to be the policy of the gov
eminent henceforth was illustrated Fri
day when naturalization papers were re-
fused two Hudson county New Jersey
Armenians.
The law, which went into effect three
years ago, provides that only Europeans
and the descendants of Africans shall
be naturalized, but not until lately has
the act been construed according to the
letter and spirit.
1t is said that the main reason for the
strict construction of the law is to allay
the irritation of Japan, which feels that
her sons have been singled out for dis
elimination.
1t is within the jurisdiction of the de-
partment of labor and commerce to re-
woke the naturalization papers of all
Asiatics who have been naturalized since
the enactment of the law three years
ago, but such course is not anticipated.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
BREAKS OWN RECORD
AVIATOR WRIGHT PERFORMS
REMARKABLE FEAT.
Doubles Altitude Records-Crown
Prince Frederick William
Was a Passenger.

Potsdam.-Orville Wright, the Ameri-
can aviator, broke his own and all other
records for high flying. He reached the
unprecedented height of more than 1000
feet, although an official measurement
was not taken. He had red letter day
in double sense in his experience as
an aviator, taking Crown Prince Freder-
lex William as passenger and more
than doubling the altitude record which
he made recently over the same field.
The crown prince had been constantly
urging Wright, since he saw the Ameri'
can fly, to take him up as passenger
Wright evaded this responsibility while
making flights at the Templehof field,
owing to the unfavorable winds, but
since the beginning of the flights at
Bornstedt field, near Potsdam, the prince
had been telephoning the aviator every
morning asking him if he was ready to
crafty his request. Wright finally con-
sented
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
HALLEY'S COMET THREATENS
Priest Astronomer Says It Will De-
stroy the Earth.

Las Vegas, N. M.-That the world is
in grave danger of being destroyed this
winter by collision with Halley's COM
ct and that this catastrophe was what
Jesus Christ had in mind when he pre-
dicted the destruction of the world by
fire, is the startling assertion of Rev.
Father Charles M. Chardoppin, S. j., of
St. Louis University, one of the greatest
living astronomers who is visiting here
on his way to Flagstaff, Arizona, where
he is to spend several months in making
astronomical observations.
For IS years Father Chardoppin has
made a close study of the periodic visits
into the solar system of this great comet.
Father Chardoppin believes that the COM
ct is of a sufficiently solid mass to shat
ter both our planet and itself in the
event of collision.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07

With the close of business the fiscal
year of the State of Mississippi was also
closed and the treasury balance struck,
as is customary at this time. According
to the books of the treasurer, there was
on hand the sum of S172,2s3.o4, more
than was shown at the same time in
1908; and, according to the estimates,
there will be on hand Nov. l, approx
mately, $4,000 or $4,000, instead of
about $4,000 on Sept. 30, 1908. There
will be that amount with which to meet
the Confederate pension warrants, which
will become due in November, something
like 100000 being authorized for that
object and added to the pensions the cur
rent drafts for the expense of State gov
eminent.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
Come Home, Mother.

Mother, dear mother, come home
from the club, and rustic some sup
per for me; it's time you were here
working over the grub and getting
things ready for tea. The tables not
set nor the teakettle boiled, the vege-
tables are not prepared; no wonder
my temper and feelings are rolled,
though it's doubtful, indeed, if you
cared. Come home, come home, come
down a wee Bit dear mother, and
hustle right home!-Los Angeles Elk.
press.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
1853 FALL INTO RIVER
Try to Crowd on Torpedo Boats at
st. Louis-None Drown.

st. Louis, Mo.-Fifteen thousands en-
thusiastic and curious persons tried to
board four tiny torpedo boats at the
same time Sunday afternoon. The boats
wouldn't hold them and part of the over
flow, numbering 1853, were pushed into
the Mississippi, to be drawn ashore by
police, sailors and others. Many were
trampled under foot when two squads
of police reserves charged the crowds to
drive them back from the boats.
Scores of women tainted. These were
carried into the wharfboat, at the land
ing The police, as last resort, began
to thump heads with their canes and
the executive officer of the fleet ordered
the boats closed to the public.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
FARMERS ARE COMMENDED
Secretary Wilson Has Kind Words
for Farmers Unions.

Washington, D. C.-Regarding the re-
cent good roads excursion of the repre-
sentatives of the Farmers Unions of
Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tex
as, Secretary of Agriculture Wilson said:
"There is nothing like the practical
demonstration. The scientist cannot
theorize forever. He has to get down
to the practical application of his the
cries. 1t is particularly true with re-
gard to the farmer scientist. He may
be scientific, but he has to be practical
as well.
''The Farmers Unions OF the South.
west are among the best, if not the very
best, agricultural organizations that this
country has developed. The men at the
head of the general organization of the
Farmers Union idea are among the most
practical men in America"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
WHERE ARKANSAS SHINES
William Stoddard Complies the Re-
sources of His Great State.

Little Rock, Ark.-Willam Stoddard,
former deputy commissioner of mines and
manufactures, now seeking the Demo-
cratic nomination for commissioner, has
issued unique card giving the resources
of Arkansas as compiled by him while
serving in the agricultural office. He
says Arkansas is seventh in yellow pine,
fifth in cotton raising, that rs per cent
of the aluminium of the world is found
in Arkansas, that Arkansas furnishes
one-tenth of the hardwood of the world,
that Arkansas has the largest rice yield
per acre of any State in the Union, that
Arkansas is the best apple country in
the United States and has more naviga-
bic streams and mineral springs than any
other section of the Union.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
AWAIT EXPLORERS PROOFS
National Geographical Society Recog-
nizes Neither for Present.

Washington.-The board of directors
of the National Geographic Society at a
special meeting Friday to determine the
attitude it should assume toward DR..
Frederick a. Cook during his visit here,
when he will deliver a lecture on his
Arctic experiences, decided that DIR. Cook
could not now be recognized in an official
way.
1t was urged that both Commander
Peary and DR.. Cook lose no time in sub
uniting their data to a competent scien-
tiic commission in the United States be-
fore the society can accept the conclusion
of either of the explorers.
The society takes this position not
from any distrust of the personal integ-
rity of either explorer, but because of the
many calculations that enter into the de-
termination of the pole.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07

The city of Greenville is making an ex-
pertinent with crude oil as street pre-.
server and dust settler While the prin-
cpal streets are paved, the residence
streets are not, and during the summer
and fall become very dusty. The test is
being made with the oil on half mile
of Main street, out from the business
section of the city, the Standard Oil Com
pany making the demonstration at small
cost to the city. The streets of Green
vile have been put in splendid condition
during the past year, and the chief pur-
pose of the city council is to test oil as a
dust settler in comparison with the water
sprinkling carts.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07

to find quick relief. Mrs. Turner used
dition, backache, pains in the sides and
kidneys, bloated limbs, etc. "The way
they have built me up is simply mar
velous," says Mrs. Turner, who is a.
nurse. my health improved rapidly
Five boxes did SO much for me l am
telling everybody about it."
Remember the name-Doan's Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
RECEIPTS SHOW INCREASE.
Duties Paid at Port Double the Monthly
Average.

New York.-Duties paid by trans-At-
lantic travellers at the port of New York
reached a new high water mark during
The month of September, according to a
statement issued by Collector Loeb. The
total for the month, $265,ooo, is almost
double the monthly average, and is $780,.
900 more than ever before collected in a
single month. The previous high record,
September, 1901, was $163,547
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07

The occultation of Mars by the
moon the other night was spectacle
interesting to astronomers, but not i'm
portant in revealing anything not pre-
viously known. Figurative significance
it had none whatever. more's the pity.
An occultation of Mars that would
mean the end of wars on earth would
call for special assembling of the In
ternational Peace Congress at The
Hague to adopt resolr lions of congrat-
ulation.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07

The state department at Washing
ton has been notified of the estab-
lishment of steamship service between
Acajutla, Salvador and Salina Cruz,
Mexico, the Pacific terminus of the
Tehuantepec railroad. that will re-
duce the time of the mails from New
York to Salvador from is to 9 days.
This will facilitate business. and dem
onstrate that improvements in the
mails and in shipping will Increase
trade between North and South Amer
fca.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07

The grandest sale of cotton in the del
ia country took place last week ON the
plantation of r. c. Garnett, one of the
largest planters of Sunhower county. Mr..
Garrett displayed eighty-ive bales of his
best cotton, and had present cotton buy
ers from Memphis, New Orleans, Yazoo
City, Greenwood and Indianola, to class
and bid on the lot as a whole. b. p Fail
ings, who represents Humphreys 4 Co.
at Indianola, got the goods, paying Mr..
Garrett the round sum of $4,000.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
GUN FIGHT ENDS DISPUTE.
Three Are Wounded in Fight Over Di
vision of Estate,

Moultrie, Ga.-A dispute over the d.
vision of the estate of the late Nathan
Flowerese by the heirs who gathered at
the old homestead, ended in a fight with
rifles and pistols, in which John Hart
and two sons were pitted against other
members of the family. viii Williams
was fatally shot, Wright Flowers is
probably fatally shot and Bill Flowers is
seriously wounded
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07

Mexico is now getting more than its
share of earthquakes and tidal waves.
The losses of life there have been
very large and the destruction of
property tremendous. Italy is again
going through the same experience
and the people of both countries live
in fear that the worst has not yet hap
pened.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07

II the proposed oiling of roadways
in the parks affords relief from the
dust in these pleasure spots, why
would it not give comfort on resi-
dence streets which have the nature
of boulevards? The cost of the oil
and the application of it might be off
set to large extent by reduction
in the cost of sprinkling service due
to the absence of dust on the oiled
streets.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-10-07
Asked to Be Locked Up.

New Orleans George Trip who last
week shot and slightly wounded woman
ard her daughter, went to the central
police station, from which he had been
recently released on bond, and requested
that he be again locked up before he
had an opportunity to shoot anyone else.
The police promptly complied with
Trips request.