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Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
MOHAMMED.
Ais Vision CT Heaven and the Story
of the Mountain.


of the Mountain.
Halabi, the fcuEGer of Islam, was
born at Mecca in the year a. ID. $40.
He died June S. G32, at the age Of sew
enty-twO. He assumed the titular
name of Mohammed which means, ac-
cording to some authorities. the pre-
dicted Messiah
One of the most eXtravagant rela-
tions which can be found in any Ian
guage is credited to MOhammed.
Speaking of the sights he beheld when
transported to heaven" he says: Il
Eaw there an angel, the most gigantic
of all created things. 1t had 10000
heads, each head had 10000 faces. each
face had 10000 mouths, each mouth
had 10000 tongues and each tongue
spoke 10000 languages. All were en-
ployed in singing Gods praises"
When MOhammed first announced
his divinely inspired and appointed
natural proofs of his commission
Moses and Jesus" said the Arabs,
wrought miracles in the testimony
of their divine authority. And if thou
art indeed a prophet of God do so like
wise"
'It would be tempting God to do So"
replied MOhammed, land bring down
his anger, as in the case of Pharaoh"
AS the story is told in Brewers
phrase and Fable" the Arabs were
not satisfied with this answer, and
Mohammed then commanded one OF
the numerous eminences near Mecca
to come to him. The mountain not
stirring at Mohammeds bidding, the
prophet exclaimed: God is merciful!
Had the mountain Obeyed my words it
would have fallen on us to our de-
structiOn.
81 will therefore go to the noun
tain"
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
strenuouo mctho1a {; H.allon.

Papuan u,edi. inc men are regarded
with great respect by the natives
Those l have met certainly seemed en-
ergetic and hIrdworking. They sit
close to the patient. massaging the seat
Of pain with much vigor. and. while
they are thus rubbing. make noise
with their lips rather like that which
a groom makes when rubbing down a
horse The process is a firing one,
and the medicine man stops at inter
walls to drink hot water in which taro
mas been boiled. His object is to OK
tract some mysterious foreign sub
stance from the sick mans body. and
If he succeeds in this he receives. q
fee; otherwise he gets nothing. "NC
cure, no pay" is apparently the Pa.
puan sufferers motto. - Wide World
Magazine
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
Medicine That is Medicine

81 have suffered a good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints,
but l have now found a remedy that
keeps me well, and that remedy is
Electric Bitters: medicine that is
medicine for stomach and liver
troubles, and for run down con-
ditions," says w. C. Kiestler, of
Halliday, Ark. Electric Bitters
purify aud enrich the blood, tone up
the nerves, and impart vigor and en-
ergy to the weak. Your money will
be refunded if it fails to help you.
Soc at Benton N. Weldon's drug
store.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
LAYING a Ghost.

This ''ghosr" story was among those
omitted from Mr.. Stead's famous col
lection: There was an ordinary cup
board door that always mysterioUSly
creaked open at five minutes before
midnight unless it was kept locked
and when it was kept locked it groau
ed and ratified instead precisely at III,
same hour. Then came along 4 spuob
expert who discovered that ut tiy,
minutes before midnight the fast ex
press train passed along the hiGhroaC
a mile away from the house and sci i:
motion some vibratory wave that acle
upon the cupboard and scared a Who'll,
household.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
Marked For Death

"Three years ago l was marked
for death. A graveyard cough was
tearing my lungs to pieces. Doctors
failed to help me and hope had fled,
when my husband got DIR. Kings New
Discovery, " says Mrs. A. C. Will
liams, of Bac, KY. "The first dose
helped me and improvement kept on
until / had gained SO pounds in
weight and my health was fully re-
stored. " This medicine holds the
worlds healing record for coughs and
colds and lung and throat diseases
1t prevents pneumonia. Sold under
guarantee at Benton N. Weldon
drug store SOC and si.no. Trial
bottle free.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06

Iaste unu smell. run size 80 cts, at Drup-
glsts or by mail. In liquid form, 75 cents.
Ely Brothers, Sc Warren Street, New York.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
THE FIRST LAWS
FOR BALLOONS
FRANCE MADE THE FIRST
LAWS FOR AERIAL TRAFFIC
These Measures Were Passed
in 1871 During the Franco
Prussian War.

in 1871, Wnen French balloons from
beleaguered Paris were dropping on
the sacred soil Of Prussia, Il royal
decree declared them confscate as con-
traband of war. And on the cOnclu-
sion of peace a measure was passed
through the German reichstag which
forbade under penalty of death any
future similar aerial violation of Ger
man territory during time of war.
So long ago as 1880, again, balloon
ascents were made illegal in Turkey,
50 far as regards ConStantinople and
forty miles around, and in 1872 the pro-
hibitiOn was extended to include the
entire Turkish empire To France,
however, belongs the distinction of hav-
ing made the first laws for the regula-
tiOn af aerial traffic. In 1874 it was
sOlemnly decreed that nobody should
be permitted to go up in a balloon "Or
any other kind Of aerOstatic machine"
which was worked by burning spirits
of wine or any other means of making
a fire.
Later, in 1911, it was enacted in
France that henceforth no balloon.
whether free or captive. should be per-
mitted to ascend with any species of
furnace or stove, that no one should
be allowed to ascend in a balloon un-
less he carried a parachute and that
ascents we're not to be begun later
than one hour before sunset nor earlier
than an hour after sunrise Further
more, no ascents whatever were to be
undertaken during the garnering of the
harvest nor for six weeks prior
thereto.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06

More people are taking Foley's
Kidney remedy every year. 1t is con-
sidered to be the most effective RENE.
dy for kidney and bladder trouble that
medical science can devise, Foley s
Kidney remedy corrects irregularities,
builds up worn out tissues and re-
stores lost vitality. 1t will make
you feel we'll and look we'll. Sold by
w. R. Keys & Co., Clayton and all
druggists in Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
A True Heroine.

What is your idea Of Il heroine.
JOhn?" asked the wife of his bosom
as she looked up from the novel sho
was reading.
a heroine. my dear" aarvrrad
John. is a woman who could talk
pack. but doesn't" Chi"ayo News
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
A Reliable
Remedy
Ely'S Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed.
- -

Gives Relief at Once.
1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane resulting from
Catarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re.
stores the Senses OF
Viaata oUel Gil II.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
HELPS Some.

Church--And has he done anything
TO relieve suffering humanity? Go.
tham-Oh yes: he has sent his dnU~h-
ter abroad to take her singing lessons
-YOnkers Statesman.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-06
JELLYFlSH.
In Tropical Waters This Queer Crea
ture Is at Its Best.

W iTOPiCal waters ms queer Crea .
ture Is at Its Best.
Few marine animals seem at first
glance to betray less Intelligence than
the Jellyfish. Up with the tide and
down with the tide, carried along by
this or that current, moving with the
EDDY of a backwater hither and thith
er, the jellyfish has become almost a
synonym for helplessness. Scientifical-
ly, of course, the popular idea Of the
jellyfish is wholly mistaken, but it is
perhaps only in tropical waters that it
is found in the perfection Of intelli-
gence. In the south Pacific round the
islands Of Polynesia and as far south
Dee upper portion Of the North is
. " New Zealand there is a Jelly
fish that not only knows where it
wants to 90, but is even provided with
a sail which it can and does hoist or
lower at will. The sail, Ike the RESI-
of this curious animal, is almost trans.
parent; but, unlike the body of the
fish, which is of the usual gelatinous
construction. the sail is a membrane
almost as hard as shell. Round about
the Ellice group the navigating fish is
often found with a sail measuring five
inches across, and it navigates the
shallow island waters with the skill OF
a pilot steering in and out Of shaggy
places and avoiding obstructions both
above and below the surface with un
erring skill. Like its cousins in home
waters, this navigating jellyfsh has
the power Of stinging it's natural enc
mics, and its sting is fatal to Other
fish and dangerous to man.-Londol
Standard.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17

The Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Chill
dren is one of New York s
most active and far-reach-
ing public institutions. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
YOUNG MEN ABOUT TO MARRY
READ THIS ON WOMEN

The doing of homework the which matri
mona bark grief That the belief Valentine Christ
millionaire and Cevelands largest property
Valentine Christ tre near in his business dealings In
cosenes in matters that he able pile his
fortune. .r tt 1855. -. i,
living
cents stated for he spend for his living
much ordinary CLERK though regards the $50 he
spends each week for his clothes and of the
es of old
GIRLS TOO PROUD?
American girls of toop proud o
work he Really disgrace work but they are too
proud, just the
The circumstance subject
houseworand old grievance with himwas the courts
ordering Henry Christ farmer Independence township and Val
enne Christs his wife $4 week aimony
Henry Christ protested that this much.
Those people will fix things right again.
both would adj
wise Henry pay "a without protest
"fIouseworkthat the married only last
But before they
Dragging that his wife wasn't have do work
they married Her father is doctor ST. Clair avenue and
I'd the house rounds Henry went with
times, and think that's the way he met her.
mostly ia see her STANDING In the front door, she ddnt look
to like she used to hung beans who would be
Henry a working past his
late as II o'clock and found him in the fields cutivating
CHANGE MIND
"Wel, few smashed
Henry changed his mind about his wife working
But Henry ought not to complain about 81 week That iah
confidenialy Henry ought to her 81 day. He's got the
money to- III l.
But that's just the with girthey don't want
to do Works disgrace rich peoples homes
the lake shore you'll lots of wives working in the
while their husbands the city h.
And American girls heard
But some girls are willing to work and they are the kind for
With such a rich TWICE
fast he alone good worth her weight in gold
HIS
He once ITO
be- driving their
agree keep girl they married
He saying cooking all
She persisted put and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17

The peculiar odor noticeable of
late may be due to the fact that
about a million Philippine cigars
were loosed by the new tariff.
They're still selling those new
pennies at premium, which per
haps saves them from being squan.
dered upon slot machines, which
they won't fit.
That funny noise you heard was
the Esperanto congress, in session
at Chautauqua, N. Y.
If Miss Elkins is descended from
Italian kings, there's really no
sense in climbing back.
Couple of chimpanzees were mar
ried in Indiana. If they get d.
vorced, would you call that mon
keywrench?
Since flying machines are so
common, Winsted, Conn, is about
due to report gasoline shower.
The Virginia minister who mar
ried 5000 persons certainly de-
serves a testimonial from the house
furnishing trade.
It's noticed that Taft isn't going
to swing around the circle until
well after the congressman have
had chance to do the tariff ex-
planning. -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
Notion Sale

l0c Belt Pins, card. Sc
15c Hair Pin Cabinets. DC
10c Hair Pin Cabinets. Sc
35c Scissors .23f
Capsheaf Safety Pins; all
sizes -. Sc
Sc common Pins, paper 20
Sc Cube Pins, glass
headed -. &c
$1.00 Hair Brushes. :. 43c
Zoe Mirrors, hand or
stand 3Sf
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
BLAMING
THE INNOCENTS.

that there other minor societies for the gator
of crime in the various states and cities
Four Italians have been arrested in Spokane for alleged
"Black Hand affiliations and plea has been made tt
exermnate root and branch the henous society in th
city
This is nonsense. There is such thing "Blacl
Hand organization The people should get this bugabo
out of their heads.
Following the murder of the famous New York chic
of detectives the Black Hand' story fully explain
ed Criminals, chiefly of the Latin countries send letters
to intended victims signed with bloody finger prints
skulls, etc They mark ''Back Hand" them, and tina
is all there is to the organization 1t fools the victims
terrifies them and so they use it,
Forget the Black Hand" society.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
BUGABOO
THE BLACK HAND"

zaton in this country and
head of it is E. Felowes Jenkins Anything he says on
the subject of children is important because of his great
experience In an interview recently he made these state
ments:
Boys are naturally more vicious than girls but
when girl vicious she is far worse than boy and
more difficult to reform
II do not believe in hereditary criminal tendencies
Practically without exception it is the chds early
surroundings and not natal influences that mold
its future
II am afraid agree with the professor who in an
address before the Massachusetts Agricultural college,
declared that all children are liars"
There growing belief that environment is stronger
influence than inherited tendencies In fact the old time
theory that follow their fathers paths Of righteous
villainy, because of blood influence has been
knocked hard and frequently in recent years that
students of sociology and psychology do not
tenance it any more.
The better theory is that the company a boy or girl
keeps will tend largely to decide his her future life
actions and Of the family life enters into the cal
cuation. Home environment will tell tales that blood
would never tell.
Is bad boy than bad giri We probably think
SO because In our curiousy constructed society con
denim girls for acts which countenance in boys Mr..
Jenkins says that bad boy is easily reformed than
is bad girl There is social for this too boy
may wash himself clean of his SINS if he has not been
convict but society will not forgive girl no matter how
sincere her repentance
would want better definition of the word ''liar All
children are imaginative and we believe that imagination
should be encouraged for out of imaginative minds has
all OF the worlds great discoveries. What Mr.. Jen
kins lies may better be looked at only words
prompted by Uniformed minds It is too harsh thing to
say that the little fibs of children lies that all chill
dren are liars because all they say is not true.
There is twice-tod chds tale that may well be re-
peated in this connections mother greatly dis
essed because of the big stories told by her little girl She
determined to put stop to them One day the little girl
rushing into the house, bg-eyed and exclamng,
Oh mamma, saw big lion out in the backyard 1t was
going to bite and got into the kitchen just in time
to myself
Now Dollie," said the mother, that is not true. You
know that is story and it is wicked to tell lie You
rrbf onH foil cd that
girl you to tell such bad stores.''
Sadly the little girl retired to the darkness of her cham
ber After awhile she returned to her mother g.,
"Did you tell God how naughty you were? asked the
mother.
EYES, unhesitatngly replied the child and God said
that he didn't blame because II was big dog that
/ saw it looked like lion to God, too"
Was the little girl liar? Or did she just the strange
things that all children see?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
Boost for Spokane. Spokane boosts you.

ers at the International checker
tournament at Cedar Point.
Banks Ia playing simultaneous
checkers. bIindfolded. against five
and six other players. The checker
players figure that he must keep
track of GOO moves in each sex
tuple game. His memory and abil-
ity to keep track of the changing
intricacies Of the game are mar
velous.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
PENCIL POINTS:

Now boost for the Interstate fair The Irrigation Con-
gress is behind us; the fair before It's going to be good
Watch for it.
Spokane after that pennant in the Northwest league
She is fast overhaulng Seattle It's safe to there will
be record breaking crowds the benches next month
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
BLINDFOLDED, PLAYS
CHECKERS AGAINST 6
Youth u Wonder Of Cedar Point
Tournament.

GANDUSKY. Ohio. Aug. IT.
Newell W. Banks. n. acknowledged
b b the best checker player Of his
age IN the United States and most
formidable claimant for the worlds
championship. Is astonishing play.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
Cool Vests lOc
Women's Fine Hose Csc

35c to SOC values in assorted lot of best iale
and cotton stockings, all coors, plain fancy, as
we'll as black. This is cleanup of numerous high
grade lines of summer hose and great bargain at,
pair Observation-Disclosures. Csc
Children's Lace Hose-Of black lisle lot of near
ly all sizes in 25c values, at, pair ........ Toe
GLOVES-Women's 2-Clasp Silk Gloves, in 75c
quality; gray, light tan, white black; very special
at, pair .3Sss.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17

SometImeo EraoIcateo Them.
Nell-What do you think of this
professor who says the climate Of
this country Is hard on blends?
Stell-He probably noticed how
often some blends have to renew
their bleach.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
&== -= THE SPOKANE PRESS EDITORIAL PAGE

TO MAIL SUBSCRIBERS-The subscription
pres ON the address label of When that date
rives subscription paid
taken from the list of the address
label is a receipt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17

A good occupation is better than
a golden girdle.-German.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17
A Boys Appetite.

0Uyb NPpSSIte.
Mother-What! You've bought
a bag Of peanuts, and Just up from
the table. Do you want to be eat
ing all the timer
Georgy-'Course not, mama. I
thought would act the peanuts til
my dinner had a chance to digest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-17

Some people in Spokane
are under the impression
that there is an awful cen
trail Black Hand" organ
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

also was killed at sea: Elizabeth Gas
kcll, the English novelist. who pictured
the lives and trials OF the manufacur-
ing classes; Mary Lowell Putnam.
American author and sister OF James
Russell Lowell. Thomas Trollope, Brit.
ish author and elder brother Of An.
thoDy Trollope; Martin +, Upper, the
British poet; and Louise Colet, French
poet and novelist.
There will be an unusual dcarth of
painters and seulptors' centenarics
within the year 10 come, tho only
ones of any note being those of Louis
Gallait, the Belgian historical painter.
Venice and Joel T. Hart of Kentucky
That Pope Leo XIII. would have been
100 years old had he lived until March
. next is difficult for us to realize. His
centenary will be celebrated in Rome
with great ceremony, as doubtless it
also Will be in Anagni, where he was
born. Another notable Catholic cen
tenary Of 1910 will be that of Cardinal
McCloskey, the first American prclate
to wear the red hat. He was born in
Brooklyn. March 90, 1910, became
bishop Of Albany in 1S47, archbishop
of New York in 1864, and cardinal in
1873, ten years after which he died.
hundrcdth milestone will be reached
soon aftcrward, on May 90. And upor
the calendar OF President Taft s
church is scheduled one of these CEN
tenary anniversaries-that of Theodore
Parker, the noted Unitarian preacher
and abolitionist OF Massachusetts. His
birthday falls on August "a
The only important centenary to bo
celebrated BY the scientific world will
be that of Asa Gray the noted Ameri
rnn botanist, which falls on November
IS, on which date in 1910, he was born
in Paris, \. Y. Harvard Will doubtless
celebrate this anniversary, for he was
professor of natural history there for
no less than forty-six years, and until
his death IN 1888, when he was in his
seyeHty-eighth year
And among American statesmen. who
would have been 100 years old had they
lived till 1910, are Jeremiah S. Black.
who was attorney general and secretary
of state under Buchanan: Cassins Mar
'cllus Clay, who was minister TO Rus
sa under Lincoln; Horatio Seymour,
governor of New York and presidential
candidate, and Justin 5. Morrill, the
noted fnancier of the United States
senate.
The important centenaries of the mill
tary world viii be those of our General
Andrew Atkinson Humphreys. Sir Will
liam George Armstrong. inventor of the
Armstrong Gun: Alfred Krupp, inventor
of the Krupp gun. and Claude Etienne
Mimic, inventor OF the Mimic rife and
Mimic rifle ball.
And last but by no means least, there
is our old friend Phincas Taylor Bar
NUN, who brought more ecstatic iov 10
boyish hearts than any man WHO ever
lived. who stood us all agape before
his Jumbo, his woolly horse. his What
Is 1t, his sacred white elephant, his
Joyce Heth and his Tom Thumb, who
let us hear Jenny Lind. who lectured TO
I"The Humbugs of the World who
told us. in fact, that the american
people liked TO be humbuggcd. Pity
he couldn' t have lived to celebrate his
hundredth birthday, up in his native
town of Bethel Conn, on the 9TH Of
next July.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

inspired his "Nights," the series of
poems which are considered his master
pieces. This master writer produced not
only verse but plays and short stories,
yet he had to depend for his livel-
hood upon hbrarianships in the gov
crnment bureaus. He was a highly
nervous man, whose dissipations and
eXcesscs SO undermined his health tha;
lie could produce nothing brilliant after
he was thirty, Indeed, he was pre-
maturely old when he died, at the age
of forty.sevcn.
The one huudrcdth anniversary Of the
birth of Fritz Reuter-. the noted Ger
man novelist Of the realist school, will
be observed four days before that OF
de Musset, or November T. Renter
like Ole Bull and de Musset, studied
law, but amid the revolutionary agita-
tIons of the carly thlrties, he was ar
rested during Il riot in Frankfort, was
falsely accused OF treason and CON
dcmncd TO death, although his sentenc C
was, committed to thirty years, and
hnAlly reduced TO seven, Leaving
prison, he became Il farmer and later
tutor, and not until he was forty
three did lie see his first book pub.
lIshed. Many Americans will rcmem-
Der his . In the Year l3, \" which had a
big sale here i'll the sixties. He died
IN lSfd, after outrankIng all of the
other great German rcalists
Our own Sarah Margaret Fuller's one
hundredth birthday viii be due May %,
when doubtless 1T will be celebrated
either at Cambridge, Mass, her birth
place. or >at Boston, where she edited
the Dial in the early fortics She was
also dramatic critic of the New York
Tribune in the fortlcs. before she mar
ricd the Marquis Ossoli The past gen
Grafton remembers our country's grief
when this clever woman w~s lost at
sea by shipwreck OF Fire Island. New
York, July. l6. 1880, when she was only
40 years old
Other literary centcnnials Of 1910
will be those Of Eliot Warburton, who