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The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
TRADE IMPROVEMENT SLOW
Cotton Goods Show Marked Increase
in Demand.

In demand.
New York;. g. Dun & Co.'s week
ly review of trade says:
improvements in the structure of
business is much more pronounced than
improvement in the activity of business.
While financial and political develop
ments, both in Europe and the United
States, are distinctly better, the prog
ress toward the eagerly expected re-
vival of trade is slow, and especially in
the iron, copper and coal trade, is dis
appointing. Cotton goods are firm.
Wooden goods are chiefly active in the
better grades of fancy worsted.
Continued firmness of raw material in
dicates little likelihood of a revision of
prices in cotton goods and some lines
ever show a tendency to advance, al
though trade generally is quiet. There
is no resumption in the export demand,
but the fact that China has already
taken $4,000 bales since the first of De-
cember, as against $4,000 bales during
the entire year of 1908, materially
strengthening this branch of the markell.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
THE STORY.

A RTAXERXES, king of Persia, was
"A not happy or contented. His king
dom was great, and he had all the
power and pleasure that heart could
wish, but in it all there seemed to be
something lacking. There was an
unrest at his heart and a dissatisfac-
ton after the business of the enjoy
ment of the moment was over. There
was an ~unreality about it all. He
was conscious of the superficial at
mosphere in which he lived-of the
flattery and subserviency of his coun-
sellers and attendants. wen to the
priests who ministered in temple and
who stroye to center the~worship of
the gods about the king and make him
feel that he himself was a deity. But
in it all he felt the element of in
sincerity. He could not tell why, but
he did.
One day while in such a frame of
mind his chief counsellor had come
to him with a request from a young
Hebrew of the realm that he be
given permission to return to Jeru-
salem.
What can lead a young Hebrew to
want to make such a long and perilous
Journey as that?" he asked himself,
with sudden interest. and more as a
passing whim he ordered the young
man brought into his presence.
NO." exclaimed the king, after he
had listened to the young mans story,
you cannot 60" and he watched to
see what effect his words would pro-
duce. There was no reason why he
should not grant the request, but in
a spirit of willful obstinacy he de-
cided he would not.
For an instant the king thought he
detected a shadow Of disappointment
on the young mans face, but when he
spoke it was with a voice clear and
firm.
Then l can serve my God here" he
said.
WAS that what you were going
to Jerusalem to do" asked the king.
1T was" said the young mar.
We'll, thou shalt indeed stay in
Babylon, and thou shalt serve me here
in the palace and waving his hand
as a sign that the interview was at
an end and there was nothing more to
be said, the chief counsellor led the
young man out of tae audience cham
Der and had soon assigned him quar-
tiers in the palace, telling him at the
sssme time that he could not leave the
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
NAVAL BILL PASSES SENATE
Battleship Size Remains as Provided
in House Bill.

Washington.-The naval bill, carrying
total appropriations of about $136,0oG;5
600, was Wednesday passed by the
senate, after having been under consid-
Grafton for three days. The bill was
changed by the restoration of the house
provision for two battleships of $4,000
tons displacement, to cost $6,000,000
each.
An Intellectual effort was made to de-
feat the amendment for the restoration
of the marine corps to battleships and
cruisers of the navy, which was placed
in the measure while the senate was
proceeding in the committee of the
whole.
During the last hours of the session
today, Senator LaFollette severely criti-
cised the methods of the navy, declaring
that senatorial influence in the work of
the department caused an unbusiness-
like development of navy yards and sta
tionS,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
BLOODY GARB SHOWN
SENSATIONAL INCIDENT IN THE
CooPER-sHARP CASE.
Every Garment ~Curiously Exam
ined by Jurors-Widow of Slain
Editor Taken From Room.

Nashville, Tenn.-Exhibiting the
bloody clothing worn by Senator Car
mack on the afternoon he was killed
brought wildly before the members OF
the Cooper-Sharp jury some of the grue-
some details of the tragic event.
This was a sensational incident in its
way. Garment by garment the clothes
were removed from the box in which
they have rested since being taken from
the body on the night of November 0.
The jury watched silently. The gall
lery gurgled in sympathetic interest.
Necks were craned far forward for fear
Of missing some patch of bloodstain or
for fear the course of the bullet, as it
plowed its way through thin linen into
human flesh, might be overlooked.
Following the operation and with pro-
fessional skill, G. W. Jones, the embalm-
er, who dressed Senator Carmack's body
that night, told his story. He traced
the course of each of the three bullets,
showed how each had entered the body
and how it had left it, and handed to
the jury the crimsoned undershirt and
the top shirt with its small, faint sign
of blood. The collar was likewise ex.
hibited, indicating just where the neck
wound was received and how big a
wound it was. This was the sensational
incident of the days proceedings.
1t affected the audience. 1t was a cen,
trail theme of discussion with the gal
lery. 1t was the melodramatic exhibit
ton that the morbidly curious had
waited for. The sight seemed to revive
interest in the further developments OF
the trial
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
Then FACE to Face.

The true follower and friend of the
Master is not devoted to him sim
ply as to a beautiful memory. He sus-
tains a most, intimate relation to a
living person. He, the living Jesus,
is now thinking of his friends, guiding
them, opening the ways for them, re-
yealings his will to them, giving them
assurances of his love. Many a time
in the pages of the gospel, in prayer,
in the fulfillment of some taxing
duty for his sake, we seem to catch
limitations of his presence; and then
some day there will be a swift transit
ton from the stony streets of our
earthly cities to the golden pavements
of the New Jerusalem; from the dwell
ings of wood and stone in which we
live, to the Fathers house; from lee
ing him through a glass darkly to be-
holding him face to face.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
Favor Children's Bureau.

New Orleans, La.-Among the most
important matters passed upon at Fri
session of the national congress of
mothers was the adoption of a resolu-
ton approving bills before congress,
suggested by President Roosevelt, pro-
viding for a children's bureau in the
federal department of and Ia
Dor.
That the day for orphan asylums had
passed was an expression of sentiment
which apparently met with the sympa-
thy of the majority of the members of
the congress.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

DUTY'S CALL
Ezra the Scribe Finds
|. a Mission at Babylon.
BY THE HIGHWAY AND BYWAY"
PREACHER
Scripture Authority-Book Of Ezra

Scripture Authority-Book Of Ezra.
Ezra, Scribe and Priest.-Ezra was the
son of Seraiah, and was probably born at
Babylon. He was a famous scribe and
priest, descended from Hilkiah, the high
priest in Josiah's reign. Seraiah, Ezra's
father, is quite a different person from
Seraiah the high priest mentioned in Ez-
ra II. All that is really known of Ezra
is contained in the last four chapters OF
the Book of Ezra and in the Book OF
Nehemiah, chapter S and 1926. From
these passages we learn that he was a
learned and pious priest residing at Baby
Ion in the time Of Artaxerxes Longi-
manus. The origin of his influence with
the king does not appear, but in the sew
enth year of his reign, In spite of the I'M
favorable report which had been sent by
Rehum and Shimshai, he obtained leave
to go to Jerusalem, and to take with
him a company of Israelites. together
with priests, Levites. singers, porters, and
Nethinim. The journey of Ezra and his
companions from Babylon to Jerusalem
took just four months; and they brought
up with them a large free-will offering of
gold and silver. and silver vessels.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
More Money For Weevil.

Washington. = Senator McLaurin OF
Mississippi, introduced an amendment
Wednesday to the agricultural a%ppropria-
ton bill, increasing the appropriation
for the investigation and determination,
if possible, of the boil weevil, to $780,
900. The amendment was referred to
the committee on agriculture, which
probably will meet Friday, and Senator
McLaurin is sanguine of its adoption.
The agricultural appropriation bill, as it
passed the house, carries only $4,000
for investigating and fighting the boil
weeyil,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

In the interest of safeguarding coast
wise shipping, the department of COM
merce and labor has made new rules
which affect barge traffic. They apply
mostly to the Atlantic coast, and es-
pecially to the coal-carrying trade,
since that is the principal industry
in which barges are employed. TIE
new rules limit the number of barges
which one tug may tow to three,
and the length OF the hawser between
each two to not over rs feet. The
new rules apply only to the three
mile limit within which the depart
ment has jurisdiction.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
Tornado Cuts Wide Path.

San Augustine, Tey.-A tornado near
here last night cut a path about 100
yards wide and several miles in length
through standing timber, %uprooting
many thousands of dollars worth of
pine trees; wrecked a sawmill and scat
tered lumber over a wide territory.
About seven miles southeast, the home
of Bench Russell was wrecked and Rus
sell and his children were buried in the
debris, escaping with minor injuries. A
number Of small farm houses are re.
ported wrecked, but no casualties.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

At the woman suffrage banquet in
New York, which was addressed by
Mrs. Clarence Mackay, the social
leader, she wore a handsome gown of
a soft g%old-color chiffon velvet with old
gold lace, and a large brown picture
hat with lace and brown plumes. Con-
g~ratulations to the s~uffragettes upon
having at last acquired the art of
making their gatherings attractive as
well as more or less interesting!
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
Pulitzer Pulled.

Washington.-Bench warrants were is
sued Wednesday for the arrest of Joseph
Pulitzer, Caleb NJ. Van Hamm and Robt.
H. Lyman, proprietor and editor of the
New York World, and for Delaven Smith
and Charles r. Williams, owners of the
indianapolis News, for criminal libel in
connection with the publication Of
charges of Irregularities in the purchase
by the government Of the Panama canal
property from the French owners. The
indictments were returned by the United
States grand jury.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Our first introduction to Ezra
is in his own account of how he
prepared and executed plans for
a journey to Jerusalem some 70
years after the first return of
the captive Hebrews to rebuild
the city and temple under the de-
cree of Cyrus. 1t was during
those 20 years that Ezra was
born in Babylon and grew up
there. Just how old he was
when he carried out his plans for
leading an expedition to Jerusa-
lem is not known, but probably
he was somewhere between 80
and SO years old, perhaps nearer
the latter than the former. We
know nothing concerning his
childhood or how he came into
the service. of the king. We do
know, however, that he had won
the favor of the latter and stood
very high in his councils. Then,
knowing the character of Ezra,
as revealed by the narrative of
his remarkable journey and his
services to the Jews at Jerusa-
lem, we are able to read between
the lines and form a pretty ac-
curate opinion as to what his
childhood training and his young
manhood had been.
It is here that we want to
point a great and important
truth. Ezra was@the mar he
was because the foundations OF
his character had been we'll laid
in his youth.
Mark that point well.
You won't find gold in the
earth except in the places where
it was put when the old world
was young and in the making.
If there is a vein of gold in a
man which circumstances brings
to the surface in his mature
years, you may be certain tna1
it is the best kind of evidence
that in the early years it was
put there by the wise training
he received.
The stamp of a God-fearing
mother was upon him and the
strength and firmness of a wise
and faithful father are there.
If it had not been so what
could have kept him true to his
God when surrounded by the cor
rupting and unholy influences OF
the voIuptuous Persian court?
If it had not been so, where
did he get that strength of
character by which he was able
ts carry through that great
n.oraI reform and save the Jew
ish people from contamination, if
not extinction, by unlawful inter-
marriage with the heather peo-
Pile about?
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
Completes Pension Bill.

Washington.-The senate committee
on pensions today completed its consid-
Grafton of the pension appropriation bill
and its report to the senate. The only
important change made in the bill was
the elimination of the provision for the
consolidation of all of the pension agen-
cies throughout the country into one
office at Washington. The bill carries
$4,000 900, while the house bill car
RIGS $16o,769,000. The former is a de-
crease of $2,145,00o from the amount
appropriated last year.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Kansas is about to have a law that
will make it a penitentiary offense for
a fruit tree agent to sell one kind of
a tree and deliver another, and the pur-
chaser is given seven years in which
to detect the fraud. The Kansas
farmer has been fooled SO often by
turned" like the p%roverbial worm,
saws the Indianapolis Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
A SUMMER WHITE HOUSE.
Lands Would Have One Constructed at
West Point.

Washington.-Representative lands
of Indiana, wants a summer White
House constructed for the president.
He has introduced a bill to appropriate
$250,0O0 to erect within the United
States military reservation at West
Point, N. T., a suitable residence and
office building as an official summer
residence and executive office. The
building is to be designated "the coun.
try White House"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
Adonises are Named.

Washington.-A gentleman from each
State, chosensf for his good looks, good
manners and good character at home,
will appear on the ballroom floor of the
inaugural ball as aids to Mr.. Blair,
chairman of the floor committee. The
list includes: For Tennessee, G.. ii.
Raine; for Alabama, Albert P. Bush;
for Georgia, Henry Hammond; for Lou
isiana, Walter Denegree; for South Caro-
lima, Hugh S. Legare; for Mississippi,
Walter Weaver, and for Arkansas, Jas.
w Corc0ran
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
No Lid for Chicago.

Chicago.-The crusade to close Chi
cago saloons on Sunday received a Sc
we're setback when the Supreme Court
at Springfield handed down a decision
holding that it has not the power to
compel Mayor Busse to close the sa-
looms on the first day of the week.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
BISHOP HOSS IMPROVES.
Will Be Out of the Hospital in Three
Weeks.

Baltimore, Md.-Bishop Hoss, who was
operated on at the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital Monday, is doing nicely and his
condition is very favorable. He is rest
ing well, and DR.. Young, his physician,
is more than pleased with the way in
which the bishop is responding to treat
ment. II he continues to improve it is
believed the bishop will be out of the
hospital in three weeks time and then
he will go to his home in Nashville to
~recuperate.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Society people who want a new
fashion frequently revive an old one,
which explains, perhaps, why earrings
have come back" While they have
been out they see to have been
growing. At the opera recently a
woman of New York society displayed
a pair of pendants five inches in
length, and informed her friends that
they were the latest thing from Lon
don
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Evidence is accommodating that the
Chinese in some parts of the empire
are enforcing the edict against the cul-
tivation of the opium poppy. When
orders were issued to certain peasants
against the further cultivation of the
poppy near Annoy, and resistance was
offered by more than 1000 of them,
the authorities used force against
them
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Kansas proposes to teach its women
citizens how to cook. And Kansas is
a state in which women have the right
to vote. The suffragists may find there
in a potent argument to use to yer
come the masculine opposition or
the lines of the celebrated recipe to
make a man happy-"Feed the brute"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

"A nugget of gold weighing more than
five pounds has been found in an old
placer in the Highland district by
John Kern and has been deposited in
the bank of w. A. Clark & Bro, in
Butte. It's exact weight is 60 ounces
and IL pennyweights, troy.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

That gentleman who suggests that
We provide a comprehensive deep-wa-
terway scheme for the whole country
before spending much money on wa
terways appears to have a longer head
than those belonging to some enthu-
siasts on this popular topic.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
BISHOP HoSS OUT OF DANGER.
Rests. Well and Suffers But Little
Pain.

Baltimore, Md.-The condition of
Bishop Hoss Thursday was improved,
and both DR.. Young, who performed the
operation at the Johns Hopkins Hospital
on Monday, and the prclate's two sons
are more than pleased. The bishop now
rests we'll, and outside Of a few pains
consequent to the operation he suffers
no other i'll effects. He is now believed
to be out of danger.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Now a traitor to her sex comes for
ward to explain publicly how a wom-
ans age may be told by her wrinkles.
AS if in this age of beauty culture and
perennial youth anybody ever such
an anomaly as a wrinkled woman.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

A tunnel more than a mile in length,
said to be the longest in existence for
use by a municipal electric railway,
has been opened for operation by the
Genoa Street railway. 1t connects
Genoa with the adjacent large com
mune of Rivarolo.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Mr. Marconi does not, of course,
regard the collision of the Republic
and the Florida as an affair arranged
for the advertisement of his inven-
ton, still he will necessarily not re-
greet the favorable attention called
to it
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Many persons who are otherwise to-
tai abstainers permit the use of whis-
ky as a stimulant in case of accidents.
1t is interesting to note that the regu-
lation first aid stimulant for miners
is becoming, not alcohol, but coffee
and aromatic spirits of ammonia.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26
PENSION BILL PASSED.
Takes 35 Minutes for Senate to Appro-
PIRATE $3.50, 100000.

Washington.-Thirty-fve minutes was
all the time required for the passage by
the senate Friday of the bill carrying
the appropriation of s16o,ooo,oo0 for
the payment of pensions for the next
fiscal year. An amendment was adopted
striking out the house provision for one
instead of eighteen pension agents and
leaving eighteen agents as now fixed by
low
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

In Oregon a ten-inch hatpin is to be
the limit. Thus are slang and legal
phraseology working pleasantly hand
in hand in the interest of a great and
good cause.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

A woman in New York wants a d.
vorce on the constitutional ground of
involuntary servitude. This is merely
another variation of the time-honored
weaker sex.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Miss C. de H. Benest is the first
woman driver of a motor omnibus in
England. She was the only woman to
take the examination for motor en-
cheering recently held in London.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller's physi-
clan has assured him of living to be
100. A doctor worth having! May his
patient never miss his old friends,
either.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

New York doctor says that happy
childhood on a. farm is impossible.
Please note that a New York doctor
says it.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Though so years old, the kaiser Is
still picking up bits of valuable in
formation. ..
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

If you will be governed by reason,
and be true to the best n yourself.
standing boldly to the truth, you will
he happy.-Marcus Aurelius.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Hope, deceitful as it is, erves at
least to lead us to the end of life
along an agreeable lroad.-La Roche.
foucauld.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Now that William is so years old it
will be hard for him to pose as a boy
kaiser.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

The sale of matches made Of white
phosphorus has been prohibited In
England by act of parliament.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Women and children first" said
Capt. Sealby. This is still the age Of
chivalry.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

Another good thing about the water
wagon is the small amount of repair
bills ever incurred on its account.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-02-26

The Cornell university library now
contains over 353, 900 volumes and
more than $4,000 pamphlets.
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18

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Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
Remarkable Thermometer.

Some curious thermometers were made. Otto de Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, made one which was 20 feet long and gorgeous with blue paint and gilt stars. It consisted of large globe fastened to a tube, both of cop per. The tube was bent upon itself to form a very narrow U, in which was placed the requisite amount of alcohol. One arm of the U was shorter than the other and open at the top. On the liquid was float, to which was at tached a cord passing over a pulley. At the other end of this cord was hung gilt angel, it's finger pointing to painted.