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The weekly true Democrat., 1909-10-08

For a blear head, q stout heart and
strong mind DeWitt's Little Early Re.
orB. gentle. safe, Nasy. gieasant little
pills. DeWitt's Carb0iiz ~ Witch Hazel
Snlvo Is unequalled Tor any thing where
aalve is needed, and u especially good
Tor pilee. Sold by ell druggists. 32-lm
The weekly true Democrat., 1909-10-08

Miss H z. Bell, Wausau, Wis. writes:
Before l commenced 60 take Foley's
Kidney Pills had severe pains in nay
back. could not sleep, and was greatly
troubled with headache. The hrst few
doses OF Foley's Kidney Pills gave me
relief. and two bottles cured me. The
quick results surprised me, and can
honestly recommend them. AT Bur-
dine's drug stere Sx-lm
The weekly true Democrat., 1909-10-08

By request Of Hon. R. Hudson Burr.
uo copy the following letter addressed
IS lhe Miami Metropolis. which origins
td sheBtory Of q political slata, which
was eopisd m The True Democrat last
es,
The weekly true Democrat., 1909-10-08

Mr.. e. w. Russell, who has leased
the Bloxham plantation, belonging 20
Levy Bros, has grown one Of the larB-
est crops Of corn, sugar cane and peas
that has ever been grown II that sec.
ton Of the country. Mr.. Russell has
not planted cotton Tor 8 number ol
years, bat decided 10 plant . small patch
OF "a acres. hegreW from the 81 acres
Of cotton 800 pounds Of lint cotton.
Toe cotton crop was grown from seed
known as Rosseli Big Boil s Lock.
Anyone feeling interested 20 know what
ear be produced IN Leon county would
Do well 70 yisit the old BlOxham planta-
ton.
The weekly true Democrat., 1909-10-08

Mr.. N. n. Isler brings 70 The True
Democrat freak Of nature In the shape
OF a full ear Of corn with SIX other
smaller ears elinging around u. which
grew Ia the tasoel end Of the stalk,
hanging down Ike . bunch Of bananas.
In the center Of the stalk. from the
silk. also grew two hno ears. lf the
Rentleman could manage % propagate
this as q variety be would make bic for
time
The weekly true Democrat., 1909-10-08

For the must sstisf sct9ry, fal and
Winter Suit at the minimum price
leave your order with Chlttcndeu = Co
end have Suit made h correct style hy
"a. V. Price. 30
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

ply becomes exhausted there will be
diminished production with higher
prices. and within 200 years or even
less the high price of coal will render
the conditions of living very difficult.
A supply of heat might be obtained
in the form of steam by drilling a
hole in the earth's crust at least ten
miles deep. Such project has been
considered from a practical point of
view by the Hon. Mr.. Parsons of tur-
bine fame and his verdict is that the
execution of the project would cost
S4, 100000 and could not be accom-
plished in less than eight years. 1t is
conceivable that ouch project might
be undertaken, but it is highly inn
probable that it will be.
Sir William urged that the present
generation should exercise thought for
the generations to come by conserving
the stores of coal existing in England.
otherwise, in 200 years he foresaw a
general immigration from England to
other countries and the decay of the
Industries dependent on coal for their
energy.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
FruitLess
BY Thomas L. Mason

Cupid came in softly and sat down
quietly. Depositing his CULVER on the
fioor-within easy reach-he looked at
her curiously
No, he hadn't made a mistake. She
was certainly a wonderfully pretty
girl
Il hope" he said, that am not
intruding?'
Certainly not" she replied. 81 beg
that you will make yourself at home.
You will find a cigarette on the tab
aret."
Thanks; l don't smoke"
There was considerable silence.
She was busy before the mirror in
putting on her hair. She had lovely
hair of her own, but in accordance
with the modern custom, she was re-
inforcing it with foreign material. Gu
pid was plainly embarrassed.
81 was in hopes" he said at last,
that you might be interested in some
of my wares. have nice line"
"Of WHAT"
"Oh, of thrills, of ecstasies, of heart
burnings."
Indeed. l am sorry that to-day"
well, then, possibly some other
day, when you have more time Could
MT / make an appointment with your"
She turned slowly. She was polite,
but firm.
my time is extremely limited.
am going out to bridge party now,
and l am already late, You see an
on the rush"
Wouldn't 1t pay you to give up a
little leisure to romance?"
Romance! Dear me. how imperti-
nent you are. Don't you know that
that has gone out?"
But
Really, you must excuse me. My
time is SO valuable, that am obliged
to consider every moment. You see
play golf, motor travel, read the latest
trash, and keep up my bridge game
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
a Wolf of Intellect
BY Strickland W. Gillian.

tello and died there in '95, so he con-
temptuously scratched lot of 40
mule-team washing powder over the
place where last the immigrant
stepped while climbing aboard his
prairie yacht, and resumed his calm
trot for about 80 more miles. at which
distance ten minutes later, he smelled
iron and again the deadly man-smell.
Amid the man-scents he detected some
herse-scents, so he knew it was not
Observation-Disclosures, who
was endeavoring to ensnare him.
He became once more wary and in
visible. This time he was a pile of
rusty tomato tins until he had thought
it all out. The trap. he found, was
six or seven miles away, at the fuie
thest, SO he must have care-ah.
Hobo have care! The lives of such
as you are beset with pitfalls!
Approaching by circuitous route,
swift as ballbearing sunbeam and
silent as a pinch of jewelers. cotton
dropping in a vat of bran-mash, Hobo
went, guided by his unerring whittier,
to the buried trap. 1t had been buried
without disturbing in the least the
surface of the ground, and baited with
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

and misery. / advise all suffering
women to take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound" Mrs. EMMA
WHEATON, Vienna, w. Va.
Lydia E. Finlzham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on file in
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, ui-l
ceration, displacements,f ibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache.
Indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes it to
herself to give Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a cOnfiden-
tial letter To Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free.
and always helpful.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
With the Worlds
Great HzxrnovfSfs
Selections from fbe I,rfffnSS of
Makers Of N1irfb.

several weeks. The glove counter was
presided over by a lady whose first OBJ
ject in life seemed to be to permit
the world to know that she had SPLEEN
did teeth.
What size do you wear?" she
asked
81 don't know" said Spriggs. smil-
ing at her in a kindly way. Can you
take my measure?'
He seated himself and rested an ell
bow on the counter. The lady picked
out pair of gloves and began trying
them on him.
you have the most beautiful teeth
have ever seen," Mr.. Spriggs de-
clared.
"These won't do" the lady COM
planned. Your knuckles are too big"
In a moment she returned with a
larger pair. While she was endeavor-
ing to get the good right hand of Ad-
Olson Spriggs encased in dog skin he
smiled very kindly upon her and said:
81 wish might come here every day
to buy gloves. Your dimples make
me glad
She looked at the foor-walker who
stood behind Mr. Spriggs.
May l tell you" Spriggs added,
that you are the most beautiful crea-
ture it has ever been my pleasure to
behold?"
Then the floor-walker laid a heavy
hand upon Addison Spriggs, and mo-
ment later women were fainting while
strong men We're assisting in the de-
plorable business of fiinging into the
street one who had recently decided
to become joy-giver.
When Spriggs attempted to explain
the matter to two policemen who took
charge of him, one of them placed his
nose near the mouth of the altruist
and shifted several times, after which
he turned to his fellow officer, shook
his head, and said little sadly:
"Batty. That's ALL"
Copyright. 1909, by W. G. Chapman.)
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

limburger cheese, as further dis
guise. But in spite of all these precau-
lions, Hobo's stealthy cunning and
the guardian angel of the wild things
told him of dangers presence. Re-
treating 80 miles or so he found a
bit of sage-brush, split it with his
sharp teeth. fastened it on his nose
so he could endure the awful man
smell, and coolly returned to the scou-
lee where the snare, was. There, aft
err further Reconnaissance, he ascer-
tanned that the trapper was tall
man with a slight front stoop but no
veranda or pergola, "a cast in his left
eye and strawberry mark on his
right shoulder blade. Having learned
which, Hobo dug down is feet to
where his grandfather had told him
of the burial of mammoth's bones
that he and his pack had picked and
inferred, selected a rib, touched off
the steel trap with it and trotted to
the far corner of the range. So miles
distant as the crow flies.
After romping awhile with his cubs,
for exercise, Hobo became lump OF
turf and slept soundly until the fall
ing night struck him in the. small of
the back and startled him to vigil
lance. Thus ended quiet, unevent-
full day in the life of Hobo, king uf the
.Alkali Steer Garden.
Copyright, 1909, by W. G. Chapman.)
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
CLASS THAT HUBBY WAS IN
Possibly Wife Did Not Mean It Just
That Way, But There II Was.

A husband and wife ran a freak
show in certain provincial town. but
unfortunately they quarreled. and the
exhibits were equally divided between
them. The wife decided to continue
business as an exhibitor at the old ad
dress. but the husband went on tour.
After some years wandering the
prodigal returned, and reconciliation
took place, as the result of which they
became business partners once more.
A few mornings afterward the people
of the neighborhood were sent into
fits of laughter on reading the follow
ing notice in the papers:
''By the return of my husband, my
stock of freaks has been permanently
Increased"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

feeling is growing that the authorities
will soon decide that it is better tc
limit the number of spectators OF
make the executions altogether priv.
ate.
man named Danvers was the last
victim. He was executed for the cold,
blooded murder of a farmer and his
wife, who had befriended him. The
scenes were extraordinary.
Men and women masked and in
fancy dress paraded the streets, halt
Ing in front OF the Jail where the con.
demned man was lying, ignorant OF
his impending death, to sing comic
songs with uproarious choruses.
M. Deibler, the executioner, was the
object of frenzied ovations whenever
he left the privacy of his hotel, and
the cafes, restaurants and hotels were
all packed.
On the night before the execution
no one seemed to go to bed, but re-
NAMED on the streets awaiting the
execution, and once the crowd Of mas.
queraders mockingly sang DE Pro
fundis' right under Danvers' cell.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
Spriggs, the JOY Giuer
BY S. E. Kiser.

To Addison Spriggs a great thought
had come.
From this time FORTH" he said to
himself, Il am going to make people
glad. What nobler mission can any
man have? And what is the most eff
fective method OF giving joy? 1t can
be explained in two words: Give
praise. Hereafter l shall give praise
wherever may be. The great trouble
with most of us in this world is that
we are slaves to Formally In future
shall not wait for an introduction to
a lady in order to tell her she is ador-
able. Why should I? 1t is a waste of
time to do so, and people who take
such a course blind themselves to
their opportunities"
With Addison Spriggs to think was
to act. He put on his hat and started
out to luncheon. In the elevator he
turned to the young man who was
handling the lever and said:
DO you know that your face re-
minds me of the face of Napoleon? You
have the splendidly formed nose and
the square jaw of the great Corsican. -
Quit your kiddin'." replied the Gle
vator man.
Where Spriggs ate the MONDAY
meal, which cost him % cents, young
woman with dark eyes and three-quar-
ters of a pound of hair which had
grown upon somebody else bent over
him and sighed several weary signs
while she waited for his order.
Here thought Spriggs, ''is a
chance for me to gladden. one whose
life is monotonous round of drudg-
cry"
Do you know" he asked that there
is something about your face which re-
minds me of Aphroditeg'
Where does she wait?' the lady in
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

A long, low howl, ending in STAG
cato cough, echoed clear over seven
sandhills and fell exhausted half way
up the eighth. At the sound the broom
grass shuddered and the polled Angus
cattle turned pale
For that call was from Hobo, king
Of the Alkali Steer Garden, which ex-
tended over few billion acres of al
ternate bunch grass, desert, dogtowns
and badlands. interspersed thickly
with magazine writer's, But where, all
this time. was Hobo? Sitting comfort
ably on the very apex nr a little hill
lock, sharply silhouetted against an inn
itation turquoise sky. but totally in
visible. All who saw him thought he
was q stone, though there wasn't
stone within six miles of there But
people are very accommodating, and
will think many things to humor a
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

writer. If anybody had accused him
of being wolf, he would have given
the stony stare and the marble heart
until the accuser would have begged
pardon and acknowledged that Hobo
was mere lupine Autograph.
Having remained invisible as long
as he could attract any attention by
being so. and having glanced off several
bullets directed against him while he
was doing the graniteware impersona-
ton, Hobo lifted up his real bristles,
gave his tail permission TO sag, and
started off on leisurely trot, not
doing over a scant mile and half per
minute
Suddenly he stopped and woofed.
Hobo was a swell woofer. He could
outwoof any other wolf in America.
Why had he woofed? He had
smelled the terrible man-smell A
Mormon Immigrant had camped there
some time in the seventies, and could
still be tracked easily. The aroma of
his footprints were distinctly visible
to the naked nose of a common ami
NAL with a bad cold, so what must
1t have been to Hobo. king of the
Alkali Steer Garden, In the full flush
Of his manhood and perfect health ?
He was as keen whittier as he was
q woofer.
Yet by pointing his muzzie hither
and yonder to the four cardinal points,
he discovered that the man had gone
on to Utah. afterward moved to Pocar
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
euILLoTINE AGAIN IN USE.
Public Execution Of Criminals is Re
sumed in France.

Paris.-After keeping the guillotine
locked up out of sight for three years
because President Fallieres opposed
capital punishment and preferred to
pardon persons condemned to death
France has again brought the dreaded
widow into use and has resumed
the public execution of criminals.
Parisians have thronged the places
of execution and have shown such ?
disposition to make merry spectacle
of the death of criminal that the
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
BACK TO THE LAND' QUESTION.
VIII Be Answered by Exhaustion OF
Coal, Says Sir William Ramsay.

London. Sir William Ramsay is OF
the opinion that the back to the land
question will be settled, somewhere
about the year 2109, by the compul-
sorry return of the great mass of the
people Of England to agricultural pur.
suits. The prime factor in the case is
the diminishing coal supply, which
according to this eminent authority
would not last more than from 500 to
500 years.
The chief sources Of energy at the
present moment are coal, oil, wood
and water. Long before the coal sup.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

quired, as she began picking her teeth
with a pin.
You have studied Greek mythology,
have you not?"
Nix. l started to learn shorthand
once, but give it up because it made
my head ache"
well, no matter" Spriggs CALAMITY
declared; you are very beautiful
There, there" the waitress an
swered, patting him on his bald spot );
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
for the last 10 years. and believe him perfectly hon.
orabe In all business transactions and financially
able TO carry out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN 4 MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents per
bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

If | didn't. you know. | would lose so
much as to bankrupt papa-and ro-
nance of any sort is something that I
couldn't consider. But"
She swept by him on her way to
the door.
"You might step into the next room.
There is someone in there who might
be Interested"
Cupid was desperate. He had been
making calls all day, always with the
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
Too Risky.

do you approve of the plan Of
teaching pupils to box?"
mot Internationally, replied the
country pedagogue, remembering his
husky 19-year-olds. Might be all
right. though, If you'd authorize the
teachers to carry guns. - Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

same result. No one wanted to look
at his wares. All were too busy.
THANK you." he said, eagerly. Il
will go in there. By the way, who is
this person."
And she smifed back over her shoul
der, as she hurried down the stair.
Dear old grandmamma. She still
cherishes her illusions, you know"
Copyright 1909, by w. c. Chapmam)
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

T.. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
Eleven years ago I
was a walking
shadow. Ihad been
under the doctors
carebutgotnorelief.
My husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound anditworked
like a charm. 1t re-
lieyed all nv pAins
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

( 1t is said that necessity knows no
law, but ii she is the mother Of in
vention she should acqiaint herself
with the patent laws.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
LARGE Revenues from SUGAR.

In the total of the last Ten years
sugar has paid more than one-ifth of
our customs revenues. or IN romd fig.
Iures s550,00O,0OO out of total al
So. 500. coo. 900.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

For Colds and orIpp-Capudine.
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness. Cures the cold--H eadaches
also. Its LiQuid-Effects immediately-10.
rs and Soc at Drug Stores.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04

get busy with your order. My feet
hurts.
After he had finished his meal
Spriggs had 20 minutes to spare, and
he decided to step into a department
store for the purpose of purchasing a
pair of gloves which he had needed for
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
LIVE AND LEARN.

Farmer Meddergrass-Wa by
clover! l knew them Chinese lived
on t'other side O. tn airth but hang
me if l knew they had a through
route!
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-03-04
OWES
HER
LIFE TO
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vienna, w. Va. "I feel that owe
the last ten years of my life to Lydia
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-19
KIDNAPPING VOTERS.
Once q Regular Feature Of Political
Warfare In England.

In England generation or two ago
kidnapping was regularly recognized
feature of political warfare. On the
eve Of an election especially men of IN
nuence on either side would mysteri
ously vanish to reappear later with
strange tales Of forcible seizures. mad
races across country in post chaises
driven by yelling Positions. followed
by longer or shorter terms Of gilded
Imprisonment In great mansions. where
they We're wined and dined IN sump-
tuous style and treated right royalty
In every way, only their liberty being
denied them.
Quite humble voters. too. were forci-
bly, abducted, but these did not always
fare quite so well. Thus one victim
made complaint before a magistrate
that he had been decoyed from his
house by ruse and kept shut up In q
coal hole for three days.
Wholesale kidnapping Of voters In
patches, too, was not unknown, the
process being rendered easier by the
custom Of candidates paying tho trav-
ciihB NApchsco VI theh cicStoiS w uhu
from the polling places.
Fos instance, at certain Newcastle
election whole shipload Of freemen
Of the borough. dispatched from Lon
don by sea, were taken by the cap
tain. who had been heavily bribed--
to Ostend and there left stranded.
During the same contest, too, and
under similar circumstances a number
of Berwick electors who happened to
reside In London were dumped down
In Norway. and group of thirty Ips,
wich voters found themselves on the
day Of the poll cooling their heels upon
the quay at Rotterdam, = Pearson's
| Weekly.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-19
How IN. surme.. Made Fire.

One day a Burmese messenger
brought me note. While be was
waiting for the reply ! observed an
object something like boys pop
gun suspended around bis waist. On
asking what It was he showed me that
ii was nn implement for producing
tire. 1T was rude example of sci
entifc instrument employed by lee
turers at home to illustrate the pro-
duction Of heat by suddenly compress
ed air. A piston fitted into the tube.
The former was followed at the lower
end and smeared with wax to receive a
piece Of cotton or finder. which when
pressed into 1t adhered. The tube was
closed at one end. Placing the piston
at the top of the tube. with a smart
blow be struck It down and imme-
diately withdrew 1t with the tinder on
ire.. the sudden compression Of the air
having ignited It. was so much
struck with the scientific ingenuity OF
this rude implement that procured
h from the BurmaD and sent 1t to the
Asiatic society of bengal. with short
description of Its uses.--"Recollections
of MY Life" by Surgeon General Sir
yohn Fayer.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-08-19
CHICAGO GRAIN

Chicago, Aug. 19.-The wheat mar.
ket opened trifle higher with trad
ing limited, the market soon reactinl
last nights close. Corn started high
er on continued dry weather. Oats
higher. but trade light.
Noon-Sept. wheat slumped during
the forenoon, touching 100 7-S al
noon. Corn eased OFF slightly Will,
oats receded fractionally.
Wheat continued to decline and
closed weak. Corn and oats both
fell off in sympathy.
Wheat-Sept open, 1.O2; close
100 rs. Dec. open 1.0l 3-s;
close, s6 3-S. May, open 1.01 3-S;
close, 90 rs.
Corn-Sept., open &C 3-4; close
65 rs. Dec. open, 81: close Sc is
May, open SO Is; close 81 IA.
oats-Sept. open SO la close
3S is. Dec. open 38 Us: close 81
Is. Dec. open 3s rs; close 3s. May
open 40 rs; close 40 Ia,