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The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
CRIMINAL IN CHILD NATURE.
Writer in New Orleans Picayune As
serts We Are All Born with Ten.
derness Toward the Bad.

"All children" said a psychologist,
"are born criminals. Instinctively
they lie, steal, slander, torture-I don't
know what. The saintliest man. a very
DR.. Parkhurst of a man, were he to
grow up as he began, would have a
long career of bank rObberies, as
saults, debauches and murders, and he
would die on the gallows.
"a child, as soon as 1t begins to
toddle and lisp, steals. Till you have
trained a child to know that thefts
are followed by spankings. would you
dare to leave it alone in a candy
shop?
"It also lies. After a raid on the
Jam or cake, does a child admit its
guilt? OF course not. 1t lies earnest
ly, doggedly.
"a child ISLANDERS and libels. Did
you ever hear a beautiful, lisping
child speak in praise of its play
mate? No. On the contrary, 1t ac-
cuses the playmate continually OF
horrible crimes.
"a child will get drunk If you give
it the opportunity. Lack of opportu-
nifty is all that prevents children from
becoming confirmed inebriates.
at is needless to go on. Look back
on your childhood. Study your evil
little child heart. You'll wonder then
that no curio collector cherishes a
piece of your -ope."-New Orleans
P%icayune.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
SEVEN CENTS BREAD LIKELY
Ghetto Already Facing Bread at Six
Cents q Loaf.

New York.-With flour up forty cents
a barrel in the local market and the pros
poets apparently good for a further rise,
New York City is now facing the posi-
bility of bread at seven cents a loaf.
What will appear to hundreds of thou
sands of the poor like famine prices for
all family larders bids fair to be forced
as the result of the recent rise in wheat.
The Ghetto of New York has already
in some degree felt the effect of the
buoyancy of the Chicago wheat pit. Six
cents a loaf is the price now charged
by some bakeries, while the proprietors
of hundreds of others declare that they
cannot continue selling at five cents
much longer, with bread and flour of the
better grades costing from 81 to $3.50 a
barrel, against $3.50 to $3.50 a few days
ago. They add, moreover, that with
-four permanently up to the rates re-
Gently quoted, even six cents would not
give them any sort of profit.
Seven-cent bread, either through an out
and out advance in price or an equiva-
lent shrinkage in the loaf, seems inevita-
hla
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
The Missionary Mule.

"That mule" said the old farmer, rs
what I call a missionary mule an III
tell you why: 1t throwed one man on
his head, an when the man wuz able
to be up an about ag'in, he went to
preachin'; an the last time the sheriff
come to levy on that mule the critter
kicked him cross the county line, whar
they wuz holdin' a campmeetin' an,
I'm blest eff the sheriff didn't git relig-
ion an quit runnin' fer mce-wlc
wuz uncommon hard to do, seem that
the office habit run in his blood. / tell
you, nuthin' in this here worr is to be
despised, wen as humble a critter as
a mule kin be a missionary"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
"coFFEE DOESN'T HURT NE"
Tales That Are Told.

81 was n of the kind who wouldn't
believe that coffee was hurting me-"
says a N. Y. woman. you just couldn't
convince me its use was connected
with the heart and stomach trouble l
suffered from most of the time.
my trouble finally got so bad l
had to live on milk and toast almost
entirely for three or four years. Still
| loved the coffee and wouldn't believe
1t could do such damage.
what / needed was to quit coffee
and take nourishment in such form as
my stomach could digest.
II had read much about Postum,
but never thought it would fit my case
until n daySI decided to quit coffee
and give it a trial and make sure about
1t. So / got a package and carefully
followed the directions.
"Soon / began to get better and was
able to eat carefully selected foods
without the aid of pepsin Or other d.
gestants and it was not long before !
was really a new woman physically.
"Now / am healthy and sound, can
eat anything and everything that
comes along and / know this wonder
full change is all due to my having
Quit coffee and got the nourishment !
needed through this delicious Postum.
my wonder is why everyone don't
give up the old coffee and the troubles
that go with 1t and build themselves up
as / have done, with Postum"
Easy to prove by 10 days trial OF
Postum in place Of coffee. The reward
Is big.
There's q Reason"
Ever read the above Ietters A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, truce \ full OF numah
interest.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
PREFERS DEATH TO DIVORCE
Rather Than Appear in Court, Grace
Caldwell Kills Self.

Indianapolis, Ind.-When the name of
Grace Caldwell, defendant in the suit for
divorce against her by Lester Caldwell,
was called in the circuit court Friday
she did not answer, and during a confer
ence of her attorneys and the judge a
messenger rushed in and said that rather
than appear Mrs. Caldwell had killed her
self. She had drunk carbolic acid. A
physician who hurried to her home pre-
vented her immediate death, and the
judge has postponed hearing of the di-
vorce ease until her recovery. Members
of Mrs. Caldwelrs family have informed
the police hat when the date of the trial
was set she attempted to choke her baby
to death and to kill herself, and that she
has insisted she never would face the
court.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
FIVE ARE DEAD; SIX DYING
Block of Frame Buildings Destroyed
and Many Homeless.

San Francisco.-Five men burned to
death, a sixth dying from his injuries,
five others seriously injured, is the toll
in human lives and suffering collected by
q fire that consumed the st. George Ho-
tel Friday.
All day long firemen dug for the bodies
of a dozen men thought to have been
killed and buried under the debris.
A square block of frame buildings and
shacks that stood around the finder box
that housed 26O sleepers when the fire
broke out are in ruins, and aside from
dodgers in the hotel more than a score
of persons are homeless.
The property loss is estimated at about
SIS 900,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
UNIFORMITY IN EDUCATION.
All States Urged to Adopt System
That Is Uniform.

Atlanta, Ga.--A movement to b1isd
up an educational scheme which shall
embrace the entire South was launched
at a prolonged session of the campaign
managers of the conference for education
in the South, now in annual session
here. 1t was proposed that all States OF
the South be induced to take action to-
ward a strong educational system which
shall be as uniform as possible. The idea
to be worked out was thus expressed by
President P. P. Claxton, of the Univer-
sity of Tennessee:
"We should have" he said, "an archi-
t~ectural plan built up from all styles Of
education now in vogue in the South.
We have been Strengthening here and
there for years with good results, until
now it is time to construct a system
more or less permanent for develop
ment."
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
USES DYNAMITE AND KNIFE
Indinanian Wounds Wife and Four
Members of Family.

South Bend, Ind.-Lewis Thrun, a
Berien county (Michigan) farmer, while
crazed with liquor Monday night created
a reign of terror at his home by dyna-
hitting a building and %wounding his fa-
ther-in-law and four other members OF
his family by stabbing them with a
knife and also placing in peril the lives
of six children near the building which
he dynamited. Thrun, after creating
this havoc, barricaded himself in his
home, where he had stored dynamite
and gun, and defied the posse from which
he had escaped earlier in the evening.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
INCOME TAX BILL PUT IN.
Senator Bailey Would Have Tariff
Bill Amended.

MISUNDERSTANDING after the
senate convened Thursday Senator Bailey
introduced an income tax amendment TO
the tariff bill. 1t provides for a straigh,
tax of 3 per cent on all incomes about
$1,000 a year. 1t exempts all incomes
from federal, state, county and munich
pal securities, salaries of all state Off
GERS and incomes of corporations below
$1,000. The former law on the subject
provided for a tax of 2 per cent on in
comes of $4,000 and upward.
Mr.. Bailey does not attempt to avoid
the constitutional questions and in effect
challenges them. He estimates that it
his amendment becomes a law it will
raise about 500, 100000 annually.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
Communion with Christ.

Sometimes at the end of the day,
when its cares have sped and the
quiet night is around us, how sweet It
Is to be with Jesus. To be alone with
him and to feel at home with him!
What a refreshment it is, a well In the
desert, the shadow of a great rock In
a weary land. The cares of life ebb
away, and the sorrows Of yesterday
are the clouds that swiftly pass to
come no more. We can almost well
come the trials of life. for If they
lead to such fellowship. they have
been as the dew Of Israel. We can
cast all BUR care upon him, knowing;
that in the secret Of his tabernacle
be will hide us.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
TRIED TO BURN GIRL.

Wheeling, w. va.-Disappointed in his
suit for marriage, Joseph White, rs
years old, Of this city, is alleged to have
gone to the room Of Magdalena Fortuna,
Is years of age, of Pittsburg, and at
tempted to burn the girl to death. It is
alleged White threw gasoline on the
girls clothing and the contents Of the
room. It is said he then threw vitriol
over her and set fire to the place. The
girls screams brought help and the
James were extinguished.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
Diseased Doctors Can't Practice.

Guthrie, Okla.-No more physicians
who are diseased with consumption OF
tuberculosis will be licensed to practice
medicine in Oklahoma. This was the
decision reached by the state board OF
medical examiners in session here. It
found that physicians from the east
with consumption would com into Okla.
homa to practice, hoping to benefit theis
health. 1t was held by the board that
the interests Of patients demanded that
in the future the board refuse to issus
licenses to such practitioners.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Cougars, coyotes and bears are ter
rorizing the inhabitants of the Four
teenth ward in Seattle, but this will
not cause any surprise to Europeans,
remarks the Chicago Record-Herald,
who believe bison continue to roam
the streets of Buffalo and that Chica-
go is a frontier settlement where the
men wear heather breeches and carry
hnwie kniyez.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
cRoss-EYED EXCUSE FAILED.
Pardon Refused Man Who Looked One
Wav and Shot Another.

Louisville, Ky.-Gov. Wilson has re-
fused a pardon to George Kellum, who
shot and killed Will Reed, and who
claimed, because Of the fact that he is
cross-eyed, he is unable to distinguish a
man more than a few feet away, and
was really shooting at another man, who
had struck him over the head, when
Reed was accidentally killed. Gov. Will
son held that a nan who is so cross
eyed as to be unable to distinguish at
whom he is shooting should not shoot at
III
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

The official figures place the cotton
crop of the United States for 1908 at
13,40S, Sal bales, or, figuring the bales
at 500 pounds each, a total of Is, $685.
942. The final returns for 1907 put the
aggregate at 11,375,461 bales, esti-
mated in the same way. This repre-
sents a big gain for 1908, but the re-
port appears to have had little effect
or prices, Notwithstanding the efforts
of the bears" There is general be-
lief in continued industrial revival and
that manufacturers will readily absorb
the large product.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

A Boston woman, who is teaching
the people Of the Hub how to increase
their health and beauty by eating a
portion of sand every day, says she has
cured 10000 patients Of their ills.
Sand may be a satisfactory food for
the New Highlander, but out this way
the natives are not provided with
gizzards.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
Not Our Discovery.

The Greek, Eratosthenes, ESQ B. c.,
taught the doctrine of the rotundity
Of the earth, and the ideas Of the
sphere, its poles, axis, the equator,
arctic and antarctic circles, equinoc-
tial points andthe solstices were quite
generally entertained by the wise men
Of that time. There were plenty OF
men in Rome, therefore, who yer
prepared to talk about the earth as q
sphere and to make globes illustrating
their ideas.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
File Marion Crawford Will.

New York.-The will of Marion Craw-
ford, the novelist, was filed with the sur.
rogate here Thursday on behalf of Ar
thur Turrey, the brother of the testator,
who is appointed his executor. Mr.. Craw-
ford leaves $4,000 to his wife, Elizabeth
C. Crawford, saying that she has been
amply provided for by the will of her
father, Gen Hiram Bordan. The residue
of the estate is left in trust to his broth
er to pay the income of his two sons and
his two daughters.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

The defense to be put up in a Bos-
ton murder case, the defendant having
killed his wife, is that the man was
driven to insanity by the woman's per-
petual nagging. 1t seems a reasonable
defense enough. A woman who nags
is a iend who ought not to expect any
mercy after she has driven !aeS victim
to desperation.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Comparatively few people learned to
pronounce Mr.. Roosevelt's name prop
erly during the seven years of his pres
idency. In comparison the name of the
new president may seem easy. but per-
NIT us to ask whether you pronounce
it with the "a" of ASK" or the "a" Of
"cat," or the "a" of "father"-not to
mention the broad "a" of want"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

An American woman created a SEN
sation in English society by appearing
at court adorned by ar entire absence
of jewels. Most fashionable ladies' will
find this way of making themselves the
center of interest and admiration en-
tirely too inexpensive.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

and how to cure
them. Mrs. w. G.
Davis, of Groesbeck.
Texas, says: a
aches hurt me so I
could hardly stand.
Spells of dizziness
and sick headaches
were frequent and
the action Of the kid
povc wac irropU1qr
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Soon after / began taking Doan's Kid
ney Pills l passed several gravel
stones. 1 got well and the trouble has
not returned. My back is good and
strong, aud my general health is bet
ter"
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

The shah of Persia has been called
down" sharply by Great Britain and
Russia because of atrocities perpe-
trated by Persian troops. 1t begins to
look as though the chaotic conditions
in the realm of the shah might invite
active Intervention.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Perhaps the duke of Braganza. who
announces that he has quit pretending
for the throne of Portugal, desires to
remain among us for some time and
does not care to go hence by the dyn-
amite route.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

"The new hats" remarks the New
York Evening Mail, "are what you
might call farebacks." And the COM
ments of various husbands and IA
theirs are what you might call swear
hacks.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
LABOR LEADERS SEE TAFT
President Promised to Do What He
Could to Help Their Cause.

Washington. = President Taft dis
cussed the problems of the working man
for two hours Friday with the members
of the executive council of the American
Federation of Labor, which is in session
in this city.
The labor leaders, headed by Samuel
Gompers, president OF the Federation,
called at the White House to present to
the president a number of matters Of
vital interest to organized labor. Mr..
Gompers declared hat the president not
only gave the Spokesman of the party all
the time they desired to lay their mat
tiers before him, but Joined himself in
the discussion from time to time to bring
out fuller information on the various sub
jects as they were reached.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
BLACK HAND THREATEN GIRL.

Miss Maude Hames in Fear Of Abduc-
tion.
Atlanta, Ga.-Miss Maude r. Hames,
beautiful Atlanta girl, has been made the
victim of letters from the "black hand"
in which she is threatened with abduc-
ton. So alarmed is she, as well as other
members of the family, that the house is
being guarded by detectives and every
possible precaution against the carrying
out Of the threats is being taken.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
Gov. Hughes Bill Killed.

Albany, N. Y.-After eight hours OF
debate the senate by a vote of 33 to IA
adopted the adverse report of the senate
judiciary committee on the Human
Green bill, Gov. Hughes direct nomina
lions measure. This vote finally kills
the bill.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

There is a report that Mr.. Rockefel-
Ter will finance an expedition to the
north pole. W. hope it is true. The
nearest anybody yer has come to do
ing this hitherto has been to finance
an expedition in search of the north
pole.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

A conscientious Galveston man IS
deeply chagrined to find that he a
robbed an old woman's home under
the mistaken impression that 1t was
an orphans asylum.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
JOSEPH HAD A CORNER.
Secretary Wilson Refers to Biblical
Character.

Washington.-"The only successful cor
ner in wheat / ever heard was n 10,
seph had in Biblical days." declared Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wilson, when he
was asked for an opinion as to the Pat
ten operations on the Chicago board OF
trade. "To successfully corner the wheat
market" continued the secretary, you
have got to keep buying, buying and buy
ing. Finally the time comes when you
can't buy any more, and then there is a
smash"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Hetty Green's daughter is teaching
her husband to walk and save cab
hire. She feels that he should not
throw money about recklessly now
that he has a wife to support.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

"Flirt with your husband" is a CHI
cage woman's advice. And those who
will be the first to take it are the
ones that weigh 200 pounds and have
biceps like a blacksmith's.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Panama can promise something bet
ter than Inauguration weather wnen
the opening of the canal is celebrated
in 1916.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

An English scientist declares thai
the Chinese had automobiles l,Ooo
years ago. Impossible, else there
wouldn't be SO many Chinese living
now.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

A bill has been passed by the Ne
vada legislature making bridge whist
a gambling game. Some of us sus-
pect that Is what it was a long time
ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
POTATOES GOING UP.
New Orleans Suffers From Fast Rising
Prices.

New Orleans.-While the jump in the
price of -four and the resultant cutting
down in size of the loaves Of bakers
bread has been about the same in New
Orleans as everywhere else in the coun-
try, the principal worry h~ousekeepers
have been subjected to has been the rise
in potatoes. Several weeks ago Irish po-
tatoes were selling in New Orleans at
$3.50 a barrel. The price has been grad
ually crawling upward until Thursday
they were quoted at $3.50 a barrel.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

We are sorry to learn from the doc
tors that King Edward Is soft n
pulpy. Let him try the strenuous life
for it.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Perhaps Duke d'Abruzzi is going 10
climb the Himalayas in order that ne
may take a tumble with respect to MS
standing in the Elkins family.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
THIRD FIRE IN WEEK.
Firebugs Are After Oklahoma Insane
Asylum.

Woodward, Okla.-The third fire in a
week at the Oklahoma State Insane Asy-
lum at Fort Supply, twenty-five miles
distant, Tuesday night destroyed the
main hospital building. No lives were
lost, but it was necessary to carry fifty
six Of the f~ifty-nine patients out Of the
structure, which was a landmark, hav-
ing been erected when Sheridan and Gus
ter had their headquarters at Fort Sup
NV.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

One test of a mans greatness seems
to be the number Of old anecdotes 10
which posterity decides to arbitrarily
attach his name.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

1t Is a matter of coincidence when a
mar who desires to be a private clti-
zen finds advertising thrust upon him.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Why is it that the bad mans revolt
vel doesn't miss fire so often as the
good citizens does when he is shoot
ing at a burglar?"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
GOVERNMENT $4,000 shy.
Report Of Seizure Of Carroll Spring Dis
tillery Made.

1kcpOIt u 0CILuIC "a Vd11UH 0PuAHE OxD-
tillery Made.
Washington.-The commissioner Of in
ternal revenue has received the official
report on the seizure of the Carroll
Spring Distillery, near Baltimore. It is
stated at the treasury department that
the government has been deprived OF
over $4,000 in revenue taxes. There
are two courses open to the company to
get back their distillery; either to take
the case to the courts or pay the govern
ment the amount of loss it claims to
have sustained.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

The Photographers union Will note
with delight that Ambassador Whites
daughter is to marry a Count Josch.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Some think the last sparrow would
be a more welcome bird than the first
robin.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

An Anti-Afinity league is being
formed. Take a membership card
home with you.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
AILING Vol IN.
Keep the Kidneys Well and the Kid.
neys Will Keep You Well.

Sick, suffering, languid women are
learning the true cause of bad backs
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
GOING THE PACE.

Tortoise-What, have you started a
motor car?
Snail-Yes, one must move with the
times, you know.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

Great Britain can protect its new
antarctic possessions without an ex-
pensive navy.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23

There is plenty of business for those
who are determined to get it.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
Question Of the Hour.

I'VE are really at a loss to know
how to punish Earle" she said. 1--WE
have tried all the punishment in our
kindergarten list without effect. We
have reasoned with him and told him
that he will lease to be our pretty pet
and will grow up to be a bad, bad
man, and"
Madam" interrupted the gentleman
of the old school, who was visiting
them, you will find on the trunk In
my room a very excellent strap that
1 shall not need temporarily"
But, of course, he didn't know any
thing about modern methods.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-04-23
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