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The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-05
Petition for Pardon.
To His Excellency, E. F. Noel, Gov

To His ExceIlency, E. F. Noel, Gov
ernor of Mississippi:
We, the undersigned citizens of Lee
county. Mississippi, would most re-
snectfulIy show unto your Excellency
that at the August Term, 1908, of the
Circuit Court of Lee county, n Sam
Shackleford was convicted of man
slaughter and was sentenced by the
court to serve a term of five years in
the State ~Penitentiary. We believe
that the time he has already served is
commensurate with the offense he
committed and therefore respectfully
petition your Excellency to grant him
4 pardon. Respectfully submitted,
% ct Sam Shaekleford and Others.
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Nom Resident Notice.

The State of Mississippi. Lee County
To Mona Ivey, colored. Defendant.
You are commanded to appear before
the Chancery Court of the county of
Lee, in said State, on the third Monday
of March. A. D, 1910, to defend the
suit in said court of Oscar Ivey, where
in you are a defendant.
This 10th day of October, A. .. 1909
Norbin Jones. Clerk.
By R. D. Porter, D. C
Boggan & Leake, Solicitors for Com
piainant. ~ 1T
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Petition for Pardon.
To the Honorable E. T. Noel, Goven

To the Honorable E. T. Noel, Governor
of the State of Mississippi:
would most respectfully represent and
show the following state of facts as
the basis Of a petition for pardon:
That at the February term. 1909 of
the Circuit Court of Lee County, Miss,
he was convicted on a charge of burg
larry and sentenced to the penitentiary
for one year. That he has now served
about six months of his term, and that
he was only II years Of age at the
time of his conviction. and has been
punished enough for crime already.
Premises considered your petitioners
pray that a pardon be granted him.
Respectfully submitted July 81, 1909.
28.5t John Oliver and others,
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Notice to Creditors to Probate Claims.

Letters of administration having
been granted t. the undersigned on the
estate of Mrs. Florence Moon fy the
Chancery Court of Lee County, Hiss,
on the Oath day of Sept. 1909, all per-
sons having claims against said estate
are hereby notified to have same pro-
hated and registeds.by the Clerk of said
Court within one year from this date.
and a failure to so probate and register
such claim for one gyear will bar the
claim. This Oct. 2Sth, t1909.
MRS. MACIE kINCANNON,
Administrative.
Clayton, Mitchell & Clayton Soils.
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ROOM FOR RENT:-Apply to Mrs.
M. P. II ,nderson, Or Cali up phone 81
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-05

Have your old rigs retired with new
rubber at SMITHS.
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AUTOCRATS OF THE TURF.

raced for at Newmarket. and two ~
these races, the Jockey Club stakes I'd
the Prince Of Wales stakes, are each of
the value of S1u.ou0 sterling. a hand
some surplus. however, is left to he
devoted to general purposes at the is
erection OF the financial committee OF
tie club.
The bulk Of its income is, however.
derived from the fees charged for per-
mission To train horses on Newma rk It
Heath. Despite the Tact that many
large training stables are now cstab-
lished III other parts Of the country
notably in Wiltshire and hampshire
and on the Yorkshire moors. there are
always we'll over 1000 horses in train
ing at Newmarket. For every race
horse in his stable a trainer at New
market has to pay an annual tax OF
seven guineas.
1t is not every one. however who can
obtain permission to train his horses
at Newmarket. The Jockey Club exe.-
cises very careful scrutiny in this di-
rection and only d few years ago a for
eigl trainer whose stable was ult-
mately found to contain Derby win :.
ner was refused permission to train 1T
Newmarket The annual income Of tue
Jockey Club is estimated ut 100000
and probably this is below the mark
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else in the open air, third. lie never over
loads his stomach, and always gets up
from the table "a little hungry. Thus
has the richest man i'm the world at
last found 4 safe and sane regimen. after
starving himself on a bread and milk
diet and trying such faGs as walking
through the dewy grass in early morn
ingS, in emulation of Father kneipp. His
plenty OF exercise III the open air. con-
sists mostly OF enjoyment OF the Dresi-
dental game. anoth1 devotee of which
is his brother Inulti-millonaire. Andrew
Carnegie
THIS rule os leaving the table hungry is
one Of the fundamentals i'll Sandow' IS
lexicon OF health. This ne confided f.,
some government diotitians who made a
study OF h S eating habits, weighing all
Of his food eaten at each meal for Il
period of days. These saNautS were sur
pr sei to discover that the modern Sam
That of 81 eping outdoors the year
round Is perhaps the mos. popular Ion
geyity fad of today. Fer " inter- use an
upper balcony with southern and western
exposure. free from raw winds is always
preferred. but for houses where this can
not be had there is now OH the market a
couch whose head protrudes for about a
yard out of an ordinary window. from
which drops an awning. dipping 50 low as
IT, cut off all uncomfor able drafts
President TaftS chum. Gen. Clarence
Edwards. L. S. a, charter member of the
golf cabinet" and chief of the insular
bureau, is one Of the most enthusiastic
He Prac ices 1t winter and summer.
do eN-Secretary Ct the Navy Hilary Her
bert and Secretary Charles ID. Walcott Of
the Smithsonian Institution. with their
families. The special bal. onies built for
this at the rear of DR.. Walcot-'s man
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IN lite when he was looked upon as u
puny and sickly Young man. Mai. Mo-
Kinley was an iuveterate smoker. but
made ii rule never to look upon tlac wjl
when il was red-or when il was any
other color. He like Rutherford :.
Hayes. William j. Bryan and David j..
Hill gave the lie TO those who used t.
up with the boys" could not be a success
ful politician.
Mark Twain has just been told that ne
must throw out a ballast of three dozen
cigars day to keen his craft from going
down. In other words. he is pow limited
to four instead of his previous forty
smokes Il day. \ pain Wnci now tie
Nelops whenever he walks more than "'D
yards has given the warning. Int says
that he has tobacco heart; and il was
only a few years ago, ut lis seventeen
birthday dinner, when, III speech, he
attributed his long life 10 the fact that he
had never smoked more than enc cigar
At time" and that he had smoked ever
since he could remember--had smoked
publicly ever since the death OF LIS late
father. Mr.. Clemens has previously
practiced abstinence as health restorer
but il has been abstinence from food and
not from santa yerba. Some time ago
lie said: A little starvation can really
do more for the average sick man than
can the best Of medicines and tn"
best of doctors. | DO not mean re-
stricted diet: l mean total abSti-
nence from food for one or two days. |
been my cold and fever doctor for fifteen
years and has accomplished cure i'll all
instances"
The latest distinguished arrival within
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7 roube for Everybody When the Kaiser Goes Visitn&

sian plain-clothes staff. which assumes
this very heavy responsibility. Often
they find it necessary TO disguise them
selves in order TO keep close To the en-
peror at the various functions OF some
state visit, and when, OF the occasion
of the emDerorS visit to the Guildhall i'll
London, his majesty drives along d pro
cessional route, German and English
plain-clothes detectives mingle with the
crowd at frequent intervals along the
way.
Like King Edward. the kaiser has a pri-
vate train for his personal use. 1t is of
quite recent construction and is generally
made up of nine cars. The imperial saloon,
sixty yards in length, is situated in the
middle of the train and is entered like an
ordinary corridor wagon. from either end.
Passing through a narrow lobby at one
end. one walks straight into the kaiser's
travelling study. 1t is quietly upholstered
in blue daInask and lighted by large win
dows of beveled glass III the daytime and
at night by electric candles set in mas
sive silver sconces hung between the win
dows. The ceiling is of carved maple and
the floor is covered with thick pile,
dark blue Turkey carpet. The furniture
is as plain and scanty IS possible, to leave
the center of the car free for movement,
since the kaiser likes TO pace up and
down when working or talking.
In the far corner IS gray mapewood
escrtoire, upon which are a silver ink
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TO gain the same end arc taking on new
modes Of life.
President Taft has had to dispense with
the pleasures of the midday repast and,
80 long as official etiquette will permit,
now confines himself to two meals a day.
This no-luncheon plan he has adopted
after discovering that walking, horseback
riding and golf, rather than reducing his
weight, but increased his appetite and
brought him nearer the dreaded 3O0-pound
mark: for il was he who once facetiously
remarked that mo real gentleman weighs
over 800 But the Presidents avoiriu-
pois is very equally distributed over his
Giant frame. deep chest, broad shoulders
and those stout legs which with perfect
case of motion have carried his great
weight over hundreds OF thousands of
miles OF globe-trotting. The presidential
trade Is "A fatten;ng calling. Col. Roose-
Welt weighed but 1SJ when nc entered the
White House, but passed the 100 mark
before lie left it, and despite his hard
training on the tennis court and in his
inprovised symnasiun-tle old cabinet
room-he had 10 confess that his wind got
short toward the end of his last term.
President Mckinley also gained in girth
while d tenant OF the peoples hotel. and
rs for Mr.. Cleveland, his weight rose 10
about 20 during his first term.
Col. Roosevelt gave up smoking early
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naval and military, who perform their
duties Ill rotation.
:. :.
There is 10 difficulty in arranging about
the personal servants Of his majesty, or
OF the empress when she goes with him.
for these always accompany the soveT-
eign on their trips abroad. On a state
visit then the number of the imperial
party is apt 70 be extremely large. as
vii he seen from the suite which accom-
panied the emperor and empress TO Eng
land two years ago.
1t comprised the court chamberlain, two
personal aidS-de-cdmD. SIX adJutdnts,
two physicians in ordinary, twelve per-
sonal attendants and one secretary, all
in waiting on the kaiser, while Tor the
kaiserin there were her majestyS master
OF ceremonies, TWO maids of honor, SIN
firing women and two groomS of the
chamber. There were further twenty
coachmen and stable attendants 10 look
after the two carriages and twelve pairs
Of horses taken. and ten chauffeurs for
the six automobiles and two more lug
gage vans which were included in the
imperial imped.menta.
Housewives Will he able TO realize what
an amount Of preparation the housing
;ind accommodation of this large party
demand, so While the plans are being
discussed in Berlin the court officials at
the scene of the visit are no less busy.
AS soon as the monarch host has APP
proved of the program for his imperial
visitors enter; ainment it is forwarded
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still farther by tic Good Idea Club of
Auburnda.e. one Of RCston's suburbs,
The feminine members think perfect fig
tires Daily the desire for "A symm trical
form permeates the mind of each indi
Nldual. Then. lis claimed. the body is
nodded by the superior force % mind
over matter.
After sitting the whole diet problem
from the bottom Dr. Harvey W. Wiley.
the father of the pure food law. says:
Il eat anything | can get my teeth into,
provided it, Is pure and clean" This
noted chemist, like President Roosevelt
Is a non-smoker. THE only health fad
which he has fostcrcd is that Of riding
about bareheaded in his automobile. to
promote the growth or his hair.
The sour-miik tad-lately launched by
Prof. Ellie Metchu koff of the Pasteur
Institute. Pars-is- one Of the latest 10
take root here. In a part OF Bulgaria,
where the peasants for centuries have
been noted as the longest-lived people
in the world, this chemist went shopping
around to find the secret OF their
longevity. He discovered Isl centenarians
in Bulgaria to every one In England.
Then after careful study he traced their
great span OF life to the national habit
of daily drinking large quantities of
a particular form of sour milk The pc
cular Tactic acid Of this beverage he later
discovered upon experiment, to destroy
those microbes OF our intestines which
cause the degcneratiye processes of old
age. And now this celebrated chemist
at last gives his recipe for preparing
this longevity potion:
Obtain pure milk Place il in one or
more common glass tum oilers, OF :ln
earthenware jar. and stand these in a
saucepan half filled with tepid water.
cover with the lid and place on the
kitchen range, or a gas stove 50 as tu
bring the water to boiling point. Boil for
ut least halt an hour, and set aside to
cool. When the milk has cooled t. about
- degrees Fahrenheit. add the culture
OF ferment. either obta ned for the pur-
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IL Berlin. where it is laid before the en-
peror. Meanwhile, the day OF departure
having been iixed. high official of the
ministry of railways is III constant con-
Sultatiou with the court chambcrlains
office to the Iail route To be taken by
the kaiser ) private train.
All the German genius for organization
i here called into action, for traffic is
stopped wherever the imperial train has
crossings and watch huts are connected
emperors progress is passed on from
point to point. BY special edict of the
minister of railways all stations through
which the imperial train passes have TO
he decorated irrespective of the hour SO
this detail has to be seen 10. Sometimes
circumstances render IT necessary for the
train to stop at some little station. other
wise totally unprovided Tor the reccp ion
of so distinguished q guest. The railway
administration has provided for this
emergency by keeping portable pavilions
at the principal functions throughout the
empire Ii ii very few hours these can
be conveyed 10 the station concerned and
quickly pat up.
Furthermore, the police authorities have
TO be communicated with, the criminal
police for patrolliuS the route followed by
the imperial train and the secret police
for guarding the kaiSer'S person outside
Germany's frontiers. There is a special
staff Of detectives, the pick OF the Prus-
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News From the Stars.

From the Atlantic Monthly.
Strange to say. perhaps the latest news
about our solar family has come from the
smallest and most seemingly insignificant
of its members. 1t is just because they
are the simplest of its constituents and the.
least developed that they bear witness so
well. Ask the children of a household not
their elders, if you want domestic facts
These little telltales are the meteorites
the stones which fall from heaven from
time to time. Shire wdly questioned. these
bits OF meteoric stone and iron have Il
most surprising story to unfold. d tai.
which stretches 50 far back into the past
rs 10 staggcr thought, ami !ct 50 fresh
in their e,nhaming OF it - - seem III
yesterday. Their speed and their great
numbers show that they are cosmic bodies
like the planets themselves the unswept-
up remnants in fact. OF what once sire wed
space and out OF which the planets We're
formed. They are thus parts of the primal
ncbuld.
Through the strange fretwork OF their
face, like the frosting of the cold of
space upon the window pane OF time, we
ga re upon state of things antedating
that nebua itself. For their Widman-
stattian figures betray a constitution diff
fefent from any known OH earth. Most
nearly kin TO our deep minerals. their
character and speed proclaim them as
once part of some great solid globe placed
where our sun now is, which at one time
had itself been not, and subsequently
cooled. Fragments now. scattered orphan
wise in spacr, they speak muteiy of their
and of the mighty cataciySm
IN that body whose SCATTERING gave them
birth.
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X X
Tie most enthusiastic health faddist
in our public life today is DIR. WI Ting
fang, the Chinese minister, who astounded
Washington a year ago by announcing
that he had not only followed Senator
sChauncey Depew into the camp Of the
yegetarians. but had climbed upon the
water wagon" of the teetotalers. Now
Dr. WI comes out with the full de-
tails of Il regimen by which he expects to
reach the century mark:
'.First-I have given up my breakfast,
ner.
''Second-T abstain from all flesh food.
My diet is rice, or. when / go out to
dinner, whole wheat bread, fresh yegc-
tables. nuts and fruit.
'.Thrd-I avoid coffee, cocoa, tea, Ii
quors, condiments and all rich foods.
''Fourtl--I have given UP salt, also, be-
cause it is found that salt makes ones
bones stiff.
Fifth masticate every mouthful Of
food thoroughly.
sixth don't drink at meals, but be-
tween meals, one hour after meals.
.'Sev NTH practice deep breathing.
''Eishth--I take moderate exercise
This irresistible mandarin was driven
by the tortures of sciatica to this reg
linen. which he seasons also with a little
bit Of mental science. The mind" says
he. plays an important part III main
tanning our health and life. Take my
advice and get rid of this notion of old
age. Eliminate 1t from Your Vocabu-
laries. Cease to worry and fear. Think
health and happiness Think youth
This think business is being carried
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the camp of the teetotalers is Dr.
Harvard. who says that recent researches
in psychology and medicine distinctly
show that even the moderate drinking
of alcohol is inexpedient.
Il have been all my life what is some
times called d moderate drinker,' he
says. THAT Is to say. | have used beer
and wine on occa sionS, not hahituallI,
and ! have never experienced any i'll eff
fcclS whatever from either beer or wire,
and I recognize the truth Of the Bible
saying about wine. that III maketh glad
the heart of man. That is true. But
whether ii be eNpedicut or not that the
heart of man should be made glad in
that way should be doubted.
But one mans meat is another man
poison. At the same time that DR.. Eliot
TRUSTS aside the foamins stein l.. ii.
Hartman must daily rails" it 10 his lins
to prolong his ambitious life. for the
condition eft the great railway king Is
just The opposite OF that OF President
Taft and eX-Iresidcnt Roosevelt. He is
undernoulished, and the Austrian Spc
cialist, Prof. Struenpel after counting
all Of his ribs. has prescribed plenty of
cereals, large quantities of milk. much
meat. and. above all, unlimited malt
beer Daily sun baths viii be u part OF
Mr.. IarrimanS winter regimen after he
returns TO his New York mansion. the
roof OF which he has had inclosed in
glass for this purpose.
John D. Rockefeller will live 10 he 101
years old by these simple rules said
his Cleveland physician, DR.. Ii. Biggar.
the other day. First. he avoids all
worry; second, he takes plenty of exer-
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When he returns TO Berlin the kaiser
goes over the diary Of his numerous en-
81 genlcnts often booked as much as Il
year ahead, which his sccrct;tlial staff
has II keep, and fixes Il period when lie
can best pay the projected state visit.
Tie dates IN question arc then commuuI-
Gated bv the German ambassador :tc-
credited to the court concerned 10 tic
although sometimes the c,u-
peror does This himself iii ono Of his
autograph letters. The
st Co1StIltS his 10 ltical ad-
visers. and, they making no objection, tire
requisite assent Is forwarded TO Berlin,
on which the emperor gives 10 his court
chamberlain the broad outlines or his
wishes anu intentions for the forthcoming
visit. Then til. work fer the imperial
encourage begins. FIRST OF Ill the re. son II
suite TO accompany the emperor has -
be selected, often 2 rather delicate pro-
ceeiing, Is political considerations come
into play.
His naieety wien abroad is always ac-
compan'ed by a representative i the Ger
slant Il W Cf dispatches and ep IT'S VIII Oh
fellow the kaiser wherever he goes.
B2rcn Won RucFe~-J onisch. P-uSsan min
lister ~ DarmS-aCt, las fled this Very
responsible res, tion fer seycra, wears
past. but, az. for instance. on the en-
nerors last visit to England il is some
times thought desirable for the fCrei il
secretary 70 form enc OF the suite. Then
there are the heads of .ne eulpCi Or :
naval. military and civil -abincts, his
court chamberlain, who goes IN Ills ca
.sitN Of master of ccremun...s 10 attend
Ia the smooth working OF iae prosran,
and the numerous personal aJju,ants, bcth
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OF visiting abroad-reacles for the whole
course of his reign the very respectable
sum of nearly 81, 900, 600.
Royal visits fall into two categories
state and private. OF the Hrst description
was the visit to London OF the emperor
and empress in the autumn of 1907 and
the return visit paid by King Edward and
Queen Alexandra TO Berlin last February.
Both monarchs were accompanied by their
responsible advisers and on both occa-
sions the two courts received the visitors
with every imaginable honor with the
greatest pomp and display. Such state
visits being political events Of the first
order with the kaiser ii Will be under
stood how much preparation they require
and how much working out Of the small
est details. Although it is whispered in
the chanceries Of Europe that the kaiser
has habit of suggesting his visits to
friendly monarchs, as a matter of fact