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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Mr.. d. l.. Glover, of Short,
Miss, was in to see us Saturday
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Messrs Payne and Webb went to
huntsville Saturday morning and
spent the day there collecting
taxes.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Don't put off paying me just
because don't dun you every time
! see you. w. S. Brown.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Messrs. w H and J P. Lindsey
prominent citizens. of Dennis
community. we're in town Friday
on business.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

DR.. Ro. Harris, of Allsboro,
was in town Friday. His dau-
ghter, Miss Stella. accompanied
him home.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Mr. Sydney Edwards is back
home this week.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Messrs. PAYNE and Webb collect
ed over $4,000 taxes in three days
last week on the new railroad.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
w. W. Harris & Co.

DIED-Nov. Is, 2 miss west
of huntsville. aged IS, Mrs. D r
Robinson, Of dropsy, leaving a
a husband and 9 children, the lat
ter all grown and married. Bur-
led at Liberty Hill. Her husband
is Baptist preacher.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

We are paying the market price
for cotton seed always see us be-
fore selling.
w. W. Harris & Co.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

We lead on -four, our Sylvan
brand is the best, at Carmichael &
Sons.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Misses Ethel and Laura Alice
Harris, of Cherokee, visited Mr..
G. T. Carmichael's family Satur-
day and Sunday.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Mr.. Will Twitty and his two
daughters, from near Allsoboro,
we're in town Saturday.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Mr. Frank Doan is at home this
week on account of the factory
having to shut down for repairs.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

DR.. N. C. Waldrep, of Mingo,
was in town an hour or two on
Thursday of last week.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18
E. [. MckIE,

Next door north of Post Office.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-11-18

Mr.. W. A. Rhodes was in to see
us Saturday and stated that he
had finished gathering his crop.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.
How the Zuni Indians Have Marked the
Spot by a Crude Shrine.

Why all this fuss and controversy as
to whether il was Cook or peary, or
either of them, or both, that discovered
the north pole! Surely the center of the
earth is as important as either cxtrom-
ity: and the Xuni Indians have the cen
ter safely corralled and appropriately
marked upon their reservation. They
feel quite sure Of it, and that ought to be
sufficient.
In the Xuni cosmogony. the earth is
conceived of as fiat and shaped like Il
pancake Being chosen people of the
gods, they were commanded early in
their tribal career to go to the exact cen
ter of the world. and there build their
homes: and one of the most interesting
legends of the people relates the story
Of their wanderings IN search Of the mid
die place, and tells how they knew it
when they reached it. 1t is about 200
Yards south Of their village in western
New Mexico thirty-fiye miles south Of
Gallup on the Santa Fee route. 1t is
marked by a crude shrine, built like a
bake oven. out Of fat stones, Two large
removable fiagstones close the entrance,
which faces the rising sun.
On the top are a number Of c0nCre-
tionary formations, known to the Indians
as thunder stones. In the interior are
| large numbers Of feather tufted prayer
sticks and several carthcnware vessels
filed with sacred meal Numerous ccre-
monial dances. in the nature Of rainmak-
ing rites, are performed around this holy
place.-I[ansas City Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
INTELLIGENCE OF THE FOX
Apparently Able to Distinguish Between
Real and False Dangers

The intelligence Of the fox is often
shown by the way he refuses to be head
ed when he has made up his mind as
to the safe course to take The West
Somerset have an excellent fixture in
hilve, but it has one drawback-the sea
is not far off, and foxes naturally often
make for the cliffs. secure refuge. A
fox can be easily headed at times, but
that is nearly always when to be seen
would betray him 10 his enemies the
hounds and give them an advantage:
but when if he makes his point the ad-
vantage is on his side, then nothing will
turn him.
To return to the West Somerset at
kilve; they found fox, and the whip
perm, seeing that he fox meant to 20
to the cliffs if possible, started 10 head
hlm OIL The ground was open. and for
half a mile the whipperin and fox We're
taking parallel lines, the fox clearly
meaning to slip by and find n refuge in
the cliffs. The man turned the fox away
at last, but in Il short time the hounds
lost him, and | believe he got back after
all.
Again the master ranged up some of
the field to prevent another fox going
back into a certain covert. In vain whips
were ratified against saddle flaps: the fox
went right through the watchers and
made his point. 1t is thing | have often
noticed both with stag or fox. that the
quarry seems to distinguish between real
and false danger.--London Globe.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
REIGN OF THE WIDOW.
Women Made Famous by Position and
Capacity.

Most of the people who jest lightly
about the reign of the widow probably
do not know enough of history to be
aware that widows have always been
more or less given to reigning. Theorct-
ically sorrow dogs the footsteps Of Il
widow. but in reality widowhood has
brought to many women opportunities
and freedom that would never have
come to them otherwise Sorrow there
may have been in the beginning, but
these things are wonderful cOmpensa-
ton
History is full of the reign of widows.
They have guided kingdoms. made war
and presided over salons Some have
been saints and some have been sinners,
but whether saints or sinners, they have
shown no lack Of capacity IN the art If
managing others. Dido, the reputed
founder of Carthage, was a widow and
her head for business appears to have
been quite equal to that Of any modern
financer In famous deal with the
King of Numldia she bargained for as
much land as could be covered with "A
bulOck's hide, and then she cut the hide
into strips and enclosed the land on
which she built her capital.
Semiramis was a widow who made
considerable stir i'm her day. Catherine
de Medici and the GATHERINGS Of Russia
were widows, Maria Theresa was Il
widow, and coming down to very recent
times, two women have held the reins of
state by virtue Of their widOwhpod
Emma of Holland and Christina Of
Spain.
Few women can have such opportun-
tiles as have occasionally come 10 royal
widows but in every walk Of life can he
found women in whom widOwhood has
developed capabilities hardly dreamed Of
before
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
A Scattering of Wealth.

Just prior to the departure Of the Bal
tic from Liverpool for New York a young
and well-dressed man who had been lean.
ing over the rail gazing intenHy at the
people below. suddenly plunged his hand
in his pocket, drew out a handful Of gold
and silver coins and hurled them through
the air to the landing. There was a live
~ melee and mixup by the porters ia
the great delight Of the passengers. The
eccentric dispenser Of wealth. said to be
n young American millionaire, repeated
the performance a number Of times. ia
the increasing excitement Of the crowd.
on the docks and landing stage. After
the steamer left the porteTs counted Elt
sterling $50 of loot.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
Noah Whife's Sheen.

Not long ago Noah White Of Chestatce
district had a butting sheep. This sheep
went across the Blue Ridge in Union
county on q visit and while there went
to the house Of lady with her flock Of
sheep This lady decided TO put the
strange sheep up until its owner called
for it. but 10 and behold she made a
failure, for the sheep commenced to show
fight The lady made for the house. the
sheep In hot pursuit. butting her every
step until the door was reached. Then
it entered and did not stop until it ran
not only the lady but every child size
had off Of the place. After staying a while
it left. and the family took possession Of
the honse DahIonega Nugget.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
ANIMALS PREDICT oUAKES.
Dogs Deserted Chilean Town-Croco-
dies Leave the 0rinoco.

Domestic animals seem to be espe-
clally susceptible To the approach of
the quake. In 1929 in Chile every dog
fled from the city before the inhabitants
received the fainteSt hint of the impend-
ing catastrophe In 1867 in lava inmc-
diately before the earthquake every roos-
ter crowed shrilly and left the doomed
town. In 1868 in the city of lquique
the terrific disaster was announced many
hours beforehand by great swarmS of
screaming gulls and other sea birds
which flew inland On the Orinoco croc-
odiles invariably leave the river ON the
mmineuce of earthquake
Five DAYS before the earthquake that
destroyed Elike in 3T3 Is. <. IS said to
have driven to the surface of the earth
MICE moles, WeaselS, and serpents that
nest underground. Before the Sicilian
earthquake of 1888 animals came to
the surface, as well as various creatures
of the sea- especially fish, in stupendous
numbers, among them Also such as are
found only in the greatest depths of the
water. The unrest of the animals also
heralded the coming of the recent Sicily
and talabria seismic disasters
The basis of this remarkable instinct
Of animals, reptiles, birds and fish is
held by many observers to he responsible
for their early perception. Others at
tribute to these creatures an unknown
sixth sense. in its way as enigmatic MS
the sense of locality in many animals.
Others say it is the sense of hearing or
their sonsibility to agitation that enables
animals to notice the effect of the occur
ences in the interior of the earth long
before mankind with courser senses can
perceive it,
But in this case has arisen the ohjec-
ton that the delicacy of the animal
senses exceeds that of the finest seismo-
graphic apparatus The animals can
foretell earthquakes with probability
that approaches certainty, and we by no
means have satisfactorily explained their
superiority to mankind in this regard
Chicago Tribune
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26

Miss Maude Converse, one of the So
ciety leaders of Washington. has opened
able northwest district Of chat city. Miss
Converse is n daughter of the late Rear
Admiral Converse, once chief of the hu-
reau of navigation. After the death Of
their father, it was reported that be-
cause of financial circumstances, Miss
Olga Converse and Miss Maude Con
verse would 90 into business or on the
stage Miss Olga is an amateur pre-
miere danSeuSe. Rumor is strong that
on Miss Olga's return from Europe next
year she will appear on the professional
stage. The fashiouables of Washington
are tiocking to Miss Converse, who ac-
knowledges that she gained much of her
notion to open the shop from the suc-
cesSful venture of Lady Duif Gordon in
London
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
AN IOWA DEER FARM.
Conducted by an Old Trapper Who Had
Tried Wild Geese and Wolves.


Twenty miles southwest of Mason
City, la, is the only deer farm in the
west. 1t is operated by John W. GriggS.
a hunter and trapper of pioneer days
who has a herd of 100 deer from which
he yearly realizes Il good profit.
CIrIggS farm has been 4 geological re-
treat fer years. First he reared wolves.
tl.en wild geese, then antelope, then elk
and now deer. He began fifteen years
ago with pair of Nirginia deer and has
eNperimented with white tails black tails
and other hybridS, but the climate of
Iowa has evolved a type of the northern
deer as the breed hardy enough for all
purposes.
Grlggs pays as much attention to the
breeding of the deer as the average farm
en- does to the breeding of his horses
This is necessary to prevent inbreeding
which means scrubs. The mating sea-
son is in November. the fawnS are born
IN May or June and by fall the spots
have all left the fawnS and their normal
coat of hair appears.
Deer in captivity breed as we'll as in
the wild state. Young does usually give
birth TO single fawn, but the older does
usually have twins. Last year GriggS'
thirty-iive does brought him ffty-siX
fawus. These require no care.
The deer corral which includes large
PtNSN Va Nppuldhu' II SuETouAueu Dy an
eIsht-fOot woven wire fence, douh!y
strengthened as to posts. The natural
food Of deer is the green bits of the for
est. but they can be taught TO like corn.
While alfalfa and clover are delicacieS
that appeal TO their appetites,
GrlggS markets yearly all the deer he
cares TO sell. For park purposes he gets
from $50 to $50 each. while for venison he
secures as much from Il carcass. the ant
lers bringing in an average of So each.
About the only losses come from INJURIES
inflicted when a deer is frightened and
from conflicts of angry bucks.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
FOREIGN Commerce Exnands.

\ marked increase in importations and
expectations of manufactures and manu-
facturers' materials, and a decrease in
both importations and expectations of
foodstuas is shown by the foreign com
merce statistics complied for September.
1000 by the bureau of statistics of the
department OF commerce and labor. I'm.
ports during that month were valued nj
Sl2O,9Tl ,173, ns against S9S.427 ,gSl FOR
the same period last year Exports. in
Guiding both domestic and foreign mer-
chnndisc, in September, 1909 aggregated
Sl53,SS9,35T, MS compared with $3.50
3212O5 for September, 1905 Officials
regard these figures rs significant of the
rapid expansion Of foreign commerce.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
UNITED BY A BABY.
A Young FrenChman's American Wife
Now Acceptable to His Father.

The birth and baptism of II baby boy
has brought social position, many mil
lions and part ownership of the most
widely circulated newspaper of Europe
to the New York girl who marries the
son of Jean Dupuy, French minister of
commerce. Before her marriage she was
we'll known i'm Paris under the maiden
name Of Helen Brown, while her fla
miliar friends called her LA Belle
Helena" The younger Jean Dupuy mar
ried this beautiful American against the
wishes of his father, one of the most in
president of the Chamber Of Deputies,
even prime minister of France, and Is
the owner OF the powerful newspaper,
lie Petit Parisien. Although he began
life as a process server, Nj. Dupuy Is
now one of the great aristocrats of the
French republic 50 he refused to ae-
knowledge the plebeian" alliance made
by his favorite son, cut him off with n
starvation allowance, aud refused to
receive his American wife. The birth of
the son, whom the young wife tactfuly
Christencd lean, after her father-in-law,
changed everything, for il has rellindled
the waning love Of her husband, brought
about a complete reconciliation with the
elder Dupuy and the family. Her broth
cr-iu-law, Senator Dupuy, sent a gift Of
a silver cradle and her husband was
given part ownership of the paper and
rcinstallcd in authority. The Dupuy
family into which Helen Brown married
is that which ChHuncey bepew claims
kiuship when he speaks of 'the French
house of Duuuy"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26

Roads, we are told, owe a great deal
to salt. According to one theory the old
est trade routes came into existence as
n result of the traffic in salt, One Of the
oldest roads in Italy is the Via Sala-
ria. along which the people of the Sa-
bine country obtained their salt from
the salt pans of Osta Salt was the
main merchandise carried in the Trans
Idbyan caravans in the days Of Herod.
otus, and salt is one of the chief ele-
ments in the trade along the Sahara
caravan routes today. Salt and salt fish.
1t is interesting to remember. entered
largely into the commerce of the Cartha
ginians The latter, by the way. was
considered ii delicacy in those pre- chris.
tian days.--London Daily News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26

years and ten. and remain strong and
active, but more than half the officers
retired from the army or navy die be-
fore reaching that age. After a service
Of forty or more years in either the army
or navy, employment in other lines after
retirement is circumscribed. and these
men, in the full yigor of their mentality
and in sound physical condition, find
themselves without any adequate occu-
patton to employ their minds 1t is
claimed this accounts for so many dying
very soon after retiring The matter
has been brought to the attention of
some members of Congress, and inquiries
will be made at the next session looking
to using the retired officers where their
technical education will be of service
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
THE MANX CAT.
1t Is Disappearing and the Pure Breed
Are Rare Animals.


More than fifty years ago the real Manx
cat was becoming very rare in the Isle
of Man, owing to interviewing with com
mon cats from the mainland: but the
pure breed was easily distinguished 10y
the great length of its hind legs, because
although the natives used to cut out the
tails of the hybrid kittens soon after
birth, in order TO sell them as ''Manx
cats. they could not artifcially initiate
the long hind limbs. These gave to the
real ManX cat more the appearance of a
hare than Il rabbit, especially when sit
ting upright; and its sand-colored fur in
creased the likeness. insomuch that my
correspondent, who was going ont shoot
ing one morning soon after he had Joined
his regiment in the island, was about to
fire at what he thought was IL hare sit
ting up on its hind legs, when a sentry
Mt the gate called out. That's our cat
sir,'
Subsequently he secured real ManN
cat and brought it To England with
him; but it soon died as | believe almost
always happens with the original Manx
eats when they are brought from the
island. Whether any pure ManX cats eX-
list at the present day | do not know but
| should say not from the fact that the
animal figured as Il "ManX'' in Living
Animals of the World" is n tabby-
marked creature with hind legs of the
ordinary length. \ tailless cat is not.
however, necessarily "a ManX. II is
worth nothing that 100 years ago the
Manx eat was known in England as the
Cornish cat, and it was in Devonshire
that an enthusiastic eat fancier some
years ago found a previously unknown
colony of bunny cats" which are ex-
actly like the Abyssinian eats of our
eatshops and have fur closely resembling
that of the Manx cat or the rabbit. II Is
not impossible, perhaps, that in some
isolated corner Of Cornwall or Devon
shire the pure-bred Cornish or ManX cat
may still exist,-Country Queries and
-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
NOTES OF NOTABLES.
Joseph Cannon.

JOSNEA SoAAAoA4'
Speaker Cannon at Valley Forge de-
Tended the milder forms for profanity
Witty.
These not irreverent cuss- words, -
said he. ''act as a safety valve. A man,
but for them, might do shocking things
smash the piano, scissor the portieres "
Speaker Cannon lighted fresh cigar.
$50 many things in the home" he
said. ''incite a man to--er-let off steam
There's opening cans, for instance-opeu-
ing these new-fanged cans with patent
openers that are always getting lost.
"A Detroit man was letting off steam
terribly the other day as he opened one
of these patent cans. His wife, tired Of
the noise. called from the next room:
"'What are you opening that can
with, dear?'
The can opener, of course he re-
piled
oh said she. L thought you were
opening it with prayer "-Detroit Free
Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
The Canal Half Done.

Half the excavation which the Amer
Jean engineers estimated would be neces.
sary when they undertook the compile
ton of the Panama canal. after the pur-
chase Of the French interests, is com
plcted. according to calculations made by
the isthmian canal commission. The
grand total Of excavation made 10y the
Americans to the end Of September was
s7172O5s cubic yards. 322,47g yards
short Of the one-half estimated TO com
plete the work Based on the record Of
the operations of the steam shoyels and
dredgcs. the halfway mark was reached
early in October The French took 81
J4s 900 yards ef lor;H sTom the ditch
before the Amt ricann got control.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
Harry Lander.

Harry Lauder, who has a reputation
as being somewhat of a joker uses a
column to explain how the athletics Of
bonnie Scotland are the best in the
world. which recalls the time when Mar
tin w. LittletOn described the music of
the bagpipes that he had heard at Skibo.
But all this word painting" Mr.. Lit
tleton ended, won't give you as good an
idea of this strenuous music as you may
get from a story.
AT a Highland gathering one Donald
Mclean had entered for a number Of
events. The first Of these was the quar-.
ter-mile. Donald certainly didn't dis
tinguish himself in the quarter mile OF
eight runners he was last.
Donald, Donald cried a partisan,
why did We no run fasterY
Donald sneered.
run faster he said contemptuous-
ly. And me reservin' myself for the bag
pipe competition New York Tele-
graph.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
Thirty Pound Mushroom.

An interesting thing in the mushroom
line cane to light recently when a giant
specimen weighing over thirty pounds
was found near Pittsburg by one Of the
professors IN the Carnegie school The
mushroom was edible, It was found, and
though II may not have been the growth
II a night it certainly grew in less than
fOrty-eight hours, since a search Of its
locality made the day previous TO that
On which it was found disclosed no evil
dence Of it. If mushroom growers could
arrange to cultivate this particular spe-
cies more than one mushroom fortune
might be the result.-The Epicure.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26
Voting Compulsory in Spain.

Only a minority of those entitled to the
franchise in Great Britain ever exercise
the privilege SO fercely sought by the
suifragettes. Things are ordered differ.
emily in Spain. There voting is held to
be duty to the community and neglect
of civic obligations carries it's own pen
atty. Men of legal age and under 20,
with the exception of priests, notaries
aud judges are required to vote in mu-
ncipnl elections. Failure TO cast IA ballot
Is punishable by having the offenders
name published, by having taxes in
creased : per cent, and 10y suffering n
deduction of | per cent. in salary, if en-
ployed in the public service, aud for a
second offence by loss of right to hold
elective or appointiye office,-New York
Suu-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-11-26

The routine of life in a small country
town is relieved by a few happenings
throughout the year, such as church
affair at New Years. a celebration on
Decoration day. a picnic on the Fourth
of July. one or two society weddings,
perhaps two scandals and the arrival
Of ten new babies. Life. in a small
country place, however, is what one
makes it and that is all that can he
said Of life in the city or on the farm
or anywhere else. Any part Of the
world viii seem dreary, lonesome aud
desolate if the individual is content
with inactivity. You may even become
tired Of your little parties, your taHy
pulling. the embroidery bee every
Wednesday afternoon. Then why not
10 something eIsei Why not start 2
womans gymnasium class this winter
Get a large crowd and hire a hall Have
music. singing. gymnastics and once ~
a while a little feast and visiting day
for men friends. You viii find that
gymnastics are not only enjoyable, but
yerv good for the health. Dumbelisr
the punching Rag, the hurdle jump