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The Hattiesburg news., 1909-10-01
Careful DRUG
Buyers
Read This

1t tells clear story to any IT.
telligent man.
We save hundreds of dollars
yearly in rent by being a few steps
from a corner. Still our store is in
prominent location, as we are
opposite the Postohce.
When you trade here you are
OF helping to pay high rents,
which must be paid out Of TIE
rohts on goods sold.
Oar business is practically ca n.
Fhsn gyou buyl here, you are
pt taxed Tor anyones bad debt.
on don't pay for ssanythng bit
pur own goods.
We have no branch stores OF
ltside business. but give our indi-
dual attention to our Drug Trade
ID put our energy into ssour One
fore. SO we stop all leaks that
Fain the bushes where it:is spread
1t on branch stores.
That's the story. Isn't there
many reasons why you should
trade here.
The
OwlDrug Store
II. Hon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21

ploye OF the board of health. who
places it in the streets of which the
dust is wanted for analysis. When
sufficient dust has settled on the plate
it is taken to the research laboratory
of the health department, where the
analysis is made.
One collection made on a windy day
in Fifth avenue, between Seventh and
Eighth streets, showed 220 distinct
colonies of bacteria. This was before
the street was cleaned. After the
street had been cleaned another ex-
posure of the plate was made at the
same spot and revealed only 100 col
onies. After the analysis, it was said
that many Of these colonies OF bac-
terra we're not harmful. yet few
tubercular germs were found in each
test. 1t was explained that the bac-
terra in the dust Of the streets would
be generally harmless il there were
less expectoration, and that the harm
full germs we're only traceable to that
source.
The dustcollecting apparatus used
in Berlin differs little from that
used in New York 1t is mounted
about twice as high as the average
man. From it's appearance one would
think it absorbed the dust by suction.
but it does not, it only collects the
dust which happens to be blown into
it by the wind. Similar analysis Is
then made to that made in New York.
BY means Of these dust collectors
street cleaning can be put on more
scientific basis, for when it is reported
that certain disease is prevalent in
any district of the city. the street
cleaning department may by using
this dust collector be enabled to dis
cover the source Of the epidemic.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
ENeLIsHMEN ARE SHORTER.
Labcring Classes Decline In Stature
While They Increase In
Numbers.

London.-Some interesting remarks
are made by John Gray, the secretary
Of the anthropometrical committee of
the British association, upon the ca
bled report that American college stu
dents are taller than their fathers and
grandfathers. Mr.. Gray said Of the
conditions in England:
THE aristocracy, landed gentry and
cultured professional classes are i'm
proving in sature, but diminishing in
number. Tae artisan class is holding
its own In height and numbers. The
laboring class-the term includes the
unskilled millions of the people in the
slums, even the vagrants--is percep.
tibly declining in stature while it in
creases more rapidly in numbers than
either Of the other two. These con-
ditions apply not only to this country
but practically to all Europe"
Some Of the interesting facts men.
toned by Mr.. Gray may be summar-
ized: Scotsmen are the tallest men in
Europe (average height, 5 feet 8
lnches); then come scandinavian and
English (5 feet inches) and German,
French and Italian. Through the con
ditions Of life in the valley of the
Nile the physical type of the Egyptian
peasantry has not varied in 1000
years.
The English race" says Mr.. Gray,
is naturally tall Thus decline in
stature for us might reasonably be
said to spell decline also in physi-
cal and mental energy. The stature
of our manufacturing classes has been
reduced far below the average Of the
country. The shortest people / have
measured are those in the great
towns of Yorkshire and Lancashire
They have. through new conditions Of
life. become quite different type
from the dweIlers in the country"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21

goodby throughout
be the last
BY the Wonders Of Life and some
shorter
Thus his retirement from the proesaorshp at Jena which he has held
the form Of his activity and not
proposes his leisure" to writing
biology whether this work viii be confined
whether viii the whole story from its
beginnings quite
which viii be to
all the biologists Of the
the author
While the preparation Of this book unquesonaby win constitute the
Haeke with his dis
tngushed Prof Ludwig Plate Of Berlin win complete
the his Phc Jena This institution founded
the university
Of the theory deye
exhibition objects well
systematically showing the development and the relationship
life anhro
biological collection establishing mans place
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21

headshp the inherited according to
seniority the from the Imperial
harem.
third brother take the throne in the fdiz
w. depoed on the
insanity 81 1876 Then Abdul Hamd succeeded
Sutana the Abdul Hamid but because
selection Of to the one VINO
position Of the Sick Man Of Europe and Mehemmea
Med unenviable throne
The sultan born November 1914 The people mo"
little about him. The the Turkish throne not one
brother uncle the case
nothing about possible sue
exception this general
rule He brother detached pavilion OF the
Yildiz kiosk reinue slayesand that was all
tualy general in the Turkish army
ghnes enjoyed Of the other orders
thrones He nhets
a page o. Gotha,
sultan khakan khan OF khan
adcha OF the three
Of Cairo and half
Africa the titles representing
Of the sovereignty Of the sublime porte
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
What She Did with the Scum.

A rate clerk in the Santa Fe general
Offices in Topeka. Kan, recently
brought bride from san Francisco.
she had never kept house and knew
but little about things in the kitchen.
A few mornings ago she got after the
milkman.
What is the matter of your milk ?"
said she with great vehemence.
4 don't know, he replied. What do
YOU find wrong with it,"
sWell.1 said she, every morning it
Is covered with nasty, Shiny ye low
scum
sAnd what do you do with the
scum2"
'sWhy. I skim it Of, Of course. and
throw 1t In the garbage"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
sAMPLlNG DUST or STREET.


New York. The board Of health Of
New York and Berlin are using new
apparatus for gathering samples Of
lust in the streets. These are known
as automatic dust collectors The
kind used IN New York 10 simple in
appearance. being plate Similar to
those used in the laboratories for ma
king bacteria cultures. These plates
are placed at the bottom Of an in
verted box, which is mounted on tri-
pod. Each is in charge of an en-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
picture in Eaa : puzzle.

Mount Holly, N. IA picture of a
young and beautiful woman, attired
in the latest fashion. is the freak Of
nature that William Stevenson, living
on one Of Joseph ]. Whites cranberry
bogs. near Hanover, has found in an
ordinary egg. He is at loss to ac-
count for the presence of the picture
in the egg. and all the scientists con-
suited thus far have failed to give any
explanation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21

NEW TURKISH SULTAN

The real name of the new sultan Of Turkey,
who has taken the title Of Mohammed ", is
Mehemmed, which means glorious Mohammed,
the title which has been held in the line Of the
Cslsan four times before is translated glorihed,
or the man who is praised There is consider
able difference between man glorious and one
gIorihed, and the new sultan OF Turkey is one
descent of the house Of Osman, the found
er Of the Turkish empire, in 1899, and he Is
the twentyninth to rule since Constantinople
glorihed His partsans declare that he is a
liberal, enlightened man Of great ability who
will Justify this title by wise and progressive
reign.
Mohammed v. is the thirty-ifth In male
fell BY the Turkish law Of succession 0beyed
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
MAY SUCCEED PUTNAM

Dr. Maurice Francis Egan, who is supposed
to be on President Tafts books for appoint
ment as librarian OF congress when Putnam,
the present incumbent, strikes the toboggan, is
known to scholars as the most accomplished
Of llving sonnet writer's, almost alone in that
field since the death of George H. Boxer. To
the ordinary reader Of books and magazines he
is a writer Of graceful prose and verse, maker
Of really good literature In addition to all these
Mr.. Egan is an instructor and a diplomat Be
fore he was named for his present post as
minister to Denmark, he was professor of Eng
lish literature in the Catholic university at
Washington. Before that he held similar
chair at Notre Dame university in Indiana,
where he succeeded the remarkably gifted and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
BIBLES SHOW HEIRS
Establish Rights Of Woman 10
Share in Estate.
TWO Books Submitted as Evidence
and Court Decides Portion OF
Contested Property Be-
longs to Her.

st. Louis.-Two family Bibles were
the means by which Attorney Warren
p. Isenberg proved the right OF Mrs
Martha Wilson. inmate OF an asylum
at Clarinda. la, to share in the estates
OF her dead uncles. James and John
Francis. bachelor brothers. AS a re-
suit OF litigation started by the attor-
ney. In which the Bibles were intro
duced in evidence, Circuit Judge Nc
Quillan has decreed that Mrs Wilson
is entitled to a portion Of the proper
ty. Her share Is fixed at about s15,-
000 Out of this Attorney Isenberg
asks that he be raid $4,000 as his fee.
The Francis brothers were in the
drug business on Broadway, near
Easton avenue. James died in 1892
His brother took charge Of the estate,
and upon his afildavit that he and his
sister. Mrs. Isabella Frances Dark,
we're the sole heirs, the property was
distributed accordingly in the probate
court Thereafter Mrs. Dark died, and
"A 1906 ner brother. John, died.
Mrs. Dark's daughter, Lille. who
lives at the home of DR.. Irl R. Hicks,
in st. Louis county, was appointed ad-
ministratrix of both estates. She made
affidavit that she and her nieces, Mrs
Marie Rutherford OF Hot Springs, Ark,
and Mrs. Edith Hondley Of Racine.
Wis, were the sole heirs.
Having been acquainted with the
Francis brothers and possessing some
information that there were other heirs
besides those mentioned, Mr.. Isenberg
began an investigation. He learned
that the Francis family, consisting OF
the mother and four children, came to
st. Louis from England in 1910 and
that one Of the daughters, who became
Mrs. Elizabeah Gibbs, placed her three
children in the Episcopal Orphans
home in this city in 1861.
One OF the children. Martha, was af-
terwards adopted from the home by
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah M. Davis Of
Quincy, Ill. Her sister, Isabel, died
from cholera in 1865 and her brother,
William Gibbs. ran away from the
home, and It is believed lost his life
in the burning of a steamer on the
Ohio river years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis moved 10 Des
Moines. Ia. where their adopted
daughter. Martha Gibbs, was married
to a man named Wilson.
Other heirs of the Francis brothers
denied the right of Mrs. Wilson to
share in the property. but the two Bi
hles submitted in evidence satisfied
the court that she was a legal heir
One Of the Bibles was that OF the
Francis family, brought from England
It showed the birth of the child. Eliza,
beth, mother of Mrs. Wilson. The
other Bible belonged to Mr.. and Mrs
Davis and in 1t was recorded the
adoption by them Of Margaret Gibbs
now Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Wilson has been in the CIarin
da asylum since the death of her hus
band in 1890. Public Administrator
Harry Troll win have charge of hei
estate as curator. The income will be
used to defray her expenses in the
Iowa institution and at her death the
residue win go to the heirs. She has
three children, all living in the state
Of Washington.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
GREAT scIENTIsT OUTS

There has Just resigned from his professor
ship at the University Of Jena, in Germany
possibly the greatest living man OF science
Ernst Haeckel expounder Of the monistic theo-
ry and long the lost militant and powerful disc
pie OF Charles Darwin. retires to semipriyate
life, but those who know him well are sure
that his pen stlll will be busy, and that he will
lay about him with the same vigor that always
has characterized his controversial style
Although Prof Haecke recently celebrated
bis seventyhfth birthday he is so full Of irrepres
sible energy that he can only lay down his
work with life itself. Like great actors. he has
more than once threatened to leave the stage"
but only to return again and again for a last
nerlormance In 1899. in his preface TO his
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
Memorial to Mark spot Which In
spired Historic Poem.

tablet which will mark the spot occu-
pied by the staff bearing the banner
that inspired Francis Scott Key to
write the immortal Star Spangled
Banner has been shipped to Fort Nc
Henry. Md, where 1t will be unveiled
shortly The tablet measures five feet
n height and is three feet three inches
IN width. It was cast in bronze to
the order Of the United States govern
ment, from design furnished BY the
quartermaster generals Office.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
SIMPLE IL FoR cARRIE

With the money she has made by her lee
lures and the sale OF her miniature hatchets
during the years she has posed as the militant
crusader against the Demon Rum, Mrs. Carrie
Nation has decided to retire to the simple life.
She has made all the money she needs, 1t is
admitted. to maintain her comfortably in the
fashion she has long hoped for. and now she
will bury the hatchet let the world soak itself
in whisky and pickle itself with tobacco If It
pleasea and enjoy herself.
The simple life, with Mrs. Nation. means q
nice big farm. with poultry. pigs, pigeons, gar
den truck and fruits. She has found 1t in Ar
kansas, and she has concluded its purchase
with her reform earnings Henceforth the nasty
masculine rum-guzzling and tobaccoodored
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
'SOLOMON'S QUARRY

stone of the quarry, and on which
Masonic emblems are carved, are to
be had in some Of the stores of Jeru-
salem, and are much priced by Ma
sons.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21

Of high mark
the writing
Of the strictly this He has
acted as editor and
work branch Of good
ue and has
1erhtiess
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21
~sTAR SPANGLED BANNER
Tablet Soon to BE Unveiled Which
viii Mark place Which Inspired
Key to Write Poem.

New York--After being exhibited III
New York for several days bronze
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-21

world except less vivid
memory lent voice from the dead past
have cult the campaign against said
explanation OF her tack 7 have Warned
the mnkandwater reormers that they whip
the dl If they him. smashed the hell
live
my myself have always wanted"
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-02-05
Moffett's Creek Items.

Mofatt's Creek, Feb. Miss Ruth
Brooks and Mr.. Wallace Patterson
quietly went to Charlestown, w. Va,
on Wednesday, the Goth, and were uni
ted in the holy bonds of matrlmony.
We wish them long and happy voy.
age through lille.
Mr.. James Bosworth has gone on a
flying trip South. He will renturn
abont Wednesday.
Mr.. David Miller attempted to raise
his barn on last Thursday, but before
getting the first story raised, it slid of
the foundation and bruised some of the
men considerably. Mr.. Bradburn has
the contract for the barn.
Our school is progressing nicely I'M
der the management of Miss Bessie
Ruff of Bedford county.
The Ladies Benevolent Society OF
New Providence church met on last
Sunday, the oath, and fixed the date
for the Woman's Missionary Union,
which is to meet there. It was decided
to held it the first week in June.
Mr.. s. B. Wright is getting out lum-
Der, preparatory to building house.
This new building will enhance the
beauty of our town very much.
Quite number Of our citizens will
go to Washington to see Taft safely
landed in the White House
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-02-05
Slower News.

Slower, Feb. 3.-Miss Margaret Gilk-
eson has returned home, after visiting
Mrs. Z. B. RalstOn in Staunton.
Forrest Shiplett has been very sick
with gall stone, but is improving slow
ly at this writing.
Rev. G. B. Fadley Of Lacey Springs,
was a caller here this week.
Names Buckley, Jr., has sold his farm
at Parnassus to Highland man. He
will have sale on the eighteenth of
this month.
Mrs S. T. Driver was called to San
gerville to bedside of her sister, Miss
Vance, yesterday morning. She died
that evening at two o'clock. The fu-
neral arrangements have not been made
yet.
Charley Huff will have public sale
the eight of this month. He expects
to make his home in the west.
B. w. Crum's sale will be the 18th
of this month.
J. N. Mohler will give a dining to-
day.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-02-05
Geo. w. BlaCkIey.
Successor to Jas. Fl. Blackley,)
GreenMle Avenue. Stanton. Va.
Hicks February Forecast.

A regular storm period covers the
first five days in February, central on
the 3rd. By the 1st and I'd in western
sections the barometer will be falling
and temperature rising. During the
3rd to 9Th rain, wind and storm will
prevail generally, passing from west to
east. Storms will reach their culmina-
ton with full moon on and near the
5th, when they will turn to driving
snow north and west, high northwest
wind and much colder, reaching frigid-
ity in changing degrees in most parts
by 18th to 8th.
A reactionary storm period is central
on the Sth, 9th and 10th. Then look for
reaction to warmer, coming from the
West.
A regular storm period extends from
the 18th to 18th, central on the 18th.
Owing to the vernal equinox's working
equatorial disturbances are likely far
South. The 18th, 10Th and 17tn are
central days of storminess.
A reactionary storm period is central
on the Goth, 21st and ODD. Barometric
depression will appear as early as the
10Th and during the Goth to 22d general
storms of rain, wind and thunder will
prevail in southern regions, turning to
heavy sleet storms in central and north
ern sections. Seismic shakes will like
ly be reported from many parts of the
world within three days of sunset on
the 10Th and likely on the Goth, Dist
and 22nd.
A regular storm period comes on the
last four days of the mont, central
with mercury period on the 26th, when
the moon passes first quarter. Barom-
eter will fall and storms Of rain, sleet
and snow will go in some from over
nearly all the country on and touching
the 26th, 9th and 2Sth. SIeet will
play havoc with the telegraph wires
Along with the equinox look for gen
eral storms and probable billiards. as
the month ends and it is likely that
dangerous conditions will prevail as we
pass from February into March.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-02-05
Local Option at Covington.

A local option election has been call
ed for Covington by Judge Anderson,
the date being set for March 2. Gov
ington is now ''dry," and the petition
asking for the election was circulated
by the "wets." There were about 200
names on the paper, and there are 500
voters IN the city.
The Covington Dispatch, speaking
of probability Of an election says:
GAIL kinds of predictions are being
made as to the outcome OF the contest,
and there are some who voted the dry
ticket at the last who express their in
tention of voting wet this time, just as
there are some who voted wet who
will cast their vote with the dry
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-02-05
A War Incident.
For the Spectator.

| vi tAC ~ SOS&tOi'
MY dear Mr.. Turk-I have read with
some interest the account of the death
of the Federal Captain Lakin, publish.
ed in the SPECTATOR Of last week and
your comments on the same, and l
think that your assumption that the
battle of Piedmont was COMPOUNDED
with Fishersville and New Market is
correct only as to Fishsrsville, but it is
very likely that Capt. Lakin did lead
a similar charge at the battle of New
Market with the same deadly result as
at Piedmont.
The writer, then lad of II years,
took an humble part in that battle, and
well remembers that when the victori-
Gus columns of Breckenridge were
pressing hard upon the wavering lines
of Seigel, as last resort, and with the
hope Of turning the fortunes of the
day, the latter brought his cavalry into
action and ordered charge up the
Valley turnpike. This charge was met
by volley of grape and canister from
Confederate guns with such terrible
effect that tho advance columns were
almost annihilated. The failure of this
charge was the signal for a general
break in the lines of Seigel and the
route was complete, and the day won
for the Confederates.
The "West Virginia News" was in
error when it stated that the charge
was made upon Early's rear; it was
made upon Breckinridge's front with
the hope Of saving the day. l am not
sure of this, but am under the impress
sion that McClannahan's Battery I'M
der command Of my lamented friend,
Lieut.. Carter Berkeley, also had the
honor of doing this splendid work at
New Market. 1 think it very probable
that Capt. Lakin led both these charg-
es, that at Piedmont mot Fishersville)
and also at New Market.
Salem, Va. A. M. BOWMAN.
1t is our opinion that the late Judge
VIM. Mclaughlin also bore conspic-
uous part in turning back the Federal
cavalry at New Market with his bat
tery.-Ed. Spectator.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-02-05
MARDI GRAS.
NEW OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Extremely low round-trip rates via
Southern Railway; dates of sale Feb.
18th to 22nd, inclusive, final return
limit March LIST, 1909. Stop-overs en-
route going or returning or both. Ex-
tension of return limit to March Is,
1909, by payment fee of S1.00 per ticket
and deposit of same with special agent.
For further information communi-
cate with nearest coupon ticket agent,
Southern Ry., or write L. s. Brown,
Gen. Agt., Washington, DC. Al
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-02-05
Soldier Balks Death Plot.

1t seemed to J. A. Stone, civil war
veteran of Kemp, Tex, that a plot ex-
listed between desperate lung trouble
and the grave to cause his death. 81
contracted stubborn cold," he writes,
"that developed cough that stuck to
me, in spite of all remedies, for years.
My weight ran down to $50 pounds.
Then / began to use DIR. Kings New
Discovery, which restored my health
completely. l now weigh 17S pounds. F"
For severe colds, obstinate coughs,
hemorrhages, asthma. and to prevent
pneumonia it's unrivaled. soc and 81.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by B.
F. Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1909-02-05
Killed by Train.

Tom Callahan, of this city, was kill
ed early Friday morning at Craigsville,
a short distance west of the station and
presumably by Chesapeake and Ohio
freight train. He was found shortly
after daylight with his right leg cut off
below the hip and his left leg crushed
and mangled. He was plumber here,
and the son of Mrs Dennis Callahan.
He was about twenty-eight years of
age. The remains was brought here
for interment. The funeral took place
Monday morning. He is survived by
his mother and several sisters and a
brother.