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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
ADVANTAGES or WINTER.

An old-fashioned winter has its ad-
vantages and disadvantages. If these
were to be enumerated in parallel col
umns it is probable that the advan-
tages would lead by large majority
In winter like the past one the
ground is usually frozen to the depth
of few inches in November and there
after the snowfall keeps blanket over
the earth which prevents the frost
from creeping downward inch by inch
until 1t reaches depth of four or five
feet. 1t keeps all plant life at the sur
face of the soil in perfectly dormant
state, but does not completely suspend
the function of deep lying roots. A
continual covering of ice and snow
in the cities keeps the litter and filth
of the street from being dried and fine
ly powdered and carried about by
every passing breeze. This is one OF
the most common sources of colds. in
f1uenza, grip, infections of the nose,
and its labyrinthine sinuses and the
throat, middle ear and respiratory pas
sages in general. Such affections have
been less general this year than in
several preceding seasons. Steady
cold, although very trying to the old
and to people of subnormal vital ener
gies, is in reality much better than al
ternating warm spells and zero
pinches, for the latter conditions invite
indiscretions in dress.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
Surplus for May.

Washington.-An excess Of $3,42S,.
712 of ordinary receipts over ordinary
disbursements were the results of the
treasury operations for the month of
May These figures. however, do not
include the disbursements on account
of the Panama canal nor the public
debt transactions. The canal disburse-
ments for May were $S,967,9S4, a con-
siderable increase over those for the
previous month. May customs re-
ceipts showed falling off, but those
from internal revenue we're $4,000, 900
more than at this time last year.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
SMALL CHILD MURDERED
SUPPOSED KIDNAPPED GiRL's BODY
FOUND MUTlLATED.
Every Bone Had Been Broken by Her
Murderer-Child Was Enticed or
Dragged Into Cellar.

Louisville, Ky.-Mrs. Joseph Wend.
ling was accessory on the charge OF be-
ing accessory to the murder of Alma
Kellner, whose mutilated body was
found in cistern under one of the
parochial buildings of st. Johns Cath
Ollie Church.
Confronted with q gold ring and
pin which had been found in her trunk,
and after the pin had positively been
identified by the mother of the long
missing child as one which Alma wore
the day she disappeared, Mrs. Wend'
ling maintained stolid demeanor ana
and casually vouchsafed the informa'
tion that the ring and the pin had been
given her by a boy who found them
on the street.
Mrs. Vending also admitted that
stains on some clothing which she
washed for her husband were blood
stains.
Further than this, three hours
sweating" which ended shortly be-
fore midnight, ELECTED little informa-
tion from the woman, whose husband
of the little girl. Chief OF Detectives
Carney announced Vending was the
janitor of the church and school where
the child met her DEATH No clew as
to the mans Whereabouts thus far has
been obtained.
The body was found only a few
yards from the entrance to st. Johns
Church, where Alma had gone to at
tend services the morning of her dis
appearance.
Excitement over the case grew as
the day progressed, and the belief is
gaining that the little girl was enticed
or seized by some brute as she was
within few steps of the church and
.aken into the dark subcellar, where
she met her death.
AS Corfoner Dungan's investigation
was pursued it became evident that
the girl had met her death in horri-
BILE manner. Her skull was crushed
and practically every bone in the body
was broken and charred. The coroner
said it was evident that the body had
been broken and dismembered and
then placed in stove or CRATE, but
this means of disposition having per-
haps been interrupted, quicklime had
been used to aid in the disintegration.
The body was not in the fire long. it
is thought, because the bones were
only partly charred
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

At this season of the year household
ers' thoughts turn naturally to lawns
and back yards, and there is a general
desire to have clean and ornamental
surroundings. Unfortunately, in many
instances the desire is not strong
enough to produce results. A man who
beauties his front lawn is a public
benefactor. He no doubt gets some
satisfaction out of his effort and ex-
pense, but every passer enjoys the re-
suit of his effort, and the whole neigh
borhood is benefited. When the effort
extends to the back yard the number
of individuals benefited is not SO great,
but perhaps the enjoyment by the
smaller number Is more intense. No
one enjoys a dirty back yard. and
every person who sees one from win.
dow forms an unfavorable opinion of
the householder who permits an TN
slightly accumulation of misplaced mat
ter in his environment A clean or
ornate front lawn is more common
than a clean and ornate back yard,
yet nothing will better repay effort
than trim back yard. It can be made
to produce grass and flowers instead
of tin cans, ash heaps and useless
wood, and the removal of household
debris is sanitary precaution as well
as an esthetic demonstration.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
JURYMEN MAY EAT BREAD
BIeached Flour Case Is Now on at Kan
sas City.

Kansas City, Mo.-A jury was OBJ
tanned and the opening statement by
the government was begun in the
bleached flour case before Federal
Judge Smith Mcpherson here.
Jurymen will probably be called
upon to masticate bread made from
bleached and unbleached flour in an
effort to convince them whether the
use of the different processes changes
the quality of the food.
One of the government experts is
Miss Hanna Westing of Chicago, a
scientific bread baker in the govern
ment employ. She is paid $4,000 a
year for her knowledge in regard to
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
BUT WHO PAYS THE BILL?
Auto Ride to Save Life, but National
Bank May Be Needed.

New Castle, Ind.-As the speed of
the automobile creates a strong breeze
and thus makes it possible for her to
breathe, Mary Carpenter, the 7-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. o. o. Car
penter, is being taekn about the city
night and day in an automobile, and
this is probably all that has saved her
life.
Stops are only made to obtain gaso-
line or change drivers and those in the
car who care for the child.
The paved streets of the city are
being used and the riding has greatly
benefited the child, who can scarcely
breathe owing to an affection of the
heart.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
Quiet Lynchina at New Madrid.

New Madrid, Mo.-A crowd gathered
on Newsum's corner and was ordered
to dispense by the marshal, and with
one exception, negro, obeyed. This
negro refused, and resisted by striking
him and knocking him down. The
white men Immediately went to the as
sistance of the marshal, and several
received blows, while one was bitten
by the negro, who was finally placed
in the city jail During that night per-
sons went to the Jail and took the me-
gro to a tree in the western part of
the city and hanged him.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
RIVERS BILL is READY.
The Measure Carries Appropriation OF
$51,947,7ta.

Washington.-The report of the con-
ferees on the rivers and harbor bill
was approved in the senate. AS finally
agreed to it carried appropriations ag-
gregating S51 ,947,71S, a net reduction
of $7O5.500 from the amount of the bill
as it passed the senate.
All of the reductions consisted of
comparatively small appropriations
with the exception of the 100000 for
the proposed Beaumont-Neches canal
in Texas, s250,000 for the Green river
dam In Kentucky, and $4,000 for the
improvement of the Missouri river at
Lake Contrary, all of which were
stricken from the bill.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
Missouri Statute Unconstitutional.

Washington.-The statute of Mis-
souri,, prohibiting foreign corporations
from doing business within the state,
if they seek litigation in the United
States courts was pronounced uncon-
stitutional by the United States SUI
preme court. In striking down the
statute, the court upheld the opinion
of Judge Smith Mcpherson Of the cir
cult court of the United States for the
Western district of Missouri.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
Paid So for Girls.

Philadelphia that he had
paid woman 81 for them, two young
girls we're the principal witnesses
here against Henry Northstein, aged IS
years, who was committed to prison
without bail by magistrate, charged
with harboring minors for immoral
purposes. The girls, Lena Stewart, IA
years of age, and Ruth Morris. aged
is, testified that they had been accost-
ed by woman on the street. who told
them they would have good home II
they went to Northsteins house.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
nJlm Crow Appeal Fails.

Washington.-An attempt to have
the supreme court Of the United States
pass on the authority of common car
riers engaged in interstate commerce
to make Jim Crow regulations met
with failure, when the court dismissed
the Chiles appeal from its docket.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

The wisdom of maintaining a dere-
lict patrol along the Atlantic coast,
and of sending a derelict destroyer
after wrecks that are reported at sea,
is Endorsed by the fact that the rev.
enue cutter Gresham has just towed
into Provincetown, Mass, that cap
sized hull of vessel that has been
drifting about the seas for the past
two years, menace to sailing ships
laden with valuable cargoes, and to
steamers with heavy passenger lists.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
Nothing Too Good

for you. That's why we want You
to take CASCARETS for liver and
bowels. It's not advertising talk
but merit-the great, wonderful.
lasting merit of CASCARETS that
we want you to know by trial. Then
you'll have falkland join the mill
lions who keep well by CASCA-
REFS alone. s0s
CASCARETS roc a box for a weeks
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
in the world. Million boxes a month.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
NEW YORK TO CHICAGO NEXT
Hamilton Starts Fund for New Long
Distance Flight.

New York.-Charles K. Hamilton,
the aviator who came here from Flor
ida to try for the prize which Glenn
H. Curtiss captured Monday, has Of
fered to subscribe $4,000 toward a
prize, of perhaps $4,000 or more, for a
flight from New York to Chicago. Mr..
Hamilton believes that the achieve
ment of Mr.. Curtiss is the beginning
of a great development in aviation in
America.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

Professor Laughlin proposes to es-
tablish new aristocracy of the simple
life. Every man can start an aristoc-
racy of that sort on his own account.
but the trouble Is that it is caviar to
the general, because in the nature of
the case it cannot support a press
agent.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

p Chicago magistrate thinks that
drunken men should not be arrested.
bu. taken instead by policemen to their
homes. Perhaps the next step in this
way OF doing things will be to give
autoists the right to exact damages
from people they run down. on the
ground of the trouble and loss of time
which such collisions with pedestrians
entail.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
WILL RECONSECRATE CHURCH
VIII Be Necessary If Murder ls Proven
Committed There.

Louisville, Ky.-If it is established
that little Alma Kellner was murdered
in st. oJhn's Church, then no further
services can be held there until the
church is reconsecrated. This rule is
laid down in wha. Sc known in eccle-
siastical circles as "The Rubrics" or
laws of the church. In this book tie
manner in which church becomes
desecrated is clearly stated
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
Placarded.

A pretty good joke was that played
on rotund alderman, who wandered
about the streets bearing plaeard on
his broad back inscribed:
"Widened at the expense of the cor
poration "-Tit-Bits.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
Plan 1.ooo-MIIe Air FLIGHT.

New York-Thirty thousand dollars
was offered Tuesday to the first aviar
tor who flies in an aeroplane from New
York City to st. Louis or from st
Louis to New York.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

Music is reported to MAKE the hum
bic hen lay more politically. A little
investigation into the relative merits
of Wagner or ragtime in the entertain
nent of the fowl might be of value.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

King Albert, the new sovereign of
the Belgians, is progressive monarch
One of the ways in which this is indi-
Gated is his approval of the plan for
assuring reforms in the Congo region
and opening the door for commerce in
that direction.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

Die COMPOUND. L
was sick three
months and could
not walk. l suf-
fered all the time.
The doctors said l
could not get well
without an opera
|tion, for 1 could
ha T dly stand the
pains in my sides,
especially my right
one, and down my
right leg. l began
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

It's good scheme to make each
head of household his own census
maker, because the probabilities are
that he can put down an approximate
estimate of his wife's age without Gre
ating painful scene.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

Four poor children, the Oldest II
years of age, were arrested in Cleve-
land for stealing doll from store
Its owner must have thought a lot
of that doll
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

Two New York boys also have sue
ceeded in turning double back somer-
saults. Surely the uplift Of the stage
is at handy
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
JEFF DAVIS REMEMBERED
Memorial Exercises Held at His Birth
place at Fairview, Ky.

Hopkinsville, Ky.-The 102d ami
yersary of the birth of Jefferson Davis,
only president of the Southern Confea-
efacy. was celebrated Friday at his
birthplace at Fairview, which is to be
converted into memorial park. Three
thousand persons were present, AMI
Col. Bennett Young, Louisville; Capt.
w. J. Stone, Louisville. and other
prominent ex-Confederates made ad.
dresses.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09
WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasCuredbyLydiaE. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Elwood, Ind.-"Your remedies nave
cured me and / have only taken SIX
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

Kaiser Wilhelms sixth son is 10 join
the navy. Wilhelm ought to have
saved one for the airship feet
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-01-13
WORK WEAKENS KIDNEYS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Have Done
Great Service for Peo-
pie Who Work in
Johnson City

Most Johnson City people work every
day in some strained, unnatural position
bending constantly over a desk, riding
on jolting wagons or cars, doing labori
GUS housework, lifting, reaching OF
pulling, or trying the back in hundred
and one other ways. All these strains
tend TO wear, weaken and injure the
kidneys and they fall behind in their
work of fltering the poisons from the
blood. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick
kidneys. put new strength in bad backs,
Johnson City cures prove it.
f. p. Baxter. Spring and Walnut Sts.,
Johnson City, Penn, says: 81 had kid
ney trouble for u long time and / believe
that heavy lifting was the cause. / suf-
fered from soreness in the small of my
back aud was often so lame and stiff
upon arising IN the morning that could
scarcely move. At last Doan's Kidney
Pills were brought to my attention and
procured box at the Grey-Sprowl
Drug Co. Since using them have felt
much better in every way and l can
conscientiously say that they have done
lHe great deal of good" 3
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-01-13
SAY THOSE WHO
PIN FAITH TO
INVENTION OF HARDWOOD
Hon. "Alf" " Taylor Among Those
Who Believe Young Man Has
Conquered-Risks Money.

Bristol, Jan. S.-As if in defiance of
all known principles of science and all
known law of mechanics, the problem
of perpetual motion has been solved.
While no student of philosophy who
has any respect for orthodoxy will be
disposed to believe this statement, yet
reputable men, and men of Intelligence,
who have had equal respect for the
known laws of science, have at last
! been persuaded to confess that what
they believed to be absolutely impossi-
BILE has been accomplished. And to bear
them out in this confession, they are
just as positive that the problem has
been solved without the violation of a
single principle of science, but, on the
contrary, with the support of well es-
tablished laws of philosophy and me-
chanics.
The fame of this remarkable inven-
ton belongs to a young East Tennessee
an--Alfred Taylor Markwood. At the
age of 10, Markwood, who is now 81
years of age, conceived the idea that
perpetual motion was problem which
would some day find practical solu-
tion, and to this end he began u study
of the subject.
Undaunted by the many failures in
the attempt, by the numerous shatter
ed dreams, evidences of which have
been piled up in the United States pat
ent office from year to year, young
Markwood kept at his task. In most
singular and striking way his labors
have been rewarded; and while the
scientific world has yet to pass judg-
ment upon the effort, hardwood and
his confidential friends and supporters
are absolutely confident that there can
be no question about the success of the
invention.
Toiling away cautiously and securely
behind locked doors in an old wood
frame building at Johnson City, whose
windows have been smearedwith white
paint, Markwood and his confidential
machinists, are pesfecting the model of
this wonderful machine which is to go
to the United States patent office in
the next few weeks, and upon it a pat
ent is to be applied for in twenty
foreign countries.
The machine and its form of construc-
ton are still a secret, and until the
matter of patents has been satisfactory
ly provided for, the secret OF the young
inventor will not be given to the pub
lie, although there are few men of
undoubted reputation who unhesitat-
ingly vouch for the triumphant success
of the invention, and who frankly de.
clare that it is destined to revolntionize
the question of power production.
Markwood himself, when sought for
information with refei-nce to his in !,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-01-13
AS ENUMERATORS
PUBLlC-SPIRITED
TO APPLY At ONCE
Census Director Durand Finds that
Applicants are Not Coming
as Fast as They Should.

Washington, d. c., Jan. S.-CensuI
Director Durand stated today that, al
result of his conferences with the su
pervisors of census throughout tn,
country he find that in many sections
especially in the larger cities, there
have not been as yet sufficient applica
tions for the positions of enumerators
1t looks, he thinks, as if the country is
so prosperous that people are not as
anxious to get these responsible places
as had been expected.
The scarcity is giving the director
some concern, as only a few weeks re
main before the date for closing the
consideration of applications. 1t will
be impossible generally TO extend the
application time limit, as to examine
the "test papers, with the necessary
care to insure the designation of quail
fled persons, will consume every mo-
ment of the time allowed for this phase
of the work of selecting the enumera-
tors, leaving nothing for an extension
of the date for shutting down on appli-
cations.
The director therefore urges all per-
sons desiring places as enumerators to
make application as quickly as possi-
BILE, and he hopes that, in order to help
get perfect census, pubiic-spirited
and energetic people throughout the
country will offer themselves for these
positions, even though they may not
care for them from the standpoint of
the pay involved. He also trusts that
employers will deem 1t their duty to
give leave of absence to their employees
who may desire to act as enumerators.
Some slight sacrifice of this sort will
be amply repaid by the improved quail
ity of the census returns. Continuing,
the director said:
"Although the actual work of taking
the census will not begin until April
Is, it is essential that those who wish
to act as enumerators should apply i'm
mediately. Except under unusual cir
cumstances, no application received
after January 25 will be considered.
About 6S, 900 enumerators will be re-
quired. Each will work in his own
locality. Any competent person is en-
titled TO apply for this position, and
will be fairly considered for appoint
ment
Political recommendation are not
necessary. The supervisors, to whom
must be made, have been
instructed to consider all candidates
and to select solely on the basis of effi-
cheney For the purpose of aiding the
determining the compe-
tence of the candidates, written test
will be prescribed, and any person be-
tween the ages of Is and 20 who is a
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-01-13

chairman of the big concern. He has
been TO Kingsport and had experts test
the stone and it is found to be far su-
perior to the famous Lehigh Valley.
1t is found in unlimited and inexhaus-
tible quantities. Over two hundred men
will be given employment and the
plant will have a capacity of one thou
sand barrels day.
The announcement of this tremend-
GUS industry will be hailed with delight
by the people of Kingsport. johnson
Citians before the Soldiers Home and
the C., C. & o. struck, they dreamed
and longed for the actualization of
bright fancies and now they are going
to come true.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-01-13

cit zen of the United States will be
permitted to take it.
"The test will be of strictly practi-
cal character, substantially the same
as was used in 1900. 1t will consist of
filling out sample schedule of popr-
lation, and, in the case of rural districts
filling out also sample schedule OF
agriculture, these schedules being pre-
cisely the same as will actually be used
by the enumerators in their work later
on. In order to assist candidates in
preparing for the test, copies of the
blank schedules and general instruc-
tions regarding the manner of filling
them will be furnished to each candi-
date in advance. Any person of ordi-
nary common-school education and
good judgment should have no Difficult
ty in passing.
"This test is not civil-service exam
ination. 1t will be conducted under
the direction of the supervisors of the
census, and the papers will be examin-
ed only by the supervisors and by the
census bureau. In order that convent
ent examination places may be provid-
ed for all candidates, local civil-service
examining boards and postmasters will
be called upon to preside at the actual
taking of the test in certain cases, but
in this respect they will act merely as
the representatives of the supervisors
of the census.
at is impossible to exaggerate the
importance of obtaining a correct GEN.
sus of the population and agriculture of
the country, The correctness of the
returns depends wholly upon the COM
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1910-01-13
ention. was reticent. and declared

vention, was reticent, and declared
that he could not discuss the subject
from any viewpoint until the matter
of patents had been definitely deter
mined. However, as. an evidence OF
his faith in the contrivance, he has
given up his position as conductor on
the Southern railroad, a position which
he has held for eight years, and is
trasting to the success of his invention,
his future and that of his family.
In view Of the original model in OPP
Grafton has sufficed to bring into the
Golfers Of the hardwood Power Deyel-
opment Company all the money neces-
sary for perfecting the experiments and