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The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
COTTON OFF HALF CENT
Ss BELOW SEASONS HIGHEST
FIGURES.
General Liquidation by the Bulls.
Spinners Bought Some at
the Decline.

New York.-There was a further big
break in the cotton market Wednesday,
making the third sensational slump in
prices since the movement started early
last week. Panic-stricken longs in all
parts of the world seemed to be liquidat-
ing their cotton, regardless of prices, and
the action of the market showed such
intense excitement and generalization
as finds a parallel only in the series Of
sensational movements following the col.
lapse of the Sully boom.
For more than a year the cotton mar
ket has been steadily advancing, and to-
ward the end of last month prices had
reached a level which, since the Civil
War, had only been equaled when Sully
was at the height of his fame, March
contracts selling at 1910 and May at
16.46c. But at the eliminating point of
Wednesdays decline, March contracts
sold at 14.6Oc and May at 14.7Sc, a loss
from the high record of from $7.S5 to
$40 per bale, most all of which has
occurred during the last week. The de-
clines from the closing prices of Tuesday
HiGhL dDuOhAttd W " thoh VOsOO pei
bale.
There does not appear to have been
any change in general trade conditions
to warrant the almost unprecedented
slump in prices, and in contrast to the
Sully year, no financial difficulties have
been preeipitated.
Possibly the selling movement was
originally due to al effort to obtain
profits or long lines owing to the APP
preach of the new planting season and
expectations of greatly increased area,
while the absence of any speculative
short interest left the market with very
little support. 1t was reported that
spinners were buying more freely in the
South, and late adyices from the leading
Southern spot markets show no material
weakness.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
His "Penitentiary Den."

And now | must show you what I
call my penitentiary den," said a popu-
lar author. This" he continued, as
he drew open a door, lis where I &C.
c~asionally spend an hour or so when l
am developing symptoms of that by no
means uncommon malady among sue
cessfuI men called 'swelled head"
The room was a charming little
snuggery about sever fee square, the
only remarkable feature of which was
the w~all-covering. IF you look close
ly," explained the host, you will see
that my wall paper consists, on two
sides of the rom, of those too-familiar
and unwelcome printed forms on
which editors express their regrets at
declining ones pet manuscripts"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
Cook Had Polar Insanity.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Dr. Frederick A.
Cooks story of the discovery of the
earth's apex was the result of polar in
sanity, according to Right Rev. b. Z.
Rowe, Episcopal bishop of Alaska. The
bishop said that both Cooks remark
able story and Commander Robert Z.
Peary's frame of mind upon hearing that
story can be readily attributed to the
loneliness, the grayness and the silence
OF the north. "All men come from out
the polar circle with their nerves shat
tered" said the bishop.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
PRIEST TOSSED MONEY ABOUT.
$50, 900 Found in Dead Churchman'S
Home-Was Thought Poor.

New Orleans.-Nearly $4,000 in cash,
a considerable portion of it lying where
it had been carelessly tossed into book
cases and desks, was found in the home
of the late Father Nicholas Simon by
the executors of his estate. The small
fortune thus scattered was pointed out
by the priests former housekeeper, a
young Irish girl. No one but she, when
the priest died, knew of the existence of
the money. Father Simon was for
many years in charge of st. Francis De-
Sales Church here.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
ST. LOUIS ICE GORGE BREAKS
5000, 900 Damage-River Front De-
vastated.

st. Louis, Mo.-The Mississippi river
front at st. Louis presented a devastated
appearance Friday. The river, gorged
with ice, rose from % feet Wednesday
night to 31.9 feet early Friday, and
then the gorge broke. Inside of three
hours the river fell more than five feet.
The boats along the river were left
high and dry by the rapid fall, and the
levee was strewn with wreckage. The
property loss will exceed 100000.
Weather bureau reports indicated the
Mississippi river was rising north of st.
Louis. The maximum height of the river
was 10 feet above the danger stage.
The railroad tracks on the levee were in
undated and the falling waters left them
covered with debris and ice.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

When hunters used to chase coyotes
oh horses and with dogs there was
never a record of where they drove
the coyotes to their dens. But It is
different with automobiles.
Coyotes run until they are about TO
be taken in and then make for their
dens. In order to smoke them out"
the driver attaches a rubber tube tc
the gas tank of his car and runs the
other end down in the hole. That soon
brings the coyote out. and the race is
resumed until the animal Is bagged.-
Chicago News.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

The report is going the rounds of
the press that a failure of the supply
of raw material from which chewing
gum is made is threatened. Visions
of high prices for the sweetened slabs
of solace fit across the brains of
millions of chewing gum victims,
slaves to the m~asticatory habit. The
thought of a chewing gum famine is
appalling. A total failure of the pea
nut crop could be contemplated with
even greater equanimity. 1t is impos-
sible to conceive the mental and
moral results of the cutting off of the
supply of gum.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

The Nautical Gazette confirms a de-
scription of a 40-foot motor boat which
is equipped with a gas producer that
furnishes the fuel for it's internal COM
bustion engine. During the past sea
son this little craft travelled a little
ove- three thousand miles without fail
ure in a single instance by the pro-
i.ucer to provide the fuel necessary to
keep the craft in motion. This is evil
dence of reliability worthy of note,
and 1t is supplemented by a record as
to cost that ought to make motor-boat
owners think seriously OF. the gas
producer as an improvement upon the
dangerous gasoline tank.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

the west without coming in contact
with a fence or a creek. When a
wolf or coyote is scared up the auto.
mobile takes after him. A wolf runs
In an easy circle. He doesn't dodge
back and forth. So it is comparative.
ly easy for the driver to keep right
behind him. But the automobile must
have great speed.
A coyote can 30 miles an hour
with ease. A few days ago some Gar
den City hunters ran down q coyote
and killed him with the wheels. That
was considered a great hunting feat.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
Geological Puzzle.

Italian biologists have a puzzle to
solve, owing to the discovery on
Mount Blanc of the body of a white
bear, which has been brought to Aosta.
1t was thought at first that the bear
must have died some three hundred
years ago. and must have been pre-
served by the ice. since it has always
been held that white bears vanished
from the Alps three centuries ago. But
it has since been demonstrated that
death could only have taken place a
few days previous to discovery. At
this would seem to show that there
are still white bears in the Alps. ex-
petitions are to be sent to test the
theory.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
Carver OF Figureheads.

William Southworth. the city's old
est wood carver. died the other day
at the age OF So years. He estimated.
only q short time before his death,
that he had made carvings for more
than 500 vessels. His principal work
was the carving OF igureheads for
vessels. this being q lucrative and i'm
portant occupation at one time. until
the rise OF commercialism blotted out
the poetic Significance Of these
models.-Bath Correspondence Of Lew.
istnn tMe.) journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

A large New York dry goods store
has opened a department for the sale
of goods made by the blind. They
include a large catalogue of staple ar
ticles ranging from wooden boots and
baby socks to rugs and hammocks.
The department has opened we'll and
if it proves permanently successful it
will afford many blind workers the
means of maintaining themselves in
comfort by their own labor. The idea
is one that with good effect might be
put into practice elsewhere.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

The American apple at it's best has
long been recognized as one of the
most healthful and appetizing of
lie favor. An Iowa physician, a promi-
nent member of the National Medical
society, alleges that a~rrle-eating cures
the desire for strong drink. Apples
themselves have been used to produce
cider, and the hard" variety of that
beverage has often been regarded as
a fairly powerful alcoholic stimulant.
But if eating apples is a check upon
desire for intoxicants it would seem
that bane and antidote are combined
in the same product.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
CHASE GAME IN MOTOR CARS
New Sport That Is Said to Be Popular
Among Hunters in West
ern Kansas.

Automobiles are revolutionizing
methods of hunting wild game in
western Kansas. A wolf hunt under
the new plan is most exciting. One
runs the automobile and another does
the shooting. A machine can run
miles and miles on the open prairie of
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
TooIy Lural!

How far is it between these two
towns?" asked the lawyer.
About four miles as the flow
cries. replied the witness.
You mean as the cry flows"
NO." put in the judge. The means
as the fly crows"
And they all looked at each other.
feeling that something was wrong
Eyerybody's Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

The Canadian parliament was lately
warned that the country was at the
mercy of the American feet on the
Great Lakes. This kind of talk serves
no good end but to stir up feeling. The
American conquest OF Canada is one
of those bogies which, though OF q
fierce outside, is filled with sawdust.
The United States desires nothing OF
the big British colony but friendship
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

The king of Sweden has recently
been working as a stevedore for the
purpose of finding out how the labor
eTs of his country feel. He has taken
a wise course. The quickest and sur
est way to find out how a laborer
feels is to labor for a while.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
$3.50 MILES IN A CANOE
Jap Takes Strenuous Journey to See
Relatives.

Chicago.-Ki 70 Sue Inui, a young
japanese graduate of the University of
Michigan, arrived in Chicago Wednesday,
after completing a %3,160-mile journey
down the Mississippi river in an 49,
foot canoe. He made the trip from
Lake Itasca to the gulf of Mexico in 100
days. Upon his arrival at New Orleans
he delivered a message from Thee. Veg
man to Mayor Behrman of New Orleans.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
SENTENCES CHILD SLAYER.
Gives Life Imprisonment, Declaring It
Greater Than GallowS.

Greater Than Gallows.
Belleville, Ill.-Judge G. A. Crow of
the circuit court of st. Clair county SEN
fenced James Pullman, murderer of his
one-month-old child, to life imprison-
ment.
81 will not sentence Pullman to the
g~allows," said the judge, but to the
penitentiary for life. 1t will be punish
ment more terrible han death for him
to heal daily the cries of his murdered
child. His crime was the most atrocious
l have ever read of. He stamped the
life cut of the child with his heel"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

In view of the brand of weather
that has been handed out during the
last few weeks THE Good Old Sum-
mertime" did not show up as well in
the national anthem competition as
might naturally have been expected.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
PLEADED GUILTY.
Indicted for Smuggling Chinese Through
Gulf Ports.

Galveston, Tex.-At the trial of those
indicted for completely in smuggling Chi
nese here Wednesday in federal court,
S. P. Smith of Biloxi, Miss, one of the
principals, dismissed his attorney and
pleaded guilty before testimony was
taken. After his attention was called
by the court to the seriousness of the
charge, he renewed his plea of guilty.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

1t appears from the dispatches that
a few amateur Santa Clauses have
shown the usual i'll timed and mis-
guided confidence in the ability of
cotton batting to withstand the con-
tact of a lighted wax candle.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

However, even If the furnace goes
out and the cold wind blows under the
door and the pipes freeze and ali that
There are no flies.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

These old-fashioned winters ought
to bring with them an adequate sup
ply of old-fashioned knitted WOO
gloves and warm socks.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

Halley's comet is getting nearer. 1t
is not yet known whether it's coming
portends wal in Europe, Central
America or congress. Maybe it will
bunch it's belligerent hits.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

The one objection to winter in the
east is the long wait n has to un-
dergo between Christmas n the
opening of the baseball season.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

One beautiful feature IN connection
with Uncle Sans new 14-inch naval
gun is the fact that no cratic citizen
looking for trouble will be able to
carry it in his pistol pocket.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

Between divorcing in haste and mar
rying in haste there does not seem to
be a great deal of difference when 1t
m to repentance.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

If you have an idea that ten below
zero is twice as cold as five below
zero. you are entitled to another
guess.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

France, as we'll as Germany, is to
have an airship feet. In the new cen
fury war the only safety for noncom-
batants will be in cyclone cellars.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

Shovellng snow is good exercise.
Hire some man who needs the exer-
else to do it.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

Being chief of the Russian secret
police is sometimes a lifelong job, but
not a long-life one.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

1t is becoming positively dangerous
10 smuggle.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

First thing you know, churches may
try the pay-enter scheme for getting
collections. That's how the theaters
do it.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

Apropos of that Boston poets club
organized by an editor there-most ed
itors have a club for poets.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

Radium is quoted at $4,000 a
pound, in spite of all the new tariH
bill has done to reduce the cost OF
living.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
MAE WOOD WINS.
Charges of Perjury and Forgery Against
Her Dismissed.

New York.-The charges of forgery
and perjury against Miss Mae G. Wood
were dismissed in court and Miss Wood
was discharged from custody. She was
indicted in 1907, following the trial of
her suit against ex-United States Senator
Thomas G. Platt, who, she alleged, was
married to her in this city. Senator
Platt's illness has made impossible his
appearance in court against Miss Weed.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

A New York physician says the bot
tie kills many babies. Contents of
the bottle also kills many who have
passed the baby stage.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21
SIXTY lille ICE R
River Rising, and Serious Floods May
Follow.

st. Louis.-Rain Wednesday in Mis-
souri, and northern points caused the
Mississippi river to assume a threaten
ing aspect. The weather bureau issued a
warning to the rivermen to protect their
property.
The Mississippi is gorged with ice from
Chester, ILL.,, sixty miles below St. Louis,
to this city. and a rise is expected.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-01-21

Even in Central America the wealth
er is chilly for some.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-14
(From The Herald of this date, 1866
Years Ago
day
BOB FITZSIMMONS GIVES
EXHIBITION IN JUAREZ

Twentyfour vags were arrested by the
police last night, but instead of being
held until this evenings session of the
police court, they were run out of town
this morning.
Secretary Durham, of the Y NJ C.
A, lectured last night on the growth
Of the Texas Y. NJ. c. a
S-H- Newman, former business man
of Ell Paso, is down from Albuquerque,
\. NJ, on business.
The newly elected officers for Border
lodge. No. 374, L. o. o. F.. will be in
stalled tonight
The last ore transfer from the other
side was nearly so cars. Heavy ship
ments are being received by the Mexican
Ore company from Nogales
W. K Wheelock opened an office in
the Shelton block this morning to at
tend to the carnival business.
F1tzsimmOns is giving an exhibition
to a number of Ell Paso friends at his
quarters in Juarez this afternoon.
Gov. W. T. Thornton. of New Mexico,
who is in the city, said this morning
that Fhzsimmons and Maher would not
be permitted to fight in New Mexico.
Metal market-Silver, 81 1-Sc; lead,
$3.50; copper, S7-Sc; Mexican pesos, SIC.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-14

At the meeting of the county COM
missioners this morning, a protest was
filed by the citizens of Ysleta against
the action alleged TO have been con-
templated in denying the school trus-
tees of that district the right TO take
their seats.
Superintendent Carr reported that last
year SO paupers were taken care of at
the county poor farm, the cost being
90 cents per capita daily.
Bills amounting to $4,000 were audit
ed. The application of Mr.. Flores for
the position of translator of the old
Spanish records at a salary OF $3.50 was
denied, judge F. z. Hunter stating that
they had been needed only twice in the
past 13- years.
A Chinaman, en- route from St. Louis
to San Francisco, was taken from an S.
P train today by local immigration Of
ficers and charged with being an Illegal
resident of the country.
Robert Downing and company ap-
peared last night in a version of He
lena" by Victorien Sardou, and pleased
a full house at Chopin hail.
The FL Paso Real Estate association
will meet tomorrow afternoon in the
office of A. p. Coles.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-14
The Tired
Business Man
Tells Friend Wife That Plume VIII
Tickle t. r..
BY WALTER A. SINCLAIR
BY WALTER A. SINCLAIR

$3.50 THE Academy of Moral and
Political Science has made Mr..
Roosevelt a member" said
Friend Wife. This says he will wear
a pearl handled sword and plume"
THAT ought to tickle him." said the
Tired Business Man. THE plume, I
mean, not the sword You overlooked
the fact that he viii also wear a suit
embroidered with green palms 1 can't
eactly imagine suit reminiscent of the
palmy days. but 1 should think it would
be a hit with the Back from Elba club.
Just why a former resident Of Oys-
ter Bay, Long Island. should care to
lecture at the Sawbone in Paris rugged
out in in lodge jciners regalia, con-
sisting Of ported palms, a plumed cap
and a pearl handled sword, doesn't oc-
cur to me at the moment. I'm baffled
when I try to figure out what a plume
IN the cap has to do with lecture,
although the tin sword might be to
point a moral or puncture a theory.
And the palms-weH, the palms are for
the purpose of applauding, OF course.
Still, why any one should go to Paris
to lecture
zone famous American lives in his
tory, chiefly for the feat of wearing a
feather in his cap-and called 1t mac
caroni. But when you pick a brawny,
two-fisted person like 7. r, and tog
him out like the expired past potential
potentate Of a secret order, 1t seems
inappropriate. Strikes me it would be
more TO the point if they let him come
on as a North American Injun with a
bunch Of plumes stuck In a plug hat.
blanket covered with greasy palm
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-14

prints and a Thomas Hawk in his hand.
can guarantee dt would draw an
audience
But TO trim him up like Christmas
tree with a pearl handled sword-woof.
Didn't some unfriendly critics who went
to Cuba during the late shutzenfest
send back narrowing stories OF how, at
the great battle Of San Juan (nee some
Other) Hill, our gallant colonel rode on
foot up the hill. waving a sword in all
the pictures drawn a thousand miles
away, although he had left his toad
stabber back in camp because he kept
tripping over IL? Of course 1 wasn't
there and can't guarantee this, but a
large and talented corps of surviving
correspondents assures US that the
sword with which he waved his sturdy
society boys, bandits, football players,
cattle rustlers and other rough riding
as the horse which he did not ride.
Therefore why again subject him to
the embarrassment Of wearing a sword?
1t would be a fine piece Of news for
Europe if our Man or Horseback, but
Dismounted,' should start out on the
stage of the Sawbone TO ease off one OF
those speeches which used to get the
agricultural districts chewing up the
railway stations. and there and then do
a funny fall over his pearl handled
sword.
NO more reason for scientists and
high browed speakers coming out to
speak a piece all fused up with swords
than it would be for a soldier to carry
a set of scientific instruments, an ency-
cfopaedia and an absent minded look
into battle. The same goes for diplo-
mats and officers of the navy. But
European diplomacy was handed down
from time when your real classy dip
To- was the party who was quickest to
draw his steel common for a drop. Now
they wear swords because previous
generations did The has-beens also
wore doublets and hose. but the mod
ern school overlooked those details
We'll, what would you have Mr..
Roosevelt carry If not a swordT' asked
Friend Wife, who was not thrown off
the track.
He might carry a big stick and
speak softly" said the Tired Business
Man.
Copyright. 1910. by the New York
Evening Telegram New York Herald
company. All rights reserved
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-14
Side1ights Along
Washington Byways

Washington, D. c., Jan. 1.-THE state
Of Indiana is destined to be in the lime
light in the United States senate at this
session of congress- For some time SEN
ator A. J. Beverage, of the Hoosier
state, has occupied one of the choice
seats on the Republican side 1t is on
the center aisle and whenever the boy
orator of the senate desires to speak he
can be seen by every spectator in the
galleries.
Senator Shively. the colleague of SEN
ator Beveridge, IS a Democrat, and one
of the new arrivals in the senate. Like
all new senators, Mr.. Shively had to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-14

viii discuss every subject which could
possibly be Of interest to the American
people.
The governors conference will be held
Jan. Is, 19 and 20, and the civic fed
Grafton will be in session Jan. II, IS
and 10. The delegates to the civic fed
Grafton conference are appointed by the
governors and by the presidents of COM
mercial. agricultural. manufacturing,
labor, financial professional. and otner
organizations national in extent The
National Association of Uniform State
Law Commissioners are included in all
state delegations and will take a promi-
nent part in the conference
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-14

Senator SIcLaurin, Of Mississippi. who
died recently. had the most desirable
seat on the Democratic side. It was
in the first row on the center aisle, and
directly in front of the vice presidents
desk. The morning after McLaurin's
death Shively hustled into secretary
Benefits office before the clerk had
finished busting off their desks.
Il want McLaurin's desk" said Shive-
". in a breathless sort of way, that
indicated that he had run from the
street car into the capitol building.
"All right replied Mr.. Bennett,
take it. First come first served In
this office The others would have to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-14
Time To Protect Our Resources

today better laws for the
of
the suggestions
public statement at the time
presidents
theft predatory
subject
insurgents
through
of the natural
the country and great harnca through delay
hetates to vote for
explain position satisfactory his
public the country have
1t is time put to it.
Saving dentistry Calling fighter liar
Autosu suggestion he girls joy ride
is carburng wrought iron by heating it in contact
Bendigo Australia deepest
going Mining Science
Oxygen
dry will unless
present Keep your irond dry.
permeter
is
divided its
shouted "give
getting
her they nothing with firing cooks