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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-03-10
A Tribute Of Respect.

The subject of this sketch, Rev
Rev ] Skinner. died at his home
Feb. 90 3:55 p m 1910 with can
Ger and laid to rest in New Sa-
lem cemetery Feb. gath followed
by a large concourse of sorrowing
relatives and friends. The burial
services wervices were cond ucted
by Rev w w (Fred) Whitaker.
Bro Skinner leaves dear COM
panion, 5 sons, 43 grand children
and 43 great grandchildren to
mourn his death. Bro Skinner
was born in Franklin County, AL
ALBANIA, Ian Gath 1924, making him
sc years and 70 days old at his
death. He moved to Tlshomingo
county, Miss, in 1850 where he
resided until his death. He pro-
fessed faith in Christ at the age
Of IL years and joined the missicn-
airy Baptist church in Franklin
county, Ala. at lS years of age.
In 1S44 he was happily married to
Miss Martha Reeves daughter of
Rev w A Reeves. There were I
children boz II to this union, = boys
and | girl, of which the girl, Mrs
w w Whitaker and } Henry
Skinner are dead. Bro Skinner
WIS licened preacher for several
years and in 1859 he was ordained
to preach and during his long
ministerial life it is supposed he
has baptized between 1900 and
1000 persons. He was in the or
ganization OF the Tisomingo Bapt-
list Association in 1867. There is
only one minister nving now who
was present, Rev w NJ Henderson,
of kossuih. Miss, Bro Skinner
preached all during the civil was
never interrupted upon but one
occasion by the Federals. He
preached at Harmo. church Ii
years in succession He ha,
preached all over Tishomingo
county. The children who are
living now are w H Skinner, R |
Burnsvile. Miss; N Skinner, R
/. Iuka, Miss; Jno Skinner, 1eol
south 7th St. Waco, Tex; Dick
Skinner, Petty, Tex.5 Walter Skin
uer. Dawson, Tex. Bro Skinner
has been deprived of attending
to his church from i'll health for
about 8 months but he and his
companion held family prayer
and asked God to pour out His
blessings upon all until the last.
Bro. Skinner died off easy, never
struggling particle. just pass
ed off as though he had fell in a
sweet sleep. He lived long and
useful life and will be greatly
missed in this community, at the
the church and in sickness.
P, H. Robinson.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-03-10
Notice of Trustees Sale.

l, ] A E Pyle substituted Trus-
tee, under the provi sions of and
by virtue of the authority confer
red upon me in a Deed of Trust
made by ] w Jourdan to w B Ell
lis, Trustee. on the 9Th day of
February, 1908, to secure GER
tain Indebtedness tc G B II Mar
tin, and which trust deed is re-
corded in Trust Deed Book p S,
page 1913, in the Chancery Clerk
office Of Tishoiringo County, Mis-.
sissil pi, | will, on the
18th day of March, 1910,
offer for sale and will sell at pub
lie auction. for cash, to the highest
and best bidder at the court house
door, in Iuka, Miss, during legal
hours, the following described
land, to-wit:
East Half of Block 7. South of the
R. r., in luka, County of Tisho-
mingo. State of Mississippi, on.
which is located a 2-story, green
resiueuce. The title to the above
described property is believed to
be good. | will sell only as Trus-
tee and VIII convey only such IL
tie as is conveyed to me as Trus-
tee. ]. A. E. Pyle,
Substituted Trustee.
Feb 9, 1910,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-03-10
Report Of Clements Chapel School

made visit to this school on
Wednesday, staying over until
Thursday before my school open
ed on Monday, when | visited as
many patrons as possible, learned
the name and rank of as many
children'as could, so when school
began on Monday morning ! had
my program already arranged
temporarily and was ready to be-
gin that part of my work in a wise
way at an early date. But before
the children gathered on Monday
morning the patrons brought in 9
good patent double desk of course
that was not enough for the con-
venience of all, by any means, but
it was not great while until there
was enough to seat comfortably
30 of the best boys and girls in the
county. When l had succeeded
thus far of course felt encourag-
ed to do more. S next we had
massmeeting and decided upon
other Improvements. The first to
be done was to arrange for the
children to get into the house, SO
to meet this we made nice set OF
door steps. Now to be sure some
of the little boys wanted drink,
SO we went down, put nice box in
the spring, cleaned it, gave it
few minutes to clear up and we had
water for little boys and CIR Is too.
We came back into the house and
when We had the walls Gle fred of
ma m $ of the noted passers by, |
asked the children to bring some
pictures, such as they had and
strange to say a better selection
would have been hard to have
made. When all the walls were
we'll decorated with pictures some
of the children brought nice mot
toes to go between, altogether
they looked nice. 1t is natural
for us to clear the way for bigger
md better things so this was the
task before us now but we soon
converted task into pleasure by
making room for and placing 30 |
Rand McNally map with U s on
one side and the world on the 9TH
er. Not long from this time we
had an s inch globe bearing the
same name. Instead of teach
er's platform or rostrum there I
was a preachers pulpit, so we
were not long changing it to oppo-
site and seating it with teach
ers chair (and cushion in IT'D All
this time we have been working |
hard and for change don t mind
playing some. All eager to lie IN
a new game we get ready when in
a short time we feel that we might
be going against Father Adams
will, for the briers began on us
with all the force they had, being
prompted often by bush who
was not far away. Then these
words came into some ones mind,
No play without work" and this
put the rest TO thinking and soon
our hands were doing some great |
things. With hoes, rakes, scythes,
etc we began, not playing but
making havoc of our thorny enc
u les and we're not satisfied to stop
until we had our p aground clear
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

The greater part of the straw en-
ployed for making summer hats comes
from Italy. TO obtain a suitable straw
for this purpose the wheat is sown as
thickly as possible in order that the
growth of the plant may be !mpover-
ished as well as to produce a thin
stalk. The Italian wheat blooms at the
beginning of June and is pulled up by
hand by the roots when the grain is
half developed. Should II be allowed
TO remain In the ground a longer time
the straw would become TOO brittle for
the purpose for which 1t is grown.
Uprooted straws to the number Of
about five dozen. the size of the com.
pass Of the two hands. are firmly tied
together in little sheaves and slowed
away In barns. After that the straw Is
again spread out to catch the heavy
summer dews aud to blen, 3 In the sun.
When the product has been sufficiently
beached 1t is put into small bundles
and classified. The last step is to cut
1t close above the first joint from the
top, when It is again tied up In small
bundles containing about sixty stalks
each and is then ready for the market.
-Harper's Weekly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

sat at his lacquered table drinking
tea and had his long Chinese pipe In
his mouth.
why is 1t that 1t has just been so
darkT ] asked him. THE gods of
the Dangrayumtso are angry because
you will not allow me to visit their
lake."
mo, certainly not A big dog roams
about the sky and often conceals the
sun. But | and the lama Lobsang
have prayed all the time before the
altar and have burned joss sticks be-
fore the images Of the gods. You have
nothing to fear. The dog has passed
on"
Very fine" cried and made a
desperate attempt to explain the
phenomenon. Robert held up his sau.
Ger to represent the sun. and took
two rupees to represent the earth and
moon crossing each others orbit.
Hlaje Tsering listened attentively to
Muhamed lsa's translation Of my
demonstration. nodded approvlngly
and finally expressed his opinion that
this might do very well for us, but
that 1t did not suit Tibet.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
Marvellous Discoveries

mark the wonderful progress OF the age.
Air flights on heavy machines, kilograms
without wires, terrible war inventions
to kill men, aud that wonder of won
ders-Dr. Kings New DiScyyery-to
save life when threatened by coughs,
colds, la grippe, asthma, Group hronchi.
tis, hemorrhages, hay fever and whoop-
ing cough or lung trouble. For all
bronchial affections it has no equal. 1t
relieves instantly. It's the surest cure.
James NJ. Black of AsheviIe, n. c., X.
!. r No. 4, writes it cured him of an OBJ
stinate cough after all other remedies
failed. SOC and $l.00 A trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by j. W. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

Every language has its admirers. In
Lucille" the author. Owen Meredith,
maintained that when he heard French b
spoken as he approved he found him
self quietly falling in love" Edward
Hutton is another instance of this lin
gual fascination. In stating his pref
erence In his enchanting Cities of
Spain" he recalls an interesting me
diaeval legend He says:
"And as | listened to the splendid
syllables of the CastiIiun tongue that
rang eloquently through the twilight !
remembered the saying Of that old
Spanish doctor of whom James How
ell tells us In his instructions For
lorraine Travell'-to wit. that Spanish,
Italian and French. these three daugh.
ters Of the Latin language, were spo-
ken In paradise; that God Almighty
created the world in Spanish. the
tem'pter persuaded Eve in Italian and
Adam begged pardon in French"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

In several cantons Of Switzerland
the custom prevails OF holding wres-
tling matches and other exhibitions Of
physical strength at their choral. gym
nastic and rifle festivals. The cham
pions taking part in these athletic
sports belong to the most diverse
ranks in the social scale. Thus at a
recent festival at Grenchen. little
town In the canton of Soleure, a
wealthy property owner and his ten
ant, carpenter. stepped into the are
ma to wrestle according to the rules of
the art There were to be four rounds,
or falls" The stake for each fall"
was one quarters rent. After the car
penter had thrown his landlord four
times the victor's prize was awarded
to him. and he accordingly found him
self entitled to five In his house rent
free for a whole year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
Meteors.

There is one very interesting fact
connected with meteors that have
struck the earth. Hundreds of them
have been examined and found to con
tain animal remains-that Is. the very
lowest forms Of life. This indicates
that they are parts of world that
burst into fragments long, long ago
What thought-a world broken up
and scattered through space! Maybe
we had another moon once. but that
broke into pieces and these are the
pieces, and maybe they are parts of
the planet that once revolved between
Mars and Jupiter. Over 500 of the
larger pieces of this planet have been
discovered and catalogued. One of
these few away inside of Mars orbit
Why may not many of the smaller
pieces and these solid meteors be they /?
1t is probably so.-Columbus journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
Taste Is Localized.

Taste is curiOusly localized in the
mouth. Put lump of sugar on the
tip of your tongue and you will find it
distinctly sweet Then try 1t halfway
back on the tongue and you will find
1t tasteless. All sweet or aromatic
substances, such as wine, sugar and
coffee, can be properly appreciated by
the front half of the tongue, piece of
knowledge that every true connoisseur
applies when he sips instead of taking
mouthfuL. With most other sub
stances, however, the reverse is true.
In these cases the tip of the tongue
serves only for touching-it is the back
part that tastes. The sides of the
mouth, too. are quite insensible to GER
tain substances not tasteless. Put
some salt or vinegar between the teeth
and the cheek and you will find them
absolutely favorless. London Stand
ard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
Dense,

One day the teacher asked her class
to write an essay on London. about
which they had just been reading.
When examining their papers later she
was surprised to read the following:
"The people of London are noted for
their stupidity"
where did you get that from" ask
ed she of Maggie Jones'
"Please. miss. it's all In the book.
1t says the population Of London Is
very dense. London Answers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
VULPINE SAGACITY.
Tho Tale Of Fox From the West
Coast Of Ireland.

Tho Tale Of a Fox From the West
Coast Of Ireland.
1t has often been said that the fox
Is the most cunning Of all animals,
but the following story of vupine
sagacity seems to require some Gre
dence Some fishermen on the west
coast Of Ireland were In the habit of
going to small island few hundred
yards from the mainland in quest of
bait. The island was inhabited by
large numbers of rabbits and could lie
reached at low tide by wading, the
water then being only few inches
deep. One morning they went In their
boat quite early, 1t being high tide,
and on landing saw what seemed to
be dead fox lying on the beach. The
fur Of the animal was all bedraggled.
and he seemed to have been drowned.
One Of the men. renarking that his
skin was worth something. pitched
him into the boat. Procuring their
bait; they returned to the mainland,
and then the man who had possessed
himself Of the fox seized him by the
tail and flung him on shore AS soon
as the animal struck the beach he
picked himself up with considerable
agility for dead fox and shot off like
a fash along the cliffs. while the men
stood staring ut one another in mute
astonishment. The men concluded
that he had crossed over to the island
during the night when the tide was
low In search Of rabbits and. finding
In the morning that he was cut off
from the mainland. counterfeted
death. with the expectation of thereby
procuring passage to the shore in the
boat. an expectation which was fully
realized. London Globe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

Lilly. the astrologer and alchemist.
could not see for himself sufficiently
far into that future which he professed
to be able to scan so clearly for others
to guard him against making fool OF
himself by marrying. He caught a
vixen. "of the temper of Mars to use
his own words. and the fact that she
brought him $500 as dowry did not
count for much In the way of compen-
sation, seeing that "she and her rela-
tions cost him f1,00O."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
The Wav 70 Float

This Is the advice of an old swimmer
to those who cannot swim: ANY hui
man being who will have the presence
Of mind to clasp the hands behind his
back and turn the face toward the
zenith may float at ease and In perfect
safety in tolerably still water. When
you first find yourself In deep water
you have only to consider yourself an
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
Probate Court Sessions.

SESSIONS DF THE PROBATE COURT FOR
.... ...rsICr UF ESSEN will be held as
. r...- r.Hg the year 1910;
....HrE il the forenoon of the first
u..... u, February, Juue, September and
ar. .rI iu the afternoon Of each Of the
.l.H....r.
Atg..lau Oh the FIRST Mondays of April and
a. . HAIL on the frst Saturday OF each
-...-.
sessions will he held at any place in
fr. District hy agreement.
ISIS communications to Guildhall office,
B.. N WyInAn, Register; TO Island Pond
-. .n HERBERT W. BLAKE, JUDGE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

"My dear brother" said the clerical
looking man. 'are you doing anything
to keep your brother from fallingY'
why, yes," was the reply. I'm in
terested in a concern that manufac-
lures lampposts!"- Boston Courier.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

empty pitcher. Let your mouth and
nose and not the top Of your heavy
head be the highest part Of you and
you are safe. But thrust up one Of
your bony hands and down you 60.
turning up the handle tips over the
pitcher" There are reason and logic
In this.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
A DOG IN THE SKY.

Tibetan Explanation Of the Cause Of
an Eclipse.
Every one has heard Of the Chinese
myth explaining an eclipse and the
enormous dragon that stalks through
the sky seeking to devour the sun
But the Tibetan legend is little diff
ferent and very interesting as describ-
ed by Sven Hedin In his Trans Hima-
laya." After describing the eclipse
and the terror and depression with
which 1t was received he says:
Then l visited Hlaje Tsering with
the corner pillars Of my caravan. He
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

visitor-My! What a fine babyl How
much does he weight Fond Mother-l
really don't know. He hasn't been
weighed since noon.-Life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
Do good to thy friend to keep him,
to thy enemy to gain him.-Franklin.
Glad to Recommend Them.

Mr.. f. Weakley, Kokomo, Ind., says:
"After taking Foley Kidney Pills, the
severe backache left me, my kidneys be-
came stronger, the secretions natural an
my bladder no longer panied me. am
glad to recommend Foley Kidney Pill.."
In yellow package.--John W. Thurs
ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
What Everybody Ought to Know,

That Foley Kidney Pills contain just
the ingredients necessary to tone,
strengthen and regulate the action of the
kidneys and bladder.-John W. Thurs.
ton.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
Conceited.

Gyer-That fellow Pufkins reminds
me of ball of twine. Myer-W What's
the answer? oyer He's completely
wrapped up In hmself.-San Francisco
Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

Neighbor-How did that naughty lit
tie boy Of yours get hurt? Ditto
That good little boy Of yours hit him
in the head with brick.-lndepend-
ent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

The heart Of man is made to recon
cile tradictions.-Hume.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
The Call of Lent.

Lent Is not time for discourage
ment because of the fact that so many
people are led away from the higher
purpose of their life by the allure
ments which beset their path. 1t is
more especially time for personal
scrutiny. a time for considering where
we personally stand rather than the
wants and necessities Of the multi
tude. And, in any case, the way to
uplift the body polite is to uplift the
individual. The call of Lent. then, is
to higher standard of individual liv-
ing. There are reminders on every
hand that every one of us may live
greater life-greater at least in devo-
ton to every form Of human service
Rev. ]. W. Roberts, Congregationalist,
New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

Truth is the highest thing a man
may keep.-Chaucer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17

Happiness 10 an equivalent for all
troublesome things. - Epictetus.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
Baby the Best Valentine.

Baby the Best Valentine.
The best valentine | know of is a
dimpled. rosy checked. CHEEKY voiced
baby. The child has done more to
brighten the world than any other
agency. He who doesn't love children
is human monstrosity. There should
be mutual obligations between parent
and children. Let the parents remem-
ber I'm dealing with their children that
they are dealing with children. not
adults, and let them judge them by
the standards of children. Let them
be their children's companions; let
them be careful Of their own conduct
and aid their children physically. in
tellectually. morally and spiritually.
Don't leave their development along
these lines to the school, the streets
or the Sunday school. These agencies
should supplement. not be a substitute
for. the training at home. And let
the children give loving obedience to
their parents.-Rev. Benjamin e. Dick
haut, Presbyterian. Jamaica. N. Y.
1ow Manhood is Hemade.
God unmakes q man that he may
make him better. Some one has said
that next to not SHINING is the confes-
sion of sin. Remorse paved the way
to repentance and reconciliation Con-
science points the way to Christ, who
for us and for our salvation builds
again the walls of our ruined hopes.
The Bible begins in garden and ends
in garden. But there is difference
It's the difference between paradise
lost and paradise regained. 1t is the
difference between the child and the
man. between innocency and virtue.
between the ignorance of evil and the
conquest of evil. And between the two
stands the great and glorious revela.
ton of Christ. who Is mans second
man, the redeemer and restorer of
all that man has lost through sin
Now, Jesus Christ does this by inspir-
ing in men the hope and the faith that
they can be the men that they ought
to be and might be. 1t is this faith
that men need. Without 1t men will
sink lower and lower until they cease
to be Of value even in their own eyes,
Jesus Christ inspires faith, and this Is
the victory that overcomes-even our
faith. He does this by revealing be-
fore our eyes perfect manhood. He
has come over the path we tread and
has attained the summit. We see man
hood III him crowned and glorified.
The thing has been done and manhood
made in him glorious and supreme
Rev. DIR. Hugh T. Kerr, Presbyterian.
Chicago.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
Kind of People Needed.

We want a host of Christian men
and women with settled resolve to
do the bidding of Jesus and 90 out
into the streets and alleys and compel
Horn. Congregationalist, Seattle. Wash
SpirituaIizing Better Than Vitalizing
The world is not commercial colos
ual pygmy. We take too much pride In
our commercialism. TO spiritualiZe &
man is far greater than to vitalize him.
Rev. ]. f. Johnstone, Roman Catho-
lie. Boston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
What Christianity Consists OF.

Christianity consists of righteous
ness between man and man In daily
life 1t consists of mercy, charity, jus
tice, kindness, square dealing and
good works.-Rev. w. G. Partridge
Baptist, Pittsburg.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
The Homes Buiwark.

Marriage is the bulwark of the home.
1t makes. protects. safeguards and en-
mobiles 1t. Whatever interferes with
home life is an injury to society,"
Bishop Conaty. Roman Catholic, Los
Angeles, Cal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-17
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.

Gems Cleaned From the Teachings
of All Denominations.
Today is the best day In the history
Of the world. but tomorrow will be a
better day.-Rev. c. f. Aked, Baptist,
New York.
companionship.
or all friendships the sense of the
companlonship of the Man of Nazareth
is the most invigorating.-Re W. c.
Stinson, Reformed. New York.
Coming of the Kingdom.
1t is not God that fails. Ii is our
faith that fails. and the kingdom will
come when Gods people respond to
Gods call.-Rev. w. NJ. Vines, Baptist,
Brooklyn.
Divine Measure of Man.
When Christ measures Il man he does
not ask the man Of his failures He
says, Il measure man for his possi-
bilities. for what he is."-Rev. S. J.,
Cam, Baptist, East Providence, Il. l.
Effect of GodIiness on the Body.
Godliness has physical values. Chris
tan men can outstrike. outrun. outrow
the world. The Christian physical con.
stitution is the best in the world
Rev. John Flagg. Presbyterian, New
York.
Chance For Personal Workers.
The greatest work is not done by
the man who works in the pulpit, but
the greatest field lies open to the per
sonal worker the personal evangelist.
Rev. G. NJ. Boswell, Methodist, Balti-
more.