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The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Boats That Nature Built.

Man makes the largest seaEoing
vessels, but nature constructs the
smallest. This, a species OF jellyHsh,
is found only in tropical seas, and It
has a sail.
That part of the fish that is sub
merged resembles a mass of tangled
threads, while the sail looks like a
tough membrane, shaped like a shell,
and measuring quite five inches or
more across. The jellyfsh can raise
or lower this sail at will.
Knowing seamen avoid contact with
this curiosity of nature, for the rea-
son that each of the threads COM
posing its body possesses the power
Of infiicting a very painful sting. This
sting enables the jellyfish to defend
itself from porpoises, albatrosses and
other natural enemies.
1t may be added that this odd little
creature has no other means of loco
motion aside from it's sail. When seen
skimming along the surface OF the wa
ter it closely resembles a child's toy
boat, giving no indication whatever OF
a living creature in search OF food
Harper's Weekly.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
STOOD WHERE SHE WAS PUT
Wife oheyed Orders to the Letter, But
Unfortunately Workbench Moved
Post Hole.

In a western state workmen began
to dig a post hole for an electric light
in front of a Dutchman's dwelling,
when the master forbade them to con-
tinue. After some discussion the
Dutchman babe his wife stand on q
large, fiat slate with which he COW
cred the hole. Now, Gretchen he
said, "dat ish where you shtands till
I comes back NIT Elm enjunction.' The
solid frau stood there like a statue,
her hands on her hips. When the
husband disappeared. the leader OF
the workmen ordered the slate, with
the frau on 1t, to be removed. With
perfect politeness the lady was set on
one side as If she had been a fat tea
pot on a salver. The Dutch wife stood
like Casabianca, but the hole was well
in its place when the householder re-
turned with the Injunction. He was
overcome with establishment and
wrath. IVY vas you not stood on dat
hole?' he demanded of his wife. 1T
was on dis stone dat you a puts
me" she answered. He looked at her
in helpless Indignation a moment, and
then cried: Il vas not mean dat you
shtand on dat stone ven dat hole was
carried away!"-Christian Register.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Weddina Fee Counterfeit.

A well-dressed stranger entered the
office of Justice William B. Williams,
Montclair, N. j., and after shaking
hands astonished the justice by say
ing: I'm here to redeem that coun-
terfeit $40 bill l passed on you. Two
years ago l called on you with my
girl and two witnesses and you mar
ried us. l handed you a $40 bill. !
had a counterfeit in my pocketbook
that I'd carried for several years. ]
never missed it until yesterday. Then
| remembered that I'd accidentally
handed you the bill" The caller pro-
duced a good $40 bill, but the justice
refused to take it. Don't let that
worry you, my dear fellow" he
laughed. Il never knew it was a
counterfeit. No kind of money sticks
to me over night. I'm married, my
self"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27

key, he would come in time to get
some sort of breakfast. l stood on
the huge veranda and watched him
shuttle along down the shadowy drive
with mingled feelings-irritation at
his cowardice and thankfulness at get
ting him at all. l am not ashamed
to say that l double-locked the hall
door when l went in.
you can lock UP the rest of the
house and go to bed, Liddy," said
severely. you give me the creeps
standing there. A woman of your age
ought to have better sense" 1t usual
ly braces Liddy to mention her age;
she owns to 40-which is absurd. Her
mother cooked for my grandfather,
and Liddy must be at least as old as
l. But that night she refused to
brace.
You're not going to ask me to lock
up, Miss Rachel" she quavered.
why, there's a dozen French win
dows in the drawing and the bill
lard room wing, and yer one opens
en- a porch. And Mary Anne said that
last night there was q man standing
by the stable when ahe locked the
kitchen doo1."
"Mary Anne was a fool" said
sternly. IF there had been a man
there she would have had him in the
kitchen and been feeding him what
was left from dinner, inside of an hour,
from force of habit. Now don't be
ridiculous. Lock up the house and go
to bed. / am going to read"
But Liddy set her lips tight and
stood still.
I'm rot going to bed" she said. I
am going to pack up, and tomorrow
| am going TO leave"
You'll do nothing of the sort /
snapped. Liddy and / often desire to
part company, but lever at the same
time. IF you are afraid, / will go
with you, but for goodness sake don't
try to hide behind me-"
The house was a typical summer
residence on an extensive scale.
Wherever possible, on the first floor.
the architect had done away with par
titions, using arches and columns in
stead. The effect was cool and spacis
GUS, but scarcely coy. As Liddy and
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27

scruples about coercing peoples serv-
ants away, but few of us have any
conscience regarding institutions or
corporations-witness the way we
beat railroads. and street car compan-
les when we can-so l called up the
club, and about eight o'clock Thomas
Johnson came to see me. Poor
Thomas!
Well, it ended by my engaging
Thomas on the spot, at outrageous
wages, and with permission to sleep
in the gardeners lodge, empty since
the house was rented. The old man
he was white-haired and a little
stopped, but with an immense idea of
his personal dignity-gave me his
reasons hesitatingly.
81 amt sayin' nothing, Mis- Innes,"
he said, his hand on the door-knob, but
there's been goin's-on here this las
few months as amt natchal. 'Tain't
one thing an faint another-it's jest
a door squealin' here, an a winder
closing there, but when doors an
winders gets to cuttin' up capers and
there's nobody nigh 'em, it's time
Thomas Johnson sleeps somewhar's
else"
Liddy, who seemed to be never
more than ten feet away from me that
night, and was afraid of her shadow
in that great barn of a place, screamed
a little, and turned a yellow-green.
But l am not easily alarmed.
1t was entirely in vain l represented
to Thomas that we were alone, and
that he would have to stay in the
house that night. He was politely
firm, but he would come over early
the next morning, and If l gave him a
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
(, rr~ Rnmconm Dnv~w

I went from one window to another,
our voices echoed back at Is uncom-
fortably. There was plenty Of light
the electric plant down in the village
supplied us-but there. were long Wis
tas of polished floor, and mirrors
which reflected us from unexpected
corners, until / felt some OF Liddy's
foolishness communicate itself to me-.
The house was very long, a rectan-
gle in general form, with the main en-
trance in the center of the long side.
The b~rick-paved entry opened into a
short hall, to the right of which, sepa-
rated only by a row of pillars, was a
huge living room. Beyond that was
the drawing room, and in the end the
billiard room. Off the billiard room,
in the extreme right wing, vas a den,
or cardroom, with a small hall open
ing on the east veranda, and from
there went up a narrow circular stair
case.
Liddy and / got as far as the card
room and turned on all the lights. l
tried the small entry door there,
which opened on the veranda, and ex-
amined the windows. Everything was
secure, and Liddy, a little less ner-
vous now, had just pointed out to me
the ~disgraceful dusty condition OF the
hardwood floor, when suddenly the
lights went out. We waited a mo-
ment; l think Liddy was stunned with
fright or she would have screamed.
And then l clutched her by the arm
and pointed to one of the windows
opening on the porch. The sudden
change threw the window into relief,
an oblong of grayish light, and showed
us a figure standing close, peering in.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Companion Piece OF a Painting In the
Frankfort Museum ls In !,
America.

One Of the most widely-known col.
lectors of old masters in this country
recently has acquired from thu Enrich
galleries two fer his collec-
ton. These are Portraits Of Frau
Urmiller and Daughter" by a Suabian
master of about 1895. and q Portrait
Of a Venetian Lady" by Bernadino
Licinio (about 1540).
Especially interesting in connection
with the example of early South Ger
man portraiture is the fact that It is
the companion piece to e painting in
the Frankfort museum, representing
Herr Urmiller and son.. Until four or
five years ago the Frankfort work was
always attributed to and admired as d
Holbein. The latest criticism, how
ever. has attributed the painting 70
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
A Famous Picture Matched

some unknown but extraordinary mas
ter who painted in the n~eighborhood
of Augsburg in the first half of the
sixteenth century.
Licinio, whose work consists prin-
cipally of portraits and family groups,
worked during the greater part of his
life In Venice and indicates the In.
luence of Titan. Examples of his pic.
lures are found in the principal gal.
leries of Europe. The delicacy Of out.
line. richness Of color and purity of
condition make the picture recently
acquired from the Enrich galleries a
notable example of Licinia's work.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
public Library Has Roof Garden.

New York's first roof garden to
open this season vas opened on the
roof of the Hamilton Fish park branch
of the public library. 1t is a chill
dren's paradise, with gayly striped
awnings to protect against sun or
showers, and on the newly painted
green tables big vases of lilac and
dogwood blooms.
And over in n corner OF the roof
garden Hans Christian Andersen's
story of The Ugly Duckling" was
read out of a big blue and gold fairy
book by Miss Eva Wheelock, the as
sistant librarian, who rejoices in the
nickname of peter Pan" Twenty
five small children on rs small bam-
boo stools surrounded Miss Wheelock,
and at exciting crises in the tale the
tiny stools would tip away forward till
their legs were lifted several inches
in the air. When the exciting mo-
ment was past down they settled
with a thump, only to rise again a
few minutes later. They literally
hung on the words of the speaker
New York World.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
CHAPTER II.
A Link Cuff-B Button.

Liddy's knees seemed to give away
under her. Without a sound she sank
down, leaving me staring at the win
dow in petrified amazement. Liddy
began to o under her breath, and
in my excitement l reached down and
shook her.
stop it," / whispered. tits only a
woman-maybe a maid Of the Arm
strongs'. Get up and help me find the
door," She groaned again. Very
WELL" I said, then I'll have to leave
you here. I'm going"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Don't Risk Your Life

BY neglecting Constipation. 1t leads to
~autotoxemia. There is just one right rem
edy for Constipation, that is NATURES
REMEDY tNR tablets). It's different
from all others because it is thorough, it
the kidneys, cures Dyspepsia and Rheu-
matism. Its easy and sure to act. Take
one to~night-you'll feel better in the
morning. Get a 25c Box. All Druggists.
The A.. HI. Lewis Medicine Co., st. Louis.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
From Habit,

Life Insurance Agent-The company
has rejected your application on the
ground that you lied in your answers.
Why did you say that your circulation
is good?
Mr.. Koloom-Honest, / couldn't help
it. That's my business. You see, I'm
advertising manager on the Daily
Boomer.-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Hint to Autoists.

Maggie see you out in Harry's au-
to all the time. / didn't know you
liked him better than Jack.
Marjorie-I don't. But the color of
his car harmonizes better with my
automobile coat.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27

Jack sent me a handsome mirror
for my birthday"
"Ch, that accounts for it."
Accounts for what?"
Yesterday he asked me if a woman
ever got too old to be pleased with a
looking-glass."
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
Appreciation.

"That successful poker player GER
tainly paid a tribute to his winning
game when he selected his handsome
home"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
PAS Conclusion.

what is an old adage, pa?"
Generally speaking, an old chest
nut. my son."
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27

The man who plants a ladder never
knows what will come up.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27

First Burglar-I've been in the very
best houses in town.
= Second Burglar-I am much sought
after myself.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27

AS l looked it darted across the YER
anda and out of sight in the darkness.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-05-27
The Idea.

Don't you know he built it on a
bluff"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
DON'T BE BALD.
Nearly Anyone May Secure a Splendid
Growth of Hair.

We have remedy that has a rec
ord OF growing hair and curing bald
Hess in SO out of every 100 ease8
where used according to directions 70.
a reasonable length of time. That
may seem like a strong statement
it is, and We mean it to be, ana
no one should doubt it until they
have Int our claims o an actual t. st.
We are SO certain Rexall 1913" Hair
Tonic will cure dandr.. IF, prevent bald
ness, stimulate the scalp and hair
to1ts stop falling hair and grow new
hair, that We personally give our
guarantee to refund every penny paid
us for it in every instance wherl i
does not give entire satisfaction 70
the user.
Rexall "93" Hair Tonic is as pleas
ant to use as clear spring water. 1t il
delightfully."- perfumed, and does not
grease or gum the hair. Two sizes,
soc and $100. With our guarantee
back of it, you certainly take no
risk. Sold only at our store-The
Rexall Store. Dodson's Pharmacy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
new BAKERY IN AMERICUS
Is READY FOR BUSINESS.
Conducted By Young Ladies
Skilled in the Art.

In the establishment of the Ideal
Bakery" Americus has needed en-
terprise, and one that is certain to
prove winner for the young ladies
it. In the building for
merly occupied by TIE Times-Recordol
Misses Sallie johnson and Mabel Cal
laway, of Americas have opened Il
high class bakery which, as it's name
indicates, is Ideal" in fact They
have employed an expert baker and
are now read y to serve the pub C
with the finest hot bread, rolls AM
cakes every day, fresh from the oven,
while you wait. The enterprise OF
these young ladies fully merits, and
will receive, the cordial support OF
people here and in the surrounding
towns and country, who appreciate the
best in breads, cake and pastry Their
telephone is 40.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
FILM PLANNED TO FINISH
IN change OF MONEY
Short Change Men Worked
Graft in Americas.

Not a few Of the adolescent youth
of Americas who went up against
short Change" and flim-ham artists
at the circus here Saturday are Say
their good So bills and have but par
try "one-spot" in it's place. 1t was
the old game, but it worked easy
here. In a pretCAlded attempt to give
citizen S. in change for a IS bill,
a 81 bill was cleverly substituted Tor
the "fver," and the nice young man
with his girl upon his arm probably
did not detect the "error" until he
went to feed the peanuts to her later.
The trick was worked outside the
tent, where visitors were likewise
EelI up openly by ticket sellers who
demanded sixty cents for general al
mission tickets, instead of fifty cents,
the advertised price, and got it, Many
cases of short changing" have been
reported since the show departed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
CIRCUS AFRAID OF "BRIDGF"
unlike The LADIES
Why Parade Was Switched
From Lee Street.

Widle anything pertaining
bridge" strikes a popular cbar5
Amenieus, circus people ob5NS
from the danger that turks baSo,,%
and for that reason Lee street mis-.
ed seeing the big parade of the W.,
iace-Hagen5eck show here IN g..
urday.
There is a bridge on Lee street f..
wooden structure across the Seab,,,,
railway tracks.
The circus parade was first ON.
lined that way-along College to Ian
and thence back to the show grounds
via Jackson, but when Mr.. Wan,oa
looked at that Lee street bridge gam
ne quietly switched.
1t might have crushed through h.
meath the great weight of elenbants
and circus vans, thus entailing ,
great loss to the circus COMPANY
The show played Columbus yasta.
day and will drop in upon Inmpk,,
today. 1t will delight the Dawso,
ians tomorrow, and after one or tn,
otter small town stands will co.,
over into Albany for a week Or fan
days.
Owing to poor business this season
the circus will close down about the
goth or 25th inst, two weeks earlier
than first planned
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11

Life insurance for the man of mol
crate means-the Iaboring MANTLE
man who is not financially able to in.
vest HIS earnings in an insurance pol
icy which requires the payment eff 4
big annual premium, has been pro
fiedd ut last by the organization OF
the Westinghouse Life Insurance
Company, of Georgia. whic1 has is
headquarters in Dawson, Terrell
county.
Intent upon selling the largest pos
sible policies and thereby securi :
the biggest returns, the insurance
companies which have done business
in the state in THE past have concer>
trated their efforts upon the business
man, the banker, the capitalist, tae
man who was able to buy insurance
by the wholesale and to pay big pre-
miums on it. The big city las been
the center of their activities.
Man Who Earns Small Salary.
In the meantime, the man who
needs insurance most of all, the nun
who earns a small salary and whose
death or physical disability meals
actual want and perhaps starvati IN
or the poor house for the family, HIS
been neglected and forced to content
himself with the prospect of being able
to save enough from his salary
to shield his wife and children from
poverty when death or misfortune
has laid its hand upon him.
But the scope of the insurance field
il by no means bounded by tie lim.-
tations Of the cities. In the smaller
towns and cities ami in the rural dis
tricts of Georgia there are hundreds
of thousands of lives that are insur
able and the only reason they are lJt
insured is because insurance com
panies have been busy in writing big
policies, and big policies. as a rule,
are beyond tie reach of the laborng
class.
Realizing this fact, the Washing
ton-Lee Life Insurance Company was
organized as an old line life insur-
ance company, End will put energy
into the intermediate class of insur-
ance which is designed especially. for
the man who cannot afford to speul
the bulk of his salary in paying pre-
miums on life insurance.
intermediate insurance means tae
writing of policies of not less than
800 and not more than $500 on one
life. 1t means that the man who can
not afford to buy $1,000 of Insurance.,
even of the cheapest premiums, which
vary from $24 to $26 per thousand
(taking tile cost at 50 years of age as
basis), is afforded the opportunity
of buying the intermediate class Of
insurance in amounts of 500 up 20
$500 at the rate of $500 per year, o.
cents per week for each $780,
According to His Means.
The rate on intermediate insurance
is, of course, the same that it is on
any other kind of insurance, but the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
LIFE INSURANCE PROVIDED
FOR MAN OF MODERATE MEANS

advantage lies in the fact tat a man
may secure insurance according to
his means, and is allowed to pay pre-
Imiums in proportion to his salary.
While the company will write tho
regular standard forms from s1O51
upward, particular attention will bo
paid to the intermediate class.
The brilliant prospects of success
which lie before TITS "home nsnr-
ance" company is apparent when It is
considered that this class of insur-
ance in Georgia has been practicable
untouched. The Northern companies
whicI write the intermediate el9,s
have not mad time to go into ia.
smaller towns and outlying districts
The opportunities of the city have
been too enticing and the harvest has
been too great.
Insurance reports SLOW that in the
state OF Georgia that are 1,161SlS
lives that are insurable. of which only
112,SS1 are insured, or 9.72 per cent
By those figures it is clearly shown
that in Georgia there are today 1919
goo lives insurable, and the vast ma
joritg of them are tie class of peope
to whom the intermediate class Of N,
surance will appeal.
BY the intermediate plan of insur-
ance, taking the lowest amount of in
surance that can be written, 500 for
each person, the Westinghouse
company has a field equaIling $1O4,-
100000 of possible insurance. Should
only 10 per cent. of this business be
written it will amount to $1O,4S9,37r,
with premium income of $272, 1925
The magnificent possibilities Of the
company are readily apparent.
Sentiment Developing.
Another feature which augurs well
for the success of the Georgia COM
pany is the fact that strong senti-
ment is developing against sendins
life insurance premiums away from
home The South in 1907 sent S6}.
100000 in life insurance premiums 10
New York, and the idea that this
money had best be kept in the South
instead of sending j. to enrich oth2r
sections is rapidly gaining ground.
The incorporators of the company
in view of the class of business to
which they propose to pay particular
attention. have chosen well in the Sc
lection of its location. Southwes;
Georgia is tile coming section of Geo.
gia and the South and Dawson is IA
the heart of it.
Backed by some Of the stronge"
ana best known citizens Of the stare
whose financial standing and bust
ness integrity is unquestioned, the
success of this latest "home insur-
ance" company is already assured.
Tie organizers of the company arc
]. r. Mercer. ]. G. Dean. J. NJ. Bell
r. l.. SaviIe, NJ. J. Yeomans and }
e. Morris. From this board OF o.
ganizers the following trustees were
elected: J. r. Mercer, J. G. De'A
and J. NJ. Bell.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
SKIN AND SCALP TROUBLES
YIELD TO ZEMO

A clean liquid preparation for ex-
ternal use. w A. Rembert's drug
store is so confident that ZEMO Will
rid the scalp and skin of infant ~
grown person of pimples, bhackheads
liandruff, eczema, prickly heat, ras les,
hives, ivy poison or any other form
of skin or scalp eruption that they
will give your money back if you
are not entirely satisfied with the re-
suits obtained from the use of ZEMG.
The first application will give
prompt relief and show an improve
ment land in every instance where
used persistently, will destroy the
germ life, leaving the skin in clear
healthy condition.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
CAPTAIN AMERICUS RUN DOWN
BY A LARGE TOURING CAR
Worlds Greatest Act Performed Here
Again Today.

Run over iby "a touring car contain
ing four heavyweight men, as he lies
prostrate in the street, will be tae
startling stunt of Captain Americas
this afternoon. This will take place
at 4:30 o'clock in front of the opera
house, where Captain Amerious ap-
pears tonight in his wonderful feats
of strength. The large car of Mr..
Thomas B. Hooks will be the one
used this afternoon and, with its foar
occupants, will have a gross weight
of more than 1000 pounds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
EX-CHIEF OF POLICE
is KILLED in MILNER

Macon, Ca, October 10.-Ex-C Chief
of Police Garden, of Miner, was shot
and instantly killed yesterday, pre-
sumably by one Cauly, a brother OF
the Cauly who was killed by Card /
a few years ago. Young Cauly had
on a United States uniform accord
ing to the information received here,
and was out on furlough
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
SESSION OF SCHLEY COURT
OPENED ON MONDAY
Judge LittlejOhn is Presiding There
This Week.

Superior court in Schley was con
vened yesterday with Judge z. A. Lit
tlejohn presiding and Solicitor Cen
eral Jas. R. Williams regarding with
eagle eye the few Indicators there.
Light dockets as usual awaited them.
and tie session will continue but a
day or two longer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-10-11
ANNOUNCEMENT

We hope to into new building the
corner of Jackson and Forsyth streets now in few
weeks and prior to removal have good many
things want to close out entirely and others the
quantities of which wish to reduce greatly before
moval In order to do this going to offer special
inducements in the following lines to
FOR THE CASH ONLY.