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The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

A new 16-inch coast defense gun
which has been mounted on Sandy
Hook is SO powerful that when 1t is
fired 1t jars the earth six miles away.
People who have to live within a few
miles of the gun will be pleased to
learn that, owing to the cost of firing
it, it will not be used fo- daily prac,
tice.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

This is tho time when the infant
phenomenon epidemic Is raging in the
land. A lad Of is in Connecticut has
a license to preach. With children
filling pulpits in churches and chairs
fin universities, the wisdom of age and
experience must resign itself to 4
back seat.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
17-Year-Oid Boy Sentenced.

New York.-Death in the electric
chair was the sentence imposed Friday
upon Kajama Mados, the ~17-year-old boy
who shot and killed Selig Kern, a bank
er, during a raid on the private bank
of Herman & Selig Kern in Brooklyn.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

A New York banker says over sup
ply of gold is responsible for high
prices. Why not put some of the gold
in cold storage and let out some of the
eggs?
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

Three New York men have been ar
rested for stealing a railroad bridge.
That's what they get for failing to in
corporate under the laws of New Jer-
sey before they started tho stealing
game.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
Doctor Stole Bows Heart.

New York.-Because the body of the
son she loved was robbed of its heart,
Mrs. Mary Hassard has brought suit for
$4,000 against DIR. Timothy D. Leblanc.
She charges that DIR. Leblanc performed
an autopsy on the body, and illegally
distracted and retained the heart.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
He Captured Jeff Davis.

Seattle, Wash.-Because his discharge
from the army shows that he was one
of the two men who captured Jefferson
Davis, forty-ive years ago, john Wolen
was released from the city Jail on sus-
pended sentence. Wolen was convicted
Of "bootlegging."
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

o 10 MIS-. 1lnR-
ham and took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
and Liver Pills, and
am glad to say that
your medicines and
kind letters of di-
rections have done
o for me than
anything else and |
had the best physi-
clans here. / can
do nv work and rest
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

Thirty-slx million eggs held in cold
storage for a year! When they are
opened, there is likely to be ever a
bigger smell than that of the scandal
of keeping them so long in the face
of public need.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

A robber who successfully holds up
a train, seizes the registered mail, and
runs the locomotive back and forth.
may talk of insanity when caught, but
there's method in it.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
Flow of Gold Begins.

New York.-The long expected flow
Of gold to England to replenish the re-
serves Of the Bank Of England had its
inception Friday when s750,oo0 in gold
coin was engaged Tor shipment.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
Taft Attends Class Dinner.

New York.-Sixuy-ive memBer Of the
class Of Yale rs, among them the presi-
dent Of the United States, dined in pr.
vate Monday night at the University
Club in New York. There were no set
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
Eight Killed on Charleston.

Manila.-The report that a fatal acct.
dent had occurred on the United States
cruiser Charleston was confirmed Mon
day. Eight men were killed and sew
eral others injured.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

The University of Chicago now
claims the credit from Cornell Of
making hens lay ready-dyed eggs.
Surely. the collegiate triumphs of the
century are very uplifting to the race.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

France Is to send over here a corps
of young engineers to study u tele-
phone system. 1t is to be hoped they
will find a few lines which are not
busy"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

The tail of Halley's comet is ex-
pected to cover the world in a gaseous
envelope. There is no known method
by which the meters can be made to
register the extra supply.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
New Kind of Night Riding.

Lexington, Ky.-From many parts of
the white hurley district reports have
been received that the canvas coverings
placed over tobacco beds have been
stolen. The removal of the covering has
resulted in the killing Of the tender
nIanfs.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
Was Bripadier General Forty Years.

Buffalo.-Brig. Gen. Luke Tiernon, u,
S. A., retired, died here Wednesday. He
was a native of Indiana. He entered the
army as a second lieutenant OF the Third
artillery of Missouri in 1862, retiring
as brigadier general after forty years
continuous service.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
BRYAN at Barbados.

Barbados, B. W. I.-Wm. j. Bryan
arrived here Wednesday from Rio Janeiro
and left today for Porto Rico. From
there he will proceed to Venezuela.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

mor Marine Hos
pital for i e
months. I had a
dull pain in the
small of my back
t b a t completely
o me out. The
urine was in a ter
rible state, and
some days | would
pass half a gallon
of blood. / left
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
Hog Prices Tumble.

Louisville, Ky.-The price of hogs took
a sudden tumble here Friday. After
standing at $11 per hundrcdweight for
over a week, the price sid down to
S1075
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

Married men have been challenged
on a Chicago jury because they were
likely to be unsentimental. Evidently
in Chicago marriage ends sentiment.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

Texas is making excellent brown
bread from cotton seed flour. The
plant may yet feed as well as clothe
the worlS
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

The meat boycotters take up a
notch in their belts each morning
This keeps them in good standing on
the movement.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

Ambitious farmers who were think
ing of enlarging the hen branch OF
their industry are now giving active
attention to hogs.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
l8.Inch Snow in Michigan.

Detroit.-Eighteen inches Of snow is
reported at Tower, Mich. At Sault Ste
Marie the mercury fell 81 degrees Thurs
day night.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

What is the proper name for a
bunch of comets-covey, school. drove.
flock, swarm. herd, troop, pod, con.
stellation or shower?
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
In the Cleaning.

You were a long time getting me,
John, dear.."
And you were a long time waiting,
pet!'-The Circle.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

Look out now for an epidemic OF
spring fever, for which work and plen.
ty of 1t is the only cure.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

Of course, women are a trifie vain,
but did you ever e a man pass up
an opportunity to look in a mirror?
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

The Spanish letter fraud and the
old green goods game are children OF
the same father.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
.Pinkham's Vegetas
bic Compound Cured Her

Knoxville, Iowa. EEL suffered with
pains low down in my right side for a
wear or more and was SO weak and ner-
yyous that l could not do my work. /
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

The hens, alas. will soon begin to
contribute to next years supply OF
cold storage eggs.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
1ae way of the trangressor is hard.
II ne Is caught
Sunshine means gold dust for the
suburban real estate operator.

This has been a hard winter on
physicians. but even harder for their
patients.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
IN HOSPITAL FOR NINE MONTHS.
Awful Tale of Suffering From Kidney
Trouble.

Alfred J.. O'Brien, Second ST., Ster-
ling, Colo, says: Il was in the Balti-
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

They are going to mine diamonds
in Arkansas, regardless of the large
ice crop harvested this winter.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08

Horse meat Is. served in Chicago
with horseradish dressing. 1t is an
other line of attack on the beef trust.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-04-08
For Headache TRY Hicks CarudIne

Whether from Colds, Heat. Stomach or
Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Liquid-pleas-
ant to take-Effects Immediately. 10, %
and SOC at Drug Stores
The Washington herald., 1910-01-30

lion dollars each TO aid the project.
Other wealthy citizens have added
enough to bring the cash contributions
up TO s2.625.OOO altogether Governor
Hughes has recommended that the
state appropriate S2,500,000 New Jer-
sey is expected to appropriate sum
sufficient TO pay that states proper
tionate share in the undertaking.
Park Sixty three Miles Long.
This park will include more than
fifty square miles OF land II will ex
tend about sixty-three miles along the
west bank Of the Hudson and many
miles out into the Ramapo hills ad-
tacent to the Hartman home. Begin
ming at Fort Lee, n. j., opposite the
northern end Of Manhattan Island, the
central borough of Greater New York.
the park will reach to Newburg. n Y.
sixty miles above the northern limits
of New York city. II will include
nearly all the picturesque Palisades
Of the Hudson and all the Highlands OF
the Hudson fronting the river
For most Of its length the park will
be a "shoestring' strip along the Hud-
son shore, taking in the face of the
Palisade cliffs and the riparian rights
to the waters edge. The extension
westward into Orange and Rockland
counties. beginning about thirty five
miles north Of the city. viii constitute
the main body Of the park area. This
will include many square miles Of en-
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ticing woodland scenery, with hills
and valleys, brooks and meadows.
The Importance Of Palisades park as
one Of the worlds chief pleasure
grounds is obvious when one reflects
that New York. now second only TO
London in population. Is destined TO
become within q quarter OF a century
the most pOpulous city on the globe.
Approximately four and q half millions
Cf people reside now within the city
limits The city and its environs con-
stitUte the great show place Of the
continent, appealing more strongly TO
the visitor from Florida, Maine, Texas
or Oregon than TO the naive inhaDlt-
ant
While this new park viii be the prop
erty Of the two states and will be the
recreation ground OF the residents OF
the metropolis and its neighboring
cities. it will belong in a sense TO all
the people Of the United States. any OF
whom may enjoy its privileges when
visiting the city.
Many Beautiful Rivers.
Native New Workers imagine that
the Hudson river possesses a monopoly
Of scenic beauty until they travel
westward The Hudson undeniably is
picturesque stream. but the United
States is rich in rivers Of surprising
beauty The Columbia. flowing be-
tween Oregon and Washington. may be
cited. The Hudson is distinctive be-
cause of its Palisades, those rock cliffs
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rising from the west shore IN almost
continuous palisade formation for
many miles. But the Columbia also
has pallsade features. though more
rugged than those OF the Hudson.
From Portland up to The Dalles the
scenery along the Columbia on both
sides surpasses that Of any other
American stream. Hudson scenery Is
beautiful. Columbia scenery is grand.
That is the difference expressed IN
concrete terms.
There are palisades Of considerable
extent and beauty on the east shore
OF the Mississippi in the vicinity Of
Alton. Ill On the west shore Of that
ancestor Of waterways for hundreds OF
miles in northern Missouri and Iowa
the bluff formations, with verdant val
legs intervening. appeal with irresisti-
bic charm to the steamboat passenger.
There is a little known river. the
White. running through southwest
Missouri and northern Arkansas.
which, in the unclaSsic idiom Of an
Arkansaw traveller whom l met not
. long ago, "fer downright puTtyness kin
hang the Hudson's hide on the back
ing OF a Gould railroad for many miles
along the White river is the means OF
making that rural stream more widely
known and admired for its pOTphyry
bluffs and hanging gardens and its
vistas of water and woodland that
seem like visions in a dream, so en-
trancingly beautiful that the beholder
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PEELED them to evacuate. They mar
rowly escaped capture. A soldiers
monument 10 the memory Of the Revo-
lutionary soldiers has been erected at
Fort Lee. This will be one Of the first
art features 10 greet the eye upon en-
tering the park from the city. Across
the river and a short distance to the
south IS Washington point, a rocky
projection tutting out into the Hudson.
Below and east OF this lies Washing
ton. heights, now a choice Residential!
section OF the city. occupied by the
American army under Washington in
the early days Of the Revolution
Fierce fighting took place there.
The future park visitor may cross
from Washington heights TO Fort Lee
first basking in the spell of a view OF
the Palisades across the water which
IS an inspiration even to a dullard
From Fort Lee he may take the shore
driveway TO Stony Point, forty mile:
from the city, yet through the park
way all the distance.
Stony Point In the Park.
What recollecuons does Stony Point
call up? Don't you remember that in
YOUR school history you were thrilled
by the account Of Mad Anthony
Wayne's attack on the fortified British
al Stony Point? | acknowledge tha
IT was one of the things in the history
book" that made me as a boy yearn Il
emulate General Wayne The Ameri-
cans had begun to fortify this rocky
The Washington herald., 1910-01-30

from a car window scarcely can be-
lieve them 20 be real.
Several other states possess streams
which are calculated to hang the
Hudson's hide on the fence" But, for
all that, the Hudson is distinctive.
This rivers palisade wall is different
from all the others in its symmetry,
its continuity and in the GLORIOUS
growth Of trees that crowns the cliffs.
And here and there and yonder as the
noble river curves scenic surprises
leap out OF the topography 10 make the
passenger on the deck OF the Albany
steamer thrill with rapture.
Nowhere else in America would the
creation OF a great public park be
such a matter Of Importance We have
our big national parks-YOsemite, yell
lowstone and the others-but only an
infinitesimaI fraction OF the people can
visit them New York Is the nations
mighty magnet The metropolis draws
siehtseers from the entire country
This fact makes the Palisades park
project a national asset
Rich In Historic Sites.
+ Furthermore. the new park VIII be
opulent as to historic sites From
Fort Lee 10 Newburg the course Il
dotted with places where history has
been made An American force under
General Nathaniel Greene garrisonec
Fort Lee until Nov 20, 1875. wher
Lord CORVALLIS with 5000 redcoat:
advanced upon the patriots and com
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products because Of our failure to fer
tilize and keep up the producing power
Of our lands and 10 utilize the $4,000
600 acres Of arid lands In the west
Professor Surface, state economic
zoologist for Pennsylvania. says the
farmers are responsible.
c. H. Brown OF the National Asso-
citation OF Hosiery and Underwear
Manufacturers urges a national law
absolutely forbidding gambling in
staple products Mr. Browns drastic
measure would wipe out the wheat
pits md the corn corners.
The railroads are extOrting from
the people the trusts are extorting
from the people. the politicians are
woodworking the people," cries A c.
Barber, who founded the Diamond
match trust.
I'VE eat more and greater variety
Of food nowadays" says Professor
Milton Whitney OF tie bureau Of soils
in the department Of agriculture. De-
mand being in excess Of supply. prices
go up.
/ Why is the demand in excess OF the
/ supply? Millions OF acres Of arabic
/ land are lying idle Millions Of men
are eking out a hangdog existence In
the great cities. while farmers COM
plain that they can't get or keep hired
hands
A dozen years ago. when Mr.. Bryan
was preaching blmetallism. you could
buy fresh eggs in Missouri at to 10
cents a dozen You will pay for them
now IS to so cents Last winter ranch
eggs in California went up to a nickel
apiece. Eatable eggs in New York
this month cost As cents a dozen. But
ter costs 30 cents a pound there. Ba-
con costs from % to IS cents.
Have you observed that the restau-
rants. from gilded cafe to gloomy
lunch counter the country over. have
put new roofs on their charges fol
food the past year or so? The cheaI
place where we could get two fried
eggs for a dime a year ago nov
charges Is cents. The high class cafe
has added a dime or quarter to the
price of a porteThouse. while nicke
or so has gone to top of the cost o
each accessory TO the square meal
Are YOU aware also that in many cite!
the price &C bread. though 1t remains 1
nickel, really is greater than it used t
be because the baker makes the loa
smaller?
Insidiously this condition crawlet
upon the country at first; then sud
denly 1t leaped and landed with bot
feet all spraddled out That's VIII,
Uncle Sam woke up. Let us trus
that the Investigators may ascertain
what is causing the increase an
throttle the cause before we starve.
ROBERT DONNELL
The Washington herald., 1910-01-30

lance OF the road the city's name Is
shortened to "Shy." Similarly Kansas
City is Casey" st. Louis IS LOO" Gin
cinnati is Sin" The tramp has his own
language. just as he has his own sign
system; also he has his own ethical
standard. in which work is the prime
evil and free food the chief good.
American tram>e-there are half a
million OF them now-constitute a dis
tinct class. Why. then, should they
not have their national convention the
same as drummers. bankers OF edi-
tors? When they get together in con-
vention assembled they discuss ways
and means for keeping the hunger
wolf out of bowling distance at the
least expenditure OF physical energy.
Usually some benevolent soul like
James Eads How Of St. Louis, errone-
ously known as "the millionaire hobo,
addresses them in friendly spirit and
strives TO inculcate in them desire TO
work for their board and keep.
How is neither a millionaire nor
hobo. He is a college graduate who
of the Man Of Nazareth, as he inter-
pre.ed them, for his guidance. He has
chung to his highly ethical ideals for
years, refusing to use for his own
benefit a considerable sum OF money
which he inherited.
Here is the problem: Five hundred
thousand young men, three-fourths Of
whom are between the ages of sixteen
and twenty-one. are roaming around
/ the land during favorable weather and
/ are alternating in the cities in winter
time. About 80 per cent Of these
/ young fellows. it is estimated by stu
dents of the subject, develop into hu-
/ man wolves and prey upon the public
as a profession until they die Of ex-
posture. are killed by railroad trains,
shot by enraged farmers, hanged or
imprisoned. The other so per cent tire
of tramp lie after time and get back
into civilization, tainted. it is true, but
not entirely rotten
Let obody take 1t for granted that
the tramp's lot is easy. His is classed
among the extra hazardous occupa-
tons In period of five years recent.
ly ended 29.96i hoboes were killed anC
1926 were injured as a result of tres,
passing Oh railroad rights Of way
This would indicate solution by elimi
The Washington herald., 1910-01-30

says extravaganza. speculation, expan-
sion OF the currency supply and In
creased production Of gold all tend TO
make high prices.
Vice President Byron W. Holt OF the
American Association For the Ad-
vancement of Science thinks the soar
ing prices are due TO "a depreciating
money unit or standard OF value" By
this he accounts for the worldwide
rise Of the general price level in the
past twelve or thirteen years. He de-
clares there is no other cause.
Senator Clapp of Minnesota says IN
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What Causes Increased Cost Of Living?

equivocally that the new tariff law has
cost and is costing the American peo-
pie millions of dollars in increased cost
Of living. "The hing started with the
tariff increases" says this Republican
senator. ''and is going all along the line
apparently"
Senator Dick OF Ohio. brother Re-
publican, declares the present tariff
has nothing to do with the increase.
He ascribes IT to the increased pro-
duction of gold.
Senator Borah OF Idaho warns US
that we shall soon be importing food
The Washington herald., 1910-01-30

promontory on the Hudson. but Sin
Henry Clnton's Britishers drove them
out The British completed the forth
fications in their most approved FASH
ion. General Washington, sorely cha
grined ct the turn affairs had taken
determined 10 recapture Stony Point
Those completed works looked good to
him.
The commander in chief detailed An
thony Wayne with a corps OF the light
infantry TO take the fort General
Wayne divided his command into two
columns. each approaching from DIFF
ferent direction. The British poured
volleys into them. but the Americans
did not fire They made a bayOnet
charge Both columns arrived al the
fort simultaneously. Wayne with
wound in the head. The British fed
before the phalanxes Of bristling bayo-
nets. They were driven into the inner
( Businesses Of the fort and surrendered
$40 Of them. The Americans found
that they could not hold the fort. but
they destroyed il. The site Of the fort
has been q public state park since 1897.
Re-enlFTlLs MS culpLiuullr VI CdI .
rage. the visitor may travel ten miles
farther and pause 70 inspect the
United States Military academy al
West Point. right in line with the great
new park.
/ Generations to come VIII enjoy the
/ increa sine privileges and the enduring
7 scenery Of this playground. rescued
. Fror, raDdn1 hands after an &c long
/ struggle by the operation Of the win Of
a dead man who. whel. living. cata-
pulled his way through every obstacle.
They may raise a bronze statue OF
Mr. Hartman somewhere on the
grounds. but Palisades park viii be a
S5,For,+ yv,rv-,0rfo1
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AA4b q PVNNs gGN NA4S AAAeA@- 49,
\ = ceived two immortal epics.
One Of them he wrote in lines Of steel
that stretch from ocean TO ocean-a
railroad Had of Homeric grandeur.
The other epic he dreamed. dying be-
fore he could transmute the unsub-
stantial fabric into fact This dream
Of Mr. Hartman was the preservation
Of the Palisades and the Highlands OF
the Hudson river and their creation
into q park. with the addition Of tracts
Of land reaching westward into the
Ramapo mountains Vastly more po-
etic and aesthetic was this conception
than that Of the railroad system Now
the dream is about to be realized An
interstate park. New York and New
Jersey participating, Of more than ma
tionaI interest IS to be created This
will be Mr. Harriman's most enduring
monument
On his deathbed at Arden. in the
Ramapo foothills the railway wizard
requested his wife to carry out his in
teutions regarding this park. Now
Mrs. Hartman has donated to the
state OF New York about 10000 acres
Of land in Orange and Rockland coun-
ties, TO be held in perpetuity as state
park, and has given TO the common
wealth a million dollars for the &C
quirement Of other land to connect the
Hartman tract with the Hudson riv-
eT'S west shore.
Shortly after the Hartman gift was
made public Governor Fort OF New
Jersey announced that several citizens
Of his state had donated from 5000 10
5000 acres of land in the Greenwood
lake district to increase the park
area. Greenwood lake lies partly III
New Jersey and partly in New YORK
In furtherance OF the Hartman plan
John D. Rockefeller and J. Pierpont
Morgan have contributed half a mil
The Washington herald., 1910-01-30
BY ROBERTUs LOVE.

Y OBODY ever accused the late
Edward II. Hartman Of be-
ing a poet, yet the man con-
g ceived two immortal epics.
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nation but for the fact that the $4,000
removed thus every FIVE years make but
small dent in the solid phalanX Of
material that still moves from place
TO place. seeking that there is 10 be
deVoured without working for it
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FOOD PRICES DOUBLED.

Figures showing percentage
OF increase in cost of foodstuffs
in New York city for thirteen
year and eight and one-hah
year periods. As per cent of av-
erage wage earner's income be-
ing sDent for food: