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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-05-12
osArr or LEWIS FIELDS.

Speaking OF the death OF Lewis
Fields. which occurred al FULTON. Fri.
day. the Leader says.
For nearly four years Mr.. Fields
battled yaiisntly against the ravAgcs
of tuberculosis he visited many
states In the Union ssarchinK TOT
that priceless jewel. good health.
Lewis Fields was a son Of the late
A. r. Fields aud OF Mrs.. Katherine
Fields. who IL yet living nj a ripe old
age. He vas born April 20. 1881. at
the old Fields homestead on state
lin" road. where Chan g. Fields now
lives. The early days of his life were
spent on the farm with his brothers
and sisters. Here be and a brother.
the late Smith Fields. took a great
interest In raising tobacco. The two
brothers founded a tobacco rchandl-
Ina house In Fulton where their
knowlcdge OF that product Of the soil
was utilized Accordingly the great
tobacco warehouse OF Fields Bros.
was erected and n was here that the
foundation Of Mr.. Fields immense
fortune was laid Al the time OF his
death he was a member OF the
board OF directors OF the City Nation.
al Bank and Identified with other
business enterprises
On day .. 1894. Lewis Fields. Of
Fulton. was married To Miss Georgia
lanler, Que OF the most popular
young ladies In Hickman. The cere'
nIony being solemnlsed IN St Louis.
The mediate members of the fam
l1U nh MAIZE hla
wife, Mrs. Georgia Fields. his moth
er. Mrs. Katherine Fields: his broth.
ers. Jas H.. Thomas ~. Peter IL,
End Chas. c.: his sisters. Mrs. II. IT,.
Davis. Mrs Mary Collins. aud Mrs.
Matte Fields. the latter OF whom
Ewes In ayfield.
The funeral took place Sunday at
q rnoon at Fulton at 2 o'clock at the
Methodist church. OF which he had
been an influential membor for 81
years.
Miss Mabel Wilson returned sun
day from an extended visit TO Miss
Katherine Jones, neal Hopkinsyllie.
She was accompanied home by Miss
Jones. w. G. Reed and Goalder John
son went 10 HopkiLsyllle Saturday,
returning with them.
Mrs. Mabel CASTOR. OF Jackson.
Tenn. Is the guest of Mrs. Rose
Prather. Mrs. CASTOR was formerly
Miss Mabel Reeves OF this city.
Mrs. VIM. Green, of Nashville, is
visiting Mrs. Holly Henderson. above
DOrena. Mrs. Green was formerly
Miss Ina Reeves. OF this city
Miss Lucille Robbins. OF New Mad
rid. Mo-. Is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. A. A. Faris.
Miss Dora Smith has returned from
a visit TO Nashville and Bowling
Green.
Miss Bonnie Carpenter left Tues
day for Nashville.
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All 10 Ready.

A $500 ton cargo OF pebble phos.
phats recently was shipped from
Florida TO japan
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Suitable Role.

Smoking cigarettes?" reprimanded
the bystander We'll. you are Just
killing your ambitions. You can never
grow up aud be a stage singer II you
smoke those things"
Well" responded the street boy,
as he blew another series OF rings, Il
can be the villain In a melodrama-"
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poRENA NOTES.
River Is rising

River il rising
J. N Tankersley vas In Charle
last week
Rev baty. OF Martin. sill pread
Locust Grove next sunday
John Fletcher closed bis schoC
Locust Grove last week and has
turned TO his home 10 East Prain|
J. Il Bryant vas in Charleston
week.
Jack White b. cutting bis alan
the first time this spring.
A number Of people from VOL
land and Hickman attended sf'
nj Locust Grove SUNDAY
Miss .ayme Pickett ot LICK
visited friends here last Week
SUNDAY school is progressing =
With a large attendance,
Il
We arr sorry TO reooT' lhal
Pearl Farmer Who has feoenuy
down with pneumonia b ho'
.. ~, m,|
an, nfs ~ = !. r,si,,ps her NOD
Mrs. sarah Han.
o
.,.,,
hard ram '''' H's
n = c,r,,o .pen, "Wednesday 4
u, y. Nu,''"
=" ''''"'"
Mrs. c. ~ Tra,is let hs l ,''..
for Columbia Tenn, to visit r's1
norl
Mrs. Holly h'nu'' sV 10, yashvI
and Mrs VIM 80, u''''' w.
y n Iohnson. Gene Blaheu|
X y. '1 n,S Nstbeny and J.
NJ. shaw Bud M ..aroi9s 10 AID
Easley ieil ,, ln,'
court In Fulton
II. ana, wonderful how that 'E''
eodys Coffee" took On VII, WIN :,
good people Of Hickman A''' I
store handles It.
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They CHANGED Their MInd,.

Phelps heard the people In your
town were determined to widen the
sidewalks?
Ives--They we're. but they have
changed their minds; thex concluded
II would be cheaper for them to let
the sidewalks alone and hope for a
change In the style OF women's hats.
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"Ah." sighed the small boy. a. he
rose with difiiculty from the turkey
feast. his eyes fairly flowing over
with the fullness OF his repast. that's
the stunt"
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How was the blonde when you saw
her last night"
she wasn't"
Wasn't whatf"
"A blonde"
Foolish Man.
He's very apt
10 hit tho moor.
Who keeps on sayfnsi
Just ono more"
J. A. Cotton. wife and children are
In Union City this week.
Miss Homer Green visited Mrs.
ottie May Tisdale In Union City last
week.
| have the grades and prices. DO
not forget TO have your grocer I'M
your orders with flour sold by Travis
Rev. j. Henry Balance, of Paducah.
has been named as the Prohibition
candidate for Congress In the First
District.
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Saw cIssnes for Gran.

An amusing inci6eSt we related
the other day by Lord Airedale. for.
merly Sir James Kitson. the famous
iron and steel manufacturer. When
he was raised 10 the peerage two
years ago. and IT was announced that
he had decided TO take the title of
Lord Airedale, he received com
munication from the Airedale Terriers
society saying II was understood he
had selected his title from their club.
and therefore they hoped he could
see his way to present good cup to
the society His lordship did not re-
spond to the reouest.-TitBits
Eccentric Character Gone.
Old Mr.. Forbes. the ballet girls
preacher. is dead at II. He travelled
here and there. and hither and yon.
holding meetings for ballet girls. IN
small towns as well as cities. Only
once he saw ballet girls on the stage.
He looked In for a minute. and then
hurried out Neither a borrower nor
q lender be" was one OF his sayings.
and he always gave outright. pointing
Out tnht 10 tenu money - 10 lose q
friend.-New York Press.
All 10 Ready.
Hubby, did you bring home my
new switch7"
Yep"
And my puffsr"
81 did"
How about my face powderr'
Here's you complexion. Now ret
busy and assemble yourself. Louis.
Vile Courier Journal
A $500 ton cargo OF pebble phos-
phats recently was shipped from
Florida TO japan.
%
schmidt's Tailor Shop is still over
Rice's shoe Store Come up.
For first class Tailoring Schmidt
the man.
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d.

Mrs. Rose Prather. OF State Line,
and Mrs. Mabel CASTOR. OF Jackson,
visited Miss Bonnie Carpenter Tues
day.
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when his airship started skyward
Friends heard him say:
II don't know where I'm going,
But I'm on my way"
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Hes a queer fellow"
How so?"
His wife went away for a months
visit this morning and he looks a.
glum az II she had missed the train"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-08

which are - or more feet below. Some
OF them screamed as they fell making
the rocks re-echo with their cries as
though the beautiful Andromeda were
still chained there. We had no trouble
with the customs. largely, l believe.
because our dragomen had given the
officers a liberal baksheesh. The exam
Ination was short, and within half
an hotirHufter landing we were COM
fortably housed at .the'Jerusalem hotel.
mention this hotel because 1t Is Kept
by man who was for long time our
American consular agent. His name
is Hardegg, and he spices his food with
n religious doctrine Of his own kind.
The hotel rooms are not numbered l. z.
8, ETC., but are named after the sons
of Israel and the various Old Tesla
ment prophets, and each of them con-
tains a book which Hardesg has writ
ten entitled "Bible Pills" 1t Is COM
posed Of texts from the Scriptures fit
ted to ones daily life.
The city Of Jaffa has now about So
900 inhabitants. OF whom $4,000 are
Mohammcdans. 10000 Christians and
1900 Jews. It has n considerable trade
and Is rapidly growing The rich plains
OF Sharon at the back furnish sesame,
grain and olive oil. while the highlands
OF Judea and Samarla produce wool
today as they did in the times Of our
Savior. All about the town are orange
groves. the fruit of which Is shipped
to all parts of the Mediterranean The
oranges are almost the shape of n
lemon, but they are of great size and
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JAFFA IN 1910.

. '.sa. d
tecting forgeries.' continued the doc
tor; for by means of 1t one can tell
the speed at which any document was
written. Now. since when n man
copies another persons writing he Is
almost bound to write slowly the find
ing of large number of pulse beats
in n signature Is prima facic evidence
that It is Il forgery, tho ordinary man
always writing his name Mt top speed"
Apart from his scientific researches
necessary for writing his famous work
on the Mammalian Eye" DR.. Lindsay
johnson has found time to interest
himself In criminoogy It may be re-
membered that he did important work
at the time of the Capt. Dreyfus trial
and again in the case of M. Ednlji. On
the latter occasion he received a let
ter of congratulation from Sir A. Con-
an Doyle, who expressed the wnrmest
admiration Of his methods and admit
ted that but for the theories DIR. Lind
say johnson had advanced Edaljl
might never have secured Justice
London Daily Mall.
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FROM EGYPT TO PALESTINE.

came here from Egypt. I took the
express train at Cairo and In four
hours was landed at Port Said, at the
mouth of the Suez canal, where l got
a steamer which brought mo to Jafra
of the Bible The depot from which
we started lies not far from the spot
where the guides say the baby Moses
lay in the bulrushes. and the railroad
runs over the old caravan route down
which Jacob and his sons came into
Egypt for corn and over which Joseph
and Mary must have brought the in
FAINT Jesus when they fed to escape
King Herod. the baby killer. We struck
the canal at Ismailia. about midway
Of the Isthmus of Suez. and thence rode
northward along its banks to Port Said.
Our steamer, was crowded with pill
grims from Russia. Egypt and north
Africa. There were many Americans,
French and Germans travelling first
class, and hundreds Of Syrians and
Egyptians going Storage. We left at
o'clock In the evening. and our first
view of the Holy Land came at
O'Clock the next morning We hal
been awakened at with the cry that
we were nearing shore. but this was a
ruse of the captain to get breakfast.
out Of the way before landing.
When first came up on deck nothing
but the sea was in sight, The sim
was about two hours high and the
sky. n light blue with long strcaks OF
heecy white drawn like a half-veil over
1t. fitted down into the ocean at the
eastern horizon. AS I looked 7 saw two
lines Of hazy gray rise up as It were
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out of the water, which roppled in
sapphire wavelets, caught by the sun.
The first line was the sandy beach
that edges the rich plains of Sharon
and the second the wall of smoky gray
which marks the hills of Judea or the
highlands of Palestine. Coming nearer
these lines increased in size, and the
first turned to dazzling white sand. out
of which little later the wooded green
strip of the port OF Jaffa came into
view. Nearer still we could see the
shipping In the harbor, and above and
behind it the walls of Jaffa, one Of the
oldest towns of the world.
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JONAH.
We get some idea of the age of Jaffa
from the story Of Jonah: for the Bible
says that it was from here Jonah took
passage upon the ship from which he
was thrown overheard into the mouth
Of the whale. He remained in the
whales belly three days, during which
time he prayed to the Lord. and the
Lord spake to the whale, whereupon he
was vomtcd out upon dry land. Jonah
was born about $50 years before Christ.
He was n baby when Homer was tell
ing the story of the Had, and q hun
drcd years had yet to ela2se
before the founding of Rome
I am not sure as to the exact spot
whore Jonah was taken UP by the
sailors and thrown into the sea. but
he Is snid to have been buried not far
from Jerusalem. and there are drago-
men in Palestine who will show you his
tomb.
Ever since Jonah's time sailors have
held a superstition against havinG
preachers on board. thinking that such
passengers bring back luck to the ship.
However. that may be. the harbor Of
.Taffn is one of the worst in the world.
It is always rough, and often it is i'm
possible to land. Upon our arrival the
sea was quiet, but, nevertheless, the
swell was such that the boats which
took us ashore bobbcd up and down and
the waves soaked our baggage before
reaching port.
AS 10 Jonah himself and his narrow
escape, one of our preachers on board
has quoted a new version for the rea-
son of his leaving the whale:
IT threw up JONAH" said the whale,
Who'd lately come to town;
II threw up Jonah,
For l could not keep u good man
down."
In coming in | looked about for a
whale. There was none in sight, al
though I am told they are still to be
seen in the Mediterranean In their
place, however, were many jellyhsh,
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FORGERY BETRAYED
BY HEART THROBS

In the midst Of the discussions on the
value OF the evidence of expert Wit
nesses in handwriting, a startling
theory with regard to individuality in
writing has just been elaborated by
DR.. Lindsay Johnson, the well known
ophthalmic surgeon and author Of
many scientific works.
Briefly, 1t may be said to depend
upon the fact that in a considerable
number of diseases Il PERSONS pulse
beats are individual, and that no one
suffering from any such diseases can
control, even for a brief space OF time,
the frequency or peculiar irregularities
of his hearts action, as shown by a
chart recording his pulsation. Such a
chart is obtained for medical purposes
BY means of the syhygmogrnph, an
Instrument fitted to a patients wrist
and supplied with needle which au-
tomatically records on q prepared
sheet of paper the peculiar force and
frequency of the pulsation.
Now. DR.. Lindsay Johnson maintains
that the pen in the hand OF Il writer
serves in a modified degree the same
end MS the sphygmogruph, and that in
persons handwriting one can see
by projecting the letters, greatly mag
nitied, on Il screen, the scarcely per-
ceptihe turns and quivers made in the
lines by the spontaneous action OF
that peraon's peculiar pulsation.
10 prove this" said the doctor, can
experiment was made by me at Char
ing Cross hospital, At my request
number OF patients suffering from
heart and kidney diseases wrote out
the Lords PRAYER in their ordinary
handwriting. The different manu-
scripts We're then taken ana oxamin-
ed microscopicaly. and by throwing
them, highly lnagnlned. on n screen.
When this was done the scarcely per-
ccptblc jerks or Involuntary motions
due to the patients peculiar pulsatlons
We're distinctly VISIBLE
The handwriting Of persons in nor
NAL health does not always show their
pulse beats. What one can say, how
ever. is that when document purport-
ing to be written by certain per-
son contains the traces of pulse beats,
and the normal handwriting of that
rcrson does not show them then
clearly tho document Is n forgery. F9
@ y consider that when pulse beats are
visible In n manuscript the theory is
of the greatest possible value in de-
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as sweet as honey. They are packed
IN boxes at the groves and are cartcd
down to the harbor on the backs of
camels. / met caravans of these huge
beasts swaying along as they made
their way to the steamers. More than
500 steamers and thousand sailing
vessels call here every year.
IN THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE
TANNER.
was taken through the native quar-
ters of Jaffa by young Syrian named
Moses. We went, together through
streets SO narrow and winding that car
riages could not enter them. and at
times were altogether shaded by the
houses, the roofs Of which almost
touched overhead. We entered several
of the dwellings. Each consisted of
but one room facing common court
where the men. women and children
We're herded together.
The house of Simon the Tanner was
destroyed some centuries ago. but
another house, which Is probably of
the same character stands on it's site
and tanning IS still done in the neigh
borhood. At least I judge as much by
the smell. This house Is now used as
a second class inn. It is a stone struc-
ture, built high up over the sea, with
steps outside. which lead to the sec
ond story and roof I climbed to the
top and there had about the same
view as that OF st. Peter at the time
of his remarkable vision In front of
me the blue Mediterranean stretched
out toward the west. AT the north
could be seen the sands reaching to-
ward the ruins of Caesarea and the
foothills of Mount Carmel. while ut the
south We're those near which Askalon
stood. 1t was here that ST. Peter had
that wonderful dream. in which all the
beasts of the world were let down from
heaven In n sheet, in order that he
might cat of them. You remember that
he refused. saying: mot so. Lord. for
I have never eaten anything that Is
common or unclean."
And then came voice. which said:
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4 Ill. il . .
What God has clcansca ~.
thou common" s'''e' cal not
~ was those words ,hot a.
t.na preaching OF tho rosnal -, ,tts v. led to
i.cs, bringing about the cnf,.,. .t'e gem
eI,ofneltns tho Roman cnn,nritsloh of
.,, on the preaching of Cbr;si ana
tho world. HtiHt 10 ALI
as my guido refreshed nv Nm,
iiiel,,orS with this story. no ian ", ,al
nn american who had visited M ', ni OF
WIN. ..Ii,i nun last week. Said Mos! i''tSs
,,,d 'i i, american was Il funny m,n
ana It seemed to me a foolish ny, man.
was not satisfied with sna,u one Ha
house, but he asked mo Ia sho Ss tils
Vision that st Peter saw. anh ,tn In, lhe-
co 70 know what had beconin ,ei NJ M
sheet. he said he did not tIt p' me me
ought to pay mo without / rc,,iJ iI'n y. nc
MIN the vision, but told him Jr'1 .i SNOW
could not do that without he ho Hiat e. |
had not" GUY mat he
., This American was probably ,oco.
.l out MS questions are not unIito
those of many Of the tourists Like ,ntL
Ignorance and superstition sttI,,,5s M''9se
lief. Many Of them credit ,ha ~, s,ar le-
or every guide, and tile% go apont lis e'
ing spots which they imagine To n, III
lowed by their connection MIN NJ ~
blplo' but of whose authenticity uo o are
knows. ~ one
AT THE TOMB or DoRcAs
But there is one thing mns, -.
.iofget ABOUT Jaffa. And that is tbs Vt
mere was porn the modern sewing No.,
ana might almost say tho Wn ,s ess,
Missionary society. You have All T tas
OF Dorcas, the queen OF the n neSLd
who was raised from the dead hr NV ~,
Peter. She was noted for the ya ns
ments che had made for the noor %na
at her funeral the people ratha ,'ti
round and showed specimens nr W. ~
needlework. which she had sewed an1
hemmed and stitched for them. 1''a
Ihis Dorcas lived two or three mil,,
outside Jaffa on hill which ha. -
commanding view of the country for
miles around. 1t overlooks the son ana
land, including thousands of acres ~" ~
orange groves and gardens containina
all kinds of fruits. The site OF her
house Is now occupied by a Russian
Greek Catholic church and a tomb ha.
been erected over her grave nearby
l drove out to the place, winding my
way in and out through orange groves
and up the hill to the church. HercI
met u Russian priest, who was no.
curing merit by guarding the bones Of
ehe SttilIt ~ Wiiose lloHOf prayers ara
said daily. 1t was with him that Wis
tied the tomb. 1t is of stone and is
rooted by dome. the whole being
covered with plaster. There is doc,
at the front. and by descending several
steps one can see the piece Of mosai1
which covers the spot where .Dorcas
lies. There are catacombs to the right
and loft containing the bones of saints,
and over the whole are magnificent
trees. g.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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of an opalescent blue. These fish were
as big as Il football, and of the shape
OF mushroom. There were hundreds
of them floating about and they
bumped again and again against the
hull as we lay there at anchor.
soLoMoN's TIMBER RATS.
In addition to the story of Jonah
there are many other we'll, authentl
Gated facts about Jaffn which make 1t
interesting 1t has always been the
chief port for the Holy Land. It was
at one time owned by the Phoenicians
and later when Solomon built the tenn
pie it was here that the timber used
in its construction was landed. The
most of this was cedar which came
from the forests of Lebanon, several
hundred miles up the coast. Tho logs
were dragged down the mountains and
thrown into the sea at Tyre and Sidon.
They We're there made into RATS and
towed to Jaffa, whence they were car
ried up to Jerusalem by camels and
men.
Jaffa was an important port in the
days Of the crusaders and was fought
for again and again. At one time It's
walls were overthrown by Saladin and
little later they We're rebuilt by. Rich
ard the Lion-hearted. who came here
in a valnattempt to rescue the holy sep
ulcher from the hands OF the Turks.
In addition to all this there is tradi-
ton that Andromeda, the beautiful
daughter of the king of this country.
was here chained to the rocks III order
that she might appease n huge sea
serpent which threatened to eat up the
people,. While. so imperiled she was
rescued by Perseus. who Killed the
monster, and married her. In Plny-s
time the historians state that the chains
by which Andromeda was bound to the
rocks are still to be seen. and that the
bones Of the sea serpent were carried to
Rome and placed upon exhibition there.
JAFFA IN 1910.
The Jaffa of today stands upon a
rocky bluff washed by the Mcditerran-
can sea. The city Is built right on the
rocks and its yellow. white and blue
houses come down to the waters edge.
They rise up the steep sides OF the
bluff, making a wall which cuts off the
view Of the country behind. At the
south of tho bluff, as far as one can
sec. are white sands. At the north
are orange groves and then more sand
AS we left the ship we came down
u gangway and were lifted into the
boats. Tho third-class and steerago
passengers were hung over the sides
of the deck of the steamer by the arms
and dropped down into the boats,
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TIE Important
Problem

confronting anyone In need of laxa-
tive is not question of a single ac-
ton only, but of permanently bene-
fetal effects, which will follow proper
efforts to live in a healthful way, with
the assistance Of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir Of Sienna, whenever it is re-
CURED. as It cleanses the system
gently yet promptly, without Irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference Of all who wish the best Of
family laxntives.
The combination has the approval
Of physicians because it is known to-
be truly beneficial, and because It has
given satisfaction to the millions Of
well.informed families who have used
it for many years past.
To get It's beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only,