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The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31

adored each other Anita was Carl.
baldi's first and only love, and she
was just the sort of wife for such n
man. She shared his terrible hard.
ships without word of complaint.
laced Wretched poverty with a smile
and walked serenely with her warrior
husband on the ragged edge of mortal
danger.
In battles she fought, sword In
hand, at his side. Once, during a
| charge, when soldier fell dead, she
| snatched up the slain mans musket
and continued to load and fire it un.
til the enemy retreated. In a South
American sea fight once the deck of
Garibaldi's ship was swept by a hail
of shot and shell that drove many of
the defenders to the shelter Of cabin
and forecastle. Garibaldi paused in
his task of commanding the maneu.
vers long enough to shout to Anita to
go below for safety.
81 will go!" she cried, "and drive
back to the deck those towards who
are skullling down there. Then I'll
join you again."
In a battle far inland Anita was cut
off from her husbands troops and
found herself surrounded by the en-.
envy. She was ordered to surrender.
Instead she fired both her pistols into
the ranks of her foes and put spurs
to her horse. She broke through the
hostile line, but her horse was shot
dead and, dismounted, she was unable
to escape. When captured she waited
for nightfall, then stole horse and
galloped into the forest. The enemy
Warrior Woman pursued her, She
was forced to
swim a swollen
river, clinging with one hand to the
tail of her horse, and for several
days fled without food or shelter
through the wilderness. 1t was a
week before she could shake off her
pursuers and rejoin her husband. At
another time she had to ride in wild
fight from the enemy, carrying her
12-day-old son across the saddle in
front of her.
To Anita's inspiration much of
Garbaldi's later fame is due. He
went home in 1S47, taking her with
him. There he fought once more for
1taly's freedom and was again forced
to flee for his life. Privation and ex-
posure had proved too much for Anita
After her husbands defeat she sick
ened and died in Ravenna, in 1S49.
Garibaldi, heartbroken, fled to Ameri-
ca, where he settled for a time on
Staten island, only to rush back, at
the first chance, to his native land,
there to continue the fight for liberty,
until all Italy was at last free. Then
the lonely hero who had done so much
for freedoms cause refused all titles
and rewards, retired from public life
and ended his days as farmer on o
little Italian island he had bought.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget OF State News Items Gathered BY Or SOal
Correspondent At Jackson.
Fixing Legal Rate of Interest.

There was action of significance at
Doth ends of the capitol Monday, and
TWO busy and interesting sessions of each
mouse held in consequence. The most
important legislation which has been at.
tempted for the past ten years, and has
been lncesslntly demanded, was that
eliminating in the passage by the house
after practically all day debate of two
bills, the one fixing the contract rate of
interest on money borrowed or nego-
liable paper OF any class at rate not
10 exceed eight per cent per annum. The
other Was IA bill which eXcmpts from tax
alton all money loaned in the state,
whether by residents or non-residents at
a rate of interest not exceeding 6 per
cent per annum. As indicating the di.
vision of opinion on the six per cent. ex-
emptlon bill, the close vote of As to 43
is significant, while that on the contract
rate interest bill was nearly unanimous,
at II to IA. Both these bills are heart
lily endorsed by the Farmers Union, and
1t is believed will become laws at this
session.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Evils of Alcoholism.

Mr.. Langston called up the house bill
requiring the state board of education
to furnish to each county superintendent
placards containing, in legiblc charac-
ters, the rules and maXims concerning
the evils of alcoholism on the human
system, also the rules of the state board
Of health for the prevention and cure of
made to indefinitely postpone the bill,
which proved abortivc, and the bill was
passed with Il few votes to spare.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
GREAT LOVE STORIES
- or HISTORY -
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE
GARIBALDI AND ANITA
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERIUNE
Copyright by the Author.)

n stocky, red-bearded man paced a
steamships deck, telescope in hand.
From time to time he halted and
through his glass scanned the Bra
lillian shore, past which his vessel was
churning its slow way
The redbearded man was Giuseppe
Garibaldi a young Italian sailor. He
mad taken part in an attempt to free
Italy from the tyrannical yoke of Aus
tria. The plot had failed and he had
escaped to South America. There he
had plunged eagerly into the maze of
revolutions that have always con-
vulsed South American states. Carl
baldis genius as born military lead
er made his services valuable.
He joined the party that was in re-
bellion against the Brazilian empire
and won series of brilliant victories
against stronger foes Several times
he was badly wounded, more than once
was taken prisoner and at one time
was put to torture. From place to
place in South America he wandered,
always drawing his sword for liberty
and against oppression. 1t was on a
day when his fortunes were at their
eDb that he sailed past the Brazilian
village of Barra, examining the shore
through his telescope.
ss,s e,.,, ,,s- All at once the
1hv.,,z. ro, glass was held
e' stationary. Carl
paid, had seen the lovely face of a
Creole girl looking from a window in
the distant village. Long and earnest
ly he gazed on her. Then he dropped
the telescope and ordered the ship
stopped and boat lowered. He rowed
ashore and set out to find the house
at whose window that face had an.
peared. He searched in vain. He
could not locate the dwelling. In de,
spalr he was about to return to his
vessel when he chanced to meet in
the streets a man with whom he had
some slight acquaintance. This Bra.
lillian invited the disappointed Italian
to come home with him for a cup of
coffee and a cigarette. On entering
his hosts house the first person on
whom Garibaldi's eye fell was the girl
he had been so vainly seeking. The
owner of the villa introduced her as
his daughter Anita. Garibaldi, in his
autobiography. thus describes the
scene that followed
''We both maintained an ecstatic ST,
lence, gazing at each other like two
persons who do not meet for the first
time and who seek in each others
face something that shall revive re.
membrance. At last | saluted her and
said: You must be mine. | knew but
little Portuguese, so | spoke these au,
dacious words in Italian However. !
seemed to have some magnetic power
in my insolence. | had tied knot
that death alone could break"
From that moment to the day OF
Anita's death the strangely met couple
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
ABRAHAM LINCOLN and MARY TODD

A lanky young giant, homely, poor
and ill-clad, fell in love with little,
red-haired village beauty, Anne Rut-
ledge. She lived in a frontier town
in what is now the middle west and
was daughter Of the loca! tavern
keeper.
Though only II, she was engaged to
New Yorker who had spent few
weeks at the tavern Then young
Abraham Lincoln came to town and
proceeded to lose his heart to her He
was ugly, uncouth and gaunt in ap-
pearance and had to work hard for a
bare living. The gentleness and bril-
liancy that were masked behind his
homely exterior were not Of the sort
to appeal at once to Miss Rutledge.
But this did not prevent Lincoln from
counting her. 1t was the first and
greatest love of all his life.
At length persistent wooing had its
effect. The New Yorker had stopped
writing to Anne. She realized he had
deserted her. In her unhappiness she
turned to Lincoln for comfort. AS ten
derly as woman the young giant
soothed her sorrow and sought to
console her for her lost lover. In
time she consented to be his wife.
But mourning for the faithless New
Y orker had undermined her health.
While arrangements for the wedding
wel,' going on she sickened and died.
Lincol.n ever knew. His friends feared
he was going insane. His character
took on a. melancholy that marked his
face and manner
7's : "e as long as he
Love STORY lived. After her
funeral he burst into tears, sobbing:
II can nevei be reconciled to have
the snow and f'ain beat upon her
gravel"
1t was in 1S4,) that another Ken
tucky girl, Mary Todd, came to Spring
field, Ill.,, where l. incoln was practic-
ing law. He beanie engaged to her,
though from the first he showed per-
haps less loverlikeA ardor than the
occasion called for. The wedding day
arrived and the guests assembled. But
Lincoln did not appear. There was an
awkward pause. Them the wedding
party, wondering, broke up. The
bridegrooms nerve had apparently
failed him at the last moment. He and
Miss Todd were reconcile6l by friends
and in 1912 the ENGAGEMENT was
patched up. One incident that may or
may not have had something to do with
bringing them together agdlln was the
fact that Miss Todd wrote anonymous
ly set of satiric verses which Of.
Tended James Shields, political en-
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Long Service as Senator's Secretary.

Hancock Robinson of Holly Springs,
has record in having faithfully ser ed
as secretary for United States senator
from Mississippi.
The first position of this sort hell by
him was with the late Senator Walt;all.
They were close friends, and for years
Mr.. Robinson was with him as secretary
After Gen. Walthall's death Mr.. Robin.
son secured a good position in the post.
office department. But when the late
Hon. a. j. McLaurin came to the senate
Mir. Robinson was prevailed upon to
leave the department and become his sec
rotary. He, OF course, remained with
Senator McLaurin until the latter died
Mr.. Robinson was asked to act in the
same capacity by Col. James Gordon
during his brief service in the senate, and
Senator-elect Percy has also engaged him
for his secretary.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31

| emy or Lincoln'S. Shields demanded
to know the authors name Lincoln
chivalrously came forward and took
upon himself the responsibility for the
entire affair. Shields challenged him
to a duel. Lincoln accepted the chal-
lenge and chose cavalry sabers as the
weapons. Wise men in the commu-
nifty reconciled the opponents and no
duel was fought
Two months later Lincoln and Mary
Todd were married. One biographer
says that Lincoln went through his
share in the wedding ceremony "as
pale and trembling as If being driven
| to slaughter" The young couple
started married life on the upper floor
of an inn, where board and lodging
cost them $4 a week. Even at that,
they were often hard pressed for
ready money, practicing every econ
omy There can be little doubt that
Mrs. Lincoln had a lively, peppery
temper and that her husband suffered
one servant in early days, could not
endure the wife's sharp tongue and
was only induced to remain in the
house because Lincoln secretly paid
her double wages. A man who had
e. been scolded so
~. violently by Mrs.
Lincoln that he
rushed to her husband for satisfaction
was sadly asked by Lincoln:
Cant you endure for a few mo-
ments what have had as my portion
for Is years."
The latent brain trouble which later
partially wrecked Mrs. Lincoln's mind
was possibly the real cause of her fits
of rage. They had one good effect:
Lincoln's interest was turned to pub
lie matters and he threw himself more
fully into politics than he might have
done had he had calmer home life.
Yet whenever he was away from
home he kept his wife closely in
formed of every step he took This
fact not only tends to show his devo-
ton to her. but also the keen inter-
est she felt in his progress. When he
received news of his election to the
presidency his first words were:
There is little woman at our
house who is probably more interest
ed in this dispatch than l am. I'll take
it up and let her see it,"
Lincoln was seated at his wife's
side in Ford's theater, Washington,
in 1865, when Wilkes Booth assasinat-
ed him, The shock and grief com.
bined to bring on malady from
which the unhappy woman neve,
, wholly recovered
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Mrs. Humphreys Pardoned.

According to the penitentiary prison
records, there are only two white female
convicts now in custody, since the gov
ernor has granted pardon to Mrs
Amanda Humphreys, sentenced from
Wilkinson county during the July term
of 1908 for the crime of manslaughter
Mrs. Humphreys was indicted for the
killing Of Nick Messenger some time
during 1907, the original charge being
murder, but the jury returned the man
slaughter verdict and Judge Wilkinson
imposed the light sentence of three
years. She had only few weeks of the
servtude left.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Must Make Meat.

State Senator Lee Mcmillan takes the
position that the farmers and not the
trusts are responsible for the high price
OF meat, for the reason that the farmers
have it in their power to raise their own
meat and to be Independent of the trust.
supplied article. On his own farms Sem
ator Mcmillan proposes to solve the prob
lem of high-priced meat. He will insist
that his tenants produce an abundance
of food crops and raise hogs. Those who
do not follow his advice and his example
will not be permitted to remain on his
lands.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
The Old-Fashioned Mother.

There Is a home where an old
fashioned mother presides like a
queen. Thank God, some of us have
and others have had, old-fashioned
mothers. Dear, old-fashioned, sweet
faced mother! Eyes in which the
love-lght shone, her brown hair
threaded with silvef lying smoothly on
the faded cheek; her dear hands
worn with much toll, gently guiding
our tottering steps in childhood and
smoothing our pillow in sickness, ever
reaching out to US In yearning ten
derness. Precious memory of an old
fashioned mother! 1t floats to US
now, like the powerful perfume OF
some fragrant blossom. The music
of other voices may be lost, but the
entrancing memory of her will echo
In our souls forever. Other faces will
fade away and be forgotten, but hers
will shine on until the light from
heavens portals shall ,glorify our own
Christian Herald.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Central Charity HOSP. tai.

Among other appropriations bills
passed IN the house was that appro-
priating $4,000 for erection and equip
ment OF a Central State Charity hospital
at jackson, the creation OF which has
been authorized under Il bill already
passed and signed. There is an accom-
panying proviso that the city of jack
son and county of Kinds are to con-
tribute $4,000 toward the building and
equipment fund, which is already guar
anteed.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Amend Game Law.

The senate bill to amend the game re.
strlGtion provisions of the code SO as to
extend the time for shooting doves from
March ! Is July /, created Il good deal
of discussion, bu. the bill was passed.
One of the arguments in favor of the bill
was that there are mary men who are
fond of dove shooting who supply farm
ers with wheat and furnish assistance in
its cultivation in order to provide feeding
grounds for these birds. If they are
shut off by law after March / this wtNrk
is all for naught, while the farmer fails
to get the benefit of the wheat so sown.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Two Homes Contrasted.

The best way ! know to teach my
lesson is to give the picture of two
homes. One has an old-fashioned fa-
ther, like the man who came into his
boys room when he was dying to tell
him that he would soon be with Christ,
and the little fellow drew him on his
knees beside the bed and said: "Fa.
ther, don't cry, for as soon as | see
Jesus | will tell him that ever since
can remember you sought to bring
me to him."
Such father is unlike the one on
the Mississippi river, with a great
plantation, his million of dollars in
the bank and his name spoken every.
where as a synonym of wealth and
power. He came to his house to
learn that his boy had fallen in front
of a great reaping machine and was
frightfully mangled. When the boy
found that he must die, he said "Fa.
ther, | cannot die; you never told me
how to die You must pray for me-"
but the father could not pray Be.
fore the minister came, the hoy was
dead And the father said he would
give all he had if he could have him
back, or if he could have offered one
brief prayer.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
State Normal School.

The state normal school bill, passed
by the lower house several days ago,
after very spirited debate, passed. the
senate Tuesday afternoon with only four
dissenting votes, and no amendments at
tached. The measure now goes direct to
the governor for signature, and will be
followed Immediately by an appropra-
tion bill carrying not less than 100000
for the establishment of the school,
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Tribute to Speaker Street.

The house session was devoted to the
passage of number of bills involving
no conflict or attended by no debate, be-
ing all more or less local in nature, the
only general bill being the agricultural
high school appropriation bill, carrying
$4,000 to aid these institutions.
The members of the house paid a
splendid tribute to Speaker Street, adopt.
ing a resolution highly indorsing his
administration of his position, and con-
cluded by presenting him with the chair
which he has occupied SO ably during
this legislature.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31

lM q M ONES are not what they
Il M should be until fathers
saVSeTS and mothers realize the
MSu<M value of the souls OF their
I'M ~ M children. Two years ago in
Arkansas, a man bought
2l3 acres of land for 5000. In passing
over it one day he found a crystal,
which attracted him, and when he
took it into neighboring city he
found that it was diamond He sold
the farm for $4,000, but now you
could not buy it for $1,000 an acre,
so great is the value of it. For years
1t was in the possession of its owner,
and he was insensible to it's priceless
worth; but this is nothing as com
pared with the worth of an immortal
soul, and one never will be concerned
about winning ones children to
Christ until he realizes their value in
the sight of God and also that the
only hope for them is in Jesus Christ.
This is for all without discrimina-
tion-none too rich and none too poor,
none too wise and none too ignorant,
none too young and none too old. A
street preacher in London, speaking
on the blessing of the peacemakers,
who were the children of God, gave
an invitation to all who would accept
him to come forward, and little
street urchin, with ragged clothes and
dirty face, pushing his way to the
front, holding his mother by the hand,
speaking in the vernacular of the
street, said: Say boss, I would like
to be one of them chilluns of God, if
| am not too small, and" pointing
back to his mother with his thumb, he
said she would like to be one of
the chilluns of God, If she Is not too
big" That is the beauty of 1t. The
Eternal Life, Jesus Christ, is for all,
and it is this that makes the home
beautiful.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31

Be not ashamed to be helped; for 1t
is thy business to do thy duty like a
soldier in an assault on town. How
then If being lame thou canst not
mount up on the battlements alone,
but with help of another 1t Is pos.
sible ?-Marcus Aurelius.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Generous to the Schools.

A recapitulation Of the appropriation
bills passed in both houses of the leg
islature and signed by the governor
shows a total of about $4,Soo,oOo. OF
this amount $2,956,OoO is for the support
of the common schools for the ensuing
biennial period, an increase of more than
quarter of million dollars as compared
with the allowance for this purpose two
years ago. 1t is expected that total ap'
preparations will foot up about $780,
600 per annum, or $7,oo0,0oo for the
biennial period, and may go slightly in
excess of that figure.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Wilson Steps Down.

Hon. Edgar S. Wilson, for the past
eight years United States marshal for
the southern district of Mississippi, re-
tired Saturday in favor of the new in
cumbent, Hon. Fred w. Collins, formerly
collector of customs at Gulfport.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
State Buys More Land.

The senate passed the house bill au-
thorizing the penitentiary trustees to
purchase 1900 acres Of land additional
to that now owned by the state in Sun
flower county, a very important bill, as
The land is urgently needed.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Joint Rates Ordered.

After careful and patient hearing of
the representatives of the telegraph and
telephone lines or systems operating in
the state, the railroad commission has
issued an order establishing joint traffic
rates throughout the state. The order
of the commission directs that within
thirty days q new order must become
effective.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31

If you would fall into any extreme,
let it be on the side of gentleness. The
human mind is SO constructed that II
resists vigor and yields to softness.--
st. Francis de Sales.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
Jury Law Stands.

By very close vote the senate today
determined not to change the jury laws
so that threc-fourths could render yer.
diets in civil cases, us proposed by Sena-
tor Mcdowell of jackson.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-03-31
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A )
Ihe
MODERN HOME
"A WORD TO
PARENTS

ONES are not what they
should be until fathers
and mothers realize the
value of the souls OF their
children. Two years ago in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-09-08
MISSOURI MILITARY
ACADEMY OFFERS TWO
new FEATURES NOW

There will be-two new features
added 70 the course at the Missouri
Military Academy this year. One
win be a trip to New Orleans dur
ing the Mardi Gras festivities in the
spring and the other a free Lyceum
course.
An excellent arrangement has been
effected with leading speakers 10 fur
nish the School with a course Of lee
lures during the coming year. All
this will be free TO the cadets and
their parents and their FRIENDS.
Plans are now on foot to take the
entire cadet corps to New Orleans,
the greatest city in the South, to
attend the grand Mardt Gras Festi-
val, and 70 unite with the Mystic
Krswe Of Comus" in doing honor to
King Rex, IN the great street pag-
can't.
In this splendid panorama are dis
played elaborate tabieau representing
noted scenes Of history poetry and
fiction. The educational value at
tached 10 this magnificent festival
cannot be oyerestimated.
While la New Orleans, the cadets
will make pleasure excursions on
the beautiful Lake Pontchartrain and