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The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07
Hon. Tandy Yewell. of Carol

Hon. Tandy Jewell. of Carol
|ounty, is making a vigorous can
Fass Of the state in the interest
If his candidacy for lieutenant
Governor. Nh. Yewell has SER
his people in the legislature
|everal terms and is thoroughly
'onversant with the rules gov
|rning legislative bodies. He is
man of splendid ability and
honor the position he
e sks.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07

/ The Business Mems Club of
Amory have inaugurated a cam
spaign for the construction OF
good roads in the first superyis-
or district in which Amory is
5ituated. No town can reach a
full business complement with
put first securing good highways.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07

Gen. Clement A. Evans, of
is dead at the advanced
age of Sc years. Gen. Evans
vas a minister, lawyer, soldier
and politician. attaining promin-
ence in the various fields of pub
lie life. He was chosen to
succeed Gen. Steven D. Lee as
commander of the Confederate
veterans, declining.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07

! Vardaman was hauled around
Dn the Fourth bv forty yokes of
On the next Fourth of
July he wouldn't find a Georgia
buggy" with two little bulls
to it at the station to
meet him if he should drop into
the city.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07

HsAE LMN
An esteemed Vardaman ex-
change says: An honest pri.
mary is all that is wanted" We
hope they will strive for that
c~onsumation. If we could have
had that in the last senatorial
contest, John Sharp would have
scored a majority of many thous-
ands instead Of a few hundred,
despite all the official support
given to Gov. Vardaman. This
time it will be a battle royal be
tive n legal voters, and not q mob
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07
RATES OF

DISPLAY advertisements at rate of
Loo per running ii oh per month of
our weeks. Liberia discounts made on
contracts.
Notice of meetings of strictly chart
organizations will be inserted one
ime free; all other notices must be paid
for.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07

The pos tmaster at Aberdeen
has been notified that a postal
savings bank would be establish
ed at that place on the Oath inst.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07

The man who fails to pay his
and the boy who has not
reached the necessary age make
the most noise at a political gath
but when the returns come
IN their support is not recorded
on the tally sheet.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07
CUFIOUS BITS
OF HISTORY
ByIA. W.MAcY.

1.-THE FATHER OF CRUELTY"
Haksm |. ruler Of cordova,
spain, In Moorish days, did not
hssitats 10 use drastic meas
ures with his subjects when
they .displeased him. At one
time, when confronted with =
rsbsIiIonI he promptly sent for
ty thouslnd 1T them Into exile.
To make assurance doubiy sure
he raxed thelr dwellings 70 the
ground, thus leaving them no
homes 10 rsturn to. For this
act he |has become known In
history ~ 1Ths Father Of
Cruelty Il 10 recorded that
when H died he LETT . family
u forty chIldrsn; twsnty boys
and tSfnty Girls.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07
MISS JULY 4 1911

Joint debates and political cow
ards are never found at the same
lime.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07

Many a merchant who won't
spend a cent on advertising
get it free-under Business Diff
ficulties. -Beaunach.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-07-07

Cut flowers furnished promptly
Pound.Kincannon Eikin Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
CURIOUS BALLOTS or WOMEN
Shopping Lists Among Things Put In
Envelopes by Careless Fee
male Voters.

What I liked about my old posi-
tiOn," said the ex-secretary of wom-
ans club, was the opportunity it
gave me to see some of the funny
things women put into their envelopes
when taking a vote on anything by
sealed ballot. Som etimes they left
the ballot out altogether, but usually
it accompanied the foreign Enclosure.
The majority of those Enclosures were
shopping lists, and if I had wanted to
be mean / could have got many an
interesting sidelight on a members
private economies. Other careless
voters put letters into their envelopes
! never read any OF them, but, judging
by the fuss they made about getting
them back, those letters no doubt fur
nished pretty interesting reading.
"One real romance grew out of mis-
taken ballots. A Eighty young woman
sealed up a marriage certificate in her
envelope. She had been married three
months, but nobody knew anything
about it, and maybe we wouldn't have
found it out yet if she hadn't been
so proud of her marriage certificate
that she had to take it out and look
at it every few minutes, and SO got
it mixed up with her ballot The as
sistant secretary opened most of the
envelopes that day. The marriage
certificate came to her, and the sight
Of it turned her head.
Why, what is this?' she said
Who has been getting married? p
Everybody in the room heard, and
there was that certificate Haunted
right before their eyes, so of course
the wedding couldn't be kept secret
any longer. ButI noticed that all the
members were a little more careful
about voting street car transfers and
private correspondence after that"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
ALAS! THE POOR DUCHESS
She Thought Wealthy Couple Were
Making Sport of Her Wedding
Present.

Recently, when the wealthy Mile de
r. was to be married, one of our good
duchesses had to make her a present
| just little present. The duchess
thought it would be useless to expend
much money for a person so rich. She
thought If she would look through her
vast mansion she would be able to find
som ething, some trinket, to which the
addition of her card would give suffi
cient glory. She finally found in her
writing desk an insignificant cameo
| that she had once worn.
The following day she received from
her young friend letter of enthusi-
astic thanks: ooh, you have been very
foolish! This is too. too beautiful"
etc.
''She is making sport of my little
present" thought the good duchess.
Then came a second letter, this time
from the husband who was to be:
How can we thank you? We are de-
lighted. This will spoil u.s.
THE impertinent fellow" said the
duchess. .'he wants me to understand
| that | have been niggard1y."
Nevertheless she went to pay visit
to the RS before the marriage. There
in the midst of eNpresents, exposed
in a most prominent place, she saw the
little cameo placed upon her card. An
old gentleman approached her. He
was member Of the Academy of In
scriptions and Be1Iesfettres.
What a wonderful present you have
given these children, Madame la Ouch
ess," he said. For forty years we have
been seeking for this very cameo It
is of the era of Trojan, and this trim
ket is valued at two hundred thousand
francs"
All, the poor duchess.-Le Cri de
Paris.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
VIRTUES OF THE PINEAPPLE
Fruit When Fresh-Its Value
as a Digestive.

Fresh pineapple juice has great
value as a digestive. A small amount
will digest considerable piece of
steak or any other animal tissue. Boil
ing, however, seems to kill the envy
mes In the pineapple. SO that after
canning 1t loses its digestive power
The peculiar property of pineapple
Juice makes it of value in many ways
For instance, in diphtheria 1t is used
as gargle. and the diphtheria mem
brane disappears like magic at its
touch 1t seems to have the power
of picking out all non-living animal
tissues and rapidly digesting them.
leaving all the living tissues. In cases
of quinsy, pineapple juice digests all
poisonous tissue, often giving quick
relief.
Sometimes it is not best to incise or
lance a boil, and the yellow cap may
often remain upon the boil without
opening, holding back the pus. The
application of pineapple juice inyarf
ably establishes free drainage within
a short time.
For administration in the stomach,
pineapple acts, adds the Family Doc,
tor, as a preventive rather than a
cure. It cannot quickly correct an
acute attack of indigestion, though it
may prevent an attack.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
All Wore soueakY Shoes.

Squeaky shoes were once the proper
thing, especially in the country, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean. They gave
distinction to rustic SWANS at the en-
CINE company's dance and made the
sober-slded devout turn their bonneted
heads in church to see who was com
ing up the aisle. They gave timely
warning of the schoolmaster's ap-
proach and signaled to the postmis-
tress that some one had called for the
mail The justice of the peace invari-
ably wore double soles, which squeaked
loudly with authority. The parson in
prunella CATERS stepped lightly to a
sound like that which comes from a
mouse in closet. But everybody wore
squeaky shoes and boots. They came
that way. The reason a shoe squeaks
is because of the movement of one
tanned sole against another. A peg
driven into the center of The soie will
stop the squeak. although the shoe
makers method is to place a layer oc
thin cloth or paper between the soles
before they are sewn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16

Pm sorry the older men are all ailt
! Mr. Gordon he said but it's tht
chance yeu have been waiting for. J
am going to send you to Mrs. Tholnp
son. Get an interview of some sort
with her. Use tact Don't be obtru-
eive, but get whatever facts are in her
| possession. Be back here within an
hour at the latest. but don't come until
| you have a story" Too daZed to do
anything but obey without question, /
! took some paper from the desk, seized
my hat and rushed for the elevator
down which Moulton had already
gone.
/ had no time for worry, and as IL
proved there was no occasion for it.
MIS- Thompson, although nearly fran
tic from grief, seemed relieved to tell
what little she knew about her hus-
bands disappearance. It was not
much. but it was story, and l has
tened back to the Office greatly elated
| over my success.
wrote out as quickly and plainly
as ] could what I had been told and
handed 1t to the city editor. He
glanced over it and nodded approval.
'Good stuff he said. When he had
made few alterations and handed
the copy to boy to take to, the COM
posing room he turned to me:
ST won't need you any more today,
but I wish you would go to the bank
and see IL Mr.. Mou1ton has anything
yet. We ought to have the first of it
for the last edition soon."
l walked down the street toward the
bank In a very contented frame of
mind. Before I had gone two blocks
I met Moulton. I knew from his face
that his errand had not turned out
well, b1t before he would say any
thing about it he insisted on hearing
how I had Jared. He congratulated
me heartily on what he called my "ten
strikes" and then, in answer to my
questions, he said:
ST haven't line. / couldn't drag an
intelligent word out of the old fossils.
They wouldn't admit that Thompson
had gone or that any money was miss
ing or that there was any trouble of
any sort. If I had accused them of
being alive don't believe they would
have admitted it." His disgust went
beyond words, and we walked along
for a moment in silence. Then, at
Moulton's suggestion, we turned down
toward police headquarters
) 81 simply can't go back without
something" he said. ESTABLISH is
backing his reputation on this story,
and for me to fall down like this
AS we mounted the steps of the gray
old building I noticed that Sergeant
Mullaly was on duty at the desk. He
was an old friend of Monlton's. aud as
he saw US he beckoned to hfra ex-
citedly with a fat hand. Moulton went
to his desk, and they whispered to-
gether. The sergeant looked at me
and said something. Moulton nodded.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
He KNEW ABOUT THE ORIENT
One Occasion on Which Venerable
and InfalIibIe Joke Partially
Failed.

'They" were chatting in the smok
ing room of little Koninklijke Paket
vaart Maatschapp1j coaster, on a two
months run among the islands below
the equator, when some one speaking
of the Malay peninsula, some one else
said: my impression of the straits
settlements can be summed up in a
single picture: A strong, black man.
standing in the center of muddy
stream, trying to split a rock with a
shirt"
Now this always provokes a laugh:
1t is venerable and infallible. But to
my surprise. says Frederick S. Isham
the novelist, one of the smoking room
contingent, on this occasion it PARTIAL
ly failed What was the trouble? The
delinquent, the one man out Of seven
who didn't laugh, was sallow. satur
nine, and English.
What's the matter, old chap"
asked the novelist Don't you see the
point or are you waiting until tomor-
row to wake up to it?''
The other turned his head YEARLY
See the point?" he said sadly 81
should think l did. / ought to- T."
tragically, Jam the man who owned
the shirt"
Then we, knowing he had lived Is
years in the Orient, became silent;
our laughter ceased. A sympathetic
melancholy descended upon us. Eng
lishman or not. we took him to our
Of him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
TRAINING IN GOOD MANNERS
Begin When Boy Is Young, and Po-
likeness Is Bound to Become
Second Nature.

Long before I had any sons of my
own I made up my mind that, il |
ever had the training of a boy, l
should begin, as soon as he could I'M
derstand anything, to teach him. the
small things that constitute good man
ners. So many boys | have known,
and men, too, who at heart are good
and kind and really refined, yet lack
SO large part of the little courtesies
that It Is hard to believe they have
been well brought up. In most cases
it is the fault of the mother. She
feels that it is much more important
to form the character of little boy,
that his manners can wait till he is
older. The result is that one sees
boys and men who rarely forget to be
polite outside of their homes, and yet
seem to think it unnecessary to treat
their own mother in the same way.
My view is that there is no need
to neglect the character because you
pay attention to the manners. think
have succeeded. AS soon as my first
little boy wore trousers / taught him
tina he must take off his hat as soon
as he came into the house or when
lady spoke to him in the street. That
he must rise from his chair when
came at the dining table, must never
walk out of the room before a lady,
and all the other little polite ways we
like to see in men. It has never been
any trouble to keep him up to these
things; he learned so young that it
soon became second nature.-Harper
Bazaar
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16

does /. + your business TO Keep him
cut of that room and to keep him So
busy thar he won't have time to sus-
pect what is up"
But how?" / asked.
by any possible means. By murder
if necessary. but keep every newspa-
per man out of that room. Come on.
We've no time to spare
We hurried into the waiting room.
which contained desks for reporters
AT one of them sat youth with his
back toward us. Moulton glanced at
him and nodded to me meaningly.
Then he went to the door OF the chiefs
Office and knocked softly. 1t opened a
little. and there was a whispered con-
sultation with some one inside. 1t end
ed favorably, for Moulton was admit
ted. and the door closed behind him.
was left alone to face the situation
sat down at a desk. My pose. l de-
eided. would be a carelessness of de-
meanor that would tend to divert sus-
picion. So / scrubbed idly. the while
hunming tune half under my breath,
but loudly enough for my companion
to hear. | was between him and the
Office door, and there l intended to re-
main. | thought grfmly to myself that
1t would be too bad to STAY such an in
offensive youth. The reflection made
me smile, and the boy, fer he was little
more. got up and came over to me.
Pardon me! Are you reporter?'' he
asked politely. looked up at him.
Eyes. Are your"
''Well. I'm trying to be. but I'm not
doing much at it, he answered, with
a faint smile.
What's the matter?'' asked, keep
ing my eyes on the Office door, He
was plainly eager to talk, and l was
even more eager to have him talk.
Il suppose my experience is a COM
mon one," he began. Il came down
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16

pected. For three are you q reporter
weeks all did find was a lot Of advice
to go back to Scarboro. I think would
| have done 1t if 1T hadn't been for my
mother You know what a fellows
mother is and how she banks on his
success"
Indeed did, and found it necessa-
ry to stif1e feeling of sympathy for
the poor chap. He went on:
Because l ran the Scarboro Eagle
for a couple of years the folks up
there think I'm a future Bennett or
Dana. When I got this place on the
Star they had sasgreat jpbilation. I
think the Eagle got out special edi
tion.'',, He laughed. and glanced at me
shamefacedly . a
Aren't you getting on welET' I
asked, trying to squeeze all the sym
pathy out of my voice. Sasss
"Not very well.s5There's a big diff
ference between this city and Scar
/ boro. | ana beginning to have some
doubts4as' to my choice of profession.
But must keep on for awhile.
think it would kill my mother If
should fail"
/ felt very uncomfortable and alto
gether at odds with myself. OF course
was not responsible for the success
or failure of this youth, but I was too
fresh from the same struggle not to
have a fellow feeling for him and a
keen regret for the discontinue that
would be delayed only long enough for
his city editor to find out how he had
failed in this case
what are you at headquarters for p
I asked abruptly. more from need Of
saying something than because cared
''The city editor sent me to cover
the place. whatever that may mean"
Didn't he give you any definite in
structionsP'
"Only that shouldn't let anything
get by me-"
"And has anything gone by?" He
laughed.
"Half dozen men went by few
minutes ago, but they didn't look much
like criminals"
You can't always tell by appear
ances." l said lightly. 1t was danger
Gus ground, and l wanted to get off.
He seemed struck with the wisdom of
my remark.
do you think ought to go into the
Office and find out?" he asked.
ooh, no; it's probably nothing" an
swered. Fortunately he was looking
at the door of the Office and not at me.
In my agitation l had leaned forward
and almost seized him. / might have
spared myself the stress of mind. In
stead of showing any disposition to act
upon my stupidity made hint he seemed
relieved at my assurance and appar
emily dismissed the subject from his
mind.
To me fresh and tormenting aspect
of the affair presented itself. IF had
been guiItless before of having any
thing to do directly with the boys ap-
preaching downfall, was SO no longer.
/ had become a positive agent to it,
Just how far the ethics of my duty to
the Gazette would justify me I could
not determine, but I felt keenly that i
had transgressed the rules OF ordinary
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16

from Vermont a
month ago with
the idea that I
was made for a
newspaper man,
and" He paus-
ed.
Ell a V e y GU
C b a n G e d yohr
nind?' I asked.
"Not entirely,
but I don't find
1t as easy as / ex-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16

contempt that made me very wretched.
With some poor idea Of squaring my
| self / started in to give the youth some
advice about doing his work. Imagine
it! /, who, myself, was scarcely more
experienced than he. giving sapient
counsel! It was grewsome business
for me, and cut it very short Ny
feelings were further laeerated by the
youths heartfelt gratitude. He could
not express all that he felt.
81 shall never forget your kindness. y
he said. I looked at him. drawn by a
| little catch in his voice. His eyes were
filed with tears. | mumbled some
thing in reply and turned away. Then
made resolution. and at the instant
of It's coEsummation the Office door
opened The youth instantly turned his
back and sought his seat at the desk.
Billy came hurriedly out
"Come on" he said to me. ''I've got
everything.
s'Wait a minute l said
mot one to spare"
Just a second / pleaded. He stop
ped.
Nov. then, what is ii?
'sMoulton. you must tell that boy
what you found in the Office" said l.
He stared at me in amazement
Are you crazy?" he asked.
.'No, but he simply must be, told
Then, without giving him time to say
more, I told him the boys story as
quickly as | could. l told him, too. of
my share IN it and of my shame and
self disgust Moulton listened impa-
tiently.
"It can't be done.'' he said shortly as
I finished
but think what it will mean-to
him and to his mother
Moulton looked at me and smiled.
you're big baby" he said Then
he turned to the youth, whose back
was still toward u.s.
"Hey!" he called. "Come herep
The youth rose slowly and turned
what is it. Billy?'' he said. coming
forward.
Mouiton made an inarticulate sound,
as though he were choking; then by
an effort he pulled himself together
"Why, Williston," he said, 81 didn't
know it was your
Il am inclined to believe YOU said
Williston of the Star, smiling. "You
called me. didn't your
ooh. it's nothing in particular! Come
on, Standish," said Billy, dragging me
by the arm.
81 don't want to keep you, Billy, but
II it's the Thompson story there's real
~ no hurry. Harding. left here with
my copy ten minutes bafgaa 1sal came.
was leaving just ais yoG caTife in and
thought it notless%than nSA duty to en-
terrain your friend 1r-er-S tandish,
/ understand. That last colloquy of
yours just about. let the paper off the
press and won for me an extra two
weeks sum mer vacation"
For a moment Moulton's face red
Eaened violently AS for me. if a move.
ment of my little finger could have
brought down the great stone building
on my head I would have moved it.
made some unintelligible sound, but
Billy stopped me with a gesture.
You're all right, kid he said. Eve
all have to learn, and the special bit of
knowledge that you have cleaned to-
day tends to establish the dictum that
philanthropy and the newspaper bust
ness don't mix. Suppose we go out and
get a cigar with our hated rival and
rvanquisher, Bob Williston? Shake
hands with the same" Williston gave
me hearty grip.
"I'n own up to feeling rather a
sneak" he said, ''but we get paid to
w
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
Two Glasses.

The world is divided into two classes
those who go ahead and do some
thing and those who sit still and in
quire. "Why wasn't it done the other
way?"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
cInematoaraph in Great Britain.

Great Britain imports from the
United States majority of the cine
matograph films used by It. 1t costs
from to so cents to see a moving
picture show in Great Britain