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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-04-27

The crusade against the houseny
this year Is to be exceedingly strenu.
GUS.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-04-27

Our notion OF the height of folly is
an all attempt 70 Ehcot up an ocean
liner.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-04-27

The harem skirt seems destined t.
q short life and an exciting one,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-04-27

This is the season when fish Is con-
sidered fine brain food.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-04-27

The sleeping sickness is increasing
lin Philadelphia.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-04-27

Mr.. Where's the man that
struck my wife where is he?
Bystander--What'll you do 4 you
find him?
Mr.. Wise-Introduce him to mJ
mother-in-law.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-04-27

Ignorance of ones misfortune Il
clear bankruptcies.
The oasis., 1911-06-24

the county road superintendent control over special districts, but only that he should assume the duties hitherto devolving upon the road overseers, who were thereby wiped out of existence. This con tention was upheldby Judge Kent. While the amount of money in- vOlved was trivial, the case was one of the most important that has come up at the present session of court. Had Judge Kents' deci- sion been the other way it would have meant that the $40 900 or more spent on the Central avenue boulevard was spent illegally.
The oasis., 1911-06-24
SherlHs Sale.

l.. EPHRAIM, Plaintiff, vs. H. ". KELSEY and NELLIE l.. KELSEY, his wife, Defendants
 Under and by virtue of an order of sale issued out of the District Court If the Second Judicial District County of santa Cruz, Ter. Titory of Arizona, on the 25th day of May, A. D. 1911, in the above entitled action, wherein l. EPHRAIM. the above named Plaintiff, ob- tained judgment and decree of for, closure and sale against H. w. KELSEY aud NELLIE l. KELSEY, his wife, defendants, on the llth day of April, 4. D. 1911, for the sum of Three Thousand, Five Hundred and SeVenty-iour and To- 100 Dollars ($3.57Il0) in United States gold coin, besides interest, costs and accruing costs, which sand decree was on the 23rd day 0f May, A. D. 1911. recorded in judgment book Number One CD of said court, at page No 623 ct beq, am commanded to sell that certain lot, piece
 or parcel Of land, situate. lying and being in the County of Santa Cruz, Territory Of Arizona, and bounded and described as iolloWs:
 An undivided one-half interest in and to all that certain lot, piece or parcel ot land sltnatc, lying and being In the Counly of Santa Cruz, Territory of Arizona, and bounded and des- erlbed as follows to-wil: beginning at point
 on the western line of Potrero Avenue distant two hundred and fifty feet (25o ieeD from the intersection of said line of Polrero Avenue with
 the northerly line of Elm street protracted; ;
 thence westerly at right sugles eighty.seven feet (87 feeI more less, to tie Arroyo; thence northerly along the Arroyo three hundred and twenty feet (32 ieet more or less, to the south ilIle or ihH0 Ol A. lJ TUX, tHehCc tuhtcTiy hundred and twenty-six feet l26 ieeD to a point at the westerly line of said dPotreroAvenue, said point being tie souiherly corner of said i land of said A. L. Peck thence southerly along
 said westerly line of said PrOirero Avenue three hundred and seven feet and nine inches (3O7 ft in. and e) to the point of beginning and | being part of Block No. twenty (2S) as
 appears from the field notes ant maps oi the
 surveys made and executed bv William Brad i ford and approved by the Mayor and common council of the said town of NOgales on the | twelfth day of December A. D 1899.
 Public notice is hereby given that on Mon.
 day, the 26th day of June, A D., 1911, at 10 o'clock A. NJ of that day, in front of the Court 1 House door of the County of Santa Cruz, will
 in'obedience Co saidOrder of sale and decree of I foreclosure and sale. sell the above described sproperty. or as much thereof as may be neces-
 sary tO satisfy said judgment with interest
 and costs etc. to the highest and best bidder,
 for gold coin of the United States.
 Dated this 29th day Of May, A 1911. | HARRY J. SAXON, Sheriff. ByJ. J LOWE, Deputy.
 June 3-2i, 1911.
The oasis., 1911-06-24
ARIZONA NEWS.
4, Iotsrsstlng Column of Items C"Iled
 From Territorial Exchanges.

ming C0mpleteu the iHstallatloIl ol A new 25 h. p. electric generator at the prison pumping plant this week. The transmission line was laid from the electric plant, locat- ed in the power building, in two. inch iron pipe, buried in the ground and run under the prison wall. The pumping plant is driven at present by a gasoline engine and the electric power was installed to be used in case anything went wrong with the gasoline engine. The prison useses S5,000 gallons of water per day and a single pump ing plant is an unsafe proposition. This prison we'll furnishes the 85,- GOO gallons of water per day with out showing the slightest decrease in the water level in the we'll It proves that the underground water supply in this valley is great in volume, and what is more interest ing still an analysis of this water shows that it is first.class for both irrigation and domestic purposes.
 Arizona Republican: The West ern Union yesterday put wire in' to Mesa for the melon season. Whether it will be retained there after the closing of the season is uncertain but that will probably be done if the business will war rant it. The wire will give a two minute service. It is a combina- ton telephone and telegraph wire and is said to be the only one in the territory. There are of course olher. telephone wires over which telegraph messages can be sentrbut this is the only one that can be used for both purposes simulta- neOusly. Arrangements are also being made for new exclusive wire to Winkleman and is expect. ed to be in operation in forty five days and will give seven minute service to Los Angeles, El Paso and Tucson from Winkleman, Ray, Hayden and other points on the line. It is believed that these new wires in and out of Phoenix will result ultimately in Phoenix hand ling relay business from Parker and other points west that is now handled at Prescott. Another tele. graph improvement is the clothing oI the district messenger boys in the standard regulation uniform of the service so they can be distin- guished a block away.
 Arizona Democrat: Special road districts have legal existence in Arizona, according to a decision handed down this morning by Judge Kent. Judge Kent directly reserves a decision handed down ny Judge Cambell in Yuma. The case was that of the Glendale Land company against D. c. Bab- 0ltt, treasurer of Maricopa county
 The Glendale company held a bill for $l0, for work done, approved 0y the trustees of special road dis. Inct No. 8. Treasurer Rabbit knowing of Judge Campbell's de. clslon that the law of the last legis
 ature creating the office of county road superintendent wiped out the special road district, refused pay
 ment. At his suggestion test case was filed. The Glendale LanC company applied for writ of per
 {mptory mandamus forcing Bab
 put 70 pay that $10 bill. It wal
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

BILE fellow-and the term fellow" is
used in no least respectful sense here
He was a dreamer of poetic dreams
He was a philosopher in lines of
thought all his own. He had the
ability to be an entertainer of the
most successful type. The South
land Melodies" cover the whole range
OF human feelings. They appeal to
the love of the grOtesque, to the ad-
miration for beauty of sentiment, to
sympathy with the pathetic and to
fOndness for humor.
The volume is bound in beautifully
decorated cover, making it in appear
ance one of the years best books for
a holiday gift. The illustrations, by
two of the foremost artists in negro
character photography. Essie Collins
Matthews and Leigh Richmond
Miner, are artistic and true to nature.
(FOrbes & Company, 443 South Dear
born ST., Chicago. $1.5O.D
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Linking the Past and Present

| they had in mind the benefit tha
would accrue from the study of ma
ture, of sermons in stones, book
in the running brooks"
To the left of the library steps a
| you go up. you see monument t.
/ David Barton, the first United States
sc natOr from Missouri and membel
Of the first Constitutional COnven
ton. To the members of the @ E B +
the University owes this memorial
as they were instrumental in hav
iIg it brought here: and fitting it is
that the name of a man so interested
in the welfare of Missouri should oc.
cupy a prominent place in the
state institution.
The engineers. true to their call
ing, have left their monuments in
work The north bleachers on ROl-
Inns Field were built by them. as
were also the stands which were re-
Gently torn down. They have also
on two occasions given Missouri
blankets to the Tigers, memorials
not lasting but fondly remembered
by the whole University as we'll as
By the football team.
The farmers have said, Let there
be light" though they are supposed
to "go to bed with the chickens" "
They voted money from the proceeds
of the County Fair last year for two
electrOlers which are to be placed
one on each side of the entrance to
the State Farm as soon as it is fin
ished. Typical these are of the light
the College of Agriculture is throw
irg on the old ideas of farming.
Other gifts have been made to the
[ niversity"by way of remembrance"
such as pictures to the library and
for hanging on the walls of Academic
Hall. In the Law School building a
number these may be seen. All of
these remembrances breathe the
spirit of the past; in fancy one can
see the ghosts of former students
walking again the old familiar
ground. Their ghostly whispers are
not of the past, however, but of the
present and of the future; of great
things done. to be sure, but of great
ef things to be.
"A. w. A.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
The Newest Books
Human Confessions.

DR.. Frank Crane breaches to the
largest congregation in the world
l. reaches into the millions. The
reason is that he is newspaper
preacher. To fifty or more news
papers and magazines he is a regu-
lar contributor of terse, stimulating
essays. He is the first writer to treat
the vital, ethical problems in a man.
ner to interest the busy reader of the
daily newspaper. DR.. Crane has just
put some of his remarkable essays
into a book which he calls Human
Confessions"
The book is of great human inter-
est, considering in fresh, illuminat-
ing style the problems which occur
to every thinking man and woman.
There is beautiful quality of spirit
and practical philosophy in Human
Confessions" (Forbes & Company,
443 South Dearborn Street. Chicago
$1,000
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Edda and The Oak.

Here is a children's book worth
while. ''Edda and the Oak" by
Mrs. Ella w. Peattie, is a delightful
story for real little folks. 1t
is When Little Edda leaves
the Top Flat. elevated six
stories above a patch of green and
strip of hard pavement, for a visit
to her grandmother in the country,
that she discovers this second world
within a world. The face in the bark
of the old oak first discloses it to her,
and from that moment every flower
has a new meaning. bird. bug, and
squirrel become thrillingly alive and
companiOnable, and she straightway
enters into favored intimacy with
teasing elves, babbling water fairies.
and sturdy little rock fairies. Hav-
ing thus transformed the mysterious
forces of nature into characters she
can understand, this quaint little
girl finds no end of revels and res
possibilities in the old-fashioned
garden.
Although this Is Mrs. Peattie's
first book for children. she is the au-
thor of some dozen books in other
lines of literature and of frequent
magazine articles. She is perhaps
best known through her work as lit
erary critic for the Chicago Tribune.
a place she has filled with remark
able success.
Katharine Merrill has supplied
the book with numerous distinctive
Colored pictures. (Rand. McNally &
Company. Chicago. 1874 pages.
S1.25.)
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
THE PURPOSELESS STUDENT.

How many students of the Univer-
sity do you suppose there are who
have no purpose or goal in life? We
venture the assertion that there are
scores of them here who have never
given a serious thought to the future
and what they are going to do in
life. They live with a vain hope that
things will turn out all right. They
are just waiting-expectant
Many of these students spend their
moments idly and frivolously. They
are mere things floating upon the
seas of fad and fashion, blown hither
and thither by ever gust of wind.
They have no personality. They do
only that which pleases them. They
worship at the shrine of ease and
pleasure. They may be compared
with the ill-tempered steel which will
shatter when the real test comes.
Life is real; life is earnest" is
the lesson that these purposeless stu
dents should learn. Life is too
short and serious to be frittered away
in pastimes and pleasures because
one enjoys them.
What has been said applies not
only to the student but to the in
dividual of society who is in the
labyrinth of pleasure without the
guide of purpose. To him as to the
student we appeal. for deep set pur-
pose and determination are the
agencies that urge and force man
on to meet the future. HistOry'S
pages are aglow with the names of
those who have been guided by these
forces.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
THE FALLING OF THE LEAVES.

The falling of the leaves in the
last day or so has laid bare the
branches of the trees and carpeted
the face of the earth. 1t all brings to
our minds the lines of the poet:
The melancholy days have come,
the saddest of the year.
OF wailing winds, and naked
woods, and meadows brown
and scar.
Heaped in the hollows of the
grove, the autumn leaves lie
dead;
They rustic to the eddying gust,
and to the rabbits tread.
Surely autumn with its scar and
yellow leaf" possesses lessons for us
just as the silver haired pilgrim does
at life's end. They both tell us that
change must come. that the end is
somewhere.
Yet how unlike springtime with
its life and joy is autumn with its
baroness and sadness. Springtime
We may compare to youth, and au-
tumn to old age. But autumn and
old age and not sad and barren af-
ter all, they are the harvest times.
Nature, then, brings to US, in the
falling of the leaves, the great les
son of life-that we too some day
shall fall to an earthly grave and our
bodies go back to the dust from
which they came. Our lives mark
the cycle of a few years in much the
same way as the season marks the
life of the leaf. We perform our lit
tie tasks. are gone and life moves on.
The naturalist tells us that, if dis
aster, winters blasts and the frOstS
came not, the leaves would turn yell
low and be pushed aside by the bud
ding of new life. So it is in the life
of man; misfortunes may not come
but youth comes, pushes the old
aside and he perishes. There are
youth, middle age. old age and death
the end. Springtime comes with
all it's sweetness and freshness,
youth comes with all its merriment
and joy, but autumn and old age are
their ends. This is the way of the
earth and all must tread it's paths.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

+, Seeking expression and perpetua.
ton of their feelings. men of all
times have left monuments to poster
ity. So here, as an outward mark OF
the love they bear her, a number OF
organizations, classes and depart
ments have left material tokens to
/ the University. Deeds, and not mani
| festatiOns of affection, are what Mis-
souri, values most in her sons and
daughters. but the little sprigs of
rosemary. that's for remembrance"
and the pansies which are for
thoughts, are tenderly cherished in
her memory garden. some of them
bearing useful blossoms.
OF them all. the loan funds started
by the class of 1908 is perhaps the
most practical. The graduates
wished to leave behind something
by which they would be remembered,
and which would show an apprecia-
tion of what they had received. They
decided the most valuable thing they
could offer was chance to some stu
dent who was working his or her
way through, so they established a
loan fund which has since been en-
larged by succeeding classes. At
present it amounts to $500, about
half of which was given by the class
of 1908, the rest by those of 1909
and 1910. The money is lent on the
personal note of the applicant at in
terest of . per cent and is due in
two years. Amounts varying from
$40 to $75 have been given out to
different persons. The fund is in
charge OF Judge F.. w. Hinton, Prof.
J G. Whitten, DR.. WOodsOn Moss,
and Prof. l.. NJ. Defoe. Professor
Defoe says there are great many
applicants for this memorial, and
that at least $4,000 would be neces-
sary to meet the demand.
A fund similar to this for Univer-
sity women is held in trust by the
Association of Collegiate Alumnae.
1t has been made up by private do
nations and by memorial gifts.
One class, that of 1906, with a
histrionic turn of mind. gave to the
University some scenery for the au-
ditOrium. woodland scenery with
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Eighty Years Ago.

Nathan Glasgow advertised for
a runaway apprentice boy by the
name of Harrison s. Elliot. He said
he would give IL 1-2 cents for the
apprehension and delivery of the
boy.
A negro man. two women, three
girls and a boy. "all young, healthy
and likely negroes" were advertised
to be sold before the door of the
Courthouse. These slaves comprised
all those belonging to the "estate of
]. M'Nesbit. deceased, with the ex-
ceptiOn of the widows dover"
which had been set apart.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Viewpoints
It's Up to the Tigers Now.

Editor the Misourian: 1t seems to
a good many people as if some of
our young mass meeting orators may
be trifle Over-nervOuS about the
quality of support the Tigers have
been getting from the student body.
Now there is no use knocking on Ii
ger support. 1t is good and has been
ever since Prof. Brewer stood before
his team on the eve of departure for
Ames ad told the men just what was
expected of them at Ames and what
they could expect if they failed to
play football.
The writer saw his first football
mass meetings in the fall of 1907
and has seen a good many since. but
there have been mighty few of them
that have Outclassed the Ames and
Oklahoma meetings. The roofing at
the Oklahoma game was splendid un-
der the ces-circumstanc-
es well understood. The students
have backed a losing team. They
never wavered when the wires
brought the chilling news from Lin
coin. They were behind the team
last Saturday. The Oklahoma game
was tremendous ordeal for the man
in the bleachers. AS Commandant
L,or Il 81
meeting, the students have right
to demand something from the team
as well as the team to look to the
students for support. W. s.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Sixty Years Ago.

The Missouri Statesman had a cir
culatiOn of 1000.
At a convention at Hannibal the
first ground was broken toward the
construction of the Hannibal and St
Joseph railroad.
The Columbia Lyceum was reOr-
ganiZed. Prof. George H. Mathews
was president.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Ben Kings Southland Melodies.

Every admirer of Ben Kings
poems will welcome most gladly the
new volume of his poems. Under the
title of Ben Kings Southland MelO-
dies" large number of his negro
dialect verses have been collected in
most attractive form.
Ben King was a most genial. Iowa
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
DEMAND FOR BEDDING GROWS
Visiting Nurse Says Cold Weather
Will Bring Many Rcaucsts.

This cold weather no doubt will
bring us many requests for relief"
said Miss W. +. Bryant. visiting
nurse for the anti-tuberculosis com
mittee of the Charity Organization
Society. bedding is what We ar,
trying TO supply our patients with
now"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

T. j. Durk of Hallsville, who is
nearly 81 years old, is veteran OF
the Crimean War and fought with
the allied forces at SebastapOl,
Balaklava. Inkerman. and on the
peninsula.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Rev. Aker Helps at Fulton Revival

The Rev. C.. NJ. Aker. pastor Of
the Methodist church of Columbia. is
assisting in meeting at Fulton,
Mo. The Rev. G. ID. Edwards, of the
Bible College. preached at the Meth
odist Church yesterday. Mr.. Aker
will return in a few days.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Twenty Years Ago.

j. Cal Farris, University stu
dent, brought an action for libel for
$1,000 against w. J. McQuitty and
A. G. Norris of the RochepOrt Com
mercial.
A Columbia newspaper devoted a
lot of space to DIR. Leslie E. Kelley S
bi-chloride of gold cure for drunken
ness.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Thirty Years Ago.

1t became necessary to put in a
second delivery window at the Co
lumbia pOstoffice.
THE town authorities attention
is called to the fact that misbehavior
at some of the churches in town is
such that a special policeman should
bloods quiet. columbia Herald.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
What the Old Grads Sa7v
Five Years Ago.

C. C. Bateman, son of Captain M.
Bateman of Columbia, was appoint
ed assistant. superintendent of the
seed warehouse of the Department
OF Agriculture at Washington.
The coal mine at Switzler Station
was for sale.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

George Fitch. noted writer of
college stories, will attend the ban
quet Of the Kansas City Alumni AssO-
citation of the Beta Theta Pi fraterni-
ty, Thanksgiving eve.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

Charles Rockledge. farmer in La
fayette County, recently sold 250,OOO
corn cobs to pipe factory at Wash
ington. Mo. He received one-third
o. cent apiece for them.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

Lemons weighing one and one-half
pounds each. grown in Missouri. were
p feature of the fifth annual show Of
the ST. Louis Horticultural Society.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

Kansas City's divorce colony is in
gloom. The edict has gone forth
from the circuit judges that no holi-
day divorces are to be granted. Not
until the January term of court,
which begins the second Monday in
the new year, will marital difficulties
be given a hearing.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Missouri Notes

President j. B. Jones of William
Woods College is dangerously sick at
the home of his mother near Wins
ton-Salem, n. c.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

Tipton's electric light plant has
sent out the first ray of electric light
ever seen there. Eighteen hundred
persons witnessed the illumination.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

An old-fashiOned spelling-bee. in
which representatives from Nodaway
County's schools will participate, is
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

That a hog of his lived thirty-siA
days with nothing to eat, is the claim
OF a farmer living near Fulton.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

Huen Burt, of Galloway county,
has lived on the same farm for
eighty-two years, his entire life
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13
Ten Years Ago.

The Christian Scientists opened a
reading room in the new Haden
building.
The juniors in the College of Arts
and Science decided to wear bright
blue caps and to carry canes.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-13

When the air begins to tingle and
our ears tingle in response, it's fine
football weather, my boy.