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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-16

and was adopted by said association a.
a recommendation to the legislature, and
it is as follows:
eFifth-We suggest that section 1908,
Of the code OF 1906, ought 10 be amend
ed by adding the crime OF bribery be-
fore the words gambling to gaming in
the fifth line of said section. And this
section ought to be further amended
by providing that no witnesses shall
have the immunity provided by the
section, except a witness who is either
summoned by an order Of the court en-
tered upon the minutes OF the court, or
who refuses to testify and is given such
immunity for so testifying before the
grand jury, by an order OF the court en-
tered upon its minutes.
"Sixth-We suggest that section 1906,
of the code of 1906, ought to be amend.
ed by adding after the word in the Sec
ond line of said section, upon the trial,
the words or investigation before the
grand jury These last two amendments
to sections 1905 and 1906 are neces-
sary, we think, for the discovery of the
crime of bribery before the courts, mas
much as immunity is only given the
witness if he t~estifies on the trial and
not if he testifies and discloses the
crime before the grand jury.
"Seventh-We suggest that section
1414 of the code of 1906 be amended
by adding the crime bribery to the
exceptions in said statute in place of the
word larceny There is no earthly rea-
son why the statute of limitation, we
think, should apply to bribery as it does
now" Published report Mississippi Bar
Association, 1911. Instead of substitute
ing the word bribery in place of lar
ceny, | suggest that it might be better
to insert it before the word larceny"
in section 1414. l recommend inserting
in section 1414 the word bribery" be-
fore the word larceny.
Third-To appropriate money to pay
for the drinking water used by the Off
GERS, employees and visitors to the state
capitol in 1910 and in 1911. Respect.
fully submitted,
II II NOET Covornor
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-16
CURED SIX YEARS.

No Fear Of Further Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Josiah Clinker, State St., TGma,
Iowa, says: "My first symptom of
kidney trouble was intense pain in my
back. This grew worse until | ached
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-16

A man isn't. necessarily an artist
because he draws comparisons.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-16

Every time you meet a crouch hand
1t q lemon.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-11-16
L. f. NOEL, Governor.

At the conclusion of The reading of the
governors message, Mr.. Cavett called
up the senate bill No. l to pay the
troops.
Mr.. Quinn offered the following amend
ment to the bill:
That the expenditure of the above
sum shall not exceed the following, on
any of the various items on the esti-
mate of November 1st:
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is. visible for many miles, and hum
dreds of people came from adjacent
cities in Illinois to view and admire it.
Should this work weather we'll and
preserve it's fine contour and lines, Mr..
Taft thinks it is probable it will mark
an era in the erection of statuary in
REINFORCED concrete.
On leaving the grove which bordered
the roadway climbing the bluffs, the
statue appeared in its majesty on the
bank of the river. There was no un-
yelling, as Mr.. Taft wished the first
sight Of the monument to be one of it's
entire majesty. "
Below, midstream, lies Margaret Full
ler's island, sacred to the memory of
Madam de Ossoli, the poetess who
once lived here. Two miles distant,
beyond the oak groves, rise the spires
OF Oregon. Mr.. Taft's other works, the
Indian "Paducah" in the city of that
name in Kentucky and "The Eternal
Silence" the Graves monument in
Graceland cemetery, Chicago, have a
similar feeling of majesty to that Of
his latest creation.
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QUEBEC BRIDGE is BIGGEST
Time of Construction Shows Advance
in Engineering Since Brooklyn
Bridge Was Built.

Quebec, Ont.-The new bridge
across the ST. Lawrence river near
here supplants the mighty structure
that fell when half finished in the
summer of 1907. The site of the new
bridge is the same but the north pier
is moved out SO feet further into the
river, thus appreciably shortening the
central span The new bridge contains
13O,0OO,000 pounds Of steel, as com
pared with the 10O,00o,OOO Of its pred
ecessor. It will cost when completed
not less than 12,OOO, 900. and will
have the longest truss span of any
bridge in the world-1.SOO feet, or 80
feet more than that Of the great Firth
of Forth bridge in Scotland.
The construction of this bridge,
which has taken two and half years.
ia an impressive indication Of the
progress of mechanical and civil en-
gineering since the Brooklyn bridge
was opened to traffic, May "a, 1883.
The latter required 1874 years to
erect, and to date has cost over $22.-
100000, of $10,000,00O more than TIN
prospective cost Of the new Canadian
giant
The length of the river span Of the
Brooklyn bridge is 1,60O feet-700
feet less than that of the bridge at
Quebec. OF the other bridges across
the East river the Manhattan has a
river span Of 1,470 feet; the Williams
burg bridge has a span of 20: feet
shorter than that over the ST. .aw-
renee; the longest span of the Queens
boro bridge is 100 feet.
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DICT0GRAPH AS A DETECTIVE.
Recently Invented Instrument Plays
an Important Part in the Ohio
Bribery Trial.

Columbus, On the trial of Rodney
J. Diegle, ergeant-at-arms Of the Ohio
state senate, convicted of aiding and
abettlng the alleged bribing of state
senator, the state relied on a me-
chanical device, the photograph, high.
~ sensitized telephone, for<its strong
est evidence.
The dictograph transmitter was Sc
created in a detectives room in ho-
tel and court stenographer in anoth-
er room, reported the conversation in
which it was alleged bribes were Of
fered and accepted. -.
For the first time in the history of
detective work this curious machine
was used.
A dictograph consists of series of
sensitive metal plates set in a hard
rubber cylinder In it's elements it is
q telephone transmitter magnifed
used in business way it enables a
man to sit at his desk in his private
Office alone and talk off his correspond
ence without the stenographer being
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door Ceighbors as towers. At the
east end Of the Big -Four yards in
Anderson another tower was named
Gridley
1t is we'll known that the first town
west of Pendleton is Ingalls,, named
after M. E. Ingalls,, but that was be-
fore Taft was named. j. @. VanWin.
kle, formerly of Anderson, was gen.
eral superintendent of the Big Four
road at that time and it has always
been surmised that Mr.. VanWinkle
named the towns Taft, Gridley and
Raleigh.
Taft, Ind, is on the official rail.
load map as issued by the Indiana
railroad commission. Taft is import.
ant to the Big Four road. It is a
guard, a sentry against any danger
Of collision of trains or loss Of time
ir switching and passing
Taft is a twenty-four-hour place,
that is, it is never depopulated. Three
telegraph operators work eight-hour
shifts. S. D. Solomon has the first
trick" from IL m. to 4 a. m. j. w.
Stephens takes the second trick as
they call it, from a. M to p. M,
and G. A. Newlin from p M to
IL m. M. w. Hummel, repair man for
the tower interlocking switches and
semaphore signals in the vicinity of
Anderson, is an occasional visitor to
Taft, Ind. Mr.. Stephens and Mr..
Hummel were at Taft when a CORE
spondent visited Taft, Ind, for pic
ture OF the place.
Jerome Brown, former county com
missioner, and Dory Biddle, who quit
newspaper editing to turn farmer, are
among the nearest residents of Taft
Brown is a Republican and Biddle is
Democrat. Sid Conger visited Taft
frequently while he owned a farm
that adjoins Taft. He recently sold
the farm to Carl Won Hake, of the
Marion county board Of commissions
ers. Former Governor w. T. Durbin
owned the farm before Conger bought
1t, so there has been more or less Of
an atmosphere Of politics about Taft
ever since it was established
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TOWN NAMED TAFT
Only Three Residents in This
Indiana Burg.
ST.. nal Tower That Is On the Map
and Has Politicians As Neigh
bors-Telegraph Operators
Total Population.

indianapolis, Ind.-Prcsident Taft
on his recent trip to this city passed
through or rather by Taft, Ind, for
the first time. He, however, prob
ably did not know it unless he was
reminded of it.
There was only one inhabitant of
Taft out of bed the night President
Taft whizzed by the original station
OF Taft. That one inhabitant was C.
a. NeWlin, a telegraph operator, who
had out a green light, which meant
Il clear track for the President.
The President, in all his travels,
had never before been through Taft,
Dental campaign he visited Anderson
one October evening, going in from
the east, and was then routed by way
OF Rushville to indianapolis. His re-
cent trip was the first time the Presi-
dent has ever travelled over the Big.
Four railroad between Anderson and
indianapolis, and that is why he al
ways missed Taft, Ind.
This Taft, Ind, is not joke or q
creation since William H. Taft be-
came President The place or station
was named while Mr.. Taft was a resi-
dent of Cincinnati and preparing to
go to the Philippines as, governor Of
the islands. Some one in the general
offices OF the Big -Four soon after
the Spanish-American war, when it
became necessary to give names to
new towers for interlocking signals
and other devices for safety along the
Big -Four railroad between Anderson
and indianapolis, chose names of per-
sons and ships then in the public eye.
First one tower was named Taft.
Then one between Pendelton and In
gals was named after one of Dewey's
good ships of war, Raleigh. Dickey
Wainwright, who had not then be-
come rear admiral, but was making
history while fighting the Spanish,
was hcnored with the name of a tow
er at the southwest corner of Ander-
son. Wainwright and Taft are next
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sudden glory arising from sudden
conception of some eminency in our
selves by comparison with the infirm-
ity OF others. or with our own for
merly."
If a laugh is benefaction and the
provoker OF. a laugh benefactor. why
are there more statues to dull people
than to witty ones? Who was the
greatest laugh promoter in history ?
tI 1t was said of Sidney Smith that he
was the father Of 10000, 900 laughs.
Laughter" said Lord Rosebery re-
Gently, "is a physical necessity. We
live under d sunless sky, surrounded
by melancholy ocean, and it is a
physical necessity for the English ma
tion-even for the Scotch nation and
the Welsh nation to laugh. It ex-
hilarates all social relations. Was
not" his lordship added, ..the laugh
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crease Of pension for the widow of soldier
There We're papers Forwarded to him: which
on the case, and these he turned over to the
committee on pensions after his bill had been
introduced. r''r.@
The widow did not get her money, and it was
not long before the whole house knew why The
member who had espoused the widows cause
mad been in congress for years. and the joke at
MS expense was too good to keep, and one after
another of his colleagues up to his desk
and congratulated him on the wisdom shown in
the plea which in written form, he had
turned in to the committee to win the widows
case
1t Is perhaps needless to gay that the mem
Der had never, read the plea. 1t set forth the
fact that while the amount Of pension increase
the widow of the soldier hero asked for was
large it must be understood that she came of
good family, moved in the best social circles and
was in need of a large of money to keep up
Appearances
Upon occasion senators and representatives per-
nit their constituents to do their talking for
them in congress. Petitions come in floods at
times, with the object of securing legislation by
external pressure. In the Smoot case, and in
the pure food and army canteen matters the pleas
OF the people came in by the tens of thousands.
The members Of both houses present these let
ters, call attention to their import and then allow
the petition to do the rest if they are potent
enough. - .-.-.-. -- "
Senator Latimer of South Carolina once intro
duced good roads bill calling for the expendi-
ture of government millions for the Improvement
OF the highways. The automobilists all over the
country began sending letters Of approval They
pressed their friends into the writing service, but
that they did not always pass upon the persuasive
merits of the friends productions is shown fair
ly we'll by one letter on the good roads subject
received by Senator Cullom- read like this:
Dear Mr.. Cullom: Please vote for this id
bill, and you will oblige fool friend of mine
who runs an automobile. Yours more or less
sincerely, -"
1t Chicago man who wrote this appeal
There were others like unto it. The good roads
bill still sleeps.
In the older days the school readers contained
the story of I'll Try Sir Miller" Probably
everybody knows who 'sTu Try Sir Miller" was
Certainly everybody ought to Gen. James
Miller then captain, was the hero Of Lundys
Lane He said he would try to do the thing
necessary for the thrashing of the enemy, and he
did it, and I'll Try Sir took the place of his
Christian nam James
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The Shepherd Of the Black Sheep

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more intense form of the smile. In
extreme cases the eyes are moistened
by the effusion from the lachrymal
glands"
There you have scientific defini-
tion. But 1t Is clear that mankind
would hardly take the trouble to go
through that experience If that Is all
that laughter consisted of. They
would not regard Dickens or
Mark Twain as a benefactor merely
because a perusal of their writings
produced that. No; even the philoso-
piers know that laughter is something
better than that something internal
that there is such a thing as silent
laughter. Hobbies calls laughter a
The Appeal., 1911-07-29
MARKS MISSOURI SEA LEVELS
The United States Geological Survey
Has Recently Completed Work
In the State.

Jefferson City, Mo.--The United
States geological survey, working in
conjunction with the surveyors of the
state of Missouri, have been establish
ing the levels in this state and plac-
Ing tablets or bench marks" in many
places. These markers show the
height Of that point above the sea
level y
These bench marks are of two
forms. One is a circular bronze or
aluminium table three and one-half
inches in diameter and one-fourth
inch thick, having 3-inch stem which
is cemented in a drill hole in solid
rock in the wall of some public build.
ing, bridge abutment or other sub.
stantial masonry structure or in the
solid rock.
The second form to be set in the
ground where there is no rock or ma.
sonry, consists Of a hollow wrought
iron post four feet long. A bronze or
aluminium table is riveted over the top
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present. The stenographer may be in
the next room or the other side of the
building, but she hears the words as
dlstlnctly as though she were at his
elDoW and sets them down.
The detectives got some of the sus-
pected men, separately and together,
IN a hotel room, dictograph was
uhder the sofa. A court reporter was
at the other end. Word for word his
nlmble fingers recorded every word
that was uttered. None but he and
the detectives knew
Nothing escaped the transmitter-
not even the opening or closing of the
door-and the stenographer trans
cribed everything which the little in
strument reported to him This re-
port was admitted as evidence by the
judge who presided at the trial.
Inc. inventor of the instrument is
X. M Turner. 90, 81. +.
IN order to entrap the legislators
who were suspected of receiving
brlbes, Detective Smiley acted as
or1ber On the occasion when the die
tograph was used and he and O. O.
Walcott, the stenographer, were prin-
c1pal witnesses for the prosecution,
The defense objected strenuousiy to
"olcotts evidence being admitted,
but the court ruled that it was cor
roborative of the direct evidence and
was admissible
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For years several representatives in congress
tried to secure an appropriation to be used for
the building OF monument to General Miller at
Peterboro, N. H., near which town "I'll Try Sir"
lived on farm before the war of 1872 and for
years after it's close The representatives who
had the matter of pushing the bill in hand used
the words of Captain Miller at Lundy's Lane to
express their own determination to secure VIC
tory They certainly did try and the speeches
that were made before the library committee OF
congress held patriotic appeals in every sentence
Apparently however, it easier for Miller to
capture battery against odds than it was for
members OF congress to capture the dollars neces.
sary to build monument of enduring stones
to his memory.
1t was case of try and try again While the
cause of Miller whose heroism was worth
dozen monoments, being pleaded congress
voted money for memorials to other men less de-
serving. Finally, however, New Hampshire
member who had been digging into history found
out something about "Il Try sirs" career which
was not generally known. Congress had been
told time and again that Captain Miller not only
had shown conspicuous gallantry at Lundy Lane.
but that prior to that fight he had thrashed
superior force of British and Indians at Managua.
Congress had also been told that Miller had COM
@manded the center column of General Browns
army, which routed what was apparently an
overwhelmingly greater force of the British at
Fore Erie.
These things didn't make an impression. Con-
3 gresS seemed to think that inasmuch as Miller
wassa soldier that it was his business to defeat
superior forces OF the enemy every day in the
week without imposing any rnonumentrais1nS
duty on posterity. The New Hampshire member,
however, found out that after the war of 1912
Miller went back to his farm near Petersboro.
plowed fields chopped wood and MIXED the cows
instead of going to Washington to ask the gov
ernment to do something for him on account of
his record
Miller's popularity was such after the treaty Of
peace that the government probably would have
been glad to give him anything that it had to
give. Wnen I'll Try Sir" was asked why he
was playing Cincinnatus instead of taking Job
In Washington, he replied: when men begin
leaving the farms for the cities the nation will
begin to decay"
Congress was told of this saying of Millers
and either admiration for his choice of farm
er lie or else belief that he was prophet
who before long might have the truth OF his
prophecy proved, brought favorable report
from the committee on library in the matter Of
: the monument at PetersborO.
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ST. PAUL SATURDAY. JULY 20 1911
BLACK HAWK STATUE
Lorado Taft's Monument to
Vanishing Race.
Red Man, Towering Over Valley Long
Indians Sole Property, Seems
Leaving the Site Reluctantly
Made of Concrete.

Oregon, nl.-With impressive cere-
monies the statue of the famous Indian
chief Black Hawk was dedicated at
Eagle Nest camp, the summer colony
OF Chicago artists and writer's, near
here. The statue of the great chief
tain is the work of dorado Taft and
stands on a 200-foot bluff across the
river from the town and just soutside
the limits of the camp Among the
members Of the party at the dedica-
ton were some of the best known of
Chlcago's artists, sculptors and writer's.
Edgar A. Bancroft was the principal
speaker and presented the statue to
the people of Illinois. Responses were
made by DR.. Charles G. Eastman and
Miss Laura M. Cornelius.
The statue Of Black Hawk occupies
a position on the highest point in
Rock river valley. 1t is mammoth in
s1ze-being AZ. feet highland repre-
sents the work of four years. It is
built of concrete and is expected to be
a permanent monument to the red men
who once rOamed this section. The
facial lineaments are Of Black Hawk
but the sculpt0rs idea was to make
the statue typical of the vanishing
North American Indians.
The figure of Black Hawk is repre-
sented girt in a blanket, reluctantly
leaving the valley which served his
tribe as council grounds long before
the white man came to this continent.
Z This remarkable statue, which is
made OF REINFORCED concrete by new
process, is itself imposing, and has
been placed upon rock 200 feet above
the water, the highest point in the pic
turesque Rock river valley. The statue
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poff Coats in Church.

Pittsburg, PaThe Rev. Charles L.
b. Cartwright, pastor of the North
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church,
has notified his congregation it will be
good form" during the warm wealth
er for women to come to Sunday even
ing services without their hats and for
men to remove their coats.
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Professor Sir Charles Bell In the
Strand Calls 1t convuIsive Ac-
tion Of the Diaphragm.

Laughter" says Professor Sir
Charles Bell in the London Strand, -"is
a convulstve action of the diaphragm.
In this state the person draws full
breath and throws 1t out in interrupt
ed. short and audible cachinnations
This convulsion of the diaphragm is
the principal part of the physical man
Hesitation Of laughter; but there are
several accessories, especially the
sharp vocal utterance arising from the
violent tension of the larynx and the
expression of the features, this being
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Old Church An GARAGE,

Long Hill ConnThe old white
First Methodist church building,
steeple and al, for many years used
as a place Of worship and the first
church built in the town Of Trumbull.
has given away to the progress Of the
times and garage. The edifice, which
stands almost in the center Of the vii
lage, has long been landmark. The
steeple will be retained, the galleries
will be made into waiting rooms for
women and the pulpit and platform a
Sow place for accessories.
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OF Sir Frank Lockwood something that
would make stuffed bird rejoice?
And those who listened to the splen-
dor OF merriment which he could i'm.
part by that laugh realize the intense
value Of that emotional exercise
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Do you ever think of the irrevocable
nature of speech? You may find,
years after your light word was
spoken spoken, that it made whole
life unhappy, or ruined the peace Of
household. Stopford Brooke.
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Of the post and 1t is sunk into the
ground so that the top protrudes
about six inches
The tablets are stamped with the
words: ~. 8. Geological Survey.
Missouri" The elevation in feet above
sea level is marked on the tablet and
the words: Two hundred and fifty
dollars fine for disturbing this mark"
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AiibI.s

Alibf.
Father (having caught his son In
a He)-Haven't always told you to
tell the truth?
Son-Yes, father; but you also told
me never to become the slave Of
habit.
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ORCE, picturesqueness and abil-
ity In congress knows no sec
tions. Northerners, southern
ers, fasteners and westerners
have their strengths and their
weaknesses, their likes and their
dislikes, their physical manner
isms and their mental idiosyn-
crasies just like all other human
beings.
There have been men in con-