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The Washington herald., 1913-03-06
Marshall Gets
Greeting from
Banks of Wabash
Vice President Receives from Hoosier
Poet a Production on the
Comic Muse"

Vice President Marshall has heard
from the Indiana poets. He received
Yesterday the following lines from Mere.
dith Nicholson. novelist. poet, and local
Democratic politician. Mr. Nicholson
contribution was as follows:
Happy the man that scales the heights afar,
Blest by Olympian dews
But happier he whose wagon and star
Follow the comic muse
May you. oh Hocsier. npt in toea brsht,
Never the guiding lose
OF that angelic daughter Of delight,
We name the comic muse.
PHILOSOPHY. alert to heed her call
Nothing can long refuse;
Wisdom encamped by foIly's ninsy wall
Winks at the cumic mus
The Vice President offered no explana-
ton when he unveiled the Indiana poet's Q
production.
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they never enjoyed and had ceased to expect.
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Cornish Place Names,
from The Lnndor Chrnricle

From fhe London ChroniC1e
Cornish place names are remarkable for
the number of obscure Celtic saints they
commemorate, such as St Tudy. ST Cuby,
s.. Inv. St. Enodoc. st. Brisc and st.
Finbarrow. A story Is told of a Cornish
candidate for ordination. who when ask
ed by the examining chaplain where he
was born. replied. AT St. Eval." giving
the local pronunciation. "SandevaI -
Good heavens!" exclaimed the chaplain
Il '-now they have some strange saints
In Cornwall. but l should never have
imagined they would cononize him.
There are three other Cornish villages
whose names 1t would be hard to match
for singularity-Brumbie. Lorton An
prentice. and Drunkards All
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gravity and sugar. restoring vgur aud building up
the system
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E Eyeg g|asses and SpectacIes
Only Two Cents Each
YET YOU WOULDN'T PAY EVEN A CENT If YOU HAVE
NO NEED OF THEM
Would You Like to Be Freed From Slavery to Glasses?
So, Read the Interesting Book Now Obtainable Free

II is predicted that within few
years eyeglasses and speCtacles will he
so scarce that there will he no demand
for them except as Curiosities. and we
may see the signs uffcrinE them at two
cents a pair This Is consistent with
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Dr. Marsit Balogh, a Hungarian wor-
an, has been appointed by the Hungar-
ian minister of instruction TO engage in
geological research work in connection
with a French expedition TO tho -.'ss
Mountains, in Northwest AT
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Cut this out now. This coupon entities the
sender to one full trial treatment of DR.
Whitney's Nerve d Flesh Builder. provided II Is
the first trial sender has received. c. L. Jones
Co., 4e6S Friend Bldg, Elmira, NY.
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COURT GOSSIP ON SUBJECTS -
OF GREAT GENERAL INTEREST

races spending fortunes upon luxurious
bathing rooms or houses. The Romans
and the Greeks Of the classic period
certainly believed in the invigorating
properties and virtues of a body that
was kept clean and wholesome We
know from chroniclers and historians
that baths always have been considered
a powerful agent for the acquisition and
( maintaining of beauty, aye that often
/ even they have been recommended as
remedies against illness. For this rea-
son 1t was that in olden times so many
mineral springs were consecrated to
| lCrcules-the God of strength.
The allegory that causes Venus. the
/ Goddess of Beauty, to rise from the
waters. is one that may be borne con-
siantly In mind by the girl who wishes
10 become beautiful, or to retain to an
advanced age the beauty that she pos
stsses. for the frequent use of the bath
is an indispensable condition to fresh
ness, smoothness. and transparency of
the perfect complexion. the possession
OF which can make the most irregular
features attractive because the skin re-
quires constant cleansing to retain its
proper activity and free the pores OF
accumulatons that II allowed to remain
ar" prejudicial to health.
Modern science has made clear to
every mind the law underlying a practice
tHat prevailed among the Eastern ma
tons as a religious rite. and that. as a
luxury. was carried to an almost per-
r!cious extent by the Romans-namely,
the practice of the daily bath In an
cient Rome the public bath was a place
of amusement, to which the people went
AS We now go 10 the public parks Some
people, in fact. made II their almost
continual pastime. They bathed at night
and in the morning; they bathed after
the gymnastic exercises. and they bathed
before their cl.ief meal. They also
hathed before undertaking any business
of great Importance In this they imi-
tated the Greeks who also bathed before
beginning any enterprise requiring ener-
sy and GOODNESS. In our own time one
great preacher, now dead. invariably
took to bath before entering the pulpit
Besides the public baths. every Roman
lady had her private bath at home. His
tory tells OF bath OF silver. large enough
to allow the bather to swim in: Of CELL
ings and cornices of bathrooms adorned
with rich moSaics; or walls incrusted
with marqueterie and jeweled with
Thasos stones so rare that even temples
could not always be decorated with them |
The most exquisite perfumes were added !
to the water Of the bath. only the poor |
est OF the Romans being content 10 use |
jasmine or bran.
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the progress of science In this age OF
wonders. of flying machines. wireless
telegraphy, telephones. Photographs.
&c, but especially in the marvellous
advancement of knowledge in saving
lives and Notwithstanding that OF the
all-important organs of sight,
Eyeglasses Arc Merely Eye Clutches.
A book has been written by DR. Cor
ish. an eminent New York physician.
on eyestrain and other eye disorders
which cause so much trouble to those
afflicted, including the need OF wearing
eyeglasses or spectacles.
This treatise explains a simple. safe.
self. home-treatment meInod whereby
one who wears eyeglasses. or fears the
need OF soon doing so, may gradually
strengthen the nerves, muscles and
membranes of the eyes until they are
in so much better condition that "op-
ticians' windows are unnecessary.
Any one who reads the hook soon real
ICES that Dr. Corish has given the
world what II has long desi-ed-a sys-
tenn Of eye saving that is absolutely de-
void of belladonna. opium. atropine or
other harmful drugs. commonly used in
eye remedies. and which depend chiefly
upon the finer principles OF nature
DR.. Corish has written enthusiastic
ally, yet carefully. He comes forward
with the edict that eyeglasses must go.
His slogan is
Throw Away Your GlasSes."
The Doctor says the ancients never
disigured their facial beauty with
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would h required TO produce mechanically as much
nitrogen as Peru's nitrate deposits yield every
year.
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No injurious Parafin injections or in
struments used. No time wasted with
Massage Creams, Bust Compounds, Oils,
Lotions, rollers, cups, bandages. cleo
tricity, hot congresses, vapor baths, or
tiresome exercises.
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! The Parisenne seldom neglects to
! massage her skin daily with toilet
( cream. using IT sparingly, but working
/ 1t well into the pores. Then, again,
once a week. is brought to her in her
dressing room basin of tepid milk,
to which has been added a teaspoonful
of tincture of benzoin and double the
Quantity Of extract of orange flowers.
With this her body is laved and all
viii be allowed to became absorbed
into the skin, after which a tepid bath
is taken to rinse off the sickness. A
bath of orange blossoms sounds luxu-
rious and is one of the little luxuries
enjoyed in season by the French wom-
an. who. by the way. rarely is without
bottle OF orange flower water on her
toilet table. A simple prescription used
by a very beautiful French woman for
softening and clearing the skin is COM
posed OF nothing more than sixty
"rams Of glycerine and 100 grams Of
orange flower water diluted with a cou-
pie OF quarts of soft water
Cheap substitutes for the COSTLY
baths Of medieval times are found in
bran. oatmeal. starch. and salt baths.
A calico h1g. filled with starch and
bran. should be boiled fifteen minutes
in water and the latter added TO he
bath when the whitening and soften
ing effect of the SKIN is excellent.
Where additional Armness of the skin
is needed two draHs each of rose
mary. camphor. and lavender when In
season. should he soaked II ono mint of
white wine VINEGAR several hours then
the mixture should he strained and
the lotion added 70 .he hath. and a
deliehtfrl 1nvigorating effect will he
the result F1,,NEr-R
The Washington herald., 1913-03-06

GETTING ENTI r ELY RID OF
CLASSES IN SHORT TINE.
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The news that the Princess de Sagan.
Duchess de Talleyrand-Perigord (our
own Anna Gould that was) Is having on
her French estate an addition built to
her chateau. consisting in the main of
an immense bath In the ancient Roman
style, recalls many instances of former
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The depOsed dynasty went into exile to
Great Rritain, but the present head of
the family resides most of t..e year at
Gmunden in Austria. where he persists
in maintaining a sort OF shadowy court
CT his own. He has a strong hold upon
the affections of the Hanoveriaus. There
is also little group of deputies in the
German Reichstag. who are proud to call
themselves the Guelph party. and who
never fail to use every chance they get TO
annoy the Hohenzollern government
They really remain the 'irreconcileable,"
but what viii they do when their idols
heir weds the daughter of the Kaiser?
Princess Victoria Louise is her fathers
apple Of the eye. He often has declared
publicly that she would marry for love
only. that he would never sacrifice his
darling to political schemes. Has he
done it? The young princess has but rare
ly. If at all, seen the scion of the Guelphs
whom she is to wed. She was in his So
ciety actually for t>So hours at tea
party and the announcement of their
betrothal is reported to have followed
The news that the Princess de Sagan.
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| Diane dc Poitieres mysterious and
sinister" beauty was preserved by the
simplest Yet most practical means of
bathing and by active fresh-air cxer-
else. with n needful amount OF rcpose
| She rose at a. m. and took a cold bath
| using rain water as a basis OF her tub
and adding TO this various costly in
gradients. The fame of her morning
| bath has come down TO us through the
centuries in many naive page. one
cEronicler going SO far as to say that
she scattered crushed gold over the wa
ter OF her bath; but this probably is
| fable. Anyhow, after the legendary tub
she would rise and hunt and then return
to bed for an hour or two to read and
rest.
! A beauty bath used by bellies Of the
Middle Ages was prepared with one
pound each OF barley and oatmeal. half
a pound of rice. one and half pounds
I Of pulverized lupin seeds. three pounds
OF bran. and a quarter Of a pound each
I Of borage and gillv flower. These In
gradients were boiled in soft water
for an hour and strained and two
quarts Of the decoction were added 10
the bath water. in which previously
had been dissolved an ounce each OF
substances similar to borax and bicar-
Donate of soda.
Another famous beauty hath was
composed or hAI pint or alcOhOl,
two ounces each of spirit Of camphor
and spirit of ammonia. five ounces each
Of sea salt. and one quart of boiling
water. This mixture. well shaken, was
added to bath OF warm water. and
was regarded as an excellent skin
tonic.
Many famous beauties besides Diane
had faith in aromatic baths for the
preservation Of beauty. 1t is strange
TO learn OF the means that not infre-
sired end. Some covered the entire
surface OF their hath with fresh vio-
lets in winter and rose or jasmine
petals in summer. famous Spanish
dancer bathes in weak tea. to which
a costly rose essence is added. the tea
giving to her skin rich. warm color.
In Paris there are numerous beauty
salons and there is one in which are
beauty baths at 10 francs each. that
render the skin soft as velvet and
youthful looking as child's
The Parisienne. by her tepid bath. |
AYERS that her nerves are soothed and
her skin rendered elastic and firm.
When she has reason to desire a tonic
influence from her ablutions her bath
is rendered aromatic by means of ,
bountiful addition of a decoCtion made |
of 800 grams of finely pulverized car I
Donate of soda. fifteen grams of essence (
of lavender. ten grams of rosemary. and
half that quantity OF eucalyptus. tea
spoonful Of the dccoction she uses in a
basinful of water for her daily facial /
abutions, as well as adding the mixture
to her bath.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1913-01-24

w. w. Perry has moved from Bee
Lake and will hereafter have hls head.
quarters at Goodhope. Mr.. Perry has
leased Mr.. McLemore's elegant plan.
tation and purchased all the mules and
farming implements. He will farm or
as large a scale as ever, operating
plantations in Holmes, Yazoo and LIE.
fore counties.
]. L. McRae, Sr., and j. w. McRae,
of Acona, were noted among the visit
ors to Lexington Monday
T. ]. Brown, of Ebenezer, made
Lexington visit Monday.
A. N. Roberts, the genial bookkeep
er for ]. D. Powers, Goodman, attend
ed to businsse in Lexington Monday.
Dee Reynolds, of Acona, visited
friends in the city Monday.
Jerry Austin, colored, was tried anc
convicted of lunacy by the following
jury Tuesday: Paul Stein, F. A,
Howlle, ]. P. Williams, ]. A. McCar
ley, A. r. Harvey, Maj. L. Noe
White.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Lemuel Smith have
the hearty congratulations of friends
over the fact that the stork left littlS
daughter at their house Tuesday.
E. E. Brown and w. 0. Brown, oi
Ebenezer, had busiress in Lexington
Wednesday.
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Home Brevitles.

THE ladies of Temple BETHEL will
give a Dutcn dinner and have cake
and candy booth on Monday, March g.
and hope to have liberal attendance.
B. &. Farr on Tuesday sold five
young hogs, whose aggregate weigni
was 1910 pounds to Pickens q Flncher.
They were real beauties, and will at
tract attention anywhere.
Frank Chisolm, Bowman Chisolm
and Oren Chisolm, of Zeiglervillc, had
business in Lexington Wednesday.
Mrs. c. A. Jackson, of Kosciusko,
was the priced guest of her brother,
DR.. C. A. Moore and family, the fore
part of the week.
N. A. Reed, of Howard, made Lex
ington a visit on business Saturday.
W. ]. Spell, of Forest Grove, spent
Friday and Saturday in Lexington
Ben UIlendorff, of Cruger, had busi
ness in the county seat Saturday.
J.I. Martin, of ToIarville, sojournec
in Lexington Saturday.
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Capt. Jack Pitchford has sold the
Boatwright place to 7. w. Boyd and
has purchased tract of land from Mr..
Chun, adjoining his plantation on Har-
lands Creek, making him one of the
most desirable plantations in Holmes
county.
XII Harrington, of Goodman, had
business in Lexington Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. Dewitt Buck, of AGO.
ma, were the priced guests of II. H.
Hobbs and family Sunday and Monday.
j. B. Dickard, Kit Dickard and Tom
Ferrell, of near Zeiglerville, were here
on business Monday.
W. 7. Waits, w. H. Mcbride and
VIM. Boiling, of Central, paid Lex
ington visit Monday.
Squire A. G. Kelly. of Tchula, was
IN Lexington on official business Mon
day.
Dewitt Buck, of Acona, attended to
business in Lexington Monday.
Miss Alleen Roby was the attractive
guest of Miss Gladys Weatherby, at
Durant, from Friday to Monday.
Prof. j. 7. Parkinson, of Coxburg,
visited the county capital on business
Monday.
Chatham johnson and W. A. Ro-
bertson were at Tchula Monday and
Tuesday, making arrangements to
opening an uptodate restaurant and
lunch stand, and will conduct a pool
room in connection.
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The stockholders of the Bank of
Holmes County held their annual meet
ing on the 10th inst. The report Of
the officers showed that the bank dhr-
ing the past year had made earnings
of 183 per cent, of which Is per cent
was paid out in dividends to the stock
holders, the remainder being passed to
the reserve fund. All the old officers
and directors were reelected, as fol-
lows: ]. c. Pickens, president; H. S.
Hooker, vice president; N. B. Hooker,
cashier; j. G. Pickens, H. S. Hooker,
N. B. Hooker, l. Hyman, G. A. Will
son, directors.
Ernest Chisolm, of Zeiglerville, was
here Tuesday with two bales of the
fieecy staple.
Rev. Father Clarico will conduct
servicse at st. Thomass Catholic church
at the usual hours next Sunday. All
are cordially invited to attend.
Miss Vandenberg is the cherished
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Mitchell,
at Durant, this week.
L. C. MCGEE, of Shenoah Hill, greet.
ed his many friends in the cityWednes.
day.
Miss Ruth Rose, who has been assist.
ing in 7. ]. Jordan's store for the past
several months, returned Wednesday
to her home at Duck Hill, to the regret
of her many Lexington friends. Her
sister, Miss Maude, will remain here
for some time yet.
Mr.:cardener, your troubles ot
repIantlng are ended when you
buy your garden seed of 5eaIl's
Drug Store.
G. F. Brown has leased the Wilson
House at Tchula and is ready to serve
he public.
B. R. Stigler was over at Tchuls
Monday doing some plumbing work or
the Wilson House.
j. S. Stigler has been spending the
week on his plantation, the Nixor
place.
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I. w. Gillian has sold his furniture
business at Tchula to Messrs. Foose
and G. c. Rogers. We learn that Mr..
Rogers has also purchased an interest
in d. N. Foose & Sons hardware bus
mess.
Claude Durham and wife have been
visiting w. G. Durham and family at
Durant. They have left Texas and
will make their home at Memphis in
the future.
+, Chas. Lofstrom went over to the
Nixon place Tuesday to take charge of
it.
J. s. Shurlds and family have moved
from the Dawson place to Westtield.
s. B. Miller has sold his saw mill at
German Bend to j. w. Jordan ct al,
andSnoved with his family back to
their old home at West Milton, Ohio.
"What shall the harvest be7"
Plant garden seed bought of HealI
and see them grow.
Vernon Dnrham will manage the Fa-
mosa plantation for Capt. d. G. Pep
per the ensuing year.
X, w. Wilkes went to Valley Home
Tuesday to repair some houses for j.
S. StIgler.
Mrs. B. w. Moore, of Durant, was
the cherished guest Monday of Mr..
and Mrs. W. H. Fincher, Jr.
A. E. Swinney took trip to Green
wood Tuesday.
A. Heinrich visited his plantation
near Tchula Tuesday.
Capt. F. A. Howell, of Durant,
went to Ebenezer Tuesday to spend a
few days with F. Allen Howell and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Smith and sons,
Herbert and Doyle, visited their son,
w. E. Smith and family, at Howard,
Sunday.
Isidore Herman and Jesse Hymar
spent Sunday with friends at Green
wood.
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The Durant municipal electric light
plant is undergoing repairs this week,
and the town is consequently without
lights in the interim. They will be on
again by Monday.
j. Preston Rogers was over atLouise
the latter part of last week, winding
up his business at that place.
All Landreth new crop seed al
BealI's Drug Store. . ,
Thos. Turner, of Cruger, was over
Monday, inspecting the horse and mule
market.
Rev. Mr.. Williams, of Black Hawk,
was a visitor to Lexington Monday.
Dixie Owen has gone TO Oxford to
take charge of the telephone exchange
at that place.
B. s. Bealls is the headquarters for
LIV-VER-LAX.
r. L. Peaster, of Dunbarton, attend
ed to business in Lexington Monday.
Kennon Bailey and s. d. Bailey, of
Acona, attended to business here Mon
day.
Mrs. B. Gottlieb and son, Leonard,
of Pine Bluff, Ark arrived Sunday on
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Sig Hyman.
Mrs. E X. Jones and sons, KERN
and Claude, and Miss Bonnie Jones,
have Eeen the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
7. G. James, at Sharkey, the past
week.
E. f. Weems, of Owens, circulated
in the county capital Saturday.
Hon. d. I. Ruff spent Friday at
Pickens on legal business
Squire Ivy H. Upshaw, of District
No. 3, and Squire A. &. Kelly, of Dis
trict No. 5, were invited to sit with
Squire o. F. Hosea of District No. /,
to try the case of Ki Harrington VS..
Smith Bros, colored, an unlawful de.
tainer case. Mr.. Harrington had pur.
chased piece of property and the de-
PENDANTS refused to move. The court
decided in favor of plaintiff, the de-
PENDANTS failing to put in an appear.
ance.
Senator H. H. Casteel, Of Pickens,
exchanged greetings with his many
! friends in Lexington Monday.
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A. D. Whitehead, of Eulogy, greet.
ed friends in Lexington Saturday.
]. D. Causey. of Brozville, greeted
riends here Saturday.
M. J. Fonville, of Oregon, hand.
shook with friends in the citySaturday
]. H. Roach and family have recent.
ly moved from Jackson to Nugent,
Miss.
J. s. Watson has moved his stock Of
merchandise, recently purchased from
the Herman Bros. Co., to Bee Lake.
OH YOU CALOMEL, get out Of
the way and let LIV-VER-LAX do the
work, purely vegetable, ask B. S.
Beall.
Mrs. M. C. Rathell is an appreciated
addition to our subscription list.
]. C. Chun, of Zeiglerville, made
Lexington a.business visit Saturday.
J. K. Young spent Sunday with
Greenwood realtives.
Jeff Butler, Honey Island; w. H.
Owen, Route Lexington; Dan Oil.
phant, Route 2 Lexington Cornelius
Porter, Route Lexington, all colored
are new subscribers to the Advertiser,
Rev. 7. M. Lemly held services al
Franklin Sunday.
Landreth white and yellow onion
sets at BeaIl's Drug Store.
H. c. Johnson spent Sunday night
at Durant.
Noel brennan, of Franklin, attended
to business in Lexington Wednesday.
]. A. Sharpe accompanied l.. c. Nc
Gee to his elegant place at ShenoaE
Hill to make plans and specification!
for some contemplated building i'm
provements.
Mrs, anime L. Buck, Edwin Buck anc
M. ]. Evans, of Acona, spent Wednes
day with Lexington friends.