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The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
CHlCAG0ANS COME BY RIVER
Chicago Business Men Will Visit Mem.
phis on Trip.

Chicago.-After March 1 many busi-
ness men of Chicago will begin to take
notice of telegraphic reports of the Mis-
sissippi River gauge readings at Cairo
Memphis, Vicksburg and other points
that never before interested them out
side of Mark Twain.
On that date the steamer Dubuque,
the first in the service of the Chicago
Peoria & New Orleans Transportation
Company, will start on its first down
trip. Of its 175 passengers, many will
be Chicago business men.
The craft has a capacity of 900 tons.
Chicago, Peoria and LaSa1le business in.
terests have pledged enough freight to
keep several boats busy during the river
season.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
JAPAN, NOT RUSSIA,
APPEALED FOR PEACE
EX-PRESIDENTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
WILL BE INTERESTING.
PUBLISH MIKADO'S LETTER
Mikado Asked Roosevelt to Open Way
for Peace Negotiations-Publica
tion of Letter Will Create
Sensation in Japan.

Washington.-New light of surpriS
ing kind will be thrown on the negotia.
tions preceding the close of the Russo
Japaneses war in series OF papers now
in preparation by ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt. The papers, which will be
published in a magazine, will be in the
form of an autobiography, Naturally
this will be devoted in large measure to
things about the Portsmouth peace con.
ference between the Russian and Jap
anese diplomats.
1t has long been known that the war
brought Japan almost to the verge Of
bankruptcy. but the general opinion has
prevailed that after the severe defeats IS
at Port Arthur and along the Yalu
river it was the Russians who sued for
peace. But, as Col. Rs'sevelt will tell
the story, it was the victorious japanese
who took the first step to end the war.
The offer of this government to assist
in terminating hostiities came not on
the suggestion of Russia, but at the di.
rect request of Japan.
Col. Roosevelt has at his disposal doc
umentary proof of his account of the
peace negotiations. Most striking Of
the papers that ne will bring forward
is Il personal letter from the late
mikado to President Roosevelt asking
him to open a way for peace negotia'
tions. The text of this letter will be
printed in the Portsmouth chapter, and
is expected to produce sensation il
japan.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

Ireland is to send q deputation to
this country to protest against the
landing at Queenstown of certain men.
tally defective persons alleged to be
Irish and having Irish names, but de-
clared to be from other countries of
origin than Ireland. These objection
ables are excluded from the United
States as undesirable immigrants. 1t
is said they have no claim on Ireland.
Certainly they have no claim on the
United States.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Artist Mac Cameron Dies.

New 1ork.-Robert Lee Mac Cameron,
American painter, who recently returned
to the United States after long resi-
dence abroad, and who few months
ago was made chevalier of the Legion
of Honor, died in his apartments here,
in his forty-seventh year. Well known
people whose portraits he painted in re.
cent years are President Taft, Mrs.
Edward II. Hartman, and Rodin, the
French scul ptor. He also made por.
traits of President Mckinley and Jus
tees Harlan and Brewer.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
SAID WIFE WAS EXTRAGANT
Husband Stabbed Her to Death for Buy
ing Christmas Present.

Chicago.-Mrs. Ella Montague was
stabbed to death by her husband, Pas
quale Montague, in the presence of their
19-year-old son, after he had upbraided
her for being extravagant. On Christ
mas Day Mrs. Montague presented her
husband with a small remembrance and
he scolded her then for spending all of
their money for luxuries. Friday night
she served a beef steak for dinner, and
after resuming the quarrel he drew
stilletto and killed her,
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Made Hired Man Kill Husband

Macon, Ga.-James King, widow of the
Round Oak, Ca, planter, who was killed
near here, confessed that she plotted
with Nicholas Winburn, farmland, to
kill her husband so that she might
marry Winburn and secure $4,000 life
insurance carried by her husband. The
widow of the dead man was arrested to-
day after Winburn had confessed to the
aolice he had shot and killed King be.
Sc Mrs. King offered him 5000 to
init the crime, and promised to marry
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Vocational Educa tion for FiIipinos

Neutrality-suspicious. of the exten.
sion OF vocational education in the Phil
ippines and American citizenship to
those Porto Ricans desiring it consti-
tute the principal features in the report
of Brig Gen. Mcintyre, chief of the bu-
reau OF insular affairs. In his annual
report, Gen. Mcintyre renews the recon.
mendatlon for the congressional action
looking to the inspection of the ins,ular
possessions by board OF visitors made
up OF representatives of the executive
and legislative branches of the govern
ment.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Rose to the Occasion.

Where did you get those lovely
roses, dear?"
Aren't they beautiful"
"Yes-where did you get them7"
Robert Bosqueau gave them to
me-"
"Bobbie Bosqueau? Why"
Yes, know what you are goins
to say. His wife has been dead only
six weeks, and isn't 1t pathetic thai
he is bringing me roses?"
"Yes-haven't they kept well!"
And the breeze blew, and the rain
drops fell, and 1t wasn't for quite .
while that the fierce enmity started
Exchange.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Will Deport Castro.

Washington.-Cipriano Castro, former
president of Venezuela, will not be per-
mitted to land at New York. Positive
announcement of this fact was made by
acting Secretary of State Huntington
Wilson. The State Department has ~,
sued orders that Castro is to be deported
If he tries to land. The United States
Will use as an excuse the fact that the
revolut1onist has been guilty of mum.
Der OF crimes and his physical condition
is such as to bar him from the country.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
WE MUST Be READY FOR WAR
Roosevelt Flags High Army and Navy
Officers.

Boston.-A warning that the United
States must be prepared for immediate
war and far better prepared than the
country has been for past wars, was the
feature OF a remarkable address made By
Theodore Roosevelt at a conference of
the Military Historical Society of Mas.
sachusetts.
Col Roosevelt severely arraigned the
war officials of the Spanish war as well
as the high officials of the army aud
.avy i'll general. AT times the colonel
was satirical in recounting his own ex.
perience during that war with highe
authorities and "red tape"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Gang Stole 100000

New York.-An epidemic of bold rob.
berries and safe crackings apparently
the work of an organized band of GRIM
inals, who are estimated to have real
lied something like 100000 in loot
from their operations, has been ended
by the arrest of five men and two
women.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Steamship Line Fails.

Philadelphia.-The United States court
appointed Samuel P. Wetherill receiver
of the Philadelphia and Gulf Steamship
Company, which operates line of
freight steamers between Philadelphia
and New Orleans. The company was Or
ganized in 1908 with capitalization of
81, ,O00,O
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
CHINA REFUSES TO COMPLY

Cautiously but Firmly Declines to Re.
open Tibet Matter With England.
Peking.-China's reply to the recent
note of Great Britain calling upon China
to come to an agreement with her re-
garding Tibet was delivered yesterday to
the British ambassador here 1t is cour
teous in tone, but firmly declines to ne
gotiate a new treaty. 1t cites the An
glo-Tibetan agreement of 1908, under
which Great Britain agreed not to inter-
fere in the administration of Tibet or
annex her territory, China undertaking
to prevent other nations from doing the
same. 1t points out that the agreement
also provided that China must police
the trade routes in Tibet and protect
communication.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Died to Save Husband.

Newport, R. I.-Trying I. in vain to save
her invalid husband from being burned
to death in a fire that did quarter of
million dollars damage here, Mrs. Frank
5. Heath met death in the flames. The
bodies were found near an open window,
where the wife had dragged her hus-
band in desperate effort to attract at
tention.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Indians Neglected.

Washington.-lost of the fulblood
Indians among the five civilized tribes
of Oklahoma live in the most primitive
condition, poorly clad and still more
poorly fed, and it is the exception rather
than the rule that their children 90 to
school at all, says Dana II. Kelsey,
United States Indian superintendent in
Oklahoma, in an annual report to Sec
retary OF the Interior Fisher.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
WIRE FENCING

Both welded and wrapped for stock
pigs, poultry, garden and lawn. all sires-
per rod. Send trial order. ROOFING AZ
all kinds. galvanized and painted steel
rubber and gravel coated. We have 4
good rubber roofing for 75c square. all
complete. Send trial order. Mention tina
paper. Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co. 90
N. I'd St. Memphis. Tenn. Adv.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
JAIL TWO SENATORS.

Columbus, Ohio.--To serve terms of
three years and nine months, respec-
lively, State Senators Isaac E. Huffman
and LaForrest R. Andrews entered the
penitentiary here. Both are lawyers.
Andrews is Republican and Huffman
0 Democrat.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Gov. Wilson at Home.

Princeton, N. with miniature
ship OF state in one hand and basket
of Virginia apples in the other, Presi-
dent-elect Wilson came home from
staunton, Va, his birthplace. As a
parting gift the people of his native
town gave him ship of flowers anf
amid cheering bade him Godspeed.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Silencer.

DR.. Henry Van Dyke. the distin
guished clergyman, has neat way
Of silencing the censorious.
At a luncheon in Princeton a Ger
tain bishop was being discussed, and
visitor said:
Il don't like the bishop. He is too
much man OF the world for me-"
Quite so," DR.. Van Dyke retorted
quickly; but which world, this or tho
next?"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
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Woman SlaVs Rabes

Fort Smith, Arll.-Mrs. Dena Redfern
Killed her children, Glenn, aged three
years, and Leonard, babe of four
months, with an axe, and then commit.
ted suicide by slashng her throat with
her husbands razor.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

The mines department Of Canada is
preparing an official announcement
that the effective smelling Of Cana
dian ores is commercial possibility.
The iron business has undergone a
revolution every few years for more
than century. Is another due? VIII
It result in the general adoption o.
electric smelling?
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Wilson on Philipnines.

Staunton, Va.-President-E Elect Wilson
favors provisional government for the
Philippines for eight years and independ-
ence thereafter, according to Representa-.
live William A. Jones.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Fear Bubonic Plaque.

San Francisco.-Because three cases of
bubone plague exist at Hilo, orders from
Washington were received that all vesses
from the Hawaiian Islands must be fumi
gated on arrival.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
viii Deyastate Country

FL Paso, Texas-The execution of pris.
oners and the razing of towns are to be
employed in the north OF Mexico by Col.
Manuel Landa, who, with the Seventh
cavalry, is proceeding agnst Ascension.
he is said to have devastation orders
from Mexico City.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
DynamlterS Convicted.

indianapolis, Ind.-The 3s labor union
officials, convicted of conspiracy and of
promoting the Mcnamara dynamite plots
throughout the country, will receive
prison terms ranging from any minimum
70 possible maximum of 80 1-2 wears
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

Scientific experimental demonstrate
Ing that caffeine is fasal to rabbits
and that nicotine paralyzes the optic
nerve, should impress the public.
Hereafter no truly humane persons
will give the rabbits coffee for their
breakfasts, nor put cigars, smoking
Or chewing tobaccos in their own o,
others eyes.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

In New York there is a man who
has been married II times. Nobody
except q New York waiter could pay
alimony to ten women.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
In the Midst of Luxury.

IN the Midst OF Luxury.
you have everything that wealth
can buy, haven't your"
Yes" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax. But
1t don't seem fair that / should have
worked SO hard to get all these thing
while the butler and footman ana
maids enjoy them free"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Dies at Age of 1O9.

Cooper, Texas.--Charles Cauley, aged
100 years, died on his farm near here
In spite OF his advanced age, Cauley had
actively engaged in farm work until two
months ago.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

To prevent Malaria is far better th..
to cure it. In malarial countries take !,
dose of OXIDINE regularly one each we,i
and save yourself from Chills and Few
and other malarisl troubles. Adv.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

a naturalist informs us that the lob
ter is becoming extinct, but the two
legged variety we have with us al
ways. Is
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

a college professor has solved the
mystery Of the curve ball, but It takes
horny handed lowbrow to hit er
where they amt.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

London has hotel that has gained
fame through its onions. Certainly
smart bid to fame.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
No Prudent Loan

Don't you want Miss Freezem To
lend eclat to your function?"
mo; we're not borrowing trouble
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02
Doubtful,

Have you a good cook now?"
II don't know. l haven't been hom
since breakfast !"-London Opinion.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

Bossy. the hygienic COW, now looks
hungrily upon her owners straw hat
that will soon be hers to devour.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-01-02

A married man has reached the bot
tom of the ladder when he begins t.
brag about his wife's relations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
llOenty Years Spent in Az
Art Shop, Surrounded by
Elegance and Harmony.
Has Brought This Worn
and Weary Little Woman
Only Discomfort.

~ HE drftwood of an art shop. This is
what she calls herself, after twenty
1 years in one beautiful shop in Michi-
gan avenue. Time has stolen her youth
and dimmed her hopes. She is weary and
Worn little figure now, with her red hair fad
ing and her strength going. sample of dis
eouragement, she stands in the shop, grown
completely and harmoniously elegant during
the years. None of its gorgeousness has be-
come dimmed--ony the woman in the shop
has lost color
DO you know said this tired little busi-
ness woman, " if | had my life to live over I'd
|go to work in a grocery rather than in this
beautiful shop. Not every one should come
here to work Only girls who have been ac-
cnstomed to elegance should choose to labor
in an art shop-a poor girl never. Look at me
IA victim, twenty years after.
DO YOU think that can leave this beauty
now, after spending my youth here? This ele-
lganee has become part of me- am discon-
tented and unhappy in any other environment
i Why, when | went to homestead out west |
twas lost. Every night, with the loneliness
Pnd the darkness of the prairies about me,
Il llonged TO be back under the glarng electric
lights of the art shop. My heart ached to see
lgorgeously arrayed women again. My nature
had grown TO include all the beauty and ee-
lganee assembled in the shop during the twenty
years and could not go against my nature
My habits rebelled at the thought had to
give up The homestead and a competency and
lreturn. ! knew that ! was coming back to be
the driftwood of the shopto be in the beauty
land not of ito be in the company of the
lfashionabes aud yet not one of them. But |
had to return.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

In European. cities the percentage Of brn-
nettes is greater than in the sur1 ounding coun-
try districts. The light and glare of the civ.
in comparison with the shaded streets and the
foliage in the country make the former un-
favorable to the blonde.
Anthropologsts tell rs that even in our
American cities the brunettes are ginning
That might be explained by the fact that our
cities are made up largely from foreigners who
belonged originally to the brunette type
Interesting observations have been made
among our soldiers The cloudiest Part of our
country is the northwest. There it is found
that not only do blondes maintain their own
better, but the soldiers as a whole show the
lowest sick and death rate.
The cloudy, moist climate also has its effect
on nerves. 1t is well established fact that
mental disorders and suicide are more frequent
in the lighter months. The dark, gloomy
weather has soothing influenc, on all such
maladies.
The blonde nations from northern Europe
who have settled our western plains are am
other illustration to the point. They have come
from a dark climate and have been plunged
into the intense heat and light of that western
country. The degeneration of these blonde
families through nervous instability is a fact
that must be faced and adjusted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Forecasts of Prophets of Old
We're Made on Scientific Basis.

after the drought in the time of Isaac, as re-
corded in Genesis 26.
Nineteen years after Elijah called down the
drought and famine ON the land Elisha said.
" For the Lord hath called for a famine" And
then drought and famine came ON the land
The drought in David's time was not pre-
dicted, but it was explained as being because
of Saul and his bloody house." Vet it oe-
Cured just 36x19 years after Pharaoh's
drought.
In all probability the astronomers Of the
ancient world We're familiar with the cycles
of drought and famine just as they were with
the cycles of eclipses 1000 years before our
era. So undoubtedly the Egyptians knew of
the cycles of the fat and lean years and the
Jews carried that knowledge with them when
they left Egypt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Coming Into Her Own Agairll.


All this dignity and freedom woman man
aged to let slip from her hands. On this the
Italian writer grows eloquent. He says:
Only within the last seventy-ive years
has woman begun to regain her position In
America perhaps she has regained it fastest,
and yet in that country seyenty-fve years
ago picture the conditions.
When woman married her property be-
came her husbands. If she left her husband
she must leave her property with him. Worst
of all, she had no right to her child The
child still belonged to the father
Education was everywhere withheld In
Boston, until 1926, girls could only attend the
primary school. After that date they were
permitted to attend the grammar school, A
few years later the Boston high school was
opened to them, but they were soon excluded.
Rumor does say it was because they were too
bright
Colleges, medical and law schools were
all barred to them. Now that women have
most of the things they want-property rights,
educational rights, many political rights
will they keep them or will they lose them
again? 1t takes high degree Of civilization
to give woman such freedom. But the oues-
tior has often been raised as to whether or
not she tired of it in the old Roman days
Did she long to be dependent? Did her
domestic instincts rise up and overwhelm
her? Did she tire of it after all, land will the
modern woman tire of it, too, after while p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Lines of Caste Sharply Drawn.

+" An outeast-that is what | am" she con-
Rin,ied ..for after / had worked in the shop
awhile my friends grew cold. The effects of
30 much beauty visibly changed me. They felt
F he superiority that obsessed me, while
|aas unconscious that | was making myself
Objectionable. was uncomfortable in my
friends home, which made no pretense to ele-
|sance, aud they were uncomfortable with me
In their homes. Outside the circle of the ultra
|ich other peoples manners appeared plebeian
even vulgar. was annoyed by their con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05

Fersaton and poverty. found myself with
out companions. The rich women who entered
the shop did not accept me. Often there was
feeling of kindness between u.s. Sometimes
they told me their troubles, or they came TO
the shop to bid me good-by before sailing to
Europe. But there was no real friendship
for me from anybody | was too good.
thought, for the people of my class and not
good enough for the class | served was
pariah in the shop.
1t understood between the proprietor
and me that when notables came to buy an
tiqnes ! should wait upon them and give them
good impression of a competent saleswoman
i'll first class shop. | had splitting head
ache one morning, when the most exclusive
society leader in Chicago entered She saw
that was i'll. She scolded me because had
not remained quietly in bed with the shades
drawn. She advised me to have the maid bring
up slight breakfast ON tray and to eat in
bed-without attempting to rise for several
hours. When I did rise the headache was
guaranteed to vanish.
wished to protest that / was d business
woman who was due at the shop when the
hour and the minute hands were lingering
around VIII. on the face of the clock but |
dared not | accepted her solicitude for my
well being genteelly and sold her a jeweled
lorgnette.
" After five years in the shop was critical
of peoples movements, dress, and speech.
" After ten years | was a connoisseur of the
social circles in which my customers moved.
learned to pick out a millionaire at a glance
In fifteen years the common herd gave
me an attack of the horrors was educated
for wealth without the price
The faded red head nodded mournfully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Dress a Source of Worrp.

. High and dry without friend found
myself after twenty years. | belong to neither
the society of the rich nor to tn, working
world. If l. had clerked in grocery l should
have escaped this fastidousness which has be-
come a part of me-
Seeing so many elegantly arrayed women
every day drove to wearing the plainest
tailored suits that | could afford. | cultivated
the greatest uneasiness about my clothes.
was afraid of being overdressed or not being
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
Roman Woman Enjoyed Freedom,
and Dignity in All Ranks of Life.

Roman man did not entirely like the edu-
Gated woman.
Morally also woman seemed in command of
the situation, for the single standard was in
force.
A certain judge said to a husband as he
issued a decree against the wife: Provided
always it is established that by your life you
gave her an example of fidelity. 1t is unjust
for a husband to exact from his wife
fidelity that he himself does not keep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-05
". S. Employs Hundreds of Cats;
Army Feli1es Get $18.25 a Year.

r. OR a long time the premier cat in the
/" government service was a handsome
feline bearing the name of Thomas
Jefferson Mckinley. His personal ap-
Iearaiice was far from maintaining the
tandard Of Jeffersonian simplicity set by
he first of the two presidents whose name
Ike he had the honor to be. In fact, he
as an Obvious dandy. He wore fine
| hite waisteoat of fluffy fur, his four soft
liws were shod with white slippers, and
here was a white tip to his waving tail;
lit the rest of his attire was an elegant
Jack coat of unmpeachable glossiness.
The government maintains and provides
Ir numerous cats. The army has its regu-
h corps of them, kept at the commissary
epots of the great cities. and each draws
lgular pay equal to $1S25 year.
VT is customary for the officer in charge Of
ch depot to submit to the war department
| request for an allowance for so many
Its, and the regulations provide that meat
Iall be purchased for them at price not
Ieater than > cents pound to these ra-
bns Il stated amount of canned milk is added
b variety.
| 1t has been proved by experiment that no
bitter how good the cats are as hunters, nor