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The Tupelo journal., 1913-06-06
ThinQs Miqht Be Worse.

Don't kick because you have to but.
ton your wife's waist. Be glad your
wife has a waist, and doubly glad you
have q wife to button a waist for.
Some mems wives have no waists to
button. Some mems wives waists
have no buttons on to button. Some
mems wives waists who have but
tons on to button don't care q CONT
mental whether they are buttoned or
not. Some men don't have any wives
with buttons IN to button any more
than q rabbit.-Camden Advance.
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4 FRONTIER HEROINE.
Her knowledge Of Outlaws Meth
DDS and Quick Work Prevent
ed Stage Coach HoId-Up.
BY AUGUSTUS GOODRICH sHER.
| MIN

BY 70 9SO01Su OneVs
WIN.
you had better get out of here, II
you don't want trouble"
I've got something to tell you. II
you don't want trouble yourself. you
had better listen to me-"
What! Threatening me, are you?
vamose, or I'll quicken up that dog
trot habit Of yours considerably. Git!"
and Martin Bayne made a run for the
doorstep where his rifle lay.
With a detected air, but quite
sprightly, ragged, limping Coyote Pete
fastened his steps from off the Bayne
domain. He had disappeared by the
time its proprietor had turned around
ready to carry out his threat. Bayne
shrugged his shoulders and resumed
had acted %brusquely for good reasons,
he told himself. 1t was the frontier
Montana rule. To his way Of think
ing Coyote Pete and his ilk belonged
to the rubbish heap, SO he had made
short work of him.
why, IdtueT, WASH that rather
rude?" inquired his daughter, Ruth,
stepping through tho doorway. She
was pretty as a picture. Her sleeves
were rolled up, and her shapely arms
showed dimpled and smooth. Her long,
neat apron was fecked with -four, for
this busy maid vas both mistress and
cook Of the lonely Bayne home.
"Rude!" repeated the ranchman
carelessly. "It's the only way to treat
such cattle as that. There isn't a
worse loafer on the range. He's been
wir%e-cutter, raider, and is a beggar
when he isn't on the verge of the de-
lirium tremens. It's all your fault,
his coming here. You encourage him
by giving him a snack whenever he
takes the fancy to wander by, and
now he's making a regular station
of it. I'll be back before midnight.
Expect your company about dark,
don't your"
81 think SO; I hope So" replied
Ruth with a quick blush and brighten
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STEPPED OFF SOCIAL LADDER

Copyright, 1918. by W. G. Chapman.l
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trail, feeling that time vas very pro
cious and haste urgent.
Dusk had come on but there was .
clear, full moon. Ruth had gone
about twenty miles, when ut = bend in
the road she drew rein promptly near
some high bushes.
A flicker of light. like that Of .
match, suddenly iaring in among some
heavy timbers ahead, had attracted
her attention. Ruth tied the horse
and began a detour Of the vicinity.
Within FIVE minutes, true daughter
of the frontier that she was. she I'M
derstood the situation completely. She
had viewed four men smoking and re-
clining in a natural hide-out. 1t seem
ed that during some. recent storm u
large tree had been bent over and
half uprooted by the force Of the
wind. The roots had been partly
broken, but in sinking back to its old
position the top Of the tree had
caught under the heavy branch Of an
other tree a hundred feet distant. This
held the inclined tree as in q wise.
DuL at d Juggling TENSION.
In the hole formed where the roots
had given way the men Pete had de-
scribed were hiding awaiting the com
ing Of the stage coach.
Ruth crept cautiously around to the
spot where the top of the tree was
caught. Her experienced eye told
her that this, once released, would
shoot back to its original position
with catapult force. She had a long.
sharp knife in her belt. She climbed
the smaller tree and ~endeavored to cut
through the limb that held the larger
tree captive. For nearly an hour she
hacked and clipped. Suddenly IN the
distance she heard the echoing boots
of the stage coach horn saluting some
lonely mountain cabin. She could see
the men in the tree hole getting ready
to rush out when their anticipated vic
times came within sight.
"Oh, / must hurry! hurry" breathed
Ruth ardently, in breathless excite
ment, and renewed her ~endeavors
with redoubled ardor with blistered
bleeding hands.
R-rip-snap-crash! Like a strick-
en- giant rising from the dust, the
great tree at last tore free from its
letters. There were shouts of dismay
and frantic yells of pain as the roots
sank back into place, shutting the
bafled plotters into a sure prison.
Again the winding horn. Ruth
ran out into the road. She stood in
it's center, a statuesque and heroic
figure in the white moonlight. The
stage coach came to a stop. Her lover
.sprang out, and Ruth was enclosed in
his loving arms.
1t did not take long for Ruth to ex-
plain. The driver aid passengers
managed to dig away the sandy loan
from the disturbed tree roots. Crush
ed and subdued, the outlaws were
dragged out and secured. Ruth had
saved the passengers injury and her
lover the little fortune he carried with
him.
They searched for Pete, and found
him where the horse had thrown him.
His head had struck a stone and he
was unconscious.
Long before the wedding, the out
laws were convicted. Then Pete be-
came the handy man about the Morse
place. where his greatest satisfac-
ton seemed to be to enjoy the loving
happiness of Rodney and his frontier
bride.
Copyright. 1918. by w. G. Chapman.l
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Buried Upside-pown

On Box Hill, in Surrey, England,
may be seen the tomb of a man who
was, by his own special request,
buried upsidedown In a coffin placed
in a marble casing. With his head tc
the earth and his feet to the sky. he
calmly awaits the Judgment Day, &C
the story runs. In the belief that heav-
en- IL under the ground, and that. be
lieving this, 1t was his duty to be
buried with his head towards It (.
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TUPELO JOURNAL, Tupelo, Miss.
Cooling Off Below.

Uncle Eben says: There would
be a whole lot more trouble in this
world if some of the hotheads didnf
get cold feet"
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Agriculture in Great Britain.
Out of Sc, 799, 1894 acres, the total
area Of Great Britain, only 9,000,0 600
are unused for agricultural purposes
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Not Recorded.

Not Recorded.
Our wide reading of history shows
no record of a statesman dying Of
Globe.
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Good Reason

Good Reason.
Bertie-"What makes you think
I've got a sense of humor" Gertie-
"Your self-appreciation." - Harvard
Lampoon.
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Unfortunately True

Unfortunately True.
The Industrious man has his points,
brt he seldom is as good company as
the loafer.
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Electricity HealthfuI.
Auto factories are said to be health
full places for workmen because Of
electricity employed.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-06-06

Simplicity and Depth.
Simplicity of character is the natu-
raj result Of profound thought.-Haz-
litt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
THE AMERICAN BLUNDER.

Now the United States Is committing
both things at the same time. III VIII
hold the greatest international exhibition
I'm the world In San Francisco In 1919 TO
help the general development OF the coun-
try. and particularly of the West, ana AT
the same time they have very high tariH
and will enact policy OF restriction upon
immigration. All the work they are DONG
now I'm the West to attract new settlers
with a well organized policy and the su-
pervision and help Of the state VIII ne
almost completely negatived by the new
national immigration policy.
italians and Slavs Will be the races
most affected by the Burnett bill. AS TOT
the Italians, the bill will not do them
great arm--first, because Italians emil
crate now only for the purpose OF better
ing their condition and not on account OF
poverty. and. second. because south
America is attracting them In greater
numbers yearly. That is natural when
one realizes that they find on that CONT
ncnt peoples related to them and speak
ing a language similar to their own ana
cheap. good land available for settlement
on easy terms.
BESIDES Argentina, Paraguay Uruguay
and Chill. Brazil, after its long politicai
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
PROFESSOR WTTORlO RAcCA.

who come here with some knowledge find
greater difficulty in adjusting themselves
10 new conditions dhis Is one thing
Americans do not take into considera-
tom and i'm appalling numbers become
exploiters of their fellow countrymen,
rotten politicians. public charges and
criminals.
What can be done in such a case?'
This is a very broad and difficult ques-
ton to answer. but | have formed some
opinions on the subject. 1t is perfectly
true that an enormous number of Grim
inals OF every nationality mot only the
Italian) come into the United States. the
proportion being higher than those emf
grating to any other country.
'If Americans do not realize how deep
and terrible is the evil. ii is because these
criminals find so good. field of ex-
ploitation among their own fellow-coun-
trymen that very rarely do they turn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
AMERICAN EMIGRATION.

"In 1919 one hundred and fifty thousand
Americans went to Canada, and In the
course of the last fifteen years million
Americans OF the best stock have crossed
over TO that country on account OF the
extremely favorable conditions WHICH are
offered by that country and lts govern
ment. So that whereas the NUMBER oil
Americans who are producers OF wealth
will continue to diminish, you VIII at the
same time, diminish the numbers OF those
Win come 10 take their places, and TINS
o,h,cb would he absurd II America was
not progressing, Is even more ABSURD pe-
cause American agriculture ana industry
are progressing with greater rap'ui'y
than ever known before.
"Anothcr side OF the question which Is
ra,ber strange for a nation which asserts
that n IA the home of more ChristanS
than ony other country I'm the world Is
that the new immigration policy VIII de-
bar Christians and admit great hu'iipe'
of Jews through the provision that those
who come here on account or poiticaI Vi
religious persecution will not be forced
10 take the literacy test. do not ne
Iieye at all that Jews are undesirapie'
but everybody knows that the percentage
of the Jews who work In the building Oh
subways, railroads, aqueducts and IN rae
tories and in the fields Is very low. PROD
ably the enforcement OF the literacy test
would have as a first result a higher
Iow,sb immigration. but Americans VIII
coon realize that this is not the immigra-
ITO, that they need for their economic
progress. ,,.,
According TO my view, the conditions
which have been created by the auto
matte action of the social forces about
immigration were really the best one
could expect In fact, the United states
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

THE latter finding 1t extremely difficult
to make their way as compared with the
CELEBRATES, whose services are In constant
demand, become respondent and subject
to mental states that not infrequently
lead to the insane asylum. | would emf
phaslze again that one must always bear
in mind that the United states, in its
present phase OF evolution. does not offer
good conditions except to the illlterate,
unskilled laborcIs.
III I were asked for advice as to the
kind OF test to apply. / would have a
llteracy test, but It would be the opposite
to the one required by the Burnett amend
ment. My experience and my studies of
the immigration question OF the United
States show that the only desirable per-
sons. and those who succeed and become
the best American citizens, are those
who have no schooling but some brains
and strong muscles. The other people
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
SAYS ITERACY TEST FOR ALIENS WOULD BAR NEEDED LABOR

tbeir weapons upon the American born.
Americans are only beginning to realize
how awful and harmful are the relations
between the corrupt political machines
and the foreign criminal gangs. inc
Becker scandal has thrown little iignt
upon this question. but il Americans con-
tinue their investigation in that jirectloh
thew will find the most amazing situa-
ton. All honest foreigners In America
have considered the Rosenthal murder az
a blessing. because they hope heartily
that II will open the eyes of the American
people and start fight without quarter
against these foreign criminal organlza-
tons. Of which they, the honest Foreign
born. are the first to be the victims. THESE
favorable conditions for criminals are at
tracing them more and more. ana the
defects OF your immigration law make
possible what would be impossible IN
every other country. The only way by
which the Ellis Island officials may deoar
criminal immigrant. aside from intor-
nation i'm anonymous letters, Is the ASK
ing of each immigrant the question:
Have you ever been in PRISON. OF
course. they all answer, No on the
contrary, in Europe, we would require
them to show their passports and To
prove that they are honest people. 1t is
true that there are states, as, Tor IN
stance. Russia and Turkey. of whose Of
fetal denunciations of emigrants the Eu-
ropean police systems are suspicious, but
II is very easy to keep on probation the
suspected cases and to have an lnvesu-
CATION made in the state from which
they come by the diplomatic and consular
authorities"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

enjoys this extraordinarily favorable stu
o,ion-thpt all over the world thousands
and thousands OF families are raising
workers at their own cost ana sendlhs
them here when they are In their prime
physically and for economic usefulness
They are making n present OF them 10
the United States and getting back ohiy
those affected by tuberculosis ana other
infectious diseases, the old. WORKOUT peo-
pie The inflow OF these laborers was
automatically regulated; 1t Increased
when the need OF the United states was
increasing and it diminished and even
became emigration when the need OF
hand workers ceased, so that. as ! De-
love. there Is no need OF changing the
statutes. because the matter automaticai-
~ adjusted itself to the beneficial needs
of the country.
"But the reasons for which the Burnett
bill was passed are less economic than
social From this point OF view. too, IL
Is lust as lacking I'm reason Some peo-
pie think that by diminishing the innow
OF illiterate people they VIII diminish the
immigration OF criminals and OF prospec-
five public charges. 1t VIII certainly
not do this, for 1t is we'll known that the
criminal has very low rate OF illlteracy
SO that the undesirable will continue to
come and the very Desirable s'rohs
laborer will be debarrcd
"Much Is said about the large percentage
Of foreign born who are inmates OF
American insane asylums. but the Bur
nett amendment will not modify the sit
uation In any way-flrst. because the vast
majority of these foreign born insane be-
long TO the old immigration and not to
the new. and, second. because illitcrates
are less likely TO become insane than are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
.T (ALABRlA>h VINO, HAVING
SkNcD $500. IN THE OMITTED
STATES, As k'LkbORER hARNtSD
HIS OWN GRAIN FlelOS AZ NOME

and economic crisis, Is now doing us pest
10 attract millions and millions or settlers
on its extensive areas OF unoccupied lahd
| do not know what will happen To the
Slavs. but in any case their SUFFERING
as compared with that Of the united
States will not be so great. For one must
not forget that II America has very
high immigration, it is also among the
four or five countries which have very
high cmigratiOn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
A NEEDED REFORM.

"A reform which is absolutely necessary
is the abolition of the three years limit
for deportation OF those who become pub
lie charges, insane or criminals, which
/ YOU have already done in the case of the
white slavers. Your law regarding tho
white savers' is a most excellent law.
Such a limit does not exist In any otner
/ civilized country Switzerland ITSELF not
/ TO speak of England, which is considered
| the asylum of the prosecuted, as soon as
an alien becomes a public charge, insane
or a criminal. deports him. even If he has
been in the country for half a cen-
I fury.
Another thing which has a very bad
influence upon immigrants IS the differ
ence in law enforcement They come
from countries in which the laws are SO
strictly enforced that they are constantly
| conscious of the observation OF govern
ment and police officials, not To disturb
them In any way. so long as they are
obeyng the law, but ready to make ar
rests and 20 punish them as soon as they
/ do anything wrong. In this country they.
do not feel this constant observation. and.
unaccustomed to your freedom of action,
they take It for granted that everything
is permitted here and that law does not
exist at all. Besides this, the fact that
they are exploited by the police and BY
almost every public official with whom
they come in contact. and that they see
the members of their own criminal or
CARNATIONS as the best friends Of the
police and completely free to exploit their
fellow countrymen in such a way as was
completely unknown in their country,
makes them believe that this is a lawless
| ton,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
AN UNLOCKED FOR RESULT.

"The literacy test will not increase the
number of the skilled workmen. and, on
the contrary, will debar the unskilled Ia
borers, who are the very people that the
extraordinary development OF America
needs. TO think that people who have
some education will come to America and
dig your subways, build your aqueducts
and railroads and work In your factories
for very low wages Is simply absurd
Some people say that this llteracy test
will never become a law, and III II should
IL will not last long. But according to
nv view the result would be such an
enormous shortage of labor that the pup
lie works would suffer seriously ana "a
great number Of factories would be forced
10 close II is very easy TO make lore
casts about this question when one re-
members that the departure or ic"
thousand people from the Balkans on ac-
count OF their war forced several factories
70 close. Everybody can foresee what
will happen when there is shortage OF
hundreds of thousands to meet the heeuS
of the economic life of the United States.
another result will be that some fac
tories, I'm order to have their work DONE
will have recourse to people who require
higher wages, but this will cause All IN
crease in the cost OF living. which Is not
the most desirable thing that could nap
pen lust now. This reminds me OF the
absurd policy Of those states which hoiu
exhibitions 10 increase their international
commerce and at the same tIne raise
their tariff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
THE JANIToR'S EYE OPENER.

For instance one day | talked with
an intelligent. law abiding Italian In the
Mulberry Bend Park neighborhood. He
Is the janitor of a tenement house. De-
string to obey the law. he studied those
which would affect him, as well as he
could. Noting that overcrowding and the
presence of infectious disease were evils
existing in his house. and which, under
the laws, should be remedied. he Informed
policeman OF their presence. The police
man told him that was not part OF
his duty lie told the owner of the build
ing The owner asked IL there had been
any complaints from the tenants. There
had been none. Learning this fact, he
told the janitor to pay no attention 10
the conditions found. The good-intcn-
toned janitor had discovered that there
| were laws, but that they were not en-
forced There was no external incentive
| to be law-abiding.
"In Italy the citizen looks to the police
] as the avenue of complaint, regardless
| of what the subject may be. 1t Is the
duty of the police to listen to every
complaint and direct 1t into the right
4 ---------
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

Professor Vittoro Racca of the University Of Rome Gives
to The Tribune His Views-Fomded on More than
Year sStudy America slmmigration Situation,
with Especial Reference to the Burnett Measure
Which, He Thinks if Enacted, Would
Do This Nation Much Harm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

million Of incoming immigrants every
year. he does not consider that about 20
per cent will ultimately go back. The
readers of the papers will remember that
last summer from many mining and in
dustrial centres came news OF a shortage
of labor so great that the industries went
to the prisons. willing TO pay the fines OF
those who were in prison for minor Of
ferces. If they would accept freedom in
order 10 go to work for them. Only re-
Gently the subject has been again dis
cussed in the prints and illustrated by re-
ports Of deficiencies Of labor in different
parts Of the country. This in spite OF
the great inflow of people this fall. The
number Of public works which are planned
to-day is greater than ever before so that
there is real work hunger
Now the Burnett bill has passed the
House and it will debar the very laborers
that America needs. 1t is, perhaps. a SAD
truth but Il is still the truth. that Amer
lea lust now does not attract the skilled
workers of industry and agricultural set
tiers. Conditions in European countries
among skilled workers and conditions In
Canada and America among settlers
create such a situation that only the I'M
skilled laborer and the ignorant peasant
come to this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05
CulopfN OF ITALIAN .lAeORERS
NvtO NRE BECOMING AhneRicANIzIO

do you think any change should ne
made In the legislation regarding deporta-
/ tion?"
Connecticut western news., 1913-10-16
SOUTH CANAAN AND HUNTSVILLE

A son, Douglas Eugene Hinman was born to MT. and Mrs. Rayman Hinma n October 3. Mother and son are doiu < fine.
 Mr.William Russell, of New YoIk city with his mother and son, left the city of South Canaan today for home.
 Every one is urged to come and bring load to the supper at the M. B. Church Wednesday evening. They all get all they can eat of good things at a M. E. Church supper.
 The busiest man in town is the sheriff and it looks as if LltchfieId jail would have to be enlarged soon.
 Mrs R. P. Pendleton entertained the Russel family at dinner, Tuesday before they left for home.
 The new bridge in Huntsville near MT. Frank Lucas IS completed.
 Selectman Kellogg with two teams and force of men are carting dirt on the roads.