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The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
LlFELlKE FIGURES IN WAX
WeII-Made Dummy Is Mistaken for
scuIptor's Wife by Visitor
Boys comicaI Error.

"Yes," said a man who turns out
waxwork figures for exhibitors and
travelling shows, tthe average sculp-
tor in wax can relate many little tales
to make you smile. Not long ago |
made a wax figure of a beautiful
young lady for a vaudeville actor for
use upon the stage. So long as the
face was handsome and the figure per-
feet, he did not mind whether she was
dark or fair, and told me to turn her
out to my own satisfaction.
"On the day ! completed the figure
/ was called away on important busi-
ness, and during my absence the ar
tiste called. He was shown into my
studio by my assistant, and, seeing
the wax figure seated on an ottoman,
he said, Good evening, Mrs. Blank!'
installing 1t for my wife, whom he
had never seen. AS his greeting was
not reciprocated, he turned to my as
sistant and remarked, Poor, Mrs,
Blank! l had no idea she was deaf
and dumb What an awful affliction!'
When he was told that the lady was
of wax, and the figure he had ordered,
his surprise knew no bounds.
"a little boy who visited a wax
work show I ran once came to the
conclusion that everybody on seats
who did not speak was a wax figure
He stared at an aged lady, who was
seated, for several minutes, and then
blurted out, What an ugly old thing.
He was greatly distressed when the
lady rose, called him a rude boy, ant
walked away In high dudgeon."
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
SEEMED A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS
Might Have Been Nothing in Remark
Mother Made, But Mr.. Nextdoor
Understood II.

at is a wise plan, when there Is any
necessity for keeping a thing secret,
to say nothing bearing upon it before
the Children" SAID a gentleman who
is not now on the best terms with his
neighbor.
II had a bed ID very choice gera-
NUNS Tor which the cat from next
door devinced q liking. 1t admired
them, not from the path, but from
various positions In much closer pror-
Unity, which was not exactly good for
the geraniums.
my advice to the owner OF the :arf-
NAL to keep the cat at home was
received in none too friendly a spirit,
but i bore with the nuisance for some
time, It'll my patience gave way, land
tnne day the cat vanished.
Next door did not charge me with
any crime. He was far too astute a
gentleman. Instead, he lured my
youngest boy around to his garden
with some cherries.
"'Your father hasn't by any chance
been saying anything about cats, at
home lately, has he, George? he asked.
George shook his head.
"'Nor your mother, eh?'
Not a word, replied George.
only, when father was cleaning his
gun last night, she said she thought
We could risk leaving the milking
on the steps this morning"
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
MAKING OR Spelling SALE
frequently Opening Expression Used
by Clerk Determines Whether Gus
toner Purchases or Not.

In a little talk to his salespeopld
not long ago a successful merchant
said:
"One most harmful habit indulged
In by many salespeople is the repeatf
Ing Of some meaningless term to any
visitor who comes to the store. We
will take an expression, for illustraS
ton, that you have all heard, 'Some4
thing for your We hear it in the
store, in the cafe, in the cafeteria, i'm
the city hall. We cannot get away
from it, yet everybody is tired of hear
ing it.
This term with others, What do
you want?' Anything for your What
is it?' Is that all?' Nothing moref
Nothing else, is there?' You didn't
want this, did YOU ETC., are disguise
ing to the customers. They mean
nothing and kill sales rather than
get business.
THE first thing you do or say when
approaching a customer usually der
cides whether you will be able 10 make
a sale or not. Every day we see pro-
spective customers who have stopped
at some counter really interested in
some line of goods, when they are ac~
costed with Something for your im~
mediately lose all their interest. Yes
there is surely something they want
but what is it? On a real hot day
it may be a cooling, refreshing drink
OF what not, but then your question
did not create a desire to purchase
dry goods, O did it suggest any
wants along that line.
IF craftsmanship is going to be your
profession, say something that will
bring out a reply in your favor, make
some positive suggestion, give some
kind of information, give some kind
of selling talk that will be educating
that will make your customer see the
benefits of the purchase the same as
you do"
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Scientific Era cf Art.

Art has passed through 4 scientific
era, says the International Studio, and
the realists and impressionists, having
mastered the facts of light and atmos-
phere as affecting form and color, have
prepared the way for an expressive
art which shall also be modern. Mae
terlinck in drama, Debussy in music,
have proved that al artist may be
spiritual without being mawkish, while
Rodin in sculpture has shown that
there is a symbolism which is not a
revival of the past. Adding to the
technical Of modern art a
power of suggestion peculiarly person
al, Mr.. Becks art partakes of the quail
tiles Of these masters in other fields
whose work will endure.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
noT An ORIGINAL DISCOVERY
Writer Thopght That He Had Found
Jones, But He Was Very Late to
Get In the Field.

Several yestrs ago / wrote an essay
for the A1lantic Monthly on "The Hun
dred Nprst Books" For a place IN
tiah llak selected a book in my II
brarY sAMNitied Poems on Several Oc-
casicrs. adblished In 1749, by n
Jones, aAEpoet whose name was un-
known toll me till ! perused his verse.
The pages were SO fresh that ! cher
ished the belief that ! was the only
reader in a century and a half. ] had
the pride Of possession In Jones.
It was some time after that | came
across, In Walpole's letters, an ailusion
to my esteemed poet. 1t seems that
Colley Cibber, when he thought he was
dying, wrote to the prime minister
Recommending the bearer, Mr.. Henry
Jones, for the vacant laurel. Lord
Chesterfield will tell you more of him"
| was never more astonished In my
life than when / visualized the situa-
ton, and saw my friend Jones the
bearer" Of a demand for the reyersion
to the l~aureateship.
1t eemed That WalpOle was equaily
surprised, and when he ext met Lord
Chesterfield the eager question was
Who Is Jones, and why should he be
recommended for the position of poet
laureate? Lord Chesterfield answered,
"A better poet would not take the
post and a worse ought not to have
it." 1t appears that Jones was an
Irish bricklayer and had made it his
custom to work a certain number of
hours according to an undertaking
rule. He would lay a layer of brick
and then compose a line of poetry, and
s. on till his days task was over.
This accounts for the marvellous even
ness of his verse.
This was but a small discovery but
it gave a real pleasure, for should
meet my Lord Chesterfield he and
would at once have a common interest.
We both had discovered Jones, and
quite independently.-S. M. Crothers,
in the Atlantic.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
One From Hopper.

At the Lambs one night a number
OF players forsaking for once talk Of
shop, were discussing the wonders Of
invention and Of discovery during the,
past century. when Qe Wolf Hopper
lot fresh 4
During the lu1l IN the conversations
the tall comedian ventured to observe,
with becoming gravity, that to him
the most wonderful OF inventions was
dynamite.
why dynamite?" asked some one,
falling for Hopper's gag.
because there's nothing in the
world that a hold a candle to it."
said Hopper.
Whereupon they chased him from
the place.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
StabIe Boy Named -

Commenting on the curious names
often given to racehorses, a writer in
a London daily recalled the historic
case of Potoooooooo. The earl of Eg-
remont lad a horse he intended to
call Potatoes. and in going round the
stable n evening he gave the stable
boy in charge Of the horse a piece OF
chalk, and told him to write the name
on the corn bin. The boy wrote Pot
and then, evidently in some doubt as
to the correct spelling, finished the
word by repeating the letter 90 eight
times. This SO amused Lord Eyre
mont and his friends that the horse
was so named forthwith.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
BURIAL OF THE HAPsBURGs|
Strange Ceremony That Marks the
lnterment Of Members of That
Royal Family.

The recent sickness OF Francis 10
seph, the aged emperor of Austria,
who IS now in his eighty-fourth years
recalls a strange burial ceremony that
has obtained among the Hapsburg,
the Oldest of the royal families or Eu-
rope, for several hundred years, says
an exchange. Whenever the emperor
dies his body is carried by the near.
est way from the imperial palace to
the monastery of the Capuchin monks
on the outskirts of Vienna. Only a few
officials form the inconspicuous escort.
Arriving at the door of the crypt OF
the monastery, which Is found locked,
the master of ceremonies knocks upon
it with his gold staff and demands ad.
mittance.
"Who is there? ?" comes the voice OF
a monk from behind the bolted door.
His royal majesty, the emperor OF
austria, king of Hungary, duke OF Sty-
rta," reciting the long list OF titles
borne by the dead monarch.
I'VE know no such man. CURLY re-
plies the voice within.
Again the master OF ceremonies
knocks and demands admission; again
the voice of the guardian monk de-
mands, "Who is there?' Again the
master of ceremonies recites the list
of honors and titles borne by the dead
man-and again the voice within re
plies, 1--WE know no such man.
A third time the master of ceremo
MES knocks and a third time the monk
within asks: who is there"
Our brother, Francis Joseph tiaps'
burg Cor whatever was the simple
name of the dead king).
At this humble confession OF the
equality of the dead man with all hu
man flesh, the bolts fly back swiftly
Enter, brother'" cries the monk
standing welcoming in the doorway
and the body is taken within. Later
the body is returned to the palace anc
a funeral with all the pomp of royalty
is conducted from the princely man
sion. But this first strange ceremony
is never omitted.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Autograph Hunters Ingenuity.

No autograph hunter ever displayed
greater ingenuity and knowledge OF
human nature than the Newcastle
lEng.) man, who, in the SOS, wrote
to q number of famous men intimating
a desire to give their illustrious names
to vessels he was building. Sentiment
tai replies with the coveted auto
graphs poured in, and even Carlyle
was moved to write hoping that the
vessel would sail in larger and deeper
waters than had ever been reached hy
the man whose name it bore"
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Ecuador's Large cacao c-op.

Some idea of the magnitude of
Ecuador's cacao crop may be gained
from the fact that the main streets of
Guayquail are at present almost
wholly occupied by cacao beans,
placed there to undergo the necessary
curing process, and the wharves are
covered to a height Of several feet
with the beans in bags ready for ex-
port. The enormous yield is the re-
suit of the increased acreage and
greater number OF trees planted in the
last few years. So long as the cacao
crop continues to be so bounteous, the
republic will occupy an independent
financial position.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
She Favored the Queen.

Two sisters while visiting Ireland
IN victoria's time got into converse
ton one day with a tenant Of their
hostess. One Of the girls, who was
quite stout, asked the old woman II
she would have known them for sis
tiers.
Well" was the answer, we look
alike, but yer sisters slender, while
you. miss-well, you favor the Quane."
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Sounds That WAY.

Church, see the average man has
within his system the material for 10
pounds of candles, q pound Of nails,
500 pencils, bindings for 16 small
books, 500 knife handles, % violin
strings. 20 teaspoonfuls of salt and a
pound of sugar.
Gotham-Well, ! can't see why he
isn't q valuable acquisition to any de-
partment store, then.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Sleepy Guest sues Hotel.

Should hotel keepers be held re.
sponsible for losses incurred by their
patrons because of the failure Of hotel
servants to wake them In time?
This question has been brought be-
fore the Berlin courts in q suit by q
commercial traveller. who declares that
be missed . number of important bush
ness appointments because a hotel por-
ter failed to call him.
The case has not yet been settled,
but the Berlin hotel keepers have de-
cided to protect themselves by post,
ing IN every room { notice that the
management declines responsibility
'for late rising By it patrons.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Dogs Suicide After Rescue.

What was apparently q determined
attempt at suicide by an Airedale ter
rier was witnessed by a large number
OF visitors at Bray, County Dublin.
The animal jumped OF the north
pier Of the harbor into the sea ana
was sinking when some fishermen res
cued It
When they let II 50 the terrier nAde
: dash for the other pier. jumped into
the "a, and was drowned.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Why Lines Are Busy.

Why didn't you answer me when
I called up today?"
Il couldn't. Mary, the second girl.
was using the phone. Her young man
works. in a livery stable and when he's
cleaning q horse she has to wait quite
a while before he can come to the
phone"
She didn't talk forever, did sher
You knew I wanted to reach yous
Why didn't you call me when Mary
got through"
! couldn't Della, the cook, was
next"
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Vera Cruz in the Sixteenth centur,

Robert Thomson. merchant, visited
Vera Cruz in 1855. 1t had then not
more than three hundred households.
This towne," he wrote, lis subject
to great sickness, and in my time
many of the Mariners and officers of
the ships did die with those diseases,
there accustomed, and especially
those that were not used to the coun-
trey, nor know the danger thereof.
but would commonly go in the Sunne
in the heat OF the day. and did eat
fruit of the countrey with much dis
order. Whereupon they were
cast into a burning ague. Of the which
few escaped"
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Explanation.

Mamma, / know what makes that"
said small Sadie. who was watching
the lightning flashes during a summer
shower.
what, dear?"
sThe angels are scratching matches
an the Clouds" was the reply.
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
Useless Bother.

Young Mani have called, sir, to re.
quest the hand Of your daughter in.
marriage.
Grumbells-Has she accepted you?
Young Man-Yes, sir.
GrumbellsNThen what do you want
to come around and bother me with
your troubles for?
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04
HE Reason.

f@Your heroines always dress rather
poorly"
my wife would set Jealous" re-
sHonded the author. II one Of them
had any morn gowns than / allow
h}r.s
The Tupelo journal., 1914-09-04

ME4 Htyles-Don't you think my
5onnGk u trimmed beautifully?
Mr 6kyles-Yes; and / suppose I
S3ll M when ! get the bill.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-07
JUDS0NIA IS RANKED FIRST
It Leads the Country in the Volume
 of Strawberry Shipment.

Little Rock.-In the last issue of the Missouri Pacific Agents Bulletin published in St. Louis, there is an article on the strawberry industry and movement of the same crop in Arkansas. Judsonia is given first place as the largest shipping point The article says Judsonia shipped 246 carloads besides number of express shipments of large size. The express and carload shipment combined made total of 206,000 crates of berries shipped from that point.
 The method of picking and market ing the berries from Judsonia is de scribed. Arkansas is designated as that great strawberry state" Jud- sonia is called its champion district and the cooperative plan of the grow. CTS for marketing is said to be ideal
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-07
HIGHWAY MUST
 AWAIT NEW LAW LOG OF FIT. SMiTh-LlTTlE ROCK ROAD HAS BEEN COM
 PLETED. TWO OUTLETS ARE PROPOSED Preliminary Work Done by Secretary w. B. Owen and Highway Engi-
 neer Hugh R. Carter.
TWO OUTLETS ARE PROPOSED

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Fort Smith.-The proposed Little Rock-Fort Smith highway, the biggest piece of good road improvement yet undertaken in this state, cannot be built without an entirely new good roads law. according to w. R. Owen,
 secretary of the Arkansas Highway Commission, and H. R. Carter, the state highway engineer, and members of the highway board, who have made log of the pike. The present law contains too many loopholes and weak points for technicalities and delays, according to Secretary Owens, and as soon as the Assembly meets it will be asked to remedy the defects. Prior to that time the commission expects to complete all arrangements for building the road, As soon as the log is prepared, the estimated cost of i'm provement will be made and meetings in the interest of the project will be held along the route. The commis- sion definitely decided two western outlets were necessary, one north of the Arkansas river from Russellville 10 Fort Smith via Ozark and the other south of the river from Dardanelle to Fort Smith via Paris and Charles.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-07
REPUBLICAN STATE CAMPAIGN
Mayor A. L. Kinney Will Make First
 Speech at Ozark August 5.

Ozark.-The Republican state cam paign will open here August ,.
 Speeches are to be made for the Re publican party for the September and November elections by the following leaders: Mayor A. L. Kinney of Green Forest. Harry H. Myers. Chairman Remmel, A. J. Russell, A. C. Curtis, defeated candidate for the Republican nomination; John I. WorthinSton and w. N. Ivie.
 Mayor Kinney's itinerary of ad- dresses has been announced as fol lows: Ozark, August 5; Van Buren, August 6; Fort Smith. August 6; Wal dron, August :; Mena, August &; Tex arkana, August 10: Hope, August IT.: Malvern, August 12; Hot Springs, August l3: little Rock, August IA: Judsonia, August IS.
 It is planned to have big rally in Little Rock August 14 when half dozen of the more fluent and enter taining of the Republican spell-binders are scheduled to speak
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-07
GREAT HONOR FOR LITTLE ROCK MAN SAM w. REYeURN CALLED TO NEW YORK AS 4 FINANCIAL
 EXPERT.
WILL STAY REST OF YEAR
Elected Vice President of the United Dry Goods Companies of New
 York-s25, ,C0o,O Concern.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

NeWstsprr bhlan News Seryfce.
 Little Rock.-Sam w. Reyburn, president of the Union Trust Com pany, has been called to New York city for the remainder of the year as special representative of the banks interested in the United Dry Goods Companies and the Associated Mer- chants Company. His duty is to study the banking end of the business and to recommend a modification of the present system to meet modern com merclal conditions. MT. Reyburn has been student of the development of finance that has brought about the present changes in the banking and commercial system of the present day.
 He has been elected vice president, director and member of the Executive Committee of the United Dry Goods Companies of New York, corporation with more than $25, 100000 capitaliza. ton and which owns or controls 10 or II of the largest department stores in New York and other cities.
 One of the subsidiaries is the Asso. ciated Merchants Company of New York, which in turn controls separate business ageregating some s25,0G0.- 900 in capitalization.
 The businesses include the we'll known houses of Lord & Taylor, Stew art Dry Goods Company, William Hangover. McCreery & Co.,, ]. N Adams & O., Stewart & Co.,. O'Neal- Adams Company, Hahn &, Co. and others besides the II. B. Claflin Com pany, which recently failed.
 MT. Reyburns work is not directly connected with the Claflin Company's affairs, as it is in the hands of it's banker and mercantile creditor com mittees.
 None of the Claflin paper is held bv any Little Rock bank.
 All the businesses included in tn" United Dry Goods Companies list ex- cept that of the Claflin Company, are reported in prosperous condition.
 Mr. Reyburn is giving especial at tention just now to the financial de partment of Lord & Taylor Company of which he has been elected vice president and treasurer, as well as a director and member of the Executive Committee.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-07
DEATH OF FRANK MCMAHON
Death Calls One of the States Best
 Known City Officials.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Little Rock-Former Chief of Po- lice Frank McMahon, 63 years old, a charter member of the National As sociation of Chiefs of Police, died at his home Friday night, after an illness of eight months.
 NIT. McMahon was a member of the Little Rock Police Department for more than 27 years.
 He was born in County Claire. Ire land, October 20, 1850. and was brought to America by his parents during his infancy and lived in New Orleans for short time. Later he went to Gal weston, Tex, with his parents and when 10 years old went to Jersey City, N. J.. with his uncle, Pat McMahon. where he completed his education in the public schools.
 During early manhood he moved to Lexington, Mo, where for a short time he engaged in farming until 1872, when he came to Little Rock and got employment as receiving and delivery clerk at the local freight offices of the Iron Mountain railroad He was promoted to baggage master, weight master and assistant accountant
 MT. McMahon remained in the serv- ices of the railroad until the great strike of 1886, when he secured a place as patrolman on the local police force under Mayor Fred Kramer. During Mayor w. C. Whiples admin istration in 1888 he was promoted to z erGeant, and after that his ,'.e was rapid.
 Early in Mayor Fletcher's admins tration he was made captain of police which position he held only a few months when he was appointed chief of the department fin 1892, and served in that capacity through successive ad- ministrations for 2l years. During the period he was at the head of the Little Rock police, the department reached high state of efficiency.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-07
Miller County's Chairman.

Texarkana. - The Miller County Democratic Central Committee has been called to meet at the courthouse on August to elect chairman. More than three months ago the committee met and voted fer officers, !. D. Head and J. D. Sanderson being the candi dates for chairman. MT. Head was declared elected, but Mir. Sandersor appealed to the State Central Com mittee, and when the latter body con vened recently it referred the matter back to the County Committee.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-08-07
l, (. W. BELLAMY IS DEAD
kber and Former Chairman Of the
 krssnsas Railroad Commission.

trn Newspaper Union News Service.
 ammoth Spring. Major George
 Belamy, 66 years old, member and her chairman of the Arkansas Rail- | Commission. died at 6 o'clock hrday morning Major Bellamy s ID followed a third attack of para that he suffered several days
 He is survived by Mrs. Bellamy
 one son, who were with him bugh his illness and when death be.
 Feorge Whitfield Bellamy, son Of yard c. Bellamy. and Ann B. |amy was born al Orange Hill. Fla, P 2S, lS4S. He attended Henry College al New Castle, Ky, and erward the Tuscaloosa Military fdemy, and as cadet was ordered
 for service in the Confederate fy, although ouly a boy.
 iter the war he studied law, and le living in Bolivar county, Missis-
 running a plantation, he prac- td law, with Beulah, Miss. as his FaQuarters. On December lJ, 1870, married Miss Hattie Nicholson Of Fh View, Miss. Two sons and two tsnlers survive: Mrs. Al. w. Wini- ' and Harold C. Bellamy. All re-
 at Mammoth Spring. Mrs. (lamy died in lSS&. and in June. s ne married Mrs. Florence Pierce Pae' who died in 1897.
 Flef the overflow of 1889, which pea out his accumulatiors he moved aemphls and became a commercial peler He was thus employed for years until his firm retired from Fness' He travelled some for other 1's uhul elected railroad commis- 'aer Tn 1910. He moved to Mammoth rinr in 1891.