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HE LEXINGTON ADVERTISER.
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Official Journal ol Holmes Couniy,
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entered at the Lexington poaiotli<'< n
matter of the>econd;<?laR8.
Thursday Morning, Feb. 18, 1904.
mcc the folio
, We are authorized to
'iinditluteH, subject to the action «*f the Dc*tn<>
•nitlc voters In the Municipal Election on
■ April 4th, 1904.
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FOR MAYOR.
K C. Mcliw.
FOR MARSHA!,.
J. A. Brown.
B. S. Noel,
FOR TRF.ASUKF.fi
€. t.. Keim.
I\ A. Ltmlholm.
0
Wm.
that
if Copt.
The many friends
Eggleston will lie glad to lic.tr
he lias so far
what
recoverei
was considered a v< ry serious illness
as to be up
premises.
nt his
and walking all
There are three great national
terprisos to which all t lie |
energies of M if
congressmen should he directed: the
perfecting of the levees of the Mis
sissippi river; theopening and tmiiii
tftining of deep water bat
our gulf coast, and the
of the isthmian canal.—MeCmnht ;it \
Enterprise.
rn.
isstppi senators atu
:"'S up
•(instruction
estimated
That is not
8 1 80 (ton a 'Lit.
Rockefeller's income is
at *125 per minute.
much, onlv
lie
j could probably he cured of dyepep
i - sin for a day's income if lie ndver
j s tised for scaled proposals.—Ala r
j fideen Examiner.
i RockefeHci might spare the money
j: but can't the time it would require
to get well.
r Our northern kit.ry tunc 1
: in an icy environmen
i of the arctic
while we had to oritci ice p> free/
j- cream, to prepare
I terlainmcnts. Such ;c
cnccs of this country'- climalin con
l ditious, that down line
j a little ice, atul up lime they needed
j| a great deal of any
! keep from being ttinted into ice
that
pu
ii week
regions
little family
<•11
e Hi
we
| The death of W. C Whitney was
like result of an operation for ttppen
dicitis, and of other administered
I Prepare him for a seem, d attuck upon
hiH vitals. This particular piece ol
has been in the human body ever
since Adam came up from dirt to dee
?, tiny, and not until a few years ago
was it condemned as an assassin. But
lo, there is some consolation (
folks in this ailment,
are supposed to be unable to pay for
an operation are not often accused of
L.being troubled with it.
Spirit.
Greenville
ir poor
Scientists in accord with the Dar
evolutionary
everybody does not pits.
| dix, and that after ail of humanity is
; Bufficiently removed from its ances
tors, the monkeys, it is to lie without
it, and therefore cease trim troubling.
winian
claim
theory
Million Dollar Bond Issue.
Last week there was $l,tihS.OOOin
the state Treasury, and tin* legisla
ture has been working on that sur
plus about a month and a half. In
some influential quarters there is a
studied effort to increase the appro
priations to such an extent as to
|l force it bond issue, as the only means
of avoiding an increased state levy.
One of the moving causes of this
scheme are those who want to pur
chase and use state bonds as a means
of borrowing the state's money at
little or no interest, if the Treasury
Depository Bill is passed. The amount
of money to be then deposited would
by means of a bond issue, he largely
increased.
6 The capitol was built and paid for
without increase of taxation, in fact,
during a period of tax reduction and
when extensive improvements were
being made on all of the state's insti
tutions- A bond issue now would he
nothing more nor less than an ac
knowledgment of incompetency and
extravagance on the part of those
controlling public affairs. A bond
issue to meet current expenses of our
state government ought to consign
to private life every officer in any
manner responsible for such miserable
state craft.
We have favored a measure estab
:
lishing depositories for the state's
money, but begin to doubt the wis
dom of the measure. Many of those
who expect to become beneficiaries
are trying to get a bonded debt fas
tened on the state for the two-fold
of securing collateral to ob
purpose
turn the money anil to increase the
quantity kept on hand.
Such a
interest on
►me means paying
| bonds with plenty of money in other
; peopl
ttiruI.-L
I
The Hearst following has struck
Jackson. The bone and sinew of the
country has been with him from the
start. The dandies and frills of de
mocracy will follow with a mental
reservation, looking wise and fore
boding calamities.
in Mississippi who acknowledge them,
From the best information obtain
able the Russians in their contention
with Japan, so far, have not covered
themselves with much glory. This
seems to b» an entirely different thing
from killing Jewish men. women and
children. They are up against the
real thin?. ,
tall
on
.ng
The legislative committee on pen
sions seem to have a hard time in ar
riving at a conclusion as to what is
the best thing t.t do in the premises.
A bill has already been passed appro
priating $250,000 a year to that
I cause. There does not seem to be
any difference of opinion as to the
amount that should be given the old
veterans but as to how the distribu
tion should he made.—Water Valley
Progress.
There certainly is a difference of
opinion in that at least $25,000 of
the $250,000 ought to go towards
maintaining Beauvoir for a soldiers'
home for those old crippled and worn
out Confederates who are seemingly
without friends md have no kin folks
\
We regret that the legislative com
mittee that investigated the Vicks
burg hospital, the only benevolent,
institution of the kind in the State,
reports that the hospital did not es_
cape the contamination of local politi
cal corruption, and felt its festering
influence on that institution, which
should he as pure and unselfish in its
environments as the sisters of charity,
who are usually found in such places
ministering to the sick, forgetful of
self and without compensation: and
mlv hone of reward is the'
iy 1U, B 01 1 lne
promise held out in the great beyond.
r
whose
The legislature cannot be too par
ticular and should place it beyond the
power of corrupt influences before
appropriating one dollar for its pres
ervation
The Kind of Men Needed.
The great want of this age is men;
men who are honest and sound from
center to circumference, true to the'
heart's core; men tvho will condemn
wrong in friend or foe, in themselves
toias well as others ; men whose con-j
| sciences are as steady as the needle
to the pole; men who would stand for
the right if the heavens totter and
the earth reels: men who can tell the
truth ami look the world and the
devil rijrht in the eye; men who never
fa « nor f fl i nch ' ,ne " ": h0 hav t e cnura f
without shouting to bring it ; men to
whom the current of everlasting life
{ runs still and deep and strong; (men
j who know their place and fill it; men
who will not lie; men who are willing
to earn what they eat and perform
what they are paid for doing. Wal-|
t ut i Kan. ) Eagle.
On which it is painful to remark
that the men needed in the foregoing!
are, according to numbers, no more
plentiful in Congress than outside of
If a rural froe delivery is accom
it.
Free Delivery.
a
panied with the greatest convenience
it is worth some trouble to obtain.The
following from our congressman
points out the way.
House of Representatives,
Washington, I). C., Feh. 11, 1904
Editor Advertiser.
I »ear Sir—1 have during the past
several months written to a great
many parties in Holmes county and
tried to interest them in the rural
free delivery, but have so ftrr met
with little success
I'nder the law a congressman can
not take the initiative in this matter,
and nothing can be done until a pe
tition has been signed by the requisite
number and presented to the post
office department. The examiner then
proceeds to investigate and report,
and if his report is favorable the
route is established.
I think the people of Holmes coun
ty make a mistake in not making an
effort to secure this service. In those
parts of the country where such ser
vice is in operation, it has proved of
great advantage to the rural popula
tion, and is very popular.
Knowing that you in common with
your brothers of the "press ' are in
terested in all public measures that
will he of benefit to the people gen
erally, 1 write to suggest that you
take the matter up in your paper,
with the assurance on my part that 1
am more than willing; in fact, am
anxious, to do all that can be done at
this end uf the line to secure to the
people of Holmes the benefit of rural
free delivery service.
Very truly, etc.,
B. G. UuDiphreys.
Let the South Alone.
William Randolph Heamt in N**w York Amt*rl
oan, February ISJ. 19 U 8 .
President Roosevelt has succeeded
in exciting the whole South. By his
ostensible attempts to bridge the
chasm which separates the whites
and blacks there he has only widened
it.
Was that his intention? A politi
cian caring everything for negro dele
gates to the National Republican
Convention and nothing for the peace
and progress of the South would not
scruple to incite race antagonism in
order to accomplish his purpose. A
statesman sincerely desirous of fur
thering the welfare of both the whites
and blacks, or one especially anxious
to advance the interest of the blacks,
would not set about his work by in
flaming each race against the other.
Intentionally or otherwise, that is
precisely what President Roosevelt
has done. Professing the noblest
motives, he has started a fire whose
heat is now being felt by the whole
country.
Proclaiming that the door of hope
and opportunity shall be closed to no
man on account of his color, the
President chose to open a door which
has led not to hope and opportunity,
but to bitterness and strife.
Mr- Roosevelt's theory is exalted,
of course, but why did he lay an open
ing hand on a door in a section of the
country where, as he must have
j known> ltenefit to the neK roes cou ld
not attend his act, however fruitful it
might be in delegates?
Conditions as well as theories have
When theories
j
to be kept in m j n( ]_
are applied without regard to conse
j quences, the consequences are invari
| Th e government ascertains the
bly disastrous.
it wise to have the Hash testing done !
in a powder magazine? He favors!
target practice for our soldiers, but
he hardly would approve the setting j
, ,, , .. . , , ., i
up of the butts in a crowded city.
quality of kerosene by means of the
flash test. 'Would Mr. Roosevelt think
If President Roosevelt is not sim
ply playing politics with reference to
the Presidential nomination in 1904,
and honestly wants to open the door
of hope and opportunity to the negrj
by giving him office, he can do it
without insulting and agitating the
; entire white pop Jation of the South.
Dr. Crum is not the only educated
! . , ,, ,. , . ., ,, ., ,
und reputable black man in the United
I flutes, nor is C harleston the only city
where negroes who are his equals in
ability and character can be found.
[ l!()SToN - l)ASA(TSToM H0 „ SK AS well
, . AS CHARLESTON.
IIL ' n order to assert the equality of
j the races, a black must be made a
collector of the port somewhere, why
not select Boston instead of Charles
^ <)n ar " onor *
Moreo-er, there is no law to pre
! vent,Mr. Roosevelt from opening the
Lj oor () f ;in( j opportunity in
I Washington and admitting some col
J ored citizen of distinction to the
i cabinet. There is no law to restrain
hira * either - from surrounding himself
I with negro secretaries and clerks.
j
To treat or not to treat—that is
the question. Whether it is better
to compromise the constitution and
j our rights as American citizens by
allowing one Theodore Roosevelt to
"lord it" over us and thus secure a
canal across the isthmus, or shall we
like the proud men and government
that we are, spurn the hand that
offers a crumb only to throttle our
personal liberties. Which horn of
this difficult dilemma shall we hang
our hopes upon? It is not a matter
of party principles, or of "ca»al or
no canal," but it is one that concerns
every free-born citizen of this repub
lic; and, knowing the views of his
constituents as expressed by our
legislators, hut at the same time feel
ing'the true merits of the question, it
is no wonder that such a learned and
broad-minded senator as Hon. H, D.
Money has asked for time to consider
this grave question. And who knows,
after all, he may see more clearly
than his constituents and, like the
great Lamar, vote directly against the
wishes of the people.—Dixie Press.
How a confirmation of a treaty with
Panama for the purpose of securing
a canal route is to compromise our
rights as American citizens and effect
our personal liberties is beyond our
ken- The average Southern-Ameri
can citizen don't give a coffer-dam as
to the manner Panama gained its in
dependence. It has got it. Our peo
ple want the treaty ratified and the
canal built and are not at all uneasy
about any abridgement of their per
sonal liberties in consequence thereof.
The Yazoo Herald says that ''among
the resolutions that South Mississippi
should make this year should be one
to clear that section of white caps."
—Gloster Record.
It is hard to determine which is the
worst for a country, white caps or
boll weevil.
The people of Mississippi have their
weather-eye on those legislators who
are seeking to destroy the usefulness!
of Beauvoir as a soldiers' home for.l
indigent, worn-out Confederates.
A big saloon, next door to a police
station in New York, was looted a
few evenings since by burglars. What
could have kept the policemen from
the saloon that long? -Clarion-Ledger
That couldn't happen in Memphis. |
Col. Joaiah Patterson, ex-Confeder
ate soldier, ex-Oongressman and dis
tinguished lawyer, died at the resi
dence of his son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs E. B LeMaster, in Mem
phis, Friday morning at 9 o'clock,
aged 67 years.
Since Japan was successful in the
attack of her torpedo boats against
Russia's battle ships at Port Arthur,
the Russian court cancelled the im
perial hall that was to be held at St.
Petersburg ami all have gone to pray
ing. Liberty and civilization will
offer up supplications for the contin
ued success of Japan in her effort to
make Christians out of all the Rus
sians. It would require ages of pray
er of all the Ruasias to wipe out the
sorrow and injustice she heaped upon
Finland. Even-handed justice de
mands that Russia he made to call a
halt and respect the rights of other
nations.
The Memphis News has an item in
its issue of the 15th, stating as fol
lows: "Lyons Oil Company,domiciled
at Lexington, Miss., with a capital
stock of $100,000.00- R. U. Lyons,
J. C. ('lark and others incorporators.
This company will at once start bor
ing for oil northwest of Lexington at
the junction of the swamp and hills."
We are inclined to the opinion that
the esteemed Memphis News, placed
the name Lexington where Laurel
should be. There is such a company
in Laurel and it may he prospecting
north-west from here, where coal and
[other minerals abound. We sincere
hole . b° r * n K will begin
shortly, It will, in our opinion, be
L rnwno j wif h all „ POaa
crowned with success.
QUEER SUITS AT LAW
Unusual Assortment of Cases Taken
to Court for Settlement.
Iu iIIhu Asks yS.tMMI from Uoveruineut
for Fort-Ilia lliai to Cut His Hair
—UMinugt-k fur l.oas uf a
Dinner.
To sue or not to sue is a problem
which seems to divide civilized human
ity into two distinct divisions—those
who have a horror of courts and law
years, aud those who rush into law
suits on the smallest provocation.
Recently the Indian department at
Washington decided that paint and
long hair are not henceforth to be
worn hy Indians on the reservations,
an euict which aroused no little discon
tent among the tamed redskins, who at
least hoped to tie allowed to go down
to their graves after the fashion Of
their savage forefaaiers.
Of course there was nothing for
them but. to obey, but Aqua His, a full
blooded savage of the Yuma tribe, doe*
not intend to let the matter rest there.
He has had his hair cut, but he Is su
ing the United States government in
the superior court at San Diego. Cal.,
for $5,000 compensation.
It is doubtful If he will be as sue.
cessful as was an Kngllshman who.
some months ago, got $25 from a
Leeds barber because the artist of the
lather cut off the "tyke's" mustache
for a joke while Ihe latter was sleep
ing. under the Influence of the cup that
Inebriates, In the barber's chair. The
case did not reach the courts, but was
settled between the parties.
Not long ago a Frenchman took a
train to be present at a family dinner
to which he had been invited; but the
train straggled in late, and so prevent
ed Ihe hungry man from enjoying the
meal, to which lie had no doubt looked
forward with sweet anticipation.
He claimed damages from the com
pany for the loss of his dinner, and the
Paris Tribunal of Commerce awarded
him the substantial amount of $8 as
compensation.
Broken
enough result in actions for breach of
promise. Take, for example, the case
of Clarence Manuel, who handed in at
a Louisville, Ky., post office a telegram
which was addressed to his sweetheart,
Miss Bryant. Inviting her to meet him
In Louisville. The telegrapher altered
Lfmisvllle to Nashville, with the result
that Miss Bryant Journeyed to the last
named town to keep the appointment.
The natural result was that the lov
ers did not meet, and for Manuel the
consequence was disastrous—Miss Bry
ant refused to wed his. So the man
sued the telegraphist, placing a cash
value of $2,000 upon hi* loet love. The
court ruled, however, that be had sued
the wrong party, and Manuel lost his
case.
For the loss of her affianced husband
Signorina Ida de Frate Is suing in the
Genoa courts a photographer named
Rtccl. and the damages she claims
amount to $15,000. The lady was en
gaged io tie married, bat her husband
to-be refused to wed her, because Rlcd,
who took the laly's photograph soma
time since, published It aa a pictorial
poet card.
Thousands of cards were sold In all
parts of Italy and elatwhere on the
continent, Ricci, it Is said, reaping a
handsome profit. Because of the pub
licity thus given to the lady, who. it
may be mentioned. Is very beautiful,
her fiance severed thalr engagement,
and Signorina Frate consequently com
menced the action for damages. But
the photographer's coatentton la that
the photo was published with the lac
frequently
engagements
ORANGES FROM JAPAN.
Carload of Ilia Fruit Brought ti
%siierlca front tla« Orleut aa
au Kiprrlaie nt.
A singular consignment of product
and one that may he of significance to
the fruit growera of the country, hat
just been received by the surveyor of
the port ju Kansas City, it is a carload
of oranges front Japan, the duty upon
which amounted to almost $300. The
car arrived from the north, having
reached Ita destination by way of the
Canadian Pacific railway and Its south
ern connections. Accompany inn it w as
a Jap.
ti 'sides being unique as a shipment
the manner of netting it here is inter
esting. As an uncleared consignment
of importation the oranges came in a
bonded car under government seal. But
the routing through the northwest made
it necessary to , have a man in attend
ance to see that the car was kept prop
erly heated. To accomplish this with
out infringing on the importation laws,
a burglar proof cage was constructed in
one corner of the car for the occupancy
of a man. It was in this pen that the Tit
tle Jap made ihe long journey.
Oranges from Japan constitute an en
tirely new commodity of commerce so
far as Kansas City receipts are con
cerned. The shipment is the lirst of the
kind to arrive in Kansas City since the
town became a port of entry. It i«
thought that the oranges have been
brought here for the purpose of experi
ment. just as a few years ago a carload
of wheat front Odessa, Russia, came in
and was distributed among prominent
Kansas farmers for seed. The specimens
of oranges are. however, of inferior ap
pearance, being not much larger than
a lime. The expense of importing them
Is so great as to preclude the possibility
of establishing an American market for
Japanese orangts.
the entire carload has been brought here
for free distribution by the Japanese
government.
it is tire liable that
X-RAYS AID TO METEOROLOGY.
New Book .of au Kn«ll.h Scientist In
dicates Houlutlun In tra
itor taut Science.
A new work by l)r. J. J. Thomson,
professor of experimental physics at
meteorology is soon to pass from the
position of an empirical lo llie rank of
au exact science,
of the discovery of the Koeulgen rays.
new book says:
"The astronomer now has to deal not
only with the forces of gravitation and
radiant light and heat, but with radi
ant electricity aud also atoms of elec
tricity projected normally from the
surface oil glowing suns and couveylng
the energy of the central
through space to their satellites by
mechanism.
"When these projected 'electrons, 1
as it Is convenient to call them, reach
the earth, they must he reckoned with
by the meteorologist and to him are
intrusted problems of the utmost prac
tical utility.
"But more. These tons' serve as nu
cleus for the condensation of drops of
water. They reach the upper atmos
phere from the sun and in their ener
getic passage through the air they pro
duce more 'ions' and on these drops of
water condense.
"This takes place more readily on a
negative than on a positive 'ion,' so
that, the former are dragged down to
Ihe earth by rain, leaving positive
Ions' behind, and this satisfactorily
accounts for the positive electrification
of the tipper atmosphere."
This is the outcome
l'rof, Thomson's
system
new
WEDDING IN OLD AGE REBUKED
British MshIiIi
ite Style* m a Fuol
Afrd Man I)pxfr(pil l»>- Y<
UK
\» Ifr In Tin
U>M.
Much amusement was caused In a
London police court recently by the
relation of the matrimonial trouble uf
a white-haired old shopkeeper named
Fielding ami his young wife.
Fielding proposed marriage while
the young woman, aged 26. was his
servant, promising her two houses.
After living together for three days
the wife left to stay with a friend
named Janet Clayton. Janet Clayton
aaid the house In which the old man
lived was very dirty, and swarmed
with rats. The wife sent her husband
for some rat poison, and when he re
turned they quarreled. The old man
scratched his wife's far- and pulled
her hair, and they both fell.
The magistrate said the old man
was a great fool to marry a girl at Ids
age, and made a maintenance order
for one shilling a week.
COMPLICATED SHOOTING CASE,
ytNiiriInn III tttat* of Kentucky
CommII n a Muriler lu State
Adjoin Iiim.
Mai
A queer eompllcatlou has recently
arisen in connection wIth a tragedy that
may be said to have taken place in two
states.
Some time ago J. J. Smith shot and
killed his father-in-law. 1). Bievens, in
Wayne county, Ky.. just over the Ten
nessee Hue. Blevens was in that state
and Smith in Kentucky when the shot
was fired. Tills is probably the first
case on record where a man standing In
one slate killed a man In another, and
just what procedure will be taken is not
knowu, as Smith, who is in Kentucky,
has killed no one In that Mate, because
Blevens was in Tennessee when killed,
and no requisition, it seems, can be is
sued from Tennessee, because Smith is
not a fugitive from justice from that
state, never having been there. The
rase will be watched with great Inter
est.
Will Trjr American Sratem.
The British postal authorities have
decided to make experiments with an
American wireless system.
Hid a UuS Joh.
A blind man at Homestead, Pa., waa
struck by a trolley car recently, andv
when he recovered consciousness he
found that the jar he had received had
reatored hie eyesight. The Springfield
Republican suggest* that the road #111
probably tue hlm to recover a sum for a
surgical operation.
No Csut far Alarm.
An Ichthyosaurus has been discovered
But there is no
In South America,
onus* for alarm, says the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald. It's as dead aa any mack
enal ever wan.
ITS FATE REVEALED.
Famous Connecticut Trick Cat That
Never Came Back.
|
Found on
11. A
if 01)1 Hull.Ilnic flf
gf Irriuif
I tied Hei
tile Heat met lull
tireen
Seeuea llate lleeii Kiiaeleil.
Mu.
\\ here
I eli
While working men of Greenwich.
Cuuu., were taking down a little two
story frame building that has stood ou
Greenwich avenue for more than half
a century so that the site may be used
fur a business building, they came
across a peculiar lind. Sitting on its
haunches, with head erect and eyes
distended, were the mummified re
mains of a cat, as natural as life, and
they were at once recognized as being
those of the famous "trick" feline
owned by Fred Merritt lilt years ago.
Many were ttie stories printed in the
New York newspapers of those days
of the cleverness of litis cat, and Us
unusual intelligence was attributed to
a diet of fish and oysters, the store
being then used as a fish market. The
cat would jump through hoops cov
ered with paper, stand on its head,
wag its tall and do many other tilings
uncommon among the most cultured
cats. Mr. Merritt refused a large sum
of money from tlie proprietor of a cir
cus who came here purposely to see
the cai. having heard of its prowess in
the trick line, and wanted it at any
price after it had gone through its
repertoire of stums.
One day tlie eat disappeared and Its
owner supposed it had been stolen,
but nothing more was heat'd of the eat
until the finding of its petrified body
The
indicated what was Its fate,
building was the first business struc
ture built In Greenwich and some
enacted
stirring scenes have been
within its walls,
recruiting station for
army in the days of the civil war. and
here every evening in those exciting
times Drummer Lyon and Fifer John
son, as they were called, would vigor
ously discourse patriotic music,
rounded by a crowd of admiring chil
dren and young men. The upper Hour
was occupied by the first photographer
who located in Greenwich and the old
er residents can recall his sign, which
It was used as a
the northern
sttr
"I will make your likeness as
read:
cheap as they do in New York, thereby
saving you carfares."
windows of the little building there
was an unobstructed view of Long is
land sound for 35 miles, but that has
long been shut off by buildings and
the growth of trees.
From the upper
RADIUM BRINGS HIM SIGHT.
«•<*«*NNfulI> Treat
1th
Philadelphia Man Ki
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Radium has been used successfully
by a Philadelphia oculist in counteract
ing the effect of a nervous shock which
had produceu partial blindness, its use
causing marked beneficial results in
restoring vision to the patient.
Dr. J. L. Borsch was the operator
and Charles H. Sharp the subject.
Curved tubes containing radium of va
rious activities were applied to Sharp's
The first
eyes, one after the otller.
tube held radium of only 240 intensity.
This and other tubes with radium of
more powerful intensity were experi
mented with until an intensity of 20,
000 was attained. After this tube,
which, like the others, was wrapped in
cotton to safeguard the subject against
being burned, had been in place for
two or three minutes it was removed
Thereafter Sharp said tnat he believed
Within a short
he could see better,
time, before he left the office, lie was
enabled to Identify and read huge black
letters on a card from a distance of 15
or -0 feet.
A second appli(#lion of the radium
was made afterward and the benefit de
rived by Sharp is believed to be perma
nent.
FLUID DOUBLE FOR EVERY ONE
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Kaeh human helsg has a fluid double.
This is the assertion of Col. Albert
Rochas, ex-ailmlnistrator of the Poly
technic school and a well-known French
physicist, lie has just been making
remarkable experiments with
In the hypnotic
some
hypnotized subjects,
state, Rochas sa>s. this fluid equivalent
of the human body rises above the lat
ter and lloata above his head, attached
by an Impalpable cord, likea captive bal
loon. Several experiments were made
with individuals to prove this.
A person was put to sleep, and the
demons!ratormounledlnthe room above
the sleeping subject and touched the
spot to which it was thought the double
would probably rise. The result was a
piercing scream from the hypnotized In
dividual below.
Several hypnotists think that on ac
count of the suffering the subject un
dergoes from these experiments It will
be better to hypnotize animals for fur
ther investigation, as It Is known that
they, too, have this fluid double.
Dvirrvi
That Pennsylvania inventor who
has devised an alarm clock which
pomes lo the relief of tired husbands
by automatically lighting the kitchen
fire, remarks the Louisville Herald,
has rendered a monumental service lo
the promotion of matrimony, the dis
couragement of divorce and the pro
hibition of race suicide.
n Memorial.
Noah Will Hava No Show.
If Daniel Webster's house shall be
removed to the world's fair, says the
9t. Louis Post-Dispatch, a whole lot of
people will want lo see the dictionary.
Those people who say Noah W. wrote
it will have no show.
B. W. Lipsey of I lie Clnrksdale
Merchnntilc Co. is nt his '.tome in
Lexington, racoperating from a re
cent attack of grip.—Clarksdale
Register.
From nppetirnn/cs Mr. Lipsey is
fully restored, and Ihe only grip by
which he is now held here must Ite
that of n young lady.
It costa you nothing to get our
prices. Call to see us before you
Colhoun Furniture Co,
buy.
Minutes of Town Council.
At a regular meeting of the Board
of Mavor and Aldermen, held Feb. 3,
1904, there were present R. C. Mc
Bee, mayor; A. M. Pepper, Baxter
Wilson, W. P. Tackett and It. E. Wil-~
burn, aldermen: J, A. Brown, marshal.
The following accounts were al
lowed:
Bank of Holmes County, rent
for mayor's office
It. C. McBee, salary as mayor 25 00
It. A. Povall, receipt book for
assessor .
J.A. Brown, salary for marshal 25 00
" " str.com.
B. H. Cooper, 24 days work on
streets .
B. H. Cooper, feeding town
mules .
L. H. Cooper, lumber for strs. 86 96
D. W. Beall, sawhandle
< Ordered that warrant be issued to
B. G. Olive for work on culvert when
received by committee—Baxter Wil
son and J. W. Jordan.
Council adjourned to meet at regu
lar meeting. R. C. McBee, mayor.
R. E. Wilburn, clerk.
When the hreatli is foul nod the
appetite disordered, Prickly Ash
Hitters is the remedy needed. It
purifies the stomach, liver and
Bowels, sweetens the hreatli, pro.
motes vigor and cheerfulness. Fm
sale hy Swinney & Stigler.
$ 5 00
8 50
5 00
24 CO
18 (X)
25
For Sale or Rent.
A seven-room residence of recent
construction and modern conveniences
on Boulevard avenue, in West End.
Apply to J. E. Cunningham,
ti-f 12
W. M. Meek, of Black Hawk,
visited our town on business Mon
day.
What Are They ?
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. A new remedy for stomach
troubles, biliousness, and constipation,
and a good one. Price 25 cents. For
sale by Swinney A Stigler.
Anohter Case of Rheumatism Cured by
Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
The efficacy of Chamberlain's Pain
Halm in the relief of rheumatism is
being demonstrated daily. Parksr Trip
lett, of Grigsby, Va., says that Cham
berlain's Pain Balm gave him perma
nent relief from rheumatism in the back
when everything failed, and he would
not he without it. For sale hy Swinney
A Stigler.
Hart the Laugh King played to a
good house on opening night Tues
day.
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
lets. Unequalled for Constipation.
Mr. A. R. Kane, a prominent druggist
of Baxter Springs, Kans., says: "Cham,
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are,
in my judgment, the most superior
preparation of anything in use to-duy
for constipation. They are sute in ac
tion and with no tendency lo nauseate
or gripe. For sale by Swinney A Stigler.
lion. K. F. Noel is alleiutii g the
Grand Masonic bodies at Green villi*
this week.
For a clear complexion, lir'jjht
sparkling eye and vigo'im* digestion,
take Prickly Ash Billers; it puls ihe
system in perfect order For sale
by Swinney & Stigler.
J. W. Lee, merchant, anil farmer
of Adair, while in town on business
Saturday, favored The Advertiser
witli a nice bill of stationery
When You Have a Cold.
The first action when you have a cold
should be to relieve the lungs. This is
best accomplished by the frea use of
Chamberlain'* Cough Remedy. This
Remedy liquifies the tough mucus and
causes its expulsion from the air cells
of the lungs, produces a free expectora
tion, and opens the secretions. A com
plete cure soon follows. This remedy
will cure a severe cold in less time th^n
any other treatment and it leaves the
system in a natural and healthy con
dition. It couhterncts any tendency
toward pneumonia. For sale by Swin
ney A Stigler.
M. \V. Smith, a leading farmer of
the Richland neighborhood, wna in
town Saturday.
WEAK AND LOW-SPIRITED.
A Correspondent Thus Describes His
Experience.
"I can strongly recommend Herbie*
as a medicine of remarkable efficaey for
indigestion, loss of appetite, sour taste
in the mouth, palpitation, headache,
drowsiness after meals with distressing
mental depressions and low spirit*.
Herbine must be a unique preparation
for cases such as mine, for a few dotes
entirely removed my complaint. I won
der at people going on suffering or
spending their money on worthless
things, when Herbine is procurable, and
so cheap." 50o. a bottle at B. S. Beall,
L. C, Alexander, P. Winkler, Foster
J. S. Stigler and S, R. Swinney left
Saturday on a prospecting tour
through the swamp with headqaartea
Tutwiler. __
The family tlini keeps on lientl
und uses occasionally the eeleiiraieti
Prickly Ash Riders is always a well
regulated family. For sale by
Swinney di Slight'.