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T imes-Promoter PUBLISHED WEEKLY. : MISSISSIPPI. HERNANDO. X X Sterling Individuality Is superior to collective uncertainty. An unconscious, unselfish, benevo lent beauty is the rarest jewel of truth. There are more than 4,000 different editions of the Bible in the British museum. Those who cannot find happiness in their present location will not be apt to find It in future situations. Those who are constantly traveling In search of pleasure and never find It forget to leave themselves behind. Germany Is preparing to build sev eral 25-000-ton battle ships. England will, of course, reply at once with an order for as many 26,000-ton fighting vessels. A Cleveland wife suing for divorce claims that her husband has been drunk every night for 13 years. We always said that 13 was an unlucky number. A Kansas woman observes that ''most men would pop the question several months sooner if they were More light from mind readers.' Kansas. America ships lemons to every country except Russia. Japan recent ly handed to Russia all the lemons that country will need for a good many years to come. The irony of fate was strikingly ex hibited when H. G. Wells, the author of various plans for improving locomo tion, was run down and seriously in jured by an automobile on a London thoroughfare. —. A scientist reports that c61d feet indicate great intellectual power and activity. The common supposition that cold feet indicate unusual welch ing inclinations will probably con tinue, however, to prevail. Peat covers one-seventh of Ireland, sometimes reaching a depth of 50 feet; the United Kingdom has 6,000, 000 acres, of an average depth of 12 feet; Germany's peat covers 11,000 square miles, and Scandinavia's sup ply is thought to equal 3,000,000,000 tons of coal. Thomas Wightman, pioneer glass manufacturer of Pittsburg, has been In active business for three-quarters of a century and now, at the age of 90, is to be found in his office every day. Mr. Wightman is interested in two banks and in other business enter prises, taking an active part in the affairs of all. It is related that a loving wife told her partner that he was a model husband, and the husband repeated the alleged compliment to another who told him to consult his diction ary and ascertain what it meant. He did so, and found that a model hus band is a minature representation of the real thing. And he lived unhappily ever afterward. Some of the wealthiest sportsmen of Vermont are now engaged in a movement to stock the coverts of Ver mont with foreign game birds. Among the birds which it is believed can be Introduced into the state are the daleypa, which is a native of Norway, the capercailzie, which is found in the highlands of Scotland, black cock and ring-necked pheasants. One of the youngest members of the United States senate will be Joseph M. Dixon, the senator-elect from Mon tana, to succeed Senator William A. Clark. He was bom In North Caro lina in 1867 and went to Montana in 1889. He was admitted to the bar there' and has been elected to con gress twice, though the state has only one member of the house of rep resentatives. Queen Maud of Norway Is fond ol collecting pieces of ivory. The speci mens she most prizes are tusks of ele phants shot by her father, King Ed ward, and the duke of Connaught. The czar of Russia is represented by some wild boar tusks taken from ani mals shot by himself. Among other tusks and teeth are those of walruses and Hons, sharks and seals, alligators ^and swordfish, shot or captured by 'her majesty's relatives or friends. A characteristic tale comes from Rambouillet, France. In the old days, when, at a royal shoot, a cock pheas ant got up within range, the cry was: "Coq au Roy! " and only the king drew trigger. Kings went, ,and the cry want, tob. about it, and had "Coq au Roy! But Felix Faure heard , vived for him, Felix L President Lou bet altered it to "Ccq au president!"'!; and .now, with his practical common sens^A President Failiores has decided that there, shall be no cry at alL re WEEK S NEWS THE LATEST EVENTS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY AND TERSE LY NARRATED. FROM EVERYWHERE Foreign Lands, Throughout the Na tion, and Particularly From the Great _ Southwest Meramac grants may be allowed Clamorgan heirs by house commit tee on private claims. A son of Count Leo Tolstoi has been indicted for high treason, on the charge of printing the latest po litical pamphlet of his father. A mortgage for $18,000,000 has been filed at Atlanta, Ga., by the Seaboard Air Line. Gov. Comer has approved the bill reducing passenger rates in bama from 3 cents to 2 1-2 cents, and the law will go into effect in 60 days. Shipments of cotton are of record proportions. About 80 per cent re ceived at English port is American. At Salina, Ivas., Alexander M. Campbell, aged 72 years, was killed by falling down his stairway. John Ferguson, a white man, was shot and killed near Kiowa, I. T. Dick Quigley was arrested, charged with the crime. John Cunningham, a prominent farmer near Salina, was drowned in the Smoke Hill while attempting to cross a foot log. Safeblowers went into the office of the treasurer of Marion county, Alabama, at Hamilton, and blew open the safe, where was stored $10, 000 of county funds. They secured $7,000, dropping $3,000 in their hurry to get away. Charles Thomas was shot twice and instantly killed on a Rock Isl and train at Hobart, Okla., by Dr. Beachom of Mangum, Okla., just as the train reached Hobart. Thomas eloped with Beachom's wife a year ago. Vainly endeavoring to extinguish the flames which enveloped her in fant son, Mrs. Charles Mauldin was burned to death at her home near Pontiac, Miss. The baby also died. The child's clothing caught fire while playing about some burning leaves. Ala Five boys, led by a companion 13 years old, have confessed to attempt ing to wreck a Southern railroad train near Tallahassa, Ga. The train ran into an open switch. The engine was demolished and the en gineer and fireman slightly hurt. The boys said their object was to rob the express car. House committee on library has decided to make favorable reports on bill to erect monuments in Wash ington to Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic, and to Capt. John Eric son, who built the iron clad monitor. Senator Patterson has introduced bill providing for the acquisition of railroads by the government. The bill was ordered to lie on the table, and it is expected the Colorado sen ator will address the senate concern ing it. Woman suffragists in London ar rested for creating a disturbance when they stormed parliament, re fused to pay fines of $5 each and were sent to prison. Augustine Birrell, chief secretary for Ireland, anounces that he will introduce a bill in parliament "To establish an Irish council, and for other purposes connected there with." It is stated that the elective element will predominate. a , Leaking gas exploded in a res ^ uran t a t Los Angeles, Cal., killing ,. , 6 ' ? . . 6 ma nghng two and injuring about 20 other people. The build ing was demolished. ITie railroads of the entire coun try, it is'said, are preparing to make a general increase in freight rates, which will bring them several hun dred millions added revenue annu ally. Bill in congress plans to preserve the famous Grant farm near St. Louis. Col. John P. Baker, retired army officer, former Indian fighter and for many years associate editor of the Illinois State Journal, died in St. Louis. Fully 1,000 temperance advocates marched through the halls of the capitol at Washington demanding the passage of the bill introduced by Representative Webber of Ohio, to rid the District of Columbia of the liquor traffic. Former Gov. Higgins of New York died at his home at Olean. He remained unconscious to the last, death comipg in its most peaceful form and without pain. During his term as governor he suffered from heart trouble, but it is declared he was faithful to the trust imposed in him and left no duty undone. Capt. C. W. Oldrieve walks 1JK)0 miles on water, from Pittsburg to New Orleans, winning $5,000 and title of world's champion water walker. The south reveres the memory of Abraham Lincoln and regards him as in Washington's class, was de clared by Gov. Blanchard of Louis iana in an address at Springfield, 111. The southern executive spoke at the Lincoln day banquet of the Sangamon club on "The South's Present Estimate of Lincoln. The senate broke' all records by passing bills at the rate of 15 a minute for one hour and six min utes—991 bills in all. During the procedure Senator McCumber was the only senator-on the floor. Vice President Fairbanks presided. The hunting lodge of Col. Moses Wetmore, in Tracey county, Mis souri, was destroyed by fire. This is where Col. Bryan has so often hunted deer and wild turkey. Eleven hundred mechanics on Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain roads quit work, refusing manage ment's concessions. Interstate commerce commission declines to issue general order for refunding overcharges on the ground that it would lead to the payment of rebates. Arkansas legislature starts inves tigation of convict camps. Mrs. Clara Parquette, a Kansas pioneer, died of apoplexy at Leaven worth, aged 85. In the border war days she held Col. Jennison and his band of "red legs" at bay at Shaw nee, Kas., for five hours, giving her husband, a strong anti-slave advo cate, who was marked to bo shot, time to escape. August Korte, foreman of brick layers, was killed by a fall of five stories through an elevator shaft in St. Louis. St. Louis Aero club is cabled that Italy will compete for cup in inter national balloon races to be held in St. Louis next fall. Interstate commerce commission hears evidence in Omaha grain rate complaint against the Union Pa cific. >• Eastern lines will go slow in ad vancing freight rates to meet the increased cost of operation and sup plies. Independent Oil Co.'s battle raises crude oil 7c in Indian Terri tory. The last water coming through the break in the Colorado river was shut off after a long and hard strug gle by the Southern Pacific Rail road Co. For the first time in many years snow fell upon the streets of Mexico City. Unusual conditions have caused suffering among the poor, who habitually go about clad in light garments and with bare feet> Eastern lines curtail orders for new cars and reduce the bull get of expenditure $25,000,000 for the year, while freight rates will be in creased. Roosevelt message urges law fur the benefit of Clierokee Indian squaw men. President appoints W. . Scott Smith to superintendency of Hot Springs, Ark. Reforms to be insti tuted. Congressman John Sharp Will iams comes back at Gov. Vardanian for his recent attack, and the Mis sissippi fight becomes hot. Otton Blanken died at Wentzville, Mo., of injuries, the result of a dy namite explosion. The First National Bank of Kel Ieyville, I. T., has been opened. It is the first banking institution for the town and is capitalized at $25,000. The Sleby Oil Co. has brought in a 1,000-barrel oil well on the Thos. Berryhill lease, Tulsa, I. T., in sec tion 8 of the Glenn pool. President Roosevelt has received a number of protests from persons who think the newspapers printing the full details of the Thaw case should be prohibited from transmis sion through the mails. 'The senate passed the army ap propriation bill carrying $81,600, 000. Amendments were accepted to build monuments to revolutionary officers as follows: To Gen. Stark, at Manchester, N. H., $40,000; to Gen. Nathaniel Green, at Guilford Courthouse, N. C., $15,000; to Gen. James Schrivner, at Midway, Ga., $5,000. Tdwin W. Reidnauer, a baker, and his four children were burned to death at Allentown, Pa. Reid naiier was frying doughnuts when the fat boiled over on the floor, set ting the house on fire. Gov. John S. Little, accompanied by his wife and two physicians, has gone to the gulf coast of Texas to recover his health. President of the Senate John I. Moore has assumed the duties of governor. In the midst of the preparations for her wedding, Miss Lena Brad way, southeast of Dublin, Ind., died suddenly of peritonitis. She was to have become the bride of C. R. Rath fen, of Strouthan, Miss Bradway was 21 years of age and the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Brad way. A new British expedition to the south pole will leave England next October, under the command of T. H. Shackleton) who was third lieu tenant on the Discovery expedition to the antarctic. A novel feature of the equipment will be a motor car built for ice traveling. A circuit court judge in Indiana decided that state had no more right to license saloons than it had to li cense gambling. English professor contradicted argument of socialists that master minds should not gather their due rewards. Dr. Eri R. Hulbert, dean of the divinity school of the university of Chicago, died in that city of pneu monia. Franklin Baker shoots Lee M. Robbins on street cai, in St. Louis, declaring his victim wrecked his home. Twenty-two dead and several fa tally hurt and 147 seriously injured is the result of a wreck on an elec trical train on the New York Cen tral, near New York City. The British steamer Hetropolis collided with the steamer Orianda, not far from Cardiff, Wales. Four teen lives were lost. In the presence of 5,000 specta tors, Oscar Smith rode one of Dr. Carver's diving horses, "Powder face," to his death at San Antonio, Tex. The performance was being given at the base ball park hnd an immense audience was present. The Girl in Red" bOing ill, Smith, known as "the boy broncho buster, volunteered to ride the diving horse which leaps from a 40-foot platform into a pool of water 14 feet deep With him on his back, the horse made a beautiful dive. The horse hit the water nose first, with Smith .sitting gracefully on his back. The crowd broke intp cheers as the horse and rider went under. The horse came up but no rider. Smith waa killed. U >9 •V Mrs. Window's Boothia* Syrup. for children teething, eofteai the gurai, redunee d lamination, allay* peln, care* wind collu. 25caboui*» Most people would rail snort i» measured by the golden rule. ran min i*r a to 14 bits. PAZC OINTMKNT li guaranteed to onro anv oai* of Itob ng, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding PiUia la 8 to H da;* or money refunded. 60c. A young man always sneers at th» lore affairs of a widower. Oarfield Tea insures a normal action of the liver, 'overcomes constipation, and keeps the blood pure. Drink before retir ing. It'a a never-falling sign that a glr) 1 b in love with a young man when she begins to want to read the letters he receives from other girls. HOME-MADE CATARRH CURE. 8ufferers Should Make Thia Up an# Try It Anyway. Any one can mix right at home the best remedy of its kind known. The name ''Cyclone" is given to the fol lowing prescription, it is supposed, be cause of its promptness in driving from the blood and system every ves tige of catarrhal poison, relieving this foul and dread disease, no matter where located. To prepare the mix ture: Get from any good pharmacy one half-ounce Fluid Extract Dande lion, one ounce Compound Kargon and three ounces Compound Syrup Sarsa parilla. Shake well and use in tea spoonful doses after each meal and at bedtime. This is a harmless, inexpensive mix ture, which has a peculiar action upon the eliminative tissues of the Kidneys, assisting them to filter and strain from the blood and system all ca tarrhal poisons, which, if not eradi cated, are absorbed by the mucous membrane, and an open sore or ca tarrh is the result. Prepare some and try It, as It 13 the prescription of an eminent catarrh specialist of national reputation. ONE WAY OUT OF DIFFICULTY. Match Twins with Twins, Was the Fond Mother's Idea. A little woman entered a drug store and asked the proprietor if he had "an other picture." "What kind of a picture do you mean?" the druggist asked. "One like this," said the woman, holding up an attractive advertising print. "I may have one or two of them left," the proprietor said, "but I haven't many of them." The woman said she only wanted one, and her tone indicated that she was anxious for ,that one. She ex plained that the one she had with her had been given to one of her children. Another child, she stated, was sick, ahd was crying for a picture such as his brother had. "That's a bad way to bring up your children," ventured a woman customer In the store. "Do you try to give a child everything he cries for just be cause his brother is more fortunate?" "But," said the mother of the chil dren, "you don't know. The children are twins and what one has the other wants.' objected the moralist. "Suppose, "when your children get older, they fall In love with the same girl, what will they do?" But the mother was ready. She promptly replied: "Find twins and fall in love with them." DREADED TO EAT. A Quaker Couple's Experience. How many persons dread to eat theft meals, although actually hungry near ly all the time! Nature never intended this should be so, for we are given a thing called appetite that should guide us as to what the system needs at any time and can digest But we get in a hurry, swallow our food very much as we shovel coal Into the furnace, and our sense of appetite becomes unnatural and perverted. Then we eat the wrong kind of food or eat too much, and there you are— indigestion and Its accompanying miseries. A Phlla. lady said, the other day: "My husband and I have been sick and nervous for 16 or 20 years from drinking coffee—feverish, indigestion, totally unfit, a good part of the time, for work or pleasure. We actually dreaded to eat our meals. "We tried doctors and patent medi cines that counted up into hundreds of dollars, with little If any benefit. "Accidentlly, a small package of Postum came Into my hands. I made some according to directions, with sur prising results. We both liked it and have not used any coffee since. The dull feeling after meals has left us and we feel Defter every way. We are so well satisfied with Postum that we recommend it to our friends who.have been made sick and nervous and miserable by coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Cr«ek, Mich, Read the little book, "The Road ta WellTille," in pkgs. "There's a Re* ■on, > << •V mm. ;f V v' ;