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Don't Make Curiosity Telephone Calls f φ $ îî S V-Ar'4 J· '· · '.t - JF ■> •( ιν'·> îM'JJ ■ .· »)ι~» f**7. V . . .. |.î 1. <·./·'· ;· ;?j> t -life#* ■. fyM'è ■ J , 'A'. ■Λ- ., ■ ν'1 " . "J J ' ·#* τ · ·α t. ϋ ' CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. Incorporated BOX 184, "Betante 5.0C0 Idle curiosity lerkeit to Blngham too atked 'Central' where the fire was, an emergency cal 1 toi an ambulance vu held up for nearly 1S min ute» and this delay resulted in the death ol . Physician* say that bad the ambulance been teemed at one»——'» lile might bate been aa»ed." —Hlmira Advertiser. IT is beyond the bounds of possibility to answer promptly the mass of cu riosity telephone calls that threaten to swamp our ex changes every time there is a large fire. Calls for physicians, the am bulance or the police, held up at such times might result in the loss of human life. For your protection, as well as for the protection of your neighbors, we ask you not to call the telephone operator merely out of curiosity. After all, she has no more informa tion than you have. TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI. SPEND YOUR VACATION AT COpEN & BAYOU LA BATRE, ALA. SEÀSHORE EXCURSIONS Via MOBILE & OHIO RAILROAD ijp fares from Union City, Tern., and gency stations to and including Way Tickets on sale Sundays and Mon y to Meridian, inc., and on Sundays eridian, to and including December lod for return to original starting day from date of sale, according Low round t intermediate nesboro, MissJ days Union Ci only South of 27th 1915. G point 7th or 10 to point at whic FINE FISHING^rsalt water bathing; boating and driving. Ample H^Ptel Accommodations. For illus trated and descriptive pa fipnTe^ SnSvt~ ing exact fares, names of Hotels, etc., apply to Ticket Agents Mobile & Ohio Railroad, or write G. E. ALLEN, Dis trict Passenger Agent, Jackson, Tenn. HARVEY E. JONES, Jr., General Agent Passenger Department, Mobile. Ala. This Happened tn New York. "No spik English." gesticulated Ilafiz ■with rising excitement, looking rather wildly about for au interpreter, down at the Seamen's Church institute on South street. Arab translators are not frequent about the institute, and the man behind the desk down in the sav ings department was distinctly mysti fied. says the Lookout. "He won't take this money: it's inter est on the gold he deposited with us a year ago." he explained at last to a glittering eyed man from Bagdad who finally came to the rescue. "On. no, he can't; Mohammedans— they can't—any of them. It is against their religion to take interest. Ilafiz, he very good, very devout." protested the interpreter. And Ilafiz went away, virtuously content. Antimony. The use of antimony is to harden the softer metals, such as tin and lead, in the manufacture of shrapnel shells, babbitt for machinery bearings, type metal and castings of all kinds. In its pure state it cannot be employed for any useful purpose, owing to its ex treme brittleness. Its value in alloy ing, however, is great, not only because It hardens metal, but because of its low melting point. Kuykendall's Greaseless Liquid Eczema Remedy Is the Greatest Eczema and Sic in Remedy of the World Cures all kinds of itching skin tioubles now; pojson oak, itch, ringworm, chick en-pox. any itchine skin Sores resem bling· cancers. Physicians fail, this remedy cures. Samples to sufferers. On sale by all druggists in Tupelo and every reliable druggist in the coun ty. Dr. E. Douglas Hood. DENTIST, . Rooms 1, 2, and 3 in Peoples Bank and Trust Co. Building ResPhones»— Office. 103. r Change of Schedules Mobile & Ohio R. R. Effective May 2nd Trains will leave Tupelo, Miss., as follows: NORTHBOUND No. 2 Express, Daily 5:07 A. M. No. 4 Express, Daily 7:14 P. M. No. 6 Express, Daily 1:45 P. M. SOUTHBOUND No. 1 Express, Daily 10:35 P. M No. 3 Express, Daily 9:27 A. M, No. 5 Express, Daily 2:21 P. M. For folders and other informa tion regarding rates, routes, etc., apply to C. J. Paessler, Ticket Agent, Mobile & Ohio R. R. or write G. E. Allen, District Pass enger Agent, Jackson, Tenn. L. C. FEEMSTER Physician and Surgeon Office— Formerly occupied by Dr. Τ Γ. Bonner. G. M. Crane Notary Public Acknowledgements Taken Promptly Country Trips Taken When Requested SEE ALDR1DGE THE SHO I Λ / KIR FCR Quick Service MILLET AND BARBIZON. The Great Painter's "Visit" to the ■ Hamlet He Immortalized. In an article on Millet iu "Sketches of Groat Painters," b.v Edwin Watt» Chubb, there is an interesting account of liow this famous French painter happened to be forever associated with the hamlet of Barbizon. "In 1849 a Norman peasant," writes Mr. Chubb, "with his wife and three children, drove to a footpath leading to the little hamlet of Barbizon. They were near the great and beautiful for est of Fontainebleau, but at this mo ment they bad little Interest in the magnificent forest, for it was raining, and they had to abandon the highway and their vehicle to enter the pathway that led to the hamlet The man was well built and with a good and notable head. His shoulders were the strong shoulders of a man of thirty-five, so he placed thereon his two little girls, while his wife followed with an in fant in her arms. By her side walked a servant carrying a basket of provi sions. Together the little party trudged through the rain, the mother raising lier skirt to protect the little one from the rain. A peasant woman thought a band of strolling players was arriving. "The sturdy father of the family was Millet, the man destined to immortal ize the little village of Barbizon. He had come down from Paris the day be fore with his friend Jacque to find a quiet little hamlet on the edge of the forest. Jacque had learned of this ideal spot, but bad forgotten the name, tAL'fpi I UHl it ciiucu tu «vu. „ had found it at last, and there Millet intended to remain 'for a time.' He remained for twenty-seven years—that is, to the end of his life." JUST TAKING A NAP. Never Lie Down Dresaed Without a Covering Over You. When dropping down on a couch for a nap during the day many persons seem to feel that, because they are fully dressed, it is not at all necessary to add extra covering. While we are awake we are constant ly in motion of some sort. Every move ment. no matter how slight it is, brings into action some muselés. Every time an effort is made the blood rushes for ward to deluge those moving musclei The heart l>eats more quickly follow ing effort, and the air streams in great er abundance into the lungs. All of this means that action, and the consequent effort creates and keeps up what we call normal bodily heat. Now during what we call sleep aik these conditions are changed. The· muscles rest as well as the brain. The! heart beats more slowly, and the] breathing is. in consequence, more' bring about the lowering of the bodyts temi>erature, and the sleeping person loses some of this heat, lie senses or feels this loss readily and often, if he has lain uncovered, such a person is heard to complain of feeling cold upon awakening. Therefore to enable one to keep in or retain the normal bodily beat while sleeping, even if the sleeping is done in a warm room, ohe should not fail to have a covering of some sort ready at hand.—St. Louis I'ost Dispatch. Rules on the Clermont. At the head of regulations for Ful ton's "North river steamboat" (Cler mont) was this paragraph: "The rules which are made for order and ueatnefs in the boat, are not to be abufed. .ludg ment fhall be according to the letter of the law. Gentlemen wifhing well to fo public and ufeful an eftablifh ment, will fee the propriety of ftrict juftice, and the impropriety of the leaft impofition on the purfe or feel ings of any individual." One of the rules on the Clermont read: "It is not permitted for any per son to lie down in a berth with their boots or shoes on under a penalty of one dollar and a half and half a dollar for every half hour they may offend Λ A. ll-I- - 1 „ ft «guiuot. llll-j » UIV· Frohman's Shyness. When David Belasco and Charles Frohman made their joint production of "A Celebrated Case" they sat to gether among the audience the first night. After the third act the audi- , ence called for them. "You take the call," said C. F.. shrink ing back. "Not without you." was Belasco's re ply. "But I have never gone before the curtain in my life." "But 1 can't without you." "I am the proprietor of this theater," returned Mr. Frohman. "and you must do as I tell you."—New York World. Doing Her Beet. Mrs. Lambert laid down the evening paper, looked across the library table at her husband and remarked: "Really, some of the things you read seem almost incredible. After all, one half the world doesn't know how the other half lives." "Never mind," replied the brute, "that's certainly no fault of yours."— New York Times. Lofty Expectations. "Is your husband all you thought -he was?" "Just about. But he doesn't come ?lose to being all he thought he was." Mean Hint. Nell—1 could tell you of a lot of men who wanted my hand. Belle Yon must have fared well in the deal.— Baltimore American. Winter finds out what summer lay· ( ip.—Anderson. An Indian Stratagem By DONALD CHAMBERLIN To older persons it seems but a short time since Indiau fighting was a con stant part of the duties 6f our regular irmy. The iast events which attracted unusual attention throughout the coun try were the Custer massacre and the Modoc war, during which General Can by was subjected to the traditional treachery of the Indians and murdered while in council with them. Today all that has passed; the white iyan has swept over the continent from the Mis souri to the Pacific as he had swept from the Atlantic to the Missouri. In one of those Indian wars of later days a little Indiau boy was captured, and since there was uô practicable way to return him to his people, he was taken to the headquarters of the com mand in Fortjt. There he was treated so kindly that he grew to love the white people. Tommy, as the boy was called, how ever, inherited the nature of his red forefathers, ile loved to hunt, to ride, to live out in the open air. and a time came when he employed that talent for strategeni, for which the Indian lias al ways been distinguished. This came about when the force at the fort, including the women and chil dren, were in peril of their lives. The Indians, who had been showing signs of restiveuess, suddenly broke away from all restraint, and settlers came running into the fort, saying that they were burning and massacring the whites. It was soon learned that they were advancing to attack the foit. Everything was got in readiness to re ceive them, but when they came it was in such numbers that it was evident they could not long be resisted. Fort R. was a two company post, and at this time thp enlisted men num Dereu mue more tnan a uuuuicu men. The post was besieged by some 2.000 Indiaus, and if overpowered It was cer tain that every one in ft would be mas sacred. The commander. Major Mac Ilae, was chieti.v concerned for t lie wo men and children. It was terrible to think of his men being inlirdered, but they were soldiers, whose business it was to die. while the women and chil dren were noncombatants an>l must be cut down without defense. Major MacKae knew that some thirty inilop-fto foy south of him four companies of4light can nou suitable for Indian warfare. The commander of this force, if news could ne carried to him. would come at once to the relief of Fort 11.. and the sav ages would not likely be able to stand against the combined cavalry and infantry and especially the artil lery. But the Indians had formed a circle about the fort, and no messenger could get through their lines. There was a despairing sternness on the face of Major MacKae when Tommy ajv proached him and. saluting, as he had iearned to do from the soldiers, said to him: "I'll take a message through to the cavalry." The major turned, looked at'the boy and said: "You can't get through. No one could get through." Then, think ing Tommy meant that he would go as an Indian, he added. "They would tor ture you for a renegade." "I won't go as an Indian. Give me the swiftest horse in the command." "There's not a horse swift enough to escape their bullets." "They won't shoot the horse. I'll show you what 1 will do." The major produced the horse, and Tommy directed that he be bound to the horse's belly with his head protruding between the forelegs. A revolver was thrust in tiie boy's belt, and the bridle reins he held in his hands. The major wrote a few lines on a paper, and Tommy put it inside his shirt The major added to Tommy's de vice by sending out the garrison to make a Drier assaun ou iue luuutu». Tommy and his horse being placed in the center. During a fusillade the boy was Jet go, aud a riderless horse was seen by the red men to gallop away. Those Indians who were bearing the brunt of the attack had enough to do to defend themselves, but others, see Lug a horse galloping away, gave chase. Some of them could easily have shot the animal, but no one thought of do ing so, desiring to get possession of bim for use. The horse was so swift that but few of the Indians succeeded in getting near him. One redskin stood directly in his way and threw up his arms to gtop him. but Tommy, who wore spurs, dug them into the brute's belly and came near ruuning the man down. When Tommy had nearly cleared the circle an Indian suddenly appeared from ι thicket and succeeded in seizing the bridle. Tommy stoot him dead with his revolver. This was the last of Tommy's adven tures. After clearing the Indian circle lie unstrapped himself, mounted the horse's back and did not stop till the mimai fell with him in the encamp ment of the cavalry. He gave his mes sage to the commander, aiul in less than ten minutes all except a camp juard had begun a forced march to ?ort It. The head of the column was soon at acking the Indians, joined by the gar •Json. but the latter resisted till the mnnon arrived, when they got away as 'aet as they could go. Tommy remained with the army, pet •ed by those he had saved, till he be came an old man. when be secured a lensiOB from the government TWELVE INCH SHELLS. These Big Projectiles Carry a Thirty 1 Pound Explosive Charge. lligh power projectiles are construct- j ed witli cavities in their centers which ! contain the explosive charge, the ex- ' plosive carried varying λ\ itl» the size of tiie projectile. Λ twelve inch shell, weighing 870 pounds, carries about thirty pounds of explosive. The cavity of such a projectile is about seven inches iu diameter at the base, and gradually tapers in size toward the point. After the charge is placed iu the projectile a plug is screwed into the base, thus sealing up the explosive, and a fuse is inserted in the center of the plug extending into the explo sive within the cavity. The fuse, without which the explo sive Is harmless, depends upon the high rotary motion of the shell to be come active. This rotary motion Is Imparted by the rifling of the gun. In the smooth surface of the tube are cut the rifling grooves of a width of about one-eighth inch. Round the shell, near its base, in a groove cut. for the purpose, is com pressed what is known as the rotat ing band. This baud projects above the surface of -the shell and corre sponds with the rifling grooves, so that upon its discharge it is forced into the rifling, where it acts as a seal to prevent the escape of the gas formed by tlie exploding powder and gives the shell the required rotary motion, which keeps it on its true course with its point always in a di reel line aneaa.—iajuuuii iu-dhb. PECULIAR OCCUPATIONS. Those of the Bacteriologist, Anthro pologist and Plant Doctor. What man leads the most peculiar modern life? The question is not au easy one to answer offhand, but it is doubtful if any one spends his days in a more strange manner than the bac teriologist Day after day, week after week, year after year he works in the laboratory, into which only the privi leged may enter, studying the microbes of disease. He may not open the win dow lest he infect the whole neigh borhood with typhoid or diphtheria, or any other diseases with which he is at close quarters all day. He encourages bacteria to multiply, and then through a microscope, or sometimes with the naked eye, lie watches how they spend their time, in order (hat he may com bat, their deadly influence. While the bacteriologist looks for ward, tlie anthropologist looks back- · ward. He is the man who dashes olT to any place when he hears a deep excavation is being made, and hopes 1 always that he will find a skeleton, and \ skl111· ,or he is happy as \vÎΣn^he^vni\^ths buman j relics going back centurieny ^ The plant doctor is akin to th^ik^v teriologist. for. like the latter, he spends ι much of his time in the laboratory, uot | studying tlie enemies of the human j world, but the enemies of the plant j world, and he is very proud when, ι after diagnosing and treating the vari ous ailments of flowers, he runs across, say. the enemy of a rose, and finds how it, may be kept from doing harm. —London Tit-Bits. Poor Humanity. "Success in aeronautics, as in most things." said a proponent aeronaut, "is achieved by patience and faith in one self. Pessimists, like my friend's new gardener on Long Island, would not accomplish much in work like mine, ι This man was raking leaves off the i lawn one fall day when a neighbor | passing by inquired of him: "'Where's the gardener who used to work here'/' " 'Dead, sir." was the reply. "'Dead.' said the astonished neigh- ! bor. Then, musing, he added, 'Joined j the great majority, ehV '* Oh «it· ' tliM irjipHiinpr intamintiwl I In a shocked voice, "I wouldn't like to say that. Ile was a good enough man as far as I know.' Lippincott's. Storks In Holland. Nowhere else in the world does the stork stand in higher regard than among the people of western Holland. Nothing is regarded as more indica tive of good fortune to come than for a pair of storks to build their nest in the chimney of a humble cottage. How ever humble that cottage may be, the occupants feel that the stork's nest promises many blessings in the future. The farmers erect long poles with a box at the top in their fields, feeling that if the birds build their nests there both the quality and the quantity of their crops are assured. False Logic. "Women are all alike." declared the disappointed suitor bitterly. "Oh. 1 don't know." responded the maiden airily. "You must not draw general conclusions from the fact that ail the women you have known man- ; aged to get on to your curves."—Rich- ] moud Times-Dispatch. Good Guess. Redd— Been out in your new auto mobile? Greene—Yes. Had trouble going out. We stopped several times. j but coming back we didn't make a stop. "1 see; you were towed home."— Yonkers Statesman. , Knew Him. "Well, how about that little bill?" "But I told you to call at 4 o'clock, | and it is only 3 now." "1 know it: 1 wanted to catch you In."—Houston Tost. Hopeless Case. "Pessimistic. Is he?'^ "To the ultimate limit. He couldn't even imagine a castle in the air with out a mortgage on It"—Judge. » lNIEWIONAL · SUNWSaiOOL Lesson (By Ο. E. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute.) LESSON FOR AUGUST 22 ASA'S GOOD REIGN. \ LESSON TEXT—II Chron. GOLDEN TEXT-Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you. James 4:8. Skeptics who formerly laughed at, the record of U Chron. 14:9 or at thei reputed size of Xerxes' army are pain fully silent in the face of the present European struggle where armies are reckoned by the millions. Abijah, Re hoboam's successor, easily defeated Jeroboam (ch. 13:13-20) because he "relied upon the Lord," and "Asa his son reigned in his stead." I. Righteousness Exhorted, vv. 1-7. Returning from his wonderful victory over Zerah the Ethiopian, Asa is met by the spirit-anointed prophet, Azariah (v. 1). This man was taken posses sion of by the spirit of God (II Pet. 1:21; Num. 24:2; Judges 3:10; II Tim. 3:16). Thus it was that he commands even (he king, "Hear ye me" (v. Δ). His first words were encouraging ones, "Jehovah is with you," and the proof of his word was the victory Asa had just won, (ch. 32:8; Rom. 8:31; Deut. 20:1). That victory was a dem onstration, it involved an obligation and had a lesson for the king as well, viz., that if he and his people would seek Jehovah they would find him, but if they forsook him "he will forsake you." The words recorded in verse three were a fearful indictment ("with out the true God," Eph. 2:12) and they are a suggestive picture of this age that is so sadly in need of a "teaching priest" and is sc constantly acting as though "without law" or else is a law unto itself. But God was merciful (Ps. 103:8; 117:2), and in that time of testing was working his good will. Thus it came that "in their great tpouble" (v. 4) they sought Jehovah and "he was found of them." Neglecting him there was "no peace," and "great vexations" also (Isa. 48:22). Our Lord has prophesied even greater calamities in the last days of Israel's apostasy (Matt. 24:6, 7) and the pres ent upheaval in Europe can be large ly traced to apostasy and to the treat ment of God's people Israel. II. Righteousness Executed, vv. 8-15. (1) The King's Part, vv. 8, 9. Asa had shown himself worthy of ttyis spe cie revelation from God : <ai his con % 6) ; ' Π» )**^ΐΓ^ότ3?ΓοΓ^ cor.niand and exhortation (14:4); (c) his care for and service in be half of others ( 14:60) ; (6 ) his reliance upon and zeal of God (14:11). Verse eight is suggestive of the way lie re7 ceived this revelation; (a) he "took courage"—a word of commendation will revive any weary heart, (b) He "put away the abominations," most thoroughly, which his great-grandfath er Solomon had brought into Israel, and in accordance with the word of God (Deut. 7:5). There are many, strange altars in our land today, forms^ of religion that stand not the test of God's word and which not alone deceive the very elect but are sweep ing into their vortex the sons and daughters of the saints of God. Any thing. no matter how esthetic or moral ly elevating or professedly religious, that measures not according to this word, should be torn down, (c) But Asa \vas constructive as well as de structive for he built again "the altar of Jehovah." 2. The People's Part, vv. 10-15. (a) They obeyed and gathered together at Jerusalem, at the proper time and lhfi (hi Th£.v "tiff&rv/l snnritii»** unto the I^rd." Heretofore their of ferings had been to their selfishness or to strange gods. Their gift was a costly one and the Lord's treasury is always a standard whereby to meas ure the work of grace in the hearts of his people, (c) They made another covenant "to seek the Lord." (Ps. 105:3, 4; Amos 5:4, 6). Those who seek him find him (Ps. 14:2). To seek him is pleasing to him, but it must be as theirs, "with all their soul." We find God in Christ (John 14:6; I John 6:20). Whosoever sought him not were punished, even so will those be who now turn from him (John 16:8, 9; Matt. 25). (d) They gave public testimony of their determination (v. 14). Loud protestations are not al ways permanent. Conclusion. Though Asa had a parental handicap (I Kings 15:13) ind lived in a corrupt court still he yielded to the teaching of God's word md therefore wrought a great refor nation. Recognizing the source of power in lis own life Asa taught the people :he word of God, to seek God and to seep his commandments. Asa's reformation was in reality a •eligious revival and such is the only rind that has any permanency. In the tijne of testing Asa (1) ivent to God for help; (2) pleaded he cause of God and the honor of his ïame; (3) went out to fight, trusting η God. Revival heights and experiences )less us evermore, a new light shines η our daily life, the level of life is ligher and the ideals of men and of Ommunities are more noble and ex· ilted. No one can work his best without intbusiasin, and revivals provide both nspiration and enthusiasm. Asa was freed from invasions for ;wenty years after this experience. η