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in Old Mississippi Prohibition Has Little Effect in Southern State. Mississippi adopted "prohibition in 1908. 5ikc other so-called "dry" states, fiowever, she has made no serious e.Tort to enforce this statute so unpopular with a large per cent, of her people. The success of prohibition in Mississippi can best be judged by the official facts as to drinking in Jackson, the ste capital, as reported recently by the News of that city. The newspaper article fol- j

10W3: j Howard Wilcox, better known as Ttf-Mrt f-i- e-innr.no ,n;I Vnr ' "Howdy," Is n real driver of race cars. 11c More than UC0.000 was paid by ,s one Jf tlC feu, who lmre nnislH,(1 ,n t,,e Jackson people lor boonc during the molley aigtc wi,0 can be deyear 1915; 3,S3,520 ordinary drinks ? I)fM,,ietl 0n to ive tue beat that Is in biin of wliiskey wera taken, and the con- until the ling fulin or he goes ont of the tents of 145,656 bottles Went down the : nice. WHuox lias won many races and throats of folks ill this prohibition ; lii.lMl in iiisiny more In the money. Sevtown. orn .ve,,rs no "Is pet plirnse was, "I don't build race ears; I drive them." And drive These facts developed as a result Of j tüem he does, as was attested in the last the compilation of figures in the ; fiUO-iulle rnce on the Indianapolis track circuit clerk's ofllCC from certificates ' when he and Pete Henderson were the only filed according to the provisions of the I Indianapolis drivers out of seven to linish May, Mott, Lewis allon-al-a-lime : ln, tho "ney. lie will be seen at the in, v,,.M,i i, in,Mtn,. t in iwbeei of the same Premier car in the

Briefly, the law requires that every person receiving a shipment of any kind of "booze" shall E!gn a certificate that the shipment was for his own use, and stating the quantity in each package. The express companies or railroads are not allowed to make deliveries until these certificates are signed and the carriers file them in the circuit court clerk's, office. Some rather startling facts are brought out in the figures, for this is supposed to be a prohibition state. That booze, however, still is consumed in enormous quantities is shown frdni facts and figures gathered from official records. An example of how much liquor cornea into a county is the record in Hinds. Deputy Circuit Court Clerk Cadwaller has been working hard for week compiling the figures, , from dozens of drawers in which the certificates are stored. He has prone considerably into details tnd hfs list will show what Jackson proper received, and also the total number of shipments that came into Hinds county. The figures of Mr. Cadwaller are extremely interesting. Jhey are as follows: For Jackson proper during 1915 there were 25,789 separate liquor shipments. These included 20.84G V. gallons of whiskey, 1.463 M: shipments of beer in dozen bottle lots, 69 packages of beer listed, 1,169 cases and casks of beer, 137 kegs of beer, 926 boxes of beer. A little figuring will show that this is an average of 1,73 1-6 gallons of whiskey a month, or a? gallons a day. Figuring further, at the rate of 20 average sized drinks to the quart, it gives more than 3,000,000 , average sized drinks of whiskey for the year in the capital of the state alone. Estimated in money, allowing an average of $4 a gallon for whiskey Jackson's whiskey bill in 1915 was $83,388, and her people spent about $15,000 for beer, a total of nearly 100,000. The records show that outside the city of Jackson, in the county of Hinds, and including Terry, Byram, Clinton, Tougalo and Pocahontas, there were 2,690 packages of intoxicating liquors received, of which there were 2,478 gallons of whiskey. The figures given above are compiled solely from official records of certificates in the offices of the circuit court clerk, and mean; that these shipments came by express or freight. They do not include shipments that come via another route, namely the "gripsack" method. "Why," said one official -"thevo are hundreds of instances a month where both whites and negreos got on tho trains and go to pointe without the state, and come back with their grips loaded with bottles of whiskev. Many people make a business of taking their dress suit cases and hand bags to points in Louisiana, load them down with whiskev and bring them to Jackson. There is no way, of course, of getting accurate figures on such 'shipments but tbe quantity of liquor brouerht m by this inearth is

very considerable " aosoiuieiy necessary lor meuicai ami D ... .. ,r . . f ' commercial purposes for one year's Publication A uthortzea by iht Indiana Brewers Assn. consumption is 60,000 pounds. Last - ' 'year over -1S0,000 pounds were brought J)q Not Trifle iint0 tho United States through thoj T- - customs house. This, of course, does J W it xl k VOxCijot include the vast amount that is dügood advice for meu and women. It smuggled over tho borders. The usa niay be vital in the case of a clul.i. Lon of opium, cocaine and other sucti experience : has proven ÜiaUh.re is n .th. dr , j t , tho iiig better for colds m chinlreu than ' 0 ' a I 1 j increase all over the "United States, rilITll3Cr,lQiri S especially in localities where the sale

CougK Remedy Itis favoritcwith many mothers and tver disappoxnu tht-m. It contains no aiumorother narcotic and may U given nev opium irith unplicit confidence

Harvest Auto Kace Clnusic on the Indiann polls Motor Speedway on September 9 ln competition with the star pilots of the world. WHEN'S HARD CIDER NGT HARD CIDER? WHEN IT'S VINEGAR! The New York Times says: The case of State vs. Matthews before the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine was a prosecution for selling an intoxicating beverage consisting of old, or "hard" cider. The defendant contended that what he sold was vinegar, and nt a beverage at all Tlie evidence showed that when the defendant was asked if he had any old cider he replied, "No, but I have some vinegar." Tho trial judge then asked the witness, "Was it old cider, which the respondent may have called vinegar with a twinkle in his eye?" The defendant complained on appoal of this interrogatory by the court and concerning it the highest court said: "But we think that expression was nothing more than a suggestion to the jury, for their consideration, of the possibility that, even if respondent in answer to Marshall's inquiry for old cider, called what he sold him vinegar, nevertheless he did not mean it and so .indicated to Marshall." The court then goes on to argue that it was plain from the evidence that this was what was meant, because otherwise Marshall, who was after old cider, would not have bought three gallons of what he was told was vinegar and use it as a beverage. Tho court then say.: "It is the authoritative expression of an opinion as to an issue of fact arising in the case which the statute prohibits and not the suggestion of air obvious inference from admitted faots and circumstance, made to assist the jury in coming to a clear understanding of the law and the evidence. PROHIBITION AND DRUGS In an intorview in the Denver (Col.) Post, t-he Right Rev. C. H. Brant,1 . cently: "In the Southern States, where prohrbition has almost become universal, the increase in the sale of idrugB per caiita 18 sroater than Ul6 . increase in population. Tho legitl!mat0 amount of opium calculated as , , , of liquor is prohibited. The pure food law hi ve done good work rej gnrdIng thp salc of patont medicines, but tho drug store has taken the place of the stloon in many of our cities where the sale of liquor is not perI mitted." Texas Freeman, Houston,

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RUNNING THE RHEA. Hlat!ve of Ostrich Chased With Oop and Horse. Tor the person who desires a unique form of sport running the afeii?' in. southern TAtagonia is-rec ommended. The Thea is a meraher of tlie ostrich familv, hut somewhat mailer. It runs with the swiftness of a greyhound or a fast horse and has a knack of douhling on ita track, which often serves it in eluding its pursuers. The natives in hunting it use horses, dogs and the bola. The dogs course after the fleeing bird in full cry, while tha hunters follow after at top speed, ; prepared to throw the bola if op- ; portunity ofTers. fc f QI sionQ . , ,J . . , , attached to a thong nx or eight feet long, serves to hamper the movements of the bird, for the balls twine about the part which the bola strikes regardless of vhether . it be tho les, neck or wings. This permits the dogs and jiiunters to overhaul auü aispaccn ?the bird. Atv the approach of danger the will often crouch flat upon tha End with neck outstretched unthe grass, remaining "motionless until the doge have passed. This strategem is often successful when the wind is blowing against the ecent, but when the contrary is the case the dogs soon discover the hid ing bird. In this case, doubtless bevrildered by the sudden failure of its artless ruse, it makes no attempt fct escape. The chase of the rhea, which ßomotimes extends over a distance of five or six piiles, is a thrilling one. It has for the rider all the ex- , dement of a horse race, with the" o,,. cnf:ci.nnHnT1 f Vnntr hf inninfT of thc' race win reSuH tÄe winning oi tnc race 111 reaUJt in a welcome addition to the larder. The winirs of the rhea have a flavor not unlike that of turkey, and if one is not averse to the taste of horseflesh tlie meat ef the thigh is I very satisfactory. The rhea is one Ol lue lUciiii iuuu fcupp.ues uu u, l at- s asronian hniitmir trip. $:ew York ! i i ' r J K ! J A Tribüne. e vjs y sv c- , i NT rS C -.v aV v V Ay

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I . A TH OLD GUard vim New York World. STRETCH YOURSELF. Do It the First Thing After You Wake In the Morning. A splendid thing för the body is stretching. Whon you first wake up in themorning, take a gooong stretch: v Stretch the" hanWas far out sideways as possible. Then j stretch them over the head as far as you can reach, and at the same time stretch the feet downward as far as you can. .Raise the feet and stretch upward just as high as you can, and j then lower the leet and legs very slowly. When you get out of bed, raise your arms over your head, and., standing on tiptoe, see how near you can reach tho ceiling. Then walk about the room while in this posi tion. Stand on the right foot and! stretch the right arm forward and upward as high as you can, while at the same time the left foot is raised from the floor and stretched outward, and Jhe left hand is stretched backward rrnd dnward. This is a üno excn'i.-tyfor uic whole body and is especially good for tht; vfst and hips, maktng them firm and st-rnrf: Standing on tho h il foot this exercise ran he ro versed. If you have been sitting in th? same position for a long time read ing. studying, writing or sewing and the mfKclos have I come tired and cramped, the best thing to do-.is tc get up and stretch. Sketch' tb arms upward and outward and for ward and backward. Lift the Mioni dors as high as yon can ar1 die; j them. Expand the ohc.-t a breathe d?erlv, or, sitting in th:chair, str-toh the band.- upward, !:f thc feet from the fhur und rctJ them forward fts far as pos.-;ib!c any way so you give the maseles t good, vigorous stretch. Whon or is vcrv tiril, ttiere nothing more restful than retching the niM.-rles and then rights . Illumfnating Gcs. In the Philo?AThu al Tranraction& of the Royal S- ifv i.f f.ond sn foi 1739 is print ml a :.'tr. v. ritttn if 1691. m wbicii iht- U ' John Clav tor details u .rit- f tixer.r!ent he made in dist'llin;; i-jl-ir fe tort, ?howintur nt! inly tSat he ha ohserved the intra ;un.b!e gac evolved, but that he had coiurtcri and stored thrr; for .-o? o lisne in bladders. Tn 177 Lord Oandoaah! made ga3 from coal, witu wiiioli hr lighted the hall (ulro abbey In 170t2 Robert M'irdxh began tht eiperiments which retulted in the I establishment of coal pis as an illuOminatfiig agent. In 1797 he puhlicthe system he had main 1 79S. being emplojcd faetorv of Bonlton & Watt, Birmingham, he 'jilted up an apparatus for the manufacture of gas in that establishment, with which it was lighted.4 This was the firs'. use of Ruminating gas except

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THE OBJECTION 'TO JOT- ' It Was Easily Removed Whan the Sftuation Wäs Explained, The Gavlords and Kelsons Imvo always been neighbor and intimate friends. So when Johu Gay lord at twenty-four, us fine a fellow as ever was, began to see what a-n altogether charming girl Molly Nelson was there was naturally no opposition. Indeed, as the "affair" Itekame serious it was evident to all, inducing John and Molly themselves, that the parents concerned fere delighted. As yet there was no fnrinal announcement, but every one knew that it was "understood," and evening after evening John tall:"! to Molly on the 3'ront porch, oltcn lingering after the other Nekons had retired. The surprise of the two was cop. sequently great when one evening shuffling step was head in ths hals and presently Mr. Nelson appear i in slippers and dressing gown, c;qdle in hand. Quite evidently he had gone to bed and then .got up for some purpose. "Why, father, what is the matter ?,j Mollv's cheeks wore h"rn?n,ns her father stood the; re hritatir and eying John closeiy? .lohn, leaning against the doorpt, where he had stood for the tat fifteen inin-. utes Faying good iuV:ht to Molly, felt decidedly uneom fort able under Mr. Nelson's gase. In fact, it was eaibarrpsing all arourl. But John is flyoung man who goe-, straight to the point. "Is anything wron, Mr. Nelson ?" he began. ''Am I to infer that ybi object to my being here?" "Well, no, not exuty, John." Mr. Nelson coughed skghtly, hesitating. "7t?s only 'hat -mother dnd I would lil'c to get a little sVep."

Tathcr,' cried Molly, rce mtalking vcrv low" i 'T don'l doubt that, mv dear. Mr. Nelson was beginning to'enjöy the f?iturJ"'.m. fIt?8 not that, nor hare 1 urv r.hi?tion ta'Tohn's ta!kinc: to v-. In fa t. Jf haven't an objection in the world tb John nor to his conduct, except Mr. XtLon is open to suspicion of having proV.!?cfl ihc matter unnocessarily a! t':i point. "e-vcenl in one l!iing. trs. Nelson and T do objeet seriously, my dear Jhn, !- V c hah't you seem to have fon?n! vinsnr of leaning against the -A p.i.h. Oar hedroom is nxt N the kitcben, and th5s cor,tirj-.io,: br'J ringing b no5 co7-iucive to r. roft." Oories'ic Husband A man doesn't know whut happiness is till he's married: Wife I'm glad you've faun 1 that oul tt itst! Husband Yea, End then it a too Ittsi -Uaitore Weit, f

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