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He Knew His Touch
“Yes, there’s as much differ
ence between the sound of dilf'er
eut operators' sending as there
is between the handwriting of any
two men in the same line of bus¬
iness,” said the old telegrapher,
according to the New York Sun.
“It is said that during the
civil war Jim Waite, an old-time
operator, was sent to the front by
the government to work on im¬
portant wires. He one day got
onto a wire over which important
secret messages were being sent
by Confederates and the result
would have been funny had it
not been so serious.
“It was in Tennessee, or Ken¬
tucky, I forgot which. Waite,
with his pocket instrument, got
inside the Confederate lines, and
having learned that messages
were being sent over a certain
wire from Rich ?md, he tapped
tlie wire and c pied several val¬
uable messages.
“Now, this was nothing new,
for operators on both sides did
the same thing time and again;
but Waite was over anxious.
There was an interruption in the
middle of a dispatch and Jim
was eager to get the remainder.
To urge the sender he opened
his key and simply said ‘G. A.
Commissary.’ The ‘G. A.’ meant
go ahead’ and ‘commissary’ was
the last word that had been sent.
“Imagine Waite’s surprise to
hear, instead of a continuance of
the message, ‘Jim Waite, what
are you doing on this line? (let
out or there’ll be trouble.’ Jim
did’t even wait to discover who
the man was. He said after¬
ward that the sender had a very
familiar sound, but he couldn't
for the life of him tell wiio the
operator was.
4 4 But Jim found out four or
five years later. He was still
working the wires, this time in
the old Broadway office of the
Western Union. One day a
young fellow walked into the
office and asked for Jim Waite.
“The men met and looked ar
each other, but there was no
recognition of the visitor by
Waite. In fact, they looked
upon each other’s face for the
first time.
“ ’So you’re Jim Waite?’ said
the caller. ‘Well, I’m glad to
meet you. My name is Moseley,
and I used to sign 4 4 C. R.” in
Charleston.’
“Then Waite remembered.
The two men for a long time had
worked different ends of a north
and south wire before the out¬
break of the war and had become
fast friends without ever having
met. Still, Jim didn’t know
Moseley was tiie man who had
told him to get off the wire in¬
side the Confederate lines.
44 4 Where did you go after
stealing those dispatche* I was
sending during the war!’ asked
Moseley, and then Waite under¬
stood it all.”
A MysterySolved.
“How to keep off periodic at¬
tacks of biliousness and habitual
constipation was a mystery that
Dr. King’s New Life Pills solved
for me,” writes John N. Pleasant,
of Magnolia., Ind. The only pills
that are guaranteed to give per¬
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money refunded. Only 25c at U.
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In Praise of Tramps.
Jack London, the novelist, was
praising fhe tramp.
‘t Many a tramp,” he said, “is
ipope intelligent and honorable,
and has a happier life, than the
average rich man. T‘ a 01P s are
renowned the world over, too,for
their humor.
“I once knew a tramp named
Boston Jack. It is said that Bos.
ton Jack knocked on the back
door of a farmhouse one July af¬
ternoon and asked for assistance.
“The farmer’s wife said sharp
ly to him :
44 4 Why don’t you go to work?
Don’t you know that a rolling
stone gathers no moss?’
44 4 Madam,’ said Boston Jack,
‘without evading your qm s ion,
may 1 ask of what practical util
ity moss would be to a man in
my condition?”
4 MURDERS CHARGED
TO HENRY GREGGS.
Prisoner Held in Canton Jail is
Said to be Notorious
Desperado.
Canton. Ga., Aug. 21.—It is
claimed that ’Henry Greggs, a
white man about 37 years of age,
who is now in jail at this place,
is one of the most noted desper¬
adoes in the country. It is
charged thut Greggs killed four
persons in New Orleans some
time ago,
Greggs is a native of Gumming,
Ga., and at one time a soldier in
the United States army. Some
time after his time in the army
had expired, a man, who is
strongly suspected of being this
Greggs, shot and killed another
man in his (Greggs’ room) in a
hotel. On hearing the shots, so
the story runs, two passersby
went up to the room to ascertain
the trouble and both were shot
and killed, making a total of
three persons he is said to have
killed in a single night. Greggs
succeeded in making his escape
and the governor of Louisiana
offered a reward of $1,700 for his
capture. A New Orleans detect¬
ive took up the case and was
about t > effect his capture when
Greggs, the suspected party, it
is charged, killed him in cold
blood, making a total of four
persons known to have been
killed.
A few weeks ago a horse and
buggy was stolen from Mr. A. J.
Lovelady at Ball Ground, Ga.
Greggs, having been seen before¬
hand at this place ami knowing
of his bad reputation, the author¬
ities naturally suspected him and
set the wires at work to find him.
He was fumul ami arrested at
Rome and was brought back to
Canton by Deputy Hendrix.
When Greggs was interviewed
he would neither allirm or deny
the New Orleans charges, but
was emphatic in his denial of
stealing the horse and buggy.
He talked as if it was a greater
crime to steal a horse than to
kill a person. Although he
would not say much in regard to
killing the parties in New Or¬
leans he said lie was tired of liv¬
ing anyhow and that he would
go back to New Orleans and help
build the gallows himself,adding
that he was guilty as h—1, but
did not state of what he was
guiity. He is reported to have
asked Deputy Hendrix to go to
New Orleans and bring his body
back and bury it at his home,
The sheriff here has been wired
by New Orleans authorities to
hold Greggs, as he is wanted
there for alleged murders.
Bad Sleeping Habits.
Man is the victim of bad habits
in his sleep as well as in his wak¬
ing hours. So distressing are some
of these bad habits of sleep that
they oblige husband and wife to
occupy separate rooms, even, at
times, causing divorce.
Snoring is of course, the com¬
monest, if not the worst, of
sleeps bad habits. Snoring may
be remedied. There are a dozen
patented divices that, holding
the mouth shut tight, prevent
the snore.
Grinding the teeth is a dis
agreeable baoit of sleep. It is
impossible to sleep in the
with anyone who i emits, •. .
room
irregular intervals, this hideous
sound. The trick is said to be
incurable, but a rubber cap worn
on the teeth renders the grind
jng almost noiseless.
Nervous persons sometimes
leap in their sleep a foot or
jn the air, siiaking the bed and
the whole room The man who
gives eight or nine of these leaps
in the course of a night soon be¬
comes an intolerable bedfellow.
Nerve tonics and exercise should
be prescribed for him.
Nasal whistling is a habit less
easy to cure than snoring. The
sleeper keeps his mouth closed,
but breathes with a distressing
sound through his nose. The
sound resemble a low whistle,
and, heard in the small hours, is
guaranteed to madden.
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, AVGUST 31, 1000
The Woman on the Car?
At Thirtieth street, the wo
man who sat in the middle of
the car, buried in bundles, got
up with a little shriek, says the
New York Rost.
4 4 Oh, dear,'* she said. i k is this
Thirtieth street!”
Three people told her that it
was.
“Oh, i’ll never get out in
time,” she gasped. “What shall
I do?”
Her distress was contagious.
Several passengers helped her to
gather up the packages she had
dropped to the floor, and one
man, more solicitous for her
welfare than the rest, shouted to
the conductor.
“Hi. there!” heyelled, “Hold
the ear a minute, can’t you, and
give vour passengers a chance to
get off; Here’s a lady who wants
to get off at this corner.”
The conductor obligingly sig¬
nalled for a further stop, and the
woman pushed through the car,
stepping oy tender toes, gouging
ribs, and scratching faces with
her projecting hatpins. At last
she reached the platform.
“Well,” said the conductor,
“here you are. Step lively, i
can’t hold the car all day.”
“Why, good gracious!” said
the woman; “I don’t want to get
off here. 1 want to get olf at
Thirtv-second street, but there’s
such a crowd in there 1 thought
I had better start early, sol’d be
sure to get back here in time.”
Tennyson’s Rot.
When Booth Tarkington was
at Princeton University the ed¬
itor of the college paper was q
young fellow who took himself
and Ins literary responsibilities
with portentious seriousness. He
was wont to speak in accents of
emphatic scort of the quality of
submitted contributions from
which he was supposed to make
a periodical worthy of the senior
class. One day he found in his
letter box a poem which moved
him to more than usual disgust.
“gee here,” he snorted con¬
temptuously, “this is what some
fool freshman sends in and calls
poetry. How am I goingto make
a magazine out of stuff like this?
How am I, I ask? t t Oh, that ♦ I 57
spoke Tarkington. 4 4 Yes. I
up
sent that in myself.” “So you
wrote it, did you?” growled the
managing editor. “No,” said
Tarkington, sweetly, “1 didn’t
write it. I only copied it. It
was written by Tennyson.”
I’r-of. Tyler, of’Amherst col¬
lege, said recently : “A man can
live comfortably without brains;
no man ever existed without a
digestive system. The dyspeptic
has neither faith, hope nor char¬
ity.” Day t y day people realize
the importance of caring for their
digestion ; realize the need of the
need of the use of a little correct¬
iveafterovereating. A corrective
like Kodol for Dyspepsia. R di¬
gests what von eat. Sold by S.
11. Kelly.
ODD DERIVATIONS.
Carton* Hi»tory »1 the Word “Tot*."
How “Hellenic” Got It*
“Vote" is a word with u curious his¬
tory. To the Roman a “votutn” was a
solemn promise made to a deity. From
the solemn promise Itself the meaning
of “vottun" gradually became the
prayer or intense wish that accompa
nied the promise and then any intense
wish whatever. So far the Uevelop
ment proceeded In Latin, ami "vote
passed Into English with the same
nge When Ben Jonson wrote of
_
“public votes" to heaven be meant not
mass meeting resolutions, but prayers.
Finally "vote” acquired^ its present
meaning, the formal and emphatic ex¬
p,.« NS | 0l) 0 f a wish, while the old sense
remains -with ita double "vow.”
That openwork bag for shopping.
called a reticule, gets Its name directly
f rova u, e Lat jn ‘'reticulum,” "little
net.” Popularly, however, the word is
supposed to owe its existence to the
fact that when an Englishwoman visit¬
ed the first Paris exhibition with her
little bag in her hand the Parisians
cried "Ridicule!” The Englishwoman,
misunderstanding the exclamation, is
said to have thought it the correct
translation of “little bag" and return
sd to England calling it a “reticule,”
philologists claim that the phrase to
“sleep like a top'” cornea from the
French “dormir com tne nne taupe," to
sleep like a mole. It la said, too, that
Cinderella’s slippers were not made of
glass, but of “valr,” the old French
word for ermine, which in time became
corrupted into “verre,” glass.—Chicago
News.
Cow Turned the Faucet.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Portland, Ore. — The county
poor farm lias, according to the
assertion of the inmates, the
cleverest cow in the state. The
animal is an old red Jersey that
has heeti on the farm for years.
The matron at the farm last sum¬
mer discovered that the faucet
on the hydrant in the back yard
was frequently turned on, but:
constant watching failed to
close the turner-on.
The same trouble
again this summer. The matron
noticed tne water was turned on
about the same time every
ternoon. While she watched she
saw the old red Jersey
leisurely up the road, into the
back yard and walk straight to
the hydrant. The cow pushed
the faucet with her nose, but it
did not seem to work. So she
tried her horns and when that
method failed opened her mouth,
took hold of the faucet and
turned it. i
Mrs. Bossy then drank her fill
of cold water and turned away
toward the green fields, evident¬
ly pleased that she did not have
to go a quarter of a mile to the
river to satisfy her thirst.
The next day the cow seemed
much puzzled to find a new fau¬
cet and appeared dejected when
after half an hour of hard work
she could not get her drink. Then
the matron had a watering place
made, and the cold water was
allowed to run at all times.
Wood Forms in Man’s Arm.
From the New York Pi ess.
Trenton, N. J.—Perhaps the
most remarkable case with which
doctors of this section have over
had to cope is that of George
Bartle, or, as he is beginning to
become known, the “Wooden
Man,” of Harrison avenue, Mor
risville. This week the doctors
attending him have removed
from Ins left arm eight inches of
wood, and more seems to be
forming.
Bartle was employed in a local
lumber yard until a week ago,
when he ran a splinter of wood
into his arm. He was taken
home, and the doctor sent for re
moved the splinter three and
one-half inches long, Last Wed
•>«*» . »piint«r
to have formed, and another op
oration was performed, at which
two ami one-half inches of wood
were taken from his arm. The
third . , . , operation was performed ..
yesterday and two inches of wood
were again removed.
The only manner in which t he
doctors can account for so much
wood in his arm is that, having
worked so long in the lumber
yard, and having run successive
splinters into his arms,they have
worked themselves together. In
“'<• to« ‘wo operation, the- wo.,,1
removed was not in a solid splin
ter, but in small pieces, It, is
probable that another operation
will be performed on bis arm in
a (lay or two, at which time the
doctors hope to remove all the
wood.
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*
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manufacture of all kinds,
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We Will be pleased to show
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Cane seat chairs, 50c up.
Full size mattress, $1.50 up.
Rocking chairs, $1.00 up.
We buy in large quantities for cash,
and will give you advantage of the prices
we get. CALX ON US WHEN IN
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THORNHILL WAGONS
Are The Rest wagons in this Section.
If you need a good wagon and want it very
cheap, be sure and see me before buying.
THOMAS J. BRYANT,
DALTON, -GEORGIA.
Low Rate Excursions
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Southern Railway
To Knoxville, Tenn.
Account Siiinm**r School ot the South',
.Ill'iO imJilIV T.i’lipts will lit 1 solil
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.lu.v 7, i t, i.*< Limit tiftean days from
ment of fifty cents at time of deposit.
To Asheville, N. C.
Acc, unt Annual Conference Voting 1 e >~
Pie’s Missionary Movement, ,l«ne20,Ju!v
190(1. Tickets will lie sold from all
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Account Peabody College Summer Ti S -ImwI fets
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12 ,18, in, 20 , July 5, 6, 7. Limit fifteen
5*5
H mi pavment 01 fifty cents at time of
There nre many delightful summer “The resorts Land on of and the
reached by The Southern Railway in
Sky,'’“The Sapphire Country,’’East Tennessee, West¬
ern North Carolina and Virginia.
For further information about rates. Sleeping Car res¬
ervations, etc., call on or write any agent ot the company.
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Trav; Pass. Agt., Ill W. Ninth St.,
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everybody in Murray Oonnty should not trade here. We
can give them decidedly the best service and our prices
are fixed altogether according to what things are worth.
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Account International Convention Broth¬
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To Washington, D. C.
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