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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

their cook and take full possession and
begin to receive benefits.
"But why don't you go alone and
see the farm and come back and tell
me what you think? protested Mrs.
BOwser.
Because I have already signed a
lease for two months" he replied. cts
two hours ride on the train, and it'll
be a romantic little jaunt for us both.
It's mile from the station, and as we
saunter along Wen pick daisies and
run after rabbits and be young again"
She was dubious and he enthusiastic,
and the result was that they were set
down at the station nearest the farm
house at o'clock the next evening.
There were no daisies along the high
way as they walked. They did not see
any rabbits. There was one old crow
flying about overhead and a good many
mudholes underfoot, and with all his
enthusiasm Mr.. Bowser couldn't work
up any romance. By and by they
reached the house, and as they stood
at the gate he said:
we'll walk right in. Isn't it a gem Of a
farm?"
II don't see the gem exactly" replied
Mrs. Bowser as she looked around.
''This can't be the house"
"Why, certainly it is"
''But there Is no veranda, no blinds,
no lawn, no flowers! The house seems
10 M
see, most of the glass is broken. new
er saw more dreary place"
81 believe it's been used for an In
sane asylum!" added the cook.
'sNow don't begin to find fault!' pro-
tested Mr.. Bowser. what can you
expect of farmhouse? We came out
here for our health-not to find pal
ace. In two days I'll make everything
shine like new pin. Just observe that.
sunset, will you! By George, but how
pure this air is! Why, / feel year
younger already!'
'sWhere's the shade trees" asked
Mrs Bowser as she waded through
the grass and weeds and sat down on
the front steps of the house.
'Shade trees! Why, there's one, and
and well, all doctors agree that
shade trees around house will collect
miasma. We didn't come out here to
get sick, but to get well. However, ]
have no doubt we can buy all the shade
trees we want. Just look at that glo-
rious skyt''
''I'm looking at the ground and
fences and that old shed of BARN.
she sighed. "You said we were to
have cows and sheep and hogs and
fowls. Where are they?"
Eyes, where are they?' added the
cook as she listened for the clucking
OF hens.
There's the COW right down there
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

"And listen to that! There goes the
song of the meadow lark to welcome
us to our new home! If that isn't ro-
mantle, then I'd like to know what is!
He is so glad we've come that he can't
wait"
do meadow larks sing at s o'clock
at nightY she asked, knowing the
sound to be the boot of an owl in tree
beside the old barn.
s'Not always-not unless they have
special reason for it, as in this case"
he wisely replied. f'This bird probably
saw us when we arrived, and, know
ing that you'd feel little lonesome,
he remained awake to carol his song.
All, Mrs. Dowser, give me the country
above all other parts of earth! | can
see an improvement in your looks al
ready. Wait three days-a week-and
then you'll bless me for what | have
DONE"
Mrs. Bowser was ready to "bless"
him then and there, but she held her
peace and said she was tired and want
ed to go to bed.
"And awake in the dewy morn to
hear the robins and bluebirds and
nightingales singing their souls awayw
he cried out with forced laugh as the
owl uttered a boot that lifted bis hair.
II wonder where the cook isY
"She's out on the back doorstep cry
ing, and 1 shan't blame her if she
leaves us the first thing in the morn
ing"
''She won't leave, and you'll wake up
to laugh over the tears you've shed
tonight. By George, but hear that
whippoorwill. will you? Say, now, but
there are people in town who'd give
hundred dollars to hear that song"
Don't you know tree toad from
whippoorwill?' Indignantly demanded
Mrs. Bowser. You'll hear 'em sing
ing all night, and there'll be bats and
owls and bullfrogs and polecats to
keep 'em company. If I'm found dead
in the morning, you needn't bother
about taking the remains home and
holding a funeral. Just dump me into
a swamp and tell the folks that died
of too much summer healthw
M QUAD.
CTo be continued.)
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COST OF A HOSPITAL.
One Dollar Per Head OF Population
Would BE .sccSaate.

One Dollar Per Head OF Population
Would Be .ss3cs-aate.
superintendent J. G. Burt Of the
Hahnemann hospitsl Of Chicago, dis
cussing the question Of plDl.c hospitals
for small cities, said:
THE management of hospital
should be vested in board Of trustees
of ten or more men, whose authority
and control are supreme. The super
intendent cf q hospital should be the
chief executive officer and the financial
agent Of the trustees and should be
responsible to them for the conduct of
all it's Internal affairs, for it's efficiency
and for the economy and success Of
the internal management He should
appoint all subordinates and assign
them their respective duties and have
authority over every one in the in
stitution, including the internes and
nurses Hospitals that are not f1nan-
cially able to employ superintendent
may employ trained nurse, WfIose
authority should be the same In every
respect as that Of superintendent
Hospitals should have sufficient en-
dowments to meet the loss incident to
the free work, as all hospitals are nee
essarily charitable institutions pure
and simple The hospital is fast being
recognized as one Of the greatest or
ganized means of modern charity.
GAS to construction, hospitals should
be built with due regard to sanitary
surroundings, of modern f1reproof ma
terial, with detached receiving and ex-
aiming wards and an isolation ward.
The operating wards should be in an
annex, and it is desirable to have a
separate building for the nurses and
employees. Of course, in the small
cities it may not be possible to have
all these accommodations, but the
plans Of construction should be as
nearly upon these lines as the finances
will permit A thousand dollars should
be provided for every thousand Of pop
ulation when preparing for the erection
of the hospitals"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
n1unicipar Ownership

From statistics gathered by Profess
or Ely it is shown that there is a saw
ing under public ownership of from
100 to 600 per cent. If it be true that
the welfare of the whole people is
greater than that of few. then it sure
ly should be our duty to strive for mu-
nicipal ownership of all public utili-
ties in order that this saving should go
into the public treasury for the benefit
of ALL To accommodate this we must
have the public mind educated to this
idea. The moment that the public
mind realizes the economic and moral
advantages of municipal ownership
then the main obstacle will be removed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
MUNICIPAL PROGRESS.
American City Governments Are Not
SO Evil as Reported.

American City Governments Are Not
SO Evil as Reported.
The large proportion Of our popula-
ton which live in urban communities
makes it necessary that if our political
development is to be satisfactory, says
The International Monthly, urban con-
ditions must be very much improved.
What has been said must not be un-
derstood as belittling the progress
which has already been made in the
Improvement of urban conditions. No
greater mistake can be made than to
exaggerate the evil conditions which
exist in American cities. The progress
that has already been made is very
great.
Fifty years ago efficient police pro-
lection was almost unknown. Few if
any of our cities had ample supplies of
potable water No effective provision
was made for cleaning the streets or
for taking away the debris occasioned
by the exigencies Of urban life. The
pavements of our cities We're generally
wretched in character, and the means
Of transportation offered to the urban
population was altogether inadequate.
Much Of the improvement that has
been made in these reports within the
last half century has been. due, Of
course, to the development of scientific
methods, but the Improvement which
has actually taken place would not
have been possible had our city gov
ernments been as bad as they have
sometimes been represented.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
PAYS PART OF PRICE.
Dow1e Settles Installments on zion City
Property.

John Alexander Dowie, by his>agent,
H. W. Judd, has made the payment OF
installments due August /, on portions
of the Benton land under contract for
Zion City About $4,000 was paid out
to FIVE persons. Hiram Ferry received
1000, Mrs. Joseph Durkin, $4,000
and William Wilson, William Simpson
and Mr.. Carnan smaller sums. These
payments, together with the news that
Winthrop harbor people have refused
to sell their land to Dowie, have set at
rest the fears that Zion City might
move north. Most of the other land
owners do not get any money until
February.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

an, rejoice and call me the best hus-
band in the world while I give you an
old fashioned hug?'
Mr.. Bowser had taken a lease of a
country place 1t was a country place
out in the country, and seven different
doctors had told him that month of
agricultural air, with climbing trees,
sliding down haystacks and jumping
fences would eradicate the rheumatism
from his system and bring back the
flush of health to his w1fe's cheeks
The house Yves furnished, and they
were to go out the next afternoon with
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
DEATH OF MRS. DUMKE
WellKnown Lady of the North Side Passes
Away at the Age of 81 Years.

Mrs. Wi1lhemmia Theresa Caroline
Dumke, widow of the late Godfrey
Dumke, died at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs William Swartz, sos
Milwaukee ;4venue, on Friday after
noon. The deceased was in her 81st
year. having been born in Germany
Nov s, 1919. She came to America
about twenty years ago and has since
made her home in Kenosha.
The deceased had large number OF
friends in Kenosha who will hear OF
hear death with great regret. Four
children survive, three of whom, Henry
Dumke, Mrs. William Swartz and
Mrs. Ferdinand Krah reside in Ke-
s1OSha
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
BOWSER VEGETABLES.
GETS 1T INTO HIS HEAD TO LIVE IN
THE COUNTRY.

And the Narrator OF This History
Tells In Detail, the Manner In
Which the Old Gentleman Took
Possession of HIS Rural Home.
ICopyright, 1900 by c. B. Lewis.l
"And what do you think nowT'
shouted Mr.. Bowser as he entered the
hall the other evening and gave his
hat a wave or two around his head
before hanging 1t up.
'sHave you bought IA cow?" asked
Mrs. Bowser as she recalled that he
had spoken of new milk cows at the
breakfast table.
mo cows! No spring tonics. Nc
fire escapes! Rejoice, my dear Won
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(To be continued.)
His WoefuI Lack.

George hasn't any too much sense"
"Who hasT'
''Well, if George had five times as
much as he has he wouldn't have one
twentieth Of his share" ~ Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
The Circular.

There are times when the circular is
the only available advertising medium
and must be used but as rule it
will be found to have outlived it's use
fitness. In most cases the poorest
newspapers will be discovered to be
more effective than the finest circular.
Printers Ink.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
No Doubt OF 1T.

Teacher-In the sentence, Patrick
beat John with his fists" what is Fat
rick?
Bright Boy-He's Irish. Philadel-
phia Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

W,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned; having known
F. j. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions and fnan
cia11y able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West 8 Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
Wa1ding, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all drug
gists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
r r. CHENEY r. Co ProoS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

ton, and, what is more, this makes us
saviors in the world and not merely
saved souls waiting for another world,
for only by crucifxion and resurrection
are the lives about US touched with the
truth and power Of God. And so the
aspiration of the highest Christian ex-
perience is that expressed by Paul, ITO
know Christ and the power of his res
direction and the fellowship Of his suf-
ferings. Rev. DR.. Raymond, C,,ngre-
gationalist, Schenectady, N. Y.
Needs of the Present Church.
The church of the Lord Jesus Christ
today must have two undershepherds-
a preacher and a pastor; one to make
sermons and the other to call-or else
it has got to go back to the times of
Wesley, when the evangelist would so
from pulpit to pulpit, the same as Paul
did, and Peter did, and Christ did, and
John and Charles Wesley did, and
Moody did, and Finney did. God gave
to every man two eyes, two nostrils,
two ears and the power of taste and
touch and one tongue. Five means OF
ingress to the brain and but one outlet,
showing that God has decneed that
each man should think at least five
times more than he speaks. But the
average congregation demands chat a
minister should speak five times more
than his brain can think, and the log
ical result is a stupid pulpit fault
finding pew and stagnation Of religious
enthusiasm. Rev. Frank De Witt Tai
mage, d. D., Presbyterian, Chicago.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01
TO THE NEGRO AND THE SOUTH.

Dr. Hodges, Of Richmond, is the au-
thor Of the following words Of wisdom
No one, 50 far as we know, has said it
quite so well:
"He must eliminate himself directly
from the body polite, and the educa-
ton which he is capable Of taking will
the better fit him TO gravitate TO his
appointed place in the onward march
OF Southern civilization. This is the
problem for the South; to carry these
TWO races IN peace, for discord means
ruin; to carry them separately. for as
sanitation means debasement; to carry
them IN equaljustice, for to this she is
pledged; TO carry them even unto the
end for this is her destiny. This bur-
uen no other people bears today, on
none other hath it ever restedv
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

A methodist layman made a notable
address 20 the General Conference OF
his church, which was then i'm session
in the great city Of Chicago, ia which
he appealed TO the Church to solve the
vexed problem of the day. With the
hand Of a master he drew faithful pic
ture OF the unrest In Chicago and other
great centres, the constant clash be-
tween capital and labor, between en-
ployer and employee, between CONE
bines and communities, between bank
ers and bread makers, between pluto
Gratis and people, between government
and the governed between nation and
nation and with "a wall Of we'll nigh
despair, cried out: "TO whom can We
90 for relief bat % the church of the
living God %
Teachers i'm our schools suggest no
remedy, philosophers are dumb ON the
subject, statesmen CD are too much con
cerned with the subject of personal
promotion 10 give thought 10 the peo-
pie, the money changers "care for none
of the things" pleasure seekers read Of
the menace and then con with the
dance While the preachers who dab
bic in politics only darken the already
dark picture and deepen the problems
of public concern. Let the church Of
Christ heed the layman's call, not by
prostituting the pulpit but by preach
ing the Gospel. If there is no saving
and solving power i'm the told old
story then indeed is the light of the
world gone out, and the hope of hu.
mainly vanished.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

cutting and badgering Of the new
Panama Canal Company, which in
conjunction with the continental
railroad, inspired the opposition To the
Canal bin, because Presidential cleo
ton is pending and that It is afraid to
tackle any corporation that has or pro-
fesses 10 have some great power, and
me asked "ls il To be said here that
the President is party to this ambi-
deXirous and cross eyed political ras.
cality?" Mr. Morgan concluded with
these plain words: "The President,
who is "A candidate for reelection, is
i'm the hands Of his friends, and his
friends are the enemies Of the Nicara-
qua Canal. ! hardly know whether
To say hope for the passage Of the
Canal bill at this session or not. That
depends upon two men upon this floor.
II they are controlled by determina-
ton that the revenues for Republican
'"th lHiAH pun l''t1 0iidli hDA VIC Ahb VII
from the great railroad and canal
syudicates, then the bill cannot pass at
this session. The responsibility, how
ever must rest on them.n
The Spooner bill, making Mr.. McKin-
ley Car Of the Philippines, is dead for
this session and probably for all time.
a. in addition to some Republican
opposition to it, the Democrats in the |
Senate have served notice that the bill !
would not be allowed to pass at this
session and they have the power to
make that notice good by simply re-
fusing to allow the bill to reach vote.
Mr. Mckinley who witnessed the
eclipse today from Fort Monroe, where
il was total, ought to have got there
rom good advance idea of his own
.otal eclipse next November. Ofcourse
he used government vessel to make
lie trip to and from Fort Monroe; Re
publican officials seldom pay for any
hing they can get for nothing by max
ny use Of their official authority.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

War is to be shorn of its horrors.
One man proposes a "soft-nosen shell
and still another "soporiilc" shell and
still another an immense magnet 10
draw balls from soldiers out into space.
The soporific shell is to be exploded
over the enemy's camp, everybody
falls into sweet sleep, and then the
sleeping Simpsons are to be deprived
Of their locks. What pity all these
things were not in use before Mr..
Mckinley sent his soldiers abroad ON a
benevolent mission.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

John :. Wise, now Of New York,
late Of Virginia, and ever more Of New
York as Nirginians devoutly wish and
pray, has recently contributed an arti-
Gle to one Of the magazines, in which
he threatens the South with Congress
sional ostracism unless it gets on good
behaviour. This same john, be it re-
membered, was recently and uncere-
moniously kicked out Of Congress as a
common nuisance. This threat from
this source has actually terrorized the
Baltimore SIN and at least one news
paper published in Virginia, and they
unite in urging the Democrats Of the
South to 60 to the National Convention
prepared to do just that which will
draw the claws and pull the tusks from
this Jno. ;. Wise element Of Northern
malignants.
And what do they demand? Only
this and nothing more, that the negro
element OF the South shall be the
dominant element Is the South pre-
pared to yield this at the threat Of Jno.
:. Wise, aided and abetted by these
Democratic? Southern() news sheets?
10 ask the question is to answer it.
The South can live without Congress
sional recognition, but it cannot live
without decent home government.
Let the renegade rage, and his co.
conspirators cry out i'm anger, the South
VIII defy them aud defend It's homes
and hearthstones.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

John Wanamaker sells goods during
the week and teaches Sunday school
on Sunday, the largest class perhaps in
the country. In reading over one Of
bis recent advertisements-he has "a
new one each day-we read this:
"Ihere isn't a shoe in town under a
that can equal ours for 49,. That's a
sweeping assertion aud we have been
wondering since reading it if he has
rival shoe merchant Of his city in his
Sunday school class. Hardly. If so
the scholar would be apt to say to the
teacher that so far as that statement
was concerned he simply didn't tell
the truth.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01
'THROUGH 4 GLASS DARKLy.Y

The wise men made no mistake rs
TO the coming Of the eclipse, its soiourn
or It's leave taking. We will know in
time what they learned in that hour
OF morning-midnlght. All that We
could do just here was to watch the en-.
croaching shadow through a darkened
glass.
How Insignificant man feels in pre-
sence Of sudden darkness sudden
Storm out0urst Of fire or Of food. and
how relieved when the light, aud the
calm, and the rest come again.
The noonude is a miracle. aud So is
sun SET and sun rise, and midnight
and starlight, bat we are accustomed
10 these things and enjoy then,
with scarce a thought Of their bir,b
place or their daily and hourly bene.
diction.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

The Supreme Court has decided that
il has no jurisdiction in the Kentucky
case. Ofcourse not. Now let us have
peace in the "Blue Grass" State while
the Democrats administer the affairs of
State and the Republican aspirants at
tend to their own private affairs
Kentucky is Democratic, and there is
no use denying II.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

IL Is said that when the son Of mil
ionalre stanford was dying, his father
exclaimed I'D his anguish. "What shall
i 90 without my boy?" The son en-
ueaVored 20 answer bis parent, saying:
mere aie 80 many boys in the world
you can be kind TO ;hem.D That bov;
though dead is yet Lying in the loving
ac's OF kindness of his mother. 1t was
a snort sermon, but went home 10 tho
ne"'' and has been doing full duty
since its delivery.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

Senator Depew sat in his Office i'm the
city OF Washington, and delivered a
post prsndial address, which was dis
tinctly heard aud greatly enjoyed by
l4O banqueters gathered in the city of
New York two hundred miles distant.
Fifty years ago that would have been
considered a miracle. "Great God.
there's nothing old appears, to Thee
there is nothing new"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

The Richmond Carnival Association
made $1,000 out OF Dos first effort on
thatlIne. How much Richmond made
emo fellow can find OUT and none of
as would regret to know 10 went zap
into Tine millions
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

When the late George NJ. Pullman.
Of sleeping-car fame died, his estate
was valued at 100000. 1t is report.
ed now at Sl5,OOO,OOO. There never
was an era Of the worlds history when
II was so easy to make money with
money, or so difficult to make money
without money.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01

Gen. Walker has had the door of
Congress unceremoniously slammed i'm
his face
Poor old ex-Confederate soldier
What pity he ever went in search of
false gods The evening Of life should
have been bright and calm with the
successor to "Stonewall," instead of
black and stormy. He has our SYM
pathies.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-06-01
GOODBYE.

Before another issue of the HERALD
the 10Th session of the state Female
Normal school will have ended, and
teachers and scholars will have gone TO
their respective homes Farmville
will miss them, but will fling wide
open her gates ON their return. To
those who Will not return We follow
them to their new fields of labor with
sincere good wishes Life may not be-
all that youthful hopes would make 30.
but i'm the discharge of daily duty ii-
best blessings are 90 be found and these
will be followed by "well done, good
and faithful servant