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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-09-09
vENE ZUELk

Despt chos ofciales recibidos en- Washing
ton Gicen Que ell presidente de la Rep1blica
de Venezuel, general CipriaDo Cartro, esta
reuniendo un formida BILE ejercto, que embar-
cara en- los barcos guarda- costa con direction
q la frontera de Colombia.
Han ocurIido "a algunos cheques, igno-
randose ell resultado, entire el ejercto del
Ecuador las fuerzas leales de aquela reph-
blica.
L9 revoluci6n en- Venezuela va tomando
vuelo FL presidente Cipriano Castro, Sc We
.oblisado reclutar gente para hacer frente
Ia revouci6n, Que va encontrando cada dfa
mas apoyo en- la opinion pdoiiea.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

papers, and . shabby cashmere wrap
per, trimmed with imitation lace.
cts just like him." said Master
Julius. mo fox 60 sly as an old fox.
Oh, here it is! say, mother, can you
lend me postage stamp
And, amounting with his tongue the
gummy flap of Maj. Midgefield's brief
letter to Mrs. Pry, he addressed it
with many fourishes to "Miss Adela
Forester, No. street"
won't she be pleased" said Julius.
81 picked out the very prettiest little
valentine in the store Cupid hiding
under q wreath Of roses, and 4 love
you,' in golden letters, coming out OF
his CULVER. I chose It because it was
small enough to go into an ordinary
envelope, and she'll never suspect un-
til she opens it,"
Julius" said his mother, "what .
goose you are. Miss Forester is old
enough to be your mother"
''Miss Forester Is just co." said
Julius, land I'm nearly Is, and I've
been dead in love with her these three
years!"
And he scampered of with his letter,
and the goodly, untidy matron heaved .
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
and It IL not likely that I shal, CON.

and Il II not likely that shall com.
mence now!"
'Do you deny your own handwrit.
ing?" flashed out Mr.. Forrester, who
was Of choleric disposition, and did
not relish his word being doubted.
II deny everything!" shouted the
major. "stop minute, Forester;
here is the respectable female who has
just called to gee me on business. I'll
Just see what she wants before We 70
on with this discussion. Now, then,
Mrs. Pry."
But Mrs. Pry was making amazonian
Efforts to get letter out Of her pocket,
and turned very red in the face at thus
being directly addressed.
"I'm sixty-odd, major, if you please .
said Mrs. Pry, ''and widow woman,
with a small pension, as never thought
of marrying again. And I never sup
posed as you could demean your dig
nifty by making jokes at my expense!"
"Jokes, woman!" thundered thu
major. "What on earth do you meana
Is all the world gone mad?''
81 call valentines jokes!" said Mrs.
Pry. "And, please, sir, here It is, with
your own initials on the outside!
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

Cupids and loves and wings, and NOT
much Of anything else, sir, saving your
presence!" with contemptuous sniff.
81 never saw the thing before in all
my life," said Maj. Midgefeld, eying
it through his spectacle glasses as one
might survey some noNous insect.
"Ain't this in your writng?" demand
ed Mrs. Pry, holding up the envelope.
"Of course tits" answered the major.
'And is not this your writing?"
sternly Joined in Mr.. Forester, hold
ing up the letter.
Certainly it u.s." admitted the major.
"And that letter and that envelope be.
long together, comprising note writ
ten by me to Mrs. Pry to engage board
at her house once more. If you will
observe, Mr.. Forester, you will per-
ceive that the letter and the envelope
in your possession are in different
hanowritings.'''
''rhen," gasped the bewildered Mr..
Forester, show on earth came this
letter directed to my daughter?"
"All know" said the major, stoutly,
is that never sent it."
And to the day of their death no.
body solved the mystery. The only
person who could have done so was
Master julius Carey, who had listened,
at the door during the whole colloquy,
and who took particularly good care
that no one should suspect his share
in the confusion of letters and envel-
opes!
But Mrs. Pry got back her boarder,
and, TO the end of time, Miss Adela For
roster always insisted that she had re-
ceived an offer of marriage from Maj.
Midgefeld.-Amy Randolph, in N. r.
Ledger.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
nc Pewer "a ~ Preea

IL common expression, but few realize its
actual power. Great 20 il the influence Of
the press. it cannot begin to equal the pow.
er Of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters over dis
ease. The Bitters strengthens the stomach,
Pnrifies the blood, and cure. dyspepsia, in
the nerves, stimulate inactive kidneys, and
as an appetizer, it il unequalled. If you
want to get well and keep well, use Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
Try ar.in-o, Try ar.in-o,

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
age Of GRAIN-O. the new food drink that
takes this place of coffee. The children may
drink It without iajury as well as the adult.
All who try it. like it. .GRAIN-O has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is
mad. from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. the
price of coffee. l5c. and 25cts. per package.
Sod by all grocers.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

soft sigh and went back to the basket
of unmended stockings which was the
Nemesis of her life, and Maj. Midge-
field came down stairs to the once
more deserted study, quite uncon-
scious of the raid which had been made
upon it.
"Parthenia-that was the name"
said Maj. Midgedeld-"what could
have induced me to think it was Pa
thence or Pauline? Now where the
very dickens is that letter? Surely, I
didn't-oh, here it is, poked away un-
der the inkstand. That housemaid has
been in here busting, as sure as live,
and it's mercy she hasn't thrown it
into the CRATE. Mrs. Parthenia Pry,
No. 16 Green court. Foxsley street
that's it, and I'll just put my initials
in the corner, to insure speedy per-
usal, M. NJ, with flourish to the tail
of the last NJ. I suppose my sister will
be very plaintive and injured about
this decision of mine, but she has only
herself and her noisy lout Of boy to
thank for it,"
And Maj. Midgeield himself went
out to drop his letter into the nearest
post. box.
ST. Valentines day came, bright and
sunshiny, with hard frozen snow crust
ing all the streets, and q silver fringe
Of icicles on all the caves and tree
boughs,, and old Mrs. Pry stared hard
At. the letter which the morning mail
brought her. r
.'It,s from Maj. Midgefeld. I know
It is" said she, fumbling in her dress.
pocket for her spectacles. II know
them little curly-tailed Ms of his'n as
we'll as know my catechism. I'll bet
a cookey he wants to come back, and
good thing for me, too, with my best
room standing empty for three weeks.
Eth! What? A gilt Cupid with no
clothes on to signify. and q lot of green
leaves, and 4 love you!' It amt pos
sible, unless the major has gone crazy!"
"A letter from Maj. Midgefeld," said
Miss Adela Forester, who was tall,
black-browed beauty, with cherry lips
and a good high spirit Of her own.
"And he wants to know If will take
him."
..Nonsense!" said Mamma Forester,
who was buttering Vienna roll with
the serenest calm.
''Read it for yourself, then, and see"
said Miss Forester, with a toss of her
head. HE calls me dear madam the
horrid old bachelor, and dictates as to
his room, his dinner and his shirt but
tons. Ny goodness" with q lifting Of
the jetty brows, ''does he think the
girls are ready to drop, like overripe
plums. into his mouth?"
''Of course, you'll say no" said Mann
ma Forester.
"Of course" said Adela.
.Then papa must see the major at
once;," said the elder lady. Though II
he were only few years younger, the
estate is
81 wouldn't marry that horrid old
creature If he were the only man in
the world!" cried Adela, with en-
phasis. as she remembered the young
passed midshipman now pacing the
deck of the Silvestra in the Caribbean
seas, to whom her young affections
were pledged.
So it happened that Mr.. Forester
and old Mrs. Pry both met in Maj.
Midgefeld's room at the parsonage Of
St. Adolphine, on the afternoon Of that
radiant 14th Of February.
II am sorry, major" said the former,
'sthat my daughter declines to enter
tain your very complimentary pro.
| posal."
what proposal?" said the major.
1T never, proposed to anyone'in my life,
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

The woman who is in the habit of telling
her troubles makes more calls than she re-
ceives.-Town Topics.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
1nmaae from nkidaapi.s.

"oh, my" sissled the Lady Of Uncertain
alone, now that the kidnapers are SO bold"
''You needn't worry. They only steal PEG.
pie in their first childhood" was the reas.
surfing statement of the Bald Party with the
1ngrowing Sheer on his face.-Baltimore
American.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
Used for all affections of the throat and
!ungs:-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb. 10, 1900.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

To be well-balanced man, with ability to
resist petty annoyances, is a greater accom-
plishment than to be governor of your state.
-Atchison Globe.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELEss
Sold by all druggists.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

indeed! Breakfast irregular, dinner
at no particular hour, and everything
at skies and sevens! I'm not used to-
it, and it upsets my digestion. Be-
sides-there's that nephew of mine!
I suppose boys must exist, but they'r
a prodigious nuisance. I told my sis
ter I'd try six months with her, and
I've tried 'em. Now I'll go back to old
Mrs. Pry's boarding house, and my
second-story front room, with the
crate fire and the weather strips in
every window. My six months are up
on the 18th of February, and on the
18th of February Ilgo!"
The major was stout, short old gen.
tleman, with a shining bald head, a
bunny forehead, light blue eyes, which
alwayssseemed as it they would touch
his spectacle glasses, and a frost-white
mustache. He was an inveterate old
bachelor, with all the subtle ways and
habits Of old brotherhood, and had
money to leave--at least so said the
tongue of popular rumor-and he had
also a furtive suspicion that all the
ladies were in league against his sim
gle blessedness.
"Ill write to Mrs. Pry," said the
major; and accordingly he sat down
and wrote, succinctly:
''My Dear Madam: I am heartily sick
Of this sort Of life. Will you take me?
II It isn't convenient don't mind saying
90. prefer the sec0nd-story front room.
No plano practice. no cold dinners. no
neglect about my shirt buttons-you un-
derstand my idiosyncrasies, and will
doubtless accede to them. Please let me
hear! from you at once. Yours. very re-
spectfully.
milo MIDGEFIELD.''
II think that expresses my ideas
pretty fairly" said Maj. Midgefeld, as
he read the letter over, not without
complacency. eyes, yes, pretty fairly.
Now, what is that woman Pry's first
name? I've got it signed to some of
my receipts, upstairs, and I do like
things to be shipshape and precise"
And, leaving his letter neatly fold
ed on the table, in q shining, smooth
envelope, the major trotted, upstairs
to find out whether old Mrs. Pry's name
was Paulina, Patience or Parthenia,
all three of which names buzzed, like
familiar bees, in his brain.
sIknow it's one ofthe three . he said
to himself. "But I suppose it wouldn't
do to write 'em all down and let the old
woman take her choice!"
No sooner had the ajor vacated the
study than in rushed Master Julius
Carey, only son and heir Of the Rev
Joseph Carey, and the aforesaid
nephew whose boyish peculiaritie.
were SO trying to the major.
s.Where is it? bawled Master Julius
a promising youth Of IA. where's my
valentine? Mother wouldn't let u
come in while Uncle Midgefeld wa.
here, and now Ill have to step livel,
to catch the post. Where is it, say
I do hope Uncle Midgefeld hasn't beer
sending it of toany pretty girl on TIT
~.
my dear julius demonstrated Mr.
Carey, q pretty, faded little woman
,ith colorless eyes. hair in crimpinl
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

Uncle Sam uses the best of everything
Uncle Sam uses Carter's Ink. He knows.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

Some young men seem to be surprised
that everybody doesn't stop dancing when
they enter the ballroom.-Somerville Jour-
nal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

Indigestion is bad companion. Get rid
of it by chewing bar of Adams Pepsin
Tutti Frutti after each meal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

The Grip Of Pneumonia may be warded of
with Hale's Honey of Horehound end Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

It doesn't pay to be obstinate. Neither
is it wise to attempt to take all the advice
offered. washington Post.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
Ts.e Year After,

Last year. false girl, /. fool % rash.
Upon lace paper gauds spent cash:
This year. that folly regret
4 two-cent comics all you got.
-Chica9o Daily Racord.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

Take Laxatiye promo 99ians Tablets Al
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

It spoils favor if you are asked to return
t.-Chicago Daily News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
Just Enough to Hur,

The meanest part Of q comic valen-
tine is that it usually has a little
truth under ell the absurd exaggera-
tion.-Chicago Daily Record.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

Farsightedness is largely matter Of care.
full planning.-Chicago Daily News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
Dessert for To-day.

Dessert for To-day.
Burnham's Hasty Jell yeon in the cupboard.
Only necessary to dissolve in hot water and
stand away to cool to secure the most deli
cious jelly: Absolutely pure gelatine sugar
and fruit davors. Favors: Lemon, orange,
raspberry, strawberry, wild cherry, peach,
also unaavored "calfsfoot" for wine and
coffee jelly. Your grocer sells it.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

The perfection of art is to conceal art
Quintillian.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

PresuminR YOU are sensible and fattery
despise
shall attempt to win you without telling
any lies.
Although / may offend you. in the sweet
conceit of youth,
mean to try and win you with the plain.
unvarnished truth.
You have no gold or auburn crown OF
sunshine on your head
You have the normal quantity Of hair.
and 1t is red.
You do not gaze with orbs Of night Inn
mersed in heavens blue -
You simply see with common eyes and
squint q little. too.
Your form Is not q Venus, with fairy's
airy grace
It's rather short and dumpy, and it
couldn't win q race.
You are not yet an angel to be worshiped
as divine
You only are a mortal and to mortal
ways incline.
Your face is not an artists dream Of
beauty wondrous rare
It's plain and has some freckles as you.
doubtless, are aware
You are not always gentle and affection
ate and kind
You have woman's temper and you
often speak your mind.
You are not ''helping mother" when that
duty you can shirk-
You'd rather ride cycle, which is pleas
anter than work.
Your head is not storehouse filed with
knowledge we adore
Yet, while there's something In 1t, there
is lots of room for more.
Not all the fine accomplishments that
charm do you possess
You drum on the piano and you sing-to
my distress.
And now, because see your faults and
still would make you mine,
I've proven that love you. Will you be
my valentine?
MORAL:
A Love that is Blind
Doesn't last, you will find.
Long after the honeymoon's over.
But q Love that can see
Never dies and will be
A union forever in clover.
III. c. Dodge in Chicago Daily Sun.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07

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colon g the cecn The grows indicas
passing through the a11moueAxy canal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-02-07
ln3or 4Years an independence Is Assured

superintendent Of linn
Interior, Ottawa. C4nad
signed, who will mail yol
FREQ OF cost. y. PEDLE
Ott4Wa, Canada. or TO- b
Street, st. Paul. MIMI;
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Milwaukee. Wis.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-30
A GOOD HONEST CIRCUS.

The great John Robinson's Shows
will visit Sumter on Friday, November
Sth, giving two performances and
great and unrivalled street parade.
For more than seventy years the John
Robinson Shows have held the first
place in the esteem of the circus-going
people of the South and throughout
that long period of time the Show has
maintained reputation of being up
to-date and strictly high class in all
its departments.
The original John Robinson, grand
father of the present proprietor of the
shows, is said to have been born in
Charleston, and it is matter of his
tory that he oragnized his first wagon
show in that city in 1924 and from
that small beginning the great Show
of today has grown. Forty cars are
required to transport the show and
three advertising cars go ahead to let
the people know that it is coming.
Scores of world famous riders, both
male and female, the highest salaried
aerialists, gymnasts and acrobats, the
funniest clowns, the largest and finest
collection of wild beasts, the finest
herd of performing elephants and hun
dreds of other features help to make
the Show what it is.
All the scenery, costumes and effects
of this grand and imposing spectacle
are new this season. John Robinson
not only offers to his patrons the best
series of circus performances, the
finest and most elaborately equipped
hippodrome, the largest and most com
prehensiye menagerie, but has added
this year to his already superlative
series of exhibitions the grand Bibli
cal spectacle OF Solomon, his temple,
and the Queen of Sheba, and the
finest, scenic, professional, terpsicho-
rean and lyric spectacle that has ever
invited public patronage.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-30

The cotton receipts this season, up
to date, are much less than for the
same period last year, and the outlook
is not bright for the total receipts
equaling those of last season.
Lum Mathis was before the Mayor
Thursday for being drunk. He was fined
50 or 4 days. He took the days. Lum
says he las not been up for some time
and could not well afford to let the
opportunity pass to do some work on
the gang.
s15 buys nice drop head Sewing
Machine from E. ". Vogel. Machine
before the supply is exhausted. Send
81 and balance on arrival. Oct. 30-2t
When you cannot sleep for coughing, it
is hardly necessary that anyone should tell
you that you need few doses OF Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy to allay the irri-
tation of the throat, and make sleep pos
sible. It is good. Try it. For sale by
DR.. A. j. China.
Much interest is being taken in the
lecture of Rev. Sam P Jones at the
Opera House on Friday night, Novenl-
Der 1st. Mr.. Jones will lecture on
Philosophy, Fun and Fact and a
full house seems assured. Tickets can
be purchased at the Sumter Phar-
Macy.
The stringed instrument class at the
Sumter School of Music is getting
larger every day. The pupils who are
studying preparatory to entering the
Glee Club are progressing rapidly and
in a short time we will commence
organized club work.
This is an important branch OF
work, offering vast possibilities for a
first class string orchestra and we hope
to make it one of the popular features
of the school.
Oct. 2S-1t
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-30
The Funeral of Mrs. Kennedy.

At half past ten o'clock Oct. 22d, the
funeral services of Mrs Paul j. Kennedy
(nee Pauline Gaillard1 were held at
the residence of her father, Capt. P.
P. Gaillard, on Warren street. The
sympathy Of this entire community
found expression in the large number
in attendance. It was not alone the
universal esteem in which the family
is held. in Sumter which gathered
chat concourse. There was something
peculiarly pathetic in all the circum-
stances which made every heart beat
responsive to common grief. Her
illness was all so brief. For days in
agony of suspense the precious life
hickered alternately, now so brighten
ing as to kindle in the heart CLEAN
of hope. then deepening in despair and
when ''oh the pain, the bliss of dy-
ing' was over it was hard to realize
Pauline was dead. In all her suffering
the self-sacri6ce of Him who at the
cross gave his life for others was con-
stantly suggested. She was so young,
in all only rs summers, life had ap-
parently wrapped in it SO much of JOY.
Ou0 was zGHS peG O1 SHY u16I1y
afectionate circle and the idol of her
youthful husband In disposition she
was lovely and attractive. Her rigid
regard for truth and sincerity left an
impress on her character which gave
to her personality which could only
be admired.
On yonder Piedmont hillside there
was home which the loving hand of
her devoted partner had arranged with
the tenderest thought, for her to live
in, but alas, when the nest is all fin
ished the lovely mate is taken. That
Divine Hand which removed her had
also fashioned for her home in glory
and with a love deeper than aught on
earth bade her enter in.
The impressive services Of the Epis-
copal Church she loved so well were
read by the Rector, Rev. II. 81. Gov
ington. She was laid to rest at the
cemetery. Over that newly made grave
a fragrant bloom and leaf from almost
every garden in Sumter shed their in
cenSe. q.