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The Newark journal., 1902-11-07
Cotton Seed SCld Here.

Up to November 1 there had been 1.271 tons of cotton sold at Newark this Fall, divided among tba buyers as follows;
 ". r. Magness, 362 tons.
 G. F. Crosser, BIO tons.
 l.. w. & J N. Magness, 263 tons. F. NJ. Martin, 236 tons.
 Adams Bros, 100 tons
The Newark journal., 1902-11-07

Tile Journal one year s1.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08

The finest grade OF Lobster and
Salmonat MAGRATH & CHEsLEY's
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08

In Switzerland the bride ON her we'd
ding day will permit no one. not even
her parents. TO kiss her upon the lips
In many of the provinces the cook
pours hot water over the threshold aft
or the bridal couple have gone in order
TO keep it warm for another bride. A
favoritc wedding day in Scotland is
Dec. 81. SO that the young couple can
leave their old life with the old year
and begin their married life with the
new one. surely a pretty idea. The
Italians permit no wedding gifts that
are sharp or pointed. from which prac-
tice cmanatcs our superstition that the
gift of knife sewers friendship. One
of the most beautiful of all marriage
customs is that Of the bride immcdi-
atcly after the ceremony fiinging her
bouquet among her maiden friends.
She who catches it is supposed to be
the next bride.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08
LeominStcr's old backing stool.

In the Old Priory church of Leomin-
Ster is very interesting specimen OF
the old cucklng or ducking stool. uni
VcrSal mode OF punishment OF scolds,
scandal mongers and women with too
long tongue. 1t was also inflicted on
brewers ana bakers, etc, transgressing
the law, who in such n stool were i'm
over head and ears in stercore
istinking water. This mode OF pun
iShmcnt dates back to Saxon times,
and the Leominstcr specimen was the
last used in England of which we have
any record in 1909. Several other spec
linens still exist about the country, as
ut Montgomery, Warwick, Fordwich
and Iecke.-Travel.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08
Tho rurk aad Life Insurance.

ono man was complaining that ha
had Insured twenty years before in a
mutual benefit company which prom
Used ala sorts of things. and now the
uiuc was up he received lrss than be
would have done if he had invested his
money elsewhere. \ wise urk who
WAS sitting close by said q reminded
hin of camel belonging To- ( friend OF
his. II was most intelligent brute,
and the owner was convinced that if
Inc found a really good teacher it could
be taught to talk. Presently a IIodga
appeared who said he was of the same
opinion and would teach it. but il
would take long time, probably thirty
years. The owner was delighted and
agreed to pay the IIodga fixed sum
per annum and big bonus when the
animal talked. the IIodca promising to
pay n heavy fine if it did not \ friend
afterward went TO the iIodga and said:
what on earth induced you TO make
that agreement? You know you can
never teach the camel To talk" "Oh."
said the IIOdga. Il know that. but dur
ing the thirty years either | shall
die or the owner will or the camel
Anyhow. am all right. as l have my
fixed income. New York Commercial
Advertiser.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08
Word DIinduesS

Some curious instances of the physic-
nj defects of word blindness" are Civ
on in the Lancet The disease is for
tunately uncommon. In one case the
sufferer. an EngliSman. thirty-four
years Of age. who knew Greek. Latin
and French wei. suddenly lost all
knowledge of English. though he could
read and understand Greek perfectly
and Latin and French in Il rather
smaller degree. Another and almost
more curious ease was that of a man
who lost the power of reading at sight
This patient was able 10 write accu-
ratcly from dictation. but was com
pletely unable 10 read what he had
written. Word blindness is apparently
akin TO color blindness but is certainly
attended 10y much moro inconvenicnt
consequences.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08
How Wine judges keep sober.

If you have ever gone into n wine
merchants Office ana sampled different
vintaGos. says the Philadelphia Ledger.
you will have observed that the dealer
never swallows the wine he puts into
his mouth. but holds II there for a time
while he lightly brcathcs through his
nose. His palate tells him whether tho
wine is rough or smooth. hut his sense
Of smell detects its aroma and Is large
ly depended ON TO determine its quality.
or course IL Is the brain 10 which the
smell is communicated that is really
instrumental I'm fixing values. and as
the effect on the brain is only mo-
mcntary a great deal OF wine may be
sampled I'm this way without i'll ef-
fccts but when the wine Is permitted
10 pass into the stomach the fumes
which arise from IL continue TO assail
the brain rs long as the liquor remains
there I'm its original state ana If taken
in large quantities results i'm muddling
the brain
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08

What an inquirins mind Miss Light
ly has" exclaimed the cynic 1--WE
were at an Italian table d'hotc last
evening. and she said. with a very kit
tenish air: oh, did you ever see maca-
roni growing? should think whole
field Of those lovely white stalks7vould
be too awfully pretty"
What did YOU say. old man?" said
his partner.
"Oh, l just said no. that had never
come nearer 10 it than seeing bread
tree i'm flower
Then the partner stepped TO the tclc-
phone, and they carried the cynic home
in the ambulance. - New Orleans
Ilmes-D cmocrat
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08

Hedgehogs are very strong in the wa
ter, swimming with ease against a
rapid stream, and with their muscular
claws they turn up the nests of trout or
salmon and make a goodly haul there
from. They Will breast a very rapid
stream, and cold water, as near the
freezing point as may be. seems to
have no terrier for them. The eggs of
the salmonidH are a welcome prey TO
nearly every animal that will face wa
ter. Aquatic birds, rats Doth house
and water, hedgehogs, beetles and
their Larvae, the so called fresh water
shrimp. are deadly foes.-London Opin-
ion
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08
Tho Lcrfon Of unnor.

The red ribbon which superseded the
tituiar distinction of -Napolconic
days has rarely been given TO women.
hut il has "a feminine side for all that
Napoleon. after Austcrlitz. founded
three splendid educational establish
ments for the daughters Of the deco
rated. Most Of the women who have
been admitted TO the order have been
superintendent of these establish
mcnts. Marie Laurent was honorcd
not as an actress. but as president Of
one of these institutions An eXcep-
ton was made in the case Of the late
Rosa Bonhour, upon whom the cross
OF the Legion was conferred in 1860.
Mime. dc Stacrs witticisms at the OK
pcnse Of messicurs les honorcs contrib
utcd TO the causes Of her enforced ex-
lie.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08
HEP CARRIAGE LUXURY.
n Doesn't Lest Long. but ~ rms Her
Wikh INnnl.ils. LnN.


WIKI Exquisite joy.
cor course" said the New Yo-,.
young woman who earns nor own liz
Ing though q natural born lady" Il
can't afford 20 ride in carriages. and
ordinarily l get around I'm tho street
ears. but there is moment or two I'm
my life when I rise superior to com
mon things and take Co wings.
Il have some friends who are able
10 live at the Waldorf and l 20 there
To see them once or twice a mouth. But
do l 20 in the cars? Never. | como
down from home I'm the cars. but at
Thirty-third street and broadway l get
ont and interview cabby at the stand
there. l always pick out the incest
looking turnout. and offer the driver
30 cents 20 drive me to the Waldorf
lie looks at me as fl were dairy. hut
l tell him | know what am about.
ana II he wants TO earn 30 cents i'm
about two minutes he has the oppor-
tuuity.
lie smiles and tells me TO get I'm.
and | order him To drive UP TO the
Thirty-third street entrance with a
whirl and a dash. There are always
two or three lunkics there. and il does
make me feel too good for anything
just 70 swing into the curb and have
the crowd OF them simply fall over
themselves TO wait on me and bow
mo i'm.
1T is all over in 4 very few seconds.
but such exquisite pleasure as l get
ont Of Il couldn't. I'm the nature of
mortal things. lac of long continuance.
The human system couldn't stand it."
New York Herald
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08
Poisoning the System.

1t is through the bowels that the body
is cleansed of the impurities. Constipa-
tion keeps these poisons in the system,
causing headache. dullness and melan-
cholia at first, then unsightly cruptiOns
and finally serious illness unless a RENE
dy is applied. De Wits Little Early
Risers prevent this trouble by stimua-
ting the liver and promote easy, healthy
action of the bowels. These little pills do
not act violently but by strengthening
the bowels enable them to perform their
own work. Never grippe or distress. ID. c.
bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08
4 Shattered Poem.

beautiful, beautiful silken hairr'
Philip murmured fondly, toying loving
ly with one of her nut brown tresses.
soft rs the plumage Of an angels
wing. light as the thistledown that
dances on the summer air. the SHIN
mer of sunset. one glitter of yellow
gold, the rich red brown of autumnal
forests blending in enhancing beauty
in its
And just then it came off in his
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08
Power of Gems on Dad Eyes.

The ruby was considered good for
for bad eyes. The sapphire and emer-
aid were also credited with properties
which rendered them capable of influ-
encing ophthalmic disorders. and there
Is n superstitious belief that serpents
are blinded by looking at the latter
stone
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08

When you want a modern, up-to-date
physic try Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. They are easy to take
and pleasant in effect. Price. % cents.
Samples free at NJ. NJ. Lewis drug store
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-07-08

The business man who cutters up his
brain with some other fellows sue
cess maxims" is pretty certain TO score
n quick failure.-Denver Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-12-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS.

Sealed bids will be received at the office of
the County Treasurer of Ninnesheik County,
Iowa, up to three O'Clock p. m. on the 9th day
of January, 1908 for Seventy-Five thousand
lS750OO) dollars, County of Winnesneik. court
house bonds
Seventy-One (7D Of said bonds shall be of the
denomination of One Thousand (l000) Dollars
each and eight (Sl of said bonds shall be of
Five Hundred (50n Dollars each dated April
First, 1903, with interest at the rate of four
per cent per annum, payable semi-annually
on the first days of April and Oct Der OF each
year, both int est and principal payable at
the office OF the County Treasurer of Winnie
sheik Co nty, Iowa.
Seven Thousand (s70O0l dollars of Said bonds
to be due and PAYABLE October l, 1901 and
Eight Thousand Five Hundred (sS5OW Dol
lars of said bonds due and payable on the
first day of October of each of the years 1905,
1906. 1907, 1905 1902 1910, 1911 and 1912 respect
lively.
said Winneshek county court house bonds
tn be delivered as follows: Twenty Thousand
(s2DOOO) Dollars April |, 1S03 Thirty Thou
sand (S3tUO0 Dollars June I, 1908, Ten Thou
sand $4,000 Dollars October /, 1908, and
Fifteen Thousand (si500O) Dollars January
l, 1904
Bids must state the highest premium the
bidder will pay for said bonds paying par
value therefor, tn accrued interest thereon
at the date of delivery, and the county re-
serves the right To reject any or all bids.
Dated at DecJrah, Iowa, this "a day OF
Dec. 1902.
+ A. MASTERS.
1911 Auditor of Winnesheik County, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-12-24
lNUTn 1000 TOD lESI
VYkM M.0OOEAss'' IS
SPECIAL. FEATURES.

Review Oi the Coal Strike; the Trusts ia
the United states; Full EEsctiOn ketu,ns and
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-12-24
Notice TO Applicants

Applications for the following posi-
tions at the Poor farm are requested
by the Board of Supervisors of Winnie
sheik County, Iowa.
For cook for the paupers at salary
of Sl56. 90 for the year
For night watch at a salary of
$500. 90 per year.
For matron for insane women at a
salary of sos. 90 per year.
For day man at "a salary of $500. &C
per year.
Applications to be on file with the
County Auditor on or before the 18th
day of Jan. 1908, at 100 p m.
Board reserves the right to reject
any or all applicants.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, this 9th
day of Dec. 1902. 50-3
+. A. MASTERS,
County Auditor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-12-24
Notice TO Bidders.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors of Winnesheik
county, Iowa, will receive sealed bids
up to 100 p m. Jan. Sth, 1908, for =
FIRST, For the Stewardship of the
Poor farm for the ensuing year, Stew
ard to furnish teams to do the work
and furnish all farm machinery not
owned by the county, also furnish all
help aside from the matron, night
watch, day man and cook for the
paupers.
SECOND, For the doctoring of the
poor and insane at the Poor farm and
all inmates of the county Jail, doctor
to furnish medicine for poor and in.
mates of Jail and also perform al
dental work.
The Board reserves the right TO re.
ject any or all bids.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa. this 9th
day of Dec. 1902. 50-3
+. A. MASTERS,
County Auditor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-12-24

Note the holiday advertisement
OF N. N. Quandahl q o. in another
column.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-12-24

Bulk and canned oysters delivered
to any part of city free. Powers &
Hanson. 45tf
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02
A Real HeIp.

The Womans Aid Society of New
York has done great work in helping
the poor. Like all charitable organi-
cations, it has to contend with in
gratitude. stupidity and wilful i'm
providence. The Commercial Adver-
tiser relates one instance that is anus
ing to read Of, but must have been i
trife discouraging to the society.
To poor woman whose husband
was in Jail they gave some clothing
and ten dollars in money thinking
that she would know best what she
wanted and SO spend the money more
wisely than they.
A week after the gift had been
made deputation Of members called
at the squalid home to see the results
Of their assistance They found no
improvement in the condition of the
family
We'll, Mrs. Nolan asked one OF
them, how are you getting along?"
Fine" said Mrs. Nolan.
Did the clothes fit. and did you find
a use for the money!"
Sure. the clothes fitted fine, an the
childer looked SO nice | had all their
pictures took wild the money ye gave
me. an I'm goin' to have me own took
this week to send to the old folks in
Ireland. youths Companion.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02
Now Way to Make Writers.

Dis boy explained the old colored
farmer. wants to be writer-lak
dem what writes de Politics Prog
ress. en- de Robinson Crowso.'"
The black pickaninny stood in the
corner fumbling with his frayed hat
brim.
We'll. what evidence has he given
of it? Has he ever written any
thing"
mo, sub: he can't write he name.
OATS what | fotch i'm up heah for
ter make a writer er i'm. He lows
dat his min is sot on it; en- lowed
dat mebbe you could sorter beat it
inter 'im-des frail i'm out, lax, 'twell
he TUX ter it nachul. He already been
hit side de head wild dictionary en-
de bigges' sort er words is been run
min in his head ever since! | think
dat ev you'd lamm i'm roun' wild some
er dem books you got dar he'd fetch
up all right. Hits my homes beliefs
dat all dat boy needs is fair showin
en- he'll 'sprise de worl!"-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02
MONEY AND LUXURY.
They Are the Curse Of Modern French
Women.

"The enemy of the modern woman in
France IL the love of luxury and of
money"
Thus spoke NJ. Hughes lie Roux. the
celebrated French journalist and critic,
in one Of the series of lectures in
French which he is delivering at the
University of Pennsylvania. He be-
iieves that this unnatural love destroys
her domestic happiness. The system of
marrying for money. he says, has
created what is sometimes known as
the third SEX" i. e., the woman who
does not want to rear any children.
The result of this system has pro-
duced a class of young women who
at thirty are unmarried and likely to
remain so. Several years ago NJ. lie
RouX esta blished bureau in Paris for
giving advice to unmarried women
and nearly all of the hundreds of wo-
men who came to him had the same
story to tell. !. e., that they were we'll
bred. left school at twenty, attended
the theater, opera, balls. etc. postpon-
ing marriage until twenty-five years
not quite deciding to do so. At this
period they Invariably began to pity
the innocent young girls who married
and began to assume the cares of their
sex. The men they saw pleased them
less and less. They We're unable to
awaken the sentiment of love for them.
and at last they found themselves at
the age of thirty still unmarried
late they saw that marriage is only a
means. not an end.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02
The VALUE OF TOTAL ABs1eNT,oN
Old Question Relative to Use of Intoxi-
cants and Long .vity.

cRhts ana Long .SNys
After declining polite invitation of
bibulous nature from friend with
whom he was conversng in the lobby
of the Ebbitt, Hon Rice Pierce, the
popular congressman from Tennessee,
made the remarkable statement that
not in the course of his entire life
had he allowed a drop of malt or alco-
holic liquor to pass his lips.
Anybody who knows Mr.. Pierce
would put implicit credence in his
words. In answer to reporters qucs-
ton Mr.. Pierce said: Il never took any
pledge to abstain from drinking intox-
icants. | don't know that | deserve
any special credit for refraining. for
really never had the least desire to
know the taste Of spirits. Nearly all
the use of liquor and have no preju-
dice on the question. 1t is simply
lifelong observance"
Though there may be nothing in the
doctrine of heredity, it is little curl
GUS to know that Mr.. Pierce's father
was also total abstainer and that he
lived to the ripe old age of SO. On
the other hand his grandfather took
three fairly goodsiZed drinks a day,
with the greatest system and regular
ity, and he lived to be 90. Thus it
would seem there is no iron-clad rule
as to the relations between the use of
intoXicants and longevity.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02
800 Reward 800.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
iearn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure In all its
stages, and that il Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
uonal disease. requires a constitutional treat
ment. Hall g Catairh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system thereby destroying the
foundation OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that 1t fails to cure Send for list of
Testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists 75c
Hall Family Pills are the best
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02
Mrs. Mamie Herbert So Elmwood Ave.,
Buffalo, N. Y, Treasurer Empire State
Fortnightly, Buffalo, N. Y, After Eight
Years Suffering Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

DEAR MRS PINKHAM Inflammation and liberation of the
uterus laid low and robbed life of its joys eight years
was frequent pain and misery and then Lydia E. Pnkhams
vegetable Compound the greatest | have
known for brought life and health
bottles of Compound and your Snatve My improvement
was Slow but from the first bottle felt better so
kept and continued the None
dreamed that would be well again. enoycd life
to its fullest extent for three -MRs. HERBERT
$4,000 FORFEIT ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE
When troubled with irregular painful
men1io Weakness eucorrhaa displacement
feeling,
boang or fatuencel general debility Indigestion
taon beset with symptoms dizziness anes assude
irriabity
gone and want obe feelings, blues hopeessness
should there
Vegetable Compound at such troubles
Mrs. Pnkham to herfo advice.
guided to health Lynn
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

FITS FermanentiyCured. n nts rnervousness arteI
lrst day use OF DIR. khnes Great Nerve Restorer.
send for FREE S2.OO trial bottle and treatise.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

ITS a small village" 80 small they
call shop store?' "Oh. smaller
than they. they call store an en-
pOrium."
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02
Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Price 25c

Here, Johnnie" said the proud mother
you may. have one of the first crullers
ever baked And be careful. John
ME-" added the father. mot to let 1t fall
on your toes"
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

Only millionaire can risk giving
his friend a poor cigar.-J. R. Craw-
ford in Smart Set.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
silk, wool or cotton perfectly at one boil
ing. Sold by druggists, lOc. per package.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces In
aammauon, Alsys pain, cures wind collie. &c bottle.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

Call man a dog and he gets mad
but insinuate that he is sly dog" and
he feels fattered.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

He (nervously)-Who is that tramping
around overhead? She-That's papa. He
always gets restless toward morning
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

When a man starts for dentists Of
ace he usually strikes tooth-hurty
Yait
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

l love to see little dog
And pat him on the head.
30 prettily he wags his stump
Whenever he is fed.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

The boys we call kids are not goats
When they grow up; they sometimes get
to be hogs.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

Ihe well-posted druggist advises you
20 use Hamlin's Wizard Oil for pain, for
ne knows what II has done
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

Orthodoxy is my doxy, heterodoxy
is another mans doxy."-Bishop War
burton.
Birds OF feather flock together
and so do jailbirds Of the same strspe,
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

Pfhos Cure for Consumption Is an infsllible
medicine for coughs and colds.--N W. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove. N j.. Feb II. 1900
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

Marriage of deaf and dumb couple
ought to result In unspeakable happi-
ness.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

to men with rig TO introduce our Poultry goods.
Send stp. Javelle Mfg Co., Dept D. Parsons, X an.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

WATCHES. We sell guaranteed timskeeper, nickie
:aso, stem wind stem for 80 ex .pd on receipt
II DStco. 0Tssse Jonss, ~ Linosln Ave, Chieaxo,
The Grit-advocate., 1902-05-02

woman will often say no. when she
means yes; but never yes. when she
means no.