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The Press., 1902-04-17

The April session of the superior court
was resumed at Rockville on Tuesday
Judgment was granted In the following
foreclosure cases: Albert Needham vs.
Amos Sparrow for $391.50, and April %
named as the limit for redemption; Saw
ings Bank of Stafford Springs vs.. G. r..
Kemp ct al, for $637.5O, and the first
Monday of June named as the limit for
redeeming; Jane F. Woodward vs.. Sam
uel Rockwell ct al, on the Foxville prop.
erty In Stafford Springs for $1,000, the
amount due on the note and the time Of
redemption was set for the first Monday
in July. The cases of Carmen against
Payne were striker off, and the case of
Keeney against Latimer was continued.
Argument was made by Lawyer Fisk for
the plaintiff for judgment for default in
the case of III. Winslow Holt and others
against representatives and creditors Of
E. s. aurlburt, deceased. Lawyer Reed
asked for continuance, with further
order of notice, In the foreclosure case of
the savings bank Of Stafford Springs
against Eugenia g. Mathews of Chicago.
1t was ordered and continued for three
months. Fred E. Banning of Andover,
charged with assault with attempt to rape,
changed his plea from not guilty to guilty.
His counsel made the plea for him that he
was weak-minded, and asked for light
sentence, as he did not realize the enor-
nifty of the crime. The court concluded
that jail sentence would meet the end OF
Justice, and therefore sentenced him to
nine months at Tolland. Alec Smith,
charged with stealing watches from E.
w. Buel and Monroe Lockwood of He
bron, was placed on trial. The jury re-
tired, and after an hours deliberation
was excused until Wednesday morning.
The jury on Wednesday brought in yer.
dict Of guilty of simple theft. Judge
Robinson sentenced Smith to pay a fine
of 81 and to go to Jail for thirty days
The case of the state vs.. Robert Kratch
of Tolland, charged with wilfully injurine
property belonging to Henry Green o.
Tolland, was on trial Wednesday, ane
will be continued to-day. The cour
granted motion to release property II
Rockville from mortgages which wer
paid many years ago, but not cancelled
The case was that of 81. Winslow Hol
and Patrick Bresnehan vs. the representa-
tives and heirs of E. s. Hurlburt, who
was an old resident Of Rockville, but ha
been dead for thirty years.
The Press., 1902-04-17
FOR SALE,

The CIEAvHLAN PLACID,
STAFFORD SPRINGS, Conn.
A nice Farm or Summer Home. VIII divide it tc
please purchaser. For particulars inquire OF
MRS HATTIE L. CLEAVELAND, Admin1stra-
The Press., 1902-04-17

OFFICE ROOMS To Rent over The
Press Office.
The Press., 1902-04-17

This signature 10 ON every box Of the genuine
Laxative Br0mO-Q ninine Tablets
the remedy that cures cold In ene aay
The Press., 1902-04-17
Central Vermont Railway (Southern
division trains leave:

come SOUTH.
The Press., 1902-04-17
Mashapaug.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Keefe of Stafford
Springs attended church here last Sun
day.
Mrs. E. s. Witherell, who has been Ill
for the past two weeks, Is slowly 1ecov-
erlng.
Mrs. G. s.. McKinstry of Southbridge,
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Frank Witherell, for the past week, re-
turned to her home on Friday.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
Wanted His Pension Reduced.

e.
Says the Chicago Inter Ocean
"Mr. Ware. the commissioner of
pensions, received letter from q
man in Illinois a few days ago,
which read:
9 !" i am now getting 9 pension OF
$50 month. Recently the Lord
has prespered me, and I do not
think should get so much mon
ey. i gave my services to the
country and | think I should have
some pension, Of eesFec but 4
think $50 . month too much. Il
there any way / can have my pen.
sion reduced or suspended while
enjoy the pro perlty that is mine
ct present?;'
"This is the only request for 8
reduction OF Q pension ever re
ceived by the bureau. It was
referred to the pension exam
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
Gov. Longino and lIie Law.

1t is greatly to the credit Of
Gov. Longino, Of Mississippi, that
he declined to interfere with the
action Of the court in the case of
Ashley Cooke and Tom Lauder.
dale, who were convicted and sen.
fenced to be hanged for the COW.
ardly and brutal murder Of G. M.
Wray, an engineer IN the employ
of the Mississippi Valley Rail
road. The murder was particu-
larly atrocious in its character, as
Wray was passenger on the
train which Cooke and Lauderdale
boarded, and was deliberately
shot to death while in the act of
obeying their order to leave the
coach in which he was sitting.
Because of their connection
with some of the most respectable
families in Mississippi Gov. Lon
gino was subjected to powerful
pressure and appeals to commute
the sentence Of Cooke and Lau-
derdale to Imprisonment for life.
but he resisted these Influences,
realizing that if he yielded he
would be instrumental in cheating
justice and thus violate his oath
to enforce the law. 1t is evident
that the COVE nor passed through
q most trying ordeal, but he is to
be applauded and commended for
the moral courage and determine
tion he displayed in dlscharging
his duty under the law.
Both Cooke and NLauderdale
were murderers-the former hav-
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02

The country never heard Of Mr..
Bry as Democrat after he had
moved to Nebraska and settled at
the fountain head of P0pulism.
Mr.. Bryan gained prominence in
Nebraska as Populist and went
to Congress as one. He was a
Populist when nominated at Chi
cago the first time, and is today q
Populist. In proof of his deter
mination not to 60 with the Dem
ocaatic party but to pull the party
with him his answer to a gentle
man during speech at Lincoln,
Nebraska, may be cited. Mr..
Bryan was asked if be would sup
port the Democratic nomir ee
should that individual be man
who never gave active support to
the Chicago or Kansas City plat
forms. He replied, 1T has al
ways been considered bad taste
for the boys to gather around the
table and divide the property be-
fore the corpse had been buried.
Will Mr.. Bryan support any tick
ct that represents the sense of the
Jeffersonian Democracy? Mr..
Bryan himself has answered. -N N.
O. States,
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02

ing killed several men-and there
was no reason whatever why any
leniency should have been shown
in their case simply because they
happened to have excellent fami-
ly connections. That fact only
served to make their crime the
more execrable, for they had Op-
poatunities for moral training that
other criminals did not have, and
RON which they should have SO
profited as to make their lives
useful and exemplary.
All things considered, Govern
or Longino, qy refusing to inter
fere in the hanging of Cooke and
Lauderdole has done his people q
great service. It will discourage
murder as a fac art IN MissiSSip'
pi, and serve as warning that
those who take the lives of their
fellow men in cold blood shall
pay the penalty Of the crime and
no inf nences, family or otherwise
will save them from fel0n' {
death on the gallows. New Or
leans States.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
Yalobusha County Democratic
Executive Committee.


Agreeable to call the Democrat
ic Executive Committee Of Yalo-
busha county met at the court
house in Water Valley on Satur'
day, July 26.
Hon. l. T. Blount was elected
president pro TEN, and quorum
being present, the following pro-
ceedings were had.
On motion the committee pro.
ceeded to fill its congressional,
judicial and State senatorial cor.
mittees by the election Of the fol.
lowing committeeman:
For Congressional Committee:
w. v. Moore, l. T. Blounf, Earl
Brewer and Geo. w. Armstrong
For judicial District Commit
tee: II. H. Oreekmore, w. M. Nc
Swine, e. D. Stone and g. D.
Brown.
For State Senatorial Commit.
tee: Jas, Moore, w. M. Hammer.
VIM. Tarver and Ed. Newburger.
On motion /. T. Blount, b. G..
Wright and G. D, Brown were ap-
pointed committee to appoint
in the name dfthe Executive Com
mite the officers to hold the Con.
gressionel primary on August 20
throughout the county.
Secretary G.. d. Brewn was
named as committeeman to whom
remittances from candidates for
primary election expenses are to
be sent.
The candidates for Congress
were assessed $4,000 for paying
1.-The expenses of primAry election
! On August 70.
Committeeman Frank Heron,
from the county at large, having
removed from the State, Eugene
Crawford was elected to the va
cency.
/ Committeeman F. w. Wright
having removed from Beat 1, ten
dered his resignation, which was
accerted and Julius Smith was
elected to the vacancy.
/ Committee adjourned to meet
at Coffeeville on Aug. 81 to tabu.
late the returns of the primary
for Congressman.
I. 7. Blount, Pres. pro tom,
| G. D. Brown, Sec'y.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02

It is just like q woman to be
mad with her husband for wanting
to smoke in the room with lace
curtains, and yet to be proud of
him for being able to do what it
would nearly kill her to try.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02

When a man talks to q woman
he may chide her, and when he
talks to a man he may cherish
her, but when he whispers to his
God he blesses her,
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
True Gospel for coIored Folks.


The following extract from .
sermon Of negro preacher named
Lucas, delivered recently in Mo-
bile, has been going the rounds Of
the press and is worthy Of sill
greater publicity:
Il have decided that the only
way to get rid of the Jim Grow
car is to get rid Of the Jim Crow
negro.
Lazy, ragged, barefeet fellows
longing for silver slippers and
long white robes and counting
themselves worthy; neelectlng to
provide home for their families
on earth and yet claiming q house
not made with their hands in Gods
heaven.
The white man is trying to
make this this earth to blossom a.
. rose and the negro is getting
ready to die,
"Thc white man is organizing
business enterprises and the nc.
gro organizing societies to turn
out to funerals /! Now, | object to
Il hundred dollar funeral for so
cent negro.
"The negro eats up and dresses
away all he makes. One square
meal on Sunday sweeps away all
the wages of the week. ~
If q woman has kleptomania
cho IA hos ahout avorvthsru fOr -
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02

A ST. Louis man declares that
he is tired Of a republic and wants
. king. Al great deal of money is
lsse every night ii that village by
men who have similar wants. =
Chicago News.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02

iner in the district in which the
man lived, who reported as fol
lows:
II have the honor to inform you
that the person who applied for y
reduction of his pension ,s now
confined In the insane asylum at
this place, and has been for some
time."
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02

If q woman has kleptomania
she takes about everything Tor il.
Water Valley progress., 1902-08-02
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!: !. Ten Great Mississippians.
j ~ y : y J. 20 - y y y :. ***

The portraits of ten Of Msppis greatest to be
placed in the capitol at Jackson.
In order to determine who the greatest
of the State is being held through the newspapers.
Use the attached blank for Every Mssssippan
Is of age entitled to and may many
times he secures official ballots
Fill out the following ballot cut out mail the Progress
addressed Ill of Fame Vote The Progress Water Valley
THE PROGRESS "HALL OF BALLOT.
Tvota for
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13
SOME ILLS OF LIFE
OUR MODERN CIVILIZATION HAS ITS
BAD FEATURES.
Yet the Men aud Women of h Prcs-
ent Day Are Physically superior to
Their Ancestors-Eviis In the Race
for s~uperfiuous Woaith.

Some features of civilized life are
not wholesome. II does not insure a
perfect digestion. which is the basis oil
good health. 1t is not hcalthful To
breathe sewer gas in houses the
plumbing of which has been passed
by an inspector who receives Christ
mas gifts from the plumber. There
are many other conditions which are
not favorable to the best physical
health. However. in spite OF other
drawbacks and disadvantages, there Is
every warrant to affirm that never has
the standard of health. strength anu
agility been as high as 1t is today.
Though an indoor life is vicious in its
influence, the men and OF to-
day-and especially the women-are
capable of a greater physical cndur'
ance han has ever been known be.
fore. The first and best proof Of this
Is that at the age when our grand
sires and their danes took their
places in the chimney corner as capa'
Bile only of vegetable existence. the
men and women of to-day are at their
best, and, as DR.. Stevenson complains,
the grandmothers are demanding the
right to run for public office, instead
of being content to knit stockings. A
believer In the physical superiority OF
the savage brought out the great.
grandson of a famous Indian Splinter
to pit him against the white unners
of the colleges. Even after a syste.
matte training he a beaten by m
tours. His celebrated ancestor had
defeated every white runner here and
in England. but his record has been
surpassed long since.
Life in the open air is necessary to
the best heath. but there is no reason
why the modern convenicnces should
be abandoned. On every hand are
proofs of the physical superiority of
the men and women OF to-day over the
people of any other known period. The
rules of wholesome living are better
understood and are more generally oh.
served. 1t needs only for men to re.
frain from business excesses. from dis.
sipating their energies in the pursuit
of wealth. in order that they may find
life well worth living. The too fire..
Quent suicide of successful business
men may be traced To- their long and
absolute absorption in the work OF
money.getting and the discovery that
it Is proftless and unsatisfactory. The
realization of the fact that wealth
alone does not bring happiness comes
only after il is too late to effect a
change. The delusion that there Is
no more satisfying purpose than the
accumulation of money is the chief oh.
stacle in the way OF mans happiness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13
Funny Fishermen.

In England the boys-and some.
times grown men-have a very funny
way OF catching Ash.
You would never guess what 1t is,
so | might just as well tell you right
off.
1t vas an English boy who told me
about II.
You must catch a goose. he said,
and that is the hardest part. Then
you tie a line which has a baited hook
on one end to the goose's leg.
Then let her go. She'll make for
the water every shot, and as she
swims about she, Of course, draws
hook and line after her.
pretty soon a fish bites and maybe
gets hooked.
Then the goose feels something
Juggling at her leg. and she swims
along about as hard as she can. but
this only makes the Juggling worse.
The only way to get away from that
awful something, she thinks, is to get
out of the water.
80. with wildly beating wings, she
makes for the shore at a rafting
pace"
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13
walls Built Downward.

The monster building now being
erected on the fiatiron block below
Madison Square Is the most striking
example of modern Office construction
which people whose business and
pleasure keep them above Canal
street have had the opportunity to
watch in daily growth.
One thing about it that impresses
those unfamiliar with present archi.
tectural methods is the fact that parts
of the outer walls are being built
downward from the twelfth or thir.
teenth story to the fourth. Below
the latter there is not yet any exterior
wall.
1t makes a strange sight for those
unaccustomed to the curiosities to be
e e in far down town Manhattan.
and the fact that it is novel to many
is apparent from the comments
which one who passes among the
Madison Square throngs cannot help
overhearing.-New York Sun.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13

utmost Importance that every little
bubble be removed from the surface
OF the solution before attempting any
of the tricks here illustrated. Neglect
TO follow this advice is always visited
with disastrous results.
Granting that your solution Is now
dn perfect condition. | will now pro.
coed to tell you just how to do the
easy rose trick. First. pour some OF
the solution into a plate until the
bottom of IL Is covered to the depth
of one.sixteenth of an inch. With
your fingers. we'll wet the rim OF the
plate with the same mixture. Then
place in the center of II "A rose, and
over the rose "A tin funnel. Now
start TO blow through the funnel very
gently, and at the same time slowly
begin TO lift the funnel; continue
blowing while always gradually rats.
Ing the funnel higher and higher, I'M.
Ill the latter is about three inches
above the rose. Then carefully turn
the funnel AT right angles, and give
1T a sudden upward lift which will
r II from the film, and your rose
trick will have been accomplished,
To do the pin-wheel trick, first
make n pin wheel of stiff writing pa,
per, pin. II to a short stick and fasten
chis in turn To the bottom OF a plate
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13
BOYS ATTACKED THEIR TEACHER
hut She Thrsshed several OF Them aud
H~orsewIpped the Leader

Miss Lulu Nelson Of Usage, N. Y, a
pretty and athletic school teacher Of
the Hooper's Valley school, has dem
onstrated her abinty to care for her
self by thrashing several pupils who
attempted to assault her, and has
been acquitted by a jury of fiogging
one of her assailants with a horse.
whip.
Several pupils of the school. led by
Ira Hillcgas. had organized a plot to
GUST the teacher. Miss Nelson order.
ed young Hillegas to replenish the
fire. He refused and she threatened
him with a whip. He attempted to
strike her with a coal scuttle, and the
other boys in the plot came to his
aid. but she was equal to the occasion
and placed her would.be assailants
hors de combat. Then with a large
horsewhip she administered a thrash.
ing to Hillegas, raising fourteen
ridges on his arms and back and
drawing blood in three places. He
swore out a warrant for her arrest
and she was tried before Judge
Smith. When. at the close Of the evi.
dence, the jury rendered a verdict OF
not guilty. there was a dramatic dem.
onstratiUn in the court o
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13
A NerAAtIla Lad.

A New York paper tells o. a boy II
years OF & who has travelled Ga, 900
miles. The boy was born in Shan.
ghai, and has crossed the Pacific
ocean and the American continent
seven times. lie spent last summer
with his uncle In Syracuse, and en-.
tered a school at Arden City. l.. l.,
n few weeks ago. He speaks and
writes Chinese. French and English.
and his knowledge of geography and
history Is remarkable. One day last
summer he visited "A man 80 years of
age who had lived in one town for ss
years, and whose travels had been
limited to the neighboring villages.
The old man and the boy had their
photographs taken together,-Puck.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13
GOOD SAMPLE or MEXICAN HUMoR
Unique message Lest for Jones BY .
Police OHcisL

FOICe omClt.
when you take up a residence in
the City of Mexico" said an American
who had lived there for several years,
you are waited upon by the police.
who ask how many beggars may
call at your residence every morning
and receive a dole. Your answer is
recorded. and only the number OF beg
CARS mentioned dare show up. | ~
my brother with me at the house,
our answers to the police differed
somewhat. Two weeks after their call
a messenger came on an errand and in
quired for Jones.
what jones' | asked.
"'Senor,' he replied, L know that
there are two of you-thc JOnes-you-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS totem and
the d-a-cussed-one-
EN-. and the Jones | want is not the
first.
Then. as I'm the one who said
eight beggars might come around, you
don't want me-
"It cannot be. II Is the I-won't-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | want
But he is not in just now. Can
you leave your message with me-
Isl, senior. Tell him when he comes
that If he don't ant-to-feed-a-cussed-
o~ne-of-'em ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
hanged-to-him.'
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13
THE ORIGINAL HABITAT OF MAN
Prof. Dyche Advances Theory That tho
First Mon Lived in the Arctic Region.

Prof. Dyche of the University of
Kansas, recently gave an informal lee.
ture at the University club at Kansas
City. His subject was The Original
Habitat Of Man." and he advanced the
theory that the first men inhabited
the northern part of Greenland and
the territory surrounding the poles.
In his trip to the northern part of
Greenland Prof. Dyche found fossils
of the sequoia, or California redwood
tree. AS an illustration of the fight
OF animals against advancing incle.
ment nature Prof. Dyche cited the
case Of the mammoth. which was at
first n heat-loving animal. Those
which refused to leave their northern
home gradually grew hair as a pro.
lection. When the environment be.
came toe eve the species persisted.
Prof. Dyche drew conclusions from
the flight OF birds. He believes that
birds migrate north to breed, because
Of an instinct acquired by centuries of
returning to the original breeding
grounds in the north.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13
Private Libraries In Mexico.

There are not a few fine n extern
siye private libraries in Mexico, for
there are many book lovers among the
educated people of this country. In
the city libraries, ranging from 1000
to 10000 volumes exist, and one OF the
most valuable collections of "Ameri-
cana books relating to the discovery
and early settlement Of Latin America,
is hat Of Don Jose Maria de Agreda,
an erudite gentleman descended from
an ancient and noble Spanish family
who is the librarian OF the national
museum. Senior Agreda's collection Is
noted for its many priceless volumes,
for he has been collecting books in this
city since he was a lad. He is an en-
thusiastic antiquarian, and no man Is
filter for the great task of writing a
history Of the City of Mexico than this
learned and cultivated gentleman, n
of the ornaments of Mexican culture
Mexican Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-13

Here are some wonderful soap.bub.
6les which every boy and girl can
make easily. They are none OF tho
little. old fashioned clay.pipe bubbles
which our great grandparents and
Observation-Disclosures used to blow,
but immense great spheres, some OF
which measure nine feet around! In.
decd. what would our quaint ancestors
have thought of such giant bubbles?
What would they have thought OF a
soap film 80 tall that a little boy
placed inside of 1t reaches to only
half way up its shining sides? Then,
too. just think Of the fun they missed
In not knowing how to blow a pin.
wheel around inside of a bubble, or OF
blowing a great bubble through the
hands. as the girl in the picture Is do.
ing; or Of performing that pretty trick
where a rose Is shown inside Of a bub-
ble-a trick 80 easy of accomplish
ment hat any boy or girl can do II at
the first attempt. Why. here are lots
of fun for you boys n girls-an al.
most endless amount OF fun. for the
tricks here pictured are only a few
but very few-of the marvellous
things which may be done with soap
and water.
or course. the first question you
will all ask Is how to make the solu.
ton. and | will tell you Just here how
10 go about 1t In such a way that none
of you can possibly go astray II you
will but carefully follow the directions
given:
Rub some soap-castile soap pre-
ferred-into a bowl OF water until a
heavy froth has formed on the sur.
face. Then remove all froth. ever ev.
cry little bubble, and proceed to test
the solution a follows: Dip an or.
binary clay pipe into the mixture and
blow a bubble four to five inches in
diameter. While this bubble Ia still
suspended from the pipe, quickly dip
YOU forefnger well into the solution
and then try to- thrust it through into
the hanging bubble. II you can push
your finger right into the middle Of
the bubble. he solution is in good
condition. II. however. the bubble
ibreaks when you attempt to thrust
your finger into it, the solution Is not
In proper condition. and more soap
must be added to the mixture until
bubbles can be made which will stand
this test. Do not forget. 1t Is Of the