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The courier., 1902-12-27

A happy Christmas party was the re-
caption given by Mr.. and Mrs. A. J.
Hercer at their home, 1909 p street, to
celebrate their silver wedding anniver-
sary. Misses Anna and Ada Mercer ad-
mitted the guests and directed them to
the dressing rooms. When they descend
ed the stairs they were greeted by Miss
Mercer, who presented them to the re-
ceiving party. Mr.. and Mrs. Mercer, Mr..
william Mercer and Mr.. and Mrs. Lo-
bingier. The double drawing rooms were
decorated with white roses and carna-
items and 1estoons of Christmas
greens. White shades subdued the
lightA The reception hail and dining
room were In red and green. much
holly being used. The balustrade
was entwined with greens and the
shades were red. The punch room above
stairs was done in pink and the dress
ing rooms were In green. Chocolate and
waters were served In the dining room
by Mrs.. Young. Mrs. Perkins and Miss
Bell. Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Brashear
assisted IN the drawing room, and punch
was served by Miss Virginia Mercer
and Miss Haynes. A handsome buffet
and many individual gifts were present
Cd to Mr.. and Mrs. Mercer by their
guests, who numbered one hundred. A
music box played merrily during the
receiving hourA
The courier., 1902-12-27

Mrs. Rose Heron and Miss Heron
entertained ninety friends very pleas
antly Monday afternoon In the parlors
and the small hall Of the Fraternity
building. The rooms were artisticaliy
decorated with holly and ropes Of ever
green. Mrs. Heron. Miss Heron and
Nrs. Theodore westermann received the
guests. and they were seated by Misses
Barr, Conklin and Pound. A delightful
Christmas program was given Ms
sherman Hart sang 80 Holy Night"
very sweetly indeed. and Miss Alice
Howell read Henry Van Dykes The
Lest Word" After the program Ice
cream. cake and coffee were served by
lEesdames John 8. Reed and George e.
Dwher, assisted By Misses Hanett,
HsnRy, MINER. Whiting. 1uinksn. ana
The courier., 1902-12-27

Association at the card table often re-
veals characteristics which are anything
but pleading. Not long since a lady was
speaking Of gentleman Of her acquaint-
ance and said. He IL the most disa-
greeable man at the card table that
have ever Seen" That such cases are
not unusual IL likely. as the following
from the New York Tribune would show:
7 wish I had not played bridge with
Mr.. x said a girl recently. 7
thought him 20 nice before, and now my
liking for him has quite gone. He was
% keen about tribes. insisted upon every
forfeit. questioned the score. and seemed
% annoyed when he lost, and yet the
stakes were very small. and he was only
out few dollars 90. Of course II was
not the money. II must have been the
disposition Of the man coming out under
provocation. and the test did not show
him mp to advantage. Now. Mr.. 2.
the other man at the table was so good
natured and such a gentleman in his
play that I quite like him. although I
never thought him attractive before
"An games Of competition may be said
to assay certain characteristics. but the
most crucial test seems to be card play
ing. and bridge II responsible for many
q GOODNESS resulting from self-betrayal at
the green table"
The courier., 1902-12-27

Poynter. Mrs. and Miss Heron were
assisted in the parlors by Mesdames w.
G. L. Taylor, w. A. Poynter. and G. E.
Barber.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

THE day was when men of promi-
hence hesitated to give their testi-
monials to proprietary medicines
for publication. This remains true to-
day of most proprietary medicines.
But Peruna has become so justly fam
Gus, its merits are known to SO many
people of high and low stations, that
no one hesitates to see his name in print
recommending Peruna.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna a strong endorsement
Men representing all classes and sta
tions are equally represented.
A dignifed representative OF The Pres
byterian church in the person of Rev.
e. G. Smith does not hesitate to state
publicly that he has used Peruna in his
family and found it cured when other
remedies failed. In this statement the
Rev. Smith is supported by an elder in
his church
Rev. Z. G. Smith, pastor of the Presby-
terian church of Greens boro, Ga, writes:
'fHaving used Peruna in my family
for some time it gives me pleasure to
testify to it's true worth.
"My little boy seven years of age had
been suffering for some time with ca
tarrh of the lower bowels. Other RENE
dies had failed, but after taking tive
bottles of Peruna the trouble almost en-.
tirely disappeared. For this special
malady l consider itwell nigh aspecific
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
First Prha Church Of GreensbOrO G and It's Pastor and Elder

"As a tonic for weak and worn
out people II has a few OrnO equals. =
RoV. B. q. Smith.
Mr.. M. J. Rossman, prominent mer-
chant Of Greensboro, Ga, and an elder
in the Presbyterian church OF thar
place, has used Peruna, and in recent
letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., OF
Columbus, Ohio, writes as follows;
For long time Twas troubled with
catarrh of the kidneys and tried many
remedies, all of which gave me no re-
lief. Peruna was recommended to me
byseveral friends, and after using a few
bottles am pleased tosay thatthe long
looked for relief was found and am
now enjoying better health than IhaVc
for years, and can heartily recOmn7end
Peruna to all similarly afflicted. It's
certainly a grand medicine. I'M. j.
R0SSman.
Catarrh is essentially the same where
ever located. Peruna cures catarrh
wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving Q
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
cOMMERcs AND orNrILIrY.
Ran OF en- Homemade Candy Made
Sister Jane Nervous and stepped
Its sale.

One Of the most interesting pieces Of char.
acter drawing in Hawthorne's work Is the
proud old New England woman, Hepzi.
bah, Ia the House of Seven Cables"
Forced to keep shop, she used to wish that
customers would not come to witness the
fall Of her pride and her fortunes. The
Washington Post tells a similar story, the
scene Of which Is laid in Pennsylvania VII
lags.
Two old spinsters keep little shop in
which they sell pins and Talico and other
Small wares" Last summer a Washington
woman saw q jar Of homemade candy in
their window, and bought some Of it. It
was so good that she bought more of it, and
told all the summer visitors about 1t. There
was q run" on homemade candy, and the
Jar had to be reflled again and again.
One day the Washington woman called
for some more of the candy, and was told
that the sisters were out of it. A day later
she called again, and the elder sister, with
some embarrassment, said that they were
still out, and recommended that she try
the city-made candy at the drug store This
was not what the Washington woman want
ed, SO after two days she paid third visit
to the shop, Still the candy jar was empty.
Aren't you ever going to have any moro
OF itr she asked.
The elder sister hesitated in obvious dis
tress.
II don't think we are" she said, at
length. "You see, so many people got to
running in here asking for that candy, and it
made so much confusion, that Sister Jane
got nervous about it. So we decided not to
sell any more candy. We aren't going to
keep it after this"
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
DOME G1vE\UP.

Don't be discour2s cSl by past efforts
TO find relief and cure from the myri-
ads of ills that come from sick kid
neys. You may pass nights of Sleep
less tossing annoyed by frequent uri-
nation. Your back may ache like
toothache or sudden witches and
twinges of backache pain make life
misery. Perhaps you have nervous
.pells, are weak, tired out, depressed.
There is cure for all Of this and for
every trouble of the bladder and kid
neys. Read this case and note it tells
low we'll the cure was tested.
Charles Lindgren, a sealer of freight
,ars on the L. S. & NJ. S. R. r., La Porte,
Ind, says: 81 have greater faith in
Doan's Kidney Pills to-day than / had
in the fall of 1897, when l began taking
them and made public statement of
the result. At that time I had suf-
fered with lameness and soreness of
the back, which was SO eXcruciating
that / could scarcely turn in bed, and
Doan's Kidney Pills completely cured
this trouble. l am always ready to
endorse Doan's Kidney Pills person
ally to anyone requiring a kidney rem
edy. After a lapse of three years
make this statement, which shows my
undoubted faith in the preparation"
A FREE TRIAL ofthis great Kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Lindgren
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n Y
For sale by all druggists, so cents per
| box
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
PretOrIa Becomlne EnEllsh.

Pretoria is beginning to take on an
English aspect. The bronze figures
Of the typical voortrekkers, which
were intended for the base of the
Kruger statue in Government square,
Pretoria, have been presented to
Lord Kitchener, who has had them
shipped to England in order that
they may grace, as a war trophy, the
Royal Engineers quarters at Chat
ham. On the site of the Kruger
statue Samuel Marks, who has given
the bronze figure, has offered a large
sum ID place II statue of the king,
and it is further stated that this
loyal British subject is willing to
place statue of the late queen on
the opposite side Of the square. Al
ready the face of the government
building displays the royal arms cut
in the solid stone London Tele.
graph.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
A Great sxatem.

A peddler entered one of the skyscraperI
and proceeded to the thirteenth story.
There i'll luck overlook him, and he wal
kicked down the stairway. The noise at
tracted the attention of tenants on the
twelfth floor, who appeared on the scene in
time to accelerate the motion Of the unfor'
tunate as he passed down to the eleventh
floor. Successfully and numerous additions
to the propelling force as he passed each
floor finally landed him in the street in 4
state of intense excitement As soon as he
could regain his feet and breath and be
hold the magnificent building and the height
from which he had descended with such
uniform and rapid progress, he remarked
"Mein Gottl Vat a sysdem. Vat sysdem
der is in dot putting. No elevator is need
edI"-N. Y. Press.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
MRS. JENNIE =. o,poNNELL,

MRS. JENNIE Il. O'DONNELbp
President of Oakland Woman's Riding Club.
the wonderful curative value of Lydia
e. PinIZham's Vegetable Com
pound. For eight years l had female
trouble, falling of the womb and other
complications. During that time was
more or less Of an invalid and not much
good for anything, until one day I
found a book in my hall telling of
the cures you could perform. 1 became
Interested l bought bottle Of Lydia
e. PinIham'S Vegetable Com
pound and was helped; continued its
use and in seven months was cured, and
since that time 1 have had perfect
health. Thanks, dear Mrs. Pinkham
again, for the health / now enjoy
MRS. JENNIE O'DoNNELL, 27s East 51st
ST.. Chicago, Ill. = $4,000 forfeit u abOUe
Testimonial Is not genuine.
Women suffering from any
form of female ills can be cured
by Lydia e. PiDkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. That's sure.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick WO-
men free. Address. Lynn, Mass.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
WAS MASSACHUSETTS KIND.
A New England Maid who Had an
AverHiOn for Split Infinitives
and Freshness.

He overlook her on the roadside while
wandering for his health in the Berkshires,
''At last" he said, Il have found typical
milkmaid Of old New England. See her big
sunbonnet, her dress up to her shoe tops,
her plain but neat calico, and the very pail
itself. 1t is a morning for adventure and
will speak to her"
He quickenerl his walk and was soon near
her, relates the New York Times.
Fine morning this morning." he said. II
would like to help you carry the pail"
There was no reply, but he felt the roguish
smile that he knew was hid under the sun.
bonnet So he kept on doing all the talking
until they reached the lare into which she
was about to turn.
Can 60 with your he asked
She turned and faced him.
mo, sir, you may not, nor do desire your
attentions. 1t is bad enough to have q
grown man splitting his infnitives, but when
he shows his ignorance of the proper use Of
should and would and then caps the climax
by using can for may, think it is only my
duty to tell him that the summer school ia
in session about ten miles from here"
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
"Takine" Matrimonial Fad.

Persons about to commit matrimony and
victims invited to be present at affairs of
the kind will be delighted to learn that a
solution of the what-to-give problem has
been invented in st. Paul, MINI. At a re-
cent wedding in that city friends Of the
bridal pair contented themselves with hand
ing out checks for sums ranging from one
dollar up-mostly up. This scheme saves
the bride the worry and peril Of exchanging
duplicate gifts, and relieves the givers Of
any amount of hard thinking .-Sault News
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
"Faint Heart" Won.

II can never marry yOu," said the beau
tiful blonde.
But" pleaded the wealthy old man,
won't you make my life happy for the short
Tears / will be here? ! am troubled with q
weak and faint heart"
"In that case accept you"
And yet they say faint heart never won
fair lady.-Nashville American.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
MRS. ]. {. O'DONNELL
Was Sick Eight Years with
Female Trouble and Finally
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR MRs. PuKHAM:-1 have
never In my life given a testimonial
before, but you have done SO much for
me that I feel called upon to give you
this unsolicited acknowledgement Of
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

81 hold" said the good feeder, "that nc
man has any business to work on an empty
stomach" II have to do it frequently"
said the stranger. Then I'll bet you've
found it doesn't pay" Usually it pays as
much as 500. I'm a surgeon. "-Philadel-
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Inquisitive Boarder-Yes, I've heard Of
the Hyfokes. Quite fashionable family, is
it not?
Cynical Boarder-Just the average fash
ionable family. 1t consists of Mr. Hyfokes,
Mrs Hyfokes and lapdog. Trib'
nne
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

you say you have a new idea for
story" Eyes" Something original in
plot?" "Well, hadn't thought much
about the plot. But have an advertising
scheme that will make fortune for any
book ."-Washingto Star.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Ethel-May always hurries under cover
as soon as it begins to rain.
Believes. She believes, with Napoleon,
that in order to succeed one must keep the
powder dry.-JudGe,
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

"Wa5 the count embarrassed when he
oroposed%
II believe he mechanically" replied
the nlillionare's daughter.-Town Topics
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

It's folly to suffer from that horrible
plague of the night, itching piles. Doan's
Ointment cures, quickly and permanently
At any drug store, 5O cents.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
A Philosophieal Mfilionaire.-Attorn,

A Philosophical Millionaire Attorney
Ii you leave your property TO your second
wife, your children will certainly try to
break your will. Rich Client-0f course.
That's what l want them to do. want
them to have their full share of my money.
"Then why bequeath it all to your wifeY'
well, you see it will be easier for my chill
dren to break my will than it is for me to
break hers. IN. Y. Weekly.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

81 have been told that you propose to
every pretty girl you meet" said she. IL
do" he replied ooh, George!" she ex-
claimed, in great confusion, this is so sud
den!' Indianapolis News.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Love in pectacles.-He-'I suppose now
that shall have to ask your father for his
consent" She-'No, Harry; after the
first time you called pa said might have
you if | wanted you. Pa and | have under
stood it for a long time. Boston Tran.
script.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

1t is worthy of note that Love and Jus
tice are both represented as being blind,
and that the victim OF either seldom es
lpes.-Womans Home Companion.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Wont you try the chicken salad, judg9!
said the boarding house keeper. 81 tried it
yesterday, ma'am, replied the witty Judge,
land the chicken proved an alifi. "-Phla
delphia Record.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Courtship may indicate diamonds, but
marriage indicates hard struggle to get a
winter's supply of the plain black carbon
Chicago Daily News.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

: "He thinks of having his poems publish
ed in book form" well, that's the best
way of putting them where they won't
bother anybody. "-Philadelph Bulletin.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

The greatest thief this world has ever
produced is procrastination, and be is still
at large-H. W. Shaw.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

By active hustling some people are able
to make both ends meet, but mighty few
can make them lap over enough to be rivet-
ed =Pnclr
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
Stimulating Repression.

Clara-Is Mrs, Filter good sonversa'
tionalist?
Dorothy-Yes indeed; she makes you
think of lots Of good thingsi to- say, but
talks so much that you don't get chance to
ay eem.-Detroit Free Press.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

The indispensable in life is the thing you
can always dispense with when you can't
get it.-Baltimore News.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
Amenities Of Invention.

Jaspar-Marconi and Tesla were very POI
litely sarcastic to one another.
Jumpuppe-Yes, indeed. They seem to
Judge.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

When doctors fail, try Burdock Blood
Bitters. Cures dyspepsia, constipation; in
vigorates the whole system.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

One of natures remedies; cannot harm
the weakest constitutions never fails to
cure summer complaints of young or old.
DR.. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Every man" said the bald cynic, has
his price" 'He is Far" the eminent local
statesman at whom the remark seemed to
have been aimed, was heard to mutter Il
haven't got mine yetP-Indianapolis News.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
A Coincidence,

Takes the burn out; heals the wound
ures the pain. DR.. Thomas Electric Oil,
he household remedy.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little
and has great purchasing wer.-Alcott.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Riches either serve or govern the pos
sessor Horace.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
Appropriate.

Mrs. Sharpe-They call the bell boy in the
hotel Buttons" believe. wonder why?
Mrs. Sharpe-Prohably because he's al
ways of when you need him most.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

'You told me she had the complexion of a
rose. Why, she is as sallow as can be. u
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

The most delicate, the most sensible, Of
all pleasures consist in promoting the pleas
ures of others.-Brugere.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

To know mankind is easy; but to COM
prehend any one man or woman is impos-
sihle.-Town Topics.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. An
refund money ifit fails to cure. 25c.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Mr.. Goodart-"She certainly has the gift
Of song, don't you Think" Miss Speitz--'I
hope SO. I'd hate to think she was film
TANNED into paying anything for it,"-Phil-
adalphia Press
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Diner-"You careless fellow, you have
spilled the soup on my coat" Waiter-"Beg
your pardon, sir, but it was not .earelessness.
Here is my brothers card. He is garment
cleanser, Boston Transcript.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

Fretfulness of temper will generally char
acterize those who are negligent Of order
Blair.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27

1t takes a strong -minded woman to keep
her calendar torn off up to dase.-ChicagO
Daily News.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-09-27
MsEXXI q zE4:y
=E1S HE:
Aliens UICerine SaIVe

Cures ChrsRe Ueer Bore Ulcers SeronlquH Ulcers. Vareo
goer IndOsnt Ussr Hereua Ulcers. White 6wellng MIA
leg, Fs7er SNFes Hnd all Of long standing Positively
aaIlare, ~ mail, ase ard kOr. D. P ALLEN St. Paul MINI
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-11

will content itself with doing bust
ness us 1t always has done.
improvements in It's service are rem.
dered impossible for the time being by
the action of Commissioner BlOcki in
refusing to issue all permits to the
company. There seems to be little
doubt. however. that these permits
can he secured by mandamus proceed
ings whenever they are necessary"
Former Judge Thomas A. Moran I'm
speaking of the legal status of the com.
pany said: "Thc action of the Council
last night was all political buncombe.
AS l remember, the Council has al
ready passed an ordinance declaring
the franchise forfeited. The ordinance
passed last night will only have one
cffcct--lt will prevent the payment of
compensation to the city.
when the proceedings brought by
the city are dismissed. as they Ger.
tninly will he. the company will he In
the same position as II was before
Mayor Harrison began his political
fight