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The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
Says North Is Worse Puzzled Than
Ever Over Race Problem.
The P~ensioning of NegrOes-BishOp
Turner's Proposal to Send Them
Back to Africa-PraIses Recent
Southern literature.

"Timeo Danaos dora ~ferentes."
That's what the Romans said when the
Grecians brought them presents. Be
ware of the Greeks when they come
with gifts" l suspected Mark Hanna
when he introduced that bill. He is a
Greek, and he is from Ohio. Beware!
But he made a bad break. He was
trying to get ahead of Teddy, and
failed. Bring in another horse, Mark.
We were willing for your folks to pen
/ our old darkies, but your billwould
have salivated half the population, and
included the 10000 you stole from us
before the a Our old negroes are
best we have got. They are still
humble and trusty. My wife bought
three shuck foot mats from one yester-
day, and got another to put a split bot
tom in a chair. We would rejoice to
see these old negroes handle some PEN
sion money. An old woman got $24
yesterday for her husbands service.
and L asked her what he done, and she
said he kept the officers of his COM
pany in chickens all the way from
Chattanooga to Savannah. Our old
cook, Aunt Ann, said the colored peo-
pie were powerfully fond of chicken,
too, and if her old man could not get
a CHECKER any other way, he would go
to town and buy one.
But it looks now like Teddy's hand
has busted on the race problem. He
can't solve it. The north is worse
puzzled over it than ever, and Secre-
tary Root has spoken out in meeting,
and says that social equality and office
holding has to be abandoned. Bishop
Turner declares that the whole prob
lem is in a more unsettled condition
than it has been in 80 years, and they
must be sent back to Africa. That is
right, but we want those who brought
them here to be made to take them
back. Confiscate Fanueil hall and sell
it out for enough money to build one
ship, and name it the Jolly Bachelor"
which was the first slave ship hat
brought them here. Load it down
with a cargo of bucks and bookcases
under 80 years of age. When Turner
begins to ship 'em from this part of
the country we want to pick 'em. There
are about so trifling vagabonds hang
ing around this town, and we can't
kill 'em off with smallpox or anything
else. Two of our doctors went to the
niger school to va~ccinate 'em and took
the police and locked the doors, but the
oon all jumped out of the
windows and some ran under the
house and some ran home and
some hid in a hollow log or behind
fences, and the doctor did not get half
of them. But we are getting along
fairly well with our negroes, our house
hold servants, the cook and washer
woman and their children. They were
all brought up here and vaccinated.
Negroes in daily contact with their
white employees give no trouble. They
are respectful and Industrious. They
do not want to go to Africa, and they
are not going. 1t is this restless float
ing population that we want to get
rid of. There are young white men not
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
by Special Arrangement.

Prior to the last solar eclipse the
colonel of a German regiment of in
fantry sent for his sergeahts and OBJ
served: There will be an eclipse of
the sun tomorrow. The regiment will
meet on the parade grounds in In
dress. | will come and explain the
eclipse before drill. If the day is
cloudy the men will meet in the drill
shed as usual" W%hereupon the SER
geants drew up the following order of
the day: Tomorrow morning, by
order of the colonel, there will be an
eclipse of the sun. The regiment will
assemble on parade ground where the
colonel will come and superintend the
eclipse in person. If the sky is cloudy
the eclipse will take place in the drill
she'd"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Two Brave Irish Lads.

Devlin and Conway, of T~ralee, stand
forward and let us all have a good look
at you; for, though your gallantry was
vain, that was not your fault, and you
are both heroic Irish lads! So writes
a contributor to an English magazine.
A fire broke out at night in their ma
tive town. 1t did its work quickly and
cruelty. By and by it was whispered
in the crowd that two children were in
the burning house. That was enough
for Devlin and Conway. Forcing their
way through the front windows, in
spite of the flame and smoke, they
searched for the poor BARNS, and at
last brought them out. The pity of it
was that these two plucky fellows
were too late, for the children were so
badly burned that they died of their
hurts. But God bless these two Irish
boys for doing what they could to save
the children.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.

AS the geese were going from him
when shot, the pellets penetrated
well. Several of the birds fell in
the water. and when this happened
the dog could not be restrained, but
bulged in, making a splash and lug
ging to land a goose almost as big
as itself. This further worked to
alarm those in the air, but the rear
ward ranks kept on.
The geese were flying long after it
got too dark to see them. He and
the dog together retrieved eleven as
the result of not more than three
quarters of an hour of shooting. He
missed a good many of them through
taking birds that were too high. He
is sure that not less than 5000 went
over and rested on the narrow bay.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

Tom and Maggie Tulliver's and more
somberly set in a gray background of
poverty and uncongenial surround
ings. But they had passed through
the valley of shadows without grow
ing bitter because we were COM
rades," and with all the sisters love
there was mingled a kind of pity for
the brother, who-"both brilliant and
unstable"-had gone through life like
many another poor genius before
him, building air castles only to have
them tumble with such a crash as
to take all heart for resistance out
of him. AS for building air castles,
she herself was not a novice. Her
own modest story, which was Woe
fully lacking in point of events, had
more than one of these wonderful
ruins. 1t had had it's hero, too,
though he had come and gone so
quietly few knew there had been a
hero. He had not the look of one,
anyway; for he was young and-fat,
had a wonderful pair of gray eyes
that were always laughing down at
one from the serene height of six feet
two, and a voice, low and tender, that
suggested the idea of caresses more
than soft music does. Moreover, the
chapter had been short. FINS had
been written so abruptly that one
lost all the vision of betrothal kisses,
bridal wells and orange blossoms, and
the music of the wedding bells, there
was not ever the agonizing pleasure
of a lovers quarrel or the zest that
comes of u~nraveling one of those in
tricate plots of fate that go to prove
that much hackneyed observation
1.-THE course of true love never did
run smooth" But 50 abruptly had
it come one go only the vision of a
girls pale, stu ed face, then came
the smiles with the tears lurking in
the background, the laugh with a me-
tallic ring, and finally a girl grown
old at 20.
Beatrice gave a start, had she real
ly grow old? She smiled family
as She looked across at the mirror
opposite, as if she half expected to
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<A l. lse 5
y ATALEO OF THE REVOLUTION. GMS'


Portable, she harnessed her ~favorite
horse Tom and started. For the first
five miles she held the horse in, but
after that they went at high speed.
Once she was stopped by three men,
but one of these recognizing her as
the daughter of Paul Hendricks, al
lowed her to proceed. After an end
less time, as it seemed to her, she
came in sight of the camp, and was
challenged by the sentinel. On tell
ing her errand she was given in
charge. of an officer, who took her to
Washington's tent. When Washing
ton had finished reading the dis
patches he turned to the girl and
said: you're a brave girl, and the
cause has need of such as thee"
Then he went on: Tomorrow l
shall send some troops to your house
to bring Lieut.. Sperry away, but they
VIII be disguised as red coats, for it
Will not be safe to let them go 9th
eIwise. And to make sur that it is
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Sunny South

ever hears L have and you are
You hurrying Americans say I've
and you're You shorten up can
not into can't and your purest
speakers use don't and won't and
it is almost a universal habit among
Americans to clip the 81 off words
ending in ing Even your profess
sors of English fail to sound the se'
in righteous and courteous and
shorten knowledge into 'knoledge.'
/ might recite scores of words that are
practically shortened by a syllable in
usage, and as usage makes language,
you Americans are gradually construct
ing a speech that is quite distinct from
that form of English which Oxford and
Cambridge are preserving with such
care"
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
Christian Character.

To reject correction is to refuse wis
dom.
Great sorrows expand the heart to
receive great joys.
Humility is the secret of the steady
head on the giddy heights.
God will always set the picture of
character in a worthy chamber.
The salvation OF this world waits for
the surrender Of our wills to Gods.
Keep the Word in your heart and you
can keep the world out of your Life.
1t is better to send a good name be-
fore us than to leave a large fortune
behind.-Ram's Horn.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

and one of its locomotives (made in the
United States to 1&-inch scale) can
draw a load Of ten passengers when ne
cessity arises from a crush of traffic on
the line. In the illustration is shown
the start of a race between three en-
gines, one American and the others
British, in which the American locomo-
tive came out victorious.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE.
Distinctive from the Kings English
in Many Respects as We
Use 1t.

"It used to be considered a witt
cism to ask a man whether he spoke
United States" said an English uni.
yersity man at the Lawyers club the
other day, reports a New York ex-
change, "but there is in fact an
American language, distinctive from
the kings English, not only in i'd
IONS and in the use of particular
words, but in the clipping of
words to save time and breath. On
this side Of the Atlantis one scarcely
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

A German discovered that on Sat-
urday, August 2, 1902, in the early morn
ing, at one minute and one second past
one o'clock, a most interesting mo-
ment arrived. It was the second Sec
ond of the second minute of the Sec
ond hour OF the second day OF the
second week Of The second month of the
second half of the second year of the
second decade Of centuries, A. d.
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The secret of Happy Life.

Come to- think of it, life is made up
of but n day at a time. Neither to-
morrow nor yesterday is ours. To
make the best of every day is the
secret of a happy life. In making
the best of every day business and
pleasure are equally cared for. and
perfection is made of the well doing
of tribes. So each morning plan
well, and each day endeavor to live
out the plan. The world is full of
good things and beautiful things, if
| one sets out to look for them. In
this may be found the secret of a
successful and happy life.-Chicagq
| Post. :
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PULPIT AND PEW.

Less than half the children in the
public schools attend Sunday school.
An agent of the British and For
eign Bible society at Monastir, Tur-
key, is being prosecuted for selling
Bibles in the Albanian language.
In the victoria which bears him
through his diocese the bishop Of
London keeps a little electric lamp,
which he sets upon his knee; and so,
swinging through the streets of Lon
don at night, he devotes his time to
reading.
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E LOVE SONG.

In the state of Mass.
There lives a lass
/ love to go N. c.;
No other Miss.
Can e'er, / Wis,
Be half so dear to me.
r. I. is blue
And her cheeks the hue
OF shells where waters swash
On her pink-white phiz
There New. Ariz.
The least complexion Wash.
La, could l win
The heart of Mimi,
I'd ask for nothing more.
But l only dream
Upon the theme,
And Conn. it DER and Ore.
Why is it, pray,
/ can't Ala.
This love that makes me III"
N. Y, O., Wy.
Kan. New. Yer. l
Propose to her my will? n
/ shun the task
'Twould be to ask
This gentle maid to wed:
And so to press
Ny suit, l guess
Alaska Pa. instead.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06

HE smallest working railway in the
|" world is said to be the Pitmaston
Moor, in England. 1t was made on a
scale in miniature of the Great Western
broad-guage. 1t has several miles of
equipment of rolling stocks signalsys-
tenn, bridges and a telegraph line, all
complete. Its guage is only 1912 inches,
The Tupelo journal., 1903-03-06
MR. VIEW Huntsman.

Dolly-And you've hunted big game,
Mr.. Deering? Gracious! It must be
awfully dangerous sport.
Cholly-It is, / assuah you! Why.
nee I photographed a bean thai
wasn't mob than so yawds fwom me
camewa!-P:1Uk.
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The Old, Old Story.

The following item from the Pratt
Union will apply to almost any town
in the state:
"The Western Union Telegraph
company is, like the Standard Oil
company and other such trusts, wholly
careless as to it's treatment of the gen.
eral public. Last Friday evening at
$50 a message was sent from the
Pratt Office. 1t was an important
message and should have been deliv-
cred the same evening. On Tuesday
noon it had not been received. Prob
ably it was lost. There is never the
slightest use in trying to do anything
about a lost or delayed telegram.
The sender can swear, there is no ex-
ira charge for that, and can pay his
money, the company is first class
collector. Damage suits are expen-
sive and the general public can be ex-
pected to endure such service as it
gets. If every one who has a COM
plant, and that is about every body
who sends kilograms, would make a
vigorous kick the service might i'm
prove.
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Salina, Kans., October 12.-Henry
Johnson, of Mcpherson county, has a
new invention that attached to self
binders will facilitate the harvesting
of wheat. The attachment, he says,
will carry the bundles along and
place them in the shape of shock
without the aid of the usual shockers
which the farmers have heretofore en-
ployed. 1t will carry about dozen
bundles, shocking them as efficiently
as hired man.
The scarcity, of harvest hands in
Mcpherson county during the recent
harvest gave birth to this invention
of Mr.. Johnso n's which is calculated
to take the place of one or more men
at much less cost to the farmer.
This invention will not materially
affect the price of binders, as it takes
the place of the present bundle carrier
and the cost of the manufacture and
material used will be about the same.
Mr.. johnson has had his invention
patented in the United States and
Canada.
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He Learned a Great Truth.

1t is said of John Wesley that he
once said to Mistress Wesley: "Why
do you tell that child the same thing
over and over again 90 "John Wes-
ley, because once telling is not
enough" 1t is for this same reason
that you are told again and again
that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
cures colds and grip; that it counter
acts any tendency of these diseases to
result in pneumonia, and that it is
pleasant and safe to take. For sale
by G. A. Mosher 81 Co.
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Public Sale.

On Friday, Nov. 6, at p. M, will
offer at public sale, one mile north
aud three miles west of Lewis, the
following described property, to-wit:
8 COWS, milking or coming fresh
soon; 8 heifer calves, 2 steer calves,
l span of mares, years old, weight
about 1150; colt, l span of brown
horses, 8 and years old, weight HOO
and 1900; 1 yearling colt, l brown
mare, 9 years old; l brood sow, s
shoats, 2 sets work harness, wheel
walking cultivator, nearly new; l
walking pillow, 14-inch, nearly new; l
walking lister, with drill combined; l
lumber wagon, l lowwheel wagon
and rack, riding lister, nearly new;
l l6-inch stirring pillow, dresser, ex-
tension table, new sewing machine
and other household goods.
TERMS:-All sums of $40 and under,
cash. On all sums over SO credit
of 10 months will be given without in
terest if paid when due; if not paid
when due 10 per cent interest will be
charged from date of sale. per cent
discount will be given for cash on all
sums over $40.
G. G. EDGERTON,
F. D. WEST, Auct. Prop.
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Club Notes.

The Woman's Club met with Mrs.
Blanchard this week. After an I'M
usually instructive time at roll call,
and discussion as to the proper pro-
nunciation of Louvre" Mrs. Cole
gave an interesting paper on Paris,
up to the seventeenth century. The
meeting next week will be at Mrs.
Erwin's, Mrs. Colver has the paper
on Louis XIV.
The old folks whist club met with
Mr.. and Mrs. Merryman Monday
evening and inaugurated the winters
festivities. Six tables were played
and the guests seemed to take almost
as much interest in the games as they
did in the supper which came later,
and 1t is confidently expected that
some time the members will have
evoluted to the point where the in
|tellectual will triumph over the ma
terlal. The evening was greatly en-
joyed by those present and regretted
by those who were prevented from
coming. The next meeting will be
with Mr.. Dyer and wife.
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School Report.

The following is the report of
Greendale school, district No. A, for
month ending October %:
Number of pupils enrolled, 80; total
attendance In days, 497; average daily
attendance, "a 1920; per cent of at
tend ance, IS 8-15; per cent of punctu-
ality, 81 1-6. The following pupils
were neither absent nor tardy during
the month: Edith Parkhurst, Carrie
Parkhurst, Maud Parkhurst, Shirley
Parkhurst, Mark Parkhurst. Ruby
Parkhurst, Pearl Parkhurst, Mabel
Barlow, Chester Barlow, Grace Mil
Ter, Jesse Miller.
S. E. CoUNTRYMAN, Teacher.
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was sworn to and a warrant issued
but "Rags" had gone to Kinsiey.
Constable Sturdevant brought him
back and as it was the fourth time he
had been arrested Justice Hardy
gave him So and costs and 80 days in
Jail.
Rev. Ira Jones' of the Christian
church, is holding protractcd meet
ings here this week.
Mrs. Hestis returned from Kansas
City Monday.
The Farmers Elevator people held
a well attended and enthusiastic
meeting Wednesday. The financial
report showed that they had transact
ed a large amount of business and
were rapidly getting into shape where
they would be out of deb: and divi-
dends would be in order.
Ed Devine and Ed, Hollenbeck. of
Belpre, were doing business here
Wednesday.
Nick Snyder returned from Dodge
City Thursday. He has been absent
for some time.
The school board will take charge
of erecting the new school building
and will put Mr.. Radcliff in charge of
the work.
The Modern Woodmen of America of
Lewis Camp. No. $3.50, will give a
literary program at their hall in
Lewis, Kans., Thursday evening,
Nov.5th. Every body invited to come
and have a good time. s1
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Frisco Rates.

California and the Northwest via
the Frisco System. Low colonist
rates in effect daily, only s25, to the
majority of California points. Pro-
portionately low rates to Portland,
Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and other
points in the Northwest.
In case you contemplate trip any
where, do not fail to call on nearest
Frisco ticket agent, and have him fur
nish you full Information. or address
C. w. STRAIN,
Division Passenger Agent,
Wichita, Kas.
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TIME TABLE A.. T. & s. FRY

A new time card went into effect on
the Santa Fee June 4. The changes at
this point are not many. Nos. 1, 5.
and going west at night are un-
changed except No. does the local
work from Hutchinson west. The
branch train arrives as at pres
ent but departs at 1:35. The branch
local freight leaves here at 9 in the
morning going east and arrives from
the east at 2:45 in the afternoon. The
main line local goes east at $50 in
the morning and west at 3:2O In the
afternoon. The branch local runs
from Hutchinson to this place and
turns.
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COUNTY NEWS.
South Brown.

The warm, sunshiny weather since
the rain is bringing the wheat on fine
~ and many fields are now showing
quite green.
A large acreage of wheat is still to
be sown.
J. B. Howard, of ST. John, is in
this community this week transacting
important business.
Messrs. Adams and Moore have
finished sowing wheat and have gone
to their homes in Sedgwick county.
They expect to return with their fami-
lies about the middle of February.
Everybody is too busy at work to
do anything that we can make news Of
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For Sale

A good town property, now owned
and occupled-by G. L. Painter, in
south part of town, by old sugar fac
tory. House of eight rooms, neatly
painted and papered. good porches
and stabling and four acres of land.
Will sell for $500. Any one wishing
to buy this, address G.. L. Painter,
Dodge City, Kansas, or T. 81. Evans,
Kinsley. Kans.
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Wanted.

200 head horses, mules or cattle to
winter: lots of good feed, sheds, wind
breaks water; can pasture same
amount of stock next summer if desir-
ed: references, Macksvill and st.
John banks. E. J. Westgate, Macks-
vile, Kans.
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For Sale.

A good clean stock of goods that
will invoice $4,000. Fixtures with
out the shelves go with stock. Price
of fixtures, $500. Will accept one-half
of price in good land; balance must
be cash money. Will sell building
or rent it. Inquire of T. 81. EVANS
& Co., Kinsley, Kas.
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Teachers

You will want some pictures to dec
crate your school rooms this winter.
A large and complete line of the ia
nous Perry Pictures has just been
received at the Kinsley Book Store.
Call and look them over
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Early Sunday morning the resi-
dents of the northwest part of town
were aroused from their peaceful
slumbers by the sound of pistol shots
and the loud rattle of a wagon drawn
by pair of horses being urged to
their greatest speed by driver who
was frantically pounding them over
their backs. 1t seems that Night
Watch Norris was coming down
through the railroad yards about
four O'Clock in the morning when he
heard someone loading grain doors
into wagon. He got pretty close to
aeparty before he was discovered,
but not close enough to prevent the
man from getting away, and it was
the shots fired and the rattle of the
wagon as the thief fled from town that
caused the Commotion. 1t is suspect
ed that this is the same party who re-
Gently stole load of coal from the
yards and that he will emigrate soon
or be landed in Jail.
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EXCURSION RATES.

International Live Stock Exposi-
ton, Chicago, ILL.,, November % to
December 5. s23.lO for the round trip.
Tickets on sale, November %, % and
80; return limit, December 4.
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For Sale.

Ford and Gray county land. Jus.
received special list from both coun
ties. Any one wishing to make in
quiries in regard to the above lands
call on T. H. EVANS & Co.
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The K. P.s are planning big blow
out at the opera house Wednesday
ninht
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New Invention for self-Binders

F. D. WEST, Auct. Prop