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Water Valley progress., 1903-04-25
THIS AND THAT.

The value which Philadelphia puts
upon its firehouses is 1855, 900, and
upon its wharyes, $85O,0OO.
A Lisbon physician has created
sensation by his assertion that there
are at least 1000 lepers in Portugal,
and that, as beggars, they convey the
infection from place to place.
The city Of New York derives
some revenue from its bureau Of cleo
tions, which has transmitted to the
comptroller three checks for old pa
per, ballots, stubs of ballots and old
books, etc., to the amount of $219.94.
In 1899 (the last year for which
figures are available) 31S new jour
nails were founded in Italy, of which
162 had ceased to exist before the end
of the year, while $50 older journals
also collapsed in that year.
The. French expedition in 1862 to
Haiti lost $4,000 out Of $4,000 men
from yellow fever in one season. The
estimated loss to the Mississippi
valley through yellow fever quaran-
tine during the last great epidemic Of
1878 was $100,OO0,OO0.
Swansea, England, has clubs, the
members of which pay 81 so per year
for medical treatment, while their
wives and children are attended free.
To make decent living from such
club practice a doctor has to see
about 100 patients day.
The capital invested in manufac-
lures in Arizona Eas increased from
100000 in 1890 to $10,OOO,O00 in
1900; the capital invested in New
Mexico from 1865, 900 to So, ZOO, 900,
and in Oklahoma from $685. to
So, 100000 in the same period.
There are 5000 farms in Arizona,
10000 in New Mexico and IS, 900 IN
Oklahoma.
Water Valley progress., 1903-04-25
A. MARVEL OF SCIENCE.
Professor Foretold Action Of Chickens
Before They Were Hatched.

During visit to the south with an
eclipse expedition some years ago an
eminent American professor met an
old negro servant whose duty it was
to look after the chickens of the es-
tablishment where he was staying.
The day before the eclipse took place
the professor in an idle moment
called the old man to him and said:
"Sam, if tomorrow morning at II
o'clock you watch your chickens you
will find they will all go to roost."
Sam was skeptical, of course, says
the Omaha Mercury, but when at the
appointed time the next day the sun
in the heavens was darkened and the
chickens retired to roost the negro's
astonishment knew no bounds. He
approached the professor in awed
wonder. 'Massa," he asked, chow
long did you know dat dem chickens
would 60 to roost?"
"Oh, a long time said the profess
sor, airily.
did you know it q year ago,
NASSAU"
eyes"
saThen dat beats de deucep' ex-
claimed the astonished old man.
sDem chickens weren't hatched a
year agop'
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THE LION Gagged.

Four hours, with furtive, forceful tread,
He PAGES slow, in sad disdaln,
His limbs by formless longings led
That thrill their giant thews like pain.
Or, fiinging full his shaggy length,
Fronting the bars, inert he lies;
The frenzies of his captive strength
Flame up, and darken, in his eyes,
What moves within his soul, who dwelt
Between the naked earth and sky?
Who with his strenuous pulses felt
The swinging sphere in harmony?
What anguish Of his helpless state
Stills his vast bulk to sullen rest?
Till some blind impulse-fier elate-
Strikes like a sting through brain and
breast!
Some arrowy gleam of tropic suns,
That Quickened once his splendid might,
Through all his troubled being runs,
And floods his yellow eyes with light.
The cold, sweet breath of forest streams,
Wind-blown between the vengeful bars;
The lusts of spring; the savage dreams;
The ranging hunt beneath the stars.
Strange living memofies, dumbly voiced,
They rend him as he lies forlorn-
The strong brute spirit that rejoiced
In unveiled glories Of the morn!
So with his leap the prison shakes:
And as his mighty head he rears.
From his wild bosom hoarsely breaks
The passion of his wasted years.
Then, slowly, as the vision dies,
The narrow walls, with conQuering stress,
Constrain him-and once more he lies,
Dull, helpless, stricken. passionless!
Yet who may fiout him? Still he shows
A shape Of power, as he were free;
And fear still guards him as he goes,
And crowns his ruined majesty.
.-Marion Couthouy Smith, in Youths Com
no nj
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ABOUT THE MEASLES.
Great Difficulties Of Combating the
Disease in London.

A subject of great public impor-
tance, especially to mothers and 9TH
ers having the care Of children, says
the London Chronicle, has recently
been ventilated in the shape Of what
may be called a warning about meas
les. This ailment has usually been
regarded as an affection of no great
Importance. Ithas been classified
among the minor ailments of chill
dren, and to pass through an attack
has generally been regarded as the
almost inevitable fate Of every child.
Also, it was considered by the moth
ers as fever which entailed no great
anxiety in respect of the recovery of
the patient. To-day measles is re-
garded in very different aspect. 1t
was omitted by many towns from the
list of diseases which have to be mott
fed to the health authorities; now
there is a widespread feeling that
measles should be placer on that list
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with view to the early detection Of
epidemics, and to insure their repres-
sion by early isolation and disinfec-
ton.
Thus the London county council,
while falling short Of notification,
proposes to take steps in the direc-
tion indicated. If thereby the
spread of measles can be limited the
nation at large will be the gamer.
The disease, as is well known, seems
tolspread rapidly through the media
of schools, and the loss to education
through the necessary closing Of
schools in affected districts is Of very
considerable extent each year. One
must admit that there are circum-
stances connected with measles
which render its notification and
early isolation difficult; all the same
a public warning is not only needful
here, but essential in view Of the co.
operation Of the people with sanitary
authorities.
In the first place statistics indicate
that the death rate from measles is
very high. Figures before me show
that 1852 deaths were reported as
due to measles in London in 1901
This is equal to death rate of CAB
to each 1000 living persons. Now,
in 1901 scarlet fever showed death
rate Of O.13 in London, and diph-
liberia one Of O2O. Another ailment,
whooping cough, which also has
been regarded with relative uncon-
cern, showed in 1901 death rate Of
OBS. That measles has been chang
ing its type is evident; at least, from
one cause or another, it has become a
more deadly ailmeHt to children than
was the case in former days. Physi-
clans tell us also that it is an ailment
which has to be closely watched be-
cause of its liability to the develop
ment of after effects. Then infec-
ton spreads very rapidly once it is
started, and young children seem es-
pecially open to attack. AS | have
said, the lesson for the public is that
which teaches them that due care Of
every case is necessary, and that early
recognition of tl-s disease, and the.
equally early separation of the sick
from the healthy are measures calcu-
lated to save much suffering. Meas
les, as medical journal puts it, has.
now to be styled as dangerous in
fectious disease.
Water Valley progress., 1903-04-25
Liszt at Seventy-Five.

Even at rs List was pianist
whose powers lay beyond the pale to
which sober language or calm criti-
cism could reach or be applied.
Enough that its greatest charm
seemed to me to lie in perfectly di-
vine touch, and in a tone more re-
markable for exquisitely musical
quality thanvolumo or dynamic force,
aided by technic still incomparably
brilliant and superb. Hermann
Klein's "Modern Musical Celebri-1
tiss, in Century,
Water Valley progress., 1903-04-25
FOR MARIGOLD.
BY FRANK H. SWEET.

ssYissir, rs goin' to git merried.
Marigold an me hev been sot on hit
ten year. Most folks in Breshtown
would "a been satisfied with jest a
shack to start with; but | alters
Flowed that when we merried, Mari
gold would live like lady an me
like lord. That's what reused me
to 60 west. Now we's buy the
Hunter place an build new house
with four rooms-four rooms," low
ering his voice little and looking
about the car. "Our folks never had
but two, an my brother Peke mer-
ried an went to shacks that had
only one. The Of Hunter house hit
se'f amt but three, an hits fallin'
down to one end with age. We's have
four"-he dwelt on the four with a
contemp1ative ecstasy" "an' / lot on
gittin' a COW an some pigs an hens
an, yes, kerridge, mule an ker-
ridge"
"But that will only take very
small part of your money" suggested
q drummer. 'sWhat will You do with
the rest?" rs
"Put hit aside z answered the man,
promptly. "None o my family
ever had any money put aside"
sYou must have pile" remarked
aportly man, glancing little envi-
ously at the bulky packages of his
lneighbor, and at the same time com
pairing his own comfortable need Of
money and appreciation Of it with
this backwoodsman's primitiveness.
"a pile? Yissir; that's what !
keep sayin' over to myself. Ireck-
on thar'll be enough for all on us.
None o my family II ever need any
mo-"
Presently the conductor came
through and stopped beside two
men who sat behind the returning
miner.
II believe your tickets ran out at
the last station?" he said, inquiring-
ly.
eyes, but we've changed our
minds" one of them answered, cas-
lily. GIVE been talking over old
times with my friend here, and we've
decided to go back to our home in
Georgia for a visit. Well pay the
difference"
Him." said the conductor, cold
". Where TOP"
ABreshtown, Georgia"
The miner whirled round with his
mouth open and his eyes bulging
with eagerness. AS the conductor
moved away he blurted out:
ssDoggone hit, stranger, that's my
place. Who mout We be?"
Smith and Robinson. NY
names Bill.'
The miners face beamed with
pleased recognition.
'Why, | know heaps O. Smiths an
Robinsons,,' he cried, reaching out
srd shaking hands with first one and
Water Valley progress., 1903-04-25

"Once more, give us your money"
the man Kissed. "It is the last time
we ask. Killing comes next. Open
up your bundles"
"But there amt no money in 'em,"
eagerly. "See," and he hurriedly cut
the cords from one Of the packages
and displayed an assortment of
bright colored dress goods and rib
bons and laces. 81 bought 'em for
Marigold. An this" cutting the
cords from another bundle, "is full
O bead stuff an Injun fxin's. I
flowed Marigold would like 'em. AM
these other bundles" cutting the
strings from one after another as fast
as possible, ssis full O. pretty rocks
an shells an things Longs had all
the money / wanted, | flowed Mari
gold would like 'em better n she
would mo- gold"
"And do you mean to say" speak
ing the words slowly and menacing-
ly, sthat you brought all this stuff
from Alaska when you might have
brought gold?"
"Of co'se," wonderingly. 'T
didn't need any mo- gold. The
Hunter place can be had for two
hundred, an a fo'-room house raised
for two hundred mo-, an mule an
kerridge an COW, an all the res,
bought for a hundred an fifty.
That'll leave hundred an fifty to
put aside. Plenty enough, land
knows. More'n any O my family
ever had afore."
The rumble of wagon could be
heard coming through the woods,
and a vindictive CLEAN came into the
mems eyes. For moment they
gfared at him as though debating the
question Of quick and signal re-
venge; then the rumble grew louder,
and they suddenly sprang to the
ground and disappeared in the
woods. When a wagon came noisily
around a bend in the road, the miner
was just emerging from the bushes
with his belt and money. The mon
ey he slipped into his pocket, the
belt he buckled around his waist.
"Howdy, Peke," he called, cheer
lily, as the driver of the wagon ap-
preached near enough for recogni-,
ton. ssHow air We? How's the fo'ks?a
"Hey! that you?" came in mild
surprise from thewagon. "When'd We
come? Oh, rs toler'ble, an the
fo'kses all we'll"
can Marigold"
Peke grinned.
'sMarigold's well, tew. Asst bout
ye t'other day."
The miner sprang into his carriage
and cracked his whip. "See yeag'in,
Peke. Hain't no time to fool now.
G,lang, thar, you OIL plug! G'lang!
g'lang"
The two vehicles moved apart; the
foliage closed in between them, and
soon nothing could be heard butthe
decreasing rumble Of a wagon in one
direction, and the impatient, soften
ing cracks Of whip in the other
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AS rule Of life one finds that the
truth lies somewhere between first
impressions and final decisions.
Chicago Journal.
Water Valley progress., 1903-04-25

My friend here is named Ike"
blandly.
'sYe don't say" cried the miner de-
"Then men him was OF
friends when we's boys. He's
changed, though looking the man
over curiously; 'sbut then folks do
when they grow up. Wall, wall! rs
plumb gladw
There was no more reserve; and at
length the men brought out
cards and asked him to take hand,
and when he drew back offered to
teach him the game. At this he
laughed uproariously and declared
that he had "knowed" how to play
"high low Jack" before he was old
enough to wear breeches; only, and
here he looked defantly embarrassed
as he made the confession, he had
promised Marigold when he went out
to the wicked west that he would
never play cards or drink whisky,
and he want goin' to. They coaxed
him and laughed at him and dared
him, and though he looked embar-
rassed and stammered and apollo
gized, he held firmly to his promise.
He want goin' to do anything like
that while he was on his way home
to be merried, he declared, stoutly.
And so it went on, and the train
rushed on into another night and
another day, and into another night
and another day, and still they be-
sieged and stormed the fort they
found impregnable. And then at
last one afternoon, as the shadows
began to gather in the car, the train
slowed, up at a small, unpainted
building which brakeman intro
duced to the passengers as Brush
town."
They helped him off with his bag
gage and then piloted him to car
riage which they had telegraphed
ahead to have in readiness. He lived
six miles from the station, he had
told them, and had frankly added
that. the way led through wild and
almost uninhabited forest. At this
their eyes had frightened hopefully
andthey assured him that it would be
unnecessary for him to order car
riage; theirs would be large enough
for all three, including his baggage,
and they were going directly his way
to their old home. A negro boy was
on the seat holding the reins, and
him they ordered down; they would
drive themselves, they said.
The miner was hilariously exuber-
ant. He laughed and sang and
cracked jokes that he remembered to
have been time-honored in the old
neighborhood; and they sang and
laughed with him, until they came to
a lonely place in the woods, and then
the carriage was turned quietly into
the bushes and he felt the cold muz-
zles of two revolvers pressing against
his, temples.
ssNow, turn over your money" one
of the men ordered, calmly, "and be
quick about it,"
'Ain't you my OF frien', Ike?"
There was dazed wonder in the voice.
ssNot much. Out west we've got
names that would make you shake
in your boots to hear But that don't
matter. What we've come all this
way for is your money. Now pass it
over quick and no fuss"
q WON'T obstinately. II got hit
to buy the Hunter place an to git
merried with
."Oh, well, just as you like" said
the man, indifferently. well kill
you and then take the money. It's
all the same to us. You can't help
yourself"
The miner turned white and
glanced appealingly from one to the
other. They were calm, smiling,
but implacable. Slowly he unbuckled
the belt from his waist and passed it
to one Of them. The man showed
Water Valley progress., 1903-04-25

the man, indifferently. We'll kill
you and then take the money. It's
all the same to us. You can't help
yourself"
The miner turned white and
glanced appealingly from one to the
other. They were calm, smiling,
but implacable. Slowly heunbuckled
the belt from his waist and passed it
to one Of them. The man showed
his teeth little, but nevertheless
opened it and counted the small wad
of bills and gold pieces which it con-
tanned.
"Six hundred and seventy-fve dol
lars" he said. Then he rolled the
belt and money into a bail and con-
temptuously threw it into the bush
es. "Now we'll get right down to
business" he went on, the words be-
ginning to hiss as they came through
his closed teeth. "Giye us your
money"
4 hev," walled the miner, almost
Historically, every blamed cent"
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-04-04
THE QUALITY OF JURYMEN.

1t is the condition and not the theory of jurymen
thats of Importance the public Theoretically hon
est and honorable expected the jures, and
efforts to improve the personnel of urymen directed
to the end of securing less liable accept brbes
and less liable be controlled by their prejudices and
their personal feelings.
that the Judges of the district shall select urymen
that urymen shall be paid SO day. Theoretically this
would improve the quality of jurymen. Practically it
might and it might 1t would undoubtedly increase
the cost of courts, which already severe
the public
For SO day better should be secured than can
be had for So a day. But the inducement of So
day would not the sought by the proposed
bill. All the So day employed and they would
not to have their positions mpered by being
PEELED to do intermittent jury duty.
Furthermore, there is uncertainty about the
absolute honesty and impartiaty of the So day
Practical experience with councils contracting boards
legislatures and similar positions reveals quite much
corruption is found among the men earning less
money. The madness of money getting-no matter how
gOen-has possessed all classes of citizens in nearly
equal degree. The uryxer wouldn't be backward about
approaching So day juryman, for corruption is
specter of persons
There should be no tnkering with jury laws and
practices unless there is that there will be
improvement and there will be little Improvement in the
quality of jurymen long consider jury-hxing
legitimate business; that to say long tgants
willing to pay for verdicts in their favor-and what
man is there having a law suit involving $4,000 who
would not pay per cent for verdict?
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-04-04
PROTECTING THE CONSUL.

When the commander of the United States cruiser
Atlanta landed force of blue jackets in Santo Domingo
city for the of protecting the American consulate
and American commercial interests he acted the part of
wise officer and patriotic citizen 1t is time that we
OF the United States taught the insurrectionares of the
turbulent republics of the subopics that we can and
viii protect our citizens and rights.
Haiti has long been the stage of strife at once
brutal and bloody The people live in state bordering
on savagery They have been made the victims of un-
scrupuous and thirsty blacks who were sufficiently
educated in the French military schools to be something
better than the of the people intellectually and
with ambitions that did not hesitate when blood Was to
be spilled Through the long line of presidents and die
taorsmost of whom fell victims the ferocty of their
rvals-there has been the oppression, the same
ragamufn imitation of military display the expense of
the rural population the indifference to the rights
OF foreigners and disregard of property rights.
San Domingo has been off than the other
black republic. Having less connection with the other
world th island has been made field for exploitation by
terocouS yrans who had other ambitions than the
promptIs5S of their savage natures. Their rivals
have been slaughtered ruthessy and they have them
selves generally made bloody ends. They have been full
blood blacks generally and have lacked the intellectual
qualities of the Lans III the republics of the continent
The history of the island, from what is known of it.
IS sharp commentary the incapacity of the black
man to govern himself until he has been educated by
contact with the white races for the savagery Africa
IS not brutal than that of the interior of these
islands.
We have mission to assume the burden of these
republics but the tranquility the Antilles to be pre-
served in the interests of the peace of the
world must do share to preserve order If can
make great difference what becomes of the natives of
San Domingo except the broad ground of humanity
1t makes very great difference with commerce in
the West Indies when Our representatives menaced
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-04-04

STATES.

Today St Paul will have the honor of welcoming the
hrst citizen OF the greatest republic in the world The
distinction not unique but it nevertheless notable
1t given the people of this city to give hail to
man who is distnctvely and preeminenty an American
lie IS president by virtue of an unhappy circumstance
but he IS also the first the regard of his countrvmen
by reason of his broad patriotism his honest desire for
the welfare of the republic his high ambitions and his
untaerlng eay to the ideals of American citizenship
For today are Americans only There should be
no tant OF parsanshp in the feelings entertained for
the guest Of St Paul And indeed though partisanship
be regarded there is much the life of Theodore Roose
welt which might be taken home by the man who opposes
the political tenets to which he adhcres
He was given many of the advantages of education
under purely American conditions. The traditions of his
family, arlstOCratiC its social conservatism but
democratic III all other essentials made for the produc
ton OF the best sort of citizen He happily gifted
with 1Orce OF character and there is nothing in his public
career that does not compor with best that is posi-
bic to American youth. He is fine type of the siren
uous life OF the United States of today He lodges no
duty and works with the best will that is in him to at
tam the ends he strives for He is irreproachabe in his
private character and is obviously inspired by the high
est motives in his public acts.
For these qualities honor Theodore Roosevelt
the man. Because he is the concrete representative of
the American idea and the chief of American political in
shtuons honor in him the president of the United
States
Ihe welcome given to the guest of the city today
should, and WILL be whole-souled 1nreserved-such
greeting the heart of a man whatever his sta
ton And the heart of Theodore Roosevelt is rather
close to that of the people, the beat of which steady
and sure responsive that of the man who serves
the republic with all his might strives for their best
interests according to his lights
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-04-04
PUSH IT ALONG.

The bill introduced by Representative Hickey, of
Ramsey county, giving the City of ST. Paul authority
regulate street fares presumably lying the desk
of the house clerk giving it heed or thought.
The bill re-referred to the delegations from
Ramsey Hennepin and St Louis counties the request
OF Mr. Tghe of the Ramsey delegation He represented
to the legislature that he wanted further study the
provisions of the bill How much study he has given
or any one else has given it's unknown, for
have been sent into the discard.
AS above stated the object of the bill is empower
the city of St. Paul, through the council regulate
street fares. The object desired being to secure
three-cent rate for working people going their places
of employment in the morning and returning to their
homes in the evening
Monthly and annual statements of the earnings of
the Lowry street railway company show profits suf-
clent to enable the company make the concession and
still pay reasonable dividends its stocks and bonds
The three-cent rate for working people would be no
hardship on the corporation, and it would be great
boon to the working people of the Twin Cities.
1t is up to the delegation from Ramsey county
to do something in the matter.
The bill should be gotten back into the house and
pushed along
1t is of immense Importance to the city.