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Newport daily independent., 1903-12-08
HPLE ROAD IMPROVEMENT.

Ward King, a plain Missouri Imer, is responsible for a sttg- ltion which has met the appro- of some of the good roads
 locates. Mir. King had a bad
 Rp of road in front of his farm ! not being a statesman he de-
Newport daily independent., 1903-12-08
The Independent extends greet

The Independent extends greet ing to a newly-born exchange, the Cotter Courier which come
 , oar table this week in a very beautiful dress. CotSer is saia c Be g booming town, but will have to be a hummer to keep pace with the Courier, as Editor Copeland is an old newspaper man and a good one, too, whom we wish the highest measure of a deserved success.
Newport daily independent., 1903-12-08
SWIPED TROUSERS.

A stranger who was walking down Front street Monday even ing about dark tried to get away with pair of pants which were hanging on display in the front IS. Brasch's store, but was de tected and captured.
 He was placed in jail to await trial before the acting mayor Tuesday afternoon.
Newport daily independent., 1903-12-08
MISSION BOAT CAPSIZED

News has been received by the Foreign Mission board of the iouthern Presbyterian church of lhe capsizing of the mission } eamboat, The Lapsley," '" |ldmed after the great African SS.lasnarS, and constructed a Ew years ago through moneys |btained from the Sunday schools
 this country It has been doing |h great mission service on the |EDngo in transporting supplies
 the interior stations.
 ITwenty-four natives, including abv. H. c. Slaymaker, were Mowned, though Captain |. c. \ Pss, a North Carolina mission
 NE, was saved.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
Delhi, the Gem Market.

Delhi remains the center OF all In
dian art Industries The most skillful
jewellers and gem cutters, painters,
carvcrs. culrOdrrcrs and craftsmen
whose creations could tempt the purse
or minister To the luxury of the great
rr nnd lesser Moguls have gathered
there for centuries, and trade habits
are but slowly broken. Along ChHndni
Chnuk plump merchants in snow white
clothes and tiny jewelers. turbans in
vItc one TO their whitcwashcd, felt
ilOOrcd inner rooms aud there. tread
Ing cntlike in stOcl;ingcd feet, they un
roll gold ana silver embroidcrirs, kash
mir shuwlS ana "Cnmcl's hair stuffs
and cover the last inches of floor space
with jewels.
Necklaces, girdles and queens or
nnmCntS are drawn from battered box
cs. scraps Of paper, cotton cloth or old
flannel Nothing seems quite as incon-
gruous in this land of the misht and
the incongruous as the way in which
the jewels OF rajah are produced
from old biscuit tins, pickle bottles and
marmnladc jars. one buys the gems Of
temple goddess, and they are laid in
grimy cotton wool and packed In rusty
little tin boxes of crudity inConceiva-
ble.-From Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore's
"Winter India"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
Making Old Furniture.

Much work is done in New York city
in the reproduction of colonial and
English furniture, but the best of it
costs more to do here than ii does
abroad. Large quantities of modern
"antiQucs" are also made in Philadel-
phia and are extensively sold as genu-
Inc. The clcverest reproducers in the
world are the French, who copy the
minutcst details with perfect accuracy.
Old wood from sheds and barns is used
for the backs and interior OF articles
OF furniture. and limitations of old fash
ioned locks are soaked in water and
made TO be thickly covered with rust.
Bird shot is fired into the -reproduc-
tions to make them appear worm eat
en, and an ancient look is impaired to
wood by prolonged polishing and hand
rubbing New York Post.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
Gypsics and Death.

The custom of placing the property
of the dead in their graves has always
been followed by the true Romany
of i'll luck attending the possession Of
an article whose former owner Is gone,
and much valuable property is buried
in this belief. There Is also a senti-
ment among gypsies against the pos
session of anything that has belonged
to a dead person, because ii serves to
remind the living of the departed and
inspire in them dread of death. The
custom of burying their property with
gypsy dead dates from the earliest his
tory of the Romany tribes.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The first public test of the air pump
was in 1854 by its inventor, Otto Won
Guericke, in the presence of Emperor
Ferdinand of Germany. -Guercke ap,
piled the carefully ground edges of
metallic hemispheres. two feet in di,
ameter to each other. After exhaust
ing the air by his apparatus he at
tached fifteen horses to each hem
isphere. In vain did they attempt to
separate them because OF the enor
nous pressure OF the atmosphere. The
experiment was great success.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
superstitIon of the Jnlucky Thirteen

superstition or the tniuchN thtrterh
When King Arthur founded the IA
nous round table he requested Merlin,
the cnchanter, to arrange the seats.
Merlin arranged one set Of seats to rep
resent the apostles. Twelve were for
the faithful adherents of Jesus Christ
and the thirteenth for the traitor Judas.
The first were never occupied save by
knights distinguished for their achieve
mcnts, and when II death occurred
among them the seat remained vacant
until knight surprising him in heroic
and warlilie attalnments should be con
sidercd worthy to fill the place If an
unworthy knight sought the chair he
was repealed by some magic power.
The thirteenth scat was never occu-
pied but once. The story goes that a
naughty and insolcnt Saracen knight
sat down upon 1t and was Immediately
swallowed up by the earth. Ever after
II was known as the ''perilous seat,
and, brave as the celebrated knights OF
the round table are said to have been
not one ever had the courage to sit on
the thirteenth chair. and the supersi
ton against ii still survives.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
watch IA Horses Ears when Driving

Whether you drive single horse or
team the principles are the same, but
In driving Il pair see to it that each
horse does his share of the work and
no more. \ pair of horses, moreover,
unless well driven are sure to get in
the habit of wandering over the road.
To drive well you must keep your eye
and your mind on the horse. Watch
his ears. They will be prlcliGd forward
when he is about to shy, droop when
he Is tired, fly back just before he
"breaks" Onto gallop) and before he
kicks. Before kicking, too, horse
usually tucks in his tail and lunches
his back little. When you observe
any of these indications. speak to him
sharply and pull up his head.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
How 10 Save Gas Hflin.

passion for reading the out OF town
newspapers and also for answering
many OF the advertisements he finds
In them tells this on himself:
The other day he answered an ad-
vcrtisemcnt in one Of the New York
papers stating that for 81 n method for
saving gas bills would he sent,
In two days he received a printed
slip by mail which read, paste them
In Scraphook. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Perhaps the people of Nebraska
will enter an energetic campaign
next year with national campaign
on, but SO far this year, except in
county fights and remote localities,
1t appears that this campaign will
go down into history as one of the
calmest, Quictost most peaceful and
good naturcd of any campaign during
recent years. The people generally
are pleased to notice the absence of
bitterness and mud-slinging, which
should never again be revived. They
can approximate decision just as
well and cffcctually without it and
really it is no inspiration to see the
characters of men torn from them
merely because they are candidates
for office.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
boring Col Hayes, l.. ". Gay.
lord, ]. A. Raincy j NJ. Covert
Ernest Buldt and August Schultz.

Judge j r. Boyd viii be rc.elcct.
cd. beyond reasonable doubt, but
the many friends of cxJudgc Cones
are allowing no opportunity to pass
of saying a good word for their can.
didatc and IL will stand the rcpubIi.
cans in hand to wage sharp con
test throughout the district during
the remaining two weeks. If they
fail to make an effort they need not
be disappointed If there Is roduc.
tion of the republican majority or
perhaps turning over of the dis
trict to the fusionists. over conf.
dcncc will make inroads in the re.
publican vote If no effort is made
to get the voters out
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The opinion of workers in the
field of politics is that this is re-
publican year in Nebraska, and that
ticket will surely win if the voters
can be interested enough to get
them out to the polls. 1t is an off
year for politics, and many of the
voters have not yet been interested
to the point of enthusiasm, but the
workers are confident that every
thing Is favorable for a republican
victory if the rank and file of the
party can be induced to appear at
the various polling places and cast
chief work of the committees and
party WOrkers-tO get the voters out
and the hustle will come on cleo
tion day. This has been a strong
point for the fusionists. They have
worked untiringly to get their vote
out in the past. and unless the re.
publiCans employ like tactics they
may succeed in carrying the cleo
tion. Every republican should make
1t point to interest those who are
apathetic and get them to turn out
and vote
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
The SOFT Answer.

Mrs Enpcck oh, YOU needn't talk!
You're not quite perfection yourself, |
would have you know.
Enpeck - No, my dear, but when
you're around I'm mighty near perfec-
tion.
Mrs. Enpeck-Oh, Henry
American.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Fortunately America has no for
eign enemies to whom it is neces,
Sary to explain that the army man.
euyerS now under way at Fort Riley
and those that have been held in
Kentucky are not meant rs warlike
demonstrations. Those who would
care to scrap. however, may take no.
tice that the United States would not
be entirely at their mercy in case of
war
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The time is not long until the
people of Madison county will he
getting hold of those election board
pencils that sometimes make a mark
that can be seen and making real or
imaginery crosses after the names
of Chr Schavlaud, Joe Clements,
Charley Eiseley, Henry Field, James
Curtis, VIM. Bowling, John Rynear-
son, DR., Kindred, Bill" Lowe and
George Smith. At the same time the
voters of Norfolk precinct will be
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
The Rule wabbled.

Whiffers- See here, Bliffers! You
told me the way TO win a girl was to
devote myself TO her mother.
Differs Yes. Stree, that will do II
every
Winters Huh! | wanted to win
Miss Bcautl, and | took your advice
aud devoted myself to Mrs, Beauti, and
now the old lady, who is a widow,
wants to marry me herself
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Two Turks We're Mt French ban
quet. Toward the end of the feast a
Frenchman selected a toothplck from
the tray near him ana politely passed
the tray on TO his nelghbor who, how
ever, peremptorily declined the offer.
cXclaiming:
"No, thank you; have already eaten
two of the accursed things"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The voters would like to see some
of the parties in the field attempt a
real live rally some time before cleo
ton day arrives. Such meeting
would demonstrate for fact wheth-
er or not there is anything but
apathy in the race
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The socialists have invaded many
of the counties of the state with tulI
tickets, but SO far the third party
has not made it's appearance in
Madison county, but there will un-
doubtedly be socialist votes for the
state ticket.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
MichaeI AuTeIo'. Attempt at Suicide

Michael Angelo, after receiving "a
painful injury to his leg by falling
from scatfold while at work upon
THE Last Judgment" became so moi.
ancholy tina: he shut himself in his
room, refused to see any one and re
solved to let himself die" Fortunately
his intentions were frustrated by the
celebrated physician Baclo Rontiil,
who learned by accident OF his condi-
ton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Jefferson precinct is one that al
ways comes up to the scratch with
a good rousing republican plurality,
and this fall would be good time to
acknowledge that republicanism by
electing that precincts candidate
She should be rewarded with IA good
strong vote.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

But a little more than two weeks
Of the campaign remain, and inns
should be put in toward seeing that
the republican voters are enough III
terested to get to the polls. Get inc
yntprs out
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Chr. Schavland may undounteulS
he depended on to swing into llho
with the usual majority to his cred
it. The people know that he Is
man tn be trusted in any office to
which he may aspire.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The clearing of Tillman is about
what might have been expected of a
South Carolina jury, but it will not
be able to convince the public gener-
ally that shooting down man in
cold blood was not some sort of
crime. punishable in some manner.
South Carolina is in need of mis-
Sionarics. or reformcrs, or both.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
state.

FOR Judge Of the supreme C9mr55,so,
J. H. Burncs 49,. ~, ~, i,,,,nrsity| n
For Regents OF state uhiNu,naat.St ar
charles y Allen .,'.''' '''''' ',,,'',,a.t 4, a,
w. O. Whltmorc ....'''''''' 'D'"e ''''
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Get the voters out on elecl'o''
day and the result is assured 10 '"'
rennhliCNn ticket.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
Poor Auntie!

Enfaut Terrible-And did they go in
10 the ark two by two?
Mamma-Yes. dearest.
Enfant Terrible-Well, who went
with auntie?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
ATCAlSON GLOBE SIGHTS.

How many kin stories the people
know.
Fist fights are not as common
these days as formerly, and that's
progress.
An Atchison man is running his
natural disposition by trying to be
agreeable.
When we hear man say that he
has n conscience, We watch him a
little more closely
We have remarked that good re-
publican can produce figures that put
everything on the democrats.
After women marry they can be
said to be reasonably happy if they
don't spell brute with a big b.
Whenever we read an obituary
we are impressed with the fact that
people must be better than we
thought they were.
Every day in this big wide world
some man is married who never said
outright to the girl beside him, will
YOU marry me-"
They are telling of an Atchison
man who gave compliment to a
clerk who worked for him, and the
next day the clerk asked for an in
crease in wages.
We are never sorry when man
| is held up in a saloon on the con
| trary, We hope his wife will hear of
it, and hold him up again when he
gets home,
/ a change is good for every one,
which is the reason the average
| housewife shifts the bed and bureau
| from their positions; it is the only
/ change of scenery she gets.
Newspapers are often abused after
this fashion; A man started card
room back of a cigar store The
men played high five there, and the
I proprietor made great talk about
the local papers because they did
not print the scores.
Matthias Rush, a merchant of Pana
H., shot and killed himself yester.
1 day because his wife insisted upon
going TO church, thus enabling her
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

II is anticipated that Norfolk and
Madison county will give a strong
complimentary vote regardless of
party tor their home candidate for
a state honor-Judge j. b. Barnes.
He is admired by his neighbors, re-
gardless of political preference and
his friends wish to see him given
a handsome endorsement by those
who know him best.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

The nominees for the county of
tices are hustlng with right good
will and the fight is the only one
that appears to he anything like
strenuous in the campaign, Work
ers OF both parties are in the field
and it will be surprising ii they do
not create the interest necessary to
set the voters out To the polls
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

We have remarked that a good re
publican can produce figures that put
everything on the democrats.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

After women marry they can b,
said to be reasonably happy if the!
don't spell brute with a big b.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

When we hear a man say that he
has conscience, we watch him a
little more closely.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Whenever we read an obituary
we are impressed with the fact that
people must be better than we
thought they were.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
Ninth District.
County.

For Judge Ninth Judicial D,Str,iG,m D,Snt,nion,
]. T.. Boyd ..,.''''''''''''
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

An Atchison man is running his
natural disposition by trying to be
agreeable.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Every day in this big wide world
some man is married who never said
outright to the girl beside him, will
you marry me-"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

They are telling of an Atchison
clerk who worked for him, and the
next day the clerk asked for an in
crease in wages.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

We are never sorry when a man
is held up in saloon; on the con
trary, We hope his wife will hear of
it, and hold him up again when he
gets home
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Matthias Rush a merchant of Pana,
Ill, shot and killed himself yester-
day because his wife insisted upon
going TO church. thus enabling her
To 90 more than ever in the future,
and receive morr>atention than ever
because she has a husband in hell.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Fist fights are not as common
these days as formerly, and that S
progress
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

change is good for every one,
which is the reason the average
housewife shifts the bed and bureau
from their positions; it is the only
change of scenery she gets.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

How many kin stories the people
know.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16

Newspapers are often abused after
this fashion: A man started a card
room back of a cigar store The
men played high five there and the
proprietor made great talk about
the local papers because they did
not print the scores.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1903-10-16
ruF NORFOLK NEWS

n. uusE. Publisher.

Ertcrcd ut the postolilce az moi
,,u, Nrb. ns second class matter
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-20
Apprenticed For Life.

"Have you V encountered tn,
child who in the matter of smart say.
ings and straight truths is an absolute
terror to all with whom he may chance
to come Into %cOntact?' said an anxions
parent recently. Because If not !
should like to introduce you to that boy
Of mine"
"What has your boy done, then" in.
Quired his friend.
"What has he dOne?" said the parent.
"Why. he's always at it. Only this
morning he anne to me and asked
what it meant to be a%pprenticed. told
him that ii meant the binding of one
person to another by agreement and
that one person so bound had to teach
the other all he could of his trade or
profession. while the other had to
watch and learn how things were done
and had to make himself useful in
every way possible"
"Well. what then?''
"Why. after q few the
young rascal edged up to me and said.
Then | suppose you're %apprenticnd to
ma. amt YOU dad:'"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-20
RE El.FOOT LAKE.
1to treat SuAken Forest and the
Game With which Ii AbOunds.

Its Great SuAken Forest ana the
Game With which Ii AbOunds.
Mississippi river shooting is varied
with trips to the sunkcn lands. which
begin g a Hickman. Ky. and extend
south several hundred miles on both
sides Of the river. This territory wat
covered with a dense forest Of large
trees before the land was submerged
by the earthquake Of 1911. On the
Tennessee side Reelfoot lake. eighty
miles long. was formed. Reelfoot lake
10 only three miles from the river at
Upper Slough Landing and the same
distance at Tiptonville, Tenn. The
dense forest Is still standing. The
limbs and bark have rotted and
dropped of years ago. leaving the
bleached trunks standing like marble
columns in water sixty feet deep, 60
close together that it is difficult to move
q skif among them. Some have rOtted
of at the water level. and others are
hollow, making good blinds. The flight
Of wild fowl on ReelfoOt lake is beyond
the comprehension Of the average
sportsman. There are ducks, geese.
cormorants. called water turkeys;
cranes. water hens aud snipe. They
all keep up a chatter which makes the
sunken forest ring. From the tops Of
the trees eagles, hawks and owls con
tribute piercing screechcs to the con
dnuOus din.-Outing.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-20
The BaWdnd hutton.

A man recently returned from Tur-
key in Asia was showing some SOU
venirs Of his trip. There's one thing
l didn't bring back with me. and that's
a Bagdad BUTTON" he said. I'm Just
as well satisfied that I didn't too. A
Bagdad button? Well. I'll tell you
about it. Every person who goes to
Bagdad and stays there for six months
IL afflicted with a peculiar boil that
leaves a scar about the size of a half
dollar. 1t may come on the face or on
some part OF the body. but it is bound
to come If you stay there long enough.
! didn't. l got out just as soon as I
could. Children who are born in Bag
dad always cOIne into the world with
his mark. which is known as the Bag.
dad Observation-Disclosures Record.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-20
Early Marriage In China.

IL Is nothing rare in China for bows
twelve to fourteen years old to marry.
Inc physical. moral and intellectual de-
velopment of the contracting parties
mas nothing to do with the matter. 9th
or considerations entirely regulate the
anair. An old Chinese aphorism saws
that the great business of life is ended
h sons and daughters are mar,
RED. The Chinese parents do not care
to run the danger Of postponing the
marriage Of their children. especially
OF their sons. until after their own
death.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-20

A federal Officeholder tells Of cam
paigning in Kentucky with . anothe,
stump speaker. The latter thought to
make a good impression in the famous
d1stiilery town Of Owensboro, and in
bis speech there sounded the praises OF
whisky. why, gentlemen" said he
i nave noticed In my reading of his.
Tory ana biography that all>great men
Drank liquor. l tell you. whisky makes
men smart"
What's that?" said an old farmer
who was a noted teetotaler.
whisky makes men smart" reiter.
ated the orator. "and | challenge de
NAL"
"Ihen," said the farmer. you'd bet
ter get a couple of barrels and begin ON
1t at once"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-02-20

Little JOhnny-That young man who
comes to see You must be pretty poor
company. He hasn't any sense of
humor.
Sister-Why do you think 80?
Little JOHNNY told him all about
q funny way you rush about and
bang doors when you get In a temper.
and he didn't laugh a bit.