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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-15
OBITUARY..
Everette p, Cousins,

The death Of Mr.. Dverette P. Cousins
occurred Tuesday morning last In Brook
Ign. N. Y.
Cousins, OF this city. Flo leaves wife
and two children, ono brother, Mr.. Robert
A. Cousins and three sisters, Mrs. W. D.
Hickman, Mrs. ]. r. Lanier and Mss
Annie Cousins.
The remains were brought to this city
yesterday afternoon. The funeral will
take place at io:So o'clock this morning
from the residence, No. 22s South Laurel
Street.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-15

District Passenger Agent.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-11-19
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the reading went on. Those were not
my best days, and the faith of my
childhood was not as 1t had been: but
as the Pilot carried us through those
matchless scenes of self forgetting love
and service the rapt wonder in the
child's face as she listened, the appeal
In her voice as, now to her father and
now to me, she cried, is that true, too?
Is 1t all true?v made 1t impossible for
me to hesitate In my answer. And
was glad to find 1t easy to give my
firm adherence to the truth of all that
tale Of wonder. And as more and more
1t grew upon the Pilot that the story
he was reading. so old to him and to
all he had ever met, was new TO one In
that listening group, bis face began to
glow and his eyes to blaze, and he saw
and showed me things that night /
had never seen before, nor have seen
them since. The great figure Of the
gospels lived, moved before our eyes.
We saw him bend to touch the blind,
we heard him speak his marvellous
teaching, we felt the throbbing excite
ment of the crowds that pressed
against him.
Suddenly the Pilot stopped, turned
aver the leaves and began again: and
he led them out as far as to Bethany.
And he lifted up his hands and blessed
them. And 1t came to pass as he bless
ed them he was parted from them and
cloud received him out of their sight. !"
There was silence for some minutes.
then Gwen said:
Where did he go?''
up into heaven answered the Pilot
simply
THAT'S where mother Isl she said to
her father, who nodded In reply.
Does he know? she asked. The old
man looked distressed
.sOf course he does, said the Pilot,
land she secs him all the time 2
sOh, daddy!, she cried. Isn't that
good r
But the old man only hid his face in
his hands and groaned.
Yes !, went on the Pilot. "and he
sees as. too, and hears as speak and
! knows our thoughts
| Again the look Of wonder and fear
came into her eyes. but she said no
word The experiences or the evening
had made the world new to her. 1t
could never be the same to her again.
It gave me queer feeling to see her,
! when we three kneeled to pray. stand
heiplessly looking on. not knowing
!, what to do, then sink beside her father,
and. winding her arms about his neck,
cling to him as the words Of prayer
were spoken into the ear Of him whom
| no man can see, but who we believe il
near to all that call upon him.
| Those were Ovens first prayers, I
and IN them Ovens part was small,
| for fear and wonder filed her heart.
but the day was to come, and I'LL too
soon. when she should have to pour out
| her soul with strong crying and tears.
That day came and passed, but the
| story of IT II not 70 be told here.
/ lTo be Continuedl
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-11-19
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rescued from watery grave by her
lariat, and again they fought out the
possibilities Of drowning and Of escape
till Gwen almost lost her temper and
was appeased only BY the most pro-
fuse expressions OF gratitude on the
part of the Pilot for her timely assist
ance. The Old Timer was perplexed.
He was afraid to offend Gwen and
yet unwilling to be cordial to her guest
The Pilot was quick to feel this, and.
soon after tea, rose to go. Ovens
disappointment showed In her face.
ASK him to stay, dad" she said in
whisper. But the half hearted invita-
ton acted like spur and the Pilot was
determined to set or
There's bad storm coming" she
said. and. BESIDES she added tri-
umphantly. s'you can't cross the swan
Thia settled 1t, and the most earnest
prayers OF the Old Timer could not
have held him back.
We all went down to see him cross,
Gwen leading her pinto The Swan
wan FAR over its banks and To the mid
die running swift and strong. Louis
snorfed. refused and finally plunged
Bra1ely he swan till the swift rum
ming water struck him, and over he
went on his side, throwing bis rider
Into the water. But the Pilot kept his
head and, holding by the stirrups.
padded along by Louis side. When
they were half way across Louis saw
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-11-19

The Dakota Farmer IS very well known, In fact IS
the best farm paper that reaches the farmers Of Union
county. state paper, il deals far more closely with
the crop soil and climatic conditions of South Dakota
than any other agricultural magazine published. II
enters your home every two weeks filled to the brim
interesting and valuable treatises On farm work
and farm produce. The subscription is 90 cents per
year. but As special inducement to new subscribers
to the COURIER will give You the two papers, pay
able In advance for so To our old subscribers
If you pay upyour back subscription and year in
advance we make you the same unheard Of offer Of
the two papers one year for
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-11-19
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father
what does he say, dadY
II was pitiful to see the old mans
face grow slowly red under the deep
TIM as he said:
You may. sir. There's been none
here for many years, and the worse for
u.s." He rose slowly. went into the In
ner room and returned with Bible.
TITS her mother's,' he said in voice
deep with emotion II pat 1t In her
trunk the day laid her out yonder un-
der the pines" The Pilot, without look
ing at him. rose and reverently took the
book In both his hands and said gently:
1T was sad day for you. but for
her. He paused "You did not
grudge It to her?"
Not now, but then, yesi I wanted
her. we needed her." The Old Timers
tears were flowing.
The Pilot put his hand caressingly
upon the old mans shoulder as if he
had been his father and said In his
clear. sweet voice. Some day you viii
go to her"
Upon this scene poor Gwen gazed with
eyes wide open with amazement and a
kind OF fear. She had never seen her
father weep since the awful day that
she could never forget. when he had
kneIt Id dumb agony beside the bed on
which her mother lay white and still;
nor would he heed her till, climbing up,
she tried to make her mother waken
and hear her cries. Then ne had caught
her mp Ia his arms. pressing her with
tears and great sobs to his heart. TO.
night she seemed to feel that some
thing was wrong She went and stood
by her father, and. stroking his gray
hair fOndly, she said:
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-11-19
Big Combination Foreign

We have made arrangements with the two Sioux
City semi-weeklies, the Journal and the Tribune,
whereby we can furnish you either you wish, for
just trfe than the subscription price to the
Courier alone. This combination will give you a
digest Of the worlds and especially the north
central portion Of the United States Nothing is SO
highly educating as constant perusal of the leading
daily and weekly papers for they keep you in perfect
touch with the hstory-making events in this epoch
of rapid changes socially politically and commercially
You will want these papers-one for local news, the
other for foregn-why not get them now, when we
are able to furnshyou the two for year for
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-11-19

perfect little devil. The Pilot might
be DC service II You could bring him
up, Women need that sort Of thing.
Ii reiInes. you know"
Would she have hima" asked.
Question be replied doubtfnsls
You might suggest IT,
Which ! did. introducing somewhat
cIumsiiy. fear, the Dukes name.
THE Duke says he IL to make me
good" She cried II won't have him.
I hate him. and you toor' And for
that day she dlsdained aII lessons. and
when the Duke next appeared she
greeted him with the exclamation. q
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-11-19

This fall we able to offer you an unprecedented
combination Of the following four papers at just
half their regular subscription rate All these papers
are well known and will furnish our farmer friends
with abundance of reading matter the next year.
The Courier, weekly ..... 80. $1.50
Homestead weekly ............ 100
Poultry Journal, monthly so
Farmers Institute, monthly. .. so
Total. S3. DO
And we Just simply slaughter that figure CUT 1T
IN TWO-and give you the four papers for
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-11-19

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-28
LAND OF OLD MEN.
Where Centenpriaas Are as Thick as Blaclxberries aRd Hale
 and Hearty.

E 4
 T saw lot of queer things duysrg my wandering through Morocco, Algeris and Tunis," said man who, according to the Washington Star. recently re- turned from a long tour in the north oj Africa, |but the queerest thing of all was the multitude of centenarians. They were as common as blackberries here in August, and a man or woman had to be at least 150 to enjoy any sort of local reputation.
 \ Tt is quaint and refreshing to step aside for moment from the hustle oi modern life and make acquaintance with Barbary corsairs; to drop into coffee houses where the public story tellers rivet the attention of a crowded audience and where the jars of Ali Baba are still in common use; to frequent public squares where snake charmers, barbaric musicians and other story-book delights are common place: to meet Kadi rid ing to court on a white mule; aud to mix with people who tell you stories of djinns as if they were everyday occurrences.
 "All this and more you can enjoy In Morocco, Algeria and Tunis---thoigh the French are doing their best to spoil the old-world charm Of the last two coun- tries. But of all the strange things l saw there. the strangest were the old people There were so many Of tkem, and they are SO strenuous.
 Every traveller in the Barbary states as they used to be called, is im- pressed by this remarkable abundance of centenarians. A gray-bearded old man of 70, who is trying to sell curios to tourist for thrice t6 cir value. exclains:
 By the beard of the prophet, may my grandfather die if what tell you is not true"
 Looking at his gray beard you think he is quite safe in calling down that curse upon himself. but when you make In. quiries you find Chat he really has a grandfather living, aged about 110. and that the old gentleman is still going about doing business on market days.
 Life is not wearing in Moslern Africa A man never does anything ID hurry there. Naturally, he does not even grow old in & hurry. When he is 70 he Is just beginning to get over the first hot flush of youth; he is no longer counted as one of the boys. But not un- til he is at least 90 does he expect peo- pie to pay honor and reverence to him as a veteran, and even then he must take back seat and listen deferentially when the hale and hearty centenarians approach.
 The Arabs and Moors of the Barbary states are strenuous qAly in their religi- ous exercises. The excessive zeal ct the various confraternities which vigor to the Moslem faith in that of the world must be very wearing. | even among these confraternities many very old men may be found. who ga through the e1hausting ritual just as easily as a mere boy of 80 or 40 can.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-28

Conduct between nations Is higher than the average conduct between in- dividuaIs, although not up to the stand ard Of the most conscientious, says Col Iier's Weekly. Our own country gives scope enough for moral indignation. in clear cases. without our needing to be excited ove. the complicated and 1iffi- cult case of Panama Let us turn our wailfngs toward the Philippines and Cuba, for instance, where there are real wrongs and where we have the op- portunity to do good instead of the evil in which we are at present indulging We have constructed for the Filipinos tariff which simply takes money out of their pockets and puts it into o,1rs. That is a good average case of theft, in morals although not in law. We feel for 1t the contempt and indignation which refuses to arise over the tenuous technicalities Of the Isthmus. The case of Cuba Is another pretty tribute to the power of greed. The poor island, helpless. executed for us, per force, her side Of the contract, in re- turn for our promise to perform much less than common decency invited, and instead of performing that little we have postponed and shirked, and all for the groundless jealousy of beet sugar and the desire of a swollen head cd senate to make trouble for a presi- dent who has cut down their perquis- ties in graft "The Golden Rule. 2 as one Of our correspondents remarks, 'shas nothing to do with 1t. Plain jus tice Is considerably older, and more fundamental Now suppose. instead Of worrying about Central American metaphysics, we turn In and do as much as common honor requires for two weak nations, one of which we have swallowed, while the other we have undertaken to regulate eor our beneht-and its own.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-28

The Hon Jesse Overstreet of Indi- ana is a member of congress from that state, is the secretary of the re- publican congressional committee and IS the chairman of the house commit tee on postonaces and post roads. To this committee has been referred the recent report Of the fourth assistant postmaster general, Bristow. on the grating and footing in the postoface department. Tn that report the fourth assistant postmaster general inveighs strongly against the game of graft by men in high places in which they have the allowance of some obscure post office increased several hundred dol lars year and then place some favor ite in that office to draw as a salary the increased allowance for that of ice. It now transpires that the Hon Jesse Overstreet, whose committee has been charged with the work of in specting Bristow's report, and report ing to the house of representatives on the same, has been guilty of exactly the same ofense that Bristow con demns so earnestly in his report. He got the allowance Of some small post office in the state Of Indiana in creased. and then sent 8 young lady who had been acting as his secretary to draw the salary thus created by the allowance It will thus be seen how sincere is the attempt Of the re- publicans to bring any of the offend. CTS to justice when they place the re- port of the investigation in the hands of man who is guilty of the same offense as others developed in the in. vestigation. Until there is demo cratic administration the people need not expect anything to come from this investigation of rottenness in the postofice department. Every move on the part of the republicans is mere ly q bluff to hoodwink the people of the nation. It is up to the people to move in the matter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-28
SIGNALING UNDER WATER.
Simple Apparatus Which Notftaes
 ship Pilots of the Presence of DanGer.

The cause of three-fourths of the ship wrecks and loss of life at sea seens' about to be removed. It is not a wire or even the air, but the water this time that is used to transmit sound vibrations, says Golfers Weekly For some weeks there has been installed on the steamers of the Metropolitan company, Of Boston. an apparatus which may yet make 1t possible for the vessel beating about the coast in storm to know where the rocks and shoals are when the fog will not per- init the light to be seen and the noise of the approach of the wind drowns the sound of the bell-buoy or the siren: for hattleship to know of the approach of a submarine and fishing smack of the ap- proach of a liner off the Banks of New fcundland.
 The apparatus Is extremely simple, It amounts to nothing more or less than ringing bell under water, which the pilot or captain can hear telephonically. Screwed on both sides Of the vessels hull are two receivers, which are con- nected by wires with the wheelhouse These receive the vibrations from the bell hanging iii the water on the side of the lightship. The navigator has only to put the earpiece to his ear and ascertain on which side the vibrations are the louder, in order to know the direction of the lighthouse and his own position in the fog with comparative accuracy.
 For fishing vessels ball receiver has been provided. and this is used also to get more delicate intonations aboard a steel vessel. The value of the apparatus was put to a good test recently, when the
 steamer James $. Whitney was ap- preaching the Boston lightship on her return from New York. The lighthouse was obscured by rain and fog Thanks to the signal apparatus. the captain inn mediately heard the bell and got his di- rection. It was not until five minutes after that he heard the l.ghtship's whis- tie for the first time.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-28

twice, like a hammer -thrower swing ing a hammer before he throws 1t, and then ha launched the bull into the air. And the bull went sailing over the pas- ture fence, and over the road, and over the fence beyond, disappeared! s!But it didn't take long to find him On that property across the road there was an abandoned quarry. that had been quarried out to the depth of about 50 feet, and had about ten feet Of water In the hole at the bottom. and the bull had dropped into that quarry; and here he was when we got over and looked down the sides. swimming around in the water down below.
 well, we got out some of our tent tackle that had been stored for the win ter and got the bull out and put him back in the pasture lot, where he frisked around as gayly as ever, what you call defeated, but not dismayed; and he'd have charged on the giant again in a minute if the giant had set out to cross the lot again"
 sBut that was something the giant never tried to do. He was a man of sense, the giant, and he knew that 1t was doubtful the next time he threw him. whether the bull would come down in as soft a spot as the pool of water, and he didn't want to hurt the bull, and so the giant and the bull never met again.
 "But that one meeting between them as you can easily imagine, gave me a new interest in the time -honored little story that we see in the papers every now and then under the heading of Chased by an Infuriated Bull,' and every time read it I think of what hap pened when the bull chased not Farmer Jones. but the greatest of all gfantsn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-28
h7AvS resolved to give up lighting cigars With $10 bills. Lakeville Journal.

rave resolved to give up lighting cigars with $10 bills. .-- Lalzeville Journal. 4 Every man deplores a dog fight, and gets a lot of fun out Of watching one. -- Somerville, Mass, Journal.
 New Haven democrats formed VII liam R, Hearst club Saturday night If It hasn't made an assessment on that gentleman before now it Is slow. .--Aa- sonia Sentinel.
 The receipts of the Hartford post otti2e are now about $1,000 per day. Ihe increase for the month of Novena- Der, this year, was over IT per cent above those of November, 1902. There could not be better evidence of the ac- tvity in business in this section. = Hartford Times.
 Why all this stir and hustle and noise ana squall over organization, enlargeInents and extraordinary pre- parations for war? For the people of this country, devoted as they are to the arts of peace, it Is one Of the most significant and dangerous signs of the t1nles.--Dallas News.
 A fact that town officials may well A4ar in mind is that the time for meet. ihgs of boards of relief in all towns throughout the state has been changed from the first Monday in January to the first business day. fn February. The change was made in the last leg islature session. Hartford Times.
 A resident of Merriam street stopped a reporter on the street last night and told him that the city water on that street was so vile that many of the people are using disfnfectants. He further stated that he put q fish he had caught into a pail of city water drawn in his house and fifteen minutes later the fish was dead.-sIeriden Rec ord.
 The president in his message says: ssSo one people ever benefited another people more than we have benefited the Filipinos by taking possession of the islands" The United States bene- fited Cuha infinitely more, for instead of taking possession of the island" we conferred upon it's irhsbitants the inestinable boon Of freedom. And we did not slaughter 100000 of them as We have done in the Philippines, Nesv York Herald.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-28
LOFTY TOSSED BULL.
Circus Giant Made Short Work of
 Infuriated Beast.
Threw EIim Over Fence Into a Pool of Water aud CoOlly Walked Home--An Old story in Re-
 versed Form.

Every now and then, you know, said the old circus man to New York Sun reporter, you see in the papers a paragraph heaoed Chased by an h. furlaled Bull ILls simple little story and it always runs about the same:
 As Farmer Jones, ot West Cheshire, was crossing his pasture lot on Thurs day last he was chased by an infurialed bull, and 1t goes on to tell how tarmel Jones barely escaped, and all that, the bull hooking off the top rail of the fence just as Farmer Jones went over 1t, and so on.
 "A simple little story, sure enough, and one that we've read a hundred times: but do you know if the news papers should stop printing 1t, should mss it greatly? For somenow that lit tie story has always interested ms very much, and ever since little experience that the greatest of all giants had once with an inIuriated bull 1t has interested me more still
 We had a pasture lot right next to the home lot at the shows winter guar l3rs, and in that pasture lot we had at ae time a bull The home lot and the pasture lot stretched along from the house alongside road.
 The giant stepped over the fence between the home lot and the pasture lot one day 10 make short cut across the pasture to a point down the road. and just as he'd got pretty near across somebody back in the home lot hollers out to him.
 Hey, Lofty! The bull!
 ''The bull, down in one corner, had spied the giant making across the pas ture. and it started for him at once. It didn't make any difference to the bull how big the giant was: you cant scare a mad bull r
 Did the giant start and run away from 1t? He could have done it easy: but he didn't stir a peg. He just stood still till the bull was about ten feet of him. and then he side-stepped just one step, which was equal to three steps of an ordinary man. and stood stock still again; and when the bull turned around to follow him. and just as he was ready to spring, the great giant took him by the horns.
 He gave the bull a swing and swung him clean off the ground and up and around his head, and swung him so
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-28
GraftInG q New Lfn.

Dr. c. S. Durand of Chattanooga re- gently completed surgical operation which has caused considerable com ment in that city. The operation was performed upon Charles Skillern. The dreaded nalady, cancer, had destroyed the whole lower lip. Dr. Durand took the case under treatment and success fully grafted new lip from the inner side of Mir. Skillern's cheeks, says the Chattanooga News, Mir. SEillern is now out on the streets after a confne- ment of a few weeks, and the results of the operation are scarcely noticeable.