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Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
CLEVER FOX TERRIER.
He Has Learned So Many Tricks That
He Might Almost he a Circus
Performer.

In Jamaica, New York, there lives
"a very clever little fox terrier dog
who might almost be circus per-
former, so many tricks has he
learned. But his star performance"
is one in which he shares the honors
with tiny Maltese kitten. In fact,
it is really the kitten that is the
"star." The kitten is dressed in
dolls clothes, and submits with
much grace while the buttons are
fastened and the strings tied Then
the fox terrier is told to ''sit up"
which he does, without delay. bal
ancing himself on his launches.
Then the kitten baby is laid in his
arms, and both keep perfectly still
till the command is given: Kiss the
baby gently"
Then the doggie bends over and
kisses kitty. Kitty does not like this
bit, but she submits with good
grace, only flattening her ears to
show her disapprovaI. The terrier
however, seems to enjoy it. and
kisses kitty's little nose over and
over
The minute the kitty baby is un-
dressed he shows her much less gal
lantfy, for, with joyous bark. he
starts to chase her, and the little
bundle of fur leads him dance all
over the house, stopping now and
then to arch her back and spit at
him furiously.-Cincinn Enquirer.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
GIVES HIS WIFE A PRESENT.
Emperor William Bestows Unique
Bracelet Upon the Empress OF
which She In Very Proud.

Emperor William has presented to
his wife singular bracelet, which
the empress vows she will wear to
her dying day. 1t consists of seven
disks of solid California gold of the
purest quality, each disk being about
the size of silver 25-cent piece, but
three times as thick. The disks bear
enameled portraits of the imperial
children, each disk being inclosed
in thickly set diamonds. Hanging
from the bracelet is heart of solid
gold, weighing about two ounces, on
which is portrait of the emperor.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
AUTOMATIC MOUSE TRAP.

ness as the cat was wont to exercise
in former times. We show herewith
the latest idea in the trap line, which
comes to us all the way from Cape
Colony. This device is to be suspended
from the pantry shelf, and has an open
ing leading across what looks to be a
perfectly safe path to the bait inside
the cage. But woe to the mouse or
rat which attempts to reach that bait,
for the path turns out to be fitting
platform, which at the proper moment
swings on its pivots. releases itself,
and slides the animal into the water
tank beneath. The picture shows the
Sentinel
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
LATEST MOUSE TRAP.
Any Boy Can Construct One and
Thereby Leave the Old Family
Cat without Occupation.

Years ago cats had a value all their
own, according to their ability to rid a
house or barn of the rats and mice
which infested these buildings, but
with the introduction of the automatic
trap, the felines may possibly have
been the authors of the exclamation
recently attributed to the horse when
the automobile made its appearance:
My occupation is gone!" However.
the cats still have the consolation of
being retained as pets. with an occa-
sional mouse as a secondary considera-
tion. The trap has come to stay, and
goes on dealing out death to the rodents
with as much regularity and faithful
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

RSXOME boxing
that costs nothing to feed He
unfoi the
sort OF galow the picture shows The human
OF his the end which
sealing
is
The
end of in
a sill handke o a of fur.
Now the
violently charge
trick The electricity produced by rubbing
qucnty attracts the light swinging kangaroo which
with electricity
fresh alta
Brooklyn Eagle
fore the fire to make perfectly
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
ENGLISH PLEASURE. GARDENS.
Magnificent Heritage of- fhe~ dor
Period That La Admirably
Maintained.

English gardens are distinguished
from those of continental Europe,
because they have had d continuous
existence and history since, Tudor
period. Italian gardens were at their
best late in the sixteenth and early
in the seventeenth century; but
thereafter they declined, just as all
Italian art declined, says the Archi-
tectural Record. ."ff'~
During the eighteenth century the
local and cardinal princes maintained
them; but they did not, build new
ones; and during the nineteenth CEN
tury they have scarceIx been kept in
repair. The French garden reached
its consummate expression in Ver-
sailles late in the seventeenth CEN
tury. The crown so completely over-
shadowed French life and at that time
during the eighteenth century that
the royal gardens are something
more than royal; they are also ma
tional. But since the revolution So
cial and economic conditions have
not favored in France the laying out
OF new and elaborate gardens. Such
gardens are luxury, to be enjoyed
only by the very rich, and French
wealth tends to be distributed rather
than concentrated. Moreover, French
people, while they love the country
and delight in flowers, are so social
that the e.characteriStic. expressions of
their modern life are urban. They
have made Paris park, but individ-
ual Frenchmen have not indulged in
elaborate formal gardens for their
personal pleasure. In England other
conditions have prevailed. Ever since
Tudor'stime there have been resident
on the soil an energetic and efficient
aristocracy and landed gentry, who
were to greater or lesser extent
the real leaders of the country. They
have for the most part been prosper
Gus and progressive, living on their
estates and adapting their social
habits to country life. Consequently
throughout the whole of this time
old gardens have been altered and
new ones built; new ideas and infu-
ences have been constantly creeping
in; and at the same time the conser-
vative habits of England, the con-
tinuity of it's life and the compare
tive absence of revolutionary and
military disturbance have all contrib
uted to the maintenance, almost un-
impaired, of this magnificent heritage
of gardens. There is no parallel in
England to the partial decay and
ruin of the great Italian and French
gardens (for Versailles has not been
kept up as it should be under the re-
public. Englishmen either maintain
or improve, or they destroy. It is
true that their improvements are
more destructive than the negligence
of Italians; but it is at. least the evf-
dence of a fresh and living interest.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
An Original Poe Manuscript.

The original manuscript of Edgar
Allan Poe's ''The Bells" has been sold
at auction at Philadelphia for $2,1OO.
1t was part of the Harold Peirce IL
brary The manuscript is little
scorched. Itconsists of slips of blue pa
per pasted together, and originally
formed strip eight inches wide and
37H feet. but it has been divided into
three more or less equal parts. 1t lacks
the last fourteen lines of the completed
poem, but it is believed that they never
formed a part of this sheet.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
Girqs' Names in japan.

It is not uncommon for Jap girl
to bear the name of flower. On
the other hand, however, many girls
in Japan bear the names of some do
mestic utensil, as frying-pan or dust
brush. Doubtless this results from
the custom common among some
people of naming child from the
first object that strikes the eye after
the little one has come into the
worN
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
THE AUTOGRAPH QUILT.
An Easy Method Of Raising Money
for the Church or other Phil
anthropfc Purposes.

One method for raising money
which we have tried in our church il
the making of an autograph quilt.
The blocks were of bleached muslin,
16 inches square. On each block a
wheel-shaped piece of turkey red cal
leo was sewed. The diameter of the
wheel measured from the outside
edge of the rim, was 14H inches, the
diameter measured from the inside
of the rim was 11h inches, the diam
eter of the hub measured from the
outside rim was 5hs inches and the
diameter of the inner circle of the
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
AUCTION BY CANDLE LIGHT.
An Ancient Custom still In Vogue
Among the People of Dorset
shire, England.

The discovery that there still ex-
lists in Dorsetshire, England. an an
cient custom of holding an auction
by candlelight has directed attention
to the fact that Warwickshire can
also lay claim to this quaint relic of
bygone days. Mr.. George Morley, in
his book on "Shalxespeare's Green
wood" says that mot far from the
field where the crown of Richard the
Third is said to have been hidden
after the battle of Bosworth Field,
an auction by candlelight takes place
every year. At one of the two inns
in the parish of Warton, an auction
is held each October for the sale of
grazing rights on the roadside and
common lands of the village, and the
sale, which for hundred years and
more has been the annual event
which makes life in Wharton inter-
esting, is conducted by the road sur
veyor under regulations laid down in
an act of parliament. Five lots are
let for the year at each auction sale,
and the tallow candle, Mr.. Morley
tells us, is s'cut into five lengths half
an inch high, each half-inch of candle
being for one lot. Then the road
surveyor proceeds to describe the
lots. This is highly amusing in it's
way, for.the promotion to the post
of honor in the sale usually inspires
the road surveyor with pretty wit;
and he alludes quite gayly to the
sporting rights over an old gravel
pit and to the pond in lot /, which
has no fish in it, and concludes with
the exhortation: Get on gentle
men, please; the lights burning"
But the eyes of the company are at
tracted to the flame. of the candle.
1t is something to watch, something
to make jests upon. Ana yet the
company show not the. SLIGHTEST dis
position to bid for the hefbage un-
til the candlelight is dying ouh Then
the competition is remarkably brisk,
and at the last flicker of the flame
the lot is knocked down amid roars
of laughter.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

Gen. Eugene Griffin has in his pos
session the American flag made by
the sailors in Lieut.. Gilmore's party
out of patches and strips of their
clothing after their rescue from the
insurgents in the widest part of
Luzon.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
w,hise uaps.

1t sometimes happens that a girl
manages to keep her hands white by
letting her mother do all the house.
work.--Chicago Daily News /.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
Uncle Reubcn saxs,

De only good thing about a mortgage
am de fact dat yo' don't need any clock
in de house to hurry along de time
Detroit Free Press.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
That's Why 1t In =, C,vris

Papa said the little boy. looking
up from his book, "whatis ctfrio?"
"a curio,' replied uthe9@father,
thoughtfully, SIS something that costs
ten times what it's worth Stray
Stories.a ~ . *lstz4
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
shark with a Big Mouth.

A large specimen of the fish known
as the angel shark was recently cap
tured with hand line at Felixstowe,
England. 1t had an eight-inck mouth,
with three rows Of teeth
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
Great YelIow.tone Fails.

The Great falls of the Yellowstone
river, in, the Yellowstone National
park, are more than twice the height
of Niagara falls. but the volume Of
water is not so great.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-03

de la capilla: volvi6se la viuda =, a ira
YES de las lagrirnas que inuudaban sus
oios, not6 Ia presencia de un hombre'
cuyo aspecto la hizo temblar de espanto-
Ell desconocido cerro brutslmente ia
'puerta.
Que SC le ofrece 4 usted7-le pre-
gunt6 Ia condesa dc Riverolles.
-iLa bolsa la vida, 81 das un solo
grito!-contest6 ell bandido, arrojandoSe
sobre ella.
I'm rayo de algeria ilumino Ell rostro
de Margarita.
Socorro! - exclam6 con toda Ia
fuerza de sus pulmones.
Pero no pudo repetir Ia palabra. por-
que el desconocido le habia huidido en-
el pecho un cuchillo que llevaba Oculto
bajo 10 bluSa.
Y Ia viudA cay6 desPlOmada en- tie
rra. Tnurmurando;
-,GraciaSl .Gracias'
Como gracias.-exciam0 el handi-
do Iieno De asombrO-iEs Ia Primcra
Yea que oigo tales palabFas en- ssmelaa-
tes eircunsganciaSs
Margarisa no daba sefiales dc vida.
El ualhecho<.ss apoder6 rapidamen.
se del rcloi y Ia czasna dc "A con'.csa.
asi couao ds ~ portanonedas rePicso
de noneslas Dc orc.
,Ilay dias d~ macha suerse. dip
rara = & hanlilo Al ahandonaf Ia ca
pilia.
AZ ahrir a puarsa exphsrd q seFrsno.
' h,nra ech6 4 aaliar por ei ssa2ssn
an cou,lnela 4 IA pusrta - salsa.
"a aqusl inRanss IA eampan4 daoa
Il al4imo tnq14
E1 saa|hrrhsr apIss6 el 80 ' aaesl
q psgnr 4 h puegia n.<e 80 F4aes'e ,
90 40 .supInnnmngEs 81 p4s.f pes
fal.ata q ~ KuarIl1nN1. - g
ernasr.s 4 s.slEs dsl mntuf @eIle -
-ks pshrs Au1hrs -Hls esirssd
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-03

q su compSfero-va llorando, sin duda,
Ia muerte de su mujer
ST cuando salga la viudita SUI
Pongo que me convidarzs tomar unas
copitas.
iPobre viudita! A exception de
de aquella tarde. no volveran 4 tener
que esperar su saliia los guardianes
del cementario.
jSus votos Sc habian realizado dor
mia el suefio eterno junto al hombre
q quien tanto habfa amadol
JUAN d ALERLA.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-03

Lola. DiCiembre I . de 1905.
Sr. Don Jose Perez Losada,
Director del
BOLETIS MERCANrIL DE PUERTO Rico.
San Juan.
Muy sefor mio y amigo;
Digna dc alabama IA Sido l4 acsitud
DEL peri6dico. BoLErIN MEKCANTiI.
respectu. 1 a pFcsendida introduci6a en-
esfa isla del cafe braSilcdo. A ese re-
ridlico cue v tan dignamen,e diDgr.
se dcbe 81 que No sc haya Ileva1o I
siscio sl asaque mas inaadto eoasra
'os in.erescs Dc esle @ais. "a dsmasiado
sufride.
No ccmo pueFtotriqueio fe,ici.o I v.
sincsgamsnss poF an kella eampaha.
y Al mtsn1o tiempo me aTsssuro 4 ns-
aiiSstzEle qas tedcs lcs hahi,anfss dn
ul,s pushlo sia dtslincita 4lxuna. aplau.
dsn - scmsud y sss1a al ado 81 H.
ImTtN.
Pus.ts '. ami<o pissesor. Aaesr nd
oliea go maaaestacida. d 70 crts con-
DIV. @s 40 rr.psao
alsn anlRa y&&
= cALDERoN CRAu.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-12-03

P PARODIA CASTIGABLE
(NoN 10 PAGo)

Los Barrabeigth, Joachim compafiia
traJerOn unOS SacOS al mercadO
con aquella algeria,
aquel aire seucillo, aquel agrado
que van diciendo a todo Ell que 10 advierte
estamos muy contentos con la suerre.
Cuentan que Barrabeigth no apetecia
NADIA mas que su propio pensamiento,
que algeria lie ofrecia
ideas inocentes un pimiento.
Marchaba solo ell 1nclito lechero,
y decia entire 81 de este s0ner0:
Este cafe vendido
en- limpio me dara tont0 dfseru
y con ese bGrtido
compare una excelente CAFETERIA.
para. sacar Glen borras, que al estio
me redeem cantando: inene milo! 4.
Del importe logrado
de tanta bora. compare un pepinO
y con versos (entonce)
con prosa de Ell AgwtIo, de Ponce.
engordara sin tino,
tantO, que pueda ser que 70 consiga
engordarle a Contreras la barriga:
Lo llevare a Aguadilla
y todos clamaran: ique maravilla!
Y compare una vacay un ternero :,
y media Gala baza, y un tintero
tambien un hermoso tinajero,
luego un sonsjero.
Con este pensamiento,
enajenado brinca de contento
y a su salto violento,
Sc lie cayo el pimiento.
iOh, loca fantasia
de Barrabeigth, Joachim y compafiia!
Modera la algeria,
que tn ventura fragua,
no ell manejo esperes
de los sacos de pesos que preferes
y que han de trocarse en- sal aqua.
MACARI0
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
Senator Harpers Views.

Senator s. II. Harper. when seen in
regard to the matter stated that he
was heartily in favor of having legis-
latiye committee appointed on the lines
suggested. He stated that in the last
senate when he was member of the
committee on appropriations the men,
bers of the board of control invited the
senators to visit the institutions eth
er as individuals or as committee and
several times expressed the, opinion
that they would be glad to ha re their
actions fully investigated.
Senator Harper stated that was
not in favor of giving any board the
absolute power which the board ofcon-
troll possesses. and while he stated that
the members of the board have shown
by their actions in the past that they
were above reproach, yet he deemed
it desirable to have legislative com
nittee.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
MEMBERS OF BOARD OF CON.
TRoL DESIRE COMMITTEE.
$. H. HARPER TALKS
Wapello County Senator Favors APP
pointment of Legislative Committee
to Inspect State Institutions Before
Making Appropriations.

Des Moines, July 29.-There is talk
in some quarters that an effort will be
made in the legislature next winter to
have committee selected to visit and
inspect the institutions under the
board of control. In support of this
idea it is urged that there has been
no legislative visitation since the
board of control went into effect, that
large appropriations are required for
the institutions and that the legislature
should not be content with letting the
board of control bear the entire re-
sponsibility for the institutions.
Would Be Welcome.
Judge G. S. Robinson of the board
discussed the question of visitation,
Il am sure the board would welcome
the appointment of any fair-minded
committee of visitation by the legisla
ture,' he said. There is absolutely
nothing to conceal in regard to the
management of the institutions and
the board courts the fullest and fair
est investigation. The only regret j
would have in a matter of that kind
would be that 1t would hardly be posi-
BILE to compare the condition OF the in
situations now with their condition be
fore the board took charge, and thus
the members Of committee would not
he in position to know with entire nc
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
EaRERT CASE AGAIN.
Mrs. iEsbert to Sue Relatives of Doc.
tor for Libel.

Mrs. Egbert to Sue Relatives or Doc
tor for Libel.
Peoria, H., July 2S.-Another chap
ter Will be added to the Egbert di-
vorce case, which ran its course in
the Chicago courts. Marion Thornton
Egbert, who is in India, today cabled
Attorney John Daley, asking him to
take charge of damage suits against
relatives of DR.. Egbert, whom she al
leges have injured her name and repu-
tation. Mr.. Daley awaits letters con.
tanning data on which he is to base
the suit.
Or. iEgbert secured divorce, nam
ing Chicagoan as correspondent.
Mrs. Flgbert was given almony OF
about $275 per month for the support
of herself and daughter. DR.. Egbert
was asked to produce the child in
court, but he left suddenly, taking the
child with him. He was tracked TIC
Peoria, where Mrs. Egbert vainly en-
deavored to secure the child. She fol.
lowed him to India. and there, three
months ago she gained possession OF
her daughter.
CDR. Jerome Egbert was formerly a
resident of Ottumwa and is well re-
membered by many people living
here.-Ed9
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
ROME is THE SCENE OF TWO
VERY SOLEMN SERVICES TO-
DAY.
PARTICIPANTS
NJ A N Y
Solemn Requiem Mass Is Celebrated
for Repose of Soul of Pope Leo and
That of the Late King Humbert,
Assassinated Three Years Ago.

Rome, July 29.-Rome this morning
was the scene of one of the most dra-
matte contrasts which are so charac-
teristic of the Eternal City. While at
the vatican in the Sistine chapel sol
emn requiem mass was being intoned
with all the solemnity the Catholic
church can impose for the repose of
the soul of Leo XIII, another and no
less solemn requiem mass was being
celebrated in the magnificent pantheon
for the repose of the soul of the late
King Humbert. King Victor Emanuel
and Dowager Queen Margaret came
here on purpose to attend the annual
mass, which is celebrated on the ami
versary of the assassination of King
Humbert, which occurred three years
ago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
LOCAL OFFICERS THOUGHT kA-
HokA NEGRO WAS IN or.
TUMWA THIS MORNING.
KEEPING CLOSE WATCH
Are Searching "smoky Row" This
Afternoon and Will Leave no Stone
Unturned to Bring the Outlaw to
Justice if he is In or Near ottumwa.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
There was excitement at the police
station this morning about 8 o'clock
when some one telephoned that black
man answering the description of the
negro, Clark, who is being hunted by
a mob for the assault of young girl in
Kaholla, Mo-, had been seen going east
on Fourth street east of Jefferson.
Chief Gray, who is now off duty, and
Acting Chief Gallagher at once inves-
tigated, but search of the entire
neighborhood failed to disclose such
a person. Last evening the police re-
ceived notification from Bloomfield
that man answering the description
of Clark had been seen there and that
he was on his way to this city and all
the officers have been notified to watch
out for the man.
Officers Keeping Close Watch.
The reward of over 81 900 which has
been offered for the arrest of the Grim
inal is an incentive to the local officers,
but this is not necessary, as the gem
eral feeling is such against the per-
petrator of the dastardly crime that no
added inducement is necessary to in
sure close watch for him. The Off
GERS believe that there is a likelihood
that the man may come here and ii
the party seen in Bloomfield last even
ing is the right one there is every rea-
son TO believe that he would think it
easier to conceal himself here than in
smaller place
Search Smoky Row."
Chinf eic, ontiUa
search for the man and the officers
have received instructions to watch
all strange negroes closely. From the
descriptions sent out broadcast OF the
criminal it is obvious that if the man
is once seen he cannot but be easily
recognized. The smoky Row" dis
! trict will be searched this afternoon
as it is thought that there the Grim
final would attempt to seerete himself
| if he came to Ottumwa.
Suspect Arrested at keosauqua.
| Keosauqua, July 29.-(SpeciaD =
1 William Kerr of Mt. Sterling arrested
man at that place yesterday after
noon who is suspected of being the per
son that made the cruel assault on
Miss Hess of near Kahoka, Missouri
on last Saturday evening Last even
ing Sheriff Ramey went out to Mt
Sterling and brought in this man ant
he is now in Jail here awaiting the
coming of parties from Kahoka to iden-
tify him. Miss Hess, the young cir
on whom the assault was made, vii
! be here on the evening train, if she
lis able TO come, to identify this man
The man under arrest here is a for
eigner and either cannot talk English
or pretends that he can not. 1t il
thought that he is a Russian. 1t is
thought by many that this man is no
the right person.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
TRANSFORMERS HOUSE AT IDAHO
MINE WRECKED BY DYNAMITE.
FIRE BREAKS OU I
Threatens Main shaft-watchma
Shoots Fleeing Men Supposed to
Have Caused Explosion-one Killed
and Identified as Member of Union.


Idaho Springs, Colo, July 90 An
explosion at the Sun and Moon mine,
three miles from here wrecked the
transformer house and set fire to the
oil in the transformers, which for a
time threatened the destruction of the
main shaft house. 1t is believed that
the building was wrecked by dynamite.
Waterman Shoots.
The Mine Waterman fired on two men
who were seen running from the trans
former and killed one of them.
Victim Identified.
He was identified as Philip Fire, a
member of the miners union. In June
the mine had resumed operations with
non-union men. after a four mozs1is'
strike.