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The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

locating here, and that was that lake standing right here in town.
 The Journal has frequently called attention to the fact that this un- slightly pond was a serious draw back to the town and we have ur- ged that 1t be drained off and cleaned up. is not only a serious men, ace to the health of the town, but gives people passing through on the train the erroneous impression that Newark is located in the swamps. This pond could be easily drained at a very small cost, and if 1t was drained and cleared of brush the change would add much to the beauty and healthfulness of the town.
 This is a matter of vital impor- tance to the town and we hope at no distant day to see the matter taken up by the proper parties and given attention.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
City Marshal Killed Butcher.

Cotton Plant, Oct. 28.-Today T. A. Smith, city marshal of Cot ton Plant, shot and killed Ernest F. Koch, a meat cutter employed by E. k. Hysmith. Bad feeling
 had existed for some time between the men and Koch today demand ed retraction of a bad name which Smith had called him. Koch used a shotgun to force the retraction and after getting it unloaded the gun and put it where he got 1t. He then came on the street again. Smith approached him and fired four shots at Koch, only one of which took affect. The fatal shot entered the abdomen just below
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

The Newport News intimates that there is a combination among the cotton buyers of that place to lower the price of the feecy stap- le. Newport has, until two years ago, been getting practically all the cotton raised in the famous Oil Trough country, but since New ark has come to the front as cot ton market a large portion of the cotton from that territory has been coming here, and now that the Newport buyers are endeavor- ing to beat down the price, our buyers should make little spec ial effort to let the farmers in the territory between here and New port know that they can get all their cotton is worth by bringing it here. 1t is fact that cotton has been selling for more here in New ark for the past two weeks than the buyers at either Newport or Batesville have been paying and the farmers of the Oil Trough country who have been selling their cotton at Newport are now no doubt awakening to a realiza- tion of the fact that they have been made the victims of 8 con spiracy.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
A Quick Settlement.

Mrs. W. J. Freezes barn was destroyed by fire on the 24th and T. J. Raney, local agent for the Planters Mutual Insurance Com pany, settled with her in full on the 28th. This is certainly the quickest settlement that was ever made in Newark, and any one de- siring good reliable insurnce should insure in the Planters.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

Chas. Jacobson, private secre- tary to Governor Davis, has been indicted by the federal grand ju- ry on charge of violating the federal statutes in mailing 8 postal card to Wyclife Gray, Fort Smith newspaper man, upon which was written language of 9 lbeloua aua deianatory character.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
ANIMPORTANT MATTER.

A certain Northern man who travels over this part of the coun- try good deal, spent couple of days in town not long ago and in a general discussion as to the fu- ture of Newark and the advantages it possessed over many other towns in this section of the state, the gentleman remarked that he liked the town very much, and if he had any intention of coming South he would like to locate here, but ad- ded that there was one thing that would cause him to hesitate about
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

men who would like to see political campaigns conducted along lines of deceney. All officials should be chosen upon their merits, and not upon the position they take in regard to the gubernatorial con- test.
 Of course a candidate may claim the right to align himself with either faction, but from The Jour nal's view of politics the people should sit down on any man who thus seeks to stir up factional strife in the democratic party, and elect the man who professes to run upon his own merits. This thing of trying to get into office by denouncing some other man, or by swinging onto the coat tail of some other man, is degrading to politics and to the man who us- es it, and no really intelligent man will employ such methods of campaigning.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
FRACTIONAL POLITICS.

Hon. A. c. Dixon of Melbourne has announced hims elf a candi- date for reelection as representa- tive from Izard county upon a strict anti-Davis platform. He has issued an address in which he sets forth his position clearly and unequivocally. He declares that his reasons for opposing Davis are numerous and we'll founded. He cites a number of his reasons for opposing Jeff and closes his ad- dress with the following langu- age.
 "The most prominent feature in the governors character is his mania for lying. In this he has proven himself eminently proficient, and like others of his kind he is notorious coward. I cannot support man whom l know to possess these characteristics
 It seems that politics in Arlzan- sas is worked up to the point where a candidate for any office must a. lign himself either with the Davis or anti-Dayis element and must rise or fall upon his attitude toward the governor.
 1bls is q very sorry state of af- fairs and Is deeply deplored by
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
Ten Dollars Reward.

will pay ten dollars reward for the arrest and conviction of the party or parties who stole the double tree and single trees off of one of my John Deere wagons that were standing in the street in front of The Journal office. Fred D. Whiting.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
Men Of Oak

Timbers of oak keep the old homestead standing through the years. It pays to use the right stuff.
 Men of oak" are men in rugged health, men whose bodies are made of the sound est materials.
 Childhood is the time to lay the foundation for a sturdy con- stitution that will last for years.
 Scott's Emulsion is the right stuff.
 Scott's Emulsion stimulates the growing powers of children, helps them build a firm foundation for a sturdy consti- tuition.
 Send for free sample.
 SCOTT 6 BOVINE. Chemists. 4oo-4f5 Pearl Street. New Yorks
 soc. anc Si.OO; all druggists.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

It is reported that Governor Davis will in short time begin the publication of a semi-weekly newspaper in Little Rock. We suppose he wants to make sure of soft (!) job in case he should meet defeat in the coming primary.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

the umbilicus, causing death in two hours. Koch was born in Berlin, Germany, and was high ly respected citizen, having worked here for three years, Smith is in the hands of the county officers.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
Watching Maryland.

The attention of the whole coun- try is now directed toward Mary land, where Senator German has thrown down the gauntlet to Presi- dent Roosevelt to fight out the campaign on the negro question.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

We hear a good deal of political talk, and the county campaign will probably open up in earnest about the first of January.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

It is reported that murderer Jim Tillman of South Corlina will also seek ''vindication" by asking the people of that state to elect him governor.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

The Journal would like to see the town council take some def- nite action in regard to a city hall building.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1903

Fourteen candidates have an nounced in the papers up in Izard county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13

accused me is white as the driven
snow"
Clever as always at saying the pref
ty thing. l believe that you have moi
only kissed the barney stone, but carry
a piece of it around in your pocket. |
am glad that you no longer need me
Vienna is not giving me the thing J
want in my work. In day or so J
am off to la belle France"
He rose from the couch and strobe
toward her. He was only primitive
man, with no thought but of loss and
possession, and he caught her UP in his
arms, kissing her again and again.
LET me co. she painted in anger.
"And you would leave me with no
more feeling than this? Do you think
I am made of stone? Don't you know
how love your
'You are hurting me-" she sobbed.
ooh, how can you, how can you?"
His grasp relaxed, and he let her slip
to the floor. In her expressive face he
read love wounded to the quick, shat
tered respect and confidence.
"Don't-don't look at me like that, =
he begged.
"And this is the honor of gentle
man and what man calls lOve|
His head began to swim with the old
dizziness, and he sank into a chair,
Surying his face in his hands.
eff he only wouldn't look so wretch
ed" she thought. Going to him, she
dropped to her knees at his side and
drew his hands from his face to her
lips, saying gently:
II know they would never hurt me
knowingly, and you may kiss me now
if you like"
He looked stupidity down at her.
81 don't understand what you mean u
81 mean that 1 love you, that can
not bear to see you look like this, and
that so long as you want me will
never go away from you"
81 am not worthy of it, dearest, and
have not even the right to speak to
you of love. I am too poor to ask you
to marry me-"
"But Lean support myself, and don't
YOU know the Joy it would be to fee
that could help you? The question is
which means the most to you, your
pride-and a totally false pride, too-or
my happiness?''
With reverence he drew her head to
his shoulder and kissed the tear stained
eyes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Two Strange Oaths.

A Chinaman was summoned as a
witness to q court in London, and in
stead of being sworn in the usual
manner a lighted candle was given to
him, which he blew out and then said
solemnly, eff do not tell the truth in
this case may be extinguished as this
candle has just been eXtinguished." AS
there was no perceptible change in him
after performing this ceremony it is
reasonable to suppose that he did tell
the truth.
A native of India, being summoned
as witness in an Australian court, in
formed the magistrate that he did not
believe in the usual oath and that his
testimony would be useless unless he
could be sworn by the waters of the
Ganges The magistrate was non
plused, but the interpreter, with a
smile. left the court and returned in a
few minutes with a glassful of water.
SIS that water from the Gauges p
asked the astonished judge.
NO." replied the interpreter, "but
I'll tell him that it is, and he'll certain
ly believe me-"
He was right The Indian swore by
the holy water, never dreaming that it
had been obtained from nearby pump.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
what to Teach the Boys.

A philosopher has said that true ed
ucat ton of boys is to ''teach them what
they ought to know when they become
men,"
First.-To be true and to be genuine.
No education is worth anything that
does not include this. A man had bet
ter not know how to read and be true
and genuine in action rather than to be
learned in all sciences and in all lam
guages and be at the same time false
in heart and counterfeit in life. Above
all things, teach the boys that truth is
more than riches, power or possessions.
Second.-To be pure in thought, Ian
guage and life-pure in mind and body.
Third.-To be unselfsh, to care for
the feelings and comforts of others, to
be generous, noble and manly. This
will include a genuine reverence for
the aged and for things sacred.
Fourth-To be self reliant and self
helpful even from childhood, to be in
dustrious always and self supporting
at the earliest possible age. Teach
them that all honest work is honor
able; that an idle life Of dependence
on others is disgraceful.
/ When boy has learned these things,
when he has made these ideas part of
him, however poor or however rich, he
has learned the most important things
he ought to know.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Could Have Waited.

A certain suburbanite was accus-
toned to bring home some little re-
membrance for his little girl, who al
ways ran up to him and put her hand
in his pocket expectantly.
Once, however, he was delayed and
at the last moment found that he
could not catch the express train that
he always took if he stopped to pur-
chase anything. When upon his ar
rival home his little daughter started
to put her hand in his pocket he shook
his head.
II had to disappoint you tonight,
dear" he said, and, seeing her CULVER
ing lip, he went on:
''It was this way: At the last mo-
ment a man came into my office, which
kept me later than usual, and l only
just had time to catch.my train. Now,
if had stopped as usual to get you
something | would have had to wait
an hour for another train, which would
have made me get home too late for
dinner"
His daughter thought moment and
said:
'Well, papa, could have waited."-
New York Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Reassured the Speaker,

Joseph Elkinton, the Philadelphia
whose recent book upon the Doukho-
bors is the first authoritative and sat
isfactory history of that sect to ap-
pear, belongs to the Society of Friends
He converses as brilliantly as he
writes, and never is his society more
enga ging that when he consents to
narrate something from his store of
Quaker anecdotes.
1.-THE story goes" he said the other
day, that loud talking among the
congregation once interrupted GER
tain Friends meeting. The women
at this meeting sat on one side of the
room; the men upon the other. The
speaker, when the talking became in
tolerable, paused and looked at his
audience reprOachfully.
"a woman, rising, said to him:
"T beg thee to take notice that the
talking you object to comes not from
ours, but from the mems side Of the
house,
1.-THE speaker smiled upon her. $50
much the better, good woman; so
much the BETTER he said. Tt will be
the sooner over kansas City Jour-
nal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Like a Prison.

Commenting upon the manner in
which young men are made to work
in the technical schools as compared
with the more easy ways of life in col
leges, President Pritchett told this
story on his own institution at a re-
cent installations:
'At a civil service examination in
Massachusetts there was one appli-
cant who had tried a the course at
Tech with i'll results. A question on
the paper asked the names of the pen
al institutions of Massachusetts and
this was the reply:
"'The state prison at Charlestown,
the reformatory for women at Sher-
burne, and the Massachusetts insti-
tute of technology Philadelphia
Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
The New Way to Salvation.

The pastor cf Presbyterian church
in San Jose, Cal, believes in sensation.
al advertising after the most modern
methods Here is a notice he published
on a recent Monday:
Found asleep-So you slept in
church yesterday. did you? Well, il
was rather a drowsy day. but if you
had been at the Second Presbyterian
church you wouldn't have dozed. The
pastor preached two earnest, enthusias
tic sermons and the music was alive
and inspiring. Mrs. Hillman Smith
sang that old favorite, The Holy City,
to the enjoyment of ALL and the choir
rendered two anthems. The congrega
ton was nearly as large as the church
itself. An old-timer there looked
around and remarked to bystander
well. declare, l thought | knew ev
ery one who came to this church, but
the last few weeks | don't seem tC
know more than half Of them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
SHE FANCIED HE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP.

ing down and fast muff1ing the noises
Of the street, so that even the bells Of
the electric tram came up to them
faint and sweet as of a bell buoy across
the water. With sigh of contentment,
he put down his pipe and closed his
eyes that he might listen the better to
the voice. every meditation of which
had grown so familiar to him in the
past two months. Each afternoon she
had come and sat in that same position
by the window, reading steadily until
the clocks struck s. when, with brisk
and gone.
At first when his head troubled him
he had suggested that they talk, and
she d retorted, 81 did not come here
for that, and if your head isn't strong
enough for therapeutics today | shall
CO."
independent little thing" he
thought. II wonder if she could look
appealing? Confound it, she can look
tender enough over that dachshund
downstairs"
Looking UP and seeing his eyes
closed, she had fancied he had fallen
asleep. AS she turned to watch the
feathery- flakes striking silently against
the window pane she thought: "You do
not need me, and now must go away.
Though l know l am no more to you
than q nurse, would do it all again
yes and a thousand times more"
Here his voice startled her. What
are you thinking of that brings that
tragic look into your face?
''Am l looking tragic" she replied
after slight pause. ut must be be-
cause I have known some huge frauds
in the course of my life, but never
quite so colossal a one as you are"
Its quite true that I have more
inches than are required by the army
regulations"
II was not referring to inches-unless
you measure deceit and hypocrisy by
them. l said l would come and read to
you until you were able to use your
eyes again. AS l came this afternoon
1 saw you reading, but | enter and
find the same old invalid relaxing in a
cloud of tobacco smoke. Samson, what
have you to say for yourselfT
Nothing, Delilah. Those clear eyes
Of yours have deprived me of my
strength-to lie. But if l had told you
that could use my eyes it would have
been equivalent to saying that | did
not want your services any longer, and
this would be a lie compared with
which the one of which you have just
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
The With the yVhin.

A red brake speeds around the cor
ner, four horses champing, the whip
a-popping and the horn a-tooting
"There goes young -" said the old
resident. st knew his father, now
worth $2O,000,00O. when he was picked
up as waif in the street. His moth
er used to wash bathing suits down
at - Beach to support herself. To
day the old man is one of the big.
gest corporation men in New York
and his wife is a leader of society
much sought after All right
That's the way to get up.-New York
Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Locating the Guilty Idiot.

Jones waltzed out Of the bathroom
in a gorgeous and purpling fury
"Some idiot has been using my razor,
he howled.
81 know it," responded Mrs. Jones
She looked Jones right square in the
eye.
'Who was it?' demanded Jones. His
voice shook with emotion. 81 saw
who was it?"
John Henry" remarked his wife
dispassionately, "I'll have you know
that nobody uses that razor but your
self. New York Evening Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
guszlce BROWNS Champion wiser.

1t was at Il dinner in Washington
which Justice Brown of the supreme
court was giving IN honor Of the
French ambassador and Nine. Jusser-
and. The tall: had turned to avarice.
and guest had told a story of mis-
er, Justice ] rOWn said:
There is a story of an Irishman
that is appropriate. too. This Irish
man, hearing shrieks as he was pass
ing deep pool. turned and saw a man
struggling in the water. He threw off
his coat, and, leaping in, saved the
mans life at the risk of his own.
"Then the two lay on the bank and
rested for While. Finally, the man
who had been rescued sighed and said:
:" L suppose. my friend. that, since
you have saved my life, l must reward
you. Here is a dime
z 'The Irishman looked at the dime
"'Bedad.' he said. I'm overpaid for
the Job. "-Boston Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Ask your Doctor about it.

Any physician in this locality will tell you
that with good food and digestion and a
regular daily evacuation of the bowels,
there is little danger from any kind of sick
ness Re-Go Tonic Laxative syrup is all
the name implies. an ideal laxative and
tonic; it's regular use insures good diges-
ton Re-Go invigorates the liver, assists
the kidneys to perform their regular func-
tons and is a mild and pleasant vel certain
medicine for producing regular and natural
excavations of the bowels. Sold by Bennett
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Warning.

If you have kidney or bladder trouble an d
do not use Foley's Kidney Cure you will
have only yourself to blame for results as
it positively cures all forms OF kidney and
bladder diseases. JOS. Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
An Honest Statement,

VIM. Acton of 212 4th st, Lincoln, Ill. saws
.'Our daughter, aged Is, was suffering with
a severe cough and cold on her lungs. Com
mon remedies seemed to afford no relief
and myself and her mother feared pneu-
monia or consumption. She began taking
Harris Honey and Horehound and in less
than two weeks was entirely cured. We al
WAYS recommended HartS' Honey and Hore-
hound to anyone suffering with deep
seated cough or cold. Sold by Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy

Is everywhere recognized as the one rem
edy that can always be depended upon and
that is pleasant to take. 1t is especially
valuable for summer diarrhoea in children
and is undoubtedly the means of saving the
lives of a great many children each year.
For sale by Bennett.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
TWO IN A
TOW II
BY II. Fl. Lee
Copyright, 1909, by 7. C. Mcclure

"But you are i'll, a stranger il a
strange land, and in all this benighted
city l can find no one able to read
English intelligibly whose time is not
already filed. So if you will accept
my services in the spirit in which |
offer them 1 will go to you for an hour
or two each day until you can use
your eyes again. During the past year
I have been through an experience
much like yours, and | know just
what it all means-the Impotence and
discoura cement over the enforced idle
ness, the brain that refuses to be CO.
creed and that grim specter Of unfin-
ished work"
"You sweet saint" he broke in.
could a man resist such an offer, even
though he knew, as 1 do, that he has
absolutely no right to make such de-
mands upon your time? You are act
ing from the pulest unselfishness, and
I can't begin to thank you enough"
GAS to it's being unselfshness, I am
not at all sure about that" she an
swered. Ell wish to lay up sugar plums
of thought for my old age"
She looked up at the big fellow strid-
ing along at her side and wondered
what her motive really was.
"Why," she continued laughingly,
"does a Samson shorn of his strength
appeal so much more strongly to wo-
mans sympathies than pygmy in the
same plight"
He left her at her door and strolled
across the Ringstrasse in the direction
Of his lodging. At first he had not
liked Vienna over Y II, but now he be-
gan to think it the sort of place which
grew upon one. He had certainly liked
it much better during the past week.
Stretched out on a couch, his glance
straying from the pipe smoke curling
above his head to the girl by the win
dow, her head bent over a book from
which she was reading aloud, he felt
at nnaco OI1tSido the snow was COM
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13

Chamberlain Pain Balm is an antiseptic
liniment and when applied to cuts, bruises
and burns causes them to heal without mat
uration and much more quickly than by
the usual treatment For sale by Bennett
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13

TO while your time away, just in
dulge in game of billiards or pool at
F. G. Burr's. And while there you car
smoke a Standard cent cigar, made
in Galena.