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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29

was not a mere one-sided conversation
her silent answers were so quick and
apt that YOU never noticed that you
were doing an the real talking
You enjoyed that evening You felt
that you had acquitted yourself well
And behind that feeling was another
you had been talking to someone who
was very very pleasant
Yes. indeed-a wonderfully pleasant
personality, seldom had you met one
for whom you felt such marked so
cial attraCtion-in whom you found
such honest sympathy
a Pleasant Memory.
Later on. perhaps. your seIf-estecm
may have fallen again TO nOrmal-you
found. i'm speaking 60 other people, that
you were not such q clever talker,
after all
But the memory Of that pleasant per-
sonality remained undimmed-a person
well worth talking 70.
And did no hint of truth float family
through your thoughts Have you
lived until now. when YOU read this.
before you realized why she pleased
you2
she was a good listener -priestess
OF shat rarest. finest art in social life.
And what YOU thought was your lit
tie social victory. In reality was hers
for while she may not remember the
quality ~ your talk, you cannot forget
the delicious quality of her listening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29
She Never Came Back.
CNew YORK Pressl

AANGM LQEk EEesS.h
The people at the Blank theatre were
annoyed 10y a DISCONTINUED woman. She
told the box office man her name was
been married. She said She told him all
that because she wanted him 20 take am
interest i'm her. And he did. Had she
been the national debt, she couldn't have
created more interest The box Office
man took her into the theatre one morn
ing and spent an hour showing her the
various seats. He said she tried every
seat i'm the first row of the family circle
20 the largest chair iG the lower stage
box and then said she utdnt know
whether IL was she or the theatre
one morning she came up when the as
sistant was one. The assistant was q
cauOus youth who cared neither FOR God
nor man. His main object in life was TO
see how many days he could get off IN
one week At the end OF twenty minutes
he had turned the diagram over at least
twenty times ana mao euioslled sSNeIa4
sections of the orchestra ana balcony,
ana stin Miss Lottie slower procras-
tinated. Finally the assistant patience
gave out.
man. Z believe I'M wine, women and song,
and during Lent I give up song But i
assure YOU on my word as gentleman
III YOU don't expedite matters I am sOiu5
to do something rash. Just PICK out the
seat you want. and lt i nave 20 move
heaven and earth or wipe ont the equator
or shatter either one of the poles in Civ
ing 90 TO YOU. Iil do Dc.
That's just the trouble" she sighed
-'I don't know what seat I want. I've
tried every seat i'm the house and there
not one that ] can SIT on.
81 m sorry. madam, said the asslstan
as he pushed the tickets back into the
rack. 1T IN very sorry; II yoH take my
advice youn consult q physician.
And Miss L0tte slower never came
back
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29

opinions, Beware of 1.-THE first pit
fan in the path Of social success.
And well does The wise good listen
err" know IT. The great temptation is
put behind her. That is her self-denial
Two things more remain-the work
OF mental attention cit is -eal work.
and the power Of expressing feeling
and thought with eyebrows. with ges-
ture or with single words-tO say the
least and to tell the most.
II is not so very hard. The silent
men and silent women often have this
power. q power they little dream Of
It Is almost easy. if YOU really follow
attentively all that is being said to
YOU.
Imagine for a moment the mental
process Of that charming woman who
listened so well 60 what YOU said. She
was not merely listening TO your words
she was thinking your own thoughts,
i'm step with your own brain.
And when you paused. do you think
her ready Question-sO short. so apt
was thrown out idly. merely to fill a
gap?
Did YOU fail to notice how the CUES
tion opened up new lines of pleasing
thoughts-and bright talk?
Did you think that she had not seen
these new avenues. even before the
question was asiSe22
Remember now. as you think it over,
when she asked a question, what help
10 you that question was
wise, artful little listener!
You know. Of course. that she had
ideas Of her own, quite as pleasing To
her as yours And certainly you must
know that they crowded. brilliant and
tempting. through her brain as she
followed Fr0rrrs own fnOuuhfg
But she put them aside. holding them
only long enough to see if they would
be- ~ any help to you in what you were
saying
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29

dry shavngs the squaw had placed around the base
Of the drill With these she started the fire. The
smoke rose and, curling out OF the blackened top Of
the wigwam mingled with the raindrops.
But we are forgetting about the war" said my
friend.
Yes, tell me of it, I spoke up eagerly.
mo. / had better let Chief HOo-ss-moX-mOx do
that if he viii. He all through it,
My Interpreter spoke TO Yellow Hair, explaining
that I wished to know about the The old chief
mouoned me to place near him. StonewaH Jackson
sat between The drowsy young bucks also came
to the ere and squattcd about it, drawing
blaze. prominent figure in the circle the old
scout. Bill Woodward.
THE chief says that he had better tell you first
about the great council. said my interpreter You
know. I have told you, there was a bad feeling
among the Indians all west of the Rockies. Down
south OF Portland in the Rogue river valley there
trouble. and up around Puget sound there was
also outbreak Matters not Serious in
these regions. however, as in the Wals Wala coun-
try. The president empowered l. T. Stevens who
was then governor of Washington territory.
with the Indians. The governor called great cOun-
ell that he might try to induce them to give up the
larger portion of their lands and go a small res
ervaton. This the famous Walla Walla council
which took place near here in the summer Of So
This is the pov-wow of which Hoo-ss- mox-uox says
he wiz ten you
The old chief sat fat upon buffalo skin He
now let bis striped blanket drop behind him. He
was going TO use his hands An Indian can't talk
without making signs. His long yellow hair fell over
his slightly stopped shoulders His ewes were clear.
But for the tremOr of his lips. in seeming he was
not 100 years old. But his story bespeak
his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29

a thousand little diamonds Of thought
she threw away while she listened to
you. and only one or two she used.
A Fine Unselfshness.
That is why her questions were 50
apt. For she hid the thought in her
ques ,iOn-and a moment later you told
il back to her, little dreaming that it
first was hers.
There is the great secret of Good
Listening or, for that matter. of good
cCnversauOn-the rejection of every
thought, no matter how brilliant OF
pleasing. that has not real value in re-
lation to the thoughts that are being
SPOKEN To you at the instant.
1t is fine. high form Of unselhsh-
ness-for we all love our own opinions,
and wish TO speak them. But the
Good Listener" must be, before every
thing else unselfsh.
And stir ror all the unselhshness.
the Good Listener" sUcceeds-wins
friends and social advance-while the
hard takers somehow do not win at all
It is plain as day If you win think of
it. TO make il palmer. i must repeat
some of the maxims of social success
thai / have written before.
If you would have friends and favor
whether you are a man or woman.
plain or good to look at-you mus
strive to please. not strive to be ad-
mired
You please others when you help them
please themselves
They are pleased by heir own voice
and their own tnoughts-and by your
attention
You may please a good listener by
talking. But good listeners are rare
so far apart are they that they cannot
help you to social success
You can please nearly everybody by
listening wei. And Every body viii
help you TO social success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29

Must I point a moral after such a
of truth on truth?
Be a Good Listener"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29

They an seem to think that they must
ttalk talk talk-do these men and
women. young ard old. who ccme to
Inc, declaring their stupidity and con
fding their yearning for a better man
nor I'm society.
And their talk must snap and spar
kle so they think, I'm their blindness
Perhaps you Think of yourself i'm that
same way
- stop one moment. then. and let me
remind you Of the social meeting at
which you really enjoyed yourself
There must have been such a time
Rn evening that left YOU I'M glow OF
pleasant self-cOnfdence.
ann sure that you can remember.
for such times come 90 an Of us-even
20 those Of as who have least ability
tn expressing our thoughts. 1 am SELL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29
The Art Of Being Agreeable.
Faculty of Listening Well. By Adelaide Gordon.

b Mrs. Gordon win answer inquiries ad-
dressed to her by readers. Letters
should enclose return postage and
should always be addressed thus:
ADELAIDE GORDON,
Care Of
The Chronicle
Washington. ID. G.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-29

The "pleasantest woman you had
met in a long while" Did you
fathom the secret Of her pleasing
personality
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-09
Coraly p. Shaw Jennings.

Coraly P. Shaw Jennings was born in
Calhoun county, H., June 90, 1929, and
died at her home in Garden Grove, Ia,
March 81, 1908, aged 73 years, 8 months
and days. January %, 1S4S, she was
married in Illinois to Joshua J. Jennings
and remained in Illinois until 1852,
when she and Mr.. Jennings moved to
California and lived happily together
until his death in 1866. One year later
she came to Garden Grove where she
has since made her home, living 80 years
in two houses, the one now occupied by
her son George, and the other by her
sister, Miss Sarah Shaw.
Mrs. Jennings was the mother of seven
children, two of whom died in infancy,
and one Mrs. AIDA Wood dbury, preced-
ed her mother in death twenty years
ago. The four remaining to mourn the
loss of their mother are William II. Jen.
niDgs and George E. Jennings of this
city and Mrs. Virginia L. Mccartney of
Weldon and Mrs. Emma Arnett of Red
ding.
In early life the deceased united with
the M. Il. church. She was devoted
mother considering no sacrifice too
great to make for her family's welfare.
All of her children werebaptised in in.
fancy and the same loving solicitude
she felt for them then she maintained
through her entire life.
The funeral services were held We'd
nesday at the NJ. =. church in charge OF
the pastor &c. Newland assisted by
Rev. Allen Judd.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-09

t r hoot ointment, to be paid in sixty
days to j L. Sutton at AIgona, Iowa.
j. l.. Sutton delivers to party of the
second part, f. 0. b. Algona (tlere fol-
lows list Of the goods and also gives
said second party Tie sale Of sntt's
stock remedies in the township Of
Grant" etc.
The list of goods is written IN pencil
and may easily be enlarged; at any
rate the victim doesn't stop 10 ligure up
just how much lie is giving his note for
He thinks he is getting the goods on
commission.
We repeat the advice Of the Tabor
Beacon, "When a stranger approaches
you with a contract Of any klnd, give
him notice to quit your premises at
once"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-09
Drill at Work.

One Of the drills for the Wapello Coal
Co. came to Russell Monday and are
putting down a hole on G. II. POSTS
farm. Several other drills will be here
as soon as they can be secured. The
Wapello people expect to have SIX
drills at work in week or two and
prospecting will advance rapidly
When it is seen that the expense of
this work which will continue several
weeks, will be upward of SlOO day, it
is easily seen that the Wapello people
are in a hurry to develop the business
and get after the real thing. Russell
Union.
When will the drills start after Leon
coal?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-09
ARBoR DAY PROCLAMATION.
G0Y. A. B. Cummins Issues One for
the Planting of Trees Through
out the State.

Governor Cummins yesterday issued
a proclamation setting apart April 80
as Arbor Day. The day is especially
distinguished as being the anniversary
of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase
treaty. The governor issued the pro
iamation in response to the request of
Superintendent Barrett, who conferred
VIII HIM recently on the matter. The
proclamation follows:
zone of the striking characteristics of
hign civilization is concern and provis-
ion for the future. IL is part Of our
dut.9to do what we can to surround the
generations yet to come with all the
comfort and all the beauty of which our
land is capable. In this state there is
no method more fruitful of good results.
Nothing that Will add more to the
charm of the landscape and the pleas
ure OF life than to adorn our highways,
streets, parks, school yards and lawns
with trees.
Therefore, l, Albert Is. Cummins,
governor of the state of Iowa, do here.
by set apart Thursday, the Goth day of
April, 1903, as ArDor Day.
This day is one of peculiar signih-
canoe to all the people who live within
the Louisiana territory, and l cannot
conceive OF a better way in which to
celebrate it than by making our part of
it more beautiful than it now is.
! earnestly recommend that the peo.
pie OF the state observe the day in an
appropriate manner, and | especially
enjoln upon the schools of the state the
utility OF deyoting the day TO such
exercises as will create and foster love
of nature, and that in the course ct
suchs exercises the teachers and pupils
will unite in planting trees and dedica..
ing them to the good of those who will
come after them"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-09
At JEFFERSON BANQUET
Notable Gathering of Democratic
Leaders at Des Moines.

The Jefferson banquet held at the
Savery Hotel in Des Moines last Thurs
day evening was one Of the greatest
meetings of representative Iowa demo.
Gratis ever held in this state. While the
primary object of this gathering was to
pay homage to the memory of Thomas
Jefferson, the meeting did more toward
harmoniZlng the democrats of Iowa than
could have been done by months OF
campaign work. Notable speakers were
present from Iowa and adjoining states
and it was !, rare intellectual treat for
all who were fortunate enough to be
present. The banquet was held in the
Savery dining room and everyone of the
800 seats we're occupied, while hundreds
stood around the hotel and clamored
for tickets, as high as IS, S,00 being offered
for tickets which cost only $l.50.
The speakers of the evening were Ex.
Vice President Adlai &. Stevenson, OF
Bloomington, H., Hon. w. j. Bryan, OF
Lincoln, Neb., Hon. j. B. Sullivan, of
Creston, Hon. ]. J. Shea, of Council
Bluffs, Hon. G. o. Holly, of Des Moines,
Hon. G. A. Walsh, secretary OF the ma.
tional democratic committee, Gen. j. B.
Weaver, of Colfax, Judge A. Van Wag-
enen, of Sioux City, Hon. o. p. Myers,
of Newton, and all of the speakers did
their full share towards harmoniZing the
\ r al Il ~ a
getting them in line ready to fight the
presidential battle in 1904. Hon. w. K.
Hearst, of New York, editor of the New
York journal and Chicago American,
was on the program, but was detained
in New York by important business and
wired an address to the meeting, which
was read by his personal representative,
Mr., Russell, manager OF the Chicago
American.
OF course Mr.. Bryan was the principal
speaker of the evening and for more
than an hour he held the audience spell
bound by his flow of oratory.
Never was there such a banquet held
in Iowa and Mr.. G. f. Rinehart, editor
Of the Newton Herald, covered himself
with glory blythe admirable manner in
which he carried out all the details of
tue Dan4net, for he alone arranged all
the details, secured the speakers, sold
( the tickets and managed the entire af-
fair unaided by ary committees or as.
sistants. He carried the affair to sue
cessful termination Notwithstanding
thu attempts of various gold bug news.
papers to throw cold water on the ban
quet. He justly earned the praise
which was bestowed on him on all sides.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-09
SEED CORN.
Prof. Holden Tells how 1t Should
be SeleCted-pick it Yourself.

The following letter written by Prof.
Holden, of the Iowa State Agricultural
College, on the subject of "Seed Corn"
should be carefully read by every
farmer in the state Of Iowa:
q DEAKsIR:-Regarding the selection of
seed corn Will say that IN my estima-
ton the following points are Of greater
importance.
Flrst-That no farmer can afford to
depend on imported seed corn for the
main part of his crop. Seed corn i'm
ported from different latitude seldom
gives satisfactory results the first two
or three years, even though the seed
may be the very best, which oftentimes
is not the case.
1t Is we'll known that most of the
seed corn on the market was bought of
farmers In crib lots, shelled, screened
and sacked ready for sale, little or no
attention being paid to the selection, in
tact 1t IS generally handled with the
scoop shovel ana is known as the
scoop shovel method of selection
lhe chances are that the farmer has
IN his own crib better corn than that
which be purchased from seedmen at
four or live times the market price. And
then he runs the additional risk that it
VIII not mature in his locality.
II from any reason my own corr was
not satisfactory for seed | would GER
talnly not send away for seed corn, but
purchase OF some one in the vicinity
whose corn has given good results dur
Ing the past three or four years.
1t VIII be an excellent plan, however,
Tor Two or more persons i'll nelghbor-
hood to secure small amount of some
OF the standard varieties OF this and
other states and give them good trial.
In this 1T is probable that varieties will
be found which, after they have be-
come acclimated will prove of consider.
able value to the community.
would recommend the purchasing of
seed corn only in the ear. This enables
the purchaser to see exactly what he ia
getting and if it is not satisfactory he
can return it. 1t also enables him to
throw out any undesirable ears. The
scotsman cannot improve the corn by
Smelling it, so there is no good excuse
for him to refuse to ship in the ear.
Second-ln order to secure good
stand it is necessary to exercise great
care in selecting and sorting the seed
All ears with very large or very small
kernel should be thrown out, nc matter
how perfect they are in other respects.
The same is true of all ears with very
thick or very thin kernels, or with the
very short or long narrow grains and
the irregular butt and tip kernels should
be shelled of. In other words no
planter will give an even stand unless
they are of uniform size and shape.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-09
Do You Remember Him, Girls?

Mr.. &. Bert Rodney, leading man In
the Steelsmith company which played
a weeks engagement at the opera hall
in this city last wirter,is no doubt quite
heart smasher. We publish the fol
lowing for the benefit of number of
Leon girls who almost broke their
necks trying to get acquainted with the
actor:
1.-The theatre going people of Mystic
will remember the Frohman Comedy
company which appeared at the Mystic
opera house December S, 9 and 10. The
leading people Of the company were
Mr.. G. Bert Rodney and Miss Ethel
Florence-or at least, that is the names
they went under. 1t turns out, how
ever that Rodney's real name is u.
Bert Vincent and Miss Ethel Flor
ence's real name is Mrs. Ethel Neely.
Miss Florence or Mrs Neey is the wife
of w. Ii. Neely, an engineer on the M !.
&. and 7. railroad at Sedalia, Mo. The
papers say that Rodney or Vincent
enticed Mrs. Neely from her home and
induced her to 90 with him on the stage.
Vincent and Mrs. Nicely were arrested
at Quincy, H., Monday, and taken
back to Sedalia. Vincent was arraigned
in court on two charges, that of entic-
ing Mrs. Neely from her home and lar.
ceny. He pleaded guilty to the aliena-
.tion Of the affections Of Mrs. Neely.
He said that he had been year per-
suading her to leave her home and go
on the stage. Vincent's trial was post
poned for one week, and in default of
5000 bail, he was lodged in jailat Sedalia.
Miss Florence or Mrs. Neely was one
of the most beautiful ladies that ever
appeared on the stage in Mystic. She
had fine voice and her singing won
her much praise. AS an actress she
was equal to, or above, the average.
Rodney or Vincent also made q good
( mpression on the stage. 1t was sup
posed that Vincent and Mrs. Neely
were husband and wife when the com.
pany was here,
The moral of this is, that All is not
gold that glitters. Mystic Letter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-09
Starr-Davis.

Miss Cora, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George w. Davis north of town,
and Mr.. ALVIN Starr of near Des Moines
were united in marriage last Tuesday,
Ed. M M. Turpen officiating.
The groom is stranger to the people
here, this being his first visit, but he
comes highly recommended as being
Christian gentleman. Hei is minister
of the Advent church which work he
will continue in. The bride was raised
in this vicinity and possesses the quail
tication of Dlaking an amiab!e and low
ing companion. The Index joins in the
congratulations Pleassnton Index.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-09
Nathan Rolf, Fire Fiend, Escapes

Nathan Rolf, held for completely In
the burning of Corydon property some
time ago, broke Jail last night and is
breathing the sweet air of liberty at this
writing. The delivery was made by the
help of outside friends who sawed
through the roof and ceiling and cut
the bars of the prisoners cell and re-
leased him. Officers are vigiant but
there is no clue to the whereabouts of
the prisoner yet Humeston Advocate.