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The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
DIPLOMACY.
How the Thin Man Modified the Plump Lady on a Street Car.

How the Thin Man Modified the
 Plump Lady on a Street Car.
 The plump lady scrambled into the front seat of Roland park car, says the Baltimore Ameri- can.
 The seat facing forward was filled, containing six women and one man.
 So the newcomer had to sit on the other seat, facing the entire carload of passengers.
 As the conductors bell rang it's startling ''Ding-ding," and the motorman turned on the current, the plump woman said severely to the solitary man occupying place on the other side:
 'I think you might have been at least enough of gentleman to of fer to change places with me-"
 "I had carefully considered that matter, madam, before you spoke" rejoined the man, ear nestly, "and had decided that for the good of all, we had better re- main as we are. It would be an insult to the passengers back of us for me to sit facing them, and showing my homely features after they had caught even a glimpse of your pronounced come liness. They would resent the substitution and possibly do vi olence to both of us-do you un- derstand ?"'
 'Perfectly, my dear sir" "replied she with a smile, "and I wish to implore your pardon for having so underrated your gallantry."
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
Biggest Dog on Earth.

A dog, supposed to have been the biggest in the world, has just died in Rutland, Vt, at the age of ten years. He was a cross of Eng fish and German mastiff, and weighed 2S4 pounds. At the shoulder he was three feet high, as tall as a full-grown lion, but ne had not the lions massive legs and shoulders nor his impressive length, being only six feet from tip to tip" But he was a terror to evil doers on dark nights. His chest measured 35 inches and his mighty neck required a 35ineh cellar.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
"That looks somethin' like it!7 l

"That looks somethin' like it!1
 Mrs. Reed hasn't wanted a new carpet since then. But Mir. Reed has bought a pretty, cheerful in grain for the parlor, with the ex. plicit statement that it "wa'n't too good to be walked on," and the family is enjoying it every day, "an' gittin' the good out of it." as Mir. Reed deelares.-Farm and Home.
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

man who was a-showin' lem to me: Pm goin' to shet my eyes an turn round twice, an pint with my parasol, an the one 1 pint at is the one Pm goin' to take An I did jest that. Eff l hadn't, l guess I'd ha' ben there a-tryin' to make up my mind yet"
 "Where is it?" asked Mr. Reed. Les see it, won't ye?-or is it too nice to be looked at by com mon folks?"
 "Oh, 'tain't come yet" answered Mrs. Reed. ''They're goin' to make it-they throw in the mak- in, you know"
 In about a week the wonderful carpet arrived, and when Mir. Reed came in from work, at sup per time, he was invited to in spect it. Mrs. Reed opened the parlor door, and allowed him to behold it's beauties across the threshold.
 Don't step on itp' she cried, as he showed a disposition to enter the room.
 "Ain't it made to walk onw asked the poor man.
 Well, - yes," answered Mrs. Reed, but not to be used the way we used the old rag carpet. l don't want it to get s'iled-or faded" she added, pulling down the shade.
 "Then I s'pose we ain't to use the room" said Mr. Reed. That S what you mean, is it?"
 "Why, of course we'll use the room," responded Mrs. Reed, not feeling quite at ease by her hus- bands look and tone, but not so common as we did when the old fdS dfpetWdS do"H Il.
 All right" said Mr. Reed, "fll get ye a lock an key, first time l go up to the store, an you can lock up yer carpet. I don't need the lock myself-I wouldn't think O settin' my foot on your carpet, but other folks might, an it'll be we'll to guard ag'inst it. Oh," he added, sarcastically, 'mebbe a sign of No Admittance' on the door 'ud answer est as we'll"
 q do think you're real proyok- in'," said Mrs. Reed. You can't blame me for not wantin' it s'iled, the first thing, after the way I've saved for it."
 "Oh, that's all right" said MT. Reed. "I wouldn't want it walked on, s'pose, if was you. It's like a picter-to be looked at. 1 hope you'll enjoy it,n and with that he went away, and poor Mrs. Reed sat down and cried.
 "He says such mean things, when he feels like it,' she told her self. Il didn't mean it was too good to be used, an he knows it, but I don't want it to be used ey'ry day. How long 'ud it be, if we set in the parlor for common, an had the shades up, afore it'd fade. Men don't have much sense about some things
 The young folks" of the Reea family resented her anxiety about che new carpet quite as much as Mir. Reed did, and they gave her to understand that she need have no fears of their ever soiling it. The parlor became a deserted room.
 I'd just as soon go and set in the cemetery" said Phoebe to Ruth, one day, in their mothers hearing. "If we only had a pie ture to hang up there, sacred to the memory of somebody, it'd be quite appropriate. l hate the sight of the carpetw
 "So do |" said Ruth. "The idea of shutting up the pleasantest part of the house for the sake of that old carpet. It
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30
RY BEEN E. REXFoRD.

WdHleQ DOuSnIeu carpet ohC had made rag carpets, at different times, thereby depriying the most of the family of the larger share of it's wardrobe for the time being; but she had steadily refused to compromise on an ingrain, as her husband urged her to do.
 It'd be cheaper to buy thatklnd of carpet than it is to make rag ones,e he declared. "You use up just about ev'rything we've got in the shape O clos, ev'ry time you go into the carpet bis'ness; an the money it takes to stock us up ag'in, put into what you pay out for sewin' rags an weayln', an the etcettery, 'ud buy a real nice carpet"
 But I don't want an ingrain carpet" Mrs. Reed would re spond. q won't have one. I've set my mind on Brussels, an till can have one 0, that kind I'll git along with a rag carpet. I'm 'shamed to have folks see a rag carpet in the parlor, of course-it looks as if we was poor as Jobs turkey, or stingy. But l won't have anything else put down on the floor till l can have a real nice Brussels. I've ben a-sayin' up for it long spell back, an by'm- by I reckon I'll get enough to gether to git it.
 The Reed parlor was pleas ant room, with comfortable fur niture in it, and the young people of the family enjoyed using 1t. It's homelike air made 1t more at tractive for the average visitor than many rooms more preten' tiously furnished. But it would never be what it ought to be, to Mrs. Reed, until the long-desired "Brussels" was to be seen there.
 So she worked and sawed until she got enough money together to gratify the ambi- ton of her life. It was an i'm portant day in the annals of the Reed family when she announced that at last the carpet fund was complete.
 T do hope you'll go right off to town an buy it, then" said Mr. Reed. 'I've got tired O hearin' about it.'
 "I'm goin' to-morrer," an. nounced Mrs. Reed. Il guess m as anxious to have it bought as you be. I declare, it seems to me 1 hain't had hardly anything as I'd like to had it for the las six or seven years, jest because O saYin' up for that carpet. l ought to take a good 'eal O comfort out of ii when 1 git it, to make up for what I've gone 'ithout, for its sakeo
 "I don't b'leeve you will, though" said Mr. Reed. "You've jest b' a livin' fer that carpet, ever s nee you begun scrimpin' to git it, am when it's got you won't have anything left to live for. The ambition of your life will be gratified, so to speak, an l s'pose you'll jest set down ill the front room an look an look at the ear pet"
 ''Oh, you quit your hectorin',' y said Mrs. Reed, too good-natured over the prospect of her carpet to be offended at anything her hus- band could say. "I shouldn't wonderif you admired it as much as anyl)dy."
 She had "a dretful time" in se- lecting her carpet, she informed the family, on her return from town. "lf there hadn't ben so many of 'em, 'twouldn't ha' ben so hard, but when you come to have as many's 20 pieces spread out on the floor at one time to look at, an ev'ry one real ham some, 1t was jest distractin' to
The Newark journal., 1903-10-30

came to hate the sight of her car pet. She had to acknowledge to herself the justness of the fam ily's criticism, but she could not bring herself to throw open the doors of the parlor and ask them to use the room, as of old. Re gard for the carpet, and resent ment of their remarks about it, prevented her from doing that.
 Spring came, with hOuse-clean- ing time. Though the new carpet had not been soiled, as none of the family would set a desecrating foot on it, and but few visitors had profaned it by wiping off the dust of their feet on it's roses and lilies. it would never do to pass it by, at housekeeping. It had been the rule, from time immemorial, to take up every carpet in the house each spring, and the new carpet could not expect any exception made in it's favor.
 So it happened that it was talk en up-Mrs. Reed had to do the work alone-and hung up on a line in the back yard to be dusted. John Henry, the ten-year-old hopeful, was raking up leaves and dead grass there, when it was hung out, and he was ordered to procure some willow switches as soon as he had finished the job of raking, with which to whip the dust out of the corpet.
 "Yes'm," said John Henry. "You want the rakin's burnt up, don't you. ma ?o
 Mrs. Reed wasn't thinking about what he said to her, and gave some kind of reply, out of her abstraction, which John Henry understood to be in favor of his suggestion. Therefore, when he had finished raking the yard, he touched a match to the eombustible stuff he had gath cred together, and set off in search of the switches his mother had or dered.
 "Oh. ma, mar' cried Ann Eliza, from the back door a few minutes later, with dire dismay in her shill tones, "John Henry's set the grass aire, an it's got into your carpet"
 "I'm glad of it-I hope it'll burn the old thing upw said Ruth to Phoebe, as they ran for the back yard.
 ''Don't make much of an effort to put out the fire if it is in the carpet" said Phoebe. "And it is there, sure enough." she added, as they reached the yard. The flames had blown up against it from John Henry's pile of refuse, and they were running up the pendant breadths in a dozen places.
 Mrs. Reed came into the yard just as the girls did. Ruth and Phoebe expected her to faint away. But she didn't. Neither did she make an effort to save the carpet from destruction. On the contrary, to their great surprise, she sat down on an old box and looked at it as the flames de youred it's beauty.
 "Fm glad of it!" she said, pres ently. "Tve heard you say, girls, that you hated the sight of it. So do I, Let it burnv'
 don't suppose that Mrs. Reed had ever heard of Nero's enjoy ment of the burning of Rome, but am quite sure that she expert enced something of the savage pleasure that was Nero's as she saw the carpet that had once been the pride of her heart turn to ashes.
 "It's made my life missable ever sence I got it, with the way you an your fathers acted about it." she said. An dun knows blame you either. I guess com
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
Well Built

Noel il going right up the lad
der nOwand, on their desperation
the opposition win no doubt try
and cook up some story ON HIM.
So far they have not had the eif
rontry to charge that Noel was an
administration candidate. Those
who know Ed. Noel know that he
is no mans man. He is an hon.
est, upright public servant, built
after the pattern Of John n. Stone
endowed with plenty Of brains
and imbued with . love for hi
native state, Noel il making :
winning canvass and he will be
oovern0r Noel after next jan
uary'-Jsckson Evening News.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
His Ways.

Mr.Noel is in favor Of every ben.
efcial Improvement that can be
successfully inaugurated. He has
been a asuccessful lawyer for some
time, and in the State Senate he
was a powerful factor. He voices
the peoples sentiments with an
effort to make each issue Q plain
statement and to enlighten his
audiences with regard to the sucs
cess or failure of certain issues
that are sought to be made Of
special import. He asks the peo-
pie to think for themselves, and
not be led into mistakes by prom
ises that even those who make
them know can never be fulfilled.
His words are fraught with mean.
ing, and his illustrations illus-
trate. He has been consistent
In his talk and his vote, and he
has no explanations to make Of
why he voted as he did, for he
has ever stood up for the meas
ures that he believed to be bene-
fetal to the people. He has not
ChanpAd his viowS On anv uuaa~
ton to catch votes. His ways
seem ia. have been the ones the
people like. He is able, consci-
entious and a fearless man in the
discharge of public duty, a. his
past we'll shows, aud he is no
more deliberate of speech than
he is careful of public interests
-Batesville Panolian.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

Those who may have been i'm.
pressed with the idea that the law
is not being enforced in the state
of Mississippi, and that murder.
ers especially get off easy before
the courts. are cited to the record
made by Judge Sam Cook end
District Attorney Earl Brewer.
During the three terms Of Of court
they have held since their appoin-
mont they have disposed Of fifty
murder cases and in ever y instance
except one they have SECURED con.
viction. True, only two Of the
fifty were sent to the gallovo,
but that is accounted for On the
theory that a live negro 10 worth
u great deal more to the state on
the penitary farm than in the Gem
etery, and delta juries appreciate
the difference. Clarion Ledger.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
The Dirt Daubers.

The news papers which stsrted
out to re elect Senator Money BY
o campaign of mudslining and per-
sonal slanders detraction Of Gov.
Longine, unsupported by fact or
reason, or getting sick Of their
job as the people understand the
trick and the real truth Of the
situation. Everywhere the gov
ernor speaks, in q manly dignifled
way he is exposing the malice and
falsity of the opposition and win
ming friends and supporters by the
hundreds. Longino will be O. win
ner; mark the prediction. Al man
who has a clean conservative rec.
ord personal and official, 20 Lon
gino, from the time he became
chancery clerk of Lawrence
County, and who has made . fine
governor as he has can I
be put down before the people Of
Mississippi by campaign Of de-
traction and falsehood. Brook.
haven Leader.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

He kissed the babe and rubbed
the hsads of Ann and Bill and
Sue; he swore the twins were
beautiful and wished he had two
He asked about the corn.bread
that he vainly tried to chaw and
forthwith begged for q receipt
OF course that tickled ma. But
that don't count. But just before
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

An old couple in Kansas has q
son whom they chrlstened "God's
Plenty" He was their seventeeth
child and besides having exhaust-
ed their list of names, they con.
sidered the one selected as being
very appropriate. -Ex.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

If girl has rocks it takes a
nan with sand to win her.
Speaking terms are to be found
on card in the telephone booth.
Those who work for the wages
of sin try to postpone the day of
reckoning.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
Pointed Paragraphs.

Children should be seen and
talked about less.
It's : poor statistician who can
not make figures lie.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

he left he stopped and winked
and closed up his jaw and slipped
out behind the barn and took a
drink with pa-and that's what
counts. Forest Register.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

A South Dakota editor has two
subscribers who frequently get
full, and every time they get in
that condition they come and pay
a years subscription in advance.
One Of them is credited to 194I.
The distiller who makes that brand
can get his advertisement on easy
terms in all the country papers. -
Memphis Morning News.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
ne Rlce r pleasuPe.

8 y haed ~ iovely woman to forego
- tleaGwsee - Ne liz which she was
wu8sd - snj1y anA adesn. She may
hnNs to b haGy al Aay In ONCE or in
~ ysk ske can1ot deny herself the
80 paanGnsao Whleh ase offered her.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20
Teachers Wanted.

We need at once few more
teachers both experienced and in-
experienced. We have more calls
this year than ever before.
Schools and colleges supplied
with competent teachers free of
cost. Address with stamp.
American Teachers Association.
J. L. Graham, LL. D., Mgr.
3m Memphis, Tel n
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

When woman doesn't brag
about her children it is a sign she
hasn't any.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

But the fatigue 10
often too great for
her, and che suf-
fers from headache
and backache as q
consequence of
over-exertion.
Women who are
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will find a perfect
tonic and nervi1e
In DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription.
It cures headache,
backache and the
other aches and
pains to which
women are subject.
It establishes regu-
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cures female weak
ness. It Itmakesweak
women strong and
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sI am 90 pleased
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Y hardly know what
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writes Mrs Milo Bry-
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Water Valley progress., 1903-06-20

Sniss In my back and the lower part Of my
30omAeh and palpitalion Of the heart, that at
Uoes cosld hardly lie down. Could hardly
~ up ip the morning but after using three
Spe1lee of Favorte Prescription and two vials
q 0r. Piases's Heasant Pellets, I am IKE new
Vumoo.s
eiek won,en, especially those suffering
from diseases Of long standing, are in
vited to cousult DR.. Pierce, by letter, free.
All correspondence is held as strictly pri-
vske and sacredly confidential. Address
Or. r. v. Piegee, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
GRAVES TO BE MARKED
Grand Army Post Of Stevens Point Makes

Grand Army Post Of Stevens Point Makes
an Appropriation.
STEVENS POINT, wIS.-The Grand.
Army post has appropriated money to
purchase headstones for the unmarked
graves Of soldiers and sailors buried in
the cemeteries in and near this city.
A movement Is on foot to establish a
restroom under the municipal government
Thousand club for the city of Madison
about a year ago.
The proposition for the city to adopt
a charter under the general law is meet
ing with much opposition. chiefly because
Of the fact that the people have no voice
in the question Of its adoption, this be-.
ing left entirely to the city council, and
also on account of the centering OF power
in the council under the proposed char
ter.
At the declamatory contest Of the Stew
ems Point district Of the State Lyceun1
league five counties were represented, the
winners being Mary Cortland of Virogua,
Alice Sherman of Plainfleld. and Nellie
Nutter Of Wausau. Miss Cortland will
represent this district In the contest soon
to be held at Madison.
The city council has passed an ordin--
ance providing for extensive improve
merts on the chief business streets, in
Guiding the paving of Main street with
vitrified brick.
A special election will be held to- morrow
to vote on the bonding of the city for the
purchase of a large tract of land as fair
ground and city park.
The corner stone of the $40, 900 Carnegie
library was laid Saturday.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
PAVEMENTS AND SEWER
Albert Lea VIII Vote Upon TWO PROPOSE
lions on June 9.

tlonS on June Z.
ALBERT LEA, M1NN.-The city coun-
Gil has ordered a special election to be
held June to pass upon the questions of
paving certain streets of the city and
constructing a half mile Of main sewer,
the estimated cost of the latter being
about $4,000. After long contest the
council ordered a contract drawn with the
Albert Lea Light and Power company for
heating system for the new city hall, to
be operated from the hot water heating
plant of the Light and Power company.
The Territorial Pioneers held their an
nual meeting to-day. Dr. A. c. Wedge.
the president, delivered an address in
which he explained how the various town
ships in the county received their names.
The M. J. Higgins Hardware company
stock has been traded to Carlton Rabbit
and ]. G. Skinner for wild land in Dickey
county, N. D.
District court will likely continue all
the week. The case Of Augusta Harris VS..
the Albert Lea & Southern Railway COM
pany was tried and a verdict of $3.50 re-
turned for the plaintiff. In the case Of
w. G. Bragg VS.. Nels Skaar the jury
found for the defendant This case arose
over the sale of horse by the son Of
the plaintiff to the defendant and the
plaintiff claimed ownership, the jury de-
Gliding for him. The case Of Mason H.
Allen VS.. o. P. Fossom was settled, 1t
being an action against the sheriff of the
county for alleged unlawful levy upon
goods belonging to the plaintiff.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-11
ATE RAT POISON
Death OF Child at Neutrality-suspicious.
cation Services at an End.

Death OF Child at Worthineton-DedI
cation Services at an End.
WORTHINGTON NINA 4-year-
old child of S. s. White was buried yester-
day, death being caused by eating rat
poison.
The women's clubs of this place are
making extensive preparations for enter
tanning the delegates attending the, dis
trict federation meeting May IS and %.
Prominent among those who will be in
attendance are Mrs. E. M. LaPennotiere,
president Of the state federation, and Pro
fessor Maria Sanford Of the state uni
versity.
Governor Van SAINT spoke to a large
audience in the new NJ. e. church Sunday
evening, the occasion being a religious
campfire held at the close Of dedicatory
services of the new $4,000 edifice. The
G. A. r. and w. r. G. were present in
la body. The governor was frequently
greeted with hearty applause. The basis
of his address was that religion and pa
triotism go hand in hand. After the serv-
ices the entire audience shook the gov
errors hand
A project is under way for the erection
of a hospital. Rev. Thomas Hambly OF
the M E. church, A. T. Latta and E. w.
Golf have been appointed as q commit
tee to interview physicians and citizens
| to ascertain the sentiment and what sup
port can be secured.
| A petition has been circulated request
| ing the Rock Island railroad to erect
new passenger station.
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asylum from Minot by sheriff scofield.

asylum from Minot by Sheriff scofield.
She is only % years old. Last fall she left
Mfnot for Crookston, where her parents
reside. There she remained until this
spring, when she returned to Minot to
hold down her claim. On her arrival she
could not find her lover Of few months
ago and the appointment was so great
that she, lost her reason.
j. w. Anderson, timekeeper on the
Northern Pacific, had his foot crushed
while boarding a train in the jamestown
yards.
Rev. III. ]. Sheridan. who was stricken
with paralysis at Linton, is recovering
slowly at his home in Jamestown. He
is now able to speak few words and it is
believed he will fully recover.
The board of education held meeting
Saturday evening and engaged teachers
for the ensuing year.. There has been a
fight over the appointment of certain
teachers the committee favoring the dis
mtssal of two A petition was presented
by their friends asking that they be re.
tanned. They were not engaged, however
No one was named for the position OF
principal Of the high school,
Elsie Mohns was brought to the asylum
from Valley City.