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The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-30
HIT BEFORE THE SHOT.
The Villain in a MeIOdrama Gives
an Exhibition of Marvellous
Marksmanship.

1t was in a downtown theater recently
and the climax of a tragedy was approach.
ing. Leading up toward this supreme mo-
ment, the villain, l%olling in a summer
garden, had been challenged to a duel with
the hero, says the Chicago Tribune.
Fight me. Fight mel" and the villain,
too full for further utterance at the mo.
ment, pointed toward a bottle standing
empty on a table thirty feet away.
The hero turned with a supercilious glance
and looked.
"Watch!"
1t was the villains cue word, and he was
SO intent upon seeing that none of its
~!aconic force was lost on the audience that
he must lave been slow with the action.
just as his revolver appeared from a rear
pocket and was rising il. the villains right
hand.
"Bing-le-tingle-ting!"
The neck of the bottle burst in a dozen
pieces and clinked to the floor; the aston.
ished villain, with the unexploded weapon
in his hand, stood there with fallen jaw and
lowering arm, while the gallery simply
went to pieces in the delirium of its JOY.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-30
h True Religion

1t is said that Henry II. of France
decided to become a monk. He sought
out a holy friar, whose word would be
to him as a Divine monitor. "Wilt thou
promise me implicit obediencei if 1 take
direction of thy conscience" said the
friar. 81 WILL" replied the king.
''Then," said the holy man, Ego back to
thy kingdom and rule" The story re-
minds n of the fine saying of a French
writer: Beware of a religion which
substitutes itself for everything; that
makes monks. Seek a religion which
penetrates everything; that makes
Christians" Relatively it is seldom
that experience of religion leads men
to do different things from what they
had been doing previously, except in
the abandonment of plain sin, but it
requires them to do everything with a
different motive in a different temper.
Ordinary life, with its joys and sor-
rows, its cares and hopes, is the ma
terial which, the Divine life is to inter-
penetrate, to transfuse and transform.
The king is to serve God by ruling, the
mother by care of her children, the
man of affairs by diligence in them.
The voices we hear calling us to new
enterprises that men call distinctively
religious should be carefully i~nterro-
gated. They are not invariably from
God.-Boston Watchmap.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-30

Flora-"Somchow, Jack cannot seem to
get up courage to propose to me-" Dora
Perhaps he's afraid you'd say 'yes.'"-
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-30
CAUGHT BY THE GRIP.
&AIRELEAsED BY PE-RU-NA.
Congressman Geo. H. Whites Case.
A Noted ScuIptress Cured.

| Mrs. Celeste Covell writes from PIG
N. avenue, Aurora, ILL.,:
only those who have suffered with
la grippe and been cured can appre-
ciate how grateful l feel that such q
splendid medicine as Peruna has been
| placed at the door of every suffering
person."-Mrs. C. Covell.
Noted sculptress Cured of Grip.
Mrs. M. C. Cooper, of the Royal Acad-
residing in Washington, ID. c., is one of
the greatest living sculptors and paint
ers Of the world. She says:
81 take pleasure in recommending
Peruna for catarrh and la grippe. /
have suffered for months, and afterthe
use of one bottle of Peruna L am en-
tirely week.-Mrs.. NJ. c. Cooper.
ID. i. Wallace, a charter member of
the International BARRIERS Union,
writes from IS Western Avenue, Min
neapolis, Mimi:
Following a severe attack of Ia
grippe | seemed to be affected badly all
over.
Zone of my customers who was great
ly helped by Peruna advised me to try
it, and / procured a bottle the same
day. Now my head is clear, my nerves
are steady, | enjoy food and rest well.
Peruna has been worth a dollar a dose
to NED. L. Wallace.
Lieutenant Clarice Hunt, of the Salt
Lake City Barracks of the Salvation
Army, writes from Ogden, Utah:
1.-Two months ago was suffering
with so severe a cold hat L could hard
ly speak.
"Our captain advised me to try Pc
runa and procured a bottle for me, and
truly it worked wonders. Within two
weeks I was entirely well."-Clarice
Hunt.
Congressman Whites Letter.
Tarboro, NJ C.
Gentlemen: lam more than salts.
fled with Peruna and find 1t 10 be an
excellent remedy for the grip and ca.
tarrh. 4 have used ii in my family
and they all Join me In recommending
it as an excellent ren1edy."-George
II. White, Member of Congress.
Mrs. T. w. Collins, Treasurer Inde-
pendent Order of Good Templars, of
Everett, Wash, writes:
"After having a severe attack of la
grippe / continuedin a feeble condition
even after the doctors called me cured.
My blood seemed poisoned. Peruna
cured me."-Mrs. T. w. Collins.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving q full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-30

Dropsy treated free by DR.. H. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tisement in another column of this paper.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-30

7 A GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. 1t
spares no class or nationality. The
- cultured and the ignorant, the arts
tocrat and the pauper, the masses and
the classes are alike subject to la
grippe. None are exempt-all are Ii
able.
Have you the grip? Or, rather, has
the grip got you? Grip is well named.
The original French term, la grippe,
has been shortened by the busy Amer
lean to read grip" Without intending
to do so a new word has been coined
that exactly describes the case. AS if
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-30

81 see that a blizzard wrecked a western
state house just after the legislators had
adjourned for the day" II wonder what
delayed it?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Tupelo journal., 1903-01-30

some hideous giant with awfulGrip had
clutched us in it's fatal clasp. Men,
women, children, whole towns and cit
les are caught in the baneful grip of a
terrible monster.
Pe-ru-na for Grip.
Mrs. Theophile Schmitt, wife of the
Ex-Secretary of the German Consulate.
writes the following letter from 3417
Wabash avenue, Chicago, ILL.,:
81 suffered this winter with a severe
attack of la grippe. After using three
bottles of Peruna 1 found the grip had
disappeared."-Mrs. T. Schmitt.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
sWANsTRoM FAvoRS HEIGHTS PARK
Will Ask Dr.. Hills to Support 1t Instead of
Beecher Memorial

Borough President Swanstrom. it was said
yesterday. wants DR.. Kills. of Plymouth
Church, TO support a plan for public park
on Brooklyn Heights. overlooking the bay. in
stead of insisting a Beecher Memorial Park
at Orange, Hicks and Henry SITS. adjoining
Plymouth Church The Heights park
will cost more than S10000O0. The idea is to
lay out the park with beautiful flower beds
on terraces. the whole presenting a scene of
beauty not only to those who frequent the park
but to those on the passing boats we'll
1t is believed that there will be considerable
opposition TO the proposed Beecher Park plan
al the hearing. at 1870 o'clock at the Borough
Hall. this forenoon. The real estate needed for
the proposed park carries assessed valuation
of S2i0goO, and the city is expected to assist
in acquiring the necessary property. Borough
President Swanstrom is favor of having a
public park the Heights, the land to be
acquired before it becomes expensive
When President Swanstrom was seen last night
he said
1T could hardly be said that l have any we'll
defined plan for parl the Heights.
have Il little diagram which ] shall show to
DR. Hills at the first opportunity. If it does
not meet with his ideas, probably the Beecher
Memorial Park project will answer all pur
poses for park the Heights
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
FOR PAYMENT OF CUBAN ARMY,

Havana Feb. 12.-The report of the joint
committee Of the House and Senate on the Sol
diers' Pay bill presented to the House OF
Representatives this afternoon, and the bill was
passed unanimously without debate. The bill
Will be reported to the Senate tomorrow, where
it is expected to meet with similar treatment
The bill, reported, authorizes the President
to place the customs securities secondary
security, in addition to those articles specially
taxed to meet the loan. The taxes authorized
by the bill will be levied on liquors and matches,
cigars for expectation. at the rate OF 81 q
thousand on cigars for domestic consumption,
81 a thousand, and on sugar, which will be
taxed five cents a bag containing 800 pounGs.
1t is calculated these taxes will yield annual
revenue of s., 800 600 Besides devoting S4,-
0o0,Ooo to the Improvement Of agriculture
81, 100000 will be devoted to the payment of
debts contracted by the chief of the revolu-
tionary army between February "a and Septem-
Der 70, 1895, and all the debts of the revolu
tionary government subsequent to those dates
The remainder Of the So, 100000 loan will be
devoted to the payment of the army.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
POLICE BR1VE-GREENE
He CommeRds Them at Broohfyn
Union Leaguc Dinner.

The fourteenth annual dinner of the Clion
League CLUB, Brooklyn, commemoraflhs tiie p'i "
of Abraham Lincoln held last night at 'ie
clubhouse n Grant Square. Police tomfn'ssi"n7'
Greene who was not the regular toast hS'' u9
livered a little eulogy the police force lie "a9
introduced as the man who has given Newt hoih N
many surprises recently. Among other Things he
said:
This is marvellous city. In its confines are
tfo Office buildings and marts of trade, ana dlso
r1e,nber of this club will 60 with me IN my auto
,1oiiiie some dav I can show him more Germans
than in any city of Germany. except one noIe @
Italians than in any city of Italy except one more
irish than there are in Dublin and more jews IMAM
there are in Palestine ,, -.
Tha police force in this city is much abused pIt
no one ever doubted its courage. nave YET 10
Iearn where its members nave finched 1netine OF
riot or danger. If dishonest members. VINO are III
tho minority can be driven out. ana the nlgheer
offcerS will cooperate in stamping out pldckhdii
We will have the finest force in the world
The regular toast list follows: ''ihe Ed
,,catio,, Of Lincoln" Hamilton ". Mabie. of "The
outlook; The Conquerors. eX-CongresShlan an
Creswell Maclaughn, Editor of The Schoonas-
fer; The New Southern Emancipation, Dr. iru-
man 7 Rackus president of Packer institute;
Abraham Lincoin-SIatesma Potlclan lhe
Rev pr s Parkes Cadman, pastor OF the ttrllfdl
Congregational Church ,,,,. 1,,oeo
letters of regret read from President ifooSe-
yelt Secretaries Hay and Moody, Senator hanna
and
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
GAVE SAILOR ROUGH RIDER HAT.
Painters Mistake Keeps New Flag from Fly
ing on City Hall.

Marty" Keese. keeper OF the City Hall, is hav-
ing more trouble with the flags A painter put a
Rough Rider hat on the sailor city flag
and when Nj. Reese unfurled ii yesterday morn
ing ne somewhat shocked.
This won't do at ALL" said he. THE sailor
shouldn't have Rough Rider Porto Rcan hat"
He sert for the contractor and demanded an ex-
PLANTATION.
You see" said the contractor, "the man hired
to paint the city coat OF the municipal
flag got little boozy. He got along all right with
everything till Ec got the sailors hat. Then he
either got hilarious didn't know any better for
he slapped Rough Rider hat on the sailor
We'll, yo' take the flag and have the old tar
change his headgear." said Mr.. Reese. IF |
should put this flag up the Municipal Art Commits
sion would get after me and I'd lose my job
The contractor took the flag away and returned
with 1t IN three hours. with a proper hat the
sailor. BY that time the old flag up and no
change was made. The new flag will be ready for
Nashngton's Birthday.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
LARGE FLAG DISPLAY
Balmy Weather Dla5cs Holiday
CrO7cds to Streets.

The display Of the American flag in the city was
more general yesterday than on most holidays. in
honor of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln the
Stars and Stripes 1uttered above hundreds of build
ings and waved the fronts of thousands Of
homes. The bright sunlight in the city made the
display the more effective and pleasing to the eye.
The city evnced it's recognition of Lincolns birth
day by a display Of flags from the staffs on
the roof Of the City Hail The city has had set of
flags in use for So many years that the bunting
became threadbare. The Mayor time ago
noticed this. and directed Marty Keese the
todian Of the hail. 10 order new ones. Reese re-
ceived all but one of the flags in time 10 un-
furl them yesterday On the main peak over the
Statue OF Justice flew Old Glory while two larger
flags few from the staffs at the extreme easterIy
and westerly ends Of the building On the two
poles between these hoated the State flag on a blue
background. and the white municipal flag both
with their respective coats-of-ar in the centre
The closing OF the schools factories and ex-
changes yesterday allowed thousands OF persons TO
make use of the holiday A time for recreation
and many of them were in tile open air "A good part
OF the day. The weather reminded more of
April than February. the air balmy Hosts
OF children into the parks. The Aquarium
was crowded all day, The streets hed in
some parts of the city by people who wanted to
keep out OF doors TO enjoy the fine weather.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
CUBAN COALING STATIONS.
limited States to Get Twenty Square Miles
at Guantanamo.

Havana Feb 1o-United States Minister
Souiers spent nearly the whole day at the palace
ecine over the draft of the naval coallng station
aereement with President Palma and Foreign
Secretary Zaldo. No bitches occurred on either
side There will be further conference to-
morrow.
According to the Platt amendment this agree
1nent will be between the President of Cuba ana
the Tinted States President Palma suggests
that it be signed here simultaneously by both
rarties and it is expected that Minister Squlers
will he authorized to sign on behalf of President
Roosevelt.
The agreement permits the establishment OF d
naval station at Guantanamo and a codllng sta
ton at Bahia Honda Cuba agrees to cede some
twenty square miles of land at Guantanamo
for the naval purposes of the United States, as
long as the United States deems it desirable TO
maintain station President Palma will send
a message to Congress, asking for the enact
ment of a law authorizing the purchase OF lanf
for this purpose lie will also ask the Senate
TO ratify the agreement, although the ratinca-
tion is not considered to be legally essential.
The amount of rent paid for the ground used
bx- the United States garrison at Cienfuegos has
heen raised from $3.50 monthly to $500 monthly.
Colonel Haskin has recommended that the post
be evacuated and the troops ordered back to
the United States. The War Department has
directed the Cuban records to be closed up
and ken TO the United States not later than
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
STAMFORD, THE BEAUTIFUL.
Dinner Given by the Board of Trade-Cst-
skill Charms.
tEr rELE 5RAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

Stamford N ". Feb. I2.-There free dir
given by the Board OF Trade IN the ne" opera
house this evening. at O'Clock when tive hundred
people marched from the balcony to the main hoor
to the musi, of the town orchestra. They were
then seated at flower decked tables loaded WIN
good things. 1t representative gathering o.
the people and rarely seen in a village 'he Size
of Stamford.
Grace was asked by the Rev. Z z. Richards. who
has been for thirtyeght years pastor of the Pres
byterian Church. y. J. Mcknight. president Of the
Board of Trade, made speech of welcome. ard
said the dinner promote united EFFORT for
advancement Of the town, which hns promising
future as ar ideal summer resort TIs then intro
Iueed the first speaker OF the evening. the Rev.
William Gussman Of the Baptist Church. who re-
sponded 10 the toast. The Churches"
The next speaker B. L. Mayhanl. who -
nearly eighty years old, and went TO school sixty
five years ago In a little red schoolhouse where
now stands a fine seminary. lie could sec only
one man in the audience. the Rev. l.. z. Richards.
who had helped to fight all the battles incident 20
the evolution of the red schOoIhotse into a semi
nary. lie spoke with pride % the Stamford Ma
tonaI Bank. which could support half the me-
chanics in town and still have a surplus.
Another speaker DIR. Stafford who paid a
tribute to far seeing citizens conscious ot the
natural beauties OF the place who saw destiny IN
the town and laid The fOundat tions for broader
success by advertising il 4 summer resort The
Rev. W. II. Moser. OF the Methodist Church, spoke
OF the high class OF boarders who made the town
their home ia summer and Of the need Of keeping
up this standard, The Rev l. T. Richards gave
interesting "reminiscences OF the village II was
forty years ago. when there was a sidewalk in
IL church standing
Professor Clark principal OF the seminary. who
is a witty speaker. announced that there would be
a summer school here this year 5. r. Champion.
the veteran Editor OF THE Mirror." greetings
F. G. Hanford gave a rousiug toast. The Ladies,
God Bless Them All" The Rev. a. w Terry
spoke on Ideals of Stamford and e. l.. Andrews
said the Board OF Trade should have che hearty
proVements that should be undertaken about town.
The whole gathering showed the greatest unanim-
uy ON the part of the people to make stamford
which now Is the most beautiful village in the
Satskills. model summer resort.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
MORE MONEY FOR LEGISLATORS.
Bill by Senator Whitlock Would Add
$475,0OO to State Payroll.
Trx TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Albany Feb. Ex-senator Whitlock, OF Kings
County one of the new Democratic Senators.
introduced an amendment to the constitution to-
day increasing the salaries of the members of
the legislature. They now receive SloOo yearly.
Mr.. WhitIock proposes that the members of the
Senate shall receive 5000 year salary, and
the members of the Assembly $500
There are two hundred members in all The
total amount they now receive year is S3OO,OOO.
Mr. Whtlock's amendment to the constitution
would give the fifty Senators $250000, and the
100 Assembymen 1920 The salaries of the
Senators and Assemblymen combined would
thus amount to S715O 900, instead of 100000. as
at present.
Senator Whitlock's amendment also provides
that the Senators and Assembymen shall also
receive the sum of 81 for every ten miles they
shall travel in going to and returning from their
place of meeting, once in each session. on the
most usual route. The amendment further de-
clares:
Senators. when the Senate alone is convened
in extraordinary session. when serving as
members of the court for the trial of impeach-
ment, and such members of the Assembly not
exceeding nine members. as shall be appointed
managers of an impeachment shall receive an
additional allowance of $40 day"
George NJ Palmer of Schoharie County Dem
ocratic leader in the Assembly. said, when he
was asked his opinion of Senator Whitock's
amendment:
II should be for such increase if it could
be retroactive" Nh Palmer has been member
four times previously, and thus frankly
knowledges that he would be willing to accept
S14 900 from the State. Then he added more
seriously
THE of 81 800 is entirely insufficient to
compensate a member of the legislature who has
to give up his business. The State does not
ask any of its other employees to take such low
salary"
When Senator Whitlock submitted his amend
ment, Senator Cullen. of Kings County said:
we should act on that resolution without
delay"
Yes" added Senator Armstrong lit should
be advanced to third reading without refer
ence.'
Senator Whtlock said afterward that the
amendment his own idea, and added:
state clerks in some eases are paid better
than the members of the legislature and think
Speaker Nixon said he was personally on
posed to any increase of the salaries of the
members of the legislature. He thought the
people of the State would oppose the proposed
amendment. There was abundance of men
willing to serve the State in the legislatures
he said at the present salary, not for the
salary. but for the honor of serving the State
Senator or an Assemblyman
TO CURE A GOLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo- odinine Tablets This sigma
ture (NH q every box 2oc.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13

shield him. the favors of the lend must now ''0'
him. .ha. the citizen who
is black must not aspire to q pelltea nst .mer-
NOT approach The ballot box is 10 Wai 20 norrafal
ican Institutions To hold populations III "a ~ or
tutelage whether our immeolate e, aside lin
In Islands beyond the Is 10 SET asI9e ofan,
coins principles. Delays may be al
DELAYS should be counseled: tor the queStom do
ways calls answer-are ehiiaren Io III Of self
10 walk as adus-are poulations lilcdpaple y.
government TO be allowed. for their dess. t ,b
rs nriyfeces? But when the time comes !ha' 81, 80,
nopnlations have ripened into self-governmng m a1r
bon5 the rights of that manhood must pe ,.cr
aDJ meanwhile the mission OF the nag is 10 tt9e -
sher, toward such manhood The day must ps -,
,,c.ted when our Territories viii be states; u
oDr island possessions will be States Apluins io
rardencies cannot DC the appanage OF repueiiiSS.
TIE limited states is. by force OF lrreNecessc 81.
events an international power. our prayetI. II,
Nav she ever he peace with her sister aso.o @ 10
nf he world: be it not hers TO provoke tne.i taino 40
niger and ennity But, insist, other hatot-tS
mist honor and respect her she deserves. ~
foTeip,, nation no combination OF foreign nauGiS
i 80 ne allowed TO her backward from ~
traditional policies. to circunlscribe her area
coli of influence or lower in the snaiest utsi
thc prestige Of her name. rms we cath'pt P'i'''
our ioyaity forbds that We do So
Among the other speakers of the evening were
Senator-eIect A. J. Hopkins, James A lraui'ha',
of Kansas: J. Wesley Hill, of PennsFlNaha' anu
Representative George E foss
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13
NO REINSTATEMENT OF BLUECOATs

Albany Feb. 12.-The Assembly Committee on
Cities to-day heard Elliott II. Goodwin. OF the
Civil Service Reform Association. In opposition TO
the various police and fire men bills The purpose
of these measures is to procure rehearings by the
New-York police and fire commissioners Of the
cases of certain discharged members of these re-
s,ective departments. Mr.. Goodwin argued that
these had all had full trials. with oppor-
tunIty of appeal the Civil Service Board and
review by the courts.
.'Rut shall there be appeal" he was asked
from IA discharge which was due To caprice or 10
political bias personal animosity?"
''Our objection Is principle, he replied There
will doubt he tnjuSticeS. but to allow in
reference By the legislature would he the end of
discipline"
IL has been the general policy of the legislature
for the last three years not to report these
bills. and most Of them are regarded likely TO
die in committee.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-13

that theatre % the commercial transactions OF
the twentieth century
The last speaker of the evening was Robert
W TAYLOR on ''Lincolns War Secretary.
Among those at the guests table were General
Henry /. Burnett. ]. Sloat Fassett FREDERICK
s Gibbs Colonel John J. .IcCook and jacob ID
Schiff.
The menu follows:
Feg.lles I.situe Suedoise-
1,o.sxe Tor,a-se;ssS Creme d artichauts
s,sss Gives Ce,eri Anandes salees
q a Grand Duo
Tomstes concomores
Ris q la Toulouse
Carte S'Asneau rott en- casserole
Pests poiS Ia francaise.
AsperEcs oyster Bay. sauce Hoiianoaise.
Sorbet de fantssie.
CsnsFd tete Salscc de Saisoh-
.,.+;,s ,o,rs ~
,,,,r-,s r,x.-. r,ry Apollnaris.