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The Republican journal., 1903-04-23
The Herring Fleet Still Ice Bound.

ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 16: The eight
American herring fishing vessels which had
been frozen in the ice foes at Bay of Islands,
N. F., since early in January succeeded in
making their escape on Tuesday but had to
return to the islands this morning for
of St. Lawrence, owing to the immense
ice pack blocking all egress. They will
probably be detained for another fortnight.
Later reports are that the feet are out of
the ice and have sailed flor home. Sch.
Sceptre arrived at Gloucester April Goth.
The Republican journal., 1903-04-23
WEBBING BELLS.

WARD-DYER. Frank Ward of Fairfield
and Miss Edna Dyer Of Burnham were
united in marriage April 18th by Rev. H.
N. Ives, pastor Of the Baptist church, Fair
Fairfield fo for some @ little O time having BEEN
employed at the Textile mill there. She is
Q Granddaughter Of the late DR.. Dyer, prO-
prietor Of the wellknown Dyer's pills:
The Republican journal., 1903-04-23
"A Big Thing on Ice.

A rumor is abroad that the American Ice
company and the big Hannah company of
Baltimore, Md, are to form q holding COM
pany with $5,OOO, 900 additional capital
According to the report, Mr.. Hannah, the
manager. It is also said that Charles
Morse and his friends are again buying the
stock Of the American Ice company.
The Republican journal., 1903-04-23
NEWS OF THE ORANGES.

South Branch Grange will have harvest
feast Saturday evening, April 25th.
Ansel Holway, National deputy of the
Patrons of Husbandry, has arrived in
Skowhegan after having been engaged for
the past three months in organizing oranges
through the States of the middle west, and
in inspecting the condition of dormant
oranges. He gave a review of his trip and
experiences at the meeting of SkOwhegan
grange, April %.
The Republican journal., 1903-04-23
PALERMO.

A novel feature was introduced into the
closing of the Palermo High school last
week when Thomas DinsmOre presented
each Of the Al pupils with bank book in
his or her name, 81 having been deposited
in the savings bank to the students account,
school has had q profitable term Of 10 weeks,
under the tuition Of Merrick Tibbetts of this
town. This will be Mr.. Tibbetts last term,
- he intends to enter Bowd0in Medical
school.
The Republican journal., 1903-04-23
Wind, Sky, etc.

a +. Cloudy. Rain, sleet and thunder
n the evening.
h F.. Cloudy Rain. Sleet in fore
noon. Rainfall, .35 of an inch.
\ E. Cloudy. Rain and snow. Not
pnough snow to measure. Preclpl-
tatlon, .15 of an inch.
III ~ n. ". Part cloudy. Showers in al
ternoon. Not enough rainfall to
measure.
IN g n. W Part cloudy. Showers with
snow and hail in afternoon. Not
enough to measure.
q \. W Clear.
The Republican journal., 1903-04-23
Belfast Weather Report.

ry4oNug is a summary of the weather
.4@4 ei tie Belfast station of the U. S.
Walter ureau for the week ending April
-t4
The Republican journal., 1903-04-23

"The Mercury" has been officially entered
as second class matter at the Belfast Post
Office.
The Republican journal., 1903-04-23
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The seniors nave CHOSEN Il he enu crOWnS
the work" for their class motto.
There will be base ball game between
the B. H. S. and the Banks Business Col
lege on the Congress street grounds at
p. m. today, Thursday. Admission, 10
cents. AS this is the first ball game of the
season there should be a good attendance.
Elwell and Brown will form the school
battery.
The Republican journal., 1903-04-23
Shamrock Ill. Dismasted.

p. S. Mason & Hall sell our paint.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
TENNESSEE CENTRAL
Already Owned BY the Illinois
Central Railroad.

All of the higher officials of the
Tennessee Central railroad and
Messrs Estell McHenry and j. NJ.
Greedy, two st. Louis capitalists,
were out Friday on a special train
making an inspection of the line
between here and GAINESVILLE.
says the Nashville Banner, of
Saturday afternoon.
One of the most reliable reports
that has yet been heard was given
Banner reporter Friday after
noon. A gentleman who has done
considerable work on the Ten
nessee Central stated that he
knew it to be fact that the Ten
nessee Central has been sold. He
was familiar with the details of
the deal and gave the source of
his information, with the proviso
that it not be used, as it would
cost somebody their positions,
He says he has positive infor-
nation that that part of the road
from here to Hopkinsville has
been sold to the Illinois Central,
and the Southern has bought the
line from here to Hartman. He
does not know, or was not told,
what the Southern is to pay for
the eastern part of the line, but
the Illinois Central pays $4,000
a mile from here to Hopkinsville.
In speaking of tho sale of the
Tennessee Central he stated that
the line had been built all the
way to Hopkinsville with view
to Misunderstanding it in the future
Cuts and fills have been made
wider than necessary, and the
whole line is in condition foI
throwing it into double track a
a cost that will be but a small
part of what the additional cost
would have been.
No report concerning the sale
of the Tennessee Central will
come straighter from headquarters
than this one has until the officials
are ready to announce officially
that the property has changed
hands.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
TRIBUTE TO MRS. STEPHENS

In the death of Mrs Ann Ste
vens, beloved wife of DR. James l
Stephens. Nashville has lost on,
of it's best and purest spirits.
The writer has known her TO,
over fo ty years, and it has neve
been his privilege to know a more
genuinely lovable person. o
her it truly may be said, "to know
her was to love her"
Her life was the exc application
of Tenny sons standard; IT'S on
ly noble to be good" and wac dis
tinctively marked by that gentle
modest dignity which bespeak'
true nobility.
Many hearts will pulsate with
the announcement of her death
and if love and sympathy could
alleviate the suffering of the be.
reaved family they would be com.
forted. | must bid them seek
comfort from the thought that
their loss is her gain.
She was a devoted mem Der of
the Primitive Baptist church, and
faithful TO her VOWS; but her Chris
tianity was catholic and broad
her life exemplary in every sense,
If called upon TO name the best
wife, m Jther, neighbor and friend,
| have ever known, next to my
sainted mother, | would place Mrs
Stephens.
From my boyhood days to the
present her life to me has been a
benediotion.
Her ever kind and sympathetic
encouragement in the struggles of
my early manhood, will ever be
most gratefully remembered, and
| deem it sweet privilege to add
this tribute to her blessed memo.
rY.
The silver cord is loosened, the
golden bowl is broken, and the
spirit has returned to the God who
gave it,"
That the all-sufhcient grace and
bountiful love of the kind Father
may sustain and comfort husband
and son is the prayer of
LIFELONG FRIEND.
Nashville American.
Mrs. Stephens was the aunt of
5 M. Jenkins, of this city, being
his mothers only sister.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
MILLIONS IN IT.

Houston, TEX, Oct II, 1903
EDITOR PRESS: As quite a good
many of your readers are interes-
ted in Texas Rice lands they will
be pleased to know that Texas rice
growers are right in the midst of
the richest harvest the industry
has ever known in the state Man
ager Bell of the Plano division of
the International Harvester CON-
pany says:
THE sales of harvesting and
threshing machinery for the rice
crop this season has been unprs-
cedented by the Dallas jobbers.
The weather since harvesting be-
gan has been perfect, and the sue
cessful gathering of the entire
crop seems now assured"
Early in the season the average
estimated yield for the entire state
was placed at Is sacks or 60 bush
els per acre. The havesting shows
as much as 26 sacks or I04 BUSH
els per acre. No estimate for the
whole crop is put at less than Is
to 20 sacks, or so bushels per acre
The price ranges from Toe to 81
abushel: $50 per acre Tor the crop,
with one hundred acres of rice to
the man for cultivation.
The acreage this year in Texas
is 100000 acres. The State crop
therefore should be 100000 bu-
shells, making for the Texas rice
crop of 1908 something like S24,-
100000 revenue to the Texas plan
ter for the grain alone. The good
grade of rice straw has a ready
sale at So per ton, and this will add
another million dollars, A pretty
good showing, is it not?
Yours, respy,
III. G. GLENN.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
WINDOW CURTAINS.

In mos. rooms curtains should
match the walls in color, for if of
different color the wall space is
cut up and in the small rooms of
city that should always be avoi-
ded.
If the room to be covered is
light and delicate in color, the cur
tain may be light. But in this
case let the material be chintz.
When chintz is used for the cur
tains try to cover the furniture
with chintz of a lighter color.
Plain curtains are more effect.
i've, more especially if the walls
are plain. A figured curtain gives
the room a jerky look. Even if
the walls we're figured would a tig-
ured curtain be pretty, for there
would be a difference of patterns.
If a pattern must be used intro
duce it into the border.
A plain curtain, with a rose
border, is preferable to a rose COW
cred curtain. Heavy materials
look better hanging in straight
folds. Thin materials can be
caught up and draped.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
SAVED BY HUMAN LADDER.

st. Louis, Dot. 30.-Mrs f. p.
Henderson, wife of painter on a
government steamer, proceeded to
Louisville last night after being
dragged from a watery grave in
the Mississippi by a human lad
der.
Mrs Henderson fell into the ri.
YER from the wharfboat, and Po-
licemen Dockery. Jones and Hen
derson Immediately formed a lad
der and rescued her. She was
not hurt, but suffered somewhat
from the shock.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
DECEMBER SECOND
Hon. Ollie N. James to Wed Miss
Thomas, OF Marion.

The announcement that Con-
gresham James will on Dec. ID,
lead TO the altar Miss Ruth, the
beautiful young daughter Of Rev.
X Y. Thomas, has been confirm
I'd 10y the interested parties. and
society will be on the qui viye un-
al the event, on account of the
prominence and popularity OF the
couple The bride is a petite bru-
nette, and is as bright IA she is
beautiful. She has lived IN Ma
non several years, aud is we'll
known in many parts Of the state
Mr. James IT receiving congrntu-
lalions on all sides, aud desery-
eddy.
As to the prospective groom 1t
Is great pleasure to enumerate
his virtues and TO claim him AS one
of Marion 3 first citizen. Mr. James
stands pre-eminently at the head
Of the column politically, and IL
tine recognized leader of his party
in this section of the state, and
there is a reason for it, Generous
10 a fault, fair.minded and just,
he has by his magnetism drawn
around him host Of friends rs
strong aud invincible as Gideon's
army. He is known from one end
OF the cid commonwealth to the
other-from the Big Sandy to
Mills Portland every body loves
him. The bride may Justly feel
proud of her distinguished tiance.
who has brought her into national
prominence, and whose past life
Is synonym of honor and integ-
rlty.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
COLOREO METHODISTS
Their Recent Conference in Ma.
rion and It's Results.

The Colored NJ. +. Church
closed their conference on Sun
day evening. A large attendance
of both preachers and people were
had at all of their services Bishop
Lane, pstrisrchal figure, distin.
guished alike by his stature and
manly bearing, Was the presiding
officer He il WAS who founded
the Lane college. From this
school, as was evidenced by one of
its faculty, on Sunday afternoon a
thorough education may he OBJ
tanned Indeed, .he sermons de.
liyered in the opera house 10y these
Lane preachers were 50 much
above the average that it was
most noticeable. The shouting of
the old days has almost entirely
disappeared. and with it much of
the warmer color effects of the
genuine old fashioned meetings of
the colored people The singing
was of character that would
appeal TO anyone who did not
have ice water IN his veins. ItI
was characteristic of the race, full,
passionate ana emphatic. The
services were opened, carried for.
ward and closed with an order
and solemnity that many times is
lacking in more pretentious wor-
ship. Indeed, these people, who
are still struggling to obtain
partial recognition of their talents,
their manhood and womanhood,
are surely making progress.
1t would be extremely difficult
to define the line at which their
efforts toward recognition will
cease. There isn't man, woman,
or child south Of Mason n Dixon's
line but what wishes we'll TO the
colored people. Not a man or
woman nut will open his or her !
pocketbook TO assist them in sick
ness or distress, but at this point /
FOR many generations to come rec
ognition will cease. Indeed, it is
in the very nature of things that
this shuud be so. 1t is so in the
North, with its horde of Hungar-
ians, Poles and Italians. Social
caste, the most powerful of all
human forces, forbids it. Uto- \
plan days may come in the dis
tant future, days when the negro,
the Hun, the Pollock, the Ply
mouth Rock Yankee and the Ken
tuokian may sit at table together,
but he would be a prophet, in
deed, who could foretell the cen.
turtles that would elspse before
such a consumation is arrived at.
Everybody wishes we'll to the
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
FIRES ON ALL SIDES.

Paducah was visited last We'd
nesday night by destructive fire.
$4,000 being the loss.
Uniontown was visited Satur-
day blaze which destroyed one
residence and the colored Odd Eel
lows hall
Dixon had the worst fire in It's
history, which destroyed several
houses and stores.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05
NOTICE.
Combination Cattle Sale.

Herefords, Short Horns, and
Polled Durhams; also Poland
China Hogs, to be held Wednes.
day, November Is, 1903, at the
fair ground at Golconda, ILL.,, by
the Pope County Sale Association.
This is a chance to improve your
stock and buy close at home. All
invited.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05

colored people, t. their churches,
their schools and their homes.
Let them move forward honestly,
soberly, and with ambition to do
we'll what lies before them and
they will have their reward.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05

Congressman Ollie M. James, of
the First district, has publicly
announced his approaching mar
riage to Miss Ruth Thomas, of
Marion, Ky.
The wedding will take place on
Wednesday, December 2, 1903, in
Marion.
Mr.. James will go to Washing
ton te attend the special session of
Congress, called for November 9,
and will return later TO claim his
bride. Miss Thomas is lovely
girl and one of the most popular
and accomplished in Western
Kentucky.
The courtship has been one Of
long standing. Mr.. James is the
newly elected Congressman of the
First district, and is one of the
most brilliant men in Kentucky -
Fulton Leader.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05

Miss Ruth Thomas, Of Marion,
where the groom to- be also re-
sides, WAS a pleasant surprise in
Psducab.
Mr. James has hundreds Of
friends here, some of them being
very intimate with him, but not
one of his local associates or
acquaintainoes bad any inkling of
his intention TO become bene-
dict. Although Ir. James is un-
der 30 years OF age, ne is such a
veteran IN politics aud has been in
the public eye 80 long, that First
district people had come to regard
him as an "old bachelor" He
will receive scores of congratuls-
tions from this city and county,
and in fact from all over the dis
trict, state and nation.
Mr.. James will 20 TO Washing
ton 10 attend the special session
OF congress called for November .
and will return later TO claim his
bride Miss Thomas is lovely
girl aud one of the most popular
aud accomplished young women
m Western Kentucky.
The marriage will take place at
Marion on December 2.-Padu-
cab News. Democrat.
The marriage of Miss Ruth
Thomas, of Marion, and the Hon.
Ollie James, will take place We'd
nesday, Decemqer ,, at IL o'clock
in the morning at the home of the
bride.
The ceremony will. be perform
ed 10y Rev II V. Joiner pastor of
the Marion Methodist Episcopal
church, before siasll gathering
of relatives and friends, the cere-
mony being quiet on account of a
recent bereavement in the family
of the groom. \
The couple will go Immediately,
to Washington for the season and.
will be at the Riggs House for the
winter.
Miss Thomas is the daughter OF
Rev. DR.. X. Y. Thomas, a Metho-
dist divine, and sister of K. y.
Thomas, Jr., nominee for common
wealth's attorney in the Green
Vile district. She is one of the
prettiest and most cultivated girls
of Marion.
Mr. james is one of the best
known politicians in tire State and
is a member of cultivated sami-
ly. He is now serving mis- first
term as Congressman from this
district Pad. Register,
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1903-11-05

NEWS OF WEDDING A SURPRISE.
The te1egrsphed announcement
Df Congressman Ollie James to
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-03-11
HIGH ENGLISH.
Correct Pronunciation, az a Eu;:, o.
tain3 In the West.

Correct Pronunciation, &c a Eu;c, o.
taino In the West
The west has fewer manncris,ns,
fewer provincialis1ns, than any other
section of the country. The west
erner, making no pretensions to
great culture, can visit any section
of'the land and cause little remark
for divagations from the standard
set by the most cultivated people
of. the section he visits. That which
the rest Of the country accepts as
the standard Of correct pronuncia-
ton, though seldom attaining it,
charactcrizcs the speech OF tho ma
jority Of the people of the west.
The west is the only section that
does not badly misuse r. 1t is per
haps incorrect to say that the east
and south misuse r; they hardly
use it at all In the castea,l many
parts of the south II is, III effect, An
auxiliary vowel except at the be-
ginning Of words. IT merely length
ems the preceding vowel. Occasion
ally it receives q distinct vowel
sound, that of italian A In many
parts of'the south. it is not heard at
all. While the Georgian says, 'Tbc-
foah," his Alabama ncighbors say
"bcfo,," dcposing Il from its posi-
ton as q vowel or vowel modificr.
lathe west Il is sounded with an ap-
proximaticn Of correctness. Yet
even the wcstcrncrs do not give it
its full value, as do the Irish and
Scotch Their strong enunciation
of the letter sounds harsh to us, yet
the letter is intended to be pro-
nonnced, and its use d~ifferentiates
words liable to be. confused by the
ear.
Tho Anglo-Saxon seems to be do
ing his best to dcpoec r We're it
not for the influence of the Irish.
and Scotch (and the influence Of
these Celts speaking On alien tongue
is pretty powerful, though you do
not often realize it), r would now. be
little moro than a written letter, as
silent as initial II in Spanish
Leslie's Weekly. Ee -4s-
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-03-11
As TO Signing Names.

Large firms which have q great deal
of correspondence with women are
often very much put TO it to. discover
whether or not the writer's of the let
ters they receive should be addressed
as Miss or as ''Mrs." Almost in.
variably there is nothing in the epis-
tie to indicate. Lucy Smith Signs her
name Lucy Smith, apparently With
the supremest confidence that the
head Of the firm will know she mar
ried John Smith in 1900, and has
been happy ever since; and also that
her name before she was married vas
Lucy Jones.
Then comes the by no means easily
solved problem to the business people
OF how they shall address their letter
to her. If they make the envelope
read Mrs. Lucy Smith," and that
lady is a spinste,, she is apt to become
offended, and transfer her custom to
some other house. If she is
addressed as 'Mis~ Lucy Smith," and
is a matron, she's .ure to get furious,
and she remarks u whoever is nearby
that if Boots, Shoes G. Co. think
she's an old maid she'll show them.
So the astute manager of the mailing
department is fain to write her down
plain "Lucy Smith" and let it go at
J that. (.
The postman must decide whether
she's maid, wife or widow.
The rules that women should follow
in signing their letters, business and
social, are expounded every now and
then in the inquiry department of
newspapers, while whole pages in
books Of department are devoted to
the subject, and still nine out Of every
ten letters received by an editor who
handles q large correspondence are
subscribed as before explained, with
out nary handle at all, or else written
out fatty, Mrs. Mary jones'" just
as it Mary had been baptized "Mrs.s'
and that word was a legitimate part Of
her.
There are also still q few ladies who
complacently sign themselves "Mrs."
DR.. Brown" or ''Mrs. Capt. Green"
just becauEe their husbands have q
right to those titles, and whats his
is hers Tlis is the worst mistake
CT all, of course, and, luckily, has at
last disappeared from country ne wspa-
pers.-Baltjmore News.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-03-11
A Miracle OF Irrigation.

From Roy Stannard Bakers paper
on irrigation in his series in the Cen.
fury on "The Great Southwest: II
ever men worked miracles, they have
worked them here in these. western
valleys. If ever somethiag was crea-
ted from nothing these men have
done it. T%hirty-ive years ago. the
Salt River valley, into which We had
driven, was all a parched desert, unin-
habited save by a few.lean Indiana and
two or three hardy traders, whom the
sand and cactus crowded down close to
the water of the river. 1t was a thous-
sand miles to the nearest railroad-an
unknown, .desolated, %forbidding land q
part of the great Great American des-
crt, which travellers said would never
support human life. Today the Salt
River valley, contains a population Of
over twenty-five thousand. It has
three cities, one Phenix, the capital
Of Arizona, having electric lights, an
electric car line, good:hotels churches,
aud other buildings, residences sur:
rounded by trees, lawns, and a wilder
ness Of flowers. More than 125, 900
acres Of land round about are laid out
in farms, highly cultivated, with or
chards Of oranges, almonds, olives,
and figs, and grain and hay fields.
Thousands of cattle feed in the rich
meadows, and there are bees, chickens
ducks, and ostriches unnnmbered.
Richer soil than this once desert val.
ley does not exist anywhere in the
world except. in other once desert val
legs. Here one may behold the start
ling spectacle Of orange-groves in bear
ing worth $1,000 an acre on one side
Of afence, and bare cactus desert on
the other, both having tho same soil,
the same opportunities, but only, ono
having water. Here, when o man
builds his fence Of cottonwood posts,
such is the soil:and such the water
that the post stake root and grow into
trees, so that the wire Of many old
fences is seen running through the
oen,er Of large trees. Here Q farmer
rarely needs to use fertilizer, for the
river comes in bearing rich silt and.
spreads it over his fields; and be may
sometimes u Two OF three or more
crops q year from his alfalfa. fields,
aud then pasture them during the win
ter-winter which is in reality a con-
tinual spring. !.