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The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
A Unique English PublIeatlon.

There Is paper published IN Lon.
don called the Anti-Top Hat. It de-
pends for its circulation not upon
subscribers. but upon the will OF an
eccentric old man. who hated the csn-
ventional form of headgear with a
hatred which he carried beyond the
grave. He fought the "stovepipe" hat
while alive, and when he died he left
Il nephew $4,000 year upon condi.
ton that he edit and publish month
ly paper devoted to ridiculing the
"top-hat." The nephew accepted the
legacy and the responsibility. and is
sues his paper regularly, though he
confines each edition to three copies.
the old mans executors
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
An Old ENGLISH custom.

At Brough.on, near Brigg. in Lin
colnshire. England, some lands are
held by the following tenure; Every
year on Palm Sunday person from
Broughton enters the church porch at
Csister having n green silk purse
containing two shillings and penny,
tied up at the end of a cart whip.
which he cracks three times in the
porch and stays there until the sec
ond lesson begins. Then he enters
the church and cracks the whip again.
finally aepositing the purse and con
tents.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Transporting Power.

A Scottish power scheme OF great
interest, which has been recently ap-
proved by the British Parliament, will
soon be under way. Instead of trans
porting fuel over railroads by the aid
of locomotives consuming large guam
titles of coal. 1t has been suggested
that the power be generated at the
mine and carried over wires instead of
rails. This proposition is a parallel
to the generally acknowledged view
that 1t Is cheaper to transport the
finished product than raw material.
1t Is proposed to generate electricity
in the vicinity of the coal mines. and
to transmit It to the city of Glasgow,
and Industrial establishments along
the Clyde in the neighborhood of that
city. Three generating plants will be
established, located at Yoker. Mother
well and Crookston, and the ultimate
capacity of this trio will be $4,000
horse power. The two first men
toned will be built at once, but the
initial installation will be only about
half OF the total contemplated.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
New Rapid TeIearaphy.

At recent test In Germany Of the
Pollak-Virag system of .elegraphy
speed of $4,000 words an hour was at
tanned. In Transmitting. this system.
like other fast systems. uses strip of
paper previously punched with holes
representing dots and dashes. The
most novel feature of the system is
the method of receiving. The incom-
ing electric impulses cause thin
strip of metal. resembling a telephone
diaphragm. to vibrate. and thus move
tiny mirror attached thereto. A
slender beam of light from an incan-
descent light falls upon the mirror.
and is reflected thence to a strip of
photographically sensitive paper.
which is steadily unrolled by clock
work when messages, come. Chemi-
Gals for development being applied.
the paper exhibits continuous darA
line. with upward projections for
dashes and downward ones for dots.
The message must then be decipherc1
and the translation must be written
out
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Gun on the Animal rrap.

II the small boy don't steal or bor-
row this new mouse trap to celebrate
the Fourth of July with. we shall be
very much mistaken. for he can make
just about as much noise and run just
as much risk of blowing of a hand
or putting out an eye with this trap
as he can with the toy cannon de-
signed especially for the above form
of celebration. When used as a
toy the boy will insert the cartridges.
pull back the firing pin inside the
coiled spring at the rear of the "gun"
until 1t hooks over the trigger at the
rear. bend the rod forward and secure
1t beneath the wire bale to set the
trigger. Then he will place his finger
on the fitting platform, either in front
of tho gun or at one side. as suits his
fancy. and give slight downward
pressure to release the trigger and
allow the spring to drive the rod for
ward to strike the end of the cart
ridge and explode it. When the trap
is set to catch rodents the operation
is just the same. except that in this
case II is the animal that is injured
or killed Instead of the boy. 1t
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Breathlnq.

II this craze for deep breathing is
not abated some enthusiasts may In
hale more microbes than their lungs
can accommodate. Let us hope that
the mania will result In a demand for
cleaner streets. In many thorough.
fares the dust raised by a passing
vehicle is almost overpowering. To
force 1t into the lungs cannot be
healthful. We must have the dust
laid. then breathe deeply afterward.
Why not attack the Health Board.
which is the butt end of ali com
plants and which seems to thrive op
ebrse?-New York Press.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
The sleepy SONG.


As soon Gs the fire burns red and low.
And the house upstairs Is. still.
She sings me queer little Sleepy song.
or sheep that go over the hill
The good little sheep run quick and soft.
Their colors are gray and white;
They follow their leader nose 10 tail,
For they must be home by night
And ono slips over and one comes next,
And one runs after behind,
The gray ones nose at the white ones
tail.
The top of the hill they md.
And when they get to the top of the hill
They quietly slip away.
But one runs over and one comes next
Their colors are white and gray.
And over they go. and over they go.
And over the top of the hill
The good little sheep run thick and fast.
And the house upstairs is still.
And one slips over and one comes next.
The good little, gray little shcepi
I watch how tho flre burns red and low,
And she says that fall asleep.
Josephine Dodge Daslam In Mcciure's.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
A poubIe-Eaced Dance.

To be very queer, indeed, this
dance. which, by the way. Is the old
fashioned 'Lancers." requires eight
girls. dressed exactly alike. A Qua
ker costume. with the full. quaint
skirt and white apron would suit the
purpose best. perhaps. though il
brighter colors are preferred the
same old-fashioned style might still
be carried out. All the hair is comb
ed up. and on the back of the head
is tied or pinned the painted face of
a rag doll, thus giving the owner two
distinct faces. Over the rag face the
ends of the hair are trained to look
as natural as possible. Surmounting
all this is cap made of a strip of
white muslin about a finger wide,
with ruffies all around. and long
enough to tie with ends under the
real chin and In the same manner
under the 'make-believe" one. This
finishing touch will make n perfect
double face. A little ingenuity must
then be used to dress the back OF
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Makes billiard PLAYING simple.

The way in which billiard playing
is simpliied by the device of Munich
professor has astonished those who
have Witnessed the test. says the
American Inventor. THE sides of an
ordinary billiard table are provided
with ak mirrors, one or more of which
cali be turned down when a play is
made. and the advantage rests in the
fact that any image is reflected in the
same angle In which II falls on the
mirror, just MS the billiard ball re,
bounds from the cushion in the same
angle as that of striking. The mirror
shows at once the different ways in
which a shot can be made. Even the
tryo is said to make difficult indirect
shots as readily as direct ones. and
the intricacies Of the game are quick.
ly conquered by anybody.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
German Railway Apparatus.

A Berlin inventor believes that rail
way companies should carry Oh all
passenger trains a preventive for
tho rear end collisions which
occur from time to time. his argument
being that the loss of life accustomed
by wrecks OF this class is SO great
as to justify the use of a special buff
fer car on the rear OF each train. He
has also gone SO far as to design
a form OF car to absorb in the most
rapid manner possible the kinetic
energy POSSESSED by colliding trains.
For this purpose a short section OF
track Is laid obliquely on a powerfully
constructed truck frame. sloping up
ward from near the main rails and
ending in n spring buffer at the high
est point In order to gradually re-
duce the energy. bed Of sand is
provided. covering the buffer rails
to such depth that the progress OF
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
EXTENT OF PEANUT INDUSTRY
Annual Product Declared to Be Worth
S1O,OOO,oOo,

Georgians are called ''goober grab
bers" throughout the South. Many a
farmer has grown rich on the humble
peanut, the annual product being
worth s10.000.000. Some persons try
to belittle the goober. A lawyer ex.
amlning a witness in an important
case, one whose testimony was con.
elusive. undertook to redicuie him.
You are business man. believer"
Yes" what is your business?" 81
deal in peanuts" The lawyer smiled
knowingly at the jury. "a peanut ven.
der. eh? How many pints did you sell
last month";" Il hardly Know. a mil.
lion, possibly" What A million2"
II handle about half million bushels
year. an wholesale dealer" The
lawyer sat down with the laugh turned
on him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Buffer car Tor coIlIdLna rraIns.

Buffer Car for coIIIdIng Trains.
the engine is further impeded. and by
the time the forward truck has
reached the highest point and comes
in contact with the buffer the invent
or believes that 1t will have lost all
its power for damage. A double-ended
buffer has also been designed. having
the same principle, but serving to re-
ceive the rear car of the train on one
side rs the engine of the train In the
rear rolls up the track on the oppo-
site side. The buffer car Itself is CIV
en- q light structure. like that of the
closed luggage vans used with pas.
senger trains.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04

each girl exactly like the front. so
that when they all take their places
for the dance the spectators are
startled by the ludlcrous effect pro-
duced by the painted faces thus
turned toward them. When the dance
begins the effect is still more start
lirg. for every graceful. girlIsh move
ment produces strange contortions
among the false fronts" which will
be sure to create much merriment
If the dance is kept up gravely to the
end. without a hitch or break
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Necessary Correction.

The rich. unconscious humor OF the
printer is again to the fore in story
told in Law and Land. A writer in a
colonial journal. who was comparing
Rider Haggard with another author,
was made to say: There need be de-
mand no longer for Jules Vernes and
other blackguards' works of imagina-
ton" The journal felt that some
reparation was due to Jules Verne
and in subsequent issue the follow
ing request appeared; For other
blackguards' please read Rider Hag
gard S. "--London Express.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Theory of Addition.

NJ. Pierre Bounier in note enti-
tied THE Ear Manometer," sets
forth new theory Of hearing, to wit,
that the liquid of the interior ear
moves as whole. SO that addition is
a hydrodynamic, not an acoustic. phe-
nomenon. The ear is not a resonator,
but registering manometer. in which
variations of pressure are alone re-
corded. He points out that the nerve
of the labyrinth is thus brought un-
der the common law of the apparatus
Of sensation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
A Missouri Social Function.

A Webb City. Mo-. genius is the In
ventor OF a new kind of social which
is very prevalent in that town now
It is the "left-handed" social. When a
guest arrives his right hand is ban
daged, and he is required to sign his
name with his left one. A bag of
beans is then given him and every
time he attempts TO use his right hand
or says Il. me or mine" he is fined a
bean. The person who has the largest
number of beans left at the evenings
close wins prize.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
wIrE's LETTERS ARE SACRED.
PostoaIee Department Has Made a
Ruling to That Effect

The qualification OF husbands
idle curiosity in receiving and omen.
Ing his wife's letters against
her protest, Will no longer
be afforded. This is the command
which has gone out from the post.
office department. AS a result OF re-
peated requests by postmasters
throughout the country for ruling in
The matter. this action has been
taken.
The ruling Is as follows: "a hus-
band has no right TO receive the mail
addressed to his wife against her
wishes.
"As tc. the mail addressed to the
children. the father has the prior
right to receive 1t unless there be
some particular circumstances In the
case which the Department might
take into consideration on state.
ment of the facts being presented"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Engraving Glass with celatine.

A singular property OF gelatlno.
when spread upon glass. has lately
been experimental with by the French
chemist. Cailletet- When a thick layer
OF strong glue, that has been allowed
to dry upon glass surface. is de
tached. II carries on scales OF glass
and leaves designs resembling those
OF frost on window pane. Polished
marble and quartz are similarly at
tucked. with glue containing 6 per
cent of alum, Monsieur Cailletet pro
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
PuIIIno the Relns Give Leveraae.


sas men provides q means by which
leverage on the jaw can be obtained
whenever the animal takes fright and
starts to run. Instead of attaching
the reins directly to rings at the ends
of the bit, they are secured to the
lower ends of pivoted plates. with a
short strap passing beneath the chin
to connect the uper ends OF the two
plates.
1t will be seen that a pull on the
reins will swing the plates on the
pivot point until the strap beneath
the jaw is frightened to the required
degree. while at the same time a
U-shaped gag plate inside the mouth
is tilted in position to open the ami
mails mouth and break his hold on
the bit
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
BY Raft From Rio.

Capt. I. Frederico Neves, formerly
an official in the Brazilian navy.
writes to a friend in New York about
a novel and perilous trip he is to
make from Rio de Janeiro to Nav
York.
Accompanied by FIVE Amazon H.
dians. Capt. Neves will set sail early
in June on a raft such as is used on
the Amazon river. The raft, which
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Auctlonlna q Collar Sutton.

odd bundle. Much of the fun consists
in having the tiniest and least valu-
able articles done up in the bulkiest
parcels. In such cases the bidding
naturally is most spirited when ap-
pearances are most deceptive. To
make this game even more realistic.
the auctioneer should have arranged
for him block or stand from which
he can more advaLtageously cry out
his wares. and. if possible. reading
desk, on which he can sonorously
pound in realistic fashion when the
crisis of spirited bidding reaches the
stage of going. going. gone.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
BIZ for Restraining Horses.

Until the day arrives when the
automobile has displaced the horse
completely there will continue to be
reported accidents caused by fright
ened animals running away and up
setting carriages. with more or less
serious damage to the occupants, A
restraining bit designed by three Kan.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04

has been christened Brazil. is forty
feet long and ten feet beam.
The only protection which the COM
mander and his crew will have will
be a slanting roof made of palm
leaves. rwo sails. one aft and one
forward, will be put on the raft.
The excursion will. ii is expected.
take between three and four months.
Several ports will be made on the
way for provisions.
II the Brazil succeeds in reaching
her destination she will be sent to
st. Louis as a part OF Brazils exhibit
at the exposition.-New York Sun.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04

silver dollar. Place a quarter of
dollar on the bottom of the glass
and on top Of 1t the silver dollar.
which forms sort of cover to the
glass. You can get the quarter out
of the glass without touching glass
and dollar by blowing with all your
might at the rim of the dollar piece.
The dollar will turn around its own
axis and stand perpendicular. while
the quarter will be thrown out of the
glass by the condensed air. which you
have created underneath it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Black Square.

Cut the above figures into six strips
of equal size; then arrange them in
such way as to form square with
a black square exactly half its size
shown on its Surface
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
DEVELOPMENT Of the Gas EnaIne.

Development OF the Gas Engine.
The development during the past
year of modern blast furnace gas en-.
gines is one of the most notable things
in the world Ct practical science. This
form of engine takes the gas given of
from the blast furnaces and utilizes 1t
for the generation OF power, which
may be applied In many ways. 1t is
predicted that the profits Of pig iron
production win be ultimately doubled
through the saving effected by the gas
engine, and some persons even think
that in time blast furnaces may be
erected primarily as great gas gener
ators. the making of pig iron by them
becoming only a secondary consldera
ton.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Rg1E7ElZ 4R
SEZEzNIX

duced five designs. resembling moss in
texture. Hyposulphite OF soda and
nitrate OF ch1orate OF potash. added to
the glue, produce analogous effects.
The glue while drying exerts power
full mechanical strain.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04

Nothing makes a woman SO happy
as to see that her dearest friend is
getting wrink-ed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
parI0r Auction Of scaled Packages.

TatfSf rNdShob cI ocdico FdCkdSCb.
Parlor auction is a festivity that all
young folks will enjoy. Each guest
is given fifty beans or buttons in a
pretty little box or bag that can be
retained as souvenir of the occa-
sion. Then one of the grown ups"
who is appointed ''auctioneer," brings
in clothes basket filled with a vari-
ETY. of odd parcels. large and small.
each one SO wrapped up as to abso-
lutely conceal its identity. The auc-
tioneer proceeds to describe in most
taking fashion each parcel he offers
for sale, though in reality he does not
know in the least what the contents
are. The guests bid eagerly, some ex-
hausting their entire capital without
getting a single purchase. Others bid
ding more wisely securing many an
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04

A.sy Also Celebrate Fourth Of July.
might be added that the animal
will need some sort OF bait placed on
the platform as temptation. but the
boy Will need no temptation what
ever.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04

Deaths From Storms and Floods.
1ne deaths from storms and floods
in 1909 were 10 600
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
CREASE Harmful to TIres.

Grease will cause the rubber in an
automobile tire to crumble.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04
Ihe coin ln the Glass.

Take a small medicine glass. the
mouth of which is trifie larger than
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-06-04

Can You Make a Hat7
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-18
Writers Barbara Frietchie.

1t is the poets treatment of "Stone-
WALL Jackson that has given greatest
ofense and has caused the friends of
that gallant gentleman to denounce the
whole story as a myth and either to
deny Barbara's existence in toto or to
question her loyalty. There is no
ground for either. Barbara Frietchie
perhaps never saw "StOnewalP' Jack
son. At least she did not see him ride
past her house on that "cool Septem-
Der MORN" Not because she was bed
ridden on that day, as has been assert
I'd. Mrs. Abbott, who went down to
invite her aunt to come and spend the
day with her, failing to induce her to
leave the house. remained and watched
with her the dust brown ranks" as
they passed Jackson on reaching Mar
ket street rode with his staff two
squares to the north to pay his re-
spects to the Presbyterian minister,
DR.. Ross, on Second street, and then
rejoined his troops by riding through
Mill alley and reaching Patrick street
about half square TO the west of
Barbara Frietchie's house. OF this
member of that staff, himself n gal
liant son of Maryland. has again and
again testified. The poet Whittier re-
ceived his materials from Mrs. South
worth of Georgetown ID. c., and used
but little license in working them up.
as the letter written to him and quoted
in full in his Life" well shnws.-At-
Iantic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-18

chung to him. His persistency in living
apart from his chosen people enforced
them to always speak of him as eel
Solitario."
He would visit among them to solace
and nurse the sick and give absolution
to the dying, but he would never break
bread within their hospitable doors,
preferring and insisting always upon a
crust and Il cup OF cold water outside.
Nor would he sleep upon the soft
wooden colchons which even the poor
est of New Mexican homes afford, but,
absorbed by devout thoughts, wrapped
himself in his coarse blanket and laid
himself on the bare ground or in some
clubhouse with the sheep and goats.
This, of course, was part of his self
imposed penance, from which he never
deviated, rigorous as it was.
One day after his familiar and be-
loved face had been missed for some
time by his devotees sorrowful party
went out to seek him. They found him
dead in his cave, his beads infolded in
his delicately shaped fingers and his
countcnance wearing a saintlike ex-
preston. A poisoned dagger in his
heart by the hand of an assassin had
accomplished the foul deed, which for
a whole lifetime, during every moment
of the unhappy mans active and
dreaming hours, was a continually dis
turbing anticipation,
Thus passed away, as he had pre-
dicted In his youth, the eccentric but
hoy Matteo Boccalini, hermit priest
and the Eel Solitario'' of the New Mex
leo mountains, man of sorrow and
grief, yet with as much repentance and
as many penances as sins, one of those
ethereal beings who might become
physically unclean, but never spiritual
ly impure.
For years after his departure from
Council Grove the hermit priests cave
was an object of much interest. Until
within very short period, when the
quarrymen tore down its last vestige,
upon its time worn walls could be trac-
ed, rudely carved, his name, Matteo
Boccalini, a cross, "Jesu," Maria" and
Capri" all so dear to the lonely and
sad mans heart.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-12-18

the Sappillo, where he at last found a
humble class and his coveted cave on
the summit of the mighty mountain de-
scribed at the opening of this chapter.
There, content after so many years
of unsatisied wandering, he COM
menced that life of religious ministra-
tons and exercised those unselfish acts
Of Kindness and love whose remem-
brance is imprinted so indelibly on the
hearts of his devoted followers, for
Through suffering he soothed and through
sickness he nursed
There again, under the consultations,
which nowhere else shine more bril-
liantly, We're the strains of his mando-
lin and the rich notes of that magnifi-
cent voice heard by the enchanted peo-
pie who listened each evening at the
doors of their rude adobe huts in the
valley below the huge hill that cast it's
shadow over them.
Notwithstanding the hermit priest
had found a class congenial to his
souls demands, his eccentricities still