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The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
The Angel Of Patience.

To weary hearts. to mourning homes.
Gods meekest angel gently comes;
No power has he to Danish pain,
Or give us back our lost again;
And yet. in tenderest love, our dear
And heavenly father sends him here.
There's quiet in that angels glance;
There's rest in his still countenance;
He mocks no grief with idle cheer.
Nor wounds with words the mourner's
ear;
But Ills and woes he may not cure
He kindly trains to endure.
Angel of patience. sent to calm
Our feverish brows with coolinh palm;
To lay the storms OF hope and fear
And reconcile life's smile and tear;
The throbs of wounded pride to still
And make Our own our Fathers Will.
o thou who mournest on thy way
With longings for the close of day
He walks with thee, that angel kind
And gently whispered :"Be resigned.
Bear up. bear on, the end shall tell
The dear Lord ordereth all things weY"
j. G.. Whittier.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Lazy Monks of Tibet.

A traveller in Tibet says that the
peasant women of that country are
CHEEKY. and. when washed. buxom and
comely. The monks are the blot on
the landscape. They bear no resem.
blance to the women of the country.
One would think they belonged to a
different type. and yet they are the
sons and brothers of these women.
The reason. probably, is the low, de-
gradeu life led by the ordinary monk,
life without interest. without work,
devoid of any pursuit, intellectual OF
otherwise, and passed in the droning
of chants and the performance OF
ritual, the meaning Of which they
neither know nor care about.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Snort Of Raelna Pigeons.

No other pet or form of sport can
compare with racing pigeons. says
Country Life in America. The very
name seems to cut the air. A bird
that can maintain a speed of a mile
and half a minute for 100 miles and
that can cover 700 miles between the
rising and setting Of one sun is a crea-
ture to stir the blood and lift the
heart. 1t is gentle, but 1t endures TO
the end. and have seen It come to
the home loft ripped across its back
by the talons of hawk. The homers
enjoy the racing. They are as keen
to be out and at 1t as leashed hounds
There are only about 5000 fanciers of
racing pigeons in America. but Aus
tralia and England have several times
as many and the sport there is OF ma
tional interest. In America the sport
is gaining fast
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
LARGE YIELDS OF GRAPES
Vineyards Of Argentina Show Marvel
Gus Productixeneaa.

0o1
Wonderful yields of grapes are pro-
duced in some Argentine vineyards.
In Mr.. Treloar's vineyard. covering
five or six acres. small tram road
ran up the middle" continues the
same writer. Il asked what that was
for. and when told that it was to
bring the grapes to the wine press 1
wondered why they we're not carried
in baskets. When / learned that OF
these five or six acres eighty tons of
grapes are gathered each year
ceased to think of the tramway and
my wonder was turned to the marvel
of the earth's productiveness. Eighty
tons were the average yield, after
house servants, farm and garden serv-
ante and poems who drive troops of
mules up and down the mountains
with ore from the mines, had eaten
their fill. and the house dogs. and the
dogs Of the servants and poems. and
also vast number of the little sill
ver-gray foxes which crowded in
yearly from all corners OF the desert
during the grape season, and birds
that came from all places. There was
enough anu plenty for all of these
and then eighty tons besides"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Drawback to mIIItarlsm.

To be an officer In the militia one
must have patience without limit, says
the New York Sun. An officer of one
of the local regiments, the other night,
was struggling with a number of re-
cruits. among whom was a very large
and awkward Irishman, who by mat
tention to the business In hand was
holding back the other rockies Fin
ally the officer spoke sharply to him:
Private, why don't you stand in tho
position of a soldier as l showed you?
You're wasting my time and your
own" The recruit put mis- hands In
his pockets and replied patiently:
Jaw, IL you worked in thA gas house
all day you wouldn't take no position
of no soldier"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
PerquisIte Of Banks Guardian.

Apropos of an explosion of a cart
ridge in the Bank of Ireland, Dublin.
the other day, the Westminster Ga
zette asks: How came cartridges on
the premises?" And thus explains:
1.-The Bank of Ireland, like the Bank
of England, has a military guard
which is relieved every twenty-four
hours. Immediately after the mount
ing Of the new guard every morning
knock at the door OF the officers
room announces the arrival of the
head porter with large book, in
which the officer signs his name, rank
and regiment, and on the departure OF
the porter with the book half SOW
ereign is found on the table. 1t is the
officers perquisite!" Half sovereign
is $3.50.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
What the Trouble Mas

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of
the supreme court of the United
States says that certain prolific au.
thor whose novels were anything but
popular once consulted the older
Holmes.
II am not at all in good health"
said the author. II have thought, DR..
Holmes. that perhaps write too much
for my constitution"
Not for your constitution, my dear
fellow" gently replied the genial doc.
tor, but for your reputation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
As Tall as Our Forefathers.

A French scientist combats opinion
that the races of to-day are the sons
of taller and stronger race. The
idea SO tenaciously held is, he thinks.
only form Of the ancient superstition
belief in giants. In default of real
giants in modern ages. mention Is
made of the inhabitants of Patagonia
Magellan accorded to them the height
of 7h ieet, but the average height O.
these people has been given by diff
ferent authorities as Z feet, 10 feet to
IL feet and feet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
A Love Lyric.

A last long kiss and then we part:
The night far spent. the moon Is gone;
Above the hills the night winds start
To shake the rosy plumes of dawn:
The stars in the blue. dear.
The night and you. dear.
And the stars and the night and you
Are true. dear.
last, long kiss and then we part:
The rose Of love is sweet. but. oh,
The thorn of parting-keenest smart
A lovers heart may ever know:
The stars in the blue. dear,
The night and you. dear.
And the stars and the night and you
Are true. dear.
last. long kiss and then we part:
Your mouth, n rose, with love abloom:
] crush you madly to my heart,
Then vanish in the darkling gloom;
The stars in the blue. dear.
The night and you. dear.
And the stars and the night and you
Are true, dear.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Fixed His Own Rsuard.

There is one finder of other peoples
property who. IL only half honest, has
= saving sense Of humor. In an ele-
waited train citizen dropped pocket
book containing $50 a few days ago.
The next day through the mail the
book and $25 were returned to him
with this note:
Dear Sir-I needed the missing
amount to pay an urgent creditor.
think you are damn lucky to get any
thing at all."-New York Sun.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
A QUESTION OF CEREALS.
Both Were Loaded, but Not With the
Same Brands.

Same Brands.
A man sat on the veranda of one
of the exclusive club houses which
line the north shore Of the government
channel connecting Lake st. Claire
with Lake Huron, known as THE
Flats"
AS he sat there idly. huge steam
freighter bound for Detroit came with
in hailing distance of the veran.a.
Seeing two men who were evidently
passengers returning his gaze with
interest from the ships deck. he pick
ed up the club megaphone and called
out Justify:
What are you loaded with?'
Corn" was the prompt reply.
What are you loaded with?"
Rye" came sadly over the waters
to the ears OF the men on the deck
as the vessel steamed away.-New
York Tribune.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
FATAL TO THE EVERGREEN.
Climate Of Manchuria and Korea Com
parable to That Of New EnoJand

Climate Of Manehuria and Korea Com
parable to That Of New England.
When you compare the climates OF
Old and New England the wonder is,
not that box hedge fails. but that any
evergreen from England succeeds
here. The only place in the United
States that has climate like that of
England is the coast OF Oregon. while
the climate of New England is COM
parable to that of Manchuria and Ko-
rea. to which countries we should look
for a broad-leaved evergreen to dis
place box The difference between the
mean temperatures in January and
July is only fifteen degrees in Eng
land, whereas 1t is AZ degrees in New
York. and New England. sometimes
jumps from 60 degrees above to twen-
ty degrees below in side of three days.
The winter winds of England being
the warm. moist air of the Gulf
Stream, while ours are from the cold.
dry interior of the continent. these
winds dry out the foliage of broad
leaved evergreens. and. the roots be-
ing frozen, they cannot send sap to
the leaves. Consequently. the foliage
gets dingy or yellow. 1t is doubtful
whether we shall ever have any really
first class broad-leaved evergreens for
northern evergreens have needle
leaves. except the bayberry.-Country
Life in America.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
A Remarkable Tree.

A very remarkable tree grows In
Nevada 1t is called by the supersti.
tious Indians the witch tree. 1t grows
to height of six or seven feet, and its
trunk at the base is about three times
the diameter Of an ordinary mans
wrist. The wonderful characteristic
of the tree is its luminosity. which Is
SO great that on the darkest night 1t
can be seen plainly at least a mile
away. person standing near could
read small print by its light.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
SIEGE LASTED NEARLY A YEAR.
Fsets Connected with Reduction Of Sc
bastopoI.

bastopoI.
Sebastopol was the triumph of the
soldiers fortification as opposed to
that of the theorist. On the south
side. to begin with. there we're practi-
cally no permanent land defenses save
loop-holed walls, barricades. and few
batteries. All these. however. were
developed into vast system of earth
works. The siege lasted 349 days, and
at Its close the Russians opposed 9s2
guns in the first line to about 800 of
the allies. The defenders usurped the
recognized prerogative of the besieg-
ers as regards trench work, even TAX
ing up new ground. and commencing
such an important work as the Maem-
Ion six months after the siege had be-
gun. Only one of the works in the
main line. namely, the Malakoff. fort
of medieval design, was ever taken.
However, the length of Sebastopol's
resistance was also due to the fact
that the resources of the allied army
did not suffice for its investment. and
therefore the Russians could introduce
at their pleasure reinforcements OF
men, provisions, and materials.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Monareh's roreefuI woolno.

According to THE Chronicles of In.
gerbe." William the Conqueror con-
Quoted his wooing in strenuous man
ner. We are told that he met Matii-
da in the streets of Bruges as she was
returning from mass. He seized her,
struck her several times with his fist,
rolled her in the dirt. thereby spoil
ing her rich array" then rode Off at
full speed. Convinced of the intensity
of his ardor. Matilda subsequently
consented to marry him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Cure for Car EVIL.

II is benevolently suggested by the
Car that the trouble caused by boys
who climb upon the seating accommo-
dation Of slow-going motor cars in
crowded thoroughfares might be ef-
fectively removed by a high-tension
wire, controlled by the driver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Watch's Variation,

AS to the sympathetic vagaries of
watches, a correspondent writes: Il
discovered some years ago that T. was
the metal buckle of my braces that
caused the Irregularities of my own
particular watch. therefore now
make rule of putting my fpectacle
case on the inside of my watch pock-
ct, thus. cutting on the connections. -
London Chronicle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Matter OF Expense.

when you first entered politics"
said the young man who is looking
for knowledge. did you set out with
the determination to win at any cost?"
"No." answered Senator Sorghum.
'I set out with the determination to
win at as little expense as possible"
Washington Star.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
eeIalum,s Liquor Places.

Belgium. where public libraries arc
almost unknown, enjoys 10000 public
houses. That means one public house
lie house for twelve men above II
years of age. During the last fifty
years the population has increased 50
per cent; the number of public houses
25S per cent
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Battlefield Telephones.

Electricity never played so import
ant role as 1t does at present in the
Far Eat. The Japanese generals use
both telegraph and telephone In issu-
ing their commands. AS soon as firing
is heard in any direction bamboo poles
are planted and wires strung. and In a
short time the line is ready for use.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
IIlIteraex Amona Nearoes.

nliteracy among negroes is about
seven times as common as among
whites. and this ratio between the
races has not altered materially in
the last ten years. Illiteracy among
southern negroes is more than four
times that among southern whites.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Rarallels.

Before the time of Vauban the su.
periority was on the side of the de-
fenses, but his genius so completely
reversed the case that the success of
an attack, conducted scientifically and
with adequate means, has been until
the present time matter OF certainty.
AS the inventor Of parallels in sieges
he discovered and perfected the IRE
sistible system of attack which has
ever been SO successfully followed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Grape GRATING.

Before the Academy of Sciences.
Paris. M. Boudouin gave clear evil
dence OF differences in physical and
chemical composition between grated
and nongrafted grapes which he had
obtained. and the facts observed ex-
plain the more rapid aging of wines
from grated vines, and also their
greater sensitiveness to pathogenic
ferments.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Waste of Coal.

square foot of uncovered pipe.
filled with steam at 100 pounds pres
sure. will radiate and dissipate in n
year the heat put into 3.716 pounds of
steam by the economic combustion OF
39S pounds of coal. Thus. ten square
feet OF bare pipe corresponds approx
imately to the waste of two tons of
coal per annum.-Scientific American.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
'It LIS true that Mollie has two strings
to her bow?" Yes. everybody says
he is tied to her apron strings"
A GREAT INSTITUTION.

1t Is unusual that a single institution in .
city of 5000 people will overshadow In i'm
portance every other interest, but such is
the case with the American School OF
Osteopathy, and A L. Still Inhrmary At
Kirksville, Mo.
A stranger in Kirksville Is Immediately
impressed with the idea that the town II
sustained by this institution, in fact,
Kirksville has been made what IL is to-day
by DIR. Still and his famous School and
Infirmary. 1t is the largest patronized un-
endowed institution of its kind In the
United States.
DIR. Stills school enrolls over 700 students
yearly and each student Is required to at
tend four terms OF five months each before
completing the course of study. There aro
over 1000 graduates and they arc prac-
ticing In every state and territory Of the
Union. About two-thirds of the states
have passed special laws legalizing the
science.
This school teaches every branch taught
In medical colleges except drugs and
thorough Is the teaching in anatomy that
over one hundred human bodies are dis
sected yearly by the students.
At the 1nfirmary, patients from every
part OF the country and with almost every
form Of disease are constantly under treat
ment. For the past fiftfap vears almost
every train coming tot KirRsvilie has
brought some new suffer3r boping to find re-
lief by the science Of Osteopathy. BY the
thousands who have letft the Institution
benefited by the treatment, the science has
been heralded to the world as safe and
rational method of cureL Several years ago
FREQ clinic was estab tished in connection
with the practice depa rtment of tho school
and this Is still In operation. Hundreds Of
the worthy poor, who are unable to pay for
treatment, are treated every afternoon By
the senior students FREQ OF charge.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Tale Of a Live Toad.

The University OF Washington is
investigating the discovery-testined
to by dozens of miners"-that a live
toad was found in the coal mines at
Newton. six miles from Seattle. in a
solid stratum of coal. 300 feet below
the surface and lived several hours
It is said to have been of unusual size.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Tho IndIspe enable Aunt.

What would the world become with.
out the self-sacrifice and helpfulness
of the maiden aunts cannot imagine.
Among the brightest queens OF heaven
will be those who took care of o:her
peoples children.-De Witt Taimage.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Marines Assist Police.

British marines recently assisted
the French police In dealing with Brit
ish jack tars on holiday in a French
port. This courtesy is now to be re-
ciprocated, and French marines are to
be allowed to assist British police in
dealing with French sailors holiday
making in British port.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Lineman Saves Lives.

When gasoline launch began IL
sink in the Russian river. California.
and two men were in danger of drown
ing, Robert Jordan, a telephone line
man at work on the banks. swan out
with wire to the launch and r COM
panion hauled the endangered men to
shore.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
New Aid to Temperance.

The general introduction of street
cars in English towns has diminished
the consumption of beer. Working
men. on their way home to the SUBJ
urbs in the evening are now carried
past saloons at which they used to
linger.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Queer Names in England.

The wild and woolly west is usually
supposed to have monopoly of queer
names for its towns, but England has
Dirtcar. Hangman Hill. Deadman's
Green. Friends Fell and Hungry Bent
ley, among others.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Electric Insects.

Electric insects have been reported.
A noted hunter makes the statement
that upon taking up large caterpillar
in the forests of South America he
received SO powerful shock that his
right arm and side were almost para
lyzed. and even his life 1eopsrdlzed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Must Prove Her Worth.

On the island of Himla. opposite
Rhodes. girl is not allowed to have
lover until she has brought up GER
tain number OF sponges and given
proof of her agility to take them from
a certain depth.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
War Relics Lack Tone.

Some of the old guns purchased by
the town Of Crewe from the British
government and placed in the local
park as war trophies" had never
been used on foreign service at all, 1t
is discovered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Mouse Picks the Banjo.

The newest marvel of Aroostook
county. Maine. is mouse that has
been taught to pick the banjo. H. G.
Nelson. the man who owns the mouse
and trained It. declares that the little
animal has charmed the house cat
with its banjo playing and that the
two. once mortal enemies, are now
chums.-New York Sun.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
In the Good Old Times. -

Under Peter the Great the knout
was used in Russia even on princes.
senator's. priests. monks and nuns
Katharine II. abolished its use in the
case OF the aristocracy and clergy. but
her successor restored the old state of
affairs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
hu.band Was Moon,truek.

woman In Oakland, Cal. got d.
vorce because. at every full mon. her
husband would sit up in bed and howl.
occasionally beating her and pulling
her hair for a change.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24

German Domestics Cared For.
If servant in Germany :alls Ill her
mistress is not allowed to discharge
her. but must pay so cents day for
her hospital expenses until she is per-
fectly well.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Oldest Alcoholic Rexsraoe.

Next to grape wine. it is believed
that Japanese sake. or rice wine, is
the Oldest alcoholic beverage known
to man, its use in Japan dating back
over two thousand years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
There Are Bachelor Girls.

A Boston authority states that no
woman is an old maid until she is
willing to confess to being one. Ergo.
there are no old maids.-Washingto
Star.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Living Pictures Are Popular.

Living pictures-clever and finished
representations of groups taken from
Dresden and Sevres china-are very
popular at one of the London music
halls.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Eat Mules, Brains.

The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Mail says that mules brains make
yery good eating and are frequently
used instead of calves brains in Par
isian restaurants.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Debt. No Source of Worry.

Etienne Dumont said OF Mirabeau
that he never thought of paying his
debts except the most pressing ones,
and that probably it was not expected
that he should do SO.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
sterlIIzed MIX at Cost.

Munich now has place where ster-
ilized milk is provided at cost to fam
lilies whose annual income does not
exceed $500.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Situation of chemuIpho.

Chemulpho. the port of Seoul. the
capital of Korea. looks out over a
vast shallow bay, where the tide rises
thirty feet
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
All stops for the Gar.

When the czar sends dispatch to
telegraph office in Russia. any other
message in hand has to be broken off,
even in the middle of sentence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Give Base coin to church

Dowlais (Scotland) Nonconformists
are getting rid OF their base coin by
putting 1t in the collection of the local
Free Church council. This indictment
is made by the councils treasurer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Schools In Europe.

Russia has only one school for every
2,300 inhabitants. Germany has one
for every 700, England one for every
600, France one for every 500.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
PuzzIes unbaIance Brain.

An Englishman has been sent to an
insane asylum through too much study
OF newspaper puzzles.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Profits Erom EnoIs

The winnings Of the bank of Monte
Carlo are said to average nearly s25
y minute, or about $6,250,000 year.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24

The modestest thing in the
world is tea. 1t is only tea!

1t makes a boy pretty tired to have
his mother ia Ike SO much pains with
the way he must dress to make cred
liable appearance at Sunday school
when he is really going fishing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Cost of PauperIsm.

The pauperism of England and
Wales costs the whole population
S2.3S a head yearly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
strenath of Laneewood.

A piece of lancewood an inch sqrare
will stand strain of 1000 pounds be-
fore breaking.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24

western judicial decision says: I'm
the happy hunting ground there are no
corporations. as they have no souls,
and consequently no hereafter"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24

The fellow who invites trouble gem
orally gets an acceptance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24

They say that In the next world
people will do ths same that they do
In this" II wondsr II that means that
football players will be on a gridiron."
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
Why Il 10 the Best

In because made by an entirely differ.
ent process. Defiance Starch Is un-
like any other. better and one-third
more for 10 cents
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24

Write MURINE EYE REMEDY Co., Chieaso n
your eyes innamed, and get oouiisss
advice and free sample MURINE Itcures all eys-iiis
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-11-24
ELrrr sHINoLr .rAIr.

The best roof stain on the market.
Sample color boards to select from
HumPhrey-Jones Mer. Co., 1881 Arapa-
hoe st., Denver. Colo.