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The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Jigsmith-That fellow Piker is GER
tainly a clever. ingenious chap, isn't
he?
Brown;ag-Why. never heard OF
his doing anything remarkable.
Jigsmith-That's just it. He man.
ages in some way to get along without
doing anything.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Twelve-year-old Cooking up from
Grimm's) -Papa. wouldn't you like TO
a wish?
Father tabsent-mindedly) -Hush.
Richard! Your mother is in the next
room.-Town Topics.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Short-Do you really believe there
is any such thing as second sight?
Long-Well. I'm not exactly a be-
lever. but hope there is. Otherwise
III not get another glimpse of that
ten spot l loaned you six months
ago.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

The waist is made with the fitted
lining. on which the full fronts and
back are arranged, and is finished at
the neck with Follower collar under
which the chemisette is attached. The
sleeves are made over fitted Innings,
which are faced to form cuffs, and are
full above the elbows. finished with
circular frills below which fall over
the gathered ones of lace. The clos
ing is made invisibly at the center
front.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is Az yards 81
inches wide. AZ yards 81 inches wide.
or 2A yards A inches wide, with "a
yards of all-over lace. Y yards Of
bias velvet and 211 yards Of lace to
make as illustrated.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

wife--I am Just dying to see the
things you bought while You were
away
Husband-Eh? didn't buy any
thing.
But you had only one small trunk
when you left. and you came back
with two
"Oh, yes, you packed my trunk for
me, you know. When came to start
back had to borrow another trunk to
get all my stuff m"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Patient-You say there will be con-
siderable cutting to this operationf
Doctor-Yes. M Is
Patient--Well. you'd better draw up
set of plans and furnish me with an
estimate.--Collier's.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Suits made with plated skirts and
tourist coats are essentially new. es-
sentially smart and essentially SER
viceable. This one makes an admir-
able model and is adapted to all suit.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
Genuine imitation.

We'll. l made the sale. all right"
said the new salesman.
But you lied to her." protested the
proprietor. you told her they were
genuine Irish laces-"
NO. l didnt. She simply said she
didn't want any bogus limitations
and assured her ours were genuine !"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

"Can man patent a scientific dis
covery?" asked the commercial person.
at isn't usually DONE" answered the
scientist But some Of them ought
to be copyrighted as literary produc.
Mons. Star
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Her-I can only be sister TO you
Him-Oh, that won't do. You'll
have to be daughter to me or moth
ing.
Her-Because why?
Him-Because I've been pepper"
to you.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Even the hairs of our heads are
numbered" quoted the good old dea-
cor with the bald pate.
well, uncle" reioined the irrever-
emit nephew, Gin your case the count
dosen't take up much of the enumerat-
ing angels time"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

new and serves to outline the tucks
at the back, while it gives stole eff.
feet at the front. To make the waist
for woman of medium size will be
required 4 yards of material 21, 81
yards 81 or 2h yards A inches wide
with " yard Of. all-over lace and TX
yards of velvet.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
Development Of Astronomy.

Alexander was storming about the
house
"Confound those four, lnsher astro-
nomers!" he beloved "Why don't
they find some more worlds to con-
quer?"
Presently astronomy was made a
necessary subject In all the school
courses.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
A Complete Cure.

WELL" said the prominent man.
who had been asked for Testimonial.
81 had little faith in the curative prop
critics of your medicine. but took one
bottle" E
AND it cured your" suggested the
manufacturer Representatives.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Foreign visitor--I arm told fhI.
American marriages arc generally
happy.
Mr.. Gotham-Oh. perfectly. The
husband is devoted to business. the
wife to society. and they hardly ever
'meek-New York Weekly
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

How does 1t feel to be knocked
QUIT" they asked him.
We'll" said the defeated pugflist,
"if ye git a third of the gate money,
and the fight amt long. it don't feel
SO burned bad"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
Had His pearee.
mily Tor forty years.

why does every parachute jumper
call himself professor"
II don't know, but heard Of one
who signed himself Prof. Fire. b. A.
Bachelor OF Arts?''
mo. balloon ascensionist." SO +
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

No one Of the many Oriental silks
makes more effective blouses than
Corean crepe. This smart model Is
quite new and shows the material in
willow green with trimming of chif-
fon velvet. square of net chiffon lined.
collar and cuffs of lace. The trim
ming is peculiarly effective and quite
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
Quite Natural,

Guest lin cheap restaurant)-sav
waiter, this fish smells.
Waiter-Course it do. what'd reck.
on it's got nose fer-huh?
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

She-lts shameful. the way that
man treats his wife.
He-Yes. indeed. He doesn't seem
to mind her q bit
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Mrs. Newkid-H Henry. / wish you
would get up and carry the baby a
little while. end
Newkid (sleepily) Not much!
engaged with this concern as a silent
partner, not as a foorwalker.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Overheard In the BUSINESS Once
What do you think OF this new
idea of noiseless typewriters?"
I'D pay one of that kind SALARY Of
a hundred and fifty month"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Time for Serious Reflection.
When does young man commence
first to think seriously of marriage?"
Usually about two months after
he's married"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Congratulations Already Earned
Tess-Mr. Kadley is very attentive
TO you. l suppose congratulations
will soon be in order.
Jess-They're in order now.
Tess-Indeed?
Jess-Yes. I rejected him lest nigh,
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
Terse.

: ! cFSe.
Now, there's Senator Rysing. for
instance" said the stateman's ad-
mirer. Hes an example OF true
greatness"
"Yes?" replied the blase individual
Born. achieved or thrust ?"-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
What Worried Him.

she-But, pa. he says he can't live
without me.
Pa-But the question is whether he
can live without me.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
FrlendIY Comment.

Yes" said the newly elected freight
payer, at was case of love at first
sight with me-"
ITS too bad" rejoined his old
bachelor friend, that you sfdnt have
time to take second look
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Somewhat Different.
Mrs. Graspit-My husband has a
mania for .practicing economy.
Mrs. Shopper-Mine hasn't. but he
has mania for preaching it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16

Some people would be surprised to hear that
water has color. Yet il is a fact that water
in its purest form is essentially blue. says the
Scotsman. This may not be perceived in small
quantities. but it is clearly perceptible when
it is of considerable depth. But water in its
natural state is never pure, and is always
filled with minute floating particles of dust
which refract the light and split II up into
different colors, and also tint the water with
their own inherent color. This is the reason
why the seas and lakes of different countries are
of many different hues. for IT is only the un-
travelled man who thinks the sea is always blue.
Water has a strong dissolving power which
is increased in most cases by heat. Even plate
and crown glass are dissolved In it. Everybody
knows that water has weight, but not every
body is aware that water causes an actual loss
Of weight TO a solid body immersed in 1t.
This was first discovered by a Greek-the early
Greeks discovered a good many things for which
we now credit modern science. 1t was Archi-
modes who established the law that every body
immersed in liquid loses Of its weight a por-
ton equal 70 the weight Of the liquid it dis
places" Therefore, the more bulky an object
immersed the more water it displaces. and the
more weight il loses.-Scotsman.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16

The American School of Classical Studies is
now in full progress i'm Rome with sixteen stu
dents. Prof. Richard Norton of Harvard
remains as director and lecturer upon the mon
uments and museums of Rome; Professor Egg
bert Of Columbia is instructor and lecturer in
the department of classics, inscriptions and an
Gent manuscripts. and Professor De Cou Of the
University of Michigan deals with archaeology
and the dialects Of the ancient races, and con-
ducts the excursions TO Greece in the spring.
The entire school goes over there every year
for six weeks of exploration in the country and
study in Athens, accompanied by the faculty.
This is entirely independent Of the Athens
school, which, like that in Rome, is under the
care of the American Institute of Archaeology.
Last spring the students left Rome March Is
and made a tour of Peloponnesus, spent two
weeks in Athens and explored northern Greece
as far as the Vale of Temple. They were accom-
panied by Professor and Mrs. Kelsey and Pro-
lessor De Cou. who was then secretary Of the
American school at Athens. This journey is a
part of the curriculum, but the remainder of
the outdoor work is done in the neighborhood
of Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16
STEPS TOWARD INFRINGEMENT.

Representatives Lands and Hemenway.
of this State, deserve credit for leading off
I'm a reform which, though it may not result
in a very large saving to the government.
is nevertheless a move in the right direc-
ton. This Is cutting off the allowance for
horses, carriages and drivers to subordi-
nate officers in the various departments.
1t has always been customary to provide
each member of the Cabinet with a vehicle
which he could use in driving TO and from
the White House, or the Capitol. This was
a proper and legitimate expenditure in the
line of public business. Gradually, how
ever, this custom has grown into an abuse
under which assistant secretaries and heads
Of bureaus have maintained a horse and
carriage. with driver, at public expense.
None of these officials la any real need
of such an outfit and they are mainly de-
voted to personal and family uses. The ag-
gregate expense is considerable. and the
practice is a long departure from repub-
lican simplicity. 1t should be reformed
altogether.
The promptness with which Mr.. Hemen-
way came to the support of Mr.. Landis's
proposition that none of the money appro-
priated by Congress should be used for the
purpose indicated shows that as chairman
of the COMMITTEES on appropriations Mr..
Hemenway is the right man in the right
place. 1t takes some courage to attack an
established abuse of this kind in Washing
ton. where department officials and govern
ment employees are numerous and stand
together like a band of brothers i'm defense
of official perquisites. Mr.. Hemenway has
already earned the cordial dislike of the
department employees by inducing the Pres
ident to issue an order adding thirty min
utes to the easy hours of work that have
prevailed heretofOre-an order that was
clearly justified by the demands of public
business and in the interests of economy
and now he will receive further censure for
favoring the abolition of the horse and car
riage abuse. But Mr.. Hemenway can stand
the censure of department officials and
clerks. The people at large will heartily
approve of these steps towards economy
and retrenchment. and will hope they may
be followed by others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16
Colleges to Teach Home Work.

Domestic science taught in all schools and uni
v~ersities attended by women, with college de-
grees for managers Of households and general
recognition of the art of providing comforts
and luxuries for the home. is the dream Of a
group of Chicago women.
These ladies say they do not wish to be looked
upon as extreme propagandlsts who would found
Conservatives of cookery where professors Of
pound theories, but they do desire to spread
the doctrine that women in all grades of life
ought to be learned in economics of the home
lin the laws of hygiene as in the languages.
The foundation of national life. the home,
is declared to be in need Of fostering care.
The danger is said to be greatest in so-called
educated classes. 'tand among those who are
striving to attain a false education which they
consider higher
1t is proposed to form an association Of ex-
pert housekeepers who will take up the ques-
ton Of domestic science with public educators
and enlarge the scope Of the School OF Do
nestle Arts and Sciences established in this city
three years ago. The promoters Of the aSsocia-
ton hope then to go beyond the confines of
the city and State and induce the great instI-
tuticns where feminine students go to add to
their curricula studies in chemistry OF foods.
bacteriology and sanitation.
Particularly is 1t designed to save from a
life OF tea drinking and scandal mongering the
girl who comes out of school. in which home
management and home occupations have found
little place. Such a girl. while taught to de-
mand a reason for everything. is in many cases
intrusted with the conduct OF a HOUSEHOLDS where
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16

Hon. Benjamin Franklin Shively, of this
State. is reported in an Eastern interview as
saying that the Democrats are almost GER
tain to carry Indiana if President Roosevelt
is nominated by the Republicans. The
President" he adds. sis very weak with
conservative business Republicans and with
the Republican labor vote"
Mr.. Shively is not in the confidence of the
Republican leaders in this State, nor in COM
munication with the rank and file of the
party, and is not entitled to speak for il in
any manner whatever. But. waving this
and treating his statement seriously. the
Journal takes leave to say there is no reason
10 doubt that the Republicans will carry IN
diana this year. no matter who the Repub-
lican candidate may be. If it should be
President Roosevelt he will receive the
united support of the party and will carry
the State by as large a majority as any
other candidate would.
Mr.. Shively's statement that President
Roosevelt IS weak with conservative busi-
ness Republicans seems designed to create
the impression that there Is something of
the same sentiment of opposition TO Mr..
Roosevelt here that is said TO exist in money
or corporation circles in the East. though as
yet no person has been able to locate it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16

Secretary Hay has received through M.
NAL offer from the women Of Franc
of a bust of Washington. 1t is a replica OF
the one destroyed by fire at the Capitol in
1851. and which was the work of David of
Anglers. The original was presented to
this country by France in 1923, and this
offer to replace it is a bit of international
courtesy pleasant to contemplate. Secre-
tary Hay will submit the offer to Congress
with a recommendation that it be accept
ed. Provision Will be made for a cere-
monial installation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16
A Gentle Carcass.

OF course the vagaries Of the go-as-you-pIease
fashion of spelling are more amusing than was
the old humdrum uniformity. A college pro-
fessor the other day, examining his class in
English, put this question, Describe the style
of Bunyan." and one student answered. ''Bunion
had a style of his own." Whatever may be true
of the style Of the bunion it is known to many
of US by painful experience that it certainly has
a gait of its own.
The ingenious perversity of this student recalls
a little incident in the experience of the vice
president Of the Boston & Albany Railroad.
Some time since he introduced a new system
for getting information as to the destruction
of farmers property along the line Of the rail-
road. A blank was prepared to give the name of
the animal killed, the kind of animal, and other
information. A space was reserved for an answer
to the following question:
Disposition of carcass?
A fiagman whose duty il was to make a report
on this blank wrote opposite the line last named
kind and gentle Rochester Post-Express.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16
Educational Notes.

DR.. Louis Duncan declares in a magazine
article that in this country technical educa-
tion is too technical. There is too much in
struction." he says. I'VE should not attempt to
make mental storehouses Of men, but mental
factories. The ability of a man to work out
any specific problem depends upon his being
able to make a mental plot of the problem and
keep it constantly before him. This requires
an imagination that has been developed and
not suppressed"
A concession for the further exploration of
Bagdad has been acquired from the Porte by
the University Of Chicago.
About 800 Junior county scholarships, giving
free tuition for two years and maintenance
grants averaging $40 a year. nave been awarded
to elementary school pupils py the Technical
Education Board Of the London County Council.
In Germany there are twenty-five universe
ties; In France, under recent Legislation, If
teen; in Italy. twenty-one. 1t is difficult to
give the number in the United States. because
1t is clear, from the tables given in the report
OF the commissioners of education. that some
colleges are more important than some uni
v~ersities, and both give the degree Of Phi. d.
But OF universities in title we have 1874. Among
these there are forty-six, with more than fifty
professors and instructors, and thirteen with
more than $50.
President Schurman. Of Cornell. recently ex-
pressed the opinion that students should pass
eleven hours a day in study. President Eliot.
OF Harvard, and other prominent educators
say eleven hours is too much. DR.. Schurman
has long contended that Cornell was the hardest
working OF the American universities. and 10
prove 1t each one of CornelI's 1000 and more
students Is requested to keep this week an ex-
act record of the way they spend their time.
For the purpose schedules have been supplied
to them with minute instructions how to fill
them out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16

There Is no such sentiment here. The Pres
dents attitude towards the trusts and the
railroad mergers has strengthened him with
the masses and has not weakened him with
conservative business Republicans. Mr..
Shively's attempt to create the impression
that there is some sort Of money power
opposition TO Mr.. Roosevelt in this State IS
absurd. Every conservative business Fe-
publican in Indiana who voted for Mckinley
in 1896 and 1900 will, if alive, support the Re
publican nominee this year, whoever the
nominee may be.
Mr.. Shively knows nothing about the Re
publican labor vote in this State. The labor
vote is always a more or less uncertain fac
tor, but there is no reason to doubt that the
arguments n influences that induced wage
earners to vote for Mckinley in the last two
elections will lead them to support the Re
publican candidate this year. They are still
for protection to American industries and
for the policies that bring steady employ
ment and high wages. Never before were
there in Indiana as many persons employed
at good wages as there are to-day, and there
II iO Itdcon DtiACNt lASy VII OtSNAe eHC
party that has brought about this condition
for one that represents business depression.
Personally Mr.. Roosevelt is as highly es-
teemed by the prominent labor leaders as
any public man Of the time, and if he should
be the Republican candidate he will receive
the full strength of the labor vote that be-
longs to the Republican party.
Mr.. Shively is talked of for second place
on the Democratic ticke witt the idea that
he would make Indiana safely Democratic.
He did not inform the Eastern interviewer
that when he ran for Governor in 1896 he re-
ceived 10000 fewer votes than Bryan did,
and the latter was beaten 1850 votes by Nc
Kinley. Mr.. Shively predicted his own
election then with as much confidence as he
does that the Democrats will carry the State
this year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16

Russian diplomacy is making vigorous ef-
forts to take away. from Japan the moral
support of the United States and Great
st. Petersburg, which are, of course, in
spired by the government. renew the old,
WORKOUT promise of an open door and pro-
test Russia's undying friendship for this
government. These assurances might mean
country than Russia, but all nations are
learning from bitter experience to make
no truce with Adam-zad, the bear that
walks like a man."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-16
ValIandigham's Answer.

Some one has started a controversy about Val
landigham and what he was during the civil
war. 1t recalls a story related by Tom Carter
of Vallandigham as a political orator. The
Ohio Democrat was making a speech in an ILL
nois town during one of the campaigns. Carter
was a boy, and went to hear him. In the midst
of the Grafton some one got up and asked:
Where was vallandigham during the war -
MY friend said the orator, you have a
perfect right TO ask that question. and 1 shall
answer 1t at the proper time. Next winter i
will choose a day when the thermometer is at
zero and the wind is blowing the snow across
the fields. We will go far out upon the prairie.
and there 1 will tell you where vallandigham
was during the war. 1t will be more pertinent
and timely on such an occasion than now, and
will have as much significance to the winds OF
winter as to this campaign"
carter said valandigham was not again in
Observation-Disclosures Post.