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The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-14

also say that | have not done badly
myself | have made my pile, too
not such large one as yours. prob
ably. but at any rate. have the sat
isfaction of knowing that. II anything
should happen to me"-this with an
accession of seriousness-"I should
leave my family well provided for. l
have had my ups and dowps as well
as others; but | have no fear OF the
future"
He spoke these last words quite
confidently. unconscious of the ignor-
ance and rashness of the assertion.
by the way" he continued. after a
while, "are you a bad sleeper, as a
rule. or was last night an exception.
as in my own case?"
at was no exception. unfortunately,
for me-" was the answer. Il am a
wretched sleeper. and last night was
worse than usual. At the same time"
with an air of restraint or awkward
ness-"I had no business 10 disturb
you in the way | did"
Don't mention it." said Mr.. Burritt
carelessly. forgetting the very differ
ent light in which the affair had ap-
peared to him at the time of its oc-
currence. Though you gave me
rather a start at the moment. on
waking up suddenly as | did. and from
very bad dream"
81 thought you seemed rather rest
less and uneasy in your sleep" was
the reply.
Insomnia is one of the greatest
curses | know. though. as rule. /
do not suffer much from it myself. But
IT, like Macbeth. you have murdered
sleep you are much to be pitled."
The other man started at the i'll
sounding word.
Murdered he exclaimed; then-"I
beg your pardon" he muttered. some
what confusedly, 81 did not take your
meaning at first in fact. have al
most forgotten my Shakespeare"
Il beg yours said Mr.. Burritt; "the
quotation was most inapt. | had also
forgotten for the moment. that it was
to the murder of Duncan that Mac
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FIndlna the DAYS MereIes.

II any one should give me a dish Of
sand. and say there were particles OF
iron In 1t. | might look with my eyes
for them and search for them with
my clumsy fingers, and be unable to
find them; but let me take a magnet
and sweep through 1t. and how 10
would draw to itself the most invisible
particles by the mere power of attrac-
tion, The unthankful heart. like my
finger in the sand, discovers no mer-
cles but let the thankful heart sweep
through the day. and. as the magnet
finds the iron so 1t will find in every
hour some heavenly blessings; only
the iron in Gods sand is gold.-Oliver
Wendell Holmes
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CHAPTER ~.

"The Secret Lies Between Us Two"
Next morning Mr. Sllas Burritt. and
his friend. whose incognito is still pre-
served, We're seated at breakfast to-
gether.
In the clear light of day. in the
presence of the most appetizing
viands, the former gentleman found
his mind completely Invested of all
those gloomy and distrustful thoughts
and suspicious which had caused him
so much disquietude previously, to say
nothing of having ruined his nights
rest. Il was astonishing what wide
ly different view he took of the mat
ter as he discussed this early meal.
His heart warmed anew toward his
old friend. who sat facing him, and
who also appeared to more advantage
under these more cheerful circum-
stances.
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When charIes Lamb Said orae,

Recently. when Edmund Clarence
Stedmaa was visiting In New Eng
land. he was called upon by the head
of the house while at dinner to invoke
the divine blessing.
Il was rather surprised. and for half
a minute sorely tempted" said Mr..
Stedman in relating the Incident.
Then ! rose to the occasion and
asked a grace which | remembered"
But. Mr.. Stedman." demanded a
young woman of the party eagerly,
TO what were you sorels tempted?"
ITO do as Charles Lamb did under
similar circumstances"
And that was2''
He looked about the board and
asked in his surprise: Is there no
clergyman present. The host shook
his head Then Lamb prayed For
this and all other mercies. o Lord.
make us truly thankful. New York
Times.
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1T is quite understood that you re-
turn with me and stop at least one
night" he remarked. genially. In
fact, there is no escape for you. as
have already dispatched telegram
To let them know at home that | am
bringing friend back with me-"
You are very good. Silas,' was the
reply, "and for one night, at least.
will accept your hospitality
And you must come and stay with
us while you are looking about for a
house-make us your headquarters.
you know. I've no doubt that the two
girls. yours and mine. will be bosom
friends in less than no time; and as
for my boy Ted, he'll be head over
heels in love your daughter-if she's
anything like your description-be-
fore we know where we are. Ha. ha,
shouldn't be bit surprlsed-the
young dogl" and his father laughed
aloud. delighted at his own perspi-
cacity. BY the way, Jim relapsing
into a more serious vein, that would
not be half bad idea-your girl and
my boy-eh?"
The other looked at him intently.
lou II. ne dSktu.
Mean 1t? OF course 1 do. Why
not?"
"In spite of-of everything that has
gone before?"
Good heavens, man, what has the
past got to do with your innocent
daughter? That would be visiting the
sins of the fathers upon the children
with a vengeance"
The other man looked at his friend.
and his habitually stern face softened.
You are very generous" he said .
more generous than have a right TO
expect"
Come, come" answered Mr.. Bur-
ritt, don't talk like that. for heavens
sake; don't let us begin it all over
again. Your secret-such as 1t is
and this is the last allusion intend to
make. or allow you to make, to it.
lies between us two; which is the
same thing as saying that It is perfect
ly safe
Then, more for the sake of giving
the conversation a more cheerful turn,
than for any other reason. he said:
81 think you made some remark
last night to the effect that you had
made a large fortune. If so, I am sin
cerely glad to hear it,
Yes was the Indifferent reply: Il
am, comparatively speaking what you
would call wealthy man, and my
daughter will be an heiress in her
way
81 am very glad to hear IT," said
Mr. Burritt heartily; and at the same
tine-not that wish to boast--I may
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Be True.
Thou must thyself be true.
II thou the truth would'st teach;
Thy soul must overflow.
II thou another soul would reach;
1t needs the overflow of heart
TO give the lips full speech.
Think truly. and thy thoughts
Shall a worlds famine feed;
Speak truly. and each word of thine
Shall be a fruitful seed;
Act truly. and thy life shall be
A great and noble Greed.
-Horatius Bolar.
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A Passion for ForoIveneas.

The statement is not too strong that
"the passion for forgiveness is univer-
sal to religion" Not only are prayer
and hymns in the higher types of re-
ligion instinct with the desire for for
giveness. It is also pathetically ex-
pressed in primitive religions by sacrl-
fee and offering. 1t is found every
where in the literature of religion.
What is meant by the desire for for
giveness? 1t means that we desire to
stand on The same terms with God as
il we had never done wrong. To con-
sciously receive the forgiveness of
sins is to receive and retain the i'm
pressions npo.l our inmost souls that
God loves us and gives us his smile
and peace. though we have been trans
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gressors-that he is on our side.
though We have done wrong and have
wandered into forbidden paths. There
is forgiveness.t the Psalmist reminds us.
with God; an inexhaustible store from
which sinners may draw. And how
blessed to know that the Lord is
good and ready to forgivei" There
is forgiveness--fuli. free and immedi-
ate-through Jesus Christ. Behold
the Lamb of God that takcth'awny tho
sin of the world"
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An lsthmus.

Barnes-Howes and have been
arguing about the meaning OF the
word "isthmus." He says 1t means a
neck of land separating two bodies OF
water, and | hold that II is strip of
land connecting two continents. Now.
what do you say?
Shedd-I say that neither OF you is
right. An isthmus is a thing that con-
meets conspiracies and revolutions
and separates governments.
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shatterina Idols.

The priests of an idol temple in
India offered Mahmoud. the Image
Breaker, princely sum. II he would
spare their idol. He was deaf to
their entreaties. seized n hammer. and
struck the idol one blow. To his
amazement. from the shattered Image
there rained down at his feet show
er OF pearls and other precious stones
treasures OF fabulous value, which
had been hidden within 1t, II he had
spared the idol he would have lost all
this wealth. So let us not spare our
idols. II we shatter them there Will
rain about our hearts the very treas
ures of heaven, the gifts and graces of
the Holy Spirit.
Charity begins st home. but y It
remains there it Is un.charl.able.
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His Obiection.

Fred-why is it / never see you
with Miss Buddington any more?
Joe-Because of my dislike for her
father. He is a regular old pirate.
Frcd-A pirate! Why, how's that
Ioe-well. | know from personal
experience that he's freebooter.
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|HIJFlGH).
IOF THE MAY
Prolonged sittinu Needed.

Prolonged Sitting Needed.
You want me TO tell the whole
TRUTH asked the witness.
Certainly" replied the Judge.
The whole truth about the plaint-
"of course"
How long does the court expect to
sit?"
What difference does that make7"
II makes a lot of difference. |
couldn't tell the whole truth about
that scoundrel inside of thirty days.
talking all the time"
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switching Oh the Old Man.

Mr.. Elder-There is something |
want to say to you. Bessie-er-that
is. Miss Kutely.
Miss Kutely-call ME Bessie II you
wish.
Mr.. Elder-Oh. may /?
Miss Kutely-Of course; all old gen.
tlemen call me pessie
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The Secret Out.

Il think" said the lsittenish maid
OF some thirty-odd summers. I'm go
in for portrait painting. Is 1t difficult
to learnt"
No, it's comparatively easy" re-
piled the great artist. "All one has to
do Is select the right colors and put
them on In the right place"
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Orthouraphv.

Uncle George notice you have
spelt the word "sore" wrong In speak
ing of ''sore throat; you have written
il soar"
Willie--I was speaking OF giraffe.
Uncle George. Nothing was the mat
ter with his throat, only It SCARED.
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Decidedly Stuck Up.

Phamley-Goodart called on us the
other day and never saw a man SO
stuck up in all my life.
Newitt-Nonsense. That isn't his
style at all.
Phamley-I know. his style was
simply ruined. He brought our chill
dren candy and held them on his lap
while they ate It.
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As hi Referred to Him.

Wife-How many people gaze at
my new dress' presume they won
der If I've been shopping in Paris.
Husbend-More likely they wonder
II I've been robbing bank.-New
Yorker.
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CHASING Him.

Sharpe-There goes Heeler. He was
Dig gun in the election.
Whealton-Yes. | understand he
was repeater.
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Family DipIomacy.

Il turn all my bills over to my
wife"
Does she have the money!"
No, the nerve"
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Slork-Say, Monk, what's become OF
the cuckoo bird that used to live in
the third bough back?
Monk-oh. he's moved to the, city.
He's got job as model in clock
factory.
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Business instinct

Jinks-confound that hat! Where's
IT going next?
Street vendor-Map of the city. sir?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-10-03

There the fair American and the scion
Of the noble Hungarian family were
welded. Time. November, 1908. While
the scene was still in Rome Mrs.
Takacs, etc. signed notes foH'$40, 600
in favor of Solomon Kaiser. who lives
in Vienna and lends money. It's al
legged he let Takacs plus have the
money to pay the cost of that running
courtship in the leading capitals of
Europe. Soon thereafter the couple
separated and the bride returned to
the parental roof. bringing the neck
lace.
The next scene is In Cleveland-b by
Lake Erie. Mrs. Takacs de Kis-Joka
brings suit for divorce and proceed
ings In bankruptcy 1t 10 shrewdly
suspected from these actions that she
desires to shake off the bonds of we'd
lock and the notes. The news flies to
Europe. Takacs comes as fast as
steam at high pressure can bring him.
He wants a reconciliation with his
bride. Solomon Kaiser comes as fast,
maybe a little faster He wants that
beautiful pearl necklace and any other
assets that may be handy. The di-
vorce suit has not been brought to
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A New Way To Rear Boys

In New York city, little boy who is heir to millions
is being brought up sterilization plan.
Everything the boy eats breathes hand
les is sterzed His clothing his food the air he beathes
even his toys made immune from microbes. It is be-
eved that when he to manhood he will be perfect
specimen.
Poor little fellow.
barefooted and cool his feet in the sand make mud
pies
Microbes
He cannot play leap frog with his fellows slide
down cellar door trade pennies marbles chalk
with the boys of his street.
Microbes!
He cannot go to school with Mike and Billy and fight
Fem on the way home. And as to trading shirts
Microbes!
He connot even call dog his except the dog be
sterilzed.
make always provided they do not kill him by serliza
ton before he is out of his teens!
- 1t is expected he will be perfect physically. The stall
led not circumstance to the this little animal
is receiving.
But boys are made into men by friction. They 60 up
against microbes eat them breathe them, handle them,
fight them and them The resistance makes
Of them physically.
And when it to character resistance is absolute
ly necessary If the boy to be only animal ster-
zation mi ght do. But to fill the of manhood the
boy must rub against other boys and get the corners
knocked off. He must give and take and learn
They are robbng the poor little New York boy of his
boyhood-fes biggest asset When his sterlized
is he will be big, helpless infant crying in the night
of nexperience.
One thing is
The process will sterize all of the joy of the boy s
life.
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trial. The basikruptoy hearing began
q fsaw days ago. The beautifsl Amer
lean took the witness ohGtr. Cruel,
relentless lawyers for the implacabls
money lender required the beautiful
bankruptcies to shed her Jewels. Ono
by one she gave up two rings worth
several hundred dollars. Then came
. jewel-studded bracelet. Worth
Sl00." said the lady. swsetly. In re-
Spouse to the harsh question Of the
stony-hearted axtornsg. Sympathstin
spectators loolssd dAggers and ibayo-
nets at the prosecutor of the Defense
less woman. He was cold, Indifferent.
Nov, the pearl necklaoe." he hiss
ed. as he looked triumphantly at his
victim. Muttsrings were heard from
the crowd. Slowly. sadly Mrs. Takacs
passed over the string Of glfttertng
pearls. She had bought them in
Paris, she said. in answer to search
ing questions.
Their cost?' asked the lawyer. as
his vandal hands caressed the gems
that might almost be said to be with
out price.
-Four dollars" answered the lady.
''Celluloid." exclaimed the lawyer
The necklace dropped from his hands.
He almost tainted. Tho chief asset
was a myth. The hearing was abrupt
ly postponed for week.
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CLEVELAND, O.. Oct. 3.-Carlotta
Hart, the beautiful daughter of a rich
Cleveland man. saw In Paris shop q
marvellous string of pearls. They
looked as though they might fifty
adorn a queen. Nothing ever beat
them for looks. If they were good
enough for queen they were, of
course, almost good enough for an
American girl. So Miss Hart bought
em.
Then the scene shifts to Vienna,
where she had a photograph taken /:
a decollete photo showing the pearls.
The picture Is reproduced herewith,
but it does not do the pearls justice.
not half The pearls in the picture,
compared with the originals, are like
Steel common at its worst compared
with Standard oil stock at its best.
In Vienna. maids and Wallets and gar
cons guarded the gorgeous necklace.
Jules Takacs de Kis-Joka saw the
photo. met the original and conducted
a running courtship at the capitals of
Europe. 1t had to be running because
the beautiful American girls parents
opposed the match.
Then the scene shifts 20 Rome.
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CHEF JOSEPH DID NOT LEAD
INDIANS AGAINST GEN. HOWARD
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the work Of the 40 companies OF reg
ular soldiers ineffective.
1t was not until after the Indh91s
had escaped into Montana and. going
over the Lolo trait, mef a large force
OF Montana settlers on 'CamaS pnai-
RE, where the Indians were again
successful, that the warriors turned
toward the Canadian border.
In the Bear Paw mountains they
were attacked by . force under Cen
eral Miss and severely handled.
Aw-hi says it was in that battle
that Looking Glass was killed. 1t
was then. also, that Chief Joseph
took command. Some of the tales
told by the Indians Of the two days
fighting In the mountains give an
other side to the story.
One Indisn Ia still here on the res
ervation who lost both his wife and
daughter in the first Rghting of those
two days. He was sitting In his
ltepee with the women when the fir
ing began. His kluchman was struck
in a hailstorm Of bullets which pour
ed through the tent. His daughter
fell dead at the tepee fire and he
was shot with a bullet which passed
through both hips as he arose to leap
to his horse. Even then he succeeded
in getting away with the band. leav-
ing the dead women behind.
According to Aw-hi the Indians
succeeded in escaping and throwing
the soldiers Off the trail. The second
night after the battle the band was
thoroughly demoralized. Some whis-
key had been secured. Joseph was
cooped up in his tepee and issued nc
orders. The braves began to drink
| and to gamble and for the first time
since starting on the raid there were
no pickets thrown out.
The soldiers came in unexpectedly
! and found the Indians careless and
engrossed in the gambling. 1t was
an easy matter to surround them and
close the war.
Those Indians who maintain that
1t was not until the death Of Looking
Glass that they suffered actual de.
feat say, further, that on the death
Of their war chief Joseph took pos.
session of his brothers property and
his kluchman. These say Also thai
Wa-win-te-pe-koet was the child wife
Of Looking Glass and that JOSEPH
took her as his first wife. 1t, is Wa.
win who leads the early morning Ia
ment over on the ililltops
Although this story is in contradic-
ton of what has become the, officia
Indian history, it is fully substahti
ated by Nez Perez warriors who are
still alive and it is for this reason
1 give it in the firm belief that The
mantle of Indian glory and general
ship fell upon the wrong shoulders
WILLIAM FRANCIS GUION.
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Looking Glass belonged the honors Of
that memorable series of battles.
Two OF Chief Joseph's followers.
men VINO were in all Of the battles
were Aw-hi. who is stifl living. and
Hu-shus-kew-it. whose American
patronymic was Isaac" Isaac died
about a year ago. but even on his
deathbed he repeated his charge that
Joseph took the laurels won by his
| brother. Looking Glass, AMI had ever
| since falsely posed as the man who
defeated the soldiers and the volun-
teers and who conducted the raids
and retreat mp to the time Of the
| battle In the Bear Paw mountains.
where. two days before the surrender.
Looking Glass was killed.
Aw-hi has repeatedly declared In
| the presence Of white men that Il
was Looking Glass who was their
leader. He has described the battles
| infinitely and told Of the orders given
| on the raids to spare the women and
children. 'Yhese orders. he maintains.
| we're given by Looking Glass and
we're repeatedly violated by the small
bands of raiders when away from the
! main body.
Hu-shus-kew-it, or Isaac" was q
| Snake Indian. held by the Neg Perces
| as q prisoner OF war. He had been
| captured by the warriors while out
hunting and was given the choice of
/ fighting with them or being killed.
! His story, repeated to me during the
/ week by different white friends of
the dead warrior, is, substantially.
this:
When the president rescinded his
1 order awarding the lands in the Wal
4 Iowa country to the Nex Perces, Lot
4 the orator of the tribe, appealed to
4 the warriors. A secret council was
| held and at that council Looking
| Glass and Joseph, rs sons of the
hereditary chief, together with White
Bird and other subchiefs, agreed to
resist the aggressions of the whites
The bands were called together on
Cottonwood creek, some so miles
| from Lewiston, Idaho. and from there
i under the command of Looking Glass
/ with White Bird, Lot and Joseph as
1 subchiefs, the Indians committed
their first murders. killing four white
men encamped on the creek. This
was two years after the order of the
president for conference with the
Indians and was the direct result OF
the demand that the Indians be
marched to another reservation unde,
guard.
In the raids and battles that fol.
lowed, General o. o. Howard, called
by the Indians ''The- Man. With the
Bible was repeatedly outgeneraled
Ambushes. flank attacks, doubling or
the trail and all the bewildering tao.
tics of a willy Indian chief, made
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plCkpOCkfTS AT
WORk

Chooks attracted by the fair have
already begun their work. The first
victim reported to the police yester-
day was NJ. Anderson. living at SAN
Front avenue.
Anderson was standing at tie cor
ner Of Riverside and Washington
street when boy approached him
and begged for a nickel. When the
lad left Anderson discovered his
watch had been stolen.
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The Carnegie Steel Company has issued circular let
ter to superintendent instrucng them to employ
over thirty of age in certain departments The
order affects skilled men, experts in the business
The railroads of the country have tacit rule that
man over years of age shall be employed at cler
ioal work
The churches everywhere calling for young
preachers and the schools for young teachers In
line of work the dead line appears be drawn at the
of fifty, thereabouts.
While our science is frightening the tenure of human
their prime.
What is the world going to do with the ftyi
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and two bottles of whisky.
The room of Mrs. Griffith at 0712
Monroe street was entered yesterday
by sneak thieves and a purse con-
tanning SIS in money taken.