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The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
Shall | Sing a Simple Song?

Shall sing simple song. lady fair7
Just an air
From the Land of Thousand Lakes dear
and rare2
VIII you dare
Show a slender need of pity
For the subject OF my ditty.
List'ning there?
1t was free and happy living. lady fair.
Far up there.
Toll and hardship. want and famine. oft
our share.
But despair
Had no sway In farm or city,
For our hands We're hard and gritty
Made to dare.
We. the people. were our kings. lady fair
Had no care
When from out his Eastern haunts. from
his lair
Crept the Bear.
Stealthy. false, sans faith or pity
Ends our freedom and my ditty:
Empty air.
Herman Montague Bonner. from Eng
fish Lyrics of Finnish Harp"
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
WHAT a suLLFRoo WILL EAT.
II Thinks Nothing Of Swallowing
Birds and Young Ducks


Many years ago. when collecting
birds In southern New England,
shot on the salt marshes swallow.
which fell In shallow pool in the
marsh. says a writer in Forest and
Stream. My brother. who happened
to be standing near the pool. saw the
bird fan and saw huge bullfrog
make two or three spraying leaps
over the mud and through the water
and swallow the bird. When l came
up the head of the bullfrog remained
above water with the wings OF the
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

On a certain building job some
rears ago the contractor. who was a
politician, put in a hod-hoisting ma.
chine and discharged the men who
had been doing that work. A hod-
carrier who had been thrown out of
employment by the change came
around couple of days after to see
how the new apparatus worked. He
watched it for while in silence and
finally exclaimed:
"Ye're all roight. Ye're a-a-l roiebt.
but ye can't vote."-PhiladeIphia
Ledger.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
Valuable Engraving Discovered.

Messrs. Christie. London auction
GERS. recently received what is tecnni-
caily described as first state wish
untrimmed margins of j. S. SMITHS
engraving Of Reynolds portrait OF
Lady Catherine Pelham Clinton" II
had been folded and creased in all d.
rections. and was received through tie
mail with an illiterate note, with
stamps for its return II not found
worth sellirg. the owner evidently
thinking its value not more than a few
shillings. 1t was auctioned on for
nearly $1,000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
The Mother.

She was SO tired of toll. OF everything,
Save loving those who needed all her
love.
Her heart was like the golden heart of
spring
When white clouds sail above.
Autumn of life and tears were hers. and
yet
She sang and loved and gladdened US
Nor storms nor snow could make her
once forget
Young April's radiant smile.
She was so weary: but we never guessed
How weary till she smiled at set Of
sun,
And whispered as she drifted Into rest
My loving now is DONE
Tired OF all save loving, Let this be
lies.
Time shall not hide the words. nor mem
The overlook OF her eyes.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
Discoveries Of Posterity.

After carefully scrutinizing the well.
preserved body they had just exhumed
the archaeologists. in the year 4493
locked at one another and shook their
heads. AT last the most learned one
among them said:
las you have seen. the collar bone.
the right femur. both thighs, the nose
and the jaw-bore are broken. Appear
ances indicate. too, that the front teeth
were knocked out and the skull is
crushed in three places. Evidently he
was football player"
His fellow-scientists at once agreed
that there could be no mistake as 10
the correctness of the deduction.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
BEST CALLING ron WOMEN.
English Writer Lauds the Benefits OF
Horticulture.

-"S'sh Writer IaudS the benentS OF
Horticulture.
An English writer has discovered
That horticulture is the only proper
calling for a woman to pursue 1t Is
impossible. he asserts. for the aver
age woman to pass an examination
that We men call stir" without doing
herself serious harm. both physically
and mentally. though she may come
through winner. And 1t Is just as
impossible for her to adopt any pro-
fession that requires much study and
whole weeks. months. yea. and years.
TO be spent in an Office without be-
coming sooner or later as mad as the
proverbial March hare, or. at the
least. without altering her figure
greatly for the worse. But in dig
ging, planning and sowing she paints
roses on her cheeks. rounds her limbs
and brightens her eyes. The pretti-
est women this writer has ever seen.
as well ms the strongest, mentally and
physically. were found among those
few British women who spend their
lives in the open air, while the plain
est faces and clumsiest figures we're
observed among actresses.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
WORK DONE BY INvALIDs.
Many Literary Successes Made ty
Men In III Health.

Lots of success has been pulled on
by invalids. Parkman, the historian.
was bankrupt in health before he be-
gan his life's work. Heine lived n !
mattress grave for years. Was 1t not
Pope who spoke of that long disease
my life? r. L. Stevenson pushed
away death with one hand while he
wrote and ignited cigarettes with the
other. There are hundreds of like in
stances, but the case most to the point
here is that of Mr.. Tilden. who always
was a valetudinarian, and never had
any physical energy to spare. But he
had mental energy. That is the mala
thing. A sound body makes for sani-
ty of mind. but physical energy and
mental energy don't always go toGeth-
er.-Harper's Weekly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27


orders which kept me
in the house for days
at a time, unable to
do anything. What l
suffered can hardly
be told. Complica-
lions set in, the par
ticulars of which I
will be pleased to
give in a personal IN
terview to any one
who requires infor-
nation. This ! can
conscientiously say:
Doan's Kidney Pills
caused a general i'm
provement in my
health. They brought
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
British Scientist Says the Average of
Life Has Been Extended Ten
Years-But others Question His
Statement.

Luc HaS seen EXTENDED en-
Years-But Others Question His
Statement.
The best way to live to produce
health and happiness and to prolong
life continues to be never-ending
problem Has any progress been made
toward Its solution? Dr. Oliver Fer
gusou. well known British scientist
in recent lecture at Oxford. said:
For those happy people who shall
be living hundred years hence there
probably no longer will be any dread of
infection. for perhaps before then
thanks to radium and It's congeners-
we shall have exterminated all nox-
fous bacteria, and our grandchildren.
therefore, all will live a hundred years
or more"
He maintained that the average
length OF life has been extended about
ten years within the last sixty but
the proof was apparently not furnished
On the contrary. a royal commission.
Investigating that subject in connec-
ton with the army. found very seri-
Gus deterioration in the British race.
In this case proof was furnished in the
Increased difficulty of obtaining army
recruits and in the character OF the re-
cruits when obtained.
Premier Balfour found an explana-
ton in the emigration from Great Brit
ain and in the removal of the best of
the Country people" to the towns and
cities. Whatever the explanation. there
is no question that there has been an
Impairment OF the race In England.
This does not appear to agree with DR..
Ferguson's statement as to an extern
sion Of the average length of life about
a decade. That extension of life would
be the result of better care of the
health and would not accord with the
finding OF the royal commission.
Progress is being made all the time
in the discovery Of the cause and cure
OF disease. NIany-smallpox, for in
stance. which ravaged England in for
mer time-are now comparatively I'M
known This progress should have an
effect in lengthening human life. That
will be accomplished whenever proper
attention is given to dieting and to
sleeping. A well regulated system
of eating and drinking. with plenty OF
sleep and exercise. will, as a rule, pro-
long the life OF almost any person.
But many take what they can get.
though more choice might perhaps be
exercised.
The advocates of less food seem to
present good case. 1t is claimed
that as a result of recent experiments
in decreasing the amount of food ef-
ficiency was increased from 100 to 200
per cent. A champion wrestler in
creased his units of efficiency from
$500 to 5000. The smaller consump-
ton of food is said to have been at
tended with greater keenness and en-
ergy and less disposition to become
fatigued. Doubtless eating less and
masticating the food better would re-
suit in great Improvement But the
majority of the human race seems In
disposed to make the test.-Philadel
phia Press.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
sow-Leaaed Soldiers.

Hereafter the War Department will
not accept bow-legged recruits for the
cavalry-so 1t is reported. How does
the department expect them to main
tain their seats in the saddle? Will
the department adopt the recommends
uon made by Lieutenant Derby (Johp
PhRnix) a half century since, that
every cavalry saddle have a hook, and
there be inserted into the seat of the
trousers of each trooper a ring to catch
the hook and hold the bold warrior
secure in the saddle?-The Oasis.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

disease. and the wreck follows. The
Jewelers." are In the bushes along the
pathway OF every successful man and
woman. and they bag the majority.
Only now and then can n man stand
out against these Jewellers" and hold
his fortune. fame and health 10 the
end.
So the Creator has use for Whisky.
Tobacco and Coffee to level down the
successful ones and those who show
signs of being successful. and keep
them back In the race, SO that the
great field" (the masses) may not be
left too far behind.
And yet we must admit that same
ail-wise Creator has placed 1t In the
power Of man to stand upright. clothed
in the armor OF a clean-cut. steady
mind, and say unto himself. Il decline
to exchange my birthright for mess
Of pottage.
Il will not deaden my senses. weak
en- my grip on affairs and keep my
self cheap, common and behind In for
tune and fame by drugging with whis-
ky, tobacco or coffee. Life is too
short 1t 10 hard enough to win the
good things without any sort OF handi-
cap, so a man is certainly n fool trad
err when he trades strength, health,
money and the good things that come
with power for tho half-asleep condi-
ton of the 'drugger,' with the certain
ty of sickness and disease ahead"
1t Is a matter each individual must
decide for himself He can be a lead
or and semi-god II he will. or he can
go along through life a drugged clown,
a cheap "hewer OF wood or carrier of
water"
Certain IL Ia that while the Great
Father of us all does not seem to
mind" IL some of his children are
foolish and stupid. he seems to select
others (perhaps those he intends for
some special work. and allows Them
to be threshed and castigated most
fearfully by these Jewellers"
II man tries flirting with these lev
elers a while. and gets a few slaps as
a good solid blow Will follow.
When a man tries to live upright.
clean. thrifty. sober and undrugged.
manifesting as near as he knows what
the Creator intends he should, bappi-
ness, health and peace seem to come
| to him. Does It pay?
This article was written to set peo-
pie thinking. to rouse the God with
in" for every highly-organized man
and woman has times when they feel
something calling from within for
them to press to the front and "be
about the Fathers business" Don't
mistake 1t: the spark of the Infinite
is there and 1t pays in every way
health. happiness. peace and oven
worldly prosperity-to break on tho
habits and strip clean for the work
cut out for us.
1t has been the business OF the
writer to provide practical and easy
way for people to break away from
the coffce habit and be assured Of a
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
The Eternal Feminine.

He-WilI you-O. will you be mine
forever?
She-Mercy, no! I just accepted
Chiefly Saphedde last night.
He-What! Has all your encour-
agement to me meant nothing of af-
lection?
She-Oh, : assure you it has meant
good deaf In fact, l don't know
how I'D have managed without you.
You see, until you came along and
began to be so nice to you, Cholly
didn't seem to have any serious in
tentions at all-Baltimore American.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
All Mutually Dependent,

The race Of mankind would perish
did they cease TO aid each othe-.
From the time that the mother binds
the child's head till the moment that
some kind assistant wipes the damp
from the brow of the dying. we can not
exist without mutual aid: all. there
fore, that need aid have right to ask
it from their fellow-mortals: none who
hold the power of granting aid can re-
fuse it without aid.-Sir Walter Scott.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Sawdust is lending itself to more
and more uses constantly. Shipbuild-
ers in England. France and Germany
are now using what is called stone
wood" mixture of sawdust with GER
tain minerals. which, formed into
slabs under hydraulic pressure, makes
a surface which is safe to walk upon
and will not burn or permit one to
slip This substance can be worked
Hike any hard wood aud is being ex-
tensively used.-Boston Globe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
WIT AND WISDOM.

The lowest gambler on record is
squeals.
When a good fat wad tickles your
inside lining, don't you care il you do
get hysterical.
When a man gets too old to make
silly speeches to pretty woman it's
either govt or his liver.
The worst microbe we ever stacked
up against was the fellow with a con-
tinuous hard-luck story.
law is often the wall of the whang-
doodle in the matrimonial mix-up.
When you climb into matrimony
you may not reach the stars, but you
risk falling into an old volcano -ter.
Nothing makes married woman so
mad as to hear her husband mumbling
in his sleep and not to be able to
make out what he's getting at.
People who spend every cent they
can lay hands on and run into debt
for the balance take so much comfort
in preaching economy to other people.
II a friend ask your opinion listen
until you find out what his own may
be. then smile knowingly. If the smile
be sufficiently bland he will credit you
with all kinds of wisdom.-Kate Thy.
son Mari.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Note-The following article has
been widely published and is one of
the most remarkable illustrations Of
the value of careful marshaliing and
analysis of facts in presenting sub
ject to the public.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

II you can't keep up with the process
sion you can stand on the sidewalk
and talk about what fool man
looks trying to catch step.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
ABOUT WOMAN.

Venus always saves the lover whom
she leads-Delatouche.
If love gives wit to fools, 1t undoubt.
eddy takes it from wits.
Women are extremists; they are
either better or worse than men.-La
Bruyere.
Women are supernumerary when
present, and missed when absent.
There is something OF woman in
everything that pleases.-Dupaty.
Divination seems heightened to its
highest power in woman.-Alcott.
Provided woman be well-princi-
pied. she has dowry enough.-Plautus.
The more women have risked. the
more they are willing to sacrifice
Duclos.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

But did you ever listen to one OF
the Jokes" told by the man who Is
eternally arguing that woman has no
sense Of humor2
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

great relief by lessening the pain and
correcting the action of the kidney
secreffons."
Doxn's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price. so cents. FosterMil-
bum Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

You have to be as bad to get Int
one kind OF society as you do to ge
out of the other kind
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Think twice before you speak. And
even then. nine times out of ten, the
world won't lose anything If you keep
still.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
This cne Of the Years.

Johnny-Pa. when was the year of
the big wind?
Father-Any year when there was
an election.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
WISDOM IN CHUNKS.

Really. II men would reform COM
pletely. no one would take much In
terest in them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
TEA

The greatest tea-drinkers
are full bottom Dutchmen.
There isn't much nervous
prostration in Holland.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Toward the close of the Gay the
average business man has met SO
many grumblers that IL a man comes
in with the right kind of smile on
he can get anything he wants.-Atchi.
son (Kan.) Globe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

After man gets up in years his
reason for admiring a woman whose
hair is naturally curly is that it does
not take her SO long to dress.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Occasionally a woman goes visiting
and has as much trouble getting into
port as Russian warship.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
a VOICE FROM TIE PULPIT.

Rev. Jacob d. Van Doren. Of 81
Sixth street, Fond Du Lac, Wis.
Presbyterian clergyman. rays. II had
,f lid,ax- <xt.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Two can live as cheaply as one only
in the case of the young man who
spends all his earnings anyway.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

II you tell bridegroom that his
bride is beautiful he will be jealous
of you, and If you don't tell him that
she is beautiful he will be offended
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

You can at Lease put your pride IN
your pocket when 1t is empty
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Beware of liquid food for reflection
that is imbibed through a straw
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
suNFLoweR PHILOSOPHY.

When you are Is. there is not
enough to eat; after you are so. there
is too much.
1t is bad enough to be old and poor.
but so many who are old and poor are
also bewildered.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27
ELITE SINGLE STAIN.

The best roof stain on the market
Sample color boards to select from.
Ask your dealer or write us. The
Humphrey-Jones Mer. Co., 1891 Arapa-
hoe St. Denver. Colo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

eternaiiy arguing tnat woman mas no
sense Of humor2
II you can't keep up with the process
sion you can stand on the sidewalk
and talk about what fool man
looks trying to catch step.
II you tell a bridegroom that his
bride is beautiful he will be jealous
Of you, and If you don't tell him that
she is beautiful he will be offended.
Next to missing an opportunity
there is nothing more aggravating
than the man who tells you he saw II
coming and knew you would miss it.
II you have quarreled with man.
go to him in a manly way and &C.
knowledge that you were In the
wrong. and he will also in manly
way agree with you.
Lots of people have written scholar
ly articles telling just what love is,
but you never see ducky or dovey con-
sulting those articles so long as he
comes around regularly Sunday even
ings.
Disillusionment is that experience
which comes to the girl who marries
a man because he looks so cute in his
drum major uniform. and then finds
out that he only wears 1t wnen there
is to be parade.
1t seems to us that 1t is just as vain
to talk of ones weaknesses as of
ones virtues. yet almost any man Will
beam with pride when he tells you
that he can't sing a note. OF never
could remember faces. etc.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Divination seems heightened to its
highest power in woman.-Alcott.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Provided a woman be well-princi.
pied, she has dowry enough.-Plautus.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

METHODS OF PRoLoNeINe LIFE
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Next to missing an opportunity
there is nothing more aggravating
than the man who tells you he saw II
coming and knew you would miss it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

There is something or woman In
everything that pleases.-Dupaty.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

Women are supernumerary whel
present. and missed when absant.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

When you climb into matrimony
you may not reach the stars. but you
risk falling into an old volcano -ter.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

The worst microbe we ever stacked
up against was the fellow with a con-
tinuous hard-luck story.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

When a man gets too old to MAKE
silly speeches to pretty woman it's
either govt or his liver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

The chin music of the mother-in-
law is often the wall of the whang-
doodle in the matrimonial mix-up.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

The lowest gambler on record is
not half as mean as the fellow who
squeals.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

When a good fat wad tickles your
inside lining, don't you care If you do
get hysterical.
The Elbert County tribune., 1904-10-27

People who spend every cent they
can lay hands on and run into debt
for the balance take SO much comfort
in preaching economy to other people.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-10-15
50 CENTS 4 YEAR.

kept thousands oi farmers from
planting II. However this seri-
ous troubl AN now be averted
by ouyiug the mixture OF oats
aud vetch seed from Prof. ]. W.
Fox. Agricultural College, Miss.
Prof. tox - the College larmer
and = DONG uha; he can 20 in
troducc this crop ~ every farm
CT IN VI ,s~'sslppI. I be price
only Si.on per bushei
White Clover. Crimson clover,
and Burr Cover can also be
-owu now Either clover can ue
seeded on a her nuda sod The
Hairy vetch seed tan be obtain
ed from our seed advertisers
And sown on the bermuda sod.
The College has 40 ye,cn seed
for sale
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-10-15

Pans to.od = removed from
iec ~oal 80 :Hr~~ Nav~. Large A.
mounts are .eacacd out bv un-
3erE~o4n4 natter and carried
eosrn :s'e 1terkw. the removal oi
croa~ taxes plant food from .he
E&c aud water washes the so,l
sata the bottoms. creeks. and
@a@.
Tar onparat vrlv small los>-
~ ~a~tatera sr Ir.e asng and the
reno. ot 9r1p~ 1au best oc re.
Gacrd IN nc minimum by keep
ing a green crop growing on ;ar
And - al times. especially 10
he ia Aad saEtcr and bv keep.
,ng enogga stock 20 manufacture
iae forage crops tn;o manure.
L.earaseg and the removal OF
crops are small factors u the re-
nova. ot 2Eaot food from the
sotls y tbs section The wa.
tsr ta4' ~aoa.! soak a;o the so,l.
% be -ss. ~ crops. carries The
sni srt9 bottoms and creeks.
The @a~htes an SC prevenird
% man arms and should be
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-10-15

Liberal supply oi segeta bic mat
Ter, and a graded system OF rows
and EN- aansncnt~ arc tue most
c.sicien; aud practicable methods
for the average farmer
The iincs = for the en- bans-
meats are run the same a. tor
li'chc~. Su:hcicn, fail ~ gwen
20 carry ali surplus wafer with.
on; giving II adeq ua:c velocity 10
AIRY much soal The en- bank
nrnts are made about ~,x .cct
vide with = depression O; the
sa me ~'d,a on the apper sicc.
The rows arc given exactly
nc same fall a. the EN- BANK
nents. bu; no, n the same d.
rrc.,on. Thr fail OF ,ac rows a,
'owafd the head of the crn bank
urnts, and the fall OF the en-
3ankmcn;s il toward The head oi
he largr ditch or creek.
No carpentcr can lay the :oun-
daiion of aousc vitaou; a level.
No man can lay CT tho en- bank
nrnts properly without 4 !evcl.
I, /. better hy far 20 never make
I'm baukments shan TO do Nj with
ou, a level. There are num-
Der OF good cheap farm ieTe!s,
81, the Bos,rum-Brady Mig.
%. II ". Alabama 81. Atlanta
Ca. Manufactures a most excel
en-. cheap !arrn level Thu.
Cwnpaay sdvsr'isss thls pa
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1904-10-15
Pastures.

On the farm lus, purchased is
a sedge field would like TO
SOW 70 winter pasture. What
crop - bestz. what fertilizer
shall ! use. and how shall I ap-
ply il:
II r. IHRIE.
Oats and hairy vetch make
the bes; winter and early spring
pasture for cattle Ii you can
Obtain manure from the livery
sta oles IN Jackson n reasona-
ole price, apply about II tons
per acre broad cast You can
apply 1000 pounds OF acid phos-
phate per acre broadcast this
fall and 200 pounds OF Nitrate OF
Soda per acre broad cast about
me 18th OF next march 10 good
advantage. -kbITOk.