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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

~ friends were having the time of
their lives, while he was unable to get
far away from pots and pans and
smoky wood fires. Again and again
he made deliberate attempts at spoil
ing the dinner. hoping that someone
would complain. but the boys were
quite satisfied to pay the penalty OF
eating bad food in return for exemp-
ton from preparing 1t.
"At last, determined to be free,
Jones mixed biscuits one afternoon
and when they were ready to bake
poured pound of salt into the dough.
The fellows got back to camp in due
season and as they squatted around
the fire one OF them took a biscuit
and bit large piece out OF 1t. The
salt in 1t nearly choked him. He
gagged and turned red in the face. As
soon as he had regained his breath,
he exclaimed: Gee whiz, that biscuit
is salty!' Then. remembering that this
statement, identified as complaint.
would make him the cook of the par
ty, he added. hastily: But it's good!
It's good! It's good!' He ate every
scrap of the food and we other two
martyrs followed suit"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

Nor and intimate knowledge as does
Oyama; because with the field mar
sl,al at the head OF the Manchurlan
army the sad picture Of the house d.
vided against itself Is an impossible
spectacle; (4) because of the com
mander Of the Nippon army in this
war is expected great thing-noth-
ing less than the salvation of Nippon
and the ultimate and permanent peace
OF the far East-and II was necessary
that he be a man of broad horizon, a
man who understands nice distinctions
in the proportion of things. man
with a gift of modifying the sugges-
lions of his officers to advantage with
out rejecting them outright: 90 be-
cause the field marshal Is singular
man in that his calmness and temper
seems to increase with the increase of
difficulties and the sunshine of his
good humor to brighten as the storm
OF reverses frowns more darkly all
about him.-From "Oyama, the Victor
OF Mukden." by Adachi Kinnosuke. In
the American Monthly Review of Re
views.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

People very often marvel at the
cheapness of the engraved or etched
pearl shells which come from China.
They sell for little or nothing, and the
uninitiated will be apt to wonder
how 1t is the work can be done so
cheaply. The reason is that, instead
of craving the picture into the hard
shell, an operation which would be
laborious and slow. John Chinaman
draws the sketch on little scrap OF
tea lead, and inserts 1t into a pearl
oyster shell when 1t is tender. The
inside of the shell in this manner gets
an impression of the sketch from the
tea lead picture. and as soon as it is
sufficiently well printed John takes
the lead out and inserts it in another
shell.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

ING american f1eart.
We have heard much about the
American stomach and the American
nerves. but we are just awakening to
discovery that there is being rapidly
developed a form of heart disease
which, If not peculiar to America, may
at least be said to be more prevalent
in this country than in any other part
OF the world. The heart-weakness re-
sulting from the use of tobacco and
alcohol and from a sedentary life on
the one hand, and extremely violent
exertion on the other hand, is no long
er a rare condition, but has come to
be one of the most common affections
with which the physician has to deal.
large proportion of the men reject
ed in the army examinations are re-
fused on account of heart weakness.
A large proportion of the public men
who die suddenly die as a result of
the failure of the heart The same
may be said also of many of the
cases in which the cause of death is
reported to be pneumonia, typhoid fe-
yer and other affections in which spe-
cial strain is brought to bear upon the
heart. and in which the failure of the
organ to meet the emergency is one of
the most common causes of death. The
cigar, the cigarette and the pipe are
probably the most common cause of
this growing frequency of cardiac af-
fections: but the neglect of physical
exercise. overeating. the use of condi-
ments and excuses of all sorts are
also to a large degree responsible for
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

by sending signals up to the man
in charge of the great crane to which
the bell is attached, the apparatus can
be moved as its occupants wish.
After inspecting the smooth bed on
which the bottom blocks are laid, we
vent out to sea, and. landing on the
bottom again, obtained some idea OF
the difficulties OF digging foundation
on the f>or of the ocean. 1t was
ragged and rocky. Four men work in
bell under a pressure of 81 pounds
TO the square inch for three hours at
a time, digging up the ground until 1t
Is perfectly smooth and level The
material is thrown into large wood
en- box, swung in the center of the
bell.
climbing to our seats again, the
man gave the necessary signals and
away we went. all under water, OF
course, until we landed once more
upon the stones just placed in posi-
ton. The electric lights in the bell
are placed closed to the thick little
glass windows. When we stayed on
the bottom quietly for little while
the fish darted at the light, but at the
noise of shovel they quickly dIsap.
peared."
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
HAVE ALWAYS WORN SHOES.
Foot Protection Believed Old as the
Human Race.

What is regarded as the earlies.
reference to shoes is found in the old
testament. where Abraham refuses to
take as much as a shoe latchet from
the king of Sodom. Among the Jews
the shoe played an important part in
many social usages. When buying or
selling land 1t was customary to de-
liver shoe and the act OF throwing
down shoe on territory implied oc-
cupancy. The finding of sandals on
Egyptian mummies proves that the
wearing of shoes is almost as old as
the race itself. In Venice in the sew
enteenth century every lady of any
pretension to fashion or position wore
what were called "choppines," high
clogs or pattens, to elevate them from
the ground. Thomas Coryat, travel
er who visited Venice in 1911, says of
them. They are so common in
Venice that no woman goeth without
either in her house or abroad. 1t is
thing made of wood and covered
with leather in sundry colors, some
white. some red, some yellow Many
of them are curiously painted; some
also, of them have | seen fairly gilt
There are many of these chapineys of
great height-even half yard
high; and by how much the nobler
woman is, by SO much the higher
are her chapineys. All their gentle
women. and most of their wives and
widows that are of any wealth, are as.
sisted or supported either by men or
women when they walk abroad. to
the end that they may not fall"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

So long winter. such an arctic night
Made us forget that ever spring was
bright.
But bark: the blackbrds voice. like a
clear flannel
So long the winter, Such an age Of chill
Made me forget this silver birch clad hill:
But see. the golden lambstails put to
shame
That death of winters; bracken-fronds
like flame
Tint this new mornings dimmed. tender
light.
So long so long the winter In our hearts
We had forgotten that dead grief de-
parts.
And had forgotten that our hand could
So long: long, Remember our last May
When there was sunlight still and every
day
New swallows SKINNED low down along
the street,
-Ayi Spring shall come: but shall we
ever meet
With the old hearts In this forgotten
way?
Ford MADDOX Hueffer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
WORK FOR POSTAL CLERKS.
Persisns Use Flowery Language in
Addressing Letters.

The addresses in Persian upon let.
tiers which go through the postofiice
at Calcutta are often quaint and puz-
zling. An Indian paper recently trans
lated one as follows: "If the Al
mighty pleases-Let this envelope,
having arrived at the city of Calcutta.
in the neighborhood of Calootolah, at
the counting-house of Sirajoodeen and
1lahdad, merchants, to be offered to
and read by the happy light of my
eyes, of virtuous manners and beloved
of the heart-Meean Shaikh Inayut
Ally. may his life be long. Written
on the tenth of the blessed Rumzan,
Saturday. in the year 1866 of the He
gira of our Prophet. and dispatched at
Bearing"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because II
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
starches are put up in u pound pack.
ages. and the price is the same. 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all Injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you
12-oz. package 1t is because he has
stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts In Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package In large let
tiers and figures "16 ozs." Demand De-
hance and save much time and money
and the annoyance Of the iron stick
ing. Defiance never sticks
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

An advertiser In the Wimbledon
(Eng.) Gazette wants "a lad about
twenty; must be churchman. OF good
education, who can drive horse and
cart. assist In the stable and garden
(melons and cucumbers). milk cows
and understands pigs; must be accus-
toned to walt at table and OF gentle
manly appearance; early riser and tee
totaler; good references required"
The wage OF this person Is to be $50
year, but he must lodge out and fur.
nish his own meals, except dinner.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
WEATHER FORECASTS
LONG RANGE PREDICTIONS IDLE
No Legitimate Basis for Estimates
Based on the Moons Phases or
Position Of the Planets.


The chief OF the Weather Bureau
has recently placed before the public
pamphlet entitled Long Range
Weather Forecasts. by Prof. r. b. Gar
riott. that is full of interesting things
to one who Is a seeker after the truth
regarding these decisions. great
many things In 1t are worthy Of fur
ther publication but we wish, at this
time, simply to give Its conclusions:
i. That systems of long range
weather forecasting that depend upon
planetary meteorology; moon phases.
cycles, positions. or movements: stel-
Jar influences, or star divinauons; In
dications Afforded by observations OF
animals. birds, and plants. and esti-
mates based upon days, months. sea
sons, and years have no legitimate ba-
ais.
z. That meteorologists have made
exhaustive examinations and COMPARE
sons for the purpose OF associating
the weather with the various phases
and positions OF the moon In an earn
est endeavor to make advances In tho
science along the line OF practical
forecasting. and have found that while
the moon, and perhaps the. planets,
exert some influence upon atmos-
pheric tides, the influence Is too slight
and obscure TO Justify consideration
OF lunar and planetary effects In tho
actual work OF weather forecasting.
y. Ihat the stars nave no apprecia-
bic influence upon the weather.
4. Ihat animals. birds, and plants
snow by their condition the character
OF past weather. and by their actions
tne influence OF present weather ana
the character OF weather changes that
may occur within rev hours
o. That the weather OF days,
months, seasons, and years Affords no
Indications OF future weather further
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
A PardonabIe Error.

In the first edition of st. Matthew
In Micmac. for the Indians of Nova
Scotia, the translator found, when he
came to revise it, that in chapter
xiv, T. instead of Nation shall rise
against nation" he had written "a
pair of snowshoes shall rise up agaii- st
pair of snowshoes." But there was
only one letter misprinted-naook-
tukumiksijik Ga nation). having been
displaced by naooktakumiksijik "a
snowshoe).
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
Following the Rules

The New York Sun tells of a new
application of the rules of bridge
whist. Three women in a bridge
party were tired by the complaipings
OF the fourth at the delinquencies of
her husband.
"My dear" exclaimed one of the
other women, 'if he is as bad as all
that why don't you leave him?"
Because" replied the victim OF
the brute" spitefully. "Elwell says
that when you have knave and two
little ores you never should discard
he knave."
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
Fashion and Consumption.

In all American cities and most of
the larger towns promiscuous expec-
toration is prohibited. There are or
dinances and rules against splitting in
public conveyances, on the floors of
assembly halls and on the sidewalks.
or necessity. however this cannot be
prevented in the cutters and on the
pavements.
BY educating the tuberculosis pa
tent himself in regard to his duty 60
his fellow citizen much more can be
done. A careful consumptive is a
good citizen; careless consumptive
is an enemy to society and the state.
Even with the civil and self-imposed
precautions, the dust of the highway
and crossings is teeming with various
disease germs. 1t is practically i'm
possible to eliminate these beds of
filth. In the cleanest streets such col
onies of germs are present.
The use of long. dragging skirts on
the average highway is the height of
folly. 1t is worse. 1t is absolutely
dangerous. The sweeping cloth picks
up dust and dampened particles car
rying tubercular germs. They are
thus transplanted into the very house
hold In this simply yet sadly effec-
tive way, the children. SO carefully
guarded, are exposed to the dreaded
plague. The entire family, satisfied
with their fancied security, are
stunned when tuberculosis claims one
of their loved ones.
1t may not strike the family circles.
The household servants may be az
fected. Many of the deaths of domes-
tics have their explanation. The mis-
tress, after a shopping tour, leaves
her mud bordered skirt for the maid
to clean. In the cloud of dust arising
from the brush the fatal bacillus
turks. The girl. already weakened
from too long hours indoors, sue
cumbs. A few weeks later she is
forced to stop work and waste away
in hopeless dependence on her over
burdened family or at public expense.
Another girl is easiy obtained and
the careless mistress never suspects
any connection between her foolish
fashion and the doomed domestic's
sad fate.
Expectoration on the streets can
never be stopped. The streets cannot
be kept clean. But this can be done
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
Song Of the Southland

Their world wide long race
With grumble and roar,
To throw themselves painting
AT last on Its shorel
Where boys nre just boys,
And girls are just girls:
Not mannikins, roddy- dow
Babies with curls.
Who tumble and laugh
And shrek loud in their giee,
And are sweet every one,
As real babies can be.
And lads are grown straight,
And clean minded and taili
And lassies are sweet
And ase fair and their thrall
Is a world-girdlinK theme,
The south Sing the south!
With strawberries sweet
~ a Hiss on the mouth
Houston Post
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

The SOUTH the fair southland,
The southland for mel
The bloom -begemmed meadow
The whispering tree,
The land OF the mockbird.
And fruitage diyinei
Where each breath Is as sweet
And inspiring as wine!
Where white ships OF cioudland
Rock idly above
And spread their cool shadows
Ger fields that they lovel
Where the blue morning glories
In cataracts fall.
And rose petals fiutter
And lies are tall.
The south, the fair southland.
II slopes to the sun,
And white pillows
Laugh loud as they run
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
Opening Of the UIntah Indian
Reservation.

The Uintah Indian Reservation In
Utah. containing 2,425.00O acres of
arabic land, to be opened up for set
Element on September /. 1905. is des-
cribed in a pamphlet just Issued by
the passenger department OF the Den
yer G. Rio Grande Railroad company.
A valuable map, showing the country
to be opened up and the various
routes by which 1t can be reached, is
published for the first time In this
pamphlet. which may be obtained by
addressing General Passenger Agent
8. X. Hooper at Denver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
The Extreme Penalty.

Justice David ]. Brewer made an ad-
dress not long ago at Haverford. Al.
ter the address there was an informal
little reception, and very interesting
1t was to hear the justice talk
A Haverf0rd boy said to the learned
man during the lull In conversation:
viii you please tell me. sir, what
Is the extreme penalty for bigamyf"
Justice Brewer smiled and an
swered:
Two mothers-in-law."
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18
DEATH In TRAILING SKIRT
Danger That Turks in Present Day Obedience
to Fashions Whim

The following short story from the
woman's Journal is very timely in the
, warning given against trailing skirts:
Only little dust. almost impercep-
tible dust, caught on the rug on the
floor Of the handsome hall.
1t was Turkish rug, lying on the
perfectly waxed, hardwood floor, in
faIl where neatness seemed to reign
along with all the appointments of
wealth.
But there was that almost imper-
ceptible dust. How did 1t come there?
If you had ears that could hear its
voices 1t would tell you. 1t would
say that it had clutched fold on the
beautiful lady's gown and come in
from the street.
1t was beautiful gown as well as a
beautiful lady-a tailor-made gown,
and its fashionable bias fiounce trailed
stylishly on the ground.
Everything was stylish about the
lady, from her fair face, with
rather deep circles below the eyes. to
her slender and handsome walking
shoes. She walked trailing her gown
properly. dust or no dust. Indeed, she
ignored the dust of the street; but will
the dust ignore her?
Let us listen, II she will not, for
this almost imperceptible dust moves
and acts with fearful force, and If we
listen possibly We may understand its
language.
Soon after coming in on the beauti-
full lady's gown, other steps followed
and other gowns helped to move the
dust along farther into the house; but
1t had a fancy for the beautiful lady.
Her frailness attracted II and it fol-
lowed her to the bed chamber. Her
feet had never trod the loathsome
precincts whence 1t came, but it came
to her on her gown.
Soon there came to the chamber
little child, sweet. rosy cherub. In
its romping it stirred the dust about
Then the dust began to be sepa-
rated, being formed of many particles,
and these talked among themselves.
AS they talked they danced back and
forth, Waiting. swirling. capering
with every motion of the child and its
mamma, the beautiful lady.
A scientist could have understood
them If he had caught some of them
under his microscope. He would have
called them germs" With what
alarm he would have recognized the
diphtheritic, and with what dismay
would he have seen the tuberculous
germ approaching the frail lady.
Back and forth, dancing, capering.
waltzing, the germs kept time while
hahy in itc nother,c arms said &c
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

The biscuits mother used to make,
Their virtues. we can never doubt
them;
And yet we can't forget the things
That father used to say about them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

A Vegetarian Dinner.
Soup
Vegetable.
Entree
Roast Imperial.
Vegetables
scailoped Potatoes. Chopped Cabbage.
Macaroni with Tomato Sauce
Stewed Vegetable Oysters.
Breads
Graham Bread. Cream crisps.
Dessert
Steamed Fig Pudding with Lemon Sauce
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

II you would make your money last
you must earn 1t first.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

"He who takes wot isn't his'n,
Wen he's cotched must go to prison
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-18

every woman should wear sensible
skirts entirely clearing the ground.
This will entirely eliminate this great
avenue of tuberculosis invasion.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26
DAYTON'S BLUFF

Mr.. Albert Ecker of Winthrop. Mimi.
and Miss Freda Zerahn were married
wednesday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
at st. Johns German Lutheran church.
Rev. Carl GauSewitz performed the cere-
mony. The bridesmaids were Miss Min
ME Grenz and Miss Theresa Christianson.
Fred Ecker was best man and George
Wegner was usher. Mr.. and Mrs Wegner
will make their home in Winthrop.
The 1903 Card club met Wednesday
afternoon with Miss Maud HavekoSt of
Beech street. Miss Havekost, Mrs. Bott
and Mrs. Charles Helmes won favors.
Mrs. Altman of Minnehaha street enter
tains the club next.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Dayton's
Bluff German NJ. E. Church will give
silver social Thursday at the home of Mrs.
George femme of East Fourth street.
The regular meeting of the Daytons
Bluff Mothers club has been changed to
the second Friday in the month, the next
meeting being April IA.
Miss Freda Nauman and Miss Elsie
MertenS entertained the Literary club
Saturday at Miss NaumanS home on East
Fourth street.
IN Mrs, Diegle Of Of ItascS and Mrs; William
Mrs. A. 2. Rotert of Hudson avenue. have
returned.
Mrs C. Williams OF Maria avenue gave
a children's party Thursday in honor of
the eighth birthday of her daughter
Odessa.
The A B. C. met Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. Marty of Beech street. The
club will not meet again until after
Easter
Mrs Benner. Miss Benner and Mrs Jane
Ogden of Minneapolis spent Friday with
street.
A Pentecostal meeting will be held
Tuesday in the Holman Memorial church.
Miss Carrie Stratton. who spent
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-03-26
ST. ANTHONY PARK

Mrs. William NJ. Liggett Of Scudder ave-
nue. entertained at dinner Wednesday
I0r George Thompson, president OF the
Ohio State university. Among the guests
We're Cyrus and Mrs. Northrop, Gov. and
MIS- johnson, Senator and Mrs. W. H
stone OF Benson, Mimi. and Senator and
Mrs. j. G. Wyman of Minneapolis.
The Young Peoples Card club was en-
tertained Saturday evening at the home
OF Miss Mary McIntire on Raymond ave-
nue.. High scores were made by Mrs
Frank Tisdaie and DR.. F. E. Balcome
Or and Mrs. Balcome will entertain the
club Saturday evening. April 1, at their
nome On Cromwell avenue
Mrs. c. NJ. Cannon of Carter avenue en-
tertained at a luncheon Saturday in honor
OF MISS Barkhausen of Green Bay. Wis.
OF OF Minneapolis and Mrs w. W. Clark.
The rooms were tastefully decorated with
pink carnations and violets.
The History class met Thursday after
Life in the Colonies Mrs. William M
Eciggett read paper on the Religious
leader
A recital was given SATURDAY. evening
In Pendergast hall by the senior class OF
the State Agricultural school, Those con-
iITrinutlng lid, to the programme were Miss l..
Muriel Hayden.
Mrs. Walter Hill and Mrs. William
Rant were guests at a luncheon given
MONDAY at the home of Mrs James
Brown in Minneapolis in compliment of
Mrs. Ballard OF Eau Claire.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ". Rich of Langford
avenue entertained during the week
their brother. II. S. Rich of Red Wing,
Who was en- route from Cuba and Florida
Miss Barkhausen OF Green Bay, Wis.
was guest OF honor at a small party Tues
Gay AFTERNOON at the home of Mrs. H e.
w. Schuette on Langford avenue.
Miss Ethel Esery, who has returned
from washington. was a guest of Miss
charlotte Wing OF Bayless avenue the
last Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Nolan of Gibbs
avenue entertained the first of the week
Lee Youngren and Miss Lunthbey of
Minneapolis.
Mrs. George Elmer OF Pelham street en-
tertained at an informal dinner Tuesday
MIS- Isabella c. Lippy was guest of honor.
MFR. and Mrs. NJ j. Costello of Bayless
avenue entertained during the week Mr.
and Mrs. Sherwood Sleeper of Mahawl
The ST. Anthony Park woman's asso-
citation will hold its annual breakfast
Thursday at Donaldson's tea roms.
Miss Grace Costello entertained the
l.. B. t. V. club Thursday afternoon at
her home on Bayiess avenue.
Miss Lola Henion. who has been Wis
iting Mrs George Elmer. has returned
to Ellsworth, MINI.
Mrs. George Eggleton of Gibbs avenue