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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
Value Of New York Canal

Army engineering experts declare
Tat the great canal in the state OF
New York will be of enormous mill.
tary value in time of war "The uses
TO which the canal may be put In the
event of war" says Col Thomas w.
Symons, who is in charge. have not
been sufficiently understood. For in.
stance, torpedo boats, 81 boats and
all the smaller auxiliary craft of the
navy may be taken from the ocean
to the lakes or from the lakes to the
ocean through the ditch. The tremen,
dous quantities of supplies that would
have to be moved before. during
and after war. could also be trans,
ported through the same channel at
great saving of expense over the
cost of transport by rail-"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
He's Worried,

1 hold myself above a thought
That you could ever prove untrue
Nor would / find fault with aught
That you might say or you might do.
But jones is a conceited beast
Who rather seems to need a chill
Or no encouIa agcment. at least
/ am not Jealous. love. but still
His foolish smirking strs my bile
His would-be smartness makes me mad
/ think. though. II you did not smile
1t really would not seem bad.
He's inJignihcant, / know.
His intellect is simply nil:
You need not seem to like him. though
am not Jealous, love. but still
Why. yes. you let him take your hand.
You might dismiss him with a bow,
Perhaps 1 do not understand.
Hos too familiar. anyhow.
He's Just the sort Of person II
Would give me great delight to kill,
or course. l do not care a bit;
l am not jealous. love. but still
Chicago News
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
No Use for Coat stretoher.

Many years of hard work on the
farm had made the old man round
shouldered and his coat fitted badly.
His son in the city sent him a coat
stretcher on which to hang the coat
at night. On his next visit to the
farm the young man asked how the
coat stretcher worked. His father look
ed a little embarrassed and then con-
fessed: 81 can't stand it on" sai6 he.
at was real good of you to send It.
Your mother listened it to my coat
with tape. but / wasn't comfortable in
1t and had to take 1t off,"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
would Restore the BOD.

Corporal punishment In the schools
OF New York was abolished more than
thirty years ago-to be exact, In 1870.
After this long disuse. the Globe says,
powerful movement has been started
for its restoration. No less than eigh-
ty-seven of the principals OF New
York have Joined in an appeal to the
Board Of Education for the right to re-
establish the old method OF enforcing
discipline and inculcating In the youth
full mind love OF learning.
Since the prohibition of the rod the
only permitted ways of enforcing dis
cipline have been by cepsure. marks.
complaint to parents or transfer to
truant schools. The principals. or the
great majority of them. say that for re
fractory pupils this punishment is not
sufficiently biting. They want author
ity to play upon physical fear as mo-
tive controlling conduct. They point
out that in many OF the homes from
which pupils come the rod. tire slipper
and the hand are diligently employed
to stimulate obedience to and respect
for parents.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
THE CoMARDLY SHARK.

Every sailor in the South Seas. de-
clares a writer in the Washington Star.
knows that the sharp is coward. A
man who has served many years in the
navy tells of an experience with sharks
at Tahiti. A crew of seamen gunners
had obtained permission to take n
beach swim. and had not given a
thought TO sharks. although they had
seen numbers of them about the har-
Dor.
In addition to being young. writes
the sailor. | was more self-confident
than I've ever been since. because
there wasn't a man or boy on board
that could teach me anything about
swimming. That's low it came about
that as soon as we jumped into the wa
ter or the Papete beach 1 proceeded
to outswim all the rest. just to show
'em.
didn't turn TO look back until l was
about 300 yards from the beach. The
only reason turned around then was
because heard lot of noise from the
beach.
When I turned 1 saw about 100
naked natives and all of the fellows
from our ship lined up on the beach
at the edge of the water. jumping up
and down and waving their arms at
me. and yelling with all their might.
But | saw something more important
than that. There were. it seemed to
me. abou a million huge. wet and
shiny shark fms between me and the
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
A SUDDEN SHOWER.

II see that two ladies who were en-
gagged in recent golf championship
contest wept violently as soon as their
play was ended"
"Why did they weep?-
zone of them wept because she was
beaten, and the other wept because
she was sympathetic"
Must have bene a painful scene.
What did the caddies dog"
Il dunno. Maybe they ran for um.
brellas. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
HELPING SOME.

yes" said the President of the Cook
Ladies' Union. I'VE are doing our best
TO solve the labor problem. Our latest
move is the establishment of our Free
Pound"
And what is that, pray?'' inquired
the housekeeper.
1T is place where employers whose
cook ladies object to children may send
the hitter to be mercifully eliminat ted"
Catholic STANDARD and Times.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
SHE BEAR rREEp HIM.

T. C. Sharp. of Cleveland. Ohio came
down from the big game regions of
Maine a few weeks ago on his way
home. He carries with him as the re-
suit of his outing two broken ribs and
a lame shoulder, which he received in
an exciting encounter with big bear
in the woods not far from Lowelltown.
He was one of large party of West
ern sportsmen who went into the
woods about two weeks before. Ac-
cordlng TO Mr.. Sharp. he and another
member of the party started from
camp after large bull moose which
they had seen. They followed the ami
nal into swamp, which. as nearly
as they could tell, was about seven
miles from camp. Upon reaching the
swamp the two hunters decided to sep
arate. going in opposite directions.
Mr.. Sharp said he had proceeded
about four miles alone when he came
upon a large she bear. The animal
stood up and looked at him awhile ana
then started slowly through the woods.
AS he had not seen anything of the
moose, Mr.. Sharp decided to follow
the bear, and she led him hot chase
to hill. where Mrs. Bruin disappeared
in a cave among some rocks.
The gunner hung around for half
an hour celebrating over the matter.
and was considerably surprised to see
n small cub come out of the cave. He
though. the cub would be good to eat
so he killed 1t, and as soon as the shot
was fred out came the mother bear on
the run and charged Mr.. Sharp. He
dropped his rifle and climbed the near
est tree.
The bear started mp the tree after
the hunter. and he fired two shots
into her with his revolver. but the bull
lets did not stop her upward progress.
Sharp kept shining higher and the
bear kept after him. and finally the
combined weight of pursued and pur-
suer snapped the tree OFF and the pair
went crashing to the ground.
The fall broke Mr. Sharps ribs and
injured his shoulder. but completely
stunned the bear. The man then
found his rifle and fired two shots into
the animal. killing it. Then the hunt
er killed two more cubs and went in
search of his companion. They skinned
the animals and returned to camp, but
Mr.. Sharp suffered so mucn pain that
he decided to start for home.-New
York sun.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
Habit of Close Shaving.

Close shaving is the result of habit
which, according to the testimony OF
barber, grows stronger every day.
Its like drink or morphine" he said.
and all a man can do to break him
self is to grow beard and start fresh
afterward. For a while he is content
with an ordinary shave. Then he be-
gins TO think after a few years that
he does not look clean enough, and he
wants a closer shave. From that time
he is lost have been in this bust
ness for twenty years and have new
er seen the man who did not go
through that experience"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
GOLD THAT is NOT GOLD.
effective Substitute for Decorative
Yellow Metal

Yellow Metal.
One more proof that all is not gold
that glitters Is found in the fact that
much of the gold lettering seen on
signs and also much of the gliding of
picture frames has no gold whatever
about 1t. Among laymen the opinion
prevails that all such decoration re-
quires the actual use of gold leaf, but
the realty is different. and substi-
tute that defies detection has been
widely used for some time. The ex-
act effect of gold is secured by using
leaf of either silver or aluminium un-
der yellow paint. The metal backing
gives the required luster and he paint
gives the required color. This meth
ou cannot be used in all cases. be
cause the paint is OF peculiar quality
and requires putting on.with an even
thickness. For this reason 1t is gen.
orally applicable only to fiat surfaces
Parts of gilded picture frame which
are nodded into waving surfaces gen.
orally require genuine gold leaf to
cover them.-Philadelphi Record.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
YOUNG ACTORS GREAT SUCCESS
Boy Electrified Theater-ooers Nearly
100 Years Ago.

Boy Electrified Theater-Goers Nearly
100 Years Ago.
One of the strangest figures OF the
British stage was Young Roscius. /"
HIS other name was William Henry
West Betty. He lived until Aug. "a,
1874, although he made his last stage
appearance on Aug. .. 1924. at the age
OF S2. theatrical history has no paral.
lei to his childhood. 1t was this little
Irish boy who. after seeing Mrs. Sid
dons, had declared that he must die IL
he did not become an actor. He took
Belfast by storm in 1903, when not
quite IL, and nearly stified scores Of
Londoners on Dec. l. 1904. Footguards
and officers were overpowered by the
crowd and gentlemen charged through
the boxes and jumped by twenties into
the pit for places. Master Betty
brought sS6.050 to Drury Lane in
twenty-eight nights. William Pitt ad-
1ourned the house of commons to let
the members see him as Hamlet. and
his boom lasted until 1908. His adult
return to the stage was brief and a
failure.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

Kidney Pills | tcld
the readers of this
paper that they had
relieved ne of kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of a lame
back with pain
across my loins and
beneath the shoul-
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed | have
had occasion to re-
sort to Doan's Kid
ney Pills when |
noticed warnings
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
A FAVORABLE CONCUssIoN.

what the matter with Feniger?"
"Mortor accident-slight conclusion
of the brain"
Indeed. l noticed that his head was
tied up. But he seemed quite as intel
ligent as usual"
Il thought lie seemed much more IN.
telligent."- Plain Dealer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
AMONG FRIENDS.

"My ancestors came over in the May.
flower" said the young woman whc
boasts.
Yes" answered Mrs. Packinham, OF
Chicago; Il understand that travel was
very cheap ON that boat.''-WashiDs
ton Star. a.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

OF an attack. On each and every oc-
casion the results obtained we're Just
as satisfactory as when the pills were
first brought to my notice. just as
emphatically endorse the preparation
to-day as | did over two years ago"
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N T..
proprietors. For sale by all druggists..
price 80 cents per box.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
A GOOD INTERpRETER.

Homeboy-"How did you manage to
get all over the world and never speak
word of anything but English?"
SponduliX-"Becaus money talks,
and it seems to be fluent in all Ian
guages. es."-Detroit Free Press.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
THE PLUCK OF THE JAPANESE

IElE PLUCh Of The JABANESE.
The Japanese at the front are fight
ing under difficulties which would kill
Off most o. the men in any European
or American force in half the time.
says Mr.. William Dinwiddie, one of
the special war correspondents of Har-
per's Weekly. He describes a fourteen
hours march made by japanese reg
iment in the battle of Kwan-sui-ten.
in which $500 men, with their guns and
heavy knapsacks, battery of noun
tain artillery. and all the necessary
ammunition therefor on 100 led pack
horses, with sixty more led animals
carrying small arm ammunition for the
soldiers, marched into the high angled
hills, away from all roads, and away.
even, from footpaths. 1T was mar
velous performance, and one which, at
first blush, seems impossible, for it
necessitated travelling beneath the
crests of the mountains. in order to be
screened from the enemy.
But they marched forward briskly and
with no display of exhaustion, and
We're still keen to fight"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
THE UNFAIR EXCuANGE.

"Here's n scientist who says thai for
everything that goes out, there is al
ways an equivalent to balance it OK.
actly.y
Nonsense. For instance, everybody
gives away more Christmas presents
than he receives."-Life.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
NONE WHATEVER.

Guest-"Is this vegetable soup Of
bean soup?'
waiter-"can't you tell by the
taste?"
Guest-"No."
Waiter-"Then what difference does
it make?'-Hartford Courant.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
NOT HARD

az wish to learn to make jefly," said
the housewife: lis it hardY'
"Oh, no, num- replied the cook, Its
soft."-Fort Worth Record
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
Roy WANTED.

Mr.. Rhinestein-"Vhere is der mana
ger? 1 want to get mein shewelry und
diamonts insured"
The Boy-"You're in Go wrong stall,
boss. De plate glass insurance depart
ment is on de next floor."-Judge.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
TRANSPORTATION.

The Hog-"Do you believe that the
soul can go from one body to another?"
The Dog-"Sure, Mike. I've eaten so
much that l made hog of myself
lots of times. s."-Phlladelphia Tele-
graph.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
CAN YOU BLAME HER?

"Mlss Oldgirl," said young Blunder-
ly, this is Professor FOSSIL. The pro-
fessor has been wanting to meet you.
He is so interested in prehistoric rel
ics."
And now Blunderly wonders why
Miss Oldgirl dislikes him.-Houston
Chronicle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
AFrER THE scRIMMAGE.

WAS Tommy hurt badly, Jack?"
az guess not. He hasn't complained"
"What does he sayf'
Nothing. He hasn't come to yet"
Puck.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

The young man who gave his best
girl a pair of jeweled garter clasps on
Christmas is now harassed with the
fear that he will never see them again.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

Algernon-It-aw-ta nine tall
Tors to-aw-make man. doncher
know. Jack-According to that. sup
pose dressmaker was employed In
your case.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
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THE pEssrMIsT.

He remembers all his troubles
That keeps him nice and sad;
But can't remember half a day
The pleasures that he's had.
Detroit Free Press.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
ALL DONE OUT.

Veteran Joshua Heller. of 706 South
Walnut street. Urbana. ILL.,. says: "In
the fall of 1899, after taking Doan's
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
NO TIME FOR SUCH NONSENSE.

NO TIME FOR SUCH NONSENSE.
Johnny Geehaw-"Paw, what's the
law of gravitation?"
Old Geehaw-'I dunno. / hain't got
time to keep up with all the fool
statoots the blame legislatur' passes"
Louisville Courler-Journal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

Was ever a wicked man
or woman especially fond of
tea, do you Think
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

A restaurant patron says you wiz
not be well fed unless the waiter Isl
we'll feed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

It is about as expensive to lose n
suit with poor lawyer as to win one
with "A good one.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

In swell cafe there's many a tip
'twixt the cup and the lip.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
Many Children Arc Sticky.

Our Idea oil truly great man is one
who can draw people more than five
miles to attend his funeral
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

Water cannot extingufsh a mans
burning desire for liquor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

Defiance Starch is put up Is ounces
In package. 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

Mrs. Windows Soothing syrup.
For children teething softens tho gums reduces IN
nammaton. a.ys pain. wind collie CSC bottle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

Do Your Clothes look YeIlow7
Then use Defiance Starch. II win
Keep them WHITFIELD o. for 10 cents
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

Many a young mans most pressing
enrn getrent Is with his best girl.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
T'EA

Most or the free advice we get Isn't
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

If there anything
special advice,
Address
a always - - ~
We
genunens
Co. ,LynnMa
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12
An Indiana Lady TELLS of a Wonderful Cure:-

DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM: 1t is a pleasure
for me to write and tell what your wonderful
medicine has done for me. was sick for
three years with change of life and my
physician 'thought cancerous condition OF
The womb. During these three years 1
suffered untold agony.
81 cannot find words in which to ex-
press my bad feelings. l did not expect to
ever see another well day. read some of the
testimonials recommending your medicine and
decided TO write to you and give your treat
ment Il trial.
Before 1 had taken half a bottle of
Lydia IL. Pinxham's Vegetable COM
pound, began to sleep. | have taken now
six bottles and am so well / can do all kinds
OF work. "-MRs LIZZIE HrSKLE, Salem, Ind.
Holbrook argus., 1905-07-29
A SOmnambuIist

The story comes from Kansas that a Hiawatha policeman found a hotel guest roaming about streets in his sleep the other night. He started to lead him to jail when the stranger protested. 'I am guilty of no wrong doing," he said, "I am a somnambulist," "It don't make no difference what church you belong to-" returned the officer; "you can't do no walkin' on these streets in your shirt tail"
Holbrook argus., 1905-07-29
LOCAL and PER SONAL

HlSIlC lOl ollNCl SlIy, ". M.
 Mrs. C. C. Bryant has spent the week here visiting relatives.
 George Q. Penney IS spending a few days here.
 -Messrs. F. w. Nelson and E. A. Sawyer came in from St. Johns yesterday evening.
 HI. B. Smith delivered eighty five head of choice yearlings to C. E. Boyce last Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. H. Knight wis., ited friends in town this week and attended the exercises of the 24th.-St. Johns Herald.
 Sam Greenwald, of Prescott, and a Rough Rider, has been ap- pointed field deputy U. $. Mar shall.
 Henry Scorse arrived home yesterday from the mountains where he has been at work with a party of railroad surveyors.
 Joe Pearce, of Springerville, passed through here yesterday with herd of 400 steers which he will deliver to Krentz & Wolff, the Winslow butchers.
 lifts thoroughbred chicken you want, why not see w. B. Cross. who has some nice Barred Plymouth Rock and Brown Leg horn stock for you toselect from.
 John R. Hulet was called to Salt Lake City last week to the bedside of his son Francis, who was seriously i'll. The latest news from Mir. Hulet the boy was inn proving.
 T. T. Lesuer, partner of MT. G1bbon's in the Coop Store, came in from St. Johns yesterday to see how things were moving in this section of the country. Mesa Free Press.
 Judge and Mrs. T. S. Bunch and Master Tommie left Friday morning for an extended vaca- tion in Apache county. This is their old home and they will vis- it friends while gone.-Graham Guardian.
 Jose Navara was up before Judge Hathorn Thursday on a charge of disturbing the peace. This was Jose's second offense and the Judge assessed him $1OO, not having the $1OO Jose was given a berth Tn the county jail.
 Ben Doney, a Coconino county cattle man, was here the fore part of the week. Mir. Doney says the Board of Equalization in Coconino county are assessing the stockmen on the number of stock they are permitted to run on the forest reserve.
Holbrook argus., 1905-07-29

T bur, two of our prosperous sheep men, came in from Heber Thurs day and are making arrange ments to ship thelr lambs to the eastern market.
 -C. L. Mitten. locating engi- neer for the Arizona & Colorado Railroad Co.,, has resigned, be arrived here yesterday from the camp, 45 miles southwest of He Der, on his way to Canon City, Colo., where he has been elected City Engineer.
 A. H. Veits, Postmaster at Oriabe, who has spent the past two months in Silver Valley, Texas, arrived here Thursday on his return to his official duties. MT. Veits layed over a day and in company with Forest Custo- dian John Conner drove out to the Petrifed Forest.
 Gus Becker, Al Pratt, Hank Sharp and Bud Jones, prominent cattlemen of Apache county were here Tuesday and delivered some 700 head of yearling steers to C. E. Boyce of Williams. Mir. Boyce drove the cattle to his range near Williams, where he has abundant feed to fatten them for market.
 A prominent stockman of Apache county, when asked the outlook for the stock industry in his county, replied, Its gone to pieces, government charges 50 cents a head for running stock on the reserve, and the big out fits are gone, haven't had my rope on a maverick in the last two years"
 It is said that the prettiest bunch of yearling steers that ev- CT went out of the Holbrook stock yards were those recently sold by C. F. Perkins of this place to C. E. Boyce of Williams. We understand the price was in keep ing with the quality, topping the market by a wide margin.
 Messrs. F. w. Nelson, and E. A. Sawyer are in town from Winslow, this week, with the purpose in view, as we learn from others, of looking over the field and considering the feasibil- ity of establishing a bank at this point. We feel sure that these gentlemen, with their associates, can make such an institution a success here, if it lies within the range at possibilities at all. Some of these days Apache coun- ty is coming tout of the kinks" and these gentlemen being wide awake business men, are likely to be in on the ground foor.- St. Johns Herald.
 A SOmuambuIiSt
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-07-19
kcIth,s Thentrc. Boston .

Probably the best balanced vaudeville
programme Of the summer is bulletined
from kcith's for the week OF July "a.
Conspicuous on the programme will be
Maud Harrison and company, in a one-act
comedy sketch, THE Lady Across the
HALL" Paul Valadon, in series OF magical
problems, including the latest mystery,
1.-THE Drum That Can't Be Beaten" the
Williams and Walker glee club. an organi
cation Of fifteen colored vocaiists.
Other entertainers will be Elmer Tenley,
a clever monologae comedian; the Four
Liyingstons, acrobats and tnmblers; Barry
and Halvers, comedians, acrobats and
dancers; Hedrix and Prescott, vocalists
and dancers Grace Leonard, ''the modern
Vesta TiIley," and Arminta and Burke,
trapexe artists and horizontal ladder ex-
perts.
The Fadettes will make an entire change
of selections, and a complete new list of
motion pictures will be exhibited.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-07-19

Gen. Wilmen w. Blackmar, of Boston,
eommander-in-ehiefo of the Grand Army
of the Republic, died Sunday, at Boise, Ia
Gen. Blackmar was on tour of inspec-
tion of the grand army ports throughout
the northwest when he was taken i'll.
By the death of Gen. Blackmar, the lead
ership of the organization now devoIves
upon Gen. John R. King, of Baltimore,
senior vice. commander, who will issue a
general order in connection with the death
OF Gen. Blackmar.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-07-19

In a squat which struck Maohias at
noon on Saturday, several vessels in the
hsrbor were damaged, and one man, Percy
Foster, Of Rye Beach, New Hampshire,
who was spending his vacation at Machias,
was drowned by the capsizing OF his boat.
The vessels damaged were as follows;
Schooner Mildred A. Pope, Machias for
Boston, lost foresaiI; schooner Lizzie c.
Rich, Boston for Eastport, lost headsails;
schooner Rebeeca w. Huddell, st. John,
n. g., for New York, lost mainssil;
schooner Ira (Br.l dismasted and towed
to s.. John; yacht owned By W. W. Gray,
sunk AZ Cross island. Several small yachts
and fishing boats were blown ashore.