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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
FIRST DUEL IN AMERICA.
Fought Between Two Servants In
New England In 1921.


The first duel on record in America
was fought June IS. 1921. in New Eng
land. between two servants who
fought with sword and dagger, and
both were wounded. They we're SEN
fenced to have their heads and feet
tied together. and lie twenty-four
hours without meat or drink. In 1928,
one young man killed another on Bos-
ton common in a night duel with
swords. The survivor escaped from
the country, and severe law against
dueling was enacted. During the Rev
olution there were a number of duels.
Charles Lee and John Laurens fought.
and the former was wounded; Gwin-
nett, signer of the Declaration of
Independence was killed by Gen. Nc
Intosh. Gen. Green was twice chal-
lenged, but refused to fight. and
Washington approved his refusal.
The most notable duel In the country's
history was when Alexander Hamilton
was slain by Aaron Burr.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

THE Adirondacks and How to
Reach Them" is a nice folder with
maps and references to localities, no.
tells. boarding houses. mountains and
rivers in the great wilderness Of
Northern New York known as the
Adirondack Mountains. II you visit
this region once. you will be sure to
go again. A copy of The Adiron-
dack Mountains and How to Reach
Them" will be mailed free, postpaid.
to any address. on receipt Of two
cent stamp. by George H. Daniels,
General Passenger Agent, Grand Cen
trail Station, New York.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
She Catches His Fancy.

Sometimes a man is only interested
in himself.
The girl-who finds out this trait in
him and shows eager interest in all
he says about himself may be assured
of at least one devoted follower.
What he likes to eat. his favorite
games. his favorite books, his favorite
mode OF exercise what he thinks OF
any subject under the sun; all of these
are of much more Importance to that
especial young man than any OF the
girls likes or dislikes. and he will be
her sworn companion II she hangs
upon his words with interest and finds
him right in his views.--Exchange
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
FATHER OF PRESSED STEEL.
Philadelphia Cooper Led by Accident
10 inaugurate Great Industry.

to inausurate Great Industry.
The pressed steel industry. which Is
one OF the largest in the country to
day, was born in little cooper shov
not far from st. John and Buttonwoot
streets, In Philadelphia.
Charles ]. Schoen, who is literally
the father OF this business, was en-
gagged In Philadelphia following the
occupation of cooper and presided
over little plant at which he consti-
tuted the entire force of workmen.
While doing this he conceived the
idea oil making doorstep for railroad
cars, which at once forced itself into
popularity with carbuilders and was
generally adopted. 1t was an instant
success, for the reason that II was
extremely simple and at the same time
effective, holding the door open by a
spring In the floor of the car
The demand for these devices soon
overtaxed the capacity of the little
cooper shop and in casting about for
some quicker means of making the
things the idea of pressing them out
of steel was nit upon. From this hum
BILE beginning pressed steel was soon
found available for other purposes in
carbuilding. and to-day the entire
freight car. including the wheels. is
made in this manner. no wood enter
Ing into the construction whatever.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
NOT so MANY epIpgmlcs.



The decrease in the death rate OF
great cities during the last few years
can only be appreciated by comparison
with similar statistics in the past. In
the twelfth century not less than If
teen epidemics of disease and many
famines carried on the people of Eng
land. The thirteenth century saw
twenty plaques and nineteen famin2,
while the fourteenth had a black rec
ord of disease.
In 134S the black plague or black
DEATH" which was brought into the
country from the east, caused the
death of 100000 persons in London
alone. while in Europe altogether 25.-
100000 fell victims to its ravages. In
14S5 the Sweating sickness" appeared
in England. causing great destruction
of human life. 1t reappeared at vari-
Gus intervals for a century thereafter.
The last terrible visitation of the
plague in England was in 1664-1666,
by which 100000 lives were lost in
London alone. This epidemic was fol-
lowed by the great fire of 1866. which
destroyed 10000 houses. including all
the most densely populated portions
of the city. The rebuilding of London
with some regard to sanitary laws ap-
pears to have put the first check on
the epidemic diseases that had pre-
viously devastated its population.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
Where Toys are Made.

The United States spent last year
$4.OO0,000 on toys-mostly dolls from
Sonneberg. Germany. alone. Little
Sonneberg sent out S13.000.000 worth
of toys last year. Great Britain used
to buy most of them. but John Bull
has been very hard up this past year.
and the United States has taken most
of Englapi's share. The men who
make these toys earn by ten hours
labor a day between 81 and 60 cents
The thousands of boys and girls en-
ployed earn an average of 80 cents a
day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
Every hou.ekeeper should know

Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because It
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-whila all other Cold Water
Starches are put up In k-pound pack
ages. and the price is the same. 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is fee from all Injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you
a 12-oz. package 1t is because he has
q 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., 1905-05-04

"Hum!" unused the sapient house
wife. Il do wish John would get us a
new mantel clock in place of this old
one, that has been here for ten years.
wonder how l can get him to buy
another?" Turning the problem over
in her mind, she at last hit upon a So
luton. Good" she exclaimed. why
haven't | thought OF 1t long before
this? I'll drop something into the
wheels and then get him to try to fix
the works tonight. In ten minutes
he'll have 1t ruined beyond repair
Judge.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Coming home from child's theatri-
cal entertainment recently, a little Ger
mantown boy declared what he had
liked best in the play was saucer.
says the Philadelphia Record. This
first attempt at dramatic criticism was
passed around and pondered on In
family consultations without any salts
factory explanation. At last the boy
was asked II he could himself tell
what he meant by saucer. why"
he replied. after due elaboration. tits
the same thing as sorceress, only. it's
a man"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
THOMAS Talbot chock Fvll.r

] once heard Gov. Thomas Talbot,
the Prohibition governor of Massachu-
sets, tell this anecdote about himself:
The horse cars in his day used to be
named for distinguished persons. One
day in Boston, as he was standing on
the sidewalk talking with a friend,
the car Thomas Talbot" went by
crowded with passengers; and jpst
then he heard one man say to another,
There goes Thomas Talbot chock
full !'-Boston Herald.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
ECZEMA FOR TWO YEARS.
Little Girls Awful Suffering With Ter.
ribIe Skin Humor-SIeepless
Nights for Mother-Speedy
Cure by Cuticura.

my little girl had been suffering
for two years from eczema. and dur
ing that time could not get nights
sleep, as her ailment was very severe.
had tried so many remedies, deriv-
ing no benefit, had given up all hope.
But as a last resort ! was persuaded
to try Cuticura, and one box OF the
Ointment and two bottles of the Re
solvent. together with the Soap, eff
fected a permanent cure.-Mrs. |.
Jones, Arlington. Ind. T."
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

The man that named 1t Huntsmans
Hills. where Camp Roosevelt is now To-
Gated, never knew how appropriate the
name would become. By the way, 1t
would be good idea to retain a per-
manent souvenir of this notable tribute
to Colorado's attractiveness to the
rest and pleasure seeker by remaining
these hills in honor of the President
Henceforth. let the Colorado maps bear
the name of the Roosevelt Hills.-Pu
eblo Chieftain.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
Protesting Asains. Rate Reduction.

Atlanta, Ga.-The recent PROPOSE
ton of J. Pope Brown, Chairman of
the Georgia Railroad commission, to
reduce the passenger rate in Georgia
from three to two cents per mile was
protested against by the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers. the Order
Of Railway Conductors, and unions OF
the blacksmiths. machinists and teleg-
raphers. boilermakers, railway train
men, carpenters and joiners, clerks
and car men. These organizations en-
ployed an attorney especially to rep
resent them, who urged that such
reduction would work against the
prosperity of the state and lead to a
reduction in the number of railroad
employees, as well as of their wages.
The Travellers Protective Association
s,so protested that a reduction. as
proposed. would result in fewer trains
and poorer service.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

lacks OF kidney disor-
ders which kept me In
the house for days at
a time. unable to do
anything What l suf-
fered can hardly be
told. Complications
set in. the particulars
Of which l win be
pleased to give In q
personal interview to
any one who requires
information. This I
can conscientiously
say, Doan's Kidney
Pills caused a general
t--@-- T.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

health. They brought great relief by
lessening the pain and correcting the
action OF the kidney secretions."
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price. so cents. Foster-Mil-
burn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Elder-"Do you really think It's dan
gerous to dye the hair" Kidder='lt
Is indeed. l knew a fellow about your
age who did 1t and the first thing he
knew he was married to widow with
Ave children"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
PE-RU-NA
Renovates, Regulates, Restores
system Depleted by Catarrh.

John W. Glenister. of Providence, r.
l., champion long distance swimmer of
America, has performed notable feats
in this country and England. He has
used Peruna as a tonic and gives his
opinion OF it in the following letter:
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
MANY cbiIdrsn Are sIckIx.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children.
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Childrsns
Homs. New York. Cure Feverishness. Head
ache. Stomach Troubles. Teething Dis
orders. Break up Colds and Destroy Worms.
At all Druggists ,25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
New York.
The Peruna Medicine Company,

New York.
The Peruna Medicine Company,
Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen-"This spring for the
first time / have taken two bottles
of Peruna, and, as 1t has done me n
great deal of good, feel as IL /
ought to say good word for its
worth.
"Dnring tie springfime for the
LAST few years, have taken several
kinds of spring fonics. and have
mover received any benefit what
ever This year. through the ad-
vice Of q friend. I have tried Peruna
and II has given satisfaction.
~ advise all athletes who are
about to go In training to t-y bof-
tie. for II certainly gets the system
In good shape" Yours truly,
JOHN w. 0LEMiSTER.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
TEA

There is such a thing inthe
world as tea-toper, slave OF
the cup; one can hardly i'm
agine it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

IN a Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT-EAsE.
A powder. 1t cures painful. smarting, nerv-
Gus feet and ingrowing nails. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for
sweating feet Sold by all druggists, 25c.
Trial package FREE. Address A. S.
Olmsted. Le Roy. N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
A VOICE FROM THE PULPIT.

Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren, Of 81
f,xth street, Fond Du Lac. Wis. Pres
D1erian clergyman. says. Il had at
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Don't you know that Defiance Starch
besides being absolutely superior to
any other. Is put up 16 ounces In pack
age and sells at same price as L.
ounce packages OF other kinds7
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

A THLETES realize the Importance
4 of keeping in good bodily trim.
The digestion must be good, the cir
culation perfect, sleep regular and
enough of 1t.
III the slightest catarrhal condition Of
lungs or stomach is allowed to remain,
neither digestion nor sleep will be
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Those who lead very active lives,
Ike athletes, with good muscular de-
veformsnf, find the spring months
especially trying.
Athletes everywhere praise Peruna
because they, of all men. appreciates
the value OF tonic that dispels phys
ical depression.
The vocation of some mon may allow
them to endure the depressing feelings
Incident to spring weather, but tho
athlete must never allow himself 10 Gs6
'1nder the weather"
He must keep in the pink Of condi-
ton" all the time.
In order to do this he must avail HIM
self of a spring tonic upon which he
can rely.
Therefore athletes are especially
friendly toward Pergna.
Psruns never fails them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De-
fiance Starch is fast taking place OF
all other brands. Others say they can
not sell any other starch.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

First Society woman.-Are you quite
sure that's your baby that we just
passed? Second Society woman.-Yes.
recognized the nurse.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL
Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. Ia. 1900
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

j 1t Is the well-preserved woman who
realizes that self-preseryation Is the
first law of nature.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Either a man finds fault because he
Is taxed or because he has nothing to
bs taxed
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

After n man has been married six
months he gives up trying to pose
4 hero to his wife.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Dealers say that as soon as . Gus
toner tries Defiance Starch It Is i'm
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold OF
boiled.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

.Dr. David Kennedy's Fsyorite Remedy
gave prompt and complete relief from dyspepsia and
liver dsrsngsnent" b. T. Trowbridgs, hArism K \, MY.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

mere isn't anything much more
crooked than a dollar mark.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Marriage is sometimes a failure but
more often it's compromise.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Beauty As viewed through a micro
scope Isn't even skin deep.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

A diplomat is man who shuts III
when he has said enough.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

A woman never knows what she
really thinks OF a man until she gets a
divorce from him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

When a girl refuses to play popular
airs she feels that she is getting along
, in music.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Keep your mouth shut to-day and
you won't have to square yourself to-
morrow.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

II tickies woman to death to think
how surprised her neignDors will be
when her son becomes president.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

No self-made man was ever known to
express dissatisfaction with the job.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

The average man meets temptations
about three -fourths of the way.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softcns the gums reduces -
ANIMATION ailays palm wind coiu- 2sc bostis-
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
TEA

Schilling's Best is a Chal-
lenge: almost nobody takes
the money, almost nobody
takes the money.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

1t is easier to get out of job than
It is to get out of trouble.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04

o. all the drinks that we
drink, a nice cup of tea is the
daintiest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
Go by the book.

Fine feathers may not make fine
a milliner's bill.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
axes the money.

Your grocer returns your money If you don't
IKE schiing's Best
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-05-04
TEA.

Good tea is better than
poor coffee, and costs less
money.
Go by the book.
Write for knowledge Book, A sehiiiasA
Company. San FrAncisco-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-16

Bowen to explain.
Why, read in the newspaper the
published agreement before it was
given to me officially" protested Sir
Michael.
IF Sir Michael had been at his en-
bassy at 9 o'clock last night he would
have found the official copy of the
agreement on his desk" Minister
Bowen is reported as having answered.
AS soon as the agreements had been
signed Mr.. Bowen sent them around to
the various embassies and gave them
to the newspapers.
Mr.. Bowen has habit of talking
very freely about persons and express
ing his opinion of fellow diplomats in
entertaining, if not altogether judicious
language. One of the interesting and
entertaining features of the Venezuela
negotiations two years ago were the
comments Mr. Bowen would make to
the newspaper correspondents regard
ing the various diplomats with whom
he was doing business. 1t is true that
he did not talk for publication, but
some of his spicy characterizations of
the, foreigners became known and did
not increase the big fellows popularity
in the diplomatic corps.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-16
ANOTHER SIDE.

President Roosevelt is continually
showing new side of mis- character to
the public. He can be at home in any
circle, be it made up of foreign .diplo-
mats cowboys, railway magnates, bear
hunters, women's club delegates or
rough riders. He can talk interesting
ly to all and he never forgets his sur
roundings. In fact, he never forgets
at all, apparently, and evidence of his
regard for the feelings Of others was
shown this week when on his way
home from Chicago to Washington.
He did not learn until after leaving
the former city that his train was not
scheduled to stop at Canton, Ohio the
old home of the late President McKin-
ley, but when he learned that he
would be unable to visit the tomb of
his lamented predecessor in office and
to call on Mrs. Mckinley, he immedi-
ately dispatched telegram to the
aged woman in Canton, expressing his
regrets for his inability to stop at Can
ton and his wishes for her good health.
1t was but little thing to do, to be
sure, but 1t is the little things, that
show the man as he is-his best or
his worst. And always the little things
show Roosevelt at his best and therein
lies, in great measure, the secret Of
his great popularity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-16
Minister to Venezuela Recently Recalled to Wash
ington, Speaks out in Meeting.

Washington correspondence Of the
Philadelphia Press. Minister Bowen is
a big six footer, of the most vigorous
physique, bluff and hearty in manner
and extremely plain spoken. He is i'm
petuous and possessed of an infinite
confidence IN his own judgment and
ability. During the negotiations in
Washington two years ago that led to
the submission of the foreign claims
against Venezuela to the Hague tri-
bunal, Mr.. Bowen was the terror
of the foreign diplomatic rep
resentatives here. They had never
had experience with so distinctly
a shirt sleeve diplomatist before
They were astounded day after day to
find that the substance of conferences
they had with Mr.. Bowen had been
made public and agreements which
they considered confidential had been
published to the world. The late Sir
Michael Herbert, who was then the
British ambassador, could not under
stand the freedom with, which Mr..
Bowen communicated the results of
the conferences to the press On one
occasion an agreement which he had
been a party to was made public i'm
,mediately and he called upon Minister.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-16

disclosed the fact that there was not,
taking the cornfields of the state as
whole, to exceed two-thirds of a
stand. BY careful selection and
testing Of the seed corn it would be
entirely possible to secure a 80 per
cent stand. Could such a stand be
secured 1t is entirely reasonable to as
sumo that it would result in an in
creased yield of at least five bushels
per acre and such increase would
amount to 45,000,0oo bushels, worth to
the farmers of the state, not less than
40 cents a bushel, or $1s,O00,000, a
sum sufficient to warrant ten times
over all the work and the money in
vested in this seed corn train scheme.
Heretofore it has been the custom to
take the whole cornfield as unit and
to assume that if the field looked
thrifty it was a good crop, whereas,
the hill of corn and not the field
should be the unit, as it is undisputed
that it is the presence of three good
stalks in each hill which lies at the
foundation Of good crop of corn
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-16

dropped into gentle dose, cat-nap
with f1tful dream. Came wan
faced woman, with sick baby and
ragged shawl, and--the shave was
over.
paid the pitiful charge and came
away. Next day returned and had
the process repeated. This time did.
not fall asleep. did not dream. i
distinctly heard the newling of babe
In arms. INV wife" said the little
barber, with a glorious smile. my
baby" He looked positively hand
some, but l thought there were tears
II. his eyes. Yes, there they were, the
mother and child, behind a tattered
blanket drawn curtainwise across the
rear of the squallid room-the man an
artist, too!
ut is not often that do these things,
But, when do them. do them hand
somely"
as John Kemble, quoted by Bulwer-
Lytton, observed when he gave a beg
gar guinea. loaned the sprite of
red hair and freckles money enough to
set up a sure enough barber shop; part
of 1t took out in service, the rest he
paid me; aid lived to see my pro-
tege doing a land office business, the
wife having an partment of her own,
and the baby as rosy cherub as might
be found in a days migration about
the town; nor was the little barber,
though he came to know my name,
ever able to call me other than my
lor'" and Your worship" Ben Ridge
ly's efforts to teach him to say "Marse
Henry" proving wholly abortiye.