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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23
nTwenty.flve mInutes,n he said.

twenty-five minutes" he said.
Dawes, thirty years old, weak in her
upper works and scorched by a thous-
and suns and buffeted by many a
hurricane, came slowly up again,
keel, and hurling water from her
decks through the hawsehole5 in
thick streams.
Hard up!" spat the captain In the
face of the shrieking spindrift to the
man at the wheel, and Holtzen, still
swearing, or praying. in Danish, did as
he was commanded.
Two men gone" groaned the cap
tain, his eyes sweeping the decks and
then wandering out to that heaving
mass of sea mountains as If wonder
ing under what particular wave two
brave seamen smothered to death.
On the schooner Martha Dawes.
struggling for her life against the
awful power that showed her steadily
toward the deadliest spot in the world
tho Diamond shoals-there were
four men left for the storm to kill.
The whole of that Thanksgiving
day we had striven against the storm,
played our weak cards against a play
er who only laughed derisively at
every effort and went us better. and
the stakes on the table-four human
lives-seemed already in his hands.
The fore topmast had gone over
early in the morning, and the main
followed suit about noon. There was
no such thing left as a starboard rail
on the forecastle, and the galley was
turned upside down and jammed it
self with the water butt between the
stump of the foremast and the lee
rail.
And yet the Martha Dawes made
no water. With all that terrible
pounding not seam had opened. The
old schooner meant to die game. But
die she must. The drift had us. and
the wind and sea helped the drift.
straight for the Diamond shoals.
Against the nor'east gale and rush
ing sea there was only one thing to
do-die game. as the schooner meant
to.
don't believe there ever was a
more terrifying sky than l gazed upon
from the deck that afternoon. |
had seen great thunder-heads arise
In the tropical ocean-purplish black
and copper-tinged as to the edges. |
had beheld a mass of clouds writhing
and twisting in a wind straight from
the south pole as the ship rolled and
tossed, trying to pass Cape Horn. but
that dreas expanse of drab heaven
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23
steel shroud and CONN.

During the inquest held at Phiiadel-
phia in the case of John ForlSin and
Joseph Garcia, laborers, who were
killed at the Midyale steel works No
vember 10th. 1t was testified that the
two men had entered pit and that
$4,000 pounds of hot metal poured
from leak and completely absorbed
them. Not trace of the bodies was
discovered.
about 5000 pounds of the steel from
the place where the men were last
seen and have1t buried out OF respect
to the dead men.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

white beds are women and girls who
nre awaiting or recovering from opera
tons made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty of warning In that bearing down
feeling. pain mt the left or right of tho
womb, nervous exhaustion. pain In the
small of the back, leucorrhna, dizxi-
ness. fiatulency. displacements OF the
womb or irregularities. All OF these
symptoms are indications of an un-
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and II not needed the trouble
will make headway until the penalty
has to be paid by n dangerous opera
tion, and a lifetime of impaired useful
ness at best, while in many cases the
yesults are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women. Miss LuellA
Adams, of the Colonnads Hotel, Seattle,
Wash, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkhsm,--
about two years ago was great suf-
ferer from n severe female trouble, pains and
headaches The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that had tumor on the
womb and must undergo an operation II
death warrant, but spent hundreds Of dol
lars for medical help, but the tumor kept
growing: Fortunately 1 corrcsponded with
an aunt In the New England States, and she
etable Compound, as 10 was said to cure tii-
morr. ! did so and Immediately began to
improve In health, and was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely, without an
operation. ] wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation"
Just as surely as Miss Adams was
cured of the troubles enumerated In
her letter, just SC surely will Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound euro
every woman In the land who suffers
from womb troubles, Inflammation of
the ovaries. kidney troubles, nervous
excitability and nervous prostratson.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who are Ill to write her for free
advice. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23
Time for Nothing but Joy.

Thanksgiving is day of general re
joicing and feasting. 1t is day when
the familiec reunite, when the wan.
derer returns and gathers with his
kith around the festal board. All
gloom is dispelled and In the joyous
anticipation of what another year may
bring forth hearts are gladdened and
the future wears a more roseate tint
for all.
If you have had misfortunes forget
them and start to work anew for fu.
ture glories. If you have been blessed
with a preponderance Of good things
extend smile to those OF your fel
lows who have been less fortunate
thAI you.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23
MakIno q cr..s m.p.

About 100 years more will be re-
quired to complete the work OF making
q typographical map OF the country.
which was begun by the United States
government in 1882. The work is be-
ing carried on In cooperation with the
states, New York, for example. hav-
ing appropriated annually something
like $4,000 as its share. There has
never been Typographical map OF
the United States published other than
rough sketches. For that reason the
government work will be one OF the
largest ever made.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

Although days of thanksgiving.
especially for the fruits of the earth,
have been customary in all ages of
the world and in connection with
every form of religion, Thanksgiving
day as an annual harvest home and
family reunion under Christian aus
pices is a purely American institu-
tion and. outside of New England, is
of comparatively recent origin.
AS national holiday 1t began in
the hea@ and heart of Abraham Lin
coin, who proclaimed Nov. 28, 1868.
as Thanksgiving day for the stimuli
taneous victories of Gettysburg and
V1cksburg on July and for the
abundant harvests of that year, and
Nov. "a, 1864, as a thanksgiving day
for similar blessings.
There had been other days set
apart for thanksgiving during the
war, but these were the first of the
unbroken series in the month of No
yember. President johnson con-
tinued the custom out of respect for
Mr.. Lincoln, and 1t has been instinc-
lively recognized by every president
since. In several states the COVER
nors also make coincident proclama-
tions.
Though at present mostly a hal
lowed memory, Thanksgiving day,
when 1t was in its prime, was one
OF the noblest and most delightful
things in American civilization. Time
was when on this day all the churches
were thronged with cheerful and de-
vout worshipers, and the ministers,
speaking from bowers of corntops
and sheaves of wheat and pyramids
of pumpkins and red apples, moved
every heart by their tribute to the
divine goodness.
From the religious temples the peo-
pie turned to the family altars,
where the fires of filial devotion
burned just as briskly. The mem
bers of the household assembled.
some of them from remote localities,
to look into the changed counte-
nances of ''the old people" perhaps
for the last time, sat down to a roy
al feast of good things, the greatest
feast of all being the revived and
overfiowing family affections and the
inextinguishable attachment to the
family hearthstone. That was Amer
ican civilization in its flower and fruit
age.
AS long as our people are a home
loving people, as long as filial and
fraternal love are afame and as long
as we will cross mountains and trav.
erse continents to gather once more
at the old family homestead, to drop a
tear for the departed and to receive
the embrace of those who survive, our
institutions are safe.
Those who have reached middle life
can not but regret the partial de-
cadence of Thanksgiving day within
their own recollection. In our day it
is little more than a secular holiday
devoted to athletic sports. The sec
ular holiday and the athletic sports
are, of course, good things in them
selves, but 1t is not pleasant to see
them take the place of an admirable
and invaluable social custom.
1t is a comfort to reflect that far
from the maddening crowd of the
great city, in numberless quiet vii
lagos and country homes, Thanksgiv-
ing day is still observed in all its
original glory and beauty.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23
DISTRESS AFTER MEALS
Sure Sign That Dr.WiiIIans' Pink Pills
Are Needed to Tone Up tho
Digestive Orpans.

Loss OF appetite, distress nfter eating,
shortness of breath. feeling OF utter
weal<ness-these are symptoms that are
familiar to most sufferers from stomach
trouble. Too often the ordinary doctors
treatment serves but to weaken the dis
eased organs.
The new tonic method of treating dis
orders of this kind does not aim to do tho
work of the stomach, does not demand
that the food be pre-digested, but builds
mp the weakened organs, 80 that they can
do the work that nature intended.
Mrs. L.O. Law. of No. ga North street.
Horton, Kansas. says: 'In 1897. while
we were living on farm in this neigh
borhood, became generally debilitated
ns the result of overwork. l had serious
indigestion. lost my appetite, suffered
from sense of suffooation and from OBJ
struction of the circulation, so that nrti-
ficial means had to be used to restore it,
After suffering for months without hnd-
ing any relief. I tried n box of DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills Of which had read in
n newspaper. The first few boxes made
me lots better, and after using the third
box felt entirely well.
II am now in excellent health and am
able not only to take care of my house
but also to assist my husband in store
which he has lately taken. DIR. Williams
Pink Pills cured me and i can recon-
mend them. They are SO simple, 30
easily taken and SO prompt in their nc
ton"
Remember DIR. Williams Pink Pills do
not net ON the bowels. They make new
blood and restore shattered nerves. In
this way they carry health and vigor to
every organ and fiber of the body. They
are sold by all druggists or will be sent,
postpaid, on receipt OF price, so cents per
boz; six boxes for $3.50. by the DR.. Will
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

How much money do we
return to dissatisfied people?
All that our grocers get
asked for.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

Every housekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because 1t
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains sixteen ounces
one full pound-while all other Cold
Water Starches are put up In three.
quarter-pound packages. and the price
Is the same, 10 cents. Then again be-
cause Defiance Starch is free from all
injurious chemicals. II your grocer
tries to sell you twelve-ounce pack.
age 1t is because he has a stock on
hand which he wishes to dispose OF be
fore he puts in Defiance. He knows
that Defiance Starch has printed on
every package in large letters and fig
ures "16 ounces" Demand Defiance
and save much time and money and
the annoyance OF the iron sticking. De
fiance never sticks.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

Tell me-" said the fiighty person.
do you believe that dreams go by con-
traries?" Yes" replied the hard
headed one, especially day dreams" "
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

will have Defiance Starch. not alone
because they get one-third more for
the same money, but also because of
superior quality.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

Your grocer returns your money II you dony
like schillings Best.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

Your grocer has also our
coffee baking-powder ex-
tracts spices and soda.
All alike as to trueness
and goodness.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

When people ask US to do something
we don't like to do. they try to make
II easier by calling II duty
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

No literary critic is justified in abus-
ing book-unti1 after he has read 1t.
deal more than they do-by filling up
their measures.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

Woman's love for dry goods has not
broken up so many happy homes as
mans love for wet goods.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

Doctor" said the Oldest inhabitant,
Il have severe pains in my right knee
and foot. What is that sign OFF" Il
should think a man as old as you pro-
fess to be-" rejoined the M. D., ought
to know that Is sure sign OF rain"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23
HOSPITALS CROWDED.
MAJORITY or PATIENTS WOMEN,
MIRA Pinkham-s Advice Saves Many
From this Sad and Costly Expsrisnos-

It is = sad but
true fact that
e very year
brings an In
crease In the
number ofopcrA-
tions performed
upon women in
our hospitals.
More thanthree-'
fourths of the
patients lying
Al
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23
Sensible Housekeeper.

Tho easier IL Is to acquire a dollai
tho easier II Is TO blow Il in.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

sehrilns's Best is good foo.ruio TO m..4ur.
your grocer with
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23

Tho Best Results In starchIna
can be obtained only by using De
fiance Starch. besides getting OF.
more for same money-no cooking re-
Quired-
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-11-23
A Tough Proposition.

The ostrich to the ibis said.
Out on Sahara's waste:
I'm glad I'm not a turkey cock.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-08
Woke the Judge.

The Westminster Gazette relates that
an action was being tried before Lord
Coleridge for damages for the death of
a sheep dog, winner of many prizes
at bench shows, and counsel for the
defense was endeavoring to show that
the dog had had his day" and that
damages should be nominal Lord Cole
ridge, however, was sweetly slumber-
ing, and counsel felt the necessity for
rousing him, If possible. So, gradual
" raising his voice, he asked one Of
the plaintiffs witnesses, rs it not your
experience as an exhibitor that when
an old dog has taken his place regular
" on the bench for many years he gets
sleepy and past his work." The laugh
ter that followed had the desired eff
feet.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-08
MEN AND WOMEN.
Neo@Iy Every Human Quality In I'm
like In the Sexes.

"a man is man down to his
down to her little toes" writes DR..
Hayelock Ellis in his book Men and
Women" There is hardly measur-
able quality of any sort which is not
unlike in the two sexes. Women even
button their garments Oh the other
side from that chosen by men and
choose Sunday instead of Monday as
their favorite day for making way
with themselves. So far as laboratory
tests go DR.. Ellis says that women are
unquestionahly superior in general
tactile sensibility and probably SUI
periOr in the discrimination Of tastes.
with no advantage either way in the
case of the other senses. Women have
better memories, read more rapidly,
bear pain better, recover better from
wounds and serious illness, are less
changed by old age and live longer.
Furthermore, according to the same
authority, women have relatively
larger brains, especially in the frontal
region. 1t has long been said that
DR.. Ellis says that men are the more
like apes. Women. in short, are more
civilized than men, and civilization it
self is but the process of making the
world ladylike. In fact, the only thing
left in which man is superior is mus
Gle Men are two, three and even four
times stronger than women, and the
occasional exceptional woman hardly
reaches the level of the average man.
Even between the ages of eleven and
fifteen, when girls are taller and
heavier, boys still retain their single
advantage in strength. Men, too, if
slower Of mind and quicker Of body,
have greater lung capacity and more
blood corpuscles and exhale nearly
twice as much carbon dioxide But
men are less able to endure confine-
ment and bad air. This physical SUI
periority man shares with the males
Of all the higher animals.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-08
AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE.
His First and Last Experience In
Tracing u Crime.


81 never attempted, the Sherlock
Holmes business but once" said
Blythe, sand although l ran down the
person / was after the results were not
at all pleasant. One morning / missed
scarfpin, single pearl, worth about
$50. ! valued it more for it's associa-
lions than almost anything else l had.
decided to say nothing about it to my
wife, because things of that sort all
ways upset her. She suspects the serv-
ants and does not hesitate to let them
see it. Advertising a reward brought
no results One morning nearly two
years after the pin was lost l saw it in
the window of Il pawnshop not three
blocks from my home. | knew the DO
lice captain of the precinct and induced
him to send one of his ward men with
me to the pawnshop. Matters were
soon explained. i was able to prove
my ownership of the pin. The pawn
broker consulted his books.
That PIN he said, was brought
here by woman who regularly pawns
things here on commission. 1t is bust
ness, the same as shopping on commits
sion. Many persons, especially wom-
en-, who find it necessary to raise a lit
tie money in Il hurry, are afraid to go
in person to the pawnshop
he gave me the name and address
OF the woman who uawned my pin, and
looked her up. 4 don't want to make
any trouble for YOU l said, but that
IJSt fol-n 10 ~
person who gave it to you to pawn,
and you'll not be the loser
She complied willingly. She said
she was sent for by woman who had
read her advertisement and was given
the pin to pawn in the usual course of
business. She got $40 for it, and after
deducting her commission had paid the
money over to her customer and given
her the ticket. She went to the pawn
shop nearest the house to save time.
Not until we We're at my own doorstep
did l realize where the woman was
taking me-
EDO you mean to say that you got
the pin in this house?' inquired.
: Certainly she replied. 1T was
given to me by a tall woman with red
hair If She still lives here 1 should
know her in a minute
That will do l said Here is SIS
for your trouble. l shall be obliged by
your not mentioning this incident to
anybody
1.-The woman she had described was
my wife. We had a bad quarter of an
hour. She had pawned the pin to get
money for a rascallion of brother,
who had since fled to Canada. He stole
the ticket from her and had evidently
been unable to sell it before he skipped.
And the poor woman had been living in
mental torture for months because she
was afraid to tell me- That experience
cured me of laundering for the detec-
tive business. New York Times.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-08
A Few Palfndromes,

ut is fascinating occupation" said
a philologisi, Ito search the language
for palindromes. A palindrome is a
word that reads the same backward as
forward Rotator, for instance, is a
palindrome. Several hundreds of these
strange words are tabulated, and new
ones are continually turning up in the
English tongue. If you can find one
send it to the Palindrome society Of
New York
II can rattle off extempore dozen or
two palindromes. Thus
Dab, refer, bib, Anna, tot, bob, peep
civic, toot, dad, madam, deed, pup, del
fed, sees, dewed, tat, did, shahs, eve,
reviver, eve, rotator. cog, pop, gig,
gag, redder, level, noon, Otto sexes''-
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-08
The Chinchilla.

The tiny chinchilla. not more than
twelve inches long, with a plump little
body on short, stout legs. thrives only
In the tropics. The little beasts have to
be killed with the utmost precaution
not to injufe their fur, that grows on a
skin nearly as tender and soft as
web OF silk. A perfect skin not larger
than q small pocket handkerchief is a
revelation in fur growth. The texture
of every hair is finer than floss silk, the
length Of 1t nearly an inch and the col
oring about that Of the soft, undyed
marabout feathers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-08
4 story OF Ii Hunr Chang.

In the diary Of Sir M. Il. Grant DUFF
sis fine story Of Ii Hung Chang,
whose candor was never quite equaled
In this world. He was dining with a
Swedish traveller.
"A Yon come from Sweden" said the
great man, don't your YES" was
the reply. "And what kind Of country
II SwedenY rejoined the other, where
upon he received, as was natural, q
glowing description OF its charms.
All" he said. that is very nice; very
nice indeed. When next communicate
with the emperor OF Russia will tell
him to take Sweden!''
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-08
THE BATTLE or THE YALU.
One u the Queer Incidents of This
49, Great Naval Conflict.


Great Naval Conflict.
This strange incident Of a great ma
val battle was told by Commissioner
McGif1n OF one of the Chinese war
ships In the battle Of the Yalu between
the Chinese and Japanese fleets in
LA: ABOUT this time the Chih Yuen
boldly IL somewhat foolhardily bore
down on the Japanese squadron's line.
Just what happened no one seems to
know, but apparently she was struck
below the water line by u heavy shell,
either ten inch or thirteen inch.
Be that as 1t may, she took a heavy
list, and, thus fatally injured, her com
ageous albeit most obstinate officer,
resolved at least to ayenge himself and
charged one Of the largest Of the en-
emy's ships, intending to ram.
"a hurricane of projectiles from both
heavy and machine guns swept down
upon his ship. The list became more
pronounced, and just before getting
home to his intended victim his ship
rolled over and then plunged bow first
into the depths. She righted herself as
she sank, her screws whirling in the
air and carrying down all hands, in
GLIDING her chief engineer, Mr.. Purvis,
shut up In the engine room Seven Of
her crew chung to one of the circular
life buoys kept OH the bridge and were
drifted by the tide toward the coast.
where they were rescued by junk.
Stories told by these men vary so
much as to be unreliable, but all agree
on one incident: Captain Tang had a
large dog of most vicious temper, I'M
ruly at times even with his master.
After the ship sank Captain Tang,
who could not swim, managed to get
an oar or some small piece Of wood.
This would have been enough to sup
port him had not his dog swum to him
and, climbing UP on him, forced him
to release his grasp. Thus he miser-
ably drowned, and the brute shared
his fate, perhaps the only case on rec
ord Of man being drowned by his
dog"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-06-08
ETIQUETTE OF CALLS.
Some Of the Things That Are and Are
Not In Good Taste.

Every one Is aware that married
woman when paying formal call on
another married couple leaves two Of
her husbands cards In the hall when
coming in or going out.
But every one does not know that
when the hostess is a widow only one
card should be left.
Punctilious people always call at a
house from whence they have received
an invitation, and this whether it has
been declined or accepted. But with
the one exception of returning first
call, which should be done as reason
ably soon as possible, the question as
to what time should elapse between
social visits Is one that must be left
to the good taste and good sense Of
the caller.
Many people with large and in
creasing circle keep book In which
they note the date Of their calls and in
this connection 1t should be stated that
1t Is compliment to call On the right
known to be at home to her friends.
1t used to be considered the right
thing for formal visit only to last
about quarter of an hour. 1t not in
frequently happens that an idle WON
an will arrive early and stay late If
she happens to be amused and If she
has nowhere else to go. Such behavior
il particularly inconsiderate when the
drawing room of her hostess happens
to be small one and when other Wis
itors are many.
In the country long calls are, Of
course, permissible but not in town.
Again, 1t is not good taste to make
appointments to meet a friend at an
other friends house. and yet this is
frequently done, to the natural annoy
ance Of the hostess, who feels that her
reception room is being used much as
might be station waiting room. New
York American.