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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-28

think of no positive improvement in
connection with the idea so clearly
suggested by the keen-sighted agent.
and which appears to quite cover the
ground.
ready" he asks.
Smithers consults his chronometer
''It is now a quarter to five-the
train is appointed to leave at six-thir-
ty." he says.
AN hour and three-quarters. Ample
time to accomplish wonders. my dear
fellow I've seen occasions when the
world was apparently turned top,y-
turvy in far less"
Il don't doubt it. You fellows in
the Wild West live fast. know
something about It myself. SIR
You've seen our country, them"
THAT is fact. sir"
Been in the Colorado MINES
looked on a Texas ranch. perhaps?
Never shall forget it,"
And possibly visited some of our
Spanish-American cities down near
the border of Mexico-Santa Fe, for
instance?"
Again | admit the soft impeach-
ment." returns Smithers, a little un-
easily. as If he realizes what Jack is
driving at.
"Ah,"
That is all Travers says, but there
is world of significance in his man
ner of uttering the one word. He un-
derstands now that it must have been
while in the New Mexican capital this.
English agent met Lola. The rela-
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tions between them are beyond his
present ken, but by degrees it appears
as though the curtain will rise.
Smithers prepares to bolt.
''f shall be back here with veA-
icle by six O'Clock. Meanwhile, alter
your looks a little so as to seem more
of a native. You will find certain
things in your apartment that will aid
you. AS to All Sin. shall we take him
with us?"
He may prove valuable. I have
found him so on many occasions"
Very well. He goes along I'm
OFF. sir"
Jack watches the others vanishing
form until it is swallowed up amid
the luxuriant flower bushes. Then hs,
seeks solace in, a cigar, and passes
through the court to the suite OF
rooms assigned him.
Remembering Smithers' Injunction,
he tries his hand at 'darkening his
skin little and in various ways alter
ing his appearance. so that when sue
cess follows his efforts he is COLI
strained to believe he presents some
thing of a piratical look, and expert
ences a feeling of dismal dismay at
the prospect of her eyes being turned
upon him.
Ito be continued)
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-28

engineering. though the secret must
have slipped through in some way,
since as you declare scheme is on
foot to blow the train up with Yankee
dynamite. Our time may be short.
We must think and act quickly"
"Our only hope would be to separ-
ate the ladies' from the rest of the
party, perhaps at the last minute be-
fore the train started"
II grasp your meaning. Continue"
'Roblado and his companion would
be powerless to accomplish anything.
They dare not keep the train waiting.
and should they fail to be on It when
the signal is given to start, the iron
hand of the Captain-General would
close upon them in a grasp that could
only be cut loose before a corporhi's
guard at the dead-line. What do you
think of the idea?"
well. you understand | must not
appear in the matter. My promise to
Jessie forblds."
Excuse me. but If she fell over
board in mid-ocean, would you feel
ofnpelled to wait until she appealed
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CHATTER xI-continued.
Copyright. 1sg7. by p. Tennyson Sc,

CHAPTER xi-Continued.
wait; you may change your mind,
Senor Jack" says the agent. delib-
erately.
Suppose Roblado, bent upon such
dangerous mission, should fall into
the hands of the enemy. They would
perhaps feed him to the wild beasts.
II you have any such in the Cuban
chaparral, and possibly the dashing
Colonel Spencer would share his tate;
but l can see no reason why | should
mourn under such conditions"
Unfortunately II is not such clear
sailing. The senior intends taking his
daughters with him upon the expedi-
tion."
"Monstrous, The old wretch! 1t
must not be allowed" cries Jack.
you are powerless to prevent 1t.
He has design behind 1t all. and
hopes by the presence of the girls to
avoid suspicion. A very shrewd old
fellow. this Roblado, and as calculat-
ing and cold-blooded as you find
them. But. Senior Jack. that is not
ALL"
"The deuce, you say. Still worse
comingl Well. am prepared for 1t.
Fire away"
Remember. this is in confidence.
You must swear that through you not
a whisper of 1t shall ever reach the
ears of the authorities"
"oh. give you my solemn prom
ise. And what / say | always do; you
know that" replies Travers.
Il learned that 1t was the senor's
Intention to take train from Havana
that would bring him in the vicinity
of Gomez main camp.
We'll. have it on pretty good au-
thority that the rebels intend to dyna-
mite that train. and the chances are
that not soul on board will escape
to tell the story
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Horrible to Think OF

Church-"In some of the Hindoo
temples an elephant takes up the col
lection. II goes round with a basket
extended from its trunk"
What do you suppose
would happen If some thoug,: tless
man dropped a peanut in the basaet
some Sunday morning7"
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An old man named Kuss was buried
in Egregy. Hungary, with his fortune
of S17,500 in his coffin. His relatives
heard of it and exhumed the body and
divided the money.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-28

a
in Egregy. Hungary, with his fortune
of S17.5O0 in his coffin. His relatives
heard of it and exhumed the body and
divided the money.
In the summer of 1856 a petition
which demanded the enforcement by
the city officials of the law against
smoking on the public streets was
posted for signatures in the Mer-
chants Exchange, Boston.
Frank Krause pricked an elephants
trunk with a penknife in a menagerie
at Hamburg. and the elephant caught
him with his trunk and hurled him
against wall, infiicting injuries from
which he died in few hours.
An egg with a perfect yolk and con-
tanning another egg about the size of
a llnnet's egg, which also had good
shell and was perfect, has been laid by
a hen belonging TO Swindon trades
man named Morse-London Chronicle.
Germany is ahead in novelties of a
cDurltuDle uHtu-e. III tue loWh VI
Haschmann prizes are offered yearly
for the men who will marry the ugliest
and most crippled women. and for the
women over forty years who have been
Tilted at least twice.
George r. McKenna, of Westerly. r.
l., has 81 bill of the series of 1869.
On the face it bears the medallion por-
trait of Washington and scene at the
landing of Columbus. The back is the
same as any ''greenback." The note
has the ladylike signature of John AL
lison, registrar. and the bold hand of
G. L. Spinner, treasurer.
Mrs. Anna Winter, who has been
wardrobe designer for the Barnum IL
Bailey circus for the last thirty three
years. is probably the only elephants
dressmaker in the United States. She
designs the trappings for all the ele-
plants. camels and horses, and over
sees the work of thirty seamstresses,
who make them. She fits each animal
with the garment designed for it.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-07-08
Cuckoos' Eggs.

Mr.. Hart, of Christchurch, Hamp-
shire, who has made lifelong study
Of British birds. has in his fascinating
collection a large number of cuckoos
eggs, each in the nest and with the
clutch in which they were deposited,
and in almost every case the intrud-
er's egg is in exact imitation of the
rightful eggs, only size larger Mr..
Hart is convinced that the female
cuckoo inspects the eggs in the nest
she has chosen before laying her own
egg, and that her retinal impression
affects the coloratlon of the egg. In
one instance the cuckoo chose the
nest of a small bird, the name OF
which have forgotten, whose nest
was n closely woven ball with a tiny
hole for entrance. In this case the
alien egg was pure white. the cuckoo
being unable to see into the bottom
of the nest. and her mind on the sub
ject being therefore a blank. The
plumage of the adult cuckoo is very
much like that of hawks, while the
young are indefinitely specified and
blurred, the supposed reason being
that no small bird would dare to feed
what it took to be young hawk in its
nest. So the cuckoo has still another
charge of mean duplicity, against it
in addition to the familiar ones.-Lon-
don Outlook
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DOCS IN WARFARE!
No Novelty 10 Use Them as Messengers,
SentinelE, Scouts md Combatants,


No Novelty 10 Use Them as Messengers,
sentinels, Scouts and Combatants.
There is no novelty about the use Of
dogs in war as messengers, sentiQels.-
scouts, and even as comDatantS. Inc
prowess of the war dog of the ancients
is celebrated in fable, in history, and in
sculpture. The Greek heroic poems
and early historical writings relate that
war dogs were used by Aeneas during
the siege of Troy and by Cambyses
during the Persian conquest of Egypt.
Plutarch relates that Agesilaus, King
of Sparta, used dogs against the The
bans at the siege of Mantinea, and
that Philip of Macedonia kept troop
of large hounds to guard his tent. An
cient Roman historians state that the
Cimbri and Teutons had war dogs
which were protected by mail and
spiked collars, and that the Gauls used
war dogs which were much feared by
the Roman DICTIONARIES. Bituitus, chief
of the Arverni, sent a messenger into
one of the Roman camps to protest
against the advance of the Romans
into Gaul. This messenger was an
enormously tall man, with a collar and
bracelets of gold. Beside him came a
bard singing the praises of his clan,
and after him, as his chief guards,
came a pack Of immense hounds pnc-
ing in ranks like soldiers. Yegetius
relates that the Romans soon learned
the value of dogs as sentinels and put
them in the towers of fortificat tons to
give warning of the approach Of the
enemy. A relief has been dug up at
Herculaneum which shows q hound
protected by armor, fighting bravely
against the barbarians in the defense
Of a Roman post.
In the Middle Ages we still find dogs
employed in offense as well as in de-
Tense. The Scotch bloodhound pursued
the enemy into his remOtest hiding
places. For attack on cavalry the dogs
were provided with a sort of harness
or coat of mail covered with spikes and
sickles to cause confusion among the
horses. Even firebrands were at
taehed to the dogs armOr in order TO
set fire to the enemy's camp. In 1476,
at Granson and Murten. many of the
Burgundians were torn to pieces by
the Swiss hounds.-FrOm 1.-THE Use of
Dogs in War;" by Lieutenant Charles
Norton Barney, U. S. A., in the sr"'h'
ner's.
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nristakss In Encxclopediar.

"A man who has done great deal or
work in correcting some large diction-
aries, encyclopedias and historical
reference works, who has studied ten
languages and who is well posted on
number of foreign lands, examined
over $1,000 pages of an encyclopedia
recently published in this country.
Much Of the work he did without the
publishers knowledge. Though this
encyclopedia was considered to have
been edited very carefully, he discov-
cred over 1000 mistakes in the first
volume alone. In the following vol
umes he found many thousands.
In speaking of one of the most fam
GUS violin virtuosos who ever lived, it
was stated that in his youth he fell
out with his parents and ran away to
Cassel, Germany, twelve years after
he died. In giving n sketch of liv-
ing European author, the statement
was made that he wrote and published
his first book nine years before he
was born. In calling an EDITORS at
tention to this error, the editor replied:
verify, a bright kid this! What pre-.
cocity!'-Success.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-07-08
Profits Of the Packers.

There has been great zeal of dis
appointment because the Garfield re
port shows that the profits of the pack
ing industry only amount to about two
per cent. on the volume of business
transacted. There is no doubt, how
ever that the report is correct.
The census reports compiled by the
Government in 1900, before the aglta-
ton regarding the beef trust" began,
throw considerable light on this ques-
ton. 1t appears from the census that
the packing industry is conducted on a
smaller margin of gross profit than any
other industry in America. The gross
margin Of profit of 81 flour and grist
mills in Illinois, in the census year,
was nearly seven per cent. on the vol
ume of business. The gross margin Of
tifty-one wholesale Strengthening and
meat packing establishments in Illinois
was only about One-third as large. or a
little more than two per cent. on the
volume of business.
The millers have not been accused
of being In trust" and conlbina-
tiOns would seem impossible In bust
ness where there are several thousand
mills In the United States connecting
actively for the -four trade, but It ap-
pears that the gross profits of the mill
ers are larger than the gross profits of
the packers. 1t may turn out that the
agitation regarding the packing indus
try will show the same result as the
devil found in shearing the pig; Gan
sQueal and no wool"
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They Did Not Have To.

A family who had struggled the best
part of lifetime in pOverty-stricken
portion of the city suddenly came into
the possession OF a small income, with
the prospect in few years of some
thing more. Their long crushed aspir-
atoms revived, and the women of the
family especially began to assume va
rious airs and artificialities.
They moved to little place in the
country, and tried nightly to impress
their neighbOrs with their Importance.
They talked constantly of what "peO-
pie in our position" should and should
not do.
Some of their town acquaintances
came out to visit them during the sum-
mer, and one of the younger members
of the family, little girl of seven or
eight, was showing them about the
place.
what nice chickens" exclaimed one
of the guests when they reached the
poultry yard. "They lay steadily, too,
1 suppose
YES" returned the youthful hostess,
who really knew nothing at all about
it, that is, they could, of course, but
in our position they-they don't have
to."-Youth's Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-07-08
The Eskimo DOG.

OF the Eskimo dog | could write a
book. In all probability it descended
from the wolf, he Is the Eslimo's one
domestic animal, but is of as much
value to him as all the domesticated
animals of more favored races put to-
gether. He drags him and his family
and their chattels from place to place,
hauls to his door the meat of seal,
or walrus, leads him with unerring
scent to the tiny orifice of snow which
indicates the breathing hole of a seal,
drags him for miles in pursuit of the
sEtrsSo-vEvs"S'
to bay, rounds UP the musk oxen till
his master can come up for the kill
and then, perchance, in the darkness
of some long winter night, when the
hand of hunger grips the settlement
relentlessly, he yields up his life to
feed his master and his family and his
coat to keep them warm.
Though mixed now with other
strains, so that black and reddish and
spotted dogs are to be seen, as well
as the pure-blooded grays and whites,
this animal still retains to large de-
gree the strength, endurance and
fierce lust for blood when in pursuit
of game that characterized it's wild
ancestors. Combined with these traits
are an intelligence and faithfulness
that make many of these animals the
peer Of any of their more favored
brothers in the more genial climates
--Leslie's Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-07-08
diamond Production.

Everybody knows that the productiv-
ity of the diamond mines of South
Africa is, comparatively speaking,
enormous. The output of the Kimber-
ley and De Beers mines is restricted to
100000 carats a month, but statistics
published by De Launay show that by
June 1896, India had produced, as far
as was known, 100000 carats, Bra
I'll 100000 carats and South Africa
lin less than thirty years. 100000
carats, or more than twice the other
two places-indeed than all others
put together. He estimated. then, that
all the diamonds in the world would
form, if uncut and packed tight, cube
measuring forty-five metres Gust four
teen feet nine inches) each way, and
be worth about f10S,000,000 sterling!-
COrnhill Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-07-08

In line with the classic case Of the
oyster shippers, cited by President
Hadley OF Yale University In his book
on Railroad Transportation, Is the case
Of the AroOstOok potato growers
brought by President futile OF the
Boston & Maine Railroad before the
Senate Committee on Interstate Com
merce. Nothing could better show how
railroad works for the interest of
the localities which Il serves.
A main dependence of the farmers Of
the AroostoOk region is the potato
crop, aggregatug annually eight TO
ten million bushels which find mar
kct largely in Boston and the adjacent
thickly settled regions OF New Eng
land. The competition OF cheap water
transportation from Maine TO all points
along the New England coast keeps
railroad freight rates on these pota-
toes always at very low level.
Potatoes are also considerable out
put of the truck farms Of Michigan,
their normal market being obtained in
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities OF that region
Not many years ago favoring sun and
rains brought a tremendous yield OF
potatoes from the Michigan fields. At
normal rates and prices there would
have been a glut of the customary mar
kets and the potatoes would have rot
ted on the farms TO help tue potato
growers the railroads from Michigan
made unprecedentedly low rates on
potatoes to every readable market,
even carrying them in large quantities
to a place so remote as Boston. The
AroostOok growers had to reduce the
price on their potatoes and even then
could not dispose Of thar - -, 49,
Roston Hfarrie halirohu reuuCeu lVs
Already low rate, which 1t did. by
means Of these low rates, making pos
sible low prices, the potato crops of
both Michigan and Maine were hnaIy
marketed. Everybody eats potatoes,
and that year everybody had all the
potatoes he wanted.
While the Michigan railroads made
rates that would have been run0us to
the railroads had they been applied to
the movement OIL All Dolh'oVH "I ga
times, to all places, they helped their
patrons to find markets for them. The
Boston & Maine Railroad suffered de-
crease in its revenue from potatoes,
but it enabled the AroostooG farmers
to market their crop and thereby to
obtain money which they spent for
the varied supplies which the rail-
roads brought to them. If the making
of rates were subject 10 Governmental
adjustment such radical and prompt
action could never have been taken,
because it is we'll established that if
rate be once reduced by a railroad
company it cannot be restored through
the red tape Of Governmental proceed
ure. If the Michigan railroads and the
Boston & Maine Railroad had been
subjected to Governmental limitation
they would have felt obliged to keep
up their rates as do the railroads OF
France and England and Germany I'M
der Governmental limitation and let
the potatoes rot.-Exchange.
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watch Made in IT'S sim Runnine.

Edward w. Nuckolls, a jeweler, in
Eldora, Iowa, has in his possession
one of six hand made silver Swiss
watches which We're constructed by
John Sampson in London, England,
in 1878. There are three cases, the
first, or outer case, being made of
black tortoise shell, richly embossed
and beaded. The watch proper has
silver hunting case, which is chased
by hand on the outside. Silver figures
in relief make the case a very hand
some one and show great deal of
work and skill. The third case is OF
silver, the works are of the finest
watch metal, richly chased and en-
graved, and the specimen is indeed
beautiful. The watch keeps splendid
time, and is more accurate than some
of the modern watches as a timekeep-
er. Over twenty-five years ago q
stranger who said that he was a farm
hand brought the watch to Mr. Ezra
NuckOlls for repairs, and since that
time he has never been heard FROM
Des Moines Register and Leader.
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sBoct 1t more closely and more thor
oughly, so to speak
You're right The light is bad"
she said abruptly, and got up reso-
lutely. rose after her.
~ was afraid you wouldn't like me
toto give my opinions so bluntly," /
said tlmidly. "of course, I'm sorry II
l have hurt"
"What an absurdity!" she said, with
hauteur. II don't in the least mind
what you say. And you've been quite
complimentary, suppose. Pray so
on" She reseated herself, mOnu-
ment Of statuesque reserve ana frigld
civlllty. ITS nothing TO me what you
think" she said. Jelly.
"Well, there Is your mouth" went
on very nervOusly. She turned slightly
toward me with a lofty inclination of
her head MS though giving me gra-
clous permission to take liberties with
her mouth. wished that l could.
"The lips are perfect in color and de-
sign-so far as 1 can judge from a dis
lance" explained, "but here again
more thorough examination would be
necessary before"
Have you nearly finishedY she
asked in her scornful voice.
Il think there's only your waist left"
| ran on precipitately.
"Oh, yes, my waist, of course" she
said with irony, what are you going
to do to my waistY
II wasn't going to do anything" l
replied, but l wished was. 1T only
has always struck me as being well
proportional and jump, as they say in
Scotland. The stature is sufficient,
and the modelling is just-always pro-
yidtng that it is natural and not"
'i''s ~" 'i''s-- 49, for the last time,
magnifcently angry. 'Inonl, vo, On
much for your candor," she salo loft.
lily.
"But-but we haven't seen this pic.
ture," I urged. She paused, and then,
ignoring my remark, took one step tow
ard me. you'd better take me down
again, thinkr she said, almost under
her breath, and her face quite near
me. "Why-but why?" she asked al
most tearfully, "but you said l was
beautiful
$50 you are" l answered prompt
ly; "the most beautiful woman in the
world" She was silent, as if aston
ished. "There is no beauty but has
some strangeness in the proportion" l
quoted from Bacon. "The slight tilt
of your nose"
at isn't" she said feebly.
"The faint Irregularities of your face
only enhance your beauty. You are
not icily, regularly, splendidly null.
And, personally, I happen to adore all
the defects in you"
~ don't see how you could do that"
said Miss Raveline in n tremulOus,
half-laughing voice. But you said
my waist" She stopped.
"Well, you see, don't know from
personal experience" 1 replied. 81
dare say it is-if only knew"
at is-it is really"
made the experiment boldly. at u.s."
[ whispered, and added, "Pm sorry to
make the fourth tonight
"You might have been the first. Why
weren't your she asked.
"Well, you see, it was all that mon
ey," 1 quoted.
"You said-you said that my lips"
eyes, must make sure l was right
there" 1 declared, and did so.-H.
b. Marriott Watson. in London Mail