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The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

NEVADA-F. and j.. City. The State
Of Nevada Is represented in Congress
by two Senators and one Representa-
tive.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15

Townsends Gala. Glace Fruits. in ar.
tistic fire-etched boxes 10 Kearny st
and new store now open. 1s7 Market s: :
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STEAMERS. F., City. The steam
ship Wilhelm II was built in 1903. The
number of men required to handle
large ocean steamers depends upon the
vessel and the traffic in which she is
engaged. Some have as many as 400
men,
AMT. L. s., Oakland, Cal. AL
fred Ayers in the "Verbalist' on the
common word '.aint" writes as fol-
lows: Amt cannot be called a con-
traction. and however much 1t may be
employed 1t will still be only a vul-
garism.
CLASS PIMA. S.. San Gregorio,
Cal. Whether a person desires to wear
a class pin after graduating Is mat
department does not know of any law
or rule of etiquette that declares that
one who has graduated may not ZAP
propriately wear the same"
BUNTING-A S.. Lockford, CAL
The people of the United States rec
ognize the rcd, white and blue and in
France the people recognize the blue
white and red. In the United States
the dominating color. red is placed
at top m using plain bunting for dec
oration: in France blue is placed at
the top, but in the United States if
cloth with stars in the blue space Is
used for decorative purposes. this
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
THE PRESS OF THE NATION.

Armstrong rooster as the Demo
without
TN Yorkw World
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Rider Haggad decides
be
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Cashier-Madame, / cannot
honor this check. You have
already overdrawn your hus-
bands account.
Mrs. Wedaweek ek-Don't be
silly. There are twenty-eigllt
checks still left in this check
book that / haven't used at all.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15

formally de
arng but that than
over?-Saginaw - - -
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in
DetrotJo TS ~-SsNF
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15

Some have such vanity that kicked doWr
YorkPr ~~N
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Already people predicting that
railroad problem Will
Times
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15

takes the place Of the flag and the
blue, as the blue starred corner Of the
flag is placed uppermost.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
COMMERCIAL SKIES STILL CLEAR.

1HATEVER feature the financial and commercial
w situation exhibited last week the New York
ednfn of
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-15
HIS ANCESTRY.

Hammand-He says his an
cestry is of great value to him.
Beefand-How?
Hammand-They're Scotch
and Irish and when he Is in
vftted to drink he takes both.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
arriving at a Verdict.

KusheQua. Pa. July 10.-(SpeciaD.
In this section of Pennsylvania there
is a growing belief that for such Kid
ney Diseases as Rheumatism and
Lame Back there is only one sure
cure and that is Dodd's Kidney Pills
This belief grows from such cases as
that of Mrs. M. l.. Dawson of this
place. She tells the story herself as
follows:
Il have suffered from rheumatism
for thirty years and find that Dodd's
Kidney Pills have done me more good
than any medicine have ever taken.
| was also bothered with Lame Back
and ! can only say that my back hasn't
bothered me since | took Dodd's Kid
ney Pills"
Considering that Mrs. Dawson only
took two boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills.
the result would be considered wonder
full II It were not that others are re-
porting similar results daily. Kushe-
qua is fast arriving at verdict that
"Dodds Kidney Pills are the one sure
cure for rheumatism"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
CASTING by Moonlight for Bass.

suppose the average bait caster
knows very little of casting by moon
light, but to my mind this is most
pleasurable way of fishing The very
weirdness and uncertainty constitute
its chief charm, for the more uncertain
thing. the greater the satisfaction
when 1t is accomplished.
Confirmed fly casters often ridicule
the bait caster with the stubby rod.
but have used both and 1t takes fully
as much skill and practice to manage
the short rod as the long, whippy one,
and bait casting offers much larger
field and larger variety OF fishing than
fly casting A surface bait should al
ways be used, as bass strikes at the
commotion made by the bait, not be-
cause he is hungry. but merely be-
cause he wants to fight.-Recreation.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
Fought With a Rather.

Game Commissioner Woodland Is in
receipt of letter from James lib.
bits. ranchman few miles south OF
Meeker. Colorado. which recites that
one OF the greatest and fiercest battles
that ne ever saw took place on his
ranch on Monday between a huge rat
tlesnake and buck deer. The battle
continued increasingly and fiercely for
half an hour and finally resulted In
the RATHER being killed.
MI Tinbits states that while he was
standing In his doorway on Monday
morning watching large buck deer
which had been wandering around his
ranch Tor few days. he was surprised
to see the deer rear on his hind legs
and engage in a struggle with some
thing which was wound around Its
legs Rushing near to where the deer
was standing. the ranchman was
startled to see huge RATHER, meas
urlng easily six feet, wound around
the legs Of the buck. Climbing a tree
near by, Mr.. Tibbits watched the bat
tie for over half an hour. 1t was
about an even struggle, but finally
the buck succeeded in extricating him
self and dashed the snake against a
rock, killing lt.-Denver News.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13

Il thought my horse was about to
die, and would have sprung from his
back had a minute more elapsed, but
at that instant all the shrubs and
trees began to move from their very
roots. the ground rose and fell in sue
cessive burrows. like the ruffied wat
ers of lake, and | became bewil-
dered in my ideas. as too plainly dis
covered that all this awful commotion
in nature was the result of an earth
quake. The fearful CONFUSION. how
ever. lasted only few minutes, and
the heavens again frightened as quick
ly as they had become obscured; my
horse Drought his feet to their natural
position. raised his head and galloped
off as II loose and frolicking without
a rider.
Shock succeeded shock almost
every day or night for several weeks,
diminishing. however, so gradually as
to dwindle away into mere vibrations
of the earth. Strange to say, l for
one became SO accustomed to the feel
ing as rather to enjoy the fears mani
tested by others. The earthquake pro-
duced more serious consequences in
other places"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
An Old Kentucky Earthquake

This vivid description of an earth
quake was written by Audubon, the
naturalist. 1t occurred in the year
1872: Travelling through the bar
rens of Kentucky in the month Of No
vember, l was jogging on one after
noon when / remarked a sudden and
strange darkness rising from the west
ern horizon. I had proceeded about
a mile when l heard what | imagined
to be the distant rumbling of violent
tornado, on which l spurred my steed,
with wish to gallop as fast as posi-
BILE to place of shelter; but 1t would
not do; the animal knew better than
1 what was forthcoming. and instead
of going faster, SO nearly stopped that
l remarked he placed one foot after
another on the ground with as much
precaution as II walking on a smooth
sheet of ice. l thought he had sud-
denly foundered. and. speaking to him.
was on the point of dismounting and
leading him, when he all of sudden
fell a-groaning piteously. hung his
head, spread out his four legs as II to
save himself from falling, and stood
stock still, continuing to groan.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
For Plain Attire.

The best thing that was said in any
pulpit in the United States yesterday
was uttered by parson in Des Moines.
Iowa. Rev. DR.. Mcconnell declared
that the decadence of church-going was
because Acknowledgment at Pro-
testant churches-wore the most ex-
pensiye clothes they possessed. This
had the effect of keeping away the
poor. plainly attired people. In MAX
ing the usual announcements for future
services this long-headed parson said .
please note that all people attending
services here are requested TO wear
plain and inexpensive clothing in or
der that no one, however humble. may
be embarrassed" This man Is on the
right track. Dress is the barrier be-
tween church attendance and the
poorer classes. OF course, II is not ex-
pected that n man will go to the house
OF worship in his overalls. 1t is to be
hoped he wouldn't sit down to dinner
in such garb-certainly not II he loves
and respects his wife, who cooks the
meal.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
FUTURE SHOULD BE EASY.
Newspaper Man Surely Has Woes
Enough on Earth.

Newspaper Man Surely Has Woes
Enough on Earth.
The ignorance of the average citi-
zen in regard to the inner workings of
newspaper is something remarkable.
Some of them appear to think that
everybody on the newspaper, from the
Office boy to the editor in chief. writes
or is responsible for everything that
appears in each number. 1t is not al
together an uncommon experience for
a newspaper writer to be accosted on
the street. and demonstrated with
about a certain item that appeared in
his paper. After a brief cross-exam.
nation. it becomes apparent that the
item referred to was dispatch from
some distant quarter of the globe.
Surely. the overworked newspaper
man has lot to put up with. He
should have an easy 'sit" in the here
after. whether he works on a gilt.
leaf journal, published in Paradise.
or an asbestos sheet, published some
where else.-Los Angeles Times.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
British Bicycle Boom.

The bicycle boom is now in full
swing and Coventry is working over
time to meet the orders flowing in
from all parts OF the world. The fac
tories are completing between 1900
and 1000 machines each day, and yet
the leading firms find 1t impossible 10
meet the demand. The coming of the
cheap cycle has revolutionized the
market.
The incoming OF the autimatic tool
and the partial employment of female
labor in the lighter sides of manufac-
ture have helped somewhat to lessen
costs, but the great demand this year
has sent up wages in some branches.
About 5000 men are now employed IN
Coventry alone in this one work.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
Tells Of japanese Traits

supply of big-gun shells completely
gave out, so continuous search was
made for unexploded japanese mis-
siles. These, when found, we fired
back from our guns and in some in.
stances shells were found which had
been twice fired at us by the Japa-
nese. The fact that such was the
case was shown by the copper gas
check bands, as our riding is in the
opposite direction to that of the Japa-
nese guns, the bands showing two
marks of their twist and one of ours"
Concerning the curious Japanese
custom of carrying song birds when
out for walk the same author com
ments: Yes, it seems ridiculous to
see an oriental bearing a cage on
either hand when he goes out for a
ramble. with song birds for compan-
ions; no stick and no dog. But our
grandfathers laughed consumedly
when they saw the first umbrella
opened in London. 1t seems but yes
terday that l saw a lovely blossoming
tree in a Tokyo junk shop, kept there
solely for the owners private delec-
tation"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13

Traitors among the Japanese officers
are not treated pleasantly when their
misconduct is discovered. Bennett
Burleigh in his new book on Japan
tells of an instance. Two Japanese
transports laden with men, stores and
heavy siege artillery had been sud
denly attacked by the Russian Vladi-
vostok squadron; one was sunk, the
other escaped with difficulty. Who
had given the information of the sail
ing of these ships? THE Japanese
made search to find out who had
blabbed and ultimately traced it to a
high official in Tokyo, one holding sea
rank and engaged in the admiralty.
A Russian check for large sum was
traced into his hands. He was con-
fronted with 1t and his receipt sigma
ture thereon. Then he was led into
a secluded room, where number of
his fellow officers had gathered They
stripped him naked. spat upon him
and kicked him to DEATH"
An odd practice of firing the same
shells two or even three times devel-
oped during the siege Of Port Arthur.
Mr.. Burleigh says: "The Russians
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
NOT PUNISHED FOR KISSING.
Wellington Could Not Find Sentry Had
Transqressed Rules.

1.-THE Military "reminiscences OF a
Retired Colonel contains the follow
ing story. relating how the Duke of
barrassing difficulty.
The sentry on duty one day at the
gate of Hampton Court palace many
years ago was asked the time by a
young lady, the daughter Of the widow
of a distinguished officer. who occu
pied apartments in the palace. She
happened to be wearing dainty
apron. and appearing to the soldier
to be neat lady's maid. his reply to
her question was. Half past kissing
time" and-a kiss.
The indignant young lady fed to re-
port the impertinence to her mother.
who promptly sent letter OF com
plant to the colonel of the sentry's
regiment. The colonel regretted the
occurrence. and referred che lady, half
in Jest and half in earnest. to the COM
mander-in-chief. To the highest quar-
ter, accordingly, she went for redress,
and received the following reply:
Field Marshal the Duke Of Wei
Iington. while regretting the occur
renee of which Miss O. complains,
begs to say that he has searched the
Army Regulations and the Articles of
War, and he can nowhere find that
kissing is punishable offense from a
military point of view. 1t is against
orders for a sentry to converse when
on duty; but in this instance 1t APP
pears that Miss O. opened the
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
A Cruelty Deceived Woman

From one l love-" His pillow also
was an ornate affair. AS soon as the
woman and her husband went to
housekeeping she placed the two pill
lows side by side on the sofa. When
they began to get dusty she packed
them away in scented tissue paper
and put them in dark claset. Once
a week she took them out and patted
them and said, Dear Henry
One day last week the woman re-
membered a certain poetic effusion
she had one time written to Henry
She wished to see just how she had
worded it, SO she opened the soft pill
low and looked for the letter. 1t was
not there. none of her letters were
there. Instead of stuffing his pillow
with her loving epistles Henry, the
wretch, had used old bills and bust
ness letters and circulars, because, as
he shamelessly admitted when taxed
with his disloyalty, he didn't want to
take chances on b.ing made to feel
like fool by having "all that tommy
rot brought up against him when he
reached the age of gray hairs and dis
cretion."
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13

II it wasn't for the children the
woman would get divorce. She has
been deceived for ten years. That is
the period of her married life. The
courtship leading up to that nuptial
contract covered two years. In that
time the man and woman wrote many
letters. The woman wrote 746 and
the man 715. The day before the we'd
ding the woman said:
Henry, have you kept all my let
ters?"
Every one," said Henry.
How sweet of you" murmured the
woman. Now, I'll tell you what we
will do. have made two sofa pillows,
one for you and one for me. Instead
of stuffing them with cotton or feath-
ers or sweet balsam we will fill them
with our old love letters and keep
them forever and ever. Won't that
be lovely?"
Henry said he thought 1t would be.
So the woman gave him his pillow
cover. 1t was very pretty, also 1t was
appropriate. 1t was made of green
satin, embroidered in gold. 1t said.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
Why Good-Bys Multiply.

What is the psychological reason
which makes women prolong good
bys? asks the Brookline Times. Mrs.
G. B. Carpenter. president of the Chi
cago Woman's Club. says: Il should
say that 1t is because woman, as a
rule, does not think out logically what
she says and does not concentrate her
mind upon one line of thought. When
one woman meets another she does
not do as a man would and gather to-
gether in her mind the things she
wants to say to this particular person.
She has not made any inventory OF
them and consequently she begins hit
or miss. Then, when 1t has apparently
all been said, she thinks of something
else. So she hastily calls her friend
back. Perhaps. or rather probably,
the other woman does the same thing,
and SO good-bys multiply"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
Few Timepieces in Libe ria

A young negro from Liberia, George
II. Northam, is now visiting this coun-
try, from which his parents emigrated
to the negro republic many years ago,
spoke of an interesting phase of the
trade in Liberia.
1T is curious fact that we buy
very few clocks. They are regarded,
/ know, as an essential part of the
furnishings of the home in all civilized
countries. The comparatively small
number of our people who have fairly
good incomes have clocks in their
houses. But most of the Liberians
are farmers and laborers, and they
never think of purchasing a clock
The fact is, they have little use for
clocks, and I think the reason will
interest you.
You know, our country is only a
few degrees north of the equator. The
result is that for good part of the
year the sun rises at exactly o'clock,
or within few minutes of 1t. and sets
at 6 o'clock. Here are two points of
time quite accurately fixed for us.
Then when the sun is directly
overhead it is noon. OF course. the
sun in its apparent movements be
tween the tropics of Cancer and Capri
corn varies little in these positions,
but only little anywhere in the trop-
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13

les, and the most ignorant of our peo-
pie soon become expert in determin-
ing the time for all positions of the
SUM-
Il do not suppose there is a man
or woman in Liberia who cannot tell
the time in any part OF the day with
in fifteen minutes of the true time.
and usually with a closer approxima-
ton. When the farmer is In the field
he knows exactly when to go home to
dinner, and his wife has the meal
waiting for him as he reaches the
house.
IF he has an appointment at 8
p. m, and also has the habit OF pune
tuality. he meets his engagement al
most on the minute. Our farmers say
they have not the slightest use for
clocks. / presume Liberia is the only
country with any claim to civilization
that does not regard clocks as neces-
sary IN the business of life.
II am told that down in the Congo
Free State the missionaries teach the
natives to read the information that a
clock gives. This is very well as a
matter of information, but the natives
understand the relation of the sun to
the time of day as well as we do. and
l do not think a large number of
clocks will ever be sold to them
New York Sun.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
BONES FROM THE SEA.
posser Bank the Last Refuge When
North Sea Was Making.

Nortn Sea was Making.
In the days when Great Britain anc
Ireland were one-geologically, not
politically--and were part OF the con-
tinent of Europe; when the Irish sea.
the Bristol channel. the English chan
mel. and even the North sea were
merely fertile valleys, various prehis-
toric beasts had vast field on which
to roam.
Edward Martin. in an article in
Knowledge, describes how these lands
became submerged, and how, when
the great North sea plain sank be-
meath the waves. the Dogger island. as
1t may be called, was the last to CO.
Here the wild animals would nat
urally congregate as they we're driven
little by little from their old haunts
by the everadvancing sea. and here
they were all finally entombed when
their last resting place disappeared.
And now 1t is common thing for
the trawlers on the famous fishing
ground, which Is all that remains of
the island, to catch among the fish a
bone or two which originally formed
part of an antediluvian animal.
Indeed, the skeletons are said to be
SO numerous on the Dogger bank that
scarcely a trawl is brought up which
does not contain bone or a tooth O.
one of the ancient Inhabitants of the
submerged island.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
WANTED TO SLEEP
Curious That a Tired Preacher Should
Have Such Desire.

A minister speaks Of the curious eff
feet of Grape Nuts food on him and
how 1t has relieved him.
You will doubtless understand how
the suffering with Indigestion with
which used to be troubled made my
work an almost uncomfortable burden,
and why 1t was that after my Sabbath
duties had been performed, sleep was
stranger to my pillow till nearly day
light.
Il had to be very careful as to what
ate, and even with all my care ex-
perienced poignant physical distress
after meals, and my food never salts
fled me.
Six months have elapsed since
began to use Grape-Nuts food, and the
benefits. l have derived from 1t are
very definite. no longer suffer from
Indigestion. and began to improve
from the time Grape-Nuts appeared on
our table. find that by eating a dish
of 1t after my Sabbath work is done
land l always do SO now my nerves
are quieted and rest and refreshing
sleep are ensured me. ! feel that
could not possibly do without Grape
Nuts food, now that / know its value.
1t is invariably on our table-we feel
that we need 1t to complete the meal
and our children will eat Grape
Nuts when they cannot be persuaded
to touch anything else" Name given
by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the famous little book. The
Road to Wellville." in each pkg.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
"eent" Net Always Vulgar.

At one time The word gent" was a
reputable term for general use. A re-
spectacle writer in 1864 tells of "a
supper to divers gentlemen of the
Gray's lime, for the grea. amitie be-
tween them and the Middle Temple
gents" The dia,ist Evelyn speaks of
the noise and timult occasioned by
three or four wild gents in drink"
Soon after Queen Victoria's accession
gents" became vulgar Thackeray
speaks of 1t in 1912 as an "affectionate
diminutive at present much In use
among commercial persons"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
Truths About American Women.

1t is strange in the old world what
credit is given to us for tremendous
energy and enthusiasm. A writer has
many nice things to say of American
women: ITO hear from Americans,
those on the spot. say, at New York
and Boston. is like being brought in
touch with very eager young people,
for whatever the age of the American,
he or she is SO young at heart, GO
ahead, enthusiastic. We of the older
nation ought to be glad to get new
ideas from them. AS she is the best
of travellers abroad, SO is she the most
careful of cooks, the daintiest keeper
OF furniture and linen at home"
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1905-07-13
Franklin Pieree's BORING

Judge Eastman of Manchester. N
H., related that at one time Gen.
Franklin Pierce was opposed to the
Hon. Matt Hubbard in some cause in
q New Hampshire court The gen.
erals strong point was his influence
over jury. and in this particular case
the eyes of every juryman we're ruf-
fused with tears by his pathetic plead.
Ing.
Mr. Hubbard, in gruff voice, said
IN his reply: Gentlemen of the jury,
understand that | am not boring fer
water" And this opening complete.
ly centralized the effect of the gen.
erals eloquence.