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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
FRUITFUL FURNACES
INTENSE HEAT PRODUCES
PRECIOUS STONES.
Scientists Have Succeeded in Pluck
Ing Real Diamonds and Rubies from
the crucible Of the Furnace.

Recent advices from France state
that Prof Moissan. the eminent sci
enlist and inventor. has actually sue
ceeded in making genuine diamonds
and rubies. He employs for this pur-
pose the electric furnace, which has
been so improved that degree of
heat can be produced, approaching the
extreme temperatures, which were un-
doubtedly factor in the formation of
minerals and gems in the interior of
the earth.
The rubies obtained are of large
size. weighing 10 or Is carats, and in
quality and color equal and even sur
pass those found In the earth. The
natural forces attending the formation
of diamonds seem to have been more
complicated. and so far the diamonds
resulting from the efforts of the SCI
entists have been very small, but still
they are positively identified as the
carbon crystalline diamond. They
are remarkably clear and bright. and
on a small scale as fine specimens as
natures own product.
The electric furnace has enriched
chemistry with whole series OF
new compounds. Probably the one of
most value to mankind at large is Cal
cium Carbide. The simple appvca-
tion of water to Calcium Carbide gen.
crates the gas Acetylene. which is
now being commonly used for light
ing.
The peculiar merits of Acetylene
light are its brilliance and high can
die power, ease of installation, eco
nomy and its adaptability for lighting
buildings of every description, regard
less of their location.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
STRONGER THAN MEAT.
A Judges Opinion Of erape-Nuts.


A gentleman who has acquired
Judicial turn of mind from experience
on the bench out in the Sunfiower
State, writes carefully considered
opinion as to the value OF Grape Nuts
as food. He says:
For the past years Grape-Nuts
has been prominent feature In our
bill of fare.
The crisp food with the delicious,
nutty flavor has become an indispensa-
BILE necessity in my family's everyday
life.
1T has proved to be most healthful
and beneficial, and has enabled us to
practically abolish pastry and pies
from our table, for the children prefer
Grape-Nuts and do not crave rich and
.unwholesome food.
"Grape-Nuts keeps us all In perfect
physical condition--as a preventive OF
disease 1t is beyond value. have been
particularly impressed by the benef-
cial effects of Grape-Nuts when used
by ladies' VINO are troubled with face
Dlemlshes, skin eruptions, etc. 1t
clears up the complexion wonderfully.
AS to its nutritive qualities, my ex-
perience is that one small dish OF
Grape-Nuts Is superior to pound of
meat for breakfast, which is an i'm
portant consideration for anyone. 1t
satisfies the appetite and strengthens
the power OF resisting fatigue, while
It's use involves none OF the disagree
able consequences that sometimes fol.
low a meat breakfast" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14

An English and an American mer-
chant were discussing the relative I'M
portanee of their businesses.
Why said the Englishman. ain my
firm the clerks use 10000 gallons OF
ink Year,
"Oh. that's nothing retorted the
American; eve saved that much ink In
q year by ordering our clerks not 10 dot
their is.'-Harper's Weekly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
s,pnmed Mola.ses PUDDING.

Cream one cup of butter, add one
cup of molasses and stir until smooth.
then add one cup Of milk and mix well.
Sift level teaspoon of soda with three
cups Of 3fted pastry flour and mix
with the first mixture, then add one
cnp of seeded ralsins rolled in flour.
Pour Into a buttered mold and steam
three hours. Serve with liquid
sauce.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
SENATOR MoRGAN's RETAINER

Senat tor John 4. Morgan, of Alabama,
was always one of the most consclen-
tious OF lawyers. and when in active
practice pocketed some large fees. One
day notorious outlaw wanted to hire
him. "Now, see here" said the law
yer; "before take your case want
TO know If you are guilty?" The TEL
low replied: Nobody ever called me
a fool; but I'd be the durndest idiot
unhung to come and hire the most ex-
pensive lawyer in the South II was
innocentr'-Vlctor Smith c'Tip').
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
MINED.

A countryman in restaurant or
dered roast lamb, and the waiter
bawled to the cook:
zone lamb"
"Great Scott. mlsterw cried the coun-
tryman, 81 can't eat hull lamb.
Gimme some fried oysters instead"
"One fried oyster." bawled the
waiter.
We'll Methuselah's ghost. Mister,
one fried oyster amt going TO be
enough. Gimme dozen of 'em. Durn
these city eatln' places."-The Inde-
pendent.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
Ers,es. Indian pudding.

scald one and one-half quarts OF
milk mix three-fourths cup cornmeal.
one large tablespoon -four, one-half
teaspoon salt. one cup molasses. Pour
scalded milk over the mixture, stir
thoroughly. then add one cup cold milk
and one cup raIsins; bake two hours
stirring frequently the first hour.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14

but, my good man. during all these
years I've never had the least idea OF
your name. What Is it:''
''Aiab name is George washin'ton.
sah," replied the old man. with duck
of his head.
George Washington. chr reiterated
the Guestioner. 1T seems to me-" he
added. with n smile. that I've heard
that name before
Reckon YOU lave. sah." came tie
answer, in all seriousness, "'cause Ise
been haullr' way ashes from yo' house
for more'n ten yearsr' = Harpers
Weekly. d.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
FAMILIAR.

A Mobile man tells the following
story of an odd character in that town
who for many years has done a thriv-
ing business in hauling ashes. One
day, says the Mobile man. he chanced
to be in the rear of his house when the
darky in question was preparing to de-
part with the customary load. "I've
seen you haul away many a load of
ashes" said the owner of the house
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
Tibet Door Charm.
WAGE War on snaiIs.

The scholars Of the upper standards
of the National School, Princes Risbor-
ough, Eng, have been engaged in a
novel competition. that of killing slugs
and snails in their parents gardens.
In a week 23.2s1 of these pests were
killed by twenty-four children. one
boy accounting for 1892.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
Apple snow.

sift enough stewed apple through
strainer TO make one cup. Add as
much powdered sugar as needed to
sweeten and then the unbeaten whites
of two eggs. The apple and egg should
be beaten in good sized taperlng
bowl. Beat twenty minutes with an
egg heater, then serve at once, piled
roughly on glass dish.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
Citron Cake.

one cup butter, two cups sugar.
three cups flour. three eggs, one pound
raisins, one-half pound ctron, one cup
milk. one teaspoon cream tartar, one
half teaspoon soda. all kinds of spice.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
MODERN CAPT. KIDD
RuccANEERiNG EXPLOITS OF
NICHOLAS J. WEAVER.
Without Actual Violence, This Accom-
PIished scoundreI Was as veritabie
Freebooter as the Famous Pirate
Lived Well by His Wits.

While piracy and buccaneering are
generally supposed to have faded into
the past. the career of Nicholas ].
Weaver. the report Of whose death re-
Gently reached this country from the
antipodes, is as thrilling as ever were
the exploits of Capt. Kidd. Repre-
senting himself as Commodore of the
Atlantic and New York Yacht clubs,
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
Lemon Ice.

Dissolve one-half box of gelatlne in
one cup of cold water. add four cups
OF boiling water and stir until entirely
dissolved. Add the strained juice OF
SIX lemons and one and one-half cups
Of sugar and freeze.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14

Matters
Fork Cake.

one pound pork chopped fine. one
pound raisins. three cups sugar, two
cups milk. three eggs. five cups flour.
TWO teaspoons soda, sna spice to taste.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14

More Flexible and Lasting,
won't shake out or blow out: by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
brand and one-third more Tor same
money.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14

A girl who has sweet will of her
own during courtship is very apt to de-
velop a sour won't after marriage.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14

The manicure girl has profound
for the finger of scorn.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-09-14
FRANK TARRAUX

join forces with Weaver on that mem
orable cruise.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

bench could not but see the truth.
Mitchell of Oregon was convicted.
Mitchell of Oregon. after thirty years
of being "the Honorable Senator" was
sentenced to six months in Jail, and
fine.
Mitchell of Oregon was stripped of
his honors and his honor.
The court. it is true, was easy with
him, but Mitchell Of Oregon walks the
streets of his home city now with his
eyes downcast and his beard on his
breast, broken. disgraced old man,
and no one goes out of his way to
shake his hand or win his recognition.
Poor old Senator Mitchell.
What do you think his answer would
be if he'd answer from his heart the
question::
Does it pay to be wicked?
If you think it wouldn't . convincing
you might ask Collins-George D. Collins,
the man of brilliant mind and untiring
industry and winsome personality who
might have attained 10 any height in his
profession, and indeed in society, if he
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

The only thing 1 want" he has said,
rs a clear conscience"
And NV mind will never be at peace
until 1 am in the grave"
And eX-TaX Collector Ed Smith got
away with the goods, too.
In the hospital of another prison-the
United States penitentiary at Leaven-
worth, KanSas-is another, man wearing
stripes who also has found out whether
il pays to be wicked He Is Frank G.
Bigelow. who was president of the First
National Bank of Milwaukee, and who
got away with more money than any
other defaulter on the police records-the
tidy sum of S1.450, 900.
President Bigelow enjoyed all the pleas
ures and Qualifications money can obtain,
and he had besides all the pleasures Of a
cultivated mind. a high social position
and assured business standing
So unquestioned was his business in
tegrity that he was elected president of
the National Bankers Association at
their convention right here in San Fran
cisco.
So high was his social position that on
the occasion of President McKinley's last
tour he acted as his host, and showed
him a prineely hospitality that was not
equaled elsewhere in the country.
He had dreams of becoming a money
power. of winning a colossal fortune
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06
Spiritual Starvation.

starves his spiritual nature. He may
not become a freak, but he is leading
the abnormal, not the normal life and
by and by he may become warped and
stunted, practically malformed, for the
normal life provides for the symmetri-
cal development of body, mind and
spirit. Yes, my friend, you are a
spirit; you simply have a body. Why
should you live as If you were body
with possibly a spiritual attachment.
which will take care of itself, or is GER
tainly not worth bothering about, when
you have so many things you want to
do in your business, your home and in
society.
But the spirit won't take care of it,
self. You could better afford to make
a few dollars less. not to climb quite
so high on the ladder of your ambi-
tion, than to let that which is divine
and immortal in you be smothered by
the pressure of this present world
One of the brightest, most successful
and most companionable young busi-
ness men whom / know was spoken
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

that would be equal to the demands OF
his financial operations. his social am
bitions and his cultivated tastes. He
financed his ventures with bank funds,
the corner in wheat pinched him. and
The man who entertained President
Mckinley, the man who was made
president OF the National Bankers AS
sociation is wearing stripes to-day as
he goes about his duties in the prison
hospital.
1t is whispered that John d. Rookie
feller. who never read a word of what
was said about I.lm and never cared
rap what others read, who shut his
thin lips on all denial and self-justih-
cation, pores over the columns now that
have the Rockefeller name In their
headlines, that he winces under criti-
cism and smarts at the mention OF
tainted money: that after all the
adamant indifference Of his long career
his spirit is broken and propitiGtive at
last. and that he would be spared the
execration of mankind.
OF course il doesn't sound like John
D. Rockefeller, it is not III keeping with
that hard. bloodless. vigilant old face
of his, but il may be true, and IL IL is.
il is his answer 10 Does il pay to be
wicked?'
Croker. the Tammany chief. could
perhaps give some valuable points on
the question
He bent his wonderful buccaneerinz
powers TO organizing the ruling power
of New York City, and he was able TO
retire TO Europe with some millions of
dollars, but in spite of his millions, he
Sis lonely. soured old man. He has
,to buy his society in England and Ire
gland. and he has lived 10 see his sons
>meet violent deaths, one in an autOmo-
>bile accident. the other the victim of
>his own vagabond dissipations.
5 Turning a telescope on the sn,allsr
>fry il may be observed that Tod Sloan,
>once the premier Jockey. the king Of
} his kind. the dapper little man vino once
'found it possible TO live like a minia-
ture princeling. is not so dapper now:
that he is. instead of being the center
of his circle, but a mere frazzIe on the
edge OF IL.
Tod Sloan stoutly insists that he has
, avoided the doing OF evil. but he has
not been circumspect enough to avoid
the appearance of evil. and he is suf
fering the consequence, the penalty of
being suspected.
He is trying very hard-and very
humbly for Tod Sloan-to rehabiIitate
himself. and get another chance. vet
even he must have arrived az soma
useful conclusion as to whether IT paws
TO be wicked
OF course there is always the cynical
dlssenter who will say in the end that
we. can never know whether il pavz
to be wicked until we trv il ourselves,
that we can only know that il doesn't
pay, and does pain, to be caught
Such cynlcism must be referred to
the little boy in kits who so early
round that mere medicine was no cure
Tor the sickness OF the conscience.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06
SUNDAY MORNING TALK--By the Parson
Spiritual -

Ia the fact that the most perfect man
hood is that which most perfectly em-
bodies spiritual ideals.
Look above. You need some strong
force to counteract the pull downward !;
you need food which your own unaided
endeavors cannot supply. Lift your eyes
TO the hills from whence cometh your
help. Let not the spiritual in you Ian
guish because OF your un.eadiness TO
grasp help that is right at hand.
There are many indications that
throughout this country just now there is
coming great reaction from absorption
in things temporal that has marked the
last few decades. Men are crying out for
their true birthright; they begin TO realize
that though they may be clothed with
fine linen and abundantly fed from the
markets of the world. their souls are in
danger of peing starved to dea,h. II that
is your situation, let not the day end
without the formation of resolute pur-
pose to avert the greatest possible cala1n-
ity which can come to a man-the loss
or decay Of his soul.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

dressed ito the Honorable Senator" and
then at the end ruthless prosecutor,
totally devoid of Difference, undismayed
by distinction, caught him by the
wrists and held up his hands before the
public, before the very people of his
State who had been sending him for
thirty years to the Senate, and showed
them the stains of dirty money
Mitchell of Oregon wept in the SEN
ate chamber, where he had held his
seat for thirty years, and raised his
voice in denial, where his voice will be
heard no more.
But the ruthless prosecutor made
good his charges: the Judge on the
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

He is discredited professionally, dis
graced in his private character. with
nothing but the hope of making a pre-
carious living by the bending of his
talents to crooked needs.
He has taken with linn to share his
misfortune and disgrace the young
woman for whom infatuation led him
into actual, definite crime. and the in
security of his hold on her uncertain ar
fections, in his changed position. surely
adds nothing to his peace of mind.
Do you think George d. Collins finds
that il pays to be wicked?
There is a man in the prison drug store
at Folsom, a man who loves the pleas
ures of life with inordinate, unrestrained
appetite. who erred recently and fia-
grantly to obtain them7ex-Tax Collector
Ed Smith
He has found out for himself whether
il paws to be wicked, and the stripes
he wearseon his back burn the answer
into his very soul.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

had not chosen to be crooked.
Collins is an exile to-day. a fugitive
from the law, up there in Victoria fight
ing like a rat in corner against
capture
Collins spent his life right here in this
city. developing his talents. winning his
place in his profession
His brilianey. his exceptional mental
ability and capacity for work, without
which briliancy doesn't count, were
enved, and so was his income.
But he chose to be wicked. He liked
the crooked ways.
So he is an exile and an outcast to-day
He has abandoned his home, deserted the
children for whom, If one may Judge by
the material benefits he bestowed on
them, he must have had some little fond
ness. He has forfeited his practice that
he labored years to establish.
He has fed. naked and empty handed,
as it were to seek a refuge and begin
life over again among a hostile people,
made so by the story that has followed
him.
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

some pabulum as faithfully as he 1eeds
his body and recruits his mental energies
Look within. The process OF spiritual
upbuiding begins when man Gazes
searchingly into the depths of his own
nature: for there, first of all. he will find
his God. You really do not know your
self; you have not discerned that which
is best within you; that which is little
fragment of the divine life itself. In the
midst of the tumult and push of our
seething days, let us fail not TO look reg
ularly upon our deeper selves, our buried
selves.
Look around, see what force enables
your fellowmen to live strong. victorious
lives. Find those who exemplify not
spiritual starvation but spiritual health
to such a degree that they make 1t posi-
lively contagious. And back through the
centuries one can go gazing upon those
great souls who live in the worlds men,
ory. because they mirrored in their own
lives the strength and peace and the
glory of God And one figure towers above
all in the retrospect, forever witnessing
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

OF faVors al home, kow-towed to him,
gave him the front seat on the plat
form, the highest place at the banquet
the top OF the list in among those
present" would walk out of their way
II they saw him coming in order TO
meet him and 10 greet him so that
their world might see that the SEN
ator' touched his hat to them.
That one little motion Of his dis
tinguished hand has been worth a
weeks board for the young fellow
temporarily travelling on his uppers.
waiting for an appointment that was
in the Senator's" power.
II has been worth another months
credit at the grocery 10 the hun
CRY family Of the man whose name was
in the next four on the civil service list
or whose application was dragging its
weary way through the Pension Office
All the Office holders in Washineton,
big and little, sought the favor of the
Senator from Oregon, for when man
is thirty years in the Senate he's pretty
nearly a fixture in the official mind, and
his Endorsement IS not TO be fiouted.
BY right of his Office his wife and
daughter stepped into an assured place
In society.
When beautiful Matte Mitchell went
20 Paris exclusive salons were opened
TO her because she was the Senator s
daughter" which without that would
have remained closed 10 even her pret-
. ty face.
And in spite Of her ridiculously small
dot, so small that the world is as
sured It could only have been a love
match. beautiful Matte Mitchell be-
came la Duchesse de la Rochefoucauld,
and Senator Mitchell became father-in-
law to ono of the proudest of French
mobiles, chiefly because he was Senator,
for without family distinction the
small cot never would have suf1iced.
For thirty years he enjoyed distinc-
tion, power. Difference. adulation. all
the uncatalogued, honeyed perquisites
OF high place, received his letters ad-
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06


of by friend the other day after this
fashion: He's a splendid fellow, but
he is al Garth" She meant that he
concentrated every energy upon the
effort to win out in the business
world. What a mistake. even for the
best of fellowsi He is going to be old
some time; he is sure TO meet with
discipline and pain; he is going to
learn in time that man does not live
by bread alone or by yachts and au-
tomobiles.
OF course, every one must find his own
spiritual food. Ministers and ecclesias-
tics nave sometimes made the mistake
OF Offering exactly the same diet to diff
ferent palates. You cannot compel uni
forinity in this particular. The fact that
there are SO many religions in the world
and so many different forms of the same
religion shows that man must have a
considerable latitude in the means which
he employs to worship his Creator, and
to cultivate his own spiritual life. Heav-
en- has gates on all sides but the point
Is, the man should feed his spirit with
The San Francisco call., 1905-08-06

moments OF doubt and discour-
- agement when they ask them
selves this question-with, per-
haps. a momentary hankering for
negative answer. And. indeed, IT is
hard 70 get a persuasive and convinc-
ing affirmative for want OF example and
illustration-the life Of the truly good
being as rule the life Of obscurity.
It isn't the truly good. we all know,
that catch the speakers eye. and get
their names in the headlines and their
pictures on the front pages.
Fancy any managing editor making
out his schedule for the morning paper
with selection OF "stories" about the
truly good and suppressing all mention
OF the wicked.
You'd order your paper stopped at
once. wouldn't your
But the wicked, like the poor. we
have always with US.
And. perhaps, not in vain, for It is
agreed by the optimistic that even a
misspent life has its usefulness-as an
awful example.
And Il is agreed. by the less optimIs-
tic, that that is Just what we need; for,
alas that it should be true. the majority
OF US are merely human and easily
tempted TO take q chance or two with
the devil in the gamble OF life, and to
ask ourselves in secrecy and serious
ness:
Does il pay to be wicked?
Some OF US get the answer earlier
than others.
There was the little boy in kits. for
example.
He tossed and tumbIed in his crib.
and numbled inarticuIately in his
broken sleep.
Watchful mamma came TO him IN the
night and. standing over him with the
familiar bottle and spoon. pouring out
the panacea OF innocent childhood.
cooed comfortingly:
Here. darling. take this. This will
make mammals boy we'll"
Mammals boy. sitting bolt upright in
the crib, eyes wide open, protested and
waved away the spoon.
NO. nanny. it won't THAT isn't
what I need. I isn't sick. Use just
bad" And he wept out IN the torrent
OF relief the confession Of his wicked
ness.
Yet, you need not turn TO the little
boy in kits. nor seek the answer in
experience, If you are asking yourself
this question in debating mood.
You can look in the high places
II you want an answer convincing
and unequivocal you might ask Senator
Mitchell of Oregon:
Does it pay to be wicked?
For thirty years Mitchell Of Oregon
was Senator from his State
For thirty years he enjoyed all the
honors Of the third highest Office in
the gift Of the people, for only the
Presidency and the Office of Chief Jus
tice OF the Supreme Court are ranked
as greater honors.
For thirty years he enjoyed the con-
fidence of the people OF his State He
was their big man" al Washington.
The political distinction and the So
cial distinction that attend the long
and uninterrupted incumbency OF such
q high Office were his.
All the lesser politicians, all the
wOuld-be ofice-holders. all the seekers