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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-05

a little at that an left
most O. her victuals on
her plate.
" Puffer knowed her age
to a day, an she was
sixty-four years, three
months, one week an
three days old the day she
got to our house. She
was the old-maidest look
in thing you ever laid
eyes on an she was
dressed in colors becomin'
only to a young girl.
Shed worked about ev'ry
color in the rainbow into
her hat or dress or cape.
The cape was of red vel
vet of a shade that would
have given a turkey
gobbler apoplexy or made
a bull pillow up half an acre
o ground with his horns.
Then she had on a
blue an green an yallow
plaid dress trimmed with
purple fringe that l have
an idee she'd ripped off
some old parasol. Her
clothes were all made in
the fussiest, funniest way,
an she had on one O.
these scalloped false fronts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-05

expected any reply to her questions. She either
answered them herself continued the converse
ton without waiting for reply. She chose the lat
ter method on this OCCASION and said as she poked
at the clothes boiling on the laundry stove:
Yes, do think that this bus ness they call love
cuts up mighty queer capers in some folks, or makes
them cut up until there's ground for suspicionin'
that they amt all right in the upper story. When
you hear O some O. these old ladies along in the
seventies takin up with young things in the twenties
an marryin' of EN- an calm it a love match, it
makes body feel that it would of been good thing
if that match could of went out before it lit.
An when a girl O eighteen elopes with a whose
granddaughter of twenty-seven summers follers
'em to try an head EN- off, it makes good what |
said at first that it's queer how love acts in
folks.
But | have idee that a good many things
laid onto Cupid that he amt responsible for, for
often there amt Smon-pure love about marriages
nowadays-more's the pity l sometimes tell folks
1t is good deal better way than to marry for riches
an then go to work to win love. That sort O
thing works about like marryin' a drunkard to
reform him, an that is the beateree in the line O
pure tomfoolery. I've it tried times
than I've got fingers an thumbs, an twice I've been
o the witnesses when the divorce trials come
Of. 1t usually ends not only in broken hearts but
in broken heads in other part of peoples
anatomy bein' cracked broken by the obJeck of
affection that didn't reform tlingin furniture around
permscuous like. Did | ever tell you about Puff
fer's Aunt Perliny Moone?"
a. think not, Mrs Puffer"
No? Funny if I've left her out o the Putfer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-05
~ UEER how love acts
I in some folks, now
x amt it,"

| was SO accustomed to
the irrelevancy of Mrs.
Puffer's remarks that |
was not at all surprised
to have her project this
question into a CONVEX
sation bearing upon Mr..
Puffer's peculiarities in
the choice of food and
what she called his fool
trick" of pouring molasses
over mashed potatoes and
sprinkling pepper on
watermelon.
Il tell him that if the
question of his bein' crazy
or not ever comes up and
| tell about that mashed
potator-an -molasses trick
he'll be dubbed loony all
right, she had said, and
then had asked the ques-
ton in regard to the I'M
expected way in which
love finds expression in
some natures. 1t was al
ways easy to carry on a
conversation with the 10
quacious Mrs. Puffer, for
the reason that she rarely
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
work suitable for women.

Serving as dentists assistant is
an occupation that number of wom-
en find agreeable and profitable. The
work calls for the quick, light touch
of woman, and beside keeping the
instruments in order and waiting on
the dentist. some assistants are in.
trusted with work which calls for
considerable display of skill. Not In.
frequently 1t happens that a woman
with special talent for dentistry
acquires as much of the technique OF
the profession while serving as an
assistant that If she decided upon
taking regular course. her prog.
ress is rapid and she completes her
studies readily and quickly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
DYING Rlch.

Andrew Carnegie. at a reception,
was asked by a young girl II he really
believed that 1t was a disgrace to die
rich.
Mr.. Carnegie parried the question
gracefully.
We'll" he said. 81 should hate.
after my death. to have such a speech
made about me as an old cobbler once
made about millionaire.
This millionaire had been notori-
ously ciose-fsted all his life. His
tomb was "A magnificent one. and on
1t was carved the Biblical verse:
He that giveth to the poor lend
eth to the Lord
The cobbler. having known the
millionaire. took occasion to visit his
tomb as soon as 1t was completed. He
examined the monument carefully.
Then he read aloud the verse upon it.
Afterward he commented on the
verse like this:
True. very true. But when that
man died the Lord didn't owe him a
cent"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
"spIendid Povertx.n

In case at Romford county court,
England. defendant said he had not
done any work for a year. His wife.
however. earned about two guineas a
week as a nurse.
His Honor-Yes, but we cannot nut
the thumbscrew on the wife for the
husbands debts.
Plaintiff thought husband and
wife were one.
His Honor-But the law is now al
tered, and a wife's money is entirely
separate from her husbands. They
say that the man who lives on his
wifes earnings lives In splendid pov.
erty.-L London Mail.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
GOT A VOTE CHEAP.
fny' nlcus Filmflam Game Engineered
by Electioneering Boss.

Israel Zangwill was in Philadelp
during the presidential election. ant
ut the Franklin Inn. a literary club
ne told a story of a crafty election
eering boss.
This boss" he said. desired votes
FOR his candidate. and hesitated al
nothing in o:der to get them. He
sent for poor man one day. and ask
ed this man to vote as he desired.
"'Oh. no. the POOR man said firmly.
oh, no. can't do ttat. I am already
promised to the opposition.
You are, eh?' said the boss. And
how much is the opposition paying
you?'
Twenty dollars the poor man an.
swered.
"The boss assumed an expression
of disgust.
" That was a low price. my friend.
an unfairly low price, he said. to
give you for your vote. We'd have
done better by you. We'd have given
you twenty-five dollars
1T was not yet too late. The cleo
ton was two days off. The poor man
wavered.
Would you? he said. Would
you?'
To be sure we would said the
boss. Here. 1t isn't too late yet. Give
ne the other party's twenty and I'll
give you our twenty-five now.'
The poor man made the exchange
ioyfully, and thus the crafty boss had
the satisfaction of causing his oppo-
neats to pay four-fifths of one of his
own bribes."
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

Going through the hospitals In our
large cities one is surprised to find such
u large proportion of the patients lying
on those snow-white beds women
and girls. who are either awaiting
CT recovering from serious opera
tions.
Why should this be the casep Sim
ply because they have neglected them
selves. Ovarian aud womb troubles
are certainly on the increase among
the women of this country-they creep
upun them unawares, but every one OF
those patients in the hospital beds had
plenty of warning in that bearing
down feeling, pain Mt left or right of
the womb. nervous exhaustion. pain in
the small of the bnclS. leucorrhna, diz-
zinsss, hatulency. displacements of the
womb or Irregularities. All of these
symptoms are indications of an un-
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and If not needed the penalty
has TO be paid by n dangerous operation.
When these symptoms manifest them
s-,lves. do not drag along until you are
obliged to 90 to the hospital and sub
init to an operation but remember
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved thousands of
women from surgical operations
When women are troubled with ir-
regular, suppressed or painful menstru-
alton, weakness. leucorrhea. displace.
ment or liberation of the womb, that
bearing-down feeling. inflammation OF
the ovaries, backache. bloating Tor fiat
ulency). general debility. indigestion,
and nervous prostration. or are beset
with such symptoms as dizziness lassi-
tude. excitability, irritability, nervous
lydia E. Pinkham's Vctetablc Com
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
A Well Deserved tribute.

The Awarsiinz OF the Grand Prize the lnchester
Repeating Arlns Co., New Haven Coma Al n. 81
Louis Exposition. confers upon thi. company ito
highest mark of distinction attained by any MANN
faeturr OF guns or ammunition In tho world.
Although great number Of Eledais were given to
this cless OF manufacturers. the only award OF n
Grand Prize was 10 the Winchester Repeating Arms
Co.; and kyen As IL IN competition with lead
ing manufacturers Of all countries, Il testines fn
most decided way TO the superiority OF Winchester
rides shotguns and ammunition all other makes.
The succcss attained by the Winchester Repeating
Arms Co at this position s simply In line VI n o
honors received In lhe past. At tho farisk position
Wrchester and ammunition received the
Grand Prix; and wherever they have been exhibited
they have always been given the highest possible
prizes. This latest recognition OF superiority ls tho
nnturai resu OF thirty years OF crcful and
iHi endeavr In rnaintainlnr the hgh quality u
Winchester riaes, ah1t..uns aud ammunition
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
As to Religious EpIdemIcs.

Commenting on the extraordinary
wave of religious enthusiasm brought
about by some revivalists In Wales.
the Secolo. of Milan, enc of Italy's
most famous newspapers. remarks:
Even the self-possessed and sedate
Anglo-Saxon is not proof against such
ordeals and can on occasion give evi-
dence of what the medico-psychologist
terms the hyperaesthesia of an over
wrought civilization"
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
Gifts.

o. bring me gold and
Will thank you. for the peIf:
But from the store you leave
/ may not give to those
Who hunger and who grieye-
Lest ! deprive myself.
o. bring ME hope and place
Me doubly in your debt,
For l may then impart
To those plunged in despair
The hope that lifts the heart
And. giving. Rave my share
Grow great and greater vet
IS. f. Kiser.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
ProfItIna by Accident.

Recently some mischievous indi-
giduai threw stone through the win.
dow of a dry goods dealer ON the
west side. Several sale tickets were
krocked off the goods in the window.
The dealer is now exhibiting the fol.
lowing notice:
Some one has thrown a brick and
knocked our prices down. Don't
throw another. They can't go lower
Chicago Tribune.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
Feet comfor,ab,e Exer Since

II suffered for years with my feet A friend
recommended ALIENS FCOT-EASE
useu Two boxes OF the powder and my feet
have been entirely comfortable eyer since
ALIENS FOOT-EASE is certainly n rod-
send TO me. VIM. l.. Swormstedt, Wash
ngton, d. G." Sold by all Druggists, 25c.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
Nesraska's Alfalfa crou.

According to figures compiled by
the Union Pacific railroad the alfalfa
crop CT Nebraska for 1904 was 90s, s,242
tons. Ten years ago it was stated no
alfalfa existed in Nebraska Every
farmer who raises alfalfa, 1t was
pointed out, can raise cattle. sheep,
horses and hogs.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 16c.
and they win send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed
TO grow
1000 fine, solid Cabbages,
1000 rich, juicy Iurnips,
2,cO blanching, nutty Celery,
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
900 rare, luscious Rqdishes,
600 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
In all over 10000 plants-this great offer
is made to get you to test their warranted
vegetable seeds and
ALL FOR nut Ice POSTAGE.
providing you will return this notice. and
if you will send ,nem PC in postage, they
will add to the above a big package OF
earliest on earth-l0 days earlier than
Cory, Peep o Day. First of All, etc. [W.N.U.l
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

ness, sleeplessness, melancholy. "aI1-
gone "nnd nt-to-be-left-nlone" feel
ings. they should remember there Is one
tried and true remedy.
The following letters cannot fail to
bring hope to despairiny women.
Mrs. Fred Seydel. 4i2 N. slth Street,
West Philadelphia, Pa writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
a. was In very serious condition when I
wrote TO you for advice. / had a serious womb
and ovarian trouble and could not cnrry u
child 70 maturity, and WIS advised that an
operation was my only hope of recovery.
conld not bear to think of going 10 the hospi-
tai, so wrote you for advice. did you In
structed me and took Lydia +. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound: and am not only a
well wonlnn to-day, but have "A beautiful baby
girl six months old. | advise all sick and
suffering women to write you for advice. us
you have done so much for me"
Miss Ruby Mushrush, of East
Chicago, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
II have been n great sufferer with irregular
menstruation and ovarian trouble, aud nbout
three months ago the doctor. after using ths
X-Ray on mo, said had an abcess on tho
ovaries and would have to have an operation.
My mother wanted me to trv Lydia f.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound n last rtsort,
and IL not only saved me frum an operation
but mado me entirely we'll"
Lydia f. p nkham's Vegetable Com
pound Mt once removes such troubles.
Refuse to buy any other medicine. or
you need the best.
Mrs. Pinlsham invites NIL sick women
to write her for advice Heradvice aud
medicine have restored thousands to
health. Address, Lynn. Mass.
,ound Succeeds Where Others Fail.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
Enriie.t Green OnIon,

The John A; Salzer Seed Co., Ia Crosse
Wis, always have something new, some
thing valuable. This year they offer
among their new money making vege
tables, an Earliest Green Eating Onion.
1t il a winner, Mr.. Farmer and Gardener
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

You may have observed that the
r--0-~--~ rNar "a seldom Willing to dn
the things he Is constantly telling
o.-.e.s s.-ay s..oll.a do.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
ALL FOR NUT Ice POSTAGE.

It's awful tiresome to have to he as
bad as you feel you ought. to live up to
your reputation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09
TEA
Thearoma of tea-hne tea
is almost enough to define
the word to a dead man.

The fellow that is going to do won
derful things tomorrow keeps oulet
about what he did yesterday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

100 not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and coids.-Jons +,
Boyer, Trinity Springs. Ind, Feb. Is, 1900
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

Mother (nrmly. to little daughter
who Is about to have a tooth dra wnJ-
now, May, IL you cry I'll never take
you TO a dentists again,
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
itching. Biind, bleeding or Pr rtrudins PiIc Your
drnsrtst viii refund money n PAZO OINTMENT
falls 10 cure you In 10 il days. bOc.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

schedule time.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

Girls beg the question when they try
to induce men to propose.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

II you are going to have the world at
your feet, don't let your foot slip.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

Some women are afraid In the dark
anu o.hers are more afraid in the light
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-02-09

Mrs. windows Soothing Syrup.
FOR children teethine softens the gums reduces IN
namm-tion. slays pain. wind ooic. 25c bottlo
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-06
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT

4 (O Make free use of blackboard
especially with the lower grades.
! (S) Give specific instructions a:
to how the lesson is to be studied.
/ The following will be found effect
i've:
(a) Study the word from the
printed page or from the blackboard.
(b) Take the eye from the writ
ten or printed form and study the
image of the word that has been
formed in the mind.
(c) Write the word on the slate
or on paper.
(9) The tendency will be to slight
the "eye and image" part of the work
and overdo the copying work. This
should not be permitted. The teach
er in this work is teaching her pupils
how to study and she must insist on
her directions being observed.
THE STUDY PERIOD.
CD The study period should be
devoted to close and faithful con-
tinuation of the work outlined by the
teacher both as to matter and manner
of preparation.
(2) The preparation should be
with special reference to the points
emphasized in the assignment.
(3) The study should be close,
intense, and uninterrupted.
(4) The teacher should follow
closely the mind movement of the
pupils during their period of study.
THE RECITATION.
CD Purposes.
Gay To give instruction.
(b) To test preparation.
Co To correct errors.
(d) To fix the correct spelling of
words.
(e) To develope distinct articula-
ton.
% To develop correct pronuncia-
ton.
~ The recitation, above the first
grade, should include both oral and
written spelling, the former preceding
the latter.
(3) Do not pronounce a word
but once or permit pupil to stop to
think, or Stammer or blunder over
the spelling of word. If he cannot
spell it, teach him at once.
(4) Require pupils to pronounce
the word, spell it, and pronounce it
again.
50 In oral spelling, require pu-
pills to Syllabicate by making a Slight
pause at the proper places. In writ
ten spelling, words should be syIlabi-
Gated two or three times per week.
(o) If possible to avoid it do not
permit pupils to see or hear incorrect
spelling, hence, word that has been
incorrectly spelled should not be pas
SEQ Oh II i.c Mex papil-spell it i'm
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-06

mediately for the pupil or write it or
the board, or do both. The word
"next" has no proper place in spell
ling recitation.
(T The habit>of making promi-
nent some part of the word to indi-
cate the proper spelling is preniciouS
in the extreme. Pronounce the words
correctly. 1t is the pupils business
to recognize and spell the word after
hearing it properly pronunced.
(8) After the oral spelling, require
pupils to write the words. The oral
spelling is the period of instruction
and drill, while the written spelling is
the real test of the pupils proficiency.
(9) The papers should be care
fully corrected by the teacher.
(io) In measuring the proficiency
of pupils from day to day only one
standard should be used, perfection,
but in formal examinations, which
are made a matter of record, give
pupils credit for exactly what they do.
(iD Make the recitation intense,
spirited, and positive. Give it varie-
ty from day to day by emphasizing
different features of the work. Re-
quire pupils to use words in sentences,
to write sentences and paragr apis
from dictafion, etc.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-06
Church Directory

CHRISTIAN CHURCH. - Sunday
school at $3.50 a. M. Preaching every
Lords day at l0:45 q. m. and Z p.
m. Prayer meeting every Wednes-
day at 1880 p. m. Elder Howard
Brazelton, pastor.
M. f. CHURCH. Regular services
! third Sunday at IL a. IN. and Z sop. m
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 1880. Sunday-schoo at p. m.
Glass meetings, second and fourth
Sundays at $3.50 p. m. Rev. w. H.
Dame, pastor.
M. K. CHURCH, SoUTH.-Rev. j.
E. King, pastor. Services first and
fourth Sundays at ii a. m. and
1870 p. m. Sunday school at $3.50
a. m. Prayer meeting, Tuesday
evenings at 1880 O'Clock. Ep-
worth League, every Sunday evening
at 8 80. Also one Literary meeting
each month with some member. Tie
Woman's Missionary Society Satur-
dav afternoon before first Sunday
MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Preaching the second Sunday alter
noon at 80 o'clock and the proceed.
ing Saturday night. Church meeting
oaUuTudy nlSnC before Jlle IniFu Oun-
day. Sunday school at $3.50 q. M.
Prayer meeting everv Monday night
at 1880. Rev. Price e. GatlIn, pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURoH.-Rev. A. M.
Coenen, pastor. First Mass, Sunday
morning at o'clock; Second Mass,
$3.50 o'clock. Afternoon service at
$3.50 every SUNDAY.
GENERAL BAPTIST CHURCH.
Services Saturday night before the
first Sunday in each month at 1880
p. M, first Sunday at ii a. m. and 80
p. m. Sunday school p. m. Prayer
meeting Friday evening at 1880.
p. m. Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Rev. g. w. Dame, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - HEC-
La Regular services second Sab
bath in each month, and Saturday
nights before; prayer meeting
Wednesday nights; Sunday school
each Sunday morning at 8 80 CLOCK.
Rev. q. K. Thompson, pastor. .
EPISCOPAL CHURoH. = Services
each Tuesday evening at the Library
At 1880. Rev. George .. Apnitt.
rector.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-04-06
How to Teach Spelling

There is no royal road to gooc
ling. 1t is learned, if at all, by
I'd Study-learning one word at a
le-and much drill in the form OF
Jews.
pelling is an art in which one be-
hes expert from study and drill
dinued till skill in recognizing the
rect form. in thinking and NAM
the letters IN their proper order,
] in constructing the exact form
, motor energy (writing the word)
comes practically automatic.
The child, as he enters school,
es not receive impressions thro the
HI and the eye with equal facility,
<ither does he express himself with
Ial readiness by means of the hand
I'd the voice. 1t is the function of
ie school not only to give instruc-
IN but in doing so to develop into
drmonious proportions the avenues
impression and expression. In
her words, the child must be taught
take in knowledge from the print.
page thro the eye as readily as he
nes thro the ear from the sound of
Ne human voice, and to express him
If as easily thro the motor activity
the hand by means of the voice.
In teaching spelling, II Is desirable
hat the teacher make use of both
Aorms of Impression as we'll as both
nodes of expression, taking special
are to develop those avenues that
IRE least active.
\ Three things are to be considered
y teaching spelling:
{i) The assignment of the lesson.
(2) The study period.
CD The recitation.
If the teacher is to obtain SatiSfact-
Dry results she must give to each of
these subjects proper consideration.
THE ASSIGNMENT.
The assignment of the lesson IS a
very important part of the work and
should in no case be sighted, The
'FYing suggestions concerning the
Anment should be observed:
D The teacher should pronounce
words aloud, the pupils follow
~ Syllabication and accent
build be clearly indicted by pauses,
and by stress of voice.
81 After looking at word close
" pupils should be asked to take their
eyes from the page and Image" the
word.
(4) Emphasize the necessity Of
indicting accent and syllabication.
(5) Call attention TO silent letters,
peculiar Spellings, and especially diff
cult words,
90 Teach the most helpful rules
ard have them nplied.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-10-25
.MJJK eMsDOno7d

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself. and no doubt you feel
far from well. The cause may Be easily
traced to some arrangement Of the fe-
male organs which mnnifests itself In
depression of spirits, reluctance to 90
anywhere or do anything. backache.
bearing-down pains, fiatulency, nerv-
BUSINESS, sleeplessness. leucorrhea.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, aud unless
headed life of suffering or serious
operation Is the inevitable result.
The never-failing remedy for all these
symptoms Is Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate McDonald. of Wood bridge.
N. j.. writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:
az think that woman naturally dislikes to
make her troubles known to the public, but
restored health has meant SO much TO me that
/ cannot help from telling mine for the sake
OF other suffering women.
" For long time / suffered untold agony
with uterine trouble and Irregularities,
which made me physical wreck, and no one
thought would recover, but Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me. and made me well and strcng, and
/ feel IL my duty to tell other suffering women
what splendid medicine 1t Is.
If you are i'll, don't hesitate TO get a
bottle of Lydia f. Pinkham's vegeta-
BILE Compound at once. and write to
Mrs. PinlSham, Lynn, Mass, for special
advice--it is free and always helpful