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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescriptions

Is powerful, invigorating tonic. impart.
ing health and strength in particular
TO the organs distinctly feminine. The
local. womanly health Ii SO intimately
related to the general health that whe1
diseases of tho delicate womaniy organs
are cured the whole body gains IN health
and strength For weak and sickly
women who are 'sworn-out.p s,run-downh
or debilitatcd, especially for women who
work in store, of1ce or schoolruom. who
sit at the typewriter or sewing machine,
or bear heavy household burdens, and for
nursing mothers, DIR. Picrce's Favoritc
Prescription has proven priceless
benefit because OF its health-restoring
and strengthening powers.
AS soothing and strengthening ner-
vine. "Fnvorite Prescription" is un-
equnlcd and Is Invaluable In nlllying and
subduing nervous excitability, irritabil.
fty, nervous exhaustion. nervous prostra-
tion, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms. chorca,
or st. Nituss dance, and other distressing
upon functional and organic disease OF
the womanly organs IL Induces refresh
ing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and
despondcncy.
Cures obstinate cases "Favorite Pro
scription" is a positive cure for the most
complicated and obstinate casez OF '.fe-
male weakness" painful periods. irrcgu-
laritics, prolapsus or falling Of the pelvic
organs, weak back bearing-down s.nsa-
tions, chronic congestion, Inflammation
and liberation.
DIR. Pierce's medicines are made from
harmless but efficient medical roots
found growing In our American forests
The Indians knew OF the marvellous cura-
tive value of some of these roots and inn
parted that knowledge To some of the
friendlier whites, and gradually some OF
the moro progressive physicians came to
test and use them. aud over since thoy
| have grown In favor by reason OF their
superior curative virtues and their safe
and harmless qualities.
| Your druggists sell the ''FkvonIrE PRK-
| BcRprIosr and also that famous altera-
! tive, blood purifier and stomach tonic. the
| "GoLpEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY" Write
to DIR. Pierce about your case He Is an
| experienced physician and will treat your
case as confidential aud without charge
| for correspondence. Address him at the
| lnvalids' Hotel aud Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N, r., OF which he is chief con-
sulting physician.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
correeted RY the Boss.

A prominent School street liquor
dealer had a coachman whose North
of Ireland brogue greatly displeased
him, as he came from another sec
ton of the Emerald Isle. and was
ever ready to correct the deficiencies
in the speech of his servant.
One morning the coachman. address,
ing his employer, said: II want a
new whop (whip)."
Disdainfully gazing at the coachman
the loss retorted: For hivin's sake
mon don't say 'whop'; can't you say
'fp.' Boston Herald.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
Irresistiblel

If there is one temptation that must
be almost irresistible to the average
man it must be that of rejoicing in
the control of an engine of great
speed. Already the observer can see
the results Of this irresistible passion
showing its effects ON the motor bus
drivers. Wherever there is fine,
broad road to indulge the sport there
motor bus racing is fast and furious.
And woe betide the hapless wight who
gets in the way of a racing car. He
is simply killed. That is all.-Lver-
pool (Eng) Mercury.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05

you mustn't blame the club for my
downfall; the members are all
gentlemen"
be Steadily lowering your moral stand
ard. Why caus yen keep your eyes
open when people give you change?
counterfeit half-dollars to me. We
cant afford to lose money that way
Can't you remember where you got
it?"
NO Probably on some street car.
But never mind. No use crying over
spilled milk. I'm sorry that I'm sink
ing In your estimation. I'll try to do
better But you mustn't blame the
club for my downfall. The members
OF It are all gentlemen"
what are you going to do with it?''
with what?" This counterfeit half
dollar? oh, I'll throw 1t away, or keep
ii as a pocketpiece. Just to remind me
to look at my change next time"
''Let me have IL. I'm going to stop
at the butchers on my way home from
Mrs. Wappsleigh's. The cashier Is such
stupid thing that I'm quite sure
she'll never notice 1t. Henry. whats
the matter with you? Don't sit there
grinning Ike monkey. | declare you
look sometimes as If you really didn't
have good sense. Where are you
going?"
Excuse me. dear. There's the
money. think I'll run out and see II
| can't raise my moral standard {
little, just for practice"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
NO DOUBT OF CLOSED DOORS.
Visitor Satisfied as to Reality of Ex-
ecutiXe Sessinn

E. j. Ridgeway, magazine editor,
sat in one of the galleries in the SEN
ate listening to the railroad rate de-
bate. Mr.. Ridgeway wanted to see
Senator La Toilette and he went
down to his committee room, leaving
his hat on the gallery seat. He got
back about two minutes before the
senate went into executive session and
was shooed out with the others. He
left his hat there again. The senate
was in executive session for an hour
and half. Mr.. Ridgeway tried to
get sergeant at arms to get his hat
He was told nobody but a senator
could go in and that his hat must
stay there until the doors were open
ed. 1t stayed there, too. and he
waited. II am fully convinced,p Mr..
Ridgeway said, that these executive
sessions are really held behind closed
DOORS"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
uphoIds the Present CONGRESS.

81 am not one of those who think
congress has deteriorated," said Jus
tice Harlan. 81 maintain that the
present congress is as high grade as.
any congress, The Congressional Rec
ora is q remarkable publication. If
a man were cast on desert island
and had the Bible, Shakespeare and
the Congressional Record, he would
have all the reading matter he
wanted"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05

1 his remarkable tree. which -four
ishes throughout the Malay PENN
sula. derives its name from the fact
that it is the travellers joy and com
fort in places where water cannot be
found. BY cutting or puncturing the
soft outgrowths at the bottom, a cop
ious supply of cool drinking water may
be obtained.-Montreal Herald.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
coouelin Declined Honor.

NJ. Coquelin. the actor. refused the
red ribbon of the Legion of Honor
when it was offered him few weeks
ago. You have waited too long"
was his answer to NJ Dajardin Beau
metz. M. Coquelin. cadet of the
Comedie Francaise. was decorated sew
eral years ago, not as an actor but as
a public functionary.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
census Of Newspapers.

Following are statistics In regard to
newspapers published in the United
States at the close of 1905: Weeklies.
l4,455: semi-weeklies, 499: tri-week-
lies. "a; dailies, 2.215; total newspa.
per. 1928. Periodicals published in
he United States at the close of 1905.
Monthlles, 2.710: all other periodicals.
552; total periodicals. 3.2G2: total
newspapers and periodicals. 20.4s5.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
Kansas Man Raises ORANGES.

NJ. r. Ivey of Ottawa is the only
man in Kansas who raises his own
oranges. He has tree that has been
producing the fruit for several years
past and that has raised a crop of
eighteen or twenty oranges last year
The oranges are not as large as the
commercial fruit, but are of good fla
vor The tree is of the Mediterranean
variety.-Chicago Chronicle.
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author once cabin nov.

Percival Gibbon, the well-Snown au-
thor. began life as a cabin boy on a
sailing ship. He is very young yet.
but there is every chance of his hav-
ing NJ. p. added to his name before
long, joining the ranks of those dis
tinguished parliamentary authors
whose most recent addition was Wins
ton Churchill
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
Town Boasts Many sailors.

Just 142 captains OF full-rigged ships
have been born in Searsport, Maine. or
have lived in that town while in com
mand of their vessels. The largest
slip in the list. was the May Flint,
which had a gross tonnage Of 3.2Ss
tons. The smallest was the vistula.
Of 400 tons. Searsport's banner year
In shipping was 1885.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
Ancient Funeral Boat
Immense Town Warrant.

Littleton. N. H., is out with the
longest town warrant in the state. The
copy which was posted in the post
office reacher from the top OF the bull
letin board to within foot OF the
floor. and the tallest man In towT. had
to stand on tiptoe TO read the first li-ic.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
Emperor's Many Attendants.

The Emperor of China has a house
hold consisting of 500 persons, includ-
ing thirty bearers of state umbrellas.
an equal number of fanbearers, thirty
physicians and surgeons. seventy-five
astrologcrs, seventy-six cooks and
sixty priests.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05

The illness of Mrs. Charles A.
Strong. daughter of John ID. Rockefel-
Ter. is said to be a matter of grave
concern in the Rockefeller family. She
has been undergoing treatment in
sanitarium in France.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-04-05
In a Pinch. Use ALLENs FooT.eAsE.

A powder. II cures painful. smart
ing, nervous feet and ingrowlne nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery OF
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all druggists. 25c. Trial package.
FREE Address A. S. Olmsted. lie
Ro- n Y
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08
EYE SHADES POPULAR
IN ENGLISH SOCIETY
Resembles Lorgnette But Has
Bar to Give Protection
from Suns Rays.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALI

LONDON, July IA very becomin q
and conspicuously useful shade for the
eyes was one of the novelties Ascot
beheld this week. 1t is the invention
of woman, who has called 1t the
Maisette. and already royalty and many
smart women have welcomed it.
In new photographs that have ap-
peared of the Queen of Spain her
Majesty may be observed holding the
new shade up to her forehead, in order
TO shield her eyes from the glare of
the ardent sun of Madrid Princess
Ena took the shade from London with
her when she went to Spain
In form and in the air of alert smart
ness it conveys, the shade somewhat
approaches the lorgnette carried by
of that useful object made of tortoise
shell or gold, but not the lenses. In
stead of them, there is an elegantly
shaped bar of tortoiseshell or gold.
lined with green ribbed silk, and it is
this bar that is raised to the forehead
and there allowed TO rest, in order that
the eyes may be protected from glare.
Sun headache is frequently incurred
by women at race meetings and cricket
matches as a result of concentration
upon an event in any open space The
new invention is not only CAPABLE of
averting this, but of warding off wrin-
kles caused by the involuntary screw
ing up of the eyes in self-defense
against the pitiless onslaught of a too
brilliant light.
The jewellers are selling the new
shade made of mother pearl of gold
plain, repousse and gemmed-and of
beautifully carved tortoiseshell.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08

FLORENCE, July Florence is
famed in song and story as the Lily
of Tuscany" as the most beautiful city
Savanarola, of Calico and the Medicis.
1t has also sometimes been called an
English city. because of the presence
here of large numbers of our British
cousins but, as a matter of fact
Florence has a much stronger claim to
be called Americana claim not with
out ancient foundation as well as mod
ern justification.
The Americanization of Florence
may be said to date from about 1894.
when there lived here the man from
whom America took it's name. To-
day hundreds of people from the
United States throng that part of the
Lung Arno which bears his appella-
tion With Amerigo vespucci, then,
the American history of Florence be-
gins. Accordingly it may be said to
extend over four hundred years. thus
making Florence antedate ST. Angus
tine by almost hundred years. No
other nation can set forth such prior
fty of occupancy except the Italians,
and they are, apparently, in Florence
only to accommodate English and Am
erican visitors.
4 For some time, it would appear.
nothing was done concerning this
valuable American possession, its vii
las and art treasures being left to the
English. In the last century. how
ever, Americans began to bestir them
selves, and today their language and
accent is the one of the Via lorna
buoni, of Cooks and of all the hotels
and pensions.
VISITED By NOTABLEs.
Who came here before 1858 is not on
record, but in that year appeared
Nathaniel Hawthorne with his family
including his son Julian and his
daughter. now famous as Rose Haw-
thorne Parsons, founder of the Ser
wants of Relief" In the Villa Mon
tauto Hawthorne wrote the first
sketch of the Marble Faun."s His
chief friend. after the Brownings. who
lived in the Casa Guidi, was Hiram
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08
INDIAN POTENTATE INvADES
JERUSALEM WITH A HAREsi
Said to BE Possessed of Great Wealth
and Distributes Big Sums
of Money.

JERUSALEM July 7.-Jaffa and
Jerusalem have been greatly excited
by the eccentric pilgrimage to the
Sacred Rock at the Mosque of Omar
here of an Indian chief, Mohammed
Sidick Khan Bahadur, Rajah of Nan
para. with his four wives and a large
retinue. The Prince and his following
arrived at Jaffa harbor in the Coro-
mandel, an old P. and o. boat, which
is chartered for three months for
100000.
They landed at 8 a. m, when every
one was still asleep, and Immediately
made their way to the station under
a covered canvas passage. All the
train shutters were lowered and no
official was allowed within sight.
From the station waitingroom to the
carriage there was also covered pas
sage Breakfas was served on board
the train as 1t steamed out of Jaffa
tat Jerusalem the same secrecy was
observed, the carriages even in which
the Prince and his wives drove UP to
the mosque being covered over with
white canvas. No place was visited
but the Mosque of Omar and the
Mosque-el-Aksa, the Prince praying
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08

tistic leather, the latter a worker in
antique jewelry. and formerly Miss
Littell of the Living Age" family
And in connection with the Casa Guidi
one may mention that on the last an
niversary of Mrs. Browning's birth
day the Americans in Florence came
forward to fulfill a duty the English
forgot, and placed below her former
window In the palace a superb wreath
"a wreath of violets tied with ribbon
and a bunch OF rare orchids.
In the English cemetery at Florence
is the grave of Theodore Parker, while
the Hotel New York was once the
home of William Cullen Bryant. Law
renee Hutton knew his Florence al
most as we'll as Howells, both having
written books about the city, and
Longfellow lived in the Piazza Santa
Maria Novella. But the American hero
of Florence is none of these gentle
men.
TWAIN THE REAL HERO.
His name is Mark Twain. Appar-
emily, in the eyes of modern Florence
the glories of their past vanish before
him. Every language school claims
him as a pupil. Apparently he had no
time to eat his meals because of his
incessant lesson taking.e He, or his
family. wore every brand of shoes the
Italian presume to call American made
to deceive the unsophisticated. wher-
ever his foot stepped. whenever he put
on a glove. whether he walked abroad
remained at home, ate, smoked or
slept. he furnished a suggestion for
an advertisement.
Since the days of Amerigo Vespucci
there has been no more effective Am
erican in Florence. "Signor Mark
Twain" is the prince of modern FL
renze, the only wonder that there are
no antiques of him in the windows
with Dante and Savanarola.
Since the days of the early ex-
plorers the Americanization of Flor
ence has gone on rapidly. Those whose
business it is to know claim that dur
ing the year from four to five thou
sand American tourists pass through
this popular city. During the season
Americans are everywhere. With Bae-
dekers in hand they flock into the
churches and art galleries. throng the
Via Tornbuoni and patronize the shops
In the Lung Arno. On Sunday 1t is
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08
LONDON BLACKMAILERS
REAP LARGE HARVEST
Dig Up Old Scandals and Make
Their Victims Pay for
Freedom.
Shadow Sweethearts and Then
Demand Money Upon
False Charge.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL.

LONDON, July 7.-"Blackmailing is
a lucrative profession for a large mum
Der of people" said a well known de-
tective yesterday.
There are scores of blackmailers in
the London streets today, but they are
of various kinds. Broken down solicit
tors and x-bookmakers are two of the
principal classes from which come the
blackmailers who do the most profit
able business. but there are dozens of
the loafers who pick up an uncertain
living by blackmailing the working
class. The knowledge of a jealous wife
is worth much to one of these people.
Some small indiscretion on the part of
a workman which he has long since
repented and expunged from his con-
science may cost him many half crowns
and innumerable drinks. The loafng
blackmailer tells how he is starving
and hints at a repetition of the story
to the victims wife and the trick is
done.
Besides this. it is safe to say that at
this time of year there is near London
no open space free to the public at
light which does not harbor one black
mailer. and perhaps half a dozen. A
scoundrel wearing a neckcloth follows
a couple of sweethearts, say, on VIM
bledon common, and when in a lonely
part calls the man aside and makes
some kind of a charge against him.
For the sake of avoiding unpleasant
ness to his companion, the man often
pays the few shillings demanded.
1T is much the better plan to do as
detective friend did last summer to
one Of these fellows He took him out
of the girls sight, and then hit him
hard on the point of the jaw. That
blackmailer was in no condition for
further villainy that night"
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for long time at the Sacred Rock
of the Prophet.
The Prince. who is dark, with a long
black mustache. wore red coat and
went about bareheaded and bare
footed with his hand constantly on
the butt of a revolver, as though he
anticipated an attack from some hid
den foe.
The Prince and his harem returned
to Jaffa after a two hours stay at
the mosque. His retinue came up yes
terday to perform the pilgrimage.
1t is believed that the Rajah is i'm
mensely wealthy. He gave $1,000 to
the police, $500 to the sheikhs. and
paid $500 for his special train. when
he might have paid only s100.
The British Consul at Jaffa sent the
Consular escort with him to Jerusalem,
and the Turkish Government sent
down an escort of police and cavalry
But these were little needed. as no one
knew of his arrival.
The Coromandel is still at Jaffa
waiting for the large retinue Of sixty
persons that is now visiting here.
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PRINCESS CONVICTED
OF CHICKEN STEALING
Titled Russian Woman Must Go
to Prison for Month
for Her Crime.
Caught Taking Birds From the
ROost in the Yard of
Her Neighbor.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL.

MOSCOW, July "A Princess has
actually been sent to prison. and for
chicken stealing at that
This is the second case within few
weeks of a European Princess being
accused and convicted of theft In the
other case, that of the Princess Won
stealing Of hotel spoons and other sill
Yer was put down TO kleptomania and
no arrest took place. But in the case
of the Princess Pelageia Taktakova,
although kleptomania was pleaded, an
arrest was made, and the Princess, be-
ing convicted was sentenced to a
months Imprisonment The Car was
asked for a pardon, but it did not
arrive in time, and the Princess had
to stay in Jail
A feud between two princely houses
had something TO do with the case.
The Taktakova estates in the Cauca-
sian district of Gori adjoin those of the
Prince Constantin Zizianoff. There is
bad blood between the two houses. For
months the Zizianoff chicken houses
and those of neighboring estates have
lost their best birds. These were all
valuable game fowl.
No one suspected the aristocratic
Taktokova. But one day a little
daughter of Prince Zizianoff told him
she had seen the Princess taking
chickens at dusk off their roosts.
Mounted men headed by the Prince
stopped the Princess carriage and
found the fowls in a sack hidden under
the seat. Her henhouses Were found
TO be filled with other stolen birds,
and so when the trial came she pleaded
guilty" to being a kleptomaniac. But
the ZiZianoffs refused TO accept the
plea and pressed the case to the bitter
end.
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AUSTRIAN MAIDEN
ELOPES WITH AN
AMERICAN INDIAN
She Falls in Love With
Member of Wild
West Show.
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL.

VIENNA, July miss Aurelia Bern
stoff, 16 years old, well nurtured and
educated, possessed of small fortune
has eloped with an American.
Fraulein Aurelia's mother refuses to
be consoled by the fact that the man
who ran off with her daughter is OF
merly owned miles of prairie lands and
forests.
In word, Aurelia, of a most roman
tic turn of mind, is infatuated with
James Spotal, young Indian in Buff
falo Bill's Wild West show.
After three weeks stay here the Wild
West show left for Budapest. Miss
Aurelia vanished. at the same time.
Her mother, frantic, hurried to the
police and asked them to find her Mrs.
Bernstein told them that she and her
daughter went to the Wild Vests
farewell performance. AS they were
leaving the show grounds on the
Prater. Aurelia wrenched her hand
from her mothers and was instantly
lost in the crowd.
The police found their task easy
Mrs. Bernstein received letter yes
terday from the fond Aurelia, reading:
Dear Mamma-You will be the cause
of a great misfortune If you send the
police after me. James wants me for
ever. If you do not give me up, / will
poison myself with some stuff James
has given me--the stuff with which the
darling fellow poisops his arrows.
The mother, much alarmed. begged
the police to end their search for Aure-
liza. They learned that the girl had
often visited the Wild West show AS
soon as he saw her. James Spotal, a
handsome. strapping young brave,
made love to Aurelia. At their recent
interview he told her he wanted her
to be his squaw. Then and there the
romantic Aurelia determined to accom-
pany her sun bronzed lover to the end
of the world
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Breaks waItr Record.

PARIS, July Thirteen hours is
now the record for waltzing in France
and belongs to an Italian. Ten COM
petitors, including several energetic
children. started dancing at ! a. m. AT
the last child had dropped down from
Exhaustion and was put not too soon
tc bed. AT noon Of two competitors re-
naming one gave up, and then there
was one He waltzed on for two hours
longer, when his legs sank beneath
him, then there was none.
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08
MARK TWAIN HONORED IN FLORENCE
ABOVE HEROES OF ANCIENT DAYS

in Marx Florence
yon the
hmors school claims him pupil
The San Francisco call., 1906-07-08
0RYT OF new WORLD MAKES LASTING IMPRESSION ON THE ITALIAN MINI
City Is Americanized by the Influx Of
Great Throng Of Yankees
Famous Old Town Almost Resembles q
Possession of the United States.

Powers, the sculptor. whose studio and
family remain today in Florence.
Lowell, in his turn. appeared on the
scene and also occupied the Casa
Guidi, or Guidi Palace. where today
"The Arts and Crafts" have per-
manent exhibition in charge of Mr..
and Mrs Arthur Murray Cobb, Of
Boston, the former a designer in ar
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wiu wed = Gtbson Girl.

LONDON, July Miss Lois Van
Duzer is engaged TO marry Alan Crane
son OF Robert Newton Crane, the lead
ing American lawyer in England. Miss
Van Duzer is Of the Gibson girl type and
dresses beautifully Young Crane is
regarded as q particularly lucky man.