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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
The Push He NeedeI.

when / was little fellow | was
inclined to wait to be coaxed." relates
a learned and successful man in an
exchange. Il remember sitting beside
the brook one day while the older cnil-
dren were building a dam. They ware
wading, carrying stones, splashing
the mud and shouting orders. but none
of them paying any attention to me.
I began to feel abused and lonely, and
was blubbering over my neglected
condition when Aunt Sally came down
the road:
What's the matter sonny? Why
amt you playin' with the rest?"
They don't want me- ! said, dig.
ging my fists into my eyes. They
never ask me to come
Il expected sympathy, but she gave
me an impatient shake and push. Is
that all. you little ninny? Nobody
wants folks that'll sit around on a
bank, and wait to be asked she cried.
Run along with the rest, and make
yourself wanted
THAT shake and push did the work.
Before | had time to recover from
my indignant surprise I was in the
middle of the stream, and soon was
as busy as the others. But for that
shake and push might be neglected
and waiting to this day. It's the peo-
rle who'll help push instead of wait
ing to be pushed that make the worth
while citizens"
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
Farm Talk.

The late Charles Bliss, the famous
star of the Dan Rice circus-he was
the original human fiy"-imputed his
success to thoroughness.
Don't attempt a new trick" he
said one day in Madison, till you are
a thorough master of It, The only
way to succeed is to be so thorough
in everything you undertake that fail
ure is altogether an imposslbility.
'If you are going. for instance, to
be stump speaker. if you are going
to address a lot of farmers, don't talk
farm talk unless you have studied It
up.
Don't be like a stump speaker I
know who yelled at cross roads
meeting:
He who puts his hand 20 the riow
must not turn back
"'Wots he to do then VIXEN X gets
to the end o. the furrer?' shouted a
hired man in blue overalls."
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
Grandmother Slower, of Livonia, Pa,
Found After Fifty Hours Search.

Bellefonte, Pa.-Lost in the woods
for two days and two nights, without
food or water, Mrs. Susan Slower. of
Livonia. this county, 72 years old, was
found on a mountain top nine miles
from her home by a lumberman.
Her clothing was torn from her
body and her hands and feet were
bleeding from the efforts she had
made to find her way out.
Mrs. Susan Slower left her home to
go to grove to gather chestnuts. Not
returning by supper time search was
instituted for her. but without avail.
News that Grandmother Stover was
lost In the woods soon spread and 20
or more men, equipped with lanterns
and armed 0ith guns, took up the trail
through the woods.
At night tho search was kept up and
no trace of the aged woman found.
Fifty or more men found the trail
where she had gone through the woods
and followed it for four or five miles.
when all trace was lost. The search
was kept up the following night with
out avail.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
TO BREAK UP THE OIL TRUST.

experiments made in Europe have not
resulted in the most efficient burners
imaginable. Secretary Wilson believes
that American inventors will be able
to solve the problem of how to burn
alcohol in way that will make 1t a
competitor with oil, but the inventors
will need encouragement and he Is
getting ready to give it.
Potatoes are the vegetable from
which the secretary expects the farm.
ers to make the alcohol that is to
drive farm machinery, light the houses
of people not living near gas and elec.
trio light plants, and furnish the fuel
that will be cheaper than gas or coal.
There is a variety that is not edible
that is said to be rich in the materials
that will make alcohol, and with that
the department will also conduct ex.
periments.
The denatured alcohol law goes into
effect on jan 1 and the treasury de.
partment is making regulations for
the new industry.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25

The old Parliament House in Dub
lin, in which, it expected. the new
Irish council, or parliament. soon to
be erected. will hold its sessions. is
one of the historic buildings of the
old world. 1t stands in what is
known as College Green. and is
placed nearly at right angles with
the west front of Dublin University.
AT present the structure is used as
the head offices of the Bank of Ire
land, but before its rooms were ar
ranged for banking purposes the
apartments of the old Parliament
House were spacious and eminently
fitted for the purposes for which they
had been constructed. The room
where the house of commons met
was circular in form and about fifty
five feet in diameter. All around the
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25

commons room was a beautiful cor
ridor. giving access to committee
rooms. cloakrooms, etc. The cham
ber in which the house of lords met
was 40 feet long by 80 feet wide. At
one end was a circular niche for the
throne of the English viceroy. over
which was a canopy of rich crimson
velvet Artistic decorations marked
both apartments. with beautiful Cor
inthian pillars and tapestry pictures.
The first stone of the building was
laid on Feb. 3. 1928, and it was com
pleted in 1899. The independence of
the Irish parliament was declared in
1882, but this was nullified by the act
of union. which was adopted in 1900,
and a few months later the historic
structure was sold for 100000. The
expense of making arrangements for
the meetings of the new Irish council
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
Secretary Wilson Will Try to Do It
with Potatoes.

shington-Secretary Wilson is
taking the first steps toward the estab-
lishment of laboratory for the test
ing of apparatus for the use of de-
natured alcohol. He is establishing it
ON the assumption that It is his duty
to assist in the discovery of burners
that will consume that kind of fuel
and do it in such a way that there
will he a permanent market for the
denat5red product
The secretary is a firm believer In
the theory that an American farmer
in a few years will become a rival of
the Standard OIL company in the mar
kets of the world
The apparatus for the burning of al
cohol will be tested in a scientific
manner, with but little cost to the in
ventors. There is a big demand for
burners that will bring out all the
heat units contained in alcohol. The
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
EouTH DAKOTA MAN GREW
WEALTHY IN ALASKA.
Came Home After IA Years, Found
Wife Married to Another Man, but
His Children Welcomed Him.

Mitchell, S. D.-The Klondike coun-
try has furnished it's share of romantic
stories of separated families and the
return of wealthy individuals who
have been grub staked and returned
home with wealth untold. but there is
more to the story of Judson e. Lathrop
than the mere returning with gold
galore, for he finds that his wife is
divorced and that his mother and sis
ter have passed away. For IA years
Lathrop had not been heard from by
his relatives. and it was generally be-
iieved he was dead.
Fourteen years ago Mr.. Lathrop was
travelling on the road for a milling
company. but very little of his money
went for the comforts of his family;
in fact, he did very little to support
them. and they were left more or less
to their own devices. This was due
to the fact that his love for drink took
what belonged rightfully to his wife
and children. Starting out on one of
his trips. he left home IA years ago
and remained away until the present.
not even writing home or giving any
clew to his whereabouts.
Two weeks ago he returned to his
home at Appleton and informed his
son Alfred, who is employed in q rail
road office at Milwaukee, of his desire
to renew his standing with his family
His son notified him of his acceptance
after writing to his cisters, Misses
Hazel and Bernice Lathrop, of this
city. The meeting occurred at Sum
init. S. D.. where Mr.. Lathrop has
brother teaching school. The Misses
Lathrop returned to their home here
to-day and gave the incidents of their
fathers absence.
Mr.. Lathrop started for the Klondike
with $50 in cash. and on reaching
Seattle he was without funds, but was
taken through by party of friends
who were making the trip together.
On reaching the gold fields the party
went 5000 miles into the interior and
started their operations. At the end
of five years Mr.. Lathrop had amassed
$4,000. and with that he started back
home. On reaching Ketchikan he was
taken i'll with the scurvy, and for one
year he lay in the hospital, and when
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25

thoroughly reformed man. At Seattle
and in Alaska be has given large
sums of money to aid in church work.
In talking with his daughters about
his former drinking he urged them
never to marry man who had the
slightest desire for drink. as he in.
sisted 1t would grow upon him.
MIR. Lathrop will settle an annuity
on his children to provide for them as
long as they live. the details of which
will be settled this week.
Three years after Mr.. Lathrop went
away his wife secured a divorce on
the ground OF desertion, and at that
time moved out to Ashton. S. D., and
made her home with relatives. Nine
years ago she was married to L. w.
Seaman. of this city, wealthy ranch
and stock owner, who owns a hand.
some residence near the business dis
trict. The two daughters will con.
tinue to make their residence with
him. Both are accomplished young
ladies', Miss Hazel being an exception.
ally fine musician, both in voice and
instrumental.
Mr. Lathrop expressed himself to
his daughters as being satisfied with
his lot and does not blame any mem.
ber of his family for all that has taken
place. AS soon as he finishes his bust.
ness in the country, which is for the
purpose of buying an immense guam.
tity of machinery for his mining
plants, he will return to the Klondike
country, there to pick up the thread
of life
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25

would be ineonsiderable. This bot.y,
as intimated. will consist of 1O3 mem.
bers. the number of Irish members
In the British house of commons.
with the addition of forty-eight coun.
cilors directly elected for larger areas
having taxable value of more than
800. In the scheme. as mapped out
arrangement is made to have the
chief secretary for ireland ex-officio
chairman of the Irish council. and
Irish representation at Westminster
will remain as at present The old
Parliament House stands on the spot
formerly occupied by the building
known as Chichester House. where
the first parliament convened in Ire
land after the restoration assembled
on May s. 1861. and where the first
parliament convened in Ireland after
the wars of the revolution in 1892.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25

top of the fourth mountain, distant
about nine miles from her home.
She had been away over so hours
and had had nothing to eat or drink
after leaving home. and had slept In
the woods two nights, bearing on all
sides the roar of the wild animals
which infest the mountains.
Drenched to the skin from the heavy
rain. the old woman presented a pitt.
full spectacle. her clothing being torn
from her body and her hands and feet
badly cut and bruised from climbing
over and falling on the huge. rocks
She was brought home, and, although
in serious condition from the ex.
posure to which she was subjected.
her recovery is expected.
ttIssEs
race will never become so short sight.
ed as the German while football, ten.
mis-, hockey, etc, are encouraged In
our public schools.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
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AN AGED WOMAN LOST In THE WOODS.

The next morning fully $50 people
started out to make a thorough search
of the mountains. which are the wild
est in this part of the state.
Even church was abandoned,
preachers and others joining the
search. The entire party returned
without the woman and completely
baffied as TO where she could have
gone.
Her sons We're well-nigh distracted.
when about dark man and woman
appeared in a buggy who brought the
joyful news that Grandmother Stover
had been found by lumberman on
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
Monkeys Bite Fatal.

Though bitten twice by monkey
and warned that a third bite would
be fatal. Mrs. Powell. of Bath, Eng
land. refused to part with the animal.
She was bitten again, blood poisoning
set in and death from heart failure
followed.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
No substantiaI satisfaetIon.

You can't really be very ansry
with young Spendit, for when you
scold him about his Extravaganza he
pays such close attention"
"humph, Then that's all he ev
does pay."-Baltimore American.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
$4,000 for a Book of po.m,

London.-An American bibliophiIe
has secured for $4,000 a volume of
poems of the late sixteenth and early
seventeenth century. including Shake
spenre's The Passionate Pilgrim" It
is believed that only one other COPY
is in eEistence-thst in the Bodls,sp
library ~ Oxford.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25
Both Eyes Rarely Equal.

Many persons who think their sight
perfect have greater visual power in
one eye than in the other. With re-
gard to the respective power of tie
right and left eye a wellknown op-
tician finds that person occupied in
writing all day has as rule stronger
vision in the left. Writing with the
right hand and his left arm resting on
the table. his left eye is nearer his
work and its vision Is more concen-
trated. This expert saws that our
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-10-25

sesias. sh9s %SsnS 70 e shoss oo % sfsS
Misses &c Children's Shoes, 80. 2b TO S1.OO.
Try w. l.. Douglas Women's, Misses and
Children's shoesj for style, fit and wear
they excel other makes.
II ! could take you into my large
factories at BrOckton, Mass. and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better.
wear longer, and are OF greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L
Douglas shoes. His name and price Is stamped
on the bottom which protects you against high
prices and inferior shoes. Take no ,sa6sfi.
and insist upon having them.
fast Color eyefsts used; they afH not wear brassy
Write for Illustrated Catnlog Of Fall Styles.
w. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. II. Brockton. Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-27
No Southern Man Wanted.

President Roosevelt announces five
changes in his cabinet. He moves his
nine assistants about as freely as he
would pieces on a chessboard, but he
takes precious good care to call to his
aid no representative of the fifteen
states that stretch from the Potomac
to the Rio Grandchildren states that
grow the country's chief export crop
Upon this crop the prosperity Of the
country is dependent, for without II
there could be no favorable balance of
trade. and each year would increase
our debt to other countries. The
southern states, in other words, make
prosperity possible, and yet the pres
ddent does not think they are entitled
to any voice in the cabinet.
But still the President has not been
able to ignore the south altogether,
for Secretary Hitchcock was born in
Alabama, and Prospective Secretary
rStraus was reared in Georgia. Mr..
iStraus has been democrat, and per.
lhaps rs still member of the old his
toric party. Secretary Bonaparte is a
Marylander, and Maryland is more
southern than northern in sentiment
and proclivities.
+ These incidents do not, however,
give the south a real representative,
land Mr.. Roosevelt does not intend, it
Is plain, to select a southern cabinet
officer so long as he can find men that
suit him in New York and Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-27
Slump In Cotton.

Cotton took another slump said a
man last evening. The bears seem to
be in the saddle for the present. Instead
of the expected bnllsh literature of Mr..
Price, Ellison, the English bear, held full
sway today. His crop estimate of 13.0oO0G0
bales, coming on top of a bearish gin
ners report, hit the market like a sledge
hammer.
But why the Ellison estimate. or the
report either, for that matter, should
have any marked effect on the price of
cotton is more than | can see. Certainly
neither changes the intrinsic value of the
staple, and neither can be regarded as
an absolutely correct index of the crop.
Mr.. Ellson's report, 1t Is reasonable TO
suppose was issued in the interests of
the spinners, and 1t Is highly probable
that the ginners' report merely shows two
things: First of all, that small crops
move repadly, and again.. that farmers
have rushed their ginning in order to
take advantage of prices, which a few
weeks ago, when very bearish estimates
were popular, seemed beyond realza-
ton.
However, all argument to the con-
tray, Notwithstanding the cotton market
has declined q of cent in the last two
days, and closed yesterday with no signs
of recovery"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-27
Comparing Watches.

''If you want to start up a discussion
when conversation gets slow, ask the
time" said man who processes to study
human nature.
Now days nearly everyone has a
watch, and everyone considers his, If not
the only good one. at least as good as
any, so In answer to the question, What
is the time? out come four or five
watches, and the difference between them
will be from one to five minutes. Then
begins the discussion upon the subject of
which has the correct time, and you'll
hear stories told about watches that
would make a fisherman hang his head
in shame.
II have heard men say their watches
have run for a month or more without
gaining or losing a half minute, and they
considered that was good time-keeping.
As q matter of fact, there is no such thing
as correct time-lSeeping; the earth itself
does not make its revolution in twenty
four hours exactly. it is sometimes lit
tie over and sometimes little under, and
this is what has led to the term mean
time which we find in almanacs.
IF you will take notice of the self
winding clocks which are regulated from
Washington, you will see that every hour
the second hand either pauses OIL jumps
forward a few seconds, showing the vari-
alton in time in the short space of one
hour The cause of this variation has
given scientific men much food for the
cries, but none of them seem to provide
the solution of the question:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-27
HuTTERMItK FOR DRUNKENNESS
From the New York World.

From the New YORK world.
DIR. Edward {. Latham. popularity
known among his patients between Den
yer and Chicago. as the "buttermillS doc
tor" Is I'm New York TO advocate the
theory which he has maintained for more
than a quarter of q century-that the
craving for strong drink can be overcome
without the use of drugs or the so-called
gold eures"-by the use of a cheap nutri-
tive natural liquid. which. In his own
experience. has cured more than 1000 cases
and has brought happiness 20 that many
homes. DIR. Latham is rich and is not de-
pendent upon his practice for an Income.
Il am convinced after many years OF
study and experimentation that real but
termilk, not the souring of fresh milk
with acids. sold on street corners I'm New
York City. as ! have seen it's the best
and the least known remedy we have.
II am not interested In any dairy farms
or in any buttermilk trust. If there be
such a thing. but | would like every
drinking man in the world to know that
it is possible to subdue and finally to
destroy, absolutely. the desire for alco-
holic stimulant by drinking from three to
six ounces of buttermilk whenever the de-
sire for drink of whisky manifests
itself"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-27
AS SEEN BY FRENCH WOMAN.
London's Climate, Policemen, and
Stays Praised by Authority.

From the Pail Mall Gazette,
"And the Jeune Anglase,' Madame,
what is your impression of her?'
"Ah the 'jeune Anglaise;' let me see,"
and madame put on her rejecting cap
for a moment or two. "She is much more
charming and graceful, much more de-
ightful, and better dressed, than l had
imagined her to be. We Parlsians make
the mistake Of taking as the national
type the young English woman whom we
see in the Rue de Rivoli. 1t is a vast
mistake to suppose they are like that
at home. When the English tourist
goes abroad, she thinks nothing of dress.
Her object is to see as much as she can
to widen her mind. 1t never occurs to
her that she is under sort of interna-
tional obligation to dress well. She wears
big, comfortable boots, any kind OF a hat,
and she does not lace up
Really" I said, immensely interested.
mo" pursued my fair interlocutor,
disregarding the interruption. Contrast
the London girl with the Parisienne.
The latter never for one moment loses
her instinct to please; it is inborn. Con-
sequently, we are ready to suffer tor
lures in order to look nice. Our boots
are too small, and we are never at our
ease in our 'cuirass l admire the way
of the English girl; it is much more
practical and much more sensible; but
/ am afraid We are too 'coquette' to
adopt it, When we go abroad we are
always asking ourselves: What do they
think of me-? Really, you cannot wear
big boots then, can your And the
Parisenne looked dangerously coquettish
and illogical.
We'll I said, severely, in an effort
to keep the conversation on the strict
level, did you find the English girl Co
quettish chez elle?"
II was much surprised at her smartness
and taste in dressing. In their own homes
the English women dress beautifully;
they do not care about parading before
strangers, evidently"
Were there other discoveries made?"
"Yes-the climate. l was astonished.
There it does not always rain. and there
is not always a fog in your London. 1t
is wonderful. During some Of the days it
was frightfully hot, and your policemen
oh, your beautiful polcemen-feil like
flies in the street. struck down by the
cruel sun. 1t was terrible"
Talk of the policeman made my charm
ing informant say that the official and
semi-official class in London were
thoughtful and attentive. Your railway
porters are most obliging" she observed,
80 much better than our own, who never
arrange things for you as the Englshman
does"
But this is perfect picture, madame
beautiful climate, adorable policemen
were there no black spots?'
Madame resitated for the tenth part of
second, and then said, deliberately,
"Yes-your food"
"Ahl the food
always the same thing, and everything
grilled. | could not eat anything. and
was, oh, frightfully hungry. until / found
French pension Then | was happy.
And what quantities of tea you drink
always tea"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-27
Japanese Children in Frisco.

The treaty of 1894 made by Japan
and the United States calls for justice
and fair play TO Japanese children as
well as adults, and Ambassador Luke
e. Wright has given a pledge at Toxic
that the United States will not dis
criminate between Japanese and other
foreign children.
1t is difficult to see how the United
States can carry out this pledge in
California, where the city of San Fran
cisco has under a state law estab.
sished a system of Oriental schools
to which it assigns all Japanese, Chi.
nese, Indian and negro children. As
the American Indian is not an Orient.
alist in any known manner, and as the
negro is at the best an Ethiopian, ii
As plain the new San Francisco schools
are built more on color line than on
anything really and truly Oriental.
The japanese people do not think
the color line should be drawn against