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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
AN UNKlNGLY KING.
The Lion Is "a Low, Crafty Brute and
Good Deal of "a Coward.

The Lion is "a Low. Crafty Brute and
IA Good Deal of Coward.
The king of beasts" declares writ
er upon the lions of Africa in the Met
ropolitan Magazine, is an unmitigated
nuisance. The stock owner loathes him
for the havoc he causes among the
herds There is no security against
him He is always travelling. A pair
CT lions may find a spot where game is
easily obtainable and make a consid-
cradle stay there, but their real home
is the whole weld,
If the lion slew only as much as he
could eat he would be less hateful, but
he will often kill four or five oxen and
content himself with devouring only
the entrails Of one.
He is a low, crafty brute, one that
takes no risks, for, unlike the leopard
he will never leap a wall unless he can
see what is on the other side. A paper
fence would keep him away from a
herd of cattle, provided they did not
break out through terror of his growl
ing and his smell.
The lions roar is the subject of an
other fiction. Not that he is incapable
of making the most terrible, awe in
spring sound emitted by any living
thing, but because when he is roaring
he is harmless. 1t is the lion which
keeps quiet that is to be feared, for as
a rule the male and female work in
couples, and the one that makes the
noise is merely driving the game down
the wind to the silent partner.
In single respect Only-On the score
of strength-does the lion deserve his
name of ''king of beasts" He can
drag a large bullock over rough ground
with the greatest ease; he can carry a
mule on his back, after hosting it there
by some strange sideways jerk of his
head; he can leap five foot fence with
full sized donkey gripped in his
mouth. Otherwise, speaking from a
seven years experience in the lion
country, l have no hesitation in de-
scribing the king of beasts as fraud,
at least so far as his alleged nobility
is concerned.
His regal attributes lose some of
their glamour when one learns that the
so called monarch frequently lives for
days at time on such plebeian food
as field rats and the vision Of the
kingly creature sitting patiently on a
| fat rock waiting for the rats to come
out from underneath is a rather un
heroic one.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
BOOKS CLOSE IN SHORT WHILE
Collector Small is Rushed For a
Time.

Tax Collector I. B. !Smal1is now hav-
ing a round with the taxpayers, and
as the time for closing the tax books
draws nearer the crowd increases daily
at his office. The county tax books
will be finally closed on the goth inst
just two weeks hence, and several
hundred taxpayers are yet to join in
the grand march to the tax collectors
office. AS rule the people are pay
ing up much better this year than
heretofore, and a1reafiy many thou
sands of dollars have gone into the
county's strong box from the purse of
the taxpayer. This has been true in
the payment of city taxes as well.
Money is easy and people are paying
up promptly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
Beer Is a Food
of High Quality
It Rofreshes and Strengthens the Body
With Predigested Nourishment.

AS a strengthening, nutritious food,
physicians and scientists now agree
that there is nothing, perhaps, more
beneficial than pure beer. Rich in the
food extractives of malt and the tonic
properties of hops, pure beer nourishes
the whole body
Many people unable to take solid
food have been b>.ilt up by Pabst Blue
for the well as for the sick Pabst
Blue Ribbon Beer with your meals
tones up the whole system. Taken in
moderation it cannot have other than
helpful, up-bUilding, trC1gthening eff
feet, free from false stimulation.
Purity and cleanness are essential
for healthful beer, just as they are
essential for any other healthful food.
And purity and cleanneGS are watch
words in the great Pabst brewery at
and hops are used, and the whole Pabst
process is a revelation of scientific
Progress, the result of sixty years pur-
suit of all the best known methods in
he science of brewing. A most i'm
pOrtant feature Of the Pabst Brewing
r2alt. It requires eight days and
doubles the expense of the old four-day
method, still used in many brewerics.
but the eiGht-daya Pabst process is the
only process by which perfect malt,
containing all the nutritious food quail
tiles of barley in predigested form,
can be made.
Absolute cleanliness DISTINGUISHES
th@~entlre PabSt process, and the Pabst
Blue Ribbon label is q guarantee of
Cflty. me name PabSt always stands
Tor purity cleanliness and the best
beer brewed.
If your food doesn't taste just right.
or II your digestion is a little off" or
your appetite is poor, drink Pabst Blue
Ribbon beer before or with your meals.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06

4 street preacher in q west of Scot
land town complained to a passing po-
liceman about being annoyed by part
OF the audience and asked him to re-
move the obnoxious ones. "Weel. We
see,' replied the cautious officer, lit
would be a harG job for me tae spot
them, but III tell We what I'd dae if
were you" What would you do?'
eagerly inquired the preacher. Just
ga round wi the hiatt"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
CHURCH REPAIRS IN PROGRESS
First Baptist Church Building Being
OwePhauIed.

The extensive work of overhauling
building is now progressing favorably,
and will be entirely completed within
the month. The interior is to be re-
painted and otherwise embellished,
while needed repairs will be made upon
the outside as we'll. The expenditure
of $500 Or 1000 upon the building, as
contemplated, will add vastly to its
beauty and comfort as we'll.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06

The liveliest girl I ever met
Was charming Annie Nation;
Exceeding sweet was Carry Mel;
Helpful, Amelia Ration.
Nicer than Jenny Rosity
It would be hard to find;
Lovely was Rhoda Dendron, too:
One of the flower kind
] did not fancy Polly Con;
Too angular was she.
And I could never take at all
To Annie Mostly.
! rather liked Miss Sarah Made:
Her voice was full Of charm.
Hester Ical too nervous was;
She filled me with alarm.
e. Lucy Date was clear of face;
Her skin was like a shell.
Miss Ella Cant was rather nice,
Though she was awful swell.
A clinging girl was Jessie Mine:
/ asked her me to marry
In vain-now life is full of fights.
For I'm Joined to Mile Tary.
C. II. w. in Boston Transcript.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
Turn About,

Miss Pepprey l was surprised to
hear that you had joined the national
guard
ChOlly-Ah, really. y'know, l always
said when l got to be a man I'd be a
soldier.
Miss Pepprey-Yes? Well, now that
you're soldier perhaps you'll get to be
q man.-Philadelphi Press.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
Sure to Tumble.

Gussie-But, deah boy, if the rich
man refused to give you the hand of
his daughter 1 don't see why you
should persist in giving him tips on
the races.
Reggy-Sh', | want him to go as
broke as l am and then perhaps when
we are on the same level he won't have
such strong objection.-Detroit Trib-
une
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06

A man was recently going over a
lunatic asylum. and the attendant
showed him q ward with empty beds
In it,
what have you shown this room
for? There's no one in it,
Yes, there is There is where we
put the chauffeurs, and they are all
under the beds trying to mend them"
New York Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06

Why suffer with your Kidneys. The
discovery of Kidney Elites has proved
blessing TO thousands of kidney sUf
ferers who have been restored to prr~
fect health. These Tablets drive the
diseased germs ont of the system, and
we urge all sufferers TO give this scien-
tific and successful kidney remedy a
trial. 25 cents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
Wisdom of Exnerience

'They say" remarked the mere man,
that because is a woman's reason
and it is about all the reason she has"
eyes" rejoined the pretty widow,
Its about all the reason she has for
marrying a man. Chicago News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
ApprODriate,

How should widow look? Grave
A bride? Well groomed. A principal?
With interest A sunburnt woman?
Smart. A Divorce? Relieved An
errand girl? Fetching. A bookkeeper?
Up to date-New York Life.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
Hot Air at That.

THAT fellow Castle seems to be up
in the clouds"
"Oh, he must be the castle in the air
that I've read about" = Philadelphia
Ledger.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06

Two darkies snapped mules. One Of
them was an old hand at the business,
and in making the trade he represented
his mule to be seven years old.
This was in February \ few months
later the other darky began to realize
he had been swindled and that the
beast was fully twelve years old. SO
he went back to tell the swindler he
had lied to him about the animals age.
"You say" said the other fellow.
dat when you got de mule in Febru-
airy he was seven years old, and now
It's June and he's twelve years Old?'
eyes. l do" was the angry response.
well, sab, time sure do tiy."-Phila-
Clelphia Ledger.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
Some After Dinner
Tales Worth Repeating

~ HE man Of this story is very
light sleeper, one who is easily
wakened and who is a long time
getting to sleep. In a Leeds hotel he
had at last got sound asleep when a
loud rap, repeated, awoke him.
whats wanted?'
Package downstairs for you"
well, it can wait till morning,
suppose"
The boy departed, and after a long
time the man was sound asleep again
when there came another resoundinG
knock at the door
''Well, what is it now?" he inquired.
"'Tain't for you, that package"-
1t-Bits.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06

Gar. Col cures ell kind of Sore Throat,
Quinsy, Hoarseness, TonsIlitis, Simply
q gargle. 25 cents.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06

New 1907 Silk and Lingerie Waists

They Just week. evervth
to
OF 81 ""'>S
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06

but why have you broken your en-
gagement?'
well, l simply couldn't marry man
with a broken nose"
"Ah, l wonder how he got his nose
broken, poor felloww
ooh, l struck him accidentally with
my brassie when he was teaching me
golf" -Bystander.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06

Two thousand yards OF this standard
percales to be sold for less than the job
bers sell them. We have great variety of
new pretty patterns IN reds and blues suit
able for girls school dresses. No limit to
the quantity you buy, take 500 yards if
you like; here now at, per yard. $40
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
Women'S White Foot Stockings 15c.

Women's white foot stockings. guar
anteed to be seamless and equal In every
way to the 25c grade; while this lot lasts
we will sell them at, per pair. ....... 15c
The Wm.I Simps0n & Sons PcTCaIeS 53-4C
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-12-06
Ladies' Ribbed Pants at 21C Dair.

We have an accumulation of about
three hundred pairs ladies' ribbed pants;
the vest to match these have all been sold.
and we will dispose of this odd lot for less
than they actually cost. Most of them are
the 25c grades, others are the 35c grades
aud some are the SOC grade; now you can
take your pick OF the whole lot, at pr. ale
Gn'S..S2. so White and Fancy Vests S1.25
They are made by the best maker in
the business. We have over fifty dlfe,en
designs to select from and all sizes from "a
to ~, new and perfect goods just received
and to be sold for about one-half ther reg.
ular price; this lot to 60 at, each j.. s. .S1.45
Handkerchief.
Mems ail-linen handkerch1efs hem
stitched and full regular size; they equal
many zoe grades; here for this sale at
eacn ..s--..... ........s. .1AI2c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
EPITOME OF DOlNGS IN
CONGRESS YESTERDAY

Washington, d. G.. June 2.-Follow-
ing is brief resume taken from the
official records of yesterdays proceed
ings in both houses of congress.
ENATE-The senate passed the bill
regulating the liability of railroad COM
panieS for injuries to employees. but Mr..
Daniel gave notice of motion to re-
consider. which. if il prevails will
bring the measure before the senate
again. Mr.. Morgan made speech in
support of the assertion of American
control i'm the Isle of Pines Discussing
the resolution giving the president au-
thority to go abroad to purchase sup
plies for the Panama canal lin case
American bids eXtOrtiOnate. Mr.
Stone attacked the president as weak
and waVering in po,icy. After pro-
tracted executive Sess lion adjournment
was taken until today.
HOt SEs-AnnOuncement of the sui
eide of Representative Robert Ada ms
Of Pennsylvania was received in the
house shortly after it had convened and
IL was voted To adjourn to today out of
sympathy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
NTHILISTS IN PLOT
TO KILL PRESIDENT
Accidentally Discovered Through Ar
rest of Pole at PortIand-Arrests
Expected.

Portland. Ore, June 2-As the out
come of the arrest of Pole in this
city for an assault upon several Rus
slams, local detectives have learned
the existence here of a large body of
Russian nihilists who. it is alleged.
have been plotting the assassination of
President Roosevelt and simply await
ing the accumulation of sufficient
funds before sending a deputation to
Washington to carry out a scheme for
the assassination of the president.
Detectives have been put on the case
and will make arrests if sufficient evi-
dence is obtained against the gang TO
warrant it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
LABOR LEADER Is KILLED
John Lavine, State Organizer of Cigar
Makers, Shot at Chicago.

Chicago. June John r. Lavine,
well known among labor leaders
throughout the United States. was shot
and fatally injured here last night, by
John r. Tobias. fellow member Of
the cigar makers union. Tobias is a
cripple and for some time has been
supported by the union. AT a meeting
called for the purpose of raising more
money for Tobias the movement was
opposed by Lavine. This displeased
Tobias and when Lavine left the hall,
Tobias, who was waiting on the street
shot Lavine three times. Tobias tried
to escape on his crutches, but was
overhauled and arrested. Lavine died
today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
PATTERSON is NOMINATED
Tennessee Democrats End Stormy Con-
vention by Aereeina.

Nashville, Tenn. June 2.-MalcoIm
II. Patterson of Memphis. representa-
tive in congress from the Tenth dis
trict. was last night nominated for gov
ernor by the democratic convention,
no other name being presented for
consideration. The nomination came
after four days of the stormiest state
political gathering in the history of
Tennessee and after a campaign that
was made notable by the bitterness
and personal nature of the contest be-
tween Patterson and Governor Cox.
the incumbent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
RATE BILL CONFERENCE
REACHES CLOSE OF WORK
SAID HE HAD BOMB
FOR LONGW0RTHS
Drunken Italian Creates Excitement
on Pier from Which Start Was
Made for Europe.

New York, June Representative
Nicholas Longworth and wife sailed
for England today on the steamer St.
Louis.
Just before the LOngworths sailed,
some excitement was caused on the
pier by drunken Italian declaring he
was an anarchist and that he intended
10 throw bomb at Longworth By the
time a policeman could be found the
Italian had disappeared.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
PAPER TRUST STILL ALIVE?
Man Says Dissolution Deci-
sion Is of No Effect.

Milwaukee. Wis. June "A Milwau-
kee paper man says the recent action
of the government in securing the dis
solution of the General Paper company
has been futile, as the same business
is coNjinued by private agreement. and
the product regulated and prices col
lected just as before the suit. He says
the paper trusts lawyers have devised
Il plan beyond the reach of the law
and yet just as effectual in stopping
competition as the other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
Nominated by the President.

Washington. June 2.-The president
has sent the following nominations to
the senate:
Marshal for the middle district OF
Pennsylvania-Charl B. Wilmer.
Receivers of public moneys-Neil j.
Morrison, Duluth, Mimi; Alexander J.
Cook. Vancouver. Wash. Frank A.
Twichell. Seattle, Wash.
Register of the land Office at Seattle,
Wash.-J. Henry Smith.
Postmasters-In Illinois: II. G. Clark.
Mount Morris: G.. w Dicus, Rochelle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
SHOW LOVE FOR DAvITT
Demonstrations in Streets of Dublin
When Body Is Removed.

Dublin. June 2.-The love and re-
spect in which Michael Davitt was
held in Ireland and the widespread
sorrow over his death was amply evi-
denced by scenes in the streets here
today when his body was removed
from the Clarendon street chapel
where it had lain over night TO Brods
ton station for conveyance 10 the grave
yard at Strade. County Mayo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
Verdict Not Delayed.
BOMB THROWER is KNOWN
Perpetrator of Russian Outrage Was
Sailor Who Mutinied.

Sebastopol. June 2.-The man who
threw bomb May 81 and killed three
and wounded several persons has been
identified as sailor named Froloff. who
participated in the mutiny in Novem-
ber last on board the Russian cruiser
OtchakOff.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
PANAMA RUINS ARE RICH IN HISTORIC LORE
st--hh Buried

shipment to the courts of Europe. We
know that during the 10th and 18th
centuries these cargoes were sent up
the Chagres dozen miles or more, and
then placed on the backs of burros and
carried to the sea-
1t was then that the pirates and buc.
cancers robbed the good ships of King
Philip. and it was then that other rob-
bers and pirates robbed those who had
robbed the king. Those were the days
of pillage and the high seas were the
channels of theft.
1t was then. too-during the reign of
Elizabeth-that England sent her fore
es against the Spanish king The gal
Icons were captured. the treasure
trains were seized. and the spoils from
this newfound western world were laid
at the feet of the British queen. The
native prophets believe that it was dur
ing these years of conflict that the
Spanish slaves were sent inland TO the
mountains TO quarry stone for San Lo-
renzo. The natives showed me a great
hole in the hillside. not far from Bo-
hio. on the line of the canal. from
1t is near the Chagres, and in all prob
ability the stone was .hoated down the
river ON RATS of native timber. At all
events, the fort had been completed
and even bore the scars of battle, long
before the famous Morgan. intrepid
leader of the buccaneers, laid siege
with his army underneath it's frowning
guns.
From Porto Bello the pirates came
redhanded. bloodstained, from the con-
quests of the southland, but the sight
of San Lorenzo, high upon the hill at
the mouth of the Chagres. caused them
to seek the shelter of distant bay and
make their approach by land. The
builders of San Lorenzo had not guard
ed against this. and after days of fight
ing the old fort fell Her guns were
dismantled, her treasure rooms robbed.
and her defenders weighted down with
the chains of their vicfors Then Nor
gan passed on TO Panama with his saw
age host and San Lofenzo was left to
crumble and decay.
Decades have passed, but the old
guns. still lay where they were thrown
by Morgan's men. Piles of rusted shot
bear silent testimony to the glory that
might have been hers had they been
hurled from out her guns upon the en-
emy. But they were not. Through all
these years this shot has laid in pyra-
mids. undisturbed. The modern world
forgot the story and its heroes. Then
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
AMERICANS IN A BLOODY
BATTLE WITH MEX|CANS|
DR.. FORCE Is SUED
FOR ACCOUNTING
Northwestern National Life Starts Ac.
ton Against the Former
President

Minneapolis, Mimi, June q Suit
was begun by the present management
of the Northwestern National Life In
surance company today against DR.. ].
Force, former president. asking for an
accounting and the return of any of the
company's funds found to have been
1t is alleged in the
the sum may reach as high
as 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
ROCKEFELLER IS FUGITIVE
Departure for Europe Prevents His Be-
ina Summoned as Witness.

Cleveland. June John ID. Rocke-
feller. now abroard ship bound for
Europe. again is classed as a fugitive
from service" Had he remained in
this country he would have been called
before the interstate commerce com
mission at its next hearing in this
city if the independent oil men could
have found a way of getting him on
the witness stand without giving him
an immunity bath
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
GREAT CROWDS AT
BIG COLLEGE MEET
Seventeen Schools Represented in
Contests on Shepherd Field
Evanston.

Chicago, June 2--Seventeen colleg-
es, universities. and schools, have con-
testants in today's games of the west
ern intercollegiate conference on Shep-
herd field, Evanston. The greatest
crowd that ever witnessed an event of
this kind in Chicago is present. Strong
delegations from various institutions
represented, being in attendance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
KAISER OPENS BIG CANAL
Connects Berlin With Sea and Cost
Was $4,000, 900.

Berlin. June 2.-Emperor William
opened the Teltow canal today. This
is another waterway connecting the
manufacturing suburbs of Berlin with
the sea. The canal cost $10,000,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
State Senator is Arrested.

Little Rock. June 2.-State Senator
F. o. Butt. chairman of the senate ju-
dietary committee. has been arrested
on an indictment charging him with
perjury in connection with his testi-
mony as to legislative bribery. Butt
is under indictmet in two other cases
charging him with ''boodling.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
DUNKARDS IN A WRECK
Three Coaches of Special Train Bear.
ing Delegates DeraiIed.

Springfield. ILL.,, June "A broken
rail today derailed three coaches of
special train on the Chicago. Peoria &
st. Louis at Forest City, bearing 500
Dunkards enroute from Iowa points to
this city to attend the national conven-
ton of Dunkards. No person was kill
ed, but number were injured. They
were brought to this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
DUNNE DECIDES TO
PROBE STOCK YARDS
Will Name Commission to Determine
How Far Recent Criticism is
Justified.

Chicago. June 2.-Mayor Dunno de-
cided today to appoint "A commission
to investigate conditions at the stock
yards with view of determining how
far the recent criticism of methods en-
ployed in killing beef and hogs is justi-
fed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
DECREASE NATIONAL DEBT
Statement for the Month Shows Sur
plus in Treasurey.

Washington. June 2.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows the
total debt. less cash in the treasury. to
be 1881 .954,6 $50. a decrease for the
month of 81 45S $50 Receipts for May.
$47. .9S0,023; expenditures, $45,S4S,21l;
surplus for the month. $2,131,S12. For
the month of May, 1905. there was a
deficit of nearly $3,000,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-02
Held Meetings.

After their return from Paris fire.
quent meetings were held and unusual
activity displayed. Ten days ago two
of the five. one being the South Ameri-
can. left London for Madrid. After
their departure one of the inner coun-
Gil of anarchists declared King Alfonso
would never leave the church alive, ad
ding: "Wait till the news comes"