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The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07
Is OLD AS HE FEELS,
A EiGHTI-NVE YEARS, SENA-
OK PEITUS DISGUSTED AT
BEING CALLED AGED,
constituents ldoIize Him-But They
are Preparing to Hold an Election
to Decide on SuccesSor-in Case He
Dies.

something unusual is happening in
AlaDama. The people unanimously
want Edmund Winston Pettus to con-
tlnue to serve them in the United
States Senate as long as he lives. Yet
they are preparing to hold an election
10 decide upon his successor. The rea-
son is that when Senator Pettus' pres
ent term expires in 1909, he will be
SS years old, and the election is to be
held because Alabamans fear he will
not live longer than that. But Grand
pa Pettus is indignant. He says he
Is as Spry as he was at 60 and that he
expects to live out the whole six years
OF another term. He is candidate for
reelection on the platform: "A man
IS as young as he feels"
Senator Pettus had reached the time
Tor chloroforming, according to the
so-called Osler doctrine, back in '63-
about the time he was performing
deeds of daring in defense of Nicks-
burg, fighting with the Confederate
army. 1t seems that the situation had
become desperate: volunteers were
called for a forlorn hope. A brigade
/ OF reckless Texans offered for the
] service, and Pettus offered to lead.
| And he did lead-led where fight was
hottest, and at the head of the column.
/ his six feet four looming large in front,
/ that prOIrudilg lower jaw set on TAX
ing those works at any cost. Where
thar tall figure rose and that black
straight name waved those Texans
followed. They loved him for his dar-
ing, and when all was done and they
learned that he was from Alabama
and not from Texas they insisted on
adopting him for their State, and by
one acclaim he was christened "Old
Texas Pettus was a Forty-Niner.
He rode from Alabama to California
on horseback with a company of some
forty of his neighbors. He was a mere
lad then of twenty-eight. but had al
ready had adventures in the Mexican
war, in which he fought. At eighty
five his record is said to be something
like this: Enjoys a game of cards,
reads his Bible, loves flowers, runs no
bills, carries red bandana, calls his
wife sweetheart. has fund of subtle,
humor and being Senator who works.
! hasn't time to think whether the Grim
! Reaper is twenty or only ten years
off. That, his friends believe, is
good enough platform in itself.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

hers, whose birth has given monu-
ments and loving tribute to both liv-
ing and dead Southern heroes. Her
object in uniting the women of the
South was to bring them together, to
pull shoulder to shoulder with the
Confederate veterans in extending all
necessary aid to the needy survivors of
the war between the States: to protect
historic places of the Confederacy; to
record the part taken by Southern
women as well in untiring effort after
the war in the reconstruction of the
South as in patient endurance of
hardship and patriotic devotion dur
ing the struggle: to honor the memory
of those who fell in the service of the
Confederate States; and to cherish
ties of friendship among the members
of the society.
She worked for years striving TO
organize the United Daughters of the
COnfederacy before even her own
association of which she was presi
dent would cooperate with her in call
ing convention and inviting other
Daughters of the Confederacy to unite
in forming Il national association. At
this time, besides being President of the
Tennessee Daughters, she was a mem
ber of the National Conference of
Charities and Corrections, the ational
Prisoners Association, and the National
Humane Association. and was edu-
Gated up to the point where she could
see the advantage of consolidating the
scattered forces of Confederate work
crs who were few and far apart. Her
work with the national associations
showed her the great possibilities in
concert of action, and, having time,
means, and social influence to back her
in the work, she determined to carry
out her plans, and unfinchingly fought
opposition from start to finish. The
result was that on September 10, 1884,
the Society of the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy was organized at
Nashville, Tenn.
When the Tenneseeans announced
little over a month ago that they pro-
posed to have a portrait of Mrs. Good
lett painted and placed in the museum
at Richmond, Va, appeals came at
once from the chapter of the States re-
uuesting that they might also con-
tribute toward honoring their founder.
The requests We're complied with and
the portrait was unveiled at NASH
vile, Tenn, June s. 1903.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07
RED TAPE IN DAYS OF '61,
The Best Way to Get Brooms Mas
to Beg the Money and Buy Them.

A veteran of the civil war. in COM
menting on the so-called Panama
circumlocution office, gave some anus
Ing "reminiscences of the working of
the rep tape" during the days of 1861.
Il was quartermaster sergeant in Il
New York regiment and had been
detailed to assist in handling n bunch
of recruits" he said. AT the end of
the first week | discovered that we
We're out of brooms, and when | re-
ported the matter to the lieutenant he
told me to stop off at the ordnance
store when rode in to get the rations.
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Granted

At the Grant family dinner Major
General Frederick D. Grant told this
story on himself:
"I was booked to speak at a large
dinner in town and the toastmaster
felt it incumbent upon him to make
my path as smooth as possible. ne
therefore spoke of my father and SAID
I strongly resembled him. This mad
the desired effect on the people present,
and they gave me their best attention;
although l spoke as we'll as could,
| felt that everyone was disappointed
in me and I sat down with relief that
it was over.
THE toastmaster rose and smiled
at me. Then he said to the guests;
"Didn't l tell you he was just IKE
his father? He can't speak worth a
cent"
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07
MENORL4L DAY.

No memorial day. or Decoration
Day. ms it is more generally known
has ever come around, since after
the institution of the observance, more
than thirtyfve years ago. when a
better state of feeling existed between
the North and South, and betweC n
the men who fought in the war. than
now. There has been a decided ten
dency this year TO all sorts Of Blue and
Gray proceedings. The Grand Army
posts ana the Confederate camps have
mixed themselves up in most genial
way, -. -....--
This does not mean that the special
value of the day to the northerner as
a commemoration of the services and
death of the Union soldier has lost its
fine edge On the contrary, ii has
gained in zest- The soldier died for
the Union, and those who lay flowers
on his grave cannotdo so without think
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07
HOUSE FOR FREE SEEDS.
,nWER BRANCH OF NATIONAL
LEGISLATURE PASSES THIS
APPROPRIA TON.

noo,t,ers of Congress ''Haze' Cp-
Aaneots of Free SeedS.-Confusion
pIrcedes final Vote on BilI..-Agri-
cultural Oratory.
When the House of Representatives
,onl; III the agricultural appropriation
lin guite a discussion arose over the
animation of the usual free seed item
h, the committee on agriculture. The
unnsr gave to the country during the
dgvs of debate, spectacle that else
whore than on the floor of that parlla-
mautary body, would have been known
as rough house.
There was Il great tendency to
oboZr" members when they spoke in
defense of the action of the committee.
Much was said about the attempt to
strike down the Woodworking farmer
and take from him that helping hand
in fhe shape of free seeds which had
haan held out to him for so many
years.
None of the advocates of free seeds
emphasized the fact that the total val
u4 of the package containing, five
small packets which forms the quota
sent TO each farmer cost the govern
ment l !, cents and that each member
had the enormous sum of $50 worth
NJ these seeds to distribute among his
entira constituency. The arguments
advanced sought to prove that the
withdrawal of this subsidy of less than
. cents to each farmer would drive the
entire agricultural voting strength OF
the country into bankruptcy.
ELOQUENCE ON TAP.
Some of the speeches made will &c
rolling down the corridors of time
as specimens of that matchless elo
ouence always on tap in the House oi
Representatives when il great nationa
issue is up for consideration.
Mr.. Henry, of Connecticut, submit
Ted innumerable letters from his con
sttucnts and from organized oranges
urging the abolishment of the free-seed
practice. Mr.. Mondell, Of Wyoming
delivered himself of humorous
speech in which he poked fun at the
Department. Mr.. Burleson, OF Texas
opposed free seeds because ne did not
believe the Intelligent farmers ct the
country expected the government to
aid them in ,aeir business. Farmers,
under all circumstances, he said, had
supported the government and never
expected the government to support
them.
Mr.. Burleson paid his respects,
rather sarcastically, to certain mem
hers who advocated free seeds on the
floor and then in the cloak rooms
sneered at the "Reubens" and hay
seeds who demanded them. Mr.. Bur
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

Daughters of the Confederacy. No
one but woman of such force of
character united to the social training
that comes from inheritance through
Il long line of ancestors, together with
parliamentary experience, could have
conceived and firmly established in so
short a time a society that now num-
bers 10000 members.
Mrs. Goodlett is very modest in
speaking of this cherished child OF
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

ing of the Union ana HS S"' -.
Rut thr Uulou is now secure I"IT,,i' ,,,,I
rhn rnncors Of war time ar" "y'I,
rho work of the hero Of that N1L -, ~
nomnIrtr There is now n" I''I,iyt I.ag,,t
occasion for maintaining tie ''n"'''
that he had part IN, ,Ii.,,.., ,,r.rvrs
Nt tnr side ut the soldiers -I'l,,r, i,,,.,r,,
IN tnfs wear Of I9o,i mNu} NI9,wn. ,,.,,,. !
,n n,nIsnns MS, of men who mr." hur',' I.,',.
thnr" viii stand win dow"rN IN ~ 'nyo ,'.o
hanJs 1850 was d good VIM ..,'7,,, '7
a" cnr,oin amount Of the dr'o'n.. .',, =, ~,
A., a '',,o'" ,ror viii uc dour 10y N'trr'1S ,lI
ln,% In"a yy@' y.,,ondsan- For therr w'r" ".@ u,
saynws IN the ranks of iinu IL,!l ., VIM th,rr
iel%WI Sattvsnmre ON BON ~idc~. ia, I ,u'r[. ~
wcr ,rcrc youugstrr> too. aud l1'0S."', T1, ,ra
,na,', Mr,r w" noyr with Ms still Iu'? ,,r, Wv,
unnorc1 ,nrsr above all other men, anu ,nrfr
uo,.U' nor,r ~ ON Memorial DAY. /, u.s. WV, We.
per perry %"tnIne %o eau lr NOR 'lInr.>S.n,c ,nc
dny, h. ,Hrn, annual turnout II Is '"l nv"
'ham ,i,n.s ,,'m most beautiful sr"rl'.0 n'nr ''.'
!,n nav ,'T" nanorins or il wra''@ u." ',..' -r'' ,r
n the 'Ii,", ,jyrs .'' The enduring paI'''" VI
patriotism.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

Here is what one subscribers at Crockett, Texas
writes
me 1t is certainly filed with helpful articles, and would be
glad know every family in Texas had the benefit of its
teachings The article in this number. Homecroer
Garden should preserved for reference The ARTICLE
HEALTH HONE, CAREFULLY FOLLOWED, WOULD SAVE
SICKNESS IN EVERY Anything that do to assist
you extending circulation in Texas will be gladly
done"
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07
CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS.
MRS. GOODLETT or NASHVILLE :
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT or
NATIONAL ORDER.
Strove for Years to Unite Various
Southern State Organizations
Active Worker in Many Charitable
Institutions,

Few have accomplished more for
living patriotism as well as perpetual
ing the memory of the heroic dead of
the Southland than Mrs. NJ. c. Good
lett, of Nashville, Tenn, the founder
and first president of the United
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

According to Pekin reports me ~. ~,
uesc bandits are almost as hc'''' %
Jrast Side rioters in New YORK.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07
SEEING Us BEhZEyzMG
IT IS NOT AN EASY MATTER

to make a million people believe that so good
magazine as MaxwcU's HOmenaker Mag
agine can be published for ten cents year
But we are doing it because the magazine
speaks for itself and tells its own story.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

The Chicago News says that q man may
rirt with some of the girls al the ufne. ue.
nt,i ,,r 1ii Hf the girls some of the time; but
IbSt no man has a right to tlirt with all
the girls all the time.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07
AncrthOughfS.

The ratio OF married couples Nv ''i- T.,
to celebrate the golden anniversary -
10 1000.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

Pirates have stolen a standard on vessel.
There Is apparently no longer hoho' al'on
members of the profession.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

Dr u-uav chief chemist of the Agricul-
trr,i Denartment. says that bottled whis-
key Is the safest. oi course 1t 'S' as ''A
as II stays bottled.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

:. T., .,,ror,piv asserted that the two great
,,,i,itirai narties together. only spent four
p,Titiiin,, dollars during the last presidential
~amnaicn. How could they mgnage 10 pay
for stationery alone with such misery
allowance.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

arbiroeo bristles." says Henry
r,,,ns nrovfng that they took him On
,T," u-laI sightseeing trip thronsh '"'
and cattle.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

4 Milwaukee poetess won a oI[Ig, arr.
= nGnr in a poetical contest. re"
,orrs are so lucky in landing me
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

Scru,inIze your change carefully; dan
rerous counterfeit thousand dollar pii has
been discovered.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

satisfactorily that with the number
month
sample 1t will
published who
olghten
children and and the whole
rands il moderate
would
life would read it.
d here ares some Of Departments
Little Folks in The Home Home Eqnee
Editorial Comment The Home
Study the Hone Home
Carc Cooking Buiding The
envelope with your name and
address (ayits bau, and MAXWELL'S HOMEMAKER
MAG AZINE, Fisher Building Chicago, ILL.,
Do 1t NOW-DOn't Delay
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

postop has n public scho9' n,' ,''t taught l,l
Aan,,nvonsiy Mlss ] for 0fry seven ''''s
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

the baby that was born in par,,or o.,
Tho Lake Shore road can claIHL
,Sat whatever success he achieves 'a'''
W, igg, was due TO early training
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

Henry James calls himself "trIS, TINS
~ ,m,rican Those OF us "no
T. n,,s m.,' ,rfpd to understand Mt James
i''1L. '', brlong in the same class
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

rho Washington State supreme
,,.,r, II" has given George H. Meise s,..i.. S.f,.
,1m u W'' r,r ~ the loss Of a leg H@"'E' .
oUo o,,,,rioI ,f standing is now assured.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-07

v-,fcv the Government theullg'
i, looking into the question innn o. food @ with.
~ ,TSafrfgrraror plants may keep ,u'' He is
',', .,nrzr after the cold facls'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22

The subject of this sketch Hawaiian
sand
his living working
the which lights the city quickly
speciality of looking electrical
world Falls
During his travels with
Washington
House Although
able the likeness
in
Hawaiian
willingness to
wv exert
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22
DONE BY TRYING.

Nobody can tell what he can
do till he tries. When thing
ought to be done the modern
spirit moves us to keep working
away at it until it is done. In
the face Of this idea the "impos-
gible" vanishes. Where there's
a will, there's a way. "If we
could but rob cod liver oil Of
it's sickening taste and smell and
then combine it with two or
three other Ingredients we should
possess the best remedy in the
world for certain diseases that
are now practically incurable."
So said a famous English physi-
elan twenty-five years ago. EBut
it will never be DONE" he added.
"You can no more turn coz liV-
er oil into a palatable medicine,
than you can turn the Goldfish
itself into a Bird of Paradise.
Yet he lived to admit that in
WAMPoLE'S PREPARATION
the "impossible" had been ac-
complished. It is palatable as
honey and contains all the nu-
tritiVe and curative properties of
Pure Cod Liver Oil, extracted
by us from fresh cod liVers, COM
bined with the Compound Syrup
of Hypophosphites, Extracts of
Malt and Wild Cherry. This
remedy is freed from the bad
peculiarities DR.. FrothingEam so
detested, and it is precisely the
splendid medicine he wished for.
Use it freely and confidently for
Hysteria, Wasting Complaints,
Anemia, Blood Impurities, Asth-
ma, and Throat and Lung Trou-
bles. DIR. w. Ell. B. Atkins, Ply
sician to Toronto General Hos
pital, says: 'I am much pleased
TO state that the results from
as;ng Wampole's Preparation of
God Liver Oil have been uni
formly satisfactory; it appealed
to me as being prepared accord
ing to correct scientific princi-
pies" It increases the appetite
and influences the digestion of
food: it is delicious to take, will
not disappoint you, and is effec-
live from the first dose!S One bot
tle convinces. At all chemists.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22
THIELEN & WILLIAMSON
DO YOU WANT TO BUILD?
WE HAVE FOR SALE


WE HAVE FOR SALE
A large lot, corner Makiki and Hast
mgs streets.
A large lot at Waikiki, next to Judge
Dole's.
lots at Kaalawai
lots at corner King and Punahou
streets.
lots at corner King and MeCully
streets
WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE A
HOME NOW READY?
WE HAVE THREE BARGAINS
A nice cottage at College Hills.
A nice house on Young street, near
Thomas Square.
A fine house on Anapuni street.
Summer Homes -
There is nothing better than one we
can offer you at Kaalawai.
If You prefer the mountains, we have
Two homes on Tantalus.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22
THE SILENT BROOK.
By Curtis J. Lyons.

Williams lCollegel Quarterly, August 1858.
gtgtg+s*at s*a*s*.*a
Why tread the prosy, never-ending road,
Measured by milestones, led by jealous fence
Where with the wayside flower you share the dust
Of passing wheels and dull your finer senses
While barren souls of passersby will talk
And wonder why you take your aimless walka
No longer followed the road but scorned
The fence, and followed shadow 'er the felds
Nor fingered by the lazy meadow brook,
That to the lazy angler pleasure yields
But turned where sopng banks and darklng woods
Betokened shade and rest and cooling foods
The bord ring thieket passed, seemed exclude
The noisy, heartless world and all the trees
Stood hushed and grand--no idle, babblng crowd;
| fastened to the stream, there to appease
Hot thirst, and there to quench the thirst soul
With soothing songs that with the waters roll.
But ah although the rippes danced and played,
And tossed the messy ringlets in their sport,
And though stern rocks disturbed the edying stream
Yet all was still, as when death holds his COURT
Silent the glen, midnight s mountain cave
SPECIFICS the stream,-noiseless the leaping wave
As seward flowed the stream, followed I
To where from dark to light, and dark again.
The cascade leaped into the misty depth,
Was here voice to welcome from the glen
Where trustful waters poured their copious flow?
None-none,-for all was silent there below.
The dry leaves rustled not beneath my feet
Fen when the birds flew past l heard them not
Was then barred from outer world of sound?
And yet my ear the hum of summer caught
Then fearful fastening from tn ill-boding brook,
To haunts of men, returning steps took.
They told dreadful tale of bloody deed
VIII those noble trees once stood aobast.
And that sweet guleless brook er since that day
Forgot its music, it gided past
Nor moved the mer's Wheel sang its song
But sad and silent, flowed along
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22

greatest collectors in the
country said the assistant briefly docs he stamp
Then Chicago Daily News
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22

81 the
architect who building Nuriteh
hoy,
ads
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-22

Most the
billboard
far back on
The Glenwood post., 1906-04-07
FIGHT WITH HUGE SEA BAT.
Fish That Leaps Into the Air and
Turns SomersauIt.

Imagine a jet black bat of fifteen or
more feet across, with long, slender
tail, the fins rising and falling like
wings with motion the perfection of
grace; wings jet black above, pure
white below; flashing alternately
black and white as the fishes turned
, and swung alone, standing out against
the mauve tint of the bottom with
wonderful distinctiveness. They bore
remarkable resemblance to bats and
were the bats of the sea.
AS the dinghy moved nearer I saw
that rare spectacle-a huge ray turn
completely over, throwing a somer-
sault as it swung around, a picture of
grace, yet never losing its position.
presenting for a few seconds beautiful
lines attuned to perfect grace. / was
fascinated by this singular perform
ance, characteristic Of these giant
fishes. and might have remained in
active had not the dinghy reached a
point when it was apparent they must
see us.
| permitted one, two, three to go
slowly whirling on, then, selecting
one that was headed up the lagoon in
the direction of the cul-de-sac, hurled
the quivering grain pole into the black
shadow just as it was about to turn.
l heard the quick thud, saw the pole
leap from the socket, heard the In
dian plying his oar to head the dinghy
up the reef, and then the very bottom
of the sea seemed to rise into the air
as the great batlike creature rose
bodily from a maelstrom of spray, Of
fering a vision Of beating wings that
deluged boat and occupants; then 1t
fell with a resounding crash, .he big
waves from the impact careeniug the
hy.-Metropolitan Magazine.