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The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
GAMBLERS FINGER NAILS.
Young Woman Manicurist Observes
Some of Their Peculi-
arities.

"Do you know how TO tell gambler
by sight?" asked young woman with
manicure establishment in a we'll
known Chicago hotel says the Chi
cago Daily News mot by loud
checked clothes, diamonds or patent
feathers. 1t is to his fingers you must
look Card sharks always have plia.
bic fingers. and usually long ones, but
l know by sizing up their finger
nails"
The discourse of the girl with the
scissors was to one of her young WON.
en- patrons, who was preparing for a
bridge party and wanted to go with
as pretty fingers as possible. The
7oung woman in the chair showed in
terest in the finger nail test for gam.
blers.
yes" resumed the manicurist, bust
ly polishing the nail of her customers
right forefinger. most of the men who
play cards for living have the nails
on four of their fingers cut very short
The first and second fingers of each
hand are the ones. The chips used
in the games are responsible. They
wear the nails away and keep them
rough on the edges, SO they have to
be kept cut short.
The young woman said she was reg
ularly employed by 20 men who de-
rend upon their skill at cards TO win
cash for their hotel bills in Chicago
or these. she added, only one has long
finger nails. He keeps them by max
Ing 1t a rule never to pick up chip,
but to move the little ivory disks by
showing them with his finger tips or
sweeping them into his hand at the
side of the table.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
Pretty Picture of Congeniality Be-
tween Animal Instinct and
Human Reason

Broadway was very interesting to
the tenderfoot from the west, but she
hadn't expected to find such a demon
strative new friend there as she ran
across recently. On one of the busiest
corners, where the crossing is as dan
gerous and as difficult as any noun
tain pass was in the old days, she
was walking into the jaws of death
with the fearlessness and confidence of
ignorance. She was snatched almost
impatiently from the passing dangers
by mounted policeman, who, by the
way, wasn't mounted at the time. His
horse, fine, spirited specimen of the
equine race, was patiently standing at
the corner by the curb, watching the
passing throng and his master. Said
master hurriedly thrust the dazed ten
derfoot to the sidewalk out of harms
way. She bumped into the horse.
Both were surprised, and both begged
pardon in their own ways. The girl
said, rapturously:
"Oh, you beauty"
The horse whinnied softly, as If she
were an old and beloved friend, rub
bling his nose against her sleeve. Then
the girl started across the street once
more. When she was half way over
she felt light touch on her shoulder
and at the same time heard several
men laughing. In surprise, she looked
to see what could be happening. There
stood the policeman's beautiful steed,
looking Dleadingly at her. The next
instant she had that horses head in
her arms and her face against his
glossy head, tears of pleasure in her
eyes. Around this odd pair flowed the
stream of traffic, for this was a busy
center, but many people stopped to
see the strange sight The next in
stant the gruff officer had brusquely
called to the horse. and when the
horse failed to come to his call he
quite rudely grasped the rein and
took the horse away from the tableau.
which Immediately dissolved as the
girl went her way with moist eyes, a
happy smile and a longing in her
heart for her beloved home in the
far west and the horse she loved ~
well.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21

ing II, as one could find in that wild
country, even in a full days ride, and
she is as pretty as she is adroit and
daring. with a killing pair of eyes.
bright and well-filled cheeks and hair
which defies conventionalities, Betsy
has cut no little figure in Polk county
since she was 16. for even at that early
age she began her work as seller of
contraband whisky. She made herself
such a figure. in fact, that even the
older moonshiners began to look up
to her and in their rude way to idolize
the plucky girl, who had been bred
all her life to think the selling of
whisky was an act of the very best
sort, and that the ''revnooers" were a
race of people who deserved only
death and who were sent out as op-
pressors of the people. Such is the
faith which is literally the backbone
of Bctsy's point of view, and that OF
ho7 moonsbiner companions, who
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21

common soldier attacked a fellow
soldier with razor. A general mix
up resulted and a lieutenant ran to
the scene. Fortunately he was armed
with pistol. He drew it and fired
at the malcontent, but. as it happened
missed him altogether and killed an
innocent bugler who was looking ON.
This only made the affair livelier, and
at last one strong fellow pinioned the
ruffian. Thereupon sentinel, who had
caught on from his post, fred away,
and hit in the breast the brave man
who had the ugly one down.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Not Himself.

Your honor" says the defendant
IN the assault and battery case, Il do
not deny having struck this man and
taving thrown him down the steps
and chased him four blocks from my
house, and then having thrown stones
az him as long as he was in sight, but
J plead extenuating circumstances.
"Extenuating circumstances?" asks
IFS honor. How do you make them
out?"
"He is collector for a piano house
and he called to demand an Install
Dsent on the piano just while my
daughter was practicing and / was
trying to read the paper."-Cleveland
Leader.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
TONIC TREATMENT
Weak Stomach end Sick Heassche
Cured BY Dr. Williams

Tho symptoms Of stomach trouble
vary. Some victims have a raveuoua
appetite, others loathe the sight of food.
Often there is feeling as OF weight on
the chest, a full feeling III the throat.
Sometimes the gas presses on the heart
and leads the sufferer to think he has
heart disease. Sick headache is fire.
quent and distressing symptom.
A weak stomach needs a digestive
tonic and that there is no better tonic
for this purpose than Dr. Williams Pink
Pills is shown by the statement of Mr..
A. o. Merrill, mining man, of Oneals,
Calf, a veteran of Battalion Q, Third
U. s. Regular Infantry.
II had never been well since / left
the army, he says, always having had
trouble with my stomach, which was
weak. was run down and debilitated.
Gould keep nothing on my stomach,
and at times had sick headache so bad
that did not care whether / lived or
died. My stomach refused to retain
even liquid food and / almost despaired
Of getting well as had tried so many
kinds of medicine without relief Then
was bitten by rattlesnalxe and that
laid me up from work entirely for a
year, six months of which spent in bed.
One day friend recommended DR..
Williams Pink Pills to me ana began
taking them. They cured me when all
other medicine had failed. / have
recommended the pills to a great many,
for during my recovery every one asked
me what was helping me so and told
them DR.. Williams Pink Pills. / cam
not speak too highly of them."
If You want good health you must have
good blood. DIR. Williams Pink Pills
actually make new blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are sold by
all druggists or sent. postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, 50o. per box, six boxes for
$3.50 by the DIR. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, NY.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21

sprang upon the jailer, who had a bad
quarter of an hour, for not only was
Betsy good wrestler. but star hair
2uiier and scratcher. Not satisfied
with these accomplishments, she
whipped out knife and cut the jailer
hve dmes. He was compelled to
knock her down and then to tie hsr.
burning hole therein, through which
The matter was at once reported to
the Judge, who ordered that she be
placed in the strongest cell and close
iy watched. and at the next term of
court she will be indicted for an as
sauit with intent to kill. not to speak
of another indictment for attempt to
escape. Some of her moonshiner
friends have in a quiet way made
threats that she will not stay in jail
long but the county authorities say
they can hold her.
Betsy's exploit in the jail has given
her an added Importance and value
among her associates.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21

Much as has been written of the
ways and doings of the mountaineers
of North Carolina, any person at all
familiar with the lives of the inhabit-
ants OF that romantic region cannot
but feei that the half has not been
told.
Loyal to degree that holds life
worth nothing if friend can be
served, an enemy punished or traitor
put to death, the mountaineer is typi-
cal of a state of existence the world
has long outgrown.
The average man of more sedate
temperament and cooler blood leaves
the ayenging of his wrongs to courts
81 law and the Judgment of his fell
f5ws, but in the mountains each man
is court of law unto himself, and is
not satisfied with the slow methods of
justice with which other communi-
ties are conversant.
1t has been found a matter of mon
umental difficulty to impress upon
these people that there is wrong in the
making of 'moonshine" whisky. To
them the product of the corn they
grow is theirs, whether it is converted
into the staff of life or the delectable
liquid of the worm and still. The eff
forts OF the "Revnooers" to put a stop
to the distilling of the juice of the
corn necessarily, therefore, are not
looked upon with favor, and conflicts
with the officers of the law are fire.
quent- Just now the federal officials
have complication to deal with
which is more than usually knotty.
Queen" New in Jail.
'The best looking gal in the noun
tains!" Betsy Sims, Queen of the
Moonshiners, is languishing in the big
and lonesome jail at Columbus, the
high-up little mountain town which
is the county seat of Polk, one of the
smallest and most isolated of the
North Carolina counties. What to do
with her is the problem puzzling the
authorities.
Betcy, though only %, is as daring
and well versed a woman, both in the
ways OF making whisky and of SELL
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Deputies Made Terms.

Deputies Made Terms.
The deputies thought it wise to
temporize. and decided to take the
cash, which the moonshiners gallantly
put up, and Betsy retired with them,
looking back archly at the officers,
her charming eyes sparkling with de-
fiance and the roses in her cheeks
deepening until they were like pc
onies. Her face was framed in a pink
sunbonnet of the type which is worn
on week days by all the mountain
girls.
Betsy did not let her daring and
her adventures end with her capture,
but the very next day her moonshine
friends showed up with $3.50, they
having sold horse for that sum.
There was a "big meetin'" not far
away, and it was thought it would
be good time to buy an extra lot of
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Suggesting Safe Course.

McFibb-That fellow Huskie called
me a liarl
Newitt-Yes?
Yes. What would you do about
it?"
well II I were you. I'd make 1t
point always to tell the truth when
he's around.-Catholic Standard.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Making Flowers Paw.

For lilies of the valley a vicar in
carmarthen draws $1,000 a year from
q London dealer; while an old lady
in Berkshire is said to make psarly
$4,000 yearly out OF Marechal Mel
r0ses.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Best He Could Saw,

s-boo shirtwaists the girls are wear
ing?"
well. they're almost clothes."-
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Too Much So.

why do you call that ferocious bull
dog OF your Tcy?"
Because when he once attaches
himself to a person he elings to one
so."-Baltimore American.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Enough for Him

Theorist--Do you worry much about
the next world?
Practical -Thunderation. mol
It's all l can do to make both ends
meet in this one!-Detroit Free Press.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21

| for when the judge took his seat on
the morning of the fourth day Betsy
failed to show up. The Judge issued a
bench warrant for her, and she was
found at the home of a moonshiner not
far from the little town, brought back
and tried, and the Judge decided to
make an example of the bold young
creature by sending her to Jail at Co
lumbus for four months.
Astonished the Mconshiners.
The moonshiners were simply par
alyzed by the sentence, for some of
them thought that Betsy bore a
charmed life, so to speak, and one OF
them, in an outburst of admiration,
had said on the third day that she
would come clar," and that mo ledge
an no jury can tech her, in my min" !"
But Betsy had not quite reached the
limit of her resources. The jail at
Columbus is an old-fashioned barn of
structure, three stories high and of
brick, and is generally slimly tenant
ed. IL happened that when Betsy
first entered its walls a man was there
on his way to the penitentiary to serve
IL months for the practice of the gem
tie art of manslaughter, he having in
some kind of mix-up slain a fellow
mountaineer with knife, and 'gittin
OH light" as the other side of the
case put it. Betsy was put on me
second floor of the jail. this prisoner
WHOSE name is Chalmers, being on the
floor above. A rather rude flight of
steps leads from the second to the
rH
trap-door of wood
How She Broke Jail.
The weather was cool, and there was
fire in Betsy's room. She did not
feel equal to the task of getting out
of jail unaided, SO she sought the com
panlonship of Chalmers They talked
to each other, commonplace while the
jailer was anywhere within hearing,
but business when he was out of the
way, the business being the best means
of getting out. Betsy was the more
resourceful of the two, and so, taking
a chunk of fire. she went UP the
stairway AMI set fire to the trap-door,
Chalmers descended. He and Betsy,
after passing the compliments of the
day, for they were acquainted, decided
on the mode of action, and then Chal-
mers fell to work to make a hole
through the side of the jail, while
Betsy made rope out OF blankets and
bedding, and arranged such goods and
chattels as she had with her in shape
for quick removal. Chalmers, with
true gallantry, decided that it was best
for him to go through the hole first,
thus testing the latter, and, incident
ally, the rope below. Out he got and
fitted away.
Nearly Vanquishes Jailer.
Betsy was going, too, but as she
was halfway through the hole she
felt the rude hands of the jailer upon
her, and was hauled back into tie
room. This aroused her fighting instin ct
to the limit. and like a lioness sac
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Still spiteful.

Her-Yes. she married him to spite
another girl.
Him-But why did she divorce him?
$50 he could marry the other girl,
and thus spite her some more. Chi
cago Daily News.
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Poor Marksmen in Mexico.

A recent unfortunate occurrence In
army circles in Mexico indicates that
craftsmanship may be still further de-
veloped to advantage. 1t seems that
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Important to Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle Of CAsToRrA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and sec that Il
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-06-21
Nearly vanquishes Jailer.

Betsy was going, too, but as she
was halfway through the hole she
felt the rude hands of the jailer upon
her, and was hauled back into tie
room. This aroused her fighting instinct
to the limit. and like a lioness sHe
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-03-23

me" be said. slowly through his set
teeth. "It's that cowardly hound
Speck. Go call your driver. I'm shot,
He tried to- walk to chair, but reefed
and fell. -.:~.s, IL. ~. q
AIMS first impulse was toward laugh
ter. 1t was so absurd, so melodramat-
ic, so perfectly impossible. "He Is try
ing to brighten u.s." she thought, look
ing down at him, but Louis ran out
screaming for Watson.
Raymond partly rose and faced her.
Big drops Of agony sweat cleaned OH
his forehead. Its no joke" he gasped,
seeming to divine her feeling. Hes
put it right through, just above my
heart. Don't let me bleed to DEATH"
he ended, with cultural harshness, and
began to tear at his coat in the effort
to get it off. As he took away his hand
and studied his palm, which was nod
with blood, AIMS heart grew sick with
horror. Her limbs grew numb and
weak. Then, as she watched him tear
ing feebly at his coat, the long dormant
woman in her. awoke. She ceased to
tremble and fell on her knees beside
him.
"Let me help you," she said, and her
voice was calm and clear, her fingers
firm. When his coat was off he sank
again exhausted, breathing hard.
''Cut away my shirt-get at that hole
and plug it, he commanded. "Any-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-03-23

! PPM shot," He tried to walk to chair,
|, but reeled. :
thing that will fill it. You'll find some
Fscissors there in that box-in the win
dow" =, ss., = .,.;.. ..j.:. IL;
His shirt was wet with blood, and
yet the girl clipped it away with steady
hands. He looked down at the wound
and then smiled up to her. "I'm all
right. 1t was a steel jaeketed $3.50.
| It won't bleed much, and it's above my
lung. I'll fool him yet"
The driver, wild of eye and much
crumpled Of hair, scrambled into the
room. "Who did it? Who did it,"
"Never mind who did it. Plug this
hole" commanded Raymond. Bring
some cold water and pour on It,"
Ann saw that the drivers wits were
too muddled to permit Of proper action,
and while her tense nerves quivered
she bathed the wound, which was al
ready ceasing to bleed.
'%urn me over, cap" called Ray
mond. you'll find another vent on the
other side''
Louis and the driver turned him gen.
thy on his face, and Ann was Mortified
to find an uglier wound than the other.
Sick with horror as she was, she con-
trived to cut away the shirt and stanch
the blood as before.
Raymond was recovering from the
first shock of the wound, and, though
his breathing was troubled, his mind
was clear. "Now, Watson" he said to
the driver, "spread some blankets I'M
der me, and then you 80 out to the
corral and take my brown mare, with
the saddle on, and slide out for Wal
lace and bring doctor. Don't urge
the mare-just let her take her gait
and don't ride her back. Leave her
there" .s,,y,> - ~ g., iva. -.
After the driver had helped him to
bed: on a. blanket Raymond added,
,'''Now I've got to be quiet and wait,
that's all there is about it." He looked
at Ann. you can 60 to bed and slsep.
Youngster, you're in tor sentinel duty
tonight ~
Ann interrupted him. "You must not
talk, not another word! Lie perfectly
still. We will keep cool bandAges on
your wound till the doctor comes"
He submitted to her directions and
lay quiet, moving only to allow her to
change the compress. Louis, when he
knew what was needed, became almost
10 def as Ann and relieved her Of the
painful task of replacing the bandages.
But the powerful frame Of the ranch
man grew each moment more inert, and
at last they could not dress the wound
Ut his back. E.,-.
f g. CHAPTER
TOR a long time the silence re-
manned unbroken except now
and then when the girl bent
4 over the. silent figure to ask.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-08-20
Quaker Reflections.

When a girl goes abroad to fin
isf her education you can't always
see her finish.
Even when a man knows what
is expected of him he is apt to con-
slider it too much.
1t is quite possible for girl to
be fair and still take a fellow 5
heart by storm.
If a man could be useful around
the house and still know how to sup
port his family it would be a good
thing.
Don't be a sponge. Some people
want to absorb everything i'll sight,
and give out nothing. Are you a
sponge-do you sponge?
You can't love one in whom you
have no confidence. Trust-or
faiths the very heart of love.
When it ceases to throb on love
takes its flight. To confess one is
to be assured OF the other.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-08-20
If You Are a Tower

OF good bread, pies, cakes and
rolls cali at Clay's bakery, Sixth
and Levee streets. 1 also sell
FIeischlnann's compressed yeast,
the best in the world for bakers
or fannie use. I endea1or to sell
nothing but the best that money
aud skilled labor can produce, and
extend to the public a cordial IN
vltation to inspect my bakery and
methods of bread making at any
time. am here to serve you aud
must have your trade. Call or
phone No. 81. Mail orders receive
MY personal attention.
7. J. CLAY.
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An Ecclesiastical Hat.

A milliner who works in large
city says that one day woman
came into the store very much
excited, and wanted the trimming
on her new hat changed. She said
that it had been trimmed on the
wrong side, relates the Youth S.
But, " said the saleswoman,
the trimming is on the left side.
That is where it ought to be. -
1t doesn't make any difference
whether it ought to be in front or
back, or right or left, it's got to be
on the church side.
Church sidel" gasped the as
tonished girl.
Yes, church side. I sit right
next the wall in church, and I'm
not going to have all that trimming
next to the wall. l want it on the
other side, so the whole congrega
ton can see it"
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How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure +. J.
CHENEY s, Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known T.
J. Cheney for the last IS years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bust
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made BY his
firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o,
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold
by ali Druggists.
Take Hall FamilyPills for constipation
No, Maude, dear, the tight rope
walker doesn't necessarily keep a
balance in the bank.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-08-20
Late Items.

It IS claimed the Gulf Stream has
changed its course so as to run
much nearer the United States
coast than formerly. This it is
said may account for the excessive
heat and humidity noted on the
Atlantic seaboard this summer.
The Mexican government has
refused stay of proceedings III the
case OF John Madden, who MUIR
dered. DR.. John King in Oaxsca,
Mexico, two years ago, and Mad
den will be executed in about a
month. The deed is represented
to have been an atrocious, cold
blooded murder. Both murderer
and victim were Americans.
Archbishop Blenk visited in per-
son the leper colony in Louisiana
and administered the sacrament.
A special grand jury has been
impaneled in Chicago to investigate
the operations of the Standard Oil
company in Illinois.
R. B. Brown of GAINESVILLE, Ohio
has been elected commander in
chief of the G. A R
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Marking the Santa Fe Trail.

The famous old Santa Fe trail is
to be markec so that its location
will not be forgotten. The school
children of Kansas were asked to
contribute a penny each to secure
suitable markers for this pioneer
highway of progress, and 500, 166
responded. With this fund the
trail will be outlined in an en-
during manner from Kansas City
to Santa Fe, 800 miles as the
caravans made it, the time consum-
ed for the round trip being 10
days. It is believed the trail dates
back to 1910, when a Spanish
adventurer led an expedition from
Mexico as far noith as Kansas.
But it was not until the beginning
of the last century that the Ameri-
can trader and pioneer utilized the
long trail that stretched out into
the wilderness OF tie new FL
ado.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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