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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-24
How Many Eggs Did Jones
Buy?

The once universal and hair. pulling
problem of "How old is Ami" is
now and ancient number in more
ways than one. The late egg-trading
venture of Jones and jerks has al
ready upset the nerves Of the easy
going Californians, and it is now
stretching across the continent. A
California news paper is respon-
sible for the story of Jones making
the famous egg deal. "Don't forget
to drop in at the corner grocery and
order some eggs sent up to the house
right away" exclaimed Mrs. Jones
as her husband was leaving the house.
"You know the Smiths are coming
over for dinner and l must bake a
cake"
"All right" said Jones, and, mind
full of his promise, he stepped into
the grocery.
Hello" said jerks, the grocer.
Don't often see yoa. What can
l do for you to-day"
How much are your best eggs?"
asked Jones.
Well" said jerks, two more
than | am now selling for "a cents
would make them two cents dozen
less than they are now"
"All right" said Jones. Send
twenty-four cents worth over to the
house right away, My wife is wait
ing for them"
How many eggs did he buy? After
he reached the office he started to
figure it out; and before he got
through he was nearly crazy. He
then gave the problem to his book
keepers who also came to grief over
II
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-24

'T thought you were drowned" I
gasped.
He didn't answer but commenced
to put the wheel to starboard.
my God, skipper" 7 cried,
you're putting her ashore. This
isn't a fore and after"
Queer way to talk to a skipper,
wasn't III? but when was half
crazy with fear Of going on them
bloody shoals in the night
He never said a word.
noticed that he was steering
with his left hand and that the bark
was answering to the helm for the
first time since she had gotten in the
drift. Snowman came aft.
"Who's that at the wheel ?" he
asked me.
"Cap'n Snow" | answered, "and
he's steerin' plumb ashore"
"Then he wasn't washed over ?"
said Snowman.
4 saw him go over the rail- said
/, staring at the figure at the wheel.
With the helm hard as a starboard
the bark went straight for the break
ers and held my breath waitin' for
her to strike.
Then the skipper shot the spokcs
to port and the wind lulled. 1t
came again in about three minutes
and dead from northwest.
The skipper waved his hand to-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-24

wards the masts but said not a
word. I understood him and ran
forrard. The others were sailors
all, and they had already begun to
bend a sail to the stump of the fore
mast so as to help the old hooker out
Of the pickle she was in.
The sail filled and the vessel
slowly wore away from the westland
"We'll go clear" exclaimed Stow
man, clutching my arm.
well go clear" | said after him.
and cold as it was, for it was tic
last part of November, wiped the
sweat from my forehead.
suddenly the bark lost the wind
and | ran aft. No one stood at tEl
wheel.
skipper" called, and began
to turn cold.
| grabbed the wheel and brought
the bark to the wind all the time
looking around for the skipper J
cried out for Snowman and when
he came aft | asked him to take the
wheel and went down into the cabin.
The mate was there taking a dram
of spirits
did the skipper come down." l
asked.
"Why, the shippers drowned" he
said.
opened the captains statcroom
and there that little kid was sound
asleep jest as calm as if he had d
been in his crib ashore.
Now, boys, you heard me say the
skipper was steerin' with his left
hand and when his body was WASHED
ashore they found his right arm
broken.
"Who vas it at der veel?" asked
Hans.
at was the shippers spirit come
to save his little boy" replied jim.
'"What came Of the 5idY
asked l.
ooh, when we came into Whining
ton in tow of steamer they tele
graphed up north and his GRANDPA
Their came down for him. The way
he cuddled that kid made it plain
he'd have a good berth in the ole
mans home.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-24
NEVER SATISFIED.

Pesslnist--After all, this world is
''most all uphill work"
Optimist-Gee! but you're hard
to please; the last time ! saw you
YOU we're complaining because your
business was all running down.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-24
DENIED THE CHARGE.

Police Judge-The officer states
that you were found lying in watt
Prisoner-Dat amt right, yer
honor; / never wus in de coal BUSH
ness in me life" .-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-24

Feel languid, weak, run down?
Headache? Stomach "off"?-Just a
plain case of lazy liver. Burdock
Blood Bitters tones liver and stom-
ach, promotes digestion, purifes
the blood.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-24

Cheapest accident insurance DR.,
Thomas Electric Oil. Stops the
pain and heals the wound. All drug
gists sell it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-01-24
For Sale

Stock of general merchandise at
Bennettstown, KY. Stock made to
suit the purchaser. For full infor-
nation address-R. L. Mobley,
Bennettstown, Ky.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
The Cherry Tree Down By The Gate.

Full many year, in it's grandeur sublime,
All careless of mans veal or woe.
Had this old landmark cast its shadows DER
The many who passed to and fro.
Each springtime it budded and blossomed
anew,
And smiled on the early and late
And at summers high noon bore luscious red
The cherry tree down by the gate.
Meath its welcome green shade the little ones
sat,
So many Il summers day,
And lovers. too, would lingering chat
While idhng fond moments away.
Full many Il traveller, weary and weak,
From afar its foliage could see,
And sought friendly shelter from the swell
Meath the folds of the old cherry tree.
A sentinel for many year hath it stood,
Saluting the sun and the sky.
Proof 'gainst the terrors of whirlwind and
storm;
But. alas. it must withcr and die.
So PROSTATE now it falls at mans feet.
thing of the past-as he too shall be
While no more, as we near its accustomed
May we see our staunch friend-the old
cherry tree.
Thus We journey through life, responsibility
From old friends to new, as the former
pass by;
Meanwhile. our hearts may he tenderly
yearning
For a smile from those of youths memory.
But moment we worship at pleasantly s
shrine,
Then kneel a some idol god we may see.
Neglecting the homage due friendship divine
Even as we discard the old cherry tree.
HARLAN d. WILLIS.
EDITOR
This tree stood at the outer gate leading to
the residence of Doctor Chapman. 1t died
last fall and it became necessary to cut it
down. The tree was admired by all of the
residents of Perryman, who deeply deplore
its loss H. ID. w.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
CONSCIENCE MONEY.

What the Old Time Publishers Paid
From q Sense of Justice.
Some interesting details have been
given out lately as to the sums voluR-
tarily paid to British novelists by
American publishers before the days Of
International copyright Any American
firm could reprint at once whatever is
sued from the English presses, but
some publishers arranged with British
authors for advance sheets of forth
coming works, thus enabling them to
get the start of ''piratical' firms which
paid the author nothing. 1t is interest
ing to observe the occasional disparity
between the merit of the book and the
price paid. The whole thing was in
the nature of leap in the dark. Often
the sum given by the American pub
Usher was ready more than the Amer
lean rights would probably have been
worth had it been possible to secure
them by copyright. Thus Anthony
Trollope got $500 for ''Sir Harry Hot
spur" one of his poorest novels; George
Eliot $500 for Daniel Deronda" and
Charles Reade $1,000 for "A Woman
Halter" No publisher today would
pay any such sums for these books II
he were permitted to read them before
buying.
On tha other hand, by way of com
parison, the very best books brought
their authors only trifing returns from
America. Charles Reade received only
$3.50 for Put Yourself In His Place."
$1,000 for Hard Cash." these being
two of his finest novels, and $1,000 for
Love Me Little, Love Me Long"
Thackeray got only $3.50 for THE New
comes" and $500 for Henry Esmond."
Trollope obtained from the Harpers
$125 for 1.-THE Bertrams," $3.50 for
castle Richmond" $500 for "Phineas
Finn $3.50 for 1.-THE Eustace Dia-
monds," "Orley Farm" Lady Anna"
and Ralph the Heir" The $500 for
his Cicero is fully as much as any
American publisher would give today
for the copyright of such a book.
George Eliot received only 500 for
adam Bede" and $500 for "Silas Mar
ner" 1.-The Mill on the Floss brought
her $1,000
Wilkie Collins and Dickens were the
most popular authors of the precopy-
right period, and they Jared best Of all
at the hands of their authorized Amer
lean publishers. The former drew from
this country 81 800 for 1.-THE Woman In
White" So, $50 each for 1.-THE Moon
stone" and Man and Wife" and $1,000
for poor Miss Finch" To Dickens
the Harpers paid $3.50 for Little
Dorrit," $500 for BLEAK House,"
$1,000 each for Our Mutual Friend
and "a Tale of Two Cities and $500
for "Great Expectations" this last rep
resenting the high water mark Of such
voluntary payments.-Bookman.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
INITIATIVE WOMAN.
A Cynical English View of Feminine
Human MIXTURE,

A Cynical English view OF FEMININE
Human Nature.
Decidedly women are an initiative
class. From her earliest age the small
girl apes the doings of her elders and,
had she her own way, would be mini
allure epitome of fashion. Such enter
tainments as she is permitted to wit
ness in her mothers drawing room she
initiates, with dolls and nurses for COM
pany, in the nursery. In her school
days she invariably forms" herself
on some special friend whom she elects
as model of feminine perfection. And
at a certain stage of their lives girls
are as much alike as peas in a pod.
AS they mature and develop they may
perhaps show some signs of individual
ity, but in all the main issues Of life
they continue to be more initiative than
original.
Fashions, housekeeping and enter
tanning are all more or less conducted
on the same lines, and the only true
sign of friendship that is shown to the
young married woman is to beg her to
order her life and her home on her
friends principles. Any departure from
those principles or any symptom of in
dividual taste or strength of mind will
sound the first challenge Of unpopulari-
ty for the budding matron Her moth
er and her mothers friends will alike
desire imitation of their methods as
the ."sincerest form of flattery," and
every decline from the original system
will be pronounced wrong or injudi-
cious,--Rita in London Mail.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
Tie, Neis and Iptelllgepcer,
IS Published Every Friday.
JOHN D. WORTHINGTON.
TERMS.-S1.O0 A Yeae IN Advance.

Entered August IS, 1902, as second
class n after, Postothce at Bel Air, Md,
Act Of Conaress of March B, 1879.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
The Drug Store With A
Clean Record.

We don't claim to be the only righteous"
people on earth. but we have 10 years record
of dealing, of which we are supremacy proud.
Our business has been growing and we
take satisfaction in believing that the most
plausible reason for its growth is that our
patrons have found they could depend upon
us.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
Too RaDid Growth.

The minister's siX-year-old son Is Of
a very critical literal turn of mind,
and his fathers sermons sometimes
puzzle him sorely. He regards his IA
Their as the embodiment of truth and
wisdom, but he has difficulty in har-
monizing the dominie's pulpit utter
ances with the world as it really Is.
His parents encourage him to express
his opinions and clear up his doubts as
much as possible. So one Sunday at
dinner, after Il long period of thought
they were not surprised when he said
gravely, Papa, you said one thing in
your sermon today that l don't think is
so at ALL"
"Well, what's that my boy?" asked
the clergyman.
"Why, papa, you said The boy of to-
day is the man of tomorrow That's
too SOON"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
Overstocked Sale!
BOTTOM OUT OF PRICES FOR Is DAYS ONLY

CLOTHING HOUSE great
bargains
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08

to the enactment of suitable legislation
to that end
A. II. Hull and Henry A. Whitaker
were appointed as a committee on roads
and to take charge of foregoing PROPOSE
ton.
Upon motion, Frank B. Haviland was
unanimously elected club correspondent.
At the next meeting, to be held on
February %, at the home of Mr.. John
Smithson, the club will discuss Breeders
versus Natural Mothers and the best i'm
proved method for Pumping Water"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
Here is List of Some of the Prices:

$3.50 Pants for So; So Pants 50; So SO
Pants SITS. One lot of Mems Corduroy
Pants of $50 pairs. to close out at csc.
Regular price 80 and $l.75.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
IncreduIOus.

cousin Henry's seasickness that
time he crossed the water must have
touched his head Bit
"Why sop
"Well, here he wrote in his dry:
June 14.-Most everybody seasick, in
cludn' myself. Saw two spoutin'
wales.'"
Don't see anything very loony about
that"
why, Abner Dobbs! Do you mean
to tell me that you believe that any Of
them passengers had ever swallered
whale ?'-Life.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
MINT n .LnhfIaa L.

Some years ago, before Queen Victo-
ria's death and about the time that the
queens jubilee was to be celebrated,
the following conversation between
two old Scotchwomen was overheard
one day on a street corner in London:
Can We tell me, wumman, what is 1t
they call jubilee?'
We'll, it's this" said her neighbor.
when folk has been married twenty
five years, that's a silver wuddin', and
when they have been married fifty
years that's a golden wuddin', but If
the mons dead then it's a Jubilee" -
Harper's Weekly.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08

Our entire stock of WINTER GO
such articles as Sweaters, Underwear, &
We also offer a great reduction in the pri
all. 1t would be impossible to enumerat
paper as we do not care to occupy the
them, but visit to our store will prove
Thanking the people of Hartford fo
soliciting a continuation of the same, we
better than ever before.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08
The White Canoe,

In the far north there is a supersti-
ton in which the trappers and traders
firmly believe even now, that white
canoe, piloted through the heavens by
the spirit of an old pioneer, comes fos
the dying,-Metropolitan Magazine,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-02-08

Transient clgdpertisen,ents.- Square
8 insertions or less $50. Each subse-
quent insertion % cents. Longer adver.
tisenents In the same proportion. A
space equal to six lines makes a square.
Figure work double price.
Obituaries and Pers 1nal Communica-
lions will be inserted at cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements at Special Hates.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-09-05

FT6 6~hea ~ d pog indigestion,
4 - 50 s'st@ - - Relieves sour stomach.
palDitaton Of tbehcart L1gest5 what youeat.
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PUBLIC SALE.
!, Glynn County:

Georgia, Glynn County:
Under and by virtue Of the power
Of sale contained in the deed TO Sc
cure debt made by w. H. Graves to
Mrs. Ju6a r. Baumgartner on JaH
uary 4, 1906, said deed being re
corded in Book Xxx Folio 450 Of the
General Records Of said county, said
deed with all the rights, powers and
privileges conferred 10 said Mrs. Julia
r.. Baumgartncr and the right and
title to the land therein conveyed
having been transferred by the sal
Mrs. Julia f. Baumgartner to~Hnf
undersigned on July 49,, sad
deed to secure debt having been given
TO scure the paymnet OF the promi-
ssory note made By said w. H.
Graves and payable to said Mrs.
Julia 4. Baumgartner. on which
there is nav due the principal sum
Of sS6.21, d. note being now passed
due and r<waid, the undersigned viii
on the ~ Tuesday in October 1907,
put upEud expose for sale At public
cutlery Vefore the courthouse door o.
said c6Nty and state b@ween the
legal boIN Of sale. the following real
estate toNit:
All that certain tract lot or parcel
Of land situated ling and being in
lie county and state aforesaid, being
part of The tract generally known
as The Oak Joy tract, and being
narf 81 the Agct granted to John
uardoo ON or Sbout the wear 1895, and
having the following bounds. courses
and measurements. 3 wit.
Commcncina al the corner known as
tbo cross III" corner. thence running
rnrfh III derraes east one Thousand
eigbf hundred aud sitv four feet Dnd
bounded ON thaf side bv lands lLbwu
en- NAV 18Th 49, as lands Of T. W.
proeltinoton) 10 a dead pine. thence
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-09-05
Cures Indigestion

Lures Indigestion
and Sour Stomach
Do rot suffer lonssr. You can be re-
tieved Immediately By Hicks Capudinc.
1t induces the proper flow Of gastric
juices and cures the distress and acidity.
Fry it; It's pleasant tetake-It's liquid.
Cures headache also. Al all druggists.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-09-05

"a WwRHsm a and WfiSNET HAS
OPIUM !: i: Il: .. :. q. !. :. :. :.
e. M. v OLLEY co
Box 3e7, Atlanta, Ca. offioe, 1o4 N.
Pryor Street.
] left OF your treatment four
months ago Have no desire for an
opiate. Your treatment is all ct
claims. Louisa J. Oakley.
May Sth '06. Snow Flake. Ariz.
over four years ago you cured me
Of morphine habit. las G. starr.
Macon, Mo,
have never drank whiskey since
Mash p, 1892, when [ began your
treatment. / CO not crave any whls.
key t. this day j. d. Wilson.
Direct, Tex.
have used both for the liquor and
opium habits and It has been a sue
cess. / prefer it 10 all other rem
edies. j. c. Norment, NJ. D. Darling
ton. S. C.
I bought your cure under q nom
de plume In 1886; it cured me.
ga. Barnes, Pittsburgh Penn.
WRITE TO DIR. WOOLLEY, Bon
3S7, Atlanta. Ga.
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CITATION

To whom IL may oncern:
Notice is hereby given that the uo
dersigned rs guardian OF Daisy Ca
ter. q minor. has applied TO the or
binary of Glynn County Georgia f.
leave OF sold certain property Ct sal,
minors estate in Glypn count
Georgia as described In his petite
Of file in the Ndinargs office. an
the same Wiz Aard al the Oct
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-09-05
CUBANS WANT J
AMERIGATI0IN
LABORERS IN THAT COUNTRY
ARE EXPANDING THAT !.
KIND or MONEY.

Havana, Sept. 4.-All building con
struction here is at standstin be-
cause Of a strike Of the masons who
have demanded payment Of wages in
American money
This is regarded as the beginning
81 q general move for American mon
eB which has been expected since
the cigar makers strike
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-09-05
CITATION.

Georgia. Glynn County;
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has applied to The ordi-
nary of said county for leave to sell
land belonging TO the estate of Ur-
banus Dart for the purpose Of distri-
button: said application viii be heard
at the regular term of the court Of
ordinary for said county 10 be held
on the first Monday III August. 1907.
This 18th day of July. 1907.
w. r. SynoAs,
Administrator of the Estate Of Ur-
bapus Dart
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WHEN you SEE 1T ADVER-
TISED BY LEWIS YOU KNOW >, .
STRAIGHT. SEC THE GREAT RE-
DUCTION ON MEMS CCLQ3-D
SUITS ADVERTISED ON -AaI
PAGE.
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Fancy and plain drassmaking done
ny Mrs, Ray. corner 1905 Oak place
and Carpenter street.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-09-05

Ten dollars will Duy any SIS suit
in the house Kaiser.
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DigeSts What
You Eat

Watch Rothschild's diamond and
watch display in show window today.
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FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, use Of
bath. Corner of George and Rey-
nolds streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-14
LARGEST INDIVIDUAL ORDER.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 The Hartman lines have ordered 15O, 900 tons of steel rails from the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. The total amount contracted for, including the usual per centage of No. rails is 157, ,500 tons, rep resenting a gross business of close to s5ooO,oOO.
 Of the foregoing tonnage 10000 tons are for the Union Pacific, the Southern Pacific systems and 4O,0O0 tons for the Illinois Central
 This is the largest individual order ever placed with single steel rail company.
 The steel rails ordered from the Ten nessee Coal and Iron company call for de- livery in 1908. They are deliverable in the last ten months of next year. at the rate of 15,000 tons month
 The Tennessee Coal and Iron company has practically sold it's entire possible production of steel rails for the first eight months of next year. It is expected the company will produce between S5000O and 100000 tons in 1908.
 The order from the Hartman lines is another indication of the growing popu- larity of the open hearth rail. Heretofore the Hartman lines have been buying Bes- semer rails, principally from the western mills of the United States Steel corpora : tion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-14

graves, and to James fell the new honors.
 The Jamestown exposition may not as yet come up to the expectations of it's managers, but it certainly does commemorate more of interest to all Americans than did any preceding ex- position. The America of today was born on the James river, and it Is not possible to celebrate an event of deeper meaning, for the landing at Jamestown changed the course of his tory in the western world, and its ef- fects upon the rest of the world may yet be immeasurable.
 The Virginians can be trusted to round out the exposition. They have not had the benefit of vast sums of money, and they deserve credit for what they have accomplished. Before June is ended the exposition will stand out a thing of beauty and the pride of all Americans. The present troubles of Jamestown are but the troubles that St. Louis experienced and that come to all expositions at the outset.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-14

William F. Curtis, in Chicago Record
 Herald.
 Both Boston and St. Louis, which stand next to Baltimore in the population list. have increased more rapidly, but that is due to foreign immigration. Baltimore receives very few aliens. The foreign born population Is smaller than that of any other city of size in the United States. Baltimore boasts that her people are of the purest American breed without foreign mixture of any community in the country. Occasionally g. Baltimore girl marrles duke or a prince or some other person with title because the young women are so very attractive The Balti- more girl rank with those of Cleveland and Louisville for beauty, and men of taste frequently go there In serach of wives. But only 13.5 per cent of the popu- lation are of foreign birth, compared with 19 per cent fin St. Louis, 296 per cent in Buffalo, 32.6 per cent In Cleveland. 34 4.6 per cent in Chicago and 30 per cent in Boston. Although Baltimore is reckoned as southern city and calls herself the metropolis of the south-regardless of geographical location-she has a limited negro population not more than 15 per cent of the whole, and probably less.