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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
The Evolution OF
Household Remedies.
thing out

The modern patent medicine Dusi-
ness is the natural outgrowth of the
old-time household remedies
In the early history of this country,
EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOME
MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas,
bitters, laxatives and tonics, were to be
found in almost every house, compound
ed by the housewife, sometimes assisted
by the apothecary or the family doctor
Such remedies as picra, which was
aloes and quassia, dissolved in apple
brandy. Sometimes hop tonic, made
of whiskey, hops and bitter barks. A
score or more of popular, homemade
remedies were thus compounded, the
formulate for which were passed along
from house to house, sometimes written,
sometimes verbally communicated.
The patent medicine business is q
natural outgrowth from this whole
some, old-time custom. In the begin
ming, some enterprising doctor, i'm
pressed by the usefulness Of one of
these homemade remedies, would take
1t up, improve it in many ways, manu-
facture it on large scale, advertise it
mainly through almsnacs for the home,'
and thus 1t would become used over a
large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE
HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM.
Peruna was originally one of these
old-time remedies. 1t was used by the
Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, before it
was offered to the public for sale. DR..
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Men
nonite origin. First, he prescribed it
for his neighbors and his patients.
The sale of 1t increased, and at last he
established manufactory and fur
nished it to the general drug trade.
Peruna is useful in great many
climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PERUNA and its value in the
treatment of these ailments. They
have learaed to trust and believe in
DR.. Hartman's judgment, and to rely
on his remedy, Peruna.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
What 1t Pays to Be a Missionary.
undenominational

and few other undenominationa
bodies.
What It Pays to Be Missionary.
The unmarried college-bred man
who goes to the foreign field gets
about $500 year: it may be hun
dred dollars more, or. more likely,
hundred dollars less, according to his
denomination. A married. man gen.
orally from 81 900 to $1,000, with 500
extra for each child, If he belongs to
one of four or five denominations An
unmarried woman gets $500, 5000 or
even $500 year, with no prospect of
increase. The missionary's stipend is
based not on the idea of compensation
but of simple support A mere living
is all that it is designed to afford the
missionary. All who choose this call
ing, say the boards. must renounce
hope of earthly gains.
Every missionary contracts to stay
seven years before receiving fur
Tough; then his expenses home will be
paid, and he will receive one-half sal
ary while off duty. He is forbidden
to engage in outside money-making
pursuits. AS a rule. If he writes a
book, its royalties must be turned
back into the treasury of his board.
So it strikes one that, even consider
ing the lower cost of living in the
Orient, the financial inducements to
a cultivated young person to become a
missionary are rather meager Wheth-
er this fact shuts out all but second
class men and women remains to be
found out.
Sending That Penny to the Heathen.
Everybody has heard the charge
that for every penny which gets to the
mission field, SO cents is required to
send it. Business men. who believe in
business methods even in religious af.
fairs are the most frequent critics of
the expensiveness of the conduct of
the missionary propaganda. / deter
mined to look this matter up. with
quite surprising results. Here are the
official figures. in all their dryness. OF
the cost of collection and administra-
ton OF. foreign mission funds last year
by leading denominations:
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

Most young fellows find It easier to
ask the woman than the father.
Advice to country residents while
visiting in the city-When you reach
town. carefully avoid policemen and
ask the first slick.looking fellow you
meet where Cy Wilkins lives: ask him
In to have drink and when paying
for IT,. show him how much money you
brought to the city with you, and tell
him how much more you will have
when you get your cow-money draft
cashed; go to the theater with him
and accept his invitation afterward to
see the town. When he introduces
you to one of his lady friends. become
enamored of her Immediately Drink
every time anybody asks you to and
when you wake up. blame the wicked
city for being so blamed wicked. This
beats going to bed and blowing out
the gas any old time.
4 nirty young hubby from Rife
Al a ball had the time of his life,
But the conquest he made
At The gay masquerade.
Turned out TO be merely his Wife
Since the famine struck China, liv-
ing in that country seems 20 be very
much like what the Chinaman says
when he tried to pronounce the Eng,
Iishmans 'r". In other words. leave
the III off of a great generals defini-
ton of war.
All the world may be a stege-but
it certainly is not water-wagon.
In winter we want roses and in sum
mer snowbaIls Amt folks the con.
trariest?
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

American public a fair. frank. full
story of this controvertcd subject. /
have started on this journey around
the world. Whatever the conclusions
l may report. they will at least be
honest.
The Largest American Business
Abroad.
The biggest single foreign enter
prise in which America is engaged is
this one of foreign missions. The rest
of the world, and especially the Orient.
knows the Western Continent chiefly
byaits missionaries. Figured in dol
lars. the business last year cost the
American public s5,S07.165. paid in by
an organization with approximately
- 900. 900 shareholders of all religious
denominations, Protestant, Roman
Catholic and Mormon. (The foreign
mission work of all countries costs
SIS 900 900 yearly For ell this enor-
nous output the tangible returns to
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
-lcoprrirht hv 1osenh n nowles,

Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Mid Pacific. = am on the trail
Of the American missionary. His
footprints are large and deep and
many. and l shall certainly come up
with him. Then we shall know what
sort OF individual he is-whether a
haloed saint, as the religious papers
represent. or a double-dyed knave. as
many other papers and people assert.
or plain. everyday American. try
ing to do an extraordinary job to the
best of his ability
Rather queer isn't it. that after hav-
Ing been IN the business of exporting
missionaries for well-nigh a hundred
years, America should actually know
10 little about the article himself, and
be so decidedly divided as to his
value?
For the American missionary has
been more a subject of controversy
than American canned beef. Hundreds
of persons who have visited foreign
parts and say that they know. and
thousands who declare that they have
their Information straight" declare
that the missionary is a sort of pious
bunco-man; that he is not wanted
gated nuisance, and that he is keenly
alert TO the welfare of number one.
Contrariwise. vastly larger num-
ber of persons. in every part of the
land firmly believe. and support their.
conviction by their coin, that the mis-
sionary is a saint and hero. and the
selfiess servant of a thankless worlds
welfare. All criticism of him they
sweepingly resent; and are loath to
hear aught to his dispraise. The
apotheosis of the missionary is a char
acteristic of modern religious life.
On a Still Hunt for Facts.
Curiously enough, the public hears
only these two opinions of the mis-
sionary one of which represents him
as a scoundrel or fool. the other of
which exalts him as a demi-god. So
far as I am aware nobody has ever
set out. independently. and represent
ing no board, society or cause. to find
out, impartially. the exact facts in the
case. This is the mission / have un-
dertaken. My journalistic integrity is
pledged to the duty of ascertaining
without favor or fear. exactly what
sort of person the missionary is. how
he works and amid what conditions,
and whether the task he has imposed
upon himself is worth doing at all. and
if so. whether he is doing it well.
To that end / shall personally ex-
anime, on the ground, representative
enterprises of all UNCONVENTIONAL and
undenominational missions. / shall at
tempt TO study the workers them
selves. and hear their own side of the
story. With equal diligence | shall
consult qualified native opinion and
search out the foremost foreign critics
and ascertain their views. In a word.
with no other purpose than to give the
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
Friils.

A New York scientist says we can
live without eating anything II we
know how to breathe. The first man
that tells me how to breathe that way
will have to fight. Why. eating is
about all the fun have in this world
during meals
The man in the band frequently
wishes he could be one of the hoi pol
loi under the old apple tree.
A man may be as religious as you
make 'em and still not be anxious to
make the acquaintance of the angels
Angels are all right in a way. | pre-
sumo, but man likes to monkey
around down on earth looking for
something just as good as long as
ie can.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
COMING popuIar craze.

Signs are not wanting that amateur
photography win have a vast increase
of raw recruits in 1907. From the
cloistral retreats OF the learned It
has transpired that we are on the
verge of discovering the art of direct
color photography And the masses
there is abundant evidence OF it.
are beginning to turn their eyes to-
wards this hobby which promises so
many wonders for the near future.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
Tunisian Bazars.

Real storehouses OF delight for the
visitor are the -zars of Tunis. One
merchant has a $1,000 carpet which he
likes to display. This huge, filmy ere
alton he will fling into the air for the
benefit of possible customer and al
low it to settle itself gradually on
the ground. This 1t does, unlike an
ordinary carpet. SO exquisitely fine
is the weaving that It imprisons air
bubbles large enough to hold man
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

season, but also by the lack of fall
in the streams, the poor supply of
water and timber, the half-frozen con-
dition Of the gravel, and the high cost
of labor and transport. Despite these
obstacles the wide and uniform dis
trfbuting of alluvial gold. the healthy
climates, and the proximity of the
phenominally rich gold fields of the
British Yukon region justify prospect
ing and mining over large areas.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

Stream tin. discovered in the Onikovik
river in 1900, has been found over an
area of $50 square miles. Promising
surface indications of petroleum have
been found in the Controller bay.
Cook inlet. and Cold bay fields.
Though only few wells have been
bored there seems to be ample justi-
fcation for further prospecting and
for believing that the Pacific coast
region of Alaska may prove an i'm
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
COUNTRY RICH IN METALS.

Alaska the golden also Is rich in
considerable quantities of silver. cop
per and coal. and promises to do
something with tin and petroleum.
which recently have been discovered.
The annual gold production repre-
sents a value of some s7.000.000. The
mining of placer gold is carried on in
June, July. August and September.
Mining operations are rendered diff
cult not only by the short available
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
How About the QUALITY?

The number of cigars smoked. re
marks contemporary is an index OF
The nations prosperity. The cigar
manufactures have doubled their out
put In eight years, the number for
the fiscal year 1866 being SOTO. .672,-
$40. as compared with 4,063. .169. .097
for the year ended June 80, 1898.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

dered and passages of the secretions
too frequent. On the advice OF my
husband l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Since using two boxes my trou-
BILE has not reappeared This Is won
derful. after suffering two years"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
Little One. PRAYER.

Mary always gets little piece OF
candy every day to keep her from be-
ing naughty. One day she was
naughty and she did not get her
candy. That night when she was go
Ing to bed she said her prayers as fol-
lows: Our Father, who art In heaven.
please give me my daily candy"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
In Memoriam.

Our Johnny ate II stick
or horrid dynamite
Ke-bini Ke-bang. And now
Our Johnny's out OF sight.
lie rose in fervid haste
Toward the azure dome
Without one fond farewell.
Our Johnny left his home.
'Tis sad to lose our John
A lump comes In my throat
But that is what we get
For loving just Il goat.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

ago. dropsy set IN.
and my left side was
so swollen the doctor
said he would have to
tap out the water.
There was constant
pain and a gurgiing
sensation around my
heart. and l could not
raise my arm above
my head. The kid
ney action was disor-
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

BY following the directions, which
are plainly printed on each package of
Defiance Starch. Mems Collars and
Cuffs can be made just as stiff as de-
sired, with either gloss or domestic
finish. Try It. 16 OF. for 10c, sold By
all good grocers.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
The Rackina Problem.

The problem that is absorbing my
attention at this stage of the game" I"
sighed the little widow. is how to go
to tea, dinner. dance, late supper
get home at five of a morning seven
times a week, then snatch enough
sleep to keep my brain in condition
to keep the wolf from the telephone. :"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
odor IA. Iasted centuries.

For over a thousand years and with
out perfuming the mosque of st. Sofia
in Constantinople has retained its fra
grant odor OF musk. The reason for
this is that when the mosque was built
musk was mixed in the mortar.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
In a Pinch, Use ALIENS Foor.EAsE

A powder. 1t cures painful smart
Ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all Druggists. Csc. Accept no sub
stitute. Trial package. FREE. Ad-
dress A. S. Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
Marriage in Kansas.

A Beanville man. recently married
in Arkansas. was serenaded by the
home band on his return. The band
consisted of 10 bells, five shotguns and
ten horns And IT is not amiss to re-
mark that the Beanyille band and an
Arkansas wedding form very pretty
combination.-Top tKan.) Capital
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

No. Cordelia. a married woman isn't
necessarily up to date because her
husband happens to be the latest
thing out.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

Protestant Episcopal IL Ito
Baptist. North
On the way to these interesting fig
ures | learned that last year the aver
age American church member gave "a
cents to foreign missions. the record
being held by the United Presby-
terians, with SLIT per member. 1t
seems that there has been general
increase in giving. the Southern Bap-
lists having doubled their foreign mis-
sion gifts within decade. and the
Southern Presbyterians nearly so.
Smoothing the investigators Path.
found these missionary board of
ficials civil lot. | could have wished
in its investigation of insurance mat
tiers. The boards open wide up, and
then deluge one With information upon
his approach In fact. the considera-
tion which. more than any other. tends
TO predispose me. as an investigator
toward the missionary people is the
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
a MIssouaI woMAN
Tells a Story Of Awful Suffering an1
Wonderful Relief.

Mrs. ]. D. Johnson. of 6o3 West
Hickman ST.. Columbia. Mo-. says:
Following an operation two years
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

The social scale is by 20 means
Iifes most reliable Weighing machine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25

portant source of fllumin ating oil.
Coal mostly of Ignite character,
aiso widely is distributed in south
western Alaska, whilst tn, Goals of
the Cape Lisburne region ire of two
dlsunct classes, low grade liituminous
coai OF the mesozoic age and high
grade bituminoas coal of paltozoic age.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
Worth II.

He stopped TO kiss her
She dodged--he missed her.
He looked abashed; his face grew red
and then
She laughed dlscreetly
And vouchsafed sweetiy:
"If first you don't succeed. try, try again.'
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-04-25
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS

nsshed American Journalist Purpose
ay from Purely Dnt-ressed Standpoint Illustrated
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-10-31
Catarrh
40 a constItutionaI Disease
Hoods SarSaparilla
L0ONEY'S CREEK.

SPECIAL 10 Inc Nf70S.
Miss Josie Vanhoosier spent Friday
and Saturday with Misses Lottie and
Mary Defur.
Julius Pickett and family called on
]. D. Defur Saturday night
Misses Josie Vanhosier and Mary De-
fur called on Miss Lille Powell.
Miss Lottie Defur spent Sunday
night with Miss Mile Pickett.
Miss Lille Powell said she would
like to hear from Tracy.
Ask Lenard Hooser and Miss Mile
Pickett how they enjoyed themselves
at the party Saturday night.
Mrs Angie Holloway spent Sunday
with her mother.
John Bowman called on Miss Mile
Pickett Sunday afternoon.
Miss Cora Thomas called on Misses
Florence Pickett and Carrie Thomas
Sunday.
Miss Mary Defur spent Sunday with
Miss Lille Powell.
Bob Griffith and Henry Pickett call
ed on Misses Lille Powell and Mary
Defur Sunday.
Tom Defur called on Miss Josie Hoo
Slef sunday.
Bob Thomas called on Miss Callie
Griffith Sunday afternoon. p
Oscar Austin is baling hay for Jeff
Defur today.
Mrs. Thomas is still on the sick list
Several took in the close of the school
at Sulphur Springs Friday night and
report nice time.
Foster Powell and James Anderson
went to Chattanooga Monday with cat
tie.
Henry Smith called at Mr.. Powell's
Saturday.
W. H. Powell went to Whitwell
Monday,
There was a party given at j. D..
Defur's Saturday night Those pres
ent were Misses Josie Hooser, Lille
Powell, Mile and Esther Pickett, Lot
tie and Mary Defur, Bob Pickett Bob
Griffith Foster Powell, Tommie
Saynes, Tom Defur, Jim Williams,
Henry Smith, Walter Hudson, Joe and
Charlie Powell, Ed Smith, Leonard
Vanhoosier Will Holloway, B. E.
Thomas, Brown Vanhoosier All re-
port nice time.
Come again, peaches and Cream.
We like to read your letters.
Two Friends.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-10-31
Temperance Influences.

Editor News:
Common sense and the divine in
junction by Paul. BE we temperate in
all things, teaches me that il is bet
ter for me to abstain from drink. If |
should drink, | am afraid should not
stop at the point that is called temper
ate, because the idea of moderate
drinking is full OF deception. Moder
ate drinking tends to drunkenness. This
is what causes man to become slave
to the habit. If | indulge | am not
safe and am liable to go down to a
drunkard's grave. If l abstain | am
safe, and will not be a source of trou-
BILE to the public and my children will
not be cursed with drunken father,
If l walk at the point of purity and
dignity in human nature and self re-
spect, | must abstain. There is no
degradation that a man will not sink
into and no crime so dreadful that a
man will not commit when he Is
drunk There is nothing too base, too
mean, too dishonest and corrupt that
q man will not do when he is under
the influence of the ardent ard fully
gratifying the law of debauched APP
petite. Safety is only found in not
yielding ourselves to that law. There
is snch thing as a sin of influence.
For instance, | might drink dram
and not hurt myself mentally, finance
ally or morally. Someone seeing me
drink dram might do so also and not
be able to stop, and pass on to drunk
ard S grave. My example in such a
case would be evil. In this sense am
my brothers keeper. l am responsible
for my influence for the Apostle Paul
says, "Shun the appearance OF evil. ="
Again he Says, LIN all things show
thyself patron of good work. Again
he said: BE an example.
am under high moral and relig-
ious obligation to deny myself that
which may not injure me, but may in
iure my fellow man. If l do not coun-
tenance, touch it, nor handle it, my
example never will lead others, or in
fluence them to become drunkards.
Tatesville, Tenn. WATCHMAN.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-10-31
WHITWE ELL.
.Sberiak 10 he Me7Os.

ApFridI' 10 me Ne7OS.
The coal run is good at Whitwell,
They run here every day and get out
plenty of coal. There were Oil tons
run down the mountain Saturday and
Mr. Meagher SEE the cigars up.
Tom Layne is able to be out again
after n spell of illness.
Rev. S. S. Kreger and family have
returned home from Bristol where they
have been visiting for some time.
Miss Ellen Bailey and Pat Graham
called on Pearl Coggins Wednesday
night.
There was preaching at the M. E.
Church, South, Sunday night. A large
crowd attended.
Mrs. Frank Barnes little son, Earl,
has been sick the past week, but is
better now.
Mrs. Carrie Mason called on Mrs W.
NJ. Barnes one dav last week.
l noticed in the paper some few
weeks ago where some one was calling
at w. NJ Barnes every morning be-
fore breakfast and every night after
supper | think the one who wrote
that was mistaken for l don't think
it is so. Notice that Pat Graham
has been going there pretty often, but
he says he is going to quit going there
pretty soon and take the girl to a new
home r. L. ID.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-10-31
Whitwell.

Sbet1aI 10 me Ne5OS.
Geo. w. Jordan attended the meet
ing of the grand lodge Of Odd Fellows
at GAINESVILLE, Tenn, last week.
Business is dull in this city for some
reason. People are not gadding about
with fists full Of money.
Dr. j. A. Walker has just recovered
from a week lay up, but is now on
deck again, pushing things with his
customary energy.
NJ. X. Shumake, of Victoria, was
here Friday.
J. G. Ealy's business emporium is
nearly completed.
D. T. Layne is much better and has
been able to 90 out in a buggy and en-
Joy drives. He has had very serious
attack. His many friends are well
pleased to hear of his recovery.
N. B. Moore made his usual profess
ional trip to Dunlap Friday.
Dykes and Northcut will install cleo
trio lights in their stable, as soon as
the T. G. |. Co. get their line in for
lighting the town.
John Carson is hauling lumber to
this place from Ketner's mill.
Charley and Brown Holloway are
cutting and hauling the timber from
the Pryor place below town, getting
some fine logs.
j, j. Dykes, the hu3tling road over,
seer up here, has been having gravel
applied to portions of pike badly need
ing it. He also has bad gravel applied
to the stretch Of road above town
graded last year, and thus Whitwell
has clear stretch of good road through
the town. Mr.. Dykes is to be congrat-
ulated for his efficient service.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-10-31
Red Hill.

Special to lAs Ne7og
James Shirley was in Sagctown Sun
day.
Albert Henry, of Red Hill was in
Whitwell Sunday evening.
Miss Flora Price was out walking
Sunday evening
Conuor Andes was in Whitwell Sat
urday evening.
Burl Smith was in Whitwell Sunday
evening.
Will Perkins arrived in old Red Hill
Saturday visiting his folks.
1t is turning cooler and winter will
soon arrive.
Let us hear from Empire every week
as the correspondent at that place and
| are Old acquaintance
Vim. Wallace was in Whitwell Sat-
urday evening, trying to enjoy him
self.
Come on all of you Etna and Dunlap
writers.
A certain fellow of this place, said
he aims to try to change a certain
girls name when he gets p years of
age. He says all that will keen him
from it is just her not being willing,
Sparker