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The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
MORE BOXES OF GOLD
And Many Greenbacks.

325 boxes of Gold and Greenbacks will be sent to persons who write the most interesting and truthful letters of experience on the following topics:
 1. How have you been affected by coffee drinking and by changing from coffee to Postum.
 2. Give name and account of one or more coffee drinkers who have been hurt by it and have been induced n quit and use Postum.
 8. Do you know any one who has been driven away from Postum be- cause it came to the table weak and characterless at the first trial?
 4. Did you set such a person right regarding the easy way to mako 1t clear. black, and with a snappy, rich taste?
 5. Have you ever found a better way to make it than to use four heap ing teaspoonfuls to the pint of water, let stand on stove until real boiling begins, and beginning at that time when actual boiling starts, boil full 15 minutes more to extract the flavor and food value. GA piece of butter the size of a pea will prevent boiling over) This contest is confined to those who of this advertisement.
 Be honest and truthful, don't write poetry or fanciful letters, just plain, truthful statements.
 Contest will close June 1st, 1907 and no letters received after that date will be lmitted. Examinations of letters will be made by three judges, not members of the Postum Cereal Co. Ltd. Their decisions will be fair ana final, and neat little box containing a $10 gold piece sent to each of the five writers of the most interesting let' ters, a box containing a g gold piece to each of the 20 next best, a g green back to each of the 100 next best, ana Sl greenback to each of the 200 next best, making cash prizes distributeo to 321 persons.
 Every friend of Postum is urged to write and each letter will be held in high esteem by the company. as d" evidence of such friendship, while lno little boxes of gold and envelopes oi money will reach many modest writel' whose plain and sensible letters con' tain the facts desired, although tno sender may have but small faith !" win hing at the time of writing. N
 Talk this subject over with you friends and see how many among yo. can win prizes. It is a good, honeS' competition and in the best kino oi cause, and costs the competitors apS' lutely nothing.
 Address your letter to the postu" Cereal Co.,, Ltd, Battle Creek Mies writing your own name and ada'e'' clearly.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
MONEY IN SIMPLE IDEAS.

A man standing in front of the post office In Washington bent a smsll piece of tin in his fingers until it took the shape of a r. This would make good paper fastener he remarked to the man with whom he was talking, and he straightway had the idea patented. Another man made money from the device of an imbedded string in the end of an envelope to cut the paper as it is drawn out. Still another man added to this idea by tying a knot in the end of the string to keep it from being drawn through.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
WOES OF THE sUsuRsANlTE.

Hold on to the ham and the -four and the go-eart,' shouted Mrs. Stubb, from the porch of the cot tage, and please walk faster"
 Keep quiet, Maria" gasped Mir. Stubb, who was foundering in the snow with great collection of bundles, "You must think l am a horse"
 Mrs. Stubb laughed banteringly.
 "Oh, no, John,' she replied. sweetly, "I don't think you are any thing like horse. From the way you puff and break down every few minutes l think You must be an automobile"
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
Ended the Discussion.

A little Winsted, Conn.,. girl, an adopted child, turned the tables with stunning effect upon children who were teasing her because she was an adopted child to the parents who loved her as their own. My papa and mamma picked me out, and wanted me" was her retort. Yours had to take you just as you were whether they wanted you or not"
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
Seek Improvement Always.

The officers of the better managed and most successful cotton mills of Japan pay a good deal of attention to the improvement of conditions among the help and to increasing the facili ties for education, especially educa lion along textile lines
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
Paper of Real Value.

Some genius has invented new kind of paper that will crumble and go to pieces a short time after it has been written on. It is especially rec commended to people with the love letter habit who dread breach of prom ise suits.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
Stone for State Capitol.

J. II. Brown. superintendent of the stone department of the building firm of Caldwell X Drake of Columbus, Ind, is in Batesyille. making arrangement. for more stone to be shipped to Little Rock for use in the new state capt tol.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
Don't Delay.

The season of coughs and colds is not yet past-they will be prevalent for some months to come. Do not neglect or experiment with them. Use the safe and sure remedy-Simmons Cough Syrup. It heals the soreness and stops the cough.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
Flowery Sentences Retained.

The mantle of darkness and the dome of the sky" are survivals from the days when the sky was believed to be solid dome resting upon the edge of the earth. over which blankets of different colors hung at dawn and ducly
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
HEREDiTY IS NOT ALL.
Physicians Now Believe Less in Trans
 mission of Disease.

Medical men are coming round to the view that it Is the personal his tory that is of primary importance, or, In other words, that mans own man ner of life, his record of health, and his circumstances should be more carefully considered than the illnesses that his ancestors died of. pr. Rabag- liati, a medical examiner for insurance companies, who is well known in the profession which he adorns, and of high repute in the north of England, has devoted much thought to this question of heredity from life insur- ance point of view ln his opinion 1t is not so much disease that Is trans mitted from one generation to an other but organization, or human ity," as he expresses 1t. Any member of the human family may suffer from any disease to which humanity is sub ject, and when an individual so suffers 1t is the cause of the ailment that must be inquired into. Exposure to this or that set of conditions brings varying results If the body Is exposed to one set of conditions it will take on gout; if to another, consumption; if to third. cancer; and so on.
 Runabout-"Reggy's new automo- bile blew up with him on the first trip, and he sued the firm that sold him the machine Speeder-"Did he recover anything" Runabout- Everything. I believe, but one finger and part of an ear.'-Judge.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08

A man should never be ashamed .o own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. Pope.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
A Sign.

When a woman ceases to want to be weighed every time she sees a pair oi scales it is sign that she has had to get a larger corset
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-03-08
Natural Preference.

Customer (who has found hair on his utter)-Walter. tell the proprietor that prefer my butter bald.-Pele Mele.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
CIGAR EMPORIUM
OF THE UNIVERSE
Tampa, Fla, Claims to Beat the
World in Manufacture of
Smokers.

TAMPA, FLA, August 31.-Tampa
may now be said to be the cigar-mak
ing emporium of the world. Twenty
years ago Tampa was an obscure town
of four thousand inhabitants, and to-
day her population is sixty-five thou
sand. She has ninety-nine high-class
cigar factories. employs in the cigar in
dustry 1926 men and women, and the
internal revenue reports show that in
1906 Tampa manufactured 2T7,662,000
clear Havana hand made cigars, valued
at s23,750,000, which is more than were
made in the same period in the city
of Havana and the whole island of
Cuba and Key West put together.
This year the output of cigars win
be 100,500,o00 greater than the output
of 1906. Each Spanish made Tampa
cigar bears the label-guarantce of the
Chamber of Commerce. We do not
manufacture machine made cigars. All
are made by hand in tho old-fashioned
Spanish way, as win be shown in
Tampa's pavilion at the Tobacco
Show. soon to take place at Madison
Square. in New York. 1t may be that
part of this exhibit can be trans.
ferred to the Virginia State Fair.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
11arbor 1mprovementr nj valpnrnlso.

Consul A. A, Winslow reports that
the Chilean government has awarded
the contract toan English firm to con-
struct two steam cranes on the fiscal
docks at Valparaiso for the sum of
100000. The cranes are to be of 25 and
so tons capacity, and are to be guar
anteed for two years. This will great
ly facilitate the handling OF freight
at Valparaiso Tho work is to be
pushed but 1t is not stated when it is
to he completed. The government has
decided to double he capacity Of the
fiscal dock, which, together with the
new cranes, will put this port In posi-
ton to handle much easier the great
increase Of business. This will cost
about $4,000 United states gold.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
MANY IN ONE.
Lnnd and Lumber Company To De-
velOp Several Industries.

BOLTON, N. c., August 31.-The
Waccamaw Land & Lumber Company.
of Wilmington, owning 10000 acres
of timber land near Bolton. is prepar
Ing to develop its property, and will
build lumber mill equipped with two
band saws and n gang or resaw, with
daily capacity of 10000 feet; n plan
ing mill: drykiln; Single mill; machine
and blacksmith shop; 30,0O0-gallon tank
and 5O0,0O0-gallon reservoir in con-
nection with a system of water works
The water supply is to be obtained
from we'll with daily capacity OF
100000 gallons. A two-story office
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

The t'errll, Bfothers, headiiners' IN
"l1lips and Flops,r will present !, cons
edy turn in which art. talent and COM
edy are predominant at lakewood Park
this week. Paul stephens aud Earle,
eauilibrists par excellence, are also on
the bill Stephens Is a one-!egged arr
fist whose feats OF balancing on q pole
are miraculous. Their aot Is clean and
presents many new and, original fea-
lures. George and Harrington, premier
cyclists viii also DO seen IN their re-
n,nrkable cycle act. The new pictures,
of course, will he shown To-morrow
s(Labor Day. three performances Will
be given ln the open air theatre, the
first at noon. one at 4, and che reg nlhr
performances ut night, IN adalllon W
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

deilgattul surprise is IN store for tho
rink patrons and with the many others
attractions tissee another successful.
week Is assured.
Three films of the very latest and
newest IN moving pictures will be.
shown While fuu supplies OF new ,n,l-s
Sic will be on hand On Friday night
the usual races Will ho held f'igg,
one of the fastest skaters among tile,
locals skaters. and who has macls
quite an envabla. reputation as y
speeJ maker. Is after Jphany Brent.
the local Champion for a onerHiiia
and II il possible this match
Will bn pulled off fon Friday night.
FOR. this occasion. W
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

the snow IN the open-alr theatre a
handsome pNrotechnic display Will he
seen. Five hundred dollars in prizes
will he given In the various contests
to be held, On and after Tomorrow,
should the weather be unfavorable, or
rainy, the regular STADIUM performs
ances viii be put on In tho bis skating
rink.
The attendance at lakewood has been
increasing steadily of late and the last
few weeks of tho present season will
doubtless be- the most successful of the
season q; ts
skn,sng Rink,
SkattngifRm VINES one Of the most
attractive rink acts sHer seen here. a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
HOW THE. POOR ARE ROBBED 49,
BY THE FINANCIAL FRAUDS
Suppression Of the sw.indlers
Who Use the Mails One OF
the Most Difficult Prob Z
lens of the Post-Officc
Department.

by solicitors, or both of them, TO col
lect the Savings of tho working people
makes practical confession that its
proposition is not solid enough to conf
mand the confidence OF those who are
looking for places where
they can put their money and get Il
return insignificant in comparison with
that promised by this class of financial
outlaws.
Copyright. 1907, by JOS. b. Bowles.)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
Plown,nlst,r Dying,

SOUTH BEND, IND, August 3l.-
Little hope is expressed for, the re-
covery of James Oliver, the millionaire
plow manufacturers, who is III here. He
is resting easier than at any time since
the relapse, but the attending ply
sicians refused to give the family
any hope OF his ultimate recoYery. "A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
building is to be erected. 40-room hot
and also a number of cottages.
GIan,organ EnInrscs.

I.YNCHRURG, VA. August 3i.-The
Glamorgnn Pipe & Foundry Company
has secured a permit to erect brick
and concrete addition to its foundry
building costing $4,000 and for steel
and iron sheds. with iron roof, cost
ing $1,000. Tho work will be COM
menced at once.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

r DOVER, DEL. August 31-Delaware
peaches broke all records yesterday,
l50O baskets delivered at Cheswold
averaged $500. whilo tho highest price
ever paid $500 was received by Henry
Dulaney.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

Roanoke; Secretary Henry scholz.
Roanoke; Treasurer and General Man
ager, L. S. Barnitz. The company will
erect and equip metal building.
160x15O feet. at cost of 100000; Will
manufacture glass bottles, 800 gross
daily
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
Builds Another Addition.

ditlonal building Of brick, two stories, S0x
100 feet. ~ to be erected for the Laboratory
Cotton Mills OF Llncolnton Tho present
Equipment OF 5000 spindles, manufacturing
yarns. VIII be largely intisanaae M
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
noslery COMPANY Incorporated.

Wilcox f. s. Wilcox and L. Il. stillwell arc
the incorporates of tho Skynnd Hosiery
Company. or Flat Rock Hosiery and Other
knit goods will he manufactured The cap
5itai stock Is 100000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

SALEM. VA. August 3t.--The Cooper
Glass and Silica Company has been
here with 100000 capital
stock. The officers are: President. n.
II. Cooper; Vice-President. L. A. School,,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

lure. 9 r
OF course variations in almost In
finite number have been devised. and
some Of them possess a degree of re-
sfinement which makes their likeness
to the original difficult to distinguish.
But the possible investor will do we'll
to consider that the actual payment
of or the promise to pay an excessive
rate OF return Is sufficient ground for
the suspicion that the scheme is
questionable and should be sifted to
the bottom before any money Is put
into 1t.
This nation has enjoyed a long pc
riod OF unexampled prosperity. Az a
result, thousands of men who n few
years ago We're ether poor or only
moderately we'll to-do have become
comparativelv wealthy and have
made more money than they need in
the operation of their regular bust
nesses. In fact, there IL great mus
titl,dc OF these new capitalists who
have retired from their former occu-t
patlons To live on their money. The
Smllliomaires of a few years ago. have
become multi-millionaires, and the
WORKING people have prospercd and
saved n surplus,
This means that everywhere there
is an accumulation OF capital seeking
investment at reasonable rates. and
the man who has n proposition which
is essentiallv sound has only to make
proof of this fact In order to COM
mand all the money needed whether
the enterprise requires millions or only
thousands
Practice Means Confession.
FIe has no need to deluge the mails
with circulars and form letters making
arpeals to ,"the people" to come IN
with their savings. IL his enterprise
has real substance and bottom, he can
get the money from a few CAPITALISTS
| With less trouble than is required to
write ono set of circulars and form
letters. And he does not have to
lpron,ise "big monthly dividends" or
anything OF Tho kind Capital is not
|impationt when 1t is secure; semi-iin-
Inual or quarterly dividends Will an
swer its purposes very we'll, and II Is
generally suspicious OF anything which
promises an extravaganza percentage of.
lrcturn.5
Inv view Of these facts there is but
ono conclusion to BIO drawn, The inr
vcstment ENTERPRISE which has to con-
lduut Il hoiise-to-louse cnmpaignn. by
lncans OF the United States lnails. Or
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

to pay a dividend amounting to
100000. a further examination into
the affairs of the swindIe established
the fact that the current receipts from
victims were used right along to pay
dividends, without any regard what
ever to any deals on the board or any
profits therefrom. and these dividends"
were put out where they would do the
most good in stimulating those who
received them to increase their lin
vestments" and to spread the news of
this quick and easy road to wealth
among neighbors and friends. Some
OF these so-called monthly dividends
amounted to more than twelve per
cent.
Here was actual fulfilment. not
promise! When the victims cashed
those dividend checks" and found that
they We're honored, any misgivings they
had harbored disappeared, and they
felt that their financial future was
more than assured. They showed these
remittance letters to the friends they
wished to favor and this process null
tiplied the victims in a cumulative
ratio besides drawing a big increase
of Investments" from the original VIC
tins. OF course, the number of the
earlier victims was very small in COM
parison With the crop which this cumu-
latiye process of culture developed
| when once the effect of the stimuiant
| was realized from broad territory.
| Therefore. 1t mattered little If the first
or original crop OF victims received
total of dividends amounting to
| their original investment with good
profit added. So long as new victims
| multiplied in numbers with each in
| coming mail and the older ones added
to their speculative contributions the
Dividend game could be played with
impunity.
Anxious to Get Tn.
Investors" by the tens of thousands
poured an ever-increasng volume Of
money into the treasury of this in
| famous get-rich-quick swindle, and
when the Post-Ofice Department shut
down the iron gate of the fraud order
thousands of angry letters OF protest
were sent to the head OF tho depart
men at Washington These protests de-
| mandIng the inspectors removal were
so strong and carried evidence of ac-
! tual profits so plausible that the post
office inspector was summoned to
Washington to explain the situation.
The only explanation which he made
or needed was to make was to pro-
duce the pro OFFS that the concern had
been paying dividends" from moneys
received as investments. not from
profits actually earned. He was told
to go back to his work. Subsequently
the case was turned over to the De-
partment of Justice for criminal pros
ecution, and the n.en in the swindle--
or Mt least some OF theni-were con-
| yicted and sent to the penitehtiary.
There Are Many Others.
| But the work of these swindlers has
lived after them in thousands of other
| schemes fashioned on the pattern Of
! the '.T'un w" in every essential fen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
NEW ENTERPRISE.

Glass Hottie Factory TO Turn Out Big
Product.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

Examine paor the coverings prices
they
Lots odd pieces setees Arm Chairs Leather Rockers
styles Gilt Chairs. vi
Chamber Suites; showing the fall styles;
hogany walnut and oak.
We have nice stock Of Chioniers to match. sgsH
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
Newest Patterns
in Iron Beds

The designs are all new, they
are the prettiest we have ever
shown.
Iron Beds, with springs and
mattress complete, like this, only
$16.
We have others at So to $45.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01

Quite a serious accident occurred a
few nights after their arrival. Mr.
Walter Dillingham;, Governor Carter
and the Governors brother-in-law. Mr.
Gait, together with the Straus party
and number of ladies', We're running
along in their autos at a pretty lively
rate, when Mr. Litchfield nlighted from
Il car and started to run across the
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1907-03-28
Want More Letter Carriers

The other day worn out Bridge
ton letter carrier remarked: "How
will ever feel any better while the
Government makes pack mules of
US ?" The Bridgeton letter carriers
are earning their monthly stipend
from Uncle Sam, there is no doubt of
that. The rapidly increasing mail and
the stationery carrier force results in
the carriers Juggling about load that
is little less than impossible. 1t is
mighty hard work for the bows in
gray, and there should be some re-
lief.
Postmaster Graham has for some
time been at work endeavoring to get
an increase in the carrier force. The
present men have had the limit plac-
ed upon them. They cannot stand
any increase in burdens. The busi-
ness of the Bridgeton office is greater
to-day than ever before and increasing
every month. The Government
should give the carrier department
more assistance. It is necessary.
Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1907-03-28
Hunt Brothers
J JERSEY LEADERS
ATTEND DINNER.

Political differences of all kinds were
forgotten Tuesday evening when the
members of the New Jersey State SEN
ate gathered at the Bellevue -Stratford
with United States Senators John
Kean and Frank o. Briggs and
Speaker Edgar E. Lethbridge, of the
House, as the guests of President
Bloomfield H. Minch, of the Senate,
at dinner complimentary to Governor
Edward o. Stokes.
1t was a veritabIe love feast with.
out discoydant note of any kind.
Mr.. Lethbridge was toastmaster, and
toasts were responded to by Governor
Stokes, United States Senators Kean
and Briggs, State Senators Everett
Colby, William J. Bradley and Ed
ward S. Lee.
The others present were Ernest R.
Aokerman, J. Boyd Avis. Oliver
Brown, johnson Cornish. Joseph Ere
linghuysen, William G. Gebhardt,
Robert e. Hand, Thomas J. HilIery,
John Hinchliffe, Barton B. Hutchin-
son, James Mlnturn, William
Plummer, Jr.. Jacob Price, Sam
uel K, Robbins, George L. Shinn,
George Silzer, Edmund L.. Wakelee,
Abrsm klenert, Alfred N. Barber,
James W. Trenchard, William O.
Murphy, Howard L. Tyler and Secre.
tary to the Governor Edward Gray.
Immediately after the dinner and
the responses to the toasts the party
lett for Trenton on the midnight train
and will be at the Capitol early this
morning all ready for the considers-
ton of affairs of State.