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Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
What He Knew.

The lawyer shook his finger warn
ingly at the witness and said : Now.
we want to hear just what you know.
not what some one else knows, or what
you think. or anything of that kind.
but what you know. Do you under
stAnd?"
well, know said the witness,
with emphasis, as he leant forward
easily in the box. Il know that Jim
Gay said that Bill Thomson told him
that he had heard John Thomas's
wife tell Sid Smiths daughter that her
husband was there when the fight
took place, and that, he said that they
flung each other about in the meadow
pretty considerable. ."-Tit-Bits.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
MAKING OF SMYRNA CARPETS.
Employs Thousands of Poor Mostly.
Women and Children.

Employs Thousands of Poor Mostly
Women and Children.
The celebrated Smyrna carpet is
not made in Smyrna; it is product of
the vilayet of Adm, of which Smyrna
Is the capital. The chief places Of man
| ufacture are the villages of Uschak,
Koule, Ghiardis, Melessos, Kirkagatsch,
Makri, Axar and Demirdji The industry
gives employment to thousands of peo-
pie, especially women, who are obliged
to do the work almost entirely, while
the men spend their time in the coffee
houses drinking strong coffee and smok-
ing numberless cigarettes, all in true
Oriental fashion. Little girls are com
PEELED to take up the work early, at Z
or 10 years of age at the latest, and
they keep at 1t increasingly until they
go to their graves.
The market for the wools Is held
every Thursday from dawn to sunset
in the bazaar Of Uschak, which is then
filed with purchasers who have arrived
on buffaloes, camels, donkeys and other
picturesque beasts of burden The spun
woods are not dyed by the weavers
themselves, but by special dyers.
More than 5000 female weavers are
employed at Uschak in the preparation
Of carpets The operators are gen
orally members of the same family, but
there are number Of girls who earn
about 6 to Z cents per day. The Chi
ardis carpets are generally smaller
than those of Uschak. Very fine prayer
carpets, closely woven and or harmo-
NOUS colors. are produced in imitation
of the Persian carpets.
The carpets are made into bales of
2SO pounds each and covered with goat
skins. The caravans pass the night
In the open country at the foot of some
hill. the drivers under tents and the
camels and their loads in the open air.
Very large carpets, too heavy to be
packed, are folded and thrown across
the backs of two camels in the form Of
covering. When the carpets arrive
In Smyrna they are spread out, beaten,
broomed and repacked in bales, weigh
ing 500 to COG pounds each for expor-
tation
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
COULDN'T KEEP IT
Kept it Hid From tie Children.

I'VE cannot keep Grape-Nuts food
to hide it, because the children love
It SO. 1t is just the food have been
looking for ever so long; something
that / do not have to stop to prepare
and still is nourishing."
Grape-Nuts is the mos. scientific
ally made food on the market. 1t is
perfectly and completely cooked at
the factory and can be served at an
instant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk if hot dish
is desired. When milk or water is
used, little sugar should be added,
khut when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can
be seen glistening, on the granules,
is sufficiently sweet to satisfy the pal
ate. This grape-sugar is not poured
over the granules, as soEce people
think, but exudes from the granules
in the process of manufacture, when
the starch of the grains is changed
from starch to grLpe-sugar by the
process Of manufacture. This, in ef-
feet, is the first act of digestion:
therefcSe, Grape-Nuts food is pre-
digested and is most perfectly as
simulated by the very weakest stoms
ach. There's Reason. ?
Made at the pure food factories Of
the Postum Co.. Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little health clansic, sThs
Road to WellvilIe," in pkgs.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

More interesting than the hasty
town-building along the line of a rail-
way extension is the planning of new
city on a barren shore of Lake Michi-
gan. A year ago there was an i'm
mense tract of land. studded with a
few sparse trees and some rank under
growth, in the northwest of Indiana,
Just where Lake Michigan touches the
Hoosier State. At present $4,000 men
are working over this desert, and in
three years it will be not only place
on the map. but the thriving city Of
Gary, an infant phenomenon, baby
western rival to Pittsburg, with a pop
ulation not far from 100000.
The story of the building Of Gary is
one of the romances of industry, and
Is fit to inspire the writing of an epic
on the age of steel. For Gary Is to
be steel city. That is what it Is
being built for.
AS it is the United States Steel Cor.
poration which is performing this won
derful feat of raising a city from a
prairie, and as it stands ready to de-
vote $75,000O00 to the work, it is no
mere gossip to say Gary will be model
municipality and beehive of indus
try. AS the steel company Is not per-
mitted by It's charter to engage in the
real estate business, q separate COM
paDy has been formed for the purpose
Of building the town, laying it out
| and disposing Of real estate. Merely
as venture in real estate Gary will
be a profitable investment.
About 5000 acres have already been
acquired by the corporation at a cost
of about 100000. Large tracts of
land are being added to this nuclens,
and it is expected that eventually TO-.
600 acres will pass into the hands of
these new city builders. The land lies
along the shore of the lake from Clark
Junction on the west almost to the
mouth of Grand Calumet River on the
east. The depth of the tract averages
about two and half miles, the south
ern limits skirting the town Of Tolles-
ton, Ind
In the elaborate plans for the crea-
ton of Gary, for which the initial ap-
preparation is s10,OO00OO, there is con-
templated the deepening and straight
ening Of the Grand Calumet River. the
removal OF the town Of Clark juno
ton to make way for railroad yards,
the building Of q great harbor and
docks, the connection Of the lake with
tho Grand Calumet by means of a
canal. the leveling Of wide expanse
Of sand dunes, the establishment of
comprehensive sewerage system, re-
routing the river SO that it may be
nayigable for barges as Ear west as
Hammond, Ind The town OF CLARK
Junction is 70 Be lifted bcdily and car.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

A beautiful girl and her mother were
discussing the eternal marriage ques
ton.
well, there's Charles Adams" mur
INJURED the mother, thoughtfully, after
a long pause.
"Charles Adams" sneered the girl
sfIe is. old. be is ugly, he is mean, ht
Is a coward. Charles Adams! Why
he has nothing, nothing in the world
to recommend him except his wealth.
"Ysu forget his heart disease" said
the mother softly Washington Post.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

The other afternoon a young Denver
lawyer received a telephone message
from Kansas City girl whom he had
met while visiting In the city at the
mouth of the Kaw. She said her moth.
er and she had stopped over In Denver
on their way to Salt Lake City and
that they would be glad to take dinner
with him at one Of the hotels at c
o'clock, and the invitation was accept
ed, according to the Post.
Looking over the bill Of fare that
evening the young man noticed squat
on it.
Miss Blank he said, do you like
squab?"
mo. haven't any use for them
why did you ask?" she replied.
Il thought might get one for you
20, thank you," the girl said with
a smile. Il wouldn't want one of the
awful things around"
The young man locked at her in sur
prise.
II don't believe you know what a
squab is" he ventured.
"Of course l do" she replied, feign-
ing indignation.
well, what ls squab?" he asked.
"A squab is woman Indian" said
the girl from Kansas Slty.
Divorco IL fha elf, knot ~ narr3a %
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
His Lordshfp's Amid.hip.

Ambassador Choate tells a story of
the bishop Of Rochester, England, the
divine who was SO fond of cricket that
he used to play the game with an ex-
pert local team.
Ii appears that one day when the
bishop was battirg the bowler pitched
very wide.
PLEASE keep the ball in the parish y
commended the bishop, testify.
The next ball the bowler sent in
caught the right reverend gentleman
full in the waistband, whereupon the
bowler observed
II think that's somewhere about the
diocese, my lord. ."-Harper's Weekly.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
The Kind Of Rerry \

\ When Bishop Berry, 9 Method
Ist Episcopal Church, Vas ycuns
preacher, he once gave lecture in g
rural community. Wishing to be wit
ty, he announced to his audience tha,
he was berry, and called upon them
to state what kind of a berry. Near
ly every berry known in the vicinity
! was guessed, and the speaker refus
ed to share the qualities of any o.
those named.
At last an old lady, who was mol
sympathetic with the seeming levity
of the lecturer, arose and exclaimed
in a squeaky voice: Il know whai
kind of a berry you are. You are a
gooseberry, and very green one Al
that. Go on with the lecture"
And the lecturer did-quickly.-
Christian Work.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

where did you get that scar On
your face?s asked the interested list
ener OF the Civil WAR veteran.
AT the battle Qf Bull R-n,f ar
swred the old soldieE
Bull RUM" exclaimed the other.
How could you get wounded in the
face at Bull Run?H
well, you see, sir, exclaimed the
veteran apologetically, after ] had
run mile or two / grew careless and
looked bach. Woman's Home Com
panion. -a
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
! OLD \
cFavoriteS


~~~~~~~~

The Adopted Child.
-Lady.-
Why wouldst thou leave me, Oh, gentle
child?
Thy home on the mountain is bleak and
wild,
A straw-roofed cabin with lowly WALL
Mine is fair and pillared hall,
Where many an image of marble CLEANS.
And the sunshine Of pictures forever
streams.
Boy
oh, green is the turf where my brothers
play,
Through the long, bright hours Of the
summer day;
They find the red cupmoss where they
climb,
And they chase the bee Ger the scented
thyme,
And the rocks where the heathfower
blooms they know;
Lady, kind lady, oh, let me go!
Lady
Content thee, boy, in my bower to dwell:
Here are sweet sounds which thou lowest
well,
Flutes on the air in the Silly noon,
Harps which the wandering breezes tune.
And the silvery wood note of many a
bird,
Whose voice was ne'er in thy. mountains
heard.
Boy
Ny mother sings at the twilight's fall.
A song of the hills, far more sweet than
all;
She sings it under our own green tree
TO the babe half slumbering on her knee I;
l dreamed last night of that music low
Lady, kind lady, oh, let me go!
Lady
Thy mother hath gone from her cares to
rest,
She hath taken the babe on her quiet
breast;
Thou wouldst meet her footstep, my boy.
no more,
Nor hear her song at the cabin door,
Come thou with me to the vineyards nigh
And we'll pluck the grapes of the richest
dye.
Boy
Is my mother gone from her home away?
But know that my brothers are there at
play,
l know they are gathering the foxgloye's
bell,
Or the long fern leaves by the sparkling
well,
Oh, they launch their. boats where the
bright streams flow,
Lady, kind lady, oh, let me go!
sa Lady
Fair child. thy brothers are wanderers
now,
They sport no more on the mountains
W brow;
They have left the fern by the springs
green side,
And the streams where the fairy barks
were tried;
Be thou at peace in thy brighter lot,
For thy cabin home is lonely spot.
Boy
Are they gone, all gone from the sunny
hill?
But the bird and the blue fly rove Ger
it still,
And the red deer bound in their gladness
free,
And the heath is bent by the singing bee,
And the waters leap and the fresh winds
blow
Lady, kind lady, oh, let me go!
Felicia Hemans.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

II seems probable that the typical
British woman-the woman who rep
resents the feminine portion Of those
nations included in the British EN-
pire-will in fifty years not be the
Englishwoman, but the Colonial. The
superiority OF the Colonial woman Is
the ease with which she combines
her qualities, her tastes, and her ca
pacities.-London Reader.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
The .rrenehy" Kaiser.

The Kaiser's bespectacled savants
are occasionally startled by de-
meanor which recalls Gallo chief
\ tain. They cali him the Emperor OF
fhe French" and they are right, for
all Germans the Emperor William
is certainly the one who most re-
sembles a Frenchman-gay, lively.
good-natured. He loves to talk OF
Athings military and to crack jokes
Paris Steele.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13


matter whether his skin is white black bronze.
Great achievements in art science literature and indus
try are rarely accomplished by the who whines.
The movements which help civilization along seldom get
effective boost from the who whines. 1t Is not
to the whining and complaining individual that people
turn when things need to be accomplished when large
plans being formulated and when sound advice is
required. The who makes the most of his oppor-
tunities and who looks the bright side when
things aren't altogether to his liking, is the who
gets there The who sings at his work accompishes
more than the who makes speciality of grumbling
The optimst frequently succeeds where the pessmist
to fail. The chap who walks the sunshiny side
of the street and who has kindly word radiaes good
cheer exercises useful influence and usually does things
Whining is poor investment for young to make.
1t pays dividends The who sits back and
complains because things aren't different makes little
progress. The who makes the best and the most
of his surroundings and keeps his nature CHEEKY the
who is the most likely to up and to get ahead
Hartford Times
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

Pills l was walking with two canes
and suffering continual pains, head
aches and sleepless nights. i'm
proved quickly and after taking three
boxes felt better than / had for Is
years. The effects have been lasting. !"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
Flies and Disease.

The house-fy has for some time
past been regarded with serious sus
picions by the sanitarian, and, in view
of our knowledge of the spread OF
tropical diseases by the winged in
sects of the warmer climates, it has
become increasingly probable that the
house-fy is also responsible for the
dissemination of infectious diseases,
Hospital.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

The school department Of Birming-
ham. Eng, has added sensible inno-
vation to the curriculum Of its cook
ing school. Twice week the classes
are taken to the markets and taught
what things to buy and the best things
to leave alone.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

ney disease and
rheumatism laid
me up off and on
for ten years. Aw-
full pains started
from the kidneys
and coursed down
through my limbs.
i sought the best
medical treatment,
but In vain, and
when | began US
ing DOan's Kidnev
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
Should label Theu,,.

"The cave men made pictures of ami
mails now extinct"
~rhat's nothing; my daughter who
has studied art abroad saakes pictures
Of animals which never existed. -
Houston Post
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
M'fDIIORlALS''z
Opinions Of Great Papers on important Subjects.

reat Papers on important Subjects.

machines taken out without their knowledge
sent and put Of which they dsapprove absolutely
This be done frequently without detection, and
record of the worst violations of the law that have at
tracted attention would show that In large majority
of them the not present failing the law
violating chauffeurs win make the unauthorized use Of
dangerous and should contribute materially
to the safety of the streets.-New York Sun
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

"Read that romantic story from
France OF a marriage broken up by
suspicion that the bride had a cloyen
hoof?"
mo. But know some unromantic
stories OF marriages broken up by the
certainty that the man had cloyen
breath. h."-Philadelp Ledger.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
The Audience Ready to Help.

Ait a representation Of Schiller's
Don Carlos In Belgrade Theatre the
pistol with which Don Carlos should
have shot the Marquis de Posa refused
to go of and the discounted actors
fed behind the curtain. Offers OF
loaded weapons were at once made
by several members Of the audience.
London Express
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
ALMOST A SOLID SORE.
Skin Disease From Birth-Fortunt
Spent on Her Without Benefit
Doctor Cured Her With Cuticura.

Doctor Cured Her With Cuticura.
Il have cousin in Rockingham Co. whe
once bad skin disease from her birth un
I'll she was six years of age. Her father
had spent fortune on her to get her curec
and none OF the treatments did her any
good Old Dr. c. suggested that he tr,
the Cuticura Remedies, which he did
When be commenced to use it the chile
was almost in solid scab. He had used +
about two months and the child was wei
ind | could hardly believe she was ths
same child Her skin was as soft as |,
baby's without scar on it. have no
seen her in seventeen years, but | hav.
heard from her and the last time heare
from her she was well. Mrs. W. p. Ingle
Burlington, n g., June l6, 1926"
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

Arthur Pauline, a telegraph operat-
or at Wichita, Kan, is said to have
made $150,000 In wheat during the
past five years. He has backed his
own judgment in the market and has
done no pfunging.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

Il suppose you know all about this
titled son-in-law you are to have?'
said the familiar friend
Il don't know as do" confessed
Mr.. Cumrox. 1T appears like nobody
knows all about anybody these days
until somebody In the family goes in
to court for a divorce. - Washington
star.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
.2esEc
inStamps

Il Stamne you want
.f best results.
by the experience OF
all you need to know
by a man who made
Poultry, and in that
andspentmuchmoney
conduct the business
Csc in postage stamps.
and Disease, how
also for Market, which
ing Purposes and in
YOU must know on the
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

This is equivalent to confession that they were
cheating the before, alleged by health
authorities who analyzed the stuff they were imposing
the public The price Of canned chicken has gone up
from 95 cents for dozen quarter-pound to $175
canned corned beef in halfpound cans ST %
dozen to $190 dozen. There has in the
price of chickens and beef cattle to warrant such ad-
vances.-Boston Herald.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
BOOK PUBLISHING HOUSE
1874 Leonard ST.. N. Y. City.

Remains of irrigation systems A.
900 years old have been excavated in
South Africa. UPS
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

The men servants of Turin have re-
solved that a protest should be laid
before the prefect of the city against
the action of masters who forced
ther iackeys to shave. In the event
of their not obtaining permission to
grow mustaches the servants have de-
cided to go on strike.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

with result that prosecutions haze had few errors
for those against whom they have been undertaken
That short Jail sentence will be more severe pun
ishnent than heavy fine this class of offenders is
beyond doubt. The who drives his own car does
want spend minute in prison, while he has
slight objection to paying good for nduging his
speed mania. The dishonest chauffeur who rides about
in his employers when its thinks it is in the
garage may pay fine and conceal his arrest. If he is
sent prison his misconduct become known to the
who pays his wages and the consequences likely
to be serious after he regains his liberty
In comparatively few of the cases in which the public
has cause to complain automobists' the
car owners Justly be held to entire responsibility Their
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

According to an estimate made by
banker who is fond of figures, each
adult person in New York city Is
carrying an average OF $26.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
PRICES OF CANNED GOODS.

NE result Of the law requiring can packed
provisions to be genuine and prepared in
wholesome way is an increase in their price.
Canned meat prices have been raised, ac-
cording to a table published in the Kansas
City Journal, one of the headquarters of
the canning industry from 20 to 100 per
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

Denver is to entertain fifteen ma
tional conventions this year.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

A young plant is 75 per cent, water
ana the remainder carbon, which II
has taken from the air. ~
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

A normal man breathes 10000
times In the course of one day.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
JAIL FOR RECKLESS MOTORISTS.

mobilists became matter of serious import
ance, the Justices Of Special Sessions have
sentenced a reckless chauffeur to imprison-
ment. Hitherto the courts have used repri-
mands, threats and fines in the punishment
thr Lon
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
DON'T WHINE.

ERTINENT and pointed was the advice
which Booker T. Washington ave to a me-
gro organization in West Virginia. "Ciyili-
zation,'' he said, soon tires of a race as Of
an Individual, that continually whines and
complains"
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

It has been demonstrated that
''banzai" will DO for jingo purposes
a. well a. 'shurrah.n -4.-.... ~.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13


kEENlA it is being attacked both by the courts and
by the legislatures of various States. Among
the that recently passed acts practically
closing up these concerns Maine, Indiana Missouri
and Iowa. Similar bills pending in Massachusetts,
Michigan and Pennsylvania.
The Maine act-typical of the others prohibits the
sale of securities margin providing fine not to
exceed $3,0Q0 imprisonment Commission merchants
brokers required to furnish customers written
statements showing from whom property bought
sold the time the transaction and the consideration
Failure to furnish written accepted
evidence that the trading illegitimate.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals In the State
of Washington recently the bucket shops black
eye in ordering the repayment of $1,000 trust funds the
holder having lost it in the stock market To the plea
that the bucket shop did know the money part
of trust fund.- the court held that defense that
the money had been gained in pure gambling transac
ton. that value had been given and that the
be repaid to the person defrauded. The finding
applies in any case to bank clerk any other
holding dducary position who so betrays his trust
This finding and others, together with the activity
of State Legislatures and growing public sentiment have
already exerted wholesome restraining influence The
next step must be the aboshment Of the entire system
everywhere.-St Louis Chronicle
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

Present small boy with watch
md hen Naye the time of bic Life /
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

to learn the best way to
for the small sum of
lttells how to Detect
to Feed for Eggs, and
Fowls to Savefor Breed
deed about everything
subject to be successful.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

Nothing dies sooner than tear
German Proverb.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
WHERE DOCTORS FAILED.
An Interesting Case From Salem, the
Capital of Oregon.

F. A. Sutton, R. F. D. No. 4, Salem,
Oregon. saws: Acute attacks of kid
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13
HaGs7ss ,H2Ra MONEY, ~
If You Know How to Handle Them Properly.

to do it intelligently and get the
The way to do this is to profit
others. We offer book telling
on the subject-a book written
his living for 25 years in-raising
time necessarily hadtoexperiment
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

FITS, st. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. HI. r. Kline, Id ,93l Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

New York is rapidly overtaking London
in point of population.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

Austria Hungary has no less than ffteen,'
distinct races within her borders.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1907-07-13

Send postpaid on receipt Of Is cents in Stamp