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The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31

Washington at least once a year.
 After leaving school Grant went to California for his health and later moved to that state with his parents, MT. and Mrs. U. & Grant Jr. After spending some time in the coast state he returned to Washington and en- tered a bank While banking he was associated with Edward Wrenshall, the father of his fiancee, and MT. Smith. He soon left the bank and went back to California, but not until he had the consent of his sweetheart to become his wife. After going to the coast he soon left off banking and started in the real estate business, which he still follows. His father, U. s. Grant, Jr, is one of the prominent business men of San Diego The groom is also a nephew of General Fred Grant brigadier general of the United States army, in command of the department in the East, with head quarters in New York.
 The Wrenshall family, according to authentic history, is descended from Alfred the Great through Edward the Elder, whose third daughter married count of Vermandois, the founder of the line.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
SAHARA GROWING DRYER.
French Observer Says the Cases Ar
 Shrinking and Will Disappear.

c. F. Gautier, a French explorer, isl authority for the statement that thel Sahara Is continuously becoming driel] to such an extent that the oases arel perceptibly drying up and will disapl pear altogether in a relatively short time. He quotes historic records and physical signs to show that springsl were at one time more plentiful thanl now, and that the extent of theI patches where vegetation 1ourishes
 were much greater even 50 to 100
 years ago. EI
 As the climate of the region has.l}t dergone no change in perhaps thou; sands of years, he believes that ths' disappearance of the water must bs.
 due to purely mechanical causes. Hsfs considers that it is due to the cors tinual advance of the great sanii masses to the north, thus forming al, impenetrable barrier against the wal tershed of the Atlas mountains.-N YE Sup
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GRANDSON OF GEN. GRANT TO WED SOCIETY GIRL

TT HE most noted society event in \ Washington in many year will be the wedding of Miss Helen Dent Wrenshall pretty and talented Washington girl, to Chaffee Grant, of San Diego, Cal, a grandson of the late Gen. Ulysses s. Grant, which will be a function of the early June. While the blood of the greatest general America has produced courses through the veins of the young future bridegroom, the bride-to-be boasts of a lineage aqually aGistocratic. Miss Wrenshall says she is a lineal descendant of All fred the Great.
 Miss Wrenshall is the daughter of the late Edward Wrenshall, a promin- nent banker of this place. She is also talented musician The love affair is touched with romance and dates back to the time when both were mere chil- dren.
 When but a young boy young Grant was sent to Washington by his father to attend school. He remained here for two years, and during this period he became acquainted with Miss Wrenshall Although very young the attachment was very strong, and after leaving the school he returned to
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
BABY lTCHED TERRIBLY.
Face and Neck Covered with lnfIameil Skin-Doctors No AvaiI-Cured
 by Cuticura Remedies.

My baby's face and neck were cov| cred with itching skin similar to eczeI ma, and she suffered terribly for oveiI year. took her to number of doc| tors, and also to different colleges, tO| no avail. Then Cuticura RemediesI were recommended to me by Miss G--I I did not use it at first, as I had tredl so many other remedies without anyI favorable results At last I tried Cuttl cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment andl Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my surprise noticed an improvement After using three boxes of the Cuttl cura Ointment, together with the SoapI and Pills, am pleased to say she isl altogether a different child and theI picture of health. Mrs. A. c. Brestlin| I'll N. Lincoln St., Chicago, H., Octl 20 and 30, 1906."
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taught all her children her art.
 The children in.erit the studious disposition of their father The oldest daughter, Helen, led her classes in the cathedral school, from which she graduated last year. and now is pre- pairing for Bryn Mawr college.
 Robert Alphonso, the eldest, now 19, is an undergraduate at Yale. He expects to adopt the hereditary occu- patton of law. He took a special course two years ago at Oxford in English law and history
 Charles P. Taft, youngest of the family is nanfed for his rich newspa- per uncle in Ohio. At the Force pub lie school in this city, he sits beside his crony, Quentin Roosevelt. He knows what he will be when he grows up-a soldier in the army He plans to go to West Point as soon as dad will let him.
 Secretary Taft is not a man Of wealth. He has always had to live on his salary, and a secretary's salary does not go far in Washington.
 The Tafts, therefore, do not enter tain in any showy way, though they are able to select their friends from among the most interesting people, and their fondness for music has brought them in touch with musicians and artists.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
SLAVES HUSBAND TO BUY RUG.
Head of Family Undergoes Torment
 to Help Wife Get Carpet.

Trenton, N. Y.-When the new rug is laid in Grace Baptist church, about four yards of it will be consecrated to the fortitude of Henry Lonsdale. Every thread represents whisker which Lohsdale submitted to razor yielded by his wife.
 Mrs. Lonsdale is member of the Ladies' Aid society, which planned to buy the church carpet on the selfde- nial plan. There is some difference of opinion on this point, the men assert ing that Lonsdale showed himself a martyr, while the women are congrat- ulating the wife.
 While other women baked bread and sewed, Mrs. Lonsdale decided she would shave her husband, and charge him 15 cents for the operation. It is not on record how Lonsdale first re- ceived the proposition, but the fact that he consented to act the victim is proof that his wife has the true re ligious spirit.
 For four months did Lonsdale go through the shaving process. He once believed that a shave once a day was a necessity, but under the skillful manipulation of his wife he discov. cred that he could get along on three slaves week.
 Only once did Mrs. Lonsdale ask: Does the razor hurt?" He did not swear; he did not groan. but the look of anguish was enough.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
Device Really Burns Smoke.

Washington.-A device which will burn smoke is in operation in this city. It has not passed the experi- mental stage. but its success is report. ed as certain. At one of the large artificial ice concerns the device has been installed. The principle of the new method for doing away with smoke is to secure complete combus. tion by means of introducing current of air into the furnace above the fire in such way that the oxygen thus ad mitted immediately combines with the smoke and cinders that would other. wise be elected from the stack. It is claimed that the device can be used in any furnace.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
VALUE OF A RIGHT LEG.
Held by Surgeon Decrease scy's Value
 Only IS Per Cent.

Jersey City, N. At just how much do you value right leg, on which you have a foot and mayhap toes with corns that smart and burn and tickle when damp weather comes?
 When you are a half block from a speeding, tantalizing trolley car and making excellent time in it's direction you think that the leg is invaluable, but the crudity of your estimate is impressed with severity on you when you realize that to be without that leg is only to detract 15 per cent, from your ability to get along in the world, according to statement made by an expert on such matters, Dr. William J. Arlitz. a surgeon in St. Francis hos pital. The physician testified to this in suit for damages tried in the cir cult court brought for siXyear-old boy
 The surgeon claimed that boys ot tender years, when presented with Q cork or wooden leg in exchange for one of the foot-bearing kind, with the accompanying corns and bunlons. were able to become so proficient in it's use that it's presence was unknown to the ordinary observer, and that il could be detected only by careful ex- animation.
 Why, boys can play baseball, ride a bicycle, run up and down stairs, and I have even seen one lad walk slack wire after he had become accustomed to the use of the leg," said the sur SeOn
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
WEALTH AWAITS BUY
WILL FORFEIT s5o,ooo IF HE DOES
 NOT RETURN SOON.
Thirty Years Ago, When a Mere Youth, John Wilson Left Home After Quarrel with Parents-No
 Word from Him Since.

Omaha, Neb.-John Wilson will re- ceive a fortune of approximately $50,- 900 if he shall return to his old nome at Tecumseh within the next three years to reclaim it. If he fails to re- turn within that time the money VIII go to relatives of his.
 A starnge, sad story is the story of this man to whom a fortune mas been left, but who will probably never know it. Thirty years ago when mere boy Wilson had quarrel With his father, John Wilson, Sr., proud, unyielding old Scotchman, and In the heat of anger he ran away from ms home at Tecumseh.
 His father, believing that he would soon grow tired of taking the buffet fngs of the world and return to his home. made no effort to find the boy and would permit no one else to do so.
 The days heightened into weeks, the weeks into months and the months into years and young John
  His father loved him and longed for his return, and his mother was well nigh heartbroken over his absence, but the fathers longing and the mo- lhers grief were futile.
 Twenty-Five years went by and no word had come to the parents concern ing their absent son, now grown to manhood if he were living. They were grown old and before they went to their final rest they felt that they must once more look into his face.
 A man whom they suspected might be their son was in Dawson City, Alaska Despite the fact that they were so years of age the parents set out for there hoping against hope that they might find the son whom they so longed to see. They made the journey to Alaska safely, but found no trace of their son there and returned to their home with broken hearts. With in a few months the father died and soon afterward the mother followed him to the grave.
 Sevea years ago the aged couple made a will in which a large part of their estate was bequeathed to their absent son on condition that he re- turned to Tecumseh within ten years to claim it. In the seven years that have elapsed since the will was drawn the sons part of the estate has in- creased until it is now estimated at $50,000 It will be held for him three years longer. If he shall not return to his old home meantime the will provides that the bequest shall be di- vided among the other heirs of the dead man and woman.
 The other heirs have sought to have the will set aside and to secure di- vision of that part of the estate left to the son, but the supreme court has held that the will must stand and that the $50,000 must be held for the son three years longer.
 Where young Wilson has been in the 30 years of his absence from his old home nobody in Tecumseh knows. He may be dead; he may be in Alaska or the Philippines.
 His long absence and their disap- pontment at their failure to find him in Alaska shortened the lives of his parents, who were old residents of Tecumseh and very highly respected 5y their neighbors.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
Presbyterian Ministers, Discussing
 EnoIish, WrestIe with Problem.

phia.-"Does chicken sit or set?" was the momentous question that the Presbyterian Ministerial as sociation was called upon to sclve.
 Rev. Dr. Henry G. Martin, of the West Grove Presbyterian church, made an address on The Minister and His English in which he called attention to the numerous grammati- cal errors made by clergymen in their pulpits.
 When the speaker sat down Rev. Walter F. Oakford, of the Reformed Episcopal church, voiced query which he said had been puzzling him for a long time.
 We set hen," said MT. Oakford, but when once set l would like to know Whether she is sitting or set ting?f
 Forty of the ablest Presbyterian ministers ill the city were present, and their faces became grave as their minds wrestled with the problem.
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mild breakfast, I hustle over to the residence of James T. Woodward, in East Fifty-sixth street, and reach there at G:15. 1 find MT. Woodward, who is the president of the Hanover National bank, fully dressed, waiting for his morning shave. He greets me kindly and is vigorous and bright eyed every morning.
 James Stillman, president of the National City bank, comes next, and 1 am booked to be in his dressing-room not later than 7:15. He lives in East Seventy street. 1 also take care of his son, James Stillman. While ] am shaving the senior Mir Stillman I often think of his cares, the enor- nous figures on his mind, and of his great responsibility. Then l look for lines on his face-lines Of worry-and I am happy to say that 1 can't find them.
 Then comes MT. Ryan. I reach his home on Fifth avenue at S:30 o'clock, and let me say right now that I get there on the tick of the hour.
 Generally 1 find him out of bed wait ing for me. Sometimes he is in his pajamas. He slips on dressing robe and says:
 All right, Joseph; do the job as quickly as possible
 Everyone knows that MT Ryan is one of the greatest business men in the world, but I can say, after shay ing him for almost 20 years, that he comes out of his sleep with a smile and a laugh, and is kindly, generous, and light hearted from the moment of his awakening.
 T rub the lather for five minutes, because MT. Ryan has the strongest and stiffest hair of all the men l have ever shaved. The hairs are like as many wire nails. His eyes twinkle from the start of the shave to the fin ish, and often wonder if he forms big corporations in his brain while 1 am shaving him.
 Just think, during the time lather MT. Ryan's face his investments will have made him $100. The scraping process takes up time enough for an other hundred, and the bay rum and hair combing completing the shave in- creases MT. Ryan's fortune about $500. He is liberal. 1 never have named a charity or a needy person to him that he has not asked how much it will take to mend the situation. If say $2 or $100 it is all the same. MT. Ryan has his hand in his pocket and gives me the sum 1 name.
 q next call on MT. Ryan's sons in Liberty street. They are Allan, Cledennin and John-all chips of the old block. Then I go to Wall street and start the days work in the shop. Among my callers are Vice President Vanderlip of the National City bank and Alexander Orr. l cut the hair of a lot of millionaire babies. William G. Rockefeller's boys are among them"
 Dolly Bloom Great Cow.
 New York-The worlds record of milk production for a year by single COW has been broken by the Guernsey Dolly Bloom, according to the report of Secretary William H. Caldwell, which was submitted at the annual meeting of the Guernsey Cattle club here. Dolly Blooms record for the year was 17,297 pounds, or about g. 023 gallons. She is owned by F. A.. Ames, of Boston.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31

n ECACSE President Roosevelt want O ed to have his picture taken on horseba1!--at least so the story goes "a regular cabinet meeting was post poned the other day for the first time in the memory of the oldest attache of the White House.
 The president, it is said, has been thinking for some time that he ought to have few more photographs. As day after day passed without furnish ing tae necessary sunshine he became more and more nervous. On the par ticular morning in question: after the cabinet members had gathered the clouds suddenly disappeared and the sky was clear for the first time in two weeks.
 Without waiting to give. much of an
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
RICH HA VIZ WIRY HAIR.

slaves members of the Stillman, Woodward, Rockefeller and Wander bilt families, and says that in all his experience he has yet to meet the millionaire who wakes up in the morn. ing with a grouch. Bischoff does most of his work at the homes of his rich patrons, and at his basement shop in Wall street during the day lesser lights of the financial district drop in for shave, hair cut, or sham poo.
 Bischoff can write check for $200- 900, and his signature will be honored in the great banking institutions with a celerity that will surprise his ac- quaintances.
 The other day at the shop, while lathering the face of ten dollar a week clerk, Bischoff gave his daily itinerary as follows:
 q get up every morning, including Sunday, at six o'clock After shaving myself. dressing, and partaking of a
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
Does q Hen Sit or Set.

But Dr. Martin came to the rescue He clarified the mental atmosphere of doubt with the following eXplana- tion:
 The hen is set upon the eggs. but after that she sits upon them he ex- plained, and the serious countenances of the clergymen relaxed.
 In his address Dr. Martin called at tention to many grammatical errors made in the pulpit He said that al though it would be humiliating, every pastor would be benefited if he enlist ed the aid of cultured man or wom- an to take heed of his errors and pri- vately inform him of them after the service
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
NO CABINET MEETING TEDDY HASPHOTOS TAKEN

explanation the executive told his ad- visers not to wait, but to come around again next day. Then he donned his riding clothes, telephoned the photog rapher, called for Captain Fitzhugh Lee. and hurried to the riding course at Rock Creek park.
 For more than an hour the president rode gracefully in front of the pho tographer usually leaping his horse over hurdles. Some splendid nega- tives were obtained and Mr. Roosevelt feels more than justified in postponing the cabinet meeting.
 One pose in particular, where the president is smiling as he sits on his horse while going over a hurdle, is deemed good enough to have warrant ed almost any halt in government ma chinery
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31

Mrs. Lenora Bodenhanler, R. F. D. 1l Box 99, Kernersville, N C., writes:
 "I suffered with stomach trouble aril indigestion for some time, and nothipl that ate agreed with me. was veTI nervous and experienced a. contimsI feeling of uneaSiHesS and fear. to0i medicine from the doctor, but it did md no good
 "I found in one of your Peruna bookI a description of my symptoms. 1 thel' wrote to Dr. Hartman for advice. HI said 1 had catarrh of the stomach. | took Perura and Manalin and followed his directions and can now say that \ feel as well as I ever did.
 II hope that all who are afflicted witt the same symptoms will take Peruna, al it has certainly cured me.
 The above is only one of hundreds whs have written similar letters to Dr Hartman. Just one such case as thS entities Peruna to the candid considerl ation of every one similarly afflicted II this be true of the testimony of one perl son what ought to be the testimony of hundreds, yes thousands, of honest, sinI cere people. We have in our files gres. many other testimonials.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
Substitute for Beeswax.

substitute for beeswax has been
 discovered in the leaves of the rafi palm, product of the island of Mad agascar. The wax is extracted by the simple process of beating the dried leaves on a mat to small bits. The particles are then gathered and boiled. The resultant wax is kneaded into small cakes. Experiments are being made with the new substance to find
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Nothinq Doinu.

I've worked for the party faithfullg for the past 20 years" began the or fice-seeker, and I can say with trulD that l never once asked for any or flee" Glorious recordn put in the party leader. 'I wouldn't think ol urging you to break it. Keep it up'
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
Gold Coinage of the World.

The United States is coining annu- ally about $300,00O,O00 in gold; Great Britain, nearly $60,000,000; Austral- asia, little more than Great Britain :; France, about $35,000,000; Germany, about $25,000,000, and Japan, more than $30,000,000.
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His Use for if.

"Yeh," said Tommy, "pa gave me watch to carry when I started in school this fall" My" exclaime' Aunt Jane. That's nice, isn't it.! "Yes'm; cause as soon as I git ! school in the mornin's l kin look at an see how many minutes I'm late"
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
Croakers Popular.
Frogs

Says London dispatch: Frogs have succeeded monkeys as the reigL- ing pets of the fools who delight in calling themselves society ladies' Not common frog, of course, but rare exotic varieties, like the Amazon river frog, which now costs $10O or more apiece"
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Stops Work Till Eaas Hatch.

Detroit, Mich.-Rather than disturb pair of robins who are setting on a couple of eggs Contractor B. B. Hart. ford has suspended operations on a house he is building on Goowin ave. nue. The nest was discovered in the skeleton of window in the second story
 T am very fond of birds," said Mir. Hartford, and my men and I will sec to 1t that the construction of the house does not interfere with the nest"
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31

A Russian doctor gives profound scientific reasons why patient suf- fering from consumption would be cured if he made a practice of riding on the cowcatcher of train. He neg lected to mention the fact that the chances are the man would be killed before the cure could be effected.
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
Improve Wireless TeIegraphy.

''P' wv w " S'SSS 'S'SS' dP'y
 Admiral H. N. Manney, one of the American representatives at the wire less conference in 1906, is quote in Berlin as authority for the statement that, whereas before the conference a quarter of a mile was the limit for wireless telephoning, it is now possi- 30 miles. The system eXperimented with is meant for marine use only, as it is more costly and less effective on land than the ordinary system
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
Musicless Sundays in Boston.

Boston.-Music in hotel dining rooms on Sunday is violation of the law. according to a decision given by Chief Justice Bolster in a test ase brought against the members of an orchestra playing at one of the Hos- ton hotels. Judge Bolster fined each member of the orchestra five dollars
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
An Artist.

"The man who painted that spurlou picture was an artist, at all events said the connoisseur. q don't Kno about him." answered MT. Cumro' ruefully, but the dealer who sold II ' me was.'
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Whats the Use?

Aches, Pains, Burns, Cuts, Sprans' and all similar afflictions are always instantly relieved; often entirely cureo by an application of that unequalea remedy, Hunts Lightning Oil. DonY suffer. Don't delay. Whats the use'
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31
WALL STREET BARBER SAYS HE CAN TELL WEALTH BY BEARD.
Average Workineman Has Soft Whis- kers According to Man Who Scrapes MiIIionaires-Latter
 Are Early Risers.

New Yofk-Joseph Bischoff, barber and hair cutter, in Wall street, who at tends to the tonsorial wants of many of it's most famous men, says that he can tell multimillionaire by the hair Cn his faee-that men of vast wealth have wiry and stiff whiskers and are hard to shave. The average work ingman has a soft, fuzzy growth of hair on the face and can be scraped without special effort.
 Thomas F. Ryan is Bischoff's most famous patron, and the barber goes to the finaneier's house every morn ing at SEQ o'clock sharp. He also
The Green Forest tribune., 1907-05-31

The sun set fire to the big electric searchlight on the Claypool block by getting a focus through it's lenses, which may indicate a claim by the sun of monopoly in the lighting kusi- ness.
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out it's commercial value-whether it may be used for bottling purposes. in the manufacture of photograph cylin- ders, etc.
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She is wise girl who know enough not to pretend to to know l0 much.
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JUSTICE HARLAN WINS BALL GAME BY HOME RUN

which are weak at the bat and need heavy hitters.