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Ill IS worth Remcmberinc.

Whenever you have cough or cold
Just remember that Foley's Honey and
Tar will cure 1t. DO not risk your
health by taking any but the genuine.
1t is in yellow package. For Sale
by ths SiatheWs Drug Store.
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N'VRD FROM Mr.. RICHARDSON
ON TIE ROADS.
ED1roRs MATHEWS JOURNAL:

Permit me for the last time to
make few remarks on the read
question.
In your last issue Mr.. Hicks re-
piled to my former letter, which
wish to answer. In the first
place l wish to say l do not and
would not accept any public posi-
/ ton but under one consideration,
. and that would be TO fake charge
8Of the portion of the county road
in this district without any salary
and hold the position long enough
TO put it in lrst-class shape, and
then turn it over to the public.
In the second place Mr.. Hicks
says l have asked for something
out of the power of our Board Of
Supervisors to grant, &c. ! did
not care to ask for ten miles of
road ! simply wanted charge Of
this particular piece Of road,
which IS the worst piece Of road
in our county, and l was going to
throw in my labor free for
working it.
Mr.. Hicks own figures show
that l did not ask too much. He
claims it will require $SS per mile
for ditching. and it is at least
three miles IL this place, and
about one extra mile Of lead
bitches to open, which is four
miles, cost of $3.50. which leaves
only $48 to have this dirt thrown
from the side TO the centre and
\ pressed and putln shape. This
| piece Of road IS very low and
narrow, so much so that most all
the hauling is done in one track,
and it is soon cut up, and il is
travelled at least if not more than
any piece of road in our county.
II
As far as bonding our county is
concerned for this purpose you
see what little interest our people
have taken in this matter, and it
seems useless to appeal to them
on this great and important
Question.
If our Board OF Supervisors
would leave the working OF our
lrOads off entirely if they haven't
the money to work them with
and open the lead bitches, we
would have better roads. 1t is
the water that does the most
damage. We can have say three
vessel loads of oyster shells land
ed in different points in our
county and pile them, and when
we find hole have it filled, and
it is done for many wears. This
will not cost as much as filing up
fthese holes two and three times
each year with dirt, when the
hole is filed with water and only
lasts for few days..
| >ir. Hicks says he came here
tB live in 1895, and the roads
were then in better shape. Well
suppose Mr. Hicks or any other
man employs a physician for his
tsick wife or child and every visit
he made the patient grew worse.
Don't you suppose he would
change physicians. Well, under
our present Board Of Supervisors
our roads are growing worse and
they need a change of physician.
These are my views about the
matter, and as a citizen of the
county I believe I have a right to
express them.
l believe we have enough ener-
gctic young men and farmers in
this county to come to the ~escue,
rs long as our county officials
seem to keep silent on the ques-
ton and donate many thousand
/ dollars. rs one public spirited
man | VIII give $50 and let fifty
more come up with like amount.
and one hundred come mp with
( SIS each, and we viii have S., 600
30 start things moving. We can
4 get cur nachine at work and do
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Sour
<G0 I'm @CIA

No appetite, loss of strength, nervous
ness. headache, constipation, bad breath,
general debility, sour risings. and cAtArrh
Of the stomach are sll ca to indigostlsn "a.
Kodel cures indlgestIsn. ThiS new discov-
cry represents tina Eatsral juices OF dig&S-
tioI az the~ azisi ia 4 haslihy aiomaoh,
combined viva The grsstsst kEswn tonls
ans rsconStYecivs properties. Ksdsl Hysa
persiS CurS aess net ealy relieve ind gesn sf
and dygEeSsiS, bUt fass fan1sEs rsmcdI
helps ell stSEasSk ISoS$lss by alSSrs,ug
purifying. swssESirg and strengthening
shs mucous Tasmb1ssss EalHg tire stos, @oA,
kr. S. = Bsil - FsTenswoca y, Va, ssSs:-s
vts troubled with SSsf stssnash fer tsenSs 1esrs.
Eefnl eirsd rae AID va Te noO using Il n EalEs
for ossT,"
ES6ci DtnseAs SVSsee Yes Re4.
Bottles enly. 81 90 3ise hcSiae ~ Eaies the tSsi
size which seis for So ennis.
prepared by L. O. DEWITT & Co., CHICAGO
Sold by +. BAKEP & co.
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NEW YORR'S EASTER EXPENSE.
Millions DiSburScd For BOnnetS,
Spring Raiment and F!eWsrS.

Easter Christian Easter-may
or may not be OF pagan origin.
but certain ii is that as now cele-
brated it has some pagan charac-
teristics. Lavish display. which
means lavish expenditure 81
money. Is the most stricking fea-
ture of the festival in New York.
People who have never thought
ofthis phase OF Easter may be
surprised 10 hear that the metro
polls spends So, 900. 900 at this
season for clothes, flowers, pre-
SCENTS and church contributions.
And Of course New York is not
alone; it only leads in the spring
opening business. Here is New
York's Easter bill: --.-,. ,-.-'
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WeStViIle Baptist Church.

Services every Sunday at II 4
NJ. and Jas p. NJ. Sunday
school with pastors Bible class
at 10 A. NJ.
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Preaching Appointm cntSinEaSt
Mathews Circuit for March,

First Sunday - St. Paul's, II
a. NJ; Beulah, 3 P. NJ.
Second Sunday-Bcthel. II a.
NJ; ST. PauTs, ; p. M.
Third Sunday Beulah. II a.
NJ; Bethel, 3 P. NJ.
Fourth Sunday-St. Pauls. II
y. NJ; Beulah, 3 P. NJ.
Fifth Sunday--Bethel, II n
NJ; St. Paurs. 3 P. M.
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'ssUEp RvnRv raussDAY ny
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-17
TRICKS OF Merry CHAUFFEURS.
Remarkable Feas Performed by Men to Show Their Won
deHuI Control

driver has to study carefully the sag
ging tendencies of the rope. which when
the car reaches the central point are
considerable. while at the same time
there is d decided side swinging which
necessitates constant consideration.
Furthermore, the motorist has to coun-
teract the movements of the acrobat 80
that the equilibrium OF the vehicle may
not be disturbed
Shooting the Chutes on a motor car.
while it possesses all the elements Of
an exhilarating pastime. is scarcely an
amusement that will appeal to the great
majority. especially when carried out On
the lines established by an intrepid
American chauffeur. He has construct
ed a long wooden incline having a steep
gradient. This chute is only just wide
enough to carry the car. 1t is 100 feet
in length, and the daring motorist who
possesses d steam-prOpelled vehicle,
Tushes uD this incline al full speed.
When he has reached the summit he
turns the vehicle round on a small turn
table provided for the purpose. and flies
down again at breakneck speed. In
fact, when he strikes the ground at the
bottom the car leaps into the air in pre-
cisely the same manner as the chute
jumps when it strikes the water.
This performance is decidedly start
ling. since the slightest error in judg-
ment or movement of the steering
wheel would precipitate the daring RI
der off the track onto the ground below.
He has experienced one or two narrow
escapes i'm this way already, the wheels
on one side having slipped off the track
and slid along the edge, taxing the
strength of the driver to the utmost I'm
holding the steering wheel firmly in the
opposite direction.
On one occasion the car slipped en-
tirely off the track, through failure OF
part of the mechanism. but. although
the machine was smashed, the driver
sustained no further damage beyond
broken wrist, as he managed to jump
clear of the falling car. Had the mis-
hap occurred near the top of the in
cline, instead of near the bottom, the
motorist would probably have been
killed.
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you what they were. Sometimes 7 can't
remember what they are myself. No
body can. That's the beauty of sim
plified spelling. When we get all the
words smplified English will be every
bit as good as Greek to most folks ="
Il told the boss contractor" said
Eliph' Hewitt. that the first time ]
saw that word thru | really did think
it was Greek, and he shook his head
and looked sad. That word he says
was not rs good as it might be- 1t
was one of the first that left the fac
tory. when we had only raw hands to
work with, and they hadn't got the
hang of the machines and was nervous.
Ii shouldn't have been sent out to the
trade. We should have held it back
and sold il to some dialect story writer.
They like our mangled words first rate
and so far they have been our biggest
buyers, and if the general sale don't
pick UP some I guess We'll go in for
that trade exclusively and git out
brand of gTammeT to match And
that" said Eliph Hewlett, was what
made me think maybe Jarby was not
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all wrong. This marvellous work of
knowledge that ] hold in my hands
is not a dialect story book. and it don't
aim to look like one and be sold under
false pretences. 1t is the browning
triumph Of the world, containing infOT-
nation on every subject from the Gar
den of Eden TO Amalgamated Copper,
all carefully indexed, including, How
to Pare Potatoes Without Waste,
Hints for Sermons The Best Way to
Clip Dogs Is Mars Inhabited? and
What to Feed the Baby as well as
every subject known to man, woman
and Mr. Roosevelt. The whole book, in
Guiding the handsome categorical 'front.'
piece. only s., the equivalent of which
amount in all the moneys of the world
is found on page $50, with the metric
system and how to tell a mans height
by measuring his ear. If you like" he
added L will write down YOUR order
now"
Mr.. Gilthrop took the sample copy
and turned the pages. IF that appen-
dix only wasn't simple spelled" he said
dOubtfully.
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CTit Bits)

Git Bits)
In order TO demonstrate his complete
control of a motor vehicle, and incl
dentally to show his driving prowess,
an enterprising mOtorist devised a Gu
rious feat. 1t is not every one that
would trust his watch to the tender
mercies of car weighing some fifteen
hundred-weight for the purpose of clos
ing its case. Yet this driver can carry
out the operation with as much ease as
the skillful cOnjurer can bake a cake in
your best silk hat. For this curious
performance the motoTist utilizes a
small teeter, which is placed on the
ground with the watch, one of the or
binary type, with the back case opened
| The car is then driven backward on to
the teeter, pressing the opened case into
position, which closes with a click as
the car comes to stop, without crack
, ing the watch glass or otherwise dam
aging the timepiece.
A rival motorist, determined not to
be outshone by this performance. util-
ICES a hens egg in place of the watch
A similar teeter is used, upon which
the egg is laid. in this case the mo-
torist drives the ear backward or for
ward as desired, and just strikes the
egg with the wheel with sufficient force
to fracture the shell. The crack can be
distinctly heard. The contents of the
egg however. ale in no way disturbed.
and when opened the yolk is found TO
be as intact as if the shell had been
broken by the housewife in the ortho
dOX method.
Quite stir Was caused at a circus re-
Gently by tight-Tope walker carrying
out his gyratiOns upon a wire carried
on a motor car while the vehicle was
travelling round the arena at full speed.
At each end of the vehicle a pole was
raised about ten feet in height, and
from the top stretched a wire. Upon
this. walked the tight-rope exponent
while his companion drove the vehicle
below Considering the inequalities of
the ground and the rapidity with which
the motorist turned sharp corners the
ability of the man on the rope to retain
his balance was remarkable.
Another ambitious and skillful ma
nipulator is at the present time rehears-
ing tight-rope performance in which
the machine is TO participate. For this
purpose two ropes about liz inches
each in thickness and some $50 feet in
length are slung between supports at a
height from the ground. The distance
between the two ropes is equivalent to
the track of the wheels.
The car itself has no tires, but the
concave part of the rims is made to
run on the ropes. While the vehicle it
self is being driven along this aerial
ropeway another performer INDUCES IN
gymnastic feats upon ali apparatus
fixed TO the car. This performance calls
fer considerable nerve and skill ON the
part of both the performers, since the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-17
WOULDT DVY That BOOK IF YOU GIVE TRADING STAMPS WITH rTr

The place where they eviscerate the
words explained Mir. Eliph' Hewitt
removing their tails and other vitals.
went up there quiet and met the boss
of the word COntTactOrs-so called be-
cause they contract the length of the
WOrd57-and n was nice man. with
poor little word in one hand and
conductors punch in the other. punch
ing holes in the word to see how it
would look one way and another. He
had believe by the hind leg and had
got it punched down to belev. and was
looking at it to see if he could punch
out any more of it without killing it
dead. This he says, is to be one of
cur next batch of three hundred. Amt
Il sweet and nice and short? We have
high authority for this spelling. Josh
Billings spelt il so. Also it is one OF
Ch1uceT's fifJy-siX varieties of spelling
it. We have a lot of high old authori-
ties for it. Shakespeare spelt it this
way when he was boy. But we viii
have some that are even better than
this i'm the next batch. There are some
you wouldn't recognize unless we told
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just the appendix of the Rooshun
warp
Just what I said to him. said Eliph
Hewitt. why not?' / says, but says
he to me, Hewitt, go up and look at
the simplifiers, and then say what you
think of it. This book he says, is the
foremost volume in the world, and in
the new edition is brought up TO the
latest minute Of time. with the dying
thoughts of all the great men that is
dead, and the new dying thoughts add
ed as fast as other great ones die. up to
the time of going to press. They can't
die too fast for us he SAYS, to keep
the book complete and up to date. That's
our aim, and if a new great one don't
die IN time TO get in the new edition we
change the thoughts of some that is al
ready dead and in the book. Progress
and we aim To please. is our motto,
he says. but the way them words is de
bilitated at the word works amt my
way. So l went up 10 the word works
and had look around"
Word works. inquired Mr.. Gill
thorn
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took the bet, made it the limit and after
much elaboration. the porter called him.
The elder spread out a queen full
Good Gawd. calculated Jim. as he
flung his ace-high flush into the dis
cards. dat beats nah little fisk. All
shO put yo' up fer or littlab fish dan
what All had mahsef. Whar dat gin q?
Dis hayah Rockfellah game done dry up
nah throat; gimme de bottle, niggah.'
and he snatched il from the care of the
driver who was steadily nursing it be-
hind his stack of coin.
-'Ah hearu sumpin movin round out
dar in de ban remarked the elder a
few hands later, "Ah amt skeered q
sic 'rOun out dar an see what de cum
motion is all erbout" And he softly left
the room again
Fer er niggah what amt skeeTed none
he suttenly do ack mighty GU iOus.' COM
mented wary Sam. the driver. But the
others. just then tangled up in a big
60-cent pot. gave no heed to his words
Dat is all right" said the elder. as he
returned. Mis- JOhnsin amt 'spiciOn'n'
nuthin' t all. She jes' say she glad fer
ter hab such good an holy men as dem
Alexandy deacons er comm under her
roof. Deal de guards Mistah Hanson.
All feels lucky dis ham.
But the cards had hardly been dealt
when the door flew Ooen with a bang
and there. framed against the darkness
wrath. Mis- Johnson an Amazonian, huge
in breadth and stature. with sleeves rolled
up for action and grasping in one hand
an iron-handled roilin pin. while the
other clutched poker the size of a
crOWbar
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Washington Post.)

washington Post)
The Cow Alley Poker club. unincor-
porated, of Washington. d. c., is in
a state of temporary eclipse. Last week
IL was struck by something that looked
10 It ike the Kingston earthquake
mixed VI with the Galveston cyclone
and fired out of gun. and the erstwhile
iaunty strut of its dusky sports has
given place to an Ethiopian somberness
about as gay as a country funeral. Jim,
me Pullman car porter, ruefully con-
templates the patches that the recent
catastrophe compelled him to put on
ms "co'tin' " clothes, while Sam, who
drives delivery wagon, regards his
own empty pockets with disgust and a
sheakin envy even of the bepatched
and Denniless porter.
Dat sleepin' cyar niggah, >" says he,
KIN git all de dough he want Outen de
pAssengahs ON de mex trip. while Ans
sot to wait twel de en- er de mont. All
sot TO wait tyel de en- er de mont. All
suniio haw Aim gwine ter pay nah
road mex week, le' lone rassle wild
uem all guards any mo-"
Alslah Nose Hanson, a barber. and
uf a downtown building, and the
vuers who make up a select cOterie of
uf Gov Alley Poker club, are likewise
wearing respondent countenances and
Vliphining of the dire financial
arinsency. Even the elder bewaiIs his
@ftage Of cash.
ana therein is another grief piled
yan the Iliad of woes that besct the
ANlU fngrafe n, n \ N
hearts of the members, and in
~ -H minds an abiding disbelief that
elder is as poor as he talks; nay
~ there's a growing conviction that
~ ugnified gentleman is considera bly,
- than he was before supper time
- Wednesday, night-the night of the
esastrOus club meeting.
ne Kitty Contributes the Gin.
t.ae organization. composed Of q
ne collection local ''cOlored" sports,
-, 40 clubhouse. but, like a sewing
. ~ OF mothers club, meets in turn
- ~e lodgings of the different mem
.hss me temporary host sees to it
er,, ann, ample gin is provided. for which
-. 'ay he reimburses himself out Of
se-- Aitty-after careful auditing of his
,Gulits by the contributing players.
~ iatal meeting was held last Wed
"a. iatal meeting was held last
of tnnfsday evening at the apartments
~. - elder, an eight by twelve back
1ob m N The lodging house of one Mis-
do...sn' This rendezvous had been
sr;.,. .ii,i'ec upon only after much
No.. opposition on the part of The
Nc, vary members, who insisted that
2uhiison was rot only lady of
i.iva !, religions convictions, but like
hns,- i'TiE . temper as well as huge Of
elsa,s. ala nard of muscle. But the
: reinsurance at length soothed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-17
The Driver Has Doubts.

"'Pears ter me dat ought pen OF
whose doin de dealin'," remarked sam
the driver, addressing no one in particu
lar.
The elder again raised the pot. .Jir
Influenced less by his show of stre1gT
than by the sage reflection of the drive
contented himself with merely seeing tn
raise Both players stood pat. The eide
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-17
HOW THE cow ALLEY POKER CLUB
WAS BROKEN UP WITH A POKERl

their forebodings. lie told them Mis-
Johnson would be wholly unaware Of
the sDOTtiVe nature of the services to
be held. there; indeed. he had already
foreStalled any suspicious the unwontcd
gathering might arouse in that lady's
mind by informing hep he e@c.--cted to
entertain some visiting VestTymen
from an Alexandria meeting house.
When the elder added that a superior
quality Of gin could be purchased from
neighboring GROCERY at an absurd
iy low figure, all the opposition vanish
ed into thin air.
So. promptly at o'clock a quorum
appeared at the elders lodgings. and
after the washstand was removed into
the closet to make room, the party
proceeded to business. But when
Mistah Jackson, (who between games
conserves the paraphcrnalia of the
club. set out the box of poker chips
the elder waved his hand restrainingly,
and all fell into deep thought.
"Ah reckon yo'd bettah Leah dem
bones in de box Mistah Jackson" he
said at length. while All amt skeered
o Mis- Johnson pesterin' o us t all,
faint bes' ter go huntin' fer trouble.
Mos anybody, All don deer how much
'ligion dey got knows de rattle er chips
an tdlnt no use fer ter go pOkin' de
fuss right undah Mis- Johnson's nose.
All done tole her desc hyah Alexandy
vestrymen was d-cOmin' ter see me
erbout buildin' er new meetin' house,
an All reckoned we be er countin' de
money till mighty late i'm de night So
les TO supper dis ebenin' An got all
de pew rent money what | takes keer
of bus up inter small change SOS we
all kin use dat Std err bones. Mis-
johnson don mine de jinglin o de
money" With that the elder produced
a wealth of copper and silver coin.
The others agreed that his precaution
had been wise and he proceeded to sell
each player a quantity of the small
change. The initial purchase of chips
in the games of the club was usually
a dollars worth. but this time the cid
er suggested a further innovation.
Sells Pew Money as Chips.
"Ah's got er heap er dis hyah little
fine money" he said. Oar wuz nigh
on ter twenty-fo dollahs in de pew
rent. So ter sabe de trouble o bankin'.
An moves dat eve'y niggah swap all
de big money what he got with de pew
rent. an take de little money. Den An
won be pestered seliin' ter 70 all mos
eve'y han in de game.
The elders suggestion again pre-
vailed. Each darky dug up all his
worldly wealth in bills and exchanged
it for coin which. the elder again pro-
posing, was placed and kept IN stacks
before the respective owners
par. now" said he when everything
was set for play. Dat look lax we us
gwine ter play polSah sho' huff. what's
de limmick, Mistah Jackson
Same ole VanderbiP limmick, re-
sponded Mistah jackson as he dealt the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-17
Breaks Up Game With Poker.

Dis is what yc' calls yo' vest'y meet
in is it?'' she shouted. as she advanced
and aimed a whack at the unlucky jim
who escaoed only half of it by diving
under the table "TIl learn yo' low-down
niggahs ter cum inter er house what de
Lawd sens his blessin's ter an play yo
gaJnblin' games. Git outer hyah, Git
out | tole you she yelled again. "a aging
upon the demOralized club. that flew be-
fore her like dust in a whiriwind. ''I'u
learn yo' niggahs sumpin' bout pokah
m sho' huff pOkah. tool" With that she
delivered a furious blow with the heavy
ron upon the shins OF the wretched SAM
Who still lowered about his piles of coin
With a howl of pain he dashed for the
door, reached the bottom of the steps in
ne bound, and brought up on all tours
igainst the fence across the street The
rest swarmed unanimously after. ard in
1 few minutes the lodging house of The
outraged Mis- johnson was purged of its
evil inmates.
''Ahll hab de law on dat oman. sho. >
groWled Sam as he rubbed his aching
hanks. while the rest OF the discounted
hub gazed in bewilderment across at the
house wherein even now. they suspected,
he scandalized Mis- Johnson was gather
ng up all their cash resources She done
sot ev'y las cent what we all had =
ontinued Sam. IAN Ah'll SEN er cop. up
ar an
An git yo'sef pulled fer gamblin.' an
II de res er de club. too put in he
elder, deprecatingly. The club sighed
hey recognized the futility of invoking
he aid of the law. and sorrowfully dis
anded.
I'VE all thinks 'twuz mighty curious
soin's dat night" concluded Mistah Han
IN last evening. as he shaved the chin
# a customer 10 whom he had narrated
he disaster. "Ah done heared this mawn-
n dat aftah dc club done broke ND on
street dat night de elder wen right
ack dar ser his room. an he an Mis-
7hrsin sot up twel mos daylight er
su1tin money; an dey warn't figurin'
buiIdin no meetin' house. neithah
rmine. ives gWine ter git dat elder
yit."