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Real Estate Changes.

Ethan E. Carr has sold his house on
the corner of Spring and Webster streets
to Frank w. Ball. L. P. Slack has
bought of Henry Howard the house on
Summer street formerly owned by the
late Leonard D. Howard.
Charles T. Gray has bought CIR. B.
Dodge's house on Mt. Pleasant street
and Mr.. Gray has sold his house to
Ernest P Brown. Rickaby & Gauthiel
made the sale
The house owned by D. c. Gage or
Cliff street has been sold to Mrs. Nancy
s. Rollins.
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E. & T. Fairbanks & Company own a
scale factory at Moline, ILL.,, which they
have recently equipped with electric
power, and last weeks paper announced
that Hubert w. Brooks had gone to
Rome, Ca, to become acting manager of
their plant there. They are also building
a small factory at Terre Haute, Ind. to
manufacture especially scales to be used
in that coal region.
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Weighing the Mails.

The employees at the post office began
weighing the mails July /, in accordance
with government ruling, the extra
work to continue for six months. All
kinds of mail are weighed by classes and
a record kept. This will give the govern
ment definite information as to the
average load the railway is called upon
to carry.
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NEW ADS. THIS WEEK.

Phaetons for Sale.
] c. Rockwell Co.
Muslin Underwear-Berry-Bal Dry Goods Co
Wedding Gifts--Lurchin 81 Lurchin
One Moment-First National Bank.
ClothiugF. E. Harris.
Observation-Disclosures P Leach & Co.
Household Goods-Chas. S. Hastings.
Mattings-Lougee & Smythe.
Carriage Horses-Charles E. Kirk.
Cigars-F. n. Brown & Son
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Social Gatherings.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Ely and Miss
Caroline D. Ely very pleasantly enter
tained about so oftheir friends last week
Tuesday evening in honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Osborne of Erie, Penn. Vocal
solos were rendered by Miss Margaret
Merrill, Harold O. French and E. N. Car
ter and piano solos by B. Frank Harris.
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The Fourth of July.

Well, it was another noisy Fourth
with plenty of fire crackers, considerable
fire water and some accidents. The noise
began long before the holiday, but was
largely confined to certain portions of
the village. The most serious damage
to property was the smashing of one of
Lurchin & Lurchin's large plate glass
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Stevenson.

Mrs. William B. Stevenson died at her
home on Western Avenue Thursday
morning at the age of 33 years, leaving
an infant daughter. Margaret Williams
was born in Eaton, P.Q., May %, 1874.
On Nov. 25, 1904, she was united in
marriage to William B. Stevenson, who
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Palestine commandery, No. S, K. t.

Stated Conclave. Tuesday eve, July %.
HARRY A. BARTLETT, E. c.
DELos NJ. BACON. Recorder.
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Knights of Pythias.

Regular Convention of Apollo Lodge, No.
2, Tuesday eve July Is.
S. J. SoMERvILLE, G.. c.
H. E. HARDEN, X. R. S.
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Modern Wondmen of Americs

Regular meetings of Asisqua Camp, No
S149, are held first and third Tuesdays ir
each month. Next meeting July 16, 1907.
H. l. PICKERING Clerk
DAVID IRWIN. Y. c.
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Mystic Star chapter. No. 29. o. E.s.

The regular meeting will be held Wednes.
day evening, July 10.
MRS. LUELLA E. HART,
Worthy Matron.
Mrs. CHRISTINA -BoRLAND.
Secretary.
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passumpsic Lodge, No. u, r. and A. M.

Regular Communication, Thursday eve.
July 20.
DAVID R. COLE, w. I'M.
DELos NJ. BACON, Recorder.
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Sl2.92 per year for $1,000 Life

Insurance at age SO. Other ages proper
tionate. See our low rate and 10 Year
Term policies. 5Sth year. National Life Ins,
Co. of VT. (Mutual.)
w. W. SPRAGUE & SON,
Gen. Agents of Northeastern Vermont,
St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
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FRATERNITY MEETINGS.

Haswell Royal Arch Chapter, No. IL.
Stated Convocation, Friday evening, July
26.
REUBEN G. CHENEY, H. P.
DELos NJ. BACON. Secretary.
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Thursdays Specials.

Heherboom Tdfea PettiCoas light fancy Colo very full and
best skirts Regular price $3.50 Thursday only eSC
Tumblers. plain very thin also with band Regular price 70C
Thursday only 48C dOz.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
A Girls GiunIe.

Samuel Shadwell, touchy old man
living in an Indiana village. had a
pane Of glass broken in his house one
night not long ago and next day he
had a ten-year-old girl named Minnie
Dayton arrested for 1t.
When the case was called in court
he was asked how he knew 1t was
Minnie. He admitted that he didn't
see her, but heard her giggle. When
asked II her giggle was different from
that of any other girl he said 1t was,
but he couldn't tell why. Neither
could he initiate the giggle. and he
lost his case.
We all know what girls giggle is
but II any of us were asked to give an
imitation of 1t we'd probably fail. A
boy may litter, but when it comes to
giggling only girl can do that.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
Nut Growing Industry of the South.

Nut growing is a comparatively
new industry in the south Atlantic
and Gulf states, but 1t promises to de-
velop into one of the most important
in that section" said ]. 2. Reid. a
prosperous planter of Florida. "The
most popular nut is the pecan, and-its
popularity is probably due to the de-
velopment of systematic methods of
grading 1t and cracking it with ma
chinery operated by steam or electric
power. This makes possible the mar
keting Of the meats of the nut ready
for use.
"The demand is always much great
er than the supply and many planters
are now turning their attention to the
nut raising industry. 1t is not un-
common for tree to bear as high as
200 pounds of nuts in one season and
most of these sell at from 60 to 10
cents pound. 1t does not require
much figuring to show that the pecan
orchards which abound in some sec
tions are paying investments"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
WHAT WAS 1T
The Woman Feared7

What a comfort to find 1t is not "the
awful thing" feared, but only chronic
indigestion, which proper food can re-
lieve.
A woman in Ohio says:
Il was troubled for years with indi-
gestion and chronic constipation. At
times l would have such n gnawing
in my stomach that l actually feared
I had al dislike to write or even
think of what / feared.
Seeing an account of Grape-Nuts
I decided to try it. After short time
! was satisfied the trouble was not
the awful thing l feared but was still
bad enough. However, was relieved
of bad case of dyspepsia by chang
ing from improper food to Grape-Nuts.
"Since that time my bowels have
been as regular as a clock. ] had also
noticed before l began to eat Grape
Nuts that i was becoming forgetful of
where / put little things about the
house, which was very annoying.
But since the digestive organs have
become strong from eating Grape
Nuts, my memory is good and my
mind as clear as when / was young,
and / am thankful" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
the little booklet, "The Road to Well
ville," in packages. There's reason"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
BABY ITcHED TERRIBLY.
Face and Neck Covered with Infamed
Skin-Doctors No AvaiI-Cured
by Cutieura Remedies.

my baby's face and neck were COW
cred with itching skin similar to ecze-
ma, and she suffered terribly for over
year. / took her to a number of doc
tors, and also to different colleges, to
no avail Then Cuticura Remedies
were recommended to me by Miss G..
/ did not use it at first. as l had tried
so many other remedies without any
favorable results. At last tried Cuti-
cura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my
surprise noticed an improvement.
After using three boxes of the Cuti-
cura Ointment, together with the Soap
and Pills, am pleased to say she is
altogether different child and the
picture of health. Mrs. A. C. Brestlin,
Ill N. Lincoln ST., Chicago, H.. Oct.
20 and 80, 1906"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

side and he completed the painful
task of binding himself which he had
only partly accomplished on his first
attempt.
Only AZ years old, in the prime of
health and strangely enough gaining
in strength until he has become as
sinewy as trained athlete despite
his peculiar regimen, Perry gives indi-
cation of long life. Seated in his CELL
partly covered with blanket, he told
a reporter his reasons for his acts.
1T is the greatest regret of my life
that I blinded myself" he said. 'I
fixed up machine which when heat
ed dropped two sharp pointed
weights into my eyes. l had taken
opium until the pain was deadened,
and when l woke up l couldn't see at
all. A little light came into them,
however. and when my father still
failed to come to me l decided to
complete my blindness. This time 1
got an electric light bulb, crushed
1t up small and rubbed the pieces
into my eyes.
THAT left me entirely blind. but |
never heard from my father, and now
l am cut off from sight of the world.
l don't see why they won't let me go
free now. I could not do anything
criminal If l got out, and all / could
hope for would be to go away some
where and make a living by selling
pencils or trinkets like other blind
men,"
For weeks prior to November 10,
1908, Perry had complained of the
food that had been given him, and as
a climax he declared that If certain
things were not included in his menu
he would starve himself to DEATH His
threat was not taken seriously, but
when IL days passed and he still ad.
hered to his determination artificial
means were resorted to. Since then
all his food has been administered
through a rubber tube. His weight
had decreased from $50 to 120 pounds,
but the loss has since been made up.
A week after he stopped eating
Perry tore his prison suit to shreds.
ripped his shoes to pieces, and an
nounced that until a suit of respect
able cut and texture was given to
him he would wear none. Since
then he has worn neither coat nor
trousers, and nothing more that a
blanket has covered his shoulders.
Even that protection he uses only on
cold days.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
One Of tie
Essentials

Of the happy homes Of to-day is vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
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Products Of actual excellence and
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the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One Of the products of that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended by the Well-Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
WOMAN KNEW HUMAN NATURE.
Personal Experience Counted In Her
Endorsement of New Pastor.

A Philadelphia congregation was
called upon not long ago to choose a
pastor The last three ministers had
been persona non grata with most of
the parishioners; and before selecting
another the congregation did some
pretty hard thinking. There was one
woman of experience whose voice car
ried particular weight. Preacher after
preacher was invited to the pulpit for
a trial sermon, and all, in the final
analysis, were rejected by the female
arbiter. At last there came along a
possible incumbent who met with her
approval.
"The reason 1 am sure he will give
satisfaction" she said, 'fs because he
has the right kind of a wife for
minister. She allows him to rant
around all he wants at home and
doesn't sass back. / found out a long
while ago-snortly after I was mar
ried myself, in fact-that man who
hasn't that privilege at home works
off his spleen elsewhere. A minister
vents 1t on his congregation. That
was why we couldn't stand the last
preacher. This one will be all right.
We won't hear peep out of him."
And upon that unique recommends
tion the congregation really did give
the man call. According to last ac-
counts both he and the congregation
were doing well. The wife has not
been heard from.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
QUEER AND SLY CRIMINALS.
Journeymen BARRIERS Who Make Their
Living by Stealing.

There's a queer and nasty kind
of criminal that we call the barber
thief" said Lecoq the detective. "He
Is 1ourneyman barber who lifts your
scarfpin while he is shaving you.
These rascals have learned some
how or other to shave and haircut
fairly well. They go everywhere in the
rush season-California or Florida in
the winter. Atlantic City in the sum-
mer, and so on-and there the over
worked boss barber, with hands scarce
is only too glad to take them on, and
to take them on without references.
TT doesn't take clever barber thief
long to make good haul. In a day in
Saratoga one Of these men lifted out
OF millionaires' and sports neckties
diamonds and pearls to the value of
$4,000"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
One of Many.

An Atchison woman started out to
buy her fall hat. First she visited
the openings and looked and looked.
Then she took a friend and went
around to the millinery stores and
tried on" again, saying, of course,
that her "hair looked perfectly ter
rible." Then she went home and
thought and thought. and, finally.
went back to the stores and tried
on" once more; and thought. and
thought, and then bought a hat which
is SO grotesque and hideous that her
relatives and friends blush with
shame every time they see her wear
1t, and strangers stare at her. wonder
ing what kind of courage it takes to
wear such looking hat. But she
did the best she could.-Atchison
(Kan) Globe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
GREAT IRIsHMAN COMING.
Sir Anthony MacDonneII to Visit
United States.

New York.-Sir Anthony Patrick
mcdonnell, permanent under secre-
tary for Ireland, is on his way to the
United States, but just what his mis-
sion to this country is, is known only
to himself. 1t is safe to conjecture.
however, that it is to explain to the
Irish leaders on this side of the water
why he has failed to get Ireland home
rule and land act that would turn
the property of the land owners over
to the peasantry. These were the
aims he had in view when he entered
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
REMARKABLE PATIENT
OLIVER C. PERRY A MOST
UNIQUE CRIMINAL.
MOST
Train Bandit, Blind Through His Own
Act, Refuses to Wear Clothing
or Eat Prison Fare and ls
Fed Through Tube.

New York.-Blinded by his own
hand, living for four years without
tasting food or wearing outer cloth
ing, Oliver Curtiss Perry. whose train
robbing exploits in 1892 startled the
country by their boldness and novel
methods, is declared by insanity ex-
perts to be the most remarkable pa
tient In the state hospital for the
criminal insane.
Perry declares he will never take
bite of food or wear a stitch of
clothes while he is in the Dannemora
hospital, and Drs. North, Townsend
and Mcdonald, his physicians, believe
him. Since November 10, 1903, Perry
has received nourishment through a
tube, not because 1t is necessary but
simply because he has determined to
prison fare.
The prisoner is classed among the
insane, but he declares he has a mo-
tive for his actions. His refusal to be
clad and to feed himself in the fashion
customary in Dannemora is not
mania, he argues, but is merely a bit
of stubbornness aimed at what he de-
scribes as unfairness, and he adds that
II the taking of food and the wearing
of clothes will establish his sanity in
the opinion of experts and get him
transferred to a regular prison he
will eat solid food and clothe himself
He objects to being treated unfairly,
he says, and this is the basis for his
strange actions.
His action in binding himself, in
its inexplicable self-torture, he as
cribes to another motive. His family
had deserted him, he says, and he
wanted them to come to see him. He
assumed that his father would see
the reports of his strange action and
would hasten to his cell. Days passed
bringing his parents to his
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
Very Much Alike.

"see here Pat" said his employer,
didn't you tell me that when you
was out west the Indians scalped you?
and now you have your hat off ] see
you have an extraordinary quantity of
hair! You certainly told me SO. didn't
you, Pat?"
"Ol did sor," answered Pat, but OF
bear In moind now that 1t was me
brudder, Moike. It's thot much we be
aloike, that OF think Oim Moike an
Moike be me-"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
his present position under Mr.. wynd-

his present position under Mr.. Wynd-
ham.
Not only was he a staunch Roman
Catholic and home ruler, but an in
tense radical as well, and the con-
servatives writhed in horror at the
idea of their leaders making MacDon-
nell virtual dictator of Ireland. For
Mr.. Wyndham was not a strong man,
while Sir Anthony is strength per
sonified. He had learned in India how
to take the land from the big land
holders and return it to the people
Before accepting the office he stated
his views to Mr.. Wyndham and in
sisted upon a written pledge that he
should have free hand. Immediate
ly he set to work to make himself
solid with the Irish people. He won
the support of the clergy, he manipu-
lated the police in a way that won
him the affection of the people who re-
gard the police as their natural enc
mics, and he travelled the whole
length of Ireland to plead with
rapacious landlords not to evict help
less tenants.
1t was not long. however, heYore
the tories of the old school raised
howl against the unlimited power Civ
en- to Sir Anthony, and Mr.. Wyndham
had to drop out after the reading of
the agreement in parliament This
made no difference to Sir Anthony,
for he remained in his office under Mr..
Long, who succeeded Wyndham, and
was as much of a power as ever. The
party papers denounced the under sec
retary and all his works, but the gov
ernment still retained him. 1t found
itself in the position of the man who
had bear by the tail-he couldn't
hold on and he dare not let go.
When the Balfour government was
defeated Sir Anthony remained as the
adviser of the liberal government. Mr..
Bryce became his chief and at the
same time his tool. Mr.. Bryce was no
more successful than either of his
predecessors, for the Sim Fein move
ment, which sought to separate Ire
land by strictly legal means, had
grown up and was working at cross
purposes with Sir Anthony. Prof
Bryce gave up and Mr. Birrell took
his place. Sir Anthony advised the
"devolution" bill, which the Irish peo-
pie. investigated by the Sim Fein, re-
fused to accept. Nor were his land
measures more popular, and Mr.. Bir-
rell came to the conclusion that Sir
Anthony was the champion Of lost
cause. 1t came to a test of will power
between a dour Scotchman and an
obstinate Irishman, and the former
seems to have prevailed. Hence Sir
Anthony's trip to America.
Sir Anthony entered the Indian civil
service as a young man. He rose to
the very highest position in the serv-
ice, lieutenant governor of Bengal,
and subsequently governor of the
northwest provinces. He did much to
reform the land tenure of Bengal. 1t
was his dearest wish to do even more
for his native land, and this Is why.
after retiring on a pension, he ac-
cepted the under secretaryship . for
Ireland.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

~ mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering I. through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip
tfons from reputable physicians the damage they
will do is ten fold to tho good you possibly de-
rive from them. Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by y. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no mcr
curry, and is taken Internally acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be you get the
genuine 1t ia taken internally and made In Toledo,
Ohio by +. J Cheney a Co. Testimonials free.
eoid by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
A Delicate Task.

"The newspapers" said the orator
solemnly, do not tell the truth"
Perhaps not" answered the editor,
regretfully. I'VE do our best. But you
know there is nothing more difficult
than to tell the truth in a way that
won't put it up to some one to chal-
lenge your veracity."
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for n child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys. II the
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
Slow Growth of oyster.

When an oyster is a fortnight old
it is not much larger than the head
of a pin. At the end of four years
growth it is fit for the table.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

Every man has his appointed day
and way; life is brief and irrevoca-
BILE, but 1t is the work of virtue to ex-
tend your fame by your deeds
Virgil.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

FITS, st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $200
Id, 93l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
Asthmatics, Read This.

II you are afflicted with Asthma
thing for which you will be grateful
the rest of your life. Rev. ]. R. RAIDER,
1922 Broadway, Denver, Colo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

No man ever succeeded in walking
one way when he was looking another.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28
Women as Well as Men Are Made
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

by druggists, in nifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

Important to Mothere.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
signature sssaa &c eet&MzzzZx
In Use For Over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-28

pamphlet telling all about SwaInp-Root,
Including many of the thousands Of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress, Binghamton, N. ", on every
bottle.