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The National tribune., 1907-01-31
OvershOe Holder.

Midwinter is an excellent time for
William II. Tillson, Quincy. ILL.,. to in
troduce his overshoe holder, which he
hopes will obyiate the disagreeable ac-
The National tribune., 1907-01-31

! Noodle Cutter.
When the poet sang the praises Of
the old oaken bucket and the other
1oved things of his childhood he should
have included noodles and the fragrant
noodle soup, so appetizing. SO filling
and so satisfying to the infantile oi-
The National tribune., 1907-01-31

crete is put in position, can be worked
to force the coarse particles away from
the outside of the wall.
The National tribune., 1907-01-31
Noodle Cutter.

and held apart by steel ligaments. The
rails rest on plates which are adjust
The National tribune., 1907-01-31
LIfe-Preserving Steamer Chair.

Abraham l.. Nicholson, New York, N
Y. patents life-preserver that cannot
be filled with old iron, as has been the
case in some lamentable accidents of
recent years. 1t is steamer chair that
The National tribune., 1907-01-31
Concrete Wall.

Vincent S. Vaughan, Chicago, Ill, has
patented shovel for use in forming
concrete walls, which, after the con-
The National tribune., 1907-01-31
Leonard McLashan. wealthy retired

Leonard McLashan, wealthy retired
manufacturer, who was the first man
to use power from Niagara Falls for
manufacturing purposes, died of ty-
phoid fever at Los Angeles, Cal, JAM T.
Mr.. McLashan was the founder of the
great silver and nickel plating industry
at Niagara Falls, and the idea of utiliZ-
ing the tremendous power of the water
fall was said to have been his concep-
ton.
The National tribune., 1907-01-31

There is no need for cutting. drugsing. or probing
the for most forms of disease There is no risk or
experimenting, as hundreds of people have heen
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
GUIDES CHILDREN.
Experience and Mothers Love Make
Advice Valuable.

An Ills. mother writes about feeding
children:
III mothers would use Grape-Nuts
more for their little ones, there would
be less need for medicines and fewer
doctor bills.
"If those suffering from Indigestion
and stomach troubles would live on
Grape-Nuts, toast and good milk for
short period they would experience
more than they otherwise would be-
lieve.
"Our children have all learned to
know the benefit of Grape.Nuts as an
appetizing, Strengthening food. 1t is
every evening. with few variations
like this: Mamma. let's have toast and
Grape-Nuts for breakfast; or, let's have
eggs and Grape-Nuts'-never forget
ting the latter.
"Ona OF our boys in school and IS
years OF age repeatedly tells me his
mind is SO much brighter after having
Grape-Nuts as part II not all his
breakfast" Name given by Postum
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich Read the lit
tie book. "The Road to Wellvillo." In
uxgs. There's Reason"
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
HEART-sHAPED BRIDAL COACH.
Gorgeous Equipase Designed to Boom
Wedding Business.

Pittston, PA bridal coach, de.
signed to boom matrimony and do
away with the custom of decorating
ordinary hacks with white ribbons,
has just been completed here at a
cost of $500. The coach, which is
designed in the shape of a heart, is
painted maroon and black with gold
trimmings, the lines arranged to form
hearts everywhere possible There
are 20 hearts in all on the vehicle, in
Guiding eight heart-shaped windows.
Two large hearts join to form the
dashboard and two more crop out at
the rear springs.
The lamps. which have electric
lights inside. are each surmounted by
Cupid, with his bow AND arrow, clad
in the happiest smiles. The coach is
upholstered in cream-colored velour
and old gold trimming. with two sets
of watered silk curtains overhead and
cluster of calla lilies in the hearts
of which are concealed red, white and
blue electric lights.
The carriage equipment likewise In.
cludes speaking tube and electric
bell to conuect with the driver. The
carriage took seven months 10 build.
1t is to be hauled by four sream.col.
ored horses.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
THIS MAN is ALWAYS COLD.
Wears Heavy Clothing and an Over
coat In Midsummer.

Canton, O.-Among the recent ar.
rivals here was Frank M. lemis, trav.
cling man for a Michigan furniture
house Bemis is to be piled, for he
is afflicted with strange disease
which the doctors are unable to cure,
and which renders 1t impossible for
him to keep warm, even during the
hottest days of the summer.
The year around he is obliged to
wear five suits of understanding, a
heavy overcoat large pair Of boots
and several pairs of SOCKS. Despite
all of this he is always cold. He rare.
" contracts cold and possesses a
hearty appetite. He sleeps under
eight blankets. number Of quilts,
and does not take off his clothes. Not.
withstanding this he is none too
warm. While at home his gas bill is
In the neighborhood of $50 month.
He has been at number OF resorts
to obtain relief for his strunge dis.
ease. but received no help whatever.
Physicians are unable to determine
the cause OF his condition.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
Earthquake Affects Oil Wells.

According to a Galveston dispatch
the Gulf coast oil fields have decreased
their production forty-five per cent.
and the cause is attributed to seismic
disturbances associated with Jamaica
earthquakes. The TeXas-Louisiana
fields have been on a steady decline
for the past ten months, as shown by
the decrease of 1S,000,000 barrels for
the year just ended, compared with
1905. The sudden decrease was no.
ticed the second day after the Jamaica
quake, and seventeen wells in the
Texas-Louisiana field went dry en-
tirely, while every well declined per-
ceptibly. After the Valparaiso earth
quake the Texas-Louisiana field de-
clined and many wells ceased to flow,
while an immense oil lake appeared
out of the gulf. The older north Texas
oil fields have increased 100 per cent.
in the same period since the Jamaica
shocks and the product,-is fifty per
cent. lighter in color
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
ONE DAY BEHIND SCHEDULE.
Boston Business Man Wanted to Take
Time to Catch Up.

Several years ago, when the Univer-
sity of Chicago held its decennial
celebration, John d. Rockefeller was
its guest for several days. A bewild-
ering succession of functions followed
enc another in such quick succession
that each affair was from one to four
hours late
At the great banquet on the closing
day, Mr.. Rockefeller, in his after
dinner speech, told the following
story:
Il have felt for the past "a hours
like the Boston business man who
lived in the suburbs and came in to
his office every day. One winter after
noon he took the train for his home,
but terrific snowstorm was raging,
and about half way to his suburb the
train was showed in. All night the
passengers were imprisoned, but early
in the morning they managed to reach
a nearby telegraph station, and the
Boston man sent the following dis
patch to his office:
Will not be in the office to-day.
Have not got home yesterday yet
Montreal Herald.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
Henry Clay and Lew Wallace.

"Mr. Clay was of a personality once
seen never to be forgotten. Tall,
slender, graceful, he had besides the
air majestic which kings affect, i'm
agining 1t exclusive property.
Throughout Mr.. Clay's performance
my eyes scarcely left his countenance.
which. as he proceeded, sank from
sight until. by the familiar optical
illusions, nothing of it remained but
the mouth, and that kept enlarging
and widening until 1t seemed an elias
tic link holding the ears together.
Indeed. at this late writing. my one
distinct recollection of the man and
h. speech is the mouth and its capac-
ity for infinite distension "-Autobiog.
raphy of Lew Wallace.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
OIL SOAKED EELs BURN FINE.
Forest of Natural Candles Near New
ton, N. J.

Newton N. IA company to mar
ket eels to be burned as a substitute
for gas or lamps is being formed here
The promoters swear they have the
electric eel beaten by several candle
power AT least 10000 eels, from six
inches to three feet long, are instantly
available. All that need be done is to
pluck them out of the mud on the
banks of the Paulius Kill, where they
are standing on their tails.
big iron tank. full of petroleum
and acids. which had been in use at
the old Newton gas works, was
dumped into stream tributary to the
Kill The liquid slowly percolated in
the Kill. Quickly it poisoned all the
fish, and thousands of them were
found dead. But the eels were
tougher. Soaked with the oil and
acids, but trying to escape, they bur-
rowed into the soft mud of the banks.
Then came hard freeze, and re-
Gently a thaw. 1t left the 10000 eels
preserved by the cold and me acids,
saturated with petroleum. "a little
Forest of natural candles waiting to
be lighted"
ALREADY many families in the sub
urbs of Newton are using the lumin-
GUS eel for household purposes say
the promoters. The light is soft,
white, brilliant, and reliable. There
is no odor perceptible. and in many
ways the new light is considered pref
cradle to any illuminant available in
the town.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
PRowHIskERs GLIB FORMED.
Girls at Harrisburg, Neb., to Reject
All Beardless Men.

Harrisburg, Neb.-A number OF
young society women of this western
Nebraska town have formed a pro-
whiskers society and have signed an
agreement which binds them solemn
ly to discourage attentions from
young, middle aged or old men who do
not wear boards and not under any
circumstances to marry men of any
age who do not wear full boards.
They read a newspaper story re-
Gently to the effect that the girls of
NIT men who wore boards to pay
court to them. The Harrisburg girls
say that their sisters in the other
town have assumed a wrong attitude
toward the whiskers question and that
they themselves have taken the cor
rect and patriotic stand.
They maintain stoutly that men
with whiskers are handsomer and
every way more acceptable as lovers,
husbands and fathers than are men
without them; that in earlier times it
was almost the universal custom in
this country for men to wear full
boards and that such boards were
then regarded as genuine ornaments,
but that through ridicule the good old
custom has been made obsolete.
They say that they have formed
their society and signed an agree
ment not to encourage attentions from
beardless men and not in any event
to marry men without full boards in
order to reestablish the good old Gus
tom of wearing full boards.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
NO RELIEF FROM ECZEMA
For Over Two Years-Patent Medi.
eines, Quack Cures, and Doctors
Fail-Cuticura Succeeds.

Il was very badly afflicted with &C.
zema for more than two years. The
parts affected were my limbs below
the knees. I tried all the physicians
in the town and some in the surround
ing towns, and also tried all the pat
ent remedies that 1 heard Of besides
all the cures advised by old women
and quacks, and found no relief what
ever until commenced using the Gu
ticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and
Cuticura Resolvent. In the Cuticura
Remedies 1 found immediate relief,
and was soon sound and well. C. v.
Beltz, Tippecanoe. Ind. Nov Is, 'O5."
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
EnqIish Tonuue-Twisters.

The English language has its own
peculiar terrors. Who would not pity
the foreigner attempting to under
stand such sentences as 1T was put
in case in case it should rain" "The
first one won one sovereign" 81 will
come by-and-by and buy a bicycle?"
And how could you expect a German
to get at the real meaning of the
metaphors in the following sentence
Being unhorsed he dogged his man
and soon had him cowed?"
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
Saved by a Soma.

A boy was amusing himself by
watching the birds that were flying
around him. At length a beautiful
bobolink perched on a rough bough Of
an apple tree near by.
The boy picked up stone, and got
ready to throw it at the bird. The
birds throat swelled, and forth came
the song: "A-link, a-link, a-link, bobo
ling, bobolink, a-no-sweet, a-nosweet,
| know it, know it, a-link, a-link;
don't throw it, throw it, throw it..
And the boy did not throw the
stone, but dropped it on the ground.
why didn't you stone him, my
boy? You might have killed him and
carried him home"
The little fellow looked up and re-
piled, Couldn't COS he sang so."-
Puck
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
Valuable Relics Unearthed.

Jerusalem papers report that on the
opening of graves at Pergamos mum.
ber of rare relics were brought to
light. In one grave lay golden 70.
sary. In two other tombs wreaths
were found. representing artistically.
made gold limitations of oak leaves. A
VOLTS head in gold was discovered,
as well as various farming utensils,
swords and other weapons The an.
tiquities were sent to the Museum OF
Constantinople.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
500 Reward, SlOO,

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn
that there Is at least dreaded disease that
has been aoe TO cure in all its stages and that Is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease requires a onstitu-
tional treatment. Halls CatLrrh Cure Is taken in.
ternay acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
Ing nature IN doing its work. The propretors have
so much faith In Its curative powers that they orer
One Hundred Dollars for any case thN It falls to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address r. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consultation.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

tack of kidney trouble and lumbago,
which caused him much suffering. He
began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and
was soon cured. We always keep
them on hand. My husband was cured
of bad pains in the back by taking
only part of box"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
WORKS IN THE GARDEN.
ElJhty-seven Years Old, But Has a
Sound Back.
Robert Scollan, 81 years old, of 55
Garden St., Seneca Falls. N. Y. a fine.


sturdy old gentle
man, who works
in his. own gar
den. gives thanks
to Doan's Kidney
Pills for his sound
back and kidneys.
Mrs. Goetchious,
his d au 6 h t e r,
s avs: Father
mad n severe at
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
Do Reformatories Pay2

I have taken at random eighty
names from the list of boys parolej
to Chicago from the Illinois State Re-
formatory during the last FIVE years,
and found their earnings were nearly
$4,000 a year, writes Bishop Samuel
Fallows in the World Today for Feb
ruary. The highest salary was $100
per month and the lowest $40 and
board. Many were earning $50, $40,
$65, $50 and S52 monthly. The aver
age wages of the more than 600 boys
who have faithfully kept their parole
during that time can be safely esti-
mated at the average above given,
$500 year. And as that number are
now still steadily employed, so far as
Is known, their annual productive
value is 100000
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
A Man of Hiah Principle.

Scotsman up for the week end (who
has been asked by his friend to go to
music hall.)-Na, ma, man! Dye no
ken l never visit a music hall on tn
Saturday-for fear l should laugh in
tn kirk on tn Sawbath?-London
Opinion.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

. For time, take Natures medicine,
Garfield Tea; it cleanses the system, pur-
ifies the blood and insures a normal action
Of liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels.
Made of Herbs.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
In a Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT.EAse.

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
Ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
1t the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all druggists. 25c. Trial package,
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

Give Defiance Starch a fair trial
try 1t for both hot and cold starching,
and if you don't think you do better
work, in less time and at smaller cost,
return it and your grocer will give
you back your money.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

Sometimes woman's face overdo oes
it In the matter of telling her age.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

Some. valuable farthings were sold
at Sothebys auction rooms Nondon)
recently. Charles II. pewter farth-
ing sold for $50. and an Oliver Crom-
we'll farthing in copper for $45.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14
MRS. ELvA CARRIER EDWARDS

There are three critical stages in u
woman's life which leave their mark
in her career. The first OF these stages
is womanhood, or the change from u
care free girl to budding womanhood,
The second is motherhood, and the
third is Change of Life.
Perils surround each of these stages,
and most Of the misery that comes
to women through i'll health dates
from one or another Of these i'm
portant crises.
Women should remember that Lydia
z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made from native roots and herbs has
carried thousands of young girls over
the critical period of puberty, has
prepared mothers for childbirth, and
in later years carried them safely
through the change OF life more sue
cessfully than any other remedy in
the world. Thousands of testimonials
from grateful persons, two Of which
are here published, substaptiate this
fact beyond contradiction.
Mrs. George Walters Of Woodlawn,
III. writes:
~ feel 1t my duty to tell you Of the good
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done me In preparing for childbirth.
After suffering and losing my children n
friend advised me to try your valuable me-
dicine. and the result was that l had very
little Inconvenience, u quick recovery and
During its long record of moi
actual cures, entities Lydia E. Pi
the respect and confidence of evel
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable c,
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

It's waste of time to cut the ac-
quaintance Of q man who is insult
proof.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROAO Quinine Tablets. Drug
giSts refund money IL IT. fails TO cure. u. W.
GROVES signature is each box. 2oc.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

PUTNAM FADEtESS DYES color
more goods, pei. package, than others, and
the colors are brighter and faster.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

That marriage is a lottery,
is true, I'm much afraid;
But also it's pottery
Where family jars are made.
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

P: s q: %
Gilpin observer., 1907-02-14

W. N. w., DENVER. NO. 7. 1907.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-27
SANDERS CHAPEL.

Mr.. Harmon is improving.
Mr.. Stevens is still very sick.
Mrs. Sarah Osborne is improving.
Mr.. Keys is slowly recovering
from severe illness.
Ed Osborne and Emmett Stevens
have moved to Texas,
Waddell Williams and family
have moved to Crystal.
Mrs. Chapel is having her house
repainted and improved.
Miss Adelia Owen, who has been
ill with measles, is improving.
Guy Williams will in few days
move his family TO the Jim Kirk
farm.
Mrs. Harmon has returned from
2 visit with relatives in Number
Nine.
Mrs. Julian has been suffering
with a bad bone-felon on her
thumb.
Clyde Joyner, who is attending
school at Dickson, is home for the
holidays.
Mrs. L. A. Joyner took Christ
mas dinner at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Shields.
Clarence Joyner will move his
family to a place located just west
of Reelfoot Church.
Mrs. Sheriff. and Mrs. L. A.
Joyner visited relatives in Number
Seven Christmas day.
Uncle Frank Osborne has recov-
cred from recent attack of la
grippe and is able to go to the city.
Mrs. Keys will move to the Stew
ems place about the first of the
year. MoCKING BIRD.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-27
Founded on Fact.

The State of Arkansas has al
ways been a fertile field for the
novelist and for romance, but it
has renamed for Fred Raymond to
transport its scenes into the dra-
matte field, taking as his theme a
train robbery which occurred there
some years back; he has woven a
melodramatic comedy about it
which has already proven its worth
by seven years of successful exist
ence. Mr.. Raymond claims that
his play is founded on fact. Wheth-
er fact or fiction is really inmate
rial, for he has written a very in
teresting story of life, of love, of
mystery, of intrigue and adventure
among the odd class of moonshine
mountaineers that inhabit those
hills, dealing with their lives, their
habits, their customs, their social
characteristics and pecultarities
The scenery was painted from ac-
tual photographs of the various To-
calities pictured and every charac-
ter is true to life. Dramatic in all
OF its scenes and melodramatic in
many, it never transcends the
bounds of probability and no one
need strSsch the imagination to be
convinced of its realty. So true to
nature is it in every scene that it
seems to be a bit of life actually
transplauted from its original set
ting to the stage. The play is
called "Old Arkansaw" and will be
seen at Reynolds Opera House on
Wednesday night, Jan. l.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-27
Who is Your
Banker?

We want to remind you Cd that
the First National is a national
bank, and as such is under the
special supervision of the United
States Government; CD that it IS
the only national bank in Obion
County; (3) that it is the Oldest
bank in Obion County; ca that it
is the largest bank in Obion County;
80 that il has larger surplus and
profit than any other bank in Obion
County; (6) that it furnishes TO IFS
depositors the largest security of
any bank in Obion County; ca that
it has $4,000 in deposits; (S) that
its total resources are more than
$40, 900, and (9l that its liberality
and fair and generous treatment of
its patrons (and frequently to those
not its patrons) is indispensable,
extraordinary and worthy of more
tn a passing remark Every
statement herein made is not made
n any Wanting or boastful spirit
but because 1t is true to the letter
and capable n d susceptible of
sworn to documentary proof offered
by the First National through any
of its officers. Think over these
things soberly and candidly when
you go to choose your banker and
to select a secure place to deposit
your money.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-12-27
"The Splendid South
Its Awakening.


"The Southern people are open
ing their eyes to the fact that the
demagogues have merely been up
to their old tricks-that the filling
of the offices has been the main
object in view all the time. This
being true, we look for a speedy
relegation to the rear of the agita-
tors. The South is not going to
kill the geese that lay its golden
eggs. If from the brief reign of
the demogogue comes clear Wis
ion of conditions and affairs about
them, the people of the South
may have gained something, as
the case will then stand. Surely,
it must be pleasing to everyone to
think that the awakening has not
been postponed too long"
This is the climax of an edito-
rial utterance of the Washington
I'd. C.) Herald.
Our contemporary, which, like
the Washington Post, has always
been friendly disposed toward
this section, reviews every phase
of the developments leading up to
the revulsion against the railroads,
comments upon their dominant
role in the industrial evolution of
the South, admits they have been
guilty of excuses, finds fault also
with the popular attitude, and lays
the blame largely to designing
demagogues. 1t shows that these
latter have taken advantage of the
well known emotional Southern
temperament, and of the National
trend toward radicalism, to lash
sentiment into an unreaSonlng ana
disastrous fury against practically
all forms of capital.
The Herald holds that the South |
is now realizing what it has jeop-
ardized by listening to the lure of
the agitator, that conservatism is
reasserting itself and that the pen
dulum is once more swinging
back to sane, just, equitable and
progressive methods. 1t says:
Railroad batting and peanut
politics have latterly gone entirely
too far down in Dixie. Carried