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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON.
IN Torments with Terrible Sores on
Face and Rody-Tore at Flesh
Cured by Cuticura.

"My little son, when about year
and half old began to have sores
come out on his face. They began to
come on his arms, then on other parts
of his body, and then one came on his
chest. worse than the others. At the
end of about a year and a half of suf-
fering he grew so bad had to tie his
hands in cloths at night to keep him
from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. He got to be mere skele-
ton and was hardly able to walk. |
sent to the drug store and got cake
of Cuticura Soap and box of Cuticura
Ointment, and at the end of about two
months the sores were all well. He
has never had any sores of any kind
since, and only for the Cuticura Rem
edies my precious child would have
died from these terrible sores. I used
only one cake of Soap and about three
boxes of Ointment. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don. R. F. D. No. l, Woodville, Conn,
April %, 1906"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
A Scathinq Arraiqnment,

Not long since New York magis-
trate, Whitman by name, in address
ing the New York Lawyers club, was
moved to make a most scathing ar
raignment of the liquor office. He
said: Personally, if had the power,
would close every saloon in the
United States, and I am not crank
or fanatic on the liquor question.
drink myself, whenever l care to, and
probably shall continue to do so.
am willing that every other man shall
have the same rights that have. But
when you sit on the bench that l sit
on and see 70 per cent. of the cases
which come before you, and see the
misery, distress and crime, all due to
liquir selling-I say, any man with red
blood in his veins is likely to feel that
the world would be infinitely better
off if the liquor saloons could be
crushed out, cost what it may. l be.
lieve it is the most abominable, the
most outrageous and the most inhu-
man influence in New York city.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
5'1AS)IlIll 1'1{IAZfII)IlRIlkl
~ -GSA -
AN AGE OF REASON.
Wine Drinking Falling Into Disuse In
Great Britain.

In the course Of an article on war
and Wine," dealing with the wine In
dustry of southern France, the Lon
don Daily Mirror comments on the
notable change that has taken place
in England during the past 80 years
in regard to the use Of wines. Viewed
as a social custom, wine-drinking is
stated to be falling into disuse among
present-day descendants Of wine devo-
tees of the olden time. The marked
favor with which this is regarded is
shown by the following quotation,
which is typical of the present day
temperance utterances of well-known
British journals:
"Of course, there are, in England
and in France, many animate relics of
thesherry and port wine drinking age,
just as the age of bar loating is still
represented in certain quarters. But
these are survivals, and 1t is perfectly
fair to say that the great days of wine
drinking are over. People take little
whisky, perhaps a glass of port or
claret occasionally, sometimes little
champagne. But, for the rest, this is
not the age of Bergundy, sherry, and
two bottles of port at dinner. 1t is an
age of common-sense in the matter of
eating and drinking. The children's
teeth have been set on edge-or, rath-
er, their bones having been set aching
with gout and rheumatism-by the
fathers consumption of adulterated
wines, they have decided to drink lit
tie in future, and very sensible de-
cision it is. When once the public fully
realize that so many of the ills to
which the flesh is heir can be traced
to the use of alcohol, either in the
present or in previous generations,
people for their own sakes will give
it up"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
RHEUMATISM RECIPE
PREPARE SIMPLE HOMEMADE
MIXTURE YOURSELF.
Buy the lngredients from Any Drug.
eist in Your Town and Shake
Them in a Bottle to
Mix This.

A weli-known authority on Rheu-
matism gives the readers Of large
New York daily paper the following
valuable, yet simple and harmless
prescription. which any one can easily
prepare at home:
Fluid Extract Daudelion. one-half
ounce: compound Kargon, one ounce:
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking we'll in a bottle. and
take a teaspoonful after each meal
and at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients can
be obtained from any good prescrip.
ton pharmacy at small cost, and, be-
ing a vegetable extraction, are harm
less to take.
This pleasant mixture, il taken reg
ularly for a few days, is said to over
come almost any case of Rheumatism,
The pain and swelling. if any, dimin.
shes with each dose, until permanent
results are obtained, and without in
juring the stomach. While there are
many sO-called Rheumatism remedies,
patent medicines. ETC., some Of which
do give relief. few really give perma-
uent results, and the above will, no
doubt, be greatly appreciated by many
sufferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores of even
the small towns elicits the information
that these drugs are harmless and can
be bought separately. or the druggists
will mix the prescription if asked to.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
A REAL "Hoss" RACE.
Country Fair the Place to See 1t at
Its Best.

If you would see a horse strap
ped, booted, braced and geared to
the limit, you must seek such a
track as you see at the old-time
country fair. Here comes an awk-
ward flea bitten gray which never
went under $50 in his life. He is
hohbled and checked and goggled, and
hitched up sidewise. lengthwise and
crosswise until there is more har-
ness than horse. You wonder how
his driver ever got him into this rig
ging, and how he will get him out
again without cutting him free with
a iackknife. A farmer with n
gray beard and twinkling eye OBJ
serves to his neighbor:
Last time John Martin had that
plug out on the road told him he
had the old cripple overloaded with
ds-tothe-injured. Them straps
that was callated to hoist up his
knees must ha' pulled too tight and
the critter was yanked clean off the
ground. What John was gettin'
ready for was a race for f1yin' ma
chimes, not boss trot."-From "The
Country Fair" by David Lansing, in
Outing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
HIS DENTAL DRAWING ROOM.
Dentist Puts Up a New Sign and
Learns What's In a Name.

There certainly is a good deal In q
name" said the enterprlslng dentist.
"A good name or title may help a lot;
but, on the other hand, even a very
good name may do a lot of harm II
not happily used.
II remember the time when dentists
began to soften the terrors of tooth
treatment by hanging up signs read.
ing, Painless dentistry; and it was
within my day, too. that dentists set
out to make their places more at.
tractive to people by calling them
dental parlors.'
Il had a sign up myself, Dental par.
lors, and | thought it was a good
thing: but when [ came to think 1t
over | thought l could improve on it.
If dental parlor' was good, thought,
why shouldn't dental drawing room,
with its larger suggestion of still
greater comfort and luxury, be better?
And that idea struck me quite hard,
and | had made and hung up on the
front Of the building over my office
windows a fine gold sign reading:
Dental drawing room; and then
waited calmly for the increased busi-
ness that [ thought that sign would
surely bring.
But it didn't come. AS a matter Of
fact my business began to drop of
from the day l put the new sign up;
that is, the transient business. My reg
ular customers kept coming, but l
didn't get nearly so many strangers,
people who just dropped in to have a
tooth pulled or a toothache stopped,
and that sort of thing.
Finally, wise man told me that it
was all due to my new sign, which in
stead of attracting people was actual
ly repelling them.
you see, in the narrow view that
had taken of it, drawing room
meant to me, without the toothache,
simply glorified parlor, while to a
man with the toothache dental draw
ing room instantly suggested painful
ly the idea of a place for drawing
teeth!
why, it would't do at all. People
just sheered off, instinctively, when
they saw that sign, and went around
the corner to the soothing dental par
lor.'
so yanked down the dental draw
ing room,' right away, and put up
again my old sign of dental parlor,
and got my share of the transient
business back again. That experience
taught me one little lesson; that you
want to think twice, at least, and look
at it from all sides before adopting a
new business title or trade mark, for
the best of words may be worth less
than nothing if not used fittingly."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
SEEK TO WIN SOLDIERS,
Russian Girls Risk Life for the Cause
of Liberty.

when the university opened last
autumn l started to work again
among the soldiers" said the young
woman. "As you know, the revolu-
tionists are at present working very
hard to win over the army, and one
of the means is to talk freedom di.
rectly to the soldiers. For this girls
have been found to be more effective
than men; the young peasant soldiers
are more willing to listen to girls,
and are far reader to protect them
from arrest. So all over Russia hun
dreds and hundreds of girls are now
nightly meeting with groups of sol
diers, in working mems homes and in
barracks. To go into barracks and
talk revolution to the soldiers, hard
ly anything is so dangerous-for the
girl caught is tried by court-martial
and in day or two is executed
From Leroy Scott's Interview with
Russian Woman, in Everybody's.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
CANDY AND ALCOHOL.
Appetite for One Fundamentally the
Same AS for the Other.

DR.. A. G. Abbott, health commits
sioner of Pennsylvania, has PROFOUND
ed the theory, or, as he modestly pre-
fers to call it, the suspicion" that
'the appetite for alcohol and the appe-
tite for candy are fundamentally the
same, the choice of one or the other
indulgence being determined by the
temperament Of the individual" There
is good dead to be said in favor of
this view. Women, as rule, take to
candy and men to alcohol, but women
are coming to drink more alcoholic
liquors and men to eat more candy.
Altogether, there is a falling off in the
amount of alcohol consumed per capi-
ia during the last few years, says the
N. Y. Independent, and concomitantly
with this there has been an astonish-
ing increase in the consumption of
sugar in all forms. In the financial
districts and other masculine parts of
large cities confectionaries have null
tiplied so rapidly as almost to rival
the saloons.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
GIVING HIM A CHANCE.
Surely Time for Hubby to Do = Live
ly Sidestep.

Mrs. Wilson's husband was often
obliged TO go to New York on busi-
ness. and frequently did not reach his
home until the arrival Of the midnight
train. Mrs. Wilson had been in the
habit of sleeping peacefully at these
times without fear, but number OF
burglaries in the neighhorhood during
one Of her husbands trips to New
York had disturbed her calm.
On the night of his return Mr.. VIII
son was stealing carefully up tho
front stairs. as was his wont on such
occasions, so that his wife would not
be wakened, when he heard her voice,
high and strained:
II don't know whether you are my
husband or a burglar" came the eK-
cited tones. but | am going to be On
the safe side and shoot. so if you are
Henry you'd better get out Of tho
way."-Youth's Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Didn't Need cvclonedias.

The canvasser for a cyclopedia
came to the home of a colonel, whose
record he had carefully studied be-
fore his visit. The colonel was es-
pecially proud of some of his sons,
so the canvasser began with:
"Those are very fine boys of yours,
colonel"
"They are," replied the colonel.
81 reckon you are ready to buy any,
thing those boys want?"
II am So" said the father of the
fine boys.
"Well, then, let me sell you this
cyclopedia. There's nothing will do
your sons so much good"
But the colonel looked at him
aghast. why, them lads of mine
don't need any cyclopedia. They ride
muleSi"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

A hostler from the Blue Grass has
just found employment in one of the
stables of New York man. His
darky dialect is so quaint and his
stories of "Ole Kaintuck" so unique
no member of the household misses
an opportunity to speak to him and
have him say a word.
His employer said to him few
days ago: Il suppose your mas
ter down south had a good many
horses?"
Dat we did, sab, dat we did! And
my ole master had 'em all name
Bible names. Faith. Hope and Char
ity. Bustle, Stays and Crinoline, was
all one Springs colts!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Germany Awakening on Temperance
Question.


The various temperance societies of
Germany now hold, once a year, a
great union meeting, with section
meetings composed of the various So
cieties represented at the general
meeting. They call the occasion "Ab-
stainers' Day." but the last one, held
in Flensburg, lasted a week, July "a
30. Among the societies represented
were: The Good Templars, the Ger
man Anti-Alcohol society, which num-
bers 10000 in Germany; the German
Union of Abstinent Women, the Ma
tional German Federation Against AL
coholism; also professional groups of
Abstinent Philologists, Abstinent
Pastors, Abstinent Jurists, Abstinent
Merchants, Abstinent Physicians, Alb
stinent Postal and Telegraph Officers,
and Abstinent Students. Altogether,
over $4,000 German abstainers were
represented. The meetings were we'll
attended. At the womens evening
meeting, the large hall was filled to
overf1owing long before the time for
opening, and hundreds had to go away
without getting in.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Saloon Money for lnshrl....

A movement Is on in Cleveland to
apply a portion of the money received
by the city for saloons taxes to the
establishing of home for the treat
ment of inebriates. Several promi-
nent Cleveland women are interested
in the project A meeting has been
feld and a committee appointed to
look into the possibilities of the idea.
In connection with tho institution
would be operated home where
drunkards could remain after being
treated and recuperate their energies
and vitality before being once more
thrust out into world of temptation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Man Whose Memory Was Bad.

For more than an hour witness
for the defense had lodged questions.
His faulty memory was particularly
exasperating for the counsel for the
plaintiff, who was seeking to recall
to the witness recollection an event
of four of five years previous Event
ually the man remembered some
thing about il"
"Ah," continued the lawyer for the
plaintiff, what id you think of it
at the timer"
Really" said the witness, speak
ing before the lawyer for the defense
had time to interpose objection, 1T
was so long ago 1 can't recall exactly
what l thought of it."
Well" shouted the cross-examin-
er, excitedly, ''if you can't recall, tell
us what you think now you thought
then"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the dis
eased portion OF the ear There IS only one way 10
deafness and that ia by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an iniamed condition Of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube IL inhamed you have a rumblng sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when II IS entirely closed Deaf
ness ia the result and unless the Inflammation he
taken out and this tube restored ts normal cOnd
tOn hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing
but an nfamed condition Of the mucous Gurtaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness tcaused by catarrh) that cannot he cured
by Halls CAtsrrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
F. CHENEY d CO., ToedO, .
Sold by Druggists, I5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Willing Hands.

There is good story going the
rounds in Pittsburg of a young man,
formerly a stock-broker, who dropped
many thousands in speculation during
the early spring.
One night, shortly after going to
bed, the Pittsburger was awakened by
strange signs. At his first motion to
jump up he was greeted by hoarse
voice. IF you stir, you're a dead
mani" it said. ''Im looking for mon
ey."
"In that case," pleasantly answered
the erstwhile speculator, kindly al
low me to arise and strike a light. I
shall deem it favor to be permitted
to assist in the. search"
Weekly,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Extreme of Stupidity.

The extremity of stupidity is shown
in an East Side tenement, where Rus
sian Immigrants have placed row Of
iron hooks in the wall, and every one
is in upside down, so as to make 1t
ext to impossible to hang anything
on them. The brainiest man In the
house didn't appear fully to compre-
hend the situation when one was turn
ed half around for his edificauoh,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
A Break in the Ceremony.

Little Tom was two years old and
talking before his proud parents took
him to be christened Though limit
ed, his vocabulary included one or
two choice words picked up from his
father. OF course, he looked like .
perfect little cherub on the eventfuI
day, with his wide blue eyes and shin
ing curls and mother had got him up
in great shape for the ceremony. At
the most impressive point Tom turn
ed to his father and exclaimed in ag-
gravated tones: why, damn it, he
wet my head"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Mr.. MaIaprOp Just Home from Rome

Mr.. MaIaprop Just Home from Rome
A regular Mr.. Malaprop recently
came home from his first visit to Eu.
rope. He grew enthusiastic about
Rome.
1T was fine" he declared, ito go
into them churches over there and
see the old tombs-cigarroph
they call 'em. And then the Six
teen chapel is great, and as for the
Vaccination, where the pope lives,
WE'LL"
But his stock of compliments give
out when he got to the subject of
beggars.
Il always refused them pennies"
he said, because, you see, l didn't
want to set a bad prestige!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Not a Hit as an Improviser.

''Did you ever hear anybody impro-
vise?" he asked.
''No," said she, and he sat down to
the piano and improvised for about an
hour and half. At the end of that
time he turned around, his face full
of expression, and said to her:
What do you think of it?"
Lovely" she exclaimed. "Beauti-
full! l never heard anything like it,"
But this is what she said to the hall
boy when he was gone:
''If that long, lank lunatic who i'm
provises asks for me again, you tell
him | am out"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
ExcusabIe,

81 suppose" remarked the coy widow,
that you are an advocate of early
marriages?"y
"Oh, yes, I am" replied the scanty
haired bachelor.
"Then," continued the C. W., "why
is it you are still a bachelor?"
That's quite another matter" an
swered the Bachelor. "The only mar
riages believe in are early ones, be-
cause there is some excuse for youth
full follies. Chicago News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Cats as Plaque Preventive.

An Italian correspondent of the
North China Daily News writes: "The
newspapers have latterly been full of
all sorts of suggestions for the stamp
ing out Of plague. For instance, never
kill rats; if you do the fatal rat flea
may be driven to feed on you. Also,
compel each householder to keep
cats. In fact, let the cult of the cat
as it prevailed in ancient Egypt be re-
vived in India. Plenty of cats, no
rats"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

spells. For ten years I could not do
and for two years did not
get out of the house. The Kidney Sc
cretions were irregular, and doctors
were not helping me. Doan's Kidney
Pills brought me quick relief, and
finally cured me. They saved my life"
Sold by all dealers so cents box.
Foster-Millburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Good Advice from Ruskin.

1t was John Ruskin who wrote: II
would urge upon every young woman
to obtain as soon as she can, by the
seVerest economy, restricted, serv-
iceable, and steadily-however SLOW
ly increasing series of books for use
through life; making her little library,
Of all the furniture in the room, the
most studied and decorative piece;
every volume having it's assigned
place, like little statue in it's niche"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Well Qualified.

$50 you want the position Of ad-
vance agent for our circus?" inter-
rogated the manager. "Well, we need
a man who can stir up some life
everywhere he goes" "Thats me,
boss" hastened the applicant. "Had
any experience in stirring up life?"
"You bet! use4 to drive street
sweeper and stirred up millions of
germs every day."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Reason This Out.

An English quarryman was charged
with assaulting one of his mates, and
when the case was carried into court,
an eyewitness of the occurrence gave
some curious evidence.
HE TUX a pick an he TUX a pick, "
the witness began, "an' he hit him
wild his pick, an he hit him wild his
pick; an if he'd hit him wild his as
hard as he hit him wild his, he'd have
near killed him, and not him him"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Saw 1t Come Out Of a Cow.

A little city boy and his sister Dor
othy were taken to the country for
the first time.
The two children were happy as
the day was long. In the late after
noon they watched the cows come
home, heard with delight the tink-
ling cow-bells, and the little boy
even went in the barns to see the
milking done.
At supper, just as Dorothy was
lifting her glass to her rosy lips, the
boy cried out:
"Oh, Dorothy, don't! You mustn't
drink that milk. It's not fit to drink.
1t came out of a COW. l saw it,"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
What's In a Name2

"Old Amy, you know, who is famous
for being arrested, has been sent to
Jail again. But as she weighs nearly
800 pounds and is good fighter, it
took nearly all the reserve force to get
her in the wagon"
Then the magistrate who sent her
to Jail ought to be arrested, too"
why so?"
Didn't he commit big Amy?"-Bal.
timore American.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17

W Go q SlSuC ohlLSlSI
from kidney trou-
bles. My back panied
me terribly. Every
turn or move caused
sharp, S h 90 tt n g
pains. My eyesight
was poor, dark spots
appeared before me,
and 7 had diZZV
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Imnortanf 70 Mo4hars-
Most Unhealthy Work.

According to a German physician,
DR.. Horn, miners age so rapidly be-
cause of their unhygienie surround
lngs that they present all the aspects
Of senile decay at the age Of SO, be-
yond which few are able to ply their
vocation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
To Ston Flow of Blood.

To stop the flow of blood bind the
wound with cobwebs and brown sugar
pressed on like lint or with fine dust
of tea. When the blood ceases to flow
apply laudanum.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
STUDY Causes Suicide.

Suicides among children and young
persons are very common in Germany.
Failure in school examinations or
over-application to study are the
causes assigned for the acts of self.
destruction.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-10-17
Peculiar ornamant.

An African queen, the second wife
Of King Lobengula, wears for a head
dress on state occasions carved and
decorated bust of her husbands first
wife.