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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

Helen Keller's heroic struggles, un.
daunted perseverance and wonderful
achievements are now about to fur
nish inspiration to many in far
distant land who are struggling to
gain an education under difficulties.
The Christian Literature society of
Madras has just added to its anna
library" consisting of books sold for
one anna, or two cents, an abridged
life OF the blind and deaf student.
This Indian version closes with the
beautiful thought written by Miss
Keller In her diary in 1894, when she
was but IA years of age: 81 find that
] have four things to learn in my
school life here. and. indeed, in life:
20 think clearly without hurry or con-
fusion, to love everybody sincerely, to
act in everything with the highest
motives. and to trust in the dear God
unhesitatingly."
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

Candidates for admission to the con.
sular service will hereafter have to
submit to an examination into their
conversational abilities, says Youths
Companion. They must know one
modern language besides English,
something of the varied resources of
the United States, be familiar with
political economy and the elements of
international, commercial and mari
time law, and have knowledge of mod
ern history. Their fitness in these re-
epects will be tested by a written ex-
animation. Then they will be exam
ined orally to discover whether they
use good English in conversation,
whether they can maintain their end
OF an argument with courtesy and
tact. and, in short, to ascertain wheth-
er they will do credit to their coun-
try II sent abroad to represent 1t.
The oral test will count for as much
as the written test in determining the
eligibility of the candidate Those
who pass will have to be good all
round men.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
LAroN BILL KILLED.
Newspaper Protests Defeat Radical
Libel Law.

Denver-The Laton libel bif
against which the State Editorial As
sociatton and practically all the news
paper men in the state were arrayed
was killed In the Senate Thursday by
vote on third reading of 25 to 8. II
had passed the House and been favor
ably recommended by the committee
OF the whole in the Senate. SO that II
appeared almost certain OF becoming
a law. But at the last there came q
storm OF protests that proved to be
effective.
When the bill was reached on the
Senate calendar an effort was made to
adjourn in order that some step be
taken to amend it SO as not to be such
a jeopardy to reputable publications
but majority demanded its slaughter
then and there and out 1t went.
Senator Harris opened against II
first and said it was liberty-destroy-
ing bill.
Senator Sapp pointed out that the
libel law of this state was strong
enough. already and stated that with
the bill law newspapers would be
afraid to publish news until the news
was more than stale. 1t was q bill to
encourage blackmail.
Senator De Long said the intent O.
the bill was all right but as worded it
would drive country newspapers to the
wall.
IF the bill drew the line between
liberty and license of the press would
vote for it," said the senator. ''I wish
we could do something to cut out the
yellow business in journalism; but this
bill would do far more harm than good.
l would rather suffer from the abuse
OF the sensational newspaper than pro-
tect criminals. therefore | will vote
against it."
Senator Barela believed that some
relief was needed from the irresponsi-
BILE and sensational sheets and he ia
vored the bill.
The vote was a surprise to some, as
when the bill was up on second read
ing 1t had seventeen votes.
Senators Bardwell, Barela, Booth,
burger, DE La Vergne and Robertson
voted for the bill because they had
voted for 1t on second reading and did
not want to appear as if drawing out.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
LARcHMoNT VICTIMS.
One Hundred and Thirty-eieht Lives
Known to Have Been Lost.


Block Island. R. I-Twenty-two
more bodies of victims of the Larch-
mont disaster were brought ashore late
Wednesday by fishing schooners.
The survivors of Monday nights dis
aster off Watch Hill were to-day
taken to Providence on the steamer
Kentucky. where they will receive
medical treatment. Fifty bodies re-
covered Tuesday also were taken by
this steamer.
The Kentucky had just cleared the
harbor when in came schooners. one
after another, with their grewsome
loads. and with their flags at half
mast. The little life-saving stations
then were once more turned into
morgues.
The bodies brought in Wednesday
were. with one exception, fully clothed.
and in addition had life preseryers
strapped on them. The victims evil
IDENTIFY had remained on board the
Larchmont longer than those whose
bodies were recovered previously. All
were encased in Ice. To remove this
covering the lifcsavers worked long
and patiently in the hope of making
identification as easy as possible.
careful compilation of figures in
this city shows that 13S lives are
known to have been lost in the dis.
aster. 1t is known that there were not
less than 157 persons on board the
steamer. OF that number only nine.
teen survived. Seventy-one bodies
nave been recovered, thirty.eight OF
them having been identified. There
are stiil 100 passengers who are either
missing or unidentified.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
LAND ORDER AMENDED.
Order euspendIng Issue Of Land Pat
ents Practically Revoked.


Washington.-weste memberes OF
the Senate have received from Presi-
dent Roosevelt a copy Of an order Just
issued which virtually revokes Secre-
suance of land patents until entries
can be examined on the ground by spe-
cial agents.
The President has so amended the
secretary's order that homestead and
timber land entries may now be pat
ented. when entrymen have complied
with the law and permitted proof
thereof, no field examination being
necessary.
In fact, under the modified order. ex-
animation by a special agent is only
required where fraud is indicated. or
when the homesteader is endeavoring
to commute.
The modification is In line with the
recommendations which have recently
been made to the President by several
western senators.
The Presidents order states that no
examination in the field by special
agent shall be required in the follow
ing classes of entries:
FIrst-Final five-year homestead en-
tries heretofore made where the PROOF
is satisfactory and complete.
Second--Final certificates and re-
ceipts in final five-year proofs hereto
fore made when the proof Is satisfac-
tory and complete.
Third-Homestead entries com
muted ON ceded Indian lands in which
annual payments are required.
Fourth-Entries where claimants
compliance with the law has been es-
tablished by contest or other regular
adverse proceedings.
Fifth-Entries confirmed by virtue
of any act of Congress.
Sixth-Selections and entries In
which no residence or improvement is
required by law, when the lands en-
braced are situated in non-mineral To-
calities, as shown by records OF the
Geological Survey, or when their char
acter has been fixed by investigation
and classification in accordance with
law.
Seventh-Reissuance of patents be-
cause of clerical error occurring in pat
ents heretofore issued.
Eighth-Military bounty land war
rants and other similar warrants when
requisition proof has been made.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

Many wonderful things happen In
this country. One of them is the
recent election to the United States
senate from western state of the
son of an immigrant who came to
this country in the steerage in the
middle of the last century, and later
married fellow steerage passenger.
But this is not so wonderful as the
presence in the senate of another
man who came over in the steerage
himself. and has risen to a position
of power and influence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
The ADAMS TRIAL
EVIDENCE AGAINST FORMER COL.
oRADAN IN IDAHO.
WITNESS OF THE SHOOTING
Body Of Dead Man Identified by His
Brother-in-Law - Battered Skull
Produced In Court to corroborate
Adams Confession.


Wallace. Idaho.-The feature of
Monday in the Steve Adams trial was
the evidence of Archie Philips. He tes-
tilted that Tyler had told him of
threats made by Adams and Jack Simp-
kins. but was not allowed TO state the
nature of these threats, objection be-
Ing lodged by the defense ON the
ground that he did not know them Of
his own knowledge.
Philips stated how on one occasion
he saw Adams and Simpkins coming
up the trail toward Tyler's cabin. Ad-
ans, armed with Winchester, stopped
a hundred yards from the cabin, and
Simpkins. who carried no weapon in
his hands, went about 100 yards past
the house.
Tyler and Philips sat on a log in
front of the Goblin and soon bullets be-
gan to whistle past their ears, un-
pleasantly close. They got up and
went into the cabin. Ten shots were
fired, four from up the creek where
Simpkins had gone, and from revol-
yer, and six from where he saw Adams
last, from rife.
Philips was the last man to see Ty-
Ter alive. and testified that the night
before he disappeared he had eaten
supper at his cabin.
After Adams disappearance he had
made several unsuccessful attempts to
locate him and heard four or five
shots fired the morning after his dis
appearance, about 5 or o'clock.
The shattered, dried, weather-beaten
skull of murdered Fred Tyler was in
evidence in the trial of Steve Adams
Monday. Held up before the jury by
the hand of Deputy Sheriff C. B. Will
liams, 1t bore its own testimony of a
cowardly crime.
A big bullet hole back of the left ear
and another hole on the right side,
where 1t is supposed the bail came out,
showed how he met his death. shot by
an assassin who stood behind him.
The state, 1t is believed, has won
tho first round in the battle of wit
nesses by producing a mass of evil
dence which seems to leave no doubt
that the body found in the woods in
the st. Joe country was that of Fred
Tyler.
Jacob Yeager, brother-in-law of the
dead man, added his testimony. He
declared he had known Tyler for nine
years and had identified the body by
the shape of the skull, the color of the
Hdii, tHe cdiiouStu leet duu tne
crooked finger. He declared he had
made the shoes found near the body
and had given them to merchant in
Santa to sell for him.
C. II. Williams. the deputy sheriff,
was the next witness. He cautiously
declared he could not identify some of
the articles produced in court as those
found with the body in the woods, but
did positively identify the skull. At the
request of the prosecution he held up
the battered skull and described the
wounds indicated. He said the body
was found about half a mile from the
cabin of Jack Simpkins.
While the Identification of the body
as that of Tyler is considered very
strong, it is expected still more wit
nesses will be brought forward by the
state to clinch the evidence on this
point.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

An Ohio man pushes button in
the house and dumps his horses feed
in the manger. The device. however,
appears to be incomplete. Why not
have another button for the horse to
press in case it wants some more?
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21

Pixies Peak has been re-surveyed,
and the surveyors say that 1t is only
14,099 feet high. instead of 14,147, ac-
cording to the former calculations.
The difference. however. isn't notice
able to the tourist who goes up on
foot
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-02-21
Anti-cIerical Demonstr ,tion.

Rome--Fifteen thousand persons,
among them $50 red-shirted Garibal-
dians, with 120 flags and twenty bands
OF music, participated Sunday in an
anti-clerical demonstration in favor OF
france Socialistic deputies deliveredS
violent anti-clerical speeches Similar
manifestations took place in all Italian
leading towns.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
The Christian SUNDAY,

The keeping Of Sunday, the first day
Of the week, as a sacred day in mem
DRY Of the resurrection and Of the de-
scent of the Holy Ghost dates from
the beginning Of Christianity. It was
called the Lords day in all the church
es, but gradually acquired the name Of
Sunday from the Romans, who called
the first day of the week dies soils, or
day sacred to the sun. The first official
recognition Of Sunday as a holy day is
in an edict Of the Roman Emperor Con-
stantine in 321 ordering that all work
should cease in the cities ION the ven
cradle Sunday" but permitting neces-
sary farm work to be attended to.-St.
Louis Republic.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
TRADES THAT CURE ILLS.
If You Want to Drive Away Disease,
Turn Shepherd.


"Oil workers are never bald" said a
Druggist. "Visit our oil regions or
those Of Russia. Examine the work
mems hair. It is soft and thick and
glossy, for petroleum cures incipient
badness, and if your hair is thinning
rub some in. Never mind the smell.
It will do you good.
'Shepherds enjoy remarkable health.
The odd odor Of a sheep seems to drive
away disease. Sheep are especially
good for whooping cough. In the sheep
country when a child takes the whoop-
ing cough it is the custom for the
mother to put it to play among the
sheep, and the next day 1t is well.
The men and women who work
among lavender, gathering it or dis
filling it, never have neuralgia or nerv-
Gus headache. Lavender, moreover, is
as good as a sea voyage for giving tone
to the system. Run down persons Of
ten work for nothing in lavender plants
in order to build themselves up.
s'Salt miners can wear summe1
clothes in blizzard weather without
fear of catching cold, for colds are I'M
known among salt workers. Breweries
and t%anneries and printing ink fac
tories bar out consumption. Turpen
tine works and ropewa1ks bar out rheu
matism. Copper mines bar cut ty
phoid."-New York Press.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
When chIoroforn Was New.

Here is a curious little story about
Sir James Simpson, b man who in
troduced the use of chloroform into
surgery, and a peril which he escaped,
as recorded by Lyon Playfair. Simp-
son when busy with his researches in
t the subject of anaesthetics called
n day on Playfair and asked if he
had anything new likely to produce
anaesthesia. Playfair had just pre-
pared a liquid which seemed worthy
OF trial. Simpson, who new no fear,
prepared instantly to test it on him
self. This Playfair refused to allow
until it had first cen tried on rabbits.
Two were procured and placed under
the effects of the anaesthetic. Next
day Simpson proposed to try it on him.
self. "We might as well see how the
rabbits have fared," said Playfair.
They found both the animals dead.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
COFFIN WOOD MINES.
The Chinaman Digs For Wood Priced
For Burial Caskets.

There exists no object which the av-
erage Chinaman exhibits more regard
for than the narrow box which is des-
tined to contain all that is mortal Of
him. He is never happy until it Is In
his possession. 1t occupies a conspicu-
GUS position in his house, and the rich
er he is the more he expends OF its ac-
QUESTION and adornment.
The collins most esteemed by the &C.
lestials are manufactured from a pc
culiar resinous wood, possessing quite
extraordinary p~reservative properties
and found only in one small district in
Tonquin, buried in the earth, no living
specimens of the tree now being in ex-
istence.
The natives search for It quite as
stones are run after, and, indeed, the
deposits, for such they are, are to all
intents and purposes mines Of wood,
the origin Of which has never been sat
isfactorily explained.
Local legends have it that in q far
distant past vast numbers Of these
trees existed in the dense forests with
which the whole region was covered
and hat as a result Of some tremen-
dous cataclysm they were uprooted and
precipitated into the ravfnes. Wheth-
er this account is rue or not, the
buried trees are today a source Of quite
considerable wealth to the lucky per.
son who finds them. For a coffin made
Of this special wood a Chinaman does
not consider ESQ or EGO at all too high
a price to pay.-Grand Magazine.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
HAPPINESS.
THE Difference Between the Sexes On
This Important State.

Cine source of women's happiness Is
10 be found, we think, in their love Of
detail. They enjoy every detail Of so
cial life. They love the minutiae Of
their work. They do not love 1t as a
man loves his, for the sake Of an end.
They look close at what they are do
ing, and they do not look forward.
They take pleasure In their children
as they are. A defect, even though it
be a serious one, destroys their pleas
ure in them far less than it destroys
that of a man. They are not constant
~ oppressed by the thought Of what
that defect will mean in the future.
If a woman is by nature apprehens1ve
her fears apply for the most part to
little things. If a man is apprehensive
he fears when the fit is upon him the
debacle Of heaven and earth. For wo-
men time goes a little slower. They
take pleasure in each jewel Of that
mosaic which makes up happiness and
are not fretted because the pattern Is
not complete. OF this quality they
have, no doubt, the inevitable defects
much brilliance, little grasp and a
tendency to frivolity. They are apt to
fritter away their lives and minds on
little things. They become engrossed
with the details of play as well as the
details Of work. Men no doubt have
more opportunities of keen pleasure
than ome have, but these %opportuni-
ties are short lived. The happiness of
the moment they are less fitted to take.
The difference between the sexes in
this particular might, we believe, be
thus summed up: A man is happy
whenever he has anything to make him
happy, but a woman is happy when
ever she has nothing to make her IN
happy.-London Spectator.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
Pulling Measures.

Wheat Is sold in Great Britain In
twenty different ways-by the quarter,
comb, load, boil, bushel, barrel, hun
dredweight, GENITAL, windle and bobbet.
Further confusion is also caused by
the fact that the bushel Of wheat va
ries from sixty-two pounds at Birming-
ham, Gloucester and Taunton, to eighty
pounds at Monmouth and Abergaven-
ny, while at Aberystwyth it is sixty
five pounds. Similarly, the boil weighs
three imperial bushels at Newcastle,
Jour throughout Scotland, six at Ber-
wick, 264 pounds at Glasgow and 24O
pounds at Hamilton. A quarter meas
ures 496 pounds in country districts
and. 5O4 pounds in London.-London
Milling.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
UNIQUE Advertisinq.

A tale is told of Robert Bonner and
Of his belief in advertising. One day
he engaged a whole page Of a newspa-
per and repeated a two line advertise
Iment upon it over and over again. It
must have been repeated 5000 times
upon the page in the smallest type.
"Why do you waste your money,
Robert?" asked a friend. ST noticed
that same line so often. Would not
half a page have answered your pur-
poser"
"Half a page would never have
caused you to ask the question:" re-
piled MI. Bonner. "At least five peo-
pie will ask that to every line was the
way I figured it."
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

Does coffee disagree with you?
Probably it does! Then try DIR.
Shoop's Health Coffee. "Health
Coffee is a clever combination of
parched cereals and nuts Not a grain
of real coffee, remember, in DR.
Shops Health Coffee, yet its flavor
and taste matches closely old Java
and Mocha coffee. If your stomach,
heart, or kidneys can't stand coffee
drinking, try Health Coffee. 1t is
wholesome, nourishing, and satisfy
ing. It's nice even for the youngest
child. Sold by NJ. E. BizZell.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
Scarcity Of Metals.

The first great commercial metal is
mercial age is copper, and there is al
most a famine in each of them. If crops
this year are as good as they were last
year prosperity will be maintained in
this great country, and the process of
iron and copper will be maintained
furnaces are not quite equal to the
demands of a booming prosperity.
It seems strange that foundry iron
should sell in this district up to $25 a
ton when Red mountain is full of ore
and our coal beds are full of fuel, but
neither can be dug n smelted fast
enough to soften the demand. This is
the case at Pittsburg and in other cas-
tern markets where iron has sold up
to $26.5 so a ton in the last few weeks.
Where there is ore enough there is not
coke enough, and where there are
abundant supplies there are not fur
naces enough or men enough to do the
work. Even an annual production OF
25, 200 900 tons does not meet and salts
fly the needs of our great national
trade.
So it is in copper. This metal com
hands in open market 25 to 26 cents
a pound, or double the price of a few
yearsEago. But high as the price the
demand outruns the supply, and al
most any price can be secured for spot
copper, Or copper for quick delivery.
Electricity did this, and as the uses of
electricity are constantly being expand
ed, no one can see any cessation in the
demand.
America is now the chief seat both
of iron and copper production, and
these two metals are adding yearly to
the wealth of this country. Both are
booming, and so is this country, and
the record of 1907 will, if the years
crops areG good, outrun that of 1906 in
all three respects-iror, copper and
genaral trade
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
OPENING His Hand.

William Penn was once urging a
man he knew to stop drinking to ex-
cess when the man suddenly asked.
"Can you tell me OF In easy way to do
it," Eyes," Penn replied readily; "it
lis Just as easy as to open thy hand,
friend" Convince me of that" the
man explained, "and I will promise up
ON my honor tt do as you tell me-"
swell, my friend" Penn answered,
whenever thee finds a glass Of liquor
in thy hand open that hand before the
glass touches thy lips, and thee will
never drink to excess again.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
SHELLS THAT SWIM.
These Peculiar Fish Are Mostly Con-
fined to Tropical Seas.

fined to Tropical Seas.
The idea of shells being found any
where else except upon the seabeach
or in river bed is a little startling.
Yet the naturalist who pursues his
work from a ship in midocean can and
does collect shells by the thousand at
every dip Of his net Or bucket.
Swimming shellfsh are mostly con
fined to tropical IA The most IA
miliar is the nautilus, which Is, how
ever, not a shellfsh at all, but a near
relation of the cuttlefsh; also it Is
only seen on the surface at a certain
time Of the year.. The real ocean she'll
fish are mostly very small. In the In
dian ocean they may be seen by mill
lions. One which bears the appalling
name of Cavolinia trispinosa has the
odd popularity Of coming to the sur
face at 6 sharp every evening. An
other, the Cleodora tridentata, rises
at Z.
Frail as these tiny shellfsh are, no
storm ever Injuries them. They all
possess the peculiar power of being
able at will to sink a few feet below
the surface of the sea, and there they
remain when gales blow, perfectly
improves.
The largest of these ocean swim
mers is about three inches in length.
Almost all are most brilliant in color
and their shells far Trailer and more
glossy than those found upon the sea-
beach.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
a Eardshin-

Favored Waiter-I'm goin' to leave
here when my week Is up.
Regular Guest-Eh! You get good
pay, don'tyou?
Eyes, bout the same's everywhere"
"And tips ~besidesY
"a good many"
''Then what's the matter?'
'They don't allow no time for goin'
out to meals. I have to eat here
London Mail.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
The Danger.

A lawyer while conducting his case
cited the authority of a doctor Of law
yet alive.
"My learned friend" interrupted the
judge, s'you should never go upon the
authority Of any save that Of the dead.
The living may change their minds
Nos Loisirs.