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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
TRICK THE FOOLISH
SCHEMES OF PREMIUM MAIL
ORDER HOUSES.
STUFF is OF LITTLE VALUE
Cheapest Kind Of Goods Handled by
These Concerns, and They Are
Sold at the Highest Mar
ket Prices.

There are dozens of premium giving
mail order houses operating in differ
ent cities of the country. These
houses reach out for trade in all parts
of the country. and do not overlook
the largest cities. They gain for their
aides and their agents men. women
and children, wives of lawyers. mer-
chants. church workers and any class
that they can. Some of them make
a business catering to the Epworth
leagues, the Sunday schools, the
churches, and have plans by which
the people are humbugged and loaded
down with inferior goods. and the
league, the Sunday school or the
church gets little cheap furniture,
some dinky-dinky thing almost worth
less for all the trouble gone to.
These premium concerns that put
out baking powder, cheap coffees. gro
ceries of every kind and description.
generally put out the cheapest kinds
of stuff. Recently samples OF the
goods that have been received from
them have been sent to the chemists
of the pure food departments in
number of cites, and universally the
goods were found to be of the ransest
kind. The coffee the cheapest Santos,
and doctored up with roasted cereals
and chickory; the baking powders
were an abomination of cheap acids
and other materials; the extracts
were wholly synthetic. produced from
coal-tar products, and so adulteration
was carried to the extreme. These
goods were sold at the highest prices
and were of such class that no re-
spectacle grocer in any city or ham
let would have them in his stock.
These are the classes that the good
women, perhaps well-meaning, but
not up to snuff, palm OFF upon their
neighbors when they become the sec
retary of "the club and the kind of
dope they innocently give to their
husbands and children, and when the
little ones become sickened by par
taking of the stuff. the dear little
woman gladly pays some doctor four
times the amount the abominable
goods cost.
There will be something dropping
pretty quick among certain class of
these big Companies" Their busi-
ness is of the fraudulent kind and
there is likelihood that at no distant
period the government officers will Sc
cure such evidence as will put many
of the concerns out of business.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
TIE
General Dem and

Of the Well Informed OF the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy OF known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to. them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrur
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir OF SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-lnformed
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali.
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cent
per bottle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Waiting for Mr.. Frohman.

When | was very young girl"
said Miss Louise Closer, the actress.
Il had a wild desire to go upon the
stage so | left school In Boston, came
to New York and went to Charles
Frohman's office on Broadway.
"1s Mr. Frohman in?' asked Of
the Office boy.
"'No, he Is not was the reply.
"'Well. thought. I'll wait until he
comes
"The boy became absorbed In the
book he was reading. and apparently
was quite unconscious of my presence.
Fifteen minutes passed; half hour
passed; and ! grew weary of waiting.
But | thought of the long distance
had come, and at the same time re-
called an old maxim | had once
learned: Reward comes through con-
stancy Of purpose | repeated this
again and again, until an hour and a
half slowly dragged itself out. Finally
could endure the waiting no longer.
With as much courage as I could com
mand addressed the Office boy sec
ond time.
"'Will you kindly tell me when Mr..
Frohman will be in?'
"'In six weeks, answered the boy.
He's gone to Europe
"a few seasons ago." concluded Miss
4 Closer. when | was member of Ar
mold Daly's Gambia company. one
day related to him my first experience
when calling upon a manager. When
finished telling the story, Mr.. DAILY
said:
"'How long ago was that?'
Twelve years ago. replied.
Twelve years ago. mused Mr..
Daily. Yes. | remember; | was that
office boy. Success Magazine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
catch-Penny Schemes.

Those who make habit of answer
ing advertisements in the cheap
mail order papers are sure to bite at
the "bait" held out to them sooner or
later. One of the common gratis Is
advertising for men to distribute cir
culars and offering from three dol
lars to five dollars day for the serv-
ices. These concerns generally charge
fee Of from two dollars to five dol
lars for registering" and In return
send a number of printed blanks and
names of companies who want adver-
tising matter circulated. After some
dollars worth of postage stamps Is
wasted in writing to the names sup
piled, the person anxious for job
concludes that he is out of pocket.
A common form of fraud is the ad'
vertising for men to become detec-
tives. There are few of these rank
humbugs doing business. and in way
so shrewdly devised that the authori-
ties cannot deny them the use of the
mails. In a few cases fraud orders
have been issued against them, but a
change was quickly made to another
city, and the same old graft put in
operation. In these cases fee is
charged for commission and badge
and Instructions. Tho bit of nickeled
brass sent out as a badge is familiar
in nearly every police court as
source of trouble for green young men
who thInk that its possession gives
them Official authority.
BUSINESS men should be on the look
out for new game which has beer
played in a number of parts OF the
country of late. a stranger enters
store, buys a small bill of goods, moi
exceeding ten or fifteen dollars. says
that he will call for them later, ant
gives check for $50 or more on
bank, receiving no change in return
He remains away for few days. ther
calls for the goods. He is told tina
the check is no good. After roundl,
"cussing' the bank he pays for thu
goods. takes the check and goes. In
few days more the check comes to th'
merchant, paid at the bank, because 1
had the merchants endorsement on II
This was the end to be obtained. B'
on the lookout for this game.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Fake spIces Sold to Public.

1t has been found that more than
80 per cent. of the groceries sold by
travelling agents who sell direct to
consumers are of the adulterated
classes. Examinations made of cof-
fees sold by such concerns proved
that there was so per cent. adultera-
ton. The cheapest kind of Santos
is used for a base. and with this
ground cocoanut shells, burnt corn
and chicory are combined. Such con-
coctions are dangerous, and rank
imposition upon the people. The
spices that are sold by many of the
alleged pure food concerns that have
agents working among the people in
small towns are dangerous to health.
Many classes consist of ground
bark, nut shells and other materials
and favored with artificial fiavors
that are coal tar products. 1t is un-
safe to buy from the concerns that
gain their business through can
vassers. or who do an exclusive mail
order business.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Catalogue Houses Busy.

Thousands of dollars are being spent
with the big catalogue houses of the
east by the residents of the small
towns in southern Utah according to
reports brought to Salt Lake by Or
son Hewlett, president of the Manu-
facturers' and Merchants association,
and Lorenzo Jenkins, secretary and
manager of the Retail Merchants as
sociation of the state.
Messrs. Hewlett and Jenkins spent
nearly a week in Sanpete county and
vicinity, calling merchants and farm
ers together to urge greater patronage
of home industries. Ephraim, Moroni,
Fairview, Spring City, Mount Pleas
ant, Fountain Green, Manti and Ches-
ter were visited and in each place the
greatest enthusiasm was manifested
by merchants over the campaign re-
Gently inaugurated by commercial
bodies of the state for a more extern
sive patronage of home industries.
Meetings were called and ways and
means discussed by which the prac-
tice of patronizing the mail order
houses can be done away with. This
practice has reached alarming proper
tons In the southern part of the state,
according to Messrs. Hewlett and
Jenkins. One small town alone last
month received goods to the value of
81 200 from a big eastern mail order
concern.-Salt Lake (Utah) Herald.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
ooinq to Be Fined.

When George Ade was a newspaper
reporter he was sent to write up" an
Irish laborer who had fallen from n
building When Mr. AIDE arrived on
the scene. several officers and others
were helping the injured man into the
ambulance. Mr. Ade pulled out his
pad and pencil. What's his name7"
he asked one CT the policemen.
The injured man. who had heard AIDE
and who mistook him for the time
keeper employed by the contractor.
rolled his eyes In disgusted way.
What dye think o. that" he NUT
tered. I'm goin' to be docked for the
few minutes | lose goin' to the hos
pitali
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Calls for ENERGETIC Action.

try merchant to combat mail order
evil and that is to organize and syste-
matically fight and the battle must be
carried on energetically If it is to win.
This has been done in some sections
of the country and can be done in 9th
ers. Where a few years since the
larger portion of the people have
spent the major portion of their earn
lngs with the mail order houses, to-
day they do their purchasing at home,
but this has only been accomplished
by hard work by thoroughly organ
lied body.-New iberia Enterprise
Leader.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Broke Statue in Spite.

Mr.. Kitamura Naojira, sculptor Of
he marble statue of female, priced
at $4,000 yen, which is exhibited in
the Fine Arts building of the Toxic
exposition, proceeded to the exposi-
ton on June IL, at 7 a. M, and de-
liberately knocked down the statue
and destroyed the head and arms
with an iron hammer, which he had
originally used in carving the figure.
The reason for this violent proceed
ing was that he considered that the
prize commissioners of the Toxic ex-
position had shown bias In their
awards, and we're prone to confine
high testimonials to artists of their
own clique.-Japan Advertiser.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
MUST BUILD UP BUSINESS.
Merchant Can Use the Local
Press to Advantage.

The sentiment exhibited In the nu-
merous articles now printed in coun-
try newspapers for the purpose OF In
ducing people to trade at home In
stead Of sending their money to mail
order houses is good and noble, but
we doubt If 1t appeals to the multitude
who patronize these mail order
houses
The best way in which the mer-
chants In the towns and smaller cities
can fight the mail order houses is to
advertise. They know most of their
patrons personally, can show them the
goods before they buy them. have
many other advantages over the mail
order houses and in almost every in
stance can sell just as cheap, II not
cheaper.
If the home merchant lacks fore
sight and is too penurious to proper
ly advertise his goods. why should the
publisher exert himself to keep the
trade at home for him? II solicita-
tions on the part of the publisher fail
to educate the merchant to the fact
that he must advertise II he wants to
keep up with the procession. then
nothing is left to the merchant but
to learn in the school of experience,
and II the teachings of that renowned
school are of no effect on him. then
there is no place for him and eventu-
ally his place in the commercial
world will be taken up by some
more enterprising competitor.-Buck-
eye Informer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
MEAN FILINGS AT EDITORS.
Tyibutes by Lafcadio Hearn to Class
Of Workers He Dlsliked.

'Lafcadio Hearn, that wonderful.
writer, worked on newspapers in his
youth" said publisher. "and the
ruthless way his studies were changed,
cut and butchered was a great woe
to his heart.
"In after years Hearn took a mali
cious Joy in collecting stories about
editors-editors and their superior
and omniscient way with manuscript.
"One of his stories was of an editor
to whom a subscriber said:
"I enjoyed that poem on the three
ages of man in to-day's paper. Mr..
Sheers: | enjoyed it immensely. Do
you know, though. | thought it was
originally written the seven ages of
mann
$50 It was, sir; so 1t was said
Editor Sheers, pompously. Yes. the
extract was originally written the
seven ages OF man. but had to cut 1t
down for the lack of space
Another story concerned a weather
report. A reporter, discussing the
weather. wrote that winter still lin
gered in the lap of spring.
THE editor, as he read over the
article, called the reporter to his desk
and told him that he would cut out
that sentence about winter lingering
in springs lap. He said the idea was
good enough, and all that sort of
thing, but II would not do to publish
because the high moral tone of the
paper had to be maintained in town
full of school girls"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
At the County Fair.

Doing a land-office business, chr"
remarked the man from the city.
What is that you are selling. any
way?"
Blessed II I know myself. boss"
whispered the fakir at the county
fair; ut has zigzag lines all over 1t
and when a woman comes up sell 1t
to her as a skirt pattern and when a
man comes up l sell 1t to him as a
guaranteed and genuine map of Mars"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Lava put to GOOD Use.

Residents of the district round We
suvlus have put to practical use the
lava which has flowed from the vol
cano in the past and recent eruptions.
Naples and its vicinity appear to be
a world Of lava. The streets are paved
with It. There are lava staircases and
statues, drinking troughs, bric-a-brac
and even jewelry. The guides make
a profit out of 1t by pressing coins or
other objects on partially cooled frag-
ments and selling these to visitors.
On the ashy sides of the mountain
there is enough lava to build a large
city. In appearance 1t resembles
shoreless frozen sea of dull black that
shimmers strangely purple in some
lights.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

Why animal charcoal removes the
color from colored liquids, while wood
charcoal has no effect has not been
understood A European chemist now
finds that the action of the former Is
due to the presence of five to seven
per cent of nitrogen.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Tobacco Thrown AWAY.

1t is estimated by the head of one
of the large tobacco establishments
of New York that at least $4,000 worth
of tobacco is daily thrown away in the
city in unconsumed cigars and cigar
cites.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

Defiance Starch is the latest inven-
tion in that line and an improvement
on all other makes; 1t is more eco
nomical, does better work, takes less
time. Get it from any grocer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Asthmatlcs. Read Ihls.

If you are afflicted with Asthma
write me at once and learn of some
thing for which you win be grateful
the rest of your life. Rev. ]. r. RAIDER,
1922 Broadway, Denver, Colo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Has Too Good a Thinu Here.

One of Chicago's mail order houses
announces that for the present at
east it will not invade England. 1t
prefers to keep busy building up its
little s60.000.0 0.000-a-year business to
mans size.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Cheyenne (Wyol merchants are or.

Cheyenne (Wyo) merchants are or
ganizing to fight the mail order
houses. 1t is claimed that fully one
half of the clothing and dress goods
purchased by the people of Cheyenne
come from outside towns. and the To-
cal MERCHANTS are deprived OF this
business, to say nothing of the hard
ware, notions. novelties, etc, that are
secured through the mail order
houses.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

The clergyman is the only member
Of society who can marry for money
and congratulate oimself afterward.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

The world may care little for the
ology. but II recognizes with Joy the
heavenly life and love.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

Some women don't have to exert
themselves very much to put on n
bold face.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

Some people are so refined they OBJ
ject to even having common sense.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

Only dead faith lies wrapped in
formalities.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

The statesman leads the massef
The masses lead the politician.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

No language is more eloquent than
a life of love.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

A man is known by the.company he
keeps and the friends he gives away.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05
Japanese Men outnumber Women.

Japan Is one of the few countries
where the men outnumber. the women.
The ratio there is $50 to 1000.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

First in importance in feeding live
stock is to manage to get an increased
profit over the market price of tn
food consumed, then the return of fer
tility to the land through the manurei
must be counted. In any live stoci
business 1t is necessary that large
part of the crops used by stock shall
be harvested by them by grazing
This reduces the cost of the crop and
at the same time makes better stock
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

We do not always realize the rag
ged edges we leave in our work until
we are showing some visitor about
the farm. Then we are ashamed of the
filthy barnyard, the dirty cattle, the
ungroomed horses. and the general
appearance of untidiness about the
place. Better turn over new leaf and
be more thorough in your work.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

Avoid overfeeding the cows. II
wastes the feed and hurts the COWS.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

The best variety OF physical cul-
ture We know of is farm work.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

One element of success in farming
is the control of soil moisture, and
the only way this can be accomplish
ed is by the thorough drainage of his
land. For this reason tiles should be
laid at least as far below the surface
as the water level should be in ordi-
nary weather. Many farmers lose half
of the benefit of tile draining by lay
ing the tiles zoo near the surface Of
the ground being drained. Except in
times of freshet the water will drain
out of the soil to the level of the tile
drain. ard the roots of the plants will
quickly develop in this medium OF
earth, which is wet but not saturated
with water.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-12-05

Heeling in the young trees intended
for setting out next spring is done by
placing one tree close to another
along shallow trench-roots down
tops inclined at an angle. Their
shovel in enough moist earth to cover
the roots. Next comes another layer
or row of trees, and so on until al
are "heeled in Thus treated, the
trees will winter well. and are always
ready for setting when the right day
comes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-02
WHAT THE JURIsT CAN'T SEE
Judge Mccall. OF Memphis, Finds /
Unconstitutional the IJaFollette
Fellow Servant Statute.

Memphis. Tenn. Jan Judge Nc
Call, of the federal court, has de-
clared the LaFollette fellow servants
act unconstitutional The action was
that Of Damselle Howard against the
Illinois Central Railroad company. and
a special representative of the depart
ment of justice at Washington argued
the case for the government. Mrs.
Howard sued the railroad company
for damages because her husband was
killed while in the employ of the de-
PENDANT
Judge Mccall said In part: Il am I'M
able TO bring my mind to the conclu-
sion that the liability OF a common
carrier to its employee for injuries is
interstate commerce, or commerce of
any character, within the meaning of
the commerce clause of the constitu-
ton"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-02
INDIANA's CANCER BELT.

There is a crescent-shaped strip of
land just west of Disko. Wabash coun-
ty. running from Tiosa to Athens, and
taking in Talma and Bigfoot. that is
curiously ravaged by cancerous dis
ease. Within the last few years Mrs.
VIII Wolf and Frank Long have died
of the malady. Isaac Busenburg,
Peter Busenburg, jr., Martin Hodge,
Mrs. Silas Meredith and David Pal
mer have been cured. and Mrs. Isaiah
Katherman, Rueb McIntire and William
Jameson are still afflicted. These
people have all had the disease within
the last six years, and they lived
within limit of territory not more
than five miles long and two miles
wide Physicians say there is nothing
unusual about the many cases of can
Ger. but many of the people are sus-
picious that there is some cause for it
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-02
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

The second annual exhibition OF the
Western Stock Show association viii
open in Denver. Jan. 10.
The annual charity ball at Chicago
Melted So, 600 Two thousand Of Chi
cago's high society attended.
There was not a single execution in
Sing Sing N. " prison during 1906
breaking the record.
The pathetic phase of the New Year
celebration at Washington was the
burial of many victims of the B. and
0. railway horror.
Representative George II. Lindsay Is
seriously i'll with pneumonia at his
Brooklyn q. " residence. He is 60
years old.
At Seattle, Wash, the Seattle high
school foot ball eleven defeated the
Chicago North Division high school
team II to 6.
An oil gusher flowing 1920 barrels
day, exceeding anything on record
in Indian Territory oil fields, Is busy
at Sapulpa, l. T.
A five-story building, at Chicago, oc-
cupied by the Chicago Idnoleum COM
pany, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
$4,000.
The first division Of the armored
cruiser squadron under Rear Admiral
Neville has been selected to represent
Great Britain at the jamestown expo
sltion.
Emerson Coatsworth has been re-
| elected mayor of Toronto, Ont, by a
majority of 1000, over James Iindala,
| Socialist.
Gustave Bye, Of Duluth, tied the
United States record for ski jumping
at the tournament at Munising, Mich.
His record was JOG feet.
After a quarrel with her husband, a
dentist. Mrs. G. E. Green, Of Logan,
Utah, took strychnine and died soon
afterward.
The insurance reforms secured by
the Armstrong committee Of the New
York legislature have gone into effect.
Forty eight passengers on a subur-
ban traction car on the Wheeling and
Elm Grove line were bruised, two Sc
riously, at Fulton, near Wheeling, w
Va, by derailment Of the car.
Thirty-six Turks bound to the Unit
ed States are being detained at Hall.
fax. n. S., by the United States immi'
ton officials.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-02
Great Year for Car Business.

The car famine of the last two
months has not been caused by lack
Of effort on the part of the railroads
to obtain new equipment, for the re-
turns from the car and locomotive
builders in the United States. Canada
and Mexico, give an output far in ex-
cess Of any previous year says the
Railroad Gazette. The increase in
freight equipment for 1906 over 1906
vas more than 45 per cent. There
were 240, SOB freight cars built in 1906
and 165,455 in 1906. There We're 3,16I
passenger cars built in 1906 and 1851
in 1905. There were $500 locomotives
Of all kinds produced by the builders
in 1906, as against 5491 In 1905, or ar
increase of practically 81 per cent
In addition to these totals, a large
number of cars and engines have beer
built by the railroad at their owl
shops. No account was taken of these
in the above figures. Most of thu
large car and locomotive builders have
more orders on hand, with their shops
running at maximum capacity, thar
have been built In 1906 The tota
amount for rolling stock was abou
$3.50, 600, 900. Steel car output is esti
mated at about 10000. TIE Railroad
Gazettes estimate of new mileage il
the country for 1906, according to Off
cial statements, is $500 miles. or 81
miles less than the estimate given b,
the Railway Age.