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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
Missed His Vocation.

Reginald de Koven, the composer.
tells OF grocer and druggist who at
tended Wagner concert. AS the pro-
gram did not please them they began
talking on music in general md on
Wagner In particular.
Another example Of the fact that
every man wants to do something
out of his line" said the druggist.
That's all right" assented the gro
Ger. Now. I'm grocer. but I've al
ways wanted to be banker"
You'd probably fall" added the
druggist. Look at me. I'm success
as druggist. yet I've always wanted
to write a book. This man Wagner
tries his hand at music. Just listen
to 1t. And yet we all know he builds
good parlor cars!"-Success.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
RAT HELPS TO RAISE FLAG.
Little Animal Did the Work Of Expert
"steeple Jaek.~

The hazardous but lucrative trade
OF "Steeple Jack" has been usurped in
Jersey by small white rat.
Edmund p. Condit, wealthy resi-
dent Of Verona, recently gave birth.
day party to dozen young friends Of
his nine-year-old son.
When he attempted to celebrate the
occasion by raising an American flag
to the top Of the 30-foot Flagstaff that
had stood on his lawn for years the
pulley rope broke. The pole was
too frail to permit of even the light
est lad climbing up to pass another
halyard through the pulley at the
top.
I'VE and Jimmy1l fix it for you,
Mr.. Condit," piped up Able Wolff, a
neighbor's son. and he scooted on to
his fathers barn, returning with a
little white rat clinging to his shoul-
der.
Abe uncoiled a big ball of twine.
put the loose end In "Jimmy's" mouth,
and sent the little animal climbing
mp the pole; but when he reached the
pulley he didn't know what to do
next.
Abe found another pulley, called the
white rat down, and spent ten minutes
teaching him to run back and forth
through the contrivance with the
twine between his teeth.
Then he sent Jimmy" up the pole
again and this time the rat without a
moments hesitation tried to get
through the pulley. The hole was
too small. but Jimmy" deliberately
took the ntring in one paw, passed 1t
through the small opening. caught 1t
with the other paw, and scrambled
to the ground with it.
A rope was strung through the pull
ley with the aid of the twine halyard.
and Jimmy munched happily of the
biggest piece of cheese he had ever
seen at once.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
Couldn't Discharge Him.

When the jury had filed in for at
least the fourth time, with no sign Of
coming to an agreement In the bribery
case. the disgusted judge rose up and
said: Il discharge this jury"
At this. one sensitive talesman,
stung to the quick by this abrupt and
ill-sounding decision. obstinately faced
the judge.
You can't discharge me. judge!" he
retorted.
why not?" asked the astonished
Judge.
Because" announced the talesman,
pointing to the defendants lawyer,
I'm being paid by that man therel'-
Lippincott's.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
FREE TO OUR READERS.

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chi
-dgo, for 4S-page Illustrated Eye Book
and If this paper is mentioned they
will send you a Free Bottle Murine for
Your Eyes. Write all about Your Eye
Trouble and their Oculists will advise
as to the proper Application of the
Murine Eye Remedies in Your Special
Case. Your Druggist will tell you that
Murine Cures Eyes. Makes Weak
Eyes Strong. Doesn't Smart. Soothes
Eye Pain. Aids those Wearing
Glasses and Sells for SOC.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
pIstInctIon and Difference.

In Dean Ramsay's book of anecdotes
there is one which refers to a CONVEX
sation between Scotch minister and
a sexton. The minister was a Stranger
to the gravemaker, and discussed with
him the doctrines of the neighboring
clergy. AS one after another was men,
toned the sexton wagged his head
gloomily, and said: Hes no sound"
At last the minister-who was a long
winded and rather empty preacher
mentioned his own name, and in
quired: "Mr. - now, isn't he
sound?" 100. aye" said the sexton,
with sinkle in his eye. Hes q
sound"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
Blow at Wagnerlans.

A hard-headed old Pittsburg manu-.
facturer. who made his fortune, as
he expresses it, with his coat of"
was induced by his daughters to ac-
company them to a Wagner concert,
the first he had ever attended. The
next day he happened to meet an ac-
quaintance, who had seen him the
night before, who asked:
81 suppose you enjoyed the concert
last night, Mr.. Smith,"
"Yes. 1t took me back to the days
of my youth" the old man said. with
a reminiscent sigh.
"Ah! Summer days in the country
girl in a lawn dress, birds singing
and all that?"
mo, the days when l worked In @
boiler shop In Scranton"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
Troublesome Growth.

Does the child ever keep still a
minute?" asked the woman as the
youngster sprawled noisily over the
couch in dozen squirming positions
at once, 1t seemed to her.
No." answered his mother. "They
are growing when they do that, they
say"
viii you please ask him to stop
growing" implored the woman, "just
for this week while he is visiting me 2"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21

the urine. My wife and 1 have both
used Doan's Kidney Pills for what doc
tors diagnosed as advanced kidney
troubles, and both Of US have been
completely cured"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
Not caretaker's Fault.

In answer to a complaint made by
the town council of Camborne. Eng
land, that the caretaker of the recrea.
ton ground had allowed the grass to
grow to an inconvenient height, that
officer replied that the donkey which
had formerly eaten the grass had died
of lockjaw and he had been unable to
buy another one to take its place.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
sr4rr OF ONO. crrr OF TOLEDO. ! 81.

LUCAs COUTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior
partner of the lrm of F. j. CHENEY Co., doing
business in the City OF Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said frm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of CATARRH that cannot bo cured by the Of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence,
this 9Th day of December, A. D.. 1886.
49,, A. W. GLEASON,
s NOTARY PUBLIC.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. T5c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
"soelety of one-Leooed Men,

The president of the Society of
One-Legged Men, has arrived in
Paris accompanied by another uni
jambist." They had walked from
Marseilles, distance of nearly 600
miles. and, in spite of their infirmity,
they averaged over IL miles a day.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
Asthmatics, Read This.

If you are afflicted with Asthma
write me at once and learn of some
thing for which you will be grateful
the rest of your life. Rev. ]. R. RAIDER,
822 Broadway, Denver, Colo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21

a pioneer of Colo
RADIO. now living at
21S East Nebraska
Street, Blair. Neb.,
says: Il had such
pains in my back
for a long time that
1 could not turn
in bed, and at times
there was an almost
total stoppape of
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21

Associate with men of good judg-
ment; for judgment is found in con-
versation. And we make another mans
judgment ours by frequenting his COM
pany.-F'uller
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21
VETERAN OF THREE WARS.
a pioneer Of Colorado and Nebraska.

Matthias Campbell, veteran of the
civil war and two Indian wars. and
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21


L. send
taey. by mail
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-21

We also manufacture Razzle Dazzles Strikers etc
Observation-Disclosures CO, General ANU sement
Outntters. Dept. NJ. NORTH ToNowANDA, n. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14

From the Baltimore Sun.
 OLSON is surely one of the most
 weird of natures bizarre contriV- ances tiny speck of an inno- oent-lookng white powder on the tip or the tongue means instant death, IT that powder happens to be the deadly drug aconitine moments whiff of unseen vapor. and if that vapor rises from pure prusisc acid all human aid is too late. The strangest fact about that curious group of bodies called poisons is that sometimes they are not poisons. Of course every one knows that, when kept under control by the skillful hand of the physician, poisons are most valuable medicines. But few persons are aware of the still more curious fact that pol sons, when taken by certain animals even In large quantities, are quite harmless
 Yet strange as 1t may seem this is perfectly true. Take, for instance, the hedgehog. This bristly little animal Is ab- solutely poisonproof It can eat without discomfort as much opium as a hardened Chinese can smoke in fortnight and can wash a meal down with as much
 
 soldiers. U is capable of swallowing ar senic with just as much relish as 1t eats cockroaches. It is quite immune to the venom of the snake, though the priclsly hedgehog has little need to fear the approach of such reptiles. It has even been stated that 1t can swallow corrosive sublmate, and yet this Is a virulent poison which human beings must handle with caution, for even a solution of it externally applied has been known to cause death.
 Cyanide of potassium is another deadly substance of which the hedgehog need have no fear and yet the merest trace of the poison is sufficient to cause a full grawn man to foam at the mouth and lose the power of his limbs. Truly the hedgehog is strange freak, and yet not so inexplicable as the poisons by which he refuses to be poisoned.
 Man is said to resemble the monkey in more ways than one, but whatever char acteristics they may have in common the ape differs from the human being in this respect-he can take with impunity as much strychnine would kill two men instantly. The monkey, curiously enough, shares the immunity to strychnine poson- ing with invertebrate animals Another phenomenon is the rat. The number of rat poisons sold by druggists Is legion. but there is one poison which never enters into their composition, namely. digitalin, the active principle of the foxglove. One half grain of this poisonous principle sufficles to kill Q man within three-quar- ters of an hour but the rat absolutely refuses to let 1t kill him.
 When 1t is discovered that human be- ing has swallowed oxalic acid the first thing the doctor does is to give his un- fortunate patient good dose of chalk, technically known as calcium carbonate. Strange to relate, chickens are not pois- oned by oxalic acid. for the simple req son that their intestines contain the anti
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14

Copyright, 1907, by Frank c. Carpenter.)
 Beni Ounif.
 AM in one of the widest parts of the
 greatest desert on earth. On all A sides of me is the Sahara, stretching to the west, south and east, for hum dreds of miles. The desert, all told is larger than the United States. It is so big that if you could lift up it's sandy, rocky surface like a quilt and transport it to our country, it would cover every bit of it, and hide a part of Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. It Is longer than the Mediterranean sea, and bigger than all Europe. In some places it is 200O miles wide. Where I now am is more than 4G0 miles south of the port of Oran, and about 1900 miles from Timbuktu on the Niger, where the great fertile belt of Africa begins.
 This is on the very edge of the French Sahara. Just west of it there are wild rocky mountains as bare as the asphalt of Pennsylvania avenue, and as thirsty as was Dives when he begged Lazarus to cool his parched tongue. They mark the boundary between the possessions sultan; but the desert goes farther west ward, and at the southwest it does not stop until 1t reaches the Atlantic ocean. I came here on the military railroad, built by the French, to guard their peo- pie from the brigands of Morocco. It is the road which, it is thought, may some
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14

yond which is the desert. l was passing through a great plain of yellow sandy soil, covered here and there with stones, and spotted everywhere with punches of dry alfa grass Only in one direction were there any hills to be seen, and they were bleak, barren and rocky.
 The alfa was growing right in the sands. It is a long wry grass, which is gathered by the thousands of tons and shipped to Europe for the making of pa per. It is cut by theArabs and there are companies with immense capital which handle 1t. 1t grows to the height of my waist in punches, some of which are not bigger than ones fist, while others sprout out of mounds which would fill half bushel measure It looks tough and dry, but nevertheless large hocks of white and brown sheep, black goats and eamels feed upon it. I saw such animals scat tered over the plains, each flock watched by a shepherd in white gown and turban, who looked like a ghost as he stood among his sheep in the early morning.
 We passed many tent villages occupied by such shepherds and their families The tents are of a coarse black cloth woven In stripes They are so stretched out that one has to get down upon ms knees and crawl in. The cloth is made of camel's hair and sheep's wool by the wives of the shepherds; it is used as can vas throughout the desert.
 Down Into the Desert
 We soon left the Atlas and came on in- to the Sahara itself. There was still some vegetation, but it was only in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14

are other troops farther south at Colomb Bechar, at the end of the road. The de- pots are all of stone with port holes for rifles on all sides. Right here is one of the most important military locations.
 Gate to Morocco.
 Beni Ounif is within almost a stones throw of the Moroccan boundary, and at the gate to a pass through the noun tains which separate the domnions of the Moorish sultan from African France. The French have subdued long since the brigands of their own parts of the Sa- hara, but the brigands of the Moroccan desert make raids upon the French oases, and they also attack travellers and car avans going to and fro over the desert The base of such expeditions is the oasis of Tafilet, in Morocco, not far from here. where are some of the worst scoundrels of this part of the world. These expedi- tions are known as Harkas They are often composed of hundreds and even which came through here few years ago had about four thousand men mounted on camels and a Harka of five hundred camels is not uncommon. At this writing reports have come here that the governor of Taflet has declared q holy war and that an army of camels will soon march across into the Algerian Sahara and attack the French outposts.
 It was a Harka like this that brought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14

lomb Bechar and Adrar. there are post offices. where money orders are issued and a regular mall service is given. Among the important stations are those of Tuat, which is a large series of oases several hundred miles south of here. There are soldiers also at Tidikelt, at Igeli and at many other places.
 Foreign Legion.
 Here at Benl ounif is branch of the foreign legion, made up of Germans. Swiss, Italians and Americans. There are also several companies of military criminals who have been deported from France and sent down from other parts of Algeria for punishment. These men are put to making roads. bridges and all kinds of hard labor. I met one last night in a Moorish cafe who told me he was an American. His complexion was that CTS, blue jacket and tall red cap of the Spah and I took him for an Arab. I was drinking coffee at one of the tables when he sat down beside me and began to speak English. He told me that he came from San Francisco, that he had served as marine in the French navy and had finally drifted into the army. He said that the food and treatment were so bad that he could not stand 1t, and that his pay was only one cent day. Finally. he deserted and succeeded In getting 10 the Mediterranean, where he had hidden himself in the hold of German steamer. Just as the ship was raising anchor the military police came on board and discovered him, through
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14
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given good modern guns. They have practically given up brigandage, and they now sweep over the desert mounted on eamels, aiding the French in keeping the natives in order The French captain who is chief of the Arab bureau here tells me that they are by no means a had people, and that their bloodthirsti- ness is largely a matter of imagination. II is true they have been robbers in the past, but now that they are employed by the government they make splendid soldiers. They are paid from twenty to twenty-four dollars a month. and this is a fortune to them. Each man owns his own camel and takes care of it and him. self but as the food for both man and beast costs practically nothing he con sders himself rich.
 These Tuaregs are descendants of the Berber or white race of the Atlas noun tains who have been crowded off into the desert. They have long been noted as the brigands of the Sahara. They are especially distinguished by the fact that they wear veils night and day. Their veils are black; and they wind them about their heads like a turhan and then pass them over the nose and mouth and across the forehead. that only the eyes can be seen, It is said that the veil was originally adopted to keep out the dust but that now 1t Is mark of fashion and modesty. Another story told mo Is that the Tuareg men first put en veils as matter of cowdrdee and shame. They were surprised by their enemies and were so frightened that they threw down their arms and ran. leaving their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14
HEDGEHOG HARD TO KILL

I dote in the form of quantities of calciums 1 which combine with the poison and render | 1t quite harmless. It is interesting hoW- | ever, to mention that If oxalic acid IS in- l jected into the blood of a fowl it would be poisoned lt is only when given by | the mouth that the acid comes in contact with the antidote. However, as chickens are not provided with hypodermic sy- rlnges, they are not likely to run any, danger.
 If China were inhabited by pigeons in- stead of by people who speak pigeon English, a costly war and no end of con- troversy might have been averted, for pigeons are not demorazed by opium. You cannot put q pigeon to sleep with the "drowsy giant" simply because there Is something In the birds Interior which resists the narcotic influence of the nor phne to which opium owes it's activity.
 There is little to connect the Russian peasant with a goat-unless it Is the beard yet, nevertheless, they have one trait In common; neither is harmed by hemlock. It was the juice of the hemiock, so we have been told until we are tired of hear ing it. that killed Socrates. Ever since then it has been on the poison list as far as civilized beings are concerned, but. all the same roots of hemlOek are eaten as food by the Russian peasants-and by goats.
 In one respect the peasant of the Aus trian Tyrol resembles the hedgehog be- cause he can take in one dose as much arsenic as would kill several Americans. This is not because the peasant is pro- vided with any special means of com batting the effects of the drug, but be- cause he habituates himself to it. The ryroean finds that arsenic increases his power of endurance; he commences by taking an eighth part of a grain for a dose, which is gradually increased until he can take without any i'll effect five or more grains at a time.
 Experts have not been able to make up their minds why these people become tol- erant to the drug; the most plausible the ory put forward up to the present is that an antltoxin Is formed by the admnistra- ton of the poison which immunizes the subject just calf lymph immunizes ua against smallpox.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14

mon pirates we did nothing but toss them over the banister, but if they happened to be officers we had to have an elec- tion to fill the office. So we voted. IL was hard life, but it was a merry one. and nearly all hands drank beer and smoked in most any part of the ship that they had mind to. l rose right up from the ranks. being elected janitor first and then floor manager and then general su
 perintendent of the whole ship, which was a hard job because it was my work TO keep things tidy. and the ship did get so mussy in a fight. Nobody wanted to do the sweeping and dustng. As l look around this tidy room," addel Eliph' Hewitt, as he looked kindly at her through his spectacles. Miss Hinckley. it makes me sick to think how careless that ship looked on some days. Mebby you won't believe it. but the windows wasn't washed for weeks at a time. and the hold wasn't house-cleaned once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14

Did they do as well as the men had done?'
 Can you ask me such question?' said Eliph' Hewitt. "rhe Flying Hen be- came known from Africa to Greenland as the only pirate ship that had the re- fined and well conducted, ennobling infiu- ence of home around il. The plank was that well secured it made all the differ ence to the poor fellows that had to walk it. Every morning the deck was scrubbed and the sails aired and the rigging feather dusted off. The capstan and pinnacle and things was beautifully covered with tur- key red stuff, and every evening we had readings from The Five Hundred En- nobling Thoughts, including the Prose and Poetical Gems of All Ages, page s64, after which until 10 we played some of the games as given on page 74o, Five Hun dred Parlor Games for Old and Young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14
SunfIower and the Sun.

From the Louisville Courier-Journa.
 "lhe sunfiower,' said naturalist, Ifs the most deceitful of all plants, for 1t has fooled six nations.
 SIX nations believe that the sunlower turns toward the sun, and so thoroughly are they deluded they call 1t by name which bears witness to their error
 Thus the French call the sunflower tournesol. The Spanish call 1t girasol. The Italians call 1t girasole. The Hun garians call it naptaforgo. Each of thess words means turn to the sum- The English and the Americans don't go quite that far in admitting themselves to be the plants dupes. They only call it sunfower. They mean by that name. though. quite as much as the other names imply The belief Is general among six nations that the sunfiower turns with the sun and always faces the luminary
 As & matter of fact, there Is only one flower that turns or keeps with the sun, namely. the sun spurgs."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-14

there ain't no first editions in this lot. Near as I can make out this whole ship is loaded with the sixty-fourth edition of 'Jarby's Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Compendium of Literature, Science and Art and overheard she goes! With that he chucked one into the briny deep. but l put my hand on his arm. Captain, l said, I never heard of that book, but think of the ladies locked down in the basement of our own ship. Mabby these books would vile away their tedious hours. Suppose we save one copy for each of the ladiesT So we did"
 Eliph' Hewitt paused to let Miss Hnck- ley ask a leading question, but she did not seem inclined to speak. He took the sample copy that he had been holding on his knee and opened it so that Miss Hinckley could see the allegorical from tispice in three colors.
 Tn one week from that day and date,'