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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-01-23

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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13
MADAME SEED A sEcEssIoNlsT.

There has been a secession from the
gypsy camp. Madame Seed, who still
claims to be a member of the tribe
although she does not live there any
more, having removed to another Sec
ton of the town, is another old English
gypsy, who has been in this country forty
years. She has been all over the British
Isles, France, Germany and Italy, and
through a large part of the United States
She is a keen old lady, is the Madame
who has all the furtiveness of her tribe
with a little spice of individual caution
added She wears a long ulster and
hat trimmed with gay purple flowers
when she goes on her rounds, but she is
a real gypsy for all her present abjur
ance of the gaudier dress of her kind
Madame Seed has not been with the
camp for some time, although she usually
gives it as her place of residence when
she is asked.
The women of the camp will say little
about her except that she is gone. I'VE
do not NEEDLE with each others bust
ness" they say They profess ignorance
= of the customers who come to them
kThey have not many lessons to learn in
; the ways of guile.
Madame Seed when she posed for her
picture, declared that the last time she
had one taken was with Mrs. Potter
Palmer at the auditorium" AS she was
little hazy on the time and the circum-
stances it was difficult to verify the old
Agypsy's statement.
The gypsy understands human nature
Every well indeed. Even in his careless
life he can take advantage of the foibles
of human vanity. If he goes up in the
world at all the gypsy fortune teller is a
born crook. He calls himself various
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13
NO COMPETITION AMONG FORTUNE
TELLERS.

The women do not enter into Keen compeoloioh
in the telling of fortunes IL anyone coihes ~
the CAMP desiring to have fortune toio' ne Is
eiven TO whomsoever he chooses for hlmsef' NO
one of the gvpses makes any effort to secure the
nrize for herself The tribal indifference and
effortlessness characterizes the women in this
lust as the lack of all desire to work characterlzes
the men.
The gypsies have peculiar manner OF fortune
telling that is all their own. they seldom vary
from their formula either Some of the old
women are very clever in reading character IN
tuitively and in this way have been able to tell
some fortunes that appeared on tne surface 10
be really remarkable. Examination however
shows that most of them have merely a set sys
tenn that is usually sufficient for those whom
they meet.
It is usually something like this: Lady,
see great happiness for you You deserve hap
nness too very very much You do for
others than others do for you But there Is
great change coming to you. You Will not al
ways live in the place where you now live
You will go away from here. You will marry
twice good men, both of them Once you Will
marry for love and once for money. You nave
given your heart in love. There are two
men very fond of you. Did you know that? One
is light and one is dark man..
And that is about all the fortune that you
get for quarter If you cross the fortune tellers
hand again with silver and show her a dollar bill
she will discover for you all your difficulties, as
| we'll as various ways of getting out of them But
when you have no difficulties at all for a quarter,
why should one rush into trouble and pay dollar
for acquiring them, even if there is way out?
Even the children in the camp-and there are
any number of them, family being blessed
with nine and another with SIX all under ten
years of age-play at the game of fortune tell
ing OF course, they don't know anything at all
about it, but they pretend they do just
blithey, if not quite as effectively,
their elders.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13

fortune telling clan know that permanent resi-
dence lends stability to their pretensions and
they adopt it for time at least They cannot
stand the strain long, but while they do they
make money.
One of these brickfront gypsies has place on
a boulevard, where he deals out futures to whom
soever will pay his price. His ways are the ways
of the camp for all his suite of apartments He
calls himself a professor and declares himself to
be the greatest living astral psychic deadtrance
medium. visitor, with well-fabricated story
designed to catch the professor visited him after
reading this guaranty of his powers:
II will give you luck that wins success in love,
marriage, divorce, speculation business, health
and transactions of all and happy marriage,
unite the separated l will tell you how to gain
the love of the one you desire, even though
miles away; will tell who and when you will
marry.
81 will tell you what sickness you are troubled
with and how to cure it.
Il will tell you how to attract control and
change the thoughts, intentions, actions or char
acter SO that you will reach the highest possible
development of mental vigor, health happiness
and capacity to wealth; how to accumu-
late a fortune and be happy"
The reception room, with its beautiful oil
paintings, rich rug, heavy leather-upholstered
furniture and magnificent Chinese vases is de-
cidedly impressive
A negro boy in livery conducts the visitor to
the smaller room where the professor" is seated
at one side of a table facing the door,
He exudes hair oil from his sleek countenance
and carefully curled forelocks He bazes with
diamonds. On his person shine thousands of
dollars worth of gems including rings studs,
lockets, sleeve buttons. His air is quick shrewd
crnging.
He looked up with gaze of rapid inspection
the visitor entered the room. He appraised
her financial value in that glance. The 'profes-
sor's' right eye has a remarkable cast that i'm
parts to his face weird and uncanny sinister
appearance He is young man in looks, but old
in his knowledge of human nature.
"Ah!" he breathed with sbilant smoothness.
will you be seated? Right here, in the chair
opposite to me. You wish reading? What kind
of reading will you have?"
What kinds do you give?"
Il have several kinds. My prices valy with
the kind of reading I give you I have 81, So.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-09-13
PARLOR GYPSIES.

Sometimes the gypsy gets away from his no
madic life and enters into habitaton where he
tells fortunes to those who are gullible enough
to believe in him. And there are many such
1t is wonderful to note the way in which men
and women of real intelligence flock to the for
tune teers. They even have peculiar belief
that they half deny, in the prophecies OF the
gypsies out the prairie. The wiser OF the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

The sunflower, which has been a
feature of cottage gardens for the
last few weeks, is an instance of the
poverty of our language, for while in
'tourneysol" and "gyrasole" the French
and Italians sum up the flower in a
single word, we have no name to de-
scribe its we'll known characteristic.
We have, however, borrowed the lat
ter word, and converted it into "Jeru-
salem," to distinguish from its more
succulent rival the tuberous arti
choke-the only helianthus which was
used for food. But in the Russian
Caucasus, as you remember from Tol-
stoy's Caucasian stories, the eating of
the sunfiower seed is common habit
among the peasants. 1t provides such
gentle occupation as smoking, an aid
to contemplation, for some automatic
skill is needed to get the seeds and
reject the husk.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
Oniv One.

"At the unveiling Of Robins bust OF
Henley in Westminster abbey" said a
New York editor, "a number of good
stories were told about the great poet,
H. G. Wells praised Henley's con.
duct of the New Review. Of course,
this periodical failed, yet it was un.
doubtedly the best edited magazine of
the last century. In it Henley intro.
duced to the world new writer's of
such distinction as Joseph Conrad,
Kenneth Grahame, w. B. Yeats, Mr..
Wells himself, and so on.
One dag as Mr.. Wells and Henley
stood in the office of the magazine,
discussing rather sadly its gloomy
prospects, funeral went by with slow
pace.
Henley leaned out of the window
and looked at the funeral anxiously.
Then he turned to his companion and
said, with a worried frown:
"'Can that be our subscriber"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
."What does your brother do for a
DOCTOR SAID "UsE cUTlcuRA"
In Bad Case of Eczema on Child
Disease Had Reached Fearful
State-His Order Resulted
in Complete Cure.

when / was small l was troubled
with eczema for about three months.
1t was all over my face and covered
nearly all of my head. 1t reached
such state that it was just large
scab all over, and the pain and itching
were terrible. / doctored with an able
physician for some time and was then
advised by him to use the Cuticura
Remedies which l did and I was en-
tirely cured. have not been bothered
with it since. I used Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment but do not
know exactly how much was used to
complete the cure. I can safely say
that Cuticura did lot for me. Miss
Anabel Wilson, North Branch, Mich,
Oct. 20. 1907"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
ENDED THE sIsLg READING.
Beginner Resented WIfe's Enjoyment
of His Mistake.

A Kansas City man, who had fol-
lowed stock quotations, football scores
and race form sheets more closely
than he had religious and literary mat
tiers, recently was persuaded by his
wife to read aloud each evening from
the Old Testament to improve the
knowledge of both on Biblical matters.
The man became interested in the
story of the scriptures and read aloud
several evenings with great gusto and
pleasure. One night as he was swing
ing along he read: "And they horse
whipped the beasts"
Hold on" exclaimed his wife.
"What was that?"
"They horsewhipped the beasts" he
repeated, and continued reading. His
wife got up from her sewing, crossed
the room, looked over his shoulder and
read:
They worshiped the beasts
There" she said, u knew the word
horsewhipped was not in the Bible.
He! He!"
The man closed the Bible with a
snap, clasped the snap, and that con-
cluded the readings for all time.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
One of the
Essentials

of the happy homes of to-day IS vast
fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained TO worldwide
acceptance through the approval Of the
Well-Informed OF the World; not of indi-
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the happy faculty of selecting and obtain
ing the best the void affords.
One of the products of that class. VI
known component parts, an Lthieal
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mended by the Well-Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
AVOIDGROWINGOLD
SOME VERY INTERESTING AND
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS.
Prof. Naunyn Of the University Of
Strausbufg Tells How Vigor May
Be Retained Far Into the
Autumn of Life,

Although the only way to avoid
growing old is to die young, and, al
though most people are willing and
anxious to live as long as possible, the
approach or arrival of old age is gen.
orally regarded with a degree of ap-
prehension which goes much beyond
the need, says the Philadelphia In
Quirer. Those who are still young or
mlddle-aged are apt to think of the
time when they shall be old with a
feeling not far removed from dread.
They recall the infrmities by which
old age is attended and they look for
ward to the season by which the close
of life is normally preceded as one of
suffering and deprivation. 1t may he
questioned whether the average ex-
perience confirms this anticipation.
Each stake of our human existence
has pleasures of its own and the con-
dition of the aged, category to
which, by the way, very few are will
ing to admit belonging, is not without
its compensations. Old age is not,
as some seem to think, a disease. 1t
is state as natural as any other and
if only its limitations and require
ments are respected it can be made
productive of much profit and enjoy
ment.
If this is to be done, however, the
health must be maintained, and upon
this point Prof. E. Naunyn of the Uni
versity of Strasburg in recently
published article contributes some in
teresting and valuable suggestions.
The first thing he says is what many
others have said before him, that the
old man not only does not need to
eat, but, positively must not eat, so
much as the young one. He should
consume at least one-fifth less in order
that his organs may not be subjected
to an unnecessary strain. Similarly
with drinking. Fluids should be spar.
| ingly absorbed and they should be
| judiciously selected. Milk is not rec.
commended, because it is apt to disturb
the digestion.
Meat to the extent of about five
ounces daily can be eaten to advan
tage, with the customary addition OF
vegetables, which are highly bene
fetal in their operation. The doctor
believes in a substantial breakfast, but
does not approve of a late dinner. He
thinks that the principal meal should
be taken in the middle of the day, five
or six hours after breakfast, and that
it should be followed by an hour oil
rest, but not of sleep. The fat which
most people tend to accumulate as
they get along in life is pronounced
undesirable, and the advice is giver
that it be abated by eating less and by
exercise. For the latter purpose walk
ing is recommended, but it must bC
brisk walking, involving some exer
ton, and not a mere saunter. AS thu
heart is the weak point with the aged
care must be taken never to subject /
to needless strain
One piece of advice is out of the
common, but is certainly judicious. l
is that old people should not ALLOW
themselves to get into much of a rut
They should allow themselves
change both in diet and in other direc
tionS and keep in touch with tn,
course of events. To lose ones inter
est in the passing show" is to hastel
the end.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
THEN 1T LOOKED ABOUT, RIGHT.
Coal Dealer Understood When Told
What Load Represented.

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in one of
the last addresses that he made to his
Sunday school class before abandon
ing it, said of carefulness in business:
TOO many business men are care
full on one side, their own side, only.
Thus a coal dealer whom l used to
know shouted one afternoon to an en-
ploye who was driving out of the yard:
"'Hold on there, jim! That coal
can't have been weighed. 1t looks a
trif1e large for a ton to me-
"Jim shouted back:
"'This amt a ton, boss. It's two
tom
"'Oh, all right said the dealer, in a
modified tone. Beg your pardon; go
ahead"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
Rare Coin to Be Sold.

The sale of the rare Miners bank"
ten-dollar gold piece, struck in Cal
ifornia in 1850, the feature of the auc-
ton of old coins at Elders, says the
New York Times. Collectors COM
peted for this souvenir of the gold
money Of the pioneers. This gold piece
was one of q series struck during the
gold fever days in San Francisco as
a substitute for regular United States
gold coins, of which in the west at
the time there was a great scarcity.
1t is not known how many of these
coins are still in existence, but the
number is extremely limited.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
DRAWS Younu Men From country.

The darfting of the young men of
Germany into the army has tendency
to draw them from the country, for
after having lived in large city, with
its attractions and conveniences, the
return to the small village, where life
is necessarily much slower and the
opportunities for entertainment much
less, the desire to return where there
is better pay, shorter hours and more
diversity in life usually overpoweSs
the home interest
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

hy local applications as they cannot reach the dis
eased portion OF the ear. There is only way 10
cure deafness and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an tnfamed condition of the
mucous lining of the EustaChan Tube. When this
tube is inhamed you have 4 rumbng sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when 1t i entirely closed Deaf
taken out and this tube restored Its normal Cundi
tlun hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which Is nothing
but an intlamed condition of the mucous surfaces,
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness tcaused by catarrhl that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
+. j. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
Why sIoan's Liniment and Veterinary

Remedies Are the Best to Use.
Let me tell you why Sloan's Lini-
ment and Veterinary Remedies are
the safest and most practical on the
market to-day. In the first place, Dr.
Earl S. Sloan is the son of veterin-
ary surgeon, and from his earliest in
fancy he was associated with horses.
He bought and sold horses while
yet very young. He practiced as vet
Urinary for 20 years and has battled
successfully with every disease to
which that animal is subject.
All his remedies are the result of
experiments made to save life or re-
lieve suffering while he was practic-
ing his profession.
Any reader, by writing to DR. Earl
S. Sloan, 615 Albany Street, Boston,
Mass, will receive "Sloan's Treatise
on the Horse" free. This book tells
how to treat horses, cattle, hogs, and
poultry.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

"At last" says Mr.. Wood, Il began
using Doans Kidney Pills, and before
one box was gone, went through four
days of intense pain, finally passing
stone, one-half by five-sixteenths of an
inch in diameter. haven't had a sign
of kidney trouble since"
Sold by all dealers, SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
And the JUDGE Stopped Smiling.

One day a celebrated advocate was
arguing before a very rude old Scotch
Judge, who pointed with one forefinger
to one of his ears, and with the other
to the opposite one. You see this,
Mr. X?" II do, my lord" said the ad-
vocate. well, is just goes in here
and comes out there" and his lordship
smiled with the hilarity of Judge
who thinks he has actually said good
thing. Il don't doubt it, my lord,' re-
piled the advocate; what is there to
prevent it," M
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
rraveler,s Picture Books.

Picture books for the benefit of trav'
elers are kept in the Paris police sta
tions. 1t frequently occurs that for
eigners lose things which they are
unable to describe, because Of their
unfamiliarity with the French Ian
guage. The picture books contain rep
reservations of various articles, and
the inquirer has only to turn the
leaves and point out the illustrations
which resemble the property he lost.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
But Not the Same.

Mushley-Indeed, yes, he's very
tender-hearted. l really believe if a
beggar approached him and he had
no money about him he'd actually
take off his coat and give it to him.
Crabbe-Well, I'm not tender-heart-
ed but some of these nervy beggars
make me feel like taking off my coat
and giving it to them-good and
proper.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
rhe Pe-ru-na Almanac in 100000
Homes,

The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has
become fixture in over eight million
homes. 1t can be obtained from all
druggists free. Be sure to inquire early.
The 1908 Almanac is already published,
and the supply will soon be exhausted.
Do not put it off. Speak for one today.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
The other Side.

Landlady-Are you so particular
about having quiet room because
you sleep in the daytime?
De Toot-No, maam. practice on
the flute several hours a day, and any
other sound jars on my sensitive soul.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

fering some months
ago with frequent at
tacks of hard pain in
the back, kidneys
and bladder and the
k i'd n " secretions
were IRE gularly
scanty or profuse.
Medical treatment
failed to cure him.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

A gigantic tray of solid silver,
weighing more than 10000 ounces, has
just been made by firm in London
for an oriental potentate. The tray
is seven feet in diameter, and is said
TO be the largest ever executed; it
has been in the hands of the workmen
for over a year
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

II have cut off my nephew without
a shilling" whispered the dying mag
nate. Il wish there were some way
of doing even less for him. When you
telegraph the news of my death to
him, please send the message col
lect!"-Cleveland Leader.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

Nine out of ten happy marriages be-
gan without diamond engagement
rings There is no world-oId suDersti.
tion about the diamond
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
Foolish Fear.

Nervous Old Lady Ito deck-hand on
steamboatl-Mr. Steamboat-man, is
there any fear of danger?
Deck-Hand (Carelessly)-Plenty of
fear, ma'am, but not bit of danger.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
Hubby Gets Suspicious

John, do you love me?"
"Yes.'
do you adore me?"
Il s'pose."
"Will you always love me?'
"Ye-look here, woman what have
you been and gone ordered sent home
noW?'
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

Great beauty and great virtue are
always inaccessible except to those
who strive, who learn to accept, I'M
derstand and enjoy them.-Sterne.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

FITS, St. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by Dr. kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $500
trial hottie and treatise DR.. r. H. Kline,
Id, 931 Arch st., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

Drink Garfield Tea at night! 1t insures
normal action OF liver, kidneys, stomach
and bowels, and overcomes constipation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

Too many people feather their nests
with borrowed plumes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

PILES CURED IN TO Ia DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is qua aranteed to cure any case
of Itching Blind, Bleeding Protruding Piles in
to IA days or money refunded. Soc.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

No man is born without faults, but
be lives best who has the fewest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09
VIRGINIA MERCHANT RID OF A
VERY BIG GRAVEL STONE.
Another Remarkable Cure Of Serious
Kidney Trouble.

c. L. Wood, a prominent merchant
of Fentress, Norfolk Co., Va, was suf-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

The best portion of a good mans
life is his little, nameless. unremem-
bered acts of kindness and of love-
Wordsworth.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-09

That Dry Hacking Cough
needs attention. Ask your druggist
for Browns Bronchial Troches which
will quickly relieve the cough.