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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
A sPooK WINE AGENT.
Here's Something Really New In the
Line Of Pushing Sales.


II have consulted a medium" the
delicate creature said to me in a
mysterious whisper.
How did you come to do that?" l
asked.
Il had lost faith in doctors to cure
me, and friend told me to consult
spiritualist, and l did"
"Of course you went to the best?" I
said, smiilngly.
II went to Mrs. Smithkins. She
stands very high" was the serious an
swer.
And what did she tell your
The mysterious whisper became al
most uncanny as she answered:
1T was all very strange-very. You
see, was a total stranger to her.
She did not even know my name, and
yet almost as soon as she went into
trance she told me that she saw
my dear son-the one who is on the
other shore, you know"
Her eyes grew luminous and her
expression unearthly.
He had a message for me, she
said," she went on.
And of course you received it as
bona fide?"
How could I help it? She called
him by name and he said to her
just think of it-that he had known
all along that / was ailing, and had
been very anxious to get message to
me. Tell mother he said, that l can
see that her health is failing, but
that there is a remedy for her trou-
BILE. There is certain kind of wine
/ that will help her. Here the medium
wrote name on slip of paper.
Tell her to take that daily for
at least six MONTHS my son said to
| her.
but | do not know where to get
it, l said to her when she handed me
the slip"
"And of course she told you," ven
tured as the whisper faded.
The delicate creatures eyes glis'
tened now.
THAT was the strangest thing OF
ALL" she said, quickly. while
spoke a card fluttered down to the
floor right in front of me. picked il
up, and there was an address written
upon it in my sons handwriting. II
was No. - Fulton street, Man
haitian, and it told me that there
could find the wine mentioned"
And you went there and bought
the wine?"
"At once. A whole case of it." Ant
she smiled angelically.
The next day l took the trouble tt
pass the door of No. - Fultor
street. AS l had suspected, the nam'
of the wine merchant was - &
Smithkins.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
FRIENDLY TIP
Restored Hope and Confidence.

After several years of indigestion
and it's attendant evil influence on the
mind, it is not very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gen
orally.
A N. Y. woman writes an interesting
letter. She says.
Three years ago I suffered from
an attack OF peritonitis which left me
in a most miserable condition. For
over two years l suffered from nerv-
BUSINESS, weak heart, shortness of
breath, could not sleep, etc.
my appetite was ravenous, but I
felt starved all the time. had plenty
Of food but it did not nourish me
because of intestinal indigestion. Med
ical treatment did not seem to help,
I got discouraged, stopped medicine
2nd did not care much whether l lived
or died.
zone day a friend asked me why
didn't try Grape-Nuts, stop drinking
coffee, and use Postum. I had lost
faith in eve tything, but to please my
friends be Fan to use both and soon
became very fond of them.
ut wasn't long before l got some
strength, felt a decided change in my
system, hope sprang up in my heart
and slowly but surely 1 got better.
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and have
better health now than before the at
tack Of peritonitis.
my husband and I are still using
Grape-Nuts and Postum" there's q
Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road tc
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time 10 time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27

self upon the platform of the mosque
His face was beaming with hap
piness, and his eye had never been
more bright, for he had an i'm
nnrtant communication from Allah to
reveal to the wives of the Faithful. At
his side upon the platform stood an i'm
mense copper kettle which his waiting
slave had brought him. One by one
the rebelling women came and
squatted about, anxious to hear the
special revelation promised by the
beaming expression upon Abdullah's
face.
Finally, when they had all congre.
gated, Abdullah, in voice deep with
mystery and awe, commanded that
each woman present should go at once
to her home and Immediately return
with jug of milk. The women de.
INJURED. They had come, they said, to
hear the revelation. Abdullah ex,
planned that no revelation was possible
until his command had been oh eyed
and in few moments two score Wom.
en-, each with a jug of milk balanced
upon her head, stood before him.
Pour the milk into this KETTLE said
Abdullah, with a voice suggestive OF
still greater mystery, yet in his eye
was a twinkle of delight which hr
could not conceal.
The women filed past the kettle
poured the milk into it, and returned
to their places upon the floor before
the great teacher. Abdullah, solemnly
stroking his long beard, looked silent
ly at the foaming camels milk, and
then slowly turned to the wonderirg
women before him. His mornings dis
course upon the perfect wisdom Of
Allah, and the wonderfulness of his
revelations, was prefaced with a lon
ger introduction than usual. Nevei
had he been so eloquent-never hat
he spoken with such confidence.
Now, o wives of the Faithful" ht
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
A Modern Girl

Constance Smedley writes: There
are still people who decry the modern
girl, with her healthy athleticism, her
varied interests, her ever-growing
knowledge of the world and freer con.
tact with humanity, as being hard and
selfish. There still exists a propensity
to sigh regretfully after the old-fash-
Toned ideals and mild and half
hearted tendency to invoke these
ideals as examples for latter-day
daughters to follow. l say half.
hearted because no one would really
wish to put the modern girl back in
the oriental period of ignorance and
seclusion when it was considered fast
for girls to take railway journeys
alone, bold to ride bicycles, blue to
possess any thorough knowledge of a
subject, masculine to take interest in
current politics, and 'unladylike' to
voice or even to own any definite opin.
iorS."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
ECZEMA FOR 55 YEARS.
Suffered Torments from Birth-ln
FrightfuI Condition-Got No Help
Until Cuticura Cured Him.

II had an itching, tormenting ecze-
ma ever since 1 came into the world,
and l am now man 55 years old.
l tried all kinds of medicines heard
of, but found no relief. was truly
in a frightful condition. At last I
broke out all over with red and white
boils, which kept growing until they
were as big as walnuts, causing great
pain and misery, but I kept from
scratching as well as l could. was
so run down that l could hardly do
my work. l used Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment, Resolvent, and Pills for about
eight months, and can truthfully say
am cured. Hale Bordwell, Upton,
Ia, Aug. II, 1907"
Il cheerfully endorse the above tes-
timonia!. 1t is the truth. know Mr..
Bordwell and know the condition he
was III. Nelson R. Burnett, Upton, Ia" l"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
ProureSS,

"Yes," said Mrs. Malaprop. my
boy is doing first-rate at school. l
sent him to one O. them alimentary
schools, and his teacher says he's do
ing fine. He's trst-class sculler,
they tell me, and is head of his class
in gastronomy, knows his letters by
sight, and can spell like one G. these
deformed spoilers down to Washing
ton"
whats he going to be when he
grows up?"
"He wants to be an undertaken, and
I'm declined to humor him, so I've told
the confessor to pay special intention
20 the dead languages" said the proud
mother-Harper's.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
QUITE SAFE WITH HER.
one Secret "Tootsle" Surely Never
Would Pass Alcng.

John, love-" said the young wife,
you oughtn't to have any secrets from
me-"
We'll, Tootsie?"
You go to lodge meetings. and you
never tell me anything about them"
They wouldn't interest you, dear.
I don't mind giving you the password,
though, If you'll promise never to dis
close it to a living soul"
I'll promise never to tell it to any
body"
Remember it's to be repeated only
once and very rapidly"
I'll remember. What is it?"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
What? Please say it again, lit.
tie slower"
Have you forgotten the conditions
already? l said only once and very
rapidly"
(Tearful pause.)
20, dear! l wish you hadn't told
mel"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
India's Savings Banks.

The postal savings bank of India
was established in 1882, in which year
the depositors numbered 39,121 and
the deposits amounted to $932,243. III
1907 the depositors numbered 1,190,-
220 and the deposits amounted to $l9,-
223,283, which, perhaps, should not be
considered large in country having
a population of some 300,000,000. but
the average Indian farmer, mechanic,
servant or laborer never deposits
money in a bank, but hides it away
in a pot or box in the ground.-New
York World.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
Alcohol in Temperance Drinks.

Government analyses of so-called
temperance drinks sold in England
prove that they contain from 2 to
12 $40 per cent. of alcohol. The liquor
laws of England take no account, for
purposes of taxation, of beverages
containing less than 2 per cent, but
of 4.147 samples of supposedly limo
cent drinks examined in the last four
years, 3,C9S exceeded that proportion.
Ginger beers and herb beers were
found to have the highest percentage
of alcohol, some of them containing az
much as cIaret or Rhine wine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
TRIP COUNTY, S. o.
Government Land Opening.

The government opening of a mil
lion acres Of fine agricultural and
grazing lands will probably occur about
Oct. 1st. The Rosebud extension Of
The Chicago C North Western Ry. is
the only railway reaching these lands,
and Dallas, S. D., is the railway ter
minus and the only town on the reser-
walton border. The U. S. land office
will probably be located there. Pamph-
let's describing this land and how to
secure a quarter section homestead,
free on application to w. B. Kniskern
P. T. NJ, c. & N. w. Ry., Chicago, Ill.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
HIS OPINION OF FIELDING.
At Least, Only Kind Young Broker
Knew Anything About.

A young broker in Boston, while Wis
iting a certain household in the Hub
not long ago, encountered number
OF young women graduates whose con-
yersation suddenly turned to a dis
cussion of the development OF the
English novel.
The dealer in stocks and bonds
speedily found himself 'out of it."
Presently, during a lull, one young
woman asked him:
What do you think of Fielding, Mr..
Brown"
"Oh, fielding is important, of course y
quickly responded the broker, but
it isn't worth much unless you've got
good pitchers and men who can hit
the ball. l."-Harper's Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27

Rodrick-Howdy, old man? We are
going on a camping trip soon. Did you
ever enjoy a camping trip where you
had to do your own cooking and sleep
beneath the stars?
Van Albert-Nope.
Rodrick-What? Do you mean to
say you have never been on a camp
ing trip?
Van Albert-No, 1 mean to say that
/ never enjoyed one.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
Bromidish Actions That Live.

In every theater there are always
some who can be depended upon to
applaud the stage hand who carries
on chair; there is always somebody
at every ball game to applaud the UNI
pire when he catches ball thrown
out to him. And yet those things long
ago ceased to be funny. Verify the
rock-the-boat fool is not the only self
perpetuating genius.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
What Poultry Man Says About 20
Mule Team Borax.

AS am in the poultry business,
had ten white chicks to wash and
prepare for a show. I used "20-Mule
Team" Soap for washing the birds,
and I can say from years of eX-
perience washing white birds, never
before have l found a soap or
Borax that cleaned my birds so fine
and easy. I had a great deal of COM
ment on my birds being so white.
J. A. Dinwiddie, New Market, Tenn.
All dealers-1s, 1 and 5 lb. cartons.
Sample and booklet, &c. Pacific
Coast Borax Co., Chicago.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
Largest Rock crusher in Operation.

Largest Rock Crusher in Operation.
The largest rock crusher in the
world was recently thrown into opera
ton in a cement mill at South Pitts
burg, Tenn, and it crushes all the
rock used by a 4,0O0-barrel plant.
The machine has an hourly capacity
of 800 tons and 60 per cent. of the
product is in pieces four inches or
less and 80 per cent in pieces two
inches or less. The crusher is 10 feet
in height and weighs 425,000 pounds.
The hopper is 20 feet in diameter
The operation Of this machine alone
requires 30 horse power.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
Il Makes a Difference.

II don't see why that idiotic swell
set should turn down Moneybags."
well, he's self-made man, you
know"
But they admitted Snodgrass, and
he's self-made man, too"
"Ah!' but he was made in Eng
land!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27

TFdHIC NTGdIIy IIICTedsSu TIT at 'S'
With the last few years the vehicu-
lar traffic of Paris has increased enor-
mously. Horse-drawn and mechanical
ly-propelled, it now totals 101, ,75O We
hicles. There are at the present time
1000 omnibuscs and tram cars, against
S45 in 1891. IN 1900 there were only
$4,000 hackney coaches against 1920
today,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
His Faulty Memory.

"Have you got any-any typewrite"
exterminators?" asked the small boy.
What" exclaimed the salesgirl,
aghast.
Typewriter exterminators. I think
that's what they told me to get. Any
how, it was something that"
DO you mean typewriter erasers?"
well, maybe that was it, but what's
the difference? Amt they the same?
want q dimes worth of EN-"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
ONE EXCEPTION.

Easy Edmund-It's one Nv de frail-
ties NV our poor human nature dat no
matter how much a man gifts he wants
more.
Drather Sitdown (thoughtfully)-
Oh, dunno bout dat. Not in police
court he don't.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27

FITS, st. Vitus Dance and Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by Dr Klines Great Nerve RestOrer
Send for FREE 500 trial bottle and treatise. Dr.
4. Il. Kline. Id 93l Arch Street Philadelphia, Pa
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27

Use Aliens FootsEase
Cures red aching sweating feet. 25c Trial package
free. A. 5. Omsted LIE Roy, MY.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27

A man must stand erect, not be kept
erect by others.-Marcus Aurelius.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27

1t doesn't pay to borrow trouble even
on q friends account.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
A GOOD OLD FRIEND.

The Gumpot-Well, you fellows can
say what you like about the editor.
For my part, always stick up for him.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27

Misplaced kIndnesseS.
Kindnesses misplaced are nothing
but curse and Observation-Disclosures
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-08-27
WE WANT ALL THE
PIANO TRADE.

The only way we can get big
part Of it is by offering you more
piano for less money than anyone else
can. Write us about what you have
to spend, and we will tell you what
we may be able to do to meet your
special want.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-14
DEATH OF PIONEER RECALLS INCIDENTS
Hackett Did Not Want to Be Buried Alive and Was
 Humored.

ALBUQUERQUE, Feb. 13.-The Kingston correspondent of the Sierra County Advocate grows reminiscent over a special dispatch which recently appeared in the Morning Journal an- nOuncing the death at Lakeville,
 Mass, of Peleg S. Hackett, a famous character of the early days when southern New Mexico mining camps were on the boom.
 "All the old timers, says the cor respondent, will remember Hackett, the dog fancier, with his gray hair always cut close, and bull dog ex-
 pression, he was often taken for re- tired pugilist. He run the day shift
 behind the bar in the old Long Branch saloon for George Close in the cash
 days of Kingston. Close never kept any books, he claimed he could not
 write Close was close, and he made twenty thousand dollars out of the Long Branch in short time. At the same time Harry Boyer run the Long
 Branch stud game, the greatest ever | pulled off in New Mexico. The rake | down averaged one hundred and fifty a night. 'Icicle Bill pulled the pa pers on the Faro layout, and always
 gave Close the chills when he an nounced the last turn" Hackett at | this time came near having duel | with Tom Grady, at that time one of | the high rollers. Hackett won his
 greatest distinction by knocking out
 the attendants and escaping from the pest house during the smallpox epi- | demic. Some one reported that they i buried smallpox patient alive. Hack. J cit would not stand for that kind of
 a funeral. He made a run and make his escape. He was captured and | taken back, but to preserve the peace
 Of the pest house Hackett had to be given a guarantee by George Close,
 Peter Gharst and others that he was not to be buried alive if every man in the blooming camp must be down with the smallopx. This pacified Hackett and he submitted and finally
 recovered, although returning to the
 Long Branch badly scared. This all | during the first boom of S2 and 'S3
 before the cinch lem alive" invaded
 the camp. At that time there was no body bridla wise or otherwise. It was good old unadulterated good times and "Oh be joyful"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-14
BADGER FIGHT IN
 HONOR OF NEW YORKER
Exciting Event Pulled Off At Douglas In Which Hans
 Distinguishes Himself.

One of the gamest badger fights ever pulled of in Douglas was witness ed last evening by a large and hilar- icus crowd of we'll known local sports men in the Reay & Johnson livery barn.
 The fight was given in honor of Mir. Hans of New York, who Is stopping at he Leslie House. Mir. Hans has come out from the big metropolis to get awly frol the maddening crowd, improve his health and incidentally get some idea of life in the wild and woody west He got quite large idea last evening for the fight was eminent Iy successful in every particular. MT. Hans being a native of New York City. where badger fighting is tabooed by the best society, had never had an op- portunity of witnessing such fight. He has occasionally gotten in on some pretty lively dog fights, cock fights. and other less ferocious contests held occasionally in New York, but a gen uine badger fight was something SUI prsmeiy new. He said he had heard that 1t was common form of amuse- ment @out vest and his friends at the Leslie have been anxious to secure a goodanimal for an exhibition. One was
Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-14

and Santa Cruz counties now await an answer from Delegate Mark Smith and will not proceed in the narrow gauge bond matters until he expresses ais views on the proposition" said George F. Kilt to the Tucson Star.
 MT. Kilt was on the committee ap- pointed by the Tucson chamber or commerce to consult with the cham Der of commerce of Nogales and the Santa Cruz county board of superyis- ors in the matter of relieving the two counties of the unjust debt. He re turned yesterday from the trip to No gales. Speaking of the conference held in Nogales, Mir. Kilt said:
 "The chamber of commerce of No gales gave enthusiastic support to a movement for relief At the confer ence there were present two of the members of the Santa Cruz board of county supervisors, and after the dis cussion the chamber of commerce in structed the supervisors that the No gales chamber of commerce desired the board to work in earnest effort to bring about relief The two members present gave personal assurance that their action would be along that line. "The plan of first referring the mat ter to the representative in congress met with universal approval
 ''We expect to hear from Delegate Smith and secure his views in the matter by the latter part of the week"
Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-14


 of the company The news of MT Cowan's resignation from the manage ment of the company came as great surprise to his friends in Douglas, and i it was thought at the time that MT Arthur would be his logical successor He has been prominently connected with the business affairs of the com pany for a number of years. He has proven an able assitant to MT. Cow an and his promotion is fitting reward for his long and faithful services. He will assume the management of affairs after March l.
 The many friends of Postmaster Fred E. Caldwell were congratulatins him yesterday on the news of his re appointment to office for another four year term. Notwithstanding the fact that city's postal business has way outgrown it's present quarters, under MT. Cadwell's direction the business of the office is being handled in high. ly satisfactory manner. He has now practically secured promise from tne government that more commodious office will be provided when the pres ent lease expires, next October. Post offiffice Inspector Hall was in the city last week and the matter of arrarg ing new quarters is now in his hands The new lease will be for 8 term oi ten years and it is expected that an office sufficiently large to handle the growing business for that time will be secured.
 Steps are now being taken to make more conspicuous the international line in the neighborhood of Douglas and Agua Prieta. Heretofore it has been a difficult matter for a man seeking one country or another in extraordinary haste to determine quickly just when he had crossed the line. Customs officers, line riders and various officials of government depart ments whose business is connected with the boundary line have also had some little difficulty on account Of scarcity of monuments to determine the line The monuments are now oyer two miles apart, but Ross Allison of Fl Paso, the United States govern ment surveyor, is now at work run ming the line and monuments will be erected every mile through the coun- ty in the neighborhood of the two cities.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-14
CHARGED WITH
 STEALING WATCH
Ed Randall Awaits Hearing On Accusation of Picking
 Pocket.
Lowell. Feb. 13.

Lowell, Feb. 13.
 Ed. Randall has been placed under arrest charged with stealing a watch from the person of William Sutless night before last, while he was in a local saloon. A friend of Sutless, Sam Barnett, discovered Randall in the act oF going through the pockets of Sutless, and demanded that he de sist Randall became indignant and declared that he was not guilty of the accusation, and demanded that he be searched in order to prove his innocence. As he seemed to be frank about it this was not done. but later his arrest was caused, and he is a present confined in the local jail. His hearing will take place tomorrow morning.