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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05
Tramp Thrashed by a Woman.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Mrs John Snyder
of Riverside, who weighs 275 pounds,
busted the roadside with a tramp who
had insulted her. When she was
through with him the knight of the
road was pitiable sight.
The tramp went to the Snyder farm
house and, after being given some
thing to eat, discovered Mrs. Snyder
was alone and insulted her. Mrs. Sny-
der knocked him down. picked him
up again. ran him to the road, held
him with one hand and beat him with
the other.
Neighbors, hearing the tramp's
shrieks, ran to Mrs. Snyder's aid.
They wanted to lynch the man, but
she insisted the punishment she had
given was severe enough.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05
LAMENT FOR CHANGED TIMES.
Adonlram Corntop Discourses on Pres
ent-Day Extravaganza.

Eyes. stree. Bill, times is changed
since you an me was doin' our court
in" said Adoniram Corntop. with
note of sadness in his voice, to old
Andy Glover, who had come over to
"set spell"
when we was doin' our courtin'.
Andy, a gal thought she was bein'
treated right harnsom if a feller
bought her ten cents wuth O. pep'mints
once ia awhile, an If he TUX her to
any doln's in town she didn't expect
him to go down into his jeans to the
tune of dollar or two fer ice cream
an soda water an candy at fo'ty cent?
paound. My son 81 TUX his duckey
doodle to the band concert in town
yistiday an there want quarter left
of a dollar bill he struck me fer time
he got home. Beats all the way young
folks throw the money away nova
days. l tell ye times is changed
nightly since we was boys, an the
Lawd only knows what the end will
be with feller layin out rs cents on
gal In one day."-Puck.
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proceed with the burial. and this was
done.
Mrs. Joseph Smith, formerly Miss
Lydia Ray of Stroudsburg. tainted
when she heard the sound OF the cof-
fin saw.
The trouble all came about through
the mistake of driver. who took to
the grave a box too short, which had
been secured already when the funeral
party arrived. A scene followed the
discovery of the drivers error, and it
was with much difficulty that many of
the sorrowing relatives could be re-
strained.
1t was at first suggested that anoth-
er box be procured, and this would
have been done but for the long delay
entailed. and so the undertaken and
relatives finally agreed to make the
coffin fit.
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The captain gave me a swat across
the jaw for making noise enough to
scare the crew into mutiny, the mate
gave me kick when l started for
the cooks galley, and several of the
under officers hit me. and by the time
got my apron on to help cook din
ner was bruised and mad, and decid-
ed to get even with the captain. l am
peaceful citizen until somebody
walks on my frame, then I become
terror to the foe.
When we began to fry the beef for
dinner / told one of the crew that 1t
was a shame to feed men on steer
meat, when the steer had died in its
stall of Texas fever or rinderpest.
and before we got the meat cooked.
ready for the dinner of the officers and
crew. every man but the officers had
talked over the dead steer. and re-
solved that they would not eat it, and
when they sat down to the table, and
1 began to bring in the meat. they all
looked like mob of anarchists ready
to murder somebody, and helped all
I could by saying in whisper: This
Is perfectly good meat, but this is a
good day to fast, and you viii live
longer" The officers at the other end
of the Cabin were eating the steer all
right, but the crew never touched it.
confining themselves to the bread and
coffee, and pretty soon one of the
crew proposed that they show their
displeasure by taking the meat and
throwing it at the officers.
Well, If live million years will
never have SO much fun again. About
30 men got up and grabbed the meat
had put on their plates. and began
to throw 1t at the captain and mate,
and all the officers. and of all the
greasy mess ! ever saw, that was the
worst. The captain got up on a chair
and pulled a revolver. and asked what
was the cause OF the assault. and was
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05
Shoot.

special favor to allow me to shake
his hand before | died, as | knew my
earthly career was about done for, and
by that time the battery was buzzing,
and I reached cut my hand to shake
his. He gave me his hand. and when
began to squeeze his hand the cleo
tricity went up his arm SO he turned
pale, and | hung en- and he yelled to
the officers to take me OFF, as | was
killing him, and the sweat stood out
on his face.
The mate grabbed hold of me and
gave him my other hand he began to
dance. and the three of us were as full
of electricity as trolley wire. | hung
on and made them get down on their
knees and swear they would not lick
me. and then let go of them and be.
gan to weep again, and they were sor-
ry for me.
Then they made me tell them who
was, end that ] was going to France
to meet Pa. and monkey with air ships
and when they were sure was Pecks
Bad Boy they said / could have the
free run of the ship and that | had
the right to play all the tricks on any
body that ! wanted to.
They made me show them how
worked my little pocket battery and
then they wanted me to shake hands
with all the crew so they got the
whole bunch in the cabin, and the
captain said they had been entertain
ing an angel unawares, and that was
the original Bad Boy. who had trav-
eled all over Europe and met the
crowned heads, and he wanted to in
troduce me to each member of the
crew personally, as distinguished
guest who honored the ship by being
on board. Then he began to pass
them up to be shook by the great and
only.
The first fellow TO put out his hand
was Greek, who drew knife on me
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going to shoot, when the crew drew
revolvers and told him that II he
pulled a trigger they would annihi-
late every officer on the boat and take
charge OF 1t themselves. and run It
into the first port He said the crew
could stand anything except eating dis
eased cattle, and that they drew the
line at steers that had died of rinder-
pest.
The captain was stunned. and said
the beef flying through the air was
good, and he got 1t from cold storage
In Baltimore. and asked that a com
mittee go with him down in the hold
and see the evidence. and a commit
tee was appointed to go down and
see about It,
When they came back they were
satisfied, and the captain asked them
how they got the idea the meat was
bad. and when it came to that felt as
though some one would squeal on me,
and as ] started to MAKE a get away,
and hide somewhere until the storm
blew over. one of the crew took me
by the neck and said to the captain:
This young man told us about the
meat"
The captain told the fellow that had
me collared to take me to his cabin,
and he came in pretty mad. and called
in few officers. and they were get
ting ready TO kill me. when thought
of the little electric battery in my
pistol pocket.
It is one | got in st. Louis to scare
people with. | can turn button. and
the battery will send electricity into
my arm and through my body. and I
turned the dingus, and felt the cleo
tricity going through me like ginger
ale up your nose, and when they had
got ready to maui me began to weep,
and told the captain | was no saint,
but | wanted quiet life, and all the
fun / could have, and / asked him as
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him. The matador doJged and more
cheers went up.
The bull turned quickly in his
ond attack and Picardos essayed to
thrust the animal in the back of the
head.
The bull was up to such tricks,
however. and in jiffy had waltzed
around the matador, who found 1t no
easy matter to keep his feet because
of the shifting nf the vessel.
The excitement was intense. Even
the officers on the bridge left their sta
tions and added their "bravos" to
those nf passengers and crew.
1t looked as though the bulls time
had come. ard some of the forecastle
hands were betting how soon the ami
NAL would be killed. when the mata-
dor suddenly dropped his sword and
giving yell of terror. ran up the lad
der to the promenade deck, leaving
the bill to his own devices.
Ell TorD paved the sword once or
twice ard, as he began to below for
more worlds to conquer, Juan Fuetos,
a 1s-year-old sailor, jumped down into
the wssi, grabbed the sword and gave
the bsll a savage dig.
The animal did not like the new at
tach and, turning sharply. charged the
sailor man. Fuetos was not dismayed.
Tw,.e he thrust the sword into the
shoulder of the bull. and as he with
drew 1t for third the ship gave an
unupual lurch and sea broke into
the well.
The sailor lodged it, but the wave
caught the bun, threw it off its feet
and, before the surprised passengers
could cheer, washed it overheard.
The passengers raised purse for
Fuetos, who was real hero. Picardos
kn7t to his cabin when the vessel
borthed here and declined to discuss
the matter
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.BULLF|GHT IN A
GALE ON A SHIP
ESCAPED ANIMAL DEFEATS
GREAT MATADoR, BUT LOSES
TO YOUNG SAILOR.
PROFESSIONAL FLED IN FEAR
Tells Of His Prowess In the Arena,
But Runs for Safety When Time
to Prove VaIor Arrives
Sailor Bests Beast.

New York.-Bull fighting in an
arena where the animal has not a
ghost of chance is quite different
from bull fighting in gale aboard
ship. as Valantin Picardos, one of
Spafn's best matadors, found out to
his sorrow during the trip of the Span
ish line steamship Antonio Lopez,
which has just arrived here.
The passengers of the Lopez tipped
their noses skyward when mention
was made of Senor Picardos' courage.
and dark-eyed senorita, who came
in the vessel. said that the matador's s
idol was shattered.
Flushed with the glory of a score Of
brilliant campaigns in the plazas of
Barcelona, Cadiz and Madrid, Picardos
boarded the ship at Cadiz, and during
the first week at sea was wined and
dined and praised until. according to
the officers, his waistcoat buttons
threatened to fly off, and there was
not cap aboard the ship big enough
TO hold his head.
Slowed in the well which divides the
superstructure of the Antonio Lopez
from the forecastle were three bulls
that were taken aboard at Malaga en-
route to Mexico for the fights.
One day when the ship was nearing
its destination Picardos was busy ex-
planning to a dozen or more admirers,
chiefly women. how adroit he was in
dispatching the savage bull. whep an
attendant came running aft shouting
that one of the bulls had broken loose
and was smashing everything in sight
Here was Picardos' chance. Jumping
to his feet, he hastened to his state
room, quickly returning with a gleam-
ing sword.
He had scarcely reached the deck of
the well when the bull came tearing at
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05
SAWS OFF COFFIN AS
MOURNERS FACE GRAVE
sIsTER-iN-LAW OF DECEAseD
FAINTs WHILE UNDERTAktH
MAKES cAsKET FIT BOX.

stroudsburg. Pa.-Several dozen
colored people from this town were
among the chief mourners at the
funeral of Mrs. David Smith, near
East Bangor. When the party arrived
at the grave they were Mortified when
the pallbearers found IT impossible to
lower the coffin itself. which was TOO
long for the rough box.
The outcome of the unusual circum-
stance was as extraordinary as the
situation itself. for after a consulta-
ton between the relatives and the
undertaken 1t was decided TO saw a
piece from each end OF the coffin and
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05
Boy Rescued from Bear.

Winnipeg. B. C.-While standing on
the railway depot platform at Revel-
stoke James A. Macdonald, chief en-.
gineer for contracting firm on the
big tunnel, saw bear come out of a
bush and carry Off the eight-year-old
son cs William Lines. a locomotive en-
gineer.
Macdonald chased the bear. The
animal dragged the child to his den
and it was only after strenuous fight
that the man managed to rescue the
boy. who was seriously injured, but he
will recover. The bear made his es.
cape into the mountains.
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PUZZLE SOLVED.
Coffee at Bottom Of Trouble.

1t takes some people long time to
And out that coffee is hurting them.
But when once the fact is clear,
most people try to keep away from
the thing which is followed by ever
increasing detriment to the heart,
stomach and nerves.
Until two years ago 1 was a heavy
coffee drinker," writes an Ill. stock
man, "and had been all my life. 1 am
now Sc years old.
about three years ago l began to
have nervous spells and could not
sleep nights, was bothered by indi-
gestion. bloating, and gas on stomach
affected my heart.
Il spent lots of money doctoring-
one doctor told me 1 had chronic ca
tarrh of the stomach; another that l
had heart disease and was liable to
die at any time. They all dieted me
until l was nearly starved but l
seemed to get worse instead IF better.
Having heard of the gaod Postum
had done for nervous peopic. dis
carded coffee altogether and began to
use Postum regularly. soon got bet
ter, and now, after nearly two years.
1 can truthfully say / am sound and
well.
Il sleep well at night, do not have
the nervous spells and am not both
cred with Indigestion or palpitation. l
weigh 80 pounds more than when /
began Postum, and am better every
way than ever was while drinking cof-
fee. can't say too much in praise Of
Postum, as I am sure it saved my life y
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville." in pkgs.
Ever rend the above Ietterg new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuines true and full of human
interest.
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Normal College for China.

The new Chinese board of education
proposes to establish a shih-fan
hsuech-tang, or civil normal college,
in PelSing. for training teachers for
service in the various civil schools
and colleges throughout the empire.
In addition to Chinese classics, says
Harper's Weekly. English, French,
German. Russian and Japanese will
be taught in the proposed college, un-
der the instruction of experienced
teachers. The college will be estab-
lished in the Chinese city in the course
of the present year, and the annual
expenditure is estimated to be about
100000 taels (about s70,0O0).
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my ears off to serve on toast, gave
him the limit, and he curled up like a
German dachshund and laid down on
the mat, making motions with his
mouth as though he was repeating
poetry, and he said: "Kape away from
me. we hoodoo," and he crawled out
SO quick 1t almost broke the door.
The captain and mate laughed every
time l shook hacds with any of the
crew, and when / had paralyzed them
ALL and got them so scared they would
come to me II / whistled, and eat out
of my hand, the captain said was
worth more toward maintaining disci-
pline on the boat than a whole ponce
force, and he wanted me to do some
thing every day to keep the crew from
being lonely, so that night at supper
time / charged all of the steel knives
and forks with electricity and got two
niger chasers ready for business.
1t was to be the last night before we
landed in France, and | was prepared
to make it meal long to be remem-
bered. sat next to the captain, and
that brought me right close to the
crews table, and when the crew filed
in and took their places. they all
looked at me as though was the
devil instead of an "angel child"
l had match all ready and when
the supper was put on and the crew
grabbed their knives and forks they
were shocked real hard and they
dropped them and yelled something
like the swear words of each nation
ality, and then put my niger chas-
ers down on the floor, headed for the
crews table, and lit the fuse.
Well. you know how niger chasers
will chase. Gee, but they went under
the crews table, smoking and kissing.
the sparks flew, and the brave crew
got np and run out on deck yelling
fire" and murder" and damn that
boy" and the man in charge of the
fire hose turned 1t into the cabin and
drowned everything out, and the crew
run away and hid. and when things
cleared off the captain said: boy, l
like a joke as well as anybody, but
you have overdone this thing, and l
am mighty glad we land tomorrow,
and you can go to your pa and his
confounded airships, and may the
Lord have mercy on him.
Then we went to bed, and 1 ex-
pected some of the crew would stab
me before morning but I guess they
were too much ratified.
Gee. but l am dying to see Pa, and
help him spend government money for
eatings. seems as though / haven't
had square meal since my chum and
struck that community near st.
Louis. as escaped balloonaticks.
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savaoery In Civilization.

It is no time TO say that man can
not, in civilized society, be guilty OF
cannabilism. / tell you there are
more cannibals In New York than in
the isles of the Pacific; and II to-day
you were suddenly to take away the
support that comes from eating men.
there would be thousands and thou
sands of empty maws tomorrow In
that city-Henry Ward Beecher.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05
scalIops Ears of a Doq.

Paterson. N. J.-Wong Kay was
fined $50 by Peace Justice Percey for
cutting a dogs ears in scallops to
make him look like bulldog. Neigh
bors of Kay had complained of the
animals cries. and an investigation
was made. The dog had to be killed
by G. C. Shelby of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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flow. l was examined again and again
and treated to no avail, and kept get
ting worse. / have to praise Doan's
Kidney Pills for my final relief and
cure. Since using them I have gained
in strength and flesh and have no sign
of kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05
Need of Joy in ones Work.

Joy in ones work is the consummate
tool, without which the work may be
done indeed, but without which the
work will always be done slowly,
clumsily, and without its finest per-
fectness.-Phillips Brooks.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05
Not Exactly Proper.

Him-How do you like my duck
suit?
Her-It looks like misnomer to
me.
Him-A misnomer?
Her-Yes; it makes you look more
like goose.-Chicago Daily News.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05

When a man lets the wind blow all
the shingles of his house he talks OF
the strange ways of Providence.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-11-05

five years ago with
dull backache, which
got 30 severe in time
that I could not get
around. The kid
ney secretions be-
came badly disor-
dered, and at times
there was almost a
complete stop of the
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KEPT GETTING WORSE.
Five Years of Awful Kidney Disease.

Nat Anderson, Greenwood, s. c.,
says: Kidney trouble began about
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-03
rs Marriage q Faiiure7

Mrs. Stanley Barnst, formerly Mrs.
Flora Rash af Barton Landing, has
discovered that hasty marriages arr
sometimes very costly affairs In more
than one sense She alleges that her
husband threatened To kill her or have
her confined hi lunatic asylum. 10
she swore out a warrant for hs arrest
Barnet was arrested at the Grand
Trunk station iii Montreal where they
1T present reside. He had his luggag
checked and was about to leave the
city when detectives arrested him.
Mrs. Barnet met her husband at Bar
ton Landing while he was q member
of the Murdoch Theatrical Go. She
SAYS that lie represented to her that
he was going into business in Montreal
and that on his representation she hand
cd over to him st.520. They went to
Montreal to live and he paid four weeks
board. but one day he came home from
the races at Blue Bonnet park and said
that he mad lost all the money except
S25. They then decided to 60 back TO
Rarton Landing. A few weeks ago
they returned to Montreal and Mrs
Barnet SAYS that at this time she gave
him 81 200 on the same representation
as before. When he was arrested they
found but SIT Of the $4,000 that she
lad given him,
Mrs. Barnet further declares that
her husband has been in correspondence
with a Woman in Philadelphia and that
she suspects him of bigamy, and sne
also discovers that his picture. which
he 50 often wanted to have taken, is on
exhibition in the rogues' galleries Of
Montreal. New York aud Boston Il is
said by her. friends that when she was
I1arried to Barnet she was worth $4,000
and has but $50 left.
Mrs. Barnet'es brother. John E. Law
renee. went 30 Montreal 70 bring his
sister home but she refused to return
AID promised her husband that ii BE-
would live with her she would with
draw her charges.
Some time ago Lawrence wished 20
have q guardian appointed over his
sister to prevent Der spending her
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-03
Notice.

The Aldrieh library trustees solicit
bids for the ianitor work for the public
library. Bids must include attending
fires, sweeping and busting rooms, care
of grounds both summer and winter and
closing building at night. Bids must be
sealed and addressed to N. ID. Phelps.
secretary, and to be for one year from
and after October 80. 1905. All bids to
be in hands Of secretary at O'Clock p.
m, October 10, 1905. The trustees re-
serye the right to reject any or all bids.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-03
A Pastor from North Dakota.

The Rev. Edwin ]. Lewis, who has
just completed pastorate in Valley
CITY, N. OAK, has accepted call 10 the
Congregational church ID West Brattle.
boro. tie will begin work al once. The
Rev. Mr.. Lewis came to this country
from England in 1851. He attended Mar
ietta college In Marietta. Ohio, 0beriin
college. Yale Divinity school, and Chicago
Theological seminary. After his gradna-
tion from Yale In 1894 he was instructor
LII moral science and English literature
In the Connecticut Agricultural college,
DIT the same time holding d pastorate In
North Mansfield His other rastorates
have bee in Shabbona, ILL.,, Plymouth.
Conn, and Valley City, N. Oak, He has
4 wife and two daughters. He gave up
his pastorate In Valley City on account
of the I'D health of one Of his children.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-03
TO SAVE FRUIT GROWERS 100000.
Fungus Which Kills White Fly Pest Of
the Orange Tree,

New Orleans, Nov. 3.-The red-pink
fungus, lower growth plant whose pos.
tules enmesh and Kill the white Nv, the
dreaded pest q theo range tree, has be.
come aeclimated In Louisiana, after ex-
perlments Of three years AMI Is multi.
plying and spreading rapidly in the
groves Of this state. Fruit growers win
save more than 100000 this year alone
IN the cost Of chemicals formerly used
In spraying trees.
Arthur H. Resented. assistant ento.
mologist Of the State Crop Pest Com.
mission, after tour Of inspection
through the orange growing sections of
Louisiana, ends that recent periods OF
excessive rainfall have greatly accelerat.
ed the growth Of the fungus. and that
by next season the white,ay ravages will
have become 8 thing Of the past.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-03
PROMINENT IN STATE.
Dr.. C. A. Brown Died Recently at His
Home in Ludlow.

Ludlow, Nov. 3.--Dr. @. A. Brown died
suddenly at his home here early Monday
morning Of cerebral hemorrhage. When
his daughter went to his room 20 call
him for breakfast he did not respond but
in moment She heard gasps. She I'm.
mediately called Mrs Brown and the
mother and daughter rushed to his side
aud found him dying. He lived only a
few moments.
Dr. Brown was well known throughout
the state as a physician, lodgeman and
politician. As q phyieian he was consid-
cred one Of the best in this section. BE
was past high priest of 0kemo chapter,
r. A. NJ, district high priest, a mem
Der of the odd Fellows fraternity, anu
the Mystic Shrine. He was member
Of both town and county Republican
committees, and a village trustee.
DIR. Brown was 40 years old. He had
lived here for II years. He is survived
by his wife and two daughters, Edith
and Maud.
The funeral win be held Thursday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock under direction OF
the Masons.