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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
CURE AT CITY MISSION.
Awful Case of Scabies-Body Mass
Of Sores from Scratching-Her
Tortures Yield to Cuticura.

"a young woman came to our city
mission In a most awful condition physi-
cally. Our doctor examined her and
told us that she had scabies (the itch).
incipient paresis. rheumatism. etc..
brought on from exposure. Her poor
body was mass of sores from scratch
ing and she was not able to retain solid
food. We worked hard over her for seven
weeks but we could see little improve
ment. One day l bought cake of
Cuticura Soap and bottle of Cuti-
cura Resolvent, and we bathed our
patient well and gave her full dose
of the Resolvent. She slept better that
night and the next day / got box of
Cuticura Ointment. In five weeks this
young woman was able to look for a
position, and sheis now strong and well.
Laura Jane Bates, s5 Fifth Ave, New
York, N. Y. Mar. IL, 1907"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
THE PAINTING SEASON.

Good results In painting at the least
cost depend largely upon the material
chosen. Paint is simple compound
and the ingredients can be easily test
ed. The solid part or pigment should
be White Lead. The LIQUID part
should be Linseed OIL. Those best In
formed on painting always buy these
Ingredients separately and have their
painter mix them fresh for each Job.
Before the mixing the test is made.
Place pea-sized bit of White Lead
on a piece of charcoal or piece Of
wood. Blow the fame against 1t and
see what it will do. II 1t is pure
White Lead. little drops of bright, pure
metallic lead will appear, and with pa
tience the White Lead can be COM
pletely reduced to one globule of metal
lie lead This is because pure White
Lead is made from metallic lead.
You may test dozens of other So
called White Leads and not be able
to reduce one of them to lead. If they
will not change wholly to lead but
leave residue. 1t is clear that some
adulterant is present.
II you should have your painting
done with such materials, no matter
how cheap they might seem, 1t would
be costly in the end.
National Lead Company. Wood
bridge Building, New York City, are
sending on request a blowpipe free to
any one about to have painting done,
so that the White Lead may be test
ed. With 1t will be sent a handsomely
printed booklet having as its frontis-
piece the Dutch Boy Painter" re-
produced from the original painting
This little painter has become noted
as the guaranty of pure White Lead.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
WANTED THE WORLDS OPINION.
Prisoner Had to Have That, Though
He Went Without Luxuries.

A certain prisoner landed in jail al
most penniless. He was a man who
had figured in a number of the towns
shady transactions and his name was
pretty well known. A few days after
his Incarceration he wrote to friend
asking for a monthly allowance of ten
dollars to be continued during his
term of Imprisonment. The friend, re-
membering past favors. remitted the
amount each month during a period
that covered two trials and the long
time intervening. One day 1t occurred
to him to inquire into the manner of
expending the allowance. He sup
posed 1t was used to buy occasional
extra meals, few cigars and newspa-
pers, but just as a matter of curiosity
he asked for particulars. He found, 10
his astonishment, that the prisoner
had never ordered an extra meal and
had not smoked cigar all the time
he had been in Jail
"Then what in thunder" demand
ed the man, have you been doing
with that ten dollars month";"
Il subscribed to two press clipping
bureaus" replied the prisoner coolly.
You don't suppose, do you. that am
going to pass through this. the most
critical time of my life. without find
ing out what everybody has got to say
about map"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
Contrary to the Last.

Speaking OF 'contrariness, said
the man from Connecticut, probably
the most contrary person that ever
was heard of lived near my home at
Haddam. Not only did he carry his
stubborn streak through all the things
of this life, but he intended, according
to his own statement. to persist even
further with it. Just behind the little
house where he lived there was
stone bluff, and the old man spent
most of his spare time quarrying out
big rectangular hole in this mass of
rock. To all the questions of his in
quisitve neighbors he would make no
replies until he had completed the ex
cavation to his satisfaction. Then, to
the first person who chanced to ask
the purpose of the work, the old man
answered proudly:
Well. I'll tell ye. When ] die I'm
goin' to be buried in that hole, and all
them stone blocks ye see settin' round
air goin' to be piled in on top of me-
Then, when Judgment day comes, and
Gabriel blows his horn. amt a.
comin'i
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
John DIS EaoIe Stone.

John d. Rockefeller pretends that
he is not and never was superstitious;
still he carries in his pocket an eagle
stone. 1t is perforated stone of great
antiquity. found in an eagles nest, and
is supposed to be charm against
disease, shipwreck and other dis
asters. 1t is of a brownish tint and
about the size of pigeon egg. When
shaken 1t rattles as if another stone
were inclosed within it. A ribbon
passed through the perforation is said
to possess more virtues than even
John d. himself. When the old gentle
man wants to confer a particular favor
upon some one he gives few inches
of this ribbon.-New York Press
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
THE LIVING ROOM.
II should at All Times BE . "LIvabIe"
Room.

What to do with the living room is
a problem that confronts every house
keeper. The living room should be
In fact as well as in name a living
room-a livable room. It is the room
in which the most Of our time at
home is spent. the hours we have for
leisure, the time we have for play,
the place where we entertain our
friends and 1t is absolutely essential
that the walls and furnishings of the
living room should be harmonious in
color. suitable in texture, and durable
in material.
The rich. soft, solid colored walls
are the ideal walls for the living
rooms. They make a better back
ground for pictures. throw the furni-
ture out in better relief. are less dis
cordant with rugs and carpeting, and
Indicate higher degree OF taste and
culture than do the colored mon
sti'osities which we paste on when we
apply wall paper.
Who ever saw roses climbing up a
plastered wall growing out OF a hard
wood floor? Yet, that is what we
suggest to the imagination when we
paste paper covered with roses on
our walls. They are neither artistic
nor true. Roses are all very beauti-
full, but they were never made to
climb up interior walls and they do
not grow from hardwood flooring
The set figures of wall paper are also
tiresome and equally disagreeable and
repellant.
The alabastined wall is the only
correct form of a tinted or solid col
ored wall. Fortunately 1t is the only
clean way, and more fortunately it is
the only permanent way; the only
way that does not involve the end
less labor in the future.
In lighting the walls some thought
must be given the color. Light colors
reflect $50 of the light thrown upon
them. Dark colors reflect but 1595.
Lighting bills can be saved by choos-
ing a c5ior which will reflect the
largest degree of light. In north
rooms use warm colors or colors
which reflect light. In south and
west rooms sometimes the light can
be modified by the use of darker
colors. Dark green's absorb the light;
light yellows reflect it; browns mod
ify it, and so on, through the scale
of colors. The color scheme of a
room not only is dependent upon the
color of the carpetings but it is also
dependent upon the light Of the room.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
PERHAPS a NATURAL MISTAKE.
Physician Had Reason to Think He
Had Lost His Patient.

Henry Grimm, who was formerly
one of the prominent members of the
German-American society. tells a story
about a German friend Of his who
was taken Ill.
For many days the German was
close to death, but after time he
showed improvement in condition
The doctor told the Germans wife
that her husband might have any
thing to eat that he liked.
The German expressed desire for
Limburger cheese, and the wife. being
a generous woman and pleased at the
improvement, and in order that her
husband might have nibble at any
time he had taste for 1t, put some
cheese In every room In the house.
1t is easy to imagine the aroma.
The next morning the doctor called
at the house, and as soon as he opened
the door he asked:
When did he dieT-Hartford Post.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
HERE'S new TERROR
sTARTLINo MENACE TO COMM
siAL FELICITY piscovEREp.
Experiment Successfully Made by New
jersey Man Threatens Terrible
PossIbIlitIes-NewP Properties
Found in Salt Water.

II Richard Taguc Of South Amboy.
N j., had followed the advice Of the
popular song and told his troubles to
the p'leceman, he might not have
known SO much In the long run, but
he would have been a sight happier.
There had been slight domestic
fracas because Tague had shown an
unreasonable jealousy. according to
his wife, and so he was a-walking the
streets. pondering whether he should
drown himself or go home and thrash
his wife.
At this psychological moment a sail
or-man crossed his path and in the
subsequer. maneuvering they became
chummy. Tague told his tale OF woe:
the Ancient Mariner prescribed a
remedy. He was a salt of the old
school. one who had followed the sea
long before the days of "tin-kettle
sailors" In his wanderings he had
touched many ports. met many strange
peoples, and wealth of mysterious
knowledge was hidden beneath his
wind-worn cap. He whispered in
Tague's starboard ear; Tague shook
his head approyingly. and the twain
sheered off.
That night when Mrs. Tague, a bit
tired by a two-hour Caudle lecture,
slept heavily, her husband procured
basin of salt water and placed her
hands in it. After which he lis
tened For a time she just babbled.
Then her speech clarified and began
to spout. She told all the anxious
listener wished to know of her life,
before she met him and since. So
much, indeed, that he straightway filed
an application for divorce.
This strange uncorking property of
salt, which we commend to the inves-
tigating eye of Prof. Hyslop and Sir
Oliver Lodge, must be looked into Mt
once. 1t holds in the present incom-
plete knowledge Of it, too great
menace to all married men. The An
Client Mariner didn't tell Tague how
brine affected the masculine tongue.
and Tague was too much concerned
with its effect on women to question
him about 1t. Until its absolute In
nocuousness towards man is shown
however, husbands will have to walk
warily. OF what avail will be the
tale of the sick friend, the lodge meet
Ing, the unprecedented business activ-
ity at the Office, If the-ahem-un-
truth of any or all these tales can be
determined by judicious soaking of |
the husbandly hands in salt water?-
Cleveland Leader.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
COFFEE EYES.
II Acts Slowly But Frequently Pro-
duces Blindness.

The curious effect of slow daily poi
soning and the gradual building in of
disease as a result, is shown in num-
bers of cases where the eyes are af-
fected by coffee
A case in point will illustrate:
A lady in Oswego, Mont. expert
enced slow but sure disease settling
upon her eyes in the form of increas-
ing weakness and shooting pains
with wavy. dancing lines of light, so
vivid that nothing else could be seen
for minutes at time.
She says:
This gradual failure of sight
alarmed me and | naturally began a
very earnest quest for the cause.
About this time | was told that cof-
fee poisoning sometimes took that
form. and while didn't believe that
coffee was the cause of my trouble, l
concluded to quit 1t and see.
Il took up Postum Food Coffee in
spite of the jokes of Husband whose
experience with one cup at neigh
boris was unsatisfactory. Well, l
made Postum strictly according to di-
rections, boiling it little longer, be-
cause of our high altitude The result
was charming. / have now used Pos
tum in place of coffee for about 3
months and my eyes are well, never
paining me or showing any weakness
/ know to a certainty that the cause
of the trouble was coffee and the cure
was in quitting it and building up the
nervous system on Postum, for that
was absolutely the only change made
in diet and l took nc medicine.
MY nursing baby has been kept in
perfectly healthy state since l have
used Postum.
Mr.. -. friend, discarded cof-
fee end took on Postum to see If he
could be rid of his dyspepsia and fire.
quent headaches. The change pro-
duced most remarkable improve
ment quickly"
"There's Reason" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Greek. Mich.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
A Rox on cIeravmen

dinner in New York. read Coopers-
town schoolboy's essay on Clergy
men," The essay. which created much
amusement, was as follows:
There are 3 kinds of clergymen
bishups, recters and curates. The bish.
ups tell the recters to work and the
curats have to do it, curate is thin
married man. but when he is recter
he gets fuller and can preach longer
sermons and becums a good man."
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
a Gardening Nation.

In Sweden a gift is made once
year to each school pupil of trees or
shrubs to be planted about the home.
By law each parish must grant GER
tain amount of land to be devoted to
the purpose of school gardens. There
are scores of horticultural societies
which employ gardeners to give the
public free instruction and advice on
fruit and vegetable culture The nat
ural resources of the country are be-
ing increased in this way to won
derful extent.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
HE COULD BE TRUSTED.
Youngster "Made Good" Before Temp.
tation Was Put In His Way.

A train from the north pulled into
the station at Charlottesville, Va. An
elderly man thrust his head out of a
window of a day coach and summoned
little colored boy. The following col
loquy ensued:
Little boy. have you mother?"
"Yassuh.'
Are you faithful to your studies?"
"Yassuh"
"Do you go to Sunday school?"
"Yassuh"
DO you say your prayers every
night?"
"Yassuh."
"can trust you to do an errand
for me?"
"Yassuh."
well, here's five cents to get me
a couple of apples. s.'-Success Maya
zine.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use SO much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind paste of varying
thickness. which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou-
Bile can be entirely overcome by using
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

Starch, like everything else, is be-
ing constantly improved. the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defiance Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
Out of the Mouths Of Babes.

Little Arthur stood peering down
into the countenance of his baby sis
ter, whom the nurse was singing to
sleep.
Say, nurse" he finally whispered.
ITS nearly unconscious, isn't it?"
The nurse nodded in the affirmative.
and sang on.
Then don't sing any more. or you'll
kill it."
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
Her Chance to Come.

Mrs. Newliwed-I baked this cake
this morning. Mrs. Naybor gave me
the recipe for it.
Mr.. Newliwed-Never mind. dear;
just bide your time and some day
you'll have revenge on her.-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
Still Another Excuse.

Are you willing to chop some wood
for your dinner?"
Lady" answered Plodding Pete,
I'm interested in de preservation of
the forests, an it would be ag'in me
principles to put an ak into one of de
forest. even though he lay PROSTATE at
me feet"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
HOw's ThisP

We ofer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halle
Catarrh Cure
FIJI. CHENEY q CO., Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned, have known r. j. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financially
able carry out any obligations made by his nrIn.
wALDINd. KISSAN q MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
No Trouble to Show Goods.

Old Gentleman Ito beggar)-What
do you do for living?
Beggar-I make post holes. sir.
Old Gentleman (absent-mindedly)-
Yes? Well, l never give charity;
bring me along any you have on hand
and I'll buy them from you.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

Garfield Tea, the herb medicine, in
sures healthy action of liver, kidneys,
stomach and bowels. Take it for consti-
Tea Co, Brooklyn, N. Y. for free samples.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

Each one does best who does his
best for one day at a time. and then
refreshes himself with the knowledge
that he can do it better on the next
Semplon.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
Explicit.

This is an age of STEEL" said the
after-dinner speaker.
Permit me to suggest" interrupt
ed the chairman, courteously. that
for the benefit of the reporters pres
ent you spell that last word
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
1t Cures While You waIk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for
hot, sweating. callous, and swollen, aching
ieet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FIR EsSI.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

NJ. Heath, OF 15S
Eighth Street; For
fifteen years ! guf-
fered with pains In
my back. frequent
calls to pass the Sc
cretions. dropsy. rheu-
matte aches and other
symptoms of kidney
trouble. l could get
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
CONCERNING THE OLD MAN.

A man whose boy comes home from
school and wants help on his lesson
realizes that a little learning is dan
gerous thing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
A ParadoxIcal Way.

Isn't it queer that baronets in Eng
land are commonly called by their
front nsmes?"
why so7"
Because, considering their titles.
one would suppose them rather called
by their Sir names
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

All effective work is the result OF
concentrated thought and persever-
ence-Marden.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
For Chinese Forest Protection.

The first Chinese school OF forestry
has just been opened at Mukden. The
Chinese empire paid no attention in
the past to the destruction of its for
ests.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

no relief until l used Doan's Kidney
Pills. They cured me five years ago.
and this is twice have publicly said
SO. The cure was thorough"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
Very True.

The Best Friend-I hear her old
husband shows her dog-like devo-
ton.
The Casual Gossip-Yes, they say
he is always growing at her.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
From SUNNY ORANGE GROVES.
Tine TwIee-ToId Experience Of San
Bernardino, Calf, Man.

From Sunny San BeTnardino, in the
midst OF orange groves, writes Lionel
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

Genius is but the habit of seeing
more deeply and clearly than most the
common things of earth-De La
Rance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethfng, softens the gums reduces In.
hAmmation sllays pain cures wind coiu 25c bottle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

We prepare ourselves for sudden
deeds by the reiterated choice Of good
or evil.-George Eliot.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23

Didn't Want to Pay More.
you are fined ten dollars for con-
tempt of court"
'I'm glad, Judge. that this is not
higher ourt."-Harper's Wtekly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-23
Important to Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORlA safe and sure remedy for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-18
THEGATES OFLEE
tContinued.,

cpghs reservdJ wmnr rmmmRm u u mm
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-18


 work, retires. by his own determina- ton, From his high office. on the fourth of March. next. His refusal of a re. motives and by noble loyalty to American traditions, Is final and ii- revocable. Any one who attempts to presidency impugns both his sincerity and his good faith. two of the Presi- dents greatest and most conspicuous qualities. upon which no shadow has ever been cast.
 That man is no friend to Theodore Roosevelt and does not cherish his name and fame. who now, from any motive, seeks to urge him as a candi- date for the great office which he has finally declined. The President has re- fused what his countryman would gladly have given him: he says what he means and means what he says. and his party and his country Will respect his wishes as they honor his high character and great public service.
 But. although the President retires, he leaves his policies behind him. To those policies the Republican Party stands pledged. We must carry out as we have begun. regardless alike of the radicals of reaction and the radicals ot revolution. We must hold rast to that which is good while we make the ad- vances which the times demand.
 We ask for the confidence and sup port of the American people because we have met the problems or the day and have tried patiently to solve them. We appeal for votes and for the power they confer because we uphold, the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-18


 Presidents policies and shall continue to sustain them We make our appeai with confidence because we have well defined policy and are not. like our opponents, fumbling in the dark to find some opinion on something.
 Support of the Courts.
 We believe In the maintenance of law and order and in the support or the courts in all their rights and dig nifty. We believe in equal rights Tor all men and are opposed to speciai privileges for any man. or any class of men, high or low. rich or poor
 We. who established thesgold stand ard. are pledged to the cause of sound finance. We stand for protection To American industry and American laoor and we will resist all the assaults ol free trade under whatever name comes disguised. We will see to the defence of the country. We mean 70 have a navy worthy of the Amerlcan name. We seek peace and friendship with all the nations. but alliance with none. Yet. we have no intention Of bs- ing a Hermit Nation The great ser- vices of the President to the World s peace will be continued by the party which he has led. We are party TIT to rule and govern. to legislate ana administer. and not fortuitous collec- tion of atoms whose only form or thoughts or motion Is to oppose. Above all. we are true to our traditions md to our past; true now, as we were in the days of Lincoln.
 Tn this spirit we must prevail-by this sign me must conquer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-18

No need to give Csscarets direct to the baby. If the mother takes them, baby gets the benefit. This vegetable laxative conveys its full effect to the mothers milk. So one candy tablet, taken when needed, keeps both mother and baby we'll.
 No other laxative is gentle enough for a baby. No other acts so naturally. Use Cascarets alone. Any person living largely on milk must have the help of a laxative. Milk fails to supply the laxative effects that other foods supply. Sc nursing mothers all need Cascarets