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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

Charles Nicholson, Sr., has pecan
tree of which he is justly proud In
1855 he was brought to Texas as a
slave. When he was set free he
bought a small farm and there was
one pecan tree on it. He planted a
few more trees, but they were small
or common pecans.
While young and strong he raised
cotton and corn and made living, but
no money to save. To-day he IS no
longer able to work the field, but de-
votes his attention to pecan trees
One tree bears the largest pecans
grown in America. They can be
found at the department of agricul
ture, Washington, where he sent a
few.
Last year he sold $54 worth from
this one tree. He gave his friends
some and planted more. The young
trees he is selling rapidly at one dol
lar each and the other day said he had
none left.-Westfield Correspondence
Houston Post.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
WHAT SAVED JUNGLE JOE"

The other day Mr. Blair in rum
maging around his house, stumbled
in an attic upon the lifting apparatus
long since discarded. 1t reminded him
of the days when he and Cannon were
on the verge of the grave and de-
SPARED of attaining old age. In great
excitement he went down to the capi-
tol, hunted up Uncle Joe" and broke
the news to him.
Joe" said he, do you remember
way back yonder when you and |
didn't think we would live more than
a week."
Il certainly do" said Uncle joe" 81
think you were the thinnest, sickest
man in the world and | lived in con-
stant fear that | would have to buy a
pair of black gloves and walk slow be-
hand your hearse. Member that oil,
lifting machine we used to have?"
you bet | do" said Senator Blair,
"and found it this morning. Just as
good as new, too"
"I'll be over to try my muscle in a
cay or two laughed the speaker. 1T
certainly was a health preserver, all
right"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
THE POET IN HARD LUCK.
Why One Of the Tribe Is Not Writing
"odes to Spring."

/ rise as 5 a, m. now, but l haven't
time to write a poem to rosy morn.
The other day, while admiring the
beauties of nature, a farmer caught
me and has been plowing over me
ever since. 1t is my first experience
with the Georgia mule, and l do not
find that animal tractable. Besides, 1t
is a pity to plow up the daisies, gilt
tering with the dew of heaven! And,
then, the mule does not appreciate
poetry; in fact, when recite it, there
is always a kick coming. AS l had
no visible means of support-other
than six poems on Spring on my
person, the farmer attached me under
the vagrant act, and so made a mule
manager of me. The mule does not
even understand Latin, and l have de-
cided to waste no more Greek on the
unappreciative animal. | don't think
plowing and poetry agTee.-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

A singular revival is taking place in
Paris for wearing the tooth of a wolf
or badger set in gold as a mascot An
old superstition connected the wearing
of such ornaments as provocative of
good fortune. The custom of wearing
thumb ring is also being resusci-
tated, and at this present time a
charming young actress on the English
stage is demonstrating the vogue, part
ly, no doubt, because it is in keeping
with the period in which she is living
in the play, and partly in recognition
of the fashion Paris is patronizing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
Devoted to Army's Work.

Adjt. Emma Westbrook, now in
charge of the Salvation Army bar,
racks in West Pontiac, Mich, was one
of the seven women who came with
Commissioner Railton from England,
in 1880, to found the Salvation Army
in America. She has just passed her
fifty-fifth birthday and has been in
the army service 80 years. Although
she is entitled to a pension and retire.
ment she refuses to take either, and
has just declared her intention to
remain in the work as long as she has
strength for the duties.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
p.-,,.rsIon Of Type.

The Sunday school teacher was en
tartaining her class with what she
had fondly planned to be a social
nnor;ng" w To her disappointment she
found that all spontaneity had been
left at home with the boys eVeryuaS s
clothes, and conversation dragged
boneIessly until her bull terrier came came
into the room. He shifted about from
one sbv hand of welcome to another; !.
when suddenly a boyish voice, un ..I
with embarrassment, burst forth:
had bull pup like that oncea' Ou' Ae
growed up into bloodhound.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

right or wrong, the settle down
stoically into the attitude of mere
spectators. Far be 1t from them to
"holler" if the cards are stacked
against them. They would do the
same if they had the power. The
other fellows have the whip-hand to-
day: when it shifts, they will give
their opponents the same dose. But
to cavort around on the floor wailing
out "Meestair Chairmannn," not for
them They are too wise to resort to
such puerile foolishness.
Nothing can exceed the perfect re-
pose which marks the proceedings as
relates to the officers and head men
who have it in charge. There is not
a shadow of a smile on the counte-
nances of the chairman and his assist
ants and the bosses" move around
on the floor of the convention or as
cend to the platform with an entirely
serious and virtuous air which would
| indicate extreme self-sacrifice and the
most absolute fairness to their op-
pOnents.
But once the business is concluded,
! over the cigars and cocktails these
genial gentlemen will unbend and re-
| late delightedly and with rare humor
the amusing comedies played on the
convention floor. They have remem-
bered the very voices and gestures Of
the reformers and patriots, they can
! initiate, and perfectly, the surprised
scream of the plundered delegation, or
| the stentorian yawp of the hard-boiled
orator They enjoy these things with
| the gusto of the connoisseur, the po-
| litical bon vivant. But at the hall, and
| in the midst of the carnage, they are
as suave as panthers and as remorse-
less as cannibals. Everything goes
in politics." is their motto, that is,
everything but honesty.
Coming back from my last political
| convention | met Jack Derby in the
smoker Jack was from the ward
next to mine. and | had missed him
! just before the voting began. | had
: noticed a stranger in his seat when l
came in rather late but still in time
to vote. Jack was moody and his head
was done up in a gaudy handkerchief.
What's up?' | said to him. Il didn't
see you when the votes were being
cast"
They thrun me out was his re-
! ply. Il went over to see friend O.
mine in the fourteenth and when | got
back to me seat they was a guy there
in it, / grabbed him and he caught
hold of me arms. The sarge" (ser-
geant-at-arms) came runnin' up an
this guy gives him the wink an says
this feller's a pick-pocket Before :
could hand him one the sarge" grabs
inches seven feet long and four feet
through-and he wings me to the door
in four jumps and fires me by the neck
and pants. See? An | lose me vote
an don't get in the hall again"
That's tough, Jack" was my con-
solatory reply.
Tough said Mr.. Derby, with an
injured air, "an | was goin' to vote
right all the time. think that SER
geant must be bugs"
Copyright, by Joseph b. Rowles)
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

Wife-Have you any secrets You
keep from me, dearest?
Husband-None darling.
Wife-Then | am determined | viii
have none from you, either
Husband-Have you secrets, then"
Wife-Only one, and | am resolved
to make a clean breast of it.
Husband (hoarsely)-Go on
Wife-For several days | have had
a secret-a secret longing for a new
dress, with hat to match, for my birth
day.
That fetched him.-Tatler.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
Laughing Bird of Australia

others within hearing into the neigh
boring trees, and these at once set up
an echoing cackle that is repeated
again and again.
The kookaburra is also Known as
the laughing goburra and the laugh
ing jackass.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

Telephone communication has been
established between a number of Aus
tralian farms by means of wire fences.
1t has been found easy to converse
with a station eight miles distant by
means OF instruments connected on
the wire fences. Several stations are
thus connected.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
Remedy for Leaking Fountain Pen.

NS"'SNy '0' -SoH"'S TN"fso" TS"'
If the threads in the rubber con-
nection of a fountain pen are worn a
little the joint will leak enough to
soil the fingers. Dry the threads with
blotter and cover them with melted
paraftin. Turn the nozzle into the
barrel while the paraffin is still warm
and you have an ink tight joint.-Pop-
ular Mechanics
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

In Belgium breeders are obliged to
keep a record of all cattle raised by
them, and each animal has a regis
tered trade number, which is en-
graved on the ring fastened to it's
aor
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
EIaa of PENNSYLVANIA CITY.

The city of Easton, Pa, has adopted
a municipal flag, said to be copy Of
the flag which waved over that town
during the revolutionary war. The
flag has IL red and white stripes in
the upper corner, and the remainder
of the flag is blue with circle of eight
white stars in the center.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

A man OF the name of Scarlet Is
acting as prosecutor of the Pennsylva.
mia state house grafters. 1t is, per.
haps. only natural that he should
catch some OF them red-handed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

An educator in New York opposes
the 'feminizing" of boys, citing as al
illustration of his theory that women
are not in favor Of war. He evidently
never followed the proceedings of a
d. A R. business convention or cleo.
tion when in full blast.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

The members of the fair sex have
nerves as well as their husbands and
brothers, and if tobacco smoke affords
a grateful solace, why should they not
be equally entitled to this boon along
with the men?-Good Health
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
Daily Thouoht.

am convinced that skepticism ap.
piled to the tender years of childhood,
boyhood and girhood is a corrosive
acid eating at all the foundations of
character that we wish to strengthen
and support-Lord Rosebery.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

If a man has brains back of his fore
head he never has time to consult .
beauty doctor.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

Tile ordinary political convention is
a collection of wild animals, whose an
ticS are extremely amusing but abso-
lutely without form and void. Nothing
outside of cage full of monkeys can
present such an example of futile ac-
tivity. Each delegate is duly ticketed
and loaded with his proper credentials
and fondly imagines that he really is
of some Importance in the gathering;
that is, he does if he is a green
hand" If he is a seasoned campaign
er, he knows that he merely "repre-
sents the people" and the chairman
and secretary of the convention rep
resent the delegates, and the boss
es represent the chairman and sec
retary. BY means of this sliding scale
OF actual power it will be seen thai
the bosses" represent the people!
1t was my deep delight to have at,
tended a number of political conven-
tions. The will of the people" stood
about deuce high in the political
deck The will of the bosses" was
always the ACE" and it could be and
was turned from the bottom or top
just as the emergencies demanded.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

Imagine a long, low, rakish hall, the
atmosphere wavy blue with tobacco
smoke. Aisles are cut through to the
platform, generally three in number,
TO admit of committees on this, that
and the other to go forward to the
platform and hand in their cut-and-
dried communications. The different
wards and districts are ranged about
the hall, each with its particular spot
TO stay in, like checkers on board
before the game begins. Many of
these delegates are in their shirt.
sleeves, and many are talking wildly,
&esticulating powerfully and in other
ways molding the destinies of their
country. The very few who are not
smoking are choking.
On the platform are two tables, at
which the chairman of the convention
sits, he having been chosen by the
powers that be. He is a mere puppet
III their hands, understanding what
they want, and at any and all times
ready to carry out their wishes. The
secretary is a mere echo; the assist
ant secretaries mere assistant echoes.
Two or three highly respectable
Stoughton-bOttles of various titles sit
on the stage to deceive the unintell-
gent observer into the belief that
things are "on the square" A pitcher
of water is on the chairman's desk,
for he will open the convention with
a speech. In that speech he will glori-
fly the proud history of his own party
and skin, salt and nail to the political
smoke-house the hide of the opposite
party. This is a species of buncombe
which is always indulged in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

By the way, convention oratory is
divided into two kinds, the turned
loose" and the "squelched." The
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
FACTS FOR SICK WOEV8E EN-.

For thirty years Lydia Z. FlllK-
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indigeS-
ton, dizziness or nervous proStration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

Sometimes convention is opened
with prayer. This is something which
cannot be touched on at length for
the devil himself could not conceive a
more grotesque blasphemy Most con,
ventions are opened with political
''jimmes,' being burglarious aggrega-
tiOns, brought together for purposes
of plundering men of their political
rights. The chairman has his speech
carefully learned by heart, and he is
invariably eloquent, pungent. witty,
scholarly, terse, dense, flOwery and
iong-winded. But he finally subsidies,
and then, after the committees re-
ports and the platform are finished,
and some more political red tape is
gotten through with, the work of
nominating candidates is begun But
before the convention has reached the
point of being ready to vote there
have been number of battles fought
to- finish befure the various commit
tees on credentials.
In certain wards of the cities. or
certain districts in the country there
may be a dispute about some dele
gates, these claiming the right to rep
resent the people," those putting in
counter-claim for recognition. In
such cases. contests are begun and
the respective claims thrashed out be-
fore the committee on credentials.
which have the power to review these
disputes in the various districts or
wards.
No one but the contestants and the
committee and the other delegates are
allowed in the committee rooms IN
these contests, it being a sort of fam
lily affair. Usually, the contests are
determined according to the way the
bosses want them to be decided,
but if it doesn't matter about a vote
or two, the bosses allow the com
mittee to do as they please. Evidence
is heard speeches are made, and the
committee .7icks the winner
The losses keep accurate tab"
On the Number of votes they need.
but ara ready to achieve results by
any means they consider necessary.
One unseated delegate rushed madly
up to boss" on the floor of the con-
vention and screeched out: What
| dye mean by throwin' me out? There
| amt no contest on me at ALL" The
boss" looked smilingly down at the
fiery face of his questioner, sur
mounted by it's bright red covering Of
| locks and responded easily, gracefully
and most urbanely: Il don't like the
color Of your hair" And the delegate
remained "unseated." Men were let
out of their deleSations for any or no
reasons. The only question was TO
have the majority, or at least the loud
est and most pugnacious minority.
! This latter, with the able aid of the
chairman and the secretary, will ena-
BILE any combination to jam through
the nomination of their candidates.
Supposing, for instance, that Smith
Is the candidate the bosses" want,
and Jones the opposition candidate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30
Use NOuv. SI1ver Evo,.v E3o,,

SILVER shine dissolved in tho wash water will MAJ
y liks new: IweDty.iive cent package by mail
Sll-VEE sHlNE CO., lW Ocean Street. D All, FIHI..
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-04-30

This woman says that after
months of suffering LYDIA T..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made her as we'll as ever.
Maude f. Forgie, of Loesburg, Va''
writes to Mrs. Pmkham:
81 want other suffering women 70
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's V1ge,
table Compound has done for me. f9r
months l suffered from feminine Ills
SO that thought 1 could not live !
wrote you, and after taking Lydia Il;
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, ana
using the treatment you prescribed
felt like a new woman. am now
strong, and we'll as ever, and thank you
for the rood YOU have done me-"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-28
CONTINUED from First Page)

Barrett made a speech right after
Macfarland's. in which he said ali the
women present We're beautiful and all
the men were noble. because they were
playing baseball To raise money for the
Fairgrounds. Although he addressed his
remarks TO the center field fence in
stead d to the grandstaIrd, he was APP
plauded with great v5lUme. because he
expanded his chest in a manner grand
70 see.
After the Oratory, the game was on.
Between the innings the band played
I'm Afraid TO Go Home IN the Dark
and My Maryland" Everybody sur
rupted only once. and then by rain.
The last half was played while the rain
came down ia sheets.
Twirler Goes Bad.
From the start until the eighth in
ming, II was waIkaway for the
Chamber. Its twirler. a young man
carrying the name OF TingIe Hume. had
the Boards batters completely at mis-
mercy. He had a lot of fun with one
Clagett. who years ago lost his hair
and his ability 10 bring his bat into
center field for the Board and. after
the game. was found Offering up thanks
that no one sent the ball in his direc-
ton
But TingUe's arm gave out in the
eighth. and the Boards men had no
trouble in hnding him for three-bag-
gers and singles. The Board, however.
after discovering IN two innings that
Roesch was not the pitcher he had
cracked himself up 70 be, put Conner in
the box Conner was the Hvest man
On the diamond He pitched and played
first base at one and the same time
The star for the Chamber OF Com
merce w Phil King II was a bargain
day for aim. No fly was too high for
him. no rrounder clothed with too many
whiskerH. He raced up and down the
territory between first and third bases
and made catches that brought forth
salvos not TO say CanuOnades, OF ap-
plause. He was stationed on second
base, but he played all over the infieId.
The only mistake ne made was in not
taking Tingue out % the box when the
Tingue arm went on the bum.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-28
Kacaionist Counts Cross Ties
Under Rays of a Burning Sun

Il am sorry" said the conductor
kindly. but you are on the wrong
train. We do not go TO Occoquan-"
The tall young man, his vacation
dream suddenly Interrupted. gazed
blankly for a moment at the uniformed
Official then AT the grip near his feet
and then at the flying scenery
What should dor he asked meekly.
as ne hecked a tear from the rim Of his
glasses.
Unerringly the conductor had sized
up the situa ton. Here was a young man
en- route 20 spend 2 vacation with q
friend AT Occoquan, wherever that is,
who IN moment Of abstraction com
mon among lGvesick and vacation bent
young men. had taken the wrong train
at Washington The two actors in the
pathetic scene were then eight miles
south Of Alexandra aboard g Southern
railway train not numbering the young
mans destination among its watering
places Yet the conductor saw his duty
clearly
You can so on with Us to our first
stop. forty-f ur miles down the road II
you have the fare. but I would suggest
that you get on here and catch team
back 10 Alexandria. You cannot catch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-28
Near Bali Players 1ravel Some
After the EZnsive Horsehde

Tom Hume. who caught for the
Chamber and who showed up with a
suit intended 10 convey the impress
sion tlat he once played on the HaT-
ward team, did good work, ana once
caught a foul after performing a
highland fling under the descending
spher=. Roesch. who started the
pitching for the Board. distir guished
himself by throwing the ball higher
over the first Easements head than
has ever been done in any game in
any country at any time. When he
did IL. Switzerland scowIeG at him
angrily.
SoutherIand's batting was a fea-
ture and a surprise The first time
he went TO bat he stabbed at the ball
much as an assassin might attack his
victim. Later. however. he connect
ed with the spheroid IN the most ap-
proved fashion
NcQuade. who caught for a while
for the Board. labo-ed under the mis-
taken impression that ne was in a
bowling alley. When Tom Hume.
after incaIculable effort. succeeded IN
striking out. McQuade dropped the
third strike and let Hume get 10 first
while he was tryins 10 roll the ball
10 first base
Kaufman Right There.
But mention should be made OF
Kaufman, first baseman for the Cham
Der. He was right there with pair
OF Hl-fitting trousers and a glove big
enough to catch anything. He played
the game for all II was worth, and
always smiled when Phil King romp-
ed into his territory and caught fly
which Kaufman would have caught
n he hadn't been afraid OF King
Everybody had a good time from
the start OF the game 10 the time
when Robert y. Harper. president OF
the Chamber OF Commerce. presented
TO the Board Of Trades team the sill
yer cup as a token Of victory.
Nobody seemed 10 mind about the
rain. II only got their pretty white
shirts muddy. and they managed 70
make lust as many errors In the ram
as theV would have Gone had the day
beeu clear Toward the last. II was
said. the Board OF Trade allowed us
hest batsmen TO go 70 the pat ana
nut them up three or four times IN
one inning, but II seemed TO De ali
right. and the game was not iOF-
felted-