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The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-01
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Miss Deeply does make some Of the
most inapt quotations" remarked
Bragg. r.
"Yes7' queried hewitt. what, for
insiance?'
We'll, last night remarked that I
always avoided political discussions be-
cause | didn't want to make n fool of
myself, and she said ono cannot paint
the lily or gid refined gold "--Phila .
delphIa Press.
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Mr.. and Mrs Kenneth Mckenzie
of this city, are spending. part of the
honeymoon at the Hotel Wolcott, New
York They will go to Atlantic city
later
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-01

Miss Orth OF Atlantic Highlands Is
the guest OF Or. Fred Beck at his home
In Congress avenue.
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Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Barnum and sons
of Sherman avenue are spending their
vacation in the Berkshircs, stopping at
the Maplewood for one week and after
that will stop at Hoaton hall.
The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Percy r. Greist and
daughter Marian of Westville, have
gone to Pine Orchard, for the sum
mer.
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Rev and Mrs. Francis T. Brown
and children are spending their sew
enth summer at their camp near
Aus Sable Chasm on Lake Champlain.
Their address Is Wllsboro Point, Es-
sex Co., n. Y.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
MILLIONS IN SIGHT.

claim. The brothers, both of whom
are dead, remained unmarried, content
ing themselves with the life In the
Australian bush and the accumulation
OF the vast fortune that now awaits
distribution.
Like fairy tale Is the story of the
romantic career of the Goodman
brothers. who left Iowa In May, 1852.
bound for Australia, to try for for
tune. and whose heirs. now residents
of Dubuque and vicinity. are about to
inherit a fortune OF s10.0O0.000. On
February 20 the heirs of the deceased
wealthy miners, residents in Spokane.
received word by cable from counsel
OF the family. who had been sent to
Sydney, Australia. to look up the mat
ter. that he had been able to locate
the holdings OF the men, and that a
fabulous fortune was in waiting for
distribution among the heirs in Amer
ica
Notification was Immediately made
to James Finney, formerly of Du-
buque, now of CassvIlle, Wis. and he
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
STUDY NOT A NECESSITY.
End and Aim of Woman's Life. as Tn
derstood by Rosie's Mother.

In one of the Philadelphia public
schools is little girl pupil whose an
cestors and coreligionists have ever
held that the principal end and aim OF
the life OF woman is marriage. This
little girl is well up in most Of her
studies, but she has an inveterate dis
like OF geography and 1t seems smpos-
sible to teach the study to her. The
other day her teacher, made impatient
by her seeming unwillingness to learn
her geography lesson, sent to Rosie's
mother a note requesting her to sec
that the girl studied her lesson. The
next day showed no Improvement.
however. and the teacher asked Rosie
whether she had delivered the note.
yes, ma'am," was the reply.
"And did your mother read the
note. Rosie" said the teacher.
yes, mann"
What did she say?"
my mother said that she didn't
know geography. an she got married.
an my aunt didn't know geography.
an she got married, an you know
geography. an you didn't get mar
ried.'
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
TWO IOWA WOMEN TO INHERIT
BIG FORTUNES.
Bachelor Uncles Amassed $4,000, 900
In Australia Which Now Awaits
Distribution-EIeven to Share
In Wealth.

Dubuque, lathe sudden transition
of the families of Mrs. John X. Need
ham and Mrs. James Finney OF this
city from all but poverty to opulence
is the prospect that recent develop
ments have brought about.
BY the death OF two uncles these
women will shortly come into nearly
100000 worth of property left them
by adventurous brothers of their pa
rents. who, back during the days OF
the mining craze, left the old home
and made their way to Australia.
where they struck 1t rich. amassing
a fortune of s1o.oO0.00o. Attorneys
are at work on the case proving the
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16

batbe in." declared the person inter
viewed.
Then. there are plumbers bills.
The lint from the clothing chokes the
bathtub drains and we have to pay
big money to get them clear again.
Besides, there is hotel laundry. 1t
costs fortune to maintain it. and II
the multi-millionairesses choose to
economize by turning washerwomen it
will put the laundry out OF business.
"Chambermaids kick. too. They say
1t Is almost impossible to get the
bathtub clean after a bale of dirty
clothes have been washed In 1t.
Lastly, bathtubs are not laundry
tubs; toilet soap Is not laundry soap.
and chambermaids are not laundry tub
scrubbers.''
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16

departed for Spokane to hold counsel
with the members of the family there
and to meet the family attorney, who
will arrive there from Australia with
the testimonials he has secured prov
ing the claims OF the family to the
wealth OF the Goodman brothers.
''cf course. ! do not remember my
uncle. who left here In 1882" said
Mrs. Mary Needham OF SO Needham
place. when seen at her little home,
but ] have heard stories of the ad-
venturous young fellows who went out
to seek fortune In their youth and
about whose lives there hung much
of the mysterious and romantic TO us
children
my mother, who was sister to
Lawrence and Owen Goodman, de
lighted in talking of her brothers, and
often have we heard tales OF how one
May day In 1852 they started for Call
foinia with a team of oxen. They
were bound for the land of Australia
and their fortune. II took the boys
all summer to reach California. There
they set sail for Australia. and. with a
few exceptions. the family did not
hear from them. The last letter was
received in 1876. when my uncle wrote
to mother The letter was from Owen,
stating that Uncle Lawrence had been
killed In mine and for "a hours was
buried under 100 tons of earth. Owen,
the younger of the two boys. died 20
years ago. From that time until few
years ago we heard nothing. Then
my cousin, John Finney of Spokane,
Wash, started on an investigation. and
eight months ago. he having died. hts
wife sent her attorney to Australia to
determine the facts in the case.
1--WE have had no notification from
my brother James. who left for Spo-
kane. but we expect word any day now
telling us exactly how things stand in
Australia. | believe the claims are
right. The property had been coniis.
Gated by a partner of the uncles. But
the counsel from Spokane has been
able to secure quit claims to all the
property. II has taken q long time
but believe It will come out right
yet am sure II is a relief to know
! what became of the uncles who left
here 80 long ago.
Years and years ago one Of my
uncles wrote to the Finney boys. tell.
ing them to come TO Australia. that he
would give each farm and stock the
same, that he would pay ali their ex.
penses and start them on the road to
success. But they refused. And we
heard nothing OF them afterward.
I'VE Will soon hold a family reunion
in Cassville, where other relatives live
There are II of us to share in the for
tune OF $10.00O.000 1t is claimed is
ours by right of inheritance.
MY mother died In 1885. and It Ia
regret that she might not have
known what became of the young fel
lows who went away In their youth to
seek and find their fortune. She was
very proud of them and 1t was de
light OF our childhood to gather about
her knee and hear her narrate sto
ries OF the two brave young boys who
went to seek their fortune in the un
! known land"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
WASH IN BATHTUBs
RICH WOMEN IN NEW YORK
HOTEL ARE ECONOMICAL.
Cleanse Own Hosiery and Lingerie
and Use soap Worth So a Cake
Management and Chamber
maids Kick on Practice.

New York.-It is wasteful. i'll bred.
disgusting, and sure sign of tight
wad'' for a woman of wealth to wash
her silk hosiery and lingerie in her
bathtub, according to the manage
ment OF the Hotel Gotham.
Therefore the management. OF the
hotel is debating whether to give its
millionaire patronesses gentle tip in
the shape of petition against such
"unladylike" practices.
When a reporter called at the fash.
ionable hotel he was told that for
some weeks wealthy feminine guests
had been cheating the hotel laundry
out of its dues by turning laundresses
and scrubbing their own lingerie in
their private bathtubs.
No names were mentioned-of
course not The management did not
deign or dare to expose the women
who have the clothes cleaning idea. A
petition requesting them to patronize
the hotel laundry. and by so doing cut
down exorbitant plumbers bills for
digging lint out of stopped up bath
tub pipes, will be sufficient, 1t is said.
A representative of the management
said that the soap which the hotel pro.
vided for its guests costs three dollars
cake. It is toilet soap. to be used
for removing dust from faces and
hands. not from solled pieces OF fem
inine attire.
Its simply shocking and It's even
more expensive-this cleansing of gar
ments in tubs made for people to
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
LOST $500.
Buying Medicine When Right Food
Was Needed.

Money spent for "tonics'' and "brac-
ers" to relieve indigestion. while the
poor old stomach Is loaded with pas
try and pork. is worse than losing
pocketbook containing the money.
II the money only is lost it's bad
enough. but with lost health from
wrong eating. 1t is hard to make the
money back.
Mich. young lady lost money on
drugs but is thankful she found a
way to get back her health by proper
food. She writes:
Il had been a victim OF nervous dys-
pepsia for six years and spent three
hundred dollars for treatment In the
attempt to get well. None of 1t did
me any good.
Finally ! tried Grape-Nuts food.
and the results we're such that, II It
cost dollar package. / would not
be without 1t. My trouble had been
caused by eating rich food such as
pastry and pork.
The most wonderful thing that
ever happened to me, am sure. was
the change In my condition after 1
began to eat Grape-Nuts. / began to
improve at once and the first week
gained four pounds.
Il feel that ! cannot express my
self in terms that are worthy OF the
benefit GNpe-Nuts has brought to
me. and you are perfectly free. to
publish this letter II It will send some
poor sufferer relief, such as has come
to me-"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read. TIE Road to Well
ville," In pkgs. There's Reason"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
HE'S A NAV MASCOT NOW.

named Teddy and sister called Alice.
They were all born near Fort Leaven-
worth, the army post, SO 1t is unusual
that Nick should be enlisted in the
navy But his master says Nick never
liked the army.
Nine thousand miles is longer dis
tance than most dogs travel. However,
that is the trip Nick is to take. Mr..
Weaver is hospital steward in the
navy. His home is in Effingham. Kan.
He left Kansas City for San Francisco
Later he will sail for Manila. taking
his dog with him.
Anything for ships mascot-a
horned toad or grizzly bear-but few
persons are fortunate enough to own
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
a good mascot like. Nick" s.

a good mascot like Nick" said
Weaver.
This is the description on the dogs
enlistment papers: Eyes brown. hair
white. complexion albino. disposition
cheerful. health excellent. wages three
good meals per diem.
So no more chasing OF cats and
barking at wagons for Nicholas Long
worth Weaver"
When he returns from the islands
he'll be able to tell many interesting
stories to his fellow dogs" said his
owner.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
spitz Dog Is Regularly Enlisted anc
Will Go to Sea with Master.

Kansas City, Mo-A recruit Just IS
inches in height was permitted to en-.
list in the United States navy, al
though he weighed just q pounds. Or
dinarily these qualifications are not
considered as the navy's usual stand
ard. but the new recruit was allowed
to enlist as ships mascot. for he Is
a dog.
His name is Nick, and he is white
Spitz-Eskimo dog. e. E. Weaver, his
owner. explained the dog was called
Nick because he was born on the day
Nicholas Longworth and Miss Roose-
yelt were married. Nick has a brother
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16

Names of offenders were refused.
Examination OF the hotel register
showed many millionairesses among
the guests. some of them being: Mrs.
Frederick Nelson. Mrs. Tracy Dows.
Mrs. Henry Burden. Mrs. Herbert Car
penter. Mrs. Frank G. Bourne, Mrs.
w. S. Draper and Mrs. Knickerbocker.
Other uptown hotels have made
similar complaints regarding the use
OF the bathtub for laundry purposes.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
A Morning Lesson.

Mrs. limpurse-Anything new In
the paper?
Mr.. Slimpurse--N-o; except that the
husband of the woman whose fine
dress you have been envying has fed
to Canada.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
Home, sweet Home.

The chief reason for leaving home
is that one may the better enjoy com
ing back to 1t. Home is the place
we have SO studiously suited to our
own needs that 1t fits us like on out
er envelope. In no other house do
we feel so absolutely ourselves.-Lon.
don Truth.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
See No Need for Forests.

1t is difncult In England to arouse
an interest In the preservation of for
ests because OF the universal substitu-
tion Of coal for wood az fuel.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-04-16
REPABTEE.

Winter the Most Deadly Season.
In most large cities the death rate
in winter is much greater than In
summer.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-01-23
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

A; petition in favor of female suf
frage in France has been signed by
$4,000 French women. --~..
DR.. J. D.vHenning, one of the early
North Dakota practitioners, is dead at
Fargo after short illness following a
paralytic stroke. 49,. ,""ar#
Edward Niedling, known all over
the country as "the living skeleton"
is dead at Ansonia, Conn. He was
thirty.five years old and had been ex-
hibited@ in museums throughout the
country for years. IL ~.s. 80 Isl x,
The federal government has ordered
condemned forty acres of land be-
tween Fort Constitution and Fort
Starktat New Castle, just = outside
Portsmouth, N. H.. which will be the
site of an extensive military post.
John B. Larkin, controller of Pitts
burg and formerly postmaster, was
found dead in bed. Death was due to-
asthma. His sudden. demise caused
surprise, as it follows closely the
death of many prominent Pittsburgers
A tiny japanese spaniel, fast asleep
and Nesting in a bed of carnations
and roses, was the unusual gift which
was passed over the footlights at the
Auditorium at Chicago to Miss Alice
Nielsen, prima donna of the San Carlo
Opera company. ..s-
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spent LAST EIGHT
YEARS IN MISERY
Boston Banker Says His Life Has Been Hope
it, less for that Length of Time.

Carleton H. Hutchinson, leading
banker and broker of Boston, with
offices at Congress Street, in that
city, has recently come out with very
strong statement.
In the widespread discussion over
Cooper's new theory and medicines
which has spread over the country so
rapidly, Mr.. Hutchinson has taken the
side Of those who say that Cooper's
theory is correct and his medicine all
that he claims.
Mr. Hutchinson's emphatic state.
ment is as follows: anyone afflicted
with chronic ill health and a general
rundown condition caused by stomach
trouble, who does not try this man
Cooper's medicine, is very foolish. I
say this after a most remarkable ex.
perience with the medicine. a~-~.. ..
Il heard of Cooper's success first
when he was in Chicago, as I have a
private wire to that city in connection
with my business. Later. when he
came East, I learned more of him and
his theory that stomach trouble causes
most Ill health. I have had no faith
in anything not prescribed by a ply
stefan for each particular case after
careful diagnosis, but after eight years
of constant suffering, during which
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Irish Sarcasm.

A happy and humorous example OF
arcasm as apart from repartee is af-
lorded by the following anecdote l
quote it on the authority of a friend,
who, l am afraid, was the villain of
the incident: A most imperturbable
nah was followed from Westm oreland
street, Dublin, over the O'Connell
bridge to the general postomce by two
little street arabs, who importuned
him, for the end Of his cigar. Throw
Us the butt, sir! All, sir, throw Us the
butt!' cried the youths, but as the man
did not betray the slightest conscious
ness Of their existence they gave him
up at last in despair and disgust. car.
tah, let him alone" said one, with the
most scorching scorn. "Shure, it's a
butt he's picked up HIMSELF
I once heard bumptious little man,
who, ACTING as steward at athletic
sports III Dublin, was very assertive
In keeping back the; crowd, thus I'D.
dressed by an angry spectator: IF the
.eonsate was taken out Of yez, ye'd be
no bigger than a green gooseberry,
and ye're as sour as wan alreadyv'-
London Standard.
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His Threat 10 4 Conductor

3 = -
Some time ago man at Ypsilanti,
Mich, became crazed on the subject
Of hypnotism and was sent on Mich
lgan Central train to an asylum. When
the conductor. asked for tickets the
crazy man. began telling Of his hyp-
motto powers.
I'll hypnotic you," he said.
"Fire away" replied the conductor.
The man made several passes before
the conductors face.
Now you are hypnotized," he said.
The conductor looked the part Us
best he could. 81 IL. g
you're a conductor the hypnotist
Daid.
.That's right" replied his victim.
"You're good conductor" went on
he hypnotist.
Right again, said the conductor.
"You don't smoke, drink or swear at
passengers. You are honest. You turn
In all tickets and money you collect
from passengers. In fact, you do not
steal a cent?
That's right" assented the con-
ductor. So - .fz
The hypnotist eyed him a moment,
then said: ls.t~3 s1z& #sG '3tta@@EIs
what an awful fix you'd be In II. ]
left you in this conditionv'-Kansas
City Star. 80. ~ 49, = - -
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.HON0RS ABOUT Even.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw In Constant
Tits With MIR, Jerome.
NO DETAILS OVERLOOKED
District Attorney confronts Witness
s Win Her Testimony at the Former
Trial and the Young Woman Ad.
heres to Her Original Story.

New York, Jan. 2. Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw continued under the lash
of District Attorney Jerome's cross
examination at the trial Of her nus
band for the killing of Stanford White.
The prosecutor spent much time por-
ing over. the evidence of the former
trial and confronting the witness with
her testimony on that occasion. No
detail was overlooked. Mrs. Thaw ad-
hered to her original story declaring
it was all true. Mr. Jerome was ag.
gressive in his attitude, but his man
ner Of questioning lacked the fire of
the previous day. He and the witness
constantly were engaged In tits in
which the honors seemed to be even.
There was an inclination on the part
Of both prosecutor and witness to
argue with each other, but Justice
Bowling cut the debates short when
ever he could. -<,4s5i.-<
Thaw listened intently to all that
was said, oftentimes holding his hand
behind his ear to better catch the low
toned replies Of his wife. .-,~-@ ..
Mrs. Thaw's cross-examination was
concluded early in the afternoon ses-
sion and she was then asked a few
questions by Mr.. Littleton in redirect
examination. 90 r+,.. al .
Frederick w. Longfellow, formerly
attorney for Harry Thaw, was called
to the stand to identify certain letters
he received from Thaw late in 1908
and which were introduced in evil
dence last year as tending to show
the insanity of the defendant just
after he had heard Evelyn Nesbit's
story. The letters were read to the
jury. .+' -'.S'.. So" 1,. A. ',.''.., 49, :
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HAPPINESS From Troubles

y Being human, happily or unhappily
we cannot deny the comfort to be
found In the reflection that misery
never lacks the company it loves. We
Ill have our troubles, and some of us
derive much satisfaction from the con.
temptation of them. Indeed, there are
those who are happy only when wretch
cd, but these we believe to be as few
In number as they are disagreeable in
association. The vast majority of hui
mans are normal and disposed, there
fore, In conformity with natural law,
TO smile when the skies are clear and
to grieve under the portent Of clouds;
hence the ease with which worry takes
possession of the mind, acolors the. dis
position and makes a cripple of effort.
That causes abound we know and
must admit, as we do almost uncon-
sciously the certainty Of death, but
too little cognizance is taken Of the
TACT that the effect of mere apprehen-
sion, which is all that worry really is,
may be subjected to simple mental
treatment and be overcome George
Harvey In North American Review.
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aoilinu II Down.

oOlIIn9 u OO"ns IA
& II should like to manage this paper
for about six MONTHS" said the new
reporter Of country paper. '"The
present editor doesn't know his bust
ness" -.
whats the matter?'' he was asked.
'Why, last night was told of to re-
port q, fire in Broad street, and wrots
It up In grand style, making a half
column article of it. I began 1t In
this way: /.
Suddenly on the still night air
rang the shrill cry of fire, and at the
same moment the little licking tongues
Of flame, whose light, playing along
the roofs edge, caught the eye Of the
midnight watcher, leaped forth, no Ion
ger playful, but fierce and angry In
their thirst and greed. Like glowing,
snaky demons, the lurid links entwined
the doomed building. In venomous
Kisses and spurts the flames shot into
the overhanging darkness, while from
every window and door poured forth
q dense sulphurous smoke, the deadly
ssunocating breath Of an Imprisoned
hend.' RAJ
II went on In that style for over halt
column" said the new reporter. land
this is what appeared in the paper this
3 morning: s. b
"a fire broke out In Broad street
last night, but was quickly suppress
ed. Do You call that Journalism -
4 EondOn Standard