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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-08-13
SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding Humor on Ankles
-opiates Alone Brought Sleep
Eczema Yielded to Cuticura.

II had eczema for over two years.
/ had two physicians, but they only
gave me relief for a short time and /
cannot enumerate the ointments and
lotions I used to no purpose. My ank-
les were one mass of sores. The itch
ing and burning were so intense that
/ could not sleep. l could not walk FOR
nearly four months. One day my hus-
band said / had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three
times I had the best nights rest in
months unless l took an opiate
used one set of Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment, and Pills, and my ankles healed
in short time. 1t is now a year since
/ used Cuticura, and there has been no
return of the eczema. Mrs. David
Brown, Locke, Ark, May IS and July
13. 1907"
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A ROMANCE
OF "A
PENNSYLVANIA
FARM
SYNOPSIS.
JOHN LUTHER LONG
nIussssfioss By Don Wilson

The crowning desire In the life OF old
Baumgartner is TO obtain possession OF a
besd bv sapnh very pretty and
athletic young girl. Baumgartner came to
realize that his only hope Of obtaining
fiage OF his son Sephenijah TO Sarah
Prcssel. In a mock auction "Seffy," as
sephenijah p. Bnumgartner, Jr;, is popu-
iariy known. n rallied on by his father
to Sarah for 81. Sarah PRESSED Is quite the
opposite Of seffy. Baumgartner gives
seffy some lessons in courtship. Baum
pointed guardian OF Sally She promises
seny. that she will never kiss any man
clerk. % Ca calls son on saiIy and interrupts i the
sno1ns ss sally sally ssyes s 'f the s'geS room am n hu
tells his father OF his humiliation; of how
Sam Fritz had pinned TO his bosom while
he slept pnstoboard tombstone semy
and Sally meet at the Poison spring. She
urges him to do something TO redeem
himself. The father advises Seffy to take
Sally home from church. This would be
the crucial test according to the custom
OF the times. II was the rule in such a
test TINT. the one. whose arm the girl ac-
the favored sultor Then Sam takes
Sally'y arm. She says: ~ am satisfied"
and Seffy is left in disgrace. Sam con-
acquire the habit. Baumgartner curses son
and strikes him powerful blow with fist.
full in the face Then the repentant IA
ther gathers the youth In his arms. His
cries attract Sally and Sam Fritz. Sally
rushes up TO Sefry's room and finds him
unconscious. In the morning Seny has
disappeared. II is a sad and lonesome
winter for old Baumgartner. He thinks
his son is dead. somewhere from the Of
fects OF the cruel blow. When old Baum
gartner goes to Sally's home to sur
render to her his papers as her guardian
he hnds her haggard and worn with sor-
row. She agrees to quit drinking IL he
will take the papers back and continue as
her guardian. Old Baumgartner and Sally
continue bosom friends. Sam dies of
for old Baumgartner Reading ''The
Farm Journal" she is attracted by
mastery article by IS. p. Baumgartner.
Jr.. president of the Kansas State Farm
crs' league" She writes. pleading with
him to return,
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was ever kept before. She had not
been famous for the keeping of her
own house in the days of her coquette-
ship. Her grandmother had attended
to this-and then maid who in
terpreted her faultlessly. But now her
own hands did all-and did it with
love. And she did replace Seffy-and
more. For she plowed, and, after a
brief apprenticeship. no one did 1t bet
ter. The bay mare was as kind to
Sally as she had been to Seffy. Moth
ing in his life had ever been SO sweet
to the old man as those rests when
they met. And no food was ever SO
piquant as that eaten under the trees
at their incoming.
Sally still went to the post-office,
and the post-mistress still had her let
ter where she could have put her hand
hand upon 1t, though she mercifully
concealed this.
But there was no hope. Not word
of confidence had passed between
Sally and the kind post-mistress. but
each knew that the other understood
quite as If their confidence was COM
plete. So that 1t was as If they spoke
of an old matter when Sally said, one
day:
"Yes-I guess it's too late. He's
married"
II wouldn't think SO. If were you
till heard from him." said the com.
passionate woman behind the coun-
ter Il thought SO once. He went to
war. l heard that ne was killed.
married another man-just-oh, just
becausel Then he came back. l have
always been sorry"
Something filled the speakers eyes
and Sally, with the dumb intuition
of Ire primitive nature. stood there
long time and said only, THANK
YOU"
But after that hope rose and lived
again.
That night the post-mistress re
ceived, from Washington, the address
of the Kansas State League of Farm
ers' clubs. and put 1t on the face of the
returned letter and sent 1t forth again
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1897, and then gave way for the apa
pointment of Attorney General Nc
Kenna. This was Mr.. McKinley's only
selection to fill vacancy in the court,
and It placed a Republican jurist in
Democratic seat on the bench.
Justice Field was noted Democrat,
who had several times been spoken Of
as possible candidate for the presi-
dency. and the statement that he did
not want Democratic president to
fill his place by appointment may
seem strange. Nevertheless, Justice
Field. just before his retirement, gave
his friends to understand that he did
not purpose to allow President Cleve-
land to have the pleasure of appoint
ing his successor ON the bench If he
could help 1t. Justice Field and his
friends believed that he was badly
treated by President Cleveland when
Chief Justice Waite died. Petitions
came from all parts of the land and
many legal organizations passed reso-
lutions asking that Justice Field be
made Chief Justice Waite's successor,
but President Cleveland passed over
him and chose the present chief JUS
tice. Except for this Justice Field
would undoubtedly have resigned to-
ward the end of Cleveland's second
term. and there would now be four in
stead of three Democrats on the su-
preme bench. Justice Strong, who
was appointed by President Grant in
1870, though eligible for retirement in
1883, retained his place on the bench
nine years longer, until his death, in
1892.
The important bearings of this
years presidential election upon the
personnel of the court revives the fact
that there was somewhat similar
condition during the last national cam
paign. Chief Justice Fuller and JUS
tice Harlan were both eligible for re-
tirement in 1904, and it was then evil
dent that before the end of President
| Roosevelt's present term three other
members of the court-Justices Brew
er, Brown and Peckham-would like
wise possess that right. One of these
! five eligibles-Justice Brown-did re-
tire, making way for Mr.. Moody's ap-
pointment. but the four others have
remained
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WANTED TO BE A MASCOT.
Small Boy Sent on Three Weeks
Tramp by Illinois Humorist.

When 11-year-old William Sanders
arrived in ST. Louis the other even
ing the soles were worn from his shoes
and his feet were bloody He had
been on the road three weeks and he
had come all the way from Rockport.
ILL.,
Some mendacious person had told
William that the Browns would nav
the right kind of boy $1,000 to be
their mascot, and he came over to
apply for the job. 1t remained for
the man in charge of the house of
detention to disillusionize him. But
the point is, William got here. In
our opinion. William has enough grit
and pertinacity to get there at any
thing he undertakes.
He has several things to learn. but
one of these days. with little judg-
ment, he will select the road he wants
to travel, and then travel it to the
end. He will make up his mind what
he wants to be. and then be it.
The qualities that brought William
all the way to ST. Louis with his bare
feet on the ground and bloody are
the qualities that carry men furthest
on the road to success single pur-
pose with everlasting pluck being be-
hind it. These will not, it is true.
carry a man to the pot of gold at
the end of the rainbow; but only
very little Judgment is required to
select one of the many roads to sub
stantial success. The main thing is
to stay with it.-St Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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Her Reason.

Not long ago there was tried in an
Ohio court suit for damages where
in the principal witness. woman liv-
Ing near Dayton. was induced to come
to court only after several subpoenas
had been served upon her.
When the dilatory witness was final
ly brought before his honor, he said
in his severest tone:
What reason can you assign,
madam. for disobeying the summons
of the court?"
Il amt got none, Jedge." answered
the woman, meekly, only we've got
smallpox down to our place, an
thought mebbe you'd be kinder pre-
JUDGED agin it."-Illustrated.
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the kidney secretions were badly dis
ordered. was completely worn out
and discouraged when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work well. have been
feeling well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Hlqh Art In BiIIviIIe.

"An' you say it took that artist two
months to paint this little picture?"
"Shore did!"
well, all I've got to say is. he's
too slow for this settlement. l could
"a painted two houses an four barns
in that time, an not half tried."-At-
lanta Constitution.
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CHAPTER xIv.-contInued.

She watched her put It into the bag
and then went dreaming home, and
for all of the two weeks OF waiting she
was very happy-dreaming always
Poor girl-she had made her life SO
unhappy that joy seemed divine. She
was sure OF Seffy. Sometimes she won
dered with a blush and start II he
might not come himself In answer.
She would not have been surprised to
have him steal up behind her-that
was his way, she remembered-and
call out softly her name. So she went
about almost on tiptoes so that she
might hear him II he should. 1t was
little difficult to keep 1t from the in
quisitive old man, who did not quite
understand her sudden happiness. But
she did 1t.
And finally. the two weeks were up.
She was quite sure Seffy would not
waste moment with his answer. And
he might use that mysterious instru-
ment, the telegraph, which she under
stood would not take more than an
hour from Kansas. She supposed his
message, even If he used the tele-
graph. would come to the post-office.
The ceremonial of a letter, with
simple people, is as much a matter of
concern as treaty between two ma
tions. And now, as she dressed her.
self In her best clothes to go to the
post-ofiice, she felt, somehow, as If
she were to be in Seffy's personal
presence, and must be as immaculate
as always. She wondered how he
would address her-forgetting that his
answer must come to the one whose
name she had signed. She had heard
of various most dear headlines to let
ters. am afraid she blushed at all
this. For, as she looked In the glass,
she saw a face SO radiant that she
looked again to identify it.
So, all the more she dressed herself
with the same care she would have
taken were she going to him instead
of to the post-ofiice for his letter. She
remembered what he had said about
her hair, and she ventured to pull 1t
about her face, much as 1t had been
that night in the dark parlor. But at
the thought of that the tears came
slowly into her eyes. She had been
very happy that night. 1t was all the
happiness she had ever known, 1t
seemed now. She dried her eyes and
then she sat at the table where Seffy
had often sat. and looked again in his
broken mirror. The radiance was
quenched. Her face was pale and thin
now. She thought of 1t quite as II he
were soon to see 1t.
Il wonder II he'll think me hand
some, now?" She shook her head
doubtfully at the face she saw in the
glass. mo, have no red cheeks no
more-and my eyes are bigger-and
my lips thinner-and my hair is paler
and my hands"
She remembered how he had kissed
them. and put her head down and
sobbed. They did not seem fit to be
kissed now-nor worth kissing.
But the post-mistress liked her bet
ter that way and SO do l. For she had
acquired daintiness that was almost
immaculate.
As soon as Sally came, the post-mis-
tress smiled and shook her head. For
she had understood what the letter
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at peace WIN AL tne worio-
Sally" said the old man. this Is
nice"
VERY nice" agreed Sally.
But also there is nothing like this
to send ones memory backward. And
this 1t was doing for both OF them.
"Eferybody don't haf no such fire
tonight" And the everybody he
thought of. as he sighed was-seRy.
mo, not everybody" sighed Sally,
propping her head upon his knee.
"Sally-who do you mean by efery-
body2"
"Just one person." admitted Sally,
"the same one ycu mean"
"Yas.'' said Seffy's father very soft
ly. and then they were silent.
''Mebby some's got no homes-and
out freezing tonight" the old man
said presently.
Il hope not" said Sally. I'VE could
take them in here If we knew where
they are-couldn't we. pappy?"
But that last note was the one which
dams up tears.
'Yas-if we knowed where they aIrl
My God-if we chust knowed where
they airl Sally, don't you nefer turn no
one away from the door on cold win
ter's night You don't know who 1t
might bel"
I'll never turn any one away from
the doorl" said Sally with emotion.
That's right, Sally. Some's dead.
I'd rather be dead than haf no home"
And l." agreed Sally.
Nor no friends"
Sally nodded.
"Sally. how long is 1t sence you was
married?"
More than four years-nearly five,
pappy."
"Myl but sings is changed" said
the old man. 'Efen the sun don't
seem SO bright no more"
Yes. things are changed" said the
girl.
"Yit It must be chust an idee. Why,
the Bible says that summer and winter
shall not change tell eferysing come TO
ng-eferysing-" Then
his voice broke. "Yit-yit-yit it's
one sing amt come to pass and 1t
seems like it's nefer going to. It's bet
ter sence you come But yit the house
is damp-and shifery."-he sbivered
himself-"and empty-like it was fu-
neral about all the time. Yit it's no
one dead-no ones dead-he's not
dead-chust gone. You said so-you
said 1t first! And some day he'll come
back and we'll git on our knees and
beg his pardon. But it's so long-oh,
my God-so long! Oh, Seffy-Seffy-
little Seffy-I got pain in my breast
about you! You was all had. Come
back to income back! I'm a OF
man. And I'm sorry-sorry--an
broke-broke down. But II you'll come
back-Sally, do you think he'll haf a
scar on his face?"
Something stined his utterance. The
girl put out soft hand to comfort
him.
Some day we shall know-see! Be
brave!"
'Yas-yas-that's easy to say. But
you nefer struck no one right IN the
face-when they was looking up at
you-in that pleading kind of way"
She said piteously, mo"
Then you don't know nossing about
1t! Oh, my God! If you'd had 1t before
you for more than four years-like a
picture-morning and efening-day
and night-eferywheresl The blood on
him-and the bed and mel"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITAL.
Discharged Because Doctors Could
Not Cure.
Levi p. Brockway, s. Second Ave.
Anoka, Mimi, says: After lying for

five months in a
hospital l was dis
charged as incur
able, and given only
six months TO live.
My heart was AFFECT
ed, / had smother
ing spells and some
times fell uncon-
scious. l got SO I
couldn't use my
arms. my eyesight
was impaired and
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Careless.

"Oh, George, dear. our wedding
must be postponed" mo. darling,
no. 1t must not be-" But it must,
George, dear. Father has lost all his
money in the market" You are right.
dear. You are right. The wedding
must be postponed. never thought
it of you. Mabel. ! never thought that
you would have such careless IA
thsr."-Detroit Free Press.
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Shall Seffy Enter at This cue7

Winter had come again-the fifth
one. They sat together in the great
hearth of the kitchen, in their charac-
teristic attitude when before a fire.
The hickory logs sputtered savagely,
but sent out to them, nevertheless. a
grateful warmth. Their faces and
bodies glowed in the fervor of it. And
there is nothing like this to put one
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-08-13
Important to Mothers.
Bears the
The Manner Of an Expert.

II guess my father must have been
a pretty bad boy" said one youngster.
"Why?" inquired the other.
because he knows exactly what
questions to ask when he wants to
know what have been doing"
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FITS St. vitus' Dance and Ncryous Diseases per
manently by DR.. kline's Great Nerve RestorcL
send for FREE 200 trial bottle and treatiso. DR.
Il. II. Kline. Id. e3l Arch Street Phladelphis. Pa
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1 believe thet in game of hearts
a girl should be willin' to let young
man hold her hand.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-08-13

1t is one thing to see your road
another to cut it.-George Eliot.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-08-13

The most important Of all is the
education of the will.-F. w. Farrar.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-08-13

Mrs. windows Soothing syrup.
ror children teething softens the gums, reduces M
smmatIon ailays palm. cures wind colio xc bottle
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-08-13
HARD TIMES, INDEED.

Poor man! SO you are victim Of
the late financial panic?"
Yes, lady. You see, folks along de
route is too poor now ter hand out
free grub,"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-23
Incubator Baby's
Fate Is to Be Decided;
Lawsuits Cost SIS, 900

CHICAGO, May 22.--The fate OF
the famous incubator baby of the ST.
Louis worlds fair will be decided In
a few days by the United States court
of appeals at Minneapolis. 1t will be
determined finally whether the baby
shall belong TO its real mother or TO
the woman who adopted IL Four
courts already have attempted TO de.
eide this question
The incubator baby. now grown To
d pretty girl OF years. was born In
ST. Louis hospital Feb Is. 1904.
While the mother. Mrs. Charlotte
Thompson Bleakley. lay Ill. the hos
pital matron stole the baby and sold
It to the baby incubator company or
the worlds fair,
dead baby born in the hospital.
II is alleged TO Edith Stanley. an act
ress. was substituted. Mrs. Bleakley
was told her baby died. The baby in
the incubator thrived. and Mrs. Jas.
G. Barclay, wealthy woman Of Buff
falo, decided TO adopt it. Mrs. Bleak
ley signed a deed, waving all claims
to the incubator baby She was con
yinced ii was not her child. But Mrs,
Bleakley finally became suspicious.
She went TO the st. Louis hospital.
where the matron admitted the fncu'
bator baby was Mrs. Bleakley's. Mrs.
Barclay has spent $4,000 In her fight
for the baby. She calls the child Dor.
othy Edith barclay. us real mother,
who is poor. has spent $4,000 in de-
Tending her claim She knows the
child as Marian Roberta Bleakley
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-23
CLERK SUSPECTED
OF BURGLARY
WIN. cooRoUoH ARRESTED sooNi
AFTER REPORTING DIscov-
cry OF THEFT.

When William Coorough arrived at
the Great Atlantic Il Pacific Tea Cos
store at No. 376 Michigan-ave.,
where he was employed. Thursday
morning. he says he found the door
open and the interior OF the place
showing evidences of burglary. He
reported the matter To the manager
OF the store. and the police were cali
ed In. More than $500 IN cash was
stolen.
Detectives Wilson and Hogan, OF
the Trumbull-ave. station. were as
signed to the case, and Friday morn
ing they arrested Coorough. The lat
ter had In his possession key which
fits the door of the store. and the POI
lice say the job was pulled of by
someone familiar with the place. Coo
rough Is said TO have been almost
out OF money a few days ago. but at
the time OF his arrest had $40 in his
pockets. The police say they learned
that Thursday night he was spending
money freely In resorts.
Coorough denies the robbery. He
has been in Detroit few months.
coming here from Philadelphia, where
he was employed by the same COM
pany.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-23
SEES BLOOD SPOT;
SHE DROPS DEAD
FEAR CAUSES END OF WOMAN
ACCIDENTALLY PRlCkeO BY
SISTERS KNIFE.

NEW YORK. May Enlightened
al the sight OF little spot of blood
on her waist. Mrs. Catherine Hardi-
gan. OF Webster.aye., Flatbush, rose
from chair in which she was seated.
uttered cry and dropped TO the floor
dead. A neighboring physician said
the young woman had died from fear,
Mrs. Hardigan, widow OF a few
months, was preparing breakfast. Her
sister Rose Loganasini, was aiding
her. The first named OF the two wonl'
en- had gone TO the kitchen where
she secured Il loaf of bread and Il
knife His sister stepped into "A
closet I'm the room adjoining and as
Mrs. Hardigan passed, she opened the
door and the blade of the knife struck
her just above the heart II prickcd
the skin. but the injury was SO slight
neither OF the two noticed II.
Half an hour later the mother OF
the young women came into the din
Ing room. She looked at Mrs. Hardi-
gan and pointing 10 the blood spot
asked, Where did you get that?'
Mrs Hardigan looked and her death
Immediately followed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-23
RUN
TO ESCAPE POLICE
JAP AND GIRL COMPANION ARE
NA66ED AFTER .DEATH-oE-
FLYING CHASE.

PITTSBURG. May pa thrilling
chase. during which two officers jump
or from roof TO roof taking chance
with death al every step, resulted In
the arrest last night OF three young
girls. two men and Japanese. want
ed by the w c. +. L. crusaders, in a
lower Fifth-ave. Office building The
arrests were result OF a night down
town" OF Mrs. Bertha Acklin accom-.
panied by woman known as the
mysterious North Side crusader"
The chase after S. Yoshimi, who
was with young girl giving her name
as Nellie Moore, led over the roofs
or several buildings before capture
was made.
The raid occurred while theater
crowds were on the streets and the
officers pursuing Yoshimi over roofs
caused great excitement. Yoshimi
after continuing his flight over several
buildings stopped and gave up. Mrs
Acklin and her companion had been
extremely active of late. Each night
they visit secretly down town cafes
and spot young girls who they think
have no business there.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-23
SHOE REPAIRING
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
BIDS ON NEW ADDI-
TONS TO THE COLUM-
BAN. AMOS AND LII
LIBRIDGE SCHOOLS.
secretary's Office, SO Broadway

Detroit. Mich. May ~ 1908.
Sealed proposals Will be received al
tins office until - O'Clock noon, Thurs
DAY. May 2Sthi 1908 for furnishing all
material and labor OF every description
necessary in the erection Of additions
TO the Columbian, Amos and LilliOridSe
schools.
Plans and specifications may be seen
In the Office Of the Supervisor OF
Buildings. room 4. this building.
The job VIII be let in three separate
contracts.
The nrst must include all the Work
and furnishings Of every description
embodied in the drawings and inasons
general Speciticattons
The second. all the work and fur
nishlngs OF every description Ia tie
dfawTnSs and carpenters general spec
iHeatiops.
The third all the work and furnish
ings or every description IN the engt.
neers' drawings and general specifca
items Tor heating. ventilating, etc.
Each bidder must name all s b-cOu-
tractors included In his bid.
Tho work must be finished hy Sep
tember lst. 1895.
Proposals must be submitted on
forms furnished by the Supervisor and
must bc accompanied by certified
cheek cash OF surety company bond
equal 90 . per cent Of the bid.
The Board % Education reserves the
right 10 reject any or all bids
WILLIAM ) LEE
Secretary.