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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
THE PART HE PREFERRED.
Subtle Meaning In Poet's crltieism Of
Oecoiiets Costume.

Joaquin Miller. the poet Of the Sier-
ras. is something OF recluse and
rarely comes into San Francisco. but
when he does he is made a good deal
of a lion. On his last visi; he was
one OF the guests at a rather formal
dinner at friends house where he
stayed overnight. His hostess had
known the poet since her childhood.
so she felt privileged. next morning. to
discourse to him OF the beauties Of
the Partisan gown she had worn tho
night before-beautics which seemed
TO have escaped his observation.
Mr.. Miller listened to all that she
had TO say and remained silent.
But didn't you really like the
dress7" pleaded the lady.
well" replied the poet. II did like
part OF 1t well enough"
The lady frightened
''lndeed?" she said. What part7"
THE part you had on" answered
the poet; and that ended the discus
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
h.W TO APPLY PAINT.

Greatest care should be taken when
painting buildings or implements
which are exposed to the weather. TO
have the paint applied properly. No
excellence OF material can make up
for carelessness OF application. any
more than care in applying it can
make poor paint wear well.
The surface to be painted should be
dry and scraped and sandpapered
hard and smooth. Pure white lead
should be mixed with pure linseed oil.
fresh for the job. and should be well
brushed out. not flowed on thick.
When painting is done in this manner
with National Lead Company's pure
white lead Ctrade marked with The
Dutch Boy Painter') there is every
chance that the job will be satisfac-
tory. White lead is capable OF alb
solute test for purity. National Lead
Company. Woodbridge Building. New
York. will send n testing outfit free to
any one interested.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Gazetteer Humor,

Many specimens OF unconscious hu-
NOR are received by the editors OF that
monumental work. the new Imperial
Gazetteer OF India. A district was
said to be AN extensive rolling plain.
consisting of alternate ridges OF bare
stony hills and narrow fertile valleys"
An interesting item OF natural history
was afforded by the remark. the buff
falo differs from the COW In giving a
,ilk which is richer In fat. in voice.
and in having no hump.
Globe.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Poor Lad.

The following conversation IL said to
have taken place In a Boston elevator
Old Lady-"Don't YOU ever feel s.-.,
going up and down in this elevator al!
day"
Elevator Boy-"Yes'm."
Old I.ady-"It is the motion OF the
going down."
Elevator Boy-"No'm."
Old Lady-"The motion OF going
up"
Elevator Boy-"No'm."
Old Lady-"The stopping"
Elevator Boy-"No'm."
Old I.ady-"What is IL them"
Elevator Boy-"Thc questions"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
SKIN TROUBLES CURED.
First Had Itching Rash-Threatened
Later With od-Poison in Leg
Relied on cuticura Remedies.

about twelve or fifteen years ago
had a breaking-out. and 1t itched.
and stung 30 badly that l could not
have any peace because OF 1t. Three
doctors did not help me. Then i used
some Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Oint-
ment. and Cuticura Resolvent and
began to get better right away. They
cured me and have not been bothered
with the itching since. to amount to
anything. About two years ago
had Ia grippe and pneumonia which
left me with pain in my side. Treat
ment ran 1t into my leg. which then
swelled and began to break out The
doctor was afraid it would turn to
blood-poison. used his medicine
but 1t did no good. then I used the
Cuticura Remedies three times and
cured the breaking out on my leg. ]. F.
Hennen. Milan, Mo-. May 13. 1907"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Not Running.

A West Philadelphia woman had
not heard the clock strike once during
last Sunday afternoon. and thinking
perchance 1t had stopped she sent ksT
hopeful. a little boy about five year,
old. downstairs to see II it were run
ming.
The little tot went down on the err
rand, and. after has;y survey o! the
long pendulum swinging back and
forth. he ran back to his mother with
this information:
why. no. mamma: the clock amt
runnin'. it's standin' still and wagg!n'
its tall
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Alabama Prohibition Wins.

Montgomery, Ala.-The Alabama Su'
preme Court Thursday held both the
general prohibition and the 3 o'clock
closing law to be constitutional and
effective. Attack had been made on
both by the liquor forces of the state.
The two laws were argued together
and the decision is taken by both sides
to settle the questions. Mobile inter
ests have fought the two provisions
from the first. holding that both will be
ruin to coast city such as 1t is. In
upholding the genera, prohibition act
the court also gives validity to the To-
cal option law that was involved in
the cases brought
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
THEY GROW.
Good Humor and creerfuIness from
Right Food.

Cheerfulness is like sunlight. 1t dis
pels the clouds from the mind as sun
light chases away the shadows OF
night
The good humored man can pick
up and carry on load that the man
with a crouch wouldn't attempt to
lift
Anything that interferes with good
health is apt to keep cheerfulness and
good humor in the background. A
Washington lady found that letting
coffee alone made things bright FOR
her. She writes:
-Four years ago I was practically
given up by my doctor and was not
expected to live long. My nervous
system was in a bad condition.
But was young and did not want
to die SO began to look about fur he
cause Of my chronic trouble. 1 used
TO have nervous spells which would
exhaust me and after each spell it
would take me days before could sit
up in chair. .-.-- .~t
II became convinced my trouble
was caused by coffee. I decided to
stop It and bought some Postum.
1.-THE first cup. which 1 made ac-
cording to directions, had a soothing
effect on my nerves and l liked the
taste. For time 1 nearly lived on
Postum and ate little food besides.
am today a healthy woman.
my family and relatives wonder
II 1 am the same person l was four
years ago. when I could do no work on
account of nervousness. Now 1 am do
ing my own housework. take care OF
two babies-one twenty, the other two
months old. am SO busy that hard
ly get time to write letter. yet do
It all with the cheerfulness and good
humor that comes from enjoying good
health.
II tell uaE criends It II to Postum
I owe my !fe today"
Name given by Postum c., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to Well
ville," In pkEA There's . Reason"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
STAT, o, ONO. crrr OF ToL.po. %.

srAr. or ,mr:: o1lo o,I1 ong,T 9' r'l,'o' ."
FrAxx j. CHIxEI makes oath that he 10 senior
partner of the arm of ,: J. CuEsIr Co.: doing
business in the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said arm will pay the cum Of
oSE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
cass of CArARan that be cured BY the sss Of
HALLS CATAlIa CURR.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my pressncs
this sth day Of December A. D., 1883.
A. W. GLEASON,
...s sor..r rr.4,o
Hairs Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfscss OF the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, lsc,
Take Hal Fafnliy Pills for constipation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Chaikino Up > Race.

Two Ir!shmen were about to run =
race to a certain tree by different
-outes. Suddenly Mike slapped Pat
on the back and asked how they were
TO tell who reached the destination
nrst. After 4 moments thought. Pat
answered:
II tell yez. Mike. II I get there first
I'll make mark on that tree with this
chalk. and II you get there FIRST, you
can rub It out-''-Judges Library
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Good Advice.

81 haven't any money" said the
seedy wayfarer. but II you'll row me
across the river I'll give you an ex-
ceedingly valuable piece OF advice
when we reach the other side"
The ferryman at last consented.
As the traveller sprang up the oppo-
site bank he rewarded the ferryman
with the following bit OF useful coun-
sci:
Never take any one across who
can't pay"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16

colored and had a sediment When I
wished to eat my wife had to raise
me up in bed. Physicians were un-
able to help me and l was going down
fast when l began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. After a short time l felt
a great improvement and am now as
strong and healthy as a man could bs.
/ give Doan's Kidney Pills all the
credit for It,"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
No Use for Mules.

In n speech In the House Of Repre-
sentativ.s Mr.. Olmstead of Pennsyl.
vania explained why there Is no mar
ket for Missouri mules In Washington.
Some time ago" he said. "A member
from Missouri had a letter from con-
stituent asked what price he could OBJ
tain for carload of mules ~ this city.
He replied that the street cars were
run by electricity and the government
by jackasses. So he said there was no
use for mules in Washington"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
The Police Escort.

When the illustrious visitor arrived.
as the guest of the town, and was be-
ing received by the reception commit
tee at the railway station, he saw.
drawn up in military position, two long
lines OF stalwart policemen.
What are those policemen for7" he
inquired OF a committeeman near him.
They ere here TO escort YOU through
the crowl." was the answer.
ITO escort me through .hc crowd ,
All those policemen" he exclaimed.
and added. with a twinkling eve. do
they take ne for "A baseball ur.pire?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Ate sausaoes 10 Win wife.

When Heinrich was counting Mary
he had rival. one Johann Hermann.
The two met one evening at her home
and got into a dispute as to their ca
pacity for frankfurters.
In the demonstration which followed
both ate ~ links. when Johann be-
came i'll and had TO retire hors de com
bat. Johann will act as best man at
the wedding.-Exchange.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
NOTHING MORE TO SAY.

Pardon my question. but how do
you know your wife doesn't wish you
to take out insurance."
We'll. I'll tell you. She's got no
ton I'm going to survive her and that
1t will be collected by No. q"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16

complaints for many
years. and cannot
tell what agony l
endured from back
ache. My II m b 9
were swollen twice
natural size and my
sight was weaken
ing. The kidney Sc
cretions were d is
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Died on the Way.

Young Daughter tsadIy)-oh, mann
ma, the letter sent to st. Nicholas last
Christmas died on the way!
Mother-What leads you to believe
Il died?
Young Daughter-'Cause the post
man jes' brought it back from the dead
letter Office!
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
What We Have Done.

When the hour OF death comes-that
comes to high and low alike-then 1t
IS not what we have done for ourselves
but what we have done for others.
that we think on most pleasantly
Sir Walter Scott
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16

Two secrets of popularity are keep
\ cheerful courage burning and say
nothing but pleasant things about peo-
pie or say nothing at all.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
II Cure. WhiIa You Walk.

Aliens Foot Ease is certain cure for
hot. sweating. callous, and swollen. aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c. Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Addres. Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy. n. y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Down to Earth.

Kpicker-I know n man who can cer
tainly sweep the state.
Mrs. Knicker-Well. ] want you to
70 to the intelligence ONCE and get .
girl who can sweep the parfor.-New
York Sun.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
Agreed With Him,

IF thit ruffian undertakes to pull
my ears" said a fellow at a street cor
aer. he will have his hands full
The crowd looked at the mans ears
and smiled
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16

Did you ever hear man with an
obese bank balance say that tile love
Of money was the root of all evil?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16

The ancestor of every action is .
thought-Emerson.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16

One OF the sights OF Denver-ths
"Albany's" new Orange and Colonial
restaurants.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16
RAISED FROM A SICK BED.
After Being an Invalid with Kidney
Disorders for Many Years.

John Armstrong. Cloverport. KY.
saws: ~ was an invalid with kidney
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16

At the Albany" Denver. you will
meet them all
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-04-16

Meet me at the Albany Fountain"
Denver.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-10
POSSE SHOT TWO ROBBERS
Desperate Battle With Three
Craftsmen In New Jersey.
Had Blown Open Safes III Two Post
Offices in Gloucester County and
Set Building Affre.

Woodbury., N. J. - After blowing
open the safes in tho postoflces at Pc
dricktown and Bridgeport three yegg-
men engaged in hot battle with a
posse of twenty-five or thirty resi-
| dents of Gloucester County in a
clump of woods few miles away.
After the robberies they stole team
| from a livery stable and started off
At 7 o'clock a. m. they were seen en-
tering Woodbury. and Policeman Mer-
chant opened fire and wounded one
of them The robbers then left their
team and took refuge in the woods
near Sewell. They were armed with
"A calibre revolvers and seemed to
have plenty of ammunition
Merchant alarmed the authorities,
who quickly organized posse, which
surrounded the men Seeing that
capture was imminent, the yeggmen
fed to barn. The farmers gathered
in nearby cornfield and exchanged
shots with them. Then the men made
dash toward Woodbury..
Opposite the water works the posse
closed in on them, and after a hand
to hand fight succeeded in capturing
two. The third man got away.
One of the captured men was shot
in the groin and to Dr.. Stout, who
treated him, he said that he was Will
lam Mccoy, thirty-eight years old,
and had no home He had $134 in
his pockets and IA calibre revol
yer, empty. He was committed to
prison without bail.
The other prisoner said he was
John Burns, seventeen years old He
was wounded in the face and body
with buckshot. In a tobacco bag tied
around his neck was SGT in bills and
in his pockets S100 in bills and $1.37
in change, together with "A calibre
revolver. Burns before being cap
tured threw bottle of nitro glycer-
inc at his captors 1t did not explode.
few minutes after midnight the
men made their appearance in Pc
dricktown, about twenty miles below
Woodbury. They went to the livery
stable of j. B. Caventa, forced an
entrance and stole a team Then
they went to the postoffice The safe
was blown open and $3.50 in stamps
and money taken.
The force of the explosion was so
great that it wrecked the entire post
Office and set fire to the building. The
robbers fed with the stolen team. In
a very few minutes the entire popula-
ton of Pedricktown was in the street
in front of the postoffice. The volun-
teer firemen got to work on the blaze,
but before they extinguished it $4,000
damage was done.
At 2 O'Clock the yeggmen reached
the Bridgeport postofice. The family
of William Brown lives over the post
Office, but this did not deter the rob-
bers from forcing entrance and in
sorting charge of nitro glycerine in
the safe sufficient to almost wreck the
building. Brown armed himself with
a revolver and rushed down stairs,
and when he went into the postoffice
he ran against the barrels of three re-
volvers. He was told to retreat I'M
der the threat of death, and did SO.
The robbers then packed up 5000
worth of stamps and taking $50 in
money made off in the direction of
woodbury., near where the fight and
capture took place.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-10
NINE GUILTY OF MURDER.
Chinese Convicted of Deaths OF Tong
Men in Boston Fights.

Boston.-Nine Chinese who took
part in the tong fight which resulted
in the killing of four other Cinnamon
here on August last year were
found guilty of murder in the first
degree.
Chief among the convicted is
Wary Charles, highly educated
Americanized Chinaman, who is said
to have been the leader of the Hip
Sing Tong in this city. He is said to
have been the chief mover in plan
to wipe out the members of the On
Leong Tong.
Eight "hatchet men were brought
here secretly and commenced opera
lions on the night of August 2.
Many of the On Leongs were sitting
quietly in their doorways in Oxford
place when the strangers appeared
and opened fire with revolvcrs. More
than forty shots were fired
During the trial Lee Watt, one Of
ten prisoners on trial, was found dead
in his cell of natural causes, it was
reported. The men convicted are:
Wary Charles, zee jung, Dong Box
Ling, Joe Guoy, Wong How, Min
Sing, Hon Woons I.aong Gong and
Wong Duck
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-10

/
| Omaha, Neb. a solid instructed
Bryan delegation was chosen by the
Nebraska State Democratic Conven-
| ton to attend the National Conven-
ton in Denver.
William ]. Bryan dominated the
convention at all times, although not
a delegate. Every time he appeared
| he was cheered, his speech during the
| evening was vociferously applauded,
and the platform which was adopted,
and upon which the national platform
will be modelled, was practically his
handiwork
The Populist Convention, held here
the same day, also instructed its dele
cation for Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan spent the entire fore
noon with the Committee on Resolu-
lions, revising the platform, the prin-
cipal features of which are.
More laws against campaign con.
tributions from corporations.
Opposition to Capitalization of
power.
Jurisdiction by State courts over
foreign corporations.
Election of United States Senators
by direct vote of the people.
A law to prevent the duplication
of directors among competing corpor-
atoms.
Federal Regulation of Corporations.
A license system which will, with
out abridging the rights of State,
make Federal licenses necessary to a
manufacturing or trading corporation
engaged in Interstate commerce and
protect the public from watered stock.
A law compelling all such corpora
lions to sell to all purchasers on the
same terms.
An immediate revision of the tariff
to restore it to revenue basis.
The establishment of national in
come tax and a national inheritance
tax.
The speedy completion of the Pan
anna Canal.
The Improvement and development
of interior waterways.
An immediate declaration of the
nations purpose to recognize the in
dependence of the Philippines as soon
as stable government can be estab-
hshed.
Agreements with other nations pro.
viding for the investigation by an i'm
partial international tribunal of every
dispute which defies diplomatic set
tlement
Better Banking Laws.
Complete control by Congress over
interstate commerce and by States
over interstate commerce. Full pro.
lection from discrimination and ex.
tortion by railroads. Physical valu-
alton of all roads Prohibition of
watered stock and fictitious capitalf-
cation, Reduction of transportation
rates until they yield only reason
able return on the present value Of
the roads.
Laws for the better regulation of
banks and the protection of deposits.
Opposition to both the Aldrich and
Folwer bills and an emergency cur
rency to be issued and controlled by
the Federal Government.
An eight-hour day.
The Cancellation of labor and capt.
tai,
Modification of the injunction law
and jury trials for defendants in con-
tempt cases where the alleged Of
Tense is committed outside the pres
ence of the court.
An employers liability act.
Opposition to Asiatic immigration.
Statehood for Arizona and New
Mexico
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-10
An Unpleasant Once.

The task assigned to the bell-boy
at a small New England hotel was no
sinecure, and he realized it, for the
old gentleman who had requested
that he be wakened for an early
breakfast was extremely deaf
81 don't know what I'll do about
the man in Number Forty-one, that
wanted to go of on the 7 o'clock
train, the bell-boy announced,
breathlessly, to the proprietress,
Haven't you walked him up yet2'
demanded that brisk person.
1--WE walked him three times. said
the boy. sullxily, but he hasn' eeard
me yet. Everybody else has though,
on that floor ] kno because
they've all hollered to me to stop bat
tering on their doors. Youth =
COMPANION.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-10
Feminine Notes.

The women of Vienna have been
compelled to organize to fight a food
trust
The United States Supreme Court
has decided that woman is In class
by herself"
Miss Elizabeth M. Kilbourne, of
Winsted. Conn, claims to be the first
woman who ever took stitch on the
sewing machine.
Miss Frances Pickerell, residing in
St. Louis, is among those who have
withdrawn from the State University
at Columbia because Miss Mary Craig
refuses to take bath.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-10
CHINA HAS MADE APOLOGY.
Regrets That Japanese Flag Was
Pulled Down.

London. - A special dispatch re
:eived here states that China has
lpologized to Japan for hauling down
The Japanese flag when the steamship
ratsu Maru was seized.
The dispatch further states that
China later will reply to the japanese
government regarding the seizure of
he steamer and its cargo.
Confirmation Of this dispatch was
given at the Japanese Embassy, where
Il was said that China had expressed
ieep regret for hauling down the Jap
anese flag on the Tatsu Maru, and
aad promised to punish the officials
responsible for this act. Ii was fur
her stated that China had promised
10 reply later concerning the seizure
Of the ship.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-10
Jottings About sports.

H. H. Hackett and f. B. Alexander
won the national indoor tennis cham
pionship in doubles.
Betting this year at Churchill
Downs. Louisville, will probably be
carried on with the Paris mutuel
system.
Playing rules in baseball were
an ended so that the pitcher must not
soil new ball by rubbing it on the
E-ound.
Frank Pierce, the noted Indian
long distance runner, of Irving, M.
III, died from pneumonia, after a
short illness.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-10
Sun Dial.

If l should ever lose my watch I
would make sun dial out Of a
water tumbler. Take plain water
tumbler and close it's top with a
round slat of wood, into the centre
of which stick darning needle. On
the outside of the glass paste mar
row strip of paper which has been
soaked in oil Then place the glass
on a slanting piece of wood and the
sun dial is ready. At in the morn
ing place the glass so that the needle
throws a shadow on one end of the
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-03-10
PROFESSOR CHARLES ELIOT NORTON.
University Tests.

One might say that the first test
at Oxford is athletic ability. the next,
sociability. and the final, scholastic
ability. When you have passed the
first two you are the admiration OF
your friends; when you have shown
yourself scholar besides, you are
the admiration of your college,
Rhodes Scholar in Sunset.