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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

- Friend-Your little wife is a bril-
lantly handsome woman. should
think you'd be jealous of her. Host
(confidentially)-To tell the truth,
6imkins. am. never invite anybody
here that any sane woman would take
. fancy to.-London Illustrated Bits.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20
$500 in Gold, Free,

Send rs the names of your friends
who want a piano. and II We secure an
order as a result we will give you IS
In gold for your trouble. Send all the
details you can and write plainly. The
Knight Campbeil Music Co., 1625-31
California St. Denver. Colo.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

Richard T. Crane, the millionaire
philanthropist. has presented property
valued at $4,000 to the Hull House.
Chicago. as n tribute to his first wife.
. the mother OF his seven children. II
will be known as the Mary Crane
Memorial day nursery.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20
i,r.L ! !
The Prevailing Excuse.

I"S 'e'S
"Jedge." said the prisoner, who had
been caught with a chicken in sack.
you oughter go easy with me-"
why? You stole the hen"
II admits It. jedge; l admits II" re-
sponded the prisoner. But it's SOL
emn truf dat hen Jest seemed to be my
aflnity; yes. sah!"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20
PURE FOOD.
No Food Commissioner Of Any State
Has Ever Attacked the Absolute
Purity Of Grape-Nuts.

and Barley, treated by our processes
to partially transform the starch
parts into form of Sugar. and there
fore much easier to digest.
Our claim that 1t is "Food for
Brain and Nerve Centres" is based
upon the fact that certain parts of
Wheat and Barley (Which We use) con-
tain Natures brain and nerve building
ingredients. viz: Phosphate Of Pot.
ash, and the way We prepare the food
makes 1t easy to digest and assimilate.
DR.. Geo. w. Carey in his book on
THE Biochemic System of Medicine"
says:
When the medical profession fully
understands the nature and range Of
the phosphate OF potassium, insane
asylums will no longer be needed.
The gray matter of the brain IL
controlled entirely by the inorganic
cell-salt. potassium phosphate.
This salt unites with albumen. and
by the addition OF oxygen creates nerve
fluid. or the gray matter OF the brain.
"Of course. there is trace of other
salts and other organic matter in
nerve-huid. but potassium phosphate
is the chief factor. and has the power
within itself to attract, by its own law
OF affinity. all things needed to manu-
facture the elixir of life. Therefore.
when nervous symptoms arise. due to
the fact that the nerve-huid has been
exhausted from any cause. the phos-
phate OF potassium is the only true
remedy. because nothing else can
possibly supply the deficiency.
THE Ills arising from too rapidly
consuming the gray matter Of tho
brain cannot be overcstimated.
phosphate OF Potash. is to my
mind. the most wonderful curative
agent ever discovered by man. and
the blessings 1t has already conferred
on the race are many. But what
shall the harvest be when physicians
everywhere fully understand the part
this wonderful salt plays in the
processes OF life? 1t will do as much
as can be done through physiology to
make heaven on earth.
Let the overworked business man
take 1t and go home good-tempered.
Let the weary wife. nerves unstrung
from attending to sick children or en-
tertaining company. take 1t and note
how quickly the equilibrium will be
restored and calm and reason assert
her throne. No provings' are required
here. We flnd this potassium salt
largely predominates in nerve-fuid.
and that q deficiency produces we'll
defined symptoms. The beginning and
end Of the matter is to supply the
lacking principle. and in molecular
form, exactly as nature furnishes 1t in
vegetables, fruits and grain. To sup
ply deficiencies-this is the only law
of cure"
Please observe that Phosphate of
Potash is not properly Of the drug
shop variety but is best prepared by
"Old Mother Nature" and stored in
the grains ready for use by mankind.
Those who have been helped to better
health by the use of Grape-Nuts are
legion.
There's q Reason"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

It may be a blessed fortune for
Socrates that Xantippe didn't keep q
diary to be published 1000 years after
her death.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

Give Defiance Starch n fair trial
try 1t for botn hot and cold starching.
and II you don't think you do better
work. in less time and at smaller cost.
return 1t and your grocer will give you
back your money.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

When Your Throat Feels Sore
get 25c box Of Browns Bronchial
Troches. They give immediate relief.
Contain nothing Injurious.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20
LYDIA EPINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
Ever since / was sixteen years o1
age had suffered from an organic do
rangcment and female weakness; in
consequence 1 had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous My phyxi-
clan said 1 must go through an opers-
tion to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and / took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully. and thanks to you l am to-
day a well woman, and i am telling
ali my friends of my experience"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

Making things appear to prove what
we want them to prove. is one way;
having them prove what they do
prove Is another way.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

A light of one candlepower is plainly
visible at one mile. and light Of three
candlepower at two miles.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

The nourishment In three baked
bananas. weighing one pound. is equal
70 tina. of twenty-six pounds of bread.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

The fox may lose his hair. but not
his cunning.-Dutch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

Shortly after man goes up agains
the matrimonial game his bump o.
hope becomes a dent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

The very wisest advice: take Garfield
Tea whenever laxative is indicated!
Pleasant to the taste, simple, pure, mild,
potent and health-giving. Made OF Herbs
not drugs.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20
THE TIME TEST.
That Is What Proves True Msrit

Doan's Kidney Pills bring the quick
est of relief from backache and kid.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

OF course there is nothing new un.
der the sun. but almost any druggist
can give you something Just as good.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing SyruP.
For child teething sufl-ns tho gums, reduces IN
iammstion. aAys pain cures wind collie 2ac bottle
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20
The Ruling Passion.

The young man asked the banker
For his fair and only child,
The banker nodded gravcly.
And then he Erimly smiled.
Amazed. the young man heard him
Reply in business phrase:
"1'll have to file your notice
Come back in sixty days"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

Punctuation marks were first used
IN 1890.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

Postoffices were first established in
1864.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20
ANOTHER NARRow-MINoEp MAN

De Quiz-What do you call good
winter weather?
De whiz-Weather cold enough to
make a mans wife think her own fire.
side better place than matinee.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20
Above Rewar

Above Reward.
Good counsel has no price.-French
Proverb.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

important to MotheTs.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that 1t
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

mans ideal woman 10 one kind Of
q pipe dream.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-02-20

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is Ruarpnteed to cure any ca.
of Itching. Blind. Bleeding ProtrudinG Piles
to II days money refunded. Soc.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
Mrs. Paul d. Elliser, an aged white

Mrs. Paul d. Elliser, an aged white
woman who resides at Cayce, S. c.,
was killed by an unknown negro, the
motive being. robbery.
Walter Holbrook, a ~well-known
farmer of S~hawneetown, H., was fatal
ly shot by Ferd Norman. The shoot
ing was the result of an old grudge.
Frederick ]. Brinnier, aged twenty
four, attempted suicide in a hotel at
Philadelphia by shooting himself.
Brinnier is in a critical condition.
Mrs. A. F.. Natter, a wealthy resi-
dent of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, commit
ted suicide by tying a sponge filled
with chloroform over her face. The
motive for the suicide is not known.
In a desperate battle at st. Louis
with knives and brickbats over a girl.
with three brothers on one side and
two OH the other, Edward, Stanley and
John Smith were stabbed. The first
two are seriously injured, the other
slightly.
As q climax to a long series of
trouble between his wife and himself,
George Van Pelt, a tugboat owner and
captain of New York, shot and fatally
wounded their eight-year-old daughter
Ruth last night and then fired two
bullets into his brain. Both will prob,
ably die.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
YELLOW DOG MAN DIED.
Joudge Andrew Hamilton Found Dead
In Bed From Dilation Of Heart.

IN Bed From Dilation Of Heart.
Albany, N. Y, March 3.-Andrew
Hamilton. formerly counsel for the
New York Life and other insurance
companies and in charge for many
years Of insurance litigation and legis,
lative matters in all parts of this coun-
try and Canada, was found dead in bed
yesterday morning.
An autopsy disclosed an acute dila,
ton of the heart, which must have
caused practically instantaneous death
at ONE time during the night.
OF "Ysllow Dog Fame.
Judge Hamilton, who was so called
because he was twice elected judgesof
the Albany city court, was most wide
ly known in a popular way by the con-
nection Of his name with disclosures
regarding political and legislative mat
tiers during the insurance investiga-
ton of 1905. His name was used in
connection with the famous yellow
dog fund of the insurance companies.
He was one OF the spectacular fea-
lures of the insurance investigation,
and his testimony before the investi.
eating committee was sensational.
Resented Being Made Scapegoat.
He resented an apparent effort to
make him a scapegoat and at m time
caused a commotion for fear he would
tell all he knew.
Judge Hamilton vas fifty-five years
OF age. He was formerly district at
torney of Albany county, clerk of the
last ten or fifteen years has become
widely known a. an authority upon
corporation and especially upon insur-
ance law.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
From Other Shores.

Ten persons were killed and a
score more wounded, including several
ecclesiastics. as a result Of a riot in
| the main street at Teheran during the
passage of a religious festival.
A great fall of snow has blocked all
traffic in the Donets valley in Russia,
Twenty-one thousand workmen. fifty
five freight trains and $500 teams are
engaged in clearing the tracks.
Railroad traffic in Central Russia is
almost completely paralyzed by a sue,
cession of heavy snow storms, which
still continue. Many towns are cut
| off from all communication.
TIE thirteenth anniversary of the
| uprising that initiated the war of Gu,
ban independence was celebrated last
week by a total suspension of bust,
ness. by fetes and extensive illumina.
tons.
1t Is understood in diplomatic circles
at Copenhagen that as a result of
pressure from other powers. Russia
has abandoned her plan of fortifyins
the Aland ISLANDS. and that an entente
preserving the status quo in the Baltic
soon will be arranged.
The Italian senate. sitting as a high
| court. after ten hours deliberation
convicted Nunzio NaZi. former minis
ter of public instruction, of embezzle,
ment from the state treasury. 1t sen
fenced him to eleven months and
twenty days Imprisonment.
Ten brigands attacked a Kielce
Poland, train. hurting three bombs at
it and firing many shots from thei,
rifles. They killed one soldier and
wounded three soldiers and three
trainmen. They made their escape on
the engine of the train with $4,000 in
gold.
Tommy Burns, the heavyweight
champion, and Jack Johnson, the ne
gro heavyweight, may meet in Eng
land to fight for the championship
within a few months. A syndicate OF
British sportsmen have offered a purse
for a fight between them, to take place
in England.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
Domestic.

Former Gov. Richard Yates has an
nounced his candidacy for governor OF
Illinois.
Andrew Carnegie has contributed
1925, 900 to the Robert Koch institute
for the investigation of tuberculosis
at Berlin.
The A. B. Clark ranch, one of the
largest in Montana. comprising 10000
acres, has been sold to w. H. Dye of
Indianapolis.
BY an order issued by the Santa Fe
all of the men who were victims of
the re%trenching process recently were
put back to work on full time.
Justice Gug, in the New York su-
| preme court, set aside the verdict of a
jury and fined the jurymen $50 each
for deciding the verdict by the flip of
a coin.
The Missouri Pacific railroad has
surrendered in the anti-pass fight with
the Nebraska state railway commits
sion. Attorney Wagner sent a tele-
gram canceling all ANNALS.
Thirteen hundred and four ears of
prize winning corn OF the Marshall
county, Iowa, short course school
sold at auction for a total Of $3.50.
The price per bushel averaged 1880
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, is
! patient at the Manhattan Eye. Ear
and Throat hospital in New York.
where he underwent an operation in.
tended to relieve him Of trouble in the
left ear.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby Nicholas Murray Butler.
president of Columbia university, New
York, is to deliver a course of lee.
lures at the University Of Copenhagen
next September.
Compliance with the federal law.
effective March 4, which limits to nine
hours the working day OF operators,
will cost the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad $155, 1000 a year. ac-
cording to a statement issued by Of.
ficials of that road.
S%tuyvesant Fish has given up the
fight for Illinois Central control. Fri.
udy nc ISSUED n SIdtcIlcut WHICH ID
effect is a throwing up Of the sponge.
His statement was mailed to the
stockholders Of the road, and offered
to return proxies to those who desire
them.
If news brought to Victoria, B. c.,
proved to be correct, Vancouver isl.
and will see a stampede this summer
unequaled since the days of the Klon.
dixie gold rush. On the beaches OF
Wreck bay, at Sidney inlet, on the
east coast, a bank of sand has been
found wondrously rich in gold.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
All Is Not Vet Told.
MAIL CONTRACT GRAB FoiLED.
Stevenson and Stafford Are Active in
Blocking Steal.

Washington, March l. - In connec-
ton with the report to the house yes.
terday of the postoffice appropriation
bill by the committee on Dostoffices
there YER interesting disclosures re-
garding the most remarkable contest
that has taken place in a committee
of congress during the present session
over the details of legislation.
The controversy was over a PROPOSE
tom for changing the weighing period
of mails carried on railroads. the effect
of which change would be materially
to increase the compensation of the
railroads for mail carriage. The cir
cumstances under which the matter
was submitted to the committee and
the test vote, showing a tie, which was
broken by one member changing his
vote. were attended by what was said
to be almost riotous demonstrations
by the members who favored or op-
posed the change in legislation.
BY a vote of 10 to 8 the proposition
was defeated.
The Representatives on the postofice
committee from the Northwest lined
up against the proposed increased pay
to the railroads and vigorously COM
bated the introduction of the item
making the change. Representatives
Stevenson of Minnesota and Stafford
Of Wisconsin were active and aggres.
sive in preventing the increase.
It Is estimated that II the item had
been carried into the bill and agreed
to by both houses it would have in.
creased the compensation for railway
mail carriage approximately s 500, 900.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
SCANDAL BEFORE CONGRESS.
Two Departments Are Charged With
Wrongs in Indian Land Affairs.
New York, March "A Washington

Two Departments Are Charged With
Wrongs in Indian Land Affairs.
New York, March "A Washington
special dispatch says:
Two of the big government depart
ments are to be required to step forth
into the glare of the senate search
light and be examined in regard to
alleged sins of omission and commits
sion in connection with the admins
tration of the affairs of certain In
dams who belong to the Five Civilized
Tribes in Oklahoma.
The department Of the interior will
be asked to inform the senate what
foundation there may be in charges
that the secretary of the interior has
had in it's possession for three months
positive proof of the bribery of GER
tain members of a court which passed
upon Observation-Disclosures citizenship
claims without starting an investiga-
tion for the purpose of bringing the
guilty persons to the bar of justice.
Wrongdoers Favored.
The department OF justice will be
asked to make answer to charges that
extraordinary courtesy has been e.
tended to certain indicted persons
who were charged with having wrong
fully taken money from the Choctaw-
Chickasaw fund and that under in
formation of tho attorney general the
defendants never were brought TO
trial.
All these charges have been made
by Congressman Stephens Of Texas
and Senator Tillman has taken the
charges up and embodied them in res
olntions, one OF which he has already
introduced in the senate. The resolu-
ton relates to the department Of In
terror.
100000 Acres Involved.
The other resolution, which calls
for an explanation from the depart
ment of justice, will probably be in
troduced by Senator Tillman.
There were some &c. 900 900 acres
Of land in Indian Territory to be di-
vided in %severalty among these In
dians. There were about $4,000 per-
sons in the two tribes, and by act Of
congress it was stipulated that each
individual should receive land to a
value of $1,000, the lands being ap-
praised all the way from rs cents to
$3.50 an acre.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
Negro 10 Strung Up.

Houston. Tex, March 1. - Charles
Scott, a negro, aged eighteen years,
was found hanging to a tree at Conroe
yesterday. The negro's feet had a
placard attached to them with the
words: Warning to negroes found
prowling in white folks houses"
Scott had been arrested and placed
under bond on a charge of attempting
an assault upon Miss Alloy.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
People Talked About.

william Hildebrand, n of the fore.
most civil engineers of the country, is
dead in New York.
Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, U. S. A.,
retired, dropped dead in Washington
of heart disease.
Mas Harriet HOsmer, the sculptress,
died at her home in WATERFOWL. Mass.
after an illness of three weeks.
DIR. Johannes Friedrich August Won
Esmarch. professor Of surgery at the
University OF Kiel. Germany, is dead
Phillip E. Campbell, formerly state
treasurer Of Missouri and mayor OF
Jefferson City. died at his home in
Kansas City.
Charles Brun, the French painter
whose picture "LImprovisatenr
Arabe" forms part OF the Rockefeller
collection, is dead in Paris.
Mrs. Sophia Jacobson fell dead as
she completed an address before the
Free Thinkers society in Chicago
Heart disease was the cause.
w. X. Knight. general counsel Of the
Illinois Central railroad in Iowa, and
forerly state senator, is dead at Du
buque at the age of s~eventy-one years
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
Accused Of RaiSino Bill.

Brainerd, Mimi. March l. Fred
WALLPAPER and Ed Brooks, accused o.
having passed a raised bill on little
Annie Van Sickle in her fathers an.
dy store, were turned over to Deputy
United States Marshal Rider.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
SENSATIONS ARE NOT WANTED
Presidents Aide Admits Responsibility
for Row Over Criticisms of
Navy.

Washington. March 4.-Commander
William n. Sims. naval aid to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. by his own statement.
is responsible for the row over crit
cisms of battleship construction. At
the outset of his testimony before the
senate committee on naval affairs yes
teTday he gave the committee to IN
derstand it could expect some sensa-
tions. This was done in a prelimi-
nary statement outlining what he
had to do with naval criticism"
Continuing, he said he would have
to go into unpleasant facts. such as
charging officers or inventors with
having made misleading statements.
the secretion Of official documents
and the refusal OF superior officers t"
accept suggestions Of value.
choked OF by Tillman.
The plan Of Commander Sims to
give the committee a sensation was
upset Immediately by Senator Till
man. who suggested that the witness
be instructed to confine his testimony
to alleged faulty construction and to-
say nothing at this time of criticisms
made Of personnel or incomplete on
ganization. or other matters which
are to be taken up later.
Chairman Hale said the witness
WAS not TO say anything now about
resistance to criticism by naval Off
GERS as that was q matter of ethics.
Don't YOU care to know if the de
partment has resisted criticism"
asked tie commander.
Not from YOU" was the reply.
Called Back Sharply.
This incident furnished an illus
tratiOn Of subsequent proceedings dur
ing Commander Sims testimony. He
got away from the line of inquiry
again, and members of the committee
called him back sharply.
The armor belt on all our battle
ships is too low" Commander Sims
stated broadly. He charged that the
statements made by Rear Admirals
Converse and Caps were misleading.
At the conclusion of the criticisms
Of the water lines, which were made
in the most general terms. Admiral
Capps was given permission to cross
examine the witness. The admirat
did this chiefly by raising direct issue
with the witness.
Pictures the Dangers.
The question OF turret construction
and the relative merit of the direct
and interrupted ammunition hoists
was then taken up. The commander
gave a graphic description OF the open
turret with the direct hoists. which
pictured the dangers in such n
that caused Mr.. Hale to remark: The
wonder to me is that any men come
out of there alive"
Gunnery was referred to incidental
~, and Commander Sims character
lied the shooting by the American
squadron at the battle of Santiago a.
the most d~isgraceful exhibition OF
gunnery that ever took place on the
face of the globe" 'Our gunners
could not shoot at ALL" he said. Com
mander Sims concluded his statement
at u o'clock at the suggestion of the
committee. He remarked that he had
not said hardly anything OF what
he wanted to say
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-03-06
news OF THE WEEK IN tPTOMf
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
Washington.

Seven Flipinos may receive instruc-
lion in the United States military
academy, according to a bill passed by
he senate.
A denial was made at the German
embassy At Washington of the accu-
racy Of statements recently. appearing
the press alleging that German
arms have been contributing in a ma
.erial way to the revolutionary move
nent in Haiti.
The Southern Railway company.
aaving failed in its efforts to reach an
agreement with its employees in the
matter Of a reduction in their wages,
has called upon the interstate com
nerce commission and bureau OF labor
70 mediate under the Erdman act.
The retirement on full pay OF any
Judge Of the United States court who
aas held his commission for at least
len years and reached the age Of sew
snty years is provided in a bill intro
auced by Senator Knox which has
been reported favorably by the senate
committee on judiciary.
The ease of the Duluth and Superior
Bridge company VS.. the Steamer
Troy, a suit for damages growing out
Of a collision by the steamer with he
bridge across the St. Louis river be-
tween Duluth and Superior, in 1906,
whereby the bridge was destroyed,
was decided adversely to the bridge
company by the supreme court.
In the will Of Charles E. Wood. a
real estate operator Of Washington,
who died recently. leaving his estate
valued at more than 81, 000, 600, provis-
lon Is made for the establishment of a
sanatorium at Atlantic City. N. j., at \
cost of about $500, 600. and which is to
be on the lines Of q sanitorium at
Battle Creek. Mich.