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Truth by joyce.

Col John A. Joyce. the noted author,
has issued another work which he
thinks will make an epoch in litera-
ture. 1t is the result of his 80 years
of intensely varied experiences in active
life, during which he has seen much,
observed closely. and thought deeply.
The work is a neat little book of 200
pages, embellished with a portrait of
the author, and sells for 81. Joyce.
who knows more about the book than
anybody else, says:
There are more short wise, witty,
various, defiant and independent say
ings in this rare volume. arranged into
one, two and three line sentences, than
have ever been uttered in ancient or
modern times from the brain of any
other author"
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RECENT LITERATURE.

WILLIAM d. BATE. CITIZEN. SOL
DER AND STATESMAN. BY Park
Marshall. Published by the Cum
bertrand Press, Nashville, Tenn.
Price, S1.25.
The late Senator Bate filled most
conspicuous place in the history of.
Tennessee for nearly so years. He was
born In the State in 1926, anu grew to
manhood amid the intense discussions
over States Rights by such giants as
Webster, Clay, Calhoun and Benton.
lie was a States Rights Democrat Of the
Calhoun school. and when he attained
to manhood he took an active part in
politics He graduated in the law, but
varied its practice with editing a Demo-
cratic paper and running a farm. He
was elected to the Legislature shortly
after reaching the legal age. and then
became Attorney-General. At the out
break of the war he was "a years OF
age, and Immediately raised company
for the I'd Tenn, c. S. A. He was soon
elected Colonel of the regiment. and at
the conclusion of the struggle had been
commander of a division for q long
time. He took prominent part in all
the battles of the Army of the Ten
nessee, c. S. A, and was repeatedly
wounded. All those who served in the
Army of the Cumberland formed very
intimate acquaintance win Bates Divi-
sion in the numerous battles in which
they came into sharp collision with his
gallant Tennesseeans. At the conclu-
sion of the war he resumed the practice
of the law at home and conducted q
farm, but continued to take a strong in
terest in politics. and in 1852 was elect
ed Governor of Tennessee and re-elect-
ed without opposition. He was elected
TO the United States Senate in January.
1857. and continuously reelected until
death summoned him away in 1907
This biography is written by a loving
friend. and he has done his duty well.
Included in the volume are Memorial
Day addresses by Senator Carmack, Gen.
Charles II. Grosyenor and a. o. STAN
ley Gen. GrOsvenor paid the generous
tribute of a foeman, since Grosvenor'S
command had often ciashed with that
of Bates The book is very creditable
memorial to Tennesseean, who repre-
scented his side and people with dis
tinction in both war and peace.
THE RED SKULL. By Fergus Hume.
Published by the Dodge Publishing
Co., New York. Price. $3.50.
Fergus Hume, who made distinct
success of his Mystery of a Hanson
Cab" has essayed another novel on the
same line, and which it is believed will
take even better than it's predecessor.
1t has some very attractive illustrations
by Louise Rogers.
Letters to a Business Girl" a book
by Florence W. Saunders, from the
press of Laird & Lee, Chicago is really
something new in the book field II
there is anything a young woman en-
tering business life as clerk, accountant,
secretary, salesman or in other capaci-
ty needs information, suggestion or adj
vice upon, she may refer the matter to
this book with confidence. 1t will help
her to success. Price, SIPS.
THE Strenuous Career, or Short
Steps to Success" is the rather EXTEND
ed title of new book by Rev. Madison
c. Peters. No doubt it is entirely as
the publishers-Laird & Lee. Chicago
say: Every boy and young man start
ing in life should study this book"
Price, $1.25.
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that many important things have been
learned. What these are, of course,
they keep to themselves, as they were
not making the test for the education
of other Nations. A number of results
have been claimed in the newspapers,
but these are absolutely unreliable. The
officers very properly refuse to give out
any essential facts. The Florida will be
next used to test torpedo attack.
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RetractiOn.
To Whom IT May Concern:
Memorial Day Number.

Editor National Tribune: 1 have JUS
read your issue of May 81 for Memorial
Day. 1t is beautiful in sentiment, logi-
cal in arrangement. elevated in wisdom
and was also true. This combined to
make it fit for coming generations tc
read to their children. God bless you
for it, and / wish that we had more
such.-E. A. H. Beyland. Past Com
mander. Garfield Post, Bellevue, KY.
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New Music. .
CIR ANDPA'

GRANDPA'S COAT OF BLUE. By Elma
Bingham Wright. Music by w. w.
Sturtevant. Published by the Stur-
tevant Publishing Company, Keene.
N. H.
This is dedicated to the Grand Army
of the Republic, and intended for a
song for Post meetings and other pa
triotic occasions
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LincoIn's Gettysburg Address.

Col Henry P. Fischer, Past Com
mander, Department of Wisconsin, has
presented to all the pupils of the schools
in Muskegon, Wis, fine fac-simile of
Line1fns draft OF his immortal speech
at gettysburg.
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COMPELLED APOLOGY.
The Comrades Resented a SIur Upon the
Veterans.

Jesse Millikan, Hartford Post, Lodi
Cal, sends us clipping from the paper
which tells of an incident that stirred
the old comrades to the foundation
During a hoSlocal campaign in which
the license system was involved Mr.
Atwood showed the too-frequent
looseness of speech of the Prohibition
orators and said:
"All the old soldiers are old aoaks
The Government has allowed what
they called a pension, but it is simply
a way of furnishing money for the
grog shops. / repeat it, all old sol
diers are old soaks."
Herman Schultz, a member of the
Post. Immediately began to peel off
his coat TO take the speaker to task, but
ID. Woods, son Of veteran, stepped
in and volunteered for the job A
truce was arranged before the matter
came to blows. and Hartford Post, aft
er an earnest discussion of the matter
sent a delegation TO Mr. Atwood to
give him an opportunity to retract
He saw the wisdom of this and the
Lodi Herald contained the following in
prominent place in its columns:
RetractiOn.
To Whom II May Concern:
Whereas, in the heat of excitement
over the election Tuesday, and while
discussing same on the street, made
statement about the old soldiers of
the G. A. r. that was uncalled for, I'M
warranted and untrue. i hereby make
public retraction and apologize to that
order for same.
LEVI ATWOOD.
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NOTABLES In THE
CONVENTION.
CONTINUED from page one.)

rule any preconvention or convention
outrages, unless they be of a most fla
grant character. resulting in serious
deprivation of personal or political
rights, are speedily lost sight of.
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WILLIAM D. BATE. CITIZEN. SOL
DER AND STATESMAN BY Park
Marshall. Published by the Cum
bertrand Press, Nashville, Tenn.
Price. $l25.
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The Conventions of 1Sss.

The Republican Convention of 1883,
Held in Chicago, nominated for Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison. of Indiana. for
Vice President Levi p. Morton, of New
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The Republican Convention of 1884
was held in June, in Chicago. James
G. Blaine was nominated for President
and John A. Logan for Vice President.
The platform declared that il is the
first duty of a good government TO pro-
tect the rights and interests of its own
people and, therefore. demanded that
the imposition of duties on foreign inn
ports should be made high enough 10
raise the requisite revenue for the Gov
eminent and afford security to our d.
yersified industies and potection to the
rights and wages of the laborers
pC rrrt -baTaAae taoshr etaosh tatatt
The Dehocratic Convention was held
in July in Chicago and Grover Cleve-
land and Thomas 4. Hendricks were
nominated for President and Vice Pres
ident. They declared for tariff for rev.
enue only, for honest money. the equal
ity of men before the law, opposed
sumptuary laws and reaiirmed the
principles embodied by Jefferson in the
Declaration of Independence.
This was year of conventions. The
Greonbackers nominated Ben. +. But
Ter for President, the American Phohibi-
Pomeroy, of Kansas, on the same old
platform that God requires and man
needs a Sabbath. The National Prohi-
bition Convention nominated John p.
st. John. of Kansas; the Anti-Monopoly
Convention nominated Butler also, and
the Equal Rights Convention nominat-
Cd Relva Lockwood.
The Conventions of 1855.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
What Yale Men Eat.

Some statistics have been pub
lishcd by the Yale Dining club TO show
what the LOGS members of that or.
sanitation who eat Mt the Yale com.
mons manage TO get away with In III.
line OF food. In week. for Instance.
$500 pounds n meat. 900 dozen eggs
and s.ioo rolls and ioavcs OF bread
disappear down the Yale throat.
The daily consumption Is about like
This: Nine hundred and twenty min.
pounds OF meat. subdividcd Into sss
pounds OF roast beef. :si pounds OF
poultry, IA pounds OF lamb. lts
pounds OF pork and - pounds OF
steak: 100 ioavcs OF bread. 1900 rolls.
50 pounds OF oatmeal. 1900 quarts OF
milk, iso quarts OF cream. 100 pounds
ot table butter and a like amount for
eooking purposes. and from thrco to
four lunches OF bananas. as well a.
20 bushels OF potatoes.
Two hundred gallons OF soup Is pre-
pared daily for the two meals. Sew
erai years ago. when tho club had
1850 members. the figures showed IN
equal preference for meat but not so
decided n leaning toward eggs. Other.
wise the items were proportionateiy
the same.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
BUT WAS IT THE SAME MELON,
Paper Carried by Darky Amounted
Almost to Perpetual Permit.

~ negro Just loves watermelon. Sc
said Representative Johnson OF South
Carolina. Strange. too. that when n
policeman sees a negro with melon
at an unreasonable hour he has Il
right down that the dnrky has stolen
tha, watermelon. heard story about
n policeman who met n negro In tho
early hours OF the morning. and he
had big melon on his shoulder.
- see you have melon thcrcr
"'Ycs. sah.' answered the darky.
Use got er melon: but Use fixed fer
you. sah.' and pulling out u paper h.
handed II to the officer. who read:
This bearer OF this Is o. X. He paid
me ten cents for the melon. and he
Is n pillar In the church. James
Elder
"'You are fixed said the onlccr.
"'Dats what I lowed answered the
negro. and he moved on n.''-wash!ng-
ton Herald.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
What We MIaht save.

Amount saved by the American pco-
pie eating onc-fourth less meat for
year. s2es.ooo. 900.
United States gold reserve. Dcccm.
Der. 1. 1907. $173. 100000.
Amount saved by the American pco.
pie drinking one.four,h less liquors
for year. sl1o.ooo.o00.
Net imports OF gold. November 1.
10 December 81. 1907. 3lo6.oo0.0o0.
Amount saved by the American peo.
pie smoking one-fourth less cigars for
year. $4,000. 900.
Cost Of New York subway. 10000
BOO.
Amount saved by the American peo-
pie wearing clothes one.fourth long
sr, 100000. 900.
Standard OIL Company fine. $2e.-
100000.
Amount saved by the American peo-
pie wearing hats one.fourth longer.
100000.
Largest benefaction ever made in
one year by American philanthropist.
fle. .00o. o.0oo.-Harper's Weekly.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
AN INTERESTING
CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT
Any Child Gan Do 1.-THE Result Is
Almost Like Msoie-Usefui. Too.

Anything In the nature OF q chem.
icai experiment is always Interesting
and usually educative. Here IL sim
pie experiment which any child can
perform and which Is instructive In a
very practical way: Get bit Of White
Lead about the size Of a pea. piece
OF charcoal. a common candle In u
candiestick. and biow.pipc. Scoop
out a little hollow In the charcoal To
hold the White Lead. then light the
candle. take the charcoal and lead In
one hand and the blow.pipe in the
other. with the large end OF the blow.
pipe between the lips: blow the fiame
OF the candle steadily against the bit
OF White Lead on the charcoal and II
the White Lead IL pure II will pres.
emily resolve itself into little shining
siobuies Of metallic lead. under the
intense heat Of the blow.pipe. leaving
no residue.
II. however. the White Lead Is adul.
terated in the slightest degree. II will
not wholly change into lead. So. II
will be seen. that this experiment is
not only an entertaining chemical
demonstration. but also of practical
use In the home. White Lead is the
most important Ingredient OF paint.
II should be bought pure and unadul.
terated and mixed with pure linseed
oil. That is the best paint. The
above easy experiment enables any
one to know whether the paint is tho
kind which will wear or not.
The National Lead Company guar.
saE
Package bearing their Dutch Boy
Painter" trademark will prove abEo.
iuicly pure under the biow.pipc test:
and TO encourage people to make the
test and prove the purity Of paint BE-.
for. using II, they Will send free \
biow'plpc and valuable booklet on
paint to anyone writing them asking
for Test Equipment Address M.
tional Lead Company. Woodbridge
Building. New York City.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
How Her Life Was Saved When Bit
ten BY . laroe Snake.

How few people there are who arc
not afraid of snakes. Not long ago n
harmless little garter snake fell on
the wheel OF an automobile which was
being driven by n woman. The woman
promptly tainted and the car. left to
Its own resources. ran into stone
wall and caused serious accident.
The bite OF poisonous snake needs
prompt attention. Mrs. X. NJ. Fishel.
Route No. l. Box 40. Dillsburg. Pa.
tells how she saved her life when bit.
ten by large snake.
"On August 30. 1906. was bitten
on the hand twice by large copper
head snake. Being a distance from
any medical aid. as last resort
used Sloan's Liniment. and to my as.
tonishment found It killed all pain and
was the means Of saving my life. l
am the mother of four children and
am never without your Liniment."
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
One Of tie
Essentials

Of the happy homes Of to-day is . vast
fund Of information as to the best nethods
Of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the vohds
best products.
Products OF actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained 70 worldwide
acceptance through tho approval of tbs
Well Informed Of the World; not a indi.
viduals only. but Of the many who havs
the happy faculty Of selecting and obtain
ing the bsst the world affords.
ons Of tho products Of that class. Of
known component parts. an Ethical
remedy. approved by physicians and CON.
mended by the Well-Informed Of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the weli-known Syrup a Fig
and Elixir Of senna. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine. manu-
iartured by the California Fig Syrup Co..
only. and for sale by all leading druggists.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
WORKS FoR CIVIC PRIDE.
Excellent sehsms Devised BY Msr
chants Of Western City.

A new scheme for arousinE local
pride is being worked In an enterpris-
Ing western city. The plan In brief
is. instead Of attempting to vitaiixe
tho civic spirit Of the whole commu.
nifty. to organize clubs In different To-
oaiities and to clean up and light up
certain sections. withost regard to
what may be done elsewhere. For In
stance. club is organized In Z
single block. and merchants on each
side OF the street are persuaded to
Join. II II is desired TO make the
block brilliant with llsht at night an
investigation Is had to see how Il can
be done. how much Il will cost and
what I, Ii worth. The plan has workei
NO successfully that organizations arc
sprlnglnI up NIL over tho same city to
devote their attention to cleaning or
lighting n certain restricted territory.
II is much easier to secure co-opera.
tion between 20 merchants than be-
tween 200. and the influence OF the
few spreads In u widening circle
Baltimore News.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
A Miss.

Commissioner Bingham OF New
York said the other day of shrewd
western detective:
He is very shrewd. but he likes to
show on overmuch. There is n good
deal of this Sherlock Holmes business
about him. a Scotch Canadian wanted
to join the force the other day. To
make himself look respectable he
bought suit of clothes from a friend
Of his, stationary engineer. When
he presented himself at headquarters
our Mr.. Sherlock Holmes was the first
person he had to see.
MIR. Sherlock. looking up from his
desk. scanned the applicant shrewdly.
shot a quick glance round the room to
see that he had everyone's attention,
and then said. in his deepest. most i'm
pressive voice:
AHA, mechanic. perceive
INA, mai replied the Scotchman.
"A Mackenzie
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
Fortunes in Apple erowlna

Thousands to-day are making for.
tunes in the cultivation of the apple
In far-away Tasmania, said fruit
grower who was on n visit to this
country from the colony to the writer
the other day.
The island may well be described as
the fruit growers paradise. An eN.
pert agriculturist with a ten-acre
orchard can not only make a good in.
come in healthy occupation amid
ideal surroundings, but find at the end
Of the season very substantial bal.
ance at his bank.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
MIGHT HAVE LET HIM FINISH.
A. II Turned Out. Lawyers Were vn-
neeessarliy Excited.

In suit In = Maine court not long
ago there was adduced line Of tes'
tinony that created some excitement.
A witness had testified that he saw
The defendant splitting up" rails a
few hours before the accident for
which defendant was supposed TO be
responsible.
what did he say he was going to
10 with tho rails?" asked the counsel.
liking the wandering eye OF the wit
,ess with his stern gaze.
Before the witness could answer.
he defendants counsel was on his
.eet. insisting that the question was
iot allowable. A prolonged ~ranEie
snsued. Various high authorities for
and against the admission OF the ques'
lion were consulted and quoted.
During all this time the witness
shifted from one leg to the other. and
gave vent to several prodikious
Tawns. As the controversy wased
hotter and hotter something like u
smile was seen TO pass across his
lace.
Al last the judge ruled that the
question must be allowed and while
The defendants counsel. exhausted
with rage. leaned back in his chair
sxcitediy. tho query was put once
more:
what did the defendant say he was
going to do with the railsZ'
"Nawthin.." drawied tho witness. II
were drivin' my sisters niece to ketch
train when SEQ him. An now. ef
Il ain't unconstitootionai. I'd like TO
set down as my legs Is about Gin
Sunday Magazine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
One Thino LACKING.

Dressed in the latest and most ap.
proved motor-cycling costume. with
goggles all complete. the motor.
cyclist gayly toot-tooted his way by
Regents park towards the zoo. Sud.
denly he slackened, dismounted, and
said to small. grubby urchin:
II say, my boy, am I right for the
zoo?"
The boy gasped at SO strange n
sight. and thought It must be some
new animal for the gardens.
You may be all right If they have
n spare cage" he said. when he
could find his tongue. but you'd ha'
stood far better chance II you'd 'ad
a tail,"-London Answers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
Both In Same piIoht.

MY friends dragged me into this
wretched affair!" shiveringiy said the
first duelist to his adversary. as tho
seconds approached with the deadly
weapons. Il never pulled the trigger
OF a pistol In my life: so. II hit you
II will be an accident"
Nor is this awful duel to my
iiking." whined the challenger. white
To the ellis. Like you. a pistol is a
strange article TO my hands. and II !
shoot you II will be with stray
shot"
Then. for heavens sake" exclaimed
the first dueiist. with a ray Of hope.
lets aim carefully at each other. or
one Of us may get hit!"-Iilustrsted
Sunday Magazine.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
PUBLIC LAND OPENING.

245,000 acres of irrigated govern.
ment Land in Big Horn Basin, Wyom.
ing. will be thrown open for settlement
May ~, under the Carey Act, afford.
ing an opportunity to secure an irri-
gated farm at low cost on easy pay
ments. Only 30 days residence is re-
quired. A report containing official no.
tice of the drawing, maps. plats. and
full information has been published
by the Irrigation Department. 405
Home Ins. Bldg, Chicago. Any one in.
terested may obtain free copy by ap-
plying to the Department.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
A Powerful Combination.

Tim was n protcgc OF Mr.. Blank. a
wcli.known Boston lawyer. He was
often In trouble. but BY personal inilu.
cncc with the courts Mr.. Blank man.
aged to have him let down easy. so Il
became n matter OF talk. the Green
BAG says. that he did not suffer great
ly In being arrested.
How Is It. Tim" some one asked
one day. that you are arrested very
often. but never so to jail nor pay any
fincs7''
Its Just this way" Tim replied. Il
have Mr.. Blank for me lawyer. and
what he doesn't know about the law
I tells him"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
The Evolution Of
Household Remedies

The modsrn patsnt medicine busi.
nsnl Z the natural eutgTovth Of thu
old.tims household remedies.
In the early history Of this country,
EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HONE
MADE I1DICINEA. Hsfb tsas.
bittsss, laxatives and tonics, were to b
found In slmost svssy houss, compound
Cd BY the houssvif6, sometimes aasistsd
BY the spothsoayy Of the family doctor.
each remedies q pirra, which wa
aloss and quasaia, disolvsd IN appls
brandy. Sometimes . hop tonic, made
Of vhisksy. hops and bitter bark. A
score Of more Of popular, homemade
rsnsdies were thus compounded. ths
formulas for which were passed along
from house to house. somstimss written.
sometimes verbally communicated =
The patent medicine business Il .
natural outgrovth from this whole
some. old.tins custom. In the begin.
ming. sons entsrprising doctor, i'm
pressed BY the usefulness Of one Of
these homs-made remedies, would take
It mp, improve Il In many ways, manu-.
hcturs It on large scale, advertise It
mainly through almanacs for the homo,
and thus It would become used over .
large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE.
hold REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK
A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC
FORM ~
Peruna was originally one Of these
old-time remodics. It was used by the
Mennonites, Of Pennsylvania, before II
was offered to the public for sale. Dr.
Hartman, THE ORIGINAL CON-
FOUNDER OF PERUNA, Is Of Mem
MONTE origin. Flint, he prescribed It
for his neighbors and his patients.
The sale Of It increased. and ut last he
established a mandatory and fur
nished it to the general drug trade.
Pcruna il useful In q great many
climatic ailments, such a. coughs, colds,
sore throat, bronchitis and catarrhal
diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF
FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE
USE OF PERUNA and its value in tho
treatment Of these ailmenta- They
have learned to trust and believe In
DR.. Hartman's Judgment and TO rely
on his remedy, Pcruna.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-04-03
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

W ircsi sppes,ioas. - thsy eassSs rvsrh The a..
r..-i ssssfiou % the There is oeiy go -sy 20
ear~ ls sni that By eonslfiatons feir.ies
psafu@s. 10 ea4,~i by tntanlei ooaitttae q the
nhasoas lialns OF the Eastsehian rsb~. Ntre ihis
tabr 10 ineatnsi 20 have runties sossd ~ tr.'
rsrf~et hsafins and shea u saur.iJ eisei Deai
ues. the fesu and ual~ss the tnrsnnAiiun ess be
takrn aat sni this tata restored TO TIE hlfnsl clai
,iln. hesrips vin 10 des;ruy-i farvsefi nns ras~.
aat - tea caused by CAtarfa. which 10 rnihie.
bal lac amsd cslaftiaa OF tho mac ss sarfsees-
We iii rise On- taairvi pliia's fsf say case a.
peafne.. lsas.ei ~ easarrhl tia; eaane; b safri
y. !. CHENEY CO.. ro.si5. u
T.Ss ii.ii's f.miiy rl.,s fur esa.iips;,ea-