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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-22

Stock-taking at the Cato shoe store
is now in progress and that large
and desirable stock will be sold by
the bankruptcy court soon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-22
FOR SALE


FOR SALE: Good pair sawmill
oxen; four and one half years old;
well matched and we'll broken. Apply
to George M. Bragg, Americas.
FOR SALE or Rent-Three splen-
did second hand Upright Pianos.
Standard makes, in first class con-
dition at bargain prices. L. D. Lock-
hart.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-22

This week of rest for the ball
team will prove highly beneficial, and
put them in trim to put Albany to the
bad again next week.
The publishers of the new city di-
rectory are hard at work, and the vol
ume, when completed, will be the best
ever issued in Americas.
Americas cotton buyers are count
ing upon a prosperous season. The
crop, generally, is fine, and a season
of prosperity is assured.
Stock-taking at the Cato shoe store
is now in progress and that large
and desirable stock will be sold by
the bankruptcy court soon.
Let the city authorities order the
rank growth of noxious weeds about
the city cut down; on private prem
| ises and upon the streets.
Canneries in the big peach orchards
will solve the problem for the large
growers, and render them independ-
ent of the Eastern sharks
The Americas house party of
thirty, enjoying the week at Myrtle
Springs, are having the time of their
lives at that popular resort.
The taking over of the Harold pro-
perties today by the new railway and
gas company, insures absolutely the
success of these enterprises.
A few peaches of Indifferent varie-
ty made up the stock offered in AM
CIRCUS yesterday. The season here
may be said to be at an end
There is less sickness of serious
nature in Americas this summer than
The citizen., 1908-11-13
|CcSssiFiE6 HDVEaTiseHsHTss
CURE FOR PILES
SAMPLE TREATMENT Of Red Cross Pile
~ and Fistula Cure and book explaining Piles
sent free: REA co. Dept. B4 .Minneapo MINI
ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

Quite the most interesting bit in
the alluring pages OF the st. Nicholas
is the story of how that dearest oi
all children's classics, Alice in Won.
ierland." came 20 be written, told by
Helen Marshall Pratt. 1t is a charm.
ing tale OF the friendship of a quiet
reserved. bookish young lecturer at
Christ Church College, Oxford, and
of three children, daughters of the
dean Of the cathedral.
Boating on the river, with tea on
the banks, and story telling along the
way, was the favorite play of those
four comrades; and of the many stor.
les told on these outings the adven.
lures OF alice in Wonderland" were
written down to please little Alice
Liddel. second of the children, later
finding their way into print.
So little did the author understand
what wonderfully ingenious and
fascinating book he had written that
he did not expect the first edition
would ever be scld. But the zoos
books were very quickly disposed of.
Every one wanted TO read Alice >
and to have his friends read it. Not
only little children, but grown people
enjoyed, it, and edition after edition
has been printed and sold, ano to-day
it is even more sought after than
when it was first published. 1t has
become classic and holds place
on children's bookshelves with Rob.
inson Crusce" and Hans Christian
Andersen. There is not spot in
the civilized world, not library with
any pretension to literature: where
the Jabberwock and the Cheshire Cat
are unknown.
The citizen., 1908-11-13

raphy was called in was the fact be-
yond dispute that both pieces of cord
mad originally been one. Another
victim of murderer clutched in his
hand mere scrap of linen mask:
a search of the rooms of the sus-
pected criminal revealed another
piece of linen. When both were
photographed, 1t was found that the
weaving was identical; in each piece
four dark threads were always fol-
lowed by fourteen light ones. A
stolen wedding ring, when found on
the thief, bore the number IL, 12,
sS c. S. A magnifying glass re-
vealed nothing, but the camera
brought out the original mark, S. 5.
2. IS. Faint traces of blood stains
not otherwise discernible are also re-
vealed by the Photographic plate.
Not even the most careful expert
has as yet been able to re-photograph
that picture of the murderer on the
retlna of the victims eyes, which
has betrayed the criminal in more
than one novel. But DR.. Jeserich
was able to capture one criminal who
used part of an envelope bearing his
address as an extra charge in loading
his old-fashioned revolver. The pa
per was apparently charred beyond
hope, but the camera ended specu.
lation as to the identity of the GRIM
lnal by furnishing his name and
street number. In the same way, a
photograph of bullet that had end
ed life showed very faint mark
ings, which could only come from a
Slight unevenness in the barrel of the
revolver from which it was fired.
The weapon of one suspect was used
again and again, and each bullet
fired showed the same faint lines.
In the discovery of forgeries, hand
writing experts have long resorted
to the camera, and DR.. Jeserich ex-
hibited some startling examples of
the ease with which the work of the
cleverest forgers was revealed.
All of this shows clearly that II
new inventions and the advances of
science furnish new weapons to the
criminal, they in turn make it harder
for him to escape punishment. Some
day we may yet see men like DR..
Jeserich included in the detective
staffs of our great cities; and not
only photography, but all the other
sciences, will contribute to the de-
lection of wrongdoers. Not even in
Scotland Yard have the police gone
into partnership with scientists to
the extent possible. In this city our
detectives, when not corrupt, are
often incompetent or wholly behind
the times. When they have scored
successes, it has geners.;ly been by
good luck, by breaking down the
prisoners nerve through methods
often indistinguishable from torture,
or because of the stupidity of the
criminal. Gen. Bingham has
dreamed of the time when he could
appoint civilians to his detective
corps; but he has not yet asked for
that alliance between science and de-
lection which modern developments
make feasible.-New York Post.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
Photography
and Crime.

A recent exhibition in Vienna. in
stituted by a Berlin chemist. DR..
Paul Jeserich, who devotes most of
MS time to legal and criminal mat
'ers, has fairly astounded the press
of that city by its demonstration of
me value of photography in the de-
lection of crime. Every large city
now has It's rogue's gallery, and
spreads broadcast photographs of
suspects. The photographing of the
scenes of crime for the enlighten-
ment OF jurieS is still another devel-
opment with which the general pub
lie Is familiar. But few people real
Ize that In many other ways photog-
raphy has become of enormous value
In the actual detection of criminals.
TO illustrate this remarkable devel-
opment was the prime object of Dr.
Jeserich's display of the eighty en-
larged prints which constitute his
exhibition.
The sun sees everything, however
tallible the human eye. Even when
reinforced by the microscope or the
magnifying glass, the ordinary OBJ
server Is apt to overlook little things
In themselves of great importance.
Moreover, a detective, or an expert
employed by the police, might behold
through a magnifier something which
he would regard as evidence, but
about which jury might fail to take
his word. By means of the enlarge
ment of a negative, proof of crime
may often be shown to jury which
would otherwise be practically un-
available. This is DR.. Jeserich's con-
tention, and his demonstration of it
impressed observers as convincing.
For instance, he exhibited two let
ters which had originally contained
money, and had been received with
out their enclosures. To the eye,
they had not been tampered with in
any way, and there was nothing to
show whether they had been sent
without the money or whether they
had been opened en- route. An en-
larged photograph solved the mys-
terry. 1t showed plainly that one of
the envelopes had two lines of mucil-
age, while an unevenness in the post
office stamp on the flap showed that
there had been a slight variation in
the resealing. It was obvious that
this letter had been tampered with;
the other proved not to have been,
for the paper sheets enclosed in place
of the money showed, when photo
graphed, the imprint of the post
Office stamp which it had received
through the envelope.
The tell-tale blotting paper has
figured in many a novel and play.
Hitherto it has been read by means
Of a looking glass. DR.. Jeserich won
divorce case by first photographing
the blotter and then enlarging the
print; the resulting evidence that the
defendant was guilty by itself suf-
feed to convince the court. A mur-
derer was convicted by means of the
cord with which he strangled his
victim; a piece of it was found in
his pockets, but not until photog-
The citizen., 1908-11-13
THE TRAMP PRINTER.
Passing of Once Familiar Figure in
Newspaper Offices.


What has become of the old time
printer, once so familiar before the
invasion of the linotype machine?
He used to show up with the first
frost. You found him in the Office
early some October morning, toasting
his back before the stove. His first
request was, BOSS, may 1 look over
the exchanges?" and he was soon
paving around among the papers on
the editorial table. By 8 O'Clock he
had levied sufficient tribute upon the
boys to get shave and a drink, and
after dinner he was picking up bre-
vier in way to make an expert en-
vious. All winter he worked as stead
lily as a clock Many were the stories
he told around the back room fire on
q Sunday afternoon. Though with
out much education, his very wander
| ings had made hill an entertaining
parsonage.
In the spring, however, when the
tiny bees buzzed lazily against the
sunny window pane and the lilac
bushes in the courthouse yard were
putting forth their fragrant lavender
plumes and the night air was pungent
with the odor OF burning brush piles
and sweet with earthly exhaltions of
upturne4 sod and everywhere could
be heard the laughter of children
playing in the twilight, a change
came over the spirit of the tramp
printer. He felt the call of the road,
with it's luxurious days of animal de-
| light under the clear skies of spring.
with its privilege of work when you
wish and idle when y5u will. He
wished TO see the boys again, to visit
the fifty offices where he had friends.
SO one Monday morning in mid-April
when you entered the Office you
missed his form at the case, the
months familiar figure with one gal
lus down and short oil stained cob
pipe protruding from under slightly
luminous nose. Yet with all OF his
vagrant impulses you felt kindly to-
ward your nomadic brother in the
art preservative and were ger ready
for him to come again.
Before it is too late some gifted
pen should tell the story of the tramp
printer. 1t is one teeming with ro-
nance and the very best possibilities
of good literary effort. True, to-day
almost every Office has the remorse-
less, speedy and ever ailing machine.
but no one can wax either enthusias-
tic or reminiscent over mere ma
cLine. Shawnee (Okla.) Herald.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
NOISE NUIsANCEs.
Some Early Efforts Toward Their
Suppression.

Some Early Efforts Toward Their
Suppression.
ut is so quiet uptown now that
the patient listener may now and
then catch some of the softer noises
of the world" said a semi-invalid
lawyer who spends most of the day
sitting by the open window of his
Harlem fiat.
Il have naturally taken a great
deal of interest in the present crusade
against unnecessary noises. and have
been reading up on sporadic attempts
to suppress them," he continued.
THE earliest case that l have found
was in the reign of George III, when
circus band was silenced by injunc-
ton on the ground that its noise was
nuisance. In another old English
law report it tells of plaintiff recov-
ering damages because a flock of
wild ducks was frightened by the
persistent firing of a gun. The
learned Judge held that this consti-
tuted public nuisance and was a
prejudice to private rights. In
Georgia gathering in a noisy way at
4 pigeon shooting has been Judi
cially decided to be nuisance. A
North Carolina court held that the
stamping horses in a livery stable
near the plaintiffs dwelling was SUI
ficient annoyance to entit,e him 10
damages.
Even the noise incident to IN or
binary business may be a nuisance.
A sold-beater pelting thin sheet Of
gold into shape, the hamme-ing OF
the anvil in the blacksmith shop, the
noise of skating rink, and so on,
have all been held to be abatable
nuisances.
THE test aid down in the books
is that any noise which constitutes
an annoyance to person of ordiuary
seasibility to sound so as materially
TO interfere with the ordinary COM
fort of life and impair the reason
able enjoyment of his habitation. is
a nuisance to him.
1T is within the bounds of posi-
bility that in great centres of popu-
lation new class of experts will
arise to draw salaries from the NUM-
cipality as noise specialists. Un-
usual noises long continued undoubt-
eddy induce deafness, aside from irri-
tating nerves and numbering sleep.
At any rate, they destroy discrim-
mating nicely in hearing, especially
in those who have what is called a
musical ear. From the New York
Times.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, :,

FRANK ). CHENEY makes oath that he is
senior, partner of the firm of f. j CHENEY 4
So., doing business In the City of Toledo,
Sounty and State aforesaid, and that said
hrm VIII pay thesum OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS Tor each and every case OF cArARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of HAII's
CATARRH CURE. FRANK Al CHENEY
sworn to before me anu subscribed in nv
presence. tins 9th day OF December. A. d.,
lseo A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces OF the system. send tor testimonials.
Tree. +; j. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, 0.
Sold BY all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
EAGER TO WORK
Health Regained by Right Food.

The average healthy man or wom-
an Is usually eager to be busy at
some useful task or employment.
But let dyspepsia or indigestion
get hold of one, and all endeavor be-
comes burden.
"A year ago, after recovering from
an operation" writes a Mich. lady.
my stomach and nerves began to
give me much trouble.
AT times my appetite was vora-
cious, but when indulged, Indigestion
followed. Other times I had no ap-
petite whatever. The food took did
not nourish me and / grew weaker
than ever.
Il lost interest in everything and
wanted to be alone. | had always
had good nerves, but now the merest
triie would upset me and bring on a
violent headache. Walking across
the room was an effort and prescribed
exercise was out of the question.
i had seen Grape-Nuts advertised,
but did cot believe what read. at
the time. At last when 1t seemed as
IL were literally starving, began to
eat Grape-Nuts.
mad not been able to work for a
year. but now after two months on
Grape-Nuts am eager to be at work
again. My stomach gives me no trou-
Die now, my nerves are steady as
ever, and interest in life and ambi-
ton have come back with the return
to health"
There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road 70
Wellville," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true. and full Of
human interest.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
SCISSORS IN THE KITCHEN.
A Labor Saver in Preparing vegeta.
bles in Making Salads.

A Labor Saver in Preparing vegeta.
bles in Making Salads.
II you want to see pair of scis
sors put to all sorts of queer uses
Just watch some young housskeepei
getting vegetables ready for dinner
or preparing salad. 1t is declared
that in nine cases out of every ter
things can be cut better with the scis.
sors than with knife.
Especially in the preparing of sal
ads should the kitchen scissors ap
peal to the housekeeper locking fol
labor saving schemes. Dicing an
pies and celery is matter of only
a moment when done in this way, anc
few green peppers may be shipped
up in less time than it takes to tel
about it.
The easiest way to dice green pen.
rers is to cut off several long silver.
the whole length of the pepper. Hole
these firmly in one hand and with
The scissors slip through the entire
bunch. Several stalks of asparagu,
nay be clipped through in the samt
way.
For following out tomato pre-
Vious to stufing, pair of scissors
enables one to remove practically all
he pulp without breaking through
the skin. For fruit salads scissors
are equally useful, as the fine skin
which separates the sections of Crane
Iruit and oranges is easily clipped off
In this way.
But fruit and vegetable salads are
not the only kinds for which the kit.
chen scissors may be brought into
use. Cold boiled chicken and lobster
are easily cut into pieces, and, sur
pris.ng as it may seem to thosa who
haven't tried it, chicken joints and
lobster shells are no obstacles when
scissors are used.
The hard parts of oysters and clans
Sre neatly removed with a pair of
'cissors, and slices of cold tongue and
lam are often improved in appear
ance if, before sending to table, they
are trimmed into shape in the same
way.
When 1t comes to preparing cold
vegstables for reheating in cream
sauce, or for the many popular dishes
i'll gratin, the kitchen scissors are
again blessing. Cold boiled pota-
.oes. caulifiower, asparagus, oyster
plant, in fact any and every vegetable
may easily be shipped into pieces of
the required size. Doing such work
hith a pair of scissors is not only
much quicker and easier, but the saw
Ing of ones hands is important. No
woman will believe until she tries for
herself how great a labor saver a
hair of scissors may prove in her kit
then.-New York Sun.
The citizen., 1908-11-13

Mrs. Lenora Bodenhamer. r. L. ID. l,
Box 90, Kernersville, N. c., writes:
IL suffered with stomach trouble and
indigestion for some time, and nothing
that | ate agreed with me. was very
nervous and experienced a continual
feeling Of unedsfness and fear. | took
medicine from the doctor, but it did me
no good.
description of my symptoms. ] then
wrote to DR.. Hartman for advice. He said
/ had catarrh of the stomach. | took
Peruna and Manaiin and follower his d.
rections and can now say that / feel as
well as ever did
II hope that all who are afflicted with
the same symptoms will take Peruna, as it
has certainly cured me-"
The above is only one of hundreds who
have written similar letters to DR.. Hart
man. Just one such case as this entities
Peruna to the candid consideration of every
one similarly afflicted If this be true Of
the testimony Of one person what ought to
be the testimony of hundreds, yes thou
sands. of honest, sincere people? We have
in our files q great many other testi-
monials.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
A New Alloy Found.

An alloy that gives or showers cs
sparks when struck with metal :
hitting not only gas, but alcohol
toaked wicks-was recent acc.den-
tai discovery of Auer Won Welsbach.
1t consists of iron with cerium, Ian
thanium or other of the rare carths
Used for incandescent mantles. and
the sparkling is found to ree~l a
maximum with the precer of
iron at thirty. A use for i, Ting
explosives is suggested.
The citizen., 1908-11-13

1t is no good saying airily that the
tilling of the fields comes naturally
to all men. 1t certainly does not
come natural to half the unemployed
men to be met with in large cities
even when these men have a sincere
desire to get work. For agricultural
labor requires large measure OF
training and skill, just as other spe-
cialized work does.-Shefield Tele.
graph.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
Octopus at the Font.

\ couple in country village took
their baby to be christened, and on
the clergyman asking what name they
had chosen the happy father replied.
Octopus, sir." What" calculated
the astonished divine, "but you can
not call a child by SO extraordinary a
name"
Yes, sir, Il you please" was the
reply, you see it's our eighth and
we want it called Octopus Gen
tlewoman.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
No Hurry.

The minister of certain parish in
Scotland was walking one misty night
through street in the village, when
he fell into deep hole. There was
no ladder by which he could make
his escape, and he began to shout
for help.
A laborer passing heard his cries,
and, looking down, asked who he was.
The minister told him, whereupon
the laborer remarked: "Weel, weel,
ye medina kick up sic noise. You'll
no be needed afore Sawbath, an this
is only Wednesday NIGHT. "-Pittston
Gazette.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
Not in Real Life.

II guess you've learned some
things opined the farmer.
Yes admitted the actor, who had
hired out, Il supposed that life on
the farm consisted of vocal selections
in Act l., eating meal in Act II.
and winding up with country dance
in Act III. ."-Pittsburg Post.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
Pats Master Lie.

Come, now, Pat" said Cockney
tourist to an Irish peasant. whom he
had encountered in Connemara, I'm
give you sovereign if you tell big
ger lie than you ever told before"
Faith, sir, you're real gentle
man." Pat responded, and the COM
pany unanimously declared the sov-
ereign earned.-Tit-Bits.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
The Practical Test.

Here's financier says it's a
greater hardship to have your income
cut from $4,000 to $1,000 week than
from s1s to $40. What dye think OF
that?"
well, If | was the second fellow
I'd trade incomes with the first and
run the chance of having my feelings
narrowed up" - Philadelphia Led.
ger.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
The Parvenu.

A stout, over-dressed woman sat
.alking to a friend. She said:
Yes, since John came into his
money we have nice country house.
horses, cows, pigs. hens, and"
THAT must be charming" broke in
the other. -You can have all the
fresh eggs you want and"
"oh, well,' hastily interrupted the
first speaker, "of course the hens can
lay if they like to, but in our position
1t isn't at all necessary. Harper's.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
The Business Instinct.

Guide (showing places of historic
interest in England) st was in this
room that Wellington received his
first commission. Yes, sir, it is a
fact"
American What per-
centage of commission did he get?"-
Chicago Journal.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
THIS FUNNY WORLD.

'Why do you read the literature
of both parties? You always vote
the same way"
You examine a peck of railway
folders every summer, don't your"
Yes"
Yet you always so to the same
place. Houston Chronicle.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
Going to Get 1t.

"I'm sending my wife away for :.
rest"
But saw her yesterday and she
looked strong and well; it's you that
needs the rest"
well, I'm sending her away, amt
?"-Houston Post.
The citizen., 1908-11-13
LITTLE BOY KEPT SCRATCHING.
Eczema Lasted z Years--Face was All
Raw - Skin Specialists Failed,
But Cuticura Effected Cure.

oue NuAANAAa GnSNAtu SuIc.
"When my little boy was six weeks old
an eruption broke out on his face. l took
him to doctor, but his face kept on get
ting worse until it got so bad that no one
could look at him. His whole face was one
crust and must have been very painful. He
scratched day and night until his face was
raw. Then took him to all the best
specialists in skin diseases, but they could
not do much for him. The eczema got IL
bis arms and legs and we could not get a
nights sleep in months. got a set of
Cuticura Remedies and he felt relieved the
first time l used them. l gave the Cuti-
cura Remedies good trial and gradually
the eczema healed all up. He is now seven
years old and think the trouble will
never return. Mrs. John G. Klumpp, 50
Niagara St., Newark, n. j., Oct. IL and
%, 1907"
The citizen., 1908-11-13
Pleasant For the Lender.

There" said Dudley, adding up
the column of figures, "a total of
1852; | guess that's all = oh, no,
there's $50 l forgot Gee, wish
somebody would lend me $6S2. Can
you do it, old MANI"
what for?" demanded Markley.
why, l want to get out of debt"
Philadelphia Press.