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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03
HE SAILS WITH
THE EXPEDITION

] don't know whether l like the eli
mate of South Africa or not. but you
can have any kind of climate you are
looking for. from the AlaJ.a kind to
the tropical kind, the same day.
l think 1t is the climate that makes
all the animals so mad One minute
lion or tiger may be lolling with
his tongue out, fighting flies and
scratching fieas. and the next minute
there are icicles on his mustache,
and he has to crawl into a hole in the
ground to keep from freezing.
/ These natives beat me- They do
not wear any clothes except a dolly,
made of bark or grass, over their
loins, and from the dolly above and
below, their skin is bare, and they
ought to be arrested for disorderly
conduct and exposure. but their skin
is thick and warty like rhinoceros,
and when 1t freezes it looks like
picked pigs feet
One man We have hired to help cap.
ture animals is a native chief with
SO wives, and he has brought them all
TO camp with him, and we have to
feed them, and 1t is rumored the
women all have their caps set for Pa,
If the husband dies, and Pa is afraid
they will kill their old man and select
Pa to fill the vacancy, that being the
unwritten law that a mans wives can
select husband
Gee, If had to be a stepson to all
those 60 senegambians that look like
monkeys In the face and when on
dress parade like oxen, l should die,
or they would, If I could find enough
ehloroform to go around
Well, Pa is trying his best to save
the life ofthat husband of the 60 wives
and every time one of the wives pats
Pa on the back or chucks him under
the chin he has a chill, and | know
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03
BAD ITCHING HuMoR.
Limbs Below the Knees Were Raw
Feet swoilen--sIeep Broken
Cured In 2 Days by cuticurs,

Some two months ago had hui
NOR break out on my limbs below my
knees. They came to look like raw
beefsteak, all red, and no one knows
how they itched and burned. They
were SO swollen that could not get
my shoes ON for week or more.
used five or six different remedies and
got no help, only when applying them
the burning was worse and the itching
less. For two or three weeks the suf.
fering was intense and during that
time did not sleep an hour at time.
Then one morning I tried a bit OF
Cuticura. From the moment 1t touched
me the itching was gone and l have
not felt bit OF 1t since. The swelling
went down and in two days had my
shoes on and was about as usual.
George B. Farley, 80 South State St,
Concord. N. H.. May IA. 1907"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

ne will do something desperate if they
get after him in focks.
l suppose l ought not to have done
1t, but 1 told one of the wives who un-
derstands little English that Pa
liked to be hugged and squeezed. and
held on the girls laps, SO when we
get through Our work at night and
sit around the camp ffre they take
turns holding Pa on their laps, and
ne thinks one of the women broke one
of his ribs hugging him, cause they
are strong as giants, and have ter
rible squeeze.
Istold one of them she could make
herself solid with Pa If she could get
MIN nice long snake, so she went
off into the jungle alone and came
back dragging snake more than 20
feet long, and put it in PAS tent when
he was asleep. When Pa woke up in
the morning and found the snake
coiled upon his blanket he threw a
fit and went to the doctor and got
some medicine for chills and fever,
and we put the snake into a cage to
sell to a menagerie.
The old airship got in Its work the
first time we tried It, though we didn't
make gas enough to more than half
fill it, and it wouldn't fly, but we got
some tigers and big lion, all right.
We took the airship out on an open
prairie and built fire to make the
gas for the balloon, and Pa made
everybody stay away from it except
me. and when we got it inflated we
werA to blow horn, and the people
we wanted to go along could come,
but the crowd Of workers and negroes
must stay back. SO as not to scare
the animals, and be ready to bring
cages up when we blew the horn three
consecutive times.
We were not looking around much.
but just paying attention to our gas,
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03
MAGNITUDE OF
DAIRY INDUSTRY

The clean-milk problem is vital one,
affecting the production and consump-
tion of 9,000.O00.o00 gallons in the
United States per year, being an an
nual supply of over 100 gallons for
every man, woman and child In the
country. This amount affords IL
quarts a day for every individual.
which includes the milk used in ma
king butter and cheese. The actual
amount of whole milk consumed each
day averages about .65 of pint for
every individual. The value of this
product for a year at retail Is the
startling sum of $500, 100000. This
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03
corscience.

man who does not use his con-
science often has terrible paroxysms
OF It: but a man who uses 1t all the
time never comes into what is called
him as dew on flowers, and falls on
him gently as rain on the ground. He
is full of conscience, but 1t is not con-
centrated at any single point. 1t is
distributed through the brain, the
nerves, the muscles and the skin. 1t
is in every part OF him. 1t pervades
his life. 1t does not, therefore. rise
up into a freshet.-Henry Ward
Reecher
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03
THE ovERLoRp OF THE SEA.
sworAfsh Is Undisputed King Of All
That Swims.

The swordfish. SIS the overlord OF
the sea. Neither the whale, the shark,
nor any other giant OF the deep can
conquer him in private fight or public
brnwl Nevertheless, he Is peaceful
in the main and seeks the simple life,
amusing himself often with world.
wide travel and always with delicate
gustatory joys. He is the daintiest
feeder that swims, always kills his
own game and thereby insures its
freshness. Wherefore his flesh is a
delight to the palate of mankind-as
far west as Bridgeport, Command
wherefore. again, men go forth to kill
him for market. and thereby at times
fall upon adventures that make the
hunting OF tigers and the shooting OF
grizzlies pale into pastimes for the
weary wealkling.
For the bold swordfish is still hunt.
ed in mode as primitive as that tha
Eskimo uses to kill the stupid whale,
and often the sting of the harpoon
changes this luxurious ocean gas
tronome into a raging water-deviI,
quick to perceive his advantage, charg-
ing with the speed OF bullet and the
accuracy of swordsman up against
the lone fisherman In the dory who
tries to bring him to gaff Then must
the fisherman measure with exactness
the lunge of the monster, avoid it by
a marvel of nice side-stepping in a
plunging dory, or he will be spitted
like lark-"-William Inglis, in Har-
per's Weekly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

held their legs together while Pa tied
all four legs so tight they couldn't
move a muscle. and then Pa told me
to blow the horn for the cages to be
sent out.
Gee. but l was proud OF that morn
ing's work. two tigers and lion with
no more danger than shooting cats
on back fence with bean snapper,
and Pa and l shook hands and patted
each other on the back. told Pa he
was wonder, and that Mr.. Hagen
bach would probably make him gen
eral in the Prussian army, but Pa
looked modest and said: IAN 1t needs
is brain and sand to overcome the ter
rors of the Jungle" and just then we
saw the cages coming across the veldt
and Pa said: Now. when the boys
come up with the cages you put one
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

Is about one-fiftieth of the entire
wealth Of the nation, five times the
wholesale value of last years wheat
crop, nearly twice the value OF the
corn crop, and over one-third OF the
entire value of farm products for 1907.
which is estimated at $7.40O. O.0o0, 900.
The wholesale value of dairy products
last year was estimated at $500, ,0OO,.
900. which would allow price of less
than ten cents gallon for milk at the
dairy. An average retail price of
seven cents a quart was assumed.
which is probably a little below the
average price.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

foot on the lion and strike an attitude
like o lion tanner, and will play with
the tigers
When the cages came up | was on
to my job all right, and the boys gave
me three cheers. and they asked
where Pa was, and I pointed to the
center of the gas bag and said Pa
was in there having little fun with
mess of tigers, and when they
walked over the billowy gas bag they
found Pa with one of the tigers that
and chewing his pants, but they res
cued Pa, and in a few minutes they
had our three animals In the cages,
and We started for camp, Pa walking
behind the cages with his coat over
his arm, telling young Hagenbach the
confoundedest story about how he
subdued the animals by just hypnotic
ing them, and never said word. A
boy that will not stand up for his
father is an idgit.
When we got to camp the natives
had all scattered to the four winds.
1t seemed that when the fiery rhi.
noceros came towards them they
thought the Great Spirit had sent fire
to destroy them, and they took to the
jungle. the rhino after them. believing
all kinds of cheering messages from
the Great Spirit.
Along towards night they came to
camp dragging a cooked rhinoceros.
and they turned in to eat 1t, and all
those 60 females brought nice pieces
of rhino, cooked by gasoline, to Pa.
and wanted Pa to eat 1t, but Pa said
he was dieting, and 1t was Friday.
anyway. and he never ate meat on
Friday.
Then we all sat up all night, and
everybody made speeches glorifying
Pa as the greatest hero that ever
came to Africa, and that he had Stan
ley beaten a mile, and Pa blushed,
and the women held him in their laps
and said he was the dearest thing
ever.
Copyright, 1905. by w. G. Chapmnnl
Copyright in Great Britain)
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot reach
the seat o. the disease. Catarrh n a blood or constt
tutonai disease and IN order TO you must take
internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken In
tcrnaly. and acts directly upon the blood and mcou,
surfaces Halls catarrh Cure Is not quack medI
cine IL was prescribed by OF the best physicians
IN this country for and Is regular prescription
~ h composed OF the best tories known. combined
with the best blood puriners acting directly on ths
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of ths
two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful re-
suits In curing catarrt, Send for testimoninx fire.
y. J. CHENEY a CO.. Props. Toledo. o.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

The Illustration herewith shown Is
of Stink Grass, scientifically known as
eraqrostis muItiflors. 1t is some
Zines called candy grass. It is ma
tive Of the old world, but has now be-
come naturalized In many parts of
the United States. The grass is coarse
and weedy, and has such disagree
able odor when fresh that animals do
not relish 1t. On drying, the grass
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03
New Workers Fond of Sweets.

A Broadway dealer in candy says
that he has sold sweets in Chicago
Philadelphia, London and Paris, but
that the New Yorkers consume more
per capita than the people of any Of
the other cities.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

In the illustrations accompanying
this article we show the elevation and
ground plan of the building and yard
in which the herd bull on the Hoard's s
Dairyman farm is kept.
1t does not take much explaining
to Indicate how the animal is handled
and fed in such place.
Everything is so arranged that 1t is
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

loses this odor and the hay Is more
paIatabIe. As II Is an annual, II
Is easily killed out, II Il Is
not wanted. The aIr-dried plant car
rles about 10 per cent. protein, and
has nitrogen content Of about 2.15.
This should make a valuable feed, but
It Is not largely used at the present
time.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03
The Language Of the PIan,,.

He didn't care to write to her when
he wanted her to arrange for a secret
marriage. SO he sent her running
vine"
What did she do?"
Sent him a canteloupe."
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

not necessary for a man to go into
from his pen to the runway raises up
the stall with the bull. From the feed
room the feed is put into the feeding
trough and slid through the partition
into his STALL He is watered in the
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

The best ration for laying hens, ac-
cording to experiments, is about one
to four. or one part of protein to four
parts OF carbonaceous foods.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03
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cept when 1t is opened to let the bull
into this place.
The COW is led III before this is done
and the man steps out before letting
the bull enter. The hay is stored
above the feed room and bull stall.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-12-03

G.! 6
This woman says that sick
women should not fail to try
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 1855 Lawrence
St, Denver, Col, writes to Mrs.
Pinkham:
Il was practically nm invalid for six
years, on account OF female troubles.
l underwent an operation by tho
DOCTORS advice, but in few months
was worse than before. A friend adj
vised Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and 1t restored me to perfect
health, such as have not enjoyed In
many years. Any woman suffering as
l did with baciSache, bearing down
pains, and periodic pains, should not fail
to use Lydia L. Pinhham's Vegetable
Compound"
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia K. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
SECURES PHOTOGRAPH OF
BAY CITY TAKEN IN 1849
Chamber of Commerce Is Presented
with One, Excellence of Which Re-
calls Vivid Scenes of Gold
Discovery Days

What is believed to be one of the
Oldest and certainly one of the best
good photographs of San Francisco in
early days was brought to the chamber
of commerce yesterday by L. C. Wat
keys of 253 Second street, Santa Mon
lea. The picture is a daguerreotype
taken Of the heart" of San Francisco
in 1849, or earlier, by Mr.. Watkeys'
father-in-law, j. H. Pickard. 1t shows
about forty shack buildings along
Kearney street, surrounded by pine
trees, and with an old sloop hitched to
the grassy bank of the harbor, with a
coverless prairie schooner and ox-yo1e
in the foreground.
This photo was taken very soon
after the art of photography was in
vented" said Mr.. Watkeys. my IA
ther-in-law came around the Horn
with party of fifty young men from
New York, one of whom had the da-
guerreotype outfit. The picture was
taken on copper and cost $15."
The picture is in splendid condition,
encased in velvet. 1t plainly shows
signs, as follows: Pacific Saloon"
Crystal Saloon; the pike County
Hay Yard; the est. Charles Stables
C. Ellis e. Co." and other of the orig
inal signboards 1t is believed that
practically all of the pictures as old as
this and as good were destroyed in the
big earthquake and fire.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
BUYS 700 ACRES FOR
EUCALYPTUS CULTURE
CLOSE TO ESC0NDID0
Land Is Bought from Various Owners
at Prices Ranging from $35 to
sos an Acre-company
Organizes

~, M. Pratt g. Co. report the sale of
700 acres of land, which will be planted
to eucalyptus trees this coming sea-
son, under their supervision. The land
Is located in San Diego county, near
Escondido, and was bought from DIFF
ferent owners at prices ranging from
$S5 to $65 an acre.
The interest in growing eucalyptus
trees for profit has increased so re-
markably this past year that this firm
has decided to devote their entire at
ntion to 1t. They have reorganlzed
their business as 1.-THE Pratt Eucalyp-
tus Co." and will sell eucalyptus groves
to be planted and cared for under their
supervision.
The new company Is composed OF l..
M. Pratt and c. H. Pratt, former mem
bers of L. M. Pratt e. Co., and also OF
Stuart j. Flintham, who is said to be
one OF the best eucalyptus experts in
the United States. Flintham has re-
signed his position as inspector In the
government forest service to become a
member of the company. During MS
five years experience in the United
States forest service he spent more
than a year devoting his whole at
tention to special study of CONNER
cial eucalyptus planting In California
The results of his investigation have
been published in recent circulars and
bulletins on eucalyptus culture issued
by the state of California and the gov
eminent.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18

great projects of Los Angeles city and
county-the Owens river aqueduct
proposition and the good roads plan.
Two thousand feet of canvas will be
required, and the pictures will be dis
played one on either side of the Main
street entrance to the exposition. Man
ager Newman has secured the services
Of E. L. Scovell and A. r. De Rostaing.
two of the best landscape artists in the
west, who will paint picture showing
in artistic detail the future source of
the 1923, 100000 water supply of Los AM
geles, and also panoramic view of
Los Angeles county, showing the 200
miles of good roads to be built with
the S3,500,000 recently voted by the
county.
Another feature, and one which will
appeal specially t. the thousands of
women who will attend the exposition.
will be a cooking school, conducted by
ten of the most expert cooks to be
found in Los Angeles. These have been
selected and are being drilled in the
work of converting into tempting
dishes the food products of Southern
California. Mr.. Newman states that
the object of the management in estab-
fishing the cooking school Is to make it
possible for the residents of Southern
California to become acquainted with
the names of all the home products,
both raw and manufactured, and to
become familiar with the best methods
to be employed in preparing them for
the table. Also to give the thousands
of eastern visitors, and those from
many sections of the west as well, an
object lesson as to the great variety of
products of the soil native to Southern
California or manufactured in Los An
geles and surrounding cities. BY this
form OF education 1t is hoped to in
crease materially the demand. both at
home and abroad, for food products
grown or prepared in this section OF the
state.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
LAST LOT IN ALOHA
TRACT is PURCHASED
Was One of Twenty-Five Lots in
South Pasadena Subdivision
Offered by the Original
Owner

Washburn Bros, real estate brokers
of South Pasadena, report the folloW-
ing sales made in the last two weeks:
Lot 50x136 feet on the south side of
Oxley street, between Elm and Mont
rose avenues; sold for L. G.. Hazard
about $3.50. This is the last of the orig
inal twenty-five lots in the Aloha tract,
offered for sale by the party who sub
divided it,
Los 5Ox136 feet on the west side of
Garfield avenue, between Mission and
Oxley streets, sold for ]. @. Anderson
to r. j. Borrey for $775 cash. Borley
will probably build on this lot.
Lot 50x156 feet on the south side OF
Oxley street, between Stratford and
Elm avenues, sold for b. j. Pollock to
L. c. Roe for $3.50 cash. Roe expects
to erect a dwelling on this lot little
later.
Lot 5Ox157 feet on the east side Of
Stratford avenue, sold for r. w. Reyn-
olds to ]. Pierce for $1100.
Five-room cottage on the south SIDE
of Oxley street, between Diamond and
Fairview avenues, on lot 37x157 feet,
sold for NJ. Fl. Prescott to w. G. Good
win for $4,000 cash. Goodwin recently
arrived from the east with his family
and has purchased this property for a
home
Six-room new modern bungalow on
the east side of Stratford avenue, on
lot 5Ox157 feet, sold for ]. Pierce to
M. Thompson for about $3.50. Pierce
is to build this bungalow according to
plans agreed upon by him and Mrs.
Thompson, and will begin its erection
at once.
Lot 5Ox162 feet to 2O-foot alley, on
the east side of Mound avenue, be-
tween Monterey road and Oxley street
sold for ]. w. Gunthier to Mary A.
Smith for $11OO cash. This fine lot was
bought by Mrs. Smith as an invest
n1ant
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
SALES AND EXCHANGES
IN LOTS AND ACREAGE
Dorchester Street Property Sells for
$1,000 Cash--Apartmen House In
Los Angeles is Traded for
Ranch

The Jones & Ryder Land company re-
ports through it's city sales department
the following sales:
For Henry Becker the sale OF his
nine-room two-story residence on lot
4Sx13e, located at 1886 Dorchester street.
between Hobart boulevard and OXFORD
avenue This property was purchased
for a home by Amelia B. Mahoney Tor
$1,000 cash.
The sale for DR.. d. w. Stewart to
Mrs. Mary B. Browne of st. Paul,
Mimi, of the nine-room two-story resi-
dence at 1925 Arapahoe street, on a
lot 50x125 feet. This is modern resi-
dence and was bought by Mrs. Browne
for home for $3.50.
The Jones & Ryder Land company
reports through it's exchange depart
ment some very good exchanges ana
sales of ranch properties as follows:
The sale for Hugh Hunt of his In
glewood chicken ranch, covering seven
lots of the Orphington tract, 1O0x24I l-S
feet. improved with a five-room house,
chicken houses, incubators, brooders,
stable stock, etc. This property was
bought for a home for $1,000.
The exchange for j. e. Brent of his
eight-room modern story and a nalr
house on a lot 50x135 feet, at 1880 West
Eleventh street, facing Bonnie Brae,
valuation $500. for Il. H. Rowley's
seventy-acre ranch located ten miles
southeast of Pomona. This property Is
improved with a ten-room house, barn
and outhouses, and carries good wa
ter right. Valuation $500.
eager G. Davis has exchanged his
twenty -four room apartment house on
the north side of Twenty-third street,
near Central avenue, valuation $4,000,
for the forty-acre ranch formerly
owned by Charles v. O'Brien, at High
land. Riverside county. Twenty acres
of this ranch is set to apricots, three
acres to peaches and the balance va
cant land. This land bears good
water right. Valuation $4,000.
Catharine Buchanan has exchanged
her Beardstown ten-room two-story
apartment house on a. lot 50x1S0 feet.
valued at $4,000, for two vacant lots in
San Francisco, formerly owned by
Olive G.. Putnam, valued at $1,000.
Also the exchange for w. A. Hensley
of the eight-room modern house on lot
45x150 feet at 507 Lorena street, Boyle
HEIGHTS, valuation $4,000. for the
twenty four-room apartment house To-
Gated on Olive street, Kansas City.
The former owner was Van e. Rouse of
Colorado Springs, Colo. This property
is valued at $4,000.
w. H. Warfield has exchanged his
forty four-acre well improved alfalfa
ranch at San Bernardino. valued at
SIS, 400 for Arthur e. Gregory's two
story nine-room house on a dot 145x
1917 at Toll Waterloo street, and $1,000
cash.