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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
sneeze Almost Kills Man.

Hatboro, PAN involuntary sneeze
almost caused the death of Franklin
Scheifier. well known in the Richboro
(Bucks county, section. Some time
ago he severed an artery in his arm
while trimming a grape vine. The
wound was dressed and. while it
seemed to be healing nicely. was at
tended by much swelling.
At his home he sneezed unexpected
ly. and the involuntary muscular ac-
ton tore the stitches in the wound on
the swollen arm.
Excessive bleeding resulted and two
physicians were hastily summoned.
They hurried him to hospital where
he is now reported to be Improved.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
PRESSED HARD
Coffee's Weight on Old Ago.

When prominent men realize the in
furious effects of coffee and the change
in health that Postum can bring, they
are glad to lend their testimony for
the benefit of others.
A superintendent of public schools in
North Carolina says:
My mother since her early child
hood. was an inveterate coffee drinker
and had been troubled with her heart
for number of years, and COM
planned of that weak all over feeling
and sick stomach.
Some time ago was making an Of
ficial visit to a distant part of the
country and took dinner with one of
the merchants of the place. no.
ticed somewhat peculiar flavor of
the coffee, and asked him concerning
1t He replied that it was Postum.
Il was so pleased with it, that after
the meal was over, bought a pack
age to carry home with me, and had
wife prepare some for the next meal.
The whole family liked it SO well, that
we discontinued coffee and used
Postum entirely.
Il had really been at times very anx-
.
ious concerning my mothers condition.
but we noticed that after using
Postum for a short time, she felt SO
much better than she did prior to its
use. and had little trouble with her
heart and no sick stomach; that the
headaches were not SO frequent, aud
her general condition much improved.
This continued until she was as well
and hearty as the rest of us.
Il know Postum has benefited my
self and the other members of the fam
lily. but not In so marked a degree as
in the case Of my mother, as she was
victim OF long standing"
Read THE Road to wellville." in
pkgs.
There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letterY A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine true and full Of hunan
interest.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
TROUBLES Of PeopIe on Venus.

Inhabitants of Venus. if there are
any, must feel it extremely difficult to
establish units of time. Venus always
turns the same face toward the sun;
so the planet has no day, and the
lack of moon deprives it of month.
Finally, 1t has no year. for it's axis of
rotation is perpendicular to the plane
of its orbit, and the latter is almost
circular.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
CHAPTER iII.-continued.


enormity OF the sacrifice. / walked on
stupidity. having no notion where
was going, but feeling that I must
keep going. The avenue was filled
with vehicles. 1t was its most fash
onable hour, and several of my
friends were passing: but ! affected
to see none of them. To save me,
could not have met their smiles with
summoned ones. and was not minded
to try. But. looking straight ahead as
was. yet felt them m-coming--Bar-
bara and Ankony. and they were upon
me before i could turn into side
street and avoid them.
Ankonys turnout was the smartest
in the street. and 1t was fitting, per-
haps. that the most charming girl
In town should sit beside him. She
wore simple blue gown--perhaps 1t.
too. was made-over; reflected hastily
that she would not have to wear that
kind after she married Ankony-and
to the casual observer she must have
looked happy and serene. but to me,
In the instant of our meeting, there
was something back of her smiles that
startled me, something that surely
looked forth in terror-the impo<ent
terror that is vague and still and does
not realize its own appeal. 1t was as
II. unconsciously, she had put out a
sudden hand to me.
went out to the curb to speak with
them.
You will want to give us your
blessing, Twining. II you have heard
fha Onpd nj cotl -.sxa.
great geniality.
yes. have Just heard" said.
held out my hand to Barbara, and
she gave me hers. a little, cold, un-
steady hand. Her eyes tried not to
falter beneath mine, and she smiled. l
wished to heaven she had not, for
carried that smile with me for weeks
Miss Hemingway knows that I de-
sire nothing so much as her happi
ness" said I.
She pressed the tips of my fingers
as withdrew them.
Ankony extended his hand, but
was STOPPING to fleck something from
my trousers.
Well" said he. In stimulation of
vast amiability. my taste can't be
me. no matter what may be said of
hers"
You are right" said heartily;
you are a fortunate man."
so l am being told on every hand.
But didn't need that. to know it. l
thought you would say so. Twining' .
No one SO heartily"
ITS gratifying to find that ones
fiancee is SO generally beloved. I'm
sure
Barbara turned upon us with a
flush and smile.
"Oh. do stop saying nice things Of
me! It's horrid of you. don't like
IT. You make me feel as If | were
walking around my own bier"
Ankony smiled at her whimsicalness.
but knew her to be on the verge of
undoing.
Our friends tell us they are sur
prised: that nothing like this was to
have been expected" he observed.
looking at me.
] could have throttled him: his blade
was cutting both ways now, and he
knew it. Barbara went very white
and shut her lips with an odd fierce
ness.
Perhaps" he went on, in that
nooth voice of his. ut has been bit
sudden-a little surprising"
Many things are surprising" l said,
and met his eyes with my indignant
ones. His shifted.
I'VE are blocking the street." Bar
bara cried. Let us go on"
"As you please" Ankony answered.
Always as you please-dear."
saw the color splash over her white
cheeks at the endearment. This was
part of the cost-the outrageous. I'M
possible cost.
CHAPTER ~.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
Copyright. by J. q. Lppincott COB
SYNOPSIS.

The ..ory opens with scene at a box
party. Miss Henrietta Winstanlcy, sis
ter of Bishop Winstanley overheard
Banker Ankony propose to Barbara Hem
lngray. whose brother Dan was in his
employ Dan was one OF the towns pop
BUSINESS when Attorney Tom Twining told
him Barbara refused Ankony- Ankony
the following day. summoning Twining.
accused Dan OF looting the bank. Twin
Ing refused to prosecute. Barbara per-
sunded Ankony to postpone starting
prosecution.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
Do Well the Thina al Hand.

Don't waste life in doubts and
fears; spend yourself on the work be-
fore you, well assured that the right
performance of the hours duties will
be the best preparation for the hours
of ages that follow.-Emerson.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
Gods plans for Mankind.

We were planned on lines of nobili-
ty; we were intended to be something
grand; not mean and stingy. but large
and generous; we were made to Gods
image that we might be Godlike.-Ex-
change
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
CHAPTER ~.

went to see Barbara few days
later.
It is queer how a changed atmos-
phere seems to affect the material as
well as the immaterial-even the Hem
ingray doorsteps appeared changed
q / stood on them in the dusk of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
The Difference.

Stubbornness is fighting to have in =
certain way what you want Strength
of purpose is getting in the most con-
venient way that presents itself what
you desire.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
Former Convict vanaefuL

Altoona. Pa.-out of spirit of re
venge Edward Johnson. who was ar
rested on the charge of being dan
gerous and suspicious person and sen.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
Sorry for Him.

"Your chauffeur seems very re-
spectful." said the guest.
THAT air OF deferential solicitude," /"
replied Mr.. Chuggins. is not respect.
II is symapthy."-Was Star.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
Deadly sIeepIno siekn,,,

Two-thirds of the native population
of Uganda has been wiped out by the
sleeping sickness in seven years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16

Gimlet-Fibbs claims to have caught
catfish weighing so pounds down
in the creek, does he? Well, it's safe
to say he's lying to the extent of about
40 pounds.
Hammer-Not If he hears you say it.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-09-16
.rrackIesa TrolIex a sucoes.-

TrackIess Trolley Succese.
A trackless trolley in the streets Of
Vienna nearly mile and half long
operates with success.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10
AvETERAN SNOWMAN
JOHN r. SUTTON, WHO HELPED
MAKE BARNUM FAMOUS
Also Contributed Greatly to Success Of
Jenny Lind, Patti, Tom Thumb
and Others-Now Living
i'm Retirement.

Baltimore, Md.-OnIy a short dis
lance from this city lives the pioneer
press agent of America, Mr.. John
T. Sutton. He is also famous show
man and impresario. Much of the
success of Jenny Lind, Adelina Patti,
Artemus Ward, General Tom Thumb
and the famous Barnum himself was
due to the fertile imagination, in
1tiative and earnest efforts of Mr.. SUIT
ton Now, at the ripe old age of 81.
he is living a retired life il his coun-
try home, Gunston Lodge at Monkton.
The veteran of the amusement pro-
fession, while past the eighties, is ex-
ceedingly active for a man of his age,
being a welIpreserved and cultured
English gentleman. He is quick in
conversation, and is still able to deal
with any situation with the same acute
ness that attracted the attention of P.
T. Barnum, the great circus man, when
Sutton was but a printers lad of IA
Barnum got Sutton to go into the
show business and afterward pro
NOTED him by degrees, until he man
aged the entire circus, and acted as
treasurer and press agent in conjunc
ton. Mr.. Sutton tells a story that
once when they were short of clowns
he and P. T. Barnum dressed up and
got into the ring and played clowns
1t was long time afterwards he said,
that Barnum let it be known that he
kept an audience in an uproar, while
it thought him a $25-a-week clown.
Sutton seemed to be born to exc
cute the plans of Barnum's genius.
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PLHY7YG G7PDS IN Il BOX CIR

the CITY, No outcast above the rank of
gay cat" would think of entering one
The gay cat get his bed and two meals by
simply applying, and if he pretends to be convert
ed and gives Testimony and then, per-
haps he get meals and lodging for two or
three weeks, with possibly odd job occasional
ly. When the gay cat grows tired of one mis-
sion or has outstayed his welcome. he moves on
to the next There enough of them to last
him through the winter if he is discreet. The
election is also of dishonest revenue to
these by-products of industrial Money
shoes winter clothing circulate freely them
and the number of nomads is augmented
The majority of this vast army of 100000 or SO
American born, but of foreign parents The
Irish and Germans head the list of these chronic
wanderers The first generation apparently was
hard working and reasonably honest Inc SECOND
seems to have large sediment of the gay cat
or tramp element in it, Why this is so never
has been explained satisfactorily Possibly it is
because the fathers and mothers worked them
selves nearly to death trying to bring up their
children higher social level than they them
selves had enjoyed At any rate, the fact OF
degenerecy u the second generation remains
In Massachusetts, many misdemeanors such as
trespassng railroad tracks, riding in box cars
trampng, begging and vagrancy in all their
phases, punishable by sending the onender TO
the East Bridgewater farm colony. Last year
there were 5000 commitments to that in
stitution. Migrants sent to East Bridgewater
on indeterminate sentences, the maximum time
being present two years Until recently the
maximum term three years. but the shorter
has been found to be sufficient In the
of first offenders, release on probation is
permitted at the end of nine months If conduct
has been exemplary. 1t is estimated that but 10
per cent of the thus paroled relapse into
vagrancy in the state of Massachusetts Doubtless
many of them do elsewhere, but than half
of them are regenerated. that instead of be
ing charge upon the state they become an as
set. The East Bridgewater farm colony is looked
upon by penologists unqualified success
So far as be judged now, this is the only
practical way of regenerang and revitalizing this
large class of mental and physical incompetents
Life and work, under proper discipline, in the
open air do make good citizens--or at
least to transform parasites. on society into pro-
ducers-than anything else the penologists say
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10
John r. Sutton.

The great Snowman decided that there
was money in a baby show in New
York Accordingly, the press agent
of the Barnum show was sent over
the United States to look for babies.
and get them together for an exhibit
ton. There were babies tall and ba-
bies short. 1t is a strange fact that
one of the prize-winners at the baby
show secured by Sutton was Bates,
afterward called the American giant
who Travelled with Barnum in his older
days.
Mr.. Sutton talked with Prince AL
bert of England when Edward VII
was then but a lad of eight wears
mixed in the courts of Napoleon III.
and traversed the continents with the
London Illustrated News and after
ward with the New York Illustrated
News, and the old gentleman is at
home discussing the flavor of a Hav-
ana cigar. Artemus Ward once said
of Sutton: There walked down Fifth
avenue one day this week man who.
were he inclined to write a book tell
ing of his experiences, might make a
fortune and be an everlasting bene-
factor to his felIowmen"
Mr.. Sutton was the courier for the
famous Jenny Lind. Yankee genius
is boasted topic in this country, but
1t was this London man who first sug-
gested the idea of placing advertise
ments on soap and other available ar
ticles. 1t was thus he advertised
Jenny Lind. Pocket mirrors, match
boxes and pocket combs were dis
tributed freely in this way for adver-
Using the great singer
When Tom Thumb went on the
stage, coming from the hut of a fisher
man, it was Sutton who first booked
him and started him on a tour Tom
went to the court of Queen Victoria,
and Prince Albert. then a lad, was
given a peep at the dwarf, the nurse
bringing in her little charge while SUIT
tor made Tom Thumb talk to the
prince Napoleon H., was attracted
by the genius of Sutton and the old
gentleman holds letters and testi-
monials from the last emperor of
France as a proof of the monarch s
friendship to him.
Mr.. Sutton handled the advertising
and did the newspaper work for the
first tour of Adelina Patti with such
success that the name of Patti will
live forever probably. Sutton was the
first man to introduce the electric
light into the show bus mess. This
was in New York in the early seven
ties The lights were placed on the
top of the main tent pole and at the
front entrance of the Barnum show.
They proved of much curiosity to the
public and proved a coed business
investment After many years in the
show business and Mr.. Sutton had ac-
quired considerable wealth he retired
and purchased the famous painting
Mana" and put it on exhibition The
painting attracted great attention and
be made large fortune out OF IT.
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to protect their heads and faces in some way but
1t is impossible to avoid the danger of bursted
ear drums or hopelessly damaged eyes. When
man crawls out from under fast train after
2oo-mlle run he looks but little like human be-
ing
During the summer the .gay cat" works with
such persistence as nature has given him. If he
cannot find work he is not above begging steal
ing in many cases. Long ago the farmers used
lodge and feed them in their own houses Now
they make them lodge in abandoned barns in
open air camps. At berry or hop-picking they
paid by the quantity gathered; in the harvest or
hay fields they receive the minimum of dollar
day and their food. In camp of gay cats" at
night they gather around the fire and play cards
for small stakes tell stories. Sometimes a "gay
cats money goes in gambling, but he is oftener
despoiled by the professional hobo who takes
his coin away from him by brute force. One
brawny, le-bodied tramp, with or without a gun
will stick up" and rob group of several gay
cats without much difficulty. The tramps' roost.
too, by the way, is often held up and robbed in
turn by the prowing 'yeggman" with a pistol of
large caliber in his fist
AT any rate, the poor gay cat returns the
cities in the autumn penniless when he
has any money left, it goes in the cheap saloons
along the tough streets During the winter he
keeps soul and body together by washing dishes
acting waiter in the cheap restaurants by
doing odd jobs such as carrying signs and
shoveling; by addressing envelopes-m he can
write well enough-and by doing other such hope
less work Then. too there are the missions and
pickings and stealings now and then when there
is much risk of arrest
portion of the gay cats are dish washers in
the cheap restaurants They work from Is to 18
hours a day for average wage of three dollars a
week and food and lodging Their surroundings
are very bad Their feet are almost constantly
wet with water heavily charged with washing
soda that is used to cleanse the greasy dishes;
and the air is foul be imagined The
poor gay cat Observation-Disclosures by heredi
tary ills and dissipation, soon gets to the end of
his moral tether Of all the legitimate work there
is, dishwashing in a cheap restaurant is the low
est There is depth beyond 1T, and the only
fo1 o1rr.c7 tho
morgue and the potter's field
other less industrious gay cats" spend the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10

Now he is running a
large and gaudy saloon
in Portland, Ore, and
trying to forget that
he ever rode the trucks
on a fast train.
The men who ride
thus on the passenger
trains-ifthey do much
OF it-soon grow deaf
In one ear or blind in
one eye-sometimes to-
tally deaf and sightIess.
This is caused by the
terrific roar of the
wheels against the rails
and the continuous hur-
ricane of dust and
gravel. Many tramps try
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ted States, working here and there
a few days, but always moving on
to the far-away fields that looked
green. They will help gather the
berries, the hops, the hay and the
harvests. They will wander as far
west as the coast and as far south
as the Gulf of Mexico.
All the men in this army are not
''tramps," in the common accep-
lance of the word, for some are
willing to work. Therefore the real
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10

Y ONES and twOs-a
steady stream-the
army of the Ameri-
can hoboes, 100000
strong, is drifting
back to the country
side. 1t has already
started; it will be
warm weather be-
fore the last of this
host has left the
cities.
All summer long
these men will be
travelling "deadhead"
throughout the Uni
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-04-10

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
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4 TRAIN LOAD OF TosAcco.
Tvventy-four Carloads Purchases foe
lewis Single Binder Cigar
Factory

What is probably the biggest lot Of
all fancy grade tobacco held by any
factory IN the United States has just
been purchased by Frank P. Lewis, of
Peoria, for the manufacture of Lewis
Single Binder Cigars. The lot win
make twenty-four carloads, and is Sc
1ected from what is considered by ex-
perts to be the finest crop raised m
many years. The purchase of tobacco
IS sufficient to last the factory more
than two years. An extra price was
Lewis Single Binder Cigars viii appre-.
ciate this tobacco.
Star. Jcnseary 70, 1909.
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Love is not blind, but those whom
It affects are.
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1t takes has-been a long time to
find it out.
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
damation, allays PAIN cures wind collie 25c bottle
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Chicken-hearted people are always
Matching excuses.
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It's easy for mans wife to dress
well if his creditors can afford it.
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A good singer can always make
women cry by singing Home, Sweet
Home So many people long for
home, and so few have one.
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WHOLE TEAM.

00lW
Ida-Yes; that is Mrs. Petleigh. Her
husband is a famous coach.
May-That's a good combination.
She's regular nag.
How's This?
.; Hsadres Dollars aswsq l. 70,
FL. CHENEY CO.. Toledo o.
tor the last IS years and Believe him perfectly hon
5e al sns By h %
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The Bride-I want a piece of meat
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'How is the little bootblack getting
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A good singer can always make
women cry by singing Home, Sweet
Home" So many people long for
home, and so few have one
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Chicken-hearted people are always
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For children teething, softens the reduces In
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Love is not blind, but those whom
It affects are.
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Sanitary Lotion Never fails. At druggists.
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Your working power depends upon your
health Garfield Tea corrects disorders of
liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels; over
comes constipation, purifies the blood
brings good health
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Pettit's Eye SaIve First Sold in 1907
100 years ago, sales increase yearly, wonder
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When a man begins to talk about
reforming it's a sign chat he suspects
other people are suspicious of him.