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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
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DURING THE PAST week
A RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
w ESTERN NEWS.

She Transmississippi Commercial
Congress will be in session at Denver
August 10th to 2lst.
Twenty persons were injured. five
seriously, at Chicago on the I'd inst.
by the bursting of n street car motor.
The Western Pacific has begun reg
ular train service from Salt Lake to
Elko. New. distance of 2Gs miles.
For the present the schedule calls for
, three trains week each way.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. principal of
the Chicago Normal school since 1906,
and an educator OF national reputa-
ton, has been chosen as superintend-
ent OF the entire Chicago school sys-
tenn.
The cigarette is an outlaw in Min
nesota. The new state law prohibiting
the sale went into effect August lst,
and it is now Illegal to put them on
the market. II is estimated that n
million cigarettes were sold during the
last day.
Fire at Everett. Wash. on the I'd
inst. Quilted the Snohomish county
court house and destroyed a row OF
with a total loss OF $4,000. All rec
ords in the court house were in fire
proof vaults.
Chicago has opened a special school
for tubercular children. The Board OF
Education supplies tents. grounds.
equipment and teaching services.
while the Chicago tuberculosis lnsti-
tute furnishes food. transportation and
medical services.
John W. Kern. the running mate OF
William jennings Bryan in the last
national campaign. has caused SEN
sation by publishing a statement that
he was defeated for the United States
Senatorship nomination by bribery In
the Democratic caucus.
William J. Bryan at Chicago denied
the rumor that he is going to leave
Nebraska and make his home in
Texas. Il have been annoyed by
questions OF this sort ever since l
bought u little farm in Texas. said
Mr.. Bryan. Il will make winter
home there. perhaps. but positively
have no Intention OF leaving Lincoln
or Nebraska
Adolfe Rossi. Italian consul at Den.
yer. has been appointed "A consul gc'
eral of the first class for the Rocky
mountain district. with headquarters
in Denver. He has been acting consul
general since November. 1908 and this
promotion puts him at the head af all
OF the Italian consular officers m this
country. he being next in rank to the
Italian ambassador at Washington.
Preliminary work for a great irriga-
tion project. bringing water for 100
miles to supply $4,000 acres OF land.
is being taken up by farmers OF Grant
county. Wash, seventy.five miles
southwest OF Spokane. Their plan is
to take water from the Columbia river
near Marcus and convey 1t by gravity
system through huge pipe lines 100
miles long.
Game Warden Nowlin OF Wyoming
appointed Mrs. F. w. Geddes of Cen.
tennial to be assistant game warden.
This is the first time in the history OF
the state that woman has been ap-
pointed to the position. Mrs. Geddes
is the wife of member OF the state
legislature. She is an experienced
horsewoman and lover OF out-of-door
sports.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
The cIothesIine Test.

line." said an old.fashioned woman re.
Gently. "and l can tell you II she is q
good housekeeper." The test lies H.
the way the garments are hung, II
the skirts are scattered around pro
miscuously the woman lets garbage
stand on her kitchen table over night
The skirts. like we men. should always
hang together. shoulder to shoulder
in a row-Atchison Globe.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
ITcHED FOR TWELVE YEARS.
Eczema Made Hands and Feet Swell,
Peel and Get Raw-Arms Affected,
Too-Gave Up All Hope Of Cure.
Quickly Cured by cutieura.

IT suffered from eczema on my
hands. arms and feet for about twelve
years. my hands and feet would swell.
sweat and itch, then would become
callous and get very dry. then peel
on and get raw. tried most every
kind Of salve and ointment without
success. tried several doctors. but
at last gave up thinking there was
Gu for eczema. A friend of mine
IN ted on my trying the Cuticura
r edies. but did not give them a
Il until l got 80 bad that l had to
d omething. l secured a set and by
time they were used could see a
Improvement and my hands and
were healed up In no time. I have
no trouble since. Charles T.
her. Volant. Pa. Mar. II. 1905"
sr Drug Chem Corp, Sole Props. Bosoa.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12

Cablegrams received from Z. n
Hartman in Europe state that his
health is improving and that he ex-
September 10th.
The operatives In the cotton mills
at North Grosvenordale, Conn, num-
bering thousand, are to receive an
increase in wages about August 18th.
The increase, 1t is understood, will av-
erage about ten per cent.
At Port Aviation. near Juvisy.
France. August 1st. NJ. Peliot Gaudart.
in Voisin bi-plane rose to a height
of 500 feet. beating the record estab-
lished by Wilbur Wright and winning
the Lazare WELLER prize.
An official report on the damage by
the great fire at Osaki. Japan. places
the number of buildings destroyed at
1l.36S. including eleven office build
ings. eight schools. four banks. ten
business blocks and twenty temples.
Virginia Republicans in convention
at Newport News decided in favor OF
local option and will make this the
leading issue OF the campaign. Will
liam p. Kent, American consul gen.
eral to Guatemala. was nominated for
governor.
BY the will of Mrs. Mary F. Snow of
Hartford. Conn. Miss Phila C. Miller.
a spinster at Orange. Mass. will re-
ceive the income from 10000 for TAX
ing care of Mrs. Shows two small i'm
ported dogs. The deceased left her
husband only $1,000.
A permanently self-luminous watch
dial and military night compass has
been exhibited in London by c. +. S.
Phillips. The glass dials have figures
on the upper surface. and are backed
with a radium bromide compound. The
figures stand out very clearly at night.
A company OF women suffragists
started by trolley from Boston few
days since to make a tour of Massa'
chusetts in the interest of votes for
women" The crusaders were headed
by Mrs. r. Y. Fitzgerald. secretary of
the Boston Equal Suffrage association.
The expedition carrying relief Sip
plies to Commander Robert f Peary
who is hunting for the North Pole. left
st. Johns. n. F.. August Sd. for Etah
Greenland. The schooner Jennie is in
command OF Capt. Samuel Bartlett
He will also look for the missing DR.
| Frederick A. Cook.
Both houses OF the Connecticut Leg
isiature have passed a bill repeating
the so-called Blue laws" relating to
Sunday observance. which forbid al
most every form OF recreation and sec
ular activity. The laws are relics OF
enactments by the law-giving body OF
1722.
Prince Hermann of Saxe-WeimarI
Eisanach, the heir presumptive to th{
grand duchy OF Weimsr. has rel
nounced the succession OF himself oj
his heirs. II any. to the throne of the
grand duchy or its property. This ae
ton is In consequence OF the prince.
extravaganza.
Judge Watts Parker in the Circuit
Court at Lexington. KY. has declared
the election for city officers held In
1907 null and void on the ground o'
fraud and corrupt methods. The ef
feet OF the decision is to oust Mayor
Skain and three other officials. al
Democrats. from office.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
And the Old Man orinned.

Duke" said the heiress. eagerly.
did you see father?"
Yes"
"Well?"
I'VE talked about the weather"
what? Lose your nerve again!
why don't you brace up and talk like
a MANA subject OF a king on whose
domain the sun never sets"
Cant" moaned the duke. "All the
time I was in your fathers Office he
kept grinning at big painting"
What painting?"
THE battle of Bunker HILL"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
Widow to Widow4rs.

Mr. Robert Marshall, a well-known
London police court missionary, re-
Gently received the following letter:
Dear Sir: Reading Of you some
times in newspapers. take the liberty
of asking II you know OF a very re.
speckable man wishen to get married
again. have bean a widow for years
now and am all alone in the world.
Trusting to your honor and remaining
yours respectable. Mrs. -. middle
age"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
Defined.

Say. pop. what's civil service?"
"Eh? It's an act governing the
service In the department. the ~us-
toms. the postal. the government print
ing"
But, dad. what does It mean?"
Mean? 1t means where busy man
rushes into the postofice to buy some
stamps. falls in line. waits an hour
and 20 minutes before reaching the
window-then. after rendering hun
dred.dollar bill. hears the tallow-faced
clerk murmur pleasantly:
Wholesale stamps at the next WIN
dow. rlease,' '"-Bohemian.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
Wonderful.

This is a remarkable world" sx-
claimed O'Bricn. Il was walking down
the street this morning and I met n
man I hadn't seen for about twelve
years"
Yes" rejoined Murphy. "it is re-
markable world. Just had an expert
ence much like that myself. I was
walking down the street not ten min
utes ago and ! met two men-two.
mind you-that I'd never met before
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
A Hot Prescription.

'I want you to prescribe for me
DOCTOR" said the sallow-complexioned
man. II have cold feet: what would
you suggest?"
"a ton OF coal. promptly replied
the witty physician. Five dollars
please"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
Executions.

you don't have to be enthusiastic
to succeed in some things" said the
clearinghouse philosopher: Il once
saw n man achieve n speed of mile
minute sliding down n mountain
side. without the slightest effort on
his part and without having had any
ambition to do IT.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12

A feeling of security and freedom
from anxiety pervades the home in which
Hamlins Wizard Oil is kept constantly
on hand. Mothers know it can always b
depended upon in time of need.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
uaa Allsn.a Eoot.Eaaa.

1t IL the only relief for Swollen Smart
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Drug
any substitute. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy. N. Y.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12

Every one should consider himself
entrusted not only with his own con
duct, but with that of others.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
Not Worth the Time.

No man resolved to make the most
of himself can spare tin,e for personal
ntention.-Lincoln.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
OH, N.Y.!

He-A woman is peculiar in one
way.
She-Whats that,
He-She won't tear up a love let
ter, even after she's forgotten who
wrote Il.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12

Mrs. Winalow's Soothing Syf1p.
Per shfldrsn sssthing softsns the gums re11sss -
1ana1Assoa aiiays paa. esRss wAd eoa3p. - bosaA
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12

Undertake deliberately. but having
begun, persevere.--Wren.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12

People who admire Us are always
pleasant company.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12

A CERTAIN METHOD
for curing darrhea and dy sentery ID by uslng
PHinkiller Perry Davisl. This medicine has sus-
tAnsd tbs reputation for 20 2c c and 6oo-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-12
bU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK.

She-Yes. they are engaged. ]
know she refused him twice. but the
third time he proposed she accepted
him.
Her Husband-Served him right
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-24
Christmas MUSINGS.

There are warmer hand-shakings on
this night, wrote Alexander Smith,
than during the bypast 10 months.
Friend lives in the mind of friend.
There is more charity at this time
than at any other. Poverty and scanty
clothing, and fireless CRATES come
home to the bosoms of the rich and
they give of their abundance. The
very redbreast Of the woods enjoys
his Christmas feast. Good feeling in
carnates itself In plum pudding. The
Masters word, "The poor ye have al
ways with you," wear at this time a
deep significance. For at least one
night on each year over all Christen-
dom there is brotherhood And good
men, sitting amongst their families, or
by solitary fire like me, when they
remember the light that shone over
the poor clowns huddling on the Beth
lehem plains 1900 years ago, the ap-
partition Of shining angels overhead.
the song. Peace on earth and good
will towards men," which for the first
time hallowed the midnight air-pray
for that strains fulfilment, that battle
and strife may vex the nations nc
more, that not only on Christmas eve
but the year round men shall be breth
rem, owning one Father in heaven.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-24

boy displays when he lights the
candles on his Christmas tree.
"Then comes the opening of the
Christmas packages. This is always a
gala occasion. Not man on board
would dare ignore the instruction any
more than he would think of disobey-
ing his superior officer. 1t has become
custom through years of faithful OBJ
servance. Always bottle of wine is
broken in christening these tokens
from the loved ones at home.
"If hadn't been lieutenant myself
I wouldn't dare give away official
secrets.
"Last year we practically had two
Christmases. We received our first
mail at Trinidad, West Indies, some
time Christmas week and delayed
Christmas mail reached us at Callao,
when the vessels were approaching
their own country on the western
side.
"No nation provides more plentiful
ly for the Christmas cheer of its sail
ors than does Uncle Sam. Each of
the battleship crews has dinner of
roast turkey, plum pudding, pumpkin
pie and all the trimmings which go
with it. The men are served in
messes of 20 at IL a'clock and each
man is allowed one snifter of grog as
an appetizer in celebration of the oc.
casion.
"The officers dine at six o'clock,
and, as is the custom when spending
the holiday at sea, are guests of the
commanding officer"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-24
A'.By Washington Irving

sheeted snow. we turn for our graft
fications to moral sources. The dreari
ness and desolation Of our landscape;
the short, gloomy days and darksoms
nights. while they circumscribe our
wanderings. shut in our feelings also
from rambling abroad. and make u
more keenly disposed for the pleas
ures of the social circle. Our thoughts
are more concentrated; our friendly
sympathies more aroused. We feel
more sensibly the charm of each 9TH
er's society, and are brought more
closely together by dependence on
each other for enjoyment. A season
when heart calling unto heart. /,
The pitchy gloom without makes the
heart dilate on entering the room
filled with the glow and warmth Of the
evening fire. The ruddy blaze diffuses
an artificial summer and sunshine
through the room, and light up each
countenance with kindlier welcome.
Where does the honest face OF hospi-
tality expand into broader and more
cordial smile-where is the shy glance
Of love more sweetly eloquent-than
by the winter fireside? And, as the
hollow blast Of wintry wind rushes
through the hall, clasps the distant
door, whistles about the easement, and
rumbles down the chimney, what can
be more grateful than that feeling of
sober and sheltered security with
which we look around upon the COM
Portable chamber and the scene Of do
mestic hilarity?
Amidst the general call to happi-
ness, the hustle of the spirits, and stir
of the affections, which prevail at this
PERIOD what bosom can remain in
sensible? 1t Is, indeed, the season OF
regenerated feeling-the season for
kindling not merely the fire of hospi-
tality in the hall, but the genial flame
of charity In the heart.
Surely happiness is reflective, like
the light of heaven; and every counts-
nance. bright with smiles and glow
ing with innocent enjoyment, is mir
ror transmitting to others the rays OF
supreme and ever-shining beneyo-
lence. He who can turn churlishly
away from contemplating the felicity
OF his fellow-beings, and can sit down
darkling and repining in his loneliness
when all around is joyful. may have
his moments OF strong excitement and
selfish qualification. but he wants the
genial and social sympathies which
constitute the charm OF \ merry
Christmas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-24
ness threw It's mourning robe across
the canyon, the woman died!

ness threw its mourning robe across
the canyon, the woman died!
How vividly it all came back to Par
rish Morton now as he buried his face
in his hands before the cracking en-
bers of the lingering fire! How Verona
chung to him in her terror and sobbed
for her mother, sobbed for her father
and her brother! Was ever a child SO
bereft, 80 desolate?
And he had taken her home with
him and placed her in the hands of his
capable housekeeper and as time
passed and no record of her kin could
be found, he had advanced her into
his heart-into the most sacred corner
of his great heart-and watched her
grow into beautiful maturity, full
blown rose of womanhood with eyes
like the depths of quiet brooks and
the face of an angel, with red lips
ruddier still and tantalizingly sweet!
And then the blow fell! The reali-
zation that he loved her and that he,
her protector, must preserve her
against that love, for she was but II
ana ne WAS oob Lueu- anu ne udu
promised her mother out in the New
Mexican foothills that he would care
for her and keep her from the pitfalls
as best he could!
All, how lonely the place was when
he had sent her away to school, to a
distant school where he might not
have to endure the pain of seeing her
often-and how she had looked into
his eyes at parting with the hall
pleading, half understanding eyes of q
young rabbit suddenly met face to
face in some leafstrewn hollow In the
autumn woodsl
He had kissed her in his old, pa
ternal way and her heart aggrieveG
had sent subtle glances OF bewilder
msnt to flash and play within those
orbs whose depths he dared mo-
| sound!
And to avoid meeting her, he hat
gone on distant mission. kept him
self aloof for two years, while absenc,
made the heart grow fonder and thu
memory of her thrilled him as tn,
soft caressing fingers OF some swee
inamorata thrills the tremulou
strings OF her guitarl And now upol
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-24
Christmas al
Sea
BY Admiral Bob EUans

MSN Christmas morning" said
w Admiral Evans (Fighting Bob)
~ II thank God that he made
three times as much water as land.
Every old seadog will Join me in
this The sea is his home; he loves 1t
as the farmer loves his broad acres.
Apart from it he is restless and dissat-
isfied. but with voyage ahead of him
he Is as happy as a clam at high tide.
No true sailor would exchange Christ
mas at sea for one on shore. 1t would
be like Thanksgiving dinner without
the turkey. isr 80 ,. 81. .,a
"Of all the Christmases spent at sea
the one that rises before me most
vividly is that of 1866, when the fed
eral army and the gunboat fleet were
trying to capture Fort Fisher. The
only presents we received. and they
came fast and furious, were solid shot
and shell from the guns Of the enemy.
But this didn't destroy our sense of
humor. The boys would write on
each solid shot or shell before placing
1t IN the gun, presented by and add
the name of the vessel from which 1t
happened to be fired. Mighty few
hurled at the fort that day lacked this
Christmas greeting. All the gunners
caught the spirit of the grim jest, for
the fighting line is no place for seri.
GUS faces.
Despite the excitement OF the
fierce combat we managed to have the
.mastheads of all the ships trimmed
with Christmas green. even though
the sailors had to risk their lives in
going ashore to get them, and you
may be assured the sentiment of the
day was not wasted.
Last year Santa Claus followed oul
feet of 16 vessels. He anticipated oui
12;000-mile voyage and furnished us II
advance with the pick of his best. Or
board the supply vessels when W,
sailed from Hampton roads were thou
sands of packages containing ever,
imaginable Christmas gift, from ;
whisky flask to smoking jacket, eacl
package labeled. Don't open unit
Christmas
Z "Along with those gifts he sen
thousands of yards of bunting to dec
crate the mastheads of the battleships
1t would be difficult to imagine NOR
beautiful sight than these ships line
up Christmas morning with the sal
ors breaking out the Christmas trim
mings with as much zest as the smal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-12-24

~ F all the old festivals that OF
w Christmas awakens the strong
W est and most heartfelt associ-
ations. There is tone of solemn and
sacred feeling that blends with our
conviviality, and lifts the spirit to
state of hallowed and elevated enjoy
ment. The services of the church
about this season are extremely ten
der and inspiring; they dwell on the
beautiful story of the origin OF our
faith, and the pastoral scenes that &C
companied its announcement; they
gradually increase in fervor and
pathos during the season OF Advent,
until they break forth in full jubilee
on the morning that brought peace
and good will to men. do not know
a grander effect of music on the moral
feelings than to hear the full choir
and the pealing organ performing a
Christmas anthem in cathedral, and
filing every part Of the vast pile with
triumphant harmony. g.
It is a beautiful arrangement, also,
derived from the days of yore, that
this festival, which commentaries
the announcement of the religion of
peace and love, has been made the
season for gathering together closer
again those bands of kindred hearts,
which the cares and pleasures and
sorrows of the world are continually
operating to cast loose; of calling back
the children of family, who have
launched forth In life and wandered
widely asunder, once more to assemble
about the paternal hearth-that rally
ing place of the affections, there to
grow young and loving again among
mementos of childhood.
There Is something In the very sea
son of the year that gives charm to
the festivity of Christmas. At other
times we derive great portion of our
| pleasures from the mere beauties oi
nature. Our feelings sally forth and
dissipate themselves over the sunny
landscape, and we "live abroad and
| everywhere" The song of the bird
| the murmur of the stream, the breath
ing fragrance Of spring, the sof
voluptuousness of summer, the gold
en- pomp of autumn; earth. with itl
mantle of refreshing green. ant
heaven. with its deep. delicious blu,
and its cloudy magnifcence, all fill III
with mute but exquisite delight an.
we revel In the luxury of mere senssl
tion. But In the depth of winter
when nature lies despoiled OF ever,
charm and wrapped in her shroud o