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The Brinkley argus., 1910-10-21
COMFORTING WORDS,
Many a Erinkley Household
 Will Find Them So.

To have the pains and aches of "a bad back removed; to be en- tirely free from .annoying, dan- gerous urinary disorders is enough to make any kidney suf- ferer grateful. To tell how this great change can be brought about will prove comforting words to hundreds of Brinkley readers.
 Louis Abel, Main St., Claren- don, Ark, says: No one who has not suffered from kidney dis ease as severely as 1 have, can .moW how thankful l was to get relief. lIy health began 10 de- cline about six months ago. l noticed sharp twinges in my back and after working at my bench for any length of time, 1 could hardly assume an erect po- sition. The kidney secretions were irregular in passage, being profuse at dimes, while at others acanty. l doctored, but without getting relief and 1 seemed to have taken enough medicine to stock a small-sized drug store. l finally dismissed the doctors and on a friends suggestion be- gad using Doan's Kidney Pills. The relief l received was grati- lying and in 9 few weeks l was
 restored to good health. /"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, New York ol4 agents for the United Sta t
 Remember the name Dosa s and take no other.
The Brinkley argus., 1910-10-21
Card of Thanks.

We desire to express our heartfelt gratitude to all who were so kind during our sad be- reavement, in the death of our grand mother.
 BANAs, BEE,
 and NANNIE JOHNSON.
The Brinkley argus., 1910-10-21

the most "up-to-date" Musical Compay travelling. Everybody likes music and everybody enjoys a hearty laugh. A delightful blending of pure fun and fine music is one reason why the above company has won it's way to the top notch of public esteem.
 Miss Jessie Rose was on the sick list part of this week.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
PUTTING Il up 70 Uncle.

Henry G. Brooks, the well-known
New York lawyer, talking about do
nestle troubles, has had his share Of
the servant problem. though he won't
admit it. However, he is frank enough
to tell one on himself. as he did re-
Gently at the Waldorf-Astoria.
We have a mighty good girl who
got word that her uncle was very i'll
She asked to be allowed to go away
for a few days and go to the funeral.
After a week had passed we COM
menced TO get nervous. So note
was sent to her inquiring when she
would be able to return and hew her
uncle was.
I'VE got reply something like this:
"'Dear Sir: l will be back as soon
as possible. Uncle is getting weaker
and weaker. Ma has told him l can't
stay here much longer. and know he
don't want me to lose my job"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
Words That Are Out of stvl.

Most old English words have fallen
from their high estate and are now
banned in the best society, at any
rate in Mayfair and Belgravia. OF
these is the Saxon word lady" which
we are told is derived from loaf.
giver.'
In 1910 we speak of woman" and
the word lady" has become almost a
term of reproach. A young single
woman is a girl-pronounced cyril"
as the name young lady" is re-
served for barmaids. shop hands and
telephone operators.
Then the word dress" used to de-
scribe the outer garment of our moth.
ers and grandmothers, but gowns"
and ''frocks" are worn by women of
the twentieth century. Also we may
talk of relations but not of "rela
tives;" and the most venerable Of
rooster must be called a chicken" as
the word fowl" has sunk almost to
the level of low language
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
To Make Table Cloths last.

Table linen is expensive. 1t costs
more today than It did five years ago.
When 1t begins to wear in holes. 20
come from the wash with worn spots
that tell how soon it will be no good,
no wonder the housewife despairs-
Cheap. common soaps full Of caustics
that eat the linen are greatly to blame,
Easy Task laundry soap is an enemy
to dirt and stains and a friend to the
table linen Get two five cent cakes:
try 1t, and il it does not surprise and
satisfy you the makers will return
your money.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
people Of Other Planets.

Calculations as to the size required
for human beings on the other planets
vary widely according to the basis of
reckoning, According to those based
upon the attraction of gravity, Jupiter
should be peopled by pygmies of 20
inches, Wolfius, on. the other hand.
argued that Goliath himself would be
accounted decidedly understood upon
that planet. He worked from the
feebleness of the suns light there,
which would demand that the pupil of
the eye should be much more dilata.
BILE. Since the pupil stands in con.
slant proportion to the ball of the eye.
and that to the entire body, said
Wolfius. little calculation shows
that an average Jovlan must be nearly
thirteen feet seven inches tall-not
quite four inches shorter than Og, king
of Bashan. according to the measure
of his bedstead given in Deuteronomy.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
His Real Calling.

There is a writer in New York who
has achieved little success, but who.
being amply supplied with worldly
goods, refuses to be discouraged. So
he keeps turning out books the merits
of which he earnestly attests by word
of mouth and heavy purchases from
the publishers. He is a long time
friend of Simeon Ford, boniface, wit
and philosopher. Phat Mr.. Ford is
the only one who ever read all of his
friends books probably furnishes a
reason why the attentuated hotel man
is one of the most solemn looking OF
humans.
They were at dinner recently when
the author said: Sim, you've been
awfully kind to me-you are my real
audience, for you've suffered like a
friend and read all l have written.
Sometimes l think that I have made
great mistake and am not really an
author after ALL"
II think you're right" assented Mr..
Ford. You're a born chemist"
'How's that?" suspiclously asked
the author.
We'll" remarked Simeon. every
book you write becomes a drug on the
market"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
Male Fashions In 1850.

Male fashions of 60 years ago had
other discomforts besides long hair.
Trousers were tight and buttoned I'M
der the foot with broad straps. Every
man who aspired to be we'll dressed
wore his coat so high In the collar
that the back of the hat rested upon
it. This fashion was so prevalent
that. according to Sir Algernon West.
every hat had a crescent of cloth
on the back OF the brim to prevent
the rubbing Of the beaver. or imita.
ton beaver, of which the hat was
made, for silk hats were not then in
vented" And from the same author.
ity we learn that opera hats were
unknown, and in the evening fold.
ing chapeau bras was always carried
under the arm Nobody but an
apothccary or solicitor would have
dreamed OF leaving hts hat IN the hall
OF the house where he was calling or
dining"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02

OF farm animals there were produced
for the market last year $4,525, 259, 900.
Half century ago. when the stats
ticians first began to busy themselves
about such things, the record was
$544,1SO,00O, showing that the farmer
has been doing his duty by his coun-
try and his family as well as by the
manufacturer, the miner, and the rail-
road man.
The postoffice has grown from an in
stitutioD with 903 branches in 1900 to
nearly 10000 today.
The salaries paid public school
teachers have increased from 37,000,-
900 in 1870, to $197, 100000 this year,
and the number Of kilograms sent over
the wires has jumped from 100000
40 years ago to 90,000,00O, or there
abouts, this year
These figures, while eloquent, give
but faint idea of what has hap
pened in our material welfare depart
ment within the space of 1874 Fourths
of July With airships floating, or
about TO float, above the cities; with
messages to Mars almost released and
answered, with radium ready to revo-
lutionize the scientific world-why is
1t not fair to presume that before 1874
more anniversaries occur the United
States will show even more marvellous
progress in the world of nations?
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
Am Office RusIness only.

A young man called at the office of
Justice of the peace and with some
hesitation made known his business,
which was to be married. The justice
replied that he thought he could per
form the service. and asked IL the
young man had his license.
Yes, sir" the youth replied.
well, where is the young LADY,"
"She-she's at her fathers"
We'll. bring her here"
"She'd rather be married at home.
squire"
And you expect me to go there and
marry your"
Yes. sir, If you please"
Young man." said the justice. this
Office of mine is like a department
store. We sell matches here, but we
don't deliver them at the house. =
YouthsCompanion.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
sllohtlv Confused.

+ Marie was making her first visit to
the beach. She was fearless of the
water, and spent as much OF her time
n bathing as she was allowed. One
morning there was an unusually
strong undertow. and many of the
bathers spoke of it, Marie. hearing
them, slowed away the new phrase
In aer mind.
When she came In from her bath.
she told how fine the water was, and
told Of the fun she had had Then,
assuming her grown-up manner. she
remarked: "Oh. but the undertaken
was stroag this morning"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
(nFNU az 6NA1ZlAV CNTZE, @I7HzS OF zygo Iesg1Zo

in truly remarkable array Of indus
tries. These factories alone represent
an investment Of over 10000, 900 and
are employing $4,000 workmen.
II is true that coffee is the staple,
but these factories are turning out cot
ton and wooden fabrics; they are ma
king rope, twines and papers. There
are breweries, marble quarries. metal
industries of various natures; vast es-
tates that are devoted to the culture
of rice, and square miles of territory
that produce enormous quantities Of
fruits that are shipped in all direc-
lions. Sac Paulo has gone extensively
into grape culture, and is turning out
wines that are becoming vastly popu-
lar in several countries. Agriculture
of a general nature has engaged the
attention of the residents of the state
to a greater degree in the last few
years, and as q consequence the rail.
ways are extending in every direction
throughout the state. AS an indica,
ton of the volume of business trans
acter through the port of Santos it
last year reached a grand total of five
and a half million tons, which com
pares very favorably with the trade
of Rio de Janeiro or Buenos Ayres. the
two largest South American ports.
In great measure this progress is
due to the far-sighted and patriotic
efforts Of those statesmen who have
directed the destinies of the state, and
It has been recently stated by a South
American historian that the history of
the State of Sac Paulo was the history
of all Brazil.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
Adjournment.

To adorn ourselves seems to he A
part OF our nature. and this desire
seems to be everywhere and in evary'
thing. have sometimes thought that
the desire for beauty covers the earth
With flowers, paints the wings OF
moths, tints the chamber of the shell
and gives tie bird its PlvraaRA and
its song o. daughters and wives, Il
you would be loved, adorn yourselves:
IL you would be adored. be beautiful
Robert G.. Ingersoll.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
AUTOMATIC SYSTEM
SCORES ON RIVALS
In TELEGRAPH
TEST
FLASHES 1000 WORD STORY or
TAFT's SPEECH TO NEWsPA-
PERs IN ONE MiNuTE--HAND
TRANSMITTED STORY CAME
ALONG HALF HOUR
LATER.

At the Farmers Convention held re-
Gently in st. Louis, the Telepost Auto
matte Telegraph Co. pulled OF an In
teresting little scoop" on its rivals in
connection with the speech OF Prssi-
dent Taft. Before the newspaper men
present got outside the building thou
sand word story Of the Presidents re-
ception and speech at the convention
hall was In Chicago, Indianapolis,
Springfield, Terre Haute and every
other point in the Middle West to
which the automatic system extends.
With 1t went a special message Of
greeting to the farmers Of America
given by Mr.. Taft for transmission
over the automatic lines.
The feat was interesting, as demon
strating the possibilities of the auto
matte system in connection with rapid
press work. In one minute from its
start, the 1000 word story was in the
cities named, complete. From half to
a full hour later the press association
reports sent by hand telegraphy be-
gan to come along.
This achievement fulfills the claims
made for the Telepost recently By
Professor Roymn Hitchcock, former
Curator of the Department of Science
and Industries Of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. Testifying before a committee
Of the N. Y. Legislature he said Peary'S
5000 word story OF his North Pole
Discovery could have been sent from
Labrador to the New York Times in
ten minutes by this system instead Of
the three days it consumed in being
transmitted by hand.
The Telepost transmits from 1000 TO
1000 words a minute, doing over any
one wire, the same volume of business
done over 65 wires operated by the
Morse hand method of transmission,
still largely used throughout the coun-
try.
In the States where the system is
commercially operating, It is effecting
a revolution with its rates of a quarter,
half, and one cent a word regardless
OF time or distance.
Important extensions OF the Tele-
post, it was said today on good author
ity, will be opened shortly between
Chicago, Indianapolis and Detroit, To
ledo, Cleveland. Louisville. and other
cities in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky. The action last week OF
the Senate Committee on the District
Of Columbia, favorably reporting the
bill to admit the system to the National
Capitol presages the early completion
Of its line between New York and
Washington.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
HONOR RESTED WITH AUTHOR
How the Late Popular Writer, o.
Henry, outwitted Unserupulous
Editor.

A friend of the late o. Henry writes
of him: "He was reckless in spending
money, and frequently gave elevator
boys and bellboys IS and $40 notes.
But he wasn't easy despite his finan-
cial regardlessness. His friends mar
rated an incident showing the mans
Shrewdness. A magazine noted for
slow pay, they say, contracted with
him for a three-part story, for which
he was to receive fifteen hundred dol
lars He got five hundred dollar ad-
vance before starting to work, and
ment (none of 1t had been printed
yeti got Ave hundred dollars more,
and asked for the third five hundred
dollars as an advance before finishing
the tale. The editor, In an effort to
save money, apparently, declared that,
after all, the story didn't appear to be
worth more than one thousand dol
lars-this when he had the two in
stallments in his office. All right
said o. Henry. 4 won't Rrite the
third one then And he didn't. He
laughed at the editor. Well then
said the latter, I'll run the two parts
and then let our readers have a guess
ing contest as to how the story ends
and put up. perhaps, a FIVE hundred
prize to the winner For moment
the author thought he was outwitted.
Then he said: Go ahead-and I'll win
the prize He intended to win 1t. too"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
Vanity OF Life.

How small portion of our life It is
that we really enjoy. In youth We are
looking forward to things that are to
come. In old age we are looking back
ward to things that are gone past; in
manhood, although we appear indeed
to be more occupied in things that are
present. even that IA too often alb
sorbed in vague determination To- be
vastly happy on soTue !utare day wher
we have time
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02

Washington.-Fully four and a half
out of every five pounds of coffee
drunk in the United States comes from
Brazil, and the proportion is growing
steadily higher, principally because
the Brazilian bean is of a superior
quality and flavor. The generality
Of coffee drinkers have a hazy idea
hat Mocha" and Java" enter largely
into the morning beverage, but it is
fact that all the Mocha and Java that
reach this country in year would not
supply st. Louis for six months.
1t is generally known and under
stood that the greater proportion of
ane Brazilian coffee comes from the
state Of Sac Paulo in that country, and
the statement that Sac Paulo, the
richest state in the Brazilian Union,
Is "one vast coffee estate" has been
made so frequently that the general
Impression has gone abroad that little
else but coffee is produced in the
state. 1t is true that Sac Paulo alone,
last year, produced 1,716,000 900
pounds Of coffee that had a value of
$14O,0O0,O00, and that this vast ag-
gregate found its way outward
through the greatest coffee port in the
world. Santos; but 1t is also true that
Sac Paulo has host of other indus
tries that are developing at a rate
that is astonishing. 1t is In Sac Paulo
that the great wheat growing conces-
sions have been granted; 1t is from
Sac Paulo that the enormous ship
ments to Europe of live cattle will be
made; It is Sac Paulo that now main
Iainn three hnndrnd fnctnriau nnpaRa1
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
Not Prepared to See.

Marjorie-Didn't you see the mousef
Madge-Why, dear. Just couldn't
Zee it. l had my old stockings on.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02
PERRY DAVIS. PAINKIILF

Goodness is the only investment
that never fails.-Thoreau.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02

IL tbs best, safest and surest remedy for crampa.
collie and diarrhea. AS Eminent for wounds and
sprains IL Is unequaued. Sc, S5c and Soc
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02

Mrs. WInsYow~s Soothing Syrzr.
FOR children testhng softess the gums reduces ip-
aSmmation allays DSlR. cures wind colo. BOA bottA
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02

Candor ia ever the brightest gem OF
true criticism.-Disraell.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-07-02

Unsung songs cheer no hearts.--A
williams.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-25

Why the Architect oof the Universe
chose to give Daytona the most ad
mirable, the most picturesque natural
setting Of all the cities of the South
is not revealed. but that such is a
fact must be apparent to the most
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-25

FOUND AT LAST
A place on Beach Street where
you can get Hot Chocolate that's
made right and served with Whip
ped Cream Sc a cup.
T. F. CURTIS & SON
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-25
TIRE TROUBLES

IKE IkOUBLEo
Don't worry. See Mr.. Nc Gregor at the
end of Gotta se Avenue. opposite Yacht
Club. Valuable Advise Given Free. From
the New York and Atlanta workshops of
the Fisk Tire and Rubber Co.. of Chicopee
Falls, Mass. High Grade Materials and
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FISK TIRES for FLORIDA ROADS
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-01
More Food From Kansas
Farm.

Most OF our prophets OF the latter
day are attuned to the doleful key,
and so, when there rises one who
speaks with cheerful voice let's
give him hail. His habitat is Kansas
and his name is Ten Eyck. No tear
full voice for him, no heard-from-the-
Observation-Disclosures when he speaks.
He is the prophet Of plenty.
SIN twenty years." said James j.
Hill, who Is n Of our most volumi-
nous and, quite often, most pessimistic
prophets, with tears In his voice, sin
twenty years, at the present rate of
production, the world will 90 supper
less to bed"
But not while Ten Eyck is on the
job. "Here," he says, sis a wheat
which will fill the worlds breadbasket
to overlooking and send it to bed with
a stomach lined with three square
meals and a Dutch lunch after the
show. That" he said, as he held
forth a handful OF golden grains, twill
produce sixty bushels to the acre. 1t
produced sixty-fve and there isn't any
reason why 1t shouldn't keep on
producing sixty-fve."
Wheat is the hobby of Prof. A. M.
Ten Eyck, professor OF agronomy at
the Kansas State Agricultural College
at Manhatten. He knows every
variety OF the grain by It's first name
and several of them he has named
himself. What James J. Hill prophe-
sled In his most s%epulchral voice he
knew seven years ago. Thereupon he
turned his talents to the soil to breed
a wheat that would send the world to
bed with a full stomach. That was
simple and there were two ways of
doing 1t. One was to teach the farmer
how to farm by giving back to the
soil that which he took from 1t. The
other was to give him better seed.
He is helping the farmer to solve
both these problems, but his greater
efforts have been directed toward
seed improvement.
Scientists tell us that II they could
but select individuals and mate them
and destroy the unit offspring,
ultimately, they would breed aperfect
race of giants. That Is how, seven
years ago, Professor Ten Eyck began
to replenish the worlds breadbasket--
by rearing a breed of giant wheat,
ruthlessly destroying as he went along
the weak and unfit among the grains.
BY mating giant with giant, perfec-
tion In q quality with perfection in
another, he has evolved finally a
wheat which will produce sixty-ive
bushels to the acre!-FRoM "REFILL-
ING THE BREADBAsKET," IN July
TECHNICAL WORLD MAGAZINE.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-07-01
IN HONOR OF MAJOR PICkLER
Sioux Falls Man Pays Tribute to
Former U. s. Representative.

E. T. Cressey. who was one Of the
staunch admirers Of the late Major
John A. Picker. has contributed the
following letter to the Press:
Major Picker mustered out?
How his old comrades will miss
him! Before his last illness he lever
missed a campfire nor reunion and al
ways led US In singing marching
Through Georgia." Always good ma
tured and jolly, always ready to re-
spond to a call to speak. And never
made a poor speech to the G. A. r..
boys.
He was a member Of congress In
1892 when the national encampment
vas held In Washington. We had
10000 veterans in line that day. The
major marched with us from near the
navy yard up Pennsylvania venue to
the Corcoran gallery, where we dis
banded. 1t vas a glorious day in
September-we YER younger then
and the South Dakota department.
sang Marching Through Georgia" on
the entire march, Major Picker lead
ing us and singing louder than any
body else swinging his big black hat,
the while, the happiest man of the
80, 900.
I was rather close to him for four
years and eve heard him use an i'm
proper word, tell a story that was un-
seemly, o knew him to stay away
from church when he could get there.
He was a favorite speaker at church
and Sunday school social gatherings
In Washington.
He had a few enemies. In the first
year Of our statehood the South Dako.
ia gang often gathered at Senator
P%ettigrew's for an evening. One night
one of the gang vas mad at Picker
for some vote he gave In the house on
that day, 81 he let out on the major
and told how he vas coming back
home to defeat Pickler's renomina.
tion. When he finished his fussing
MIR. Pettigrew said to him: "Jim,
when you undertake to beat a man In
South Dakota who has all the old SOL
diers, all the temperance folks. all the
Methodist church, all the woman suf-
fragists behind him, you'd better let
the job out to somebody else" Picker
was renominated.
During that season the state delega-
tion e invited to a presidential re-
ception. All went. Mr.. Pickler
thought his Faux county Prince AL
bert suit was stylish enough to wear
and wore it. During the evening,
Judge Clifford Of Canton spied that
suit and said to him: "Ah Picker,
that Prince Albert suit is o darn
conspicuous" He didn't wear it
again at a public function.
They are leaving us now, oh so
rapidly! And to our ranks there come
no recruits. We, a little longer wait.
Laggards? Possibly, but rejoicing to
live long under the flag we followed
in the long ago.
II as well prepared to go as Picker
was, ut Is better further on
e. T. CREssEY.