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The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
A Sneclallst.

4 don't see you on the messenger
force any more, Jimmy" said the lad
with the envelope in his hand.
mo; I've got good job with dog
fancier," replied Jimmy, as he puffed
a cigarette.
"Wid a dogfancier? What do you
do-feed the dogs?"
Nav! When lady comes in and
buys pet dog | teach 'er 'ow to
whistle"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Real Modesty.

"An actor should be modest, and
most actors are." said James X. Hack
EFT at luncheon in Pittsburg. But
I know young actor who. at the be-
ginning of his career. carried modesty
almost too far.
This young man inserted in all the
dramatic papers want advertise
merit that said:
Engagement wanted-small part,
such as dead body or outside shouts
preferred"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

A reporter asked MIR. Roosevelt at
the Outlook office how he got through
so much work and at the same time
saw so many people. II shun bores."
was the reply. Il don't waste min
ute OF my time on bores. Do you per-
ceive that have only just one chair
in this room? You see, my hunting
experiences have shown me that great
bores are always OF small caliber."
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
CHAPTER VII.
A Fine Gold Chain.

The conductor held it out to me, his
face sternly accusing.
"Is this another coincidence" he
asked. "Did the man who left you
his clothes and the barred silk hand
kerchief and the tight shoes leave you
the spoil of the murder?"
The men standing around had
drawn off little, and I saw the abb
solute futility of any remonstrance.
Have you ever seen a fly, who. in
these hygienic days, finding no cob
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
RonksfeIIer,s Hard Shot.

John d. Rockefeller tried game OF
golf on the links near Augusta. On
rather difficult shot Mr.. Rockefeller
struck too low with his iron, and as
the dust flew up he asked his caddy:
What have hit?"
The boy laughed and answered:
'Jaw-jah. boss
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
Thinklna Of curtain Lectures.

Mrs. Peck-I see the Maine Agricul
tural college proposes to establish lee
lures especially for country pastors.
Mr.. Peck-Whats the matter, amt
none of the parsons up there marriedf
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

Physician-And would you like to
be doctor, Jack?
Mother (while Jack is still hesitat-
ing)--No. no! The dear boy couldn't
kill a fy-Punch.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
WhX Not.

'T see some genius has set Men,
delssohn's Spring Song to ragtime."
"Well?"
81 wonder how II Trovatore' would
go as a musical comedy?"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

The Philosopher of Folly.
kind words never die" says the
Philosopher of Folly, land that is why
they are so seldom carried out"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26
An operatIc ExpIetive.

"Rifferfon is awfully gone on grand
opera, isn't he?"
Il should say he is! Why. he even
swears by Gadski!"
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

And some people never appreciate q
rose until they encounter the thorn.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

JIM suppose you love to go sleigh
ing because of the melody of the jim
Cling sleigh bells.
Jess-Yes, and they often lead up to
the wedding bells. That's the best Of
IL.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

Deduction In Street Car.
The avyweight-Pardon me. did
step ON your foot, sir?
Coogan-If yez didn't, begorry. then
the roof must hov fell on it.-Puck.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

Grief has much louder voice than
Joy.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-08-26

Prelude to Immortal Life.
A graceful and honorable old age So
the childhood Of Immortality. .--Pindar.
The Yale expositor., 1910-05-13

Choir Concert May 10th. Don't for.
get the date.
Alex Lowe is quite seriously i'll this
week with erisipelas in his face.
Richards Bros. have placed an arc
light in front of their hardware store
Mrs. Belle Billman moved to Detroit
this week where she will take up her
residence in the future.
Henry Welch has repainted his dwell.
ing besides making other improvements
about the premises this spring.
You are invited to attend the Con
cert given by the NJ. +. choir Thursday
evening, May 18th at S:l5 o'clock.
Blanche Mooney, who has been i'll at
her home north of town for several
weeks, now lies at the point of death.
Elam Sloat will go to Detroit to-
morrow to attend the funeral of a
nephew. From there he will go to Pom
tiac to see his wife.
Regular meeting of the w. G. Il. u.
will be held in the Presbyterian church,
Friday, May 20, at $3.50 p. m. All mem
bers are requested to be present. Mrs.
L. Boucher Rec. Sec.
Don't miss Muldoon's Blunders at
Central Hall next Friday evening, given
under the auspices of the Junior
Brotherhood of the Presbyterian church.
Reserved seats on sale at Pollock &
Hennessy's drug store next Monday
evening.
Hal c., the pacing stallion formerly
owned by j. f. Crysler of Peck, has
been purchased of A. G. Laidlaw by
Happier q Herbert, = miles south of
Roseburg, and will make Peck, Yale
and Melvin during the season of 1910.
For particulars regarding this horse
call at the farm of John Happier or
phone 25 l.. 2.
John Lavell joined Court Yale, Inde-
pendent Order of Foresters, nineteen
years ago and has been paying his
monthly assessments ever since until
just recently when he received a check
for 800, having reached the age of 20
years. This amount he will receive
each year and no assessments to pay.
Mr.. Lavell expresses himself aspleased
with the promptness in which the
higher Court has paid his claim.
NJ. 5. Brown, the popular travelling
salesman for the wholesale drug firm
of Hazeltine 81 Perkins, Grand Rapids,
drove into Yale Monday afternoon in
in his new L. M. f., 30-horse power, five
passenger touring car. He left Sag
inaw, his residence city, that morning
and visited nineteen towns belonging
to his regular route where he sells
goods. The distance covered was 80
miles. He renamed in Yale over
night and Tuesday morning at about
$50 he started on his road to Croswell
and other northern towns in the Thumb
district. Grant Holden accompanied
him on his trip north reaching
Bad Axe a distance of 107 miles that
evening. The next day they run over
to Port Hope and Vassar where Grant
took the p. NJ. train for home reaching
here in the evening, Mark continuing
on to Lapeer and then home. Grant
says it is the finest trip one can take
anywhere and that the Thumb is the
garden spot of Michigan. He hopes to
make the trip again when the weather
is little warmer.
The Yale expositor., 1910-05-13
Dog Owners Notice.

Sec one of the ordinance governing
the keeping of dogs reads
"That it shall be unlawful for any
person owning, possessing or harboring
any dog, to suffer or permit the same to
run at large in any street, alley, square
or other public place, in the city of
Yale, without having first obtained a
license therefore from the city clerk,
and complied with the provisions here.
matter set FORTH"
After June 1st all persons having or
harboring unlicensed dogs will be sum-
moned before justice as provided.
John Henry, Marshal.
The Yale expositor., 1910-05-13
An nIdaalhuahand.

Is patient, even with nagging wife
for he knows she heeds help. She may
be so nervous and rundown in health
that triiles annoy her. If she is melan-
chOly, excited. troubled with loss of ap.
petite, headache. sleeplessness, consti-
patton or fainting and dizzy spells, she
needs Electric bitters, the most wonder
full remedy for ailing women. Thou
sands of sufferers from female troubles,
nervous troubles, backache and weak
kidneys have. used them and become
healthy and happy. Try them. Only
SOC. Satisfaction guaranteed by Pol
lock and Hennessy.
The Yale expositor., 1910-05-13

The Port Huron Creamery Co. has
established Cash Station at Yale, one
door north of Minis Bakery, and will
will be pleased to meet his many friends
and il will be to your interest to learn
our price for sweet cream. Our motto
is square deal to all. Give us trial.
AZ Bert Holden, Manager
The Yale expositor., 1910-05-13

l have added four of the best cocker
els, prize winners, from the North
Street Poultry Farm to my pen of Ply
mouth Rocks and will sell settings of
eggs i'm season at 75 cts.
l. Fred j. Chamberlain
1S miles east Of Yale.
The Yale expositor., 1910-05-13

Old papers, for putting under carpets
and on the shelves, five cents package
at The Expositor Office.
The Yale expositor., 1910-05-13

A seven-room house, good cellar
underneath, cistern, well of pure water,
small barn and outbuildings, 4 acres of
land, located 3 miles from Yale. Tel
ephone in house. Will sell cheap il
taken at once. 5. +. Barr. "a
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29
GREAT THIRST OF A TEXAN
Which He Was Glad to Assusge at the
 Cost of $40 Acres Of Rich Land.

T was a guest of a native of the rich Brazos bottoms in Texas one time" said a New York man. and he was entertaining me on [ tramp. Pausing at a certain spot. he glanced over the land and then gave his arm sweep and said:
 As fas as you can see in all ways from here lies about the most fertile stretch of the whole BraZos bottoms, and that means the richest stretch of soil in the whole known world. sir: and that section, $40 acres. was bought. sir, by one drink of water
 'I made appropriate expression of smazement at this deal in Texas real estate and of course asked for de- tailed statement
 "'Yes sir said my Texan friend, six hundred and forty acres Of the richest land in Texas which means in all the world, for one drink of water. It ain't SO strang either. when you come to think about it. said the Texan musingly I've seen the time more than once. I'm afraid, when I'd have given more land than that if I'd had it for a good long pull at the water pitcher myself.
 It was quite a while ago all this happened sixty years. l guess. IL came off at Corsicana. One day msn went there to do some trading. Afterward
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29
AT A OWES FINE HEAD OF HAIR
 TOCUT|CURA
Itching, Scaling Scalp Humor was Making It All Fall Out Two Doc tors Could Not Stop the Trouble Niece Advised Using Cutlcura.
CURED HER SCALP AND
 MADE HAIR GROW AGAIN

"My mother used to have very bad humor on her head which the doctors called an eczema, and for it had two different doctors, Her head was very stre and her hair nearly all fell out tn spite of what they both did. One day her niece came m to sec her and they were speaking of how her hair was falling out and the doctors did it m good, She savs, Aunt, why don't you try Cuticura Snap and Cutlcura Oint. ment9' Mother did and they helped her. SO she soon began bathing with the Cuticufa Soap and amounting gth the Cutieura Ointment, and In six months time the itching. burning and sealing of her head was over and her hair began growing To-day she feels very much ln dcht to Cuticura Soap and Ointment for the inc head of hair she has Tor an old lady Reventy-four years old,
 In regard to my own ease, min~ was m eczema something Ike hers, it vas ln my feet. As soon ss the cold weather came my feet would Itch and burn and then they would crack open and bleed. Then | thought would Heo 'o my mothrt'aff,ends. Cn,icufa Soap and Cut. Vura Ointment, [ dld for four or fve winters and now my feet nfe aa smooth esany cno's, Ellsworth Dunham, Hiram, Me. Sept. aO, lpOn, !"
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29

motor on wire leading from an cleo trlc light fixture within the building and mp out of sight inside the poles base. Within the cylinder of the cleo tric revolving barber pole are two in- candcscent electric lights by which the pole can bC illuminated at night.
 The electric barber pol" Withoot a base support K also made in the form of bracket pole which can be at tachcd tn tho front of q building; and both these styles of revolving barber poles are also made tu bc wind driven. lnSt"acd of Q motor within it, with wires connecting. the wind driven re- Volving pole has surmounting its or namcntal cap gilded wind ball In form not unlike a globe shaped ven tilating ian, The wind hall Is at tachcd to the poles inner stripped cylinder. and when the hrccZes turn the ball it turns the inner cylinder.
 Formerly all barber poles were made uf wood, as still great numbers are; and If @ wooden barber pole ls made uf sound timber and set where it's base will keep dry t wtl last for many years, but if the pole N set where water collects at it's foot it win rot there.
 \ few Ncrrs ago there was produced a barber pole of latticcd Iron cOnstruc- ton, The very latest pole is one that which has its cylindrical column sec ton formed of sheet steel with aasc and Cdp of cust iron
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29

Chestnut street and High street are also common. there being 100 or more of each listed. There are more than 800 Washington streets. Union and High streets occur a:out zoo times and Maple and Water are found iu about $50 communities. There are 800 Broadways.
 Thirty-seVen cities have Roosevelt streets, twenty -ouc bear Bryan's name and eight Taft streets are found. al- though there is no proof that the, were named after the presidents and the candidate. Names of prominent Americans of former days occur ire qucntly but those 0f the present dat are less frequent Carnegie street is found ln only three towns and but two streets bear the name of RDckc- fellcr r.--New York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29
MODERN BARBER POLES.
The Revolving Pole, Electric or Wind
 Driven-Steei and Cast Iron.

Electricity within recent years has been applied to the barber pole The electric or revolving barber pole has for q middle section glass cylinder that is two feet or more in height by about eight inches in diameter, this section being supported on an or namental base or on stout brass; rod rising from the sidewalk. The glass section of the pole is surmountcd by an ornamental cap.
 Within the glass section of the pole is another cylinder made of a thin. lightweight. translucent material. up on which are painted the traditional spiral stripes of red. white and blue. the familiar sign of the barber. This inner cylinder is pivotcd top and bot tom and made to revclve by means of tiny electric motor attached at the top. Current is carried to this
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29
HELPING OUT THE ABSENT
 MINDED.

Absent minded persons who write a name and street address on letter and put it In the mall without hint of the town. city or even state to which it is Intended to go cost the postofficc department a lot of trou- hle. and money each year. Many of the partially addressed reach their destination with little delay, the de- flciency being supplied by mall clerk
 lt looks like the clcVercst kind of work when an envelope addressed to Samuel Stratton, iO5 Colytun street. |" goes straight to StrHtton at his home In Los Angeles but a peek behind the postal scenes shows that it is easy after all The department has just Issued q gOO-png book iu which are listed the street names ln ull of the l..O0 ar so cities and towns in which carrier service K maintained \ glance in ths volume shuwN that the only colytun street known is in Los Angeles,
 Another letter may Ice addressed to John Jones, Woodward avenue be- tween Grand River avenue aud state atEect" More than thirty towns or cities have Woodward avenue, hut the only city m which an three of the strccta are found ir Detroit, Mich, The books shows ii and the letter goes on itH way
 in the same way letter addressed tn St Paul when the writer meant St. Louis eventually tindH itr way t" the right address through th" uHo uf tho index
 ll is not an Ho easy, however The book rlla out H deficiency only when the name of the street is unusual \ letter tu John iluWn. 200 Main street" win rnd ui, ln the dead let ter office hccnusr of tho l.soo cities listed about ppo huast of n Main HfrvCt
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29

arc home man and live moderate life than you could have in Texas on tl.j00 year That sum would not only allow you to live well and have plenty of recreation. but would enable you to entertain your friends and re- lativcs occasionally"
 I'd want to he sure of si0 q week to marry" says Chicago bachelor. "A man cant ask the girl he cares for to make too many sacrifices
 one who describes himself as a bachelor of arts says: Eighteen hundred dollars year Is the least degree of poverty a man should ask a girl to share with him"
 Health. courage and si.j0o". says a Massachusetts youth.
 As look at it you need. 1T you're living in New York city proper. an in come of at least S100 week to marry on. I wouldn't try it on any less for my part If you haven't got that. wait That's what l am doing. can make out now by myself on S60 n week. But don't know a girl in New York-a girl really worth while--that I'd ask to share that with me" This is a New York opinion.
 A composite opinion from five bach elors keeping house by themselves in Kansas City. Mo: "A couple must have s3.20o a year in the middle west tmore in the easO."
 T do not think the question of self denial has ever been practised. if con- sidered. by the young ladies of my set" writes young man.
 on the other side is a Chicago young man who says tersely: Yes. it's a question of common sense and most of them have it
 They can make excellent fudge. but I would not like to try their biscuits" writes a man from Washington. They play the piano well. but doubt if they could buy a steak. Some of them man age two ore three admirers eXcellently. but one servant would be too much for them to handle"
 Spokane. Wash. speaks thus: Pew have any domestic ability and fewer know how to economiZc. otherwise they are very estimable young wo- men"
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29
WHY IS 4 BACHELOR.
Letters From Five Hundred of Them
 Contain Hints of the Answer.

A woman's magazine recently sent out list Of questions to about five hundred bachelors in various parts of the country. These questions dealt with the question of matrlmony.
 The first one was: What yearly in come do you regard as necessary to man Of your social standing before entering upon married lifc2
 The second was: Are the young women of your set rightly brought up and trained, do you think, for the responsibilities and self-dcnial of wifehood and homemaking?
 About half the young men question: ed express the belief that the girls are not adequately trained for the duties and responsibilities of wifehood. \ sizable minority. between fifty and sixty. pronounce the training satisfac- tory.
 In regard to income the estimates received vary from $500 a year in Connecticut village to si5.0O0 year in Chicago. The average among the 500 men figures out s2.f39.tO. X iav- hritc figure is ,l,5O0. but the sl5,00o mark and several estimates or siO.0Oc bring the level up.
 Those who think it essential that newly married couples should have the comforts and luXuries of tho par cntal home are forts in number. those who think this unessential. ll6. Those who believe such comforts and luxur- ics out of the question for the young husband to provide. l2i: those who think such comforts and luXurics are not greater than the young husband can provide. if they SD desire. ten.
 Here are some of the letters which were received by Good Housekeeping, the magazine which sent oId the let tcrs:
 Two people can certainly live in the middle West on $500. but it will take every cent of that amount to live as an educated man wants to live. certainly should not attempt marriage on any less and I'd almost be frighten- cd to try it on that sum This from Omaha, Neb.
 X man from Texas says: "You couldn't want better living if you
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29
ANNUAL MEETING
 OF TRINITY PARISH
Church Conditions ors,ty,na-Plsns Eor New Church Hu,ld,nus
 Discussed,

th, annual parish meeting was hcld uat night m Trmit, EpH,upal church The reports nt the various church su. vivttvp and nt the treasurer showed that gwtiNms amounts hsd been raised aud rrod wort, dour during the year m" general receipts of the but this is tn part ,lur tn the fact that tiouo was raised to pa, off the mort gage on the new church lots on North central avenue. the bots now being clear ot debt
 There was an iurnmarl discussion hv ths meeting or plans for the proposed new church building and also for the parish house aud rc,trry which will be included lu the group it k proposed to erect. at total cost of about S50.Ooo. Sketch plans have been pre- pared hy n firm rf Boston architects and the, were shown last night
 The following vCstry were elected an being reflections except that Elliot Evans takes the place uf Vernon L.. Clark who was a former member: Senior warden. Chas. \. Van der Nccr: junior warden. Nathan \. Morford. vcstrymcn, Edward Kent. r.. J. Ben nit, F. C. Dezcndorr. W. B. Twitchell. Dr Aucil Martin. Chapin Hall and FL liot Evans E
 Delegates to the annual convocation which meets in Bisbec April i3. were elected as follows. the two wardens being members of that body cv officio: r. C. Dezendorf and Russell Freeman.
 The chairman of the meeting the Rev. J. ". Atwood. was authorized ;o nll any vacancies in the delegation which may occur before the meeting of the couvocation.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-29
TOWN TAKES BEAUTY CURE.
claremer,, N, H,, Does Not Propose to
 Grow Ugly,

People who have an idea that all | the old hill towns ut New England are degenerate, havl, water places should visit Clarvmont, x ii," writeH e cor, IVspundcnt of country t.itc in America "A cleaner happier more prosperous
 iuoklug and generally attractive place
 would hc hard to find lts people, good
 ,ld New Enalandors. arc self, respect.
 ing, public spirited folk who arc proud ot their town and arc as littlc depend. rnt upon New York or Boston as they arc upon rckin
 "A town or such natural beauty Is lcss tn need or Village improvement than nrc most others lt ls clean sort of climate. and big trees arc ma tive tn the rlacc-clm. maple. locust. huttrrrut. oak birch and poplar. be- sides tho cvCrgrrcns Rut ClarCmont is wise enough tn take time hN the fore lork and has started a campaign 10 save it's old trees.
 "rhc Clarcmont board ur trade tx the active body in this case and they took up the work last summer under the stu pcrviSion or Professor R. <. Pickett. horticulturist from the state college. He came to town and made a personal inspection of each shade tree in the park. on the streets and in the front yards. He diagnosed the ailmcnt of each tree needing treatment and noted the diagnosis and recommended treat mcnt on a sheet prepared for the pur- pose. each tree being numbered for identification.
 This report was classified and studied and then placards suggesting the needed treatment were printed and tackled to the proper trees. The matter Of applying the cure was then up to the owners of the property on which or before which the trees stood. as in New Hampshire the municipality has no control over the trees except for park or highway purposes After the trees had been labelled the horticultur- ist came again at the invitation of the board of trade and gave a public illus trated lecture on the subject of trees and tree surgery. explaining the meth ods of treatment. etc.
 At first there was noticeable cer- tain amount of indifference and inertia. but a few public minded citizens start ed in to have their trees doctored and proved how easily and cheaply it could be done Soon others followed their example and then the thing became contagious. and the man who wasn't doing a little tree doctoring was strict ly out of date. All the trees on the town common and around the cemetery in the middle of the village were treat ed by order of the Selectmen acting on suggestions received from the Board Of Trade About 250 trees in all were treated during the single season. The total cost to the board of this splendid crusade was about S5O".