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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
STEN0GRAPHERS IN OLD ROME
Even Poets Had Them in the Early
Days, but They Were
Slaves.

Most of us are accustomed to think
OF the stenographer as a product of
very modern conditions. AS a matter
OF fact, however, the profession was
followed as long ago as the days OF
the Roman empire. Poets, who are
laughed at nowadays for having pri
vate stenographers. had them in the
fourth century of our era, and Profess
sor Cole of Columbia university, In q
paper on Later Roman Education"
now translates into English for the
first time the very complimentary ad
dress of the poet Ausonius to his
stenographic assistant. Many mod
ern business man might say the same
thing, although in less poetic diction.
Slave" says Ausonius, "skilful mas
ter of swift notes, come hither Open
the double page of thy tablets, where
a great number of words, each ex.
pressed by different points, is written
like a single word. / 60 through great
volumes; and like dense hail the
words are hurled from my noisy lips,
but thine ears are not troubled, nor
Is thy page filled. Thy hand, scarcely
moving, flies over the surface of the
wax.
II wish my mind had as swift a
flight as thy right hand when 1t an.
ticipates my words. Who, pray, has
betrayed me? Who has tod you what
was just meditating about saying
How does your winged right hand
steal the secrets Of my inmost
thoughts?"
If we remember that In the fourth
century people wrote with sharp points
on wax instead of with pens on paper,
the picture suggested by Ausonius and
his stenographer Is surprisingly like
that of the business man in his office
debating letter. The greatest differ,
ence is that Ausonius' stenographer
was slave, and the modern stenog.
rapher an independent young woman
who earns her own living.-Youth'f
Companion.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
A Husbands Appreciation.

An Atchison man went into the
kitchen last Sunday morning, where
his wife was stripging beans Mary
he said as he sat down, you are the
only person who ever lived who has
treated me like human being, and
want to express my gratitude. My
mother always acted as though she
expected me to disgrace the family
and SO did my sisters. My school
teacher predicted that ! would be
hanged, and wherever l go people act
as though / am not up to standard A.;
that / really should be different
Therefore l have been thinking more
and more of the fact that l always
seem satisfactory to you. To a man
who has been pecked at as l have
been 1t is a source of great satisfac
zion to know a woman who really
thinks I'm as near right as other peo
pie, and / want to express my ap
probation. "-Atchison Globe.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
TWO WORLD FAMED GRANNIES
One of These Talented Women Is
Sarah Bernhard and the Other
Ellen Terry.

Two famous grandmothers are dis
tinguished visitors of this country. Re
ferring to these talented ladies the
Rochester POST Express says: "One of
the grandmothers is Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt; the other is Ellen Terry. Both
actresses have reached an age when it
Is permissible to retire from active
life; but the French actress is said to
be as energetic as a woman half her
age, while Ellen Terry is declared to
be as young as ever she was in the
palmy days when she and Henry Irv-
ing ruled the theatrical world of Eng
land. Miss Terry has retired from the
stage so far as acting is concerned,
and has taken to lecturing on Shakes
peare's heroines. And who could do
better than she who has played so
many of the womanly women of the
great dramatist? Readers of her
breezy biography know what she
thinks of Portia, Beatsce, VOLTA, Rosa
land and other famous women of the
tragedies and comedies, but no print
ed page could charm as does the Won
derfully expressive features and the
velvet voice of the greatest living
Englishspeaking actress"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

ana snowy white caps-crumbly fountains and a
castle with secret passage All the elements of the
fascinating past and the strangely progressive
present WITHIN stones throw of each other. The
realization of all that Nuremberg has been and
has undergone comes to one most wildly as one
stands looking down into the Schoss we'll $50
feet deep, where prisoners used to come to fetch
water Underground their passage led from the
dungeons TO this unit circular pool for state pris
oners were never permitted to the light and
the hollow splash of the water which the attend
ant drops into the well seems to reecho after an
nterminable halfminute, the hopeless pilgrim.
age OF those countless victims of medieval fanat-
icism. Such is the potency of the ended While
the vitality of the occurring emphasizes itself not
far of, in one Of the dozens of toy factories,
whose very machinery whirs modernity men,
women and children-that is children over six.
teen-are massed into this building all intent on
the one idea, the creation of better and newer and
more wonderful toys for everyone's children, in
everyones country,
1t Is seldom the industrial planet can boast of
broader ambition than this of the craftsmen OF
Nuremberg. To bring the greatest possible amount
OF pleasure, legitimate and often educative pleas
ure, to growing, active minds is surely an aim
worthy of the finest art in the world 1t even
seems though the thought back Of the TOYS
should surround them with deeper meaning as
gifts this Christmastide, since the added gft-the
ton and accomplishment Of which they are the
exponent
AS for the inventors, strictly speaking, their
reward seems infnitesmal according to our stand.
ards. The boss controls ideas as well as mate
rails OF output, and 1t is chiefly to his profit that
new Inventions In toyland rebound The man or
woman who first thinks Of or improves upon some
plaything gets very small per cent of the in.
come from 1t. To new world standards of
commerce 1t seems strange that the originator
should receive such scant recognition and that
without grumbng,
Very, very few Nuremberg toymakers have
ever grown rich over their ingenousness 1t is
true that ideas as well toys in Germany sell
for double what they sold for eight years ago.
even On the other hand the price of living has
gone up appreciably, and what would have seemed
large purchase price then is only moderate now
The staff of artists employed by the Nureni-
berg factory boss is in itself not nconsiderable
expense, and many quiet charity is undertaken
by these men who at home would be absorbed
in getting rich. In the shop of Fritz Muller are
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Regulating the Doses.

On the New York division the Other
afternoon a lady passenger halted the
conducsNEe4a wanted to, know If the
town~ they were approsAhingI was
Elizabeth. The conductor told her il
was Trenton At New Brunswick she
called him again and asked II they
had reached Elizabeth. Once more
she was treasured. Finally the train
stopped at Elizabeth, when the con
dsctor songfully announced the sta
ton and told the lady she had arrived
at her destination.
Il don't want to get of there" ex
claimed the woman. staying the hand
that offered to carry her grip. Il an
going on to New York"
Then why did you keep asking fol
Elizabeth" queried the wondering
conductor.
Because I am taking medicine,
was the surprising rejoinder of the
woman, land my daughter told me
that when the train reached Elizabeth
it would be time for another pill
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

various small kitchen gardens carved and painted
by poor man and his sister after their regular
working hours, and bought by Mr. Muller at high
rates as his pet philanthropy In this shop, now
100 years old, are all of the most novel OF
the toy-vlllage playthings. The store was crowded
with more children over thirty than under thir-
teen, and absorbed for hours over the clever and
quaint attractions.
The dolls house OF Nuremberg leaves nothing
to be desired Not only the usual rooms of a con-
ventional menage are found in it, but conserva-
tories with miniature orchids, fountains and wa
tering cans; school rooms with tiny desks, a
schoolmaster, very stern, with goggles and ruler,
and children in aprons and carrying states, the
latter sixteenth Of an inch big; fields of flowers
for the back yard and swing for the smallest
doll.
In all German art Of which toy making is by
no means insignificant department perfection
of detail has always been the salient feature Ev
cry phase of home life is reproduced in micro.
scopc form in German toyland, even down to the
wee pairs Of hand-knitted stockings and sweaters
the hobnailed shoes and blue bouses which make
up the wardrobe of the volks boy and girl,
The tourist season is second Christmas for
Nuremberg people, and they sell as many play
things in the one period as the other An inter
esting point brought to light by this fact is the
early differentiation Of the American and Euro
pean individuality which shows itself in choice of
games and pastimes. They say in the shops that
an American child is invariably fascinated over
the mechanical and complicated, that he finds in
tense interest in mastering the techncalites even
of playing, while the European child likes a sim
pier but brilliantly colored toy chershing often
curious sentiment for traditional objects such as
typify old world conservatism
They are blessed with imagination, these vii.
lage people, and they are not ashamed of show
ing their simplicity of spirit. Their souls are
bound up in the heritage Of centuries The trag-
edes of their city's history wind about the toys
they make, breathing into the wood characters.
tic vitality-the vitality that comes of centuries
of striving, Of centuries OF patient achievement.
AS you sit in swirl OF red ribbon and foamy
paper doing up your Christmas presents re-
member that many of them have come from this
quaint little Village of Always Christmas. 1t
may add to your holiday happiness to know that
no pleasure which the toys may bring can be
greater than the pleasure Of those who made them,
and that good will of yours can Guido the quiet
sincerity of purpose with which the simple people
Of Nuremberg have given their part toward this
season of the universal gift.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
She Knew Her Own Father.

There is a dainty five-year-old CIR
who is the delight of fashionable
apartment hotel in West Philadelphia
Much association with grown people
has given her many serious little
ways which contrast strongly with
her tender years.
| OF late she has been saving hel
pennies to buy birthday present for
her father, and as the time draws
near she has been much in doubt as
TO what she should get.
Recently she was in a street car
with her mother when an inspiration
came.
81 know what I'll buy father for
his birthday" she said.
All the passengers smiled at her
eagerness and listened indulgently to
hear what she might say. Looking al
her mother she said, SO audibly as to
be embarrassing:
I'll buy him bottle of beer"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

this business of toy
making. They grow
up in the midst of it,
all their hereditary
ideas are colored by it,
the history of the city
speaks of it.
Inside of half a doz-
en- blocks you have
trains, up-to-date no.
tells, electricity, motor
cars, Partisan frocks,
primitive carts drawn
by hugs mastiffs, funny
tucked-away inns near
the market place full
of peasant women in
wide black silk aprons
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Free Blood Cure.

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hot skin, or if your blood is thin or i'm
pure, then Botanic Blood Balm (B.B,B.l
will heal every sore, stop all itching and
make the blood pure and rich, Cures after
all else fails. Sl.00 per large bottle at
drug stores. Sample free by writing Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ca, Department B.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

turn into the quiet winding streets the irregular
hily passages dovetailed by houses older than any
thing in the oldest parts Of the United States
House rises above house full of a history roman
tic rs the proudest mansion of city streets
and yet marked by simplicity and singlehearted
ness seldom present In things modern. 1t is here
that the toys are made which you buy in your home
across the Here in the quetness of the I'M
modern, the playthings invented and perfected
for your restless, buoyant children, You read
Made in Germany" with a skeptical tilt of the
eyebrow but the fact remains that by far the
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Yes" replied the author.
How II Happened.

He was limping down the street
with one arm in a sling and both eyes
In mourning.
whats the NATTER" queried q
friend. Automobile accident?"
mo" replied the other, sadly. 81
met a man who couldn't take joke"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Russia's Growing Population.

This years census of the Russian
empire adds another five millions to
the population as enumerated in 1908.
The cars subjects now number 1907
100000 and increase every year by
100000 despite wars, epidemics and
internal disturbances. AS there is no
lack of cultivated soil In Russia there
seems no reason why this big annual
increase should not continue.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Bad BLOOD

Before I began using cascarets I had
bad complexion, pinples on my fece,
and my food was not digested as 1t should
have been. Now I am entirely we'll, and
the pimples have all disappeared from my
face. can truthfully say thai Cascarets
are just az advertised; have taken only
two boxes of them"
Clarence R. Griffin, Sheridan, Ind.
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe.
l0c. 25c, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The genu-
Inc tablet stamped c C. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. 9N
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Literary Accuracy.

"You write of your hero as stealing
home in the darkness" said the ed
itor.
Yes" replied the author.
well, you ought to know better
than that. He couldn't steal home in
the dark If 1t was dark enough to be
worth noticing the game would have
been called"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

The great pleasure of life is love;
the greatest treasure is contentment;
the greatest possession is health; the
greatest ease is sleep, and the great.
est medicine true friend.-Temple.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
Gone, but Not FORGOTTEN,

Lady Customer Tin furniture shop
What has become of those lovely side!
boards you had when | was last here!
! Salesman (smirking)--I shaved EN-
OF. madam.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

When a woman refuses a man and
he takes to drink, it's a question
whether he is trying to drown his sor-
row or is celebrating his escape
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Some wise philosopher once re.
marked that we live in thoughts, not
years. This is especially true of wom-
en- after they pass thirty.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

No matter how long your neck may be
or how sore your throat, Hamlins Wizard
Oil will cure it surely and quickly. 1t
drives out all soreness and Inflammation.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Experience is safer and more use
full guide than any principle however
accurate and scientific it may be-
Buckle
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

It's pity that more sermons are
uot as deep as they are long.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22
A Woman's PriylIeo,

what is the latest thing In wed
dings?"
Generally, 1t is the bride"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1910-12-22

Chambermad Repartee.
First Chambermaid-Look You
let your pillow slip.
Second Chambermaid-No; the COW
erlet it.-Exchange.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19
$3.50 Recipe Cures
Weak Men
Send Name and Address Today
You Can Have 1t Free and
Be Strons and Vigorous.

have IN my possession q precsrip-
finn for nervous debility, lack OF viKor.
weskened man hood, failing memory
and lame back, brought On by eKcexsss.
uhnaf1fal drama, or the foilies Of
Youth. that has cured so many worfs
and nervous men right in their own
hames-without any additional help or
rnedicine-that I. think every man who
wishes to regain his manly power and
yirility, quickly and quietly, should
have a copy. So / have determined to
send a copy of the prescription free Of
charge, in plain, ordinary sealed en-
yelope to any man who VIII write me
for It
sfcian who has made a special study OF
men and am convinced It Is the surest
acting combination for the cure OF de-
fcient manhood and vigor failure ever
put together.
I think ! owe II to my fellow man
10 send them a copy in confidence Sc
that any man anywhere who Is weak
and discouraged with -repeAted failures
may stop drugging himself with harm
full patent medicines. secure what
believe IL the quickest acting restora-
tive. upeoilding. SPOT TOUCHING
remedy ever devised, and so cure him.
self at home quietly and quickly. Just
drop me line like this: DR.. A. e.
Robinson, 404s Luck Building. Detroit
Mich and ] viii send you a copy of
this splendid recipe IN plain ordi-
nary envelope free OF charge. A great
many doctors would charge $500 to
IS 90 for merely writing out prescrip-
ton like this-but ] send 1t entirely
free-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19

commercial credit granted by the ac-
ceptor to the customer. This transac-
ton is a comparatively simple one 1T
means that the Europen banker per
mits his customer, whether residing IN
the bankers own country or abroad, 10
draw on him at two or three months
sight. with the understanding that the
customer will put the accepting banker
IN funds before the bill falls due, SO
tina: The drawee will not be calIeo upon
to advance any cash He merely gives
his signature to an acceptance, which
the customer sells under discount, en-
ploying in his business the cash thus
realized. The privilege Of renewing the
bill at maturity is often agreed upon
at the outset, and the use TO which the
customer may safely and leglumateiy
put the money realized from such
credit will in part depend on this fea-
ture of the arrangement between bank
er and customer.
The vast majority of these CONNER
cial credit bills are drawn without col
lateral, but there are many instances
where the drawer OF the bill gives Sc
curity to the acceptor by the pledge Of
his own bills receivable or OF claims
against his customers or stocks
Since the rate for a three months
cash advance is very much higher than
the discount rate for three months ollls,
it is nearly always more advantageous
for the customer TO draw on the oank-
er and to pay the commission Tor ac-
ceptance and, in addition, the European
stamp tax, rather than to pay the rate
Of interest charged for a three months
cash advance.
This heavy difference between the
discount rate and the rate for cash ad-
vances most eloquently illustrates the
different valuation applied by the Euro
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19

pean banker to an investment Of easy
sale-the discounts compared to one
that locks up cash for even the COM
paratively short time of three months in
q non-liquid asset
There are three kinds of purchasers of
discounts in all important financial CEN
ters One is the central bank of each
country; the second is the banking
community at large, which means
banks, bankers, and brokers, who form
the regular investors; the third is the
the country.
The Central Bank.
The relationship between the central
oank and the discount market is most
important one. While in normal times
only small proportion of the business
is done by the central bank. the exist
ence-of this bank is all-important to the
whole financial structure, because even
II bank makes it q rule not to re-
discount with, the central bank and in
It's general business keeps independent
or this institution, the fact remains that
In case of need it can, neverth eless, re-
discount with the central bank every
legitimate bill, both bankers or mer-
camille acceptance, so that every legiti-
mate bill represents a quick asset, on
the. realization of which every bank or
banker can always rely. Consequently
no investor. bank, banker, private capt.
talist, or financial institution will ever
hesitate to buy good bills Further
more, there will not be in critical times
any rush to sell good bills, as every
body in these countries knows that
there is no better and safer investment,
because for no other investment is there
an equally reliable market 1t is this
confident reliance that creates the enor-
nous discount market In modern finan-
cial communities and which renders
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19
To Cure Eczema

First, stop scratching. Itch! Itch,
Itch, Scratchi Scratch Scratch Ec-
zema is maddening. Your skin is on
fire, but the more you scratch the
more Intense becomes the agony of II.
Stop scratchingI 1t will never relieve
vpu-It cannot cure you-it only
makes things worse. Whether Won.
your child or a member Of your fam
lily is suffering with Eczema or any
Skin disease apply Littell's Liquid Sui
phur Compound at once Stops itching
instantly and is a guaranteed cure for
any and all skin diseases, rashes, pim-
pies sores. prickly heat, etc. Sample
bottle sent postpaid to any address for
10c. Rhuma- Sulphur Co., 407 n. End
St., st. Louis Mo- 2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19
MINISTER GOES TO NEW
MEXICO FOR CONFERENCE

Rev. B. q. Preston. In charge Of the
Congregational church society of this
city departed this morning for
Albuquerque, where ne will par
ticipate in the conference of Con-
gregational churches of New Mex
leo. for three days beginning tomor-
row. Honor of opening and closing the
convention is to Mr.. Preston. He will
preach the association sermon on The
Imperialism of Christianity" the first
number on the program Sunday, and he
also will make the address at the in
door picnic Tuesday, which closes the
conference In his absence Rev. Miles
Hanson, a sojourner in Ell Paso. will
conduct morning services at the Y. NJ
c. A.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19
CONFERENCE OF SUNDAY
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Visiting Y. NJ. c. A. Secretary Il. i'm the
City and Will Speak ut Con-
ference Here

Fred S. Goodman, visiting information
al Y. NJ C. A. secretary, opened the con-
ference of Sunday school teachers at the
local association building last night.
Mr.. Goodman told about the world wide
Y. M. c. A. work, and showed large
number of slides, as illustration.
The conference eproper begins this aft
ernoon. The discussion today will be
as follows:
AT 4 o'clock. Cooperation in a Bible
Glass Campaign"
At o'clock, Extension Bible Studies
At 1880 o'clock, Fundamental Princ;-
pies in a Comprehensive Program
At $50 o'clock, open Parliament on
New Bible Glasses"
Mr.. Goodman participates in all of
these topics
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19
INDICTMENT RETURNED
AGAINST LILLIAN FRAZIER

Four indictments were returned by the
grand jury Friday, though only one
prisoner. Lillian Frazier. alias Mrs. John
Little. charged with receiving and con-
cealing stolen property, was in custody
at the time the indictments were return
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19

, it possible for untold millions of dis
counts to change hands daily, sometimes
without any change whatever of rate,
or else with fluctuations OF only one
sixteenth or one-eighth of I per cent
per annum.-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19
About the New Store

The rapidly nearing completion However will
be several weeks before In the meantime
to impress customers that they will find present location
everything regards service and satisfaction Though the
will give considerably space and many
venience yet be but duplicate regards satisfaction
present quarters.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19

ed. Her bond was fixed at $500 and her
attorney stated this morning that she
would be able to furnish ii.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-19

Globe Mills Graham Flour, also Whole
Wheat Flour. Fresh from the rolls
huff Sed. Try a sack. At all grocers