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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-23
PEssIMIsM THAT PAYS.


The optimist, in manner bland
Says, "Pessimism never pays;
And yet we find DER all the land
4 paying pessimistic craze
As witness: Dentists gain great wealth,
Buy autos winter in the South,
Enjoy all things which make for health
Yet always look down in the mouth.
And lawyers thrive, grow fat and sleek.
Amass a fortune; yet I'm told
The lives they live from week 10 week
Are crowded with the trials they hold
Rlacksmiths forge forward into fame.
Arc favored, spite OF their ono vice.
The good man wins a worthy name
Yet hammers constantly-for price
And so IT goes. The sexton gray
CyVho has grave cares, you will admit.
Proves pessimism pure will pay
II you attach q smile to It.
A. w UTTING
"Algernon. am I the first woman you
have ever loved?"
Not exactly. was IN love with my
tea cher ut ten and with a circus rider al
twelve But you ere the first girl have
ever asked TO marry me, my dear'-Wash-
ington Herald.
The rowdies who were sent to Blackwells
Island by Magistrate House yesterday
might have several companions In tenn
porary exile II there had been any one
present 10 arrest them in subway train
on Saturday. The train was going uptown
crowded. and on one OF the platforms stood
an old man In shabby dress who carried
two large paper bags. Three hoodlums
tosfled and pushed the man. who could not
defend himself. Finally an extra hard push
knocked the boxes from tho old man
hands and the contents Of one fell under
the feet OF the passengers az they hurried
oe the car at 96th street The boys also
aot of and jeered at the poor mans plight
Tho woman who told the story said that
not one Of the many men who saw the dis
graceful performance volunteered 10 stop IT,
who says there are no woman humor'
ists?"
II don't know. Why" -.
NV tvpewriter spells as funny as Josh
Rulings I'm his palmiest days. '-LoulsVlHe
Courier Journal.
GLOW must It feel to be on ship and
know that It Is going down. said one OF
luncheon party discussing the Titanic
disaster When all had expressed opinion
the silent man" Of the party said: you
men think know. | was on ship n
January, 1890 which for time was con
sldered done for The officers made 40 Sc
cret OF our peril, from which nothing but a
Iet-up of the following gale could save us
We had thirty-seven cabin passengers, OF
whom not one showed the least bit Of cow
ardice. on the morning OF the second day
Of the storm. with matches closed, com
uaniGn way smashed and a foot of water
I'm the saloon, we had to laugh at a young
man who, dressed In his bed clothes, with
a high hat on his head and a camera II
his hands. mounted the long table and tooh
picture Of the scene But after we hac
landed IN Liverpool from the partly dis
mautled ship. when danger was over ther
every one went 10 pieces The resolutions
az thanks which We gave the captain wrr,
sgnsd by all but one Of the passengers, anl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-23

1t is reported that the upper East Side
hoodlums are filing themselves up with
a drink called fuss Jungle" composed
Of stale ale, red pepper and a dash of
beer. That news seems to indicate a
lamentable decline in popular confidence
in the virtues Of wood alcohol.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-23
New York City, April 10, 1912,

Tho article I'm which Mrs. Cardeza was
quoted az saying that Mr.. Ismay was
safely seated in a lfeboat before It was
filed and also selected the crew that To"eu
the boat" was received from reliable press
association and It was not considered neces-
sary TO verify IT,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-23

Senator Knute Nelson is authority for
the statement that the houn' dawg song
is really an old Viking ballad. Presently
some antiquarian authority will be try
ing 10 prove that It was Noah's chant Of
Joy when the ark ran aground.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-23

The money trust" inquiry now seems
10 have fulfilled its purpose. samuel
Irntermyer has been made counsel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

II story reported to the Berlin Tage-
blatt' by its Paris correspondent is true.
the telephone "centrals' In that city are
not as busy as those OF New York, and
the subscribers have much time to spare.
This is tho story: Despite all the automo-
bile bandit outrages. Paris has its fun A
telephone Official calls up a subscriber and
asks: IS this No. 2S,SS9?' and the following
dialogue follows: Yes Well, / am an
inspector. Please say Twinkle" into the
instrument Twinkle A little louder
Twinkle Now whisper tt Twinkle
Now say It a few steps from the instru-
ment.' Twinkle Kneel on the floor and
say it. Twinkle In that position tell
me, were you vacclnated?' Yes Are you
married. Yes Is your father allve?'
Yes Was he vacclnated? Then the man
fancies he is being fooled, tells the inspec-
tor so IN angry tones and the humorous
telephone official calls up another sub
scriber." What would happen to a Wit Of
that brand in New York;" was asked when
the story had been read, and a chorus an
swered: Not a thing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-23
"Congra tulatIons. old man. "

Congratulations, old man"
For. what?'
IT see you have at last acquired An auto.
NO, ! haven't I got all dirtied up this
way changing the ribbon on my typewrit-
Ing machine Louisville Courier-Journal.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
The Cowboy Idea.

Men have differen ideas of religion.
With some it is mainly feeling, with
others it is largely form, with some it
is mostly faith, with others it is gen
orally talk
A converted cowboy gives this as his
idea of what religion is: Lots of
folks that would really like to do
right think that servin' the Lord
means shoutin themselves hoarse,
praisin' his name. Now I'll tell you
how l look at. that I'm working for
Jim here. Now, if I'd sit around the
house here telling what a good fellow
Jim is, singing songs to him an get
ting up in the night to serenade him,
I'd be dom just like what lots of
Christians DO; but | wouldn't suit
Jim, and I'd get flied mighty quick.
But when buckle on my straps and
hustle around the hills and see that
Jim's herd is all right, an not suffer-
in for water and feed, or bein off the
range and branded by COW thieves,
then I'm servin' Jim as he wants to be
served "
This was the converted cowboy s
idea Does it not sound a little like
the voice of him, who when his disci-
pie said "Lord, thou knowest all
things, thou knowest that l love
thee" only answered, TEND my
Sheep" ''tend my lambs ok
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
SEW ERE WINTER COMING.

The corn husxsmsn is now getting
busy predicting a severe winter, and
there may be something in it The
ground hog is supposed to predict an
early or late Surfing, and why should
mt the corn husk tell something in
advance of bow fierce the breath Of
/ Boreas is to blow over this land this
winter
TIE following is clipping from
the Memphis News Scimetar, relative
to the matter:
! 81 had always heard of the old In
dian sign of thick corn husks indica-
ting cold winter, said John Rey-
nolds, planter of near Greenville,
Miss, rs he wa, inspecting the new
notice station during brief business
trio in Memphis. shut never thought
to test it until about a year ago.
While nv men we're busking corn
I thought one of the ears had thick
husk. 40 | counted the leaves and
found seven Of them, which is consid-
cred heavy hu-k
''This year, noticing the husks seem
ed thick, went out and pulled off an
ear that seemed to have an unusually
heavy husk, and cut across it at the
stem, and counted seventeen leaves.
"If the corn busks know more about
the coming winter than mar does,
and such winter as last followed a
seven layer husk, what will follow a
17-layer huskf'
Let us hope that the winter won't
be so rough that it will require seven
teen leaves of,husk to keep an ear of
corn in good, comfortable condition as
compared with seven leaves of prev
ious winters Aside from joke, there
is an unusually heavy husk on corn
this season, and this fact has been es-
pecislly noticed by unfortuuates who
have had to pay more for corn per
bushel than last year An Atlanta
Weather Mogu' declared last August
that we were to have an unusually
late ard warm fall and a mild winter.
so far his prediction has been correct,
and let US hope the rest of it will
come out as predicted. We don't want
any 17-corn- husk, leaf winters. Those
Of seven corn -husk- leaf voltage are
sufficiently high in power to interest
any citizen.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
WHITWeLL DEPARTMENT
Items for this Department are So
licited by the Editor

J. J. Dykes shipped fine lot of
cattle to northern markets last week,
loading them on cars at Dunlap.
J. Fl. Northcut shipped a lot of
cattle from Dunlap last week.
DR.. F. H. Pryor spent Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week in Dunlap, in
the interest of bis dental business.
Mrs. W, E Cordell, of Dunlap, has
been visiting relatives here.
Mrs. E. A. Phelps. of Dunlap, has
returned to her home at that place af-
ter visit of week with her sister,
Mrs Will Shelton.
Sterling Smith died here Tuesday of
last week and his body was taken to
Hobbs Hill near Tracy City Wednes-
day where interment was made Mrs.
F. M. Nunley, of Tracy City, is sis
ter
Patton Hunnswadel of Beersheba
Springs, Tenn, has been visiting hele.
r. J. White, of Tatesville, Tenn,
has been visiting relatives near here.
Bertram Ashburn has returned from
a visit in Tracy City.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For great many years doctors pro-
nounced it a local disease, and prescri5-
ed local remedies, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitu tional
disease, and therefore requires consti-
Lutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f. J. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses of from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case it fails to cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
PROOF FOR INJUNCTION.

The learned aud austere supreme
court has graciodsly consented to re-
wise its statesmansdip, aud has decin-
ed that in the future no Injunction
will be issued on the mere allegation
that serious injury is impending ana
no restraining order will issue With
ont notice TO the opposite party. Those
APPLYING for an injunction must bring
proof. and not mere averment, sut1c-
ientlv strong to convince the court
that the commission of serious wrong
or injury is sought to be prevented
When this is done the party enJolned
or restrained can come into court in
two DAYS and ask for a vacation of the
restraining order or injunction, and in
ten DAYS the Injunction case must be
tried upon its merits. Memphis News
Scimetar.
Formerly injunctions were issued
about as fast as they could be written
ont at the request of corporation law
yers, aud many great crimes nave been
perpetrated on individuals and bodies
of men under the guise of Justice by
Injunction No proof of any serious
injury was asked for, but the mere
statement of serious injury contempla-
ted was held sufficient. The party en-
Joined was then under the necessity OF
appearing in court, and asking for an
opportunity to present its side OF the
matter, and by the operations OF the
blind goddess some times these re-
quests for opportunity to plead a case
were not as speedily given as 1t
should have been. This brought
about the expression, Government
by Injunction, which has been one
of the most disgraceful processes OF
American law, and which has wrought
more injustice than any justice that
was ever contemplated by its use.
It is believed that the extreme plank
of platform for recall of JUDGES first
formulated by the Socialists and later
by the Progressive Party under Roose-
Welt as caused an alarm in the camp
of the venerated judges, depominated
the Supreme Court, and g seeing what
was apparently inevitable approach
ing th>y adopted this measure to save
their bacon should it become law,
AMI th be uos-atel for any possible
reason
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
KINGSTON BANK
BURGLARIZED
Robbers Get Away With Good
Bit Of Money.

KINGSTON. Tenn, Nov. t8.-The
vault of the Kingston Bank and Trust
Company was entered by robbers
about o'clock this morning, after
they had used q heavy charge of nitro
glycerine to wreck the strong box.
About 81 900 worth of gold and silver
coin was secured and stamps to the
value of $3.50 we're also taken, the
bank having been used as depository
for the postoffice supplies
1t is believed that between $3, 600
and 81, 900 worth of currency in the
bank safe was utterly destroyed by the
force of the explosion Four men par
ticipate in the robbery A barricade
was built across the street in front of
the bank, and two of the quartette
stood guard there. They had but one
man to handle, James Bacon, young
man residing near Kingston, who was
driving from Hartman to his home.
He was held up, forced to alight from
his buggy and enter hotel across the
street from the bank. The horse which
he was driving was used by the rob-
bers in making their getaway.
:, The sheriff believes that the bank
blowers were artists, probably coming
from Cincinnati In making their es-
cape they went from Kingston in the
direction of Hartman, and in the OPP
inion Of toe sheriff are following the
ridges. The bank carried burglar in
surance and will lose little if any
thing, by the clean up. Long distance
cables out of Kingston, were
cut and it was many hours after the
robb cry before the news was circula-
ted.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
Tagged the Train With Shirt.

Tearing his shirt from his back an
Ohio man tagged train and saved it
from wreck, but H. T. Aston, RAJ
leigh, N c., once prevented wreck
with Electric Bitters. 81 was in a
terrible plight when / began to use
them," he writes, 'my stomach, head,
back and kidneys were all badly affect
ed and my liver was in bad condition,
but four bottles of Electric Bitters
made me feel like new man." A
trial will convince you of their match
less merit for any stomach, liver or
kidney trouble. Price, SOC at
Whitwell Drug Co., of Whitwell.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
Endorses School Teacher.

Our school will be out in a week
and everybody is sorry for we have
not had better teacher here in five
years. Our teachers name is Miss
Ethel Smith, and she. is from Battle
Creek. Everybody in this vicinity was
glad she got the school. We would be
glad to have her again next year if we
could possibly get her. There is not
one out of ten that would say they did
not like hei. This is Miss Smith,
first year and it was sure fine. She
has taught the children more than any
teacher we have had. We would be
glad to get her next year to teach our
children.
I. NEWSOM,
St Elmo, Tenn, r. Ed. 4, Box 4G.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
OUT OF DOORS.

Oh, it's no, for the fields today,
For the sweet, wide, out-of-doors!
For tre air, like wine,
For the crisp sunshine,
And the asters along the way.
And it's no! for the quiet wood!
: For the fame on bush and tree!
For the stream, leaf strewu,
For the rifles tune,
And the quail with her scuttling brood
Alb, it's ho! for the everywhere
That's out under Heavens blue;
For meadow and rnam,
s And hillside a-gleam,
And the autumn that's in thu air.
Martha r. McCabe
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
A Body Blow.

A farmer carrying an express pack
age from Chicago mail order house
was accosted by a merchant who said !:
why didn't you buy that bill of
goods from me, could have saved
You the express charges on them, and
besides you would have been patron
izing a home store" The farmer look
ed at the merchant for a full minute
and then said: ''Why don't You pat
ronize your home papers and adver-
tiseH ] read them and didn't know
You had this particular line.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
What Would You DO.

In case Of a burn or scald what
would you do to relieve the pain?
Such injuries are liable to occur in
any family and everyone should be
prepared for them. Chamberlain 8
Salve applied on soft cloth will re-
lieve the pain almost instantly, and
unless the injury is very severe one,
will cause the parts to heal without
leaving a scar. For sale by all dealers.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
FARM PRICES NOW COUNT.

A farmer bought wagon in 1894 for
$50. Then corn was selling at from
10 to % cents per pushed, cotton at
and cents per pound, wheat at 40
cents per bushel and other t arm pro-
ducts in proper ton. Recently he
needed new wagon and went to the
same dealer, who priced him the same
make and style of wagon at $40. The
farmer objected to the extra $40, and
demanded reason for the advance
The merchant reflected moment and
then said be would sell him on the
same terms as the first one. "You
paid for the one you bought in 81 in
corn, and if remember correctly you
brought me 800 bushels of corn at 10
cents bushel Now you bring me
800 bushels of corn.
swell, say, hold on" began the
farmer.
"But," interrupted the dealer.
'your wife can select a $t25 surrey,
then you can have an $50 kitchen
range and 1915 worth of kitchen furni-
ture-all for 900 bushels of corn.
1.-THE wagon at $40 and the other
items foot up $500; 900 bushels of corn
az OOC a uubuOA uAlOuutS w PoVu'
Z The farmer was nopplused and with
out saying word about the advance
in farm supplies wrote out his,check
for $40 for the wagon, and. was salts
fed that his was the greatest share
of the present prosperity. Cotton and
Finance.
The farmer who does not get what
he wants in these days of high prices
for farm products, botn animal and
is simply wanting in farm
to such an extent that
he does not raise the stuff. Having
raised it. there is no hesitancy on the
part of buyers to apply for it. There
Is big demand for the products of the
farm, and there is no reason to expect
that this demand will in anyway de-
crease, ami lead to the evil of over
production. The. farmer today is the
most prosperous citizen in the coun-
try,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

An Aurora, Mo, paper want col
umn advertisement says: ''For Sale
Excellent COW; gives three gallons of
milk daily, also good piano. -, which
is going some for cow. This is not
much worse than a paper in this coun-
ty which contains an advertisement re-
garding Rubber tired buggy
pony."
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

The Jasper Statesman Democrat has
got pig classified with the bovine spe-
cies. Thought it was porcine! The
truth of it is that pork is getting so
scarce and high that most of us have
forgotten the classification.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

Forest fire setting is prohibited by
state law with heavy penalty. The T.
G. I. Co., which has extensive hold
ings in this section has its lands post
ed to the effect that prosecution will
follow the firing of its forests, and al
SO offeis substantial reward for evil
dence that will lead to conviction.
This covers fires set on lands adjacent
to their property.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21
Hope and Joy.

Hope, of all passions, most befriends
us here. Joy has her tears, and trans
ports has her death Hope, like cor
dial, innocent. though strong, mans
heart at once jnspirits and serenes,
nor makes him pay his wisdom for
his joys. Young
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

Supt. Brister in his report to be
made to the legislature, says he is not
satisfied with the enforcement of the
school attendance law, that there are
too many children just over the age of
6, and just under the age of 81, who
do not attend. From our own obser-
walton we have decided that the law
was not being strictly enforced and
this appears to be the proof of it.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

But for shortage on capital letters
we would publish in full the list of
applicants for the postoffice at this
place. South Pittsburg Hustler.
Thought the Hustler was well equip
ped with type. Send it up here, son.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

eff all our prayers were answered
afirmatively. would we be where we
are and what we areT Perhaps we
should be worth more, but would those
around us be better off'-Ex.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

Wonder Just bow manv INDEPENDENT
democrats voted the straight democrat
10 ticket this year. directly orpose1 to
what they vote for two years agoy
Not many. we opine. There were
enough left in the fold, however, to
outvote the wolf.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

The Tullahoma Guardian savs it is
now goiag to take rest from politics.
That's what we say, all of us-for a
little W bile.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

Probably Gov. Wilson has gone to
Bermuda to get strength for his com
ing duties. Onions are strong, you
know.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

Forest fires are beirg started. Swat
the cuss who sets forest fire, for he
isn'S worth shucks.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

Nice frosty mornings, but, Q you
beautiful Indian summer days!
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

Nov;is thu time to subscribe.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1912-11-21

Su bscribe for the News.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1912-02-23
A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN WEE
THE LAST WOkO

IN LETTER in last weeks Reporter, Rev. H. M Bartlett wakes
highly indignant this characterized as move
resolution aimed Congressman laFolete concerning Inc
Seeds which he caused TO ne nneo through
at a recent of Kennewck Farmers Institute
proongng too far already tresoe oscuso We
remark that still OF the opinion that the Ill
question was intended solely political the
from the Third District should not have been sent out as an express
opinion farmers of this valley through their association
resolution aimed solely at the free seed pracce as us
Think wording tactess and
than good the district from which was sent
gentean statement that ne did not know
and Pondexer also ranked the most
forced take that with OF SALT
The practice sending free seeds be all will
agree that if will do him good butt we re-
peat why jump on particular OF our representatives
and faithful INDUCED by all of them