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Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
NEW MINISTER TO PORTUGAL
Cyrus E. Woods of Greensburg, ]

Cyrus E. Woods of Greensburg, Pa,
will be nominated for the Office Of
United States Minister to Portugal, ac.
cording to announcement made by
Secretary of State Knox the other day.
Mr.. Woods will succeed Edwin V.
Morgan, who has been promoted to be
ambassador to Brazil. Senators Pen
rose and Oliver endorsed Mr.. Woods
for a diplomatic post, and Secretary
Knox was quite willing to make the
appointment. At first Mr.. Woods was
considered for the vacant embassy at
Rio de Janeiro but there were rea-
sons why it was considered best to
send a man of experience to that post
and consequently Mr.. Morgan was
chosen and Mr.. Woods appointed to
his place. The salary of minister to
Portugal is $4,000, and the place is
considered very desirable one.
Mr.. Woods served in the Pennsyl-
vania legislature from 1901 to 1908
and part of that time was president
pro tempore of the state senate. He
Coal Company. His nomination prob
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
SUFFERED TWENTY ONE YEARS
FINALLY FOUND RELIEF

Having suffered for twenty-one
years with pain in my side. | finally
have found relief in DR.. KilEner's
Swamp-Root. The physicians called il
Mothers Pain and injections of NOR.
phine were my only relief for short
periods of time. became SO sick that
had to undergo surgical operation
In New Orleans, which benefited me
for two years. When the same pain
came one day / was SO sick that I
gave up hopes of living. A friend nd.
vised me to try your Swamp-Root and
at once commenced using it. The
first bottle did me 70 much good that
/ purchased two more bottles. | am
now on my second bottle and am feel
ing like a new woman. l passed a
gravel stone as large as big red
bean and several small ones. I have
not had the least feeling Of pain since
taking your Swamp-Root and I feel 1t
my duty to recommend this great med.
icine to all suffering humanity. Crate
fully yours,
MRS. JOSEPH CONSTANCE,
Avoyelles Far. Marksville, La.
Personally appeared before me, this
18th day of July, 1911, Mrs. Joseph
Constance, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true In substance and in fact.
WIZ. MORROW, Notary Public.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
Undesirable Suspicion.

The colonel had caught Rastus red
handed, coming out Of the hen coop
with three fat pullets under his coat
So he said, I've caught you at
last stealing my hens, have I?'
"Whut, me, subj" replied Rastus, in
panied surprise. why, Marse Colonel
sub, hain't a-stealin no hens, subj
Then what are you doing with
them under your coat?" demanded the
colonel
why, Marse Colonel, hit look TIC
me so like it war gwine to snow, sub
dat ah went out to de coop to bring
dem hens in by de kitchen fab, sub
to keep EN- from gittin' froze, sub,
said the old man, with deep sigh, tc
think that his honor had been sus
pected.-Harper's Weekly.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
Air Laws,

Wilbur Wright, at a tea in Dayton
said with laugh:
Already there are air laws, strin
gent as road laws. Without them we
should soon be seeing advertisements
like this:
Two dollars reward will be paid
by Mrs. John Doe for information lead
ing to the Identification of the aviator
on Wright roadster who, while flying
over my house yesterday afternoon
dropped can of oil down my chin
ney and completely ruined plum pud
ding l was cooking"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
Happy Future,

Apropos of the marriage at Reigate
of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Hollis McKim, New York man said
on the Olympic: Il met Vanderbilt
at the Metropole at Brighton a few
days after the ceremony, and l said
to him, by way of joke:
We'll, is the course of true love 60
Ing to run SMOOTH"
Smooth and straight said he.
There are banks on both sides. you
know"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
BISHOP OF ALASKA RETURNS

Church bazaars have proved a sue
cess in a land where churches, except
of the most primitive kind, are I'M
known.
Right Rev. Peter Kimball Rowe,
Bishop of Alaska, who arrived in Chi
cago recently, received wireless tele-
gram while en- route telling of the
success of bazaar held within the
shadow of the artic circle.
The message read: Camp Iditarod,
Alaska Bazaar just finished, Re-
eeipts, $1,7S2. Temperature, 70 de-
grees below"
Rishop Rowe came from Alaska for
the express purpose of making plea
Tor the Indians to President Taft. He
spent several days in Washington and
says he is well pleased with the re-
suit of his mission.
For sixteen years he has been
Eramping the snow fields of Alaska,
ministering to white man and Indian
alike.
"To preach the gospel in Alaska one
L. l. i It'll
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
BREAKS AN AVIATION RECORD

All American records for the carry
ing of passengers in heavier than
air machine were smashed the other
day, when George w. Beatty, operat-
ing a biplane, carried three persons
with him in the air above the Nassau
Boulevard Aviation field, New York,
and flew over Belmont Park, Garden
City and Mineola for FIFTEEN minutes.
The wind beat against the sides Of
the fragile machine, rocking it dan
gerously, and the cold was intense,
but Beatty did not come to earth I'M
til he was confident he had done more
in one branch of aviation than has
any other man in this country. A
smooth, graceful descent to earth
marked the finish of the trip.
1t was said by several men who saw
the flight that Beatty flew with his
three passengers more than sixteen
miles. Leo Stevens, an aviator, placed
the distance, however, at approx
mately ten miles, saying no man could
fly with a burden of three passengers
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
self-sacrIflcina Essential.

You don't claim to be party
leader?"
NO." replied the quiet citizen.
Everybody wants to be the leader of
the party. 1t strikes me that some
body ought to be willing to be the
party
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

Does your wife win at bridge?"
Il don't know for sure" replied Mr..
Meekton, "but l think so. The women
all look as If they disliked her very
much, but they keep on inviting her
to play"
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
Letter to
DR.. Kilmer & Co.
BlnahamtOn. n. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root win Do For You

Send to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y, for sample bottle. 1t will
convince anyone. You will also re-
ceive a booklet of valuable informa-
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular tifty-cent
and one-dollar size bottles for sale at
all drug stores.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
further than that liz the time passed

further Beatty
After the flight
miles
544
pounds tha the pounds.
Beden Of Terre Haute Ind
and al Finday
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

the
relief
of>England in haling as a here
the
and publicly end for his work..
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Mistaken Identity.

Sir, I am looking for little sue
cor"
We'll, do | look like one?"-Louis-
vile Courier-Journal
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

Let love make you strong, pure, Sc
we're. Let it prevent your sacrificing
the least portion of your souls life
Carmen SYLVIA.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

The true man is one who will Meth
er seek an indirect advantage by spe-
cious word, nor take an evil path to
secure a good purpose Scott.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

A pretty girl doesn't have to pro-
pose during leap year, and homely
one is afraid to-but there's the siren
uous widow.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
Rostonese.

Hokus-So that Boston girl said l
wasn't worth my salt, Ell?
Pokus-W Well, she did remark that
you were in inverse ratio to our chlor-
ide of sodium.-Puck.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
The piHerence.

After tall there isn't much differ
ence between the editor and the Office
boy"
You're joking"
Not at all. The editor fills the
waste baskets, and the office boy emp
ties tIem. Life.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
such Confidence.

The bride, to show her undying con-
6aence in her new husband, gave him
a night key.
Then she telephoned for the lock
smith to change the lock.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
For COLDS ana GRTP

Hicks CAPUDINE is the best remedy-re.
leves the aching and feverishness-cures Ia g
Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
liquid-effects Immediately. l0c., 25c.. and soc.
At drug stores
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
BADEN-PoWELL in AMERICA

Sir Robert Baden-Powell, founder
and chief scout of the British Boy
Scouts, who arrived in New York a
few days ago to visit the Boy Scouts
of America, is one of the British
heroes of the Boer war, having earned
his fame by his brilliant defense of
Mafeking.
In fact the history of Baden-Pow-
ellis life is packed with incidents of
daring. When only nineteen he en-
tered the army, being appointed a sub
lieutenant of the 18th Hussars, a crack
cavalry regiment and being sent to
India.
From India he was sent to South
Africa and participated in the Zulu
land operations in 1888. From there
he went to Malta for three years and
in 1896 he was ordered to Mafeking
and from there made many scouting
expeditions to various parts of the
country.
Among his feats that stand out in
the course of the defense of Mafeking
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

Constipation causes many serious dis
eases. 1t is thoroughly cured by Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative,
three for cathartic.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

Thoughts are often known by events
A sudden accident opens the closet of
the heart.-Carlyle
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
sion, allays pain cures wind collie, Csc a bottle,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

For HEADACHE-Htclxs' CAPUDHNE
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
It's liQuid-pleasant to take--acts immedi-
ately. Try it. 1oc., 25c., and so cents at drug
stores.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

PILES CURED IN TO IA DAYS
vour druggist viii refund money If PAZO OiNT.
MTNT fails to cure any of Itching BIND
Rleediug or ProJruding Piles in TO IA days. DUO
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QuInine Tablets
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. L. W.
GROVES signature il on each box. Csc.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

There never was man as important
as bride expects her husband to be.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

IT'S easier to look wise than it is
90 deliver the goods.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08
TO DRIVE ouT MALARIA ,,,,. :, -,

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELEsS
CHILL TONIC. You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle,
showing 1t is simply Quinine and Iron in tasteless
form, and the most eGectual form For grown
people and children, 30 cents.
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to
easily miles and then
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Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

ITCH, ITCH relieved in 80 minutes bs
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. At Druggists.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

Work is the very salt of life; not
only preserving 1t from decay, but
giving 1t tone and fiavor-Hugh Black
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

A bitter cruel speech, may cost a
friend; but gentle, loving words may
win foe-Earle William Gage.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

Father-Now, if you ask me one sin
gle question more I'll send you to
bed
Son-Why?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

Color more goods brighter and faster colors
dye any garment without ripping apart.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-03-08

than any other dye One Ic package coors ers They
Write for free booket-How to Dye. Bleach and Mix Cox
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-08-22
WASHiNGTON.

The Senate and House have agreed
On measure which will close the
Panama canal to all ships engaged in
foreign trade.
The Senate yielded to the demands
Of the House for the abolition of the
pensions agencies throughout the
United States and passed the $3.50,
100000 pension appropriation bill with
q provision for the abolishment of
the agencies January 81, 1918.
Secretary Knox was designated br
President Taft special representa-
tive OF the United States at the funeral
OF Mutsu-hito, the late emperor of
Japan, and has left Washington for
San Francisco and the Orient. The
funeral will be held September 13.
Knox is expected back in this country
in October.
Past Assistant Surgeon T. B. Nc
Clintick of the United States public
health and marine hospital service.
6ied in Washington of Rocky Noun.
tain spotted fever" martyr to the
cause of medical science. One OF the
foremost specialists in this deadly NAL
adv, which he virtually had eradicated
from the Bitter Root valley in Mon
lana, it was the irony of fate that DR.
McClintick should succumb to the
disease. He was thirty-nine years
cid.
The Senate has voted to sustain
vetoes of the President on wool and
and metal tariff revision bills.
Secretary of Agriculture James VIII
son was seventy-seven years old on
August 16th.- He announces he will
retire on March 5th next.
BY the narrow margin of five votes
the House passed the wool tariff revi-
sion bill over President Tafts veto.
The vote. 174 to 80. was made possible
only by the detection of twenty Re-
rublicans who voted with the Demo
Gratis.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-08-22
Accorded Full Title.

One of the New York representa-
tives in congress tells of a social
function in an assembly district po-
litical club on the East side. whereat
the chairman of the entertainment
committee acted as master of cere-
monies.
The chairman was very busy intro
ducing the newly-arrtved members OF
the club to the guests. who included a
number Of municipal officers. The
representative mentioned was pre-
scented in a way to halve his official
honors with his wife. as THE Honor.
able and Mrs. Congressman Blank"
Next came q couple who were not
known to the master Of ceremonies,
but, after receiving the correct name
In q whisper, he announced:
INT. and Mrs. Inspector of Hy.
drants. Faucets and Shopworks Ca
sey."-Lippincott's.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-08-22
CHILD'S FACE ALL RED SPOTS

632 N. 9Th St., Terre Haute. Ind
my little nephew. . boy of four
years, had a breaking out on his face.
1t was little red spots at frst. then
he would rub and scratch and water
blisters would form. and wherever the
water would run another would come
until his face was covered with them.
He would cry and fret. His mother
got some medicine. but 1t did not do
any good. He would scream and cry
and say II hurt We hardly knew him.
his little face was all red spots and
blisters. 30 I begged him to let me
put some Cuticura Ointment on them.
The next morning I made q strong
soap suds with Cuticura Soap and
washed his face in she warm suds.
Tho little blisters burst by pressing
tho cloth on them. After had his
face washed. I put the Cuticura Oint-
ment on and in a short time his little
face was all rod and dry. kept using
the Cuticura Soap and putting on the
Cuticura Ointment and his face got as
well and 1t did not leave a scar. He
was entirely cured in about one week
and a half" (signed) Mrs. Arthur
Haworth. Jan. 10. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with sap. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept. l., Boston" !"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-08-22

lily, but 1 tell them of my good friend,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and that there will be no back
ache and bearing down pains for them il
they will take it as have. / am scarcely
ever without 1t in the house.
81 will say also that think there is
no better medicine to be found for young
girls. My eldest daughter has taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for painful periods and Irregular
ity, and it has helped her.
al am always ready and willing to
speak a good word for Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. tell every
one 1 meet that owe my health and
happiness to your wonderful medicine"
Mrs. ]. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich.
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotics or harmful drugs,
and today holds the record Of being the
most successful remedy for woman's III
known.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-08-22
WILLING HE SHOULD GO FAR
One Man to Have Kid Transferred, but
He May. Have Had
Crouch.

What do you think OF this scheme
of having the countries exchange chill
dren?" asked the Sewickley man.
Il don't think anything about it,"
said the Williamsburg man. What is
the idea?"
An English family, for instance. ex-
changes children for a couple of years
with q German family. References are
first exchanged. and all sorts of
things"
Il see.''
Thus both sets OF children get
chance to learn another language and
get acquainted with another country.
It's quite scheme"
IT'S an elegant scheme" declared
the Williamsburg man. My neighbors
have kid that l would like to see
exchanged with some family in ST.
beria."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-08-22
REPORTED BY THE CROUCH
Here the Original Hiram J. Tells Of
His Attendance at Country
Function"

Having nothing else to do." re-
marked the old codger. Il attended
function while l was over at Tor
pidville the other day. The affair
was held In dispirited grove at the
end of a road in which every time
a horse popped down his foot the dust
shot up in the air like a skyrocket.
A band was playing without the
slightest remorse. A statesman, with
a neck as wrinkled as a pickle, dron-
ed forth redundant nonentities with
out end. A sad and rickety merry
gC-wabble wound round and round
to the sound of its own plaintive pee
dle-deedle. In tipsy pavilion
hoarse person was endeavoring to sell,
in brazen defiance to the pure food
and drug act, what looked alarmingly
like horned toads fried in axle-grease.
by hoarsely stated that he preferred
to eat snakes at ten cents per ser
pent. There was the usual balloon
which seemed perfectly willing to do
anything but get up. Scattered around
through the festal scene were a few
old soldiers. grumbling; a smattering
of farmers, also grumbling; sundry
honest voters, likewise grumbling;
and various other folks. nothing about
whom is worth mentioning except
that they. too. were grumbling. 1t
may have been a reunioC, a fair,
rally. picnic. or what-not; but what
ever they CHANGED to call it. twas an
excellent example of one of our most
cherished institutions. kansas City
Star.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-08-22
Got His Answer.

When Oscar Wilde came to the
United States to lecture on aesthet-
les in his highly aesthetic velvet CO.'S
tumes-and incidentally to prepare the
public mind for the proper apprecia-
tion of Gilbert and Sullivan's PA
tience." in which the aesthetic move
ment was held up to ridicule-he used
to complain that America was very un-
interesting since 1t had mo antiqui-
ties and no curiosities." But he ven
tured on this disparagement once too
often, for In the course of his travels
he uttered It to the American Girl,
and she replied with the demure de-
pravity of candid innocence that this
was not quite fair reproach, since
I'VE shall have the antiquities In
time. and we are already importing the
curiosities."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-08-22
FOREIGN.

For keeping out of Moroccan politics
IN the future. ex-Sultan Mulai Hafid
,s to receive $4,000 yearly from the
French government.
The Allan Line steamer, Corsican,
which sailed from Montreal with two
hundred passengers bound for Liver
pool, struck an iceberg west OF Belle
Isle, near Newfoundland but appar-
emily sustained no serious damage.
Thirty-six soldiers and more than
twenty passengers were slaughtered
by Zapatistas In a cafion one kilo-
meter north of Ticuman. 40 miles
southeast of Mexico City. when a pas
senger train southbound from Mexico
City was attacked from ambush. So
Ear as known only a part of the train
crew escaped.
Two hundred and ten residents Of
the little town OF Puruandiro. Michoa-
can, Mexico. at least half Of whom
were boys, were slaughtered at the
behest OF the 1efe politico In June. &C.
cording to a story brought to Mexico
City by a commission which called up
on the minister Of the interior asking
for guarantees.
y Application was made to the Domin-
ion government by the Canadian Pa
cific railroad for authority to increase
It's capital stock to provide for exten-
sion OF its lines and other improve
ments. While the receipt Of the pa
pers was officially announced. details
as to the amount sought were not
made public by the government. 1t
is reported the proposed increase is
from $2oo,o00.O00 to $3oo.Ooo.o0O. The
Cabinet has the power to authorize
without the need OF legislation.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1912-08-22
GEN ERAt.

Policeman James O'Brien Of Chicago
may lose his left hand as the result
Of a mosquito bite.
Seven murderers were taken from
their cells in Sing Sing prison Aug. IL.
and put to death in the electric chair.
The first negro to become Jew. as
far as records go, is Rufus l. Perry.
lawyer of Brooklyn. who has embraced
the Jewish religion.
The highest price ever paid for cat
tie In the United States was reached
in Chicago when beef on the hoof
brought $1O.4O per hundred.
In gratitude for having restored his
appetite. Diamond Jim Brady of New
York has given $22O.OO0 to the Johns
Hopkins hospital at Baltimore.
Both the Catholic and Protestant
clergy of Baltimore are engaged in a
crusade against the tight-fitting skirts
and low-neck waists worn by women.
Permission to erect a memorial to
Major Archibald w. Butt and Francis
Cavis Millet. victims OF the Titanic
disaster, on the capitol grounds in
Washington is granted in resolution
adopted by the Senate.
Miss Rose Zindel, once known as
one OF the leading business women of
New York City. and who gained some
fame as being the highest salaried
woman in New York, receiving a sal
ary of $4,000 year as factory
manager, has been arrested by Detec-
tive Barber on charge of forgery.
Mrs. Madeline Astor of New York.
eurvivor OF the Titanic. disaster. in
which her husband. Col. John Jacob
Astor. lost his life last April. has
given birth to a son. The new arrival
has been named John Jacob Astor,
after his father. The baby becomes
heir to 100000 of the Astor fortune.
Crazed because OF jealousy, Stephen
Kostoff OF Brockton. Mass. twenty
two years old. murdered his wife and
their two-months-old baby in their
nome. He then blew out his brains.
The exports OF coal from the United
States during 1911, according to the
United States Geological Survey. were
I7,432.753 long tons. valued at $52,-
593, PA, compared with 13,S05.86e long
tens valued at $41.470.792, in 1910. The
exports In 1911 comprised 3.553.999
long tons of anthracite, valued at $751;
o93, ,2S5, and 13,878.754 long tons Of b.
luminous coal. valued at $34.49s.s89.