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In the Middle Aces.

"How these laundries do mangle
your shirts Of mall said Sir Launce-
lot.
yes, mine always comes back shy
several riyets,' assented Sir Gink.
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The Difference.

an China the parties desiring a di-
vorce break a chopstick in the pres
ence of Witnesses" said Mrs. Gabb.
"And in this country they break a
broomstick in the absence of witness
es," returned Mr.. Gabb.
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Things to Worry About

There is a town in Maryland named
Long Green.
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Our Daily Special,

A Man Is Always Good Until He Is
Found Out.
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HoLEPRooF SILK HOSE FOR
WOMEN

Are guaranteed to wear three
months without a hole, or new
Hose free Shipment of new
spring coloTs just In.
A. NJ. WALDROP G. co.
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Sure.

Gahe-Only one man in thousand
can whistle.
Steve-But the other 500 think they
pau
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present you before election. am
yours truly, JOHN BEER.
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SONG and Singing.

Song and Singing.
He didn't court her very long,
He soon bought her wedding ring;
But life is not a grand, sweet song,
For she now thinks that she can
sing
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BITS OF BY.PLAY.

BY Luke Mcluke of Cincinnati
Enquirer
Sure Sign.
The weather's raw.
But spring is here;
Today | saw
This sign: "BOCK BEER"
Huh!
'If there is anything in transmigra-
ton | want to be an egg when | come
back to this world" observed the
Crouch.
"Why?" asked the Old Fogy.
$50 I could spend all my summers
in cold storage" replied the Crouch.
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Feninine Friends,

81 hear you are running against a
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
No Rest NO Peace

There's no rest and but little peace
for person whose kidneys are out Of
order.
Lame in the morning, suffering cricks
In the back and sharp stabs of pain
with every sudden strain. the day is
just one round of pain and trouble.
1t would be strange II allday back
ache did not wear on the temper, but
1t is not only on that account that
people who suffer with weak kidneys
are nervous, cross and irritable.
Uric acid is poison to the nerves,
and when the kidneys are not working
well, this acid collects in the blood
and works upon the nerves, causing
headache, dizziness, languor, an in
clination to worry over trifies, and a
suspicious, short temper.
Rheumatic pain, neuralgia, sciatica,
lumbagO, neuritis and gravel are fur
ther steps in uric acid poisoning.
Don't neglect kidney weakness. An
aching back, with unnatural passages
OF the kidney secretions, is cause
enough to suspect the kidneys. Use
Doan's Kidney Pills, a remedy which
has been used for years. the world
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
SnaiHs Real Pace.

"At snail's pace" is a common eX-
preston and usually signifies very
slow gait, but what do you suppose
Is the actual speed by snail in trav-
cling?
We can give it to you in accurate
figures
One foot In four minutes, or at the
rate of one mile in 16 days, if travel
ing continuously.
These are figures given s,by George
Zahni2er, civil engineer of this city,
taken from actual observation.
A short time since Mr.. Zahnizer was
standing along the Western New York
& Pennsylvania railroad waiting for a
train. He had nothing in particular to
do and killed little time" by timing
a snail which was creeping along the
ground.
That snail travelled just exactly one
foot in four minutes, Mr.. Zahnizer
says, and computing distance at the
rate of travel shown Mr.. Zahnizer has
figured out that it would require 16
days for that snail to move a mile.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
ECZEMA ON ENTIRE SCALP

R. F. D. No. 2, Sunfield Mich.-"I
was troubled with eczema. 1t began
with sore on the top Of the scalp,
broke out as a pimple and grew larger
until it was a large red spot with a
crust or scab over it. This became
larger finally covering the entire scalp
and spread to different parts of the
body, the limbs and back and in the
ears. These sores grew larger grad
ually until some were as large as a
quarter of dollar. They would itch
and if scratched they would bleed and
smart. The clothing would irritate
them at night when it was being re-
moved causing them to itch and smart
SO l could not sleep. A watery fluid
would run from them. My scalp be-
came covered with a scale and when
the hair was raised up it would raise
this scale; the hair was coming out
terribly.
Il treated about six months and got
no relief and after using Cuticura
Soap and Ointment with two applica-
tions we could notice a great differ
ence. 1t began to get better right
away. In months time l was COM
pletely cured" (Signed) Mrs. Bertha
Underwood, Jan. 8, 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"-Adv.
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mented for his honest and just way in settling dis
putes and differences. He was told more times
than once that some day he would turn out to
be lawyer
Having read all the literary books and what few
there were of law in and around Rockport, Lin
coin heard of the Court at Boonvie. He resolved
to 60 down to that place. 20 miles distant, and
learn what he could in the real court which was
In session there several times during the year.
The court house In Boonville, then small hamlet
Of less than 300 inhabtants-in strong contrast to
the beautiful new structure that adorns the
beautiful little town-stood in the very sport
where the new one now stands in the center of a
large court square. 1t frame building; the
architecture was to say the least, very novel. A
ditch two feet wide and two feet deep, filled
with smoothly hewn logs, on which was built
stone wall Is inches high. This furnished the
foundation upon which the building proper rested
The building itself never entirely completed
1t was weather boarded, but neither plastered nor
lathed. 1t remained in this condition until 1886,
which after the Lincoln family had moved to
Illinois. 1t was capable of holding only 100 peo-
pie and could only be used in the summer In
the night the cattle which grazed about town
would go there for shelter. Such was the struc-
ture where President Lincoln received his first
impulse to become a lawyer. Here it was that
he received his rudimentary practice in pleading
cases that afterward aided in making him the
lawyer Of the reputation he had.
1t was to attend court in this rudely constructed
building that the young man walked 20 miles from
Lincoln City to Boonville, Ind. He an ardent
listener and the lessons that he painted upon bis
memory at this place are the ones that inspired
the great man to become the lawyer he afterward
became. And from this act the little town of
Boonville claims the distinction of furnishing to
him the material that aided in his after success.
To claim 80 great distinction If it could not
be verified would be false and unfair; but from
the history of young Lincoln while he was vsi-
tor here attending court, and from the assurance
that he received the knowledge he did, which in
spired him to become the lawyer he did. it is
other laurel for the little city in SOUTHERN Indiana.
John A. Breckenridge, then the ablest lawyer in
southern Indiana and practitioner in the court
at Boonville, noticed the eagerness and the earn
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
ANOTHER COFFEE WRECK
What's the Use When There's an Easy
Way Out?

Along with the coffee habit has
grown the prevalent American Dis.
base''-nervous prostration.
The following letter shows the way
out of the trouble:
Five years ago l was a great cof.
fee drinker and from it's use l be.
came SO nervous l could scarcely
sleep at all nights. My condition grew
worse and worse until finally the ply
sician / consulted declared my trou-
bles were due to coffee.
But being so welded to the bev-
erage did not see how l could do
without it, especially at breakfast,
as that meal seemed incomplete with.
out coffee.
"On visit, my friends deprived me
Of coffee to prove that it was harm
full. At the end Of about eight days
l was less nervous, but the craving
for coffee was intense, so l went back
to the old habit as soon as got home
and the pld sleepless nights came
near making wreck of me.
Il heard of Postum and decided to
try it. / did not like it at first, be-
cause, as l afterwards discovered, it
was not made properly. l found, how
ever, that when made after directions
on the package, it was delicious.
1T had soothing effect on my
nerves, and none Of the bad effects
that coffee had, so / bade farewell to
coffee and have used only Postum
since. The most wonderful account of
the benefit to be derived from
Postum could not exceed my own ex-
perience."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for a copy Of THE
Road to Wellville."
Postum now comes in two forms:
REGULAR Postum-must be well
boiled.
instant Postum--is q soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in, q cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar. makes q delicious bever-
age lnstaRtly. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's q Reason" for Postum. /,
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The first night found Lincoln up until after the
midnight hour reading by the glare of the burn,
ing logs in the fireplace.
Many days after this found Lincoln attending
court at Boonville regularly. More often was he
found reading books in the private library Of
Mr.. Breckenridge
The greater part of the Breckenridge library Is
still in existence though some of the books are
torn and time-worn and show that they have been
made brown before the bazes of the open firesde
They owned by different lawyers in Boon.
vile and valued highly because they are the
books read by the great president when he
resolved to study law.
Upon one occasion Lincoln attended a murder
trial at Boonville and heard the case from begin
ming to end. The trial seemed interesting to him,
but the most exciting feature of the whole case
was the argument before the jury The most elo-
quent plea and argument was made by Kentucky
lawyer named Breckenridge, a kin to John A.
Breckenridge of Indiana. After his argument be.
fore the jury all of the prominent in the court
room rose to congratulate him. Lincoln was in
the court room at the time and he was anxious
to shake hands with the eminent jurist in appre-
citation of his effort in behalf of his client
Lincoln pushed himself through the crowd up to
the attorney and when he stretched out his hand
to shake Mr.. Breckenridge pushed him aside and
shook hands with those whom he considered more
prominent. Lincoln smitten by this act and
always remembered the name of Breckenridge
the attorney from Kentucky.
Several years after, at the second Inauguration
Of Lincoln, thousands of people greeted the great
war president. Hundreds Of this number came
from Kentucky, and among the number was this
man Breckenridge. Recognizing him at once as
the man who ignored him at Boonvile several
years previous, Lincoln grasped the mans hand
with hearty shake and said:
Il am more than glad to see you than any man
l know Of. have always wanted to congratulate
you upon that speech you made at Boonville sev-
eral years ago."
Lincoln did not have to tell Breckenridge upon
that occasion he ignored him, when he a
poor, struggling man, for Breckenridge followed
with complete apology.
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AS He Understood II.

A maiden lady, Miss Cocker by
name, and her niece, who bears the
same cognomen. went one evening to
reception at the house of friend.
What name. please?" inquired the
footman.
Miss Cocker" answered the elder
lady.
Miss Cocker, too," joined the niece,
hurriedly.
Whereupon the man of plush and
buttons opened the drawing room door
and, with all the dignity of his profess
sion, ushered them into the midst of
the company with the conyulsing an
nouncement:
Miss Cocker and Miss Cockatoo!"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
WOULD ALMOST FAINT
Cured After Doctors Failed

Mrs. Henry Zumach. Hutchinson, Mimi,
says: Last winter a terrible, sharp pain
caught me I'm my back and from that time
on l had constant backachc. If l used
a broom, II just seemed as if my back was
breaking. ] was I'm misery day and night
and at times l got so dizzy 1 thought L
was going TO faint. At night / had TO put
a pillow under my back for the slight re-
lief that this gave me. l got so weak
couldn't do anything. The doctor said I
had a floating kidney and two specialists
in Minneapolis said the same The phys
icians' medicine didn't help me a bit and
reading about Doan's Kidney Pills, / had
someone get me a box. As soon as / be-
gan using them, / got better and by the
time i had finished the third box, l didn't
have bit of pain. 1 can now do any
kind OF work without suffering and all
the symptoms OF kidney complaint have
left me- Doan's Kidney Pills have GER
tainly spared me great deal of misery
and suffering. l am only too glad to rec
ommend them to other kidney sufferers"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
HAD NO RIGHT TO BE OUT
Little Jasper Indignant Because His
Product Seemingly Had Dis.
obeyed His Orders.

Little Jasper Senter learned from
the minister's sermon one Sunday that
man was made of clay, so after return
ing from church he resolved to make
him man after his own fashion. The
work proceeded in the clay bank back
of the garden until his mother called
Jasper to luncheon. He had completed
all of the man save one leg.
That afternoon Jasper and his moth
er, while walking along the street met
a man with one leg, walking with
crutches. Jasper accosted him and
grabbed his coat.
See here!" he said. 81 thought
told you to stay there in the yard till
| put TINT other leg on you. Judge.
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OVerpaYment.

A certain statesman. condemning
the international marriage that is
based on mercenary and sordid
grounds. said in Washington:
Another pretty American countess
she inherited eight millions from
her fathers wholesale hardware plant
has found marriage disappoint-
ment.
Her dyed and corseted old husband
said bitterly to her one day:
"'Ours was business marriage
You bought my title with your mil.
lions, as you'd buy yard of cloth in a
shop
Yes, blazed the young countess
'yes--but l ought to have got some
change!"
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congress, he said, THAT room, you
know, that they call'-dropping his
voice and hesitating-"the presidents
room"
To an intimate friend who addressed
him always by his own proper title,
he said, Now call me Lincoln, and I'll
promise not to tell of the breach of
etiquette-if you won't-and shall
have a resting spell from Mr.. Presi-
dent"
All persons agree that the most
marked Characteristic of Mr.. Lincoln's
manners was his simplicity and art
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
MOST MODEST OF MEN

Abraham Lincoln felt deeply the re-
sponsibility that rested on him as
president of the United States, but
he shrank from assuming any of the
honors, or even the titles, of his po-
sition.
After years of intimate acquaint-
ance a public man testified shortly
after Mr.. Lincoln's death that he
could not recall a single instance in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
concernInq the Manerove Tree.

Concerning the Mangrove Tree.
The mangrove tree, which is found
in Trinidad. has many peculiarities
For one thing, its seeds terminate on
the branches, and when the shoots are
considerably grown they fall of and
take root In the mud.
AS the young tree grows it sends
out fresh roots from its trunk and
lower branches, until at last the tree
seems to be supported by network
Of roots, In the midst OF whicn crabs.
aquatic birds and insects take up tksiI
abode. f.,
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stupid, made him create within him
self that he could be at peace with
that he could face his neighbors, his
town, his state, his country with.
Someone passed to this lone child Of
our harsh. lonely frontier something
that on a similar frontier Luther's
mother gave to young Martin. That
same something Carlyle's mother gave
him and Cornelia the Gracchi. In
those almost first hours. days. years.
Abe got 1t; the remaining forty-fvs
were simply for growing. developing.
maturing. Perhaps her death burned
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
Jared the Old Boy.

Gladys said something to me the
other night that smacked of innuen-
do" remarked Ferdy to Algy.
What was it, dear boy?"
Advised me not to stand under the
mistletoe. Said one of the berries
might fall and fracture my skull.
call that unkind; eh, what?"
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which he spoke Of himself as presi.
dent, or used that title for himself,
except when he acted in an official
capacity.
He always spoke of his position and
ofiice vaguely, as this place." here"
or in other modest phrase. Once,
speaking of the room at the capitol
used by the president of the United
States at the close of a session of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

lessness, but his native dignity never
forsook him, and with all his angu.
larities and disregard of conventional.
ties, distinguished foreigners were in.
variably impressed by his fine fiber.
A diplomat, whose knowledge o:
courts was more perfect than that Of
the English language, said:
He seems to me one grand gentik
homme in disguise. Youths Com.
panion.
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ONE WORTHY OF ALL HONOR
Mother Of Lincoln Perfect Type Of
the Highest Of Mother
hood.

In my study of Lincoln, the phe-
Domena of whose existence and the
Nonder Of whose being these few lines
try to draw. l have not been able to
free him from his mother, Nancy
Hanks. Someone gave him his great
sense Of principle, made falsehood
and che other small change Of crime
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

all into his tender, trembling nature.
This boy of nine, who fifteen years
later spread his coat over the mound
that covered one he had dreamed
would be his life companion to keep
the rain from reaching her, must have
had the films pf his character all filled
and set for life by that mother, that
one to whom "he owed all he ever
was" as he later said.-Gutzon Borg.
lum in Woman's World.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Relieve Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething
Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and
are a pleasant remedy for Worms. Used by
Mothers for "a years. They are 80 pleasant to
take, children like them. They neurr fail At
all Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Address,
A. s. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. y. ADV.
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Savoir Fajre.

Hostess (at the party)-Miss Rob
ins has no partner for this waltz.
Would you mind dancing with her in
stead Of with me?
The Man--On the contrary, shall
be delighted.-Boston Transcript.
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over, for weak kidneys, backache, ir-
regular kidney action and uric acid
trouble. Thousands Of grateful recon-
mendations throughout the country
prove their worth.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

Aip-What does it mean to say that
a girl is as pretty as picture?
HOp-Merely frame of mind
Michigan Gargoyle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
Everything.

"How's everything in your house?"
asked Smith.
"Oh," replied Brown, she's al
right"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

OF spring metal and wire is a new
device to encircle PERSONS feet and
prevent the loss of an overshoe.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

Be sure that you ask for Wright's Indian
Vegetable Pills, and look for the sigma
ture of VIM. Wright on wrapper and box.
For Constipation, Biliousness and Indiges-
ton. ADV
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets first put up
40 years ago. They regulate and invigorate,
stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar coated
tiny granules. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

Sore Eyes, GranulAtsd Eyelids aud Sites
promptly healed with Roman Eye Bal
sam. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

Nothing venture. nothing have--ex
cept trouble.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

Be thrifty on little things like blulng.
Don't accept water for bluing. Ask for Red
Cross Ball Blue. AdV.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

Alaska has AZ schools, attended by
more than 1900 white children.
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recently. His office, in
which was stored his books,
yet shows plainly the marks
of the place where was To-
Gated at that time the best
library in southern Indiana,
if not in the state. The
room is but s by 10 feet,
and, being pressed for
room, Mr.. Breckenridge
had his books placed upon
shelves above two windows.
When Lincoln caught his
first glance of the library he
was astonished at so great
a collection of books. Mr.,
Breckenridge was the au-
thor of q book in the in
terest of the Presbyterian
church and had several
hooks for sale at that tima
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
Only One "BROMO OulNINE"
What It Means.

That is LAXATIVE BRoMO QUININM Look for
the signature Of E w. GROVE Cures Cold in One
Day, Cures Grip in Two Days. 25c
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05

More than 100000 gross of pencils
are annually made in Philadelphia.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-02-05
Making Conversation

Making Conversation.
Smith (on steamer in midocean)-
Going across, old chap?
Brownies. You?
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A0NEW u1NcH zNcazN Hzzcs 5ozew

estness of this young man in tfs
Boonville court room. He inquired
into his purposes and from what
part of the country he hailed.
Young Lincoln, who stood then
over six feet, by his awkward and
convincing conversation, impress
ed the distinguished jurist with an
admiration for the man. He found
by conversing with him that he
was a reader of good books, was
interested in law and even had
some "hankering" to study it some
day.
Accordingly, Mr.. Breckenridge,
being hospitable man, invited the
young man to his home to stay all
night. He also told him that he
had some books of interest to be-
ginners and that he would be only
too glad to lend them to him to
read. Breckenridge lived three
miles west of Boonville on his
farm and had library there. His
old homestead still stands, and,
though a century old, has been
used as tenants home until very