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STORY OF TOMMY AND HIS MILLION WARTs
After Being the Victim of Good Neghbors Witch Cures
for Months He Solved the Problem in a Game of
Three o. Cat-The Cost of Raising Boy

Uncle Salem he got up an slid his
buds on an toddled out to see what the
fuss was all about. The moon was
shinin most like day, an as he got
over lords the pig pen he see what the
trouble was. Two big bears was in the
pen workin' their very best liCks to
jack one o Uncle Salems pigs up over
the side o the pen, which was only sort
OF square cJntrivance laid up with
logs four foot high.
Now, as Uncle Salem use to like to
call 1t up an say pork was pork, an
ne hadn't been feedin' them pigs up to
that comfortable notch o. heft they was
luggin' on their bones jest fer bears to
come an lug 'em of, so he sliited back
To the cabin an got his gun. If the
gun had been loaded with somethin
That had more business to IL than pigeon
shot the hull dinikilty mowt a-been
settled to wunst. But pigeon shot was
all the gun had in II, an If Aunt Han
ner herself hadn't been loaded fer bear
Uncle Salem used to say that there'e
want no doubt that things d a-come
out so that he wouldn't never been set
tin round to tell about II.
when he skited back fer the gun he
says to Aunt Hammer:
Hammer ne says. bears, Theym
takin' away our pork
"'Be they?' says Aunt Hammer grit
tin her teeth. so Uncle Salem use to
like to say. BE they?' says she. We'll,
we'll jest see about that says she.
aunt Hammer didn't even stop to put
her stockin's on. She grabbed a double
bitted axe, an hollern' fer Uncle Salem
to come on with the gun, she trotted out
to have a little argument with them
thevin bears.
The bears was still struggln' to jack
that squealin' pig up over the fence an
the cattle was thumpin' an kickin an
bellorin', sympathiZln' with the pigs an
tryin' to skeer the bears away. Aunt
Hammer an Uncle Salem got to the pen
an Uncle Salem rested his gun on the
top log o the fence an blazed away.
The end o. the gun want morn two
foot from one o. the bears. but Uncle
Salem used to say, admittln' II, that his
nerves was considerable upset, fer in
s;cad O. BORN hole big as a stovepipe
clean through the bears head he only
jest shot away one of its forepaws. That
was somethin' OF bruin wouldn't stand
fer without findin' a little fault. II
Uncle Salem had bored a hole through
its head the critter wouldn't "a said a
word. but to have its usefulness knocked
into cooked hat by the BLOWN off o.
one o its paws was goin' little too fur,
an the bear lifted up its voice an made
the woods ring an Uncle Salcm's hair
raise at the same time.
And the bear started fer Uncle
Salem. So did t'other un. Then, as he
always owned right up an said he got
weak knees an he hollers to Aunt Han
ner:
Hammer he hallers. 'good-by! I'll
see YOU when GABRIEL blows
"'Cause he thought his time had
come.
"'You'll see me at breakfast Aunt
| Hammer hollers back to Uncle Salem. an
she riz her axe an sunk it clean to the
| handle into the we'll bears brain.
THAT un dropped back in the pen an
never said another word. but the axe
was sot so deep in his conk that Aunt
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life; thus 1t behooved us to conserve
our natural resources, and we boys
were very conscientious in this respect.
on Saturday night, in warm weather,
the wooden washtubs were requlsitioned
for sanitary purposes. You know some
thing OF the joys Of a bath in the wash
tub behind the clothesbars in the
kitchen # you've had a good bringing
up. You know what scrap there was
to determine who should have first
chance and who must take last, with
the painful prerogative of carrying the
water out and lrrigating the tomato
patch with 1t after everybody had fin
ished bathing.
Mrs. Kennel raised a brood OF six,
not counting Tommy. who just grew,
and she did more washings than any
other woman in the neighborhood, yet
you never saw washing out on her
clothesline. In fact, she had no clothes
line; IL she ever bought one at all
Tommy used It for lasso. But that
wasn't the reason Tommy's mother hung
out no washings; the truth was she
didn't have time to do her own wash
ings she was so busy washing for the
big folks up on Main street.
on idle days she rubbed out a few
things. as the women say. using a tin
foot tub and hanging the things on
chairs by the stove to dry. Frankly,
Mrs. Kennel could afford no such lux
ury as wooden washiub, so Tommy
was spared n deal Of trouble. Soap
was a high priced commodity in those
days, too, and boy naturally doesn't
mind an occasional bath II he doesn't
have to fuss with soap. on the whole,
therefore, Saturday night was quite as
welcome to Tommy as any night in the
week. though It was a bit lonesome
around the town pump after dark.
Do not imagine for a moment that
Tommy's boyhood was one long sum-
mer's day. He had his unhappy mo-
ments. on the eve of Decoration Day,
Fourth OF July and the first day of
school Mrs. Kennel Invariably came
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Aunt Hammer, Militant

M Vote. as ever heerd on"
said the man from the Knob
country, "but If she had wanted one,
from what I've heerd my Uncle Salem
say about her bein' sot a leetle pushin
in her ways. Their amt no ioty o doubt
but what sh'd "a gone right out an
got II.
Fer instance. ez to the astoundln'ness
O. my Aunt Hammer, I recomember
Uncle Salem-he bein' my Uncle Salem
because he married my Aunt Hammer
Il recomember Uncle Salem use TO
p'tclar like to give us an idee of it by
calm up the time that we woke up
one night down on their clearin' an
heerd their two pigs a-squealn' an the
COW an the yoke o. steers hollerin' an
thumpin' in the barn, like as If they'd
sot in to kick it down, an he says to
Aunt Hammer that there was seomn'ly
most onheerd on rumpus goin' on
amongst the critters.
Seemin'ly So says Aunt Hammer.
Git up, Salem says she, AN go see
what's a strrin' of EN- up
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The preest would bride Tommy for just one kiss

Hammer couldn't pull IL out. an as the
bear ,umbled back in the pen the ham
die was wrenched outen her hands
TIL. hear that 1-ncIe Salem had sbot tho
ma "a orf az como rigbt on I.ncIo SALEM.
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never maui no Do,'es say III INA, ne
was 50 uui'li uuu'eu ne siua,,eu iisi T..
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large and bayed at everything after
dark, and consequently small guam
tity Of water had to go great way in
his family, and thus a strong solution
of soap was attained by the time it
came Tommy's turn.
We have said the warts stood out in
relief on certain holidays Relief is
something, but we're describing how
Tommy was cured. The cure is the
thing you'll want to know about.
Periodically Mrs. Kennel applied Wig
orous treatment in the hope Of curing
those warts. There wasn't remedy or
charm known to domestic lore that she
didn't try faithfully for the removal Of
the affliction. All Of these methods
worked like n charm; that is to say
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Tommy the inexpensive liability that ever grew

we We're through with it, and you could
hear poor Tommy's lusty protests away
down to the corner. We used to trem-
bic for him. But next morning he al
ways appeared with marked pallor
about the neck and behind the ears, and
the warts stood out in bold relief against
the chastened, shrunken skin of his
hands.
Tommy declared with conviction that
the soft soap aggravated them. This
view, we imagine, was correct; there
was no clstern in the Kennel home and
where an unsociable hound roamed at
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and certain remedy which had originally
been divulged by a famous Indian med
icine man or a great Hindu healer.
Then one day, through accident, like
many another great discovery, Tommy
literally hit on a specific himself The
specific removed the whole million
warts quickly, pleasantly and perma-
nently.
specific win cure other warts just be-
cause it cured his. If there is any
other boy with an even million warts
on his hands the remedy will remove
number short Of this we cannot recon-
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at tlckles me-" grnned good
naturcd person coming out of a SiA,h
avenue restaurant of the low cost II
living sort, ito hear waiter talk who
has some ideas above his thumb in tho
soup. There's one in there of that
kind.
He says things every now and then.
night or day, as 1t happens to be his
watch and l happen in. He said one
a while ago. l told him. when l was
ready for my slab of pie. to remove the
debris and l pronounced it right. day
bree.'
"'All right. SIR he popped at me- and
II YOU come around this evening 1t Will
be night-bree. won't it?'
Maybe that isn't wit up to the Broad
way vodyville standard, but for res
taurant waiter ! think it shows real
talent"
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mend ii. Tommy's warts were peculiar
and different from all other warts, as
was clearly evident when all the con-
ventional measures failed dismally.
The boys were playing three old cat.
liunky Turner uncorked IA speedy twis-
ter and Tommy landed on 1t with his
homemade bat. The brand new 10
cent ball shot straight back at Hunky,
who vaingloriously thrust his ungloved
hand up to stop 1t and got his thumb
smashed.
Hunky danced about in agony, and
Sport Cowper ran in the house and
brought out a bottle of iodine, with
which panacea he painted Hunky's
thumb nut brown. Sport then
wrapped the bottle in his handkerchief
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4, the gun ag'in his upper Jaw an
whanged away. The top of his head
flew off like settin' off a bias, d. a
quarry. He tumbled on the floor an
your Aunt Hammer yanked him out in
The yard fore he had time to mus the
floor with a drop of his blood a. big
as siXpence!' Uncle Salem u-r to
chuCkle an say.
SO, jest takin' that as a fer instance
of the astoundin'n o. my Aunt.
Hammer, as her sot-in- her wayness used
to he brung up by Uncle Salem COM
| slider that | amt an ioty outen the way
when l say that my Aunt Hammer didn't
never want no vote, not as / ever hcrrd
on, but that If she had wanted one
there amt doubt as big as fly sp,,t
hut what she'd "a gone right out an
got it,"
The Seward gateway., 1914-12-02
SOMEBODY TOOK THAT
 RUMOR SERIOUSLY

People who came on the Mariposa yesterday stated that a rumOr was current in Valdez to the effect that the railroad commission favored the GordOva route or the government rail road. Many of them asked the Gate way if it knew anything about it but no attention was paid to what was evidently joke until the Valdez Prospector sent the following dispatch to this paper today:
 "The Prospector wired the railway commission concerning reported favoring Cordova. We have received the following answer:
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Referring to your telegram l beg to advise that no member of the commission has formed or expressed an opinion as to railroad route. Signed, Edes."
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NEWS NOTES

Mr. Zwink of the cable service says that after the first of the month one cent additional will be charged for each cable message as a war revenue tax.
 R. F. Mcdonald arrived yesterday on the Mariposa from Seattle with moving picture outfit for Knik. He went specially out from Knik to secure the apparatus and seems to have a great faith in the future just ahead for his camp. He is an oldtimer of the interior.
 R. D. Oldham of Sunrise arrived yesterday on the Mariposa after a stay of some time in Valdez. Mir. Old ham was selected by the Wick party as a candidate for the legislature but declined to run. He is a member of the democratic ranks.
 Assistant District Attorney Whit tlesey received in yesterdays mail a letter from the department of justice stating that the department | like all other departments is now trying to cut down expenses owing to the loss of revenue to the country because of the war. The letter con tained the request that expenses for witnesses, rents etc, be kept down to the lowest possible figure.
 Dr. T. A. Haxy of Latouche is now in Seward on business connected with the fox ranch in which he is interest ed. He is one of the owners of Green Island where he and Mike Deegan have about 100 blue foxes.
 A. w. Balzimer arrived yesterday from Knik.
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MAY BUILD SUBMARINES HERE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-Secretary Bryan today in- yed Charles M Schwab president of the Bethleham ste company to come the state department to discuss with the secretary the question the building of submarines in the United States for the European begerents It sumed from this that the government has been approach ed by some of the warning powers with view to discover ing whether the United States would consider the build
 ng of such boats in this country breach of neutrality not The great danger which apparently would threaten from such course is that all the nations could build sub marines here if one was allowed to do So and the result might be that the war would be brought into these waters
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CRUSHING SERVIA

LONDON, Dec 2-Half million Austrian troops are now assang the Servans Savagey in Servian terri tory The Servian army has been compelled to retreat
 within the borders of it's own country but it has taken up strong defensive positions and is expected to be able to hold 0ut Its defeat would mean not only the over,rung of all Seryia but also that the AuStrahS would oe oe to send nearly the whole half million men to reinforce their army that is facing the Russians. It must be ad- mtted that little Seva is in most deplorable con dtion something similar to the condition of Belgium but not quite so bad if the Sean army can continue to hold the invaders where they are now.
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FIGHTING IN ARGONNE

LONDON, Dec 2-Heavy fighting has been resumed in the region of the Argonne forest the eastern end of the battle line in France The German official report says that strong French position in that neghborhOod has been captured but the French officials report claims that the enemy was repused The French are certainly making gains in Belgium where the infantry fighting has been resumed after Hull of several days. It IS not vet clear whether the Germans have begun another at tempt to advance or not but the renewal of the assaults
 seems to indicate that they have more made up their minds to try to smash their way through the allies.
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EIGHTY THOUSAND TURKS MARCH

ROME. Dec Conformation has arrived that tends to confirm the statement that the Turkish forces which have concentrated near the Suez canal number about eighty thousand It is feared here that the French will hardly be able detach sufficient forces to aid the Btsh should the invasion of Egypt be attempted but the British will be in position to use large forces from India Intor- nation regarding the progress of the war in the regions of Turkish activity is exceedingly meager.
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BIG BAZAAR SATURDAY.

Don't forget Saturday Dec. 5th, the bazaar of the Catholic Ladies Altar Society Also the big dance. There will be a general good time for every one. We will have all the late up-to- oate dances also the good old time quadrille, not forgetting the Green Hazel waltz.
 Now is the time to get your Christ mas presents, every thing marked at a very low price. There is the great bag and fish pond for the children. Ice cream, coffee and cake, for every one and only five cents to see Murphy on the fender. 5t
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LAID TO REST BY MOONLIGHT,

Miss Velma Miller was laid to rest last evening after the arrival of the boat on which her brother came to be present at the funeral. He found it necessary to return to Seattle by the same steamer so that the burial of the poor girl took place in the ccmc- tery by the light of the moon aided by small search lights held by the group of acquaintances who had gathered to pay their last respects.
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TOXIC, Dec. 2.-The occupation of the South Sea Islands has greately pleased the Japanese. One historian claims that Ualan or Kusaie Island in the East Carolines was inhabited by the Japanese in ancient days. In the heart of the island forest, he says, may be seen the ruins of an old castle resembling closely those seen in the more ancient parts of Japan The remnants of the system of forti- fications shows it to be an exact copy of the type constructed in the early Tolugawa period. It was at this epoch that many Japanese warriors and publicists went to the South Seas having been expelled from the Empire on account of their adoption of Christianity.
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GERMANS REFUSED COAL

MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 2.-The German steamer Mera has been refused permission to take out great load of coal beyond the bunkers in this harbor Several other German steamers are also coang and taking sup plies here but will probably be prevented from putting to sea as is believed they intend the coal and supplies for the German battle squadron which fought the British off Chile on the Pacific and has come around the Horn to the south Atlantic.
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BERLIN TELLS OF BATTLE

BERLIN, Dee. 2-The German government officially lhe German effort to break through the encirclng Rus sian armies has been successful The report admits that the German losses have been heavy but it says that the Russians were also severely punished and that the stories sent out by the enemy telling of great disaster were not founded on facts
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Snow shoes dog Sleds, harnesses, webbing, snaps, rings etc., at Brown & Hawkins. Quality first"
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Patronize the paper that is helping h build up your city.
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See us before sending outside fo' your job printing.
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"For breakfast" try our new Eng land style club house sausage. Brown & Hawkins. Quality first"
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Finch's Golden Wedding Rye at The Branch.
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Meet me at The Branch.
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" PALACE JINGLES"

eve got a stock of sparkling wines To grace the Christmas table And the Palace Bar can fill your wants And none are better able
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With winter on, and Christmas near Our famous Tom and Jerrys Have got the Camels on the run Likewise, the drOmedarys
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WE TAKE PLEASURE

in giving to the residents of Seward and Southwestern Alaska the same high grade quality in workmanship ana stock that they could be able to obtain in the best Jewey stOY .s Outside
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Cabins for rent. Apply V. E. Caves,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-04-10
Won A Great Victory

J. H. Blankenship, the successful
candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for Sheriff of Knox County,
in the Primary held on last Friday
certainly won a great victory. The
"whiskeY men" to a man fought
him hard, and he cvercame great
dificul ties. When Blankenship is
elected and sworn into office we
predict that Knoxville will certainly
know what a dry town is. The
evil doers are already scared to
death, and will try hard to defeat
him in the August election, but we
hope that the good people of our
neighboring county will not permit
such thing to happen. There is
general rejoicing in Blount over his
victory, for John is Blount county
boy-and all feel proud of the fact
that he made such clean race, and
stands for right, temperance and
law enforcement. We were sorry
to see Jno. M, Courier defeated for
County Court Clerk.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-04-10
Presbyterian Church
Rev. Hubert S. Lyle, Pastor.

o:oo-s, S. Prayer Meeting by Officers
and Teachers,
o:Is-Sunday School. Easter lesson on
'The Journey to Emmaus". Special pro-
gram will be used. Also, special offering
will be made according custom for foreign
missions.
1o:3o-Morning Worship. SPECIAL Easter
Service Sermon by Rev. DR.. Willis E.
Parsons, Ex. President of Parsons College,
Fairfield, Iowa. The Choir has prepared a
fine musical program for this service.
3oo-Jr. c. Z. Society.
6:3o-C. E. Meeting. Topic: "a look
ahead". This is an Easter meeting. All
young people invited.
7:3o-Special Easter service again.
The Story of Easter and its Meaning.
The musical program will consist Of chorus
choir, three quartets, and solo, together
with appropriate congregational singing.
Everybody invited.
The Prayer Meeting Topic for next week
is "The Church Growing by Personal
Work.. Acts 8;26.4o.
The Annual Congregational Meeting will
be held in the Auditorium of the Chnrch
on Wednesday night, April IS at 1870
The Mission Study Class of the Woman
Missionary Society will meet at the home
of Mrs. Montgomery May next Saturday.
April IL at 2:3o
There will be can All Day" of the
Ladies' Aid Society at the home OF Mrs.
Will A. McTeer on Thursday, April 10.
Officers for the ensuing year will be elected
at this meeting.
Rev. DR.. George B. Stewart, President
of Auburn Theological Seminary, gave very
helpful messages last Sunday. He had a
very busy day. He spoke at our commun'
ion service in the morning. In the after
noon, he addressed the College Y. M. c. A.
the Ministerial Students, and then went to
the Polytechnic and spoke there, and
finished the day by preaching at our night
service. He spoke to the College students
at Chapel on Monday morning, then went
to Knoxville where be was to speak to the
Church Federation but was unable to reach
Knoxville in time on account OF the Freight
Wreck on the Southern. AT noon on Mon
day, he was met at luncheon at the Board
Of Commerce by ten Presbyterian Ministers
who spent very pleasant hour with him.
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w. B. Sexton

Message was received by Rev. ]. 7.
Sexton while be was preaching Sunday,
announcing the death of his brother w. B.
Sexton, at Mansfield, Ark. The deceased
was born in Blount county and was 54 year,
of age. He had been living in Arkansas
for the past thirty years. He is survived
by widow and four children, also his
mother, two brothers, Rev. J. T. Sexton
and Alex Sexton, of Knoxville, and two
sisters Mrs. Mary johnson, of Rockford,
and Mrs. J. r. Fuller, Of Maryville. The
mother of the deceased is 90 years of age.
She resides with Rev. ]. T. Sexton in
Lincoln Park.
The above is copied from the Knoxville
Sentinel Rev. Sexton was visitor in our
city Tuesday.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-04-10
Return OF An Old Favor
ite
Great Sun Brothers Aggregation
Coming Here

Under the same management fol
twenty-five years, the Sun Brothers
Worlds Progressive Show, is enjoy
ing its usual prosperity this season,
1t is coming here and everything
will again be new.
Everybody will want to see this
great show. Two performances will
be given, afternoon and night. The
big Imperial programme that is
presented in the Big Top, numbers
among it's arenic favorites some OF
the best acts and most expensive
features that can be secured.
The seven Wallets, Australian
Equestric experts, are known al
over the Globe as the World s
champions. 25 up-to-date and
funny clowns cause oceans of laugh
ter at every performance. These
funny men are the pick of the pro-
fession.
Dean, and his matchless band
aid orchestra, are the harmony
attraction and will be heard after
noon and night in delightful mu,
sical surprises. The marvellous
trained elephants, known every
where as the greatest ever will
furnish an act that will more than
astound you.
Over a hundred cleverest expo
nents Of the art Of entertainment.
will meet in friendly rivalry for
championship honors.
The menagerie and wild beast Sec
ton is first class. The Sun Broth
ers' Show has always been famed
for its menagerie, and this year
finds the German Geologic Annex
carried, one of tho most complete
extant, exhibiting rare and costly
animals from every section OF the
globe.
This high class tented exposition
will appear at Maryville on Satur-
day April, IL.