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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
progressive" Clergyman.

After having for nearly four de
cades sounded to worship the congre
CATION of the Nazarene church OF
Chanute, Kas., the old bell in the
tower now hangs. as mute as the ia
nous Liberty Ben in the statehouse
at Philadelphia. No crack or other
physical disability is the cause of its
silence. On the contrary, its peal is
as loud and as clarion now as when
1t was first hung in the tower. But
the pastor, Rev w. II. Fluke, has
decided that the ringing of a bell
before services is a custom of the
past and that II is no longer appro-
pirate in these days when every
household has a timepieee.
The church building formerly be-
longer to Presbyterians 1t was com
pleted in the fall of 1875. When they
built a larger house of worship Mr..
rluke bought their old building They
left the bell behind them, and he
continued to use 1t until last week,
when he announced that hereafter II
will be mute.-Baltimor American.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
The MiIIer,s turkeys.

Condemning political grafters, John
A. Hennessy said Elm New York:
when | look at these sleek mil
lionaires who never did days work
in their lives, ! think of the miller
THE miller, on the way home from
church one Christmas morning, met
the village idiot. and said, thinking to-
have little sport:
Sam, I'm glad to see you. Now.
Sam, look here; some folks say you
know a lot, and some say you know
nothing. Tell me, Sammy, my lad,
what do you know?
az know said the idiot, with
crafty smile, that the miller's turkeys
are fat
"'Ha, ha, good said the miller for
the compliment pleased him. And
now, Sam, my lad, tell me what you.
don't know
Sam smiled more craftily still.
q don't know whose meal fattenss
EN-, he said"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVERISH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give California
Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative.
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach. liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result Is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, balf-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother, See If tongue is coated, then
give a teaspoonful of California
Syrup OF Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the sys-
TEN. and you have a well child again
Millions of mothers give California
Syrug of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it new
er fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
GAVE LESSON IN REVERENCE
Small Boys Stern Rebuke to Bishop
Whom He Suspected of Harbor-
ing Thoughts of Barter.

Bishop Thornton, when in Ballarat,
was walking one fine Sunday morning
with his fayorite dog, very intelli-
gent retriever. The dog was perform
ing all sorts of tricks; jumping over
his masters stick, retrieving it from
the water, and so on.
The bishop was aware of the wide
eyed interest of a small boy, who, with
his nurse, was walking on the shore OF
the lake. The bishop recognized in
him the son of a neighbor with whom
he was on the best Of terms, although
the neighbor was a leading light of
Nonconformity in the city.
To amuse the boy the bishop put
the dog through the whole category
Of his tricks, and then said: Nov,
isn't that nice dog: and wouldn't
you like to have one like him?' To
which the small boy replied, sternly:
Sir, think you forgot what day this
is.'-London Daily Citizen.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
SELF DELUSloN.
Many People Deceived by Coffee.

We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be
convinced of their actual harmfulness.
A man can convince himself that
whiskey is good for him on a cold
morning, or beer on hot summer day
when he wants the whiskey or beer.
It's the same with coffee. Thou
sands of people suffer headache and
nervousness year after year but try to
persuade themselves the cause is not
coffee-because they like coffee.
"While yet a child / commenced
using coffee and continued 1t" writes
a Wis. man, until ! was regular
coffee fiend. l drank it every morning
and in consequence had binding
headache nearly every afternoon.
my folks thought it was coffee that
allied me, but liked it and would not
admit 1t was the cause of my trouble,
so l stuck to coffee and the headaches
stuck to me.
Finally, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Postum.
They made it right directions on
pkg.) and told me to see what dlner-
ence it would make with my head, and
during that first week on Postum my
old affliction did not bother me once.
From that day to this we have used
nothing but Postum in place of coffee
headaches are a thing Of the past
and the whole family is in fine health"
Postum looks good, smells good,
tastes good, is good, and does good to
the whole body"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," in pigs.
Postum now comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
BACK IN THE AGE OF PLENTY
Cost of Living Had Not Assumed Di-
mansions of a Problem in the
Sixteenth Century.

A countryman living just beyond
/ the outskirts of London drove to the
metropolis one day to order a few
provisions, etc.
(By the way, this account is per-
fectly true. 1t is not problem or a
joke. The prices stated can be veri-
| fed
The countryman first went to the
nearest cobblers. There he bought a
good pair of shoe Not shoddy foot
wear, carelessly turned out or even
machine made, but hand sewed and
of fine strong leather. For this pair
of shoes he paid just seven cents.
Next he drove to butcher stall in
Smithfield There he bought a sheep,
dozen chickens and ten pounds of
beef. For the sheep he paid ten cents
For the chickens he paid liz cents
apiece, or Is cents for the dozen. The
ten pounds of beef cost him nickel
His visit to the grain merchant cost
him more For he was forced to pay
Is cents for a bushel of rye-a sum
out of all proportion to his earlier
purchases. 1t was cheaper, you see,
to buy meat than the rye bread to
eat with it.
But his ensuing trip to the diapers
for enough homespun cloth to provide
him with a winter suit, atoned for the
high price of the grain. For he found
that stout homespun cloth was selling
at - cents an ell, or nine and three
f1fths cents a yard.
The farmer had no trouble in car
rying his wares home in his wagon.
For the wagon was large. He had
driven it to London full of firewood.
and this wagonload of wood he had
sold for II cents.
The foregoing prices are all accu-
rate. The high cost of living had not
yet hit England. For, you see, all
this happened several years ago.
In fact. it was at the beginning of
the sixteenth century.
During the next hundred years
prices doomed 400 per cent. and
wages didn't. And things have hap
pened more or less that way ever
since.-The New York World.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
"CASCARETS" FOR
SLUGGISH LIVER
No sick headache. sour stomach,
biIiousneSS or constipation
by morning.
- a 1C-cent 80 now


Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness. indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
cut tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means a clear head,
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. ADV.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Cruel Art of Warfare.

One hundred years ago General Nc
Clure, learning of the disastrous re-
suit of the American campaign in
Lower Canada and fearing his own
force would be attacked by the British
resolved to evacuate Fort George and
abandon the country. This he accord
ingly did, with all his troops, and with
such precipitancy that he left behind
his tents and stores. His retreat was
accompanied by an act that had left
an indelible stigma upon his name.
The frost had set in early and severe.
The snc - deep upon the ground
Yet at o. minutes notice. Of $50
houses in the Canadian village of
Newark, he fired all save one, and
drove 400 helpless women and chill
dren to seek shelter in the log huts
of the scattered settlers, or in the
bark wigwams of the wandering In
dams.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
SENATOR SHIELDS
FAVORS HARMONY
WILL HAVE INFORMAL CONFER
ENcE WITH SENATOR LEA.
EVENTS IN STATE CAPITAL
Doinas Of the Various Departments OF
the Government Of the Common
wealth Reported for 6ene-
fit of Our Readers.
Nashville.

United States Senator John X.
Shields came to town from Knoxville,
and along about the same time a num-
Der of other Democrats. notables and
office-seekers showed in the Maxwell
House lobby. Congressman Hull, Pad
gett and Byrns were on the ground,
along with States Attorney-General F..
NJ. Thompson, Supreme Justice d..
X. Lansden, ex-Justice B. d. Hill and
others of more or less consequence.
Senator Lea is booked to be here.
So far no prearranged conferences
have been held but an informal con-
ference of some of the leaders dis
cussed the situation in the party and
canvassed the names of several men
as TO which would be the best and
strongest man to make the race for
governor against Gov. Hooper. Not
soul who was in the conference would
divulge a word of what was said or
done, but it is known that T. R. Pres
ton, ex-senator James B. Frazier, eX
Gov. John /. Cox and Chancellor A.
H. Roberts were weighed in the gubeT
material scales and that Chancellor
Roberts was esteemed the most avail
able man at present in sight. 1t is
also learned there was some discus
sion of the position the party should
take in the coming campaign, and II
was the consensus that the enforce
ment of all laws should be the party
slogan, along with a mild declaration
for temperance, not prohibition. 1t is
hardly likely any definite plan of
party procedure will be mapped out \
during the present senatorial and con-
gressional visitation, but other confer
ences, at which a tangible plan will
be evolved, may be held before the
senators and congressman return to
Washington. 1t is generally conceded
Gov. Hooper will be a candidate for
reelection, and that he will receive
the Republican and the bulk OF the
Independent vote.
Discussing the situation, Senator
Shields said: 81 think the Democratic
party in Tennessee will be united; |
see no reason why they should not
be-" he continued, land from what.
have been able 20 learn from over the
state, there seems now to be less bit
terness and a desire to be united"
Senator Shields stated that there
was no prearranged plan between him
and Senator Lea to hold any confer
ences in Nashville, but that in all
he would see Senator Lea
when the latter reaches Nashville.
He declared there had been more
discussion of senatorial patronage in
the papers and trouble between him !
and Senator Lea than had in fact ex-y
listed.
whatever differences we may have
had" declared Senator Shields, have
no delay in any appointment, I
with the exception of revenue collec-
tor. There is not a single office now
in the state where senatorial patron
age applies but what will be filled
when the term expires"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Evolution of Billiards.

The development of the billiard ia
bic has been interesting In those
far back days when billiards seem first
TO have become an indoor game, a bill
lard table was about the size Of a
big room. The average table was 30
feet long and Is feet wide The size
was gradually and irregularly de-
creased, until the present standard
carom table was introduced at a bill.
lizard tournament held in Samson hall,
Philadelphia, in 1864
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Inherits Fortune.

When he was just about to give up
hope of deriving benefit from a large
estate in Scotland Charles A Camp
bell, aged 35, native of Nashville, says
that he was notified that $4,000 was
on deposit to his credit in the Chem
ical National Bank of New York. The
estate is that of William Adams, of
Glasgow, Scotland, and has been in
litigation, it is said, since 1907. Young
, Campbell represents the third genera
ton of the family. He is the presi-
dent of an oil and gas company ope-
rating in an adjoining county.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Individual Clock.

A gentleman in a club IN uIrand.
Rapids, Mich, formed the hopeless
and harmless habit of taking too much
to Alphabetically speaking-be-
fore he went home every evening,
says the Popular Magazine.
How does he know what time to.
go homer" asked a stranger in the
club one night.
It's this way" exclaimed a mem
Der. HE goes to the head of that
long flight of stairs leading to the
street. If he falls down them, he
knows it's time to go home
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
To Reoraanize Guard.

Adjt.-Gen. Frank Maloney in com
mand of the military department OF
Tennessee, has just issued a general
order which provides for the reorgan-
ization of the National Guard, State
of Tennessee, so that such depart
ment may be brought up to the stand
ard and conform to the regulations as
laid down by the War Department at
Washington.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Both In and out.

Mrs. Pankhurst, the English mill
tant," said at luncheon in Chicago:
I'VE are all jailbirds, all of us Eng
lish militants. / called one afternoon
at Mrs. Golden Sandersons.
!" Is Mrs. Golden Sanderson in? +
asked the butler.
Eyes, madam he answered, grave
ly. In for seven months
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08

returned from the Balkans" she said.
He was with the Servian army until
! the war was over. l have not visited
Servia yet, but some day we hope to
travel there.
DO | care most for European life
or American? Oh, love America. l
have crossed every year to see my
mother in Cleveland, and shall con-
tinue to do So The life abroad is de-
lightful. and there is a charm and
glamour about the Old World, but one
loves ones own land best of all.
Since we arrived we have not rest
ed one minute, it seems to me. We
have been like two children running
around enjoying the New York sights.
1t is so interesting and different even
after only a year, and the prince is
like an amused boy over 1t all. l
could hardly get him away from the
Grand Central station yesterday, he
was so pleased with it.
But we have come over mostly for
a rest after the Paris season, ana
there is no rest here, is there? To-
morrow l shall certainly have my tele-
phone disconnected She laughed,
and motioned despairingly toward the
innocent looking phone at hand. 1T
rings all the time, and is SO insistent
one feels curious to answer, and then
it is nothing at all. The prince is
very fond of golf and of riding. Later
we are going west"
MY gowns?" she smiled and shook
her head deprecatingly. "Oh, dress
very quietly. have nothing startling
or extreme at all in my wardrobe.
prefer black or white usually. White
gowns with touches of black, or black
gowns with here and there the re-
lief of white, but l really have moth
ing that is striking"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
is EPILEPSY CONQUERED?

New Jersey Physician Said to Have
Many Cures to His Credit.
Red Bank, N J.. (SpeciaD .-Advices
from every direction fully confirm
previous reports that the remarkable
treatment for epilepsy being admin
istered by DR.. Perkins of this city, is
achieving wonderful results. Old and
stubborn cases have been greatly
benefited and many patients claim to-
have been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy
should write at once to DR.. H. W.
Perkins, Branch 40, Red Bank, N. j.
for supply of the remedy which is.
being distributed gratuitously.- ADV.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
A Correction.

II thought you said he was a man
of means?"
Excuse me. / left off TIVE adjec-
tive
What adjective?"
Limited"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
odd EXPRESSIONS.

"There is one thing which cannot
understand
What is that"
"Why high-colored versions of the
truth are called white lies"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
WILLING to Learn.

Moved by an impulse he could not
resist, he suddenly kissed her. "Oh,
HERBERT she exclaimed, that's not
right I'm sorty, Helen" replied
Herbert humbly. Il did the best |
know how. Won't you show me the
proper way?"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Ely Conference Dates

Representatives of the various
boards of the Southern Methodist
Church, in session here, have fixed
the dates for six conferences to be
held during the coming summer at
Waynesville, N. c., as follows:
Epworth League conference, July
1923.
Sunday school, July 24-Aug. 2.
Educational, Aug. 4-6.
Missions, Aug. ZIG.
Bible, Aug. 1923.
Conference of deaconesses, Aus,
24.26.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Nothing to HIS Credit.

Nowadays when a man tries to
make both ends meet he is greeted by
a loud laugh of derision.'
quite so And it is generally sus-
pected that he is lacking in finesse."
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08

and the little thrones that topple and
rise, and the. growing strength of Ser
via, who knows but that, some day,
New York girl may indeed wear a
crown upon her golden head?
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Nashville Statistics.

There we're 2,146 births and 2,022
deaths reported in Nashville last year.
In 1912 the births numbered 1867 and
the deahts 2,171 During he year 1913
there were Sc more marriages and 2l2
more divorce suits than in 1912.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
RUB-MY-TlSM

VIII cure your rheumatism and all
kinds OF aches and pains-Neuralgia
Cramps, Collie, sprains. Bruises, Cute,
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antiseptic
Anodyne. Price 25c.-Adv.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
A Hint.

Il suppose some country sites are
very uninyiting.'
And unlimited If they're para
sites"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Sues Fair Association.

Suit has been brought IN the chan
Gerry court by j. w. Russwurm
against the Tennessee State Fair As
ISOLATION to collect $4,000, which he al
leges is due him for services.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Costumes Well Selected.

Nothing that is striking? Doesn't
your most sweet and demure Royal
Highness know there is nothing in
tho world more effective and striking
for la petite blonde princesse than
black and white?
Just here she remembers the prince
in the next room, and crossing the
tiny boudoir to the French gray salon
there comes a swift flood of impress
sions regarding this soldier prince,
Alexis Karageorgevitch.
For years he had lived in Paris, an
exile with his beautiful mother Then
came the tragedy of Alexander and
his gypsy-eyed queen, Draga, and the
Obrenovic dynasty was past. Just for
a fleeing hour Alexis was the strong
est candidate for the throne. He was
the eldest heir of the Karageorgevitch
line. Had the law of primogeniture
held he would today occupy the
throne Of Servia, instead of his cousin,
King Peter
Under the golden-shaded lights he
stood, courtly, soldierly. There is a
keen, whimsical quality to his face.
Nothing Like His Native Land.
L served with the common soldiers.
but not in disguise he laughed. And
did not shave off my mustache, only
cut il very short. You see | had to
get permission from the king, my
cousin, to serve at all, as | was well
known. And that is nothing. | am a
Servian first of all II is such little
country, but to my mind the most beau
tiful on earth, and it has suffered. But
still it gains slowly. Before the war
we had three millions. Now, with her
added borders, we have six. II is
good, but there will still be more war
The Turks do not recognize the treaty
of London. We do not mind When
Servian falls, two spring to catch
his rife"
On the table lies paper-covered
book. The title of 1t is Albania
And seeing II near the hand of the
prince. one remembers that only the
other day he was close to the crown
of Albania very close. Who knows,
with the turbulence of the Balkans,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08
Husband of Former Mrs. Huger
Pratt of Cleveland Is In 0i-
rect Succession to the
Throne of Servia.
COUPLE HERE TO MAKE
GRAND TOUR OF AMERICA
Princess Most Enthusiastically
Proud of Her Handsome,
Royal Soldier Husband.
EARLY STAGE OF HONEYMOON

Interviewer Describes the Lovely
GoIden-Haired Wife of Prince
Alexis karageorgeVitch as sweetly
Modest and Retiring-Made a
Beautiful Picture in Her Favorite
Black Satin, White Lace and
Pearls-Has Not Yet Visited Ser
via, Her HERDS Native Country.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08

Sooner or later a mans illusions de.
velop into experience.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-01-08

Al EW YORK.-Her Royal Highness,
N Princess Alexis Karageorgevitch
of Servia, is here with her sol
der prince.
! Or maybe it is better to say His
Royal Highness, Prince Alexis Kara
georgevitch of Servia, is here with
his American bride, who was Mrs.
Huger Pratt of Cleveland and Paris.
Perhaps one should say Her Excel
aenza, or Serene Highness. l declare
j didn't know what to call her, Prin-
zessen, or Serene Altessen, but any
way, she is all that you hope a real
princess will be-
It's awfully hard finding your way to
the abode of royalty, but you have
found it past the line of tall, young
footmen. And now you're all alone in
the tiny silent ante-room of the prince
of Servia's apartments up at the Ritz
Carlton. Nothing here but dread
fully large business-like trunk, with
d. K on it. The last is for Kara
georgevitch, and the first, l think, is
for Doulgoukrhoff, or some combina
llOA IlhC IL lAdL FOHAy IhS III VI
the royal line may bear, writes lola
Forester in the Sunday Magazine of
the New York World.
Voices came from behind one of the
French gray doors hung with old rose
silk One expected lineup of more
footmen or maids, but when the door
opened it was Prince Alexis himself.
1,FI rD4 Iii n
ly eyes, of straight, soldierly bearing,
a ready, understanding smile, and
then another French gray door opened
and closed, and left me in the boudoir
of the princess.