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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
A STOUT BACKBONE.

Is as essential to physical health as to political
consistency. For weakness of the back, rheu-
matism, and disorders of the kidneys. the tonic
and dietetic action OF HostetterS stomach Bit
tiers is the one thing neediul. The stomach is
the malnstay OF every other organ, and by in
the spinal column, aud ali It's uependeuuies.
are Symputhetically strengthened The dvs-
peptic and bilious will find it pure vegetable
Stimulant and tonic
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

Scientists say that the atmosphere
surrounding the globe is gradually di-
minishing, and that in the course of
few thousand, or perhaps a few hun
ireds OF thousands of years, the supply
will be exhausted.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

The Canadian government has ar.
ranged system OF cold storage on rail.
ways, at ports and on steamers, for the
preservation of perishable goods.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
Beware
OF Mercury!

Mr.. Henry Roth, of 1S4S South 9th
Street, st. Louis, was given the usual
mercurial treatment for contagious
blood poison. lie was twice pronounce
ed cured, but the disease returned each
time, he was seized with rheumatic
pains, and red lu: Is and sores cov-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
DRUNKARDS CAM saEeD aE

The craving tor drink is disease. Il marvellous
cure for which has been discovered called 'Anti-
jag" which makes the inebriate lose all taste for
strong drink without knowing why. it can he
gwen secretly in tea, coffee, soup and the like.
If "Anti-Jag" is not kept by your druggist send
one dollar to the Renova Chemical CO.. 90 Broad
way. New York. and 1t will be sent postpaid, In
plain wrapper, with full directions how to give
secretly. Information mailed free.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

According to the deductions of we'll
known astronomer, we receive as much
light from the sun as could be emitted
by $50, 900 full moons.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

The railway metals between London
and Edinburgh, distance of 400 miles,
are 2lO yards longer in summer than
they are in winter, owing to the expan-
sion caused by the extra heat.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

cred his body.
Il was in a hor-
rible fix ~ he
says, land the
III ore tire a t.
inent / receiv-
ed, the worse l
seemed to get.
a New York
specialist said
he could cure
me, but his
treatment did
me no GOOD
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
HOITT'S SCHOOL

AT Burlingame continues to maintain its high
rank as one OF the best schools for boys in Cal
ifornia.-San Francisco Chronicle
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

Representative Sayers, OF Texas,
wants the government to offer prize
OF $50, 900 for an engineering scheme
capable of controlling the Mississippi.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

know that my life was saved by Piso'a
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan, April q, 1895.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

Mr.. Gladstone is the freshest, live
liest, most thoroughly up-tn.date "haok
mum ber" existing in the world today.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

We are asserting i'll the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTOKlA" and
PITCHERS CASTORlA," as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of fHyannis, Massachusetts
was the originator of" PITCHER CAS- roRIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
facsimile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHERS S
CAsToRlA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind .yOn haze alagayS bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March s, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

" h a tie yer. l was stiff and full of
pains, my left arm was useless so
that was unable to do even the
lightest work. This was my condition
when began to take S. S. S., and a
few bottles convinced me that was
being benefited. I continued the
medicine, and one dozen bottles cured
ME sound and we'll. My system was
under the effects of mercury, and 1
would soon have been complete
wreck but for 5. S. S."
S. S. s., guaranteed purely uegetdble)
Is the only cure
for real blood dis E&A HAA @24
eases. The mer- w
curial treatment ~ ~ IN
of the doctors al sr,E1 kVsH Nv
ways does more
harm than good. Beware of mercury
Books on the disease and it's treat
ment mailed free to any address by
swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-06-24

The most valuable fur is that of the
sea otter One thousand dollars has
been paid for single skin of this ami
NAL not more than two yards long by
three-quarters of yard wide.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
Accepted by Miss Bradley.

Washington, Dec. S.-John D.
Long, Secretary of the Navy, has
received the following letter from
Miss Christine Bradley, daughter of
the governor of Kentucky.
"Kentucky. the '6rstborn of the
Union, is justly proud of the dis
tioc,ion proffered in giving her name
to the magnificent battle ship soon
to be launched at Newport News. It
may not be inappropriate CT vain to
say that the valiant record made by
her sons on land and sea entities
her to the compliment.
"Kindly accept my sincere thanks
for the honor with which you have
clothed au uupretentious but ardent
Kentucky girl who loves her state
second only to her country.
1T will give me much pleasure to
assist in the ceremonies of the occa
sion which should serve, if possible,
to bind the sympathies Of every citi-
zen of Kentucky more closely to the
nation
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
An Original Editor.

II was in small, Southern town
on BUSINESS said a travelling man,
asnd had just left store where I
had sold bill OF goods, when a man
approached and began to question
me-. As I Was answering his ques
tions and trying to get away from
him, the proprietor Of the store
came out and introduced me to the
queer genius. as the local editor.
Then began to ask few questions
myself; but before had time to get
in many, the town marshal appeared
down the street with prisoner, aud
the editor dropped me, and went
after the latest excitement.
81 didn't know you had news.
paper here said l to the merchant.
1--WE haven't, said be; bat we've
got an editor
How can he edit newspaper
when there isn't any, said I.
Hes q genius said he.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
Killed by "A Dentists Work.

Chicago. Dec. S.-Harry Elbrige
Pratt died yesterday at his home,
937 West Polk street, after An illness
of considerably less than q week.
Last Tuesday he had the nerve in a
tooth removed, and a dentist imne.
diately placed cap over the open
ing Before many hours had elapsed
the tooth began to give Pratt great
pain, and be grew rapidly worse
Physicians pronounced it a case of
blood poisoning, and all efforts to
save his life proved fruitless. Mr..
Pratt was well known as a younger
member of the bar of Chicago.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16

Arthur Rozelle, state labor COM
missioner OF Missouri, will recon-
mend in his report the creation of q
department of immigration or of
some organization to take the place
or do the work Of the old Missouri
immigration society, which went
out of existence twenty years ago
Mr. Roz ella is of the opinion that Il
msjo,ity of native Missourians ha-.
only vague ideas OF the mineral
wealth of the state. He might add
that the ideas of this majority are
equally vague concerning the extent
OF other leading resources of the
state. The report of the labor com.
missioner states that there is room
for 10000 additional homes in South
ern Missouri On ,hs governmen.
lands. How many Missouriaus arr
aware OF that fact, saying nothing oil
outsiders. Everything that is
known about Missouri AMI in al
dition, every thing that can be found
out, should be made public every
where. That is Mr. Rozelles idea
and it is q correc. one.-k. c.. Star
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
" He doesn't look it, said I

"'Well, I'll tell you what that
chap doee, and what he has been
doing for . year or more. You know
We have q population of seven or
eight hundred here, and We don't
get a daily paper here until it is
eighteen hours old, and tbeL we
don't get it regularly. Well, what
did that chap do but beg corner in
the room where the postoffice is.
and there he put an old arm chair
some one gave him, and called it the
editorial rooms of the "Perpetrsl
Gazette" At first people laughed
at him, but he went around every
where in town gathering the news,
exactly as if he were going to print
it, and he knew how. for he had
been a bright newspaper man once.
Then he would collect q group of
people and offer to tell all he knew
for five cents from each listener, or
sometimes he would get up on a
barrel outside of the Office, and,
after telling what he bad to tell, be
would pass the hat and collect some
times as much as fifty or seventy five
cents. He always got a lot Of news
out of the daily paper, aud supplied
it fresh every morning or the day
after. I have often had him come in
here at night, and for q quarter of a
dollar got an hour or more OF enter
taipmsnt out of him, besides getting
the news. He reads stories in the
papers, too, and if ANYBODY wants to
hear stories he can give all the cur.
rent ones at so much q listener
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
OF Interest ia MasOns.

In the written lore of Masonry it
is told that the order had it's birth
10 the cave quarries beneath Mount
Lebanon, where the workmen Of
Solomon's temple gathered at night
and bound themselves in brother
hood uniting in the triple cause OF
mutual protection, learning and
truth.
On the 10th of next month the
Masons of Arizona will return to the
fret principles of the order At
Bisbee, very unsightly and prosaic
m'nining camp, the miners, in drift
ing, broke through the side of q
wonderful subterranean chamber.
The room is about an acre in area,
twenty feet in height, and 800 feet
below the surface OF the earth. It
will BE- used by the Masons as a
lodge room just as it left the hand
of nature. II is said to be a place
OF most surprising beauty, with
fluted and frsscoed roof, with won
drous columns aud pillars, such as
mortals could never hew; the walls,
the spotless white of purity, with
here and there stripe of the blue
of truth. At the masters right hand
nature has placed pedestal OF
creamy white that will ring like a
bell under his gavel. On either side
the dais are snowy curtains of purest
lime, through which the light will
-h,ne, only mellowed by the barrier.
Exchange.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
A CASE OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE.
Two Railroad Men Fatally Poisoned by a
n.ur ,h,iaI Hpor% W.ro -

Two Railroad Men Fatally Poisoned by a
Drug Labeled Port Wine"
Newton. Kansas, Dec. S.-John
White and Bart BrindI-y, brakemen.
and James Sheppard, a fireman. Of
the Atchison. Topeka 4 Santa Fe
railway, drank what they supposed
to be port wine at Florence last
Wednesday night. and Brindiey is
dead, Sheppard, dying and White
very low.
The train on which the men were
employed was detained at Florence,
and the men Went to restaurant for
lunch. They saw a bottle labeled
.'port wine" and jokingly called for
it. Each was given q glass. In an
hours time sll we're taken violently
sick, and the companys physician
attended them he pronounced it
arsenical poison The men were
taken to their homes, and, after
much suffering, Briodley died Sun
day at Emporia, where the men lived
Shephard's death is expected every
minute
The keeper of the restaurant was
away when the man ate their lunch,
and his wife waited on them She
was ignorant of the bottles contents
Now it is stated that it was rheuma.
tism medicine, though how 1t hap
pened to haye arsenic in it is not
known. The people of Florence
have tried to keep the affair secret.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
RAISED Monument to a Foe.

Rn,srd Monument to \ Foe.
Martinsburg. West Va, December
S S-John d Sutton, whose appoint.
ment as s.or-keeper at the Hannis
distillery here is subject to the deci
sion of the supreme court in the in
JUNCTION cases against Collector
White, has erected mooumep,
over the grave of Col Pat Duffy,
whose body lies in a Charleston
cemetery One was a confederate
and the other federal soldier. The
Suttons, Duffss aud Kellys (CoI
Duffys mother was q Kelly had
always been neighbors and close
friends. When the corfederates
csmped on Mr.. Sutton's fathers
farm it was by the request OF Col.
Duffy tta the house and it's con
tents were protected, although John
Sutton was in the union army, aud
his father was a strong unicn man
When visiting the Charleston Gene
terry recently MIR. Su,ton's attention
was called to the unmarked grave Ct
Col. Duffy, and remembering with
gratitude the noble qualities of his
chivalrous nature, he decided to thus
mark ,he resting place of bis frie nd
aud benefactor
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
Is Your Tongue

Coated, your throat dry, your eyes
dull and inf1amed and do you teel mean
generally when you get up in the morn.
ing. Your liver and kidney are not
doing their work. Why don't you take
Parks Sure cure. If it does not make
you feel better 1t costs you nothing
Sold sy II. I Tucke,
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
Respectfully,

Western republican congressman
are protesting against the appoint
ment of Judge Paxon of Pennsylva-
MIA as a successor TO Col. Morrison
on the inte rstate commerce commits.
sion.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16

Captain Seibert, {. s. A Engi-
reers. saws that the st. Francis river
is not worthy Of improvement by
dams and locks.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
For Pneumonia.

DR. J c Bishop, of Angew, Mich,
says: Il have used Foley's Honey
and Tar in three cases of pneumonia
the past month, with good results"
At ] 4 Trimble's drugstore.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16

Home Seekers Excurson

To points in Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan, North and South Dakota, Ar
kansas, Arizona, New Mexico, Ken
lucky, Tenn, Mifs., Ala, Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida. Tickets on sale Noyem-
ber 16, December !, and 81, 1897, good
returning twenty-one days from date
OF sale, at rate OF one fare plus two
dollars for the round trip.
F. G. VANDERyooRT,
Agent.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
ADMITS SHEIS A MURDERESS.
Remarkable Confession Of u Waverly,
H.. Young Woman.


H., Young Woman.
Waverly, Ia, Dec. 9-Delilsb
Fales has confessed her ehare 10 the
t, ,agic death of Jerome Kern Th+
man was found dead in lonely
wood on the 23rd of last August,
and the woman now copfesses that
she fired the bullets that killed HIM.
She was indicted to day, and it is
said that her alleged accomplice be-
fore TIL fact. Kern, son of the vic
tim. will be indicted to morrow.
When she WAS q mere child of Is
yeare. she charges that the elder
Kern betrayed her and that ever
since lie has harrassed her with bis
attentions. More than that he
sought blackenipg her reputation,
she states, to keep others from pay
lug court to her Twice, before she
had become attached to the murder
ed mans son, she had been in fair
way to become happily married, but
as many times had Jerome Kern,
she declares, poisoned her lovers
against her. At last, when by the
same method he sought to prevent
his son from marrying her, the pent
up hatred OF years vented itself 10
the commission of the crime.
GLAD SHE KILLED HIM.
II killed him with premeditation
and del,beration," che said. 81
prayed God to give me strength to
do it with all the earnestness that
could command, as / have prayed
Him for forgiveness, I have suffer
ed no pangs of conscience. On the
contrary a restful calm seemed to
come into my life the moment
knew be was dead. I never slept go
we'll as I did the night I fired those
fatal shots"
Miss Fales' confession starts by
telling of the love affair OF herself
and young Kern aud of the opposi
ton of the father. They discussed
question of putting him out of the
way and they agreed that that
would be the best way out of the
difficulties. One day the elder Kerr
suggested to the young woman thai
che meet him. She eaw here tn.
opportunity that she had been wait
ing for, and she assented. making
au appointment for the following
morning in the woods near bel
home. They met and he assisted
her to alight from the vehicle.
KILLED WHILE on HIS KNEES.
He was on his knees before me.
says her confession. Il saw ID,
chance to kill him. 1 had the revol
YER just inside my coat, which wa
buttoned up. As he was kneelinf
there, I pulled the revolver out ant
shot him quickly in the breast. H,
whirled round on his knees q ittl
ways and, as he fell forward, I sho
him in the right of the back. Afte
the 6rst shot be said: 'Lile'-some
thing-I don't know what. Icouls
not understand him. I don't know
whether his clothes caught FIRE o
not. hurried away"
Then follows q detail of the plo,
ting of the two to lay the crime a
the door of John Lewis. a forme
lover of Delilah's. They even pre-
pared letter purport;ng to hav
been written by the deceased on tb
day of the murder, aud which wa
left where it could be readily found
as it was few days ago. The iette
said that il harm came to Kerr
Lewis must be held responsible.
William kerns confession corrot
crates that of Miss Fales' in almos
every particular.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16

The person who disturbed the con-
gregation last Sunday by coughing
is requested to call on A j Trimble
and get a bottle of Foley's Honey and
Tar, which always gives relief.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16

The will of the late General E. A.
Me1ia, which was contested by
Clarence Mexis, who claims to be
his SOD, was admitted to probate by
Judge Forcs of Daliaa.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
What Do the Children Drink

Don't give them tea or coffee. Have you tried
the new food drink called GRAIN-O? II fs de-
licous AMI nourishing and taxes the place of
coffee. The more Grain . vou give the chill
dren the more health you distribute through
their sytems Grain-O is made Of pure grains
and " hen properly prepared tastes like the
choice gr AIDES of coffee but costs about IA as
much. All grocers sell 1t. l5c and s5c.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
VEIL TORN RUTHLESSLY ASIDE.

Maccabees for $4,000 Damages for
injuries He Claims the Orders Goat In
fcted-TelIs Terrible Tale Of the Ordeal
Through Which the Mystic Brethren Put
Him.
K Z. Times. 10.
Those present i'll Judge Gates
court yesterday heard all about how
che Knights OF the Maccabees of the
World bring forth the royal bumper
snd let him bump. Whether or not
bis playful cavortings made Lenna
f. Winslow physical wreck for
life is yet to be proven, but should
th,s be done, the members of that
fraternsl and benevolent association
will find their sport is likely to cost
them dear.
Mr.. Winslow, who sues for $25, 900
damages for injuries he claims to
Fave received during his initiation
into the order June 20, 1894, mar
rates some very perilous and trying
Experiences he had while seeking to
break down the barriers of formality
Chat stood between him and men,
bership
''r. Winslow opened his perform
snoe before the assembled memhers
Of the order on the date given above
by being blindfolded. In this con
ditioD, he says, he did a handicap
hurdle race about the lodge hall,
breaking all previous records, his
ehins, aud in some cases the hurdles
After satisfactorily establishing q
reputation as long distance sprint
er, he participated IN what, from
the description, must have resembled
base ball, with Mr.. Winslow repre-
eenting the ball
FACED INDIA RUBBER SNAKES
The next number on the program
was a spirited 20 between the candi
date for knighthood and q den Of
kissing, swapping India rubber ser
pents, that writhsd and twisted and
twined their sinuous gutta percha
folds about Mr.. Winslow's throbbiDg
form and strove to fix with baleful,
CLASSY glare his wildly rolling eyes,
which. however, rolled still behind q
bandage.
But it's long snake that has nc
turning, and ere long the form o1
entertainment took another shape
Up the prec,pitous heights of q
board mountain the victim was led
1otil he stood upon the very briuh
Of q fearful yawning chasm severa
feet deep Hero he was informed in
graphic terms that he was trembling
on the verge Of sheer chasm. awful
in its depth and impossible Of
descent except by means of frai
rope left by brother knights gone
before. The rope was placed in Mr.
Wiuslow's hands and he was 10
etructed to take running shoot ou'
INTO space. This he refused to do
and was forthwith tumbled off sant
ceremony. Out and down into tht
frightful depths below he flew, unit
st last, with a sickening crash, b.
struck the floor, some four feet be
low. With this grand pyrotechni.
finale Mr.. Winslow says bis per
Tormance came to a close.
That this exhibition afforded tn.
assembled knights entertainment
few who heard the testimony vii
doubt, but the chances are that th.
s-st would have oozed out of theil
play could they have foreseen tn,
fact that a $25.O00 damage SUI,
would follow it. Mr.. Winslow claims
that he was SO injured by his initia
ion that he has not since been abb
to make dollar, for which state o
affairs he holds the Supreme Ten
of the Knights of the Maccabees o
the World responsible.
An Original Editor.
Il was in small, Southern tow
on BUSINESS said a travelling man
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
To Cure q Cold IL One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
II 1t fails to cure. PC. 3-6m
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
Dover, N H, Oct. 81, 1896.

Messrs. Ely Bros The Balm
reached me safely and in 60 short
a time the effect 10 surprising My
son says the first application gave
decided relief I have thelf filed
"cstarrh cures To morrow the
stove shall receive them and Ely's
Cream Balm will reign supreme.
Respectfully,
Mrs Franklin Freeman.
Cream Balm is kept by al! drug.
gists. Full size SOC. Trial size 1Oc
We mail it. Ely Bros, sc Warren
st, N. Y City.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Casca-cts Candy Catharfie. lac OR a5c
II C. {. {. Iail 10 cure, druggists refund
money.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16

n c. BOULWARE, Physician "a
l. Surgeon. Office north side squ1se
Butler, Mo. Diseases of women and thn
en- q speciality.
The Butler weekly times., 1897-12-16
7 w. IECC.

for very few dollars lam thankful to all N
have patronized me and hope you will coattnn
and be convinced that this 10 the right plaee
If.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-09-03
rinl.h women Have Rlrhts.

Finland is paradise for .women-at
least for those of the sex who are desir-
GUS of being placed upon the same
plane as men socially, politically and
industrially. Nowhere else in the CIV
ilized world are the sexes SO nearly upon
an equality as there, and the expert
ment has proved an unqualified success.
For more than 20 years the gymnasiums
have admitted both sexes, and in the
University Of Helsingfors there are
now 200 women students. There are
two fiourishing clubs of women.
About 1000 are now employed in post
offices. railroad and telegraph bureaus
and other departments of the public ser
vice. More than 900 are engaged as
teachers in schools of various grades,
and it is not uncommon to see among
their pupils young men of lS, who are
preparing for an academic or CONNER
cial career. At least 5000 women are
in business. Fifty-two of the 80 poor
houses have women superintendents,
and all the dairies are managed by
women.