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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Narrow Gage.

The Lewiston Journal reports a col.
lision down in the State of Maine, in
which no one wos injured.
A certain old man who does hand.
some work with the fidNlle Mt country
dances is great on time" but unless
he is argued with he will play "Ths
Girl l Left Behind Me" from eight
o'clock till twelve, for every dance ex.
cept the Virginia reel.
Some of the old dancers were on the
floor not long ago, and between dances
one of them went up to the fiddler, who
sat rubbing the rosin on his bow.
Uncle" said the dancer, "all the
folks on the floor want you to play old
Speed the Plow' for the next dance.
Can't you give It to us?"
The old man tucked his rosin into his
vest pocket.
81 sh'd like to 'commodate ye fust.
rate" he said, "but thes suthin' sing.
lar bout that tune of Speed the Plow.'
Jest as soon as Speed the Plow' long
little ways run right into The Girl
Left Behind Me-"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Put Matches in Flower Pots.

The great foe to potted plants is the
little white worm that feeds upon the
roots and even bores up into the stems
of plants. To get rid Of the pest the
simplest plan is to stick matches, heads
down, into the soil, and in a short time
the worms will disappear. The phos-
phorus which does the work is bene-
fetal to the plant besides being dis
agreeable to the worms. Carbolic acid
may be used instead. Add about FIVE
drops Of carbolic acid to a cup Of water
and sprinkle on the earth in the flower
pots.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

authorities there and the universal sys-
TEN of bribery which prevails only a
small percentage of the suicides due
to the gaming table is made known.
Just let me tell you of one that / saw
myself.
Il was in Monte Carlo when in broad
daylight well-dressed man walked
out of the Casino, sat down on the
steps and, with revolver, blew his
brains out. Such incidents were ap-
parently too common to attract eXtraor-
dinary attention, and the authorities
of the place are always prepared for
them. Almost before the smoke of the
revolver had cleared away Il lot of at
tendants rushed out, and, after cover
ing the body with sacking, which was
kept on hand for the purpose, removed
it. All traces of the tragedy were
washed away and in less than five min
utes there was nothing on the steps to
excite suspicion. l have no doubt that
the authorities buried the body at their
own expense and that nothing further
will be heard of the case.
Very few of these Monte Carlo sui
cides are ever identified. AS a rule
they are either broken-down gamblers
or men who have gone there with the
intention of recouping by single
stroke or losing all and dying. Silence
in many cases is gained by granting
to relatives a sum from the secret SER
viz 10 nei6
year from the vast revenue Of the so
ciete des Bans de Mer de Monaco for
the purpose of hushing up scandals.
Too much publicity, you know, might
bring the hand of justice on this estab-
lishment, which ruins thousands of
men and women.
II met q few Americans there, but
they were either sightseers or very
cheap class of gamblers and bunko
men. You don't find your thorough
bred American gambler wasting his
time at Monte Carlo. 1t is the hunting
| ground for the low-down bunko man,
and he can make more by telling Amer
leans hard-luck stories than by playing
the tables. 1t was that suicide, how
ever, which impressed me more strong
ly than anything else. couldn't help
specializing as to who the poor chap
was, and how his friends or family
would account for his disappearance
That led me to wonder how many such
unfortunates were swallowed every
year. by Monte Carlo, leaving behind
no record of their end. ! don't believe
that any one but the authorities of the
place knows the number of suicides
there, and it would not be discreet fol
them to tcll."-New York Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Behaving His Jaws.

Shark stories, with some reason, are
commonly received with incredulity. A
well authenticated anecdote, however,
Is told of DR.. Frederic Hill, an English
surgeon Of distinction.
A man fell overheard in the Indian
Ocean and almost into a sharks mouth.
Hill, who was standing close to the rail,
grabbed belaying-pln, and without
hesitation jumped to save the sailor.
The great brute was just turning on
his back to bite, when Hill drove the
belaying-pin right through both jaws.
Both men were got on board again un.
harmed.
perhaps that fellow won't want an.
other toothpick. Has any one got n
clean shirt to lend? This was my last"
were the only words of the rescuer.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

Chairman of the meeting, the loyal men
in attendance repaired to another place
and adopted set of resolutions in ia.
vor of the Union, which has become
historic in the annals of Missouri
Rassieur enlisted in the First United
States Reserve Corps, Volunteers, May
z, 1861, and was made orderly sergeant
of Company h. He was mustered out
of service Aug. 20, 1865, with the rank
of major, which commission he re.
ceived at the age of 20 years. AT the
close of the war he studied law and
was admitted to the bar in ST. Louis
April 1, 1867. He practiced law until
1894, when he was elected Judge of the
st. Louis Probate Court on the Repub.
lican ticket At the expiration of his
term in 1898 he resumed the practice of
law, in which he is still engaged. From
1874 until 1878 he was member of
the Board of Directors OF the public
schools of st. Louis, holding the office
of Vice President during the last year
of his incumbency. In 1880 he was Sc.
lected as attorney for the School Board
and held the position ten years.
Judge Rassieur Is Commander Of
Frank p. Blair Post, No. /, G. A. r.,
of st. Louis. He was Judge Advocate
General of the Grand Army of the Re.
public in 1893, and Department Com.
mander of Missouri in 1891.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
CAREER OF JUDGE RAsslEuR.
New Commander of Grand Army
Prominent in ST. Louis.


The election of Judge Rassieur to the
head of the Grand Army was practi.
cally conceded year ago, when the st.
Louis veteran, who had been urged for
the honor at that time, withdrew in
favor of Commander Shaw. He had
shown much strength in the contest,
and his action won him many friends.
The delegates left the encampment con.
vinced that the Judge would be the
next G. A. Il. Commander.
Judge Rassieur is among the younger
veterans. He was born in Germany in
1914 and came with his parents to this
country, settling in st. Louis in 1851.
He was educated in the public schools
of that city, and at the age of 16 took
a position in a law office. 1t was at
ihis time in his life that the civil war
broke out. When not quite II years old
he was selected by the loyal Germans
of South st. Louis as their spokesman
at n meeting held for the purpose of de-
Gliding whether the citizens of the 10.
cality should express their intention Of
standing by the Union or remaining
neutral. At the call of young Rassieur,
who had been ruled out of order by the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Philip Drunk and Philip Sober.

The saying originated from an Incl
dent in the life of Philip H., king of
Macedon, the father of Alexander the
Great. Philip was undoubtedly great
man; but all men, great and small,
have their weaknesses, and he was
great drunkard. One day, when rising
flushed from his wine, he was called
upon to decide a lawsuit, and in his
bibulous condition he decided it I'M
justly, whereupon the losing party
cried: 81 shall appeal against your
judgment" appeal" thundered
the enraged king; ''and to whom will
you appeal?' "To Philip SOBER" was
her reply. The wisdom of the appeal
was justified by the result, for when
Philip had become sober he discovered
his mistake and reversed his Judgment.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Cool Under Fire.

That "man gets used to anything"
has been shown again by the extraor-
dinary cases of coolness under fire at
the front in the South African war.
At Labuschagne's mex private in the
deadly zone of fire tore open letter
from his sister and began to read it
eagerly; wounded batsman at Lady
smith finished his run at cricket before
dropping dead; a trooper named Chas.
Hands kept his cigarette alight be-
tween falling from his horse with a
fractured thigh and being taken to the
hospital.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Didn't Know the Article.

Some people from the city were
camping on the shore of little lake
in Vermont. One day two young
ladies of the party went to the nearest
street and asked for deviled ham. OF
course the rural proprietor did not
keep such ked-sounding article.
After the young ladies had gone out a
loafer said to the proprietor:
What on airth'd them gals wantG"
Land + know" was the reply.
"Some hellish stuff or 'nuther."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Lemon Water Ice.

In large saucepan put one quart
of water, Ia pounds of sugar, the
thinly pared yellow rind of one orange
and three lemons, bring to the boiling
point and boil five minutes. then strain
and cool; squeeze the juice from the
fruit, strain it and add to the syrup
when cold; pour into the freezer and
freeze slowly until firm; remove the
dasher. repack the freezer, and set
aside for two or three hours to ripen.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
PhiIadelphia and the Caterplllar.

The caterpillar pest, which a few
years ago wrought great havoc among
shade trees in various cities, has been
almost wholly done away with in Phil
adelphia. The preventives which were
applied in the shape of cotton wound
around the trunks of the trees, have
tended to lessen the breeding of the
pests, SO that now the worms are do
ing very little damage to the trees.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Low SHOES OIsToRT ANKLES.
Kind of Footwear Which Disfgurcs
by Compression.

Low shoes are the means of giving
lasting discomfort and of totally dis
figuring the feet. The first result to be
noticed in this direction is the weaken
ing of the ankle. AS soon as this oc-
ours the foot twists to one side, throw
ing the weight of the body upon the
small bones of the feet. These in turn
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Points About Milk.

Milk is not beverage; it is per-
feet food. Where children drink milk
at meals it should take the place of
heterogeneous foods-meat, of course,
being omitted. 1t is far better when
the children eat meat to give them
water to drink. Where two sorts of
heterogeneous food are used, like meat
and milk, constipation is universal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

died II it had not been for your Com
pound. hope this letter may be the
result of benefiting some other suffer
ing woman. l recommend your Com
pound to every one. ."-MRs. MARY
VAUGHN, Trimble, Pulaski Co., Ky.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
No Austrian Colonica.

Austria Is the only empire in the
world which has never had colonies, or
even transmarine possessions In any
quarter Of the earth. Her ambition has
hitherto been purely continental.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

There is no gratitude that outlives
that entertained by woman for a
man who pays her some attention whep
younger women are present -
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
SUICIDES NOT ovEREsTIMATED
More Cases of seif-Destruetion at Monte

More Cases of fSelf-Destruetionn n { Mon &c
Carlo than Are Reported.
81 had always believed" said q man
who has just returned from his first
trip abroad, that the number of sui
cides credited to Monte Carlo every
year was exaggerated for sensations
sake, but have been there recently
and am inclined to believe the worst.
1 am convinced from what saw that
because Of the precautions Of the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

The Manufacturers of Carters Ink have
had forty years experience in making it
aud they certainly know how. Send for
"Inklings," free.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Another Case of Womb,
Kidney and BIa Oder
Trouble Cured by Lydia
e. Pinkhans's Vegetable
OOn1p0slna.

"DEAR FRIEND-Two years ago l had
child-bed fever and womb trouble in
Its worst form. For eight months after
birth of babe was not able to sit up.
Doctors treated me, but with no help.
/ had bearing-down pains, burning in
stomach, kidney and bladder trouble
and my back was stiff and sore, the
right ovary was badly affected and
everything ate distressed me, and
there was bad discharge.
81 was confined to my bed when /
wrote to you for advice and followed
your directions faithfully, taking
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, Liver Pills and using the Wash,
and am now able to do the most of my
housswork. ] believe ! should have
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Two Letters which Prove
that LyGlEa e. Pfrksha11's
Vegetable Compound win
Remove TUsssos' and Cure
Other Female Weakness.

q" Two years ago l was a great
ufferer from womb trouble and pro-
luse flowing each month, and tumors
would form in the womb. l had four
tumors in two years, went through
treatment with doctors, but they did
me no good, and I thought i would
have to resort to morphine.
1.-The doctor snid that all that could
help me was to have an operation and
have the womb removed, but 1 had
heard of Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and
decided to try it, and wrote for her
advice, and after taking her Vegetable
Compound the tumors were expelled
and began to get stronger right
along, and am as well as ever before.
Can truly say that would never had
gotten well had it not been for Lydia
e. Pinkhams Compound. MARY A.
6TAHL, Watsontown, Pa.
After following the directions
given in your kind letter for the treat
ment of leucorrhea, can say that !
have been entirely cured by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies, and
will gladly recommend them to my
friends. "A. b. DAvIDs, Binghamton,
N "
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

When family adopts girl of six
teen, it means that they will have a
kitchen girl in future without wages.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Common
SS@E9S SO
y aEk with
W. WepspsezD

If person is i'll anC needs a medi-
cine is it not wise to get one that has
stood the test of time and has hun
dreds of thousands of cures to its
credit?
A great many women who are i'll try
everything they hear of in the way of
medicine, and this experimenting with
unknown drugs is a constant menace
to their already impaired health.
This seems to US very unwise, for
there are remedies which are no ex-
periments and have been known years
and years to be doing only good.
Take for instance Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; for thirty
years its record has been one un-
broken chain of success. No medicine
for female ills the world has over
known has such a record for cures.
1t seems so strange that some people
wiz take medicines about which they
really know nothing, some of which
might be, and are, really harmful /;
while on the other hand it is easily
proved that over one million women
have been restored to health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
We have published in the news
papers of the United States more
genuine testimonial letters than have
ever been pu blished in the interest of
any other medicine.
All this should, and does, produce a
spirit of confidence in the hearts Of
women which is difficult to dislodge,
and when they are asked to take some
thing else they say, No, we want
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which has been tried, and
never found wanting, whose reliability
Is established far beyond the expert
mental stage"
We have thousands of letters like the
following addressed to Mrs. Pink ham,
showing that
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

Lice on animals indicates bad man
agement. Horses or cattle i'll good
condition seldom are afflicted with lice.
but low condition of the animal, the
skin being hide bound, affords excellent
inducements for lice. Good feed and
the use of a brush will rid animals of
parasites with the aid of other reme-
dies.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
lungs.-WM. o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb 10. 1000.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Cannot BE overstated.

The alarm expressed by the New
York Medical Journal that the effects
of alcohol should be the subject of ex-
travagant overstatement has familiar,
far off sound of century ago. An in
stance.is given, as an example, which
appeared in the Journal of Inebriety,
concerning the degeneracy of the fam
lily of moderate drinkers. Every city
and almost every town in the country
contains examples far more significant
than tins one, in which Ghe effects OF
alcohol are clearly traceable in the de-
fects of the children. 1t is practically
impossible to overstate the damage and
injurious influence of alcohol, and the
old caution of century ago is lost in
the light of recent scientific invesiga-
tions. The fear now is of undertaking
and minimizing the dangers from al
cohol by clinging to the worn-out de-
lusions of alcohol as tonic and food.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12

Bathe burn with strong solution
of carbonate of soda.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-10-12
Monthly Suffering is A.
ways Cured by Lydia 4.
PfnkhaFn'S Vegetable
Compound, also Back
aclse aRrd Bearfsg-d0wn
pains.

~ suffered untold agony every
month and could get no relief until l
tried your medicine; your lie tier of ad-
vice and few bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound have
made me the happiest woman alive. l
shall bless you as long as l live. Miss
JoIE SAUL, Dover, Mich.
Four years ago l had almost given
up hope of ever being well again. l
was afflicted with those dreadful head
ache spells which would sometimes
last three or four days. Also had
backache, bearing-down pains, leucor-
rhea, dizziness, and terrible pains at
monthly periods, confning me to my
bed. After reading so many testi-
monials for your medicine, Iconcluded
to try it. l began to pick up after
taking the first bottle, and have con-
hnued to gain rapidly, and now feel
like different woman. l can recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound in the highest terms to all
lick women. Miss Rosa HELDEN.
l26 w. Cleveland Ave, Canton, g.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18

generals department has 10 authority
to revoke their commissions and that
the only way in which they can legal
ly be removed from Office is by the
bringing Of quo warranto suits against
them.
The two men were commissioned by
ex-Adjutant General Axline last fall,
although each failed to receive ma
jority Of the votes of the regiment at
the election. The Attorney General,
in response to numerous requests,
some weeks ago, rendered an opinion
that their election was void. Question
then arose as to the authority of the
adjutant generals department to re-
woke the commissions. Adjutant Gen
eral Gyger says that he will not bring
proceedings against the two officers
in the courts, and unless such action
is taken by some private individual,
they will retain their offices.
ROBERT o. RYDER.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18
FAST ENGINES
Will be Placed on the Erie's Akron
Division,

The Erie has just received the last of
recent order for fifty freight engines.
These are known as the consolidation
engines, and weigh $4,000 pounds ex-
elusive of the tender, which in turn
weighs approximately 12S,O0o pounds.
The new engines have been distributed
as follows: Twenty-Five to the division
between Kent and Gallon; fifteen to
the Meadvllle division, and ten east
Of Salamanca. The company has but
recently ordered twenty-five of the
same type of engines, the only differ
ence being that the new ones will have
higher wheels. 1t is not expected that
they will be able to handle such large
loads on the heavy grades, but they
will be used on the fast frelghts, where
speed is Of more value than SO much
power on the hilly division between
Kent and Gallon.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18
APPOINTME ENTS
or Men to Erect Monuments to Ohio
Soldiers.
Especial Correspondence )

Especial Correspondence
Columbus, April 1S.-Governor Nash
has determined upon the appointment
OF Dan S. Wilder of this city as a
member of the commission authorized
by law enacted by the 74th General
Assembly to visit Andersonville, Ca,
with view to the erection Of mon
uiuent to the memory Of the Ohio sol
diers imprisoned there during the Civil
war.
The Governor has also made up his
mind to appoint General Andrew
Hickenlooper, Of Cincinnati, upon the
Vicksburg commission, which will visit
the scene of the siege of Vicksburg to
ascertain the position of Ohio troops
there and to erect II suitable memorial.
The personnel of the two commits
sions has been further determined.
ROBERT o. RYDER.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18

A dispatch from Columbus is TO the
effect that the Hon. J.. s. Pardee, the
glorious Scrgeant-at-Arms OF the Ohio
Senate, has Just caused backward
step in tbe grand march of civilization
by selling to junk dealer several tons
Of unused copies of senate bills that
remained in cold storage at Columbus
after the Legislature had adjourned.
Mr.. Pardee may want TO be member
Of the General Assembly himself some
day, and IL lie is, how would he like
to have his bills treated as common
junk? The Akron Scrgeant-at- Arms
should put on his saclscloth aud ashes.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18

One Of Summit county's statesmen
who was conspicuous for his absence"
~ the convention of the Woman's Suff-
rage Association of Summit county
yesterday, was that eminent advocate
of Woman's Suffrage, the Hon. c. T..
Secsc. AS soon as the Legislature ad.
journed the Summit county Represen-
tatiye was seen 10 make an air line
for the tall timber, there to remain un-
Ill the Akron convention Of the Asso-
citation was over. Wonder if the Pro
fcssor doesn't feel ashamed of himself
for having voted against the bill to
give women the right TO vote?
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18

The entertainment TO bc given at the
Grand Opera house this week for the
benefit of the City Hospital should be
well patronzed by the people Of Ak.
ron. Aside from the superior merit OF
the entertainment, the cause In whose
behalf It is given is most worthy
one. There ought to he enough pub
lie spirited citizens in Akron to fill the
opera house at each of the four enter
tainments.