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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
Death Rate i'm Battle,

OF the fifteen decisive battles of the
world, the average death rate in the
last five of them (of which alone reli-
able statistics are preserved), was about
% per cent, ranging from 20 per cent,
the British loss at Saratoga, to Al per
cent, the loss of the Swedes at Pultowa.
OF other great battles it is difficult to
iiX the average death rate, though II
may be estimated at about 20 per cent.
The rates range from 90 (the German
loss at Sedan in September, 1870, to so
per cent, the British loss at bloody AL
buera. AS matter of fact, things
stand very much as they used to do,
save that the slaughter, when it does
occur, always comes more quickly. A
great battle in which the quick firing
guns can be brought into effective use
will probably increase the death rate
largely, but that remains to be proved.
General statistics prove that since the
Trojan war, 1900 years ago, not sin,
gle year has elapsed in which some war
has not caused the killing of large
number of men, while 1t Is calculated
that all the worlds wars are responsi.
bic for the deaths of 14,000,0O0,oOO OF
human beings. Traveller.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

didn't seem to hear me. Pup, my dog,
understood just the same as if he was
man, instead Of dog, and stood per-
fectly still, except that he wagged his
tail. l guess Pup was as excited as
was, but he had sense and didn't spoil
things by barking. l lifted my rife,
but my hand and arm shook and l
couldn't seem to see straight at all. l
was pretty much scared that the deer
would get away, so | lifted the gun
again and took good aim. l remem-
bered what papa always said about
holding the sight on the point of the
deer's shoulder. Then l fired. The
deer gave an awful big leap up in the
air, then ran. | guess he ran about
forty jumps down the creek My, you
ought to have seen Pup run after him!
| didn't know had shot him until Pup
caught up with him and he dropped. l
ran as fast as ever l could, and when 1
saw he was dead cut his throat, cause
that's the way all hunters do. l like
deer-hunting. A fellow doesn't want
to kill quail and rabbits and bluejays
and gophers and chipmunks all the
time. If you're deer-hunting you ought
to shoot through the heart. 1t brings
the game down quicker and it doesn't
hurt so much. That's what papa says,
and he knows"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
Novelty in Millinery.

A new adolnment is finding favor
among milliners. This consists of
skeleton leaves preserved exactly as
they fall from the tee and retaining
their natural color, The leaves of the
walnut, chestnut and platane trees are
preferred for the purpose; large ivy
leaves and oak leaves are also used.
The longest leaves are formed into a
large palette, one side being composed
of stiff painted feather, the other OF
the skeleton leaf, thus forming broad
garniture. A fine invisible wire fixed
to the edge of the leaf prevents its
crumpling. The smaller leaves are
made into garlands mounted on an a1ti-
fetal or natural branch. The leaves
have to be perfectly preserved as their
beauty naturally lies in the delicacy
and transparency of the tiber.-St.
Louis Republic.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
Stop. Look and Listen,

The words quoted will recall to coun-
try residents and visitors the familiar
signpost planted at many railroad
crossing. One may smile at the ex-
plicitness of the warning words, yet
doubtless to many an incautious trav-
eler they have been as words of destiny.
There are promptings of the human
conscience as persistent and continuous
when the danger line is carelessly ap-
preached. The signal system of the
moral nature did not happen. It's or
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
THE YOUNGEST DEER HUNTER.
California Has a Six Year-Old Slayer
of wild Game

California Has Sky Year-Old Slayer
of Wild Game.
There is a siX-year old slayer of wild
game in California. His name is Aus
tin Otis, and he can bring down deer
with as clean and pretty shot as any
veteran hunter in the country. His
home is in the wooded hills, about tif-
teen miles back of Cazadero. He has
lived among these hills all his life.
Until the other day Austin had bagged
no game larger than rabbits and squir-
rels. Now, however, he is the most
talked-of youngster in the country, for
around CaZaderO are some of the finest
shots in all the state Having been re-
fused permission to join a hunting
party with his father, he shouldered
his gun and started by himself down
the creek. He tells of his adventure
this way:
Il was wishing awful hard that l
could see a deer" he said, when
all of a sudden, after l had gone
about 500 yards along the creek,
what should l see but a beauty of
deer with it's nose to the stream, TAX
ing drink l had followed the creek
on purpose, cause l knew that deer
always come down toward night to
drink, but l could hardly believe that
my wish had come true so quick. l
stopped short and looked at him.
thought sure he would jump into the
brush before l could take aim, but he
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

In Sweden, in 1900 out of 2,400
rural parishes, the saloon has been sup
pressed. But under the "Gothenberg
system, according to which the govern
ment takes the management of all sales
of intoxicants, the cities of Sweden are
said to be the most drunken in Europe.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
Picked Peppers.

Cut out the stem of the peppers in a
circle, remove the seeds and wash out
in cold water; then fill each with a
mixture of finely chopped cabbage,
horseradish, mustard seed, tiny cucum-
bers, button onions and nasturtiums.
Replace the pieces cut from the top
and sew around with coarse thread
Place in stone jars and cover with cold
vinegar.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Historical Erasmus hall, in its day
a famous school of Brooklyn. which
was erected in 1856, is to be torn
down. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron
Burr contributed $40 each toward the
construction OF the building.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
New Ocean Greyhound.

The famous Deutschland cost So, 1889, 900;
displacement 1920 tons: accommodation
1,057 passengers, has established new
record. Among the great remedies of the
world Hostetter's Stomach Btters holds
the record with its fifty years of cures Of
constipation. indigestion and biliousness
Our Private Revenue Stamp is over the
neck of the bottle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

A new pupil in BROOKLYN school
was asked his name. Jules" ans
wered the little fellow. "You should
say julius mot jules" suggested the
teacher. "Now," she said, addressing
another small boy, what is your
name?" Bilious" was the prompt
response.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

According to the Sioux Indian
weather prophets it's going 60 be a
hard winter. These predictions are
based on the fact that the buffalo grass
shows heavy crop of seeds which the
redskins declare is sure sign of
severe winter and deep snow.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Seville's hottest day was August II,
with temperature of 1T degrees in
the shade. Thousands of birds fell
dead in the streets and the weather rec
ord in the Spanish city was broken.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The leash" is the most common cir
culating coin in China. 1t is cop.
per and zinc piece about the size of
the American quarter of dollar, with
a square hole in the center, for conven-
ience in strlnging many of them to-
Sether.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
New York Doesn't Furnish Sneakers.

New York Doesn't Furnish Speakers.
There has not been New York
speaker in the House of Representa-
tives for seventy-tive years. The last
New York member to hold that office
was John Taylor, who served from
1925 to 1927. There have been Demo-
cratic speakers from other States since
the close of the war-Indiana, Pennsyl-
vania. Kentucky and Georgia.-Kansas
City Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
A Venerable Piece of Fnrnitnre.

What is probably the most venerable
piece of furniture in existence is now In
the British Museum. 1t Is the throne
of Queen Hatsu, who reigned in the
Nile Valley some 1,Go0 years before
Christ .-' -'----------
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The sterlet, caught in Siberian riv-
ers, completes with the pompano, from
the Gulf of Mexico, as the most delic.
ious fish in the world.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

1t is very great thing to be able to
bear the absense Of both human and
Divine consolation, and for the love of
God cheerfully to accept inward desc
lation, and never to seek or reflect
upon ones deserts.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Every one carries his destiny in his
own BOSOM. Fate, is the deepest cur
rent of ones nature.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

The Best Prescription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is bottle of Grove S
Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t is simply
iron and quinine in tasteless form.
No Cure. No Pay. Price SOC.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

A penny will buy 20 times AZ much
nourishment in the shape of oatmeal
as in the form of beef.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Do not compel a child to eat that
against which its palate protests; it is
an unkindness. and may produce evil
results.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Carter's Ink has the endorsement of the
United States government and of all the
leading railroads. Want any more evil
dence2
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

libe medicine for coughs and colds.--N.
W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. II,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING
When you take Groves Tasteess Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that it
is simply Iron and Quinine in taste
less form. No Cure, No Pay. SOC.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
"My Audience-And Myself"

Mr.. Richard Mansfield has written
for the current isuso Of Golfers Week
ly remarkable article, wholly differ
ent from anything he has already pub
lished. entitled "My Audience-And
Myself" 1t contains many humorous
and pathetic touches and some ex-
tremely interesting "reminiscences.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

Four times as much hay can be taken
from meadow than when the meadow
is pastured. for the reason that the grass
must approach maturity to be moved,
while the cattle will keep the pasture
grass close. One advantage with the
pasture, however, is that the cattle
harvest the grass for themselves.
The indefatigable energy of some
people has "a terribly wearying effect
on the people that are compelled to as
sociate with them.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
Hoods Sas.Sapas.iIEa

Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Accept no substitute, but
get Hoods today.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
The Stimulus
of Pure Blood

That is what is required by every
organ of the body, for the proper per-
fornlance of its functions.
1t prevents bilousness, dyspepsia,
constipation, kidney complaint, rheu-
matism, catarrh, nervousness, weak
ness, faintness, pimples, blotches, and
all cutaneous eruptions.
1t perfects all the vital processes.
w. p. Keeton, Woodstock. Ala. took Hoods
Sarsaparilla to make his blood pure. He
writes that he had not felt well but tired for
some time. Before he had finished the first
bottle of this medicine he felt better and
when he had taken the second was like
another man - free from that tired feeling
and able to do his work
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16
MA,r~

This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative Br0mO-Quinine Tablets
tho remedy that cures cold in one dny
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1900-11-16

JOHN POOLE, PORTLAND, OREGON,
can give you the best bargains in general
machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps,
plows, belts and windmills. The new
steel | X l. windmill, sold by him, is un.
euualled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
The Belief In Charms.

A belief in charms has existed in al
| ages and has been shared by all PEG.
| pies. 1t is n natural result of supersti.
| ton. The phylacteries worn by Mo.
| hammedan and Jewish women on the
| forehead form but one phase of this
universal belief. Faith, however, is
| deemed essential and is true of all tai
ismans that are copied from old pat
terms and not constructed according to
the rules of the cabalistic art.
Talismans to be efficacious must be
constructed when the planets are in
benefic configuration. 1t is then that
the magic geometricaI words and fig
ures inscribed thereon are more potent
in their results for good. The date of
birth of the person for whom the tails
man is made must also be considered.
so that his particular lucky star is TAX
en- into consideration.
Many great men were believers in
talismans and wore them constantly.
Napoleon especially was very supersti-
tious and carried on his person n charm
given TO him by an Egyptian priest.
which he regarded as being RESPONSE
BILE for his great success in battle. The
Rothschild family. 1t is said, also has
a talisman. which is an heirloom. II is
IN the shape of n snuffbox and is said
TO have brought the family the great
wealth for which 1t is celebrated.-New
York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06

relatives cured without their knowl
edge No medicines; no charges. Pay
as you please. Hours, 9 a. m. to
| P. IN.
John Konosky has been awarded
the contract for the erection of M. NJ
Surgeons new fiat building on Sixth
avenue and Twentieth street. MIR.
Konosky's bid was $4,000. The
| building, complete, will cost about
S23. 900. 1t will be three stories and
of buff pressed brick. 1t will contain
nine flats.
Commencing today, July 6, the d.
r. I. & \. w. railway will inaugurate
through car service between Rock ISL
and and Chicago on trains Nos. 3 and
6. Train No. 3, leaving Chicago at
p. m. and train No. 6, leaving Rock ISL
and at 1925 p. m. arriving in Chicago
at $50 p. m.
The Rock Island and Davenport
chapters, Order of the Eastern Star,
are to give a moonlight excursion on
the steamer CT Y of Winona and barge
Tuesday evening, July 10. Refresh
ments will be served and there will be
dancing on the barge. The boat leaves
Rock Island at s and Davenport at
S:15.
Tan shoe sale-The Boston will
make a clean sweep of all summer
shoes and oxfords, at prices which will
compel purchases. They will make
this the greatest shoe sale ever at
tempted in this locality. They have
to 60, and early callers get the best
selections, at the Boston.
Heidemann & Schroeder have been
awarded the contract for the erection
of the residence for the sisters of
St. Mary's church, the consideration
being SO, 600. 1t will be located on
the church property, east of the school
on Fifth avenue, and will be 2-story,
brick thoroughly modern in all re-
spects. Architect Borgolte prepared
the plans.
Henry Won Maur, A. F. Cutter and
George Z. Mcfarland, three DAven-
port gentlemen, accompanied by
their wives. planned Fourth of July
canoe ride from Moscow. Iowa, down
the Cedar river to New Boston, where
that stream intercepts the Mississippi.
They took the train from Davenport
to Moscow. They launched their ca
| noes, but found the water so shallow
in spots that progress was too slow
to expect to reach home the same
day. After getting along consider
able distance it was found necessary
to abandon the river trip. The men
walked 10 miles and secured the SER
vices of farmer and a hayrack, on
which the party and the canoes were
transported to Muscatine, 25 miles
distant. From Muscatine train was
taken to Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
OfInterest to Epworthians

The biennial convention of the Hi
nois State Epworth league will be hello
at Peoria, July 10 to IS.
The program contains the name Of
DR.. Robert Mcintyre, of Chicago. and
other prominent speakers. Consid.
cradle interest mas been manifested
and it is expected that quite num-
Der will attend from the tri-cities.
The Rock Island &c Peoria Ry. will
sell tickets at open rate of one and
one-third fare for the round trip July
9 and 10. good to return to and in
Guiding July II. and will provide spe-
cial accommodations for the Ep-
worthians on train leaving Rock ISL
and at sos a. m. July 10.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
1t Saved His Leg.

P. A. Danforth, of La Grange, Ga,
suffered for six months with fright
full running sore on his leg, but writes
that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly
cured it in five DAYS. For ulcers,
wounds. piles. it's the best salve in
the world. Only % cents. Sold by
Hartz & Ullmeyyer. druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
Free Ice at the watch Tower.

The management of the Watch
Tower desires 10 announce that ice
will be furnished free of charge to all
picnic parties at the Watch Tower.
Coffee. dishes. etc, can be secured at
reasonable terms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06

ANY advertised dealer is authorized
to guarantee Banner Salve for letter,
. 'zema, piles, sprains. cuts, scalds,
burns, ulcers, and any open or old
sore. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
Bumps or Bruises.

Sprains or sores. burns or sCalds.
wounds or cuts. letter or eczema. all
quickly cured by Banner Salve, the
most healing medicine in the world.
For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-06
The weather We May Have.

Generally fair tonight and Saturday;
cooler tonight.
J. NJ. SHERIER, Observer.
Temperature-At7 q o., n; 81 3:3o
p. M, SIS.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

O1 IHIul3o OIU HOL OAISL WII6II
the family pocketbook was more care
fully guarded and children were train
ed to be helpful and to live within
their means.-Fa1m /outnaI.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
AN EVENING CALL.

II called on Perkins last evening,
remarked Mr.. Brown.
"Did you have a pleasant timer"
inquired his wife.
Every. Perkins was beating his
wife when I came in"
'What?"
II say Perkins was beating his
wife, but Of course he stopped when
1 came in"
"Well, l should think So"
"I begged him to go right on, but
he said some other time would dojust
as well" /"
''You begged him to go on r
why, yes, l didn't want to spon
the fun, you know"
Oh, you brute r.
"Eh?"
''Do you mean to say you could
have looked calmly on while he beat
his wife?"
"Cert. Why not ?"
I thought you had at least spark
of manhood left. l suppose you will
be beating me next"
Yes, 1 think 1 could if you would
play cribbage with me. That's how
he beat his WIFE"
"Play cribbage?"
eyes. That is what Perkins and
his wife were doing. Want to play
me a game? ~
"You horrid thing
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
TED AND TOM.

Ted and Tom were brothers. born in the same
old farmhouse,
PLAYED in the same green meadows, fished in the
Roth chased the same red woodchuck, both
shirked in the same corn-field,
Made love to the same schoolgirl, and dreamed
the same sweet dream.
Ted wandered off at 20, passed the worlds misty
And traced historic rivers through legendary
lands;
He sailed tempestuous oceans, by trailing tropic
islands,
Basked in irriguous valleys and toiled through
desert sands.
Tom lived at home till so, moved the ancestral
hay fields,
his hens and bees;
He toiled on his birthplace until the mourners
bore him
trees.
But Ted, he lived in dreamland and everywhere
He saw the old green meadows the waving fields
The big rock by the pine woods. the huckleberrs
The red house in the valley-the house where he
was born.
Tom also lived in dreamland, and trod in misty
frances,
Through visionary mountains, and through leg
endary lands;
palm-fronded islands,
And heard the sounding surf wash that broke on
savage strands.
Thus Ted and Tom were brothers, and lived al
life companions
Both roamed the earth together, both titled the
ancestral acres,
Until both slept together beneath, the he maple p
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21
ADVICE TO HFp li11;Issl = =

There is a jolly old lady odt -
California who has kept up with the
spirit of progress, and although she
is eighty, she has just gone on devel-
oping, with eyes and ears for facts
and ideas bearing upon them. I
best part of it all is she is somebod
grandmother, and that somebody
boy who lives in Borough Of RaAD :.
Not long ago he was casting about
for calling in life, and on the scent
for good ideas he wrote to his grand
mother, setting forth the pros and
cons of his case. "My dear grand
son" wrote this aged dame in re-
sponse, because it is inexpedient for
you to take college course and adopt
profession, you need not, therefore,
feel worried. The professions are
crowded, and books do not necessarily
produce successful professors. l
would select for you the business of
your grandfather. He was a black
smith. The times have not left his
business behind. It is as much in
vogue now as it was in his day, not
withstanding the bicycle and the au-
tomobile. You have special talent
for mechanism, you are fond of horses,
and you have kind heart. There
fore / would have you to be a black
smith. Iron is the best of II, atals in
which to work, the forge is a time
honored device since the day of King
Solomon, and the calling is the most
humane, inasmuch as you have to
deal with Gods best gift to man, the
horse. The hours of work are regu-
lar and wholesome. I know of no
business containing purer sentiment,
and none more conducive to manhood
and health. Your time after work
ing hours is your own, and in it you
can pursue such recreation as you de-
sire. There is no reason why black
smith should not be a gentleman.
Your grandfather was gentleman.
And now the sentiment expressed in
that old lady's letter has hypnotized
the boy, and he IS already apprentiy-
ed. He wonders he had not thought
of it before. .-Ha1be1' S BasaY.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-04-21

TEACHER = Who was Mercury
Johnny-He was the liar of mythol-
ogy. That's why they put him in
thermometers. He's still up to his
old business, pa says.