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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
\ Woman of Nerve.

Miss Gordon Cumming was born
with an adventurous strain in her
blood and has explored many places
out of usual lines of travel. She has
rambled thousands Of miles in China,
was the first white woman to pene-
trate the mysteries of Tibet; has seen
the sun rise from the granite crags
Of California, has climbed the Hima-
layas, looked on the fire fountains of
Hawaii, played at Robinson Crusoe on
Pacific Islands, has made herself
quite at home in the heart of Fiji and
New Zealand, and is as familiar with
India and Ceylon in their least-known
districts as with Bond street. The
story Of her adventures reads like
thrilling romance-from her brushes
with death among the Pamirs to her
experiences Of Samoan rebels.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Stories OF Lincoln.

Among the accepted anecdotes Of
Lincoln, some are perennially welcome,
because they are chara cteristic OF the
man as tradition paints him. One day,
we are told, in William e. Curtis new
biography, a merchant visited the
White House and sent up his card
among a quantity of others from eager
office seekers Under his name he had
written, ''Holds no office, and wants
none."
"Show him up" commanded Mr.. Lin
coin at once. Hes a curiosity"
The merchant passed the long line Of
suppliants, and had delightful talk
with the most harassed man in the
country.
Although Lincoln was the quaintest
Of men, ready to put even serious facts
in light, and picturesque language,
when the slime for swords" came he
was ready.
In an exigency, Secretary Stanton re-
fused to carry out an order of the
President in regard to the enlistment
Of Confederate prisoners who wished
to enter the Union services. The order
was repeated, only to be second time
denied. Then followed talk about it.
"Now, Mr.. President" said Stanton,
"those are the facts. You must see
that your orders cannot be executed"
"Now, Mr.. Secretary" said Lincoln,
quietly, 81 reckon you'll have to exc
cute the order"
"Mr. President" said Stanton, II
cannot do it,
Lincoln fixed his eyes upon the other
man, and said, in voice the firmness
of which admitted no appeal:
"Mr. Secretary, it will have to be
DONE"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
The Girl Who Knows How.

There's such a thing as being too
smart" sighed the ambitious girl. "It's
really misfortune to have the repu-
tation of being able to do things, for
the one who possesses the knack Of
doing anything, from millinery to
scrubbing, is almost sure to be imposed
upon"
1t is true that such a girl is apt to
be overworked by her friends, who,
seeing the deft fingers work so quick
ly, are too forgetful of the strength
used in gratifying their requests to
Gust help me out Of this, dear, you do
it so beautifully"
However, says a writer in an ex-
change, 1 believe in teaching girls to
do everything that they are likely to
need to know in every day life or
emergencies, and 1 am not like the
mother who would not teach her girls
how to cook, believing that if they
didn't know how they wouldn't have
it to do.
But with all the rest of the knowl-
edge impress upon the girls regard
for their own strength, and the power
to say no when the nerves cry out
that the limit of healthful endurance
is reached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
The Patch work Quilt.

amt given much to idols, and like TIE
Lords own way
OF turning our eyes upward when we go
so far astray
AS to dote and keep a-doting on the
things that fade and wilt,
But somehow, spite of conscience, love
a patchwork quilt.
L pieced this one up the winter that Tom
went off to fight;
l could stand it through the daytime, but
as soon as it came night
All the horrid scenes Of battle right be-
fore my eyes would fit,
So 1 went to setting patchwork, just to
ease my mind bit
When I come to choose pattern,
picked out "the letter L,
Not because it was so handsome, but 1t
stands for Tom, you see;
And it was little comfort, IN those
days so dark and cold,
To have even that much of him when
my hand could grasp and hold.
Now see old friends and neighbors com
ing through this patchwork door
Smilin' at me hove the pieces ike the
dresses that they wore;
AND their faces look familiar, but those
have a brighter glow
That have come from that good country
where the heavenly flowers grow
There is grandma in a gingham that l
loved to see her wear
AS she sat serenely knitting in her Dig
old-fashioned chair;
Aunt Maria comes a-singing, and her
dress of cherry red
Is no brighter than the sunshine that her
hopeful spirit shed.
Now 1 see some little children dancing
up and down the quilt
This was one Of Lucy's dresses, the
Highland plaid was Bertie's kilt;
And those tiny dots and figures were my
little Annie's frocks-
Oh, blessed thoughts and feelings sewed
together with these blocks!
There are other things we treasure that
can speak Of days gone by;
Other things that set us thinking, make
us laugh, and make us cry;
But of all the dear reminders ever shap-
ed or ever built,
There's nothing beats the story of good
old patchwork quilt.
Sara A. Davis in Boston Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Woman. Success ut the Bar.

1t was twenty years ago that wom-
en- were first admitted to the bar in
Massachusetts. To-day there are only
forty or so in active practice through
out the State Their success in Office
work and in probate matters has been
unquestioned, and although they have
not turned their attention to pleading
the high ability they have shown in
promoting the legal interests of their
clients has given them an unquestion-
ed rank with men in the State bar.
Their admission as lawyers, which
was made possible by legislative en-
actment in 1882, has certainly done no
harm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
BARBARIANS AT PLAY.
Miss Edith Was Horrified Till She
Learned the Truth.


The sun glared fercely on the oily
pools of water standing in the street as
Miss Edith stepped from the entrance
Of the tenement house. Half overcome
by the reeking odors Of the place she
had just left, she leaned against the
area railing, oblivious Of the chatter
ing, shrieking group of small children
playing in the gutter across the street.
Presently their shrill shouts attract
ed her attention, and she watched them
intently. They seemed to be playing
some game. On the top Of wooden
garbage box, standing at the curb line,
sat wee and dirty-faced boy, attired
in pink undershirt, blue calico shirt
and a vest of his fathers, at least
twenty sizes too large for his gaunt
little shoulders. All about him in the
gutter were gathered a dozen or more
little girls. Each of them was armed
with some instrument Of torture. A
majority carried pins and needles, one
or two hairpins, and the leader and
largest, long hatpin. They were "tak-
ing turns" sticking their respective
weapons into the tender leg Of the
baby on the garbage can.
''The little fiendsr' said Miss Edith
aloud, and rushed across the street to
stop the torture. AS she came near
she heard the girl-with the hatpin cry
out: II went in de furderist dat
time"
"You wicked, wicked childrenw
cried Miss Edith, what do you mean
by abusing that poor little child?'
The poor little child" on top of the
garbage box looked up at Miss Edith
and grinned complacently through his
dirt. The rest giggled aggressively.
Don't you know you might lame
him for lifeT' she demanded
CAV, go-an," said the girl with the
hatpin, finally. ''It don't hurt him
none He's got a plasker cask on his
ee?'-Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
For Clean Comferters.

Y Many housewives complain about
washing bed-comforters, as the cotton
gets stiff and lumpy. never wash a
bed-comforter. Make slip of pretty
calico or sateen the same size as the
comforter, just as you would make a
FELLOWSHIP; hem the open end, and
when finished have it about two inches
longer than the comforter. Now slip
it over the comforter, fold the hens
over each other, and haste down with
long stitches; the other three sides
tack to position about four inches
from the edge. When soiled it is but
the work Of few minutes to take
off the slip, and after it is Numbered
it is quickly replaced. By doing this
one can always have soft and clean
comforters. 1t is no extra expense,
as the slip saves wear and tear on the
comforters and makes them almost
everlasting l also have slips on my
attresses.-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Object of the Home.

The truest homes are often in houses
not especially well kept, where the
comfort and happiness of the inmates,
rather than extreme tidiness and the
preservation of the furniture, is first
considered. The object of the home is
to be the center, the pivot on which
the family life turns. The first requis-
tie is to make it SO attractive that
none Of it's members shall care to linger
long outside it's limits. All legitimate
means should be employed to this end
and no effort spared that can contrib
ute to this purpose. There are many
houses called homes, kept with such
waxy neatness by painstaking, anxious
women, that are so oppressive in their
nicely as to exclude all home feeling
from their spotless precincts. The very
name of home is synonymous with per-
care; solid comfort.
But neitheL of these can be felt
where such a mania for external clean
Illness pervades the household as to
render everything subservient thereto.
Many housewives, if they see a speck
on the floor or wall, or bit of thread
or paper on the floor, rush at it as if it
were the seed Of pestilence. which
must be removed on the instant. Their
temper depends upon their mainte-
nance of perfect purity and order. If
there be any failure on their part or
any combination of circumstances
against them they fall into pathetic
despair and can hardly be lifted out.
They do not see that cheerfulness is
more needed at home than all the
spotlessness that ever shOne. Their
disposition to wage war upon immacu-
lateness Of any sort increases until
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
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they become slaves of the broom and
dustpan. Neatness is one thing and
a. state of perpetual housekeeping
quite another.
Gut or this grows by degrees the
feeling that certain things and apart
ments are too good for daily use
Hence chairs and sofas are covered
and rooms shut up, save for special
occasions, when they are permitted to
reveal their violated sacredness in a
manner that mars every pretense of
hospitality. Nothing should be bought
which is considered too fine for the
fullest domestic appropriation. Far
better is the plainest furniture on
which the children can climb than
satin and damask, which must be
viewed with reverence When any
thing is reserved or secluded, to dis
guise the fact is extremely difficult.
A chilly air wraps it round, and the
repulsion of strangeness is experienced
by the most insensible.
Home is not a name, nor q form, nor
routine. 1t is a spirit, presence, a
principle. Material and method will
not and cannot make it. 1t must get
it's light and sweetness from those who
inhabit it, from flowers and sunshine,
from the sympathetic natures which,
in their exercise of sympathy, can lay
aside the tyranny Of the broom and
the awful duty Of endless scrubbing.-
Cooking School.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Care of Canary.

It makes ones heart ache to think
how few people out Of the thousands
who keep pet ca1aries understand the
proper care of them. The suffering
imposed on these tiny crea lures by the
carelessness and ignorance of their
owners is often very great.
The commonest mistake made is to
feed the canary on bits from the ia
BILE, bread, vegetables, eggs, and so
forth. This makes it too fat and in
yokes many other evils. Ordinary
seed, with little plantain occasionally,
will keep it in good condition. A very
little hard boiled egg given once in a
long, long time may be beneficial, es-
pecially in the moulting season.
Another serious mistake is to hang
the cage close to a window. There
never was a window frame so well
fitted as not to admit draught, and ex-
posture to this draught means asthma,
with all the suffering for the bird.
Next in horror is the custom Of sus-
pending the cage very high up, SO
that all the poisonous gases and vitiat-
ed air of room axtifcially heated and
Lit ascend to it.
AS a matter of fact canaries thrive
best in cool atmosphere, though care
must be taken not to expose them to
bitter cold. If kept in warm room
they always become sick. Given
fresh, cool air, plenty of light, protec-
ton from Lraught, and the plain diet
indicated, they will repay their own
ers will continuous song.
Do not neglect to supply the daily
bath, which is essential to keep down
parasites, keep the cages clean and
supplied with fresh gravel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

Be- deep Is the night, my brother,
But bright the coming day,
And the time for dawn and sunrise
IL never far away.
I'm watching here in the valley
To catch the first glad rift
In the night clouds hanging over
Gray clouds that soon shall lift
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

An excellent remedy that the Ger
mans use for curing a cold is the yolk
of an egg beaten in a pint OF water, a
little butter, three Jumps of sugar and
tablespoonful of whisky. When it
begins to boil pour it back and forth
from one saucepan to another until
smooth and frothy; allow it to cool.
then take a teaspoonful every hall
hour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
UNAF RAID.

Whenever night shades are deepest.
Then loudest Is my song,
In the shadow Of the valley
Hope speeds my feet along.
Aye, deep is the night, my brother,
But bright the coming day,
And the time for dawn and sunrise
Is never far away.
Los Angeles Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

The Ohio town that has the fewest
doctors also has the smallest death
rate, and the NJ tives are trying to fig
ure out which IS the cause and which
the effect.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02
Hid the Imperfecticns

Clara-How well you looked at the
fancy ball
Maud-Think so?
Clara-Oh, yes. You had on such
a becoming mask.-Town Topics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-12-02

CuOpS anu 1uLO lAS AuOIC lCSuldI VIII
derness Of the deeper channel.
Once out Of the deadly trap where
every surge carried death, Andrew re-
Taxed a little and peered down at the
two people he had saved. When he got
a moments breathing space he put his
hand on the girl and she stirred under
it. The man shuddered to his knees
and threw his hands out to the fisher
man. Satisfied, Andrew threw his
weight on the tiller and eased the
sheet slightly. Five minutes later they
stemmed the main rush Of the tide, and
Andrew tied the oars together and
made them fast to the painter, and
threw them oversize so that No. 345
rode to them, shipping no more water
than could be baled out. Then Han
sen pulled out his flask and addressed
himself to his passengers.
1t was nearly dawn when Andrew
threw his boats nose in by the wharf
of the Astoria Crescent Cannery He
clambered forward and CROPPED for the
ladder. When his hands grasped it he
made the boat fast and climbed up to
the roadway. He returned with Ian
tern and set it at the ladders head.
Then he went down into the rolling
craft again and picked up the girl.
Followed by the man, he bore her up
the ladder and set her down on the
planks. The other stopped in the fee
bIe light Of the lantern and fumblei
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02

all Eastside points Portland to Eugene
inclusive, and from all Westside points
enabling people to visit their families
and spend Sunday at the seaside.
Season tickets from all Eastside
points Portland to Eugene inclusive, and
from ali Westside points are also on sale
to Detroit at very low rates with stop
over privileges at Mill City or at any
point east enabling tourists to visit the
Santiam and Breitenbush as well as the
famous Breitenbush Hot Springs liz the
Cascade n1ount tains which can be reach
ed in one day
Season tickets will be good for return
from all points until October 10th. Three
day tickets will be good going on Satur-
days and returning Mondays ONLY.
be good for return via the East or West
side at option of passenger. Tickets
from Eugene and vicinity will be good
going via the Lebanon Springfield
branch. if desired. Baggage on New
port tickets checked through to New
port; on Yaquina tickets to Yaquina
only.
s. P. trains connect with the G. & E.
at Albany and Corvallis, for Yaquina
and Newport. Trains on the G. & E.
for Detroit leave Albany at Ia; M, en-
abling tourists to the Hot Springs to
reach there the same day.
Full information as to rates, time
tables, etc csn be obtained on app1ica-
ton to Edwin Stone, manager G. & E.,
R R at Albany; W. E. Conan, 6. P. A.
S P Co Portland or to any S P or G E
agent.
Rate from Corvallis to Newport 1915.
Rate from Corvallis to Yaquina s. rs.
Rate from Corvallis to Detroit, $3.25.
Three days rate from Corvallis to va
quina or Newport $3.50,
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02
5S6 Davis S rect, Portland.

To the Editor: After reading
and hearing of 50 many cures by
DR.. Darrin, l concluded 10 try him
for deafness in one ear, though
I had little faith in bis mode of
treatment by electricity. On my
way to his Office | could not hear
the noisekof the street car or wagons
rolling over the stone pavemeI ts.
After treatment | am able to hear
without difficulty the church SER
vice, the ticking of watch or pin
drop, and all sounds of life. ]
wish you to publish this, as it may
give others courage to have the new
treatment. I consider the cure lit.
tie short of miracle. Ny address
is 394 Morris street, Upper Abina,
Or. ADoLPH WuNDER.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02
ONE BANDIT CAUGHT.
GANG THAT WAS TO HOLD
UP THE GREAT NORTHERN.
Frank Baker Did Not See Them Go,
and is Captured on the Train
by Stock Inspector Hall, who
Knew Him.

BUTTE Mont Aug. 30 "A Min
er special from Havre says:
Stock Inspector Georg. w. Hall
captured Frank Baker, one of the
Curry gang, who had, it is alleged,
planned to hold up the west bound
flyer at Malta this morning, and
would have captured the other two
members of the gang had not the
sight of the numerous Pinkerton
detectives hrshed the game.
The company had positive infor-
nation that the hold-up would
occur near Wagner, where the
famous hold-up of two years ago
occurred. Hall spotted his three
men at Malta and boarded the train
at the same time the outlaws Gid.
One man boarded the blind bag
gage, another climbed onto the rear
end and a third walked into the
dav coach and took d seat.
As the east and west bound trains
met at MI a, The east bound pull
ed in just as the west bound train
pulled out. Immediately a dozen
detectives and special service men
armed with Winchesters jumped off
the incoming train, and part of
them made for the expies car and
climbed in.
The robber on the rear end saw
them, Swung off the rear coach. ran
up to the front Of the train, told
his acconplice the game was off.
and they both made their escape.
Hall had in the meantime cached
himself in one of the closets of the
coach where the third robber was.
sitting, being fearful that Baker
would recognize him.
The outlaw did not see his pals
leave the train and was arrested in
the car. Baker is a cowboy, and it
is said, has been arrested several
times for horse stealing. Bakers
identity as one of the robbers has
been positively established, it is al
legged, by the contents Of sotchel
found by Hall.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02

Washington, Aug, 3o.-General
A. w. G-eely, Chief Signal Off GER,
of the Army, who has just return
ed from the international Wireless
Telegraph Congress at Berlin will
present a report on the subject to
Secretary Hay on Tuesday. The
report is considered of consider
able scientific Importance and prob.
ably be made known soon. TIE
purpose of the Congress, General
Greedy said, was to formulate inter
national rules for the control Of
wireless telegraphy.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02
Mrs. DeWey's Bxpe-
rienCe.
She Was Cured With Electricity
After All Other Methods
Had Failed.

Uusee forces are more powerful
tnan seen o-es. Electricity per-
forms cures silently but surely. To
this many thousands that have been
cured can testify. Many who know
nothing oft oppose it: but truth
always meets with fierce opposition;
which in the end only hastens the
victory. We do rot profess to un-
der-tand this unseen power, but
joyfully accept the great boon of
health, feeling that DR.. Darrin is
ahead of the age, and is showing to
the world this new method of cure.
AS an example we append Mrs.
Dewey's card:
To the public: I was a patient
under DR.. Darrin's care eight years
ago, and wish to relate my expert
ence, that Others may benefit by it.
For many long years l had been
afflicted with d seases peculiar to
MY sex, mpen:ed with pain in
my chest, heart and stomach. l
had lost f sh until my weight was
105 pounds. After few months
of electrical treatment by Dr.. Dar-
rim. l recovered my health and
gained 40 pounds, and. am now en-
Joying good health.
F. E. DEWEY,
CQe norse g
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02
MR.. sELFERr's TESTIMONY.

To the Editor: Nine years ago I
was taken i'll, with dyspepsia, liver
aud kidney complaints, pain in my.
side and eye trouble. All remedies
s-em to fail until | went under DIR.
Darrin's tres tment last June. Now
[ am happy to say am rapidly re-
covering good health and my wife
is on the road to recovery, being
afflicted similar to myself. Refer
your readers TO me at Kings VAL
ley, Benton county, Or. endorse
DR.. Darrin. H. SELFERT.
DR.. DARRIN's PLACE OF BUSINESS.
DIR. Darrin can be consulted free
from 10 to 5 o'clock daily; evening
7 to 8; Sunday 10 to 8. at Revere
Hotel, Albany, until December 1st.
The doctor makes specially of
all diseases of the eye, ear, nose and
threat, catarrh, deafness, bronchi-
tls, Ia grippe, heart, liver, bladder
and kidney diseases or those who
suffer from apathy and indifference:
also consum ption. genito-urinary
and skin diseases in either ST. x,
such as blood taints, seminal weak
ness and lost vigor, varicocele and
structure.
All durable chronic diseases treat.
ed at IS a week Or in that proper
ton of time as the case may require.
The poor treated free except medi-
cines, from 10 to II daily. No case
published except by the permission
of the patient. All business rsla-
lions with DIR. Darrin strictly con-
fdential. Electrical appliaDce fur
nished. One visit is desirable,
though many cases can be treated
by home treatment by writing
symptoms.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-09-02
Notice of Final Settlement.
In the Matter of the Estate

GEORGE w. COLLINS, deceased
Notice is hereby given that we, James H. COL
Inns and william D. Collins, as executors of the
last will and testament Of George Collins, de-
ceased, have filed our 6nal account ss such exec
utors with the clerk of the county court OF Ben
ton counyt, state of Oregon, and the said court
has fixed Tuesday the Sth day Of September,
1908, at the hour of two o'clock in the after
noon of said day as the time, and the county
court room In the couIt house in Corvallis. Ore
gon, as the place for hearing any and all objec;
lions to the said account, and for settlement
thereof.
Dated this August s, 1908.
WILLIAM D. COLLINS,
JAMES q. Collins,
Executors of the last will and testament of
George w. Collins, deceased,
Cedar shakes, hand made shingles and
Eve carloads of sawed cedar shingles.
& A full stock OF shingles at all prices.
If You wish the best shingle made get
our Claskine.
Corvallis Saw Mill.