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effort, proved her innocence. Wepropose 70
trv 10 do the same thing for MIS-. Lille
American justice moves not 90 slowly as
that OF England, and we hope TO accomplish
something in a short time.
sWe shall ask first for q reheartng at
the hands Of the Supreme Court Twice
that court has declared its conviction that
the evidence justified the jury's verdict
but we shall present some new facts OF
pertinent character.
Mrs Lille wants and we desire 20 give
her a chance TO prove her innocence, bui
h Justice bars the way we propose to appeal
TO mercy. We propose 70 take the mater
I'm among the women Of the nation ana
N necessary to move the courts or the
Governor TO act, we shall bring their power
full influence to bear. -,
sTbe woman had but little money when
the tragedy occurred, and her parenIs,
once well Ito do, have spent all OF theIi
property In trying to save her. An eppeaI
TO the women Of the country wiz shor'iy
AZ an earnest Of their belief and Of their
desire TO help, a number OF women mere
have given orders for summer dresses 70
be made by Mrs. Lille, Soon after heI
worf sewing for the institution. In a
abort time she organized the women OF
the prison into q sewing club and later
under permission OF the warden, she "Ah
allowed TO take WOrk from outhioe' -,
Her eldll as a dressmaker IL such that
she has more orders than she can M.
An Of her surplus earnings, above the daily
task ehe u required TO do for the warden
sbe keeps, as IL the rule with all the con-
Viots. -, -
one morning. Mrs. Lille was the only
known person In the room with him her
Storv. told to the other members OF the
household, was that abe was awakened Oy
Tire shot that killed her husband:
She started up TO find tall stranger
with a gun pointed at her. She rolled
out Of bed Just q second before he puued
ne tTiETer. and the bullet whistled harm
lessly over her and out through window
Then the man vanished.
The night before. she says, Lille brought
400 home with him. This fact was known
10 a certain man, who has since lett DaNd
CITY the scene Of the murder and before
poinR 70 bed Lille expressed fear OF TINS
name robhing him. The money was gone
the naxt morning.
Unfortunately for the woman'e stoEX.
the bullst entered Lilies bead upon the eide
towSrd the wife, while the bullet holes IN win
dow, curtain and screen, lnaiead OF %" il.ea
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The Agent Universal
-TSdI
a Public Need

There Is needed o new profession. One
celebrated establishment in London is
known as a place that viii provide any
thing; and even an order for a second hand
cofin-the result Of a wager-was promptly
filed
The great department stores, however,
have sufficiently met such demands as are
reasonable in this direction. What Is still
required is a general agency, and the new
profession is that Of general agent
The general agent should be prepared
TO carry out all reasonable orders, from a
shopping commission to an errapd Of pre-
liminary inquiry. He should engage SER
wants find houses, sites or rooms. He
should be ready to travel or to stay put
He should sell old clothes OF buy diamonds
az might be required.
Dlsagreeable interviews that u-e capable
Of being conducted by others than the
PRINCIPALS; family reconCiliations that need
only the tactful intervention Of the disin-
terested; negotiations for small loans;
demands for the return Of borrowed books
or umbrellas; the answering OF advertise
ments; procuring Of catalogues-all such
afairs would fan naturally into the cate
CORY Of the general agents BUSINESS.
or course the lipe between the legitimate
and the outlawed would be carefully pre-
served,
Let us suppose the timid sutton needed a
Ro-between. With proper Instructions, the
suave and urbane ne would oe taiuly have
10 / e suave and urbane 10 win his diploma
interviews the irascible father in an en-
tirely official manner-only disclosing the
name OF his principal II matters take favor
able turn.
Or. your estimable neighbor keeps an
abominable dog that bowls all night. In
stead OF entering upon an unneighboriy row
you send for the general agent.
He, again not disclosing the principal
argues forcibly against the cynosure Of the
locality, and presses the matter apparently
pro bono publico, really for your interest.
Then, too, the agent would make Il his
business 90 find out the best place 70 obtain
trout flies, let US say; or waterproof
shoes: for which purpose he should keep
well up in the advertisements OF the day.
He should be able 10 warn you against super
seeded articles, and TO report upon the need
and the cost Of repairH or renewals.
In short, be might. 70 his own profit and
your great gain, do ell the things that no
one vishes 10 do for himself, and can hardly
81 hia friends TO do for him
10 should be the walking enoyolopediA
q practical life
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CLUB WOMEN TRYING TO SAVE NEBRASKA MRS. MAVERICK

q downward direction, az they would il the
shot had been fired from where she says
the man stood, indicated that the missile
had been headed upward; the hole in the
screen being higher than that in the pane.
The states theory was that Mrs. Lille
while lying by her husbands side, shot
him. Then, turning over, she fired the second
shot out Of the window to give verislmili-
tude to her story. As a corroborative
circumst ance, Il was shown that the curt ain
had been scorched, which the state asserted
would have been impossible II the revolver
had been held on the far side Of the bed.
Mrs, Lille did not take the stand in her
own defence. II was shown that she had
been gambling in options on the Chicago
Board OF Trade, privately telephoning her
orders TO a local broker and cautioning
him not 10 let her husband know.
She had lost 81 900 in a few months. Lille
was heavily insured Here was the motive
the State said-to get more money with
which &c gamble and retrieve her losses
Mrs, Lille says now that Il was an error
on her part not 10 testify. She desired to
do 80. but her attorneys told her il was
unnecessary, that the evidence did not
justify q verdict Of guilty and that she need
not undergo the mental and physical strain.
She now realizes that her silence told
against her.
Mrs. Lille Ia 20. She has a daughter.
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Take any Of the public sohools-foT
instance, the Wadleigh High School, the
newest and largest Of the high schools
having a rolcall Of nearly three thousand
and spend morning In tho gymnasium
and you will be convinced Of the popularity
OF the course in physical culture. You
will also be struck by the wideawake ex-
pressions Of the pupils faces, as compared
With the dreamy or wandering or tired
looks of he children in the classrooms.
The pupils we're going through their
exercises in dancing when The Sun reporter
and artist entered one Of the three Wad-
leigh gymnasiums the other day. Miss
Josephine Beiderhase, the head instructor,
explained the different motions.
I'VE begin the first year with the merely
elementary steps like those any one who
has ever attended dancing schools familiar
With: the point step, the change step and
the combination as in the polka STEP she
said. we have a regular mazurka series
q schottisohe, the polka, the Highland
Aing, and besides these the advanced pupils
learn many Of the folk dances, the Irish,
swedish, German, which introduce number
Of other steps, many Of them with sym
bolic meaning.
In seeing the3o dances ana ieeLplnB
them, a girl also learns q great deal about
the people, the differences in national
traits, methods Of living and thought, but
that is Of course, merely incidental and
outside the regular GLASS work. The course
takes only thirty-hve minutes twice q week,
not long tims to spend on physical develop
nent, surely not enough to cause a hue
and cry, and certainly not enough to do
the girls any harm
While the girls changed from the ma
Eurka steps to the Highland fling, which
gave them an opportunity TO use arms
and legs with a little more Tgor, not
moro grace, some Of the teachers expressed
their views on the subject Of this feature
Of educational work.
1T Is absurd-the old idea, that education
consisted Of certain amount Of informa-
ton concerning arithmetic, geography,
spelling and grammar" said one. The
reel education is the harmonious develop
ment Of every part, and our experience
with the gymnasium work in the school
= tha' re physical helps the mental very
much.
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Women on the Trail
of Cigar Bands

II you see a young girl, OF even a grown
woman, swoop upon something lying on
the street do not think that she has found
a prize. In all probability she is simply
one Of those with the craze for making
cigar band decorated plates. and has found
a bit Of material.
The favorite hunting ground is on Broad
way from Fourteenth street to Forty
second street, and along Forty-second
TO the Grand Central. More people travel
over this route and more cigars are smoked
here than In any other given stretch Of
street in the city.
The hunters usually 20 out in pairs, and
one takes the inside and the other the out
side Of the walk Then they march along
looking on the sidewalk and especially IN
the entrances OF cigar stores for the bands
Some Of the holder 90 not hesitate TO sally
in and grab a coveted one II they notice
It lying on the floor.
The women who make these plates were
quick 10 find the hunting grounds. Hubby
did not purchase enough different brands
Of cigars to meet the demands The
dealers in the vicinity had too many calls
20 be able To favor everyone. SO resource
full women ventured out. They found that
men would usually throw the band on the
sidewalk. Now the sidewalk Ia gone over
carefully and bands Of all sizes. shapes
ard colors are found and pasted on glass
dishes, plates or bowls.
Tho favorite band N the big red OF brown
one that comes on some Of the largest CubaI
oigars Any Of the bands from the Havana
OF Key West cigars are snapped up, AID
even the bands from the cheaper domeftic
brands are not neglected. But as the
object Of most Of the makers h 70 nave
rnne bands and bands from costly oiFara,
Broadway 4 secured IN aearoh 81 thnm.
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LINCOLN, Neb., May ia second Mrs.
Asybrick, say the clubwomen Of Nebraska,
s Mrs. Lena Margaret Lille. who is serv-
ing a term Of life imprisonment In the State
penitentiary for the murder Of her husband.
Thoroughly convinced that the woman Is
the victim Of terrible blundeT Of justice,
the clubwomen have taken up the matter
Of securing for her a new trial or a pardon.
At the coming meeting Of the State Fed
Grafton plans for enlisthg the support Of
all Of the women Of the State in the move
ment will DO adopted. The first step will
be TO raise money to employ counsel TO
present the matter 20 the Supreme Court,
with the prefer Of new evidence that has
been gathered since that tribunal decided
that there was no doubt OF her guilt under
the evidence presented at the trial.
The initial step has been taken by club
women Of Lincoln. Mrs. Lille was at one
time active 10 club affairs.
She was a former schoolteacher and later
the fashionable dressmaker Of the town Of
David City, where her husband was q grain
dealer on a small scale The murder for
which she was sentenced was committed
IN October, 1902, but the case was 30 stub
bonly fought in the courts that she was not
brought TO the penitentiary until a few
months ago.
There she was visited by former friends,
Gcq,aintInces mado in club work. To
them she insisted that she was an innocent
woman.
They have become convinced that she is
telling the truth and they propose TO help
her. II the courts will not act, a monster
oeation will be presented 10 the Governor
asking for her pardon.
a committee from the Federation, Gays
Mrs.. H NJ. Bushnell, president Of the State
association, has visited Mrs. Lille at the
prison and heard her story. We have
cross-examined her at length and asked her
all sorts Of questions, and we are convinced
that she IL an innocent and greatly Wronged
Woman.
Her case bears a striking analogy 10 that
Of Mrs. MaybTick. Both were "a sely accused
Of the same crime, the killing Of husband.
Around both have been woven Et'o1g webs
Of purely circumstantial evidences.
Am. Mhybriok, after many yeas Of
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New Field for business woman.
Rrom ne Phnnd,lnhin R.cnr

From the Philadelphia Record
Women especially widows, drift into
strange lines OF work TO make living for
themselves. but there ere few who have
chosen a stranger occupation than q Mrs.
Harris Of this city.
Last winter. when. deserted by her husband
she found that she must earn living for
herself and children or become dep endent
upon relatives who could III afford 70 provide
for her Her husband had kept a large force
OF men busy in the boiler cleaning business
His PRINCIPAL patrons were steamboat owners
and captains Mrs Harris took charge Of
her absent husbands ONCE In search Of claws
10 his Whereabouts and In the mail she found
many orders 10 clean steamship boilers.
The work was urgent there was no time 70
waste 90 she called her husbands employees
together and told them she was going to
continue the business. and asked their loyal
cooperation. which they were glad TO give
inasmuch a. they knew their own livelihood
IN q measure depended upon her su ccees
She made one Of the men foreman and then
prOoeeded 70 the wharf. where ahs met the
captain Of q big steamship and. AFTER oloslng
q contract eat her men 70 work The plucky
young woman. after qsvgral months n buss-
bese, eays che nsvsr had 20 much money In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-14
Scarcity Of Church Craftsmen.

This Is q busy year With us, said william
@. Jones. a church architect. as we have
at present contracts 20 furnish plans for
forty-three churches in eleven di1erenti
States / am In from Memphis to-day and
leave tonight for Detroit and then Q short
drawback IN the business just now y the
limited supply of competent draftAnen
which are available. We conhna ourselves,
reason a man with simply q knoNledEe or
mechanical drifting y OF nc use 70 Ne.
-OtIr best wofkmen IN thie tine coma frornf
Germany, where they have takyp oour q
OF study IN Gothic architecture therf y No
echoed IN thtn oountrR which tqaehaa 81 -
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reason that thirty-hvo minutes cannot
tire anybody. In fact II IL hardly time
enough 70 do the work We should accom-
plish but that is all We can get, and when
the girls prepare for their finals at Easter
time, they practically give up the gymna-
stun work for the rest Of the term, at the
very time, really, when they need It most"
The girls all provide their own suits
and shoes, and while dark blue Is the pre-
ferred color. many Of brown and some Of
rod and other shades are worn. In the
summer the white shirt waists or blouses
replace those Of darker oolors.
1How about Ne gymnasium shoeP'
was asked. Does the continuous wearing
Of ahatsoled shoe have any physical eHeotp'
1T would have q tendency II worn all
the time 10 make girl fAtfootsd by break
ing the ARCH was the answer. 'but the
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quick and as likely as not take the man
with her.
The age Of mechanics has made great
demands on the physical system and. con-
servatism TO the contrary, she must be
trained for these new demands.
"Gymnastio exercise teaches how to
utilize the organic vigor. how to train
to quick and definite reaction. 1t makes
a progressive demand upon muscular
effort, complexity Of movement and power
concentration, the mental quality the grow
ing child, with her quick imagination,
needs more than anything else, and 1t also
teaches obedience, not the gridging obedi-
enoe that one often sees in class rooms
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thing which eomss very nosr ths hssrs
Of most Of the cid1sns, for Il t1udAds
the home and the child Every mward
step win be subjected 70 assault, but We
are on the night path to the proper, hS-
monious developm ent; there can b no
question rs to that 's'
And the hast word heard. the wuanMn's
last word. WIS from the bps Of . roy
oheeked maid. Who WIS saying to her OCGs-
paniOu % they made for the Outer SURAd.
I'm going to practise houct I dou't
Eet half enough time hsre- I think RI
a shame we have but thRty-dve muutos
al a time, and only twice . week
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male bird. .. ---l..s
The hoodoo Affects even the carrier
pigeons which thought would be an oFnas
ment to the place, The females were In
the majority when bought the piReons.
but they produced nothing but males.
The result was that the males few aWgH
to find mates and my loft was deserted s,-,
my cat had a litter Of Kittens apd giE
Of the seven were tomoats, There Is . hDo
place for hogs on the farm, but after ohy
serving the course Of events in the other
branches Of livestock, have decided not
10 try hogs just yet. Boars, except when
they are In the sucking stage, are OF no
use for the market having strong odor.
But that 10 not all. When 1 started
the farm seven yeas ago took on a hired
man who had just been married Be
was with me until recently, and while In
my employ became the happy father Of
Eve boys He moved away and a girl
came. Another man who has worked for
me four years has had three boys come 70
cheer his life, but no girls.
Excessive masoulinity has extended
even to the vegetables on my farm. The
corn came up only In stubs and learned
professor whom I consulted told ma that
II was male corn.
NY neighbors are not troubled the way
I am. Perhaps that is because my farm
Is apart from theirs and on higher land.
have different luck on my fam on Lake
Champlain, but am going 20 keep away
from there az much as possible, lest bring
the strange influences or suggestion or
whatever It is
'Imight say In conclusion, that ] am the
father Of four boys, but don't see what
bearing that has on the puzzle, The boys
were not bern on the farm near Brewster,
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the long room, turned and came back at the
end reforming into rows for the pirouette
into which they threw a ooquettish aban-
don.
we do not have any social dancing in
the schools Miss Beiderhase went on.
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After . girl has been studying for
whilS, the drill In dancing and with APP
paratus rests her, and she goes back to her
desk with her blood circulating properly,
her brain invtgorated, and she takes up the
sum she laid down in discouraged mood
with renewed power Of application.
I'VE have been accused Of spending too
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-11-24
SOME BARGAIN POINTERS
News Notes From the Business
Men TO ReA ders.
Gall for Colestin Water.
Iuk-at Model Drug Store,

Call for Colestin Water.
Iuk-at Model Drug Store.
Violin, etc, strings-Courier Build
ing.
Get your cedar posts at 40s Second
street.
Souvenir Post Cards-Courier
Building.
w. h. Sherman-Resl Estate. Tele-
phone 73l.
Give your friends Stage line-the
good smoke.
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving. If
you need Self Basting Roaste., go
to Cramer Bros.
Clothes mended. Mrs, l., S. Holt,
llS Moss Street.
W. L. Ireland, the Real Estate Man,
neRotlstes loans.
nr. NJ. c. Findley tests eyes and
furnishes glasses.
Bicycle Bells and Lamps at a dis
count at Paddock
Colestin Mineral Water is best for
table use, DePuy sells it.
Alright Heaters all sizes and prices
from 81. 20 up at Cramer Bros.
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving.
and You can get Table Silverware at
Cramor Bros.
Pencils and Tablets at the Model
Drug Store.
Wh5n you call for mineral water in.
sist ON having Colestin Water All
dealers have il.
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving, it
the oven of your stove is too small,
you can get your turkey in Garland
oven bought from Cramer Br,s.
Colestin Mineral Water is pure aud
healthful and is the natural product OF
the spring. You should have it on
your table. For sale by the bottle or
case at DePuys.
Colored Post Cards-2 for . cents
Music Store.
80 styles of Souvenir Pest cards for
sale at the Music Store.
That Home Grown "Miuce Meat
WHITE HOUSE GROCERY.
See Voorhies for Underwood Type
writers and Typewriter supplies.
You will always ind matter Of in.
terest in our classified ad co lump
The needs fer Thanksgiving include
Dripping Pans, Roasters, Pie Pans,
Cake Pans, Knives and Forks, Carving
sets and Silverware, all OF which you
can get at Cramer Bros
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarhoea Remedy. This is the most
successful medicine in the world
for bowel complaints, and is the only
remedy that will cure chronic diarr
hoea Every bottle is warranted. For
sale by all druggists.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-11-24
A Famine @ In Blocks.

The factory having curtailed their
output of blocks l shall be able to de-
liver for the Winter months, owing
TO the big demand, but one load Of
blocks on each order received. After
December lst the price for big load,
which is larger load and better
block than is supplied by the Med,
ford or Ashland dealers. will be 81,
but this price does not affect orders
already in.
This raise in price is made neces-
sary to meet expenses of driver and
the team. Prices on all other wood
will remain as now given, Dry oak,
fir, madrone, man4anita and pine de-
llvered promptly in any quantity to
lal parts of tue city. o. q. Lund.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-11-24

OOO ACRE ranch, good prune and
@Oo apple orchard, small fruits in
abundance; water for irrigation, besides
springs on every 40 acres; center OF good
range country two dwelling gl, houses, DiS
from frosts, good mining mar kets, one
half mile north of Tunnel o. price $500.
Inquire at this Office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-11-24
G II A MITE HILL

Mrs. Heckes has moved here to
spend the Winter,
Mrs. Jennings is having a house
built here in which to spend the Win
ter.
Mrs Banheld and Itha Banfeld who
have been spending few days in the
Pass have returned
The doctor was called last Wed
nesday for MIR. Boren. who had been
suffering from an operation on his
hearing
The large air compressor for the
mine arrived last Friday, 1t weighed
over Is, 600 pounds and was several
days on the road between Grants
Pass and here.