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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Sounded Praises Of Soap.

In a guide to etiquette published
early in the last century the writer
says that soap does not irritate the
complexion some of the finest com
pleXions we have known have been
regularly washed with soap every day"
The same authority remarks that the
daily bath is now the rule rather than
the exception, and common sense has
triumphed over the decision that wash
ing was Injurious" And then the
writer has dig at her great grand
mother, whose only ablutions con-
sisted in wetting her cheeks with
cambria handkerchief dipped in rose
water" In all our directions with re-
gard to the BATH" adds this early Vic
torian dictator, ut must be borne in
mind that we only refer to those in
sound state of health"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

It is doubtful if any royal consort is
more loved by her people than is the
empress of Japan. Educated accord.
ing to feudal ideas and skilled in all
the accomplishments BETTING one Of
her social eminence, her majesty
strongly favors the broadness of the
new education for women and from
her private purse gives large sums
toward the maintenance of women s
schools and universities During the
war with Russia the empress visited
the hospitals many times and every
day passed hours making bandages.
The effect of these bandages upon the
wounded soldiers has been of deep in
terest to medical and scientific men,
for the soldiers honored by them
seemed to rally under peculiar men
tai influence All other bandages were
destroyed after their first use; those
made by the empress were sterilized
and used again for the simple reason
of their effect on the recovery OF the
soldiers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Keep in Good Health.

There are many thousands of peo-
pie all over the world who can at
tribute their good health to taking one
of two Brandreth's Pills every night.
These pills cleanse the stomach and
bowels, stimulate the kidneys and
liver and purify the blood. They are
the same fine laxative tonic pills your
grandparents used, and being purely
vegetable they are adapted to children
and old people, as well as those in
the vigor of manhood and womanhood.
Brandreth's Pills have been in use
for over a century and are for sale
everywhere, plain or sugar-coated.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Hioh Position for Admiral,

Rear Admiral Willard II. Brownson.
who has just taken command of the
American naval forces in the East,
will, it is understood soon be recalled
TO take what has become to be regard.
ed as the most important post in the
navy-namely, chief of the bureau OF
navigation. Admiral Brownson would,
in the usual course. be placed on the
retired list next year on account of
old age, but owing to his excellent
physical and mental condition it is un-
derstood he will continue at the head
of the navigation bureau at least dur.
ing the present administration.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
PHOTOGRAPH AND FINE ART.
Camera Pictures Much More Than Me,
chanical Reproduction.

Few persons could be found who
would deny the claims of photography
to rank among the fine arts, when
skillully used and properly controlled,
since the photography of Of to-day is
something more than a mechanical re-
production. The individuality of the
photographer is being expressed in
his work almost as much as is that of
the painter. The painter still has the
advantage, for while he may giye us
an impression fuller than that made by
nature upon the eye, the photographer
can deal only with that which is OBJ
served with such unerring fidelity and
skill by a mechanical eye Compost
ton Is therefore one of the necessary
principles to the photographer, who
thus supplies the mechanical eye with
a mind, yet he must study lighting at
different hours Of the day and varying
weather conditions that he may know
the best effects to be obtained Many
otherwise successful photographers
need to realize that scientific accuracy
is not necessarily artistic truth, so
that, while one actualizes, the definite
sharpness may be softened and the eff
feet enhanced Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money, and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filling a gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it, for always before they had given
it away freely. They hired Job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the mcdi-
cine, now called Lydia Il. Pinkham' S
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties of
the medicine were, to II great extent,
self-advertisiug, for whoever used it
recommended it to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money to com
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success of
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia f. Pinkham and her Ncge-
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia +. Pinkham herself did rot
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed TO her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively us she could have done it
herself.
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful topre-
serve record of every case that came to
her attention. The case OF every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were housands-reccived
careful study, and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent "A vast collabOr
tion of information regarding the
treatment of womau's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia Z. pin]lham worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was arcfully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
TO her hands naturally fell The
direction of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia T.. PinItham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinltham,
now the mother of a large family, took
it up. With women assistants, some as
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women been adj
vised how to regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is "Yours for Health"
freely given if you only write to ask
for it.
Such is the history of Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the one
great medicine for womcn's ailments,
and the fitting monument TO the noble
woman whose name il bears,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Orioln Of Term "Grocer."

According to etymology a retail
grocer is as absolute an impossibility
as a weekly journal" A grocer, or
"grosser" as it used to be spelled is
really a trader lin gross"-that is to
say, in large quantities, wholesale.
Englishmen of other days spoke of
"grossers OF fish, and "grossers of
wine" and an act of Edward III. ex-
pressly mentions that "grossers'' dealt
in all manner of goods. In those days
"spicer" was the word for grocer in
the modern sense. But 1t happened
that the Grocers' company, founded in
the fourteenth century, specialized in
spicery and so grocer gradually took
the place of "spicer."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

fore me, and | had dizzy spells. For
ten years | could not do homework,
and for two years did not get out of
the house. The kidney secretions
were irregular, and doctors were not
helping me. Doan's Kidney Pills
brought me quick relief, and finally
cured me. They saved my life"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box.
FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Uses Of haske.

Among the North American Indians
the origin Of the use of masks lay
says writer. in the desire to con.
ceal the emotions. Thus should two
warriors meet in combat, the mask
conceals any expression, whether of
sympathy, fear or other emotion. For
Instance, the knowledge that fear was
depicted on ones face and that his an
tagonist knew it would very possibly
Insure the defeat OF the one whose
feelings were betrayed to the other
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
Autos In German Ar,,v

The German Volunteer Army Corps
is provided with 81 automobiles in
charge of uniformed drivers, which
carry staff officers to and fro. In the
maneuvers last month the speed and
convenience OF the machines were
highly praised by the tacticians who
watched the developments of the
mimic campaign.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKtlAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panc of 10" Caused
it to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, COM
ing from a good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as u woman of an alert
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

teen years | was a
great sufferer from
kidney troubles. My
back panied me ter
ribly. Every turn
or move caused
sharp S h o o t / n 6
pains. My eyesight
was poor, d a r k
spots apDeared be-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
SHOES FOB EVERYBODY AT ALL PRICEA

BHUES FUh EV EN- bUUI al hLL + NICIscE
Men's Shoes. 50 to 4I.oo. soys shoes, g
10 81. 0b. Women's 6h oes - 90 to 4l.oO.
Misses & Children's sh oss, %. 2o TO 400.
Try w. l.. Douglas Wonen's, Misses and
Chldren's shoes; for style, fit and WAR
they excel other makes.
II l could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit BETTER
wear longer, and are Of greater value
ifSn any other make.
Wherever you live. you can obtain w. L.
Douglas shoes. His name and price is stauped
the bottom. which protects you against high
prices and inferior shoes. Toxic subSffs
tate. Ask your dealer for w. l.. Douglas shoes
And insist upon having them.
Fast Color Egeicts used; thfg pH not Wsdy brdSSy.
Write Tor illustrated CAtaiog Of Fall styles. (
w. l.. DOUGLAS. Dept. Il. Brockton, MasA
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
more goods, brighter colors, with less
work than others.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

Enmity of your enemies is less I'M
certain than the friendship of your
friends.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

According to the theories Of the pes.
simist it is folly to circulate them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
National Pure Food and Cruos Act.

The Garfield Remedies meet with the
highest requirements of the new Law.
Take Garfield Tea for constipation
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

Almost any one can be a power for
evil-but it takes i man among men
10 be a power for good
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08
TEN YEARS OF PAIN.
Unable to Do Even Housework Be.
cause of Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. Margaret Emmerich, of Clinton
street, Napoleon, O., says For fif-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethin, sottens the gums educes In
aAmmattVn allays pain cures wind collie. 25c bottle
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-08

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the whole world
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-21
SALEM LIKES OILED STREETS
Is Cheaper Than sDrinkling With
Water and Also Is Better.

The use of crude oil as q dust pre-
yentative is proving very successful
on the streets of Salem. The county
court recently had ordinary fuel oil
put on half of each of the streets sur
rounding the courthouse square and
the result has been an entire elimina-
tion of the dust nuisance there.
AT FIRST the oil adhered to wagon
tires but since it has soaked into the
soil, there is no more trouble of this
kind, but the surface packs smooth
and hard. There is an oil odor in the
air but it is 1ot as disagreeable as the
dust and probably is not unhealthy.
It is believed that the oil odor is only
temporary.
The use of oil will be only one third
as costly as water for settling the dust.
The portion of the street treated with
oil is more pleasant to drive over than
the other half. as wagons and car
riages do not rattle over the gravel as
they do where oil has not been used.
It is expected that the streets treated
with oil will shed water better in the
Winter and be less muddy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-21
SAFE BLOWN OPEN
Robbers Get No Reward For
Their Work.
NOTHING BUT KEYS IN BOX
Safe a Complete Wreck Overlooked
1886 in the Ticket Office
Counter Till.

Safe blowers gained entrance
through window of the O. r. g N.
ticket Office Sunday night and demol-
ished the safe with nitro-glycenine.
They got no returns from their work
and left the building with an iron box
containing few keys, which they
extracted from the safe, believing it
to contain coin.
In their haste to get away, they
overlooked 1885 in the ticket office
counter till, the only cash in the
Office at the time of the robbery.
Evidently the robbers were experts
in their line, but their work on the
safe proves that they had inferior
tools to labor with. They attempted
to drill three holes in the safe door
and failed. The handle, which slides
the bolt was removed with wrench,
and nitro -glycerine was poured into
the cavity. The explosion which
followed, literally demolished the safe
door, hurling the face plate across the
room, and covering the floor with bits
of iron, steel and cement.
Fortunately, Agent Dobie had de-
posted the money on hand Saturday
evening, and all the iron box in the
interior of the safe contained was the
few keys mentioned.
There is no clue to the robbers. All
they left behind was a burned fuse,
some oiled paper, screw-driver and
a wrench.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-21
SMUT SMUT EHL0DEES EExPI 0DDE IN IN MACHINE MACHINE
By Quick Work, Grew Saves Separator
From Destruction.

Yesterday morning, the crew opera
ting the the threshing machine owned
by Frank Brotherton, near Helix, by
quick work, prevented the sepa-
rator from being destroyed by fire.
Smut caused an explosion which set
the machine on fire. 1t is said that
machine men in that part of the
country are encountering smut in the
grain to some extent this season and
are called upon to exercise great care
to avoid loss of machinery by fire.
This is the third explosion that has
taken place from smut this year.
Bud Nelson, while threshing with his
outfit near Adams, just at the be
ginning of harvest, lost his separator.
He Immediately placed an order for b
new machine, and on its arrival,
commenced work in the same field.
The manhine had run put few hours,
when the smut exploded and and
this machine, too, was burned.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-21
ADDED TO ATHENA DISTRICT
Athena Methodist Pastor Will Fill
Pulpit at Adams.

At meeting of the trustees and
members OF the Methodist Episcopal
church of Athena, yesterday after
noon, it was decided to annex the
Adams district to the Athena pastorate
for the next year.
Presiding Elder Sykes was present
and presided at the meeting. There
was a good attendance at tho meeting
and the sentiment was unanimous for
the consolidation of the Athena and
Adams churches under one pastorate,
for the coming year. at least.
A After the annual Conference which
convenes shortly, and the pastor for
the year is named for Athena, he will
hold regular services each Sunday In
Athena, with the exception OF the
evening of the third Sunday in each
month, when be will preach at
Adams.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-21
Mr.. MARSH LIKES TWIN FALLS
Great Possibilities OF a Great Irriga-
tion District.

Charles Marsh is in town from Twin
Falls, Idaho. Mr.. Marsh owns land
in that great irrigation district aud
is very enthusiastic over the resource
full possibilities of the country adja-
aeat to the Twin Fall canal and later
ais.
Real estate is increasing in value.
One instance given the reporter by
Mr.. Marsh. was the sale of a five-acre Q
tract of land sown to alfalfa, which
brought $500 per acre. The owner,
before disposing of the land, had sold
two crops of hay from 1t which net
ted him $50 per acre, making the crer
and the sale price of the land $3.50 per
acre.
Two crops of alfalfa on another
piece OF land this year went Z 2 tons
per acre and there will soon be another
crop to cut.
Wheat barley aud oats do we'll in
that irrigated district, as also does
fruit, vegetables and garden truck.
Mr.. Marsh's family is in the city
with him. They will leave shortly
for Portland where Mrs. Marsh and
the children will reside temporarily
on account of Ill health. Mr.. Marsh,
after locating them will return to
Twin Falls.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-21
C0L.WOOD'SBEAN EXPERIENCE
A Big Fisted Dutchman and Pasco
Sand Storm Blighted the Crop.

It's an old one, but good one.
Beans, you know, are prime keepers.
An old saw is, that nothing sticks
tighter to your ribs than beans" Per-
haps this is the reason the bean joke
was kept so long before cropping out
on the Colonel. Harry Turner was IN
town yesterday and told it, and if
there's any one in the world who ap
preciates q joke better than Boyd, it's
Turner.
Away back in tho days when Wood
was delving into the mysteries Of Mon
golian physical culture and Franklin
county agriculture, the egotistical
Leader man became imbued with the
idea Of planting bean crop.
He hired a big-fist Dutchman,
who possessed a superfluity Of shrewd-
ness and team, to put in the crop.
Wood furnished couple of sacks of
seed aud the Dutchman went to work.
Wood went home.
After remaining in the newspaper
business about the period be supposed
it would take for the beans to sprout,
Wood made visit to Franklin county
to inspect the crop.
The Dutohman had sown the crop
broadcast nnder the Colonel's scien-
tific instructions.
It transpired that day OF two after
the crop was in, Pasco sandstorm
''blew in also. " The sand was lifted
from the bean crop and distributed
over franklin county. The beans lay
where they had been sown.
The story goes that the owner Of the
crop sat down in his bean patch,
took in the situation az a glance, and
came to the conclusion that the proper
way to plant beans was in rows.
Miles away from seed he industriously
picked the seed beans up until he had
half gallon or So Then he went to
the "shack" for the night. And
here's where he got next to it.
Wood felt the craving of hunger
gnawing at his vitals and the only
edible that would appease it was
beans. On the fire went the bucket
of seed" beans. From time to
time he poked them with spoon bu,
they did not appear to be cooked. He
fell asleep and when morning came,
investigated.
| He found that the beans were small
white pebbles. He Investigated fur
ther and found that the Dutchmar
had sown the pebbles, taken the sect
to Pasco, sold it and bought keg o.
beer with the proceeds,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1906-08-21
Ordinance Passed to Regulate
Sanitary Conditions.
NO sEEPAGE INTO CUTTERS
Provides for the Excavation of Cess
pools, Which Must Be Provided
With Proper Vent Pipes.

Ordinance No. 1O9. recently passed
by The City Council, provides for a
better sanitary condition in Athena.
Hereafter it will be unlawful for
any sewer pipe or seepage of any
character whatever, except rain water
pipe or troughs to discharge into any
gutter at the side OF the street. ALI
sewerage of whatever character must
hereafter have outlet into cesspools
which are to be excavated in the
ground not less than six feet, nor more
than ten feet deep, nor less than five
nor more than seven feet in di-
ameter.
All cesspools must be provided with
vent pipe not less than Ia inches
inside diameter, the vent pipe to be
higher than the surrounding build
ings.
Disregard for the provisions of the
ordinance is punishable by fine not
less than $5 nor more than $25 and
costs of prosecution.
The enactment of this ordinance
comes as the direct result of the sani-
tary conditions existing on the north
side of Main street, from Second
street. west to the o. r. & N. depot.
That particular locality in the hot,
summer months becomes stagnant with
the seepage from the entire upper por-
tion of Main street, and has long been
menace to the health of the COM
munity.