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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
Short Meter Sermons.

Faith Is not fostered by blinking
facts.
No tool gains keen edge without
loss.
Precept is powerless without person
ality.
Faith In God is seen In fellowship
with men.
The heart is the best text book on
etiquette.
Living for self alone is a way to soul
suicide.
One light tongue can make many
heavy hearts.
Worry born Of imaginary troubles is
the parent of real worry.
You can never get to know man
by finding out things about him.
The suspicious seek in others what
they have hidden in themselves.
This world will never be saved by
people too spiritually minded to wash
dishes.
No man overcomes sin until he hates
its power more than he fears its pun
ishment.
Many find greatest satisfaction in
fighting sin when 1t involves firing at
their neighbors.
Many a man thinks because he ls
blind in business he must be blest with
spiritual vision.
There's n lot Of people hoping for
wings on the strength Of the chicken
feed they drop in the collection.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
CHAPTER XII

Mrs. Yeames found time to quit her
dressmakers, her grapes, bombazines, and
the rest of it, in order to visit the two
poor souls at Flexmore House and wor-
ry them. First of all, she attacked Nurse
Gertrude upon the subject of mourning
rs 1t possible that you have not yet
begun your mourning" she asked, look
ing around her with a sniff, as if scent
ing the air for the smell of Grape.
Miss Clip is making our dresses; they
are to be home tomorrow" replied Miss
Dalrymple
Very injudicous. l always have the
dressmaker in the house. You know then
that an inferiah article is not substituted
for the material you have bought, and
that none of it is kept back. Also you
can be certain that good work Is put in
and no machining. The cost is very much
less, too. What with lining and trim
mings, and one thing and anothah, fear
these dresses will be very heavy ex-
pense."
mot more than l can afford to pay,
hope" said Miss Dalrymple quietly.
II hope you have chosen fashionable
cut for my niece's dresses. l should have
liked them to be like Sir Willoughby
Chough's little girls, or the Honorable
Mrs. Blinker's nieces'. You must have
noticed how very elegant and high-class
hey are"
Il do not think Laure initiated any
ones STYLE"
Surely you have not suffered that
- har ctula
"Yes; Laure has very good taste in
dress, and the dresses are for her."
She'll be perfect sight !" said Mrs.
Yeames emphatically, with dab of her
hand "How very unfortunate If
had only thought of it little earlier.
Deah, deah! They'll all have to be al
tered, of course, when she goes to board
ing school,"
But l am not going to boarding
school," said little Laure desperately. II
am going to stay always-ever, ever J
with Nurse Gertrude. Mr.. Keene says
So"
"Mr. Keene knows nothing about It..
Your guardian will settle such matters
and not Mr.. Keene! And little girls
should speak when they are spoken to
not before. I'm afraid l shall have a
great deal of trouble with you when you
come to live with me-"
"But I am not going to live with YOU
never, never !" exclaimed the child, screw
ing herself in terror against Nurse Ger
trude and holding her arm for protec-
hoH-
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

which I will now proceed to read.
Don't trouble yourself-I don't wish
to hear t." screamed rather than said
Mrs. Yeames.
Madam" said /, 81 am here to read
this will, not solely for your pleasure" :"
Let me look at the signature of that
WILL" she cried, crossing quickly.
There is the signature duly witness
cd" / said, showing it; "and the date,
you see, is the fourth of September Of
last year."
DO you mean to tell me this is the
will he made last year?" she asked.
II do, madam. Have you any reason
to doubt it?"
Il have" she said, and then stopped
short. For how could she explain the
means by which her son had possessed
himself of knowledge of the affair? She
would have liked to proclaim me a scoun-
drel and forger, as believe she felt
convinced that l was, but she had just
strength enough to contain her passion.
THAT will shall be contested" she
said. II will telegraph at once to my
son. We shall put this into the hands
of a Trustworthy solicitor"
THAT is the very best thing you can
possibly do" said l.
She clenched her teeth, and shook her
head at me with such fury in her face as
l hope never again to see disfguring the
face of a fellow creature; and then she
turned her back on us and marched out
of the room with as much dignity as
she could command.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

"Will you direct me to Farmer Skin.
ner's house?" asked the newly-arrived
boarder.
II will eff you want me to-" replied
the station lounger.
81 shall have to ask you for explicit
directions, because I've never been
there before"
"Gosh l know that, seeln' ye're so
sot on goin' there now."-The Catholic
Standard and Times.
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BY MlSADVENTURE
f r A ~ K 3 A RRE TT
CHAPTER X.-(Continued.)

was shown into a sitting room, as
pretentiously genteel and chilling as Mrs.
feames herself, and there waited till it
pleased the woman to come to me. She
waved me to a chair, after seating her
SELL without giving me her hand, for
which l was grateful, though hitherto she
mad allowed me to take the tips of her
ciammy fingers. Her lofty air and pat
ronizing smile showed that she partici-
pated in her precious sons belief with
regard to the heritage.
have called to see your son, Mr..
Lynn, madam" said l.
He Is not hyah," sadd she with that De-
cuhar pronunciation which your "supe-
ran person affects. "He is in London.
where he has met with an accident re-
quiring medical treatment which confines
him to his room"
Can you give me his address?" / ask
ed. Il have business to transact with
him."
No, l cannot give you his address. l
nave received a wiah from him, in which
ne Degs me to act for him in all matters
OF business nature until his return"
ABOUT three DAYS after this, a client
VINO had just returned from a business
Journey to the south of France dropped
In to have a chat with me, and amongst
other things he said:
By-the-by, Keene, crossed over with
young Yeames."
When" / asked.
on the ifteenth-night service. He
pretended not to see me, 30 l did not
bother him. know q man at such times
as this doesn't care for coincidence and
that sort Of thing"
He was going to Paris, suppose?" 1
ventured to suggest.
Oh, farther than that. I caught sight
OF him at the station where the line
branches of to Monaco"
You are sure Of your hct?" I asked,
though l had little doubt Of 1t.
am as sure 1t was he as I an that
you are before me now"
Now the 18th was the very day he had
left Coneyford for London. Was London
not gay enough for him, that he must
go on to Monaco for amusement? One
thing was certain: Mrs. Yeames, to have
received a telegram from him, must have
known his whereabouts, and could not
give me his address in London simply be-
cause he was at the other end of Europe.
why had she told me that lie? Because
she did not wish it to be known that
her son had gone to Monaco, lest it might
be inferred that he had gone there for
pleasuref That was the conclusion l
came to.
1t never entered my head that he had
got out Of the country for prudential
reasons, and that the cause of his precip-
itate fight was that little paper pellet
which was lying quietly in my handy
drawer. There are things which escape
even the suspicion of a lawyer some
times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08
Unlimited Stock.

Blox (after ten years absence)-
What became of Skinner, the dry goods
man? When l left he was in financial
straits-selling out at cost.
Knox-Oh, he's doing business at tn
old stand-still selling out at cost
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-05-08

About the thinnest thing In the world
Is the film of soap bubble. 1t would
take about 100000 of them to meas,
ure one Inch.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
Joseph Letter to Take an Army Bride

formidable rival in a naval officer who
is very popular, but has no fortune.
That Mrs. Letter favored her sons
suit was evident. although she has
not showered upon Miss Williams the
attentions she has shown Miss Elkins.
Last autumn Mr.. Letter established
several hunts and took daily exercise
on nearby Virginia farm to enable
the Orange County hunt of which Miss
ElKins is one of the two girl men,
hers. Mrs. Letter Is said to have in
formed one of her confdants that to
win the young West Virginia girl as
her daushter-in-law she would settle
$3.000,000 on the bride. give the young
people the use of her Dupont Circle
house, and beQueath to her daughter
in-law the famous ruby tiara and neck
lace that even in London society are
regarded as particularly choice jewels.
According to the gossip Of clubs and
drawing rooms the engagement will
be abroad with presentation at the
court of ST. James and taste of the
London season under the guidance of
the countess Of Suffolk as its most
brilliant and alluring features. Mrs
Letter. in view of her sons prospective
marriage, has abandoned her intention
of going abroad for the summer.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
SPAN OF. CONCRETE
WILL BE THE LONGEST IN THE
WORLD.
Proposed Henry Hudson Memorial
Bridge to Have One Unique Feat
ture-Stili Another Triumph
for American Engineers.

There is not in the world a bridge
span in either stone or concrete which
approaches the dimensions of the pro-
posed Henry Hudson memorial bridge
to cross Spuyten Duyvil creek, says
the New York Sun.
The central span OF that structure is
to be 703 feet in the clear. In steel
there already exists a longer arch, that
Of the upper Niagara span, which
measures $40 feet The design of the
He'll Gate bridge calls for a thousand
foot arch Of steel.
But in concrete there is nothing like
the big span which is to link Manhat-
tan to the mainland. The Engineering
News declares that the largest com
pleted concrete arch is that Of the
Grunwald bridge over the Isar, at NM.
mich. 1t is only 230 feet wide.
The Walnut Lane concrete arch
bridge, now being built, has a slightly
longer span, 233 feet between faces Of
abutments. These spans become in
significant, even trivial. when com
pared with that now proposed for the
IluubOH LueNOl Idl DIluSe
A better idea of the boldness OF the
proposal Is had from comparison
with the general field OF masonry arch
construction. since the problems of
design and erection for arches OF stone
and concrete are in measure the
same. The Cabin John arch of the
Washington aqueduct, 220 feet in span
built about half century ago, was
for long time looked upon as an ex-
ceptional achievement. being the lar
gest stone arch in the world.
Only In the last eight years has it
been exceeded. and there are now
three larger spans in stone, beside the
230-foot concrete arch at Grunwald-
Adda, $50 feet: Luxemburg, 278 feet
and Plauen, 295 feet. In 80 years de-
signers have ventured only one-third
beyond the limits set by the Cabin
John arch. and only in three cases
have they found it necessary. Now in
one leap the present limit is to be mul
tiplied by two and half.
The Henry Hudson arch carries a
double deck. The upper or main deck
is highway floor, 80 feet wide be-
tween railings; it has 50-foot road
way and two 15-foot sidewalks. The
lower deck is to carry four tracks of a
rapid transit railway. but as no such
line is yet in prospect, the lower floor
system Is not to be put In place at
first. but only the necessary connec
tlons provided for 1t.
The total length of the bridge. in
cluding the approaches, is 2,840 feet
Its cost. excluding special ornamental
features. is estimated at $3,80O.000
About one-half Of this Is chargeable to
the large arch and its superstructure.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
Astrologer Predicts Teddy's Reelection

time in the next four years. So far
as he has been able to figure it out
astrologically there is not another man
in the nation that could manage the
trouble. The professor says: II have
obtained among the stars the nativity
of President Roosevelt. and from the
same find that he unquestionably
will be nominated by the Republican
party for president and will positively
be reelected by large majority"
But the president is not going to get
off easily. He is warned that he will
be in danger Of a peculiar trouble with
his knees. and that he should avoid
firearms. combustibles and impulsve.
ness. He should also take care of his
eyes and teeth.
Then the deck. or the stars, show
man with high forehead and sleepy
eyes. He has a wayward disposition
and bad habits. and will be around In
1908 and 1909.
The professors source OF informa
ton, however indicates that the presi
dent will weather all storms and pull
the country through with him.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
GEORGIA BRAND OF LOVE.
Mr.. Sanders Makes Declaration az to
His Position.

"Gi' me the kind of love We have in
Georgy. whar the gal knows she's got
a lover ef she gifts a stick of red
streaked candy by the hand of a mes
senger-thOueh I've know'd stick of
peppermint candy to break up a
match. bekaze the feller didn't have
sense enough to send thrip' wuth of
lemon draps," Mr.. Sanders concluded
Il never see feller in love but what
want to tell him for to keep his
hands off'n the door knob, an | never
see gal looking kinder sticky around
the mouth but what | wanter say:
Good luck. honey, Come an buss
your Uncle Billy wish 'em all
well, an I'm alters glad when a gal
gifts beau-lover. 1t keeps the world
a-movin. an helps civilization along.
Hard work an weak stomach has
kept me out'n the rush, but thar aint
a lover in the wide world that kin
run away from my blessin'."-.Joel
Chandler Harris. In Uncle Remus'
Magazine.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
Sees Ace Of AeropIanes

Henry Farman, who has attracted
notice because of his successful
aeroplane experiments, believes that
within IL months aeroplanes will be
flying from 80 to 100 miles quite cas-
lily. Il can fly now as long as the
motor works." he says, "and distance
is nothing to me-" Farman is 80 years
OF age and is one of the three sons
OF well-known English journalist.
Before taking to aeronautics Mr. Far
man had made considerable name in
the French sporting world When
cycle racing was the rage he and his
brother won many championships.
They formed tandem team which
proved invincible Then he took to
motoring. and won the Paris and Nice
races in 1902. In the great Paris.to-
Vienna race he gained first honors for
heavy machines. His motor-racing
career. however, came to a sudden
termination after an accident which
landed him high up in the branches
OF tree.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
Senator Owen Gives Genuine War Dance

Plenty Coos came here with flre in
his eye and vengeance i'll his heart
against the palefaces at the capitol.
He had grievances dating beyond the
arrival of Christopher Columbus. He
had several bouts with Senator Clapp,
the tall. dignified chairman of the In
dian committee. The elouuence Of
Plenty Coos prevailed finally. and an
agreement was reached to bury the
Ratchet. smoke the pipe and go back
to the reservation. Plenty Coos wound
up his descent upon the capitol in
the committee room by rising in his
place and making solemn tender OF
his beautiful eagle-feathered bonnet to
Chairman Clapp. Senator Clapp. who
Is from Minnesota. blushed and re-
fused to put on the royal headgear.
There was moment Of embarrass-
ment which WAS suddenly relieved by
the senator of Cherokee blood. To
him the bonnet was "call OF the wild"
Hand me the bonnet" said Senator
Owen. Plenty Coos beamed with de-
light and extended the bonnet. which
was made of the trophies of a hundred
American eagle wings. Senator Owen
gravely put 1t on his head and struck
the attitude of Osceola or Black Hawk.
or King Philip delivering an ulti-
matum to the palefaces. Then he
whirled around and around, threw an
invisible tomahawk and finally sat
down amid great applause" as they
say in the Congressional Record.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
Graft Charges Make Lilley Unpopular

dove mott out Of season. and Theodore
Burton, the Cleveland student, had
followed with a peace pastoral of the
millennium. Then came Mr.. Lilley's
turn to howl. Everybody under the
dome knew he was scheduled to speak.
and there were as many rumors in
the air as notes in sunbeam
concerning the sensational fea-
lures of his address which, by the way.
did not materialize. But as soon as
Mr.. Lilley secured the floor and start
ed in with the usual formal, Mr..
Chairman" the couple of hundred of
Republicans and Democrats, who had
listened with the greatest interest to
Hobson and Burton, rose almost as il
by preconcertion, and filed off to their
cloakrooms. When the Connecticut
submarinist had been talking for five
minutes or so there wasn't a corporars s
guard in attendance on the floor. either
of his own party or Of the opposition,
and when he concluded his remarks
and took his seat. the 16 members
who, by actual count, remained in the
chamber, didn't give him even cour.
tesy handicap.
In the congressional directory Mr.
Lilley's full name is set down as
George Leavens Lilley" But this
isn't so. 1t can't be true. George
doesn't leaven Lilley or anything
about him. His dough has never risen
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
"Toeinq the Mark"

The phrase "toeing the mark" is of
fairly old and somewhat obscure ori-
gin. Several different opinions are
held as to how it originated, but the
derivation most generally accepted is
that it comes from an old fashion
among military men in drilling, to
draw a line upon the ground and make
the company dress" by toeing this
mark. The phrase thus acquired the
meaning of standing up" to some
thing, and SO became used in quarres.
when one Of the parties would chal-
lenge the other to stand up to him.
Even nowadays in some of the country
districts Of Great Britain it is custom
ary for lads when quarreling to pro-
woke their opponents finally to the en-
counter by drawing a line upon the
ground and telling them to toe the
mark" The meaning OF the phrase as
now generally used is to come right
forward and stand up to anything
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
BUYING PAINT BLlNpLY,

Many people look upon paint buy.
ing as lottery and so 1t is. the way
they do it. 1t is not necessarily so,
however. Pure White Lead and lin
seed oil are the essential elements Of
good paint. Adulterants in white lead
can be easily found by the use OF a
blowpipe. Authorizations In linseed oil
can be detected with a fair degree OF
certainty. See that these two elements
are pure and properly put on and the
paint will stay put.
National Lead Company. Wood
bridge. Building, New York City, will
send blowpipe outfit and instruc-
tions for testing both white lead and
linseed oil, on request.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08

w HINGTON.-Friends of Presi.
w dent Roosevelt predicted that
the East room in the White House
would turn green from envy when the
president learned that the senate com
mittee on Indian affairs witnessed a
genuine war dance by Senator Owen
Of Oklahoma. the junior member OF
the committee. wearing a magnificent
war bonnet Of eagle feathers. worn
for many years by Plenty Coos, chief
OF the Crow tribe.
Senator Owen is one-quarter Choc-
taw and three-quarters game sport"
Thus. when Senator Clapp, chairman
OF the committee, declined to don the
war bonnet at the request Of Chief
Plenty Coos, Senator Owen grasped it.
placed 1t on his own head and went
through the proper movements OF the
chief of a victorious Indian tribe lead
ing his warriors into war dance
after successful battle. thereby saw
Ing the reputation OF the committee
in the estimation Of the Indians and
preserving the pride of Chief Plenty
Coos
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08

THE latest romance Of Washington
1 society concerns Joseph Letter
and Miss Juliette Williams. the daugh-
ter OF an army officer. The announce
ment Of their engagement was made
the other day.
Mr.. Letter has spent this winter in
Washington. Miss Williams Is the
daughter of Lieut-.Col John b. Will
liams. now stationed at Fort Dupont,
Del. She was introduced to Washing
ton society largely through the intiu-
once of Mrs. Corbin. wife of Gen.
Henry C. Corbin. who became ac-
Quainted with her in Manila. With
her mother and younger sisters, Miss
Williams has an apartment in fash
ionable apartment house.
Until the recent visit to Washing
ton of the duke of the AbruZzi, Mr..
Letter was very attentive to Miss
Katherine Elkins. Since then his
woong Of Miss Williams leaves moth
ing to he desired in the way Of ardor
or persistence. Mr.. Letter has had a
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08

MOT in many years has a member
~ of the house Of representatives
been so thoroughly unpopular with
his colleagues as is Representative Lii
ley of Connecticut. whose charges of
graft and corruption in connection
with submarine boat legislation in
congress brought about the present
investigation by the Boutell special
committee. And this is stated as a
fact. and not by way of criticism or
disparasement. Mr. Lilley knows it,
too. and it seems rather to please him
than otherwise. At least. so his friends
hav" gathered from his occasional ref.
erences to the subject.
A brilliant example Of the covent-
rescue attitude Of the house member
ship-Republican and Democratic
with reference to Mr.. Lilley was fur
nished during general debate on the
naval bill. Richmond Pearson Hob.
son, once one Of our leading oscula-
tors, had turned loose line of war
talk calculated to make the traditional
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08
Feather Diaqnosis."

A woman who was perfectly well
but fancied she was suffering from
fever. called on an old and exper'
fenced physician to consult him She
described her symptoms at some
length. and he listened patiently. AT
last he said u think | understand
your case madam. Sit perfectly still
a few moments and let me look at
you She complied and he eyed her
attentively for nearly a minute. glanc.
ing at his watch once or twice in the
meantime There is nothing the mat
ter with you, madam" he said. You
haven't the slightest indication OF
fever. Yonr heart beat is perfectly
normal" Why. how do you know.
DOCTOR" she asked in surprise. You
didn't feel my pulse" Il didn't
need to-" lie answered Il counted the
vibrations of the ostrich feather on
your hat" And he bowed her out.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1908-05-08

r HE second elective. or third term
party, consisting Of Senator iona.
than Bourne of Oregon and John A.
Stewart Of New York. has received
An addition In the person and prophe-
cies of Prof. Gustave Meyer. "scien-
tific astrologer." OF Hoboken. N. ].
In a communication sent to Wash
ington Prof. Meyer says that Taft is
wasting lot Of time and money and
losing needed sleep because it is in the
stars and planets that Mr.. Roosevelt
will succeed himself
Prof Meyer says that this is fortu-
nate, as the gyrations and juxtaposi.
tons OF the fixed stars and OF those
that have not been fixed show that
this country Is going to have an awful