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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21

Few women have any conception OF
what it costs to get divorce. A writer
for the metropolitan newspapers talks
this way to married women:
If you have decided that you want a
divorce and have agreed that there
shall be no contest. and if you are just
a plain person who lives in an unob-
trusive neighborhood, without ever hav-
ing had any fare Of trumpets about you
socially, you should get lawyer to take
your case for $50. The clerks fees
and court costs will be from $40 to $50.
But if your husband is rash enough to
contest the case the expenses may run
to $50 or $40 day. Often a lawyer
will not take your case without good
retainer fee, and even the average
working woman who has been divorced
will tell you that her bill of separa-
ton" has cost her $3.50.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
How the Boy Got the Place

A gentleman advertised for boy
and nearly fifty came to see him. Out
OF the whole number he chose one, and
dismissed the rest.
II should like to know" said a
friend, why you picked out that boy.
who had not single recommendation"
You are mistaken" said the gentle
man, he had great many. He wiped
his feet when he came in and closed
the door after him, showing that he was
careful.
He gave his seat instantly to an
elderly person, showing that he was
thoughtful and kind. He took of his
cap, and answered my questions
promptly, showing that he was gentle
manly.
He picked up a book l had pur-
posely laid on the floor, and replaced
it upon the table; and he waited quietly
for his turn instead Of pushing and
crowding, showing that he was honor
able and orderly.
When I talked to him l noticed
that his clothes were brushed, and his
hair in order.
Don't you call those little things
recommendations l do; and I would
give more for what can tell about a
boy by using my eyes than for all the
letters he can bring.-Ex.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21

Here is copy OF verdict that was
recently rendered by jury in an as
sault case in Newton, Kansas: May
it please the court, we, the jury, find
the prisoner is not guilty Of hitting
With intent to kill, but simply to para
I'VE, and he done it"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
Exceeds Former Records

Reports received from correspondents
in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana indicate that the wheat crop
in the Inland Empire this year will be
about 6s, 100000 bushels, the largest
in the history OF the district. The
figures show the crop in fifteen coun-
ties in eastern Washington will be 3d.
100000 as compared with 1895, 900
in 1909.
1t is reported that the crop will be
about two weeks late. Commissioners
of horticulture in the Pacific and North
west states report that the fruit crop
will be above the average. The apple
crop will not be as large as in 1910,
but ii is likely the prices will be high
CT. Pears, peaches and other fruit will
be plentiful in most of the districts.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
Guinea Pigs as Lawn Mowers

U. S. Consular Report: An agricul-
tural writer for an English newspaper
says:
A curious but successful experiment
is being made on a number OF private
lawns in Kent, and is about to be tried
by golf club in the neighborhood Of
Greenhite. The idea is the novel one
of substituting the guinea pig Tor the
moving machine and the weed killer.
Around the lawn is arranged low
wire barrier and into the Enclosure are
turned a number OF guinea pigs; or
better, passage is made from their
hutch to the lawn. The animals at
once attack all the worst weeds-the
plaintains first, then the dandelions
and daisies. These broad-leaved plants
which no moving machine will touch,
are killed by the persistent cutting Of
the guinea pigs teeth. When they
have finished the weeds, which are
broad-leaved and succulent, they pro-
coed to the grass. In a short time the
lawn looks as if it had been cut by the
closest machine. The persistent cut
,, ting of the leaves kills the weeds,
which can stand almost any other treat
ment, but does no harm to the grass.
One lawn, formerly mass OF weeds,
has been made to grow nothing but the
finer grasses. Another is still under
process OF treatment. The hall of it
in which the guinea pigs were first set
to work has been cut quite even and
very close. For golfng it is as fast
again as it was under the administra-
ton of the moving machine, and not
weed is visible.
The other half, where the animals
have just been turned loose, is mass
of dandelions.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
Commission Form of Government

Three months trial of the commission
form OF government in Spokane has
convinced many, including the severest
critics of the plan, that the affairs of the
municipality are today conducted with
greater efficiency. economy and dis
patch than under any other administra-
ton, since the incorporation Of the city
in 1881.
Many wastes have been stopped,
numerous abuses have been corrected
and modern methods are now employed
in all departments. The business OF
the city is conducted in the same man
ner that a successful merchant or man
ufacturer operates store or factory plant.
Robert Farley, commissioner on finance
said recently that, while there is nothing
certain yet relative TO reduction in
taxes, he is prepared to show that the
taxpayers have received 100 cents
worth OF work for every dollar expend-
ed by the commission.
Commissioner Farley has received
requests from more than one hundred
cities in various parts OF the country
for copies OF the Spokane charter, which
is declared to be the most advanced
practical plan in America.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
The press does as much for the world

The press does as much for the world
as the pulpit. The modern newspaper
has become a practical necessity, while
the pulpit, though doing great and
glorious good, is regarded in some To-
calities as little more than select So
cial balance wheel. Many people man
age to get along without the preacher,
at least until dying or dead. but few
find it possible TO get along without a
newspaper.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21

Mary Garden, the actress, took with
her to the coronation lorty-fve pairs OF
shoes and l06 pairs OF stockings. One
would rather be a bachelor than pay
such stocking bill for any woman.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
Hickey Rapids of the Columbia Navigabi,

Rickey Rapids of the Columbia Navigabie
The passing of the steamer Shoshone
through the Hickey rapids recently
under the command of Captain F. Nc
Dermott demonstrates that with COM
paratively small expense these rapids
can be made navigable for at least eight
months in the year, or for the part Of
the year in which they would be the
most useful.
Captain McDermott assisted in sur
yeying these rapids last winter, and as
commissioner OF the state Columbia i'm
proyement commission, has charge OF
the expenditure in removing obstruc-
tons between the Hickey rapids and
Bridgeport, for which the state had ap-
propriated $50, 900. A small portion
OF this money was used in removing
rocks and doing preliminary work to-
ward clearing a channel for these rapids
last spring. The work was done at low
water and made it possible for the boat
to be taken through the rapids in safety
at this time.
Captain McDermott says that with
an expenditure OF SIS. 900 he can clear
a channel through these rapids that will
make them passable Tor at least eight
months out OF the year.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21

What has become OF the old-fash-
Toned girl who used to tie up her
stockings with a string. we are asked.
What a question! Maybe strings are
still used. It is all CUES: work with
the Echo.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
Ladies of the MaccabeeS

Regular meetings OF the lodge held In the
l. q. u. f. hail on the first and third Satur
days In each month. Visiting members are
cordially invited To attend. Lady Com
mander. Anna ThOiin; Record Keeper, Ida
Baunan.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
Improved Order of Red Men

Chickamin Lodge meets every "Wednesday
night In /. o. o. r. hall. Sachem, J. l..
Wright: Ohief of Records, Art johnson.
Visiting brethren cordially invited To at
tend.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21

The Mazamas, the mountain climb
ing club OF Portland, will climb Glacier
Peak in Chelan county, Washington,
this summer, and mountaineers from
Seattle and othes points will join in
the ascent. A large party will attempt
the climb, leaving Portland August Q
and returning August 20.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
MISCELLANEOUS

OF course some people have more
adaptsbility for certain pursuits than
other people; but anybody may be
reasonably successful in any pursuit il
proper judgment be exercised.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21
KNIGHTS of PYTHIAS

Meets every other Monday
al 5 O'Clock in X. p Hall.
Bloom Bldg. X q. Ruther-
ford c. G. NJ. X. Burnham.
X. of K. and 5. Visiting breth-
rem cordially Invited TO attend
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1911-07-21

A man is wise who postpones his
wedding day until he is good and
ready, till he has met and learned
much about many women, till he
deems himself capable to select fit
woman to be his wife, and until he is
financially able to attend to the res
possibilities OF home.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25
BETHEL

Mr.. Samuel Jones has returned from
delightful visit with his sons and
daughters in West Philadelphia.
Miss Nan Davis visited relatives in
Elk Mills on Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Beulah Lynch, of Bay View spent
Sunday with Miss Violet Jones.
Miss Sarah Phillips has returned from
visit with her sister, Mrs. Ed. Lynch,
who is now residing in Elkton.
Mrs. Ed. Goodnow and Mrs William
Brazier spent Saturday in Elkton.
Mr.. Norris Atkinson, of Baltimore, is
visiting Mr.. Ulysses Desmond who is at
home for day or so of cunning.
Revival services are in progress at
Bethel NJ. p Church.
The ladies of Bethel have purchased a
new Estey organ for the church.
Miss Amy Pullman is in a Chester
hospital undergoing an operation lor
appendicitis. We look forward to her
speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brazier spent
"Wednesday evening WIN Miss Violet
Jones.
Miss Ida Worth is at home suffering
from severe cut upon her hand
Take care of the carpenter and his
gun, for he is hitting rabbits right and
left.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25
On The Same Level

Nice shades of color like l.. & NJ. Tux
edo Yellow or Silver Gray, and solid
trim Of Olive or Shaker Green, both
ornament and wear, when used by add
ing ga of a gallon of Oil to each gal
Ion of the l.. & NJ. colors as produced at
Factory.
Then the paint costs only about $1.60
per gallon because the user himself
makes about half the paint used, and
reduces cost by adding the OIL
Thirty-five years use in N. A. & S. A.
Cur sales agents are-R. B. Frazer,
Elkton; j. A. Roney, North East.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25
A Fathers Vengeance

would have fallen on any one who at
tackled the son of Peter Bondy, of South
lockwood, Mich, but he was powerlcss
before attacks of Kidney trouble Doc
tors could not help him." he wrote, $50
at last we gave him Electric Bitters and
he improved wonderfully from taking
six bottles. It's the best Kidney medi-
cine | ever saw" Backache, Tired feel
ing, Nervousness, Loss of Appetite, warn
of Kidney trouble that may end in drop
sy diabetes, or Bright's disease. Beware:
Take Electric Bitters and be safe. Every
bottle guaranteed. SOC at all Druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25

vious week. Mr.. Albert Burlington made
highest score.
Miss Mary Haines has returned from
visit with her niece. Mrs. William
Michaels, Langhorne.
Miss H. Maude Kirk, of Baltimore,
spent last Saturday and unday with her
sisters. Mrs. H. Lima Worthington and
Miss Hannah M. Kirk
DR.. and Mrs. T. B. Moore spent lats
week n Baltimore, where he attended the
sessions of State Dental Board.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Holden, Edward
and Bernard Effing left last Saturday for
Virginia, where they are enjoying a
weeks cunning
Mrs. Isabel Buckley is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. John Barnes.
Mr. Eli T. Reynolds and daughter Miss
Ada, spent portion of last week with
relatives in Baltimore.
Revival services are being held in the
NJ. E. Church here. They began last
Sunday night, weather bad. Congrega-
tion was small first night.
Mrs. Mccullough, of Baltimore, visit
ed Mrs. Eli T. Reynolds this week.
Mrs Hanson H. Haines, of Philadel-
phia, spent a few days Of this week with
Mrs. Charles S. Pyle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson Keilholtz have
recently been visiting Mr.. Granville
McDougal and family.
Rev. and Mrs. Amos R. Brown Tough
kenamon, were visitors in town last
week.
The Missionary Society Of West Not
tingham Presbyterian Church met with
Mrs. Clara |. Turner, Thursday after
noon at 2 o'clock.
Mr.. Eugene A. Reynolds, of Philadsl-
phia, was Rising Sun visitor during
last week.
Mr.. George Sellers and family have
moved from their recent home on Cherry
street to their new dwelling on Main
street.
Mrs. Maggie Scott, who has been liv-
ing with her daughter, Mrs. Samuel
Entriken, in South Carolina, visited
Mrs. E. H. Reynolds, on Cherry street,
this week.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25
PORT DEPOSIT

DR.. A. w. Harris, Messrs. ia mes Pat
ten, the Wheat King, and j. Dycher,
three of the trustees OF the orthwes-
tern University at Evanston, IL, visit
ed Tome Institute Buildings on Monday.
Mrs. F. F. Carpenter and Mrs. Carrie
Taylor attended the Womans' Home Mis-
sonary Society convention which was
in session last Thursday at the Me-
thodist Church in Smyrna, Del.
Miss Blanche B. Barr ST emit Sunday
in Baltimore with Miss Ida Woodrow.
Mrs D. Woodrow, OF Wilmington. is
the guest of Mrs. R. L. Stebbing.
Miss Leila R. Gerry, OF Denton, is
spending some time with Mrs. Jane A.
Gerry.
Mr. Alfred Smith, of Baltimore, spent
several days last week with Mrs. Fin
ney.
Mr.. Ross Hopkins spent several days
last week at his home.
Mrs. f. T. Benson was a Baltimore
visitor last Saturday.
Mr., Howard Taylor, of Philadelpl la,
spent Sunday with Mr.. J. B. Abral ans.
Mrs. Carrie Taylor spent several days
this week with Philadelphia relatives.
MISS .hdlLlt CUdle, VI was
Miss Bessie NJ. Taylor's guest, Monday.
Misses Esther Friedman and ISABEL
Chopper visited friends I'M Baltimore
last week.
Mrs. Lewis Ellicott gave an informal
dance to a number Of her friends at her
home on South Main street, on Tuesday
evening
Mrs. Mary Lamdin, of Wilmington, is
the guest of Mrs. F. F. Carpenter.
The social department of the kp-
worth League will hold musicale in
the lecture room Of the Methodist
Church on Saturday evening, November
rs, at SIS o'clock. A silver offering
will be taken at the door.
MI and Mrs. William Campbell and
children spent several days last week
with Mrs. Philip Becker in Baltimore.
Rev. l.. l.. Carpenter started his extra
meetings last Sunday evening. These
meetings will be held each evening ex-
church at 7.3O for at least two weeks.
The Union Thanksgiving service will
be held Thursday morning. November 80,
at 1890, in the Methodist Church. Rev.
William Crawford, of the Presbyterian
Church, will preach the Thanksgiving
sermon.
Mrs. E. S. Boyle and Miss Margaret
Boyle were Philadelphia visitors this
week.
Mr.. Edward Smith has returned from
quite a stay at Butterworth, Va.
Mrs. j. T. c. Hopkins entertained the
Whist Club at her home on Wednesday
afternoon.
Mr.. Clayton s. Cooper, of New York,
will make an address at Memorial Hall,
Friday, November II, at 645 p. m.
Tome football team will play Swarth-
more Prep. School at Swarthmore, Sat
urday November IS. Tome won the
game last Saturday with Pennington
Score being % to 5.
Miss Bertha Creswell spent Sunday
with Mrs. Frank Bitner at Woodlawn.
Miss Margaret Benson entertained
Misses Jean Hagerty, Marian Hopkins
and Roberta White over Tuesday night
Mrs. r. L. Stebbing, Miss Evalyr
Stebbing and Mrs. d. Woodrow visited
Havre de Grace rela.sts on Wednes-
day.
Mrs. F. F. Carpenter spent last Friday
with Wilmington friends.
Miss n. C. Haymon, of Wilmington
and Misses NJ. NJ. and E. F. Tompkinsor
of Harrisburg, Pa, are guests of Mrs
William Carson.
Mr.. John Creswell and Mrs. George
Atkinson entertained the Temple in a
most enjoyable manner last Monday
evening.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25

: cent; l9o5-u9, 20 per cent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25
Crop Conditions

a general review OF the crop
conditions as issued by the United
States Department OF Agriculture,
bureau OF statistics, shows the
production on November I, 1911,
compared with the production,
November I, 1910.
Corn-I9II, 2,770,3oo,ooo; 1910
3,I25,7I3,coo bushels; average 5
years, 1905 to 1909, 2,733,75I,ooo
bushels. Price, November I, 1911
OF cents per bushel; November
l, 1910, $40 cents per bushel,
Wheat-I9II, 665,5I6,ooo; 1910
605,443,ooo. Average, 5 years,
o02,S24,ooo. Price, 1911, oI.5
cents; 1910, COS cents per bushel.
Oats-19II, S73,64I,ooo; 1910,
I,I26, 765,ooo. Average 5 years,
So7,4I5,ooo. Price, 1873 cents;
1910, $40 cents per bushel.
Potatoes-I9II, 28I,735,ooo but
shells; 1910, 1881. Average for
5 years, 3o4,5I3,ooo bushels. Price
November, 1911, 1913 cents per
bushel; 1910, 55.7 cents.
Hay-IoII, 10000 tons; 1910,
oo,97S. Average for 5 years, o.
4IS,CCo tons. Value, 1911, $G4,62
per ton; 1910, SLIGO per ton.
The comparison in the growing
of apples, 1868 per cent; pears,
I1C.S per cent; watermelons, 1851
per cent; grapes, 1927 per cent
cantaloupes, 1918 per cent.
The production Of the total CROP
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25
Dry Goods
Ladies' and Gents
Blankets and COmfOrtables
Grocery Department

Is large and varied giving rise to
The me st reliable staple goods, at pri
toned to the old way OF doing busine.
CASH, CASH is the watchword
keeping with the 2oth Century.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25
RISING SUN.

Miss Mary Brumfield has been visiting
her brother Mr. Howard Brumfield and
family, Mendenhall.
Mrs Walter Alvord, of Moore, visited
her mother, Mrs. Ella Pyle, Cherry ST.,
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Entriken WIRE
recent guests of Mr. and Mrs John NJ
Sterrett
Mrs Timanus Wilson, of Tonawanda
N. j., visited relatives in and near town
this week.
Ire Euchre Club was pleasantly en-
terta1ned at the home of Mr.. II. Linn
Worthington, on Friday night of pre-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25
Baked At Cold Steel

Il wouldn't let doctor cut my foot
off," said H. d. Ely, Bantam, Ohio, "al-
though horrible ulcer had been the
plague of my life for four years. Instead
l used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and my
foot was soon completely cured" Heals
Burns, Boils, Sores, Bruises, Eczema,
Pimples, Corns, Surest Pile cure 25c at
all Druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-25
Starts Much Trouble

If all people knew that neglect of con-
stipation would result in severe indiges-
tion, yellow jaundice or virulent liver
trouble they would soon take DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, and end it. It's the only
safe way. Best for biliousness, headache,
dyspepsia, chills and debility. Csc at all
Druggists.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-10
JOHN BURROUGHS, WORLD
FAMOUS NATURALIST, IS WRITING A
BOOK ABOUT THESE ISLANDS

AnacOnda Standard: Mrs. J. D.
Slemons of the Homer club, who is
spending the winter in Los Angeles,
ever mindful Of the interests of her
fellow clubwomen, sent an article
from the Los Angeles Times giving
an account of John Burroughs, the
eminent naturalist, and his present
visit to Pasadena The clubs of Butte
and of the state have enjoyed many
a pleasant afternoon in the study of
John Burroughs and there are few
years when he does not occupy a
place on club programmes. In the Los
Angeles article one feels very near
to the distinguished man and author.
1t is as follows:
John Burroughs, naturalist and
essayist, has come to Southern Cali
fornia to remain until April Here is
shining example for the man with
dyspepsia at 40, govt at As and
funeral at so. John Burroughs at "A
goes TO his farm on the Hudson that
none of his neighbors may have gar
den truck earlier than himself.
"Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs arrived at
Pasadena yesterday from the Grand
canyon and are now the guests of
Mrs. Jesse L. Atkinson of Lamanda
park The veteran scientist and lit
terateur will have ample opportunity
to visit with his old friends, John
Muir, the California woodsman and
Francis F. Browne.
Burroughs is the John Muir and
the Joaquin Miller of the East. Per-
haps it is as we'll to confess at the
outset that he is also the Whitman
and the Emerson of America, since
the good gray poet and the great reli-
zionist have joined the choir invisi-
BILE. Burroughs was the lifetime
friend of both men and, like them,
he has sought truth without hysteria
/ and has expressed it without dogma.
"'Do you like best to think of your
self as a scientist or an author, ne
was asked yesterday.
"I think have been a truth-seeker
before anything else he said. After
wards l have tried to say it the best
l could. | have loved expression ar
IDENTIFY, but the main thing with me
has been what / say. have always
been absorbed by the meaning of
things. When l see an object which
holds my interest, l am bent on dis
covering the way it began.
"'Once for all, tell me- his inter
viewer begged, did you or did you
not write the little poem called
"Waiting?"
az did, he replied. 7 wrote it forty
eight years ago, and builded better
than | knew. published it in the old
Knickerbocker Magazine in New
York in 1862. The world seemed to
forget it at first, or never to have
noticed it at all, but afterward / saw
it printed in all languages, and have
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-03-10

juries to which are among the greater
dangers of battle. heT fall of a fun
mel, or its extensive perforation, dimin-
ishes perilously the power Of a ship
to maintain speed, while at the same
time enormously increasing the expen-
diture of fuel, which is then wasted
by carloads. This substitution of in
ternal combustion, however, is only in
an experimental stage, and prediction
as to it's future is unsafe, 1t is an as
piration Of the decade, not a realiza'
ton.