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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
STILL HE MISSED SOMETHING
Suburban Amateur Gardener Who Had
Improved Small Estate is Given
Severe Jolt.

He was suburban amateur garden
er. whose mission in life was to bore
all his friends by asking them down for
week-ends, and showing them round
Ills three-feet-by-two estate. Just now
ne was boring Jackson, from the office.
He showed him his four rose trees; he
showed him his pocket shrubbery; he
showed him his half-inch fountain Jet,
with its little basin and pair of gold
ish; he showed him his summer house,
which would almost admit two persons
at one and the same time
Never know what you can do with
a bit Of ground till you try" cackled
the host. rubbing his hands gleefully.
Quite so-Quite sol" returned Jack
son, absently. "But think you might
Improve it."
"Howi" questioned the owner, be-
twene qualification and wounded pride.
Well" replied jackson, why don't
Fou take a strip off the flower bed
say. four inches wide-turf 1t over. and
convert 1t into golf links?"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
ONE WAY TO PRESERVE EGGS
Effective Plan 10 to lmmerse Them
In Solution Of eodium eiIloate
or "Water-Glass.D
By r. M. WDsT.)

u -
The primary principle to be observ-
ed In the preservation Of eggs is the
protection Of the interior from con.
tact with the air. The most effective
way Of doing this. ia to immerse them
In a water solution OF sodium silicate,
usually known as "waterglass." So
dunn silicate can be obtained from
any druggist at from 45 to go cents
per gallon. One gallon should be suf.
ficient for about 80 dozen eggs.
Mix one part of the sodium silicate
with from ten to twelve parts OF
water. Some water-glass is so thick
that, with this dilution, the eggs will
float. In such case, add enough
more water to make them settle to
the bottom of the liquid.
Use only clean water, from which
the air has been removed by boiling
Be sure that it is cold before mixing
1t with the water-glass.
Pack the eggs In q Jar or clean
wooden keg, and add the preserving
solution in sufficient quantity to cover
the eggs. No part of the shell should
be exposed to the air.
The packed eggs should be kept
cool. A cellar Is the best place for
storing them. Pack only strictly
fresh eggs. Stale eggs will not keer
for any length of time under any con
ditions, and they may affect the fresh
eggs which are packed with them.
Do not wash eggs before packing
tnem. Washing removes from the
shell the miculaginous coating with
nature provides for their temporary
preservation.
Eggs preserved in this way retain
their original fresh flavor perfectly
they are not discolored, the yolk re
tains its normal consistency for sew
eral months.
Other methods of preservation
though less satisfactory in their re
suits. will keep eggs for from three te
four months In such condition that
they may be used for cooking pur
poses A preserving mixture which
has given fair results is made up oi
3h pounds of fresh lime mixed witt
Az pounds of salt, and the whole dis
solved in eight gallons of water.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
KISSING is ALL RIGHT NOW
But for Goodness Sake Don't Shake
Hands With Your Friends for
Fear Of Germs.

Denver. Col.-Frank E. Thompson,
who occupies the chair of education at
the University Of Colorado, is for kiss
Ing. Instead of issuing preachments
against osculation, says Professor
Thompson. educators and instructors
ought to warn against the more com.
mon handshake.
There's nothing unhygienio in kiss
Ing compared with handshaking." says
Professor Thompson. almost every
hand incloses within the recesses OF
the nails or tissues millions Of germs,
which are communicated by the act OF
shaking hands,"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
PRETTY WOMAN IN TROUBLE
Severe Post Office Official Finally
Yields to Her Pleading and
Gives Letter Back.

The post Office official put on his Sc
ierest manner.
you say you mailed the letter about
an hour ago at window in the east
,orridor?" he asked.
The beautiful woman dabbed hand
kerchief in her soulful eyes and at the
lip of her classic nose.
"Yes. yes," she said.
ITO whom vas 1t addressed?"
She told him.
And now you want to stop that let.
err" he went on. with still more Sc.
verify. you want to get it back?
Why?"
Because" said the woman, with un
premeditated frankness, II am afrait
his wife. who has just arrived in town
will get hold of it."
"Oh!" said the stern official.
She got the letter.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
Minus the Price.

DO you think there is any chance
Of my poem appearing in your maga.
zine!" asked the bard. I'm without
so much as quarter in money"
Before you told me your financial
situation / thought there might be
some chance of your poem appearing
In our magazine" answered the hard
hearted editor. "but now see no hope.
our advertising rates are S5 an inch"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
Giving Away a Trade Secret.

Giving Away Trade Secret.
'I want you to notice that man over
there"
What's peculiar about him?"
He's well off and he got his start
as a window dresser"
"A what?"
Don't you understand? He fixed
up displays in the front windows of
stores 30 as to attract crowd. I've
seen people almost, fighting for a
chance to look at them"
THAT takes skill"
Skill nothing! All he did was to
put pictures Of prize fighters in ring
costume here and there among the
exhibits"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
The Hero,s Fate.

The hero had returned from the
wilds Of Africa
For days." he related modestly, 81
vas almost swallowed by crocodiles."
The heroine's eyes softened.
"Gracious!" she exclaimed sympa-
thetically.
"And masticated by man-eating
lions."
"Oh. HERBERT"
And eaten by cannibals."
He paused for breath. Then wha,
did she do? Womanlike, she devoured
him with q glance
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
"And what do you wish the new one
Not Room for Both.

Going to leave US. Brother Gooo.
mani" asked one of the members of
the little flock.
. "Yes," said the pastor; Satan is
crowding me. He's interfering with
my work. and I don't seem to be inter
fering in the least with his; SO am
going to move away and leave him
in sole possession of the town"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
A Doubt.

II can't figure out" said Van Dusen
whether from what Knicker told me
about the cooks answer at the club
when Jorkins pitched into him about
the birds always being generally cold
whether the cook gave him a stinging
retort or the bird. cooked as he want
ed it."
What did Knicker say" asked his
friend.
He said, When Jorkins carried OF
that way, tell you. the cook handed
him a hot one'
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
Followed Instructions.

Gunner-You can't get the best OF
those railway porters who bang your
things about. labeled my trunks
China" and thought they would han
die them with unusual care.
Guyer-And did they?
Gunner-No; but blamed II they
didn't ship 'em all the way to Shang-
hal. and haven't seem 'em since
Judge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
Can You Blame Him?

1T is said" he remarked, that
the proportion of unmarried women In
this country grows larger every year"
We'll" she replied, 'it's only nat
ural that 1t should be SO. seeing that
the proportion of real men grows
smaller in this country every year"
Then he got his hat and went home.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
Cost of Poultry.

ave you ever figured 1t out that /.
costs no more to produce 106 pounds
of poultry than 1t does 100 pounds of
beef, and that II the beef brings six
cents on the hoof, chickens will bring
12 cents per pound alive?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
When Fodder Is Best.

Fodder Is the best feed while the
stalks are new and the leaves have
not become dry and broken off. When
1t has been allowed to stand in the
field and run the gauntlet of rains
and rats half or more of its value has
been lost. Cutting and feeding i'm
mediately from the fields saves both
feed and labor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
Attending Poultry Shows.

Attend the poultry shows in your
neighborhood and If you have any ex.
ira fine birds, take them along, They
may not win. but your interest in
them will prompt you to learn what
really good bird is.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
Sure Of His Oats.

Young Centaur-I'd like to have your
daughter for my running mate. old
boss.
Old Centaur-H'ml What are your
prospects?
Young Centaur-Why, yesterday
morning, before the railbirds got busy,
I reeled OF mile in 1:2e fiat--and I
didn't extend myself. either.-Puok.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
A Sad Prospect.

They say there's no fool like an old
TOOL"
That makes me shudder for the fu-
ture. I've already been all the other
kinds"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
Dies From eee stlnas.

Centerville. Cal.-Attacked by a
swarm Of bees which he was trying to
hive. Frank Lyons was stung 30 badly
at his home near Centerville that he
died in an hour. Mr.. Lyons was sixty
Ava wears old.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
Alfalfa Is Hardy.

Alfalfa is as hardy as clover and
should be sown early in the spring to
get good start and to have the
spring rains which win insure its
growth.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
They Come HIqh.

Gladys says she is crazy to MARI,
man with a past"
She seems to forget that the man
with past usually goes broke paying
FOR It."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
His New Password.

Il want to change my password D.
laid the man who had for two years
rented safety deposit box.
Very WE'LL" replied the man In
charge. What is the old one?"
Gladys"
"And what do you wish the new one
to be?"
Mabel Gladys has gone to Reno. "
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17

Stop UP the cracks around the bot.
tom Of the pigs sleeping quarters bu.
leave the openings at the top for ven.
tlation.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17

The Statistician-r tell you. sir. fig
ures don't lie.
The Bank resident-Maybe not, but
they have provoking way of evading
the truth when manipulated by 2
crooked cashier.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-17
A Worse PLIGHT.

did your servant leave you wfthou,
warning7"
"Yssi likewise without spoons."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18
ALEXANDER AND PELL
WIN TENNIS DOUBLES
Pair Defeat Cragin and Grant
in Straight Sets for Indoor
National Title.

NEW YORK, February 1S.-Frederick
B. Alexander and Theodore Roosevelt
Pell won the national indoor tennis cham
pionship in doubles yesterday on the
courts of the Seventh Regiment, Armory.
They defeated Calhoun Cragin and Wylie
c. Grant in three straight sets. 11-9
6-3 G-1. Alexander, the internationalist
and now holder of the national doubles
title, both in and out of doors, easily sur
passed any of the other players upon the
court. Individually he scored Il of the
points made by his side. while Pell scored
"a. Both Surpassed Cragin and Grant.
Respectively they scored "a and 5S.
1t was on service alone, almost, that
Gragin and Grant We're unusually strong.
This was the chief asset of Grants game,
fer at toeing the line he won y service
aces. with Cragin at II. Alexander scored
of games was % to 13, and on points 1871
to 11o
While the championship doubles was
being decided William B. Cragin. jr, de-
feated Walter Merrill Hall in the semi
final of the singles by the score of I'll.
80. He will meet Theodore Roosevelt.
Pell for The title and cup this afternoon.
Should Pell win he will take the trophy.
as IL will he his third victory and holding
of the title.
To the disappointment of the players
and the gallery the conditions were any
thing bur favorable. The rainy day
fact may in a measure be attributed the
large number of service aces. for all of
the men played with all the force and
speed that they could muster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18
HIS SMILE DISTORTED
MOUTH; SPILLS HSSOUP
Injuries for Which Physician
Claimed S25, 900 Damages.
Awarded $1,000.

BALTIMORE. February IS. DR..
George W. Dobbin was rendered uncon-
scious by injuries to his head suffered in
a collision between his automobile and
that of +. Holmes Bay He sued for
$4,000 damages and yesterday testified
how he had been injured. saving:
Il could not laugh properly. When ]
was amused. one side Of my face would
smile while the other side-the collapsed
side-would not. This made me look
very funny
$50 you could laugh only on one side
of your face commented Lawyer Col
ton. namely, the wrong side?'
Unable to Eat Soup.
Such a condition was very embars
continued DR.. Dobbin, but there were
even more substantial, troubles. | could
not eat soup for instance. For if put
it in one side Of my mouth il had a
tendency to run out of the other This
was very bad for one fond OF the good
things OF life.
My appearance. too. was not fatter-
ing. One side of ms face was very
much collapsed, and ii gave me a gro-
tesque look. | could not use my mouth
either to hold cigar. which was an
other deprivation and embarra ssment"
The doctor said his practice Melted
him x13,OH and that he had been de-
prived Of $5.O0 during his illness of five
months. The jury awarded him $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18
SAYS AMER|CANSLACK
THE MILITARY SPIRIT
Maj. Gen. DuvaII Charges
Troops Not to Be Dishearten-
ed at PubIic's Ignorance.

Ignorance of the military and lack of
sympathy with the military spirit is
charged against the American people by
Maj Gen. William P. Duvall. formerly
comma ndant of the Philippine division OF
the army. In the general order issued
at Manila last December. and just re-
ceived here, in which he babe farewell
to the men under his command prior to
his retirement, ne said:
II would charge them 1.-THE troops not
to be disheartered by the too frequent
manifestations Of ignorance of the mill
tary on the part of our people and the
lack of sympathy with the military Spirit
but to remember that the army Is not
what the popular Imagination pictures 1t,
a useless eXcrescence upon the struc-
ture of the government, but an integral
part of that structure, one OF its founda-
ton stones.
Understand that the army in the Phil
ippines IS practically an army in the field.
eep alive in you the spirit of patr OF SIN.
Enshrine your country in your heat and
Worship he- To some of you may come
the glory of giving up your lie for her;
let it be life worthy Of her pride n the
sacrifice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18
LUNATIC WOUNDS TWO.
Shooting Aboard Liner Complicates
Question of Jurisdiction.

NEW YORK. February ia peculiar
situation as to the jurisdiction in
shooting case where a lunatic wounded
two persons aboard ship developed yes
terday when the steamship America OF
the La Veloce line reached New York.
Among the cabin passengers. closely con-
fined, was Di Tempore Natalie natural
lied citizen of this country. He is a
young musician who had been abroad to
visit his mother.
Two days out from Naples he became
insane and declared the BLACK Hands"
were after him. Entering the dining
saloon of the America, he fired point
blank into those at the tables. One bull
let struck Antonio Camistere, a shoe
maker of San Francisco in the right
thigh; another struck Harry Binanchl
eight years old, of 323 West Seth street.
this city. The other bullet went wild.
The man was overpowered. The wounds
of his victims proved not to be serious.
and they were about yesterday. Because
the man Is an American citizen he could
not be deported. The police say the
crime was committed on the high seas.
and no hospital in New York would take
him as an insane person. Last night he
was still aboard the ship. and the Italian
consul has been appealed to In the hope
that washington will cut the red tape
that makes an insane American GAt1Hen a
prisoner aboard an Italian ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18
BRIDGE OVER PANAMA CANAL.
1t Will Be LIS Feet in Height and
Carry q Railroad

A bridge. 115 feet high, is to be thrown
across the Panama canal at E npire. ac-
cording to the latest plans OF the engineer
board. Only the absolute necessity Of
maintaining uninterrupted railracd COM
Hunication across the isthmus has led
the engineers to sanction the construction
of any sort of an obstruction across the
waterway. But as the necessity exists,
the board has decided to construct a
bridge at that point at 115 feet above
the water level. A height of 49, feet at
high tide is considered sufficient for TIE
bridges in New York harbor. but the top
OF the smokestacks Of the two ocean
giants now blu lding, the Olympic and Tt
tantic, will tower $50 feet above the
water level when those ships ligh'
draft. The Panama canal bridge Will
carry a railroad covering a width of
about sixteen feet, roadway OF about
tn, same width and one or more foot
walks six feet VIDE 1t Will be o. the
high-plate girde- arch type.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18
INDIGESTION GOES
IN FIVE MINUTES.
Sourness, Gas, Dyspepsia and
Other Stomach Misery Van
ishes Before You Realize 1t.

II what you just ate is sour.ng On your stom-
ach or lies like a lump of lead refusing to d.
rest or you beIch Gas and Eructate sour. undi-
sested food. or have a feeling OF Disxiness.
Heartburn Fullness, Nausea. Bad taste In
mouth and stomach headache-this is Indises-
tion.
: full case Of Pape's Diapepsin costs only 50
rents and will thoroughly your ont OF order
stomach and leave sufficient about the house in
Ease some one else in the family may suffer
from stomach trouble Indigestion.
Ask YOUR pharmacist show you the formula
MAINLY printed on these 5ocent cases. then you
will understand Why Dysaeptlc trouble Of all
r,nds must go. and why they usually relieve
.ou, on, of order stomachs Indigestion In fve
minutes Diapepein is harmless. and tastes like
candy though each dose contains power sun
ION, 10 digest and prepare for assimilation into
49, blood all the food you eat; besides. 1t
.,os ron 60 to the table with a healthy Ape
tire: hut what will please you most Is that you
I'M taeI that your stomach and intestines are
c,esr ard fresh. and you will not need to resort
- ro,sti,es or liver pills for Biliousness or Con
stipation.
This city will have many Da2epsin cranks. a.
some people will call them. but you Will be
cranky about this splendid stomach preparation
TOO IL you try little for Indigestion or
Gast-itis or any other Stomach misery.
Get SOM. now. this minute. and forever rid
Yourself of Stomach Trouble and Indigestion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18

President of the United States created
profound indignation among all 1alr-
minded people, but Jefferson stubborniy
refused to rebuke Freneau or remove him
from Office. Washington told Jener son
one day, and Jefferson notes the fact IN
his diary, that he could see in rrenea as
sign to insult him. Another entry In
Jeffersons journal reads: He Wash
ington) adverted to a piece in kreneau
paper of yesterday. He was evidently
sore and warm. and I took his intention
to be that l should interpose in some way
with Freneau. perhaps withdraw his ap-
pointment of translat;ng clerk to my
office. But l will not do it.
While Jefferson was still in the cabinet
Freneau went before the mayor Of Phil
adeIphia and took an oath that the Sec
rotary of State was not responsible. either
directly or indirectly, for the contempt
BILE articles that had been published con-
corning the President. but later in life
confessed that he made this affidavit to
protect his employer and patron, s:at
Jefferson either wrote or dictated many
of them. and furnished ale OF his paper
with the articles marked which Jefferson
had written.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18
LINE OF TAILLESS DOGS.
Puppy Born Without Appenasge as
Result of Evolution.

COLUMBUS. Ind. Feb. 1S-Ralph l..
Spraguh. prosecuting attorney in this
city, has caused CONSERVATION in the
baidhead colony as a result Of his ex-
pertinent in the evolution of dogs. He
has short-tailed dog. the father and
mother of which originally had tails
OF the usual length.
For three generations the ancestors of
this dog have had their tails cut off.
Finally fate evidently decided that a
painful operation could be saved by al
lowing the dogs to be born without
tails. and the fox terrier owned by Mr.
Spraguh is right in style without hay
ing to undergo ap operation
Mr.. Spraguh told about mis- dog in the
circuit courtroom here. and his story
alarmed the baldheaded lawyers They
have expressed the fear that in a few
generations their progeny will be hav-
ing less and less hair. until finally all
OF them will be born wholly bald,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18
BOY GOES FOR RIDE
IN STREET CAR FENDER
Non-Paying Passenger Carried
Twelve Blocks Before Motor
man Discovers Him.

NEW YORK, February 1S.-"Big tar
went by-Joe went. too unconcernedly
observed four-ycar-old Isidore Ross to
his parents and the parents of four-year-
old Joseph Laver when the combined
families questioned him at their home,
2O3 East Tooth street, late yesterday aft
ernoon after it had been definitely estab-
lished that Joseph was missing. Isidore's
parents knew that Isidore and Joseph
had gone TO Sd avenue to play and that
lsidore had returned alone to dinner.
Discovered by Other Boys.
Meanwhile 1.-The tar which went when
Joe went too had proceeded up Sd
avenue. 1t had Travelled from Tooth
street to 11.th, when a swarm Of small
boys danced about in front Of it in
excitement. The motorman stopped and
asked what was the matter.
Hey, mister, there's a boy under your
car. said one youngster.
The motorman, the conductor and most
of the passengers got out and stopped to
look under the car. In the forward
well beneath the car just forward of
the trucks, lay small body. There is
patent continuance which brings the
fender forward and this the motorman
pulled.
Poor little fellow" he said, as the
small body was carried forward in the
fender.
Escaped Serious Injury.
\ woman in the crowd took a quick
glance.
Hes alive, get doctor quick" she
cried.
The little boy opened his eyes and
when DR.. Langrock arrived from Har-
Ism. Hospital it was found that beyond
fracture or an elbow and few bruises
the boy was uninjured. He was taken
to Harlem Hospital.
a little later the police of the East
1oith street station were able to tell
the parents of Joseph that he had been
Iouno and his mother FASTENED to him.
NO one has been able to explain lust
how the boy got under the car any
more definitely than Isidore's Joe went
100. and they haven't asked Joe yet.