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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
She Was Prepared.

Here is story told by the bishop
Of London. When he was in Toronto
recently member Of one of his audi.
ences told him that he had heard him
speak IA years before in London, and
remembered only one thing he said.
He told me that IA years ago." said
the bishop, Il related the story Of an
old woman who fell from three-story
window In the East end, struck her
head, and was picked up dead.
He added that l had said went to
her neighbor and remarked: 4 am
afraid Mrs. Jones was not prepared
and that l had received this reply:
oh, yes; know she was, because as
she passed my window In her fall I
heard her say, Now for a bumpl"'"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
At the Shore.

Henry R. Law, Denver socioloeist
was lecturing in Atlantic City on en-.
genics.
ITS bad thing for eugenics." he.
said. when a rich old man like Gobsa
Golde marries a young and beautiful
chorus girl. It's bad for eugenics-it's
also bad for the rich old man.
Goosa Golde sat alone on a wind.
swept pier the other night when two.
sossips from the hotel Joined him.
Mr. Golde.' said gossip, Tll tell.
you, II you wish, the names Of all tho
men who have kissed your wife dnr,
Ing your brief stay here
humph. said the aged plutocrat.
how many names do you knowr
six the gossips answered in a
chorus.
"'oh. get on with you,' said Gobsa
Golde. I know eight myself"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
LARGE HEAD OF THINKERS
They Keep Right on Growing as Long
as Brains Are Active-opInIon of
Expert Given.

After. 25 humans beings are not sup
posed to grow except to put on
weight, increase their waist measure
or grow stout all over, but the claim
has been made by ]. Millot Severn,
an English phrenologist, that there
are many instances where the human
head continues to grow and that
mems heads have been known to In
crease In size after they were 40 years
old. Mr.. Severn's claim is of much
interest. regardless of the matter of
phrenology, but they are actually new
claims, for DR.. j. B. Mege, Of Paris,
says the brain does not become fully
developed until man is from forty.
nve to fifty years Of age.
Mr.. Severn says he has measured
the heads Of many prominent people
from time to time and he has discov-
cred by means Of these measurements
that the head continues to grow at
considerably greater age than is
generally believed. BY taking careful
cranial measurements at various times
OF the same heads he is able to give
figures.
He has, he says, taken measure
ments and examined measurements Of
more than a hundred thousand heads
during the last rs years, and he has
come to the conclusion that Just so
long as the human brain is active
and kept vigorously at work, 1t
develops and the head increases. in
very many instances, in size.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
DELIBERATELY GO TO DEATH
Cases Of Suicide Among the Lower An
imaIs That Are Seemingly Wei
Authenticated.

According to the humane society oi
Spokane horse deliberately commit
ted suicide there the other day. The
animal was decrepit and had been de
serted. Too weak to eat solid food, he
was tethered in front of patch oi
clover. He sampled the clover, and
then, according to the report, delib
eratel plunged headlong off bluff
overlooking the river few feet away
and was later found dead.
Naturalists have frequently related
the suicide of animals through grief
Probably the oldest one of all is that
told by DR.. Ezekiel Henderson, the
traveller, Of a tigress whose cubs had
been taken away from her by the
agents of one of the large circus me.
nageries of the United States. The
party came upon the tigers den while
hunting Asia for exhibits. They took
four cubs and crossed nearby river
with them, destroying the primitive
tree trunk bridge after they had
reached the other side.
The tigress, returning, and finding
her cubs gone, bounded by scent down
to where the party had crossed the
stream. She knew Of the tree trunk,
having made use of 1t herself before.
When she saw 1t was gone she uttered
the most piercing and lamentable
howls and cries. The party with her
cubs came back to the river bank, at,
tracted by the noise. The tigress,
when she saw her cubs, gave vent to
an unearthly shrek. Then crouching,
rising and recrouching again several
times, she deliberately sprang from
the river bank. The river was five
times wider than she could have been
expected to leap, and leaping animals
are close calculators. She fell twenty
hve feet into the stream. She came
up once, turned toward the distant
shore, threw her head back and sank
for good. A clear case of suicide the
doctor called 1t.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Made Him CautIous

A lawyer tells the following story
concerning a client, something of a
wag in his way, with whom he had
long kept an account. When the lat.
ter was finally made up the bill. most.
ly for trifiing services, covered several
yards Of foolscap, as the items emu.
merated the most minute details.
When the client came round to set.
tie he refused to enter the Office. but
stood In the door, and, holding one end
OF the bill, unrolled the voluminous
document In the direction of his legal
adviser, with the request that he
would receipt 1t.
Come In" said the lawyer, In his
most cordial tones.
mo, thank you," replied his client:
you'd charge me rent If did"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
USES PECULIAR TOOLS
PHILADELPHIA DENTIST ALSO
HAS UNIQUE PRACTICE.
Called Upon to Alleviate Pangs OF
Toothache Among DenIzens of the
"zoo," He Is Not Envled by
the Profession.

tom Manley, dentist. ONCE. Phila-
delphia Zoo. Teeth extracted from ele-
plants, giraffes and boa constructors;
rhinoceros horns removed wild hog
tusks filed"
This card is inserted without charge,
says the North American. In the first
place, Manley holds no degree of doc
tor Of dental surgery, so the zoo is vio-
lating no professional ethics In dis
closing his methods. In the second
place, he will probably get no trade
boost from his advertisement. One
peep into his office and laboratory,
where forceps are two feet long and
as wicked looking as guillotine,
would be sufficient to frighten away
the biggest bravest iron-jawed patient
in Christendom.
No shiny looking knives and drills
in Manley's kit When he tackles an
aching tooth he arms himself with a
saw, chisel, hammer and plenty
OF rope. You have to see the two-foot
forceps to understand the meaning Of
eh0 AOP0' AOu nave W sco mdulCyS
who isn't really dentist, but head
keeper at the zoo, at work on three
pound tooth to understand the mean
ing of everything.
The other day the zoos big boa
constructor got the toothache. Manley
decided the tooth would have to come
out. One Of his assistants threw a
hood over the snakes head, and ten
men pounced on the reptiles body.
The big boa squirmed and wriggled.
Its tongue shot out and in like light
ming and the snake hissed and spat.
The assistants tightened their grip,
and Manley entered the snake cage,
his hands covered with a pair Of thick
leather gloves. Manley had no way
OF knowing which tooth ached. and he
intended to take no chances. So he
took long piece Of steel and began
tapping all the teeth in the snakes
mouth.
1t didn't take long to find the sensi-
tive tooth. Manley placed piece of
burlap bag over the tooth and gave
the bag long pull The tooth came
out and another one with It.
After the snake was placed back in
Its glass cage Manley, well satisfied
with his work, told about some other
big operations he had performed.
Some time ago hippopotamus
broke a TOOTH" he said. "and we de-
cided to take out the piece that re-
mained in the animals mouth. We
threw the big ropes about the hippo
and dragged 1t to the bars of the cage.
There we pried open the animals
mouth and went to work with a pair
OF our long forceps. like you see there
on the wall.
Those forceps are strong enough to
pull a railroad spike, but we had to
take three grips on that tooth before
we could remove It, The piece
weighed three pounds. That big hip
po was so alfred mad when we had
the tooth out, that he charged again
and again against the cage bars with
such force that several Of them were
loosened and bent.
Come out some time and watch us
tackle a giraffe with a ladder. It's
like ffghting third-story fire." -.
How do you handle an alligator"
he was asked.
Excuse me-" said Manley. "That'a
one animal don't care to try"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Swan shadowgraph.

upper part Of the arm, and open the
nngers slowly, moving the outsretched
nngers of the first hand until they
touch the tip of the second. The effect
OF the plucking and preening the feath-
ers OF the wing will, If we'll and nat
uraiiy done, be most realistic. This
shadowgraph requires some little prac-
tice.
An elephants head requires one
hand on the top Of the other. and a
small handkerchief thrown over the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Clerical Humor.

Laughter savors life and wit will
endure long after many of the old
priestly functions have fallen into
desuetude; manners and ideas alter,
but the basis of humor remains the
same. Today Rabelais conceivably
could have written the "Ingoldsby Le-
gends," and in the fifteenth century
Barham might have been the author
OF "The 1nestimable Life Of the Great
Gargantua." Today young cleric,
preaching his first sermon, has the ma.
tive wit to take for his text, what
hath this blabber to say?"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Large, BafflIna Words.

What Is your idea of the nebular
hypothesisf asked the erudite WON.
an.
Il can't say" replied Mr.. Cumrox
with great embarrassment. "I have
no doubt my wife could give YOU some
views on the subject. But / haven't
had time to give much attention either
to psychic research or social by.
giens."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Merit and Modeatx.

Men are too much occupied with
themselves to have leisure to know
others thoroughly, or to discern their
real character; hence 1t happens that
with great merit and greater mod.
esty, one may be long time lost
sight OLA Bruyere.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
A Terrible Infant.

Father" said the small boy, what
ls nepotism?"
"A system by which a man let's his
relations run the government"
After a silence the small boy 10.
Bumed:
If they let the railroads run the
government. would that be depotism :"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Unreasonable,

lrate Customer-"You said this cloth
was fast color, yet 1t faded in two
weeks after 1t was made up" Draper
well. don't think you ought to
expect 1t to fade any faster than that"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
What Dolly Laek.d

one day small Alice was playing
with her dolly. Stopping suddenly. she
looked at her lovingly and said: "DoI.
~ you is Just awfully beautiful, but
you amt got bit Of sense"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Wheels Within Whssis.

Mrs. Crawford-I was so glad to
md her out when called.
Mrs. Crabshaw-I knew you didn't
like each other. so told her when you
were going to call.-Judge.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Yes.

John Barrett is quoted as telling
students at the Bliss Electrical school
that the future Of the United States ia
assured. And after that the bows mt
on their rubber gloves and SHOOK
hands with the live wire over the glad
udings.--Louisville Courier-Journal
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
FAvoRITE SHADOW PICTURES
Illustration Shows How Swan and EIe-
phants Head May Be Produced
Practice Required.

The swan is always a favorite
shadow picture. 1t is made by crook
Ing the first finger and thumb, and
keeping the other fingers in line in
order to produce the head. Place the
thumb Of the second hand against the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Elephants Head.

wrist SO as to fall down in front; the
first finger Of the lower hand must act
Tor the trunk, which may be swayed
to and fro.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
TO ELEcTRIFY RUBBER COMB
BY Rubbing It With Dry Flannel and
suspendlns by Thread It VIII Fol.
low Ones Finger.

Electrify a rubber comb by rubbing
1t briskly with dry flannel. Suspend
1t as shown by a silk thread previous.
ly attached to It. When finger Ia
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12
Controlling Finger.

held under It the comb will follow the
finger, turning round and round as
the hand moves.-Popular Electricity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-12

Modern Conditions.
"A laurel wreath and bald head,
make an unromantic combination.
The citizen., 1913-06-06
Police News.

Donzie Nipple was arrested charged
with the larceny of watch valued at
IS. so. He was bailed in the sum of $50
by Justice Posey.
VIM. Benner was arrested in Thur
mont for asSaulting Thomas Donnelly.
Justice Gernand will hear the case on the
9th.
Curtis Burdette. of this county, was
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Deeter,
charged with stealing milk cans from
Mr.. Kefauver, who swore out a warrant
before Justice Anders. The hearing will
De held later
Constable Hauver and Deputy Sheriff
Raymond l.. Frizzel, located and
brought TO jail William c. Smith, who
has been at large for three wears or more,
having skipped his bail while under an
indictment for larceny. His case will
be tried at the September term of court.
Benjamin B. Sheppard. 90 years old,
was arrested in Washington on Satur.
day. May 3Ist, and was held to await a
requisition from the Governor of Mary
land, The arrest was made at the re-
quest of Mr.. Charles +. Pagan, Sheriff OF
Frederick county, who presented a war
rant, alleging that Sheppard had obtain
ed, with intent TO defraud, 81, 100 from
Keller and Myers. of Frederick. While
the officers were awaiting the requisition
papers, Sheppard was released under
habeas corpus proceedings, his bond be-
ing fixed at $500.
The citizen., 1913-06-06
Ahattoir Changes Hands.

Articles for Frederick Abattoir Co.
were filed with Court Clerk Harry w.
Bowers.for record. The incorporation II
is said was formed for the purpose OF
practically taking over the business of
tho present abattoir, and many OF the old
company have become interested in the
new company.
The Il corpurators are: VIM. J. Martin,
of Baltimore; Thomas Bertram HAYWARD.
of Frederick, and Frank c. Norwood, OF
Frederick
The purpose of the company is to Sc
cure. purchase, slaughter and sell meat
and other food products, deal in poultry
and eggs. butter milk, ETC.. and to man.
ufacture and sell ice. and to pack all the
above materials. The charter also pro-
vides for the conduct of a cold storage
business and to sell and dispose OF all
kinds of property. The right is also
given to purchase plants, already in OPP
eration doing a business similar to that
of the proposed company.
The capital stock of the company is to
be sIoo 600, divided into 1000 shares OF
Sroo each. The principal office OF the
company is to be at Frederick.
The charter provides for not less than
five nor more than nine directors. The
following directors for the first year are
named: lanes B. Clark, T. B. Hayward,
w. J. Martin, G. Mantz Besant. John
Baumgardner, E. L. Coblentz and Frank
c. Norwood.
The citizen., 1913-06-06
Company A Excels.

Company A is still the crack company
of the Maryland National Guards in all
respects. AT the annual trip to Saund-
er's Rifle Range. the local boys showed
that they know how to handle gun.
Ont of total number of 49 men, inClud
ing officers. and all except one qualified.
The company now has 10 experts, l
sharpshooter and 81 marksmen. Two
men will return to the range to qualify.
After the local boys had completed the
regular course of shooting they were
taken on the range to test out the new
United States Army firing regulations,
which is now optional in the guards OF
the State. but it will be compulsory next
year. Thirty seven of the boys went out
to test these firing regulations with the
result that every man with the exception
OF one qualified.
Twenty OF this number qualified to
shoot for record and nine of these quail
flied in this class. The results ui the
twenty shooting for record follows:
Captain d. John Markey sharpshooter
First Lieutenant Harry J. Kefauver,
marhsman; Second Lieutenant E. +.
Munshower. expert; Corporal J. Nj.
Knill. marksman; Sergeant H. F. Bar
rick, sharpshooter. Musician, !. A. Ken
nedv, marksman: Privates S. H. Castle,
marksman; |. B. Rothenhoeier, sharp
shooter, and H. NJ. Whisner, marksman.
The totals for the entire course for the
AZ testing the regulations, are 7 experts,
l sharpshooter aud 2S marksmen.
The citizen., 1913-06-06
Miss Roberts WedS.

On Tuesday last, June 3rd, in West
minister, Carroll county, wedding of
much interest to the society people of
our city took place, when Miss Elizabeth
Roberts, the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John M. Roberts, of Westminster. and
granddaughter of Mr. James H. Gam
brill, of this city, became the bride of
Mr.. William NJ. Donnelly. of Detroit,
Michigan. The ceremony was perform
ed in the Roman Catholic Church, by
Cardinal Gibbons.
Miss Roberts has frequently visited in
Frederick where she has made many
friends Miss Antoinette Markell, of
this city, was one of the bridesmaids A
number of Frederick people attended
the nuptials. Last night lone step"
dance was given, and after the wedding
on Tuesday morning a wedding break
fast was served.
Among the guests from Frederick
were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles w. Ross,
Misses Mignon and Theresa Trail, Mr..
and Mrs. d. Charles Winebrener, Mr..
Edwin c. Markell, Mr.. James H. Gam
brill, Sr, James H. Gambrill Ir and
James H. Gambrll, III, Miss Maize
Gambrill. Miss Charlotte Baker, Miss
Frances Wilson, of Urbana; Mrs. Rich
ard Gambrill, of Chicago, and Mrs.
Poole Jones and many others.
Mr.. Donnely is a young LAWYER of
Detroit, Michigan, in which CITY, Mr.. and
Mrs. Donnelly will make their future
home.
The citizen., 1913-06-06
Evolution of the Peerless One.

Evolution of the Peerless One.
1t is always very interesting to see a
man whose image in the public mind has
been rather a settled thing, assuming
new aspects.
When William Jennings BRYAN went to
Washington as Secretary OF State. many
were the predictions that he would be a
bull in china shop, thorn in the side
of President Wilson, and various other
things. Washington was frankly hostile
and inclined to accept the worst This
was not because of anything that Bryan
had ever done. but because of popular
conception fosteIed in the East concern
ing the Nebraskan.
Now it is the opinion OF Washington
that Bryan has conquered the Washing
ton prejudice, is easily the biggest figure
in the cabinet, and has won large per-
sonal devotion. by his tact, grace. kind
illness and good sense. 1t is said that IN
the cabinet meetings he has shown no
disposition 10 dictate, but has acted with
great modesty and charm, been quick to
take advice. to make concessions and to
strive for harmony.
He has won the admiration OF the
other cabinet members, wen large, new
following among the Washington fire.
quenters, and become the most popular
of all the members with the crowd,
1t simply goes to show that the public
estimation of man who is active i'll
political life, is not always wholly ac-
eurate, Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
The citizen., 1913-06-06
The Commencement Exercises of
the Frederick High Sch coils


On Sunday last, June 1st the baccaIau.
feate sermon by Rev. U. s. G.. Rupp. in
the Lutheran Church, East Church
street this city, which was attended bv
the graduates and their many friends.
=, Oh uesday evening the auditorium of
the Girls High School, East Church
street, was packed to the doors, more
than 500 relatives, friends and school.
mates being present, for the class plav
which was presented by the members Of
the graduating class "The Night of the
entertainment" an amusing skit was
cleverly presented bv the girls. and the
audience showed their appreciation bv
their hearty applause.
The Class Day exercises Of the Bows
High School, were held on Wednesday
evening with an appropriate pro-
gram. The many friends OF the grad.
yates crowded the Opera House. and
flowers were presented to the cadets bv
Their admring friends in the audience
AT the commencement exercises on
Thursday evening, the two classes nre.
sented very interesting program, which
was as follows:
March, Orchestra; Recitation. First
Psalm; Invocation, DIR. Thomas Free
man Dixon; Anthem. o, Come. Let Us
Sing, Schools; Salutatory, Courage. Miss
Geesey; Song, Merry June, Girls;
Music Orchestra: Valedictory, Non
Scholae Sed Vitae, Mr. Mehrling; Song.
March to Our Flag. Schools; Address.
Or. Osborne Ryder. President cf
Western Maryland College; Music, Or
chestra; Presentation OF Diplomas, Mr..
lohn 5. Newman, President of the
School Board; Presentation of Medals
and Scholarships; Farewell Song. In
The Harbor We've Been Sheltered
Schools; Benediction, DIR. U. S. G.
Rupp; Music, Orchestra.
The following are the graduates:
Girls.-Ada Morning Carter, Dorothy
Dunkhorst Filler Beatrice Viola Geesey.
Ruth Helen Holdcraft, Elsie tombstone
McCutcheon, Augusta RebecCa Myers,
Lillian Gertrude Rothenhoefer, Pauline
Amelia Shaw, Helen Louise Comfort.
Grace Armenia Cannon, Ruth Catharine
Gittinger. Mary Louise Kemp, Margerv
Mott, Harriette Maynard Ramsburg,
Sara Jane Fredrica Simpson, Rachael
Elizabeth Tabler.
Boys.-William Arthur Brown, Emory
Chlds Dansberger Harolde Augustus
Kemp, Ralph Richard Frank McHenry.
Henry Fulton Nicodemus, Ira Bernard
Rothenhoefer, Richard Fessler Simmons,
Lewis Mehrling Sponselor, Leslie Ed
ward Bopst, Edwin Austin James. Henry
Leroy Knock Walter Daniel Mehrling,
Melvin Urias Ramsburg, Raymond New.
ton Reeder, Edward Simpson Smith.
Charles Leslie Turnbull, Byron Angus
tus Winebrener.
The citizen., 1913-06-06
Baltimore and Ohio Wins Suit.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany was given verdict late Thursday
evening in a suit brought by the govern
ment to recover the prescribed penalty
for working more than 10 hours gay
emploves Of railroads engaged in Inter-
State Commerce.
Suit was brought against the railroad
under the Act of Congress to promote
the safety of railroad employees, and pas
sengers. There were named 20 en-
ployes of the Baltimore and Ohio Kali
road Company, who, it was alleged
were unlawfully required to work more
than I6 hours on August 9th September
10Th and November 3rd 1912, between
Brunswick, Md, and Baltimore,
The defense was that the overwork
was made necessary by emergencies
which exempted the railroad from all LA,
bility. The penalty is fine OF $500 Tor
each violation of the law.