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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
Judges New Domicile Keeps Things Sparkling
r LEvELAND. o.-shockins! Ps

n LEvELAND. O.-Shocking! Per
- fectly shocking!
That's what is said Of the home OF
George Baer, municipal Judge. at 1928
East One Hundred and Sixteenth
street AMI the house is shocking
the Judge admits 1t.
''Ecstatically speaking Baer adds.
When the judges wife arose the 9TH
er morning and started to ply comb
through her locks cracking sound
arrested her. She dropped the comb
and felt of her sleeve connection.
There had been no rip, but when she
started to comb again the cracking
resulted
She touched the Judge on the fore
head to awaken him. A little spark
jumped up more promptly than his
honor.
Here's your coffee. George" she
said at breakfast. and as he reached
to take It their fingers touched and
another little spark jumped from the
contact point Of their digits.
And then-and here's the real rea.
son for the investigation started by
Baer-when the Judge was about to
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
When Herring Is Herring It Is a Herring

A CCORDING to Secretary Of the
"a Treasury Macveagh a herring is
a herring when a herring.
The secretary of the treasury, who
returned to his Office the other day,
was called upon to render a decision
on what is herring, and he did 1t &C
cording to the foregoing paragraph.
He decided also that a herring Is not
any one of number of fancy fishes
popularly classed as herring, as many
Of the importers would like to have
the customs officials believe that they
are herring.
Like the question. What is whis-
key" and "Is hen bird" what is
herring" has caused considerable
trouble to custom ofiicials. Assistant
Secretary Curtis wrestled with the
herring. that is the herring question.
and then passed 1t on to Secretary
Macveagh and the latter Che having
been wholesale grocer for many
years and an importer Of herring)
promptly held that a herring is q her.
ring. and that anchovies. brislinS. car
dimes. sprats. pilGhards and alsvives
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
Ancient Egyptians Used Our Up-To-Date STYLES
60 out that way.

90 out tnat way.
Professor Kroeber and his assistant
q. w. clifford who gives the lecture,
are Of the opinion the change is less
than slight, and they have proceeded
with delicate sense of irony to con-
trast some of the new styles with the
old.
There is a plaster cast of an Egyp-
tion lass wearing one of those gowns
that begin to hobble right at the neck
and never vary all the way down, ex.
cept as Lature asserts itself. This ef-
feet is popular, also, in 1912.
The women of Crete were wearing
corsets about the same time-four
thousand years ago. They have such
a corset in the museum, and 1t looks
like one Of pair of puttees worn by
a stout cavalry officer.
One whole glass case is labeled
Secrets of Beauty. Past and Pres.
ent."
Inside there is quite modern 'rlay-
out" Of rouge. powder and mirror, and
alongside lie the implements with
which some dusky Cleopatra touched
herself up to win an Antony's praise
and admiration.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
Interest to Scientists

years. reports have come out of the
Hudson Bay country concerning the
existence Of new and distinct spe
cies Of buffalo. but only within the
last ten years have scientists agreed
that this species is different variety
from the American bison.
We are very much interested In
Mr. Radford's discovery" said DR..
Richard Rathbun, assistant secretary
of the Smithsonian institution. In
charge Of the United States national
museum. I'VE know this explorer
very we'll. The object of his expedi-
tion was to visit the home of the
wood bison in the almost unknown
region Of northwestern Canada, west
Of the Slave river. and north Of the
lower Peace river. This expedition
started In 1909 and has included track
surveys over many hundreds of miles.
and furnished Mr.. Radford the oppor-
tunity Of closely studying the wood
bison in its haunts, and of making the
first recorded observations on this
rare animal In life
Eighteen specimens were seen by
him during the first part of his ex-
ploration tour. and under a permit
from the Canadian government one
was killed by him. It weighed 2.402
pounds"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

r HICAGO.-In the daytime Joe
- Graeber, thirty years old. under
sized and agile, sat cross-legged in
his little tailor shop at Twenty-sixth
street and Northwestern avenue, and
stitched with industry. He worked
hard and was acquiring the reputation
Of being an honest and thrifty trades
man.
But at night Joe Graeber, the tailor.
became another man. The deft needle
work was dropped and forgotten and
instead and quite as skilfully, Joe
welded the Jimmy"
The sharp, frosty crack of some
think that might have been ice under
foot. and again might have been glass
breaking. attracted the attention of
Patrolmen Stevens and Muse. In North
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

G AN FRANCISCO. CAL.-Inspired
- probably by the recent highly sue
cessful fashion show Of 1912, in which
was displayed the very latest prog.
ress of sartorial art, from double deck
ed coiffures to diamond heeled slip
pers, Professor A. L. Kroeber, cura-
tor of the Museum of Anthropology at
the affiliated colleges, arranged an ex-
hibition Of fashion in retrospect. with
considerable emphasis on what they
were wearing in Egypt and such places
in the fall Of 1912 B. G.
The exhibition was thrown open to
the public. and the weary husband
who thinks his wife looks queer In
her new French togs that cost none
but husbands know how much should
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
ORIGIN OF Different WORDS
Common Slang Term "Mash" 10 From
Gypsy Word, "Mafada" Meaning
"to Charm BY the Eyes,"

"Pow-wow" comes from the North
American Indians.
The word boss comes from the low
Dutch and means master.
Kidnap comes from the mapping or
stealing Of kid. gypsy for child.
Calaboose. prison; picaroon, a pi.
rate; palaver. to talk. are all Span.
ish.
"A rum chap" is simply a gipsy lad:
1t has no relation to the product of
the still.
Pal is a brother, and "conk," for
nose. comes from the spouting foun.
tain. the concha of the Romans.
Demijohn comes from the Arabic
damaghan. itself taken from the Per.
sian glass making town of Demaghan.
The common slang word mash is
from a beautiful gipsy word. ina.
fada," which means ito charm by the
eyes,"
Why should man be called a
spoon? Why spoony when he is max.
ing love? Simply because he is a
"loeffel." which also means spoon.
A tinker's dam has nothing to do
with swearing. 1t is merely the dam
or stoppage, made Of flour and water,
which which the tinker stops the gap
he Is mending until the tin or the
pewter he is using had cooled.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
Worked as Tailor by Day and Burglar by Night

western avenue, near Twenty-seventh
street, about o'clock in the morning.
Just across from where they stood
were two stores, and between them
was a narrow passage. They watched
silently in the shadow Of building.
and did not have to watch long. The
sound was repeated. and after mo-
ment's silence q shadow that seemed
a part of the wall of the building sep
arated itself from the entrance Of the
dark passage.
Here, you-up with your hands
I'll shoot" commanded Stevens. The
shadow melted back into the passage
and became a noise Of running. A
second sharper command brought Joe
Graeber, the tailor. to a halt.
you know me, boys. don't you.
boys?" he said. you scared me 30 I
ram"
Stevens and Muse looked with sur
prise into Graebers face. They both
knew him and said 80. But they
couldn't understand why the honest
tailor should be just where Graeber
was.
Graeber confessed. He said he tried
to pay rent tailoring and couldn't 80
he took to burglar work at night
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
THE
CHILDREN
ETfEIl'|SE7
FUN WITH CoMIcAL FIGURES
Boy May Cause MerrIment BY Ar
ranging Funny Head to Long
Stick, Covered With Cloth.

Much amusement may be given by
any boy on a winters night by arrang-
Ing funny head to the end of long
stick. Around the neck gather loose
skirt Of some cheap dark material.
long enough to reach to the ground
when the stick is held at arms length
above the head Of the boy who will
be inside. The material should be
coarse. so that the boy inside can see
through. About the height of his
knee wire the skirt to make it stand
out. and another wire the height of
the neck will keep the view clear and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

n LIVER OPTIC, Horatio Alger. Mrs.
" Alden ("Pansy"). and score or
more of the lesser lights of the juve-
nile literature Of a generation ago will
suffer permanent eclipse in the pub
lie library Of the District of Columbia.
The executive committee of the IL
brary is cooperating with the teach
ers to discourage indiscriminate read
ing Of Juvenile stories by the youth of
Washington.
In the opinion Of George F. Bower.
man. librarian. books that tend to in
stitute false ideas in the minds of the
growing youth. those which force an
interpretive trend In little girls and
those which falsely depict actual con.
ditions Of history must be set aside.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

w ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS scien-
" lists in Washington displayed
great interest in dispatch from Win
nipeg q few days ago, announcing
that Harry v. Radford, the American
explorer. had discovered more than
Soo wild buffalo In the Slave lake dis
trict OF the Hudson Bay country.
Ihe wild buffalo of the American
piains are gone and nothing remains
OF them save few museum and
geological park specimens.
outside of the national geological
park IN Washington. the Bronx Zoo,
IN New York: Yellowstone National
park, and few other collections of
domesticated bison there are no
known living specimens of the buffalo
IN this country. and the last wild herd
In the United States is believed to
nave been exterminated. For many
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
Swat! Swish! Crash!

Swat! Swish! Crash!
He was plastered against one of the
plate glass windows of viaduct cloth.
ing store.
A six cylinder machine, going at
really moderate gait had lunged in.
to him.
Bystanders who had witnessed the
play dashed quickly to his assistance.
He beat them to It." Swiftly he
scrambled to his feet. With one jump
he recovered his hat; with a light
ming stroke he pulled down his coat,
which had covered his head in transit.
He wasn't hurt. bit. But scared!
Before kindly help reached his side
one long, continuous streak spoke of
his disappearance down toward union
station.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

women Of the farm now engaging In
social functions" which the govern.
ment expert holds to be 'tincompati.
BILE with the performance of household
labor" The passing Of the old-time
domestic Industries is deplored. and
MIR. Holmes adds that 1T is rare that
one of the younger women know how
to knit"
Throughout large areas" he says.
the pride Of the housewife in great
stores of preserves. dried and picked
fruits. berries and vegetables exists
chiefly in history. and dependence is
placed mostly upon the local store for
the products Of the cannery and the
evaporator."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

leave for downtown he and his wife
stood near the front door. "saluting," !"
a large spark rose from the point
where their noses touched. Twas q
shocking kiss.
That was the last straw.
mot that the wife and I are not
used to sparkling" says Baer, telling
Of the incident. but this is q new
brand. and 1t isn't pleasant. I've gone
to the telephone and electric light
companies to see what the trouble is.
The whole place seems to be charged
with electricity.
only the other night Judge Nc
Cannon and his wife came out to the
house and a spark rose when he and
shook hands"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
ComIcaI Giant.

keep the folds Of the skirt away from
his face When the person is inside
he will look like funny giant, and
the attitudes and movements he makes
will please his audience. The accom-
panying pictures will give some of the
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
No Wonder.

What Is the most eloquent speech
you ever heard, Pipkins?"
"One word-'Yes.'"
Why did that seem so eloquentY'
i asked friend of mine II he
would lend me fifty plunks and that's
what he said"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
Amusing Dwarf.

movements and show the change from
giant to dwarf. II the performer
is deft, he can make up attitudes and
Introduce funny speeches while he gi-
rates about the room.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17

are impostors and hereafter shall NOT
be herrings.
To the importer this means that
herrings when imported will be az
sessed l cent pound II fresh, and
half a cent pound If packed any 9th.
or way. and that the importers shall
pay a duty Of three-fourths of a cent
q pound. or 30 per cent. ad valorem.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
His standlno pIac.

Tommy" queried his father. "how
40 you stand in school these days?"
In the. corner most Of the time"
replied truthful Tommy
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-01-17
Owned Up.

You know I refused you half a
dozen times before we were married"
said Mr.. Meekton's wife. eyes" re.
Piled her husband. II suspect that's
what has kept me from ever wanting
my own way again."
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-12
COUNTY
FAIR
Selects July 30, 81, Au-
gust | and 2 For
Dates.
The Fair This Year Promises to
be Better Than Ever Before.

The Board of Directors of the
Montgomery County Fair Assoti.
alton held a meeting last week and
selected the above dates for the
holding of their Fair this year.
The old officers were reelected
with G. G. Thompson as President
and Treasurer and w. G. Hamil-
ton. Secretary. 1t is announced
that the Fair will be the best ever
helo by the Association and that the
programme will be out by March
Goth, and will contain several
attractive features. 1t is also an
nounced that there will be several
stakes offered for Trotters and
PAGERS. with good Poultry exhibit
and Floral Hall premium list.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-12

on Maysville street are entitled to
have their street made passable a,
the expense of the city.
The large cost of building this
expensive brick street is extremely
burdensome to any owner of resi-.
dence property and there are some
residing on Maysville street to
whom the assessment will almost
amount to confscation. The ar
guments that may seem to justify
such an assessment against business
property are not at all applicable
to its imposition on residence lots.
We have brick streets in the
central business portion of our
city. l have borne without protest
my share of the burden of those.
But these streets that are outside
the business center surely can be
built and maintained on less ex.
pensiye plan.
No man in the conduct of his
own business would incur such a
heavy expense when much
smaller outlay could be made to
serve the same purpose. Why
should the public business be con-
Quoted differently9
If Maysville street cannot be
put into good condition as a mod
ern macadam roadway without
greater expense than the City
Treasury ought to meet, am
sure that liberal contributions
would be made by the residents
toward sharing the cost with the
city. 1 would cheerfully help.
Let US have a good road at reason
able cost and not 90 to extraordi-
nary expense beyond the ability
of our citizens to bear. Those
whom we elect to serve US ought
to protect US along this line.
l shall be obliged if you will
make this public through your
columns.
Yours truly, -rs 4
1904 JOHN q. VIM.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-12

EXEMPT
From Brick Street As
SeSSment Says Court
of Appeals.
Contentious Of County Authorities
Sustained In Sweeping Victory.

In the case of the City of Mt,
Sterling VS., Montgomery County
growing out of the refusal of the
Fiscal Court to pay a brick street
assessment for brick streets around
Court House and County Jail, the
Court of Appeals has decided that
the property of the county is ex.
empt from such assessments. The
exact question had never been
passed upon in Kentucky and the
case has attracted much interest,
especially in Winchester an d
Maysville, where the same state OF
affairs exist. After discussing
at great length the points involv-
ed the Court sums up its opinion
follows:
Upon the whole case our con-
clusion is that in the absence of
express authority by the statute,
one public agency of the State
cannot impose burdens in the way
of Indebtedness upon another pub
lie agency of the State without its
consent and therefore the judy
ment of the lower Court is affirm
ed"
This was the contention of Judge
Mccormick and the majority of
the Fiscal Court, from the begin
ming. -.-'
The case has been handled from
the start for the city by Attorneys
w. B. White and w. G. Hamilton
and for the county, by County
Attorney Earl w. Senff.
The amount involved is approx
mately 100000 under both con
tracts and while it is contended by
some that the contractors will lose,
it is our belief that the city will
ultimately be made to pay the con-
tractors for their work.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-12
tlk'S Lodge Elects Officers.

Mt. Sterling Lodge, No. 1913,
B. P. o. Elks has elected the fol-
lowing officers to serve for the
ensuing lodge year, to-wit:
Exalted Ruler, John A. Judy ;
Esteemed Leading Knight, w. R.
L h m p On; Esteemed Loyal
Knight, r. H. Lane; Esteemed
Lecturing Knight. w. L. Killpat-
rick; Treasurer, j. o. Greene;
Secretary, E. w. Senff; Tiler,
G. w. Kirkpatrick; Trustee, w.
B. White; Representative to Grand
Lodge, w. o. Hopper; Alternate,
r. g. Kern; Board of Governors,
G. d. Sullivan, l.. H. Arnold and
p. ID. Bryan.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-12
Former Mt. Sterling Woman
BrOuqht Here for Burial.

The remains of Mrs. Margaret
Wilkerson Jones, wife of Hew ID.
Jones, of Central City, KY, and
daughter of Joe H. Wilkerson and
wife. of Louisville, KY, we're
brought here Friday noon and laid
rest in Machpelah.
Services we're conducted at the
grave by Rev. j. w. Porter, of
Lexington. KY, assisted by Rev.
George Kennard, of Mt. Sterling.
She was Al years of age, a men,
Der of the Baptist church from
childhood. She was a devoted
Christian woman, whose entire life
was one continual ray of Christian
sunshine. She was so ready and
willing to 90 to sleep in Jesus, and
to know her was to love her.
Her remains were met at the
train bv host of relatives and
friends to pay the last token of
love and respect.
She is survived by her husband,
Hew d. Jones, mother and father,
j. H. Wilkerson and wife, one
brother, Frank Wilkerson, three
sisters, Mrs. billiard MADDEN, Mrs.
Logan Fontaine and Miss Julia
Wilkerson. Those from distance
who attended the funeral we're
Rev. j. w. Porter and wife, Lex
ington; sMrs. Anna Fox, Winches-
ter; Mr.. Napier, Louisville; Mr..
Davis, of Central City: Mr.. Asa
Kidd and wife, of Thompson; Ollie
Hadden and son, of Indian Fields;
Misses Lena and Fannie Hisle, of
Lexington.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-12
The Tabb to Make
Extensive improvements

The management of the Tabt
Opera House has announced that
during the spring and summer ex.
tensive improvements and remod.
cling will be made, same to be com.
menced next month. The stage
opening through which the audi
ence views the play will be in
creased from the present 10 feet
in width to % feet and made five
feet higher. The stage, which is
now % feet deep, will be made 30
and the capacity of the rigging loft
also increased. Dressing rooms
will be built underneath the stage
and the room occupied by them
will be used for storing scenery.
The balcony will be "horseshoed''
around both sides of the theatre,
increasing its capacity. The seat
ing capacity of the entire house
will be largely increased, and when
the improvements are all completed
Mt. Sterling can boast of a theatre
second to none east of Lexington.
Many managers of the largest pro-
ducing companies in America have
assured the management of The
Tabb that their theatre will not be
overlooked the coming season.
During the coming fall Man
ager Wilkerson will make trip
to New York and secure the lead
ing attractions for the season 1913
Ia.
A first class theatre has long been
needed in Mt. Sterling, as the pres
ent stage is too small to accommo-
date many of the larger attrac-
tions, and it affords US much pleas
ure in making the above announce
ment and predict that the theatre
going public will reciprocate by
filing the house whenever a play
of merit is offered, and it is the
of the management to
have no other kind.
b While these improvements are
in progress the picture shows at
the Tabb will not be interrupted
and the patrons will continue to
get a run for their money.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-03-12
BRICK.
STREET
Not Wanted by the Cit
izen of MdySyiIIe
Street
Says Hon. John G. Winn In Open
Letter We Gladly Publish.

We are in receipt of an open
letter from Hon. John G. VIM
relative to the improvement of
Maysville street, now under con-
sideration by the Mayor and City
Council. AS he is a large prop
erty owner and respected citizen,
we ask that his suggestions be
given careful consideration. His
letter is as follows:
Editors of the Advocate:-
The news items appearing in
your contemporaries last week
concerning the. action of the City
Council with reference to Mays
vile street is calculated to create
a wrong impression on those who
read it. No citizen residing on
Maysville street petitioned the
Council on that occasion to put
down paving of any kind, or to
construct or reconstruct the street
in any manper.
Many of them, including my
self, think the vitrified brick paw
ing unsuitable and undesirable for
a residence street, and they think
the Council should investigate and
consider all the modern methods
of street construction b 9 fore
choosing any. Bnt they do not
want them. to improve" the
street in any way at the exclusive
cost of the citizens who own lots
bordering on it. This is proven
by the overwhelming written
protest against such action, which
l have presented to the Council
heretofore and which is now on
file among its records.
What the citizens residing on
that street do want is a good mac
adam street, such as met our needs
so we'll for a great many years.
If there are improved ways of
building the turnpike road, some !
of them ought to be used. We
are entitled to this at the public
expense. T h e maintenance of
streets is one of the principal
items for which we are all heavily
taxed, and the citizens who live