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Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

A native Of T.. on the coast OF Scot.
land. when the contract for the build
ing OF the first three steamers fitted
with electric lights at the local ship
yard was completed. formed one OF
the social party gathered to entertain
the electricians. says Ideas. In a
burst OF candor and comradeship. he
was heard to say to one OF the wire
men:
Mon. Peter, efter workin' wi you
on they boats. believe I could put in
the electric iicht mssel'. but there's
only one thing that bates me-"
Aye. aye, Sandy. what Is that?''
inquired his Interested friend. willing
to help him II it lay In his power.
"Weel. mon." replied Sandy, ats
Just this: I dinna ken Zoo ye get
the lie tae ran alang the wires"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
ASK YOUR DRUG
GIST FOR FREE Pc
RUNA ALMANAC
FOR 1913.
BLAME PLACED ON PHYSICIANS
Growth Of Drug Habit In United States
Alleged to Be Due to oplatss
Ordered In Prescriptions.

That 80 per cent. OF all the cocains
and morphine manufactured In this
country is used by persons who have
formed the drug habit through physi.
clans prescriptions Is the startling
statement made by DR.. L. r. Kebler,
Chief Of the Division OF Drugs. Depart.
ment Of Agriculture. This statement,
concerning the appalling growth Of
drug addiction In the United States.
was made by DR.. Kebler in an address
at Washington. before the American
Society for the Study OF Alcohol and
Narcotics.
DR.. Kebler is quoted by washington
papers as having declared that drug
using had increased 100 per cent in
the last 40 years. and that American
medical men were not discriminating
enough In their use OF opiates. Their
overindulgence to their patients. he
said. is creating thousands Of drug
users every year.
1T is very sad thing to say that
our physicians are doing the greatest
work In promoting the use OF cocaine
and morphine" said the doctor. state
laws are not saving the public from
the grip Of the drug habit. and the
American public Is sinking tighter
and tighter into the black abyss Of
the morphine and cocaine fiend.
The worst OF II is that the impor-
tation OF opium into the country 10
becoming larger and larger year By
year. have heard Il said on reliable
authority that 80 per cent OF the Co
caine and morphine manufactured in
this country is used by persons who
have formed the habit through doc
tors prescription"
Almost simultaneously with DR.. Ksb
ler's address. DR.. J. A. Patterson, ai
Grand Rapids. Michigan. In Q public
statement said that 10 out Of every "a
patients who come to an institution
with which he Is connected for treat
ment for the drug habit owe their
downfall to physicians prescriptions.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Brand whitlock. the mayor OF To-
ledo. vas talking about discomfort
1T Is our discomfort. our divine dis
content" he said. that will make a
great nation of US.
Il believe In discomfort. can
sympathize even with the discomfort.
ed old farmer. who said:
Contented? When1l | be con-
tented? Wall. III be contented when
own all the land adjoinin' mine-and
not befur. be gum,'"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

The mother. a widow with six chill.
dren, had more energy than money
Little Dot asked frequently for things
which her mother could not give.
Just wait till my ship comes in, :"
she would say assuredly.
One day the mother gave Dot a
nickel 1t vas an unheard Of hap
pening.
Has you ship come in?" the lit
tie girl asked eagerly.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
THE BEST TEACHER.
Old Experience Still Holds the Palm.

For real practical reliability and
something to swear by. experience
plain old experience-is able to carry
a big load yet without getting sway
backed.
A So Oak. woman found some
things about food from Old Expert
ence a good. reliable teacher.
She writes:
i think / have used almost every
breakfast food manufactured. but none
equal Grape-Nuts In my estimation.
Il was greatly bothered with weak
stomach and indigestion, with forma-
ton of gas after eating. and tried
many remedies for it but did not find
relief.
Then decided must diet and see
II ! could overcome the difficulty that
way. My choice of food was Grape
Nuts because the doctor told me I
could not digest starchy food.
"Grape-Nuts food has been a great
benefit to me for feel like a different
person since I begun to eat IL 1t is
wonderful to me how strong my
nerves have become. I advise every.
one to try 1t, for experience is the
best teacher.
IF you have any stomach trouble
can't digest your food. use Grape
Nuts food for breakfast at least, and
you won't be able to praise II enough
when you see how different you feel"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. Read the little book.
The Road to wellville." in pkgs.
There's a Reason"
Ever read the sbove letterf A new
one aDpearu from time to time. They
are gensine. true, and full Of human
interest. Adv.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
Geography Of LIQUOR.

Mayor Gaynor. discussing city gov.
ernment in his wontec Illuminating
and brilliant way. said in New York:
We must not have one reform law
for the rich and another for the poor.
II is as bad for the millionaire to gam
BILE In his club as for the laborer to
gamble In stuss joint 1t is as bad
to become intoxicated on champagne
as on mixed ale.
Too many reformers. so-called,
think that VIXEN . man is drunk on
Fifth avenue he 10 Ill. and when q
man Is III on Third avenue he Is
drunk"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
GET THIS FOR COLDS
Prescription for Positive Results
Don't Experiment.

From your druggist get two ounces
OF Glycerine and half an ounce of Globe
Pine Compound Concentrated Pinel.
Take these two ingredients home and
put them into a half pint OF good whis-
key shake we'll Take one 10 two tea
spoonfuls after each meal and at bed
time Smaller doses to children ar-
eordlng TO age" This 10 said to be the
the medical profession. Be sure TO get
only the genuine Globe Pine Compound
concentrated Pine. Each half ounce
bottle comes In a tin screw-top sealed
case. II your druggist is out Of stock
he will quickly get II from his whole
sale house. Don't fool with uncertain
mixtures. IL is risky. Local druggists
say that for the past SIX years this has
the Globe Pharmaceutical laboratories Of
Chicago.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

A fedgeling composer took his first
opera to Massenet. You know, of
course" began the visitor, that Mo
liere used to read his pieces to an old
woman. In the belief that scenes which
found favor with her would be liked
also by the audiences. My reason for
asking you to listen to my work is
somewhat the same. l know that
whatever pleases you will also please
the public" You are very kind" re-
piled Massenet, very kind, indeed,
but really. since you are not Moliere.
l see no reason why should be your
old woman"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

The first fire within memory oc-
CURED at the Bank of England. Lon.
don. few days ago. The fire broke
out In the southeastern portion OF
the building The flooring and soist-
ing were considerably damaged The
outbreak was discovered by the Bank
OF England authorities. and subdued
by their own appliances in 30 min
utes. A lieutenant and a dozen men
Of the Irish Guards on duty at the
bank. with fixed bayonets. assisted
the police in keeping the crowd back
from the building
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
A WeakIino.

Il am sorry to say" remarked the
young wife. that my husband seems
to lack initiative and decision"
What has caused you to think so?"
her friend asked.
Il have to suggest 1t every time
when he asks for a raise in salary.
and then he hesitates for a long time
about doing it."
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Simeon Ford. at a dinner Of hotel
men in New York. discussed a new
disease.
There's a new disease called shop
per's cramp." he said TT appears
early in December. becomes violent
ly epidemic about the middle OF the
month and ends suddenly on the eve
ming OF the 24th.
Women feel shoppers cramp In
the arms. the limbs. everywhere; but
II attacks the husband only In one
place-the pocket"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
Surprised Him.

There was a fellow who proposed to
all the girls just for fun He had no
idea OF getting himself engaged. but
he enjoyed the preliminaries. So he
was disagreeably surprised once and
served him right
Miss Evelyn" he said soulfully.
do you think you could love me well
enough to be my wife?"
"Yes. darling" she cried.
"Well-er-now ! know where to
come in case should want to marry" "
Detroit Free Press.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

What Is more delightful than the
careless prattle OF a child?" asked the
fond father?"
Have you ever heard the rattle Of q
train for which you had been waiting
nine hours at a lonely little station
$50 miles from homer replied the
travelling man.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

For a great
many years |
have been gath.
ering statistics
as to the effects
OF Peruna when
taken for ca
I arrh al de =
rangements. I
have on hand
thousands of
unsolicited tes-
timonials from
people In all
stations OF life,
who claim that
n er m a n v
years futile at
tempts to rid
themselves OF
rbrapir ~af,rrh
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
Crushing ReIolnder.

A workman sat on a curb nursing an
injured foot which had been struck
by an iron casting which had fallen
from the top OF building.
Did that big thing hit your" asked
sympathizins bystander.
The workman nodded.
And is 1t solid iron."
No" replied the victim. half OF 81
Ia only lead"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Josephine-Do you know to whom
Stella II engaged?
Aargaret-Yss. but I promised I
would not tell. However, don't
think thers1l be any harm in my writ
ing his name on . piece of paper for
you.-Satire.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

What have you ever done to claim
distinction! In other words. what
have you ever done that was original
or out OF the ordinary
4 once had a part In the actual
transfer Of several shares Of stock
on the New York exchange
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

don't want woman to weigh me
In a balance: there are men enough
for that sort OF work.-Oliver Wen
dell Holmes.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Representative Pujo was talking in
Warrington about the currency.
1t must balance" he said. TT
must balance automatically and deli
catsly. It must resemble the Christmas
husband"
oh. John. dear said this chaps
wife. I'm % sorry you've got all those
heavy parcels to carryl'
Well. you see.' John painted. re-
assurinsiy. my pocket is very much
lighter now"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
eeIfApprecIatIou.

How do you know your speech
made such q profound impression? p
asked the doubling friend. There
wasn't very much cheering"
That's just the point" replied SEN
ator Sorghum Il am one Of the ora
tors to whom my Constituents would
rather listen than hear themselves ap-
plaud."
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
Made q Complete Job,

Mrs. Dungleford. has your husband
been cured of his cacoathes scriben.
di YETI"
Il think SO: the surgeons tooh
that cut when they removed his yer.
inform appendix"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
In the NIohs Editor, Room,

Here's . long story about that
storm on the lake the other day. Want
Il cut DOWN."
Does It begin. The storm beggars
description"
Yes"
We'll. run that, and cut out the de-
scription."
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Guns have an easy Job. haven't
they?"
How do you meany
They're employed only to be
fired"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
straaaIIna AIona.

Is that a monthly rose?"
1T looks more like a weakly one
to me-"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

It's a favorhe theory OF married
women that every widower's hear,
should be in the grave
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
Its Status

4 am compiling a PedIcure man.
ual."
Il suppose you have plenty of foot
notes"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
Black Record.

There goes a man OF dark deeds.
BLESS US. What does he do2-
Puts In coal"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Can your wife keep q secret,-
Certainly. II there 10 nobody
around for her to tell IL to-
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Advice is like a bitter piIl-easy %
give but uneasy to take.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Many a man performs his work as
though he thought he was doing the
boss favor.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Some spinsters are unhappy be-
cause they have no man around to
worry them.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Constipation causes many serious disssseaL
IL is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. One . laxative, thres fur
eathartic. Adv
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Women who marry for q home pay
big rent
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09
Unusual.


"A candlemaker combines ex-
tremes."
How so?-
His business is both cereous and
light"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Anyway. the wise man il less of a
fool than the average.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Have you had much experiences In
hooking up?'
Horses or waists!"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

ITCH Relieved I. % Ms.ues&
Wooifords Sanitary Lotion for all kinAs e
contagious iteh- At Druggists- Adv.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Many young man is up with the
lark because he kept the lark awake
all night.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

II is easier for love to find the way
than II Is to pay the way.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

A rastime philosopher says that
lemons are only fit to hand 70 people.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

The surest stepping stone to matri-
mony is a solitaire.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

Wished to Break the Record.
There's something uncanny about
that lawyer"
Why?
When his client was defeated he
didn't make u motion for q new
trial"
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

TO DRIVE oEI MALARIA
r.s. IN. ~ 3sp s.ns.ra BSidp skJyTTH MI TUE sysTEM e,
CHILL TONIC You know what you are fakn~
The formula 10 plainly printed on every bolfle.
shovtns 70 simply oulnins and Iron In tAsteess
form. and the most ensetnAi form For Eroun
p<oDle ana childrcn- y eents. Adv.
Oxford eagle., 1913-01-09

That was a raw DEAL
What wasy-
The plot they cooked up
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
SERVING LIGHT MEALS
EASY WAY TO COOK FOR ONE on
TWO At TABLE.
Planned Chops Arc Good, Make Little
Work, and Need Spread No Odor
How Quick Breakfast Breads
May 30 Prepared.

Planned Chops.-When the kitchen
10 near the living room 1t ia important
to cook meat in a manner to avoid
odors. Planned chops do not offend the
atmosphere with cooking, although
there is bound to be some odor with
meat. For n person buy two rib or
loin lamb chops. getting the butcher
TO French the first-that Is, trim down
he bone 30 1t will be bare. Rub q
dry pan, only large enough to hold the
W chops, with a cut Glove of garlic,
put 1t over the blaze, and when smok-
Ing hot lay In the meat. Turn quickly
30 as to scar both sides, and cook
only long enough; which Is to say,
have the chops with some pink inside
when served. The juices, and even q
touch OF pure blood, should run with
he cutting. AS the chops cook pour
on the grease that gathers, and when
cooked put the meat on a very hot
plate and then salt, pepper and butter
It II chops are seasoned before cook
Ing they will be tough. If allowed to
cook In the grease which draws from
he fat they will be fried and more
highly favored with the mutton odor.
Steak may be cooked in the same
way.
Quick Breakfast Breads.-The light
h~ousekeeper who knows how to make
light breakfast cakes. dainty popovers,
drop biscuits and gems of any sort is
lucky indeed. The rest Of us must be
content with the bakers staff Of life,
warmed up and tinkered with some
how to vary the taste. The bakeshops
corn mullins, graham gems, biscuit,
English mullins and crumpets can all
be made delicious with warming or
toasting. II only an asbestos is vail
able for the relocating, put mullins, bis.
cults or gems on this and invert a
saucepan over them to keep in the
heat II there is a toaster, split the
English mullins and brown them like
any bread with the little convenience.
The crumpets may be reheated in a
double boiler or be made exquisitely
appetizing by being heated in q pan
with a lump OF butter on top Of each
"crump," as the dainties heat through
the butter melts and permeates them.
Put the brown sides of the crumpets
against the par With the inside of
French bread pulled bread can be
made. Yank out the soft part while
the bread is fresh and brown the
pieces on a toaster. The rusks put up
In paper boxes are very convenient to
have in the house. as, also, are the
soda biscuits. saltines and graham
waters. With any one of these breads.
marmalade and a good cup Of coffee
he lone woman has no need to yearn
for q better breakfast.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
= :
Satisfied.

In q mill in the north OF England
an old Irishman and his mate were
Sot on to replace q floor in a little
shop which was used for a by-product
Of the business. They had just fin
ished the Job. and 1t was getting dark,
when the old man bethought himself
that a floor ought to be level.
on he rushed to borrow a spirit
level and soon returned, flushed and
excited, to see how his floor stood the
test.
He placed the level on the floor
and peered at It, but could not see
the bubble as It was too dark In the
shop. So. picking the level gently up
by both ends he carefully carried It
to the door and exclaimed joyfully to
his mate. Fair In the middle, lad;
the floors as level as a die."-Weekly
Telegraph.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
KEEP UP GOOD OLD CUSTOM
People Of English ViIIaes Continue
Ceremonies That Date Back to
the Thirteenth Century.

The annual custom Of horn dancing,
said to date from the time of the Dru-
Ids, was observed a few days at Alb
bots Bromley, Staffordshire. VII
sasers paraded the parish decked in
fantastic robes. Some carried rein
deer antlers, n rode a hobby horse,
and others played cccordions and tri-
angles. The principal residences in
the district we're visited.
The mayor Of the old Yorkshire Dor
ough Of Richmond presented a bottle
Of wine to Arthur Edward Sayer Of
Harley Hill, Section, the farmer bring
Ing the first boil of newly threshed
wheat into Richmond market recently.
The custom. an ancient one, was re-
vived by Mr.. William Ness Walker
some years G when he was mayor.
Maintaining a custom dating back to
the thirteenth century, the mayor. cor
poration and town officials Of Tiverton
went through the Formally Of pro-
claiming the peoples right 10 the town
Leaf, a stream Of water, last week.
The ven miles course Of the stream
was followed, the procession being
headed by a number of men armed
with picks, shovels, saws, hammers
and crowbars with which to remove
any obstruction which might be found
In the stream. The bailiff proclaimed
the peoples right to the Leaf, and then
there was the customary scramble for
new pennies and buns.-Londcn Mail.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
LAND OF OUR FOREFATHERS
Edward Everett's Tribute to England
az the Cradle n Refuge Of
Free Principles.

For myself l can truly say that
after my native land | feel q tender
ness and a reverence for that of my
fathers. The pride l take in my own
country makes me respect that from
which we are sprung. The sound Of
my native language beyond the sea
is a music to my ears beyond the rich.
est strains of Tuscan softness or Cas-.
lillian majesty.
/ Am not-I need not say l am not
h panegyrist of England. l am not
dazzled by her riches nor awed by her
power. The scepter, the inter and
the coronet. stars. garters and rib
bons sc ON to me poor things for great
men to contend for.
But England is the cradle and the
refuge Of free principles, though often
prosecuted; the school of religious
liberty, the more precious for the
struggles through which it has passed;
she holds h tombs OF those who have
reflected honor OH all who speak the
English tongue; she is the birthplace
of our fathers, the home of the Pill
grims; 1t Is these which l love and
Venerata In England.
] should feel ashamed of an enthu-
Riasm for Italy and Greece did l not
also feal 1t for a land like this. In
ali Ann rican it would seer, to be de
genera'f and ungrateFul to hang with
passion upon the traces of Homer and
Virgil End follow without emotion the
RtsFer and palmer footsteps Of
DlaksE Seare and Milton. l should
think Linn cold in love for his native
land w.So felt no melting in his heart
for thR other native country which
holds the ashes Of his forefathers.-
award Everett.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
COMMON FAULT OF HUMANITY
Probably Condition Of Absolute Salts
faction Never Yet Has Been Alb
soIutely Arrived At.

Man is a curious animal. He is nev-
er satisfied. When We say man." we
mea men and wome1-the same that
God CT Gated in his own image.
Rest .essness Is a common attribute
Of hum anity. 1t begins with the era
die. II never cease until we reach
the grave. The only quiet man is the
dead man.
The school becomes irksome to the
boy ard it requires all the pressure
of the parent to keep him at his stud
les. / e thinks he knows better than
father or mother. They point out the
need o. an education If he would sue.
coed. He replies that he has two
hands and a brain md that he can
make Ills own living IN his own way.
Sometj mes he tries 1t. When he fails,
In the bitterness of his soul he recalls
with repentance his refusal to his
parent.
The girl, willful and heaGstrong, ac-
cepts fashionable company. She neg
lects tie church for the Sunday picnic
and gives up the Bible for the sensa-
tional, silly and romantic novel. She
wants a change. She must have 1t.
She will have 1t. Finally she has It
and perhaps repents in tears and un.
speakable anguish.
The patient who doeg not immedi-
Rtely recover wants to try another
physician, other remedies or a change
Of climate. The doctor may warn
against the danger they invite, but
the re. tless soul cries out for a
change. 1t takes tho chances Of life
and de dth, and with the latter comes
the gre Attest of all changes in the still.
ness o. the grave.-John A. SIeicber.
in Les'ie's Weekly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
BOUND TO LOVE EACH OTHER
Probably Third Woman Was Right,
but the Othsr Two Must Have
Felt Somewhat Uncomfortable.

There was a great cro.d at the pic.
ture exhibition, and empty seats were
ut 4 premium, when two pretty women
spied and made for a place at the
Bslf-same moment. They reached the
prize together. both Iesending L.
norance Of the other, and, Topping
themselves down, succeeded ia squeez-
Ing breathlessly and n%iiserably IT..
There they sat then. each scowlinE
and staring at the rudeness of her re-.
spective %neigbbor, each wrigsling and
squirming As much as possible in or
der to crowd hat neighbor still
furthe.. Finally the situation became
acute, and one Of the women spoke
with fine sarcasm: II beg your par.
don. but do you need the whole
seat?"
y bog yours" the answer cana,
but | never talk to strangers"
Just then a third pretty woman
passed, stopped and addressed the
two at once: why, to think Of ind
Ing you two here together! And 7
have always wanted to introduce you,
because I just know you will just love
each othcr. Mabel. this is Maud. and
Maud. this 10 my dear old Mabel. You
are bound to love each other, because
you arc 30 exactly alike in dispose.
ton"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-02-24
CALVES BRAINS WITH JELLY
ThIs 10 4 Dish, When Properly
Cooked and Served, That All
Will Appreciate. "

Blanch the brains by letting them
soak In cold water and salt for two
hours; take them out, skin, dry
thoroughly. and drop them In sailed
boiling water; let cook for ten min.
utes; chill and put them in the Ice
box. When serving, cut the brains
In slices or dice, and heap them on a
lettuce bed after they have been
tossed In a French dressing. Heap
the top Of the dish with blobs of to,
mato Jelly.
Make the jelly In this manner:
Soak a box and . half Of gelatin IN
enough water to cover It. Then put
one quart Of tomatoes on to stew
with a head Of celery chopped fino
a little parsley, salt and cayenne
Let this boil for twenty. minutes, then
pour boiling hot over the gelatin
strain ut once in = mold, putting it in
the Ice box to CONCEAL thoroughly
when cool enough. The tomato jelly
may also be cut up in squares and
served IS a separate salad with plat
lettuce and mayon laise. But @
course it needs to come into the room
In a very cold condition. or it would
soon melt