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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24

June 81.
Fancy, my dear, your seeing me
standing by my window clapping my
bands. was wrong in thinking that
my correspondent was unappreciatve
On rising this morning and looking
down into his garden a touching sight
met my eyes. Roses have been IN
bloom during the month, but my cor
RESPONDENT has not used them for mes
sages till today. and even now ne
uses only one. Since my last letter
there has been time for some seeds to
spring into green letters-I know not
vet of what plant-and what do you
suppose they spell? But first ] must
tell you that they were planted In
circle, in the center of which was a
single rose in full bloom. Indeed, Its
petals were beginning TO fall. l could
see several of them under It on the
ground. But the words that inclosed
them-they were quoted from MoOre's
beautiful poem ''The Last Rose Of Sum-
mer," "Oh, who would inhabit this
bleak world aloneP
Now, hasn't this been a unique bit
OF lovemaking? And yet all the girls
in the town have been living In the
delusion that this man was not 10 be
won from his castle. have broken
down the wall, as / planned. or have
at least drawn him to the top of 1t,
for on going into my garden after
breakfast a head appeared above 1t
and my neighbor stood-on a ladder
looking at me.
81 should have claimed the privilege
Of a neighbor," he said, ''before this,
I but
'You were more interested In your
flowers than In those living beside
you"
"T have noticed that you have the
same taste"
Indeed, love them dearly"
"No man can love flowers as a wo-
man will love them. but confess ]
enjoy them"
And 50 the dialogue went on. Seeing
that my water pot was empty. he
Jumped down into my garden and, TAX
+ ing Il from my hand. went to the fau-
Get and filed It for me and sprinkled
my plants.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24
The eFloWer
Lovers
They Spoke Only In
Flower Language
By F. A. mitchell

March 1.
My Dear Adele-Here we are in our
new home in this quaint New England
town, which think car have changed
very little in the last 200 years. The
people who lived in it then were doubt
less well to do, for there are many
places which were at that time quite
imposing. Our house is built on the
street, with a terrace garden in the
rear, and the place on one side is much
the same. Everything smacks Of the
seventeenth or eighteenth century.
am glad that we have taken posses
sion before the flower planting season,
for am sure / shall be devoted to the
Old fashioned garden. l shall secure
the services of man to spade up the
beds for me, but shall do all the rest
of the work myself You should see
how artificially they are laid out,
every one inclosed in narrow border.
Besides. there are low hedges and
dwarf trees cut in shapes that remind
one of the present cubist pictures.
While our garden has been long neg
lected, the one beside it has been we'll
kept up. Everything there is as trim
as if Miss Dorothy Somebody in the
quaint costume of two centuries ago
was still caring for it. Some one doubt
less lives there who cares for flowers,
for, though spring has scarcely arrived,
| can see that when the season comes
l shall look out upon delightful
scene. Your loving RUTH.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24
April 10.

hUIII IV'
My neighbor next door is taking his
plants from his conservatory and put
ting them in beds am using seeds
almost entirely, for my garden has not
been cultivated for years. He, too,
is laying out a few spaces to be filled
in with seeds. l am doing all to make
nv garden attractive. What plants
buy are of rare aid beautiful varieties.
NV neighbor's plants are chiefly what
he has always possessed. All can do
Is to make my garden as beautiful as
possible. On that rely to attract him.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24
May IS.

My flowers are all doing well. l
have eclipsed my neighbor. From my
window | have seen him admiring my
display. A few days ago l saw him go
TO bed and prepare it to receive some
seeds. wonder what he is going to
plant there-somethlng very nice, for
he was particular about getting 1t
smooth, throwing out every loose stone
and making the soil very fine.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24

ness. My flower lover has mounted
his ladder and jumped down over the
garden wall nearly every day. He is
not bookish at all. though l know he
is a great reader He doesn't seem
to care for intellectual women, which
is lucky for me. He says that must
have rare ideality or would never
have conceived that idea about the
lilies. l suppose l should confess to
him that you gave me that, but l can't,
really. I doubt If woman capable
of laying a trap for man and catching
him in it can have a very tender con-
science.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24
May q

may -
They are Ietters-not only letters, but
q message for me. They spell wei
come flower lover" | am delighted
They say that the best way to attack
> man is through his stomach. This
VIII do for the ordinary man, but not
an ideal one. / have been working In
nv garden a great deal, and ! presume
he must have seen me from an upper
window, for the wall between our
places is 50 high that be could not have
seen me from his garden or the ground
eoor. / am delighted at my success
This bookworm flower lover has been
made TO feel a sympathy. he has been
attracted to one who loves what be
loves
And now let us see whether the seed
olanted in his heart viii grow Ike the
plants be loves 50 well
But must respond 70 bis greeting
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24
May 20.

have made a discovery today. The
seed he planted a week ago Is coming
up in very singular curves. They look
something like letters. | am beside
myself with curiosity to know If they
are letters. II they all broke the soil
together | could tell, but they do not
some are above the ground, while 9TH
ers are below It. A few days will tell.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24

June III.
Not being willing to wait for the seed
to spring up, planted the words in
lilies. / did it at night, and when the
sun shone bright in the morning it
glistened on the dew that sprinkled
my message. found that had plant
ed them so as to form pretty well
shaped letters. l have been in hopes
that my correspondent would permit
me to see his appreciation of my work.
It seems to me that were man and
a woman arranged so beautiful a mes
sage in SO beautiful a method would
90 out on the balcony and shout my
appreciation. But thus far, If he has
admired it, he has done so in conceal
ment. For all know he is complete
ly oblivious to what have done.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24

Evidently he Is an ideal person or he
would not have taken such an ideal
method of communication. He will
look for reply in kind. Can you not
give me some condensed sentiment
about flowers that l may put 1t in the
ground for him to read when the let
tars spring up? l have hunted for
something beautiful, impressive, ideal,
but can find nothing to suit me.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24

Aug. 10.
This has been the summer Of my life.
But the fiowers--oh. the poor flowers
which have brought all this happiness!
They have been dying for water.
and. shameful to relate, we have been
so absorbed in each other that we have
not noticed that while we have been
in bliss they have been shriveling for
want of attention. oh. the pity of 1t!
Aug. 1S.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24

May 26
Your letter is received, and am de-
lighted with your suggestion. You are
right in saying that the words are the
most beautiful, the most touching and
comprise the most Of any written or
spoken about flowers. Consider the
lilies of the field; they toll not neither
do they spin, and yet l say unto you
that Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these" The words
are poem in themselves, far more
effective poem than If they had been
written out in stanzas with a rime
in every second line. But ! can only
give a part Of them in flower letters.
Complete they would take up too much
room. Two or three words would be
quite enough to suggest the whole. /
think l shall put in only lilies, and they
to read, "They toll not"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24
March IL.

March IL.
have discovered who it is that Is in
terested in keeping up the garden next
door. and my discovery is surprising.
The flower cultivator is not woman,
but man. Who would expect man
to take an interest in flowers? i
wish rather that he would take an in
terest in me, for he is fine looking, and
from observing him through the win
dow, carefully concealed by the cur
tains, am sure shall like him. But
fear he is not inclined to be neigh
borly. for, though we have been here
nearly two weeks, he has not called.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24

March 70.
I have learned something about our
next door neighbor. They say he Is
peculiar, preferring to live alone in the
house he has inherited from a long
line of ancestors. He neither goes
out into company nor entertains This
is strange in man who cannot be
more than thirty years old. They say
he loves only two things in the world
his library and his garden. What a
temptation for me to make him love
third thing, which is human-a
temptation to which have already
yielded!
| must attack him through his taste
for flowers since I know nothing Of
books. Indeed, think l shall keep
away from him, fearing to reveal my
shallowness until l shall have effect
ed an entrance to his favor through
his plants / have already two men
digging up my beds preparatory to the
siege l am about to lay to his heart
He little thinks that there is one next
door to him who is planning to batter
down the old fashioned high brick wall
that protects him and his garden from
US and ours and that my siege guns
will be roses and lilies and geraniums
and peonies But I must be careful
not to let him come near me until l
have effected this breach. What would
| do if he were to begin to talk to me
before I had excited an interest
through our both loving the same
thing? What would say If he should
speak about the relation between the
edict of Nantes and the Thirty Years
war? The only war l am interested
in is the war of the roses which pro-
pose to wage myself.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24

A month has passed since IaTrote
you. my dear-a month Of rare hhppi-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-24

-Tresspass notices. weather proof
for sale at Observer Job office.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
CORROBORAIES HER
CHUM'S TESTIMONY
Second Girl in EIopement
Case Goes on Stand.
Reiterates Story That She and Her
Partner Were Threatened by
Diges and Caminetti Be-
fore Going to Reno.

San Francisco.-Lola Norris, the
second of the girls in the Diggs. Cam
inetti elopement to Reno, took the
witness stand Thursday in the federal
court in the trial of Maury l. Diggs.
Miss Norris said that she was 90
years old on Aug. 8, and that she had
lived all of her life in Sacramento.
When she first met Diggs and Cami-
netti she was employed in the state
library.
Point by point as she told her story,
under the questioning of the attorney
for the prosecution, Miss Norris con-
firmed the testimony of Miss Warning
ton.
''If you do not go with u.s." Diggs
said, according to Miss Norris, you
and Marsha will go to reformatory.
"Mr. Diggs and Mr.. Caminetti both
told u.s." she went on, that their
wives had discovered that they were
taking us out, that both of the women
had decided to file suit against Miss
Warrington and myself for alienation
Of their husbands affections; that we
correspondents and that to be proved
correspondents was crime punishable
by Imprisonment"
What did you say when the men
pleaded with you to go?" she was
asked
81 explained that my mother was
very i'll and that feared the shock
would kill her," was the answer.
Miss Norris was very clear that
Diggs and Caminetti had manifested
great love for Miss Warrington and
herself; that they had promised mar
riage after getting divorces from their
wives; that the two men had fright
ened hem by bug-a-boo tales of ap-
preaching arrests and newspaper
stories and that, believing all they
said, saying that they would never
consent, had at last consented to fly,
thinking to leave scandal far behind
and hoping for conjugal honor of eli.
max to their lives.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
APOLOGIES TO GREAT BRITAIN
Secretary Bryan Sends cablesram to
Ambassador Page Concerning
Utterances of n. L. Wilson.

Washington, d. C.-In apoligiz-
ing to Great Britain for the utterances
of Ambassador Wilson, Secretary of
State Bryan sent the following cable
to Ambassador Page in London:
THE interview given to the press
by Henry Lane Wilson, whose resig-
nation as ambassador has been ac-
cepted to take effect at the end of his
vacation, Oct, IA, having been brought
to the presidents attention, he di-
?cts me to ask you to call at the Brit
ieh foreign office and say to Sir Ed
ward Gray that he disclaims all re-
sponsibility for Mr., Wilson's action in
the matter and for the language en-
ployed by him in his interview and
that he regrets exceedingly that a
diplomatic official in the employment
of this government should have been
guilty of such an improperly"
A copy of this cablegram was
handed to Ambassador Wilson as a
reprimand.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
ECZEMA SPREAD OVER BODY

Roxbury, Ohio.-"When my little boy
was two weeks old he began breaking
out on his cheeks. The eczema began
Just with pimples and they seemed to
itch SO badly he would scratch his
face and cause a matter to run.
Wherever that matter would touch 1t
would cause another pimple until it
spread all over his body. It caused
Disagreement while it lasted. He had
fifteen places on one arm and his
head had several. The deepest places
on his cheeks were as large as a sill
yer dollar on each side. He was so
restless at night we had to put nit
tens on him to keep him from scratch
Ing them with his finger nails. If he
got little too warm at night 1t
seemed to hurt badly.
"We tried treatment and he didn't
get any better. He had the eczema
about three weeks when we began
using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. l
bathed him at night with the Cuticura
Soap and spread the Cuticura Oint-
ment on and the eczema left"
(Signed) Mrs. John White, Mar. 19,
1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
Want chanaeanle pressesl

At the recent International Congress
of Applied Chemistry in London one
of the most celebrated lecturers, Gia-
como Ciamician, predicted that women
of the future will not be contented
with dress which remains constantly
OF one color, but will demand colors
that change in harmony with their sur
roundings.
Thus the color of the apparel may
be changed without changing the
dress. Passing from darkness to light
the color would brighten. thus con-
forming automatically to the environ
ment-the last word in fashion for the
future.
This prediction will come true as
soon as chemists learn to understand
better what are called "phototropic
colors," or colors that change with
the intensity Of the light upon them.
In mems wear this might mean that
the light-colored suit of the bright
summer day would be transformed
into a dark suit at night.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
AMERICAN CLERGYMAN KILLED
Treasurer of Foreign Missions Board
in Asiatic Turkey Is Shot to
Death by Unknown Assassin.

Constantinople, Turkey. = Bible
House has Just received a telegram
reporting that the Rev. Charles "
Holbrook, missionary, had been shot
and killed at Souchier, small village
80 miles east of Sivas, a town of Ash
attic Turkey, 425 miles from CONSTANT.
nople.
The Rev. Mr.. Holbrook was on an
excursion with some American teach
ers belonging to the Sivas school.
The Rev. Mr.. Holbrook was born in
Massachusetts and was educated at
Boston university and Union theo-
logical seminary. He was ordained in
1911 and was station treasurer at Sivas
of the mission of the American board
of commissioners for foreign missions.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
i iI....stS CHARGES
AGAINST MILITIA
A. F. of L. Man at Calumet,
Mich, Wires Gompers.
ACCUSATIONS ARE VERY GRAVE
Says Michigan State Troops Have
Ravished Young Girls and Also
Committed Acts of Murder
and Assault

Washington, ID. C.-The ravish-
ing of young girls, murder and assault
by the Michigan state militia are
charged in telegram from the Calu-
met, Mich, representative of the
American Federation of Labor, just
given out here The dispatch was ad-
dressed to Samuel Gompers and was
received here Friday. Frank Morri.
son, secretary of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, wired to Calumet for
details with view to requesting with
drawal of the military in the strike
district. The report was signed by j..
II. Walker, representing the mining
department, American Federation Of
Labor. The dispatch follows:
What Telegram Says.
Calumet, Mich.
samuel Gompers, president A. F. of L..
washington, D. G.
state militia riding down defense
less persons on sidewalk, ravishing
young girls and assaulting and abus-
ing strikers and their families. Shot
one man in the back while peacefully
on his way home on county road.
Hired gunmen and thugs; foully muir
dered two men in cold blood and Sc
riously wounded two others and one
little child while eating supper in
their own home. Did this in effort to
provoke men to commit overt acts.
People Mortified and terrorized but
are behaving magnificently. Men
standing firm. Not one pound of ore
being mined. Copper barons des-
perate. Public sentiment turned COM
pletely against them. Believe they
must concede demands of labor.
Notify labor press and all sympathiz-
ers. j. E. WALKER,
Representing mining department,
American Federation of Labor" {"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
Prayers Bring Needed Rain.

Kansas City, Mo.-At Carthage,
Mo-, prayers for rain were offered
Sunday morning in a number of
churches and in the afternoon the
first rain of any consequence since
May s, fell 1t Is reported general
over southwest Missouri. In Carthage
1t rained steadily for more than two
hours, breaking severe heat wave
which has held the city in its grasp
for several weeks Local showers
fell at quite number of places in
Kansas Sunday. There were light
scattered local showers other places.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
Sc Die as Boat is Wrecked.

Seattle, Wash. = Twenty-Five pas
sengers and seven seamen were
California of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Co.'S fleet struck an un-
charted rock and was wrecked In
Gambler bay, Alaska. The steamer
sank in three minutes after striking
and many passengers were drowned
before they could get out of their
state rooms. Dispatches from juneau
say that it is impossible to give the
correct list of the missing, as the
purser saved no records.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
GETS S5 FOR RAIN PRAYER
Pastors Supplication Brings Relief to
Judges Orchard and Clergyman
Is Rewarded.

Winsted. Conn.-Judge Gideon H.
Welch of the Litchfield county
court Of common pleas is the owner
of large peach orchard in Bakers
vile, which is being seriously affected
by the drouth.
He chanced to meet the Rev. j. Muir.
ply, former pastor of the A. M. e. Zion
church in Torrington, Wednesday and
told him he would reward him with So
If his prayers brought rain. That night
the preacher prayed ardently for rain
and within an hour there was a re.
freshing downpour. Thursday he was
rewarded by Judge Welch with a So
bill
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
Victim of Strange Disease.

Weehawken, N. j. - Miss Alice
Geiser of Weehawken is the vic
tim of malady which physicians say
is without parallel in medical annals.
She cannot keep awake unless she
stands up. Is she sits or lies down she
soon becomes unconscious.
The affiicticn differs from the sleep.
ing sickness OF Africa, in that Miss
Geiser has been troubled with her I'M.
usual somnolescence for years while
the course of the African disease is
run in about two weeks. Miss Geiser
In all other respects, is healthy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
HOLDS NURSE IS NOT SLAYER
Judge Discharges Woman Accused of
Killing Her Fiance, DR.. Iron,
From Custody.

Utica, N. Y.-Miss Emma E. Krill
the beautiful nurse accused OF
killing her fiance, DR., Stanley b
Iron, was discharged from custody
by Judge O'Connor. At the conclusion
of the preliminary examination the
magistrate held that the state had
not presented enough evidence to war.
rant holding the girl on charge OF
murder.
Its what ! expected" said Miss
Krill as she walked out of court after
hearing herself accused for two days
She thanked her attorneys warmly
and shook hands with all three.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
Explorers to Sail Through Canal.

Bueno Aires, Argentina. = The
Whaler Fran, commanded by Capt.
Doxrud, left here August Is for
Colon to take on board Rear Admiral
Robert E. Peary and Capt. Rolad
Amundsen, explorers who will be the
first to pass through the Panama canal
on board ship.
Capt. Amundsen afterward will pro
ceed in the Fran toward the nortl
pole and. taking advantage OF tn
Arctic currents, will return to Chris
tiania. Norway, traversing the rout
OF Ihe Spitzbergen archipelago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
Breaknia the Ice.

Breaking the Ice.
Now, Miss Imogene," argues the
young man who has been receiving
the frigid stares and the monosylabic
replies of the fair young thing who
chose to become offended at him at
the dinner and continued to accumu-
late indignation at the opera, 'it's per-
fectly useless for you to attempt to
act like an iceberg. Science tells us
that only one.eighth of an iceberg is
visible, and you"
Considering the fact that she was
wearing an evening gown, he really
might have exercised bit more tact.
Judge.
Many fellow lays his heart at the
feet Of girl who deliberately kicks a
goal with it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
He Had Observed,

The teacher was giving test on the
value of foreign money in America.
When 1t was little Harry's turn. she
asked:
Harry. how much is guinea worth
In this country?"
Harry smiled and answered: "A dol
lar and half a day."-Everybody's
Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
STRANGE 10 Saw.

Strange to Say.
Here is a unique novel by Brit
ish author"
What makes II unique"
"An American girl is introduced in
the story and she speaks very fair
English"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22
He rhlnks II HeIps.

What is an optimist?"
"a man who thinks that II he puts
Urgent" on letter 1t will be de-
livered sooner than it would be other
e"-Stray Stories.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-08-22

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamma-
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