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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-16


During tho four years that John A.
Patfen. colored man. served as y
page In congress. he was naturally
brought Ia close touch with many dis
tinguinhed men whose names today
are household words The impress
sions made upon his mind are vivid.
and In describing these men with
whom he came in contact. Paften
speaks directly and TO the point.
When asked whom he regarded az
she greatest among those towering
figures. he replied that when II came
10 commanding the attention Of both
parties IN tho house and tie Interest
Of the galleries. there was no one who
could compare with the wlzened "fAs.
tie Giant STEPHENS. lie spoke sci.
dom. but when he did there Was q
hush Of expectancy and rapt asten-
ton.
Patfen chuckled an he recalled y
story concerning stephens. Without
coming into the open. a certain mem.
Der OF the house had defeated one Of
the pet measures In which Stephens
vas interested Ia order 10 avert sus.
plcion. the man OF the underground
methods FASTENED 10 Stephens hotel
rooms, condoied with him at great
length. and inydghed against the
iscachery OF the man who had baked
lila pet measure. To all OF this Ste
phens listened IN silence until the de-
nunciafion Of somebody" vas ended
Then. In HIS weil-known iaise;to. he
turned TO his astonished visitor and
exclaimed:
Yes. and ~ Nathan said 70 David.
Thou art the mani"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-16

Women outnnmber the men by l,al9l
in New York city. according to &no
last census.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-16

Il every penny OF the 100000
raised in the Y. Il. c. A. and 7. w.
G. A. campaign At Philadelphia had
been twins there wouldn't have been
enough even then to satisfy all the
needs OF the two organizations.
The colored people themselves have
been almost feverlshly interested in
the progress OF the money campaign.
They worked like Trojans. bringing
In each day $4,000 or $4,000. which
they had collected In small sums.
Mrs. Ransome. the president of the
womens branch. IL the wife OF col
ored Baptist minister and wonderful
speaker herself When the campaign
first started several conferences we're
held at the homes Of prominent
women. and Mrs. Ransome was ono
os those who told OF the needs OF the
ditferent phrases OF the work
Y Vss afternoon one OF the officers
os the association. while listening to
Mrs. flansome. noticed that the draw
ing room door was cautiously opened
a crack and remained aJar tiil the end
OF the conference. After IL was over
the surprise OF the women In charge
was great when the old colored but
Ter came up and dcferen.ially asked
for = pledge blank. II was given 10
him. When he handed IL back they
almost doubted their eyes when they
read the amount on II. The old but
Ter had subscribed $1,000 They Ap-
pealed 10 tho mistress OF the house.
Did she suppose he had 20 much
money as that? Ought they to take
II. even Il he had II to give!
"Yes." said the employer. he prob
ably has II. lie has been In our fam.
ily 30 years. and he has saved his
money II he wants to give that
amount for the benefit OF he own peo-
Pile let him Do II. Il Is . great thing
for them AID for him"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
SOUR, ACID sToMAcHs,
GASES OR INDIGESTION
Each "Pape's DiapepsIn" DIgests 5000
grains food, ending all stomach
misery In five minutes.

Time it! In five minutes all stom-
ach distress will go. No indigestion,
heartburn, sourness or belcbing OF
gas. acid, or eructations of undigested
food, no dizziness. bloating, foul
breath or headache.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
1t is the surest, quickest stomach rem.
edy in the whole world and besides 1t
is harmless. Put an end to stomach
trouble forever by getting large
fifty-cent case Of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store. You realize in
five minutes how needless it is to suf-
fer from indigestion, dyspepsia or any
stomach disorder. It's the quickest,
surest and most harmless stomach
doctor in the world.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
Nasturtlums for Winter Windows.

There is nothing prettier than u
window full of bright, blooming mas
turtiums in the winter. says Farm and
Home. There is something SO dainty
and charming n the vines climbing
all over the window and curtains, and,
with their gay colored, yelvety flow
ers, they make an artistic picture.
The cultivation of them in the
house is very simple, and the results
will we'll repay for the little labor it
requires. Plant the nasturtium seeds,
which can be purchased in little pack
ages from any seed house.
Plant the vines in some rich earth
in an ordinary crock and place in a
pretty jardiniere in a window of south
ern exposure. With very little train
ing the vines will creep up the win
dow curtains, and all winter you will
have the prettiest spot imaginable and
will appreciate the gay blossoms fill
ing tho room with their dainty fra
grance.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
Absinthe.

During the Algerian war of 1S44-47
the French soldiers were induced to
mix absinthe with their wine as a
febrifuge. On their return they
brought with them the habit of drink
ing, which is now so widely dissem-
mated in French society. The symp-
toms in the case of absinthe tip
pier commence in the muscular quiv-
erings and decrease OF strength; the
hair begins to fall cut; the face as
sumes a detected look, and the vic
tim becomes emaciated, wrinkled and
sallow. Lesion of the brain follows,
horrible dreams and delusions haunt
the tippler, and gradually paralysis
takes him to the grave.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
HABITS OF A RUSTIC LADDER
Man, Who II May Be Presumed Has
Had Some Experience, Writes v
Bitterly About Them.

Now a good, long, heavy farm lad
der presents engineering problems Of
no mean difficulty, writes Eugene
Wood in Everybody's Magazine. I
presume more people have lost the
blessing trying to get ladder through
a gate than in any other way that
satan knows of. A ladder would make
a preacher swearf it can act up So.
There's such radius to it when you
turn a corner; such leverage when
you try to stand it up and the bottom
end slips. And 1t is simply possessed
to flop when you are carrying it ON
your shoulder. :.
tell you: Never wear derby or
noseglasses when you're doing bust
ness with ladder, for nothing gives
it more delight than to mash the hat
hopelessly, and knock your glasses off
SO you will step on them. I need
scarcely say that of the two lenses it
is the $15O one that breaks in prefer
ence to the 75-cent one. This phenom-
enon is due to the combined action Of
the Law of Economic Determinism
and the Law of Cussedness of Inani-
mate Objects.
Ladders and cherry trees are not
what you might call simpatica. In a
manner Of speaking, the top end of a
ladder should rest firmly on a 2-em
dash.
But such is the nature Of cherry
trees that the top end of the ladder
rests quite un-firmly in the crotch Of a
rude capital Y. The finest cherries
grow at the extreme tip-end of top
most branches. Just as you are eau
tiously bending the whip-like withe
towards you with it's luscious fruits,
the ladder cants, and you and the
cherry bucket hit the ground with al
most simultaneous thumps. The cher
ry bucket makessa little better time
because it has no pants to tear on the
way. The cherries in the bucket and
the breath in your body are bounced
out with equal suddenness.
It is seldom, though, that both are a
total loss. One should always remem-
ber in falling out Of cherry tree to
keep the tongue well back in the
mouth. Otherwise the teeth, being
occluded violently, are apt to snip off
the tongue tip, which is that part Of
the organ of speech that produces the
sound of 3D." as In "Damn!"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
10 CENT "CASCARETS"
IF BILIOUS OR COS-lvE
For Sick Headache, Sour Stomach
Sluggish Liver and Bowels-They
work while you sleep.

Furred Tongue, Bad Taste, Indiges.
tion, Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
aches come from torpid liver and
clogged bowels, which cause your
stomach to become filled with undi.
gested food, which sours and ferments
like garbage in swill barrel. That's
the first step to untold misery-indi-
gestion, foul gases, bad breath, yellow
skin, mental fears, everything that is
horrible and nauseating. A Cascaret
tonight will give your constipated
bowels thorough cleansing and
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 1O-cent box
from your druggist will keep you feel
Ing good for months.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
You Make Friends by
Recommending a Reliable
Kidney Medicine

Your representative called at my
door yesterday meaning to leave a
sample of your noted Swamp-Root,
and l am certainly pleased to see
anybody connected with the firm who
makes a medicine which has done SO
much for me and my family. A few
years ago l was suffering from a ter
rible pain in my back and when l was
up around the house l had to walk
with my body bent nearly double. If
you had placed a thousand dollars
above my head l could not straighten
up to get it.
Hearing of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root
sent to you for sample bottle and
from the effects of that small amount
l was sure it would help me so l
bought one bottle and it has cured me.
Shortly after that my husband who
was coal miner, was suffering from
kidney trouble and could not work
and ! sent for some of DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root. He was in a terrible
condition, but as the doctors had not
given me any relief, had more faith
in Swamp-Root and it was we'll found
ed, for it did the work and after TAX
ing few bottles he was completely
cured.
l daily recommend the use of
Swamp-Root to my friends and neigh
bors. Sincerely yours,
MRS. JOHN NORDQUIST,
Galeton, Penna.
Sworn and subscribed to before me,
this 14th day Of May, 1912.
w. D. ALLEN, ]. P.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
Diogenes' Tub.

The tub in which Diogenes, the
cynic, made his home, was a great
earthen Jar discarded from the Cybele
temple. 1t had been used for wine
or oil for the sacrifice OF the temple
and was sufficiently large to allow
the philosopher reclining place.
The truth Cf the tale has been called
into question. although 1t Is said that
during the Peloponnesian war the
Athenians dwelt in Just such vessels,
and that even after the death Of Di-
ogenes such receptacles were used as
dwelling places by the poor.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

them neutral and scatters those peculiar
formations In the nerve centers that
cause such mystifying and, often baffling
rheumatic pains.
And best Of all this remarkable remedy
Is welcome to the weakest stomach. II
you have drugged yourself until your
stomach Is nearly paralyzed, you will be
astonished to find that s. s. s. gives no
sensation but goes right to work. This Is
because It Is a pure vegetable infusion, Is
taken naturally into your blood Just as
pure air is inhaled naturally into your
lungs
Get bottle of s. s. s. today. and ask
for s. s. s.
You may depend upon It that the store
that sells you what you ask for is a good
place to trade. Write to the Swift
Specific Co.. 2o4 Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
FOR their Book on rheumatism.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Many Rheumatic, sufferer has been to
the drug store for bottle of s. S. S. and
been handed something claimed to be
"Just rs good" Truly, to ask for bread
and bc given stone Is still in practice
II YOU are troubled with rheumatism In
any form be sure to use S. s. s. and note
Its wonderful influence.
s. s. s. has the peculiar action Of soak
ing through tho intestines directly into
tho blood. In five minutes its influence is
at work in every artery, vein and tiny
capillary. Livery membrane, every organ
OF the body, every emunctory becomes in
effect filter to strain the blood Of i'm
purItles. Tho stimulating properties of g.
8. 8. compel tho skin, liyc-, bowels, kid.
neys, bladder to all work TO the one end
OF casting out evory irritating, every pain.
infllcting atom Of poison; 1t dislodges by
Irrigation all denominations in the joints.
causes acid accrctions to digolyo. renders
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
Letter 20
DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, NY.
Prove What Swamp-Root VIII Do Fl

Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer G Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention this paper. Regular
fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles
for sale at all drug stores.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
Let lt Go al That.

The Philadelphia Record refuses to
believe the story that the world is 50O,-
900 years old. basing this doubt on the
fact that the world is now in a state
Of folly that could only be palliated
by extreme youth. Why not accept
the theory of science and credit world.
ly folly to second childhood?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
Listing Them.

Mrs. Oldfam-Old Mr.. Multirox
used to boast that he came from the
common people.
Mr.. n-Bonds-Mebbe so, but
now his descendants are among the
preferred people.-Los Angeles Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

The average area administered by
ranger on the federal forests Of the
United States is about 100000 acres.
In Germany the area administered by
man of equivalent rank is about 700
acres.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Not Knocking Anybody.
The littleness of some people is the
biggest part of them.-Boston Tran
script.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
Nothinu lackinu.

What is this, dear?" asked the
young husband at breakfast.
Minced veal, dear" replied the
bride-wife.
Il think 1t needs something"
well, don't know what it can be;
put everything in it l could find
Yonkers Statesman.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

The lowest human habitation is said
to be that of the coal miners in Bo-
hemia, some Of whom make their
dwellings at point over 1000 feet
below the level of the sea.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
Unconscious Response.

He-My dear, all the baggage ant
parcels are always thrust on me as
though were porter. I tell you
am sick Of It!
She-Have you got the grip?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow
els and cure constipation.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

1t is computed that in the two Bal
kan wars some 100000 men perished,
Turkey lost 10000 and Bulgaria 12O,-
900.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20
In Homeopathlp posea,

well, Uncle Josh, how do you feel?''
Rotten; that beer don't seem to hel2
none" "How did you take it?" "Ta.
hlaaQoapftl afore meals."-IdfaL
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Nearly all the alcohol made in Rus
sia, which is derived almost wholly
from. potatoes, is used in the manu-
facture Of intoxicants.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Cincinnati is to have a permanent
exhibit building for wares made In
that city.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

A mail carrier will frequently walk
20 miles a day in the performance OF
his duty.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Missoufi's 1918 wheat crop amount
ed to 35,390,S33 bushels, valued at
S28,505,S46.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Worms expelled promptly from the human
system with DR.. Peerys Vermifuge "Dead
Shot, lAdY.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Should Be Strong, Anyway.
Her Fiance-What are you reading
dear?
She-"Two Kisses" by o. Onions,
Fiance-Breathless story, l hope.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Cleveland is to have a 100000 auto
mobile clubhouse.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Canadian flour has begun to rival
American flour in Ecuador.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Switzerland in 1912 exported en-
broidery valued at $43,402,777.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Use Roman Eye Balsam for scalding sen
sation in eyes and Inflammation of eyes or
eyelids. Adv.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

A bell made of concrete is said to
have almost the same resonant quail.
ties as metal
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

There are 55 species of oak trees in
the United States, about evenly divid.
ed between. the east and the west. The
eastern species, and particularly white
oaks, are the most valuable.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-02-20

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the
brightest and fastest.
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-06-13
CRIME OF The GORILLA
BY c. POEHlMAN.


We were all very fond of Senobia,
not only because she was pretty, but
because OF her gentleness and kind
heart.
Politeness and consideration are
rare articles in circus crowd, but
oehoola, the queen of tightrope walk
efs' as she was billed, had no reason
70 complain In this respect Every.
oody treated her with the greatest
pohteness and respect. though she was
'as Youngest and poorest paid OF US
al.
strange 1t was, however, the one
sao showed her least respect was
,ne smartest OF the whole company.
was not because he thought him
'en 80 far above her. but because
le loved her more than any Of us
.u passionately. and therefore sell
A''ny The rest OF US could feel
Aappy whole day when Senobia had
spoken few kind words to us, but
We staVarta, champion juggler Of the
'o1'o would not even have been
'a'sned had she given him her whole
soul
we were In Pittsburgh. The circus
'. crowded with people, and every
'Vuy was anxiously watching for the
appearance OF Senobia.
"neh we arrived In town. the direc.
w VI the circus. greatly to his an.
.Ance had discovered that It was
!, to fix Senobia's rope proper.
WIN the safety curtain underneath.
,,a a"e" came the fatal night. As
s. l was standing underneath
euns her every movement. She
~ Just ready to walk across the
IVY. ,pe Tue third time. carrying a Jap.
..s parasol, when suddenly discov.
,hs, mat the rope was sasging and
,bs oehobia walked backwards to
pace IRON where she had started.
ds ns moment the audience shud-
rn looked up. the rope had be-
$40 70 swing violently. 1t was not
ooa,, 's who did this-she had all she
e,u' 10 10 keep her balance. 1t WAS
a, Nv oy something at the other end
ths :, rope and true enough. there on
NJ. o'ner platform lat "Goble," tho
hs gorilla, crouchlns and shaking
4, .pe with Its big powerful nsts.
r,n as my legs could carry me
IN. W. !" inc nearest door leading to
1,.. nery' To get to this I had to
tns monkey cage, and here
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-06-13

IL would remind the gentleman
and his associates on the other
side Of the aisle that the distin.
guished citizen who now occupies
the White House is the same
Woodrow Wilson, who, as presi-
dent of Princeton, tore down the
walls of caste and drove snobs and
snobocracy from that great institu-
ton of learning.
This is the same Woodrow vii.
son, who, as governor of New Jer-
sey, on the very threshh hold of his
political career wrested senatorial
'oga from the grasp of Boss Smith
and declared that the man who
had betrayed democracy in the
great tariff fight of twenty years
tgo should not again be permitted
10 practice his treason in the
greatest Legislative body on earth.
This is the same Woodrow
Wilson, who, when the Underwood
tariff bill was under discussion in
The house, overthrow the Sugar
Trust and the Wooden Trust, the
twin trusts that for half century
had constituted the keystone Of
the arch of projection. SO power
ful were these monopolies that the
mighty Theodore during all the
years he was in the executive man.
sion, never dared to raise a finger
against them; and Taft your,
Taft, my Republican friends-con-
fessed himself impotsnt in the
The Monte Vista journal., 1914-06-13
of their influence.

presence of their influence.
This is the same Woodrow
Wilson, who, after sixteen years of
Republican shillyshallying, direct
ed the hosts of democracy in their
assault on the citadel Of the Money
Trust, and through the enactment
of the Glass Owen currency bill
transferred the control Of the
finances of this nation from the
Morgans, the S,illmans and the
Bakers TO the hands of the repre-
sentatives of the American people
This is the same Woodrow
Wilson, who, when Mexico was
rent by revolution. stopped his
ears to the clamor of the limoges"
and refused TO sanction policy
which would have crimsoned the
deserts of Mexico with the blood
of the flower of American youth in
order that the concessions pur.
chased by the Hearsts and Guggen-
helms from old Porfrio Dlaz might
be protected.
"And this is the same Woodrow
Wilson whose courage is ques-
toned by the distinguished gentle.
man from New York. If any fact
has been established by the events
Of the last twelve months it is that
in the advocacy Of what he believes
to be right, Woodrow Wilson
fears neither man nor devil,
foreign foe, domestic enemy or
party traitor"