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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
A POTATO ROMANCE

eff I were q farmer boy, or boy with
mt capital, and wanted an early eompe
ency, I'D start right cut growing Pota.
oes," said Henry Schroeder, the Potato
sing Of the Red River Valley, whose story
the John A. Salrcr Seed Co.'S Catalogue
'vads stranger than a romance.
That advice Of Mr.. Schroedsr's. the self
made Potato king, comes from a warm
Aeart, a level head, an active hand. and
,boVe all, q successful Potato growerl
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
Made slavery Hereditary.

The first formal recognition OF no
gro slavery in Virginia was March l.
1861. when the assembly declared that
negroes are incapable OF making sat
isfaction for the time lost in running
away. by addition OF time" and slay'
cry was made hereditary In Virginia
In 1862 by an act OF the assembly that
the issue OF slave mothers should fol.
low their condition.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
skunks Enemies Of caterpIIIars.

A new field OF usefulness has been
found for the much-ridiculed skunk in
the fact that it is a vigorous enemy Of
the full-grown range caterpillars.
Birds are Of no service whatever ip
destroying these large caterpillars, but
Bkunks devour quantities Of them, and
this is another reason why these little
creatures should receive more consid-
Grafton than they now do.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26

Horse chestnuts can be grown in a
bottle of water. Use a bottle with q
neck wide enough to hold the chest.
nut, adding water to Just touch the nut
and stand II in a window. Roots win
form, followed by a stem and leaves.
II the water is constantly supplied the
tree can grow for years in the bottle.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
createst Poets.

Homer. Lucretius. Dante, Shake
speare, Goethe, Milton, Shelley, Byron,
Tennyson, Browning. Perhaps others
might be added. 1t is largely a mat
ter OF taste and temperament-al-
though there is but little room for ar.
gument about the first six names.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
Dreasy collealans.

Patience--"An automobile repair
course has been added to the cnrrieu.
lnm OF an Iowa agricultural college" !"
Patrice--"Now. In speaking OF college
togs. don't forget the overalla. "-~ Yon'
kcrs Statesman.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
To Clean Conner.

Copper articles that have become
dIscolored can be made 10 look new
again by rubbing them with lemon
dipped in salt and afterward rlnsing
In clear hot water and polishing with
q soft cloth.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
The Real Thing.

An aim in life is the only fortune
worth the finding. says Stevenson;
and II is not TO be found in foreign
lands, but In the heart Itself.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26

nee sample OF Aliens Foot, Easr. IL cures
sweating, hot swollen, aohing feet, II makes
new or light shoes eaay. certain cure tof
eofna. ingTowing nails and bsinionS. All drug
giAtA sell It. 25e. Don't accept any substitute
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
Business xs. IdIeness.

The opportunities and perplexities
OF business are softness and luxury
compared with the incessant cravings
Of vacancy and the unsatisfactory ex-
pedients OF idleness.-Doctor Johnson.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate
and invigorate stomach. liver and bow
els. Do not gripe.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
Keen un tho Elnht.

This alone 10 thy concern. TO fight
mnnfuily. and never. however mani.
fold thy wounds. to lay down thine
arms. or to take to flight.--l.orcnzo
SeupolI.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
Letter 20
DR.. Kilmer * Co,
HinRilaYnton. N. q.
Prove What Swamp-Root via Do FOR Yo

Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer G. Co..
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size
bottle. II will convince anyone. You
will also receive a 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.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Kennedy for Red, Weak. Watrry
just Eye Comfort. Write for Hook OF the Eye
By mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co, Chicago.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
And rhere Arc others.

The only actress who Is willing to
admit that she does not know all
about acting Is she who has been at 1t
all her life. Margaret Nybloc.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26

/ should say sincerity, deep, great
genuine sincerity, is the first charac
teristic Of all men in any way heroic.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
ASSOCIATED INVESTMENT co.

80 % $50 pats yon IN poasnasioa Of gocd paying
prsfsrably uncncumbsrcd. In exehanEe for . No.
rooming kouse. Rcmcunbsr our listings are guAr~
nnined hy hank references. We have ben estah-
lished ~ ycars. Oldest real estate company IN
Purtland send Ne your lstings. We have the
rash bayer. 6iS-Sis leoa BldG.. Portland. Ore
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
Daily Thouoht.

II man has nothing TO reproach
himself with. he can bear anything
Phillips Brooks,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26

The Medicine Of Life.
A faithful friend Ii the medicine OF
life. -Ecciesiasticua.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
Human poormass.

Some men could be sized up In two
words: Human doormats.--Flortda
Times. Union.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
MATRIMONIAL.

nnrinsss man wants ncanaintnncs q lady BE-
tween 20 and 10 matrlmonially inclined. This u
ah~olutsly bona-hds and confdentiAL Box s&A
nMtland. Oregon.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26
Helping Kidneys
By Clearing Blood
A Function Greatly Assisted
BY a Well-Known
Remedy.

Mnat readers Will hs Interested "a raors
clearly understand why analysis u uFins II
Important Ia tho uAs ~ n, ~ ~ to
purify ths blood, its action IL ntimuiaht
to the H4yrlAd " nbr blood vessels that
make W the constructive tiasnea af the
Kidneys, All the hlopi fram ali over the
body mukt pass through the kidneys. They
act aa trstrFa and asssgera, And according
10 what they aiiuW 90 pass out IA the urine.
both a. 90 quantity aud materials. tha
health IL the Kidneys au1 the quality nf tho
blood II determined. The eatalyttc unprgy
forced By y. \. r. Ia shown IN the urine,
II 10 also Demonstrated 10 tho skin. And
aa the blood caalinups 10 sweep through
the kidaays tho dominating nature et
y. =. T., acting as II does through all the
avenues ~ elimination. shows 4 marked
decrease nf disease Manifestations az DEM
pastratsd by urine analysis. This assist.
snee Ia great relief 20 the kidneya Tha
body wastes are more evenly distributed 70
the emunetpfiea their elimination IN atm.
ulated hy the tonie action Afforded ms
liver. lungs, skin md Kidneys. Tina. In
eaAeA Of rheumatism. eYatitla. ehrunle sore
throat, .huskinssa Of voice, bronchitis, aath.
ma and the myriad Of other rrnex indiea-
tions 0f weak Kidney action, nrst purity
your blood with r, ~ ~. 40 Il will enable
the tissues to rchuiiG the cellular atrength
and regain the normal health,
y. \. n. II prepared bY The Swift Specific
Co.. b2T Swift Bldg. Atlanta. 0A., and n
you have any desp's ted or obstinate blood
trouble, write to their MsdieAi Dept. foe
frse advice.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26

Optimistic Thought.
II you mean to profit learn to please.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-26

Seattle-Wheat - Bluestem, $1.54 /;
fortyfold, $1.53; club, S1.52; Fife,
$1.47s; red Russian, $1.44.
Barley-$30. ton.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25
'IEaeI![. .ast Shot
FREDERICK PALMER
Copyright. 1914. by Cherles Scrib0ers Sons)
SYNOPSIS.

At their home on the frontier between
thu Browns and Grays Marta Galiand and
her mother, entertaining Colonel Wester-
ing Of the Grays, see Captain L.anstron.
stan intelligence officer of the Browns,
Injured by a fall In his aeroplane. Ten
real chief OF staff. reinforces South La
I1r, meditates on war. and speculates on
the comparative ages of himself and Mar
"a, who Is visiting in the Gray capital
Wesaerlfng calls on Marta She tells him
OF her teaching children the follies OF war
ana martial patriotism, begs him to pre-.
vent war while he Is chief or stan. ana
predicts that If he makes war against the
Browns he will not win. On the march
with the SD Of the Browns Private Stran-
Sky, anarchist decries war and played
out patriotism and Is placed under arrest
Colonel LanStron overhearing, begs him
OF. Lanstron calls on Marta at her home
He talks with Teller the gardener. Marta
tells Lanstron that she believes Feller to
LanStron shows Marta telephone which
Teller has concealed In a secret passage
under the tower for use to benefit the
Browns In war emergencies. Lanstron de-
cIares his love for Marta. Westerling and
the Gray premier plan to use trivial IN
ternational affair to foment warlike pa
triotism in army and people and strike be-
of stan. and Lanstron. made vice, discuss
the trouble, and the Brown defenses. Par
Tow reveals his plans to Lanstron. The
Gray army crosses the border line and at
Jacks. The Browns check them. Artu-
lcry. infantry, aeroplanes and dirigibles
anarchist speech Of his life. draws the
Gray artillery fire. Nicxcd by q shrapnel
splinter he goe9 Berserk and fights-"ail
q man."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25
TIME TO WIND UP AND QUIT
A4nt Picnic Had Eased Her Mind, So
There Was Only One Thing
Left to Say.

Old Aunt Picnic was the colored
cook in Boston family. Her husband
was cook on boat and sometimes he
was away from Picnic for many
months. At one time when he had
heer gone seven or eight months, Aunt
Picnic. who could neither read nor
write, asked her mistress to write a
ietter to her husband
Now, what do you want me to
write. Phenie?" said the mistress.
Phenie's eyes had dangerous light
In them as she said:
''Fust off l wants you to glib him
Jesse TO- not writin' to me! Tell i'm
says he Is a good-for-nothin', trifiin'
ham-foot niggah what amt fit TO me
Co wipe my feet on! Write jess laik
dat! Den yo' sail In en- call him a
pirut or chicken thief fo' not sendin'
me mo- money! He's got right to
send me money even if / is airnin'
wages Tell Ina 1 is bout to ply fo'
dlvcrcement papers. Call i'm any kind
OF a bad name yo' can t'ink of--de
nizzable niggah!"
There was much more of the worst
OF abuse and dire threats and then her
mistress asked:
What else, Phenie?"
We'll, l guess yo' bettah send i'm
my love en- quit!"-The Sunday Mag
azine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25

| to be safe here now, 1t may not be in
an hour. You must 60, all of you.
This house will be an inferno as soon
| as the 53d falls back, and / can't pos
sibly get your mother to appreciate
the fact. Miss Galland."
But ! said that did appreciate IL
and that the Gallands have been in
infernos before-perhaps not as bad
as this one that is coming-but, then,
the Gallands must keep abreast OF the
times" replied Mrs. Galland. Il have
| asked Minna and she prefers to re-
main. l am glad OF that l am glad
now that we kept her, Marta. She Is
as loyal as my old maid and the butler
and the cook were to your grand
mother in the last war All, the Gal
lands had many servants them"
This isn't like the old war This
place will be shelled, enfiladed! And
you two" the captain protested des-
perateIy.
became Galland when / mar
ried," said Mrs. Galland, "and the
Galland women have always remained
with their property in time Of war.
Naturally. / shall remaini"
Miss Galland, it was you-your in-
nuence / was counting ON to" The
captain turned to Marta In q final ap-
peal
Mrs. Gailand was watching her
daughters face intently.
I'VE stay!" replied Marta, and the
captain saw in the depths of her eyes.
cold blue-black, that further argu-
ment was useless.
Now came the sweep of a rising roar
from the sky with the command to at
tention OF the rush OF fast express
train past a country railway station.
Two Gray dirigibles with their escort
Of aeroplanes were bearing toward the
pass over the pass road. The auto
matte and the riflemen in the tower
banged away to no purpose, but the
central sections Of the envelope of the
rear dirigible had been torn in shreds;
1t was buckling. Clouds of blue shrap-
mel smoke broke around its gondola.
A number Of field-guns joined forces
with a battery Of high-angle guns in a
havoc that left drifting dereliot; the
remainder of the squadron had COM
pleted it's loop and was pointing
toward the plain.
From a great altitude, literally out
of the blue of heaven, high over the
Gray lines, Marta made out a Brown
squadron Of dirigibles and planes de-
scending across the track Of the
Grays.
The Gray dirigibies, stern on, were
little larger than umbrellas and this
planes than swallows: the Brown diri,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25
WHEN KIDNEYS ACT BAD
TAKE GLASS OF SALTS
Eat Less Meat If Kidneys Hurt or You
Have Backaehe or Bladder Misery
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make q mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally, says q
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which clogs the kidney pores
so they sluggishly filter or strain only
part of the waste and poisons from
the blood, then you get sick. Nearly
all rheumatism, headaches, liver trou-
BILE, nervousness, constipation, dizzt
ness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders
come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts, or IL
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full or
sediment, irregular Of passage or at
tended by a sensation Of scalding, get
about four ounces Of Jad Salts from
any reliable pharmacy and take a
tablespoonful In glass Of water be-
fore breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts Is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia and has been used for genera
tons to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu-
tralize the acids in urine so it no
longer causes irritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which all reg
ular meat eaters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and
the blood pure, thereby avoiding Sc
rious kidney complications.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25
"StoneWSII" jackson.

Thomas Jonathan Jackson was born
January 81, 1924, at Clarksburg, Va,
aow West Virginia. His baptismal
names have been almost forgotten in
the greater fame OF the name he won
By his stout defense of a position at
the first battle of Bull Run-"Stone'
wall" He was a graduate Of West
Point and served in the Mexican war
OF 1S46, returning home as major.
In February, 1852, he resigned from
the army and became professor in Lex
ington (Va.) Military institute. AL
though at first opposing secession he
was champion OF the Southern states
rights theory and in 1861 became colo
mel in the army of Virginia and SUBJ
sequently was promoted to be major
general in the Confederate army. His
record in the war is familiar, as is his
death through the error of his own
men while making a reconnaissance
May 2, 1868.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25

gibles, side on, were big sausages and
their planes specks. To the eye. this
meeting was like that of two small
f1ocks of soaring birds apparently un-
able to change their course. But
imagination could picture the fearful
clash OF forces, whose wounded would
find the succor Of NO hospital except
impact on the earth below.
Marta put her hands over her eyes
for only a second. she thought. before
she withdrew them In vexation-
hadn't she promised herself not to be
cowardly Ito see one Brown dirigib!e
and two Brown aeroplanes ascending
at 6 sharp angle above a cloud of
smoke to escape the high-angle guns
of the Grays.
We've got them all! No lips sur
vive to tell what the eye saw!" ex-
claimed the engineer captain. his
words bubbling with the Joy Of water
in the sunlight. "As / thought" he
continued In professional enthusiasm
and discrimination.
With high-power binoculars glued to
his eyes, he then turned to see IL the
faint brown line of Dellarme's men
were going to hold or break. II 1t
held. he might have hours in which
to complete his task; IL 1t broke, he
had only minutes.
Marta came up the terrace path
from the chrysanthemum bed In time
to watch the shroud Of shrapnel smoke
billowing over the knoll. to visualize
another scene in place Of the collision
of the squadrons, and to note the cap
tain's exultation over Fracasse'g re-
pulse.
How we must have punished them."
.he exclaimed to his lieutenant. How
we must have moved them down!
Lanstron certainly knew what he was
doing"
You mean that he knew how we
should NOW them DOWN." asked Marta.
Not until che spoke did he realize
that she was standing near him.
why. naturallyl If We hadn't
moved them down his plan would
have failed. Moving them down was
the only way to hold them back" he
said; and seeing her horror made
haste to add: Miss Galland, now you
know what CHASTITY business war 10.
1t will be worse here than there"
Eyes," she said blankly. Her color
less cheeks. her dropping underlip con-
vinced him that now, with a little
show of masculine authority, he would
gain his point
"You and your mother must go!" he
said firmly.
GRO Mn csaAxsrxscIrnrAA
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25
Reminded Her OF Yosemite

through the Straits of Gibraltar. and.
of course, the whole passenger list
was out on deck, staring at the old
rock. Our boat didn't stop at Gibral
tar--we just went slowly through the
straits, and looked out and up.
The woman from California was
beside me. leaning against the rail.
looking at Gibraltar. and Algeciras.
and beyond to the headlands Of Spain.
She was nightly impressed by the
rock.
It's magnificent she said. It's
wonderful! And what do you think?
II half close my eyes. 50 that '.on't
get quite all Of 1t, I can just imagine
that am back home in the Yosemite
valley!'"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25

homework or attend 10 my DaDy WaA
soweak. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did me o world of good, and
now am strong and healthy, can do my
work and tend my baby. ! advise all
suffering women to take it and get
well as I did. Mrs. FANNIE COOPER,
RED, Bridgeton, Nj.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful
drugs, and to-day holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy for
female ills we know of, and thousands
of voluntary testimonials on file in the
Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass,
seem to prove this fact.
For thirty years it has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such ALL
ments as displacements, inflammation,
liberation, tumors, Irregularities, etc.
III you want special advice
write to Lydia f.. Pinkham Med
icine Co., (contidential) Lynn
Mass. Your letter will be opened
read and answered by a woman
end held i'm strict confidence.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25

poise. Sometimes even a pin-prick
will have this effect.
"Silence!" he said in his old man.
ner. Il will give you something to
joke about other than a little setback
like this! Get up there with your
rifles!"
He formed the nucleus Of firing
line under cover Of the shoulder, and
then set the remainder Of his COM
pany to work with their spades max
ing trench. The second battalion OF
the 12Sth, which faced the knoll, was
also digging at the base of the slope,
and another regiment in reserve was
deploying on the plain. After the fail
ure to rush the knoll the Gray COM
mander had settled down to the bush
ness Of systematic approach.
And what Of those OF Fracasse's
men who had not run but had dropped
in their tracks when the charge halt
ed? They were between two lines Of
fire. There was no escape. Some OF
the wounded had a mercifully quick
end, others suffered the consciousness
of being hit again and again; the dead
were bored through with bullet holes.
In torture, the survivors prayed for
death; for all had to die except Peter
kin, the pasty-faced little Wallets son.
Peterkin was quite safe, hugging the
bottom Of the shell crater under a
swarm OF hornets. In a surprisingly
short time he became accustomed to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25
California Woman Not OVer-Enthusi
astlc Over Her First impress
sions Of Gibraltar.

Some one who was seeing Watkins
off the other day made the inev' able
remark about visiting America first"
Some one is sure to say that sooner
or later, within week of ones sail
ing for foreign parts; II not while one
Is packing, he or she says 1t on the
deck of the boat just before the whis-
tie blows.
That is how 1t was with Watkins.
who was going to spend q summer on
the Island of Sark, and who had never
been to California.
no" confessed Watkins, Il haven't
seen the-er-what do you call it
Golden Gate? l haven't seen the Col
den Gate. But I crossed year ago
with some California people. They
told me a good deal about the Cali
fornia climate and how beautiful the
country was.
"And." Watkins continued, dream
lily, "the woman said something that
never forgot. We were going
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-25
CHAPTER x.
Marta's First Glimpse Of War.

Marta's First Glimpse Of War.
AS Marta and the children came to
the door of the chapel after the reci-
tation of the oath, she saw the civil
population moving along the street in
the direction of the range. There was
nothing for Marta to do but start
homeward. The thought that her
mother was alone made her hasten at
a pace much more rapid than the pro-
cession of people, whose talk and ex-
CARNATIONS formed a monotone audi
BILE in it's nearness, despite the continu.
Gus rife-f1re, now broken by the pound
ing Of the guns.
Its all done to beat the Grays, isn't
it. Miss Galland? They are trying to
take our land" said Jacky Werther
as Marta parted from him.
eyes, It is done to beat the Grays."
she answered. Good luck, Jacky!"
Yes, yes, to beat the Grays! The
same idea-the fighting nature, the
brute nature of man-animated both
sides. Had the Browns really tried for
peace? Had they, In the spirit of her
oath, appealed to Justice and reason?
Why hadn't their premier before all
the world said to the premier Of the
Grays, as one honest, friendly neigh
Dor to another over q matter Of dis
pute:
I'VE do not want war. We know
you outnumber US, but we know you
would not take advantage Of that. If
we are wrong we will make amends;
II you are wrong we know that you
will. Let us not play tricks in secret
to gain points, we civilized nations.
but be frank with each other Let us
not try to irritate each other or to in
fiuence our people, but to realize how
much we have in common and that
our only purpose is common progress
and happiness"