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The Spectator., 1915-06-01
} Cent Rate Effective

The three cent rate went into effect at l2 o'clock last night on the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad. However, the railroad is issuing excess fare coupons which will be re- deemed in case the supreme court rules against the 3 cent rate. The railroad has filed a $50, 900 bond with the state to guarantee the refund.
 Mrs. Helen Armstrong, of Stigler, Okla. is visiting Mrs. Daniel Jeffers.
 Mrs. Marion Cannon came over from Bonneville last week for a few days visit. She is much pleased with the treat ment and will return this week.
 Mrs. Rob Steele and children came down from Ft. Smith Fri day to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McIlroy. and to at tend the Harlan-McIlroy we'd ding.
 P. H. James, of Bedding was in Ozark today. Mir. James is a deputy sheriff and has been col lecting delinquent taxes in the Boston mountains during the past three weeks.
 Miss Wofford, of Rudy. Ark. Associational Organizer of wo- mans societies, attended the meeting of the Baptist church. returning to her home Sunday afternoon.
 If the working girls of the United States were to join hands they would form a line from Portland, Me, to Gal weston. Texas, following the coast.
 c. c. Garrett, land agent of Eureka. Kansas, was down Sat urday night looking to the sale of the Nj. E. Curtis farm north of town. He returned home yesterday accompanied by Miss Elva Curtis.
 The approaching marriage of Mir. Harlan Conger. of Van Buren and Miss Bertha Rodman. of Altus, on June 7th. was an nounced this week. MT. Conger was employed in Ozark several years ago and is well known here. Miss Rodman is the only daughter of Capt w. D. Rod man. of Altus
 "The world could dispense with high society,"" says Presi- dent Wilson, at a meeting at Washington. D. C.. in the inter- est of Berea College. Ky. "and never miss it. High society is for those who have no occasion to work. and consequently. no longer have anything important to dO."
The Spectator., 1915-06-01

Mrs. J. H. King received a message from Brother King say ing that he was on his way home and would spend Sunday and Monday in Chicago, would reach home Tuesday night or Wednes- day. :
The Spectator., 1915-06-01
RUB.M MY.TIS Ml

Will cure your Rheumatism
 Neuralgia. Headaches. Cramps, Collie, Sprains. Bruises. Cuts and Burns. Old Sores. Stings of Insects Etc. .Aatiseptic Anodyne. used in. formally and externally. Price 2Sc.
The Spectator., 1915-06-01
\ Few Suggestions
 For Boosting Ozark

TUT DOOSlIDy UZdIk
 Don't be the man who put sit in city. Building good houses builds a good town. Save a little money and save a lot of worry. Good roads lead not only to town, but to money. Be a live one and the town will never be dead one. A nice front porch has prevented many an old maid. Why should the town muzzle dogs and not knockers? When some one plans to help the town, plan to help the plan. The best plans man can have to the future are house plans. A good way to make the world better is to begin with the home town. A town is like perambulator; it isn't much good unless it is pushed. Don't spend all your time telling what you could do if you had some time. Be like a hall player; the thing he is al- ways working for is home. Be one of the leaders of the town, if you can; but. anyway. keep up. If you think a cow can't laugh for joy. let some one sell you a good silo. Don't be a grouch. Everybody in this town wishes you well, even the doctor. Let's not be trying to stop some thing all the time. Let's start something. A good town will do more to keep the boys at home than good advlce. A town is like a girl. It's wonderful what a little fixing up will do for her. Opportunity knocks once at every mans door: better be at home when the lady calls. The world owes every man a living, but the street corner is a poor collection agency. Don't look for soft snaps; the hard snaps are the ones that have the ginger in them. Don't spend so much time talking war that you havn't time left to talk business. If you would like to have some one working for you put little money in the bank. It improves the soup to throw little pepper into it. Same way with town. If you spend all that you earn. some other fellow is banking your money. many a young man goes away to seek his for tune when Fortune is seeking him at home. Plaster your house and everybody will follow your example. Lath and the world laths with you. You've got to be a citizen in order to vote: but you've got to do a good deal more than vote to be a citizen. If you will consider the men in this town who are well off you will find that most of them made their money here. The big things are not all done in the big towns. The greatest poem in the English language was written in a country church. yard. There is only one better man than the man who gets behind and pushes. in an effort to improve the town, and that's the man who goes ahead and nnlls
The Spectator., 1915-06-01
Farmers Club

Meeting Friday evening. June 4th. All potato growers re- quested to be present.
The Spectator., 1915-06-01

Miss Willie Norvelle is visit ing in Ft. Smith today.
 Judge Fry came to the the Baptist quarterly meeting Friday and returned Sunday.
 Mrs. Morgan and Miss Rod man went to Ft. Smith Satur- day returning same day.
 The Arkansas river is rapidly falling. Reached the 27.5 foot stage at Ft. Smith today.
 "A torn jacket is soon mend ed, but hard words bruise the heart of a child" Speak gently.
 Mon Forest and John Baker went to Ft. Smith yesterday to attend the State Rural Mail Car riers Association.
 J. B. Hanshew was in town today to meet his daughter who was expected home from the deaf mute school at Little Rock.
 Miss Mary Willard Davidson returned home this afternoon from Searcy where she has been attending Galloway College.
 Mrs. J. w. Hansell gathered 325 quarts of strawberries from l6 rows 3l feet long. mixed vari- ties. Can you beat it?
 Attorney Buck Neal, of Van Buren was in Ozark Monday representing client in a land matter.
 Misses Maude and Annie Will jams left last Saturday for Braggs. Okla. to visit their brother. Rosco Williams and family.
 Misses Gertrude Reynolds and Bonnie Harris left this afternoon for their homes in Dardanelle. They have been visiting in Ozark for the past two weeks.
 
 Mrs. McMillan who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Brockman and family for the past few months. left for her home in Madille, Okla. Saturday morning. Mrs. Brockman and Miss Bernice accompanied her as far as Ft. Smith and returned Sunday.
The Spectator., 1915-06-01
The Hustler

am the guy called printers ink; 1 put hard times upon the blink my face is black as Ere bus but Pm a lively, hustling cuss. make men rich who once were poor-Im on the job. 1 am for sure. 1 get work for the lab'ring man and help to fill his dinner can; aid girls who must earn their feed-I am the friend of all in need. l sell all things from pins to guns. in car goes of ten thousand tons. Pm on the job both night and day. Away from work never stay. I am "A 1" 70 K" and Tt, " and I take a vacation nit. I serve the small as we'll as great (see Business Office for my rate. ) 1 am the guy that brings the dough juat try me and you'll find it so.
 -Danville Commercial News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
For Thanksaivina.

On q table covered with the SHOW
lest of white linen is spread Il circle
of red oak leaves, gathered in October
before they could become shriveled
and dried. From this circle at the
center of the cloth extends to each
corner a line of the leaves tackled light
~ in place.
But the glory Of the table is a huge
pumpkin followed out and filed with Il
golden mass Of yellow ~chrysanthe-
NUNS. As the turkey is brought to
the table 1t should have IN enormous
chrysanthemum in the breast.
Where artificial light is preferred for
the long dinner al the middle or end
Of the day oak leaves are not used on
the cloth. Instead two large branch
Ing candelabra adorn the ends Of the
table on either side Of the flower filed
pumpkin. Their candles furnish the
only illumination In the room except
perhaps for one or two candlesticks or
lamps on mantelpiece or serving table.
The latter should be hidden beneath
Grape paper shades or Inexpensive pa
pier mache globes In the shape Of pump
kins with grimacing. faces. which are
on sale at all good co~nfectioners.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
A woMAN's OPINION.
u. Went on Record 40 a Decision Of the
Supreme Court.

II Went on Record az q Decision Of the
Supreme Court.
All the justices Of the supreme
court wear gowns Of black silk" says
Francis e. Leupp In Walks About
Washington" John Jay, the first
chief Justice, relieved the somber mo-
notony Of his by adding a collar bound
with scarlet, but the precedent was not
followed. The court has sometimes
been styled the most dignified judicial
tribunal in the world, and doubtless 1t
deserves the compliment
1.-The arguments made before it are
confined to calm. Unconditional reason.
ing. The pleaders do not raise their
voices or forget their manners or In
dulge in personalities o. oratory while
debating, and the opinions of the court
are recited with q quietness almost
conversational. These opinions are
very carefully guarded up to the mo-
menf they are read from the bench, but
now and then. after a decision has be-
come history, there leaks out an enter.
tanning story Of how It came to be rem.
dered..
"S6ch an instance was In the case Of
IN imported delicacy which might have
been classed either al q preparation Of
0sh or az q davoring sauce. The Gus.
toms officers had levied duty on it a.
q sauce, and an importer had appealed.
The Justices. when they came to com.
pare notes. confessed themselves sore
~ puzzled. and one Of them suggested
that since the technical arguments
were SO we'll balanced 1t might be wise
to fall back upon ommon sense. That
evening he carried a sample of the dis
puted substance home to his wife, who
was an expert in culinary matters.
""There. my dear.' said he. ia a sauce
for you to try
with one look Mt the contents of
the package. which she evidently rec
ognized. she exclaimed: 'Pshaw!
That's no sauce: that's fish. Didn't you
know IT.?
1.-The next day the court met again
for consultation and on the following
Monday handed down a decision over.
ruling the customs officers and sustain
ing the importers appeal"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
tn. oentIe s,oodheund.


No real reason exists for the COM
mon belief that the bloodhound is q
fierce animal. ready to tear the person
whom 1t may be tracking to pieces. 1t
is, on the contrary, rather noted for
its gentleness. eve seeming timid, IN
less especially trained to attack. The
origin of the breed, according to Count
lie Couteulx de Canteleu. the greatest
living authority on the subject, is from
the St. Hubert of st. Hubert's abbey
In the Ardennes. 1t dates from the
earliest ages, and the breed certainly
existed in the time Of the Gauls. AS
regards the name bloodhound, the
Count lie Couteulx believes that when
fox hunting in something like its pres
ent form was instituted it was found
that the sleuthhound was not fast
enough for the purpose, and the pres
ent foxhound was evolved from vari-
GUS material. and about this time it
became usual in speaking Of the old
hound of the country to call him the
bloodhound. meaning the hound Of
pure blood las might be said Of q
blooded horse). to distinguish him from
the new hound or foxhound. There is
only one breed of pure, genuine blood
hounds. and that Is the English.-Ar-
gOnaut.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
Preparedness.

Obadiah, trying to cross the field
where the bull was. attracted the at
tention Of the beast, w%hereupon Logan
a foot race of great personal interest
to Obadiah. His neighbor, Silas. saw
the race start in a fair field and saw
Obadiah putting his best foot forward
and mending his gait at every step in
an eagerness to make the creek, a
good mile away. Obadiah. Logging 1t
at the peak Of his effort, managed to
make the bank a scant few feet in ad-
vance of the bull and essayed to leap
the thirty feet between the banks. He
landed in the middle of the creek.
Silas observed this dispassionately and
looked back over the mile of field with
a Judging eye. He hitched his Shout
der and spoke:
you cert'nly can't spect to jump that
creek, Obadiah. 'thout gittin' a longer
runnin' start IL matthew York Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
Horse Sense.

In "Tod Sloane" by himself, the once
famous Jockey says that a horse ex-
ceeds even u dog in intelligence and
that If q thoroughbred were small
enough to run about q house like a dog
and have the same chances instead Of
being SO much alone surprising results
would follow. "Cussedness" in horses,
he thinks. may be caused by too much
%inbreeding, bringing about an extraor.
binary temperament. The best Jockey.
says Sloane. is the hoy with a nervous
temperament. HE ia quick and alert
to take in a situation and becomes a
human ferret. finding ont things for
himself"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
Geometry.

Plato il said to have written over his
door. Let no ignorant of geom-
etry enter here" Today such a restric-
ton would reduce his visiting list. Per-
haps outside the professional mathe-
maticians he would have nc n at all.
All the artists, the philanthropists, the
historians, to say nothing Of those Ia
dies and gentlemen Of leisure whose
critical faculties are so importantly de-
veloped nowadays, would certainly be
absent and. worse still, would suffer
very little at their exclusion. Yet, go
ing back into the centuries for guests.
a distinguished company might have
been assembled of those who without
being famous merely for mathematical
studies, were known to have under
stood and loved the subject. The Greek
philosophers would have been there IN
a body. Alphonse X, Omar Khayyam.
Albert Durer, Leonardo da Vinci, Des-
cartes, Pascal. Napoleon and Lewis
Carroll.-Exchange.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
smI1Hson's FORTUNE
Tho Gift Which Founded q Great Sci.
sntife Institution.

The Gift Which Founded . Great Sci.
sntitie Institution.
The Smithsonian institution at Wash.
ington was created by act Of congress
in 1886 to carry out the conditions Of
the will Of James Smithson, an English
chemist and mineralogist, who be-
queathed his fortune to the United
States of America to found at Wash
ington under the name of the Smith
sonian institution an establishment for
1.-THE increase and diffusion of knowl-
edge among men,"
The will became operative at the
death of its maker, which occurred at
Genoa in 1923. and the income Of the
estate went to Smithson's nephew,
Henry James Hungerford, until the
death Of the latter on June 5. 1885.
The bequest of the property to the Unit
ed States thereupon became operative,
and in September, 1886. the state de-
partment received notification thereof.
On Dec. II President Jackson inform
ed congress OF the bequest, and on July
l. 1886, the gift was accepted and the
PACSAOCAI CWpO"VAOu W GppOAS GA
agent to collect the money. Richard
Rush Of Pennsylvania was intrusted
with this duty. and in November he
brought the necessarily formal suit in
the English court Of chancery. where
the claim remained for two years.
Upon the final Interpretation of the
will Rush returned to America, bring
ing the fund with him in English gold.
$5O9,318. 1t was nearly eight years be-
fore congress decided on a plan Of car
rying out the will Of the %testator.
The total endowment Of the institu-
ton ia now nearly 100000, and with
the support and cooperation Of the
government it has become one of the
most important scientific institutions
in the world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
ounpewdsr q. Medicine.

00np0Wo0 ~ mOoSSlnos
The use Of gunpowder as medicine
was very widely advocated in the eight
eenth century and. either taken In
wardly or applied externally. was held
70 be a specific against rheumatism
Ind ague. In the "Compleat House
wife or Accomplished Gentlewoman's
Companion" a domestic pharmaco.
poeia. published in 1742. appears the
following remedy for rheumatism: LET
the party take Of the finest glazed gun.
powder as much az a large thimble
may hold: wet It in a spoon with milk
from the COW and drink q good half
pint Of warm milk after it; be covered
warm in bed and sweat; give 1t fasting
about Z in the morning and take this
nine or ten mornings together."-LOn.
don Express.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
Rleadina by eowshot.

That all diseases can be cured by
bleeding is still firmly believed by sew
eral savage tribes and especially by
the Papuan negroes. When one of
their physicians becomes convinced
that it is necessary to bleed a patient
he goes several feet in front Of him,
and then. drawing his bow he fits a
sharp pointed arrow to it and, after
careful aim, fires the arrow into the
vein which he desires to open. The
arrow, it is said, invariably goes
straight to the mark, and the thorn or
splinter Of glass with which it is tip
ped does the work as successfully as q
lancet. Moreover, the patients never
show the slightest fear, since they are
convinced that from the moment the
arrows pierce their veins they will be-
gin to recover.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
PERSIAN PAINTINGS.
Oriental Art That Embodies the e.
sence Of Romance.

sence Of Romance.
No dramatic, no passionate motive
ever SO grips and possesses a Persian
artist as to absorb his whole imagfna-
ton. His sensuous love Of beauty can
not resist filing in the accessories Of
the scene with just as much care and
intention in every detail as he devotes
to the central figures.
In the great works of Chinese and
japanese painters, as in masters like
Rembrandt. accessories are subdued or
suppressed. the color is limited. and
the figures which create the motive of
the design are SO emphasized, SO domi-
nant in the eye that they seem to tran
scend the limits of the framing space,
they seem alive with all the latent en-
ergies of actual men and women.
No Persian painting imposes itself
thus on the imagination. Everything
remains within the frame. inlaid as in
q lustrous mosaic. The Persian method
has. it is true. its own compensation.
Just as In the early pictures of Ros-
setti and Millais. everything is realized
with a dreamlike vision. and this is al.
ways a real achievement for the
painter. The freshness and glory thus
brought to the eye. as o: a world
washed clean. with every object magic
ally distinct and burning with clear
color, make a vivid impression Of
strangeness. Strangeness, remoteness
from the routine of every day-that is
tho osoonoo NJ romonno ond mn orf In
the world is more STEPPED in romance
than the painting of Persia.-LAurence
Binyon In Atlantic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03

Miss Beulah Livingstone enjoys the
unique distinction Of being the first
/ woman theatrical business manager In
the country.
Still a girl Of twenty-five, Miss Liv-
ingstone has forged ahead .remarka-
bly, from a Kindergarten teacher tim
idly venturing into the magazines by
composing children's tales to q position
Of tremendous responsibility, requir-
ing the handling Of large sums Of mon
ey and constant judgment in the writ
ing Of all advertisements, booklets,
window cards, designing the three
| sheets, attending to correspondence,
paying salaries and generally running
the business end Of a play in n of
New York city's new theaters.
This southern girl, with her golden
hair and laughing eyes, is the very last
person you would expect to find in an
office with her w name OH the door.
She was born and educated in Georgia.
A few years ago she went north and
| entered a normal school. later becoming
q kindergarten teacher OH the east side.
In this corner of 1.-The great melting
pot nearly every nationality was rep
resented. These children could not un-
derstand, as a class, tales that the
average American child can grasp. So
she wrote her w stories and finger
plays. One morning the supervisor de-
manded where she had got them,
as she had not seen them in the other
schools. The young pedagogue blush
ingly replied that she had written
| them herself. Later she sold these.
her first masterpieces" to the New
York Tribune.
At the end of her first s%cribbling year
Miss Livingstone had saved enough
money for a trip abroad.
Armed with letters of introduction
to Rodin, Zuluoga, D'Annunzio, Beer
bohm Tree and Sir oliver Wyndham.
she Travelled through Europe and AT
RIGA, selling her stories Of q trip
through the desert on camels. Return
ing home, she resigned her position as
schoolteacher and, thrilled by her sue
cess at breaking into print, began free
lance work, writing everything from
how to ice cake to stage stories.
While In France she met Lou Tel
logan, Sarah Bernhardt's leading nan
who asked her to become his press
agent. Few women have made good
in this line of work. Most press agents
are men. But Miss Livingstone was
soon recognized as n of the most
successful members Of her profession.
next representing such stars as Anna
Pavlowa and Mr.. and Mrs. Castle, and
last winter she did the press work for
the company that produced "Alice In
Wonderland"
The theater business promises to be
q fascinating field for women Of spe-
cial gifts, both as producers and as
managers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
GLYcERIN IS PECULIAR.

From . Chemical Standpoint Il Has
Many Curious Qualities.
One of the great advantages of glyc.
erin in its chemical employment is the
fact that it will neither freeze nor
evaporate under any ordinary tempera.
ture.
No perceptible loss by evaporation
has been detected at a temperature less
than 200 degrees F.. but IL heated in.
tensely 1t decomposes with a smell that
few persons find themselves able to Ell.
dure. 1t burns with a pale fame, SINH
lar to that from alcohol, IL heated to
about 300 degrees and then ignited. Its
homeopathic qualities make the COM
pound of much use as a vehicle for
holding pigments and colors. as in
stamping and typewriter ribbons. car
bon papers and the like.
II the pure glycerin b exposed for a
long time to a freezing temperature 1t
c%rystallizes with the appearance Of sug-
ar candy; but. these crystals being cnce
melted. It Is almost an impossibility to
get them again into the CONCEALED state.
If q little water be added to the glyc.
erin no capitalization will take place.
though under a sufficient degree of cold
the water will separate and form crys.
tails. amid which the glycerin will re.
main In its natural state of fluidity.
If suddenly subjected to intense cold
pure glycerin will form a gummy mass
which cannot be entirely hardened or
crystallized. Altogether it is quite a
peculiar substance.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-12-03
ForostalIed.

One day Jones was rambling along
the boulevard when he was hailed by
his friend Smith. While talking Jones
noticed that Smith continually rubbed
the palm Of his hand.
what in the world is the matter
with your hand?" he finally demand
ed. "You have been rubbing and
scratching 1t ever since we stopped
here"
1.-THE palm itches like. blazes," an
swered Smith f"They say that it is e
sure sign that you are about to get
some money"
UNI" thoughtfully returned Jones
as a great light suddenly dawned upon
him. Here is where you get wise to
the fact that there is nothing in signs.
I haven't a dollar to spare."-Philadel-
phia Telegraph.