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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-02-26
FOR SALE

IA head of goats, also some
cows, coming in soon; 2 two
year old heifers. Good milk
strain. w. NJ. Hill
Toledo, Or.
Mile and one-half north Toledo.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-02-26

The above was written by
Marie Miller after hearing the
selection read from the Oregon
Teachers Journal by the teacher.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-02-26

EGGS FOR HATcHlNo FROM THOROUGHBRED
POULTRY
Prices Per Setting Of is
Barre Barred Rocks Rocks 8: to S. Silver campines. 49, Reds. 49,
horns 81 to g. Indian Runner Ducks siOo 12.
we Guarantee 30 cent Of Fertility Send
YAQUlNA POULTRY YARDS,
w. G. EMERY, Propr, Box 234, Newport, oreaon
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-02-26

See w. p. McGee before buy
ing that raincoat.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29
Woman's Ignorance of Man

the statement OF a man, who as such is
bound to have wider and deeper knowl-
edge Of that portion OF humanity Of which
he is a part than the most erudite woman
can possibly have acquired as an out
slider
Take. for example. that supremely
ridiculous assertion-doubtless evolved by
some member Of your charming sex who
couldn't tell neck Of mutton from sirloin
Of beef-thst the way 10 a mans heart
was through his palate please note that
have put this more delicately than the
woman in question:. Feed the brute"
has the currency OF a proverb; the all
surd sentence was snapped Up by your
sex as a hungry monkey will grab an
empty nutshell.
Another widespread fallacy is the be-
lief that men are very dense where you
are concerned. Many OF you cherish tho
fiction that We are incapable OF drawing
the simplest deductions. that II we try
60 add two 20 two IN any feminine az
fair we shall get a wrong total. Most
Of your little subterfuges are transpar-
50. Very often-but all
the time you put us Gown as blind.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29

And you make such quaint mistakes.
too. You will often snuo a man who IL
all, or at any rate, most OF the world
70 you'll don't mean on purpose. but
unconsciously. or without being able TO
help IL; while you Will give open en-
couragement without in the least in
tending to, TO q man who might go up
in a homemade aeroplane for all you
cared. And you do this all the more il
the all-the-world man Is present. This
sort OF thing sometimes gives YOU a
heartaehe for a day or for anything up
to always, according 10 whether you are
characterization sort
OF girl. or anything up 10 the rare and
precious one-life-one-love type.
Al the same time it ~ quite right and
proper that you should study man. Here
you have a vast subject. ana one as in
teresting as It is great. DO not lose
sight. however. Of the tact that you are
a mere student and must always remain
as such, though some OF you will doubt
less become more advanced than others
assuming. OF course. that you prose
cute your studies with sympathy. intel
ligence and perseverance.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29
Hearts | Win :: h Risss,6 s st ss:

stenographer that I've noticed about
most men and women, and that is that
they'd rather be praised for their de-
fccts than their virtues. II you want to
flatter pretty woman. don't applaud
her beauy, but hurl a few bouquets at
her intellect. even 10 she hasn't got any
more brains than hen, and if you want
to get = smart woman going Just hand
her few about her complexion and
figure. even though she's ugly enough
to stop the clock.
Same way with a man. l know a
doctor who's done wonderful things in
his profession that have made him
world famous, but the way to jolly him
isn't TO talk about his scientific achieve
ments, but to praise his poetry-and he
writes the worst verses you ever heard,
and / know a successful literary man
who purrs under your hand II you praise
his clothes and tell him he's a second
Beau Brummel.
TITS q funny thing, but Il looks as IL
the less truth there lie in nattery the
sweeter it is and the more 1t goes to
our heads" ..
''Right-o," said the Bookkeeper
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29
BY Az ExpERIENCED BACHELoR

My Dear Girls-If there is one subject
more than another you all believe you
thoroughly understand. that subject Is
men; and, when the time comes when
there Is just one man in the world Cor
you. everyone Of you is under the i'm
preston that you can read him back
wards. Your mother held this view be-
fore you. as some OF YOU may have no
tieed. The amusing part is-that Is 10
a bachelor-that generally speaking you
are absolutely and entirely wrong; you
do not understand men. not even man.
or the man.
We men are not like books OF stories
in one syllable printed In large type;
we are more like-so far as you fair
ones are coneerned-books in the lavish
Chinese language. where you don't even
know where 20 begin 20 read. and in
which every letter or symbol possesses
at least a dozen quite distinct meanings,
For some extraord'naTy-I was about
20 say reason. but lack OF reason Is the
correct expression. a woman will believe
what another woman says about man
kind far more readily than she will credit
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29
Read It Here-see It at the Movies,
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streaming with sweat, came Prof.
Stllliter leading by the hand a slim and
lovely girl who carried her head like
princess. She was dressed In white
garment that fell In unbroken folds from
her shoulders to her feet. like Roman
toga. On her bare feet she wore thin
sandaiSs on her bare head a circlet OF
gold in which jewels flashed. Her mouth
had an expression of celestial gentieness
and smoothness, but her eyes. haif
shielded by their lids and lashes, were
without expression. She seemed TO
Tommy like girl, not OF this earth.
walking in her sleep. He had never seen
face so beautiful so sweet or so touch
lngly innocent.
Having passed Tommy's hiding place
Prof. Stilliter turned from the trail and
led the heavenly vision to a sort of
natural seat. that overlooked a quiet pool
from which Tommy had often taken
trout.
She sat reflected in the pool. and look
ing straight ahead OF her. and not see
ing-if you know what l mean. Prof.
Stiliter had let go her hand and was
tiptoeing off. abandoning her apparently,
but when no had gone a little way ne
turned and made curious passes in the
ar with his hands, and spoke suddenly
in a voice of command, the one word,
"Neker'
Expression and light came into the
great eyes. and she looked about her
with a kind of startled delight. Tommy
for some reason or other was trembling
from head to foot
A stick cracked She turned her head
toward the sound, but Prof Stilliter had
made good his tiptoed retreat. He was
no longer in sight.
Then Tommy. still trembling with won
der and excitement. rose from his hidinl
place and walked slowly toward her
Their eyes met, and the vision smiles tho
vision smiled the sweetest, most bewiteh.
ing smile, and in the gentlest and richest
voice that Tommy had ever heard she
asked him IN astonishing question.
Are you a MANI
why. yes" said Tommy
Then she said, this must be the
earth"
"of course" esaid. you know that
as well as I do"
81 wasn't sure" she said. until you
told me. You see I've Just come from
heaven"
"oh, my Lord" said Tommy shes
mad as halter. How terrible And YET
she looks sane
TN Celestial" resumed the vision
and I've come from heaven TO make
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29

people better and happier. Pm to begin
with Now York. Where is New York;
She looked about her as n she ex-
pected TO find II somewhere among tho
trees.
1T is a long way from here" said
Tommy.
Then ought TO start at once. VIII
you show me the way. please?'
Why, yes. OF course"
Then Prof. stilliter came back on the
run
what the devil are you doing herer'
he examined. Now don't get angry. old
chap. This is one OF my patients and
I'm not angry" said Tommy. "and
don't call me old chap"
Then Prof. Stilliter sank his voice 20
whisper. Her mind, he said. sis IN
an exceedingly critical condition. Now
you just vanish. will you? and leave her
TO me. She mustn't be upset"
"one condition Of her mind" said
Tommy. appears to be fear OF you"
stilliter turned from him impatiently.
Come Celestial" he said we'll go away
now" tt
She shrank from his proffered hand
"Ceiestia. said Tommy don't you
want TO go with him7''
mo" she said.
Don't he afraid, then" said Tommy,
you shan't"
Tommy Barclay" said Stilliter, you
keep out Of this or you'll get into trouble.
Come Calestia."
She did not stir.
In flash stilliter had drawn polished
crystal from his pocket and was forcing
the girl to look at IT, As he did so. he
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29

brand that will make women come and
eat out OF your hand when YOU feed II
to them
How did you get wiss?" asked the
Stenographer.
by improving my mind by reading the
newspapers" said the Bookkeeper.
"Here's an account OF a divorce suit in
which the deserted husband testified that
the gay deceiver who broke up his home
and stole his wife away from him did so
by calling her a poor. tired little kid,
although tho lady was as husky as Jess
willard, and weighed go pounds.
That's the dope; that's the magic
formula that you've only got to utter
and the doors of the feminine heart will
fIy openzs before you. You poor, tired
little kid!' Do you get all the subtle
implications I'm that5 Why, it's. a. lipar
tion to youth. and helplessness, and
tenderness, and protection poured out at
a womans feet. BY links, II had a
tat. middle-aged wife, and some man had
Wit enough to say a thing like that to
her, I'd say: Here. take her; you're a
better man than / am.
THAT man certainly was a head
liner in the Romeo class" admitted the
Stenographer. IT guess there isn't q
woman in the world. from Mrs. Pank-
hurst down, who wouldn't be fiattered to
death to be called kid, and / know
there isn't a mothers daughter Of us who
doesn't want to be sympathized with and
told she's bearing a load heavier than
she should. even when she's doing exactly
what she wants 70 do. So don't know
that blame the lady who eloped with
man with gumption enough to call her
poor. tired little kid"
Sure thing, agreed the Bookkeeper-
land the iess she looked like poor, tired
, little kid the more soothing to her feel
Kings must have been the appellation. No
(doubt her husband, with the brutal
scandor OF our near relations. had let her
see that he considered her an able-bodied
person. capable OF doing full days
work.
Doubtless he had also remarked upon
her heft. He may even have compared
her invidiously with slim young maidens
about half her age and third her
weight
''Under such conditions how like balm
upon a smarting wound it must have
Nbeen to be called poor, tired little kid
Not even monument of virtue could
have resisted a guitor with such hon
eyed tongue as that"
There's one thing" observed the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29
Soldier-An Operation in a

said in tone Of command: sleep, Ce-
lestia. sleep
Tommy simply stepped forward and
knocked tho crystal from stlllitera hand.
and Stllliter turned upon him with a
howl of rage and attacked him with a
shower of windmill blows. Tommy was
no longer a small boy, but an thiete in
the early twentles.
He reiterated slowly. guarding himself,
and then, when he thought he had drawn
Stilliter far enough from Celestia, ho
quietly reached in under the rain Of
blows and disarmed him. In other words,
he removed those great black trimmed
spectacles without which the great psy-
chologist was blind and helpless.
Perhaps I'm doing wrong said
Tommy. but that girls afraid of YOU
and ri take n chance
He darted to the girls side Are you
afraid OF me2'
mo"
Then come
He led her back TO the trail and along IT,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29
Advice to Lovelorn

NInke Him Proye IIILaseIf.

Dear Miss Fairfax / am in love with
a young man and i know my love Is re-
turned. Our parents have agreed. 80
Everything was satisfactory unLl
lately when he lost his position. He
says that, unless / get married TO him
secretly he won't try to get work ana
will leave town, never to come pack !
hit IL do as he wants, he will try hard
to get sob end see that he comes TO
something.
Now, my dear Miss Fairfax. your kind
advice would he greatly appreciated, as
told him / would give him my answer
az soon as / see your answer printed in
the papeT-Nhether you think 1 would do
right TO get married secretly, before my
sweetheart shows me that he can support
me, and whether II is right on his part
20 ask me TO do such a thing.
HEART BROKEN.
The incentive of winning the girl he
loves ought to make fine man labor
honestly and seriously and with all his
might / am hearty disbeliever In Sc
cret marriages. They generally result in
unhappiness. Marriage is a sacred and
serious thing and ought to take place
with dignity and the knowledge OF ones
nearest ard dearest relatives. Put him
on his nettIe-to be ambitious enough
10 get fresh start and TO be able 70
marry you openly because he IL able TO
take care Of You and has won you.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29


Jump In the stock
m q rk Q ~" in
duired the stenog-
rapher tartly.
t'Better than that
I have found out
how to make a
killing with the fe-
male SEX" replied
the Bookkeeper
complacently. You
know, no matter
that sort of a
lNuff he throws,
esery man in his
secret soul yeaIns
TO know what par
ticular line OF soft
talk a woman will
fall for. and 1 have
inst ascertaiued
- ~ax,ar-fafI
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29

Copyright. 1916 by Star Company
Copyright 1915. by The Star Co. All For
eign Rights Reserved.
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTER.
After the tragic death of John Ames-
bury. his Frustrated wife. one OF Amer
ica's greatest beauties, dies. At her
death Prof, Stllliter, an agent Of the In
terests. kidnaps the beautiful S-year-old
baby girl and brings her UP In a para
disc where, she sees no man. but thinks
she Is taught by angels who instruct her
for her mission TO reform the world. At
the age of IS she IL suddenly thrust into
are ready to find her. BY an accident
the hero sees her first and hides with
her in the Adirondack
SECOND INSTALLMENT.
well, I'm fingered" said Tommy 1
haven't found a snake. but I've found
the next best thing. Now what the devil
is Prof stilliter doing In this part Of the
world?"
Again he lifted the glasses and again
saw the professor. He appeared to be
polishing something on the sleeve of his
Norfolk jacket. Now and then the some
thing flashed brilliantly in the sunlight.
IT might have been a pocket mirror, or a
great diamond. Whatever II was. Prof.
Stilliter presently dropped in into his
pocket, forced his way into dense
clump of bushes at the very base of the
cliff and disappeared.
But Tommy was not to investigate
those bushes at the foot Of the cliff
He was within a quarter OF a mile Of
them. walking swiftly and quietly along
an old lumber trail, when suddenly his
quick ear caught a sound OF footsteps
and at the same moment his quick eyes
caught glimpse OF something white that
moved. He stepped quickly into a thicket
OF alders, crOuehed low and to all in
tents and purposes was blotted out OF
existence
Along the trail his heavy baby face
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29
The Bees Home Magazine page
Lethe
BY JANE MLEAN.

BY JANE MLEAN.
Death presence sound
How could know his footsteps peacovered
Where sken silence spreads its dusky aboun?
Time dragged his veil behind pail OF psnracked hours
Death strewed the path apple
And all the air rife with song dying
would have seized the quaed
Deaths potion of forgeuness. but Life
Shipping her cold hand mine she
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29

For the college giri who 10 seeking in
SEPARATION for o graduation gown sug-
gestion may be obtained from the above
sketch. The material Is OF sheer null.
tho scailoped edge of tho skirt being
bound with white satin By way Of a
simple decorative touch.
A Greek reflection is caught In the
drapery OF tho shaped flounee which
iengthens tho bodice. The flounce Is
headed with fine embroidery. which also
appears across the v impiecement Of the
front The sleeves are In bishop effect,
permitting differentiation and half
eoneealment OF the arm beneath.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29
BY DOROTHY DIX.

Eureka! have found II" exclaimed
the Bookkeeper triumphantly, as he laid
down the newspaper he had been reading
Found what-a sure tip as to which
NAV he q,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29
non,t Worry Ahout It.

Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a girl OF a
yeards NV parents nave no objection TO
my entertaining boys, but As most boys
do not like music, ana that Is the only
thing can think Of, / feel very awk-
ward when they visit me. .. n. L.
You are very young 70 think OF enter
tanning. When your boy friends come
they ought to be clad to hear music.
Their there are games such as letters,
guesses. etc. which are entertaining and
educational.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-29

This model maintsIns the vague lin
through the waist which has been tn
mode since Paquininstituted the waistiess
fashions, almost decade ago. These. OF
course. came as n logical result OF the
adoption Of the straight-front corset. for
which Nine Bernhardt Is gratefully held
responsible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-18
New ciew Found.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, March 49,
A new puzzle IN the mystery sur.
rounding the death on March OF
Miss Lillian NJ. Cook, former stenog-
rapher Of Virginius J, Mayo, was
added today. Police discovered new
witness who claims to have seen an
automobile, with all lights extinguish-
ed. speed to the top OF West Rock,
thirteen hours before Miss Cooks
body was found there. This circum-
stance was basis for. new theory
that Miss Cooks death did not occur
on the lenefy mountain top Several
persons recalled also that the spot
where her. body was found had been
gone over previously and no trace OF
the girl discovered.
1t was reported that papers would
be served here Saturday upon Mayo
by the Scranton woman who claims
him as her husband.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-18
Famous Outlaw In Hidina.

TULSA, Okla, March 1S.-Hiding
in the Usage hills, northwest Of Tulsa,
with a price Of $1,000 on his head, is
Henry Starr, descendant of Belle"
Starr, the most dashing woman out
law of western pioneer history Starr
is specifically charged in the states
offer of the reward with having rob-
bed the Carney State bank Of $2,S53
last December. Seventeen bank rob.
berries, daring in the highest degree,
have been perpetrated in Oklahoma
and other nearby states within year
and the hunt for Starr is the begin
ming of, a determined effort by the
authorities to wipe out this class
of crime.
Starr was convicted Of murder In
the early Indian territory days and
afterward spent his time at the Leav-
enworth federal prison until pardoned
by President Roosevelt. Starr served
prison terms in Kansas, Oklahoma and
Colorado. In 1913 he was paroled
from the Colorado penitentiary. He
broke the parole and resumed his
career as bank robber, detectives
claim. They assert he could explain
the robberies in Kiefer, Carney, Key
stone and Baxter Springs (Kan.). Oil
town gambling houses have also been
a fruitful scene of his robbing activi-
ties
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-18
BOYS ARE TAKEN
TO REFORM SCHOOL
orviIie Pulls and Walter stice. Both
Guilty Of Larceny, Go to Ell
dora Reform School.

orville Pulls, 16, and Walter Stice,
Is, were taken to the Eldora reform
school by Officer Parks yesterday
evening. Both boys had been found
guilty Of larceny by Judge Mcnamara
In the superior court. The Pulls boy
stole some engine brasses from the
C., B.. & @. railroad recently. The
Stice boy and his younger brother
Roy, stole a gas water heater from
the baseball park. All three had been
in trouble with the police on previous
occasions. Suspended sentences to
the reform school had been hanging
over the two Stice boys for some
time Roy Stice, the younger brother,
arranged to leave the city and go to
a farm in Missouri. He is not to re-
turn here to live until he has become
OF age.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-18
CASCARETS FOR
C0ST|VE BOWELS,
HEADACHE, COLDS
Tonight! Clean your bowels
and stop headache colds,
sour stomach.
Get a 1o-cent box now.

Get a 1O-cent box now.
Turn the rascals out-the head
ache, biliousness, indigestion, the
sick, sour stomach and bad colds
turn them out tonight and keep them
out with Cascarets.
Millions Of men and women take a
cascaret now and then. and never
know the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels, or an upset
stomach.
Don't put in another day of dis
tress. Let Cascarets cleanse your
stomach; remove the sour, ferment-
ing food; take the excess bile from
your liver and carry out all the con-
stipated waste matter and poison in
the bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 1O-cent box from any
drug store means a clear head, sweet
stomach and clean, healthy liver and
bowel action for months. Children
love Cascarets because they never
grippe or sicken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-18
-. affirmative and Negative Speak
er. for <. =. 8. Are Ready
to Garry OF the
Honors.
RI BIG EVENT OF YEAR
PREPARATION 10 Being Made for Fair
fields Appearances Here Tomor-
row Night and Big Crowd
10 Expected.

Final preparations have been made
nv the two debating teams of Keo-
kuk high school. for their appear
ances tomorrow night. The affirma-
tive team will leave In the afternoon
for Burlington, where they will meet
the Burlington team. The negative
team will meet Fairfield here tomor-
row night, and this event Is being
looked forward to as the big event of
the scholastic year.
Considerable interest has been
aroused since the first announcement
of the debate. The high school debat-
ing teams deserve the support OF the
people of the city, and especially Of
the alumni, and Judging from the in
terest that Is being shown, there will
be big crowd on hand to support
the local team tomorrow night.
Semi-finaIs in the league will occur
on April 2, and the finals on April 16.
The prize is the possession OF sill;
yer cup. Il
DR.. R. L. Reid, principal Of the high
school, said yesterday that the mega
tive team which meets Fairfield here
tomorrow night was prepared to do
some good work. and that they had a
good chance to win. 1t is quite gem
orally conceded that the affirmative
side of the parcel post question is the
one which presents the easier phase.
But in spite OF this fact, the negative
team has been doing some conscien-
tious studying and expect to carry off
the honors tomorrow night.
The high school students are going
to make this gala occasion, and the
high school orchestra will help out In
the program. The debate will begin
at o'clock in the auditorium of the
high school. This is Keokuk's first
chance in a big debate. and the team
deserves the support which will help
1t to win.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-03-18
Cut OF His Own Hand.

DENVER, March 1S.-How he cut
off his own hand at the wrist with a
pen knife, after being caught il the
cogs of Jan electric bump. was told
here by Wallace E. Rittenhouse, who
is suing the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company for $4,000 damages.
Rittenhouse claimed that the place
where the electric pump was located
was badly lighted. 1t was his duty
to oil the pump. He slipped on a
car Wheel catching in the gear wheel
of the pump. Rittenhouse said he
dropped his miners candle and was
left in total darkness. Held fast in
the machinery, he struck match
with his free hand, re-lighted the
candle, and drawing his knife, severed
his arm at the wrist in order to free