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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

THE LISTENER.

Every man who does not know any
thing, and most men who do know
something, love to talk about what
they think they know, or do know.
The close-mouthed merchant. the
yea. yea, nay, nay" sort of a fellow
who uses his mind more than-his
mouth, will, II encouraged, talk for
hours upon any subject In which he
10 intensely interested. His head is
though 1t may have more entrances
than exits, he will open himself to
anyone who knows how to knock at
the door OF his mind.
! have a friend who, although not
literally educated, possesses more
general information to the square inch
than SO per cent OF educators have to
the square foot, and that is one hun.
dred and forty-four to one. He OBJ
tanned this knowledge largely because
he was good listener and possessed
the ability to make others talk. II
he were riding on train he would
select from among the passengers the
man who he thought was intelligent
and carried with him heavy stock
OF information. In a diplomatic way
he would discover the strangers bust
ness or profession and the subject in
which he was the most interested
he would turn the conversation In
that direction, asking an intelligent
question here and there, and showing
deep interest In the subject He sci.
dom failed to obtain the desired re-
suit. He met all classes of people,
from the classical student to the keep
er OF meat market, and from each
he drew supply OF information much
OF which, naturally, was valueiess. He
had sense enough, however, to realize
that he could not expect to receive
valuable information alone; that he
must be content with chaff as we'll
as with wheat; but from each he drew
something worth while. The worth
while he remembered; the worthless
he forgot.
Conversation is, I believe, the best
medium for the obtaining OF informa-
tion Everybody has something OF his
own OF which he ia proud, and which
he Is willing to distribute.
Bear in mind, however, that the
listener is only half man. He must
give. II he would receive. He, there.
fore, is not only good listener, but
good distributor He exchanges
what he knows for what others know,
plays game OF mutual winning, Civ
ing what he can afford to spare, and
taking from others what they are will.
ing to distribute.
Social as we'll as business life is
based upon exchange.
Education does not consist of receiv.
ing and Of not distributing.
If you give freely to others, they
Will as freely give to you.
Conversation, rightly turned. leads
to profit. and is that kind of work
which is both recreation and business.
While you should give the prefer.
ence to the acquiring of information
which is directly in your line, do not
confine your mental receipts to that
alone. Familiarity with general af.
fairs, even though many of them may
not be of direct benefit to you, broad.
ends the mind and makes you better
able to use that part OF the informa-
ton received which is part and par
eel of your livelihood making.
Don't be afraid of knowing too
much.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24
Mauic Strinu.

Procure few pieces of cotton
string each about one and one-half
feet long, and fill them well with
soap. Prepare brine by dissolving
three tablespoonfuls OF salt in a cup
full OF water. Place the strings in
the brine and elbow them to soak for
two hours or longer. 1t is necessary
that they be thoroughly saturated
with the brine.
When taken out of the brine and
thoroughly dried, suspend one of them
FROM a nail ON ledge, and hang a
finger ring on its lower end. Apply
. lighted match to the string and al
low 1t to burn. The ring will not
eAll but will hang by the ash.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24
BE A MAN.
Man Ia made of Dust.
Dust settles.
BE a man.


Be q man.
Settle! That is a good word with
which to conjure.
He who does not settle his accounts,
whether they are monetary or 9TH
erwise, ia not manly and does not
stand well among men.
Everybody is under obligation to
somebody. He owes money or he
owes something beside money. He
cannot succeed, he cannot be true to
himself and to the world, unless he -
under obligations to somebody or to
something, and unless others are I'M
der similar obligations to him.
Reciprocity Is one OF the first laws
OF business and of every other depart
ment of life.
Alone, we amount to nothing. With
others there is no limit to our attain
ment.
Many a man pays his bills promptly
and forgets to keep his engagements.
He is financially honest and socially
and otherwise dishonest.
An obligation is birding, no matter
how small 1t may be-.
II you agree to meet . man at
certain hour or upon a certain day, II
IL Just as important that you keep
this engagement as 1t is that you pay
your bills.
Nothing detracts more from ones
reputation than carelessness in keep
ing obligations, however small they
may be.
Men of mark, men who rightly oc-
cupy high positions, never forget an
engagement, they are always on time,
and they consider themselves under
obligations to thoso with whom they
come In contact, In business and out
of 1t. Their word is as good as their
bond, and their bond is usually above
par.
do not find any excuse for profes-
sional men who are forgetful and who
do not appear to realize the impor-
lance OF meeting every obligation and
of keeping every engagement. Some
Of them may excuse themselves by
claiming that their minds are preoc-
cupied with other things. Sheer non
sense! The mind that cannot grasp
and surround and meet an obligation,
whether it belongs to great scientist
or to clerk behind the counter, is
not the kind of mind which Is pre-
destined to succeed.
There is no excuse for failure to
meet an appointment or other obliga-
ton, or for delay In answering let
ter which requires an immediate re-
ply.
Il am too busy" is not an excuse.
You can trust busy man, you can
depend upon him more than you can
upon a man who has nothing to do.
II l desired help, should go to the
busiest man l know. for he has time.
The loafer hasn't.
At times it may be impossible for
you to 90 the work of the day during
the day; but, in the majority of cases,
each days work can be performed
more easily today than 1t can be done
tomorrow.
Settle at the time of settlement.
Today is yours; tomorrow may not
be.
You are dependent upon your fell
low men. Treat them as you would
have them treat you, and realize that
they have equal rights with you: that
when you promise to do a thing, and
do not do 1t, you have stolen another
mans time and are Just as much a
thief as you would be II you robbed
his money drawer.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24
THE GIRL WITH A
CLEAR SKIN WINS

II you, too, are embarrassed by q
pimply, blotchy, unsightly complexion.
just try Resinol Soap regularly for a
week and see II it does not make a
blessed difference in your skin. In
severe cases little Resinol Ointment
should also be used. Resinol Soap
helps to make red. rough hands and
arms soft and white, and to keep the
hair healthy and free from dandruff.
Resinol Soap contains no free alkali,
sold by all UNNECESSARILY.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24
Getting Even.

When left home twenty years ago,
nobody thought / would ever amount
to anything" said the prosperous man
ufacturer.
"You fooled EN-, eh?"
Il should say so! Just for spite
leased every available billboard and
plastered my name all over my native
village"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

9robLem
How to Feel Well During Middle
Life Told by Three Women Who
Learned from Experience.

The Change of Life is a most critical period of a
womans existence and neglect of health at this time invites
disease and pain. Women everywhere should remember
that there is other remedy known to medicine that will
successfully carry through this trying period as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made from
native roots and herbs. Read these etters:-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

The Order OF Fools was founded In
1881 by Adolphus. count of Cleves. for
humane and charitable purposes.
And some one has the temerity to de-
clare II extinct.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

Philadelphia, Pal started the Change of Life
I'VE years ago. always had headache and back
ache with bearing down pains and l would have
heat flashes very bad at times with dizzy spells and
nervous feelings. After taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
vegetable Compound feel like new person and
am in better health and no more troubled with
the aches and pains had before took your won
derful remedy. l recommend it to my friends for I
cannot praise it enough."-Mrs. MARGARET GRASS
MAN, 759 n Ringgold St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Beverly, Mass-"I took Lydia E. Pinkham's
,und for nervO md
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

A method by which all liquors can
be solidif1ed into tablet form has been
invented by French chemist.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

To PreYent The Grip
Colds cause Grip laxative Bromc Ouinine re-
moves the cause: There 10 only one Bromo
Veinlne. y. w. GROVES signature box. 25c.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

Seaweed is made into a compost
ton to take the place of bone for han
dies of cutlery.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

Miss Geneva Moeser, twenty-one.
succeeds her deceased father as audi
tor Of st. Clair county, Missouri.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

Concrete post bases to give longer
life to WORKOUT fence posts have been
patented by New York inventor.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

No other medicine has relieving
suffering has Lydia E. Pinkhams Compound
Women receive helpful advice
E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
and answered by only strict confidence
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24
Escaped Unshorn,

i hear that you've been playing the
stock market. Have any luck?"
Great! Came out exactly even"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

nave mad them Try It and they also have received
good results from it."-Mrs. GEORGE A. DUNBAR
II Roundy St, Beverly, Mass
Erie, PA was in poor health when the
Shange OF Lite started with me and took Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. or think
should not have got over it as easy as did. Even
now II do not feel good take the Compound
and 1t restores me in a short time. / will praise
them as it has me."-Mrs. E. KIssLNa, 931 East
oath St. Erie Pa
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-03-24

vegetable compound for and dyspepsia when
have always spoken of to other
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05

Cedar Rapids. r...,a.
! Dan Cupid had busy year of 1T In
, this city the past year, as is evidenced
l-by the marriage clerks report. lie
issued $50 licenses during the year.
Waukon.
Mrs. John Ralston, aged 80 years
died at her home in this city Tuesday
! She was born in Scotland and had re
sided in 2Allamakee county since 1856
f,Noth MeGresor. 4
/ Mrs. Bridget Berry, II years old
| died Wednesday morning. She was
born in Ireland and came to America
when IS years old. She is survived
by her husband and six children, one
! Of whom is Miss Anna Berry, post
master here. ....
Deeorah.
| Edward Winger, farmer, was killed
by a Milwaukee passenger train be-
tween Calmar and Conover. The en-
gineer Of the train declared Wlnger
| walked directly in front of 1t and ig-
nored all warnings The farmer had
been in i'll health for some time.
Rock Rapids.
J. r. Skervis, a clothing man here
received "a shipment Of six cases OF
! mems shoes from Minneapolis, four
of the cases being empty. The shoes
had been removed from the paper
| boxes and the empty boxes replaced
| in the case. The fact that the ship
! ment had been tempered with was
! discovered at Luverne when trans
ferring the shipment to the Doom
| train.
| Humboldt. -
! The big water power plant Of the
Northern Iowa Power Company mere
/ will soon be lighting and furnishing
| power to fifteen Iowa towns. It al
Iready is furnishing to ten, Humboldt
Dakota City. Gilmore City, Rolfe
i Laurens, Pomeroy, Fonda, Livermore
Havelock and Jolley. The five soon to
Erecetye the service are Pocahontas
Bode, Luverne, Corwith and Kanawha
/! The plant here is the second larges
in Iowa, only that at keokuk beins
igreater.
s;iAilison.
Last Tuesday while Rev. Mr.. Road.
Il mans Boy Scouts were hitching
i team belonging to Rev. Mr.. Roadmar
and ]. B. Weires to scraper prepar.
/ atory to clearing the ground In thu
! Ray pasture for skating rink thu
team became frightened and started t.
run. They headed directly for thu
large plate glass in the front Of Arnold
\ Bros store, but before reaching thu
! window they struck the oil pump ant
4 broke It OF. One Of the horses wal
i quite badly hurt In the mixup bu
! ,,;:c,,.:,y mons of the Boys were hurt ii
the least.
Manchester.
DR.. and Mrs Floyd O.. Smith, medica
!. missionaries to Turkey, arrived in New
York City Saturday, having been called
4 home by the American board. DR.
4 Smith and his family experienced seri.
Gus difficulty in making their exit from
1 the Turkish empire, in fact DR.. Smith
was taken by the Turks as an Armen.
/ ian spy, and was incarcerated in :
4 prison for several days. They spen
several months in the mountains o.
/ Switzerland. Mrs. Smith is a daugh
ter of Mr.. John Heath, of this city
They sailed from London, England, OF
Dec. ~. on the American liner. st
] Louis.
4 Sioux City.
with statewide prohibition only :
few hours old, the saloon Interests o.
! Sioux City are laying the foundation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05
SCISSORS PENETRATE BODY.
Joel futile, Of Dss Moines, seriousl,
Injured by Fall.

Joel Tuttle, Of Dss Moines, Seriously
Injured by Fall.
Des Moines, Jan. 5.-Joel Tuttle, well
known insurance man, who received a
dangerous wound about 1880 o'clock
Monday night when he fell on a pair OF
scissors at his home, 657 Forty-first
street, is reported some better today,
altho he suffers considerable pain.
His condition is not thought to be
critical and, barring some unforeseen
complication anew weeks Of quiet will
restore his health.
Mr.. Tuttle had narrow escape He
was walking around the house with an
automobile tire. the scissors and sew
,eral other articles in his hands. Some
body had left a paint bucket on the
sidewalk. In the darkness Mr.. futile
stepped into the bucket and fell in such
"a way that the SCISSORS pierced his
breast and penetrated the walls of hts
heart. Dr. George Cullen is his ply
stefan,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05
Newspaper Change at Belle PLANE.

Vinton, Jan. 5.-R. f. Lee Aldrich,
former publisher Of the Dysart Report
er and for the past several months
assistant business manager of the Vim
ton Eagle, has purchased the Belle
Plaine Democrat Herald, and left Sat
turday to take possession of his new
purchase. Mr.. Aldrich will eschew
politics and make the paper a strictly
local paper devoted to Belle PLANE
and its people. The name Of the pa
per will be changed.
Congressman Hauqen Ill.
Washington, Jan. Representative
Haugen, who has been dangerously i'll
of quinsy, was reported improved to-
day. He is believed out OF danger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05
Usefulness Gone, Man Kills Self.

Sioux City, Jan. Bills usefulness
was ended. He was no good to himself
or the rest of the world, he said, and
Otto Frank Lindner took his own life.
Lindner roomed with Mr.. and Mrs. D.
p. Smith, 519 Seventh street. He had
been out Of work for some time and re-
Gently, according to the people with
whom he was living had become de-
spondent. He shot himself this morn
ing about o'clock, the bullet crashing
thru his temple. causing instant death
A note found near the body, disclosed
the reasons for the shooting. The re-
volver was used as means to cause
death only. after two large doses OF
aconite had failed. sLindner. persevered
In his attempts to commit suicide until
he was successful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05

shanty boat room in the early months
OF his occupancy. The children of his
first wife had been taken from him
and placed in the orphans home.
Will Burn shanty.
One daughter by his first wife, had
communicated with him. She is Inez
Wyant, of Laroda. Iowa. At one time
she was living at 422 East Third
street, and worked at the old Tri- City
hotel.
No money or anything else of value
was found on the body Of the dead
man or in the room. The body was
taken to the Stapleton undertaking
rooms and 1t will be held pending
word from relatives. If this is not re-
ceived he will be buried at the expense
of the county. The coroner will also
recommend to the board Of health that
the shanty be burned because of the
fact that 1t is nuisance and men,
ace to public health.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05
kiII.d bv rr.;n At cro..ino.

Cedar Rapids, Jan. Sired Hoff, 1872
North First street, west. employed at
the Magnus brewery, was instantly
killed at 11:15 Monday night when he
was struck by east-bound Northwest
ern train No. 6, at the c avenue cross
ing.
Hoff was returning from work at
the brewery in company with Ear!
BoWser, of Kenwood, when he met his
death. That the dead man did not see
or hear the oncoming train is the only
explanation Offered by Bowser, who
only escaped like death thru the
fact that he was walking in advance
of his companion. Hoff's body was
not badly mangled, death having been
caused by skull fracture.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05
REVISE ATHLETIC RULES.
Hawkeye Conference Modifes Clause
Governing Academic Participation.

Governing Academic Participation.
Special to Times Republican.
Cedar Falls, Jan. 5.-All elasticity
was removed from the four-year rule
in athletics at the winter meeting of
the Hawkeye conference representa-
tives here last night, following sew
eral hours of hot and heavy debate
upon proper interpretations of prac-
tically every rule Of the conference.
The elastic portion OF the four-year
rule eliminated was a clause providing
that "two years in the academy count
as one year of participation" This
was the rock upon which Dubuque and
Dubuque German colleges foundereo
when each school in turn protested
every man on the opposing team at the
commencement of the contest that de-
termined the conference football cham
pionship last fall. Sentiment for and
against retention Of this clause was
nearly evenly divided at the opening OF
the conference session, which was heio
behind closed doors, but agreement to
strike it from the rules was finally
reached after hours of debate
Argument occurred over several
other rules but no further changes
were made.
Father Bondage of Dubuque, was
elected secretary Of the conference 10
fill the vacancy caused by the removal
of J. S. Mcintosh, Of Upper Iowa Uni
versity to Texas last fall. John L.
Griffith, of Des Moines was elected 10
the conference board of arbitration TO
succeed Mcintosh.
Lenox College was admitted TO mem
bership in the conference in place OF
Penn, which withdre" to enter the
Iowa conference last year. The re-
yjsed list of HaWkeye colleges no"
comprises Beuna Vista, Central Du-
b,,o,,a German, Ellsworth. State
Teachers Parsons, ST. Ambrose, Upper
Iowa, and LenoX
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05
DONATION TO COLLEGE

Kansas City Resident Gives Property
Valued at $4,000 For Establishment
Of Free Scholarships at Iowa College,
Grinnell.
Kansas City. Mo-, Jan. 5.--A gift of
property valued at s160,OO0 to Grinnell
College, Grinnell, Iowa, was announced
today The donor was DR.. Leroy
Debble.
The income from the sale or lease of
the property is to be used in establish
ing free scholarships.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05
LITTLE GIRL A HEROINE.
Luverne Impson, Of Auburn, Aged z,
Saves Drowning Boy. "

Auburn, Jan. 5.-Luverne 1mpson.
aged I, is a heroine She saved the life
of Clayton Brook, aged Z, when the
little fellow broke thru the ice of the
Raccoon river. The two children wan
dered to the river and were playing
on the ice above some rifles when the
boy broke thru. The girl, with rare
presence of mind, ran down stream to
an open place near the main current
and grabbed the boy by the hair as
he came past her.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05
CARROLL LIBRARIAN DEAD.
Mrs. L. G. Bangs, Former Resident OF
Glidden, Passes Away.

SpGCldl "
Glidden, jan Sword has just
been received from Carroll of the
death Of Mrs. L. G. Bangs. who for
merly resided in this community. She
was about IS years of age, and leaves
one son and two married daughters,
one of whom resides in California She
has for some years. been in charge Of
the public library at Carroll. Her
husband, who survives her. was civil
war veteran, and lost a limb in the
service. During the seventies and early
eighties he was In charge of the G..
N. W. depot at Glidden, and lived for
a time in a part of the station build
ing. At this time, Mrs. Bangs at
tempted to beautify the railroad prop
erty by planting number of trees
which remained until quite recently.
She took quite an active part in the
social life of this community at that
time. and played n horn in the Glidden
band, which attracted quite a little at
tention In that early day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-05
OPEN BIDS THURSDAY.
Mason City to Let Contract for $7ao'ooo
Disposal Plant.

Special to Times RepubIlcan.
Mason City, Jan. 5.-Several repre-
sentatives of big general contracting
firms have been in the city this week.
going over plans for the $4,000 sew
erage disposa al plant. for which con-
tracts, including landscaping and park
ing of the grounds, will be let Jan. b.
at 10 a. m. Today an engineering de-
partment employee was kept busy
showing prospective bidders over the
site, and putting them in touch with
material men and responsible sub-con-
tractors for grading, and similar work.
large number of bids on the work
are expected.