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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
GREAT MAN NEVER HESITATES
Self ReIiance One Of the Most lmpor-
tant Possessions That Can
Be Acquired.

Insist on yourself; never initiate.
Your own gift you can present every
moment with the cumulative force OF
q whole life's cultivation; but Of the
adopted talent OF another you have
only an extemporaneous half posses
sion. That which each can do best
none but his Maker can teach him.
No man yet knows what it is, nor can
till that person has exhibited it. Where
is the master who could have taught
Shakespeare Where Is the master
who could have instructed Franklin
or Washington or Newton or Bacon1
Every great man 10 unique. The Scip-
ionism Of Scipio is precisely that part
he could not borrow. II anyone Will
tell me whom the great man initiates
in the original crisis when he performs
a great act, l will tell him who else
can teach him. Do that which Is as
signed thee and thou canst not hope
too much nor dare too much. Dwell
up there In tbs SeAlple and noble re-
gions Of thy life, obey thy heart and
thou shalt reproduce the Foreworld
again.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
HEN AND KITTEN cHUMMY
Really Remarkable Case Of Friend
ship That Is Vouched for by
Woman Writer.

The strangest friendship that the
writer has ever seen was that OF a
young Plymouth Rock hen and a white
kitten.
When the kitten was about two
months old she was very fond OF be-
ing around in the chicken park, or
wherever the chickens were. She was
the friendlest kitten alive and showed
a disposition to chum with every liy-
ing thing. But the chickens paid no
attention to her except to get out of
her way. The hen in question: how
ever, met her advances kindly and
they soon became boon companions.
Many times a day they were to be
seen walking together around the
place. The hen would frequently stand
still while kittie would rub back and
forth against her breast. And while
Biddy scratched for bugs and worms,
the little white kitten was never far
away. We do not know what was
their means Of communication, but
they evidently had satisfying one,
for they never seemed to tire of each
other. They associated together to
the exclusion Of the other fowls and
cats on the place. One seldom saw
Biddy with the other chickens. and
little white kitten absolutely deserted
her little white twin. We sometimes
wondered II the kitten thought she
was chicken or the hen believed her
self to be Z cat. At all events, they
were most congenial.
This state OF affairs continued until
the sale Of the farm necessitated theil
being parted.-Mabel ]. McIlwane. II
Our Dumb Animals.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

ie Turk and ourselves at this desert
end of the line was sometimes as great
as eight miles. and frequently mount
ed reconnaissance patrols were neces-
sary- the more SO at this particular
juncture in that Allenby's push for
Jerusalem was due to start from day
to day.
Followed by an orderly, the staff
officer rode about for some little time,
now consulting his leather-encased
map, now scanning with field-glasses
the amending camel scrub and sand.
Suddenly-zip, zip, zip several rifle
shots rang out. and the officer half fell
from his horse, then recovering HIM
self, headed about. The couple had
apparently ridden right on to Turk
ish post, and the orderly needed no
second word of command as to the
direction In which he was now to pro-
coed.
Before following him, however. the
staff officer swung round two or three
times in an effort to recover his haver-
sack, which had dropped to the ground
as he had tilted over when hit But
the Turkish fire was becoming more
rapid, and he apparently was getting
weaker. Finally, the haversack had
to be left there on the sand under
the noses Of the Turks.
In the course Of the evening a
GRO. something In this style was cir
culated throughout the three corps In
line:
'URGENT-While on reconnaissance
patrol In No Mans Land this after
noon, about 81 4, 3, staff officer
lost a haversack. II found, the haver-
sack is to be returned forthwith tc
general headquarters without being
opened or It's contents examined In
any way"
Later an enciphered wireless mess
age added:
"De'. ermned efforts are to be mad'
tonight by troops In the sector in
volved to recover the lost haversacl
mentioned In G. r. 0. No. 1O2."
That night the writer messed at {
corps headquarters and was greeted
somewhat after this fashion: "Oh
Lord! Here's one of these G.H.Q
wallahs Nice business this after
noon. Can't go out on patrol with
out giving the whole show away t
: the Turks! Found your blessed hav
ersack yet? l should say not No
likely to. either! The old Turk
fairly gloating over 1t by now. Con
tanned the whole plan of the push,
suppose? The fellow who dropped
n ought to be strung up Prancin
!, about up to the Turk with operaio
J. orders in his pocket"
d On the GAIA front at this perio
the British line extended from til
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

coast to the vicinity of Beersheba, 60
or 70 miles inland toward the desert.
In the push for Jerusalem, General
Allenby's grandiose plan hinged main
ly. If not entirely, on the swift and
sure reduction of Beersheba. Unless
this were effected, the whole action
stood In danger of fizzling out.
Well, the Turks got wind Of Cen
eral Allenby's plan, and shortly be-
fore "Z' day-the day Of our often
sive-they moved a division from GAIA
across into reserve at Beersheba. The
move about balanced the opposing
forces, numerically, in the vital Beer
sheba sector, and SO 1t became abso-
lutely necessary to do something to
cause the Turks to move this division
back to GAIA again or, for that mat
ter. to any part Of the line as long as
1t was away from Beersheba.
The head Of the enemy's intelligence
service opposite was one Captain
Schiller
An intelligence service exists to find
out what your opponent contemplates
doing next.
1t now behooved our intelligence to
make their-the observation-disclosures
believe that there was nothing to fear
in the Beersheba sector, that the vi
tai attack was coming elsewhere.
Scheme after scheme was weighed
and found wanting, and the days were
slipping by. In the end 1t was agreed
that one hope would be to devise q
means of getting faxed" documentary
evidence through to Schiller himself
and so to set the stage that even that
willy customer would be taken in. II
would be risk, for should Schiller de
eide that the information In question
had been purposely conveyed to him
that, in fact 1t was dope" we had
better far have left the whole affair
most severely alone. But now, to re
count this queer tale through It's de
velopment, let us reconstruct the
scene in Schiller's office, as we believe
1t to have been enacted, that October
night following the discovery OF {
British haversack by Turkish patrol
} Schiller opens the haversack ant
finds inside some sandwiches, an cleo
trio torch and flask, a map and
J wallet and notebook combined. III
reads intently several pages of scrib
bled pencil notes written in diar.
t form, tn en- pushes back his chair an
laughs outright:
! 'Ha, ha, Das list gut! Special.
dropped for us to pick up! They'r
getting quite clever these English y
! A signal officer announces:
9 "The English have just sent out
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

wireless message saying that every eff
fort is to be made tonight to recover
a haversack that was lost this after
noon in No Mans Land"
ut can't be! 1t can't be! Don't you
realize, Schmidt, that If these notes
are genuine all our reckoning has been
wrong that they're going to attack
GAIA first, not at Beersheba7 These
notes refer to all Allenby's conferences
for the past month. I'm certain
they're faxed Why. look what those
prisoners told us only yesterday And
their artillery preparation and wire
less activity"
There are still some papers in the
wallet, SIR said the younger officer.
"Ist mir egal !" rasps the other fierce
| ly. Then, changing tone: "Gott In
himmell What have we got here?"
And he reads:
Dear K: Sorry we must delay
our little shoot as I'm running down
to Cairo for q few days rest. Back
November 4. Yours, E. Allenby."
Schiller looks slowly frog the let
| ter to the calendar.
The British offensive was expected
for October %, and here was the Brit
ish commander-in-chief going away on
leave!
"Donnerwetter proclaims the Ger
man. IF this isn't becoming Yes
what is it?"-this to a junior officer
just entered.
English prisoners taken at Ell Tug
ger say they were warned this after
noon about the loss OF haversack
II anyone found 1t, he was not on any
account to open 1t, but was to send l
direct to headquarters"
Schiller doesn't answer as this Eur
Their evidence Of authenticity teens IN
Eagerly, almost feverishly, he re
turns to the wallet, and takes out IT
remaining contents-a photograph, tn
photograph of q woman, written acros
; In endearing terms and letter.
Schiller reads the letter avidly, o.
and on. 1t tells of the birth Of first
born, of little hands and little feet;
rambles on In that tender languag
, WHICH OIiy yOuDS IIOthEA Nhi hAeA'>
her own. The letter is crinkled ant
has been clearly read and reread
hundred times; 1t is letter in mi
lion. It's loss could only be accl
dental.
So reasoned Schiller!
, The division that had been hastil
moved into reserve at Beersheba wa
as hastily moved back to GAIA.
: On October % we attacked tn
. weakened Turkish position at Beer
O sheba and, as all the world knows, ca
: ried everything before us.
Y And the letter concerning the frs
d born-the letter that saved hundred
possibly thousands, of British live
v and went far to giving us JerusaleT
e and ultimately a whole country?
Has the little hospital nurse at
Arish, with the girllsh handwritin
a forgotten all about 1t?
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Slipping Up on Her.

Young Thing-And only to think.
each soldier had to make his Own bed
and everything. How could men ever
make beds? 1t must have been ter
ribly hard for them.
Ex-Buck-Oh, yes, it was mighty
hard at first Take my poor buddy
now, he done 30-day hitch In the
guardhouse for putting his FELLOWSHIP
on topside down. But how was he
to know any better?-Home Sector.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
Suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irrita-
BILE and may be Respondent; il makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys. proved to b, just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for sample bottle to see
what Swamp Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to DR..
Kilrner 4 Co.. Binghamton N. Y, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
Honest men do what they can dis
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Calls Women Unmusical

Women are naturally mechanical,
therefore no woman Is really musical,
contended J. Swinburne In an address
before the Musical association In Lon
don.
1T Is commonly believed that wom-
ms brains are just like mems and
that they can do everything that men
can do just AS WE'LL" he said. The
assumption IL quite unfounded. Wom-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Ethics and EpiQram

~Theres nothing holier in heaven
than your own little job" and The
man who fills his little niche on earth
In the very best way that 1t can be
filed, il IS good as any angel In
heaven" are two sayings which SOUND
ike different versions OF the same cpl
gram Of Rev. Robert ]. MacAlplne In
his address to the Kiwanis club.
Whether Pastor MacAlpine said both
these things, or only one OF them, ne
put a grand truth In \ crisp FORM
Honest, efficient work is not only a
worldly utility but a high moral 1unc-
tton.-Buffalo Times.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Millions of Tiny Germs
Cause Your Catarrh

sprays and douches.
s. S. s. will cleanse your blood
Of the cause Of Catarrh, aud give
real relief. 1t has been in con-
slant use for more than fifty
years, and is sold by all druggists
Buy a bottle Of S. S. S. today and
lose no further time in getting ON
the right treatment.
Valuable advice regarding your
case will be furnished free. Ad-
dress Medical Adviser, 103 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
signature 1s''s of Of sf&z2ZzEx
In Use for Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Fooproof.

Henry, an agent came to the house
this morning with new kind Of can
opener to SELL"
"Well?"
"He said it was foolproof."
"Ah! That's pretty good. Any
brainless woman can use it, eh?"
Perhaps. But the point he made
was that husbands who open cans for
their wives can do so without cutting
their fingers, spelling the oilcloth on
the kitchen table, scattering the walls
with gore and shocking the neighbors
with ty."-Birmingham Age
Herald.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Measuring lime.

Ernest was learning to tell time.
He had just mastered the numbers ON
the face of the clock, but had not
learned the meaning of the minuta
hand.
"What time is it?" asked him.
when the minute hand pointed to five
minutes of II.
He looked a long time, and then
said: "Why, 1t Is just an inch to II"
Exchange.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Not Interested.

Miss Quizzer-When you were In
Rome did you visit the Colosseum?
Mr.. Filmhound-No. l was going to
look into 1t, but they told me 1t had
been closed for repairs for several
years, so l passed it up for the live,
up-to-date picture houses.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Real Relief Comes Only by
Cleansing the Blood of the
Germs.

You must realize that your blood
Is loaded down with catarrh
germs, and these germs must be
removed from your blood before
you can expect real, rational relief
from the disease. And of course
you know that you cannot reach
these germs in your blood with
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

The Athabasca river of British North
America has two important salt
branches, one of which rises In nat
ural salt spring and the other has Its
source In the Cariboo mountains,
which contain vast deposits Of salt
rock. Another salt river, having Its
origin In a similar formation, is one
of the tributaries OF the Great Slave
river.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Severely Practical.

Charley, dear" said young Mrs
Torkins, that was beautiful bOu-
Quet you brought me-"
"Glad you liked It,"
"But-"
"But what?"
BREAD is expensive and liable to be
scarce. The next time you have any
thing sentimental on your mind tell 1t
with -four"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
whv pespotism Irks.

We bow to the government OF Coo,
hut we turn against the despot. NO
man likes to share In the shipwreck
~ vessel in which he has been en-
barked by violence, and which has
been steered contrary to his WISH ana
opiniop.-Amiel.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

en- are nowhere In science. although
scientific training has been open to
them for more than generation.
"The cultivation Of music by women
binders the development OF the art.
One effect of the supposed musical
gifts OF women is that girls are taught
music, while boys are neglected In
this training"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Rather Slim Excuse.

Celia and Bobby disagreed. where
upon Celia slapped her brother. A wall
brought their mother. Only after
long and severe reproval did the small
girls spirit melt and then she said
.Oh mamma, I'm sorry I slapped him.
didn't mean to. My hand slipped"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
uMd to Il.

Visitor-Have you ever been bitten
by horse?
Soldier-Have II Why, the longest
time l ever went without getting Bit
ten was the week was In the hospital
from bein' kicked!
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
BY CAPT. FERDINAND TuoHY.

Me afternoon toward the
close of October, 1917, a
staff officer attached to
general headquarters in
the field Egyptian expe-
dictionary force, rode out
into No Mans Land In
the direction Of Beer
sheba.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

Jud Tunkins says farming has DO
come such a scientific proposition thai
\ man has to learn to use more oil'
fereut kinds Of tools than he does y
q golf game.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
A Solo Part.

Paula-I had charming call from
Mr.. Jollyboy last night.
May-What did he talk about?
Paula-Why, he just sat and listened
to me. He never~opened his mouth.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

There Is something the matter with
any woman when she is Wiling 10
lat 4 man do all the talking.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
Rivers That Are Salty.

There is a salt river In Australia,
and another, the Rio Salado In the
Argentine Republic In South America.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

Honest men do what they can; dis
honest men do whom they can.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04
important to Mothers

U'p0tS 0Ut 70 "'O0~
Examine carefully every bottle O.
CASTORIA, that famous old remed.
for infants and children, and see that |
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-04

How the henpecked man does crow
when he Is away from home!
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-06-11
Rar. Biblical Collection.

An interesting collection of Bibles,
some Of which are rare books, others
of which are valuable on account OF
their former possessors or donors, is
Installed In the Mount HolyOke college
library. In one group are found the
ancient versions Of the Scriptures; the
original Hebrew and Greek, includ-
Ing a miniature copy Of the scroll Of
the law, called the Sefer Torah, the
ancient Syriac, the Septuagint and the
Latin Vulgate.
Among the four editions Of the
Latin Vulgate Is one bearing the da.e
1868, with Luther's portrait stamped
on the leather cover with a Latin
Inscription, Of which the translation
is, ''If you wish to see the face of
Luther behold the portrait; If you
would know his mind, consider the
book"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-06-11
Too Much Ceremony.

The battalion was resting beside the
road toward the end of its 16-mile hike.
After the weary marchers had eased
their packs and slipped from their near
ly empty canteens. they watched dis
piritedly the energetic setting-up e1-
ercises being gone through by strange
outfit in nearby field.
whats that there gangr' inquired
PriYats Hanks Of Oklahoma without
enthusiasm. -.
Infantry candidates school," re-
piled the corporal.
Candidates! Infantry candidates."
exploded Hanks. my good gosh! Do
you have to make application and be
initiated to get into this mess nova
days7"-The Home Sector. >-.saNF
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-06-11
Vessel Too Blo for Docks.

' America. 1t seems, with all her prog
ress In shipbuilding, has no dock on
the Atlantic coast suitable for repair
ing a vessel like the Leviathan or the
Imperator, says Shipping. When the
Leviathan needed overhauling. she had
to be sent to Liverpool to the big Glad
stone dock. Even there 1t was neces-
sary to wait for the new and the full
moon to dock and unlock her, as the
highest tide was required to boat her
over the SILL" The dock at Norfolk,
Va, 1t seems, Is big enough to float the
Leviathan. but the channel leading to
It vii. not permit her passage.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-06-11
seulptors In tho poIdrums.

the sculptors complain that there Is lit
tie work at present in their line of en-
deavOr. and even the leading men are
waiting" The commemorative war
statues and patriotic groups that were
to decorate cities, towns and GENE
teries have not thus far materialized.
The unsettled conditions Of the coun-
try, they contend, which are holding
up building, are accountable for the
present "doldrumS"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-06-11
jill. McClintic's Reduction Sale
will Start SATURDAY, JUNE 18th.

Our entire line Of Dry Goods Nations and Shoes in fact
everything will be included in this sale except Groceries 10
Shoes, including Ladies Misses and Chidrens all Summer
Underwear Dresses Bouses Skirts Silks, etc. will be sold
70 per cent off, All Millinery goods greatly reduced.
We will not attempt to list the Goods have to offer YOU
but will say and all that this bonaade SALE MANY
Special Offerings including small lots will be offered each
week. Please bear in mind carry good grade
Of Merchandise and all Of these Goods will be sold at
less than replacement value. Sale will continue until
the Goods are Sold
No Goods No
charged will be al prices.
Frankford W. Va. ]. H. McCLINTIC.
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No Wonder He's Craxy.

"This poor fellow is in terrible
condition." said the visitor.
Eyes" replied the asylum attendant.
Hes the most violent patient we have
in this ward"
what caused him to lose his
mind?'
''He tried to figure out some way
to harness the energy that was going
to waste in tango MISUNDERSTANDING
ham Age-Herald.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-06-11
Had Hctp.

Mr.. HardfaX-So your son left us
TO go into a bank in the city? How
did he acQuit himself?
Mr.. Timbertop-He didn't acquit
himself. 1t took the best lawyers in
the county to get him acQuitted.-Bos-
ton Globe.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-06-11
Substantial
Homes

cannot be built with anything
but the best Lumber. The
best Lumber is the cheapest
Lumber because it not only in.
sures you a good Home that is
fit to live in. but insures you
gainsta costly repair bills.
You get good Lumber Of us
because we know we can make
more business friends by cell
ing the best on the market
Come to our Yards to look al
our stock and to price it. You
will enjoy letting us show you
around.
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Lumber
Company.

We believe in Preparedness and
are stocked for emergencies.
When you prepare your schedule
RONCEVERTE, WEST.VA