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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1896)
WOMAN'S WORLD. i ! FELL IN FREEDOM'S CAUSE, "The War Angel of Ayoleta," as the Cubans railed Matilda Agramonte y Varona, wus killed recently while fight ing shoulder to shoulder with her brothers for the freedom of her coun try. She was the daughter of two of the great families of Cuba, heiress to the fame and traditions of two old names of Spain, and to the remnant of fortune that was once one of the larg est in the rich island. Every rebellion lias found Agramontes and Varonag under the banner of Cuba Libre. Her father and a brother gave jp their lives 1u the ten years' war. Her remaining brothers and her uncles enlisted under General Maceo, and left her alone on far 4 W Ml) -!U. -jr-i. At 'l1 M B, MME. V A HON A. the plantation In I'uerto Principe, the only property left of the vast estate. 8he went to visit friends in a neighbor ing town, and on her return she found the family residence burned, the cane gone, the servants murdered or scat tered. A Spanish guerrilla force had crossed there and de stroyed the place. There was no place for the girl to go, so she asked the first baud of rebels that passed that way to take her with them to Maceo's camp. Once there she asked to be enlisted as a soldier. The chief at first refused, but her brothers and uncles told him she would starve other wise, and he relented and enrolled her. She saw only one battle. At Ayoleta, near the town of Quemado de (iulnes, the advance of a strong Spanish col umn overtook Maceo's command. The rebels were hopelessly outnumbered, and a battle meant n catastrophe. Maceo was on his way to meet the Bermuda, and two-thirds of his men were to be armed with the weapons she bought. He called for volunteers to face the Spanish army and delay their tunrch, so that the remainder of the column could escape. The first to step forward In answer to the call were the Cuban girl, her brothers and uncles. They knew that the service meant death, but they went, and the girl stood there shoulder to shoulder with the other volunteers and tired until she fell. The Spaniards saw she was a woman, and called on her to surremlcj. She answered: "Viva Cuba I.ibre!" Women' View of Man. A straightforward, open-hearted man tuny be safely left to manage his own concerns. Jane Austen. A man capable of conquering habit ual Indolence cannot be a feeble char acter. Maria Kilgeworth. Men who have seen a good deal of life don't always end by choosing their wives so well. (ieorge Kllot. Hemember one thing no man can fall to fulfil! his destiny but through bis own fault. George Sand. Man Is very apt to contemplate him self out of all proportion to his sur roundings. Christina (.J. Hosettl. The best nugury of a man's success In his profession Is that he thinks It Is the finest In the world. George Kllot. Love occupies a vast space In wo man's thoughts, hut tills a small por tion in a man's life. Maria Edge worth. Mini Is uot made for that selfish con centration of despair which Is called either abnegation or stoicism. lleorge Band. The Just living of a lifetime makes a man incapable of any mere selfish handling of another's Interests. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Muck Veils HcnI of All. The success of the veil depends upon discretion In choice of pattern and Its Diethod of adjustment, ludced the art of putting on a veil Is a difficult oue. Our Parisian sisters possess the happy knack of twisting voluminous lengths of net or gauze around their heads with an effect altogether delightful. To the careful study, then, of veil ad justment would we credit our readers, nd also draw their attention to choice of design and color. The sallow com plexloned woman should fly from the blue veil, she of roscaio cheeks from the red, the business woman from the unpractical white, and so on, while un doubtedly the smartest and most be coming veil of all Is the black, of soft fine quality and fascinating design. such as probably has not happened before for a good while. Each gave birth to a child on Monday, and so busy was the doctor In attending to them that the babies got mixed up and It will be a secret forever which is which. Both children were born at nearly the same time and both were placed in a cradle. One of the babies is a boy and the other a girl, and it looked to outsiders as though there would be trouble over the boy, for the younger woman was anxious to pre sent a son to her lord. The mother at length cut the Gordian knot by de claring that she wanted a daughter to replace the grown-up woman and that she was perfectly satisfied, since she had several sous. Thus all is serene, and will be unless oue of the children dies, and then nobody knows what will happen. No Profusion of Hrlc-a-Kruc. The age has passed for small tables so laden down with bric-a-brac as to give the drawing-room the appearance of a china shop and to cause the aver age male caller to feel very much In the position of the historical bull. Bits of bric-a-brac may still exist, but thi-e bits must be of some intrinsic value and need not be grouped together as though offered for sale. The souvenir silver table will still hold sway, as this collection Is really Interesting in many cases, especially so when thev repre sent the hostess' own "trip acr. is." and the rich plush or velvet on which these ornaments are placed makes llicui a thing of beauty, as a rule. Tribute of Hiiih Esteem. The beautiful loving cup which Mrs. Totter Palmer, of Chicago, preseuted to Mrs. Joseph Thompson, of Atlanta, cannot be adequately portrayed In the accompanying illustration, but its meaning of love nnd good fellowship, coming as it does from the official head of the womnn's department of the great national exposition to the woman who held the same position in the Soma's great exposition, Is one which all Southern people will appreciate nnd take a pride in. Mrs. Palmer's gift means the warm recognition of South ern hospitality. The bond of mutual sympathy between these women in their great endeavors was strong to begin with, and was upon acquaint ance made sure by personal under- MRS. PAI.MEH'S GIFT TO 1IIIS. THOMPSON. standing and accord. The loving cup will always recall to Mrs. Thompson the visit of Mrs. Palmer to the Atlanta exposition, while others looking upon It will remember happily the evening of the grand ovation given in her honor by Mrs. Thompson when the two wom en stood side by side, each receiving In her own individual fashion amid brilliant lights aud tlowers. The loving cup Is simple and elegant. The design is of n Venus rldlug on a dolphin nnd the work Is exquisitely chaste and artistic. Two liable .Mixed at Hlrlh. A mother and daughter lu the town f Irish Valley, !'., are In a quandary Faahlon and Home Hint. Jacket waists are popular this sea son. Fashion has run riot In dress trim mings. Capes and Jackets are popular spring wraps. The new tweeds ore rather bright In coloring. Dress skirts are not quite so full as they were. lee cream may bo eaten with either a fork or a spoon. Children are to wear poke bonnets, and one Is occasionally seen on an adult. Flue checks promise to be very pop ular, and shot mohairs are especially recommended. Laces are more varied aud elegant than ever, with no end of applique de signs on net and chiffon. Handsome lunch cloths aud buffet covers that wash well are of fine linen, bordered with renaissance lace. There Is a great choice of silver can dlesticks; but, after all, none surpasses in beauty the colonial reproductions. Colonial silverware. In true octagon shape, with a novel disposition of bead work and empire garlands, is the cor rect thing. i.oufc or one piece ettects are creep ing in more and more, to the delight of stout figures. I'nder the name of red lugote aud princess gowns some very pretty costumes are evolved. Two English bacteriologists conclude that an average of 1,500 microbes must do tuualcd into the uose every hour, while lu London the number must often reach 14,000. The organisms are caught by the nose and pass to the digestive organs, which In health destroy them. A QUEER ADVENTURE It happened abont seven years ago. I bad been transacting some bnsiness in London, and was returning by the after noon mail to my home in the country. Being the only occupant of the carriage in which I rode, I broke the tedium of : the journey by reading, in the dim light of the chill December day, some of the j several periodicals with which I had j furnished myself at the bookstall pre vious to my departure from the station. The papers at that time were full of J accounts respecting some startling out rages committed just previously by a1 band of desperate Nihilists, who; in j their own particular manner, were levy-1 iug war upon civilization in a well known European capital. The reports were alarmingly graphic, and an air of insecurity was engendered by reading them, for rumor bad it that the rami fications of these champions of assassi nation were well nigh limitless, extend ing into other lauds besides their own, and it was plainly hinted that England was shortly to receive a special share of , their attentions. I I read on until the growing darkness I rendered the operation too difficult to be ' luugei iuduIfci-J iu, and then mured upon j what I had read until, half my journey J being accomplished, it became necessary ! for me to change my train. With a quar- ter of an hour to spare, I entered the ( buffet attached to the station at which I I had stopped, with the object of obtain- j ing some needed refreshment. Eaving eaten nothing since breakfast, I was hungry, and looked round for something ', substantial wherewith to appease my ap- j petite. ! The only available thing besides the nsual sandwich was a German sausage, , which I began to tackle without the least compunction. Although uot an edi ble that I usually indulge in to be cor rect, I had never before tasted it the inelegant polony seemed to my sharpen ed palate quite toothsome food, aud I ate vigorously, aud felt, as I believed, all the better for it when the time came to resume my jouruey. I had a companion this time, a man j who, like myself, was closely wrapped, j and who occupied the seat directly oppo- j site to the corner one in which I placed I myself. In his hand I noticed that be 1 curried a small, oblong parcel, incased in brown paper and tied with a strip of thin string, so arranged as to form a loop for the fingers that held it. j On starting my fellow traveler made 1 a few commonplace remarks about the weather, and later on, with an air of decided sociability, offered me his flask. I am aware that it is not ordinarily ad visable to accept hospitality in this way from a stranger, and it is a thing I al ways set my face against, but in this in stance I broke through my custom and took the proffered drink, and then, draw ing my wraps closely around me, snug gled into my corner uud tried to make myself comfortable for the rest of the ride. I had not been long thus ensconced when a kind of drowsy stupor began to creep over me, which steadily increased, despite repeated efforts on my part to shake it off. As I sat in this semicon scious state my thoughts reverted to the nihilistic literature I had been reading, and instantly it occurred to me that the braudy I had been drinking was drug ged. The thought was not a pleasant oue.aud, somewhat alarmed by it, I made a further attempt to rouse myself from the lethargy into which I was falling, but without success. Suddenly I lost consciousness entirely, and everything became a blank. It was only for a few moments, how over, for my senses returned as quickly as thoy had left me, although my power of action was quite gone. I seemed like a person under the influence of some mesmeric spell, from which there was no estapa In this condition my gaze in stinctively turned to my companion, and I noticed, as I thought, a mysterious change in bis appearance. His complex ion had assumed a malignant air, his eyes wore a wild look and round his mouth there curled a cunning smile. As I sat watching him, he began to undo the parcel in bis bands, and draw ing away the paper in which it was in closed exposed to view a box apparently made of tin. A little hinged door on one of its sides, which he presently opened, showed that the interior was filled with a species of clockwork arrangement, and instinctively I guessed that the thing I beheld was one of those diabolical in ventions which have come to be known by the term of infernal machines. On beholding this horrible engine of destruction, which, for aught I knew, might be fused ready for its dreadful work, my first thought was to stretch out my hand for the communication cord, and, by stopping the train, let the authorities know the manner of mau they were carrying; but, on attempting lo rise, 1 fonnd that my limbs utterly refused their office, aud I was as help less as though I had been bound hand aud foot Jly companion, evidently di vining my intention, spoke: "You are powerless to move," he said, addressing me. "The potion imbibed from my flask is a special decoction which will prevent action on your part for some time to come. So sit still and listen 1 You know, doubtless, what this is, " ho continued, pointing to the box, which he had placed on the seat beside him, "and most likely you guess what I am at the came time. In case ton do not, I will tell you at once that I am one of that noble band who have for their object in life the emancipation of mankind from the tyranny of author ity!" "In other words, you are a nihilist a dynamitard?" I suggested. "Use those terms if you like," he re plied. "There is nothing in a name. Acts are the things whereby men are judged. Hear what I have to say ! The society to which I belong has decreed the immediate doom of an authoritative role, and with that object has dispatch ed emissaries far aud wide to carry out its behests. A big blow is shortly to be struck, aud there is not a country in the whole of Europe which will escape it. Bussia, Germany, Austria, France, all are condemned, aud even England, the vaunted home of the free, is not to be exempt. At the present moment there are 99 picked men, armed with the most deadly bombs, in London itself, await ing the signal to commence. , One more worker is required, aud I am commis sioned to find some one to supply the want. I have done so, aud my choice falls upon you !" I started in my seat at these words, uttered iu a fiercely earnest tone. He concluded : "Yon; yes, you must become oue of ns ; must enroll yourself under the ban ner of emancipation, aud strike a blow for liberty 1" "And what if I refuse?" I inquired, as quietly as my excitement would al low. He leaned forward aud hissed rath er thau spoke iu my ear: "If you will not do this, then you yourself are doomed 1 Mark me, unless you join our ranks you will never leave this train alive!" "Who will prevent me?" I asked, again making a vain endeavor to rise. "I will !" iie shouted fiercely. "I defy you!" I excluimed, with a firmness I did not really feel, thinking that a determined attitude might possi bly overawe him, for assassins are in variably cowards. I was mistaken in my mau, however, for on heariug my words he put his hand under the cloak that en veloped him and drew forth a poniard, the sharp pointed edge of which he felt critically with the tip of his finger. "I will give you one minute in which to consider your decision," he said, "and if at the end of that time you re main obdurate, then this blade goes straightway through your heart!" In order, I suppose, to amuse himself during the interval, he pricked several holes with the point of the instrument in his arm just above the wrist, from each of which the blood squirted in small, purple jets, showing how sharp was the weapon's edge. In a little while he said: "The time is up! What say you now?" "What I said before," I replied. "Do your worst!" Instantly he spraug to his feet aud clutched me by the throat. "Coward!" I cried, half choking as I was, and struggling in bis iron grasp. The epithet seemed to madden him, for his face became livid with sndden rage, his eyes glared wildly nnd his breath came in thick and hurried gasps. "You shall never say that again !" he shouted, tightening his hold till the blood swelled up iu my face and my eyes seemed ready to fly from their sockets. With the energy of despair I made one final attempt to recover my power of ac tion and felt that I was succeeding. The effect of the potion was evidently work ing off, and with nse returning to my limbs I realized that now was my time. Concentrating all the strength I had in to one tremendous effort, I managed to free myself from bis grip and immedi ately closed with him. We struggled violently together for a few seconds, neither gaiuiug the mastery, and then I stumbled and we both fell to the ground, he uppermost. It seemed that my hour was come, for in his hand he held the deadly weapon. As I saw the gleaming blade descend in one swift stroke, I raised my voice and shouted : "Tickets, please! All tickets ready I" It was the summons of the collector. I rubbed my eyes and looked around. There was my fellow traveler sitting quietly on the seat opposite, regarding me with an amused expression on his face. "Been sleeping?" he queried as my gaze caught his. "I suppose I have," was my hazy re ply. "And dreaming, too," he added, with a smile. "Unpleasantly I should Suess by your niauuer!" It was so. The substantial repast of xvhich I had partaken had been the means of bringing on a heavy slumber which lasted right on to my journey's I v it I adventure through -- - "u ueeu passing was not, as I had imagined it, a thing of reality, but only a horrid nightmare, engendered Never Satisfied, -J "Yes, my eldest daughter matrjjS money." J "She is happy, of course?" E "Far from it. While she hasp thing one could wish for, she isfatfl being happy. She loved another." J "Your second daughter also maj did she not.'" j "Yes, sho married a msn forhij looks. "I suppose she is happy. "Indeed she is not. While hl band is a good provider, he can't to give her what her eldest siaffL ceives, aud, consequently, she u m, py-" ST. "And yonr youngest danghter.f one I always thought bo much of, married?" n. i "Yes, she married a man for lonCH 'Ah, sensible little girl!" "But her husband is very poor ii... -ii : -1. ..11 , He aim, wiin uii ner poverty, she T the man of her choice, aud is, of coo W1 happy?" j" "No, indeed. She is the uiihap-,Cnl of the three." San Francisco Wai? ( SCI ftor Jiefore and Alter. 'rseen .loues lareiv? ' no nQ.:.. . . they got on the same car together, "Not for three mouths. " ' 'on! "But I thought he was in the hat, T1 dropping into your office every ' two." ' "Oh, yes, but that was before be 51 cowed $10 of me!" Detroit Freer 1 ..v.. .. - Hew In this beautiful season of floi on ieen iJnec green, when the air is balmy and the light golden, it seems a pity that ami un..i.i u: ti-j. ... buuuiu cubei iiibu turn r,uen 01 0UrsitQj( its pleasures and blight its joy, bntitMii ordained: man has his heritage, and? Vm even doubtful if all of life were a iw li pleasure whether we could possibltsTonn it The birds come and sing, andthi(, Tl sing and go. Rheumatism conies alii.; comes from exposure to the dampnff toe nights and mornings, to the it?"6 ' change of temperature, and it cerjfbif. goes, as thousands know, by the prihur use of St. Jacobs Oil, which is a C0Dnrin and perfect oure. It is well, tone, " while we enjoy all these seasonal): lights, not to be without this Kreatmiowi for pain, and to have it ready, moithe cause we are the more liable at this., than any other to sutler from guchitir Little Bess--We're goiui? to play t house. I'll be mamma and VYlily will bffrU I'd let you be papa, only yon tr at tnedo At t mean. Little Toiumy llailem-ShucUl k. cure. I'll be Janitor I (e Ideni THE ROCK OF UIBKALTAl,ffic Is not steadier than a system liberated bp"'. ! sbaeltles of chills Hud lever, bilioui nilHd or dumb ane by Hosteller's Stoma h At perfect autidote to mnlarlal poison In ilif ter. II Is also au unexampled nor mt bilious, rheumatic or kidney cimplilgsgijrjj pepaia and iiervouniiess. It improve! t una sleep and bastena convalescence, r1 8 Mddds Did fbe say It was so soddujLj you asked her to marry you? Askiu-Olf110 ' she didu'C She was a widow. fee g Fiso'sCure for ConsuniDtion litk)('e of all cough cures. Georue W. I?0 Fabucher, La., August 2(i, 1895. I Di BEWARE OF OINTMENTS F0Bat TAKKU THAT CONTAIN MERlt , As mercury will surely destroy the ferT smell and completely derange the wholtifield. when en lei lug It through the mucouiiQD buebailicies Bhould never be uned ei J prescriptions from reputable pliyslcianLtry,' damage they will do is leu fold lo thefti,t can possibly derive from them. Hall'i uf,.",t Cure, manuiaetured by P. J. Cheney 4ul A ledo, O., contains no mercury, aud u l"M, , ternally, acting directly upou the b!wr mucous aurfaces of the ayst m. In buyini(he I vuutrni isiire oe aure you get the geuinut nlnni taken lnieroally, ann mane in Toledo, 0: F. J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials (r pev Sold by druggists, price 76c per bottle. Pras Hal.'a Family Mils are the best- I ,j FIT8.-A11 Fits stopped free by Dr. I&jg Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits nw "T day's nse. Marvelous cures. TreftUM at) be trial bottle tree to Fit casea. Bend to Ik . Ml Arch Ht., Philadelphia. Pa. f "'8 love iht uibhea lor DreaKtast, tij , -jordi Boils! Deop b c ; I v .1 1 1 V rim rnnnnfinn . . . Ci r ;7"uu U1 mass oi indigesti ble food into a coustitutionally dyspep tic stomach. My companion of course was no more atnh.list than! was. The only fuThe article .us.de Ins brown paper parcel was 2 a hDudrel choice ci- ga s. and his flask, he assured me, held hotliing more injurious to the system than a quantity of fine old cognac As I related to him the experience through which I had gone, he imlXd n a hearty laugh, and while I could not refrain from joiuing him, even at my own expense. I inwardT reg.f vow to give German sausage a ve v wide berth for the Iuture.-LoDdou It is often difficult to convinct V1n tl,ii l,l,,r,,l ia 1, until d: iitt.ii miuuu o iiiiui, lens fill carbuncles, abscesses, boils,K j uia or salt rlieutu, are painful P"jomi the fact. It is wisdom now, orL.an ever there is any indication of f blood, to take Hood's Sai-sapari!li prevent such eruptions and sufl'i ; "I had a dreadful carbuncle it red, fiery, fierce and sore. Thedodf tended me over seven weeks. Wb abscess broke, the pains were terribkj I thought I should not live throur heard and read so much about E Sarsaparilla, that I decided to takeif r my husband, who was suffering boils, took it also. It soon pnru' Blood i built me np and restored my W that, although the doctor saia I not be able to work hard, I n"; done t he work for 20 people. HwJi saparilla cured my husband oi W and we regard it a wonderful men Mrs. Anna Petekson, Latimer,'' 'Hood Sarsatiarill2 IstheOneTniniiw1 Purifier. All , 7 i vsvsvt o i in? easy w wfv"-"