Lincoln County leader., October 18, 1912, Image 5

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SENATOR STEPHENSON,
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among us. we naa soma yreiij iuu&u
and hard men in the camps, and maybe we did suffer for want of a
preacher. In the logging season we had hundreds of men. and my principal
Job was to keep our crews In good shape. The saw and the axe make trou
ble in the woods, not only for trees, but for men. and I have been called on
to bind and sew hundreds of wounds. I was. not what you might call a fancy
bone setter, but I knew how to set a bone quickly and with the least pain to
the broken arm cr leg. We did not have anesthetics in those days, and the
thing to do was to mend the break and get the man back on the job in a few
days."
Mr. Stephenson says that a long life and a simple life go hand In hand.
"As a young man, I traveled across the snow twenty odd miles a day," he
said. "I swung a five-pound axe from dawn till dark. I 6lept In a blanket
.In the snow, ate crackers and pork and drank snow water, and was as
Jipjilthy as a bear."
YOSHIHITO, NEW
The new rmperor of Japan, the
Mikado Yos'.ilhito, faces a gigantic
task aa he steps into the place made
vacant by his remarkable father, the
irmiipror Mutsublto. who died recently
after a prolonged illness.
yoshihito ia the third son of the de
cepBed ruler and was proclaimed
'crown prince ia 18S8. He is a man of
strong character and enviable attain
ments in war and statecraft. He is an
officer in the army and in the navy
and has seen severe serylce In both
branches. He was married in 1900
and has three children". With all the
advantages of a modern education and
In full accord with the advanced ideas
of the late emperor, he should prove
n worthy successor to his father, who.
though an oriental, was one of the
truly great men of the age. He is the
one hundred and twenty-second ruler
of Japan In his line, which, according
to Japanese legend, la descended from
the gods.
to tb?6thnTSe?ahda! Dly '8lXty When he Pasaed away' 8UCCede
to the throne at sixteen and was married at seventeen He will en flown
in history as the ruler who brought the Jain" Tout from the witness
of slavery to ancient customs and eatahiiuKpH "lluerneB
by a constitutional assembly.. Welshed them as a nation governed
foshihito, who now comes to the throne, was the only one of the
w kado's near relatives who was unable from the first to be near to his
father. He was just recovering frrom a severe illness and his doctor? to d
him it would be unw se for him to leave his bed. - He wjiyed buHetiM f om
-the sick room at brief intervals, however, both by telephone and by me
TLJtt n Person knd Was at the
The belief in the divine right of kings, which so long w,as used as .'
ise-for the tyranny of the rulers of Europe. Is still prevalent in W
re .ttoerwra tbe .mikado is held sacred. , 2. , Japan.
-excuse
There
To Surprise Him.
"Servant 'You want to see Ilerr
'DoktorT Could you come again to
morrow?" patient "Why, isn't he
in?" Servant "Oh.'yes; i)jt'ypu're
our first patient, and it'a bis tflrthday
tomorrow. I should like it -to be a
surprise for him." Fliegende Blaetter.
Marking Keys.
If you have a number of keys In the
table, shed, henhouse and such bulld
' lngs, that look and feel about alike,
put wooden tags on them, with one
notch for the stable, two notches for
tbe henhouse, etc. You can tell at a
glance, then, or by feeling them if it
ia dark, which key Is the right one.
Pas the Bouquets Now.
' "Never, never wait for post-mortem
praise. Speak tbe kind words which
love prompts, and remember that
words of loving kindness are the best
possible tonic which can be given,
ven to tbe happiest of the mortals.'
Kate Tannatt Woods.
Oldest Inhabited House.
Kilkenny castle is one of the oldest
inhabited bouses In the world, many
of the rooms being much as tbey
were 800 years ago.
Aerial Malls In Italy.
Italy Is experimenting with aerial
malls, an aviator recently carrying a
sack of ltter .101 .miles, in 88 min
ute .
WHO DEFIES AGE
Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wis
consin, the oldest member of cither
branch of congress. Is standing the
Ecorchlng hot weather ofthe national
capital better than any of his col
leagues. In Wisconsin Mr. Stephen
son Is known as "Uncle Ike," bur
among his senate associates be Is
familiarly hailed as "Dr. Ike."
Although Mr. Stephenson makes no
pretentions to a knowledge of medi
cine as laid down in the books, and
frequently admits that he Is not
abreast of the modern medical sci
ence, be has had a practical experi
ence which he thinks fits him to give
advice to the ailing. As far back as
the early fifties, Mr. Stephenson was
healing the sick. He was then in
charge of various' lumber camps In
the Lake Superior region of northern
Wisconsin.
"For fifteen years," said Mr.
Stephenson, "we were without a doc
tor, lawyer, or preacher. We did not
need a doctor, for I looked after the
sick, and as for a lawyer we got along
pretty well, because we fought out
with our fists the troubles that arose
JAPANESE EMPEROR
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Heredity and School Marks. '
A. German, educator has beeu' mak
leg a statistical study of the relation
between heredity and school mnri,
and from '354 cases in which lie was""
ume io gei run school records, through
three generations, he concludes that'
the connection Is very close '
Put Away Small Things!
Get rid of small wisdom and great
wisdom will shine upon you Put
away goodness and ypu will be nat
urally good. A child does not learn
to speak because taught by professors
of the art, but because it lives among
people who can themselves talk-.
Chuang Tzu.
A Good Reason.
"YeB, he married her because her
first husband left her."
'That's hardly a good reason for
marrying a woman."
"It was In this case. He left her
$400,000." 1
No Small to It.
Doctor's Wife (as patient departs;
Mercy! What a monstrous man.
Wants treatment for obesity, I bujh
pose. Doctor No, he complains of
pains in tbe small or bis back.
Negroes Talk German.
In the large German colonies In
Brazil there are many coal-black ne
groes who can talk nothing but German.
CLEANEST , CITY , IN WORLD
Traveler Says That Alx-les-Balna In
Southern France, Well Deservess
' This Distinction." ' " :
I have found the cleanest city in
the world. Very properly, It Is the
world's oldest watering place, for wa
ter means cleanliness. -. It dates back
over twenty centuries, it is a little
city of not more than 8,000 Inhabi
tants, though' thi3 number is . quad
rupled during the height of the sum
mer season, when all the world pays
tribute to the remarkable efficacy of
Its salubrious warm hatha. For the
worn out, overworked American these
baths have a peculiar fascination.!
Year after year the visitors from the '
United States Include men of affairs, j
many noiaDie in nnanciai, misiness
and professional circles. It Is sur
prising that the rush of overwrought
Americans to this famous health re
sort, which has been so long a fa
vorite resting place for titled Euro
peans, is not much greater. I am
writing of Aix-les-Balns. or, as it is
commonly called, AIx, says John A.
Sleicher in Leslie's.
Aix is In southern France, near the
Swiss border. The snow capped peaks
of the Swiss Alps, rising above and
all around it, give to the clean little
city a picturesqueness and a seclusion
all its own. Two warm springs, gush
ing from the mountain at the rate of
a million gallons dally, form the rea
son for the existence of Aix. These
waters possess radio-activity, and
their chemical elements, including
chiefly sulphuretted hydrogen, ren
der them most efficacious for gout,
rheumatism and similar physical ills,
the result of overwork, a sedentary
life, lack of exercise and a too lib
eral diet.
The famous springs' of AIx belong
to the state. Its center of attraction
Is the bathing pavilion a massive
granite structure, with an imposing
front and lofty wrought iron doors.
It stands at the head of one cf the
principal streets and contains abun
dant accommodations for all the vis
itors, and the baths are of the great
est variety. The Jhermal waters are
used only externally. The peculiarity
of the bath at Aix is that it combines
the douche with massage. I know of
no other resort that fives anything
exclusively of this kind, and no other
springs, I am told, have the same
chemical and radio activities that
have made the water of AIx so ef
ficacious for over twenty centuries, or
since 123 years before the Christian
era.
The Ragpicker Bird.
The trumpeter bird is the ragpicker
of the woods and swamps of Guiana,
where he is always at work at his
trade, with his stomach for a pack
and his bill for a hook. He performs
a useful but most extraordinary serv
ice, devouring a perfect multitude of
snakes, frogs, scorpions, spiders, liz
ards, and the like creatures. But this
terrible bird can be made perfectly
tame. On the Guiana plantations he
may be seen fraternizing with the
ducks and turkeys, accompanying
them in their walks, defending them
from their enemies, separating quar
elers with the strokes of his bill, sus
taining the young, and the feeble and
waking the echoes with his trumpet
while he brings ".home his flocks at
night. The trumpeter is' as handsome
as he' is useful. Noble and haughty
In aspect, he raises himself up on his
long,- yellow galtered- legs and seems
to say, "I am- . the '.'trumpeter, the
scourge of the .reptile, and tbe protec
tor of the flocks."; . , . ,
, In Dear. New York. ,.
"Officer," bawled an . excited New
,Yorker, "there, are four thugs around
the corner beating up and robbing a
citizen." - .' '
"Much obliged ' for your informa
tion," responded ' the patrolman ' cor
dially, "but I won't butt In.,, Four men
ought to be able to handle him with
out extra help and there's no. use cut
ting up a little bit of loot five ways."
The Wisdom of Johnny.
"Mamma," said Johnny, "if you will
let me go Just this one time, I won't
ask for anything to eat"
"All right," said his mother. "Get
your hat."
Johnny, perched on the edge of a
big chair, became restless as savory
odors came from the region of the
kitchen. At last he blurted out:
"There's lots of pie and cake in this
house."
The admonishing face of his mother
recalled his promise, and he added:
"But what's that to me?"
Nothing onHer.
"She seems very happy."
"She is."- ,
"Her husband had his salary
raised?"
"No. She's been to every
placa
she's getting souvenir postal card
from this summer."
Tit for Tat.
He Why do you women haunt the
bargain counters trying to get some
thing for almost nothing?
She Why do you men keep going to
the poker clubs for the same thing?
CANNOT RELY ON JOHN
WIFE -, FINDS "STRONG RIGHT
ARM" THEORY WRONG.
She Thought He Would Rid Her Path
of All Annoyances, Great and
- Small, but She Knows
Better Now.
When I married my John, I firmly
expected to lean upon his strong right
arm, having always heard that that
was what a strong right arm was for.
And I firmly expected him to rid my
path of the small annoyances of life,
as well as be a haven of refuge In
the vaster perplexities. In a word, I
expected him to combine the roles of
solicitous lover and provident hus
band. I say I expected this, says a
writer in the New York Evening Post
John and I were married in the autumn.-
When our honeymoon was
over we moved into an apartment.
Our .landlady had an apartment under
us. As she would not give us enough
heat, I went to my John about it
John, of course, would see that I
had enough heat. But did I really
need more heat? The house seemed
comfortable to him. (He was out of
It all day.) He sort of hated to get
Into on argument with a lady. We
liked the apartment, didn't we, and if
we Insisted upon more heat, it might
strain our relations with the landlady,
which would be unpleasant, as we
were living in the sane house,
wouldn't it?
After surviving several bad colds, I
gave John a long, sneaking look, took
the matter into my own hands, made
the landlady give' us a written re
lease, and moved out of the apart
ment. At first when I went out with John
to mingle with our best restaurant
classes I sat back like a fat little para
site, lazily enjoying having a man look
after me, even to ordering my food.
But John always confused the order,
I got lobster Newburg when I wanted
lobster salad. John never noticed
which waiter was serving us John
never could catch the head waiter's
eye je were always- having to wait
for salt or for bread while the dinner
cooled. As ordering meals was In my
dally housekeeping routine, I soon
took over the ordering and John sat
back like the fat little parasite.
upon anotner occasion-when I tried
to lean on John's strong right arm we
barely escaped arrest. We were on a
Pullman car with an impertinent por
ter. I mentioned his impertinence to
Johnt expecting John to issue a repri
mand. But John knocked the porter
down. There was a dreadful commo
tion. . Ladies screamed and the con
ductor came rushing up." John wanted
to knock the conductor down. The
conductor objected and threatened to
have us arrested at the next station.
After some pleading and arguing I
calmed John,-pacified the conductor,
tipped the pcrter and secured peace.
When we bought our home we de
cided to have some of the trees cut
down. -I showed the tree chopper the
trees that were to be sacrificed,, but
he sent ,hls son to do. the job before
we had moved out, and the son lost
his instructions and cut down every
tree, in. the frpit yard. In. tears I went
to my John,' but John said: ."Now,
dearie, you are the mistress of this
house. I don't want to butt'in."
Gradually my-. own right arm has
grown a little stronger. ,'I don't re
gret It I don't' even consider -that It
would be fair to. John to-do too much
home leaning on hte strong right arm.
He has a good deal to worry him
downt6wn. AH that i regret or con
sider Is that, possibly, a good deal of
waste went Into the forming of my ro
mantic illusions. '
' ' ' ' The Case.
"This . gas probing business
is a
weighty, matter, isn't it?" . '
"Yes; doesn't do to make' llght of
U." ,
He Made an Enemy. .
Governor Eberhart of Minnesota,
during an address told the following
story of his own experience:
"Once while traveling through my
state I was noticing in particular the
great amount of waste that wnn ennv
on tibout me. During the afternoon I
went Into the dining car, which was
crowded, so I sat. down near one end
of the car, opposite a fleshy lady,
who, I thought, weighed at least 250
pounds.
"As I looked past the lady through
the car window, not noticing her par
ticularly, I was Impressed by the vast
amount of farm machinery that was
unsheltered and exposed to the weath
er, and could not help but remark:
'What a waste!"
"The lady opposite me faced me
squarely and said: "Mister. Vnll 111 at
mind your own business.' "Philadel
phia Star.
A Number.
"I understand when Smith went out
for the first time in his new machine
he struck quite a gait."
"I believe he struck about a dozen
gates before he finished the machine."
Household
ESTIONS
Parafflne rubbed on the heels m
stockings will cause them to last much
longer.
Orange fritters are as delicious an
accompaniment to broiled or fried bam
as apple sauce to spare rib.
When beating eggs separately, beat
the whites first and then add a tea
spoonful" of the beaten whites to the
yolks soon after starting to beat them
and they will not stick to the egg beat
er and will grow lighter much quicker
than when beaten without the addi
tion of the bit" of beaten whites.
Comparatively few people . realize
that the gas bill may be very percep
tibly reduced by exercising . care to
light the gas properly. Hold the light
ed match to the burner, then slowly
turn' on the gas. Most people turn
tbe gas on full force, and then apply
the match. A slight explosion en
sues, which affects the meter and
sends it rapidly forward.
Don't Kick
about your
stomach
take
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
Let it kick out all the disor
ders, such as Gas Pains, Foul
Breath, Constiprion, Kidney,
Liver and other complaints.
Then it will add strength, en
ergy and vigor to youf blood
and body.
60 years without a rival
Almost the Limit In invention. "
A log qf wood and a roll of paper
are placed in a new match-making
machine, and when human hands next
touch the material it is all bound up
In packages containing one gross of
boxes of matches, ready for the con
sumer. During the process the ma
chine cuts the wood . into proper
lengths, sulphurs the ends, counts
them, makes the paper boxes, prints
the labels on them, fills each box and
packs them. The machine has been
patented by a Norwegian match com
pany. Admirable System.
There's no denying tbat it ia man'
inalienable right to strike while the
temper's hot, so perhaps it'll be about
as much as we can expect If, when
tbe millennium rolls around, the ice
men have learned to strike only in
winter and the coal men in summer
Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnslow Soothing'
Syrup the best remedy to use 'or i&eit eblldiaa
furing l"ie teething period. ,
Origin of the Toast.
The word "toast," as applied to n
health' drunk. In some . one'i ' honor
comes from tho old cuBtom of offering
the pieces of toast floating in' tbe
punch bowl ..to the most distinguished
guests present 4a the. banquet Ave
Maria, . '
' MuSICili l-l'Outfe.' ' " .'
A seven-year-old boy of. Rennes,
France, is the latest musical prodigy
to burst upon the world. ,H la an
admirable, even a brilliant, p'ianist, but
has genius for composition, hd so
natas, symphonies, piano pieces of all
kinds flow from his pen. It is said
to be pretty good stuff, too. A num
ber of the great composers bate be
gun to invent melodies before the age
f sevent
Mn ,1....1
w.q mjw uiut an Diue.
Sight of the Color Blind.
A color blind person seea light Bs
either white or gray and dark colors
appear either as dark gray or black.
This mutual sensitiveness is due to
the fact that the light nerves and col
or nerves are closely Interbound. but
there is a different set of nerves for
both light and colpr, just as there are
different sets of nerves for tempera
ture and for touch.
For Unbellevert.
"Why did you cover that board witl
paint and lean it against your gate
postr "That." replied Mr. Growcher,
is a sample for the benefit or the
People who won't believe paint li
fresh until they have rubbed their
Angers across it"-WashIngtoa Star
a t 1 i -i f ,jlr f."trrl ,L DISEASES