Cottage Grove leader., January 03, 1910, Image 2

(Copyright, 1010, by AM oclaim l Literary Preee.)
dealer at her elbow to prompt and
stimulate bidding.
Joe had got the message through
his office, to which his friend had
serif It as well as bis house. He
touched the silkiest of the rugs ca­
ressingly, saying rather low:
"It feels like Alice's hair.” Then
blushing. "You don't mind. Remem­
ber I haven’t seen her for three whole
days."
"No, I don't mind In the least;
brldgegrooms ought to stay foolish a
year at least,” Miss Smith said, pick­
ing up a second rug. “ This Is mine,”
she went on. "Tw o are enough for
you. I ’d limit you to one, only I'm
cramped for rug space ”
"I'm going to pay for the three.”
Joe said calmly. "Please, ma'am, you
j take choice.”
“ You are a fool, Joe— In spite of be­
ing sensible,” Miss Smith answered,
laughing softly. "You can’t give me
things now you are married — not
though I did more than half bring
you up."
"W hy not?” Joe demanded. " I ’ll
make three thousand out of this west­
ern business, and It came through
you— ”
"Alice will need It all— and more.
In fact, my son, you’ll learn in time,
that ‘all and more’ Is the motto of
matrimony,” Miss Smith Interrupted
Joe gave her a hurt look. "I don’t
believe It—asking your pardon," he
said, stoutly. "It may be with some
wives— but Alice! Alice Is as gener­
ous as sunshine."
" I hope you are right—there may
be exceptions.” Miss Smith said,
waving him good-by as they left the
meeting place.
When he was out of sight, she
smiled—at first with merry malice,
then somewhat sadly. As she walked
on something haunted her— the bang­
ing of the receiver on the hook She
had some way caught It, as one
catches weird sounds at the end of
tpessages. Being, wise In women
ways, also full of leisure, she decided
to see Alice right away.
Thus she encountered Mrs. Creston
upon the steps. That lady’s frigid,
yet reproachful eyes, told her that
she had done well to come. Smiling
"M y child, are you sure?“ Mr*.
Creaton ejaculated with a nervous lift
of the brows.
Alice Moore, her daughter, six
months married, sat up suddenly, dig­
ging her fists baby fashion Into much-
swollen eyes.
She was an uncom­
monly pretty young woman, but had
wept and raved herself out of all
comeliness In the hour she had wait
ed for her mother. Mrs. Creston had
answered a tempestuous summons,
expecting nothing more than the
usual after-honeymoon . quarrel, and
been stunned by a demand to take
her daughter home at once.
"As Bure as one can be over the
•phone,” Alice said, her voice break­
ing on every word. “ To think Joe
should act so! I— I wouldn’t—mind—
so much— If it was anybody young
and pretty— but to slight me for—
that hateful old th ing!”
"You forget you haven't told me,”
Mrs. Creston coaxed.
Alice had sunk back among her
pillows. Prom them she said: "She’s
a Miss Smith—o f all names— Joe
knew her years ago It Beems—and
actually, she behaves as though he
belonged to her. He has made me
have her here—well, at first I didn't
mind—though I never really liked
her. Still, she was so plain, and ever
so much older than he was— 1 couldn’t
well object. And she has a nice house
of her own, and one meets good
people there—the sort I do want to
get In with. Her cook Is an artist—
I said In fun. I meant to steal the
cook away— then Miss Smith came
back at me. laughing hard.
“ Do— If you can. Then I can take
Joe with a perfectly good con­
science."
"I must say that was bold,” Mrs.
Creston Interrupted bridling.
Her
daughter went on: "Joe
thughed as much as any of us— but
he hasn’t been quite the same ever
since. I told him, coming here. 1
thought she was an old cat— and he
said: ’ What a pity more women
aren’t catty.' But the next day he
brought me a new ring, and the day
after took me to the opera—so I
overlooked things until last week.
Then we had box seats for the Savoy
—and I simply couldn’t lift my head
—you know what may headaches are
•—how 1 can’t bear anybody about
me. I told Joo he must go— and he
did—and took her—then today—I—
I----- ” She broke off, shuddering
strongly, her hands over her face.
"W e ll!” Mrs. Creston encouraged.
Alice sat up again, her hands to her
forehead. "You’ll take me home, of
course— and— and— have a lawyer to'
see about a separation. I ’ll never
agree to a divorce— It would please
them too well.”
."Alice! Can’t you tell a straight
story!” Mrs. Creston asked sharply.
Again Alice shuddered: “ I ’m com­
ing to the worst part,” she said drop­
ping her hands. “ This morning she
called over the ’phone— rather made
her maid call— that In Itself was sus­
picious. When I answered I could
hear her, Indistinctly, prompting the "This Morning She Called Over the
girl what to say. And the girl said:
’Phone.”
’Oh! Mrs. Moore, please tell Mr.
her
best,
she
put out a detaining
Moore, the moment he comes home,
he Is wanted amidships— kola; twen­ hand, saying pleasantly: "Mrs. Cres­
Your
ty-three. He’ll understand— you won’t ton, do please turn back.
decide
something
forget?’ Then, of course, I asked, daughter must
‘who wants him?’ and the answer right away, and I'm sure will want
was: ‘Just a family friend. But be your advice.”
Mrs. Creston gasped. Here, Indeed,
sure to send him— unless you do, he’ll
lose a great chance.’ You see they was adventure. Rut before she could
have an understanding talk In cipher make up her mind what to say, she
was In her daughter’s presence.
as It were.”
"W hat did you answer?” Mrs. Cres­ Further, Miss Smith was explaining.
"M y
dear child, surprises are
ton asked.
Alice bridled. "I hung up the re­ always stupid—but don’t you dare
ceiver with a bang,” she said, begin­ tell Joe I betrayed him. I wouldn’t,
ning to beat a tottoo upon the carpet. only you ought to have choice— all
Her mother sighed, knitting her the rugs are adorable— but one has
forehead, but after a minute said: one's fancies. So please put on your
“ W ell! There’s nothing for It but to hat and come with me. Eyes are
wait and watch. As sure as Joe worth so much more’ than words—as
Moore commits himself fully, home we go I’ll tell you the whole story."
I.ate that night Alice looked up
you come. I wish, though, you could
wait a few years— he’s rising so. you from Joe's shoulder, to say, as she
stroked hls cheek: "You must ask
could get such splendid alimony."
An hour later Joe, the culprit, and the nicest men you know to dine
the ensnaring MI sb Smith stood with us next week— I'm going to
considering covetuously three partic­ make a little party then for our dear
ularly fine rugs. Each was unique Miss Smith.”
after Its kind—together thye were
the pitiful wreck and remnant of a
No Telephoned Prescription.
poor gentleman's collection. The col­
Time was valuable to the dyspeptla
lector was In a hospital, and would
never leave It alive. Miss Smith had who had moved to the suburbs and
somehow found out about Uitu, and vented r.n o!J prc.c. lotion filled In
was doing her best to salve his pride. a hurry, so he telephoned back the pre­
He had friends willing to bury blm, scription that had set him up early In
but he wanted to bury himself, as well the summer.
Very politely the New York drug­
as to pay hospital charges.
The rugs, well sold, would do both gist regretted that he could not ac­
— Joe. who had a house to embellish, commodate him.
a wife to pamper, could not spend
"W hy not?” said the dyspeptic. “I
money to better purpose. They had have given you the number, the date
talked It over before Joe went West and the name of the doctor, and the
on a flying trip. The purchase was druggist In this store Is right at my
to be kept a profound secret from elbow to take down whatever you
Alice until her birthday, next month, say. so there cannot possibly be any
when the rugs would be spread out mistake.”
"That may be very true,” was the
to surprise and delight her. She had
no discriminating rug knowledge. h"t I reply “ hut I cannot telephone the
was mightily Impressed with the fact prescription. I will mall you a copy
that to own rare ones was a sort of or put up the medlcfhe and send' It
hallmark of artistic plenishing. Miss to jou ; I'll do anything in fact to
Smith liked her negatively, albeit she help you out except to telephone the
had the usual woman sense that Joe. prescription. That Is out of the ques­
her some time protege, had chosen tion."
The dyspeptic said he would be
rather 111.
It was to keep the secret Inviolate blessed and turned to the village drug-
But he got oq
the cipher call had been agreed on. cltt 'or rympathy.
Miss Smith thought she knew women, sympathy.
” 1 knew he wouldn't do It," said the
hut It had not dawned upon her that
Alice would be Jealous She had made druggist. "N o druggist oh’ earth will
the call urgent because another pos­ telephone a prescription to another
sible urchaeer had appeared with a I wouldn't m y s e lf
EXPERIENCES
OF
LUCINDA MISS GAZZAM DISCOVERS
Qussr Way In. Whtbh M s Unlntert
tlonally "ftyvlpsd" Hatpin From
Another
In^p*r-
“Girls,” said vlfficlnda; ' "I certainly
did have an extraordinary experience
this morning In a Madison avenue car.
Crowded, this car’ was, full of people,
but It seemed not quite sex full at the
middle, and so I worked my way
there, gently; the best I couth.’
"Standing about a third of the way
down the car on the right was a
woman who was holding on to a strap
and facing outward, so that her back
was toward me as I worked along
past her. She was about the same
height as 1, and whdn 1 passed her
my hat’ caugbt on hers and It seemed
to cling there for a minute, but then
It got free and I passed on, to reach
up for a strap myself when I had got.
Just beyond her, and then what do
you think?
“ When I raised my arm up to reach
for the strap, there, lying on the top
of my arm was a hatpin, a hatpin
from the hat of the woman I had Just
passed! When my hat caught In her
hat It caught under the head of that
pin and drew It out and snapped It
forward Just so that It lodged on my
arm.
"W ell, I handed the hatpin back to
her and she smiled and I smiled and
that’s all there Aas to It; but really
now, wasn't that extraordinary?"—
New York Sun.
FORMER EDUCATION OF GIRLS
Glance at the Methods of Sixty Years
Ago Shows Great Advance
of Present.
When one realizes the state of fe
male education sixty* years wgo, Its
progress as evinced today Is marve
loua Indeed.
In the first half of the Nineteenth
Century, the policy of "seeming,
rather than of “being," was followed
throughout— languages and society
manners were considered all Import
ant—there were no gameq and the
only form of exercise was that of
walking, with riding for the wealthy
girls.
The schools were small and suffered
from bad classification In consequence,
aB classes had to be made up from
girls of widely differing ages, while
“teaching" consisted of hearing les
sons “got $>y heart,” often without
any explanation.
When one readâ thé report of an
examiner of a girls' school only 30
years ago, that "many girls showed a
great aptitude for mathematics, but
parents discouraged continuance of
sound education after the age of 12
or 13 in order to ’keep the girl fetal
nine,’ ” the change In the popular esti­
mation of women's capacity is indeed
marvelous.— Christian Science Mon­
itor.
Danger Ahead.
Because the motorman would not
heed their expostulations, but kept the
car Jerking along within bumping dis­
tance of the back of the slow-moving
wagon which bore a "Danger” sign,
half the passengers got off rather than
take chances on being blown up In the
explosion that was sure to result from
the apparently Inevitable collision.
Out of respect for their determination
to save life and limb even at the cost
of another carfare the motorman stop­
ped the car and asked If they were
willing to give him another trial on hls
promise to drive cautiously.
They were, and piled into the car.
Two minutes later the dangerous wag­
on pulled off the tracks and allowed
them to pass. Then they saw for the
first time the name of the combusti­
ble material that had driven them Into
a frenzy of fear. The wagon was an
tee wagon.— New York lim es.
Mixed as to Names.
A young woman, who has a treach-
orous memory for names, had a droll
experience not long ago.
She had encountered In a railway
station a face that seemed familiar
to her. She remembered that she had
roef the young man at the house of
a friend-sothe ,weeing..before, but for
the life of fibr ■'sW icenId nbt’ ^f all
recollect his name. Finally, however,
when the young man stopped to shake
hands, she asked:
"Surely this Is Mr. Tombstone,
whom I met at Mrs. Walker’s."
The stranger smiled. "You’re right
as to our place of meeting,” said he,
“ but somewhat twisted as to the name
—I am Mr. StonegraVe!"
Imnrove Machines.
The occupation of large punching
machines used in boiler shops and
similar establlshmtnts has been great­
ly Improved In efficiency and economy
recently by a simple system of electric
control. These machines heretofore
have been opt rated by a foot attach­
ment, but this Is cut out entirely and
the push button placed at a point
where It Is much more accessible.
Two men can. by this arrangement,
do the work formerly requiring three,
and the work Is said to be done In a
nmi h more accurate manner.
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Mistaken Identity.
Smlfklns was, to put It mildly, a
boaster, and when he was giving
Brown glqwlng accounts of the fine
holiday he had had In Paris Brown
suspected that the veracious Smlfklns
had been no further than Folkestone.
He didn't say so, however.
"And what do you think? Smlfklns
rattled on; "as f was strolling along
the Rue de Rlvoll one afternoon a pal
T- hadn't v^ » , . (p r . years came up and
'said:
obap’ ls'th at you?’ "
*•'And1 was-itti' fcliqyi Brown Idea».
AND WEDS SWEETHEART
THE FIRST LIGHTNING
RUU
Bohsmlan Priest Antedated Franklli*
In Experiments With Conductor
for Lightning.
And now the
dove of peace has
come to rest on
Though Franklin will continue to
beautiful Marble receive the honor that Is hls due as ! Acts directly and peculiarly
Mansions at Corn­ the Inventor of the first practloal
j on the blood; purifies, enriches
wall on the Hud­ lightning rod, the study of atmospher­
son, where dwells ic electricity goes bsck at least to 1 and revitalizes it, and in this
she,
who, until the time of Tullius Hostlllus, who | way builds up the whole sys­
the other
day perished In an attempt to "draw fire tem. Take it. Get it today.
w as
Antoinette I from the sky." Cicero, In one of hls
In usual liquid form or In chocolate
Gazzam, the $3,- orations against Cntllne, calls atten­ I coated tablets called S a rsa ta bs»
000,000 h e i r e s s tion to the destruction of the glided
who has l o n g statue of Romulus by lightning as an
searched for her evil omen. A lightning bolt vividly AS TOLD IN PLAIN ENGLISH
soul mate.
The described by Virgil In the eighth
quest has ended; all worry and disap­ book of the Aeneld damaged the hind Real Tru th About Young Man With
pointment are over, lor the Ideal com­ legs of the bronze Capltollne Wolf,
"Excolslor” Banner, and That
panion has been discovered In the per­ and the visitor to the Capltollne Mu-
Lamb of Mary’s.
son of Charles B. Galvin, an employee j seum today can still discern the
of New York city, who Is engaged on | marks upon the metal. A learned
••FxerlHlor” 1« a poom about a
the aqueduct and says he Is a civil i priest by the name of Ptvlsch Is said young man who walked one winter
engineer. Miss Gazzam and her soul to hnve erected the first lightning con­ evening through a village In the Alps.
mate were united In marriage.
ductor In Europe. He set It up at The hotol keeper stood In hls door
The bride, who Is still a young wom­ Prend'z, Bohemia, In 1754, and It was tnd told him the rooms were
all
an, has already been In the limelight, | 130 feet high. Though the Emperor taken, but anyhow the young man
brought Into publicity by the results : Stephen and the Empress Marta The- knew he didn't- have enough money
of an earlier search for a spirit afiln- , res a publicly proclaimed their confi­ for tips, go he went on. Ho carried
Ity. When a young girl she became dence In the Inventor, a most dlas- a banner reading “ Excelsior.” One
Interested In. thd pa> chologlc and this trous drought that afflicted the coun­ theory Is that he was a drummer for
interest was Increased by the death try a year later was ascribed by the an upholstery house and the other la
of her mother. Reaching womanhood, superstitious populace to the new tan­ that he was a dementod breakfast
she decided that the astral bodies gled device, and Dlvisch was com­ food Inventor.
He was found next
should point out her true soul mate, pelled to take It down. It Is not prob­ morning near the top of the moun­
and thenceforth the hunt was on. But able that Franklin was acquainted tain and Ms relatives were notified.
the way was not to be smooth. Going with Dlvlsch’s experiment.
Mary had a lamb that she spoiled
west, to Los Angeles, she consulted
by overfeeding and cuddling. She
a psychic clairvoyant, Marshall Clark
took It to school with her one day
by name, who soon undertook to prove
and the lamb bothered the spelling
that he, and he only, could satisfy her
class, so the teacher kicked It out of
soul longings. All might have been
the front door. Not having any sense
well If Mrs. Marshall Clark had not
of direction. It blatted around the
been thrown on the screen, but her
schoolyard until finally tho teacher
appearance was the signal for a mov­
sent Mary home with It and told her
ing picture show In which Miss Gaz­
If she ever brought it again there
zam was the puppet thrown around
would be trouble. Next spring Ma­
by the Infuriated wife.
ry’s father sold the lamb on the ris­
Still Miss Gazzam was not con­
ing market
vinced that the astral bodies had
made a mistake.
Clark started for
Mothers t v n i ., a u <»rr-. v>in»io*Vs Soothing
9yrup tie b Ft i ■ .»edv to v.soiui th eir cliiid ie ii
Reno to get a dlvovce, but before go­
iu riu jf the teething i*.riod.
ing he queered himself by declaring
that at last "he had the right pig by
A New Napoleon Statu®.
the tall.” Not so. Miss Gazzam then
Gen. Nlox rec ntly discovered In
and there decided she was not predes­
/he State statue repository a bronze
tined for Clark, and returned to her
Btatue of Napoleon I by Seurro, of
home, sadder but much wiser. Quick­
which tho Invalid' S only possesses a
ly Mrs. Clark marshaled her forces
plaster replica. Yesterday work was
and brought suit for $150,000 for the
commenced In tho courtyard of the
alienation of her husband's affections.
Invalldes on the removal of the plas­
Less than a year ago MI bs Gazzam
ter statue, which Is to bo replaced in
settled the case by paying $25,000 to
a few day3 by tlio bronze original.—
sooth the wounded wife, who In turn
Paris Press.
swore not to sue for divorce, not to
prosecute the deluded affinity search­
Pettit’s Eye Salve first Sold in 1807,
er further, and that Miss Gazzam’s re­
over 100 years ago; sales increase
lations with the clairvoyant had been
yearly; wondtrful remedy; cured mil­
quite proper.
lions weak eyes.
All druggists or
Howard Bros. Buffalo, N. Y.
The first chapter ended thus. - As
to how she became Acquainted with
Mr. Galvin and discovered In him
Depended on the Dog.
her real soul mate, the bride refuses
A very small boy wa3 trying to lead
a big St. Bernard dog up the rood
to state, though she declares “ It Is
“ Where are you going to take till
really very romantic.
dog, my little man?” Inquired a passer
The soul affinity Is described as a
by.
“ I— I’m going to see wher^-
sturdily built man of about 35. simple
where he wants to go first,** was Lhf
In hls language and manner, and hav­
breathless reply.
ing the appearance of a very practi­
cal person.
Miss Gazzam's father,
once a state senator In Pennsylvania,
Coroner’s Verdict In India.
now lives in Philadelphia. The young
For qualntnees It would be hard ti
woman Inherited her fortune and the
beat the verdict returned in India ot
a man whoso fate It had been to as
estate at Cornwall from her mother,
sauge a tiger's appetite. “ That Pand
who died a few years ago after hav­
so died of t^ger eating him. Then
ing obtained a divorce.
The Ideally
was no other cause of death.”
matched couple will have a honey­
moon tour Including Philadelphia, Bal­
This afternoon gown of velvet,
timore and Washington, after which which is quite the thing for dressy
wear, shows a pretty waist effect.
they will tour Europe.
The lapels are of satin, put on wrong-
sidc-up fashion.
The overskirt arrangement is also
and smothering sensation
CIVIL WAR VETERAN WHO
novel.
Sarsaparilla
FASHION HINTS
For That Heartburn
HEADS MILITIA OF IDAHO
The governors
of
the
various
states have found-
i d i
wise ex­
pedient to place
at the head of the
state militia men
whose
trained
army experience
fit them to jump
lito tile saddle at
m y moment in
the event of mob
disturbances
or
factional
fights
that are liable to at any time break:
out and get beyond the power of the
police. The state militia, or National
Guard, is a vital civil-military arm
of the peoplq, say j jlutuan Life, stand­
ing for law and order between the
peaceful civilian and mob rule.
Brig. Gen. A. M. Rowe, who holds
the title of adjutant general of Idaho,
is one of the old guard, who, respond­
ing to the first call of Lincoln, In 1861,
'ought through the Civil war from Its
vefy beginning nn.il tho last bugle
call. Most of hls s. rvlco was In the
Army of the Cumberland and he par­
ticipated In tho battl. s of Shiloh, Per-
ryvllle. Stone River, Liberty Gap,
Chickamauga,
Chattanooga, Rocky
Eace
Ridge,
ami
Resaca,
be­
coming totaily dlsnb’ ed. Us right arm
being permanently disabled by a shell
wound In the last fight.
Before cn’isting In the war, Mr.
Rowe was a school tiacher in Portage
county, Ohio, and having given four
years to hls country, h? again took up
hls study, and entered the preparatory
department of Oberlln college, Ober-
lln, O. Having graduated, Mr. Rowe
again took up hls favorite profession,
and for many years continued In edu­
cational work as principal In the high
school at Steubenville, O.; as superin­
tendent of schools at Huron, S. D„
and as superintendent of the school
at Little Falls, Minn., and Payette and
MeCammon Idaho.
Mr. Rowe was
chairman of the department of graded
schools and academies of South Dako­
ta's educational exhibit at the World’s
.fair at Chicago. During these years
of educstAwqal activity, he was an en­
thusiastic worker in the Grand Arm »
of the Republic.
Mean Trick to Play on Rival.
A characteristic anecdote Is told of
Cherubini, the most Jealous of the Ir­
ritable genus of composers. He had
been prevailed upon to be present at
the first representation of the work of
a confrere, and, during the first acts,
which were much applauded by the
public, he had kept a gloomy sllenoe.
The third act was less favorably re­
ceived, and a certain passage especial­
ly seemed to cast a cold blanket over
the spectators, when the old maestro,
to the astonishment of hls friends, was
seen to applaud heartily.
"Do you
really like that duo?" asked one of
them; "1 should have thought It was
one of the poorest and coldest In tho
whole opera." "You Idiot,” answered
the maestro, with genuine naivete,
"don’t you see that If I did not applaud
•t he might possibly cut It out?"
Too Quick With Scorn.
That marvelous story of the British
expedition to New Guinea, with Its
discovery of a new pygmy race, re­
minds a writer that In the past stay-at-
home people hnve sometimes erred In
treating travelers’ tales with scorn.
There was, for Instance, the descrip­
tion by James Bruce In 1770 of the
barbarous Abyssinian custom of eat­
ing raw meat cut from the living ani­
mal which was ridiculed by everybody.
Y et Bruce has even recently been
proved right. When Paul Du Challlu
explored equatorial Africa In 18*1 and
described the wonderful gorillas and
also the nation of dwarfs there he was
discredited none too politely by the
British Royal Geographical society.
Yet subsequent explorers amply »Indi­
cated hls veracity.
after eating you really
ought to take Mostetters’
Stomach Bitters.
It acts
quickly, tones the stomach
and aids digestion, thus re­
moving the cause of the
trouble.
Alw ays keep a
bottle handy for just such
cases.
It is also for Indi­
gestion, Dyspepsia, Consti­
pation, Liver troubles, Colds,
Grippe and Malaria.
Try
it today.
OSTETTER'
CELEBRATED
STOMACH
B ITTER
Boxing Children’, Ear*.
Medical men are fully aware of the
lamentable consequences that often
result from the pernicious habit of
boxing childrens' ears or otherwise
striking them on the head or face. It
Is. however, high time that laymen,
and especially teaekers, should be
made acoualnted with these results.
Bad BLOOD
‘ Before I began using Cascsrets I had
u bad complexion, pimples on my face,
and my food was not digested as it should
have been. Now I atn entirely well, and
the pimples have all disappeared from my
face. I can truthfully say that Caacareti
No Cause for Complaint.
just as advertised; I have Uken only
Customer— l ordered a gallon of are
two boxes of them.”
Irish whisky last week, and I find that
Clarence R. Griffin. Sheridan, Ind.
what you sent me was made In New
Pl**aeant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good.
Do
Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or G rip *
j York.
10c. 28c. 50c. Never sold In balk. The m .
Dealer— Well, I don't see where you
abie tablet «tamped C C C . Guaranteed to
have any kick coming. Isn’t New York
rlsh enough to suit you?
One Theory.
**T wonder why the doctor always
wants you to stick out your tongue?”
“ Probably to cut short s lot of gab,
my dear.**