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About Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1914)
Supplies For Uncle Sam’s M en Guarding Eastern Mexico A great many swords were brought home after the wur between the states welded In the middle, because the young officers who owned them bad bragged about their elasticity and had broken them In trying to demonstrate It Tbe tragedy hap|>ened In tbls way: Tbe young officer In setting out for the war had beeu given a flue sword by bis admiring friends at home. He was told and made to believe that his •word was of tried Damascus or Toledo steel and that It would bend double without breaking. In camp somewhere the young captains and lieutenants would fall to vaunting their trusty blades, and on a bet one o f them would stick tbe point o f his sword Into a tree and begin to bend the blit around to meet tbe point And Just us the hilt came around tbe blade snapped In two In the middle. (Very few of these pres entatlon swords were as Damascus or as Toledo as they were supposed to be.I A fte r that tbe two parts o f the sword bad to be welded, und tbe weapon shows tbe welding to this day.—New York Mull. First National Bank :j Cottage, Grove, Ore. DEPOSITORY United States Postal Savings i $ I * it DEPOSITORY Lane County H. E A K IN , President. T . C. W H E U L E R , Cashier. ^ 2 W O R T H H A R V E Y , A sst Cash’ r jj U Astronomically Speaking. Before be became a newspaper man James S. Black was a collector In Flagstaff for awhile. He was given a bill against Director Lowell o f tbe observntory und trumped up tbe long bill from tbe town to see tbe astrono mer one hot June morning when tbe mountain sun bluzed Its hottest Arrived at the top. Black Inquired of an uttendunt If Lowell was there. A fter tbe manner o f collectors he fol lowed up a negative answer with In quiries ns to his probable return. “ W ill ho be back this afternoon?" "No.” "W ill he be back tomorrow?" "No.” “ W ill he be bnck next day?" The attendant couldn’t sny. "W ell,” suld Black, getting desper ate. "do you know when be will be back?” "Ob, be’ll be bnck for the transit of Tenus!” said the attendant “ That finished It,” said Black In telling tbe story. "N ot being an as tronomer. I gave up thut bill.” —Popu lar Mngazlne. Highly EstaamaeL “ Do yon think that most people now adays worship money?” “ No; 1 won't go as far aa that," answered tbe home grown philosopher, ’’but 1 will say that tbe love o f money la seldom platonic.” —Washington Her ald. Free Now. H ew itt—Groet treats bis w ife pretty shabbily. Jewett—And be used to be her slava H ew itt—Evidently the mar- rlage certificate waa an emancipation proclamation.—J udga Old London Cookshopa. Mediaeval London, besides being a “ city o f taverns,” was famous for Its cookshofMi, such as tbe place on the river bank described by Fltzstepben In the thirteenth century: “There every day ye may call for any dish o f m eat roast, fried or sodden, flsb both small and great, venison and fowl. I f friends come upon a sudden wearied wltb travel to a citizen's bouse and they be lontb to wait for curious preparations and dressings o f fresb meat let the servant run to the water side, where all things that can be desired are nt band.” This particular place o f public cookery apparently did an Indoor ns well as an outdoor trade, for Fltz- stepben further described It ns being used both day and night by “ multi tudes o f soldiers or other strangers who refresh themselves to their con tent on roast goose, the fowl o f A fr i ca and tbe rare gudwlt o f Ionia.” But wbat were tbe two last mentioned viands?—London Standard. Pianos The Real Evil. The Suicide Symphony. The idea that musk- may be barm fu l-tb n t it cun create a fever In the blood dangerous to life and reason- will come us a revelation to many. Friedrich Nietzsche, the well kuown German philosopher, declared that there Is somethin« in some music, most notable iu Wagner and Tacbaikowaky. which acts unfavorably on the brain and nerves o f many people. Tschal- kowsky's baleful Influence cannot be denied. U e destroyed blinself after composing his famous “ Sixth Sym phony," and as several hnve died by their uwu hands after playing It It has come to I m > known as the “suicide sym. phony.” The Homeric Poems. Photo copyright. 1*14, by Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co. H. 8. Crocker Co., official photographers. “ AMERICAN P IO N E E R ,” A F R O N T IE R E Q U ES T R IA N S T A T U E AT T H E EX P O S IT IO N . T H E "Am erican Pioneer'' Is an equestrian statue which la to stand at the entrance to the Court o f Palma at the Panama Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco to 101». The sculptor Is Solon H. Borglum, whose studies o f western figures ami wild animals o f the Iiocklee have attracted attention throughout the world. LEADER'S GREAT BUSINESS GETTING CONTEST F R E E V O T IN G C O U P O N I hereby vote fo r ______ ______________________________ No one o f any literary pretensions be lieves any longer In tbe oue time prev alent opinion that tbe "Ilia d “ and “Odyasey” were composed by a single poet, be he Homer or some one else. W olf away back In 17Uf> proved that tbe poems are the result o f many minds, being msde up o f many epics o f mauy periods and Anally collected and arrange«! by I'elstratus about B U 600 —New York American. law Cottage Grove. Ora Phone No. 43 w. M- *>. Pl^ysiciqn qn d S ii F g e o n Office in McFarland Building, Upstairs. B la c k s m ith in g Office Phone 34. Correct Method of Horseshoeing W agon Making And General Repair Work Residence Phone 12<U J. S. A fc d le y ATTORNEY AT LAW Special Attention Given to Mining and Corporation LaW. Office, Woodward Building. | KINTER BROS. | S p rig g s B r o s . S U IT C A S !« A N D B A G B The House Furnishers g Cottage Grove Transfer Company L. L. HARREL, k O TR UNKB O i I Musical Merchandise Edison Phonographs Victor Victrolas Singer Sewing Machines PHONE 6 i Prop. Fire Proof Feed and Storage Barn. The Metsan Shop ALL KINDS OF HAULING AND HEAVY DRAY WORK High grade Family Groceries of the Best Brands, pure, fresh and wholesome. Cranberries, nuts and fruits. Something Different Piano Moving a Specialty Phone, Office 72 Auto Dray Quit K Delivery A Curious Story. T b e queen of Hanover, w ife o f King Ernest Augustus of Hanover (better known as tbe Duke o f Cumberland, son o f George III.), died ut Hanover about 1842 of an Illness which battled tbe skill o f her doctors as to its real cause During her illness a clalrvoy unt was consulted, wbo wrote certain curious signs and words on the door o f her bedroom: but although these mystic words were repeated over and over again, tbe queen died. Tbe king o f n aoover after bis w ife's death gave orders that her bedroom should al ways be kept as though the queen would sleep there at night Tbe bed was turned down, tbe pillows re- shaken, hot water brought and the daintiest slippers laid In reudiuess for her.—London Tatier. Mrs. Muggins—My husband gave np Ancient Gallantry. Ashing when be Joined the church. Tbe respect and venerutlon paid to Mrs. Bugglns—But Ashing Isn't sinful. Mrs Muggins—No. but lying la.—Phil the fair sex formed an essential Ingre dient In chivalry. Principle o f female adelphia Record. adoration so predomlnently displayed In every aspect o f chivalry extended its Maxleo'a Flag. Tbe Mexican ting is a tricolor, exact Influence to tho laws o f the times, for ly like tbe Italian flag, consisting ot we And James 11. o f Aragon ordering In this manner: “ W e will that every three broad bars, (tale green, white man, whether knight or no, wbo shall and red. running vertically. be In company wltb a lady pass safe and unmolested unless he be guilty of murder." And Louis II., Duke o f Bourbon, In stituting tbe order o f the Golden Shield, enjoins his knights to honor, above all. the ladles uud not permit any oue to slander them, “ because." adds be, “ from them, after God. comes all the honor that man can acquire.” at N O T A R Y PUBLIC South of First National Bank Sixth Street 1 N C LE S A M ’ S forces In eastern Mexico now control both railroads leading to Mexico City for many miles west o f Vera Cruz city. Detachments of men are stationed at all bridges In this territory. Tbe Illustration shows supplies being sent into the Interior for the American soldiers. A t the top la a trainload o f ammunition and food, and at the bottom is shown a donkey carrying bay for the cavalry horses. atto rney g 1 ----------- I it J. C. JOlfJVSOJ*i 8 J ? DEPOSITORY City o f Cottage Grove g --------------------- | Capital and Surplus £ $50,000.00 CA R D S Woodward Buildin Practices in all Courts g •.4V 4V 4'.<V S'.4'.«'.«V 4'.«V «'.S'.S Photos copyright, 1914, by American Press Association. PRO FESSIO N AL '.V J t W .k '.s '.k W .k V a V a '.k '.v i'.« 8 worda That Snapped. THE TWICE-A-WEEK LEADER FOR $1.50 Kauernder i The Collage Grove Chautauqua M ills & Roach H u sk House ^ First Nat'l Bank Bldg. BLACKSM ITH The place to get your horses shod and good Repair Work. Three Five Joe Baker Big Big Days Features High School Assembly Room Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 25, 26 and 27 Her Triumph. Penelope (trli mphuutly»-1 heard last night that Jack wits head over ears In love wltb me. Grace «Jealously i You cannot believe all you hear I'eneiope -N o . but I should not wonder If there was something In It Grace Why? Who told yuuf I ’euelope- Ue did. In the Garden. "Say, ala. do tbe flower falrtea rids on tbe horae chestnuts?" “ Yew dearie«, and they ose lark spu rs"— Baltimore American A d d re ss______ ___________ ___ _________ _____ _________ Candtetlng Emotions. Signed_____ . . . . . . . __________________ ____ ___ This coupon good for F IF T Y (5 0 ) V O T E S when filled out, properly signed and mailed or given to Leader Contest M anager NOT GOOD AFTER JUNE 30, 1914 Kthot—Jack tried to kiss mo. Mario - H o w Impudent! E tb el-B u t be was Interrupted Marie- How annoying!-- Boston Transcript nichas serve a wlsa man. bat com- • fool German Provarti. Season Tickets $1.50—Selling Now E
