Cottage Grove leader., July 25, 1914, Image 4

WATCHFUL WAITING BACK HOME.
“But tell me of yourself, Josephine.*
GOOD ROADS
COONTRY’S AIM
“ Do you remember the night the ew
LINED WITH SPIDER WEBS.
peror. carried away by his enthusiasm,
invited me to his palace? And now it
On# Has to Cut One’s Way Through
Is ail gone. A younger generation bos
the Roads of Paraguay.
come up, and those I lived with have
The
roads
o f Paraguay are about five
all passed away. But you, Little Jim'
yards wide throughout, and the trees
my—you were foolish. Why did you
meet overhead at a height o f some
not save your money ? I lout much of
eighteen feet, thus forming a tunnel of
mine.
Still I hare enough to live
very uu..orm dimensions, in the clear
upon.”
How It Was Overcome by
parts o f the tunuel—that is, where it
The clown smiled gayly.
is not choked up with the giant net­
“ I am quite comfortable.
It does
a Woman
tle—It Is full from root to ground of
not matter.”
enormous spiders' webs stretching
"Tu t!
You can't deceive an old
clear hctoss the road, the big trees
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friend. I suspected something. I” —
usually being chosen as anchorages
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He betrayed an air o f alarm.
and the total clear span being thus
“ You did not come,” he said, “ for
more like eight yards than five.
that, I hope—to—to” —
The main cables or framework of
It was dusk when the old clown
“ Nonsense! I see you are the same Construction of Sarvlcoable Highways the nets are composed of five or six
came In from his wulk and slowly as ever, us proud and vain as a pea
strands o f thick yellow web und are
Is Ons of the Most Important Fac
mounted the long stairs, which creak­ cock!”
She rose suddenly.
"Come,
almost
as strong ns cotton thread. The
tors Which This Country Must Con
ed mournfully with his weight. The Little Jimmy; let us go out to dinner!”
rest o f the net is made up o f single und
sider
In
the
Nsxt
Few
Years.
fire In the wood stove bad almost gone
He rose with her. There was anx­
double strands o f the same stout ma­
out. li e put on another stick, turned iety lu his voice
The building o f good roads is the terial, which is as sticky as it is strong
on the draft and sat for some moments
“ Oh, no. tliuuk you,” be said. “ Real­
Every yard or so one o f these nets ex­
in silence, rubbing bis attenuated ly, Josephine, I cannot I huve anoth­ one biggest and most Important factor tends across one’s puth, making it nec­
which
this
country
must
consider
in
hands.
er engagement this evening.”
essary to hold n cutlass or a fairly
AMwl by long years o f constant
“ Nonsense!’’ she repeated.
“ Come. the next few years. The Improved stout stick ut arm's length in front as
blghwny is the one means o f salvation one walks.
makeup, time had done its dendiy Jimmy! You must!”
viu'k upon his face. The result was a
for the poor man. for in these days of
“ I cannot I ” —
The makers o f these troublesome but
network o f involved lines—lines that
She put her hand up to bis check high cost o f living we must look to the p'eturesque obstructions are large,
crossed and rccrossod anil ran Into one and turned his face townrd hers.
cheaiier transportation o f foodstuffs us highly colored, gaudy looking spiders
another, presenting u sort of curious
“ See here, Little Jim m y," she said. our way out. We can no longer ex­ with bodies that look us If they were
facial puzzle. At a short distance (hese “ Do you still love me?”
about to explode, they are so blown
pect to better our condition through a
lines seemed to resolve themselves into
out and glossy
" I have always loved you I”
greater
supply
o
f
necessaries,
fo
r
every
a picture. In which, like a composite
At Intervals In some more open space
“ O f course; you cannot help i t That
photograph, all the scenes o f the man’s Is why I came. W e are tw o old peo­ effort w e have made toward lowering where the sky is visible one will no­
the cost of foodstuffs heretofore has tice a different kind o f web, far more
life had left their traces.
ple left alone in the world. Our tri­
He went over to a battered leu ¡her umphs are past Our work Is done. been met with the response that the irregular iu shape, but far larger than
trunk In the corner, opened it, took out Our friends are dead. W hy should we United States is now about as Inten­ the others.
Not content with the
a huge scrap book and began reading sit apart and mope? Come now! Be sively cultivated ns it can be. In oth­ space available In the tunnel, these
from its yellow pages, it contained a good boy!”
er words, our people are no longer webs are stretched in complicated
mazes from the ground to the very
the history o f his many triumphs, it
turning to the country in an effort to
“ I cannot. I ” —
tops o f the surrounding trees, with
told In clippings—varying from a sin­
Then, with a change as sw ift ns light­ produce a larger nmount o f food clear spans frequently twenty or thirty
gle sentence to pages with bis picture
ning. the artist in her—all the com­ Therefore we must face the problem yards from one tree to another
in the center—the story o f his stage
bined impulsiveness and dramatic force o f getting along with the snine amount
From these main cables smaller ones
career. These were some o f the head­
o f her nature—came over her.
extend to the ground—a drop o f fifteen
thnt is now produced.
lines:
“ H ow dare you say that?” she said.
"Flaubert Outdoes Himself.”
The only solution left for us is to or twenty yards -and the spaces In he-
“ W ho are you, pray, to refuse nn in
tween urq. filled up with u mass of
“ Flaubert, the Prince o f Clowns.”
cut
our cost of production and deliv
vltatlon to dinner? IlHve I not often
— Berryman in W a s h in g t o n Sta r
webs spun in all directions. — W ide
“ Flaubert Funnier Than Ever."
dined with you? W ell, now you nro ery. The best wny to accomplish this World Magazine.
“ The Inimitable Flaubert.”
is to provide good roads, for w e have
to dine with me.
You understand
“ Little Jimmie ut Ills Best.”
already had many demonstrations of
Come. W here is your coat?”
tioiuiry thus: “ Gringo, adjective, mean
How many times had Flaubert read
SIRIUS, THE DOG STAR.
She sprang to the tumbledown ward­ how good roads will work to stir nd
tug unintelligible, gibberish; applied to
all this! Now. in the long obscurity of
robe, pulled out an old ulster nnd vantage.
language.'', This definition makes the
age that had come upon him, it was
The Improvement of highways in It Was Given Its Canine Name by the
pressed It over him. Then, with nn
word applicable to any language other
his only consolhtlon. Once more be
Superstitious
Egyptians.
many
parts
o
f
our
country
in
the
lost
than Spanish
W. W. Greener, nn
lived In the arena or on the Immense Imperious gesture, she waved him out
The
giant
sun.
the
bright
star
Sirius
Englishman who traveled in Chile and
stage o f some hippodrome and per­ o f the room into the hall, holding his
Is now called the “ dog star” froth the
wrote a book about till' countryApiys.
formed his delightful antics, while faded silk hat in her hand.
¡D e p u rim e li t
very undent and curious custom of
He
obeyed
her
without
n
word.
Only
“ Englishmen, or gringos, as they arc
blue eyed children clapped their hands
personification
The
great
nations
of
Please give names of present rulers contemptuously termed, are not liked
In glee und childlike grownups forgot In the cab he said;
remote antiquity personified every ac­ of countries of Asia.
In Chile, and traveling Is uncomforta­
“ Dear me, Josephine, the years have
their dignity and renewed their youth.
tivity of nature—that Is. compared
The shall o f Persia is Ahmed Mirza; ble and dangerous.”
The Spanish
The old man, ubsorbed in his occu­ not changed you, hnvo they? I ought
them to living men or animals
the king o f Siam is ( Imwfa Maim; tli
word for Greek is Griego. und from
pation, read on and on, at times stop­ not to be doing this! Why, my dear,
They didn't know a thing o f any sultan o f Turkey is Meliuied_V.: the
this may easily have come a word de­
ping to brush Ills cheek or blow his I have never dined ns the guest of a
taw o f nature, so they said that motion president o f China is Yuan Sliih Kai:
scriptive of all iiniiiteldgible languages
nose with a tattered silk hundkcrchlef. woman in my life. It has always been
is caused by living nnitnals. because the emperor of Japan is Yodiihito
and persons speaking them.
Suddenly his ears were greeted by an n part o f my code not to do so.”
only animals have the inscrutably Great Britain. I ’runee. Germany and
“
Nonsense!
You
are
too
old
now
to
unfumllinr sound. H e raised his head.
mysterious power of moving them
Holland have colonies in Asia
have nny code. Y’ oung sports like us
What is the government secret serv­
selves. No wonder the ancients were
ice?
no longer need a code, it is high time
astonished to see an animal move It­
1. Was Bob Evans a full ranking ad­
that some one took you In hand. Be­
The secret service I h a division or
self. And the wonder has vastly in
miral at the time of his retirement bureau o f the treasury department,
sides, I am not doing it for you. Don't
creased now, for the ablest scientific from the navy or merely a rear ad
you know that I have niwnys been
with n chief and a number o f trained
man cannot possibly see how an anl
miral7 2. Was Nelson A. Miles a full
selfish? Yon are a good companion.
mal Is able to move.
general or a major gereral at the time detectives. The service Is principally
engaged In detecting anil prosecuting
There is none better, I am sure. And
The overflowing of the Nile was the af his retirement?
makers and dealers lu counterfeit pa­
am I not all alone and lonesome? It
chief event In all o f E gyp t Without
1. A rear admiral.
per money and coin. Details are also
Is I, therefore, thnt you must blame.
tlds pouring o f water over the land
2. He was a lieutenant general.
furnished for the protection of the
I need you!”
once each year, the valley would be a
president o f the United States, and ill
The lights In the restaurant, the
desert
The Egyptians at a certain
What were our first points of attack
the frequent journeying* o f the presi- j
Inughter. the sudden return to a long
period in their long history noticed
r invasion of Mexico in the war ol
THE A U TO M O llILK WOULD BE HELPLESS
dent he is always accompanied by one
vanished existence, acted upon Flail
that
when
they
first
saw
the
star
Sirius
346?
W ITH O UT HIGHWAYS.
bert like n tonic, nis fnce grow ten
early In the morning before sunrise
I’ lie first movement was an Invasion or more secret service men. The nr
rests o f counterfeiters number about
few
years
has !>oon Invariably follow
years younger. They sat in a far cor­
the N ile river began to rise and pom-
i.v the way o f Texas, which Imd been
ner, remote from the music. No one ed by Ix-tter living conditions. Where over the banks.
They personified annexed a year before, and this was 400 annually. Other arrests are foij,
bribery. Impersonating United S ta tes'
knew them—tw o artists who once had the roads leading into a large city Sirius ns a watchdog, watching the followed soon by a sen and land attack
have Ix'on improved we have seen nn sun nnd the Nile and the land o f on Vera Cruz, which was raptured government officers, perjury nnd vio­
ruled their world.
n o r old hnblt came back upon her Increased supply of foodstuffs on the Egypt. Its people, destiny and harvests. after a four days’ bombardment. Vera lating sections o f the United States re­
The Egyptian name o f the Nile wns Cruz was eonsidered the key o f the vised statutes relating to foreign and
swiftly. She ordered the dinner with­ local markets nnd n larger number of
out looking at the card—a thin soup, farmers bringing their products into Siris. and the faithful dog watching country, and after its capture our domestic obligations and coins.
a small duck, a salad, n bottle o f wine the city. Tills, o f a necessity, results in the sky wus finally named Sirius
forces, undtr General Scott, proceeded
Why do sailors wear trousers bell
from the sunny vineyards o f the Rhone. In lower prices for the products nnd a Centuries later their horrible religion with considerable hard fighting, to
taught that it was necessary to mur
It wns wonderful, under the spell of long step toward better conditions.
capture the City o f Mexico. That was shaped at the bottom?
On the other hand, the Improvement der or sacrifice a dog to the star Sirius before w e had Dreadnoughts or iron
One reason given is that the trousers
their surroundings, to see them both
relnx. Story after story came from o f romls throughout the country is ln- to secure its aid in growing grains and clads, nnd the naval force that attack­ are made tight around the waist and
him.
His observations o f life, like varlably followed by nn improvement herds. This terrible habit of slaughter
ed Vera Cruz was com para lively in­ large at the'bottom so that If the wear­
In fnrming methods. The agriculturist mg animals to propitiate Imaginary significant
er falls overboard they will not hold
old wine, had a flavor all their own.
the water around the legs, but will al­
A t last she lifted the glass, hnlf who heretofore devoted his energies to gods descended to the Greeks and Ito
grazing and the production o f rough mans. The Romans named the stars
What is the definition of the word low It to escape. Another reason giv­
empty, to her lips.
"Come,” she said: “ let ns drink to foodstuffs, such ns corn. Is now turn­ near Sirius the constellation Cants “ gringo,” used by the Mexican people en is that the trousers tire cut tills
ing to what is known ns mnrket gar­ Major (the great dog».—New York against the United States, and where style so that they may be turned up at
ourselves I”
did it originate?
dening. H e is raising potatoes, beans, American.
the bottom more conveniently than
“ 1 drink, mademoiselle, to your w it
pens nnd other coihuioditlcs that are
One explanation says the word o rigi­ those o f the usual style. It often hap­
to your beauty, to your genius, for
in everyday demand simply because
nated during our war with Mexico, pens thnt when sailors are making a
Ministers and Ambassadors.
these are to me ns fresh ns ever.”
he can get them to market, where here­
The llrxt minister plenl|Nitentlary when the Americans called the M exi­ landing iu a small boat the craft
“ And I drink to the artist Flaubert,
tofore markets were denied him. It from the United States to England was cans grousels and the latter In retalia­ grounds a few feet from the shore,
than whom there Is none greater; also
is no uncommon sight now to see farm ­ John Adams.
Thomas I ’lnckney of tion ealled the Americans gringos, hav­ making it necessary for them to jump
I drink to” — She looked nt him stead-
ers driving eighteen or twenty miles to South Carolina became the first minis­ ing picked up tile word from hearing out nnd pull the boat ashore or wade
117, fixedly, with thnt wonderful light
American sailors singing, “ Green grow to shore. With trousers cut wide at
mnrket with loads o f produce, which, ter to England under the constitutioa
In her eyes which yet remained un-
the inslies O " This explanation prob­ the bottom it is easy to roll them up
before the highways were Improved, The United States continued to be rep
dlmmcd
nt
nearly
threescore
nnd
ten.
"D O YOU H TIt.L 1.0VE M i T
were denied the consumer. The auto­ resented by ministers until 1S!13. when ably is fanciful, because, first, tile term when necessary to Jump into the wa­
"L ittle Jimmy,” she said. " I drink to
T o one who lives In solitude nn unusual us two. Lot us uever part again on mobile, it is true, has hud a grant deal Thomas F Bayard o f Delaware be­ Is applied In Mexico to Englishmen as ter.
to do with Increasing this supply, but came the first American ambassador well as Americans; second, it prevails
tritie is always nn object o f curiosity, earthl”
even this vehicle would be helpless to the court o f St .1 nines. The first in Chile, where all English speaking
l i e listened intently.
H e lowered his glass.
without highways on which to run.
British minister to the United States persons are called gringos. The word
A cat) Imd driven up and stopped In
“ You know, my dear,” he said, “ 1
Is found in n standard Spanish die-
The advent o f gixxl roads, too, has was George Hammond, who wns np
front o f the house. There was a pause.
am quite poor.”
brought about another revolution— pointed in 171*1. Lord Pnuncefote be­
A I veil had been rung. Steps were com­
“ 1 have enough fo r both."
that o f intensive farming. The conn
came the first British ambassador to
ing up the stairs—slow—ns slow ns his
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
n e laughed.
tries o f the old world have always re­ Washington In IS!»3
own. There was n knock— once, twice—
“ Really, mademoiselle, I could hard­ garded us as a criminally wasteful peo­
He opened the door. A woman stood
Practices in all Courts
W oodw ard B u iM I«
ple in that the product raised on 100
without. She, too, was old, but her ly pay the clergyman."
He Fell Right In.
“ Dear me! ! know one who will be acres o f Inixl in this country was
eyes gleamed still like diamonds hi the
His W ife I met our niaid Anna just
pleased to do the slight service for often less than they produced on ten
frosty nlr o f the hall.
now on the street nnd she pretended
nothing.”
"L ittle J im m y r
acres, tlixxl roads have changed this not to see me. Her Husband—You
ATTO RN EY AT LAW
“ Yon are In earnest?”
“ Hood heavens! You, Josephine!”
condition. The American farmer now ought to point out to Anna the impro­
N O T A R Y PUBLIC
“ Surely. And yon consent?”
Like tw o old French generals who
finds that he will get a greater return priety o f sm h com I net. Ills W ife—nut
She put forth her hand
meet long after their wars, they em­
from one acre o f land Intensively cul­ how enn I? You see. she had another Pho
C ottage G rove, O n
braced each other impulsively. Joseph­
“ Josephine, I have always loved yon
tivated than ten acres farmed In the girl with her. mid It wns quite evident
ine Tttenllon. the prinm donna, whose Rut” —
old slipshod manner would heretofore she didn’t want her friend to know she
minis« now obsolete In the annals o f the
“ Yonr hand.”
produce.
This intensive farming is wns working for n woman who wora n
stage, had once been a household word,
n e gave It under the spell o f her the direct result o f good roads, for tw o dollar and fifty cent hat.—New
and Little Jimmy Flaubert, whom a eyes. They arose from the table They where the farm er heretofore found it York i ’ost
whole generation could not think of threaded their way out o f the restnn
necessary to cultivate <*B>ps, which
without n smile, once more stood face rant. The attendant helped him on mude n large bulk, so thnt his infre­
s i iT c A s iis
£
Pence With a Punch.
to face in the last i)iiarter of life— with hia shabby ulster. The door wns quent triiix to mnrket were profitable,
Correct Method o f
“ Here, wbnt’s nil this row about?”
when the sun sinks low In the heavens opened for them. They stood for an now finds that he can take a small
Horseshoeing
asked the copper breathlessly.
and the shadow o f a long, uncertain Instnnt alone in the veatibule.
load' to the consumer ns often as he
"W
h
y.
this
woman
Is
eollecting
mon­
night slowly gathers.
He bent over her.
desires.
ey for the |x'ace society, and when I \ The House Furnishers ¡*
M Flaulx-rt handl'd his guest the
“ Josephine.” he said, “ promise me
Gixxi roads are a blessing, and this refused to contribute she knocked me
only wooden rocker in the room She ene thing.
PHONE 6
I know I am weak.
I every one who has given the matter down." explained the meek looking
annk Into It, loosened her furs from
juess I ’m growing old. But promise any thought will adm it They not only mnn. —Bnffnlo Express.
And
her neck and toasted her feet ou the
me that yon’II never hold It npagainst promote increased Industrial activity
stove rim.
me!"
nnd therefor.* better the living condl- (
G r o t Scheme.
“ Ah, my dear, what a search 1 have
“ Don’t yon see fhnt If I should It Is thms o f thousands o f our city dwellers,
"H o w ’s your play?"
had for you! I went to Halbert, the
“ A great success. M y creditors are
son o f your old manager. He did not yon who ronld hold it np agnlnst me. but they provide an Improved social
South of First National Bank
all coining to see tf I am making
know your address He sent me to an for am I not the temptress? Tut. tu t life for people who lire in the country
Sixth Street
The
fam
ily
which
hns
access
to
a
good
my
dear.
It
Is
Just
as
It
should
he
money, and through their patronage I
agency.
They Imd a record o f the
It | road and therefore quicker nnd more am ’’—Seattle l*ost-Intelligencer.
It was my fault in the beginning
place you had tired In a year ago
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pleasant trips goes to church oftener,
From there I came here Lot me see. was I who delayed matters.”
visits the neighbors oftener and at­
Then he stooped and kissed her.
It must tie twenty years since I have
Your Frionds.
HILLS BROS. COFFEES /
Aa he put her Into the carriage with tends farm er club meetings more fre­
Treat yonr friends as yon do yonr
•ecu yon."
For a time, like tw o voluble children, •tt the ease and grace o f the Flaubert quently. No one can deny that all o f bank account. I hint be reckless with j J
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these are Important factors In {ftp them just because you're got them.—
they disputed about dates
Then be • f old he turned to the coachman.
The Leader leads, but never
farmer's
Ufa.
“
Horn*,”
be
said
proudly.
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fo ld geutlr:
follows.
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High Cost ol Living.
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