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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1903)
Scrofula tr "W illie Atkinson « m e n oit.” I »on- I Phyllis toyed with tne corner «< the tnred. sofa cusuion. When weary and worn with the struggle "H e only ran up to thirteen,” said “ You wight do a great deal better. Has come down to us throo* in seeking life’s coveted prise. Phylllt. said ahe. deprecatlngly. like the pyramids and t h s ? * When clouds of despair hover 'round me "W hich accounts for hla failure.” j "Then 1 don’t have to make It elght- It makes its presencs L . and shut out the blue of the skies; J "Then I don't have to make It elgh- many signs— glandular tunxnl At times when I feel so discouraged and l suggested. Phyllis paid no attention to my re- teen?” cried I, for once In my life burdened from bearing the load in the netk, cutanecus ¿ 2 ' ! comprehending. That seems to completely o’ erwbelin me mark. flamed eyelids, tore , while struggling along the rough “ I think the little fellow from the "I did not say Just that, air.” said tarrh, wasting anil gener»| || road, Sufferers should take bank whom 1 met In the summer came PbylUs, saucily. eountiel o f his mother. Can you say aa T is then, for relief, that I turn me away I don’t think I ever saw Phyllis look after that?” she murmured Interroga Woman's Rlc*-'*. from the world and entwine much for American men?” so beautiful, and the odd part of It "Woman'« rights!" exclaimed the man My arms ’round the one who still loves tively. Could aa much, do our readers think, “ Surely yon don't count him?” I was. I couldn’t see her eyes, either. With the thin face. “ What other thin«», be said for American men? Tnere are The great specific for scrofau J me— this golden-haired baby of queetioned In surprise. "W hy. you told She was staring full Into the fire all in the name of high heaven, are to be uo asylums for helpless fathers and the neost wonderful, redioi J, mine. me yourself that he only lasted till the time. If it makes her look that crowded into that already healthy dec manent cures. Besuretop.1 What temptation can I not conquer? the second round." way, I wish she would look Into the laration which haa run down through mother* In the Orient. So long as there Is a corner and a crust to l»e What battles not win, if the prise “ He would probably have stayed Are always. all the fleeting years? Are men'* rights Is the love and the mnte adoration that Natural Sequence, • But 1 do make It eighteen. Phyllis.’’ to be further limited by the proponed shared, the parents In the Oriental longer If you hadn't come down that beam in my (littls one’s eyes? family have the lion’s sliare.—House- " Y e s ,” concluded the i__ said I, soberly. Sunday,” said Phyllis. In a vexed way. extension of woman’s rights? What 1 With her dimpled arms thrown around tear, “ she became iusans"t I took hold of her arm and turned say Is lu no* controversial spirit, but 1 hold. lire, and her baby voice in my ear, “ You always do turn up at the most ceesive da n cin g." her round so that she waa facing me. would like to make the point that a W h o ttmilen in t h e R a in . There’s, sunshine forever about me, aud Inopportune moment.” “ One might say she « „ i all of my doubts disappear. "H ad I only known you didn't want but she still held her head down and very serious objection may be made to The coward may «mile mad, I suppose!” gurgled th. The beacons of hope that inspire me are me—” I began. I could see only her eyelashes. Phyllis this talk about equality, Bight think When there’s sun all the while— idiot. 1 .the love-lighta that trustfully shine It’s braver to smile iu the raiu. "I can’t remember who was next,” has long eyelashes. ing men will probably shudder at the In the brown eyes of one who adores me ‘•And you'll marry me. Phyllis?” I very suggestion of woman becoming The weakest may joy —this golden-haired baby of mine. Interrupted Phyllis, quickly; “ do you Advice to the W 140 , whispered. I don’t know whether I man’s equal. That may sound a little When there’s naught to annoy— know ?’’ lie ’s stronger who smiles through his W idow ( tearfully)— Ye, “ I think,” said I, reflectively, “ I raised my tone interrogatively or not. harsh. It depends cn how* you look at The blossoms of spring may all wither pain. f ere are now my only resource] I hadn’ t the same control over my and the birds lose their power of added about two to my own score that t. I have my own way of viewing the And then when there’s sun, when there’s Friend— Take my advice song, way. I always liked you in white, you voice that I had the other seventeen •object, and having used the sentence bird song uud breeze, band your resource« well. Yet life has a sweeter attraction than know.” times. When Gloom’s put to rout aud Discour « •111 reserve the right o f giving my own these to entice me along; Phyllis looked at me with a funny definition of its meaning. I said right agement tlees, "Three.” corrected Phyllis, consult Oddities of Love. Her smile, like the sunbeams of noon little smile. She never will take me thinking men will probably shuddtT at What need has the world day. brings gladness and warmth ing her tablets. H e — I don’ t know how ft] Of the mouth corners curled seriously. “ Hold your head that way again,” the very sugl?e‘stion o f woman becom In the cheeriest smiles, when the fields I ’ ve noticed it is the girl «no] aid good cheer. "I suppose this will make a new “ What long eyelashes yoti And drives off the shadows of darkness I said. ing man’s equal. W hy? Because and trees ■II the other girls "what he» Phyllis deliberately turned climax,” she said. and doubt that are hovering have!” right thinking men prefer to look upon Are smiling so broadly that nobody sees seen in h e r" who is the flrittoJ But her looks belled her words, and pear— the other way. "H old It round,” I woman as man’s superior. No doubt The wee bit of brightness you’re giving rind. God take away from me forever the commanded. “ I want to look at It.” for onee I was bright enough to aee. the while— some of the more strenuous women She— And it is the min thill] riches of earth, but enshrine “ No.” I replied, as distinctly aa my Phyllis held It round. Phyllis likes will look upon this saying as soft, and But days when it’ s rainy there’s need sey they wouldn’ t have if he l The wealth of the love of my treasure throat would let me, “ this Is not a for your smile. to be commanded at times. “ A rather sickly, and growing out of that old this golden-haired baby of mine! last man on earth who lies hu , pretty mouth, too,” said I gravely; climax. This Is a beginning.” —Toronto foolish sentlmnetallsm o f an earlier — Buffalo News. all the pretty girls in town. The weakling may smile Saturday Night. “ and your color la also very fair y e t time. But It is no such thing. The When there’s brightness the while— One would never guess you were get trouble about the equality business Is Separate Hearts of Etk | It’s better to smile when there’s rain. P R O PH E T M U S T KEEP R E C O R D . ting up in years.” that It works both ways, up and down. The gloainster may joy The eel has two separate * " I ’ m not!” denied Phyllis, with a T h i s I s W h y a W e a t h e r P r o g n o s t i c a Will the men go up a notch or two? Or When there ’ 9 naught to annoy— One beats sixty, the other 160ff certain assumption o f dignity; " I ’ m He’s brave who can laugh through his minute. t o r W a s D o u b te d . will the womeu come down? I do not only twenty-three.” pain. “ I flatter myself that I keep track of pretend to know. The political and the “ You don’ t show It,” I responded the weather about as well as the bu social status are closely related. Soci When all the wide world is so full of song gallantly. “ Were I asked to make reau man himself,” said a resident of ety has not been able to escape up to IIYLL1S,” 1 asked, “ will you guess, I should say ‘sweet sixteen' Jefferson avenue the other day to a this time the Influence of bad practices That birds sing and brooklets go warb ling along, marry me "Seventeen,” said and—” Detroit Free Press man, “ and I feel in politics. Individuals have carried the With hearts light as chaff TH E "Quite so,” said Phyllis, dryly. Phyllis. humiliated at what happened on the ugly methods of politics into business. All the earth seems to laugh— “ H ow aw ful It must be to be laid car yesterday morning. Three or four Cheating in politics is followed by short The sunny-day courage says not yon are I looked at her In astonishment. "Seventeen?” I questioned. "Seven on the shelf,” I remarked sympathetic strong, of us were talking abont the weather weights at the grocery. The point Is ally. teen what?” for the past winter, aud I mentioned that you cannot accept the blessings of Though hearty good cheer one could I’ m not!” asserted Phyllis, Indig never call wrong— “ Why, the score, you silly,” she re that we bad nine very bad daya in the ballot without having Its evils But, oh, when the day is all haggard sponded demurely. "Some one has to nantly. December. An old chap across the forced upon you. The good and bad In and gray ’The very idea!” I murmured In a keep track o f It.” aisle who had been listening to out politics are probably more Indiscrim And Nature weeps gloomily, sobbing Wirte for That's the trouble with Phyllis. If surprised way. "I never even insinuat talk dives down to ills pocket and pulls inately mixed than elsewhere. I llustrates away— her sense o f humor was not so highly ed such a thing. But you know,” I up a memorandum book and softly ‘ •But I was thinking of woman’s Then laugh in the hope of the sweet C d Cjpium, developed. I’ m sure I would have had concluded dismally, "you haven’ t kad says: • rights in a broader sense, and the point afterwhile; her ages ago. She never will take a proposal 1 « three weeks.” rr*M * «our« On days when it’s rainy there’s need for “ 'My dear sir, I think you are mis I had In mind was this mainly: I do I have,” Insisted Phyllis, “ I had me seriously. your smile. taken. W e only had three cold days not want to see woman dragged down "Bother the score,” I cried desper- one Just to-nlgbt.” Telephone fefiflj in December. 1 have the record here. to the point of equality. I shrink from — S. W. Gillilan In Baltimore American. 'Oh. bnt that doesn’ t count,” said It was Dec. 22. 23 and 24.' S h ir t w a is t L a u n d r y H in ts . the Idea o f seeing her on a level with I. "You told me so yourself. These Of course, we should really have a« "I ignored him," said the oracle, “ and man. I want her to remain man’s su are only sort of trial heata, to keep remarked to my friends that Jan. 8 perior. Women of the advanced type much regard for the wash lady who ! you in form, you know.” and Feb. 19 were the two coldest days talk much about equal rights under the does up our shirtwaist as we have for “ Oh!" sniffed Phyllla. law. Do you know that It has always ourselves when we perform this home- j of the winter. “ Besides." I added, "I need material “ ’I beg your pardon, sir,' put In the consoled me to think that the law ly task. But equally, of course, w e ' for my stories.” man with the book as he held it up makes a difference between the se*e«? don’t. W e ease our conscience by pay-1 U I h a v e b e e n a a l n g C A S ___ What a risk you are willing to run against his nose to see. Jan. 8 waa so I like to know that this Is so. I do not lng her a good price. But If one must insomnia, with which I have been»! for the sake o f material!” said Phyl mild that I went without an overcoat, mean by this that woman should not do her shirtwaists herself, here are over twenty years, and i con say that bave given me more relief thananyot _ lis. and on Feb. 19 the thermometer mark have a definite legal status. She should some points worth remembering when fly I have ever tried. 1 shall ceruiolyni "Y es,” 1 replied suavely, "but It Is ed 41 degrees above.’ mend them to my friends as being alltfei t>e equipped to enforce her rights. She making or buying. , represented.'' Taos. G illaeo .1 necessary that one make some sacri- Box plaits, when stitched all the “ I tried to save my reputation by could be forced to respect the rights flees for the sake o f art." announcing that we had had twenty- of others. But I cannot refrain from way from shoulder to waist, nre easily CANDY •Suppose, though. I were to accept eight days of sleighing in Detroit dur thinking that the law, In the main, at laundered, but the box plaits wide or CATHART7C you some time?” queried Phyllis In an ing December, January and February, least, is for derelicts. I know many narrow which end in fullness at the awful tone. but that book went up to the old wel- men who live entirely above the law. bust line are an al>omination to the 'I would hare a new climax for the low's nose again and he replied: In the whole category of enumerated laundress, and not one time out of ten next one," said I, indifferently. " ‘No doubt you mean well, but you offenses, forbidden and punishable by will they be well done up. So, though T O A O I MAAN ( I had expected Phyllla to he affeot“d; are mistaken again. We have only had the law, there is not a line or a letter there are many such models and they nxtead. she burst out laughing. T ba” -. twenty-four days, and three o f those which will In the least Interfere with are most attractive, the wise woman the trouble with PbylUs; she never will were very poor.’ the life and business of the really re will pass them by for side plaits or Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Tart* 0 lake me seriously. , Good. Never 8icken. Weaken, or Grip«,It You may have beard the birds spectable citizen. Good men are above box plaits stitched all their length. "Y ou're a goose,” she complimented singing along about Jan. 17,’ said I, the law. The law Is not for them, but Another thing that will vex y o u r 1 . . . C U R E C O N S T IP A T I O N . \ me. of them, mere copies o f the self-en soul when laundering Is the heavy * t U b « Wo-mty Cewp—y, Cfclsaf., ■•*‘ ” • 1 , MM thinking to get even with him. “ Aw. thanks.” I murmured. “ So No, sir,' he blandly replied. ’ From forced rules o f conduct sprung from an waist of vesting or other thick wash good of you!” the 17th to the 22d It was fairly cold, enlightened and quickened conscience. stuff, laid In a wad o f plaits below the j Phyllis regarded me gravely. Now, but on the 23<1 the bads began to start I like to think of women as something waist line In front. Where one plait PM YI.J.18 NEVER LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL. lt’a on odd thing, but whenever rhyllls separate and apart from the laws and is laid upon another in this heavy on my rosebush.’ looks at a fellow Just like that he “ The old chap lied—deliberately and Its tedious ways. Good cannot be leg material the Iron simply will not do ately. "Anyhow, we’ ll not count the feels sort o f funny all over, you know. maliciously lied—and I know be did,” islated Into the human soul. Laws are Its duty and the results are sad. other sixteen times.” I don't know what It la. I think it said the weatherwls# man with bitter made to restrain the vicious and the It Is a nuisance to lay the plaits and "But I would rery much rather.” must be what they call personal mag ness, “ but what could I do? He had wicked. God grant that women may pin them each time a waist Is worn, Phyllis waa staring Into the Are. I net lam. the record In his little book, while 1 remain above the law.” — New Orleans but the canny woman will choose that didn't know Just what ahe m eant I "Jack," she said, “ do you knew you had nothing, and before that car got Times-1 )emocrat. lesser evil and have the bottom o f her never was much good at guessing. have some gray hairs?" READ THE FOLLOWING l down to Woodward avenue my reputa A M o t h e r ', N o v e l O b J - c t l e s i o n . heavy shirtwaist left loose, so that it “ Well,” I answered, Indlflerently. THEY SPEAK FOR THEHSU« "It's not polite of you to remind me tlon as an oracle was knocked Into a A great (leal o f trouble Is usually may be readily Ironed. "Just as yon please. Count them If o f It.” said I. cocked hat and my fellow passengers found In teaching children to adhere you like. All I mean was that none "A nd you complexion Isn't ns good were regarding me with pity and con to the practice o f "keeping things in Woman Health Inspector. o f them mattered so much as this as It usi-d to be,” she continued. “ Be Miss Genevieve Wilson has lately' tempt.” their place,” and as I had six children, time,” sides, there are a lot o f little things— ben appointed health inspector for the o v a t o r ; ic to n e s u p tn e b js w iu *■* j all under 9 years o f age. and only one n e w l i f e an d v i g o r In th e anlm»l^l» J "Positively your last chance, ladles particularly about your clothes.” A S to ry o f D ew ey . X uta a ir y buflinetui I Una In e v e r y InsUncewnwg working housekeeper. It became nec CJ_I,c_ 8an,tati°n Association of th e 1 and gentlemen,” she erled gaily. a c c o r d in g t o d ir e c t io n » It w ill IMCJWJ "Nothing serious, J trust?” I asked, J. Martin Miller, the Washington I Oranges. New Jer- essary for me to adopt methods to t h e How o f m ilk t o a m a rk e d degree, i » ” ] I assented In my most dignified man in alarm. newspaper correspondent whose re j She Is a beau . y o u n g a n im a l», c a lv e » In particular « “ 5 save work. So, in collnslon with my s u b j e c t t o S C O U R S P russian Stock r ner. Phyllis laughed. I do wish she cent Interview with Admiral Dewey tiful Virginia girl, c h e c k th e m a la d y a » i f b y m agic. 1 “ No," said Phyllis, "nothing serious. housekeeper, I Instituted a “ pound, n a n v kind» o f «o™* 1¿ A would take me seriously once In a But a lot o f little things. 1 think you has created a buzz o f excitement not •«»»aider PniwiAnBloe*— with ancestry o f the unalterable rule o f which waa “ a , d ie B E S T on the » while. only in this country but In Germany need some one to take care of you.” the best, her father ; l to -d a y K b i l G ia T, I place for everything, and everything in | p o r t , Wash. "W hy do you keep on proposing to and Europe, knew Admiral Dewey “ Parks is an unexceptionable valet,” being General Wil its place.” Whenever the housekeeper me like this?" she asked me. IT DOUBLlf well at Manila. Mr. Miller has been or any member o f the family found said I In Ills defense. son. a well-known Increase in MufcJ 1 shrugged my shoulders. globe trotter In his day, and has "But he draws his salary every . B ince u iln g tbeJW^ Confederate officer. any article out o f place they were at 1 S t o c k Kood wlth ad " covered every part o f the globe. He “ 'dome men there are love not a month,” put In Phyllla. Miss Wilson has 1 c o w I And h eru n p p lj«" liberty to "Impound It." The “ pound’ I has Increased fr0® gaping pig; others are troubled If they "A nd why shouldn't he?" I Interro was at Manila during the warm times waa kept and presided over by myself. been finely educat there when Admiral Dewey was the behold a c a t ’ * I quoted. "A re you gated. ed. She studied A locked room prevented any Infringe W uh. answered?” “ Now, a wife—’ ’ began Phyllla, mus hero and master of the bay. Speaking ment o f my rights as "poundkeeper." abroad and recalls of Admiral Dewey at that time, be "That la no answer, thou unfeeling ingly. the attention o f the Every article entering there called for MISS W IL80IT. man.” f “ Would draw hers at the end of the said: poorer classes to P O R T L A N D H E K D C O „ 1 cent to release It. At first caps, states, “ If yon must have It” I replied, month and every other day aa well.” A few days after Admiral Dewey C oa a t A g en ts. slippers, pencils came teeming In—and danger of neglecting the laws o f san flippantly. ” 1 suppose It's my form o f I concluded. was promoted from commodore to corresponding cents for release—which itation. examines the sewerage condl- diversion. My hobby If you will. We "Yea.” said Phyllla. raking no notice, rear admiral a big French man-of-war formed a fund for purchasing some tlon. opposes the keeping of cow ., all hare our babbles, more or leas, ■'l think you need a wife. Now. why came steaming very near the Olympia, thing to further tidiness—such as chicken, and other live etock within yon know." Dewey's flagship. The don’t you propose to some nice girl. Admiral waste paper basket, paper rack, slipper the city limits, and keep, the s e v e n s - Phyllis frowned. I liked that frown Jack?" Frenchman gave the commodore's sal case«, etc. Boon, by firmly demand ers up to their work. Immensely. Then she looked at me "I have,” said I, stoutly. utation. But the Olympia's guns kept Mis. Wilson I. particularly able to ing ransom cents, the articles coming qntrkly when I was not expecting It “ H uh!" snorted Phylllt. In disbelief. perfectly still, while the new rear ad to the “ pound” decreased, and by the deal with the prevention o f tubercu- "Y ou appear to be enjoying your "H ow many proposals have you ever miral was quietly reading under the time my eldest son went to college loels for she made an extended study self." ahe complained. made?” awning. The French commander was there was rarely an article Impounded. of It In the consumptive hospital at “ M e?" I queried In mock Innocence. “ Seventeen." said I. puxaled. He did not know whst to Fort Byard, New Mexico “ Oh, I protest; really, I’ m not." O rie n ta l V ie w e f W o m a n h o o d . I «link Phyllla was pleased. Any think. He waited for quite ■ while, Phyllis frowned again. The Oriental Idea o f the freedom How Moke Caramel Pnddln«. and after consultation with hla staff how. she smiled a little. "W ell, »hen, you ought to be." ’’There was the Rawsbaw girl," said decided to send a boat over to the which American women enjoy does not nan ! KUPfU‘ ° f " '" P ,r » »<*'«*- Olympia to ascertain why the saluta accord with that o f American« One “ I know I t " I agreed. ” 1 ought to ■be.- warmtngly. mrere be. Seventeen times ought to be pro “ Nice girl." I assented warmly. tion was not returned. Admiral Dewey Hindoo lady expressed herself as Z ' Interested la Baffia ? I"™ ? hmt* r « » of ; beat four ductive o f more than It has shown "Nothing particularly quecnllke about simply said to his deck officer»: “ Send greatly shocked that American men *“ * ' *dd , 0 th*m “ »If a cupful Of I Someth inf Comfortable zod Dm* { so far. I wonder,” I concluded dream- a girl’ s carriage when ahe's oaly five back word to the French commander should compel their women to go sugar, one enp of milk and on# tea- •poonful o f vanilla extract; put o n e 1 MITCHELL ft BEE about in public unprotected, their faces that he has evidently not looked at 11/ to myself. “ I wouder It eighteen foot three.” my pennant. I know o f ao reason why ,x p o s « l to the gaze of strangers, and a teaapoonful of the caramel Into small win do i t r "A nd Basal# FlemlngT” LINE BUGGIES ■honldn't return a salutation that It Hindoo gentleman with whom w* "Y ou haven’ t been answered for Phyllis was getting back at me. Are st the heed of thsir clew I* lnd‘ -,bhen WUh ,h* ^ g m i x C ! talked thus expressed himself on the .ta0 stand the molds In a pan of hot w ater-! seventeen yet," said Phyltln “ A sweet creature," I agreed, "but Intended for me.’ '* . Comfort Easy M W subject o f Oriental treatmesit of worn put In a quick oven and bake tw en ty' "N o ." said I. "nor for any o f tl*e I really prefer blondes.” A Candid O pinion. Appear lace DsriWltT subject o f Oriental treatment minute, or until firm in the center ether sixteen either.” of “ Amt then there’s s whole host o f What do yon think the greatest wfhiwn: The caramel liquid in the mold. , . t o "N ow , there waa D v c y OrshEm.” others* that you might have If you WANT TO ENOW WHT? need o f the modern drama Is?" "You say that we do not honor onr said Phyllis, lncons#»u#ntly. "H e wanted them. You're a catch, you ? Ask for our illu*tr»trd pn®P* And after serious thought Mr. Storm- women. Why. Ire me teU yon that all u rd '. “ the " 0 f* Wlth *»»-: f Mailed free. asked ms to iparry him nineteen times know.” * Inftton Barnes replied: ’Tx>»er rail- Hindoo boys, till they are ready to and sw ore eternal devotion each tlm> . " 1 Ybow,1* s|!d 1 . wearily. “ I sup Getting i:p B io ,,.,,. way fares and better hotels.-—Wash learn the ways o f men. are taught by | MITCHELL, LEWIS I IT IH IM whether I would hare him o r. nu pose that ae.-o*mts fo r jn y popularity ” A very hot flatiron will r.^ « a-n ington Star. A 2 0 0 - 2 0 « F lr r t S t . . POKTLA’* * ] their mothers. We are subject to our colors. Therefore n e v e r £ » There’s a m sakfor you.” ' _ •Oh. -n o." ___ said ___ Phyllis, sweetly; L , * A loo SpokO"«. Bole« mother* and we know what you Occi "A nd then went and married IfW y -"J ofl'refa th er nice as w elt” The S h l a i a s R n r n ln , Far«, pretty colored blouses with more than dentals do not yet seem to realize, that M cPherson." said 1. almost to my "Thanka." I replied, "hut with a For breakfaat food o f sweetest tasts. a moderately heated one. to here good men and citizens yon score o f seventeen. It doesn’ t seem to And nourishing meanwhile*. ■elf. Mrs. G ram ercy-M y hu.bsnd I. go. tnu»t have good mothers. You will "N o.” corrected Phyllis; "K itty mar have benefited me greatly. Will It do I'd choose a table covered and gracsd barilly find a Hindoo man. wtaiteTer lng sway for a rest. me say good ts make It eighteen?” By wholesome family smile«. ried him.” kta caste daring to go againat the ^M ta Park So y o u r , not going with CHILD LOVC. J H o o d ’s SarsapQ i I When Phyllis Took Me :: Afeohol, Tobacco Using ßf* MO-TO-BAC Washington Fa and Stockmen Indon Prussian Stock Fo f i W * W OOdOT ,poon nnt11