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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1916)
SAW DEATH ANGEL Apparition That Appeared to Royal Children. Story Related by Governes of Rus sian Princesses Cxr and Czar, ina Believe Supernatural Fig ure Really Was Visible. Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse had a very pretty little daughter by his first wife, Princess Victoria Mellta of Great llrltuln and Coburg, now married to Grand Duke Cyril of Itussla. This lit tle girl's name wag Elizabeth, and on account of her beauty and sprightly cleverness she was a universal favor ite and the only tie between her par ents after the estrangement, F. Cun llffe Owen writes In the New York World. While staying with her uncle and aunt, the present czar and czarina, at their picturesque country seat In Po land, she succumbed when seven years old to poison ptomaine poison, ac cording to some, but according to oth ers drugs conveyed Into food or drink by the Nihilists for the purpose of taking the life of Emperor Nich olas. A remarkable account of the affair Is given by nn English woman of the name of Miss Eager, who, after spend ing a number of years In the service of the emperor and empress of Itus sla as the nursery governess of their young children, published on her re turn to England, with the full author ity and approval of their majesties, a volume entitled "Six Years at the Court of Russia." According to her, little Princess Elizabeth, or "Ella," of Hesse was taken 111 one afternoon or night and died before the following morning. Between nine o'clock and ten o'clock two of tho little girls of the czarina, who were sleeping together. in a room adjoining that of their seven-year-old cousin of Hesse, suddenly alarmed every one within hearing by the most frantic screams. ' When the empress, Miss Eager and the doctors rushed In they found the two little grand duchesses standing up on their beds, shrieking and shaking with terror. It wag some time before they could be soothed, and then they related that they had seen a man with flowing robes and huge wings in their room. While they were still talking the eyes of both children suddenly dilated with terror, and both pointing In the siime direction, they cried: "Look I Look I There he Is again. He' has gone Into Ella's room. Oh! Poor Ella ! Poor Ella !' Neither Miss Eager nor the czarina, nor yet tho physicians, could see any thing. But a few moments luter Princess Ella suddenly sat up In her bed, crying: "I am choking. I am choking! Send for mamma!" Three hours afterward the child, who had Immediately after the cry for her mother fallen Into a state of coma, passed away, In the absence, of course, of her parents. Miss Enger expressed her firm con viction that the little grand duchesses had seen a supcrnaturul apparition and that the apparition In ques tion was the angel of death. That the czar and czarina shared her Impression Is shown by the fact that they had authorized her to publish the story In her book, as well as by the circumstance that she retains their favor and good will and Is In re ceipt of nn annuity from them for the remainder of her days. Makes His Money En Route. A genuine California booster Is with us. Ho Is C. F. Lungley of Watson vllle, Cal., according to an Atlantic City correspondent of the Philadel phia North American. Mr. Langley Is president of the Pajaro Valley National bank In Wat gouvlUe, and he puts the bunk, the town and tho state on the map by ad vertising in an unusual way. Whenever a waiter presents a check In the dining room, Mr. Langley brings out a pair of scissors and a roll of green paper, clips off a $5 bank note, signs It with his fountain pen and pays the check. The captains and waiters know their business and ac cept Mr. Lnngley's money-making stunt without a lift of the eyebrows. The bank notes are already signed by the cashier of the California bank. Opportunity in Syria. From tho comparatively few letters that pass the rigid censorship of the Turkish government, the Presbyterian board In the United States learns that the work of the Syria mission Is going on ns usual. The boys' schools have not as lurge attendance as In ordinary years, owing to the fact that so many homes have suffered financial losses. The girls' school, however, at Illerut, has more applicants than It can take care of. This Is because of the fact that the schools carried on by mis sionaries of other nationalities, such as the French und English, have been closed and the missionaries sent away. Their pupils have consequently knocked and not In vain at the door of the American Girls' school In llel rut. Four and a Half Ton Mirror. Tho 100-lnch-dlameter reflector for the Mount Wilson observatory In Cali fornia, which will be finished early next year, will be the largest mirror ever cast. It will be 13 Inches thick and will contain, In one solid piece, 4ft tons of glass, Engineering Rec ord. ... w . o .- f LEA FOR BED AS IT WAS Modern Things That Masquerade as Such Are Properly Condemned by Chicago Newspaper. Modern life, having succeeded In eliminating economy from the list of virtues, is now, apparently, conducting a drive agulnst sleep, which the old er authorities numbered among man kind's blessings. People, city people In partlculur, seem to be ashamed of the fact that they must sleep. Tired nature's sweet restorer, sore labor's bath, that which knits up the raveled sleeve of care the Inventor of which was so praised by Suncho Panza, prince of squires, Is in disrepute. This tendency to conceal the fact that sleep still falls upon mankind Is strikingly illustrated by modern furni ture. The bed that was frankly a bed Is being thrust Into the background as something to be ashamed of. Its place Is taken by various kinds of monstrosities that masquerade as oth er articles of furniture in the day time, and, Indeed, fur Into the night, confessing that they can be made to serve as beds only when frivolity can no longer stand or sit, but must, per force, become recumbent. The bookcase, the piano, the bath tub, the mirror, the closet door, the Morris chair these may at any mo ment, by the pulling of a strap or the pressing of a spring, be revealed as Bleeping utensils beds one cannot fairly call them. And they function as beds In a diffident, half-hearted way, as If ashamed of the office, Jacks of many trades, they are masters of none. Until sleep Itself becomes obsolete the human race must have beds of some sort, and the more comfortable they are the better. No sleeping Im plement disguised as a phonograph, a bird cage or a cook stove can take the place of the old-fashioned piece ol furniture that was a bed and nothing else. Chicago News. Japan's Factory Law. Operation under the new factory law In Japan, which was to have gone Into effect on June 1, has been postponed for two months by order of tho privy council In order that the regulations may be revised. These, It Is pointed out, did not sufficiently guard the Interests of the workers and would result In confusion If at once enforced. To the working people of the United States the hours of Inbor permitted under the new law will meen extraordinary long, but It must be remembered that fac tory work Is young In Japan und that the working hours are founded on the hours voluntarily devoted to work by the people on the farms or In their own workshops twelve to six teen hours a day. The most Import ant thing Is the forbidding of child work under 10 years aad limiting the hours of girls under 15. It is, on the whole, an advance on conditions as they have been and will open tho way to further concessions to labor. Linen Growing Scarcer. Summing up the linen situation re cently, one of the principal Importers to this market spoke this way : "Busi ness Is as active as It ever Is at this time of the year, when everyone Is trying to reduce stocks as fur as pos sible before taking inventory, and or ders are placed only for goods that are really needed to meet some special de mand or to fill out a broken line. Flax continues to get scarcer und dearer as time goes on, and linens of ull kinds are also getting scarcer und dearer, This will continue, at least until the war ends. In ninny cases merchandise Is still being let out In this market be low the cost of replacement, and this will be done as long as present meth ods of averaging up buying and sell ing prices are retulned." New York Times. New Bug Killer. A new piece of agricultural appa ratus has been developed for the pur pose of combating the destructive bugs and undesirable vegetable growths by an application of steam to the soil penetrating some distance below the surface. The machine carries a steam generating plant and moves over the surface on a large drum, the periphery of which Is stnggered with protruding stream outlets In the shape of blades or spines. As the apparatus Is drawn over the ground the spines Imbed them selves In the soil and while In this po sition the steam Is released and pene trates the soil for some distance around the outlet, killing the worms, larvae and bugs and the undesirable crop of weeds which seed themselves from one season to another. Hearing Your Men at Work. The manager of a machine shop or factory can know how much work Is being done at benches by mechanics or by power-driven machines or tools by means of microphones or telephoue transmitters connected with the work ing apparatus, says Popular Science. By becoming familiar with the vibra tions of the different machines he can tell at any given moment Just how fast Tat is working the lathe, or how Industriously Mike Is operating the milling machine on one of his blue Mondays. In addition to this he can tell ut a simple turn of the switch If the machines are running at normal speed and smoothly and properly, as they should. Her Limit "Where Is your wife going this sum mer?" "She's looking around for some plnce where none of the women have niore than two gowns. She has three." Life. . . Outdoor Living Brings Health From Babyhood to Old Age By SAMUEL G. DIXON, M. D. Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania God breathed Into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a' liv ing soul. Genesis. Air Is life; without It man censes to live. Living In Impure air, his health x gradually depre- JF ' elates and he be- 5 comes a dyspep tic, preuisposeu m tuberculosis and other diseases. Often after suf fering for yenrs, during which time he Is unable to enjoy the good things of life, he meets an untime ly death. The majority of us have to work In Jflices and buildings nrttlclally heated during tho cold season. Our places In which we spend so many hours during the winters and early spring Some New Ways of Getting Best of That Tricky Memory. The old method of tying a string about the finger to recall to mind some task to be done at a certain time has been done away with. The new wuy Is to transfer a ring from one finger to another. On the accustomed fin ger the ring feels natural and does not cause annoyance, but on any oth er finger It slightly Irritates. This Ir ritation constantly will aid In recalling the task to be done. Just try It once. Another and more novel way Is to carry a colored ribbon In the coat pocket. Suppose, now, you are In your office. Your wife phones you to be sure and bring home a certain thing. Go to your cont hanging on the office rack, take out the ribbon, and tie it tightly around a sleeve. At night when you start to go home your fist will Jam itself against the tied sleeve. "Oh, yes," you will say to yourself, "there's that cough sirup Mol ly told me to be sure and bring home tonight," and off you .will go at once to make the purchase. POULTY POINTERS Dispose of all the old stock you do not need. This had best be done now, while prices are good and before the annual molt starts. The feeding of milk to young chicks has a most favorable influence on the growth and on lessening the mortality. It tends to prevent mortality from all causes, and If fed soon enough and for a sufficiently long period greatly re duces the death rate caused by baeil lary white diarrhea. An open-front poultry house is bet ter than too niuch glass, even In our cold northern climate. The hot weather Is already giving the plumage a rusty appearance, and It will grow worse from now on until molting time. Keep the chicks free from lice ; keep thera growing, for every little atten tion tells and brings nearer the cov eted blue ribbon, A splendid mlxtre for laying hens Is equal parts of cracked corn, wheat and oats, which should be scattered in the litter. Be sure to give plenty of water and see that the chickens, both large and small, have plenty of green food. If your yards do not have plenty of grass, try dividing the runs and sow ing part to rye or rape. Greatness. We can be great by helping one another, We can be loved for very sim ple deeds, Who has the grateful mention of a brother Has really all the honor that he needs. We can be famous for our works of kindness, Fame Is not born alone of strength or skill, It sometimes comes from deaf ness and from blindness To petty words and faults and loving still. Wo can be rich In gentle smiles and sunny, A Jeweled soul exceeds a roy al crown. The richest men sometimes have little money, And Croesus oft's the poorest man In town. Edgar A. Guest In Detroit i Free Press. Use of Jersey. It is likely that when Jersey, both silk and wool, at last finds Its proper level it will appear among the trim mings. As broad or narrow bandings, ss the foundation for hats and as col lars and cuffs and scarfs It will never have an equal, but where American women at any rate are consulted no tasting vogue will ever be conferred upon a material which sags Incorrigi bly and stretches in every direction at the tarn time. A W days nre far from having perfect ventilation. This therefore Is the rea son for us all to take advantage of mild weather conditions to get nil the fresh air possible to build our physical bodies up so as to resist the unfavor able conditions we must submit to during the cold months of the year. This should apply to all ages, es pecially Including babyhood and on up to old age. It means outdoor living as much ns possible both day and night. When compelled to be In build ings keep the windows up; otherwise you have dead pockets of air in your rooms nt your homes and place of oc cupation. Clean, well aired, homes built so as to admit of plenty of fresh air all the year around and outdoor living as much as possible during the summer, will do much to bring health to the home and just In proportion to your health your life will be worth living. A Few Smiles. Getting Monotonous. "I see we are facing n new crisis this morning," said the first restaurant patron, scanning his newspaper. "Yes?" replied the second restaurant patron, mildly, as he continued to dig Into his cantaloupe. "You don't seem excited." "Why should I be? By Jove, sir I During the past 12 months we've faced so many crises that when the next one bobs up I shall be tempted to turn my back on it!" Preparedness. "War Is a terri ble thing." "No doubt about that." "I see where some debutantes have called an ur gent mass meet ing." "What's the idea?" "They are going to send sofa pil lows to their friends at the front." True. "A man who owns an automobile Is not always envied by pedestrians." "No?" "A great deal depends on whethei he's in it or under It." A Real Hardship. "I certainly will be glad when the war in Europe Is over," said Aspho. della Twobble. "Of course, you will, my dear. Am? so will everybody else. It's a cruei tragedy." "Oh, I wasn't thinking about that It's so much fun to go to the pier and see one's friends off for Europe. I haven't been able to do that for ages." Bearing Up Well. "You are never satisfied." "Oh, yes, I am," answered the lazy Individual. . "You'll have a hard time convincing me of that." "Well, you never hear me complain ing because I live more than two miles from the nearest golf links." Both Departed. "You don't often see an old-fashioned w h i 1 1 1 e r nowadays." "No. The type Is dying out. Also the diminutive bad man who used to pull out a bowle knife and threaten to whittle his foe down to his size." Serious Obstacle. "Mr. Dubwalte Is so anxious to go to Mexico and fight that Mrs. Dub walte can hardly restrain him." "I had no idea he was so warlike." "Yes. There's only one thing that keeps him from going." "What is that?" "He says the social inferiority of a private is more than ho could endure." Wise and Otherwise. Wise is he who has the cage ready for the bird. Old age commands respect except In jests and poultry. If you can get a horse at a bargain drive the bargain. The worst man is sometimes capable of giving the best advice. When a fool Is angry he opens his mouth and closes his eyes. The rich are able but not liberal; the poor are liberal but not able. Women have never been able to find a successful way of keeping secret. IS MARY I NEW MOLE HOME. "Mr. Mole was going to get mar ried," said Daddy, "and he wanted to build a fine, fine Home for the new Mrs. Mole. So he went forth into the nicest meadow he could find, and there, Just at the end of it, near an old fence, Mr. Mole started to burrow into the ground. "You know the Moles live under ground almost all of the time, and there make their Homes. Just near the fence Mr. Mole began to dig and dig. First of all he made a long, long tunnel, a funny underground passage which he called the Drive-Way of his Home! "Of course the callers of Mr. and Mrs. Mole could hardly drive along this tunnel, but they could run and scamper along, and they liked to call it by a big name like Drive-Way. "And after the long, long tunnel Mr. Mole started in to make a fine House out of the earth. He made lovely rooms, one for Mrs. Mole, one for him self, one for the little Mole who was to do the cooking and housekeeping and several for guestrooms. For, as you can Imagine, Mr. Mole was very fond of company. In addition to all this Mr. Mole built a very fine picture gallery made in tiers of earth and mud long rows and rows of it. On these he put pictures of his family which he made out of earth, too. Of course, Mr. Mole made every member of hlB family look just alike, but that didn't make any difference. The Moles are not very fussy if their pictures aren't very well taken, for they can't bother to look at pictures much of the time. "You see their eyes are very small and they like to look at things more worth while such as food and corn starting to grow in the ground and all the things the Farmers plant. They love farms you know, where wonderful vegetables are planted deop down in "Please Admire My Dress." the earth. They are very apt to bur row along and make paths so they can walk to a farmland and have a feast. "But I must tell you more about Mr. Mole's new home. The very last thing he did was to build a beautiful throne in the picture gallery for Mrs. Mole. "At last it was time for her to come to her new Home and Mr. Mole had in vited their friends and cousins, the Cricket Moles, to come, too. These cousins have very strangely shaped front legs with which they burrow homes JuBt like the regular Moles, and so they are considered relations. " 'Here we all are,' said Mrs. Mole, and she blinked her very small eyes, while all the other Moles blinked their tiny eyes, too, and looked about them. Through the Drive-Way they ran until they came to the House with all the beautiful rooms. "The room Mr. Mole took them to last was the picture gallery, where Mrs. Mole sat on the throne in honor of her wedding day, and the little Mole, who cooked, brought out some of the delicious stewed vegetables she had made for the wedding feast. "You should have heard the Moles as they looked at the pictures. They thought every picture was one of their own relatives. "One Mole would say: " 'Why, there's Mamma,' and another would say: " 'Why, no, that's not your Mamma, that's my Papa.' However, they didn't get in the least angry about the pic tures in fact, they thought it very clever of Mr. Mole to make pictures which looked like all their relations at the same time. , " 'But you haven't noticed my wed ding dress,' said Mrs. Mole. 'I think my new Home is S-C-R U-M-P-T-I-O-U-S, which means beautiful in case any of you little Moles don't under stand the word I've said in honor of the day. And now that you've all ad mired my Home, please admire my dress," "For the first time the Moles noticed that Mrs. Mole had attached to her tiny ears little earrings made of mud with a red berry in each, and she wore a necklace to match. Her dress was of dull oak leaves which Mrs. Mole had saved for a whole year to wear on her wedding day. " "You're a handsome Mole," said Mr. Mole, 'and I'm so proud you're to share this Home I've made," and all the other Moles grinned and ate more and more of the vegetable wedding feast to show what a good time they were having." Dense Scholar. There Is such a thing as being so "scholarly" that one Is dense. ctcw For a Galled iflfa tzm Horse U&lJ IV After f , VfjL : W Others ' URJi Ktp$ Him Working HAN FORD S Balsam of Myrrh A LI NIMBI NT For Gall., Wire Cuts. Lameness. Strains, Bunches, Thrush, Old Sores, Nail Wounds, Foot Rot, Fistula, Bleeding, Etc., Etc Made Since 1846. "jft Price 25c, SOc and $1.00 a pa. 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One day he had been using his fists on 3-year-old sis ter Helen. His visiting auntie said, "Freddy, don't you know that a gen tleman never strikes a lady?" Instantly Helen stopped crying and exclaimed, "They do, too." "Why, Helen," said auntie. "When did you ever see a gentleman strike a lady?" With an air of convincing proof, the little maid replied, "Why, my daddy spanks me." Christian Herald. Bringing It Home to Her. "I'm glad to know," said the Bill villa matron, "that there's such a thing as a conscience fund in this country and people are secretly re turning to the government the money they embezzled from it. How nice!" "Yes," growled the old man. "It is nice; and if I had all the dollars and dimes you've frisked from my pockets overnight, there'd be a home-conscience fund that would be a great relief to both of us." Atlanta Constitution. Twice Worse. A German spy was being marched on a very rainy day to the tower. "What brutes you English are," he said, "to march me through a rain like this!" "But how about us?" grumbled one of his escort. "It's worse for us. We've got to march back." London Opinion. Affection's Pangs. "Do you love your country?" "Of course I do," replied Senator Sorghum. "And I don't mind saying that it gets me riled to see my coun try flirting with people who Hon't be long to my political party." Wash ington Star. Not Always. "Like always produces like." "Does it? Then just you try to get some cold cash from, a snowbank." Baltimore American. HUSBAND SAVED HIS WIFE Stopped Most Terrible Suf. f ering by Getting Her Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. Denison, Texas. "After my littls girl was born two years ago I began suf fering with female trouble and could hardly do mv work. I was very nervous but just kept drag ging on until last summer when I got where I could not do my work. I would have a chill everr day and hot flashes and dizzy spells and rr.V rtpul Trnnlri al most burst. I got where I wa3 almost s walking skeleton and life was a burden to me until one day my husband's step fistertold my husband if he did not do something for me I would not last long; and told him to get your medicine. So he got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound for me, and after taking the first three doses I began to improve. I con tinued its use, and I have never had any female trouble since. I feel that I ows my life to you and your remedies. They did for me what doctors could not do and I will always praise it wherever I go." Mrs. G. 0. Lowery, 419 W.Mon terey Street, Denison, Texas. If yon are suffering from any form of female ills, get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and ommeDcs ths treatment without delay " N l!llllllllim!ll!llllllllllll t