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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1911)
MWRBT EfflH® Ack/JZ /A AW/A > /SIVA' AT. AAZ T ua J •^•firrin Jt’N'K of (bl* year th» on» hundredth anniversary of th* blr'h of Harriot ll««ch«r Htow» * 111 be widely c»l»brai»d A n»w Ilf» of th» llltl» woman who mad» lh» great war.” aa Lincoln called her, la about to couia from th» praaa. written by her aon. Charles Edward Htow» and her grandson. Lyman Bea cher Htow» Among th» mo»t Interesting of th» facta It bring» out la that II never occurred to >h» little woman” that there was anything about "t'ticl» Tom • Cabin” In the least likely to precipitate a war Hh» wrote the btrok with the kindliest feelings to ward th« south, and her alm was to be not only just but generous lo begin with, Mrs Htow» was not AX*A>4f ,c AZ/ < *?.<’ jrcwr /A AVJZ of th» ritrein» abolitionist type It ■ was her flrm belief that the better of I net» Tom and Kilts, and about element tn th» south hated alaverv Top»? and that this element was much larger the same time she met Top»y cam» to Cincinnati tn th» company of than waa commonly supposed Then tors, while she loathed the system with a wealthy Ixmlatana family which bad liberated Its slaves and It was In try all her heart she was willing to Iw religion that tbs lies» 'hat It took more often than not Ing to teach her famous conversation occurred “lk> th« kindly patriarchal form you know who made you*" "Nobody Khe gave I ncle Tom three masters aa I knows on. I speed I growed " and tw. >f them w. r« k!, ,t . t. r In 1*14 Cincinnati became th» hot on» of her plantation owners detest be.1 of anti slavery talk Mt Theodor» slavery and free his slaves Sh« wai.t Weld of 1-an«- rheologies! seminary led •d l<> make th» north understand that the movement He had spent much th» best southerners would "oi-ratr of his If« In the midst of alavrry and with them in a reasonable attvmtd waa dedicating th« remainder of bls lo do away with the evil life to Its overthrow Ilia ablest as Never was a llltl» lady mor» stir slstant. the editor of an abolitionist prised to find herself »lecra'e I ||' r paper, was Dr Hirn«y, a slave own«r fooling had hewn when she flrat wrote from Alabama, who bad freed bls th» book that It would df»i lease the staves, and com» away to fight tbe abolitionists and bring sympathetic r» system aponse from the south that la. If It was natural that with these anybody ever read It at all. which ah» friends Mrs Stowe should have bad had doubted klndlly feelings toward the south, When the hook appeared the world should hav« thought that It was rapid • ly wakening to thn horror of slavery, with whom she never quit» agreed «nd that the majority of Its cltlseus wrote h«r that she was no longer were anxiously trying to put an end abused she had drawn It all <>n her to it As far as th» "cause" was cot» •elf People in th» youth who had cerned her associations were with not read the book, or who had read It anil slavery southerner» rather than with their minds made up beforehand 'he northern ab-dltlonlsta thought her some sort of a monster H«nry Ward II ether edited tn Cln A cousin who lived in G-orgia did clnnatl a small dally pwper, his slater, not dare put th» nnn>» of Mrs Htow» now Mrs Htow». helping him She on th» envelop» when she wrot» to records an Incident of the agitation bar In Cincinnati that shows th« flghtlng Mrs Rtnwe found herself, In short, blood of th« young man who was to put In a class of agitators with whom become the great preacher. sh» had never belonged nnd the poor Dr lllrncys abolitionist paper waa lift!» dove of peace she had sent out wrecked by a mob, and sh» writes Many respectable citizens are In came back with Its feathers ruffled b» yond r»< < gnltlon «•lined to wink at the outrage In con The question of slavery cam» Into sideration <>f Its moving In th» line Henry Ward her Ilf» at an early |wrl».| It |a not of their prejudice» " He feared an truo that she knew nothing of th» Beecher did not wink attack on his own paper, and his »la "peculiar Institution” at first hand Hhe llv«d long In Cincinnati and met ter found him one day making bul Hhe asked what there many sou hernera. and It was lets In th» kitchen on plantations where she visited that ho was making them for. ”T6 Mill men with." h» answered ah» got th» color for th» book ah» grimly, and Mrs Stowe, telling her waa to write many years after "I Hhe was hardly more than a girt aon about It years later, said hover saw Henry look so terrible I when she visited the Kentucky plants N I V a r - ■* JJF/ END OF OLD MUSSENTOUCHIT Baty Slashed the Gold Fish Globe, but Killed the Mysterious and Hateful Creature. There waa one word the little girl beard many times a day and could not image» what It was Th« word waa MussentoucblL Baby wondered who Mu'-cnt'uichlt could be The strange thing lived In th» bureau drawers; It lived tn th» sewing machine; It lived tn th» tall jar that stood on th» little round table; It certainly lived tn th» glass globe where th« gold fishes swam. This went on till baby was two years old. Mussentouchlt was every wherw In th» shining books on ths pari«* table; tn tb» flower bed»; among th» rose»; »ven In mamma's work baskrt th» strange thing lived, •nd If baby took up a reel of silk or cotton, there was MuasentouchtL On» day baby found h»rs»lf by th» glass glob» all atone Th» family were very busy, and for a few minute» for got th» little, prying, restless darling This was ber chance. Up went th» chubby legs Into the chat.- that stood near tbe gold fish globe. Poised on the rounding cushion, baby reached far over to touch the gold fish in reaching she lost her balance and fell, dragging tb» glob» to the floor. There was a crash, a scream, a rush, and mamma waa on th« spot Baby was picked up. kissed and scolded “I d«ss t tilled old Mussentouchlt 1» time!" she said, shaking herself nnd walking off. In Praia» of lc» Cream. Runday dinner without Ice cream 1» an Imposition on th» whole family. Hay. brother, did you ever notice tb» expression of th» faces of th» chil dren when they were ready tor Ice pea» lies wer» cream, and canned Tbers Is a chance tor brought In? rebellion right there mutiny and When th» family Is feeling grouchy Juel serve them vanilla Ice cream and pour hot thick chocolate over tbe ice cream. Then life la worth living. •la Carloads of Chicsone Thirty thousand chickens passed through we»t»rn cities recently from Nebraska lo San Fran clace Tbe did not Ilk» it. for I feared b» was growing bloodthirsty " Professor Stow» helped at times th» underground railroad He it was who took th» original of Kllsa sod l.ittl» Harry” to the house of the old Quaker when tbe master waa pursuing th» fugitives It waa not long after this that sh« wrote she fell keenly the need f an Intermediate party which would oppose slavery without the vto ien. e ->f abolitionists But. sb» said If no such party was formed many people would I*« forced to )<-ln tbe abolitionists In spit» of tbelr • a <-«»s«s ' In IBSO th« Htowes left Clncln natl for Brunsw i< k . M» II w aS th»r» that her great resol vs was taken that she would use b«r p»u to fight slavery klready she was a successful author • fid deeply Interested In tbe cause of the slave Her brother wrote and put it» prop, -sit Ion to her squarely why lid she not writ» about th» subject nearest her heart and make people mders'and* It was In the little parlor of her Brunswi- k bom» Hhe read the letter aloud As sh» finished the • I peal she rose from ber chair, crush Ing th» letter In her hand and said God helping me, I will writ».” Th» ms »rial for "Vocl» Tom's Cabin" cam» from various sources but sh» verified them all Tb» Ken lucky plantation she airwady knew Tbe slaves whom ah» had known In Cincinnati had talked freely, giving tbe light as well as tb» tragedy of their lot I'ncl» Tom seems to have been drawn from Joahua H««««n a black man of great sweetness and piety, who told her appalling stories of Ilf» aa he bad seen It Th» book th«n, was published, with many misgivings, but nun» among them was that th» south would fall to und«t »tan I the friendliness of ber spirit Then sb» found herself th» most famous and th» moat abused woman In the world Mrs. Htow» bad that »valtatlon of character which lifts a soul above * - - ft).« tumult she wrote poetry and planned a trip lo Ei gland In th» Interest of the caua» It Is typical .»f her In g»nuuusn«ss that she was much sur prised to And herself welcomed and feted on tbe other side of th« ocean Where ah» had ezp«w t«d to rest and s»« nobody, she discovered ah» was the talk of th» country When the war broke out Mrs Htow«» son was among tbe first tu g>> Hh« wrote afterward It was the will of God • • • that ih» slave mothers wins« 'ears nobody regarded should have with them a great company of wer-pera. north and south Rachels weeping for their children and retua Ing to be comforted " Alter the war Mrs Htow» went sou'll and lived tor a time In Florida I lie scheme was to raise cotton with frev labor, but II tailed disastrously lu oilier ways the stay In tbe south was a success, and everywhere Mrs Htowe appears to have been treated with consideration. The era of abuse was over After cotton they tried to raise oranges. but a frost spoiled that plan Mrs Htow«- lost |.ll 0 '0 In this way, and then she founded the Christian Inion with her brother, Hv.iry Ward Ik«., her and lost most of th» rest of her money Hh» kept writing, not be cause n»r fame tempted her. but be- <aui» the money was needed Uncl« Tom's Cabin.' which made so many fortunes, never yielded ber mor» than a isw hundred dollars WASHABLE RUGS IN KITCHEN ......... None Other Shou'd Be U»ed. for th« Most Eftceiient of Solitary Reason*. Run for a kitchen thouM ' *»« WABhabl«, mb th» grra«« thoy sc-I I "UTTfUlAto is u nap«« M a bl« Good look- . } n* rnlitur«« tn ra< weave« ar« suit i .14« «nd far mor« eanltary then the i ua’om of tom«* households of ualng ¡run that have grown too shabby fori •ther rooms A wool rug ahould be -ut on the line and well beaten one» t weak and should b« wiped off fre i luently with «oap bark and water or J* 1th a Ape« tai carpet eonp The sink, braldra dally «rrubblng <hoild be wiped nut on«*« a day with i cloth wet in keroaan« or turpentine o rtrnoww lingering atatns on the en n>«l If the sink Is an old faebhm« d | ’In* one It should be rubbed with coal ashes to remove disrolomilon and Hater scrubbed well with hot soda *a er At least oftce a day pour a good tlslnfe* (ant or hot soda water down he drain keep a bni of washing ♦oda on a shelf over th« sink and dis «olv* a lump with th« last rinsing water This Is a grease rutt«r Kitchen « loaets ran only be kept In i ondltlon br thorough surveillance There must b« no poke holes, no un x>*«r«d hoses nothing to attract In •act peats Have plenty of enameled > ¡boxes or tiae th« tin receptacles In which coffee is often sold In <h«s«’ put cereals, sugar rice, coffee, salt breadcrumbs, rhocolat«. tapioca, bora <ny and other things that too often are kept In their own packages after they hat« been opened NEW DEVICE FOR GAS HEATER So Constructed as to Hold • Rscspt •cl» Over th» Flam» From On» Burner. A d»vl< • for hratlng shaving water and othrr things over th» flam» of on» gas burner has b««n designed by a Minnesota man and should come In handy for th» hallroom boarder An arm is mounted on th» main, or vertl • I. pip» of th« chandelier and th» fr«« end of th» arm holds a substantially ARE YOU TR0UBIE0 WITH SICK HEAOACHE BILIOUSNE .1 CRAMPS INDIRECTION OY’PEPSIA MALARIA TRY HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS 1 F<»r 58 years it has given satisfaction in such casesand you’ll find it just the medicine you ne<*d. t n» uie»st M»p. Af*»r som» controversy about th» sgs of various maps that hav» com» down to us from ancient times It has been Anally determined by eavanta that tbs oldest Is In the form of a mosaic In a Byzantine church at Mai- aba. In I'aleatln« It Is about 1.700 »ears old and purports to be a map of a part of the Holy luind she SUFFERED FIVE YEARS Finally Cured by l.ydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. Quit» a Novelty. "You say bls society drama la a novelty ?" "Yea Tb»rw waa no fascinating fireside wrecker tn It and tb» teroln» remained unmarried for nearly alg months after she got ber dlvorca." I ri». l’:t. — '' I .Huffered for five year* fr.itu feiuale tfcubl'-H and ;it lust was ’ almost helplMfl. 1 went to three doc tors and they did me no ipeul. so my •inter advised me to try l.ydia E. I’ink- hatn’a Vegetable C<> in pa u :. d. n nd when I had taken only two bottles 1 could see a big change, so I took six Ixittles and I ant conical plate. In Which th« receptacle now strong and well I don't know how to express holding th» material to b» heated •gain rest». Th» arm Is slidably mounted ini thanks for the g.... 1 it has done ma on th» chandelier, held In place by a •nd 1 iri'i«' all siifli'i'ing women will thumb screw, and can be adjusted tc give Lydia E. I’inkhani’s Vegetable ( otntsiund • trial. It was worth its different heights from the flame It w . . ! ” Mrs J. I'. Exout n. also swings from side to side, so that K. F. 1>. No. 7, Erie. i'a. It can b» qul< kly pushed away from l.ydia I l*inkb»tu*s Vegetable Com the flam« without turning out the light pound, n ole from native roots and - to withdraw the heat A stop bar holds herbs, contains no narcotic or harm It t'arallel with th» arm of th» burner ful drugs, and to-day holds the record Th» conical shap» of th» pan that for the larg' -t number of actual cures holds the receptacle allows th» flame of female diseav-s we know of. and thousands of voluntary testimonials to spread under It and distributes ths • re on tile tn tin- 1'inkl.ani lalmratory heat. nt I.ynn, M iss . from wi-men who barn l»-en cured from alniont every f.,rm of Mosaic Sandwiches female conij'laints, Mich as inflamma Cut thr»» slice» each of whit» anc tion. ulceration, dlvnliueluents, fibroid lark graham bread Hpr»ad a sllc> tumors, irregiilariti'-H. jw-riodlc j<uns. of white bread with creamed buttei l*ackache, indigestion and nervous and place a slice of graham bread or l-rostration. I very suffering woman owe» it to herself to give Lydia 1 Hnk- It Now spread graham with creamer* ham's Vegetable Compound a trial. butter and place on a slice of white If y ou vs ant »pee in I advice ..rite Itepeat this process, beginning will j Mrs.riiiktmni. I vnn, Ma»»., fur it- graham l*ut both piles In a coo j It is free mill ulwuys helpful. After Money. Bill- I s«e that on» out of every tea letters passing through tbe Russian post office Is opened on general prin ciples Jill Gee! There Isn't money In as many aa that, la there?—Yonkers ttatisn.sn place wttb a light weight on them I When the butter has be<-ome hard ; cned. tritn each pile even, cut »act I pile In three half Inch slice» Spreai I with creamed butter and put togethe: i so that a white block will alternat« ' with a graham one Put under weigh'I In a cool place and when butter l> hardened cut tn thin sllcea i fowls vrrs sidetracked at various Creamed 0--<d B»ef. points nnd were viewed by many Tear th» beef, or rather shred ot pl» Th» shipment was made by J chop It fine, taking out the skin and tl Gaeachlln who owns a number of stripe of tallow Place In heavy poultry houses In different parts of spider, add a good tableapoonful of ' Nebraska It consisted of sli car butter and let melt adding on« table > loads, every car carrying approxi spoonful of flour. Htir. then add slow ' ly. two to two and a half cups oil mately five thousand fowls. Flach car had a keeper who gave milk, stirring till smooth and thick the birds constant attention and saw Pour over platter of tout This may that they were properly fed and wa ba served without toast and with i tered The trip la usually mad» In baked potato»« The quantity of milk ' eight days but tn this instance it used must be determined by the took fifteen days on account of snow amount of beef you us» A Partnership. To Whip Cream. "My father and I know everything Whipping cream 1» always a difficult In tbe world." •aid a email boy to bls task and often a disappointing one It companion I one •»»» the cream turn to butter "All right." the latte" said "Where** when butter la th» last thing wanted Asia?" Thia can be prevented It the bowl b It waa a stiff question, but the lit kept tn a pan of lc» water during th« tl» fellow answered coolly: “That Is uns of ths questions mv father know»' beating Literal Feeling. "Did tbe boss kick when you asked for more pay?" "He did. but I wouldn't have mind ed hie kicking so much it the stairs bad not been so near and so sleep. The New Iron Kettla. Before uelng a new Iron k»ttl» grease Inside and outside, let stand 4* hours, then wash In bot water in which a large lump of cooking soda itaa b»»t> dissolved. Rhode Island's Stat» Farm. Rhode Island has a farm on *i • Including th« •'»!» prison stale work- hou»» and Providence jail. The work house prisoners hate done much In reclaiming and cultivating laid, re- moving stones, l-npnolng th» stream and building walls. » A Cough Medicine • Ayer’s Cherry Pectcal is a regular couch medicine, a strong medicine, a doctor’s medicine. Good for easy coughs, bard coughs, desper ate coughs. If your doctor endorses it for your case, take it. If not, don’t take it. Never go contrary to his advice. A W« >tsh.i»ti •«? fomu.aa W» teeniah a «ehol from e«r ■»•Ais-tawe We ut|s ye« ta •e eu » year debtor The dose of Ayer's Pill» is small, only, *ne st bedtime. As s rule, laxative doses ire better than cathsrtic dose*. For con- itipation, biliousness, dvspepsia, tick- icadtche*. they esnnot be excelled, your doctor abcut this. —Rss- <•• J c. om 0». twwsn. Sw —>
