The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 3337, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1912 Page: 2 of 4
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SENATOR STEPHENSON, WHO DEFIES AGE
Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wis<
consin, the oldest member of either
branch of congress, is standing the
scorching hot weather of the national
capital better than any of his col-
leagues. In Wisconsin Mr. Stephen-i
son is known as "Uncle Ike,” but
among his senate associates he la
familiarly hailed as "Dr. Ike.”
Although Mr. Stephenson makes no
pretentions to a knowledge of medi-
cine as laid down in the books, and
frequently admits that he is not
abreast of the modern medical sci-
ence, be has had a practical experi-
ence which he thinks fits him to give
advice to the ailing. As far back as
the early fifties, Mr. Stephenson was
healing the sick. He was then ~M
charge of various lumber camps in
the Lake Superior region of northern
Wisconsin. / .
“For fifteen years,” said Mr.
Stephenson, “we were without a doc-:
tor, lawyer, or preacher. We did not
heed a doctor, for I looked after the
sick, and as for a lawyer we got along
pretty well, because we fought out:
with our fists the troubles that arose:
among us. We had some pretty rough
and hard men in the camps, and maybe we did suffer for want of a
preacher. In the logging season we had hundreds of men, and my principal
Job was to keep our crews in good shape. The saw and the axe make trou-
ble in the Woods, not only for trees, but for men, and I have been called on
to bind and sew hundreds of Wounds. I was not what you might call a fancy
bone setter, but I knew how to set a bone quickly and with the least pain to
the broken arm or leg. We did not have anesthetics in those days, and the
thing to do was to mend the break and get the man back on the Job in a few
days.”
Mr. Stephenson says that a long life and a simple life go hand in hand.
"As a young man, I traveled across the snow twenty odd miles a day,” he
said. “I swung a five-pound axe from dawn till, dark. I slept in a blanket
in the snow, ate crackers and pork and drank snow water, and was us
healthy as a beer.”
YOSHIHITO, NEW JAPANESE EMPEROR
The new emperor of Japan, the
Mikado Yoshihito, faces a gigantic
task as he steps into the place made
vacant by his remarkable father, the
Emperor Mutsuhito, who died recently
after a prolonged illness.
Yoshihito is the third son of the de-
ceased ruler and was proclaimed
crown prince in 1888. He is a man of
strong character and enviable attain-
ments in war and statecraft. He is an
officer in the army and in the navy
and has seen severe service in both
branches. He was married in 1900
and has three children. With, all the
advantages of a modern education and
In full, accord with the advanced ideas
of the late emperor, he should prove
a worthy successor to his father, who,
though an oriental, was one of the
truly great men of the age. He is the
one hundred ?and twenty-second ruler
of Japan in his line, which, according
to Japanese legend, is descended from
the gods.
The late emperor, who was only sixty when he passed away, succeeded
to the throne at sixteen and was married at seventeen. He will go down
In history as the ruler who brought the Japanese out from the wilderness
of slavery to ancient customs and established them as a nation governed
by a constitutional assembly.
Yoshihito, who now comes to the throne, was the only one of the
mikado’s near relatives who was unable from the first to be near to his
father. He was Just recovering frrom a severe illness and his doctors told
him it would be unwise for him to leave his bed. He received bulletins from
the sick room at brief intervals, however, both by telephone and by mes-
senger. Later he was able to be at the palace in person and was at the
bedside when the mikado passed away.
The belief in the divine right of kings, which so long was used as an
excuse for the tyranny of the rulers of Europe, is still prevalent in Japan.
There the person of the mikado is he Id sacred. v
THE DAILY LEADER
VERNOR & ABNEY, Publishers
LAMPASAS. - - - TEXAS
Dictagraphs rarely hear any good o)
themselves.
' Still, it does not take long to get
ires ted after a vacation.
August Is a beautiful month for ev*
>ery one but the hay fever victim.
One good way for a pedestrian to
Avoid automobiles is to buy a motor
boat
The Weather Bureau is doing its
hast to bring rain. It sticks to its fair
prediction.
Sometimes a fish story is absolutely
(true, but what’s the use? Nobody be-
lieves it anyhow.
| Man in Connecticut perspires on one
aide of his body only.. In a hot wave
he doesn’t feel half bad.
A Chicago man has been fined foi
running his automobile too slowly.
Doesn’t this break a record?
"Soap,” says a Boston physician, “is
& carrier of disease germs.” Possibily
that’s why hoboes are so healthy.
H Haytl announces that its navy is fo
•ale. This is a good opening for any
tnan who 'wants to buy a canal boat.
Philadelphia’s new theater for artis*
tio plays will seat but 320. Is this a
measure of Philadelphia’s artistic
taste?
Hams, 100 years old, have been dis-
covered in a Rhode Island cellar.
We’ve discovered pieces of ’em in a
•andwich.
The present fad for dropping middle
names has not yet been applied to
Miss Thelma Kahilaonapaopiilanl
Parker, a Honolulu bride.
Washington has adopted the prac-
tice of shaving its cats, during hot
weather, but a shaved cat is as incon-
gruous as a bald-headed orchestra
leader.
Washington has a new fashion so
far as its cats are concerned. They
are shaved, in hot weather, and then
they are homelier than even the
Binged ones.
A Spanish aviator claims that his
machine was wrecked by a flock of
locusts. In our own country we have
seen political machines wrecked by
presidential bees.
Our idea Of the acme of suffering is
to listen to a phonograph playing:
"In the Good Old Summer Time,”
when the mercury is trying to break
the altitude record.
The Londoners complain of heat
with the thermometer at. 76 degrees,
It would be interesting to see what
they would do with our thermometers
dallying with the nineties.
The Chinese now are cutting off
their queues and letting their women’s
feet grow*. The new Chinese civiliza-
tion evidently wants to be thorough,
for it is extending from head to foot.
Alfonso of Spain.'saved a soldier’s
life by stopping a runaway horse. If
It were not for the fact that the king
business demands his constant atten-
tion he could make a good living in
vaudeville.
As far as excessive hot spells are
concerned, one must make up one’s
mind to be either a martyr or a phil-
osopher. It is harder to be the latter
than the former, but .it wears better
in the long run.
A western trapper offers to furnish
a St. Louis zoo with prairie dogs at
$3.50 per dozen. There was a time In
the west when one could have a buffa-
lo robe thrown in as "boot” with each
dozen.
The report that the gold coin- in
circulation is worn and subject to a
discount will not Stampede the ordi-
nary man of this section. He takes
his gold in the form of certificates
and then if he Is wise proceeds
promptly to put it in the savings bank.
A prisoner in the jail of a New York
town was examined for his sanity be-
cause he insisted on a shower bath
every twenty minutes. Considering
the recent state of the temperature,
his demand will strike many as emi-
nently sane, safe and sensible.
The famous "Spanish prisoner” Is
still reaping a large harvest of profit
from the credulity of the American
contingent of the class of whom it is
toell known a member is born every
other minute. The svidncfle is so old
ihat to every generation it becomes
enticingly new-
Some people spend their lives In try-
ing to acquire money to spend.
As a summer tonic there is no medicina
that quite compares with OXIDINE. It not
only builds up the system, but taken reg-
ularly, prevents Malaria. Regular or Taste-
less formula at Druggists.
Many a dear girl remains In the,
spinster class because men are looking
for something cheaper.
Cause of the Delay;
"Strange those two nations do not
declare war.”
"They are haggling about what per-
centage each is to get of the moving
picture receipts.”
Opening bp Lhasa;
Lhasa, which is the capital ot
Tibet, for generations was known as
the Forbidden City, because of Its
political and religious exclusiveness.
In 1904 a British armed expedition
opened the mysterious old city. Pre-
vious to that time practically every
European traveler had been stopped
in his efforts to reach the place.
The population of Lhasa is about 35,-
000.
Orphanages In Turkey.
There are 22 orphanages in the
Turkish empire, conducted by Ameri-
cans, enrolling 8,000 inmates. In con-
nection with these orphanages an in-
dustrial work has sprung up which
gives employment to over 10,000 peo-
ple in addition to the orphans. The
work Is largely done by the widows
and orphans and Includes rug and
lace-making, various forms of em-
broidery, and other domestic work.
The product of these institutions find
a market abroad. -
Too Much of a Good Thing.
"I was very happy," said the pro-
fessor, "when, after years of wooing,
she finally said ‘Yes.’ ”
"But wiiy did you break the engage-
ment so soon after?” asked his
friend.
"Man, It was she that dissolved it.”
“Really?” said his friend. “How
did that happen?”
"It was due to my accursed absent-
mindedness. When, a few days later,
I called at her home, I again asked her
to marry me.” /
Everybody in Hard Luck.
Suddenly he stepped up to a gentle*
man, who was waiting for the tram,
and, tapping him lightly on the shoul-
der, said: “Excuse me, but did you
drop a five-pound note?” at the same
time holding out in his hand the ar-
ticle. - iJ
The gentleman questioned gazed a
moment at the note, assumed an anx-
ious look, made a hasty search of his
pockets, and said:’"Why, so I did, and
I hadn’t missed it,” holding out an
eager hand. * \
The elderly hunter took the name
and address of the loser and, putting
the note In his pocket, turned away.
“Well,’’.said the other, “do you want
It all as a reward?”
"Oh,: I did not find one,” remarked
the benevolent one with another
beam; "but it struck me that in a big
place like London there must be a
quantity of money lost, and upon In-
quiry I found that you are the one
hundred and thirty-first man who lost
a five-pound note this morning.”—Lon-
don Answers.
THE WAY OUT
Change of Food Brought Success and
Happiness.
An ambitious hut delicate girl, after
failing to go through school on ac-
count of nervousness and hysteria,
found in- Grape-Nuts the only thing
that seemed to build her up and fur-
nish her the peace of health.
"From infancy,” she says, “I have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost I finally got to the
High School, but soon had to abandon
my studies on account of nervous pros-
tration and hysteria.
"My food did not agree with me, I
grew thin and despondent. I could not
enjoy the simplest social affair for I
Buffered constantly from nervousness;
In spite of all sorts of medicines.
"This wretched condition continued
an til I was twenty-five, when I became
Interested in the letters of those who
had cases like mine and who were get-
ting well by •eating Grape-Nuts.
‘1 had little |mtk but procured >a
box and after the first dish I §xpe-
riencp$ A peculiar satisfied feeling
that I had never gained from any ordi-
nary; food. I slept and rested better
that night and in a few days began to
grow stronger.
"I had a new feeling and peace and
restfulness. In a few weeks, to my
great Joy, the headaches and nervous-
ness left me and life became bright
and hopeful. I resumed my studies
and later taught ten months with ease
—of course using Grape-Nuts every
day. It is now four years since I be-
gan to use Grape-Nuts, I am the mis-
tress of a happy home, and the old
weakness has never returned.” Name
given by the Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
"There’s a reason.” Read the little
book, "The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appear* from time to time* They
are genuine, true, and full of human
•a tereet.
To Surprise Him.
Servant—"You want to see Herr
Doktor? Could you come again to-
morrow?” Patient—“Why, isn’t he
in?” Servant—-“Oh, yes; but you’re
our first patient, and it’s his ^birthday
tomorrow. I should like it to be a
surprise for him.”—Fliegende Blaetter.
Marking Keys.
If you have a number of keys in the
stable, shed, henhouse and such build-
ings, that look and feel about alike,
put wooden tags on them, with one
notch for the stable, two notches for
the henhouse, etc. You can tell at a
glance, then, or by feeling them if It
is dark, which key is the right one.
Pass the Bouquets Now.
Never, never wait for* post-mortem
praise. Speak the kind words which
love prompts, and remember that
words of loving kindness are the best
possible tonic which can be given,
even to the happiest of the mortals.—
Kate Tannatt Woods.
Oldest Inhabited House,
Kilkenny castle is one of the oldest
Inhabited houses in the world, many
of the Looms being much as they
were 800 years ago.
Aerial Malls in Italy.
Italy is experimenting with aerial
mails, an aviator recently carrying a
lack of letters 101 miles in 88 min-
utes.
Heredity and School Marks.
A German educator has been mak-
ing a statistical study of the relation
between heredity and school marks,
and from 354 case? in which he was
able to get full school records, through
three generations, he concludes that
the connection Is very close.
Put Away Small Things.
Get rid of small wisdom and great
wisdom will shine upon you. Put
away goodness and you will be nat-
urally good. A child does not learn
to speak because taught by professors
of the art, but because it lives among
people who can themselves talk._
Chuang Tzu.
A Good Reason.
“Yes, he married her because her
first Jiusband left her:”
"That’s hardly a good reason; for
marrying a woman.”
“It was in this case. He left her
$400,000.”
No Small to It. .
Doctor’s Wife (as patient departs)
—Mercy! What a monstrous man.
Wants treatment for obesity, I sup-
pose. Doctor—No, he complains of
pains in the small of his hack.
Negroes Talk German.
In the large German colonies in
Brazil there are many coal-black ne-
groes who can talk nothing but Gei*
man, - , —
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Promote* a luxuriant growth.
Never Palls to Eestore Gray
Hair to Its Voutirful Colorw
| Prevents hair falling:.
' 50c. and SI.00 at Druggists.
DROPSY TRBATED- Give quick
Hiiure ■ lief, usually remove swel-
ling and short breath in a few days an
entire relief in 16-46 days, trial treatment
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JOHNLTHOMPSO^WNSATO^Troyt0!!. Y
Paradoxical Eiffect.
“There was so much fire in he
eyes.”
“Thera always Is when she is pu
out”
As a summer tonio there is no medlcln
that quite compares with OXIDINE. It n
only builds up the system, but taken re
ularly, prevents Malaria. Regular or Tas
less formula at Druggists.
Appropriate Trimmings.
"What was that Ice palace trimmed
ith?”
“I suppose It had a handsom
ieze.” iSk
Sparrow Sets House Ablaze.
An English sparrow was the causa,
of three houses catching fire at Law-
renceburg, Ind., recently, and had i
not been for the prompt work of th
neighbors and friends all would hav
been destroyed. The sparrow 'wa»
building a nest unde^ the eaves of th
home of Mrs. Mary Webber, and i
picked up a long cotton string from
pile of rubbish that had just bee
burned. With the burning string in
its beak, the sparrow flew to the roo*
of Mrs. Sophia Shafer’s house, the"
to Otto McCright’s house and then t
the roof of Emanuel Wuest’s horn
where it dropped the burning strin
A fire started in the shingles of eac
building. Each was extinguished bj
neighbors before much damage wa?
done.
A Word to the Wise.
The proverbial advice, "Cobbl
stick to your last,” had an opposit
exemplification in the following ane
dote, for which Zion’s Advocate is re
sponsible:
A colored man was brought befor
a police judge, charged with stealin
chickens. He pleaded, guilty, and r
ceived sentence, when the judge as*
ed how It was he managed to lift thos
chickens right under the window
their owner’s house when there was
dog in the yard.
"Hit wouldn’t be of no use, Judge,
said the culprit, "to try to ’splain di
thing to you all. Ef you was to tr
It, like as not you would git yer hid
full o’ shot, an’ git no chickens, n
ther, Ef you want to engage in an.
rascality, judge, yo’ bettah stick t
de bench, wjhiar yo’ am familiar.’1
A Large
Package
Of Enjoyment-—
Post
T oasties
Served with cream, milk
or fruit-—fresh or cooked.
Crisp, golden-brown bits
of white com — delicious
and wholesome —
A flavour that appeals to
young and old.
• ‘The Memory Lingers’*
Sold by Grocers.
Po*tm Cereal
, Cereal Company, f Imhed,
Battle Creek.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 3337, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1912, newspaper, September 5, 1912; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth890221/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.