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CORVALLIS GAZETTE. SEMI-WEEKLY. ElSSSPSSWi Consolidated Feb., 1899. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1900. VOL. I. NO. 24. THE COVERED BRIDGE. Tell the fainting soul in the weary form. There's a world of the purest bliss, That is linked as that soul and form are linked. By a covered bridge, with this. Yet, to reach that realm on the other shore. We must pass through a transient gloom. And must walk unseen, unhelped and alone, Through that covered bridge the tomb But we all pass over on equal terms, For the universal toil Is the outer garb, which the hand of God Has flung around the soul. Though the eye is dim, and the bridge is dark. And the river it spans is wide, Yet faith points through to a shining mount That looms on the other side. To en a bio our feet in the next day's march To climb up the. golden ridge, We must all lie down for a one night's rest, Inside of that covered bridge. Washington Star. HIS SACRIFICE. So uo T was a hot, sultry day towards the last of July. In the front room of a fashionable boarding-house sat a young girl of 18. A few moments later the door swung open and her brother, a young artist, entered. He greeted hex pleasantly as he prepared to refresh himself. "Well, Trix, how have you been to day?" i "O, as uncomfortable as ever," she replied, peevishly. "Never mind, dear; perhaps we will have more money another summer." "Always patience," she replied cross ly. "It's well enough for people to talk when they have money, but then, what's the use fussing; I never have had anything since we came to New York." "My dear Trix, I think you are a little unkind. You know I have tried to give you everything I could possibly afford. O, Trix, you mustn't talk so." "Forgive me, Chauncey. I will try to do without It" "That's the girl," and he smoothed the pretty hair from the white forehead and sighed. He wished to see his sis ter as well dressed as other girls, but circumstances forbade; his pictures did not sell, and he felt the time was fast approaching when they-would have to leave their pleasant rooms and go to some other part of the city. One evening, about three months later, Chauncey Selford came home, looking ill. Trix was there, but she did not notice her brother's careworn face, because he was engaged in making a dress to be worn a week later at the grand ball given by Mrs. Charles Carlton, sister of Lord Percy Carlton. As he entered the room Trix looked up. "Here Is something Mrs. Bradbury's footman gave me. I have not opened It yet." He tossed It over to her as he spoke. "O, Chauncey, an invitation to Gussie Bradbury's reception a week from to day. You will go," she added, looking up into his face. "I cannot," he replied. "But if you really wish to go," as her face fell, "1 can hire a carriage." "What shall I wear?" she said a mo ment later. "Why, the dress you are making." "I can't wear that; it's for the ball." "Then you can stay at home," he re plied, huffily, as he left the room. "What can be the matter with him," she thought. "Why, he never spoke a cross word to me before. O, if I could marry some rich old man, then Chaun cey would have time and money to study art." Meanwhile Chauncey had gone to his little studio, and after shutting the door threw himself into the armcaair ami buried his face in his hands. That night he had meant to tell Beatrix that they would have to leave their rooms and go where they could live cheaper. Then the invitation to the reception. He could not go and could not well let her go. "It Is of no use to fight against pov erty," he said, bitterly. "We will al ways be poor, and we might as well live as our means will allow, without this pretension." Just then a knock at the door and a young lady entered. "Miss Fairfax," he exclaimed in sur 9 prise. "Ah! I have taken you quite una wares, have I not?" with a sweet smile on her face. "But you will certainly pardon that when I tell you I bring you work. Mrs. Carlton wishes these pictures," nd she handed him a list. "That will help you, will it not?" "You are my good angel, Edythe. If I could only have a chance to study art I could make a living." "It Is too bad, Chauncey, but if you would let me help." "No, Edythe, I must fight my own battles without help." "Well," after a few moments' silence, "I must go. How is Beatrix?" "Pretty well," he said with a sigh. And seeing he was in no mood for talk ing she left him. Chauncey Selford had given up every thing for his sister. She held the first place in his heart. His love for Edythe Fairfax was great, but he had put all thoughts of her he loved away. He was poor and likely to remain poor all bis life. . Beatrix went to the reception. Lord Percy Carlton she first met there.' who, being much Interested In her history, after a few months of marked atten tion, married her. They went Immediately abrqad. Beatrix said before she went that upon their return Chauncey could go abroad to study art. Two years had flown by and not a "line had she written him. At length, ; poor and careworn, he took a room in I the slums of the city. What little j sketches he made for a paper barely kept him alive. Edythe had tried faithfully to find him, but had failed. One day as she was passing through , the slums on an errand of charity, she happened to glance up at a window aud j saw Chauncey Selford. She started back as If struck oy a ! thunderbolt. "He in this place of all others, the proud Chauncey, come to this," trie j said. She knocked at the door. An old woman opened it. Edythe asked to see Mr. Selford. After much bantering with the woman she gained admit- ; tance. Chauncey still sat at the open win dow. He did not move as she ap proached him. She touched his hand, but sprung back, as she felt the cold touch of his hand as it came in contact with hers. Beatrix's picture was in the other hand. He left this world with the one thought that had always been in his life, that was his sister, for whom he had sacrificed all. Boston Post COLD AIR HEALTH. Winter About the Best Stimulant Peo ple Can Have. Many persons regard the winter sea son as an unfortunate visitation. It is considered both uncomfortable to th body and harmful to health. This is an error. Cold is a most potent agent for the restoration and preservation of nor mal activity on the part of the organs of the human body. It is a wise plan of providence which gives us a change of seasons. The winter cold comes as a tonic to repair the injuries done by the ener vating heat of summer. Summer, it is true, has many wise uses in the matter of health. It induces outdoor life, rids the system of poisons through copious perspiration and through the scorching rays of sun destroys germ life. Winter is the great bracer of the sys tem. It stimulates activity in every organ. When cold attacks the surface of the body the blood Is set Into more free circulation as a means of bodily warmth. It Is through the circulation of the blood , that the human anatomy is kept in a state of repair. hen the food has been digested and converted Into liquid form, It Is taken up by the blood and carried the rounds of the waste places. When the cold causes Increased circulation it also brings about more perfect nutrition. Man's face and hands illustrate how weather-proof the body becomes when exposed to air. Continued activity in circulation on the surface caused bj the air coming In contact with the skin lends to nourish and thicken the skin Thus man's skin grows thicker in win ter Just as animals are supplied with a double coat of fur. The savages who dwell bareheaded In the open air arc seldom. If ever, known to be afflicted with bald heads, while, with the civil ian who shields his scalp from air, bald ness is prevalent. The Indians who, if not now, in for mer days roamed our Western borders practically without clothing to sheltei their bodies, became, through long ex posure, so inured to cold that it gave them but little discomfort St Louis Globe. Hunting Ostrich Nests. Although the skin of an ostrich Is worth from forty to one hundred dol lars on the spot, the hunter of the des ert usually prefers to search for tilt eggs when he has discovered an os trich In flight. An English traveler in the Sahara, Mr. H. B. Tristram, de scribes this search. Once, and once only, I had the goo: fortune to take an ostrich's nest, al though fresh eggs were not infrequent ly brought in by the Arabs. We pb served with our telescopes two bird standing for some time iu the same spot, and were induced to ride toward them. They rapidly scudded off, but on intersecting their track we turned back and retraced it instead of continuing 11 vain pursuit. An ostrich's track Is by no means easy either to follow or to retrace, for his stride measures, when he is at full speed, from twenty-two to twenty eight feet; and the oblong impression or two toes at so wide intervals affords no very evident track to any eyes less expert than those of a Bedouin huuts- man. We retraced the Impression to the spot where we had seen the birds stand ing together, and where the sand was well trodden down. Two Arabs at once dismounted and began to dig with their hands, and presently they brought up four fresh eggs from a depth of about a foot under thb warm sand. Ostrich-egg omelet we always found a most welcome addition to our desert bill of fare, and a convenient and por table provision, for from the thickness of the shell the eggs keep perfectly sweet and fresh for a fortnight or three weeks. A Durable Structure. Over 300 years ago Sir Francis Drake built an open aqueduct twenty miles long to conduct water from the hills of Dartmoor to Plymouth, England. The town has just outgrown this supply and a large reservoir is to be built. Everything may come to the man i who waits except another man who I owos him money. - ' FOR LITTLE FOLKS. A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN TEREST TO THEM. Scmetting that Will Interest tbe Ju venile Members of livery Household -Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings of Many Cute and Canning Children. When the harvests are gathered and the season's work is finished the Siam ese become a wonderfully Jolly people. They have festivals, where they play like an army of big children let out for a romp, but they enjoy the "sky swing" best of all. This festival swing Is a gigantic structure over ninety feet high, and its seat is nearly fifty feet above the ground. When the crowd Is all ready for the sport, there is a blare of trumpets, and two lightly dressed natives climb up the side pillars to the high cross-bar, walk nimbly out to the swing-ropes fastened nearly 100 feet above the ground, and then slide down to the frail seat of the swing. Then A SKV SWING. the fuu begins. Like a couple of boys in an ordinary backyard swing the Siamese men begin to "teeter" the swing back and forth till it gets to fly ing at a speed of perhaps a mile a min ute. The swingers work till the swing ropes stand out at right angles to the frame; then they sit, one on the other, ind wait for the swing to end its pendu 'ations. Usually there are very excit ing contests to see which team' of swingers can make the swing fly the highest, and It occasionally happens that a man will lose his grip and fly through the air to certain and almost nstant death. An Kmperor's Playthings. Emperor Kuang Hsu, of China, Is said to have the finest collection of toys' jf any monarch. While still a little boy :ie became deeply interested in all sorts f foreign inventions, and, being an em peror, the small celestial had his taste ,'ratified, and toy models were secured ,f whatever he took a fancy to. H ,vas given a miniature railroad train perfect in design, an electric car, ivatches, musical toys, a phonograph ind hosts of other things that he fan cied. After having learned to ride the :icycle the young monarch caught his mperial cue in the rear wheel while iding oue day and was picked off the Machine with as little ceremony as if le had been Just an ordinary China .)oy. But the eunuch who had bought he bicycle for the Emperor was ban :shed in disgrace. From being interest ed in foreign inventions Kuang Hsu be anie fond of foreign books, including he Bible, and as soon as he became old nough to actually rule he began to in troduce foreign methods in his king .lom. This new plan worked all right until it resulted In the discharge of ilgh officials and the dismissal of vlce oys and governors. These appealed to he Empress Dowager and Kuang Hsu .vas locked up to keep him out of mis li it-f from an Oriental standpoint. Old Santa in Summer. Whilst you are wading in stream or pool, Ducking and diving in waters cool. Old Santa's sharp'ning up every tool To. fashion some .toys for you. And this is the son he'll hum, hum, hum: 'I'll make a trumpet and drum, drum drum. Then the- can have the jolliest noise I love to be working for good little boys!" While you're enjoying the scented breeze, .Swinging in hammocks 'neath leafy trees, Old Mrs. Santa, with greatest ease, Vill dress up some dolls for you. The song she will sing is: "Stitch, stitch, stitch, Whicli is the prettiest which, which, which. Black eyes or blue eyes, frizzes or curls? I love to be sewing for good little girls!" The reindeer, browsing 'mid Arctic snows. Searching for moss with an eager nose. Are getting ready to pull, pull, pull. Old Santa's pack when it's full, full, full, Over the snow with dolls and with toyo For good little girls and for good little boys. Youth's Companion. Railway Controlled by Children. What is probably the smallest work ing electric railway in the country is now being built in Macon, Mo. It Is owned by the Blees Miniature Rapid Transit Company, and when completed will be a mile in length, running around the grounds of a private park. The gauge of the road Is three feet two inches, and each car will carry eight people. The corporation which con trols this miniature railway is also on i small scale, for the officers are chil dren. Frederick Blees, 13 years old, Is President and motorman; Alvin Blees, 10 years old, is Vice President; Roy Denslow, 13 years of age, is Secretary; the Treasurer is 8-year-old Willie Blees, and the Assistant Superintendent is Raymond Klrsch, who Is 13 years old. The road operates In Mrs. Blee's park, and Is capitalized for $10,000, just as a company of "grown-ups" would be. Making It Baoier. Little Jean's dolly had met with an accident, and her mother had procured a new head for it. The removal of the old head proved to be a rather difficult task, which Jean watched with great Interest. "I'm afraid, Jean, I can't get this old head off," said the mother. Jean's face glowed with the light of an inspiration, as she said: "Never mind, mamma, just take the body off." A Penny Apiece. The minister had been talking about the necessity of a new heart, and little Bessie's father, taking her on his knees, asked her If she knew what a new heart was. "Oh, yes," replied the little miss, "you can buy one at the candy store for a penny." Johnny's Heroism. "This won't do," exclaimed Mrs. Box excitedly, "there's thirteen at table." "Never mind, ma," shouted little Johnny, "I kin eat for two." ;. Maybe He Needed It. "Why, Willie," said the lady caller, "how tanned ycu are.1' "Yes'm," replied the boy, "pa done It" Chopin's Appreciative Audience. When Chopin, the great composer and pianist, was a young man, he traveled through Poland with a friend and was one day snowbound. Some peasants succeeded In getting the sleigh out of the drift, and escorted the strangers to a post-house to exchange horses. As the travelers entered the little house, Chopin went to the piano, and, striking a few chords, exclaimed joy fully, "Santa Cecilia, the piano Is in tune!" and seated himself at the instru ment As he sat there improvising, the peasants stole In and stood watching him with mingled amazement and de light "We shall see whether they are lovers of music," said Chopin softly to his friend, and thereupon he, began to play his fantasia on Polish airs. The peas ants stood in silence, their eyes fixed on the pianist's flying fingers and their faces Irradiated with pleasure. Srfddenly the postmaster announced, "The horses are ready." r Chopin start ed up, but a dozen voices cried, "Finish that wonderful-piece-fiolsh it!" And the postmaster, who had heard only a few bars, said pleadingly: . "I'll give you a courier, horses, every thing you want, if you will remain just a little while." -,' j... I' The fantasia was finished, and at last the pianist was allowed to depart, though with many expressions of sor row from the enraptured grcup. Years afterward, when all Paris fell under the charm of his skill, Chopin often recalled the tribute paid him by those Polish peasants. The Secret of This Opal. A New Orleans jeweler tells a rather whimsical little story at the expense of a gentleman of this city who plumes himself on his freedom from supersti tion. "Back in the '80s some time," said the jeweler, "he bought an opal ring while on a visit to El Paso, Tex. The setting was supposed to come from the Mexican mines and was remarkably handsome -and full of fire. It was mounted with ten small brilliants and made really a very striking ornament; but, as usual, the friends of its owner were continually predicting that it would bring him bad luck. He laughed at their alarm and finally took a good deal of pride In vaunting his superiority to popular superstition. About a month ago he lost one of tbe brilliants and brought the ring here for repairs. 'I've worn this opal for over ten years,' he said, 'and I've yet to discover that it was responsible for any misfortune. Plague take such silly notions, any how.' When I repaired the mount I examined the setting carefully and was greatly amused to discover that it wasn't an opal at all, but merely ,a piece of colored glass. Opals, by the way. are easily Imitated, the current belief to the contrary notwithstanding. When I told the gentleman about It it made him so mad that he gave the ring to his negro porter." New Orleans Times-Democrat Contraband. In English country places the lilac Is considered an unlucky flower. A sin gle boutonniere of lilac has been held responsible for solitary splnsterbood. For the same reason mothers with mar riageable daughters never allow a jug of sweet smelling blossoms Inside the house. It may stand on the outside of the window sill, but "there's no love luck about the house" when there are lilacs In It. To give one's sweetheart a sprig of the flower Is the death blow to the most secure of engagements. White, lilacs are even more fatal to love affairs than the colored ones; they are, in fact, as ominous as an opal ring. Love, however, "laughs at artificial flowers, and only the real tree grown ones can come between the lover and his lass. Stony hearted bachelors sometimes sport a lilac boutonniere as a charm against feminine blandishments. Oriental Babies. Two hundred babies of Oriental par entage were recently displayed in a baby show in San Francisco. The boys had their heads shaved, while the girls had their hair stiffened with beads and paper flowers. Poor singers and counterfeiters uttex bad notes. - Handling Corn Shocks. The report of the Kansas State Boarl of Agriculture says where band labor Is plenty the standard price for cutting corn by hand Is 5 cents per shock, four teen by fourteen hills square, without board, or 80 cents per acre, as there are sixteen shocks of this size per acre. Corn should always be cut ou bright, clear days, or on such a day as is good to cure hay In. Two men should work together, and the shocks should be started on a jack, which is made by put ting two legs, well braced together, near one end of a 10-foot scantling, and having an auger hole near the upper end for a broom handle. As soon as four armftils are set up against the jack the shock should be loosely tried with a stalk and the jack removed. As soon as the shocks have thoroughly cured, say two weeks after cutting, those that are to be stored in the barn should be baled under 0,000 pounds pressure and tied up with a wire (common hay-baling wire, one wire will tie up two shocks), and those that are to be fed from the field can be pulled up tight with rope and pulley and tied with binding twine; the twine should be saturated with coal oil to prevent mice and insects from destroying it. Eminent professors have agreed that it only takes one and a half inches of rainfall to wash all traces of digestible matter out of a shock of al falfa, and corn shock's are also affected, but not to so great a degree. They have also agreed that well-cureu corn fodder, put under a good roof without having had any rain on it, is in every respect just the same as ensilage, except the water content, and it is only necessary to cut it and add water to secure food identical to ensilage without the cost of a silo, with Its short life, and also without the 20 to 25 per cent waste that mold causes in the corners of the silo. Prairie Farmer. Productive Wyandottes. The accompanying illustration shows a pen of three Wyandotte pullets wh'ch laid last year 472 eggs and reared 31 chicks. The food consumed cost $2.02. The b-ws were kept in a yard by them selves and had a run on a fenced yard covered with good grass which was kept short by tbe frequent use of a lawn mower, as it was used as a drying ground for household linen. The fowls were fed on corn, and chopped waste PKN OF THREE WYANDOTTES. Eggs laid in year, 472; food consumed, $2.02; chicks reared. 31. meat from the kitchen, with soft bones oroken in a steel milt. The bones were oft and were chopped with the meat. A small stream ran through tbe ptot The hens were early chicks of the pre vious year, and -la id a few eggs In No vember of that year. They have never mixed with the other fowls and have been confined to their yard the whole time. The three hens weigh twenty eight and a half pounds. Value of Wet Land. "Don't worry because you have a wet piece of land on your farm," says J. S. Trigg, of Iowa. "The chances are that it is by all odds the most valuable tract of land on the farm. Study bow it may be most economically and advantage ously drained, and then tackle it The richest lands In Europe are the reclaim ed farms wrested from the bottom of the North Sea in Holland. The redeem ed peat bogs of Minnesota give fields of inexhaustible fertility. The muskrat bogs of Iowa will grow eighty bushels of corn to the acre when drained. The wet lands of the Northwest, upon which' a settler would have starved to death In an early day, now ditched and reclaim ed, are richer and more productive than those of the historic delta of the Nile. Give us bogs before gravel knolls, wet flats before limestone ridges, a black gumbo before a light loam. "Wet lands are Invariably good grass lands. Where grass will grow stock will thrive, and stock means money for the man who raises it." Hog Cholera Problem. The hog cholera problem is ever pres ent and it is not improbable tbe time will come when this disease can be suc cessfully treated or at least held within bounds, says the Orange Judd Farmer. The so-called new treatment for hog cholera, that of feeding the meat from swine dying of cholera to healthy pigs, is the subject of the latest bulletin sent out by the agriculture experiment sta tion at Purdue University, Indiana. The claim made was that reeding this diseased flesh produced a mild form of the disease aud pigs thus fed would hereafter be free from cholera. This theory was advanced several years ago and caused considerable comment. Di rector Plumb, however, concludes the method of treatment not entirely a suc cess, according to the testimony at his command. Tbe experiment station does not indorse this method of treatment and distinctly so states. "Hog cholera is a contagious disease, and when once it secures a foothold In a herd, usually runs its course, and after much fatality becomes more or less extinct especially where serious attempts are made to stamp out the disease. Thus far no certain remedy, based on an extended trial, has been brought out. The In diana experiment station will indorse no hog cholera remedy now on the mar ket and the most we ean recommend Is absolute cleanliness about the pig yards and lots and the liberal use of disinfectants." Economical Feed Barn. Here is a convenient and economical feed barn. Above the triangular hop per, which extends the length of the building, is a floor with traps, through which feed can be placed in the hopper and eve-ly distributed throughout its length. There Is a door, closed in the cut, by means of which the hopper can be fed from the wagon. The hopper opens into a trough, from which the LABOR-SAVING FRED BARK. cattle feed as the grain descends. The projecting roof affords all the protec tion needed for cattle In southern lati tudes. For cotton seed the throat of the hopper should be six inches wide, with three inches between tbe opening and bottom of trough. For corn or oats a three-inch strip can be placed central ly under the throat to prevent too free flow of grain. The inclined walls of the hopper should be supported at in tervals with 2 by 4 pieces extending from trough to rafters. Soaking Corn for Feeding. Prof. Henry, in Feeds and Feeding, tells of an experiment made at the Kansas station in which one lot of steers ate 1,105 pounds of dry corn and 554 pounds of fodder to make 100 pounds of gain, and another lot having corn soaked until it began to soften gained 100 pounds on 938 pounds of corn and 512 pounds of fodder. Here was a saving of 167 pounds of corn and 42 pounds of fodder. At another trial with steers in pasture and bogs fol lowing them to eat th. corn in tbe drop pings, steers and swine gained 100 pounds on 791 pounds of dry corn, while where corn was soaked for an other lot they got the same gain from 752 pounds, a saving of 39 pounds of corn by soaking. In a test lately made at the West Virginia Station with two lots of pigs, one on soaked corn and the other on corn meal wet to a mash, 3.85 pounds of corn made as much gain as 4.70 pounds of meal, or a saving of 85 pounds of meal to 10 pounds of pork. In a German experiment with sheep those fed on dry corn made more gain than those that had soaked corn. We should expect it to '. profitable to soak corn for hogs or cattle, but not for sheep or hens. Hessian Fly Solved. The Hessian fly problem has been solved, according to newspaper re ports. A farmer in the central part of Missouri thinks he has discovered bow to keep the fly out of his wheat at a moderate expense. Just as wheat was coming up last fall, he scattered com mon salt over half a field, leaving the other half without any. He used about a bushel of salt to the acre. He says it worked like a charm. The part of the 'field salted has a good stand of wheat entirely free from fly, while the other half is badly damaged. Another man says he prevented damage from fly by sowing a barrel of air slacked lime on fifteen acres as soon as the wheat came up, repeating the process at intervals of a few days. Blanching Celery. m In the market garden all sorts of schemes have to be followed to save labor in blanching the plant the art of removing the natural bitter quality. At times the plants are set close together so as to partially shade one another, and finally boards are set upright against the plant in the rows. At other times albino varieties are employed that seem blanched because they develop no green or chlorophyllous matter in their structure. But the bitter taste remains. To have good celery tbe process of earthing up must be continuous. It requires a very rich soil, and if plenty of water can be given so much the bet ter, says Meehan's Monthly. Border Leicester Ram. Three-Shear. Bred by and the prop erty of Matthew Templeton, Sandy knowe, Kelso, Scotland. First at the Edinburgh show a&d champion at Gala, shiels this year. ESCAPED DEATH. THE UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE GRANTED LE ROY BOWEN. ; Given Up to Die by Four Doctors Because of a Serious Complication of Diseases How He Saved Himself From the Enterprise, Mapleton, Minn. To escape death after being given up by four doctors, and bidden good-bye to family and Iriends is n experience not granted every man. Yet it hap pened to Mr. Le Roy Ho wen, of De ooria township, Blue Earth county, Minn. Mr. Bowen is a farmer, but formerly resided in Mapleton, where he was clerk and city marshal for a number of years. He is a well-known member of the Masonic fraternity and enjoys an enviable leputation for his sterling honesty and uprightness of character. He told his story ot miraculous re lief and cure to a reporter recently and it is a story of the greatest inteiest. He said: "I was suddenly taken sick in the spring of 1895. Ihe pain was intense. The doctor was hastily summoned. He pronounced my case one of gravel and eaid that the pain was caused by the passage of a stone from the kidneys to the bladder. I doctored with him for thiee months, but was not benefited. Frequently, once a week, I would have a bad spell of two or three days duration, during which I suffered un told agony. "Finally I went to Mankato and' consulted a specialist. He stated, that I did not have gravel, but thought it was rheumatism of the stomach. -I continued to visit him until the end of August. Then I became completely bedridden and sent for another doctor. He called my complaint inflammation of the bowels and treated me for that. I became better, but in one week my legs swelled up and I was worse than ever. "The doctor laid my case before the faculty of Bush Medical College, Chi cago, and it was decided that I had neuralgia ot the stomach. I was treat ed for that until December, but contin ued to grow worse. Then the doctor said, 'I can't do you any good. All the help I know for you is an opera tion.' 'Very well,' 1 replied, 'go on and operate if that is left for iue.' This was on Sunday. The time of the operation was set for Tuesday. My children were sent for, and I prepared for the worst. , "The appointed time came; the four doctors present -examined me for two hours, then they retired and consulted for the same length of time. They concluded that they did not know what ailed me. The head physician asked permission to 'cut,' as he expressed it, 'and . find out.' I asked how big a place he wanted to cut. He said 'he thought four inches far enough.' I knew enough not to allow any such hide-and-seek game to be played with me, so the operation did not occur. I continued under the doctor's care, but my case was considered hopeless. I made my will, balanced my accounts and made every preparation for death. 'I continued to grow steadily worse. Day after day was passed in intense agony. As a last resort I told my hired man to bring me, the next time he went to town, a box of Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I had read considerable about them 'and thought I would try thenx Immed iately after beginning the use of these pills I commenced to feel better. At first, I took one pill three times a day, but increased the dose to three pills three times a day. In two weeks I was out of bed and around. "In five weeks I took a trip to Man kato, but this trip was a little beyond my strength and I came home and had to go to bed. I again began the use of the pills. The effect was as before; in four days I was on my feet, and have ben there ever since, thanks to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People." I hereby certify the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. LE ROY BOWEN. Witnesses: J. A. Biddeson, Mrs. Le Roy Bowen. Mr. Bowen's postoffice address is Beauford, Minn. He will gladly an swer any inquiries to those enclosing stamp for reply. It was nature's own remedy that accomplished this cure caused by im pure blood, for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are composed'of vegetable remedies that exert a power ful influence in purifying and enrich ing the blood. Many diseases long supposed by the medical profession to be incurable have succumbed to the po tent influence of these pills. This uni versal remedy is sold by all druggists. Emma Abbott's Fatber Insane. Chicago Oct. 1. A special to the Chronicle from Milwuakee, says. Ap plication has been made to J udge tVa 1 1 -ber for the appointment of a guardian for Seth Abbott, father of the late Em ma Abbott. Mr. Abbott was adjudged insane in the Chicago courts last Fri day, and his commitment ordered to a sanitarium at Wauwatosa. The appli cation for a guardian is made by Fred erick Abbott, a son, who asks that he or some suitable person be. appointed guardian. Judge Wall ber has fixed the hearing for October 22. Gomes Is Truthful. Havana, Oct. 1. General Maximo Gomez has written a letter, in which he says: "Many persons are mortified at the prolongation of tbe American interven tion. Many also view the situation in a pessimistic light. But the Ameri cans are hot to blame for the delay, as the Cubans have placed obstacles in their path. No good man can donbt that the promises of the United States secretary of war and the American people will be faithfully kept." .