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." .