lo is A QHOST THAT PAH. | BLACK - DRAUGHT Shooting the STOCK POULTRY MEDICINE i suit about tha'W ill, which kept K « > occupied. I t stood tor two or three o» yeai*. s tripp ed-of tw furniture and «■ Without ear*, ltar the ault S T X u ^ M A w w h o u a -« -« ^ * l a * caretaker. Ha only •*•»«» fe UifeM. tor at 1 « ’clock la tha « « ■ “* ! wt ' b e was terrified to hear a ““ “ | j heing dragged along tha U H and, £ I stairways. Others followed him, and one area stayed a weak, ba* • groan», tag sound rig ht In hto bedroom sunt M h im flying In only halt hla to to tha naaraat cottage ha eould Sad. j ’ I t was then „ the advertisement ap- or peered that draw say attention. I t ra 60c 26c 25c 36c GUM BOOTS at Low Prices. Bather than carry over Rub- her Goods we are offering the rest of our Gum Boots at sale prices, roaii: “ T h e owner ot Rutland Grange « ■ . 5, tha Ralston road w ill give a Seward, of »200 to anyone who w ill wnldo to , that house and solve tha mystery « M •1 went to the house and did not Snd much trouble In eolvlng the rid­ dle. The place had once been well Mocked w ith gatae, and now the de­ serted ground» were running over w ith game of a ll kinds. I t had u » p » d trespassers •vM e n tly . until lately, hut investigation »bowed that number» of fresh snares l t d U ap* had been s e t ‘Poacher«* evidently wee the meaning — ‘ he mystery. | got two men ano ji Men’s Blue Denim Bib Overalls Men’s Bltte ChamDfey Work Shirt* 60c President style Sus­ penders- Extra strong Polio* and Engineer Suspenders It CAT record o. c u n a , -.n» ■ I.ed lu lucoirai b is to ir, pro w l Sure »perii a »H.»se»i.e» m crU -in to auy other M ED IC I V Y the Fidi Nome ao A hìbìrs Always plants grown upon 10® nere« of rich rallcy lend the dll is dIM illed, and thia husbandman bear» the unique , -»e rtp ro - dtotlectlon of being the dueer aad of having tha most « ita s iv ® wormwood work« in the United States, U a a th d n s M lI The farm Me» betw M B th» Sfcefto s i 1 Crystal U k ts a d th« meta traveled «end extending fro m Lodi U P re irly -i ®'Se®- I The residence and dtotlUrry are hlddetf I away behind a h ju ffllk * hill, aad a t the end o t a long, winding road, guarded by a massive farm er’s gate. 80 se­ cluded to the place, and ao unexpected­ ly does the w a y fa rer come In rig h t of it, th a t one might »oppose he was ap­ proaching a »pot Where Kentucky "W en , I eat oa m y man aad Mow a moonshine to m e d . beyond the pale o f whistle, when up owns my aaatouata, the wandering r« T » M t iollector. ; w ith another whom they had taken The wormwood plant» are g lo w » on the farm in » bo utthe same nwnmorna sata Snd o th er eereale. The pair had Just started la to mnke a gooo ^ grow friitn tw o to three feet thing put of the pice», and bad mid high. They a re light Ineolor, and have in a perfect store ot chains, white the appearance o f being covered w ith sheets phosphorus, aad other things, dew. As soon as. the unattractive pur­ a t tha top of the how»«, w ith which ple blossom« appear the cutting and they had been frightened away the distilling begin. By mean» of an ordi­ successive caretakers. nary mowing machine w ith a dropper •T h a t Jon brought me not only the attnehment the plant» ere cut down »100, but » freak oommimloa. Thto and left 1» torg* bundle» to w rit to the time a summer hotel that was left hot surom ereua.. With a email force during the wiatet A» eooa as they become w ilted aad , flaccid they are loaded on wagon» aad months was haunt»«. The servants hauled to the dtotlllery, where a M g were being terribly frightened by my» iron fo rk cornea down into the load. terious kno cking V hat wore heard sow. By mean« o f a rope and pulleys the aad then at n ig h t Ootng to the hotel, fork w ith it» burden to hauled upward 1 went to bed on the ground floor, bet to a U tile car on m ils, where en «»to ­ bad to wait two or three nights be­ me tie attachm ent 1»quickly made. In fore the mysterious sound» were heard. “One night, after we had been hav­ no time the car roll» to the opening ’ over the large vet, whan there to a Jerk ing heavy rain» all day. tha knocking to the t r ip rope» and the bunch of began rig ht underneath my room. wormwood shrubbery 1» dropped into "W aiting until daybreak, w lth h e lp the vnt. Thia to repeated u ntil the vat 1 took up the flooring aad found Wht a 1« «lied to the top with the aromotto small boy, long forgotten, but once naed for storing boats, ran back under p la n k . In the engine room adjoining there the house. In thto wae floating an to a boiler. By tw isting a valve the empty mineral water crate. There ■team to turned Into the vat ao th a t was a lock to the river below the ho- every »tern and loaf of the hoary plan t la Immersed In the »team and must yield the essential oU. Prom the v a t the (team p»«««e into the eondenring pipes, laden w ith oil fro m the herb. Thu plpee ere «ubmergnd In cold w ater b a s in » made out of cement, end there the oil collects, drop by drop, to And Ito way through a »mail opening to a voesel prepared I won't take ell m y cases of ‘gfcaet to receive i t laying.’ but w ill pick out on« or two. The oil. being of lee» »peclflc grav­ There was a country place that for a ity then w ater, collects a t the top long time was avoided because It got o f the vessel provided fo r the pnr- the reputation of haring a spectre pose. Thto can In to which tho drops W ith in a weak 1 » » It tw im , gliding Of oil end w ater fa ll to provided w ith about the grounds, bpt It wan too aim a »pout which almost reaches the Me tor me to egtel|. Then | put oa a to p o f the veeael. making It appear w hite cloak myself and tjied haunting like a gardener’s w ater pot. Out of the 0 o » L Thto rime »uoeeedpd la thto »pot flow» the floating oil. There frightening the apparition, as. when comae a tim e In the process when the we met face to face one night. It was receiving vessel w ill hold no more of the other ghost that fled. Who the fellow was 1 should have nevpr heard, probably, as he was so float' that I eould not overtake hliq. only that to hto flight somewhere be fell aad hurt hla lac. aad whea he consulted the doctor the whole sfo>7 <*“>• out. t(e urns a neighboring farm er who wanted As eooa ao a ll o f the oil has keen •«cured fro m the plants In the vnt to get hold of the adjoining property. ¡ 1 ; K. S W iS ^X S A rS Sin««' A n t i- FU» the Iron fo rk to sent down Into It and brings fo rth tho steaming sterna and leaves. M any people cannot w ork w ith the plant beeau»» o f the odor. T hera a»« about B00 wormwood farm s in the United States. tw o o f which are owned by M r. D r e w T h e demand for^lhe oU in much greater than the supply. Mueh o f H to imported from Europe. G reet tra c ts o f land In Eu­ rope are devoted t o It« production, and the discovery o f absinthe by tw e old Swim women has stim ulated tba trade o f the “green-eyed beauty” fro m th» distilled Juiee o f the pleeA. In the pe«1 «0 year« the price o f o il o f wormwood has advanced fro m one to six dollars a pound. On ne- alathe U to not anticipated th a t the price w ill »Ter touch the dollar m ark again. T h * oil to naed In making lini­ m en t* and o th er remedies. I t baa a p en etratin g property possessed by ae o th er oil. and when applied “goes A- Tim e Minute SHOOTING MATCH I ■ 100 F at Turkeys; Beef, Ducks, Gee Three D ays Port Orford November S hooting 3 0 ,2 4 and 26 Meet me at Hort Orford” A B ig F at T urkey w ill he given to the lady m aking the best score. E M T E R T A IN M E N T -W c d re p d a y night by 8cticpl Children r td iin c playing upon the Imagteatloi Brother and the night that I T h i.r« H « v . N o v. 2 6 . bv Port Orford Harbor Band