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Shooting the
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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
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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.
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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
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SHOOTING
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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