The Port Orford tribune., February 21, 1917, Image 1

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About the year 1740 a rage tor
•w h is k ." or whist, set In, but a t first
ft was considered too wise a gam e tor
ladles to join la. Hum e, the historian,
never want to bed without bis w b ls t
end even the great Johnson regretted
that be had not learned to play cards.
In 1742 “ H o rry" W alpole finds U abso­
lutely necessary to le a n “ whisk."
"haring waited lu vain for Its being
left off.” W e find h im In another let­
ter threatening to build an a lta r to
"Pam” to commemorate the escape of
bis charming Ducbcns o f G rafton, who.
It appears, bad b e e r playing canto la
Borne when sbe ought to have been at
a cardinal's reception, where the floor.
precipitated Into the cellar!
Cards were so very much In evbteop«
In his time that even Invitation* were
frequently Issued and uoles w ritten up­
on the hacks of plsyiug cards, which
on that «co>unt were usually plain,
without any design. The chevalier's
famous order to retreat a t Culloden
was w ritten on the back o f tho nine of
h a rts
A fresh attem pt was mode In 178» to
remedy the M ate of gambling In Eng­
land by passing an net which provided
that “any person keeping * house or
poor o f tho parish.” whereupon torn
Indlas o f title. Hordlngtoo and Cassell«,
who keep open bouses for gambling,
claimed their prtrftegw o f peersr« to
order to Intimidate the peace officers
•rom doing th e ir duty sod nopprmsfn»
(ho public gamtag booses by therm—'
IF YOU
T O U C H
your tongue to
A L U M
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and look in the glass— yon w ill see the effect—
You can't help puckering— it makes you pucker
to think o f tasting i t
Powders you la k e this puckering, injurious Alum
right into your system—-you injure digestion,
rum
your stomach.
AVOID AbVM
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Say plainly-
lto y a j »• made from pure, refined G rape Cream o f T a rta r—Cost« more
than A lum but you have the profit o f quality, the profit of good health.
Nothing ha* ever equalled i t
N o th in g c a n ever surpass it.
New Discovery
rorCSWA^."^;,
A Perfect
C a re t
F o r A il Throat and«
L aag Trouble«.
Where did the madatone come
from? No one aeema to know. I t
doea not belong to the mineral
kingdom, nor can it be aaaigned to
a place in geological formation*.
Ita composition is not definite and
it may possibly be found ujmmi any
beach or in.any gravel pit, and
the supply is always equal to the
demand, says the Chicago Chron­
icle.
There are even now many of
these precious talismans in this
country, and “the believers in
their efficacy always know where !
the nearest is kept.” One of them <
ban been the property of an Ohio (
negro aud waa placed after the '
death of the owner in the state li­
e carried
brary at Columbus. There it was I
distance
recently applied to the wosnd '
caused by the bite of a supposedly '
re n o t b ,
oe, m ake
rabid dog. The dog recovered and
and loas
the woman to whom it was ap
plied died of blood-poisoning,
caused by the unclean contact.
Such a stone was kept in the by
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' used by
Virginia state penitentiary for the H uiteon B ay comp«;, for over too
years;
I
t
w
as
the
ro
u
te
th
a
t
th e early
years and waa open to all comers
« tU e rs on th e Ked rive o f th e iion>’'
Jorapplication to the bite of u mad look w h en th e y s ta rte d th e Ked Rive,
dog or other allied wounds. One olooy in 1*12, end as I t ha« ’« . n, aw 1
auch (perhaps the same) was at a s E till, to a c e rta in e x te n t, used to th '
lu y , I t is ev id en tly n o t im p ra c tlc a -lr
later date sold for *39.
f o r fo u r m o n th * o f w in te r Ice prevents
Htill more famous wns that navig atio n, b u t It freest» up la te r in
brought from Russia in 1837 by a th e to ll and th a w t e a rlie r In the spring
physician of thol country who set­ th an L a ke B uperior.
T h e ro u te Its e lf is fro m P o rt Nelson
tled in Nevada. It had previously
been exploited in that country fori to the m o u th o f the K elson river,
'ir o u - h th e Hudson s tra its , vie C -;*
at least a century and a half, a i n row e ll to tb s n o rth coset o f Irelan d,
fact supported by documentary and tlx-uce to Liver,xx>l o r Glasgow,
evidence. The document was w rit­ and P o r t NrtoOn is to be oooneoted w ith
ten in native Kuasian and as no­ th e w h eat fields an d c a ttle ranges by
means o f r a ilw a y fro m \ \ innipeg, Man.,
body concerned could read It w h ich la less th a n «00 m iles fro m tho
everybody implicitly
believed hay.
what they were told of it. The
I t m ay l>c asked: “W h y was this not
owner offered the stone for sale all th o u g h t o f before?" Th e ant"
for *1,000 and a Joint stock com­ ,'inpto. U n til th e y e a r 1870 the
o f w b a t is now th e Canadian pro» ■ „
pany was formed for the purchase. M a n ito b a and B ritis h r.o rtb w o -t te rri­
A number of shareholders ad­ tories wns co ntrolled by th e Hudson
vanced *1 each and the balance Buy com pany, and as th e ir sole object
waa made u * by a farmer who be- waa to su pp ly th e w orld w ith fur, it
came Its keener when the "pap was d is tin c tly to th e ir interest to ex­
ag gerate tb s dangers of th e voters o f
chase waa completed. Ita fams the bay, and In to c t do a n y th in g th a t
• t il l UoorlsKh and tt in said that w o uld re ta rd Im m ig ra tio n to th e tr p in -
an offer o f *3,000 has been
fa r It . •
“ H e calls I t th e ‘R ra n d y w to s M o n o
W all,* and ssya th ia w o n d e rfu l and
massive s tru c tu re o r p a rt* o f , t m o to r«
A C levne T h ie f .
o f m aso nry dons Io « to n . w h ich has
d s4nlb .ro K id »«? 1
This Is bow the presence of mind anfi- w ith sto o d th e ra v a g e s -o f tim e to r per­
«ad Don’t Know ft.
sudaclty of a Chicago thief saved bias haps m snv th ou san d* o f years, s till
from tolng locked up: A policeman at and« an e n d u rin g rv lie o f ■ pre­
who recognised him and knew he was h is to ric e irilto a tio n en d s kn ow ledge
“ wanted" put him under a rre s t w ith o f th e a rt o f b u ild in g not In fe r io r in
tho words. “Tou are wanted a t bead- m an y rc c p c c ta to th r present day. These
quarters.” •‘Tas, I know," replied tho stone b itild in g i tie. fo r (b e nooet p a rt,
A j L t - m usneskhr condl- thief quickly. " I waa arrested tost bu ried In the e a rth in th * aoutbeatrt-
tlon
ih* I"1* - night and wao bolted out this morning. e rn p a rt o f C laib orne co u n ty, and
’ < it
■ *? *:
11 «teins
Tou are too stow." “i t dose look that ly in g against th e Copiah co u n ty U n*,
—L X
your linen It I»
way.” said the crestfnllen policeman on th e slope* o re rio o k in g th e v a lle y o f
evidence of kld-
as
be told tbg thief be could go, of th e B ra n d yw in e cre e k fro m th e west
ney trouble: too
« S 'A irequent désirs to which permission the thief loot no side.
“These w a lls ru n fro m no rth ea st to
time lu q ra llla g hltnself. Later, to his
P * “ 11 Or p s io I"
southw est. T h e y n r* b u ilt o f w h ite
— —
the b ec k Is also chagrin, the policeman found th a t tho
convlnci.-.j
that the kidneys and blad- thief had not been previously arrratsd. o r gray ish w h ite «tone o f im m ense sis*,
w e ig h in g fro m tw o to th re e tons,
1er are out
m easu ring fro m six 4o eig ht fe et In
T h e G lid e d M a s.
Thera I* somfort ¡n the knowledge as
A t the headwaters of the Orinoco le n g th and th re e feet w ide by tw o feet
often e r p-saaad. I'm D r, Kthnsr's Swamp-
th ic k . These -blocks, o r slabs, a re laid
Root, the groat s«tn<y remedy fulfills »very Spanish tsadltloas located the land of in s very lin e q u s ilty o f« a m e n t, a n d as
wlah in coring rheuir.atlam, ."»In to th* E l Dorado, "the glided man,“ a po­ p e rfectly ss b rick w o rk . T h e Joints
book, kidneys, liver, t ladder and every port tentate whose country was so rich In
of the urinary passage. I l corrects Inability gold dost th a t be bad his body anoint­ are perfeet and very close.
“ A t one place th e to p o f th e w a ll is
to hold water sad scalding pain to passing ed w ith sill and spclakled w ith gold ev­
It, or bad effect* .ollewtng use of Uquor, ery morning, so th a t bo shone In tho exposed b y th e e a rth b e l n / washed
wine - r beer, and overcomes that unpleasant son as though gilded. It la a curious s w a y to a w id th o f SO feet and a len g th
necessity of being compoHsd to go often
toct that the country In which tradition o f 90 fe e t: th is esposore has th e sf>
luring »ha day, and te get up many tlmsv
pcaranee o f a bvlclr h e a rth . A t an ­
A - „ g the night. T h * mild and the axtrn- located this marvelous being has never o th e r place th * stone has been q u a rrie d
been
explored
by
a
w
hite
man.
ordinary ef.’act of S w am p-R oot It soon
fo r dom estic use to a depth o f th ree
realized
It stand* th * highest tor Ils won­
la y e rs o f slabs, w hich la s ix feet, a
derful euros of the moat distroaslng caass.
w id th o f M . o r e ig h t blocks, and a
If you neod a medicine you should Kara the
le n g th o f (S blocks, o r ISO f * e t . T h *
bad. Sold by di uggtiti ic 50c. a d d $ l. stew.
le n g th o f th is w a ll as In d ica ted b y the
You may have a sampl* bottle of this
croppings Is about 1,000 fe *f: A t an­
wondsrfi.!
discovery. . . __ t M T ' —
and s booK that lei Is ddSSBa M f f M g j f t l
o th e r place about 500 yard« s w a y fro m
plea o f a kuave and Issues out of the t h * place Just m entioned Is a w a ll j u t ­
more about It. both te n '
month o f a fool. The Stirling strength tin g fro m u n der a elop* fo r s distan e*
ibsohjtely fro* by m a il.
of man and woman rebukra 1» every- o f n e a rly »ZOO f» et. T h is sto n * w o rk
is exposed to a g r e a t m a n y places over
an area o f fo u r square miles.
•“The sides an d angles o f th * b lock*
o f atone* are so perfect th a t th ey r * -
'tem ble pressed b ric k . T h e to p * o f these
w a ll* are p e rfe c tly horlnontdThad w ith ­
o u t reg a rd to th e anevenea* o f th *
Kell—The Men! Why?
e a rth '* s u rfs«*. T h e s*ams across th e
B e lle -H e bended It "Unen on
tie rs a r * p e rfe c tly ho rln o n tal to posi­
M ’s Fscs."-PI»Hndelpbla Record.
tio n . and these blocks are am oo th'y
dressed on th e edges and end*, w h ile the
broad su rface* nre bro u g h t «town to a
level p la n *, but no t dressed. T h e y nre
I h eld no firm ly to g e th e r by th e cem ent
1 t h a t I t la w ith g re a t d iffic u lty t h a t th ey
a re broken up.
£
' A personal Inspection o f these g reat
stru c tu re s aa th e y lie p a rtly hu rled In
th e e a rth w ould relieve th e m inds o f
i th e m ost skeptical o f a ll d o u b t o f It
' n o t b e in g th e w o rk o f the h a n d * o f
m an.
z
" In a ll th a t is above m entioned In
ennnewtton w ith num erous c a r i n g s in
o f th e ea rth 's su rface, w hleh re p re ­
sent th e existence o f ondergronnd env-
erns. a b u n d a n t evidence Is found to
b e a r o a t th e th e o ry o f th e existence
o f a g re a t bu rled e it v in th a t lo cality.
“ T h e In to rm n tio n above given Is
vouched foe by o th e r partiea w ho have
visited th e seen* la race n t yearn, and
bears on t th e th e o ry advanced by M r.
W atson. T r u ly , th a n In w o rk ffw th e
sclent let he re .”
1
«to
B u t now th in g ) navn enanged. Th e
Hudson B ay comp« n y • rig h ts were pu r­
chased b y th e don m ion g o vernm en t in
1870 fo r a b o u t »2 •.000,000 w o rth o f
lan d, and In 1880, te i »cars la te r, » c h a r­
te r wns g ran ted to s»e Nelson k iv e r
com pany, w h o urc in
b u ild in g a ro il-
ho w rver, w ith o u t sonic d raw b ack»; fo r
’ n à te n e « -, if t i r i n g foU r iw m t 1» i t tA A u M
h» u m l. but o w in g to th « to c t th a t the
la y «lo-,a n ot freeze until October the
«rotera farmer, wlt-i h!» early harvest,
, ould get autot oi bis g ra in o ff bin bandi
iud Shippol. before th a t tim e, and
luce us hr could not get
to the «cat«mrd to f i n e w o uld he held
n d e la to r s a t P o rt N'vlnor. u n til spring,
« h e n l.e would cnlcli tlic in c it a b le rise
in th e m ark et to E urop e 1« M a y .
G ra n 1« by no rucaos th e o n ly oom-
m odify to be cous'dcred. T h in k o f the
< a ttic d u rin g th e long su m m er «hipping
hcason. Freed fio u i th e lo ng tra rs -
■ o u t'n c n to l ra ilw a y iia u l. th ey would
arrive to Europe to m uch to tte r condi­
tion thnn n o w ad ays ..
T in n th ere a r t hay. U n ito r , loga, wool
and a hundred and oue tilin g s th a t
w ould be n p ro fit to th e w esterner w ith
cheap fr e ig h t to Europe, w h 'm harc now
a g lu t on th e m a rk e t. Even horses
m ig h t he rained, a t a p ro fit.— 5 . J ^ T d
rg ra m .
"
T H 1 A U TO M O B ILE.
A m oto r cab servtoe I* about to be
Introduced in Cologne. G erm any.
Am ericans have asked the legislator«
e f B ritis h A m oricn fo r permission to
run au lo m cb U e aiu to th e fa r-o ff end but
little know n Om ineca region In B riU tI
A m erica.
, ..
D u rin g the m onth o f Decem ber, ac­
co rd ing to the P a r i* ed itio n o f the H e r­
old. 70« aceWent« were caused b j
ho nes, re su ltin g In 52 deaths and <5u
In ju ries. In th e same period there were
only 21 a u tom ob ile a c c ld e « ls and on ly
on* «lesth.
In P a ri* a a antomohBU« wes d ririru
an autom obile St an exeestlve ra t« oi
speed, and tb « d r ir e r o f s tra m esi
e a s d o ln g « b e s a m e th in g . Tbeyerashe«
togetber. and a Ia d f was r s u jk it he
tween th e tw o vehlcles and her l«>
was broken. T h « an tom oh i.fst w t
sentenced Io tw o m ontbs’ Im prleonm ec
w itb o n t ih r ber.eflt o f Ih r flre t-o ffe n i'
la fr. and th« d r ir e r o f the i r s n s i )
arn ten e rd lo elg ht d«y»' 'm p rlsg a m e n l •
w f t '_ t : « to n e fit o f th i-
w. aed *be»9»*
la d V» a • d n t lv f f L f .
lam ag««*- '