0 ADVENTURES ON "RIVEROFDOUBT" Colonel Roosevelt Tells How Kermit Escaped Drowning. WAS SWEPT INTO RAPIDS. Too Nearly Gona ta Taar Off Cumbsr aoms Clothing and Baraly Abla to Roach Branch of Troa Which 8avd Hia Ufa Naming of tha Rio Karmit nd tha Rio Rooaovalt. From Colonel Rooaovolt'a aaventh arti cle describing his Journey In the Brazilian wUderneu In Scribner'a Magulne tor Oc tober, Ml. Copyright. 1914, by Cbarlea Scribner'a Sons.) Colonel Roosevelt describes the start and the early stages of his Journey down the "River of Doubt" The ca noes were rude dugouts, loaded within few Inches of the water, and from the very beginning dangerous rapids made progress both hazardous and dif ficult He could form no idea of the time it would take to reach civiliza tion, "whether six weeks or three months." It was on this part of the journey that Kermit Roosevelt so near ly lost his life by the upsetting of a canoe. Colonel Roosevelt writes: Kernilt yelled to the Bteeriiman to turn her head so as to take them in the only way that offered any chance whatever of safety. The water came aboard, wave after wave, as they raced down. They reached the bottom with the canoe upright, but bo full as bare ly to float and the paddlers urged her toward the shore. They had nearly reached the bank when another whirl pool or whirling eddy tore them away and hurried them back to midstream, where the dugout filled and turned over. Joao, seizing the rope, started to swim ashore. The rope was pulled from his hand, but he reached the bank. Poor Sinipliclo must have been pulled un der at once and his life beaten oat on the bowlders beneath the racing tor rent He never rose again, nor did wa iver recover his body. Karmit Tights For Hia Life. Kermit clutched bis rifle, his favorite 405 Winchester with which he had lone most of his hunting both In Africa ind America, and climbed on the bot tom of the upset boat In a minute he was swept Into the second series of rapids and whirled away from the roll ing boat losing his rifle. The water beat his helmet down over bis head and face and drove him beneath the surface, and when he rose at last he was almost drowned, his breath and strength almost spent He was In swift but quiet water and warn toward an overhanging branch. His jacket hindered him, but be knew he was too nearly gone to be able to get it off, and, thinking with the curi ous calm one feels when death la but a moment away, he realized that the utmost his failing strength could do was to reach the branch. He reached and clutched It and then almost lacked strength to haul himself out -on the land. Good Tregueiro had faithfully swum alongside him through the rap Ids aud now himself scrambled ashore. It was a very narrow escape, r Kermit was a great comfort and help to me on the trip, but the fear of some fatal accident befalling him was always a nightmare to me. He was to be married as soon as the trip wag over, and it did not seem to me that I could bear to bring bad tidings to his be trothed and to his mother. Simpliclo was unmarried. Later we sent to his mother all the money that would have been his had he lived. Christening tha Rio Roosevelt ' On the morning following our camp ing by the mouth of the Rio Kermit Colonel Rondon took a good deal of pains in getting a big post set up at the entry of the smaller river Into the Duvida. Then he summoned me and all the others to attend the ceremony of its erection. We found the camara us drawn up in line and the colonel jireparlng to read aloud "the orders of the day." To the post was nailed a board with "Rio Kermit" on It and the colonel read the orders reciting that by the direction of the Brazilian government and inasmuch as the unknown river was evidently a great river, be formal ly christened it the Rio Roosevelt This was a complete surprise to me. Both Lauro Muller and Colonel Ron don had spoken to me on the subject, and I had urged and Kermit had urged es strongly as possible that the nnme be kept as Rio da Duvida. We felt that the "River of Doubt" was an unusually good name, and it Is always well to keep a name of this character. But my kind friends Insist ed otherwise, and it would have been churlish of me to object longer. I was much touched by their action and by the ceremony Itself. At the conclusion of the reading Colonel Roudon led In cheers for the TJnitrd States and then for me ana for Kurmit and the eamaradas cheer ed with a will. I proposed three cheers for Brazil mid then for Colonel Rondon and Lyra and the doctor aud then for all the .nnifirndas. Then Lyra sulci that ev. erybody hud been cheered except Cher rle, and so we all gave three cheers for Cherrie. and the meetfng broke up In high Rod humor. School Days Wa won't have no geography to study any mora As long aa map la beta' changed an' shifted by the war. You cannot bound a country while tha boundaries ta all mixed. An' so we just have got to wait until they get 'em Tiled. But that don't help a feller none. Tha teacher la too slick: Bhe make you apend tha tlma you've saved a-leaxnin' 'rtthmetlol Of course there ain't no history to bust yer brains on now. It's beta' aU made over In tha European row. You don't know who'U be king of what when all the scrap Is done Nor what the biggest battles waa until somebody's won. But that don't get us nothln'l Nawl Tha time we save on that Wa have to use, the teacher says, to get our grammar patl I know the war Is dreadful but If It'a aim ply got to be There might be compensstlona (there's a word!) It seems to me. If It would mix up grammar Ilka It doea geography An make the hash of 'rlthmetlo It doea of history It might not do the world much good, but It would help a lot To lightenin' the grievous loada ua little kids has got! James J. Montagne In New Tork Amer ican. INFANTILE PARALYSIS CURE NEAR, DR. FLEXNER HINTS Reports Finding of Germ of Diaaaaa That Makes Cripples. Hope of a cure for infantile paraly sis, a disease that has baffled the med ical profession for years. Is held out by Dr. Simon Flexner, director of tha Rockefeller Institute For Medical Re search. Dr. Flexncr explains that through animal experimentation the micro organism of the disease, heretofore in visible even with the aid of the most powerful microscopes and extremely difficult to grow outside the human body, has finally been grown in test tubes and Is found visible when viewed through the microscope in masses. He makes no definite prom ise, but be leaves the distinct impres sion that recent experiment with this minute germ will soon produce results of a most important character. Research work concerning the dis ease has been In progress at the Rockefeller Institute for about six years. Results at first were similar to those In other laboratories, where the virulent agent eluded primary ml-, croscoptc detection. But the ample means at the command of Dr. Flexner enabled him to pursue the work be yond the stage at which It bad block ed others. Infant paralysis is spread in many ways. The common housefly la an active carrier of It Bedbugs and bens distribute It Human and other carriers have been found which do not themselves suffer from the dis ease, but which appear to exhale the tiny organisms and thus Infect sus ceptible persons with whom they come in contact The disease has appalling power to produce deformities. POSTAL BANKS' BIG GAINS. About 4,000,000 on Deposit Through out tha Country. There are now in the United States 9.C53 postofBces that are postal savings bank depositories. Deposits for the whole country at the end of August, according to an announcement made, amount to about $48,000,000. The New York office, with an Increase of $926,- 842 in August made the largest gain for the month. Other offices showing large Increases In the month are: Chicago, $14,000; Boston, $115,000; Detroit $76,000; Newark, $54,000; Los Angeles, $52,000; Portland, Ore., $51,- 000 Cleveland, $45,000; Butte, $44,000; Kansas City, Mo., $43,000; Milwaukee, $42,000; St. Louis, $35,000; Pittsburgh, $33,000; Minneapolis, $28,000; Buffalo, $27,000; Seattle, $27,000; Philadelphia, $26,000; Cincinnati, $26,000; St Paul, $25,000; Toledo, $24,000; Columbus, $22,000; Tacoma,'"$21,000, and Denver, $20,000. GIRL RESCUER RISKS LIFE. Saves Wounded Soldiers, Though, 8hells Burat All Around Her. "During the bombardment of Senlla Mile, de Selllgny, who belongs to one of the most prominent families of France, found two wounded soldiers abandoned among the ruins," writes a correspondent from Paris. "Although the shells were bursting all around, the young girl ransacked the place until she found a donkey and cart She filled the cart with straw and succeeded, all unaided. In hoisting the wounded men into the little spring less vehicle. "There was no place In the cart for Mile, de Selllgny, so she marched thir ty miles with her wounded to the near est ambulance." Horse Meat For Prisoners. In Germany signs of distress are now Apparent In the comments of newspa pers. The Lokalanzelger In several uv liues complains that prisoners of war lire fed much better than millions of Germans, who often have no butter nnd eat meat only twice a week, whereas the prisoners get meat dally. The same paper also suggests that wounded and dead horses on the bat tlefield should immediately be convert ed into sausages and other food for the German population and the prisoners f war, THE RlfHALPRESS Tha Local Paper a Moat Useful Agency on tha Farm Tha Presa, Pulpit and School a Trinity of Influence That Muat Ba Utlllxed In Building Agriculture. By Peter Radford. Lecturer National Farmers' Vnloa, A broad campaign of publicity on the subject of rural Ufa Is needed in this state today to bring the problems of tha farmers to tha forefront. Tba city problems are blaioned upon tha front pages of the metropolitan dall ies and echoed In the country press, but tha troubles of tha farmers are seldom told, except by those who seek to profit by the story, and tha glitter of the package ofttlmea ob scures tha substance, A searching In vestigation Into the needs of tha farmers will reveal many Inherent de fects In our economic system that can ba easily remedied when properly un derstood and illuminated by tha pow er of tha press. The rural press, the pulpit and the school are a trinity of powerful In fluences that the farmer must utilise to their fullest capacity before ha can occupy a commanding position In public affairs. These gigantic agencies are organised In every rural community and only await the patronage and co operation of the farmers to fully de velop their energy and usefulness. They are local forces working tor the best interests of their respective communities. Their work Is to build and their object is to serve. Tbay prosper only through the development and prosperity of tha community. Every farmer In this state should subscribe for the local paper, aa well aa farm periodicals and such other publications as he may find profitable, but he should, by all means, subscribe for his local paper, and no home should be without It. The local paper Is part of the community life and the editor understands the farmer's prob lems. It Is the local press that will study the local problems and through Its columns deal with subjects of most vital Importance to local life of the community. A Noble Task. In too many Instances the country papers mimic the city press by giv ing prominence to scandals, accidents and political agitation, The new ru ral civilization has placed upon the rural press renewed responsibilities, and enlarged possibilities for useful ness. It cannot perform Its mission to agriculture by recording the frail ties, the mishaps and Inordinate am bitions of humanity, or by filling Its columns with the echoes of the strug gles of busy streets, or by enchanting stories of city life which lure our children from the farm. It has a higher and nobler task. Too often the pages of the city dallies bristle with the struggle of ambitious men In their wild lust for power, and many times the flames of personal conflict sear the tender buds of new civilization and Illuminate the path way to destruction. The rural press Is the governing power of public senti ment and must hold stem! fust to principle and keep the ship of state In the roadstead of progress. The rural press can best serve the Inter ests of the farmers by applying Its energies to the solution of problems affecting the local community. It must stem tha mighty life current that is moving from the farm to the cities, sweeping before It a thousand boys and girls per day. It has to deal with the fundamental problems of civilization at their fountain head. Its mission Is to direct growth, teach ef ficiency and mold the intellectual Ufa of the country, placing before the pub lic the daily problems of the farmers and giving first attention to the leg islative, co-operative, educational and social needs of the agricultural classes within Its respective community. The Power of Advertising. The Influence of advertising is clear ly visible in the homes and habits of the farmers, and the advertising col umns of the press are making their Imprint upon the lives of our people. The farmer possesses the things that are best advertised. The farmer Is entitled to all the advantages and deserves all the lux uries of life. We need more art, sci ence and useful facilities on the farms, and many homes and farms are well balanced In this respect, but the advertiser can render a service by teaching the advantages of modern equipment throughout the columns of the rural press. Paint Your House During this Month and Next Special prices on all paints, oils and lead during; that time. We have all kinds of materials and paints, varnishes,household finish es, porch, wagon and. car riage paint. Get our special prices on good paint Collins W. Elkins Store "THAT '"SINGULAR BEING."" Edmund Ooise's Pen Portrait af tha Poet Swinburne. In tha "Collected Essays of Edward Ooaae" la an elaborate pen picture ot Swinburne. "Of all tha human beluga whom I have known," ha says, "1 think that Algernon Swinburne was the most extraordinary.'' And here la tha characteristic way In which ha be gins to sketch that "singular being:" "Ha was short, with sloping shoul ders, from which rose a long and alen dar neck, surmounted by a vary large head, Tha cranium seemed to ba out of all proportion to tha rest of tha structure. His spine waa rigid, and, though ha often bowed tha boarlneaa of hia bead, "lasso pnpavero collo," ha seemed never to beud bla back. Ex cept In consequence of a certain phys ical weakness, which probably may In mora philosophical daya coma to be accounted for aud palliated except when Buffering from this external causa, ha seemed Immune from all tha maladlee that pursue mankind. "Ha did not know fatigue; hia agility and brightness were almost mechani cal. 1 never heard blm complain of a headache r a toothache. Ha required very little sleep, and occasionally when I have parted from him in tba evening after saying good night ba has simply aat back in tha deep sofa In bla sit ting room, bla little feet cloaa togeth er, hia arms against bla aide, folded In bla frock coat like a grasshopper In Its wing covers, and fallen asleep, ap parently for tba night, before I could blow out tha candlea and steal forth from tba door. "I am speaking, ot course, of early daya; It was thus about 1875 that I closely observed him. Ha waa mora a hypertropbled Intelligence than a man. Hia vast brain aeemed to weigh down and give solidity to a frame otherwise aa light aa thistledown, a body almost as Immaterial as Unit ot a fairy. In the streeta ha bad the movements of a somnambulist and of ten I have aeon htm passing like a ghost across the traffic of Holborn or threading the pressure of carta east ward In Gray's Inn road without glanc ing to tha loft or the right Ilka some thing blown before a wind." PUZZLES TO THE BLIND. Lack of "8 lie 8enae Gives Them Odd Ideaa About Animals, Tba path of the teacher of tha blind ta beset with many dltllcultlea, one of tba greatest being tba task of convey ing to their mind some Idea of tha size, shape and features ot birds and animals. In many cases, it la true, models are oscd, but owing to their small size they are, to aay tha least, of doubtful advantage. The Ignorance of blind children ta great often grotesque, A teacher of a class may find that a child doea not know whether a abeep or a cow ta tha larger, or be may even find that a hare baa wines. However carefully they are told that a email model of a cow la only one-fortieth tha alia of the real animal, mora often than not they are unable to think of tha ani mal as being any larger than tba mod el and will stoop and describe some tblng about the size of a kitten when asked to indicate tba alza of a cow. This arises from tha fact that no standard of size, form and texture be yond those which they aet up through handling can exist for thoae who have never had tha nse of their eyes. Even those who have bad sight are found to lose tlietr Standards unless they are renewed from time to tlma by actual coutact An Instance of this was noticed not long ago when a boy of about twelve recovered his sight after an operation and for several days following went about In a state of surprise and fear, for almoat every thing which be bad not been In tba bablt of touching frequently differed considerably In size from bis recollec tions of aeven years before, Tba size of bis parents alarmed him very much, aa ba imagined they were much small er. Strand Magazine. Montreal Churehaa, Montreal la very religions. Men kneel on the steps outside tha churches). With two galleries all around, Notre Dame will seat 10,000 people, and at times thousands stand. In tha old church of Bonsecoura lamps In the form of ships are bung. Some are an cient galleasses, soma brigantlnea, some modern screw steamboats with proper boats hung to their davits. New Tork World. Experience, "Wa learn by experience," said tba ready made philosopher. "That's true," remarked Mr. Growcb er. "We get a lot of information from experience, but It doesn't seem to help. What's the good of knowing what tha weather was day before yesterday J" Washington Star. Land Measure One acre contains 100 square rods. 4,840 square yards, 43,560 square feet Tba side of a square must measure ss follows to contain: Ten acres, 660 feet; one acre, 208.71; halt acre, 147.58; third acre, 120.50; fourth acre, 104.88; eighth acre, 73.79. Methodioal. S&e ought to make a good business woman." "What makes you think so?" "She doesn't Insist on getting down to the depot an hour before it's time for her train to start" Detroit Free Press. . f Rivals. Rnlfker Ton btve a hoy in college and e girl cultivating her volcet BooBer Yes, and I don't know which has tba better yell.-Brooklyn Life. THE RURAL PASTOR Intelligent and Consecrated Leader ship tha Need of tha Hour. By Pater Radford, ljtfturer National Farmers' Union. The rural pastor has greater possl. bllltles than any other factor In our national Ufa. Tha rural civilisation of the Twentieth Century has opened up a new world ot activities for blm. There He before him unexplored con tinents of usefulness, unemployed forces of civilisation and tremendous responsibilities such as have never before confronted the pastorate. Tha need of the rural communities today Is Intelligent and consecrated leadership. There muat ba a marshal lug of forces that build life, strength en character and broaden vision. Tha pnstor should deal with living prob lems. In addition to tha service ha now reuders be should help us lift the market basket, hold out a help ing hand to tha farmer and develop the potential energies ot tha commu nlty ha seeks to serve. A Mora Useful Ministry. Tha farmer needs tha personal touch of tha pastor. Ha seldom comes In direct contact with his hal lowing Influence, except when he la baptised, married and burled. Wa need to further extend Christian In fluence In the homes, as well as to spread the gospel In China; to In struct our children In the art of liv ing, aa well as to convert the barba rian and the Hottentot, and we should devote our energy and talent to the solution of problems of our own lo cality, rather than conauma our en erglea In fighting vice and Ignorance beyond our borders. It Is as Impor tant that wa discuss from the pulpit the building of macadam highways from tha church to our homes, as that we preach of the golden streets of the New Jerusalem. It Is as much a part of the duty of the pastor to exhort us to own a home while on earth as to Inspire us to build a man sion In the skies and that we should construct Christian character In our own community, rather than that we fight foreign sins In other lands. Wa want a religion wa can farm by as well as die by. Christian Influence Needed. There la an emptiness In tha life of rural comtnunltlea and wa want preachers who can weave Into the social fiber, educational pastimes, profitable pleasures and Instructive amusementu. Too often we find the games of our young people a search for a suggestion In Immorality and a sti'pplng stoiie to sin. The pastor should supervise the growing lives of young people, approve their amuse ments, create expressions of joy and pleasure that makes for Christian character and bless their lives with Christian modesty. The farm Is Hie nursery of civili sation, and the parsonage of all re ligious denominations. Too long has the furm furnished the cllfes with their great preachers, until today the rural church Is the gangway to city pulpits. The current should be re versed. The power of the pulpit Is most needed In the country where the tutidumentul forces of human life originate. The farm Is the power house of all progress and the birth place of all that Is noble. The Oar den of Eden was in the country and the man who would get close to Clod must flrst get close to nature. Many communities are church-ridden. We frequently have three or four churches in a community with a circuit rider once a month preaching to small con gregations and all fall to perform the religious functions ot the community. In many Instances, more harmonious effort might result In a mora efficient service. The division ot religious forces and breaking Into fragments of moral effort are ofttlmcs little less than a calamity and defeat the pur pones they seek to promote. A pastor In a neighborhood, study ing the economic, social, moral and educational problems ot the commu nity, presenting fresh visions of poten tial possibilities and native power with beauty and new meaning, Inter preting the thought-life of the com munity and administering to their daily needs, will contribute more to ward the advancement ot a locality than a dozen preachers who occupy the pulpits at Irregular Intervals, preaching on subjects foreign to the life of the community. Church prejudice Is a vice that saps much of the spiritual life of a community, and wasteful sectarian Ism Is a religious crime against so ciety. Denominational reciprocity should take its place. Non-support of church Institutions and religious lethargy can often be traced to cauees inherent with the church. There should be co-operation between churches and co-ordination of moral effort along economic lines, and there must be It the rural churches of this state are going to render a service which this age demands, s Relief For Itching Pigs. ItchUiens of the skin of pigs niny be due to dirty bedding, to Irritating ob jects in the bedding, to lice or to mango or eczema. On general princi ples spray and scrub tuo pigs with a 1-100 solution of coal tar dip and rub In sulphur on the wornt spots while tlio skin Is dump. Provide clean bed ding. Let the pigs run out dully, I'IivhIc each pig and then givo modi cine for worms. A suitable treatment is to mix one drum of copperas In the slop for five consecutive days for eueh 100 pounds of body weight of pigs. He (teat tho application of coal tur dip so lution as often as found necessary. MORNING IN THE ALPS. 'Tls morn, with gold the verdant moiiululu glows Mora high, Uio snowy pouka with hues of rose. Far stretched beneath the many tinted hills, A mighty wuste of mist tha val . Icy fills, A solemn sea, whose billows wide around Bland motionless, to awful si lence bound. lines on the coast through mist their tops uproar, That Ilka to leaning masts ot stranded ahlpa appear. A atngle chasm, a gulf of gloomy blue, Gapes In the center of the sea, snd, through That dark, mysterious gulf as cending, sound Unnumerabls streams with roar profound. Mount through the nearer va pors notes ot birds, And merry Oagoolot; tha low of herds, Tha barka of dogs, tha bolter's tinkling bell. Talk, laughter and perchance a church tower knell; Think not tha peasant from aloft baa gated Aud heard with heart unmoved, with soul unralaed; Nor la bla spirit leaa enrapt, nor leaa Alive to Independent happlneaa, Then when ba Ilea outstretched at eventide Upon the fragrant mountain's purple side. For ss the pleasures of hia sim ple day Beyond bla native valley seldom stray, Nought round Ita darling pre cincts can he find Dut brings soma past enjoy ment to his mind. While lloiw, reclining opoa I'lcaaure'a urn, Dtnda bur wild wreaths and wblspcre his rt'turn, -William Wordsworth. A render of this department living In Washington write for the govern ment bulletin giving In detail the ex periment which have becu conducted In the line of raising beans In seml srld sections Instead of allowing tha soli to lie Idle under summer fallow. The bulletin In question la Farmers' llnllelln No. 5a and may be had by directing s request to the depsrtment of agriculture, Washington. The fact (hut our comiin(li-nt haa written as ho hit for this bulletin seems to justi fy the statement (lint any bulletin or bulletins on a given subject may bej hud without evpeime hy sending a re-1 quest for theui to the department at ) Washington, as staled. J After reading s recently discovered Imm-iii hv Niinlihit It tuenniiia erltlntit that tlie others (wrUhed through spon taneous combustion. J r. The International council at Roma tins resolved that women want the vote lu all cotiutrli-a-parttrularly in countries where the men can't vote, i Clearance Sale 1 am closing out the following and will make especially low prices to buyers : 2 Fanning Mills. Myers' Pumps. 1 2 Disc Harrows, size 12-16 in. 1 Alfalfa Cultivator. 1 Litter Carrier for stable. i 1 Kitchen Safe. 1 2d-hand Cream Separator. ' 1 Fuller-Johnson Farm Gas Engine. 300 Rods Lawn or Yard Fence 1 24-in. Slab Heating Stove. 1 Mitchell Wagon Box for 31" wagon. 1 Steel Farm Wagon. 1 Sidehill Plow. 12-in. Collins W. Elkins Store ANC IN WOMAN'S BREAST ALWAYS BEGINS SMALL LUMP LIKE THIS and ALWAYS POISONS DEEP GLANDS IN THE ARMPIT AND KILLS QUICKLY I WILL GIVE $1000 IF I FAIL TO CUREani CANCER or TUMOR I TREAT BEFORE it Poisons Bone or Deep Glands No KNIFE or PAIN. do Pay Until Cured! No X Ray or other swindle. An bland plant makea tha curs ABSOLUTE OUAHANTEE Any TUMOR, LUMP or' Bora on ma up, incw or body long ia ('anoc II Navir Palm until liwt tune. 120-PAGE BOOK aont frwj tti uiuoniula of tliouniiTi'la mirnd at hnrnn IVHI'N'M ITU HOUB ANY LUMP IN WOMAN'S BREAST la CANCER, Wa refuas thouaanda Dying. Cams Too Lata, We havs cured 10,000 In 20 yrs. Address DR. & MRS. DR. CHAMLEY & CO. A 438 VALENCIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CiL KINDLY MAIL this to some one with CANCER ER (an I I