The Corvallis gazette., May 21, 1896, Image 4

State Chemist, California:
The Royal fulfils all the require
ments. Our tests show it has greater
leavening power than any other.
STEVENSON'S IWODESTY.
The Novelist's Opinion of Himself as Ba
' pressed In His letters.
There is one passage in Louis Steven
Bon's correspondence which it would
have been a thousand pities to miss. So
much nonsense has been written about
Stevenson's work, he was made the vic
tim while he lived of soon an extrava
gant system of puffing, that those who
did not know him were almost inevita
bly forced to associate him with his
-" flatterers and to believe that he must
see himself with their eyes. It is clear
that he did not. His most exacting
critio can hardly have judged him more
sternly than he judged himself.
"For the nonce my skill deserts me,
such as it is, or was. It was a very lit
tle dose of inspiration, and a pretty lit
tle trick of style, long lost, improved
by the most heroic industry. So far 1
have managed to please the journalists.
But I am a fictitious article, and have
long known it. I am read by journal
ists, by my fellow novelists, and by
boys. With these, incipit et explicit my
vogue. Good thing anyway, for it seems
to have sold the edition. I do not
think it is possible to have fewer illu
sions than L I sometimes wish I had
more. They are amusing. But I cannot
take myself seriously as an artist. The
limitations are so obvious."
It is not often one finds a popular au
thor writing in such a strain an au
thor, too, whom there seemed a general
conspiracy among the reviewers to spoil.
What a contrast it is to the following
extract from the touching epilogue add
ed to these letters by his editor and
friend:
"The fragment on which he wrought
during the last month of bis life gives
to my mind, as it did to his own, for
the first time the full measure of his
powers, and if in the literature of ro
mance there is to be found work more
masterly, of more piercing human in
sight or more concentrated imaginative
vision and beauty, I do not know it. "
Macmillan's Magazine.
A CLEVER SCHEME.
Bat the Boss Had Been Too Long In Busi
ness to Be Fooled.
One day in a Sixth avenue chophonse
a well dressed young man sitting at a
table not, far from me finished his lunch
and asked for his check, but as it was
brought to him he suddenly rose up and
hurried to the cashier's desk, which was
near the door, and said : , . -
"Sir, I have dropped $ 50 out of my
pocket in this place I Let no one go out
until I make a search 1"
"Where's your check?" he was asked.
"Here it is. I had two twenties and
aflObilL"
" "Will you pay this check of $1.50?"
"I can't till I find my roll. " .
"Thomas, call in an officer 1"
"But what for?" asked the victim.
"To arrest you if you don't payl
That's an old game too ancient to
work here. "
"But I have dropped $50 1"
"Guff! Will yon pay?" '
"I'll pay if I can find my money. I
know I had it when I came in here. "
"Call the copper, Tom I"
Two minutes later an officer bustled
in to see what was wanted. The cashier
was telling him that he had a deadbeat
to be cared for when a woman rose up
to leave, and the young man's $50 was
found on the floor, where it had been
covered by her skirts.
"Didn't I tell you sol" he exclaimed
as he returned to the cashier to pay the
check. "Nice sort of man, you are! I'll
sue you for damages before I'm through
with this!" , . . v
The cashier looked tired, but made
no reply. ' When the indignant young
man had departed, I said :
"Then he wasn't a beat, after all?"
"The slickest kind," he replied.
"But he lost his money, and it was
found."
"Don't you believe it! The woman
was his pal and gave it up only when
she saw that he would be arrested.
Tour Uncle Hiram baa been night here
for 25 years and knows the ropes 1"
New York Cor. Detroit Free Press.
There Was Cause.
"Have you fastened the windows,
dear?" she asked as they were about to
retire for the night.
"No; what's the use? I gave you the
last dollar I bad to buy that hat, and
we need not fear burglars. "
"But they might sit down on my hat,
you know." Detroit Free Press.
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makes a specialty of
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We advise any one wishing a cure to address
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"Just Don't Feel Well,"
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"BOCK" BEER.
How the Beverage Is Brewed and Pro
pared For the Trade.
"Bock" beer is the keynote of history
of beer brewing as it is understood by
the people of this day. It is generally
supposed that beer is of distinctively
German origin, whereas it is a fact that
beer was brewed by the men of many
nationalities in many parts of the world
centuries before the Christian era. The
Egyptians, the .Greeks, the Romans,
made beer from corn and barley in those
ancient times. The lager beer of Jibe
Germans was a Bavarian product and
"bock" beer originated in Bavaria.
We have heard a number of stories as
to the origin of the term "bock" beer,
and while tbey all vary as to detail, they
are as a rule correct. When beer was
first brewed in Bavaria and for a long
time afterward in that and all other
parts of the world, ioe formed no part
in the manufacture, though it was very
necessary that it should be fermented
and stored in a cold temperature. As ice
was not relied upon to make this cold
air and as artificial refrigeration was sot
dreamed of, brewing was done only in
cold weather, and the beer was stored in
chill vaults underground. Here it was
left to age until some time in spring,
say the latter patt of April or the begin
ning of May, when the vaults were
thrown open and the thirsty public was
regaled with a pure, wholesome draft of
the foamy beverage. And as the first
issue from these vaults was stronger and
liable to go to the head, the people were
said to be "becked;" hence the name.
Another version of the story is that
when the vaults were thrown open, a
buck jumped out and that gave rise to
the name and also to the widely adver
tised "William" goat who adorns Ithe
"bock" beer signs of the present day. -
But "bock" beer season is a time of
sentiment to the Germans, and other
people have imbibed the sentiment with
the dark and heavy drink. They want
"bock" beer at the proper time and
they will drink it then and enjoy it
Wine and Spirit Journal. '.
JOSEPHINE'S EXTRAVAGANCE.
Even the Emperor Napoleon Was Both
ered by Dressmakers' Bills.
Throughout the late summer and au
tumn of 180? the imperial court was
more stately than ever before. The old
nobility became assiduous in" their at
tendance, and, as one of the empress la
dies in waiting is said to have remarked,
the court "received fwd company."
On bis return Napoleon had found Jose
phine's extravagance to be as unbound
ed as ever, but he could not well com
plain, because, although for the most
part frugal himself, he had this time
encouraged lavishness in his family.
Still, it was not agreeable to have dress
makers' bills flung into his' carriage
when driving in state with his consort,
and on one occasion he sent an unprin
cipled but clever milliner to the prison
of Bicetre for having disobeyed his' or
ders in furnishing her wares to the em
press at exorbitant prices. The person
was so indispensable to the court ladies,
however, that they crowded her cell,
and she was soon released.
At St. Cloud, Malmaison, the Tuile
ries and Fontainebleau the social vices
of courts began to appear, but they were
sternly repressed, especially high play.
By way of contrast, the city of Paris
was at that very moment debauched by
a profusion of gambling hells and
houses of prostitution licensed at an
enormous figure by Fouche and produc
ing great revenues for the secret police.
The gorgeous state uniforms of the
marshals, the rich and elegant costumes
of the ladies, the bespangled and begilt
coats of the household, dancing, theat
ricals, ' concerts and excursions all
these elements should have combined to
create brilliancy and gayety in the im
perial circle, but they did not. "Life
of Napoleon, " by Professor Sloano, in
Century.
Difflenlttes of Carnation Culture. ;
Luck' is not a reliable factor in the
difficult problem of carnation culture. It
demands exhaustive knowledge of the
habits, requirements and diseases of the
plant, unceasing watchfulness and unre
mitting labor the year through. Even
when all is done that seems possible to
merit success, the grower is liable to the
exasperation of finding that particular
varieties, upon wbiob he may have based
his most, sanguine, expectations, obsti
nately refuse to flourish under his care.
Almost every carnation cultnrist knows
varieties that he "simply cannot raise"
and neither he, nor anybody else, can
tell the reason why. Of course, there
must be something lacking, in soil, wa
ter, air or treatment, which they re
quire, but it seems as if they were ca
pable of taking offense at him, or his
surroundings, and preferring death, or
at least unproductive life, to endurance
of the association. Scribner's. - -
Willing to Oblige.
Ex-Senator Sawyer was quoted in
Washington as saying: "When they ask
me if I want to be a delegate, I tell
them 'No. I don't care anything about
it,' that I have been to a good many
conventions ; that I am pretty near 80
years old, and that if any of the boys
want to go in my place I am perfectly
willing to have 'em. At the same time.
if they want to make me a delegate I'll
accept. I've got nothing else to do, but
I'm too old to have any ambition, and
hereafter will do anything that is want
ed of me, but no more.
This is a very sensible and moderate
observation. But it applies to all sorts
of jobs, including United States senator.
La Crosse (Wis. ) Chronicle.
. New Idea In Railway Tracks.
The annoyance of wheels slipping on
tracks, especially in up grades, and the
tremendous resistance experienced have
led to a new invention. The rail is pro
vided with an edge or rim covered with
cogs or teeth, and the wheel has simi
lar cor8 which engage with them. These
cogs are set on diagonally, inclining
downward, and are less likely to accu
mulate dust and dirt New York
Ledger. -
GROVER GOES DUCKING.
Bnt This Time It Was In Secretary Hoke
Smith's Dining; Room.
President Cleveland went on another
ducking trip the other night. Mrs.
Cleveland accompanied him this time.
They left the White . House at an early
hour and returned very late. It wa en
joyed also by the entire cabinet, for ev
ery' one of the president's advisers saw
him as he held a gun in his hand and
watched three ducks floating on the wa
ter. The gun was about seven inches
long,-' and the ducks were of papier
mache. -
" The water was in an artificial lake
which had been built in the center of
Secretary Hoke Smith's dining room ta
ble and filled with not only ducks, but
small live fish of the kind which the
president loves to catch. Beside the toy
gun there was at the president's plate a
miniature fishing rod in order that he
might enjoy himself if the ducks got
away. Everything was planned to make
bim happy. -
Usually cabinet dinners are very form
al affairs, but it was the secretary of
the interior's turn to give one t'iat
night, and Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Smith
decided to provide a few novelties. They
designed a sure enough lake, which was
10 feet long by 5 feet wide and several
inches deep. -
A florist built a grotto in the center
of Maryland rocks, covered it with
ferns and orchids and carried out the
humorous ideas of the. secretary very
successfully. A 10 cent tin man-of-war
wa$ anchored in front of the secretary
of the navy's plate. Penny cannons
frowned over breastworks of stones at
the eecretary of war ; coils of red tape
were strung along in front of the secre
tary of state ; a girl with her eyes band
aged was sleeping off a dock opposite At
torney General Harmon. Secretary of
Agriculture Morton gazed on a little
wooden farmer pouring seeds down a
hole in the rocks instead of into con
gressmen's districts. Postmaster Gen
eral Wilson confronted a mermaid who
segmed to want to deliver a letter from
the deep. - Little gold dollars studded
ari old Kentucky home in the cliffs
which Secretary Carlisle faoed. Over
all blazed a huge Maltese cross with 45
electric lights, emblematio of the 45
states. Pittsburg Dispatch.
A WICKED CITY.
Ministers Bngmsre the Salvation Army to
Reform Areola, Ills.
The ministers of the various churches
in Areola, Ills., have declared their in
ability to bring about satisfactory re
ligious results. They claim the city is
growing worse daily and that immoral
ity is visible everywhere ; that hell holes
and dens of vice are ruining the major
ity of the young men. They further
claim that the churches are powerless to
remedy the j situation, and have settled
on a new and novel method of action.
- At a secret conference of the ministers
of the city it was decided, to secure the
services of a Salvation Army band from
Indianapolis to assist in the work.. The
duty of the Salvationists will be to make
a personal canvass of the steeped in sin
element and endeavor to lead them into
the path of righteousness.
The movement is indorsed by promi
nent church members, who believe much
good may be . accomplished. Chicago
Times-Herald,'
Couldnt Do It Himself.
A famous English physician, Sir
James Crichton Brown,' has risen up as
an opponent of the higher education of
women. Two years ago, he says, he
met a high school girl who was reading
""Lucretius" for recreation, but she
failed lamentably when he asked her to
boil a potato. Quite possibly Sir James
would have been equally unfortunate
had he been asked to boil the potato
himself, or, to cite a more masculine
employment, to hitch up his own horse.
It is impossible for one person, whether
man or woman, to acquire all the ac
complishments, but if a woman suc
ceeds with her higher education, . as
many of them have succeeded, she can
afford to pay for having her potatoes
boiled. This is now so well understood
and conceded that the opposition to
woman's advancement is confined al
most exclusively to the ultra conserva
tives, of whom Sir James Crichton
Brown appears to be a type. Philadel
phia Ledger.
.. She Built a Church.
Mrs. AlthiaHultz of Artimus, Ky.,
has built a church through her own
efforts alone. A year ago she made up
her mind that a church was a need. She
asked help from the miners, but they
were poor to a man. Nothing daunted,
she set to work. She gathered berries,
tramped across the mountains and sold
them. She raised a pig and a calf and
donated them both. In every way in
her power she toiled for the good end.
Last fall she begged of the miners again,
but this time for work. She met with a
ready response. A tract of land was
bequeathed. Lumber was given. The
little store of savings did the rest. The
church is now under roof. Little more
has been done, but it is a church wbioh
one day will be complete, and Mrs.
Hnltz has her reward.
Mrs. Cleveland.
In evening dress Mrs. Cleveland is
the. handsomest woman today in Wash
ington. She has a beautiful neck and
well rounded ' shoulders, and with the
sparkle of her jewels makes a picture
of a White House mistress which is
simply regal.- Her smile is contagious,
for her manners are always agreeably
gracious.
Mrs. Cleveland is seen on the street
occasionpjly, walking in the mornings
or driving around among the shops. She
is the most devoted of mothers, and is
never away from the children at night.
This has done away with the little shop
ping jaunts to New York which used to
give her so much pleasure during her
first residence here. New York Times.
Her Title.
If that Wyoming woman is nominated and
elected, will she be the governor or governess
of that state? Atlanta Constitution.
We are afraid she will be governor.
As the case stands now, when a woman
is chosen to preside over a meeting of
Women, she is called the "chairman"
and is addressed as Mrs. Chairman of
tener than otherwise. New York Sun.
The attar of roses is obtained by ab
stracting from rose leaves the volatile
oil they contain and condensing it in
masses of cotton batting. V
There are said to be 41 Boman Catho
lio peers in the British house of lords.
SPORT UP TO DATE.,
The final arrangements for the Yale-
Princeton track games have just been
completed. It has been settled that the
games shall be held at the Yale field on
Saturday, May 16, and shall be accord
ing to the L C. A A. A. rules.
B. Zalamea, who holds the title of
amateur bicycle ; champion of South
America, was one of the passengers who
arrived the other morning in New York
on the steamer Allegany, from the
United States of Colombia.
There is strong probability of a
friendly alliance between the governing
athletic bodies of England, Canada and
the United States. Secretary Sullivan
stated yesterday that the Canadian offi
cials think very highly of. the proposed.
alliance, and that the A. A. A. of Eng
land will consider the question at a
meeting next month. Steps are also be
ing taken toward an alliance between
the A. A. U. and the Y. M. C. A.
The Yale Alumni Weekly states that
plans are being made by prominent
Yale alumni and the New York Ath
letic club for a general football confer
ence of eastern colleges. It is thought
that if successful this scheme will re
sult in a Yale-Harvard reconciliation,
as Harvard has been invited, and will
probably participate in the conference.
The proposed conference has the cordial
support of the student body at Yale.
Sunday Letters In Belgium.
The Belgian authorities, it seems, are
anxious to save- the postoffice as much
trouble as possible in the matter of de
livering letters on Sunday. For this rea--
son every postage stamp is issued with
a little perforated supplement inscribed
with the legend, "Ni pas livrer le di
manche 1" Those who are anxious to
have their letters delivered on the sev
enth as on the other six days of the week
tear this off, while those whose com
munications are not of any special im
portance leave it on. -
The new woman has arisen in China.
At Shuntun the daughter of a magis
trate acts as his treasurer, and the dis
trict is startled at the fact that he has
made 50,000 taels since she began to
"finance" his affairs, six months ago.
There is, after all, but one reliable
way to Increase your income, and that
Is to reduce your expenses. :
IDIN'8 FLOWERS AND THORNS.
In this beautiful season of flowering
green, when the air is balmy and the sun
light golden, it seems a pity that anything
should enter into this Eden of ours to mar
its pleasures and blight its joy, but so it is
Aroiniu main raasa Vila r awn 4-ss nn a nl i K id
even doubtful if all of life were a scene of
pleasure whether we could possibly en-
ioy. it. The birds come and sing, and the
lirds sing and go. Rheumatism conies
also. It comes from exposure to the damp
ness of the nights and mornings, to the
sudden change of temperature, and it cer
tainly goes, as thousands know, by the
prompt nee of St. Jacobs Oil, which is a
complete and perfect cure. It is well,
therefore, while we enjoy all these season
able delights, not to be without this great
remedy lor pain, and to have it ready,
more because we are the more liable at this
season than any other to suffer from such
attacks. -
"What," asked the neophyte, "is the differ
ence between wit and hamor?" The Cornfield
Philosopher dodged the question. "I'll exem
plify," said he. "A wit is a-humoxist with dys
pepsia." - .
TBI BOCK OF GIBRALTAR .,
Is not steadier than a system liberated from the
shackles of chills and fever, bilious remittent
or dumb sgne by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, a
perfect antidote to malarial poison In air or wa
ter. It is also an unexampled remedy for
bilious, rheumatic or kidney complaints, dys
pepsia and nervousness. It improves appetite
and sleep and hastens convalescence.
She This decimal system Is so simple I I
don't gee why they don't ase our money In Eng
land. He They do, as fast as they can get it
over. . . - ...
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures. George W. Lotz,
Fabucher, La., August 26, 1895.
BE W ARB OF OINTMENTS FOB CA
TARRH THAT CONTAIN MKBCUKY,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such ai tides should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as -the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good yon
can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J.Cheney & Co., To
ledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In baying Hall's
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is
taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by
F. J. Cheney A Co. Testimonials free.
Bold by druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Hall's Family Fills are the beat. ; -
FITS. An fits stopped free by Dr. Kline's
Oreat Nerve Restorer. Ho fits aftes the first
day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and 2.00
trial bottle free to lit esses. Bend to Dr. Kline,
9sl Arch 8t, Philadelphia, Fa.
Tbt Grama lor breakfast.
It is often difficult to convince peo
ple their blood is impure, until dread
ful carbuncles, abscesses, bolls, scrof
ula or salt rheum, are painful proof of
the fact. It is wisdom now, or when
ever there is any indication of ' -
D uUDpiLQITO
blood, to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, and
prevent such eruptions and suffering;.
"I had a dreadful carbuncle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven weeks. When the
abscess broke, the pains were terrible, and
I thought I should not live through it. I
heard and read so much about Hood's
Sarsaparilla, that I decided to take it, and
my husband, who was suffering . with
boils, took it also. It soon purified our
built me up and restored my health so
that, although the doctor said I would
not be able to work bard, I have since
done the work for 20 people. Hood's Sar
saparilla cured my husband of the boils,
and we regard it a wonderful medicine."
Mas. Anna Petekson, Latimer, Kansas.
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MAYOR CHALLENGED.
A Schoolboy Asks Him to Enter a Com
petitive Examination. -.
Mayor Patrick Jerome Gleason of
Long Island City has" been ' challenged
to a competitive examination by one of
the scholars of an Astoria school.
The challenger is Frank H. Ward, 11
years old, who lives at 208 Eoyt ave
nue, Astoria. He attends the Astoria
school, and was among those who wait
ed upon tife big mayor the other day,
asking to have former Principal Martin
Joyce reinstated.
The. mayor asked Ward to designate
the city's public buildings, and the boy
replied that the county jail was one of
them. ' The mayor scored Ward and his
principal for this, and .the youth went
away looking for redress.
The other afternoon he walked into
the city hall and inquired for the mayor.
G lesson's private secretary, Philip J.
Coffey, told him that Gleason was get
ting rid of Newtown Creek- malaria
down at Lakewood, N. J.
"When he comes in, give bim this.
See?" the boy commanded.
The neatly written challenge was as
follows:
- Lono Island Citt, Feb. 17.
To Hon. P. J. Gleason, Mayor of Long Island
City:
I, the undersigned, propose to compete with
you in an examination upon the studies we
are now pursuing namely, arithmetic geog
raphy, grammar, spelling and writing be
cause yon claim that we cannot bound Long
Island City and that we began designating the
public buildings in the city by naming the
county jail. Bespectf ully yours,
Frank H. Ward.
New York Sun.
TO GET THE PENNANT.
Cleveland and Pittsburg Have a Flan to
Locate It West. .
A conference was held recently at
Pittsburg between .Robinson and Tebeau
of the Cleveland Baseball club, and Kerr
and Mack of the Pittsbnrgs, the out
come of which is said to be a pooling of
issues between the two clubs, looking to
the locating of the pennant for 1896 in
the west
It was said at the meeting that the
east for years has had a combination,
the successful working of which has kept
that section a winner. To offset this, it
is now proposed by the two clubs men
tioned to pool their extra players, and
as the season progresses draw from the
surplus to strengthen either team, as
may be mutually agreed upon.
Whether this plan will be extended to
other western teams is not stated, but
the two principals believe that such a
combination will work so effectively
that the pennant will next land in the
west. -::
A NOVEL PLAN.
How Mrs. Clay Raised a Dollar For the
Church.
Each member of the Springport
(Mich.) Christian Endeavor society
pledged herself to turn into the treasury
a dollar earned by herself, and Mrs.
pjennie Clay earned hers in a unique
way. Two tramps called at her house
and demanded food and lodging. She
went into a room, got her husband's re
volver and ordered the tramps to throw
up their hands, which they did.
She then commanded them to march
and started them for the village lockup,
where they were caged for the night. In
the morning they were registered and
allowed to depart. Mrs.- Clay giving
them ' breakfast. She then presented a
billte the village council, "To arresting
two tramps, 50 cents each, $1," and
that body, after a good deal of humorous
debate, allowed the bilL Chicago
Times-Herald.
WARMS THE CABLE SLOT.
Han With a New Kind of Job Arouses
Interest In Broadway.
A new vocation came into existence
last night with the cold weather. In the
future the man who adopts it will be
known as a slot warmer. The Metropol
itan Traction company put its .first
Blot warmer to work at 8 o'clock last
night, at Thirty-fifth street and Broad
way, where the gripmen on the Broad
Way railroad pick up the curve cable.
It was the slot warmer's duty to see
that the cable slot at the Thirty-fifth
street curve was kept clear of ice. Once
the slot had frozen over and caused a
block on the line.
The railroad managers decided that
such a thing should never occur again,
and the slot warmer was put to work.
Armed with a bag of cotton waste and
a can fijled with kerosene oil he started
a bonfire along the up town track. The
fire was- 25 feet levg, and burned con
tinually over the cable slot.
From time to time the slot warmer
kept feeding the fire with fuel from hie
bag of cotton waste and can of oil. Pe
destrians stood and watched his aotions,
wondering what he was doing, and the
passengers in the cable cars left their
seats and stood up, just a little bit
frightened, when the oar dashed around
the curve and over the flames. The slot
warmer said be had been employed to
keep the fire bnrning all night. New
York Sun.
TESLA IS RETICENT.
Has a New Invention, but Refuses to Tell
'. About It.
: The friends of Nicola Tesla, the elec
trical wizard, are saying be has develop
ed the X ray idea until he is now able
to pass solid through solids, and had
gone so' far as to patent his inventions
before giving them to a waiting world..
Tesla was "asked about his new dis
coveries. He would only say that he was
working quietly, and had strong hopes
of developing something valuable. He
declared he was not through with his in
vestigations, and could make nothing
public. The -' idea of forcing solids
through solids, badly expressed what he
was trying to do, unless ether was con
sidered a solid, which it was, scientifical
ly considered. .
He excused himself from talking fur
ther about his discoveries by saying it
had ever been his practice to give the
public the news only after he had made
it known through a scientific society. It
was also reported that Tesla had sue-'
ceeded in photographing the human
brain through the skulL . This the elec
trician denied with positiveness. New
York Journal.
Then They're Sorry. A '
The idea of leading an upright life
never occurs to some people until they
strike a toboggan leading to prison.
Chicago Times-Herald.
And Yet It's Light Weight.
The new Coal trust beats them all for
bigness and cinch. Detroit Journal.
BE A WELL WOn AIM.
Only One Remedy That
Paine's Celery
Why not be a well woman this
spring?
Then are women who cannot tolerate
the smallest neglect about the houBe
who too often take no care of their
health.
They should use these precious March
days for getting strong and well by
taking Paine's celery compound the
greatest of all spring remedies.
Miss Elsie M. Brown of 2 Leeds St.,
Dorchester, Mass., whose picture is
given above, wrote the 6th of this
month as follows:
"Four or five years ago, I suffered
with dreadfuUpains in my back (owing
to my kidneys), so much so that night
after night I could not close my eyes,
and what few hours sleep I did get, I
could be heard moaning and tossing,
showing that even in my sleep, I
suffered pain. At times I would have
more pain than usual over my left
hip,and when waking in the morning
it would be all I oould do to stretch
Contains More Flesh Form
ing Matter Than Beef." ;
That is what an eminent physician
says of good cocoa. The Cocoa
made by Walter Baker ;& Co., Ltd.,
Dorchester, Mass., is the best.
See that Imitations are not palmed off on you.
Lived on What They Took.
There is. one thing which is not gen
erally known to the public that is,
Mosby and bis men never received one
cent from the Confederate government.
Each man provided himself with his
own uniform, horse and arms, and
boarded himself. The United States
government furnished us with captured
horses, arms and ammunition, and the
extra horses captured paid our board.
So, instead of receiving pay from the
Confederate government, we turned
over to them horses, mules and arms. I
will mention one incident to show what
an honorable and conscientious man
Colonel Mosby was. On the greenback
raid, when we captured $168,000, be
fore division was made of the money
$30,000' was offered Colonel 'Mosby,
which he declined to receive. Nor did
be ever take anything for his own uee
that had been captured. Thomas Moss
in Washington Post. -
Mr. Michael G. Mulhall calculates
that the United States can easily become
the home of 210,000,000 inhabitants
without any overcrowding. Think what
a presidential election will mean when
that number is reached I New York
Recorder.
OFFICE OF
BLACKWCLL'S DURHAM TOBACCO COMPANY.
km
Irctats
Vto Retail
TOBACCO.
off ered I or a limited time, so order
to-day. Yours very truly, ,
BLACKWELL'S DURHAKl
TODACCO
if yoa hart any difficulty in precnrlasyanr
soap, cut out this notice and sand it wltil
. jreur order to your wbolesoto dealer.
it the name of Woman's Friend. It is 1 x ! uniformly success
ful in relieving the backaches, headaches f 1 iVIJ. end weakness
which burden and shorten a woman's ' : life. Thousands of
women testify for it. it will anve neaitb and Btrenarth
and make life a pleasure. For sale
ULUMA UEK-FKAN K DRUG CO., Portland, Agent.
You So
my limb down straight, as there would
be a drawing and trembling of the
cords. Besides such torture, I began
to bloat a great deal.
"After suffering for some time, a
friend advised me to try Paine's celery
compound. I can truthfully say. that
after using four bottles I was cured;
uuu uoxpcu, UUI UUIVU.
If you have any doubt at all these
spring days about your health if neu
ralgic twinges, kidney troubles, .dizzy
spells, indigestion or heart palpitation
show themselves, don't wait for plainer
warnings. Make a clean sweep of all
these ailments from the system.
It is easiest to do this now, as spring
is approaching. Take Paine's celery
compound when the system is most re
sponsive to its cleansing, strengthen
ing influence.
An improved appetite, sound diges
tion, uninterrupted sleep, and an ener
getic oondition, are the result of taking
Paine's celery compound.
"Save My Child!"
is tne cry or
many an
agonized
mother
whose
' little one
writhes in croup or whoop
ing cough. In such cases,
Dr. Acker's English Rem
edy proves a blessing' and
a godsend. Mrs. M. A.
Burke, of 309 E. 105th St.,
New York, writes: "Dr.
Acker's English - Remedy
cured my baby of bronchitis,
and also gave instant relief
in a severe case of croup
I gratefully recommend it."
Three sizes, 25c.: 50c.: $1. An Drnrcists.
Acker Medicine Co., 16 4 18 Chambers St., N Y.
N. P. N. U. No. 650 S. F. N. U. No. 727
Will Make
Compound.
DURHAM, N. C.
Dear Sir:
You are entitled to receive
FR E E from your wholesale dealer,
WHITE STAR SOAP with all
BlackweU's Genuine
Durham Smoking
Tobacco you buy. ' One bar
of soap Free with each pound
whether 16 oz.. 8 oz., 4 oz., or
a oz., packages.
We have notified every whole
sale dealer in the United States
that we will supply them with soap
to give yoa FR E E- Order a good
supply of GENUINE DURHAM at
once, and insist on getting your
soap. One bar of Soap FREE with
.-tach nound von buy. Soao la
COMPANY.
The very remarkable and certain
relief riven woman byoMOOEE'S
REVEALED REMEDY baa riven
bv all druraiBta. tt- a I 471