The Corvallis gazette., October 23, 1896, Image 4

Xiire or a XioeomotlTe.
Some careful experiments which hare
.teen made In England prove that the
life of a locomotive Is about 500,000
"train miles." In other words, that a
locomotive of the latest approved pat
tern will run 500,000 miles before wear
ing out so aa to be useless. In making
this runsof 500,000 miles the Are box
will have, to be renewed three times,
the wheel tires five or six times and
the crank axISsfroirMjiree to Ave times.
In a'tev. ?3F-
Mrs. Howson Lott The tax collector
left a bill this morning. They have
changed the name of the rpad in front
from a street to an avenue and doubled
the tax rate.
Howson Lott By Jove! Til pay that
bill at once, before they make another
change and call It a boulevard. Judge.
f The Editor's Little Joke.
The proprietors of the Scotsman had
once to pay damages because their
famous editor, Alexander Russell, in
a leading article, called some local ce
lebrity a "serpent." As the calling of
"bad"' names is Illegal In Scotland, Rus
sell had practically no defense. Yet
he made a fight, and on being worsted
he went straight back to his office to
attack the triumphant "serpent" anew.
On his arrival, by a singular accident,
he found on his table a pamphlet which
the "serpent" had Just Issued. This
pac-l-Viie, lilsli, pruceeueu 10 uiau
the subject of a leading article; ana in
It ie nresently noucea certain statistics
wlaich somehow were all wrong In their
additions. So he quoted the statistics,
pointed out their blunders, and then
wrote:
"Thus, If Mr. Is not a serpent, he
yet seems to be a particularly bad
adder."
LI Hong Chang's Sermon.
Wpw'h a nhort sermon that the vice
roy delivered to one pretty young wo
man who told him that she wasn't mar
ried. "A woman can afford to be ca
pricious as long as she Is young; but
even American women, beautiful as
they are, must eventually grow old.
Time creeps on, even In the cases of
the fairest, and when a woman reaches
40 years she will find she cannot make
the conquests she did at 30. Every
woman should get married. Marriage
Is her mission, and she will be happier
with a good husband than alone, wan
dering about the world." LI can preach
i- - . tubK rtc.
aS Weil US ue CUll yivuv. a mauuig jltmv-
patch.
Speedily Changed Her Mind.
She was the colleire elrl of lofty
Ideals and superior attainments, such
as college girls have in their early days.
When she left her family to rest In the
mountains for awmie she said haught-
"Vn- ril nor tnkp an evpnine- ?own.
And please don't put any or mat paper-
covered literature m my trunK. i nave
some philosophy to read and I don't
Intend to mix with the hotel people.
Nature, my work and serge frocks are
enough for me." Then she departed.
-At the end of four days her mother
was startled by a telegram. It read:
"Rpnrl two Dartv frocks, a hammock
and some reliable face powder at once."
Infant Mortality in London.
During 1895 7,527 Inquests were held
in London, an increase of 14 per -cent
on the number in 1894. One hundred
and seven persons of the "subjects"
died from "want, cold and exposure."
Five hundred and seventy-two children
were suffocated during the year by
drunken or careless parents In bed.
Chnrchcolrs Jlrde EaiT.
"This must be a pretty religious
1 town, Judging from the number of
churches It has," said the traveler.-
"It ain't that, mister. The people Is
so durn lazy that there had to be lots
I of churches set around handylike to
git thein to go to any of 'em.' India
napolis Journal. v. ,
Times are so hard that when honest
I people find lost money these days they
keep it
ladness Gomes
m
ith a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts irentle efforts pleasant efforts
lightly directed. There is comfort in
lie Knowledge, that so many xorms oi
icknesp are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
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e remedy which promotes internal
iteanmiess witnout debilitating tne
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Around the
Hearthstone.
GOLDEN-ROD.
When the frost of the autumn was white
on the grass
And the leaves of the forest were red,
A lover went wooing a sweet little lass
Whose father forbade her to wed.
But he wrapped her about in the cloak
that he wore
And bore her away on his steed
From the cabin of logs with its ivy-hung
door
And its marigolds going to seed.
Tho branches were low in the path that
they went;
Through the heart of the wood it was
worn;
And though down to the horn of the sad
dle she bent
The plume from her bonnet was torn.
The brightest of yellow, behind them
' 'twas blown,
And fluttered a clew on the trail.
For the father who followed o'er stubble
and stone
In his eagerness, breathless and pale.
But whether the thrush was a wizard in
brown
Or the squirrel a fairy in fur,
When he came to the path turning into
the town
There was pnly a cricket astir.
Where the feather had fallen a blossom
- arose
Like gold from the bushes and briers.
And still in the haunts of the aster it
blows
When the sumac has kindled its fires.
Munsey's Magazine.
WITCH AND I.
Witch and I had a -quarrel! Who is
It that says it takes two to make a
c.uarrel? Whoever it Is makes a mis
take. It took only one to make our
quarrel, and that was my precious
Aunt Betsy Jane. Witch has a temper;
so have I. She wasn't christened
Witch. God fathers and mothers have
much to answer for, still I never heard
o" their giving Witch as a baptismal
nsine to a Christian child. No, her
came Is Julia Felicia, which is simply
absurd. Fancy a little dark-eyed, be
witching five feet nothing having a
name like that. -
My name is John, and John I'm al
ways called. Had I been christened
Robert or Thomas I should- have been
called either of those plain, . sensible
names. There is nothing for the imag
ination to catch bold of in my face or
figure. I'm not six feet in my etock
irg8; I'm only five feet ten. 1 haven't
crisp, golden hair" and a "tawny
beard." No; my eyes, hair and beard
Die brown, and for the rest I have non
descript features and good teeth. More
over, as I said before, I have a temper,
a vile one, and ia all things, apart from
my profession, am a born fooL
It was 'over a game of tennis that
Aunt Besty Jane made us quarrel.
Witch didn't play up and I "slated"
her. I've "slated" Witch ever since
I've known her, and I've known her
since she was 10, so she ought to have
got used to it For the matter of that,
she wouldn't have bothered her head
about it if it hadn't been for my be
loved aunt. Witch slates me ferocious
ly sometimes, but it never makes any
difference.
Well, it was at one of Mrs. Dougal's
"at homes" that the row began. Witch,
Miss White, Dougal and I were playing
tennis. Dougal and Miss White were
against' us. As a rule Witch licks the
other girl into tits, but on this occasion,
for some reason or other, she missed
pearly every ball. I was annoyed, and
1 expressed myself perhaps a little
more strongly than I ought to have
done, but I'm sure I said nothing one
whit stronger than I've said scores of
times without any offense being taken.
Be that as It may, Witch refused to
piny any more and went and sat down
by Aunt Betsy Jane.
1 am a doctor, and soon after that
someone fetched me away. It was a
bad case, and I didn't get home till mid
night . In the dining-room some cold
meat and beer were waiting for me; so
was' a note from Witch. I ate a mouth
ful and drank a glass of beer, then I
cpened the note. For a moment 1 felt
as if I bad a knife in my heart It was
such a cruel -stab. Witch my -little
Witch would have nothing more to do
with me. My conduct at Mrs. Dougal's
had proved to her that she no longer
possessed my respect, and without re
spect love was not likely to last long,
ttc. She ended by saying that she
would have returned my ring, but could
not remove It from her finger, but that
she would get the Jeweler to cut it off
to-morrow. I smiled a grim smile at
the last sentence. I had no intention of
tllo wing that ring to be cut off.
The lovely euusion puzzled me alto
gether. It wasn't In Witch's usual
style. Naturally, a note of that kind
coming from her would have run In
this way: "Jchn, I hate and detest you,
and hope you'll keep out of my sight
it rever," or something like it Well, I
went to bed. I was such an ass that
1 never slept a wink all night, but I
made up my mind what I would do. I
got up early and made a good break
fast; then I went Into the surgery saw
Eiy assisant. talked over the cases and
told him I should be away all day.
After that I went to .town, straight to
Witch's father's office. He hadn't ar
rived, .but bis people knew me and
showed me into his private' room. He
and 1 are great friends always have
been. So it was quite natural for me
to go to him for advice, or, rather, to
talk over things. When he came in be
seemed rather surprised at seeing me,
but after he bad shaken bands , he
looked over bis letters, gave some di
lections and then, looking calmly at
me, said: - .
"Sow, John."
"Can you spare me half an hour, sir?"
. "So far as 1 know. Go ahead."
"Well, I'm making 5,000 a year and
my practice 1s increasing."
"That's good." '
"Don't you think Witch and I might
marry on that?"
"Certainly." -
"Ton have no objections to our mar
tying next month. If she consents?"
"None. I have no wish that she
should marry at all, but if. she must
inarry, I'd rather she married you than
anyone -else"
"Thank you, jlr,- for saying' that.
1 hank you very much," said I, grateful
ly, seizing bis hand and wringing it
hard.
"Just so," said he, removing It from
my grasp and looking anxiously at it.
But why this fervor?" : . -
I put Witch's precious epistle In front
of him. He read It twice through at
tentively, put It down, and looking
calmly at me said: . '
"Very interesting! But scarcely to
be regarded as a prelude to . very
epeedy matrimony, I should think."
"Ah, but It Is, sir. a girl doesn't
write a note like that and have done
with It - No, she continues to write
them. ifihfTLjriiii T'arpf a similar
did not sleep a wink last night The
practice won't stand that sort of thing
long, you know." said I earnestly.
"You seem to have an accurate
knowledge of women and their ways,"
he remarked dryly.
! allowed that speech to pass without
comment Comment seemed superflu
ous. - .
"If I might ask, I should like to know
whom you would consider in fault In
this . little misunderstanding?" he
asked.
"I am, sir. It stands to reason; I
should not be so anxious if she were in
fault," and then I explained the whole
matter, finishing up with, "I can't re
member exactly what I called her, but
whatever it was 1 didn't mean it"
"I am not able to refresh your mem
ory to what you said on that occasion,
but I can tell you what I have heard
you call her myself," said Mr. Druitt,
. quietly. And then he told me.
His tone was a revelation to me. Not
that I'd call Witch anything worse
than a "little fool." But I realize what
it must have sounded like to the heav
ens, and to him, her father! I don't
know bow I looked, but I felt mean,
cheap, worthless. Utterly so, I. began
to stumble out. apologies. He waved
bis hand.
"All right" said he, "but you see your
language is at all times forcible."
He is a wise man, so be said no more.
He showed his wisdom therein, for 1
went at once to see Witch in a very
contrite frame of mind. I was ready
to make a mat of myself and let uiy
darling trample on tne If It should so
please her, or to do any other extrava
gant thing, such was the depth of my
burhility. Still, as I Journeyed Putney
ward I wondered as to who could have
stirred up the strife between us. Snd
denly it flashed across my mind that
Witchhad seated herself beside Aunt
Betsy Jane, and that Aunt Betsy Jane
was her godmother and therefore li
censed to interfere. I am not' going to
explain how Aunt Betsy Jane: came to
be Witch's godmother. I am not a lady
novelist and. therefore don't 'think it
necessary fo explain everything. It has
nothing to do with this story; besides,
I was only & years old when she was
christened and wasn't consulted as to
her sponsors. To be sure, It must have
Deen Aunt Betsy Jane vrho suggested
I he letter.
When I arrived at the Cedars It was
about 12 o'clock. If all went well peace
would reign between Witch and myself
in an hour. And if so I would take her
off to Richmond, get a boat from Mea
sure's, row up the river, come to an
chor in a backwater I knew of between
iMcbmond and Hampton and then make
ttr name the day. But things didn't
go well; they went exceedingly badly
instead. When Amelia (Amelia Is the
l'ruitt's housemaid) opened the door
ar-d I Inquired for Witch she 6aid.
gravely:
"Miss Druitt Is not well, sir, but I'll
tell her you're here." ,
Then she showed me Into the dining
room. This was ominous! In . the
Druttts' menage it Is customary to see
people who come on business dress
makers, laundresses, servants seeking
places in the dining-room before lunch.
Amelia left me and went upstairs. I
rapidly diagnosed the situation. 1 took
cut my pocketbook and wrote: "My
darling, I shall wait In the old boat at
the end of (he lawn till you can see me,'
end then I signed it "John."
Amelia came back. "If you please,
pir, Miss Druitt does not feel equal to
teeing you to-day, but will write to you
to night" '
"Exactly ," said I, quietly. "Can you
give me an envelope? Thanks. Give
that to Miss Druitt please." .
The maid left the room and I went
into the garden. At the bottom of the
garden ran the river; chained to a post
was an old boat It was seldom used,
as the spot was not picturesque, but it
was secluded, bidden both from the
house and from passing boats by thick,
drooping willows. It was here that
Witch and I had come to the conclu
sion that we could not live without each
ether. I sat down in the boat feeling
very wroth with Witch and bitter
against Aunt Betsy Jane. I would
have given much to know If she were
In the house at that moment t thought
out all I had heard of the days of her
jouth. I felt mean and spiteful. I !
thought me of an old incident in ber
life , wherein Aunt Betsy - Jane had
billed very near the wind and had a
narrow escape of social wreck. "
I ought to have forgotten It but I am
uot heroic. Both morally and physic
ally I am commonplace. That Is to say,
if I'm struck I hit back, or try to.
Would you believe it? I sat . In that
boat except when I got up and stretch
ed myself, until 8 o'clock! It was near
ly dark, and when I heard the clock
etrike I swore to myself that If Witch
U'd not appear before the chiming of
the chiming of the quarter j would
row the old boat down to the: bridge,
rive a boy sixpence to bring U back,
a i-d well, when V, Itch wanted me 6be
might send for me. That was all!
It must have been very near the quar
ter when I saw stealing down the gar
den, her bead and shoulders wrapped
i;p in a white cloud, my Witch. At
loast 1 thought so at first. But I soon
sa w it wasn't It was someone more
kin and less kind. Nevertheless, as the
form drew near, peorlng about In the
dusk. I sprang forward, caught her in
ny arms and kissed ber. She had no
breath with which to utter a sound.
She could only listen to my ardent
far more ardent than I ever bestowed
on Witch expressions of affection.
"My darling!" 1 went on. "I know
v-u would never have made such a lit
tle fool of yourself If It hadn't been for
that malicious catamaran. Aunt Betsey
jane." The form within my arms
struggled. I was holding her tightly
or my face might hav suffered. "But
I'll tell you a tale, dear, about her. I'm
the only living soul that knows, now
old nurse Is dead." You couldn't bear
the form breathe, so still it was. I
went on: "Aunt Betsey Jane is 45
now" the form. wriggled "about
twenty-five years ago" I could bear
1 er heart beat J relented "No, Witch,
I will not tell yon that story! You have
tome to me and I can afford; to pity
A nnt Betsey Jane. She was badly used
when she was young aBd she can't bear
to see people happy now she Is old.".
The form muttered. ' I opened my
arms. "Want to fetch something, dear.
You sbalL Only come back at once, or
, shall feel like telling that old tale
about Aunt Betsy Jane."
She scuttled off to the house and in a
minute or two Witch came down the
garden in a very dignified manner. I
et her come right to the edge of the
.water and peer about I knew she
couldn't see me. Presently she said,
anxiously: - "John!" - : ,
My heart Jumped, r but I . didn't In
tend to give myself away, so I simply
said, "Well!" But she didn't intend to
rive herself away, either. ..She turned.
Tben I saw that I had my work cut out
for me. .' -..c--
Stay, Witch; I'm In the boat," I ex
claimed In a tone of deepest entreaty,
as I scrambled on shore. She-paused.
I ;aught bold of her hand. ."Witch," I
r.t ed, reproachfully, "I've been waiting
for nearly eight hours and I'm so
- nuilr -
That fetched her! A woman will go
cheerfully for hours without a crumb,
do yards and yards of shopping ou a
halfpenny bun and think nothing of r,
but let a man only say he missed his
lunch and they make as much fuss over
him as If he had suffered the martyr
dom of St. Lawrence!
"You poor thing!" exclaimed my flar-
'lig. "Come in at once and have some
thing to eat."
"No, Witch," I said, faintly, but firm
ly: "you must forgive me." , " '
"Forgive you! Of course I forgive
you. I didn't know you had been here
all that time. Do come in at once or
you'll die. I know you will.''
But I stuck to my guns and I didn't
go indoors until 1 had made Witch
promise that we should be married that
day month. Then I consented to go In
and work mighty havoc among the eat
nbles. - v v
Aunt Betsy Jane came to our wedding
and made us a handsome present. Then
?be went to live with some friends in
the North. I think the poor old soul
had bad some suspicion I knew her
story, and so had tried to part us. She
took my note from Amelia In the morn
ing and kept it for tnat reason. My
carling did not know I was In the boat
until Aunt Betsy came in from the gar
den and told her. -
-But I have never told my wife a
word. It isn't wise to tell your wife all
the little peccadilloes of your friends
and relatives. St Paul's. -
RATS DISPLAY WISDOM.
Prostrate a Plot to Drown Them by
v Their Own Cntenees.
The employes of the Jersey City
Printing Company have for a long time
been troubled with rats. The rodents
are of unusual size and are extremely
bold. They are boldest after dark and
think nothing of running over the feet
of the employes. .
Several cats were placed In the build
ing with the hope that they would ex
terminate the rats, but the latter made
it so warm for the cats that they were
driven away.
- Various schemes have been worked
to entrap the rodents, but with little
success. - Finally Engineer August
Krone hit upon a scheme that for a
time bade far to bp Just the thing. He
secured an old zinc oil tanu, aoout
three feet in height, and then fastened
on the edge a two-foot piece of board.
Then he arranged the board so that
it would swing up and down, with one
end inside the tank. He placed a piece
of bologna sausage, fastened with a
rubber band, on the edge of the board
which projected over the inside of the
tank, and half filled the vessel with
water. A few pieces of cheese were
placed along the other end of the board
to coax the rats on.
The trap waa set where rats are
thickest, in the basement and in a
few minutes a rat climbed upon the
end of the board which protruded out
side the tank and rested upon a sup
port The' rodent ate the cheese and
then went for the bologna. As It
reached the bait the other end of the
board tipped up, and the rat,' with a
squeal, fell into the water and was
drowned. ' .""
"Oh, that's the trick," said the engi
neer, and his assistant said August had
a great head.
. Within ten minutes six more rats
walked the plank, and then there was a
remarkable display of rat cuteness. -
Two rodents climbed the pile of pa
pers, and, while one stood on the safe
end of the board, the other carefully
made Its way to the tempting bologna
and devoured half of it . The rats then
changed places, and the other ate the
rest of the bologna and half the rub
ber band. ' - -
The engineer scratched his bead and
the other spectators said something
about people going to a lot of trouble
for nothing.
During the afternoon no more rats
were caught but a lot of cheese was
eaten by them. The engineer solemn
ly avers that he saw the rats not only
balance one another on the board
while the tempting bait was devoured,
but the rodents actually engaged in a
game of seesaw simply for amusement
August still has faith in his patent
trap, but nobody else has. Newark
Daily Advertiser.
Oom Paid Could Fill It.
. Here Is another characteristic story
about the president of the Transvaal.
In the days when Johannesburg was
merely Farrelra's mining camp, Krue
ger was one day riding over the Wit
watersrand In ordinary burgher attire.
He off-saddled near a wagon owned
by a German. The Teuton did not rec
ognize the president, and held forth' on
the many things he would do were he
ruler of the state. . Suddenly Oom
Paul, to the great astonishment of the
German, who was a very small man,
took off his coat and, holding it out
toward the stranger, said: "Put this
on." "But" replied the latter, "it's too
big." "Just so," replied his honor,' with
a grim smile. "I'm Paul Krueger, and
It Is not too big for me."
Illuminating Power Increased.
A French scientist has recently dis
covered the ' means of increasing the
illuminating power of ordinary coal
gas about fifteen time. The increase is
accomplished by supplying a small but
constant current of air to the flame. A
tiny electric motor is fixed in the body
of the gas lamp, which is a diminutive
ventilator. The motor is run by a cur
rent supplied by a couple of small ac
cumulators. The flame has a remark
able brilliancy, and lamps have been
constructed on this pattern with an il
luminating power of eight hundred
candle power.
Canse for. Baste.
"What is that fellow raving so for?"
asked the tourist
"Missed the midnight train last night"
explained Rubberneck Bill.
"Well! well! I have seen men swear
and cavort for five minutes or so over
missing a train, but be is the first one
1 ever knew to be at it ten hours after
the train had gone." - . ;
"He has mighty good reason, - my
friend. They was more'n $65,000 in
bullion on that thar very train." In
dianapolis Journal. v
. .
Training of Jewish Children.
Within recent years the Jewish ele
ment in this country has given a largt
amount of attention to the manual
training of the young. There has also
been a notable increase In the number
of technical schools for Jewish boys.
Not Extended. '
"Slrl" said an irate little gentleman
of about four feet eleven Inches to a
six-foot man,."I would have you know,
sir, that I have been well brought up."
"Possibly," was the answer, "but you
have not been brought up far."-Tid-
BitS.;'
Mr. Sparks Sir, I love your daugh
ter so that, I cannot live without her.
Old Gruff y Good! Then go away some
where and die. There's another load
off my mind. Cleveland Leader.
. - ' -.- (
When yon loaf, remember the, rights
o: boiz people. . - --A-
A WAR REMINISCENCE.
Scenes at Hatcher's Creek and Peters-bnrg-
Recalled.
John B. Seace 'peaks to a Reporter
of Stlrrlna; Scenes Escaped With a
- Slight Wound, -but, L,lke Other
Veterans, K a Suffered Since
-" A Story That Read lake '
a Page From History.
From the Albany, N. Y Journal.
When " one encounters in print the
life story of some soarred veteran of
the civil war, a feeling of admiration
and sympathy is the certain result.
Accustomed though we are to tales of
heroism and suffering in every day life,
there is something peculiarly attractive
abont these old war records, serving, as
they do, as a sacred passport- to the
heart of every true American. Thou
sands found their rest on the field of
carnage or in the hospital, but their
comrades, when the struggle was over
and the victory won, returned to their
homes and began anew the battle of
life.
John B. Scace, the widely known
contractor and building-mover of Al
bany, N. Y has an unusually interest
ing life, and when seen by a reporter
recently at his borne, No. 15 Bradford
street, told of his many experiences and
adventures while serving under the
old flag in the late, war. Although
having endured all the hardships and
privations ot life in the ranks, Mr.
Scace bears his more than half a cen
tury of years with an elastio step and
a keen mind, taking an active interest
in private and public affairs. .
Mr. Scace is a member of Berkshire
Lodge, No. 52, I. O. O. F. He en
listed in the army in 1869, in Company
A, Fortv-ninth Massachusetts Volun
teer Infantry, serving tinder Col. W.
F. Bartlett, First Brigade, First Divi
sion, Nineteenth Corps, with which he
participated in some of the hottest bat
tles of the war, including Port Hudson,
Donaldsonville and Plain Store, where
he was wounded. , His time being out,
he was discharged, but soon re-enlisted
as sergeant in Company A, Sixty-first
Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer In
fantry. He was ' in the battle of
Hatcher's Run, the fight about Peters
burg and the battle of Sailor's Creek.
After bis honorable discharge, June
4, 1865, Mr. Scaoe returned to Albany
and settled down once again to his
business and sooial interests. - He has
resided in the city - ever since. It
would seem that now, of all times, his
peace and happiness would have been
uninterrupted. Such was not to be the
case, for four years ago, while engaged
in superintending the raising of the
immense smokestack of the Albany
Electric power house, the lever of a
loosened windlass struck him a heavy
blow across the back. The effect of
the b'ow was not at first apparent, he
being able to leave his bed in a few
days. But the worst was to follow,
for without warning be was seized
with soiatio rheumatism in all its
virulence. Untold agony followed.
Said Mr. Scace, "I could not sleep
for the pain. No one will know the
tortures the rheumatism gave me. I
don't known how I lived during those
days. I became 'little more than skin
and bones, and it seemed like life
didn't have anything but suffering in
it. Cures? I tried every so-called
rheumatic cure that was ever invented.
I gave all of them a good trial before I
stopped taking them. My friends and
neighbors recommended remedy after
remedy that they ; heard of. but my
rheumatism went on just the same.
V ell, after I had almost bad the life
tortured out of me, I came across a
newspaper account of Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, aud I thought I might as
well add another name to the list as
not, so I ordered some of my druggist.
- "I tell you, I was glad in those days
to hear of anything that could give me
any hope at all. Yes, I got them, and
before I had taken two boxes that pain
began to leave me. Why, I couldn't
understand it I couldn't imagine my
self being cured. But before I bad
taken a half-dozen of those boxes I was
oured. The suffering whicsh bad made
my life almost unbearable for so long
had disappeared. I was a new man.
"I began to get strong. I picked
up in flesh, and I went back to my
business with all the vigor and vim of
a young man. I think everyone who
Utnows me will tell you what it did for
me. Pink Pills is the grandest medi
cine ever discovered, and if my recom
mendation will do it any good I want
yon to use it I hope others will hear
of it and be benefited as I have been;
Everyone should hear of it X can't
say too much for them," Mr: Scace ex
claimed, enthusiastically, in conclu
sion. This is but one of the many cases in
which Pink Pills have taken such a
beneficent part in the history of hu
manity. ' Mr. Scaoe is now enjoying the
fruits of an unusually large business,
managed solely by himself, and cover
ing almost the entire eastern portion
of the state. - Mr. Scace is also an
ivory carver of marked ability, which
he follows solely for his own pleasure.
Many little trinkets carved by the light
of the camp-fire, attest his skill in
this direction.
Far from being solicited to recom
mend the curative which had taken
such a load of misery from his life, in
his gratitude his praise for it is un
stinted and unceasing. And from his
own statement one may easily see that
when be does cease to sing its virtues ,
it will be to answer the las mustering
in. - -
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills oontain, in
a condensed form, all the elements nec
essary to give new life and richness to
the blood and restore shattered nerves!
They are also a specific for troubles pe
culiar to females, such as suppressions,
irregularities and all forms of weak
ness. In men . they effect a radioal
cure in all oases arising from mental
worry, overwork or excesses of what
ever nature. Pink Pills are sold in
boxes (never in . loose bulk) at CO cents
a box or six boxes for $2.50, and may
be had of all druggists, or direot-by
mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine
Company. Sobenectady, N. Y.
You know coffee. is used
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the taste.
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Katn'e Born Bonnda a Warning Note
to the Unredeemed.
fn HE devil wastes
" - -L.-1J. J. J
fish.
- Faltb ts always
the basis of Joy
in religion.
Get a man to
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God sends his
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A man may wear religion as a cloak,
and yet freeze his soul to death.
, Man's blindest ey Is on the side
where he thinKs It will pay to sin.
The real chosen people of God are
those who know his will and do It.
A doubt is the heaviest burden the
devil can bind on a Christian's back
No man prays in earnest who does
not expect to get just what he asks
Obscurity on earth will not keep any
body from becoming famous in heaven.
The man who walks with God must
keep ctep with everything that Is good.
It is doubtful J. we can truly, own
anything for which we are not grate
ful.
The devil has not yet found out how
to make the man poor who loves to
give,
The Lord's army was never defeated
because the opposing army bad giants
in It
The first dart the devil alms at a
young convert Is always pointed with
a doubt
The devil has no dart In his quiver
that may not be quenched by the shield
Of faith.
The more a mean man has to say In
church, the more It hurts the cause of
true religion,
The man who would have the power
to move mountains must begin on
grains of sand.
Let a vote be taken to determine who
Is the wisest man, and every fool will
vote for himself.
We know exactly what kind of a man
Adam was, when we become well ac
quainted with ourselves.
The devil Is often made welcome In
a home where there Is a handsome
Bible on the center table.
Ever since Eve ate the apple, one of
woman's greatest troubles baa been
about something to wear. .
There is something wrong with a
Christian's life, if it never makes a sin
ner feel ashamed of himself.
God has never been co-cerned about
the size of the church, br.t he has al
ways been particular abc-u . who should
be in It - - - .- - '
The Cull of Duty,
There are two things in the world of
which Mrs. Spilker is very fond a
party and her husband. She never
fails to accept an Invitation to one, or
to carry the other with her; and, with
al, she is very deaf.
Not long since they attended a birth
day party, and the major Mrs. Spll-
heir's husband was to propose the
health of "The Babies." Being very
fond of children, it was thought that
this toast would just suit him.
Unfortunately for Major Spilker and
the assembled guests, he changed his
toast to -"The Ladies," without warn-
n!g his wife of the fact, who, of course,
thought herbusband would confine
himself to the Wast of the little ones.
"Now. Major Spilker," said Mrs,
Barker, the hostess as the dinner ad
vanced, "it Is yovxr turn to give your
toast, and pray say something compli
mentary to our sex.
"When my charming hostess," said
the major, rising, "requests me to do a
thing it is my duty to obey; therefore I
take pleasure In drinking the health of
the ladies. The ladles cherish us in
prosperity, soothe us In adversity, and
by their tender ministerings, lignien
tbe burden of life. I drink to . the
ladies!"
When the applause subsided, Mrs.
Spilker, Ignorant of the true subject of
the toast, but glowing with pride aaa
admiration, said:
"Oh, Mrs. Barker, you don't know
how found tbe major is of them! I
have seen him with two or three on his
iap at once, and "
"Agatha V gasped the major.
"Just teasing the life out of the poor
dear things. He Is such a favorite with
them, and every chance he gets he Is
sure to have them In his arms, or be
romping with them. He's got the lov
ingest nature of any man I ever saw;
and somehow they come to him, when
they won't to anyone else."
Major Spilker fell back In hts chair
n ith it groan. . ;
-"-. A Persian Town.
- Sinna, like all Persian towns, is built
of mud and brick, but somehow the
same ruin that one sees elsewhere Is
not noticeable here. It may be that the
material used In the construction of the
houses Is better, but I put it down rath
er to tbe spirit of the people, for the
Kurd Is twenty times as energetic as
the Persian or the Turk. One never
tired of that little garden among the
tall trees, with Its panorama of towns
and woods and ravine before one, with
Its hedges of brilliant yellow roses and
Its trellises of shady vine. Nor was
the view all that was to be seen here,
for ever and anon passed by troops of
mounted Kurds, gorgeous In colored
silks, riding handsome little horses
with brilliant trappings, and the cafe,
Joo, was ever a haunt of the dandles
of the place, whose clean white clothes
and silk coats, whose curly, well-brushed
hair and waxed mustaches, whose
many turbans of dark silks, added a
truly Oriental touch to the scene.
Nor were the bazars less Interesting,
with their long arcades of domes and
arches and their shops full of all the
merchandise of East and West, for
Sinna Is a thoroughly commercial place,
and, perhaps, for its size and popula
tion, one of the most flourishing towns
In Persia. Leading off from the bazars
are large -.caravansaries, . great . open
courts surrounded by highly decorated
buildings, often of great size and no
mean architecture every court, too,
with its tank of running water in the
center. " ' '
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off
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