The Corvallis gazette., March 19, 1897, Image 4

fliscellany.
NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER."
How
How
How
How
How
many buttons are missing to-day?
Nobody knows bnt mother,
many playthings are strewn in her
way?
Nobody knows bnt mother,
many thimbles and spools has she
missed,
many burns on each fat little fist,
many bumps to be cuddled and
kissed?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many hats has she hunted to-day? .
Nobody knows but mother.
Carelessly' hiding themselves In the hay,
Nobody knows but mother.
How many handkerchiefs willfully stray
ed, . -
How many ribbons for each little maid.
How, for her care, can a mother be paid ?
Nobody knows but mother. -
How many muddy shoes all in a row? -"
Nobody knows but mother.
How many stockings to darn, do you
know?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many little torn aprons to mend,
How many hours of toil must she spend,
What is the time when her day's work
shall end?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many lunches for "Tommy" and
"Sam?" -
Nobody knows but mother.
Cookies and apples and blackberry jam,
Nobody knows but mother.
Nourishing dainties for every "sweet
tooth"
Toddling "Dottie" or dignified Ruth,
How mnrh love sweetens the labor, for-
sooth?
i Nobody knows but mother.
How many cares does a mother heart
know?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many joys from her mother-love
flow?
Nobody knows but mother.
How many prayers by each, little white
bed,
How many tears for her babes has she
shed,
How many kisses for each curly head?
Nobody knows but mother.
-Mary Morrison, in Housekeeper.
People called him "Rambling Robin."
You could have seen him almost any
mnllTlnn Mlnnrv nrltr. laic 1 1 fl HIT.
Ing down, and his eyes fixed on the
ground. Nobody spoke to him, nor did
- he speak to anybody. His clothes were
In rags. He wore no collar. Sometimes
a red scarf was fastened round his
neck, but of tener than not his neck and
"chest were bare to the cutting winds.
Nobody knew where be came from, and
nobody cared.
- Some said he had been an actor at
one time others that he had been a
doctor, while many maintained that he
was a man who had gambled away a
large fortune. Whatever he might have
been, we could all see that he was no
common vagrant.
I do not know whether the peace and
good will which are supposed to come
to all men at Christmas time had any
thing to do with it, but when I passed
him one Christmas eve a few years
ago, as I was hurrying off home, a
sudden Impulse led me to stop.
"Will you come home with me and
have your supper, Robin?" I said.
He stopped and lifted np his head.
Poor fellow! I noticed the tears spring
to his eyes. . Kind words were
strangers to him.
"My my supper!" he gasped. "I
never have any supper."
X quite believed him. In fact, If he
had said he never had anything to eat
at any time I should not have contra
dicted him.
"But make an exception to-night," I
urged. "Christmas time, you know.
People break the ordinary routine of
their lives at Christmas. Come along."
- He made no answer; at least, not
with words, but his eyes spoke plainly
enough, and, quickening his pace, we
strode along together toward my home.
wife opened the door. My little Mabel
came toddling to meet me, and as I
lifted her up and carried her back on
.my shoulder I told - my wife I bad
brought a friend home for supper.
Robin and I sat talking together
while Annie was getting the meal
ready. His face had brightened, and
his brilliant conversation confirmed the
opinion I had formed of him, that, he
;waa a man of culture. .
' Mabel climbed down from my knee
and went across to Robin.
"Have oo no 'ittle dirl?" she lisped.
. He stroked her hair gently, and shook
his head.
"And no mamma?" she asked, look
ing first at me and then at the smiling
face of my wife.
Robin turned his face away. Trust
a child for finding the way to a man's
heart v
"No, no mamma," he replied, after a
pause.
Mabel sighed, and came across to me.
- "Is ee poor man?" she asked. r
.' The intervention of my wife with
the information that supper was ready
saved me from replying.
The meal over, my wife rose to take
Mabel to bed, but before she left the
.room the little girl ran back, and climb
ing on Robin's knee, kissed him "dood
night." Then Robin and I pulled our
chairs to the fire. His eyes were shin
ing. He seemed a different man. I
handed him a cigar, and we sat smok
ing for awhile without speaking.
"Would you like to hear the history
of 'Ramblinz Robin 7 " he asked, bend
ing forward. "If you would, I will tell
yon the first part The second part only
begins to-night Tou shall
bear that in a'year or two."
' I did not quite understand him, but I
nodded and waited for him to start
"Two lines," he began, "frequently
occur to me. You remember them:
" 'Who fails from all he knows of bliss.
Cares little into what abyss.' '
"They are the truest lines ever writ
ten,", he said, and he stared Into the
fire for a time without speaking.
"Listen, and I will tell you how I fell.
Five years ago I was a young man do
I look young now?" and be pointed to
his sunken cheeks and gray-streaked
hair. "And yet five years have made
the difference.
"My name is Robin Alerne. I was
living with my father in Scotland and
It was there I met my Flora. I can see
her now, as she was the first day I met
her. . It was a glorious day in June. I
had sauntered out with my rod in the
morning, and was whipping the stream
which ran along the outskirts of the
wood, when the sound of sweet music
fell on my ear. I turned round and
saw a woman. She had not seen me,
and as she came along she sang in a
Toice as sweet and pure as was the
singer: - -
. " 'Her face is fair, her heart is true,
As spotless as she's bonnie, O!
The opening gowan, wet wi' dew,
Nae purer is than Nannie, O!"
"She was slinging her sun bonnet In
her hand, and the sun was playing
with her golden hair. Her neck was
bare, its whiteness contrasting with
her bonnie, sunbnrnt face.
"When she saw me she stopped and
blushed. Then she threw on her sun
bonnet and walked on hurriedly.
"She was a girl from the neighboring
farm. I fell in love with her, and we
met In the wood, unknown to any one.
Then my father heard. He forbade me
to see her, and told me if I disobeyed
him he would turn me from the house.
"I met Flora the same night, and per
suaded her, on that glorious moonlight
night to be my wife. We came south
together, and I married her. I was suc
cessful in obtaining a clerkship, and
after my work at the office was done,
my wife would sit in the little chair by
my side, while I sat writ ng at my desk.
For I had the gift of writing bits of
stories, and often when the night had
drawn on, and work was put away,
Flora and I would sit talking of the
future, of the day when I should be a
famous author, and the drudgery of the
office should be a thing of the past :
"But our happiness was too great to
last The roses on my darling's face
began to fade, and though she tried to
smile away my fears, J, felt sure she
was going to be 111.
"Then one night when. I came from
the office, I found her ill in bed. In
despair I sat down to write a story,
which, if accepted, would enable me to
get her away into the country, or to the
seaside. I worked at it all night and
finished It Then a week later I re
ceived a letter at the office from the
editor telling me that my story had
been accepted, inclosing a check and
asking for more stories.
"Flora had been growing worse each
day. but now, I thought she should
soon be better. I cashed the oheck and
bought some luxuries for her, and,
passing a flower shop, I went In and ob
tained a epray of lilies. They, were her
favorite flowers.
"Then I hurried away home. I could
hardly walk fast enough, but at last I
reached my little house, and entered.
I ran upstairs and threw open her bed
room door. ,
" 'Flora I cried. 'Success at last
my darling. You shall go away for a
few days now.'
"She did not Answer me. 'She must
be asleep,' I thought and noiselessly I
walked across the room.
"I stood over the bed, looking at my
sweetheart's lovely face. It was so
calm, so beautiful, so pure. There was
a sweet smile on her lips, and her hair
was banging down, framing her face
In gold. My thoughts wandered back
to that day in June, and the words of
tha song came back to me.
"I knelt at the side of the bed, and,
placing the spray of lilies in my Flora's
little hand, waited In silence, watching
and praying praying that she would
soon be restored to health again.
"She awoke with a little start
"I am so glad you have come, Robin,'
she said, as I kissed her. 'I have had
such a glorious dream. I was dream
ing that you had written a book, and
that the world was ringing with your
name.'
"I interrupted her.
" 'Perhaps the day is not far off, love.
See, my etory. has been accepted, and
the editor begs that I will send him
some others.'
"She did not speak, but the proud
look in her eyes told me wuat her
thoughts were. Then she saw the lilies
and she kissed me for them."
Robin covered his face, with his
hands, and a sob shook his frame. He
rose from his chair and walked round
the room. Then he stopped, and, with
his face averted, he finished his story:
"In less than a week she was dead.
She died In my arms. I thought she
was better, but it was not to be. She
EOBIS TELLS HIS 8T0BT.
was too good to live. We were too
happy for this world. Heaven would
have had no meaning could we have
lived together longer. And when her
last breath was gone I laid her back
gently on the bed and covered her face
from my sight I went on my knees
and cursed cursed my fate and every
thing else.
"Now, perhaps, you understand my
fait 'Why work, I thought, 'when I
have nobody to work for? My literary
work was neglected. I lost my situa
tion at the office. I havesunk deeper
and deeper, until now," he paused for
awhile, "now I am 'Rambling Robin.' '
' Then be came across and stood by the
fire.
"But the Innocent prattle of that lit
tle child of yours has brought me to
my senses. As there is a God above, I
will yet make the world ring with my
name. Even if I cannot work for my
dead Flora, I can work for her mem
ory's sake. And so I will. I start to
night on the second part of my life. In
two years I will let you know the re
sult I will come and see you. Good
by." --1
pressed him to stop the night, but
he would not -1 persuaded him, how
ever, to take the loan of a few pounds,
and as he walked to the door I slipped
a note into his hands.
And last Christmas eve he kept his
promise. He came to see me carrying
a small parcel under his arm. It was
a book the book of the year. He had
written it under a nom de plume. His
name' now is known throughout the
English-speaking world, and the book
which made his name Is dedicated:
"To my angel wife and MabeL"
James Davenport, In Tid-BIts.
-. Not the Same Thing.
.When shrewd men talk, it is best to
mind their exact expressions. The
Lewiston Journal mentions a case In
point:
There had been a great financial
catastrophe in Piscataquis County by
which many people lost their little all,
and the' word went round that a citizen
who Usually clings to his shekels had
suggested a public 'subscription to
make up the losses, and had promised
to subscribe largely himself. The peo
plwere amazed at the report and in
quiry was begun to learn its truth.
"Did you offer to give $25,000 to pay
these losses V the citizen was asked, -
"Well, no;" he said, "I didn't put my
offer in Just that way. What I did say
was that I would willingly give $25,000
if the thing had never happened."
Then tho people laughed. -; : '
" THE WORLD'S GREAT PORTS,
European Cities Going Ahead While
New York Is Standing Still. -
Some German merchants, bankers
and imperial officials have found great
encouragement In the fact established
,by- figures that, while during the last
ten years the commerce of the city of
Liverpool has increased 40 per cent.,
the tonnage of vessels arriving at or de
parting from the German port of Ham
burg has increased 70 per cent In the
same period. The geographical posi
tion of Liverpool is highly favorable
to shipping, and the docks of Liverpool,
it is well known, have at large expense
made the harbor a most desirable one
In the facilities which it gives to ves
sels of all dimensions. But recently
Liverpool has had to contend with the
serious Industrial and mercantile rival
ry of the city of Manchester, and the
business of Manchester has been great
ly promoted by the Manchester CanaL
The German Government, In (he con
struction of the new Baltic Canal, has
discriminated in favor of Hamburg,
which has increased Its shipping busi
ness very largely of late years at the
expense of the other North German
port of Bremen. At the close of the
Franco-Prussian war the tonnage of
vessels arriving in and departing from
Hamburg was 2,000,000, and of Bremen
In the same year 800,000. Since then
the commerce of Bremen has increased
about 75 per cent, and that of Ham
burg 300 per cent.
. Notwithstanding these great gains
the city of London still retains Its re
markable distinction of being the great
est portln the world for sea-going ves
sels, New York following not very far
behind, but showing comparatively
little increase. - The number of ships,
steel, steam or sail, which leave the
port of New York in a year is about
2,000, and more than two-thirds of the
total number of such vessels are reg
istered under foreign flags. New York
has gained of late years in respect of
the amount of business done with Eu
ropean ports, but there has been no
corresponding Increase in the volume
of business done with domestic ports,
and moreover the city of New York
has had to meet very strong competi
tion from Baltimore and New Orleans,
a considerable portion of the shipments
of Western grain having been diverted
to these ports and away from New
York. The business of the port of Lon
don is very largely of a local character,.
London being a mart of a consumption
and interchange of articles arriving
from other parts of England.
The four cities of London, New York,
Liverpool and Hamburg stand at the
head of the ports of the world, but
there are others at which a very large
mercantile business Is done some de
creasing, but a larger number failing
to keep up with the ratio of growth in
mercantile business. Antwerp In' Bel
gium stands fifth among the commer
cial ports of the world and very near
It, with a volume of tonnage nearly as
high, is Marseilles, in France, the chief
port of the Mediterranean. Havre, In
France, does a considerable business,
chiefly with foreign countries, In the
shipping line, and Stettin, In Gcrmatiy,
a large business, chiefly coastwise. The
development of the railroad and canal
systems of each port has much to do
with its growth in commercial busi
ness, and it is a fact usually to be ob
served that a city which Is the termi
nus of a canal retains longer and better
its shipping trade than a railroad ter
minus. At least this is observable in
the United States. New York Sun.
Found a Hard Problem. -A
tired tramp on the Bowery was be
wailing the free-luncb clause of tho
Raines liquor tax bill, when his atten
tion was called to an ornate poster In
red and blue Ink, on white paper, rep
resenting with full regalia and accou
trements an American soldier In the
cavalry service and an American In
fantryman saluting his superior officer,
the latter carrying a large sword. Un
der the two pictures were printed the
conditions under which the United
States army accepts volunteers for its
service on the frontier In the military
service. The applicant must be more
than 21 years of age and less than 30.
It is, essential that he' be unmarried
and either a citizen of the United.
States or an alien who has legally de
clared his intention to become a citi
zen. He must enlist for five years, and
the United States government gener
ously agrees to pay him for bis services
in field and flood $13 per month. Other
inducements are held out If sick, be
is given free admission to a hospital.
j If he dies, he is buried at the public
expense, -ir in tee camp in which he
is stationed there Is a library, be is
permitted to read the books contained
in It without extra cost, and if out of
his income of $13 per month he provi
dently saves a portion, the United
States pays him 4 per cent Interest
on the amount, unless In the mean
while he deserts,, in which case the
money is forfeited and he is liable to
be imprisoned for life, or perhaps be
shot
The tired tramp was In front of a "re
cruiting office" on Third avenue, and
he ejaculated, as he shambled away:
"What stumps me is that they had to
pass a law to keep the United States
army from ever getting larger than
25,000." New York Journal. :
Ijocomotlve Without a Fire Box. ,
In the city of Marseilles, France, a
railroad has recently been completed
which possesses the original feature
that its motive power consists of steam
locomotives without firebox. This pe
culiar engine was adopted In order to
effect the passage of a tunnel, half a
mile long, without development of
smoke. Telk locomotive consists of a
cylindrical boiler, which is filled with
hot water under a maximum pressure
of 227J pounds per square Inch. At
the end of the line the pressure decreas
es to ;'43to- 70 pounds.- The water is
then heated again to 203 degrees, corre
sponding to a pressure of 227.5 pounds
by means, of steam produced by the
generators at the central station. The
boiler is 10 feet long, 3.8 feet In diam
eter and holds besides 550 gallons of
water and 21 cuble feet of steam. The
steam from the generators Is uniformly
distributed 'through the water by suit
ably arranged . pipes. After having
been used in the cylinders, the steam
is condensed In a condenser, consisting
of 1,154 pipes, provided over the boiler.
Charcoal from leather.
. The manufacture of charcoal of an
important commercial value, from com
mon leather waste or scrap, that' is, as
charcoal produced from leather has
been found to be of such peculiar value
In certain processes of tempering, a
plan has been brought forward for util
izing the waste leather which accumu
lates In shoe shops, etc., by converting
it Into charcoal. The plant for manu
facturing this kind of charcoal consists
essentially of a metal retort, something
like those for the production of illumi
nating gas, and the cost of such an
equipment Is calculated not to much
exceed $200, while one man unaided
can easily operate the whole. ' The
shrinkage of the leather In yius becom
ing charcoal Is said to be not more than
SO percent. " V -
HEALTH
Use
the Only Sprin
Stood
In March, April and May use Paine's
celery compound.
And only Paine's celery compound!
For it is nature's remedy. ;
Do not for a moment confound it
with any of the ignorant, catchpenny,
short-lived patent remedies sarsapa
rillas, nervines and tonics that bear as
much resemblance to Paine's celery
compound as the parasite vines do to
the oaks that they live on. -
Paine's celery compound cures dis
ease. It makes -people well. It has
saved the lives of thousands of suffer
ers. It makes the weak strong.
" It purifies the blood and enriches the
nerves.
Every condition of - winter life has
been detrimental to health. There has
been a steady decline in nervous vigor.
Now that spring comes the body is ready
to cast off unhealthy tissues if it is only
given a chance. This opportunity comes
when the excretory organs, kidneys,
kin and bowels are made to work ac
tively and the nerves are able to fur-
nish sufficient energy to the digestive
LABOR EXCHANGE MOVEMENT
Possible Solution of the In
dustrial Question.
AN OUTLINE OF ITS WORKINGS
The San . Francisco Branch Is Doing a
Large Wholesale Business Wholly
Without the Use of Legal Tender.
By G. E. Kkixogo, Vancouver, Wash.
While the various political parties
and the people generally are wrangling
over the financial and labor questiohs,
there is being established in our midst
an organization, known as the Labor
Exchange, which claims to be able to
transact business without legal tender
money by basing its medium of ex
change on the products of labor, and
eventually, to furnish employment to
the idle by supplying a market for the
products of their labor.
This is not an. entirely new organiza
tion. Though it has been operating
successfully in 'several cities, no sys
tematic effort has been made to extend
its wwl""-a, until within the last year
or two. : Now, however, since a number
of branches have proven the practicable
ity of the plan by actual business
operations, the idea is being taken np
in every state in the Union and over
200 branches have been established. ;
As an example of what is being done
in this line we would call attention to
the San Francisco branch, located at
No. 322 Davis street, which has done a
wholesale business of $28,000 within
the last eight months, wholly without
money. The manager, Mr. Henry
Warfield, has .compiled a .labor ex
change directory of the different busi
ness houses that have investigated the
plan and now accept "labor checks" at
their, face value, as being as good as
money. Every business nearly is repre
sented, and the list completes the cir
cuit of necessities of man, so that the
holders of labor exchange checks are in
a position to supply their wants with
out regard to money.
... Any useful article may be deposited
with the exchange, and the depositor
receives therefor a deposit check which
is "not redeemable in legal tender, but
receivable by the Labor Exchange Asso
ciation in payment for merchandise, for
all services and for all debts and dues
to the same; and it is based upon and
secured by the real "and personal prop
erty in the keeping of the association,"
The property held for the redemption
of certificates cannot, as per charter, be
mortgaged--nor - pledged for debts, nor
can it be withdrawn, but may be ex
changed by the association for other
property of equal value, : "
The branches in different sections of
the country exchange surplus products
with each other. For example, there
are such things as socks and cigars from
as distant a point as Reading, Pa., at
the San Francisco exchange, broom
handles from New Whatcom, - Wash. ,
fruit extracts from Fresno, as well as
GREAT deal of
nonsense has been
written and be
lieved, about
blood purifiers.
What purifies the
blood? . m
THE KIDNEYS
PURIFY H BLOOD
AND THEY ALONE.
If diseased, however, they cannot
and the blood continually becomes
more impure. Every drop of blood
in the body goes through the kidneys,
the sewers of the system, every three
minutes, night and day, while life
endures. ' -
puts the kidneys in perfect health, and
nature does the rest . "
The heavy, dragged out feeling, the
bilious attacks, headaches, nervous
unrest, fickle appetite, all caused by
poisoned blood, will disappear when
the kidneys properly perform their
functions. -
There Is to doubt about this.
Thousands have so testified. The
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uieory ngtu, uc luxe is ngw wu,
health follows as a natural seauence.
Be self-convinced through per-
M sonal
somu proob . . . ,
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SURE CURE for PILES
lUfaiaf and Blind, dlMdiig or frvtmdiiiff Piles jUU at ae to
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Me. SnuUtttruU. BILBUBAMKO. Phil. Pa. ,
A mm - A combined Binding and
11 w Facing. Outwears all others.
DRESS FACIHG ZXiKJ:
be trashed without remov
ing'. Makes the skirt hang gracefully. If your
dealer ' will -not supply you, address Weber
Manufacturing Co., (Pacific) Coast Agency),
SIS Market St., Booms 23-24, San Francisco, Cat.
A'oMee to Dealer We are open to propositions
m exclusive agsnole. ;
PAINE'S CELERY
No remedy in the world accomplishes
these results like Paine's celery com
pound. It nourishes,' regulates and in
vigorates the entire nervous system
from the brain to the minutest nerve
filament It causes an increased appe
tite and tones up the stomach to deal
with the increased food. Its nourish
ing action is immediately, manifest in
a clearing up. of the mnddy, unhealthy
skin, an increase in weight and more
refreshing sleep. - '
First , discovered after laborious,
scientific research by the ablest physi
cian America has produced, Prof. Ed
ward E. Phelps, M. H D. , LL. D. , of
Dartmouth college, it is prescribed and"
publicly indorsed by the best' practi
tioners in every city in America. . It
has been so enthusiastically recom
mended by grateful men and women
in every walk of life that it is today in
every sense the most popular remedy
the world ever knew.
It has proven itself the greatest of all
spring medicines.
. In New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston, St Louis and two . or three
fruit from as far south as San Diego.
A consignment of shirts and overalls is
being negotiated for with a branch in
Ohio; a lot of dried fruit was recently
shipped to Idaho Falls, Idaho, in ex
change for pork; and groceries were
sent to Armona in exchange for dried
fruit. The branch at Los Angeles is
putting - up a shoe factory; Forest
Grove, Or., has a tannery; Olathe,
Kan., a grist mill; Red Bluff, Cal., a
spice mill; S.alem, Or., has a brick
yard, warehouse and wharf; Vancouver,
WaBn., proposes to make coffins, and
the Oregon City, Or., branch will
operate a rock crusher.
To make the subject more clear to the
reader,- an illustration of its workings
is given: Some farmer owning timber
land might cnt some logs and deposit
them in the exchange, taking labor
checks in receipt therefor; the owner
of an idle sawmill would rent his outfit
to the branch and accept "checks" as
rental; some men, now idle, would
work the logs into lumber; unmployed
carpenters would manufacture the lum
ber into coffins, furniture, etc., and re
ceive "checks" for their labor." The
articles thus made would be sold on the
market or exchanged with other
branches for provisions, clothing, etc.,
which would be again exchanged to the
farmer, mill-man and mechanics for
their "checks," It must be remem
bered that no "-check' can be put into
circulation until some labor or the
product" of labor has been deposited
with the branch, and whenever the
"checks are redeemed the value goes
out and the checks are canceled. . -;
It will be seen that all- branches of
business will soon be represented, and
when the producers can market their
products and supply their wants (with
out the use of legal tender) by a me
dium of- exchange based upon, and at
all times equal to the wealth produced
a grand step will have been taken to
ward the solution of the greatest prob
lem of the age.
Under this sytem, farmers would
not be clothed in rags while tailors and
weavers starved; weavers would not go
barefooted while 'shoemakers and tan
ners needed clothes; and carpenters,
painters, bricklayers and plasterers
would not be idle while people suffered
for shelter, " .
Every American oitizen should in
vestigate this, - . : ? .
Iiondon busses are drawn by Ameri
can horses, thousands of which are un-
ported annually.
Swept Away in a FI004.
Mr, E. V. Smalley relates in a Chi
cago newspaper a thrilling and very
peculiar experience which he under
went a. few years ago in traveling in
the Northwest With three friends' he
attempted to ford a slough of the Ya
kima River in Washington, in a big
wagon drawn by four horses. Mr. Smal
ley says:
The river was very high, and the
broad slough was running like a mill
race. We know that the fording-place
was narrow and the water deep, but
we expected nothing more serious than
to get our feet wet. But when we were
about half-way across, the lead horses
got their hind feet over the double
trees and became unmanageable; and
then the wagon was swept off the ford
and Into deep water.
One of my friends swam ashore, and
two others climbed out of the tall of
the wagon and managed to keep their
footing until they were rescued. I at
tempted to get out in the same way,
but before I could do so the wagon was
swept Into very deep water, overturned,
and wagon, horses and I were soon
floundering Trrthe current.
I could not swim, and gave up all
hope of my life. I went under water,
and there had a very clear experience
of what psychologists call the double
consciousness. It seemed as if I were
two persons, one a physical man, still
intelligent enough to struggle . among
the horses, and the other a conscious
ness that was entirely serene and hap
py, looking with admiration at the
beautiful water overhead, and wonder
ing if the body would come- ashore
somewhere down the stream and be re-
covered. .
This part of me felt quite delighted
at being released from partnership with
the other fellow. How long this lasted
I do not know. I did not have any of
that vivid recollection of all the events
of fife which men restored from drown
ing usually tell about. The higher -consciousness
only felt that it was an In
dependent spiritual existence, now for
the first time released from dwelling In
a physical body.
But now the body, in its desperate
struggles, 'clutched the ear of one of
the-horses. The- horse got its head
above water and the man's head came
up with It The man was rescued by a-'
boat and with extreme regret my high
er consciousness was forcedo re-enter
its old dwelling-place. TV
. 'zcerclierl Him. "7. ' - v
. -Tbl bicycle craze has done jm a
world of good,", declared Bloomley.
- ."Why, youilon't ride!" ; uL; f s"
.' "No, Trot I've been knocked a total jail.
at least 1.000 feet nnd have run miles In
my efforts to dodge scorohera." Detroit '
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COMPOUND MAKES ONE WELL
other large cities, the leading newspa
pers, making their own canvasses again
this year, have found that the demand
for Paine's celery compound surpasses
that of all other remedies together! '
Paini's celery compound, taken dur
ing the early spring days, has even
more .than its usual remarkable effi
ciency' in making people well. It
makes short work of disease. It rapid
ly drives out neuralgia, sleeplessness,
dyspepsia and rheumatism from the
system. It removes that lassitude, or
"tired feeling,", which betokens weak
ened nerves and poor blood. -"
Women working in close offices, sales
women tired out and nervous from long
hours' standing on their feet and wait
ing on impatient, irritating customers;
overworked, worried and disheartened
men and women everywhere will be
astonished to find how much happier
life becomes when their nerves have
been strengthened and their blood puri
fied by means of this great remedy.
No other remedy has the hearty ap
proval of a like body of educated men
and women and professional men, nor
has there ever been a remedy that was
It has been ascertained that in Russia
573 per 1,000 girls mirry before reach
ing the age of twenty.
Mrs Humphrey Ward, the English
novelist, has turned her energies to
wards writing a play. '
A clever Parisian has invented a ma
chine that can split a human hair
lengthwise into thirty-rsix strips.
Nine women obtained the doctor's de
grees at the University of Berne, Swit
zerland, at the last examination.
A dust excluder for vehicle hubs con
sists of a cap secured to the outer end
of the hub, being easily removable.
An electric roller for massage pur
poses is composed of plated copper and
zinc and generates its own electricity.
The change of administration in the
United States causes great anxiety
among all Spaniards.
Counsul Lee is severely handled by
the Spanish press on account of his
course in the Ruiz case.
WISE AS AN OWIh
The owl is said to be the wisest of birds
because he keeps both eyes and ears wide
open, says nothing and keeps up a good
deal of thinking, When sciatica takes hold
of a man, he is wisest who says nothing
but keeps his "eyes and ears open for the
best remedy, who thinks and knows it may
result in cfippline, and who iinds by trial
that St. Jacobs Oil is the best known rem
edy for its treatment and permanent cure.
It penetrates to the seat of the exerutiating
pain, soothes and cures it, and prevents
what sometimes happens the use of the
surgeon's knife to get rid of the torment.
The owl thinks and then acts quickly, and
the sciatica sufferer should act uromritlv to
arrest the progress of the disease and to re
store the nerve by the use of St. Jacobs
Oil to its natural condition.
The lady manager of a California in
surance company is credited with the
largest salary paid to any woman--110,000
a year,
OTEH THH PRECIPICE
Hosts of invalids tumble to destruction simply
because they will exercise no discretion in the
matters of eating, drinking and the avoidance
of exciting causes, and, above all, in the item
of medication. They persist in dosing them
selves in season and out of season with drastic
and violent remedies, opiates and mineral
poisons. The best, the safest, the pleasantest
substitute for such hurtiul no-remedies is Hon-.
tetter's Stomach Bitters, potent for- malarial,
rheumatic, dyspeptic, nervous . and bilious
complaints. ;
Illinois spends at least $2,000,000 a
year in pqnshing criminals! It spends
scarcely anything for their reform.
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD,
AH Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually vary
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
flucose. '-Tea Garden Drip$" is made from
ugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Strut Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Dript" have the manufac.
turer's name lithographed on every can.
HOW'S THIS T
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F. 3. Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West & Trcax,
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O,
Wauino, K inn an At Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internaUy, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
. Piso's Cure for Consumption is tbe'only
cough medicine used in my house. D. C.
Albright, Mifliiuburg, Pa., Dec, U, 1895..
Schillings Best is simply
good honest tea, well grad
ed, fresh - roasted, packed
air-tight.
If you. don't like it, your
grocer returns your money
in full.
"There is. no other such
dealing in tea. .
A Schilling & Company
San frrancisco .. 419
FINEST IN THE WORLD.
Hack's "C C." Bazor
In sizes 4-8. 5-8 and 6-8. Frice, S2.50.
Can be exchanged if not Satisfactory.
Send for General Catalogue or Catalogue of
Sporting .Goods or Barber Supplies.
WILL & FINCK CO.,
820 Market St. San Francisco, Cal.
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or
'Just Don't Feel Wall,"
KUIYER PILLS
ara the One Thine to ma.
Only On for a Dose.
Sold by Srucgists at 8Bc. a box
Samples mailed tree. Ad drees
Dr. Boeanko Med. Co. Phlla. Fa.
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For tracing and locating Gold or Silver
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t Conca tlyrnffcTaawa Good. Use
km
L mr
the World That has
of Time.
welcomed in so many intelligent, pru
dent homes where pains is taken to get
only thejbest in so vital a matter. In
such " families all over the country
Paine's celery compound is the first,
last and only remedy used. '
Prof. Phelps had studied the nerves
in health and disease . . when well
nourished and when nnder-nourisked,
in men and women and children years
before he looked for the remedy. Paine's
celery compound is the outcome of his
entire professional life. It is the one
remedy that the world could not lose
today at any price. ' . -'
Paine's celery compound induces the
body to take on solid flesh.
Physicians recognize Paine's celery
compound as the one scientific spring
remedy, and it is universally prescribed
by them wherever, there is great need
of a vigorous and prompt restoring of
health and strength to . the worn-out
system.
Paine's celery compound is the best
spring remedy because it is more than
a mere spring remedy. It brings about
a healthy appetite, complete digestion,
regular action of the bowels and the
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
lyjemoves. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial'
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects,, to note when - you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
Jmd and gives most general satisfaction.
Is a blood disease and only a blood reme
dy can cure it. So many people make
the mistake of taking remedies which
at best are only tonics and cannot possi
bly reach their trouble. .Mr. Asa Smith,
Greencastle, Indiana, says: '"For years
I have suffered with Sciatic Rheuma
tism, which the best physicians were un
able to relieve. I took many patent
medicines but they did not seem to
reach my trouble, I gradually grew
worse until I was un
able to take my food
or handle myself in
any way; I was abso
lutely helpless. Three
bottles of S.S.S. re
lieved me so that I
was soon able to move
my right arm; before
long . I could walk
cross the room, and
when I had finished one dozen bottles
was cured completely and am as, well as
ever. X now weigh 170."
A Real Blood Remedy.
S.S.S. cures Scrofula, Cancer, Eczema',
and any form of blood troubles. If you
have a blood disease, take a blood medi
cine S.S.S. (guatanieed purely vegeta
iable) is exclusively for the blood and
is recommended for nothing else. It
forces out the poison matter permanent
lv.. We will
send to anyone
our valuable
books. Address
Swift Specific
Co., Atlanta,
Ga.
Rheumatism
For the last 20 years we have kept Piso's Cure for Con
sumption in stock, and would sooner think a groceryman could
get along without sugar in his store than we could without
Piso's Cure It is a sure seller.- RAVEN 8c CO.. Druggists,
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other exci etory organs whenever taken,
whether in summer or in winter, but
as the greatest of spring remedies it has
.extraordinary opportunities for induc
ing t hp "hftdv t.n trirftw ttt mrkrKt1 in.
mors that poison it and cause rheuma
tism, neuralgia, neart . trouble and a
general low state of the health, as in
spring the system is more pliable and
enromo diseases so securely lodged in
the system that they are with difficulty
ousted, become more tractable.
Thousands of men and women have
found from personal experience that
Paine's celery compound makes people
well,, and keeps all from sickness who
take it in the spring. ';' '' . '
Many a father and mother have no
ticed the unmistakable improvement in
the health of their children from tak- -ing
Paine's celery compound in tho
spring. It fs the one scientifically ao
curate remedy fitted by its composition
to thoroughly purify the blood and dis
pel that exhausted feeling and get rid
of skin diseases, headache and fits of de
pression with which children with
weak, nervous systems, as well as grown
people, are afflicted.
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will send free, upon Tippiication, a:
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, of this Society. In addition to its in
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tains a list of the' valuable and un
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In, Winslow's Soothing Syrup should always be J
used for children teething. It soothes the child, soft-
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