The Corvallis gazette., July 02, 1897, Image 4

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'. THOMAS MOORE.
tie glories of Erin, her lights, and her
shallows. :
The limped defigfots of her loughs and
her streams.
the blue of her heaven, the green of her
meadows. :
Were imaged, dear bard, tn thy beauti
ful dream.
Her ioy was thy joy, and her Barrow tay
sorrow:
Reaide th blest eraves of her heroes
. and kins.
Thou hast caught the old harp from the
lone walla of Tara.
And struck a new strain from its moul-
- dering strings.
but what tho her wrongs thro the cen-
tiirtea reeling.
Embalm thee with tears! Erin, helpless
a nrf ivuir.
Still clings to the treasures of fancy and
TCnWhrinMl (n th majrieal music of
Moore.
Oh! weH is it said, tho the king rule'the
" nation.
Tho the making of laws to the states
man belongs.
Who reigns first, who reigns last in the;
hearts of creation,
;: Is the God-given poet who maketh-our
songs!
Tlnv ffw cmwn on his head, place his
hand on the helm
Of national riorv a kin by God's
eraoe
Thou art monarch, O Moore, of a marvel
ous realm, il
' And thy throne's the warm hearts of
thine own Irish race!
Weekly Bouquet. -
ADVENTURES
UH A JLUAJU.U1N.U
A slave, poor and naked, -was toiling'
in the mines at.Fortreal, in India, just
as many thousands of others were -toil
ing beside him, scraping up the pebbly hgaod pagodas is about $400,000.
it, and thereupon he turned over tne
stone to that Individual. - . j
Fancv a piratical skipper witn an
evil conscience and a. thousand pounds
in hand tn one lump, wuat uumu uc
do to show his happiness but take to
drink? He did so, and one fine day,
mad with drink, he could not think of
any other way to get rid of the haunt
ing image of that wretched slave whom
he had killed, than by tying a rope
around his own neck, and drawing it so
tightly that all Images were for ever
more blotted out So the skipper hang
ed himself, and that was the second
owner of the big diamond who naa
come to grief. '
Now Jamchund thought ne wouiu
go to the Governor of Fort St. George
with his stone. Mr. Pitt was the gov
ernor, a sharp gentleman, wno a hi a
bit of trading on his own account.
nh. most irraclous and noDie or pat
rons! I have here a trifle I would glad
ly let you see. I would show it to no
one else. Its beauty is reeei vtu
your greatness to behold."
Thus Jamehun to trm.
"Come along now, and show what
ever you've got to sell and don't keep
me here all day."
Thus Pitt (approximately) to Jam
chund. .'
There were also pipes and pauses in
the conversation so that it took a long
time in reality. Finally Jamchund
Anon oA a box and showed to Mr. Pitt
the largest diamond he had ever seen,
considerably larger than he had ever
even dreamed of.
He gasped with amazement. Jam
chund rejoiced inwardly.
"What is the price of that stone?"
asked the Governor.
"Two hundred thousand pagodas,"
answered Jamchund sweetly.
"Two hundred thousand demons!"
said the Governor "What do you mean
by naming sucn an imposoiuic buiui
Why don't you asu ior ine ueurwsi
and have done with it?"
"Excellency, I should be ruined if I
took les3," said Jamchund. "Even so,
I gain but a contemptible commission,
hardly enough to live on. And It is
only to your Excellency 1 offer it at so
modest a figure."
To 1 appreciate Jamcbund's kind
modesty, It will be well to reduce
rajrodas to dollars. Two hundred thou-
cased each other of the theft. Some
said it was the royalists, and some said
it was the republicans. Howecer that
may be the thieves were certainly
Frenchmen, for a few days afterwatd
the secretary of the Garde Mobile got
a note to say that he had only to hunt
In a spot carefully described in the
Champs Elysees to find the big dia
mond. A search was made, ami sure
enough, there was -the diamond as
bright as ever. The thief could not
bring himself to rob France of the.
prize gem which placed her first of all
the nations of Europe in the matter or
diamonds. Even the thief was patri
otic. Old St. Simon was right. " The
people took the big diamond into its
very heart. Napoleon pawned the stone
and got in that way money for his first
eanirjaJens. The diamond may thus
have been the beginning of his for
tunes, and who shall say . how many
lives that cost? ;' s f r.
Now does anyone want - to . see this
big diamond? Let him gojnto the long
gallery of the Louvre, and there he
will see a glass case surrounded by a
brass railing, inside of which stands
an armed guard. In the middle of the
case is a twinkling stoue looking for all
the world as if a star had fallen from
the skies and lodged there, so bright.
so beautifulr so flashing, is thispoint
of light Let him walk all around the
case and notice the sparkles that dart
from the facets of that diamond: sun
beams going outward toward the win
dows every color in quintessence of
brightness, shimmering, flashing, dart
ing in every -direction at every,-, mo
ment. Let Mm look .at and wonder at
and admire the most beautiful diamond
in the world, but let him ask no ques
tions, for the armed guard scowls at
questioners, and, as in the days of Tltt,
suspects everyone that inquires about
this wonderful stone. For this is a
true story, and the name of the big
diamond is "The Regent." The Weekly
Bouquet. . , - . -
"LIMITED" BUSINESS CONCERNS
Quick !
The sooner you begin tc
iso. Schilling's. Best tea, the
bigger your chances at that
$ i ooo offered for the miss
ing word besides the ex
tra prizes for the most tick
ets sent in. j
Schilling's Best tea is at
your grocer's. . -
Rules of contest published in large
advertisement about the first and middle
of each month. Ail
-. . Ml II
- Works Both Ways.-
The man who really knows his calling
Can build a road as fine as ''clover,"
And give it such an overhauling r .
- It's always easy hauling over. -
soil, washing the mud, carefully look
ing for diamonds. Everybody wasilook-
ing for diamonds, except tnose wno
.were looking after the slaves. All the
large diamonds belonged to the Mogul,
but he never got them; all the lesser
stones belonged to the Emir, who got
very few of them; and none at all be
longed to the slaves, who only stole
them. To steal a diamond was the
highest of crimes in Golconda and was
of ten punished by death. And yet the
slaves were continually stealing them.
The slave of whom we speak was toil
ing, washing, looking and remembering
bow many had escaped with diamonds;
be began to consider what-he should do
In case he found one. There would not
be the least use in swallowing it.
"I have It!" he said, slapping nis lean
leg. "I have thought of a new way of
hiding a diamond!"
That night, when all was still, he got
a sharp flint and made a great gash la
Hue firm muscle of the calf of his leg,
'and then carefully bandaged it up with
some green leaves and an old cotton
' rag. - '
"What's the matter with your leg?"
said the overseer in the morning.
- ?Ob, "mosfVttceUent master! my tin
worthiness slipped and fell against a
harp rock in the night-time. See! the
, :blood of your faithful slave flows from
. the wound." -
He raised a corner of his bandage,
and sure enough several drops of blood
.trickled down.
"Umph!" said the overseer, "I'm not
going to let you off your work on ac-
: count of that scratch."
"My faithfulness will work to the
, death for you, oh, noble master," said
the slave.
r And so he hobbled off to the diamond
tWashing. By-and-by be found some
diamonds, but they were small, and not
worth risking his life for, therefore the
T slave handed. them In to the overseer,
jwho also passed them on, as they were
; smaller than what he usually appro
priated to himself. But a wonderful
piece of good fortune befell the clever
slave. One day as he washed his mud
he noticed a large lump that did not
wash down. He took it between his
, thumb and finger to crack the lump and
lo! It would would not crack. -...
The slave's heart gave a great leap of
Joy. His" fingers had felt the greasy,
; slippery texture of a diamond, and had
-: touched the sharp ..cutting edges of
: crystallization. . A diamond as big as a
hen's egg! In a moment It was under
the bandage of his leg, in another it
; was shoved bodily Into the wound it
; self
It' does not make a sore in your leg
: any better to shove a big diamond Into
tt. Next morning he was very bad and
bis leg was inflamed.
"What are you trying to sham for?"
eakl the overseer. 'I know what's the
;-- matter with you! You've been swallow
ing diamonds. I won't cut off your
bead this time, but you had better look
out, and if it ever happens again !"
He left him with a dark look and in a
few minutes returned with something
. In a bowl. It was a stiff emetic.
"Now, then, swallow this, and you
will be relieved of your pain," said the
overseer.
"My faithfulness will swallow any
thing your nobleness gives .me, but no
diamonds will come," said the slave.
He was dreadfully sick but mo dia
monds came, as there were none swal-
- lowed. : The overseer said he would
. ivg : him -another dose the next day,
but he took no notice of the sore in the
slave's leg.
The next day brought the medicine,
"- but no diamonds.
"Go, die like a dog In the jungle,"
aid the overseer angrily. "I don't
know what Is the matter with you."
- The slave kissed the ground where
the great overseer- stood and crawled
' away, very lame' Indeed. By and by
that lame slave, pretty nearly welL
turned up at Madras. His leg got well
when he took the diamond out of the
wound. He had the largest diamond in
- - the world to sell, and when he had
done so he thought he would be a very
; great man, and have slaves of his own.
and even an elephant, too. He would
do Just as he liked for the rest of his
- life. He came across a ship captain to
- whom he showed the diamond. -
"L sometimes buy stones like that,"
said the captain airily. He was nearly
.. choking with surprise at the beauty
and the enormous size of the gem.
"Come down to my ship and we will
see if we cannot come to a bargain."
The captain was a seafaring man on
i land, but when at sea he was some--'
thing more like a pirate, as the slave
- found out when he went down to bis
ship. ; ' ' "
Th caotain was waiting for him.
not with a bag of money, however, but
lub. - The slave was Kiuea ana
overboard to feed toe sharks,
at was the end of bini and his
of wealth and happiness.
wanted to sell his 111-
Tnchund. a mer-
gaive tne saipper u,vw i-""
slon and the insignificant nature of it
can be seen at a glance.
"Jamctiund, I will give you 30,000
pagodas for that diamond and not a
wnnv more.? said the Governor.
"Excellency, that would be pure de
struction and destitution for me. I
cannot do tt, even for you," said Jam
chund as he bowed himself out He
stayed away two months.
"Excellency, I have come back," he
said on his return, "to say that I could
not rest easy In my mind if any one ex
cept your Nobleness should possess my
inestimable diamond."
"Which means you cannot find an
other purchaser," said the practical
Governor. "What Is your figure now?"
"Fifty thousand pagodas, it is Deg
gary,.but I shall have a clear con
science,'' said the humble Jamchund.
"Forty-five," said the Governor, In--nrowiw"
nheervinz that if the stone
were good, It must prove a penny
worth. "Forty-nine thousand, Excellency!
Just to save me from absolute penury,"
whined Jamchund. - - . -
"I'll give forty-six, and no more."
"Think of my, risk, noble Excellency!
Say forty-nine thousand."
"What Is you risk? -: Did you stealjt
from the Mogul?" " -
"The sun, moon and stars listen to
that! No. ,1 bought it at a fabulous
figure. But think of the risk I have
run of having it stolen from me."
"Well I'll give forty-seven thou
sand," said the Governor.
"And I have come down from two
hundred thousand to forty-nine!" sigh
ed Jamchund. "It Is ruinous generosi
ty! I will say forty-eight thousand to
show my devotion to your Excellency's
interest"
"Bosh!" said his Excellency, and
turning to an English gentleman he
asked him his opinion. - v
"My opinion," said the oracle, "is that
a thing that Is worth forty-seven thou
sand pagodas Is very likely to be worth
forty-eight thousand." .
"Thank you," said the Governor. "I
never thought about it in that light be
fore. I will pay forty-eight thousand
pagodas then." - . -.. .
And he paid them. -
The advice . sounded -foolish, but It
proved valuable, for upon that diamond
the fortunes or a great ramuy were sol
idly founded. The Mr. Pitt who bought :
this diamond- was grandfather to the
great Earl of Chatham.
Behold now Mr. Pitt the possessor of
the big diamond, and his troubles be
gan almost as soon as tnat tact Decame
known. When he returned to England
h had his stone cut and polished. It
What the Term Stands For and Why
It Is Becoittinz P.opnlar.
The word "limited" in" connection
with corporations and business firms,
says a prominent lawyer, Is now in
very general use. It originated in Eng
land, and almost every business con
cern there is a limited partnership. Of
all the cities in this country Philadel
phia has more limited partnerships
than any other, though tnere was not
one there twenty-five years ago. Phila
delphia got the idea during the Cen
tennial, and, it having been found by
experience to be a good thing, it has
grown constantly. It means that those
interested In a firm are only interested
to a limited extent; that is,- only to the
extent in which it is stated In the art!
cles of incorporation. The limit of one
mpmhcr of a firm, therefore, may be
S5.000. while the limit.of another may
be ten times that amount or one-tenth
or any other part Thus, in the firm of
Brown. Jones & Jo., umiiea, crown
may have three-fourths of the stock
and Jones and the othsrs the remaining
fourth. It limits the responsibility, as
it makes- a member of the firm -liable
onlv for that which is named In the ar
ticles of incorporation. In this kind of
firms or corporations the law which al
lows them to limit their responsibility
also requires that the word "Limited'
shall always be used in naming the
firm, so that all may know exactly that
though there may be a large number
of very heavy mon financially Jnterest
i in the concern, their interest and re-
n!ihiHtv are limited. - It -is a fair
thing all around, for it prevents the use
of big names,, which hare sometimes
been used to boom enterprises find -corporations,
when in reaHty.tbe owners
of the names have had but little inter
est in the concerns. - : -
Only One in the World.
So far as-obtainable information goes,
Mrs. Louise Jewell Cabel of East Low
ell: Me., is the only woman justice of
thepeaoe in the world. Mrs. Cabel
first saw the light of the world 58 years
ago last December. 5 At the tender age
of 26 vears her devoted parents sent
her to school, her mother having pre
viously. taught the child to read the
Bible.. School occupied her attentions
until she was 15 years old, when she
became a. school teacher. . At the age
of 24 she was confined to her bed for
three years by illness, and during that
time took up the languages and became
proficient in French and German. For
the six years following convalescence
she averaged LOOO vests a year finally
becoming the bride" of Mr. Cabel. She
finally became .interested in prohibi
tion, and became contributor to a score
of magazines and papers, keeping up
that line of work until -18S8, wnen sne
was granted a commission by Sebastian
S. Marble, then governor of Maine, to
solemnize marriages, administer oaths
and take acknowledgements of deeds.
She then began to - do the work of a
pension justice or notary, as they are
called in Maine. She has ridden thou
sands of miles after affidavits for the
soldier and his poorer dependents in
their claims.: before the pension de
partment " She does her :oWn house
work all the time, sne is now acting
under her third commission. One year
ago last September her husband, who
is an organ and sewing machine vender
was stricken helpless with paralysis.
Thirty Pounds in Thirty Days,
REMARKABLE .GAIN IN WEIGHT
OF A CALIFORNIA MINER. .
------V :A Queer Judgment. - ;' ' :
An Atchison (Kas.) mother goes once
a mohtn to court and takes out j'adg- J
mehts for $10 each against., her wd
3ons, the money being due according
to an agreement,-the consideration
named in which ..isvthat the mother
Bhall'vTefrairi" frcm "' annoying the sons
by her presence or talk. She says that
the sons have defaulted in payment
since last fall. ,
Emile Arton has admitted that he re
ceived $400,000 to use n lobbying for
the Panama -Caffal project, and has
handed . the books containing the
rnnnnnt of his expenditures to M. le
Pnittevin. the iudsre d'instruction in
his case. - -
v A movement has been, started to
effect the consolidation of Boston's
suburbs with the' Hub. If the outly-
inar municipalities were annexed
"Greater Boston", would
lation of about a million.
nave a popu-
Science Applied to the Hen '
The hen is an Innocent looking fowl,
but sometimes she is a base deceiver.
That is when she shares the food pro
vided for her fruitful sisters, but 'lays
no eggs to pay for It Hitherto there
has been no sure and expeditious way
to pick out the tramp hen from a large
flock, but the X-ray affords a test which
has already been applied in at least one
Instance.
- Mr. Hudolph Spreckete of California,,
eon of the sugar king, owns a great
poultry farm. - He has teu thousand
hens; and since the proportion of sterile
or non-egg bearing hens is as one- to
five, It recently occurred to him that
was' supporting not less than two thou-,
sand in Idleness and luxury. ,
Mr Spreckefcs thereupon argued that
if the Roentgen ray could locate stray
buttons .andv-vagrant fishbones in the
human anatomy, it should serve to
make a hen give up her secrets. Two
cintifi exuerts were called In, and
thev fXDerlmeuted on a dozen chickens.
Of these, eight were found to contain
' " More fish have", been shipped from
Aberdeen. Wash., during the last few
months than1" ever oefore, more than
80,000 having been paid for fish- by
Aberdeen buyers since the beginning
of last August : - -
The most densely populated square
mile in the world ia in-the city of New
Xork; it is inhabited by 270,000 peo
ple, : the larger part oi whom are Ital
ians, "who speak, onjy their native
language. - - . . . -
Boston has a society of direct de-;
wendantB of passengers on the lay
Bower. ; -It has 118 members, and
iearly 100 others have been authorized
to file proofs of eligibility to member
ship. '- .,-'.X;.
Electric light is being introduced in
all the cars of the Swiss Jura-Sim plon
railway. - "
The crows fly at
miles an hour. -
act era xne oauer luui ncic
tryeaT to dotand Tt the post-mortem examdnatlon confirmed the
and of that time Pitt's eyes were giaa- aiaguoaio.
dened with the sight of the most daz
zling gem the world had ever beheld.
"Who'll buv. who'll buy?" was now
his cry. But though many would, no
body could. Kings and queens shook
their heads sadly. It was beyond them.
The big diamond became an awful bur
den to its owner. Everyone was a thief
In his fancy.. A learned German trav
eled to England and wanted to see Pitt
and his pebble.
"Never!" 'said the harassed owner.
"He will assassinate "me." He fled to
town, he changed his name, he fled
back to the country, and changed his
name again. The learned German con
sidered such a life not worth living at
any price. By this time Pitt never
dared to sleep two consecutive nights
in the same house. -
He was always "moving on," pur
sued by the terrors of his own imagin
ing. " '- ' ' ".- . ' "
At last somebody came forward as a
rairohflsar . This time a real one. Tt
was Louis, Duke of Orleans, Regent of
France for the boy king Louis XV. St.
Simon, a wily courtier, tempted the
Duke to buy the big diamond.
The Duke of Orleans objected.
"We have no money In the treasury,"
he said.
"That is nothing! You can borrow,
said the courtier. -
"We have no credit"
"Still less Important! Borrow from
the ceoDle."
"The people are starving," said the
Duke. " ' " "
"Highness, - buy the diamond. The
people will applaud your spirit. They
will oe proud to think their king wears
a diamond that no other monarch dared
to buy. The French admire a spirited
policy. Buy it They Will never taunt
you with It" "- Thus spoke St Simon;
courtier and philosopher, thoroughly
understanding bis nation. The big dia
mond was bought and the sum paid to
Mr. Pitt was f 675,000. He had given
Jamchund $100,000. - Jamchund gave
the skipper $5,000, and the skipper gave
his life and so did the slave. A costly
stone, Indeed! ' ..
. Now a strange thing happened, v
Dating the revolution this" big dia
mond was stolen along with all the rest
of the French crown Jewels. There was
Then an X-ray plant was established
at the ranch, and at hvst accounts the
tpn thousand hens'wei-e being revealed
in their time characters at the rate of
thirty an hour. There Is a glut in the
dressed poultry market -of San Fran
cisco, and Mr. Spreckelsbill for corn-
meal is much smaller than it was.
Mercenary. -
The young people of the present day
evidently do not believe that the love
of money Is the root of all evil; to old
fashioned folk their sordidness Is really
aburmiinc. Their one desire seems to be
for money, and what i brings. "It used
to be considered vulgar to be pinrse
nroud when I was young," remarked a
charming old lady belonging to one of
the best KnickeruocKer iamiues,
"Young peoople who belonged to the
upper circles, and particularly those
hwp ia rents were wealthy, were
tausrht that any display or talk of mon
ey was to bad taste, and we were told.
too, that we should nave Binary, gra
cious words fer every one with whom
we came In contact But my grand
dangtHber's friends talk of nothing but
their fine clothes ' and how rich So-and-So
is. and bow they hope to marry rich
men, until I feel tempted to tell them
how "unutterably vulgar and silly it all
sounds, and. how dreadful and stultify
ing It is for creatures with Immortal
souls to care merely for sudh sordid and
material things. Perhaps in my day
we lihooght too much of lineage, and
family pride might justly have been
considered our failing, but such a fault
himni a oosfltlve virtue in contrast
with - the mercenary spirit of to-day,
which would gladly accept money from
any source without considering or carv
Ing how It has been gained."
" Piling Up a War Fund. .t:
It said that Greece-for theilast
three years has been defaulting TO per
cent of the annual interest on ner
treasury bonds held abroad for the
purpose of creating a secret war funfl
destined for use. in the invasion of Tur
kish territory.
- - Figurative Language.
t; Yeast Isn't old Cragin a double-dyed
villain? . - -- ' ?
Orlmsonbeak-'Ycs; a regular wniteo
the rate of about 25
" rWated-Good Roads Legislation -
dne of the early bills to be Introduced
In the Legislature will, we trust, be a
well-considered measure to forward the
work of nrovidinsr improved roads in
this State, "it is known that leading
officials In the wheelmen's organization
are profoundly interested in this sub
ject, and it is hoped as the result of
conferences held within the. last few
months that the opposition coming
from rural taxpayers, which has here-
trttv. atood in the way of road un
Movement on an extended scale, will
be largely disarmed, and the prospect
of enacting such a measure as is neeueu
therebv" improved. Intelligent' senti:
mom oroiwlwire. we are triad to be
lieve, is on the side of good roads, and
there is no doubt that" such sentiment
is erowta. Unhapily, there are not
lacking many signs that education on
the subject Is -required. The pian pro
posed a year ago was an Intelligent
one, the result of a careful stuuy oi tue
question by a competent legislative
committee. But county after county.
through its representatives, sought to
be relieved from the operation of the
proposed law, until at, length the bill
was so emasculated that - little regret
was felt when it was abandoned alto
gether.. ,- .5? .- - -s r " -
Object lessons on the suDject on im
proved- roads have not been wanting
for those who have carea to iou out
side of their Immediate neighborhood
and of the borders of the State. : In
only a few parts oif out'own Common
wealth has the work of providing bet
ter ways been taken hold of seriously,
out the results In counties uue mcn-
mond' and Queens are conclusive as to
the benefits derived from such a pol
icy. . From Massachusetts r and Con
necticut information has recently come
regarding the progress made in the las
year;- and t is most encouraging,
tho former State an appropriation
ssnn noo was orovided a year agd, and
in 1896 the number oi miles oi ruau
built by the State advanced from 89 to
130, the work peing none in many uu.
f erent localities, for the sake of bring
ing its advantages before the eyes or a
large number of the people. An appro
priation of a like amount will be sought
this year. - There is a strong feeling in
favor of continuing the policy eniereu
on three or four years ago, and a num
ber of "through routes" are content
plated In various directions. Connect
icut oroceeds in a jnucn more niouesi
way. Its annual : appropriation being
limited to $75,000. -In the two years
alnce the State undertook the work and
appointed a highway commission, how
ever, the counties have contributed the
same amount as the State, and more
thou SRiwvnno has been raised by the
towns for road toflprovement.
New York still lags in the rear of
cioioQ that in other respects are no
more orotrressive. State pride, if noth
ine else, should spur us to follow; the
god examples around us and make .lib
feral appropriations for this most use
ful and practical purpose, it. is not iui
possible that- hi line with the sugges
tion of Gov. Black in his message, pro
vision may be made py thT Legislature
In connection with this matter TTor the
employment of some of the State prison
convicts in road-making. ; i ne senti'
meat in opposition thereto; which has
hitherto prevailed to a considerable ex
tan ahould be lessened, if not re
moved, by the necessity which exists
for providing work, for the prisoners.
These men .must ' have work. The
State needs roads." The putting of this
and that together seems a simple mat
ter. Whether or not the Governor's
hint is acted on, It is the urgent duty of
the Legislature and the Executive to
see that the work' of ; Improving our
highways is no longer postponed. New
York Tribune. . , .
A Physical Wreck and Not Expected to
Live He Begins the Use of Pink Pills
and In Three Days Is Able to -Walk
His Friends Corrobor-.
ate His Testimony.
from the Republican, Santa Rosa. Cat
Here is a true story from California:
Some three years ago, James H..Falk-
ner, of Santa Rosa, while prospecting,
discovered . a quicksilver mine, and
while preparing to work it, was alone
on his ranch, far from any one. It
was - there he was attacked by pneu
monia, and when found five days after
and carried to his Lome he -was ap
parently dying." He did not die, how
ever, but lor over a year was in uauy
expectancy of death from what was pro
nounced by nearly all the physicians as
consumption.". . -
At the end of about one year Mr.
Falkner heard that Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills were sometimes efficaoious in such
maladies as his, and procured some.
The result was- astounding, for before
three boxes of pills -had been taken,
the man" who had been given over, and.
could not walk without assistance,
when lie began their use, was working
at his trade, and has ever since been a
hale and hearty man. : ,
These facts are vouched for by" such
men as' snerin Alien, mr. -.. u. ia-
blev. the city clerk of Santa Rosa. Mr.
Perry Fitts, the well-known lumber
dealer, and many others, and are' made
the subject of quite an extended article
in the Santa Rosa Republican by Mr.
Yirgil Moore, the well-known corre-
ipondent, who resides near Alr. uaiK
- . ... , i . i i . i .
ner, anil was laminar wun me wnoie
circumstances. ' -
Dr. Williams' Pink. Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. . - They - are sold in
boxes (never In loose form, by the
dozen or hundred), at 50 cents a. box, or
six boxes for 2.50, and may be had of
all druggists or directly by mail from
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. , Scheneo-
tady, N. Y. ' - -.
Not Captain Kldd's Treasure.
"A quantity of gold and silver coin was
discovered the other day at Casino
Beach, Astoria, L. I., by workmen en
gaged in making excavations for some
new buildings. . The coins were found
at a depth of forty feet and ranged in
date from 1561, the time" of Napoleon
III. At first they were supposed to be
part of the treasure generally believed
to have been buried . by 'the. jnrate,
Kidd,.but the presence of afcoinof
Napoleon III spoils a good story. .
EBB THE FAREWELL 19 SPOKEN
Onthe decVof the steamer, or on board the
train that in to bear vou away from those dear
to you, yon will, if you are wise, have safely
stowea away in your luggage a Bumtcm, Dur
ply of that safeguard against illness Hostet-
ler s aiomacn itinera, vuumieruiin .mwrc.o,
? Cured, by Xjydia B. Plnlchain'S
Vegetable Ckjmporxnd." "
tourists and pioneer emigrants concur In testl-
fving to the lortllylng ana saving properties oi
tne srreat tonic- Use for constipation, bilious
ness, malarial and kidney complaints and ner
vousness. -
- Toothache No Excuse. -
Toothacbe will no longer be accepted
by- the Geneva (Switzerland) postofflce
as an excuse for the absence of em
ployes. The Canton superintendent
has issued a circular directing them to
have, their teeth extracted rather than
.to have the service suffer. w .. : -
A GOOD SCHOOL,- . - . .
Hoitt's School at Bnrlingame, Cal., has always
stood in the front rank of its class, and this
year has done exceptionally good work as
judged by the effort of the boys, at commence
ment. Min TTUIHTUKU rVBt. -
Rotary snow plows are being used
with some success in . throwing water
off the railway tracks in South Dakota.
DRUNKARDS
Beware
As mercury will. surely
smell and completely de
It Gives
Snap.
Restores the Old Energy, .
Checks All Waste,
Renews Confidence,
" Brightens the Eye,
Makes Strong Manhood. ,
v.ven man knows that Electricity is a
jreat strenethener ol vital nerve power.
The life of the nerves is Electricity, and
when they are weak that is what they lack
Nothing restores it so quickly as
-Dr. Sandeh's
Electric Belt
It makes the blood jump in the veins,
and the fire of youth bubbles forth from
its life-infusing currents. The old, flabby
nerves are awakened, and age is forgotten
,. the nresen.ee of the new-born energy.
Men, don't be weak. Get back your. old
visor. Trv this, wonderful Belt. It will
renew your youths Read JDr. Sanden's
famous book, ' " " j .... '.'.
' t- "Three Classes of Men"
It is worth 1,000 to any man or woman
who is weak. Will bfe sent closely, sealed
without marks, free. Call or address c- :
- . - - . s -
- SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT t)0.
S63 West Washington St., Portland, Or.
-. PUate mention thi Paper. ,
' Too Hot op Too Cold.
The-careful observations '-j recently
made by Professor Percival Lowell of
Harvard atTacubaya, in Mexico, prove
almost conclusively in the - minds of
astronomers tljat no human life can ex
ist on Venus or Mercury, or If there are
people there they must be altogether
different from those or tne eartn ana
those who are now believed to inhabit
Mars. It has been demonstrated that
these planets rotate only once In the
full course of orbital revolution around
the sun. '.' .
The faces which these planets thus
turn toward tne. sun. enjoy perperuai
day, while the further sides are wrap
ped' in endless nights. These planets
1.9TP therefore, intense neat on one
tAAv and intense cold on the other. :
On one side Venus Is always glowing
In the light otthe sun. Night and dark
ness are there unknown. A beat far
greater than any known on this" earth
nrevails over tnis nan or ivie yiunei
On the other side there Is perpetual
night. No sun ever shines here, i ne
place Is covered with Ice and snow and
veeetation is unanown. - -
- The same conditions prevail on Mer
cury. It is, therefore, apparent that if
there are human'belngs upon these
Tionfrs they must be either a hard-'
ened kind of Eskimos or veritable sala
manders. Professor Lowell does not
sav what is the nature of the neutral
zene that intervenes between the dark
and the light sides of these planets.
The "presumption Is that here, along
h odse. there must be a territory, of
some thousands of miles where there is
a kind of twilight and where tne m
tonso heat of one side fades off into the
Intense cold of tne otner. locsewum
tions would, it Is thought, make human
life possible In a" restricted district,
where vegetation might spring up In
a ring around the planets. New York
Journal. ',. .. ,
'vrralT Hi a Precaution.
"I like to go to the parks occasional
ly," he said, "ana l learnea to nue me
bicycle merely as a iuwt i i"
tlon." - , ;-v:Y?"'kJ "
"Precaution 7 - ' -v-
"Certainly. It was the only way to
keep from being run down." -Exchange.
- -
- Trolley Service Without Wire. '
The electric trolley system to be intro
duced in Paris in time for the Interna
tional exposition of 1900 is vastly dif-
erent from that commonly employed in
the United States, inasmuch as the
dangerous overhead wires are absolutely
done away with, according to the
Philadelphia Inquirer. The new sys
tem is theinvention of the French en
eineer. Bochet, and, while rather sim
ple, it steers clear oi tne oDjecuon oi
unsightly obstruction which is usually
raised when overhead wires have to go
up. Bochet establishes overhead con
tacts from electric lamposts " belonging
to the city, the distance between posts
beins somewhat smaller . than the
length of the electric train, consisting i
of two or three cars, so tnat. contact is
always assured at one point at least.
Through flexible points of contact sus
pended from each eiectric post along tne
proposed line the current will be taken
up by means of a copper rail fastened
along the edge of the roof of the car not
lees than 14 or 15 feet from the ground.
The contact point will slide along that
copper rail and there is not the slightest
difficulty in .establishing a continuous
current if the points of contact are
made sufficiently elastic. The current
is allowed to return to the power sta
tion through the track of the line, as
ufcual. This system offers all the bene
fits of the overhead as well as of the
underground system without any of
their shortcomings'. -.
A Miracle of SuTg;ery.
A man named George Burns, who
will soon walk out of Cook County
'Chicago) hospital, is a living example
the miracles performed by modern
surgery He went into the hospital
broken up- in bone and body, and when
he leaves the hospital he will carry
with him a certificate Showing he has
been the victim of the most remarkable
assortment of hurts that ever befell a
mortal heins. Sursreons report him
broken no as follows:
Loss of the entire bony vault or the
skull; the top of the head being covered
with a silver plate.
Five ribs gone from the left side ot
the body, having been removed by sur-
zeons in an- operation. ' . . . ..
. Heart shifted from its" natural posi
tion to the right side in order to-secure
a firm resting place for that organ;.
Both legs fractured in two places ana
right arm broken twice.
. .. . .... , At
Both 7 elbow -joints gone ana tne
cad of the rieht knee twisted around
- -.
to the back of the leg. - ,
Larue Diece of the breastbone taken
out in the removal of a rifle ball. ,
Tgart of the windpipe missing.
Notwitstanding all that he has gone
throuah. the Tribune says, Burns is
still in a condition to shift for himself
and earn bis own living -like other
men. . " -
CAN BE
SAVED
Th nrnvintr tor drink is a disease, a marvelous
cure for which has been discovered called "Antl
Jag," which makes the inebriate lose all taste for
strong drink without knowing why, as it can be
......... uw.,iv in tm miffiM. mm and the like. '
ii " iYiii.iuff" in nnt kant bv vour drugsist send
one dollar to the Benova Chemical Co., 66 Broad-
... a Nam Vnrlr ftnri tt. will he Rent DOStDald. !
plain wrapper, with full directions how to give
secreuy. information maiieu ireo.
A recent census of Buenos Ayres, Ar
gentina, shows a population of 663,850,
which makes it larger by 100,000 tfian
Rio Janeiro, and the metropolis of
South America.
of Ointme nts for Catarrh That
. Contain Mercury,
destrov the sense of
erange the whole sys
tem when entering it through the mucous sur
r.M. UnfH artip.lea ahnuld never be used ex-
ceDt on orescriDtions from reputab physi
cians, as the damage they will do-is tenfold to
the good you can possibly derive from them,
Hall's r.atarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney fe Co., Toledo., O., contains no mer
cury and is taken internally, acting uirecny
ii.ir.ii t vto hlonrl rnirl mucous surfaces of the sys
tem. .In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine. It is taken internally,
and made in Toledo, O., by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c per bottle.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
An absolutely fire-proof chimney 50
feet high, has been built of paper at
Breslau. It is the only one of the kind
Piso's cure for consumption! haa been a
family medicine with us since 1865. J. B,
Madison, 2409 42d ave., Chicago, 111.
Pottery clays have been found in ten
counties of Missouri. It is reported
to be worth, from $8 to $12 per ton. .
"I have been a great sufferer from
Kidney trouble ; pains in mnsclea, JoinU,
back and shoulders ; feet would swell.
I also had womb troubles and leucorr
hcea. After using Lydla E. Pinkham'a
Vegetable Compound Blood Purifier
and Liver Pills, I felt like a new wo
man. My kidneys are now in perfect
condition." Mrs. MAeeia Potts, M4 '
Kanffman St., Philadelphia, Pa.
' My system was entirely ran down, -
and I suffered witn temoie DcKacne
in. .the small of my back, and could
hardly stand upright. I had no ap
petite. Since taking Lydla E. Pink
ham's ..Vegetable Compound, I hav
gained fifteen -pounds, ana i loo .
better than. I ever looked before."
Mns. B. F. Mobtom, 1043 Hopkins bt,
Cincinnati, Ohio. -. ' .
LiLUXsCKiPPEir, BoxT7, St. Andrew's
Bay, Fla., says: "Before taking Lydia
E. Pinkham a vegetaDie tompoimu, a
had suffered many years with kidney
troublel ' ' The pains in rny back and
shoulders were terrible. My menstrua
tion became irregular, and I was
troubled with leucorrhoea. I was grow
ing very weak. I began the use of Mrs.
Pinkham'a medicine, and the first bot
tle relieved the pain in my back and
regulated the menses. It relieved th
pain quickly and cured the disease."
Weakness of Heii
Quickly, Thoroughly, Forever Cured
byaaew perfected seiantina
lnstBod that eaoaot faU
unless the ease is beyond
hanan aid. You teal im-
KOTed the first day, fl a
neflt Tory day, soon know
I'oorMlf a king among na
n body. Buna and hoars.
Drains and losses ended.
Every obstacle to happy
married life removed. Nero
, vill BAm. when
failing or lost, are restored by this treatment. All
weak portions of the body enlarged and trenftn
ned. Write for onr book, with explanations and
proofs. Sent sealed, free. Oyer a,00O reference.
ERIE MEDICAL CO., Mi.sR
WHEAT
Make money by suc
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beginning by trading in futures. Write for
full particulars, nest oi rererence given, oer
eral years' experience on the Chicago Board ot
Board
Oregon.
Spokane and Seattle. Wash.
Special Ratas
TO CLUBS.
B1SE BILL GOODS
We carry the most complete line of Gymnasium
and Athletic Goods on the Coast.
'" SUITS AND UNIFORMS MADE TO ORDER.
Send for Our Athletic Catalogue.
WILL & FINCK CO.,
818-820 Market St.'." San Francisco, Cal.
RCPTUKB and P1XBS cured; no pay un
til cured; send for book. Das. Mamsfibld
at POKtBBFiELD, &38 Market 8t., San Francisco.
N. P. N. V.
Mo. 87, '97.
w
HXN writing to advertisers, plena
mention this paper.
Durable Shoe Soles. '
A German inventor has found a way
to make durable shoe soles. He ap
rdies "waterproof glue to the leather
and then sticks on a lot of clean quartz
sand. This wears splendjdly, besides
giving a good i foothold when walking
ia BliDDerv. - It is said that these soles
areas flexible, as could be desired.
The owl's wise look is the result of a
ntivsioiogical oddity, . bis ,yes being
-fixed immovably in the'ir sockets.
' A medical - journal says that paper
"can be used effectively for keeping a
person warm. " . True; a three-line item
has been known to make a politician
"hot" for a month..
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
V WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD CASTORIA," AND
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK.
J, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same
that has borne and does now yfTl, on everV
bear the facsimile signature of C&afc f&Zcfc&C wrapper.
This is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA," iffhich has been
used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought f SV t on
and has the signature of-zTX J-Gtccu4 wrap"
per. No one has authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher is
March 8, 1897. - QdL M?-?,
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do , not endanger-the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute
which some druggist may oiler you (because he makes a few more pennies
on it), the ingredients of which even, he does not know. .
"The Kind. You Have Always Bought"
BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF!,
The
Insist on Having
Kind That Never Failed You.
TMK CENTAUR COMPANY. TT MO n HAT ITKCT, NCW TO QITV.
REASONS
FOR USING
Walter Baker & Co.'s
Breakfast Cocoa.
Because it is absolutely pure. .
Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in
. which chemicals are used. :.
Because beans of the finest quality are used.
Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans.
Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent
a cup.
Be sura that you tret the genuine article asade by WALTER
BAKER & CO. Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. Established 1780.
k w . -l-" 'u.. V,,.M wva Ym
nStor children teethta. It soothes the child, ofV t
a enisTiaaUaTsaUpeJB.eaisndcoUedls
E tbi irerdiarrhaia. IwsatjftT. oenU aj
I bottle. It ! thebof mmm
rrb
The PMiticol Edlter.
' "Say," jeniaVkLH the war editor, "I
don't seerhow Tnrkerfe'er got her
forces' transportod - Into Greece, .do
you?" " ' " '
"Certainly," replied the political edit
or; "she got hold of ail the passes. Ask
me something nard." CUnauuiaTj Com
merclal TrilKineri -ry?;. ;j :-:'y
CHEAPEST POWER...
An addition of $11,000,000 a year
will be made to the Prussian govern
ment expenses by the proposed increase
of the salaries and pensions of officials,
teachers and their families. .
The people of Wolfe Valley, Texas,
have organized a rabbit club. - The club
pays one cent for. the soalp of each cotton-tail,
and 2 cents for that of a
jackrabbif By this they hope to clean
out the nuisance.
The will of C. P. Woodcock, who
died on December 17, in Seattle, Wash.,
was admitted to probate a few days ago.
After directing the payaient of his
debts, the testator bequeathed to .hi a
son and daughter the sum v,of 5 cents
each. -' " ' ' -' ' -
-a , .-. ' -
A Paris doctor has . discovered tne
microbe of baldness and" has exhibited
it t the St. Louis hospital, together
with a sheep inoculated with it . that
had lost its wool. He is now. hunting
for the means to destroy the microbe.
Rebuilt Gas and
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IN GUARANTEED ORDER.
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'r-'V- Hi Frank Friend. v '
""They tell me, Bloomly, that Raplej
is a friend in need. You are to be con
gratulated," . , '' ? - . . - "
"Yes; he's-always In need and he
never has any hesitancy. In telling mo
so." Detro't Yr-i Fi
-; Accompany has been formed which
made an offer to the municipality oi at.
Petersburg, Knssia, to light -all the
streeU of the city with electric lights
for. the same price that is now paid
for the very unsatisfactory lighting
with oil lamp. - - '
M H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline
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1-2 H. P. Regan, Gas or Gasoline.
1-3 fl. P. Oriental, Gas or Gasoline.
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i-6 H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline. .
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