The Corvallis gazette., July 30, 1897, Image 4

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CHAPTER m.
Night comes, and the streets of the
old town grow more quiet. Men have
cheered themselves hoarse, and intense
excitement has wearied everybody. An
even 60 men have signed the roll, and
more will come In tomorrow. The re
cruiting office has been closed by the re
moval cf the table and the departure of
the captain. With that officer we have
little to do. With the man in citizen's
clothes who assisted him we have much.
Let me introduce to you as he sits on
the . veranda of the village inn Duke
Wyle, 23 years of age. a bachelor, the
only son of ex-Judge Wyle, the nabob
of the village and connty. The young
man has been educated for nothing in
particular. He has done nothing in
particular since he left college.
"Duke? Oh, Duke's all right," was
the reply to any half meant criticism.
"The old man's got plenty of money,
and Duke is his heir. Good boy, that
Duke. Likes to hunt and ride and is a
little wild, but he'll steady down after
. a bit. Don't you worry about Duke!"
And when the news of war came
Duke found the excitement his nature
craved. When the volunteer company
was full, he was to be its first lieuten
ant. He and Royal Kenton were ac
quaintances, but not friends. In the be
g Timing they had been attracted toward
each other, and there was promise of
close intimacy. But no two men can
love the same woman and be friends
be anything less than enemies. Both
were frequent callers at the old man
sion standing at the head of the long
street, in which resided the widow and
daughter of the late Hon. John Percy,
one of Virginia's oldest and wisest sen
ators and statesmen. If Marian favored
either one, if she was interested in any
one of her numerous callers, no sign of
encouragement had been given. Ken
ton and Wyle were 'only two out of
twenty, and yet it seemed to be general
ly, understood that she would ultimately
' favor one or the other.
"Hooray I Hooray t We una will be
in Washington in less'n 80 daysl"
It was the voice of Steve Brayton
shouting as be drew near.
"You there, Steve?" called Wyle as
the enthusiastic volunteer was swinging
' his hat and making ready for another
cheer.
"Wat's wanted, lootenant?"
"Come up here!"
"Doggone my hide, but I want to git
down thar and hev a font so bad thst I
can't stand still!" growled Steve as he
tame along down the veranda. "What's
op, lootenant? Hain't dun gone and got
word that them ar' Yankees is goin to
give up without font, hev ye?"
''No. There's no news this evening.
Bit down."
"Whoop! I'm powerfully minded to
lot out by myself and git thar befo' the
fussin is all over!" exclaimed Steve as
be hesitated to take the chair pushed at
aim by the other's foot,
Sit dawn! You 'llget "there" soon
enough without any extra hurry! Say,
Steve, do you know there's a Yankee
among us a regular, full fledged Yan
kee right here in tHs town?"
"Lordy, no! Has he an cum down to
captur' we uns?"
"He is here as a spy, Steve as a spy
to let 'em know up north what we are
doing. You fellers are not very bright,
or you'd have got onto him without my
' telling."
"Shoo! A Yankee spy right yero in
. this town? Hev yo seen bun with yo'r
own eyes?"
"I have." .
"And yo' kin name him?"
"I can. Do you know Lawyer Wil
liams?" "I reckon."
"Do you know the man in the oPW
with him fellow named Kenton?" .
"I do, fur suah. Hedrawed up soiaa
papers fur me awhile ago. Purty nice
sort of a feller, I take it." '
"Didn't you know he was a Yanke?"
.; "No!" -.. . .
"Well, he is. Any one will tell yon
that he came down here from the north
only abont a year ago. "
"But be cum to go inter biznesa."
" Yes, but he's a Yankee, and they
are all alike all down on us about the
nigger, and all want to make us eat
dirt."
"Shoo! Jest want to walk right over
us and tread us into the ground, eh?"
"That's it, and he's one of them. No
one knows how many letters he's sent
off in the last two weeks. He probably
sent one today, and they know in Wash
ington just what we are doing here."
"But what's he doin yere if he's a
Yankee spy?" persisted Steve. "Seems
like I've heard they hang spies."
"And they'll hang him if he stays
long enough! I'm thinking he'll get all
the information he can and then SDeak
for the north and enlist in the Yankee
army."
"Shoot What's yo'r idea, lootenant?'
"I think somebody ought to wait on
him and give him warning to leave the
town at once. If he refuses to go, 1
reckon we can scare up enough tar and
feathers to give him a coat."
"Doggone it, lootenant, but yo are
dead right! Yo'n the captain orter jest
walk right up to him this very night!"
"Well, you see, " observed Wyle aft
er some hesitation, "the captain and I
are very busy waiting for war news,
and we have sort o' decided to leave the
matter to you boys. You'll find he's a
Yankee spy, and you'll probably want
to use him rough, and if we were along
we'd be obliged to protect him. You d
better get about a dozen of the boys to
gether and give Mr. Yankee a call to
night. Talk right up to him and let
him see that you know all about him.
Perhaps he's found out all the Lincoln
government wants to know and is ready
to go north. If be says he'll go, give
- him half an hour to pack up and walk
him down to the train, which goes past
et 11 o'clock."
"I see. But 'pose he says he won't
go?"
"Tar and feathers, Steve tar and
feathers will make him change his
mind!"
"They will, fur shore, and we
- will giv him tar and feathers! Yo'
' aartin he's a Yankee?"
"Of course." , - .
"Means to fight agin ns?"
"Of course. You are not goin;
flunk out, are you?"
nns
ar'
to
"Steve Brayton never did flunk in ell
his life, and be ain't goin to begin uow.
but"
"Bnt what?" impatiently demanded
- Wyle, who was in a hurry to begin pro
ceedings.
"Seems like we orter hev some sort o
beginnin. ' He nq drawed up them pa
pers fur me and didn't make nocharge,
and I don't want to jump in on him all
of s sudden. Seems like I orter be sort
er civil and decent at fust and find out
what he nn's doin or means to do."
"Steve Brayton, I'll scratch your
name off the roll this very night! You
ain't got the sand to make a soldier!"
"St-oof Don't yo be so flustratedt
Bejjo' got that roll with yo't"
"Yes."' 1
"Goodl Hand it over."
"What do you wantof it?"
"I've dun got a plan. I'll take that
paper along. I'll git Ike Baxter, Bill
Taylor, Tom Henderson and six or eight
mo', and we'll find that Yankee. ' When
we've found him, I'll be civil and de
cent ard say: 'Folks is a-tellin that yo'
on is a Yankee spy, and that yo' un is
gwine to skip out fur the north purty
quick. H$wdoesyo' uj'constanduate?"
"What do you mean by that?" asked
Wyle. ' " .
"That means how does he un stand.
Ia he un for the south or north? If he
un's tur the south, let him put his name
right down thar to be one'of us. If be
un's fur the north, we uns will cum back
fur tar and feathers."
"Steve, you've hit it hit it plumb
center!" exclaimed Wyle as he rose up to
shake hands. " You've got the idea ex
actly. Put that there paper right at
him! If he's for us. he'll sign; if he's
agin us, be won t. uet your men to
gether and start out right away."
" We uns will find out all about it in
sn hour, lootenant, and doggone my bide
if I ain't so chock full of font that I've
got to holler! Hip, hip, hooray!. Aim
low, boys, and giv it to 'em heavy!"
CHAPTER IV.
The average writer of fiction describes
every southern man as wearing long.
black hair, a wide brimmed hat and a
fierce mustache. The southern woman
is pictured as tall and stately, with
black eyes and raven tresses. Marian
Percy was a true child of the sonth, and
yet she had hazel eyes, brown hair and
was petite in figure. As she passed the
ragged little darkies in the street they
looked after her and called:
"Golly me, but dar goes Miss Sun
shine again!"
Of sunny disposition,, charitable in
thought and deed, respected by all, she
had dignity without haughtiness, was a j
queen among girls without arrogance. 1
if every other girl of the south was ar
gung for and enthusiastically applaud
ing the right of secession and wearing
the toy Palmetto flag, Marian was the
exception. Not that the. momentous
events were lightly passed over, but be
cause 8hewas weighing them and pon
dering deeply. Educated at the north,
she had formed strong friendships and
found hosts of friends. She had seen the
Yankee at home, at his worst . and at
his best, and she rather liked him.
That a general election, .such as had
been held so often before, should result
in turmoil, bloodshed and separation
she conld not understand. Politicians
defended the secession of South Caro-
Golly me, but dar goes Miss Sunshine
agalitf"
Una, but she was not wise enongh to sift
their sophistry from their constitutional
arguments. The talk of a southern con
federacy did not appeal to her patriot
ism. Her pride and patriotism belonged
to. Virginia first of all. Virginia's weal
or woe was her anxiety.
At 8 o clock on the evening of the day
of which we have written the widow
Percy and her daughter were eagerly
scanning the columns of a Richmond
paper which had arrived half an horn
before, when Royal Kenton was an
nonnced. He was received in a manner
to let him know that bis presence was
welcomo, and conversation turned at
once to the all important question. Aft
er it had continued for a time Mrs
Percy suddenly observed:
"Mr. Kenton, we were speaking of
you this afternoon and were agreed
that your position was at least embar
rassing." "Which means," he "smilingly re
plied, "that you have been wondering
which side I would . take in this con
test." ' Mother and daughter looked at him
with considerable eagerness, but with
ont reply, anu be continued: -
"No doubt 1 ought to be ashamed, of
the fact that I have lived to be 24 years
of age and bave taken no interest in
politics. If all others were clear on this
question, I could soon decide it for my
self. . Here we have some of the ablest
men of America contending that no state
is bound to the Union by any constitu
tional law, while others equally wise
advise war as a penalty for secession
We have no precedent to guide. us. No
state was forced into the Union. ' If the
people of any one state believe that sep
aration would be a benefit, how can we
deny her right to withdraw? And yet
no state bas a moral or legal right to
imperil the welfare of the general gov
eminent." . . .
"1 cannot speak for the south, but
for Virginia only," said the mother,
"1 know little of politics. I am content
to leave the question to the statesmen
of our state. 1 have no bitterness of
sectional feeling."
"You are from Rhode Island, Mr
Kenton," observed the daughter. .
"Yes."
But you came here to make your
home with us. The state has adopted
you, so to speak,
"Yes."
"You have become a voter here.! You
have no intention of returning to the
north?"
"None whatever." : -
"Then you ninst stand on the same
platform we do. You must stand by
your state." -
- "He has doubtless given the subject
get-ions thought," said the mother in
tones meant to gently reprimand, the
daughter for her eagerness. . ; , 1
"I have indeed," answered Kenton
'and it seems to me that"-
At that moment colored girl ap
eared at the door and beckoned to
mother end daughter in an excited way
and whispered: "Da sogers hev cum
for de Yankee, an (ley's gwine to do
sunthui awful to him! Dey wants be un
to cum outdoahs right smart!
" "Soldiers? , What soldiers?" asked
Marian.
"Why, dem soldiers dat's paradinnp
an down an makin sicb a fuss! ; Dar's
ober a hundred of 'em aronn de house!"
; "And they want Mr.Kenton?"
"Yes'm want turn ngnt oao. ; '
heard 'em talk bont tar and feddersr
; Whispering to ber mother to entertain
their caller, -the girl excused herself and
cassed down the hall and put at the
front door
Just as she opened it Steve
j
Brayton was reaching out to ring the
bell. Behind him were a dozen or more
men.
"Well, what is wanted?" quietly
asked Marian as Steve pulled off his
hat and shifted about in a nervous way.
"N-nuthin, ma'am, nuthin 'tall!" he
replied as he backed off. ; "That is, we
jest considered that we'd better call
and and"
"Did you want to see any one here?"
''Why don't you un tell her?" ex-'
claimed Ike Baxter as be pushed him
self forward. ,
"Waal, ma'am, we uns cum yere to
see somebody," continued Steve.
" Yes, we uns cum - to see that Yan
kee!" added Ike. . v . -T;
" You mean Mr. Kenton?" queried
Marian. -"
"That's it! They say he's a Yankee
spy, and it's our dooty to hev a little
talk with Mm!"
"Who says he's a Yankee spy?"
."Reckon it was Duke Wyle, ma'am,
and he orter to know. He's goin to be
first lootenant of our company, yo'
know." ' f
"And Mr. Wyle told you that Mr.
Kenton was a Yankee spy, did he?" de
manded Marian as her eyes flashed and
her breath came quickly.
"Yes, ma'am."
"Steve Brayton, yo' un's a fool !" call
ed a voice from the crowd the voice of
some one who knew that Wyle was a
caller at the house.
"He dun told me so, and it's left fur
ns to nnd ontr continued steve, wno
wanted to square himself.
'And you want to question him?"
asked Marian.
'As a dooty, ma'am, as a dooty to
Virginny. Can't hev no Yankee spy
about yere, yo know. We hain't got
nuthin agin htm as a man, but if he un's
spyin on us that's different. Will yo'
please call him oat?
'No! Three of you can come in and
question him!"
Steve Brayton, Ike Baxter and Tom
Henderson followed her into the house,
while the others crowded up on the
veranda to wait for what might happen.
'Mr. Kenton, some callers to see
you, said Marian as they entered the
parlor, and he rose up, with a puzzled
look on his face.
Steve Brayton had broken the ice and
recovered from his embarrassment. He
did not propose to do any talking.
Kenton was either for or against. The
quickest way to ascertain was to present
the enlistment paper. He took it from
his pocket, extended it to the young law
yer and said:
'Mr. Kenton, some folks around
yere ar tal-in tnat yo on e a Yankee
spy. . Will yo' put yo'r name down on
this paper?";
'I will, and I'll go with your com
pany whenever it is ready to go!" was
the prompt answer as be drew a pencil
from his pocket and wrote - his name,
which was the fifty-third on the roll.
Twenty minutes later Steve Brayton
and his companions appeared at the
hotel, where Duke Wyle was impatient
ly waiting for news.
"Well, Steve, is it tar and feathers?
he asked as the crowd pame up the
steps.
"Does. that look like tar and feath
ers?" replied Steve as ha handed ont
the paper and pointed to the name of
Royal Kenton. ' "
"What, he volunteered in this com
pany!" ' ' ;. ;
"Exactly."
"Did you threaten' him?" "
"Not a threat! Reckon we'd better
make him second lootenant, eh?"
But Duke Wyle did not answer. He
sat and stared at the name and was
dumb with amazement.
(To be Continued.)
Leonard Huxley Is making good prog
ress with the biography of his father.
The book la awaited with great Inter
est "Studio Life in the Lake City," illus
trated from photographs, is an article
concerning Chicago's art circles, in the
National.
.In the Cosmopolis Edmund Gosse
speaks In the highest praise of Pierre
Lord' latest novel, "Ramuntcho," a
story of the Basques. "The melancholy
sweetness of Loti," he says, "is exhaled
from every section of this book, which
ia, in its narrow way, as perfect as his
wonderful genius can make it" :
"The Crime of Christendom; or, The
Eastern Question Down to the Present
Crisis,' by the Rev. Dr. D. S, Gregory,
editor of - the Homlletic Review, is to
be published immediately. The au
thor's object is to give a comprehensive
view of the Eastern question and to
"bring home to the guilty parties the
responsibility for the periodically re
curring massacres of the helpless Chr.s
tfans in Turkey." , .
'Most people now know that "Maxwell
Grey" is a lady whose name, off her
books, is Miss Tuttiett She is engaged
on a story which may come to be placed
beside her "Silence of Dean Maitland."
At any rate she is very hopeful about
the novel, but in such estimates au
thors and public often disagree.. The
title ia a good one namely: "The
House of the Hidden, Treasure. . Half
the story Is written, and we may look
for it about next Easter.
Li Hung Chang's secretary has writ
ten to the Century company expressing
the pleasure the Viceroy is taking in
Gen. Horace Porter's articles, "Cam
paigning with Grant," now appearing
In the Century. Mr. Pethick, the secre
tary,, says: "His Excellency 1 has had
read to him Gen. Porter's articles on
Gen. Grant and has been greatly Inter
ested in studying the character of his
great friend during the greatest of his
campaigns for the preservation of the
Union. It te a rare privilege to read
of such deeds related so eloquently by
one who honorably participated in
them." . . . " '
"How well I remember my first inter
view with George William CurtisI"
, says Curtis Guild, in his volume, "A
Chat About Celebrities." "He was
Chen employed by Putnam on Putnam's
Magazine, about forty years ago. I had
a letter of Introduction to him from
a mutual friend, and on entering the
office where I had been directed found a
tail, thin gentleman seated upon a ta
ble piled with books, swinging his long
legs, and, with a pen in one hand and
a pairof ectssors in the other, earnestly
laying down a case to Mr. G. P. Put
nam, who sat quietly before him. Glanc
ing at my letter, he said; 1 will be a
thousand times obliged if you will ex
cuse me for an hour. Don't fail to re
turn; if you do I will never forgive
your he shouted when I went out
When I returned It was to receive a
cordial greeting tsu Ms apologies for
what he Styled his rudeness.-,. "But,
aid be, 'I was just making my arrange
ments to become editor-in-chief of Put-
nam' Mngiglna,' "
WHY THEY DIDN'T LAUGH.
One of Maaon'n Storloa Spoiled la tbe
Telling. .- v.' .t V.-; i
"Suit the action to the word, the word
to the action," says Hamlet, Instruct
ing the players, and his advice should
be heeded by all public speakers. Once
upon a time a stump orator, who is
now a United States Senator, told a
story and it fell flat, because his ac
tion suited not his word. The Hon. W.
E. Mason, of Chicago, describes the
warning Incident in the Times-Herald:
Another of the stories that have made
an occasional hit, said Mr. Mason, was
one about my friend Scharlau, who
was running for office In one of the
North Side districts. We arranged a
meeting for him in . the Fourteen. h
Ward. . :
There was a decorated dry goods box
for Scharlau to stand upon in front of
the wigwam. The building itself was
festooned from floor to rafters with
bunting and flags. Love of his adopt
ed country and enthusiasm for the
stars and stripes-bubbled in Scharlau's
soul, and found effervescent expression
in his speech. -
-Before he began his address a large
American flag was swinging over his
head. It was held by ropes passed
through pulleys. The crowd was so
enormous that there was insufficient
room in the house, and the speech-making
took place in the open air.
The hag was swung from a building
across the street to the apex of the
roof of the wigwam. The rigging had
fouled, and just before Scharlau climb
ed upon the box the flag was hauled
over to the building across the street
for rearrangement. K - ;
Scharlau did not remark the absence
of Old Glory. Looking his audience
squarely in the eyes, as a success! ul
orator should do, and polntiug up to
where the flag had been flying, he said
in his most impressive manner:".
"Fellow-citizens, I lofe' dot flag; I
gannod helb id. In der land von vence
I vas geborn der brlnclbalitles of dot
flag" again pointing to it, but not look
ing up "are not resbected;. I gannot
helb Iofing Id yust der same.' Then,
looking upward and still pointing, he
eald, "Se dot emplem of . llber-vere
der tuyfel Ish dot flag gone?"' '
The 'value of this incident depends
on the position of the eyes of the speak
er." . He must . keep them fixed on his
audience, and point up not cast his
eyes that way. If Scharlau had looked
up, it is evident he never would have
referred to the flag.
I was making a tour of the Eastern
States a few campaigns ago with1 a
man who is now a United States Sena
tor. "Do you know. Mason," he said,
when we were going over to a New
Jersey city to address a meeting, "do
you know I believe that story-Wiling,
conversational style of yours, is a win
ner. I think I'll tell 'em some myself.
That flag story of yours is a good one;
if you don't object, I'll use it to-night.
You've a lot more and don't need it.
I'm a poor man with no stories, and I'll
Just borrow it."
Of course I told him to go on and tell
the story, and he did. He ranged 'the'
good men of the town up in front of
him, and led properly up to the story.
"I lofe dot flag," he following his up
ward pointed finger with his eye. - "I
lofe dot flag, In der goimdry I gome
from ids brincibles, der ids glorious
brincibles are nod resbected" agatn
pointing and looking up in the air.
"See dot emplem of llberdy waving"
looking up for the last tlme-7"vere lsh
dot flag gone?" .. v.
Naturally the story fell flat He had
told all about the removal of the flag,
but when he personated Scharlau he
kept elevating his eyes as often as he
lifted his finger. He didn't raise a
laugh. ' . . .
. Going home, discussing the meeting
and the lack of enthusiasm in tbe re
ception of the flag story, he said, "1
believe more than ever, Mason, the
success of a story depends on the sense
of the hearers. Now that crowd we
had was a set of cold, unappreclative,
un magnetic clams."
"Fleove St. Loots."
The name of "Fleuve St Lonte" (St
Louis River), which was the first
Froiic-h appellation of the Mississippi
at t'ie time of the establishmenit of the
colony of Louisiana by Iberville and
Bienville, was given to the great river
by Itobert Caviller de la Salle, who,
beiuff in 1673 at the mouth of the
great Mississippi, took possession of all
the country which he had discovered In
the name of the "most puissant, most
high, most invincible and victorious
prince, Louis the great Kin of
France," otherwise Louis XIV. ' It was
on this occasion that he named the
river. Fleuve St. Louis. At the same
time. It Is said, he named the region
which It waters Louisiana, tn honor of
Louis XIV. and Anne of Austria, that
Kins' s mother. In regard to the name
"Louisiana." it also is stated histor
ically that 1 Father Hennepin, the
Uecollet monk, of Canada, being a
prisoner In the hands of .the "Ullnols
Indians, conferred that designation on
the territory through which the Missis
sippi twos. New Orleans Picayune. .
No Skyscrapers in Vienna. '
In V lenna the height of a house must
not exceed eight-two feet; the floor of
the iast tstory must not be more than
65.6 feet above the level of the street
When the ground slopes this measure
must be taken from the highest point.
The house must not have 1 more than
fire storks, including the cellar and
attlC.'- ''-;: " :
- tancj. ' ' V
Mrs. V.' Hement No; I will give you
absolutely nothing.
-Scrappy Shraggs Would yer mind
loanln' me a bit uv chalk? V
Mrs. V. Hementr-What do yon want
of chalk? V.'"' "", ' " :
Scrappy Shraggs I want ter mark de
"no-good" sign on your fence, madim.
Judge. V '
Automatic Pithing Reel. -
A new fishing reel, which can be
wound up without the necessity of
turning the crank, has a toothed
wheel on the reel shaft, into which
meshes a curved, toothed rod, , lying
parallel with the pole, the . pressure of
the hand on the bow forcing It
against the pole and pushing the end
backward, thus turning the reel . to
wind the line. '-"r., " , -
Practicat 1 hiloaoplf y.
"What's the use of crying over spilt
milk?" - -I::. r-f;;:
So saying, . the milkman turned
cheerfully to the pump and supplied
the deficiency. Truth.
Two Horns to the Dilemma. '
Young Husband If we break up
housekeeping and go to live with your
mother there'll be tbe devil to pay.
His Wife Yes, but if we don't there'll
be the rent to pay. Truth, - -
; A tramp who recently applied at the
police station for lodging, claimed to
be looking for work, saying be was a
diamond cutter. ' k
Children like to see kin come, , but
then children do not buy the groceries.
If you don't attract enough attention:
this summer, try wearing s tut coat
v- Electric Heating-. -..
The extension in progress in the va- i
lions applications of - electric heat is
hardly realized by the general public.
A great number of electric heating ap-:
paratua are being supplied by the man
ufacturers for shoe-taking maohinery, :
heating silk-finishing rolls and leather
working machinery, and during : the
past year and a half alone 14,000 elec
tric car beaten bave been installed. A
blankbook manufacturer has had in use
since 1894 from SS to 4b electric glue
pots, and starch-makers are now em
ploying electric-heat apparatus exten
sively. In one piano manufactory in
Baltimore 20 electric heaters were re
cently placed 'and nealry all ' the large
clothing houses of the country now do
most of their work in certain depart
ments by electric irons. - Such irons
have also been supplied to state asy
lums in Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Illinois, New York, Massacuhsaetts,
Maine and Maryland. Electric radi
ators are found very convenient where
it is desired to heat a room, or a corner
of it, for a limited period, as the heat
can be instantly turned off or on
One of the most popular uses of electric
beating today is .for curling-iron sets.
Three - hundred and eighty-seven of
these were ordered for . the dressing
rooms of two combined New York ho
tels, 72 sets for a Boston - hotel and a
large number for the American . line of
steamers across the Atlantic.
River and canal improvement is an
important subject in France. One of
the latest propositions is to improve the
Loire and its canals at a cost of $24,
000,000. The Rhone and Garonne
have already been improved and the
heavy expenditure is justified by re
sults. . Frofessbr Forbes calculates that the
first cataract of the Nile at Dhigh Nile
represents 600,000 horse-power, and at
low Nile 35,000 horse-power.
USE GfiNXLSNESS. : '
Be gentle in stimulating 4he kidneys, other
wise you will excite and weaken them. The
h&DDiest results follow the use of Hostetter'i
Stomach Bit ers to overcome renal inactivity-
AToia tne unmeaicatea, nery siunui&nis oi
commerce. The kidneys have a delicate mem.
brane easllv irritated, and upon this the action
of such excitants is pernicious. : Malarial com
plaints, indigestion, rheumatism, neuralgia
and biliousness succumb to the corrective in
fluence of the Bitters.
For
where
device
use in recording insrtuments
a pencil is not desirable, a new
has a small reservoir for ink,
with a
which
conical bottom, in the end of
is a small opening with a pin
running through it to act as a
and marker. -
point
feeder
DRUNKARDS
CAN BE
SAVED
Trfe cravlns tor drink is a disease, a marvelous
cure for which has been discovered called "Anti
Jag," which makes the inebriate lose all taste for
strong drink without knowing why. as It can be
given secretly in tea, coffee, soup and the like.
If 'Antl-Jag" is not kept by your druggist send
one dollar to the Renova Chemical Co., titf Broad
way, New York, and it will be sent postpaid, in
plain wrapper, with full directions how to give
secretly. Information mailed free.
Jupiter ia five times a3 far from the
sun as we are and the years on that
planet are each as long as. twelve of
ours.
" HOW'S THIS?
We offer -One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Cetarrb. that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F.J. vheney s CO., wops., Toledo, u.
We. the undersiened. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
pertectiy nonoraoie in an ousiness xrasactions.
and financially able to carry out any obliga?
tion made by their firm.
WEST & TBUAX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Waldino, Kinnan 4 Makvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Tsledo? O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Bold
by all druggists. Testimonials free.
nan s lamny puis are we nest.
Some naturalists are of the opinion
that the whale was once a land animal,
and that it was forced to take to water
as a means' of protection.
: Birth Rate Statistics.
It' is a cajse of great anxiety in
France that the birth rate is less than
the death rate, but tbe state of affairs
in some portions of the United States
is even more serious. While in France
the birth rate is 23 per 1000, in Nevada
it is 16.30 per 1,000; in Maine, 17.99
per 1,000; New Hampshire, 18.4 per
1,000; Vermont, 18.5; California, 19.4;
Connecticut, 21.5; Massachusetts, 21.5;
Bhode Island has 21.8 per 1,000, a lit
tle more than France, Wyoming has
21.8 per 1,000; and Oregon 22.5. If
it were not for immigration the
population would be gradually falling
off, and according to statistics the in
habitants of New England and the Pa
cific coast will be replaced by another
race within a period varying from 16 to
200 years. - - ' .
HOIXT'S SCHOOL FOB BOYS
Will commence Its seventh year August 10th.
It is a first class Home School, prepares boys
for any University, or for active business.
Address, Ira G. Hoitt, Fh. D., Buriingame, Cal.
. ! When a person falls into the water a
common felt hat may be used as a life
preserver, and by placing the hat upon
the water rim downwards, with the
arm around it, pressing it slightly to
the breast, it will bear a man 'up for
hours. ' " '
I believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption. Anna M.
Boss, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, '95.
Queen Victoria rules 11,475,054
square miles of territory, and 3 78, 725,
857 of population. :" ' . '
For the Protection of Birds.
Prosecutions are expected to begin
soon under the new Massachusetts law
which forbids the wearing of the body
or feathers of any.undomestioated-bird.
Every offender will be fined $10 and
the prosecuting witness will be paid a
reward of $5.
ABOUT IKEEGULAEITY.
A Chat With Misa Marie Johnson.
, . The balance wheel of a woman's life
Is menstruation. ' J ' ' . '
Irregularity lays the foundation of
many diseases, and is in itself a symp
tom of disease. It is of the greatest
importance that regularity be accom
plished as soon as possible after the
flow is an established fact. . '
Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound is
greatest .,
regulator
known to
medicine.
"My -;:
health be
came so
poor that I
had to
leave
school. I
was tired all the time, and had dread
ful pains in my side and back and head.
I was also troubled with irregularity of
menses, and lost so much flesh that my,
friends became alarmed. ' " " -:"
.,. " My mother, who from experience Is
s firm believer in the Pinkham. reme
dies, thought perhaps they might bene
fit me. I followed the advice Mrs.
Pinkhsra gave meand used Lydia E.
Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound and
liver Pills and am now as well as I ever
was. "Miss Mabib F. Johnson, Cen
trali,,P.r'V r ' Z"v-
" .W,- Xhe Origin of Erin. "
fVid all condescension I'd call your atthi
tion, ; -. ' ?
To what '& now mintion" of Erin m
k - green; . ...
9.nd widout hisitaition, I'll tell how that
. .- nation - : .
Bekim . of creation . the gim and the
- queen. . ,
It happened wan mornin' widout any
warnin "
That Vaynus was born in the beautiful
say;
k.0.' by that same token an' sure, 'twas
provokin'
Her pinions was dhroopia', and wouldn't
' ; give play. ' , . . ,
rhin' Niptune, who knew her, m order to
'woo her, . . .
Began to pursue her, the wicked ould
Jew! - ,;
a.n ' very nigh caught her on .top o' the
wather, . , 1
Great Jupiter's daughter, who roared
- ; Philliloo!" V-vV -
Thin Jupiter, that jaynius, looked down
and seen Vaynus,
An' Niptune the haynius pursoom' her
. , wild, i.T ,
an; he roared out like thundrer (an', sure,
,; 'twag no wonder),
- i.e'd tare him asundher for taysin his
- child. - - , . . ' ,. .
Thin, a sun-star espyin' that round him
was lyin', ' :
He sayzed widout sighra' an' hurled It
below; . - - .'
Which wint out like winkin', but as it was
sinkin' r
Struck Niptune, I'm thinkin', a broth of
y a blow. ,
Now, this sum-star made 'dry land, both
- lowland and highland,
And formed that sweet island, the place
of me birth;
Since, strange is the story, the Erin so
1 hoary, '
Was sint down from glory, a! heaven
upon earth. .;
rhin Vaynus stipped nately on Erin so
stately, :
An' becase she so lately was bothered
and prest,
It did hervmuch bewilder, but ere it had
; killed her,
K?r father distilled her a drop of the
. best
This glass so victorious, it made her feel
, v glorious,
A little uproarious I fear it did prove. '
So, how can ye blame us, that Erin's so
famous
For whisky an fighin' an' murther an'
love?
Indianapolis News.
When Peter Pansr. '
When Peter sang the rafters rang,
He made the great church reel;
His voice it rang a clarion clang,
Or like a cannon's peal. -.
Yes, Peter made the rafters ring
And never curbed his tongue;
Albeit Peter could not sing,
" - Yet Peter always sung.
Ah, wide did he his wild voice fling
Promiscuous and free; ;
Despite the fact he could not sing,
Why, all the more sang he. .
With clamorous clang
And resonant bang
His thunders round he flung;
He could not sing
One single thing;
Yet Peter always sung.
The choir sang loud and all the crowj
Took up the holy strain;
But Peter's bawl rose over all ,
Tempestuously plain.
The organ roared and madly poured
Its music flood around,
But Peter drowned its anthem loud
In cataracts of sound.
The people hushed, the choir grew still,
Still grew the organ s tone,
Then Peter's voice rose loud and shrill
For Peter sang alone.
. His clamorous shout
Had drowned them out 1
And silenced every tongue;
" He could not sing
One single thing; ;
Yet Peter always sung.
When Peter died the people cried,
For Peter he was good,
Although his voice produced a noise
Not easily withstood.
-Though many cried when Peter died
And gained his golden lyre, ' -They
nursed a heartfelt sympathy
For heaven's augmented choir.
They knew wher'er his soul might br
Load would his accents ring,
He'd sing through all eternity ;
The songs he could not sing.
The heavenly choir ,
7 He'd make perspire
And heavenly arches ring;
Though he can't sing
A single thing
' Forevermore he'll sing.
New York Sun. .
A Devoted Royal Couple.
; The devotion of the venerable king
and queen of Denmark Is described
as positively touching. During the
time of the Queen's illness, which last
ed something like three months, no on
about the court was allowed to see her
save her husband, a lady. In waiting
and the physician In ordinary. The
King was ceaseless In his devotion.
He rarely went out, save when duty
compelled him, abandoned bis custom
ary exercise, and passed hours every
day reading to his wife or playing
cards and chess with her,1 and telling
her what was going on in the world
outside. The long abstention from his
walks and rides, his constant attend
ance upon the invalid who, happily,
recovered In springtold rather heav
ily on the, King, and in turn affected
his health. - - . - -
The Queen seldom appears In public.
Ceremonies to her, as to the Princess
of Wales, have always been ceremonies
from' which she preferred to escape
unless duty, absolutely called her. Of
a bright and most youthful disposition,
she likes to have gay and happy folk
about her. ' . v
"I can't bear to see long faces neat
me," she will declare.
Of their numerous grandchildren
both King, and Queen' are Immensely
fond, and arc seen walking about with
them hand in hand at Copenhagen.
The Crudest Cut of All.
During the winter months the farm
ers' boys and girls have lots of fun with
their parties, taffy pulls, and such en
joyments, and considerable humor can
be found In -their happy repartee. At
one of these candy parties a guest not
altogether liked by some of the girls
unfortunately sat in a saucer of maple
sugar left on a chair to cool off, and
his uncermonlous departure was the
wonder of the evening. , - j - --.It
was rather hard on the young man,
and it is doubtful whether he found
anything to end his embarrassment in
the note he received the next day from
the daughter of his host, saying that if
the "Mr. D who sat In the saucer of
maple sugar last night will kindly re
turn the saucer, he will ave himself
further trouble." ' . C
Any- - wife' can make her husband
tremble by saying r she "baa heard
j something" about him. ,
One Guess
for every yellow ticket4n
every package of Schillings
Beslttsu
Don't send coupons ;
save them for something
else.. X ', '.
Rules of contest published in large
advertisement about the first and middle
of each month. ai8
AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE are asserting in the courts our right to the .
, EXCLUSIVE. USE OF THE WORD " CASTORIA," AND
' . . "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUR TRADE MARK.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was tha originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA' the same
that has borne and does now sVsi . ji " every
bear the foe-simile signature of tacic ' wrapper.
This is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been
used in the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see thai it is
the hind, you have always bought . 7 on the
and has the signature of(B&jf2ctZcZ2u wrap
per. JVb one has authority from me to use my name except
The Centaur Company of which Chas. II. Fletcher is
President. ' " j2
March 8, 1897. s 2 J.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute
which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies
wu uie ingredients oi wmcu even he does not know.
tt
The Kind You Have Always Bought
DCAno Ink r AC-SI
9
Insist, on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
THI CINTun COMPANY. TT MURRAY (THirT. NCWVOK OITT.
REASONS
Walter Baker & Go.'s
Breakfast Cocoa.
a cup.
Be ure that yoa set the enuliw article made by WALTER
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The Russian minister of the interior,
acting under instructions from the (ftar,
has alleviated the severity of the press
laws in all the larger towns and cities
of the empire, in fact wherever the pop
ulation is over 100,000, by exempting
the newspapers from the obligation of
submitting all articles on political sub
jects to the censor before publication.
Hitherto only a few of the principal
papers at St. Petersburg, Moscow,
Warsaw and Odessa bave enjoyed this
immunity.
The German military authorities
have decided that in future all bicy
cles for-' the army shall be constructed
in the govenment establishments. The
imperial gun factory at Spandau will ac
cordingly be fitted up with the neces
sary machinery in the course of a few
days.
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For catalogue or other information address
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Neapolitans bave a bad reputation
for ill-treatment of animals, and tbe
Naples society for the prevention of
crenlty to animals seems to bave
plenty to do.'?. During last year i its
agents : stopped 44,821 carts . for carry
ing too heavy loads, and in nearly one
half the cases bad the load reduced;
they confiscated 41,011 sticks used for
beating animals and 887 spikes used on
curb chains; 2,282 convictions for cru
elty were obtained.
Lord Kelvin, the great British scien
tist, declares that the earth ia 30, 000,
000 years old. .
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