The Corvallis gazette., October 14, 1898, Image 4

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UNCUS JUDSOISTS CRUST.
A DAPPER little man, with a
silky, yellow mustache which
curled up Jauntily at the ends
came out and closed the door softly
behind him.
"Mr. Hardacre says he will see you
In a few minutes. Will you be seated?"
and the little man turned and began to
rustle the papers on hie desk as If he
were very busy indeed.
Willis Everett dropped down In a
chair close to the railing, fussed with
his hat and watched for Judson Hard-
acre's door to open. He thought it
was rather a cold reception for nn uncle
to give his nephew, and yet his mother
had warned him what to expect.
"Your uncle Judson," she had said,
"is very much devoted to his business.
He has never In his life had time to
give to his friends, and people say that
he is crusty and hard-hearted, but I am
sure that my brother Judson has as
kind a heart as any man living, if only
you can reach it.'"
Willis had come to his uncle as a Inst
resort. He had just finished his junior
year in college, and he knew that the
completion of his course would depend
on his own earnings during the sum
mer. His father had been able to sup
ply him with money, although not so
liberally as he really needed, for the
first three years of his college life, but
hard times had ruined his business, and
It was all he could do to pay rent and
grocers' bills, not to mention the pro
vision of clothing for the younger ohil
dren. "I want to see you finish up with your
class," he said to Willis, "but it Is out
of the question for me to furnish the
money. 'You will have to get out and
see what you can do for yourself."
And Willis had tried his best to get a
position. But he found that he was
compelled to compete in this struggle
for an opportunity to make a living
with men older and more experienced
than himself, who knew better what
the employers required. One man said
he would take Willis on trial, but he
couldn't pay him anything for a few
months; another said he had a position,
but he wished to give it to a man who
had intended to remain with him per
manently and work up in the business.
And so they all put him off, and now he
was watching for the door of his uncle's
private office to open.
He had not seen his uncle in several
years. He remembered the last meet
ing without any exuberance of pleasure.
Uncle Judson had called on his mother
one afternoon, and he had come in
warm and excited from a tennis game.
"What's that thing you have got In
your hand?" his uncle asked, after his
mother had presented him.
"Why, a tennis racquet."
; "Sarah, can't you teach your children
to go into better business than dawd
ling around in white trousers with a toy
bat?"
Even as Willis thought of It now, he
felt his cheets tingle with mingled
mortification apd anger, i
"Mr. Harcjeare is- ready to see you,"
m0t Uie "dapper little man.
Willis stepped quietly Into the pri
vate office. He saw his uncle at a hand
some roll-top desk and glaring at him
from under his shaggy, gray brows.
He had a square, lean face, with a de
termined chin, and his hair was coarse
and gray.
"Well, sir."
"I am in search of work," said Wil
lis, somewhat falterlngly; "iny father
can't supply me with money for my
last year in college, and unless I earn it
I can't go."
"That's Just what I told your mother
before she married Everett. Now that
be has got a family of boys he can't
educate them. But she wouldn't listen
to any of my advice."
The hot blood surged Into Willis'
face. He couldn't bear this reference
to his hard-working, noble-minded fath
er, who had sacrificed everything in
order that his boys might have their
schooling.
k "My father has done the best he
could," Willis said, hotly, "and I can't
listen to anything against him. If you
have nothing I can do " and Willis
turned and started toward the door
with his shoulders thrown back.
"There, there," said his uncle, with
the trace of a grim smile curling his
Hps; "we'll let that drop. You say you
want work what can you do?"
' "I'm Just out of college," Willis said,
"and I'll have to do 'most anything I
can get to do."
1 I suppose you are well up in tennis
and football and leaping the pole, and
all that sort of thing."
i "Yes, sir," responded Willis, tempt
ed again to turn and leave the room.
"Well, I don't happen to have any of
those things In my business. You
know I'm not engaged in the manufac
ture and sale of lumber. It's very pro
saic you can't wear white trousers
might get soiled."
I Willis kept his temper, although ev
ery one of his uncle's words stung him
to the quick.
k "I understand all that," he said, "and
I am willing to do anything from wood
sawing up that will enable me to save
a little money."
"Wood-sawing, eh?" said Judson
Hardacre, and the grim smile again
curled his Hps. "Let me see your
hands."
Willis held out his hands they were
certainly "rather small and white, al
though tennis playing had worn a few
hard callouses on the right palm.
"I thought so," said Uncle Judson;
"tennis hands, eh?"
"They may be soft now, but I assure
you, Uncle Judson, I am not afraid of
any kind of work which will help me
finish my course."
At the sound of the unfamiliar words,
"Uncle Judson," Judson Hardacre
glanced up sharply, and then he said,
rather more gruffly than before:
"Well. I'll take you at your word.
Times are dull and I haven't much of
anything else besides chopping and
sawing."
Judson Hardacre pressed a button,
and a tall, quiet man with a pen thrust
behind his ear stepped into the room.
'- "Calkins, this is Willis Everett He
will go to work to-morrow morning at
the Edwardsburg mill at $30 a month.
He will board at the company's hotel.
Have hkn report to Matthews. Let me
know each week how he Is doing."
"I'm very much obliged to you "
Willis faltered, hardly realizing that at
last he bad found a job.
"Don't thank me yet," said his uncle,
almost ""ffiy "von may not want to
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after you have been working awhile."
Willis went home in high spirits.
"Mother, mother," he called; "I've got
a Job at last and a job from Uncle
Judson, too."
That afternoon Willis packed his
satchel and took the train down the
valley for Edwardsburg, where the
Hardacre mills were located. It was
about twenty-five miles from home, and
he had never been in the place except
on his bicycle and he hardly knew
where the mills were located. But he
found them easily enough, and with
them the foreman, Matthews a big,
red-faced, stoop-shouldered giant, with
a voice like a f oghorn. Matthews read
the letter and then glanced at Willis
keenly and half contemptuously, Wil
lis thought.
"Well," he said, "be on hand at 7
o'clock to-morrow morning, and I'll put
you to work."
Willis found a place in the company's
boarding bouse a single bunk In an
attic room with four other man. The
walls were dingy, the floor was cover
ed with coarse matting and the bedding
did not- look any too clean. One little,
cobwebby window commanded a view
of a vast heap of sawdust and slabs.
Supper was served on a long table cov
ered with oilcloth, and the tea was
brought In by men waiters, who laugh
ed and Joked one another. The work
men came in with their sleeves rolled
up and ate almost in silence.
In the morning Willis was set to load
ing slabs from the waste pile Into a box
car which stood on a siding near at
hand. One man handed them down
from the pile, a second tossed them in
to the car, and a third corded them up.
Willis was given the easiest job that
of piling but he was compelled to keep
up with the other two. . The silvers
stuck into his soft palms and the jag
ged bark bruised his arms. Besides
that, it was a hot June day without a
breath of air stirring in the car. For
an hour or two he stood it pretty well,
but before noon he began to feel that
he should drop in his tracks, but he
was determined never to give up. He
was a cog in the machinery of the mill,
and he proposed to do his duty until he
broke down. Never was music sweeter
than the sound of the noon whistle.
He wearily dropped the last slab and
staggered Into the dining-room of the
boarding-house. At first he was too
tired to eat, but he managed to swal
low a little dinner, and by 1 o'clock he
felt better. But he knew he never
could last through the long afternoon
at the same work, and it was with a
deep feeling of relief that he heard
Matthews order his crew from the car
loading to the sawdust chutes. Here,
he was required to stand knee deep in
soft sawdust at the end of the chute,
where the waste of the. mill came blow
ing out In a dus cloud, and shovel for
dear life to keep himself from being
burled. It was hot, wearing work, and
by the time the afternoon was finished
Willis was thoroughly discouraged.
But he was naturally vigorous of
body, and, although his uncle had made
fun of his tennis and foot-ball, he knew
now how much good strength they had
added to his muscles. He awakened
the next morning lame in every Joint,
with his hands almost raw with blis
ters. "But I'll stick to it," he said,
gritting his teeth; "I've got to get
through college next year."
That day be was paired with a big,
red-bearded Scotchman, and they were
assigned to the work of trimming up
some timbers with a long cross cut saw.
For a few hours Willis bent bravely,
back and forth. It was fearfully hard
work, particularly because he did not
I AM IN SEARCH OF WORK.
understand the science of getting the
greatest results from the least effort.
Towards noon the big Scotchman, who
had been watching him keenly, found
that the saw would need filing. Willis
never felt more grateful for anything
in his life, and In the afternoon he was
enough rested to continue the work.
And so It went on day after day. Be
fore the end of the second week Willis
grew somewhat hardened, and al
though the work was still very hard
he did not grow painfully exhausted
He also found that the other men were
good-hearted, kindly fellows, and al
ways ready to help him where they
could. Before the middle of July, Mat
thews, the big foreman, had given him
the place of checker and scaler, In the
temporary absence of the regular
checker. This was much easier work,"
and Willis did It with a quickness and
thoroughness and kept his accounts so
accurately that Matthews more than
once grunted his satisfaction.
About this time Willis saw his uncle
for the first time. Judson Hardacre
came around with the superintendent,
examining the work of the mill, and he
must have seen Willis as he stood with
his pad and pencil where the lumber
shot from the whirring saws, but he
gave no sign of recognition. It hurt
Willis' sensitive nature, but he only set
his teeth the harder.
"I'm making the money," he said to
himself, "and I'm going back to col
lege."
None of the men knew that he was
Judson Hardacre's nephew. He had
said nothing about It, preferring to
stand on his own merits, and his uncle
had been equally silent.
About the middle of September Wll
lis resigned his Job, much to the Tegret
of the big foreman, who had come to
like the clever, prompt young man.
"When you try to get a joo some
where else," he said, "Just let me know
and I'll give you a good recommenda
tion."
It was said in a blunt, honest way.
and do praise that Willis ever bad c-
eeived had sounded so sweet in his
ears.
"By the way, Everett," said Mat
thews, as he paid over the last salary
check, "Mr. Hardacre wished me to
ask you to call and see him as soon as
you get back to town."
Willis wondered why his uncle
should care to have anything to do
with him, but he called the next after
noon. He had grown brown of face,
and his bands were calloused and mus
cular. When he came in Judson Hard
acre said, gruffly:
"Well, how much money have you
saved this summer?" .
Nearly $75."
'Is that enough to take you through
college?"
"No sir; but I shall start with it.
Father thinks he can help me toward
the end of the year."
"How did you like your work?"
"Part of it I liked very well, Uncle
Judson, but It was too hard for me at
first."
At the words "Uncle Judson," Judson
Hardacre looked up sharply. It was
not at all usual for anyone to address
him as a relative, and somehow the
hard lines of his face softened and hi9
shoulders shook a little, as if he were
laughing somewhere Inside.
'Well, my boy," he said, "you've
showed yourself pretty plucky this
summer. You've got the genuine Hard-
acre blood in you. Let me tell you.
UJTC1.B JUDSON'S CRUST WAS BROKEN.
I've watched vou a srood deal more
closely that you thought, and I like
you, sir. Yes, I like you."
He held out one hand, and Willis,
flushing red and then paling again.
with surprise and pleasure, grasped
it warmly.
"Let's be friends," said the old man.
"I haven't many of them, and I need
a good one," and his voice took on a
half-pitiful tone. Then he changed the
subject.
"Here's a check for $400. Get your
last vear of schooling and don't scrimp
on the expenses. If you need any more
let me know. And when you get
t-hrnmrh come back here. I've got a
good place for you In my office, where
you will have a chance to work up."
Willis stammered his thanks, and
stumbled, half-dozed, toward the door
way. His uppermost thought at that
moment was:
"How happy my father will be."
As he reached the door his uncle
Judson called after him:
"And say, just go ahead and play all
the tennis you want to."
Uncle Judson's crust was broken,
Chicago Record.
AFLOAT AS WELL AS ASHORE.
Middle-Aced Man's Discovery of the
World-Wide Use of the Buck Saw.
"The bucksaw In any mind," said the
middle-aged man, "Is indelibly associ
ated with a sawbuck the reach be
tween the two X's half sawed through,
where it had been scored by the saw
dropping down upon It standing by a
wood pile in the back yard. There are
chips scattered around on the ground,
and scraps of bark and more or less
sawdust.
"What brings all of this to my mind
Is the sight of a man sawing wood
with a bucksaw on the deck of a
schooner lying at a South street wharf,
a stick of cordwood resting in the saw
buck, and the man with his knee on It
and sawing away Just as he would
ashore. At first this looked strange;
and so it does still to same extent I
had seen sawbucks and bucksaws on
the decks of canal boats, where they
looked natural enough, because the
canal boat Is usually close by the land,
where one could step to or from it
easily; but I could scarcely make the
bucksaw seem familiar on a salt-water
craft because It seemed to me so essen
tially a thing of the land.
"Finally, I did make it seem all
right on the schooner, though, by think
ing of that as a vessel making short
voyages and keeping near land, and
hauling up, maybe, in creeks, close by
the shore, and as being in various ways
intimately associated with the land;
but I couldn't think of it as being used
at sea. But when I came to think It
over I knew, of course, they must have
some way of sawing wood aboard deep
water ships, and when I came to in
quire I learned that the bucksaw Is
used afloat Just as it Is ashore; it Is
plied on a ship 1,000 miles at sea just
as it would be on a farm." New York
Sun.
Husking of the Corn.
Tbem fellers that live in the city,
An' grind out thur poems o' charm
Consornin' the deestricks thet's rural
Comprisin' this life on a farm,
Hain't never be'en in it no never;
Thur season's a little bit dusk,
Espeshally when they tune thur tootlets,
An' sing o' the corn that we husk.
They drag in thur noshuns thet's fancy;
Them fancies thet's ketchin' an' fine;
The moon on the floor an' the fiddles,
The dancers all standin' in line;
The gal with the red ear a-runnin'
From the swain who is seented wi'
musk;
But them poets are off on the bizness
When they sing o' the corn thet we
husk.
And here in the stable it's colder
Tkan Greenland or Klondike, I bet;
The corn it is shiny and yeller,
But pass me the stuff that Is wet.
Boo! but this here night is a stinger
Them pies they go nice wf the rusk
Git out, pesky singer ideal I
Thur hain't no fun in this here huso.
The taller is fillin' the lanterns;
My fingers are colder than ice;
Scot! Thur hain't no pussons here danc
ln' Is this what you call paradise?
They're dreamin', they allers a-droamin',
Them poets who sit in the dusk
O' the city walls pipin' thur tootlets
An' warblin' o' corn thet we husk.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
House Rent in Arabia.
nouse rent in parts of Arabia Is cer
tainly not extravagantly high. One au
thor mentions his taking a comfortable
dwelling at Bereydah, possessed of two
large rooms on the ground story and
three smaller ones, besides a spacious
courtyard surrounded by high walls, for
which he paid forty cents a month.
Pay of Actors In China.
In China a company of thirty actors
can be engaged for $30 to play as
many pieces as may be desired for two
days at a-stretch.
Managers of bicycle academies say
there is quite a falling off in the at
tendant " reo
ALONE WITH A MANIAC.
Quick Wit and J elf-Possession Save
the Intended Victim's Life.
It was on the fifth day of our voyage,
as we were amusing ourselves on deck,
that a message was brought me to say
that Mr. A would like to see me
in his cabin.
I had no difficulty in finding his room,
and was met at the door by Mr. A
himself. He shook hands very cordially
and Invited me to enter and take a
chair. No sooner had I done so than he
carefully locked the door. Thinking
this rather strange, I Inquired as to his
Illness. He did not reply for some
time, and then said:
"I am not ill. I sent for you," laying
his hand on a large knife, "to cut your
throat"
He was a man I had not before par
ticularly noticed, but now, as I looked
up, I fully made up my mind that he
was a maniac.
I am not a coward, yet even now the
thought of that moment makes me
shudder. There I was, in a remote
part of the ship, alone with a madman
of twice my strength, without a chance
to escape or means to give an alarm,
and being unarmed, quite at his mercy!
I had heard of other somewhat sim
ilar cases, and, though a tyro In the
profession, had had some experience
among the Insane. I knew, therefore,
that resistance would be of the least
service to me, and that apparent ac
quiesence would be best All this quick
ly passed through my mind, and ac
cordingly, feigning the utmost Indiffer
ence! could, I said:
"Ah, yes, Mr. A , to be sure. It
won't take long, will it?"
"Oh, no," he said calmly, survey
ing the knife he now held In his hand.
"Oh, no; the Job is quite a light one."
Here he poured out a glass of wine
and begged me to drink .It As I did
so an idea struck me, aiid I 6aid:
"By-the-by. Mr. A , your knife
doesn't look very sharp; the trachea is
tough, you know, and will want some
cutting."
He looked hard at me, as if to read
my thoughts, but after a time, con
vinced that my suggestion was a good
one, and examining the knife more
closely, he said:
"Yes, doctor, I think you are right
A little grinding will do no barm, so, if
you don't mind waiting, I will just run
to the carpenter's shop."
This was exactly what I wanted, as,
feeling sure that he would not lock the
door after him, I thought my escape
would be easy. What was my dismay,
then, on his departure, at finding that
it was locked as securely as before!
I passed up and down in despair, tore
it the door, flung open the porthole win
dow and shouted with all my might
but all without avail.
Time went on, minute after minute,
and he could not be long now. In the
frenzy of despair I groped about from
corner to corner, in search of some
weapon of defense; but no, not even
the merest stick, not the smallest thing
upon which to lay hands. And then I
heard footsteps approaching in the dis
tance. I felt my pulse quicken, my brow
grow hot Impulsively I flung off
my coat got to the farthest end of the
room, and, standing as defensively as
possible, resolved to fight to the last
I remember then the door bursting
open, and the entry of A , not
alone, as I thought, but securely pin
ioned, and attended by two of the ship's
crew, in charge of the second officer.
The relief of the moment was so
great that it completely prostrated me,
and my nervous system was much
shaken for some time, while the inten
sity and reality of my situation often
now makes me feel something akin to
what the condemned about to be
hanged must experience.
I learned afterward that the peculiar
and excited manner of the maniac, the
large knife In his possession, and his
anxiety to sharpen it, drew suspicion
on him, which, with the fact that I had
been called to see him, induced the
officer to secure bim and come to his
cabin.
As to Alaska.
Alaska Is two and onehalf times as
large as Texas. It is eighteen times
as large as all New England. It is as
large as the South, including Texas.
It Is as large, as all the States east of
the Mississippi and north of the Ohio,
including Virginia and West Virginia.
It makes San Francisco east of our
center. Its coast line is 26,000 miles.
It has the highest mountain in North
America (but one Popocatapetl In
Mexico). It has the only forest-covered
glacier in the world.
The Trendwell is one of the greatest
gold mines. It has the best yellow ce
dar In the world. It has the greatest
seal fisheries. It has the greatest
salmon fisheries. It has cod banks
that beat Newfoundland.
It has one of the largest rivers In
the world. A man 'standing on a bank
of the Yukon 150 miles from its mouth
cannot see the other bank. The Yukon
is twenty miles wide 700 miles from Its
mouth. With Its tributaries It Is navi
gable 2,500 miles. It Is larger than
the Danube. It is larger than the La
Plata. It is larger than the Orinoco.
It discharges one-third more water
than the Mississippi. The water Is
fresh fifteen miles from its mouth. It
has probably more gold in Its basin
than any other river. Its color Is beau
tifully blue to Its junction with the
White River, 1,100 miles above its
mouth.
Avoid the Rush.
They were telling collection stories
not a collection of stories, but incidents
pertinent to that part of the church
service known as the offertory. One girl
told about the small boy who, when
he first saw long-handled bags Instead
of Tlates, took them to be grabbags,
and after the deacon had passed by,
whispered, "Auntie, what did you get?
I got a quarter." Another testified to
having known a girl whose father al
ways handed her a $10 bill at offertory
time, which the girl slyly secreted in
her purse, and extracting therefrom a
$1 bill, crumpled it up until it was
unidentifiable, and dropped it on the
plate Instead. A third said that some
of the girls at boarding school used to
substitute buttons and lozenges for the
required coin. "Pooh!" cried the fourth
damsel, "that's nothing. When my big
sister went to boarding school they
wore bangles, and there was one girl
the richest in the school, by the way
who was never known to put a cent in
the contribution plate. She just shook
her bangles over it" New York Sun.
Tbe World's Sheep.
The number of sheep in the world is
estimated to amount to 550,000,000. Of
this number, between one-third and
one-half are believed to be merinoes.
"Seeing Is believing," says the old
see-saw.
Lies told for your town are never
chalked up against yon.
There are more months that talk
than heads that think.
OUR
TREATMENT OP
CAPTIVES.
SPANISH
Never before in history was there a ease
where a defeated and captive enemy received
such generous treatment as we gave the Span
iards. Other nations are astonished. Equally
astonishing are the cures brought about by
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Never before in
history has there been so successful a medicine
for the weak, debilitated and nervous, for
stomach and liver disorders like dyspepsia, in
digestion, biliousness and constipation. All
nations have benefitted by it, and all praise it.
Spurious coins are legally made in
China. They are used to put in the
coffins of the dead, and the superstition
prevails that they make the dead
happy.
Scrofula
Taints the blood of millions, and sooner
or later may break out in hip disease,
running sores or some more complicated
form. To cure scrofula or prevent it,
thoroughly purify your blood with Hood's
Sarasaparilla, which has a continually
growing record of wonderful cures.
Hood's parilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. SI; six for 5.
Hood's Pills cure indigestion, biliousness.
The first double-decked ship built in
England was the great Harry, con
structed in 1509, by order of Henry
VIII. It was 1,000 tons burden and
cost $60,000
The Italian criminologist, Dr. Fer
riana, found that of 2,000 juvenile
criminals 1,121 were idlers. The pre
ssiling crime was theft, being 1,182 of
the whole.
A procession of icebergs sent against
the surface of the sun would melt at
the rate of 300,000,000 cubio miles of
solid ice a second.
Cake
made with Schillings Best
baking powder has no bitter
taste.
William Neff, of Colorado, unearthed
six baby coyotes on his ranch, and
trained them so that they follow him
like dogs. '
HU1E8 CAN WEAK SHOES,
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes.
It makes tight or new shoes feel easy;
gives instant relief to corns and bunions.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of the
age. Cures and prevents swollen feet,
blisters, callous and sore spots. Allen's
Foot-Ease is a certain cure for sweating,
hot, aching, nervous feet. At all druggists
and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package,
FKEE. Address, Allen 8. Olmsted, Le
Roy, N. Y., Box 852.
Laboring men have 312 working days
a year in Hungaiy, 308 in the United
States, 278 in England, and 267 in
Russia.
No household is complete without a'bot
tle of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. It
is a pure and wholesome stimulant rec
ommended by all physicians. Don't ue
gleet this necessity.
As to the length of life of fish, it is
said that the ordinary carp, if not in
terfered with, would live about 600
years.
Piso's Cure for Consumption Is our only
medicine for coughs and colds. Mrs. C.
Beltz, 4398th Ave., Denver, Col., Nov. 8, '95.
Use Dr. Pfunder's Oregon Blood Purifier now.
According to Professor Galton, a few
persons see mentally in print every
word thev hear uttered.
When coming to .San Franciso go to
Brooklyn Hotel, sjus-ziz jjusn street
American or European plan. Room and
board $1.00 to $1.50 per day ; rooms 50 cents
to .fi.i.Kj per aay; single meais a cents.
Free coach. Clias. Montgomery.
If vou want the best wind mill, tnimns.
tanks, plows, wagons, bells of all sizes,
boileVs, engines, or general machinery, see
or write JOHN POOLE, foot of Morrison
street, Portland, Oregon.
The Roman bride, when being
dtes&ed for the wedding, invariably
had her hair parted with a point of a
spear.
A Japanese bride gives her wedding
presents to her parents as some slight
recompense for their trouble in rearing
her.
In the United States 37 per cent of
children under three years of age die
from gastto-iutestinal disorders.
In Brazil a single pineapple has
never attained a greater growth than
seven pounds.
The famous "dark day" that Whit
tier describes in his "Abraham Daven
port" was May 19, 1780.
It is estimated that 400,000 larks are
sold yearly for food at the Leadenhall
market, London.
Ihe best wauihmakers 0)1 comes
from the jaw of the shark. About half
a pint is found in each shark.
The great clock of Rouen, France,
has been measuring the time and strik
ing the hours and quarters for over 500
years.
AN OPERATION AVOIDED.
Mrs. Rosa Gaum Writes to Mrs.
Pinkham About it She Says:
Dear Mrs. Pjnkham: I take pleas
ure in writing you a few lines to in
form you of the good your Vegetable
Compound has done me. I cannot
thank you enough for what your medi
cine has done for me; it has, indeed,
helped me wonderfully.
For years I was trou
bled with an
ovarian tumor,
each year grow
ing worse, un
til at last I
was compelled
to consult with
a physician.
He said
nothingcould
be done for
me but to go under an operation
In speaking with a friend of mine
about it, she recommended Lydia E.
Pinkhamjs Vegetable Compound, say
ing she knew it would cure me. I then
sent for your medicine, and after tak
ing three bottles of it, the tumor dis
appeared. Oh! you do not know how
much good your medicine has done
me I shall recommend it to all suffer
ing women. Mrs. Rosa Gaum, 720
Wall St.. Los Angeles, Cal.
Tbe great and unvarying success of
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound In relieving every derangement
of the female organs, demonstrates
it to be the modern safeguard of wo
man's happiness and bodily strength.
More than a million women have been
benefited by it.
Every woman who needs advice
about her health is invited to write to
Mrs. Pinkham. at Lynn, Mass.
MURDER TRIALS.
Cot- of Some of the Famous New York
Cases.
It cost the taxpayers about $15,000
to convict Carlyle Harris of the mur
der by poison of his young wife, and
for the defense of that ingenious
youth his mother paid $15,000 .more In
special fees and retainers. Five thou
sand dollars of this snm went to John
A. Taylor, the Junior counsel. William
Travers Jerome led for the defense.
but the amount of his fee has never
yet been approximately estimated.
No official estimate of the cost of the
trial of Robert W. Buchanan for the
poisoning of the old woman whom he
married has ever been made public.
The case occupied seven full weeks,
and at the close counsel on both sides
figured the cost of the prosecution, in
cluding the heavy fees of such experts
as Loom'.s, Doremus and others, at
$20,000. As Buchanan paid over the
entire $25,000 which he received by
the death of his wife In the vain ef
fort to save himself from the death
penalty, his case could not have In
volved less than $45,000 in expenses.
The two trials of Dr. Meyer, the poi
soner, are said, on good authority, to
have cost the county $35,000. Just
what he paid Charles W, Broke for his
defense has never been known. His
resources were probably exhausted by
the first trial cut short by the insan
ity of a Juror for in the second hear
ing counsel for the defense applied
to the court for the statutory allow
ance of $500.
The determination of the police and
the district attorney's office to convict
Mrs. Mary Alice Fleming, nt any cost
of the murder of her mother, Involved
the county in a loss of $20,000, of
which $5,000 went to the jury and tales
men, $10,100 to the experts, $2,500 to
the attorneys, and the remainder in
general expenses. Mrs. Fleming esti
mates that her defense cost $22,000 of
the $80,000 In the hands of the city
chamberlain.
Mrs. Florence Maybrlck's trial at
Liverpool la 1889 for the poisoning of
her husband was the sensation of the
year. Her prosecution, Including the
salary of Justice Stephen ($25,000 a
year), the retainers and refreshers paid
to John Addison, Q. C, the leading
counsel for the prosecution, and his
two assistants; the employment of
such famous experts as Carter and
Robertson; the expenses of witnesses
and general preparations of the case
reached in all about $10,000 for ten
working days. Sir Charles now Lord
Russell, who led for the defense, re
ceived $5,000 and a dally refresher of
$250. Added to this were the fees for
junior counsel, for the solicitors for the
defense and expert testimony, Mrs.
Maybrick calling very few lay wit
nesses. Altogether her defense reach
id $15,000. New York Journal.
TRUMPET CALLS.
Ram's Horn Sounds a Warning Note
to the Unredeemed.
FIDELITY to
principle Is the
hlchpHt Mrnodlen-
cy.
The blush of
guilt is nature's
c o n f e s si on of
wrong.
When human
ity proves false,
God will still be
true.
The steps of
duty lead up to the throne of promo
tion. Experience Is the school of wisdom.
Procrastination Is the sleep of folly.
Education Is the lighthouse oj reason.
Man's rage cannot alter God's pur
pose. True principles are as enduring as the
throne of God.
The loafer who blames his luck onght
to blame his pluck.
The man who walks with God never
has to hunt his own road.
Beauty may only be skin deep, but
the pride of It reaches into the heart
Faith is the Christian's lever, and
God is the fulcrum upon which it rests.
Those who prefer the service of sin
must be satisfied With the wages of
sin.
Daniel would not bow to the king In
his religious principles, but made the
king bow to his religion.
A Sly Old Moonshiner.
A rich story was told by the offlcialj
at the county Jail yesterday morning.
It was about a sharp trick played by a
revenue prisoner which caused him to
win a bet and get 22 cents clear profit
Old man Lindsay, a moonshiner,
makes a few dimes by helping the sut
ler sell goods to the prisoners. He acts
as a sort of "local agent" for the sutler.
A few days ago one of the guards ad
vised Lindsay to quit selling things on
credit
"Many of these prisoners have no
money and no way of ever getting It"
said the guard.
The wily old moonshiner thanked the
guard, but said he didn't believe that
anybody was sharp enough to beat him.
Two or three days ago, so the story
goes, Lindsay sold a negro woman a
box of snuff for 5 cents. She paid 2
cents spot cash and was debited for the
balance.
"That woman will never pay you
that 3 cents," said the guard to the
moonshiner.
"I'll bet you my valise, clothes and
all, against 25 cents," replied Lindsay,
"that she does pay it."
The bet was made, and the money
and valise put up.
Next day Lindsay gave a negro pris
oner 3 cents and told him to make it a
present to the woman, and at the same
time asked him to advise her to pay
that debt? with it The woman got the
money and promptly paid the moon
shiner. Lindsay was declared the winner,
and pocketed the 25 cents. Atlanta
Constitution.
It Is a Vegetal ian Cat.
At the vegetarian jubilee in London
recently some remarkable exhibits were
made. One was a vegetarian cat a
sleek and handsome pussy, who, hav
ing been brought up in a vegetarian
family, had not only learned to love
vegetable foods, but had forgotten the
feline taste for mouse flesh. Mice of
the plumpest and most tempting ap
pearance could run across the floor
with perfect Impunity In the presence
of this vegetarian tabby. She Just
winked sleepily at them and gave a
contemptuous curl to her aotl-carnlv-orous
tail. A new race of cats is thus
brought into sight the reformed feline
who will not eat meat nor kill mice.
But the new vegetarian breed of cats
will never become popular with tbe
ladles. New York World.
Men, like lamps, often smoke, some
times go out nights and frequently get
turned down.
It takes at least sixteen summers to
make one summer girl.
Gained 22 Pounds in 5 llleeks
Ftom the By-Slander, Waco 6, III
Alderman Louis W. Camp, of our
city, has quite astoniffhed his friends
of late, by a remarkable gain in
weight. He has gained 22 pounds in
five weeks. Those of his fiiends who
do not Know tbe facts of his sickness
will read with interest the following:
"I was broken down in health and
utterly miserable," said Mr. Camp to
our reporter. "I was unable to work
much of the time and so badly afflicted
with a form of stomach tronble that
life was a veritable nightmare.
"I tried various temedies, but dur
ing the six months of my sickness I ob
tained no relief. I had always been a
robust, healthy man and sickness bore
heavily upon me.
"About two years ago I was advised
to tty Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People. I purchased one box and
received so mucli benefit that I used
five more and was entirely cured. I
gained twenty-two pounds in five
weeks. Since I stopped taking the
pills 1 have scarcely had an ache or
pain.
Interviewing the Alderman.
"Dr. William's Pink Pills restored
me to health and I most heartily rec
ommend them."
L. W. Camp on oath says that the
foregoing statement is true.
W. V. MELOAN, Notary Public.
Following is the physician's certifi
cate as to Mr. Camp's present condi
tion. I am a regularly licensed physician
of Macomb, McDonough county, 111. I
have very recently examined Mr. L
VV. Gamp as to his general physical
condition, and find the same to be all
that could be desired, appetite and di
gestion good, sleeps well, and has all
the evidences of being in a good physi
cal condition.
SAMUEL RUSSELL, M. D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 30th day of September. 1897.
W. W. MELOAN, Notary Public.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The oldest university in the world Is
El Ayliar, nt Cario, Egypt.
Marigolds in North Africa reach a
height of four or five feet
During the last century 100 lakes in
the Tyiol have subsided and disap
peared. Of the shoes imported into British
colonies more than 45 per cent, are of
American mannfacture.
The toxine remedy against the lo
custs in Mashonaland, Africa, is said
to be proving of some efficacy.
The largest tobacco pipe faotary in
the world is located in Appomattox
county, near Pamplin Citv, Va.
Anthracite coal discovered at historic
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, shows
an analysis of 95 per cent of carbon.
Como, the birthplace of Alessandro
Volta, is about to celebrate the centen
ary of the invention of the voltaic bat
tery. The number of stars visible to the
naked eye is less than 6,000. The
number of stars visible through the
largest telesoopes is probably not less
than 100,000,000.
A lighthouse of bamboo has been
bnilt in Japan. It is Baid to have
greater power of resisting the waves
than any other kind of wood.
gTC -Permanently Cured. No fitaor nervouanes
IIO after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Bend for FKKK WS.OO trial
bottle and treatise, ft ft, R. H.
K lil IN.
SK, Ltd., 930
Area street, rnuaaeiprua, tro.
The'Tartars have a quaint custom of
taking" a guest by the ear when inviting
bim to eat or drink with them.
There Is more Catarrh in this section of the
eountry than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors pro
nounced It a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally In doses from 10 drops to
a tcaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Ad
dress, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
In the fall cleanse your system by using
Dr. Pfunder's Oregon Blood Purifier.
Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
CLEARANCE SALE OF
RAMBLER, IDEAL,
And other makes of cycles. No reasonable offer
refused, from f5 up, to make room for 5,000
1889 UAMIIL.K11S and Ideals now on the
road, Write for bargain list, catalogues and
agency.
Fred T. Merrill Cycle Co.
PORTLAND. SPOKANE. TACOMA.
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ATLAS EXGIXES AND BOILERS.
American
Type
Founders
Company
Cor.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
Is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Svbtjp
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Svrup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it noes not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Col.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. HEW TOKK. N. T.
San Francisco lias a magazine, the
Twilight, edited by a Japanese. Its
editor, Yone Roguechi, is assisted by a
Japanese artist friend.
Adventurers seeking Spanish treas
ure in Carribean waters should not
overlook the fact that there was some
coal on the sunken Merrimao.
Roots crowned. Bridges Made.
Painless filling and extraction.
DR. T.H. WHITE
Prom the well-known
Portland Business College
serves as a life-long testimonial of thorough
preparation for an office poeitioA The intro
duction of "Armstrong's Combined Theory
and, Practice of Bookkeeping" enables us to
do better work now than ever before. Investi
gate. Call, or write. A. P. Aemstrong, Prin
cipal, Portland, Oregon.
Buy Direct
FROM THE
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And save middleman's profits. Fine tailor
made suits, 13.95 to $14. Fit guaranteed. Cata
logue, samples, self-measurement blanks, etc.,
mailed free. Address J. LANDIGAN, McKay
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Is it Wrong?
Get it Right'
Keep it Right;
Moore's Revealed Remedy willdoit. Three
doses will make you feel better. Get it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house , or
from Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
WHEAT
Make money by succesful
speculation in Chicago. We
buy and sell wheat on mar
gins. Fortunes have been
made on a small beginning by trading in fu
tures. Write for full particulars. Best of r
erence given. Several years' experience on the
Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough know
ledge of the business. Send for our free refer
ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS & Co.,
Chicago Board of Trade Brokers. Offices in
Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Wash.
CURE YOURSELF?
Ubb Big Q for unnatural
discharge, inflammations,
irritations or ulceration
of ro ucoua membranes
Painless, and not ustrin
ITHEEvansCheMICAlCo. ent or Poisonom.
Sold by Orarelst,
or sent In plain wrapper,
by excreta. t)renH.il fnv
$1.00, or 3 hottlt'B, J2.75.
Circular sent on request.
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