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>O21 moonlight fell full upon him. Tall, (5, broad, handsome, he yet looked his o “«*• I “You have saved my life,” be said laughingly as they sauntered back. “And my own. This is one of tlie 8 things that's not worth tbe price.” As he came for their next waltz sb«' .. - - °l g By VENE KENNEDY g shook iter bead and laughed. “Come,” said he. “We’ll risk one ° Copi/rlf/ht, lMt, o I o P l the S. S. McCturt Cennjmnu 2 2 turn.” II«» put hfs arm around her and made ©0000000000000000000000008 a move to start, then stood suddenly “Please, Mrs. Karl, come and play still and stared down at the shapely tennis,” said ('leva Cullob appealingly. brown head, ills own giddy with the “It’s too hot,” said Mrs. Karl lazily. thrill that held him. lie drew her doser. As th«' music “I'm too ol«l to frisk in such weather.” “Hear! Hear!” cried Roy Kendall. stopped lie released her with a reluc tance he could scarcely define. “Whnt an honest woman!” “I enjoyed that dance.” site said. “From compulsion, Roy. I w as born here." “It was worth the price, then?” ban- ■ “In the year of our Lord”— Cleva terlngly. added. “Fully,” she uttered softly. I litil daybreak he sat on the veran “Eighteen hundred and sixty,” com pleted Mrs. Karl easily. “I am thirty da smoking and thinking. He tried to eight. you see.” adjust the Lorene Karl he had known “Tiiirty-e.ght!” repeated Roy. “It for eleven years with the woman he can't lie you are ten years older than had discovered during the past week. I atn!” He had condemned her for marrying “Yes,” she answered smilingly. for money. Though gay, even auda » Slender, graceful, charming, she look cious, she had never coquette«!. As he danced with Cleva his mind ed scarce thirty and knew it. With a pout Cleva started for the had been alert to her beauty, to her ♦onnl« court. followed by Roy Kendall bubbling spirits, her glorious youth. *'“* no i,o hold I.orene Karl there bad HONEST STRATEGY and Madison Harding. And it was hot! Soon Harding began to breathe heavily. As they finish«»«! the game he held out his racket and panted: “Herer Brady, I'll leave you and Miss Temple to whitewash Kendall and Cleva.” “Are you warm?” said Mrs. Karl as be joined her on the ver-inda. “Am I warm? Well!” reaching eager ly t"r the ice water on tlie table beside her. “No,” she commanded. “Go change your clothes. Not a cold plunge, re member—just a rub and dry linen.” He laughed, but obeyed. When he returned, she handl'd him a glass of water, then a nicely pared peach. “L’b!” he grunted. “This beats ten nis.” “I think so,” she said. They chatted for some time. Then he asked suddenly: “Why haven’t you married again?’ “The usual reason,” she answered. “A beautiful woman, with twenty thousand a year, ought to find Mr. Right surely.” “Madison,” she said softly, “I never loved Robert. Now—well, I must be sure of myself and hire.” “Robert was a good man.” be said gravely. “Yes,” she repeated, “Yet I hated him at times because I could not love him.” “But you married him.” “Yes, -rd 1 reserved to be more un- 1 -vas. He was forty- h-tDpy than t e it. I ' w»nt two; lie rich, I poor; h. ret <’ to » ’tie down, 1 ready to have r in? w th life. Somehow, Mad- Ison, 1 hink he ought to have known better that' to have asked me. He ought to have known I couldn't love him.” “Why not?” His voice was con •trained. “Youth loves youth. Much as Robert loved me, 1 think the first few years were equally disappointing to both. 1 was ready for my fling and had it 1 know now bow bored he was with it all. It's glorious to do stunts when one is a colt, but afterward”— She laughed merrily and banded him the peanb she bad been paring. “But afterward?” be repeated. “One wants to jog along,” she con tinued. “The normal woman past thirty-five can say what 61ie may, but the excitement anti strength taking amusements that sue reveled in during her teens and twenties—ah. they’re not worth the price!” His answering smile quickly disap peared ns she went into tbe bouse He was forty-five, Cleva Cuilob twen ty-two: be rich, she poor: he had had his fling, sb«» lust ready for hers. He had accepted Lorene Kail's invitation to spend 'lie month of August at her country home because Cleva was to be there. Ue had determined the latter should be his promised wife before tbev left, but— lie slept Jl'tle that night. A picture of Robert Kart, wearied and surfeited, dancing attendance on the gay, untir ing Lprene, rose before him. “To jog along” bad n soothing sound, but a vision of Cleva's laughing, girlish face made bls jaws set determinedly. It rained during the night. Next day ■was cool and clear. "Ob. me! Ob. mv!” said Mrs. Karl. "Why am I not a seer? if I bad known it was to be such a charming day. I would have had our dance tonight. By Friday it will probably be as hot as blazes.” “What’s tbe odds?” nald Cleva. “1 can dance if it registers a hundred.” “So can I,” said Roy—“with you.” “Then I shell give you tbe first and last dance and two in between,” she said, with a gay laugh, glancing from under her long lashes at Harding. “I’ll take the rest” he replied promptly, “if It registers two hundred.” Friday night simply blazed forth heat, but Cleva and a crowd of young folks danced as merrily as though Jack Frost were in the air. Harding noted a wondrous sparkle In Cleva’s eyes ns site and Roy swung around tbe room, nnd tie looked sadly disgruntled as be joined Lorene Karl. “This is our dance.” he said listlessly. “Go change your collar.” was tlie an swer, “and put some talcum on your neck. Then we will ait under the trees—sit not walk.” When be^, returned. he asked curi ously: “Where did yon learn so much wis dom ?” “I was married ten years,” she said carelessly. Rhe gazed at him contemplatively asj be tilted back against a tree ami si lently smoked a cigar. Tlie bright come a sudden content, blissfully hu man and spiritually tender >n one. In the w«»eks that followed he found himself in n tumult of thought that nnp'e him abstracted and erratic. Now he lounge«! beside Mrs. Karl, and, again panting and perspiring, he fol lowed where Cleva led. Tbe da” before they were to leave the entire pnrty went for a row down th«» bay. Mrs. Karl, smiling and picturesque, stood under the trees and waved them goodby. "Mrs. Karl is a dear.” snkl Cleva complacently, “but I hope I'll never get so fogy. Slie has an awfully stu pid time. If she would only exert her self a little, she could have as much fun as any one.” A couple of hours later Mrs. Karl saw Harding jump from a rickety bug gy and come coolly toward her. “Where are tbe others?” she cried, affrighted. “On Rogers Point, dancing,” he an swered, seating himself. Tbe disgusted tone of his voice made her laugh. “Well,” she asked, as he did not ex plain, “what brought you back?” “You.” be answered, putting his hand on-hers. Her eyes still questioned. “For the last week I couldn’t find a minute to talk to you. Lorene, and to day I got desperate. Only in the past month have 1 discovered that I'm tbe biggest ass in the country and you the dearest woman In existence, You open- ed my eyes, then my heart, Now I In- tend to make you love me.” “But if you cannot?” she said In s low tone. “I must!” impetuously. “I must ‘Jog along1 with you. dear, or else — no; there can be no else!” he cried, taking hold of herand kissing her determined ly. “I will make you love me!” “It's all done.” she murmured. “I've loved you for eleven years.” A laugh, a daring something In her eyes, made him suddenly understand “You plotter!” be cried. “You - you ?” “Yes.” she d’liií-r^rt'd. joining in his happy laugh. “I did!” BOWSER BECALMED. •bout 4 o'clock and stole our doormat I raised the window and called to him, but he only made up faces at me.” ASTONISHES HIS WIFE BY FINDING “Well, it was rather an olsl mat,” re pik'd Mr. Bowser ns lie looke«l up with Boyle’s Thrilling Ride Far Be NOTHING TO KICK ABOUT. a smile on his face, "and the boy prob low New York Streets. It Worries Her, ssf 1B Alarm SR» ably took It out of a spirit of deviltry. I played nil such games us that when Relates to Him a String of Mis i I whs n boy.” haps to llulllc HI» Temper, but Ho 8WEPT SEVEN BL00K8 TO RIVER. Even th«> «'at begun to feel astonished i Hemalna Calm and Placid. now. She ksiked up Into ills face and [Copyright. 1WJ, by C. B. Lewi».] then over to Mrs. Bowser, and, fearing ' Pl««mlier*» Helper Who Fell Into RS. BOWSER had made up some sort of a job was being put up on Fllthr Water» Was Carrie«! her mind that there would her. she leuped to the floor and crawl Tlirouu h Ilark l>nilrr«roiniil « Itaa- i«e trouble. The gas bill hail ed under tin* lounge. Mrs. Bowser's net», but Never Lost III» Nerve, come in, the water tax was heart was palpitating as she remem due. the coal nearly out, the butcher bered that nearly all kickers suddenly Swept for u distance of seven blocks, had sent a tough steak, and a boy ha«f cease to kick a «lay or two before their or nearly half it mile, in tbe turbid wa broken one of the front windows with death, and she determined that Mr. ters of a New York city sewer from a snowball. In addition, the cook had Bowser must be aroused if he was to twenty to forty feet under ground and given notice, a water pipe was leak lie saved. With malice aforethought she touched upon bls sorest subject in inky (darkness, through noxious gases and deadly vapors, and at last by asking: “Haven’t you found anything new In swept into the East river, with the city’s refuse, without ouee having lost tiro «'scapes lately?” “No, nothing new," lie replied, with consciousness, it as the experience of a laugh. "I guess I’ve bought all that Edward Boyle, a wiry plumber's helper, lie was rescued after a little delay, have been patent«'«!.” “Ami you haven't com«» across any and after the horrible Journey he lit a cigarette and said be felt pretty well. more hair dyes or tonics?" The experiences of tlie man are eon- “Not a one.” “I was wondering why you didn't do »Id« red by tlie [«ollce the most remark- gymnastics In the garret any more for able ever chronicled In connection with tlie drainage system of New York. tbe benefit of your rheumatism.” Thiouglipyt the terrible trip Boyle “Because I haven’t any rheumatism.” he replied. "I used to be pretty silly kept ills presence of mind, and tills», in *” tv* connection with u marveVously fortu- of «'lrcuiUBtances, en- HILF MILE SEWER TRIP HE SAT DOWN TO HIS TAPER. Ing, and some one had stolen the door mat. It was with fear and trembling that she heard Ills step, but If he liad missed tbe doormat as he entered he didn’t say anything about it. He sim ply observed tJbat it would be a cold night and led the way down to din ner. It took-all his muscle to cut the steak, but he hadn’t a wor«l to say about its toughness. He couldn't help but hear the «xvok thrashing around in the kitchen in the way that cooks do when they have given notice, but he made no criticisms. “Don’t you feel well this evening?” asked Mrs. Bowser after wondering what could have happened to him dur ing the day. “Never better," he pleasantly answer ed. “I'm sorry about the steak, and 1 «hall speak to the butcher about it.” “Yes, it's a little tough, but nothing Drinking From «lie Loving Cep. Every prosperous club lias its loving cup, tut liow many of the guests who see it gracing the banquet know its origin or the graceful ceremonial which should be observed in drinking from it? The cup should have two handles and a cover and is handed to the principal guest as the toasts begin. The guest takes it by both handles and, standing, turns to the person nearest, who also stands, and both bow. Then, while the second guest removes the lid. the first one drinks an«l with another bow pass es the cup to his neighbor, who replaces the Ifd and presents it in turn to the next guest, and so the ceremony is re peated. In the old days of chivalry and of treachery, as a man while drinking from the two handled cup was prac tically defenseless, his companion was required to remove the cover with bis sword band that he might not take ad vantage of the other. It Is a very pret ty ceremony when gracefully perform ed. What He Mlaht Do. Nllnikins was a creature who wore trousers. He was rich and respectable. He didn't have to earn his own living. He was a butterfly of fashion. That’s why trousers looked queer on him. ne went to teas. He never led a german. He hadn't the capacity for that He did have the capacity, though, for fall ing in love. As usual In such cases, he fell In love with a superior girl. Dreams and dudes go by contraries. So did the girl. She wouldn’t have It a Uttle bit. “Wbat shall I do, what shall I do?” he moaned. "You might commit suicide heroical ly,” she suggested coldly. “Ruf that would be murder,” he ex claimed. horrified. “I think not,” she said assuring!/. “Any Jury In the country would call It justifiable homicide without leaving the box.”—Exchange. The Pottery Tree of Brasil. The pottery tree, found in Brazil, is curious nnd useful. One would scarce ly expect to find jtots and Jars and pitchers growing in if not on n tree, but the material for them certainly grows in this tree. It Is found In the form of silica, chiefly In the bark, al though the very hnr«l wood of the tree also yields It. To make this curious pottery the bark Is burned, nnd what remains Is ground to powder and mixed with clay. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys are out of order or diseased. ju-'w«—Kidney trouble has i J , - b* 'orne so prevalent y that it is not uncommon _ f for a child to be born V_________ afflicted with weak kld- k\' noys. If the child urln- atea )00 0(tenj |f t|ie urine scalds the flesh or If, when the child roaches an age when It should be able to control the passage, It is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of the difficulty Is kidney trouble, and tho first step should ba towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble Is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. Tho mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root Is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in flfty- cent and one dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mall free, also pamphlet teii- _______ ______ liuuM* L'waarp-Hnot. Ing all about It, Including many of the «hmisands of testimonial letters received • • - n, Kilmer M about those tilings, us... , .. Mrs. Bowser had to get up and walk j down the hull to the front door to get a long breath and recover her compo sure. Dentil was surely on Mr. Bow ser's trail, and be might fall over any I minute. “Are you going to buy a horse or cow or chickens?” she asked as she re turned. “Of course not.” he answered. “Perhaps you are going to get atioth er hog?” “No. What’s tli«' matter, dear? You look palesand perturbed, if you are not well, we must semi for the doctor.” “I am well, but—but you are going to try to ride the bike again?” “Nut at all. I have come to the con clusion that 1 am too fat.” “Did I tell you that the gun bill hud come in?” “No, but I knew it was time for it.” “It's—it’s a dollar more this month.” “Only a dollar? I thought It would be double that. Well, we can’t com plain about our gnu bills.” There was Just one thing more left to her. and she was almost gasping for breath as she said: “I got a letter fr m mother today.’* "You did? The dear old lady!” THE CAT BEGAN T< to kick over. I suppose lie did his best.” “Is businesn at the oilice good?” slie continued. “First rat«-, first rate.” “And—and nothing happened?’ “Nothing a' all, dear." Mrs. Bowsi-r was nonplused, but she «•ould not help believing that some ca lainity was a (tout to descend upon tite bouse. She was almost In a tremble as they left the table, but Mr. Bowser lighted his cigar and sat down to ills paper with a peaceful expression on li’s face. The cat jumped upon his km-e and he stroked her back affection ately. nnd ten minutes passed before Mrs. Bowsei dared to say: “The boys on the street were having a snowball fight today, and one of them broke our window.” “Yes, I noticed it as I came along!” wns tlie quiet ri'ply. On other c casions Mr. Bowser would have jumped u foot high and vowed by 1 be great horn spoon that he would bunt that boy to his tomb and sue hla father fourteen times over, bnt.be nev er even fmn«'d red in tbe face. “I... Tlie cook ... wants to leave Saturday,” continued Mrs. Bowser, feeling pretty sure that I she would be held to blame for it. “Y-e-s. Well, I think you can get a better one At least, 1 shouldn't wor- ry” “Do you remember when you order ed the last coal?” “No, but It ought to have been burn ed up by this time, Speak to me in the morning, and I will order some more.” Mrs. Bowser turned pale as she look- ed at him. No kick over the steak! No kick over tbe cook! No kick over the broken window! No kick over the coal! He was Mr. Bows<*r sure enough, but what had happened since he found fault with the coffee at breakfast? “We shall have to have a plumber tomorrow, as one of the pipes is leak ing.” she finally announced. “Very well,” be replied. “I ain almost inclined to think the cook hit it with an ax.” “I should hardly say so. Water pipes around a house are always bursting, and no one can be held to blame for it” “There ought to be _ _____ more ______ police on this street A* big boy came along ASTONISHED. “And she's coming to see us next week.” “Good! We’ll give her the best in tbe house. Tell her I’d like to have her stay at least six months.' ♦» “You—you don’t mean ft! »»» ” “Certainly I do. Your mother fs one of the nicest old ladles In all the world, and I’m only sorry that she can't live with us all the time. What’s tbe mat ter, dear?” Mrs. Bowser choked up and couldn't reply. She sought the refuge of her room nnd broke down ami wept, and tlie cat caine out of hiding and sat down In front of Mr. Bowser and won dered where on earth tbe family bad got to. M. Q uad . Not Astrology. Sue—And you say you can tell by the stars If he loves you? Why, I didn't know that you ever scanned the skies. Belle—I don’t, but I scan his love let ters. He Is one of those fellows that mark, a star for every kiss.—Chicago News. The Grammar Claea. Man's Theory, Hixon—I won der why some folks think the moon has any th 1 n g to do with making people crazy? Dixon—Prob ably the idea originated with some man dur ing his honey moon. Decision Re served. "I suppose,” said Bunkcron tbe way home from the links, “you consider golf idiotic.” "1 wouldn’t say that,” re plied tlie spec tator. “I've got Teacher — John re more sense turned the book, in than to Judge a game by the wbat case Is book? Dull Boy (after long people who piny IL" thought!—Buokca se. mile cue......... nbled him to accomplish 11 feat that probably is unpreceilented In this coun try. The seen«' of the accident wns on East Fifty-third street between Third amt Second avenues. At tlie point mimed there was some trouble with tlie connecting sewer emptying into the main sewer, and Boyle, with his employer nnd two other helpers, was there to look Into the trouble. Down through the munhole they had lowered a twenty foot ladder and were taking turns going down uml (Miking about the walls of the sewer in the hope of locat ing the trouble. Recent rains had caused a sudden rise in th«» waters of the sewer. Boyle was at the very lower end of the lad der wlien one side was broken by the onrush of the wati'rs. His friends above beard the sound of the break and shouted to him to climb for his life, but it was too late, nnd In the next in stant the other side broke. Boyle, who is but twenty-four years okl and very wiry, made an effort to brnce himself against the sides of the manhole, and Cor a moment aucce«»<le«l, but he a«.on found thnt he was slipping away. “I’m gone!” he shouted to his horri fic«! companions above, ami then lie wns swallowed up In the noisome cur- rent nnd disappeared In the black hoi s leading toward the river. For a moment the three men left nbove ground stood stupetied at tlie UvrctC vC sllMtlotj 9f their fiiUijw workman, who, it was utmost certain, would be killed within a few minutes either by drowning, by the deadly gases of the awful bole or by being dashed to pieces against the sides of th«» sewer. Then the meti thought that by bur rying with Uli speed to th«' river they might recover tlie body before it bad been swept away and lost. The plumbers were exhausted almost when they reach« <1 the foot of Forty- ninth street and collapsed completely win n they beheld Boyle sitting on the end of 11 ncow smoking a cigarette. "Talk about your rapid transit tun nels,” said Boyio. “Ilillly gee! I got it. and I got it quick. Well, the trip was over so quick Unit I hardly know now whnt happened. I guess I went through 11 mile a minute. When I dropfied into the sewer at first, I thought it must lie all up with me, for I never heard of anybody going through a sewer and living, but 1 decided that so long hh 1 wasn't di'iid I wouldn't give up. 1 went under at first, of course, but 1 soon comes up, and then I struck out, swimming to keep my bend aliov«' wa ter. It was pitch dark, ami I ex|M*cted every minute that my head would strike up against something that would put me out of business, so I turned over on my back nnd floated. “Now and then I’d pass a place where another sewer would empty Into the big one, and then I’d be cover«>d over «gain nnd have to tight my way to the surface. I knew the gases would choke me, so I held my breath as much ns possible, and I could tell by the rum tile above when I win getting near a manhole. There I would take a good breath of the nlr in the manhole and then shut up again. "My Idea was that I was going out Into tbe river nt Fifty-third street, but I knew Hint was all wrong when I got an awful bump lit the turn Into Second avenue. Then I seemed to fairly fly until I got to Forty-ninth street nnd made another turn nnd got another bump. I could hear the trucks passing over tho manhole covers far aliovo me now and then, and I remember now of thinking, ‘Geo, you're all right up there in that bright suiiBhlne, and Just look at me burled down here under ground!' “I wns on the lookout for the Enst river all the time, and after wbat seem ed to me about a year I couglit a glim of light and knew that I was shooting toward the river. As soon as 1 shot out into It I got to the surface and saw I was being flung right in the direction of the bow of tlie scow Albany. I «lived ns quick as I could, A id the current ran me out almost Into the middle of the river before I came to the surface Hgaln. Then I pulleil around, and, ns I liad been »wept southward, I foun<! myself abreast the Fleming and swnni for her It wns n great trip all right, and I'm glad I’m out of It al-'ve." The police say tint the Inst time n man went through one of the New York sewers was ten years ago at Twenty-eighth street ami ¿Third ave nue. The ninn Intended suicide at tbs time. Ten days Inter his body was picked up in tbs East river mashed to • pulp. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. from sufferers cureo. in v.........__ & Co.. Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and r ention this paper. In« iiurni'ss 1» Hi" won»« klud ut a cum- Uiiathm. 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D. 3 JPiiRATIVK DENTISTRY A 8PKCIALTY Offlce» >n tbe Adklca Deuel block Medford, Oregon. H. D. NORTON, ITTOKNKY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Grant’a Pasa, Oregon, •reme» sbovo HP, D. • L. Co ’• Store. Wm. M. COLVIG, LAWYER. Jacksonville Orego» Omoe In Ko. Men's Ku Idin P. P. PRIM a SON, »TTORNEY8 AND COUNSELORS AT LAW Jacksonville, Oregon. ■J”1,1 ,n “H courts of the State. Of Boe in the Court House Iasi door on the rtrht from entrance A.'C HOUGH, ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW Grant'» Pa»», Mregea. ... Offlce over Hilr-R.ddle Hardware Store. A. B. RBAMES, ATTORN KY-AT-L1W, «lacksoavlll», Oragaa. 'Offloe in Ked Men's Building. HOBT. G. SMITH, TORN KY AND OOUN8EL.OR » I AT LAW, Grant's Pass, Oregon. practices ell the courts building up el.Ire Offlce In Bank