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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1897)
Grent Herrmann Could Not ( lusrcle with Death. The 1e tlifnlrli'iil world and the 'thou tamls who had witnessed bis wonder ful art were shocked by the news that Prf. Alexander Herrmann, the great . jrosricinn. had (bed suddenly, lie was "JsSiis private car on the Buffalo, Koch- ester and IMttsburg Uiiuroad and was PnOF. HERRMANN. going from Rochester to Bradford, Pa., where he was to Rive a performance that evening. At Ellicotvllle, Cattarau gus County, it was found that he was ill. A physician was called, but Herr mann was dead before he arrived. Up to that time he was in the best of health, having played In Rochester the night before. Heart trouble was the cause of death. The name of Herrmann in connec tion with conjuring is over a century old, the art having been passed from father to son and from brother to broth er. Alexander was born In Paris HO years ago. Ills father was a distin guished German physician, but his knowledge of magic equaled that of medicine. His oldest son, Carl, 25 years the senior of Alexnnder, became famous as a magician when the latter was but a child, and he taught his brother. At 11 the pupil was more clever than the master and nt 14 he made his debut before the Queen of Spain. Early In the '00s Alexander came to this country and here he had since lived, being naturalized In 187li. He made three tours of the world am pnke Spanish, German, French, Chi nese and Russian as well as English. He made and lost fortunes, built anil sold theaters and at the time of his death owned a villa and park on Long Island, several horses and a fine steam yacht. He belonged to over 100 clubs iu Europe and America. , ' RODE ON A DEER'S ANTLERS. A Hunter's Kjccittna and Perilous Ad venture ;n California. William M. Stover, a mine owner in Tuolumne County, California, had nn experience, recently, that lie would not wish to repeat for nil the wealth In the mountains of the State. While out limiting near the Stanislaus River he Kliot at a deer that was standing on the crest of a hill. The bullet went straight, and the deer plunged forward and fell. Mr. Stover laid bis rifle down and has tened to his fallen game for the pur pose of cutting Its throat. Just us lie reached the deer and leaned over to apply the knife, the animal leaped to his feet and glared at Mr. Stover. Instantly the man seized the beast hy the horns. This action terrified the huck. He made a plunge, and down Hie steep sides of Devil's canyon he went, carrying the r.inu with him on his antlers. The deer was madly frightened, and Mr. Stover was more scared than the deer. He could not turn loose, and nway went man and animal, over rocks, bushes and briers. When near the bottom of the canyon the deer fell against a tree, and before he could get up, Mr. Stover grabbed a large piece of quartz rock and killed Hie animal by bentlng It on the head. II '' X1! A PERll.org ADVKNTfllE. Mr. stover bad his clothes badly torn, and his face and hands were scrati-lii d '' the bushes like the results of a crimmage with wildcats. He Is una "le to tell how he escaped serious in Jury wlille going down the side of the rough hill at a breakneck speed. After the deer was dead, an examination showed that the bullet had struck him "qiinre upon the horns near the head, width caused him to fall over In a stunned condition. We defy nny man ou earth to do up a Package the way a woman does it. Tea is better fresh if . I I isn't, what does the grocer mean by telling you that he has some tea just come irom abroad? Fresh doesn't mean iust picked; it means just roast ed, schilling's Best is roasted as fast as your gro cer wants it no faster in San Francisco. Schilling Compiny , Isan Francisco While Porting rags at a paper mili In Otsego, Mich., a woman found aiming the lot before her an envelope contain ing $(io. MOTOR AMI) M1SK.RY. Compressed air us a motive power fur street railways will in time supersede elec tric wires and the trolley. Necessity and invention make rapid rhnnges, but' seme old. sure, unfailing methods will hold good for all time. The nerves, are the electric wires of the human system, and often "jangle out of tune," as when neuralgia sups we trolley ot tiie svstem anil it grinds and groans with pain. The old motor for the cure ot puiti, St. Jacobs Oil, will always act as electric influence on the pain stricken nerves, and will send a current of cure through the disordered wires, and bring about a perfect restoration. Nothing new can improve upon what is known to be the best and surest in the treatment of pain ful diseases. William B. Phillips, of New Madrid. Mo., is credited with a total of 1,850 squirrels in three days' hunting on Lit tle river. ONE SECRET OF LO.NGKVI t Y. Those anxious to prolong this rapid transi tory existence oi ours beyond the average span, should foster his digestion, negatively by ab staining from Indiscretions in diet, and affirm atively by the use of that peerless stomachic, 11 ostetter's Stomach Hitlers, when he experi ences symptoms of indigestion. The impair ment of the digestive function is fatal to vigor. Hubdite-with the bitters, also, fever and ague, biliousness and constipation. Miss Cralitree, better known as "Lotta," regards the stage of today as distinctly inferior to the stage of twen ty years ago. For lung and chest diseases l'iso's Cure is the best medicine we have used. Mrs. J. Ij. Xorthrott, Windsor, Out., Canada. CATAKKH CANNOT UK CURED With LOCAL API'I.ICATIONS, as they ciinnot reach the seal of the disease. I'titiinli is a tilood or constitutional disease, and iu order to cure it you must take internal remedies, hall's Catarrh l ure is taken Internally, and acts di rectly on tliebloudaudinucoussnn'aces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. Iiwhh prescribed by one of the liest physiciatis.in this country for 'years, ami is a regular prescrip tion, it is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purilicrs, actinic directly on the mucous mriaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful effects in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHUNKY iV CO., Props., Toledo, 0. Sold bv druirgists. price 7fle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The light of the moon is only about one-six hundred thousandth that of the Gladness Comes w; .... ..n.l.iitunlinn' nf the una uciki uuuv b - . . mum. nlive- transient nature ui m '"""j r-v -leal ills, which vanish before proper ef forts gentle efforts pleasantcfforts rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many formsof sickness are not due to any actual dis ease, but simply to a constipated condi tion of the svstem, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of I 'igs, prompt ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millionsof families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial Tflects are Hue to the fact, that itis the one remedy which P!" !u'er"a' cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is t hereto all important, in order to get its bene ficial effects, to note when you pur chase, that you have the genuine art -cle, which is manufacture! by the Call fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system Is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If Afflicted with any actual disease one may be commended to the mos sk. ful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, Sne should have the best, and mth the well-informed everywhere Syrup of ITiirs stands h ghest and is most largely Kndglvesmost general satisfaction. ISDOTWABLl TO ANY PIPK SMOKER "AWAY WITH KAKESIIIFTS." Dtilers' Best Seller. SAMnr, 10r. 0Nt DOZKN, UK cmre CURE for PILES DR. BO-SAH-KO'S PI LB ? .'I'"Vi P" Ir-hin AI.il HUM. DWi"1r "..uphi) itrk. Iw yfsM CLi:leaner5 J . ,or ucu. CO. By Mall A NOVELTY IN SAILS How to Increase a I'alloon's KftV-ctive-nem Over Fifty Per Cent. This manipulation of the sail area. In sails of yachts especially, marks a very great improvement in the old system 1 of balloon and straight-doth sails'. This sail of Mr. W. s. Simpson has. at the first view, the appearance of a sail di vided into a series of equal squares, like a draught board, every other square containing a hoh in the center about one-tenth the size of the square, and the intermediate squares loose pieces of canvas tacked at the comers to the sail containing the holes. Now, the effect of the wind on the surface of this arrangement is this: the wind strikes the sail at any point of the will ing iu the ordinary manner, but es-, cap through the holes, and is met by the loowe squares of canvas tacked on the other side, which are at once dis tended by the wind. The sail is ex actly the same construction on both sides, except that the holes ill the sail are always covered with a square of canvas on the reverse side, the same side as the square containing the hole on the other. A yacht, for instance, running before the wind with this sail arrangement, will have every other square bellied out wiui the breeze, and uius the ordinary flat surface will be increased in area by fifty per cent. Such nn Invention as this certainly heralds a new era in yacht or ice boat racing, for a yacht thus rigged becomes one-half more powerful in its speed powers than before, as the improve ments in balloon sails have certainly reached a limit, which, if extended, SIMPSON SUCTION- n A I.I. 01 IN SAIL. might end iu disaster. The extra pow er of such sails that must arise from increasing the sail area by one-hall' Is certainly the most Important feature of this Invention, anil would, in the case of a racing yacht entered for a race un der the ordinary sail measurements, make it nt once n superior boat against any other in the race of the same sail 1 measurements entered under the pre ' ent sail area rules. New Ml ttnrjr Car. The autocar Is a new military convey, nnce intended for use over ordinary roads and level ground. It Is driven TUB AUTOCAR. by n KMiorse-power hot-air motor, and carries two machine guns, four men and ".hio rounds of ammunition. When cnlliKl upon these guns can grind out "nit shots a minute. or Kings. Middle ages It was not only generally belleveil that rings could be churmed by the power of the magician, but that the engraved stones on ancient rings which were found on old sites possessiil supernatural properties, the good or evil Influences of which would be Im parted to the wearer. Rings made of the bones of nn ostrich were deemed of rare value; those of hoof Inclosed In gold a remedy for epilepsy- A piece of silver collected nt the com munion and made Into a ring Is still supposed to be a cure for convulsions and flu of every kind; if collected on Kaster Sunday Its etHcacy Is greatly In creased. Carlvle and Millain. One day Thomas Curlyle went with Mlllals to look at the latter's house, and, nfter gazing with wonder at all IM spleudors, he turned to Millais and asked, In his brusque manner: "Has paint done all this, Mr. Millars?" The painter laughed, and replied: "It has.'V "Then," rejoined the dweller of the modest house at ChcUea, "all I have to say is that there are more fools In the world than I thought there were." An KlTcctl War Gllboy I understand that Judge Map rlmore Is breaking up housekeeping. . Cndman That enn't be; he's very busy these days deciding divorce eases. flllboy Well, Isn't that what I said? Roxbury Gazette. MIRACLES IN The Wonderful Progress W I W Past Few Diseases That Our Mothers Thought Incurable Now Cured by Paine's Celery Compound. It is difficult, almost impossible, to persons are not aware that tiny such overestimate the importance of recent nerves exist. They do not know that advances in medicine and surgerv. " ! n,rtlB t-'"('9 " " "".' ' !' bty . , . ,, ,. . , ' that every other r:it does not instant- In surgery there is the application of iy k0w of." Tlw eloseness of tl.it. the X-ray in determining complicated : sympathy is familiarly illustrated by fractures. headachoH, indigestion, rheumatism, In medicine there is the seriun-treat-; neuraliga, etc. About every case, of moot for germ diseases, and more im- sleeplessness, nervousness and dyspep portant still, the extended use of sia is a "synipatetie strike" by brain, Paine's celery compound in the treat-: nerves or stomach, induced lv the low- meni ot mo many discuses that arise from a faulty or impaired nervous system. This class of ailments causes more gards the general health of the body suffering and earlier deaths than all are on the wrong track. In gettinn others, ami that is why so much pub- j such diseases as neuralgia and rhetima lic prominence was at once given to tism out of the system Paine's celery Paine's celery compound when its dis- compound proceeds at once to restore a every was first announced by Prof. ' normal appetite and regulate the Phelps of Dartmouth college. nerves, as the foundation tor building The rapid and sure way that Paine's up the health and vigor, celery compound cures neuralgia, rlien- It regulates the bowels without delay, mutism and nervous debility is marvel- and sees to it that the poisonous hu uuh even in lliu eye-out tliio wouovr-. mors that arc btirrtiticj tlirnnt-h th working quarter of the century. skin, in what are, for purposes of Ancient miracles were contrary to classifying, called skin diseases, ars natural laws, whereas the remarkable given a ready outlet. On this bnsis power of Paine's celery compound to purified blood and regluatcd nerves the make people well, conies from a better permanent cure of every form of blood understanding of the natural causes of diseases, such as eczema, salt rheum, disease. bad complexion, is now assured by That wonderful set of nerves known this really wonderful remedy. If the as the "sympathetic nervous Bysteui," , reader of this is not in perfect health that knits every part of the body to- lot him simply try a first bottle of gether and harmonizes all, is under- Paine's celery compound and carefully stood today us never before. Many note the results. Thousand! of Tons of Uuat. According to the estimates of Mr. .1. A. Udden, who has studied the remark able phenomena of duflt"snnd sand storms In the arid regions of the West, every cubic mile of the lower air dur ing an ordinary "dry storm" contains at least 223 tons of dust, while In severe storms of this kind as much as 120,000 tons of dust and sand may be contained In a cubic mile ot air. Dust storms sometimes last for twenty or thirty hours. The Best SmoklngTobacco Made iflll iltL 'bp W oooooooeooocoooocociHoo3caiooooooctccooocacooc ScroMa Is a deep-seated blood disease which all the mineral mixtures iu the world cannot cure. S.S.S. (guaranteed purely vegetable ) is a real blood remedy for blood diseases and has no equal. Mrs. Y.T. Buck, of Delaney, Ark., had Scrofula for twenty-five years and most of the time was under the care of the doctors who could not relieve her. A specialist said he could cure her, but he filled her with arsenic and potash which almost ruined her constitution. She then took nearly every so-called blood !js medicine and drank w them by the wholesale, but tuey did not reacn ,ner irouuie. some p' one aavisea ner vo iry S.S.S. and she very soon found that she had a real blood i remedy at last. She says: "After tak- ing one uozen ooiiies oi n.a.a. i am perfectly well, my skin is clear ; and healthy and I would not be in i my former condition for two thousand dollars. Instead of drying upthenoison i iu my system, like the potash and arsenic, S.S.S. drove the disease out 1 through the skin, and I was perma nently rid of it." A Real Blood Remedy. ( S.S.S. never fails to cure Scroula, i Eczema. Rheumatism Contagious blood 1 I'oison. or any disorder of the blood. : Do not rely upon a simple tonic to cure ' a deep-seated mood uueae, but take ! real blood remedy. Uur books i free upon appli- cation. Swift Specific Co., i Atlanta, Ga. i I ZZJ 1J i MEDICINE. IL rl a Within the la 4 Years. cl ing of the general health. 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