Lincoln County leader., February 01, 1901, Image 3

How ir. reddens the skin, itches, oozes,
dries and scales !
Some people call it tetter, milk crust or
Milt rheum.
The 8uflering from it is sometimes in
tense; local applications are resorted to
they mitigate, but cannot cure.
It proceeds from humors inherited or ac
quired and persists until these .have been
removed..
Hood's Sarsaparilla
positively removes them, has radically and '
permanently cured the worst cases, and ,
is without an equal for all cutaneous '
eruptions. .. i
Hood's Pills are the best cathartic. 1'rlce 25 cents
Loss of Life Comparatively Small. '
"Vessels have been storm tossed for
lays on the Pacific coast, but there are
few reports of loss of life, and most of
the battered ships have managed to
make port.
Has Deposited a Forfeit
Edward P. Burcb, the promoter of
the new eleotrio railway at Everett,
Wash., has deposited $1,000 as a for
feit fn the event that he or his assigns ,
snail tan to comply with the condi
tions of the franchise.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
By local applications, as they cannot reach the '
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition ol the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in- '
flamed you have a rumbling; sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely cloned
aeamesa is the result, and unless the inflamma
tion can be taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will bedestroyed
forever; nine cases out ot ten are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed,
condition of the mucous surfaces. 1
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Care. Send for
circulars, free. i
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
Bold by Druggists, 75o
Hall's family Pills are the best.
Worth Remembering.
"It is the man at the top of the lad
der who can reaoh things," remarked
the haughty representative of a noble
family.
"True," remarked the saroastio man
in homespun, "but it is the man at the
bottom who can npset the ladder."
GARFIET.n TEA has permanently
cured countless oases of
Chronic Constipation, and many
diseases arising from an In
active Liver; it Cleanses the
System and Purifies the blood.
The Significance.
Visitor Ahl What a picture of
in-
Bocence that child is I
Mother Dear me! I hadn't no
tioedl Gertrude, what have yon been
doing? -
What's In a Name?
Mrs. Waggles Do you know why
this is called a golf hat?
Waggles Yes. my dear. It is be
oanse people who play golf don't wear
them. '
Holtt's School.
Hoitt's School (for boys), Menlo Park, Cal., i
has more students and is in better condition
than ever. Spring term begins January 7th,
1901. Send for catalogue. Ira 0. Iloitt, Ph. D., ,
Principal.
Wisdom of Solomon.
I
Teacher Who was the wisest man?
Little Boy Solomon I
Teacher Give an example of bis '
wisdom.
Little Girl He had 600 wives.
HELP WANTED.
WANTEI-Wn and woman of (rood
barao'er to fprnt eatnbllshed house
n salitry; splendid opportunity. Ad
dress F. O. tfox 687, Purtland, Oregon.
Wooden Cannon Exploded.
A woouen cannon used in the repie-
entation of a play at Greenwall'a '
opera house, in Fort Worth, Texas, ex- 1
al rj nni tTiam as fiwtm a n mm J I
killed one of the audience.
Tnls signature Is on every box of the genuine
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablet
toe remedy that care cold 1st on stay
An Immense Fortune.
Diamonds are always tramps with
Alfred Eett, the diamond king of South
Africa. He is only 46 years old, and
has amassed a fortune of f 200,000,000
in 25 years.
ST FORTH
BOl'JELS
If roe haven't a regular, healthy movement of tbe1
aowilt every day, you're tick, or will be. Keep yonr
bowela open, and be well. Force, In the shape of
Violent pbysio or pill poison, la dangerous. Tbe
fimootbest. easiest, roost perfect way ol seeping the
Jkcwala olear and clean la to take
CANDY
CATHARTIC
Pleasant, Palatable. Potnt. TaateOoorl. Do Oood,
Payer Slosen. Weaken, or Orlpe. 10c, Wo Write
for Jree sample, and booklet on health. Address
rilat trmr4j tmfrnf, Cklcaf, lialml, Tart, ma
KEEP YOUR BLOOD GLEAN
LUHtS rVMlKt AIL tUt UllS.
Beat Couiih Syrup. Taxtea Uood.
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ja TRATHMORE'S striker was a
JJSjsuperior article In every way. His
respect for constituted authority
was as un-American as his face. He was
tall and tine-looking, his English was
quite as polished as Strathniore's own;
and which was of infinitely more im
portance he never touched whisky and
cigars, nor went on a pay-day spree. So
Strathmore felt himself justified In sup
posing that he had murdered, or stolen,
or forgedor something, at one time or
another, and he shrewdly guessed that
Chester was not hla real name. But
that was no one's concern, that he
could see, and everybody knows that
enlistment In the army of the United
States, even more than baptism, Is a
new birth.
Throughout the department Strath
more was known by the striker he
kept. ..This had its disadvantages, but
the advantages outweighed. No one
could have realized this better than
Strathmore himself, and yet sometimes
he was moved In the bosom of the
mess, to complain. "It is telling on
mp" v would insist; "I uni slowly
breaking down under the strain. I
came across something In a French book
the other day about how few masters
are worthy to be valets. That's what
I ani striving to be, and the failure Is
telling upon me. They used to," he
explained complacently, "they, used to
say when my name was mentioned
from Dan to Beersheba 'Strathmore,
Strathmore of the 'steentb. Big, good
looking chap' " (Strathmore had picked
up Chester's manner'of speech), " 'one
of the Strathmores of Boston, Isn't he?'
Now it's 'Strathmore? That's the chap
Chester's striking for?' Oh! yes; 1
think I'll send , Chester back to the
troop." r
Which, of course, he never did. Apart
from the fact that he could never have
done without him, he could not have
had the heart.
Chester had been as good a soldier as
he was a striker, but he had languished
under barrack rule. Exactly for the
reason that he never said so, It was
plain that be had been used to
better things. It was so plain
that Strathmore would never have
thought of suggesting to him to
become a body-servant, had not Ches
ter himself when a desperado's bullet
had left the position vacant volun
teered. As a striker Chester had many
little luxuries that he had lacked be
forehis own room, his own bath-tub,
and the run of his master's small but
choice library. With the help of dra
peries and blankets that Strathmore let
him have, and with that of some potted
plants he managed upon his own ac
count, he transformed the room Into
quite a sybaritic retreat, and his liter
ary discrimination was a thing to won
der at. He tacked up colored supple
ments of the London Christmas papers,
and there was a photograph just one
on his mantel-piece. It was of a
woman who had soft eyes and hair and
a lovely mouth. Strathmore ventured
to ask who It was, one day, and Ches
ter told him that It was "an English
woman, sir."
Now, this was In Texas, in the early
days shortly after the war, in the State
of the Lone Star's palmiest time. There
was much drinking in the land, and
much poker, as well, no pious general
having as yet arisen to bid gambling
cease. There was also some shooting,
but of unattached women there were
ladly few, and those that there were,
were, generally, not very nice. , This
condition of affairs led to a good many
unfortunate things. Any man prefers
even a second-rate wpman to none at
ill, and any man being deprived of a
ctandard of comparison for a length of
time will come to think that an exceed
ingly poor article Is superior enough,
iter all.
That was what happened to Strath
nore. He should have known better,
jecause his youth had been spent
imong women who were lovely In ev
iry way; but the memory of man Is
ihort and he was lonesome. There
ihould be provision for this In the reg
ilatlons. WUn a man gets any of the
UIs that frontier service Is apt to in
duce, they bundle him off back East on
a sick leave; yet when which is In
finitely more prejudicial to the standing
of the service he reaches tbe stage of
loneliness where he would marry tbe
Witch of Endor herself rather than
continue to be alone, there li no one to
Indorse his application to be sent some
where where he. can find tbe proper
ort of girl.
Strathmore bad been In tbe wilder
ness a matter of five years, and he was
gradually, very gradually, lapsing from
civilization. The first Intimation of this
that Chester had was that the lieuten
ant made unnecessarily frequent' calls
at a ranch-house some ten miles from
the reservation. Chester knew that a
girl lived there a dreadful girl, who
had a plumply pretf figure and face,
but whoso speech was a thing to shud
der at, and whose name, besides being
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ana cne i;na.
Halloran, was Mamie Pearle. He also
knew that If that wer not enough to
set Strathmore's teeth ' edge, he must
be In a very bad way.
All this worried Chester a great deal.
Frequent contemplation of his one pho
tograph had furnished him with the
standard of comparison which Strath
more lacked, and he could see what the
outcome of things as they were going
was bound to be. He explained it to
the photograph, standing before the
mantel-piece with his hands jammed
deep in his trousers pockets and a
pucker on his brow, which was fair to
the line of the cap and quite crimson
from there down. "If he marries that
freckled-face Halloran girl," he said,
"he'll want to shoot himself and her
the first time he goes East" Chester
cherished a cynical kind of regret that
he hadn't done as much himself some
time before "or he'll compromise and
take to drink Instead. No," he nodded
his head decisively, "he shall Hot marry
Mamie Pearle, not" he looked at the
picture a long time "not if I have to
siaxrj hui" ui.iouu. Which heitven tore
fend!" The next afternoon he found Strath
more in the sitting-room and proffered
a most unprecedented request. "I shall
like, sir," he said! "to be given a fur
lough for a week." Strathmore consid
ered and frowned. "What'll become of
me, Chester?" he asked plaintively;
"what will I do?"
"O'Toole has promised to take my
place,- sir. He was Captain Lacy's
striker for several years, and be knows
his duties, sir."
Strathmore sighed. "Very good," he
agreed, with sufficiently poor grace, "1
expect I'll make out somehow. Put in
your application with the morning re
port." Chester went away, feeling contemp
tible and small, and Strathmore sat and
reflected dismally that It was emergen
cies of this sort that drove a man to
matrimony. He ought to have realized
that when a man marries because he
thinks the woman can be of use to him,
rather than he to her, he is making a
grave mistake. But he fancied the
vague dissatisfaction with his present
lot was the yearning of affection, and
believed more than ever that he cared
for Miss Halloran -quite a creditable
deal. Before Chester left the next day
he stood In frortt of the photograph
again. "She'll wear curl-papers and his.
rorage-cap and cape," he reflected
aloud. That was his notion of the point
beyond which vulgarity could not go.
"It's a devilish contemptible business,
I know it Is. But then my future's all
behind me; and his Is all ahead. He's
only a boy. He has all sorts of pull"
what a striker does not know about his
master is not worth considering at all
"he will be able to get anything he asks
for in Washington. ; Not," he mused,
"that the American army offers much
for a young man Just now. But he can
get all It can give. If he behaves him
self and marries tbe right kind or bet
ter yet, doesn't marry at all he may
rise to the soaring height of an attache
ship. All things are possible with
pull."
He stopped and bent down to knock
the ashes from his brler-plpe Into the
fire-place. Then he took the photograph
in his hand and started to put It In the
grip that lay on his bunk. But he
changed bis mind and tucked It Into the
tray of bis trunk Instead. And be gave
It a last look as be cloned down the
lid. "In which case," he finished,- as
he turned the key, "he would be very
likely to meet you."
A hunting leave Is only a week long.
But a great deal can happen In a week
to a soldier who has cut loose and Is ac
countable to no one, or to a lieutenant
madly determined to become Just the
other way. What happened to Strath
more was, In sum, this:
The day after O'Toole took charge be
rode over to the Halloran ranch, and
when he came back be was engaged to
marry Mamie Pearle. Wben It was
done and he sat down to think, he
found that be was not radiantly happy
as he had expected to be. But tbe way
tbe sitting-room bad been dusted that
morning had disgusted blm, once and
for all, with single life. The next day
he was officer of the day and couldu't
leave the post The day after that he
had a cold which he bad caught making
Tula rounds, and It confined him to the
house.
As for Chester, tbe way he put Tn his
time never did become quite clear. But
for a period of six days there was a
strange Englishman In a town some fif
teen miles the other side of the Hallor
an ranch; some twenty-five miles that
Is, or more, from the post. It was a
mud town, and Its hotel was as bad as
Its reputation, but tlio Englishman
rtayed there. He wore a conspicuous
suit of clothes, and spent money est en
tatlously. Ho let It be understood Unit
his name was Lovatt, and that he was
a lord; also, that he was traveling
through tbe West, and might, If he fan
cled the country, buy a 'ranch. It was 1
probably with that end In view that
he rode almost at once to the Halloran
plaee and explained to the haciendado
that he would like to be shown how a
ranch was run. He met Miss Halloran,
and her father told him that she was
engaged to a lieutenant at the neigh
boring post, but that a severe eo'.d was
confining the officer to his house. He
expressed a wish that Lovatt might
meet the lieutenant some day, and
Lovatt hoped that he would. It was
possibly In this hope that he called at
the ranch for six successive days, but
always had he known It at an hour
when it was quite unlikely that any one
would be coming over from the post.
After that they saw him no more.
On the evening of the seventh day
Chester was In charge of Strathmore's
quarters again. Strathmore was recov
ering from, the cold, and he told Ches
ter that" he had missed him profanely
much. Everything had gone wrong. He
asked what the striker had been doing
with his time.
Chester threw an armful of wood up
on the fire, and stood up, brushing the
chips from his sleeve. "Well, sir," he
answered, "I have been getting en
gaged." Strathmore's jaw fell. That meant
that he would have to hunt up a new
striker, of course. Then he remem
bered Mamie Tearle. "That's rather a
coincidence, Chester; so have I."
Chester's poiicrraliilntlnn wn rmnrt.
ful, but not so cordlnl as It m'ght have
been. "1 shall ask your permission and
the captain's to marry, sir," he said.
Strathmore accorded his own. "But
I shall be sorry to lose you, Chester,
very sorry. What Is the girl's name?"
Chester grew red all over his nice,
boyish face. He was finding out that
saving another Is not all heroism, nec
essarily. He produced a piece of paper
from his pocket a piece of flimsy,
ruled, pink paper stamped with a white
dove. Strathmore gave a little start.
But Chester was doing this because he
thought it best to deal the final blow
at once, not to minee matters in the
least, and he did not hesitate. He
smoothed put the sheet. "That's the
name, sir," he said.
Strathmore read It. It was Mamie
Pearle.
"The last name," Chester explained,
"Is Halloran. She's the daughter of
Halloran of the ranch."
"Oh!" said Strathmore, dryly. His
eye had caught a misspelled assurance
of enduring love. "Oh!" he repeated;
"and may I ask if she knows who you
are?"
Chester grew more red still. "Well"
-he reflected that an entirely honest
Intent could never be prefixed by that
Yankee word "well, sir, I began by
letting her think that my name was
Lovatt part of it really Is, sir and
that I was titled and rich which I am
not but" he plucked up courage as
he went on "if she loves me, of course
it will be all right."
Strathmore handed him back the
npte. "Anil If she doesn't."
"It-It will still be a 1 right."
Strathmore did not try to understand.
Ills opinion of Chester had fallen very
low. As for his opinion of Mamie
Pearle lie realized, suddenly, that It had
not dropped half so far.
It was almost relreat, on the follow
ing day, when he took to Chester's
room a bundle of London papers that
had Just come by the stage. He east a
quick look around. "1 see you've got
the photograph of the girl out again,"
he commeuted.
Chester nodded, but added, with the
faintest, shadow on his face: "She's a
married woman, sir."
"Yes?" said Strathmore, and turned
to leave the room.
"Oh, lieutenant!" Chester called.
Strathmore stopped. "I thought you
might like to know, sir, that I'm not
engaged any more."
For a full half-minute Strathmore
looked Into the Englishman's Impene
trable blue eyes; then there came a
twinkle In his own. "It seems to bo
another coincidence, Chester," he said,
quietly, "for neither am I." Argonaut.
Accommodating.
Peddler Will you buy a mouse trap,
ma'am?
Lady No; I haven't any mice In the
house.
Teddler I can get some for you,
ma'am, for a small consideration. It's
rare sport catchln' 'cm.
Lady Then they might necessitate
my having a cat
Peddler Well, I could provide you
with one for a trifle, mn'am. "
Lady But It might prove a nuisance.
Peddler I could sell you a dog to kill
It ma'am.
Lady The remedy might prove worse
than the disease.
Peddler Well, I'd poison the dog
cheap for you, ma'am. Plek-Me-Up.
Celt-ry lor IthcuiiiatiHin.
A diet of nothing but celery Is said by
some physicians to be a sure cure for
both rheumatism and neuralgia. Free
use of this vegetable Is always recom
mended to rheumatic patients.
When doctors say that nu oiM-ratlon
Is successful, they mean that they
found what they looked for and cut It
out; they don't menn that the patient
has recovered, or will recover.
ffllVli IliC mucous patches in
the mouth, erup-
flSfP F0!9S hroatcor
colored splotches,
Alft swollen glands, aching muscles
Vlll anc. bones, the disease is making
rapid headway, and far worse
symptoms will follow unless the blood is
promptly and effectually cleansed of thia
violent destructive poison.
S. S. S. is the only safe and infallible
cure for this disease, the only antidote
for this specific poison. It cures the
worst cases thoroughly and permanently.
Kg Condition Com tlSA38i&
Have Been No worse. ft'eToU?
their treatment
did me no good ; I was Retting worse all the
time ; my hair came out, ulcers appeared in my
throat and mouth, my body was almost covered
with copper colored splotches and offensive
ores. I Buffered severely from rheumatic pains
In my shoulders and arms. My condition could "
have been no worae ; only those afflict til as I waa
can understand my sufferings. I had about
lost all hope of ever being well again when
a occulta to try . a.
but must confess I bad
little faith left In any
medicine. After taking
the third bottle I noticed
a change in my condi
tion. This was truly en
couraging, and I deter
mined to give S. S, S. a
thorough trial. Prom
that time on thelmprove
ment waa rapid ; 8. 8. 8.
seemed to have the dis
ease completely under
control ; the sores and
ulcers healed and I was
soon free from all aigns
of the disorder : I have
been strong and healthy ever since.
I. W. Smith, Lock Box 6i i, Noblesvilte, Ind.
5?known. $i,ooo is
lOllO) kj J offered for proof that
Vm Kmwf - it contains a particle of
mercury, potash or other mineral poison.
Send for our free book on Blood Poison ;
it contains valuable information about
this disease, with full directions for self
treatment We charge nothing for medi
cal advice ; cure yourself at home.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, OA.
Poor Farm That Makes Money.
The poor farm in Marion county,
Kansas, has only 10 inmates. Last
;ear it cleared $200 over expenees.
To Race in Montana Next Season.
There will be races in Butte and An
aconda next season. E. D. Laurenoe,
of New Orleans, has obtained a lease
on the Butte and Anaoonda tracks, and
a jookey club has been formed, known
as the Montana Jockey Clnb.
A Fish That Weighed a Ton.
At Arenella, near Palermo, they have
Just caught a very rare fish indeed.
The have agreed to call it the "tub
fish." It was three yards long, two
yards deep, weighed a ton and had
a skin tougher than a eostermonger's
donkey, since hammers couldn't break
it. Perserveranza says that few people
see the "tub fish" in a life time.
Tbe Best Prescription for Mulkrlat
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Groves.
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply
iron and quinine in a tasteless form,
No Cure, No Pay. Price COo.
Woman's Rights.
Stox Do you believe in women hav
ing tbe same rights as men?
Stuggs Yes, I do. There was one
stood in front of whore I Hat in a car
today and tramped ull over my feot,
and if she'd been a man I would have
bit ber one, sure.
Tropical Birds In. California.
The spectacle of the ibis thoroughly
domesticated on a pool within the eity
limits of Los Angeles, Cat., is suggest
ive of tbe mild winters of that region,
is the ibis is a tropical bird. These
birds were introduced several years ago
and live there perfectly contented.
Oregon's Scalp Bounty Law. .
Under Oregon's scalp bounty law
passed by the legislature in 1809, al
most 60,000 scalps of wild animals
nave been presented to the county
courts of this state, and . sculp bouuty
warrants to the amonnt of $100,000
have been issued.
ir YOU IIAVK NEVER USED
04KVIELD TEA, the Original Herb
Medicine, send to the Garfield
Tea Co , Brooklyn, N. Y., for
FltKK SAHPLIi
Present to Montana School of Mines.
O. W. Goodale, of Great Falls, Mon
tana, has presented to the museum of
the Montana State School of Mines his
large collection of ores and iriinrul,
which includes about 1,000 specimens,
many of which are exceedingly rare.
Fisheries of England and Walts.
In England and Wales there are
7,871 fishing beats and 40,000 fisher
men engaged in the sea fishery. Lhh
year they caught 6.860,000 hundred
weight of fish, including 2,960,000
hundredweight of herring.
His Record.
Myer Who is the man across the
way with the gold medal on his coat?
Gyer Oh, that's Downing. lie
holds the automobile record.
. Myer Automobile reoord?
Gyer -Yen; ran over 18 people in
one afternoon.'
Madme
Bowne
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youth. rlHiupla lovla, In plntn wrapirr,
104T-104S ftltttunle Tempi, Chloago.