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About Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1901)
slTHF CONVERSION OF ffil SWFFT-fiR ASS Hi pit -5?5? ' n ITKK III Thug US till1 beginning Sweet JrhssStinil been graduated from lib logjjfllfe I'Iii' braves llmt had luTU Hmjjwerc as nothing to what Sweet Ulnck Wolf who hud been Ills model .vngjwKiii outclassed by tin1 pupil flrnljmii till pluck ami muscles of steel undtjtlie little mat) the greatest nmolii: IlICTwns an lileal pagan No kIIiii 1 ityf ifhlilt.'1't that lllliliilnateil the wrong lulngjjhh' of horse stealing ami killing iffijpithw'iiii the narrow pathway ol ds;imgnn nilliil IfiTjiere were any commandments In .cTlbed In the Cree pantheon, the; vertjjnltneil at the o.tlm lion of the eti itileKof the tribe, the Itlackfoct. SiiMPweot Urass serveil the litem plritMwith an eager vigor that left ianyX8cnlpM hanging In his lodge. Uejstblo horses until the medicine alifclassod lilm as the greatest pagau (.'tlJetlJall Wjjjlht' reilueeil the census of his o'lglihors his own tribe waxed popu iu"s anil rich through his wisdom. Tla-(ii".iiiie the ilay when he was eho ujfhlef. unci etou us he hail been the iTilttyli nnniur. mi he beeaniu the iitent: chief the tribe hail ever IIOWUJ tVuilfilie husks hail all passed away omnlie nokum, for Swcottlrass lion- eiHIier In his prosperity even as she idftolleil ami slaved for lilm when (yM fought with the dogs for the raps, CIIAI'TKU IV. .lllEICO'kVI ll-ION OK SWnF.T-OIIABS. Father l.acomho was us great a war- orJtaxiyuei i lirass. lie. too. was n nrlesg unto Ills bow was the lirlstlaii loligiou ami his arrows Cod's vefeiitheied by Ms own simple, lion tJwnK. Th roue 1 1 the frees' tepees lie wan ml Jul will, and with the iilackfoot Isiepl bai-l. to bael; mi the sky l.lsseil nTriejl AKj'iiirule an Indian does not receive IJglnn) wh open arms, lie Is not ol.lngjfor it: he has other things to filijlof. .mU(thoiitli they received the father fill Is, ow n al;e. Ids Master's com andsjlhi i cared not inueli about. r'athci l.aeoinbe was working his ivsoiiiliuard through the lllaekfoot uiitryiuic morning In May. Ilffirinio upon a small parly of Illack imBWIiIi them they had n captive n rgpnaldcn IJrmThally Christianity was part of elfaTher s creed, and he determined oWlnilM etime mid utiind la the light MB "' "'C (i"i;,if. resejie the lrl If he had to pawn Ids Jjver arts to the Indians, t'auip here." he said to them, for a rgnlfow.th Indians H like a Chluese BE will nd only when there Is gliajiuore to be said on either side, iupuyy eiiciimpeil where they were, loDRjilii' pilna ilowers. ami smoked Ipliw of peace ami bargained for mil 1 ijSl1?'1'"'1 "M'n", to have her fri'e at yj$2' ' "t " uImi lesltluiate to herjcheuply In the end he Biive order on the Hudson's Ilay com ityltor a sum sutllelent to bankrupt Igiiiall means. uftook the Kill with lilm ou his itheru trip, for there was uo way of iillns.lier to her people till he should uralln the autumn. tlbad been the usual order of Mack 'tjwjtenirlse, the war party had ooped down upon the few Crees she JltH-eu with at the time ami killed mjall but liorself Her parents had Ujeep' of the party alOctober Father Laeombe went 'th again, back Minons the Crees. ntejevenlnp. after he had camped, awa large outtlt of Imllans trull I'jawnl him He hid the girl under artJUie sides of which were draped SUrte canvas, tjwii Sweet Grass party. They en aped beside tho father for the uljiht. 'e tather Iicouibe the Indians were oluwreu; to him their lives were an aJWSbk, and the misery that was In W,'coupIe's hearts was soon pour Willis sympathetic ear. o M.Indiau there Is no loss so great tWoss of a child; eveu horses are ijm be lamented. HtWany Herbs bad lost a daugh lTbe lilackfeet bad attacked the tyie was with In the spring, and kMl been murdered, even the wfifcr. rather Lacombe had open ?f sold mlue, and he knew It. The Miad several gifts besides his tleuiToslty and his wide human w had that fine dramatic Instinct HMfcnakcs the most of an opportu rSBvlile&tlr God had delivered the 4tf Into his hands that good might i xue evil wuicn nau uetn uoue. was the priest's way profit for tcr Another would have cal bow many furs the girl would v for the father spoke of hope, Many scoffed. AUve, there might be es. Hut was not Two Winds BMP m i BY wTX"frXsER. coprn;o;r, m. nr ir. a. fuaseii. m-adY Could the priest take a (stripped waud of the red willow and change it Into the form of Two Wind and alive' Was not Swect-Giiiss also like n stricken buflaloV Two Winds was to have gone to the chief's lodge even at that time ill the time of the great limits "Surely." thought the prlc-t. "the father has given these people Into my hands" If Sweel-Giiiss also loved the maid, much good must t-omt of the rescue. Then he spoke aloud to the Crees and prayed silently In his heart the while Klnipiently he told. In the short, tcrsi1 sentences of the Indian, the liitllilte power and meley of the Lord; that they would only listen It would he tue arrow wounds In their hearts. "Will your tit ill. who Is so powerful give me back Two Winds'" cried Many I lei lis. "Or brluu her back to my lodge'" asked the little Sweet-Grass "Have patience, my brothers," Mid the priest. "You have forgotten out tiling you have forgotten the power of tliW." And he held aloft the black cioss which was tucked In his girdle. The light from the aspen caniplire tllckered . against the brass Image of the Saviour drooping fioin the cruel, holding nails. Suiely the light of Ills mission was In the gray eyes of the black eassocked man as he drew himself up to his full ln'1-..-lil and held the llgure toward the Ir.illaus with a commanding suppllca tloll. It was Sweet-Grass who said. "Call on your medicine to give us Two WiniR If It can do that. I will believe- 1 and m.v tribe. The little father shall have live horses If he can do this thing. Iwne spoken." I he chief and the priest were old friends, almost old antagonists, on the question I 'ere I.acombe knew that Sucet-Giass' words were like the How of the Saskatchewan a thing to be tit? peiiilcil upon. "And 1 have heard," he said as the Cice chief ceased speaking and phuvd the long stem of his pipe between his llw: "I have heard, and my Master lias heard, and the power of the cross Is for good!' Anions the whites I'cie Lacombe was the one man Swict-Grass trusted ami as the priest spoke he started for v " d eagerly In a half furnished way, i gaunt wolf eyes a life that Is Just out of his reach. "Two Winds:" he whispered huskily expcclanily "cs, answered the priest In his deep voice us lie drew nslde the canvas of the can. It was as though God had looked down and smiled upon the camp as Two Winds came and stood In the light of the campllre. The same light that had lllcl.ed at the brass Saviour streak ed with bronze the black mass of her hair and showed the great love light In the sparkling eyes.- I Vic l.at'iuiibe stood a tittle to one side, with bowed head, his hands cross cil lovingly ocr the brass Saviour us he held ll against Ills breast. The power of i in cross had come to pass, Thus was the conversion of Sweet Grass. Tlir Antllhrlli-nl Clilnmnnn, To nttempt to get a Chinaman to as sign a reason for anything Is futile. One day while riding a donkey through the country west of I'eklng I noticed that the women of the country villages, mostly farmers' wives and daughters, did not bind their feet. I said to the donkey driver who was running along beside me, "The country women do not bind their feet, do they?" "No." "Why?" "They do uot blud their feet" "Why Is It I lint the Chinese women bind their feet'i" "They bind I heir feet." "Hut whj do they do It'" "That Is their custom." "Hut why Is It their custom?" "Thcro Is no why no reason what ever." Ask n child, "Why did your bruthei not come to school today?" "My brother did uot come to school today." Or Inquire of a man, "Why Is it f nt the Chinese build a pagoda 13 toru-s high?" and he will most probulil.v answer, "That Is the way to build a pagoda." Isaac Taylor Headland of University of Peking In Wusulugtoi Star. i:iri-i-t of llrr l'riii-r, A Philadelphia woman relates the following Instance of an answer to prayer: "One day I was walking on tlie street when I saw a runaway horse galloping toward me. The driver had lost all i-ouliol over the animal, ami as the wagon was swaying from side to side the driver seemed In great danger of being thrown out and severely In J in ed. If uot killed. I stepped Into the street and prayed for the horse with all my might It gave one look at me. stopped an I lilliu its head abashed. "Hut that isn't all The driver, see lug the horse was submissive, was about to seize the whip, with the in tentiou of lashlug the beast, when I directed m.v prayers toward him 111 at once gate up his cruel design. Jump ed from his seat and hegnu nlt.lg the horse's head. Tlion I went on my waj reJolclug."-Xew York Tribune. "Thi'ie Luvliiu nirla." "Oh, yes." said the brunette. "It was very sweet of Marie to glv? nie that blue gauze scarf. She knows I look a fright In blue, but Hie scarf Is lovely and Just the thing she wants to wear over her yellow hair I'm not going to leave It arouud where she cau bor row It, though I'll keep It safely un til bcr birthday next month, when I will have It dyed scarlet for her." New York Mall aud Express. JOKED AV1TH A BEAK. 2EB WHITE HAD A HEAP OF WITH THE VARMINT. FUN Tlir I'oamim lluntcr'i Stnr of ttie Tricks He l'lnjrd on Poor Ilruln nn flip Way the I'nforiclt Inn Ileust Heat 1 1 1 Dm u( the Hi dr. Copjriglit, If C. U. Lewli "One September day," said tho old possum hunter of Tcnucssee ns I nsked him for a story, "1 wns slttln on these yere steps smokln my plpo f.-hen n b'ar suddenly appeared out thar by the co' nor of the pigpen. I dldu't git llustrat nl. I seen the b'ar was poro In flesh, md I knowed his fur wasn't prime. It iln't no use to kill n b'ar Jest fur tho sake of klllln. Dcsldcs, thar wns somes ' thin sort of cute lookln In his face. As wo looked nt each other ho cocked his cars nnd seemed to say: '"Hello, Zob White! I've called around to sec yo I won't bo wuth klllln fur two mouths ylt, nnd mean while, If yo' don't mind, we'll hev some fun.' "I took It thnt he said that, and tho old vromnu took It that way, too, nnd so I didn't skcer him off. Ho saunter ed around fur n spell and then disap peared, but I Unowcd what he was up to. I had two hives of bees, nnd he "WE LOOKKD AT tACH OTHER." bad marked 'eui djwij and would be back some night arter honey. It wasn't an hour befo I moved them hives out of Ids reach aud replaced 'cm with two hives filled with strnw. I shot the old dog up In the house that night, nnd long 'bout midnight he begun to whine nnd growl. I Jest got to the winder when tho b'ar bhowed up. He was arter that honey, nnd he hadn't no time to waste. One hive wasn't 'nult fur hlui, and he knocked both over as soon as ho got within reach nnd then mnde ready fur a feast. When he found them hives hnrd packed with straw, ho knowed it wns n Joke, and he sot up and looked so sheepish and mean over it that I laughed fur half an hour. That b'nr went nwny feelln hurt In his feelln's, but I wns suah he'd come back ng'In some other night nnd try to pay mo off. "I had Jest penned up a likely pig, and that b'ar was bound to hev pig meat If ho couldn't hev honey. He wns suah to bo back tho next night. aud so I spent two hours grcnsln the roof of tho pen with soft soap. When I wns through, It was so slippery that i-ven claws wouldn't tnko hold. On the second night, 'bout 11 o'clock, the bar showed up ng'In. He had bin thlnklu of fresh pork all the afternoon and had got hungry over It, and urter one lock arouud ho climbed upon tho roof of the pen. It hud a steep pitch to It. and It dropped off Into n gully, and that b'ar had skassly got up before ho was Mldln down like n log of wood He shot off the roof Into the gully like n big ball, nnd mo and the old woman laughed till tho tears came. Three times tho b'nr tried It, and three times he wns dumped. I yelled nt lilm and called hi in names, and his feelln's was hurt ng'In. He was so 'shamed 'bout things that ho wouldn't even light the dog. I knowed the varmint wouldn't gin up that way, but would keep com In back till ho got sunthln. It struck me that he'd go fur tho chickens next, and so I had a trap all ready fur him. He was too cuto to step Into It, and nrter roamln around fur awhllo ho went off, i laugueu at mm ami caned mm n mighty poro b'nr, nnd ho appeared so lonesome over It that I almost pitied him. Ho didn't come back the next night or the next, but on the third night ho showed up ng'In, and 1 had another Joke rendy fur lilm. I bad headed the old dawg up In a stout bar'l aud then wrapped the bar'l around with barbed wire. I used up '.'GO feet of wire urouud that bar'l, and tho barbs stuck out like quills of a porcu pine. As soon as the b'nr appenred the old dawg begun to bark and raise a fuss. I don't reckon that varmint had ever heard of a dawg In a bar'l befo', and I'm suah he hadn't never met with no barbed wire. lie Jest walked around to make sartlu of things nnd then Jumped In. Lemme tell yo' that thnr was mo' fun In the next ten mlnlts than most b'nrs and dawgs and folks hev In n hull y'ar. Ilruln started In to bust that bar'l by liugglu, but lie soon gin It up. Then he rolled It 'bout, but every time bo struck It he got a prick. .Sometimes he'd chase It, and sometimes he'd run nwny from It, nnd ho did hate to gin up beat It wasn't no use In lilm light In that bar'l, though, and ho finally lot It go and sorter cried over It He went off with his head down and a homesick shamble, and tho old woman turns to mo and asks; " 'Zcb, wbut'Il that b'arskln be wuth when snow flies' ""Hout 110,' says I. "Then yo' air $10 out of pocket That b'ar ain't gwlne to furglvo yo" fur hurtln his feelln's as yo' hev.' " 'Hut what kin ho do? " 'Dunno, but yo" Jest remember what I say. "Tho old woman was right," contin ued Zeb. "That b'ar never showed up no rao nrousl my plate. 'Ixing 'bout tho fust of November I started out with my nun and dawg to gather him In. aud I was reckouln on tho value of bis hide to git boots and shoos fur tho wluter. I routed him out after a long Iratnp, and what d'ye think ho did? I imlln that he must die, ho beaded fur bam Harper's place, three miles away, and he actually went right up to the doah mid It 11 down nnd seemed to beg Sam to come out and shoot lilm, He was dead and belli skinned when I got thar, nnd all I got wns n piece of the fresh meat. I bad had n heap of full, but that b'nr had beat me out of my winter boots to pay fur IU" M. Quad. THE OLDEST ORNAMENTS. Itrniln, I"lrt t'nl b- Snvniirt, Arc Still III Vokuc. Heads are certainly the most nuclcnt of nil forms of the bedecking of the body unless we except the Held and forest blossoms. Nobody knows who first Invented beads, rerbaps It was some primitive savage who found nuts or oak balls In the forest, drilled by the wood worm, nnd threaded them together ou n stalk or grass. Anything and everything with n bole In It served nt the begin ning for beads cowrie shells, tlsh teeth, claws of beasts, striped and spotted seeds and the like. Hut the great age of beads began with the In vention of glass, and the Kgyptlnus. Carthaginians and riiceulclans gener ally were skilled craftsmen nt bead making. Their methods w-ro much the same as may be seen today In Venice or any other chief seat of the art. It would astonish ninny new wearers of beads to learn bow Immense Is their production nnd how wide their dis tribution. Venice alone has long been nceustomcd to send forth every ten years :ii!0,000 iiuintals of beads, worth tio.OOO Hie, nnd In many other spots n steady manufacture Is always pro ceeding to supply tho Insatiable de mands of Zanzibar. The dusky belle must have her ornaments substantial, since they will pass through many a rude proof In cave nnd kraal. And your well made Venetian bead will practically last forever, unchanged In beauty. There must be plenty of bends worn nt this day in Africa which were left there by the traders of King Solo mon, who trallleked to Ophlr, or those more daring mariners of Tyre nnd SI- don who sailed for tfi'de to the land of I'litit and peihaps even to the Zam bczl river. London Mall. A Itnt Slmnnl 1 1 1 nt n .Mini-, The action of a rat led N. It. Ingolds by to the discovery of a rich gold mine In Arizona, lie named the property the ltat Hole mine. Mr. lugolikby had been spending sev eral months near Mammoth, on the San Pedro river. In Arizona. His pur pose was to enjoy the landing ami make a collection of the animals and minerals of the southwest. He pitched his tent ill the canyon of the San Pedro, in the Santa Caiaiiua mountains. He had no neighbors and was fur n long time unable to account for the disappearance of small articles that he left lying about his camp. At last he noticed that when anything was tnken something was left In Its place 1 Ills was usually a bit of stone or wood. The culprit be found to be u large rodent of the species known ns the trading rat. The habits of the animal made an Interesting study for Mr, Ingoldsby, and he often lay awake at night to watch for, his visitor A silver spoon was missing one mom lug and In Its place was a piece of ipiartz carrying free gold. This still more excited Mr. Ingoldsliy's curiosity. and, after several attempts, lie succeed ed In following the animal to its home Near by was the ledge from which the gold bearing iin.utz had been taken Mr. lug-iMsby made an examination thorough enough to prove that his Jlscovery was of considerable value.- M ox Ira n Herald. I .11- llltll-Ml toiH-r .ilium. The i oppi j inliii'M of Siiml. ou the uoriliwesi ol Arabia, weio woikod lhoiiiiiid of yours heroic the Chris ( in ii era It Is slated In "fouiptcs hcmli,. i liai those copper mini's are tho must ancient of which history iiiakos iiioiiiIoii Ai-coiillng to authiil lie iloouintiilM they wolo woikod from about Mniii years It. C. until about IIIDU oi I'JiHi It. (,'. Theli poHHoNioii had looii the object of several wars, but iho.v inn! been abandoned for II.OOU .muis ou aooouiil of the poverty of the ores ll v. iro. ii thoHi' luiiios that was ob- iali.nl i ho M-opter uf Pepl I. a king of tlio mv.Ii d.imnly This scepter, made of pmo copper, in pronervcil in the Hilt- Isli miiHomn The adits still exist, iih .toll ns. the ill I iih of tile furnaces, the erui'llilos. the huts of tin- miners and some ft - ;uii ills of their looh in si.o.o of the upt'ciimiift obtained lliere oi l nr three iirei -lunpiolse. cop poi h) lioftlllt-ait1 and wiiidHioiieN, lui piogiiuiiil with copiM-r Among the lebiis have been found slagi and cm lors. Inn tlion- Is no Ideiioe of the use of HUM"- Nome or lite riilgiuollls of tool, iiiniaiii Hriu-ulo. which was used b.v the Greek and Cgyptlau al chemist!- for Imrilciilnif copper I it 1 1 Ii f I Sln-pln-ril ". cold spoil In Montana killed a sheep herder In the Grent Falls dis trict. Two feet of snow covered the range In places, and the thermometer Indicated -III degreoH below zero. The herder wus frozen to death on the prairies while caring for thii sheep, nnd it whs throe days before his fate wus known to bis employcis. Two shepherd dogs wore with lilm when he died, nnd one of these staid with his body while (lit- other attended to the sheep, Just as though the herder iiud been with lilm Tho dog drove tlioni out on the range in the morning and back again at night, guarding them from wolves and preventing thein from straying off Neither dojj had any thing to enl during the three days' vigil, ho far a could be ascertained, but the a.rfxi sheep thrived as well ap parently ns though directed by human agency. The slngulur fact about the matter Is that tln-M faithful creatures would have stuned lo death rather than harm one of tho sheep left In their charge.-Portland Oregonlan. A Chicago iiiteutur bua srfected and (talented n device for registering the number of calls on the telephone, which has lioiol, fit.v beet) tried In nfn It has long boon the ulin of telephone comiwnle in adjust mien according to the uutuUel of culls but the labor uf keeping account nt the same rendered It iuipiai to aid. until the Chicago artl- UHM uin.t. I i.it It.., ...up llff-ilf-il tiiv.tiiil.in which is reported to I exceedingly simple. THE SCHOOL IN A CAVE A most novel building Is that on the banks of the Smoky Hill river a few miles east of Kanopolls, Ellsworth ' county, Kan. It Is known ns the home 1 of the cliff dwellers and richly deserves the name. It Is n huge cliff 00 feet high, rlslns sheer from the bottom lands along the river nnd a few hun drcd feet from tho banks of tho stream, It was tho headquarters of nn old band of Indians, and the records of the tribe are cut deep In tho faco of the wall, still clear and sharp nfter long cen turies of western wind and storm. At the base of the cliff arc limestone caves washed out by the waters of oth er days and enlarged by the people of this generation. Doors have'been fixed In the openings that lend to the outer air, and of course all the light comes from that direction. The enves arc used by the people for various purposes, but the most Inter esting is that of holding the district school. For this purpose has been se lected n room 111 by 11 feet square and with high ceilings. In one corner has been titled up the teacher's desk, nnd the maps and charts nre fastened to the wall. The rough rocks nrch over the whole, and the pupils arc surround ed by waits that are cool nnd solid, while their seats and desks are placed on the earthen llixjr. The light comes from the door, though there Is nt times a necessity of a lamp when the skies are lowering. Day nfter day they study and recite In the little school, se cure from the dangers of storm or lined, for the cyclone and lightning nre not to be feared In this secure retreat. Chicago Times-Herald. A S ll 1 1-1 il c- Striiinrr, There nre "suicide ponds," "suicide rooms," and there nre "suicide cm ft" too. One of the ferryboats plying between New York and Jersey City Is called the "suicide boat," or was a few years ago. Among seafaring men the belief Is common that If during the building or the llmt trip of n vessel some bloody deed be committed aboard It It will be the scene of n whole scries of terrible occurrences. This certainly holds good of the steamer Leopold II, plying between Os teiul, Belgium, and Dover, lOnglnnd. The Leopold II Is one of about a dozen vessels In the same service, but those Intending to end their lives between Ostein! and Dover Invariably select that particular steamer whereon to commit the deed. The fourteenth suicide ou the Leo pold II occurred n few weeks ago. Shortly before arriving at Ostend the sailors heard n faint detonation, but paid no attention to It, believing It to have been the report of a cannon tired at Ostend to warn the vessels of the heavy fog along shore. Hut when the passengers had left the steamer a new hat, a new coat and a discharged revolver were found on deck. Some unknown uufortuuate had shot himself and caused himself to full overboard. "No. 11." said the sailors. Ohji-ot l,t-aMfiti In l-lnniicr. Some months ago a United States commissioner, taking n house In I'orto Itlco, hired a man to wasli the windows and another to scrub the Moors. The bills submitted were for $11! nnd $7 re spectlvely. "What docs this mean'" wns the astonished query. "Twelve dollars, man, for onu day's work? You must lie crazy!" "Oh," cniiio the courteous reply, "of course I only expect n dollar und a half for myself, but that Is the way we al ways made out bills for Spanish olll ccrs." "Take back your bills," was the em phatlc reply, "and make them out hon estly." While such an Incident warms the pride of the United States the honest reader cannot Iguoro the current out crop or great cuiliczzlcmcntH In our own banking houses nor certain less Important Incidents of the past weeks. Three clerks were recently dismissed from ii prominent savings bank. They were neat, accurate, prompt ami In no case hud tampered with accounts. The directors discovered, however, that one had speculated to the extent of $U) In Wall street nnd the other two had madu small bets at a society race course. "They were men of good char acter," said ono of the bank oillcers, "but they were seen where uoue of our employees ought to bc'-Chk-ago Trlb uue. Ilia llnlf Dullur t.'nmv llni-L. Twenty-live years ago. while working In the blacksmith shop of .1. W. Shot ter nt Stougliton, Wis.. Harvey Haw man, ex-chief of police of Sioux City. stamped the letters "J. W. S.." his em player's Initials, ou n half dollar. ThU week that same coin, without any doubt, wns handed to him over the counter of Ids fish market In Sioux City. In that period of time It had Jin Clod In the pockets of perhaps thou sands of persons and traveled uillen and miles across the country aud biri ouly to laud Dually In the hands of tin man who had marked it with letters ol an uuinlstakablo character. Never war a man more completely surprised than was Mr. Ilawniaii. In spite of the fact that lie had uot thought of It In the quarter of a century since lie last saw It ho recognized It at once. Ho proposes to keep It now. Iowa State Heglster. I.iiub Out, Within six weeks past tho market value of the stocks of 17 of the leading railroads of the country, Including the Atchison. Topekn and Santn Fe, Imvo Increased In value more than 3207,000,- ooo. prices will finally soar so high thnt n decline will be Inevitable. Then will come a panic. The people them selves are responsible when there Is a panic. It Is always tlie same old boom tory. Atchison Glibe. "Tlie ways of the femnle shopper are beyond the ordinary salesman's ken," said a disgusted optician who Is In buslnctis In tlie shopping section of the city. "A woman came In here the other day and asked the prices of ull kinds and stylet of sH-clncles mid eye glasses known to those In the trade. Finally, after a half hour' quizzing, sho rustled out with the remark: "Thank you. I expect to get a pair of glasses for a blrthduy present, and I Just wanted to know about the prices of the" ' " -Philadelphia Itccord. The New GojiL Lymph Actimlly Curing It. Is Sufficient Ucooeds Arc Now tit lliinil to Sny Hint It Ik Itctilly Specific l:ccpt In V.x ttrcmc CtiscH. The new pint lymph already explain ed In those columns Is really i euro for consumption except In very advanced cases. The testimony is profoundly Im pressing. The following nre samples of pliyslelaiis' dally experiences ull ovt r the country. Iteportisl by Dr. Stableln 'JOit Kearney St. San Francisco. Cnsuof Mrs. George .Molitcll 1S years of ago, residence L'TUl Hilena Vista ave., Alameila, Cal. llo ported by tlim specialists to bo sutler lug fromcoiistiiiiptlou. All three found tuK't'culnr bacilli swarming in the sputum. Night sweats, quick rise and fall of temperature, beetle; lliwli, lining weight and strength rnpldly. In .Mine pliyslelaiis advised tlio ciwo us hopeless nnd change of climate as only chance. Commenced with the lymph. Sixth day fever and night sweatH (llsappeai'sl and expectoration decreased. Sixtieth day had gained 17 lbs iiniliill symptoms and bacilli had disappeared. Dismissed cured. Reported by Dr. .1. W. Ilagadoru, Limelug Mleh. M rs. S. age III. Diag nosis pulmonary tuberculosis. Sputum revealed bacilli In abundance. Two yours standing, Isitli lungs Involved. Thin anil eniaelatoil. Fifteenth day, temperature normal, cough disappear ing, gaining llosh. At end forty days no cough, expectoration or luiellll. De parted cuied. Dr. Ilagadoru adds: "I have treated ton cases of consumption with tho new lymph, three incipient and seven ad vanced. All Iho hielpent cnos have been curitl. Of tho seven advanced cases only two wore lioyolid help. Two were decidedly bonclltoil ami throe were complete recoveries. Uoportotl by Dr. (I. H. Sweeney Pittsburg, lVnii. Young man l!l years, Bacilli abundant weak from hemor rhages within live days of treatment At the end of eight weeks' treatment hemorrhages, cough and luiellll had ills appeared mill tho patient had regained strength and returned to ills trailecured The above are everyday samples of hundreds. I,. It. Slalilelli M. D. prominent ICastern expert who lias Imsjii making u study of tlie now lymph and hun administered It siicccsslully to hundreds of oases, has opened n lymph Institute at i.lHI Kearney St., San I' ran elsco. Full Information containing talt- ulatlons and other records of cases by mall to physicians ami otlieis ompili hig- Surirlst-tl li) IHrUrlln. "1 lldly recall healing Charles Dickens lead selections from his own writings hi Steliiway hall. New York lily, shortly after the close of our civil war, said a well known Judge. "The hall was densely packed with an audi dice of cultured people, by far the mil' Jor part of whom were Intense admir ers of the man who was to entertain them thai evening. I was a youngster then, hut was glad to part with ?J to hear the author of 'Nicholas Nlckleby' read his own Hues. Hut his appear' mice on the stage, though greeted by applause, was a distinct shock, so thor oughly out of keeping was Ills costumu with the conventional evening attire of a gentleman. He was clad In a short velvet coat th' ' looked exactly llko n smoking Jacket., velvet vest to match and a (laming red necktie. Such u garb was In reality an affront and an Impertinence to that fashionably clad assemblage. Hut It was overlooked as an eccentricity of genius, and much nppiause attended tlie rendition. "Nowadays the newspapers would roast any man, however famous, for daring to come before the public In such grotesque attire, hut I do nut re- cull that any of the New York papers criticised the illstlngulsltcd visitor for Ids sartorial laxity." Washington Post. lie I'liruine TitiiIii. Many years ago Iho Montnna club In Helena entertained .Mark Twain nfter n lecture. He met many old friends thero nnd one old enemy. The hitler had come all the way from Virginia City, Nov., on purpose to settle nn old score. When tlio glasses were tilled nnd Mark's health proposed, tills man Interrupted the proceedings by saying: "Hold on a minute. Ilefore we go fur ther I want to say to you, Ham Clem ens, that you did me n dirty trick over thcro in Silver City, nnd I've come hero to have a settlement with you." There was a deathly silence for n moment, when Mark said In his delib erate drawl: "Let's see. That was- beforo I reformed, wasn't It?" Kcnator Sanders suggested that Inns much ns the other fellow had uover re formed Clemens and all the others present forgive lilm and drink together. which all did. Tho Oeruian Protectorate In vast Af rlca has a coast Hue of O'JO miles, au area of 381.000 siniare miles nnd In eludes a portion of Zanzibar. The pop ulatlon Is estimated at 8,000.000 unlives and about l.Onij foreigners, mostly tier mam. 'i lit- country Is being rapidly developed, for the German government Is encouraging commercial enterprise and liuiulgiatlon by bounties and ub sidles. Importers and Umlers In Hook, Nwh. Wrlt'.nQ and Wmpptni),,. CARD STOOK STUAW AND IIINUKHS' ltOAltl) ft-J17-f I'-" First St. TL. main ISO. 12 SAN l'UANUM'O THE ELK Nlcrly furnHlioil rooms by llinity,wi'ckiruiontti en suite or slnilc, nt re ilucrti rules, lluuxo hits Ik-en thoroughly roimvut nl. N'n 011O14 Kiinrtsl tn luiiku visitors troai tlio country to tbr city ram. fortublu mill nt tionui during their Mity Take Sutler-street curs nt forry lnndlng GUI) UuhIi Street, Sim I'rnnclnco MltS. K. M ItAMSr.V, Proprietor BAD COLDS (julnluo In III ji'iirs tiohlliil. Colds Uo Dot Low ho to lie endured, Mi:vnf.i. n l namio Tab UI.Ks ('Millo.l ilyimtiito liom Ihuireucrii) I croviil c nook's imllnury troiitmcnl lulu l j hours nnd abort tho worst ol colds orcr iilsiil. 1 It wns the worst cavo of cris 1 ewr hml. A half dozen trlends had suro cures. Still It hunt; on. Hoard or Ihu Hv.namic Tahclkn. To my iiiimztuncnt they stopped toth cold und couh i no ursi iiiHiu. i emiorsu nun rcconimciii' them to tho people " lUnol.AV Hkm.kv. I'.i Member OumrosH and Atlonii'V. Mil Kuiisouk Street, San rrnnclsco. J jly 7, limi "Winter colds hao nlwnys boon scrlou thlnits lo mo. They uro hard unit stnv fo months. Hut tho last was slopped suddenly by Mkmo.i.'s Iivnamio VA1IUI.K.S. lloth eiiuith nnd cold disappeared til it couple of days. Nis thlnir olio does this for Inn " Mite. KMMA I., llol,i.t.N,ll.MossSt.,S.in l'rnncln'o. Aug. 0, Ml " I live across the street from whom MhMiKi.'s UvNiMie TAiurt.KS lire iniido That Is how I llrsl took them. They stopooldiwlthout notice I took a dozen Imixcs wllh mo for self and fi Iruoi, when I went to Nome " 11. 1.. Vam U'inki.k Capltullit, ;U7 Wa-hlugton Street, Sun I'ran. Cisco. AukuiI 1(1, USD. Sent postpaid for as cenls In stnuipt lit INI.ASIi IIIUHJ (X) . SMI I Washington Streul San Krauclsco. Also ou sulobr our local uitoiit Printers' Snaps. Hooker News Ciihch. Wo havo several hundred pairs of these cases. They are u trlllo smaller thnn full bIto. Wero uvd by two leading dallies before Mini's enimi In. They are lust tho slzu to lacllttatu composition lu perfect order. Fifty cenls per pair l:lnc (lo oil ii ii tloliticr. Now stylo, Nil'.', sei'iiudhaud, with throw-off; In tlrst-clasH condltluu. Han itdti stuiiin tlx tares and Is ono of tho lies! socond hand presses wo havu had for a long time. ItlsuHiiap. Kccond-litiiid Cylinder. Si.. column ijusrto. Will work 1WD no hour. A barnaia for country dully. Some ISody nnd Dinplny Type. Has not seen onu month's use. Soma of It hardly stained. Second-baud prices PACIFIC SISTES TYPE FOUKDRV 508 Clny Street, S. Is. Tlir Truvrla ill an l?rrlld. The many thousands of miles which a man unconsciously travels lu his life time, taking Into consideration tho paces his footsteps measure as ho walks nbout each dny, are enough to mnko him sit down to rest for tho re innlnder of his life. Hut now n Gorman scientist has como forward with some still more startling facts concerning the Journeys which our eyelid undertakes every tluio It winks, and It Is not possible for iih to see, ho soys, unless wo wink. Unconsciously wo wink onco a second, no that for tho tlmo wo nre nwako dur ing tho dny wo voluntarily wink from 18,000 to r.0,000 times nnd In n yenr hnvo moved our eyelids down nnd up ngaln no less than 18,230,000 times. Tho distance that tlio eyelid travels In ltn great speed Is measured from n sin gle Involuntary wink. Tills, tho scientist snya, Is a qtinrtcr of nn Inch both ways", tho eyelid mov ing equally up and down, so that, tak ing tho movement of both eyelids Into consideration, they cover soino GO.oOO Inches lu a day. The eyelids of a man who linn lived for M) years will have unconsciously traveled a third of the way around the earth, or about 7,'J00 miles, n calculation Htilllcleut In Itself to cnti8o the victim of Insomnia to fall Into a dreamless sleep as ho reads It. London Mall. Ifiritl niTrrt of I'lalol Tlifllltf, When a man carries a pistol con stnutly, slipping it Into his pocket ev ery morning and taking It out at night, fooling Its couslnut pressure ngallist his person, these things tend to famll larlze his mind wllh the Idea of kHIlug and lowers Ids conception of the sn credness of human life. What does a man carry a pistol for? To shoot some other man with. Tlie miserable thing Is made expiessly to kill human be ings. It has no other earthly purpose. What a hardening effect it must have, then, upon the conscience and heart of a man who carries It constantly hi his pocket and lives lu dally contact with It and with the Idea It constantly sug gests to his tulndl Let us warn young men mid old ones not to carry pistols, mid Ihcn you will avoid doing a rash act. Marietta (CJa.) Journal i.oi. nr nun. Snakes have the greatest number ct ribs. The boa, or python, has no fewer than II'.'O pairs. Tlie rattlesnake Inn 171 pairs. The python, or boa, some times attains to nn enormous size and has boon reported iih reaching the length of SO feet. The shark has M pairs of ribs ami the conger eel l!0. The cholopiiH, or two toed sloth, hni -Id ribs, '.': on each side, as against tht 1:1 rlbn of mau. Bt. I.ouU (ilolw-nonb ocraL IIU llccoiiiiiirlidntlon, Kalr Shopper (to assistant, who has iiown her every piece of goods In stock) Well, I don't sco anything here that suits me. I'll go down to Yard & Stuff's aud see what they have. Salesman (eagerly) Here's tho card of one of their assistants. Will you kindly get lilm to wait ou you? fair Shopper (pleasantly) Ah, a friend of yours, I suppose? Salesman-No, uiy greatest enemy. I-oudou Pup , BLAKE, MOFFITT & TOWNE