SHADOW PICTURES OmEWALL
POSTMASTER FOR 74 YEARS.
Bemurkoble Record of Roa well Beard-
' There Is but one man In all the world
who can boast of such a record as this.
The oldest appointive officer In the
ict oe nana LiMtni. n. v
United States In
polut of sen-lee.
The oldest post
master In point of
service In the Uni
ted States or In
the world. The
only man who has
held an appointive
office under twen
ty different Presi
dents. The only
man who has con
tinuously filled
B. BEARDSLEY.
one government office for Beventy-four
years. The only man who held a gov
ernment office before there was a rail
road In the United States and Is hold
ing that siime office now.
That man la Roswell Beardsley and
he resides at North Lansing, Tomp
kins County, New York, being post
master at tbat place, an office he has
held creditably for seventy-four years
and which be will fill until his dying
day, as he has no idea of reslgnlug
and as there Is no man or woman In
all North Lansing who would seek to
displace "Uncle Itoswell," as he is fa
miliarly called, In the office he has
filled nearly three-quarters of a cen
tury. Even should they have the temerity,
however, to ask for the postmaster-
Bhlp of the town, the Postoffice Depart
ment would take no notice of the ap
plication, for Uncle Sam is not the In
dividual to discharge .an employe who
has served him so long and so faithful
ly as has Roswell Beardsley.
"Uncle Roswell" -was apiwlnted post
master at North Lansing June 28. 1S-8,
when John Qulncy Adams was Presi
dent, John C Calhoun was Vice Presi
dent, Henry Clay was Secretary of
State and John McLean was Postmas
ter General. He owes his appointment
to William H. Seward, who thirty
three years after the appointment of
Uncle Roswell, became Secretary of
State under Abraham Lincoln.
At the time of Uncle Roswell's ap
pointment as postmaster at North Lan
sing, Seward was associated with Un
do Roswell's brother, Nelson Beards
ley, In the practice of law. They dis
solved partnership shortly thereafter,
however, and Beardsley turned his at
tention to farming. Seward continued
In public life and soon attained na
tional prominence.
Roswell Beardsley was born July 5,
isuu, near where he now resides, auu
when In reminiscent moods talks en
tertainingly of the early days of the
republic. He was born the same year
as Abraham Lincoln, only four months
and twenty-three days later. Being
of the same political faith and having
served as postmaster through Lincoln's
administration, he is naturally a great
admirer of the martyr President
CONVICT HEIR TO ESTATE.
Inmate of the Michigan City Prison
Will Inherit 98,000.'
When Alex. Killion. the Washington,
Ind., "Land King." died a few months
ago he left an estate valued at $250,-
000. He left no
will and as a re
sult the property
will be divided
among the legal
heirs by the
court. To ' cause
a Settlement of
the r estate suit
hffs.teen filed
a n d t h e com
plaint discloses a
peculiar state of
affairs.
One of the
helm a imTulgnTI
JOHN SLATTON.
named John Slatton, is confined in the
Michigan City penitentiary for rob
bery. The complaint asks that a trus
tee be appointed to take care of young
Slatton's part of the estate until be is
released. The complaint also asks the
eourt to declare America Slatton le
gally dead. She Is a sister of John
81atton. Ten years ago she had a
sweetheart to whom her father was
very much opposed, and had forbidden
Mm to come to the house. A few days
later America Slatton and ber lover
were seen crossing the White River
bridge hand In band. They were
fever seen or heard of since, and many
to Ink the couple either committed sui
cide or were murdered. Their bodies
were never found. Were she living ber
hare of the estate would be the same
es that of her convict brother, about
,18,000.
i. He Didn't Bellev It.
T'nj typical Englishman' slowness
to grasp the point of a Joke la
ter of record and a constant source of
delight to the American "Jollier." A
striking illustration Of thlft Wna nvoK
'heard on a trolley car. Two young
men were seated together in the for
ward end of the ear, and one, by his
accent and his air of guileless inno
cence, proclaimed his British nation
ality. The other was an American of
we genus kldder. The latter was di
lating upon the ferociousness nf th
Jersey mosquito and, after relating
Beverai very tall yarns, wound up witi
this one:
"Last summer I was eomlne across
the meadows this side of Atlantic City ,
on my wheel when my attention was
attracted by the sound of a cow bell. !
it was such a strange, unsual sound I
that I dismounted to Investigate, and
soon encountered a huge mosquito. It ,
unu eaien me cow ana was ringing the
lell to attract the calf, that he might
devour that also.
.The Englishman listened to this
story very gravely, and without even
cracKing a smile, replied:
"Oh, I say, old chan. you cawn't ex
pect me to believe that, don't you
know i
"CENTER OF THE EARTH."
Some eleven miles from Delhi, Ind..
says the Wide World Magazine, stands
the remarkable Iron pillar shown In the
above photograph. It Is a solid shaft
of wrought Iron, some 22 feet high and
IT Inches in diameter, and Its origin
and age are wrapped In mystery.
Ancient Hindu mythology says that
the spot on which the pillar stands Is
the center of the earth, and speaks of
It as "the arm of fame of Rajah Dhu
va." Now, Rajah Dhava ruled In the early
TH CENTEB OF THH EARTH.
part of the second century of the Chris
tian era, and he Is referred to In the
Sanscrit inscriptions on the pillar, so
that although authorities differ on the
subject it Is probable tbat the pillar
dates from this time.
Considering the appliances which
were available ut that remote period
something like 1,800 years ago U
would be interesting to know how this
mysterious pillar was made.
The M'roiiR Station.
It had taken considerable persuasion
to induce the old lady to take a seat
In an automobile, but finally she had
consented to do so because she was
anxious to reach the bedside of her
sick grandchild in a village some twen
ty miles away, the last train for which
had left some ten minutes before she
arrived at the station. The big auto
mobile was to pass through Hamp
ton, the village where the sick grand
child lived.
Everything went lovely until the al
most flying vehicle. In attempting to
pass a wagon loaded with hay which
occupied the entire center of the road,
went unexpectedly Into the ditch, and
rather violently deposited Its occupants
In an adjoining field.
Recovering from the shock, though
somewhat confused from the rather
unusual method of alighting from a
vehicle the old lady asked of the
chagrined chauffeur:
"Is this Hampton?"
"No, ma'am." he managed to gasp,
"this Is an accident"
"Oh dear!" said the ex-occupant of
the vehicle, "then I hadn't ougbter
have got out here, bad I?"
Better than a Prayer Meeting.
The child of strict parents, whose
greatest Joy had hitherto been the week
lv nrayer meeting, was taken to the
circus by his nurse. When he came
home "Oh, mummy." be exclaimed, "if
vou once went to the circus you'd
never go to a prayer meeting again In
all your life!" .
As Usual.
haggles There's a fire sale
. wuf afore. I wonder
Mrs.
around
BI tne
..uinr his milk any cheaper.
If he
gles-I guess not That's only
Wa
dam
iaged
py WBier.
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Wl
'hen
a woman ui,.-
. , a ii rh women say sne
sister's
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for the sake of the children,
did It
ill fllfek,
RAM'S MORN BLASTS.
Warning Note Calling the Wicked to
Repentance.
E will not win re
spect who refuses
reverence.
Life in a man's
opportunity for
the realization of
his Ideals.
When ambition
is the child of
envy It will be
the mother of sor-
V"" The supreme
art of living may
be summed np In giving.
Self-surrender Is the secret of soul
tatinfaction. This world's sole hope of salvation
lies In the salvation of the soul.
He who has friends only to use them
will have them only to lose them.
Those who expect great thir.gs from
God will do great things for Him.
The lights of the world are not Illu
mined by the fires of controversy.
CHARMS AGAINST WOUNDS.
Bar-rival of the Ancient Belief in the
Potency of Spell.
During the South African war a
number of instances have cropped up
showing that the Idea still prevails
that there are such things as charms
and spells against wounds and death.
Not long ago a paragraph appeared in
some or the papers to the effect that
a soldier's watch, with a charm at
tached to it had boon found on one of
the battlefields, and was being held
for a rightful claimant Early in the
war a private's letter told how a com
rade had come in safety through a hot
engagement by virtue, as he thought
of an amulet he wore, to be mortally
wounded in a subsequent skirmish,
when, by the merest chance, he was
not wearing his churm. A relative's
letter from the front tells the writer
of a young fellow who wore a charmed
ring suspended from his neck. The
wearer had it from his sweetheart; he
placed the most perfect faith in it
and, though he had been in several hot
corners, he had hitherto always come
out scatheless.
Although this kind of belief Is of
very ancient date. It is curious as well
as interesting to find it still In exist
ence In the British army. Perhaps we
ought to say "traces of It," for It is
hard to believe that It is widely preva
lent And yet It would not be very
surprising If it were so, seeing thnt a
certain proportion of the rank and file
are Illiterate, and come from a stratum
of society which Is largely 8tiiersti
tious. It is curious to compare our
army in this respect with the German.
Those who happened to be In the
fatherland during and Immediately
after the war of 1870-71 must have
been struck by the amount of super
stition thnt hidden under ordinary
circumstances. In the then excited
state of the public mind made its way
to the surface, much as the mud of a
stagnant pool floats to the top when
the water is agitated. Nothing seemed
too absurd to be believed. Portents
and warnings were seen everywhere.
Black crosses, observed for the first
time In window panes of the bouses of
the peasantry throughout Baden and
the south generally, were held to be
signs of divine wrath against the turn
things in general had taken In the
fatherland, especially in regard to the
church. The excitement touching this
phenomenon became Intense, says the
New York Post and was only allayed
when a Baden glass manufacturer
came forward and demonstrated that
tho warning crosses were marks lm
printed ou the glass in the process of
making.
What Education M ill Do.
A railway company was erecting a
line of new poles along a highway.
One of the men engaged to fill in the
dirt and clear up arouud the poles was
an Irishman, new at the business and
new to America. He had not got be
yond bis first pole, says the Philadel
phia Times, but stood poudering how
to dlpose of the dirt which bad filled
the space now occupied by the pole,
HLs sense of the fitness of things
must have been strong, for he was
averse to piling the loose dirt around
the base of the pole, as Is the custom.
A negro wayfarer stopped for a match,
and the Irishman asked his advice.
"If I was a-doin' dat Job, I'd Jus' dig
a hole 'bout where wou'ah standin'
and shovel de dirt Into It Much
bilge!"
As the Degro sauntered away, the
Irishman scratched bis head and mur
mured: "Well. It's not to be denied that eddl
cation has been afther-r doln' a gr-r-eat
deal for-r th' nnygur-r!"
Looking; Cp.
Contentment comes according to the
way we look at things. Not long ago
a young man who bad been born and
raised In Townndn, Pa., returned there
after an absence of six or seven years.
As he walked from the railroad sta
tion to the home of his relatives, he
encountered the old negro who had at
tended to the town's whitewashing
from time Immemorial. There was an
exchange of greetings, after which the
returned native said:
"Well, I see that you and the white
wash brush are still In partnership.
How Is business looking up?"
"Yes' a! Ves'a!" chuckled the old
fellow. "Thnt do be Its way Jus' now,
ah. To see, Ise kal-so-min-in' the cell
In' nb de Baptls' church, sab."
Eye on the Money.
First Heiress I hear the Duke fol
lowed you all over Europe.
Second Heiress That's a mistake. He
followed pap
(SIP
EaU Corn Oft the Cob.
"I ran bite an apple as well as I
coo Id when a child, and I can eat corn
off the cob as well a any person alive,"
aid a lady sixty-eight years old and a
customer of Wis Bro., the famous
dentists, of Portland, Oregon.
Sbe bad been fitted with foil ts of
upper and lower teeth by Wise Broth
ers, and was perfectly astonished to find
tbat she is t-ow as well supplied with
teeth that she ran as rhe was when j
a little girl. Wise Brother have revo
lutionized modern dental methods.
There is no more pain to be feared
bv people who bave tbeir tettb, attend
ed to, and the cost is very moderate.
They make a great specialy of crown
and bridge work, and even when it is
necessary to take out all of the old
teeth and pnt in fnll new sets, the ra
enlt is simply wonderful. The false
t th, of course, cannot be told from
natural ones, and the person nsing
tnem ran do everything be, or she,
could do with natural teeth. The sets
of teeth are made to fit the gams so
perfectly that there is no slipping, and
the strength of the possible bite is just
like that of a natural healthy set of
teeth.
The experience of the lady customer
here related can be yonrs if your teeth
need attention. No one can afford to
postpone having their teeth pnt in
order. No one need suffer a single day
longer because they have lost the nse of
their own teeth. We hope our readers
will carefully watch the advertisements
of Wise Brothers in this newspaper,
and be persuaded to consult this
splendid dental institution.
A Man's Idea.
"Marriage often changes a man's idea
of life."
"Yes; few men see things the same
after exchanging views with their
wives.
FITS
FrrmaB.nt1r Cuna So flt r 1
after lirt I..'. uof Ir kha.'rtire! Nertl
Batunr. Siul for FK BL' S'J.OC tru.1 Nttlt tiul tm.
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Somewhat Uncertain.
"He's what you'd call a professional
public speaker, isn't he?"
Well, I don t know. He speaks in
public every chance he can get, but
the public never waits to Lear him."
Mothers will find Mrs. rVlnstow'g Sooth
tne Syrup the best remedy to use lor their
Children during the teething period.
How the Miracle Occurred.
"Why did the evil spirits enter into
the swine?" asked the Sunday school
teacher.
" 'Cause hogs will eat any old
thing," replied little Sammy.
Millions of sufferers use Hamlin's Wiz
ard Oil fur pain every year and call it
blessed. Ask your druggist, he knows.
Giving Papa Away.
"Mamma," said 6-year-old Tommy.
"I'll bet my pony can beat you."
"Why, dear, what do you mean?"
asked the astonished mother.
"I mean in a race," replied the
youngster. "I heard papa say that you
could talk faster than a horse can trot."
False Economy.
It is the experience of every good
housewife that to practice economy on
such articles as spices, baking powder
and the like is generally at the riek of
health and comfort. The few cents
possibly saved may be very expensive
if they result in impure and indigest
ible foods, tf you want to be Bure
you are gntticg only the very purest
and strongest spices and baking powder
made, see to it that your grocer sup
plies you only with the Monopole
brand. If your dealer doesn't handle
them send ns his name. Wadhame &
Kerr Bros., Portland, Or.
A Terrible Mistake.
The other day a lady called on an
oculist to have her eyes fitted with
glasses, saying:
"Have you magnifying glasses to
make things look large?"
"Y'es, madam."
"Then I will take a pair for the other
day I made a terrible blunder."
"How's that?" asked the occulist.
"I mistook a bumblebee for a black
berry," the lady replied.
'l'lie Kind You Have Always
ture of CIum. II. Fletcher, and lias been xuade uudcr LU
personal Bupertisiou for over liO years. Allow no oue
to deeelvo you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
Just-as-good" are but Experiment s, aud endanger tiio
liealth of Children Experience against JHxieriiueut.
What is CASTOR I A
Castoriii is a harmless snbmtitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, lrop aud boothlnjr Syrups. It is IMeaaaiit. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Knrcotlo
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Vonus
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrha-a aud Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
aud Flatulency. It aimilatcs the Food, regulates the
Stomach aud Bowels, giving healthy and natural bleep
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
The Kind You toe Always Bought
Bears the
Use For
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In
Dark Hair
' I bive used Ayer's Hir Vigor
for a rest many' years, and al
though I am past eighty yer of
ace, yet I bave not a rray hur in
my bead."
Geo. Yellott, Towson, Md.
X'e mean all that rich,
dark color your hair used
to have. If it's gray now,
no matter; for Ayer's
Hair Yiqor always re
stores color to gray hair.
Sometimes it makes the
hair grow very heavy and
long; and it stops falling
of the hair, too.
II M a kMtta. AH srmataa.
If yoor drncrtot caaoot supply yoa.
red at on u.mt ao4 i!l xprs
yoaabottl. nnr tod ri th nM
at you Mmi raprM oflTc. Ad1re,
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JOHN POOLE, PORTLAND, ORE.
Ft el MarrtMa Street.
Can jrlve yon the bet banrain. in Boiler
and F.nne. Windmill. Turn p. and ene
ral Macbinerr. Wond Saw tne Machine a
peci&ltT. K tit before burin.
Beat l.xuti ftyrup. Taw GiL u
til ttm. Sv! " drurt
Anything But Fanny.
Mver The average man takes
mnch too seriously.
Gyer Ob, 1 don't know. It's no
joke to be arrested for murder.
Ton Can Cot Allan' root Faa TREE.
Write Allen 8. OlmMed. IRy, S. T., for a
free ami'le of Allen Foot taae. It enrea chil
blain. cattnr, damp, fwollen, achina leeu
It mate new c.r tirht ttnne rT. A certain
cure for l'm and Buni.un All'druftfau atU
it. c. Imd'i accept any autaiituic
Women prompters have been tried at
the Berlin theaters with success, as it
has been
found that their voices carry
better
across the etape and are less
audible in the auditorium.
For fortr vear's Tiso' Cure for Con- Punctuation Mark.
SuT.' h"t""riU Uf.h, ,,,a CO'd, At i Teacher-Tommy. hat i the differ
druggists, rnee is cents. I . " . ...
ence between a comma and period?
The head of the whale has been i Tommy A comma is a dot with a
known to attain a thickness of over tail to it and a peiiod is a bub-tail
two feet. ! dot."
OLD PEOPLE-
Do not always receive the sympathy
they deserve. Their ailments axe regarded as purely
imaginary, or natural and unavoidable at their time of
me. jnsease ana innrmiiy snouia
ated with old ape. The eye of the gray haired grandsire 'iiiTfrU
may be as bright and the complexion as fair as any of -jOf
bis younger and more vigorous companions. A r
Gttod Blood Is tho moorot ofhoaithy old mgo, tor it rrgulatr
and controls every part of the body, strengthens the nerves, maVcs the
muscles elastic and supple, the bones strong and the flesh firm; but whet
this life fluid is polluted or poisoned and loses its nutritive, health sustain
ing elements, then there is a rapid decline of the vital powers, resulting
in premature old age and disease. Any derangement of the blood quickly
hows itself in an ulcer, sore, wart, tumor or some other troublesome
growth upon the body, and rheumatic and neuralgic pains become almott
constant, accompanied with poor digestion and cold extremities.
ailments disappear.
improve a weak: digestion and tone up the btomacn. If there is any heieut
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