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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1901)
Sf V I'll :1 1 1 I Tbe Doctor's fjile.mma By Hesba Stretton CHATTER Il.-tCootlnoed.) A little crumbling path led round tho rock and, along the odgo of tho ravinr, I' ch6o It becntise from It I could so tl the fantastic shore, bending In n semi elrcle towards tho Isle of Ureckhou, with tiny, untrodden bars, covered at thU hour with .only glittering rippiei, and with all the soft and tender shadows of the head-lands falling across them I was just giving my last look to thera when the loose stones on the crumbling path gave way under my tread, and be fore I could recover my foothold I found myself slinnlng down the almost perpen . dlcular face of the cliff, ntU Tainly clutching at every bramble and tuft of grass growing in its clefts. I lauded .with a shock far below, and for some time lay Insensible. As nearly as I could make out. It would be high water In about two hours. Tardlf had aet off at low w,ater, but before starting be had said something about returning at . high tide, and running up his boat on tho beach of our little bay. If he did that he must pass close by me. It was Sat urday morning, and he was In the habit of returning early on Saturdays, that be might prepare for the services of the next day. At last whether years or hours only had gone by, I could not then have told you I heard the regular and careful beat of oars npon the water, and presently the grating of a boat's keel upon the shin gle. I could not turn round or raise my head, but I was sure It was Tardlf. "Tardlf!" I cried, attempting to shont, but my voice sounded "very weak -In my own ears, and the other sounds about me seemed very loud. He paused then, and stood quite still listening. I ran the dingers of my right bund turougn tne loose pebbles about me. and his ear caught the slight noise. In a moment I beard his strong feet comln; across them towards me. "Mam'zelle," he exclaimed, "what has happened you?" I tried 'to smile as his honest, brown face bent over me,' full of alarm. It was so great a relief to see a face like his after that long, weary agony. "I've fallen down the cliff," I said feebly, "and I am hurt." The strong man shook, and his hand trembled as' he stooped down and laid It under my head to lift It up a little, His agitation touched me to the heart. "Tardlf," I whispered, "it Is not very much and I might hare been killed. I think my foot Is hurt, and I am quite sure my arm is broken." He lifted me In his arms as easily and tenderly as a mother lifts up ber child, and carried me gently up the steep slope which led homewards. It seemed a long time before we reached the farmyard cate. and he shouted, with a tremendous voice, to his mother to come and open It. Jsever. never shall I forget that night. I could not sleep; but I suppose my mind wandered a little. Hundreds of times I felt myself down on the shore, lying help less. Then I was back again In my own home In Adelaide, on my father's sheep farm, and he was still alive, and, with no thought but how to make everything bright and gladsome for me; and hun dreds of times I saw the woman who was afterwards to be my stepmother, pealing up to the door and trying to get In to him and me. Twice Tardlf brought me a cop of tea, freshly made. I was very glad when the first gleam of daylight shone into my room. It seemed to bring clearness to my brain. "Mam'zelle," said Tardlf, coming to my side, I am going to fetch a doctor "But It Is Sunday," I answered faint ly. I knew that no boatman put out to ea willingly on a Sunday from Sark; and the last fatal accident, being on a Hun day, had deepened their reluctance. "It will be right, mam'zelle," be an swered, with glowing eyes. "I have no fear." "Do not Be long away, Tardlf," I said, sobbing. "Not one moment longer than I can help," he replied. CHAPTER III, I, Martin Dobree, come Into the Grange, belonged to Julia; and fully half of the year's household expenses were de frayed by her. Our practice, which he atory to tell my remarkable share In its events. Martin, or Doctor Martin, I was called throughout Guernsey. My father was Dr. Dobree. He belonged to one of the oldest families In the island, but our branch of it had been growing poorer in stead of richer during the last three or four generations. We had been gravi tating steadily downwards. My father lived ostensibly by hla pro fession, but actually upon the income of my cousin, Julia Dobree, who had been his ward from her childhood. The house we dwelt In, a pleasant one In tho and I shared between us, was not a large one, though for Its extent It was lucrative enough. But there always Is an Immense number of medical men In Guernsey In proportion to Its population, and the Island Is healthy. There was small chance for any of us to make a fortune. My engagement to Julia came about so easily and naturally that I was perfect ly contented with It. We had been en gaged Blnco Christmas, and wero 'to be married in the early summer. We were to set up housekeeping for ourselves; that was a point Julia was bent upon. A suitable house had fallen vacant in one of the higher streets of St. Peter-port, which commanded a noble view of tun sea and the surrounding Islands. Wo bad taken It, though It was farther from tho Grange and my mother than I should have chosen my homo to be. Sho and Julia were busy, pleasantly busy, about tho furnishing. That was about the middle of March. I had been to church one Sunday morning with these two women, both devoted to me and centering all their love and hopes In me, when, as we entered the 'house on my rj-lurn. I heard my father vailing , "Martini Martin!" as loudly as he could from his consulting room. I answered the call Instantly, and whom should I -t-KM-sM-4-H-H- see but a very old friend of mine. Tar dlf, of the Havre Gossclln. Ills hand some but weather-beaten face betrayed great anxiety, My father looked elm grlued aud Irresolute. "Here's a pretty piece of work, Mar tin," he said; "Tardlf wants one of us to go back with him to Sark, to see womiin who hhs fallen from the cliffs and brokvn her arm. confound it!" ''Dr. Martin," 'crtel Tardlf excitedly, "I beg of you to come this Instant even She haa been lying In anguish since mid day yesterday twenty-four hours uow, sir. I started at dawn this morning, but both wind and tide were against me, and I have been waiting here tome time. Do quick, doctor! If she should be deadl" The poor fellow's voice faltered, and his eyes met mine Imploringly. He and I had been fast friends In my boyhood, and our friendship was still firm and true. I shook his hand heartily a grip which he returned with his fingers of Iron till my own tingled again. I knew you d come, he gasped. "Ah. I'll go, Tardlf," I said; "only I must get a snatch of something to eat while Dr. Dobree putt np what I shall have need of. I'll bo ready In half an hour." The tide was with us, and carried us over buoyantly. e anchored at the fisherman's landing place below the cliff of the Havre Gosselln. and I climbed readily up the rough ladder which leads to the path. Tardlf made his boat se cure, and followed me; he passed me, and strode on up the ateep track to the summit of the cliff, as If Impatient to reach his borne. It was then that I "HE PAUSED THEN." gave my first serious thought to the wom an who had'met with the accident... 'Tardlf, who Is this person that is hurt?" I asked, "and whereabout did she fall J" "She fell down yonder," he answered. with an odd quaver In bis voice, as he pointed to a rough and rather high por tion of the cliff running Inland: the stones rolled from under her feet so," he added, crushing down a quantity of the loose gravel with his foot, "and she slip ped, one lay on the shingle underneath for two hours before I found her two hours. Dr. Martin!" Tardlfs mother came to us as we en tered the bouse. She beckoned me to follow ber Into an Inner room. It was small, with a celling so low. It seemed to rest upon the four posts of the bed' stead. There were of course none of the little dainty luxuries about It, with which I was familiar in my mother's bedroom. A long low window opposite the head of the bed threw a strong light upon It, There were check curtains drawn round It, and a patchwork quilt, and rough, home-spun linen. Everything was clean, but' coarse and frugal, such as I expected to find about my Sark patient, in the home of a fisherman. But when my eye fell upon the face resting on the rough pillow I paused In- volnntarlly, only Just controlling an ex clamation of surprise. There was abso lutely nothing in the surroundings to mark her as a lady, yet I felt tn a mo ment that she was one. There lay 4 deli cate refined face, white as the linen, with beautiful lips almost as white; and a mass of light, shining silky hair tossed about the pillow; and large dark gray eyes gazing at me beseechingly, with an expression that made my heart leap as It had never leapt before. That was what I saw, and could not forbear seeing. I tried to close my eyes to the pathetic beauty of the face before me; but It was altogether In vain. If 1 had seen her before, or If I had been prepared to see any one like her, I might have succeeded; but I waa completely thrown off my guard. There the charm Ing face lay; the eyes gleaqing, the white forehead tinted, and the delicate mouth contracting with pain; tho bright silky curls tossed about In confusion. I see It now, just as I saw It then. CHAPTER IV. 1 suppose 1 did not stand still more than fire seconds, yet during that pause a host of .questions bad flashed through my brain. Who was this beautiful crea ture? Where bad she como from? How did it happen that she was In Tardlfs house? and so on. But I recalled myself sharply to my senses; I was here as her physician, and common sense and duty demanded of me to keep my head clear. I advanced to ber side and took the small, blue-velncd hand Into mine, and felt her pulse with my fingers, "You are in very great pain, I fear," I said, lowering my voice. "Yes," her white Hps answered, and she tried to smile a patient though a dreary smile, as she looked up Into my face; "my arm Is broken. Are you a doctor?" "I am Dr. Martin Dobree," I said, passing my hand softly down her arm. The fracture was above the elbow, and was of a kind to make the setting of It give her sharp, acute pain. I could sea she was scarcely fit to bear any further suffering just then; hut what was to be done? She was not likely to get mnch rest till tho bono was set. "Did you ever take chloroform)" 1 asked. "No; I never needed It," she amworcd. "Bhould you object to taking it V "Anything." she replied pnsslvely. "I will do anything you wish." I went back Into the kitchen and open ed tho portmanteau my father had put up for me. Splints and bandages wero there In abundance, enough to set half the arms In the island, but neither chlo roform nor anything In the shape of an opiate could I find, I might almost na well havo come to Sark altogether un prepared for my case. I stood for a few minutes, deep In thought. The daylight was going, and It was useless to waste time; yet I found myself shrinking oddly from the duty be fore me. Tardlf could not "kelp hut seo my chagrin and hesitation. "Doctor," he cried, "she I not going to dl.?" "No, no," I answered, calling back my wandering thoughts and energies; "thero Is not the smallest danger of that. I must go and set her arm at once, and then she will sleep." I returned to tho room and raised her as gently and painlessly as I could, Sho moaned, though very softly, and she tried to smile again as her eyes met mine look Ing anxiously at her. That smile made me feel like a child. If sho did It again I knew my hands would bo unsteady, and her pain be tenfold greater. "I would rather you cried out or shout ed," I said. "Don't try to control your self when I hurt you. You need not be afraid of teeming Impatient, and a loud scream or two would do you good." I felt the ends of the broken bone grat ing together as I drew them Into their right places, and the seniatlon went through and through me. I had set scores of broken limbs before with no feeling Ilk this, which was to near uu- nerving me. All the time the girl's white face aud firmly set lips lay under my gate, with the wide open, unflinching eyes looking straight at me; a mournful, silent, appealing face, which betrayed the pain I mado her suffer ten times more than any cries or shrieks could have done. I smoothed the coarse pillows for her to lie more comfortably upon them. and I spread my cambric handkerchief In a dmihlA fnlil tua-woAH 1, - . .1 I. - v v 1, v u 1 n nnu 1 rougb linen too rough for a soft check like hers "Lie quite still," I said. "Do not stir. dui go to sleep as fast as you can." Then I went out to Tardlf. "The arm is set," I said, "and now she must get some sleep. There Is not the least danger, only we will keep the house as quiet as possible. J must go and bring in tho boat," ho replied, bestirring himself as If some spell was at an end. "There will be a storm to-night, and I should sleep the sounder 11 sne was safe ashore." The feeble light entering by the door, which I left open, showed me the old woman comfortably asleep In her chair, but not so the girl. I had told her when I laid her down that she must He quite still, and sbe was obeying me implicitly, Her cheek still rested upon my hand' kerchief, and the broken arm remained undisturbed upon the pillow which I bad placed under It, But her eyes were wide open and shining la the dimness, and I fancied I could see her Hps moving In ressantly, though soundlessly. The gale that Tardlf bad foretold came with great violence about the middle of the night. The wind howled np the long, narrow ravine like a pack of wolves; mighty storms of hall and rain beat In torrents against the windows, and tho sea lifted up Its voice with unmistakable energy. Now and again a stronger gust than the others appeared to threaten to carry off the thatched roof bodily, and leave us exposed to the tempest with only the thick stono walls about us; and the latch of the outer door rattled as If some one was striving to enter. The westerly gale, rising every few hours Into a squall, gave me no chance or leaving Hark the next day, nor for some days afterwards; but I was not at all put out by my captivity. All my In terestsmy whple being In fact was ab sorbed In the care of this girl, stranger as she was. I thought and moved, lived and breathed, only to fight step by step against delirium and death. There seemed to me to be no possibility of aid. The stormy waters which beat against that little rock In the sea camu swelling and rolling In from the vast plain of the Atlantic and broke In tem pestuous surf against the Island. Tar dlf himself wns kept a prisoner In th house, except when he went to look after his lire stock. No doubt It would havo been practicable for me to get as far as the hotel, but to what good? It would be quite deserted, for there wore no vis. Itors to Sark at this season. I was en tirely engrossed In my patient, nnd I learned for the first time what their task Is who hour after hour watch the pro gress of disease In tho person of one dear to them. On the Tuesday afternoon, in a tem porary lull of the ball and wind. I start ed off on a walk across the Island. Tho wnd was still blowing from the south west, and filling all the narrow sea be tween us and Guernsey with boiling surge, very angry looked the masses of foam whirling about the sunken reefs, and very ominous the low-lying, hard blocks of clouds all along the horizon. I strolled as far as tho Coupee, that giddy pathway between Great and Little Bark, where one can see the seething of the waves at the feet of the cliffs on botn sides three hundred feet below one. Some thing like a panic" seized roe, My nerves were loo far unstrung for me to ventuw neron tho long, narrow Isthmus. I turn ed abruptly ngAlli, and hurried as fast as my legs would carry me buck to la dlf'a cottage. I had breti nway less than an hour, but nn advantage had been taken of my ati sence, I fould Tardlf seated ut tho table, with a tanglu of silky, shining hair lyln before Mm, A tear or two had fallen upon It from his eyes, I understood at a glance what It meant. Mother Iteuouf, whom he had secured as n nurse, had cut off my patient pretty curia aa soon as I was out of tho house. Tardlfs grra hand caressed them tenderly, and I drew out one lung, glossy tress and wound It about my fingers, with a heavy heart. "It Is like the pretty feathers of bird that hits been wounded," tald Tar dlf sorrowfully. Just then there came a knock nt th door and n sharp click of the latch, lour enough to peuetrnto dame Tardlf a dea ears, or to arouse our patient, If she hail beeu sleeping. Before either of us com mure the door was th.'tist open and two young ladles appeared upon tho door sill, They were It llaihed across mv In an Instant old school fellows and friends of Julia's. I declare to you honestly had scarcely had one thought of Julia till now. My mother I had wished for, to take her place by this poor girl's side, but Julia had hardly crossed my mind, why in heaven s name, should the appearance of these friends of hers be so distasteful to me Just now? I had known them all my life, and liked them as well as any glrii I knew; but at this moment the very sight of them waa annoying. 'they stood In tho doorway, as much as tonlshed and tbundcrstricken as I was. glaring at me, so It seemed to me, with that soft, bright brown lock of hair curl Ing and clinging round my finger, Nuver had I felt so foolish or guilty. (To be continued.) American Coat tho Heat. "Ever since I wns a boy I have been rem 1 11 (led of the old story about 'carry' Ing coals to Newcastle,' whenever I performed unnecessary tasks," said Richard Marker of N'cwcastle-on-Tyno, Englnml, In the lobby of the Shore- ham Inst night. "To carry conls to Newcastle was supposed to bo as futile n task as trying to sweep back tho waves on the seashore. I hare lived to seo coals carried to Newcastle, how- over, and. being an Englishman, It grieves uie to say that the coals lu question came all the way from Amer ica. Within tho last few years an enor mous amount of coat has been shipped from Norfolk. Vn., to various "parts of England. Homo of It went to Ports- mouth, to the uaral station there. 11 ml many tous wero sent to Newcastle. Wo have better facilities for handling coal there thnn any other place In the rnlted Kingdom. For many years It has been the center of the coal mining Industry of our country and conse quently tho arrangements and appll ances for shipping fuel to various parts of the country are away ahead of thosu of other towns. "The coal that comes from the west era portion of tho Stato of Vlrglnln soft coal, I mean Is tho finest fuel for - steamsnips mat In mined anywhere In the world. The coal seems to produce more steam from a small quantity than any I hare seen. It Is uow used ex tenslvcly on tho vessels of tho British navy nnd from whnt I saw a week ago In Norfolk-nnd Newport News I should Judge that the shipment must amount to millions of tons per year." Wash Ington Times. A German Picture of the Future. Sceno A schoolroom of tho twentieth century. Teacher (to a new scholar) "Jack, are you Inoculated against croup?" PupH-"Yeg, Blr." "Have you been Itioculatcd with bo cholera bacillus?" "Yes. sir." 'Have you a written certificate that you aro Immune as to whooping cough, measles nnd scarlatina?" "Yes, sir, I have." "Have you your own drinking cup?" "Yes, sir." "Will you promlso not to exchango sponges with your neighbor, nnd to use no slate pencil but your own?" "Yes, sir.'' 'Will you agree to havo your books fumigated every week with sulphur. and to have your clothes sprinkled with chloride of lime?" "Yes, sir." "Then, Jack, you possess all that modern liyglcno requires; you can step over that wire, occupy an Isolated scat mado or aluminum, nnu begin your arithmetic lesson." All Numcd tho Hamo Date. Hall Well, good-by, Como and seo me some time. Story Awfully sorry, old boy; but I've got over a hundred engagements that day. Hall A hundred engagements? Nonsense! Story Fact. Within a fow days Pvo received over a hundred Invitations to friends' houses and In every case "somo tlmo" was tho date mentioned. Boston Transcript. Ixiokliig for Work. "Yes, ma'am," said the ragged fat man; "I'm loown' rur work. You ain't got no odd Jobs o scrubbln' or washln' tcr be did, hnvo yer?" "Why, you surely don't do scrubbing or work of that sort," said the house keeper. "Sure not. I'm lookln' fur work fur me wife." Philadelphia Record. Oldest Physician. Gallus Hitter von Hockborger, Im perial nnd royal counsellor of tho Aus trian court, Is believed to bo tho oldest duly qualified physician In tho world. Ho was born on Oct. If5, 1803, and Is therefore 07 years of ago. Ho has been practicing for sovonty-one years, and still gives medical advice. Tho way of tho transgressor ofteu leads to foreign shores. OOOTLY OHUnOH VESTMENTS. Th.i.o nt HI. 1 .trick' Cutlio Irul Viilucd ut llnlfii Million Omlnr. I lii St. Patrick'. Oiilhcdriil tlmro nro vustnicntR valued at linlf n million tlot-j liirs, Tho collection Is tho lluost In any en tlieu in I In America, mid compares very favorably will, the vestment In ninny famous cathedrals In Europe, says llio Now York Hun. lUelilushop Corrlgun presented In tho. cathedral tho only complete not of Holy Thursday vestments In tho world. Its value Is ?:xi,000. In the sot uro thirteen chasubles, ton dolmntles, nine tunics, two copes and Ince albs, amices and other vestments to correspond to thu Holy 'I linrsdiiy service iilonc. lhcse vestments nro for tho nrchlo- plseopnl sot proper 11 ml are of tlm llnvst Imported white sntln. embroidered lu gold IX) pur cent line. Tho principal ornaments nro tho passion llowor, wheat shear Mini gropes, embroidered In silks mm gold, emblematic of Holy Week i ho body of the vestments Is worked with sprays of fuchsia. The remainder of the vestments lu the same set nro made of the il 1 1 est molru antique, cm broldered In colored silk aud gold to correspond. This mngnlllcent sot of vestments wns made by the Dominican nuns nt Hunt's Point. To embroider the vestment It took fifteen nuns an en tire year, working eight hours a day. Thu chiisublcs are studded with pearls and rubles. The tirehlcplseopnl sot worn when the archbishop pontificates are of the finest red silk velvet. There nro eight acts nnd they cost $.1,000 each They are embroidered In pure gold. A famous old set of vestments now In the cathedial sacristy was a gift to tho late Archbishop Hughes. On theso vestments, which tire of the finest gold cloth, Is worked the archbishop's cont of nrmi. They are embroidered In gold and Incrusted with Jewels. The sot comprises vestments for twolvo priests, besides the archbishop. It Is valued at JW.OOO nnd wns Imported from Lyons Archbishop Corrlgun has worn those vestments occasionally. Still another set of vestments that tins attracted general attention from ad mirer of artistic embroidery was pre sented to Archbishop Corrlgnu. They are rose color, and nro worn on only wo days In tho year, ami nro permitted to cathedrals and collegiate churches nly throughout the world. They arc embroidered In flno gold and artistic eedlework. On the chasublu Is tho sua! cross, nnd the figures 011 the cross nd designs on the frontispiece aro worked lu silk of different colors, gold and silver, on gold. A very handsome set of vestments Is one worn for pontifical requiem mass. It Is of black moire antique silk. A set of vestments for nuptial mass was prepared especially for Archbishop Corrlgan's use. It Is made of whlto satin nnd around tho outer edge Is worked a vine of forgct-mciiots In col ors that blend. Around tho cross In tho back of thu chnsublo aro worked gold sprays of marguerites In vino shape, In the center of each spray Is Inserted a pearl. The cross Is richly ornament ed In pearls mid pink sen shell ombrold cry, Hundreds of persons who desire to exnmlnc tho vestments visit tho cntlic drnl annually. Permission to seo them Is granted only to very fow persons. Of lato years thero has been a grow Ing sentiment In favor of richer vest ments In the Episcopal church. Tho Episcopal churches In this city where tho most costly vestment aro now arc St. Ignatius', St. Mary's, St. Edward the Martyr's and tho Church of the Holy Cross. The lato Father Brown, of St. Mary's Church, on -ifith street, between 7th and 8th avenues, had some of tho finest vestments In tho country. Ho wore cope on the hood of which was cmbrold cred In gold a figure of tho Virgin. Tho crown mid necklace of tho figure were of the finest first water diamonds. An gels that wero embroidered about tho figure wero also thickly embroidered with dlnmonds. Tho embroidery on this copo was of tho most artistic quality, nnd wns worked by tho Sisters of St, Mary. Father Brown also woro a very handsomo stole embroidered with nn- gels, tho heads of which wero worked In human hair. Just Ills Luck. Jack I'll tell you what's tho matter, George. You don't prnlso your wlfo enough. Even If things don't go right, there s no use growling. Praise her of, fortH to please, whether they nro sue ccHsful or not. Women 11 ko praise, and lots of It. George All right. I'll remember It, Gcorgo (nt dinner, sanio day) My dear, this plo Is Just lovely! It's dell clous. Ever so much better than those my mother used to make Sho couldn't equal this plo If sho tried a mouth. George's Wlfo Huhr You'vo mado fun of every plo I over mndo, nnd now George But this Is lovely. Georgo's Wlfo That camo from tho confectioner's. Widows' Flag. In Sumatra, If a woman Is left a widow, Immediately nftvor her hus band's death sho plants a llngstnff at her door, upon which a Hug Is raised. So long as tho flog remains untorn )y the wind the ctlquetto of Sumatra for bids her to marry, but ut tho first rent, however tiny, sno can iny aside her weeds nnd accept tho first offer she has. Womnnhood, A Mean llurglur. Tho meanest burglar on record has been at work In Montreal. Ho broko Into n baker's shop, and, finding only 1)2 cents us plunder, took u slnglo bite of every plo nnd cako lu tho place, thus rendering them unsalable. Tho best throw with tho dlco Is to Mrom Valontlno To I In How lytlla Em Plnhhant'o Vapatn bio Oontitound Qurotl Hop. ,Iftps,,npM wU, ,,0 out of y011r llfo fart.vi)f, my sister, If you Imvu any I of tlm symptoms mentioned In Mrs, Valentino's letter, unless you net 1 promptly, rniouro uyuia u. rink 1 nam's Vegetable Compound nt unco. It In absolutely sure to help you, Then wrlto for advice If thero Is anything about your enso you do nut under stand. You need not ho nfrnld to tell tho things you could nut explain to tlm doctor your letter will bo seen only by women. Alt tho pursuits wltoheo priv ate letters nt Mrs. Vlnhlmm's) Lnborn. lory, at Lynn, Mass., nro women. All letters nro eoullduntlnl mid ndvlco abso lutely free, lloro I tho letter t "It Is with ploiiNitro tlint I add my testimony to your nt, Hop ing It may In duce others to avail t li v rn solves of tho benefit of your vnlitnulo rem edy, llcfuru taking l.ydla 12. Plnklinm's Vegetal) to Compound I felt very bad ly.was terribly nervous, and tired, had sick headaches, no n 11 1 o 1 1 t o . gnawing pain lu stomach, pain in my bnclc mid right side, nnd to weak I could scarcely stand, I was not nbln to do anything. 11ml sharp pains all through my body. Ilefore I had tfllicn half n Ixittlo of your medicine, I found mytelf Improving, I continued Its uu until I had taken four bottbs. and felt so well that I did not need to tnliu iwiv more. 1 am like a now person, and your medicine shnll always havo my iiralsc." Mn. W. P. VAt.rKTiNX. SCfl rerry Avenue, Camden, N.J. SSOOO "Vibe paid It thlatmmilm nimi im not oanuina Ljrdla at. Plnkhmm Metlolnm C, Tho Poor City Hoy. Ob, the city boy Is bundled In hit heavy overcoat, With bit costly leather leggings. With a silk thing round his throat. And he tilde upon the sidewalk Where the ashes have bctu tprrad. And Imngfncs bo It happy On hit bright new tied There't a Mil tbat't high and sloping, In the country, far away. Where a boy who wasn't bundled I- It to smother used to stray; With the swiftness of the lightning Down tho gleaming hill be sued. And no ashet ever grate" 'Neath hla . home made tleu. Ob. I pity the poor city Boy who never gets beyona The narrow, ashy sidewalk Or some hampered little -pond; Ah, the hill was high and sloping, And the way tras clear ahead Whero a couutry boy wont coasting On a bom made tied. First or the Vniulcrtillt. Tho first of the Vnndcrbllts In this country wns Jnn Aertsen Van der Bllt, a Holland farmer, who camo to tho new world in tho first half of the seven teenth century, and who settled In tho neighborhood of Brooklyn, about 1050. As the name Indicates, tho family be longed originally to cither the village of Bllt, a suburb of Utrecht, or tho par ish of Bllt, In Frlsla. Peacemaker fUr the Hallways. Rome Vcars ago one of 1ho biggest Mllroad corporations of this country employed a confidential peacemaker, with the Idea of preventing suits, as far as possible, for personal damages. It has proved a profitable Innovation. nnd Is being taken up by other rail. rnurl. It Surely Wai. Ho I got tin aenlnst a trollnv nn. cldont coming liomu this ovening. duo 1 on uon't say: He Yes. I got a scat. The Part lie Took. Tlio Don And what riart did von tnJo in tills disgracoftil proceeding of holding Mr. Waters under tho pump? Undcrgrad (modestly) His loft leg, sir. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. HILL MILITARY ACADEMY, A Private School For boarding and dsy pupils. 0,en Hentomber 18. Fin new building. Tlio principal has had twenty-thrco rears' experience In Portland, cor renpomlonce solicited, For catalogues address J. XV. IIIM,, M. I)., P, O. drawer 17, 1'ortlund, Or, w. r, k. u. Aa. 3S-10O1. WI11SN writing advertiser pleat Host Counti Byrup. 'i'aitos GotxT, Uto I LUKtS WntKt AIL IINh Ull K. I i 111 throw them away. Lima. Hold 1)T (Irnirirlftti. I namfl'"fsM'viriirMHr-ir.i