Rogue River courier., February 18, 1897, Image 1

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BL TWELFTH YEAR
PROPHECY.
Upon his wooden hobby horse
He cal loped to the fray.
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The sunlight in his ruffl«-d curls,
His laughter ringing Kay.
And she who watcheit that reckless ride
Across the nursery flour.
And smiled upon the pai*er hat
And the wooden sword he wore—
Yet saw, through mist or sudden tears,
A vision strange and new—
Her little lad a soldier grown.
The prophecy come true!
Years after, when tho play was real,
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And through the crowded square
Brave men to battle marched away
Amid th? trumpets blure.
One watched with all a mother's pride
Their tuitain strung and tall.
Yet as she looked with loving eyes.
The pagoaut faded all!
She only saw a fair-haired child
Who galioj ed to the war
Upon his wooden hobby horse.
Across the nursery floor!
-Florence May Alt. in Good Housekeeping.
20 Per Cent Off
MYSTERY OF THE WHARF.
Red Star Store.
The office and w »rehouse of Schmidt &
Co., shipping merchants, at the Dutch
settlement of Bata\ ia, wa> at the end of
a long wharf projecting into the harbor.
On one side of the wharf the water
was 25 feet deep, and there wu . h room
for two ships to unload or discharge
cargo. On the other side there was a
rocky roof right fret below the surface,
which could not lx* blasted out without
great expense, and no craft ever came
in on that side unless it was n coaster.
The wharf was 5 feet wide,but the long
warehouse, which stoixi in the center
of it, Was only 30 feet wide, thus leav­
ing an o;x*n space about it. The office
was nt the sea end of the warehouse.
Below the warehouse and reached by a
rude stairway was a platform about ten
feet square, which was placed there for
the convenience of employes who
wanted to take a bath. When the tide
was in this platform was a foot under
water; when the tide was out it was
three or four feet above the surface.
l or a year and a half, beginning with
1SG7, a large number of the 30 men em­
ployed in office and warehouse had
made use of this platform, and there
had not been an accident of any sort.
In the summer of 1869, at four o'clock
in th? afternoon, two clerks in the
office descended for a swim.
They
dived from the platform together when
ready, but one of them never came to
the surface. When the alarm w as given
his body was dragged for, but could not
be found. It was generally believed
that a shark hail entered the open slip
and seized him whRe he was under wa­
ter, and for several week» there was no
more bathing.
The second victim was the captain of
a brig consigned to the flrm. One day
while she was discharging cargo the
captain heard the story of the mys­
terious disappearance. He laughed at
the idea of a man-eating shark coming
into th? slip and contended that the
clerk had struck his head against a
rock in diving and l»cen «<> badly hurt
that ho* died by drowning. To prove
that the M|M>t was safe he leaped from
the platform and swain about for a
quarter of an hour, This was Saturday
evening. On Sunday afternoon he tried
it again, having onu of the clerks as
companion.
For the first five minutes all went
well.
Then, as the captain climned
upon the platform and dived by himself
he remained so long under water that
his companions raised an alarm. When
several minute« had paaaed and he did
not reappear hojx* was abandoned and
drags were at once procured and the
body searched for. Close in by the
mouth of the slip, where there was a
deep hole in the rock, the grapnels
brought up fragments of the bathing
trunk worn by the unfortunate captain,
but 1 he body could not be raised. ?.'ativc
divers were offered aa high as $100 to go
down and investigate, but not a man
would undertake it. Sentinels w re
posted to secure fhe body when it
should rise, but nothing win ever seen
of it.
For a loug time Batavia enjoyed
what was termed “The Wharf M> «-1
tery.” There were various theories
ns to w hat had occurred to «ILsable the
two v ist in!«, and ns to v. hy thrii Inxlirs
could not lx* recovered, but th«* whole
matter was finally forgotten except
by the people on the wharf, ami for
several months there was no more I ath-
ing from the platform. There was
from tb? slip on th«* pthisr «id?, how­
ever. whenever it was free of craft.
Th? water vra-s deep an«l clear and of
an evening there were a dozen men ami
boys iwimming about and enjoying
themselves. Not on? of them met with
any sort of adventure, ami in time the
employ?« of the office and warehouse
began to make use of the platform
again.
For a time nothing happened. One
morning th? chief clerk, whose name
wm Henry Littlefield, arrived a few­
minutes earlier than usual ami an­
nounced to th«* porter that he wae go­
ing down on the platform for a hath.
Th? porter saw Him descend with soap
an«l towels, and heard him splashing j
about for a time. Half an hour passed
away, and as Littlefield did not return
th? jx>rier went down to look for him
and failed to find him It wax high tide
and his clothing wan hanging on a
hook out of r«-nch of th? water, but as
for the man himself hr ha«l 1 * ipj»?are«l
as mysteriously as th? other two. The
alarm was given and th? drags brought
out, but nothing was grafipled.
A diver was found to godown in his
armor, and he mad? an exhaustive
search of th? slip and th? deep hole.
He mad? juwt on? find am! nothing
could lx* proved by that. From the
bottom of th? bole he brought out a
human skull which was as clean as a
billiard ball and ha«l evidently been m
th? water for a long time. Jt wax
finally id?nt4fled by the teeth as tho
skull of th? first victim of this strange
mystery, but tb? identification did not
prove by what means th? rlerk c arroe to
his d?ath. Watchmen w?r? ri ployed
night an«l day, boat« were s' tat ioned
h?r? and th?rr. but Littlefield i’x body
did not rise to the surfa*-?. A i reward
of S2.000 wm offered for the rec ?overy of
1 v and later a reward of Sl.OOO
the body,
W at off ered to anyone who co
the mystery. After two or t hr?* e nutrif ha
the fate of the last victim pa» *?«! from i
the public mind, and by o
fl
Schmidt A io no one was p?m
make farther ns? of th? plat for
th? ovHca.
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GRANT'S PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18 1897
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V M. Cl.KMKNS
Latest
In the y?<r !«74 1 ws? mat? of a
MiiHjaJwnod trader visiling U>? telanda '
in th? Java ««»a. and when full / loaded I
we «wUlrd for Batavia to offer our cargo 1
to Rrhmidt A Cr» tK*- had no difficulty
in making a sale, and our raft drav* 1
msr I? m than arvrn fret of water, ua> 1
o ml almost every a here with impene­
trable bush. The fa w settlements are
cn the east coast, !?ud the center of the
island has never been explored. This
furnishes food for the su|x*r.stitiou« and
fanciful minds of the negroes, whore-
late wonderful tales of a race of giants
and various super natural beings who
are «upjKXJcJ to inhabit the interior
and occasionally visit the coast at night.
Almost all the settlers on this island are
engaged in sisal cultivation, of which
there arc several large plantation» , that
of Mr. Joseph ( hatnlieriaiu, M. P., being
notable.
The long straggling island of Eleu-
thera has also sisal estates, though the
local specialty is the raising of pineap­
ple*. The island is cooler in summer
than Nassau, ami many of the inhab­
itants are glad to escape from the me-
tropolis to Governor'll Harbor and other
settlements, where decent accomuuMla-
t ions may be found, which is mor«* than
can lx* said of most of the other islands.
Inagua, the most southerly of the
group, lyingdoae to Hayti, issonu w hat
different in character. It possesses ex­
tensive prairie lands aud numerous wild
horses. Mention must lx* made of San
Salvador, which was the first land
touched u|x»n by Columbus. He sub­
sequently visited New Provide nee, Oc­
tober 17, 1492, w hich hr named Fernan­
dina after Ferdinand of Spain.
The island was chiefly celebrated in
early days on account of the deeds of a
daring set of pirates who had fixed on
Nassau as their headquarters.
’Die
reefs and shoals which surround the
harbor made a convenient retreat for
those know ing the waters, but extreme­
ly dangerous for any unwary vessel that
might be <1 riven towards the shores.
The pirates at length attracted so much
attention that, at the solicitation of
British merchants George 1. dispatched
an armament to reduce the colony to
obedience. During the early pari of the
American war of independence the is­
land was taken by Commodore Hopkins,
but abandoned as untenable. It was re­
taken in 1TK1 by the S|mniards mil
Americans, but afterwards restored to
Great Britain.
Of course the jxilmv days of the Baha­
mas (like the other West Indies) were
before the abolition of slavery; still
during the American civil war, money
literally poured into Nassau. It was the
principal center for blockade running,
and all provisions and stores were
bought up nt fabulous prices.
The sights of Nasaau are certainly
not numerous; there are two, however,
which the visitor should not neglect.
The first is the phosphorescent lake
which lies two mile« east of the town,
and only about 50 yards from the sea,
with which it is connected by a chan­
nel. It is said to I m * the most phospho­
rescent piece of water in the world, but
the reason of the phosphorcseene has
never been satisfactorily explained.
Tin* lake, or pond, is artificial. havfag
been cut many years ago. |« to I ;nd v for
storing turtle. Certain it is that on any
•lark night the watiT presents a won­
derful spectacle. A boat is there forth«
u«* of visitors, and plenty of small lx«yj
ftlwny« on hand to dive under and
around it. As soon ns the water i» dis­
turbed, it appears simply transformed
into liquid fir?..
The other sight to lx* recommended is
a visit to Grantstowrj (one of the native
settlements) on a Saturday evening.
Stalls covered with various oomestibles
line the roadway, each one brilliantly
illuminated by a small bundle «»< ean-
dlcwood, which forms a splendid natur­
al torch. Then there are shanties where
"hmiiteristic negro singing and danc­
ing may I m - heard and seen.
Surely there never was such a pine*
for psalm-singing as Nassau; It seems t«
lx* tin* only dissipation of the color?«'
I voplr. Almost every night there
function in the various churches
chapels; if it is not a service. It
choral practice. The negroes are
ably a musical race, and here» they bin«
full opport unity of cultivating their
tastes as far as psalmody is concerned.
The I now ledge of the tonic sol-fa i
widely diffused, und the part-singlop
i»f the people is really aclrniruble; th*
quality of the voices often leaves much
but the Kinging i« correct
to be d red, ................................
und nlway« hearty, not to «ay boistgi
ous. Tin- *>a!lorn on the «pong? Ixxit •
and other craft., when their attention I*
not olherwi«? required, uaunlly pre -
«luce their tonic mo I fa Iwxiksand begin
deciphering new tunes, sometimes In
two or three parts, in a really extra«»-
<I nary way. hi short, when the negro« s
are not talking or eating tlity are u«iiai-
ly singing hymns. There are several
ra - cm of negroes in the islands, suc-
ce^t-or« of those originally brought bj
th«* Spaniards. Rome of the African
langUiigf’M arc still spoken by the old< r
jH’opli* amongst themselves, though
I'nglish is the only language one hears,
and remarkably pure English it is. for
th»* most part, with but very little
slang.
Mosquitoes ar»- a terrible scourge to
the »«Inn«), ht ill from November to Mav
Xa -. hi in prart»rally free from them
Snake: are plentiful in the bush. butai«*
perfectly harmless.
Tarantulas and
centipedes may lx* found by those who
take the trouble to look for them, The
most brilliant, humming birds and but-
trrfllea are always abundant.—Pall
Mail Magazine.
IN THE BAHAMAS.
hauled into the shallow slip to dis­
charge cargo. We entered the slip of u
Saturday afternoon and were not to
HY WILrUHU Ilt'UlLt.
begin discharging*.-argo until Monday
morning. Our crew consisted of six
men. The three seamen and cook were
Amongst, the numerous British col-
Lascars.
Suuday morning about tri; «vnies there is none, j>erhap«, alx>ut
o'clock the captain and I left the craft i which th<* average Englishman is more
to take a stroll through the city. I uihv than about the Bahamas—the isles
Scarcely hail we left, the wharf when « f June—of the Pink Pearl—of the
the cook wrd seamen disrobed aud , Oleander, as they have been variously
plunged into the waters of the slip for styled. Several reasons may account
a sw im.
for this. The islands lie apart from the
After awhile they started on a rar? other West Indian possessions, and out
out into the harbor, but aa they paired of tlu* course of the gr**at struiuships;
over tb<* deep hole at the mouth of th»* thej are in uo direct communication
slip the cook suddenly disap|x*ar?<L with England whatever, nor ith the
The two MTunuD on the vessel and three nearest British colony. Jamaica, except
or ft>ur loungers on the wharf all by means of an occasional sailing ves­
agreed that
something
suddenly sel and from all local schooners may
flashed out of the water, curled arouud heaven preserve the unwary visitor!
the nook's neck, and drew his heail
Most of the export and import trade
under waler just as he was crying is with the United States, and the only
out m terror. That “something black” regular communication with the islands
was about the size of an inch w>pe, very is furnished by the American steamers
flexible, and it was moved with great leaving New York fortnightly, calling
swiftness. The man was pulled down nt Nassau, mid proceeding toCienfuego
so quickly that no one could lx? sure on the south coast of Cuba; and by the
that he saw what he saw . We spent the Bahama Shipping company, w hich runs
entire afternoon dragging the slip and a steamer rv?rv three weeks between
rowing about the harlxvr, but as in the New York and Nassau.
three other cases no trace of the body
The islands are largely patronised by
was found.
American visitors during the winter
One day while we were waiting for months, who come thither to enjoy the
the excitement to calm down, and the superb climate; and cs a traveling
while strolling about the wharf, a puff Englishman is quite a rara avis, every
of w ¡nd blew my hat into the slip. 'Ph«* stranger is assumed to be American un­
tide was coming in just then and near­ til he proclaims his nationality.
ly at high water, and the hat was car­
Th? Babanins consist of a group of
ried under the wharf anil l(xlge«l some 650 islands (only 20 inhabited),
against the platform. To recover it I widely scattered, the extremes lx*ing
went down the long disused stairway. something over 400 miles apart. Many
There w as at least ton inches of water of them are only part ¡ally explored, and
over the platform, anil the hat ha I some of the smaller out*® scarcely
caught on a splinter at the corner near­ known; the population is, of course,
est the deep hole. I splashed through very scanty, the last census giving only
the water anil bent over to grab for 44.000, of which about 90 per cent, an*
luy headgear. Just as my fingers colored people.
seized it something darted oift of the
Nassau, the capital (and indeed the
water and whipped around my shoul­ only town worthy the nnme), is situated
ders. Close at band was a spile, with on New Providence, an island about th?
two braces from the platform secured
iz«* and shape of isle of Wight. The
to it.
finest buildings the town p«»«.si*ss?s are
As I instinctively started up I was flit* jail, tin* hospital ami the Iloynl
drawn into the crotch made by these Victoria hotel, said to lx* the best in
braces and threw' out my hands and 1 h<* West indies. It is onlv opi n from
got a firm hold. I cried out in alarm ns Christmas till the end of April, that. I ic­
1 was drawn forward,4>ut 1 hil'l no idea ing Un* film’s at which visitois. come
My first from the states; although a« far as the
of what was happening,
thought was that the platform had climate is concerned, the rains arc over
given way under iny feet, It. wax a ir Octolx*r and flu* weather is «*ool ami
matter of 15 seconds before, a «‘coivi b light fill from the beginning of No-
something darted from the water and vcm’icr. The thermometer «luring tho
fell across my shouhlers. I saw it as it winter varies between 70 and 80 de­
came, and instantly realized that it was grees.
one of the ♦■eiKarlrs of a large octopus.
At other times of the year ncronimo-
I now screamed for help, and as I called (latioi s can lx* had at- the Curry house
out a third tentacle shot forward and and at various boarding establishments.
struck me at the bend of the knvvs. The bank, post ofli«*e ami most of f lu*
My cries raised an instant alarm on the shops nr«* in Bay f*t.r«x*t—a long, wide
wharf. Inside of five minutes a dozen street, planted with almond trees, run­
men, mostly sailors, were down on the ning along the coast, vast anil west.
stairs and platform and ready to ren­ The roads around the town ami indceil
der assist an«?.
far into tin* country art* excellent. The
The clothing 1 had on consisted of a ’spind <*cniv»t boast, of any special
woolen slur-t. and a ¡»air of trousers of 1 »canty of setnery; with th«* exception
rather heavy cloth. Owing to this tin* of a very low range of hills, the country
air cups of the tentacles did not strike is i'at, in some |-laces swampy. The
my ban* flesh, nor could they get u uncultivated |*orti<ms ar«* always cov­
firm grip. While the first one dart«* I ered with vegetation, soni' tlm-s by an
at me held inc tight to the braces, th? •i1n*o t hup« net in bh* bush, sometime«
two others played i.round and over me by pirn* tris s, and sometime« by many
like whiplashes. As the men came run­ miles of bra’.it iful palmettos plant«
ning down and saw what, nature of without which no Ix>ndon drawing-
creature had attacked me, they hesi­ room is complete nowaday«.
tated for a moment to approach Th?n
At the back of Nassau is a li meato nr
three sailors sprang forward with ridgr through or over which arc roads
drawn knives and began to cut. ami leading to the native towns.
These
slash. As they did so a fourth and fifth Ix*ing sh«*ltcred from the dry .north
tentacle darted out of the water and win«!, ami hence being Homew hat danq>-
lashed them, and two more men came r ami w ai im r than t b? capital, exhibit
forward with sharp hatchets.
the most w onderful wraith of tropical
From the time the first man reached vegetation. Each cabin stands in the
nn* to th? end of t h? lxit t.lv was a pcriinl midst of a garden where such utility
of ten misiiifes, and every mi nut«* was trees as cocoauut jxi’ms, orange«, ba-
hard work. Every one of the five ten­ namis. guavas, and somethin*« bren«l-
tacles was severed time and
ain, but frtiit, are sure Io be seep; th«* merely
so fierce and determined was the octo- ornamental plant® ar«* al««» not for­
pus that hr actually row to the surface gotten: every s|M*(*ic of rose s«*«*ins to
beside the platform and struck at the run wiki in the gardens, and in tibia
shifting feet of th? men with his hor- land of f-erj-etual summer th? tree«
rible beak. The lopping off of bis arms “krej» bloonrng right along." ns an
disabled him. list hr would hnvr mad»* Sfneriran might express it. There an*
his escape just the same if a man had (< nr of tin sc native set t l«*ni»*nf s at th?
not coin«* down on Hie platform with a ba« < of ? a sau, anil to a IxitaniMt
shotgun loiidril with buckshot and fired nothing ra'*. I m * mor? inten*«1ing than a
th«* charge info his head.
ramble through the stn*ei«, or, more
As I clung to the braces one of th? pr ’ rly speaking, lane».
tentacles crossed my bare wrist, but.
Th? list of tree* and {liants flourish
that was the only spit when* th? flesh ing on th«* island serum almost inex-
wa s touched. One of the sucker? or laiiKtible; I m si«les those I m for«* men-
< ups fastened to the flesh and had to
J, sonic of tlx- best known are:
be cut away bit by bit. d’hr feeling Sill., col Ian. banyan, mahogany, « bony,
Wl as if«a hot iron had bren luid on. -at’n v '»oil frees; pineapples, gra|M*
While
wax drawn a great f rui t, sbiyi'l«» ks, mangoes, yams, plon-
Ir no blood was
blister appeared, and later on a »ore, tains. sugur cane, etc.
find it wax quite three month« before
Th. ■ chief ami oldest induNtry of th«*
the injury was entirely healed, When nface is fqxmging; an apparently ?nd-
the fight was over I was too weak to less r iippl.v of sponge i« fournl on the
stand, anil it was t\fo or three «lays be­ reefs which surround f hr IblamlK. The
fore 1 got my nerve back.
pong- boat* ar«* constantly returning
That was how “Th? Mystery of the to Na .* hi v ;fh their <*nrg(M-s, anil large
Wharf" wa« finally solved, though the hi a» «« ninv b«* »■••rn almost anv morning
neoph* who ha/l offered the reward in the« ehnng?. Sponge ¡SKoldbvam*-
did not com? forward and hand it o’ er.
Had I stood a foot to right or left of th?
«¡»il»* whsn M*ized I should have bei-n
pulled off the platform and dra/rg«-«i
down into the (hx-p hole to b<- leisurely
d«-vour?d. The four men who lost their '(<•<] erri
lives foil victims to th** khidc creatur«*.
t qi.
rhe o topus h.'w! com? into the harlior
unnoticed, and mad?
his lair in the deep
rie hi
hole at the
th? mouth of the
th? slip. II? may
not h: f remain?«! there all the time,
but after hii death a diver made a more
careful xearrh of the place and the
liones were disrovered and sent up.—
Philadelphia Press.
Mlrrnbrai f>«*»our N«*w»f*.
WEEK.
TRAVELS OFeA DIAMOND.
Mtorj of a Parts Jeweler's Experience with
a Very Fine Stone.
Some years ago a Paris jeweler told u
story of one diamond which had passed
over hut counter no less than 11 times.
It wan a bvuutiful stone of nearly four
carats, of perfect color und luster, but
easily identified by means of a small
“feather” in the tip of the lowest part.
He bought it from an East India dealer
and had it set in a ring. Ut was sold to a
count cmh in 1869, just before the out­
break of the Fran co-Prussian war. Th**
countess die«! in a few week«, and the
ring wm worn by her husband. He was
killexl in the siege of Paris, and a fe^\
days after his death the ring wum
brought in the ring und sold it to the
mon soldier. He was arrested, and the
ring was sent to the family of the dead
count. Before the siege ended they
brought, in the ding and sold it to the
dealer in order to procure money to
buy food. Directly after the* siege it
paased into the hands of nil English
tourist who visiu*d the city to gi t a
look at the ruin wrought by the com­
munist«, and a year later I Nick came the
stone from the Indian buyer of the firm,
who, on being written to and desired to
tell how be got it, stated that, it had
been the property of an English tourist
hunter who was killed by a tiger, and
his friends sold th? ring to get means to
send the body home. The stone was re­
set, and soon found a purchaser in a
prominent member of the demi-monde,
who not long afterward was murdered
in her rixun. Among the art icle« taken
by the murderer was the ring, and the
firm began to wonder how soon it would
turn up. They had not long to wait, for
all their people had by this time learned
about the stone, and were on the look­
out for it. After six months it was found
in the «howease of a jeweler in London,
who had bought, it from a firm in
Amsterdam. It was bought by the
Paris agent, and «ent back to lie started
afresh on iU travels. It was purchased
agwin by a woman of the town, who, six
weeks later, was di awn out of the Seine
with the gem on her finger, and, by a
strange coincidcnc*. it wax offered to
the firm that sold it by the police agents,
the court having jurisdiction having
ordered it to be sold. And so it went
from hand to hand, attended with mix­
fortune at every change and usually
bringing dixith to the |x>s»emsor. La­
borers in the GolooiMla mines uxed to
say that when a stone was baptised in
blood when first taken from, the earth
it caused the shedding of blood wherv-
ever it. went, ami the story of one
such ill-omened gem goea far to confirm
lielief in such a superstition.—Jewelers’
Rex mw.
*
TDi Favorlie Hout Hemeii).
For all diseases caused by derangement
of the Liver, Kidneys, and Stomach.
Keep it always in the house and you
I will save time and Doctor’s Bills, and
have at hand an active, harmless and per­
fectly safe purgative, alterative and tonic.
If you feel dull, debilitated, have frequeat
, headache, mouth tastes badly, poor appe­
tite and tongue coated, you are suffering
from torpid liver or biliousness, and SIM­
MONS L iver regulator will cure you.
If you have eaten anything hard to
digest, or feel heavy after meals or sleep­
less at night, a dose of SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR will relieve you and bring
pleasant sleep.
If at any time you feel your system
needs cleansing and regulating without
j violent purging, take SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR.
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J. >1. Zcilin X Co.. 1‘hiladclpiUa/
Professional Cards.
ROBERT G. SMITH,
ATTORN 11N’ AT-LAW.
G kant P avm , O kluon .
Practices in ell State and Federal Courta
OrrtCK in B ank B cii . dno .
WILLARD CRAWFORD,
A'ITOK N I: V A’rr.A W-
Practices in all Federal, State and Su­
preme Courts. .
Orricr at Re-int-NcK Titour S t , ■ north .
Notary Public.
HENRY L. HENSON,
Attorney-at-Law.
GRANTS PASS, OR.
Orric«—Over the Hank.
CunrU oí the State.
A Trapping Plant.
The baited trnp ia an imitation of the
dlonea or Venus fly t rap. Tide singular
si<ecinien of the plant world preaenta
to unsuspicious > um '< ta a drop of honey­
like jelly, and w hen the victim descends
to sip lie finds himself seized by the
treacherous lenves of the insectivorous
plant which surround and Htrangli-
him on the spot.
Practices in all
ARTHUR P. HARTH,
Doctor in Dental Surgery
Orni le
B akk
over the
Oregon
Grant's Pass,
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EAST and SOUTH
---- VIA THE -----
What a great qua»,
tlty of work n "good
housekeeper ” finds
to «1«) I There ar«
•o many little time­
anil-strength taking
chores that have no
names And it must
all be done whether
the housekeeper
fe?h like it or u«>t.
This in true of men’s
work too, but men’s
manual labor is
never so complicated
as housekeeping In
some way or other
“the world’s work
must be done ”
This iron clad rule is
harder on women
than it is on m«n A
man cam !
as a woman.
A a • man’» organization is simpler and
stronger, it follows that his ailments are
lew complicated
He is not subject to the
chances and changes, physiologically, that
come to the average woman
If a woman is in good health there is no
more healthful employment than house­
work Gcnrially speaking there ia no hsp-
fiier woman in the world than the ©nr who
i* well and busy all dsy long “making
home ” for dear owes who depend upon
bar
Rut how different when every breath
is pain, every step torture I This state of
health, in nine cases out of ten < omea from
detangvments of the delicate, feminine or­
gans of generation. The family doctor in
quires first concerning these
Hr most
usually insists upon an “examination ’’
From thia the m«»dest woman naturally
ahrinka
She is right
Excepting in very
unusual cases of “female weakness” ex
aminations are unnecessary
Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription is a simple, natural
remedy for the*e ills. It cures gradually,
safely, permanently.
Here la one testi­
monial out of thousands
"I was 111 four years with female weakness ' 1
took two Ijottles of pr Pierce's Favorite Pre­
scription
I do my house work now without
pula of (statues# **
Yours truly,
(Mrs.)
Lyme Center. Grafton Co., N. H
Be.«d >i cents in one c«nt stamps «o World'«
Disn?**«ary M«-!ical A 4 m at »on Buffalo, N Y .
and re* sire Dr Pierce s lanA page ommoi «
•a <aa MkoicsL sovisita, profusely illustrate«!
N. E. McGrew
Pioneei Truck and Deliveiy
it nr? f*i?
G m AXT’S PA'*«, < »HF.OON
Ifsd a M r raw tie I ongne.
A n«>v?| disfiositlon of «« wag«* 1« made
Th»* former
I>r Parr had the large«! notion
at
Exeter,
England
The
mrth«x!
eon-
larg? r«>nch
of his own skill at whist and
abundant sista «if four tanks, a fourth of th**
the smallest tolerance for a poor
y th? boys, M*wng? [Hu.King into each. Light sml
opponent. A lady once aaked him
iis exercise, »ir ar«* exclude«! from th? tank«; putre­
st a can! pa rt y how h? fared,
izi* win pur- faction and <i?rom posit ion ar? rapidly
For Sale Ht the COUR 11 .R Office
wax
th?
pl?as-
“Pretty well, madame,**
i
*«*t up, th«* mierolx'M multiply and th«*
iog reply, whi ch he made loud enough
-»oliil iM>rtions of the srw igr an* ron- 1 hexr papei are r •<’ the’hing lor lining
for his partner to hear, “considering
-'iimd, and th? outflow from the tanks
cabin» m r 1*1»»•• w IrHodlri*. putting
that I have three n< versari?«.” On an-
is nothing but slightly «olored water,
nit'1* t chie siuMkiug in I i*i.|w*rs
4« playing with Dr.
Other
which,
after
passing
through
filters,
iiffllHUtf lil**M Mil« ■ i.»«Xl of
r«canons means of live-
Warner, th? rector of Bath, who hazard
other
The lAtiv?« much relish th? low-s all color and ta«t? No chemical
?«l a fin«*««? which did not com? off. In
h, but it is somew hat an is h ». »*«1 and no attention to the tanks
a mfjment Parr flashed upon him:
of any *«,rt is nrrdril. Fkieh filt«*r fail
“Dick,** «aj«J he, “you have all th? cun­
Ambergris which is formed by a «Jis- automatiraUy rleanws itself by l»eing
ning of a Bath sharper without bis
P vo U m t yt.ur Idea* th«»y n
t'Hnf you w^alm
*as? in th* •jx’rin w hole, is «M*cnsi(*nnlly out of nsr for a short time.
Writ« JOHN WA.OI»F.KSt’RM A CO . Pat-nt AH-.f
• kill.” Th? next hand which Warner
MF«, WiMhincu»-. b c . f<»r th«*ir •!.<«> yrtsa < IT«-«
«ash?«) n«h«>r? on th? Udnnds, ur»«l a
Osiy
•adI to I u< tw« bWMtrwd iutMilwui wah U m .
b?ld was a fin? one, aud Parris features large j-i» «•«» of it is a «mail fortune to
Jt is jiot long since U«»* emperor of
aAAiimei th?ir natural placidity. In a lb? I tick y finder.
A iistria definitely settled th? rucce>-
ton? r/f con<I?«ern«ion h? drawled out,
on to tiir throm* on hi« nephew. Arc! -
A Disappointing ffaal.
with bis usual lisp: “I acquit you of
¿I-
il-;«- Otto, |rt>«sh)g ov»*r th? latter’s el
Soni? folk« nay, «aid a fi«h?rman, that
♦
trtekrry. III« hard, would that i could
brother,
Francis
Feidi'iand,
b«*ca«.
if
a
fish
«Mu
’
-
g»*t«
into
a
jmiuih I n»*t it
of stupidity.**
r!->»!vr- I.
» was on the point of death frooi cor>-
never get« out until it is tiU<?n out; but
imption. Francis is ap; arrntly r*-
mm a matter of fad fi«h often g?t out of
ivi-ring his health, however, ami it
nt jMKirtd n?ta It fa ¿OfDtDOfl for ab??pw-
TV-SEVFNTH YFAR. ♦ ♦ ♦
hiflted that he was not suffering so
a«*cu«- b?a«l. bhieffah, Spanish ma?k?r?i and
w
nob fr«»rn « ouMimption a« from blight-
> WOR' r A¿!DF circulation .
Fv? !>??n to a
.|«mrd of ^bad to get nut of them
11« hit« long wished to
la of ir-1 ;M>iin<! net on a fiunilay Btul count'xl 2«*> ♦ d I affection.
a ¿Uly
ccàlyîalCJ..
ma arry Archduefiess Stephanie, thswid-
'rung nn
I
ow
of
Crown
Prine?
liudolph,
whow*
u fw* “in- oi, Moridav found only four or five. The
¡ . i-.pr-.sAIH.« TO M inin » Mt n
r.
?«->-
firh g» * in ft ”d if tb?y fl nd the «q»??iing t rngi«* «Jen t !» st Meverling s f*w years
( I»
»«>
will
n-cailed,
and
he
was
«xm-
propt rty« end get start?«! right they can get out.
They follow on? another like a tloik of »titutionally debarred from doing so
mmí haw often root frota LOW Us l^tas
MINING AMD Si lk.MTIFIC PRESS.
j
while b« rrtnaD I in the direct line of
sleep. Cbi<*HgO Neus.
bre.
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the 'krone.
Shassta
Route
— o( llie —
Southern Pacific Company.
Extu**«« Tiain« Leave Portland Daily
South.
Ï ‘ .
1
8:50 p. u? I Lv. Portland
Ar. i 8:!0 a . m
11:0U v. m lv . Granta F ähs LV. 1 ti:k.T p. M
Il 16 a m 1 at . San Fran'co LV. 1 7 :00 p. *
Above trains stop at East Portland,
Oregon City. Woodburn, Salem, Turner,
Mar ion, JeiTet non, Albany, Cottage Grove
I ! i! ri-<-
City,
Eugene,
burg,
Junction
_
Creawell, Pram, and all station« from
R omo * burg to Andi land incluHive.
Roteburg Mail Daily
H .'«»A. M
12 26 P. m
5 2u r. m
i.v. Portland
i.v. Albany
at . Roseburg
i.y.
a.V.
Salem Pasaenger Daily
in » i*. M. i tv. Portland
:1ft P. m . I Ar baleni
I r
1U 1ft A. ■ .
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lv .
DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE-
Pullmun
Buffet
Sleepers
-- mill —
S econd C lass S leeping C ars
Atta< lie<l to all tlnoU|;h train«
Went Side Division hrtween Portland and
Corvallis.
MAIL TRAIN l-All.Y (RIC»rT «VWDAT.
7 K ia . m .
12.1ft r m
i . v .
at .
Portland
(’orvallis
at .
|
«L'JD f . m .
i.v. | l:3ftp. m
Al Albany ami Corvallis connect with
train, of Or. Central A Eastern lty.
ti rucas
I 46 p . m .
7 .26 p . m .
train daily
i
( kx . srt
s < sday .)
i.v. Portland
Ar. ' 8:25 a . m .
I Ar. .McMinnville lv . | 6:60 a . M.
i iinoi i.u tickets
To all jMiintN in the Eastern States, ('ana*
<la and Eiir«>|*« can be obtained ut loweat
rate«, from J. h. 1'UKlHt.M,
........... Airt nt,
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Portant!. Or.
Manager.
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