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About Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1906)
Topics of the Times The Impulse to reform come strong est when one ha been detected. : rrr' -' vzz A couple lu Ohio were married tn three languages, but they could be di vorced tn oue. That New York dent tat who charged Prince Louis $1,000, seems to hate pulled hi leg Instead of his tooth. Why ta It that when a man goes wrong In financial matters these days, he Is always the owner of an automo bile! What Is chiefly noticeable about the Russian situation Is the enormous Amount of room there la for lniprove meat ' .-. It wonld be Interesting to hear the tlcCurdya expressing their minds con cerning young Mr. Hyde, who started 11 tale fuss. Heroes are quickly forgotten.' In order to get his name In the papers gain, Togo may hare to get run over by a trolley car. Occasionally you find that there is something in a name. Once In a great while you find a mutual Insurance company that really is mutual A. woman in Now York, who has been asleep ten months, has Just been aroused. She la still under the Im pression that all the Insurance compa nies are honest. There are those uncharitable enough to say that a man aa bald-headed as John D. Rockefeller, with the great sating tn time and money it creates. Just couldn't help being rich. How would It help the policy hold ers to regulate life Insurance by taxa tion? The companies would almply add the tax to the premiums and the policy holders would continue to pull all the freight Mr. Depew is said to be "looking .cheerful." The chief peculiarity of Mark Tapley's Jollity, it will be re membered, was that he invariably came out strongest when his surround ings were the most depressing. Mark Twain says he takes no ex ercise and smokes constantly, and he has reached his 70th birthday. But Just think how much older he might have been by this time if he had exer cised regularly and eschewed tobacco. Poon Chew, editor of a Chinese newspaper In San Francisco, observes that while he is a yellow editor he runs a white newspaper. Mr. Chew also observes that a good many white editors run yellow newspapers. An ac cusation of color blindness would not lie against the almond eyed brother. Once in a while a bit of slang is so expressive it becomes incorporated Into the language as an allowable Idiom. One of the most striking of these is "making good." It has come to have not simply a general but a specific meaning. It Illustrates the Idea of competition; It Indicates that nrutar intonup modern methods it is UUUVI only he who succeeds that can, in the long run, win recogmuuu. nciviumcu ,t.tiina testimonials, reauests from " - - eminent men, all fall before the stern decree that you must "maite gooa. Each year there are granted in the United States as many divorces as at together in France, Germany, Sweden, Relirium. Greece. Austria, orway ana Great Britain. The showing gives this nation a decidedly unsavory reputa tlon. It calls renewed attention to the extent of the divorce evil. Americans re Dleased to speak of the lax mor ality prevailing among the people of Europe, yet in the matter of divorce, which has been stigmatized as noth ing more than progressive polygamy, America is the equal of the greater part of Europe. The marriage tie may be dispensed with In Europe, but it Is growing to be disregarded In America. The marksmanship of the American naval gunners during the war with Spain was the murvel of the officers In other navies. But even their ex cellent work then did not equal the record made during some practice shooting recently, when a moving bat tleship at a distance of a, mile from a target twenty-five feet long and sev enteen feet wide put nine thlrteen Inch holes In the target with ten shots fired in five minutes, and then put ten smaller boles In the same target In two minutes. How ldng could an en emy's ship, offering a mark ten times as large, stand up under such wonder fully accurate firing as this? It Is interesting see how often the courts, which are supposed to be unresponsive to emotion, are moved to action by an Incident of real pathos or heroism. In Boston, recently, an orphan boy of 17 was the defendant tn a suit brought .by his uncle and aunt, to secure the custody of his twu younger sisters. The boy told the court that he was earning only $3 a week, and that perhaps It was true that the little girls would have more luxuries with the uuolo and aunt; but he wished to "keep the family togeth er," and felt sure that he could do It, with such help as the two older broth era had promised. Moreover, the lit tle girls preferred to stay with him. The Judge commended his pluck and his humane spirit, and awarded htm the custody of his two sisters, In or der that be could have his wish to "keep the family together." It ts a wise man that can tell by looking at a frog bow far It can Jump and it requires Just as much wisdom to tell by looking at a man how long he will lira. Yet appearance go for something, and the Medical Uecord has published an interesting article on the slgus of longevity. According to this article a man may reasonably ex pect a long lift when be has a large brain, a large heart, large lungs and large digestive organs that Is, large for the stse of hts body. The large brain ts Indicated by the head tower Ing above the openings of the ears and the large lunge by Urge nostrils. Large organs generally are Indicated by a long and thick trunk as compared with the legs, by large facial features and by a heary hand with short fin gers. Hasel eyes are said to be favor able also. The Record devotes less attention than It should to the fact that precocity Is unfavorable to long evity. In the vegetable kingdom the plants which mature the most slowly live the longest and the same holds good tn the animal kingdom, Including man. The same principle applies to the different sexes of the same species, women, for Instance, maturing at an earlier age than men. It la natural to expect the same rule to govern long evity in the Individual, and according ly experience shows that men and women who mature slowly are apt to Use long and those who mature at an early age to die at aa early age also. Men like Lord Macautay and John Flake, who were good Greek scholars at the age of 6 years, do not often reach three-score years and ten. On the other hand, many school children who are Incorrigible dunces aud are blamed or whipped for being back ward In their studies may not only be marked for long lives but destined to Intellectual greatness also, because they are maturing slowly. The truth of all this may be freely admitted, and yet it leaves us Just as far as ever from being able to predict a long life or a short life for any individual. Even the strongest man Is liable to be car ried off by violence, by contagious dis ease, by a rigorous climate, by hard ship or by insufficient nourishment, and even the weakest man may live to a great age In consequence of favor able conditions. Paradoxical as it may seem, some strong men die young In consequence of their strength and some weak men live to old age In conse quence of their weakness. Nothing Is better known that that In many cases the man of an iron constitution gets the idea that be can stand any thing and consequently proceeds to task his powers or Indulge bis appe tites In a manner that breaks him down before be has lived one-half as long as he might. On the other band, everybody has met with men who have lived for 80 or more years without ever seeing one well day. The explanation is that they were endowed or afflicted with a remarkably sensitive organiza tion, which made every departure from absolute prudence so painful that their prudent living more than offset the large organs and splendid vitality of some other men. A single weak or gan may have the same effect as a sen sitive temperament. If, for instance. a man has a.weak heart, but Is strong In other respects, and if he is naturally careful Of himself and determined to preserve his health the efforts be makes to avoid Injuring his heart's ac tion may be the means of preserving him to old age. For these reasons the large organs referred to by the Medi cal Itecord are not a promise of long life unless coupled with other favora ble conditions and with a prudent and .temperate turn of mind. A strong man without prudence has not near so good a chance for longevity as a weak and suffering man with whom prudence Is a dally necessity. After all our phil osophlzlngs we find ourselves at the complete disposal of the Infinite God who called us Into being and has des tined ns to live until he chooses to take our breath, and that is Just as It should be. Elft-ht Million Dollar Hoase. Lord Bute, of England, owns the costliest house In the world, situated at Itotbesay. It covers two acres of ground, and represents an Investment estimated at $8,000,000. The open season on the old man's pocket book begins January 1, and ends December 31. The largest grasshoppers are found lu South America, where some speci mens reach a length of five Inches, with a spread of wtnga of ten Inches. The smalt lake of Sewsllk, tn Alas ka, has regular tide, nrolwhly duo to underground connection with the sea, and the water of the bottom Is salt while that of the surface Is fresh. The effect of ultra-violet rays of light on some kinds of glass Is strik ingly shown at high altitudes. At a mountain station of the Ouadlan Pa cific Hallway five thousand or six thousand feet high green glass tele phone Insulators have changed te bril liant purple. Unlike some round Ashes, the flat specie keep to the bottom of the sea aud move along It, traveling great dis tances. Records have becu obtained showing that plaice have traveled eighty-eight miles In twenty-eight days, or an average of not less than three tulles a day. An Austrian chemist. Doctor Ztrn, has invented a process whereby casein. the esseutlal element of cheese and butter, may be solidified and shaped Into the various articles that are now made of celluloid. It Is said that this new product possesses mony advant ages over celluloid. It Is not Inflam mable, so that the danger from fire sometimes encountered In the use of articles made of celluloid Is entirely avoided. The new Industry In uow belug developed at Surgeres, France, one of the great centers for the manu facture of butter and chewe. Recent Information hulicatee that CherrapunJt, In Assam, and DebunJa, in the Kamerun, hold the record for heavy rainfall. During the period from 1SV5 to 1003 Inclusive, the aver age yearly rainfall at Cherrapuiijl was no less than 3d feet It "4 Inches. For the same period at Debunja the aver age yearly fall was 34 feet 34 Inches. The rainiest year ever recorded at CherrapunJt was ISM, when 4SV4 feet of ratn fell during the twelve mouths. On June 10, llRUJ, at DebunJa, almost IS Inches of rain fell during that single day. These lunneuse falls of ratn are attributed to the Influence of tropical oceans approaching close to lofty mountains. Scientists are again on the trail of the "missing link." Two years ago of sandstone near Warrnamhool, Inj Australia, which were thought to tie the Imprints of the footsteps of t pre-1 historic man. At the time this ldea was ridiculed; but a plaster cast was sent to Germany, and the Inevitable German savant went out to Investi gate the matter. He now reports that, tn his opinion, they were genuine hu man Imprints, and this, taken in con Junction with the extraordinary human skulls to be seen In the Warrnambool museum, Is supposed to show that a link between humanity and the ape has been discovered. The Idea of tho German doctor Is that at an early period the sandstone where the Im prints were found had been a great level beach cn which, perhaps, prehis toric men were accustomed to camp. A Femlnlna KalMa. One cannot see Just why the writer who tells her exjK'rlence tn the Indi ana Fanner should have oared to brenk Into the Indians' pretty belief In the sanctity of the slleut woodland region, nor why she exposed her own lack of tact and good manners. More over, the Imposition of her superior knowledge In this case was wasted, for as the story shows, their faith re mained unshaken, while their conclu sion was not complimentary to the dis turber of the peace. I was being rowed across a Cana dian lake by a party of Indians, and was told I must not break the still ness, or the spirits of the place would be offended. It was a calm, cloudless day, and the canoe sped like an arrow across the smooth waters. Suddenly, when In the middle of the lake, I determined to prove to these simple folk the folly of their belief. So I lifted up my voice In a wild cry that woke every echo of the hills. The Indians were filled with conster nation. They uttered no word, but, straining every nerve, rowed on hi frowning silence. They reached the shore In snety, and I had triumphed; but the leader of the Indians looked on me In concern. "The Great Rnlrlt Is merciful," he said. "He knows thnt the white worn an cannot hold her peace." ' Drat at Chap. "Thirteen guests sat down at my wedding breakfast." "Bring anybody bad luck?" "I don't think so that Is, none of the others." Cleveland Leader. Unfortunately there Is usually mighty little In the story that a drink lug man has quit Eruptions Tho only way to get rid of pimples and other erup tions is to cleanse tho blood, Improve the digestion, stim ulate the kidneys, liver and skin. The medicine to take is Hood's Sarsaparilla Which has cured thousands. netaearaatloM, Do you believe In reincarnation?" "I do," "What are your grounds for think ing that way?" "Well, I know of a mitn who used to be culled a bird. He now appears In the form of a lobster." Milwau kee Sentinel. Opals art so soft whn firt tskta from tbt mliist that pieces can t ptcisd off with th flniiiT,. Whenever a sore or ulcer does not heal, no matter on what part of the body it may be, it is because of a poisoned condition of the blood. This poison may be the remains of some constitutional trouble; the effect of Ions; spell of sickness, which has left this vital stream polluted and weak, or because the natural refuse matter of the body, which should pass oil through the channels of nature, has been left in the system and absorbed into the circulation. It docs not matter how the poison became Intrenched in the blood, the fact that the sore is there and dues not heal is evidence of deep, underlying cause. There is nothing- that causes more discomfort, worry and anxiety than a festerinjj, discharging old sore that resists treat ment. The very sight of it is abhorrent and suggests pollution and disease ; besides the time and attention required to keep it clean snd free from other infection. As it lingers, slowly eating deeper into the surrounding flesh, the sufferer grows morbidly anxious, fearing it may be cancerous. Some of those afflicted with an old sore or . . M ulcer know how useless it is to ex pect a cure from salves, powders, lo tions and other external treatment. Through the use of these they have seen the place begin to heal and scab over, and were congratulating them selves that they would soon be rid of the detestable thing, when a fresh supply of poison from the blood would cause the inflammation and old discharge to return and the sore would be as bad or worse than before. Sores that do not heal are not due to out side causes; if they were, external treatment would cure them. They are kept open because the blood is steeped in poison, which finds an outlet through these places. While young people, and even children, sometimes suffer with non-healing sores, those most usually afflicted are persons past middle life. Often, with them, a wart or mole on the face inflames snd lo gins to ulcerate from a little rough handling ; or a deep, offensive ulcer de velops from a slight cut or bruise. Their vital energies and powers of re sistance have grown less, and circwlation weaker, snd perhaps nome taint in the blood, which was held la check by their stronger constitutions of early f CNl I CNI I .fNl picious of any sore that docs not heal g7 XJV HV readily, localise the same germ that J 1 fcv'i J produces Cancer is back of every old JfU j fS sore "m' on'y ncl to be. n the " mmS VI VkM w circulation to produce this fatal disease. Pltnn V VtTPPTARI C Tnerc ' t,n'v one W!y 0 cure these old rUilLLT f til L I ftuuL. sores and ulcers, and that is to get every particle of the poison out of the blood. Tor this purpose nothing equal S. S. S. It goes down to the very lottotn of the trouble, cleanses the' blood and makes a permanent cure. S. S. S. enriches and freshens the circulation so that it carries new, strong blood to the diseased parts and allows the place to heal naturally. When this is done the discharge ceases, the sore scabs over and fdls in with healthy flesh, and the skin regains its natural color. Book on Sores and ulcers and any medical advice desired will 1 furnished wiuiout cuarge. SWIFT Get What You Ask For! THERE Is a Reason Why the Good People of America buy Cascareia as Fast as the Clock Ticks. Every second some one, somewhere. Is Buying a little Ten-Cent Box of Ca carets. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 660 times to the Minute, 60 Minutes to the Hour, 3600 Boxes an Hour, 36,000 Boxes a Day of Ten Hours, 1,030,000 Boxes a Month, and then some. Think of it 220,000 People take a Cascaret tablet each day. Millions use Cascarets when necessary. The Judgment of Millions of Bright Americana Is Infallible. They have been Buying snd Taking Cascarets at that rate for over Six years, It Is not sn Experiment, not an Acci dent or Incident, but a sound, Honest Business, based on Tlme-Trled-and.Tcstcd Merit, never found wanting. There is a Reason. see Cascarets are the Implacable foe of All Disease Germs; tho Incomparable cleanser, purifier and strengthens!- of the entire Digestive Canal, They Act like Exercise on the Bowel Muscles, make them strong and active able to Help Themselves do their work keep themselves clean. Cascarets are the safe-guard of Innocent Childhood against tho Dreadful Death dealing Dangers that threaten the Llvy of the Little Ones. They are Purely Vegetable, absolutely Harmless, always Reliable and Efficient, Follta Pre. hot a a When young Mengles took the train for Harvard his father said: "As soon as you find out let me know If you have passed your entrance exam I hh turns." Two days later, In the midst of making a heavy deal, he received the following telegram: Te. J. l ea gle, Jr." Quite preoccupied and pnasled, be telegraphed back: "Yes, what?" The well trained son wired bark: "Yes, sir." Judge. , Saataea's !adlOra.. 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