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ACS VI60QB9S A Veteran of the Late War Adds One More Name to the List of Striking Cures by Pink Pills in Michigan. Ill OLD-FISHIOSED, LAHSE FAMILY OF THIRTEEN CUEL from a OmrimStrnlil, Httm mm. Mi, A fcw yan tgo mm of La Grippe swept orer the land tnd brought thouauidt of its vietiflM to the grate. Others who t raped the flfe Urcd on in torrow and Riffer iug, broken In health and spirit. Terrible as was the disease, its after effects were yet more appalling, as it sought oat the weaknesses of the constitution and left thou sands shattered wrecks of their former selves. A lew days apo a Courier-Herald represen tatire, while at the thriving little town of AcroDj Aiien sset jatm u smim, a veteran of the industrial army, on whose and head the disease had fallen, and he heard him tell how he liad suffered and what had given him relief. We can do no better than quote his own words, which an as follows: "About seven Tears ago X was taken down with the 4 Grip, and it mstened on me very hard. For ibont half the winter I was so bed that I could not leave the house. I was chilly all the time, and could not get warm. I felt as if I was frozen solid, and eonld only breathe with great difficulty. " IhiscowUaon attentate! with sweating spells of great violence. There was an al most continuous pain, and it would shoot from one part of my body to another, with great suddenness, and eause me intense suf fering. Sometimes it was in my hips, then in my legs, and again it would go to my head and pain me in the eyes. It was so in tense that it even affected my surht "I called in medical assistance, but this was fruitless, as I received no benefit from physicians. From then on I tried various preparations that were recommended to me, but they did me no good, and my condition was as bad and painful as it was before I tnea tnem. " Final v. I saw an advertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and I read with much interest of the wonderful cares that they had effected in so many cases. I had tried so many proprietary prep arations that I had no faith m it but tried it, as I had so many other things, to see if iney were or any use. ' One day when I was feeling as bad as uamu, j pjfc uua vi num. ruut, anu snuruy before going to bed I took one pill. I cannot tell you what a surprised man I was next morning. Then I put on my shoes with ease, a thing that I had not done for forty years. A little while after this I was so well that I drove to Bay City, Michigan, a distance of! iwentytnree miles, and was not at ail tired when I got there. "Ism now seventy-six years of age and unusually active for a man of my years. I work on my forty -acre farm and experience no trouble from the work. I want to say a good word for Pink Pills, as they helped me where all else did no good whatever. Since my illness and cure a number of my neigh bors hare used them, and say toftt they bare been greatly benefited." sirs. Smith, the veteran's wife, who tat near by, confirmed the words that her hus band had spoken and added her testimony to the good that the pills had been to the family. The worthy couple are old and re spected residents of Tuseola County, where iney have lived for thirty years. Mr. Smith is a sturdy pioneer, and cleared up a 200 acre farm near Akron. He yet Hves there, surrounded by twelve of his thirteen chil dren. Thanks to Pink Pills, he has a pros pect of many vars of usefulness. Another so fferer with the same malady was Nell Raymond, a prosperous and leading j farmer, residing nearfolumbiaville, Lapeer j Co., Michigan. Speaking to a representative of The CourifrxH erald, Mr. Raymond said : ! " Three years ago last June, one night 1 ruf- i fered an attack of paralysis, brought on, I think, by overwork and as an after effect of la grippe. After a week my condition was so bad that I sum atoned a physician and j doctored for about six months, with but little I relief. For some time I had seen in the i Albany Furniture Co. (INCORPORATED) BALTIMORE BLOCK, Albany, Oregon. Furniture, Carpets, Linoleums, matting, etc. Pictures and Picture molding. Undertaking a Specialty. Victors Are Best. ""Mill iir'"'" " - ..wilitr- . .. """" Victor Non Puncturable Tire, No. 103, is the lightest running wheel on earth. The best is the cheapest in the end. Largest stock of second-hand wheels on the coast. Everything as represented. Write for lis-t. ; . Headquarters for sundries and athletic good?, 130 Sixth Street and 311 Alder Street, Portland, Oregon. OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY. res of eases similar a mine effected fay Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and thought I would try them. I bought a box and continued their use with good re sults. I soou began to gain in strength and health and felt the good effect of the Pills. "They were the first things that had been able to give me relief. They have been of great beWit to me and I can strongly recom mend them to anyone suffering from paralysis." The case of another veteran has come to the attention of this paper and it is berefWao: When in 1861, the fate of our Union hang trembling in the balance, and President Lincoln issued his faunas call for volun teers to go to the front and fight for its pres ervatiou, an immediate response swept over the North like a tidal wave, and regiment after regiment of brave boys in ulueqakJdy sprang up from every q Barter. Unmindful of the privations of a soldier's life, and the horrors of war, they shouldered their rauaketa and marched to the front to battle for their country. Among the first to answer the call was E. Q. Matthews, who enlisted as a number of Company D. 103d Ohio Infantry, and who fought bravely until the close of the great struggle. Mr. Matthews now lives with his wife and family of six children andgrand. children on his farm near Akron, Tuscola County, Michigan. While in the ranks he contracted inflammatory rheumatism and this developed into a trouble that remained with him for over thirty years, fie finally became cured of it and to a representative of the Qmner-Btnild he spoke of hk ease as follows : " During the late war I was s member of Company D, USd Ohio Infantry, and per formed alt the duties incident to a soldier's life from 1862 to While at the front owing to the privations of our soldier life, J contracted inflammatory rheumatism, and this finally developed into a permanent form of rheumatism, that has always troubled me since that time. When I was mustered out in IS63 I went buck to Ohio to Uk plave where I enlisted and was laid up there in bed for 12 weeks. I then got out for n ation time and was a?ain laid up lor a long spell. Since then I have been a victim of these at tack and they have laid me up for much of the time. " My case was also complicated hy severe kidney troubles and other diseases that baf fled the best medical skill. I have tried manv Dhvsicians and also DroDrictarv rfi. cles of all kinds that were said to be good for such troubles as mine. In hit search for health I spent hundreds of dollars, but it seemed to be all in vain, and nothing seemed to reach my trouble and give me relief. About a year ago a friend advised me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and although 1 had no faith in them, I bought a box and be. Sn to take them. After I had begun en the ird boa a great change in mr condition be gan to appear, and my trou bi for over thirty years' aunaing Dfgan to be cured. 1 took four boxes more and then frit an treat I discontinued their use. " I am now able to work on my farm and have no fear of the old trouble coming back as long as I can get a box of Pink Pills. My ease was a particularly deep seated one, of long standing, and so I want to let other wlui Arc ffltMiul an T was L- that lime Pink 1'ilU for Pale People hart own id me. Br. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peonle are now (riven to the public a. an onfiulini 1,1 uJ 1 IM i . , xwju wuiiuti mw iroitr iiwim, curing forma of weakness erlnine from a saw condition of the blood or nattered asms. The silk are aold by all dralen, or will he eat poat paid on reeeipt of pries, tftanrta a box or fix boiej far $2.50 (ther are am old m bulk or hy the 1ft'), br addrnwirt in. niuiamr mm. ,.. K-heiiertady. x v "I l;id lieen wanting to but aouie tlhi'jr elt to vou wlien I hm1 got rid of nty tin n.l fit! 'ticisapo. t do not know (T voti "ere ti. bear Hut you were onee c.' ''! enough Ui 'think tliut F httil dntiv ,vnu a i'mte In liritip:Ui n letuir . vvnc wMnnromler.-Mtltnupli 1 kiim WUor than niiynup thi' peimiit" 'Vvntioi' tu your duty that lijuiur vcu nc'opt. ny jwor service, from nU that T eim htnr you Iwyc never hail the eri;i of H. Will yon now try me aonlti? I tim-in more fnvor hro, and I uiiRlil yet l more aueceanf ul in show In.? your superior how true you hare tieen to ynnr truat,. pve.n if you have little fuitli in your friend Matilda Faulkner." For n lnnx time he remained motion h'fw with the letter mhii hond. Then he nrn.o. ordered his hone and galloped awny. Tlu-re waa little difficulty in finding the eemotery of Three Tinea croaaiog a hillaiilo slope, benraad with piue unci eypresH and atnrred wltli white croaw.a. Unit in the diatnuee looked like fimverfi. Still li'M was there in fSntiitifT the newer warble shaft among tlte nlil.'r lichen rnnttcd rtlnba, which liore the simple worda: "Alieo Ben ham, Mnrtyr." A few confederate aol ilien), nritliT atill plainer and nower woivlen headstones, carved only with initiulj, lay at her feet, llrant sank on hia knera beatde the grave, but he wna thrilled to see that the base of tlte nmrhlc was stained with the red iwlleu of the fateful illy, whose blos soms hnd been hrnped upon her mound, but whose fnllcu petals lay dark and sodden In decay. How long he remained there he did not V now. Ami then a solitary bugle from the crtmp seemed to summon bin) an it hnd once summoned him before end he went awayaa be had gone once More to a aeparatlon that he son knew was for all tiros. Then followed a month of auperia.. tendenec and drill, and the Infusing into (he little cttmp under his instruc tion the spirit which 'seemed to be passing out of his own-life forever. Hb'it in by alien billaon the border land of the great struggle, from time to time reports reached him of the bitter fight ing and almost disastrous auecesws of his old division commander. Orders came from Washington to hurry the preparation of hia raw levies for the Jjrltl. and a faint hope sprang np in his mind. But followipg It cam another dispatch ordering his return to the capital, , . lie reached It with neither hope nor fear, so benumbed hnd become bis spir it tirjk'r this last trial.and what seemed to be now the mockery of his last sacri fice to his wife. Though It was no longer a question of her life and safety, he knew that he could still preserve hor" memory from stain, by keeping Iter secret even fhquh iu divuigence might clear hit pwn, for that reason he bad even hesitated to inform Susy qi her death, in the fear that in her thoughtless irresponsibility and Im pulsiveness she might be tempted to use It in his favor. He had made his late appointment a plea for withhold ing any present efforts to assist him. He even avoided the Boompointera' house, in what he bellesed was pertly a duty to the memory of his wife. But he saw no inconsistencies in occasional ly extending his lonely walks to -the vicinity of a foreign legation, or ia be ing lifted with a certain expectation at the sight of its liveries on the avenue, There was a craving for sympathy in bis heart, wbicb Miss Faulkner's let ter had awakened. Meantime he had reported himself for duty at tbe war department, with little hope, however, in that formality. But tut was surprised tlte next day when tbe chief of the bureau informed him that his claim was before tbe pre)' dent. "I was not aware that I had present ed any claim," he said a little haugh tily. The bureau chief looked up wit)) some surprise. This quiet, patient, re served man had once or twice puzzled him before. "Perhaps I should say Vase,' general," he said, drily. "But the personal interest of the highest executive in tbe land strikes me as be ing desirable in anything." "I only mean that I have obeyed the orders pf tbe department in reporting myself here, notr and before," said Brant, with less feelipg, but none the less firmness, "and I should iroapiue i( was not the duty of ft soldier to ques tion them, which I fancy a 'claim' or 'case' would imply." He hnd no Idea of taking this atti tude before, but the disappointments of the pout month, added tu this first, offi cial notice of his disgrace, h!id brought forward again thut dogged, reckless, yet )iilf-scornfiil, determination that was partof his nature- The official smiled, ''I suppose, then, you are wailing to hear frogs the presi dent," he said, drily, "I am waiting orders from the de partment," returned Brant quietly, "but whether they originate in the president or commander In chief, or not, it does not seem for me to Inquire." Even when be reached his hotel this half savage indifference which had taken tbe place of his former Incerti tude had not qbwgtfli. .Jt, seemed to Ettutt fa hajl reaatal the artats t Ut H -. rifP-V, jvwj. Mn'iiwtfsW' r ' i to effort or expectation. And It waa with a merely dispassionate curiosity mat he found a note the next morning from the president's prirnte seoretary informing hint that the president would see him early that day. A few hours later he whs ttslfred through the public room of the vnile bouse to a more secluded t tut ot the household. The messenger slop-w-.t be fore a modest door and knocked. It was opened by a tall figure. The presi dent himself, lie reached out a loug oral to Brant, who took it hesitatingly on the threshold, grasped his ituiitl und led him into the room. It hud a stugl?, large, elaborately draped wiudow, uttU a magnificent medallion carpet, whieb contrasted with the otherwise almost appalling simplicity of the furniture, A single, plain, angular desk, with a blot ting pad and a tew sheets of large fools cap paper .upon it, a waste paper basket, and four plain armchairs, com. plated tbe interior, with a contrast as simple and homely as Its long-limbed black-coated occupant. Belcuaing the hand of the general to shut the door, which opened into another apurtuieul, the president shoved an nruichttir to words Brant and sank somewhat wear ily into another before the desk. Hut only for a moment; the long, shambling iinibs did not seem to adjust themselves easily to the chair; the high, narrow shoulders drooped to find a more com fortable louaging attitude, shifted from ide to side, and the long lege moved ilisuersedly, . Yet the fuce that was turned toward. Brant waa humorous and tranquil, "I was told I would have to send for you if I wished to see you," he said, smilingly. Already mollified, and perhnpa again falling under the previous iufiueneesof thia singular man, Brunt began some what hesitatingly to explain. "You don't understand. I twos some thing new to my experience heir to find an able-bodied Aptericnn citizen with a genuine healthy grloynpce who had to have it drawn from him like a decayed tooth. But you have been here lie fore. I seem to remember your face." Brant's reserve had gone. He ad mitted that he had twice sought an au dience but "You dodged the dentistl : That was wrong." As Brant made a alight move ment of deprecation the president con tinued: "I understand; not from the fear of giving pain to yourself, but to others. I don't know that that Is right, ' ither. A certain amount of pain must fe suffered in this wqrjd, even by one't enraies. Well, I have looked into your ense, Gen. Brant," He took up a picc of paper from his desk, scrawled with two or three notes in pencil. "1 think this is the way it stands; You vere commanding a position at fimy Ouk. when information was received by the department that either through neglect or complicity, spies were passing through your lines. There was no at tempt to prove your neglect! your or ders, the facts pf your personal care and precaution, were all before the uV. lartment; but It was also shown that your wife, from whom you were only lorupornrily separated, wos a notoriou Heoesaionist; that before the war you yourself were suspected, nntl thatthcrc fore you were quite capable ol evading your own orders which you may Itavt ouly given as a blint. On this informa tion you were relieved by the depart ment of your command. Later un it was discovered that tbe a;-y v.'tis none other than your own wife disguised as a mulatto; that after her arrest Lv your own soldiers you connived her m cape and this was considered conclu sive proof of, well, let us say, your treachery." "But I did not know It was my wife until she was arrested," said Brant, im pulsively. The president knitted his eyebrows humorously, "Dont let us travel out of the record, general. You're as bad as the department The question was one of your personal treachery, but you need not accept the fact that you were justly remover because your wife was a spy. Now, general, I am un old lawyer, and I don't mind telling you thnt in Illi nois we wouldn't hang a yellow dog on that evidence before the department But when I was asked to look into the matter by your friends I discovered something of more Importance to you. 1 had been trying to find a sera) of evi dence that would justify the presump tion that you had sent information to the enemy. 1 found that it wns bnscd upon the fact pf the enemy being in possession of facts at (he first battle of Bray Oaks which could only have been obtained from our side, and which led to a federal deserter, that you, however, retrieved by your gallantry. I asked the secretary if he was prepared to show that you had sent tbeinformation with that view, or that you had been over taken by a tardy sense of repentance, fie preferred to consider my snggcstiou as humorous. But the inquiry led tu my further discovery that the only trea sonable correspondence actually in evi dence waa found upon the body of a trusted federal officer, and had been for warded to the division commander, But I here waa no written record of it in the ease." ' "Why, I forwarded It myself," said Uiunt, eagerly, , , "So the division eemmsnder writes," swa BrtsMetii. auiiuu tvas stiiiiitmscd In some way. Have you nny enemies, Cieu. Brant?" "None that I know ot." "Then you prolwbly have. Yon are young and sueeewful, Think of the hundred other officer who naturally believe themselves better than you tire, and hnvin't u traitorous wife. Still, the department may have inudc un example of you for the benefit of the only man who couldu't profit by it." "M'.j;ut it not have bean, sir, that this suppression was for the good report of tuo service as the chief offender was dead?" "1 am glad to hear you say so, gen eral, fur It is the argument 1 have used successfully in behnll of your wife," "Then you kuow.lt all, sir?" said Brant, after a gloomy pnuse. "All. I think. Come, general, you seemed, just now, to be uncertain about your enemies. Iet me ussttte you you need not be ao In regard to your friends." "I dare to hope I have found one. sir," said llrunt. v ithelmostboyuh timiOity. "0, not oue," autd the pisideut. with a laugh of depreciation. "Some una much more potent" "May 1 know hia name. Mr. I'resi dont?" ' "No. For It Is a woman. You were nearly ruined by one, general. I sup pose it's quite right that you should be auved by one. And, ut course, irregu larly." "A woman!"eehoed Brant. "Yes! Onewbowaswilllngtoconfess herself a worse spy than your wife a double traitor to save you! Upon my word, general, 1 don't know if the de partment was far wrong; a man with such un alternately unsettling and convincing effect upon a woman's high est political convictions, should be un der some restraint. Luckily the depart ment kuowa nothing of it" , "Nor would anyone ever have known from me," said Brant, eagerly. "I trust that Bhe did not think that you, sir did not fur an Instant believe that I" "0, dear, no. Nobody would have be lieved you! It was her free conlluYncc to me. That waa what made the tiffs Ir so difficult to hsndle. For even her bringing your dispatch to lite division commander looked bad for you and vou know he even doubted its nulhen tioity," "jjoes she does Miss Faulkner know the spy was my wife?" hesilali'd Ilrant. The president twisted himself in his ulntir, su as to regurd Brunt note rnively with his deepest eyes, nntl llvn thoughtfully rubbed his lug. "Don't U I us tiiiiel out of " the record, giurrnl," be said, after a pause. But as tlte col oi surged into llraut's cheek, he raised hit even" to the cellipg aajf said, jn half nu merous recollectiou; "No, I tbiuk that faet wus first gathered from your other friend Sir. llookcr." "Hooker!" said Brest, Indignantly, "did he come here?" "J'rny don't destroy my faith In Mr. Hooker, general, said the prrsidetil, in bnlf weary, half htuuorous deprecation. "Don't tell methatanyolhisiuv'ttticnt: ere true! Leave me at least thut mag- niltccnt liar the one perfectly intel ligible witness you have. For from (he time that be flrj( appeared lu re with n grievance and n claim for u commission, he has been an iiiikc. ui.u- bl joy to me at id a convincing 'esti utony tnyun. Otherwttnrsses hove been partisans and prejudiced. Mr. llookcr waa frankly true to himself. How else should I have know n of the care you took to disguise yourself, save the honor of your uniforss and run the risk of beingahotssan unknown spy at your wife's side except trout his mugullicent version of his uart'oi It! How else should I have kuow.ljir story of your discovery of the Califoroian conspiracy, except for hia supreme portrayal of it, with himself as the hero. No, you must not forget to thank Mr. Hooker when you meet him. "Miss Faulkner Is at present more ac cessible; she Is calling on some mem bers of my family 111 the next room. Shall 1 leave you with, her?" Brant rose, with a pale face and quickly-throbbing heart, as the presi dent, glancing at the dock, untwisted himself from tbe chair, and shook him self out at full length, and so gradually to his feet "Your wish for active service is granted, Oen. Brant," he said, slowly, "and you will at once rejoin your old division commander, who is now at the beadofthe Tenth ermycorps. But," be said, after a deliberate pause, "there are certain rules and regulations of your service that even I cannot with decent respect to your departmentover ride. You will,' therefore, understand that Ton cannot re loin the armr in vmir former position," The slight flash that tame to Brant's cheek quickly pasted, And there wis only the unspeakable sparkle of re newed youtn in nis iraaic eyes as he aald; "Tf m mn i 1 Imnl . ... 1 n Mr. President, and I care not hew." The, nreairlent amtlMt nntl l.vl, kt heavy hand on Brant's shoulder, pushed I.; . , -i i . . , hiui guuwe wwini ue uuor oi me in ner room. 41 waa onlv ihnnl. Ia ..v m he added, as be opened the door, "that it wouia oe necessary lor you to re join your promoted commander as a major general. Apt)," he continued, lifting his voice, as he gently pushed bit guest into the room, "he hasn't even thanked roe for It Miss Faulkner!" The door closed behind him, and he stood tor a moment dazed, and still hearing the distant voice of the presi dent in the room he had just quitted, welcoming a new visitor. But the room before him, opening Into a conserva tory, was empty save for a single fig. pre that turned half timidly, half mis, chlevously toward him. The -same quick, sympathetic glance was in both their faces; tbe same timid, happy look in both their eyes. He moved quickly to ber side. "Then you knew thatr-that-womsu was my wife?" he said, hurriedly, as V. s;ntapcu ner sane. mam "Let us," she said, fulntly,"po liitotbe itory." It la but a few years ago that the bumble chronicler of these pages maved with a wondering crowd of sightseers "Xai Mid. fktaUv, "senuotaasaaaarr- atorr." In the gardenaof the white houss. His attention waa attracted by an erect, . handsome, soldierly looking im.n, with a beard and mustache slightly streaked with gray, who, with a stat'dy lady o his arm, was pointing out tbe vurlouif objects of interest to a boy of IS or .14 st their side. "And although, aa I told you, Ibis bouc Is reserved only fur the presi dent of the United States and his turn Hy," said the gentleman, eniilingly, "In that little conservatory I proposed to yoc.r mother.", "0, Clarence, how can you,"'aald tho lady, reprovingly; "you know It wus , our airer tnsi ; v v TttK mt V . S niT.TIVMt " I Tttrait she la a two- rL. ?woracerwouldnevruthi.ou..' Wuali'm.-011 SW AB ABIDE EXCURSION TICKETS Summer excursion tickets, good to return until October 10th, to Yaqulna Bay, are now on sale by the Oregon Central & Eastern K. R, at Albany and Corvallli at the usual reduced rates, viz: Albany to Yaqulna and return $3 50 Oorvallut " " " 8 28 Id this connection arrangements have been made whereby the tug "Resolute" has been planed In regular service between Yaqulna and Newport tor the acoommodatiou or excursionists. The "Resolute" is one of the largest and most commodious .tugs on the Pacific, ooaat and will take fishing par. ties to sea aud return whenever desired the weather permitting. SUNDAY EXCDKBIOMB. : Beginning with Sunday, Jons 21st, and on each succeeding Bunday, a special excursion train will leave -Albany at 7 A. at, Corvallis 7d0 A. It,, arriving at Yaqulna at 11 US a. m. Returning, boat leaves Newport at 6:80 r. M. Train leaves Yaqulna at 7 r. at., arriving at Corvallis at 10 p. at. and Albany at 100 v, u. rare, good on tills train only, from Corvallis, Albany and Philomath to ' Newport and return, 11.50. Corvallis, June 17, 1896. H. L. Walden, H. 11. Lowauti, Agent, Albany. Agent, Corvallis. 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