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A HOUSECLEANING CAROL. an extraordinary person, surely, unlike any doctor ever beard of before or since. All through the long, tierce gale, he had tieen divided between an agony of terror for himself and for his belong ings. With the prospect, perhaps, of get ting ashore somewhere, be had i>ut on all the clothes he could, and kept on packing and repacking the remainder in a frenzy of anxiety. When he found in the eml that he could not take It all, his agitation was pitiable. Only the stern, sharp order of the captain made him leave it and the shiji at last. But nothing could s«q>arate him from one treasure, his beaver hat. He went down with it into the boat, carrying the bund box in bis own hand and keeping It be- siile him with Jealous care. Even in that moment of danger and anxiety the sailors could not restrain a laugh and he was tumbled Into Ills seat with good-natured pity. For the sailor is a charitable man, and Judges accordingly. But the tenderest pity and solicitude of every man but one in the ship were lavish«*d on another object The first mate's wife, and the only woman aboard. The gentle, retiring, little creature, had lieen married a few weeks before, in Quebec, to the handsome, insolent bully, who had not even the bully's re- d«*emiiig trait of regard for women. How such a woman could ever have married such a man was one of the mysteries that nobody could fathom. Ami not only had she married him, but she worshipped the very planks on which he trod. Yet even her innocent, ignorant faith was beginning to be shaken. Her husband sometimes shamed her openly by harsh words and gestures, and the men who heard liim went off dumb with rage to swear out of sight, but whatever she felt In her heart the loyal little soul would find excuse for all and make no sign. How anything in tlie shape of man could ill-treat anything so sweet in the shape of woman was a thing no man could understand. All through the gale, with its dally discomforts of cold and wet, she had never uttered a word of complaint. At the height of the storm, with its at tendant havoc and confusion, sin- had showed no sign of fear, and when the order came to leave the ship she was remly. Quickly and quietly, with the skill of an active girl, who knows no fear and obeys an order without hesi tation, slit* went down into the boat. The men looked nt her askance as er wave was coming In. They saw her MORMON LEADER GONE. make a little run and put her arms The melancholy day» hare come—the Ueorse Q. Cannon, Church Apostle, about him and the great icy column. saddeat of the year— tiled Recently in California. For oue moment her head lay against The carpet’» on the clothesline, and in- The death of George Q. Cannon, of his shoulder and her eyes looked up In ceaaant whack we hear; Ids. Surely any man ever born must Salt Lake City, whose death occurred The bedding's in the kitchen and the have put his arm then round that little in Monterey, Cal., has removed one of beds are in the ball. the most not«*d of The pictures are upon the floor, while figure and held It close. So sweet, so the Mormon lead some one dusts the wall; lovely, and so loving, and, with all her We eat cold meat and crackers froiff a ers since the death gentleness, so helpful. Not even In | wabbly kitchen chair. <f B.'.gham Young. that last moment's rapture did she let For this is glad housecleaning time—so Until a few years her weight drug on the sullen giant. free from toil and care. ago he was the But he looked down in the brave dark real leader of the eyes and then at the coming wave and | The neighbors line their windows and a church and Ills fiercely and suddenly kicked her from hasty* census take counsel was eager him. Of all the bric-a-brac we have, and cal ly sought by its culations make She relinquished her hold without a If it was bought with ready cash or on president. * sound, and though the heavy* sea-boot installment plan; Mr. Cannon was had struck her with leaden weight she oc.o. q. casxox . We rescue our provisions from the hasty born in Liverpool, «lid not lose her footing. garbage man. She might. If she had chosen, have England, in 1827. He became a con And life is gay and carelesslike, it makes saved lier life even then, but she did vert to the Mormon faith and Jointed one want to roam— Ills fellow believers in tills country in not choose. To hie away because the folks are clean She gave one look along the Icy cliff, 1844. He was among the pioneers un ing house at home. where the very Ice had not refused its der Brigham Young, who founded Salt The melancholy days are here—the days help and then up at the darkening sky, Lake City, |n 1847. He did m.ssionery of soap and dust— ami let herself sink back into the wave. work for many years and was elected Stove polish daubs the tableware—there's Every man along the cliff saw her delegate to Congress from Utah in 1872. pie on Wagner’s bust— lie was deprived of Ills seat by the face before it went, and it was the face Piano holds some frying pans—the bath which the white ghost wears to-day. House of Representatives after serving tub's tilled with books— The face of a woman who dies with a for eight years, because proof was The womenfolks—ah, who could tell who giv**n that he was a polygamist. He broken heart. they were, by their looks? It drove the last spark of reason from was then made an apostle in the Mor Sing hey! The glad housecleaning time— the time of dust and soap; the doctor's brain and left the others, mon Church. He was its real leader It is a gladsome sight to see—through a sick with horror, clinging blindly to during the polygamy prosecutions from big telescope. the ice and cursing under their breaths. 1880 to 1800, and is credited with hav —The Baltimore American. But they did not stay long In that aw ing outlined the manifesto of 1891, in ful spot. The tide was falling fast and which the leaders of Ills church pledged it left them the narrow beach, and the themselves to abandon the teaching of nimbler ones soon fournl a path to the I polygamy. This manifesto and other top. pledges result«-«! in the admission of Two young apprentices were sick and 1 Utah into the Union. faint with cold. They had seen the With the elevation of Lorenzo Snow woman «lie, and the heart had gone out to the presidency of the church. In 1897, of them. The doctor was a gibbering Mr. Cannon's power waned, his health idiot, ami screamed flereely at those having been poor for several years. His who would take his precious burden, i advice, however, was always eagerly for in some extraordinary way he had sought by the active leaders. Two saved the wretched bandbox and kept years ago Mr. Cannon was a candidate it drier than himself. for the United States Senate, but was Th«* captain knew well where he was, defeat«!. Mr. Cannon had several and, without losing a moment, he and wives ami numerous children. A suburb th«- abler men collected the little band | of Salt Lake City was peopled exclu and set off towards the lighthouse. sively by his family. But without a compass in that gray One of th«* most interesting incidents and snowy weather they very soon lost of Mr. Cannon’s life took place during their way. Even before the early night the polygamy persecutions. While Fed fall they had come back to their own eral officials were active throughout tracks. the Territory in 1886, Mr. Cannon, in on the cliffs round the East The apprentices lay down and re common with the other high officials of Jnl Anticosti a desolate white fused to move another step, and the the Mormon Church, was in hiding. He "•*»aplrlt is said to sit brooding over doctor sat in tlie snow and held his box was captured, however, ami while be the water. on ills knees. ing taken to Salt Lake evaded his Year in and year out passers-by have That night was passed in the woods, guards and Jumped from a train which come home, nervous with terror, to tell and next day tin* wretched party walk was running at the rate of twenty miles the same story. A woman with her ed in circles till the rescuing party from an hour. The train was stopped, how Lauds clasped round her knees and her the lighthouse came upon them, and I ever. and as he had been injured by face jteerlng over the cliff crouches with infinite trouble and patience got his fall he was soon recaptured. watching above the water. They come them home. But the doctor and the He was arraigned on a charge of liv upon her unawares through the ragged apprentices were not among them. An ing in polygamy, and bail was fixed at bush and she turns and looks at them other search party on another day came $45,000. His lawyers and the Mormon with a face that chills them to the across their bodies in the snow. leaders protested strongly against this heart. It Is a white, quiet face, with Th«* two boys lay near each other, as action, but bail was furnished by nothing of malice or hatred about It. if asleep, with the fantastic corpse of wealthy churchmen. When the time No expression of anger or ill-will to the doctor huddled up a little way off. came for trial, however. Mr. Cannon any creature living, or dead, only a look The foxes had found him as he lay, had disappeared. The Mormon people of unutterable, awful desjialr, that and the handkerchief the men placed raised the amount necessary to indem shakes the very brain of the beholder. over his face was not moved again. nify his bondsmen, anil a special act of If he be an old man, he set's all the The bandbox was untouched in his Congress In recent years restored the misery he has ever met in his life, ami arms, and they brought it in with his money to the church. all he has known In his dreams, con body. centrated In that one look. If he be a All of the other men were more or INTERNATIONAL FLIRTATIONS. young one, he gets a glimpse of things less frozen, and some of them fatally, | that are possible, which opens a whole but the first mate was only lightly Latest Organization to Come from W, terrifying world. lamed. Yet every one knew that this T. Stea 1’s Idea Foe ory. Young or old, the sight sends him to him was a sore atllletion, for he was Th«* latest organization to come from home with a pounding heart ami shak THRKK BOATS l.KFT A W ATKH-t.O.UlEtl a vain man and proud of his strength the idea factory of William T. Stead, sine. ing knees, to Jump at trifles for many and beauty. the English editor, is one for promot 'a week, and lose what name he had as slu* sat by her moody husband, who If he ever remembered his poor ing what lie calls “international flirta a shot. was lu charge of the first boat, and whit«- bride in the water lie never made tions.” Primarily the scheme is In Many scoffers have pnsaed In tin* muttered their admiration to them any sign. tended to promote correspondence be same place, who saw nothing but icy selves. Tin- other two boats were com But no one else ever forgot.—Mon tween the school children of all na stumps or bleached white trees, and manded by the mh - oik ! mat«- and the treal Family Herald. tions. II«* would have a German school th«-re laugh at the others who saw captain, and all left tin- vessel's side more, and hint at spirits of another within a short time of each other. DOG RELISHED THE POISON. kind. But the snow was upon them before But certain It is that a deep and slu- was out of sight, anti th«* land and Ate Half a Pound of it and Seemingly Wanted More. lived belief in the East Cape ghost is light-lions«- were Instantly blotted out. Th«* recoud mate, with the instinct of abroad ami nothing can destroy it. That a little dog can stand more From East Cape to Gull Cove the recoud mates, who ar«- always th«* he poison than an elephant was demon cliffs are haunted ground, and no man roes and always drop on their f«-et, got strated In Hoboken, according to the passes there without feeling at least his boat safely into East Bay a mile story told by the police. Ix-low tlie lighthouse, and before night the Influence of the Ix-lh-f. Two children, Katie Newmann, 12 Strange stories have been told of fall his crew weri* housed and warm years old. and Arthur Stein, 7, were . wit* slmtti red and wild things done by In Its hospitable shelter. bitten by a dog belonging to Mrs. T. , Th«* captain and first mate kept to Berman, of 327 First street. the ghost's compelling power, for Health strangers have mixed up the pm>r gether. ami together they missed the lnspe«-tor Toni Trannah brought the white ghost with spirits of a baser sort eml of th«* island. A pause in th«- snow dog Into Recorder Stanton's court and In a tale of nilnlmw gold, to their own squalls showed them their mistake, and sentence of death was pronounce-l upon groping their way back amidst a cross it, th«* re« order ordering it to be shot, t undoing and the confusion of others. But those who have aeell the wom sea lu the heavy tide rip they brought Detective Fenton took the dog Into a an's face know better. They know how up under th«* cliffs on th«* wrong side back room and was about to put a.i end little all gold must mean beside the of East Cliff. to Its existence with a bullet, when And then their lsuits wen* swanqx-d Charles Whittemore, an agent for the thing which has caused that look. Wll.I.IAM t . si e ««>. under them, and In th«- sen that swept Society for th«- Prevention of «’rt-elty It is whispered that the terrified look an English rehool boy, who in turn outoli some great ocean liners first sees th«- narrow la-acli. they clung to th«* Ici to Animals. suggest«*«! what he r.'iid that shadowy white figure overhead cles against tin* rock. Th«* water was would be a more human«- way of killing will send back an answer written In more or less faulty German. In the when tile blank wall of Gull Cliff looms not deep but without the support of tin- dog. He produced a box eon*alu- those friendly bars no could have kept ing n white powder anil said that two same way French and American pupils up In his face. may c«»rr«*s|>ond, or any two pupils And well then for the great ship If Ills foothold long. ounces of the stuff had been sufficient who speak and write different lan- Tiler«* was om* tor them all but one. she has been going dead slow with the to kill the elephant Tip In Central Park. gnages. So far as he has already gone, The mate ha«i mad«* no effort to help fear of Anticosti before her eyes. Fenton agreed to use the ponder In Mr. Stead lias sucee«*ded in getting Many such, It Is said, as well as his wife or keep n«*ar her. and for a stead of his revolver and a small «lose more than 9,060 school children—Eng smaller craft, are snved every year by while they were separated. and she was given to the dog. The animal lish. French and German—busy in stood first with on«- man and then with that strange white gleam on the cliff. smacketl ins chops approvingly, sto«,d murdering each other's languages on However all this may be. It Is strange another, all of them willing and eager on bls hind logs ami beggt*«! for more. paper. He works through the school how the tales keep up. and. what Is to help her. but their supports were Another dose was given to him and the teachers. For Instance, he finds a frail amt she would not burden them stranger, yet few If any of all these dog seem«*4 delighted and grateful, doaen pupils who would like German ghost seers ever lieard a word of a cer- with her addisl weight. Her husband, jumping ig fr-emlly fashion on 'lie de correspondent«, and he puts him in talli awful tragedy that darkened thooe th«* tallest ami strongest man there, tective amt th«* Society for Prevention communication with a German teacher had secured th«- ls-st place and the cliffs nearly fifty years ago. of Cruelty to Animals man. who wants an equal number of Eng strong<*et sup|H>rt. and she mad«* her Whatever truth there may lie in the As the poison se«-m«*«l a gixt.l -leal of lish correspondents for his children. tales of the ghost th«- story of the trng way slowly towards him. She was a failure as an Instrument of death «sly as It follows here is faithfully and colder than any of the rest, for she had Fenton wn about to shoot the dog. but MAKING OF RUBBER BANDS. sat still lu tin* Inuit, and where the abs-olufely true Whittemore tx-gged him to wait a Three laiats left a water logged ship water had not touched her she was while, saying that the poison wouhl Procsae 1« Simple and the 1 nainesa la of Large Proportion«. one Novi-mber afternoon. In the early whit«* with snow. work all right If given time. Fen'ou In th«*lr own dlr,* extremity the men •x>t only waited. but gave the d »c moie “The little idastie rubber band that is tiff «•«. and mad«- for ill«* llettltb Point forgot all to watch her. llg'.t i* their last hop«-. of th«* powder, until be had eaten anout nowadays us«xl in various businesses In Slu- stoml up whit«* ami allni In the half a pound, but the more he got the place of twine seems a simple sort of The ship had drlfusl «town along ah'-re with tin- last of th«* gale that shallow low wati-r, clinging against better pleased he s«*c«n«*d to be. ind af thing, but there are few. If any, of th«* wrecked her. till the end of the Island wet rock, ami picking her sllpia-ry w ay ter waiting about an hour for the p.«:son mnltitmUnoiis articles made out of rub was lu sight. A few hours more she with car«-. to work th«* detective carrte.t out the ber for which there is such an enormous Slu- must have Ix-cn numb and cramo verdict of the court with a shot from demaud, especially in the would be earrl«*«l past It and out Into United isi with th«- eol«l. but she showed no bis revoher New Y rk Time« til«* Gulf, to lx- lost forever. States." remarked a w holesale dealer There was but one thing to lx* «lone. sign of It In any movement. in rubber bands in New York to the There was no shadow of fear In the writer the other day. "In thia country Tin* sea was heavy yet, but It was fall One Indian Tribe Ineix-asing. ing fast, ami th«* lsuits were got remly quiet, whit«- fare, and watchful eyes, Th«* Penobocot tribe of Indiana, which the number of rubber bands sold in oue and launched. It was managed with and not a man tlu-re but felt that hen numbered 24."» in l*x»>. is now alxuit 466 year amounts to about 4«s«.<»»i gross, or out accident. ami the whole ship's com nas a reserve of endnram-e that would strong. Main«* appropriates anu«ially 57,Cr»i.ii«»l single bands. At least 60 ix*r l -nt of the g-xxls are made In New York pany was soon In three tsmts. with the outwear them all. t’arefully and nlm $8.tMM) for their benefit. and the rest are pnxluctxl in factories little that It was thought necessary to bly slu* mad«* her way along th«* rock, At first a girl wants nothing but a lo< :it««l In N**w Jersey ami New- En missing no ehan«*e of a l«etter hold, and save. husband, but after sh«> gets Lius she gland. In New York there are a half The only man who thought of saving watching the «-as with a sailor's eye. As slie reach«*«! her husbau«L a great- wants all bis income. dox«*n fa< *uries devoted partly or ex more was the ship's doctor. This was clusively lo the manufacture of rubber bands. "The pro«*«*ss by which the bands are made Is simple. The rubber in a liquid state is mold«*d Into tubing of sizes suitable for forming the small and me dium varieties of bauds. When the tubing is ready for use It is put into a rapid running machine having knives. I which cut or slice the rubber into bands. The larger bauds are cut by machinery from flat sheets of rubber and Joined together with the aid of heat and a pressing machine. "Rublx-r bauds are made In o&ly two colors, black and brown. They range In size from one-quarter of an Inch to six inches in length. The smallest bands are one-sixteenth of an inch wide and the largest are one ami one- half inches wide. The smallest bands are worth 24 cents per gross, while the medium-siz« «1 bands sell at from 48 to 96 cents jx-r gross wholesale. Larger sizes cost from SI up to $6 per gross. "Tlie greatest consumers of rubber bands are druggists anti grocers. They use the smallest and medium sized bauds in place of twine for putting up small'package«. The large flat and ex pensive bauds are used by court offi cers. lawyers, bankers and merchants for filing dot umeats and papers. No rublx-r bands are imported Into this country, but a few* American rubber bands are exported to the West Indies and South American countries.”— Washington Star. Colds: In making a hot lemonade for a cold remember that glycerine instead of sugar will make the remedy more valuable. Drink the hot lemonade at bed time. Antidote for Lead Poison: Barley water is recommended as a curative in case men are leaded through working in a mine or smelter. Sulphuric acid is an antidote for lead poisoning and one drop in a glass of water should afford relief. Smallpox: The worst case can be cured in three days by using one ounce of cream of tartar dissolved in a pint of hot water and drank at intervals when cold. This is said to be a certain and never-failing remedy—does not leave a mark, never causes blindness ami avoids tedious lingering. In using never put it in an iron or tin vessel. Change of Altitude for Consumption: Prof. Welnzirl, of the University of New Mexico, lias evolved what is be lieved to be a cure for consumption. By careful testing he has determined that the transitory effects upon the blood corpuscles of a person passing from a lower to a higher altitude are renewed by frequent changes of alti tude. By occasional visits to the sea level, he says, th«* system can be rein vigorated. even when the effects of the higher altitude have worn off. Appendicitis Due to Grippe: Dr. Lu cas Championniere has demonstrated I that one of the common causes of ap pendicitis Is grippe or Influenza. Al- ‘ though tills th«*ory had been advanc«*«! by the late Dr. Simon, Dr. Champion- niere’s statements have produced a pro found sensation. He calls attention to the fact that an epidemic of appendi citis has always followed a grippe epi demic or that tlie two often co-existed. He says that appendicitis is but a local ization of the gripppe affecting the In testines and often the appendix itself. Burns: Scalds and burns are of fre quent occurrence In childhood. The first great treatment is to exclude the air ns quickly as possible. Carbolized oil Is a clean, soothing application and should lie covered with absorbent cot ton. Flour or whiting dredged over the burn makes a good covering. Strips of lint or canton flannel answer well, | soaked in a saturat«xl solution of wash- 1 ing or baking soda and covered with cotton. This dressing is very soothing. Great care should be used in removing clothing that adheres to a burned sur face. It should be soaked, not torn j away. BEYOND CONTROL h : w tie muscles à . e affected in LOCCMJTOR ATAXÜ. A Well Known Ohio Citizen Cured of Thi# Stubborn Ailment After His System Seemed Hopelessly Broken Down. Prom the Nrwt, Wavily, Ohio. Mr. Eli Potts is a well known citi zen of Waverly, Ohio, having been in business there for 14 years. He is a veteran of the Mexican war in which he served with company H, of the Fourteenth Tennessee regiment. At the age of 76he Ix-ars the respect o5 all who know him ami the following experience, related by him, is raised beyond all doubt by the high charact er of the narrator. He says: “About seven years ago a disease fastened upon me which, as it devel oped, proved to lx? locomotor ataxia. I became very nervous, could not walk without having dizzy spells and did not sleep well. As the disease ad- vanced I lost control of my muscles and could only walk a short distance. I could not control the direction of my steps and was always afraid of falling. “This continued until the fall of 1897 when there was a breaking down of my entire system. My stomach was in bad condition ami I suffered greatly with kidney trouble caused by being thrown out of a buggy. “About two years ago 1 saw Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People advertised in a Cincinnati paper. The case eured was similar to mine and I gave the pills a trial. Very soon after I began taking them I ex perienced relief and, as the improve ment continued, I took the pills regu larly. Gradually the control of the muscles was restored and my general health improved. The dizzy feeling left me and has never returned. From my own experience I know that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are a great remedy and I am pleased to recom mend them to any one who suffers as I «.id.” Signed. ELI POTTS. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of November, 11>00. W. R. A. Hayes, Seal. Notary Public. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People may be obtained at all drug gists or direct from Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. 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JOHN POOLE, Portland, Oregon, Foot of Morrison Street, Can give you Buggies, Plows, Win-lmills «n<l Machinery. See the beet bargains in Boilers and Engines, Pumps and General us before buying. Pawning the Crown. PENSION At least four times the crown of Eng IC If BICKFORD. Washington, 0. C.. th»v will ro land lias been in pawn. Henry III. j ll celve quick replies. B. 5th N. H. Vol« StaB anti Henry V.. Edward III. anti Rich 20th Corps. Prooecuting claims since 1B7H. ard II. all resorted to this means of rais is best time to cure Catarrh, ing money. The merchants of Flanders Bronchitis and Consumption. Our remedy is guaranteed, |1. once had possession of the crown, the I City of London held it as security for $10.000. an«l It «as pledged at another time for $100.<MM). Etlwanl III. dis pored of It to the Bishop of Winchester for $67.500. and Charl«*s II. would have OF UPERIUKB-« ANO used the crown as a personal asset If he had lxx*n able to turn It into money. OU» CUARANTEt SUMMER W. H. SMITH 1 C0.,° Biiffjio, N. Y. MORE THAN HALF A CENTUKf AM SACK OF EVERY WATUPM0F Olkt» ÖLICKEP After Cnnveraio- • "Have you noticed any change In Smithers since he Jointxl the <*hun*h?” "Yes. H«* nses a jointe«! fishpole in- ■tead of th«- old long one." "What has that to do with It?" "Oh. he <-arri«*« It under his «-««at when he g«x*s fishing on Sunday."—New York •R COAT Herald. X Nothing Agreed with Her. Mrs. Bixby—I don’t lielieve the doc tor's nuslicin«* agrees with mother. Bixby The medicine woul<1 be tnore than human If It did.—Town Topics. It is a great pity that the government doesn't «organize a department to main tain a censorship over lo«e letters. I ► BewaitE OC IHTTATIOtia •e asw-ax-rj ««o uti •r<l A J TOWUCO BQmi.HA.lt , POWER LATH 15 MACHINES LIPPUES .OAVTOS rjijwjRf cc ’ ;■ *'