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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-04-03
PhiisAsiphla Tsssslsht.

Tho PbiladolphiA Record tells Of a
careful oiiiEeg " ho refuses 10 walk IA
chs nilddls N the slToel when tho siae.
Salaa gre sliplery, beoanse u be shoeld
slip down aud sustain An laivEy on tho
dIevalk he could Teeover dahlases from
,hs coy, while hs sopld Rel u b W,
galsllig n tie nlttls q We s1ssel
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-04-03

"castotia Is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. 1 hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest of their children. and use Castoria
instead of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtfui agents down their throats, thereby
sending them to premature graves"
DR.. J. F. K1NcHELoR,
Conway, Ark.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-04-03

The centaur Company, TT Murray Street, City.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-04-03
Castoria.

"castoris is 80 well adapted to children that
recommend II ~ superior 70 any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. AaeHRR, NJ. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"our physicians in the cbildfen's depart.
ment have spoken highly of their expert.
ence In their outside practice with castoria,
and although we only have atnonR eur
medical supplies what is known as regular
products yet we are free to confess that the
merits of tastoria has won us to look with
favor upon it,"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARy,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres.
iurray Street, New York City.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-04-03
Did Not Blame the Japanese.

A pretty and talkatiye little girl, evi-
IDENTIFY her mothers pet, was riding in
Sixth avenue "L" train the other aft
ernoon. Her mother accompanied her.
The child often set the passengers laugh
ing at her droll and ingenious remarks.
Presently remarkably fat Chinaman,
in full Chinese costume, entered and
sat opposite the child.
She looked at him in apparent amaze
mept, and then turning to her mother,
with an air that showed she had "given
it up" asked:
"Mamma, what's that opposite?"
"Sh! That's Chinaman, my
DEAR" answered the mother in low
tone.
"The same kind of Chinarnan papa
says the japanese are killing?"
eyes, my dear. Don't talk so loud. "
The child meditated moment and
then said:
well, don't blame EN-. New
York Herald
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
An old English Chestnut Tree.

II is said that the largest chestnut
tree known in the world is at Mount
Etna, in Sicily, hut one of the oldest
and most remarkable trees in Great
Britain is a chestnut at TorwOrth, the
residence of the earl of Ducie, near
Bristol In the reign of stephen, who
assembled the throne in 1875, it was, ac-
cording 70 the Naturalists' Journal,
deemed so remarkable for its size that,
as appears upon record, IL was well
known as signal boundary 70 the
Manor of Tortworth. 1t seems proba-
BILE that this tree is a thousand years
old at least II is still in very fair Wig
or, and last year produced large crop
of nuts. 1t measures nearly fifty feet
in circumference; the body is short
only about ten feet in height-and IL
then divides into three huge trunks,
one Of which measures nearly thirty
feet in girth.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
Elevator Knees.

A woman who made her initial at
tempt recently TO ride a wheel was dis
couraged 70 find that her knees seemed
stiff and very quickly tired of the eff
fort tc work the pedals. Speaking TO
her physician about it he told her she
was undoubtedly affected with what is
known as elevator knee" This was a
hitherto unknown malady 70 her, but
II has been referred 70 before in public
prints, and Is a recognized affection
not uncommon with those whose life in
a lift" apartment house almost does
away with the use OF those knee mus
cles exercised In going up and down
stairs.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
a PRISONERS LADDER.
Used for Climbing Out and Back when
lie Visited lis sweetheart

Warden Patten, of the Indiana prison
south at Jacksonville, has on eXhibi-
ton one of the most remarkable con-
trivances of a prisoner that ever came
into his collection. 1t is a ladder made
Of thousands of small pieces of Irvine,
threads, cords and rope, such as con-
Wet would secretly collect through
years OF effort. With the rope Thomas
Shepherd used 10 climb thirty-foot
wall and get out Of the pcnitcntiary
ward night after night To visit an old
sweetheart He never attempted TO
escape, and when his ladder was found
one night he returned before his alb
sence had been discovered. rang the
bell at the front gate, and surrendered
himself On his arm he carried rub
Der coat. which had been used To con-
ceal his striped shirt. lie wore moe
casins over his shoes
shepherd told "A straightforward
story. So far as il went. lie had made
the ladder, he said. in order that he
might visit a woman outside the prison.
He had gone to her house only four
times. ne said The other night, when
he returned. he found his ladder gone
from the wall, and at once he decided
To give himself up. He would not tell
the womans name. but the prison Oh
ficials think they have discovered her
identity. She went from her home in
Sullivan county, Ind, some years ago
to live in Jacksonville, near her con
Wet lover.
Shepherd said that he wove his lad
der at night, and that it took him
months 10 finish il. 1t contained
threads. strings and bits Of cords OF
every size length and color They
were woven, knotted and twisted
/ skillfully.
Shepherd was sent TO prison TO serve
IA life sentence in 1875. n new tria
was secured two years later, and h,
was recommitted on the same sentence
on April 10, ISIS. He has continually
petitioned for executive clemency, anC
two years ago his sentence was com
muted to twenty years. He will be re
leased, consequently, on April Is 1s9s
He was a country school-teacher. One
night at an apple pairing he had
quarrel with man named Mace,
Engle over girl Engle had shepherd
arrested, and one night, before the cas-
was tried, Engle was assassinated
Shepherd was convicted purely on cir
cumstantial evidence, and has Away
maintained his innocence.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
SCORES OF HUMAN WRECKS.
PitlabIe coalition of shabby Gentility
seen ~ .he National lanital.

Seen ~ :he National shllittl'
Washington has more than It's share
Of ''the canl1crs of calm world and
long peace" Some are reduced gem
tlemen, who just manage TO keep their
heads above water and maintain
dcprecating front in their club and So
ciety. They are too lazy % work. says
the Washington Post. and have long
since run through with what little they
have had in brief splurge, and ara
now getting more shabby genteel and
sccdy looking every day. They retain,
however. the debonnair air of men OF
wealth and bear themselves bravely,
but Oh, the pinching and struggling to
keen up appearances. Oh, the sicilen-
ing ordeal of having 20 face the lodg-
ing-house keeper, and, worst OF all, tho
washerwoman. oh, the modification
Of belonging 20 club, and being una
BILE 20 do more than sit in il, and stay
there, 10 be marked by the servants as
a poor devil who never by any chance
i able 10 reciprocate hospitality or or
der anything, 20 have club dues
amounting up with no prospect but
through loan 10 meet them; 10 have
the cold shoulder shown by the very
men who helped him TO run through
his money. and who now give him a
cool nod instead Of both outstretched
hands This is the pity Of it, yet there
are men who endure il rather than leave
Washington. Such is the upas tree eff
feet of the life here on them.
Lower down In the social strata you
find in these eddies of the stream OF
4 i'll,
lar habitues. shabby gcnteel, social,
political and business failures, lobby
lists, promoters. hangers-on of official
magnates, men dismissed from the army
and navy, cheap sporting gents, all
with red noses 10 man. Everyone Of
! them has seen better days, and they all
retain even az their shabbiest stage tho
J manners of their prosperous years but
they are tainted with an element or
! fawning. and, sadder still, with forced
gayety and familiarity, painful 20 sec
and endure Here Is an eX-member or
congress, shorn of his previous impor-
lance and plumage, an exile and back
number from his former district, who
has turned claim agent, or is charitably
supposed 20 be practicing law, while
| SINKING down lower anu IO"cI eNo'y
day. Here is once prosperous BUSH
ness man who seems 20 have taken Il
contract or made wager 10 drink up
all the whisky in town There poor
wretch who has spent the best years OF
his life in office, has lost his place and
Is now one of the procession of hotel
corridor ghosts. There some broken
down politician, who has been hanging
on here for years and has filed applica-
tions enough for Office 70 start paper
mill. The hotel corr idors are Ravens
of rest for these poor, harmless, heart
broken "cankers of calm world and a
lnnr nnnce.N
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
a MANS LAUGH.
An Incident Which Goes to Prove That IL
Never Changes.


II the Bertillon system of Identified
ton had 9h geographic record of the
laughs of criminals it would probably
be as near per feet as an identification
system can be. The fact that man
comes into the world wailing has been
regarded as a sort Of prophecy Of the
truth that as a rule the sorrows OF life
outnumber the joys when all the re-
turns are in, but an optinist might sea
an opposite significance in the fact that
mans laugh remains the same through
all the changing years. When the cares
of manhood succeed to the happy-go-
lucky days of boyhOod, says the Chi
cago Tribune, this laugh of his may be
called into use, as it wera very little,
but when it is put into operation 1t ia
the same old laugh and every boyhood
friend would know it instantly
An old soldier who fought through
the war with Fred Ilartwick, who
drives a mail collectors wagon on the
North side happened 10 be in Chicago
for week not long since. He heard
that Mr.. Hartwick was on Postmaster
Hesing's staff and went 10 the federal
building 20 find him. He took his sta
ton at point past which all the car
riers filed TO report for duty and as
Hartwick came along some one pointed
him out.
Without disclosing his own identity
the veteran approached and began ask
ing IIartviclI if he remembered various
incidents in the history Of that regi-
ment during the war OF course he
did. and they soon fell into conversa-
ton. organizing a kind Of campfire
meeting between themselves. One
member of the regiment was in BUSH
ness in New Orleans, another was in
bank down in the state, several were
farming. one was the local manager for
one of the big commercial agencies in
one Of the large cities, and SO on.
Several times Hartwick asked his old
companion-at-arms kis name, but the
latter only smiled and went on with the
conversation. Finally, when it became
necessary for them 70 separate, "a
HartwiclS was obliged TO go out on his
run. the man laughed as he said:
well. Fred, | never thought you'd
forget me after what we went through
together"
The minute he laughed said Mr..
/ Hartwicb in relating the incident, II
knew Just who he was and all about
/ him, but | hadn't seen him for thirty
wears. and he had changed so | couldn't
have told him from Adam. His laugh
had grown older, too. Of course, but il
was the same old laugh
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
CERTAIN BIRDS NOT INJURIOUS.
Popular TaIIacies Regarding Some of the
Teathered Tribe Dissipated.

DIR. c. Hart Merriam, chief of the
division of ORTHODOXY of the agri-
cultural department. has been for
several years engaged in examining
and analysing the contents of the
stomachs of birds, showing IN sew
eral notable instances that popular
ideas regarding the injurious effects OF
certain birds were wholly mistaken
and that they have been the victims OF
an unjust persecution. This has been
found 10 be especially the case with
hawks and owls for the slaughter of
which many states give bounties.
PENNSYLVANIA in two years gave over
slO0. 600 i'm hawk and owl bounties. EN-
aminations of the StOmachs of these
birds prove concluSivcly that % per
cent. of their food was field mice, grass
hoppers, crickets. etc. which were in
faitely more injurious To farm crops
than they. The crow also IL not 50
black as he has been painted by the
farmers. The charges against the
crow were that he ate corn and de
stroyed the eggs of poultry an wild
birds. Examinations of their stomachs
showed they eat noNious insects ana
other animals and that although -
per cent. of their food is corn, 1t Is
mostly waste corn. picked mp in the
fan and winter They also eat ants.
beetles. caterpillars, bugs, flies, etc,
which do much damage In the case OF
the 5ing-bird. killed by the farmer UNI
der the impression that II eats bees II
was found that he ate only drones and
robbcr-hes. which themselves feed ON
bees. and which destroy more bees in
enc day than the king-bird does in
wear. The king-bird, therefore, is to
Ice encouraged rather than slaughtered
The cuclloos also are found TO be very
useful birds in this country, doing muci
| good in the destruction of insects.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
SOWED BY THE WIND.
How Nature Has Provided for the Dis
tribution of some Seeds.

Prof. F. V. Coville, of the agricultu-
raj department, lectured recently on
the Natural Distribution of Seeds.
He said, reports the Washington Post,
there is a distribution of seed caused
by the wind, and he cites the common
silver maple seed, which falls so thick
in this city late in the spring. The
wings attached 70 this seed permit Its
wide dispensation by the wind as 1t
falls from the tree. Another variety Of
natural distribution was showf in the
Russian thistle, which is light and
takes the form of a tumble weed, pass
ing sometimes at the rate of hundred
miles a day over the wind-swept plains,
and planting itself wherever it lodges.
The milk weed was displayed as a fine
specimen of the variety of seeds spread
by the wind This seed is so light the
atmosphere will carry it for many
miles from its mother plant. Water IS
an important factor in natures dis
tribution, and he exhibited seed which
are supported on the surface of the
water until they mature sufficiently
when they are broken from a substance
like cork, which supports tham. and
sink 10 plant themselves in the bed of
a stream many miles away from the
plant which sheds them.
Mistletoe, the speaker explained, Is
spread by the seed sticking 10 the bill
of birds when they endeavor TO eat
it. and it is subsequently deposited by
them in their efforts 10 free their bill
on the limb of a tree. where it natures.
One of the most remarkable provi-
sions Of nature was displayed by the
speaker in the common witch hazel,
which develops in a capsule that opens
as the weather grows warm and the
seed within it pops out, shooting as far
as fifty and seventy-five feet away from
the parent tree, spreading the plant
in the most remarkable way.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
HE FOLLOWED FUNERALS.
Louisville Horse That Caused Ills Mis-
tress Deep Modification.

"Some years ago said Alderman
James {. Gilbert. of Louisville, 70 re-
porter for the CourierJournal, Il had
tenant downtown who died, leaving
wife and helpless family Their only
property consisted of an old mare. and
more TO oblige them than anything else
| bought the horse. She was gentle
and my wife adopted her for her own
driving, and was much pleased for
awhile, as the old mare was SO gentle
that my wife could drive her about
town herself
1T seemed, however, that the mare
had once belonged To an old lady over
in New Albany who had a mania on the
subject of funerals, and made point
never TO miss one. The old mares
principal occupation for years had been
TO follow funeral professions 10 the
cemeteries. One day my wife was driv-
ing down the street, when she suddenly
encountered a negro funeral, followed
by a number of societies, with all the
paraphernalia of an imposing cortege.
The old mare recognized the process
sion at a glance and calmly turned
into the line of the parade. In vain
my wife tugged at the reins and tried
TO turn out The old mare knew her
business, and, with head hrlg down.
solemnly followed close behind the
mourners. Occasionally they would
meet an acquaintance of ours, and they
! looked with surprise at the tribute
which my wife was apparently paying
to the deceased, until my wife was
frantic with modification and anger.
AT every crossing she would appeal
TO bystanders 10 stop the old mare, but
they didn't seem 10 understand, until
az last they passed policeman, who,
in response 20 my wifes fearful APP
peals stopped the old mare and dragged
her out of the procession, much to her
surprise and disgust. OF course, | had
"a good laugh over it, but it was nc
laughing matter with my wife, and
had no peace till sold that old mare
and got her out of sight for good.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
HER CLAIM TO DISTINCTION.
Brightest Girl In College Tells of Her
Subsequent Experiences.


She was the pride of the faculty and
the pet of the class "a girl who Crap
pied with logarithms only 20 lay them
low, and whose Latin and Greek were
as perfect as could be desired, says the
New York sun. All sorts of brilliant
things were expected of her after she
left college. The president said that
she had one of the finest minds the coll
lege had ever had the privilege of Gull
tivating. The literature professor
prophcsied that she would make shin
ing place for herself in literature. The
professor Of mathematics shed tears at
the thought of het absence from his
class. As for the girls, her fellow
students, they each and all regarded
her as a sort OF George Eliot and Maria
Mitchell rolled into one. And, in spite
of these many fond hopes and bright
predictions, the girl, Immediately after
she was graduated, married. Ten years
later her class met for a reunion. The
members made it a sort of experience
meeting. Each arose and told what
had happened during the interval since
they had last met. One had won re-
nown in music. another in philanthropy
ic fields. Another had written her
heart out in verse. and "A fourth had be-
come "a successful teacher. At last IL
was the turn of the girl with a mind.
Everybody held her breath as she arose
and began: Girls, l, too, have not been
idle. During all these years l have
won a name like the rest of you. ] am
known in the city where / dwell as the
woman who averages nine cooks a
| month"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
souelching an Inbred Bride.

Near GAINESVILLE, Ga, a newly
married couple on the train the other
day attracted good deal of attention
at a station by their peculiar behavior.
A lady got on the train at a station
and took a seat in front of them.
Scarcely was she seated before they
commenced making remarks about her
wearing last seasons hat and dress.
She was severely criticised by them for
some moments. Presently the lady
turned around. She noticed at a
glance that the bride was older tlSn
the groom, and without the least re-
sentiment i'm her countenance she said
MADAM. will you please have your son
20 close the window behind your The
son closed his mouth instead and the
r1adam did not giggle again.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02

be traced by the lines in the woman's face.
Dull eyes. the sallow or wrinkled face and
those p" feelings of weakness " have their
rise in the arrangements and Irregularities
peculiar TO women The functional de-
Judgements, painful disorders and chronic
weaknesses Of women, can be cured with
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. For the
young girl just entering womanhood, for
the mother and those about to become
mothers, and later in " the change of life,
the Prescription is just what they need
it aids nature in preparing the system for
the change. It's a medicine prescribed for
thirty years, in the diseases Of women, by
Dr. K. V. Pierce chief consulting physician
20 the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute at Buffalo, y. Y. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription will cure the chronic inhamma-
ton Of the lining membranes which cause
such exhausting drains upon the system.
II cures nervous prostration, sleeplessness,
faintuess, nervous debility and all disorders
arising from arrangement of the female
organs and functions.
Mrs rpNStr WILLIAMS Of dT7bdzk Laus Co.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
Hoy, nnlr. signal W.. ohersd.

One day recently while a New York,
Pennsylvania Il Ohio freight train was
approaching Meadville az a rapid rate
of speed, a most remarkable thing oc-
Cured \ brakeman. who was riding
on the engine, happened TO look back
and saw what he supposed was the
conductors arm waving frantically for
down brakes. He notified the en-
gineer, and an emergency stop was
made, after which an investigation re.
vealed the fact that W hat he took 10 be
the conductors signal was only the
tail Of a big Texas steer that had In
some manner protruded through hole
in the side of the ear, and was waving
with the wind. This is perhaps the first
true story of a bull signaling train Ia
stop
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
silicon Instead OF Charcoal.

Men are composed chiefly Of charcoal
and water. As beings Of this compost
ton cannot exist in any heat great
enough 20 set the charcoal on fire in
spite of the water, the scientists are
now specializing as 70 the possibilities
of the hot stars being inhabited by ami
mails with silicon substituted for char
coal. Silicon is sand, or at least il
bears much the same relation 20 sand
that carbon does 10 charcoal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
Mrs. TENNtE WILLIAMS, Of M0hduk Zane Co

OrsgOH, writes " I
was sick for over three
years with blind dizzy
spells, palpitation OF
the heart, pain in the
back and head, and
a. times would have
such a weak tired feel
ing when l first got
up in the morning,
and AZ times nervous
chills.
The physicians diff
fered as 70 what my
disease was, but none
Of them did me any
good. As soon as
commenced taking DR.
Pierce's Favorite Pre-.
scription. I began e
get better. could sieer
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
rhe wedded state in England.

Earl Russell is utilizing his recent ex-
periences in London divorce court in
a practical way by delivering a course
OF lectures on Marriage and Morals, s"
He complains that the marriage laws
of England compel an Unmatched hus-
band and wife TO lead stunted lives
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02

Connecting at DetroitiR Union Depot with al
Trains OF Grand Trunk Ry Tor Canada and the
7:3o p. m. west, aud 9:35 q. aud
100 D. N. east have elegant Parlor Cars at
tached. Extra charge only 25 cents for any dis
tance.
ID Daily.
'Daily except Sunday.
steamer leaves Grand Haven daily, except sun
day and Milwaukee daily. except saturday.
Chicago steamer leaves daily, except saturday,
from MuskegOu.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02

well nights. aud that bad nervous feeling and the
pain in my back soon left me. I can walk sever
al miles without getting tired. took in all three
bottles Of Prescription aud two Of Discovery"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02
XKLOMEN'S FACES

flowers, fade
and wither with time
the bloom of the rose
is only known 10 the
h c althy woman 5
checks. The uerv-
Gus strain caused by
the ailments and
pains peculiar 90 the
sex, ard the labor
and worry Of rearing
a family can often
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02

Elegant Pullman Sleepersfrom Durand to Chi
cago. and east 20 Toronto, Montreal, Niagara
Fsils New Yorkand Boston.
w DAVIS, G. 9. CRA1sIK,
Ger. Pass h TlcketAgt., Trav. Pass Agt
Chicago Ill, Detroit, Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02

BEN. FLETCHER. T. P. A, Detroit, Mich.
JSo. w. LoUD, Traffic Mgr, Detroit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02

CHICAGO & GRANDTRUNKR'Y.
withtr OFT. A. A. & Y. NJ .R'y
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-02

Lv. Durand /
SOS a m for Chicago I
o:g5a for Chicago
1855 p m for Chicago
s:50pmf for BattleCreek
ii:2S . m for Chicago