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The Portland daily press., 1899-04-15

yond hope.
Were they in consumption? You don't
know; nobody can ever know; but that is
not the question. The important point is
that they were hopelessly i'll but this match
less Discovery" restored and saved them.
II was NOT able to do hardly any work at all, y
says Mrs. Jennie Dingman Of vanburen, Kali
kaska Co., Mich, in q most interesting letter to
Or. Pierce. II had pain in my left side and
back, and had headache all the time, tried
your medicine and it helped me. Last spring !
had a bad cough; got 50 bad had to be In bed
all the time.
Ny husband thought had consumption
He wanted me to get doctor but told him il
n was consumption they could not help me We
thought would try DR.. Pisrce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery and before ! had taken one bottle
the cough was stopped and have had no inore
Of n retnrning. Your medicine is the best I
have ev4r tA1kEn."
Writs to DR., R..V Pierce He will send
you good fatherly, professional advice in
Z plain sealed envelope absolutely free
His thirty years experience as chief consul
ting physician of the Invalids' Hotel, at
Buffalo, N. y, has made him an expert
In chronic diseases.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-15

sumption. Your trouble may not be CON
sumption to-day, but you don't know what
it may become to-mo,-- -
roe. Hundreds of peo- ~ -
pie have been restored 49,
to robust health and
condition by DR..
PIERCE marvellous 2fN
Golden Medical ~
Discovery" after w
reputable physi- = %A +
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nOunced them ~, III
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consump-
tive be
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-15
Called back.

The Sweet Young Thing-I love to read
OF those dear, daring explorers in the arctic,
but l should think scaling ioebergs ali the
time would become monotonous.
The Savage Bachelor-Part OF the time
they We're scaling fish. indianapolis Jour
nal
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-15
SWEET PEAS.

Around every house there always bright sunny spot
you plant seed early This place is where you
plant your Sweet peas We have the finest Mixture
obtanabe also Fifty Best Named Varieties
If you should buy your Nasturum Seed from we know
you will be pleased with the results that you will obtain
from it,
for Lawn seed, know that there is nothing on the
better than Mixture 1t made from the finest
and cleanest varieties of Fancy grasses.
Our line of Summer Towering Bulbs is very complete and
includes Golden Rayed Lily of Japan (Lium Auratum)
um Specosum Tuberous Begonas Double and Snge Gala
Escuentum elephants Ear Excelsior Pearl Tuberose
Madeira Vines Cinnamon Vines.
We also remind you of Stearns New Ball Bearing Lawn
Mower which is built like bicycle
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-15
THE REAL QUESTION.

The real question of disease
is Can i be cured 2" If You
or anyone dear to you is losing
strength and energy and vital
ity, if You are wise you will not
spend much time trying to fig
ure out just what name to call
the disease by.
1t is almost impossible to
draw the line where debility
and weakness merge into con-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
A DURABLE SIGN.
1t Was Used ut Unrper's Ferry Thirty
Years Ago md Is StiII In
Good Order.

Inquiries have been received by the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad concerning
the man who painted a station sign at
llarper's Ferry. The Western Society
of Engineers has the sign now on exhi-
bition in its rooms in Chicago, says the
Baltimore American.
The engineers are using every effort
to ascertain who mixed the paint and
applied it to the sign, which was placed
in position at liarper's Ferry station
about so years ago.
The summer heat and winter storms
hakl, lnaBo way dimmcd the luster of
the paint nsed to make the words "lIar-
per'a Ferry paThe words stand out as
boldly as the day they were formed by
the artists brush.
The wood around the letters has been
worn about oue-SiNtceuth of an inch by
sand beating against it by fierce winds,
but the letters have withstood the ele-
mcnts.
1t is claimed that no paint manufac-
tured nowadays is equal in durability to
that which was applied to the old sign,
and If the person who mixed il is living
and will take advantage of the secret
he possesses MS to its composition, it is
said he can by engaging in the paint
manufacturing business, soon accumu-
late wealth
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
LONG DRIVE FOR WAGER.
Ar indiana Man Rides to Portland,
Ore, Behind Il Span OF Year
ling Ponies

A rather unique looking procession
wended its way down the main street
of Barker City, Ore. recently, on its way
to Portland. The outfit consisted of
three covered wagons, followed by
carriage drawn by a pair of thorough
bred yearling ponies. 1t was the latter
that attracted the most attention. says
the San Francisco Examiner.
In the carriage sat an old man,
whose weather-beaten face showed the
influence of the ecffects of sun and wind.
To q reporter he said: "My name is
II. II. Slyter. My family and self
started on April Il from Howard coun-
ty, Ind, to cross the country to Port
land We are travelling on wager,
and this is what the wager is. Do you
see this team of ponies. They're thor
oughbreds.
"A man in our county in Indiana said
that that team of yearlings couldn't
cross the country to Portland and live
through the trip. We are not limited as
TO time, and just took our own time to
make the Journey. We followed the
Union Pacific to Granger, and from
there to Rawlins, Wyo. From Rawlins
we came across country to Boise, and
from there to this city. We are taking
1t easy, still we cover good many miles
in day We have had some pretty
tough experiences; yet, to take it al
together, we got along all right. At
one time this team I'm driving travelled
13 miles without hay, yet you see how
they look
Whats the wager? Well, that's be-
tween me and the man that made it.
lreport to his agent when get to Port
land. I'll win the wager, then me and
my folks will go farming"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
TREASURE OF TEXAS MATRON.
Her Husbands Thirty-TwO-I enr-OId
Wedding Shirt Still Pre-
served.

On the eth of November Mr.. and
Mrs. W. A. King, of Nacogdoches, lex,
celebrated their wedding anniversary.
On that occasion Mr.. King wore the
identical shirt in which he was mar
ried in 1866. The ancient garment was
In good condition, having been treas
ured carefully by Mrs. King all these
years and only brought out on we'd
ding anniversaries. She launders it
herself, no one else being allowed to
lay finger on it. Mr.. King, who Is
native Texan, served in the confed-
crate army, and at the close of the
civil war settled near Nacogdoches,
where he has lived ever since. In 1866
he WAS married to Miss Mary Jane
Maroney, niece of Gen. Thomas j.
Rusk. In those days dress shirts were
rare in that Fart of the county. The
garment which Mr.. King wore at his
wedding is homemade and handmade
CT white cotton goods. 1t has bosom
after the mode of negligee shirts, with
transverse plaits. Mrs. King says it
VIII last for many year yet, and her
husband declares he will last as long
as the shirt.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
THESE INDIANS ARE RICH.
Family of Ten OsHGcs Have an
Annual Income of $500
Each.

The Usage Indians, according to Gen.
Pollock's annual report, own over 500
acres of land for each man, woman ard
child, each receiving an annuity of over
5000. AS an illustration. if an Indian
and his wife have eight children, the AN
nual cash income of the family is over
$1,000.
Indian Agent Stephens. of he Grow
Greeks. reports that a serious nuisance
and detriment to progress is intertribal
visiting, demoraliling TO the Indians.
Capt. Cornish. of the uintah and
Ouray agency in Utah, complains in his
report that there never has been any
settlement Of the claim Of the Uncom-
pahgre, White River aud Southern Utes
on account of the cession of about
100000 acres of land TO the United
States under treaty of 1850 in consid-
Grafton of certain benefits. The treaty
required that the land should be sub
ject to cash entry only and that the pro-
ceeds after reimbursement to the
United States for sums appropriated
and set aside in the Ute act and paying
for lands which might be ceded to the
Utes by the United States, outside of
their reservation at $1.25 per acre,
should be deposited to their credit in
the treasury, the interest payable to the
oses annually with the rest of their an
nuity money. This claim is still un-
settled.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
LAST MAN ON THE MAINE.
Capt. Sigshee Requested His officers
to Precede Him on the
Wrecked Ship.

Capt. Charles d. Sigsbee in his Per
sonal Narrative of the Maine" in the
Century, speaking of the scene follow
ing the explosion, says:
1t was a hard blow tC be obliged to
leave the Maine; none of us desired to
leave while any part of her poop re-
NAMED above water. We waited until
satisfied that she was resting on the
bottom of the haIhoE Lieut. Comman.
der Wainwright tIseh whispered to me
that he thought the forward ten-inch
magazine had been blown up into the
burning material amidship and might
explode at any time, with further dis
astrous effects. lie was then directed
10 get every body into the boats. which
was done. 1t was an easy operation:
one had only to step directly from the
deck into the boat. There was still
some delay to make sure that the ships
stern had grounded, and still more be
cause of the extreme politeness of the
officers, who considerably offered me a
steadying hand to step into the boat
Lieut.. Commander Wainwright stood
on one side and Lieut.. Holman on the
other; each offered me a hand. suo-
gested the propriety of my being the
last to leave. and requested them to
precede me, which they did. There was
favorable comment iater in the press
because left last. 1t is fact that
was the last to leave. which was only
proper: that is TO say it would have
been improper otherwise; but virtually
all left last. The fine conduct of those
who came under my observation that
night was conspicuous and touching
The heroism of the wounded men did
not see at the time. but afterward good
reports of their behavior were very
common. The patient way in which
they bore themselves lsft no doubt that
they added new honOrs TO the service
when the Maine went down."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
STUPIDITY OF A WASP.
An Instance Which Goes to show
That Animal Instinct Is
Not InfnIIibIe.

1t is generally supposed that in
stinct unerringly teaches birds and in
sects the best way in which to build
their homes or nests, and also to pro-
vide for their offspring. The follow.
Ing incident, recently under personal
observation, will show that instinct IL
not always infallible, says the Scien-
tific American:
A friend placed three small empty
Walls in an open box, on shelf, in All
upright position, in close contact, and
they were uncorked. short time
afterward 1t was a matter of surprise
TO find that these had been appro-
priated by female mud wasp. She
had placed a goodly number of spiders
in the center vial doubtless intended
to serve as food for her future brood;
then proceeded to deposit her eggs in
those on either side. She next closed
tightly the mouths of all three recep-
tacles with hard lime cement Hav-
Ing finished her work, she then doubt
less went on her way, satisfied all had
been done for her offspring that a
thoughtful mother could do.
But just think of the sensations of
those little was when they come in.o
existence, for, while starving in their
sealed cages, they can plainly see,
through the impenetrable glass walls.
the bountiful supply of food which was
provided for their use.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
PR-VENTABLE ILLNESS.
LncL 0f Pure Air In Winter Is the
Most Prolific source of Poor
icnlth aud Suffering.

II is amazing how much sickness is
preNentabie. How much misery, dis
comfort and ill-health the housewife is
often directly responsible for. and yet
how often she is entirely unconscious
OF her responsibility and her failure
Many person who is called a reat
huusekccper has no idea of anything
beyond polishing the outside of the
front door"
One mother whom know prides her
self on having her rooms all in order
very early in the morning. She is toe
intent upon this TO air the children
beds properly and makes them up while
they are still warm from the previous
night.
For economic reasons she does mol
air the rooms thoroughly in cold
weather. as il takes so much more fire
10 heat them again. The consequence
S her children are almost always all
ing
She says of them herself, they get
everything that is going"
They are accustomed to inhalc so
much poison from the vitiated atmos-
phere of their own rooms that the least
chilling of their bodies or excess in
catirg throws them in state Of fever
This mother is a very religious wom-
a. and prays every day for the health
and happiness of her offspring, and yct
they are never well. and so of course
cannot bo baDny
The lady of whom am writing keens
one servant. whom she leaves to her own
devices rs long as things look neat. The
lady herself never desccnds below the
Kitchen to see what is going on in the
cellar. About once or twice n wear.
however. the neiohbors are treafcd 10
very successive sioht If is the nm
nual or scmi-anuual cleaDirr
No housewife does her whole d,,tv
vino does not look into her own collar
and insist upon it's being thoroucbl,
cleaned nj least ,nr, - vcool C,ro
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
THE DRUNKEN MAN.
And the Mystery of How He Keepn
His Feet and Steers Clear
of Danger.

Drunken men, of course, do fall
down cellarways and that sort OF
thing" said Mr.. Nozzleby, according
to the New York Sun. 1--WE read about
1t occasionally in the papers, but still
such mishaps are comparatively rare
Men seem to stagger up to the very
verge of such places, and then sheer off
in safety. Probably everybody that
has lived in a city has at one time or
another followed some drunken man
with his eye and seen him as he pur-
sued his zigzag course along the side
walk lurch up to and fairly lean over
the top step of some basement stairs,
seen him still leaning, as though he
must inevitably topple over and go
smashing down to the bottom, only to
observe him finally sway back, away
from the steps, to start again on his
devious course and bring up a moment
later on the curbstone hanging in the
same manner and in the same danger
Of falling, now into the gutter.
But he doesn't fall, and one won
ders what preserves him. He staggers
on Ills way, anu SluHDleS sometimes,
but RECEIVERS himself and never quite
goes down. Again he skins smooth
and straight along the very edge OF
some danger spot, but keeps right on
into safety. And SO he pursues his
crooked and dangerous way with dip
or dive now and then that brings
the heart into the mouth of some pass
er-by who chances upon him suddenly;
and at times 1t seems as though ne
must go down, but something keeps
him up, and some instinct, apparently
independent of himself, turns him
back from the brink. With such glim-
mering of sense as he has left, if he
has any, he struggles hard to keep up.
He may not realize it himself, but in
stinct makes known to him that if
once he goes down he can't get up.
Pursuing a straight course you
soon come up with and pass the stag
gerer going criss-cross, steering out,
perhaps, as you pass, to avoid collision
with him"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
LCATuED CIDER.
Two knights Of the Road Who Had
No Use for Anything That
Worked.

A farmer named l.. c. Hamer, who
makes frequent trips to this city
with produce. and whose place is near
Mount Repose, o., little settlement
just north OF Madssonville, is response
bic for the following STORY: He was
driving toward the city the other morn
ing with a load of cider in barrels, when
pc met two specimens of the hobo va
riety trudging along the pike. They
Stopped before his wagon, one politely
8lifted his hat and asled
What's the nearest town."
Mount Repose," answered the
farmer.
"Ah! sweet name!" answered the
tramp. 81 think we'll just stop for the
rest of our lives when we reach there.
Couldst prefer us drink from one Of
the barrelS?'
The farmer Immediately drew quart
cup full of cider and offered it to the
pair. They drank it, each made wry
face. and the one of grandiloqucnt
speech, who must have at some time
been a member of variety troupe,
drew himself up and said:
"Dost know that thou hast insulted
US in offering cider? We have holy
horror that amounts to loathing for
cider"
"Why?" asked the farmer.
Because" answered the tramp. with
q farewell wave of the hand. Because
II works"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
NURSES IN INDIA.
Rules which Govern Them Are Very
Stringent ana Couiine Them
Closely.

Judged by the standards which seem
to prevail in British India, the Phila-
delphia nurse-in spite of her increased
duties now that so many sick soldiers
are under her care-must have an easy
time Of it, says The Philadelphia Press.
Let her, at all events, read and take
comfort from these rules Just promul-
gated for the benefit of the Nursing
Sisters engaged in tending plague pa
tients in Calcutta:
sisters must be in to dinners every
night, and must not leave the premises
after dinner, except with the leave of
the lady doctor, Such leave will not
be granted more than once week,
The address at which the sis
ter will be must be given to the lady
doctor. Sisters going out driving are
required to let the lady doctor know
their destination ard their escort (f
any, and she is at liberty to modify
the arrangements made if she shall
deem il necessary. Visitors to the sis
terS must send in their card to the lady
doctor. Sisters to be in bed by 1 / p. m.
Visitors may be invited to afternoon
tea with the consent Of the lady doctor.
Ladies may occasionally be invited to
ether meals with the consent of the
LADY doctor at the expense of the per-
Sonwho invites them"
This supreme lady doctor" CORE
spends TO our head nurse, and sways
rule Which extends to the very servants
of the nurses, under her.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
HOLLAND HOUSE.
A london Est"hiishment That Is
Unique Among the Homes
of England.

EngliShmen have noidea of society in
the continental sense. Banquets. balls
and parties public and private. have
always formed an accompaniment to
the parliamentary session; but the Sc.
lect cutcries which meet almost daily
in Paris--in the informal gatherings
termed salons, where friendships are
cemented with that mixture of grave
and gay conversation in which our
mercurial ncighbors cXcel-are foreign
II the English life says the Pail Mall
Magazine In its records, as well as in
its surroundings, Holland houoe stands
out brilliant exception in this respect.
1t is unique among English homes,
standing Ns il does in its own lovely
gardens, surrounded till lately by the
fields of Kensiugtou, now in the middle
of dcnscly populated district and
within II walk of The center of London.
1t has ceased for half n century to be
country home and though it has
changed hands repeatedly, its treasures
remain intact Its architecture is char
ncteristic; its portraits and busts recall
all the most interesting personages
who have lived there. Every room is
filed with rare objects and historical
relics; it has neither been robbed to
pay death duties nor spoiled by vandal
taste. It possesses, moreover, a special
interest as the center round which re-
yovcd for nearly half faccutury all that
was brightest and most intellectual in
an age of strength and great achieve
meuts-thosc whose influence so pro-
foundly affected the political events of
,l.,r
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
GOOSE BONE WHITE IN FRONT.
Corn Husl1s, Nuts and Fur Also Tell
That There Is a Hard winter
Coming.

According to Ezekiel Bonzy, who is
held to be the most accurate reader of
a goose's breast bone in Maine, the
coming winter Is going to be shorter,
says the New York Sun. II is to start
with a snowstorm which will come in
November, and the snow will stay on
the ground for the purpose of catch
ing and holding other snowstorms that
will arrive frequently and with great
vigor until about the middle of March.
Mixed in with The cutpupof Snow will
be hail, wind and consecutive periods
of zero weather, which will cause
great demand for overcoats and double
mittens
For the first time in eight years the
goose bone is white at the front end,
indicating an early snowfall, As the
bone of 1S9S-99 is very wide and mostly
white over all its surface, Mr.. Bonzy
infers there will be deep snow and
good shedding for fully five months.
His conclusions are well reinforced by
researches among corn husks, beech
nut burrs, and the fur of animals, all
of which are uncommonly thick and
well laid on.
Acting upon Mr.. Bonzy's advice, the
lumbermen are planning to go into the
woods early, and operators are get
ting options upon large areas of stump
age For three years past Mr.. Bonzy
has predicted that there would be no
snow until after the new year and has
hit it right every time. Therefore
much confidence is placed in his prog
nostications this year.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17
CAT KILLS A TURTLE.
Puss Meets with a New Kind of Cren-
ture and Has Hard Time
Of Il.

Farmer Egerton has a large cat
named Scrapper which has long been
the terror of all the dogs and cats in the
neighborhood. One day lately he met
his match in a large turtle. Discover
ing the queer creature taking leisure
ly promenade in the meadow. Scrap
per leaped on its back and clawed away
at lively rate. The turtle seemed to
rather enjoy the performance. so Scrap
per changed his tactics. He soon saw
where the turtles head came out. and
he sat down to watch the spot, reports
the New York Press.
= Presently the turtle peeped out tc
Wee if his enemy was gone. Scrapper
made a grab#nd missed. This was -e-
peated three Aimes, and then the turtle.
keeping hisThead safely inside the
shell, put out his feet and attempted
to crawl away, Then Scrapper caught
foot of the turtle with his teeth. and
the fight began in earnest. The turtle
pulled and struggled, but. finding itself
being pulled away, put out its head
and with quick snap caught one of tn
cats hind feet in its viselille Jaws
Scrapper pulled, bit and scratched
and doubtless would have called the
fight off but the turtle held on in tri-
umph
Finally Scrapper secured good
hold Of the turtles head, and the turtle
would have withdrawn If he could
But the victorious Scrapper was in a
short time lmping home with the tur-
ties head in his mouth. as trophy Il
his hard-fought battle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-03-17

Glance at your family cat or your fox
terrier, or the cows in the field. Ar
their markings, and those of nearly all
domesticated animals are mottled and
totally irregular, This is the curious
result of domestication Wild animals
are as a rule. marked with beautiful
regularity. Look at the stripes of the
tiger. the spots Of the leopard. the alb
solutely even streaks on the zebra's
coat, and a dozen other similar in
stances. There is very little doubt
that all these animals colors could be
changed if they were tanned by man
and kept in captivity for few genera
tions. Fancy a black-and-tan tiger, or
leopard with the irregular markings
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