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The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
until I'm not busy, and I'll get you
what vou wish"

until I'm not busy, and I'll get you
what you WISH"
"Oh, I'm so much obleeged, 80 much
obleeged!" faltered Mehitable, with q
quiver of voice and lips, land would
you git me one Of Ouida's? No mat
ter what one, I don't want to make
no trouble; any one that's handy
And those last words became ever
after her formula when she went to
the library. She would wait until the
librarian was at leisure, then she
would return her volume, and say:
Zone of Ouida's. No matter what
one; any that's handy"
If she received one that she had
just read it made NO difference, she
would take it home and read it again;
the chances were that she would often
get book which she had not read
for some months. Curiously, those
chances themselves grew into a great
interest to Mehitable. It was some
thing like a lottery, she felt, and when
it happened that she had story that
was comparatively fresh, how gayly
and rapidly those arctics would move
homeward over the pike; and with
what joy she would tell her mother
of her good luck!
1 wonder if any of those who saw
her every week in the library guessed
that this errand to change her book
was the one excitement to which she
looked forward. Did they guess how
hard she worked all that forenoon so
that she might conscientiously take
the time for this errand?
And what did Mehitable think Of
Ouida's writings? What strange crav-
ing for another life did that lurid
gorgeousness, those wild and evil pas
sions, satisfy? How much did she
understand of it all? When she went
about doing her chores was she think
ing of voluptuous, perfumed beauties
who were melting unlawful love? Did
she think her authors women were
"ladylike?" Miss Green, above all
things, wished to be ladylike. She
would plant and hoe potatoes, but
when it came to digging them, some
thing made her shrink from that
work as unladylike, and she hired one
of the Sparks boys, although it was
really more exhausting to keep him
at work than it would have been to
perform the labor herself.
Mehitable could have had no idea
of the profound sensation she gave
the librarian the first time she called
for one of George Eliot's books. The
attendant dropped her pencil in amze-
ment; she even asked Mehitable if she
were not mistaken, but Mehitable had
the courage to persist, received "Adam
Bede," and went home with it. When
she returned she was asked how she
liked the book.
cts mostly beyond me-" she an
swered, "but there's something, some
how-wall," she added, wistfully, II
do jest wish I could see Dinah Nor
ris. Why" with vibrating earnest
ness, "I'd a good deal ruther see her
than our minister"
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
NEW DYSENTERY CURE.
French Physician Discovers q Valu.
able Remedy in the Seed Of an
Oriental Plant.

Great was the rejoicing in medical
circles some years ago when it was
announced that Roger, the well-known
scientist, had at last discovered the
germ of dysentery, for it was sup
posed that thenceforth any person
attacked with this disease would al
most certainly be cured.
In short time, however, this sup
position was found to be erroneous,
and during the past few years the
prevailing opinion has been that the
true germ has not yet been found,
and that, when it is found, it will
prove to be OF, much the same origin
as the germ which causes malaria.
Among those who have been look
ing for it is DR.. Mougeot, a French
physician, who has made many exper-
iments in the east, and the news now
comes that he has discovered at Sal
gon remedy which has proved to be
most efficacious in cases of dysentery.
This remedy is the seed of a plant
known as Brucea Sumatrana, which
grows abundantly in China, India, the
Sunda islands and in various parts of
tropical America. The popular name
of the tree and fruit is kosu or kosam.
The fruit has circumference OF
about one centimeter and contains Q
small oleaginous kernel, and it is in
this kernel that DR.. Mougeot found
the long-sought remedy.
He happened to make chemical
examination of kernel and he found
in it peculiar property, which is
popularity known as kosamin and
which is of glucose nature. He had
some patients at the time who were
suffering from dysentery, and, know
ing that the intestines were the part
mainly affected by the disease, he
thought it possible that property of
this nature might produce good re-
suits.
He gave them dose of it. To his
delight, it worked well-so well that
his patients were soon out of dan
ger. He next experimental with the
kosamin on animals and found that it
not only exercised an extremely bene-
fetal effect on the gall Or bile, but
that it also quickly destroyed all the
live worms and bacteria in the bowels.
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have the point exactly in the middle
line at both ends. Measure the dis
tance from point to point; also the
distance up one curved line of the end
and down on the other side. Then get
piece of sheet iron, or zinc, six
inches larger each way than these
figures. This is for the roof, and is
put on by bending it at the middle
over some straight edge and mailing
it upon the curved ends of the box,
allowing the roof to project three
inches at each end. There will also
be the same projection at the caves.
Before mailing on the roof, divide the
box into compartments, as suggested,
and cut small window, with round
ed top, in the wall before each COM
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per between them. The exterior walls
are sheathed with fence flooring, and
rosin paper is placed between the
sheeting and the four-inch o. G. sid
ing. All carving shown on front ele~
vation is Of composition, planted on.
The studdingar 2x4 inches; joists, 2x1o
inches; rafters, 2x4 inches. The height
of the first story is 9h feet; second
floor, 9 feet. The trim throughout is
of Georgia pine, oil finish. Plastering,
two-coat work; painting, three-coat
work. Pantry in closets are fitted with
shelves. All shingles are of cedar,
dipped in creosote stain. Chimney
fues have tile Innings. Cutters, fash
ing and downspouts are of galvanized
iron. Chimneys shown above roof are
laid up with pressed brick.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Clock Made of Cycle Parts.

What is probably the oldest clock
ever manufactured has been made by
a Frenchman. It. should appeal to
every cyclist, for it is constructed
solely of bicycles and parts thereof.
1t stands 11h feet high, and is the
queerest combination in appearance
at which any cyclist ever gazed.
Withal it keeps correct time, and the
man whose duty it is to keep it in or
der has a very easy time of it,
for SO delicately is it constructed that
the gain or loss is almost in6nitesimal.
It bears the appearance at first glance
Of circlet of bicycle wheels en-
twined, in the center being an i'm
mense rim, while within this rim are
the figures that denote time and the
hands that point the hour and the
minute.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
MAGIC AT HOME.

a stopper tightly into the neck of the
bottle. Now, grasping the bottle in
both hands, at the word of command
the vial will rise, sink, stop at any
required depth, and apparently be
entirely obedient to its owners will.
That is, if the foregoing preparations
have been done just right. It may re-
quire several trials before one 'gets
the hang of it," as the boys say.
The secret of the mysterious per-
formance is simply to press hard with
the balls of the thumbs, as the bottle
is grasped in both hands. This will
cause the vial to sink. An almost inn
perceptible relaxation will be sufi-
cient to arrest the motion, while re-
moving all pressure will allow it to
rise. In order to be as mystifying as
possible, a command is given which
the vial apparently obeys, and the
hands are not moved while changing,
from one command to another-a SIM
pie Tightening or relaxing of the
muscles unnoticed by the onlookers.
A little practice will soon teach one
the amount of force necessary to be
applied. Regulating may be done by
means of the stopper. If the vial re-
mains at the bottom of the bottle
and obstinately refuses to rise when
it should, slight loosening of the
stopple will usually obviate the diff
Guilty; and conversely, Tightening it
will abase the too lofty minded. The
experiment is based on the scientific
but little known principles of the COM
pressibility of water and the elastic
ity of glass. Few would believe, un-
til they saw it tried, that the sides of
glass bottle could be sprung by the
pressure of ones hands-Mrs. Jane
L. Brown, in Farm and Home.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Arithmetic 5000 Years Aeo.

Probably the oldest book for home
lessons in arithmetic was recently TN
earthed in Egypt. The papyrus,
which was in excellent condition,
dates from about 1900 B. C.-that is,
about 100 years before the time of
Moses. It proves that the Egyptians
had thorough knowledge of the ele-
mentary mathematics almost to tho
extent of our own. The papyrus has
a long heading, Direction How to At
tain the knowledge Of All Dark
Things" etc. Numerous examples
show that their principal operations
with entire units and fractions were
made by means Of addition and multi
plication. Subtraction and divisions
were not known in their present form,
Dut correct results were obtained,
nevertheless. Equations were also
found in the papyrus.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Boss Carpenter ut Three.

The town of Elmer, N: j., has car
penter 3% years old. His name is Ru.
fus S. Richards, son Of a contractor.
The little fellow, who has not been.
wearing trousers but few weeks, has
complete set of tools, and when he
was less than three years of age hs
manifested remarkable talent Tor
driving nails, and the best of it is he
never hits his thumb, but sends them
as straight home as any carpenter
could. He has a uniquerecord in this,
having driven over 5000 nails in the
last five months, =. -. 55.sss
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MAGICAL EXPERIMENT.
Increasing Ones Popular Sci.
entlnc Knowledge. %:

The nipple experiment here de-.
scribed is so mystifying to one not.
familiar with it that one may well be
pardoned for calling it magical and
applying the term of witch to the
performer. |
Procure small medicine vial, the
smaller the better, and a bottle hold
ing pint or so. Both should be OF
clear, thin glass and free from labels.
The bottle should be as nearly fat as
possible. Fill the bottle with cold
water and the vial half full of the
same. Then, inverting the vial quick
ly, drop it bottom upward into the
bottle. If dexterously done, no wa
ter will be spilled from the vial. Fit
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Bright Census Enumera tor.

Some of the census enumera tors must
have been bright specimens. One Of
them reported only two deaths in a
population of 1,100 for an entire year,
and when questioned closely by the SUI
pervisor gave the following explana-
ton: "Dear Sir: There was six more
people that died. but they were widows
end children" s,'. =.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
---High-Prieea,- Cherries.

At a dinner given by Count Boni de
Castellane in Paris recently, dwarf
cherry trees loaded with fruit were
used for ornament and the cherries f0t.
dessert. The cherries, it is said, cost
tour dollars each. The trees had been
forced IN hothouSes.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Horse Fed by Its Chums.

Most domestic animals seem to con-
fine their; affection to human beings,
and are Indifferent even to their own
kind. but exceptional cases have been
noted. One is that of horse that be-
longed to a cavalry company in the
west. It was rather old, and had for
some time been relieved from active
service, and spent most of it's time in
the stable. Among other ailments, it's
teeth were very poor, SO that it was
unable to eat either corn or oats with
out much discomfort. One day it was
discovered by the stable men that, two
young horses, one on either side of the
veteran, were actually feedingit. They
chewed the corn, oats and hay, and
when about half masticated, put the
food in the old horses manger, who
was thus enable to eat and to live.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
MIND YOUR MANNERS.
Boys Who Garry Themselves Like
Gentlemen Make Friends Wher-
ever They May Go.

1t DenOOVeS every DOy anu girl 10 cu1' y
tivate an easy, graceful bearing in the
presence of strangers, and courteous,
pleasant, frank manner of speech. 1t
puts me quite out of patience to see
boy of perhaps 13 or IA years come
into a room with halting, dragging
step, and to have him turn red as
beet and humble out some unintelligi-
bic reply if he is spoken to.
Hold up your heads, boys! Don't be
brazen or "cheeky" about it, but have
some snap and spirit about you.
I dislike prig as much as I do a"'
stupid boy, but there is happy medium
all of you might reach that would make
you more agreeable to your oldeP-
friends and fit you for the duties you
must in time take upon yourselves.
sat the other day in the Office of
Office boy. He had told all applicants
to call at certain hour, and there were
more than dozen boys in waiting in
little ante-room when the hour
came.
He told me to step into the ante T.
room, single out the most promising
looking boy, and ask him to step into
the main Office.
I did so, and selected a very tidy,
bright-looking boy, and was surprised
when he came shambling into the room
and stood. with downcast eyes, twirl-
ing his hat in his hands.
''How old are you?" asked my friend.
'Huh?' said the boy.
Chow old are you?"
"Oh-er- -ah-I'm 14.'
''Do you go to school?"
'What did you say?"
II asked if you went to school?''
"Oh-er-oh, yes; I've been going"
"What have you been studying?"
"What?"
''What did you study at school?''
"Oh-er-ah-differ things
''Have you ever been employed in
an ofice?''
"Huh?'
"Have you ever worked in an Office
at any time?''
"No."
"Always gone to school?'
eyes"
Well, he didn't get the place. The
boy who did get it left his hat in the
ante-room, where there was rack for
it. He did not say "Huh?" or "Hey?''
when he did not understand question,
but said, instead: II beg your pardon q
He said eyes, sir" and mo, SIR"
He did not stand on one foot, nor
twist awkwardly around, twirling the
tail of his coat between his fingers and
thumbs. He was homely. ordinary
looking boy; but he carried himself
like gentleman, as all boys should.
Lenox Dane, in Golden Days.
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An Inference.

W First Lobster-I understand that
these human beings are referring to
one another as Holsters.
Second Lobster-Ah! They're get
ting stuck on themselves!-Puck.
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FATIGUE OF THE EYES.
Precautions That Everyone Should
Take to Preserve, Aid and
Strengthen the Sight.

While it is the duty of everyone to
take the best possible care o. the eyes,
it is not, as is commonly supposed,
dangerous to use them until they are
tired.
Delicate, sensitive and mast valued
of all our organs, too much impor-
tance is sometimes given to the neccs-
sity of guarding the eyes from any
symptom of overwork.
It is no more dangerous to tire the
eyes than to tire any other organ of
the body. 1t does not hurt the hand
to tire it, and after a brief rest it
is as good as ever. It is the same way
with the eye.
Every precaution should be taken to
preserve and aid the sight. The light
should come from over the left shoul-
der; artificial light should be steady;
pains or blurring or any symptoms of
blindness should receive proper treat
ment, and when necessary glasses
should be used. These are common
sense measures for the preservation OF
the sight.
But when this is done the worker
need not feel alarm over having to use
the eyes daily, perhaps for a long Pc
riod and until they are very tired.
When the eye for long time rests
upon near objects the muscles which
adjust the eye to vision necessarily
get tired, but if the eyes are rested at
proper intervals no harm will be done.
The eye can bear maximum fatigue as
we'll as other parts Of the body.
A sure way of telling when eyes are
overworked is by the fact that their
natural power and freshness fail to
return after a proper amount of rest.
When this is the case-that is, when
they have had time to feel fresh again
and there is still the strained, weary
feeling they are being overworked.-
nr Alro,, TT pouorc IN N " World
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25
Another H0ld-Up.

"Poor Bronson"
"What's the matter with him?"
HE was the victim of q hold-up last
night, so he tells me-"
"You don't say so! How did it hap
pen?"
"Oh, the baby had eaten something
that didn't agree with it. He had TO
hold it up for three hours at a stretch"
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Worthington advance., 1901-01-25

mace room, coal room, fruit room and
laundry.
The entire basement floor is cement.
ed. All hardware to be of neat design
and properly fitted in its respective
places.
The entire attic is to be hoored and
will admit of being divided into three
rooms, if 50 desired. The chimney
brace is of wrought iron. All material
and workmanship throughout this
house must be of the very best kind.
When the house is finished, it must
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know as she should have asked for
one, anyway.
Mrs. Green had been a Farnsworth,
and the Farnsworths, as she had as
serted long ago, "wa'n't afraid of
nothin'." The widow violently bade
her daughter ''jes' 60 n tell the wom-
an that tended what book she wanted,
n she'd get it, fast enough"
With much trepidation, Mehitable
the next day walked into the library
and took her place in the line of those
who stood waiting. But just as her
turn came her courage gave out, and
she slipped back and sat down on q
settee. She fingered about, and pre-
tended to be studying some of the
pamphlets on the table. After a few
minutes the crowd of school children
had gone.
The attendant looked over her desk.
She saw the tall, shabby woman with
the long, loose teeth, and the painful
ly deprecating air, and she was imme-
diately touched by keen emotion of
pity and sympathy.
did you want book?" she asked,
kindly.
Mehitable Immediately shuffled for
ward over the floor in her arctics. By
the time she reached the desk she
was trembling so that her hand shook
as she put her card down. =.
"Them catalogues" she began, with
bashful eagerness, "them catalogues
I can't make head nor tail out Of
EN-" f. s#
mo matter" was the reply, "wsit
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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-24
Deceptive Oil Indications.

A warning has been issued by State
Mineralogist Cooper TO prospec,ors who
are misled by what appear to be surface
indications of oil seepages, but are only
the discolorations made by iron In the
earth through which the water comes.
These counterfeit seepages appear In the
form Of an irridescent film over the sur.
face Of water out Of hillsides, and to the
superficial observer simulate perfectly the
appearance Of high grade oil. They can
be identified by the following tests: First.
lack Of petroleum odor; second, instead Of
having substantial thickness they are
found to consist Of mere film; third,
when stirred they break into fragments
instead Of swirling about, as oil will DO;
fourth, when pieces Of blotting paper are
laid upon them so as to take them up,
and the blotting paper Is afterward put into
a glass jar filled with water and shaken,
the water will be colored a dull yellow
brown. These seepages are really moth.
ing but iron, and may merely indicate the
presence of that element In clay bank
through which they have passed. II will
be observed that the ground over which
they lie will always be found to be coated
with yellow oxidation when they are
removed.-Pacihc Coast Miner.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-24
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS
Alderman Bellinger Resigns
Mill Street improvements.

To the council, at its meeting Sa.ur.
day evening, J. B. Stoddard, property
owner, and others presented a protest
against Improving south Mill street by
graveling. J. B. Stoddard, as alderman,
secured the passage Of resolution to
have the street planked. J. B. Stodpard,
In his capacity as a lumber dealer-but
that's another story.
A petition was presented praying the
council to appoint Thomas Costello su.
perintendent Of streets, a newly created
Office. The petition was granted. Mr..
Teitgen had applied for the position, but
was defeated by the character and nature
Of his support. the underhanded as we'll
as the open and above board work In his
behalf being known to the council.
Alderman Bellinger's resignation was
received and accepted.
The committee on health and police re.
ported favorably on allowing the health
officer SIS a month and an ordinance was
ordered drawn to that effect.
The ordinance restricting the member.
ship Of the fire department was passed
and It Is officially published In THE MINER
today.
An ordinance providing for Ievying and
collecting a dog license was introduced.
It imposes the work on the city marshal,
without remuneration. Marshal Rand
rendered his resignation Immediately fol-
lowing its reading. 1t was suggested that
the ordinance had not passed, that It
would probably be amended and the resig'
nation was withdrawn.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-24

A side and cross walk ordinance, taxing
the cost to abutling property, was re.
ferred to the committee on streets aud
public property.
The matter OF the bad condition Of the
water mains was referred TO the committee
on fire and water, with instructions to
consult the company relative to remedy,
ing the evil.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-24

The large and commodious club rooms
Of Dunphy & Gertrldge are headquarters
for mining and commercial men.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1901-04-24

Prompt attention to orders for cut flow.
ers and floral pieces. City Green House
Baker City, Oregon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-21
RpAIN.Rnnn NoNsENsE

Another ridiculous food has
been branded by the most eompl
tent authorities. They have dis.
pelled the silly notion that one
kind Of food is needed for brain;
another for muscles, and still anoth-
er for bones. A correct diet will
not only nourish a particular part
Of the body, but it will sustain
every other part. Xet, however
food YOUR food may be, its 'nutri.
ment it is destroyed By indigestion
or dysyepsia. You must prepare
Tor their appearance or prevent
their coming by taking repular
doses OF Green's august Flower
the favorite medicine. OF the healthy
millions. A few dosss aids diges-
ton, stimulates the liver to healthy
action, purihes the blool, and made
you fesl buoyAnt and vigorous.
You can get DR.. g. G.. Green
remedies at Brown & 90.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-21

~ know l would long ago have
been Ia my grave" writes Mrs. q
Il. Newsom, Of Decatur, Ala, ii
it had not been for Electric BItters
Fer three years / suffered untold
agony from the worst forms OF In
digestion, Waterbrash, Stomach
and and Bowel Dyspepsia. But
this excellent medicine did me q
world Of good. Since using it
can eat heartily and have gained
80 pounds" For Indigestion
Loss OF Appetite, Stomach, Liver
and Kidney troubles Electric Bit
ters are a positive, guaranteed
cure. Only SOC at Brow & Co.'s
Drug Store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-21

Lv ro..s.aI ILv si'pu Aris.aoDn Ar. ''''pH
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-21

We now have long distance con.
nectien with ElReno, Oklahoma
City, Enid, Guthrie and to all
points IN Kansas. The regular
local phone subscribers can talk
over the long distance lines from
their place Of business or resi-
dence.
The toll will be charged to the
phone from which the talking is
done, and the subscriber owning
that phone will be held responsible
for payment Of same, We have
the same rate as other companies,
with the privilege Of direct con-
nection with any local phone.
Any one wanting to use the lines,
except subscribers, will have to
come to the central Office.
tw CHIcKAsHA TIL. Co.