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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

good Samaritan" he said feelingly. 'Tt takes child to teach us how to be hu- mane. Yes, I'll phone for my private sanltarium ambulance and have the sick man taken where he'll have the best of medical attention. Today a little girl has shown mo what Is meant by real brotherly love-"
 Then telling Agnes to hurry home, for he feared for her health should she re- main In that horrible place any longer, the doctor went on to the nearby drug store to phone for the ambulance. Az nes, wrapping the child in the blanket from the pallet bed, and tying old bits of rags about her feet and ankles, told her to kiss her papa goodbye and to come with her. A few minutes later 1t was n strangely atched paid that Agnes mother saw coming In through the gate. But 1t took Agnes only a few minutes to explain everything to her mother. The good lady could not speak for little, her voice was so choked with emotion; but folding her daughter to her breast she whispered after n few moments: "Of such as you, darling. is the Kingdom of Heaven"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

tried to sell something so I could get the money to buy some bread and tea, but the snow keeps people away"
 "You eat this now, little girl" said Agnes, placing in her hands basket of dainty luncheon thar she was carrying to school for her noon refreshment. And sit wonder under the blanket till l return. I'll bring something more for you to eat, and n doctor will come to attend your papa"
 With the delirious mans rawlings in her ears, Agnes hurried from the room and passed out through the shop. glancing round the latter as she went, to see what they had there for sale. There were few shop-worn toys, case of lead pen cils, rubber erasers, cheap writing tablets and a cord stretched above the counter holding few unpopular monthly maga- zines and weeklies. all of a month-old date.
 Poor souls" was what Agnes whis- pered to herself as she ran to the nearest drug store, where she knew there would be a telephone. A real little woman-and most capable-was Agness. In time of stress she never waited to ask advice of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

others; she quickly acted upon her own judgment which was always good. She did not have to consult the phone direc- tory, for she knew her family physicians number. In a moment she heard hls em- phatic "Helloi"
 "Hello? called back Agnes. Doctor Dash, this Is Agnes Turner. Yes, I want you. and right away, please. Come as quickly as you can to the corner of Bleak and Narrow streets: I've found a very bad case there. No, you've made no mistake-that is the corner I said. It's In little shop on the corner where you are to come This is not in your practice district, you say? Oh, dear doc tor-don't disappoint me. There's a lit- tie girl in great distress-her papa's rav- ing and out of bis head. For my sake. doctor, come-please. Oh, thank you, doctor. It Is so good of you to come for the man is so poor that he can never, never pay you; but you may add 1t to papa's bill--. You say that's all right2 Well--so you'll be here directly? Good bye"
 Agnes decided to run back to the shop md await the doctors coming before go-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09
Chums.

Where ere I go my chum goes, too; For he's so fond of me. And l am just as fond of him,
 Being bosom friends, you see. The very minute school is out
 My chum, a-frisking gay, Comes joyously to meet me.
 And I join him half way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

the mountain. and were at the time of de- struetlon busled with the common routine of their daily existence at the temples worshiping. at the baths, the theater and visiting at the homes of one another. The slaves and servants were overcome while performing their menial tasks, and their skeletons remained 10 tell the dreadful tale 1,s0o years later.
 Many paintings when first exposed to the light were as fresh and brilliant In color as If painted the day before. Thus had the destroyer proven also preserva- tive. Most of these recovered paintings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-09

So, playfully he grabbed him And sat him In the chair; And Tommy, bowling fiercely, Leaped right in the air. Then coming down, not gently. Still feeling that pin-prick, He said in mournful language: "Gran pa, twas a mean trickr Then dear old loving Gran'pa Said, 'I only wished to test That very ancient saying He that laughs last laughs best |"
 MAUD WALKER
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

his horses came to standsti at the end of a long
furrow near the hne-fence
Maggie Dunbar tall, strong and brown. was
planting summer vegetable seeds. She turned at
his words, trowel in hand Good-morning Hugh
How is Althea?"
He took off his hat and wiped his face She is
i hardly know; | think She feels gloomy this
morning You know 1t three years to-day" He
turned away.
Yes, remember the day too" she replied sym
pathetcally
l think I could endure it better if she hadn't
been doing my work-work that woman ought
TO 90 Ills somber eyes were downCast.
Nonsense, Hugh You didn't have the grip
that spring because you wanted it, did you? And
for feeding the stock don't do that all through
the slack season when mother keeps no men?"
Oh, yes, know all those arguments by heart
and also the excuses for leaving the hay-shoot open
the trouble any less" He slipped his hand back
and forth over the polished plow-handle the work
tyrant 1mpelllng him to constant movement even
while resting but unconscious of this. and even of
Maggie, he was gazing into the sunlIt distance.
saw Or Taylor drive up yesterday What
did he say?
The same thing-the case is battling: she will
probably never walk again Some shock might
help her, and again it might kill her"
Hugh did not know that the doctor had said that
use her eyes for the fine work. After a pause he
asked: Are you going to town to-day"
Yes, this afternoon"
She has another lace order finished-for Mrs
Parker, l think. Will you take it to herr"
-, Indeed, III be glad to. What lot of work
Althea does"
Yes; she has earned over two hundred dollars
this year, besides doing the childrens sewing and
yet she calls herself dreadful burden"
He spoke to his team, at the same time pulling
back his plow and setting it for new furrow
Well good-by," he said more cheerfully
Long after Hugh left her that morning A1thea
reClined motionless her pillows In one of those
neXplcable day-dreams her life passed before her
She saw herself happy carefully nurtured child,
friendless orphan, a student, and finally teacher
Then brighter picture: Hugh love, home and
little Donald. Long minutes passed crowded with
a hundred sweet memories Of that time Yet the
vision drited on the time, little later when they
had entered upon a different life, casting in their
might live upon and from the earth Together
they had labored, that they might the sooner pay
off the mortgage and own the small ranch Baby
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

took from the bI.reau-dTaWer curious
box OF spools, a finished piece OF lace still
to the rafting traCing-paper the newsT
the day before, drawing board and pc
Bible, pen-knife, scissors, rule, plncushlon
dozen other articles OF feminine use.
Please give me Baby Lou's apron Il III
to-day, | hope.
He brought it. Is that all
Yes, | think so, except that | wish you
the bureau over by my bedside, SO that
things as l need them, and not give you so I
And have you stralnlng yourself. h
rupted. No madam; | see through yo
design, you wish to deprive me OF the pie
serving you
Please do i'll she pleaded. "IfIn pro
to put anything away, won't YOU move 1t!
for to-day. | think the room would look bet
l could have my glass OF water there. Ii
so often spills it when she brings It 10 me.
He could not understand her perslSte1
humored it. Anything to please YOU. y
II to-day, and see II you keep your proms
rolled the bureau across the room and aga
bed. Does that satisfy you, Madam U
ableness
Thank YOU, dear
He made an extravagant bow, and lear
to say good-b before he went to his work.
She drew his head down close pressing k
kiss upon his cheek and lips. :" Oh sweethe'
can YOU always be 50 good, so patient, W
Good -by-good- by, my dear husband, my d
dearestl"
why, III be back at noon, he said, We
at the passionate words.
oh yes: but noon IS so far of. She
took his face in both slim white hands
and looked deep into his eyes. God bless
you" she said, and turned her head to
hide her emotion.
You're running under too high press
ure, little woman. Better slow up a bit.
You know we cant put into port for dam
ages lust now" He waved his hand in a
half-comic gesture and she smiled back
at him as he intended she should. In the
kitchen he spent a few hasty moments,
putting in order the room, the stove the
dishes that Donald had washed, adding to
these last some much-needed strokes OF
the drying towel.
Ready for school. my mani"
In a minute, papa, soon as | put up
my lunch; and | must kiss mama good
by" a strange apprehension thrilled him
a little later when he looked into his
mother eyes.
"Good-bv. my Donald, my son. VII
YOU be a good truthful boy to-day and
always"
Yes, Mama Althea III try to be he
answered softly, feeling that he had mad,
a solemn promise for all his life.
The clock struck eight They all went
out, little Lou following her father to the
barn; and the house was still.
A California spring The birds the
fields the odorous air proclaimed it
Under the apricot-trees pink and white
carpet spread far out in long lines, broken
only by the brown burrows turned by
silent, creeping plows The grapevine
skeletons were just feathering out in tiny
pale-green tips, lifted to the And
the voice of the farmer calling to his
team rang from field to field
Good morning, Maggie said Hugh as
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08
I h e q a t e 3
3 e a IL t if u |
By SARAH PRATT CARR

upon my lady of the cham
ber. How could l dol with
out proper costumes? |
really need a white cap, and
and | won t economize by
way of the laundry bill. l
mean to be always and en-
tirely white in your pres
ence. "
She smiled at him with
brimming eyes.
He could not return the
look, but turned quickly
and caught up a wide white
cloth and threw it over the
spread-covering the upper
half of the bed. What
things will you have to-
dav?"
The lace-work and tat
ting all of them, l
guess. l never know in the
morning what | shall do best
during the day
He crossed the room, and
New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

UGH HARMED, once called by his fellow
- teachers Hugh the immaculate now
farmer. nurse. cook, what not entered
- his Wites with a tray in his
hand. He had done this every morning
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16

+ Elijah Sk:pton died at his home
near Philomath yesterday morning
after an illness of some length. On
the 18th day of last November he
was "a years of age. He was born
in Iowa and came to Benton coun-.
ty, Oregon, in 1865. He was a
prominent and we'll esteemed cfti !
zen and has served the county as
assessor. The remains are to be-
inferred in Newton cemetery this
afternoon. We hope to have an
extended write-up of the life of this
well-known citizen, now -decea sed :,
in our next issue.
Dry slab wood at Saw Mill, $l.25
per load. 15-23t
Congregational church: Sunday
School 10 a. m.; Young Mems Glass
10 a. NJ; Woship and Sermon IL
IA. M; Junior Endeavor 8 p. m;
Senior Endeavor $50 .. NJ; Yes
pers and Sermon 7:3O p. NJ. Morn
ing sermon "Hidden Treasures;"
evening sermon, the first in SER
les on 'tLife's Contracts "Pride and
Humility" Sunday evening mu-
sic, duet by Miss Won der HELEN
aud Mr.. Ed r. Hughes. The solo
by Miss Edna Alien with violin
obligato by Mr.. Rosenstein will be
repeated by special request.
James Flett and family arrived here
Tuesday evening from their Five Rivers
homestead, where they have passed the
winter ana where he welded the birch
both educationally and otherwise. They
will be here for about a week after which
they will return. Business and pleasure
brought them here.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16
Additional Local.

j. M. Porter arrived home We'd.
nesday evening and Thomas White-
horn yesterday. They had been
together in Portland on business
for about ten days.
Drop head sewing machines $lS
at Biackledge's. 97tf
Presbyterian church, NJ. S..
Bueh, pastor, Bible School at 10
q. ~. Worship at II q. m, subject,
'The Great Supper" G. E. meet
ing at $50 p. N. Let every mem
Der be present. Evening song GER
vice at 7:30, Worship at 8, subject,
"John's Axe"
Rev. C. L. McCausland, presid-
ing elder of the NJ. e. church,
South, arrived home q couple of
days ago from an extended visit to
Southern Oregon, during which
time he was attending business
matters Of the church. The rev.
|erend gentleman speaks well of con-
|ditions in the sections where be
visited.
Rev. G. NJ. Street, a minister re-
puted to be on the rum side," was
billed at the court house last nigh,
to lecture on the liquor question.
He declares in favor of temperance,
but not prohibition, and stated that
he would prove his arguments by
the Bible. He further declares that
he is un the stump of his own voli-
tion and is not in the employ of any
liquor clique.
Acme Washing Machines a
Blackledge's. 97tf
Owing to the serious epidemic of
typhoid fever raging at Eugene and
the presence of several cases in this
city, the board of directors of the
Corvallis public schools deemed it
wise to adopt precautionary meas
ures. They have ordered forty
five gallon kettle for boiling all
water used by the school children.
A 80 gallon tank is also ordered
for cooling purposes and for use as
a reservoir. This was wise move
on the part of the board.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16
A Healing Gospel.

The Rev. J. G. Warren, pastor of the
Sharon Baptist church, Belair, Ga, says
of Electric Bitters: tits 3odsend to
mankind. 1t cured me of lame back.
stiff joints, and complete physical col
lapse. 1 was go weak it took me half an
hour to walk a mile. Two bottles of
Electric Bitters have made me SO strong
I have just walked three miles in so
minutes and feel like walking three
more. It's made a new man of me-"
Greatest remedy for weaknesses and all
stomach, liver and kidney complaints.
Sold under guarantee at Allen & Wood
wards drug store, Price so cents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16
Itch-Rihgworffi. m.

E. 7. Lucas, Wingo, KY, writes,
April 25, 1902: From ten to twelve
years had been afflicted with a malady
known as the .itch''. The itching was
most unbearable: 1 had tried for years
to find relief, having tried all remedies l
could hear of, besides number of doc
tors. wish to state that one application
of Ballard's Snow Liniment cured me
completely and permanently. Since
then ] have used the iniment on two
separate occasions for ring worm and it
cured completely. 25c, SOC and $1.0O.
Sold by Graham & Workman.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16
Wood Wanted.

Bids will be received until Feb. 25 on
second growth red fir wood, feet long,
split to, medium size and well corded at
the Corvallis Waterworks and delivered
by Sept. 1st in amounts from 80 cords
to two or three hundred. We reserve
the right to reject any and all bids.
1917 G. r. FARRA.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16
Wanted.

A gooo sound work team, weight from
1900 to 14o0 pounds each. IF suitable
would purchase team, harness and
wager. Apply at this Office. 16tf
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Doings at National Capital Bear
ing on the West.

In the rapid evolution of policy
to be pursued by forestry officials
in treating with stockmen desir-
ing range privileges on reserves,
an important question has already
arisen in Oregon. The super
visor of the Wenaha reserve has
given Washington sheepmen
leases on portions of the reserve
in Oregon under the announce
ment that the Washington sheep
are want to feed there during the
summer. Oregon sheepmen, pro-
testing through the Umatilla
Wool Growers Association, as
sert that much of this range ac-
corded Washington has been
used in the past by them in a
predatory manner, and that the
action of the forestry officials is
perpetuating the wrong.
The effect of the present situa-
ton is that Washington men
have total of 174, 26o sheep on
the entire Wenaha reserve, while
the Oregon men have a total of
about 25,74o. There is said to
be total of 81, ,23o Washington
sheep on the Oregon side, which
is more than the Oregon people
themselves have on their own
side of the reserve. Sheep own
ers paying taxes in Umatilla
county insist that they would use
all of the Oregon side of the
range, If forced out.
Senator Fulton has bsen work.
ing with the department to
change such a policy, and the
case has resolved itself into a
question of fact. The depart
ment, acting under the instruc-
tions of the Wenaha supervisor,
proceeds on an assumption of
facts which is contracted by the
sheep men. The result will be
formal investigation to learn the
real situation, as the Oregon SEN
ator intends to insist on tair play;
and will not be content with the
mere statement of officials that
their policy is adhering to the
former range practices.
In making preliminary ar
rangements for construction of a
mile of good road on either side
OF the Cascades, Senator Fulton
has been urged by Judge John
Scott, of Salem, president of the
Oregon Good Roads Association,
to strive at all times to keep the
average cost of work down to the
lowest figure. Judge Scott holds
that owing to- the sparse settle
ment in Oregon, such demon
stration will have value in pro-
portion to its permanence and
initial cost. The senator has
taken this point up with the gov
ernment officials who will have
charge, and hopes that the ex-
perimental work will be lesson
in economy, as we'll in the new
Science of road c0nstrncti0n-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16

Remember NoIan's Remnant
and Rummage Sale will close
Saturday at 9 p. m.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-02-16

Announcement oe the interior
department. tn a t reclamation
work for some time would be
confined to present projects, be-
cause available funds are pledged,
is detecting for the Oregon work
ers in congress. O1egon's con-
t1ibution to the reclamation fund
being larger than the other
states, her people expected pro-
portionate work, but have been
disappointed. The varied trou-
bles through which the state has
passed made all efforts in her
behalf for the past year unusually
difficult, and just as these were
being swept aside, the department
expressed the purpose of entering
upon no new work. Senator
Fulton has been contending with
the interior department for a
long time that his state had as
many practicable projects for
reclamation as any other; and
should be given money in pro-
portion to its contribution to the
fund. He hopes yet to establish
this principle, SO as to have it
observed IN the future.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-06-22

According to Consul Ryder, the presi.
dent Of Nicaragua has Just given a re-
markable concession for ten years at
$16O (gold) per year. The concession.
aire is privileged to have a collector In
the custom house at Bluefelds harbor.
through whose hands all shipments of
rubber must pass, and he is allowed to
tax it 10 cents pound over and above
the government tax Of 8 cents a pound.
1t is estimated that the annual shin.
ment Of rubber from this district ia
100000 pounds, giving the concession
aire a revenue Of $4,000 a year, or
$500,000 for the period of his contract,
although It Is not to cost him more than
1000 for the ten years.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-06-22
Revised Formula.

'For number Of years requests have
come to me from a multitude of CRATE
full friends, urging that Peruna be
given slight laxative quality. have
been experimenting with a laxative ad-
dition for quite length Of time, and
now feel gratifed to announce to the
friends Of Peruna that I have incorpor-
ated such quality in the medicine
which, in my opinion, can only en-
hance its well-kDown beneficial charac-
ter. rs. B. HARTMAN, NJ. D."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1906-06-22
EACH VILLAGE A VENICE,

Strange Relic of Ancient Custom.
Prevailing in a German Forest,
One OF the most interesting regions
In the "old fatherland" is the so-called
"Spreewald," the Forest of the Spree,
situated not far from the German can.
ital. In the province Of Brandenburg.
Each village is a little Venice, every
house a little island, and these islets
are connected by bridges sufficiently
raised to allow boats to pass under
them.
Most of the houses, with their barns
and stables, rest on piles, and there Is
generally a strip Of artificial terra
firma either In front or at the rear of
every building. By means of these land
strips and Of the bridges the slender
land communication is kept throughout
the district, but most of the business
and amusement is carried on through
the canals, which not only form the
main highways but penetrate and cross
and recross the whole region.
1t is on these lagoons that all traffic
is conducted In boats during the period
from spring, when the last vestlges of
frost and Ice are disappearing, until
the end Of autumn. You see the letter
carrier shoot up and down the canals.
performing his duties in his frail craft:
the police glide leisurely along the
banks, watching everything going on;
peasants bring the products of their toll
to the nearest towns; children 20 to
and from school; young mothers, dress
ed in their Sunday clothes, are rowed
to church, carrying In their arms a
small, queer-looklng bundle from
which two large eyes in a tiny face
stare at the stranger in wonderment-
baby Is going to be baptized, an impor-
tant moment with this strongly relig.
ious people.-Technical World.