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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-12
Sermons of
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Mr.. Gilbert preached at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday morning on
the subject, "An Antidote for Dis
couragement" He took for his text,
the answer Christ gave to the messen-
ger from John the Baptist in prison,
asking il he were the Christ or whether
they should look for another, Go tell
John the Things Which ie Hear and
See He said in part:
John had been an unusually active
man and had preached the coming OF
the Messiah till the whole land was
stirred. Now circumstances had chang
ed; John was in prison, soon to perish
there and he began to be troubled in
mind as to the things that had come to
pass. And in his doubt and restless
perplexity, he wondered whether Jesus
was the Messiah or not. The answer
Jesus sent was remarkable; It was not
an arbitrary answer OF yes or no; dog
matism don't 20; men want more than
anybody's say-so TO the great que--
tions Of their perpleNed minds.
Christ did not remind John Of the
senealogie- OF the circumstances Of his
birth, or Of his power Of miracles, OF
il the scenes at the time Of his baptism
all Of which John knew. Nor did he re-
turn a. answer any logical reason To
prove hi, Messiahship; nor did he quote
from the Scriptures nor did he send
back an answer Of reproof that John
should allow doubt to trouble him.
He gave the only answer that could
help John to q right conception Of the
Messiah. John. no doubt, thought there
.honId be more Of pomp or Of physical
manifestation in Christi work. But
the world wa. sick Of all thi-. Men
had been burdened with armies and
empire. and oppre.sion-. The world
Messiah would b. one who should have
,ympathv for men who should heal
their eief- aud carry their sorows ana
take away their burdens; one wnt
should help men in body, in mind, am
in soul: one who should come, not q
be mini,tered unto, but 10 minister an
piyp his lie for mankind. Christ a
thi. work !, the worlds redeemer am
Savior 50 the answer he still send
back TO any troubled, discouraged
doubling soul l. this. The blind receiy
their sight. the lame walk, the leper
are cleau,ed. the deaf hear, the dea
are raised aud the poor have the go-p'
preached to them; and blessed j. Ii
who shall lind no occasion Of stunblin
in me!
"Chri.tianity's vindieatioH today
not 20 much in arbitrary creed nor >
much IN logic nor philosophy a. IT
; in the work b~ing accomplished. j
it, fruits We know its worth. Tha
|, Christ helps men, eleyates characte
, bring, freedom of thought, and lif
! brings into life the unsel6sh spirit {
sympathy and love, pnrifes moral, n
novates communities, puts man right
all his relationships, makes men brot
ers. fosters the home, gives hope in th
life and in the life 70 come, none vi
giinsay. This work Is going on; We -
il everywhere. Men blind to the ligl
receive sight; men lame in all the
walk stand upright, and walk wit
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-12

And harrassed by bad conghi Use
Billiards. Horehound Syrup. II viii Sc
cure you sound sleep and effect a
prompt and radical cure. Sold by Harts
Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-12
RETURNS TO ASTORIA.

Alfred Feriand. messenger boy for
the Western Union Office in this city,
returned last night from Tacoma, after
months absence.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-12
Ifeh-Ringworm.

f. T. Lucas, Wingo, KY, writes. April
25, 1909, @For 10 TO IL years had been
afflicted with q malady known as the
Itch The itching was most unbearablei
I had tried for years to find relief, hav.
ing tried all remedies could hear Of,
besides a number Of doctors. ! wish to
state that one single application OF Bal
lard's Snow Liniment cured me COM
pletely and permanently. Since then
| have used the limment on two sepa.
rate occasions for ring worm and u
cured completely. 25c. Soc and si.o0.
Sold by Hart's Drug Store.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-12
Crockery Dept. sf A. Y. Aliens Store
OFFERS FOR TO-DAY
DIAMOND JEWELL GLASS BERRY DISHES |0G

Better come early set one at this prNi supply "h anu ''
day all kinds of tinvare and sranfe"'" ." P ""
sold in this city, Don't take our word Tor III come anu ~
watch the windows daily Oery department where bargains a" Always
displayed
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-12
TO EXTEND DOCKS
Liverpool Is Planning two New
River Entrances.
TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC

Looks Forward 10 the Time When Yes.
sells Win Be One Thousand Feet Long
Scheme Is Considered Feasible by
the Projectors
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-12
Threatens PEOPLE
An Anonymous Writer Makes
Danserou, Assertions.
WOULD SET FIRE TO HOUSES

Mysterious Person Sends Threatening
Lstsers to Charley wise, Ma Grant
and 0thers-chief Halloek Win Ask
for Investigation Of Charges.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-02-12

Old maids would be scarce and hard q
find,
Could they be made TO see,
How grace and beauty Is combineud
BY using Rocky Mountain Tea.
Frank Hart, druggist.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
AN HISTORIC HOUSE.
From Here Rebecca NOurse Was
Taken as a Witch and Hanged.

From Here Rebecca Nourse Was
Taken Us n Witch and Hanged.
If the local historical society Of
Danvers, Mass, takes possession Of
the old Nourse house, as is their pres
ent intention, they will occupy a
building whose story is one Of the
most dramatic in the colonial life Of
the nation It was from this house in
the days Of ignorance and supersti
ton that Rebecca Nourse was taken
as a witch and hanged. The estate
was originally known as the Bishop
farm. In 1880 the house, which was
built about 1885, was bought by Fran
els Nourse and his wife, Rebecca.
Mr.. Nourse had several children, and
the prosperity Of the family excited
the envy Of the neighbors, March %,
1892, a warrant was issued on COM
plant Of Edward and Jonathan Put
nam for the arrest Of Rebecca NourSe
for witchcraft, and on the following
morning she was arraigned before
Justices Hawthorne and Corwin. She
was indicted for having practiced
certain detestable acts called witch
craft upon Mary Walcott and other
women" She was tried in the meet
ing house. One Of the witnesses, Ann
Putnam, had fit in court, which she
charged upon the accused.
In answer to the charge of witch
craft Rebecca Nourse said: 81 can
say before my Eternal Father I am
innocent and God will clear my inno-
cency." Justice, Hawthorne replied,
Here is never one in the assembly
but desires it, but if you be guilty
pray God discover you"
She was then committed to the Jail
in Salem, and on April II was taken
with four others to Boston by order
of the council. The court met June
20, and the jury first returned YER
dict Of not guilty, but the crowd in
the courtroom made such a clamor
that the Jurors again retired, and
shortly after returned a verdict of
guilty.
The records Of the First Church,
Salem, show that on July 3, 1862. Re-
becca Nourse was communicated.
She was brought up the aisles Of the
church, her chains clan1..l:. and the
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
~ EDITORIALS


and shut down their mills the ability Of the people In the
East to buy meat and -four is diminished the demand
falls off, to the deriment of the Western producers.
Now the irrigation plans under consideration provide
for the reclamation of fifty million arid land
has been estimated that this will popu
laon of twelve Millions engaged various agr
culture Crops be produced cheapy than
irrigated land therefore it is expected price
food Will fall At the time the growth Of prosper
GUS population in the arid West will the demand
for the goods Of the the grain
Northwest and the cotton Of the South Not square mile
OF the country without beneftng all the
In like manner the Panama Canal will increase the pros
perity Of the whole Mississippi Valley the Atlantic
Pacific Coast States and all the intervening region 1t
undertaking of interest to the whole pro-
1ected enlargement of the Erie Canal
much as New York State. The cannot say to the
West Il have need of you" and the North say
to the South, "You have need of me-" But all parts
are joined in body and each its allotted purpose
Youths Companion.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
81 Boxes of Gold
800 Boxes of GreenbaCkS
For the most words made
up from these letters
Y 90 Grape=N Nuts
33l people will earn these prizes

Around the Preside or about the
well-lighted family reading table dur
| ing the winter evenings the children
| and grown-ups can play with their
wits and see how many words can be
made.
20 people making the greatest num-
Der Of words will each receive little
box containing SO gold piece.
10 people will each win one box con-
tanning a S. gold piece.
800 people will each win a box con-
tanning ST in paper money and one
person who makes the highest number
| of words over all contestants will re-
ceive box containing 500 in gold.
It is really a most fascinating bit of
fun to take up the list evening after
evening and see how many words can
be added.
A few rules are necessary for abso-
lutte faiG play.
Ally word authorized by Webster's
dictionary will be counted, but no
name of person. Both the singular
and plural can be used, as for instance
grape" and grapes
The letters in "Y-I-O- Grape-N Nuts"
may be repeated in the same word.
Geographical names authorized by
Webster viii be counted.
Arrange the words in alphabetical
classes, all those beginning with A to-
gether and those beginning with E to
come under E, etc.
When you are writing down the
words leave some spaces, in the A, E,
and other columns to fill in later as
new words come to you, for they will
spring into mind every evening
1t Is almost certain that some con-
testants win tie with others. In such
cases a prize identical in value and
character with that offered in that
class shall be awarded to each. Each
one will be requested to send with the
list Of words plainly written letter
describing the advantages of Grape
Nuts. but the contestant is not re-
Quired to purchase a pkg. These let
tiers are not to contain poetry, or fam
cy aourishes, but simple, truthful
statements Of fact. For illustration:
A person may have experienced some
incipieRt or chronic ails traceable to
unwise selection Of food that failed to
give the body and brain the energy.
health and power desired. Seeking bet
ter conditions change in food is made
and Grape-Nuts and cream used in
place of the former diet Suppose one
quits the meat. fried potatoes. starchy.
sticky messes of half-cooked oats or
wheat and cuts out the coffee. Try.
say. for breakfast a bit of fruit. dish
of CY-oDe-Nrts nnd craaro fro soft
boiled eggs, a slice Of hard toast and
q cup of Postum Food Coffee. Some
amateur says: "a man would faint
away On that" but, my dear friend,
we viii re,t dollars to your pennies
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08

| that the noon hour will find a man
on our breakfast huskier and with a
stronger heartbeat and clearer work
| ing brain than he ever had on the old
diet.
Suppose, il you have never really
! made a move for absolutely clean
| health that pushes you along each day
with a spring in your step and re-
serve vigor in muscle and brain that
makes the doing of things pleasure,
you join the army of plain old COM
mon sense and start in now. Then
after you have been 2 or weeks on
the GrapeNuts training you write
statement of how you used to be and
how you are now. The simple facts
will interest others and surprise your
self. We never publish names except
on permission, but we often tell the
facts in the newspapers and when re-
quested give the names by private let
ter.
There is plenty Of time to get per-
sonal experience with Grape-Nuts and
write a sensible, truthful letter to be
sent in with the list Of words, as the
contest does not close until April 30,
| to building words, and start in using
GrapeNuts. Cut this statement out
and keep the letters Y-I-O-Grape-Nuts
before you and when you write your
letter you will have some reason to
write On the subject, why 1 Owe
Grape-Nuts''
Remember 331 persons will win
prizes, which will be awarded in an
exact and just manner as soon as the
list can be counted after April 80,
1906. Every contestant will be sent a
printed list Of names and addresses OF
winners on application. in order to
have proof that the prizes are sent as
agreed. The company is well known
all over the world for absolute fidelity
to IFS agreements and every single one
of the S31 winners may depend on re-
ceiving the prize won.
Many persons might feel it useless
to contest, but when one remembers
the great number Of prizes (331)-ths
curiosity Of seeing how many words
can really be made up evening after
evening and the good, natural fun and
education in the competition. it seems
worth the trial; there is no cost, moth
ing 10 lose and a fine opportunity to
WIN one Of the many boxes of gold or
greenbacks.
We make the prediction that some
who win prize OF gold or greenbacks
Will also win back health and strength
worth more to them than a wagon full
of money prizes.
There are no preliminaries, cut out
this statement and go at it. and send
in the list and letter before April 20
1906. to Postum Cereal Co., Ltd. Bat.
tie Creek, Mich, and let your name
and address be plainly written.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
To Get Eggs All Winter.

A flock of early Matched pullets
with a comfortable house free from
vermin, with proper ventilation, q
scratch pen and box of grit. all grain
buried in litter, will do nobly during
the whole winter, but the roosts must
be sprayed with kerosene oil twice
a week; their bodies busted each
month with good insect powder, plenty
Of fresh drink at comfortable temper
allure, green feed such as sliced beets,
steamed clover, or loose cabbage to
pick at freely, all the green cut bone
with clean, fresh, sweet adhering
meat that they will eat at one meal
twice week must be supplied. \
mash Of middlings with one part in
three of corn meal in zero weather
stirred thick enough to be crumbly,
oats or wheat at night except in zero
weather when corn should be fed
warm at night are also excellent, pro-
vided only about two-thirds as much
as will be eaten up clean in ten min
utes is fed at time. Pullets require
more than hens and Leghorns less
than heavier breeds.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
Vaxt Crack In the Earth.

The second largest crack in the eartn
IN the United States has been diScoS-
cred in a remote part of the TerlinSua
quicksilver district, about ninety miles
south of Marathon, Tex, according to
nr. William B. Phillips, formerly direc-
is now operating quicksilver mines in
that section. DR.. Phillips says that
this wonderful crack IS fourteen miles
long and is at no place under 100 feet
wide. 1t is 1900 feet deep. The walls
are almost vertical.
So far as known no exploration OF
the crack has ever been made. The
country where it is found has an alti-
an exploration OF the crack may re-
veal rich minerals, particularly quick
silver.
The search that has been made re-
Gently for quicksilver prospects in that
section has brought to light other inter-
esting geological wonders. 1t is re-
ported by DR.. Phillips that fifty es-
tinct volcanoes have been found there.
being operated in the district and prep
arations are being made to develop
many other promising prospects. DR..
Phillips says that the quicksilver out
put of the district this year will be
at least 5000 TASKS.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
THE OUTDOOR SIESTA.
One Who Has Tried 1t Discredits
It's Virtue.

One Who Has Tried 1t Discredits
It's Virtue.
There has been and will be much
written on the efficacy Of fresh air and
sunlight as sleep producers, and the
scientifically raised baby could tell
tale of his lonely hours al fresco,
could he but speak; but it remains for
victim Of insomnia to present the
reverse of the shield. Her physician
ordered that at least the siesta should
be taken on the sunny side Of the pa
tents veranda, where q couch could
be placed in comparative seclusion,
and that for three hours of the day,
under the sky and in the breeZes, moth
ing could be doing. Well, the insom-
Mac tried the prescription to the let
ter. A tented umbrella prevented sun
stroke during the hottest days, and kept
off the rain when it stormed. She had
every style and degree Of covering, and
infinite patience, but it was no go.
Sleep was as far from her eyelids as
in her well-furnished bedroom. The
very country silence buzzed In her
head and little creeping breezes
tickled her under the chin, and every
insect that enjoyed the summer day
came to confide In her ears. What a
fraud the fresh air" cure could be
under present circumstances. IF you
were perfectly we'll, you'd like it,"
clucked the birds. You would not be
conscious Of those chickens really
miles away, or listen for the chug -chug
Of the automobiles not allowed to stop
at your door," shrieked a locust sun
ming himself on the lawn. In fact ma
ture conspired to undo what good this
''nap'-that never came-was prom
ised to accomplish. Fresh breezes and
the sun rays" are capital sleeping po-
tons if one has no time to indulge in
the dolce far niente, but the instant
they are courted, they probably recog-
nize some special antidote in the In
valid's desire, ard all their charm van
isheS!
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
BABY COVERED WITH SORES.
Would Scratch and Tear the Flesh IN
less Hands Were Tied-"Would
Have Died but for Cuticura.N

my little son, when about a yea
and a half old, began to have sore
come out on his face. L had ph!
stefan treat him, but the sores gre
worse. Then they began to come o
his arms. then on other parts of b
body. and then one came on his ches
worse than the Others. Then 1 Gale
another physician. Still he grew Wors
At the end of about year and ha
OF suffering he grew so bad l had
tie his hands in cloths at night to kee
him fr0m scratching the sores and tea
ing the flesh. He got to be a me
skeleton, and was hardly able to wal
Ny Aunt advised me to try Cuticu
Soap and Ointment. | sent to the dru
store and got cake of Soap and a DO
of the Ointment, and at the end 0
about two months the sores were q 4.
well. He has never had any sores 0
any kind since He is now strong an
healthy. and | can sincerely say thu
only for your most wonderful remedic
my precious child would have die
from those terrible sores Mrs. Ee
bert Sheldon. r. L. d. No. 1, WOOD
vile, Conn, April 30, 1905"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
WINTER WEAKNESS
Or. Williams Pink Pills the Tonic
That Most People Need for
Blood and Nerves.

I'm winter the air of the close rooms in
which we spend so much Of the tins
does not furnish enough oxygen to the
lungs to burn out the foul matter in the
blood. In the cold season we do not exer-
else as much and the skin and kidneys do
not throw off the waste matter as freely
as usual. The system becomes overloaded
with poisonous matter, and too feeble
to throw it off. Relief can be had only
through the use of remedy that will
promptly and thoroughly purify and
strengthen the blood, and the one best
adapted for this purpose is the great
blood tonic known as DR.. Williams Pink
Pills.
"They acted like magic in my CASE"
said Mrs. Clara l.. Wilde, of No. 377
Farnsworth avenue, Detroit, Mich. 81
was weak and thin and could not sleep.
My stomach and nerves were out of Or
Der. l can't describe how miserable !
really was 1 dragged through six
months of feebleness, growing weaker
oil the timeuntii finally hadn tstrength
enough to leave my bed.
"Then glad day came, the day when
/ began 10 take Dr. Williams Pink Pills.
They made Inc feel strong right away.
My appetite came back, l took OH flesh
and the color returned to my cheeks.
People wondered that these pills did for
me what the doctors couldn't do. I took
only six boxes and then l was perfectly
we'll If L had not found this wonderful
remedy surely think that must have
wasted to death. Believing firmly that
these pills saved my life by the strength
which they gave me at a critical mo-
ment. unhesitatingly recommend them
to HtherS
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain no
stimulant but give strength that lasts.
They may be obtained at any drug
store
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08

ument is Of granite. The die on the
front Is inscribed:
Rebecca Nourse, Yarmouth, En-
gland, 1921; Salem, Mass, 1862.
Also these lines by Whittier:
80, Christian martyr, who for truth
could die,
When all about thee owned the hide
GUS lie;
The world redeemed from supersi-
tious sway,
Is breathing freer for thy sake to-
day"
On the reverse side of the monu-
ment Is this inscription:
Accused of witchcraft, she de-
clared, 4 am innocent, and God will
clear my innocency.' Once acquitted,
yet falsely condemned, she suffered
death July IS, 1852. In loving mem
CRY Of her Christian character, even
then fully attested by forty Of her
nelghbors, this monument is erected"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
HaW'S Ills :?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward II
any case of Catarrh than cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. ".
We, the undersigned, have known b. y.
Cheney for the hast Is years. aud believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and tina ucfaliy able to carry
out any Obligations made by MS nrm.
WALDISes, EINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o:
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Testimonials sens
free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
Winter Pa.tur. for Cows~
A Kentucky farmer says:

One Of my neighbors attributes tho
fine color of his winter butter ana
the thrifty look Of his chickens to
small patch of rye or barley which ne
grows for winter pasture. This IS
sown early enough to be ready for
grazing by February. He began with
one and one-quarter acres, but finally
increased to fifteen acres. His poui-
try runs on it large portion of each
day and the cattle in the mornings
when the ground is frozen. The adj
vantage shows in the appearance OF
the poultry and stock as well &c in the
additional milk and eggs.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1906-02-08
Fore Of Habit.

Waiting on the street corner, CIV
fpg precedence to a heavy red motor
car that was lunging, putting, ana
t-niling its odor past them, STOOD
Small Freddy with his hand thrust
confidently into his fathers. The II
cense number on the rear caught the
little fellows attention and he said:
Father, why do they always leave
Ehe price mark on automobiles "'-Lfp-
pincctt's MAGAZINE.