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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-04

Seated in the casing of a window
with his legs dangling over the edge,
he read on and on. He did not raise
his eyes from the book which he held
close to his eyes in one hand. With
the index finger Of his other hand he
traced the printed lines as he read
/ them He read slowly and apparently
with some effort. Finally when he
] finished he slid from his seat care
fully and, tip-tOeing across the floor.
/ placed the book in a vacant place in
| a lower shelf. The book he had been
reading was a volume of scientific
works. He was a gray haired man.
The scene was the reading room of the
/ salt Lake public library. The time
was one afternoon last week
/ Around table were seated four per-
sons. A fine looking woman with ele-
CANT gown and hat sat idly turning
/ the leaves of a small book Now and
/ then she would glance at the open book
/ but IN a second would continue turning
/ the pages. At the opposite side of the
| table sat a little colOred boy He
/ glanced up from the book Of fairy tales
he was reading and saw the be-jeweIed
woman. His shiny face wore q queer
/ expression for an instant but this fad
ed away as he resumed his reading.
When the woman left the table and
returned THE Love Letters of a
Queen to the shelf a person seated
near asked him what caused him to
glance at the woman with such a pc
culiar expression.
"Lawd! 1 wuz readin bout prin-
cesses', he said with a wide grin,
/ "and when 1 seen that hand VIII all
its rings and things I thought 1 was
sure seein' things.
Studying Domestic Science.
The third person of the little group
was a husky young fellow whose
cheeks were almost as red as the heavy
sweater he wore. He was busy copy
ing extracts from a Domestic Science
he had before him. The fourth person
at the table watched him as his fore
head wrinkled in peTplexity when the
problems were difficult
Learning how to boil an egg?"
asked the fourth person.
well, not exactly laughed the bow
You see my class is having a month
~ test tomorrow and it's up to me
to burn the midnight oil tonight Say
what is the specific gravity of lead?"
The fourth person did not know and
after scribbling a few notes on
pad he left the table.
With their curly heads together two
little maids of eight years were fol-
lowing the adventures of Nat. in
that delightful book, Little Men and
Women"
Just think, his master made him play
his violin in the streets when it was
stOrminS" said she of the black tresses.
"Oohi Wasn't he brute? But go
on, Kitty, he is going to Aunt Joe's
house in the next chapter" answered
she of the golden hair. Together they
oh r1a
chapter
A man whose clean but greatly
patched clothing bespoke poverty had
found a seat behind q high case He
glanced around the room from time
to time as if expecting an unwelcome
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-04

(Quicksilver)- Bedbugs
take It up in the circu-
lation when going over
where it is brushed on
lightly It's invaluable
If brushed on beds
when apart, and on
back of picture frames,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16
THE coLoNEL's WOODEN LEG

THE COLONEL'S WOODEN LEG
Aunt Louisa" as the late Mrs.
Louisa Eldridge was lovingly called,
was well known as an actress, but
she was even better known as the or
ganiZer of the annual Christmas fes-
tival for stage children at Pastors
theatre in New York, according to the
Chicago Tribune.
in presenting their Christmas gifts
to the stage children" said an actress,
Aunt Louisa made the jolliest little
speeches. | well remember what she
said to me when l was a juvenile in
presenting me with crutch, for l had
sprained my ankle badly in a snow
scene.
She said she hoped l would incom-
mode no one with my crutch, as her
cousin, a veteran colonel, sometimes
commoded people with his wooden
leg.
Her cousin, she said, was once din
ing with man whose floors were of
highly polished and costly inlaid
woods.
"The host got nervous as he saw
the colonel dumping and Gathering
about on his expensive floors. He
was afraid they would be scratched
up.
Hadn't you better come over he"e
on the rug, colonel?' he said. You
might slip out there you know
But the colonel, with loud laugh,
struck the floor firmly with his wood
en- leg.
mo fear Of that he said. There
is a nail in the end"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16

II do believe you," 1 saio.
at was then" went on her mother
'that that man yonder had another in
spiration. Before it had been only
what you calEblackmail-a few thou
sands, perhaps a pension. Now it was
something more. He was playing for
n greater stake. do not know all that
he planned He found Celeste suspect
cd of having killed her father. He
must get her released at any cost, so
he wrote note
Eyes" l cried. Eyes, of course; see.
Miss Holiday under arrest was be-
yond his reach"
yes" she nodded 80 he wrote a
note. Oh, you should have seen him in
those days! He was like some furious
wild beast. But after she was set free
Celeste did not come to us as she had
promise. We saw that she suspected
us, that she wish to have nothing more
to do with us. SO Victor commanded
that l write another letter, imploring
her, offering to explain" she stopped
moment to control herself. "Ah,
when ] think Of 1t! She came. mon
sieur. We took from her her gown and
put it on Cecile. She never left the
place again until the carriage stopped
to take her to the boat. As for US, we
were his slaves"
There was no need that she should
tell me more.
Ind tho GOLD 7 oolya1
She drew key from her pocket and
gave 1t to Inc.
1T Is in box upstairs" she said.
l took the key and followed her to
the floor above. The box, of heavy oak,
bound with iron, with steamship and
express labels fresh upon it, stood in
one corner. unlocked it and threw
back the lid. Package upon package
lay in it. just as they had come from
the subtreasury. 1 locked the box
again and put the key in my pocket.
"Of course" said as turned to go,
II can only repeat your story to my
companion He and Miss Holiday
will decide what steps to take.r
They bowed without replying. and
went out along the path between the
trees, leaving them alone with their
dead.
Joy is great restorer, and a week
of happiness in this enchanted Paris
had wrought wonders In our junior
and his betrothed. 1t was good to look
at them. to smile at them sometimes,
as when they stood unsestng before
some splendid canvas at the Louvre.
The past was put aside. forgotten.
They lived only fer me futura /"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16
THE END.
ClNDER IN YOUR EYE.

One who gets cinder in the eye
must first of all exercise self-control.
He must not rub the eye. He may
take glass of clean water, throw in
a pinch of salt, then put the head
down so that the eye is in the water,
and wink several times rapidly. If
this does no good, the particle can
sometimes be dislodged by taking
hold of the lashes and drawing the
upper lid down over the lower, and
letting 1t slide back into place.
II the speck can be seen in looking
into the mirror it may often be re-
moved by the tip of cone made by
folding a handkerchief several times.
Sometimes friend can see the specl1
by looking into the eye with a mag
nifying glass, and remove 1t by gent
ly touching 1t with the handkerchief
cone.
This is all anyone should attempt,
and II these gentle efforts fail to dis.
lodge the cinder no time should be
lost In seeking the help of a physician,
who may take it away before infiam-
nation or liberation comes to COM
plicAte the accident.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16
WORKS WONDER S.
A Wonderful Compound. Cures Piles,
Eczema, Skin Itching, Skin Erup-
tions, Cuts and Bruises.

Doan's Ointment is the quickest
treatment, and the cheapest, because
so little is required to cure. 1t cures
piles after years of torture 1t cures
obstinate cases of eczema. 1t cures all
skin itching. 1t cures skin eruptions
1t heals cuts, bruises, scratches and
abrasions without leaving a scar. 1t
cures permanently. Columbia testi-
mony proves it.
Mrs.Josie Brooks, dressmaker corner
of Sth and Embargo streets, says: II
used Doan's Ointment and can recon-
mend 1t as marvel for healing and as
laying Invitations. For some time /
was troubled with eczema on my face.
and although l used everything l could
hear about, nothing relieved it. At
times when l would get warm or be-
come overheated the irritation was al.
ways intense. A lady friend OF mine
who had similar trouble and was
cured by Doans Ointment insisted on
my trying this remedy, and procured
a box at Adams & Martins drug store.
On beginning the treatment found
that few applications stopped the ir-
ritation and it was only a short time
before the affliction was entirely re-
moved"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y, sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-DoAN's-and
take no other. N
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16

months to Londres that we might bet
ter learn. Day after day we took our
lessons there, always and always Eng
fish. Cecile learned YER well, mon
sieur, but not so well, as you can see.
was too old. Then at last we reached
New York, and my daughter-this one
was sent to see NJ. Holiday, while L
was directed that l write to Celeste
to Mile. Holiday. She came that ker'
afternoon" she continued, 'and told
her that it was / who was her mother
He was with me and displayed to her
the papers of adoption. She could not
but be convinced. He talked to her
as an angel oh, he could seem one
when he chose; he told her that was
in poverty; he made her to weep, which
was what he desired. She promised to
bring US money. She was YER good.
My heart went out to her. Then, just
as she had arisen to start homeward,
in Cecile came, crying, sobbing, stain
ed with blood"
She shuddered and clasped her hands
before her eyes.
"But you have said it was not muir
der, madame" I said to the younger
woman.
"Nor was it!' she cried. LET me
tell you, monsieur 1 reached the great
building, which my husband had al
ready pointed out to me. 1 went up
in the lift; entered the office, but saw
no one. / went on through an open
door and saw an old man sitting at a
desk. inquired If Mr. Holiday was
there. The old man glanced at me and !
bowed toward another door, l saw 1t |
was a private office and entered 1t. |
The door swung shut behind me. There
was another old man sitting at desk,
a pencil"
is it you, Francesr he asked.
"'No.' said, stepping before him.
1t is her sister, NJ. Holladayv
''He stared up at me with such look
II dismay and anger on his face that
was fairly frightened: then, in the
same instant, before 1 could draw
breath, before I could say another
word, his face grew purple, monsieur,
md he fell forward on his desk, on his
and, on the knife which was clasped
n 1t. l tried to check the blood, but
ould not, it poured forth In such
tream. knew not what to do. l was
distracted, and in a frenzy 1 left the
lace and hurried to our lodgings. That
; the truth, monsieur: believe me-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16
HOW LONG MAN MAY LIVE.

Sir James Sawyer, a noted phys
clan of Birmingham, England, ha
been talking recently to an audienc
in that town on longevity. Its secret
he thinks, lies in keeping the nine
teen commandments following:
Eight hours sleep.
Sleep ON your right side.
Keep your bedroom window oper
all night.
Have a mat at your bedroom door
Do not have your bedstead against
the wall.
No cold tub in the morning, but q
bath at the temperature of the body
Exercise before breakfast.
Eat little meat, and see that it is
well cooked.
For adults; Drink no milk.
Eat plenty of fat, to feed the cells
which destroy disease germs.
Avoid intoxicants, which destroy
those cells.
Daily exercise in the open air.
Allow no pet animal in your living
rooms.
Live in the country if you can.
Watch the three D's-drinking wa
ter, damp and drains.
Have change of occupation.
Take frequent and short holidays.
INIT vOur ambition
Keep your temper.
1t was Professor Huleland's opinion
that the limit of possible human life
might be set down at two hundred
years, and this on the general prin'
ciple that the life of the creature is
eight times the years of it's period of
growth. That which is quickly
formed perishes, and the earlier com.
plete development is reached the
sooner bodily decay ensues.
More women reach old age than
men, but more men attain remarkable
than women. Horned ami
mails live shorter lives than those
without horns, fierce longer than
timid, and amphibious longer than
those which inhabit the air. The vo-
racious pike exists, it is said to an
age of $50 years; the turtle is good |
for 100 years or more; and among
birds the golden eagle is known to |
nave lived for nearly 200 years, while
he sly and somber crow sometimes
teaches the venerable age of cen
ury.
Passing up the scale of life to man,
md skipping the patriarchs, we find
many recorded instances of longevity L
mong the classic Greeks and Ro-
mans. Pliny notes that in the reign
# the Emperor Vespasian in the year
6 there were 124 men living in the
United area between the Apprentices
nd the Pc of 100 years and upward,
our women 140 Ciceros wife lived
D be 103, and the Roman actress
'uceja played in public as late as her
ne hundredth and twelfth year. Sarah
ernhardt bids fair to Guido her.
Coming down to more recent times,
lie most authentic instance of great
&c is that of Henry Jenkins, of York
hire, England, who died in 1870, 169
ears old. He was a fisherman, and
the age of 100 easily swan across
lpid rivers. When he died he was
'obably able to swim the Styx His
as a remarkable activity in old age,
most rivaling that of Honorable
assaway Davis.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16

Il
reason why it should be deferred, an,
so they were welded, with only w
three for witnesses, at the prett,
chapel of st. Lukes, near the BouIe
ward Montparnasse.
There was q little breakfast after
ward at Mrs. Kembalrs apartment
and then our hostess babe them adieu
and her daughter and l drove will
them across Paris to the Care de Lyon
where they were to take train for Q
fortnight on the Riviera. We waved
them off and turned back together.
1T is Dissertation to use a carriage
on such a day." said my companion
So we dismissed ours and sauntered
toward the river.
so that is the end of the story" she
said musingly.
"Of their story, yes" interjected
"But there are still certain things l
do not quite understand" she contin-
ued, not needing me.
"YesT
"For instance, why did they trouble
to keep her prisonerT'
Family affectionT
Nonsense! There could be none,
Besides, the man dominated them, and
1 believe him to have been capable of
any crime"
Perhaps he meant the hundred thou
sand to be only the first payment. With
her at hand, he might hope to get more
indefinitely. Without her.
well, without herr'
"Oh, the plot grows and grows the
more one thinks of it! l believe it grew
under his hands in Just the same way.
1 don't doubt that it would have come
at last to Miss Holidays death by
some subtle means, to the substitution
Of her sister for her. After a year or
two abroad who could have detected
1t? And then - oh, then she would
have married Fajolle again, and they
would have settled down to the enjoy
ment Of her fortune. And he would
have been a great man - oh, very
great man"
My companion nodded.
'Touchew she cried.
bowed my thanks. was learning |
French rapidly.
but Frances did not see them again?'
"Oh, no. She preferred not"
"And the money!"
"Was left in the box. / sent back
he key. She wished it SO. After all,
t was her mother
Eyes, Of course. Perhaps she was
lot really SO bad"
''She wasn't" l said decidedly. But
he man
"Was genius. Ina almost sorry he's
lead"
I'm more than sorry. 1t has taken
n interest out Of life"
We had come out upon the bridge of
AusterlitE and paused invelantariIy.
And now the mystery Is cleared
way" she said, and the prince and
he princess are welded, just as they
we're in the fairy tales Of our child
God. It's a good ending"
"For all stories" added.
She turned and looked at me. {
There are other stories" explained
Theirs is not the only one"
Nor
The spirit Of Paris-or perhaps the |
une sunShlne-was in my veins, run '
ing riot, clamorous, not to be re- $
reSSed.
Certainly not. There might be an
Their, for instance, with you and me
5 the principals"
dared not look at her. l could only I
are ahead of me down at the water.
She made no sign; the moments t
aSsed "
might be-" l said desperately. But $
lere's wide abyss between the pos s
bic and the actual"
Still no sign. l had offended her-I
light have known!
But l mustered courage TO steal
delong glance at her.
She was smiling down at the water, n
Id her eyes were very bright. c.
Not always" she whispered. "Not C
ways" I.
THE END.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16

Mrs. Simpson, thought you were
coming home early to pHnish Willie
for telling that lie.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-16
ON A CHARGE OF PERJURY.
Col. w. D. Mann, Of Town Topics, In
dleted In New York.

dlcted In New York.
NEW YORK, March 12.-Col. Will
liam d. Mann, of Town Topics, was
today indicted for perjury by the
grand jury. The indictment was bas.
ed on his testimony in the recent trial
of Norman Hapgood, editor of Col.
lier's Weekly, on a charge of crimi-
nal libel.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-01
Floods Visit Western Washington.


During a week or ten days from NO
yember 18th, several of the richest
agricultural sections in the state OF
Washington were in the grasp of the
miehtiest floods that have visited these
parts in many year, and When they
had receded a hurried inventory taken
showed that the damage had been very
great-greater, in fact, than can De
estimated in dollars and cents me
sections that suffered the most were
the rich valleys between Seattle and
Tacoma, the district between Everett
and the foot of the Cascade mountains,
and the section drained by the CoWlltz
river in Lewis and Cowlitz counties
Other sections had more or less RAIN
fall and in many cases it exceeded
most previous records. On the east
Gin slope of the Cascades there was al
so some damage done to property, but
not so much as on the western slope.
The heavy fall of snow in the noun
tains was attacked by the warm CHI
nook winds, and before the thaW had
been arrested by the elements the
damage had been done in the valleys
through which the immense volume OF
water rushed in their mad quest to
the sea. The channels of the numer-
Gus rivers were not sufficiently wide
nor deep enough to carry Off the wat
ers fast enough.
In the valleys between Seattle ana
Tacoma five rivers combined to create
havoc, but it is said still greater dam
age was inflicted upon the country
northeast and east of Everett, where
the Snohomish valley received the bulk
of the waters of several streams. In
all the flooded sections ranch houses
and other buildings were flooded from
a few inches to two or three feet above
the level of the floor, but many more
escaped with water not quite over the
floor. Families had to seek shelter on
higher ground, and the haste with
which they had to make the exit from
their homes permitted of their carry
ing away but small part OF provis-
ions and belongings, thus bringing on
much suffering among the women and
children, especially. In a very Few
cases were deaths reported, but the
pecuniary damage was incalculable
Numbers of structures will have to be
entirely rebuilt; the produce that had
been raised during the past season was
ruined or swept away; livestock and
poultry were caught and drowned be-
fore they could reach places of safety
and roads and bridges were damaged
to a greater or a lesser extent. In
spite of all this, however, the sufferers
showed a spirit of fortitude and de-
termination to begin anew and make
good all losses sustained.
In our illustrations are to be seen
two scenes that were familiar in the
country between Seattle and Tacoma
during the flood. Where houses hap
pened to be located sufficiently far
from the middle of the currents Gre
ated by the rushing waters the dam
age was comparatively slight, but
where the currents had full sway
houses, bridges, railroad tracks, cul
verts, etc., had to give way. All trains
from north east and south of Seattle
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-01
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The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-01

were held up east of the mountains for
a week, while large gangs of men
worked day and night, Immediately
after the worst of the flood was over,
repairing the damage and opening
traffic. Scarcely any mail was able to
reach Seattle, Tacoma, Everett and in
termediate points during that time.
For a time there was a coal famine
that tied up many of the boats on the
Sound, and in some lines of food pro-
duct there was a shortage, but not
enough to be seriously felt.
The flood is now over, the people are
returning to their usual occupations,
and the damage has been so far re-
paired in all sections that railroad
traffic has been resumed with the old
time egularity-and the business peo-
pie of the cities are getting through
the large accumulations of mail that
were dumped onto their desks when
the first mail trains began coming in
after the tracks became passable for
trains.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-01
About Second Generation WaInuts.

One of our readers wrote that he
was much interested in the recent az
ticle from the pen of G. N. Hogan,
horticultural inspector of CowliIy
county, on walnuts He wanted 70
know where he could get second gen.
Grafton walnuts, prices, etc., and we
are able to present a communication
here from Capt. Hogan on the sub
ject. The matter of price our CORE
spondent will have to discuss with
the party who is to sell the walnuts.
The letter from Capt. Hogan follows:
'The inquiry in regard to second
generation wal1ults referred to me for
answer is a rather delicate subject,
AS | have always made it practice
to not recommend any nursery stock
or any particular nursery company.
but l will in this instance say that
Mr.. A. High, Vancouver, Wash, raises
seedlings from nuts from his own
grated trees. I am so we'll acquaiIt-
ed with Senator High and know him
so thoroughly that am well satisfied
he plants nothing but the nuts from
his grated trees. He has heretofore
sold the seedlings at rs cents each.
know also that he has sold the nuts
from his second generation seedlings
at considerable advance over the mar
ket price, and have no doubt trees
were bought for planting. know of
no other where 1 am sure of the Sec
ond generation, although others ad'
vertise them by the thousapds-and
no doubt there are some second gen,
GRAFTON trees, but the supply is so linn
tied of the nuts that a large fraud is
no doubt practiced."
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-01

Those who keep Rosecomb Brown
Leghorns of pure breeding should
write TO The Ranch immediately, as
we have an inquiry from a subscriber
for the names of such breeders. He
is in the market for some stock.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-01

'That humus article is very inter-
esting reading after Mr.. Walden's
strong hints" writes Mr.. Henry Bau-
CT, of Cusick, Wash.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-01

Turkeys are quite high :his fall,
and those who had them to sell have
been making some good money. In
Seattle rs to 80 cents pound pre-
vailed last week and 81 this week.