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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-17
By Frank T. Bullen

Going down TO the Sea- what n world
81 romantic interest unfolds itself TO tho
active Imagination In the uttcrancc Of
those five simple words. They take us
back to the very dawn OF seafaring when
the seafarer was q hero OF the highest
order. one with heart Of brass and
breast of tripled steel who dared to face
The combined terrors OF the unknown and
mighty deep, And indeed when we. the
IuherItors of the results of say 5000 years
of sesfarlng mssng three millenniums for
convenience sake, but entirely ignorant
Of really how far back IL was when man
Hrst dared TO face the. terrors of the
trackless deep think for a little OF the
conditions involved In that remote day
IN going down TO the sea, We cannot
withhold from those primitive mariners
and passengers our respectful and un-
Egyptian or Mongolan. they were driven
seaward. 10 fnce terrors of which we
only now can family dream, by the great
dynamic forces o. the human mind, curl
csity, love OF change, and thirst for gain
To satisfy these desires they overcame
natural shrlnkings and rose 10 the sub
lime height Of facing, however tremu-
lously, those far more terrible probabil!-
lies OF coming into inimlcal contact with
the Gods whose domain II was only rea-
sonable to suppose was peculiarly the
mysterious businesses Of ocean. | hardly
know whether II Is possible for US 10 en-
Ter into these sensations of the early
scAfsrers unless 1t mas ever happened 10
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-17

THA our American forests abound in plants the
of which possess the most valuable medicinal and
curative virtues is abundantly atteSted by of
eminent medical writers and teachers OF our
Even the untutoed Indians had by intuition and expert
ent discovered usefulness Of many native plants before
the advent Of white this continent This infor
nation crude though it impaired freely to the friend
er of the whites led the latter continue investigations
until to-day have rich assortment Of most valuable
American medicinal roots and herbs.
It longer thought necessary that medicinal agent
in order to be good and useful must have been brought
the that "beng carried times across
the Sahara Desert the backs OF fourteen cames makes
it the valuable
Dr. Pierce believes that Our American forests abound
in valuable medicinal roots for the OF most Our
obstinate and fatal diseases if would properly in
vesgate them and in confirmation of this firm convleon
he points with pride the almost marvellous cures effected
by his uGolden Medical Discovery which has itself
be the most efficient stomach tonic, liver lnvgorator
heart tonic and regulator and blood cleanser known 10 e
lcl science less marvellous the unparalleled cures
II constantly making of woman many peculiar ahectlons
weaknesses and distressing arrangements IS Dr. Perce
Favorte Prescription amply attesed by thousands OF
unsolicited testimonials contributed by grateful patients VINO
been cured by it of leucohea painful periods lreg
larities prolapss and other dspacements liberation OF
and kindred Affections often after many other ad-
vertised medicines had failed
Both these world famed medicines wholly made up
from gycec of native medicinal roots found
in our American forests The processes employed IN their
manufacture original with Dr. Pierce, and they are
carried by skilled chemists and pharmacists with the aid
this purpose Both medicines entirely free from alcohol
and all other harmful habit forming drugs full list OF
their ingredients is printed each of their wrappers They
both made of such native medicinal roots as have re-
ceived strongest endorsement and praise for their cura
tive from the prominent writers on 0fe11a
dlca in this country What IS said OF their power to cure
the for which they advised may be easily
learned by sending your and address to Dr. R. "
Pierce Buffalo, N. Y, for little booklet which he has COM
piled containing copou extracts from numerous standard
medical books which are authorities by phys
clans several schools of practice for their guidance in
prescribing 1t is postal card request
will bring it.
don't have rely solely upon the manufacturers
sayso the power of DR. Perces medicines to cure as
with other medicines sold through druggists You have the
disinte,ested testimony OF host of the leading medical
and teachers Send for this copious testimony 1t
be relied upon to be truthful because 1t IS entirety dis
interested
u, little booklet above mentioned you will learn
- ar?cous curative action Stone root, of the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-17

direction of the wind and set OF the tides,
enabling him by tho aid OF the elements
turn. Only the changefulness of sea con-
ditions prevented any certain dependence
upon them, and consequently the risk
was tremendously great And It remain
ed so In spite of skill and experience un-
TIL the advent or that gigantic genius
who discovered the principle OF the mari
ner's compass; At one mighty stride the
mariner reached comparative certainty
of direction. independently of weather.
from the utter dependence upon the stars
and sun liable at any moment to disap
pear and remain hidden for days. while
the clumsy craft, her crow and passen-
gers alike drifted any whittier.
New Worlds to Conquer.
Yet In spite of all these disabling DIM
culties tho sea road proved easy, as
compared with. the awful toll OF land
Journeys, that certain races Of coast
dwellers perseyered generation after gem
Ing after knowledge there gradually grew
up great business Of trading between
lands separated by tho sea, and. since
In the early days the merchant must
needs accompany his goods a passenger
traffic also. But what a business 1t was
and how stcrnly must every man have
scarcely anything Of Far Eastern sea-
faring except from what we Of It to-
day on the Chinese coasts and among the
East Indian islands where scarcely any
progress has been made by the natives
for millennium or so But history sup
plies us with many flashlights upon the
growth of seafaring in tho Mediterranean
and among the savage nations of tho
only idea Of sea traffic was rapne and
murder What q picture OF going down
10 sea Is represented TO OUT mental vision
by those terrible Northern warriors em-
barking on board their long ships" just
exaggerated boats with many oars and
one sail. The farewell carouse and leave
taking from wives and children, the
strange food and drink slowed away far
less carefully than the keen weapons with
which to slay all who should hinder a
landing upon whatever shore they hap
pened to strike.
One of the strongest passions of hu-
manity is speculation, ever preferred to
humdrum certainty, and in all early mari
time enterprises the element of uncer-
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WOMAN'S TRIALS.
Her Bitter Disappointment.

DR.. R. Y. Pierce, at Buffalo, N Y. you NAV s.e, III
little pamphlet giving numerous extracts from manv ~
writers OF prominence extolling the various nprsS
which enter into DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescrint;
worth looking over if you sufferer -
DR. Pierce does not claim for his "Fayorte pr.:.. II
that 1t is "cureal 1t is recommended as most ~
specific Of womans peculiar ailments So unfo ps'le 8
results which follow the of this remarkable remd
be truly affirmed of "Favorite Prescribtor =,
al0ays helps and almost ai1Oays ewes Ninety eas1
cent of the women who give this medicine fair and f,.
trial cured and remain cured
1t is powerful invigorating tonic, impartino So
and strength in particular to the organs distinctly s
The local, womanly health is intimately related - -
general health that when diseases of the dcl,cate 49,
organs cured the whole body gains in health -
strength. For weak and sicky women who are uworrs
"run-down or debtated, especially for women who ~
in store, Office schooroom, who sit the typev,;s,1
sewing machine bear heavy household burdens II
Pierces Favore Prescription has proven priceless ~.
because of its health restoring and strength g;v5
powers.
AS soothing and strengthening nervine uFavo@
Prescription unequaed and invaluable In allavng ~
subduing exctabilty ritabilty nervous eT6.
ton prostraton neuralgia hysteria spasms cho
ST. Vuss dance and other distressing symnto
commonly attendant upon functional and organic diseas
the womanly organs. 1t induces refreshing seep a
relieves mental anxiety and dependency
Cures obstinate cases. uFavorite Presentation n
positive for the most complicated and obstinate
eucorThoea, excessive flowing painful menstruation ~
natural suppressons and irregularities proapsus or f
of the pelvic organs weak back "female weakness ap
version rerovesion bearing down sensations chronic a.
gestion Inflammation and liberation, Inflammation mon
less pain and tenderness the lower abdomen accor
MED with "intcrnal heat"
DR.. Pierces medicines made from harmless s,
efficient medicinal roots found growing our Aneric>
forests The Indians knew of the marvellous curative ve
of of these roots and impaired that knowledge to Son
of the friendlier whites, and gradually of the more p
gressve physicians came to test and them and ev
since they have grown in favor by of their superb
curative virtues and their safe and harmless qualities
Your druggists sell the "FAvoRITE PRESCRIPTION
and also that famous Alternative blood purifier and oar
tonic, the "GoLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY" Write 10 D
Pierce about your He is experienced physcin
and will treat your confidential and without char
for correspondence Address him at the Invaids Hoi
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, NJ Y, of which he is CHI
consulting physician.
1t is easy to be we'll ill-and much more comfor
able Constipation is the of many forms of lime
Doctor Perce's Pleasant Pellets constipation The
tiny, sugar-coated grauules One little aPe1etr Is
gentle laxative two mild cathartc. AL dealers in med
cines sell them.
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Going Down to the Sea; Then and Now

tainty, the essence Of speculation. was
present in the highest degree No danger
or hardship was proof against its al
lurements.
A Scanty Equipment.
But it Is high time that we skipped
few centuries and came down to moro
modern times. There is good reason for
so doing, because really right up to the
time OF tho commonwealth, although
mariners had gradually ventured farther
and farther abroad and notifications of
ships had as slowly taken place. the es-
sea had changed but little for thousand
years. Still the mariner trader and his
passenger. the enterprislng merchant.
must needs go prepared not only. to face
the perils OF the deep equipped In scam
tiest fashion. they must also bid fars-
we'll to all that the land affords of com
fort and be ever prepared TO guard their
own ventures with their lives, or risk
them In tho attempt to wrest from other
seafarers tho fruits OF their own toll II
perchance they flew a different flag from
the ono Haunting at the aggressors mast
head; In very truth seafarng was then
deeds OF our pirates by whatever Nigh
sounding titles we will. These were the
balmy days OF sea romance, but happily
for the world and all that makes for tho
worlds betterment, upon tho gradual rise
OF Britain into her proud position OF mis-
tress OF the seas and guardian or the
law, thercupOn these bad old Gays passen
away, reluctantly II is true but still they
went.
Then came tho era OF law and order
IN seafaI1ng, and the definite separation
between the two distinct avocntlon5 or
cornmorce and warfare And with this
great step there also came AN imTnenee
Increase of the numbers of landsfolk
cnger to seek thoir fortunes In these new
countries whereof they had heard SO
much and go favorably But except for
the few wealthy ones who could almost
afford to charter all the passengers ac-
commodation OF ship for themselves
tbe close of tho eighteenth century and
tho first half OF the nineteenth were days
~ woe for the eea passenger. They were
bad enough in all conscience for the sea
man. Injured as he was TO the many hard
ships then considered TO be inseparable
from seafnring. but for the poor passen,
gers seeking their fortune over seas, II
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-17

TINE bitter trial IN womans life is to be childess
Who can tell how hard the struggle may have been
she learnt resign herself her lonely lot? The
absence Of this link to bind marital life together the absence
of this pledge to mutual affection disap
pontmen Many unfortunate couples become estranged
thereby Even they do drift apart read the
whole extent OF their disappointment in the of such
chdless couple when they rest the children of others
To them the largest family does not too 1t
will rather appear them that those whom this blessing
has been richly bestowed hardly value sufficiently
In of barrenness chldessness the obstacle
to child bearing easily removed by the of weakness
the part Of the Dr. Pierces Favorite PrescP
ton has been the Of restoring health and tfuness
to many barren to the great JOY Of the household
In other but the obstruction to the bearing Of
children has been found to be of surgical character but
easily removable by painless operative treatment at the
Invads Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, n "
which DR.. Pierce of the "Favorite Prescription fame
presdes In all where children desired and
absent effort should be made find the real cause,
is generally easily removed by proper treatment
In all the various Weaknesses dsplacements prolapsus,
anteversion reroverson inflammation of ovares eucor
rh9a, giving rise to dsagreeabe and weakening drains,
and in all cases OF nervousness nervous postraon and
debility, Dr. Piece's Favorite Prescription the eci
en remedy possibly be used has to its credit
hundreds of thousands of fact than any
other remedy put up for sale through druggists especially
for womans You do not have to take DR.. Pierces
word alone for this because the ingredients Of which the
"Favorte Prescription" composed have received the
positive endorsement from the leading medical writer's
Mate,ia Meda of all the several schools of practice.
All the ingredients printed i'll plain English the
wrapper enclosing the bottle that if you invalid
woman and make of this famous medicine you know
exactly what taking Dr. Pierce takes his patients
into his full confidence which he afford do the
formula after which the "Favorite Prescription" made
will bear the most careful examination.
You do not have experiment when taking DR. Pierces
Favorite Prescription with the fake Cheap John
Medicines that sent trial. composed Of cheap and
often harmful ingredients Dr. Pierce resorted to Natures
Laboratory get the ingredients for his "Favote Pescp
ton" believing that the indigenous, native medicinal
of country endowed by Providence with the
most marvellous curative powers
The only rational way to attempt to disease by
assisting the natural functions of the body and to do that
there nothing like Natures remedies which in Natures
way tonng and invgorang the digestive organs the liver
the stomach and bowels and the SYSTEM which
always suffers great all the various derange-
ments of the organs distinctly feminine.
The medicine of known composition IS to rely upon
the that has record of nearly forty years of
the devised and manufactured by regularly graduated
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us, oil ignorant of seafarlng. to get adrift
on the sea In a tiny boat, Of the hand
ling of which we know nothing. And
even that will hardly suffice, since We
could look around for help which would
almost certainly be speedily forthcoming.
The Revolution of the Compass.
Fortunately In this interesting study
of early seafaring conditions we arc able
even today TO obtain object lessons II
we travel far enough afleld. There arc
still parts of tho world adjacent to the
sea where these primitive conditions Of
seafaring are to be witnessed, where saw
age man. entirely ignorant Of what
awaits him at sea and profoundly un-
versed In nayigational lore. still faces the
waves with innate bravery without any
support In tho midst of the water, But
those early conditions of seafaring took
long centuries in development involving
unthinkable sufferings and uncountable
toll In human life. For although mans
courage enabled him thus to face tho
ocean, his inventive powers did not keep
pace with It, and so for lack Of food
and water he suffered and died Today
there are seafarers traversing the Indian
Archipelago carrying water In Joints of
bamboo and q scanty store Of food most
case OF adverse winds arc doomed to
all the horrors OF starvation and drought
In the midst OF the pitiless ocean.
But the centuries rolled on and pro-
duced al long intervals great geniuses
who discovered how to store provisions
and water, how to develop from the tree
trunk the holowed-out canoe, and later
the buIlt-up vessel. Then came. too, the
observant man who noted the general
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primitive conditions still remain. And
not only Is this the case with sailing ves-
sells, but In many of the small steam
ships carrying cargo only. and run on the
seaman is really a terrible one. only
lightened by the fact that the passages
being short, there are frequent Intervals
OF relief. This part OF the seatarer' s
calling offers really no inducement to any
OF our workers to leave the land. even II
opportunity offered. and certainly none OF
our unemployed laborers would stay at Il
more than one passage.
The Poor Sailor Man.
There has. however, with the advent
and development of stcamshippilg, arisen
another class OF those who go down to
the sea In ships whose lot Is worthy of
cur warmest sympathy. but who get lit
except that they receive higher wages
than tho season. I nllude TO these helots
OF tho sea, the fremen and trimmers.
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whose duty II is to toll far beIov
bowels Of the ship at the terrible
feeding the ever-hungry furnaces.
often wondered how any men
knowledge OF what the ordlnnrl
tions Of life for other workerg
be found TO remain In such empI
But many thousands of them Do
and although they are, speaking
", as hard-bitten lot as you cor
anywhere. they eKtort my hiGn
miration and estecnl. Compare
their work, the task OF the coal
a pleasant amusement. while M!
none OF his relaxations and certain
ing like his pay OF food. Few
ashore have any Idea OF the eo
under which these hardly eutrsal
OF the sea live and labor, ard fe7
care. And worse still. II any did Z
the necessary conditions OF the "
cIude any Idea OF there being an
Grafton In the lot Of these grlmy
who do literally go down to sne
ships today.
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Old Dr.. Cascaret carried eons@
your Yes, Pocket. or In my !
Purse is the cheapest kind ei y.
surance. and Happiness Fromoo'
ever happened.
Little thin enamel CascaSet 20
as thick As your watch. reund'o'
smooth-edged. and shaped 20 -
notice Its presence. -.
Contains six Candy tableis-
Cents a Box at any Druggists
Be sure you get the genuine. M
by the Sterling Remedy Comp
never sold In bulk. Every !aolss =
"CCC."
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~ FREE TO OUR H
We want :: seSS esSfS,1iRSsSTpA1Fb e "a 4islsso lssoall
hsrd-enzmeled in colork ~ W
dressing table. Ten oep% - ~ rassr s - ef e
measure Of Eeof falih ana 20 ss oosss IS IssssS-
with which tbs dainty triaket 4. = ,sss .sss,.
Send to-day, menhentne c Snis u - -
Sterling Remedy Company eaasSss -
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" First Aid" to ii
Bowels

Il Then he works them (threu
nerves) I'LL they get 20 stScn
that Exercise that they don
any more help 10 do their guy
But Dr.. Cascaret wants 10 %!
the spot. In your Pocket e
where he can regulate ihese
Muscles all the time. In hee'
out Of health.
Because. even the stTontess
u Muscles may be overworked
Heavy dinners, late suppefAv
vine. or beer drinking. nerveus
mont. sudden exposure 10 eoId
and a dozen other every day hkelln2
he Bowel Muscles.
In such cases a little Cascazes
5 worth fifty dollars worth ei
ater on. to say nothing OF The
discomfort. loss OF Business Enes
oss OF Social Sunshine II SAVES
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Or. Cascaret guarantees to cure the
most obstinate cases Of Constipation and
Indigestion. without discomfort or In
convenience,
His medicine does not gripe nor purge.
nor create drug habit,
Because II Is not 'BIie-dr!ver," nor
a Gashic-Juice Waster. but a direct
Tonic to the Bowel Muscles.
II exercises naturally the muscles that
line the walls OF the Intestines and
Bowels.
Want Of Exercise weakens and relaxes
these BowelMuscles. just as II weakens
Arm and Leg muscles,
Old Dr.. cascaret goes directly after
these BowelMuscles. He wakes
them up Just as cold bath would wake
up lazy person.
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DOCTOR
CASCARET
Office In7your own
Vest Pocket.
On call anyMinute Day~Nisht

When Heartburn, Sour Stomach.
Headache. Bad Breath, Coated
Tongue. Bolching Of Stomach Gas. or
any of these forerunners Of Indigestion
appear. Old DR.. Cascaret wants to
bo right on the spot In your pocket.
He wants TO check the coming trouble
instantly before IT can grow Into a
habit OF the Bowels TO be costive.
Ladies'. who extend to DR.. Cascaret the
hospitality Of their Purses or their Dress
Pockets. will be rewarded with fine
complexion. and healthy Happiness.
These will about fifty times repay for
the tifling space occupied. and the ten
cents per week at cost.