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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-06-27
shake on Your rheumatism.

Now is the time to get rid Of your
rheumatism. Try twenty-five cent
bottle of Chamberlain Eminent and
see how quickly your rheumatic pains
disappear. Sold by all dealers.
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who lived in that city and wanted to go.
So
Even then he was cut off from the only
pleasure that grand opera might have af-
forded him.
I OF course, he had to go to all the
others-"Cyrano, "Giaconda," Aida"
and ''Tanhauser." all of which bored him
to frazzle.
He became, under his "wife's uplifting
influence" ashamed of himself, because
his tastes had run SO low, but at the
same time he couldn't help plying her,
because she didn't feel a thrill when
George cohan danced about the stage on
his ear and Gertrude Hoffman "Salomed..
about clad in sunshine and climate
He even felt sorry, that although the
uplifting influence" he was married to,
had tried to cultivate and elevate his
taste, he kill remembered with keen de-
light how fascinated he had been when
Lew Dockstader called the hoopso to
him, and Honey Boy Evans monologued
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until he nearly split his sides laughing at
his antics.
He still secretedly adored the posters of
the burlesque shows at the 10, 20, 80 cent
places. and he loved 'Meller-Drammer. =
where gun play" was the chief attrac-
ton.
He regarded Shakespeare as a past is
sue, to be kept on the top shelf of the
bookcase, out of the dust and the high
falutin' musicians as apropos only to Bos-
ton and towns OF like culture
OF course this was all before he was
married.
Now
Everybody knows that a change does
person lot of good and in due course
of time the uplifting influences" and
her 'hlghbrow' sister (who lived with
them because hubby couldn't help him
SELF went away for a few weeks rest.
Hubby for couple of nights read and
carried out his daily routine because he'd
grown SO used to it that he didn't know
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no better. They told me there was no
help without an operation. / have used
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound and it has helped me wonderfully
! do most of my own work now and taka
care Of my children. l recommend your
remedies to all suffering women. -
Mrs. WILLARD A. GRAHAM, Care Of
ELLSWORTH FUTILE, Bovina Center, NY.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs, and today holds the record of
being the most successful remedy we
know for woman's ills. If you need such
medicine why don't you try it?
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. PinkIlam's Vegeta.
bic Compound will help YOU. write
to Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co.
lc0nfidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad.
Wee. Your I6tt6r VIII B1 '6Dened.
read and answered by a woman.
and held in strict confidence.
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eTAcKLGNG MArRIMoNY. .


BY George Lee Burton. IlluArated Har-
per Brothers, publishers, New York.
"Tackling Matrimony." by George Lee
Burton. is more OF treatise on a cer-
tain question than it is a novel-although
love is at the bottom of the whole story
The question is just this
Is it better when two people are in love
with each other to wait until they can
a : ord a big, snowy welding and lot OF
fuss and feathers, and keep up a grand
appearance afterwards, or to marry right
away ON small income and lead the
simple life and make no pretences?
"Tackling Matrimony'i tells of a couple
who chose the latter and lived within
moderate means, and made a great sue
cess of their married life. whereas other
couples tackled matrimony'' on the more
ambitious scale and ultimately found that
there was not half as much happiness in
it for them.
SABOTAGE"
BY Emile Pouset. Translated from the
French, with an Introduction by Arthur
NJ Gioyannitti, Charles X. Kerr & Co.,
Chicago
In his Introduction to Sabotage" Ar
ture M. Giovanntti, the translator OF
Emile Pouget's book. SAYS:
What then is Sabotage? Sabotage is:
a, ANY CouStlOCS ana Wiiiiul tel Oh the
part of one or more workers intended tc
slacken and reduce the outINlt of produc-
tion in the industrial field, or to restrict
trade and reduce the profits ~ the com
mercial field i'm ordt~- to secure from their
employers better conditions or to enforce
those promised or maintain those already
prevailing, when no other way of redress
is open.
b. Any slSillful operation on the ma
chinery of production intended not to de-
stroy it or permanently render it defec-
tive, but only to temporarily disable II
and to put it out of running condition in
order to make impossible the work OF
scabs and thus to secure the complete and
real stoppose of work during a strike.
Whether you agree or not, Sabotage Is
this and nothing but this. 1t is not de-
structive. 1t has nothing to do with vio-
lence, neither to life nor to property II
is nothing more or less than the chloro-
forming of the organism of production
the knockout drops to, put to sleep and
out of harms way the ogres of steel and
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Bnrdensome Names

The most burdensome names ever
bestowed on a child was that given by
Arthur Pepper a laundryman of West
Derby, Liverpool, to his daughter.
porn>in DECEMBER. 1882. 1t comprised
one name for every letter of the alpha
bet. and was certainly ingenious in its
way, running: Anna Bertha Cecilia Di-
ana Emily Fanny Gertrude Hypauia Inez
Jane Kate Louise Maud Nora Ophelia
ounce Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysis
Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetty Zenc.
P. of course. was provided in the sur
name, Pepper. says Tit Bits.
Hundreds of examples of this poor
form of parental wit occur in the en-
tries for the past fey years. Noah S
Ark Smith, Sardine Box, Jolly Death,
Judas Iscariot Brown. One too Many
johnson, Not-Wanted Smith, Bovril
Simpson. Merry Christmas Figgett
Odious Heaten. Ammo Oomini Davis. are
the names of children probably living
who viii have to bear them through
life unless they wash themselves clean
with subterfuge., How can sncn chill
dren observe the fifth comma tdment9
There was for long time curiosity
in nomenclature on the Australian PEN
sion list His name was Through
much -tribulation- n-.ra- enter the : King
hom- Of Heaven Smith," The officials
of the pension department very par
donably abbreviated him into "Tribby
Smith" Has any diligent student of
our pension list discovered anything
that caps this? t,
1t is not surprising that the names
of Dickens charaeters--odd though
they are-should be found in real life,
for it was from life that man, of them
were taken. Some, as we know, Were
copied from the names over. shop doors,
etc. but this was not tho rovelists
only source of selection. Among his
papers John Foster found careftill5
drawn up lists of names, with the
source from which he obtained them
and the longest lists were those drawn
from the ''Privy Council Educational
Lists" Some of the names thus noted
are too eXtravagant for anything but
>reality--Jolly Stick. Bill Marigold
George Muzzle, William why. Rober.
Gospel, Robin Scrubbam.--S Sarah 4; l;old.
sacks. Catherine Two, Sophia Dooms-
day, Rosetta Dust. Sally Gimblet.
For quaint surnames one should
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A certain man. whom we will cal
"Mr. Nameless." because his wife doesn'i
like the family to appear in any part oil
the paper except the society column, -
has led a very dreary existence ever since
his marriage.
How do know?
waitl
Listeni
And I'll ten you.
The only diversions that have been per.
initted him since he signed away his
bachelor privileges of making up hi.
own mind, have been musical concerts
and Shakespearean drama, the two Of
which are only occasionally presented in
Birmingham.
3 He did have the pleasure of going tc
grand opera in certain neighboring CITY
but even so. the only thing he was in
terested in was the f1irtatious little Span.
ish prima donna, Mademoiselle Bori. and
on the occasions when she sang his wife
asked him to let her use his ticket fo,
those performances for a maiden aunt
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Easily Exolinrd

From the Philadelphia Telegraph
Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkan-
sas told one the other day in demonstrate
ing that the kid is always there with an
easy explanation.
Some time ago fish and game warden
saw small boy fishing on the bank OF
a lake and he rambed over
The boy, willingly produced and the
warden saw only catfish. perch and other
species that came within the law. A few
yards away. however, he found a large
black bass on string that was Weighted
down with a stone.
Look here. boy" sternly cried the Off
cial. what are you doing with this bass?"
That's all right mister was the ready
response of the boy. Hes been taSin'
my bait all the mornin. SO | just tied
him up there until got through flshn'."
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what else to do, but suddenly one even
ing after he'd been pouring over Some
body or Other on the "Companionship of
Books" decided that a change might
do him good also.
The fall from grace was so sudden
that he had even forgotten what time the
theatres opened. but he got a move"
on him and got there just in time to get
a seat in the bald headed row.
The next morning he wired the "uplift-
ing influence that she needn't hurry
back, as it was beastly hot and he was
sure the rest would do her good.
The subtle undertow of happiness In
the .lettergram'' awakened the suspicious
of the uplifting influence" and her
high brow" sister, and in consequence
the board bill at the hostelry was paid,
the trunks packed and the Pullman reser-
vations made for the next train.
When the train arrived chubby was
not at home-the hour being about $50
p m.
The uplifting influence" and the "high-
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rHEAL1NG INFLUENCES.

BY Leander Edmund Whipple. The
American School of Metaphysics, pub
fishers, New York.
Leander Edmund Whipple, in his Heal
ing Influences" explains the nature of
his work in preface. in which he says:
prominent among the subjects of hu-
man life that are constantly occupying
the attention of thinking persons every
where, is the matter of health. In this
all are deeply interested all of the time,
either for themselves or for suffering rel
atives or friends and sometimes both.
'The thinking engendered by trouble
some and often desperate circumstances
has resulted in many expedients for need
ed relief that too often has not been OBJ
tanned through the usual scientific or
scholastic means, howsoever thoroughly
these may have been tried and relied
upon upon with confidence. These fail
ures have driven to desperation large
numbers who have felt certain that there
should and must be legitimate means of
reducing suffering and saving lives. The
result of this thinking has shown forth
In many theories about sickness and its
cure and the establishing of various
methods of healing effort. These vary
WluelN Doth IN theory ana result, anC
consequently in usefulness: and while
all may be good to an extent, it would
seem that there must be among them
some superior ground sf action and ef-
fort which, if properly understood
should yield results more reliable thar
those obtained by the average expert
mental system. To aid in determining
this question has been the aim and pur-
pose of writing this little book
Nearly all the advanced methods of re-
1ieving sickness and the troubles of per-
sonal life relate, more or less directly, to
the operations of the mind.
The explanations given are not the re-
suit of theoretical speculation alone, but
are the outcome of 80 years of studious
attention given to the subject, supple
mented by an almost constant application
of the principles in their adaptations to
the affairs of life. In this way and for
these reasons. the statements made from
time to time in these pages are known tc
be true and consequently useful in human
life. 1t is only a matter of unprejudiced
thought and careful investigation of the
ideas presented. to become convinced ol
their utility and practical value in times
of trouble.
With these few explanations the little
work is hopefully sent forward on its mis-
sion of possible helpfulness.
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When er MAN Has er
Birth-day he teks er DAY
off, but when er OMAN has
a Birthday she teks er
YEAR off. Yassum!

or eeven~e- J could kill human being
without hesitation
Perhaps you'd think she had something
to do with it--wouldnt you?
Anyway, at the trial there was a grand
mix-up. the girl who was shot being ter
ribly ratified when she gave her testi-
mony and the whole thing appearing as
though she >sould have to answer for the
murder, until
Well, that would be telling and you
wouldn't be interested in reading the
story, SO just pick it up the first chance
you get and see If you don't think Miss
Wells has done a capital piece of work
in The Maxwell Mystery"
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THIS LOVE STORY"

By Marie Van Worst. Illustrated with si,,
pictures In color. By Howard Chandler
Christy. The Bobbs, Merrill Company.
publishers. Indianapolis.
Mingling the tender feeling of a French
idyl with the stern resolve of a frontier
drama, Marie Van Worst has made this
a fascinating, colorfu little tale of love
and adventure. 1t is pure romance but
1t is told with such sincerity, delicacy
and feeling that it does not seem at all
incruiible.
To give a notion of its charm and its
appeal one must really resort to the worn
method of comparison, and even then
one is doubtful whether a satisfactory
idea of its real beauty, its pathos and
sentiment, and the utter loveliness of it
all, can be fully conveyed
To say that when one reads "His Love
Story he is Observation-Disclosures
ly-reminded of those delightful peasant
and animal tales of Ouida at her best is
indeed high tribute, yet even this seems
hardly sufficient to describe Marie Van
Vorsts charming novelette, There is
something in it that grips the heart Just
as the big, powerful stories that deal with
life in a big way
There is a simplicity, a directness, a
tenderness about the manner of the mar
ratlve that transmits some of the best
favor of the French prose. 1t is so or.r-
inal all the way through that it is bound
to be taking.
Marie Van Worst has succeeded where
numbers have, faied--she has made an
animal the real hero of her book with
out overdrawing the situation or over
taxing the tmag agination of the reader
Pitchoune, spunky little Irish terrier,
with an eccentric limp. the greatest de-
vouon, and almost human intelligence
he IT is we follow tirelessly throughout
the book. For Pitchoune is real dog
lie has marked character and stands
out among his peers because of his dis
tinetive personality. and his unquestion-
able, delightful charm
fhe story centcs's about the love af-
taf OF a sturdy young captain of the
French army and beautiful, courageous,
thoroughbred American girl. While visit
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Better Than Spanking

Spanking does not cure children of
bed wetting. There is constitutional
cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum
send free to any mother her successful
home treatment. with full instructions.
Send no money, but write her today II
mers. Eox w. Notre Dame. Ind. will
your children trouble you in TINS way.
Don't blame the child. the chances are
1t can't help it. This treatment aIso
cures adults and aged people troubled
with urine difficulties by day or Ia. ht.
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brow sister crawled back into the taxi
as they couldn't get in the house, and
started out to look for him.
"Of course he's at Mr.. so-and-So's s
mentioning one of the most erudite
scholars in town spending the evening
with him in his wonderful library, reading
some improving book or scientific essay,
suggested the high brow sister.
But
He was not there.
"Of course, there was nothing at the
theatres except light musical comedy at
this season and he mad no taste for such
things" commented the uplifting in
fuence.'
The taxi sped on-and finally they said
they'd go home.
Close onto the "witching hour as
they turned in the direction of home, they
saw great crowds of people coming out
of one of the popular show places, over
the door of which read:
EDNA, THE PRETTY TYPEWRITER" r"
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MOTHER
so POORLY
Could Hardly Care for Chill
dren - Finds Health in
Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Bovina Center, NY. =" For six years
have not had as good health as ! have

now. l was very
young when my first
baby was born and
my health was very
bad after that. I
was not regular and
/ had pains in my
back and W as so
poorly that | could
hardly take care Of
my two children. I
doctored with sew
o~ol. Joo<o~c bs,< -ok
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F R { c X | { s
Don't Hide Them With Veil Re,uove
Them With The olhine Presentation

This prescription for the removal of
freckles was written by prominent
physician and is usually so successful
in REMOVING freckles and giving clear.
beautiful complexion that it is sold bv
your druggist under an absolute guar
antee to refund the money if it fails.
Don't hide your freckles under veil;
get an ounce Of othine and remove
them. Even the first few applications
should show a wonderful Improvement
some of the lighter freckles vanishing
entirely
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othine; it is his tina.
y sold on The money back guarantees
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/ And in the crowd who should they spy
| but 'hubby?'
Gay and light of heart, debonair and
| youthful as a debutante. he sauntored
forth, only to be met at the curb. by the
two unexpected arrivals-the uplifting
influence" and the thigh brow sister
They dragged him home and later when
the uplifting influence was ransacling
his coat pockets she hauled out checks
from the different theatres and pro-
grammes bearing such titles as Nellie.
the Beautiful Cloak Model Dora
Thorne," Married in Haste, Repented
at Leisure and many other similar IT,
ties
Since then poor hubby is being dis
ciplned,e all over again.
The moral of this little Fable
cite is
when the womans standard is Tan
hauser, and the mans standard is An
heuser, it's mighty hard to reach happy
medium.
...........................
, search the records of northumberland.
Mr.. A. @. Bradley has made collec-s
ton of some of these Northumbian
patrony mics He is writing of the
times OF the border raids. and there
was Robert Jnthank in those days
Among others, too. we find the name of
Adam Aydrunken, who upset his boat
in the Tyne. and accidentally drowned
his wife. Beatrice" Cecilia, the wife
of John Unkuthman (uncouthman), cut
her throat with a razor The incl
dent requires no explanation. "Anoth-
er unfortunate person figures as ADAM
with -the-nos
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agination and among the most appeal

lllS Is
THE LAST LETTER
fDear iIda)
A fragile, scared, faded thing,
1t rrstles meath my fingers haste;
NV heart, heavy lump, is still,
For tbs her letter-'tis her last.
LIES changes bore us leagues apart,
Who once around one fireside grew,
But letters came and kept the bond
OF heart and thought and knowledge
true.
For years they came, all prompt and glad,
Rounded and full and clear. the hand
And then they Jagged: and scant and few,
In feebly traced uncertain strand
And we'll / knew the hand that traced
Was faltering like the lines that came,
And saw in each that feebler grew,
The flicker of life's failing flame.
And yet. so loyal was that heart,
II still compelled the Tagging frame,
Fen until this did duly come
And then, alas, no other came!
They wrote me she was gone, but ah.
Such words sank not into my heart,
1t could not be, for still to me,
Twas only we were leagues apart.
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THE WOMAN OF THE TWILIGHT"

THE WOMAN OF THE TWILIGHT"
BY Marah Ellis Ryan. Illustrated A. c.
McClurg x Co., publishers. Chicago
When Marah Ellis Ryans beautiful
story, Told In the Hills" was published
many years ago, the literal world saw
then writer Of talent-young, ambitious
and enthusiastic.
Following her career up to the present
moment, when she has presented her
latest book, "The Woman of the Twi-
light" it may be safely said that she
has broadened her scope, her power and
learned much from the busy world, culled
here and there a helpful hint and CON
centrated it all In the writing of this
wonderful story.
The theme chosen is not Unfamiliar
that of the man and the woman defying
the conventionalities and seeking happi-
ness outside the beaten path
line story is written with fascination
that is compelling in the extreme taking
character by character and infesting each
with rare insight into human nature
given only to the elect as 1t were.
The scene is laid near Lugans, in the
old San Juan Mission, and the heroine of
the story is introduced in a most spec
tacular manner, wild ride across the
country, ending with the fording of a
flooded river, being the accessories.
The environment is changed when the
new England coast is made the scene
of the next portion of the story which
creates totally different atmosphere
thereafter
Monica Wayne, the heroine, is a pecu-
liar character in many ways, very appeal
ing in her earnestness, her firm convic-
lions and her flaming indignation against
certain unjuss laws (as she thinks), pre-
pares the way for the denouement of the
story in way that wins the sympathy
of many readers-those who are not TOD
strict in their ideas of conventionalities
Monica and her lover, Sargent are in
tense characters, as well as several of the
minor characters which the author has
Nfelineated very slxillfully, particularly
Nell Milford.
1.-THE Woman of the Twilight is a very
clever and readable book and will no
doubt be reckoned among the best sell
ors'' of the year.
DESERT GOLD"
BY Zane Grey. Illustrated Harper Broth
ers, publishers New York
For the first time the tense spirit of
that fighting ground on the wild border
land of the Arizona Mexico frontier has
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| fire that watch and multiply the treasures
of King Capital.
In half dozen chapters Mr. Pouget
gives his views on the The Origin of
Sabotage" THE Labor Market and
other questions winding up with ''Proe-
tartan Sabotage and Capitalistic Sabot-
age"
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POEMS.

BY Hyde Fowlkes The Cosmopolitan
Press. publishers. New York.
In a little volume containing about So
poems from the pen of Hyde Fowlkes
the lover of poetry has a collection Of
most charming verses to select from.
All subjects come under the writer's inn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31

OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (REV1EWS
LATER.)
"KEREN OF LOWBOLE.n BY Una l..
Silberrad George H. Doran Company
publishers, New York.
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RECEIVING EVIDENCE; AN OH
FASHIONED ROMANCE" BY +. Frank
fort Moore. George H. Doran Company
publishers. New York.
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been painted in the glowing words of a

been painted in the glowing words of d
moving romance
"A face haunted Cameron-a woman's
race 1t was there in the white heart of
the dying eamp-fire 1t was living in the
shadows that hovered over the Pickering
light, 1t drifted in the darkness beyond. .
AS you see, romance glows in this head
long adventure on the Arizona Mexico
frontier. Some splendid horses, too. Most
OF the papers say it's better even than
Zane Greys Riders of the Purple sage"
or The Heritage of the Desert"
In any event Desert Gold is one of
the most entertaining and delightful books
that has been published this season and
it should not be missed by anyone who
loves story thrilling and dashng from
start to finish.