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delicacy noticed in the finest cake, biscuit, sJ1s Mr wliifll I UH , ... expert pastry cooks JA(t1irA la unriKfnlnnhli? by the use of any other leavening agent How to Gt Employment on a Newspaper. It Is wife to guy that half hundred men and women a day make a tour ot the New York newspaper offices trying to find employment A good many of these are beginners, who have not the slightest idea of what newspaper work la. They think it quite eaBy to write, and are ready enough to do what tiiey are told it employed. It is a weury march up and down stairs, with always the same answer, "Nothing to do." The amateur becomes discouragud, and goes awav heartsick and weary of the effort. "But what shall I do," once said a voting man to Joseph Pulitzer, lifter tell' log the editor of The World how well he could write and how laiturui ne would be. Mr. Pulitzer's answer always struck me as a Rood one. "I do not need writers," he said; "writers are plentiful enough. They can Terfafinf any where. Whut I need are young men of originality, and ideas that will boom the circulation of my paper young men of progress, who can see ahead and who can make their own nositions by doing better work tliun any one else in their line. A good idea is better than a letter of introduction. Do not go into a newspaper office empty handed. Unless you nave sometmug good to sell keep away. Try to get up some original, unique lueas tnut win create a stir in the paper. That is the only way to succeed nowadays." Foster Coates in New York Mall ana express. To Would Bs Medical Student. A correspondent who signs himself "Duffy" asks, "Will you please inform me if there is a medical school in New York in which the locturcs for the first year are given in the evening or any time after 8 p. m?' Duffy, you and dozons of other "would be doctors" think you can study medicine in the hoppy go lucky way the law pills study low lectures in tho oft ernoon; office work in the moming. Yon must give up that idea ot once. Medicine requires 25 hours out of 24, and more on Sundays and holidays. The lec tures in evory medical school are given when the professors and lecturers enn find time for them. They're given in the morning and in the afternoon and the evening, and some of the private "quizzes" begin at 10.80 or 11 p. m. and stop In tone to got ready for breakfast if vnn flni--1'1- Now,ITrW Ta ask because you think medicine is a snap like these afternwn law schools, you'd better keep out of It, but if you can stand the pace and ask simply be cause you're Ignorant, why, go ahead, and with good health and hord work you i . It , .il-lll l.lll 1.11! may get your license io am, aui, Bin, kill, kill!"-New York Sun. A Lifelike Btouo Camel. One of the most curious rock forma tions in tho world is to be soon in Ari zona, It is a short distance east of the stage road between Tucson and Oracle and stands on a knoll soveral feet abovs the surrounding Band hills. When first seen, the effect is startling, and the mind has to get over a shock before tho pecu liar object can be comprehended. It is a most perfect representation of a camel and is formed of one pieco of granite. This curiosity is of colossal oizo, but perfectly proportioned. It is about 00 feet high and is very white and Biiiooth. There are very fow fissures on the sur face, and they strangely ore in the proper places to form features. Tho only real projection from the surface is exactly placed for an oyebrow. The two humps are plainly to bo seen, and the neck Is curved beautifully. The rock is really a solid pieco rising from the ground, but the effect of legs is produced by a clump of dork colored brush that grows beBide the stone. Tho white stone shows plainly at both sides of the brush, and the effect of the li's is unmistakably produced. Philadel phia EecortL l'rloei of American stallion. Of the celebrated stallions sold in the United States lroquolH fetched at auction the highest price, General Jiicksou paying for him 0,0110. The name Kiitleiimii se cured Luke ltluckbum Rt 20,000; Uromlile, $15,000, and Enquirer, $12,000. Galore, im ported by Maxwell for racing ptiruoHen in 1888, fetched in Ktiglnntl $10,000, and wna sold two years later as a si ill lion to John A. Morris fur $110,000. lie never raced in this country, terrible exposure at sea and on the barren wastes of Long Island ren dering him unfit for training. Mr. A. J. Cassatt refused $T0,000 for The Hani. Mr. Swlgert gave, it is claimed, fJJ.OOO for the unbeaten Tremont, known all over the turf world as the Black locomotive, which has since been sold at public Bale to General Jackson, of the Hello Meade stud, for $18,500. The Immortal IexiiiKttn fetched only $15,000. Kentucky sold as a race horse to Leonard W. Jerome for $40, 000, and fetched but $15,000 as a stallion, August Belmont being the purchaser. Mr. Harper refused $00,000 for Longfellow as far back as 1871, and Jack Cnlnn re fused an offer of $30,000 for Leouutus. Turf, Field and Farm. The Trouble In Keeping a 1'eralan Cat. The love of liberty is the ruling pas sion of the Persian cat, as it is of tho Angora. Every one of the long haired, indeed, delights in long solitary tramps. It seems impossible to cure them of the desire, end what a cat really desires he generally succeeds in getting sooner or later. To own one of these most attract' ive and most costly pets in the city, where thieves abound, is to live a life of constant anxiety and watchfulness. Only those who have kept guard over a sly and cunning human lunatic, ever plotting to escape, can appreciate the vigilance nec essary for his safety. Yet in spite of this so ornamental and so beautiful is the gentle creature that few who are able to do so can deny themselves the Pleasure of owning one. Olive Thorns Miller in Harper's Bazar. A rnrate That Baa Lost Value. "Worth its weight in gold" is a phrase without the meaning which it formerly conveyed. Berylium is worth about 10 times Its weight in the precious yellow metal-, venadium is five times more cost ly. Besides these,- there are a dozen minerals and metals that are equal In Tain to gold. St. Louis Republic. No acid except that from the grape is used in the Royal Baking Powder. The Royal imparts that peculiar sweet ness, flavor and A AdSOI U tfclV m J (IE llrfore ami After Marriage. He settled buck In Ills easy chair, put bis feet on a foot rest, lit a cigar and for five minutes let the smoke curl up around his head. Ho was a picture of comfort. Then his wife interrupted his medita tions. "George, you're getting lazy," she aald. lie shook his head. "Hut when we were cnifliBcd," she per listed, "you were as active as any man I ever saw. Why, you were always gutting up excursions, and you were the life of every party." He puffed out a little whiff of smoke and (oililetl his acquiescence. "What's the matter" she anked. He took another puff at his cigar and iheii said: "Ever see a man try to catch a trolnf" "Why, yes," she replied iu surprise. "Ever see one rush ou to the station platform Just as the train seemed almost gone'" "Certainly, I have." "(Jot a pretty lively move on him, didn't hef" "Why, yen, he ran the entire length of the platform as fast as he could. Hut, George" "Caught the train, did lief" asked Georice. "Yes; he just barely caught it. He" "Hut he caught M" "Of course he did. Hut, George, you're stritylnir" ".Did lie keep right on running" inter rupted George. "Certainly not. He settled down In a sent and made himself as comfortable as possible; got a palm leaf fan, and live min utes later seemed perfectly contented and happy." "Well?" "Well, what of Itf" "Do you expect me to keep on rutinlng" Chicago Tribune. Grammar and Dreai. "I do bate a mnn who is uugrummatical In his dress," said a ueiitleiiinii at one of the clubs not long since, and the remark was received with approval by his hearers, Is It worse for a man to be uiigrammati- cn! than for a woman?" one of the com pany asked, aAor there had been a little comment on the first proposition. "Per haps not," was the answer; "though of course the grammar of feminine attire is a thousand times more complicated than that of male habiliments, and there is more freedom allowed." "Hut, ou the other hand," another put in, "women are bettor adapted to master the subject, and the fact that there is more freedom given them makes it the more inexcusable when they do make a real bluuder." .The drift ol the talk, might nave oeen formulated in a way nut, umiHn time iu which one would have formulated similar talk upon the use of language. It was im plied or stated that iu dress one must con sult propriety, use and elegance. The former would forbid the wearing of a satiu frock, lnee trimmed, to a picnic, because the circumstances of u picnic make such a garment entirely inappropriate; just as In another way the wearing of a robe de chambre in a parlor or a tennis suit to a reception would lie wholly Inappropriate. The fact that these different garments have their Individual appropriateness must be recognized and respected. Boston Courier. Controlling the Flomlgutes. A little girl of eight years sat perched upon a hltfli mantel. Traces of tears were on her Hushed cheeks, her hands were clinched, her under lip was fiercely bitten. Her little form quivered with suppressed emotion. Good, my daughterl Are the tears quite I conquered?" A gentlumim, of whom the 1 child wan a miniature edition, rose from his writing table, took her in his arms, kissed her, placed her on the floor and belli tho door opeu for her to pasH, as respect fully us If she were a little princess. Poor baby, he remarked to the caller who had looked on with astonishment. She has her father's own temper, but she Is braver than I was anil will learn self control far suuner. Wheu she was very small I used to pother up there to keep her from kicking, breaking ami tearing. It became a regular place of durance and later, as to-day, she comes tu it of her own accord. It seems lo be the only ark that can liear her iiImivo the floods." Ah," returned the caller, "if I had only been taught in childhood tu restrain my tears there would be fewer lines iu my face to day. Iu those times girls were en couraged to weep. As Uoctieroucaiild says, we sometime wept to avoid the tlisgrace of not weeping. Hut it was all wrong. W e ought to have been treated like our brothers who were called cowards and cry babies and shamed Into self control." Youth's Companion. Cnrcleaalleaa With 1'owder. Michael Faraday, tho great scientist, and Sir Charles Lyell, were sent as gov ernment commissioners to watch the in quest upon those who hud died by the explosion in tho Haswell colliery in 1844. Faraday cross examined tho witnesses very pertinently. Among other ques tions ho asked how the rute of (low of air currents was measured. An in spector, in reply, took a pinch of gun powder from a box, os if it were snuff, and let it full through the fluuio of a can dle. His companion, with a watch, not ed the timo the suioko took to travel a certain distance. Tho method satisfied Faraday, but he remarked upon tho careless handling of the powder and asked whero it was kept. "In a bag, tightly tied," was the reply. "Yes, but whero do you keep the bag?" "You are sitting on it," answered the inspector carelessly. Faraday's agil ity iu vacating the seat of honor may be imagined. Washington News. Tlia StuUrul. In the quieter reading room of the Astor library the southern room, where no clock distracts an artist may eketch the typical New York student. The face Is square a a syllogism, the eyes scrutinize, the mouth and cbiu advance to seize more quickly the bitter fruit of science, Iu tho forehead, wise and stubborn, may be read the (lea tiny. Iu Paradise where, with every good workman, be shall go direct, in the fash ion of his great ancestor, Homer he shall count the stars, the constellations, the cherubim, the angels, and the souls, and then proMjae to cut down but of azure that the facade of the celeetlal palace may be eularged and made to conform with modern ideas. New York Times. rial. ' Che Really, now, aren't you a married man? He-Xo. Why She Oh, you have such a settled look. Ho Yea, I've been refuted by thirteen girl. -New York Epoch. A SUMMER SOLITUDE. Broad lnKi, robed rea-ally in purple ling, Where yruen, moist tuna a,id neeuted thyme lie hid! And harebells hang the wind tilled r?a miili And terns anil foxglove fringe the pealttalued spring. Here flame a yellow tuft of furze, and there A narrow patch of vlvlil color show The ant bulk hillocks here the cist in grows; And rudily bracken lnrta up everywhere. The scattered theepstray singly o'er the waste; Above, t lie plover noimiU hi plaintive pipe, Out yonder rise a pair of atartled anine, And seek fresh heller with a timid haste. And far out wort there gleam the wide gray main A silver glory where the aunaprite spill ills aiihtls churin-auil 'neatb the northern bill Faint smoke goea up of cities of the plain. A lilent, solemn place and holy ground. Where dud peaks inattlllaiuall voice.whlcb they Hoar uot who hurry by; but those who atay And boarken catch the tender wblaporod sound, And hearing, gala a atrauge, strong peace of li cart; A new, awect patience for the palna of life; A calmer courage for Its atern, tlorce strife; A conscious iower to do a nobler part (J. Duncan Oroy In Chambers' Journal. TIIE COUNTS PICTURE. We were stationed at the little village of Z; We used to meet at each othor's rooms, where we never saw anything but one another's uniforms. There was only one man among ns who did not belong to the regiment lie was about thirty-five, and, of course, we looked upon him as an old fellow. He had the advantage of experience, and his habitual gloom, stern features and his sharp tongue gave him great influence over his juniors. He was surrounded by a certain mys tery. His principal recreation was pistol shooting. The walls of his room were rid dled witli bullets a perfect honeycomb. One afternoon about ten officers were dining with Silvio. They drank as usual; that is to say, a great deal. After dinner we asked our host to make a pool. For a long time he refused on the ground that be seldom played. At last he ordered cards to be brought in. Among us on this occasion was an of ficer who had but lately joined. While playing be ahsentmindedly scored a point too much. Silvio took the chalk and corrected the score in his own fash ion. The officer, supposing him to have made a mistake, begun to explain. Sil vio went on dealing in silence. The officer, losing patience, took the brush and rubbed out what he thought was wrong. Silvio took the chalk and reconnected it The officer, heated with wine and play and irritated by the laughter of the company, thought liimseir aggrieved, and in a fit of passion seized a brass can dlestick and threw it at Silvio, who only just managed to avoid the missile. Great was our confusion, Silvio got up, white with rage, and said with sparkling eyes: "Sir, have the goodness to withdraw, and you may thank God that this has happened in my own house!" At the ridiug school next day we were already asking one another whether the young lieutenant was still alive, wheu he appeared among us. We asked him the same question, mid were told that he hud not yet heard from Silvio. We were astonished. We went to Silvio's and found him in the courtyard popping bullet after bullet into an ace which he had gummed to the gate. Silvio did not fight, He accepted a flimsy apology and became reconciled to the man who hud insulted him. Silvio's letters used to be addressed to our regiment, and he usually called for them himself. On one occasion, a letter having been handed to him, I saw him break the seal nnd, witli a look of great impatience, reud the contents. "Gentlemen," said Silvio, "circum stances demund my immediate depar ture." With these words he hurriedly left I went to Silvio's shortly after to bid him goodby. 'Perhaps we shall never meet again, he said. "Before saying goodby I want to have a few words with you. "You thought it odd, he continued, that I did not require satisfaction from that drunken maniac. Six years ago I received a slap in the face, and my enemy still lives." "Did you not fight him?" I inquired. "I did light him," replied Silvio, "and here is a memento of our duel." He rose and took from a cardboard box a red cap with a gold tassel and gold braid. "In my time dissipation was the fashion," lie went on, "and I was the most dissipated man iu the army. 'My comrades adored mo, while the commanders of the regiment, who were constantly being changed, looked upon me us an incurable evil. 'I wus calmly, or rather boisterously, enjoyiiig my reputation, when a certain young man joined our regiment. He was rich mid came of a distinguished family I will not mime him. 'I took a dislike to him. His success in the regiment and in the society of women brought me to despair. 1 tried to pick a quarrel witli him. At a ball at the house of a Polish landed proprietor, seeing him receive marked attention from all the ladies and especially from the lady of the house, who had formerly been on very friendly terms witli me, I whispered some low insult in Ids ear. 'He flew into a passion and gnve me a slap on the cheek. Wo clutched our swords; the ladies fainted; we were sepa rated, and the same night we drove out to fight. "It was nearly daybreak. I was stand ing at the appointed spot with my three seconds. How impatiently I awaited my opponent! The spring sun had risen and it was growing hot. "At last I saw linn in the distance. He was on foot, accompanied only bv one second. We advanced to meet him. He approached, holding in his hand his regi mental cap filled full of black cherries. "The seconds measured twelve paces. It was for me to fire first. Put my ex citement was so great that I could not depend upon the certainty of my baud; and in order to give myself time to get culm, I ceded the first shot to my adver sary. Ho would not accept it, and we devidci' to cast lots. Tlit iiunilier fell to him. constant fa vorite uf fortune that he wast He aimed, and put a bullet through my rap "It was now mv turn. His life at last was iu my hands; I looked at him eagerly, Lying hard to detect some faint shadow of uneasiness. But he stood beneath my pistol, picking out ripe cherries from his cap and spitting out the stones, some of which fell near me. "His indifference enraged me. " 'What is the use,' thought 1, 'of de priving him of life, when he sets no value upon it T As this savage thought flitted through my brain I lowered the pistol. "ion dont seem to be ready for death,' 1 said; 'you are eating your breakfast, and I don't waut to interfere with jou.' " 'You don't Interfere with me in the least,' he replied. 'Do good enough to fire; or don't flro if yon prefer it; the shot remains with you, and I shall be at your service at any moment' "I turned to tho seconds, informing them that I hud no iutontion of firing that day, mid with this the duel ended. I resigned my commission and retired to this little place. Since tlion not a single day has passed that I have not thought of my revenge, and now the hour has arrived." Silvio took from Ids pocket the letU-r ho hud received that morning, and banded it to me to read. Some one (it seemed to bo his business agent) wrote to him from Moscow, that a certain individual wus soon to be nuirriad to a young and beau tiful girl "You guess," said Silvio, "who the certain individual is. I am starting for Moscow. We shall see whether he will be as Indifferent now as he was some time ago, when in presence of death he ate cherries!" e Many years passed, and family cir cumstances obliged mo to settle iu tho poor little village of N. Four versts from my place was a large estate belonging to Count D., but the steward alone lived there. The countess hud visited her domain once only, just after her marriage, and she then only lived there ubout a month. However, in the second spring of my retirement there was a report that the countess, witli her husband, would come to spend the summer on her estate, and they arrived at the beginning of June. The first Sunday after her arrival 1 went to the villuge and presented myself to the count and countess as their near neighbor and humble servant. The doors opened, and a man, about thirty-two and very handsomo, entered the apurtinent I tried to be self pos sessed, and begun to introduce myself, but he forestalled me. His easy and agreeable conversation soon dissipated uiy nervous timidity. I was already passing into my usual manner when suddenly the countess en tered and I became more confused thun ever. She wus indeed beautiful. The ccint presented me. I wus anx ious to sppear at ease, but the more 1 tried to Ksstiine un air of restraint the more awkw.-'d I felt myself becoming. Meanwhile 1 walked about the room examining the books and pictures. In pictures I urn no connoisseur, hut one of the count's attracted my particu lar notice. It represented a view of Switzerland. 1 was not, however, struck by the painting, but by the fact that it wus shot through by two bullets, one planted just ou top of the other. "A good shot," I remarked, turning to the count. "Yes," he replied; "a very remarkable shot." "The best shot I ever knew used to shoot every duy," I Baid, "and nt least three times every day before dinner." "And what sort of a shot was he?" asked the count "This sort, count; if he saw a fly settle on the wall you smile, countess, but 1 assure you it is a fact when he saw the Hy he would call out, 'Kousku, my pistol!' Kouska brought him the loaded pistol. A crack, and the fly was crushed into the wall!" "And what was his name?" "Silvio was his name." "Silvio!" excluiuied the count, starting from his seat. "You knew Silvio?" "How could I fail to know him? We were comrades; he was received at our mess like a brother officer. It is now about five years since I last had tidings of him. Then you, count, also knew htm?" "I know him very well. Did ho neror tell you of one vory extraordinary inci dent in his life?" "Do yon mean the slap in the face, count, that ho received from a black guard ut a ball?" "He did not tell you tlie name or tins blackguard?" "No, count, he did not. Forgive me," I added, guessing the truth, "forgive me I did not could it really have been you?" "It wus myself," replied the count, greutly agitated, "and the shots in the picture are a memento of our lust meet ing." "Oh, my dear," said the countess, "for God's sake do not relate it! It frightens me to think of it." "No," replied the count; "I must tell him nil. He knows how I insulted his friend. He shall also know how Silvio revenged himself." The count pushed a chair toward me, and with the liveliest interest I listened to the following story: "Five years ago," begun the count, "1 got married. The honeymoon I spent here in this village. To this house I am indebted for the happiest moments of my life and for one of its saddest re membrances. "One afternoon we went out riding together. My wife's horse became rest ive. She was frightened, got off the horse, bunded the reins over to me nnd wulked home. "I rode on before her. In the yurd I saw a traveling carriage, and I was told that in my study sat a man wiio would not give his name, hut simply said that he wanted to see me on business. "I entered the study and saw in the darkness a man, dusty nnd unshaven. Ho stood there by tho fireplace. I ap proached him, trying to recollect his f.ico. " "You don't remember me, 0011111?" he said iu a tremulous voice. " 'Silvio!' I cried, and I confess 1 felt that my hair was standing ou end. " 'Exactly so,' lie added. 'You owe mo a shot; I have come to claim it. Are you ready?' A pistol protruded from his sido pocket. "I measured twelve paces, and stood there iu that corner, tivggiug him to fire quickly, before my wife came in. "Ho hesitated and asked for a light. Candles were brought in. I locked the doors, gave orders that no one should enter, and again culled upon him to fire. Ho took out his pistol nnd aimed. "I counted the seconds. I thought of her. A terrible moment passed! Then Silvio lowered his hand. " "I only regret,' he said, 'that the pistol is not loaded with cherry stones. My bullet is heavy; and it always seems to me that an affair of this kind is not a duel, but a murder. " 'I am not accustomed to aim at un armed men. Let us begin again from the beginning. Let us cost lots as to who shall firo firt.' "My head went round. I think I ob jected. Finally, however, we loaded another pistol aud rolled up two pieces of paper. These he placed inside his cap; the one throngh which, at our first meet ing, I had put the bullet I again drew the lucky number. " 'Count, you have the devil's luck,' he said, with a smile which I shall never forget "I don't know what I was about, or how it happened that be succeeded in inducing me. But I fired and bit that picture." The couut pointed with his finger to the picture with the shot marks. His face had become red with agitation. The countess was whiter than her own handkerchief, and I could not restrain as exclamation. "I fired," continued the count, "and, thank heaven, missed. Then Silvio at this moment lie was really terrible then Silvio raised lilspUtol to take aim at me. "Suddenly the door flew ojien; Masha rushed into the room, She threw her self upon my neck with a loud shriek, Her presence restored to me all my courage. " 'My dear,' 1 said to her, 'don't yon see that we are only joking? How frightened yon look. Go and drink a glass of water aud then come back; I will introduce yon to an old friend and comrade,' "Masha was still in duhbt 'Tell me, is my husband speaking the truth? she askod, turning to the terrible Silvio; 'is it true thirt yon are only joking?1 " 'Ho is always joking, countess,' Sil vio replied. 'Ho once In a joke gave me a slap in tho fuce; in joke he put a bullet through this cap while I was weuring it, and in joke, too, he missed me wheu be fired just now. And now I have a funcy for a joke.' With these words he raised his pistol as if to shoot me down before her eyes. "Muslia threw herself nt his foet. " 'Rise, Musha! For shame!' I cried in my passion; 'and yon, sir, cease to amuse yourself at the expense of an un happy woman. Will you flro or not? " 'I will not,' replied Silvio. 'I am satisfied. I have witnessed your agita tion, your terror. I forced yon to fire at me. That is enough; you will re member me. I leave you to your con science.' "He wus now about to go. But he stopped at the door, looked round at the picture which my shot had passed through, fired at it almost without tuk ing aim and disappeared. "My wife hud euuk down fainting. The servants had not ventured to stop Silvio, whom they looked upon with terror. He passed out to the steps, called his coachman, and before I could collect myself drove off." The count was silent I had now heard the end of the story of which the beginning hud long before surprised me. The hero of it I never saw again. I beard, however, that Silvio, during the rising of Alexander Ipsilanti, command ed a detachment of insurgents and was killed in action. Translated from the Russian of Alexander Pushkin, Boston Globe. "Grave Telling" Iu China. The queerest industry in the ghostly line in China is "grave telling," writes William E. S. Fales, the Chinese expert, now in the orient. When the average Mongolian reaches manhood's estate one of his first ambitions is to have a nice and comfortable grave. The moment he has the requisite cash, he consults one or more "grave tellers." These are old scholars, whose scholarship has not been appreciated by the publio at large, or who have fallen from grace by gambling, opium smoking or other vices, and who earn a precarious living from astrology, clairvoyance and similur "supernatural" sciences. The philosopher, after receiv ing a fee whose amount is proportional to the wealth of his clieut, consults his mystic books, draws an incomprehensi ble diagram with points and straight lilies, and announces the duy on which it will be fimdsney (good luck) to visit certuin cemeteries and burial sites. The day arrived the parties are on hand, no matter what tricks the weather may play. I have seen them in a rocky puss where the thermometer was 125 degs., and in a marsh knee deep in mud when the ruin was un Ice cold deluge. They come dressed in their best clothes, newly washed aud shaven. The grave tellers are equipped with books, dia grams, paper and a forked rod, strangely resembling the divining rod with which our ancestors sought springs and veins of ore. The search begins with prayer, and then comes a weary walk and talk, some times lusting hours. The Bite is finally picked out. Often two or three sites are selected, so that in case the use of one is prevent ed by unforeseen circumstances Biiother one will be ready. The client arranges with the owner of the land and the au thorities, aud is then prepared to die in pence. The practice is universal and as old as Chinese civilization. Its influence upon the people is something tremen dous. A Versatile Literary Woman. Probablv one of tho most versatile lit erary women in tho country today is Miss Alice li Ives, ller newspaper worg is phenomenally voluminous, and sha writes anv number of funny sketches. humorous and sentimental verses aud short novelettes for the weeklies and magazines. Miss Ives' best humor, though, is ex hibited in her plays, or perhaps it is be cause it is brought into sharp and abrupt contrast here with her magnificent pa thetic and tragic work. She has written two or three meritorious comedies. The range of Miss Ives' work may be under stood when I mention that she is the principal art critio on two Sunday pa pers and a voluminous contributor to The Art Amateur and two or threo mag azines besides writing any number of short stories for the duihes and week lies. New York Recorder. Travelers Should Always Take Note. First rule for all travelers: Set down everything you see in a notebook; never travel without a notebook. Make notes of ull you observe, if it is only a bank of nrimroses. Note the people in the cur- riage; what they are like; what they talk about; how the women are dressed; what books they are reading; ir they look luip not. It is interesting when the country is dull to watch the faces of your fellow travelers and to construct in ceneral terms their future, their pres ent and their past. And in a few years 1 know not whether it is more sad or more delightful to open these old notebooks and to remember when tney were nuea. Walter Besant in Loudon yueen. The Cost of Living Iu Boston. A vounc man in Boston asks for a bill of fare "from Monday noon to Saturday noon, at a cost of 3 or less." This young man must bo a humorist or a stranger in Boston. He can live for 3 for a week on fino, warranted beans, pork in mod eration. Cambridgeport selected crack ers, iced water. In fact this would be extravagance. Dio Lewis lived for a week or two on 2 cents' worth of beans and a cent's worth of vinegar, and we believe he always looked back to this period of his life with a feeling that he had been squandering money and living grossly. One portion of vinegar for t wo would have been enougn ana more man enough. The Imparities of Frosea Water. The Donular idea that water is purified by freezing has lcen disproved by care ful experiments, which show that the average amount of impurity retained by the ice is S4.3 per cent of organic matter and 21.3 per cent of inorganic matter. As organic matter is the more objection able of the two, the case is worse than was formerly supposed. New York Journal. Few Pipe to Be Sera In Spain. The tobacco pipe is never seen in Spain In use among the native, nor are tobac co pipe to be I urchased in any of the shops. Cigars and doretto manufac tured in the government factories in Spain, or imported frvtu Cuba or the Philippines, can alone be procured and are universally smoked by the people. How tu Eat llanana at the Table. Bananas ought never to be peeled en tirely and the skinuod fruit taken in the fingers, Tliis is not nice at all. It is admissible to ieel the fruit gradually, eating it as it is peeled; it Is better, in this case, to nearly sever the mouthful with the fruit kuifo before attempting the bite, as it is never elegant to leave the print of the teeth in any article of food. Very dainty folk, however, object even to this way of eating the fruit, a after ono or two moutlifuls the skin I uugs over the hum! in an uudesirable i.ay. Such prefer to cut tho banana through longitudinally, skin and all, ami then with spoon or fork, preferably the former, take out small portions at a time. Her Point of View in New York Times. Itlde anU Tie. "Ride and tie" is an old Salem saying. Two men would start out on a journey with one horse. Ono would ride a speci fied distance, then, dismounting and ty ing the horse, he would walk on to the next changing place, where he would find the horse tied and waiting for him, having been ridden there by the man who started out afoot And so the whole distance would be traversed, each one riding and walking in turn. The item "Ride and tie and go to Boston" is found in an old account book, at a charge of "four and sixpence." Boston Tran script Entirely Appropriate. It is quite npproprinto tlmt the warm, rich blood should inuutle tho brow of the woman who lias a mar ble forehead. Murble is the proper thincf for mantels. Boston Tran script. DANGKKOUH PREPARATIONS. Ali.cock's PoKon Plaster is composed of purely vegetable Ingredients, and is ab solutely harmless. It assists nature 1h her own efforts to heal aud invigorate, and Im part! strength to the whole system. Manv preparations contain strong chem ical aiid mineral substances, which pro duce an injurious effect not only upon the skin, but upon the whole syst in, although at lirst they seem very lienelicial on ac count of their powerful action and tempo rary effect upon the surface. When purchasing a plaster do not only ask for Allcock's, but make sure that you get it. Bhanhukth's Paw are purely vegetable. Foreigner Are the Zognowskya among your lauded gvntryr American Yes, among our recunity innueu gentry. Tar Oxrhxa for breakfast Hood's!;s;:'Cures "A few year ago my health fulled ma Alter much persuasion I com menced to take Hood's Sarsaparlllo, and sm much improved. From an all run down con. dltion I bavo been re stored to good health' Wr.U.W. Twist. Formerly I weighed US riounds, now 170. Hood's Sursnparllla bas been a grout benefit to me." Ukokus W. Twist, Colon- Wis. a. a. DO sure to get noon s. Hood's PUIS Cure all Liver Ills. 2Fo. Stats- 6Ucta.,and St. 00 per Dottle? Una cent a does. Tins Orjut Corjoa Cobb promptly euro where all others fail. Cough, Croup. Sort Throat, Hoarseneu, Whoopini Cough enr A'thma. For Comumpticn It bas no rival bas cured thousand, and will CUtB roll i taken In fme; Sold by DniifB-lrts on a guar anteo. For a Lame Bai'k or Chst, un SHILOH'3 BELLADONNA PLASlKK.SUo 'HILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY. Tl iivb voo Catarrh ? This remedy Is oruaran. teod tocureyou. Price. Wot. Injector free. The Best I Waterproof ' Coat In the WORLD I L -'.... (n ,.K..H..,.,nrni. The it.,... fiuu in, , xrn si inrrn la w.prnntMl water- iicw 1'OMMKl. SI.Il Ktlt ll a perfect rldltii coat, M cuvors the entire saddle. Bewareof Iraltsllon. Don t IiiiyacMt ir the "run "''.'?. "" ' 'i',"" Iciit'alal.'l.'uenT". A. J. TOWKH. llu.lon, Masl. BakinPojukr Purity dnd Leavenin&Ponfer UNEQUALED. PRFES To Introtlacfl our Powder, ire bare do term tried to dfstrlbnto among tbe consum rs nurabtir of C.ahii BlUZKS. To the person orclnb returning us the. unrest namtR'rof certlilcatesonor before June 1. 1894, we will Rive acaahprlKeoflO0, ana to the next largest, numerous otber prises imaging from fa to 976 IN CASH CLOSSEri DEVERS, PORTLAND, Or. 'August Flower" I had been troubled five months with Dyspepsia. I had a fullness after eating, and a heavy load in the pit of my stomach. Sometimes a deathly sickness would overtake me. I was working for Thomas McHenry, Druggist, Allegheny City, Pa., in whose employ I had been for seven years. I used August Flower for two weeks'. I was relieved of all trouble. I can now eat things I dared not touch before. I have gained twenty pounds since my re covery. J. D. Cox.Allegheny, Pa. 4 r rflii fat li CearaeiixtTea am people wbo bare wee laninor Astb ma. anonld eae Ptso'sCvre for Ooojnmpuoa. II na Unaua. ft ha not Injur ed one. It I not bad iota. ItKUM beeieoockirr. 8oM ererrwlwra. W kia4akUMlii N. P. N. U. So. 8f 9 -8. F. H. U. Ko. W TTi iiTfl aM si UtaTt fl T ntrsl iT n afi a 3 a. ft r,5 9 CAH Of the dUeaw'n In which It U adiipM with the iu,.t ...mi it, iiiy.tHtir'n HioniHi'ii ii iiura. a raiii- lljr inedlplno, romnrvhaiiaive In It m'oim, Iihh iii'Vor U-cii ihriml iiihiii iiiihllcaliriillon III .lint iiiilvurfeHl niitiai'ua lor ImmIIIv llli 1 1lia rliilin, dally srrouiiU'd In llm columns id tliu dully pnwa by the ironrlulor til invillciinw lr Inlt-rlnr In It a" I'-llli-i. hm In a lliiiunninl ins ani'i'a illaKiiali'd the imlillc In advance hy Its ntuttirillli-. Hiitl llm ttroattiM-ita iff ollmr ruilirdlca nl 1 1 1 m-r I , r iiiidltli hiivv Immmi !iiiiidli'ii'd hy lllu pri'iunaioiia in wii-ir wiiriiiirwi i,n-iiw-ui"i,. linvo vnrlilid Ihi'lni't hy the mini trying lut HIH tne a llluru-ail iR-opm snow, wn wiw moj Unit the Hitlers imucaaii llm vlrlno of I Mi'itiu in raai'aol iiiuisrini aim l Ivor niaoriivr. nnmtlluillnti, nvrviiiia, rheiiiiiHllo. alnroui'h and iiiiiliirUI and I Ivor dlaordt'r, rmiaiijwilioil, IIL'rr'Hia, riiviuiiniir, auiii,,,-,, n.i Itldiivy troiihlu. What It doe it dims UiorollKh- ly,aud mainly lor tills rm.im It la llnliir.uu aim ri't'omiiiendtu by boat ol reawctahlu uicdlcul llitr pardon, air; hut can't yon holp me to I'lMiiiiethlii- to pat? I haveauiMi belter llinea," ildtur llmcaf Well, who liaati'tT ' BOW'S Tfllfi! Wa nffi-r One Iliindri-d Iiollnra reward fur any ciiaeof caturrb thai ciimiot be cured by Hall' Catarrh Cure V. J. CHKSKV 4 ('(., IOIU4IU, W. We, the underalmied, have known K. J. Che ney for tho luat llllcen veara, and believe hi in p rfmly honorable In all biialneaa Iruiiaiietlnna and llimni'lully able to curry out any obllKallon made by Ihelr linn. WKKI' it THI'AX, hnlelille llrllltKi'ta, Toledo, O. WAl.IHMI, K1SNAN li MAHVIN, Whiile.nle DriiKulit", Toledo, O. nail a. uinrrii. u,v tnavi, i,,,,, . n. . directly upon the blond and niucoua aurfacea ol tho ayatem. Teatlmoiiiula aent IrtHi. I'rlie, 76 cent. r bottle, sold by all driiitlflal. rjae Kimtnelluo Htove rollih s no dint, nn smell. THE WOMAN WHO WORKS, . 1 .I 111 Slltl is virun, win hum simcial help In Doctor Fierce Favorite Pre scription, l'orfoctly harmless in any condi tion of the female sys tem. It promotes all the natural functions, and builds up, strengthens, rcKubitaa, and euro. If.,,. unvm aiifimach. In confinement, nura- 'i.ktp nuttluira mill nVHre weak, run-down, deli onto woman, it is an In- twnln that's Decullarly odupUxl to their neod. . .. ...... ..., but it' more tnan mni, wo, iv , l I. ... all ,l,a fllllf,f Olinl disturbance, painful disorders, and chronic , alwuul In o fnliudu wensuumiaj ui .."'- ... ;- 1 ... H -. Irt.wl VUkHfullPMl lUlltia. compiamui oi evi-iT , , beuriiia-down sensations, internal iiittiiinma- " . . , . -M .... It 1. bUUH llllu tion, ana mntuixi ninneiiu,, u . to beuelit or cure, you have your money Something elee that pny the dealer iwtter, may be oirered as " Just as good." Perhaps it Is, for him, but It can't be, for you. DR. GUMS ONION SYRUP FOR COUGHS, COLDS AMD CROUP. GRANDMOTHER'S ADVICE. In -alatnee family of nine ehlldra. my only mib. dy for Coughs, Cold a and Croup waa onion ayrup. It lajuataeeireotiroto-aar mm it wm iwf't j - -How my (randohlldmn take Dr. Ounn'a Onion Syrup whioU la already preparod and more uleaaant to tlie taale. Sold eerj-whor. Lama bottlra 60 oama. Xakaoubatllutrilt. Taunt' aotaiaf a e"c. RLOOD POISON a O arfM I TV Primary. Second. r OrBWIHti I I ary or Tertiary Syphilis permanently enrod In 15 toS&daya. Ton canbetroutudathomofortbe same prleo and the same sunfunteeaf with thoae who prefer to como here we will contract to cure them or refund money and pay expense of comlna, railroad (are and hotel bills. If we fail to cure. If you have taken mer cury, iodide potoah, and still bave aches and pnlns, JH ucou"aicneann mouin, Bore -a nroai, llmplea'onper-4'olorel Hpota, Ulcere on any part or the body, Hnlr or Kyrbrow rnlllne out. It Is ihta Urobilins BI.OOD POIHO.N that we guarantee to cure. We solicit the most obetlnme eaiea anil caanenieineworia iur n MMwaeannotcnre. 9.'blsdlReanehuHalwaya bullied the skill of the mnatemlneol phyal- clana. aiHW,ww capital Dcnina our uncouut tlonal guarantee. AbMliitepratfaauntaealedon application. AiMreu COOK KEMEDV CO., HUM lo I'M X MuaoBlo Templet Cblcuge, . SOCIETY BADGES. A. FELDBNHE1M KR, Ieading Jew eler a! the FaclAc Northwest, keeps large Block of all HECRKT SOCIETY BADGES on haud. Best goods at low est figures. Badge made to order. MASQUERADES, PARADES, IYI A iATM H TIIKATHICAI.K. iVvpi-vihhitr In 1 iit Hiinvt Hn 'nitlliiiiM. Wild. HeHiilB, 1' r i .portion, Ojktu hihI Piny Hooka, eto , furnished t.t Kreiitly ro.ucel raten nnd in stipe rior qmillty by theoWlest, larfsl, la'st renowned nnd thereforo only reliable ThetUrivitl Supply llnunf on tln. fttciflc Court. Correspondence so linilml. (ioi.PH-mN A ro.. 2fi. i!8 iiti-l 30 O'Farrelt Htreet, aluo wio Miirket h tree t, Sun Kruno'tico. We HUpi'ly al Theaters on the Oxi, to whom we re- sH.''tiuuy reier. Brooklyn Hotel 208-212 Bush St., San Francisco. This favorite hotel Is under the management of CHAK1.KS MONTGOMERY, and la aagood II not the best Family aud BuRlnus Men's Hotel iu Bull Krauclaeo. Home Comforts! Cuisine Unexcelled 1 Pint-clafw service and the highest standard of respectability guaranteed. Our rotmw cannot bt mrpiUtted (or nealne and enmfort. Board and room per day. fl.25. f 1.50, $1.75 and f-i.OO; board and room per week. $7 to IU; single rooms, 50c io ii. free coacn to ana irom noiei. HARNESS, Saddles, Collars, Whips and Leather. WHOLESALE. Hanif-sn, per net, 97.00. 10,00, f 12.ni), f 15.01; Klegant -tyle, f'JO.oo, fil.OO. Htti)ilen. rawhide covered tr. es, $4.00, tS.OMla! 00. 116.00 p i, fA 00, 440.00, flO.00. Hlo-v lUriiettH, fi.no to fiii.oo. 'iVuiu HurneBH. 120, 926.00, (0 oo, all with the celebrated no wad Home Col Urn Th "Jim Corbrtt' tart N amend, price 12.00, Het Breast rollars Is a '-knock out.' Bri ne, jfoixw, ifiHnKetn, uitn, etc. CflQ DIP VAMICQ In this hue uncqunlpd send Ull DIU IftLUCw a, check or money order with order to W. DAVIS A SON, jtA.NL'KACTL'HKHS, 410 Market Street, Han Francisco, California. MDC WIIICinWC SooTHiNQ llilld. 1III10LUII O SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING raraalekjallUranbu. 1 Oaala a batll. FRAZER AXLE Best in the WorldlA Q T A 0 T Get the CenuinelhKrfliir SoldEverywherelMllLHUL rRANK WOOLS KT.Asent, Portland. Or. THI8 18 THIS TIMB TO order your Bt'MMKB ROLLERS. You want the bkst . that's the only kind we deal In. Then send vour order lor the BEST ROLLERS and INK.- to FALMKB 4 REV TYPE FURY, POBTLAHD, Oa. mmwr WHERE DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES." GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OF SAPOLIO RHEUMATISM CURED BY THE USE OF Moore's Revealed Remedy. Aaron. Omason. January 10. I can Rate with nleucr that by the mm of MOORI 8 REVEALED BUM BUI RHSCMATIbX and my ngeat at Ainu w OLD Y No Trouble to Obtain Tour Favorite Cigarette. A Supply of CAMEO CIGARETTES Will b sent by Mall or Express, charge prepaid, st the following prices : I Pack: (SO ClaaratlM), to eeula. 10 " (100 " ) 0 " H ' (1(0 ) H.IO 60 " (MM " )J.OO Remit by Draft, Tonal Money flnler. I'otal Note or Po'nee Stamp. Thote who wih the gootli sent by ij Registered Mail should remit o cents a extrs. Write your name and sxluress plainly and send to W, Dl'Ki; & SONS CO. Drsaes The American Tobacco Co., tit Iskeajr HI., I'orllaail, Orfffoa. Hilft ITonrirr PILES known ry moiam HA VK '" par. ulraUhji. "' t" ".t w mm wut. wiu-,-1. Thi. form ami JlLlNH. I UU Yll l.n ATOM'S TO DR. B0-SM-K0 5 PILE REMEDY, f whli'tl aota dlrooflr on ran arfwtM, vv . iMphatuinora.allaTHltolJui!.etrooltii nil CO aprnian-iltO'i. rlc' 60u. liniMI.' rJLlmO Biioail. Dr.ano,MiUdlpaia,a, DOCTOR THE GREAT CURE -FOR- INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION. -A Regulator of the Liverand Kidneys A HrECIKIC FOll- Scrofula, Rheumatism, Salt Rhsum, Neuralgia And Ail Otber Blood and Skin Diseases. It Is a positive cure for all those painful, ilt'li CHte coniplnlnU and compllditnil Iroul lvn mid wi'iikutuiHt'Ki'ouinion among- our wives, mothers and daiiKtiterH. The effect Is immediate mid InsHlm. Two or three doses of Im. I'akio'.k'k Kkmkuv tnken daily keeps the blood cool, the liver and kidneys act ive, mid will entirely eradicate Irom the ayalem ill traceiof serolulii, Salt Itheiim, or any other form ot blood dlaeiiae. No medicine over Introduced In this country has met with Mich ready side, nor eiven mien universal aHtinfiictinn whenever tiacd as that tif IIK. I'AKI.KK'H HKMKI'Y. Tills remeilv has been ll'rd In the lintpltsls throughout the old world for the past iwcnty llve years as a npeclllc for the above dlaensen. and It ha mid will curetvheu nllotlicriso-citllcd remedies full. Send for pamphlet of lestltnoiiiuls from thoo who have been cured by lt uc. UniKRisls noil it at 11.00 per bottle. Try ll and be convinced. For stile by MACK & CO., S and II Front St.. San Francisco. Bladder, Urinary ami Mvor DUeaacs Dropsy, Uravel and Ulalietca are cured by HUNT'S REMEDY n TlniYinrtTT MI S ItHlM KIDNEY,"!5 THE BEST KIDNEY f AND LIVER MEDICINE. ,: HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Bright's Plucnse, Retention or Non re tention ol I'rine, l'aius in the Back, Loins or Side. HUNT'S REMEDY Curea Intemperance, Nervous Diseases, General Debility, Female Weakness and Kxcesttes. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Bllinusiiens, Headache, Jaundice. Sour Stomach, Dyspepsia, Constipation nnd I'iles. HUNT'S REMEDY AC I AT OWE on the Kidney, Liver mid Bawrla, restoring- them to a henlthy ac tion, and t'l HI'.Nwhen all other medicines (all. Hundreds have been saved who have been given up to die by friends and physicians. 801.D HV A 1. 1, llHI'CiHIS.'tl. Hercules Gas Engine (OAS OB GASOLINE) MM for Powsr or Pumping Purposes. Tbs Chsapnt Reliable Oaa Xoflas ou UuataiaM. Out or Exam an Pump. Vr glsnpllclty It Beat ths World. It oils) lUelf from a Keaerrolr, Ko Carburetor to get oat of ardor. Ko Batteries or Eloetrla 8 park. It rasa with a Cheaper Grade of Oaaolln than as einer Juislna. ana roa catalooub to PALMER & REY. MAKUFACTuria, 411 Sinm itml.Su FraeniU. fORTLAKD. OREGON. my hnsbaad warelieea from inoM eve ot bur cured endrelyof UELA.MMATORY RBETJ. 1 QOQia get aia Ol no swJ- luutiiu rrauoiae. mss. . v. ettujL rovm DRVMUT. era i. r I i I c