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I University Your committee have made a very careful exami nation of the ROYAL BAKING POWDER, and are satisfied that it fulfils all the requirements which the public can make of a baking powder. For purity and care in preparation it equals any in the market, and Our test shows that it has greater leavening power than any other of which we have any knowledge. lof, Chemistry, University of Californiat and Slate Analyst. Frof. Cltemistry, College riiarmacy of the University of California. - r All other baking powders contain cither alum or ammonia, Th luburn Love of Distinction. Man in but n child of a larger Krow th, n child that bna not out lived its fondness fur toys and uewjrnws. Hence it Is that the av erage man baa an irrepressible IoiikIiik for some badge of distinction, nr more properly peaking, some (list Ini tlvc badxe. Any outward and visible sign or luo dif ference which nepnrnteii a man from tliu common herd duelled upon with avidity and worn with prido and satisfaction, whether It bo the legend "Conductor," or certain numeral which serve primarily to distinguish him from the other employ ers of a coiporatinn, or the hackman'i badge, or tbe emblem of some secret frater nity, or the garb of a policeman, letter cur rier, messenger boy or what not in any and every case It U the Hume, The man present a token that removes hlrn from the commonplace, or so lie feels, and raises blui to eminence. It Is becniiHo of this feeling or instinct which is ImplnnUd in the human breast that men take no kindly to the uniform of the soldier or the Kimcrack millinery of tbe secret society. To it must be ascribed the rage for parading the streets at night, half suffocated by the fumes of 111 smelling kerosene and for marching over the pave ments In the daytime in Haunting feathers and white gloves three sizes bigger than the hands they envelop and emphasize. Boston Transcript. Disposing of a Claimant. An Englishman who wag present at the Tlohborue trial gives an amusing account of the way In which Arthur Urton, the "WappliiK butcher," was nonplused by Mr. Hawkins, counsel for young Sir Alfreil Tlohborue. Mr. Hawkins, leaning back against the bench and looking over his eye glasses at tbe portly claimant, said to him, "You, of course, having been brought tip on the Tichborue estate, renicmlicr the lit tle village of Owlsbitry on the cstuter" Mr. Hawkins pronounced the name of the town as it bus always been pronounced ,y the people of that country as if it were spelled "ll'issclberry." "Now," be continued, "will you kindly spell tbe numo of that little town with which you ure so familiar r" The claimant Without a moment's hesitation spelled it exactly as It Is pronounced, "Would you be surprised to hear," asked Mr. Hawkins quietly, that It is spelled U-w-ls-b-ti-r-y, and that everybody within miles of 'J ten borne House Is aware of that fact " Tlio claimant, who bad been surprised so of t t-n that he bad become callous, simply nodded bis head. New York tribune. Captain Miles Hlmidlsh's Hook. In tho whole lot of 41X1,000 volumes in the old book store of the late T. O. II. P. Hum ham of Boston, there Is one which will in terest collectors greatly. This volume, which the owners hold for the modest price of C9,00U, was published in Loudon in H,'-'l and bears for its title: "The Passions of t he Mlnde In Generall; In sixo bookescorrected, enlarged and with sundry new discourses augmented. By Thomas Wright." It is not tbe book itself, however, but Its former ownership that gives it highest value, for once upon a time this work belonged to the valiant Captain Miles Standisli, forming one of the very few works which his libra ry contained. So far as Is known, this Is the only book from that library now in ex istence. On the outside it bears tho auto graph of Captain Htandish, and on the in side is written in bold letters, "Myles Staml lsh his booke 10'JO. "-Chicago Herald. Disrorered linked Hllun. A Limerick tobacconist of t ho name of Lundyfoot, doing a comparatively small trade, was unfortunate enough to have his stabllshinent destroyed by lire. On visit ing the ruins tho next day be saw some of his poor neigh bora among the debris gath ering the half baked simll from tho canis ters which had not been entirely destroyed by tho fire. He tasted what he considered the worthless article, and to his surprise, found that the heat from t he lire had added pungency and aroma to tho snuff. Profit ing by the discovery, t ho shrewd Irishman at once set aliout baking his snulT in ovens, and the fame of the "lllaekyard snuff'' was established and nu immense fortune aoon made by Lundyfoot, founded upon a mere accident nud growing out a misfor tune. Boston Herald. BakindPoJuer Purity arid Leavening PoWer UNEQUALED. QAH PRFES Tolntrodoes onr Powder, we have ds rauMatodlsUllmtoamong the ennsunj. rs aBamber or Cakii PitiZKo. To 5SS '"'"rtincstBSonor before J l, i J??l",wl1",TaeMhprlworloo,n.l OOSSET A DEVERS, PORTLAND, Or. flSH TsllTnU V.itlimfUkest WATERPROOF COAT &7 in the World I ' A. 1 TOWER. BOSTON. MASS. 2. P. N. U. No. 610-8. F. N. U. No. 5n7 of California. -J -I -I r - -I 4' -t Hi -J -t -' Kxplnrara Who NeTr Keturneil. The discoverers of theCariboo gold fields In British Columbia, from which dust and nugget worth i!O,ou0,0U0 have been taken, ire unknown. Thomas Seward, a fruit grower, living near Lytton, relates a story of bow be Just missed being one of the dis coverers and of the probable fate of the discoverers. He had the gold fever in 1on don, and be went to British Columbia In lK.Vi. As one of a party of prospectors be reached Point Huberts after a perilous sail in a dugout across the gulf, where a canoe was loaded with sunicleut provlsons for a long stay in the newly discovered country. They went up the Fraser river to Yale, and on to the head of navigation on' the liillcvet river. Then they carried the, pro visions forty miles to Dig liar. While they were prospecting one day three men with a canoe went up the stream. Due, was drawing a canoe by a rope, the secondwas fending it oil from the rocks and the third was steering. They were on the opposite side and did not stop. lliey were the original discoverers of Carilioo. After passing Seward's camp they went to Kort Alexander, where they learned from Indians that gold might la) found in the river known now ns Quesnello, They went up to the forks of the Oiiesnelle, left their canoes and entered the Cariboo count ry. No trace of them has ever licen found, but the news of a big strike there reached the const ulmutsix weeks after they bad entered. A few days after the three men bad passed by Seward quit the camp because the. dirt (lid not pay, and returned to Victoria. It Is lielleved that the discoverers were killed by Indians soon nfter they had reached the fields. New York Sun. Trimming Kvergreens. It Is not generally kuowu that coniferous trees, and Norway spruces especially, may he made to til row extra vigor into the lower branches and assumes a dense mass of healthy verduiv of a natural character by simply taking out the leading shoot and training up one of the side branches to occupy tbe position us a leader. hen this is done no further trimming or shear ing of any kind Is required to produce the dense mass of vigorous green lower shoots so desirable. In cutting back this leader it Is best not to take it wholly out the first year; but to leave u portion of It standing as a stump, jo tlds stump then the lateral branch Is tied the lateral branch which Is to take the place of the leading shoot fin ally. ibis lateral branch is tied up to the stump and so remains for a few months or the first of the year, when the stump Is cutaway closo to its base. Hut it soon heals over and the lateral shoot then re mains erect, and forms the ultimate lead ing shoot. This check is all that Is re quired to force the vital power into the lower sulu branches. An actual test with knife and string will explain more partic ularly bow this is done. Not only the Norway spruce, but all pines and firs can be treated in t ho same way, and the result of this simple treatment Is specimens of beauty, which could hardly lie appreciated by those who have had no experience with such work. Median's Monthly. A Comedian's First Appearance. Jlmmlu Powers always tells funny Stories, so he is right in line when he tells funny one about his first appearance. The play was "Buckshot Nell" ami was chuck full of blood and thunder. It was produced at Aberle's theater in this city In 1878. Powers played a juvenile part, and ho was frightened half to death. 4 'Stand back, Phil Kennington, you shall not harm a hair of her head,' were my first lines," said the comedian, "to which the villain replies, 'Who and what is this wom an to your' I lost track of what I was do ing for the moment and answered, She Is Mary Dalton, my fiancee.' 'Nix, cull,' said the leading man in an aside, 'you've got 'em mixed. J but s the soubretto s name.' " "I had nothing hut trouble the llrst night, One-half of my mustache came olT, and I was obliged to finish the net with n goatee on my upper lip. No one who knows me remembers that I ever threw anything straight in my life. In one of the scenes in the play I am protecting tho heroine from the villain. As the latter comes forward J pick up the bottle from the table and say. Stand back, 1 say, or I will kill you as l dash this bottle against yonder wall.' threw the bot t le with all my force. H missed ho wall by nboiit a mile and struck one of the supers standing in the wing. He dropped as if ho had Is'en shot. Tho blow laid him up for four weeks, and out of my princely salary of f 14 a week I was compelled to pay hltnfrl a week during bis illness or take the chances of going to jail." New York World. llow to lleuiove Ktones From Land. Large rocks should be heated by burning a quantity of brush on each one, and then with a good heavy sledge and steel wedges most of them can he split into fragment.' hat can be hauled oil upon tbe drag. Medium sized rocks may be gotten out by digging round them, fastening a log chain upon the lower side mid attaching the team. Lut the horses start slowly, and with a little eflort t lie Mono may Iki pulled out at the second or third pull. A good way to get rid of stones Is to bury them, but bury t hvni dis-p not less than three feet from the surface -as they will be cer tain to work up to the top in a few years, when the work has to bo done over again at considerable cost. Baltimore American. A N'out lU'lort. A merchant put a sign of "Hoy Wanted" in his window. The tirst applicant w a an overgrown youth whu inquired if he would do. "No, you are lis) large. I want a cheap boy to run errands." "I see," answered the youth, "you want a little one for a sent." The merchant w as o pleaded with his wit that be gave him the place. Detroit Free Press. An Original Wedding (lift. A novel and delightful wedding gift was one received by a very recent bride. An oblong box covered with gold plush, upon beiug opened revealed a satin lined interior of the same rich hue fitted with tiny com partments. In everyone lay ashiuiug gold coin, of every denomination from oue dol lar ranging upward to the largest coin, the whole aggregating nearly tluo. Xew Ytirk Times. A WOMAN HORSE DEALER. Kiss Kitty Wilkins Una a Trartlea! Kiiom Icilite of Mock liaising. A "lady liorso denier" is a novelty which Idaho, though very young in statehood, has given to tho Union. The name of this young lady with the some what paradoxical titlu is Miss Kitty C. Wilkins, a tall ami graceful blond, re fined and ladylike in manner and very frank and pleasing in address. Ami it may be said just beru that Miss Wilkins la not merely an amateur horse dealer, or a horse dealer in name, with some body else to transact tho business for her, or advise her how to transact it. Quite the contrary, She not only con ducts the business for herself mid wholly upon her own responsibility, hut her transactions are on u large scale. She sells horses by tho carload if she can se cure what she thinks they are worth, and failing to do so she will laud her stock and sell them out in lots of one, two or three, to suit tho purchaser. Besides being a fluent and agreeable talker, Miss Wilkins lias n thorough knowledge of her business. There are few experts hi this country who huvo a quicker eye to detect unsoundness, a blemish or a faulty conformation, and of courso she is equally quick to dis cover real merit in a good liorso regard less of defective condition or other causes which might serve to conceal his real merits from a superficial observer. Miss Wilkins is associated with her fathers and brothers in the proprietor ship of one of the finest liorso and cattle ranches in Idaho. They hnd left on tho range, utter tins season s sale of animals had been rounded out of the herds, 2,500 horses and about 1,500 cuttle. The horses have none of the mustang, broncho or cuyuse blood in them. They are bred from American mares originally brought from the older states and crossed with Clydosdnle, Percheron and trotting stallions, the latter being of the Mam- brinound Hambletonian branches of the great Messenger family, with a fair sprinkling of Morgans among them. The father and brother manage the ranch and Miss Kitty attends to the shipping and sale of the horses. To judge from the horses Miss Wilkins lias ut the Southern stubles here, the horses produced on this Idaho ranch must be far above the average of range horses. They stand chiefly between fifteen and sixteen hands three inches in height and weigh from 1)00 to 1,200 pounds. They are shown and sold in the rough, as not one of them had ever tasted liny or grain till the lot was rounded up for shipment. They' vary very considerably in con formation and outline, the heavier ones showing the draft horse characteristics, while the lighter ones show the outline and style of tho trotter all over. Miss Wilkins has been selling horses for tho ranch for six years, and during that time she has visited most of the western cities, where she has been very successful in disposing of her horses ut reasonably good prices. New Orleans Times-Democrat. An Idea In Garments. A sealskin is really a most expensive property, for tho smallest alteration in volves un outlay of dollars, and fashion evinces her usual lofty couUmpt tor pecuniary considerations when she ordains such constant novelty in its manipulation. One moment she com mands a larger sleeve, another a longer basque, today a tight titling coat, to morrow a loose round wipe, nud all in the most arbitrary manner, as if furs ivi ro as easy to procure and handle as cloth, mid as if sealskin were the most amenable of its kind. Poor Diana barkened to all my elegant proposals of sable facings uud sleeves and brocaded linings before sho had the courage to confide in mo that impecuui- osity for tho time being had marked her for its own, and it was an economical suggestion she was seeking. This of course involved a cont of another cali ber, and we ultimately decided that her old jacket should form huge sleeves, a tight vest and a pointed plastron down to the waist at the back, and that from the shoulders, hanging in loose plaits, should be nn overimintle of tun brown faced cloth, lined with plaid silk. This style appealed to her so irresistibly that when rortuuutus is once again presiding over her purse she proposes to have an ' opera cloak madu on the same lines. The full Bleeves and vest are to be of black brocade, with palo colored flowers upon it, und the loose plaits are to be biscuit colored beiigaline, while around the throat uud edging the front is to be a narrow trimming of natural tinted emu feathers. This ought to be rather pretty, and as it shows such pov erty of idea for one woman to have two garments fashioned in exactly the same way, I am seriously considering whether it would not be a kindly act on my part to adopt the notion for myself and save her from the possible imputation of be ing unimaginative. New York Herald. The Henson of Sore Throats. The family physician mentioned in n hurried way that he bad "a good many coses of toiisilitis anil sore throat on hand," and lie added a quick piece of advice "to be careful," and that this is "just the time of the year," and "don't sit iu drafts." Although severe cases of toiisilitis ar looked upon by many phy sicians as evidences of a run down condi tion of the system and perhaps the result of exposure to injurious sanitary condi tions, a simple sore throat may yield to home treatment if the gargles are ac companied by rest und careful diet for a day or two. It is said that in some city hospitals almost the only gargle used for sore thront U hot fait water. An excellent unvgle is mado of haui mamelis, or witch hazel, glyceric and water, with the proportions of three teu poonfuls of water, two of witch hazol and one of glycerin. A gargle of hot water is useful iu allaying inflammation. For diphtheritic throats, flower of sul phur, dissolved in whisky and water, is often efficacious. There are other reme dies which jibyMcians use, but the sim ple home gargles may be so useful that it will not lie found necessary to sum mon a physician. Iu cases of sore throat the taking of milk iu large quantities is recommended. A milk diet is always safe. The milk may be heated over the g;is on small heaters sold for the pur pose, anil if taken in small quantities once in two hours is more strengthening than taken at longer intervals iii larger meas ure. Boston Journal. A llrlile Who Wilt ll Millions. Miss Harriet Pullman, daughter of the iialace car bnilder, who is to lie mar ried in tho spring, is as Well known in New ork, Pans and Loudon as she is in Chicago, for she divides her time be tween the three cities. In appearance she is tall, anperbly formed, a typical American girl, independent, dashing. straight and strong. She is u d exac tly beantiful, but .lie has rather au Intel- I lectual face, Sim Is a liuguint, a must ciau, something of an artist ami si mien t of the drama. She dresses with raru good taste. 1 saw her once in a bank er's ofllce in Paris, where sho had come with a letter of credit. The hank clerk eyed her for n moment carefully, exam ined her letter of credit and then timid ly inquired, "How will you huvo ill" "In bills," was the quick response. "How much do you waul?" "All of it." "But it's for $."i,000l" "I know it. 1 need it all. I have to pay my French dressmakers and mil liners tomorrow, before I return to America." The clerk uliuost had a fit, but lie handed tho young lady the money, and she swept out of the ofllce. Some day she will bo worth a good many millions. Her husband that is to bo is wealthy too. Her wedding will be a great event. Her sister Florence is said to be engaged to be married to a newspaper writer of this city. Foster Con tea in New York Mail and Express. Women's Wages. "It makes me tired to hear so much about higher wages for men and to see women getting paid precisely the same as they received twenty-five years ago," said an Alleghany housekeeper the other day. "Nearly every trade in which men havo control and lira employed has seen a gradual but great increase since the war. Witli women it indifferent. Twen ty years ago a woman w ho cume to my houso for a day's work got a dollar that's what she gets today. Twenty years ago I paid my cook three dollars a week; I pay another girl the same wages for the same work today. Asjar as I know, the scale of wages lor women in the lines which they monopolize is exactly what it was a generation ago. "I don't complain, beciiuso I am nn employer. Perhaps it is just; perhaps women were worth so much in 1WI0 and exactly the samo in 1H00 in certain lines of work. But if this is so doesn't it seem singular that men's wages should all have advanced in the sainu time, mid ad vanced us much as 100, and even 2h0aud 800 per cent, in some cases? I know that all men's wages have not grown in this way, but there are enough to make a pretty strong contrast. I fell to think ing of it when my husband was talking to me the other day about the compara tive valuo of men's and women's work, and issrliups somo prof minder student of economics can give me nn explanation of the phenomenon." Pittsburg Dispatch. Dress lteform We need not jump to extremes. Min ervas do not spring forth full armored nowadays, not even from the heads of the Joves, as witness the dentist who be moaned to mo bis stiff linen cuffs, which hindered the free play of his muscles. Don't follow the fashions, and they will follow you. I always wear full gathered, light weight skirts, and us surely us the seasons come round, sooner or later such skirts "are worn," und lot I am the fushiou. 1 wear comfortable blouse waists in which I can breathe, and again and again does fashion adopt this style, and the stone that the builder rejected becomes the head of the corner. I can walk in my short skirts and breathe through my 20-inch waist, yet so far as I am aware I am not "talked about," and never go into the papers un less I walk in. I venture to say none of you have ever seen me on the streets, have you? Yet I wall; many a mile in my easy shoes. Don't think I urn set ting myself up ns a pattern heaven for bid. Don't follow me don't follow any body; follow yourselves, and see how easy n path it is. Springfield Republican. Cards for Young Wliiuen. Young unmarried womeu no longer use visiting cards of the same shape or size as those the matrons have engraved. Iu place of exact squares or elongated bits of pasteboard they have adopted a stylo a trifle broader than long, with the name in old English script, exactly in the center. 1 Ins curd is extremely pret ty, has a distinctive look, and is girlish, chic and simple. Older women preserve the conventional size, but it is noted that heavier strokes are employed in the engraving than were formerly seen, the old mode being readily distinguished by its faint hair lines. Card etiquette should be carefully studied by those who assume to live in tlie world, such seem ing trivialities being the real foundation fif ceremonious intercourse, and, if nov ices only knew it, saving a vast deal of effort, and explanation. Pittsburg Leader. rliieugi Women Who KrglMtered. Chicago men manifested most sincere interest in the recent, registration of the women, nud encouraged the work in every way. Husbands constituted them selves the political instructors of the wives and Insisted that the wives should exercise the rights conferred upon them. Fathers uud brothers accompanied the women to the places of registration, and un eminent jmU; took his invalid wife in a carriage because she was unable to walk. No epidemic of domestic discussion seems to have swept over the city be cause the women have been devoting their energies to ascertaining their pre rogative under tin-election laws. Dinners have been as well cooked and served, babies nursed with the same solicitude and even the shopping district reports io great financial disasters, now that the women have added the rights of the cit izen to those of womanhood, wifehood and motherhood. Chicago Letter. I'iii'Im Are F.xjieiiftive. The niuiilier of women affecting short curly hair on Broadway during the past season may or may not have attracted particular attention, but thecurly haired crowd certainly attracted money to the pockets of the hairdresser. There are many ladies whose professional occupa tion requires short hair, and it is desira ble to make what they have ns attractive us possible. A clever young soubretto tells me that her pret I v curls cost her four or live dollars a week. A good hair dresser gets seventy-live cents for a com plete job. Sometime lie must perform the operation nt tlie resilience of his cus tomer, and iu that case it comes still higher. There are curls that have a natural tendency to remain curlt;d, and these have to lie treated professionally but once or twice a week. But a good many curly beads straighten out over night uuil must go through artistic hands every day their owners desire to apisi-ar on Broadway. It costs money to lx a pretty woman, ami if the particular pretty woman happens to run to short curly hair and lee cream she is doubly expensive. Arw York Herald. New Toilets for Weddings. Some rather pronounced French color combinations are noticed among new toilets prepared for weddings and other ceremonial occasions. Many of these have an extremely stylish and eleirant effect Much deeiiils nKiri the skill of the dressmaker in ili-coverm;; the par ticular sli;nk:' of iviitrasiiiiji color that can tie comliiueil to brtnir out successful results. Amoiiir u. superlatively ele gant model sent from I'aris are toilets of mahogany hue 1 velvet with glimpses of white and i;ol,l brocade, shot with pink; chestnut brown Velvet, with revere of gold paskeiiieylerlii In Venetian point patterns, dolled with mock gems; ball dresses of ruby velvet, frilled Willi pule pink embroidered chiffon, and Havana velvet, with sleeves and chemisette, a la Veronese, made of red, Roman blue and gold brocade. L'Art do la Mode, Donned M.ilo Atllre fnra Worthy Purpose. An Italian joined a gang of railway workers in Pennsylvania last slimmer, and soon discovered that among them was the daughter of nn old neighbor of his in Italy, Shu explained that she could earn more in such employment than its a domestic and had therefore adopted masculine attire. She said her great desire was to earn enough to bring tier parents to America, and that she hud saved iilsmt miflicicnt for thu pur pose. She then wefit to the contractor and told him her story, offering to quit work if he objected to her on account of her wearing man's "uttiro or on any other account. Ho told her to keep on. She is twenty-two yearn of age. She lives alone in a cabin. Housekeeper. Htuily and liiNMiilty. Dr. Helen Drtiskovitch, the first worn, an in Austria to follow a course or philosophical study at the university, has fallen a victim to insanity from overwork, and lias been removed to an asylum. She is a woman of but thirty four now, but she has taken her degree at Zurich and written many books of note. What u delicious tidbit for the optiosers of woman's higher education How they will smack their lips over it and forget how large n proportion of in sane patients uro wives who never have time to open a book, except, perhaps, the Biblo on Sunday. Lxchange. A charming material out of which to make evening dresses for home wear is what is culled canton creiie. Although of cotton it has quite the wrinkled effect of crew de chine, and it comes in such delicious colors that one cannot but re joice that it is only fifteen cents a yard which makes n gown of it no extrava gance. A silk petticoat shakes the dust and is light to travel iu. Comfortable shoes, not too new, chamois or Biarritz gloves of yellow or tan, a straw toque or felt sailor or English walking hut simply trimmed with wings and satin ribbons are other adjuncts to the costume for traveling. An American woman, now in Eng land, who met Nellie Cirant recently, says of her: "She has changed very little since I saw her a girl in the White House. She has the same Frenchy, piquant beauty, always affable and pleus uut to every one." It is considered very bud fortune for a bride to make her own wedding cake or to have anything to do with it, and strange as it may seem it bus been ob served over and over ugain in unhappy marriages that the bride had stirred the wedding cuke. A lady in Santa Cruz, Cul., hud on a nice new bonnet, the trimmings of which were oats and clover blossoms. They looked so natural that a horse, uear which she wus standing, ate the hut, trimmings and nil. A scheme to found ft women's press club in London has been found imprac ticable. From its ashes, however, u pro posed writing women's club seems to stand a good chance to succeed. Trays for sealing letters have nn edge like n crimped rtifile. These hold a cradle for the seal, a receptacle for the stick of wax, a tiny lamp and a mucilage pot. Ono Way of Sewing. John II. Curtis, of Butte, Moil., tells this story of the early days in that city: "The first meal I ate in the place was at a res taurant where they charged sixteen dol lars a week for board. The waiter was a half breed Mexican. He came into the room with a big revolver and a bow ie knife buckled around him. In one hand he car ried a coffeepot nnd in the other a teapot. When he reached the door he shouted, 'Cups up!' meaning those wdio wanted tea or coffee should turn up their cups, which were placed on the table tops down in or der to keep out the ants. "One chap, a new man, culled out, 'Wait er, please bring me some meat.' Tho waiter put dowu his coffee and tea, and, hauling out his revolver, sho ited, 'What infernal idiot's callin for somethin oiit'u his turn' A tragedy was averted by the now man jumping out of a window." Sun Francisco Argonaut. Honey suckle- Superstition. One of the popular superstitions of the negro of antebellum days was that if a honeysuckle had forced its way through the chinks of the cabin und was growing Inside, as it often did, it was u sure indica tion that they had not led upright lives. "W'y, bress your soul, mis," said Uncle Kdinund, once a servant in tlie famous Oglethorpe family of Georgia, "I war foolin mas'r an leudin myself to tlie tlebil w'en dat dar t'iug crep' in; dem blooms ain't sweet to me! Hittah'r dan dat apple old Eve gabe to Adam. Go way, lioneysuck'!" American Notes and Queries. A Shower of Snot. On Nov. 9, 18111, the city of Montreal was suddenly enveloped in darkness and rain as black as ink begun to full. Some of the liquid collected nnd forwarded to New Y'ork for analysis was discovered to owe its inky hue entirely to soot. The explana tion of it was that there hud previously been Immense forest tires south of the Ohio river, the season being remarkably dry, and the sooty particles from the con llugrutinn had been conveyed by strong winds northward, so as to mingle with tlie rain when it fell. ashingtou Star. Wants Carliolio Acid Every Time. Of nil the cranks that infest this city one uf the oddest is a little old man who slops every nlfht or two ut the iloor of the Chamber. Street lioxpital. If nn attendant is on the spot to warn hint oil he enters nnd timidly says to whoever is at the desk, "Please (jive nic some carbolic acid." Get out!" is the usual salutation he re- receives, and if he doesn't move quickly he hears a scamperm?; of feet In his direction. Tlie next ninht lie is around nuiu fi irbolic acid." New York Herald. A SniiiiiMinbutlst's Inventiou. A Dundee (X. Y.) man, who is addicted to somnambulism, haM constructed an in Kenioua contrivance for his own safety when exiKTiencinu it. He has placed a treadmill beside his bed where he will step on it the minute he gets up. lie can then walk in his steep all night without beiug iu danger nf tuinblintf down a well or oil a roof. Exchaune. It haa been estimated that if every man Would forck.',) the two useless buttons on tlie back of his coat, tiiere would lie a sav ing of millions of dollars. The fact is, thatthe fashion of putting on those two useiess buttons giveaemployuieut to many workmen. Authorities of a century or two ago say that at Halloween the pixies, the sprites and the witches emerged from their hiding places and played queer pranks with hu manity. Nowaday, the small boys play the pranks. Idaho has a river whose tirce is a mys tery. It dows out of a lake in an immense volume and at one point is ; f.-et deep. Where ail the water comes from is some thing no one can tell. Did yon know that the cold tea left over iter nieal was a m,-4 excellent addition to TourviueKHJ- barrel? Try it. Itnotouly aul.la til roup stnrw hut ml.trm mtA n...- tbt Tineuar. MY riCTUocj. "F.,illlk,:" I'm ul.i'l Hint )iu libs Ihem. "The wonderful urtU!" I'likuowu Or, at leitsl, ant given dne credit Fur all Hint on en ,r (l,,n There's a ilelleslH Inning in this one, Those Burrul slid gra llnls srs Hue, Where lite incmlims wt, up on the hllMde la that waving mil IimmxI line. "The IliiineslesiU" Yes, Hist hit Is priceless. llow lliehollylMN-ks seem toswny From lis liming wealth nf agardeu lu thu In-cry nf a ehililliisHl's day! And the warm, glad lints of tho sunshine Heein to lluht up lls lliiiu worn gray. And Illiiiuliie liiu Hiiiiliinl luiili Hint leads To Die well sweep over I lie way. "Insplrlier, Indeed!" Hee the mmiutuius lake iricl in the dliutieu liluel As lienrlugour ItiglieM ilniuidils with them, They enter Minn unseen shrine. "My collection would chulteugethe critics" Ah, where Is llie erllle mi tnMl My pieturesaru nil nlsive cuiiMtro, They are framed h n window suMi. Kilhli l'i rry-IXo In YoiPli's ('iiiupaulon The Hi-hIiis of the Warship. The responsibility of the warship's cap tain Is greater now Hum ever. On his Judgment ami experience depend tho safety of his craft and the lives of the crew, and one mistaken move on his part may cause the destruction of t he vessel mid give the victory to the enemy. His post Is one of great danger; all hough protected by the heavy walls of I lie conning tower, from whence he directs the course of the com bat, it is exposed, from its very position forward on the deck, to the enemy's lire, nud culm and determined indeed must 1m the courage of the man who in such a hell of fire and devastation can coolly watch the foe and communicate his commands to his subordinate at the gnus or in the bowels of the ship. A touch of the button of one of the row of electric hells gives the order to fire gun or toriH-do, or ierforui somo maneuver or evolution, ready hands at I lie annunciators telegraph his orders to the engine room. while w ith wonl or gesture he directs the course of the ship, and the steam steering wheel revolves to port or starboard In the hands of the well trained quartermaster. In the wild storm of battle, here iu the conning tower the ml ml that governs all bus Its place; and for weal or woe, for life or deatli, for victory or defeat, the thought that flashes over the wires, even to tho ut termost parts of Hie vensel, Is born here where lie the brains of the ship. Harper's Weekly. King Alfonso XII Still Unhurled. I wonder how many people there are who are aware of the ut range fact that the late King Alfonso of Spain, who died six years ago, is still unliiirleil nun awaiting Ills final interment ill the tomb which hits been prepared for his corpse, clothed only in u thin linen garment. The dead king lies on a slab of rock near a running spring of water in a cavern in the side of the mountain on the slope of which the grand old Ksciirial is built. There he will remain until his body has attained all the peculiar properties of a mummy, and then only will the ghastly object Ihj placed In its niche iu that marvelous jasper vault under the great dome of the Ksciirial church, w here only the remains of Span ish kings and of the mothers uf kings are allowed to lie. Some boilies, notably that of Queen Isa bella's fat her, remained on tlie rock table for twenty and twenty-live years before they were iu lit conilii ion to be transferred to tho vault. Tho name of this weird cavern is tlie "I'udrido," a name which is also misapplied to I he vaults containing the bodies of the infants uud the infantas. New York Recorder. Welcome to Hood's We sny at our house, be cause of too good It has done mo. Ho one knows tho intense misery I en dured for 20 years with dyspepsia. No prescrip tions seemed to help mo and I had greut preju dice turalust proprietary medicines. But being strongly urged to try Hood's Sarsiiimrllls, I did so. I am nowusln my fourth bottlo, and feel better than I havo in twenty years, and Hood'sCurcs consider myself cured." Frank t!. Stiiaht, Marshall. Mich. . Cet Only HOOD'S. Hood's Pills euro liver ills, sick headache. 2.V!ta- W lets., and 8 1.00 per Itottle, Oue cent a dose. This Great Coron Cum promptly cure wnere an omere iau, i;ougns( iroup. ooro Throat, Hoarseness, Whoopinf Cough and Asthma. For Consuoipticn It Din no rivul: hvj cured thousands, and will CO KB TOO It taken In time. Sold by Druggists on a guar, antee. For ft Lame Rack or Chest use SKILOH'8 BELLADONNA PLASTERJ&O. HIL0H'S .CATARRH 'remedy: ave vou (Juturrh 't This remedy lsniaran toed tu cure you. Price, 6UcU. Injector free. "German Syrup" Boschee's German Syrup is more successlul in the treatment ot Con sumption than any other remedy prescribed. It has been tried under every variety of climate. In the bleak, bitter North, in damp New England, in the fickle Middle btates, in the hot, moist South every where. It has been iu demand by every nationality. It has been em ployed in every stage of Consump tion. In brief it has been used by millions and its the only true and reliable Consumption Remedy. (t WIFT'S SPECIFIC FOR renovating the entire system, eliminating all Poisons from the Blood, whether of scrofulous or malarial origin, this prep aration has no equal. . , 4 "Wll "Fur eightein mcnths I k.ij an eating sort on my tongue. a aj treated ty btst total fhysicians. tut obtained no relief; Ike sore frau'ualy gran vvrse. I finally took S. S. and u-as entirely cured after using a few bottles." C. B. McLf.mure, Henderson, Tex. TREATISE on Blscd andSkia Diseases mailed free. THsbwiFT SrEclFlCCo, Atlanta, G ITC'iitrr'j rn,r imwi br noi.it YOU GOT bra r-n. T-:. f r-i n.M BLJNIV KLEULNJ or eiiol iiUULNO f iii J Turn ATOTFT M. B0 SAN-K0 S rtLE REMEDY, Wli 1 . d rr-'r on rrr TetM. Pwn's Rrtneily Ihr OttarTti is tke mmm vi fr-"s n u jt rtra fr m m dniiEXN or trot ty nu!l, fr . BL T BAM Wvm, P SWISHING Alt(llNI) TUK llltlLK (if the ilUenses In which It Is aduptcil Willi Hie hcil remdis. Hosteller's Hiouiueh lllliurs, s fsui ily iiuulirliic, coiiiiirclitiiiRive In Its scium, Iiss never been thriM iiimiu imiIiIIc slleiiiinu lu i In- kuImi of iiuivurmd piiiisees for bodily ills. 1 1lls elniiu, ilslly Hrioiniei lu llie columns of Hid iliilly lire by llie linuirlelorn nl lueilleiue Isr Inlvrlor In II us is-eliles. hss In s UioumiihI Ins Niiees ilikirilxleil Hie imtilic ill uilvmice. hy lls slMiirdliy, nnd the proicciiif nilier roiueilic o stllierlor iplillllles nnve necn lliiliillciiplN'il ny llie lire tensions nf their Hiirlllless nreileeessors. Hal the Anierlesii people know, Uucniiso they liHVe verlllisl llie fuel ly Die llliwl trying tests. lust the Hitters llie viruios in M resi iqieclllo lu cnrcsoi iimlsrlsl inl liver disorder. eoiiitlMiion, nervous, rliuiiuisiie, stoinseli sinl kidney Iroillile. Wlmt il dues It dues tlinriuisll- ly.siiil mainly for this renwui II Is linlorseil sul rceiiiiiiutMult'il by mis of rejciuule ineiliunl men. The lliminrit's llsy Huh have already experi enced n return of coinldeiiee. HOW THIS! We offer One If undreil Hollnrs reward for nay esse of e.ilHrrh thut ciuiiiot he cured by Hull's Ciilarrh Cure. K. J, CHKNKV A ( ) Toledo, O. We, the undersliiued, luive known K. J. Che ney for the IhI lifleeti veiirs, sin! Iicllcvo lilin p rfeetly tiotinriiMc iu sil IhimIiichs Inoisueiliiiis sinl Hum. clully nhle In curry mil nnyiililiKi'ilnus uiuile by their linn. W KM' A 'I KI AX, Vholeille 1lrilegl"ts, Toledo, O. WAI.IMSlI, KISSAN . JlAltVIS, hole.llle llrilKUI.I., Toledo, II. Hull's I'utlirrtl I'll re l Inkeu lllleriinlly.ilelilllt dlreelly iini llie blond uud mm surluees nf lite system. icNlimnuiiils selll tree, rncc, ei rents icr bottle. Sold hy ull druinjlsl. Use RusjnellneHtovel'ollsb; uodiist.no smell. Tut Guam a for breakfast. NO QUARTER will (In you ns i ii 1 1 I'll good na tin) one I bat hiivs IhM'tor I'leroe'a Pleiisnnt relicts. This Is what ynn get with tlietii : An absolute nnd permanent cure for Constipation, In digestion, llllloiis Attacks, Kick nml Ullloiis 1 1 eui laches, mill ull derangement. of the liver, stomach, and bowels. Not Just temporary relief, nnd then a worse condition aiterwnrn nut neip tnui insit. I'lensant help. too. These sugar- coated little pellet, nre tho smallest, the easiest to take, ami the easiest in the way they net. No griping, no violence, no disturbance to the system, diet, or occupation. They come In sealed vials, which keeps tlietn always fresh and reliable; a con venient nml perfect vct-poeket remedy. They're tho cheapest pills you can buy. FREE -TilK- JONES' CASH STORE. Buyers' Gui TlIK lll'YKlW (ll'llut is publMli',1 the llrst of aeti mouth. It Is IsMieil in the Interest of sll 'olisiimorH. It Klvcs Hie Inwcid cash iiuutullons on everyiuins iu iiicKrueer) one. 11 win stive on money to consult It. Mulled free to uuv nddrcss on iiMllcntiou. Imn'l be nllhout II. I eusis you li'unini! to net it. it Uoies wiuue- sule prices direct to tlie coiiMimur. .Mention lhUiiier. Address JONEV CASH ST" RE, ;in Kr.iel Hlieel. . Poi tlund, Or. MASQUERADES, PARADES, 111 A VIII li 1 in: I uh- IN. Kvervthliiir in tin iibnve liiic. ('ohIiiiim'h. W iv. Ht'iinla, 1'ritfH'rt.i'ri, 0'rii mul I'luy I.ihxVs, elc , fnr:iishtkt nt Kivutly tvduretl mlt's nml tn Mitn rfnr itnttily by tlit'iiMest, iHWxt, lt mmwiied mill Illi'H'I'iir i""Jf iMinnir .-(innrinii -i"i" HotiAe tm the. t'oritU' f'-MifC. CorriwiKHiiience ti llciti 1. iioi.nsTKis .t Co., 'M, 'Jh nmt W O'Kartvll ntn't't, uImi nh) MiirktH MtrwI.Nui rrauc wo. We supply nil Tltt utn-H on the Guixl, (o whom wo ro KlTtiully rclVr. 208-212 Bush St., San Francisco. This favorite hotel Is under the maiuurpment ot CHAKI.US MONTtlOMKKY, and is as Kuod II not tlie beat Family and Business Men's Hotel in sail ITSUC1KCO. Home Comforts! Cuisine Unexcelled I F.rst-olriss servk-e and the h in host ntttiidnrd ol reHpt'i'lubil.ty gimruntei'd. Otr ro'WH titimnt hi tnirjHUKtd for nrntm ami fina fort. Hiutrtl Kiirt room icr any. $1.2ft. II. M). $1.76 nud IJ.iiU: Umrd and room per week, $7 to $U; siimle rooms, fv to $1. Free oaeh to and from hole). DR. CUNN'S IMPROVED LIVER PILLS MILD PHYSIO ONE PILL FOR A DOSE. A movement of the bowels oftch day Is neowftry for ay Is neowftry f the svBtem lacks mate It regular. Thoy euro Headaehe, brtRhten tho Eyes and dear the Complexion better than oo metica. They act mfldlv, neither Rnpe nor alcken a otbef pills do. To convince you of their merits we Will mail sampl" fres, or a full box for 20 cent. 8ol verywhuio. lkisouko Mud. Co.. sfkUaaeipma. ENGRAVING.'! r,. I'lllN'l 'KI18 KIIOt'1.1 I vt EN6Pfl0lMoeoVl,; UKAVIMI CO., who 1 WTifcfaaUW 1 it ivst Improve- 1 irn('i-cs iiinl it lull I'linipl-'itiftit oi Un1 moat nijiro hi, iniif hiiii-rv. iilniiii un. OilP piirnl lit, powerful . In- - . Itloliulitti i.lo llut.-li.rr superior nrilHtH, this plnneer Co. turns out me uiki.' SI class w won; promptly, reliably and ut uuif'irmly ninder.ti nil-TH for nl I kimlHiif enirravlmt. IMJlilipher.i hi'lneri toiii-t'ip Hp-'dal Itsmn . Job printers ntid othtTS jIh. ulit send lur samples. eHummeHuim iiiiuntiutioii. .T. UlWKV,.M:UiaK-'r,iMJirUetfSt., IS. V , C'al. FRAZER AXLi BestintheWorld! Get the Genuine! Soli! Everywhere! REASI 'HANK WOOLSK V, Agent, Portland, Or. THIS IS THE TIME TO onler vour Hl'll.MKB KOI.LKKS. You waul the best : that's the only kind we deal In. Then Bend vour order for the ItK.ST KOLI.EKS and INK lo i'AI.MKK A KEY TYl'K F'DRY, I'oktunii, Or. THE BEST HARNESS Brooklyn Hotel HIS ROLLERS "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR CAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES RHEUMATISM CURED BY THE USE OF Moore's Revealed Remedy. ASTomn. iniEno. nnry i MOOKI e REVEALED REM I alY KUKC MATl-M and mj MATltOi whan tbe best KHErMATlr-M sod toy yoouret PRINTERS AND PUBltlSHEHS -WILL KIND A rUIX LINK OF TYPE, Presses, ncry for sslo at lewsst prim and most silrsiituKmiii UTHH St Palmer & Rey Typo Foundry, Cor. Front and Alder Streets, PORTLAND, OR. Write for prl e slid terms before haying clw irtie.ro DOCTOR THE GREAT CURE -FOR- INDIGESTION AM) CONSTIPATION. Regulator of th Liverand Kidneys -a m'kcikk.: ko it- Scrofula, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Neuralgia And All Oilier Blood and Skin Diseases. Il Is s positive cure (or nil Umse tmltiful. ridi cule eoiiiilnliits uud conlilictitc, Irouldes und ( WculuieM'iciiMniu!l auioiig our wives, mi, titers and duimiilern. The i li'eel is luunedliite nnd lusliui;. Twnnr , three dn-es nf lilt. I'Aloicc'h l.'KtmiV Inketi iliillv keens the Wood rmil, llie liver uud klduevs uet. ive, und will eniircly e rudiciitf I ruin the kvhipiii I nil truce' ol mtiimiIii, Suit Klielliu. or uuv oilier iim iiioi iihhki uim'iinc. iso inctiU'iiii' ever 1 trmiiuvd lu thlH emiiilry Inn nit'l iv ltli such rt'tnty Null-, imr jrlvrn micIi niiivtThii! MitiiffiieiMin whenever wml ts tlml ol 1h. I'akukk'h Kdmkhy. This remHj hs mn urd in I ho ho !h1m ItirtHiKhmit tin; old world for tlm jimM twenty tlvi yt'iirs itn h Mn'rjlle fr thu lovo dieimcK. mid it luu mid 111 ciin-when all other so-i-nlled remt'difH (nil, K'lid for pamphlet of tstimnnftilH from thrift who huve Wen eiir d hv I(n nn MrtiKtfists Midi M at $1.00 pur boiile. tr it and be coiivitieed. For sale by MACK & CO., O nnd II Front St., San Francisco.. litadder, Prhuiry nnd Liver Diseases Props)', (Irtivel and MlttlmteB are cured by "v HUNT'S REiEDY THE BEST KIDNEY AND LIVER MEDICINE. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures MrlKht's Dlsesse, Uelentlon or Non re leiiiluiiiil I riue, I'hIiis iu llie Hack, Ijilns or Side. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Intempernnep, Nervous licenses, (ieneral Debility, Female WeaktieMMind Kxeess u. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Hillousness, Heitdnche, .Immdiee. Sour StnniHeh, DyspepMiit, Constipation und I'tles, HUNT'S REMEDY AV I S AT OIVM: mi llie Kidneys, Liver and Kowrla, reslurlnir them tn a healthy ac tion, mid I I KI'.Nnheu all other me. Urines fall. Hundreds have heen saved who have heeu given up to die hy friends nml ihyNieiniis. SOI.II II V ALL I Id i;;iNtx. Stiinnrd Flies, per doz Oreiiou Trout Files, tier dol... Helm's Flies, ner dm hplit It.-iriil Kods. eiieh... pent by mail ou reeeipl uf jirie THE H. T. HUDSON ARMS CO., Portland. Oregon. Catalogues on application. A. FELDKNHEIM KK, Lending Jew eler ef the J'aeiHo i'ui uintassiCvd large stock oi All HfcCfiET SOCIETY HAIXtK.S on hand. Ut5t Mds nt low. est uKiirttt. Bttdrfc made to order. MRC WIUKI IWC soothing HillVl. IIII1ULUII V) bYRUr FOR CHILDREN TEETHING -Fsr r all llnRSU. S3 tsU S.UI. FiSli!liGkl8. JAM ro 1.511 li.SU e. Sis EVER MANUFACTURED ON THE COAST is sold by DOLE-PEARSOX HARNESS CO., at prices that will astonish you. Only the beet Oak-Tanned Leather nsel, and all work guaran teed, fend for tine Illustrated Catalogue prkb. li;o Union Avenue (Kast Side). Pitrtlaml. Or. i inn suue wiw Kssumre tbM CT tne 3" of my nnsbsnd wss relieved frnra tu c-'d rjie of boy eared esnrelyoi INFLAMX ATnUY f.Hij, I ooojd get did bud nogond. Yours Ir 2TstKid. una. h. v. riuA OLD BY TUCK DltCOaiST.