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CHRISTMAS AGAIN. BROW away cares, nd all live in the present; Youngsters are ' flirting with laughter and noiw: Christian Indoon la remarkably pleasant Dances and games for the glrli and the boy. Outaide the shad owe are colder 'tis mowing. Soft flakes whirl downward and drift on the pane. Bound the warm hearth, where the Are , glowing, I Old folk! draw closer at Christmas again) ' ' The bead of the hooae, In the glow of the em bers. t Standi straight as an arrow, smiling, but grand. There la his wife, and some fifty Decembers Leave her aa lightly as wavea on the sand. She Is to him still aa fair aa he thought her When In her teens hia allegiance he swore. Many a son, now, and blossom chocked daugh ter I Gather about them for Christmas once morel Then there are neighbors and cousins and lor- 1 ers: Bertie, from college, and stroke of his crew; Sportsmen who come with an eye on the cor era: ' Maidens of beauty whose charms are not few. Dainty Dlanaa of favors quite chary; Reginald, fresh from the ranch on the plain: Learned girl graduates, Bailie and Mary, Meeting and greeting at Christmas again. Still, to my fancy, the fairest of faces Yonder 1 shining in silvery curls, Framed In soft wrappors and delicate laces, Grandmother sits in a cluster of girls. Watching the dancers with eyes growing ten der, " Clearer and dearer for long ago pain; Holding the loving hands near to defend her, Safe with her children at Christmas again. I can remember when beaux by the dozen Toasted her beauty in wit and In wine: I, too, adored her though 1 was a cousin Many a sword tried its mettle with mine. Ah, gallant company, vanished to hades! Swept with the years till we only remain. She Is for me still the sweetest of ladies I, her old suitor, at Christmas agalnl Madam, your handl Though the dancers be plenty. Let us, too, stand not In waltz or in reel. This was "the mode," eighteen hundred and twenty, When it was voted as "mighty genteel." Ah, that was dancing. Then "steps" were "de rlgueur" (Not a wild scramble, absurd and Insane). Tou will remember that elegant figure Let us walk through it at Christmas agnlnl . Yes, that la well! Strike a statelier measure, Fitting the snows and the honor of vears. Say, does It bring to you visions of pleasure. Or has the music a tremor of tears? Here let us stay. Why this laughter, young misses? "Under the mistletoe!" Zoundst then, 'tis plain. Grandmother, blUBUlng, must bring out those kisses She has been keeping for Christmas agalnl Latinos law. "jVAW MAN'S TPTNIV' BY M. QUAD. Copyright, 1603, by American Press Associn. tlon. It was along in November that Tom and I discovered "indications" at a spot in the Pinyon mountains of Nevada and started a drift. We didn't intend to put in more than a week's work just enough to develop the "find" and load up with specimens for assay but utter four or five days Tom was taken Bick. Winter was already lit huud, with a foot of snow on the ground. If von hnve never been Amontr the western mountains, I may tell you that at about the middle of December, after winter has seemingly shut down, there comes what is called a "chinook" a warm wind off the Pacific which melts the snow and stands the season off tor a week, as it were. We had calculated to take advantage of this break to get out of the mountains, but fate willed it oth erwise. Tom was a New Englander, rough and rugged. He hadn't been sick a day since he could remember, and his sudden breakdown was a complete sur prise to both of us. He was attacked late in the afternoon with a violent twitching of his muscles, and by mid night was in a profound stupor, which lasted with but few intermissions until the end. I knew that he was in a dangerous condition, but I ccslJ not leave him, helpless as he was, and make my way down into the valley for help, nor could I take him down. In his weak and help less state there was but one thing to do, and that was to get a shelter ready and take the best care of him possible, 1 found a sheltered spot and in a day and I MOISTKNKD HIS UP8. half had knocked togother a pretty comfortable shanty. Then I gathered a great heap of firewood and was as ready as I could be for a change of weather. For some days Tom neither grew better nor worse. When I insisted on it, he would take a bit of rabbit soup, but his appetite was gone, and he lay for the most part in a deep stupor, neither Bpeaking nor moving. For three years we had knocked about the Silver State together in hopes of a "find." It had been a hard life and a rough one. We were more often hun gry than not, and up to the time of Tom's illness we had found nothing of any consequence, but now well, if in dications amounted to anything, we had struck it rich, and onr tens of thousands were right in sight. It seemed doubly hard for Tom to be bowled over just at this time and harder still to know that the chances were all against him. The only hope I had was that hia robust con stitution would pull him through this mysterious illness, but as he lost strength and grew weaker day by day even this hope died away. The "chinook" lasted nine days. It seemed as if summer had come back. I nursed Tom, gathered a lot more wood, made the shanty more comfortable and dug a grave for Tom on a knoll 80 feet back of the cabin. If he pnlled through, he would never know it; if he died, I could not leave his body above ground to be eaten by the wild beasts. He bad hardly spoken since his illness, his men tal faculties seeming to be benumbed, and I was therefore greatly surprised when I came in from my grave digging to find him looking better than for days before. I took it as a sign that he bad passed the crisis and would now mend, and I was trying to cheer him op when be said: "Sam, I heard you at work. Ton have done right. Yon know yon could have depended on me to do the same." - "Why, Tomld man, yon are much .aft better today I Ton are shrtily going to null through I I wag digging a bit to run the water oil if it came on to rain," But he was not deceived. Aftor a bit he told me of his old mother and a sister In the east and asked that his share of the find might be sent them in case things turned out right, That night the "chinook" vanished as swiftly as a shad ow moves, and winter came howling down on us. It was the 20th of Decem ber. Bofora morning it was far below cero, and a heavy snowstorm was raging, and Tom had relapsed into his former lethargic state, I was in for it now for sure snowed up on the mountains with a dying man for companion, From the morning of the 20th to the afternoon of the 24th the man never uttered a word sometimes he would own his eyes as I moistened his lips or forced a little soup down his throat, but he neither knew nor saw me. I knew by the look of his eyes that he was Btone blind. About 8 o'clock on the afternoon of the date giv en, as I returned from the spring with a kettle of water, Tom quietly asked: "Sam, is it noar Christmas day?" "Within a few hours." "And you have got the grave ready?" "Why, man, you won t need a grave for years to come. Come, now, I want to try yon with a bite to eat, and 1 11 warrant you 11 feel better for it. But before I could get around to it he had again become unconscious, and the next and the last time I heard bis voice was late that night; I don't know but it was Christmas morn, for it was mid night or after when he moved an arm and broke my sleep. By this time I had of course given up all hope and realized "YOn WILL GET WELL." that it was only a question of a few hours more. His long fast had reduced him to a mere skeleton, and during the last two days I could hardly get the beat ing of bis pulse or heart. By the time I was awake, he said: "Sam, where are you? I cannot see!" I took his hands in mine and bent over him as I said: "Here I am, old fellow. Do you feel better?" "I'm most gone, Sam I And it's Christmas day, ain't it?" "Yes," I answered, greatly surprised that he had kept the run of time so ac curately. "But you are not going, Tom; jou are better! "Christmas day in the old home, Sam!" he went on. "It is years since I was there. They'll remember me and speak of me, though father and mol Father's grave is there, near the old home. Mine they will never seo!" 'But Tom, Tom, you are better. You will get well!" I cried, as I lighted a candle and bent over him to lift his head. 'No, Sam. I've been dreaming, dreaming of my mother and sister of father of the old homo of Good by, Sam I I know you dug the grave days agol Mark it, Sam. Mark it so that mother may know it if she ever Motherl Moth" And it wus all over with poor Tom. I sat beside him till the day came, the day of prayer and feasting and rejoic ing among millions, and then I wrapped him in his blankets and carried him out and gave him burial and uttered the prayer which I knew was on his moth er's lips, and shed the tears which I felt were welling up as she thought of the absent one. He asked me to mark his grave. , I did so, and then I waited for weeks before I could get down into the valley. The next summer when the snow had melted away from the moun tains I went back to the lonely shanty with laborers enough to develop the mine, which we called "Dead Mans Find," and before nnother Christmas day his mother sat by his grave while 1 told her the story of his illness and how her name had been the lust on his lips on that dark Christmas morning when his soul went out into the great unknown. CHRISTMAS GHOSTS. FT'twIxt the moon light and the fire In winter evenings long ago. What ghosts I rais ed at your do- sire To make your leaping blood run slowl How old, how gravoi how wIbo, we growl What Christmas ghost can make us chill Save these that troop in mournful row The ghosts we all can raise at will The beasts can talk In barn and brye On Christmas eve, old legends know. As one by one the years retire, We men fall silent then, I trow Such sights has memory to show, Huch vokos from the dlstanco thrill. Ah, me! they come with Christinas suow- The ghosts we all can raise at will. Oh, children of the village eliolr, Your carols on the midnight throwl Oh, bright across the mist and mlro, Ye ruddy hearts of Christmas glowl Beat back the shades, beat down the woe, Kenew the strength of moral will; Be welcome, all, to come or go The ghosts we all can raise at will. Friend, sursum corda, soon or alow. We part, like guests who've joyed their fill; Forget them not, nor mourn them so The ghoeta we all can raise nt will! Andrew Iang. NT TRADE IN CHRISTMAS TREES. We now require a million or two of young evergreens for Christmas trees, and these, too, Bre cut and stored away in good time, the choppers often going into the woods soon after the 1st of No vember. A fall of snow in November or Decemler greatly increases the difficulty, because the snow is apt to melt and freeze, rendering the branches too brit tle for transportation. The woodmen therefore like to get their work forward and pile their trees in the woods along side the road, where they will keep fresh and green for six weeks. The largest market for Christinas trees Philadelphia, whence they Bre dis tributed to all parts of the country with in 1,000 miles. The woodmen get from 6 to 8 a hundred for their trees, which sell in the cities at prices ranging from 60 cents to 3. As for Christmas presents, they give employment to many important trades, the work npon which is continu' ns from the first of January to the last of De cember. Some knowing grandmothers and ingenious aunts, to say nothing of nncles and grandfathers, are on the look out all the year for Christmas surprises, which they hide away in unfathomable recesses, sometimes forgotten by themselves. AN OLD TEXAS FORT. A RUIN THAT RECALLS ADVENTURES OF PIONEER DAYS. A llrush Covered Fortification Discovered by a Veteran Texas Hanger Who In Ills Younger Days llourd an Interesting Story About Colonel Howie. A. J. Lowell of Utopia, Uvalde county, Is an old Texas ranger, and In a conversa tion with a number of gentlemen at Galves ton the other tiny ho gave an account of bis visit to the old fort erected by tbo cele brated James Dowlu. "A short time ago," remarked Captain Lowell, "while crossing the divide between the Main and Dry Frio, ulmut 80 miles west of Utopia, I noticed on the side of a bill a circular pile of rocks, resemiillng an old fortification. Being interested in such things 1 turned aside to Investigate. On arriving at the place I discovered that the rocks had been placed there by the hand of man at an early day. The fort, wlilcn I will now call this rude structure, wnji Imllton the south aide of a hill, making a complete circle, except a gap at the lower end, which had been left open as a place of entrance. Some of the stones were very large and would have required the united efforts of a dozen men to put them In place. The height of the rock wall when first built would have covered a mun to the neck, and the place would have made an admirable spot to stand olr a band of Indians, wlitcli 1 have no doubt it had been built for. The next thing was to look around and see if I could discover anything by which I could determine what caused the presence of the men who built the fort, although I had guessed they wero gold hunters. "I noticed the entrance to the fortifica tion was on the lower side toward the foot of the hill and opposite a small cedar brake, as If men would come from that point In case of danger. As soon as I entered the cedar brake the problem was solved at once. I saw an Immense pile of earth banked up, and near it a shaft. It was at the base of a hill, not a hundred yards from the fort, near the head of a ravine. It was an old mine, either of gold, silver or lend, and bad been worked many years ago. The entrance to the mine was down a flight of 10 or 13 steps cut in the soil, which time and the action of the water pouring into it during heavy rains bad not effaced. At the bot tom of the steps the excavations extended west under the hill upon which the fort was built. I did not penetrate it far, as I had no light. On the mound of soil near the shaft grew cedar trees as large as a man's body, indicating a period prior to the ad vent of the Texas pioneers into these moun tains, when the country was full of hostile Indians. The fort on the side of the bill commanded all approaches to the mine. In surmising in regard to the people who formerly worked this mine I at first conclud ed that they were Spaniards or Mexicans, but finally connected the place with the cele brated Texan, Colonel James Bowie. I rec ollected hearing my father relate a circum stance which he heard from Colonel Bowie In Gonzales before the Texan revolution. Colonel Bowie said that on one occasion, while prospecting for gold or silver in the mountains west of Kurt Antonio, he had sunk a shaft in search of silver. He had a force of 80 men with him, and anticipating an attack by the Indians fortified the camp by piling up la rue rocks. Their position commanded every approach to their camp and shaft, aud also to a spring of water something over 100 yards distant. While engaged working this mine they were suddenly at -tacked one morning by a large body of Comanche Indians. Bowie and his men at oneo took refuge in the fortification, and the battle commenced With great fury. The Indians, however, wero soon driven to cover in the ravines and behind the rocks by the deadly lire of Howie's men. The light lasted all day, each party firing as opportunity offered. Dur- ng the day, however, Howie's men drank Up all their water and began to suffer in tensely with thirst. The Indians, however, from their position in the rocks and gullies, commanded the spring, aud it was almost certain death for any ono to venture. If the men all sullied from the fort, they were likely to be overwhelmed by the superior force of the savages, but something bad to be done. "Now, Bowie owned a strong young ne gro named Jim, who was one of the party. "'Jim,' says Bowie, turningto the negro, 'won't you take the gourds aud bring us tome water from the spring' " 'No, sar, inarse; Jim couldn't think of such a thing. Them Injuns is a-lnyin dar In dut brush and rocks, and dey could get Up and kill dis nigger befo' you could say "scat" twice, and befo' I could half fill deni gourds. No, snh; can't go.' "Bowie looked at the negro with his keen, piercing eye, and Bald: " 'Jim, which ure you most afraid of me or the Indians'' " 'Well, now,' replied Jim, 'If you 'sist on me g'.vine of course I'll go; if do boys is bound to have some water befo' they can whip the Injuns and you 'sist on me a-gwine, why den I'll volunteer my sarv ices. Hunt up dem gourds. I'm off.' "Bowie now told Jim he need not fear, us they could protect him with their rilles from the fort while he was getting the wa ter. It appears that the Indians were not expecting any ono to attempt to come from the fort for water and evidently did not see the neirro in fact, thev had to keen well hid themselves, as every exposure of their I persona would bring a whizzing liliebnll from the hill. The negro advanced to the spring, filled the gonrds nnd was starting buck before the Indians discovered him. They now, however, set up a terrible yell ing and commenced tiling ut him, which also drew the II io of the fort, as several of the Indians hud shown themselves. The negro now commenced running as best he could with several gourds dangling about him, with a mimberof Indians in close pur suit, notwithstanding the fact that several of their number had fallen before the dead ly aim of Bowie's rilles. One burly savage dropped his empty gun, and drawing his tomahawk ran close to the negro, intend ing tc i triko him down with that. "A rifle cracked from the lower end of the luclosure, and the Indian full back ward. "Jim soon arrived, pulling and blowing, bringing the water gourds with him. "St. Louis U lolie. Democrat. Miles of Thread Without a Break. A hank or cut of cotton always consists of 840 yards. .Messrs. Thomas llotildswortb & Co. of Manchester produced by their ma chinery cotton yam or cotton thread so flue that out of one pound weight of cotton was spun 10,000 hanks, or a thread of 4,770 miles lu length. Of course the thread was too fine to be of any practical value. It demon strated only the perfection of t he machinery. No material admitsof such fine spinning as dot cotton. Messrs. Houldsworth spunout of one pound of Sen island cotton a thread 1,000 miles in length that was quite strong enough for use. With linen yarn n hank or cut consists of 800 yards. London Tit-Bits. An Indian Blanket. The Indians maku blankets of bark beaten very thin. The bark is stamped with fancy figures in brown and red and is trimmed with fur. Palm leaves are beaten together aud are also made into blankets. An Indian is always cold, even in hot weather, and his blanket is as precious to him as our sun huts ore to us. New York Ledger. "I tell my boy," said a father, "that I don't cure wliut culling he takes up. but that be does want to bo able to do whatever be undertakes to do better, if possible, than anybody else." The first secession flag raised in the south was in South Carolina. The flag staff is still standing fastened to the gable end of a storehouse at Skull Shoals. When a personage of high rank dies in Slum, the king helps bathe the body and prepare it for cremation and final ly lights the funeral pyre. A cubic inch cf gold is worth $310; a cubic foot. 162,38); a cubic yard, fJ, 797,763. This reckoning bases the value cf gold at $18 per ounce. THE HIGHEST AWARD. Royal Haklng Powder lias All the Hon ora-ln strength and Value. go I'er Vent Above Its Nearest Competitor. ' The Koval Baking Powder has the envl able record of having reoeived the highest sward for articles of its olass greatest Hrengtli, purest Ingredients, most perlcc-uy combined wherever exhibited in competi tion with others. In the exhibitions of former years, at the Centennial, at I aria, Vienna and at the various HI ate and indus trial lairs, where it lias been rxh Idled judges have Invariably awarded the lloyal jiaaiug rowuer me niguesi Honors. At the recent World's Fair the examine, tluns for the baking powder swards were made bv the experts of the chemical divi sion ol the Agricultural Department at Washington. The olllcialt repor of the tests ol the haklng powders which were made by this department for the specilio purpose ol' ascertaining which was the best, and which has been made public, shows the leavening strength of the ltoyal to be WO cunio Indies ol caroomc gas per ounce ui powder. Of the cream of tartar baking uowders exhibited at the fair the next high est in strength thus tested contained nut l.'ia oublo inches of leavening gas. The other powders gave an average of 111. The Koval. therefore, was found of HO per cent greater leavening strength than Its nearest competitor, and t l per cent anove Hit-average of all the other tests, its superiority in other respects, however, in the quality of the food It makes as to fineness, c elicacy and wholcsomeiiesB, could not be measured by tigures. It is these high qtiallt.es known and ap preciated by the women of the country tor so many years, that have caused the sales of the ltoyal Baking Powder, as shown by statistics, to exceed the sales of all other baking powders combined. An ttouiiuiuhit. The summer boarder was fishing when Fanner llegosh came along. "Gee whillikens! what on nlith air you S-doinf" he exclaimed us I lie sportsman deposited a small llsh In his basket. "I'm llalimu, was the reply, "ton ad vertised good llshiug, didn't you!'" "Yes. Don't you know the llsh'll die ef you keep 'em out o' water? You don't think I'm gnln ter spend money every week puttin new fish Intothet there pond jes' fur you city fellers to ketch, do you? No, sir reel" and the proprietor of rural Joys turned the contents of the basket into the fiond and Indignantly strode on. Wash ugton Star. Her Intentions, Ada Why does Clara speak of George as "her intended?" Arc they engaged? Alice No, hut shelntends that they shall be. Brooklyn Life, Earning a Smoke. Tom Jenkins was as great a joker as he was a smoker, lie mice got Into a lirst class compartment in a railway carriage where a sour looking old gentleman was seated. You mustn't smoke here," said the old gent as Jenkins pulled out his pipe from his pocket. "I know thitt, said Jenkins, calmly lin ing bis pipe. Did 1 not tell you," said the old gent again, "that you mustn't smoke here? It's not a smoking compartment." "I know that, said Jenkins, calmly tak ing out his f usee box. They 're a special kind that lie prides himself on. He calls them his "patent stinkers." He lit n fusee, and now the wrath of the old gent was (rightful. I say, sir, you shan't smoke here, he shrieked. I know that," said Jenkins, allowing his fusee to exhaust itself. He lit one after another, allowing them to burn out. The brimstone was awful and the smoke simo- catlng. The old gent was coughing find spluttering and struggling for words. I say, sir," he exclaimed at length, "smoke, smoke, Bmoke; for goodness' sake, smoke!" "Thanks, awfully!" said Jenkins as he lit another fusee and this time applied it to the expectant pipe. ltt-Bits. Waiting For Wind. Small Boy (on river bank) Do you know 'bout weather? Old Gentleman I have studied mcteorol ogya little. "Well, I've been standin here 'most a hour waitin for the wind to blow hard, and it don't blow a bit. Do you think It will soon?" "1 shouldn't wonder, my little man. The sky looks very streaky. But what do you want of wind?' "I want to have a swim." "It does not require wind to go swim ming." "No, but niainina won't let me go in. That's why I want wind." "I don't understand." "Don't? Uuoss It's a good while since you was a boy, isn't it?" "Yes, agood while." '.And your tnem'ry isn't very good, 1 s pose?" "Perhaps not, I certainly cannot recall any connection between wind aud swim niinir." ""y, don't you see? If a wind comes along and blows my hat into the water, 1 can go after it, and mamma won't say a word. She paid a dollar an a half for that hat." Good News. A Nlmple Monti. "This is n beautiful morning, Mary," said Mr. Fulton graciously us he took his seat at the table at farmer Ilumsled a select country boarding house. "Yes, sir, it is," replied the waitress. "The thunderstorm passed off nicely in the night." "Yes, sir." "Looks like cooler weather." "Yes, sir." "I hope you are feeling quit e well, Mary." "Quite well, sir." "And that you enjoyed the farmers' pic nic yesterday." "Pretty well, sir." "And now, let mo see. What have we for breakfast this morning?" asked Mr. Fulton us he glanced over t he empty table. "Well, there's ham, sir." "Ah, yes, ham or what ?" he inquired with his most engaging manner. "Ham or nothing!" returned .Mary briefly. -Life, Explaining It. "Look here," said the indignant man to the dealer, "i thought you said this dog was a rabbit dog?" "Did I? Oil, yes of course. Maybe you didn't handle hill) right." "What do you menu?" "You want to try him with Welsh rail bits. His appetite for them Is simply ab normal." Washington Star. Worse Still. Dasbaway I spent KIW at the World's fair. Cleverton Does that include thcilOthat I lent you? Dasbaway Clreat Scott, old man, 1 should say so! Why, it includes ro more that I was just going to ask you for ty hen I (let Time. When I get 1 imp I know w hat I shall do: I'll cut the leaves of all my books And read them through and through. When I get time I'll write some letters then That I have owed for weeks and weeks To many, many men. When I get time I'll pay those cftlla I owe. And Willi l hose bills, thot countless bills, 1 will not be eo slow. When I get time I'll regulate my life In sueh a way that 1 may get Acquainted with my wife. When I get time On. glorious dream of hllas! A month, a year, tea years from now Bat I can't finish this I bar no time. Tofoa- iL -Ji ' Stealing Ideas. It must be surprising to the uninitiated io seo how soon fuslilona become general izod in Paris, A "creation," a new fash ion, is hardly out of an exclusive house of the Hue do la Paix hardly out of the workrooms, it might bo said when you see it copied in thn show windows of the Louvre and the Bun Murcho, where it can bo bought for less than one-fourth of the price asked by the great couturiers. At first the rulers of dress thought that some of their workpeople were brilied to ive points, but tliey soon discovered that the pilfering of ideas took place in the showrooms instead of the workrooms. The Louvrottud the Bon Murche engaged handsome, distinguished looking young vomeu, dressed them as if they hud $20,. 000 a year and were accustomed from infancy to having and wearing the host, gave them a private carriage and bad them go to the groat costumers to order garments "just come out." These afterward served as the models of things which the week after you might buy by the dozens. The large shops resort to this means to obtain nov elties not only in tlio beginning of the season, but all the year round, and the couturiers have no way of avoiding the sales, for their showrooms are open to ull who wish to purchase and givo or ders. To lio sure these couturiers make most of their creations for authentic princesses und duchesses, but here also the shops get the best of them. Cor. New York Tribune. An Keeentrlo Washington Woman. There is a woman in Washington so ciety whose eccentricities in certain lines are so well known in to pass without comment. Her position as a matron of literary proclivities is the motive for sun dry gatherings at her bouse during the season. Un one occasion tlio guests bid den to the literary feast were informed upon arrival thut they must enter by a side door, as the morning being rainy they would otherwiso track mud over the hall carpet. That tlio hostess is not so much a respecter of persons as of things is further evidenced by her conduct at an afternoon reception. Those of her guests whose garments wero ornamented with jot were asked during their stay to remain in the second parlor, where the furniture was of ma hogany. This sorting out process was explained by the frank announcement that if people would wear sharp orna ments on their clothes she must protect her own property by excluding them from tlio sncrod precincts of the first par lor so that the rosewood furniture could not be scratched. Kate Field's Wash ington. How to Keep a Chameleon The Florida chameleon, which also is frequently brought home by tho tourist, is a bright nnd intelligent creature. He requires almost unlimited sunshine to bask in, aud flies, which he catches on the end of his long tongue, to eat. A fernery is a comfortable place for him. This fellow, it is said, litis u temper, aud if not well treated or if teased he will show fight, though he can hardly do much harm. The genuine chameleon, after whom the Florida lizard is named, is ono of the quaintest nnd oddest of pets, but ho is u native of the old world and rarely seen in our country. Another American of the family, often sent from the west und south to pet lovers, is called the horned toad, though he is no toad, but u lizard. Ho is S lid to bo an interesting pet and capable of be ing taught. All the small members of this race live on insects und need to be kept in very warm quarters. Olive Thome Miller in Harper's Bazar. The lloomeruog Is Not New. Tho boomcTivng, tho Anstrnlinn native's weapon of offense und dufense, referred to in all reference works as an instru ment unknown until after the discovery of Australia, was donbtloss known be fore the time of Christ. Pliny the elder, a contemporary of our Saviour, writes as follows in his "Natural History" re specting an instrument made of the wood of the aquifolia: "If a staff made of this wood, when thrown at an animal, from want of Btrength in the person throwing, falls Bhort of the murk, it will come back to ward the thrower of its own accord, so remarkable are the properties of that tree." It is altogether probable that the learned Pliny did not consider tho shape of tho "stuff" und referred its peculiari ties to the nature of tho wood of which it was made. St, Louis Republic. lllunder Worse Than Guilt. There uro some penalties on innocent acts essential to hitiimn s ifety, und the signaler whose failure has destroyed a train must be punished, even though, when ho pleads that ho was in a"dvuni," he is to his own mind telling the simple nnd sufficient truth. Nature is even harder ou blunder than on guilt, and though man bus no right to be us stern us nature, which, for example, executed a dynamiter nt Madrid not for his in tention to murder, but for his careless ness in dropping his bomb still, there are points upon which he must be nearly as hard. London Spectator. Colonel North's Strong Ilooin. Colonel North is said to have at Eltham tie of the strongest of strong rooms prob ably in the world. Not only is his gold and silverware stored here, but lady vis itors to Eltham uro provided for, special nrrninreinonts beinir inado for "takinff cure" of their jewels during the night. The "room is nooreu witn cement and walled all round with weighty granite. To get into its interior you must purs through many gates, all fitted up with burglar alarms. The treasures are kept in iron cages, and the "room" is 30 feet under ground. London Tit-Bits. CATARRH CANNOT BE CITKKD With I.OCAI, AITI.H'ATIONS, as they cannot r. neh the seat of the tllsesse. Catarrh la a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cine It you must take internal remedies, HiiH'st'HtHrrh Cure is taken internally, and sets directly on the blood timl mucous surfaces. Halt's t'atiirrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It whs prcscrilied liyoneof the nest piiyMcians in litis country liir vears. sad is a regular prescription. It Is ei-mp stil f the best tonics known, combined wl h the laM blood purltiers, acting aircctly on the mucous surfaces. Thecrf. c combination of the two ingredient Is what produces such won- deilul results in curing catarrh. Send fir testi monials, tree. J. t'HKNKY A CO., Props., loledo, u. gold by druggists: price, 76 tents. Use Enamellne Stove Polish ; no dual, no ainell. "German Syrup" My acquaintance with Boschee's GcrnianSyrupvasmade about four teen years ago. I contracted a cold which resulted in a hoarseness and cough which disabled me from fill ing my pulpit for a number of Sab baths. After trying a physician, without obtaining relief I saw the advertisement of your remedy and obtained a bottle. I received quick and permanent help. I never hesi tate to tell my experience. Rev. W. U. Efaggertr, Martinsville, N.J. A HICK ALU Or THK INFANT TEAK. ('lip the last thirty years or more from the Century, slid the segment will represent the term of the unbounded popularity ol Hostel- icr s mniiisen imiers. i ne oHininR oi me your Ihui will be slitnsliied by the spiHiarnuee of a frosh Almanac of the Hitlers, In which thn tinea, derivation slid action ol this world-famous medicine will be lucidly set forth. Kvoryliody should rend It. The viilendnr anil astronomical calculations to he found in this brochure are al ways HstoulshlnKly aeeiiruto, ami the statistics, lllii'tratlous, humor suit other reading matter rich In luuire.l and full ol prorit, Tho Hostel ler Company of I'lttsburK, f'a., publish it them selves, 'i hey employ more than alxty handa In the niechtiulral work, and more than eleven mouths lu the year are consumed In Its propara lion, II enn he obtained, without cost, ol all ilniukdst and country dealers, and is printed in KiiKlish, (lermuu, Kronen, welsh, Norwegian, Bwedlsb, Holland, Iloheinlan and Spiuilah. An ounce of kiHiplnir your mouth shut ii worth a pound of explanation. WOllTII KNOWING. That Allcock's Porous Pi.astku is the highest result of medical sclenoe and skill, and in Ingredients and method has never been equaled. That it is the original and genuine por ous plaster. That Abi-cocs's Pobous Plastkb never fails to perform its remedial work quickly and elleottiiillv. That this fact Is attested by thousands of voluntary and unimpeachable testimonials from grateful patients. That for rheumatism, weak hack, sciatica, lung trouble, kidney disease, dyspepsia, malaria and ull local pains it is Invaluable. That when you buy Allcoi k's Porous Piastkr you obtain .absolutely the best plaster made. Hsanukktii's Ptbbs are a vegetable pur gative. Jukkou siivs you nover know howempty a man Is until he's full. If vnu have no employment, or are being poorly paid for the work you are doing, then write to II. K. Johnson & Co. of Itlrhmond, Vs., and they wlil show you how to transform Mian- fortune Into Miiihtinc-lortuue. lrj II. All nnrsnti. nhl enouirh to hear urms should bo vaccinated. KICK I ' KGGS rilEsH AND I'KKSEKVK CIUKK. Kor shinning or for private mo preserve with Anti-Fkbmkstink, a cheap, harmless, simple and ierfeet process. For sale by druggist and grocers. Write for circulars. BAr.lJ, UAIISIIU nilOUAHU Agents, Portland, Oregon. Trt Oxrmia for breakfast. "LOOK UP, and not down," if you're a suffer big woman. Every one of the bodily troubles that come to women only has a ffuamnleed cure in Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription. That will bring you safe and certain help. It's a powerful general, as well as uterine, tonic and nervine, and it builds up and invigorutes the entire female system. It regu lates and promotes all the projier functions, improves digestion, enriches the blood, brings refresh big sleep, and restores health and strength. For ulcerations, displacements, bearln?- down sensations, periodical pains, and all "lemaie complaints" and weaknesses, "fa vorite Prescription " is the onfj (iiaranfccil remedy. If it ever fails to lament or cure. you nave your money back. In every case of Catarrh that seems hopeless, you can depend upon Doctor &ure 8 uatarrli Kemeuy lor a cure. It's proprietors are so sure of It that tney it nay $ioo cash tor any inctiraoia ijoiu uy an uruggists. gssssssss S Swift's Specific S Q A Tested Remedy C For All S I Blood and Skin s Diseases s s s s s s s s A reliable cure for Contagious Blood Poison, Inherited Scro fula ti4 8kla Caaoar. As a tonic for delicate Women and Children it has no equal. Being; purely vegetable, la harm leas in Ha effects. A treatise on Blood and Skin Dis eases mailed fiibb on application. VruyyiBtt Sell It. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga, s s s s s s s ssssssss Baking Poiuer Purity arid Ledvenin&PoWer UNEQUALED. PRIZES I To Introduce our Powder, wft hava d termmeaioaistnbutosmong toe consum ers m number of CAHU PHIZES. To the perrjoaorolub returning uathelnrgeet Dumberofcertiuctttesonor before Juuel. 1894, wewllifnveacash priteoff 100, and to the next largest, numerous otnerprtet I ranging from 5to75 IN CASH. CL0SSET & DEVERS, PORTLAND Or. A. FEI.DENHEIM EK, Leading Jew eler of the Pacific S'orthweKt, keeps a laiye stock of all 8KCKKT SOCIETY BADGES on hand. Best goods nt low est flirnres. Badges mode to order. tTCHTNO PTXES known br molttuW 11 Ho p8rpirtioji,oue lntell,eJ!,'t? WIhmi warm. This form ajid BIO. Wl , TIE LP AT ONCE TO DR. B0-SAN-K0 S PILE REMEDY, whlfh acts directly on parts affected, etworha tumors, allays ttciyntf,efTetrntT aprfmanfrUrmro. prlfe GlK DruraMata oruuU. I)r.ottanko,rhiladeliUiafe YOU GOT PILES Extreme, Chronic, Torturing Cases of ARE CURED BY ST. JACOBS DROP Mst CASH SOCIETY BADGES. 'WHERE DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES." GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OF SAPOLIO RHEUMATISM CURED BY THE USE OF Ho ore's Revealed Remedy. Astobia. Oaaooa, Jannery 10. I can t with pleasure that by the ose t. MOORI RKVKALKD REMSDT y Bnaband was relieved from an oid cases BBKrMATlSM and my youngest boy cared entirely of LNFLaMSfATOST RHJ' M Angst warn the bast doctor I eooid get did bin no frod. Yiars Is frarr. sold Hood's is Good BECAUSE Hood's Cures It possesses curative power peculiar to itself, and has a record of cures unequalled in the history of medicine The severest oases of Scrofula, Salt Rheum, D.ys pepsia, Catarrh and Rheu matism have been cured bv It. If you suffer from any of these complaints give Hood's Sarsaparilla a trial. Bold by all drugg'stn. II p-rboliloi s'x fnrtf. Hood's PMIS euro Cnn.tlpstlon by n sior lug the p, rlstaluc action of the alimentary canal 25ctt Sects., and II 00 per Bottle? One cent a dose. Tnrat OnsiT Cnrrnn where all others fail. Coughs, Croup. Bore Throat, Hoarseness, whooping Cough and Asthma. For Consumption It bns no livul: has cured thousands, aud will cuna tod If taken In time. Bold Dy Druggists on a guar antee. For a Lame Back or Chest, use SHILOH'8 BELLADONNA PL AST: 1160. s CATARRH REMEDY, avevoulJuuur.1 ' This nmedviflBruaran teed to oure y ou Prioe,G0ct, injector freo. RUPTURE PR It SI A x en ri.v crni;u OR NO PAY. No PAY UNTIL criiFD. Wo refer to 6,XI pai ems. r,ouri-:iiATi"N. iv IIKTK.VrlON FKOM BUSINESS. .Wr.torr call for circular nnd biink retcrcttte. Eitniiulitn Int. The 0. E. MILLER CO., Marqusm Building, PORTLAND. OREUON Incorpera'ed Capital "d Surplus. 11,000 000. Aak Your Denier For OR O N O C Q Plug-Cut Smoking Tobacco. WEBB & CO., Seattle, Wash., Agents. DR. GUNN'S IMPBOV1D LIVER PILLS MILD PHYSIO ONE PILL FOR A DOSE. A movement of tne bowels each dar is necessary for health. These pills supply whai the system lacks to make it rem ilar. Thoy cure Headache, brighten the Eves and clear the Complexion better than oos meties. Thoy aot inildly. Meither gripe nor sioken aa othsr pills do. To oonvinte you of their merlta we will mail aamplM free, or a full box for Mi cents. Sol everywhere itosanko Kod. Co ttaUdelphla, S Brooklyn Hotel 208-212 Bush St., San Francisco. This favorite hotel la tinder the management of CHARLES MONTGOMERY, and la as good 11 not the best Family aud Business Men's Hotel in San Francisco. Home Comforts! Cuisine Unexcelled I First-class service and the highest standard ot respectability guaranteed. Out rwmts cannot bi surpassed for nmtnes awl comfort. Board and room per day, $1.25, $1.60, $1.76 and $2.00; board and room per week, $7 to $12; single rooms 50 to 1. Free coach to and from hotel. EOCENE. Is a Special brand of Burnin; Oil, which we manufacture expressly for FAMILY UtiK. IT IM A PKItKKCT 1XI.ITMIN 1TOR. IT It HIGH FIKK TKSr. IT 119 or UNlft'OKM QCALITf. We guarantee It to be the hiohest possibi.i ORADE OF ILLUMINATING OIL, AnlC fur it. STANDARD OIL COMPANY. MASQUERADES, PARADES, 111 .tll.VH:i H TIIK.t IK IUAI.M. Everything in the above line. CoKtumea, Wigs, Bennls, I'ropertleE, Opera and Phiy Books, etc., furnUhed at Kreutly reduced rotes and in supe rior quail tv by the oldcHt, largest, bent renowned and thereore only reliable Theatrical Supply Home on the Pacific Coaet. Correspondence so licited. Goi.dstkin 4 Co.. 26. 28 and 80 O'Furrell street, also t2 Market street, San Francisco. Wi supply an j nraieri on (nc uotui, io wnom we re apectlully refer. FRAZER AXLE BestintheWorld! Set the Genuine! Sold Everywhere! FRANK WOOT.SICV .A cent. Portland. Or Portland. Oregon. A. P. Armstrong, Principal. j. A. w ksco, secretary. W Beautiful Catalogue Free. jM MDC WlrKinW'C SOOTHINQ III IIO. lllllvJLWM U brnUr - FOR CHILDREN TEETHING tor sale by all lr.ilau. o Oeati a bvttl. INBi TORS on Installments. Best makes. Lowest prices. Hend for catalogue. V. J. H fc.JII, Hlpon. Uul. V. P. N. II. No. 524 -8. F. N. IT. No 601 OIL. PROMPT IT IF YOl"R BUSINESS DOES NOT PAY. Chickens are easily and sncceshfully raised by using the Petaluma In cubators and Brooders, our il- lUbtraled caialoaiie lelli all about It. ' m Cima nromutlv cures mil's n GREASE AND SURE. Don't buy anv but the Petaluma If you want strong, vigorous cti ck We are Pacific Coast Headquarters for B .ne and CloverCutters, Maik ers, Books, Capoiiiaing Tools, Fountains, Flood's Roup Cure, Mnrrlt Poultrv Cure, Creososone the great enicken-lice kllierandevery other artiele'required by poultrv raisers. See the machines In operation si our exhibit with the Norwalk Ostrich Farm, Midwinter Fair, hatching oa rieheaand all kinds of eggs. Catalogue free: If yon nt it, write to us. PETALUMA INCUBATOR CO., 750 H2 7;t 7o Mam l.eel, Petaluuia, Lai. atata. M. T ST I 11. r totm res raw I Heart. )) I PrANT FKK It V'M HEFDfl 1 thin ymr, Hint nuik up for Imi time. m W Prrry'ftHtMi.l AiiiiimliorlHmwill Klv y1' uiufiy vHlimhlw hint MM UlKHIt WllHt tO mlHI'tttHt OVtUim7g rulw It. lirmtiiilnHlriiiirtiitt-XX Uon to Imi hud from no in iMjrjf eount', Free lo Hercules Gas Engine (OAS OR GASOLINE) Mais for Power or Pumping Purpoaa. Tho Chaepoat lUllshla Oaa Enfla on thtMailuK. Vw I Implicit? II BeaU the Worl d. It oils lUelffrom a Eeaerrolr, X Carburetor to fet oat of order. Ho Batteries or Kleotrlo Spark. II rui with a Cheaper Orads of OuoUne than aa ether Kugtne. a bkd roa uuuma to PALMER & REY, Manufactuim ailuiw!lrNltuFium.U. AND PORTLAND. OREGON. DOCTOR ,! TV UI III THE GREAT CURE -FOR- INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION. Regulator of the Liverand Kidneys A WKCIFIC FOR Scrofula, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Neuralgia And All Other Blood and Skin Diseases. It Is a poditlve cure for all thoe painful, deli cate complaints and complicated trouble mid weakuesKCb common among our wires, mothers and daughters. The effect is immediate nnd lasting. Two or three doses of Da. Parokk's Hkuki'V taken dally keeps the blood cool, the liver aud kidneys act ive, and Will entirely eradicate trnni the uvtittim all traces of Hcrofula, Ball Kheum, or any'olhor turiu oi uioou uiseH&e. No medicfiio ever introduced In thla cnunlrv has met with such ready sale, nor (jlvcn men universal Hatlstiictlou whenever ukcq ns that ol 111 H.nnKK's Uiiiidt. This remedy has been used in tho hospltala throughout the old world for the Mist twentr- ttvs years as a speciflo for tho above diseases, and it bus andwill cure when all other ao-cnllea remedies fail. Send for pamphlet of testimonials from those who have been cured by its use. DruKKisi" sell it at 11.00 per bottle Try It and be convinced. For sale by MACK & CO., 9 and II Front St., San Francisco. Bladder. tTrlnarv and Liver Dlscasea. Drnnsv Gravel aud Diabetes are cured by HUNT'S REMEDY THE BEST KIDNEY AND LIVER MEDICINE. HUNT'S REMEDY Curca Brlght'l Disease, Retention or Non-retention ol Urine, Faiui In. the Back, Lotus or Side. HUNT'S REMEDY Curei Intemperance. NervonH I)ineanej, flenora Debility, Female Weakness and Excesses. HUNT'S REMEDY Curea Biliousness, Headache, Jaundice, Sour Stomach, Dyspep.-la, Couitipatlon and Hies. HUNT'S REMEDY ACTS T OX'l: on the Kidneys, l iver and Howi li, re-Uirlng them to a healthy so tlon, and 'l llt:w when ail other medicines fail. Hundreds have been sitved who nave been glveu up to die by frleuds aud physicians. SO I. Is BV ALL I)Kl iIST. PRINTERS -AND- PUBlilSIjEHS -WILL FIND A FTLL LINE OF TYPE, Presses, PrMinj Ma'eriskd fefcry For Mde at lowest prices and moat adranUgeoufl term at Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, Cor. Front and Aldsr Streets, PORT LA Mo. OR. Write for prloea aud terms before buying elae wbere. 3 Plso'a Bemedy for Catarrh la the Best, EaateM to Ftr. and rbnum. SoM by Draaraiata erarat !r BRsfl. It. I T DaseWM. Wara, p. Or"? Out or Inoini an Ml PUMP. UnflHrir winnir I (H P MOUV,