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J . m Vfc 5 ROYAL Baking Powder is reported by the U. S. Gov ernment, after official tests, highest of all in leavening power. It is the best and most economical, and a pure cream-tartar baking powder. 3 3 3 $ O i 3 O i i 3 II. topMnl at Colonels Colonel William M. Ollu, the secretary of the commoiiweiilili, dlmltiKuliilied hltu elf the other evening at the dinner of the New England club of the Delta Upallon by telling half a dozen really excellent to rlea. The one I mont distinctly remember baa never appeared In print, ao far aa I know. Mr. Olio waaapeaklnn;of tbeeaae with which the aoldlen of the great armlea of both the north and tbe couth returned to their homes to take up attain their regular pursuits after the war was over. "One summer," mild he, "a few Tear after the war. Colonel Hiiruinson was trav eling in the south, and be not to talking with a farmer in some little town who was employing aconslderable number of men at bis baying. 1 be farmer tolu Colonel 11 ir ginson that most of them were old Confed- federate soldiers. " 'You see over there, where those four men are working?' oaked be. 'Well, all of 'em fought in tho war. One of 'em was a private, one of 'em was a corporal, one was major, and that man 'way over In the cor ner was a colonel,' '"Are they good men' asked Colonel Hltrginson. " 'Well,' said the farmer, 'that private's first class man, and the corporal's pretty good too.' " 'But how about tbe major and the colo nel f' " 'The major's so so,' said the furmer. " 'But tbe colonel V "'Well, I don't want to say nothing gainst any man who was a colonel in the war,' said the farmer, 'but I've made up my mind I won t hire no brigadier gen erals,' "Boston Herald. Mixed. Mr. Lamson was one of tbe most respect ed and beloved citizens of the New Eng land town in which he lived and bad held many positions of trust, giving satisfaction In all of them, but it was universally con ceded that speechmaklug was not his strong noint. As superintendent of tbe Sunday school be frequently bad to give out notices. When these were written, they caused him no trouble, but when they were what he called "extemp'ry" their delivery was fraught with difficulties. "I should with to announce," he said on one occasion, "that our reg'lur monthly meetin will be held once, a tortnight durin I would say that our monthly meetiu's will beheld twice ns often as uau'l this What I mean Is," suld poor Mr. Lamson In a cold perspiration, "that our reg'lur monthly meetiu's are to ue kep' up tins winter ut tbe rate of one every two weeks and that's us nili as I cun como to what I want to suyl" Youth's Companion. An Object of Charity. Tramp (plteously) Please help a poor cripple! Kind Old Gentlemnn (handing biro some money) 131ens me! Why, of course. How are you crippled, my poor fellow Tramp(pocketing the money) Financial ly, sir. Truth. Pronounced, "I guess Flitey's trip to Europe most have been a failure." "Whyf" "Well, on bis return he was able to re ognize all of bis old friends." Chicago In ter Ocean. Tenipus FukiI. "It will bo 200 years tomorrow that any grcat-great-graudfather died." "Doesn't time flyf" Hallo. BICYCLES. Swift, Light, Rtrong, Reliable and lleaia tlful. A live DKcnt wanted In everv city and town in Oro gon, Washington and Idaho. Bend for catalogue und terms. FRED T. MERRILL C1CLE CO., 887 Washington St., Portland, Or, CURES SCROFULA Mrs. E. J, Rowell, Mcilfonl, Mass., says her mother has been cured of Scrofula by the uxo of four bottles of ricr bsvlng had much other treat- CSiCtJ mcnt, and being reduced to quite a low condition of health, as it was thought she could not live. I Cured my little boy of heredi tary scrofula whlehap- peared all over his c face' For a year I tad f?V given up all bops of his ffQ" recovery, when finally I was induced to use Afewbo ttlea cured him, and no symptoms of tbe disease remain. alas. T. L. Mather, Mathervllle, Miss. Our book M BlooJsnit Skin Dis'ii-a malted fr. SWlfT SrKCISIC CO.. AiUnta, Ga. Taste has lost lives. In former years people wouldn't take Cod-liver Oil on account of its bad taste. Now we have Scott's Emulsion the Cream of Cod-liver Oil, which Is palatable and easier on the digestive organs than plain oil, besides being more effective. Phyticians.ihe world over, endorse it. Don't be decelTed tj Substitutes! PntavrsdlsraVaHt bwM,K. T. AH Dttum r-5 TAKE IT "C--1 I w. PrUfJ DER'S. "Sj rURECON BLOQDPURIFIER iPCP9lA. A SfAStS I L.KIDHCV S-LlVtR DibfAifS DSPCP9 P:),'P'j:3B-0T;Ht5ND3l'.'S tPjlASlb .heada:i- ckiivcncss Printed with Jaenecke-lll-man Ink. PALMER & KEY, Rambler Agents. THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM. Even a HelrutUt's l'n rannol Adriimtlr llmai-lbe IU TruliM'ttmleiit rroimrlli-a. TLnt Himio is not void U I'liinvtlotl. Tllllt it Is lilleil Willi a medium t'llUll)lo of transmitting liKlit mid ln-nt i not qiitntioni'd. Tills iiH'dimii 1m Ik-Hovi-iI to 1)0 uniform In ili-tmity uiul I'UiKiinty, but the exuet nut tint of its cuiihtittillou is unknown. Soiim Is-llcvo it to bo intilcoiiliir, liko gna, wliilu others inn. lion if its Htniftiiro Ihm been corrtvtly delimit). It umlii-a no direct iiniircwtiuu npon tho sciiHfs mid is known only through I'lfccts produced, mid yot.wiiui ever ho its uutiirt'. it is known to trims in it a wave of li,'lit lit tho nito of Bfl.800 niik-s per sociiiid, tlicro bcliif,'. m aim-nn viiltio, within thosiifctruiii uliout 50,000 waves in nn iin li.ur more limn 00,000, 000,000,000,0110 in the dislui.ee (mated over in ono sct'imd. When it is coiihidiTi'd Unit w nves are transmitted through this medium in all cont'vivuhlo directions wilb the same velocity, soinu fulnt conception may be had of its intenHO uctivity. 'Xliocom plicity of the wuvea is tiuiisceiidciit, for euch shade of lilit Inu) its own wave leiiKth, there hfiiiK nlxmt liO.OOO waves to tho inch in red light una mora than 04,000 in violet, and outside tlio visiblo spectrum tlicro nro Iuhs in iiunibcr In one direction and moro in tho other, Every self luminous body in the uni verse is imparting tothisiuediuin wuves of tli two varying lengths all tiuvellng with a sensibly coiiHtnnt velocity. When it is considered tlmt tho count less number of slurs und suns, scattered promiscuously throughout limitless space, nro producing such wuves, radi ating from each in nil possiblo direc tions, it would seem tli.it if they did not act titi Uy destroy each other they would so interfere us to produce "confusion worse confounded, " und the impressions upon the eye of un observer would be vuluulesti. Out, on tho contrary, tho scientist believes that this medium truly and faithfully transmits to tho remotett spuce every wave imparted to it, pro serving with the strictest Integrity Its individuiility except that phinets and other solid liodios limy destroy the waves they Intercept. A star ten or more yours ago started a wave which jnst now, we will sup pose, urrives ut the curth and writes its own record on some sensitized plates, though the star inuy be 0,000,000,000,- 000 miles uwuy. From these impres sions the physicist finds perhaps that tho star is double, although the most powerful telescope hud failed to divide it; that the two revolve about eueb other, nnd ho determines their probable orbit, masses and velocities. Or perhaps bo finds, us in the remarkable star of 1803, that it changes from asturtoa nebula in n few months. In till this no question Is raised in regard to tho in tegrity of tho record, nor whether in lta long journey any planet, sun, comet, niotoorito or nebula bus interfered to modify or in any way corrupt tho story it was comiiiinHioned to tell. What faith! But this is little moro than tho shadow of un illustration, for Hornchol, the UBtronoiuer, thought it probable that we can seo nubulio from which it has taken light 800,000 years to reach tho earth, during which time tho interstellar medium has been faith ful in transmitting ut tho rato of inure thun 11,000,000 miles per minute tho Impulse committed to it, notwithstand ing its path has been crossed nnd re crossed by other wuves without number. Pen cannot adetinutoly describe the trnnscoudent properties of this wonder ful medium culled the "lnminiferons ether" nor too highly exalt tlmt faith which enables ono to implicitly believe tho truthfulness of the stories commit ted to him. Ono is led to exclaim with the psalmist: "O Lord, how manifold are thy works. In wisdom thou hast made them all." Science. A (Irnil Invention. "I have hero," began tho energetic mini ns ha bundled into tho younn law yer's oflieo, "the greatest invention of tho ago." It wus cases that tho lawyer wanted, not inventions, und ho said HOinething rather rude, but tho energetic man proved to bo a philosopher nnd inoroly smiled. "1 call it," pursued tho visitor, "the eternal kiHser, because there is simply no end to tho kisses it bestows. It is this." IJ hauled out R spray of mis tletoe covered with whito berrieB. This interested tho young lawyer,wlio raised bis eyebrows inquiringly. "Mistletoe," proclaimed tho agent, "is very scarce this year, und a bunch containing a score of berries would bankrupt a poor man. Now, this great invention brings happiness within reach of ull. Tradition permits you a kiss for each nnd every berry; yon know. You hold this spray above your beloved's head so. V'ou bend so nnd Uiss her. Then you grab a berry so und pull it presto, it flics back ugain in pluce. The leaves and berries are India rubber, sir, nnd two did you say? Fifty cents. Thank you, sir. Oood day." Harper's Magazine. Crossroads lluriala. Formerly it wus a general custom to rrcct ctosses at tho junction of four crossroads on a place self consecrated ac cording to the piety of tho age. Suicides and notoriously bad characters were frequently buried near to, these, not with the notion of indignity, but in spirit of charity that, being excluded from holy ritcs.thcy by being buried nt crossroads might be in places next in sanctity to ground actually consecrated. Westminster Uazette. Rebuked. A Texas clergyman who ran as the Democratic congressional candidate in that state two years ago was once in terrupted in the midst of a public pray er by a man who shouted, "Louder!" He stopped short, looked at the inter rupter and said coolly: "I wasn't ad drwing you, sir. 1 was addressing the Almighty." Then be went on with bis prayer. Texas Sifting. Tb II lihw LIMratura. "Hallo, Chinimy. Is dry any more books in A Young Terrors' libervf" "1 dunno, bat I hear tell about a story by George Eliot what dey call 'Daniel dt Rounder.' Shouldn't wonder if dat might be pmty good. "-Brooklyn Knelt. . THE U0ERTV BCLL IVIier ennrrwj mm and freeclnta flnof our l&rrv Imnmr to the dreer Emltlniil) iia iron i"'Ui- All I bra' tlmt siin.ni- r oiurulM ..4 Utir unwlxrn litH-riln, It Old Ihvamllniiof tliv iiIkIiI, The M'vr Un of frcwl mii'i d.iy. Ami overland I litre Aulicxl a Unlit 01 umltieruooil ! human riI.U The end of kiiml)' sway. Ob. how I he it'ixl ohl hoi I luld nllt Tbs Joyous lull of rrumioin'i bit till From eat 10 wml, from nori li to iwiutb, Tin inaMaiivof lla lirnwn uinuib Kollwl all around thm-arlbl It utinf the blrtbrixlit at the raoa, Tim (lory of tin 6ruv and frea. And prallnir from In utrred iiliits It n-1 the whole wldo world nlihut With clreiiiof lilierty. Tiiold, and mien now uowiiind, Hut yet lla ei h'H rlnif kltlill'nel ItarixlliiK I'liu-e l lioly irroiuid To freeilmu'a aiiii". whrruver fuund. Until ihvendortlnio. -1 8. Aiii"iiiu lu VoulhV Uuniiniiloo. OEXIK'S CASK. In the fall of after they bad had such uy times and so much company at their country homo, Mrs. Alford began to look over her box of hoiiiieputhic rem edies for "something that would suit (Jenie's case." By degrees she liiade the girl take upon her tongue or in two glasses of water, alternately erot-sed by thu spoon if one inude no mistake, samples of inost of her nice white medicines. Hut some how (Joule kept on looking pule and growing thin anil being depressed, Bud that nmnistukuble symptom of having red eyelids of a morning continued. "Ucnle always used to look so fresh when she came to breukfust," Mrs. Al ford said. "And I give you my word, her fuce was quite swollen yesterday when 1 went to call her." It never occurred to Mrs. Alford that the mysterious symptom of pink eyelids in the morning might be occasioned by shedding tears during the night. "Why on eurth should Genie weep?" she would have suid hud this lieen sug gested. Sho hud no trouble. But even mothers do not always know everything, nnd "Genie's caso" was really this. William Ritchie, thoir next door neighbor's sou, with whom Genie hud always been "very friendly," who had wulked to school, and gathered nuts with her, and pulled her about on his sled, und skuted with her on the pond in their childhood, had, after a two years' ubnence from homo, returned to find Uenioqiwte grown up and wonder fully pretty. For her part she saw in him the pink and jierfectiou of man hood, and their eyes confessed their mutual admiration. No one else dreamed of any change of feeling between the lifelong friends. But it was not long before William said things toGeniethat made her happy when she thought of them, and had rejoiced her soul by gifts of flowers and volumes of poetry and all manner of delicate attentions, and at Inst hud proposed to her nnd been ac cepted. They hud not made the fact public yet, however, when Major Stntidish came to them from tho west to pay them a visit and brought his daughter with him. The major had married Mrs. Alford's sister years boforo, and Cora was their only child. She wus a belle In nrmy society, nna if there is anything calculated to in crease a young lady's satisfaction with herself it is that. She uiude no socret of her conquests, but siioke openly of tho bleeding hearts she left behind her. She might if she chose bo Mrs. General That, or Mrs. Colonel This. Captain So-and-so was ready to die for her sake, and Bhe had fl long string of lieutenants to laugh about even the chaplain was really very fur gone. With all these adorera wutching for her return to the fort it seemed hard to uie that sho should instuntly make a dead set at William Ritchie and know no peace until she had stolen her one ewe lunib from her. But this is just what Cora did, nnd it seemed to Genie that William met her half way. Innocent Uenio hud never seen a flue, well managed, genuine flirtation before. Her wonder wus almost as greut as her grief to tiud man so treacherous, and one evening, when there was a gay par ty at the houso and Cora and William seemed tQ have vanished mysteriously, she hid herself in the honeysuckle arbor a place just then plunged in deepest shadow nnd flung herself down on a corner of the bench to indulge unseen in a fow tears. And whilo she lingered there Cora and William came softly in, and sitting down where the moonlight drifted iu upon their faces began a most lenti mental and dramatic conversation. Ho compared her to a rose and a nightingale. He told her what a star tling effect she hud upon his lietirt when first ho saw her, and ho alluded mys teriously to "bonds that bound" him and to what he would do were he free. But honor! honor! Ho would breuk no sweet girl's heart. "Never for my sake," Cora declared. "Better thnt I should suffer than one in nocent." It was quito like a chapter from a sen sational novel. Sho gave him her hand to kiss, neither of them guessing that Ho deep shadow in the corner was Uenio, und ho quoted poetry by the yard. They evidently considered them selves very noble and self sacrificing, wonderful, suffering, glorious boings. And how tho little maiden sat quietly two feet from thein until they rose nnd went away arm in nrin sho never knew, neither how sho lived through the night. But the next day found her very strong. Early in the morning sho went to the garden fence and beckoned William Ritchie to come to her, und took his arm with a Luugh, und made him walk with her out of hearing. Then she said: "Don't you think that when people have inude a great mistake tbe best thing possible is to confess it?" And when he answered, "1 suppose so." she simply took her ring from her finger met gave It baclt io iuiu. X'ucu she left him and walked away, and oil, how gay she wus nil that day! She had novcr believed that sho could act so well. Her heart was full of burning pain, and she wished that she were dead. But her pride upheld her, and no one guessed how she suffered. She was so glad that siie had never told nny one of her engagement to Wil liam Ritchie, and could join iu all their merry talk when it was publicly known that Mr. Ritchie' had cut out the gen erals and majors and captains and colo nels of army society. As for William, he was pnatly con gratulated, and when the major went b.tck to his quartefs with his daughter, In something of a hurry, there was talk of trouble with the Imlians. It was un derstood that William Ritchie was to go out in six months' time to claim bis bride and bear her away before the very eyes of all those envious warri irs. The major did not profess to I pleased. Thnt a girl who could marry in army society should choose "a civilian amazed him, he openly coiif--ed. But "a willful woman must have Iter war." Cora vii of age full fare and twenty. "William Ritchie is very nice." Mrs j Alford said. Xodoulit, the inujurutwnled. "l)ut Cora might hnve hud a general.' How glad Oicilio WHS when they wero none! How soon she left oh her uetlmr. Her mother opinod thai ho had lcen too gay that summer. Mrs. Hitchie, who was broken hearted nt her Wll. Hum's choico, ciune In iometimes mid was apt to wish herself iu thu totn':i of her forefathers. But William nover came. Ho corresponded voluminously with Miss Cora StuudHi, who mudohim jeulons of now one officer and now an-1 other,' and ho felt that he received little , sympathy at home. ; At last the time arrived when he wus to go to claim his bride. Between a hor-! ror of having her brought home, "to ride over her head," us sho expressed It, 1 and a fear that they would induce "her ; William" to take up his residence umong them, Mrs. Hiteltio was quite distracted. : "She is your cousin," she said to the girl ono day, "or I'd say what I think of that creature. Sho might huvo kept j herself with In-r own kind. Why should : she curry off my Imy?" ! Then Genlo felt so much sympathy , for tho liereuved mother that they tnin- ; gli-d their tears. j .Mrs. Ritchiu would not go to Will's wedding not she, Indeed! j She went so fur as to hope that when he returned ho would find lier dead of a ; broken heart. But she packed bis trunk for him and put in a new Bible as her wedding gift to Cora. Then Will de parted. What with Will's popularity, his moth er's despair und the doubt us to whether the young couple would come b '.ck to live or settle down ut the fort, this wed- ding minion greut deal of talk, anil when time passed on nnd neitlt'-r telegram, letters, nor anything else in the shucof news arrived, there was some excite ment. Had there been "trouble with the Indians" the uewspaiiers would have revealed the fuct. This silence wus very ttrange. Old Mrs. Ritchie was sure that Will was "weuncd from her already," and consigned herself to despair. Genie read over and over again a poem which begun Married, married, nnd not to me! Is It a dream or can l( bey und pasted it in her scrupbook, and was rending it in the honeysuckle nrlsor when an expressman paused at old Mrs. Ritchie's gute and hauled from his wat'ou one solitary trunk with "W. R." upon it. Lnter Will himself walked up the road alone, with his portuinnteau in his hand, and stood at his mother's door. Something had huppeneij. Genie would have been un ungel if she had grieved over the fact. As it was sh felt that her little bit .of revenge was ready for her, und revenge was sweet, und with a merry luugh sho skipped over to the fence that divided the gar dens and culled out: "Why, how do yon do, Will? Where is Cousin Corn?" Will turned nnd looked nt hoi, and came straight toward her. When 1 reached the majors resi dence your cousin Cora had just eloped with Colonel O Shnuncssy," ho suid. "As the major and Mrs. Colonel O'Shau nessy's brother are out hunting the colonel, 1 thought I would return home, though kindly invited to join the sport. "Oh!" cried Genie, with all the hor ror of un innocent girl. "A married man? Is she liko that as bad ns that?" "It is pretty bad," said William. "But I'm glad I found her out so soon. Later would have made it a tragedy for me and all your fault, Genie!" "Mine?" cried the girl. "Yes," snid Will. "When you. gave me back my ring you threw mo into her hands. Before thnt it wus only a flirta tion. I never intended it to bo anything else, for my part. But when you used me so" "I used you sol" said Genie. "Why, William, I heard you talking to Cora in the arbor the night before I gave you back my ring!" "No man ever talks Unit way to the woman he loves," snid William. Then they turned uwuy from each other, but though Mrs. Alford wept over the awful conduct of her sister's duugh tcr, Genie wus happier than she had been for many moons. You nnd I may wonder whether Wil liam Ritchie told the truth, or whether ho told half of it, but Genie believed him. Before long the gossips of the place whispered that sho intended "to tuke pity on him," and this was Genie's view of the mutter. Her jietulunt conduct she said had driven him into the meshes Cora spread for all men. She wns to blunie. It was her duty to atone as far ns she could. She felt sure of that, und William insist ed npon it also. Therefore she one day uiarried him. In their case marriage hits not proved a mistake, for they make a very com fortable couple, and no one was happier 011 the wedding day than old Mr, Ritchie. Mury Kyle Dallas in Fireside Companion Cool. Some meu never get excited, nn matter what lite provocation. Oneof this number is employed in 11 foundry in this city. The other ihiy lie stioil il lulu Ihe fotin dry 1 nice nnd in a n 17 casual way inquir ed, "What's become of that extinguisher I UNed to sou around here!" "Oh, it was a little nut of order, anil we sent it back to lie repaired," said one of the clerks. Still piiftiiii! tranqiplly at bis pipe, the man inquired, "Von don't happen to have a pail handy, do your" "So. What do you want a pail f.irf" was the. answer aud question. "I thought 1 could use It. The shop's sllre." There was a scramble to get out, and when the shop was reached the tire hud made some progress. The steamer compa ny near at linnd was notilled, and after a short light the flames werestitled. Albany Journal. Ilia Only Courts. v--.li; .:vX , "Why did you kis my danghter against her will?" "She said I'd have to kiss her against hei will or not at all." Life. Graduated From Heidelberg. The daughter of the late Professor Wiudscheid, the famous German au thority mi Roman law, has Ixvu gradu ated from the University of Heidelberg with the degree of Ph. D. Franlein Windsi'btid is the first woman to be ad mitted to the old seat of learning with tbe privilege of taking ber degree. She passed a brilliant examination. Tbe university, it is said, will probably soon be opem-d to women. Exchange. J. Hiripisley gay that he has looked npon the whole range of the Swi Alp while removed froin thetn by a distant ' nf 9iie) T1111.4 ani rir w . J ones amnna I - . -, . mat me niinaiayaa ai'innrru iu ui view from a distance of 2H miles. LXPlIiT EVICCNC 1 - Jnl l.oecenerkrr Mi ntlons Hoiim AbiiMt ',J sm-i Ur.licil Itetiirm., 1 JudueJorlM. l.oiiBenovkcr, ex-sttile's nt- lonicv nt Chiuifco, who riWtihguUbed him- H-lf hy the prrwcutlon of thu C'ronln con splrutorn, reciiiily delivered himself of tbe following '.piiiMia on the subject of expert evidence liicilmlnal irlalsi It would he Impossible for conns or lltl iriinm to dispense Justice nr obtain correct Jn.lKinenia without ex pert testimony. Titer are exHita on bookkeeping, experts on lueohauUin, experts on liaiidwriting, nil- Jt lKIK l.OMiKNF.I KKIt. eroscopeexperts Iu fact, there Is not a busi ness of any kind carried, nn but what at some time or pUcc expert testimony is 11 ec fsary. There is a Kroniug tendency lu Ihis city nnd elsewhere to cull professional expert witnesses. Kspeelully is It so In murder cases and condemns' Ion suits and in special assessment cases or where bene- . (Its are asked liiconjleninatlon suits. While I appreciate expert testimony anu anon- 01 Its necessity, yet I cannot lu too strong terms condemn the practice of hiring expert testimony. It Is sooften the case that an ex pirt witness is biused and feels himself com pelled to testify in favor of the purty em ploying lil m as such witness. 1 meun by professional experts such men as hold themselves out as experts, who niake a business of testifying, who stand ready to be employed as expert witnesses by either slile. In condemnation cases here In this eily, where u rnilrosd desires con demuutiou of property, how often you sea witnesses on one side swearing to the weat value of the property and on the other swear IriK to Its being of small value. It conies from one side employing experts who un derstand that their testimony shall be in favor of their employers. Such a witness knows that he cannot beimpeaehed; that he caunot be prosecuted for perjury; that he Is simply giving his opinion under oath. It. is true thnt often expert witnesses give their honest opinions, yet are mistaken. Physicians cannot always tell the disease of niiin. They cannot always tell whether a man Is of unsound mind or not, and they are oftentimes mistaken. Take the case of thu man who, not lielng a lawyer, but fw.'l ItiK that, he whs quulilied to 1111 the position of corporation counsel iu a certain city, his object In insisting 011 being appointed to the IiIkIi mid honorable position being for tbe purpose of elevating tracks. HisKoIng to the Inctimlieiit of that ollice and inform liitr him that he was to be appointed to the position and the Incumbent Introducing Llui to bis assistants as ihe corporation counsel and the letters he wrote in relation thereto are of more vulue as showiim bin in sanity than all the expert w itnesses culled. Take tbe act of that man purchasing a revolver, goinur to the home of the mayor of that, great city, who, while in the peace and quiet of his family, admitted him into bis house, and then, without a word of warning, shooting the life out of this peace able citizen und public officer and then ruuning from the house and going to the police and giving himself up, surrendering either from fear or because of his knowing be hud murdered. That is more evidence of his sanity than the testimony of all the expert witnesses called to establish It. It Is of greater weight in showing that he knew the difference between right and wrong than all the expert testimony. By way of suggestion, I would In murder cases, where the plea of Insanity was inter posed, have tbe law make it the duty of the courtto summon three disinterested physi cians, qualified n experts on Insanity, to testify in the case, tbe witnesses to be paid out of the county treasury, aud they would thereby give their opinions without being Influenced by employers. One of tbe Woes of Bummer. A young clerk in a Wall street bank, while out to luncheon, met anotheat dur ing the torrid period around noon and halted him with the words: "Hello, Charley. Hot as a certain plne with tho lid on, ain't it? You look deliciously flabby. Let me tako your photograph." He drew a tiny cumera from his cout pocket and aimed it at Charley, who tried feebly to dodge it. "I don't wan' ner pho'gruf," pleaded be. "Hold on, now; this is the very latest iu kodacks." So saying he pressed the button uud a streuin of water about the size of the little finger spurted into the ether's face and "did the rest." The ghastly little infernal machine which so niauy practical jokers are go ing to buy and amuse their frietids with have just been brought out on the routes of Twenty-third and Fourteenth streets and lower Broadway by the ever blooming, the man who basketh se renely and contentedly in 0" degs., nnd who congeah'th not even when the mer cury drops out through the iKittoiu of the thermometer. It is a pretty little machine, a perfect miniature camera, not of the kodak box style, but of the real nccordiou build. It, is tilled with water or any other fluid the fiend may select, such as ink or cologne, through a littlo trap ut the back, and when loaded and operated vigorously will send a stream fully five feet. If there is to be nny remedy for the use of this innocent little machine, or antidote which will prevent its spread, that antidote must be a large, two handed club, jagged and knotted ut the end. New York Herald. Effecting a Couiprumlae. "For goodness sake, Mary," asked the young lady's mother at breakfast, "what was the matter with you and Harry in the parlor lust night?" "Why, mamma? What?" Inquired the daughter demurely. "Why, you rowed and quarreled for half an hour like a pair of maniacs." 'Oh I" she replied, remembering tbe cir cumstance, "Harry wanted me to take the b;jt chair, and I wanted him to take it be causo ho was company, you know." "Well, what did you quarrel about?" "We didn't quarrel, mamma, only be In sisted that I should take it, and I wouldn't." "How did you settle it finally?" "Well, mamma, we we we compro mised, and both of us took It." Christian Observer. lh Americas PUB. American Youth I have come, sir, to bra your consent to my marriage with your daughter. American Father Ho she accepted you? "Yes." "Has sha promised to elope with you if I refused my consent?" i "v" j "Bless you, my children." New York I n 1. , tieeaij. A Slot Machln. Uncle Ephraim AyceJe (as he peers anx- ' lously into tb cable slot) I'm afraid we're awindled, Jemima Aunt Jemima How s that, Fpsraim? j Uncle Ephraim Aycrde I dropped the nickel in all right, but I don't nee no cable ' ear comin. Chicago Record. A Cas rol.t. "If, aatbe Bible nays, "all fleJ la grass,' j said tbe star boarder at tbe breakfast table ! i.. ...k;. . i. . i . j v, riu. j . iuw s.n m ui.y, w iu. .im ut stua tcosc tonarn Mexican bam mocks an I ' made of." Philadelpb Record. Seal ing au Kiigllahuian. There was a very green Englishman at Butto City, Mon., who wns talking about purchasing land near by for a borae ranch, and ns ho strolled around the depot th liulf dozen drummers who happened to meet there put up a Job on him. One of 1 hem Isirrow ed a coat and hat of a rum-hero, took Ihe carl ridges out of his revolver, and w lili the weapon held aloft in Ida band he suddenly jiiniM-d Into the waiting room and yi'llnl: ' 'Whoop! I'm a c.iiminkcron-nilil Mulder from Hie head w uters of r'ighilugcreek! I'm haif boss uii'l half alligator! I'm down on . - erylhliig that walksnu two legs, partlell I ly Kugllslimeii! Whar's tha bloody, l: oinln Bi llon u lm called me a liar?" What's the row about?" Inquired the Englishman as lie came in a halt and faced abo.it.. "Whoop! I've III lu llin-fl wars and kept a graveyard of my own the rest of the time!" shouted Ihe terror as he danced around. "Down on yer marrow Ismes and beg my pardon If you want to live two min utes longer!'' "Not if I know il!" draw led tbe lirlton, cisil as lee, und be squared off and lauded a thuniH-r on the drummer's nose which piled him over among the stacks of pelts aud dazed him so that he couldn't speak for the next Uvo minutes. We bad to bold tho "foreigner" to keep him from follow ing hp, and when the drummer bad been sponged off and brought to he sat down on a baggage truck and held his nose aud re-Ib-cted for a long lime. Then he slowly re marked: "When you fellows get through being tick led, perhaps you can explain at Just what stage of the game the belt run off." Detroit Free Press. Oven-areful "Dlniiis," Mid Mr. Ilerlihy to bit friend Mr. .Murphy, who was packing a barrel to send off by express, "as III nb'arve that phw.it ye' re pun In in that barr'l tsava breakable uatiir', lit me ndvolse yez to tak precaution in markln ut." "Au pha.it inuy t h 1 in things be, I dunno?" said Mr. Murphy, with au expression of un usual vacuity on bis countenance, which was dull at the best. "Precautions," repented Mr. Herlihy pompously, "Is jist id beiil'iher plucin 'This soiilo oop'nn the kiver so Ihe ixpriss com pany'll have 11 care, mini." "Oi'll do ul," responded Mr. Murphy, "but it's mesilf has stimuli trust in thira ixpriss fellers." A few days later Mr. Ilerlihy accosted Mr. Murphy on the street. "Au have yez heard from the barr'l?" he inquired. ' Ui have that," replied Mr. Murphy sul lenly, "au iv'ry blissrd thing in ut was broke to smash when the folks opened ut Thiol pesky ixpriss fellers managed ut well." "Au did yez take them precautions I rio ommlnded?" Inquired Mr. Ilerlihy. "Yis," replied Mr. Murphy iua still more surly tone, "an fer fear thliu shpalpeens wouldn't be ufther seeiu 'em on the kiver 01 put thliu saute wurrdsou the bottom a the barr'l besoides, 1111 U's meself that don't think over high av yer percollons, Mlsther Ilerlihy, or wbativer the name av 'em is. It's little good Oi've got out av 'em." Youth's Companion. Her llepll. Belle What an absurd man Mr. Snooks If I Ho told me he hoped I never giggled. Bessie Ami what nld yr.11 say? Belle I giggled. Boston Trauscrlpt. THK COMPLEXION OF A I'll IN K'HK t no', yellower limn thnt of sn uiiforlunsle In ' I i v 1 cl un I whme liver nomphilnt hs assumed the chronic form. The evelmlls of tho lUfterer s niu'C 11 utiffroit hue, tlicro Is dull psiu In the re gion of ihe orHii nfTeelcd, the tongue is canted brenth or, lelc h adHcheg usim ly l ilt not al wavs occur, and there lsiomRtlmesdUzliieasnii nrlsimr from a sitting posture. Cont pillion stnl dvsnensis sro also attetirlsnts of Ihfs verr oemraoti nllneiit, siwtiyg In llafliorr .vatedform, llnine 10 nreeu aDscesses 01 mo liver, wn en sro very ilftt'Korons. Hosteller s Hi.tiniieh llliiers whollv er'dicstes It, ss well s. the trouoles eonipl'lented with it slid which It O'lgiiiHtea. to 1 hi la and fever, a eoainluiiit wuich alwaya yields to the It Iters, the liver l seriously In volved. This tine alterative t nio remove cm llveness slid Indigestion, ruemnitle, nervous and kid. oy trouide sad debility. The snila-wnter fountain and iho ydnlt-shlrt hsi.lt are hr lo dimly dUre nlblc as f.utunsof life in ihe Immediate fu ure. YOVlt GOOD HEALTH, II you re a sun e.ruig-woman, dununds iJootor I'ien-e's r'nvorite Pre scription. There's no other medicine like it, for women's ieeuliar ills. No matter how distressing your symp toms, it relieves your aches and pubis, ami it faithfully used will bring a permanent cm m every chronic weakness or derange ment, in catarrhal inlluuiiuution, aud in the displacements of women. w Q Un, It. V. Pierce: Dear Sir-l inn cheer fully recommend your valuable medicine, the " t tivorlte Prescription," to suffering leuiali1. 'Move years ayo my health Is-onine so poor that I was scarcely able to lu ln with the house hold duties. 1 was H-rsuuots1 10 try your medicine, nnd I piuvhiiscd six bottles. That, willi the local treattneiit you advised, made me r.troiig and well. My sister bus used II in the family with like resuiu. T. - 1 1 ...... m Iuq hv all itSIS. XV 1 BUIU - ..... J .-r- gist 1. It cures Inoipient Consumption an-1 J the best Cough and Croup Cure. - IWlfat V TAKE 7 'SiioUKotlleM I II II One cent a dose. kgnQaal ST. JACOBS OIL CURES ... 'PERMANENTLY DROP "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR GAIN." MARRY A PLAIN CIRL IF SHE USES SAPOLIO Hardware and Builders' Supplies, 289 WASHINGTON ST.. PORTLAND, OREGON. jTF Cot this adVertiiaement out, and iend it when yoo write. Trintetl with Jenecke-l'll-man Iuk. PALMER 4 REY, Agents. Every good Olng h" U boat of imliat on; every genuine article III counterfeit The linitstors always choose tha most vat liable and popular srtlole to counterfeit, so that when they claim their sham tn h uiial. or as good, or lh same a " Ho-nd mi s," the public may depend upon it that "Ho-aud-so's " article is lbs best of the kind. Ali.cocx's I'okoi s I'i.atkb i tbe stand aril of excellence Ihe world over, and imi latnrs iu their ary that Ihelrs is "as good as Ai.icock's" are onlv emphasizing this fact and admitting "A1.1101 '" 10 be the acme or perli'dion, wtiion it is itieir nign . st Munition lo Imitate, The dlltcrcnc he- Iwren the gru due and Ihrs imitation I ax wide a that between copper ami gold. Hie only safe way lor purchasers I to always Insist upon having A lu-oi u's I'os oes Turrits. It is the only porfral plaster ever proclllonl. Hhaniikkth'i I'm us stimulate ihe liver. lie And ht would ynu dn If I kla-ed youf She (Willi dlsiilu) - I d chII mamma.. (.Wicr pause ) Hal niuniiiia t out i ua evening. (!ot:oas amii l,ARsKNK.-'lhe Irritation which in nines coughing is linniedialel relieved by "irou n l.umehmt Tturhit,'' Hold only In boxes. Mr. ll.M'iiiiKratuUllntK, old I How; boy or HINT Mr. 11. (-orrowiiui)i-iioini HKWAIIK OF OINTMKM'sl tOlt i T A II It II THAT CONTAIN MKIM'I 11V, Aa mercury will surely dcalmy Ihe rente of amen anil completely uermiKd Ihe whole niuiu wuen nnlerliiR II through ihe muciina surfaces. suen art eiea sniiiiiii never is iim-o txei pre.crlptlnna from reputable phalelaua, ut Ihe unmsue nicy w in un is lenioio 10 ise goou )uii t-nii poaaibly derive from thein. Hull a Catarrh t are manufactured hy P. J. I'lieney A I'o., To- lciio,(. .contains tin nieicnry, aim 1 taken inter iihIIv. aetlnir d reellv iiihxi the blond und itiii- oils aiirbiiui. of the sys'ciii. lu hujlnu II fall's. tstsrrn 1 are ne aiire yon gei rue genuine 11 Is taken Internal y ii(l made In Toledo, Ohio, hv '. .1. ( hencv A t'o. Testimonials fiee. gqp i d by drug lt; price, 7,0 cent" per rsillle. Guard yourfcft f for summer malaria, tired feeling, by using now Oieiion II ood I'urlller. I!e Ktismellue Htore Pollahi uodoat noaroell Try Osrmi for breakfast. Both the method aud results when Syrup of Figs ia taken; it is jileiuaut and refreshing to the taste, and acts ccnily yet promptly ou the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem eflectually, dispels cohls, head aches and fevers and cures linhittiul constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy oi its kind ever pro '.luced, pleasing to the tnsto aud ac ceptable to the etoniuch, prompt in its action and truly beuehcinl in its "fleets, prepared only from tho most healthy and agrceahlo substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. 8yrup of Figs is for sale in 50o and Zl bottles hy all leading drug gifts. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAU FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, fry, MCW YORK. H.t. Men In pu chasing reputable, brands of neiiing aim nosti. 11 )ou want me m-si ad full value fur nm' cy,k yourdealer for Mai use Cross slid bed Sirlp Ileltlnii and MaHee Cross, Khlgswoed and ttal lahuut Hose. Yon can rely on these brands. Kvcry length )uarunle(d. Gutta Perch and Robber MfR. Co., Kstalillshed 1855. Portland, Or. AKK VOl'K llltl'GOISr FOK WHEELER'S CARBON BISULPHIDE, -POR F.XTKRMIN ATINQ-" Ground Squirrels and Cophers r. a. cook Co., Sole Agents, - Portlaud, Or. Free by Mail On receipt of o.n Ooi.ua A Whole Garden. Let n mH you or 111 unrated Catalogue whic) will tHI you all about It. MuiftftNeeil mid PIhdI V H her wood Hall Nursery Co.), 4-9 Hanwtiu' !4trwt, fan Frai einco. selected Heedn a specialty MOTIVE POWEBl UCDPIII CO GAS and nLnUULLO GASOLINE E2STC3-I3STES. PALMER 4 m, Sao Francisco, Cal. anil Partlanti. Oi V. P. N. IJ. No f12 R. F. N IT. Mo. 619 IT IF YOI B BI SIXKH8 DOES NOT PAY Chlrkerii are enilty nnd ucceafull rained bynalng the Petaluma In eubatpra nd Brooders. Our il lustrated catalogue tells til about it YOUR SAFETY nan Pon't bny eny but the Petaluma 11 yon want irone, Tljroroua rhlelu We are PaelCe Coaal Headquarters (or Bone and CloVeH'ntlera, Mark era, Booka, Capoufiing Tools, Fountain, Flood's Boup Cure, Morrh Poultry Cure, Creoaosone tbe irreatculcken-lloe killer and every othei article required by poultry raisers. Bee tbe machines iu operation ai our exhibit with tbe Norwalk CMrlrh Farm. Midwinter Fair, batchins nairlchea and all kind" of irgs. Catalogue tree: II yon nt It, writ, ions. PETALUMA. INCUBATOR CO., I'M ,ot j6 Main meet, Petaluma, Cal. GALVANIZED WIRE NETTING, 14, .10, 34, 4 and 7 Inches Wiriv, 1 CENT SQUARE FOOT. O. B.STUBBS, MRS. WINSLOW S S7W . man CHILDREN TCfTHIMO raarsatiaarailknanfaw. aa lass a kaatla, If i r I .lira. A. C. MrtllocH Orleans, In I Good bsff Faiiii Cured of Scrofula by Mocd's rtcmliila -riiieale humanity. It l 'h iro-mbly luluaed Ititiithe blml. cely a man Is tree from II, In one Inriniir another. Min d's Harsipnrlllr. cures cmlula promptly, surely, lierueiiu'iitly. T lonauiids ol people ay so. K"r liiala-iee, read th'a: "I am Jitttltlcd lu thmlilut II aid's Ha 'Jrill a splendid medicine by on u experience with II. I wus Ki at suiT-rcr linn scrofula, hav I d ea liiil Min-a in my cars aud on my head.noiuetlliii" lar.. I.illa.diacharlii all the lllil -. Mi hn.liili.l ili.l'lcd tha I l.ibe II Nil'ariaroipirltla. Of iholliat laittia M Appitlto Improve J, and I lelt ia -what tH-iier. tii I U.imht another botiv, aud hv tho time II tvaa hall gone tha ae-n'iila had nullrely dlaiiPlui.n'cil. I am Hood'sP-Cures now i-uilrelv fre fr.mi w-r-ifubi an I was newr In b-iler In-aliu. Iliaal a n.iranparllla al-u en id ui) of a t.r ibte 1-0 11 m my al io, eiu. hy ueuraUi i i f the-ln-41 .." Mus.A. C. Mkui.O( a. orieinis, lu llaiiu. llOOd'a Pllla euro llrcr IPs. eotio l itlon, bllioiiMi ,)auiiUleu.s:ckbeid:i':he,iui.K atlo i. Bladder, Crlnary and l.lrer Diaeasea Cropay (Jraval aud Dlabotos are cured by HUNT'S REMEDY THK BEST KIDNEY AND LIVER MEDICINE. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Brlgbt'a Disease, Retention or Nou re tention ol Urine, 1'alns In tha Back, Lolas or Hide. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Intemperance, Nervous ItUams.licuora Debility, Female Weakness and Kxoessvs. HUNT'S REMEDY Cures Biliousness, Headache, Jaundice, Sour Sloraach, Dyspepsia, Constipation and flies. HUNT'S REMEDY Ml IS AT UlWKou the Klriiieys, I. liar and Howclsi restoring them to a healthy ao lion, and t'l It KN when all other melielues tail. Hundreds bare been saved who hare been (Iren Hp to die by fneudi and phyakiaus, NOI.lt HV All. IIIICIJ I SIX. DOCTOR Pardee's RemeiiL. THE GREAT CURE FOR INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION. -A Regulator of the Liver and Kidneys A M'KCmc FOR- Scrofula, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Neuralgia And ill Otber Blood and Skin Diseases. It Is a positive cure lor all those painful, dell late complaints and complicated (roubles and weakiiesaescommou among our wive, mothers tnd dattitbtera. The effect la Immediate and lasting. Two or three dosea of Da. Pardee's Rr.aKny taken dally keeps the blood cool, the liver and kidneys act ye, and will entirely erndlrate from the nystem ill traces of Scrofula, Suit Hhcum, or auy other -'orm of blood dicase. No medicine ever Introduced In this ooutitry Has met with such ready sain, nor u I veil micb universal satlstactlou whenever Used as tbut ol DR. Pakmci's Rkmkpt. This remedy has been used In the hospitals hrotighoiit the old world for the pM twenty Ive years as a specific for the ahore difcasus. ind It has aud will cure wbeu all other to-culleo remedies fall. Bend for pamphlet of testimonial!) from those who have been cured by Its use. DruCKists sell it at $1.00 per bottle. Try It and be convinced. For sale by MACK & CO., 9 and II Front St., San Francisco. Equals custom ttnk,coMni(r from M i ia-tCit: icir the money in th worJii. Nsino fuui pric i sump-a on the b.Vllom. Every par-arranti d. TuKj0 8iibsti- tu.S. cclticalt):inorinr fu I wWathc Ascription o our complcto K v tlcnirn nr menr fiir 7. uttrated ,atalogut givinif in. st ructions derby mail. Pwtiee free. You can ret thabest bargains of dealer who puab our shoes. n. Evory'iLR 1 1 MTU nn I! rirnuy. i nTh.,,.i Cut0 fnrCarrU. Duaf ne9,Col,l s. Sora Throat. ti.mr-i.-Utt., lleaiiacho, 1 blctculns .T,0nSl Brralbi llentorca tha Volvo. BcDse of j11AfuVS Ball t. F. 1 VOIt V : 1'lO-rnna.Mll iso-a i7ia BUa urausayas l INSIST ON HAVIXO TUB Belling, Packing and Hose, Boots and Shoes, Rubber tnd Oil Clothing, Druggists' Rubber Goods, auJrrFAtTtnrn BY Goodyear Robber Co., ?3 and S First, St., Portland, Or. Write lor entaloene rar.E. THE Sever kas trooblejwlth bread m-ide with Golden West BakingPcvdsr BAk en, Porlluid, yx fuamutee ever) cma. KIDNEY. A lla T JZS. I' tnt7 X 3: