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Highest of 11 in Lcivenlng Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report f3 WOMAN'S WORLD. LOOK OUT FOR THE WOMEN, FOR THEY HAVE COME TO STAY. ABSOLUTELY PUHE TEXAS HOOPSXAKES. THEY HAVE HOOK3 AND HOLES IN THEIR UPS AND LIKE FUN. A VISIT FROM THE DEVIL Bow HI Saiaala Majeaty On Mad III! IjlptMUN In Ilunw A raro pamphlet In tho library of the editor of department of The Ropob Ho boars the following quaint title: "A Strange and Terrible Wander Bought Verle Lately In the Pariah Church of Bungay namoly, on the fonrth of thya August in the Yeore of oar Lorde 1577. " m . n. iMnMul rtt thA nnnlnt Inn Euago in which it is conohed, and brief- "The lioopsuako of Texas la an inter f . ,. i . ... 1 Axtlnff a renti a an von can nud any Iraordinary fnry raged during divine where," said a former residont of the lervioea in the ohnroh alluded to; rain Lone Star State. "Itisnnlike any hoop fell in torrents, and the lightning flash- uake I ever saw in the eaut and a good ad "hln. rod. meea and In a mixture . "veuor. uchliu. jn of lndosoribablo colors." while the , i "P. with a . holo in tbnnder peals ' not oniy aisquiereu men , With Fin Bra of Hamor They 1IF Joke en Tenderfret and Women Oo ihn and Bullanaaea Create Lively Situ ation! For the Hooper. and dumb creatures, butsonseloss things devoid of all life and feeling trembled and shook with terror. " While the tempest was at its height, a fiend from the lower regions appeared in the midst of the terror stricken con gregation. The account says: "It was in form, as well as oonld be discerned, of an enormouB dog, of black color, the sight whereof, together with the fearful flashes of fire which thou were soen, moved many minds to the beliof that the end of time bad come, and that doomsday was upon ua. The evil one, for he it was in such strange likeness, ran with extraordinary speed into that portion of the ohurcb where the major ity of the congregation was seated. In doing so it passed between two persons who were upon thoir knees in the attr tude of prayer, grasped and wrung the necks of both in an instant, so that tliey died Dresontlyns tbev knelt As he paw ed by another he gave blm such a grip on the back that he was drawn together and Instantly shrunken up like a piece of leather scorched in a hot lira Leaving the church at Bungay, the devil is said to have "flown with sreate noise and rustling" to the church at Blibcry, seven miles away. He was seen to alight upon the roof and to instantly pass through it, dropping from the vaulted ceiling upon the bends of three persous (two men and a boy,) who were all instuntly killed, "beying scratched bye the horyd thing and burn ed to nearlie a crack lyng. " The "Book of Wonderous Viaitn- tions," published in 1(587, 110 years after tbe evonts mentioned above, says that the prints of the devil's claws where be ran down tho aisle of the Bun gay oburch ware then still plainly to be seen. bt Louis Republic. The Large Flying Squirrel. Tbe large red flying squirrel is inter esting, bnt not benntiful. It is wholly nootnrnal, and, like most nocturnal an imals, is extremely enrly and spiteful if disturbed in the dnytitno. It is as large as a cat, with a face like a rabbit's. Its coloring is extremely brilliant for a mammal, aud in general appearance it resembles some curious monster in a Chinese painting. The fur is a rich and deep chestnut on its back, light chest nut below, its head white and its eye a dull pale gray. Tbe wide parachute mombraue be tween its legs ia ooverod with fur, and its tail is long, thickly furred aud round. This squirrel does not "fly" in the proper sense of the word, but in the forests its parachute membrane answers its purpose almost equally as well as wings. It runs with a wonderful agil ity up the trunk of tbe tree, aud to tho end of a branch, and tlion tukes a flying leap, with its limbs extended to the ut most aud the wide flesh membrano ctretohed. This "aerial slide" carries it forward and downward to a horizontal distauoe of perhaps 40 or SO yards, and it is no ticed that, as in the oase of birds when making use of thoir powers of doscent with fixed pinions, the squirrel throws itself upward aud ascends slightly at tbe close or tbe "flight, " perching on the bough it aims at, with all the light ness of a pigeon descending from a tow er, to some point npon the roof below. Spectator. Bowie's Great Knife. The bowie knife obtains its name from Rezin P. Bowie, who lived in Maryland in the early part of this cen tury. He bad a brother who bad many enemies, and he, being turbulent aud fond of hand to hand fights, stood in need of good weapons Rezin undertook to furnish bim with a weapon some' what superior to any that cou Id be found in those parts at that period. A kuifo was made out of a blacksmith's fllo, aud blade was had nine inches long, to wnion was fastened a hnndle of six inohes. The knife was simple, strong in build and bad an admirable temper. Bowie used it in ID sanguinary contests, and then, happening in Philadelphia, be met with a cutler who fashioned it over for him. Bowie afterward settled on the Mississippi, and entertained the oelubrated actor Edwin Forrest, to whom he gave the origiual knife. For rest plaoed the knife iu his collection, where be retained it until bis death. Hard war a Haphazard Preaching. A clergyman in Cushing, Me., is re ported to have a unique way of scouring texts He passed around slips of paper, upon which the people wrote various texts that thoy would like to hoar preach ed from. He then passed around a bat and guthered up the slips and asked a young lady present to choose one with out looking. She drew forth the toxt, "What think ycf" upon which he preached, according to roport, a very excellent sermon. This method is cor tainly unique, but wo admit an old fash ioned preference for a text selocted early in the week and several days of careful thought aud study devoted to the dis course preaohed upon it Augustn(Oa.) Jonrnal. it, and on tbe end of its tail thore is a hornliko book that curves upward. Whenever the snake takos a notion to roll, it throws its tail over its snout, books into tbe lip, and goos spinning away over the grass as merrily as you please. "The snake can got over the ground pretty fast by crawling, but it seems to take great pleasure in roiling, xne un der part of its body is bright red, and you can soe the snake quite a distance when it s rolling. Some say the horn is hollow and capable of ejecting poison, but I don't know bow true that ia Peo ple who are ignorant of how the Texas boopsnake is built are simply amazed when they happen to sue one change from a orawl to a roll. Thoy can't make out bow it is possible for the snake to put its ends together and roll away at such speed unless it sticks its tail into its inooth. You will often run aoross a hoopsnuke that is crawling along lei snroly, when all at once it will throw its tail forward and go sipping off at a speed, you imagine, that makes its head swim. But its bead is always level, no matter bow fast it rolls or how far. "I've seen many a man and boy amusingly taken in by hoopsnakes out there. Evory newcomer desires to possess a specimen, and thoy get it into their heads that it is as easy as lying to catch one Tbe tenderfoot thinks he can cap ture a boopsnake by poking a polo or stick through the circle made by its body. Ho guts foolod, however, for tho cunning suake instantly unhooks its tail, thus ridding itself of the stick or pole, runs along on Its belly for a short dis tance aud then hooks into the lip again and resumes its frolio witb perfect free dom. Tbe hoopsuuke has a fine sense of humor, I reckon, for it takes delight in scaring women and tonnorroot ny roil ing right up to them and dodging away when they Bcreain or jump. They tell a story out there of a man who ran the handle of a rake through a boopsnako's circle aud unhooked it The snake got mod, struck at tbe mau and hit the trunk of a mosquite bush with its horn. It sped away then, and the man found the print of its horn in the bark. He ex amined the bush often, nud be took his oath that it died in loss than 00 days I ouce saw a hoopsnuke hanging to one of tho hind feet of a gopher. The gopher kicked and squoalcd aud pulled, and tbe snake kept tapping it on the head and back with its horn. The snake oouldu't have swallowed the gopher, aud it tormented the little thing out of pure deviltry. Its aim with the hook was unerring, aud it acted as if it was tickled all over every time the gopher squealed. The hoopsnake's fan came to an end very suddenly the moment an other gopher appeared. The second gopher took iu the situation at a glanoe, aud it immediately hopped upon the Buakeand bit it iu the back of the neck. The suake let go of tho foot mighty quick, and all tbe lively writhiugs im aginable that snake performed in the next eight or ten minutos. It thrashed tbe grass flat in a space five feet in di ameter, and I never saw a creature hate to die as that snake did. It finally stretohed out motionless, and I ont off its horn, which had no hollow in it. The wounded gophor was squealing in some brush, and its rosouer was trying bard to coax it into a holo, bnt It had been dono for by the snake, and it died in a little while. "How it does make a toad's eyes haug ont when a hoopsnuke gets aftor itl Tbe toad knows that it's a gonor, and it begins to hop and poop and squeal with terror before the snake has touched it The snake is in no hurry, for it knows very well that the toad can't get out of its sight, aud it takos downright com fort iu hearing tho toad wail. It crawls behind the toad, and whou it gets good and ready it throws its tail forward and gives the toad a smart thump be twoon the eyes with tho point of the horn. Tho toad backs up a few inches, and the snake seizes it by a hind foot Then the toad kicks with its free hind foot and claws the grass with its front foot keeping np a piteous squealing all the time. The suake lets it kick and claw for a spell, bnt by and by knocks the toad on the head till it stops kick ing and swallows it "While a hoopsnake was handling a toad in that way one spring I saw a bullsnake interfere The bullsnake of Texas iB a big headed reptile about 3 feet long. Its body tapers all the way ike a cone, aud it has two curved teeth n the upper jaw and is noiipolsonons. Tbe hoopsnake bad the toad by a bind foot, and of course the toad was mak ing all the noise it knew how to. Sud denly a bnllsnako glided out of the bush aud struck at the hoopsnake's middle with its upper jaw. The hoopsnake in stantly released the toad, faced the bull snake mid hit it on the neck with its born. The blow didn't phase the bull snake a particle. It returned the attack with a sidewindpr that knocked the hoopsnake out of the path. The latter must have been very much astonished, for, instead of sailing into the big ful- ow again, it cleared out at once, aud the bullsnake seized the toad right away and started to swallow it New ork Sun. Alhlallce of Frenchwomen The Modem Heroine Their Manifest Duly Her Dream, She Thinks, fame True A Model Lawyer Woman Kniatielpatlon On the question, "Is business life con genial to womanly Instincts, and Is it essential for women to have a business education?" Mrs. Croly, better known perhaps as Jennie June, said at the re lent meeting of Sorosis: "What are womanly Instincts? Are they alike in all women? Do all women want to sit at home by the fire? Isevery woman satisfied to limit her life to the nursery and kitchen? Tho habits of one generation are the instincts of the next, and is not this staying at home instinct in this generation the result of the habit of the wonim of the past? "Before the patriarchal age there was a matriarchal age, when the women at- The spirit of the Juuior organliatlon modest, but earnest gives promise tbat it will prove an admirable ally to the older association. It is Just what is needed in every city and town in the country. Even in the small villages, where the scheme of gov ernment is simple, not half a dozen prol ably of the women residents know the duties or term of serving of the select men or counciliiienor whatever the desig nation may Iks or their particular town. Every woman's club in these small places, as la true in the larger ones, should devote certalu meetings through the season to the study of the govern ment of the place. Whether women gain the right of suffrage or not, an Intelligent comprehension of methods of govern ment is their manifest duty. Her Point of View iu New York Times, JAPAN'S NEW ISLAM). HOITT'N SCHOOL FOK BOYS. SOME FACTS OF INTEREST CONCERN INO FORM08A, THE BEAUTIFUL. Her Dream, Mie Think., Came True. The following remarkable recent ex perience of a Portland liidy is a fact: She had lieen absent from her home all day, and that night she had a dream. She thought that she had started to do- atan ft tlm nullut airut utli m --.... l,n tended to Blithe retail business of life. I....... auMn r. 5, A ..,.. - & i " - - v . v i. am untu i ivrr We read in Proverbs how the woman, after she had gathered her maids togeth er and set them at their spinning, went forth and considered the fields and pur chased them. And because of her good judgment she was accounted a crown of glory to her husband. It was a woman who organized the first squadron of ships and sent them ont on a mercantile ven ture. Tbe reason of this was because the men were all warriors, and the wom en controlled all the social, domestic and mercantile life. There are today large numbers of women in controlling posi- to her and stood there swaying back and forth, and suddenly the head begun to chang and assume the form of a human head, and finally the face of one of her neighbors wbs grinning at her on the serpent's body. She awoke with a 1 scream. The neighbor was one whom ' she kuew but slightly, bnt with whom I she was not favorably impressed. The next morning her servant, a most i excellent cook and so generally superior 1 as to have become almost a member of j the family, told her tbat she must leave ; her, as the neighbor of the dream had ' It la Peopled Partly With Haragea and Partly With Chlneee and In Many Ways Is Ahead or the Celeatlal Rmulra In Point of Material Pragma, For ninny years it has been understood In a general way hy tho civilised that the Island of Formosa Is a meat beautiful place, that a certain highly prised sort of tea la raised there and that Its Inhabitants are partly Chinese and partly savago. lie yond throe facta few have cared to know and fewer yet, even among the well read, have uen Informed. Now, however, since tho lieaiitlful Island Is to Im turned over to .Inpnn by China as part of tho price of pence, tho outside world la making mnny Inquiries, and gradually many Interesting foots are com ing to light. Formosa la ulHitit U40 miles long and TO miles wide. It Him to the east of tho Chinese mainland, at an average distance of almiit IK) miles, the body of wa ter between the two being known as tho Formosa channel, which Is used as a thor oughfare by tho I'odfln Mail and many other steamers engaged In the trade of the furonst, Although this channel Is land locked, so fur as the piles of the l'aolllo are concerned, Its surface Is apt to be any thing but a placid sea, as tho typhoon, one of tho most dreadful winds of tho orient, Is especially fond of blowing the biggest kind of great guns thero. The Island Is tions in the business world. One woman come to the house during her absence the inert, .s u .,K-r n o. day before and offered higher wages and Brown and controls large home and for- eM work BIUj better advantages gener- eign interests. A gentleman who had aUy. The regult wag the went occasion to meet J. Brown in a business to the neighbor's, and the lady feels that way after having known the individual ncr dreaw WM appropriate. She had no for many years on business paH?r found intimation or suspicion that this neigh- that J Brown was a very smal woman bo, had designs upon ber cook, and there at the head of a very large establishment wa8 nothing apparently to inspire her where the only men employed were the dream.-Portland (Me.) Transcript. "A gentleman who lectured to a com- A Model Lawyer mercial class of young men recently 0ne of the prettiest and most charm warned them to lookout for the women, ; )ngof ycmng New yorlt womefJ for they had come to stay. They were ; nd ft member 0f the Drawing Boom more reliable, more persevering and more , club bttg 8 knowledge of legal lore that conscientious than men. The young bnsi-; wonld 8atouish any one not acquainted ness woumn is more assertive, more inde- witn tne marvelous versatility of the pendent than the business woman of the nineteeuth century woman. "I believe past. They have less of the feeling of , vou wonM a gplendid hand to gratefulness toward men, of timidity, ! briefg for me her husband, a lawyer, and they charge, I am happy to say, twice had remarked at one time. "Well, then as much for their services. The day will i n tv0 i i .. . ., ... I Irs (1. Holtt. Ph. I).. Master at Iturlln same, Han Mateo county, t'al., Is on cf ths best schools lor boys on tbe Pacific C'uaat, 1 Prise Fighting Among FUh. Ouo of the popular amusements of Hiaiu is fish fighting, just as horse rac ing holds high place iu England. The two fighting flsb are plaoed iu a hugo bottle together, aud tbey proceed to take each other's measure, shoulder np to oaoh other in schoolboy fashion , and back aud push uronud the "ring," the small flus vibrating rapidly all tbe time, and eaob little being quivering witb excltemout aud wrath. This goes on for some minutes, until, a the spec tators are growing impatient, one fish suddenly niukos a dart aud bite at bis adversary's tail. Houccfortb thore is uo hesitation until one or other gives In. ' Tbe Siamese back their fish just as money Is staked on borsos horo, and then the battle is continued until one flsb is chased around the bottle by the othor. But tbis is usually an affair of an bour and frequently three or four. Tbe fish are reared specially for fight ing aud display wonderful pluok and determination. Tbe tail is the part which shows most dauiago, although it is very easily torn, but a good grip on tbe side fin is very effootive. They display considerable agility in evading their opponent's mouth and also in suddenly twisting round and taking a piece ont of its tail In 20 minutes or so those appendages, which looked so brave and bright as thoy started to the fray, are torn to rib bons. Times of India come wnen u win oe said, -un, l cannot ; And for two years she devoted herself to , umn. BU ..mill : Bn manner and kinds of judicial verbos more than a man. ity 8Ild with 8nch cl)arming salinity Then Mrs. ( y, who evidently is not ( thHt the nmHty old tonieg were oled afraid of having her age approximated in ! into riving ont their most cherished se- conjecture, paid a pretty and deserved tribute to the men in her profession by saying that she had been a business wom an for 40 years almost alone in it at first and that she had never heard from business men a word that they might not have uttered in a drawing room full of crets without demur. The other day a legal conundrum was propounded to her, "If a man dying in testate leaves only two relatives an nu de and a grandfather, which would in herit his property?" "I shall have to re fer to my books," was the answer. "It ladies, aim mat tne journalists were the ig always a lawyer's prerogative to do so most advanced and literal of men in their in miPsHnna nf that tlnj" .n recognition of the intelligence and abil ity of women. Mrs. Croly finished her remarks by saying that "woman will never take her proper position in the world until she gets to be a money maker as well as a money spender." Foul breath is a discourager of af fection. It is al ways an indication of poor health , bad digestion. To ', bad digestif n is j traceable almost all 'human ills. It is fthe starting rxiint of many very rr inus maladies. I'pon the healthy action of the diges t i v e orvanv the blood depends for its richness and purity. If digestion stops, poisonous matter ac cumulates and ia forced into the blood there is no place else for it to go. The had breath is a danger signal. Look out for it! If you have it, or any other symptom of indigestion, take bottle or two of Dr. Kerce's Golden Medical Discovery. It will straighten out the trouble, nuke your blood pure and healthy and full of nu triment tot the tisane. ei.VdSav m Athletlca of Frenchwomen. The Salle d'Armes Feminine, as it is called, which was recently opened in Paris, has been followed by the opening of a Cercle d'Escrime des Dames, or La dies' Fencing club. This institution is under the patronage of Mnie. la Colo nelle Derue, the Couitesse de Murat, Mme. la Colonclle Rousset and others. The chief professor is a woman whose husband was formerly a master-at-arms in a military school. The device of the club is "Ludns Pro Froma," as the exer cise of fencing is calculated to develop special graces aud beauties of the femi nine form. In no city is skating so gen erally practiced as in Paris, for the arti ficial ice areiyis afford more opportunity for the sport thnji nature is inclined to provide except in Canaxla. These artifi cial ice surfaces are five or six inches thick, very smooth and glistening, aud the air inside the pavilions is pleasantly warmed with gns. Frenchwomen, too, are devoted to bi cycle riding and may be seen in their jaunty short skirts everyday in the park riding, with or without a groom in at tendance, according to their rank. It lias been considered pertinent to criticise the Frenchwoman as given over to vanity and luxuriousnesB, but the more one be comes acquainted with this dainty type of femininity the more one learns to re spect the little knack she has of accom plishing all that other women do so qui etly and grucofully and with so little flourish of trumpets that no one knows that she is doing anything at all. It is the supreme cleverness of the woman that deceives us into believing her in competent. Puris Letter. i young judge; O learned judge!" was the admiring exclamation of the perhaps skeptical querist, for the most astute I lawyer wonld not have been betrayed into a more definite statement. New York Letter. Woman's Emancipation. The Hon. Ettore Socci, a member of the Italian parliament, through the pages of The Humanitarian, asks if it would not be possible to hold an international women's congress in Borne in 1895 in or der to give prominence to the women's movement, which is spreading its ramifi cations throughout the world. He is an ardent advocate of the movement. The emancipation and higher educa tion of woman, he declares, would not destroy in her the feeling of wife and mother, and still less would it undermine family life. "It is much more probable that wives will be unfaithful in places where they are looked npon as slaves rather than in more civilized society, since, in giving a worthy position and a true personality to the woman, unfaithfulness becomes a crime, and duty is regarded as a reli gion." There is so much common sense in this last observation that it must com mend itself to the judgment of all thoughtful people, says an English pa per. Give a person liberty and responsi bility, und his whole being is changed. Keep him in subjection, and he will be in a chronic state of irritation and unrest. A Book Mlier. The Modern Heroine. An English writer calls attention to the interesting change iu the heroine of the day. The simple ingenue Amelia Bedley and her sisters have been voted tame and insipid and aro dead and bur ied. Becky Sharp aud her host of un worthy imitators, with their schemes aud their lies and their ultimate discomfiture, have joined the great majority and vex ns no more. Nowadays it is the sphinx who is the rage the creature with un fathomable eyes and large aspirations, passionate impulses and pessimistic tend encies, a more or less happy combina tion of Schopenhauer aud Musset, with a dash of Gyp's flippancy thrown in. She is a complicated person whose most sa lient point, perhaps, is ber absolute self ishness, her cynical disregard for the feel ings of other people. According to the novelist, the great feminine cry of the age is, "Let me live my life," bnt somehow or other the girl when she has a chance never seems to go forth and give proof positive cf this overweening genius which places her at such an immeasurable distance from her commonplace surroundings. A story in which this new development of the fem inine constitution does something be sides declare that she means to would be novel. It is interesting, too, to see how very markedly the hero of late has been forced to stund aside for the heroine, whether it is because of the notoriously complicated moral constitution of the latter, or because of the increasing num. A Pi,iinii..i,,iii in... i....... ....... .v.... ould scarcely believe it, but thero are ' women novelists and the alleged men who will in without the mxvasltic of llfo to gratify their ernie for collecting rare Ismks. I hare In mind the ease of a man who lives In a luw-k street away up town suim-whcra III miserable rln-iini-Btam-tM, but who has a rrallr flne librnnr of rare hooks. When 1 have had sale on. I have known him to come In luokimr like tramp, with the toe out of hi ImkiIs, lied linen and a Rvnerol air of aemlre- wtable vagrancy. And yet he would think nothlns of navlnir SM) for some difficulty in the drawing of a hero by a a woman, it is difficult to determine. Woman' Manlfr! Duty. The Civitas club of Brooklyn, which nas sprung into a famous existence, de plores with commendable modesty its wide notice. "We are just learners," said one of its members, "eager to under stand Brooklyn's municipal affairs. Aft er we know how to go to work and in wnn'- " l"K-hT came ; wbat way good can be accomplished we o me one day will, tmrs In her eye. and , how fo ....,.,. ,t ' nrrvi ! s, . tn .1 1 .,, t o- v . v ho. and poe. that the old man' nnmlon fsr collect ln had transformed hllu Into a perfect miser. " Only One Wee, Faint Kick. The Woman's club of Montclair.N. J., the residence of Lucy Stone and Henry B. Black wdl in 1802, recently met in the parlors of the very house built by them and now the residence of Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Marshall. The woman suffrage movement was thorouchlv discussed by a brilliant and representative gathering. As the meeting was drawing near its close each person in the room was asked how he or she would vote if the question were at once submitted. All but one said they would vote in its favor. And even the one gentleman who voted in the negative said that he believed in woman suffrage, but thought it was a little too soon to establish it. Boston Woman's Journal. The Handwriting on the Wall. That the enfranchisement of women in he United States is inevitable is being l,Tadtuilly forced upon the minds of its opponents by the logic of events. Mrs. Kute Gannett Wells, who has long been a prominent Boston "remonstrant," is reported in the Salem (Mass.) Observer as saying to the recent graduating class of the Salem normal school, "When woman suffrage comes as come it must and these young women are citizens, let them see to it that the laws shall per mit a married woman to teach in the city schools." An Euthoalaatle SporUwoman. Mrs. Thomas M. Carnegie of Pittsbnrg, for whom the yocht Dungeness is now being built at Baltimore, is an enthusiast in all outdoor sports. She has a inair- nificent winter home, also named Dunge ness, on Cumlierland island, the south ernmost of the Sea islands, off the coast of Georgia, Here she keeps a fleet of boats. There is also one of the finest game preserves in the country on the is land. New York Telegram. A TEA GO DOWN AT TA.MSl'l. longitudinally separated into two parts by a rango of mountains extending from the northern to the southern extremity. Many of these mountains nro of volcanic origin, and soma two or three are still active vents for tho products of Internal disturb ances. That part of the Island lying to the west . of the mountain rldgo Is by far the mora , progressive, albeit tho progress is mainly . of the Chinese sort, though somewhat in ml vanco of that nf the celebrated empire. ; 'ino prouuots, Besides tea, aro camphor, sugar, drugs, tropical fruits, spices, maize. dye stuffs, tobacco, rice, Jute, honip, coal and sulphur, and there Is a rather exten sive commerce between the dealers In these , articles nnd tho rest of tho world, the 1m- ported goods being principally opium, cneap cotton goods and a limited range of manufactured articles. Along tho western coast thero are numerous towns, chiefly Inhabited by Chinese from Amoy, Swatow and other places In the province of Fuklen, to tho government of which tho island has formerly been tributary. Kolung Is tho chief olty of Formosa from a commercial standpoint. It is located on tho wost coast near tho northern extremity and owes It Importance to Its exports of coal dug from tho mines near by. Tam sul Is another Important city, the prized Formosa tea being Its chief article of ex port. Taiwan, the capital, is much far ther south than either of those cities. Be sides its commercial Importance, which Is considerable, this city brings forth the fur ther claim for attention that it Is better paved, hotter built and better cleaned than almost any other Chinese city. Tukao Is still farther south, and it is from these two last named cities that most of the fruit and other exports aside from tea and cool are sent. To the east of the mountains the Inhabit ants are mostly aboriginal savages, sunk en so low In the scale of human develop ment as to make the Chinese civilization to the west seem almost like enlighten ment In comparison. These savages have always flat ly declined to submit to the rule of the Chinese, nnd there have been many contests between the mongols and the na tives, though these fights have been less sanguinary than the encounters between different tribes of the natives themselves. According to all accounts, there Is always fighting going on among those tribes, and It Is understood that the quelllua of the turbulent aborigines will be one of the first tasks undertaken by the Japanese after they actually take possession of the island. A number of English and German trad ers aro located In Formosa, and it appears that the best part of the foreign trade has drifted Into the hands of these men. Some years ago a protege of LI Hung Chang named Lin Ming Chuan was made govern or, and he at once began to introduce all sorts of occidental improvements, project ing railroads, telegraphs and many other new faugled things. It was largely due to his energy and enterprise that tbe coal mines in the northern port of the Island wore opened, and it seemed likely at one time that he would soon cause his domain to lead all China In material progress. It has been explained that he did nil these things lu accordance with the wishes of tho viceroy and the Imperial government, who desired to tost the availability of mod ern mechanical improvements in Formosa before risking thorn on the mainland. However that may be, the governor did not carry out his plans of improvement beyond a limited degree, and he was or dered to bo disgraced while In the midst of bis career of progress. It wns claimed some four or five years ago, at the time his degradation occurred, that he had been detected In making com binations with a certain German trader, whereby tho trader got a monopoly In cer tain lines of trado and the governor took a port of tho profits In other words, that the two men hod a "deal" on. Lin Ming Chuan Is said, to have borne his disgrace in tho most philosophical spirit, aud well he may have done so, If the published ac counts are correct, for tho deirradntlon Is said to have consisted simply of a button's removal aud not to have Included the cut ting down of any of his revenues or the curtailment of any of the privileges of the German trader who made the "deal" with him. The course taken by Japan in the gov ernment of Formosa will be watched with the greatest Interest by tho rest of the world. A Good Fit. At tbe Wigan pantomime the other night two ladies who lived at a distance, having to catoh an early train, were obliged to leave the theater before tbe performance was finished. Selecting, as tbey thought, a quiet interlude, they wore passing ont of the stalls, when an aotor suddenly appeared on the stage, aud repeating a part of his role ex claimed: "There they go the only two women I ever loved. One I couldn't have, and the other I couldn't get" Tbe amusement of tbenndienoo and the astonishment of the young ladles can be imagined. London Spare Momenta "The Blue Bells of Scotlaud" was the work of Auuio MoVicar, afterward Mrs. Grant, the daughter of a Scottish officer in tbe British army. Tbe melody was long believed to be Scottish, but is now known to be of English origin, be ing an old English folk song. ( 11 A MI-KINSHIP. ii Pain-Killer jj Pold everywhere. The quantity has been doubled but the price remains i f tbe sumo, jjje. IaoU out lor worthies Imltatlou. Uuy only Ilia geuulu, J) S bearing the name Ikmbv luvis A Hum. i and aches of an annoying nature, a torturous nature, a danger ous nature, can be quickly and surely cured with Pain-Killer. Aa no one is proof against pain, no one should be without Pain-Killer. This good old remedy kept at hand, will save much suffering and many calls on the doctor. For all sum mer complaints of grown folks or children it lins stood with out an equal for over half a ceutury. No time like the present to get a bottle of SEEDS I have bought from the KKCEIVKU of F. L. I'OSSON A SON, the stock, fixtures and good will of the seed bnsi ness lately carried on by them and will continue the same at 205 Third Street. BUELL LAMBF.KON, 1'outi.anu, Ok. SHEEP-DIP LimE'S-NON-POISONOUS, 8AFEST AND BEST Mile with cold water. Impron the wool. JAMES lilOUffl CO., Poflland.Or. ASlWl' SSSSt cstab isoo. CORDITT & MACLEAY CO. mo. isoa. 1MF0RTKRH, SHIPPING nd COMMISSION MKKCHANTH. l iberal advance made on approved cimiK' menu nf Wheat, Flour, Oat. Wool and Hop, bi ecial Import from China. Ja an and In dia: Tea, Coffee, K oe, Matilns; nd km, Hpleea, HaRO, Tapioca, China Ni.t Oil.elc. From I lv eipnol: Liverpool F.ne, Coarae and Lump Kor Salt, Coemleali el all Simla, Ttnplate, (elected No. 1 returned Wheat Baga, Hop Burlap, Roll Brlmaoue, B- Ale, OiilniieM' Honor, He Ich and Irian Whlaky, Brandy and Winn, 'or tale In quaiiliHe to suit the Irade. PORTLAND, OK. Antifermentine Preserves all kinds of Fruit without cooking, and retains their natural flavor. WENHARDs WELL-KNOWN BEER (IN KKUS OR BOTN.KK) Second lo none TItV IT... Noma terwaere from. I'OICTLANIi, OK. In all the out door sports of the season the weather Is playing champion to knock out and dose op games. A change will come, of course, and with hot weather will come the fiercer struggle to make up for lost time. All this means a greater amount of wear and tear to the body, to its muse es nerves and bones. What the damage in all will be frum sprains, bruises, wounds, hurts, inflammations, coutusions and the like, no one can tell, but tlinre is a cham pionship lo be won. Important to all, In which few give sufficient oonsii erath n, aud tbat is the triumph over all tliee pains and mishaps in the surest, prompt est way. Ht. Jacobs Oil is the champion reined v for all such ailments: it does n it disappjint and never postpones a cure to any cuuBe whatever. New woman has a lot In learn, ttmirgli g from her prison. T e new man aays li'a now hi turn Tu talk; be a got lo llateu. 4 CmCHC8TC 8 MUSH. R0 CKSS DIAMOND BRAND . naaL o oiauiHl. naealr ar Sare,u4nati rw iwnu InuztH hr CUtktttm t Muksk DtMmaU Mrud lu UJ and OtiA miin It bi. rtbfcM. Take etliar Itlae. A.l.rtfwHu m MUnlMw. (board aaiM,lBb vfapprrfcara awna MaRterfrlt llUraaal.t. or r parttoolort. MoiUoooLlo. on "Ullrf fttr Ladlr." at (titer, br rptera I TMI olomL NO omuim. n. nl. Balk, Sarr, u4 nllatu rill lor mi , mmirm, au irnujnn m vwmiuw . awpaia dmmh arotM i All rlllo la dm 4. la Mampo le.OOO Tr.tlmni.lt l ho. Sal k all fetal Drao-a-l.lo. I'll It'll KaTKU I'MKsllt'AL CO., SSI MeoUaaa al'UILAUKI.IlllA, PA. LIKE A SIEVE. The chief function of Ihekldnev 1 toaph- arte Irnin the blood, In 11 paaaage through uimu, 01 1'euaiu iinpuruieaauii waiury paruclea whlon make their dual exit Ihrouuh the blad der. The retention of these, 111 ooiiaequenoe of Inactivity of tho kidney. 1 pnduelive of Bright disease, dropsy, diabetes, albuminuria aim oiner mn males witn a larai tenaeney. Hot teller's Stomach Bit era, a highly s.nctlonwl diuretic and blood denureut, imwla the kid neys wheu inactive to .enew their sifting tunc- iiuu, anu airam irom me viiai curreni impuri' t'ei wbieb Intent it and threaten their own ex Uti-noe hi organ of the body. Ca-arrh of the bladder, gravel and retention of the uriue are aihO niHianten arrested or averted Dy I ma beiilsn firomoter and restore! Ive of orgaulc action. Ma aria, rheumutiara, constipation, biliousness an. I dyspepsia alio yield to tbe Bittara, which I anio sptejny neneocnu to tne weak aud ner vous. A girl who has a piano and pink silk evn lug flies la (quipped fur tbe v.,yage of life, whether ahe has a cargo of tense or not. A tilt EAT STAYKH. ".IT IS IGNORANCE THAT WASTES EFFORT." TRAINED SERVANTS USE SAPOLIO Aa eompetl Ion increase It becomes harder aud harder for the liu-hieta man to aucceed. anil lu no gnllion of this tact, tbe puulln ia often Informed I at thiaor thai thing has "com to "lay." A atroug pHrpoaei good, but doing I be thins- iaevcu better. One of the gr. steal slayer we know of la Pain-Killer, the advertise ment of which we are printing elaewhrre. Thisfitmoui old family reneily haa atayed in the homes of tbe eoHutry 65 years, and ia to ay more popular than ever. Thia oue fact prove. t value, and makta argument nntieee aary It only remains fur the proprietor (a they aie now , oiiiaj to remiiiQ eaca coming generation that for over half a century falu-Killer ha been recignlsed aa t' e handle!, .ureal and i heanea cure for the common ill of humanity, an I that a bottle on their ihelf will oom r or later aave them trouble and (uttering and u o ley. HOW'S TIIIST CHICKEN RAISIXQPA Ifyou uae the Pttalaaa locabatar a Braodtr. Make money while others are wasting time byoldproceaaea. Catalogteliaall about It, and ueacribe every article needed lor tm poultry bualnta. irf Catalogue U aWAT'4 FeaaaW l iR-l as Pan illustrated I The "ERIE" mechanically the but wheel. Prettleat model. We are Pacific Coast Agent. Blcvcl cata- logue.malled trec,givea full description .prices, etc. . AOairrs WAirm. A urcuUTOK CO., ratal an a.Ci. riTALUMi Branch House, 131 8 Main St., Lo Angele. HERCULES 8 if ASK YOUR DRUQQIST FOR ojYmiu The BEST CAS and GASOLINE Engines FOR INVALIDS JOHN CARLE SONS, New York. We offer On- Hundred Dollars Reward for any ease of Catarrh that cannot be curea by Hall's Catarrh Cure I F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, Ohio. We, the undersigned, bave known F. J Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. Wist A Tatux, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Waldino, KtNNAN it Marvih, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken internally, acting directly npon tbe blood and mucous surfaces of tbe system. Price. 76c. per bot tle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. DR. GUHN'S DtPBOTXD LIVER PILLS A MILD PHYSIC. ONB.P1XL FOR A DOSK. eaanaari ft? s fcvokelo tne alth, Tbaee piUa aapplr what tbe 7taoa lack ike H ragnlar. Tbo? oure Haadaobe. brijfataa a, and oloar the Complexion bauov than ooamol ion Ripa aor buhb. joj ooimiiee ran, we uniplo rrm, or fall box for 16a, Sold oror BUSANKt WO). OU. PhlWtalphl. Pa. MUSIC STOKE-Wller B. Allen Co., the oldest, the largoal, 911 Flrat St., Portland. Cblckering, Hardman, Fiacher Piauoa, Katey Organa Low prlcea, eaay term. 10-CKNT Ml)SIC-tt, nd lor catalogue. Piso's Cure is a wonderful Coueh ntedi- in. -Mas. W. Pick ibt. Van Siclen and Biake Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y.,Oct.2il,lniM Curiooa Facta. Tbe medical statistics of this conntry bave been stndied by Dr. John T. Bil lings from tbe racial standpoint. He de duces many curious facts: Tbe infan ( tile death rate among the blacks is very I bigb; tbe race itself is shorter lived than the white; it is less liable than the I white to malaria, yellow fever and can I cer, bnt succumbs more readily to tu 1 beronlosis and pneumonia. Irish cbil ' dren survive infantile diseases, bnt the Skirt Dancing Children. dult death rate is bigb; tuberculosis, The latest thing at 5 o'clock teas is to PDenmonl A alcoholism cnt them have the children of the house brought i down- Geraiana ara especially liable in to dance a skirt dance for the guests. t0 digestive disorders and cancer. Jews . - ... Buvn. , , . , j . u - . -1 1 : 1 in Lrondon it is no uncommon thins? tn ' uavo ,uw u"1" "l" ""V " . ...... - " : ui- see at tne aany teatune a 5-vear-old Guard TO'traelf for summer malaria, ffml feeling, by asing now Oregon Blood Puntier. Tar Giiiiia for breakfast If You are Tired TAKE PfUNDER'S. Obecon Blood Pobificfl I -CURES- .KIDNEY 4-LIVER DISEASES. DYSPCP3IA. PlMrS.aOTCHES ANOSKIS DISEASES. HEADACHE COSTJVENESS.Yll ''"I'll Portland, Walla Walla, Spokane, via O. B 4 N. Railway and Oreat Northern Railway to Montana point, St. u-..i 1 1 am, niuuo.ouiin, Omaha, St. Lout, Chi eagoandkaat. Adrireaa neareal agent, u. m. Donavan. Gen. Act.. Portlanil.Or. ; R. C. Ste ven. Gen. Art.. Seattle. naao.; u. u. vixon, oen. Agt , up sane, wain. noauat; roca-eauaai ttaca; nne scenery; pai. are aieeping ana oinmgears; DHirei-iiDrsrycara uun ii y tounat aieeper; new equipment. NEW WAY EAST! NOTED FOR SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH, ECONOMY AND SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP In Every Detail. These engines are acknowledged by expert en titled1 to ha worthy of hlgbeal commendation roreimDlicltv. hhrh-arade material and aunerior workmanship. Ihey develop the full actual hone power, and run without an Klectrio Spark Battery; theayatera of Ignition ! simple, Inez penaive end reliable. For pumping outlita for Irrlifo tintr nurnose no better engine can he found on the Pacific Coaat. For holatlnr outfit tor mine thev have mat with bigheat approval. For intermittent power their economy la unquestioned. T.OT0MRY child in an accordion plaited skirt dance. When it is qnestioned if such a practice is good for the children, fashionable mammas argue that it is it gives them grace and self possession. St. James Gazette. New Orlrane' Librarian. Mrs. Culbertson has been librarian of their diseases are diabetes, locomotor ataxia and kindred nervous ailments. Zion's Herald, Boston. ind mltal the money f.ir houia-hold pur- " .. .! . , I look. Into the . and found ! The club is a strong and growing or-! t""e be'n ?' invaluable asststance ganizatton. Its first limit of 123 baa been increased to 175 for the first year. .. . . TT . ,ni' ,nrf ' ,arae waiting list. It is a jLj?&xi r.kE : ri?." in?z vhe br h i emught lo the act. ' protectee board, which hag done Talna-1 b work lo tu cilv acrots the briOge, by translating volumes from the French. During all the change in the city ad ministration during IS years there bas never been suggested the making of a change in tbe city librarian. Xew Or leans Letter. Chtcoofoeeav 1 frequently resent the rich roasts given Chicago society by the terrible Town Topics, bnt now and then I am forced to admit that some of its wild and weird whoppers are not alto gether unprovoked. At the recent Fel lowship Club ladies' layout I overheard tne of tbe officers importune a brilliant boulevard bean not to be in a hurry to leave, as Mrs. Alice . Sbaw was about to appear and whistle. "Is that so?" ejaculated tbe swagger swelL "Then I'll stay a bit longer. I knerwed ber over in London. "Chicago Weekly. All the time, without special exertion, aa tired in the morning as when yon retire at night, yon may depend npon it, your blood is inipnre and la lacking in vitality. Tbat is why it does not supply strength to nerves arid muscles. Yon need Hood's Sarsaparilla To purify snd enrich yonr blood. A few bottles of this great medicine will give you strength and vitality because it will make pure blood. Get Hood's. Unnrl'e Dille enr habitual conaOna nOOU S r HIS Hon. Frice 2S cents. Ely's Cream Balmf Cleanses the Nasal Passages, Allays Pala and Inflammation, Reatorra the Sense of Taste and Smell. Heals the Sore. Avoir Balai lata eah ooatrll aU-iBao.. H Warna aa. . t 22 Artificial yes E'a. tic Stockings Trusses . . . Crutchss . . . Writ tor Prices... CLARKE ( CO. DMISSISTS Porlltad. Ortfoa rRA7PR AXLE EST IN THE W0IL0. VallYaWawE Its wearing qnalttleaarannsurpaaaed.aetnallr outlaatlnf two boxe of any other brand. Free irom Animal una. vet tbi uenvihk, FOB 8AKI BY OREGON AMD CV WASHINGTON MERCHANTS and Dealer acnerally. TOUKB 10IIIN YOfJCAS MAKE MONEY ftAL- ln nay witb a Kd Hay Pre, n ni a lor in ormation. BICYCLES W aell all the beat Am class Bicycle. Write !. uetrlogae. I. J. TRUMAN CO., S3 Baah Street, Saa Fraaelee. Cal. Pleaae mention thia Paper when writing. gSURE CURE FOR PILES bakiac Piloa kann br aaoaKne Ka laaaorrario. aaoos aaaai ofuwooMon - -' - ' - aCotPracradualPilaayielaleieaareia S.JL2m0' " Remedy oAtaa aet dowt It aa pada aSWtarf. atana traan. tf. line vniNCinwc soothing Hinvro niuwiuii w avRup FO CHILDREN TEEYHINC Far 1 t all Di 1 t'eata a fcetu. cents 23 t Couh arnro. In tun fVnd try ; alwaawaj AU RSi f AtU. k TtMati PALMER 1 REY TYPE FOUNDRY, -MANUFACTURED BY- Cor. Front and Alder St., PORTLAND, Send for catalogue. ORECON. AMERICAN IM IB' I Palmer & Rey Branch Electrotypers Stereotypers... Merchants in Gordon and Peerless Presses, Cylinder Presses, Paper . Cutters, Motors of all kinds, Folders, Printing Material. Patentees of Self-Spacing Type. Sle Makers of Copper-Alloy Type. 5. P. X. U. Xo. 601 S. F. X. U. Xo. 678