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(hi v SKAMANIA GOLD BOOM A Prospector's Discovery Stirs Up Excitement. ORE WILL BE EASILY WOBKKD Ha Found the Mother Lode, and Many People Are Rushing In to Se cure Claims. Portland, Or., Aug. 7. P. Wood worth, a fireman on the O. R. & N. Co., and likewise an experienced proa peotor, has just returned from Steven son, Skamania county, Washington, .where the recent gold disooveries in the vicinity of Lookout mountain have caused excitement. Six months ago, Timothy Sullivan, an old prospector, who has lived in Portland off and on for many years, while following up traces of color from the Vancouver side, at last stumbled upon the much-sought-for mother lode that the pros pectors In that section have been trying to locate erer since it was found that the place at the headwater of the Washougal river would not pay. After staking out claims on several of the supposedly rich leads. Sullivan made his way down to Stevenson, and of course could not keep his discovery to himself. The news quickly pread that an immense gold field had been discovered at the headwaters of Rock creek, which rises at the foot of Look out mountain and makes its way down to the town of Stevenson, fifteen miles south on the Columbia river. Reports of the gold discovery caused a great flurry of excitement in the little coun try town, and in leas than a week's time dozens of parties were on their way to the new Cripple Creek. The gold fields, it is estimated, run fifteen miles up the mountain side and within a stretch of ten or twelve miles there is any number of leads. When Mr. Woodworth left, a week ago, there were already between fifty and one hundred olaims staked out, not a few of them by Portland parties; while on his way into Stevenson he passed at least fifty men on their way to the fields; There are immense quantities of ore, aooording to Mr. Woodworth, the supply being practically inexhaust ible, and as Rook creek affords plenty of water power and the " country is heavily timbered, the mines ought not to require a great amount of capital for development.- , Mr. Woodworth, who is authority for the foregoing, said yesterday to a reporter: "There is no doubt in my mind that this will prove a rich find. I had been over that country, about four years ago prospecting, and, as soon as I heard of Sullivan's discovery, I took a lay off from my engine and went over to see what there was in it. When I got to Stevenson I found every one there wild with exoitement, and hundreds of stories about the mines going the rounds; but I paid no attention to these and made up my mind that the best thing to do would be to go out to the mines without delay. "I pushed on up Rock creek to the gold fields, which are about fi'teen miles north, and got there that after noon. There was already a great num ber of -claims staked out and I hurried ly selected a couple of locations and then gathered some of the float, which I brought in and followed right up to the assay er' s office, so that there could be no salting. I just received a report from the assayer this morning, in which he says the rock assays about $4 a ton. This is regarded as being pretty good for oroppings, as I took it just as it came, and the ore is sure to improve further down. It is free milling ore, too, and easily worked, and wood and water are handy to develop the olaims. As there are more than 150 square miles in that traot, you can see that the supply of ore is praotioally inex haustible. PAID THE PENALTY. Raviehere : Find Louisiana's Climate Very Unhealthy. St. Joseph, La., Aug. 7. Some days ago a respectable white woman em ployed as a domestio in a prominent family on the border of Franklin par ish, was sent aoross Tensas river on an errand, and failing to return in proper time, the family became alarmed and sent parties in search of her. The searching party, after several hours, found the dead and horribly mutilated body of the woman in the woods, part ly concealed by brush. The moat in tense exoitement followed the discovery and in a short time the whole section was aroused and in the saddle. Suspi cion pointed to a. white tramp who had been seen near there. Dogs were used and in a few hours the ,tramp was caught He oonfissedWiad ourtaged the woman and to" cover up the crime had murdered her. The infuriated crowd lound" the brutal wretch, staked him to the nearest tree,, and afterburn ing his body and riddling it with bul . lets quietly dispersed. - - - - A Flange Bods All. Portland, Or., Aug. 7. Charles R. Howes, whose family resides at Tigard ville, Washington county, committed suicide at 0 o'clock last night by plung ing headlong into the river from the Morrison-street bridge. Organizing a Military Company. Cleveland, O., Aug. 7. The Knights of Labor at a meeting last night took steps toward the organization of a military company. . Letters were or dered sent to local assmeblies, asking each to furnish a certain number of able-bodied men. The intention is to organize a regiment of about 700 mem bers and drill them in military taotios. Colored races never have blue eyes. Their eyes are always dark brown, brownish yellow or black. Welcomed With Enthusiasm. Buenos Ayres, Aug. 7. The party of merchants from the United States now visiting this city today inspected the publio buildings, banks, the exchange and other points of interest The vis itors were welcomed everywhere with great enthusiasm. ' - ' .. ";S- Bald Lowered a Record.' - Grand Rapids,-Mich.. Aug." 7. In the bioyole tournament today Eddie Bald lowered the third of a mile rec ord, held by W. W. Hamilton from 0:83 3 5 to 0:83 flat He was puocJ by ORR TACOMA'S MAYOR. Declared by Judge Frltchard to Have Been Duly Elected. Taooma, Aug. 10. Edward S. Orr was today deolared by Judge Pritohard to have been duly elected mayor of Ta ooma, by a majority of fifteen votes, at the election held last spring. He will take his seat as mayor as soon as the judgment in the case is signed, unless a supersedeas bond is permitted to be filed, pending an appeal to the supreme court Judge Pritohard handed down his decision on the disputed ballots at 4:80 o'olock this afternoon. It covers twenty-five pages of typewritten manu script, and deals exhaustively with the case. A. V. Fawoett, who was, after the official canvass, declared elected by a majority of two over Orr, the previous mayor, and candidate for re-election, will have to step down and out. The contest case has been on trial two weeks. It was at its commence ment that it was discovered that the vote of four precincts, that gave ma jorities for Orr, had been stolen from the city vaults. The court, however, went ahead with the count of the other ballots, taking the figures of the miss ing ballots from the returns. The undisputed ballots gave Orr 3,630 and Fawoett 2,590 votes, includ ing the four stolen precincts, the official returns of which were counted. Four disputed votes which were oounted for Orr, gave him a total of 2,624, and nineteen disputed votes, oounted for Fawoett, gave him a total of 2,609, a majority for Orr of fifteen votes. ROBERT J. A WONDER. The Fastest Four Consecutive Heata Kver Paeed or Trotted. Columbus, O., Aug. 10. Robert J. again demonstrated today that he is the greatest paoer ever harnessed to a sulky. Frank Agan was the favorite in the free-for-all pace, and, relying upon his remarkable performances at Cleveland, nearly every horseman on the track backed him to win. Previous to the second heat of the great raoe, Robert J. had few baokers in this town outside of Hamlin and the attaches of the. Village Farm stables. When Robert J. took the second heat, how ever, be became a hot favorite. It was evident from the first that Robert J. was to be driven to win, and the fact that Agan was so heavily backed made it oertain the rape would be hotly con tested. And so jit was. It was the greatest race of the year, the fastest four consecutive heats and the greatest fourth heat ever paced or trotted on any track being made. In the first heat, paced in 2:03, Agan lowered his record half a second, and broke the track record. The second nd third heats, in 2:04 , where con sidered phenomenal, but the crowd was not prepared for the great surprise when the fastest fourth heat ever paced or trotted, was made, the time being 2:02. NO LONGER CITIZENS. Admission of Negroes to Creek Nation Declared Unconstitutional. Perry, O. T., Aug. 10. The final deroee has been ' promulgated from Okmulgee, capital of the Creek nation, as it had been handed down by Judge Adams, chief justice of the supreme court of the nation, in the citizenship case. It strikes from the rolls of citizenship- of the nation the names of over 1,700 negroes. . The decision held that the aotion of the emancipation act by the United States, in admitting the negroes to tribal relations, was unconstitutional, and, therefore, at this time invalid. Since the passage of the act these ne groes have drawn in annuities f 1,000, -000 from the Creek government, and have improved their farms, and have eduoated their children at the nation's expense for twenty years. From the decision of the oourt there is no appeal. The interior department has held to the same opinion in a similar case. The Dawes commission, which has been appealed to by the deposed negroes, olaims it has no right to interfere with the decision of the Indian court BOOKS IN A MUDDLE. Expert Report of Ex-Treasurer Miu to's Accounts. Salem, Or., Aug. 10. The report of the expert committee, appointed to as certain the' ex-treasurer's standing with the oounty, which was given out by the county court today, corroborated the information before published and showed that besides the $1,577 held back in the First National bank, there was $741.45 wholly unacooanted for. The experts further said the aooounts were so badly confused and the meth ods so poorly adapted to the require ments that the office books would have to be rewritten for the period of the treasurer's inoumbenoy. The treas urer's receipts for the special sohool fund and taxes, amounting to $79,817, were not entered on the book of re ceipts and disbursements, nor was the payment thereon, amounting to $82, 114, entered. The entire amount handled by Minto was $349,878. A New Orleans Bank Suspends. New Orleans, Aug. 10. The Ameri can National bank failed to open today. The directors have decided to go into liquidation. - Killed by Lightning. Chicago, Aug. 10. During a heavy thunder and rain storm this evening Walter Scott, 27 years old of the firm of Bauer & Scott, stone dealers, was instantly killed by lightning on Calu met avenue. While the thermometer did not register as high as during the previous two days, the effects of the' great heat were more deadly. During the day there were four fatal oases of sunstroke and nearly a score or more of serious prostrations. Fire at Niagara Falls. . Niagara Falls, Aug. 10. The Park theater, Tugby's museum and other buildings were destroyed by fire short ly after 1 o'clock this morning. The International hotel was on fire several times and the guests fled to the streets. The loss will reach $250,000. VBethlehem, Pa., Aug. 10. The Bethlehem iron works has shipped the balistioe plate for the side armor of the Russian battle-ship Rostitian, to Ad-. tniral virohowski, commander of the port at St Petersburg. The plate weighed twenty-one tons. NEW NAME IN HISTORY. Katlonal Democratic Party Bora Into the World of Politic. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 10. The name of the new party is the National Democratic party. The national con vention of the party will beheld at In- i dianapolis the first week in September 'There was unanimity in the confer ence in the selection of the name of the National Democratic party and in de termining to distinguish the . two par ties by referring to those supporting the Chioago platform as the Populist-Democratic party. There was no difference of opnion in the provisional national committee, at which it was decided to call a convention and nominate another national ticket Some of the Eastern and Southern members opposed a third ticket, but when, they were told in the Middle States party fealty was so re garded that many Democrats would not vote, unless there was a third ticket, then all objections from the East and South were withdrawn, and the deci sion to hold a convention was unani mous. , ... . - WHAT WILL THE EQUITY" BE? Astoria Gambling-House Keepers Ob . Ject to Unequal "Fines." Astoria, Or., Aug. 10. There is a strong prospect of a lively fight at an early date over the so-called "fines" exacted monthly from the keepers of gambling houses in consideration of immunity from police interference. i For the past two years, each house in I which games of chance, such as "craps," roulette, faro and the like, are conduoted has paid the city month ly the sum of $50, but sinoe the open ing here of a large saloon and sporting house, those of the gamblers who have only sufficient money to make a show ing in a single bank-roll have become dissatisfied, because of the fact that the more wealthy of their class run as high as five or six games and they pay no more for the privilege than do those who conduot a single "crap" table. It is likely that at the next meeting of the city counoil steps will be taken to have the matter adjusted in an equitable The Salmon Industry. Astoria, Or,, Aug. 10. M. J. Kin ney, in his annual trade circular, just issued, says: The season just about to close has been one of the most remarkable in the history of the salmon canning industry on the Columbia river. Confronted with a strike at the opening of the sea son, and with but few fish paoked un til June 21, it seemed at that time that the output would of necessity fall far short of that of any preceding year sinoe 1877. The abnormally heavy runs of salmon, however, and the pro digious efforts of dinners to recover the losses sustained during the strike have resulted in a pack aggregating 75 per cent of that for 1895. Throughout the year salmon have been unusually large, and in color, firmness of flesh' and quantity of oil exoelled those caught at corresponding periods in any former season. A noteworthy feature of the year's business was the large- propor tion of chinook salmon, the pack of thii variety representing a much larger percentage than usual of the entire out put Boston's Residents Shocked. . Boston, Aug. 10. The nude bronze statue of a bacchante or priestess of Bacchus, the work of Frederick Mo Monies, the famous- sculptor, destined as a gift to the Boston publio library by the arohitect, Charles F. McKim, arrived in New York last week from Paris, and is now stored in the offices of McKim, Meade & White. No soon er did this work of art reach the American shore than a wail of puri tanical modesty went up in V Bean town", and Miss Bluestocking covered her eyes and deolared that she would not accept an immodest gift The figure is about life size, and represents a girl laughing as she trips along, at a baby,' who sits in the fold of her left arm and reaches down to ward a bunch of grapes which she is dangling above the child. It was first exhibited in Paris, and was so much admired that the French government, unable to purchase the original, or dered a replica to be made for the gal leries of the Luxemburg.-- . The Knot Ought to Be Tight. New York,' Aug. 10. Alice Evans, of Los Angeles, who styles herself the California songbird, rushed into Police Justice Wood's offioe, in Jersey City, with Rex Forster, the wild sowboy pianist, in tow. They are man and wife. "Judge," said the songbird, excitedly, "I want to be married over again to my husband. We were mar ried out West several years ago, and our marriage certificate was destroyed in a fire in Buffalo. I feel that I ought to have the knot tied over again." Police Justice Wood did as requested, and the songbird and the cowboy went away smiling. Bohenlohe's Resignation. . Berlin, Aug. 10. Neusten Nachrioh ten announces that Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chanoellor, has resigned and left Berlin for KasseL It is added that further changes are impending in the ministry of finance. A Boston dealer Bays that there Is more steel used in the manufacture of pens than in all the sword and gun fao tories of the world. The Hunter Mine at Mullan Shnt Down. Mullan, Idaho, Aug. 10. The Hun ter mine has closed its mill for an in definite period. Work in the mine was praotioally suspended yesterday. The recent slump in lend, coupled with the low price of silver, made it inadvisable to put the ore on the market at the present time. This is the mine whose flume was recently blown up with dynamite. Two weeks ago two rifle balls were fired through the boarding house. Fell From a Tandem. Salem, Or., Aug. 10. Dr. Smith and Bazil Wagner were, this evening, thrown from a tandem, receiving pain ful injuries. The forward forks of the machine broke and each fell, his head striking on the hard street They were picked up bleeding and unconscious, with ugly bruises on their faces. Liquid air is now an article of com merce, and is expected to prove of value not only for refrigeration, but as a souroe of oxygen. Nitrogen is elimi nated until the product contains sev enty per oent oxygen, THE FARM AND HOME MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM ER AND HOUSEWIFE. Creameries Do Not Hake So Large a Proportion ' of the Batter Used as Many Snppoae One Reason Why Wheat Is Cheap Farm Notes. Farm and Factory Batter. The idea is generally prevalent that the amount of butter which has of late years been made by individual dairy men was insignificant as compared with the output of creameries and but ter factories, but figures given in "Sta tistics of the Dairy," by Henry E. Al vord, chief of the dairy division, shows this belief to have had no foundation In fact, up to iS90. . . . . While the increase in population from 1850 to 1890 was about 170 per cent., the production of butter for th4 census year of 1890 exceeded that of 1850 by 284 per cent This Increase was not uniform with either population or butter production, but quite the contrary, as may be seen by the fol lowing figures: BUTTER. Per cent. Increase from 1850 to I860 40.70 Increase from 1800 to 1870 . . . . .11.83 Increase from 1870 to 1880 00.88 Increase from 1880 to 1890 49.40 POPULATION. Per cent : Increase from 1850 to 1860 35.58 ! increase from I860 to 1870 'l.i increase from 1870 to 1880 30.08 Increase from 1880 to 1890. 24.85 Emanating from some other sources the figures given by Mr. Alvord might reasonably be subject to doubt but Mr. Alvord Is not one who would know ingly send forth false information nor base an official statement on mere guesswork, and being in a position to know whereof he speaks, his figures may be relied upon as correctly repre senting the situation. But it will be a genuine surprise to nearly all who have given the. matter a thought to learn that 85 per cent of all butter produced in this country was, as late as 1890, made on the farm. Here is what he has to say on the subject: "The most noteworthy fact in con nection with the production of butter on farms is that, nothwithstanding the great extension of the creamery sys tem and the decline in the amount of butter annually exported, such pro duction has Increased .even more rap idly than population. To go back to the census of 1850, it is found that the otal production of butter on farms in 349 was 313,345,506 pounds, or 13.51 pounds per capita of population. In 1800 the amount reported was 459, 681,372 pounds, or 14.C2 poundB per capita. In 1870 the amount reported was 514,092,683 pounds, which gave an average of only 13.33 pounds for each inhabitant Up to this time there had been no creamery butter reported, but in 1880 the production of farm but ter averaged 15.50 pounds for each In- i habitant, and that of creamery butter 0.58 pounds for each inhabitant, the I total average being thus 16.08 pounds. I At the. eleventh census, however, the j production of butter on farms alone averaged 16.33 pounds per capita of the population, and such had been the i increase that the total production of butter averaged no less than 19.24 pounds per unit of the population." . As no creamery butter was reported until 1880, when only a little more than one-third of 1 per cent. (.036, to be ex act) was thus produced, it follows that of the 15 per cent shown by the elev enth census, nearly all was gained dur ing ten years. There Is no doubt that the ratio of gain has been much great er of late. New York Times. Dryinsr Wheat for Seed. There Is often an Injury to winter wheat seed from heating after the grain is gathered, which Is always done in hot weather. If the straw and grain are slightly damp when put in the mow or stack, it will almost surely heat This heating may not be injurious in itself, but it leaves the grain damper than before, and It only dries out when cold weather comes. So it often hap pens that when winter wheat of the present year's crop Is used as seed, It often Is sown when very nearly as damp as it was when garnered. Such wheat germinates slowly. It is already expanded with moisture, and so does not 8 well in the soil as it should. For this reason many old farmers who grow winter wheat prefer wheat a year old for seed. It Is, however, no better than if as good as this year's wheat, which has been thoroughly dried and if possible without any heating In Its moist state. Put the seed wheat in bundle on scaffolds where it will dry, spreading so that it will not heat Then thresh it out with the flail and put it In a fruit evaporator for twenty-four hours. By that time the grain will seem much less plump than new wheat ought to be, but it is all the better seed for that Why Horses Slobber. A correspondent of the American Cul tivator expresses the belief that the reason why the second growth of clover makes horses slobber is because of its seeds. Clover seed at present and pros pective prices Is altogether too dear feed to be given horses, even the most valuable. But says the Cultivator, we think our correspondent mistakes in ascribing the slobbering to the clover seed. Neither do we think it is the sec ond growth of the clover Itself. Many years ago we made an investigation, and found that the slobbering only oc curred where the lobelia plant often called Indian tobacco, was found mixed with the clover. This lobelia Is, as every farmer knows, a most powerful emetic. Even on land where it Is abun dant, it does not get large enough to go into the first crop of hay. But after the first and heavy clover crop is removed the lobelia makes a very rapid growth, and Its blue flowers are often very plen tiful where clover is grown on low, moist ground. . TheVaBsel of Corn. The flower of the corn plant is di vided into two portions,' the tassel, or I male section, which furnishes the poll en, and the silk,, which: is the female portion of the flower, which receives it Each thread of silk carries some of the pollen to the ear, and there a grain of corn Is formed. The profusion of silk. so great that the grains of corn are compacted on the ear as close ly as possible. When this is not the fact it is more likely due to the drying up of the tassel, so that not enough pollen is formed to fertilize all the silk. If there Is either a very dr or' very wet time when the tassel should be dis tributing pollen, these defective ears will be plenty. Heavy rains in one case wash the pollen off, and the dry weather causes the tassel to shrivel and become worthless. The blossom ing Is exhaustive. If the season is just right one-quarter of the tassels pro- j duced would make a full crop' of well developed ears. But as In every crop there are more or less defective ears, it Is unsafe to cut them out The suck ers usually tassel later, and for this reason they often Increase the corn crop on the main stalk after the earlier tassels have dried up. - - "t Kgcs and Youne Chickens. In the twenty-one days that it takes to turn a perfectly fresh fertile egg Into a chick, there is more profit In pro portion to the capital invested than in any other farm operation. So the old lady was not so far out of the way when she said she would not sell eggs under a shilling a dozen, or a cent each, because it didn't pay for the hen's time. If an egg Is worth one cent, a lively young chick, newly batched, Is worth at least six cents, If not ten. Six hundred to 1,000 per cent profit In twenty-one days' time Is not to be sneezed at . There Is another side to this, of course, when sickness or some thing else thins off the young chicks, and their dead little bodies are not worth even the cent that the egg costs from which they were hatched. It Is by looking on all sides that conserva tive farmers usually called rather slow are saved from enthusiasm In the egg j and poultry business that ' have de- j ceived and disappointed many who have gone in without experience and have come out with more experience, than they wanted. Bye Straw for Binding Corn Ftnlks. It is a good plan for farmers who grow rye to save a few bundles to be threshed by hand, and use the straw for binding corn stalks. We cut corn much earlier than we used to do, and it is wise to do so. In using green corn stalks for binding the tops of stooks, perhaps two or three will break, wast ing stalks, spoiling'patience and taking time, all of which would be saved by having a wisp of long rye straw to use in binding the tops. There is still an other advantage of the rye bands. They will hold, while if a dry, hot spell comes a good many of the stalk bands will break, letting the stook " fall apart and when rains come most of the stalks will be found in the mud. Those who use rye bands for binding corn stalks will never after be without them, even if they .have to grow a small piece of rye every year for this purpose alone. Ex. - Growinc Me'oos, It is natural at planting time to put some composted stable manure in melon hills. The soil is then rather damp and too cool for the melons. The manure dries and warms it which gives the seed an earlier start than it could get without the manure. But about this time the man who has mel ons with manure in the hill wishes he had not put any there. No matter how well composted the manure, it will not bold its moisture Into midsummer heats. The best "way to water these melon hills Is to make deep holes down below the manure In the hills, and then slowly fill and refill them with water until the ground is well saturated. Then if the holes are filled with loose soil, and the surface is kept mellow to prevent evaporation, the melons will not suffer for lack of moisture in even the dryest times. Substitutes for Wheat Possibly one of the reasons for the low prices of wheat the past few years is that so many substitutes have been found for it as human food. We still use a great deal of wheat but in cities especially wheaten bread is less , the staff of life that it used to be. The use of oat meal has increased, and it dally forms part of the nutritive ration, and very good nutrition it is, too. We use far more fruit than formerly, and also more potatoes. The latter are not so good in nutrition as wheat, and for this reason their increased use Is hot for our advantage In health and strength. Like all other starey foods, potatoes are difficult to digest, and should only be eateu In moderation, ex cept by those whose digestion is strong. Facts for the Farmer. ' Mice love pumpkin seeds, and wlL be attracted to a trap baited with them when they will pass by a piece of meat An excellent axle-grease: Tallow, eight pounds; palm oil, ten pounds; plumbago, one pound; heat and mix welL - s To help the early lambs, the ewes should have a liberal meal of oatmeal gruel, a little warm, every morning, 'as soon as the lamb Is born. - The feet of foals very seldom re ceive the care and, the frequent in spection so necessary to their future protection of form and soundness. Horses' feet from this cause alone fre quently become defective and . un healthy. Ignorance and carelessness are, perhaps, equally to blame. It is the business of the farmer to ascertain if be has any stock that it does not pay to keep. It is suicidal business policy to be feeding and shel tering stock that do not pay for their keep. T. A correspondent of an exchange sug gests to prevent apple trees from splitting where they grow in forks, tak ing a sprout that is growing in one branch and grafting it on the other. The branch will grow with the tree and become a strong brace. A difference of a very few days makes a great difference in all kinds of crops some seasons. Clover sown just before a beating rain would be come imbeded in the soil,, and would grow better and stand more dry weather than if sown immediately after the rain. ; Owing to the location of some 'sta bles, it is impossible to get much sun light in them; but in the greater num ber ot barns, where the cows stand in a row next to the side,' It would be an easy matter to put in a few windows. One window for every two cows should be the rule, and they may be swung open to throw the manure out of them, If necessary. "If the sun can shine dl-.j recuy on tne cows, so mucn tut Detttr. THAT TIRSIBM SCOTRGB. Malarial disease is Invariably supplemented by disturbance of the liver, the bowels, the stomaeh and the nerves. To the removal of both the cause and its effects, Hosterter's stomach Bitters is rally adequate. It "fills the bill" as no other remedy does, performing its work thoroughly. Its ingredients are pare and wfcoleeome, and it admirably serves to buill up a system broken by ill health and shorn of strength. Consripation, liver and kidney com p Bint and nervonsness sre conquered by it. To a certain extent one's character may be read from one's walk. We will forfeit lfKQ if any of our pub lished testimonials are proven to ba not genuine. The Pifp Co.. Warren, Pa, There is more catarrh in this section of the country than all other diteiises pat together, and nntil the last few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great many v are doctors pro nounced it a local diseate, and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falllug tocure wltn local tieatment, pronounced it incu-ab'.e. Si'ienr-e has proven cntarrh to be a constitution al disease, and therefore requires coiistlintional treatment. Hall's catarrh Cure, maunfactared by 9. J. Cbeney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure ou the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a tenctoon f nl. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to onre. Send for circalars and testimonial. Address, F. J. OHtSNKY. & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by DraggUts, 75o. Hall's Family Pills are the best. . FITS. All ft 8 s tori pert free by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. No fitsafur tie first day 's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 00 trial bottle tree to Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline. 831 Arch BU, Philadelphia, Pa, Quick steps are said to be indicative of energy and agitution. BLACKWELUS I (SI brHSifiDURHAM Blac Ton will find one coupon Inside each two ounce bag and two coupons Inside each sbnr onnce bag of Black well's Durham, Bay a baa; of tbis celebrated tobacco and read the coupon which gives a list of valuable pre a cuts sod now to get them. Walter Cocoa Cocoa chemicals. WALTER l!ilil!ll!I!!niiniII!lli!!!I!IIIII!il!I!!lII!IIIIiIIII!!III!IIIil!!!l!IIIIIII!!Ili . u A very smooth article' 1 Don't compare " Battle Ax M I with low grade tobaccos compare j ; I " Battle Ax" with the best on i s the market, and you will find you j j get for 10 cents almost twice as j much "Battle -Ax" as you do of 1 j other high grade brands ) ill!IIIIIII!!ilIIII!IIIIII!ll!I!lllllll!IIIIIII!IIIIII!IIIIIIII!IUIIIII!l!!IIIIIIIIIIIIli CUT PRICES ON PUMPS. Kvervthin? oalta low 7; onr dealer. fttooas are because we aeai witn. the its windmill Business, we nave ao orancn now .one near yoo. Whta FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK or "duet Don't real Well,' f4l!LIYER PILLS ai the On. Thine tonsa. Only On for a Dos. BeM byrnntsts at aso. a bes amplMBuliadfree). , ilitr.se Dr.BoMiUe Mttf. c. ruia. r. ores Ta'k in favor of Herd's Ssrsirp-r'Ha as for no) other medicine. It has tri- Kteatest record ot cares of any medicine in the world. In fact, H o o il 's Is the Oni True Bl i d Purifier. L Sarsaparilla Hood's P'lls cure sick hesdaehe. ind creation MAILED FREE iVtVtu ii HOUSEHOLD COOPS. ETC. This circular is issned for the benefit of our country customers who cannot avail themselves of our Haily 8p-oll Bales, Fend ns your ad dress. You will find both goods and nrires right. WILL & F1NCK CO., 818-820 Market street. San Frannltco, Cal. MBS. WINSLOW'S Soothing syrup FOR CHILDREN TEETHINQ - Fer sale y all Braaxlsta. tS Ceata a kettle. SURE CURE for PILES Itcliini ud Blind, Bleeding ar Protrodi.ii Fllee ihU at me M PR. BO-SAM-KO'S PILE REMEDY, stop. le iof,aborl lumen. A pautive cure. Circular, lent free. Pries Mo. Uriissieu er mall. DU. liOBAMUO. fkuak. Pa. WANT 0 NO OTHER. SEE? It's Pure Baker & Co.'s is Pure it's all no filling no BAKER & CO., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass. CM) th farmer aella l low. WHO to him 9 W b&va reoeatedlT ref nsea to join, and. therefore, defeated windmill combi nations, and have, since '80. reduced the cost a We believe In low prices, hieh grades wind dowat to one-sixia wnat 11 was. and lar.7. sales. No one knows tbe best pump or prices until be knows wrs. we maice soon nana ana long power stroke pomps, witn test seam- , I sea firaett tnlw rvlindAT. laiMT than iron ones leu Buv none other. Aermotor Dflces and aiwavs oesx. 1 nrouen erauraae. ani are price makers, and We safest ta wona lias eiven as more tnan naiz for benotif ully U.ustrsUd ircnltr, bios WHtxf iii rixfFiuir Ccash nrran. TastesOooo. Use warn poiq py omswisis. N. P. N. U. No, 663. S. ?, TJ, Fo, 78 i i