THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1893.
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4 Jirrry Christmas.
the day are the shortest of t lie year.
Charles Chester wa placed under $200
inJ to npix'ar before the grand jury
larceny in a dwelling.
Many lieautiful Christmas lr'i have
a tianltni into the city, which will
.aieg'.ad the hearts of the children.
The ovtl issue of Tim CiiitoMci.t w ill
n!n Tuesday evening, a Christmas
:! be observed in the tilne-hoiiored
iHUIIIIT.
The public schools w ill close fur the
.itomary two wwk.iT Christmas holi-
ot. . .1 I I : , I . T
iva. i lie nexi scnooi uar win tie jan-
ry Sth.
If conditions are favorable the fruit
if!J next year iu Wasco county will be
jlly a third greater thau the year
rcvious.
There was an immense crowd at 196
V Mayi Christmas tree sale toCfjf, Old
nita Clans kept Lit word sul was on
iod as promisxl.
Tlie assignee iale of tLt Vogt dry
Is today it meeting with food success.
are informed that there will be three
iluyi next week.
There w ill be a Christmas concert at
M. E. church tomorrow evening, to
ich all are invited. Everything will
of the most sacred character.
I'rune raisers of this state claim to lie
using sales a little above 7 rents, while
alifornia papers say recently that the
rune crop of that state is selling for 5
nts.
Kui't mis tlie opjiortunity of sub
rilii)g to the Weekly Chuonicle and
ail yourself of a choice of clubbing
ith popular papers and magazines.
l-e Clubbing list.
Mr. H.Glenn has sold to parties in
attle a jiortion of the machinery w Inch
if in the defunct shoe factory in what
js called ?orth Italics. He is pack
. and shipping It today,
'nsible southern Oregon farmers are
'ring their big red apples awny to
et tlie demand sure to lie created luter
ii bv the Midwinter fair. It pays to
k ahead and provide for tlie future.
The land office in this city Is receiving
lmerous leuers oi inquiry aooitt tins
untrv. its resources, climate etc.
i.most every day. Our real estate
Jealers ought to make themselves know n
rough an immigration or intelligence
lureau, which should be organized at
I i, as there never was as much of an
liury about this section of country as
V'W, by rsons in the east who are
eking homes in the far west.
King Frost has killed many of out-
r annuals, but grass and native
ants still look fresh and green, and
.rysanthemums make beauteous the
'.a I Christinas time. Tlie hill sides
rolled in green, and when the sun
I. net it seems like spring time. Of
urne we will have four to six weeks of
.mer. A little cold weather is needed
r purifying purposes. Our climate is
near perfection as can well lie made.
The M. E. Sunday school are to have a
'nation social in their Sunday school
"ithis evening, December 23d. Each
"WW is expected to bring something
at tin l,e placed in the hands of
f"""iiitwe and by them given to the
P'"ir. All are asked to make the
'"'Wren's effort a success by helping the
iMren to contributions of vegetables,
"r, rice, groceries, meats, clothing or
P .''thing that can lie used to make life
"durable and comfortable. The com
1 'itee for receiving and distributing are
''H(hlli.i. Willurlnti rnvlnr T. M.
j'enrt,. Bills, Miss Ursula Kuch and
lie Michel!.
Tuutdny'1 fully.
' h, I'M h tnie the ninr. mv l've."
lie amiK, hut she flliln t tnlll'i
lie (lulu t r'(er to the h.-nwiily uihii,
Hut Ui the thentrli-ftl kind.
A large acreage of fruit trees have been
inted this year in various parts of the
"nty.
The latent dump wagon has been
"king on the streets this afternoon
te successfully.
Work on the Cascade canal is being
"bed vigorously, notw ithstanding the
lenient weather.
hriMlmaa festivities at Mosier wound
with a grand ball, which did not
up till daybreak.
'""nes Elliott and Amos Koot of
'r, shipped carload of fine aptle
P week to eastern markets.
ri' dancing school oxsui this evening
with a g.jod charter memrVrship and
w ill give a bon lion party Friday next.
Mrs. M. A. ruulson, a medical electri
cian, will give a free private lecture to
ladies at the court house on Tlmrsdav
at 2 p. ui. All are cordially invited.
Jmnes T. Bufhee, Masonic grand
lecturer, was killed at Tendleton Christ
nins day by falling from the icy platform
of a car while just entering the city
limits. He struck on hi head.
The 6tate teachers assix-iation is in
session at Portland. Prof. Gavin has a
very interesting pajier for today's se.
inn, and there are several teachers from
Wasco county in attendance.
The latest move for economy on the
I'nion Pacific system is increasing the
number of cars on freight trains and in
consequence the firemen shovel in coal
pretty lively on the steeper grades.
James Hurley wouldn't go to jail last
evening and the acting marshal lie
labored him over the head with a Colt's
shillalah, causing several scalp wounds,
which lr. Hollieter sew ed up soon after
wards. The Medford Mail says that forty
people have arrived there recently to re
main. Fifteen miles above, at Ashland.
IT') have arrived, but w ill not stay, if
they can succeed in lieating trains over
the Siskiyous.
A year Hgj the trains were over
burdened hauling wheat to market from
the interior. This year as many farmers
as can do so are holding it for a prospect
ive rise, and in consequence there is little
increase in railroad traffic.
Section Foreman CedarBon, whose
headquarters are at Bowena, had his
hand crushed last night by an iron rail.
The injury w ill be attended to by Dr.
Hollister, who left on the 2 o'clock
train this afternoon for that point.
The first soiree in the dancing school
series w as given by Mr. C. L. Phillips
Saturday evening in Schanno's hall.
Some evening Mr. Phillips intends giv
ing another one, which fact will be
gladly welcomed by oar dancers.
(ieo. Salinger planted 3.T00 prune trees
this fall. A party ventured to warn Mr,
S. that he was planting too many, but
he assured him that after the United
Mates was supplied be would chance the
foreign markets.
The Irvine family on Chenoweth
creek are in a bad way. They are
greatly troubled by sickness, and being
some distance from town do not get
medical aid as promptly as could lie
wished. Both Mr. and Mrs. Irvine are
in an unsatisfactory state of health.
The Antelope ;Deui.) Herald com
plains of a great dearth in news, hut
sarcastically says, "If Cleveland is suc
cessful in getting a free wool measure
through congress, we will give you all
the local news you want. There'll be no
sheep, nor sheepmen in this couutry to
w rite about."
Mr. Entile Schanno will leave on the
morrows boat for Hood Biver to look
af:er the fruit interests in that section.
Mr. Schanno is eminently qualified to
fill the position as a memtier of the state
hoard of horticulture as he takes a great
interest in that branch of Oregon's in
dustry. The farmers in the vicinity of The
Dalles do not seem to be discouraged by
this year's low price of wheat and are
preparing for a larger acreage than ever.
Extreme w ill in all liklihood be followed
by extreme, and the price for the next
year's product may reach a higher figure
than for many years.
A Lawrence, Kan., milkman has de
livered milk for twenty-seven years.
He still delivers to some people who first
took milk from him, and has worn out
five wagons in the business. Chicago
Saturday Blade. Mr. M. Vanbibber of
this city goes one lietter than this, hav
ing delivered milk daily for twenty-eight
years without missing a day.
Prof. M. V. Bork was advertised to
speak Saturday evening at the court
house, but as Tub Curoxk le reporter
was so busy waiting for Christmas
presents he didn't get around to hear
what the learned gentleman had to say.
It is learned today that Mr. Bork failed
to connect with the train at Pendleton
and so did not speak Saturday night in
The Dalles.
Gov. renuoyer has addressed an open
letter to President Cleveland. In it he
sets forth that this Christmas is the
first in the history of Oregon that two
thirds of its people are out of employ
ment and more than one-third w ithout
sufficient means for their support. This
is a change with a vengeance. Good
lord, or good devil, help us get back to
the times of the Harrison administra
tion, w hich seem now, to look hack too,
as a watering place in the desert.
Klertrle Hltt if.
This remedy is becoming so well
known and so jiopular as to need no
special mention, All w ho use Electric
Bitters sing the same song of praise.
A purer medicine does not exist and it
is guaranteed to do all that is claimed.
Electric Bitters w ill cure all diseases of
the liver and kidueys, will remove
pimples, lioils, salt rheum and other
affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive malaria from the system and
prevent as well as cure all malarial
fevers. For cure of headache, consti
pation and indigestion try Electric Bit
ters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
money refunded. Price O'lc and $1 per
bottle at Snipes & Kincrsly's.
CHRISTMAS AND THE CHURCHES.
The Haauiiful r i.. .1,1... at li He.
rl I'Ih.'i . 1, u u-l,!,,.
Midnight I;. ass a! U tV! lie . hun-h
Chri-tliiHS evenitig v. .is :(.. .--ed bv a
large cruwd. Many i'i.,;-i :i in were in
the andienrv. Ti e a : .1 n a Maze ot
light diffused by puiii'st!.-' caiwl'is,
while pictorial allegnrii-s and different
decoratiui.s a.l.l.-.l to the U-anty of the
scene. Promptly at the ushering in of
the day our Saviour w:s born the choir
began the lieautiful chants and sung
them in an acceptable manner. The
mast at Christina i one of the most im
pressive In the calendar of Catholic fes
tivities. The Congrej.ttion.il church wjs beau
tifully decorated f.ir the Christmas time.
The choir and chancel were entwined
with evergreens, while iMiqueis of fresh
flowers made a pretty contrast and
showed the mildness of our climate.
Mr. Curtis preached both morning and
evening, but in the evening were the
Christmas services. Tlio-e who have
heard Mr. Curtis regularly speak in high
praise of his sermon Sunday evening.
It lias uever tieeti the privilege of the
writer to hear a lietter one. The choir,
consisting of Mrs. Huntington, Miss
Schmidt, Dr. Doane, Dr. Botkin, Balfe
Johnson, Ed. G. Patterson, and Vine
Phelps sang a Christmas anthem in
their usual pleasing manner. Alto
gether the service was very pleasing.
Christmas was celebrated Sunday
morning at the Methodist church. Mr.
Whisler preached an interesting, in
structive and appropriate sermon, which
was listened to with marked attention.
The choir, consisting of Mrs. Bradehaw, j
Miss Bose Michell, Mrs. Boer, Messrs.
Allaway, Parrot and MaGee, Fang a
lieautiful antheai. The church was
tastefully decorated. The concert in
the evening by the choir and Sunday
school wbs a complete success in every
way. Recitations and sinking, solos
and choruses, made np the program.
One piece was especially good. A class
of girls, trained by Miss Myrtle Michell,
sang a selection, the Misses Stone eing
ing the duet, Jsupported in tbs chorus
by the rest of the class. Every one ex
pressed their pleasure at the enecees of
the entertainment.
lha Moir Slide.
The slide which occurred Saturday
morning below Moier was quite exten
sive, rough estimate placing it at IOC
feet long by ten deep. The freicht train
which ran into it was traveling at the
rate of about ten milles per hour. If it
had been going at full speed the entire
train would have followed the engine
into the ditch. As it w as, the locomotive
is almost a total wreck and four freight
cars were wrecked. The balance of the
train kept the track, and were not in
jured. Engineer Whipple jumped be
fore the train met the obstruction, while
Fireman Lienhart and Brakeman Coates
staid with the engine, the tender of
which doubled and shut like a knife, all
rolling to the bottom of a 50-font em
bankment. By some miracle they es
caped unhurt. Some of the otherwise
empty box cars contained a number of
tramps w ho were waled in the cars, and
when the remainder of the train was
pulled back into Mosier they broke the
doors and resumed their journey to
Portland on foot. As many men as it
was possible to secure were kept busily
employed at the slide all day and night.
An accommodation train left The Dalles
at 3 o'clock Saturday, which made a
transfer of passengers and Sunday morn
ing the track wag again in readiness for
the passage of trains. The loss to the
railroad companv will be in the
neighborhood of 25,000. The wrecking
crew is still at work at the scene of the
accident, and arrangements were made
to hoist the wrecked engine at noon to
day. A Flrc-FigbtlnB Dog.
Jim Flaherty of Mosier has a dog to
which fear is an unknown quantity. It
is not renowned for ita pugnacity,
thoiiirh of the bull doa persuasion, but
for his fire-fighting qualities. He has
the same natural enmity against nre that
a cat has against water, except that Tim
(the dog) w ill fight it heroically. Jfa
piece of burning paper is dropped he
will assail it with teeth and paws with
great vim, and a burn in the mouth
makes him onlv the madder. He will
put out a cigar every time the burning
butt is thrown away, and will not cease
attacking it until it quits smoking. The
last Fourth of July the fireworks were
entirely spoiled by Tim. He fought the
piu wheels, chased the sky rocket?, and
would pick up whole bunches of fire
crackers in his mouth, holding them
there until they quit exploding. Flah
erty it Co. use Tim as a night w atchman
in the store against incendiaries.
Donation Modal.
Saturday evenimt the members of the
M
lethodist Sunday school had a dona-
tion
ocial. Each member brought
niiething to give to the oor. Some
brought flour, others potatoes, and still
tiers brought other eatables and clotti-
ig. It is a most appropriate thing to
istil in the minds of little children
at it is "more blessed to give than to
receive," and Christmas will be happier
to them in thus show ing unselfishness
than it would be if they were possessed
with the idea that Christinas was an
institution out of w hich as many things
j weie to he received as possible, ami en-
tirely neglect the factor of giving. The
! supplies given by the school were placed
I in the hni.iis of a committee of distrihu
j tion consisting of Mrs. D. M. French,
1 Mrs. Bills, Mis. Willerton, Mrs. Fowler,
' Misses Ursula Kuch and Nell Michell.
lh Hraiirti Aylum.
1 he hoard appointed to examine the
siies f..r tlie branch asylum in Eastern
J Oregon has completed iln labors, finish
j ing up with The Dalles Wednesday.
What their report will be cannot of
course be told, but w e feel that an hon
est one w ill be in favor of Tlie D tlles.
The Dalles has the most equable climate
of any iioint in Eastern Oregon. It
has the finest site in the state. It has
an abundance of water under suffi
cient pressure to afford perfect protec
tion against fire. Fuel is cheaper than
at any of the other places, and spring
conies earlier than anywhere in the
state. Besides these advantages, it is
the nearest and most convenient place
for the class of patients that will be
sent to it; for the intention is not to
supply a place for the insane of Eastern
Oregon, but for those of the western
portion of the state. The change of cli
mate is the thing desired, and The
Dalles has every advantage in furnish
ing the proper climate at the smallest
expenditure for transportation. The
interest of the unfortunate ones, as well
as the interest of the state demand the
location of tha branch asylum at The
Dalles. Hood Kiver Glacier.
PERSONAL MENTION.
SHturdnj-.
Mrs. V. H. Cougdon of Umatilla is in
town on a short trip.
Mr. John Graham of Biggs is in the
city and wc acknowledge a pleasant call.
Mr. Malcolm Jameson went to Port
land this morning to spend the holidays
at borne.
Mr. G. D. Snowden left for Tacoma
this morning, where he will spend
Christmas with his parents.
M. Win Curtiss returned home from
Forrest Grove last evening to be with his
parents during the holiday season.
Mr. W. C. Allaway went to Portland
yesterday to meet Mies Daisie, and they
will arrive on the boat this evening.
Mr. W. II. Williams of 8-Mile called
on us today and gave us an addition to
our rapidly increasing subscription list.
Mies Mary Frazier left yesterday
morning for Portland, and will attend
the meeting of the state teachers' asso
ciation. Prof. Gavin and Troy Shelley
will also be in attendance.
Tuesday.
Gus Bonn of the Portland college is
home for Cbrietmas.
Mr. L. Aineworth is confined to his
home by illness.
Mr. H. S. Wilson is confined to his
home by illness.
Misses Gertrude and Bessie French
are home from Portland for the holidays.
Mr. Martin Donneil of Goldendale is
in the city. He will return tomorrow.
Mr. J. H. Rinehart of Summerville,
father of the late Dr. Binehart, is in the
city.
Will Croseen, who has been attending
the Portland University, is home for the
holidays.
Miss Cl.r.r!otte Roberts went to Port
land to attend the state teacheis' asso
ciation. Bertie Baldwin is home from Mount
ngel college to spend the holidays with
is mother and sister.
Ray Logan, a student in the Bishop
Scott' Academy, is visiting hie father, Dr.
Logan for the holidays.
Frank French, a student in Portland
University, js spending holiday week
at his home in The Dalles.
Mies Gertrude Meyer came up from
Portland Saturday to "spend the holidays
w ith her aunt, Mrs. Storrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Emery Oliver nee Miss
Anna Sylvester, are visiting Mrs.
Oliver's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Sylvester.
Mr. C. E. McEwan of North Yakima,
Wash,, who was called to this city on
account of thedeath of bis mother, ealled
on this office today.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fairfowl, who
have been spending Chrietmas with
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Schenck, returned to
their Portland home today.
Mr. A. G. Johnson, formerly a resident
of this city but now of west of the
mountains, is in thecity among old-time
friends. He is en route to Idaho to visit
his daughter and son.
Mrs. J. G. Wilson went to Portland
on todav's train to visit her daughter.
Mrs. Pierce Mays. While there she
will attend the meeting of the state
teacherj' association.
Mrs. II. A. Davidson, wife of Dr. Chas.
Davidson, professor of Englis 1 in the
Indiana state university, is the guest of
Mrs. W. S. Myers. Mrs. Davidson ii
the author of the well known Reference
History of the United States.
Mr. Nathan Cooper, a former Dalles
Iwy but now a stockman of Montana, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J.
Cooper. He sjieaks of Montana as being
a splendid country, but that the jieople
I there are feeling sorely the ellects ol tlie
' silver legislation.
j KOKN-.
i In The Dulles, Dei'. 25th, to the wife
j of Fred Phelps, a daughter.
I In this city, Dec. 25th, to the wife of
Fred Bronson, a daughter.
j DIED.
Mrs. W. H. Whipple of Dufur, aged
40 vesrs, died the evening ot Jec. z.tti.
She leaves a husband and family of five
children.
Karl' Clover Root, tne new blood
purifier, gives freshness and clearness to
the complexion and cures constipation.
25c, 50e. and fl.OO. Sold by Snipes A
Kinerely, druggists.
!
INTO A SLIDE.
t xltm Freight No 41 rrcliltatil IIiiwd i
an Knil.itiikiueut.
I Extra freisht No 21 was wrecked early
I this morning two and a half miles Mow
.Mosier by running into a land slide.
The filet reports that artivtd stated that
no one was injured, all hands saving ;
themselves by jumping. The engine i
was thrown down a 50 foot embankment, j
follow ed by several curs, and others were !
twisted and broken and lying in various ;
positions on both sidis of the track.!
This train left The Dalles aliout 4 o'clock j
this morning, following the early morn
ic.f ;(i8Senger west-bound. The passen
ger went over in safety, undoubtedly
saving tho lives of all the paesengers on
board The freight engine which went
dow n is No. 5:13, of w hich Chas. Whipple
was engineer and Peter Lienhart, fire
man. The siido occurred at one of the
most dangerous places on the road, there i
being a steep wall of rock on one side
and the river a few feet below. A wreck
ing train went down this morning as
soon after receipt of the news as possible.
MITCHELL NEWS.
Weather warm with some rain.
The grippe is the prevailing ailment
at present. Some cases are quite serious
as the writer has cause to know.
The prospects for Santa Claus are
limited, since the people of Mitchell do
not intend to prepare a Christmas tree
for his accommodation.
Mr. Mulverhill, of Summit Prairie,
was in town one day this week and re
ports weather not cold and but little
mow in that place.
James Harrison passed through town
yesterday on his way home, on Beaver
creek, from Dufur where he has been to
be treated for cancer. The treatment
was unsuccessful and without hope, ex
cept to see his family he is going home.
Preparations are being made to solemn
ize the nuptials of Gorden Showen and
Miss Linville on Christmas eve. Miss
Linville came from Portland a few
months since to teach the Shoe Fly
school, but finding that tedious, she de
clines a second term of thedistrict school
for a permanent school of one scholar.
December the 8th Mrs. Straub, w ife of
Emile Straub, died at her home at Tub
Spriags. She left an infant son but a
few hours old. Mrs. Straub came here
some years Bince with her uncle, John
Fapianna. She has grown from child
hood to womanhood at that place and
among her small circle of friends she
was sincerely admired for her real worth.
All grieve for her as a valued neighbor
and a kind friend that has passed be
yond their reach. To repeat the words
of a dear friend, "We miss her so much."
E. V. E.
Mitchell, Or., Dec. 21, 1S93.
Literary Note.
The second edition of the December
world's fair Cosmopolitan brings the to
tal up to the extraordinary figure of 400,
000 copies, an unprecedented result in
the history of magazines. Four hundred
thousand copies 200 tons ninety-four
million pages enough to fill 200 wagons
with 2,000 pound each in a single line,
in close order, this would be a file of
wagons mere than a mile and a half
long. This means not leas than 2,000,-
: 000 readers, scattered throughout every
tow n and village In the United States.
The course of The Cosmopolitan for the
past twelve months may be compared to
that of a rolling snowball; more sub
scribers mean more money spent in buy
ing the best articles and best illustra
tions in the world ; better illustrations
and better articles mean more subscrib
ers, and so the two things are acting
and reacting upon each other until it
seems probable that the day is not far
distant when the magazine publisher
will be able to give so excellent an arti
cle that it will claim the attention of
every intelligent reader in the country.
Mh. Editor: I would like to thank
the people of The Dalles who have been
so kind to me and my family in our sick
ness and for kindly assistance to us.
We came here strangers ; knew no one
except two families that came from the
eame town that I came from, therefore
did not expect anyone to take an interest
in our welfare, but I was surprised to
see the people come in and olfer to help
in any way they could. I am a poor
man. Have to earn our living by work
ing, but ask God to reward all for their
kindness and sympathy to my family.
Jamkh A. Bhoiv.v,
The Dalles, Or., Dec. 25, 18.3.
Aunual Hesnloo.)
The state teachers' association meets
this year on December 20th, ami will be
in session three days. Heretofore the
meetings have been held in the summer
time, but owing to the absence of so
many teachers at the world's fair this
year it was decided to postpone the
meeting until December. The fare to
teachers has Ijeen reduced to one and
one-fifth fare and tho hotels will also
extend cut rates.
For a sore throat there is nothing
better than a flannel handle dampened
with Chamlierluin' Pain Balm. It
will nearly always effect cure in one
night's time. This remedy is also a fa
vorite for rheumatism and has cured
very severe case. 50 cent bottles for
sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
RECORD MAKERS.
TllK greatest apevd attained by
wulintr hhlps, according to Mulhal, nu
by the James Dailies, 4JU milea in
twenty-four hours, aud Flying Cloud,
41'.. The Bod Jacket ran 2,'JM) milea
in seven days, averaging a'JS miles m
day.
Tiif. appearance of a ladien'ciht on
the Thames lias attracted considera
ble attention. The craft in w hich they
row is a li'ht one, and the members of
the crew ure all neatly attired in white,
with ties and hatbands of Leander
cerise. '
Tin: duchess of Fife (Princes
Louise) has succeeded in maintaining'
her reputation as an expert nne-ler.
She 1ms tahen thirty salmon the past
season, and on one day i.he landed as
many as seven, which ranged from
nine to fourteen pounds in weight.
Rkcenti.y the Cunard i.U-araer
Lucania reduced the Cunard steamer
Campania's eastward record by one
hour and twenty-five minutes, nnd the
Campania reduced the Lucania's west
ward record by twenty minutes. The
two records now stand: Eastward,
Lucania, S.i:t.MU; westward, Cumpunia,
5.l;l.2:i.
FACTORY, MILL AND MINE.
The average annual production of
the precious metals in the world from
1870 to lhso was: Gold, 811'J,ii75,O0O;
silver, 811,500,000.
At a Kansas City packing house a
few days a'o, in eleven hours, 3,218
cattle were killed and prepared for the
beef market, an average of about five
a minute.
Twenty years apro there were but
two or three manufacturers of horse
hide leather in this country. The con
sumption of this leather is large and
rapidly increasing.
It is undoubtedly profitable to keep
a cow. A census report shows that the
average yield of milk per cow for the
whole United States in 1800 was 2,082
pounds, or 1,202 quarts.
Ix 1S02 the bituminous coal mines of
the United States employed 212,893
persons. The average number of work
ing days was 219. The frrand total of
employes of coal mines was 341,743.
PERTAINING TO PLANTS.
There are carnivorous plants which
capture and eat insects.
A cebtaix forest plant in Japan
grows to be about six feet high in three
weeks.
The most singular plant is the sensi
tive plant. Some of this family are so
delicate that the passing of a cloud
over the sun will cause their leaves to
curl up.
Fbaxcois Goss, who has been in
specting the California vineyards as a
representative of the French povern
ment, is taking1 back samples of what
he regards as high grades of wines he
found produced there.
Captain Sweeney, U. S. A., San
Diego, Cal., says: "Shiloh's Catarrh
Remedy is the first medicine I have
ever found that would do mo any good."
Price 50 cts. Sold ' sHi& Kinersly.
Mr. J. P. Biiiiz -. in xtii;ve ral es
tate dealer in I've M--i..t. I ivi n, n.irrow
ly escaped one of the "c -t itttJcl;9of
pneumonia while in the i. iiihern part
of Iowa during a recent blizzard, eays
the Saturday Review. Mr. Eluizu had
occasion to drive several miles during
the storm nnd was so thoroughly chilled
that he was in.-iblo to get w arm, and in
side ot an hour aiter his return he was
threatened with a severe case of pneu
monia or lung fever. Mr. BIb'zj sent to
the nearest drug store and got a bottle
of Chamberlain's Coujzh Remedy, of
which he had often heard, and took a
number of large doses. lie says the ef
fect was wonderful nnd in a short time
he was breathing quite easily. He kept
on taking the medicine and the next
day he was able to come to Pes Moines.
Mr. Blnize regards his cure as simply
wonderful. For sale by Blakeley &
Houghton. '
Nature should be
assisted to throw
offlmpnrlticgoftlio
blood. Nothing
does it so well, so
promptly, or so
safely as Swift's
Specific.
r,l?E HAD NO CHARMS.
,r three years I was troubled with mala
. poison, which caused my appetite to fail,
iiii 4 I was greatly reduced In flesh, and life
lost all its charms. I tried mercurial and
potash remedies, but to no effect. I could
get no relief. I then decided to try (FvitJ
a Kttl rif this wonderful aM
medicine made a complete and permanent
cure, and I now enjoy better health than ever.
J. A. KICK, utiawa, rvaiu
Our book on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed f roe. ..,.-,
Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, G
orcs daVcure
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