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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1894)
Il'.cri cf all la Lcaveninj Power-Utcsl U.S. Gov't Report v i the death of a wealthy Man,' mms iOZEltX PURE llitih through his title, power sod pelf, -EoundleM hie wealth aa wish can rlalou 1 ef pile these title, power and pelf, The wrttch, ronoentered all In self, l.Mnr. ha!l forfeit fair renown, . .. And, I'.oubly dylurc, shall go down fc'o tin: vile duit from whence he sprung, I'nwi'l't, unhouorvd and unsung, -Mr Walter Scott. GUESSES. Tan bring me the words of an old refrain And auk me to make the meaning plaint 1'nree little peoplo who wonder why the world la wide, and the heavens are high. But how would a guess from each one do -Bo. Master Harry, and first come voui For tin ships on the tea, and the start In the sky. The world Is wide, and the heavens are high. And what do yon think, with roar dreamy tr. wttie Blue byes on the cushion therer Tor flowers to blossom and birds to fly. The world Is wide, and the heavens are high. Last and least of the wondering three. Here Is wee Freddy, and what says her To play with marbles and kites to fly. The world Is wide, and the heavens are high. Ah, well, a reason yon each have found, 60 now the riddle to me comes rounds And this Is the guess 1 rent ure why The world is wide, and the heavens are high. Up the great hillside our f net to set - . A little farther and farther jut) To try forever and still to try, ,,.., The world is wide, and tho heavens are high, Kals Putnam Oreood in St. Nicholas. HAIR DYEING AN ANCIENT ART. From Cleopatra Down Women Han Re sorted to the Dangerous Practice. The aft Of dyeing the hair Is at least m old as the time of Christ. It was by resorting to such aids to beauty that Cle opatra tried to capture Csesax. All through history ladies of fashion have tried to improve upon nature by artifi cially coloring that which St. Paul tells ns is their glory. In the heyday of Venice the facile beauties of the city of the lagoons dyed their hair a red, to which Titian was not ashamed to affix his name. The belle of belles in that day had red bair not bright red, bnt with glints of crimson. More recently almost in onr own time a rage arose for bright blond hair, as to which there was tradition that it had been popular with the Of reek hetairae. Blond beads blocked the thorough- rarest and young ladies of good repute . did not disdain to employ the dyer until his services were monopolized by another class. In our day the popular color is a bright shade of auburn the blond cen- dre of the boulevardsand silly girls go through martyrdom to impart that tint to their locks. For the popularity of blond bair the argonaut hnda this ex cuse, that it is rarer than black or brown bair and finer. Everybody knows that the legend f the golden fleece was sug gested by the ardor with which Jason and other Greek connoisseurs pursued the blond haired maidens cf Colchis. Almost all bair dyes consist of sulphur ' and acetate of lead, both of which are injurious to so delicate a plant as human hair. A steady course of either will im pair the vitality of the hair papilla and may destroy the medulla altogether. Women who bleach their hair use per oxide of hydrogen, which after a time imparts an nnnatnral and wiglike luster to the hair. . A more dangerous dye still has for its basis nitrate of silver. When this is used, the hair is first washed with eulphnret of potassium. MIRACLE IN MISSOURI THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MEDICAL SCIENCE FAR MORE WONDER FUL THAN THE MAGIC OF THE EAST. The) Remarkable experience ef Post master Woodson of Panama, Mo. For Tea Tear a Cripple To-day Well and Hearty Man. From the Kansas City Times. The people of Rich Hill, Mo., and vicinity have recently been startled by a seeming miracle of healing. For years one of the best known men in Bates and Vernon counties .has been: Mark ' M. Woodson, now Postmaster at Panama and brother of ex-State Inspector of Mines C. C. Woodson of this city. The people of Rich Hill, where lie formerly resided, and of his present home re member well the bent form, misshapen almost , from the semblance of man. which has painfully bowed its head half THE THREE CHUMS, When I was in college I bad two very dear friends, Mnrsdcn and Masterson. We were always together, despite the fact that there could hardly have been fotind anywhere in tho world three men whose ideas on most subjects so radically differed. Perhaps it was tho intvlloctuitl pleasure we derived from debating among ourselves, with an acrimony only possible among the fastest of friends, the pros and cons of every question that came up that was the bond of our union. W hatever the bond was, we were cer tainly inseparable, and I think, on that last night in New Haven, when after four years of most intimate association we parted, each to walk alone his path through life, there were three very tear stained pillows beneath our respective heads before Morpheus claimed our alle giance. I know that I for one was com pelled to change mine, so saturated did it become with those salt evidences of a sincere griof which were copiously shed by my eye that night The parting between Marsden and Masterson and myself was geographical rather than spiritual. Marsden's lines fell in the pleasant places of Boston; Masterson -s in those of Baltimore, and mine in New York. Marsden studied race on toy shOtiWor cHe3 BkV cWUt. intkkmmk to I ad lie. ! "Don" take on so, Tom," I said, giving "7T 1. 4 .u 4 him an affoctionote top on the arm and It hM been generally remarked that drawing away. "It may not bo to bad no class of articles at the Midwinter Ki ns wo think." ... (portion received more attention than ' "Not if he Uveal" he replied, shaking hit tue v,ronl lndi.penslble, -ami to the head sadly aiid looking nervously about limBcnUne ulnd, mysterious adjunct to him. "But! fear Jack is on the vergs. ' " .. . ' , . ' ,.. of dilution. Ifoelsofnint now that he toilu"1' of our ,lllr , , I believe-I believe it is nearly all over.", flurerf from every part of the globe He staggered slightly as he spoke and were represented, and the product of would have fallen if I had not caught America, France, England and Germany him by the arm. competed (or the, honor of the flint "Brace tip, my dear bojT I cried. ! . the nrnat Knoltlon. The jjud t nitute a scene nere, Mime, uui to earth and labored snail-like across the walks season after season, and when one medicine, Masterson became a professor i." tT . 7""" V , or psychology without a chair, and I &7e.ytadhbeeVn7 fc ft" J" f" support from total helplessness, ari ftndent of law into hter, sharp shoot walked erect, firmly, unhesitatingly & bnt through it all we kept up a about the two cities, people looked and three cornered correspondence in which wondered. The story ol the remarkable the hopes and fears of our lives were case has become the marvel of the two freely confided, with the result, I think, counties. Exactly as Mr. Woodson told that we all took a more cheerful view of it to a Timet reporter, it ia here pub- existence than wonld ntherwiu hv been possible. It was the perfect candor dull red- torments of the damned and have been SV" TfrT, ""P" Vff a useless invalid; to-day I am a well and IT, " "T TBU 7 hearty man, free from almost every old nun, and when I disapproved of touch of pain. I don't think man ever Masterson, Masterson was the first to suffered more acute and constant agony know it, and vice versa. It was helpful; than I have since 1884. The rheumatism it was delightful. We lived in a palace started then in my right knee, and after of truth, which, alas! is no more, weeks of suffering in bed I was at last Five or six years was the duration of relieved sufficiently to arise, but it was our post graduate alliance, which was only to get about on crutches for five Droken by death first, and then by that L8' .me.h.!!!.n 2 til" thJ which is worse than death-madness the most eminent physicians the rheu- nd tt cme through the too matism itrew worse, and for the last four close application of Marsden and Master- years I have been compelled to go about 80,1 their work. - Marsden bad always bent half toward the ground. In the been noted for his love of the mysterious winter of 18UU-V1, alter Uie rheumatism and morbid, in the old college days it nau seuiea into its most cnronic lorm, 1 went to Kansas City upon advice of my brother, and for six weeks 1 was treated in one of the largest and best known dispensaries of that city, but without the slightest improvement. Before i into this cab and we'll ride down to my rooms.".-. - He was to limp by this time that I buudled him almost head over heels into a convenient hackney, and giving tht driver directions as to where to go fol lowed and sat down beside him. He lay back asrninst the cushions, hit eyes closed, his lips quivering like a child's under punishment To an ordinary ob server it would have teemed as if Mars den had taken too much strong drink j to me, who knew that he did not drink. his condition was unaccountable. Moved we both were by the imminent death of a dear friend, but the emotion of Mars den was out of all proportion to the situ ntion. Suddenly he grasped me by the arm ana tat np stiffly and groaned. "Ah!" he sighed in a moment. "1 thought it was all over then. By heavens, HartlyP he shouted as he turned hi eyes to me eyes big, bulging and seem ingly full of some terrible dread. "How can you sit there so unmoved? How can you how can you how can you!" His tone by this time had risen to shriek, and I became convinced that Marsden and I could not go on to Balti more that night unless I was willing to constitute myself the guardian of a ma niac. - "I I am quite as upset, Tom," I re plied. "Quite as deeply grieved over the possibility of Jack a death. "Dont speak of it don't speak of it!" he shuddered, cowering back into the corner of the cab and biding his face with tus bands. "Hartly, I don't believe you ndor stand," he added, gravely, after a minute or two of silence. "Do you understand that it means oblivion? Do you com' prchena that it means absolute annihils tion, destruction, a blotting out forever! Do you do you realize that?" points of competition were: freedom from all injurious or deleterious tub stances, ellicitmey in producing tho de tired results expected in preservative of the complexion, chemical skill in pre Darius and comixmndimr. and finally, eleitance of annearance and irttneral style. Upon all these points "Camelline " was awarded highest position, and received the uuusual distinction ot a special non orarv diploma of merit, a result not onlv eminently gratifying to the uianu facturers, Messrs. Wakelee & Co., the ninnufavturiiiff chemists of Han Fran cisco, but an indorsement ot the good judgment of the ladies of the Pacific Coast, who, long; ago, pronounced in fa vor of the superior excellence of "Cam elline," which may be obtained at any drug store upon tne l acino (Joasu lliilh Mistaken. "Did you upeuk to me, alrf" said tht pa engrr 011 the seat in front, turn I tig all III toRtnre at this pnHwHiger who had leaned forward to remnrk that it looked like rain. "No,Hlr," replied tlieoUu-r pleasantly. "J poke to a gentleinnii I thoiiKht you resem bled. 1 see I was miatakeu." Chicago Tribune. t - ' ' ' .. A llaiiEeroua Ciplnit. ' M. Fertnain (una of the seconds) My priucipat, the count, refuses to consent to a duel In the woods at ilnwn. , M. leComte Why notf M. Femialn Morhleul Think of the rlsknl Both of the gentlemen might catch coldl Chlcatm Record. He (In a spMi of luvemUratlon) Why don't you marry T Hhe (sultly)-NulMHly ever askej me to. He O. too nnwAitp. moo. The raaaen of this t nper will be S'wsed to Item that tUf is at lel one dreaded dlisaae that seleuoe hss been able to, cure in all Its smites, and tlat h eatarra. Hairs 1 vnie Is tne only positive ours now known Mine me leiti iraiernuy. i.eu Hull's I'aUrrhtnire Is taken Interiislly. sollns illrn'tly noun the hluort suit murous surfaoes ul the system, thereby destrorlut the fnuiKlatlou ef the dl.esse mid Klvtii the patient strenilh toy bulimiiK tin the oniulltulion end smIsMihi nature III delna Its work. The prorllrs hve so mneh (alth III Its onrstivo powers m oiler One Hundred Hollars lor any oa(e inai 11 fulls to oura. Keud It llt"( testimoulsls. Ad dross it V. 1 CH KNKY . CO , loledo, O. Mold by drtWRlstsi 70 senis. Cm KuanellneMtov rallshi pn dust, no smell TT Qtwtu for breakfast. MADE BKACK TUB MKHVKS. Sedstivea and oiilatna won't do It Th se ner vines do not mske the nervosstronir.su I (allltic to do this, lull shoit ut nroduolns: Ilia en. ntlal v viiror. And while in ettreme esses and these oiily-ol nervona Irrlltlloo of Itielr qutetnil sm-h drugs may be advisable, Ihrlr frequent use is nmnit p-ejuniiusi 10 tne ueuesie tmsnism nixm whleh llirv aet. and In order to renew their quieting eifvot Increased slid risiiRerous doses eventually neooine neoessaryi Hosteller s H omaeh Bitter Is an eflli lent substitute lor y Lira: a BUI.DEN. Mint Q5 V. Ciuwroiw, ot f (rasshme, AT, ove ..wis I sofferml IIHHIIitly from lines were so arnile as to renoer lire a oiinion. bea-an ualn Dr. Plena)' fevorltii I'reaer ntlon. used seven boltlea In at many moiillis and de rived so muoh b.neU from It and the home, treatment rwnunond ed in bis Treatise 00 plenums of Womeu. that I wish eiwy womaa thrnuvnout our sana, tuderlnt' in the same way, may be Induced to a-lve your mcdlcluee and treatment a fair trial." II evMthft PrnMmeifl, Miss OaAwnmo. to , powerful, tn vhmratlne' fcmln and a soothing and trmmth- nlng nervine, purely veaeUhle, pw';tly bariuleaa. Ik regulates and promote all the 2 per functlnua or womanmaai, iinpiwee tion, nrlehea the blooil, dissils aehet pal us, bringi refreshing sleep, and re stores health ami vigor. Kor every "female complaint,'1 l tias only nmedy tn sure thai it can be maranttrd. If it doesn't ewrejou have your money back. TTa r.,iin -t.ru ti. i.i. i 1 such Mriitcloiis dre. It nuluu the nervee .m.w. ums vu brsein,toalns:.slriilhenliilhem. Tbeeon used to trouble Masterson and myself not a little to find how exceedingly fond of the depressing things of life Marsden was that is to say, he liked to hear and talk about them. He liked to read sto- came home I secured a strong ivanic fi. not only bordering upon butplnng- battery; this I used for months with the same result. In August, 1802, 1 went to St. Louis, and there con ferred with the widely known Dr. Mudd of hospital practice fame and Dr. Kale of the city hospital. None of them ing into the middle of the supernatural. and while Masterson and I re compil ing scrapbooks of clippings showing how easily Yale crews defeated Harvard crews, and other matters of alma mater nal interest, Marsden was filling envel- The nitrate is applied while it is still I pills as an experiment. When I began wet. In all these cases the drug is adul terated with a pigment of the desired color, and the effect for the time is to substitute that color for the natural hue of the cortical substance or hair bark. It need hardly be said that the effect of continued use of snch medicaments is to enfeeble and ultimately to rot the root sheaths. Baldness then ensues, and for that science has discovered no remedy. Detroit Free Press. would take my case with any hope of opewith horrors-stories of vampires. UrXlZCUm tai7 hallucination and other nnnat with pain, helpless and despondent. rJ, ,r "About this time my attention was While Masterson and I were reading called to the account of a remarkable raca ugnt ano "7 stories as "Pelham" cure by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale and "Pendennis." with Herrick as our f eople of locomotor ataxia, rheumatism ideal poet, Marsden would devote his and paralysis. I ordered some of the hours of outside reading to Hoffman. Poe and Monk Lewis, and any versifier whose sentiment smacked of malaria ! could be his poet for the time being. I tume the only point on which Master- son ana i ever reauy agreea was in re- my arm as he gasped this out. - "No, I do not," I answered shortly. "1 believe, as you used to believe, in God in heaven, and I have not changed, and I know that Masterson has no reason to fear death. His soul is the purest1 "I am not thinking of Masterson," he cried, and then, his voice sinking into a whisper, he muttered. ."I refer to our selves. We shall vanish; we shall be blotted out Mas tenon's soul it all right, but ours we have no souls. With his death we are plunged into formless ness we become loroa "My dpar Marsden," I said, trying hard to conceal my perturbation, for I was now convinced that be was mad, "my dear Tom. don't talk that way. Keep quiet. AU will go well. All "It cannot!" he retorted, "if Jack Mas terson dies. If Jack Masterson diet we Hartly, do you realize what yon are, what 1 am? ueetlon between weakness ot the nervous sys tem ana mat ot tne ontaus oi uitmiou is strung- and aymnathetln link. The Hitlers by iiuDariiinr a healthful Imnuise to Hie digestive and SRslnil latin functions promotes Ihroushonl ine wnoie system a visor m wmon ins nerves come in lor a lame fcnere. use me rimers in malaria, constipation, billons and kidney trouuie. Minnie Yoiins Hanlvy n Ik tit Mamie- Did he sureeed? tried to kiss me last Minnie No he didn't know bow. THE NUrtSK'a UKLIOUT. Every experienced nurse knows tht value of a remedy whloh, without being an ano dyne, will relieve soreness of the limbi or stiffness of the Joints and enable a patient to sleep quietly tnd naturally. Just such a remedy are ALlrooa't Poav oi s ri.ABTia. flaned oa the cheat or on the back, if necessary out Into strips and placed over the muscles of the liniht, they marvels in the way of toothing and work quieting- restlessness. Heine: nerfeotlv si in nle anil httriitlma In thalr AihtufWkaltl in I1,m I, with all my hopes, all my can he used freely, and many a auMVrer has When aa Elephant Ia Craay. When we present the elephant in pos session of such intellectual gifts as may be his, there has to be considered the case of the e'.ephant that, being "must' a disease akin to frenzy is for a time bereft of its senses. It is only the male that suffers from this affliction of insan ity, but every male is liable to it some time or other, and unfortunately may be attacked by it without warning of any kind. Some menof long experience, of ele phant Keeping say that the "must" con dition is preceded by premonitory symp toms, and if taken in time may, by diet and treatment, be averted; but, without presuming to contradict those better in formed people, I can aver that I have known some of them to be taken by sur prise by the sudden "musting" of ele phants under their own immediate super, vision. Some elephants become . demons of . cruelty when "must," as, for example, a commissariat elephant that, during my : time in Ondh, broke away from the Lncknow lines and went over a consider able tract of country, killing men, wom en and children wherever it found an op portunity of doing so. Blackwood's Magazine. . Vowels tn the Hawaiian Tongue. The Hawaiian language is composed mainly of vowels and a few consonants put in to vary the monotony. And the beauty of the system is that there is no waste. Every vowel is pronounced. For instance, when the American eye winks at the appearance of the simple word "naauao," the glib native rolls out the five syllables with neatness and dispatch. This means "enlighten." Bonble vow els are very frequent, tut never a diph thong. 'Three vowels are not uncom mon, and, as above, four and sometimes more are found nnseparated by conso nants. In the mouth of the uneducated native the language is apt to be explo sive, but the higher classes speak it with a fluent grace that surpasses the French or the Italian, In sound it somewhat resembles the general flow of the con tinental European languages, for the vowels all have the French quality, and the accents are not dissimilar. Wash ington Star. Sio Chances, Featherstone (nervousl j-. Whoee over coat la that In the hall, Willie, your father's or your brotber'at ; ' Willie It isu't my brother's. Sister told him you were coining, and he said he wouldn't trust It tin. .-.Clothier and Fur nisher, , . - A Crank's Fata. Friend-That old crank Whitehalr, who always H-fused.to have a doctor, died hut .' Btsht. ' Dr. DtMein I knew it. 1 knew it would lap?m. I prophesied 40 years ago that be wepi J die some time. New York Weekly. to take them the rheumatism had de veloped into a phase of paralvsis; my lee from the thieh down was cold all the time and could not be kept warm. In a ahftrf. tims that nilla vahi oinA anrl an was the cane. I was able to attend to to Marsden's unhealthy passion for the duties of my office, to get about as a fho grotesque, and we were unremitting well and strong man. I was free from in onr efforts to bring him down to the pain and I could enjoy a sound and rest- real sunshiny things of life, but I can- ful night's sleep, something I had not not say that we were ever sanguine of known for ten years. To-day am prac- the result of our efforts. ucaiiy, ana i nrmiv oeiieve, permanently It wa8 Marsden's horrible addiction to 'mtS tTVi fS1 ever wrought the miracle with his wand ?' Wchology and Maraden him- that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills did for el mto medicine, and if Marsden would me. - nave gone at u in tne coiuiy scientific To verify the story beyond all ques- manner of Masterson I think he would tion of doubt Mr. Woodson made the have been all right, although Masterson following affidavit: ... carried his coolness a degree too far in Statb o Missocbi,! that he did not recognize the fact that t ir'iir8' J-' '' j i minds, like machines, speedily go to suteienta aVe true and correct as f to comprehend Marsden's mind verily believe. M. M. Woodbok. that Masterson became interested in Subscribed and sworn to before me I mental science, ana it was Marsden's this 3d day of March. 1894. John D. Moobb, Notary Public. Br. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are manufactured - by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Bchenec- passion for the insane that decided him to become a physician, eo that he might . come into actual contact with those who suffered the things of which he read. Each succeeded in reaching his goal. tly,N.y..and are sold only in iboxej Master80n at th8 age of th?ty died at 6 o'clock this afternoon" 'JL ! e JP5Lkv An-d. himself an accepted authority oiosvcho- i 0t dre re 14 "A ambitions, my loves, my hates, every thing, am but a figment in the brain of Jack Masterson. You are the same, 1 know. I have studied 1 have teen. When that miniv ceases to work and that imagination to fancy, you and L John Hartly, cease to ber As Marsden spoke the cab stopped at my aoorana we entered the house. I was simply appalled at the horror of Marsden's hallucination and at the new responsibility for his welfare that had temporarily devolved upon me. He was mad; but bow mad? Was it curable or not? I feared, I felt that but one thing was needed to upset his mind altogether, and that was Masterson's death. Nor had I any hope that that was a blow to be averted. What to do was the ques tion, and my own feelings were that un less that question were speedily solved 1 should myself stand tn mental peril. We went to my apartments, and shoved under the door I found a tele gram awaiting me. To open it was the work of a moment, and then Marsden, feeling that it mnst be from Baltimore, snatched it from me and tried to read it. but fortunately he could not, his eyes were so tuied with the tears of fear, "Read it!" he cried, trembling with excitement. "Head itr I took it, and casting my eyes over the line saw the announcement of the fatal termination of Jack's illness. "Jack died at 5 o'clock this afternoon," it said; thanked them lor a nitrtit of quiet rest. grateful both to hiui and those who care for hi in. Baas dbsth t Pills do not weaken the hovels, " Cholly nurstied a number of studies steal lei, didn't ber' " Yes. But 1 don't tblnk ha ever eauiiht up with any." Anemia 13 depleted blood. The blood lacks richness and tho cheeks lack color. The whole sys tem lacks the nourishment Scott's Emulsion wrapper, at 60 cents a box or six boxes lor fZ.BU. Bear in mind that Dr. Will iams'. Pink Pills are never sold in bulk or by the dozen or hundred, and any dealer who offers substitutes in this form is trying to defraud you and should be spted authority on psycho logical matters. Marsden at twenty-nine was actively connected with the medical staff of an asylum for the insane in Mas sachusetts, and then the end came. Maev terson's candle had been burned at both the Cream of Cod-liver Oil This nourishing, palatable food restores a healthy color, enriches the blood and tones up the whole system. Phy sicians, the world over, en dorse It. Dan't ba decstred by Substitutes! rrsvsrsdby Swttt ttaoas.K. Y. Alldrnwlsta avoided. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills mav ends, and he was nigh unto death. I was be bad of all druggists or direct by mail irom ut. wuiiams Meaicine uo. "What does it say?" gasped Marsden. "The danger is over, and there ia no need of onr going to Baltimore." "Thank God!" cried Marsden, falling on his knees and then with a groan sink ing in a faint to the floor. t Marsden is still connected with the asylum in Massachusetts, he thinks as a consulting physician, but at the world knows, as a patient, and I I bear the burden of my deceit in that horrible night by conducting the correspondence of two corners of our triangle of love my own corner and that of Masterson, I AnaimwablelejaUveandNEKVBTONia Of whoee death Marsden has never harrl BoM by Drug-glslaoreent by malL o..Uo. e. and yet ber dav. and I immediately reneaterl it for the experts say that were he ever to I Jw m.- felt that it was a shame to be behind to Marsden in Boston. aAHmrrW.it w- hear of his friendrt decease, to ttronirlv I HO 1 1 0 t,hZZ.ZX;zIXrZ? A I I ' - - - I (lnM hfl hfillOTflhitnuIf . n.U a Ik. -mm lm Thinning Them Oat. A new device for plucking strangers has been invented by the keeper of a biir Clark street restaurant. He didn't want to frighten regular customers away by raising prices on the bill of fare, and yet the first to hear of it, because my dnties were such that I had been able to visit Masterson at Baltimore which Marsden, owing to his more or less confined duties, could not very well do, and so was known to Masterson's family, who immediately wired me of the precarious condition of my old friend. The telegram I received at 9 o clock m the morning of a Septem- KftRL'c OFT boarding bouse keepers, saloons and ho tels in overcharging. Yesterday a bright idea struck him and be promptly put it in operation. A waiter gave the snap away. "I've eaten there for six months," said a well known merchant, "and sel dom had cause for complaint. Last night 1 ordered a sirloin steak, at I had often done before. It wis much thinner than usual, but I was nut particularly hungry and dil not complain. This morning 1 was served with it still thinner one and kicked. Then the ' waiter told me the steaks were all being cut thinner this week because to u: my strangers were in town, and the bovs wanted to get more for meals without driving away the reg ulars. It's the ' tame way everywhere else. The pies are smaller; so are the pats of butter, and the proprietor has ac tually run in a lot of hew coffee cups thai bold considerably h a than the old ones." ot Louis Globe-Democrat . my intention to leave New York for Bal timore that night. Two hours later I received a message from Marsden saying: "Wait for me. He mnst not die." This was more or less unsettling. To wait for Marsden Was the very thing It would please me most to do, bnt to have him bring his message to a close with those four words grated on my nerves. They did not sound exactly right. - An hour later a second telegram ar rived from Marsden, which read: "Am Just leaving Boston. For God's sake wait former And so it went all that afternoon. At every stopping place along the line from Boston to Jy'lsfr York Marsden forwarded to me the most nerve disturbing met cages tho mind could well conceive of, beseeching me to await his coming al- does he believe himself a part of the dead man's dar dreams, the small remainder of his once ttrongmind would be utterly I oiottea out. Ji. w. xtarknesa in Frank I Liesiies. : At Last, Bhe let her hand be taken, and with confldenna I unshaken he tried his best to waken in her neart some sentiment. With a wondrous burst or feeling round her I waist ins arm waa stealing, yet her face showed no revealing of ber mind's in gen nous uenu His voice, quite low and pleading, for himself waa Interceding, bnt the maiden paid no neeuing to tne woras that be might say. And no lover persevering ever had so dumb a hearing to his terms of love endearing as she gave to mm tnat day. Until bis chance he waited with a guile pre- ueiiiiaiea, ana wnn cneeK unmitigated up aim im:u uer, i uen sue cnea: GOLDEN WEST Hss no superior, rr-s i AKINQ fOWSIB. K8T T trior. I fDXB. I see ss. N. P. N, U. No. 6678. F. N. U. No. 634 W.l. Douglas S3 SHOE NOauKKIN& f 3. CORDOVAN, SRf NCHA ENAJ4EL1E0 CAIT. f J.tPPOUCE.SSOLU. atta BoYtootiHflOL - L.AEHC9 'WL.DOUOLAa. BROCKTON, MASS. Tea eaa save asoaey by wearlag Ike W. L. Deatlae f 3.00 Shee. aa. we are Iha uma amfMlinii m sais graueor saaie la we world, aa J iniruM thee value by etaaipbig ike nsaie aaf price oa the Dutwni, wan prowei yew seaiaas awa aneea ea the middleman's pratta. Onr skose seel eastern wurk la style, esse tttlag asd weerlat aalitles, lower prlxeefiw rent dealer eenaus supply yea, we Ike value aivMikaa ear otasr aiake. Taseeoaun. Si ST. HELEN'S Boarding and day School mr tins. Opens awpkuabM A HALL II I 1 Address MI08K8 RODNIV. Portland, Or. CALKINS ELECTRIC OIL BURNER rs ;1, ..ijm 1 vi -yj 1 e)S - . i aMtalMdi THE CHEAT FUEL SAVER. Tf OMK-M Ala OA9 FKKrKC'TKII AT 11 last, ho dlrr, no ashes, no odor, no danger. A Htrlvet method of f eneraltni and burning gas from petroleum oil. Kor heating and cooking. Fits any stove; also adapted for lnriierea,staia brsleis snd grates. Ahsolntelv rale, ho immsI- bllltyof esp.oslun and ohraper than any other luei. t an anu esamina me laiest lioeirion. Agents warned In every town and county In California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. ror circulars auuruss MUlir ELECT8I8 IURIEI COKPANf. fACino coast Aosacr, 6t Larkla Street, Raa Praneleee). DROPSY TRKATKfs mine Poalflv ly Cured with Vegetable Remedies Have eared thousands of ne.ss Cure eases in. oounosd bopelese bf bestphrslelane. t'roai arstdnas mpionis disappear: la lea darsatleaal two-Otlroi I srmetmBf removed, tead for free book leatlm ttals ot mlraeulous enrea. Tsn ears' ireaiaent rrea by mall. If yoa order trial, send 1O0. In Mampi m. par ptMunre im. ii.H.aaaHaa.Ns,Aiisnia,iia if roaurderutalreurnuila adrerUsssieoi to ns PUES Lajthelte1 I lams' In'ifli tor Piles 1 parts. Every elsts. hv m.tt and il.ou sVILLtl Proprietors, Clevelsq Dr. Williams' Tnrtlan l. . n.meiii win cure Blind, lileedlne arid Ilr.hlnv tll It aksorlis t ha ivman .1 1. . . iiiim, anu as a poiu. tlee.alveslntKnlMIUf f.. fwm lams' Indian Pile Ointment Is Drenareri Piles and Itching of the private v.. i,z; vi -a- W) WILLIAMS d. Impure Blood Mnnirfsli Itself in hot wrutlier In hives, rliupli'S, Ih.IIs tnd oilier eruptions wliluli illfliHU'-a the fuua and oimst grust an ioy. aiive. Tht curt is lound in Hood's Haraa Sra-parllla Hood's wWWi Cures parilra whleh make! Uls IiIihsI , pur and re-1 mows ill tuoh dlsllguratlous. it alsn gives strength, ereiite au spiwiiw and uvlgorstix the whole ayatein. Uel Hood's, Hood't Pllli tr prompt and t lllvleul, DO YOU TRAVEL? IF SO, YOU WILL FIND THE BIG FOUR ROUTE THI OEST LINE VKSTIBULI TRAINS. ILIQANT DUIMO CARS. QUICK TIMt. Ask tor Tickets via Big Four Route. I. 0. MtCMMICIt, 0.1. MalTIN, Pass. Trafflo Manager. 1 Oen. Paw. Tst. Agt. C1NCINHATI. FRUIT PRIStRVIOl LABOR SAVED I Mitaicntine FRE8IRVIS FRUIT WITHOUT Ml AT. Antiferrrwnttne fHKHKHVKH- CldSr, Milk, Butter, Catsup, Pickles, Etc , And dors II M'CCKH rrU.V by preventing for menutloti. The a.eol Init wumleifal d eai-n. alive assures suiieM In oauiilug and preserving (ruin and vegetsblee of all kinds. Nil MOULD on tot ol fruit. Hares time and labor, aud 1.1 a every way a deelded sueerss. ANTIFERMBNTINB li Sold bv all dnmlsls and rrrww ia. and la a. aalved to do what we say II will. NULL. HBITMIIV WOOUAKO, PaHlaud, Or. HERCULES S I 1 . .--"ir' -re '; - r-zi OAS and CASOLIN .Engines -NOTED FOR- SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH, ECONOMY -AND- Hr on reeeini ot prlee, no ern, wanurabiuame co .Ohio. ENQRAVINQI I PltlSTEHH niiotn.t) KNOW Hint ks oldest ana im-si ruoioiigrav Ing odlre la Maa Fran rlaco wss eslshlUhed in tn bv lh.. Haniiger of Hie IiKWKlf KK. URAVINCI lO, Who li u. murwi me tales and tist I m orove mi'iila n.rr.i promises i. iuii nciinpiement of the most approved machinery, pimio ap- rlluilil..i lltl Mlthmmltt liuHhm Utiii. '""t eiperleiioe and I ,.,r. vn tu. Blflinil OlKSS HI Work promptly, rollnoly and at uullormly modaruie prior for all kind, of engraving. Publishers hvlned tpii't up .u.-clsl lasiivs. Job prlnurs and otliera UiouldMiKl for Miniplwi.esllmnlrs soil IkformaHoiL A.T. Uawav, Manager, XMi aluksi Hi., a. ir!, f)SvvS NO DIRT OR SMOKE. If onr Wile Can Kun It. HenuUt Ooi or OosoHhc Ftlmer A Key, i. F., Cal. and Portland, Or. -ELY'S PMUfftl. CREAM BALM-Cleanaeethe AUaye Fain and InaanunaUon. . Keetoree Xaate) and SnialL wad rieasant.' ' ' x ' ': T Madge Thia weather. Mr. Puff brain. how doe it suit your ... , Air. Punbrain Drives me out of mr mind. . - - Mad ne How you must eniov it! Chica go Inter Ocean , ways, and in four separata instances as-1 "There' you monsterl I Just knew Itl I wa turning a power on my part to avert the I expected death of Masterson that made ; me suspect that Marsden himself was in a precarious state mentally anyhow. I dreaded meeting him, but was neverthe less on haul at the station on the arrival of his train and what a shock it was to me when I cangbt sight of Marsden! His face was white as a sheet: his shoul ders were bent as witrome load by far ' si r ...... j . Olvet itellnr at ouce tut Cold In si Armi TM ITU r yffl m v r ... sure, or quite near to It, if I walt .it you would uo it. mwi nope you're satisfied." Tom Mescon In Life. Pose, "Ves." she whleDered. " v With a quick, startled glance behind her sue glided across the floor. "yea," the woman repeated, "I must cre ate a scene. " With a few deft movements she arranged tome trees and a waterfall about ber, as- As Objection. '' ' Wiltv T li,u . 1...... . i .. ...j - "'. mtr ivui .iuK.ciruusea. I . : : x a . ... .1 - I . Mamma-Why, Willyf 1 VXZl lu I DearI1( ni" "anils Isumed a sweet and pensive smile and called Willy Because they use up the circus too I "emMed as though they were palsied. I to the photographer that she was all ready Tfil...- t .. l . l. .i r I IV hrvn hA nnsss a m. 1 n . . e ' I I i i i .. bi-ju. it iurv nua uijiv one rintr.Aue circiui i v mo uu inrew nu Armi buu wuuiu iijls to nnvm mm ott mmra nn utiiu w iour iuu M iong.-tui nwni my nec, mia burying XUi Pallid l mm- itnlt Trlbun. DON'T RO R ROW TROUBLE." BUY SAPOLIO 'TIS CHEAPER IN THE ENn. MALARIA ! Three dnps onlv. Trv It. DO VOU -FEEL BAD? DOES YOUK BACK achej Does every step teem a burden? Yon need MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY. SUPERIOR WCNSHIP In Every Detail. These englnea are acknowledged by esnert an. glneers to be worthy of highest rommemlatlon for almpllciiy, high-grade material and superior workmanship. They develop the lull eolual horse power, and ran without an Kleelrlo Miwrk Baiiery i the system ol Ignitlou Is simple, lnea. ' .... ''.!, . ror painplng omllla for Irrigstlng pnrpnaea Ooaai. no better englut can be found on the 1'eolno il,i.hi0li,"t,Vliro,Un,,,'of mlRat if have mot with highest sunrovsl. For Interinlifeint iwimt.. ttiMl. mmm, i- .... questioned. ' " Km LNQIN MANUFACTURED BY WLMEB I REY TYPE FOUNDRY. . Front and Alder Its., PORTLAND, - OREGON send lor catalogue. Clsneaiaaaatwaa ua n.i. I who have weak lungs or Asth. ma, should sue riao'sOere for Ooasamptlon. It has enred lhaasaiaa. ft I... n. i. I .Ills not bad to lake. Ibis the eesteonehavra old everywaere. s&e.