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ACiOX5JTEI.V PUKE
YARNS OF A TIME WHEN THE ERIE
WAS A SINGLE TRACK LINE,
; Aja UlceeUlngly Moderate lloy.
A story is told up Piscataquis way that
hows a certain breed of boy can be very
moderate under exciting circumstances. A
farmer found hia house on fire and hurried
ly put his small son on an old mare's back
and told him to ride and tell folks to come
and bring pails and help put it out. The
boy rode by the farms of several neighbors
without saying a word and iuto the yard
r-t one who was a special friend of the fam
ily and there sat on his horse in silence till
.the man came out to see what waa wanted.
"Pa wants you to take your pail and come
over. Our house is all afire. It Is, true,"
he Raid with great moderation. The man
grabbed his pail and ran. making an out
cry, but when he reached the place the roof
had fallen in, and everything had gone by
the board. Icwiston Journal.
A Valuable Privilege.
The attention of college graduates is
called to the fact that their degree en
titles them only to enter the battle of
life. It grants no quarter. Jump in,
boys, and hustle. In that way alone will
yon ever open the oyster that has been
growing all these years for yon and yon
alone. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
m
. Dr. Newcombof Cornell university, it
la said, kept snails shut up in a pillbox
for seven years, which were resuscitated
by a very little moisture.
It cost the German emperor $30,000 to
make the trip from Rome to Naples, go
np the mountain and get back again to
Home.
BILLY BURKE, THE BURGLAR'S BANS,
Re Wore To Many Dl.guleee to guecaed
as Store Detective.
Harry A. St, John of Now York olty,
read "Old Sleuth" books till bis mind
was full of detective km , ledge . He bad
almost as uiauy disguises as Old Sleuth
wore, and be became the most daring,
original and ingenious detective that New
York hns hai since Old Sleuth went out
of business.
A few days ago he entored a large dry
goods store in Harlem, and with an air of
profound mystery handed the. following
letter to the proprietor:
To whom It may concern : This will intro
duce to you William Burke, the celebrated
shoplifter detective. He has been on our t oroe
for years; has worked forMacy and Ridley's
with Nellie Bly. He has caught more shop
lifters than any man in the business. Hoping
you may use uim, 1 remain
Thomas J. Byknus,
- Superintendent of Polios Department.
, St John wore two overcoats and showed
collection of fnlso whiskers and wigs,
which, be said, were bis favorite lis
7
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L to recovery, the
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who is taking
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Favorite Pre
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maidenhood, wo
manhood, wife
hood and moth
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supporting tonic
and nervine
that's peculiarly
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so many women owe their beauty to Dr.
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beauty of form and face radiate from the
common center health. The best bodily
condition results from good food, fresh air
uu exercise coupicu wun lUCJUUIllUUBUSC
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' If there be headache, pain in the back,
bearine-down sensations, or general de
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nervous prostration, and sleeplessness, the
" Prescription " reaches the origin of the
trouble and corrects it It dispels ach.es
and pains, corrects displacements and cures
.catarrhal inflammation of tne lining mem
branes, falling of the womb, ulceration, ir
regularities and kindred maladies.
"FALLINQ OF WOMB."
, Mrs. Frank Cam
FIKLD. of East Dickin
son, Franklin Co., N.
y., writes : "I deem it
my duty to express my
deep, heart-felt grati
tude to you for having
been the means, under
Providence, of restor-
, ing me to health, for I
' have been by spells un
able to walk. My
troubles were of the
womb inflammatory .
and bearing-down sen
sations and the doctors
all said, they could not
"TweTve bottle, of Dr. Ms- Campteld.
Pierce's wonderful Favorite Prescription
has cured me."
tuffered from catarrh
: of the wont
a boy, and
' t'W cure.
Balm set,ins
Many aeanaitancet havt
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i fn'fa. Oscar Ostrum, f5
Warren avenue, Chicago,
III. ,
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Bmell. The Balm is quickly absorbed and gives
relief at once.
panicle Is applied into each nostril, and is
agreeable. Price, 60 cents at Druggists' or by
88 Warren Street, New York.
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A FAVORITE DISGUISE. ;:. .
(olses. His skill as a detective seemed, to
be of a very high order, and tbe merchant
was so favorably impressed by him that
he hired bim at $5 a day. He supposed
that tbe letter signed with Superintendent
Byrnes' name was genuine.
St. John went right to work, and In
bait an hour bn waa walking1 about the
store, with red Galway whiskers, disguis
ed as an Irish immigrant just from Ellis
island. Twenty minutes later he appeared
as a farmer, with a carpet sack, from
Chautauqua county. Half an hour after
ward be waa strolling about the store dis
guised as an Avenue A beer saloon keeper.
Tbe clerks began to laugh at bis numer
ous and comical disguises and at tbe great
air of mystery ho wore. By 4 o'clock in
tho afternoon be bad appeared In about a
dozen different disguises.
Tbe merchant showed the letter to tbe
superintendent of the store, who suspected
at once that it was fraudulent and decided
to communicate with police headquarters.
Detective Trainor went from the cen
tral office to the dry goods store in Har
lem and found St. John bard at work dis
guised as a Persian traveler. He ques
tioned the imitator of Old Sleuth, and St.
John told bim that he was a celebrated
detective, and that tbe secret of his great
success was the great variety of disguises
which be wore. He said he was known
to crooks as "Billy Burke, tbo burglars'
bane. " Tbe real detective arrested tbe
follower of Old Sleuth and took bim to
tbe Harlem police court.
The prisoner s father, a respectable citi
sen, said tnat bis son bad ben reading
detective stories for many years and imag
ined that detective work was bis chosen
calling. Being out of a job, be bad eagor-
ly sought an opportunity of making $5 a
day. Young fat. John was held for trial.
HAS FIVE LIVING WIVES.
WTJliam Dobolee Shows Vntuoal Aptitude
For the Gentle Art of Matrimony.
Five wives without death or the for
mality of a divorce is tbe record credited
to William Dubolce, who languishes in
jail at Tioga, N. Y., charged with biga
my, borne men move to save paying rent,
but if tbe stories told about William are
true he found that judicious moving Is
better than divorces, at least cheaper.
Dubolce appeared at Tioga Center about
tbe first of December and secured employ
ment as a veterinary surgeon and horse
trainer from John E. Pembleton. In tbe
latter's family Alice Taylor resided as a
domestic Tbe horse trainer and the girl
became acquainted, and as he appeared to
be an Impetuous lover tbe wedding day
was soon set for Dec. IS. He said that be
. WILLIAM DUBOICE.
came from Addison, and letters of inqulr
were sent to tnat village to ascertain his
history.- No response being received be
fore the day and hour fixed upon for the
wedding, the two were duly married by
Rev. Ziba Evans. Late that aftornoon
Mr. Evans received a letter from an Ad
dison clergyman Rev. W. A. Decker
stating that Dubolce bad at least one wife
and was wanted on two warrants.
He was arrested tbat evening, and sub
sequent investigations revealed the fact
that at the time of bis wedding to Alice
Taylor Duboice he had four wives living-
one at Jasper, N. Y. ; one at Mcrchant-
ville, N. Y.; one at Wilkesbarre and one
In Potter county, Pa. He Is a short, dark
complexloned man about 80 years old.
On His Knee Mayhap
They sat at opposite ends of ibe sofa.
"Be mine, " he pleaded. '
"I am not in a position to entertain
such a proposal," she answered coldly.
He was not of tbe sort of man to re
quire the impact of a tabernacle falling
on bis bead ere be would tumble, and
be shortly effected a
The First I'm of the Telegraph In the Ban.
ulna of Railway Traiue TVhat a "Snake
Spiker" Waa How the Ballrone Came
to He Vad Sounding Wheels.
"Charley Minot bad his little tussle with
oneof his-engineers about running a train
on telegraph signals Rlong in 1851," said
veteran railroad engineer recently. "The
Erie was a single track then of course, and
the magnetic telegraph, as it was called In
those days, was a new and in many re
spects an untried thing. The Erie bad put
up a line along Its road as bad otber rail
roads, but the telegraph had never yet been
applied by any road to tbe running ot
trains. Engineers and conductors ran their
trains according to schedule, and if it waa
down on the schedule that they were to lie
at a certain place or spot on a siding or turn
out until another train, ruuning In an oppo
site direction met and passed them, there
they would lie If tbe other train did not put
In an appearance for a week. 1 his resulted
in great delays in the trallio of the road,
and soon after the putting up of the tele
graph line superintendent Minot made up
bis mmil that by its use tbat evil could be
done away with and the whole existing sys
tem of railroad transportation be revolu
tionized.
He was timid, though. about making the
venture, but one day be happened to be on
a traiu bound for Elmlra, which was the
terminus of the road then. This was in
the summer of 1850. Big Ben Sboles was
the engineer. ben they got to Turner's
station they found that the train from the
west which was to meet and pass them
there was half a day late. That was the
opportunity for Charley, and he made up
his mind to settle the question of running
trains on telegraphic order right there and
then. He ;nt a message to the agent at
Port Jervis notifying bim that the train
would leave Turner's and run to Port Jervis
on the time of the belated east bound train.
The engineer refused point blank to pull
out on a track over which a train coming
toward bim bad tbe right ot way, although
that train could by no possibility get onto
that track in tne meantime.
"Such a proceeding was unheard of, and
be wouluu t let bis train take the risk.
Thereupon the superintendent discharged
bim on tbe spot end ran tbe engine him
self not only to Port Jervis, but to Nar-
rowsburg, 35 miles farther on the journey,
where the overdue train was met and passed.
The passengers thus escaped hours of de
lay, and from tbat time tbe telegraph order
on railroads not only in this country but
everywhere where there are railroads be
came tbe rule, and the science of railroad
ing was advanced a quarter of a century at
a bound.
"Speaking of 'snake heads,' there's some
thing tbe present time railroader or rail
road traveler knows nothing about. One
of the most important employees of a rail
rood in the old days was the 'snake spiker.'
wuen tne rails were simply iron straps
spiked to wooden stringers, the straps in
time worked loose, and the ends where they
were joined together curled up and looked
like a big nake with its head raised a few
inches from the ground. Hence the name,
and tbe snake spiker was a trusted man
who bad a certain section of track which
he was detailed to patrol, with a sledge
hammer and a leather bag with new spikes
in itsiung by a strap over his shoulder. He
was to keep a sharp lookout for snako
heads, for they were dangerous things for
train to come in contact with, and when be
found one, spike it down flat to the stringer
again. - The safety of life and property on
railroads depended in a great measure on
tbe vigilance of the snake spiker. And it
was over such rails as those that the boys
of the old days had tbe nerve to push their
ens! lies a mile a minute.
lhen there's the bellropeand tbe sound
ing of car wheels with a hammer when a
train stops at a station. It was funny how
the use of the bell rope originated. Tbe
introduction of car wheel inspection was
the result of a catastrophe the first really
terrible railroad accident In the country.
The pioneer conductor of the Erie rail
way was Poppy A vers, and be ran on tbe
rood when its whole working length was
between Piermont and Turner's, and there
was good room for doubt whether it would
ever get any farther. Isobody ever both
ered about buying a -t icket in those days.
but paid bis fare to the conductor. Once in
awhile the conductor found it desirable to
eject some would be deadhead passenger
while between stations, but as there was no
means of letting the engineer know about
it except by sending a brakeman forward,
and as he generally had to climb over a lot
of freight and produce cars before he could
attract the attention of the engineer It fre
quently happened that tbe tram reached
the ref ractory.passengers station before it
could be stopped. Poppy Ayers lost a good
many fares in this way, and he got tired of
such unprofitable railroading. So he bit
opon a plan to do away with future trouble
on that score.
"One day be tied a stick of wood to one
end of a long rope, bung the stick on tbe
locomotive, where tbe engineer could see it.
and carried the rope bock over the cars to
the rear car and made tbe end fast there.
His idea was to pull the rope and agitate
the stick ot wood when be wanted the en in
necr to stop the train. In those days the
engineer considered himself the man who
was supreme on the train, and this partic-
ulnr engineer resented this plan of Poppy
Ayers' as making him subordinate to tbe
conductor, and he chucked the stick of
wood overboard the first time it was put in
use acd went on with his train. When they
got to Turner's, Poppy Ayers pitched in
and gave tbe engineer the worst kind of a
licking, put tbe stick of wood back on tbe
engine, and it worked to a charm. This led
to tbe introduction of the bellrope on rail.
rum trains.
Soon after the Erie was finished to
Middletown in 1843 the first regular
pleasure excursion ever run on the road
started from Middletown for the Elysian
fields, the famous eld time pleasure ground
near Hoboken. The excursion was got up
Dy I'rotessor JUcttregor of the Middletown
academy. Tbe train was filled with pas
sengers, me wheels on railroad cars were
then made with cast iron spokes after
plan devised by Boss Winans. One of these
wheels broke while tbe train was running
at a high rate of speed, and several of the
cars were thrown down a high embank
ment near Seamansville. Several of the
excursionists were killed, one being a bride
who, with her husband, was making the
excursion her wedding trip, and a number
were badly hurt, some fatally. That was
the nrst casualty of tbe kind in tbe history
of railroads. It was discovered that the
wheel that broke had been cracked for
some time, a rora that accident the now
universal rule ot sounding car wheels with
a hammer at stated points came to be
auopteu, a ruie tnat nag saved many lives
and much property. The accident also led
to the abandoning of the spoked wheels
and the introduction of the present style of
car wueeia.- ew xorK fjun.
WHAT THE CHINESS EAT.
Their Breadstuff Beam tad, aalena, od
: dan and alliens,
A member ot the English parliament,
Floreuee O'Driscoll, has a lively paper
in The Century describing life aud street
scenes in Canton. .Air. O'DrUooll snyi:
The food purveyors made a most
striking display; the fruiterers exposed
on flut trays bnnauas, pineapples, mel
ons, figs, pears (the lattor beautiful to
the sight, but bard aud tasteless), to
gether with many Chinese fruits, whose
shapes and tastes were familiar to me,
but whose oamos I knew not, Some of
these fruits wore most artlstloally pool
ed, pineapple peeling being quite an art
A great variety of yegetablea was offer
ed for sale. Among thorn were the white
shoots of the bamboo, which seemed to
be a favorite artiole of diot But to what
nse indeed may not this wonderful grass
be put? From it Chinamen make almost
everything oouoeivable hats, clonks,
sheets, carpets, roofs, buildings, baskets,
clinirs, carrying poles, fishing tools; the
list might be prolonged ad infinitum.
And then they eat it as welL
Preserving ginger in many forms was
a noticeable trade. The roots were
washed and left in water, as an English
cook treats potatoes before boiling them.
A number of men and women holding
a two pronged fork in each baud sat
around a table with the tubs of poelod
ginger beside them. They picked ginger
roots out of the wator, and laying thou)
on the table pierced them all over very
rapidly with both forks until quite soft.
The pierced roots were then put into
another tub, where they were boiled in
sirup. The ginger went through various
other minor processes until eventually
it was packed in the earthenware Jars
in which it is sold in European shops.
The whole process was certainly a olean
one, aud tbe smell of the aromatio root
in preparation waa both grateful and
pleasant i
In the bakers' shops I saw nothing
corresponding to our European loaf,
Solid looking little yellow patties, slabs
of flabby brown cakes, einblemntio of
concentrated dyspepsia; scones or an
equivalent, apparently of fried batter,
and great flakes of milk white, slippery
looking paste not above an eighth of an
Inch thick to be rolled up and deftly
sliced with a cleaver shaped tool into
long strings like macaroni. These foods
were to be seen everywhere in the city,
but nothing light and open. To my eyes
the brcodstuffs seemed sad, solemn, sod
den and bilious.
KOI
A Word About the Basset Shoes,
A fashion writer in morning con
temporary asks:
'What is the attraction which brown
leather boots seem o possess for both
men and women, yonng and Old? This
year they have made their appearance
not only considerably earlier than usual,
but also in larger numbers than ever be
fore. Some declare that they are more
comfortable, but experience hardly bears
out that impression. A brown boot can
never be so pliable and so easy as one of
black leather, moreover, the brown boot
is distinctly less becoming than the
black."
The writer of this must have had
singular experience with brown leather.
The russet shoes are worn by most peo
ple because they are softer and more
pliable, and above all because the pores
of the leather are not tightly closed as
they are in patent leather, and in all
black leather tbat is subjected to polish
blacking. The difference in comfort in
hot weather between a ventilating russet
shoe and impervious patent leather is
quickly obvious when a change is made
from one to the other. The summer dress
of Americans has tended to comfort in
all respects during the last few years.
and no two innovations have added more
to a mitigation of hot weather discom
fort than the brown shoe and the un
starched fine cotton shirts for gentlemen.
New York World.
Part of a Talk With Edwin Booth.
"Did anybody ever tell you you looked
like luigar A. Poer-1 asked.
"No," replied Booth,' "but the other
day in passing up Broadway I was at
tracted by a portrait in a window which
I took for mine, but .which waa Mr.
Poe's. I am a great" admirer of him.
By the way, do you know that he was a
grandson of Benedict Arnold?"
No."
Well, he was, or at least he claimed
to be. . In a conversation between Poe
and Tom Plncide, an .old actor, Poe as
serted that his mother, whose maiden
name was Arnold, was the illegitimate
daughter of Benedict"
But Poe was greatly given to ro
mancing about himself," I explained.
But would a man romance in that
way about himself?"
Most men would not, but Mr. Poe
would." Utica Observer.
KNOWLEDGE
Luring Butterflies In Town.
A suggestion that valerian should be
planted to attract the butterflies in our
parks is mode by Mr. A. Hensman, who at
tributes to tbe valerian In Regent's park
the profusion of butterflies there. He says:
"Several species of the common white but
terfly are to be seen every year all over Lon
don, but such a variety of tbe vonessidi I
never saw before. The painted lady, large
and small tortoise shell, red admiral and
the lovely peacock butterfly literally
rearrangement of tractive to these snecies. 'l counted on one
small paten wnicn i coma nave covered
positions mutually satisfactory, and of
nature to facilitate tbe matter in with my hat four of the above named spe-
band. Detroit Tribune. eies." London News,
Brines comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter man others ana enjoy life more, with
'ess expenditure, bv more, uromntlv
adapting the world's best products to
wie neeus oi pnysicai Deing, win attest
;no value to nealtn oi the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Bvrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presentinc
in tbe form most acceptable and pleas-
ii hj tne taste, me reiresningana trulj
beneficial properties of a nerfect lax'
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectlv free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 60c and f 1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name. Bvrnn of Vir
and being well informed, you will, not
accept any substitute U offered.
Not muoh to give, a cup of water, jst Its
draught' of cool refreshment dralnsd by
fevered lips will send mors pie aiurs through
tha frame than when tbs Jules or wins
news the Joyiof brighter days; not muqh
to buy, a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, yet,
...l.l..l ll nn llimhaun'l twistlnS DSlUS.
will stra'ghten up and ours mors orooked
backs than when tne boys march fonh ou
k.,li.l nora.la. Not much to IfV it. SUV-
way ; for In all its world-wide mission to
comfort those In pain it never yet deceived,
se that its name lik household words is
known to be remembered. It's the exter
nal wine of joy.
Baptised After Death.
A queer story comes from Eagle Cleft,
a small settlement on Lookout moun
tain. Several weeks ago J. W. Masaer
was very ill with fever. He wauted to
be baptized, and as this could not be
done during his illness he requested
that as soon as he died his body be im
mersed. He said he neglected it during
his lifetime and wanted his dead body
baptised. A fow days ago he died, and
on the . day of the funeral, at Hixon's
Grove, the Rev. W. J. Drennan Im
mersed the corpso in the presence of
large crowd of people. " The body was
then put back into tho coffin and laid in
the graveyard. Cor. St Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Taken on New Ways.
The cigarette manufacturers have hit
upon anew advertising dodge. Thus far
it flourishes only in New York, but there
is some danger of it spreading. They
hire pretty girls to parade the parks and
the principal avenues and display ciga
rette signs. It has reached such propor
tions that the police have been called
npon to drive them out of Central park,
aud no more young women representing
any brand of cigarettes will be allowed
to promenade, ride or sit there. It seems
to be a pretty good scheme to suppress
before it spreads beyond its present cou
nties. Boston Herald. ,
OFFICIAL NOTICE
OP TUR
WORLD'S FAIR AWARD
TO
, Dr. Price's
Cream Baking Powder.
John Boyd Thacher, Chairman of the
Executive Committee on Awards at theCol
inibian Exposition, writing from Washington,
D. C , to the Price Baking Powder Company,
says :
. ; , :
" ktrtwith tnthtt you an official toy of your .
award, ivhkh in Jut time, will b inscribed in tht
Diploma, ami forwarded to your address, unless other
wise indicated by you,"
Thus are the honors awarded
Dr. Price's Baking Powder
at the World's Fair fully verified.
On the other hand the claims to awards
at the Fair by a New York Baking Powder
are proven wholly false. Official records
show it was not even an exhibitor. Was
it b?cnise it conhined Ammonia ?
Tear Hiram Peek.
For many a long year Hiram Peck of
Southington bas displayed this notice
over his front door, "Live single, and you
will be happy." Yet has he fallen vic
tim to the charms and graces of Miss
Mary H. Browne of Menden. when, as
a married man, he takes that board
down, he will not have boon the first of
his unfortunate and defenseless sex who
bas proposed and had a woman dispose
for bim. Mew York Evening Sun.
BUPK CKIJ8HKD TO KAKTH
Will rle asaln In the bo om of s dyipeut'e wise
enoiitib toauballiuieforlhepariKlo-toirca, whleh
have bamtwoaled him out of hla ballet in the
poMlt llitr of cure, the real lurlitoraiil and to-
marhle. Unatatlar'a S oniach H Iters. The bll-
loua. the nprrotu,. the dvKpeplir. the rheumatic
alike derive aueedr ben, lit from th a halnful bo
tanic medicine. Persons auRerlug from lndl
aeatl' n will nam no poaitlve permanent eood
from the Bery. uamed oaled limulaiila of com
merce, too often used renuleaalr. The Bitters Is
Immeaiurablr lo be ireferrri tothiMwaaatoiite,
inee Its pure beala la mixlitind by Iheeonluno
non wun it oi veiretaiie tngteciienia m in
hlirhest remedial excellence. Malaria la i,re-
vauled and remedied by It, and It Infuaes vigor
Into the weak and sickly. A wines laasful three
umea a anj u ine average ooaa.
He 1 the lll-manner1 n-raon who lutt 1 ft
the room a trangtsr here f Uoateas A imosl; ht
is my naaoaua.
PIANOS-llatdman Chlckerlnc-FIwber.
i,ow prices; eauy terms, ror ie by
WIL.KV H. ALLKN CO. (theoldi-atand
Largest muiic store), 'Jll F.rM HL, Portland.
Tby Osama for breakfast.
Tie EnamellneSlove Pollih ; no dnat, no amell
AT EVERY TWINGE
Of Rheumatism yoa should remember that
relief is st band in Hood's Sarsanarilla.
Rheumatism is caused by lactic add in the
The Lamentable End ot a Heaai
Fifty annual suns had .bleached her
raven tresses, placed crow's foot on her
chamoislike skin and otherwise blem
ished bur youthful loveliness, but the
vigor of romance still lurked in her
bosom. Sho Inserted an "ad" In one of
the Toledo dairies for a correspondent
matrimonially inclined. Tbe "ad" was
answered by a gallant also sliding down
the slope of his fiftieth anniversary, i'no-
tographs taken in' their palmier days
were exchanged, and last week the fair
one came from her wind swept retreat
in Iowa to meet her Ideal, to join heart
and hand with him and float happily on
winirs of love together to the end of their
natural lives. Both bsd so changed in
the many years since the pictures were
taken that they failed to recogutte each
other in tha train. Introductions fol
lowed. ,
They viewed each other for a moment,
when she broke out with: "Yon base de
ceiver! You horrid old brute! You have
deceived me, and I shall never marry
you. You are twice as old as you repre
sented and as homely as a cartoon." The
radiance vanished from the eager lover s
face. Staggvred, confused and raxsle
dazzled, he bolted for the hotel door,
letting fly a volume of cuss words, in
terjecting such expressions as "Vixen,"
Jade," "Sho wolf and "Old hen."
The door closed behind him with a slam,
and the afternoon niatinee was over.
The lady has returned to her home in
Iowa, and the corresiiondent baa laid
aside his pen forever. Toledo Dee,
Drewned la Cask of Wine.
At Mostar, In Herzesovtna, a husband
snd wits met with a moat extraordinary
death together. The wife went to tbe eel
lar to futch a mug of fining new wine for
HOWM Tllllf
We offer On Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
oureu by Hall's Catarrh Cure I
V. J, OH KMC Y A CO., Props.,
Toledo, Ohio.,
We, the undersigned, have known K. J.
Obeaey for the laat IS years, aud believe
him perleetly honorable in all liusinms
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
man isii,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O,
WaUMMO, Kiksu A MaaviM,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting direotly upon tbe blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. ' Price, 7M. per bot
tle. Hold by all Druggists, Tesunionials
free.
rather." laid the bov. ' what Is Insolreatl"
"liitolrent," waa Iba tapir, " nrraly a lung
word used lo aeaorine a anoti eonaiuou.
Fit our or it i kit.
Tbs proof of tbe merits of a plaster la
the oure It effects, and the voluntary testf
monials of those wbo bsvs used Am coca's
Posocs FiasTxas during the tt thirty
years are unimpeachable evidence of Its
superiority and should convince the most
skeptical. Helf praiae Is no recommenda
tion, but oert I lluatea fn m those wbo bate
used them are.
Ueware of Imitations and do not be de
eelted by misrepresentation. Ask for At fc
eocs's, and do not be persuaded to accept
a substitute. - -
"(hdsstu's Pills never, go astray, ,
First Cannibal Theae ntailonartea give ma a
palu. bacoud cauulbal-l think jou eat loo
Ml.
blood, which settles in the Joints. Hood's her hu.band's stipprr, snd s. tlrmous
J I cask waa not full she bwnnd over and fell
noods
Into It Her husband Immediately drop
ped In after her to save her, and both wars
drowned :o a few tnimitus.
Cures
aVS
Sarsspsrilla
purifies the
blood and re
nt o v e h this
taint. There-sVbrrsv
lore Hood s Bsrsansrll's cures rheumatism
when all otber remedies have failed, (ilve I
it a fair trial.
" I snileted intensely with rheumatism
but Hood's Hsrsapanlla has perfectly cured
me." Hashy F. Pittard, Winterville, Gs.
Hood's Pills are the but family cathartic
5aBtSF
tA'""'ri1 n inilaimi,.
tJTw 50. rOW A CASE IT WILI. NOT CURgTt
R. HALL'S
; PULMONARY BALSAM
The Beit Ct'RB lor Vamarhi. Colda and
Jnaiaspilaai.
Sold bjr all l)ru(.. price, M cents.
J, K. UATas A) I'O. . Proprietors,
I7 Sansoma St., S. t.
iaanwahla laxative and M ERVB TON la
Bold by Drugglstsor sent by melL 6o..80m
snd 11.00 per packa-. Samples free.
Tha Favorite TOOTS PJW1I11
for the leeta and llnatKXoo.
aono
B . XS
2
W.L.Douglas
S3 SHOE
PIT POM AKIN.
I. CORDOVAN,
rsyjaaiarwimrii tncALT. 1
43WFlwCAllKUtUJaa
3.WP0UCe,3 SOLES.
.a unDlriueu... .
vLtfEOYS'SCHOtol
'LADIES'
ef stn"- v
Ovar Oas Million Peoele waw the
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
All our shoes ars squally Mtlsfactory
They give tne best veins for the moaey.
They equal custoas Sbeas In style and At.
Their waa ring qualities are unsurpassed.
The artcaa are uniform, -eta pea" en seta
prom $i te f j saved ever other makes.
11 your dealer cannot supply yoa we caa,
Property Sold.
1
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TRAVEL ?
IF SO, YOU WILL FIND THE
BIG FOUR ROUTE
THE BE8T LINE
VESTIBULE TRAINS.
ELEGANT DINIMG OARS.
QUICKTIME.
' Ask for Tickets vis
Big Four Route.
I. 0. MoCORMICX, 0. I. MARTIN,
Pass. Trafflo Manager, (len. Pass. TkU Agl.,
CINCINNATI.
mtW WAT K AST-MO ItT. ,
Oo Kaat from Portland. Pendleton. Walla
Walla via ). K. A N. to Hpokane and Cireat
Northern Kali we v to Montana, I'akotaa, Hi.
raui, jiitnneapoua, t;irjago, Omaha, rit.
touts. Kaat and Bouth. Huuk-hallaHt trai-k
fins scenery, new equipment Ureal North
ern Pelade Hlropers and Diners j Family
Tourist Cars; liu net-Library Car. Writ
0. C. Donovan, Ueneral Agent, Portland,
Oregon, or tt. I. Whitney. U. P. A T. A.,
8t. Paul, Minn., for printed matter and in
formation abo.it rates, routes, etc.
CIHCstEn misixQ pays
If you use the rtalaae
IJ 4lgV I 1
lis illustrates: I
BuAt laiaiuguu avugj
raaa. .. ,
Make money while
others sre waatlng
lima by old prticeaaea.
Catalog; telle all about
tt.and describee ever
nKie nrruea lor ltt
poultry Bualncas,
The "ERIE"
mechaatrall tbe beat
wheel. Pmtleat model.
we era Ferine Coast
Agents. Blcrrl rata
luene.ntalledfree.etvea
ETSM'o" PrJre. te,, Aosirrs WAsrrsn.
mALtTHA DfdUIAtOt o..etala.a.CaL
, I .lie Angefve.
Bbamcu Hoinm, tu a Main SI
Manhood reilored.
Klht Kniwoni,
WeKk memory,
AlropSv.beaual
WeakneM, etc.,
Surety cure kf
OUEI A0S1
P0UI.ll AOMI
The raott won
Sarful achievement
In Medical Hcience.
1 be only acknowl
edged permanent
cure guaranteed.
New York addren
IM-nj Fulwn si.
'Iks Ufa form
and vital force al
plaan sad flowerii
it flvae vtgof,
sower and lire te
the vital orgaiu el
Kaay to carry la
veai pocket. Price
fi. Sis for .
Sent is plals
rapper, e si
11 DrugglM.
SrauaaaaMtai, 0.
aieTTLa. waau
eaa. eeeev uuaueH
WlteSlOW'S rar:r
" FOR OHILDRIN TIITHINO -
aWsaisyaJIaeuanVtta.' - --
"w',"11"' - , inroruuoj
!C. P. N. V. No. 682-8. F. N. U. No. 660
Estate, .sea COROITT & MACLEAY nn
uprkUTunu stliPllMn.nH rnuuiuuiow .u.u ...
coniiKiimeiipi i " neai, riour, irais, wool and Hope,
Ino. 1803.
l iberal ad vance made on appro"
Have rou oronertv vou wish to sell, or have
us attend to poylng taxes or collecting rent.
urop ua a cara lor parrir-eiars.
C. E. A F. 8. HBI.DS.
No. 866 Enti Burnelde Htreet,
Portland, Or.
Hn,B
ata: Tea, i;onee, nine, nailing ana Huts, Spires, nego, Tapioca, ('bins Net ti i -te: rm Ifv.
erpopl: , Uveipool F,ne, Coarse end hnmp Kork 'Hall, ihrmloels of all J", dmnUMe TeTeei d
i K,J!,,el,nWhe, "To,"0'' '"'P. Holl Brlmsione, II... Ale, II Innel.' Vrf ter r&tfcb end
Irish Whisky, Brandy anil Wun e, for sale In quantlilea to suit n,e ',r,A'" "IVpV i n'd or
"DON'T BORROW TROUBLE." BUY""
SAPOLIO
'TIS CHEAPER IN THE END.'
SMOKE
Sweet Virginia
MALARIA I
Three doaea only. Try It.
JJV iuu KKMj JJAD7 DOKti YOUK BACK I
arji7 Doeaevejigtspseem a burden? Yon need
mwuitav REVEALED REMEDY.
.PLUG CUT
f- w.iii.a umai.i.i
I J St Couffk iyrujk. tutm Ooott Cm f I .
f l In tlm Bold by dnigg.sts. f. I
9r sTfr"'1" WW." tfW . S,'?J?M8fflssWf Issb
HOW TO SAVE MONEY.
uny yonr oiwcbries ana i-kovisionSoi as, and we will save you money. We handle the beat
goods and deliver free M i trains or boats. We buy snd sell for spot eaTb, aud sail goods eheapar
y&'w&aJn?&!rr "J'wwnwnssndsqdrei mail yon oar
1.11 r---- '---,.- - wui biimu to naooo. eu oan te per injunu.
m per oaee. w s
's coffee ner Bound H
you special prle s. Address your orders t
Dry granulated sugar In US-lb. sacks for...tl 76 1 Beat coal oil
Beat brands of spur per barrel 2 14 Af buckle's
lead is a list of what yos need, and ws will make yon an.
MARK L. OONN OO- I4 Front Strsst, Portland, Ore