B S
ti iW
Iping Thorn
IUiu and Eruptions Cured by Hood' a
Sarsapartlla. ,
"T-o of my !t!e boys ' had era.; t: t.j
on their faiv. I beaan irivinir thorn
Hood's Karsaparilla, and before they had
lini.ihed taking the lirat bottle the sores
wore all jroue, W are now irivltig Hood's
8arspartlla-to our babies for hives, ami tt
la helping ihtim. Mas. C. A. Batks, Stay
ton, Orv ., . (let only Hood's because
Hood's Oarcaparilia
IS America's Greatest Medicine, tl ; six (or l-V
Hood's Pills enre all liver 111. SS eent.
. FIRED THE FIRST SHOT..
Gunner Charles Cavanaao-tt Opened
tha Battle at Manila. -
Gunner Charles Cavanaugh, the man
who fl red the first shot In the great
naval battle of Manila Kay, la native
of Harvey County, Kansas, lie la
gunner on the Olyuipla, Admiral Dew
ey's flagship, and has charge of one
of the (Much guns.- When the .battle
commenced the Olympla signaled the
other ships to begin firing, both by
wigwagging" and by firing the first
shot herself. Charles Cavanaugh had
the honor of firing that first shot. A
Revelylng Seat.
A seat especially adapted for. use on
open trolley car, for the overhead seats
a on 'busses, for benches in public parka
or private country houses, eto., is de
signed upon the prlnoiple of the rolling
top desk, so that there is always a
. dry surface during the rainy or snowy
weather. , As a covering for the ordi
nary fixed rails or solid wood seat there
is an endless roll, formed of fiat strips
of wood, riveted securely to panda of
leather, pegamoid or similar, material
and presenting an even surface, the
usual width of a single seat, which Is
slipped around the seat board. By
means of sank buttons or tings laced
at suitable intervals this roll oan be
readily revolved, ringing any portion
into position for a seat, as may be re
quired Thug, in the event of the sea
being exposed to the rain and rendered
unfit for use, the person desiring to sit
down lias simply by means of the fin
ger boles , or tings to draw the roll
forwards, and a "perfectly dry portion is
brought Into position, whilst the roll
is of such length that another dry por
tion sufficient for a seat is still in re
serve, if found necessary In addition
to this aa the roll is revolved in either
direction it it underneath the seat,
brongh In contact with an india-rubber
scraper whioh takes off all the heavy
. moisture so that even the portion of
the seat which has been exposed to the
rain is very quickly dried and again
rendered fit tor use. ...-..,,,,... w.
FITS ''"MM""!? ' "o flteereerrotMiiM
after ttret dny'i uw of Dr. Kiltie's Ural
nerve Restorer. Send fat FftKK es.OO trial
botUeand treatise. liR. B. H. m.iKu u
. AnAauwt.rim.deipiua.t'a. """"
t A seven-foot granite monument in
(Upper liars, Germany, has an iron
., tablet inscribed: "Here, in the year
. 1847, the first trials were made with
the cultivation of the potato."
We will forfeit $1,000 if any of oor pub
lished testimonials are proven to be not
genuine. Ths Piao Co., Warren, Pa.
The death penalty is rarely enforced
in ' Germany, Austria, Denmark or
Sweden. In New York II out of 12
murderers escape without any punish
ment, and in the United States only
i one mora or er in 60 suffers capital pun
' ishment. ' -,...,-. .......
A portable X-ray apparatus no bigger
than a Webster's diotionary, but pow-
, erful enough to enable a snrgeon to
look through a man's body, hoa been
invented for use in war by Professor
Reginald A. Fessenden. of Pittsbarg.
The 'photographic action of light,
; though not destroyed at very low tern-
peratures, is , diminished by 20 per
. cent., the loss , being greatest in the
violet light which at ordinary tempera
tures is the moet effective
Professor Dewar recently stated in
the eonrse of a lecture at the Royal In
stitution of Great Britain that there
has been a great developmnet fn the
application or liquid air as an ana
lytical agent.
CHARLIES OAVAAVQII.
letter was received from Cavanaugh by
Charles Barber, a cousin, lnwblch ho
said the fire of the Spanish fleet was at
all times very wild, and that to the
American sailors It was simply an ex
citing target practice. Gunner Cav
anaugh Is Just 21 years old. and has
been In the American navy nearly two
years. He enlisted In November, 1806,
and was drilled In the recruiting ship
Independence. The following March
te was sent across the Pacific in the
mail steamer Peru, and after his arrival
in Japan April 15 be was transferred
to the flagship Olympia, - He learned
the tricks aboard ship very 'quickly,
and was transferred te the Yorktown
and back to the Olympla. His promo
tion was rapid, and be soon was placet!
In charge of one of the, big guns.
BULLETS IN 8I.
Bat
Cheers of Welcome far the. Bay
State Troops In 1808.
The reception accorded recently In
Baltimore, Mil, to the Sixth Massachu
setts Regiment, en route to Falls
Church, Va., to fight the Spaniards,
was In striking contrast to that given
to the West Indtos and the continent
of America eventually enabled the
merchants of Liverpool to participate
lu the more lucrative slave trallic.
While Liverpool obtained from thin
competition a midden aeoexalon to her
.commerce Which Allot) her warehouse
with sugar, nun and other West India
ptodueo, the trade of Bristol to the
West Indies declined. The checks of
Manchester, carried la Liverpool ships,
ousted from that market the tlerman,
French and Scotch osuabargs exported
from Bristol.
The Mono Handwriting.
Thomas Bailey Aldrtch ouce received
a letter from bis friend. Professor K.
8. Morse, and, finding the haiulwrltlug
absolutely Illegible, he sent the for
lowing reply: "My Dear Mr. Momy
It was very pleasant to receive a lift
ter from you the other day,' Perhaps
I should have found tt plensantor, if
I had been able to decipher it I don't
think I mastered anything beyond the
onto, which I knew, and the signature,
which I gueeeed at .There is a sin
gular and perpetual charm In a letter
of yours It never grows old, it never
loses its novelty. One can say to one's
self every morning: 'Here's a letter
of Morse's; I haven't read tt yet;
think I shall take another shy at It
to-day, and maybe I'll be able, in the
course of a few years, to make out
what he moans by those t's that look
like, w's and those fs that haven't any
eyebrows.' Other letters are read and
thrown away and forgotten, but yours
are kept forever unread. One of .thorn
will lost a reasonable man a lifetime.
Admiringly yours, Thomas Bailey Al
drlch." . '
i Poets In Parliament. ;
The father of English poetry Chau
cer was elected a member or the
House of Commons in 1SS0. . In 1(121
Waller was at the age of 17 elected
member for Agmondosham, In Bucks.
He was several times re-elected nud
In 1630, as a member of the Long Par-
llameut, dellvered.bls famous speech
against the levying of the ship tax.
Andrew Marvell was. In 1058, elected
member for null, the place of his birth.
Addison entered Parliament In l?OI;
he had previously been Under-Secretary,
and afterward was Secretary of
State. Richard Glover represented
Weymouth In Parliament for-many
years subsequent to I70L Richard
Brlnsley Sheridan sat In the House,
and his speeches as a member were
greater than his poems; and at the
FILTHY SAN IUAN. ' "
Porto Rlco'a Walteil f Itr l.ok A lion t
as It Dul fiiMr Yearn Au
"Ban Juan is a perfect specimen of u
walled town, 'with portcullis, tnont
rates and battlements, thillt over 330
years ago, It Is still In kmm) condition
and repair. The walls aw pIcturoHiiuc
and reproMent a Rtupetulona work and
cost In thutnsolves., Inside the walls
the city U laid out In regular squares,
six parallel streets running In the dlrctf
tlon of the length of the, Isluml and
seven at rlg)it angles.. The houses are
closely and compactly built of brick,
usuully of two stories, stuvcued u the
outside and iviInU d in a variety of
colors. The upjier floors are occupied
by the most respectable cnple, while
the ground floors, almost without ex
ception, art given tip to negroes and
the pooror elnsaea, who crowd one ului
another In the most appallliiK uinnner.
In' one small rooirt with a flimsy parti
tion a whole family will reside.
The ground floors of the whole town
reek with tilth, and conditions are most
unsanitary. There is no running water
v
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frrmsitnit :J
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p
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Th Monitor, a newepuper huhllslratt at
MvHlbni. (Int.. (Kimilii. llrt tlim-overi'd
tli! raae two years ago, d puhllrlid it at
length, winen now seunis, owing to tn
l uro ol It, to Iw a nlm. l. Tim Uctii wen
o rniuuikulilu tliut many peopla doubtod
tlin trutli of thrill. Thitynuiil: "It is too
remurknriltt; It cannot possibly he true ;
tha paper is ntiionken, and the man.
iiltliuiinh he may tliink hlinn-lf cnn-ii. will
noil roiupse into M former condition,"
etc., eto. The accuracy of its reportcalled
Into question, the Minuter detnrmlued to
ii ml out deimitt'ly w hether Mm tin ts were
as atittinl ond whether the Iniiu Would real
ly tlnv cured.- They arenrditigly kept a
clone wntt-h on tli vu for tuc yuan niter
the liret article appeaniil, ami have juit
vsiitfld hlin from optmlng h( mouth suMl
ctently whin to tkolld fiKMl.' 'llis dor"
tors nailed th dUeane aplnnl sulurovts, and
oil iMil h eotild not liv. .
r'or threu yeai-s heilnnered in this conill.
tlon. Then lV some frlriiitii h wan HiIvIkhI
totoki'Ur.Wtlllanu' Pink I'UU lor Pale IVo
ple. He took them and them was a slight
change. Thf Ilrat thing imtrd waa steinlen.
ey to sweat freely. Thin showed thorn was
soma life left in hl helpless body. Next
came little fueling in lit" llmli. This
extended, followed by pricking sensations,
until at lost blood began to oiiumn freely,
milumlly and vlgorounly thmiigh hi body,
and th helplewness gav way to mtiirnlng
atreii):th, the ability to walk returned, and
as wiu rmtored u hu old lm hmlik.
IhiIwiI t am mrn brtter hnltk n 1K. ,
gut" y.tt thfir,t it:i,iv.'
"no you hi 1 1 1 aiuihuie
11 Ml l I
the Won i i
viiinej.iu imiiiy I at." was ti., ,
friend, Notlilna I u,k ' '.7. 1,1 y
yllWt upon me unlll 1 heiran tlw u..f',
wuiirtintr t'liilt I'llis To tki. 7.';r:
'on still attribute vouriiH,t i.
lWll..an,.V.i,HVl
UnMttiitiaV!v T A, M
"IVa-tor. had fulled, a, U "alft
eriiim retudle rwoinnitiii.leH
tnit'N
tfc'ia. I have slues rwimitm,, il""
pill, to many of ,ny frl S'tt'tr'
tliut la always In the r iivor, I shall,
ul. a. the day l iu Inilui-i-il ton' u " "V
hnrli la lh hlaiorv or one of tin,
imtrliablii enure ot modern times, CaiulTj
cr"V '" ' ', ' '. 3Ta!wi
rtar tv-
(auawy t.sse
9
S. i ,
Dohrs
',l-U,i.
No parental caie ever falls to the lot
. of a single member of the insect tribe.
i In general the eggs of an insect are
, designed to be hatched long after the
, patents are dead, so that most ineects
are born orphans.
' Clocks can be accurately leveled by
a new shelf whioh has a fixed wall
plate supporting a pivoted, adjnstable
shelf, with levels In the top, to be set
by thumb screws on the upper side.
-' When dead bodies are entered as a
cargo on a ship they are often recorded
on the invoices as "statnary'or "nat
ural history specimens," to allay the
superstitious fars of the orew.
.ATTACK UPOX THE SIXTH MASSACIIUSKT M IS BALTIMORE.
Btrest between Gay and Bowler's wharf, AprU 19, lest, where a mob of 10,000 ntsalled the traops.
In the town. The entire population de
pends on rain witter caught on tho lint
roofs of the buildings and conducted to
tho cistern, which occupies the groatm
part of the courtyard that Is an e
leiitlul part of Spanish houses the
world over, but that In San Juan, on
account of the crowded conditions, h
imalL , Therts is no sewerage, except for
surface water and sluks, and the rlsti
of contaminating the water Is groat'
tnd In dry seasons the supply Is entire
ly exhausted. Epidemics ore frequent,
tnd tho town Is alive with vermin, mos-
Quitoes, and dogs. .
The streets are wider than in the old
er part of Havana and will admit two
carriages abreast. The sidewalks are
harrow, and ta places will' accommo
date only one person. The pavements
are of a composition manufactured In
England from slag, easily broken and
unfit for heavy trltlic. The streets are
swept once a day by hand, nnd nro
kept very clean. From Its topograph
ical situation the town should 'be
bealthy, but it Is not. Tho soli under
lie city is clay mixed with lime, sj
lard as to be almost like rook. It la
jonsequently Impervious to water and
tarulahea a good natural drainage. The
trade wind blows strong and fresh,
tnd through the harbor runs a si ream
)f sea water at a speed not test than
three miles an hour. With these con
ditions no contagious diseases, if prop
rly tnken care of, could exist; without
thera, the place would be a veritable
plague spot.
FOR THE AMATEUR. .
now published another article shout It In
which tAeeriytnei rfitoi cnmpltttlv twri
V(f, the rurs twrmansnl, and M puhlltk
a rue tn7 ef the chf k ffiivn y tht ('tindinn
Mutual .Yt .-t!Ktutmii far tt CfiO.OOamaimt
" tatml iimU.itv I aim paid ! tneis to Mr.
Tb first account fluted that the patient
face address bclnw) hail heen s paralytic
for live yen rs, that Uiere waa ut:h s total
lark of fi-eling in his limbs and body that
spin run full length cimld mt he felt;
that heeonUi not walk or help himself at
all; for two years he was not dreaseil; fur
theriuore tlutt be wa bloatvd, was for that
reason a linnet uiiret'oKnliahle, and could
not get hi clothes on. The paralysis was
so complete as to alleet the Uv and pre-
The above Is the substance of ths first
firtU-I publlsbe.l by th Monitor. Now fob
iw s.iinc elipplngN, taken from the aunie
IiilH-r two yiiira afterwnnl, and thore Is not
the slightest shadow of a doubt, In view of
this testimony, that Mr. Putnh'a rure l
perniani'iit. llere follows the aerount i
On being again questloiied, Mr, PrU'b
said: "You see thone bauds the skin is
now natural and elastic. Once th'-y were
hard and without sensation. Yourould
pierce them with a pin and I would not
feel it, and what Is true of my hands ta true
of the rest of my bwly, 1'i-rhaps yon have
observed that I bave now rvun ceaitl to
tine a cane, and van get alamt mv business
-rtwtly well. Tou may say lAr is atuo
tuts'y ne doubt m to my eHrorYupMniimel,
fins ar. in the fivee of such testimony that
Lr. Williams' l'luk I'llls are not eiiliiMu,
the careful ennslderatlun of any uik,p,
mini, woman or child ? Is not (he rase m
truth A mlradle of modern nteillriuuf
To make the eviilenee complete wtnub.
Ilah aUinj a fan simile cut of Ilia rhn k re-.H-ived
by Ur. I'eteh from the Canadian
Mutuol Llfo AsMOelatton. being ths amount
due htm for total disability, ft la linnet.
ary to add that Una life lusummwasius la.
lion did not I my this hirge amoiint of
money U Mr. PrUh, except ufler the nn4
careful examination of his condition by
their niKttva) exrw. They tw.it hare r.
ganlvd him m forever liirurablo,
Mr. I'virlis odd reus Is as follows: ittu.
ben prU h, (frleravllle, Out., Conado.
,C0UIJ) NOT SLEEP.
Mrs. Flnkham Believed Her of AH
Her Troubles.
Mrs. Madob Babcock. 176 Second
BL, Grand Eapids, Mich., had ovarian
trouble with its attendant aches
and pains, now she Is welL Hers
are her own words:
"Your Vegeta
ble Compound has
made me feet like
a new person.
Before I be
gan taking it
I was all ran
down, felt tired
and sleepy most
of the time,
had pains in
my back and
side, and such.
terrible
headaches
'all ths time.
ndconldnot
sleep well
nights. I al
so bad ovarlaa
trouble. Through
the advice of a
friend I - began
(he use of LydiaEL
I flnkbam's Vege-
I table Compound,
and since taking
- It all trowbleshave gone. My monthly
' sickness used to be so painful, but have
- not bad the slightest pain since taking
your medicine. I cannot praise your'
' Veiret&hlA (Vimnnunrl tun sinrh. Mv
, j
husband and friends see such a change
in me. I look so much better and have
some color in my face,"
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
Ul to write to her at Lynn, Mass., for
advice, which is freely offered. . .
M I I
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WHEAT h
Makemoaer br snocesfal
peculation In Cbtcaxo. We
r end sU wheat aa mu.
'I IIS. Fnrtanj, h.u Ium
made on a small beginning by trading la tit.
tures. Write lor fall perttculere. Best o( rot
erence given. Several years' experience on ths
thiraeo Board ol Trade, and a thorooxa know.
le,lte of the bininen, Head (or oar tree tefer
en book. DUWNINU, HOPKINS A Co
fhu-sfo Board ot Trade Brokers. Offices la
Portland. Oregon sua Seattle. Wash-
the same regiment in the same pity
April 18, 186 when the New England
troops were on the way to Washington
to defend the capital against a Confed
erate attack. ' ' ' . i
In '01 the troops were savagely at
tacked and blood flowed freely. Re
cently ths troops were received with
every demonstration of joy and pa
triotic fervor. Truly has time healed-
the wounds of the civil war. In '61
the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment,
after leaving the President street rail
way station were proceeding along
Pratt street, between Gay street and
Bowlay's wharf near Calvert street,
when stone throwing' and pistol firing
by those opposed to the passage of the
troops was commenced with great
Vigor. A large pile of cobblestones
was piled np on the side of the street
here and these were used to drive back
the soldiers. There were thirty killed
In the mob and more than 100 wounded.
Five of the soldiers were killed and
twenty-four were Injured.
Among those who welcomed the Bay
State soldiers last month were fifteen
of the men who stoned them in '(It
They made np in enthusiastic welcome
for the dork event of thirty-seven years
avr
Dwok Eggs tn an Albumen factory.
Near Chlngklang, China, Is a great
albumen factory, for the ntlllzotlon of
the duck eggs which are produced In
that region In enormous quantities,
flocks of 4,000 and 5,000 ducks being
by do means uncommon. The eggs are
broken at the rate of from 40,000 to
60,000 per day by women, who separ
ate the white front me yoix. the for
mer being carefully cleaned and dried
until-they resemble fish glue, when
they are packed in 400-pound case
lined with zinc. The yolks are passed
through sieves Into twenty-five gallon
receptacles, mixed with a salt and bo
rax solution, packed In 500-pound bar
rels, and used In Europe for preparing
and dressing articles of superior quali
ty. The albumen finds a ready market
in England, France and Germany for
dyes for the best cotton goods. Phila
delphia Press. "
in
i Beat t
In t!
Hal
li Byrupv Tin
ii.oj. Di
. ldvernool and Slave Trade.
The great wealth of the merchants of
London and Bristol enabled them to en-
Joy a practical monopoly of tho Afri
can slave trade for a long period prior
to Liverpool having any share In H,
gays Gomcr Williams' "History of the
Liverpool Privateers." Liverpool ad
venturers with a small capital were
enable to equip vessels and purchase
goods specially adapted to the Afri
can market and of no use outside of
that market, nor could they afford to
await the uncertain results of round
voyages, sometimes prolonged to more
than year and subject to terrible dan
gers unknown to any other description
of trading adventures. Early lu the
eighteenth ccnturyi however, a sue-,
cessful rivalshlp with Bristol In ex
porting provisions, coarse checks njid
silk dkexcie.ff of Manchester make
same time George Canning, author of
the "Needy Knlfe-Orluder," sat as
member , of the House of Commons,
Contemporary with Canning was Lord
Macanlay, whose rival In debate. Will
lam Mack worth Praed. iJao sat In the
House. Monkton Mlloae (afterward
Lord Houghton) beeonn a member pf
Parliament In .137, though .''better
known as the writer of "Stranger
let" and "The: Brook tide."
' - - - ' . T
' 1 Danish 'itngs. '7','".'i
How many historical students haV4
observed that tennark,B kings for 38-t
years bftve all bean named CbrlnUmi
of Frederick? This Is not the result
of accident It is the law. The preei
ent King In Christian ix. He will be
succeeded by Frederick VIII,, who. In
turn, will be succeeded by Christian X,
it is tne law or iM-nmarlt that Chris.
tten must be succeeded by Frederick
and Frederick by Christlaau- To at
tain this, and without the changing of
names. In case of death or other rea
son, every Danish Prince, .so mutter
what other names he may receive, al
ways Includes Christian and Frederick.
In some German royal farnllk's it l
also the Custom to came all the molf
children after the head of the houfw
Thus It transpires that -the house of
Beuss has Its King Henry LXIX.
Ready for the Next.
i A certain eminent Judge who was re
cently re-elected, when he' was oskid
about the facility with which be turn
ed from one case to another, replied
that be bad learned that from what be
saw at a baptism of colored people
when he was a boy. The weather was
very cold, so that to Immerse the can
didates they were obliged to cot away
the Ice. It befell that when one of the
female converts . was diiipid buck In
the water, the cold made her r-qulrm
aliout, nnd in a momeut she bad slip
ped from the preacher's bands and was
down the stream under the Ice, The
preacher, however, was not disconcert
ed. Looking up with perfect calmness
at the crowd on the bank, he said
"Brethren, this sister hath departed-
hand me down another." Argonaut
Naming Ships of tho Sary
The naming of vessels of the United
States navy is regulated by law. Ves
sels of the first-class are required to
be named after States, those of the
second after rivers, those of the third
after tho principal cities and towns,
nnd those of the fourth as the President
may direct , ,.. ,.
r Crp Out pf Water. , i
Some Asa exhibit great power of en
durance when deprived of power of ac
cess to their native elements. In Hol
land carp are kept alive for three
weeks or a month, the fish being placed
in wet moss and kept tn a cold spot.
fteepfnK the Dye.
A little cream rublx-d Into black kid
gloves will prevent tho dye from corn-
lug oft It also gives them a ulco gloss
Vary Convenient Triple Plio ographlc
Plata Holder.
Here Is a triple slide holder, which
consists of a water-proof case for hold
ing three double dark slides, with an
extra space at the back for prints.
memorandum book or small fuciinlii,;
I r ' :
2j2j& I V: It
?an,s?.?.' m
LA itf II J
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Kngineerlag Under the Karth.
'The newest wonder in American en
glucerlng has just been Inaugurated at
Uaugbton, Mich., vis., the Red Jacket
shaft ol the Calumet and lloloa the
greatest mining shaft In the entire
world. It is 4.900 feet deep, and. com
pared with it, the deep silver mines of
the Comatock lode In Nevada, or the
wonderful mines In Austria, woiked
lor many centuries past, are but ' slial
low pits. There are six compartments,
says the New York Sun, eaoh equal in
sise to an ordinary mining shaft, four
of these being osed for hoisting rock
and lowering timber; one is used ,fot
the ladderways, and tiio sixth and Inst
oompaitment carries the wires and
pipes for telephones, light, power,
water and compressed air. The under
ground workings of the shaft are laid
ont with mathematical accuracy, the!
uiiuuviimiig vourao ui tne copper-near-
Ing loxlo allowing work to be planned
thousands of feet ahead of the mineral
picks. The groat pumps which free
the ml no of watur are operated Inter
changeably by compressed all and elec
tricity. The power drills which eat the
holes for the dynamite cartridges are
ran by oompreswd air alone, and thorn
are more than 800 of those drills, each
doing tha work of a dosen mon, work
ing both night and day, in theCalnmat
nnd Ilelca mine.
eduction ix , uicrci.e pricks.
COKVSKIEXT M.ATB HOLD En.
?loth. In the front la a white matte
iurfnee washable tablet, on which may
he recorded particulars of the exposuro,
tnd In each partition is a tape which
enables the slide to be easily pulled out
A pencil and pencil bolder are Included,
and altogether this makes an excellent
protection for dark slides, either In the
camera case or In the bolder alone.
" Two Bloat Remarkable Itivers.
From the beginning the Nile was nti
exceptional river. Its sources were un
known. There were those who thought
that the Nile flowed down from heav
en; that tt welled up from streams that
disappeared under the enrth on, an
other continent or, at the very least.
that Us springs were Inaccessible to
man. - '
There was no, such mystery, about
the Euphrates. From the remotest
times Its sources seem to have Uh-ii
known by hearsay, If not by observa
tion, to the dwellers on tbo coast.
The Mle was beneficent even In It
floods. The people learned to let Its
waters flow over their lands at the
time of the Inundation, and where they
raised dikes and sunk canals and ba
sins It was to let In the water, not to
keep It cut.-..
The Euphrates also had Its floods.
but these were destructive. They scar
red the soft enrth with ravines ami
wept the fertile soil onwnrd to build
new lnnds alotig the edge of the Per
slnn Gulf. Tht people anticipated ths
overflow with dread, and their most
absorbing task " was to restrain the
river within bounds. ' They became
more Intimate with tbe enrth thna
their Egyptian 'contemporaries. They
Jearned how to mold the clny and to
make their houses and the bouses of
their kings and their gods out of ths
material nnder their foot, The F-gyi
tluis learned something aliut' brie
manufacture, hut they had no heed
to depend wholly upon that sort of
building material. It. was- ensy for
them to obtain stone, as their huge
piles attest
ie said that weiitern capitalists are eon.
templatliiK the oriranliailon til a ureal bleeele
eom.aiir, which liupea to make llrii-cluii,
wneeis ami sell ihem as low as I0, Whether
Kilter's Miramaoh Hitters is a llnuilaM rvniedy
tor ttie tttmnaeh, liver and blond, and the ririee
cuts It within evervboilr's reaeh hi lie well and
strong. For icver aud aiine it Is a njitdiio. ,
The latest of the lofty outputs of
science to be established has has re
cently been put on tho summit of
Moont Kosciusko 7,828 feet high, the
most elevated point In Australia. It
is a meteorological observatory.
TB ALLEN'S FOOT-EASK.
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A nowder to hoshAken tutA the iinM
At this seitaun Vour feet feci swollen, ties.
yous, aud hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Allen's loot-Ease. It cools the feet sua
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns aud bunions of all naln ami
?lves rest ami comfort Ten thousand ts
imomals of cures. Try It fexfnv. iiold by
all druitglsts and shoe stores for 2fto. Hent
til for 2.V) In stamps. Trial package
0. Add reus Allen H. nirnaUd t
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A R(la-Haxaa Postal Cards.
The Canadian people are showing a
stronger sentiment towards Unolo Kam
at the proeeut time, called out no
doubt by the struggle, if such It may
be called, between this government
and Spain. An Instance of this is
found in new postal cards, which are
passing through the Canadian malls to
this country. On one eard Is shown
the Stars and Stripes, which cover the
entire front of the postal card, ths
white bars of Old Glory being used to
write the address upon. Another card
shows the union of the English and
American flags - Inset i bod "Anglo
Saxon, one aim, one goal," while be
low are tho national shields held by
Ceres and the Uoddess Of Liberty.
guarding whom ate the proud eagle
bird and the lion. Both ate private
postals, such as are now permissible In
this country, and both are vory unique. :
Ths roost anoient coin In Eurone. tho
ducat, was first struck In tho mint of
Venice in the year 1SSL The building
is stui in existence.
Cookbooks fnr anlillara.
Cook books have boon distributed
through the companies of the Twenty,
"ootid regiment, says the New Yo:k
Tribune. Tha receipts given show just
how th government want iU supplies
cooked. There must hereafter be an
Inflection of the food at each meal,
ami an offlnet Is to overlook the wlgh
Ing and apportioning ol supplies to as
certain that the amount given out ii
sufficient. -
In New Zealand two persons work
ing together constitute a factory.
Beware f Ointments for Catarrh That
I Cantata Maraury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense af
Sunsi! and somplniely dnranae (he whi.ie tr.
Jem whsnenuirm lt(liruh th. muwuor.
taeos. Hueh artlelrs siioiild never tie u.e.1.,.
they wilt dn Is tea h.
y derive Iron llmw.
rein on pteserlplnins trotn rvimialile itin.
. ... w . ..,-. win " ia,ee Kil l
! ,.l5"",?tuan taMsihlir derive from Diet
nairs i:;lrrht-tire, nianulaeiared by t, J.
Cheney Co., Ttd,0.,eontaiiia noniermirf!
sud Is taken iiiiernatly, aeiine ilireeily mjn
,..uiiii'i niuiiiivRuriiwMia oi we system.
In bnylne Uali'a Catarrb Core be sure juu set
life..
U1'
Pttrsonr residing in the District ol
Columbia have no vote there, but they
may vote in the state in which they
claim a legal resilience. ' " i
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Wacom iwPBovKo. . ;
'The new improved Btoutthton wnenna
stand the rm kot. Two car loads have lust
arrived. It pays to have the heat. Writ
for tree catalogue. JOHN I'OOI.E, sole
agen t, foot of Morrison street, Portland, Or,
In 1704 the habitual users of the En
glish - language did not number more
than 60,000,000; in 1807 their number
was estimated at 100,000,000. ,
A Gold Mine fur Sampson,
Tho war prizoa oahtured bv Ilcar.
admiral Bum peon's North Atlantla
squadron are ol considerable value.
Twenty-eight capture of Spanish ves
sels wore mane, ana it is said that t x
of the principal ships and cargoes nave
uoen vaiuoa at 11, 600,000. Whon thoy
liavo been sold halt of th cargoes will
go to the government and tho other
half (1750,000) will be dlvldod among
the captors. Twenty per cant, of this.
or 1180,000, will go to A'lmiral Samp
son, and tho test of It to' the mborill
nates, including the crewi. If this sort
of thing keeps on Admiral Sampson
may come out oi the contest a million.
ntro, and evCry Jack-tar in hi ships
may nave a snug little fortutme of his
own. ' si.' -,: i
Marigolds In North Africa rnnrih a
height of four or five foot
Hoirrs school for boys-I
At Btirlinmitiie: Ran Mufeo erinntv hn
U una of the most thorotu'h, cand'til nnH
irtM tiuU "H'MiiaHchool" to bo found on
lie i'uclllC (;oant. Auredlted of B, ,.
Wtantord Inlversltliis, Thorouuh tiratiara.
tlon for hlislness. Hend fur eiitel. l...
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tm ocauiNCE cf sybup ep nss
Is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it Is
manufactured by aelentiflo processes
known to tho California Fie Srncr
Co. only, and we wlah to Impress upon
all the importance of part-basing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CAUroKKiA Fia fivatiR Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one In avoiding the worthless
Imitations manufactured by othor par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
pontriA Fio Bvuvr Co. with the medi
cal profession, and tha satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
mvon hj minions or. larallles. mokes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of tho excellence of its remedy. It is
far to advance of all other laxatives,
aa it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowel without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it docs not grlpo nor
nauscoto. In order to got Its beneficial
effects, please remomber tho name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAW rRANCISCO, Cel. ..
tecrsviLLic r. nawveiiK.ii..
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uenfsls In-.
f"ld hr liruttrl'ts, prtee 7,V. per bottle,
liall's taiulir 1'ilis are the beat.
Oie f aniline. It Is taken Internally, and null
, Ohio, by r". J, C'lianey & Co. Iwi.
A KEW CEP18TCHE IK
. DENTISTRY.
At last the Inny looked for Improvement tit
heen ma-leiia l no i.l.l method ot tdate leetu.
liiKtra,) id wearlna a eliimay ntmillilul ol ma.
tier ti-iiih. hy fir. Vi li it.. ne method ymt ea
have rant leeth replaeed b erin amf IuMimi
aurk, slvins IhesMtno remiltsns your nsiursl
teeta, In aparanw, enmtnrt aud duiat.llltf.
... DR. WHITI...
Wli Mnaaisna sr.. t!oa. 4ra, POKTI.A ND, OR.
llm itnffr 9Mittt. bl 9lnJiHtli",
it) toMlt Kirilf (lniufiibrrn. In hrntn r bt.
tjet jicrl; nlcbt floni nf nb btfnmtt tear, frttbrn
nlr rt P?tt jrtit on bit um 1. Jatninr IW
fret an afll BititnltifM. ntldit lilr hoS nSdiili
Safjr unjftt Vibonnrntrn tuttbrn uiib bm
Sitttna bdfilt, 12.00, irtt cinffttbtn. ffian
Unit (id) 4teb.tflunimttn Itbiifen..
Oermnn Publifdiing Co., I'ortland, Or,
YOUR LIVER
I It Wronrf
Get It RlipU
Keep It Right
Moore's Revealad Kamadr wllldoH. Thru
doses will make you feel better. Oct It Irota
your drneslst or any wholesale dtns bouse, ot
kotu atowart A Holmes Io fa.. Kealtl.
Mill Hid DL't 5r?'l JtVACWAJM
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al?'n ?,lw.l!,LC;,," Th'' h, ",wll msf
yei, imeil hy all seek sewers, t or sale by all ana
ral marcluuiiiiae sluroa, or by "
' WILL F-IKCK 30
sao Market Street, Saa r raactseo. Cat.
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