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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1899)
noiTTa acHoot Menlo Park. Ban Mateo Co.. Cal.. scored- Iretl at the Universities. Location, climate and careful attention to Menial, Moral and -iyuel training, plates Ji.iiit H among Ilia toremost rvliools tor Hovs on in Coast. S. F. Chronicle. Will're-open in the new building August lftth, (!)th year.) irau. Jioiu, rn. u., irincipai. Wisconsin produces annually aa aver ge of 10.000,000 pounds of cheese. ' Yog May Bend the SipUng Bat Not the Tree.' When dlseASt hts become chronic And Jeep setied it is often difficult to care tt, ThjJ is the retson eAy U it best to take Hood's StrstptrSU. token disease first shows itself, hx long-setted, tent, cious cams. Hoof s &vspsr2U is Js wonderfully successful. 3(ocd& SaUapati In a rook quairy in Viiginla where dynamite was used tbiee more live hare been blasted. BAKE INTO lOl'S SHOES Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder (or the feet Itcures painful, swollen, smarting;, nei- vous fret and instantly takes the sting oul of corns and bunions. - It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Alien s Foot Ease makes tight or new shoes teel easy. It is a certain cure for Ingrowing lail"s, sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching ifti w e nave over su.wu testimonials. I'ry it today. Sold by all druggists and hoe stores. By mail for 25c, in stamps. Trial package FKKK. Address, Allen & Olmsted, Le lloy, N. Y. Olass door knob moie easily kept are handsome auo in condition than those of broni or brass. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Coatala Mercury, As mere ary will surely destroy the sense el sanell ami completely derange tbe whole sys tem when entering; it through the mucous sur faces. Much article should never be used ex cept on prescriptions from reputable physi cian, aa Ihedamage they will do Is ten fold tc the good rou ran possibly derive from them. Mull's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Clii-ney & Co., Toledo, O., contains nomerenry. and is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure yon get the genuine. It is taken Internally, ana made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. I. Cheney Co. Tei monialsfree. K)11 by Prnggitts, price TSe. per bottle. Hall's Family PUls are the best. Frog's skin, though one of the thin nest, is also one of the toughest leath ers tanned. That Dull, Awful Paint It's a su-k headache. Cure It r Avoid If rewards Candy Cathartic give quick relic aud prevent hearia-hes it taken io time. Al. druggta, luc, 'ioe, due In the last three years the Uniteo States has sold abroad (1,300,000 moi( 'ban it has bought. There was a vonng man from Lenore, Who boldly went off to the war; The "beer made him sick, He recovered quite quick By the prompt use of old Jesse Moore, Canada sells ns farm pioducts valued at (5.336, 000. bnt bars of ns other goods worth 178.000,000. Piso's Cure for Consumption has been i Ood-setid to me. Win. B. McCleliaii Chester, Florida. Sept. 17, 1805. The tax on coffee amounts in Franc to abont 14 rents a pound, while i England it is only 3 cents a pound. Pure Tea in packages at grocers' Schillings Best Washington Soldiers' Monument As sociation has been incorporated. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth, lug Syrup the best remedy to use for tbeii children during the teething period. California fruit cannera have com bined. They will close up half the plants and advance prices. rits Permanently Cored. If o fltsor Bervouanes ll I after first day'a uw of hr. Kline's ur Nerve Restorer. Send for FSSI as.OO trla bottle end treatise. DR. K. H. 14 , U Arclisueet.i'hUadelpliJa.fa. The Newton, N. C, hosiery mill li running night and day on hosiery. . An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy, Btbup or Flos, manufactured by the CALiroKXiA. Fi Stbup Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa tive priaciples of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form moat refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxa tive, cleansing the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation per manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and sub stance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the California Fie Syrup Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. AST rBAMOiaCO, CAL. lod n.i,, it. hxw yobk, jr. t. Far sale by all Druggists. Price 50c per bottle i Tui,tS VurtE Aif LVfw-.'"" i J I 1 Bast Uma Syrup. Taates Good. Use 1 I J In time. Bold bv di-osgl.M. M ""t" -HpwrrrT.. f WW" "Si c " " U PACIFIC COAST NEWS Comuierelal and Vlnanelal Happenings of Interest to the Orowliia; Western States. New Pish Hatchery. John Crawford, superintendent of the rtalama state flab hatcheiy, who bas been in tbe Wind rivet country aud at YVenatchee selecting sites for new hatoheries, says new hatcherius will be established during the coming year at the following plum's iu Washington W'illapa harbor, Wena tehee, w ind river. Nook sack, Samish lake, and possibly one at the falls of the Lewis liver, in this county. In addition to these im provements will be made at the Ka lama hatchery, among which will be the addition of an eyeing station. Mr. Crawford estimates that the number, of von tig salmou which will be hatched at the Kalama hatchery this year will be close to 13,000,000. Eight thou sand young salmon have been marked at the hatchery, and will be turned loose in tbe stream shortly. A Flourishing Industry. The new brewery at Whatcom Creek, Wash., Is now running full blast ami is making an excellent quality of beer. The machinery of this plant is all inn by electricity, and with a five- ton compressor they make all the ice necessary for their own use. The ca pacity is 90 barrels a day, and eight to ten men aie kept busy. Ilia new en terprise has a clear field in that part of the country, the nearest other brew ery being Seattle. Prospects for m Telephone I.tn. The project of telephone line to Eugene or Coos bay bas been discussed at various times by the business men of Florence, but no active steps have been taken fot building the line, flow the postmaster of Florence has received a communication from the Long Dis tance Telephone Company of San Francisco, containing a proposition to build a telephone line from Eugene to Florence if sufficient inducements are offeied. It la thought that enough interest will be taken in tbe niattei to have the line built. Kltendlnt the Oil Belt. The oil-bearing sections of Southern California promise to be greatly en larged before long. Not only at New port is development work going on, ith ptomising indications, but also between that point on the coast and the Whittier field several new exploiatious are being made, or are planned. It is evident from present indications that the oil business of Southern California aa yet only in its infancy. Mill Changes Ownership. The Pioneer Woolen Mill Company, consisting of Messrs. Carter Bios. & Walker, last week purchased The Dalles woolen mill property of the stock holders. This company has been suc cessfully operating tbe mill for the past year and is now the sole owner. The mill is now running night and Jay, and a grand success is being made of the enterprise by the new owners. California Frail Shipments. The shipment of oranges and lemons last yeai to date was 1,289.784 boxes; for May tbe shipments were 129.181! boxes. Including lemons, the ship ments this season to date are over GOO. 000 boxes short of last year, fiom Riverside, CaL The oiange shipments from Ked lands now amount to 419,110 boxes nearly 300,000 less than River side. Machinery Has Arrived. The fiist shipment of 10 cat loads of tefrigerating machinery for Schmidt Bros.' cold-storage plant at Astoria ar rived al that place this week on the Harvest Queen. Wilson Frederick will superintend the setting up of the ma chinery, which, When installed, will make Schmidt Bros.' plant at tbe head of all the plants of its kind on the coast. The Dalles Cattle Shipment. The largest cattle shipment of the season began when a portion of a lot of 2,500 began arriving at The Dalles laBt week from Crook and Wasco coun ties. The dry cows, about 400 head, were bought by J. L. Kelley and driven across the river to pasture, while the remainder will be loaded and shipped to Kansas and Nebraska. New Benedictine Monastery. The new Benedictine monastery at Mount Angel, Or., the corner-stone ol which was laid by Archbishop Christie, will be one of the most important Benedictine institutions in the world. It will cost when completed not far from $2,000,000, and probably more. It will cover nearly three acres. One wing will be completed in 1000. Creamery Being; Erected. Libenow & Payne aie erecting a con densed milk factory at New Westmin ster, B. C. The location is an excel lent one, being in the heart of a large and growing dairy distiict. with excel lent transportation facilities both by rail and the steamers of the Fraser river. Call for Bond Kids. The clerk of Boise, Idaho, has called for sealed bids for the purchase of municipal funding bunds to the amount of 55,000. The bonds are in denom inations of t500 each, and bear inter est at the rate of 6 per cent. The bonds will be sold to the highest bidder and will not be sold fot less than pui. July Itaces In Portland. From July 1 to 8 races will be held at tbe Irvington tiack in Portland, on dei the auspices of the Irvington Park Speed Association, managed by T. D. Condon and Richard Hughes. Good purees aie offered. Spokane bas offered sufficient in ducements to cause Foot, Sthultze A Co., of St. Paul, to come to that city and begin the erection of a shoe fac tory, that is to cost $75,000 and give employment to 100 bands. Finns In Operation. ' The sheep-shearing plant at Lewis ton, Mont., will soon begin operations. The first sheep to be shorn will be those of the Fergus Land & Live Stock Company, William Feigns & Co., Biook Bros, and the McDonald Sheep Company. A letter from Dawson says that the clean-up for the present season will amount to at least $18,000,000, more than twice last year's yield. The por tion of Dawson which was destroyed by fire on April 29 is rapidly being ' built. Half a Crea ol Fruit. According to a report just Issued by tbs state board ol horticulture, baaed on the condition of orchards May 15, Oregon's fruit ylehl this year will b about 60 per ocnt of the average. "As the cliiuatio conditions since that date baa been very unfavorable," says the report, "a further discount on these estimates would not be out of order." Taking 100 to represent an average yield, the condition of the various fruits In the state at large la indioatec' by the following figures: No. ol localities Per cent t averag reported, M IS .m s .44 crop. 1 U N 40 61 i Apples Peaches...,, Kreuch prunes. Italtan nruliea.. Cherltee.. rears... Berries of all kinds aie reported a full ciop from every section. Orchards with southern exposutes show a greater loss and mure damage to trees than those planted on northern exposures and, again, orchards on bottom lands show more damages to trees and fruits than on hillsides and higher plateaus, while orchards located well up on mountain sides kie reported as having sustained no damage whatever to either tree or fruit. To Kevlv the Dairy Interests. A movement has been stinted by the Colfax chamber of commerce to revive the interest in dairying in Whitman county. A meeting of the farmers ol that section bas been called and promi nent Kastern dairymen will make ad dresses. Blv Orders From Australia. The Bandon hroomhandle factorv. at Bandon. filled an order last month foi 0,000 handles for Australia and it workiug on an order for the gam mount now foi the same place. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 68c; Valley, 69c; Bluestem, Ulo per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham $3.65; superfine, $2.16 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 45c; choice gray, 43 44c per bushel. Barlev Feed barley, $22.00; brew ing, $2.G0 per ton. MillstutTs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16.00 per ton. Hay Timothy, $S9; clover. $7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 3035o; seconds, 2?30o; dairy, 250270 store. 2022o. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12)o; Young America, 15c; new cheese, 10c per pound. Poultrv Chickens, mixed, $304 per dozen; hens, $4. 00 5. 00; springs, $1.25(g3; geese, $6.00(37.00 for old. $4.60m5 for young; ducks, $5.00(3 6.60 per dozen; turkeys, live, 16(3 16c per pound. Potatoes $10 1. 10 per sack; sweets, Sc per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90 per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, $1(31.23 per 100 pounds; cauli flower. Too per dozen; parsnips, $1 per sack; beans, 3o per pound; celery, 10(3 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 60c per box; peas, 83c per pound. Onions Oregon, 60(3 75o per sack. Hops 11 (3 13c; 1897 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 12(3 13o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 6 (3 10c; mohair, 27c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethert and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 7 He; spring lambs, 7MC Pr lb. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.50; light and feeders. $2.50(33.00; dressed, $5.00tf.OO per 1U0 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, 4.003$4.60; cows, $2.50(33.00; dressed beef, 6 3 6 -c per pound. Veal Large, 6 7c; small, 7 (3 8c per pound. Seattle Markets. Onions, 80c $1.10 per 100 pounds Potatoes, $35040. Beets, per sack, $1(31 25. Turnips, per sack, 60(3 76o Carrots, per Rack, $1. Parsnips, per sack, $1.76. Cauliflower, $1.00 per doa. Celery, 8540o. Cabbage, native and California $2.50 per 100 pounds. Apples, $2.50(33.60 per box. Pears, 60c(3$1.50 per box. Prunes, 60c per box. Butter Creamery, 18o per pound; dairy and ranch, 12(3 18c per pound. Eggs, 19c Cheese Native, 14c. Poultry Old hens, 16c per pound; spring chickens, 14c; turkeys, 16u. Fresh meats Choice dressed beef steers, prime, 9c; cows, prime, c; mutton, 9c; pork, 7o; veal, 8(3 10a Wheat Feed wheat, $20. Oats Choice, per ton, $27(328. Hay Puget Sound mixed, $7.00(3 8; choice Eastern Washington tim othy, $12.00. Corn Whole. $23.60; cracked, $24; feed meal, $24.00. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $26026; whole, $24. Flour Patent, per barrel, $8.85; traiiihts, $3.10; California brands, $3.25; buckwheut flour, $3.60; graham, per barrel, $3.60; whole wheat Sour, $3.76; rye flour, $4.60. MiliHtiiffB Bran, per ton, $16; horts, per ton, $18. Feed Chopped feed, $31(322 pet ton; middlings, per ton, $22; oil cake meal, per ton, $33. ' San Francisco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 10312epei pound; Oregon, Eastern, 8012c; Val ley, 15 17c; Northern, 80 10c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.6020; bran, $15.60016.60 per ton. Onions Silverskin, 50(3 90c per sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 17018c; do seconds, 160 17c; fancy dairy, 16o; do soconds, 1414'i'c er pound. Eggs Store, 1617o; fancy ranch, 18 190. Hops 1898 crop, 150. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2 2.50; Mexican limes, $4. 60 5; Cali fornia lemons, 76o(3$1.25; do choice, $2.50 per box. Hay Wheat, $13010.50; wheat and oat, $18016; oat, $14 018; beet bar ley, $12013: aH. fa, $11 12 per ton; traw, 40070c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, $1.6001.76; Oregon BurkankB, $1.66$1.85; rivet Burbanks, 76o(3$l; Salinas Burbanks, I1O1.10 er sack. Tropical fruits Bananas, $1.60(3 9.60 per bunch; pineapples, $2,500 4.60; Peisian dates, 63t par pound. GRANOr Al HGR'S FOURTH Orandfather Watts used to tell ns bora Tliat a Koui ta wa'u't a Fourth without an uolse. fie would aay, with a thuuip of his hickory stick, That It made aa American right down sick To at hla sons oa the Nation's day Sit round In a sort of listless way, With uo oration and no train band, No tlre-nork show slid no root-lievr stand. While Ills graudauua, before they were out of hll.a. Were ashamed-great Bcottl to fire e(t equina. And so each Independence morn Orandfather Waits touk hla puwder-hora. And the flint-lock ahotaun his father had When he fought under Schuyler, a cuuutry lad. And Orandfather Watts would start and tramp Tea mllca to the woods at Heaver Camp: For llrandfather Watts uavd to say and scowl- That a decent chipmunk or woodchock or owl Was he iter enmnsnr. friendly or shy. Than folks who didn't keen Fourth of July. Aud so he would pull his hat down on his ii row. And march for the woods, son'east by sou'. Put once- ah! Ions. Ions rears Sff: For grandfather's gone where gvod men go- one not, not f ourtn. ny ways or our owu, Such short-cuts as hoys have always known, we ti urn oil and followed the (leur old man llcyonil where the wilderness began. To the deep black woods at the foot of tbs Hump, And there was a clearing and a stump A stump In the heart of a great wide wood Aud there on that stump our grandfather stood. Talking and shouting out there In the sun. and nrlng that runny old nint-lork gua Once Iu a minute, Ills head all hare. Having hla Fourth of Julr out there The Fuurtn of July he used to know Hack In e!guteeu-aud-twenty or so. First, with his face to the heaven's blue. He read the "Declaration" through; Aud then, with gestures to the left and right. He niRtte an orntton erudite. run or words six aviiaMea long: And then our grandfather broke Into song. And scaring the siulrrels In the trees. Uave "Hall, Columbia!" to the breese. And 1 tell yon. the old man never beard When we Joined In the chorus, word for word I But he sang out strong to the bright blue sky. And If voices joined In his Fourth of Julr. He heard them as echoes from days gone by. And when he hsd done, we all slipped hack, As still aa we came, on our twisting track: While words more clear than the nlut-luck shota Rang Iu onr ears. And (irandfnther WattaT He shouldered the gun hla father bore. And marched off home, nor'west by nor. Harper's Young People. What Happened. CTjO HIS is what happened to a boy one II Fourth of July. I wss not the boy, because I chanced to lie a girl; but f know him very well, and he told me shout It yesterday. He was called Dick, though it was not bis real name. He and his friend, Bob Shannon, had been having a glorious time 111 day, ou this particular Fourth. Ihcy began at 5 o clock In the morning. with fish horns snd torpedoes, then at (1 o'clock came the "Antiques aud Horri bles," and the two boys followed them sll Dver town, miles snd miles, till their feet were sore, snd their voices hoarse with shouting. Such a sight as the "Antiques ind Horribles" used to bet I remember that myself, If I was "only a girl." They were dressed in rags snd tatters, with their masked faces grinning horribly under ridiculous old hats. They blew huge tin horns, hooted and yelled, and were surrounded by a crowd of shrieking boys, who tried to out-hoot and out-yell them. What a delightful moment was that, when, after my little heart had stood still with fright at tbe near approach of an awful monster, with a negro's face and billy goat's horns, the face was suddenly removed, and I saw tbe smiling, ruddy face of Sam Judkins, the grocer's boy, greeting me with the customary "Hello, Sissy!" As a rule, It was an Insult to be called Sissy, and I could not abide It; but at that moment It was music in my ears. Well. Bob Shannon and Dick followed the "Horribles" to the end, and then tbey went home snd hsd breakfast. After that they fired off crackers In the back yard, with occasional concerts on the fish horn till noon; and then they went and took a iwiin. Refreshed by the cool water, they felt equal to anything, and gladly Joined the party that was going to fire off the old brass cannon In the vacant lot behind the school house. This was a truly martial oy. Dick, who was a boy of lively Imagina tion, felt like Napoleon (before Waterloo), nd Wellington and Grant before Hich tnond, all rolled into one, and forgot that Alexander and Leonidas, his favorite he roes of antiquity, knew nothing about the loys of gunpowder, snd had never heard the "crack!" "bang!" the sharp spurt of the match snd the soft "f-x-s-x!" of the powder which make boys' hearts leap to day. lir-ahd-by the old cannon broke, as ev eryone supposed it would, and strange to ay, no one was hurt. "It's all nonsense," said Dick, "about boys getting hurt so much on the Fourth of July. That Is, of course boys do get hurt, but It's only tbe stupid fellows who don't know beans. A fellow who knows what he's about has no need to get hurt. Come along, Bob, and let s fire off this powder that's left." Of course, that would be great fun, and make a fitting link of delight between tbe dav and the crowning Joy of the evening fireworks. Where should they go to fire the powder? Why, the flat gravel roof on the ell of Dick's bouse would be tbe very place of course it would! "Come along: It was nice and hot on the roof in tbe afternoon sun; the boys liked it hot. Care fully tbey poured the remaining powder out of tbe horn, making a pleasant little heap beside the stout chimney, which was to be their bulwark snd place of defense. Then they laid the trail, very scientific ally, round tbe chimney, and then they stood and looked at it a little while, tasting the pure joy of anticipation, and quite sure that there were no boys so huppy or so fortunate as they were in tbe world of Boston. "Shall we touch It off now? Oh, wait Just a minute! think what fun it will be. wasn t it lucky we got tnis old norn r it holds such a jolly lot. Hi! won't the folks In the street jump? Come on, Dick, let's set her off now." "All right! Get behind the chimney, and I'll touch ber off. Ob, I say, Isn't this fun!" Bob hid himself behind the chimney; Dick, slow match in hand, got well out of the way, as he thought, and with a shout of triumph touched off the fuse. A blinding flash, a hiss, ns of fifty wild cats tied by their tails and turned into tbe tsudiug coru of the Philistines, and then a lond cry, as if the Philistines, or some body, were having an exceedingly bard time of it. Dick crouched down, with bis hands pressed to his blackened face, and Bob bent over him in genuine concern. I say, Dick, old man, are you much hurt?" Oh. I don't know! It s my eyes I care about, that's all. I can't see anything." "Come along down to the doctor, old Shall I take your band" llfjjpiJ jpj jjjjjjjjjj jjjpj TueofiSiTP? loo-ooe-oj Our Nation's Birthday. loSOAOAOf fnooo V,MoiW7 C'tcSrW wer'lithL It l oomniomor.il I vo mitt 0 ssf J therefore loatlve. Everybody is ftimiliur with the anniversary Klcu, No otlior eoun'ry makes so mtioli as vo do of aunl versarlea. We love to oelcbritto the birth of tlilngs.of events, of institutions, of dl oovorl s, of solilov mmU and of ndivlduas. 8o the anniversary of our country's birth appeals to every noblest and mo t natural liistliiot in our A merle n human nalur. We fool the Fourth of July morn to be auspicious. W.i would fain congratu late our fr end and neighbors: on Its r new.d dan Ing. It to for us "a high dny." It It the groatoit birthday we know. Itconimemo atet the nativity of a child that was destimd to bo onto a giant, and Is o u alread , In whoso strength wo all are -trong. The Fourth of July la lndopeiul nco day. Wo oole. 1 r le not only tint Ind poiidciioo which our forefather won front a foreign tyrant, but tho o.vtl IHkt y that made so precious and chsoiiIIhI a p r of tho signal tie lit, anoo. Independence ilny stands for Internal as well as external freedom, for IIUrty of up ooh, llleity ot prea, liberty of -el In Ion. As the oak Is contained In the acorn, so every equal right w hich tho cltisens of this VrtrAaOftof tftOOrtOOf ySSS5757 happv land enjoy was wrapped tip, as to I t genn, it 4 proinlw ami imtincy, within Urn folds of that now failed and tinio-worn paMT Indent ndt-na was written. Then-fort tho mora enthusiasm on the Fou th 't July the belt T. The more we cnu luvo of wholesale, heur y, iinxtlnteil oelebraiion too i.ctuir. The senti ment of loj a ty anil lovo for the lln ! needs oonsiant oceiKMiliit!. Tim srl It of ludcpeudi mxt, ol rolmnt Allied aiilsm, can tie etronglhcne I to advantage, l.ovo nt one's oi'Untry Is tun very eiMonoo of goo I ultlionslilp nay, of man y manhood. YrinXKr&ol faatntoeol ywo Aof CaSo53? tjJ i jjfp' hJjj Ijjjj 'Take vour aratidmotber! Don't I kuow the way In the dark? 1 say, Bob." Yea, Dick." 'We know what a Fourth of July fool Is now, don't we?" 'I reckon we do. and It's worse than au April fool a good deal. Come along!" Fortunately the Injury to nick s eyes waa alight, and be escaped with a week in a dark room, and a line array of blisters, the traces of which adorned hia face fur many a day: but he has learned bow not to burn powder on the fourth of July.--Tbe Household. The Village Fourth. Wlthlo the shsded doorway The eager children stand. For the arattis of stirring uiosle Announce tlie couilng baud. The roar of dlstsnt cannon Mingles with the chime of bells, While nearer still snd nearer The Joyous tumult swells. Dear grandma leaves her knitting. And with baby on her knee Conies and alts among tbe children. Who are shouting now with glee, For adown the street comes marching A long and varied train Keeping step to "Yankee Doodle," The merry old refrain. Nw the last nf the proceaalna. With lie flags snd srteamers f sy, Whisks a rou ml a dlstsnt corner la a cloud of dust away. WHY WE CELEBRATE. July Fonrtb Commemorates Waehlna- toa'a Victory Over Old George III. HE American people have been celebrating the Fourth of July, drinking red lemonade and tiring red crack ers ever since that time back In 1770 when grandpa crawl ed up in that ivy-mantled tower at Philadel phia and rang the big cracked bell. You see, it was this way: An old rooster over in England nam ed George Threetinies thought he owned us. He bad a dead inch on bis own couurry ana be imagined lie had the same on this one. He taxed our tea, he did, and used the money to sport around with the boys. When we began to cave around about it be sent a job-lot of his soldiers over here to hold us down. This caused more Indignation end one day the matter was brought to a focus when a lot of our boys got together and held a square men's meeting. Among those present were Patrick Henry and George Washington. I'at made a ringing neei-h and told them that the people ought to rise up out of their lethargy and make this a free country. A declaration of In dependence was written out snd signed and the bell was rung, as we bave said. Tatsf se ute f. Ir. a vt wUhot' at fe let- th, .f oil tt, iua ..TV sold is' w'H moe.hia' 11 o.-V'-;rt, ST ? 1 i Taint nous Ve. o.- wt'sii'in.aii' it aiit nousats eisa fe l.t'-tVuk e all the un ea the fourth ot this July, Twe years aoo fins Tiff Ugly, Baa Franciico Eitualu. I e 'L n7, "'nr w so e-KaianT oiar ir em isv (riYsr7tiy, Alt, ,11' la V,1 "-, ,ll I-Vt'I' " tl ". was kly,i 0d ' ' t& . B khA - "' erMusKt,-ro UT whs., kcwas 'lavaMi NMTjvV A M IL", 1 "" TV ti-.S.ae,hswant riahrf,HrfckeisVy Wj ' ' -u&zr .- MP'S , Pi." ' Wy a-ll W-tSrV H .4. U IfV JF$ . ' 'ft ft T. short.,, .,irt a U .Vn 'Jl I n SP " lBT 1 0"V en' It aiRt no uia n s'oh t iAooee looo roa7T looonooj ULY 4th Is our nation's birthday. It Is tho anniversary of the bu ginning of tho exlHtonci ol the United States as an Independent government. It I rings to us all tho delight which spring from a glad remnmhr..iio of past t mot when 11... l,.il,,nj nf the luiltnv tiriMOIlt s(jjjjj$ on which tho Dcolaiatlon of When old George Threetinies heard of this he sent over more soldiers and tried to wipe out the little baud parading under Ueorge Washington. But Mr. Threetinies' gingerbread sol diors roulilu't fool our George-nit! Our George let them chase lilin around New Jersey and Pennsylvania and when they finally did cuti h blm tbey at mice tried to let him go. But George didu t go uol much! That night our George erosaed the Delaware river and made old George Threetinies' army look like boiled lobsters. Our George found the mot of I hem at a .'iO-eellt dance, but he an I led right III, nev ertheless, and history tells us that lis broke up the ball. Because he won tbs war we made onr George President and we bave been having Presidents auj Fourth ot Julys ever since. kxebaugs. With a Bang. Mrs. See (buying fireworks) Rockett are dearer than they were a year ago. Clerk Yea'm. They go up every year Lp-to-l)ate. One Little Flreoraokcr. One little firecracker, eager for a lark; Two little sliavtogs ready fur a spark: Three little papers in a pretty little blase; Four little flumes going nil sorts of ways; Fire little dry sticks Just Iu trim lo huru; Hit old timbers walling for their turn: Hven great stories full of tire and fright; K glit burning bu hllngs such a airy alglitl Mne nig iiiitcks np in names they leapt Teu mill. on dollars la a blackeued hvapl When Me Waa Boy. "What's the matter with Boggles' hand I I notice that he has It lmiKlng.il." "He was showing his small boy how they shot firecrackers when he was a boy." "Did he show him?" "Yes, exactly. But It wasn't till aftet he had done it that he remembered that It was so." Chicago Tribune. oa The Tete-rll ot ftp. Join, ,l'',hM) as Una dress e.rode .i WHfii'J hKe. sle-tim h1 ih, vy5Ww t,QJ, , love I ii ea SrtOlVOOOl i ' a J- it m KM i. il at ii aim no uit le iiiih - w . vr V At A riillanthr.rMsl., I,aily of the House I should think i big, strong follow Ilka you would rather work tliiin it" niotmtl begging, Uloppy Him I would if it wutu't fei one ting. "What's that?" "I ain't got no family mnsolf, ami t'lii afraid if I wont to work I might nowil out soma poor olntp wot lias Ut ile ones to support.1'--Clilmmo Even Ing News, The value ot tho fruit otmatimed In 3reut Biltnln every year Is estimated tt 60,000,000. Conreealoit of Millionaire. A millionaire confessed the secret of hla ittecoBS In two words -hard work, lie put in the best part of bis Ufa Ruining dollars tud losing health, and now be was putting in the other hull spending dollars to get it buck. Nothing eiitmls Hosteller's Hummed Hitlers for restoring health. It cures dys pepsia and Indigestion. Talent always knows what to do, but It is taut Hint knows what not to do. "My wire had plaiples en ber fees, but she has been uking CASOAIIK'I'H and llioy here all d!aeipeerud. I hud bees troubled with ennsiliwlloa for some time, hut after tag. Ing the first t'aacaret I bave had no trouble nun ikls aliment. We eannot speak too klU y of t'aaeareu " KMSoWaHi.ua, 7ue Uermanlewa Are., Philadelphia, Pa, wiaaunl. Pslaiabia. I'owni, Ts.te flont. He Sootl, Maiar Slokaa, W eaken. or Unee. 10s. SM. We. ... OURK CONSTIPATION. ... SaerKat Si. Cwesar, eSMHK aMnal, See lets, tit MTfl Sll add ana suarameea ttf aUSrag. I U-B Alt w t V M K Totwaeo ifakll. PORTLAND DIRECTORY. DENTISTS. 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