I FARMING FOR ALASKA
Grains, riii, Clour and Vegetable!
Thrive 8urprlslngly-Alao Outi,
Sheep and Cattla.
On of the Important repot ta whi
hat just been aubmitted to congivsa hj
the secretary of agriculture and ordered
to be printed deals with the ak-ricul
I tural Investigations in Alaska. It is
important because it brinizs out some
facta in regard to the agricultural cap'
bilities of our vast Northern territory,
which will astonish those who have re
garded it aa a useless ice box, which at
most, waa valuable only for the gold it
might contain or for the fur and fish it
yields.
These investigations, as far aa they
have gone, indicate that it baa latent
capabilities which, when developed,
may sustain large population and
make it a prosperous state. And why
not? The little country of Finland,
which lioa between Sweden and Russia
in the anine latitude and ia less than
one-fourth the aise of Alaska, has
All the world knowa of the wonder
ful curea which hare been made by
Lydia K. Pinkhain'e Vegetable Com
pound, yet aome women do not realize
that all that ia claimed for it la abso
lutely true.
If all Buffering women could be made
to believe that Mrs. i'inkham can do
all ahe says ahe can, their Buffering
would be at an end, for they would
at once profit by her advice and be
cured.
There ia no more purellng thing than
that women will suffer great pain
month after month when every woman
knowa of aome woman whom Mrs.
Ftnkham has helped, aa the letters
from grateful women are constantly
being published at their own request.
Tl, j same derangements which make
painful or irregular periods with
dull backaches and headaches, ami
dragging-down sensations, presently
develop into those serious inflamma
tions of the feminine organs which
completely wreck health.
Mrs. Plnkham invites women to
write freely and confidentially to her
about their health and get the benefit
of her great experience with the suf
ferings of women. No living person
can advise you so well. No remedy in
the world has the magnificent record
f Lydia K. Pinkham 'a Vegetable Com
pound for absolute curea of female
Ilia. Mrs. Finkham'a address ia Lynn,
eMaas.
Three tatters from One
Woman, Showing how She
Sought Mrs. Pinkham's
AM, mnd was oured of
Suppression of the Mon
sos ana Inflammation of
the Ovarlasm
" Dea Mas. Piitkbxx I have been
In bed a year. Doctors aav I have
female weakness. I have a' bad dig.
earge and much soreness across my the town of Kadiak. On one of these
ansa, oean&g-dewn pains and have isla
population of 2.500,000 and exports
both grain and livestock, aa well ns
vast quantities of dairy products. The
anthor of the report, Professor C. C.
Ueorgeaon, who has charge of the in
vestigations, brought to Washington 1 1
varieties of spring whent, a dozen
varieties each of barley and oates, and
also rye, buckwheat and flax, all of
which had matured at the experiment
stations at Sitka and Kenai, in the
Kenai peninsula. The report states
that red clover lived through the winter
at Sitka, made a luxuriant growth
and matured seed, and that retches
and other forage plants did equally as
well. All of the common hardy veget
ablea were grown to perfection, some
cauliflower at Kenai measuring 14
inches across the head.
A statement by the superintendent
of the Alaska Commercial Company in
regard to his company's experience
with livestock at Kadiak is of more
than passing interest, because it reveals
possibilities in the stock industry
which are bound to be of much impor
tance in the future development of the
countt y. The company has for nmnv
years kept cattle, sheep and Angora
goats on aome of the small inlands near
SPRINQ TRADE RETARDED.
Are
Underlying llaalneea Condition
Highly Satisfactory,
Bradstreet'a aaya: Stormy weather
has retarded the development of spring
trade at many markets, interrupting
telegraph and railway communication
and nearly checking the movement of
merchandise. In prices, aggressive
strength ia still the feature of the cot
ton ami cotton goods market, while re'
tail lines remain steady. Food prod
acta, however, have weakened, and
tome raw materials, like wool and hide
are quotable lower. Railway returns
continue to reflect large gains over a
year ago, though, as pointed 'out last
week, comparisons from now on will be
with last tor conditions in transportation
matters than a year ago, and phenom
anal gains are less likely of attainment
That underlying business conditions
are in a high degree healthful will be
gathered from the fact that business
failures for February are at a minimum
a regards the number for that month,
and liabilities, only slightly exceeding
those of the same mouth a year ago,
have shrnuk to phenomenally low
I orcentage.
heat (including flour) shipments
for the week aggregate 8,803,387 bush
ols, against 8,ftiO,850 bushels last
week, S,81S,5S5 bushola in the corre
sponding week of 1899, 8,253,003 bush
els in 1898, 3, 075,435 bushels in 1897,
and 1,407,379 bushels in 1890.
xailares in the United States for the
month of February number 745. with
aggregate liabilities of (9,995.464,
decrease of 3.5 per cent in number from
February a year ago. Liabilities are 8
per cent heavier, but asseta are consid
erably smaller than in the same period
year ago. r allures for the week
number 173, against 168 last week, 170
n the week a year ago, 232 in 1898.
.C2 in 1897, and 370 in 1890.
MINES AND MINING.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
not menstruated for a year. Doctors say
ueuK win never appear again.
Hope to hear from you." Mas. J. F.
Bbowk, Ilolton, Kans., April 1, 1898.
"Diaji Mas. PwKBAii-I received
your letter. 1 have taken one bottle
and a half of your Vegetable Com
pound, and need two packages of your
YYaah, and feel stronger and better.
I can walk a few steps, but could not
before taking your Compound. I still
have the discharge and am sore across
the ovaries, but not so bad. Every
one thinks I look better since taking
your Vegetable Compound." Ms.J. F.
Bbows, Holton, Kans., Aug. 13, 1898.
" DcaB Mrs. Plus ham I think it is
any duty to let you know the good that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound has
done me. After I took three bottles,
senses appeared, and I began to feel
stronger and all my pain waa gone.
Yours is the only medicine that ever
helped me. I am able now to work
around the house, something I did not
expect to do again." Mrs J. F. Bbow,
Hoi ton, Kans., Jan. 85, 1899.
Threo Kloro Letters from
One Woman, Relating how
She was Cured of Irreg
ular Menstruation, Leu
oorrhcea and Backache.
" Dab Mrs. Pisbham I am suffer
ing and need your aid. I have pains
m both sides of the womb and a drag
ling sensation in the groin. Men
Itruation irregular and painful ; have
leucorrhoea, bearing-down pains, sore
ness and swelling of the abdomen,
headache, backache; nervousness, and
an neither eat nor sleep." Mas. Cab
bib Phiiaips, Anna, 111., July 19, 1897.
- "Dkab Mrs. Pimbhah i want. t.
thank yon for what you have done for
me. When I wrote to you I was a
total wreck. Since taking your Vege
table Compound, Liver Pills and Sana
tive Wash, my nerves are atronger
and more steady than ever before, and
my backache and those terrible pains
are gone. Before I took yout medi
oiae 1 weighed less than one hundred
and thirty pounds. I now weigh one
hundred and fifty-five pounds. Yonr
medicine is a godsend to poor weak
woman. I would like to ask you why
I cannot have a child. I have been
married nearly three years." M bs.Cab
bib Phillips, Anna, 111., Dee. 1, 1897.
"Dsab Mrs. Plkkham I did just as
yon advised me, and now I am the
happy mother of a fine baby girl. I
believe I never would have had her
without your Vegetable Compound."
Mbs. Cabhik Phillips, Anna, ML, Jan.
17, 1899.
slanda it was not found necessary to
feed or shelter the cattle at all, winter
or snmmer. Year in and year out they
lived in the open and were maintained
solely by the native grasses, which are
abundant in all of Southwestern
Alaska. The herd increased yearly
about 75 per cent of the breeding cows.
A flock of Angora goats increased 60
per cent annually and gave very good
results in mohair. A flock of sheep
has been kept for the past 16 years on
pasture, the year around. Ihe in
crease was something over 60 per cent,
and the clip averaged about five
pounds of wool per head yearly. There
seems to be no doobt that animal hus
bandry can be successfully prosecuted
in different parts of Alaska.
Land for agricultural experiment sta
tions has been reserved at three places
in the coast region; namelv, at Sitka,
Kadiak and Cook Inlet, and develop
ment work waa begun the past season
at Sitka and Kenai. A headquarters
building was erected and partiully com
pleted at Sitka. It is to contain
offices, laboratory, library and quarters
for the person in charge. Most of the
scientific work will be done at Sitka.
The stations are equipped with work
oxen and all the tools necessary for
pioneer farming. The report ennrner
ates also the lines of experimentation
which are of chief interest to that
country. They include those which
relate to the improvement of the soil
the selection and improvement of small
grains, experiments with vegetables,
the introduction of fruits and experi
ments relating to the various branches
of livestock industry.
Proof that Falling of ihe
Womb Is Overcome by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound.
"Dbab Mas. Pikkham When I
wrote to you some time ago, I had
been suffering from falling of the
womb for many years without obtain
ing relief. Was obliged to wear a
bandage all the time ; also had bad
headache and backache, felt tired and
worn out. After taking six bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and four boxes of Liver Pills I
discarded my bandage and have not
had to wear it since. I am entirely
Annul " lUoa T I . f
ii . ,7, box ,
Hamilton, Ohio. '
"DbabMbs. PntKHAM For nearly
two years I was unable to work I
was very weak and could not stand on
my feet but a few minutes at a time.
Ihe doctors said I had falling and in
flammation of the womb. I Wan to
use Lydia h. Pinkham's VegetableCom
pound, and after nsing five bottles I
teel like a new woman." Mrs. P V
Bi-AKB, Confluence, W. Va.
At a request of the legislative com
mittee of the Ohio Federation of Lalror
bill has been introduced in the Ohio
legislature providing for equal wages
for men and women.
IO CURB A COLD IN ONI DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
(ails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature
ia on each box. 25c.
The pay of the operatives in the em
ploy of the Nonantum and Newton
Worsted Companies was advanced 10
per cent. This means an actual in
crease and not a restoraton. It affects
about 600 hands.
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Northvreat Notes.
An opera house to cost $12,500 and
to have a seating capacity of 1,000, is
to be erected at Albany, Or., this year,
Mrs. Jane Kees, who died near Leh
anon, Or., left an estate valued at about
120,000, mostly in money. She left
no children, and the money goes to her
brothers and sisters.
The hoisting engine at the govern
ment works at Bandon, Or., was crush
ea to smitnereens. A big blast was
set off, and a rock weighing 25 tons
fell on the engine, fairly pulverizing it,
Fairhaven, Wash., claims to have
not only the largest salmon cannery in
the world, but also the largest shiugle
mill, and the daily capacity of the lat
ter is now being increased from 500,
000 to 700,000.
A. C. Pettys, ex county assessor of
Morrow county. Or., who baa a fine
farm and orchard three miles east of
lone, is of the opinion that the late
frost injured the peach crop. His
trees were nearly in bloom when the
frost came. He also states that the
codlin moth was doing a great deal of
injury to his orchard.
Pendleton, Or., will have a Chinese
voter at the June election by the name
ol Jbng Chung, who was born in Han
Francisco. He is well educated and
reads and writes the English language
as well as the average American, and
to bear him talk without seeing him it
would be impossible to say that he waa
not an American.
A 16-year old boy has been arrested
in Spokane charged with bicycle steal
ing. He confessed that he had stolen
nine of the ten wheels reported stolen
in February.
The average wages paid in the lumber
and shingle mills of Washington is
about ?2.78 per day. The lowest
wages paid is for firemen, who receive
$1.75 per day. The highest are re
ceived by head sawyer and book
keepers, their compensation being $4
per day.
The Northern Pacific taxes in Walla
Walla county were $2,234.96, and the
money has been paid.
The Daniels creek railroad, to be
built by the North Bend Mill Com
pany, to tap a body of over 3,000 acres
of timber land which the company
recently came into possession of, is
now an assumed fact, says the Marsh
field, Or., Sun. All of the important
right of way has been secured, and the
first length of road to be built will be
six miles. The road is to be broad
gauge, and the engines and rolling 1
lock have been ordered from the East
Seattle Marketa.
Onions, new, f'J.25($3.50 per sack,
Lettuce, hot house, 40c per dot.
Potatoes, new, $18(3 20.
Beets, per sack, 75 (3 85c,
Turnips, per sack, 60o.
Carrots, per sack, 60o.
Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c.
Cauliflower, 75c$l per dozen.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.001.25 per 100 pounds.
Apples, $1.25(3 1.60 per box.
Prunes, 60o per box.
Butter Creamery, 81o per pound;
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 20o per pound.
Fggs 20o.
Cheese Native. 16c.
Poultry 13(3 14c; dressed. 14 (315c.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $13.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$18.00(319.00
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $33;
feed meal, $23.
Barley .Kolled or ground, per ton,
$21; whole, $22.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25;
blended straight, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour. $3.00; rye flour, $3.80(4.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14.00;
shorts, per ton, $16.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $20.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
fresh Meats Choice dressed beel
steers, 78c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 7;c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8Jg8
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 13ji:
breakfast bacon, 12)jc; dry salt aides.
ec.
Rich Claims lu I ho Klondike Country
Aeethellrlam In Mining Camps.
Some one said that man first works
for bread, then for butter on his bread
anil win exhaust nimaell to get sugar
ou the butter. There ia a great deal of
truth lu the remark; at least aa far aa
miners are concerned. They want the
beat when they have the price. They
are not so exacting to far aa flowers
and perfumes go. They are not neat h to
in their taste and inclinations, but
they want good clothing, good board
good magaaiuea and hooka and good
comfortable homes or lodgings. They
can rough it when necessary, take
their bacon aud beans as their every
day diet, sleep where night overtakes
them aud never whimper, growl or
grumble at their fare. They are m in
era aud take life as they liud it, not
as they would wish It to be. Of
course, they enjoy their bread, but will
take butter on it if they can get it, aud
will have the sugar if it doeut't cost
too much.
But a miner's life, and his custom
and habits do not lead him in the
direction of aestheticisiu. He ia a gun
tluman, but not a dude. He may be a
little rough in his ways and blunt in
his language, ut timss, well-meaning
aud kind-hearted nud disposed to do
the right thing under all circnm
stances. He may appear stum and un
yielding, but it should be borne in
mind that the minor is forced to meet
and overcome stern aud appareutlv tin
yielding conditions in hia daily avoca
tions. These conditions often find ex
pression in his denieauor.
Portland Markit.
Wheat Walla Walla. 6152o;
Valley, 52c; Bluestem, 55o per bushel,
Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham,
$2.50; superhne, $2.10 per barrel.
Oate Choice white, 85 30c; choice
gray, 34c per bushel.
Barley Feci barley, $14 15.00;
brewing, $17.00 18.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $9 10; clover, $70
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6(87 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 45 60c;
seconds, 42,1445c; dairy, 8037sc;
store, 2532$c.
Fggs 1 1 12c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
4.60 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2.503.50; geese, $8.60(37.50 forold;
11.50(36.50; ducks, $5.00(45.60 per
uozen; turkeys, live, 10llo per
pound.
Potatoes 50 70c per sack; sweets.
2 2 4c per pound.
vegetables Beete, $1; turnips, 90c;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, l4o per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, $1.50(32.50; carrots, $1.
Hops 3g 8c per pound
Wool Valley, 1213o per pound;
Kastern Oregon, 8(3 14c; mohair, 27(3
80c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4ac; dressed mutton. 7a
7o per pound; lambs, 7c per pound
Hogs Oross, choice heavy. $5.00:
light and feeders, $4.60; dressed.
ftt. 008.60 perlOO pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00(34.50:
cows, $3.50(34.00; dressed beef, 6i(
7?io per pound.
eal Large, 7 (38c; small, fiXA
8so per pound.
Tallow 55)4c; No. 8 and grease.
8a4o per pound.
Nut (louct for roar Mn.
Fred Pmedeman, an old time Pcattle
man, who has spent the past 18 mouths
in Atlin, 11. C., and one of the pioneers
who blazed the trail into that section,
returned to Seattle a couple of days
ago, en rouie to St. Paul. Mr. Smede-
nian will return to Seattle in a few
weeks anil go from here to the new gold
fields in the Cape Nome district in
April. In Atlin he has several mining
properties, but speak iu very conserva
tive terms of the district. He aavs:
"It is not a 'poor man's camp' in
any sense of the word, but will take
money to develop the country. Money
will be made, generally snikiug, ouly
by laiye concerns who have secured
aud are securing strings of claims to be
worked on a large scale with hydraulic
plants."
Hlch Mint In Southern Oregon.
The Kubli Bros., of Jacksonville,
Or., who own the Golden Standard
mine, situated on Gall's creek, near
(iold Hill, have arranged to start work
ou their proiierty the present week
with a force of 12 men. For the pres
ent they will use the old and thrifty
two-stamp mill, which has reduced so
much rich ore for them in the past,
but they have decided to replace it,
and have secured a 10-stamp mill,
vifh 500-pound stamps, which they
will change to 80()-pxmnd stumps, ami
have iu running order in the near
future. Kxtousive development work
has also been planned, aud when it
shall be carried out this mine ia ex
greeted to enter the list of large pro-
d jeers in Southern Oregon.
lilch Klomllkn Claims.
Sections of Gold Bun Gulch in the
Klondike are yielding $1,000 r lineal
foot of the claim. One claim in the
twenties, for wihch the owners asked
1100,000 some time ago, but did not
sell, is yielding an exceptionally flue
return. Not being able to sell it, the
owners set to work with seven men
and without thawers have shown up
$75,000 and not over 100 feet of the
500-foot claim has been touched. A
section of 45 feet of the claim yielded
$7,000, $1,000 aud over per lineal foot.
anil the owners claim that they will re
ceive more than $300,000 from the
ground included in the claim area.
Killing Leoaits by laoantatlon.
Dr. Alexander Islington, a diatln
futshed graduate of Edinburgh unlver
aity, now director of the Bacteriological
institute at Uraharastown, South
Africa, has cultivated a fungus which,
when administered la a liquid form to
locust, produce a fatal diaeaae, rapid
ly uestroying me peat in enormous
warms. Three great swariuaof locusts
ravaging the fields were recently en
tirely destroyed in this mauuer within
week.
Our Nnlluu' Waalth.
The material wealth and strength of our
tuition is in iron, the most useful of all
metals, Just as the wealth of a human being
lies in a useful stomach, lfyou have over
worked yours, try Hosteller's Stomach
lUtlPI'S. It will relieVA tli eloirireil htiu-la.
improve the npeitt and cure coimllpv
lion, dyspepsia and biliousness.
Hrt.tfa Hurnvit With Kloctrlolly.
A novel method of dostoyiug
wooden bridge has receutly been tried
with complete success. Weighted
wires are placed aorosa certain beams
aud heated by means of electricity; the
wires burn their way through the woo. I,
aided by tho weights, and the bridge
fall.
Two thousand tilmni.!rs and 6,000
laborer in Chicago uro either on a
strike or under orders to strike against
the new rules of the Building Contract
ors' Council.
A H0TED JUDGE SAVED BY PEWfjA,
Had Catarrh Nine Years-All Doctors Failed.
TltV AI.I.KN'S llllir KASK,
A Imwder to be shaken Into I ho nhoes.
At this nennou your feet teel swollen, ner
vous and tincoiiiforliible. If von liavit
smarting feet or tigbt shoes, try Allen's
Fool-Kane. It renis and comforts; uiakes
walkiriK easr. Con's swollen and sweating
feel, blisters and callous mils, ltelieves
corns and hiinliuis of all pain and la a cer
tain cure tor t mi mains, r westing, usnip or
frosted feet, V have overthlrtv thousand
testimonials. Try it Indw. Hold liv nil
druggist and shoe stores for 2.V. Trial
package KliKK. Addn-is, Allen 8. (Mm-
tea, l.e Hoy, 1 .
Employes of the American Hide and
Leather Comtiany' tuuncriv at Low
ell, Mass., who have been ou a strike,
returned to work, the differences hav
ing been settled by arbitration.
CATARRH CANNOT II CCRKD
ft P
With local applloatiant, u thsy cannot rrarh
tlieualot thebruM). t aiarrh U a blood or
coniimiliunaldiM'ase. an. I in onlsr to cum it
ou mutt taka Internal remailiea. HiD'a
arrh t'ureia taken iutrnallv.anl arixlirai-iir
on the blood and muroua lurlrui'e Haifa Ca
tarrh t'urs a mil a uuack nu'dielne. It iu
proscribed by one or Ilia beat phynlciana la this
t TJ"'L'"f 'TlJ"? ".T ""J,"",.,'I". ! ...t.rrh l. I.
t laomnMd ol Ibe beat tonlt'a known, com-
ued with Hie beat blood tuiririera, avtlna ill- t '
t'uy on tua mueoiia aunacea. The iMirfMit
ni binatlon ol the two iiiKrwl tents la what pro.
ducea aoch wonderful reaulta In curing oalarrb.
Scud lor leatimomala, trie.
w.j. nun a i ii., rroprs., Toledo, O.
Sold by ilmitm.ie. price 7V.
11 alia Family fill! are Ihe best.
EON, 0E0BQE KEE8TEN, OF 0HI0A00.
Hon. Georgo Kerston, a well-known Justice of the Peace, of Chicago aaya;
nas attlkted with catarrh tor nine years. My catarrh waa
located chiefly In my head, I tried many remedies without avail.
I applied to several doctors, but they were not able to cure me. I '
learned of the remedy, Peruna, through the dally newspapers. Alter
taking the remedy for 18 weeks I was entirely cured. I consider my
cure permanent, as It has been two and a halt years since I was cured. "
Any man who wishes perfeot health I All families should provide them
must be eutlrely free from catarrh, solve with a copy of Dr. Hartiiiau'
Catarrh is wall-nigh universal; almost j free book entitled "Winter Catarrh."
omnipresent. I'eruna la the ouly abao- Thla lsxik consist of seven lectures on
lute safeguard known. A cold I tho catarrh and la grippe delivered at Tho
llartinan Sanitarium. It contains the
latest Information on the trt at merit of
catarrh disease. Address Dr. Hart
man, Columbus, Ohio,
iM-glniilng of catarrh. To prevent oolda,
to cure cold, is to cheat catarrh out of
it victim. I'eruna not ouly cure
Kalns Rent-Hi Mines.
The late heavy rains and the freshets
following them in some of the sections
of Southern Oregon and Northern Cali
fornia, especially along the Klamath
river, have cleared away large bodies
of tailings and rock piles and other
debris that have accumulated in the
past few months. This has been most
beneficial to the miners along the
whole length of the river. The mines
along the Klamath river which have
produced big in the past are receiving
special attention now.
Rich Strike In Josephine County.
L. Brownin, who at one time owned
the- Greenback mine, in Joaophino
county, has struck a very rich ledge
near Leland, for which he has been
made a very large offer, but declines to
dispose of the property. The rock is
rich in gold, and the farther he goes
into the earth the richer the ledge,
which is two feet wide.
In Uenueral Kubbe's expedition in
the islands of Luzon, Leyte and Saiuar,
troops from the two regiments have
occupied nine town and placed 180,
000 bales of hemp ou the market.
I never uied so quick a cur as I'i-o'a
Pure for Consumption. J. II. I'almer, Itox
1171, Scuttle, Wash., Nov. 1, lKi.
A SIGNIFICANT LETTER.
New York City, Feb. 15, 1000.
My Dear Carlton: I know it will
please you to learn that my homeward
journey irom San Francisco was more
than pleasant. One striking feature
that added very much to my comfort
was the dining car service on the Kio
Graude Western and the Denver At Kio
Grande. This ia the finest service of
this description I have ever seen any
where, either in this country or abroad;
the food and cooking was all that could
be desired, uud at very moderate prices.
If you happen to know the liio Grande
Western pcoplo, I wish you would say
to them that it will afford mo the
greatest pleasure at all times to bear
testimony anywhere to the above facta.
Very truly yours,
All APPEAL TO HUMANITY GENERALLY
We saw) yonr aaslatanca la aaaeanclaf la the vtrM the 0RBATG5T HL'MUDV that Vlewce
ha aver praatuo, and yon need our aaaiatanos Is Men re railsl far yaawaall a4 frameta
threofk SW ANSON'S t DKOPA."
A REMEDY SUPREME tZZ"tZ o.
It, ao will "S DKOI-W" unfailingly conquer all dlaeaara Ilk Kheiiatallaaa, Sciatica, Neuralgia,
La a bage. Catarrhal all klewla, ASTHMA, Dyapepala, backache, Slaaphtaaneaa. NarveeMMteea,
near waakaaas. lootkacke, liarache, Creeping Naaebneaa. RreaKhllut,
Uer aa KMaay TranMea, etc., etc., or any dueaaa for which we lev.
otumend It, ( DKOI'S" la the aaaa and the sea. " I) Mo PS" la per.
fertly haraiteea. It dors But contain Salicylate of s-da a or optaua la any
form. The Child ran uaa it aa well aatha Adult,
Bead carefully what atr. U B. Krallh, of Kl Dorado Springe, Ma, writes
ae under data of Nov. 77, l(, also Marten lluwera, of Caiaghar, Ohio,
u'V'xT7 RHEUMATISM
Jdn not know how tnelnreea how wonderful I think eour ttHor".'
lelnela. I waa auSerlua Inlenaelr SIKI I.JI i and Ibniwui fur
a mini ill that 1 wiHild he Hi ille One dai a ledr failed ut aea aae and krvueSt
H,"r." I reaoleeil to try It and atiul fur a aaiun'e IwHile. Ilara
"an an aliac t of aurtu .tune I Ka.a rue rl dM. I be.
1 IMrado inrliun. Ma. Muv. If. la.
Tour Bator)" eame to hand on the Ilia of last month and waealadMrervteelt for I waa anf.
ferine .1 the llm. H otic.. i.l f.irilim. The Inl dioe helia-d a.eugl of mr tena on ahcwl autlee. Ille
tlieuaiiie.it (J.J for It. It will do all rmur II will, and mure u I had se.a iiaiua alloeernie bulr
whon nltrlucamn I miutd notaleeu, Tle worst pain waa In a, r left M I eoalif ni fin n-r tis.t to trt.,
frsir ilbi.ul auyrlii ral pain IU" i.jl f..r rtlSrenl kinds of loedtrlne fur Mil KIM Tlaag
and got ao relief until I gut roar " IfMOlPB," wblcli sure nie Imim-diate relief as aooee etaicd
MAaTA.M now ails, lloa ai, Ceraauer. ouio. law. la Uau
O AVft to,nM "'' "h"1-' at leeel a trial, we will eead a aeaaale kettle, pee.
w paW by mall tor BSa. A esmple buttle will euarlnee pea. Isre buttl iWWdusws)
bultleernreV lijr u. sji.l se.ots. auaata Wtstkn le n Tnrtleei. leew'l eratl I Writ Bowrl
W1W KHklMlTIV Ilk CO.. IMC. lit Lahl t Ult'AtiU, ILL.
(TUAoa MABI
Ota an adeertlsementof e,Mir
biien taking It for three weeha and flare not had an attac-k of aufferlua alutie I took Ibe Bret
aae aurm mem, j me eiaiemen, ia loi'l'ir iruu. laballaleo Una pleasure In reuuaai
lusiour"S liMOIB" for ibe an re of hXVMAtAilA. l. H BMITll
l.atat In Koaea.
The latest thln in roses is the pos
session of an Kant Anglian rose grower,
who, In his eataloyue, say that its
name is Kroner, ami that it require
(Signed) J. ADDISON HA K Kit, 2n.I. ! Wl,riu puHition ami nint h disbutliliux.
alt Uka Tribune )
A good preparation for the toilet is
made by grating two tcaspoonsfnl of
white Castile soap, three or fonr of
orris root, powdered, and a handful of
oatmeal. Let all soak together in a
cupful of warm water for a couple of
hours; then add a few teaspoonsful of
this preparation to the water in which
you bathe. It is cheap, and good for
the skin.
The II io Gramlo Western ltailwav
now operates through Pullman sleeping
cais between Hun Francisco and Chi
cago, without change. The route via
Salt Lake City is unequalled in attrac
tiveness and wealth of novel interest.
Three through trains daily. Write fur
information, rater, etc., to J. D. Mans
field, General Aeut, 20!l Washington
Mreet, Portland, Ore., or Geo. W.
Ileintz, Geuvral Passenger agent, Halt
Lake City.
A Bag; Pull or Brealh.
The "pneuuitttophcr,' an Austrian
invention for enabling miners, firemen
etc., to breathe when surrounded by
after damp, smoke or noxious fumes
of any kind, consists of an air tilit
robber bug containing a steel Isittlu of
pure oxygen at a pressure of 100, liters,
and a metal protected glass Ixittio con
taining a 25 per cent solution of cuustiu
soda. The oxygen can be .admitted by
a hand screw into the bag and drawn
into the month through a rublier tube,
the nose being tlosod by a clip. The
turn of another haridscrew breaks tho
glass bottle, allowing the caustic soda
to flow out and be absorbed by a knitted
network in the bag to absorb the car
bonic acid exhaled, allowing the oxygen
to be rebreatheil, the appuratus being
capable of furnishing oxygen enough to
last from thirty to ninety minutes, as
has been attested by numerous exjieri-menta.
If others will And Mrs Win.!...'.
Ini hyrtip tlia best remedy to uaa for their
euiiureii uurliig Ilia leelliing period.
Public school cost
year.
Berlin $3,000 a
Haaardoua llualiieae.
Life Insurance Agent (filling out ap
plication) Your general health is
is it not?
them in strong borax water for a fow Applicant ever had a sick day In
hours. The water should be at a boil- niy llle-
Kiltrpr nnnona ami forlra mnv Yu Iront
bright when used daily by soakinz good,
Ban rranwiaeo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 12(2 16o per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1216c; Val
ley, 2022c; Northern, 10J12o.
nope ioa crop. 11(3180 ner
pounu.
Butter Fancy creamery 22f22c;
ing heat when the silver is put in it.
A beautiful natural park ha been
offered Bun Antonio, Texas. One con
dition attached is that "no beer or in
toxicating liquor of any kind shall be
sold, given away or drank on or upon
...... . . ,. . i .... i .i . i i, .11.
, r, , , . . . ' i en, lei, ui iwiia pioiiKnen. ii uiia
ta'.: 81?1CL DCy mr' condition is violated, then the property
returns to the state university. The
20c; do seconds, 1718o per pound.
tggs Store, 12 14c; fancy ranch,
7c.
Millstuffs Middlings, 117.00 (A
20.00; bran, f 12.00 18.00.
Hay Wheat 7.009. 60; wheat and
oat 7.009.00; best barley $5.60(3
7.50; alfalfa, $0.00(3 7.50 per ton;
straw, 80 (g 45c per bale.
Potatoes Karlyliose, 75 85c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 65c1.00; river Bur
banks, 50 75c; Salinas Bnrbanks,
80c1.10 per sack.
Citrus Fruit: oranges, Valencia,
$2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00(8
5.00; California lemons 75cfl.C0;
do choice $1.752.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60(3
2.60 per bauch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, KgtXo per
pound.
city council nesitatos to accept it on
these conditions, and the Liquor Dealer
observes that "it would have been
more in keeping with propriety to have
given it to the W. O. T. V."
Agent Um I Yon do not contem
plate entering npnn any hazardous un
dertaking, I suppose?
Applicant Well, yes, I am afraid I
do. I am going to got married next
Wednesday. London Answers.
They Never fall,
j Almnat neeer. Caaearela rura ao large a per.
ri'iiuv, that they're guaranteed to rura
fliroiiireonatiiiailoiior money refunded. Drug
glt, lis:, A, .'aw.
A tlentle Hint.
lie Ida, are you interested in ath
letic sHirts?
She (who has waited) Yes; I am
very much interested in the ring Just
now.
Improved Train Equipment,
The U. H. & N. and Oregon Short
Line have ndded a buffet, smoking and
library car to their Portland-Chicago
llnoiigli tiuiu, and a dining car Borne
has been luangiiarated. The, train I
equipped with the latest ohair cara,
flay coiiehea and luxurious flrst-olaa
ami ordinary tleepei. Diiect coniiec
lion made at Granger with Union Pa
cing, ami at Ogdeu with Ulo Uratitl
line, from all point in Oregon, Wash
Ifigton and Idaho to all Kustein oltie.
For informal ion, rates, eta., call on
any O. It. fc N. agent, or addresa W.
II. Iliirlburl, General Passenger Agent,
Portland.
To clean hot water copper boiler,
got three cent' worth of oxalic acid at
your druggist's, put it in a pint bottle
ami fill it with oold water. Pour it
over the boiler while it i hot, rubbing
it down quickly with a cloth, and pol
ishing it over with a dry piece of flan
nel. The bottle should be marked
"poison."
IWMIMIIIIMMMIMII
VallBBealtfVaw
FOR 14 CENTS
We wish la esla this test BMMie
bee euati'Mnre, and a eeea ugsff
I Pkg Karl'at KHisraldreremherlle
I le ureses Market Latlaeelae &
! Mr.ei,.,,, Mslea, lie
UUesadlk,
ksrlff Pliiasr treioa, lue
" krllhsul rioes, SssAs. lu Z
Weeth ., fee Meeala. ITS
Aheee M Pkse. weeth tl ea. we will
malt tea frre, Ing ether wllg eel
grsell:atalse,tsinig all al.oul
lAtlf I MlUl IBiU PStaT
aviarsasietofthie aallee le,
el ate o. We laelteyoertrade. and
know wbse yea eaee try Neil aer'a
aeeda foe eill Baser do witboul.
aoa Prlassoe Bslsst's luaasss.
eetearllaetTematet.laeteaeertb. rlie
ioaa a. a.riaa at a a to., it tauaes. wia
i
BUY THE GENUINE
SYRUP OF FIGS
... BTA-JUTAOToaan t ...
CALIFORNIA FIO SYRUP CO.
IB-HOT It TMI ft A MS.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
Vauaa anil Wire Works.
fOllTI.A Nil Will K A IltON WOKKR: WIHB
and Iron fencing; orlliia ralllng.aio. m Alder.
lea In Itoyal Kaaldence.
The store of ico at Windsor, Osborne
and Balmoral are very large. At
Windsor there is storage room for
about 500 ton. There the supply ic
obtained from the lake beneath the
north terrace, from Froirmore. and
from the lake between Frogmore and
Virginia water. Ice is not only used
lavishly in the royal kitchen, but
also for reducing the temperature of
her majesty' apartments in hot weath
er. Then it is packed in pretty wooden
buckets and stood In the fireplace,
X. Y. Baa.
lESTFQRT.il.
BOWELS
slf erra haven't a regular, healthy nornroent of th
bowula every day, you're alck, or will he. Keen your
Dowels open, and he wall, eoroe. In tin, aliuiio of
violent pliyKlo or pill polaon. la nangeroua. The
eiuuotheet, eaaleat, most perrunt way of keeping the
howele elear and clean la to taka
laiililnery anil Hiii,llea.
CAWHTON A CO.; KNrHNKS, IIOII.KKR. MA
cIiidctj, iiii.pliea, 48 io Uraisu, I'urtlaod, Or.
JOHN POOLE,
CORIN WHEAT
Will out-yleld eomi will make the aaine kind
of meal; baa tutiarlor fattening qnalitlea; will
eolye tha problem ol fattening lloga and (.aula
In a wheat eountrrs lioultj ha eown In Ilia
eprlne the aame aa wheal and will yield Irom
0 lo Iw tmihele per errei the straw alter II la
thrashed has an vile lubalauoe aud II I almoal
aa good aa hay.
rrloeofeeed 10a par poaad ar pa
hundred. Addreea
at. SUIELDB CO., Mosaoar, Idaho,
PS 'On A DOt. Curs Hlrknaadaeha and lra
papsla, II.uiii a I'lniinea.l'urlfy the Ulnoil. Aid lllgea-llo,l-revnllllllimnsa.
IxnioiOrliieorHlrken. 1
S'.llrIlL"i "ii""ll,ml' alrooi full iHit.iVi. Oft.
OaANHOCO.,rkUaeslekU,l'e, S..1J Py DrugglaUk
Wi SICK WOMEH
Can eaally (rare their Irnubln to tha blood, bill
lliatdou'l help, uuleag lliey filial a retued'.
Moore's Revealed Remedy
I'nrlflea the blond maltea ali'k wnmon alrong
and weiL 1.00 per Isjiile at tlia drug atore.
HOLM AOKNCf
Worthlngton
team Pump
and Water
Meter.
ramping Plants of
Any CaiiauUy
TATirag M now E.N
9 to 80 riral Street. Portland, Or.
Haohlnary All Kinds.
Pnarr.iMn n.,.n.
fan j?iva you the best bargains In geral
inacliinery engines, bollnr. tanks, pumps,
usiu mm wintiriiiiis. The niiw
tTtmlle Wi",1'nl11' ,ol1 b '". 1" I'll-
Na,. vsjadi siASN airrgtp ,
YOUNG MEN!
, ',r',''""rJ,l''n',''l,'',g'1,''al'at'aOksySpei!lfto, II
U Ills ONLY n.,ll,.ns wl.l.Ti will cure '.JI
eass. No CASK kni.wn It hse ever f.lM to iurV ru,
matter how aerlisie or of how lonir aunilltia. Heeiille
from lie use w astonish vu. ic Is .w.imi.i. ....
preterite strti tiire sj,, ean lie taken wohoul Incons
alvricr anil ilrtsntlon from liuslnnM. l-ail:U uoo f,M
Is riy sll reliable droiorlts, or w nt nrsueld liv ssdmss
Ids dniirvls. iv a...,,, n...
plainly wrappsd, on rwlpt t.t ptins, by
. ... Vk iisf cilia iuaCc
i jumsr oMuisq on nwiiiies.
HAL oo.,Chloao, 111
Meaaant, Palatable. fotent.TaaUtOoorl. DoOood.
Fever H liken. Weuken. fir firlt.e IOm Ml. us.l
for free aampla. and booklet oo health. Addreaa I nnAnmi
Carlls, a, ts..,, ts,. a-4r..l, e lert. KtS ' I I LI I I U V
KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN "SMLt.L
Treated
Successfully
Mountain Hon, Ida.
iV !af
If y u need fresh an llellahla Breda
ou ehli h yiio can dep ntl, ut eereletilo.
a lowara, liraeeee. eta. , aeud In us ami
weeneranteeaat lafaotlou. O Ive Ul rt frlol.
Had for our oeteliigiie, mailed free oa
aiiiilliiatlnn. Nevlii, lneenl e Co.,
U'i 1 Hen .mo St., Han Vianolseo, Oak
FOR SUE.
dress J. C. H.
gun.
A Klral-Claaa Itriinawlck.
Haiku and tiolltinilur I'ool
'l abia, with eoinloloiilp
meutH. At a barualn. Ail-
I'lialolllco uox lii, 1'ortianil, Uro-
CURE YOURSELF I
ties Hlg for unnatural
dlar.liarsiia.luflaiuiiiuilniia,
Irrllatlona or ulieratlmK
f g la I is I Isra J
1.8 Uaaraaus4 J
aL S are is irtmsrs. of luliooua tneniliraune,
I7m I Sr-vsnia tlnuisrlsa. J'alnlwea, and not aatilu.
ealrsttviUlOsiHlollOo, fill or poisonous.
V,'ViOiTI,o.pr faalel y nrapplata,
V . u. a. A. J P aent In plain wrappnr,
A 1 liy eapreaa, prepaid, for
eJSll " ur uoltlea. g3.7,
aassweee" aa circular asnt on miiueet.
ft. V. N. V.
No. 11-100.
WHEW writing; to advartlter pleaa
tuanllaa this papar.
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