;i nr. OTA LI Y.'.iD WAS EEFRIENEED SAVED BY PE-RU-tIA ffSI fit 'mi ' Kev. H. Gtubenvoll, of Elkbcrn, Wis., is pastor of the Evangelical Lu theran StJohn's Chnrch of that place. Rev. Stubeovoll ia the possesor of two bib ee presented to him by Emperor William of Germany. Upon the fly leaf of one of the bibles the Emperor has written in his own handwriting a text. This honored pastor, in a recent letter to the Pe'nna Medicine Co., of Colorobos, Ohio, says concerning their famous catarrh remedy, Peiuna: The Rerun a Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen: "I had hemorrhages of the lungs for a long time, and all despaired of me. I took Peruna and was cured. It gave me strength and courage, and made healthy, pure blood. It Increased my weight, gave me a healthy color, and I feel well. It is the best medicine la the world. If everyone kept PtrJna in the house it would save many from death every year." H. STVBENVOLL. Thousands of people have catarrh If you do not derive prompt and sat wfcn uiM t unrnrieed to know it, be- ielaetory results from the use of Peru- cause it has been called come other name than catarrh. The fact is ca tarrh ia catarrh wherever located; and iia, write at once to Dr. Hartman, gtT in a full statement of your cate, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable another fact which is of equally (treat , advice gratis, importance,! is that Peruna cures -a- Address Dr. Hartman, President of tarrh wherever located. I The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O, For bronchial trouble try Piao's Cure for Consumption. It is a good cougn madicuie. At dnmnneta, price cents. "Uneasy Lies the Hca." A chironodist now in Berlin adver tinea that be "has removed corns from all the crowned heaila of Europe." C ASTOR I A lor Infants and Children. B3 Kind Yea Have Always Bought Bears the Signature New Turkish Edict. Owing to a Turkish imperial order the teaching of Armenian history has been prohibited in Turkey. ISO s LUTE ECUR1TY, 'y Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Hurt Bear Signature of t Fac-Sfcaril Wrapper Btlear. Tear n a T I 4 take aa CARTERS )"Me FOB lEADACREk FBI DIZZINESS -FDR IIUOUUESl. FOI TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATiOR. FOR SALLOW SKIR. FORTHEC0MPLCJU0I M1IIM1M MUTIIIWTU. 1 I tare- YfetabM.0rMj CURE SICK HEADACHE. DSSTFQ3THE ttrom taTes't a teniae, fewltbr moreoMiri of CM bowele a very day, you're sic, or win 1m. Keep four fciwel opn. and be well. iTorce. In the ebspe of violent pkrslo or pill poison, Is danseroua. The roooiheal. eulnt. most perfect waj at seeping UN female eiear aed eiaau Is W -arw mjw wseasaae PVHuast, Psleuble. Potent. TMteaooS.DooVms, Slew sicken, Weaken, or Gripe, iuc tOc Writ or rree eaoip.e. and booklet oo heal til. Address snian aear fmm Ttiim, smieii i"i. an KEEP YOUR 6L0Q0 CLEAN JOHN POOLE, PORTLAND, ORB. Pest Morrison Street. Csa five jrou the beat berpsins in Boilers end Knglnes, Windmills, Pumps end (jene rei Machinery. Wood Mewing Machines a spwieltjr. See u before buying. & uuifn brup. Tawee Good, 17a I In .-r-a. Hold lav qruxfl.rn. j - CO-OPERATIVB PIANO CLUBS. A New and Popular Move by the Famous Ellers Piano House. This house, whose progreseiie meth ods are coming to be known and recog nized throughout the Northwest, has recently inaugurated system of piano club selling which exceeds anything ever attempted in this country in the way' of providing the' people with standard pianos at low prices. By this method member joining the clubs secure their pianos at strictly wholesale prices by paying down go exceedingly small sum. The piano is immediately delivered and they are given a wide limit of time in which to finish their purchase. The principle is merely that applied to wholesale purchasers, the club standing in the light of the wholesale buyer. High grade aa well as medium grade pianos are included in these clubs. The world famed Kimballs, Chicken rigs and Webers can be secured by this method at a saving of from one hundred to one bun Ired and nliy dot lars. All the pianos included in the club are on the floors of the sales rooms at Eilers Piano House in Portland, and prospective cluh joiners may thorough ly inspect their instruments before making their selection. All the in struments in the clubs are standard makes and are brand new. In addition to those above mentioned, there are the famous Decker, Do), Hobart H. Cable, Weser, Letter and man) others. Pianos are delivered to club members upon their making their first payment, and a written guarantee for five years comes with each piano, signed by its manufacturer and also by Eilers Piano House. The clubs are four and each numbers 100. Members of Club A pay but $5. CO and finirh their purchase with weekly installments of f 1.25. Club B members par but $7.50 upon delivery of tbe piano and finish paying at the rate of 11.60 weekly. Club C make an initial payment of 12.00, and balance in $2.00 weekly. Club D members pay $20 down and the re mainder of the purchase price in 2.00 weekly payments. Those desiring to pay all cash will save the additional interest. Pianos that sell regularly for (225.00 go to club members for (137.00; 1275.00 instruments for (168.00; ( 100.00 ones for (187.00; and the very best medium grade pianos that cannot be sold under the regular retail condi tions for lees than (350.00 will go to club members for (218.00. The saving throughout is equally great and these contemplating the purchase of an in strumnet will do well to investigate this proposition. Oood Cakes and Biscuits. The finishing touches which tbe good housewife gives to a cake or pie or pan of biscuits or other dish is what makes it either delicious and healthy or in sipid and unhealthy. If Monopole Spices and Baking Powder are used no fear need be had about the result. Monopole Spices are stronger and more fragrant and Monopole Baking Powder better in every way than any other brand. You'll thank us for calling your attention to it after you try them. Get them from your grocer. ' Wadhams A Kerr Bros.. Mfgrs., Portland, Ore. THE CARDIFF GIANT. FAMOUS HOAX RECALLED BY THE DEATH OF ITS MAKER. amy - FITS Permeneiinr Cures o fits er nervouSBcet mStx, llru Ur'. ioMr khaa'aftraet Nrl Saatorar. Sand (or KUEKSV.OO Uial brttle ewt tree tae. !.&. U. alLiKE. U4..U1 arcAdUFbllau.lelua.re Both Smoked Bad Ones. Hewitt How do yon like tbe cigar I gave you Jewett Oh, I have smoked worse cigars. ' ' Hewitt Ton have if you ever smoked any of tbe kind you gave me. Judge. Mothers will find Mrs. (Pins low's Booth. Ins; Bvrup the best remedy to use for their SuXldrea during in tee thing period. Twelve Feet HiBh and Apparently the Petrified llodj of a Man-Oliver Wen dell. Holme, Kmereon and Othere Believed II Ocnu.na. The Cardiff Giant, tbe most famous hoax of the nineteenth century, la" re called by the recent death at Blnstliaiu- ton of Ueorge Hull, who gave the thtug promi nence and galued notoriety for him self by menna ut It The whole country was dup ed. Oliver Wen dell Holmes and Kalpu Waldo Kui eraon believed In otaiiioK iii i.u the thing. Judge William C. linger said: "No one cau look upon that calm, grand smile of mlugled sweetness and strength with out being convinced that tbe giant once lived and had a being." Cardiff, where the giant was found. Is In Ouondaga County. New York State, a few miles from Syracuse. Near by Is a depression In the earth known as Onondaga Hollow. In thl hollow are to be found petrified fish and rep tiles. Geologists say this hollow once formed the bed of an ocean. It was here, on the Newell farm, that the giant waa ostensibly discov ered on Oct 10, 1809, While William N'ewelL nicknamed "Stub" Newell, and bis men were digging a welL To at test the authenticity of the Bud at tbe time, Newell, Gideon Emmons, Henry Nichols, John Parker and Smith A. Woodman solemnly made affidavit to the circumstances In order to be able to meet any possible charge of fraud. The news of the discovery of the giant spread across the country in an Incredibly abort time, and soon vehi cles of all sorts were headed for the pit, loaded with people curloua to look upon the face of this wonder, this pre historic giant With admirable promp titude, Newell erected a tent over the pit and charged an admission fee of 50 cents. In this way be made over (7, 000 In a few weeks. He sold a three quarter Interest to some Syracuse men, one of whom was Dr. Westcott, father of the author of "David Haruni." It is said that Newell got (30,000 for this three-quarter Interest It was not long before tbe giant be gan to attract the attention of eminent scientific men. One of tbe first to view the giant was Prof. HalL the New York State geologist who pro claimed it to be the petrified body of a man. The newspapers and maga zines of the country went Into a learn ed discussion of the subject Heated arguments between scientists were published, some declaring that the giant was a petrifaction, others deny ing this, but asserting It to be an Im age of great antiquity. Among those who held to the latter theory were a committee from the Geological Society, of Boston, composed of Oliver Wen dell Holmes, Prof. Jackson and others. Judge Ruger gave tbe delightful tes timonial already quoted. Powers, the sculptor, whose statue. The Greek Slave, Is known all over the world, declared that no chisel could nave carved such a man. Fe ml I lee Quarreled Over It, It Is said that lu central New York families were virtually disrupted by the aggressiveness of tbe discussion over the genuineness of tbe giant It is doubtless true that the four or five men who became tbe owners and ex hibitors of tbe giant were as badly de ceived as tbe public, the originator of the humbug having In that way made a master stroke. One of these was Dr. Amos- Westcott the father of the author of "David Haruin." Dr. West cott was a gentleman of the highest respectability In Syracuse, and when the giant was finally shown to have been a fraud, bis health gave way and he died shortly after. It Is said, of a broken heart He felt the world would never believe him Innocent of an Intention to hoodwink It. At the time the giant flourished P. T. Barnum bad a museum In New York, and be recognized the worth of tbe giant for bis show. He offered 100,000 for it for three months. This offer was rejected, but Barnum was not to be defeated tbns easily. There was a chemist In Syracuse named Otto, who knew something about mod eling. Barnum commissioned him to make a plaster giant as near like tbe original as possible. Otto produced a duplicate giant made of plaster on a wire made! and weighted with Iron to give the weight of the orlginaL This Imitation Barnum exhibited In bin mu seum, and many-who saw It wonder ed how such a composition could de ceive the learned men even for a mo ment Meanwhile the original giant was shown In different cities, causing no end of wonderment On one day In Syracuse 4.000 people paid SO cents apiece to see it. Tbe Mayor and all the public officials of Rochester made an official Journey to Syracuse to see It Trains on tbe New York Central road stopped ten minutes at Syracuse to afford passengers an opportunity to run across the street and see It. Even tually the fraud was discovered and then Hull made a confession that he was tbe originator of tbe gigantic "fake." Tbe Idea of tbe Cardiff Giant Hull got from an argument be bad with a Methodist minister. In which tbe min ister claimed the earth was at one time peopled with giants, as tbe Bible says. His resourceful mind grasped the Idea of a great and grand sell, and be at once set to work to materialize It After a long search for the proper kind of a stone he at last found one to an swer his purpose at Fort Dodge, Iowa, In a gypsum bed. After many difficul ties in transporting the very heavy stone over forty-five miles and across tbe Des Moines river to a railroad, lis finally succeeded In having It secretly boused In an out-of-the-way place In Chicago. He then secured O. Fabrisco La la, an Italian sculptor, to carve a gi gantic figure of man apparently in the throes of extreme pain. Tbe marks of tb chisel were removed and the fliir i-Mfixt with a wire brush and acid to glvt It an old appearance. He then securely packed it ana suweu v marked "niacbluery," to Union, N, Y In the fall of 1808., From there It waa taken by wngoo In the night to Cardiff, near Syracuse, where "Stub" Newell, a cousin of Hull, bad a farm. They had fixed It up between them to bury It which they did, and planted a crop of grain over the spot. The next year Newell had some neighbors dig a well on the spot aud they discov ered the giant , Then the fun com menced. . . ' ' ' NEWSPAPER GROWTH. Marvelous Development of the Amerl caa Pre. Weed, Bennett, Greeley, Prentice and Rayuiond-the grand "we" of the old sen ool were in a small cwuitt-uiy when they virtually ruled public oplu Ion, says the St Louis Republic. There were only 204 dally papera In exist ence In 1850. To-day there are 2,-20, In 1850 the combined circulation of the papers waa 758,454, while lu 1000 the circulation of the 2,2'JU was l.V 102,180. The aggregate number, of copies Issued during the year 1850 waa 426,409.078, while In 1000 It was 8, 108,248,740. It must be admitted that this growth In circulation has follow ed a change In tbe so-culled uilxslou of the newspaper. A half century ago no statesman felt secure unless be hud the editorial support of the papers. The press did not then, as now, ex press and lead public opinion, but form ed It To-day the highest calling of tbe newspaper Is to truthfully furnish the news. No dally can make editorial expression the leading feature and sur vive. Railroad, telegraph and cable have made communication so easy that the desire of the people for the latest news bas made the circulation of the better papers Increase by leaps and bounds. (With the betterment of transporta tion facilities the weekly press has failed to keep pace with the dally. From 1880 to 1800 the Increase In the dally was 25.0 per cent; from 1800 to 1000 It was 30.2 per cent; while the In crease In weekly circulation dropped from 20.7 per cent between 1880 aud 1800 to 14.7 per cent In tbe last de cade,, There was (102,443,708 Invested In newspapers and periodicals In 1000. They bad 27.570 salaried employes, who received $27,015,791, and C4.H04 wage earners, who receive (50,333,051. Material cost 150.214.904. and tbe mon ey value of products waa (222.983.500. There Is no way of promoting the ac tual value of the product In proinotlug advancement and saving' the cost of mistakes which Ignorance makes at every turn. LAUGH AT THE "TOMMIES." Boer Priaonere Played a Clever Joke a Tbelr British O nerds. When tbe 5,000 Boca prisoners were confined on the Islands of the Great Sound, Bermuda, there wav a constant rivalry between the wits of the burgh ers and those of their guards every whit as keen as that displayed by the contending generals on the far-off Afri can battle-fields. Now It was a "take off" on tbe Tommies, now a laogb on tbe hirsute burghers, and things had about split even until tbe eventful night when not only tbe whole English camp but the English fleet as well fell victims to tbe plotting Boers. A Brltsh sentry was stationed on a promontory - overlooking tbe sound, when something auspicious caught his eye on tbe calm surface of tbe water between himself and a battleship ly ing at anchor. Not wishing to arouse the whole ramp on a false alarm, be watched the object for some minutes. Suddenly his heart Jumped Into his mouth. The object was not only mov ing slowly through the water, but It bad ttken tbe shape of a man on a raft Was It a prisoner escaping? "Guard turn outl Sound the alarm! Searchlight! Searchlight!" he shouted. The English camp was astir In a moment The alarm was sounded and the armed Britons came flocking from every quarter. Signals were made to the battleship, and In a few moments she waa a scene of commotion. Her great searchlight was turned on the ocean and lighted up tbe promontory with tbe brightness of noonday. Boats filled with armed soldiers shot out af ter the escaping Boer. Then the search light fell upon tbe raft, as It did so a roar from 5,000 Boers told the British that they bad been taken In as Brit ish soldiers had never been taken In before. The supposed prisoner escaping, says the Detroit News-Tribune, was a dum my dressed up In burgher's clothes and tied to a raft Did Pelee Rob Oil Wells? Speaking of tbe decrease or almost total disappearance of the gas pres sure which was so long one of the great peculiarities of the Beaumont field, there is a novel theory advanced. Some men who study such things say that Just about tbe time of the erup tion of Mont Pelee and the destruc tion of St Pierre the gas pressure be gan to lessen and In a short while al most entirely disapepared. The theory Is that tbe gas which was under the ground at Beaumont ex tended laterally under tbe earth all the wny down through the Caribbean Sea and when It accumulated In large quantities under Mont Pelee tbe ex plosion came and the supply was ex hausted there. In support of this won derful theory attention la called to the fact that the famous oil pool In the Gulf of Mexico, south of Beaumont many miles, and which bas been the wonder of mariners for years and years, Is on direct line between Beau mont and Mont Pelee. So the people who deal In synclines and monoclines and anticlines, says the New Orleans Picayune, find comfort In believing that tbe eruption of the volcano Is what has caused all the damage at Beaumont Not So Far from It, Teacher "What great invisible force ia that of which we hear so much now adays?" Small Boy "The p'llce force, ma'am." Philadelphia Buletln. Biggest of Ail Joiuu Mills. What Is to be the bluaest cotton mill In the world Is to be located soon near Kansas uity, mo. xiie invest ment will reach about $10,000,000. Coughs " My wife had adeep-teated cough for three year. I purchased two bottle of Ayer'a Cherry Peeforsl, largo slie, and It cured her com pletely." J. H. Burge, Macon, Col. Probably you know of cough medicines that re lieve little coughs, all coughs, except deep ones! The medicine that has been curing the worst of deep coughs for sixty years is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. . Three sliasi Me., eneuah tor en ordinary (eld, We,. Ju.t rlli ler wenehlUe, no.re. ueis. hard eolna. elo.i fl. meat mwnoiuleel teelmloeaiseiittoeepoeliaiKt J. it, AVJ6.lt t!0 Lowell, MM. ' .... M V I SJVE rctilf and tour trtiiuiti By t'slrf the Perfected Match Lighter Gasoline Gas Lamp. a-k. itvfili'irt'TKIl ran read ily lie UKMed Willi I'')"' "fls'lvre' 1ft times the Unlit of t corn iiinn k erualiie Ism el half tlie exiK'iira "' II r.a Mi'kul Wtver eirator wlilt-li il nut K1 Irum lh ei'tlnti l best, sua ! Hie lll, lr l"es. We liavl) Mai.h U.liUill Imili'mJ.. , Wrtl lor tri'lllr Slid prleec STEWART 1 SMUT LIGHTING CO. Ilivsulnri A M'Cs 41 Third 81., . POKTLANI), OHM. tans 1'IkUiu Oreeim, Nurlh VHI jjj l olUUlblH, Q AiieiiU wit't In ever town In V. . Urn. IS-100.. ijj PrcparL..; for Holiday Trade. I MH.iTOrftlKRKt'RIti-Ws sell you Null ttslilna, Dried PratU, Varment Maple Surer! Unites, I'lse, Money ,-rylliliii you, need fe, the huliilyi buller nuellty lower ptlrea tli an you ran tiaA vlaewben. Mend lor our Hneclel Holiday ftios Uat, erwHWt uil!i!w, will cation you. TO IMOWBIclti-W el way. t;uy butler, ' cUrae. awl-". ,'!, "ii Line and apuila, Have you tiiy toM-ltf IM us know, II you watii, good nr"w. ;. .'.'.,' WOLF & SONS. Whofeaalo I'rulta and Produce. P. !. V. WW lrrWfMI ra ,APe -Jr7te ..lilt r MOtillT OUR CUARAMTH IUT3. ASR YOUR PKAUr TOWr: t0..Or0N. BBM wrttla to eWrUen pi ilMseJ I0 FRONT T IHHtTUANO, OR, There Is elwayi a "Uert" In verylhliie, t iimlor the aun. In Kolrate Slid Hiking 2 ! MONOPOLG J Your tleeler hmtl tbesi or nu get J ihoui lor you. WAIIHAMii KltRR BROSI., Mrrft. t'orilsiid, umson. i J A 'FINE UMBRELLA 'l ajajXagjSa Is the heat irnl 111 Oregon or Washington yon can yoornll for rlir(ine We soil beauties, at heal uuaiily, l tm reeneMa nrloea. JOHN Al.l.rSINA, Portland, Ore. . I WMhtltftm St., Near Wo,Un1, ('larks Vo, Two Store M uurrlin St., near Meier Krank to, DIDN'T HURT A BIT! -r Portl nd Dividend Company U and lis Com merclat Bids. 141 Waatatnt Street, Portland, Oregon. ? will earn you II per inonih . will earn you. ..... . W ! Ir month tluu will earn you ...' t Pr mouth PayaWe monthly. Call or wrlie. L. M. Davis, Pres. We eitrart. erown and bridge teeth without luniiMtng in. Our methods are modern and meel with ihe si(iruval of Uiemoaiaaaetlng. t all ami a. in. Examination true, fee re.aatile. Both '.honr; Oregon Houtta Co lumbia tkj. ) evening lilt . Holi day from I to li mmlfunwm im laiaaauma i m. ,J, WISE BROS., Dentists. :JFiJp ruKTltMh OKKUON. THE CHILDREN ENJOY Iifa out of doors and out of the parties which they plsy and. th enjoy ment which tltry receive and tha efforts which they make, comes the greater part of that healthful development which is so eaacntial to their happiness when grown. When a laxative Is needed the remedy which la given to them to cleanse and sweeten and strengthen the Internal organs on which It acts, should be such as physlciana would sanction, because its component parts are known to he wholesome and the remedy itaelf free from every objectionable quality. The one remedy which physicians and parents, well-informed, approve and recommend and which the little one enjoy, because of its pleasant flavor, Its gentle action and its beneficial effect, Is Syrup of Figsand for the same reason it is the only laxative which should be used by fathers and mothers. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy which acta gently, pleasantly and naturally without griping, irritating, or nauseating and which cleanaea the syatem effectually, without producing that constipated habit which reaiilta from the ue of the old-time cathartics and modern imitations, and sgalnat which the children should be so carefully guarded. If you would have them grow to manhood and womanhood, strong, healthy and happy, do not give them medicines, when medicines are not needed, and when nature needs aaaixtance in the way of a laxative, give them only the simple, pleasant aud gentle Syrup of Figs. Its quality is due not only to the excellence- of the combination of the laxative principles of plants with pleasant aromatic syrups and juice, but also to our original method of manufacture and as you value the health of the little ones, do not ccel'' nT of the substitutes which utixcruputotis deal ers sometimes offer to lncreane their profit. The genuine article may he bought anywhere of all reliable druggists at fifty cents per bottle, t'leaso to remember, the full name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYR. VP CO. ia printed on the front of every pack age. In order to get Ita beneficial effects it is al ways necessary to buy :A-:A 1 TwJ I . f. f-t A. A'.r- CTTlS.. i in order to get Ita J W 7V' AT.M '! lf?'lPV,V beneficial effects it is al- ,JSi&r AJV"-' V: S?' wy cesary to buy rSLW hAf fl Ym.. j i Oo-Opera(lvo Plmno Cluba, tho Latent In Piano EuytnaAII OZub ToLmtlar to Cheapen the Prfco to Each. - . ALL ABOUT THE PIANO CLUBS It will cost you nothing to Investigate and will surely save you money. If you are Interested and cannot calj In person, please fill out the attached Inquiry blank and send to the Piano Club Manager, Ellers Piano House, Portland, Oregon. Catalogues, prices and all particulars will be promptly supplied. Out-of-town residents may join any of the clubs now forming . . . INQUIRY BUNK"XM EILERS PIANO HOUSE, Portlands Please send me catalogues and all Information about the new Piano Clubs to Name t( ' ' - Address '. . , ,. . Maaal NOTE. If Interested in Organs, please specify "OrajautTiboe blank. It costs you nothing to Investigate this moneysaving opportunity. We guarantee to supply Pianos and Organs . to" Club members at a bona fide saving of many dollars. Attend to, this today. EILERS PIANO HOUSE 351 Washington St., (Both Phones) Portland, Ore. Other Stores at San Francisco, Spokane and Sacramento.