Rheumatism
What t th at ot telling th rheumttlt
Uwt he tWls m It hit Joint wr being dis
located r
H know that hit tu(Tertnt r very
mueh Ilk th torture of th we..
W - M imh It what will per
manently rur hit dtinw,
Thai, according to ttHHiaandi ot grsleful
testimonials. It
Hood's Sarsaparilla
H promptly neutrallte tho acid In thr
blood m which th dlMw de-pannl. com
ptetoljr eliminates It, tnd atrvtiirllw-tit th
syttvtu against itt mum. Try Hood',
Appreciative,
"Vow rm quit hilarlou thi
morning
"1 am. 1 liHtl lorrill attack of
ttotinlgia thRt kept tno awko all
nigltt, last night."
"Joking, eh? Why liuld you 1
to happy on aovount "
"Rvcau I haven't got it now.
That why."
Amateur, develop your own plate t
homo, K. 0. powUer developer, ix
package 35 cent. For alo hy all
photo supply dealer, or Kirk, Ovary 4
Co., S30 Sutler St., San Franoiteo.
JkUm'i Hoot lor huplUL
The Mary Cnti I-ee chapter of th
Daughter of the Confederacy, in Lex
ington, V., it desirous of purchas
ing the old home of On. Stonewall
Jackson in that town tor a hospital,
ami if it succeed will name it tlie
Jackson Memorial honpital. The ret
icence i now owned hy Hen. Jack
ton ' widow.
Whtt Wondtr.
Pint Dealer What do you mean hy
returning that parrot after keeping
him four month? Whet' the mat
ter with him?
Customer W-w-well, th b-b-b-blamed
b-b-b bird t-t-t-uttora!
Hub u a fminl.
ItitbT -M th bvnollt. Xuntnt atbri
matt'thi-lrullk mlWI eurtsnv with t'lms
til, tnf itn I Ml Mill Tf il Mmm. Aiiumt-
.1.1.. i.. w.
.
Well NiiMd.
Cora-Why it that artitt calll an
ininrtHwioniat
i.,..:t,it.u,o.... . ..:.,,, n( hi.
looks as if he laid the canva on a! newspaper art it-lo. Mi. Ilcthlon a
jialatte full of color and took an cx.-ricnce w tet given in her owu
impression. wont. She tayt:
"j.0r nearly a year I endured terri-
Yo Doa't Owt th Earth, J hie asony cuct hy a general break-
Put yon feel like being king if theig town ofth nervout tyttem fe
ocean when you get Urted to San wcakn. and tupprt.on of I he
Frane seo on the O. K. A X. tteamers 1
leaving rortland every live days.
The nrroumliiig are rf"ct gmnl
ineaU, line U-rtht, quick time, and
officers of the steamer are attentive
...j .,..i.u ...! .i i..L-..i. f,,r!
the Knworth Leaeuo convention Ct
onlv $20, including meitla and lierth.
.... - o - . .
(Mt only on tleamera leaving Port
land July 11 and' U.
Mlwry Ltvu Company.
"And was every one of you teatick
coming over?"
"Oh, yet; we were all in the tame
boat."
Good Time ea th Octan.
For a perfect n-st front hutineaa,
nothing equals the ttcanicr trip from
Portland to Sun Francisco and return
this month and next, when the ocean
is smooth and the days are pleasant
on deck. Every live tiny a splendid
steamer of the O. H. A S'. line leaves
Portland. The accommodation are
excellent. Any agent of thecouipany
will give details, or addre A. L.
Craig, general passenger agent, Port
land. I do nut believe Piso't Cur fur Con
tttniption hat til equal for enueht and
mliU.-JoHX V. Iloira, Trinity iirliig,
ind., Feb. IS. IIMiO
Millions lor TuUnt Unlvtnitv.
Mr. Newcomh, who died recently
in New York, left $:.(XX,ll0 to Tu
lane t'niversity. She had already
given $TiiO.(XK) to this uuiversily.
Holll't trhool.
At Mrnln Psrk, Sttt M.tro ComiiIt, f'l., wllh
Itn If.uliliil, timiiimliNit., rrli-t ehmnf.
esrelnl Mirvtmn, ihotomh linlrurilon,
riiniplrie llorlnrln, tn-l Kvin'iinm. mo
irt'ioami H MNitllnn In tlie front rk.ikii ot
(.licx.l. lo- tx on th I'tt-itli! Co"t. Irt O.
Hnttt, i'h. U., VrliH-lMl.
Ftmu In Vermont.
For Terniont the enumerator re
port 33,lUi farms.; in IHNO there were
85,522 and in lH'.M) 32,573. The mini
tier of fanns in l'.MX) is 531! in excess
of that of 1H!H), and 2,413 less than
in 1880.
A Niturtl Inference.
Parkville There talk of
getting
tip a milk triiHt.
Kockaway III
watt-red.
1s t that would lie
CASTOR I A
For Infant and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bear the
oftgS
Signature
Smart Answer.
"You fell into the creek with your without leaves, vine, or stem, und
now breeches on?" grow as a parasite, on decayed wood
"Yes, pa. You ep, I fell in so This extraordinary flower i Rome
quick I hadn't time to take them off." thing like a yard in diameter, and Ims
"A smart answer, my son. Ho sup- a globular cup in the middle, with a
pose you take them off now. " cttpucity of five or six quarts.
The disease most feared are those which are
Inherited handed down from generation to gen
eration, and family to family. By far the most
destructive of these i Cancer, which find the
greatest number of it victim among the children
and erand-children of those whose blood wo tainted
with this dreadful malady. You may carry this poison In the blood for yean, but
a the vital power begin to wane a tlight bruise or cut, wart or mole, sore or
pimple may develop into Cancer. From middle life to old age 1 the time when
the slumbering poison is most apt to break out, a lore or ulcer often degenerating'
into Cancer, and Tumors become more progressive and ulcerate through the sldn,
the sharp, shooting pain causing the most intense suffering.
The Cancer patient naturally grow despondent a one after another the usual
remedies fail, and the ore shows no ign of healing. The impurities that have
been accumulating in the tyttem, perhaps for generations, cannot be eliminated nor
the poiooned blood made pure by salves, washes and plasters. The proper treatment
is to purify end build up the blood, remove the cause, when the tore or nicer heals.
S. S. S crm-s flirrrtlv
W- T V . 1 . SI A m
tiny vlcor eama, Just wndor th left oy. It beaau
Rproading-, and arw wora rapidly, destroying- tht
flash a it went. At Oancor ie hereditary la my family
I beoams thorouo-hly aiarmod. oontultin- the bttt phy
iolana and taking- many blood modlolnae, non of
which did n any aood, when one of our Uadlna
drug-giits advised ma to try 8. 0. 8., and by th time
I bod taken th taoond bottle tne Oanoer began to
show tig-nt of healing-, th discharge grew gradually
let and finally ceased altogether, th tor dried up
and nothing remains but a. Blight tear. I feel that I
owe my lift to S. B. B."
wait until the blood it to polluted and the lystetn to thoroughly saturated with the
poison that no medicine, however efficacious, can check the progress of the disease.
If there is a taint in your bipod get it out at once, don't wait for ome external evi
dence of it, the appearance of a tumor or ulcer. W hve prepared a special book
on Cancer which we will mail free. Our physician are ready to help you by their
advice and such direction as your case require. Write u fully and freely no
Charge for medical advice. THB SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, OA,
Tht Tn'i Vttw
ReMlng Robert Sen her, Tom,
thit per tayt haw no toiaurt)
elaat in thit country that even our
millionth are hard working men.
Tired Thomat That man didn't
know what he waa writing about.
V are th Maura elata.
Kit HkA
Mm. Uta Hain't that man next
door gt mortgage on hit placet
Mr. Lot Yea, indeed, he haa.
"Why doe h refer to the property
at a pandit"
"llwaut it't tied up, I tuppo."
Th r-wMa tnelttm
Will be Hit gretleat tlil eotttilrv hat ver
. Tilt entire mai-lilnery will be rvill by
Mr furnished from Nlra Kallt. Al
though the txiter rtnlreil it eimtmnti
brine tlttx ealarael Is 1U1 lo lit Uth.tli
tine at lltelter'l Hiomai-h Hluert I
euimltoth laa u suriilylng lit body
till motive power when It It run down.
There It no medictn In th world tu khI
for dvpit, Itidiawilnn, citistlpilon,
llattilrnry and nervousness. Try U.
MIm AadtrtM, City AMoraty.
Palmyra, Mo., proUhly haa the
only woman city attorney in the
Vtiilod State. She it Mix Andor
aim, 23 yeart old, and, in addition to
her prat-tie an a lawyer, la a political
She cot her tlrst impetus
to ttudy law hy reading Hlsckstone j
while the, convalescing trout an i
attack of typhoid f-ver.
AWFUJJGONY
Th Story of i Stricken Woman
Whom Doctors Wert Not
Able to Help. -
r m Ikt Snrt, rWrnwrtnlV, fwlinuv
Th ttory of Mr. Nellie M. lied,
den, of So. 821 Summit avenue, Con
nertville, Ind., contain an important
lemon formany American women who
lurTor in ttlenve rather than lac tn
ordeal that til
usual treatment of
j tf.,,,),, entail.
It it a atory
- , .... . I. "I
that rine with honcat gratitude and
doc not tell half the misery that the
narrator endured. tH her women who
" tuffcring a Mr. Hedden did wilt
know how to utulemtaiid and appre-
eiale much that cannot I told in a
11""""" - a..-v "
ina down nain tnd waa very weak
and thort of breath. My circulation
waa verv twd, causing numbneee ot
limlM, (iiitiiiin and liradm-ha alt the
time. My heart would tomctunc
'"'I """ "yX '
, ...... ... " " , j
troi.K, an you can hat I
was in no condition lo withstand tuch
.
, ; , ,..1
" gn'w worse very rapidly and all
th datura I tried faiM to check my
.a ti..M a fri...l of n,v hiLslkatid
my
told him how much good Ir, Wil
liam' Pink Pill had done hi wife
to I commenced taking them and can
now state that they are the only re
lief I ever had. The Hint lo helped
me o much that 1 wa thoroughly
convinced of the eltlcacy of the rem
edy. I continued the treatment for
several week, using six hnxe in all.
"In conclusion 1 will tay that if
any one, who is suffering the same a
I was, will take I r. William' Pink
Pills as directed they will lw reward
ed." Signed. KI.I.IE M. IIKDPF.N.
SitlMcrilied and wom to More m
this 14th day of Novcmlrr, l!HK.
Finley II. !ray,
Seal Nolary PulditJ.
Ir. Willam' Pink Pill for Pale
people are told at all druggist or
will Iw w ilt dir'Ct from Dr. William
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N.
Y. Pric 50 cents -r tax ; six taxe.
2.6).
Uki M the Dty.
"The proposition to abolish '.adie'
dav at the club was voted down."
"Yes?"
"Yes; it develop that there is
hardly a member who doe not, in
point of fact, on joy meeting 'ii wife
occntotially."
Speed of Occsn Stumer.
Ocean steamship nowaday are a
regular as the railroad in carriyng
the mail. They have their habitual
rate of s-ed anil are expected to
make the voyage of 3,1X10 mile over a
trackless ocean through wind and
storm in the same iiuinlx-r of hour
and imnutes, winter and summer,
never slowing down or heaving to
0,1 lJ"-
It Wm Up lo Him.
MaWsc If I should full out of tlii
wagon, what would yon tlo?
Dick I'd catch you in my tiriii.
Mitisic (let ready.
A Strange Dower.
One of the strangest Ixjtunicitl curi
osities in the world is the "Wonder
Wonder" flower found in the. Malay
peninsula. It is simply a blossom
fm .1.1. . J
Into the blood, destroy
the virus, ttot the for
mation of Cancerous
cell and cleansea the
system of impurities.
Whatweayof S. 8.8.
a a cure for Cancer la
supported by the testi
mony of those who have
tested it and been re
stored to health.
Betrln tn time, don't
-.-r I B faT.'eri
MANY MILLIONS ARI MAOC
1
arlMi plU I.m Chlata U
Ntriy All th World.
"Th lamp chimney," ttld a man ao
mialuted with the trade, "aeema a ilm
pi tort of tblug, but there are not
many tblngt of more eotiiiuoo ute the
world over, aud lu tlie aggregate the
nuiuUtr told It euoruioue. tu title coun
try ttitr are 13.WI0 uieu aud hoye etu
played lu making . tamp chimney,
ami the cutmueye produced aumher
mlllloue inuually. The greater num
ber are now made wett of the Alle
gheny mountain tu reuniylvaola,
Ohio ind Indiana, whore the majority
of th glat work of Ute country are
located, many of them Itt the uaturtl
ga region,
-The llrtt glata work to th coun
try wtt ettattllthed In Iloaton and for
merly th glatt-uiaklng Induttry wan
principally lu the Kat Now there are
not ntarly to many glo factorle her
there once were,
"Un not ramlllar with the butlnet
might be urpried with the treat va
riety In wul .-a lamp chimney re
wad. I.mpt are made In the day
In very great variety by many maker
and of court there are mad chimney
tutiahle for all of them. There I on
American lamp chimney maker who,
counting le and atyle. produce (UK)
vrltlt. Among i
etitutiiryt mad the
the great variety or
re are eonte that are
! of common use vrywhere tnd then
' there r om that re iieclally ulted
I to demand tn till or that part of th
! country and are mil In dcluaud In other
i iHtrt.
"Ijimp chlmnejre r not only mad
In far greater variety than formerly, lo
lit perfectly every tort of lamp, hut
tliey r also mad better than ever,
tn fact, lmp chimney have dvneett
with everything else. Hut enonmni
and Increasing a the production I. the
demand ecarcely keep pace with th
lucreate In the population, tlilt Ix-in
eKcllly true lu clilet where gt It
more and more uacd. and here lu New
York, for limiauce, by ner thrtitiKh
slot 0-04 uiachliiet. which have tome
liimteiice on the tnle of lamp chtumeyt,
Htlll the number of In nipt ucd here I
enormous. Th-e are plenty of peO'
pie hiiruliig gas, for Insmiice, who have
at well tlii-tm or four lampt, ami th
iiunihi-r of Hople here who us lamp
alone for the purpose of IMumluatUiu
I very great. There are used In New
York tnd lit vicinity mllllout of tamp
chlumeyi annually.
"We Import a few lamp chimney of
the cheatteet and of the beat grade.
the ell-Nip chimney from (lermauy and
tlie cottller from France, but these liu
port rut only a tmall figure In the to
tal consumption and we eimrt lamp
chimney lu great quantlUe. V tend
very few to Kitrope, though w do tell
them tome of our bent chimney. Hut
ouuide of Knnnw w tell lump ehlra
ney everywhere We come Into com-
petlilou lo torn part of th world with
, Uvruian. who make chlitmey very
increasing
' . .. ." ....... .
nu w tetiu cnimneyt, a i taut, ev
j?w ,0 J!"''"0', ,h
! 1 h,,,' ,n ,f" ,0 a"
! u which lauita are used, all aratiud the
artb,"-Nw York Bun.
A Ital with ttraln.
While tiulliig III a large woodshed.
one end of which be had partitioned off
with narrow tint a a fowlboune, Mr.
X - hi-trtl a gnawing noise, and,
looking ilamt him, aw a large brown
rat dsrtlriK away from a dug biscuit
lying on th floor of hi tiled. II de
cided to remain quiet and watch If thl
thief of hi dog biscuit would return,
Presently he did, and. -slyly glancing
tt Mr. X , a If to y, "Now, yon
let ui alone, and Ml let you alone,
lit rnlshlp began dragging the bleult
over toward th lt portion, behind
which were tb fowl clucking and
cratchlng. II reached the lath and
tried to drng the biscuit through them
fter film. It would not pa, being
flat nd hrond. After tome vain trug.
gle with It, the rat vsnlshed, lo return
wllh mother of hi ncnunliitnnce. The
newcomer he stationed Itulde the fowl.
house. He himself came out ud lelxcd
the biscuit by one corner, tie then bo
gnn tilting It up on It tide, and the
drnlt friend poked hi hend through
the sin to and steadied It with him. In
few second the biscuit was held be
tween them "up and down," and be
tween rat No. I's pushing without and
rat No. 2' pulling from within the bar
rler the prize was forced triumphantly
through the tint.
A Joke with a Pleasant Kndlng.
Not a few clergymen would be glad
to be the victims of such a practical
Joke a wa recently played upon Itev,
Mr. Ilagemnn, the story of which ap
pear In the Ox fori, Michigan, Leader.
At the mutual meeting of the Congre
gational Church tho question of hiring
a preacher come up for discussion.
At the lost meeting of thl society.
when the tnbjcot wa brought up,
good deacon arose, and nld;
"All those In favor of retaining Rider
Ilagemau for anothor year-nt the
tame salary-will plento rise."
Not a person rose, and the rtilnlster,
who wa present, felt n uncomfortable
ns possible, nnd henrtlly wished him
self nnywhero else. Then the good
deacon who had put the question arose
n gal n, and snhl, with a twlnklo of the
eye:
"I see no one favor tlmt motion, so
I will put It again In thl way: All
those In fnvor of keeping ltov. Mr.
Hiigetnnn nt nn Increase of salary will
please rise."
Kvery one K' Hln hi feet, Then
It dawned upon Mr. Ilagemnn that ho
had been the victim of a Joke, and a
smile lighted hi eye and the color
returned to hi cheek. Some of bl
best friend hnd planned the surprise,
and the little scheme hnd worked to
perfection.
Counted Against Dim.
Pa-PId 1 understand you to ny that
the gentleman who called on you last
evening and to whom you Introduced
me was a professional chess player?
Daughter Ye, pa; he ha the repu
tation of being a great expert at th
game.
ra Then I must posltlvely-forbld hi
coming to ee you any moro; I cannot
encourage you receiving attention from
one of a class of men who take so long
to make a move. Boston Courier.
Couldn't Answer.
"If the 'scorcher' Is no good for a sol
dier," said the caller, "what Is he good
for?"
"Now, look herd" replied the man at
the desk, "1 want It understood right
now that I am no puzzle department."
Chicago Toft.
Said a shrewd minister before the
collection wa token up: "Those who
are hi debt need not place anything on
the plate," The collection was doublet
the usual amount.
Green and red go well together. Give
a man plenty of greenback and he
I can paint the town a deep red.
Mm. fs CitTit
I Merrill ftlrwl, Aamlmri, Mat.
fMi toffa mkomld emrrv Fm&
mndOonvlattom to UfN0mi'U
of mil sum wommm
" I tuffered with tuHauimatloa and
falling of th womb and other din-
agreeable fetukle wcaknessea, i uta
bad ill every two week that would
last from eight to ten day and would
have to go to bed, I also had head
ache and baukniihe nuwt of the time
and tuch bearing down pain 1 could
hardly walk aerot th room at time,
1 doctored nearly all th time for
ahoitt two year and teemed to grow
worse all the tint until lal Heptember
I waa obliged to take my bed. and the
doctor thought an operation was th
only thing that would help me, but
thl I refuted to have don.
"Then a friend llett me to try ute
IHnkhatn medicine, which I did, nd
after tulug th flrst bottle i began to
Improve. I took In alt Ave bottle of
I.vdia K. I'lnUlitm't Itlixxl Pnrtflrr,
four boxcaof t.ydi K. Ilukham' Dry
rorm Compounit, three boaea of l.lver
Mil and used three mckaire of San-
tie Weak and I iu well now a 1
ever waa, I am more than thankful
every dav for nivcure." Ma. KK
CsKtaa. a Merrill St., Ameahury, Mata,
9h
Temaia Luy Whta r4
Terrapin farming we tried,
nd
there wa a little tticccM t first, but
it wa atutndoucd hoixdes in the
end, When the diamond hack is
taken from itt natural home and
placet! within a wire fence it learn lo
call for It meals a regularly
day laborer; ami gradually lose
that tpiBlity wlilcli make It vaiuanie
when httulcd tmm its lu-mc lar tlowtl
in the mud,
Shara Athul Sharp,
Just about the time when the petv
pie of New Jersey have exterminated
the ntoeouitne in nsiHine to the ad
vice of the scienlillu sltatp stmie other
M-ientilin Khar)) will rise up ml tell
llieni that Ihe tuosUitoe are among
man' best friends and they will he
comnelled to itntiort the c rent ore
ami start Imtchcric.
Interurka ntdiMJt,
"Your town." said tho ChUigou,
"itcalltHt Ihe City ol Htraits, 1 1
lieve. "
"Yet." reiiliw! th IVtroiter, 'and
your, I suppose, might be known a
tho I ity ol urooK,"
tESTFOnTKI
BOWELS
If fa 1 1 !!'. iMiikr twtMMsi al Mm
buMle eterr 4r. j i !. "in si we "
tull ovm, ant be !) rurm. tn llw HmmdI
iluleiil ttti0 at sill pulM. la 4ei.om Ttu
i,iutlM,t. eealnt. stuat prrci we, uf seeping ibe
at eiwar awl elMa i to tote
n Psletaiiie. t'vwnt TsateOoe Oo'l""
Ser Slflen. Waetan. ot Orlp. S. Wr.l
(reeaample. ewt Ixxklel ga kM.lt. ridral
tlaHtae Si. t, laaa,. tahaee, aenl, la tart.
KEEP YOUR BL000 CLEAN
Womtr Like, Sh It llnguliL
Queen Wilhelmin is an excellent
lingilst, for, liesitlie her knowledge of
Malitv, she sta-ak French, Merman
ami Knglish a Ihiently hef native
Dutch, and she knows something oe
tide of Italian anil Russian.
(pworth Utf,u ftittt.
A cool, delightful trip can I made
to San Francisco anil return by
steamer for only f 20 by taking advant
age of the O. , A N. offer. That
ruin includes liicula and Ix-rth. Dur
ing July and August the ocean is
etnootli ami the trip is very nenenciai
to health, as it give perfect rest
under the most pleasant conditions.
Agent of the 0. U. A N." anywh"re
will tell all hunt how tt) liiuki) tilt
trip, or write. A. I. Craig, general
passenger agent, I'orttaiul,
A Borumi.
"Hero's a distinguished scientist
who say that, nfler, all, there' no
thing in. germs."
"Nothing in germs! Nonsense
Why look how much the doctors hav.
made out ol ilium.
FATA ParnrnnMilltr thiml. Nu ma er tinrrniMnM
lllO allr llril'lnv'. n.a.tflir Kllna'atlrfat Nary.
Raihin-r. Samlliil - FH BKt'J.M trial ls4tlanllrMl
lu. Pa. II. II KUNl,Ud,.wlrchSt,.Pblleai.liU,i'a
Know Lltllt About tht Sky,
It is a strange thing how little peo
ple know iihout tho sky, It is a part
of creation in which nut lire hag done
moro for tho sake of pleasing man
moro for the sole and evident purpose
ol talking to III in una teaching bun
-than in any of her works, and it is
just the part in which we least attorn!
Iicr, Kuskin.
WEATHERWI6E
AND
OTHERWISE!
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CLOTHING
User fJVf Tf IUJTV
AND KEEP POT,
5CWARE OF IMITATIONS. LOOK POK A60VC TRADE MARK.
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DUI TO LOSS OF NEHVC
Uaeeaatab'e rrlh WblvH Free
aaeatly elate Triva rtrrerattet,
"Joe Ptark, the trick cyclist who waa
kllletl during a high dive lu New York,
traveled for a eeaaon with tvhV clr
,ut," Mid a young into. "I wa with
the chow al lb ui lime, on tb
busluet ataff. and I got to know Jo
very welt. I ee by the pir that
hi death wa due to a uilsclculallon
uf over forty feel In t 'O dive, and the
rcKirter are wondering bow la tha
world he could bav md inch a blun
der. To any on acquainted wllh per
former of hi via, however, tb thing
I uo uiytiery. They ar all subject
to queer pell of patilc, that coma
without any particular reason and un
til them temporarily for butlnea. If
iiitu pemlstt In doing hi act at ucn
a time, (he coueiuence are alto
gether a matter of chance, and Ihe ma
jority of Ihe acclttenta within my recol
lection bav been attributable to that
cant.
"While I wa In tb ihow bualneae 1
witnessed teveral itrlklng Instance of
thl mysterious toe of nerve, perhap
lit most remarkable belttf that of a
little Knglhtbttian who did a very tea
rHodI act en tb flying trapes. II
had two bar upendod at eppoelta
tide of the ring, about forty feet from
the ground, and finished hi perform
anc w'.tb lb fa( that I called
Tehelle,' la the slang of th elrcna.
den t know where the word come
fmin, but In doing Ihe 'turn' the gym
nttt wlng as far a ha ran on tba
trapes, let go, throw a somersault,
and catch th other, the danger de
pending on th dlsttnce he travel
through the air.
"The Kngllehman wa a alow apokea.
rather tlupld little fellow, who bad
been brought up In Ibe ring and waa
nearly deatltute of emotion aa any
body I ever aaw. Ill habit were el
Cellent, like tho of most professional
athlete, and he did bl work with I
mechanical precltlon that almot r
eluded the poealblllty of a mlahsp. On
night hi helper got drunk, and I went
wllh him lo the little aerial platform
from which be took hi long swing.
for the purpose of holding bark the bar
while he got ready lo launch himself
Into space. A I wtt busying myself
with the rupea t heard htm groan and.
looking around, thunderstruck to
tee hi in a whit a a tbeet and trem
bling like a man wllh th ague.
'What' wrong, fredr" I whispered.
'Oil, tard,' he ld between bl teeth.
I'm Just tu a funk, an awful funkr
I wtt so attonlthed I could hardly
credit my tense, but I realised thai
something would have to be done to
prevent a fiasco that would ruin him
In the butlneea. 'Pretend you ve
sprained your arm I said, 'and leave
the rest to me. Now, lei' get down
quick.' 11 wa o unnerved he could
hardly descend th ro ladder, ind tb
audience begn to bu with urpris.
t sent him lo the dressing tent and
aid a few words lo the ringmaster,
who made a Utile speech, eiphtlnlng
that Mr. - had lujtired hi arm
climbing lo Ihe platform and would be
obliged to omit hi usual finale, later
on I found the poor fellow lying on
hi coslunie trunk sobbing like a child.
but next morning be was all right, and
I never knew him lo lute another scie
nce. Yon my rest assured Joe Mart
inet hi death through Just such n nn
accountable collapse. It probably look
him a he atarted to tntke bis dive, and
.rid forbad him to bold baek."-Nw
Orleans Time Iemncrt
A VICTIM OF CONSCIENCE.
Fo'lewt Hit ll ee He It II, e-
Brll of Coa-ttaence.
"I want to tell you," said th talka
tive man at the comer mine in tne
cafe, according to the Detroit rree
I'rest, "that tome men bsve a magni
fied tense of duty, and It pervert
their action, aometltn dangerously.
I have a neighbor afflicted that wy.
One of the ulcet fellow you ever
saw, but cranky, don't you kuow. I'll
Illustrate, lie bad hi porch floor
paluled th other day cud th man who
did tb Job said th paint must ne
given at let four dy In which to
dry. The tep were brricnica auu
a big lettered ilgn put up.
"The next mornlug a velvet footed
kitten wa trotting aero the forbid
den territory when my neighbor saw
It. Hit on Idea wa that he mtiat get
that kitten off the paint and forth bo
rushed. It wa a playful kitten aud
tceuted port. It kept Just out of reaen
and pleasantly challenged pursuit until
hard pressed, when It wouia ecnot up
a pillar and return when It w n
opening.
" 'Here, boy,' lie houted to a couple
of youngster pausing on their" way to
chnol, 'leod a hand.' ' They did and,
of course, boy began to rnlly from
evorr angle. The polcemn Jolued In
the chase and by the time kitty was
cpl tired that porch floor looked a If
It had been gone over wun a spring-
tool h harrow, nut neighbor hnd only
been bent on doing hi whole duty.
"II rushed to church one morning
In a gray smoking Jacket, a plug hat
and a nalr of 'flopper-heeled' slipper,
because he knew It wa wrong to b
late, He agreed to look after my lawn
while I w away Inst summer nd
entnked every child In the neighbor
hood for disregarding hi 'Keep off
the grass' lgn, printed on a shingle
and hoisted on a spilt stick. I haven't
succeeded In tinnrlng him wllh nil
the offctiiled nnrenls yet, but ho ay
ti.nt If 1 want him to care for th
lawn nwtt time I'm away he'll make a
hotter lob of It. Most conscientious
fellow 1 ever ny, hut ho'll do lome-
thing desperate yet."
He Believed He'd Itemaln.
An absent-minded farmer hnd nn un
fortunate experience nt a Memphis
hotel, which has Induced him to Jot
down a few Important words for uso
the next time he goes to tho city,
lie registered at the desk shortly af
ter supper, nnd hung about the olllco
until 0 o'clock, when ho remarked to
ih clerk thut he believed lie would
"remain."
"Very well," said the affable clerk.
Another hour went hy, and the old
farmer cume ngitln to the desk, nnd ob
served wllh decision:
"I say, I believe I'll rental."
"Of course, by ull means, If you
wish." again replied the clerk.
As the clock struck eleven the old
mnn, now o sleepy that be could bnre-
iv keen hi eye open, angrily called
.
out:
"Hv sum, 1 sny I believe I'll remain
"Certainly, o you've said," answer
ed the clerk, "and when you're ready
to retire you can flud your key at the
desk."
"Ilctlrc!" yelled the farmer, Jump-
Ino to his feet. "That's the word I've
been trying to think of for two hours.
(IV me ihnt key. I'll sleep till 10 o'clock
to-morrow to intike up for lost timet"
Emulation may be nil right In Its
way, but ha a peculiar way of getting
to the way of other people.
"A OHINtSt WIODINtaT
Beerrthla; Ctf4 wttk Ik Otee
ssesl I uecke la ,
Th Chine plac a slgalflcane
upon every color, and la connection
Itn wedding red obtain a deep-
rooted, mytterlou Importance, tb neil
brltUI color lo vlu being gold. Al
betrothal th brldegroont-elect
ends his sweetheart a pair of brace
let fastened together with a piece ol
red ribbon or cord. The bride and
bridegroom drain two wine cup al
th wedding, which ar alo connected
by a red cord. In Northern China the
attendtuu wear a tall felt b(, and
arlt hat ba a red feather atuck up-
right In It. Tb attendant also earn
th wedding present. A eda chali
bear th brld herself, lo Boutb China
edu most wonderfully glided I
used by lb wealthy cUts, and It I
decorated with what appears at first
sight to be brilliant Inlaid (tone, but
which ire In reality the glossy feather
of th king Usher. A handtom cloth
of glowing red with trimmed border I
also throw a ever Ibe cbalr. la tlw
rtst of th poorer clause red tf ata
the prevailing bridal color, and a chair
of ordinary carved wood, painted
bright red, I used. Abov tb door ol
tho rhilr a kind of charm I placarded
or hung upon a red cloth. The ehaii
Itself It tent by the bridegroom,
conipiil.-il by what corretponda to out
beet man. Thl functionary bring
Itb him a letter written In yellow ol
gold upon red paper, praying Ibe lady
tu enter and lak her plac. Me
dressed all In red. aud carrying red
parcel containing th present, fall
Into th procession. Other bearer
carry board and banner. Inscribed lo
golden letter upon a red ground. The
banner tell lb pedigree or both par
lie, Hehlud th bearer com tb
other atteudaol. with long pole on
which are bung eery bamlsoni lan
tern. Th bridal veil la of bright
crimson bu. and her dre regal fold
and -rlet.-Wld World.
AJMrttl fltallag faraway.
The lead ncil industry in Germany
it at present tuffcring from American
coiii-lltion. It i llcged that our
tsecv in thi branch of industry U
mostly due to the perfection ol the
machinery.
"The A. . C of .'holography" hy
Fayette J. Clule it one of the best tent
txMikt tor amateur ever published.
Price 5 cents by mail. Camera Craft
rub.Co.,3:W Mutter rU.,8n Francisco.
fllg Anctiiert.
Father Mulcughey (calling) Oi
tttppoMi these picture in yci rlor
are av ver ancestor?
I'at t)'Cnllithau(ciuieclng Yis;
tome sv t litttt are mm aunt sisters,
but niolist av Ihim re moi wife' re
lations. NV JrKV'l Dtnuil Poptllttlea,
1'atcrson ha the most populous
cilv ward tn the state of ew Jersey.
It it the Third ward, with 83,780 peo-
i.lo. Newark ha the next lariiiwt.
with SltXrii. KlitaU'th ho I ward
with only 0,378 population.
Wtlih Ututs.
The tsill taken of Cardiff, Wale,
on the tt ueet ion of whether children
in the board schools should be taught
the Welsh language hat resulted in
majority of (17 vote against it.
Th lAmaa,
"Certainly nobody can deny that
eiviiiK a smaller piece of ice than i
just al time th fault of some ice
men,
"I'lKitleslionahly."
"Ami doesn't it make the fault
ereater when they lay it at other
people doors?
Mothers will And Mrs. Wllitlow'l Sooth
In Hvrut) th best remedy to-use lor their
children during th teething period.
Thought fit Wu Ctttlag PtnonaL
"I hear you and Walsliiugham
have fallen out," said llawley.
"Yes. "replied Hick. "He asked
me to design a crest for him, and 1
sticccsted a pig rampant upon a wax
ed tloor a consistent with hi name,
and he lost hi tenicr,"
Sttmpi Ittvt t Boom.
The great rise in value of late was
that sheet of IW two cent Pan-Amer
ican stamps, in which tho accidental
Inversion of the picture in the center
increased tho market value ol each
stamp from two cents to 20.
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY.
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Mutt Bear Signature) of
See FacSlnllt Wrapper Btttw.
j Tear Mall aaUl as tmt
to take a smgaiw
FOR HEADACHE.
FOB Dinmwi.
for iiiioumu.
FOR TORPID LIVER.
FOR CONSTIPATION.
FOR SALLOW SKIN.
FOR THE COMPLEXION
osnvias awerswi jaasAiuai
urery YefslaMi
CURE8ICK HEADACHE.
JOHN POOLE, Porthttd, Oregon,
foot ol Morrison Street.
Can give you the beat bargain in
Rttggiei, Plow, Boilers and hnglnet,
Witi'lnillla and Pnmni and General
Machinery. See u befor buying.
la best tlmt to cure Catarrh,
Hronchllla slid Cninuiiiinioii
Our remedy I" HusranteeU, ,
p. o. Hot s-ia.
1 1 SMITH I CO., Buffalo, N.
Springtime Resolutions
f AKR
T11K
ICccioy Cure
Eurereliui fioin Hq -nr, opium tnd tobaooo
habit-
Bend lor particular, w
Isilay Institute
K.r.x. o.
Movell to 440 Wllllamt
Ave., Kaat Hide.
e. a-iir
Jlf HEN writing t advartlraia pleate
It mention tn.s paper.
CARTERS!
i . i
v-i
Ver
hi
!HEADf?sK!:r.n:
avwef - l'ti ia
PES. JOB WHEELER
5js o Ptruav "I of
S0Mton Sulllrtit, Rout
bb4 MeBatry In thtlrtooi
OpaSM OIPfWM eU M t
fMivt) uurrt nmtiy,"
A Marti Ucturt.
Mit rpis'rten They tay there is
a great deal of misery among the
poor.
Mis tioirox well, H tneir own
fault. There' Keggv Van Pelt, for
instance, with only $ 10, 0t a year.
trying to keep a yacht and a stable of
horses no wonder he a miserable ',
Ult't rlorld Grind.
"If to tiresome," sighed the girl
in the fur jacket. "No sooner do
you get buck I rum your winter trip
to the rtottth than you have to Ugin
to make up your mind where you are
going lo s'nd the summer. Some
time I think life 4 hardly worth
living."
Stability el woodtn Churchu.
Borne ot the wooden churches of
Norway are fully 7W year old, tnd
are atill in an excellent tate of pres
ervation. Their timlar have suc
cessfully resisted the fnwty and al
most Arctic winter because thry have
been repeatedly coated with tar.
The Tt Wtt Ttmptlaf,
A young couple in southwest
Georgia called on a colored minister
and offered him a string of tlsh to
marry them. Maid tho minister: "I
mighty ssitive dt hot h cr ynu is
too young ter marry, hut den you
look a heap older den what you is ;
en (tinier mo', dey is one t ing I
want particklcr fer dinner dit day, it
i IWh. Ho line hair!"
Not Vary Anckat.
"Is Mis Primrose a Daughter of the
Revolution!"
"Mercy, no; she wasn't born until
after the ward 1812."
DrtiMd le Slay.
"My !" exclaimed tho young man,
who had called to take her out in his
cutter. "Kur cup and jacket ! You're
dressed to kill."
"Not exactly," he replied.
"Merely to sleigh."
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Th Wr Wy.
"Po you wUh now," Inqolred the
prlon vUitor, "that you had followed
the ttralght and narrow path?"
"Dat' de one I did loller," replied
Jimmy Pore. If I'd ly dtslged
Inter dal crooked alley, dey'd never a'
kctched me."
Coda Book ot) War Bblpe
All code book carried on war ihlp
bav leaden back, to make them slok
If lost overboard. The letter In the
book, moreover, are printed with a p
'enllar Ink, which fide away wbea It
eomea In contact with the water. To
ptak thing (till more nafe, Ihe letter
ar chsnged every few mouth by th
Navy Department, Kven on the war
hip few offletr know tbelr vrtse!'
fflclal lgnt cede. ,
EaglUhwotnen' Iftmu
! Tb Tendon Echo tsjr thtt th En
g1Uthwomo'i foot I growing teadlly
blgger--"to mucb to, lo fact, that tb
(hoemaker In Iede hav Just been
granted an Increase of pay because of
the lo err ts tn the avenge size of the
boot now required."
Lifeboat Made or Hume.
: A lifeboat nude of pumlce-ttone lit
been teeted. It continued afloat wllb a
load vn when full of water.
When a cburcb member devcrlbe tb
kind of a man th Lord love, be I
giving a good wold picture of the kind
of a man be thinks be It himself.
The ftrt In a pretty bathing tult wb
tndulg ta a tun bth h lot of taud,
Jutt Ukt Him.
Fogg Has tell me that there i
nothing like equestrian exercise. He
ay he i positively delighted with it.
Kenderson H'm! Just like Bat.
It' alt talk. I ee him almost every
day out home back riding, o he can't
, poesibly have any time for thi eques
trian exercise he rve shout.
Ptsmtt King Employ- 600 Mta.
F. W. Mill a a "peanut king" hi
had an interesting career. He began
life a a peanut vender on a train.
When only 12 year old he had con
tract with teveral railroads running
out of Chicago for the exclusive right
to sell peaiiuU on the trains.
lon Strvlc u Time Keeper.
William Harrow, timckeepr at Gil
low' cabinet-works, Lancaster, Eng
land, has been in the employ of the
firm for 6B year. Although 80 years
of age, l:e it still active, being invari
ably the first on the iiremise in the
morning and the lost to leave at
night. Hi father held the keys !
fore hi in.
Activity. -
Ft ret TrampPe dog chased you,
did hef
Second Tramp You hot ! For a
few minutes 1 had to lead a purely
strenuous life!
flow Corked Hot t let Travel.
Number of experiments have beeu
made to test tbe ipeed aud destination
of corked bottle thrown Into the tea
In variou part of the world. The
moat remarkable example we ever
beard of wa that lu which a bottle ,
traveled 0.000 mile In about two year
and a half-roughly. at the rate of tlx
and a half mile a day. It travelled
from 03 degree south latitude nnd IK)
degree west longitude to Western Aus
tralia, '
They Hadn't Made I'd.
"Well," ttld be, anxious to patch up
tbelr quarrel of yesterday, "aren't you
curlott to know what's In the pack
ager "Not very." hi wire, still unrelent
ing, replied Indifferently.
"It's something for tbe one I love
best In all the world."
"Ah. I tuppoae lt those suspender'
rou nld you needed'-I'lilludelphla
Pre. ' 1
A girl want to much, but n married
woman any to often that she It eu
tlrely satisfied "to long at the chil
dren keep well."
Everyone ha wished at time that
lie had no nerve.
Milwaukee Binders
CAD
W lih one Len-r Railing aud Lowering Devii.
Latohless Reel
Conoavo Drlvo Wheel
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tgainai usmp watti.
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Ursin and lirsst.
THE ADAMANT OO.,
Foot ot 14th Street. WfaA Origan.
et'bLTRV ronn. wlika atoi.iwd thm
on oaad itMl
can rrcommtDd
o a M OUiM.iAiah.naBa.
ana lajmr oi , uru.o.,, ni.
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