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General Debility IHj In and out thr ti thai hwllnt at WMtnee thl imIn burton of It wit. Food dor not trnttbn. Sleep (toot not rfrh. It t hr l to do, hard to bear, what should be ur. vlUlll jr I on tt abb, and the whole atira auffrri. Pur thl wmtnum Uk Hood's Sarsaparllta It vitalise the blood, tlra vliror and ton to alt th onnm mil runctlima, and It positively uueuualled for all run-duwu or ilebllltaUKl condition. KuuuVTti.1 ttt l"t1wUutt. It cult, TW thaWhol Story. Miatres (to servant about to leave) Mary, what kind uf reference shall I write for you? MaryOh, nay 1 stayed with yon tori months; that'll do. tnclutivt. She No, I fti never marry you. All our family is opposed to you, He Hut you are not She I mid all our family. Art and Nature Mint Prude Yes; our choral society is going to present comic opera, but 1 won't take part. They expect mc to wear tights, but I could not do that. Mim Sharp Why not? You might got thorn padded, you know. A. Fin Mtmory, "Brown must have bad memory; he ha owed me I0 for two year." "You are mistaken ; he has a very good memory ; he always goes across he street in passing your othoe." Mothers will find Mrs. WlnsloWs Sooth is 8rrup the beat remedy to use lor their illvlren during lb teethlug period. No Gnat Lou. Innkeeper (after wagon toad of hunt ers has dearted) Silas, did you tind room in their wagon for them six cases of beer and the can o' whisky? Silas Yes, got everything in er gash all hemlick! I forgot to put in their guns! "What, ye dtul-vnmiued oh, well they'll never miss 'em. Th Char get. Willie IX teacher told us to lie prepared tomorrow to tell what meter the "Charge of the Light Brigade" is in. Pa That's easy. Gas meter, of course. FITO Feraanratlr Cum). No flu er nanouMMai 1 1 1 W tl.r rlrM .!' it 'if tr. K Ilea', llraal Nm Rcprr. Sond tm r H K K J.00 t. i.l tvttl. ail uo kw.lia.ILU Ku,U4..wiavhst..PbUtlJilkl, Tht Sam Old Cry. "I wonder what Eve said when she found she had to leave tho Garden of Eden," said Mr..Grumpin's wife. "It was just about what all women say wluti they are starting on a jour ney. She complained that she didn't have a thing to wear." EfOactly. "What are you doing there?" cried the farm dog as he observed the heft in the coal bin. "Oh, I thought this was a good time to lay in coal," cackled the hen. Tht Financier. Gaul Say, lend mo $10, will you? I'll give it back t you today. I want it to decide a bet. klose Air right. Jlere you are. What wus the bet? Gaul Smitliera bet me f 10 that I could not borrow f 10 from you. Reaiurlag. Old Gentleman (to railway porter) Porter, the rain is dripping in from the lamp hole all over my clothes. Porter (reassuringly) No, sir; it's quite watertight, I assure you. That's only the oil leaking." Secretary of Confederate Navy. Col. James G. Milner, who died re cently at Milford, 0., was once secre tary of the navy lor the confederacy, He died very poor, yet before the war was one of the richest men in the South. Unneciurv. Teacher Now, Tommy Blinkins, if you had two apples and wanted to give Johnny Frecklenose one, you would tell him to take tho larger one, wouldn't you? Tommy Naw. Teacher Why not? Tommy Wouldn't have tor. He'd take it anyway. LADIES WAMTEO By sn old reliable Srm to do Hattenber, Embroid ery and all kinds of Fancy Work for ua at home. Htpariy work and good pay. ale tdy or lelalirp honra. For Information ai-nd mump to I'arlalan Needle work Co., M Dearborn St., Chicago. 111. Hai Other Namei. Churoh Did you know that Styles has a name for his automobile? Gotham No; what is it? "Why, he calls it Madcap Violet." "Well, that isn't what he called it when it broke down ten miles from any habitation." Culinary. "There are only two kinds of cooks." "For instance?" "Those that can't cook and will cook and those, that can cook and won't." . , and OLD PEOPLE Bad Circulation Is the cause of moat of the Ills that come with old age. With advancing years there is a decline of strength and vigor the machinery of the body moves with less speed and accuracy. Because of the weak and irregular action of the heart the blood moves more slowly, becomes impure and loses much of its life-sustaining properties, and muscles, tissues and nerves literally starve for lack of nourishment. A sluggish and polluted circulation is followed by a long train of bodily ailments. Cola feet, chilly sensations up and down the spine, poor appetite and digestion, soreness of the muscles, rheumatic pains, hard and fissured skin, face sores, chronic running ulcers on the lower limbs and other parts of the body these and many other diseases peculiar to old people are due to a lack of healthy blood and imperfect circulation. Restoration to health must come through the building up and purification of the blood, thus adding strength and tone to the vital organs and quick, healthy action to the circulation. S. 8. S. being strictly a vegetable blood remedy and the best tonic, makes it the most valuable and efficacious of all medicine for old people. It is free from all mineral ingredients, and mild and pleasant in its action. It cures blood disease of every character, even those inherited or contracted in early life. As the system gets under the influence of S. 8. S. there is a marked improvement in the general health, and as richer and purer blood begins to circulate through the body the appetite improves, and there is a softness and elasticity about the skin that you have not noticed for years ; sores begin to heal, pains in muscles and joints grad ually cease, and you find that it is possible to be happy and healthy even in old age. Our medical department is in charge of physicians who make a study of blood and skin diseases. If you would like to have their opinion and advice in your case, write them all about it and you shall receive such information and advice a you want This will cost you nothing. Others have found our medical depart ment of great benefit to them their cure being much more rapid as the result of some special directions received from our physicians. Don't be your own doctor when you can get medical advice free. Book on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed to all who desire it. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY. ATLANTA. OA. PANADA'S NiW S4 BILLS. The DeaaUUa tUalllaWd by tht Vt tie of I ha A net-Ira Lock. Uncle San la not usually partial to Canadian money, but our new four-dot lar bill will bare bis best wishes for u udurlug circulation. On Ita hottest fae It bean a Battering picture of the lock on bli Bault canal. Being person age who takes doUar-and-centa view of things, h will perceive that this vtguette on a Douilulon note is some thing more than a rotupllmeut to his progresalreneM. It Is, Indeed, an offer' lug of very lubetantlal service to him, Our big neighbor knows well the value of a free advertisement, and where could he get a better one except In first elaaa newspaper that goes Into the botuea of all the people? Our elrculat Ing medium, especially In the dnnonv luatloua that are most In demand, la a capital advertising medium. Tbt Amer ican canal at Bault Hts, Marl la beau tifully displayed en tbe considerable Issue of tour-dollar bills our finance de partment has just let loose. Who would travel by the Canadlau canal after tbe Canadian Government gave aueb a cer tificate at to the superiority of the American lock? It la true, our own canal la a grand work, one of the won dent of engineering science, but the Government fancies that one on tbe other aide of the river more. Aa these four-dollar notea pass from band to band, the wistful gaxe'of those who part wltb them will rest on the Aniert can lock the gateway through which the Government would direct their travels. Since they came Into office the Canadian ministers have tried to forget their old disparaging language about our cauala, and have lately soken very favorably of these. . But money talks. A picture of our Rault canal, or of some other great 1'anadlan work or scene, should occupy the place glveu up to the American canal. This foreign canal lock depicted on our four- dollar bill la a humiliation to ua. That picture la a record of blundering or something worse that will never be t forgotten. Specimens of these four I dollar bills will be preserved wherever there la a collection of monetary curl osltlee. The people of Sattlt Ste. Mnrle j are deeply offended at the Government for Its selection of the America canal aa tbe object most worthy of depletion on Its new Issue. Toronto Mall and Express. A rortv.ua lu Ha (lite A way. A noted philanthropist haa decided to give awav hit fortune to eliarillra and mi doubt much itiHHt will lie accomplished There Is anot Iter t'eiicv that haa elo ' eiiliiitliatieil tmirll ifiMttl. Iiamelv. lltlfttat ter's Stomach itinera, the mulleins will) fifty years of euro back of it. It prommee appetite. Insures digestion, cilrri rivapen sia, riilata the liver and keetw the bowels riulr, also prevents belcliliiit, heartburn or ttstiilencv. Don't full to try II, but be tun and yet the gr'iulue. They Milt No Chants. "A woman was arrested in New York for sleeping on the grass." "I didn't suppose the New York police farmed out tho grass privileges, too. Wholtuli Troubles' "Father," said tho smalt loy, "what is polygamy?" The old gentleman mado euro that his wife was listening before he answered. "Polygamy," he said, "is the twine given to the method ol actimring trouble by wholesale." Prohibited. He Darling, a single kiss from those lips would intoxicate tne. She But this is a prohibition town. Her Silence Explained. This is the way he wrote to her: "Molly I have not had a line from for three weeks. Have you thrown mo over?" And this is the way she answered him : "Jlion Hain't you hearn tell that I am on a Bick bod, whero 1 am slowly a-dyin', an' can't write a line to save my life, you fool you? Cold Comfort. Nervous Passenger Captain, what would bo the result if this bout should strike an ice berg. Captain It would probably shiver its timlicrs. Ungrateful. "They say the Missouri razor is an ungrateful scamp." "How so?" "He cuts his best friends." but Kick Headache (Jtilrkly Cored. Indigestion, bad atomach, coiiitliiallnti, alrk headache. That's the program. Naxl program Caai-arels t'sndy Oiltliarliit, lixiatu relief. Oriigglit), toe, i'c, Hit Father Alio Drives. First Boy Your folks ain't as rich as ours. My father and mother go driving every day. Second Boy My father drives every day, too. First Boy I don't believe it. What does ho drive? Second Boy Nails. Too Anxioui, "I seo they are embalming pet dogs now," ho said. "Oh, isn't that lovey, " she ex claimed. "That's what I'll have done to Fido. " "Just the thing," he returned, sud denly growing enthusiastic himself. "Give him to mo and I'll have it done today." ODD HOTELS OP JAPAN THtYARCVKRYDIFFCRENfFROM THOSE OF AMERICA, oast arprlaea Thar Coataia for tbt Ueeldeatat Traveler-Meals Served la Uutata1 ttoeme, bat Hatha sad Waab- lag Cenvanlaitcee Are Public The native Inns of Japan offer sur prises to flie Occidental traveler. Tbe Inn building la of Japauese architec ture, of two stories, and generally rambling, for a house which has bveu at all prosperous will have had addl lion made from time to time to ac commodate the Increased patronage. The front door I In the day tluia mere ly a panel wltb paper windows, which Is pushed aside to admit guests. Mine host standa smiling lit the aperture, and If It la winter a large brasler la placed lit the midst of the llrst apart went, which would correspond to the otnee or exchange of one of our hotels The brasler contains small stick of charcoal, aud glvea forth little heat Heveral newly arrived Japanese trev elers will generally bo sitting about It oil cushion on the floor, chatting and running their bauds over the tiny bla Before entering you must sit down on the step and take your shoos off, no matter how cold the weather, for the "ttttaui!" (mate) of a Japanese luu and the polished floor are kept a luttua culately clean aa a private house. When the shoos are off and delivered to an attendant, a little "amah," or yinld. leads yoji through the room on which the front door opens, along psasagea aud by several twlat and turiia, aud along corrldora, possibly up a flight of atiilrs, to the room which Is assigned to you. It la entirely empty of any furniture, At on aide I a tiny data, or wooden platform, on which may be a enrved stand, perhaps of teak wood, and on It a vaae wltb some plum bio soma or green boughs, arranged ac cording to the Japanese conventional style of riower at-rangeuieiit. The ouly other ornamentation In the room will consist of a "kakemono" or two, with picture or writing on them, Theae are the hanglug scroll that take the place In Japan that our framed pic tures do with us. The wall of the room are finished In a soft greeu or brown, aud the wood- work Is left the uaturnl color, First of all the "amah" brings out some flat cushions for the guest to sit ou; then she brings a "blbncbl" from down stair, and put In It lighted coals aud some fresh stick uf charcoal. The next thing Is ten, and this Is daintily served lu little cups on brons itauda, aud wltb It some delicious cake of beau paste, or elae wafers which fair ly melt In your mouth. Now, If you have arrived late, cornea the queitlon of super. The meals In these Inns are always served In your apartuieut. There I no such thing a a geueral dtulug room, lu this or lu a private house. There will be another long pause. during which the room may be slightly warmed by the heat from the brasler, but wtieu supper la brought and the screen Is thrust aside by the little maid the cold cornea rushing lu again. The Japanese pay no attention to cold air aud draughts, even In the dead of win ter. The maid kneels In the doorway when she open the acrecu, for It would not be considered etiquette for any one to enter a room atandlng. Tbe meal la placed on a tiny wooden staud, often beautifully lacquered, one stand for each person, and all tbe coune are placet! ou It together In beautiful little dishes. Nothing la ever served with more exquisite taste In the moat luxu rious American hotel than In the poor est Japanese hostelry, Just aa the most poverty-stricken Japanese ofteu live In more aesthetic surroundings than many of our rich people. When It becomes dark tbe room la lit by a square paper lantern on a high wooden stand. By the light the Japa nese read and aew In the evenings, though they are gradually Importing and using many of our kerosene lamps. which give a better light. At bedtlmo the "amah" goes to a sort of clothe press or chest of drawers set In the side of the wall, and produces the bed, which I simply a aerie of soft quilts called "futons," aud which are laid ou tho floor, one on top of the other, Down coverings are placed over these, and lu between the sleeper crawls. Sheets nud pillows such a we use must be brought by the guest who requires them. While the guests at a Japanese Inn eat In the seclusion of their rooms, the bath and washing arrangements are public, and here one may encounter. any of the other guests of the house of either sex while performing one's ablu tions. To say tho least, this Is ex tremely awkward, but It Is according to Japanese custom, and tbe same thing Is found In tbe private Japanese houses. GETTING TO A FIRE, The American Fire Department.1 Bplan- did Uoraea 01111 Their Training. F. S. Dellenbaugh writes an article for St. Nicholas on "The Quick Horse," devoted to the training of horses for the American Are department. Mr. Delleubaugh says: When a fire breaks out In America, It Is necessary to reach It at once. Tho telegraph was brought Into service In sending the alarm. In Munich some years ago the method In vogue was to bang out a red flag by day and a red lantern by night from the top of one of the Frauenklrche towers, on the side In the direction of the fire; but In America such a system would have resulted In the destruction of the whole town. The telegraph Is the only thing for us, But It Is not enough to know Immedi ately tbe exact location of a Are; it la also necessary to reach It Immediately. The steam fire-engine was a splendid machine, with steam always up and everything In readiness for Instant de parture, but how' to secure this instant departure was a question. Horses were kept standing In their stalls with the harness on, but this was not quick enough. Each second's delay meant loss of life or possible millions of prop erty destroyed. So the first swinging harness was Invented: a harness con trived In such a way that, while al ways attached to the englno or other apparatus, It could be made to drop In stantly on the horse's back and fasten there. Thla seemed to solve the ques tion, but there remained one more step, and this was the training of tbe quick horse. Not only must the englue and the harness and the meti and the hornes be ready, but the horses must be lu tho harness at once the operation must be as nearly luntantaueotiM as human In genuity and brute Intelligence together could contrive. In every llre-euglne bouse In the United States to-day, therefore, we may see and admire the "quick" horse, sleek-limbed, elear-eyod. with an alert, Intelligent air, stundlug not far from the aachlu of which be ti the moving power. The casual v 11 tor saunter In. lie thluks tbe life of h nreniau la a quiet and easy one, Judging from the appear auce of the quarter. All la serene. The machine are Immaculate lu initialled bra and red paint Home of Ihe meu r reading, other are playing a game ' checker. btiildeuly there la a tinkling aomm where, aud .the stroke of a gong. A suati, a cllck-and through the wldeH opeu door the various machine fly, one after another, until the visitor view In astonishment an rmpty bouse. It la Ilk maglc-a wonderful "transfor mation sceue." lie gaxe up aud down tbe atreet but the galloping procession baa vaulahed aa If It were a dream. The quick horse haa done hi duty, aud once more exhibited the (tower of organisation and training. Within the tliuti required by the Bremen of Urn old en time to throw open the engine-house door, the complicated machines of to day are throwing water on tbe flame, and the brave flremeu, having scaled the building with the agility of aero bata, are dealing well-considered blow against the fir foe. In almost every city there I a prac tice drill at least once a day In the engine houses, aud the visitor may have an op'iNirtunlty of Inspecting the admirable development of the Amer ican fire syat-iin aud the flue horses so splendidly trained, And he may also have an opportunity at the aam time of lamenting that other branches of our public service are not conducted with equal efficiency. INDIAN WORDS AND NAMES. Chaoa la f pallia: thai Have Marred Tbalr Maanlna, Commenting on the changea which have been made lu the orthography of Indian name and the expressed be lief that historians and literary people have surrendered their right and duty to malutalu theae verbal relic lu their purity, the Montgomery (Ala.) Adver tiser says: Tbe statement Is true, more the pity. A the Indiana have no written language, their local nanua were acquired by the white by aottiid ouly, aud often by Illiterate white who had little knowledge of the art of ipelllug and writing. For thla rea son there la little uniformity lu the orthography of Indian proM-r names. Kven the work of Intelligent scholars la oieti to the same objections. The vocabularies of Indlau words In Ala bama prepared by Hcboolcraft, Galla tin, Co in 1 we, Wright, Adair. Bertram and others all differ lu spelling, and ofteu lu pronunciation, ao much o that aometlmea It la difficult to recog nise a uame wbeu It goea through so many change. The vartoua Indian dialect were the most expressive of any lu the world, Every uame waa significant, whether It was of an animate or Inanimate ob ject and the nam given plainly 1ml! cated Us meaning. Unfortunately the sound aa well aa tbe orthography and expression of many of our Indlau name have been sacrificed lu the ef fort to simplify the words and to make them couform to our system of sh-II Ing and writing the Kngllsli laugunge. The general government, too, or the PoatorDce Department, has ancrlllced much of tbe euphony and meaning of our Indian name In order to bring about simplicity and uniformity. It baa aecomnllshed thla end. but lis done It at the expense of meaning. Many nature of postottlce lu Alabama have no significance as now spelled, but aa they were originally written any one familiar wltb Indian words would know Just what wa meant to be ex pressed. However, we must admit that Indian word have not undergone more changea or modification thiiti have many of th word taken from the European or other old world languages and dlalecta. The people of the Unit ed States and the government Itself are formulating something like a language of our own, and If the change carries with It a total hiding of the original algnlflcanee of many words. It must be accepted as one of the results of the march of progress. But we must be permitted to express regret that so many of our native names have been Improved entirely away from their originals. Jefferson at Seventy-two. 'In Florida, where Ponce de Leon failed to discover the Fountain of Per petual Youth, Joseph Jefferson seems to have found It," declare James H. Metcalfe, In the Ladles' Home Journal. "He Is a picturesque figure. Ills ruddy cheeks and bright eyea give the He to hi T'J years. He Is slender, but tiot wltb tbe leanness of age. His hair, mostly black, streaked only here and there wltb gray, and In length showing a wholesome contempt for the flue art of tbe barber, blows about lu the breexe. His fingers are as quick and deft at knotting a Hue or adjusting a sinker as those of a boy on the banks of a stream, and he enters Into every detail with boyish enjoyment. His fishing he alternates with landscape painting, writing and the rare of plants. In none of these pursuits docs he claim professional skill, but he brings to them something more than professional xest. Mr, Jefferson Is a very abstemi ous man. in eating, as in otber things except occupation In the open air he evidently believes In moderatlou as a means to well living aud long living. He did not Join In our after-luncheon smoke, stating that if be had not given up tobacco a good many years ago he felt sure that he would not be with us now. Whatever the secret of his long and useful life, It la safe to say that every one of bis countless friends and admirers would be glad to lengthen It by a fulfillment of his own Rip's fa vorite benedlctlou: 'Here's his health and hi family', and may they live long and prosper.' " Large Antler. The biggest pair of elk antlers In the world Is said to be that which hang In Head Keeper Mauley's office In the lion bouse at the Philadelphia zoo. In height the antlers are above five feet, and the distance between the main horns at the widest part of the loop Is four feet six Inches. At their base the antlers are fourteen Inches in diameter. "Undoubtedly," naturalists say, "these are as big and heavy and perfect a pair of horns as ever grew." The elk that carried the huge antlers was sent from the West to the Academy of Naturtiil Sciences. The skeleton excelled in weight and size any that had ever been seen there. I. Sure to Be Ha IK Wife There's a burglar down cellar, Henry, Husband Well, my dear, we ought to be thankful tliut we are upstairs, Wife But he'll come tip here. Husband Then we'll go downVellar, my aeur. surety, a ten-room house ought to be big enough to hold three people without crowding. Detroit 1'ree Press. STRANG! TREES TO LOOK AT. Heat ! raauatla tabes by tbe rraab f tbe wi. . Wlldwood, th resort on th Jersey coast w here th oeroiuouy of ctlug flower upou tbe tea on Memorial day, lu memory of uaval heroes, wa Inaug urated, haa a good reasou for It uame. It la located upon an Island, which la separated from th mainland by Urasay Mound. I'or about two miles a grove of trees, perhsp Ihe moat remarkable lu Ihe world, fringes tbe sound. The place take Ita uame from the trees, which have been shriveled and distorted lino alt kind of faniastlc ahape by the gules which swept over It from th At lantic for centuries. Th coast I com pletely exposed to th full sweep of the southeast aud northeast norm, which lu the wluter rag for several day at a lime, Home of tho trunk of the tree have twisted Into numerals, letters of the al phabet ami weird form, which give the grove the reputation of being haunt ed among aome of the negro servaut and Ignorant while people who live In the locality. one tree, which muat lie fully 50 yean old, ha been bent over uutll It forma the figure H, looking at It from on aide, while from another point of view It la a uerfwt oval, Krotn the lower left baud corner project a branch which startllugly resemble a'siiske's head with I be tongue at liking out Two of the largest tree slsrted to grow up from the ground, then changed theli minds ami bent downward, shap ing their trunk Into tbe form of the letter W. HUH another tree bat grown lu the form of the letter N, two trunka atartlng from th same root below ground and a third growing from one to Ihe other In a diagonal direction. Another consist of two trunks ruunlng straight up aud parallel to each other. At no less than Ave different point branches or atub have grown from one trunk Into the other, formlug a sort of natural ladder, for a distance of 30 foot from Ihe ground. The warm southeaster have brought nourishment to Wlldwood, and vlue and plant grow luxuriantly. Home of the graiH'vluea are uf mammoth alxe ami, trailing along th ground, have run up luto tree aud expanded until they aopui like Imtueuse boa constrict ors, Kveu the upper branches of tbe tree have lioen twisted Into curlou hnpea, aud a uumbcr have been cut out lu the fortu of different article. Three of them are almost exactly the shape of a triangle, a harp aud pitcher. In walking through the grov ou can scarcely (lml a tree which baa not soma odd form about It. A large holly can be aeeu which really consists of two trunk twisted about each other. Each truuk I fully a foot In thickness, and It Is supposed that when young two slips were blown arouud In thl way nml have gradually grown together. The spiral separation ran be traced from the roots fully forty feet from Ihe ground.-Philadelphia Hecord. GREAT WEATHER SHARPS. Udan-Tloi ftallor on tha Oalf of Siealro War K apart. "The greatest weather sharps In the world," said a citizen, who takes an Interest lu meteorology, especially of the giHiselHine brand, "were the old time sen captains lu the gulf and coast trade. Kquull smelling was a necessary part of their business, for, as you prob ably know, the biggest dirty weather factory In the universe Is the Carlbbeau .1 There are no such things as times id seasons down there, aud what'a oiultig next Is a matter of pure chance. It may lie a dead calm and It may be a rip-roaring hurricane, so the men who cruised in those water before we bad any signal service to help them out had to keep continually on the alert, aud It's no wonder that tome of them ac quired a skill that seemed next door to supernatural. "It became a sort of Instinct, a sec ond nature, with them, and they couldn't tell how they did It them selves. They would predict change before they were even hinted at In the glass; they would anticipate the very caprice of the wind, and many a time they saved their ship and their skins by quick, sharp order which for the moment appeared to be nothing short of preposterous. Of course It was all a matter of minute observation, a good deal of which was no doubt uncon scious. They had learned by long ex perience to read meaning In the differ ent form of clouds and the way the cloud strata ly lu tbe upper air; the water waa an open book to them, aud they would detect a hundred and one small atmospheric phenomena Invisible to tho ordinary observer. "I was on the ship of one of these famous old weather prophet years ago on a voyage to Havana. We were Just entering the harbor when the captain, who had been moody and distraught for aeveral hours, suddenly called the mate and ordered him to get anchored as quickly as possible and make every thing fast for a hurricane. The mate made a mild protest. 'The glass Is pretty steady, sir,' he said. 'Never mind,' said tho captain, 'It's a-comln' all the same!'"-New Orleans Times Democrat, Insect Pests. Few countries have suffered more the Introduction of Insect pests than the Hawaiian Islands. Tbe two chief products of these Islands are sugar and coffee, while a considerable amount of fruit la also grown. Along with the Imported trees came their insect ene mies, notably the scale Insect and tbe aphis. In the course of time these Increased so prodigiously that they threatened to destroy the Industries of the country. Man Is doomed to a con stant struggle against nature, and he Is often compelled, so to speak, to tight her with her own weapons. So It wa In this case. The trees were being de stroyed by Insects; remedy: Import more Insects. 80 In 1800 a certain ladybird (Vedalla cnrdlnalls) was Bent over from Australia, It became com pletely naturalized, and Increased pro digiously, feeding on the scale Insects, which It soon reduced In numbers, un til they became comparatively scarce. But there were other Insect plagues aphides and others of different orders. The government therefore employed a naturalist to import more Insects. These were brought from Australia, and many of them have established themselves and done good service. Oue of the most useful Is a ladybird which feeds on the aphides, which had seri ously attacked the sugar canes. It has dope' such good work that there la every prospect of the canes being speedily cured. Chambers' Journal, Kaffirs in Natal. Kaffirs own nine-tenths of the 12,000,- 0M) ac res of Natal. . , When a preacher talks loud enough to be beard two blocks, that Is bis way f giving hU yell. Some people, when they work, don't dp anything. VJkzi lo Ovcrlifo? A dull, throbbing pain, aeoompanla4 by mdm of tenderness and heat low down in th aidn, with an oeeaalonal ahootlug pain, ludleate Inflammation. On examination It will be found that the region of pain ahowa aotne (wall ing. This I the Aral atag of of arltla. Inflammation of th ovary, If th roof of your houae leaks, my slater, yon have It flsed at oooei why not pay the same eneel 1 10 your own buoy 7 You need not, you ought not to let yourself go, when one of yoar own MS bold out the helping band to jroo, and wilt advise you without money and without price. Mrs. plnkham'e labora tory la at Lynn. Maaa. Writ a- letter there tailing all your eymptoma and get the benefit of the greatest experi ence In treating female Ilia. " I waa anfftring to auoh an extent from ovarian trouble that my phyal nlan thought an operation would b neceaaary. "Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Com pound having been rwoommended to an, I decidftd to try It. After aalng several bottle I found that I was eared. My entire ytm waa toned up, and I suffered no more with my ovaries." Ma. Ann Asros.Troy. Ma A Boy si s Frnctr. A national fencing coniK-tition lias just taken place at Bologna, and the cliatnpiiinsliip wo won by Hignor Ataillio Motifurrito. This tiiaitre d 'arnica is only 12 years old. He fought the most celebrated Italian fencers and beat them all. Contwctkul and Cloriii. The first clocks manufactured in this country were by Kli Terry at Ply mouth, ("(inn., in l"'.i:l. The mitiitt fact tiro soon became extensive, and I'onnecticut wiMsIcn clocks were, fam ous all over the country. A Chilly Petition, "Deacon HnifT seems to have a very cold teiiieranii!iit." "Ye; he proved for rain once and it hailed.'' Snufftd Out. Friend What became of your poem called "Light, Beautiful Light?" Poet (sadly) The editor turned it down, Shifted tht Ripotiilbilltv. Deacon Elderberry My dear Mrs, Crabtree, if ouly half tho money sjient in millinery were devoted to the church! Mm, I'riibtroe Oh, my! But the milliners won't reduce their prices. ForgiU Whcrt th Plac Is. Small Harry had hist hi pencil, his mother told him he should have a place for everything aud keep everything in its place. "I do, mamma," replied the little b'llow, "but sometime I forget whero the place is." Holtl'i fchool. At Mmitn Park, Han Ma ten Countv, Cal., with Ita Ix-atitllHl, aumitimtlnita, pertec! rlnnate. rarrtul aitimrvianui, ftiorotiKh ttiHtrut'tlmi, (miteli-l laiioratorlea, and Kymnaaiuni, i-aillc maintains Ita inallion in tin- from ranki at chnola lor twva nn lha Tactile Coast. Ira ti. Hutu, To. D.,Vrluclial. . Hazarding an Aniwtr, A ioet in the New York Press lie gins some pathetic verses in this ques tioning style: "Why should I weep at the barri cade? Why Bhould I weep at the bar?" A Rebuke. "You don't export to lie famous?" said the pugilist. "I hud entertained ambitiinns in that direction," said tho young au thor, "But you don't do anything but write." "It is my wriftng that I depend Oil." "Nonsense! The idea of a man ex pecting to get famous by sitting down and wiggling his tingers over a piece of paper all day! It's absurd!" 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THE ADAMANT OO., root of Hih street, fmHImml, Or . Beettrea patent! for Inventions In the United staieaaml foreign t-oniitrit-a, Also negotiates mar. aria and defeiida patent Inven tion!. No better terms or fai-llltiae than we offer obtainable any where. Payment of our feel mav be deferred till patent Is allowed. Write fur pamphlet, , JOHN POOLE, Portland, Oregon, Foot of Morrteoa Street, I Can give yon tb best bar (rain la Hnyijifa. rtowi, Boiler and Engine, 1 WiiiiUnilt and Pomp anl General ' Machinery. See as before baying. II S5".'5m5 PENSION BICKFOKO. Wathlnaiea, 0. C. tber will re. reive quick reullea. B. Mh N. H. Vol.. Staff Willi ( orpa. rroaecutlnff claim, slur IMS, Summer Resolution TAKK THK Kooicy Cure Sure relief fiom liquor, opium and tobaoe habit. Send lor parlloulara te Inlir littltatf. Moved to 40 Wllllaaa Ae., taat Mde. A la beat tin to enr ratarrb, Hroiu-hltla and ('oiiaiinipiion. Our rvmedtr fa miaratileed, $1. P. O. Bat 1S. W. H. SMITH I CO.. Buffalo. N. Y. 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Tramp Well, I would, sir, if I knew of one better than this. A Suptrior Baby. Proud Father Jenkins told me to day that their baby coos so loud that you can hear it all over the house. Proud Mother I hope, Harry, that you didn't forget to tell him that ours cries so loud that it can lie heard all over the block; if he doesn't believe it he can ask the neighbors. DESTFOI.T.II BOWELS Kfom hfcTen't a reitular, healthy moreinent of ItM weU Terj day. you're sick, or wilt be. Kmp you. bowels open, aud be well. Kurce, Id tbe shape ol violent physte or pill poison, is dangerous. Tb f.moothpsi, easiest, most perfect way of keeping tbs mw ais clear aud clean Is to take ..Pleasant, PalatKfia, Potent. Taate Good. Do Good, Never Hloken. Weali.-.,orUrlpe. lOe. 80c WrlH for free aarople. aud booaetoo health. A6dreee Starilaa awd; laaptaj, Cakei aaalnal, lafk. saa KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN "- --ET-a MARRIED A QERMAN UEUTENAN t ' ' " . When M1ps McGrew of Denver, Colo., was traveling abroad, she was Intro duced to Lieut. Alexander Scbonberg of the Royal Reserves of Germany. Up to that time she had been thoroughly American. She bad asserted that American girls should select American MRS. ALEXANDER SCBONHCB0. husbands. All her Yankee ideas west , glimmering In the face of that flaxen haired soldier. They were married re cently, and will live In Dresden. Sh la the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Wil liam Anderson McGrew, They are wealthy and prominent. liUKtS WntKt ALL tLtt rAILS. Beat Cough Byrup. syrup. Taste in time. Hold by drugnlRts. J7ftyl CANDY ft Hf CATHARTIC vaAOiatAaa awewrnifo ft U Be