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ties not found in other
leavening agents, which
arise from the superior
' fitness,purity and health
fulness of its ingredients.
Royal Baking Powder leavens the food perfectly
its own inherent power without changing or
impairing any of the elements of the flour.
Thus the hot-breads, hot-rolls and muffins, and
the delicious hot griddle-cakes raised by the Royal
Baking Powder are wholesome arid digestible, and
may be eaten without distress, even by persons of
delicate digestion. v
: Alum baking powders are low priced, as alum costs but
. twocents a pound ; but alum is a corrosive poison and
lenders thlibaking powder dangerous to use in food.
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A Modern Instanoe.
' The wonderful advance made In the
science of farming during the laBt few
years is one of the best examples of
American progressiveness. : A little In
cident recounted by the Ashtabula
(Ohio) Sentinel is characteristic One
evening, a short time ago, a society in
Jefferson needed a gallon of cream.
The committee called up by telephone
the proprietors of a milk farm two
miles north of the town, and asked If
they could furnish it. The reply was
that they could as soon as milking was
done. In SO minutes from the time the
call was made, the cream was deliv
ered. The milk had been drawn from
the cow, put into a separator, the
cream extracted and sent to town by a
man pn a bicycle. A few years ago
the committee would have had to send
a boy in the afternoon, "yesterday's
milk," would have had to be skimmed,
and if the boy had not treed too many
chipmunoks on the way, he might
have got back in time for the festival
A NEW FEATURE
In
the Reek Island Personally Con-
- ducted Weekly Kxourslons.
Always mindful of the comfort of
their patrons, the Great Rock Island
route has again come to the front with
a new feature in connection with their
popular personally' conducted weekly
excursions. All through ' tourist oars
on their personally conducted ' excur
sions are now provided with the illus
trated weekly periodicals, viz.: Life,
Puck. Judire. Leslie's, Harper's and
Illustrated London News, fresh each
week, for the free use of their patrons
They are placed in substanital binders,
properly marked witn name 01 period
oal. etc.
This is a distinctive feature of the
Bock Island tourist excursions, and
will no doubt be much appreciated by
the traveling public. The Rock Island
excursions are up to date in every par
ticular. ; -
For full Information in regard to
Bock Island personally conducted ex
cursions to all points East, write to A.
E. Cooper, G. A. P. D., 246 Washing
ton St., Portland, Oregon.
When Nineveh and Babylon were in
the splendor of their might men In
China were predicting eclipses making
catalogues and giving names to the
stars. But Nineveh and Babylon were
mere mounds of earth and rubbish
when China was great, and to this date
the civilization and life of the empire
is the wonder of the world.
Should Women Smoke. X
I have no earthly objection to women
smoking; only, if they do smoke, they
should smoke seriously. Most 01 mem
just fool a: little with a cigarette.
Now, that scarcely amounts to smoking
at all. If they really mean it, , let
them take to cigars and pipes. I know
a dignified old lady, a Polish countess
what is her name? oh, well, Thing-
amojlsky it ends in "inky," anyhow
and I respect that woman. Bhe gen
uinely smokes, and no mistake about
it. There is no playing tnere. bne
looks on it as a sacred duty. She has
a long pipe with a wooden stem and
the bark on, and a fine big bowl a
regular man's pipe. When she-was
visiting me, she just loaded up ana
smoked, and loaded up and smoked,
and loaded up and smoked again. ; She
meant business. I know another lady
who has a long Turkish pipe, and she,
too. means business. If women are
ever to be genuine smokers, that is the
way they must go to.work. Mark
Twain.
In Germany the capital for carrying
on the pawnshops by the municipal au
thorities is derived either from the city
treasury or the city savings bank,
which is usually operated in connec
tion with the pawnshops. The articles
offered In pawn are valued by sworn
appraisers. J "
HOW TO TRAVEL.
Home demand absorbs almost all the
street, oars our builders can turn out,
so that the export trade in this line has
been temporarily abandoned. One or
two export houses In New York, how
ever have been doing a lively buslnes
in second hand horse cars, a large num
ber going to Mexioo. - .
The Swedes are probably the tallest
people in Europe, and have, on the
whole, erect; handsome figures. To
some extent this advantage is due to
physical exercise, for Ling's Swedish
gymnastics are compulsory In the ele
mentary schools, and -much used In
other schools and colleges. , r.
v Information for the Pnbllo.
In selecting youi route to the East
you cannot afford to overlook the ad
vantages and comforts offered by the
Bio Grande Western Railway in con
ection with the Denver & Bio Grande
and Colorado Midland railroads. It is
the only transcontinental line passing
directly through "Salt Lake City, and
In additiou to the glimpse it affords of
the Temple city, the Great Salt Lake,
the salt palace, and the picturesque
Utah valley, it offers choice of six dis
tinct routes to the East and the most
maenifioent scenery in the world. A
double daily train service and through
Pullman palace and ordinary sleeping
cars, free reclining chair ' cars and a
perfect dining car service are now in
operation Yia these lines. "
For pamphlets descriptive of the
"Great Salt Lake Boute," apply to J.
D. Mansfield, general agent, 253 Wash
ington street, Portland, Or.
Climate, Scenery and Nature's Sani
tarium. ;
Scenery, altitude, sunshine and air,
constitute the factors which are rapid
ly making Colorado the health and
pleasure grounds of the world.
Here the sun shines at7 aays 01 me
average year, and it Dienas wun me
crisp, electrlo mountain air to produce
a climate matcniess in w kuuwu
world. No pen can portray, no brush
can pioture the majestio grandeur of
the scenery along the line of the Denver
& Bio Crande Bailroad in Colorado.
Parties going East should travel via
this line which Is known all over the
world as the Scenio Line of the world.
For any information regarding rates,
time tables, etc, call on or address B.
C. Nichol, general agent, 261 Wash
ington street, Portland, Or., or any
Twin Chicken.. '
Twenty-five dollars tor a pair of
spring chickens is a liberal price, yet
, . . r 1 4. a it.
a M nHRun tin HHira iarmer rejouiou i.
His pair of chickens, he thinks, are
quite unique, for they are twins, five
weeks old, and it is said that two
chickens born from a single egg have
never before been proved to live beyond
eight days. The buff brahma hen laid
rather a large egg, but no one thought
much about it until one morning the
farmer saw two bills instead of one
trying to break out of the shell. He
quickly removed the egg to the kitchen,
extricated the twin chicks, wrapped
them in cotton batting and placed them
in the oven. For three weeks the
chickens were kept in doors on a diet
of malted milk and brandy dropped
down their throats with a medicine
dropper. The twins are now hale and
hearty and run about the yard as vig
orously as anv of their comrades.
' One peculiarity, however, distinguishes
them from their mates. They are ex
I elusive little aristocrats and neither
' of them will associate with any other
chicken except his twin.
Aid. Chase approves a suggestion re
cently made by Comptroller Wolf for a
solution of the problem of the rate of
fare to be charged by the Milwaukee
Electrio Bailway and Light Company.
Mr. Wolf suggested that a 4-cent fare
be charged for a single trip without
transfer 'privileges, and that a 5-cent
fare be charged when the passenger de
sired a transfer. This plan has been
adopted in Cleveland.
. The assessors of Montreal are having
no little discussion with the street rail
way company, the Bell Telephone Com
pany and other large companies, as to
the maohinery tax. The street railway
company has now, through its lawyer,
informed the assessors, that it does not
consider any tax can be legally placed
upon its poles, rails, etc.
' i S10O BKWARD SIOO.
The reader of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that ta catarrh. HaU'sCatarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dia
.. rnFrea a constitutional treatment.
Ball's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the founda
tion of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro
prietors bar. so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send ior list
ol testimonials. Address - -
F. J.CHENEY c CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 7o. -
Ball's Family Pills are the best.
The California state board of health
urges a strict quarantine against con-
sumptivesras being muon more danger
ous than those afflicted with smallpox
or yellow fever. "
Wood carvers are In demand in New
York and the trade is booming. Mem
bers of the craft are coming from Lon
don to secure work. . -
agent of the O. B. & N,
ern Pacifio Company,
Co., or South-
The queen of Saxony possesses four
sapphires equal in size and beauty to
the one that glows in the crown of
England. The favorite wives of the
shah of Persia and sultan of Turkey
wear turauoises the .like of which no
western queen can boast.
Every workman -in the building
trades of Soranton, Pa., is on a strike
to enforce, their wage scale and work
ing rules. Every job is tied up, all
work being stopped on fair and unfair
work alike. . -
There are still four widows of revo
lutionary soldiers on the pension rolls
of the government at Washington. At
this rate the United States, will be pay
ing pensions to soldiers of the civil
war or their widows well on in the last
quarter of the coming century and to
soldiers or their widows of the Spanish-American
war nearly to the close of
the first quarter of the twenty -first cen
tury. The Boot and Shoe - Workers' Na
tional Union will begin the publica
tion on January 1, of a journal to be
devoted to the interests of the craft.
Of 25 countries 19 have flags with
red in them, the list including the
United States, England, France, Ger
many. Austria, Italy, Spain ' Denmark,
Belgium. Sweden, Switzerland, Tur
key, Mexico, Chile, Portugal, Venezu
ela and Cuba. -
The United States silk flag offered
bv German Typographia No. 6, Cleve
land, to the union securing tne largest
number of cash subscribers for the
Citizen was won by the Granite Cut
ters' union.
t
Only commercial houses that have
paid taxes for the privileges can do
business through agents in Bussia.
Traveling men are also obliged to pay
individual taxes for permission to sell
goods . as representatives of - these
houses, whether they are domestic
or foreign enterprises.
It is averred by a famous Chinese
doctor that nervousness is kept out of
the Celestial Empire by the use of soft
soled shoes. The hard soles worn by
the Anglo-Saxon race are said to be the
cause of their extreme nervous tem
perament. ' r
The man who condemns all others
condemns himself moBt. !
' Improved Train Equipment.
The O. R. & N. and Oregon Short
Line have added a buffet, smoking and
library car to their Portland-Chioago
through train, end a dining car service
has been inauguarated. The train is
equipped with the latest chair cars,
day coaches and luxurious first-class
and ordinary sleepeie. Direot connec
tion made at Granger with Union Pa
cifio, and at Ogden with Bio Grande
line, from all points in Oregon, wasn
ington and Idaho to all Eastern cities.
For information, rates, etc., call on
any O. R. & N. agent, or address W.
H. Hurlburt, General Passenger Agent,
Portland.
: A trade paper mentions that another
new molding macnine . hub wwu in
fected, by the operation of which three
men can do the work of some 60 odd
mechanics. ,
The Painters' and Decorators' union
of San Francisco inaugurated a sched-
TS Jolly hard Mnes," Bailey 1
Junior eald, flinging himself
down in Jack's armchair.
: "What's hard lines?" I asked, thinking
at the same time that although he had
been Jack's best man when we were
married he need not be quite so fam
iliar with Jack's own particular arm
chair. I never like to see any one at
home In Jack's chair, because, If I am
left a widow, I mean to keep it sacred
to Jack's memory.
"A fellow Isn't allowed to see Baby
Jones alone for five minutes."
"Why do you want to see her alone?"
I said, for the fifth Jones girl, in my
mind, was still a child. Perhaps this
was due to the fact that she is called
"Baby," but Jack says It's because
she's not allowed to have her 17th
birthday until the two eldest girls are
"off." Mamma Jones may be right;
more than four girls out at one time Is
a great responsibility.
Bailey Junior, who had retained the
suffix "Junior" ever since he went to
school with his eldest brother, looked
at me In surprise. "Why do I want
to see her alone?" he replied; "because
I want to propose, of course; a fellow
can't propose with an audience."
"You propose!" I echoed. "Propose
to Baby Jones!'? , v -"And
pray why shouldn't I?" be ask
ed. "Anything the matter with me?"
He pulled down his coat and stuck out
hia brown riding boots on my new
hearth rug. Bailey Junior prided him.
self on his bootmaker. . "I can afford to
keep a wife; Jack's married."
"O, but Jack's quite different," I said.
"Any one can "see in a moment that
Jack's different " Besides, you'll never
get the chance," I continued, remem
bering Mamma Jones' theory. ;
"Why the deuce not?",. ;
"Because the four others have to go
off first, and they must go In proper oh
der. Jack says so."
: "What's Jack got to do with It?"
"O, nothing," I answered; "but Jack's
so clever; he ' always sees through
things." .
"Why have the others got to go 'off
first?" Bailey. Junior asked. "Baby's
marriage hasn't anything to do with
the others." - , ..
"Oh. ves. It has: you don't under
stand." ' " ' - '
"No, I don't; and I'm hanged if any
one else does. Why can't they begin
marrying from the other end?"
"Because If the county knows that
Baby's old enough to marry, that would
make the others Just too old, don't you
see? , It's a point of honor with the
Baby to remain-under 17 till the eld
est girl's off." - -
"Phew I" said Bailey Junior, "now I j
see; that's why she's so closely guarded
and why the eldest girl Is always
thrown In my way; but I won't have
her, I will tell you. : No. Mamma Jones
In the world will make me marry the
eldest; none of your serving for Rachel
business for me."
"That's right," I said, "but you'll
have to wait for Baby until some other
fellow does want the others."
"O, Lord"" he exclaimed, In a tone or
voice which was scarcely complimen
tary to the eldest Miss Jones; "and I
sail for India this day week."
"I'm awfully sorry," I said; "but
that's the principle and code of honor
in the Jones family. You can't pick out
the best and leave Mamma Jones sad
dled for life with the plain ones."
- Bailey Junior was silent, and I tried
my best to think of some plan to help
him out of his difficulty. It was of no
use to suggest-asking Baby Jones to
spend the day with me and letting
Bailey Junior meet her here, for the
Jones girls never went about singly;
they hadn't enough friends to go all
round, so that If you asked one to tea
two always came. They were such a
devoted family. ... : .,,:.' :.
"Dear little girl," he said,. "sacrificed
to her elder sisters. She'll be thirty
before she gets her bair up at that rate.
I wonder what her age really is?" V :
"She's probahly got mixed herself,"
I said: "but Isn't it up yet? It will be
arettins auite worn out."
"It's In a sort of... maidenly plait,"
Bailey Junior said, reflectively, "awful
ly becoming, don't you know, but -"
"But It's time she wore quite long
dresses, and put It right up, Isn't It
A big girl old enough to be married In
short skirts. JacK thinks it noma."
"I think they're lovely," Bailey
Junior answered, "so arched and slen-
der; Just think of the eldest girl's." ;
"0, no one does," I said; "she was
put into long skirts before she left the
nursery, and she was never allowed to
play lawn tennis." 'i : .
Bailey Junior's furlough was up, and
he went back to India without having
proposed to Baby Jones.' I met her six
weeks later, and she told me she had
hd a letter from him asking her to
marrv him. She seemed much, aston
lshed that he should want to marry her
and not her eldest sister. The Joneses
are not an Imaginative family, and
such an unconventional proceeding had
not suggested Itself to the youngest of
the family,
"Poor old Bailey!" I said. "He sat
for an' hour and a half talking to Bel
la" that Is the eldest girl's name
"the day he went to say good-by, hop
ing that you would come In; he was
determined to propose to you before he
sailed."
Rnbv Jones opened her eyes wide,
"Did he really? But he ought to have
known that mamma said he was
marry Bella. I was sent out to do some
shopping, and the others staid in their
rooms and said they were out. 1
She took Bailey Junior's letter and
opened It '.
I must ask mamma," she said, "for
the poor fellow seems quite anxious,
and he's In such a hurry. He wants
me to wire back yes or no. He needn't
be so Impatient when it's only me be
wants' .
Baby," I said coaxlngly, "don't ask
your mother until you nave sent tne
wire. - Mothers don't always under
stand these things." .
Then I turned and left her reading
the letter slowly to herself.
"Bella will be awfully cross," I heard
her murmur; "perhaps he has an elder
brother who wouldn't mind marrying
Bella." -' . . v.:.V :..:.,;
By the same post next evening I re
ceived two letters. The one was from
Bailey Junior, asking me to plead his
cause with Baby Jones. It was an ar
dent romantic letter, showing a vast
Imagination and a limited understand
ing of the character of his future wife,
and the other was from Baby Jones.
It was not- so romantic, but Jack says,
it Is full of common sense, and charac
teristic of the Jones family. It ran
thus: "Wired back yes. But It cost
me thirty shillings!" Westmlnstel
Budget ' ' ' f " -
I HJssourlan's Contempt fol Surf Bath.
A Missonrian at Manhattan beach J
I .ooked with contempt at the men loll-,
... - 7.. . .. - ' 1 I
ing in the sand. , Bnucks,-saio ue,
"they think they are having fun.
I Have to come ashore to get in the sand.
They ought to live in old Missoury, on
the river. You get the sand and water
mixed there. Sometimes a man gets
more sand than water and has to go
home and be washed off. Them mud
baths in the northwest that you hear
so much about ain't in it with a wash
in the old Missoury." .
: Thorite, the New Explosive,
Distinguished itself by passing through a
i inch steel plate.' If its success contin
ues, it will make as great a record in the
military world as Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters in the medical world. Nothing has
appeared which can equal this wonderful
niedicine for all diseases of the stomach,
liver or kidneys.
- Panama canal construction employes
over 8,000 men. , V.--V:.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor bills. C. L.- Baker, 4228
Regent Sq.. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8, '96.
Doctors
Disagree
Hartford
hours.-"
plumbers got $3 for eight
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children daring the teething period. . .
Comfort depends on thinking, not on
things. ' ' . . - ' : " . ,' .
TO CURB A COLD IN ONB DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature
is on each box. 25c. . - ' '
The king's business
but not hurry. -
requires haste,
Ml A after first day's use of Or. Kline's Great
Nerve Kestorer. oena
bottle and treatise. DR,
Area si -eet, Philadelphia, Pa,
1?0 fltsor nervousness
oni r.ir vmr.m B2.no trial
LAW AS INTERPRETED.
Land bought by a Judgment credltoi
In good falttuon execution sale Is held,
In Pugh vs. Highley (Ind.), 44, L. R. A.
392, to be free from secret equities.
An ordinance granting the" exclusive
privilege to maintain waterworks In a
town for thirty years is held, In Thrift
vs. Elizabeth City (N. C.), 44 L. R. A.
427, to, be In conflict with the constitu
tional provision against ' perpetuities
and monopolies.
The Ineligibility of a person who re
ceives a majority, of the votes cast for
an office Is held In State ex reL Goodell
vs, McGeary (Vt.), 44 L. R. A.. 446, to
give the minority candidate no right to
the office, at least when those who vot
ed for the other person did not know
that he was Ineligible.
An Increase In the value of a home
stead Is held, in Gowdy vs. Johnson
(Ky.) 44 L. R. A. 400, to be Insufficient
to authorize a revaluation and reassign
ment at least If the increase was not
rapid or extraordinary and no unrea
sonable outlay had been made on the
premises. -
' The failure to furnish automatic car
couplers In common use for freight cars
Is held, In Troxler.vs,. Southern Rail
road company (N. C), 44 L. R. A. 813,
reaffirming the decision In Greenlee
vs. Southern Railroad Company, 41
R. A. 399, to constitute negligence
per se, for which a railroad company is
liable to an employe who is Injured In
attempting to couple cars having skel
eton drawheads of unequal height...';.
Tlorhert M.Flsh. a Drozresslve and
respected resident of Cape Vincent.
N.-Y., said: "The doctors disagreed
In my case, one said I bad the grip,
another that it was Jaundice, and so
on. 1 tried many remedies bat did
not receive the slightest benefit, j
was low spirited and nervous and
bad become reduced In weight front
186 pounds to less than MS. One day
a friend recommended Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People. I tried
them and the result was Indeed mar
velous. My appetite returned and X
tixirsn to reel rested and restored.
At the end of the tenth box my ptay- II
teal condition was better than It Vi
had been for years and I was a well
man.
IlKRBBRT M. Fish."
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 17th day of November, 1808.
LUIDO, WOODKUJP, -'
Notary Public.
From tht Eagle, Caj Vincent, Ir. T.
; ', Vf. Wlinimt, Plnk Pills to" Pale Peopls I
1 ire never sold by the donn or hundred,
1 but always In sacksoss. At all druggists, I
I or direct (rem the Dr. Wllllsms Medicine E
I Co . Schenectady. N.Y., 60 cents per box. I
1 6 eoses $2.60. . - - y - -j
The National Consumers League
have adopted a label to distinguish
ladies' garments which are made in
sweatshops or under unfair conditions
as to wases and hours. : It is not a ri
val of the regular trades union label,
but will be used on goods produced by
working men and women who get just
treatment from employers, even ii iney
do not belong to labor organizations.
The Walter Steel Company's plant
in Beading has been absorbed by the
Walter Steel Company of Jersey City,
N. J., recently organized with a capi
tal of $100,000. ;
The agricultural department, Wash
ington, D. C, has a machine for tak
ing continuous photographs of growing
Dlants. It works automatically, tak
ing a picture each hour, and during the
night an electric light is thrown into
circuit as the exposures are made.
44
Duly Feed
Mm and Steed.
' Feed your nerves; also, on pure blood if
you woutd have them strong.' Men and
ivomen who are nervous are so because
their nerves are starved. When they
make their blood rich and pure tuith Hood' s
SarsaparSla their nervousness disappears
because the nerves are property fed. -
A gorgeous bicycle has recently been
sent from France , to an Indian rajah. .
The parts which on an ordinary ma- ;
chine are nickel plated are in this bicy- .
ole of gold. Even the spokes are cased
with gold." The gold-cased vrims are
studded alternately with turquoises and .
rubies; - A scarlet cloth hold down
with jewels covers tho saddle.
There is a walnut tree 1,800 years
old in the Baider valley, near Balak
lava. , It belongs to five Tartar families,
and still yields nearly 100,000 nuts an
nually, which are divided equally be
tween the five owners. r
The board of charities' tabulated sta
tistics show that out of a population of .
916,849 in Porto Rico, there are 291,--089
indigent and 11,858 sick. The
number of deaths as a result of the re- -cent
hurricane wag 2,619.
Burglary Story.
They were telling "burglary stories"
on the veranda in front of the grocery
store in a down-east town, "The .
man's hand was thrust through the hole
he had cut in the door," said the star
talker, "when the woman seized the
wrist and held on in spite of tho strug-.
gles.of the man outside. . In the morn
ins the burglar was found dead, hav
ing cut his own throat when he found
escape1 impossible; but the brave wo
man had not known he was dead, and
so had not released her grasp on hig
! wrist all night long." -Huh I"
growled the skeptic in the corner;
j "why didn't she feel of his pusle?" -Buffalo
Commercial.
ule providing for $3 per day of eight . aer wuy he didn't propose to Bella?"
hours. The employers
the union's terms.
have accepted
The recent raise of 20 per cent of the
wages of the employes of the Atlantio
(Ga.) Bailway & Power Company,
without solicitation, Is commendable.
"Because he was In love with you.
I said. "Don't you like him. Baby?"
"O. yes," she said siowly; he's nicely
sunburned, ana-' (with a little sigh)
do like his boots. But It's Bella s turn
first"
White Lies In Society.
A man of doubtful veracity is respon
sible for this, according to Polly Pry in
the New York Herald: : '
Nothing amuses me so much," he
writes to nie'aa to notice the efforts
of two women who have Just been In
troduced to impress each other with
their Importance.
It generally takes some such shape
as this:'"': - ;;:''-.-''
"'I am delighted to meet you. I
heard Mr. Smith say such sweet things
about you.'
" 'Awfully nice of you to say so.
Which Mr. Smith was It? The couata
of the . Vanderbllts T ' "
" 'Not exactly It was -'
" 'We know the Vanderbllts very
well. , And -' . . ..
'"No, it wasn't that Mr. Smith. It
was the one that we met at George
Gould's. He Is '
" 'Did you go to the Bradley Martins'
great dinner?' v "
" 'No; It was awfully provoking, but
we hod an engagement that night at
the Waldorf to meet Prince
" 'Indeed! That's the great trouble
In society; so many- dates clashing,
don't you know! . Why, the night we
made up a-box party for the opera
that wonderful performance of
"Faust," : you know we had to give
up attending a mulscale that -' .
"And so on and so on, until the two
fair frauds retire to their respective
corners I mean rooms each satisfied
ttfat the victory is hers."
25c. SAMPLE BOTTLE IOC. FOR NEXT THIRTY DAYS.
How long have you
suffered with , . .
Hoi" Long Hare You . Read ttul " 5 Drops "; Without Taking Them .
yoti not think yon have wasted precious time and suffered enoupjht
. then try the "6 Drops" and be promptly and permanently cured ol
p afflictions. "S Drops" is a speedy and Sure Cure for Kheuma-
Do J
If so,
your afflictions, -europs - is a pi
il.n,. Nouralarla. Solatiea, Lumb
Asthma, Ha;
I. Orlone. .
Dropsy, IBncno,
Drops"
olatiel
Fever, lyspepsla.
Spasmodic and Catarrhal
o (lame back). Kidney Diseases
t Fever, uyspepsia, tuwmi ui uu
Headache (nervous and neuralgic)
kinds. Bronchitis,
. 1 ... 1VuI,,aaa
It " "
Croup, Toothache
le.
Creeping Numbness, Malaria, and
.nroH mnrp nennle during the DSSt fOUr
years, of the above-named diseases, than all other rememes Known, aiiu
Nervousness, oieepie, v,.,,., ------ ----
1 kindred diseasas. "S Drops" nas curea more peupie u"n v
lit c&fle of Rheumatism is ciring more than all the doctors.patent niediciuus, electric beltH and
in case 01 Rneurausiii id Dhanmat Um Thnrwfm ft wnstA no more vain- .
KleTime and .TtaS DrF ind KfficmttVlDnp' 1. not only tha .
f D ?il3itM2 w itYstnaeheanest for a $1.00 bottle contains 800 doses. Price per bottle, 1.00,
Sr&Sd by malf or express, or ?OeJ tor $00, For tb. next 80 day. we will send a sample
toanyone senaing 10 cents to pay for tuemailing. Agents wanted. Write to-day.
SWANSON RHEUMATIO CURE CO.. 160-164 E. LAKE ST., CHICAGO.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
Fence and Wire Works.
PORTLAND WIRE IRON WORKBi WIRE
and iron fencing; office railing, etc. 834 Alder.
You Can't Make a Mistake by Taking the
Machinery and Supplies.
CAWSTON A CO.: ENGINES, BOILERS, MA
chmery, supplies. -60 First St., Portland, Or.
... A. Bargain.
" A twenty-five ton locomotive and tender
with track, for sale at a bargain. , Call
on or write John Poole; foot of Morrison
street. ' - .-.. -,v -
BUY THE GENUINE
SYRUP OF FIGS
KAinrFAOTTBSX BY ... , '
CALIFORNIA FIQ SYRUP CO.
rrXOTITMMAMK."
Temperature of Diamonds.
A good diamond is a good deal colder
than an imitation, and the lapidaries
say that the best way to detect this
difference in temperature Is to touch
the stones to the tongue. Sapphires,
emeralds, rubles, - garnets, and other
precious stones may be tested In the
same way the real stone Is Invariably
colder than the Imitation. , The lapi
daries do not give a reason for the dif
ference, but It may be found, perhaps,
In the greater density of the real stones,
which makes them better conductors
of heat . "'-V-'
Trade in Evaporated Vegetabler, ;
Evaporated vegetables were first put
up for the Alaskan market, but th
business Is being developed more large
lv foir exDort to other parts of th
world. The saving in freight rates on
these dried vegetables is very material,
and sometimes more than offsets the
cost of evaporating and packing.. A
carload of dried canned potatoes con
tains 8,000 bushels, but . would : hold
only 500 bushels In their natural state.
' Women have a way of talking about
"cleaning up after a party", as if the
guests threw the chairs at each other
for pastime, and did cake walks on the
beds and tables. 1 :
.. . .
A crank is often a man wno re ruses
to loan money to a deadbeat. who has
s expectation of paying back.
SOLE AGENCY
. Worthlngton
. Steam Pumps
and Water
Meters.
. Pumtiimr Plants of
. Any Capacity.
TATI'M St BOWES
30 to 85 First Street, Portland, or.
Machinery All Kinds. ,
i
ARTERY INK
v No household can afford to be with
out it. .Every nousenoiu cu
- afford to have it..
Wr.T.N "HAM PENS. O N
niniciiRii W..klnniAn D. C. tlieV will re
rf iva aiiick replies. B. 6th N. H. Vols.
Staff 20th Corps. Prosecuting claims since ioo.
IF
C. H.
Rupture
treated scien-
tirically and
confident! al
ly. CmTupotdiMI
Mucins.
WO0DAHU & CO.. 108 Second St.. Portland.
, inirnf Tc v Ibrnrtthlv Ttptriil&tor C! A X NOT FAIL
LAUItol
Box Free. Mrs. B. Rowan, Milwaukee, Wlsi
RELIEF FOR WOMAN
That tired, languid feeling, the pains in the
back and the chronic headache will disappear
quickly if you take . , . ; . ,
nodre's Revealed Remedy
it .n ideal medicine for women.' easy and
pleasant to take. r 1.00 per bottle at your drug
gist s. - - "
nnutc WHfRt All flXf FAILS.
I Best CouKb Syrup. Taste Good, UM
in time, noia 07 aruRRisis.
mSamSSJahJtSd
HOTO
and Magic Lantern Bargain List
No. 15 now ready for mailing.
T. P. ANDREWS, 109 Montgomery
St... San Francisco. - -
?i L iil? Illf S
B-WjBkS- .
For tt is the favorite through Dining Cat
and Buffet-Library Car Line East. "
For further particulars call on or address
J. R. NAGEL, 0. P. A. W. E. COMANf Q. A.
V. O. XB.K111, 1. r. A. , .
124 Third Street, . PORTLAND, OR.
. DR. HARTCTS BOOK,
lief for Women"
Bentree,inpuLin,ieajoa envelope, vvrra
to-day for thin Book.couUintnc Partlon.
In and TMtituouiiJs of DR. MAUTUL'S
French FemaEa Pills.
Praiaed by thousands of aatiftftod ladled aa
Safe, alway reliable and without an oquaL
Bold bT all dniiciflstain metal box. Freaoh
air on top in Blue, white and Hod. Take no other,
'reaob Drug Co., 381 A Sbii fo&rlBt,, Kew York Cit
DRsGUNH'S
IMPROVED
LIVER ...
nil ir
ONE FOR A DOSE. Care Sick Headache
and Dyspepsia, Remove Pimplos and Purify ths
Blood, Aid Digestion sndProTent Biliousness. Do
not Grips or Btckon. Toconrince you, we will mall
.ample free, or full box for 2.V. TK. IIOSANKO
CO., Philadu. , fciitt. Bold by Dt uggiits.
SURE CURE F0Rd PILES
ITOHlNGPilei produce moist are tndoaumt Ituhtna.
This form, as well as Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles are cured by Or. Bosanko's Pile Remedy
Stops itch in tt and bleeding. Absorbs tumors. hUo a
Jar at druggists or sent by mail. Troatie free. Writa
Dt about four ease. UH. BOB AN KO, Philada., Pa.
YOUNG MEN!
For Gonorrhoea and Qloot got Pabnt's OVit Bpeelflo. IS
fa the ONLY medicine which will cure each and erory .
esse. MO CASE known It dm ever faiM to cure, no
natter how eerious or of how long standing. Heenlts
from its use will astonish you. It is absolutely safe,
prevents stricture, and can be taken wiout lnconTe
Bience and detention from business. PKICE. t3.00. For
sale by all reliable druggists, or sent prepaid by express,
Dlainly wrapped, on receipt of price, by
Circular mailed on request. :
K J In 1 to 6 days. J
E-SrW GuaraoMM 1m
hjJ not to striotsre.
p"-" Prevents Oontsrlon.
KTIthe Emus ChemicmlCo
CURE YOURSELF)
Use Big O for unnatural
disoharges.lnflammaiions,
irritations or ulcerations
of mucous membranes.
Painless, and not astrin
gent or poisonous.
Sold by Drnstrlsts,
or sent in plain wrapper,
by express, prepaid, fot
SI .00, or 3 bottles, 12.75.
Circular sent on request.
I. P. N. V. :
NO. 45 '90.
WHEN writing; to advertisers
mention this paper.
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