-s».»,
With a very active, energetic workbig-
imu.waman of business, a eane or crutch
is a sign of sums lntirma<ive, but be will
have to use one or both if sciatica sets in
and disables hia hip. Worse than all this,
he may be bed-ridden for a long time, and
st ill worse, may be obliged to resort to sur-
Why all this should be
sll earthly things moat end.
look hit«your fading MM my friend.
Ko fond and dear. Old Year. Old Tear.
There's mild regret withip my heart la
place of pain.
All that was sweet la thee shall cnee
again
. ,jC
In memory live and make me glad.
Old I ear; then why be md?
i
ow that we're parting. I'm Impelled to any.
bat I've in werel thought for many a day—
Yet »till I love you. dear Old Tear.
You've always worn s somewhat somber
face.
You've never bad the win seme sprightly
giace
w.
That I remember In your foregone kin.
Old Year. Ibat I bare sabered tn.
e
Your »toy was shorter, ton. It seems to me.
Tbar, that of former years was wont to ba.
ob. fond and dear Old Year, Old Tear.
I
Mayhap for me all time Is soar complete.
And toward the end you're bast’niac with I
glad feet.
Thei. speed, no longer stay,
I
Old Year, go swift thy way I -
<hats wyld W merriment their melody
foretells!
.
T-
How «hoy tlakte. tinkle, tinkiä,
_ Is the ley sir of night!
While the store, that ovenpriakto
All the heavens, seem to twinkle.
With their stockings full of light;
Keeping time, time. time.
Ia a merry Christmas rhyme.
■T® tbe^tjn Unas hula lion that an musically
°U. the great remedy for pain,
*• * >y»•! cure for thia very inuchdreaded
">*lady. It baa proved itself the moat
•'"’’ntngpei**trating remedy for reach-
ft?
*’***?c uerTe a,,d effectually curing
omes
iding of the
From the jingling and the tinkling of his
“It’s not the right sort of feeling, per
haps. but at Christinas I like to give Just
as valuable presents as I receive."
“So do L My wife to going to give me
a hundred-dollar dressing gowu, and 1
am going to give her a hundred-dollar
ch e ck to pay for'tt.”—Life.
.
In 0» Are.
Ah. Santa Claua, come in. come in.
Your welcome to beyond all measure,
V.^re glad to have you come and stay,
»-areuM (■pr.'S.T | • w—■
«
--.’PT? “?“• *■ »hs benignant
tóale aid afforded by Hostetter's Stomach Blt-
tarsubleh counteracts rheumatic and ma-
»T11"" »rowing Inactivity
"f
k í.n*r*.
*• **•
remedy ex.
rant for disorders of the stomach, liver and
bvweta. Nervousness, too, with which old
^««».ta promptly
actual dia
la ted condt-
The human nM is bat a contest of
dollars.
. '
V0“ c“p"1 n,e ot*
ln"F trouble—Mre
J. Nichols, Princeton, Ind.,.Marchia, 1886.
“«Mr»’«
bohooi , fob
»on.
Thia school is located at Burlingame,
Cm1’ *« charge of Ira G.
Ufo!
A
Dakota
night
The
prairfei
wrapped in mysterious shadows,
rolls away to the sooth and van
ishes among the ghostly stars. Throngb
the sedges of the marsh* the night wind
sighs fitfully; and the frogs, from their
reedy haunts, croak a hoarse aersw
psnimenL
For Hans Brynjulson, smoking in the
door of his “shack,” and looking oat over
the moonlit plain and coteaux, there to
but one word in the heart, one song on
the lips of nstura.
I
Christina!
.Well, indeed, did Hans remember her
I aide of golden hair—her sparkling eyeo
—the fair beauty of her northern face. I
They had parted—but that was long ago. I
“You will make your fortune in Amer- I
lea. Hana
Be brave.
. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
sf the system. Send for testimonials, free.
k x F 2 CHKNBY a CO., Toledo, O.
Bold by druggists, 7flc.
,
Hall's Family Pills are Ike best.
UPTURBaad PILBB cured: no pay until
■ cured; send ¿or book. Das. iiaranaiD
BTsariSLD, MB Market Bt., San Francisco. ;
a
1 will come when I
STANO
you want me.
God be with you, my I
dear one!”
Not a day paaaed but theea words I
YDÜ^
backward, and the wheat was “nipped”
bv frost add shriveled snd blackened in
the busk. The third year crops were
beaten tonhe ground by hail.
How had Hane contrived to keep body
HAVI
and soul together during these years of
trial? By mortgaging'hto posaaaaioaa
b e claim, hto horaes, hia farming imple
ments— everything—had been laid under
contribution to tide him over the W'^s
timaa.
In hto hands be had a letter. It was
dark and he could not regd it—bet this
was unnecessary.
He had conned it 1
word for word until he could bare rerited
It by note. The letter was from Cbrto-
tlna. She told ber lover, in simple word«
that she could not remain away from him
louer. A longer absence, for her. was I
worm than death. Surely, ber willing I
hands would prove a mighty factor in I
his hard life. The meanest drudgery at I
his aide god for him would be happiness I
for ber. The Stockholm sailed on the 1st
of December for New York. Could be not |
send her money to pay ber > posaage? I
If so, she would come third-class all the I
way. God bless him for the faithful I
lover that he was!
J’®or Hans!
He had never written I
Christina of his heroic struggle with fate. I
What should he do now? Tell her alt? I
No. no. His heart rebelled against such I
a course.
Fair, loyal Christina! Hei
would send her the passage money. But I
where was he to get it? He started sud
denly to his feet The moonbeams, strik- I
Ing his haggard face, wreathed it with a I
.You will And one coupon
Inside each two ounce bag
and two coupons inside each
four ounce bagof Black well's
Durham. Buy a bag of this
celebrated tobacco and ni1
the coupon—which gives a
list of valuable presents and
how to gel them.
nothing
BUTTHE
UINE
MCK wh C s D®®^*^
Cheapest Power
Rebuilt Gas and
Gasoline Engines.
II GUARANTEED ORDER.
FOR SALE CREAI
1-1 H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline.
va H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline. .
M H. P. Regan, Gas or Gasoline.
8.S.S. (¿aarenteed purely
vegetable)
1-3 -H. P.
Oriental, Gas or Gasoline.
cures Eczema, Scrofula, Cancer, Rheu
1-4 H. P. Otto, Gas or Gasoline.
matism, or any other blood trouble.
P. Pacific, Gas or Gasoline.
It is a real blocd remedy 1*4
and H. always
cures even after all else fails. 1-6 H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline.
mo H. P. Hercules, Gas or Gasoline.
strange beauty.
“Ay skall do’t,” he murmured in his I
broken English; “ay skall see Messer I
Yonson in da mornin’I”
Say. do yon know what that 'ere
eraiy Hwede from Pony Gulch has been
■p tor
Chris Larkin, the blacksmith, dropped
the head of his hammer on the anvil and
supported himself on the handle with his
bared, sinewy arms as be addressed this
sentence to Cal Higgins, a .farmer.
"What now r asked Higgins. “What’s
the latest r
“Gone an' mortgaged himself to Law
yer Johnson for $100.”
“’Tain’t possible!”
“ P*' ,0<>’_bui it can’t be legal.”
t-
“S’pose the Swede can't pay up when
the mortgage is doer
“JobusonTI foreclose. 1 s’pose.”
“Then he’d own the 8g ede, hey?”
“More’n likely. Then he c’d hire him
ont by the day-; ye see, an’ git hto money
back in that tray.”
‘‘When’s the mortgage due?”
“New Year's Day.”
“What did the Swede want the money
forF
"Dunno. He went oveg to the poet
office. bought a money order aa’ sent
sway ev’ry plagued cent!”
“Don’t that beat alii” exclaimed Hig-
gina. disgustedly; “that’s Jest like them
Swedes. Some fool spekerlatb^n. Ill bet I
• cop|>er.”
5E(F.
A State
Real
Blood
Remedy»
Your
Wan ta and
Write for Pricea........
Take a Hood remedy for a blood disease;
a tonic woat cure it.
Oar
books
<05-7 Santome Street
San Franciaco, Cal...
Mew Tear Advice.
Don't wait for the wagon while the
walking in good.
Don't grieve over apilt milk while
there's one cow left in the pasture.
Don't say the world to growing worse
when you are doing nothing to make tt
better.
Don't tell the world your troubles. Ton
can't borrow tea dollars on them.
Don't let the grass grow under your
foot. The eowe can't get at it there.
Bbe asked ber experienced father,
“Dear papa, fell me. I pray.
What shall I give my husband
To surprise him on Christmas Day T”
“A present for Clarence?" he murmured.
His mind with pest years away.
As be th am ght of bls wife’s dear presents
Per w bleb he bad bad to pay.
Hercules Gas
Engine Works
Eczema
¿11 Her Life. WHFAT
Mr. E. D. Jenkina, of Lithonia, Ga.,
eaye that his daughter, Ida, inherited a
severe case of Eczema, which the usual
mercury and potash remedies failed to
relieve. Year by year she was treated
with various medicinei, external appli
cations and internal remedies, without
result. Her sufferings were intense,
and her condition grew steadily worse.
AU the so-called blood remedies did not
oeemte reach the dis
ease at all until 8.
8.S. was given, when
aa improvement
was at once noticed.
The med icing was
continuecd with fav
orable results, and
now she is cared
sound snd well, het
skin
perfectly
clear and pure and
she has been saved
front what threat»
aned tn blight her life forever.
t
.worth «2. 1 go—too
flf Hjfc worth »
nncA 1 ■
margins. Fortunos have been made on a small
beginning by trading In futures. Writs for
full particulars. Best of reference given Bev-
era 1 years’ experience on the Chicago Board of
Trade, and a thorough knowledge of the buoi-
”«*?• I*°?n J*’ HoX£lng * Cgv, Chicago Board
01
Br°kers. Offices In Portland, Oregon
and Spokane, Wash.
-a«»,
illLEI HE ^..enpariair7rire'itet' ef
-MOytffWOLO COOP», «TO.
CREASE
•MT IM TWI WOBLM.
Ita wearing qualities are unsurpasasd, actually
outlaatlng two boxes ol emr other brand Free
from Animal Oita. OUT THB OBUUINB.
FOB BALI BY OREGON AND
H^WABHINGTON MBKCHANTH-rem
and Dealer« («norally.
"We will Leave It Bnttrely
In your banda” If you purcbaM a
I esco L m G *a oa u «so li mb E m -
> oimb , and If It does not do all wesay
It will,you ean retara Hat oer ex-
jepss. Send for Catalogue aad Prim
sss
American Type. Founders' Co.