E SACRED THIRTIETH DAY OF MAY ? When Chants the Praises and Decorates the a Dead Heroes. right There is not even begin­ ning of flavor in average, tea, make it how you will. At grocers’ in packages. Be Observe« la Persia««, Oregms. In all parts of the British empire the celebration on tbe list and Md of June will be universal, and tbe British resi- dentsof Oregon amifoVYoing to be be­ hind any other state in showing their loyalty, by practical charity and rejoin- while asteep, it may be ot the body out of gear. BL Jacoba Oil goes aaddenly to work upon the trouble, and with it« warmth, like warmth to the old cat. it lull« the pain to «leep, drives out the «Qld, softens- the «tiffened muscles, lubricates the machinery, and in a short time puts the whole body in good working order. BoreneM and stiniie«s are not much to cure by the use of 8«. Jacobo Oil but, If neglpcted, they take the form of rheuma­ tism which gives a great deal mor« pain. Tbe Britiah-born residents of the United Kingdom reaiding in Portland are getting in read inas to celebrate the Me Mere I«4ta« Seidlers. 60th anniversary of the reign of Ker The laat of the Indian companies' of majesty, Queen Victoria, during the the United States army, stationed ad present year. Fort Bill, O. T., is to be disbanded. On June >lst, 1897, Queen Victoria This marks tbe end of the effort to will have occupied the British throne It is stated that 1,000,000 francs are make efficient soldiers out of the wan just 60 years, the longest reign yet re­ shortly to be expended upon new de­ like aborigines of the frontier. At first corded for a British sovereign. This fense works on the isle of Poles, at Moc* I* w I mv * tbe experiment bade fair te be success­ period haa been one of the moet pros­ Cherbourg.________________ ful. Several companies, both of cavalry perous the English people have experi­ A DAMGEBOU6 I.BTMABGT. and infantry, were organised in com­ enced. Her majesty is associated with mand of white officers who bad mani­ the ^happiness of the nation in an in­ The lorerunner of a train of evil«, which too fested particular friendliness for the separable manner, so that the periods of often culminate fatally, 1« Inactivity, or leth­ argy of the kidneya. Not only U Bright’« di«- Indians. The yonng braves liked the her career are noted aa events of the eue, dlalsMgs, grkvel, or some other dangerous jaunty uniforms, and promptly mas­ national life. integral d sease of the organs themselves, to bo apprehended, bat drop« cal diffusion« from the tered tbe intricacies of military evolu­ ACT* Dl KB OTL Y The respect and affection of subjects blood, rheumatism «nd gout are all traceable tions« They became men of mark in botn during hçr reign is to be shown to the noii-removal from tbe blood by the kid­ UPON TH« ney« of certain impnrttiee. Hostetter ’ s Stom ­ (heir tribes. But sobn the rigid dis­ by notable celebrations in every part KIDNEY* ano LIVBR ach Bitters depurate» the blood, render» the cipline and the enforced absence from of the world. kidney» active «nd prevent» their d »eaee. their homes and families became irk- In Portland the different British so­ According to the deductiona of a well soma They began to neglect their cieties have had under contemplation duties snd to appear first indifferent, for some time arrangements for the oc­ known astronomer, we receive aa much then sullen and mutinous. One by one casion. Members have been notified light from tbe sun as could be'emittsd the Indian troops and -companies have and committees appointed to confer on by 680,000 moons. been disbanded until there remained the subject. Mr. James Laidlaw, Brit«- moms products and purr pood . only tbe command at Fort Sill, com­ ish consul for tbe port, called a meeting posed of fifty of Geronimo’s Apache recently for the purpose of securing con­ All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very warriors. Though they will cease to certed action. About 50 persons re­ light colored and of heavy body, is mad« from 1 Tea Harden beipef’ 1« mad« from be regular soldiers of the United States, sponded, which will give a fair idea of gluooM. Sugar Cane and Is «trletly pur«. It 1« for sale these Indians will not leave the mili­ the number of British-born people in by flr»t-elaM grocers, in cans only. Manufac­ tured by the P acific C oaft S tbuf C o . AU gen­ tary service. They will probably be Portland when the percent of a certain uine “Tea Harden Dripe" hav« th« manufac­ retained, as other former soldiers have class that can be induced to attend a turer’s name lithographed on every can. been, as scouts, in which capacity tbe called meeting of this nature is con- The banks of Newfoundland are red braves have had.ample experience siderd. formed by the sand, ioe and stone in our Indian wara, and, indeed, have An organisation was perfected, Mr. proven themselves indispensabile auxil­ Laidlaw being made president; Donald brought from the north by the ice­ bergs. iaries.—Boston Journal. Macleay, J. C. Robinson, William Mac-, S master and William 8. Bibeon, vice-' tats or Oaio, C ity or T oluo , ( _ L uca » C ovxty . I * presidents; R. Lea. Barnes, treasurer, The use of th« surgeon’s knife is be­ F rank J. C mkmxy make» oath that he 1» the The German traveler Von Ihering and William R. Mackenzie, secretary. •enfor partner oT tha firm of F.7. CWINZTAC o ., coming so general, resulting fatally has discovered in Brazil a species of At a * subsequent meeting a general dobla omine»* In th* County doing binine»* the city oí of Toledo, Coant; and Slate aforesaid. and that »aid firmwill ear in such a large number of caaes, aa to anta which have regular summer and i the _________ »um of ONE ONE HUNDRED HUNDRED DOLLARS DOLLARS for for each each occasion general alarm.------------- committee of 25 was appointed. winter resorts. In whiter they live on and every cate of Catarrh that cannot bo cured Mr. William Walpole, of WaUhtown, At subsequent meetings of the gen­ by the use of H all ’ s C atarrh C ubs . the ground, in summer in big ne^ta c < mi -, South Dakota, writes; "About FRANK J. CHENEY. eral committee resolutions as under structed on trees, in order to escape the Sworn to before me and sabserlbed In mv three years ago, there came under were adopted: presence, this Sth day of December, A. D. UM. my left eye a little blotch about the danger of inundation when the-snow "That the chairman appoints finance A. W. GLEASON,. _ melts and tbe rivers rise. stat. committee to collect funds to com­ Notary Pabilo. it grew rapidly,and «» Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internslly snd memorate the event, the funds so col­ shooting pains ran sets directly on the blood »nd mucous »urfaces In every direction. - One of the most wonderful of recent lected to be used for such purposes as of the «y»tein. Bend for testimonial», free. I became alarmed F. J.CHENEY A CO.,Toledo, O. inventions is a roller bearing for car a subsequent meeting shall determine. Bold by Druggiafa, 75c. and conaulted a “That the object for which funds are wheels which do»s away with the use Hall's Family Pill» »re the best. : good doctor, who to be collected by the committee shall of lubricants. There will be no more pronounced it can­ be the endowment of a bed or beds in hot boxes. One wheel has had a test cer, and said that it of elbctrio railways than the whole of of 170,000 miles in the West without the Good Samaritan hospital, for tbe must be cut out. use of persons of British birth, and to Germany, according to the electric Thia I would not the application of a drop of oil. •* ~ ■ be calleil ‘Queen Victoria’s Diamond world. consent to, having Some English reporfers now take JtibÌièé'Bed^’ ” little faith in th« I believe my prompt use of Piso’s Cure notes at night by the light of a tiny prevented quick consumption.—Mrs. Lu­ indiscriminate ua« oi the knife. Read­ In conformity with the foregoing; we cy Waitace, Marquette, Kans., Dec. 12, *96. ing of the many cures made by S. S. incandeacout lamp attached to tbe 8., I determined to give that medici«« have now to appeal to the British-born the head.of Washington, while over La- waistcoat. Great Britain io coming more and a trial, and after I had taken it a few residents of the state of Oregon for fay ette a basket ------- j she —r suspended -------- ■------------ — — of — Hut A doctor says that probably half the .funds to carry out the purposes set more to the opinion that Russia's occu­ days, the cancer became irritated and and white fleur fie 11«, also a gift from deafness prevalent at the present time forth in the resolutions. " We do so pation of Constantinople is inevitable. began to discharge. This after awhile the ’s family. ceased, leaving a small scab, which - " President ‘------------------------------------------------------------ is the result of children haying theit with the utmost ooflfidence that our ap­ This graceful recognition of the centen ears boxed. •Take now Oregon Blood Purifier and finally dropped off, and only a healthy peal will meet.with a hearty response nial heroes was carried on' at the same little scar remained to mark the. place keepwell thia summer. T from all parts of the slate, feeling sure where thedeetr^yer had held full away. Ing their, ovations in the silent shades of to the fact that Mississippi is fattening that no more noble commemoration of Arlington, at tbe Soldiers’ Home, and in a few cattle for tbe Chicago markets. . this diamond jubilee yekr can be had, The.owner of a valuable Newfound­ other cemeteries. ----- :----- •------- — Ar nor one more characteristic of her land dog in New Orleans sought dam­ A caterpillar is so greedy that in one majesty, Queen Victoria than to provide ages from a railroad company for killing Cancer is In the blood End it is folly month it uaually tlevours six thousand in perpetuity a place where the deatji. No Oath Needed. The caae turned on the validity of tbexpect an operation tocureit. 8.8.8. (/NaroM/Mt/ purely vdgttaHd) la a real It Is a pleasing-sight, albeit a sad one, times its own weight in food. tute sick can receive the comforts amt: •aa an «V,* act WR of the Louisiana iU^ISlRlUlU, legislature, »MW aavuiDlSMAM remedy for every __ __ to see the veterans of battles and cam­ attendance they require free of all ex- recognising । doga aa personal property disease of the blood. NorMu. the prophet of degeneracy, paigns keeping time to the music by which pens«. ~ a only when placed on the kifeesement Bock» mailed free ; they once marched to fight for the Stars declares that America is the land of The object is not a local one, but the rolls. The supreme court sustains the address Swift Spe- "^«k and Stripes. Then those men were'Tn the tbe future. benefits will be openMo persons other­ taw-and refuses damages, since the dog cific Co., Atlanta, fire snd flush of first youth; now they em­ wise eligible from all parts of the state, was not assessed, incidentally defining phasize their speech with a crutch. A and we feel certain that amongst the the law in regard to dogs in general as story is told of a man who was in court thousands of British-birth resident in follows: "The very fact that they are as a witness in a case at litigation, snd Oregon there is not one who would not without protection of the criminal laws who was ordered by the judge to hold up freely contribute, according to the meas­ shows that property in dogs is of an hi« hand and be »worn. Ho held up hi« left hand. ure of his ability. imperfect or qualified nature, and that As an indication of what funds are they stand, as it were, between animals “Hold up your right hand!” roared the F AND jtu’ge..____ • required, it may be mentioned that the ferae naturae, in which, until subdued, fl How to Attain IL" cost of endowment of one bed is $8,500. there is no proparty, and domestic ani­ “I can’t, your honor," said the man. JAMEd LAIDLAW, “Fine him for contempt of coart, and mals, in which the right of property is A Wonderful New send him to jail until his fine is paid!” Chairman, on behalf of the finance com­ complete. They are not considered as ilsdlcal Rook. wrlttM “All right, your honor, but there Isn’t mittee. being upon the same plane with horses, or Men Only. On« any hand to my right arm. It lies buried wpr may bo had free, cattle, sheep and other domestic ani­ ■ealed. In plain envel­ Subscriptions may be sent to R. Lea. at Shiloh. I am a soldier!” mals, but rather in the category of cats, ope, on application. "Remit his fine. He needn’t be Barnes, Esq., treasurer, Bank ot Brit- monkeys, parrots, singing birds and Now.Ctel) us what you know about tah Columbia, Portland, Oregon; to the ai milJ/Snimeta be pt for plea sure, curi­ ERIE MEDICAL CO. case,” «aid the judge, wiping hi« eye« secretary, William R. Mackenzie, room osity or caprice. Unlike domestic ani­ suspiciously hard. 208 Worcester block, Portland, Oregon, BUFFALO, N. Y. mals, .they are useful neither as beasts or to any member of the committee. of burden, for draft, nor for food.’’ Pure and Undefiled Patriotism. The plan outlined by the general com­ Patriotism, pure and undefiled, is one ith a better understanding of the mittee consists of having a concert in About twenty-two seres of land are » used for ohüdren talking Jtaooibe» Un «hlld.Mtft- of tbe noblest sentiments that can inspire transient nature of the many phya- the^O; N. G. armory, Monday evening, ■necessary to support one man on flesh » »n, th, guma, allay» all pain, cur»« wind rnllc.and I» a human heart, and no page of history ical ilia, which vanish before proper ef- June 21, Mr. Francis Sealy having been meat. chronicles more sacrifices, more unselfish forta—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— appointed chairman of the concert com­ effort and more lofty and determined en­ rightly directed. There is comfort in mittee. It is also the intention to have deavor than characterised tbe period ef the knowledge, that so many forms of thst bitter and Uncompromising struggle. sickness are not due to any actual dis­ a banquet at the Hotel Portland, Tues­ The hundredth psrt of it has never been ease, but simply to a constipated condi­ day evening, June 22, Mr. Percy H. told, and only in the books of the record­ tion of the system, which the pleasant Blyth having been appointed chairman ing angels above are many of the'entries family laxative; Syrup of Fig«, prompt­ of-the banquet committee. All the net This is th» sgo of physicsl perfection. ft to the credit of those who gave up every- ly removes. That is why it is the only proceeds from the concert and the ban­ remedy with millions of families, and la la aln the age of pbyaleel weaknoM. While rhing that they held dear that the honor one man avail» hfmaelf of evary opportun- everywhere esteemed so highly by all quet are to go to the hospital fund. of tbe American nation might be upheld: who value good health. Its beneficial -Hy to develop and expand bit manly vigor, It is hoped that many British-born another 1» paMing hl« rhancra to Improve and upon the historical battle grounds of effects are due to the fact, that it is the residenta throughout the states of Ore­ hia mind and body, and easily f al la into the the disputed territory, ss well as upon thu one remedy which promotes internal gon and Washington will come to Port- excoaaea which are alwaya in hia path, to scattered graves all through the entire cleanliness without debilitating the th« de«tructlon of hia vital powers. land and join in the celebration. Any Htanwood, Wash., November 20, 1800. Union, it is fitting and proper that gar­ organs on which it acta. It is therefore DR. A. T. SANDEN: lands be laid and that patriotic tean may all important, in order to get its bene­ information desired by out of town resi­ A I)e*r 8,r—Feb re u»lng your Bolt I wee fall. ficial effects, to note when you pur­ dents will be gladly furntshed on appli­ troubled with chronic dyspcpela, constip«- Ar 1 tton, liver complaint, «nd pain in the kid- chase, that you have the genuine arti­ cation to the secretary or any member •X J d~dT ney», and 1 will »ay with all ttrlonane«« of the general committee. As this is cle, which is manufactured by the Cali­ LAY HIM LOW. II 3 and iruth that I am greatly beneflted and fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by the only means we have of reaching our If 1 entirely eared, end will gay that all anffer- BW J Ing from the «nova will find great relief in all reputable druggists.' friends outside the city, It is to b« tW - *A a the use of the Benden Electric Belt. Re- If in th« enjoyment of good health, hoped that they will correspond early ^1 1 spectiully, R. B. DOUGLASS. and the system is regular, laxatives or I «Every man knowe hlapelf. He know« and give us their oo-operation. other remedies are then not needed. If Much Knife ! ’•»I S AFTER THIRTY YEARS hie mission—he had come to parry bitter words with the young man who had stolen his daughter's heart. “I am hie mother, sir,” ahe said Amply. ATURE was in 1» her gentlest mood. “Will you not come in and wait for him?" The banker twined bia great watch Lip The sunset was clear and light, and tht pretty cottage hottie of idow Morton looked neat and Inviting nodded with curtneaa. Then as she showed him into the neat sitting room and placed her flowers or . a table, and a aword and a belt above it.told their ownJjory, a token of auddra interest came Into the visitor’s eyes. "You—you are a soldier’s widow, mad­ am?" be ineinuated. almost reverently. “Yea, there la fny hero!” She was heart full, and, pointing to a picture on the wall, ahe left the room, weeping over a tender memory, weeping becanae ahe knew thia proud man had come to crush her Barry’s heart. "That!” echoed the banker, ariafng. pale and atartled, “that!” but thn widow waa gone, and did not hear him. Like a man In a dream be eat for fully ten minutes staring at tbe picture. Then, trembling, rapt, be arose and scanned the framed record of John Morton’s war ser- occupant eat at the vine-covered wln- /{I dow. sad. tearful and depr*«wd- ft- Th*‘ nlorrow wa* * w)Pecoratiou Pay, * anil that Was for her alwsys an occaa.on of Mingled with memories of tbe he fnithfully mourned, however, was n fresh and therefore more poignan g . and when »he arose and went out into little garden the .a< red, tender emotions that always hallowed this »eason were clouded by the intrusion of a trouble scarcely her own. In the near cemetery rented her hus­ ’^Chattanooga,”, he read. “That pic­ band—a patriot who had turned the tide ture!” and he took a «mall, faded, ragged of a great battle by hia heroism, aud who countelparf from hi« pocketbook and com- for twenty years after the war was the jlnared jtnem. "The ume man—after all pride of the little community in which he' these'-yearh!’' lived. How faithfully ahe mourned him When Widow Morton re-entered that the carefully nurtured flower» always room ihortly afterward», to her infinite gathered on the eve of tbe coming memo­ surprise »he found it untenanted, her vis­ rial day. aa now, told to every neighbor, itor gone. who. with her, revered the memory of a She had not the heart to tell what she true inan and a brnve soldier. “Poor Barry!” ahe murmured, lifting had. learned of Eleanor Morse, to tell of her mysterious visitor to Barry that day. her fear-filled eyee, and glancing anxlous- The next, as they sat by John Morton’s grave in the beantiful Lupton cemetery, after they had placed the flowers upon the mound revered, she was about to speak of It, when, glancing up, she saw approach­ ing—the man who had visited her so strangely the day previously. He bowed to her grsvely. He lifted his hat, be placed beside her own simple flow­ ers on her husband's grave an exquisite wreath of roees. And then he sat down beside them. His eyes were full of tears. Memory and fidel­ ity had broken dowu all bis pride, and in that moment the widow comprehended that her darl'ng boy would never know how nearly he had lost the Woman be loved. A soldier had saved Richard Morse’s life at Chattanooga at the risk of. his own —nobly, heroically. There had been a hurried exchange of photographs, a prom­ ise never to f3rget, a quick alarm, scat­ tered forces, snd tBe two parted never to meet »gain in life. But Richard Morse had never forgot­ ten, and gratitude aealcd the lip» of pride and eanctioned the appeal of love on that LITVB CONqUBRS bright, beautiful Memorial Day. ly duwn tbe road. "It will break b.» Mom trial Day of 'T0. heart when he know»—when hejuidw»!” A brief »ketch of how the centennial When lie know»—what? Widow Mor­ ton looked aero»« the vallry to where a Memorial Day of 1870 was kept by the •lately summer home retired It« turret«, Honse of Representatives at Washington may be of interact. It was the enterprise a* if to silently answer the question. The pine« had been occupied by a of Mrs. McLea^i Kimball, the widow of stranger since February, a wealthy city the “tirat man to scale tbe walta of Chap- banker, who had brouftht his only child, iiltepec” in the Mexican war. and who « daughter of 18, ami bi« servant» thither loet his life in the civil war, Lieut. Col. enrly m the year, tired of the city season. Kimball. With.' an enthusiasm worthy He had eotne down to Lnpton only occa­ the widow of 'a hero, and of ancestore sional!)’ during th# pastdhree months, but who fought gloriously in the Btoart rebel­ winsome Eleanor Morsemad been there nil lion, the old Scotch McLean», Mrs. Kim­ the lime, and bad become tbe favorite of ball decided that It waa due to the heroee the village. * — of America that they ahould be honored The favorite of Barry, her Barry, Wid­ at the nation's headquarters. Securing ow Morion's Barry, a» well! The widow the services of the pupils of the Frsnklin had tre nbled whet she first noted the evi­ school, Mr». Kimball made her plana very dences of their sincere attachment. But quietly, and early on the morning of May how could she have the heart to diin the 80, 1876, »he marched to the eapitol with bright >>y In Barry’» eye: bow could »he thirteen little girl* dressed in the national po it ..ut to him the insurmountable bar­ colors representing the thirteen original rier of wealth that would oppose his love States and with one small boy dressed in some dsy! And uow tbe end bad comf^. sailor costume, who walked in advance, Banker Morse bad learned that bls daugh­ bearing the «tars and Btripes. There in ter had given ber heart to a struggling • room placed at her disposal, Mrs. Kim­ young village physician. She. Mrs. Mor­ ball and her littta band spent the morn ton. had learned that afternoon of an Ing In making wreaths and decorations • tigry scene at the mansion, in which tbe from the flower« previously given to perse-prond Morse bad hdd his child he them, a liberal supply costing from the would lather sec ber dead than the wife conservatories of the White House. They a nameless, penniless country doctor, next carried the«e to the old hall oflsep- »nd they were packing up now to leave reerntative«, where they decorated Th« Lnptun forever. "Madam, can you direct me—I am look­ statue« of th« sons of th« republic, fol­ lowed by a large gathering of friends and ing for the home of Dr. Morton?” The widow looked np. Then her heart strangers who watched every movement began to tremble. She knew tbe speaker, In reverent silence. Thence they pataed though he did not know her—th« groat t« the House of Repremmtatlve«, where the famous portraits of Lafayette and m«n from tbe city. She saw In bis nervocs, suppressed man- Washington adorn th« walk Mra Kim- the anger that waa ready to flash / A Real Blood Remedy. “Complete > . Manhood Gladness Comes W PHYSICAL MANHOOD - where ha la weak. Knowing it, H he la Just to himself, be will try to recover the vital roster be haa wwMMK-’ > “It Is worth It« weight in gold to me,” say» Robert Kittle«, ot E«at Sound, W«ah. If yon are tn doubt, A afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest snd is moet largely .feed and gives most general satisfaction. ©MGONfflOODPuMFief feed everywhere, Bl * botti»; six for SX Club together and send for »lx bottles for gS if your dealer does not have it and we will pay express. Address Oregon Blood Purifier, Port­ land, Or. LOSE hie eyes; his work Is done. What to him ¡¡I friend or foeman, pv Rise of moon or set of «an. Hand of man or kls» of woman? lay him low. In the clover or the »sow. What earea kef He cannot know. As • mtn he fought hl« fight. Proved bl« truth by hl« endeuver. Let him «l«ep In Hieran night, Bleep forever aud forever. Lay him low, lay him low. in the clover or th« «now. Wb«t care« be? H« cannot know. Fold Mm te his country’« stars. Roll th« dram and fire the volley. What to him are all ear wars? What but death bemocklng felly! Lay him lew. lay him low. USE ULL SOODS We carry the moat complete line of Oymnaaiam and Athletic Goods on the Coast. .SUITS **» UhlFOfMI BADE TO OBOES. Send for Our Athletic Catalogue. WILL fit FINCK CO.. WUCAT A stranger upon being presented to Speaker Reed asked his weight "Two hundre