»»♦♦•»•»»♦♦flflaflfiflflflflflflflfl fer mb ** I so nervous, there Is not a well Inch la my whole hod v. 1 am so weak at mv »tomaoh, sad have indigestion horribly, sad palpitation of the heart, sad I sin losing flash. This headache and backache nearly kills me, and yea- terdsy l/jto s rly had hysterica; there 1« a-weight in the lower part of my bowels bearing down all the time, and pains in'nqr groins and thighs; I "»s- not slssp^walk or sit, and I believe I am dieeaaed all over; no one ever suffered ss-I do.” This is a description of thousands of es s e s which come to Mrs. Plnkham’s laboratory for advice An inflamed and eaaily ! «haka "but i tnorn- I eelect- B, Mu. J obs W i l u ì m , br, an d ka M r s . |n 't for­ ged go­ ing, am i [replied: ' then ho aa older er from hu , I nucb of JILT. ^Ivelbx It's a the ago 1 I a plght kt morn- ppllce, It |n Idling fitly fir: when ¡k li e ! could w th st nleaed. II, and . The time tnd ho is get- .Ml tbs til the n tains, 1, he notlc- lad made it, and the Is claws so bad been ■at a man ig a foot- re . engaged to . Isb to dls- and that lutely a * proposed are Amer- slserated oondition of the neck of the womb can produce all of these symp­ toms. end no woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection of misery when there Is absolutely no need of it. The subject of our por­ trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams of Englishtown, M.J., has been entirely oared of such illnekk and misery by Lydia B. Pinkham’s Vegetable Oom- pound. No other medicine has such a record for absolute cures, and no other medi­ cine Is “ just as good.” Women who want a cure should insist upon getting Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com­ pound whan they ask for i t a t a store. Diupposntcd in the Alps. F s if Mounfuin Clim ber— These are the very game picture postal cards we ■aw down in the village. There real­ ly was no need of our coming up here. Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth­ ing best Ild Syrup ie n 'd u the r in g ib e remedy te e th fu to g p use e rio tor d . 1 the|r Shu' The Mas's Way. When a man finds a woman for whom he thinks there's nothing good enough he asks her to take him . A folding pocket earners,making 3 x3% pictures, for $11.25. .No experi­ ence required to make perfect pictures. Filin HO cents. Send for fu ll descrip­ tion. K irk , Geary A Co., 380 Sutter 8t., 8. F. . ___ 1. Striking Home. ~ “ If you have a prosperous debtor who wouldn't pay you a cent, , what would you do to get evin w ith h im ?” “ I ’d kidnap his cook.” Your Guide and Guard famous Oregon Blood Purifier, 1 b lli* tastml an d tr u e , l'a « I t n o w . Very Amusing. Wife—W hat's funny in th a t letter you are reading? Hushund— It's from Boston. He salts if I don’t want to pay th at $10 I oweHiim. T O CHRIS A C O L D I N O N B D A T TWke Laxative Bromo Q u in in e Tablet«. A1I Iru fils ts refund the money If It falls to cure, a. W. Grove’s elxnetnre Ison each box. » c . She Had Told the Truth. Sue— You said your were going to marry an artist, and now jf lu ’re en­ gaged to a dentist. Flo— W ell, isn’t he an artist? H e draws from real life! tir Cared, FITS PI Ho no nu ita e»___ ar ___ “ lia ■ >o*a t o a r ' . . . . o f Pv. K o ’t Orest Morva . 4 a l ile Bad treat- gaalanr Saad for P B B I f l d . M t r U l b . b P h it a d .lr U t .F b lea D a.B.H X u » « a. . Ltd. .M l arebSt..Pbih The Impolite Man. " M y face is my fortune, s ir,” ’ said. "T h at's very p la in ,” said he. she T h . B eet F r a e e r ip tlo a f a r M a la r ia ChtlU and Fever is h bottle of Grove’» Tasteleea Ohlll Tonic I t la sim ply Iron and q n laln e In i ure. No Pay. Price 00c k tosMtoaa form. No Cura In Eden. Eve— Jnst th in k , I ’ll be two weeks old tom orrow! Adam— W e ll, my dear, you don’t look it. J** C A S T O R IA For Infants and Children. T fcfl Kind Iflfl M llll Yon IWU Always Bourht H im na ifl n iw u jo Basura the Btflnatare of ••♦flflflflflflflflflflfleflflflfl+flflfl»! wanted to learn how to play on the Cause for Thankflucss. guitar. In bis desire to take guitar les­ Tom my— W h at yer so sore about? sons, be applied to one of his young Jim m y— Aw, i t ’s pooty tough on a masters to teach him; but the young man, not having much faith to the abil­ feller ter have ter wear his big brud- der's pants. ity of the slave to master the guitar at "G o ’on! Y er oughter be glad yer his age, sought to discourage blui by big brudder a in ’t a titte r a n ’ wore telling him; “ Uncle Jake, I w ill give bloom en,” _ ___ you guitar lessons; but, Jake, I will have to charge you three dollars for the first lesson, two dollars for the second lesson and one dollar for the third lea- son. But I will charge you only twenty- This signature is on every box of the geaulao five cçnls for the last lesson.” Uncle Laxative Brooio^Quiaine Jake answered: “All right, boss, I hires the reeseSy th at « » m a aaW ( a asm Bar" you on dem terms. But, boss! I wants yer to be sure an’ give me dat las’ les­ She Stops. son first.” • ■ Soulful Y outh (a t the picno)—rDo Some time ago a well-known San you sing " F o r Ever and For Ever?” Matter-of-Fact-Maiden— NO; I stop Francisco attorney, who prides himself upon bis handling of Chinese witnesses, for meals. — ... "•*' waa defending a railway damage case. Make your own photographs. It Instead of following the usual ques­ tions as to name, residence. I f the na? costs hut little . Send for our hand­ ture of an oath were understood, etc., somely illustrated catalog showing all he began; "W hat your name?” "Kee styles of cameras. K irk , Geary A Co., Lung." "You live San Francisco?” 330 Sutter, St., San Francisco, Cal. "Ye«.” . “You Babble God?’’ “Mr. Attor­ Overheard la a Scotch Hotel. ney, IT you mean ‘Do I- understand the Traveler (seating himself at the entity of our Creator?* I will simply say that Thursday evening next I shall breakfast table)— W ell, waiter, w h at’s for breakfast? address the Slate Ministerial Associa­ W aiter ( cheerfully)— Ca 1 vqe' brains, tes) on the subject of the ‘Divinity of sir, fried livfl?, deviled kidneys— C hrist,'. and shall be pleased to have,, Traveler— Oh, hang your com­ you attend.” Needless to say, a general plaints! Give me the menu aU rear o f' laughter swept over the court room at this clever sally, and It was some minutes, much to thé discomfiture J of the lawyer for the defense, before order was restored and the examination A Play on Word,. ' proceeded tlpon ordinary lines. '.Tess— I see a notice in the pupfer of While talking of the many notable the wedding of Mrs. Nuhride. people he has met during his pugilistic ' Jess— Yes, I know her very well. career, John L. Sullivan said the other • "D o you? W h a t was her maiden day to New York: “Once when I was In name?” . • Sydney, » New South Wales, I had a “ I suppose her maiden aim was to suite of rooms directly over Sarah get m arried.” Bernhardt. I never met the lady, and I didn’t much care. She w a s ia b b a c ln a French all the time, and was rehearsing because tbe fo ra a la Is p lain ly prin ted on every Ue showing th at i t is tlB D ly Iro n and Qul- constantly to her room. I heard so a to a taetekeee form . No Cure, N e Pay. tor. much of It that I pretty near had the willies. One night I happened to follow Wert Not Efficacious. Sarah Into H er Majesty’s Theater to Mam ma— Now say your prayers. Sydney, and I had a good chance to sire Tom m y— N o; 1 don’t b'liPve it does her up. She was a feather-weight, all .... _ _ • . right, and there was bo much powder any good. _. face cl. — « that B it, I thought she'd a made >% ,1 <1 A Mam ina— What? on a her Tom m y— No; I ’m jes’ g iftin ' dis­ a mistake! She got a look at me, and, because I had bees so much annoyed gusted I bin p rayin ’ a ll this tiniff, to with her Jabbering, I scowled at her— make little brother Jack a good boy, gave her tbe look- that used to scare the and he’s just as bad and selfish as ever. ! "^ bubs who tried to stay four rounds wrlth me. Well, sir, Sarah gave one His Just Reward. long, mourful howl and fainted away. “ Nevei did have any lu c k ,” com- A fter that she didn’t jabber any more, •I'm always for she’d found out who was living up­ plained Si Engrone. i left out in the cold. ” stairs.” "Never m in d ," replied Job Scum- er, “ you won’t I hj in the next liter, Q u a in t C u a to m a In S h e tla n d . The only part of the United Kingdom w orld.” to which the old style of reckoning time Is adhered to Is the archipelago of Shet-' Bromo-Quinine Tablet« cure a cold la land, and there Sunday, Jau. 15. was onoday. No cure, No Pay. Price 26 cento. * New Year’s Day. But Sunday being with the natives a Fewer Southern Tenant Farmers. strict dies non for business or for pleas­ The old-fashioned "plantations” io ure, tbe next day witnessed the high the South have about passed into his­ jinks Incident to the occasion. These tory. The average size of farm has Included processions of “gutters,” or been greatly reduced and tbe number mummers, and the drinking of various of farmers who own the farms they strange toasts, such as “ H elt to man culivate has wonderfully increased. and death to da grayflab,” and the health of the tw rive apostles. Aa Astral Skiptlc. In Shetland the remnants of tbe old " W h a t do you th in k of these peo­ Norse language linger to such a degree ple who claim to remember their pre­ that tbe dialect is almost a sealed book vious reincarnations?” xen to Scotamen. Tbe last specimen " I th in k they were once geese, and now haven’t got over i t . ” ( ®e «»• 3 E . W a l a r S t. For Catalogue and prices. “A D A M A N T ” P O R I L A N O , O re . Complete Stock of W ALTER A. WOOD EXTRAS. The perfection of W all Platter. Save, you time anti money. Investigate. ? Teatime. LAND P LA 8TER .— Use our Land Plaster and increase your crop« nials, circulars and expert information on application. Office and Factory: Foot of Fourteenth Street, Portland, Oregon. Agents wanted everywhere. N E W L IF E TO ÇLD FENCES! H Ï‘w, T“ ' V u . t o , 0 ô“ i Anchor Clamps and Uprights! T hk O ld F xncz T h i A nchos Faxe«. Great Com bination of Strength and Beauty. •■T h * Tre T hat B ind «.” > * See Our Anchor Clamp You would be Burprifted it yow k»ew how little I t would co«t you to fix up th at old fence. Hotter send for some Anchor Ctampe and t p rifh t«, an 4 * pair of our pincher«, and make your o ’d wire fence look like a new one. ANCHOR FENCE look« bo nice and Is bo atrong that farmers sometime« th in k th at it must bo high priced. It 1 ¿hough. ____ Foot of Morrison Street, i 5 f ^ ? « ^ b«lex n ^ v N l _ v r- X recall our first meeting, and as 1 gazed Buggies, Plows, Boilers and Engines, FARM, RAILROAD AND LAW N FENCE. Into bis eyes the buzz of talk and Windmills and Pumps and General laughter turned Into a murmur of wind Machinery. See ua before buying. W rite for Prices and Catalogue. The Portland Anchor Fence Co. through tall, leafless trees. I saw a Agente Wanted in 743 Nicolai S t., PORTLAND, Oregon. I r i f i l i A T H O M E TO CVRIC V O l’RSB LK Every Town. pale winter sunshine fulling across L t l n R A M » O T H K R S W IT H O U T M E D - 1 ______________________________________ snow-patched fields. Leaning a little 1C INK. You can fur w e tell you how. Send 1 ------= ' « « xw 75 Front Street, Cor. Oak toward him. In a very low but distinct «(Idre.» (or hee Information. Spokane In atliu te __ Psychology,7M>*pr g u e A v .-.O g lk .n e ,W a e h Portland, Oregon. tone I «Hid, ’Gee! Gee-haw!’ A flash like blue lightning snnp|>ed Into Ills CASH BUYERS OF H ID E S . PELTS AND TALLOW . 1. beat tlm e W e u r « Catarrh, eyes, and as I added, ’Is Freeman at Bronchiti, an d C on.nm plion. solicited. Pay highest market price. PROMPT RETURNS. Our remedy la guaranteed, |1. ConaignmentS honie?’ i he gave a cry, almost a shout, P. O. Bex »TS. Dealers in leath er and Findings. exclaiming ‘with enthusiasm, ‘I've Refer to Wella, Fargo & Co. Bank, Portland, Oregon. SHIT« CO.. Ilffalt, I . Í. found you! I've fonud you at last, and you're sitting on top of the fence to a red calico dresa, with a book to your lap!’ Then in the midst of the commo­ tion he had raised lie threw his arm about Mr. Platt, crying, ’Ah, you thought .J was meet for ail asylum, .von know you did! But I ’ve found her out at last, so you see I ’m not half as «Tazy as you believed I was!’ ‘ "Questions rained upon him, and th a t dreadfu l fien d th a t th r e a te n s th e much laughter followed hla story of that far-away meeting on the country life o f rich a n d p oor, c a n a tta c k an d road; one grave oM man questioned us k ill o n ly th o se w h o s e b o w e ls are n o t earnestly to the drawing-room ns to what was In the minds of each at tbe k ep t th o r o u g h ly clean ed o u t, purified time I spoke. a n d disin fected th e y ea r ro u n d . O ne “1 was not much surprised to hear Mr. Garfield say that In his backward! w h o s e liv er is d ead , w h o s e b o w e ls search for a clue to the tormentthg ” a n d s to m a c h are fu ll o f h a lf d ecayed half-memory he had got aa far as Cleveland, had failed to find me in that fo o d , w h o s e w h o le b o d y is u n c le a n city, and at the moment I spoke was in sid e , is a q u ick a n d read y v ic tim hopelessly trying Aurora and tbe coun­ try around there.” ä Çfrflg, L. MúStíCk Ä CO. SUMMER . _ «. I. 1 APPENDICITIS o f a p p en d icitis. If y o u w a n t to b e sa fe a g a in s t th e sco u r g e , k eep in g o o d h e a lth a ll th e tim e , K E E P C L E A N I N S I D E l U s e th e o n ly to n ic la x a tiv e , th a t w ill m a k e y o u r b o w e ls s tr o n g a n d h e a lth y , a n d k e e p th e m pure a n d c le a n , p r o ­ tected a g a in s t a p p en d ic itis a n d A L L E P I D E M I C D I S E A S E S . It's C A S - C A R E T S . th a t w ill k e e p a n d s a v e you. T a k e th e m r eg u la rly a n d y o u w ill fin d th a t a ll d ise a se s are a b so lu te ly T h e D e a d S ea Ije v e l. A marked rise In the level of the Dead Sea has been noted. The ruin, El Bahr, that stood like an Island near the River Jordan, la now completely under water. A broad lagoon has formed on the I north tide of the Jordan delta. The water does not $lnk In summer and It I Is surmised that the whole bottom of the Dead Sea has been raised by vol- i eanlc action. A C le a n C ity . Sydney, Australia, 1« «aid to be one of the cleanest cities to the world. If not the cleanest. The streets ore thor­ oughly cleaned every night and any­ one throwing refuse or waste material of w rt on ,he ''t^ee•l, *• »Tested and fined. All the kitchens to the larger residences are on the top floor and all the clothes are dried on the roof. A n c ie n t Q u a r rie s . Tbe atone for the gTeat wall of the ' dam across the Nile at Aaauau is being obtained from the quarries of which the Templq| of Phllee are believed to have been built—tbe unhappy Thllae which, when the dam Is completed, will be submerged and partly disappear from «Iflbt for tbe «htt time to Its^ftOOO yean of existence. Tbe granite block* that are being quarried for this, tbe first great engineering achievement of the twentieth-century, bear the marks of wedges used thirty centuriek ago. ‘ lort'g-distance telephone played a to the romance of Virginia Gilbert H arry Wylie, who have been mar­ to Cttyton, Mo. The young woman undecided and H arry left for Tex­ as, but on the way called hla former fiancee to the long-distance ’phone. “I ’m going far away, Virgie, and you JVom (A< ifaifti Phrmer, A ujiwaíg . will never see me again unless you say There are many women a ll over the you w ill marry me to the morning.” land who are earning a living by the “Come back,” said the girl. T do lore use of the needle. Confinement in you, and am glad you called me up.” close rooms and the trying nature of th eir work often causes them to grow pale and wan and to experiences feel­ ing of constant weariness. This goes on, sometimes, u ntil nature rebels and health breaks down. There is one way and only one way to restore the inipared v itality, and that ia to ■trengthen the worn out nerve« and build up and nourish the impoverish­ ed blood. I f the blood is kept healthy and rich and the nerves strong, new life and energy w ill soon be felt. This was the experience of Mrs. Addie R. H o lt, a dressmaker, of No. 73 Bridge street, Augusta, M e . She says : "About five years ago I began to experience a worn out feeling. Some­ times I would lie in bed for a day or so, hut my dret'tniaking'work obliged me to keep up, even whéh I did not feel able to be acout. I suffered frbnt female troubles and last spring I had rheumatism in my left arm and also a pain in my left side in the region of my heart. " In August a friend recommended The romance began In Dallas, Texas, when Mias Gilbert was still ln abort D r. W illia m s ’ Pink Pills for Pale Peo­ dresses. Wylie fe ll lu love with her ple and I began taking them, imme­ I commenced to improve in and proposed. The wedding day waa d iately. set, bnt waa put off from time to time about two weeks and in’ three months by Misa Gilbert on the plea that she my weight increased from 121 to 133 Sinee taking the pills 1 waa too young to marry. Once the Invi­ pounds. tations were out, and again a postpone­ have had no return of the pain in nry ment occurred. This time the engage­ arm nor Hear my heart. " I am still taking Pink Pills for ment wae broken, and the young wom­ an came to St. Louis. Wylie followed Pale People and I am gladly recom­ and begged her to keep her promise. mending them to all who say that Falling to this, he started back to anything ails them ." . Signed. A D D IE R. H O L T . Texas. Subscribed and sworn to before me TW O M E E T IN G S W IT H G A R FIELD . this 1th day of February, 1901. Fremont J. C. L ittle, C la ra M p r r la R e la te s an In c ld a n t t h a t Seal Notary Public. O c c arrs d a t a W a a k la w to a D in n e r. Dr. W illia m s ’ P ink Pills for Pale In the Woman’s Home Companion Clara Morris has a clever a rtld s to People are sold by alt dealers, or w ill which she describes two meetings with be sent postpaid on repeipt of price, James A. Garfield. The first was to a 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 country lane near Aurora, where the (they are never sold in bulk or by the saw and talked with the future states­ hundred), by addressing' D r. W il­ man, who waa then taking a load of liams Medicine Co., 8c71enectady,N.Y. wood to market. Years afterward she Neighborly. met him in Washington, and remem­ ■» Husband— Is n 't it-about tim e Mrs. bered him; but while feeling that he had seen her before he could not recall Borrore was returning our call? where. O f that second meeting she •' W ife— Yes, but if she does return it it w ill be more than she dws with w »- “Then there came an evening when, the other things she gets from us. ’ at * dinner given by Mrs. Platt, I found myself slttfog exactly opposite Mr. W HIT MONTH WERE VOU BOHN IN ? Garfield. The company was not a large Lfit us know kt once and on receipt oT one. but It boasted some famous names 35 cents yon will receive a' very band- and at least one'brilliant beauty. Con­ some brooch pin with birth stone set­ versation was brilliant and laughter ting. all the rage -N O R TH P A C IF IC waa light. Turning my glance a mo­ M A IL ORDER D EP A R TM E N T, Port­ ment frdm the Southern Senator at my land, Oregon. P. O. Box 145. side, I looked full Into the fixed, wide blue eyes of Mr. Garfield. He waa lean­ JOHN POOLE, Portland, Oregon, ing forward; one hand tightly clenched 8 ii «« ehlt I t lnJurM norvous system to do so. B A C O - C U B O la the only euro th at r . a l l r oaros and notlBea you when to etop. Sold w ith a guarantee th at three boxe* w ill eure anv WEARY WOMEN ___ 1. __J A part and ried was L axa II ts P R EV E N TE D BY D i f f e r e n t f lp e llln g t . WHY GET SOAKED W S" ■ // 'So you’re the sheriff now, Bill?” ■; v That’s what I am.” “And you're going to take me to, are you? The best friend you ever had? Well, I suppose tbls is where friend­ ship ceases.” "Either that or where friendship seizes.”—Yonkers «talesman. H«*l> Mfln. “NojrT don't like Mr. Thirdly," said Mrs. liilduff, emphatically. “W hat’s he done?" asked Mrs. Ten mÜwwMf In e v it a b le Iffn o ra ^ o e . S t Jacobs4Hl . WINS W i n BY LONG DISTANCE ’PHONE, » Discouraging. A n x io u s to O b lig e . H e — I t is my aim in life to do Pompous Publisher (to aspiring, nov­ something that w ill make my name ice to literature)—I have been reading eternally remembered. She— Is it? You are a pretty poor your manuscript, my dear lady, and there Is much to It, I think—ahein!— shot, are you not? .. " . ___X - '-ST" very gooeb But there are parts some­ Ifl0flDflDfl0oD«epsta. In d ig e stio n , penter.* * co n stip a tio n , biliousness apd nervousness. fro m th e above c o m p la in t* In his autobiography. “ Up from a T o tr a ia ll l sufferers is recoin m ended w ith th e assurance “81avery,” Booker T. Washington tells th a t w h en ho nestly used a cu re w ilt be an amusing anecdote of an old colored ■fleeted. I t also tones up th e e u tire sys­ man, who, during the days of slavery, tem. wflarfl«*MWTO A j.ToWca W H b MIChlM S A LL DRUGGISTS. § T FOR THE , soot. GUARANTEED “Well, he asked all the ladles to the congregation to remove their hats. And I it was Easter Sunday, mind you.” H m e v . ra o n * etoa lU lla i taPflflTATNNk T h e A lm e n t F r ie n d . “ How well Mrs. Glllwazsle holds her ag»r "Isn’t It wonderful? You would not think she was a day over 80 If she didn’t try to act as If she ware » ! " — , Indianapolis Fresa. i SOLD IN BULK. ■ ■ a la i i tr ia l. I , a A a ra tv a lia y a a , a r ili “ — r » ïü f i * K'J.'uJn’s i'g .'r .m e a r b a w r is ric h « . T a k e a a r aC yieet a ta ri a a a b a a la ta ffn a r- V V . S » . . 0.1 lb a a a . •a b a T ta S a v . .Wa e e . t . u . riv a tham a __ . k ; « 7 b a a t a a a b y m a li, a v