Catarrh Invites Consumption Cured of Catarrh of Kidneys by Pe-ru-na. I t weakens the delicate lung tissues, derange« the digestive organa, and break« dow tr the general health. I t ofteu cause« headache and dizzi- ** ness, impair« the taste, ^»«H f bearing, and affect« the voice. Being a constitutional disease It is- quire« a constitutional remedy.. Hood's Sarsaparilla Radically and permanently cnres ca- tarrh of the no«e, throat, stomach, “New," said the teacher, “can yon bowel«, and more delicate organa. ¡tell me anything about Hiawatha?" Read the testimonial«. “ Yes,” replied Henry; “It's the tune No substitute for Rood’s acts Uh» that mads Longfailow famous.”— Chi Hood's. Be «are to get llood’«. cago Record Herald. * I was troubled with catarrh 20 years. . An aid Scotchwoman, when advised ■seine statemsnts of cores by Hood's Bar- I by her minister to take snuff to keep •aparllla resolved to try I t Toot bottlss herself awake during the sermon, re entirely cored w . " Wnxian Susanna, plied: “ Why dinna ye put the snuff 1030 eth St.. Milwaukee. Wl«. In the sermon, monT” Mood’s Sarsaparilla pronaloos • • Prank—I've got even with James at cure and heaps the promise. Is e t f Edw ard- How did yon do It? Prank— I gave bis girl a pair of pretty Mia Excuse. vases, and he w ill be ruined In keeping "Y ou can’t go inside," «aid the them filled with flowers. doorkeeper of the village theiter, Mistress— Bridget, don't yon think wherein a certain Uncle Tom’« 4 '»bin you can get along without so much aggregation was holding forth. "You company? l am sure no one else would i are drunk." stand It. Bridget— Bare, ma'am, thot's "Zrunk?" echoed the applicant for why Ol’m staying wld ye. admission, who was lavishly and lurid “Mr. Nosztoton.” she said, “I f you ly lighted up inside. "Coursh I ’m— hie— trunk 1 Why— goodgoeh'l mighty 1 try to hug and kiss me again I shall — do you «’pose I ’d— hie— wanto me call papa.” “ Where Is your father?" your darned old show if I wasn’t— hie he asked. “H e’s in the Yellowstone! Park.”— Chicago Becord-Herald. — trunk?” — Smart Set. “Deea your wife do much fancy work?" “ Pancy work? She won't Mildred, aged 4, was dividing some even let a porous plaster come Into HON. JOHN T. SHEAHAN, OF CHICAGO. candy which bad been given bar with the house without crocheting a red bor her fam ily, saying: Hon. John T. Sheaman, who has been for seventeen years manager of der round It and running a yellow rib Marshall Field A Co.’s wholesale warehouse, and is corporal 2d Regiment "T h is is for mamma, this for V ir bon through the-hotaa. Infantry. I. N . O.. writes the following letter from 3753 Indiana avenue, Flat ginia, this for C harlie," etc. Smith— May I . make a., confidant of Six, Chicago, 111.: Mamma naked: "Where does papa — Well, I ’m hard up and want ten pounds. Joaes Y o u eau trust a»«; I am as silent as the grave, t have heard nothing.— Pick-Me-Up. Nowlymade Bride — Mamma says she does not think we w ill ever quar rel as she and papa do. Groom— Nev- Gentlemen—“Last summer I caught a cold which seemed ta aattla In nty kldneyaAnd affected th e m b a d ly . I tr ie d a co up le o f kidney remedies largely advertised, but they did not help me any. One of my foremen told me of the great help he had received in using Peruns in a similar case, and I at once procured some. “It was indeed a blessing ta me, as I am on my feet a large part of the day, and trouble such as I had affected me seriously, but four bottles of Pe runs cured me entirely and I would not bo without it for three months sal .... ..... . ■ ary,”—JOHN T . n u w a A A M — ..... ... - .. she says you w ill be much easier to Mr. Jacob Fleig writes fr o m 44 manage then papa was.—Tlt-Blts. Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y .t Algy— Gwace has a habwld f a t h ^ . “I am now a new man at the age of When I a waked him for her band I ¡seventy-five years, thanks to your said, “ Love for your daughter has wonderful remedy Peruna."— Jacob dwlven me baw f ewasy. Choi I j — And Flplfl. then deeh boy? “Then the old bwute Catarrhal Inflammation of the mucous said, ‘Has, eh? Well, who completed lining of th e kidneys, also called "Bright’s disease,” may be either acute the JobY “ “He's a * Inventive genius, and the or chronic. The acute form produces most successful and prolific one Fever symptoms of such prominence that beard of.” “Always Inventing some thing new, eh?” “ No; he's-always In Jail 1er Eaaew ay Masbands. venting something old end making the One year in stato’a prison, or public believe It’s new.”—Phlladel- fine, or both, is the penalty now posed by law upon recreant New Jersey T he presence of mind of an Impecu husbands «’ho w illfu lly desert their nious lover was Illustrated recently at wives And children and go out,of the a baaaar, where there was a stall for state to escape the responsibility of the aate of watch charms. “Oh, caring for their, families. George." said the Indy, “buy me a bronchial troubles try Ptao's Cure charm I” “Sarah,” answered ha, “yon for For Couaumstlon. i t is a good cough have too many already.” ' medicine. A t druggirts, price 23 eenis. Mias Romans— O f course, you've H er Idea ol Ideetincatlo a. read tbai naw love story of hie? Mr. ‘ ‘That bank clerk wouldn’t give me Crabbe (reviewer)— Yes; I had to. Very realists wa«a't lt? MI m Romano— the money. H e said I'd have to identi Oh, the Meal Why, the dialogue be fy myself." "D id you?” A Crnclal Test. tween the lovers was perfectly silly. " I couldn’t. None of my linen is One day my sisftr was reading to Mr. Crabbe — Well?— Philadelphia marked except my handkerchiefs and my little brother out of the history, I ’d forgotten to bring one with me.” — that the king wsa "never known to Cleveland Plain Dealer. . smile after the death of hie eon.” A f ter thinking awhile, be said: , "W h a t did ha do when they tickled him?" M y two cousins were talking when they were little, and the largest said: " M y aunt Bella is a good a u n t." The smallest one then said: " W e ll, I guess my granma is a good aunt, too." Place a fine ripe watermelon on ice and when thoroughly chilled ru t in rather thick slice«, remove all seeds and cut in diamonds; place in a pretty glass dish and sprinkle each layer with powdered sugar. Serve on dainty platee as any other fru it — Washington Colds *' I had a terrible cold and could hardly breaths. I then tried Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im mediate relief. W . C. Lsyf>n, Sidotl, IE . H o w w ill y o u r cough be tonight? w orse, prob ably. r o r it’s first a cold, then a couglvthen bron chitis or pneumonia, and a t la a t c o n s u m p tio n . C o u g h s a lw a y s te n d d o w n w a rd . S to p t h ia d o w n w a rd tendency by taking A y e r’s C h e rry Pec toral. * -• Miss Agnes Miller, of Chicago, speaks to ^ o u n g women about dangers of the Menstrual Period — h o w to avoid pain and suffering and remove the cause by using L y d ia E . P i n k h a m 's V e g e ta b le C o m p o u n d . added 12 pounds to my weight, m y colonis good, and I feci light and happy."— Miss A u n h M illjr , 25Potoinac Ave., C hbifth 111. A G E N TLE PROFESSOR Tw o A n e c d o te « o f a n O ld - T im e la s tr a c to r . Y a la Dr. D w ight in hie “Memories of, Yale Life aiul Men," gives many a glimpse of the gracious men who made for themselves a good name at the same time that they built up the vepu- tation of the university. College life half a century ago waa as unlike the life of to-day as the Instruction now Correct. given la unlike the workljof the old Gobang— I wonder who this is who recitation room. Dr. Dxglght tells two advertises' (or the return of a watch, stories of Professor Stillman, one of "and no questions asked” ? which Illustrates the educational and Uperdek— Some man. ,' No woman the other the disciplinary spirit of the give • dinner party at all!—T lt-B Ita One day when little Elsie came home from school her mother asked her what nhe had learned that day. Elate replied, " I learned to spell man.” "Tell me how you spell It, deer,” said mamma. *'M-a-n, man." replied Elsie. “And how do you spell boy?” “ You spell It the seme way. only with small er letter«," replied Elsie, after a mo ment’s thought Scene— Platform of suburban sta tion. Bmall crowd looking out for the King Edward's Special, due to pass through on Ito way to Port Victoria. City Man— What's It nil about? Por ter (with knowing wink)— Dook o' IA «caster going through directly, sir. City Man—Never heard of anybody with that name! Porter— Well, 'e calls 'imeelf the Dook o’ lAocaater. but It’s really the King traveling In Congo.— Punch. tn crossing the ocean a father and son both became very seasick. The father recovered quickly, but the son was so exhausted with the attack that be sank Into a state of apathy, from which It seemed Impossible to arouse him. The steamer physician, think ing he would try a sudden shock, «aid. “ I hare had newt for yon; your father to deadT The eon. raising bis expres sionless eyse to the doctor, replied: “ Lucky m s n r—Tlt-Blts. T h e m o n th ly sickness re je c ts th e c o n d 'tio n o f a w o m a n ’s h e a lth . A n y th in g unusual a t th a t tim e should h ave p ro m p t a n d pro p er a tte n tio n . F if ty thousand J«*tters fro m w om en prove th a t L y d ia E . P in k hum ’s V egetable CTm pound regulates meta- s tru a tlo n a n d m akes th se periods painless. ....... B E A D W H A T M IS S L I N D B E C K S A Y S « I had presented myself before him, More than one-fourth of the inhabi on a certain occasion near the end of tants of New Foundland are engaged in my academic course, for an examina tlon on studies In bis department. He catching and curing fish for a living. asked me to take a chair near him. and then, in a way peculiar to himself, —a way that was very helpful, rather ¡ban embarrassing to the student. -he questioned me on various points for half an hour. Then, rising and going to bis table, he looked at some papers, and select ing one, eald; “I suppose you would like to have me give you a certificate that your ex amination has been satisfactory, which you may band to the president” I gave him, of course, an affirmative snewer. He then banded me the pa L ittle Mary Whitney, who had just per. saying: been punished by her father, came to “Not doubting that yon would pass. her mother with a deeply-grieved ex I wrote the certificate liefora you came pression upon her face and said: In.” "Mamm a, I wish Esra Whitney had I trtT M A R T IC The professor was requested to give never married into-this fam ily." the first vote In the decision of a mat ter of discipline. He took the college r l l o afterS rst«ay*siisso rD r.K lliw ’sOraalNsrvo catalogue, which waa lying on the ta h o M o m . Bond tor F r o a OS tria l hottls aad traoMoa D r * . X K llaa, Ltd .Set A n * SS.. Philadelphia, P a ble near him, and opening i t he said: "W hat le the student's name, Mr. For W a ll Cracks. President?" Stop cracks in a wall with plaster of “Jones,” the president replied. « t . Palatable. Potest. Tasto O« ■ver SleSsB. Weaken or Orine, »s. peris, but mix the plaster with vinegar, “Ah.” said he. after turning over the CURE O O N B T IP A T IO N . not with water, for vinegar prevents pages somewhat carefully, “Jones of its setting too quickly and makes it the Junior class?” easy of manipulation. "Yea,” waa the reply. “I notice that be la from Baltimore.” the profeasor answered. “ When ( was lecturing ta that city hla father enter tained me most hospitably at hla house. 1 think I would treat the young man as leniently as possible. I I the blood is in good condition a t the beginning of the warm season, The Reasoning Child. yon are prepared to reaiat disease and are not apt to be troubled w ith boils, I pimples, blackheads and blotches, or the itching and burning akin eruptions I t was ta a Philadelphia public school | th at m ake one's life a veritable torm ent and misery. the other dar that a class In spelling N ow is th e tim e to begin the w ork of cleansing aad building up the was going over a lesson In words of blood and strengthening the w e a k two syllables. One of the words was places in yo ur constitution. D urin g the “mummy." “Children,” said the teach cold w inter months we ore compelled er, “how many of you know the mean to liv e indoors and breathe the impure ing of the word 'mummy' ’’ ? After a a ir of badly ventilated rooms and of long ellecne one little girl raised her fices. W e over-work and over-eat, and luind. get too little out-door exercise, and our “Well, Maggie?" systems become clogged w ith im pu ri “I t means yer m o th *.” ties and the blood a hot-bed of germa l . The teacher pointed out her mistake, and humors of every kind, and warm •nd explained fully the meaning of the weather is sure to bring a reaction, word. Presently the word "poppy” and the poisonous m atter in th e blood had to be spelled. and system w ill break out in boils and “Who knows what ‘poppy’ means?" itulea or scaly eruptions and red, asked the teacher. figuring bumps and pimples. M ake The same little girl raised her hand, a good beg i n n i ng this season by takin g this time brimful of confidence. a course o f S. S. S. in tim e ; i t w ill not “Well, what's the answer. Moggie?" only p u rify yo ur blood and destroy the “I t means a man mummy," replied germs and poisons, but promote healthy the child. action of the L iv e r and Kidneys and give you a good appetite a t a tim e C o n s u m p t io n o f F ig I r o n . when yon need i t most. The consumption of pig Iron -In the S. S. S. improves the digestion and itasudlr- United States for the year la estlmat tones up the Stomach, and you are not ed at 20,000,000 tons and the furnaces continually haunted b y the fear of bare l»een producing on that l«sla. but indigestion every tim e you est, or « million tons of pig Iron lias been troubled w ith dizziness, nervousness liouglil abroad. This has depressed the and sleeplessness. There is no reason to dread the coming of warm weather if you have your system well fortified □■arket so that a number of furnace- and the blood in a normal, healthy condition. I t is the polluted, sluggish ta re blown out. , BAD LOOD C blood th a t invites disease germs, microbes and poisons o f every k in d and “Your daughter plays some very d if bring on a long train o f spring and summer ailments, break down the con stitution, and produce weakness, lassitude, and Other debilitating disorders. ficult music,” said the visitor. Eczema, Acne, Nettle-rash, Poison O ak and Iv y , and other irr ita tin g s k in “ I should say she does," answered Mr. Cum roi. serenely “ Her teacher troubles are sure to m ake their appearance unless the humors aad poisons are antidoted aad the th ia , acid blood sayt the playa things that nobod> «reer rnade rich and strong before the coming thought of attempting to write."— Washington Star. . A course of S. S. 8 . now would be 1 a safe precaution aad a good beginning When a fortune teller tells a man aad enable you to p a s « la comfort there le a woman on hie trail, I be only' through the hot, sultry mouths a n d mistake she can make Is In the com escape the diseases common to spring aud summer. S. S. S. is guaraateed plexton she gives the Nemesis purely vegetable and is recognized as th e best blood purifier aad the most in A mean ■naa sftoh ha« «"powerful vig o ratin g andpleaaantof a ll tonics W rite fo ro u rb o o k o n " The Blood and W a t e r R lg h t a la v o lv e d . A t the dinner of the Associated Cress recently. Congressman Bede, of Minnesota,said that there was so mttcli w ater In some of the present day trust.« that be donbted I f the sfSckboiderr could realize even the riparian rights We find that we are getting o!d. sn< that sil our life we bave been lot Ciowdrd'for time to read a ds-scripUot of a sunset. We o b je c t to th e w o ij E . P in k * h u m 's V e g etiih le'C o in p o u n d has greatly bene- title«! me. I Mill tell you how I suffered. ' My 1 felt ns each trouble Mas painful ni nstrnation. NOTH?m outh went by th a t I Mas b IH severe bearihg-down pains k and abdo» men. “ A friend advised me to try Mrs. Finkhamli metMotno. I djd bo sod ain now free from all pain during my periods.” — J k $ sik C. L ixdbxck , 1201 fith Street, Rockford, 111. ' ~ F R E E A D V ICE TO WOMEN. / i Jv/w J I / S N U U i II u I k P V ’ I ¿(1 iff 111 »F l/lS \ R em em b er, every w nm ari is c o rd ia lly ■ in v ite d to w r ite to M r«. I ’ tnkh u m If th e re I ’ “ H yO U ng a lto u t h e r sy m p to m s she does n o t und erstan d . M rs. P ln k lm m ’a address la Idrmt.-M»a«.. her advice Is fre e a n d eheerYnny given -to every s u in g w o m an w h o sake fo r It. H e r advice lias restored to hefclth m ore th a n one h u n d red thousand w om en. W h y don’t you t r y It , m y sick sisters? M F O R F E I T I f W»eaon.<t fo rth w ith nrrxtn-« th « o r lr ln a l b-lfer» sad d n a S e rw a f akov« ta-tim onlala, w kl«h w ill prova their ahanlnta g-ntdiw-na-a. L r d l a E . F io k lia m M a d M n e C o.. 1 # » *. Xa* . French Arm y M o rta lity. A y e r’s Pills are good liver rills. You know that. The best am ily laxative you can buy. T h ey keep the bowels regular, cure constipation.___ i,w.iTSS;.: f Want your moustache or beard a beautiful browoor rich black? Use Official figures show that during the years 1SSM to HMM) the m o rtality in the French arm y was more than double th at in the German armv. OROER QUICK—Spei ia i n a r(« in II«C oods. South Hend Steel 1‘lows, wood bsama, I In . «10; South Ik-nd I t ille d I row«, wood tx am«, u In , «7.70; H >uth Bend c h ille d Plows ao o d beams. H in , *3 fri; a ll > l u . and styles la flo w « . Y ou n g A m erica Cream B-|>arator, No. h» , « » . stool W ind M il!.» fo o t,fz l: W ood Wheel " Jnd M ill, 12-(ool, »:«, W rite us lo r prices oa s c y th in g In the m a rh ln e ry lin s . Relarson Ma c hin ery Co., (oot ol M t risen S t., Portlood. Or. r W. L. DOUGLAS qrv, n . MV »«rv-»T..>. •3.22 & *3 S H O E S £2 You can save from $ 9 to S t yearly by wearing W L. Douglas $3.60 or $ 3 shoos. to $5.00. Th o lm - / mens« sale o f W . L . fe--- Douglas shoe, proves U R * MSk th e ir superiority over M t o y a ll qther makes. m..-v Solti by retail shoe dealers everywhere. r itO S g s i ’ Lo ok for nainn and J price on bottom Thai Itonslas sen« f ar- JtaN I « M I t o il piovr» I here la / t a la r 1« Ik ia s la » -k o ra . ' /¡A I n r a a s la t h r h is h r . I Si s ilr P i t I h rr nia.lr. Z'«o t '»r»r S t 't t t i «ard. Our $4 Qttt f dgr L in t cttHnofnt e g u a lM a t any H U IkA *’ ZH qBtPXwBHm^l Hk«M by mall. CS rest» extra. IIN s t (btalag free. W. L. ROLULAB. Srecktoa, HEW w riting ta aSvertlaere «leaee ■ D u n ilo * t h i s p a p ? r . VETCH SEEDS ALSO A L L KINDS OF GRASS AND CLOVER SEED Send for Autumn Catalog Free. n. the Seedman, “S .£ r ‘ Portland Mmp1«»fnn<t rao«t pstlret mads. Before voe g i l l JtoSCjnl»* for e l>l«k Plowbe wire to es- eintnelB e Hendera For sale by the old r«ll- eble hoaae of / Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., P O P J j^ N n . PAINLESS W I S E B R O S ., D e n tis ts -....- - OREGON EXTRACTING Teeth Extracted Absolutely W ithout Pain and ell kinds of Dental W ork Done by Wise Brothers, the Painless Dentists. “ w in s o m e Graying ont of a novel to he applied to « h j real g irt ______ M b A I’ ixkilam ; - ^ L j 'd ln would do it.—Judge. f n o c f iT ig iQ W ith local applloatlons, aa thay eaanot reach thascat o< thadlasaaa. Catarrh la a blood or constitutionaldlsrooo,and ta srdss to enre It you must tabs Internal remedies. H all's Ca tarrh Cure Is taken in tern ally, and aetadiroctly on tbo blood aud mucous surfaces. H all's Ca tarrh Curs ta n o t a quack medicine. I t was nronerlbod by one of the boot physicians la this eonntry lor yoors, and Ian regular prescription. I t la nomposed of the boat tnnlea known, com- »Inod w ith the best blood pnrlSere, acting di rectly oa tbo mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of lbs two Ingredients la whnt pen- dmrea each wonderful results in enrlneeotorrb. M id for tontlmonlala, free. F. 1. C H B N IY A CO., Proprs., Toledo, O. Bold by druggists, price TSc. H alls fa m ily Pills are tha bank At the Capital. He— This Is the Indies' gallery; over there is the men's gallery. Just above the speaker’s desk is the press gallery. She—Oh, ye». And where is the rogues* gallery? He— W hy—er— the congressmen sit down there on tho main floor. the serious nature of the disease Is at once suspected, but the chronic varie ty may come on so gradually and In sidiously that Its presence Is not sus pected until after It has fastened It self thoroughly upon its victims. At, the appearance of the first symp tom Peruna should bo takerr.1 TW$ remedy strike» at once at the very root of the disease. A book on catarrh sent free by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. torn rfWsy p> give aeoa* to modern of fice b u ild in g « *T h e Old C u r io s ity Shop.” the home of little Nell, can «till be Identified In an old paper and Junk warehouse la Portsmouth «treat, near the courts, and near by, at No. 68, la the borne of Mr. Tulklngborn, the law yer la “Bleak Houss.” I t was occu pied for a loug time by John Pointer, the biographer of Dickens. Oliver Goldsmith lived and died In No. 2 Brick court. Middle Temple Laus, up two flights of stairs, and la bulred In the adjoining churchyard. Blackstone wrote his commentaries In the next building, and his room may be seen to day. Thackeray and Tom Taylor lived at No. 10, and Milton «pent «ever«I yean In the same locality. Nearly •very one of the old buildings 1« Iden tified with historic character«. Over on Holborn, one of tho great arteries of trade, sevenl of the Dick ens houses may be easily found by the use of the Dickens Dictionary. Dom- bsy A Bon a n real people and have a tailor «hop la the city. Mr. Dombey'a honee, which Dickens says “stood on the shady side of a tall, dark, dread fully genteel street,'* may be one of a doaen or more answering-that descrip tion. Admiral Lord Nelson, Lord By ron and Turner, the celebrated painter, lived In the same block. Salry Damp and Betsey Prlgg lived In a shop In Kingsgate street Which la now occu pied by a barber; Furnlvals* Inn, for merly oae of the - most picturesque buildings of old Ijmdon, In which Dickens wrote “The Pickwick Paper»," "Sketches by Bos.” “Oliver Twist” and • T o Y ootka W ombm : — I suffered for six years wi& dysmenor “NlcholhS Nickleby," has been torn down within the last two years, and rhea (painful periods), so muqh so that I dreaded every month, as I knew it meant three or four days of intense pa:n. The doctor said In Its place gow_ytands • magnificent this was due to an inflamed condition of the uterine apjiendagea caused structure o t o « brick and terra cotta by repeated and neglected colds. belonging to the Prudential Life Insur- “ If young girls only realized how dang rotis it is to take cold at anew Company. - S t Andrews’ Church, thia critical time, much suffering would be spared them. Thank God across the ktreet. Is Identified with for L y d ia E . I ’ in k h a m ’s V e g e ta b le Com pound, that was the only Oliver Twist and BUI Sykes, who medicine whieh helped me any. W ithin three weeks after I started to ■topped and counseled under its shad take it, I noticed a marked improvement in my generah health, and at ow one night on their memorable burg the time of my .next monthly period the pain had diminished consider lary excursion.— W. E. Curtia, In Chi- ably. I kept up the treatm ent, and was cured a month later, I am like . •Äonstnrn. I nm ________________ _ »rc-tare b r ie fe r . I hava