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C O N SU M PTIO N
An attractive Held for wireless tel­
egraphy has been opened Up by the
organization of the Dannma canal
project, lllflclula are coualdi-rlug the
Postage wus always n mire point In feaslhlllty of «-«tahllshlug wireless con­
th«> old «lays. It might be cither pre­ nection between New Orleans and the
paid or collected on delivery, and un­ lathAfis. Between tbeao plucea there
lucky recipient» of Iong winded epls- la a clear »euwuy of 1,300 miles,
tie» or oilier uaclcs« matter often had through the Oulf of Mexl<-o and the
a ■uhMtuutlal grievance. The author Caribbean Hea.
of "The old Farmer and hi» Almanac/'
Work for the Insane 1» a »pedal
give» a few of Mr. Tboma»' frequent study at the Vllejulf asylum, l'»rl».
hint» to hi» contributor» to pay the 1'alutlug, carving, sketching and ev«-n
postage ou what they »eut to him.
tattooing are Included, and recovery Is
Ilia tlrat allualon to the matter wai often due to the employment In other
In the Almanack for 180(1, ami 1» ap­ case» tit» condition of the patient'»
pended to u compliment which he paya mind Is mlrror«-d In the work done,
to a highly rcapocted (junker corro- aiding the ph.v»b'lan In hta study of
apoiident:
the caae more than any amount of
•‘Friend It. 1». la tendered tho edi­ dla«'USHlon or consultation.
tor-» beat thnnU m . for tils keveral valu­
The earth's Interior, Instead of be-
able coniinunlcntlon», at the aanie time
aollclla a continuance of hi» corre- lug fluid, 1» now known to he exceed­
•poiiileiice. The poatnge the editor ingly hard and rigid. This la due to
will ever lie happy In paying, though the Inconceivable pressure, and I’ro-
fesaor T. J. J. K«-e points out that as
In Home la a great looacr."
One of tho "looalug" caae» appear» the lu-ut la beyond the critical tern-
p«-reture o f every known element, the
In 1X01):
“ A. It. (J. la thanked for hi» seu»on- matter must he eaacnttully a gaa r**-
able Information. Though we would duced by pressure to a hurdiieaa and
remind him that hla communication» rigidity iMisaesaed by no substance
come ao coated up that we are obliged known to us.
What la believed to he the largest
to pay double poatnge ou them, we
would advise him In future to leave off white sapphire ever discovered has
Just been brought to Berlin by M.
tlie wrnp|ier or puy the postage."
Again In INK): “ K. W. and other« Heppmcr, a German engineer, who hn»
will V>e kind enough to pay poatnge on resided for many year» In Brnxll,
anawera to Itlddlea In future, or they where he p<et»e»sca a«-veral mines. II«--
fore cutting the stone welgh«*d 1.2.V)
will not he noticed."
A little Inter: “O. S. our Itoaton «•arnta, but a flaw rail»«-«! the cleavage
<1 uerent, have no objection to hi» aak- I o f a piece weighing 4'») carats. This
Ing questions every day In the year, pi«-«*«* will produce a cut atom* of 11»)
provide«! he pay» the poatnge."
j carats. That cut from the larger pl«-ce
K. F. In 1X12 appear« aa a »Inner ' weighs 4 IX carats, 1» two Inches In
agalnat aevcral ptiurlples: hla "anec­ length and one Inch and a half wide
dote la «»f the conraer kind, and not and thick.
callable of being pollahe«| without In­
Mintlatlcs collect»*«! in Germany
juring tho pith. Ilia Mi'teorohiglcal show that thiee-«|uarteni «if all the tin
obaervatloiia, If correctly (nkeii, would 1 used In the world comes from south-
b«* uaeful, lie will do well to remotn- «•aatern A s i a . The t«ital production In
b « T the poatnge In future."
I ll*o:i amounted to 1*3.01*3 tons. AI
Ity 1X14 tli«' poatnge nulannce acema /hough lb«- output Increase» every year,
to have I mvobih Intolerable. "J. II. the supply Is still l»»uff|elent for the
Jr.” la Informed that "w e conceive demand. The l'ulte«l Htates 1» the
hla (Jueatlona to ho uniniportnnt, and great «-at tin using nation In the world.
not worth th«* money wo paid for . It consumes 43 per cent of the entire
them,” and lluully there la an eniphntlc supply, although contributing very llt-
pronunclaniento to the world at lurge: j tie t«i It. A tin mine was opened In
"No notice will In future ho taken of South Carolina a year ago. and there
any anawer* to queries unit*»» post are said to be deposlta In North Caro­
paid."
lina. South Dakota and Wyoming
Next to th<* United States. Great Brit
Different View* o f It.
Hln Is the greatest consumer. It takes
(Nellie Munaon Holman in “ Hucceea 2X per ceil of the entire supply.
Magazine.” )
It Is the opinion o f the Ikimlnlon
"W hat ia the secret of raocMS?” | superintendent o f for«-stry that Cana­
asked the magazine.
da undouht<-dly holds the first plare
“ Do write,” »aid the pen.
among the timber-producing countries
“ lie progreeeive,” aaid the euchre
of the world, and riot withstanding the
park.
great drain now put upon Its resources
“ He exact and on time,” aaid the
In this resjrect by the demands o f for­
clock.
eign
countries, he thinks that Its lead
“ Be careful not to break your word,”
may he Increased by Judicious man­
raid the typewriter.
“ Don't be afraid to strike when you agement of Its great for«-»ts. The vir­
gin white pine, h«> snys, cannot last
find your match,” said the lamp.
many years longer, hut In the Douglas
“ Puah and pull,” aai<l the door.
“ Stand firm and unyielding,” sai«l flr. the cedar, tin* Western white pine,
the spruce and'the hemlock. Canada
the flagstaff.
“ Don’ t change with every wind that possesses all hut Inexhaustible treas­
ures. The spruce Is the most widely
blow»,” said the weather vane.
“ Never la-come dull and rusty,” said distributed. Various sp«-cl«-s of It ex­
tend from the Atlantic to the Pacific
the hoe.
“ Climb stea«lily up,” said the hill. coast, and from the American border
“ Keep bright ami don't mind the northward to the limit of tr«*e growth.
clouds,” said the sun.
In Germany, where dlsnppolntnu-nt
"Cultivate a calm exterior, but I m * has attended tfie employment of acety-
ready for emergencies” said the inno­ lene for Illuminating purposes, a new
cent flower; “ even I always carry a use has been found for the gas In the
pistil.”
form of an explosive for blasting. Car-
bhl of calcium In small particles la en-
O n e M a r r e d H e r re « .
rlos«-d In a tin cartridge, the upper
Darker— I have noticed that nearly all part of which contains water separat­
the articles «in “ How to Manage a llus- ed from the caridd by a partition. At
baiid" were written by unmarried wom­ tho top of the cartridge Is an electric
en. How «lo you account for it?
Kvrwin—Oh. you don’t suppose a ninr- percussion device. An Iron pin, work-
ried woman is goin to give her little plan e«l from the outside of the cartridge,
perforates the partition and allows the
• way, do you?
water to come In contact with the car-
hid. This Is effoctwl hy a blow five
MALLEABLE IRON STUMP PULLERS inlntitea before It la desired to cause
lli(lit«*Nt hik I Mrnntffftt Httimp Puller
an explosion. At the end of that time,
on tli«* m arket. Utf Horn» power on the aweep
sufficient gas having been ilevelope«l In
w ith two horn«»*. Writ«* tor i|«»ncrlpilve cAtnloK
a ii U prlcM ,
the cartridge, the electric spark Is fired
wi h p non m t c h in n y co.
The eff»*ct
To o t of M orrison Street
I'ortlam J. Oregon nnd the explosion occurs.
In blasting Is said to be the rending
of the n»ck wllh Innumerable cracks,
so flint the fragments nre easily re­
moved.
PAYING I HI. POMACE.
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Iowa Improved
SEPARATOR
LO W CAN
r « -
DEATH-DEALING BREATH.
Am azon
Insect
w ith
K rn iurk n hle
Menna o f D efense.
There exist» In the region of the
Amazon, snys the Scientific American,
a variety of Insect» which are pro­
Skima Cold
vided with a truly remarkable im-nua
or Warm
of defense. These are ooleoptera of
Milk
the genua Clclndcla, with thorax and
legs of a light brownish yellow, back
50 Per Cent
elytra marked with yellow, and of a
Cream
total length o f whom 0.(1 to 0.7 o f an
Inch. Although loss Inaects are some­
I T ’S T H E
times seen In the daytime. It la at
BEST EVER
HKNP FOR OATALOOUK
night that they can most easily do
their hunting.
"In the pnths of tny garden,” snys
PORTLAND. OREGON
M. I/e Comte, "by directing the light
H K ATTI.K
HPOKANK
BOIBK
of a dark lantern toward the ground,
P. 14 . U
Ne. 27—1 *0 5
I have seen them running In all direc­
fUKW writing to advertisers ptenae I tions seeking a rernge In the clefts
m«nM»n this paper.
I between the atones of the borders or
Waiat High
MITCHELL, LEWIS & STIVER CO.
f
concealing themselves und«-r tuft» of
grnas. Every time that I have tried
lo seize one of them a slight noise
has been heard like that of steam uu
der pressure escaping from a valve
rals«<«l by Jerks, while a Jet of smoke
has made Its exit with force. In most
cases from the extremity of the abdo­
men, nnd sometimes even from the
mouth, snd disseminating a strong
odor of nitrous gas.
“ At such times I have experienced
quite a strong feeling of heat In the
hand, mid the body of some of the ln-
■«s'ts that I succeeded In «-atcblug ap­
peared to me to he hot. My fingers
and the parts of my nands that ha<!
been toueb«-d by the hot smoke were
stained an Indelible brown. It would
»«•«■in as If this were a very caustic
substance which the Insect project»
with violence In an Impalpable dust
against the encml«-« that tlireaten It,
and that It holds In reserve for Impor­
tant occasions.
"This process 1» not absolutely ab­
normal, since a number of other ani­
mals also have recourse to projections
of Ihiulds or odors against their ene­
mies for their defense, lint this de­
notes In our Insect l*«»th a special
chemical tal«-nt and n special resist­
ance o f the lnt«-Mtlnea that may be
<|iia!lfte<! aa most remarkable.
“ Upon the whole, tha llt'Je col«»opfer
la nothing lesa than a dragon that
projects (Ire and tiam«-s from l*oth of
Ita extremities and that differs In prin­
ciple from the famous monster of an-
thjulty only In Ita dimension». It may
very well have l>een that onr ances­
tors also knew some gigantic ctcln-
dele, the remains of an antediluvian
fauna, and that they have not prevari­
cated as much as might seem to he the
case In relating to us the mlsd«-«-ds of
the marvelous ami terrible antmal com­
muted In the days of yore In guard­
ing caverns In which was hidden ev­
ery sort of treasure worthy of th«
name."
FURIOUB FO E8 T FIRE8 .
M in
u n d H o i s t A r c , I! el p i c » » A g a i n s t
T h e ir O n com in g.
IVot a F a v o r i t e f t r e e d .
I/OV« ts of good, pin Iii doga, which
have been allowed to grow naturally,
will appreciate the story of the En­
glish peddler who went to a dealer In
dogs and thus described what he
want«-«]:
"HI wants a kind of dog about so
'Igh an' so long. Hit's a kind of gry-
'ouud, an’ yet It ain't a gry'ound, be­
cause 'la tyle la shorter nor any o’
thij-se 'ere gry'ounda an’ 'Is nose 1»
shorter, an’ 'e ain't so slim round the
body. But still 'e's a kind o’ gry-
’ound. Do you keep such dogs?”
"So," replied the dog man. “ We
drowns ’em."
A J ra lo u a E lep h a n t.
A large elephant, formerly the cen­
ter of attraction In a certain Zoo, found
Itself supplanted In public favor by
a new arrival—a young camel. This
camel was the latest acquisition, and
very naturally engaged the attention
of visitors.
The elephant for a long time show­
ed signs of dissatisfaction, and at last
hla Jealousy reached a point where It
must find expression. When the usual
crowd gathered about the camel the
elephant prepared for action. He flll«*>l
Ills trunk with water, and with de­
liberate aim discharged the water all
over the people who stood looking at
the baby camel.
W h e r e Idea t h e E a s t ?
“ Yes, I’ve Just returned from a two
month»’ visit In the East,” the Port­
land young lady was saying, "and. oh,
I bad such a lovely time! Those East­
erners are so different from ua.
though.”
"W hat point» did yon vlsJt?” In­
quired the new comer In Oregon. "I do
hope you saw deer old Boston.”
"BostonP the Portland girl ejacu­
lated. “ I should any not I was In
Montana."—'Portland Oregonian.
Own Up
You d o n ’ t like those gray
hairs, d o y o u ? A n d y o u r hus­
band certainly d o e s n ’ t like
them. T h en w h y not try a
bottle o f A y e r ’s H a ir V ig o r ?
It restores c o lo r to gray hair
e v ery tim e, all the d e e p , rich
co lo r o f early life. A n d it
cu res d a n d ru ff also.
" I certain I t b elieve th at Ayar*« H air V igor
Is a •plen d ld preparation fo r tbe hair and
•r a lp , fo r I h a v e n*ed tt m ore or leet fo r six
years. I can c h e e rfu lly recom m end II to a n y ­
one In need o f such a p rep aratio n ." — M il*.
K a t k H o y t , M inneapolis. Minn.
Æ M ad» b r J . C. A y e r C o.. L o w e ll, Maee.
**
A lao m an u factu rera o f
SARSAPARILLA.
PILLS.
CtltkKY PECTORAL.
Is N a tio n o f C h a n f f e u m .
Tbe French nation so closely guards
her supremacy In the motor world that
Just Discrimination in Railway Rates. plans are being made so that every
All railroad men qualified to speak French boy will be made familiar with
on the subject in a responsible way are the operation and the principles In­
likely to agree with President Samuel volved in the construction of the auto­
Bpencer of the Southern railway when mobile, says the Philadelphia Record.
he says:
"There is no division of | A course of instruction Is being arrang-
opinion as to the desirability of stop­ I **d for lntrmluctlon into the public
ping all secret or unjustly discrimina­ ; schools. There are a number of techni­
tory devices and practices of whatso­ cal schools where the details of auto­
mobile Instructions are imparted to
ever character.”
Mr. Spencer, in speaking of “ unjust­ | those who desire such knowledge.
ly discriminatory” rates and devices,
It Is said that no city in the world
makes a distinction which is at once gives the same encouragement to au-
apparent to common sense. There may ! tomoblling as Paris. It has been de-
he discrimination in freight rates which ' cld«*«l that all the public hospitals shall
is just, reasonable and imperatively re- be equipped with self-propelled ambu­
<1 uired hy the complex commercial and lances and a very speedy car has been
geographical conditions with which ex­ ordered to be attached to the municipal
pert rate makers have to deal. To abol­ laboratory, where all the bombs found
ish such open and honest discrimina­ on the streets of that city shall be ta­
tion might paralyze the industries of ken for investigation and destruction.
cities, states and whole sections of our
national territory.
This distinction between just and
unjust discrimination is clearly recog­
nized in the conclusions of the interna­
For Infants and Children.
tional Railway congress, published yes­
terday :
The furyof a forest Are ts Indescrib­
able, especially In soft wood or conifer­
ous forests. Here the flumes sweep
through, making a roaring wall of
bluzc that reaches from the ground,
carpeted with Inflammable material,
to the topmost branches where resin­
ous sap snaps and crackles fiercely,
'•TarlflH sh o u ld be ba «ed o n c o m m e r cia l p rin
throwing blazing particles to Ignite
c lp le s , ta k in x in t o a c c o u n t t i e s i e -ial <o-idi-
other trees at a considerable distance. ito n s w h ic h bea r u i o n lu e c o m m e r c ia l «ralue
( th e se r v ic e s r e n d e re d
W ith th e re * e rv « -
In nddttlon a high wind blows. In o tlon
m a t ra les sh a ll be c h a r z e d w ith o u t a rb i-
many cases genernt«*d by the fire Itself, tra rv d l-c r lm in a t lo n to a ll sh ip p ers a lis e u n ­
l i k e c o n d it io n s , t e m s k ln x o l rate* sh> u ld
the heated air rising causing an In­ d aa e r lar
a* p o -a ib • b a r e a 1 th e e la s t ic ity n e c e s ­
rush of colder air from adjacent areas sary to p e rm it tr.e d e v e o p m e n t o f the traffic
a n a lo p r o d u c e th e x r e ste st results to th e p u b ­
that acta like a draft of a furnace. Be­ lic a n d to l i e r a ilr o a d s t b e m a e lv r s ."
fore this combination of ground and
The present proposal is, as M r.
crown Are nothing can prevail. Ani­ Walker D. Hines, of Louisville, slow -d
mals flee before It or are roasted to in his remarkable testimony the ottier
death. Inning the fires In Wasblng- day Itefore the senate committee at
on and Oregon In llt(i2 lakes were Washington, to crystallize flexible and
found packed »olid with putrefying justly discriminatory rates into fixed
nnd pnrtly roasted bodies of bear, deer, government rates which cannot be
panther, nnd other animals, fearless of changed except by the intervention of
each other In the frenzy that brought some government tribunal, and by this
them together to perish through very process to increase “ the tempts-
drowning, heat, or suffocation. In I tion to depart from the published rate
these same flr«* a picnic party of nine , and the lawful rate in order to meet
persons, with team und wagon, was some ovepowering and urgent commer­
cut off by flames near ML St. Helen, cial condition” — New York Sun.
nnd all that was found later to prove
T o o D e e p (h r H 'm .
the tragedy were the Irons of the wag­
"There's one thing I can't understand
on, the carcasses of two horses, ves­ about farming,” said the city chap who
tiges of the remains of human beings, had contracted with a farmer for a
the buttons of the clothing- the only week’s board, as he watched the hired
evidence left to show how they fell. man turning the soil.
“ What he that, young feller?" queried
The horses had been cut loose In a the honest old gran .c., as he bit off a
vain mercy that sought to give them generous hunk of home-made tobacco.
a chance to shift for themselves. Near
"I can’t understand,” said the city
the tires of the wagon were the re­ chap, “ why the ground was placed bot­
mains of the women of the party and tom side up. so that it has to be turned
the position of the men at various over with a plow before the crops can be
points from the central group of the planted."
tragedy show«*«! that they had tried to
At the present moment there are 194
make some sort of a fight, 'm e task monuments in Germany that have been
was as hopeless as making a living completed to Prince Bismarck, while
space In the midst of a blast furnace. forty-four others are in process of con­
struction or are planned.
—The Chautnuqtinn.
Peculiar Funeral Customs.
Swiss funernl customs are most pe
cullar. At the death o f a person the
family Inserts a hlack-edge«l announce­
ment In the papers nsklng for sympa­
thy, and stating that "the mourning
urn” will be exhibited within certain
hours on a special day. In front of the
house where the person died there Is
placed a little black table, covered
with a black cloth, on which stands
a black Jar. Into this the friends and
acquaintances of the family drop small
black-margined visiting cards, smne-
tlines with a few worils of sympathy
on them. The urn Is put on the table
on the day of the funeral. Only men
go over to the churchyard, and they
generally follow the hearse on foot
Come Now
There is a grave-digging school in
Brussels, and all the candidates for the
post of sexton in Belgium to be eligible
must have grndinted from this school.
Idleness is many gathered miseries in
one name.— Richter.
CASTOR IA
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
H er P urpose.
"Mother thinks you'll make me a good
wife.” said the girl's intended.
"Indeed?” replied the girl with ths
determined j a w . "you tell your mother
I’ll make you a good husband.’’— Phila­
delphia Ledger.
For roughs and colds there la no better
medicine than Piso’s Cure for Consump­
tion. Price 25 cents.
A Ron's Suggestion.
Father (cutting the whip smartly
through the air)—See, Tommy, h o w I
make the horse g o faster without strik-
iug him at all.
Tommy— Papa, why don’t you spank
us children that way?—Glasgow Times.
M o th e rs w ill fin d M r.. W in slo w ’s S o o th in g
B yru p the best re m e d y lo u s e lo r th eir c h ild r e n
d u r in g th e te e th in g p e rio d .
O ff D nty.
“ Hello!” cried the policeman, “ read­
ing a paper, eh? I thought you were a
blind man.”
“ So I am during business honrp." the
blind beggar replied, “ but I’m off duty
now.” —Philadelphia Press.
r i T Q Perm anently Cored. No n t. or nervousness
I 11 U after Brst day’ s use o f Dr. Kline's tlreat Nerve
hestorer. Semi for F r e e S 3 trial b oolea n .! treatise.
Dr. H. H . Kline, Ltd., Ml Arch St.. Philadelphia, Pa.
P a rtic u la r.
“ Darling.” whispered the anient
suitor, “ may I press you with my man­
ly arm?”
“ I am from Missouri,” replied the
beautiful girl, "and you will have to
show me.”
"Show you what?"
"Proof that you belong to the Press-
era* Union.”
_
Those afflicted with Eczema know
more than can be told of the suffering imposed by this “ flesh'"
fire. ’ ’ It usually begins with a slight redness of the skin, which gradually
spreads, followed by blisters and pustules discharging a thin, sticky fluid
that dries and scales off. leaving an inflamed surface, and at times the itch­
ing and burning are almost unbearable. W hile any part of the body is
liable to be attacked, the
hands, feet, back, arms, face
Eczema made its appearance on my left limb the
and legs are the parts most •ize of my thumb in 1893, and spread until it s a t
often afflicted. The cause of large as my hand, burning, itching and paining
Eczema is a too acid condi­ me, and for which I could get no relief, until see­
ing the other cures advertised by you I wrote and
tion of the blood. The cir­ secured
the advise of your physicians, commenced
culation becomes l o a d e d S. S. S. and it cured me.
with fiery, acid poisons that
Mayetta, Kan.
J. H. S phjvcb .
are f o r c e d through the
glands and pores of the skia which set the flesh aflame. Since the cause o f
the disease is in the blood it is a waste of time to try to cure it with local
applications; th o cause must be removed before a cure can be effected. S. S. S.
has no equal as a remedy for Eczema; it enters the
blood and forces out the poison through the natural
channels, and builds up the entire system. The skin
becomes smooth and soft again, and the Eczema i3
On a rainy, windy night when you
cured. Cases that have persistently refused to be
are unable to eleep, ever look yourself cured under the ordinary treatment yield to its purifying, cooling effect on
over candidly, and admit your faults? the b lo o d . B o o k o n Skin Diseases and any advice wished, without charge.
And waan’t the result pretty tough?
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