Favorlts Star. From ancient days Regulus has been ona of the favorite start of marinars and so-called astrologer« The snclsnt names designated It as the king or stars. In Its apparent Seems to Have Had Normal passage through the path of the zodiac the sun la almost between us and Share of Mischievousness. Regulus, and once a month the moon Is near It and at tines comes direct ly between It and our earthly vision, In His “ Lstlsrs and Rscollsctiona” or “occults” It. For this alone Regulus Hs Has Told of His Amusing ought to be one of the fascinating Encounters With a Prus ■tars at this time of tbe year. sian Qovernor. Act not covsrea oy l iw . In a negro district a member woe on An anecdote of Alexander Agassis' trial, charged with stealing chickens. boyhood In Neuchâtel, In tbe days The evidence went to show that ths when that Swiss canton was adminis defendant bad been found with bis tered by the Prussian officials, shows foot In a steel trap at the door of tbe that the man who was to become so hennery, while an empty sack lay near famous as a scholar and a man of by. Tha decision of the Judge wae to sclenca had hla full share of a healthy this effect. “De co't finds dat de 'fend boy's mischievousness. The story la ant hadn't no criminal 'tentions. Dah told In bis “I»etters and Kecolleo halnt no law to p'vsnt a gemmen frurn tlonp." puttin’ bis foot In a steel trap ef he The small boys ot Neuchâtel were wants ter do It.” much Interested In politics. They were arrayed In two parties, the royallsta and the reds. The former were de WONDER*UL HOW RESINOL STOPS ITCHING AT ONCE voted to Prussia, and loyal subject« of Friedrich Wilhelm; the reds were To those who have endured for ardent 8wlss patriots, who wished years the Itching torments of eczema Neuchâtel to have the same repub >r other such skin-eruptions, the relief lican form of government that the oth that the first use of reslnoi ointment er Swiss cantons enjoyed, and who tnd reslnoi soap gives is perfectly tn- resented the authority of the governor, :redlble. After all tbe suffering they an appointee of the king of Prussia. Save endured and all the useless treat The governor, who liked to show bis ments they spent good money for, tin y :annot believe anything so simple, authority In the smallest details, was mild and Inexpensive can stop the itch- so lacking In a sense of tact and of ng and burning INSTANTLY! And proportion as to complain to Ix>uts they find It still more wonderful that Agassli that his little son was not sa the Improvement is permanent and luting him with enough politeness. Al that reslnoi really drives away the exander was punished, and when he eruption completely in a very short met the governor on the street the time. Perhaps there Is a pleasant sur next day, he saluted him with exag prise like this in store for you. Res lnoi ointment and reslnoi soap are sold gerated abjectness. The governor by all druggists.—Adv. complained of that, too, whereupon the elder Agassiz, much Incensed, Eyes of Fishes. gave his son a sound thrashing; for The eyee of fishes are in constant the father was a great admirer of the use except when they are asleep. Most king, who. at the suggestion of Hum fishes have no eyelids, their eyes be boldt, bad assisted hint In many ways. ing protected from Injury by a shiny Not content with this victory, the gov material or by a thick transparent ernor singled out his diminutive ad skin. The puffer, or swellflsh, which versary at a school celebration, and habitually burrows In sand at the held him up for reproof before a large bottom of the water, has eyelids which audience. > cover the eyeballs when closed, the When It was Alexander's turn to re lower eyelid being larger than the ceive his prizes from the governor, he upper. was so angry that he refused them with scorn, turned his back on the All of Tomato Utilized. representative of the king, and, to the Italy harvests about 22,000 acres ot delight of the reds, walked out of the tomatoes yearly, and the wastage room That led to further punishment amounts to practically nothing. The at home. sklna and seeds, formerly discarded, Infuriated at the governor’s treat are now utilized, tbe former as stock ment, the youthful patriot collected a feed and the latter as a source of oiL band of confederates of his own age, The crude oil Is suitable for soap stormed the castle on the night of a making and for lamps, and the refined large dinner party at which his father product Is said to be edible. was present, and smashed all the win dows of the state dining hall. Louis True Greatness. Agassiz, suspecting the Instigator of True greatness first of all is a thing this outrage, rushed home, but found of the heart. It is all alive with ro his son safely In bed and apparently bust and generous sympathies. It is asleep. neither behind Its age, and ahead of Commenting on this episode In after it only Just so far as to be able to years, Alexander Agassiz remarked lead Its march. 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To stay over night costs a dollar. h C a r c . White You Walk. ' “ ' 1' Allen1. Knot ha»* la a certain cure for hot. 1 » '■■ling.caltu., anil »wnllpii, ai Mug (cat. Hold by all l>ruggl»i>. Pile« /&r. Iron'I accent any •ut»litulu Trial narkace PUCK. AildreM AllenH O l a w a t l a Kujr, Y. , .. Do Your Best. , Play Yhe ifime! "* We are not here to whine and complain, to atay down becausa we are knocked down, to blame the Inequalities of the ground or the unfairness of the umpire Where there are no difficulties there can be no victories. Mfe are here to win If we can in every condition that confronts ua, to do our best in any case, and to do It to tbe end. To the Bitter End. R e d d —What do you think of the new baseball league? Greece—It means war in the base ball W Id. "Sure; It will be diamond cut dlo* H a p p in e s s . Happlneja lies In the consciousness we have of It, and by no means in the way the future keepa its promise — George Sand. I.INTYOI K KKAI, KHTATK AM I Business Opportunities with me. 2« active* «nlfsmrn hunting for - ers all th« time. Hr« I K.*tste and Building M araiinc Contain* 208 deerrption* o f city pruporirtiew. farm*. I i b u ilM M opportunities for *aU? and exchange. Perhaps it contains juat what yon sre locking for. Send for It. Ten e m u , I ornt stamps Resourceful Sailors. A tale from the Paclflc relates that s steamer whose rudder unexpectedly broke was steered for several days by packing boxes hune over the sides. G, W. MrCOY, U r g n t Realty Advertiser. Dally Thought. No man at bottom means fnjustlci t is always for some obscure distort 'd Image of a right that he contends. —Carl via. 932 Chamber o f Commerce, Portland. Or. 'ÛÜR 1DÉAS « 0 .0 0 0 offe re d fop pertnln _ t vent Iona. lbmk **II«»w lo O I t t a in . P a t e n t ” and **\V lint t o I i i v r n t " put freo, Bend roach ikttrb f<*r freo fn i« ft an to i taten tu I » lit jr. Patenta at* Thrtlfcd ft*r »«lo at our expense la Man ufacturers’ Jotimnls. CHANDt l£ A CHANCI I f . P.trflit «tty's r« * » V » n 1034 F. St. WssUsgtsa, 0 . C. BLACK BIRD’S “CAGE” IN FISHLAND Ingenious Novelty That Gives Canary the Appearance of Living Under Water. Have you goldfish and a canary In your home? If so, read about the fol A Definition. lowing Ingenious novelty: It consists William—"Pop. what's a paradox?" of a goldfish bowl made with double Father—"A paradox, my son. Is a worn- walls. In the center there is a dry in who wears silk stockings and tries space large enough to form a bird to keep It a secret.” - Puck. cage. While the fish swim about in the water between the two walls of Worse Than Work. Chase the Mice Away. “ After a man has loafed awhile,” Mice will not reopen a hole which glass, birdie seems also to be sub ■aid Uncle Eben. "he generally de has been filled with any mixture con merged. The first time your friends cides dat he’d rather go to work dan taining 1/e Flour and lye make a good see this supposedly amphibious ca- be so lonesome." paste for the purpose. F. N. U. N o . 17, IS IS W l i r a w ritin g t s i l m t l M n , p l a n tin s th in p n p r r . _________ P h o to g r a p h y an d T a c t. A photographer has to be a man of rare tact In order to get his subject to look pleasant Instead of laughing himself. In S. S. S. You Get a Twist on Rheumatism that Settles It. M an y a rheum atic su fferer h a s been to them neutral nnd scatte rs those peculiar the dru g store for a bottle o f 8 . 8. 8 . and form ations In the nervo centers that been handed som ethin g claim ed to bo cause such m y s tify in g and often baffling “ Just a s g o o d ." T ru ly , to ask for bread rheum atic pains. and be given a stone Is still In prm n .e . A nd best o f all this rem ark able rem ed y I f you are troubled w ith rheu m atism In Is w elcom o to the w eak est stom ach. I f a n y form be sure lo u ss 8 . 8 . 8 . and note you have drugged yo u rself until your Its w onderful Influence. stom ach Is nearly paralyzed, you w ill bo B. H. 8 . has the peculiar action o f so a k astonlzhed to And th at 8 . 8 . 8 . gives no in g through the Intestines directly Into se n sa ti>n b u t goes right to w ork. Thla Is th s blood. In live m in u tes its Influencs la because It Is a pure vegetable Infusion, Is a t w ork In every artery, vein and tiny taken naturally Into your blood Just as capillary. E v e r y m em bran e, every organ pure a ir la Inhaled n atu rally Into your o f the body, e very em u nctory becom es In lu n g « effect a filte r to strain the blood o f Im Get a b ottle o f 8 . 8 . 8. today, and ask purities. T h e stim u latin g properties o f 8 . 8 . 8 . eem pel the skin, liver, bowels, kid for 8 . 8 . 8 . n eys. bladder to all w ork to the one end T ou m ay depend upon It th at the storw o f castin g out every Irritating, every pain. that sella you w hat you oak for la a good Inflicting a to m o f poison; It dislodges by placa to trade. W rite to the S w ift Irrigation all accum ulations In tha Joints, Specific C o., 104 S w ift B ldg., A tla n ta, G o * B B S a c i d a c c r e t i o n s l o d ls o lv a , r s a d o r s for thalr Book on Rheumatism. . I Animal Weather Prophets. Regarded as weather prophets by the natives, the “black howlers,” largest of the Panamanian monkeys, set up a roaring howl almost sugges tive of the lion for volume of sound. They howl oftenest before or during « storm, hence the native belief. To Amateur Gardeners. For amateur gardeners the surest way to tell the weeds from the flowers Is to pull them all out. The ones that come up again are the weeds.—Life. 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CaJiferala. nary, caroling away seemingly under water, they will be very much sur prised and puzzled.—New York World. Bears In the War Region. An enormous black bear was seen slouching along midway between the Russian aud Austrian trenches In the Carpathians the other morning. The business of war was forgotten and the Austrians and Russians sent a volley at tho unfortunate bear, killing It There are large numbers of bears and wolves In the southeastern ranges of the mountains, and very often advance guards have to fight for their lives with these ferocious beasts, which, driven by hunger and made furious by the sound of cannonndlng, are ready to attack any number of men. Egypt'« Onion Crop Good. Consul Arthur Garrets reports from Alexandria, under date of January 21, that an average crop of onions is looked for In Egypt this year, as both weather conditions and water supply have been favorable and there bare been no war disturbances In the re gion devoted to the cultivation of thla vegetable. S ic k . ' *'* *■ « GU£& n£to7i T<» it possible there is a woman in this country who con tinues to suffer without giving Ly^ia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound a trial after all the evidence that is con tinually being published, which proves beyond contradic tion that this grand old medicine has relieved more suffer ing among women than any other one medicine in the world ? W e have published in the newspapers of the United States more genuine testimonial letters than have ever been pub lished in the interest of any other medicine for women— and every year we publish many new testimonials, all gen uine and true. Here are three never before published: From Mrs. S . T. Richmond, Providence, R. I. P rovidence , IL I,— w For the benefit of women who suffer as I have done I wish to state what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has done for me. I did some heavy lifting and the doctor said it caused a displacement. I have always been weak and I overworked after my baby was Ixim and inflammation set in, then nervous pros tration, from which I did not recover until I had taken Lydia E. Pink- ham’s Vegetable Compound. 'The Compound is my best friend and when I hear of a woman with troubles like mine I try to induce her to take your medicine.”— Mrs. S. T . lticnaosD , 84 Progress Avenue, Providence, R J From Mrs. Maria Irwin, Peru, N.Y. P ert * N .Y .— “ Before I took Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound I was very irregular and had much train. I hail lost three children, and felt worn out all the time. This splendid medicine helped me as nothing else had done, and I am thankful every day that ! took it.”— Mrs. M a k ia I b w in , K.F.D. 1, Peru, N .Y . From Mrs. Jane D. Duncan, W . Quincy, Mass. S outh Q uinct , M a s s . — *• The doctor said that I had organic trouble and he doctored me for a long time and I did not get any relief. I saw Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound ad vertised and I tried it and found relief before I had finished the first bottle. I continued taking it all tLrough middle life and am now a strong, healthy woman and earn my own living.”— Mrs. J a n e D. D uncan , Forest Avenue, W e st Quincy, Mass. to LYDIA E. PINK H A * XEDICIXPCO. (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN,M ASS.,foradvice. Y o u r lette r will be opened, read and answ ered toy a w om an and held in strict confidence. FOR DISTEMPER Pink E y s , E p izootic .- Shipping F ever, and Catarrhal F ever Sure cure and positive p reventive, no m atter how h orse« at an y age are inflicted or "e x p o s e d ." Ltqdid, given on th * ton gu e: acta on the blood and gland a; expels the poieonous germ s from the body. 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On the stone- paved market-place the bodies ar» laid in irregular rows, and here come the buyers to examine and purchase at will. PIMPLES BOILS CARBUNCLES fl ACHES ■ V CHILLS 1 ■ PAINS ■ Are “ Danger Signals” —the human system’s method o f giving warn ing that the blood has become impoverished and circulation poor. In this condition the human body is almost powerless to res;st the more serious illness. Don’ t delay. You need D R. PIERCE’S G o ld e n M e d ic a l D isc o v e r y It gets to work immediately at the seat o f your trouble— t h e S t o m a c h . Tt leads a helping hand. Helps to digest the food. Tones up the stomach. Soon brings back normal conditions. Food is properly assimilated and turned into rich, red blood. E very organ is strengthened and every tisane re-vitalized. Mode from roots taken from our great nmcrican forests. T ry this remedy now. Sold by Medicine Dealers in liquid or tablet form — or send 60c to D r. Pierce's Invalids Hotel, Buff alo, N . 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