Highest of all fa LMvenlng Power. Lateit U. S. Gov't Report
CIIILDHEX'S COLUMN.
RIDDLES OF ANCIENT TIMES.
ABSOLUTELY PUHE
BATTLE OP K1V0LI.
NAPOLEON SAID THAT HIS LIFE REAL
LY BEGAN THERE.
Th. Short Campaign 'aa the Turnlnf
folnt or 111 War and Miaped Hie lilt'
tory of Europe For Twenty Vears-Tha
Austrlani Flva Mlnutea Late.
Professor Slonue'e " Lifo of Nitpolooti "
iu Tlio Century dt'scribori the miuHorly
Italian camimiBii. in which Napoleon'
military gonitis first won worldwiilo
recognition. Professor Sloniie thai de
scribes the bnttle of Hivoli :
At eurly dnwn bofiun tlio conflict
which was to sottlo tlie fiito of Miintna.
The first Acroo contest woo between the
Austrian left and the French right at
8t Mark, but it quickly spread along
the whole line as far as Caprino. For
some time the Austriaus hud tho advun
tago, and the result was in suspense,
since the French left, at Caprino, yield
ed for an instant before the onslaught of
the main Anstrinn army mndo in ac
cordance with Alvinozy'i first plan,
and, as he supposed, upon an inferior
force by one vastly superior in numbers.
Berthier, who by his calm conrago wus
fast rising high in his coiiiiiiiimlor's
favor, came to the rescue, and Miissena,
following with a judgment which bus
inseparably linked his uame with that
famous spot, finally restored order to
the French ranks. Lvery snccesHivo
charge of the Austriaus was repulsed
with a violence which throw their right
and center back toward Monte Baldo in
ever growing confusion.
The battle waged for nearly thrco
hours before Alvinezv understood that
it was not Jonbert's division, but Bona
parte's army, which was above him. In
his zeal lie then pressed forward on .the
plateau beneath the height to bring
more of his troops into action, and Jon
bert somewhat rashly advanced to check
the movement, leaving the road to St.
Mark unprotected. Tho Austriaus,
prompt to take advantage of his blunder,
charged up the hill, and seized the com
manding position, but siniultaneonsly
there rushed from the opposite sido three
French battalions, clambering up to re
trieve the mistake. Their physical
strength and nerous activity brought
them first to the top, and again the
storming columns were thrown back iu
disorder.
At that instant appeared in Bona
parte's rear an Austrian corps estimated
by him as 4,000 strong, which, having
come down the valley on tho left bunk,
had now crossed the river to take tho
French right ut Bivoli in its rear. Had
they arrived but a minuto sooner the
hill of Rivoli would have been lost o
the French. As it was, instead of mak
ing an attack, they had to await 0110.
Bonaparte directed a galling artillery
fire aguint thorn, and thus gained time
both to reform his ranks and hold the
newcomers iu cheek until his own re
serve, coming iu from tho next hamlet
westward, cnt thorn entirely off from
the retreating columns of Alvinczy( and
compelled them to lay down their arms.
Thus ended the worst defeat and moBt
complete ront which the Austrian arms
hod so fur sustained. Such wus the ut
ter demoralization of the flying and dis
integrated columns that a young French
officer named Rene, who was iu com
mand of 60 men at a hamlet ou Lake
Garrin, successfully imitated Bonaparte's
ruse at Lonato, mid displayed such an
imposing confidence to n flying troop of
1,600 Austriaus that they surrendered
to what they boheved to be a force su
perior to their owu. Next morning at
dawn Murat, who had marched all nigh
to gain the point, appeared on the slopcB
of Monte Buluo above the pass of Coro
ua, and united with Masseua and Jou
bert to drive the Austriaus from their
last foothold. The pnrsuit was coal in
ued as far as Trent. Thirtoeu thousand
prisoners were captured in those two
days.
This short campaign of Rivoli was
the turning point of tho war, and may
be said to have shaped tho history of
Europe for 30 years. Chroniclers dwell
upon those few momouts at the hill
above the plateun of Rivoli, and wonder
what the result would have been if the
last Austrian corps had arrived five
minutes sooner. But an accurate and
dispassionate criticism mustdecido that
every step iu Bonaparte's success was
won by careful forethought and th
most effective disposition of the forces
ut his command. 8o sure was he of suc
cess that even iu tho crises when Mas
genu seemed to save the day on the loft
and when the Austriaus seemed destined
to wrest victory from defeat at, the lust
moment on the right, ho was self reliant
and cheerful. The new Bystem of Held
operations had a triumphant vindication
at the hands of its author.
The conquering general meted out nn
stinted praise to his invinciblo squad
rons and their leaders, but said nothing
of himself, leaving the world to jmlgo
whether this was man or demon who,
still a youth, and within a puhlio ciireer
of but one season, had humiliated the
proudest empire ou the continent, had
subdued Italy and on her soil had creat
ed states unknown before without the
consent of any great power, not except
ing his own. It is not wonderful that
this personage should sometimes have
said of himself, "Say that my life be
gau at Rivoli," as at other times he
dated his military career from Toulon
YOUNG EDITORS.
A Monthly Mag aslue I'libll.hed by Hrliool
Children In I yon,
Tho Bchcxil Review is a monthly
magazine published by some little poo
plo in Lynn.
Tho publishing is done under the
name of tho Center Street News com
pany. I The sanctum is a room In tho Center
Street school Tho building is mostly
Evidence That tho itoyai radio at F.nf- devoted to primary classes, but there is
Una i KomatluiM. ; fifth grade class of tho grammar
Tho lato Mr. Worth, tho Parisian king ' achool in tho building, and that is tho
of dressmakers, oneo said that it fro- class aud room to which tho member of
qnent ly took him as long as three year , TllB Ruvluw Mlm
WHO 8ETS THE FASHIONS!
to educate the puhlio up to one of hi
fashions, anil to have it adopted. Ho of
course has set u great many fashion in
bis time, but tho dressmakers nro not re
sponsible for most of tho changes that
take place.
It is a simpler thing for a man like
the I'rinee of Wales, who is generally
admitted to bo tho best dressed gentle
man iu Europo, to change a fashion iu
men's clothing than it is for ft lady in
society to chungo tho fashion of tho time,
or to bring iu n new one. But any of the
recognized fashion leaders, such us the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of
Dudley, Lady Brooke, the Countess Uros-
venor or Mrs. Curnwallis West, can, if
they persist long enough, bring in a
fashion which will soon become general-;
ly popuiu '
For i nst imco, the Duchess of Portland,
after her marriago, had a strong inclina
tion for Malmaison carnations us button
holes, and wore them on every possible
occasion. Before that time they were
not much sought after, but very soon all
the florists iu Bond street and Regent
street had a greut display of them in
their windows.
The Princess of Wales is not a fashion
setter, but is one of thoso most sensible
ladies who favor comfortublo costumes
and tailor made gowns, and who does
not run to tho extreme modes. She
dresses, however, with excellent taste.
Another matter in which the royal
family nrevery conservative is the way in
which they wear their hair.
Miss L. M. Crosby Is the teacher. Her
method is the modern Idea of leading
I Anagrams mid Acrnsllis liar Ifoen Known
J Hint lb llaysar the I'salmlst.
i It seems ridiculous that tho peoplo
who lived hundreds and hundreds of
1 vcurs ago were mora Interested iu puz
' ties than yon and I are today. This is
i truo nevertheless. Tho puzzle I refer to
nro those in writing, although tho an
cients probably occupied some of their
spare timo with strange anil puzzling
' devices of wood and metal, as we da
What a pleasure it is to solve the prob
lems in our favorite magazines or news
papers! It is very good exercise for one's
brains, too, and where a prizo is offered
I to tho fortnnato hoy or girl who first
solves tho puzzles of different kinds the
work is morn pleasant still In tlio an
ticipation of proving oneself a little
cleverer than the others ami of receiv
ing the gift. Wo find that the acrostic
Is tho most ancient form of puzzling
mankind. Acrostic is Greek for n num
ber of verses, tho first letters of which
form a word sometimes a name and
sometimes a sentence The final letter
may form a word, or, as Addison tells
us, tho letters will even run down tho .
center of the verses as a seam. Tho He
A HOUSE OF FltEAKS.
THE QUEER WHIMS OF AN ECCENTRIC
RESIDENT OF CHICAGO.
IU Una Money to Upend mid I'aya It tint
For Work Cpon n Unti l Which la Altered
ua Often as Onee Veair, lint Vli h Ha
Never lleen Occupied.
On a certain west side street thore
funds u big white four story building.
Ono would say It was an apartment
house were it not that it seems to be
empty. But eucli spring ami lull signs
of life Invest the phico. Workmen in
blue overalls and jumpers come in
gangs. Wagons drive up and unload
liimlHi', bricks ami mortar. Windows
unil doors m o opened, and the ears of
the people iu (he vicinity uro greeted
with the sound of hammer and saw.
Were this building to bo destroyed a
landmark would disappear, and were
its owner to dio Chicago would lose oue
of its characters.
Possessed of ail ample fortune, this
man, who may bo called Colonel Per-
IIOITT'S SCHOOL,
Nowhere ar boys better oared for sod
mora thoroughly taught thtn at Jloltt's
Hohool, KurliiiKSine, Hun Mateo County,
Oil. The school Is In charge of Irs G,
lloitt, Ph. 1., and will reopen August titli.
H, V. Chronicle.
t kins, gratifies somo of the queerest
brew poets often mado their verses ruu j whims which evor burdenod mortal
; over tho entire nlplmbot. Twelve of the man or caused a mirthful puhlio no end
j psalms are written ou this plan, the j of amusement. This building is tho ob-
most notable being the ono hundred and 1 jrct ou which the colonel works his own
nineteen tli. This has 23 divisions of j sweet will, and its interior has probably
stanzas, corresponding to the 33 letters ; worn more different nspocts within tho
of tho Hebrew alphabet. Each stanza is ilul( flvo years than any other building
r.DITOII AMI BfSlSKSS MANAOKR.
young minds to grasp knowledge rathor
than pumping it into them, and her
room exhibits mauy evidences of this.
It is more like a museum than a con
ventional schoolroom. There uro all
sorts of objects calculated to instruct or
entertain tho children u tublo with
miucrulogiciil, botanical and other
I .!...; .1 1..,.- !,..
At the timo rr . "' n " ' ,r ?" : ; the Mohammedans,
when the "lain chignon" came in not I . covt.r tll0 wllnH abova Atone
one or no young princesses a, .. p.ea u, r , II1(teoroloKi(,ll ohnrtf where
although t was extremely fashionable, , h , Inlko alI,imwd(ii,T ,iieir
Curled fringes , u, is well known, are olM.rvatioIll, f ,he weather, ac
vrijr nun v nn mo ruyiii i.ui.ny. r,: , tl, ,. her lmmnn's svstem.
Sometimes the fashions are introduced !
qnito by chance. A few years ago, wheu
a well known beauty was married to a
young nobleman, tho brido decreed that
her bridesmaids should wear dark velvet
hats with ostrich feathers. At first ev
ery one was very much surprised, but
the ideu caught on, and during 181)3 at
two-thirds of tho fashionable weddings
dark velvet hats were worn with light
dresses. Pittsburg Dispatch.
SMASHED HIS BAGGAGE.
Whoinf
"Yes," said the practical politician,
"it is true that I have made f JOO.OOO
in the last ten years, but I worked for
it,"
"Of courso you did," replied the epi
grammatical, if niigrammatical, lawyer,
"but the question the peoplo ure asking
each other now is, 1 Who did yon work?' ' '
Somerville (Muss.) JonrnuL
LEAVES ITS riARK
every one of the painful irregularities
and weaknesses that prey upon women.
They fade the face, waste the figure, ruin
the temper, wither you up, make you old
before your time.
Get well: That's tbe way to look well.
Core tbe disorders and ailment that beset
yon, with Kr. Pierce's Favorite !Tecrip
tiun. It regulates and promotes all the womanly
function, improves digestion, enriches the
blood, dispels aches and pains, melancholy
and nervousness, brines refreshing sleep,
and restores health and strength.
And Then the Man Who Owned the Trunk
Had Humethhig to Hay.
"It's queer how people stand it," said
the man with tlio baggy trousers us the
hotel baggage wagon camo np from the
depot ami passed the window.
"Stand what particular thing?" was
asked.
"Permitting the railroad companies
to smash their trunks as they do. There
aro two on that loud which will have to
go to the shop for repairs, and tho own
ers will fixit tho bill and not say a
word."
"Well, isn't that your way?"
"No, sir, and it hasn't been for a
good many years. Lost spriug a buggage
maii threw my trunk off his wagou in
front of a Boston hotel unci busted it. He
drove off siugiug us I stood looking at
the wreck. Hulf an hour lutor I walked
in ou him at tho depot and said :
"I want Hofyon.'
" 'What for?'
" 'For smashing uiy trouk in front of
tho Continental. '
" 'Yon get out I Trunks ore liuble to
be damaged, and whoever heard of any
ouo having to pay for them?'
'"I'll show yon a ease right off. You
had no more license to bust that trunk
than yon had to bust my head. You
either come down or I'll begiu proceed
ings. '
"What will you do?"
'"I'll sue yon the first thing tomor
row. I'll not only sue you, bnt X 11 gar
nishee your wages. I'll make it cost
you at least $30 to get out of it, even if
you don't pay for tho trunk. 1
"He blustoicd and defied mo, "said
tho man of the trousers, "but before 10
o 'clock ho came to the hotel and offered
mo $7 to settle. I took a written prom
ise ou his part to handle all trunks with
reasonable consideration thereafter and
closed the caso. Ho admitted to me thut
ho hud probably damaged 6,000 trunks in
his life, but that no one had over kicked
lieforo. Ho didn't suppose a trunk owner
hud tho slightest legal right ou earth,
and he probably didn't get over looking
pale for a week. " Detroit Free Press.
I huveulways had a paper published
by my scholars, " said tho toucher, ex
plaining the origin of Tho School Ro
view, "but we did not get tho idea of
tho present magazine until wo saw some
thing iu Tho Globe about a little paper
published in Washington. Here is the
clipping. "
Miss Crosby led tho reporter to oue of
tho windows, where, pasted on the
woodwork, was the story of Milton Tib
bets and his Weekly Bulletin of Wash
ington, printed in this pupor several
mouths ago with a cut of the young
publisher.
"The children sent for a copy of Mil
ton's paper, and that furnished them
with a suggestion which they Imvo fol
lowed, though The Review is a larger
undertaking than Tho Bulletin."
Exhibiting a pasteboard box quite
full of manuscript, tho teacher ex
plained that this was the repository of
tho contributions to Tho Review, from
which the editors made their selections.
This was a plau by which authors could
tell whether their stories were accepted
or. not, as they could look in tho box
and find out at any timo.
"The children have their own way iu
everything conuected with Tho Re
viow," said the teacher. "They bought
the outfit for printing tho paper, a oopy
ing process. Of course I assist them,
but they are entitled to full credit for
all the bright, original things published.
It does not interfere with, but rather
helps iu, their school studies. "
Robert Kollam, editor iu chief, is a
10-year-old lad, uot very robust in body,
but bright as a gold dollar mentally.
Albert Eldridge, the business manager,
is 0 years old and handles his depart
ment liko a veteran. He lives ut 114
Grove street, and that is the business
headquurters of the magazine. Albert
also contributes editorials, prose and
poetry to The Review.
The staff includes Matthew Martin,
a clever pencil artist; Margaret Fahey,
Willio Buckley, Herman Haines, Katie
Conuolly, Katie Martin and Emily Nor
ton. Boston Ulobo.
formed of eight couplets, nnd tho first
lino of each couplet in tho first stanza in
i the original Hebrew begins with the
letter aleph, tho second commences with
, hcth, the third with gimel and so ou
- through the alphabet. The English di
: visions of tho psalms aro called after
the Hebrew letter that began the coup
: lets. It was ulso customary to compose
verses on sacred stibji-ots after the fash
ion of Hebrew ncrostics. This was dono
with a view to aid memory, nnd such
pieces were called abcedariun hymns.
Tho riddlo is ulso of ancient origin.
Tho Proverbs of tho Biblo, or sayings
attributed to Solomon, aro often in the
form of riddle Was it not tho Queen
of Shebu who proposed riddles to Solo
mon? Tho Koran, tho scriptural book of
also contains rid
dles, as do somo books now iu existence,
writteu iu Arabic unci Persian. The an
cient Egyptians also propounded rid
dles, and ono of the seven wise meu of
Greece, who lived in the sixth century
B. C, was celebrated for his riddles in
verso. Homer, tho Greek poet, accord
ing to a stateinout in Plutarch, died of
vexation at not being able to solve a
riddle. In the middle ages riddles were
encouraged for amusement on winter
nights in the baronial hull and also in
the monastery. In later days some of
tho most brilliant men of letters contrib
uted to tho list of riddles.
Tho nuagram, or transposition of the
letters in words or sentences, was much
in vogue in Greeco iu the olden times.
The Cubalists, or Jewish doctors,
thought that tho anagram always point
ed out a man's destiny, and if his name
written backward or transposed in any
way spelled a word with meaning they
firmly believed it a revelation. The flat
terers of James I of England proved his
right to the British monarchy as the de
scendant of tho mythical King Arthur
from his name dairies James Stuart,
which becomes "claims Arthur's seat."
The best anagrams aro thoso which have
iu tho new order of letters some signifi
cation appropriate to that from which
they ore formed. When Pilate asked,
"Quid est Veritas?" (What is truth?),
ho probably had no idea that his ques
tion unswerod itself. But it did. The
transposition mado it, "Est vir qui
odest" (It is tho man who is hero An
agrams were writteu as early as 250 B.
C, and their name comes from the
Greek words mm, backward, ni'd gram
nut, writing. Philadelphia Press,
Cheap Lodg-lng- For a I'rlnne.
Accidentally a bill of au inu at Pas
seier, Tyrol, wus discovered among the
paiK'rs of a recently deceased member of
the otHcial household of Emperor Wil
liam I, which gives an idea of tho cost
of living at that time. In 1S51 William,
then prince of Prussia, with a suit of
six companions, stopped at-the iun. Tho
lodging for the company amounted to 13
kientzer 5 cents. Tho breakfast coffee
Was more expensive, however 0 kreut
zer for each cup i. e., 8 cents. A
dish of milk was 1 cent, three eggs for 1
cent. The dinner ut the inn, consisting
of soup, meat, roast, fruit, preset ves and
wine, cost 27 kreutzer each, or less than
1 1 cents apiece. The total expense of
lodging, breakfast and dinner for the
party amounted to 3 florins and 35
kreutzer, or about DO cents.
St. Klnio's Light.
Tho atmospheric delusion knowu as
St. Elmo's fire, or St. Elmo's light, gets
its mime from a curious old legend of
St Adelelm, who, having started one
dark and stormy night to visit the bishop
of Anvergne, lighted u candle to guide
him on the way. It was wholly unpro
tected by anything like a covering; but,
notwithstanding the fact that the wind
A Dainty Reward.
Willie and Charlie one dtiy feinted well.
They had pie made of huney aiveet i-herrtes
And cookies (he crispiest ever were, baked
And a bowlful of loveliest liel-rles.
And the reason their mother grave them these
Kood things
You have uuesed It, my merry ones, maybe
Whr because every time that she went out to
work
They took such Rood eare of the luiby.
The 1. title I'rinee llaby Carol.
The little Bulgarian prince, Baby Car
ol, likes to go riding. A young woman
who saw him says that he is really a
very bright, bonny boy. Ho was seated
ou the Up of his English governess,
while in front of him was his Saxon
nurse dazzling in a bright red gown,
her head bound in a yellow kerchief and
decked with glittering earrings. Tbe
prince's carriage is a small lundcuu,
drawn by a pair of cream colored po
nies. The coachman and footmou iu roy
al livery seemed somewhat out of keep
ing in the dusty rustic lane
Secret of Living Long,
The necessity of relative harmony
throughout the entire physical system
cannot be too strongly urged Herein
lies the chief secret of health and long
lifo. Manifest weakness, or even pre
dominant strength, in any part opens
the avenue for the invasion of disease
and the appoach of death. What can
be done for the realization and mainte
nance of structural and vitul harmony?
Space would fail us to give details
adapted to varying conditions, but the
underlying fundamental principle for its
accomplishment may be imparted iu
few words. Strive to strengthen and
develop those parts of tho body which
havo been slighted by nature or weak
ened by disease or abuse; guard zealous
ly such structures nnd see that they are
never subjected to undue strain or too
active exertion; neglect not the improve
ment of every part of tho economy,
but Beek first to improve the weakest
structures; look woll to organs of vital
importance tho heart, lungs, kidneys,
etc. and seek especially to advance
their good. A fine physique is not to
bo ignored, bnt of far greater impor
tance are a strong pair of lungs, a nor
mal, well guarded heart, good digestive
apparatus and functionally sound kid
ney 1 lie strengthening and develop
ing of vital structures require more skill
and perseverance than tho training of
the muscular system and should bo con
ducted with much care and diligence.
Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette.
rait
summer tends to bil-
KnA F
The warmth or si
ionsness and fevers, and tho free use of
fruits counteracts this tendency. This
is be.-anso the acids of tho fruit help to
facilitate the separation of the bile from
tho blood, a process slackened by the
approach of hot weather. "Fruits ore
cooling" is an expression often used,
but why this is so very few understand.
They aro so because tho acid of thefmit
stimulates tho liver to geater activity
in separating the bile from tho blood,
which is its proper Wink, the result of
which is the kiwcls become free, the
pores of tho skin are open, and under
such conditions fever and want of appe
tite are inqiossible.
Ancient l'hyl laioi Were Special lt.
Horliert Spencer quotes from Herodo
tus u paragraph describing the practice
of medicine in ancient Egvnt several
blew furiously ami the rain fell in tor- years ago, winch applies with
rents, "it continued to barn with a e'1""1 P'r"''''7 to New York uow.
bright and steadv flame." The news of "Mo(lu ine' ' p,u1 Herodotus, "is prac
this miraculous occurrence soon spread i U ",I1011K them ou a plau of separa
in all Catholic countries and soon found ! K)lch pu.""i'iau treats a single dis
place iu the monkish inaiius. i ipts, where i ul'!"'r 1,0 "lom Tl' country swarms
it was declared that the irood Adelelm i '!'" 1,M,ll"1 practitioners, some nnder-
must have really Ihh'H attended by St.
Elmo and his fire. St. Louis Republic.
j The III rill' Service to Men.
! Before many years havo passed the
i legislatures of our states and nation
will lie forced to some action on the
! needless destruction of birds. Therohius
and bluebirds and wrens and the huu
i dreds of glad little singers of the woods
1 and fields have been driven away not
' merely from the cities, which they nsed
to inhabit, but from the villages on the
j ontskirts, and in some cases from even
tne isolated namlets. 'the increase in
iiikiuk to cure discuses ot tlie eve. some i
of the ear, others of the teeth, others of i iusect posts within two or three years
the head, others of tho intestines and ! hetokeus a grave danger, and the chcap
nme those which are uot local" wt "" surest way to meet it is to stop
. killing the birds and let them return nnd
However rich or elevated we mnv lx nPn "e ninths ami caterpillars
md of revising his poetry that the ! '" something is always want- a'"1 ''' rt"f ' " " f that strip
i years, at best, to restore them in such
! numbers as they could be reckoned by a
; dozen or 20 years ago, but people by
j ceasing to be sportsmen, or at least by
j ceasing to kill tho birds that are of no
, use us food, cau bring good times back.
Exchange.
Tope'a Favorite.
Pope deemed the "Essay on Man" his
most polished production, but was so
f
printed copy contained uliuosf oue mar
ginal note for every line. If his wishes
had been fully carried out, the second
edition would have hud so many chaugt
as to be practically a new work.
in this city.-
For heaven only knows how mauy
years the colonel has Intended to ohm a
hotel. Once always and sometimes twice
every year workmen ure engaged, mii
tcrial purchased, and for a fuw weeks
greut bustle and confusion go on within
tlio white walla Partitions are torn
down and put up, painters and paper
hangers change the appearance of the
rooms, and a great renovation is offeot
cd. This goes ou for perhaps a month.
Then suddenly the workmen are called
off, doors and windows ure closed, and
the house is apparently empty for
months. About the time the peoplo are
becoming accustomed to tlie deserted
appearance of the place the workmen
ngain appear and tear out what they
had put in.
The colonel spends from $500 to $5,
000 every timo he gets the workmen
into the house. As you go into the
building you first notice a great oak
staircase leading from tho maiu hull.
Years ago the colonel was in Vienna.
In some old building there he 'saw a
staircase with paiuted panels and inlaid
tiles and scrolls and gimcracks of one
sort and another iu it. Ho was entranc
ed nnd determined to have a counterpart
of it iu his new hotel, which ho would
open for the World's fair year. When
ho camo home, ho hired workmen, and
a part of them ho put ou the staircase.
Tho men started to work with sandpa
per and pumice stone to toko off the old
puiut and varnish. The colonel stopped
them. They must serapo it with glass,
ho said. The foreman tried to explain
that they could do it quicker and bettor
their way, but to no purpose. It would
not da It must be scraped with glass.
He was paying for that staircase, nnd he
was going to havo it done his way. So
tho men got pieces of broken glass and
began to scrape. From morning till
night a half dozen men scraped and
scratched uway with bits of glass. They
finished tho work in time, but tho sum
which it cost the colonel was some
thing prodigious,
Then he concluded that a furnace in
a house was a poor idia, so he had that
taken out and tho registers stuffed up.
Ho said whon ho opened his hotel he
would furnish tho guests with caudles,
and thoy could have stoves if they choso
to pay for them. The cheapest room in
the house was to be $:) a day.
Personally Colonol Perkins does not
like running water m a room. Tuere-
fore he has had it shut off iu his room
and a basin set in tho stationary bowl.
A pitcher of water sets on the floor,
This oddity's bed, or rather tho way it
is placed, is tlio queerest imaginobla If
a person wore to walk suddenly into
this man's bedroom, ho would rub his
eyes and wonder where ho was. Sus
pended iu the center of the room by
chains from the ceiling is the colonel's
bed. He reaches it by means of a small
stepladder, which he had built for the
purpose. The reason he assigns for huv
ing his bed placed in this singular posi
tion is that the air circulates hotter up
there. How the circulation of nir could
have any bearing on tlie case is not
easily seen, as the transom and every
window in the room is nailed shut with
big spikes.
The blankets ou the bed are of the
finest silk. These he sends to Bostou to
be cleaned, where ho also sends his
trousers every mouth to bo pressed,
One time during an annual campaign
of repairs the colouel concluded the
mattresses nnd pillows needed refilling
and the chairs and sofas needed new
upholstering. Instead of sending the
things out to be fixed lie had men come
to the house. The mattresses, pillows
and furuitnro were all ripped open, and
the contents ho had the meu pile in one
room. Half way to the ceiling was a
heap of hay, com husks, curled hair
and excelsior, and there it remains to
this day, or at least a part of it is in
tha t room. A portion, through careless
ly opened doors and windows, has been
blown through the rest of the house.
The frames of the furniture also had to
be all sorapecTwith glass, and the cost
was something like three times what
new furniture would cost.
Another innovation which the colonel
says he will embody in his hotel is doors
which sink into the floor. He proposes
to havo the doors fitted so thut by press
ing a button they will sink into
grooves until the top is flush with the
floor. Pressure upon another button
brings them up again.
Whenever he intends to go on a trip
his trunks are packed and sent ou ex
actly three days before he leaves. If by
any accident the baggage is delayed one
day, the colonel postpones his departure
just one day. Chicago Tribune.
When tJIrli Mnuke Cigarette,
"1 huvo repeatedly asserted, " com
mented n woman the other day, "that 1
never knew any woman who smoked
anil never met uny ono who know one
who did, but I cuii no longer say so. A
cuse has como homo to me in the family
of a dear friend iu a neighboring city,
where the young daughter of the house,
a girl of IU, is, it is feared, hopelessly
ill from the' effects of cigarette smoking.
Sho first smoked iu a spirit of foolish
sport, but soon became addicted beyond
control to the habit. A package a day
often did not satisfy her, ami she is
now n wreck, with little prospect of re
covering. It has been a terrible revela
tion and shock to her mother, who had
no suspicion of the fact till her child
was almost beyond help. Other mothers
ought perhaps to bo told of the caso as
a warning to vigilance, though it can
not le possible that it will bo ofteu du
plicated. "New York Tribune.
Ilarouew de Langenau.
The Baroness do Langenau of Vienna,
widow of a former minister from the
Austrian court to Russia, has taken the
vico presidency of the W. C. T. U. for
that country. The baroness devotes all
her varied gifts to tho well being of
those who ueed help. Sho has opened a
homo for servant girls, a mission for
postmen aud a chaix'l for the Wesloyou
missionary a German sent out nnder
tho auspices of the London society. Per
haps a more difficult field for women's
work could not be found than Vienna,
but even there the light begins to dawu.
Not only nmong women of the highest
social rank, but among those of the
least opportunity, there is "the sound of
a going in tho mulberry trees" that
means an escape from the bondage of
century old trudiition and prejudice in
to the new liberty of "Christiunity ap
plied. "
Portia Vermin Ophelia
It was Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson,
the impressive president of the Chicago
Woman's club, who won the admiration
of every one in attendance upon the
meetings of tho General Federation of
Woman's Clubs, held in Philadelphia
receutly, who once declared that "if
Hamlet had becu in love with Portia in
stead of Ophelia he never would have
gone mooning round and debating
whether it was hotter 'to be or uot to
be.'"
Care For the Drew Shields, :
The woman who aspires to be daiuty
pays especial attention to her dress
shields. New ones should be put iu
after every three or four times wearing
at the most, or tho old ones should bo
removed and washed before being nsod
again. Unless this is doue they will
prove very disagreeable if tho wearer
perspires freely.
Decorated by a King.
An American woman, Mine, de Heger-
maii-Lindercrone, has received from the
king of Sweden the decoration of "Lit
teris et Artibus" for her skill in con
ducting anoporetta which she gave of her
homo iu Swedeu. This lady is the third
woman to receive this honor, Jenny
Lind and N Issou being the ones previ
ously decorated.
and COLIC are
.Jquickly CURED:
witnrain-is.iiier.jr
3&
Cramps may assail you at any time, without warnmp;. You nr at
a complete disadvantage so midden and violent is their attack
unless you are provided with a sure cure. f .
Pain-KnIIer
Is the surest cure, tlie quickest nml the safest cure. It Is sold everywhere ut
35c. a bottle. Sec thut you get the genuine has "Pcrrv Davis & Sou "oil bottle.
SHEEP-DIP
LITTLE'S POWDER DIP THE BEST MADE I
Mlien wllh eold water. Hellable and nale.
JAMES LAIDLAW I CO,, Potland. Or. KOT'ESSS!:
I MALARIA I
B Three (lo.i only. Try It.
110 YOU t'KKL HAD? IXIKS YOUR HACK
ache? Does everv step seem a burden? Yon need
MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY.
0Flll-THE"REX"5-CENTCIGyiR
Ullll I'nliitlleroi nine. llr nor thumnud:
All lint el iw i1i-hU-i hIiouIu keep 111. m.
X )H-r criit cmli illsciiuiil.
SIC SICHEL ft CO., PORTLAND, OREGON, SOLE AGENTS
Cori-eKpOMdence o li-lliil. Saini.im win ou a illi'atlon,
WEINHARD'3
well-known beer
(IN KKI.M OR HOTTLRn)
rVeninl to uniie- T u V IT..
No uiatur where from. IOHTLiMI, OK.
Antifermentine
Preserves all kinds of Fruit without cooking, and retains their
natural flavor.
E,tab. 1866. CORBITT & MACLEAY CO. mc. .893.
IMl'ORTEItS, HllllM'INd nnd COMMISSION MKhTHASTH. Liberal advance made an annrnved
Krom l.lr-
eiiimlKiiincnt ol U lul. Hour, Onts, mil and Hops. Spwliil ImjHiru Iroin China, Japan and In-
.v", .... v, MiBtvinH ami niiK ?i i-i, niK". l,i:PJ, t.lllllU ni W, 11(1.
l.tvon-ODl Kllic. CiiHrm. anil Lnuiu Knok Halt. l''hi-mli'Kli nl .11 k I .,.! Tlm,f.
No. 1 rt'lnriied When, llngn. Hop burlap. Hnli H rim it tone, Bum Ale, (.uliinW 'oner, bcotch anU
erpool :
i remnivu nem nutf". iio ounHp, non nnmsume, uhhh aio, (iuiiineM t'orter, bcotct
Irish Whisky, Hramly mid Wines U t utile iu quantiiiea lo milt the trmie. 1'OKTLANl', UK.
V Chichesuh-8 English, Red Cross N Diamond Bbano
rEtmoittiriiS
The Ir Hafts Aarr. wd rtUahU Pill for nl.
a Drunu iu Ha tw tfMu n-mnie
THK ORIGINAL AND GENUINE.
LudlM. wk Dnmclit for Chickrrter ItnalUk Ihumcud i
boif wnlfd with blue ribbon. Take mo oiacr Ida-. Jfrtoa Svbttitvliona and M.(.HhA
All nllU III UUUbnard bni. ntnk ruipri.ir sJbiimm mhm afffd Ik. At Droa-aiiu. or f
4r. In itanip fr particular., u-MlmonUli. md "HHI-rf tmr ..a-dtra," in ItUtr, bj rvlani Hall.
1 0,000 IV-Unioiilnli. .V.imr ltptr. Hold by all l-al llmac-M.
4 lilt lit: . KH IIIKMII'AL CO., Klflll MhUIwm lll I,AIKMII1A. PA.
aS
THE KEYSTONK OF THK ARCH
In the fd!fle ol healih 1 vlnor, whlrh moam
uot merely musoulur enemy, but an a ttve ilt:
charse ol the varloua Iniiutlona ot the body,
i oh aa dlffeatlon, aeoretlou o' the bt'e, tbo ac
tion ol the bnwela, the circulation of the blood.
No'hliiB more actively or tlioroiiKhly coutr-b-ntea
to the united performance ot theao tunc
tlona than the leiiowned tonic anil regulator,
Hon titer's Stomach Hltterx. Tlie result of III
ie ifl a apeedy Rain In utrength, together with
the agieeable (OiiHCiouaneaa that Ihu tenur-i of
;ifeibeng strengthened that r.ne la laying
up a More ol vitality against I ho ui-avol iable
draughts which old age makes upon thesystem
Tne fortifying Influence ol the Hilter c insti
tute it a reliable saleguard against malaria,
rheumatism and kidney trouble. Appetite and
sleep improve through ill use, aud It piotecu
the system against the effects of colds ami
damp.
'Do yon tli i n k that Hllckens would deceive a
fiieuil?' "Of course not. Noneof ills friends
would believe a word he says."
HOW'S THIS I
We oRer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot he
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
P. 1. CHEN KY A CO., Props., Toledo, O
We the undersigned, have known K J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all biisiiiens
tiansactioiiB and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm.
W8t & Truax, WhohsaleDruggikts, To
ledo, O.
Waloino, Kinnan A Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internallv.
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Price, 73c pet
bottle. Mold by all Druggists. Testimon
ials If ree.
"HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS
SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH
APOLIO
ASK YOUR DRUdGIST FOR
The BEST
FOR
Dyspeptic.Delicate.Infirm and
AGED PERSONS
JOHN CARLE & SONS. New York.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me many a doctor's bill -8'. K. HAB.ny.Hop
kins Place, Baltimore, Md., Deo. 2, 18)M.
HOW TO GET H EM..
te Kailams Microbe Killer. Advice
-160 Morrlton St., Portland, Oregon. -
free.
COUPON .16-1 ho two new and popular
pongs ' Goodbye" and "Parted," regular price
4i)c each, can be procured al the Introductory
pr ce, Kli' each, by sending this coupon stamps
taken. Wiley !. A I leu Co., Hortland, Oiegon,
Try Gsrhba for breakfast.
A Good Appetite
Indicates a he.ilthy condition of the sys
tem and the lack of it shows that the
t iiih' Ii an I digestive organs are weal-
ami de ilitated. Hood's ur-uparilla ha
woudeifiil power to t ine and airengthei
these organs a d to cieate an upretitc
By doing this it restores the body Ir
health aud prevents attacks of disease.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the onlv true blood pnrilier nromi
neuily be or$ the public ev e to ly.
MnnH'Q PillQ the after dinner p It an
TO THE SICK
Radam's Microbe Killer
Is the only known remedy thut will des'rny
the Microbe iu the Hlool without It-jury to the
svatem. Millions of people testily lo Its won
d'eiful ernes.
HY HEMOVINO THE CADHK
IT CUHKS A IX HUMAN lUHKAMRH.
Price, 3 per Jar. 1 per Untile
Advlcj tree. Wilte for circulars.
Radam's Microbe Killer Company
1330 Maike'. St., San Franckeo, Col.
.1110 M rrlon Street PORTLAND, Olt.
Orders filled to any part of the country by
express.
NOTED FOR
OIIIGKEN RAISINQPAYS
llri aSPKgre1 I j
Via Illustrated 1 Jl
The "ERIE"
Ifyouusethe Petalum"
Incubator S Brooders.
Make money while
other are wasting
time bvold orocf ases.
Catalogtellaall about
it, and describes every
article needed for the,
poultry business.
.wheel. Prettiest model.
we are Pacific Coast
As-enta. Bicvcle cata-
logue.mauea iree.gives
fnll description . prices, etc., aoknts wanted.
FZTALUMA INCUBATOR C0..Petalnma.Cal.
Bsanch Houss, S3i S Main St., Los Augeles.
SIMPLICITY,
STRENGTH,
DR. GUM'S
IMPROVED
UVER PLLS
A MILD PHYSIC.
lainily cathartic.
ing to our itnprrfn't f-irlune. Horace.
Poets and Poems.
I beRin to feel like hit poems."
Khe4 the poet to tlie cruel lady who
bad said nay to his xeiitle appeal
"Iu what respect, pray?"
"I have beeu rejected so ofteu. '
Detroit Frwe Press.
Coal g-M was dewrilied and manufac
tured tiy Dr. C'laytou of England as
early as 1789.
Alum as a medicine has been iu com
mon one for nearly 800 years. It is
found in many quarters of the world,
and several varieties uro known to com
nieree
A Progressive Trlnces.
Mrs. WeWon, the wife of Mr. Frank
Welilon of the editorial staff of the At
lanta Constitution, is in correspondence
with the Princess Nazle of Cairo, Efrypt,
with a view to seenriug an exhibit of
the work of the women of Egypt in the
woman's exhibit at the Cotton States said
fntnrimtinntil prnoflitinn The PrillfHWM
Xazle, thongh a Moslem, has abandoned j JlrtifiCISl EVBS
it : l i z ... - 1 I 1 '
lm eii rum eiij"9 uioie ucniom mnu
most Mohammedan women. She is re
garded as the most enlightened and pro
gressive woman in Egypt and has many
friends and correspondents in America.
A SURE CURE FOR PILES
Itebioa Pila known bf moisture lika tMrapirstinn, eanmi
li VR PI I T. TTYR A DOSR.
A raorementof tbebowols each day is necessftrrfor
hoaltb. 'I'twa pills supply whu tlie system lacks to
make ir reauUr. They cure Headache. brig-Dura tbe
Eves, and clw the Complexion belter than cosmetics.
1 hey neither (Tripe nor sicken. To ennyiuco you. we
will me d x-implo f roe, or ft lull box for ':fxi. Sold eTerf
wbare. IiOaANIiO MED. CO., Philadelphia,
InUtnan itrhinwhenwarm. 7 tin form
inc or Protrudinc Plies yield at wore ta
DR. BO-8AM-K0 PILE REMEDY,
which sets dixectr on pelts affected, absorbs tnmors, al
Ura KehuLff, effeetxea a permanent core. Price e.
nisu or aud. Dr. Bewaake, l'Sllade... Pa,
Portugal is a corruption of Porte Cale,
tbe Roman name of the town of Oporto.
There is a tillv uine nmnth old at
Minnehaha park, Minneapolis, hy BU k
field, son of Sininious, not of the tin in
of Minnehaha, 2 :S7 at two Tears, that
is pacing quarters iu 43 seconds.
Mot Superstitions.
He seemed preoccnpietl,
"Why so thonghtfnl?" she asked,
while with dignity burn i.f womanly re
serve and consideration of a drug store
complexion she did not come too near
him.
"Is it true," he said, directing au in
tense gaze upon her, "that you have al
ready had 12 hnsbai.ds?"
Yes"
Throwing her shyness to the winds he
came and kissed him.
"yes, but I am not a bit supersti
tions. "Detroit Tribune.
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Taste and Smell.
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Asvty ttolsa tnte eKt euetril
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