in prizes to make twice as many people ask their grocers for Schillings Best baking powder and tea. Schillings Best baking powder and tea are because they are money -back. vJ!j!Sf wornot SAFE a,thouh S'i7 'C CVery Package of baki,,S l,owder: yeI1w ticket in Urn xeaj send a ticket with each word to address below before December 3isi. Until October ,5th two words allowed for every ticket; after that only on, word for every ticket. Jt JIT'3' am finds the that person gets f 2000.00; if several find it, Jaooaoo will be equally divided among them. wJrfTIT SendlnE 3 brWn r ye"ow ticket wi" receive 8 set of cardboard creeping babies at the end of the contest. Those sending three or more in one envelope will rece.ve an 1S98 pocket calendar-no advertising on it. These weepinj bab.es and pocket calendars will be different from the ones offered in toe last contest. Better cut these rules out. "Address MONEY-BACK, SAN FRANCISCO. N HUNDRED THOUSAND The records of eighty-eight years Bhow that tornadoes have a width "of 10 to 1-0,560 feet, a longth of track of 300 yards to 200 miles, and a velocity of progression of 7 to 100 miles an hour.' BASE BILL GOODS ft!L? W carry the most complete line of Gvmiiasiuro and Athletic lioous on the Coast. JUITS AND UNIFORMS MADE TO ORDER. Bend lor Our Athletic Catalogue. WILL & FINCK CO., 818-890 Market St., Kan 1' ranol.co, Cat. 1 DVSPEHTICllKO win cure you of Dys. pepsia, Indigestion, - - - oliu awilllLtll liUUUiUtl ol all kinds. Price. 1. On receipt f same we will deliver it at your nearest express office tree of charge. ....FRANK NAU.... Portland Hotel Pharmacy. . Sixth and Morrison atreet, POHTLANu, OR. Portland, Oregon . . A. P. ARMSTRONG, ll.b., Prin. J. A. Wesco, Sec'y THE BUSY WORLD OF BUSINESS Itm prafluble mploymnt to bandreda of aur frftdnata., tad win to tbouiftoda nor. Send for our eatatof at. Lamm wntt aud bow w twh. Vwtlj, h BUSINESS EDUCATION PAYS Weakness gf Heh Quickly, Thoroughly, Forever Cared by new perfected scientific method that cannot fail nnleus the oane is beyond human aid. Yon feel im- C roved the first day, feel a enetit every day, soon know yoarhelf a king araoog men in uuuj, mum ana nearw i uraine and looses ended. Eyery obstacle to nanny married life removed, fterve Inrr.m. will. ntrfr. nhn failing or lost, are restored by this treatment All weak portions of the body enlarged and strength ened. Write for our book, with explanations and proofs. Sent sealed, free. Over 2,000 references. ERIE MEDICAL CO., K5 BE MANLY Yon cannot afford to let physical weakness stifle ambition and mar your future. If yon are not the man you should be at your Rue; if yon have wasted your strength ; if yon feel th need ef a remedy that will bring bacK the vigor f youth, that will restor your energy and your strength, do not beaitate. Get that grand cat of all remedies, DR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT. ANOTHER MAN MADE HAPPY. The color in my face Is looking much better and I feel tine. Ihavetlept well since tiling your Bolt," writes Louis Engela, Fairfield, Uiab, on August 2, 1897. "THREE CLASSES OP MEN," Illnstrated, is sent frco, sealed, by mail, to all who write, or it may be had at th office upon application. Every young, middle-aged r old man aufferlng from the slightest ak aes should read it. It will show a safe and aptedy way to regain manlr strengtn when, everything else baa failed. Call or addresa SANDEN ELECTRIC BELT CO. SS3 West Washing! no SU, I'ortland, Or. Pletue mention thil Paper. C Ht lore" h " e t h iVc! " " Vita. WiNsutwa booTHnro Svacr mould alwayi be 1 t use for children uelhlng. Itsootbea ti-e child, ov 4 Lciis tb g-nmi. allaya all pnln. coroa wind mile and fa 4 tb beat rimdT (ordivThtxa. Twantr nrm euu a i bottle. It I. th beat ol all. J ) mm um JUUllMlllUifiiiei Send for Catalogue (i T n 1 1 p n PORTLAND, OREGON. ) LILU I I Bart Ooivb utif.Tuw Qoua. Cm 1 1 1 tntlaa, Bnld by drofglita f 1 ys V 7 F tow FRUIT I K r r iS or Pest on them. 1 1VL.L.VJ Send lor ou r do scriptive price list FREE. BUELL LAMBERSDS, Portland, Oregon Toothache, as an excuse for absence from duty, is not recognized in the postofflce of Geneva, Switzerland When an employe complains of an ach ing tooth a government doctor pulls it out. tKFT DESTITUTE! .ot of worldly goods, but of all earthly com fort, is the poor wretch tormented bv malaria. 1 he foil scourge is, however, shorn of its thornr in advance by Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters, its only sore preventive and remedv. Dvsreusia. biliousness, constipation, rheumatism, ner vousness and kidney complaints are also among the bodily afflictions which this bene ficent medicine overcomes with certainty. Use it systematically. There is a 15-year-old widow at Cov ington, Ky. The girl was married a year ago to a 19-year-old boy, all the parents consenting. Her husband died a few days ago. a GOOD THING For Women to Remember. That in addressing Mrs. I'inkhnm they are communicating with a woniitii a wo man whose experience in treating woman's ills is greater than t hat of any living physi cian male or female. A woman can talk freelv to a woman when it is revolting to relate her private troubles to a mini besides, a man does not understand -simply- because, he is a man. Many women suffer in silence and drift along trom bad to worse, knowing full well that they should have immediate assist 'inrift. hut. a ,nit.iM.ul m.tlou-., 11 ... ...,vut. muutn iiiiyms uieiu to shrink from exposing themselves to the nneKtiillia onrl rtiKaKlu A-...: n ,,.,u ..uluu,, VAmiillimiUIlH OI even their family physician. It is unnec essary. Without nionev or price you can consult a woman, whoso knowledge from actual experience is greater than any local physician living. 1 he following invitation is freely offered; accept it in the same spirit : Women suffering from any form of fe male weakness are invited to freely com municate with Mrs Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, reud and answered by women only, thus has been established the eternal conudence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken and has induced more than 100,000 sufferers to write her for advice during the last four months. Out of the vast volume of exper ience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help vour case. She asks nothing in return except your good-will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Kurely, anv woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take ad vantage of this generous offer of assistance. Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn. Mass. , A postofflce clock in Sydney, New South Wales, emits an eleotric light flash lasting five seconds every hour during the night, thus enabling those living miles away to ascertain the exaet time. 100 REWARD, SIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded diseaae that science has been able to cure in all lisstaees and that Is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a conatitutlonal dis ease.requiresaconsiitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cnre is taken internally, acting directly npon the blood and mucous surfaces of the svs tem, therebv destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient irrencrth by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so mush faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for anv case that it fails to cure. Bend for list of tedlinonials, Address, F. J. CHKNEV, diCo., Toledo, O. Bold by druggists, 76c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. The effloiency of the Christian En deavor aeEooiation as a religious agency is accounted for by the fact that, it con tains twioe as many women as men. HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD. All Eastern Syrap, so-called, nsuallv verv light colored and of heavy bodv, is made from glucose. "Tm Gvden Dript"' is made frm Sugar Cane and is strictlr pure. It is for sale by Urst-ciass crocers, in cans onlv. Manufac tured by the Pacific Coast bTKVP Co. All gen uine "Tea (iarilrn JJript" have the manuiac turer'i name lithographed on every can. Sweet oil, with a little vinegar added, will restore the leather backs and seats of chairs. For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Core is the best medicine we have used. Mrs. J. L. Nortucott, Windsor, Out., Canada. Keeping a pan of water in the oven will keep fowls from scorching. Try Schilling ! Best tea and baking powder. A legal working day in Russia after the 1st of next January will be eleven hours and half, but this doei not ap ply to Siberian mines. Only 37 per oent of the capital of tbii country ia owned by men holding between $100,000 worth and 11,000,000 worth of property. Rondside Watering Place. Along country highways are many opportunities to tap a runniug stream or a hillside spring, and so ; lace the water at the command of passing teams. Frequent watering places along hot and dusty roads not only show the humanity of the Inhabitants, but If made attractive they show as well a progressive, up-to-date spirit that Is quite sure to Impress travelers favora bly. A little effort will make these wayside watering places very attract ive. A design is suggested herewith that can be followed to advantage where water can be brought to the road in a pipe from higher ground. The tank Is made of cobble stones, cemented. The WAYR1DK W ATKRINO PLACE. roof can be supported by bent Iron rods, or by wooden posts, the lower ends In either case being Imbedded In the ce ment and rocks. Get shrubs and vines growing about, and over, such a struc ture, and the place will l"ok especially Inviting, and will be an ornament to the neighborhood In which It stands, Such work marks thrift and "public splritedness" on the part of the Inhab itants. American Agriculturist. A Fall Chicken Coon. In the fall the small coops scattered about get too small for the growing chicks. It Is not convenient to put them Into the permanent quarters with the older fowls, nor is it wise to allow them to shift for themselves out of doors, roosting on fences and In apple trees. A simple plan to meet the fall requirements of chickens Is shown In the accompanying cut, from the Orange Judd Farmer. Four stakes are driven Into the ground, and a bit of roof frame nailed to the top. Over this is stretched and tacked the cheapest kind of cotton cloth, a door and ventilating openings being arranged as shown in the sketch. Perches can be nailed from corner post to corner post, diagonally, and the growing chicks kept there till the weather becomes cool enough to make winter quarters necessary. The cloth COOP FOB fi UOWI.NO cuickh. can then be taken off and saved for an other season. Binding Corn Stalks. Whoever lias tried to bind green corn stalks knows the provoking frequency with which the green bands will snap at their Joint. We have found a bundle of rye straw taken to the corn field the cheapest and most easily procured ma terial with which to do the binding. But where It can be procured a bundle of osier willow stems, six to eight feet long, will answer the purpose better. The willow will not break. It can be grown In some out of the way place, too wet to grow anything else, and, besides Its use for binding corn stalks, It may be used for many other purposes on any farm. Exchange. Painting Roofs. The roof wears out, uuless kept paint ed, faster than will any other part of a wooden building. It pays better to keep the roof painted than It does the sides, and It will also need to be paint ed oftener. Wnen shingles are used from clear, straight-grained wood and kept always painted, they will last a very long time. One of the advantages of painting roofs Is to keep water from the nails, whose rusting soon rota the wood where they are driven. Warmth. Sudden changes In the temperature materially affect the flow of milk. Ev- ery farmer has noticed how much the now or miiu nas diminished when the weather suddenly turns cold at night Therefore, we should see to It that the I cows are protected from sudden changes In the weather. Dehorning, An exchange gives the following for dehorning calves: Go to a drug store, get a stick of caustic potash. Pat It la a bottle nd cork tight till needed. III ; M 1) tvillSl jf n Wln calf Is ten days old, wrap a rag around the stick of potash (to protect your hands), secure the calf, clip hair over horn buttons, and apply potash on the horn only. Rub until hair and hide are off, no more. Avoid any water. Keep calf dry. One cent and fifteen minutes time, with good judgment, make a muley of any calf. Mixed Feed for Stock. Every successful feeder of fattening stock understands that to get the best results a variety of food must be given. But If animals are to be kept in merely store condition, It Is supposed that tills is less important. Really, however, there Is as great waste from illy bal anced rations when the feed Is all of one kind In one case as In the other. The stomach cannot use the nutrition which the food contains, unless all the kinds of nutrition that the system craves are present. It is ouly the food enten with appetite that does good. There Is nothing like having sufficient variety to stimulate appetite. Wrinkles Tell. "The popular Idea that the age of a horse can always be told by looking at his teeth," said a veterinary surgeou, "Is not entirely correct.. After the eighth year the horse has no more new teeth, so that the tooth method Is use less for telling the age of a horse which is more than eight years old. As soon as the set of teeth Is complete, however, a wrinkle begins to appear on the up per edge of the lower eyelid, and a new wrinkle Is added each year, so that to get at the age of a horse more than eight years old you must figure the teeth plus the wrinkles." Qunlity of Harness. There is no poorer economy than In buying a poor harness because it is cheap. Well tanned leather with due care will resist dampness, and will keep sound a long time. Harness should never be kept in the stable. There Is too much ammonia In stables, which will quickly cause a harness to rot. When used In warm weather the har ness should be cleaned often, and kept soft and flexible with oil. Homemade Jelly Press. The Rural New-Yorker gives direc tions for making a good jelly press. A cooking steamer with large holes In the bottom Is fitted with a circular board cover and placed under pressure, as Bhown. The steamer rests on a board that Is perforated and that is raised above another board that Is grooved to catch the juice and conduct It Into a pan below. The bottom of the steamer cannot thus be pressed out of shape. The hinged lever presses a wooden A JELLY PRKSS. block down upon the lid,- being steadied by an upright fastened to the block on which the press stands. Extract tho Juice quickly, as the crushed fruit should not stand long In a metal vessel. Orchard and Garden. Sawdust Is good mulch for all kinds of small fruit. If done early, spring Is the best time to set out trees and plants. Strawberries, If well mulched, are less affected by change of weather. After the orchard Is In bearing It does not pay to continue to crop It. All pruning and transplanting should be done before the leaves start out well. "Poultry for the plum trees and swlno fer the apple orchard" is a good rule. A safe rule with flower seed la to plant them about five times their diam eters. Tobacco water Is one of the best rem edies to destroy bugs and worms on rose bashes. ttesin and tallow In equal parts make a good covering for wounds made In pruning fruit trees. Starvation and neglect are the great causes of unfruitfulness with many un profitable orchards. one advantage In using commercial fertilizers In the garden Is their free dom from weed seeds. Small fruit growing may not pay the farmer away from market, bu he can grow fruit for his own use. Only well rotted manure should be used In the potato patch, and It should be well worked In with the soil. Keep all dead and faulty limbs cut off of fruit trees as a protection against further decay. Agricultural Notes. Keep the wagon well greased. Burn up the brush on the place. Grain feeding of cows In summer helps the fertility of the soil. Remember that you were once a boy yourself, unless you are a woman. Fresh top-dressing of pastures Is an Insult to stock if It Is turned on them. A new variety not suitable to yout soil and climate Is worse than an old, Inferior variety that Is. 'Got cheated In a farm machine that I bought of a farmers' supply house," writes a subscriber. Buy of a reliable concern next time. 'Mary bad a little lamb," and her father sold It, but the money be got for It did not pay for the Injustice be did the child. Plowman. GONE GLIMMERING. One ripe summer, fresh and fair, hits gone glimmering. What with rain and breeze and fair sun, the harvest has left ua grain enough to feed the world, and hard times are broken by a kindly Hand. Hut autumn changes come, and we cannot be ! too sen-content not to guard against, what autumn brings. It is the changeful tem pemture of midday warmth and night and morning chill, from the dampness of dews or vapors cast adrift on eastern winds. With the breath of such comes back to very many old time physical troubles of pains and aches, rheumatism, neuralgia, Boreness and stiffness. This is a crop not spoken of in a farmer's almanac, but it must be cared for, else it will lav waste and grow misery. St. Jacobs Oil is a reaper and binder; it reaps the field of pain and binds up and cures. There is no bodily pain it won't relieve, and to the whole group of rheumatic puins, it is a certain and specific cure. Let not the bounties that nave been reaped he marred by misery and pain. St. Jacobs Oil is the helper t'o eujoy the better times. The trap rooks of New Jersey and the dolerites of Staten Island are the strongest stones in the United States, j their crushing resistance being I twenty-four pounds to the oubio inch, j Among the portraits recently acquir ed by the trustees of the National Por- ' trait Gallery, in London.'ia that of Sir Franois Ronalds, (1788-1873), the in ventor of the first working eleotrio tele graph. ! The largest fruit farm in the world is aid to be in Olden, Mo. It consists . of 2,500 acres, on which are more than 100,000 peach trees, 60,000 apple trees, ! 2,000 pear trees, and 40 acres of blaok- i berrios. I Chickens are muoh bettor if killed and dressed the day before using. Keep in ioe or in a cool place. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OP THE WORD " CASTORIA " AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," AS OUIt TRADE 'MARK, , DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, Ilyannis, Massachusetts. ,' was tU originator of "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now ' on every bear the facsimile signature of CztffZgfa wrapper Tlds is the original "PITCHER'S CASTORIA," which has been used m the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. LOOK CAREFULLY at tl wrapper and see that it is the hind you have always bought Slf?? on th and has the signature o f Lfflo&tU wrap per. JVo one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. II. Fletcher is President. . March 8, 1897. . QrfL & U-. ,p. Do Not Be Deceived. Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which som, druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennie oa it), the ingredients of which even he docs not know. "The Kind You Have Always Bought" BEARS THE FAC-SIMILE SIGNATURE OF si Insist on Having Kind That Never Failed You. The ... .... -n perrect type oi me nignest onler of excellence In mannfactnre." jT If mail Walter BREAKFAST COCOA I It ft &w Mil Vf Eatabliahed 0 i?o. M SilvPtf t U tZi ' - Jt-. in mmwm v..immm Hercuhi Special f2 actual horsepower) Price, only SlSS. Stopl Women, And consider that In addressing- Mrs. Pinkham you are confiding your private Ills to a woman a woman whose ex perience in treating woman's diseases is greater than that of any living phy sician, male or female. You can talk freely to a woman when it is revolting to relate your private troubles to a man; besides, a man does not understand, simply because he is a man. MRS. PINKIIAM'S STANDING INVITATION. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are re ceived, opened, read, and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman. Thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experienn which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She asks nothing in return except your good will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. IU'VTIlltR and PILES onred; no pay an k til cured: send for boot, lilis. M anhhiild PuRTKitriKLu, 8.18 Market St., Ban Francisco. N. P. X. V. No. 43, '7. II KN wrttlfiff to at.vertinerf pU mention tam paper . ' . "r Baker & Co.'s $ Absolutely Pure Delicious Nutritious. $ Costs Less than One Cent a Cup. t)k DORCHESTER. MASS. ....By..., WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd. C BUY YOUR FUR GARMENTS Direct from the manufacturer and save middleman'! profit, aa wa undersell tliem all. 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