Pimples-
Are the danger signalof.;lmpurebloodV
They show that the stream of life is in bad
condition, that health is in danger of
wreck. Clear the ooarse by taking Hood's
Barsaparilla and the blood will be made
pure, complexion , fuir and healthy, and
life's journey pleasant and successful. ,
HOOd'S 8apa8HHa
It America's Greatnat MfuH-(n ti w i,,r tn
t -1 f .. i ,- ' t., 't. -,. i-i
Hood's Plllg cart indigestion,- blliousnese.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST. ';
A pen oarrylng a small eloctrio lamp
to prevent shadows when "writing has
been patented in Germany. '' J . i w-
It is estimated' that ' since the begin
ning ol the historical era 13,000,000
persons have, perished in earthquakes.
, Ornithologists have discovered . that
orows have ,nq leas than, 27 cries, each
distinctly referable , to a different ao
. tion. , ; :.t ,, . v , .. ,. ,
The wages of Chinamen in - Amoy
'are $ 5, a month, which is 10 per cent
above the average watjee prevailing in
China. --. 7 - -;
The first Chraaman to offer his ser
vices as a soldier' In the present wur was
Ung Q. Tow, a wealthy merchant ol
Santa Ana, Oalifor.nia.
The nests of the termites or white
ant are, proportioned to the size and
weight of the builders, the greatest
structures in the world. r .-. v j , ,
The use oi oxygen gas, either pnre
or diluted with pnre air, Is regarded
by Dr. George Stoker, of England, as
the 'y speediest , method of healing
1 There was sold in London : the other
day a manuscript in the autograph of
William Cowpei, comprising the varia
tions made from the first edition of his
trapslation of the Iliad. , , ' 1
The artificial serum of oommon salt
and oooking soda (sodium chloride and
soadium carbonate) is used by an Italian
epecailist. Dr. Tomaeoli,. for the treat
ment of extensive) burns. "5 S ,.,
Try Schilling'! Best tea and baking powder.
'i.i tjnet Try It.
Bleet be the ties that bind - j ,
1 Business to the public mlud; ; 1 '
Rest be the type that strike the eye
, And moke tie reader promptly buy. i
! Jtist try this type-Il readers' eyes ' ,
And prove It pays to advertise;
Then yotflj gay with emphasis
There's no investment payB like this.
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.'' . Good Hosults, 1
Until last January Flschel Bros. &
Wise, dry goods merchants of Denver,
Cola, did not advertise. ' They decided
to spend $250 a month,1 but their bills
were a Uttla lees than that So far, the
percentage of Increase over the busi
ness for tha first six months of 1807 has
been; January, 112 per cent; February,
144 per Cent; March, 163 per .cent;: April,
109 per cent; May, 100 per cent; June,
116 per cent Last month the firm did
the largest business In, Its history 2
per cent larger than during March and
June Of 1897 combined." The increase
in business for the six months of this
rear over the first' six months of 1897
was 123 per cent, and over the first six
months of 1806, 148 per cent. Press
and Printer, j' ; j ,U .
Eleotro magnets capable of picking
up a load not exceeding" five tons ate
used by an Illinois steel company to
transfer 'steel beams or plates from one
part ot the shop to another.: ? :
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mra. Pinkham Helps
: . Overcome Them, c
Mrs. Mabt Bollinger, 1101 Marianna
St., Chicago, 111., to Mrs. Plnkham:
" I have been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb.
leucorrhaea, pains over my body, siok
headaches, backache, nervousness and
weakness. I tried doctors and various
remedies without relief. After taking
two bottles of your Vegetable Com
pound, the relief I obtained was truly
wonderful. I have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that I am entirely cured."
Mrs. Hehry Dorr. o. 806 Findley St,
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs.' Pink ham :
" For a. long time I suffered with
chronic inflammation of the womb,
pain in abdomen and bearing-down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
so weak I was hardly able to do any'
thing. Was subject to headaches, al60
troubled with leucorrhcea. After doc
toring for many months with different
physicians, and getting no relief, I had
given up all hope of being well
again when I read of the great good
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com'
pound was doing I decided immedi
ately to give it a trial. The result was
Simply past belief. After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
I can say I feel like a new woman.
deem it my duty to announce the fact
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
. Pinkham'a Vegetable remedies hava
entirely cured me of all my pains and
Buffering I have her alone to thank
for my recovery, for which I am grate
ful. May heaven bless her for the
food work she is doing for our sex.
PROGRESS OF CATAPHORESiS
Medical Illustration of What Can Be
Dona With Electricity.
In dentistry no subject is more die-
cussed than the painless filling and
extraction of teeth. Regarding the
former Dr. Thomas H. White, when
seen in his office at 271 W Morrison
street, near Fourth, said:
"That teeth can be filled absolutely
without pain is a positive (act, whioh
is demonstrated most every day in my
office. Teelh that are bo sensitive that
the patient cannot en Jure an instru
ment to touch them can be made thor
ouuhly insensible to pain or feeling
from 10 to 80 minutes, and can be
then filled or treated with ease. Yes,
electiioity is a great boon to mankind
Just think of taking the nerve out of
tooth in 10 minutes from the time of
the application of the electricity with
out the slightest knowledge of it by
the patient. The 'late method
bridge work invented by the brother
Df Dr. White ia a great improvement
on plates.
I "Armstrong ' Combined Theory and Practice
ft Bookkeeping are numerous. Investigate
tali sew method el teeohlng. It li extremely
nterestlng, thoroughly practical. .
Going to Business College ?
Bo not fail to learn what and how we teach.
fORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE, Portland,
Oregon. Cell. Of write. ' Visitors always web
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Rn, Overworked, Brain. :
From the Record, Pierceton, Ind. '
determined to' rise'in' nis ohoseti
profession as an educator, Ernest Kem
per, of Pietceton,: Ind., overtaxed him--
lelf mentally and physically. He was
iirabitious, his mind was .always on
his work. "From earlv morn until late
tt night he continually poured ovet his
books. " Ulf''1 "-1 1 ;' ;J i
"Burned the candle at both ends. "
Few persons, even with the strongest
constitutions, can keep up under, suoh
a strain. . -1 ,. : , .; . ,,-! , V1, :
: In addition to his studies, Mr. Kem
per was teaching school some thtee
miles from his 1 home.- Finally, his
excessive study and the exposure ; of
going to and from school in all kinds
)f weather undermined hie health. .
He was taken to his bed with pneu
monia and his overworked brain, al
most collapsed. For several weeks he
was seriously ill. ;;i ;i I ,
, Cataith had taken root in his system
ind his mind was in a delioate condi
tion. He was sent to Colorado where
be spent three months without receiv
ing any benefit Then a noted Bpecial-
; Withering Barcdsm.
"We are glad to learn that Elngllng
Bros.' circus Is likely to visit Boone
again this season," says the Boone, la.,
Bepnbllcan.; "Whoa it was here last
August we noted that some of our mer
chants had their names printed on the
elephants.'' As they have not advertised
since we are anxious to know whether
they are still In business." . .
'"' " '''' Pointers.
All men who advertise are not suc
cessful; but,, with rare exceptions, all
suocessfnl irien have been advertisers.
Advertisements, like Jokes, should be
timely." ;': ""- ;
It Is not always desirable that a large
amount of space should be filled with a
large number of words. ' n '
Troth la the prime essential in adveiv
Using, i The best written ads will soon
cease to sell goods If you, are always
ust out" of a leader when a customer
calls. . ,
Doing business wlthont advertising
Is a good deal like filling a barrel
through a half -Inch bung without a
funnel.
You needn't cbaee a lying ad. It'll
nm itself to death In a short time.',
People will talk. If you advertise
Jtrar good points they will talk well of
you. If yon do not, look out
In most cases the merchant who has
no money to spend In advertising even
tually has no money to meet other ex
penses. A store full of oods unsold repre
sents so much money lying Idle. The
cost of selling the goods by advertising
them would, in some cases, be less than
the interest which would otherwise ac
crue on the unsold stock.
Overstudy.
1st from Cleveland treated him without
nvail, and then a hospital in Chicago
was tried, but all absolutely without
benefit Finally his physician recom
mended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale Peoplo, and from the first box he
began to improve. When he had taken
nine boxes he was completely cured.
This famous blood and nerve medicine
had accomplished what all his former
sxpeusive treatment failed to .accom
plish. : Mr. Kemper says his cotarih
has entirely left him; - he is strong
again and weighs nine ; pounds more
than he ever did. He gives the pills
the entire oredit. He is starting teach
ing again and feels abundantly able to
continue' the work. , To prove that
the above is true in every respect, Mr.
Kemper made an affidavit as follows:
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this the 10th day of September, 1897.
R. P. WATT, Notary Public.
We doubt if these pills have an equal
in all the range of medicine, for build
ing up a run down and debilitated sys
tem. ' ,' ' . -., ...''.' ,
IDOLIZES INGERSOLL.
Land-Craps of Cuba.
These creatures. are larger .than a
sea-crab, and live entirely on the laml.
They run with great spefd, even out
stripping a horse. At seasons of the
year they migrate in large bodies from
one side of the island to the other, in
columns sometimes half a mile wide,
and so dense as almost to stop a cr-'
riage on the road fhey may be crossing.
These columns overcome every obstacle
in their direot line ot maroh, even high'
mountains. It is supposed that' these
migrations are prompted by the in
stinct of propagation,' as the crabs aeek
the sea shore, deposit their'' eggs, and
cast off the old shell. JheEe crabs, are
so common about the city of Matanzas
that the inhabitants often receive the
eobriqnet of "cangrejo." i'They are
frequently found in the houses, and in
some cases even under the beds. - "
. There is a speoies of conch which
makes similar marches through . the
country in immense bodies. -These are
called pirates, fioni a very curious habit
they.display. This oreature- wbioh re
sembles ft snail, has the ''ability of de-i
taohing ,.itself from the shell, whioh,
fot Bome .reason, it temporarily . leaves
at times; and while its house is thus
vacant, another, passling, will back its
body, tail foremost, into the empty
shell, and keep possession. j j
'; ' j The Pony Expreaa. i I )
At first the schedule' was fixed at 10
days, an average of eight miles an hour
from start to finish. This was out
down to eight days, requiring an aver
age -speed of 10 miles. The quickest
trip made was in carrying i President
Lincoln's inaugural address, which was
done in seven days and 17 hours, an
average speed of 10.7 miles per hour,
the fastest time of any one rider being
130 miles, from Smith's Creek to Fort
Churchill, by "Pony Bob," in eight
hours and 10 minutes, or 14,7 miles
per hour. Considering the distanoe
and difficulties enoountered, such as
hostile Indians, road-agents, floods, and
snowstorms, and accidents to horses
and . riders, ; the schedule was main
tained to an astonishing degree. The
service created the greatest enthusiasm
not only among the employee, , but
also in the ranks of stage employes,
freighters, and ' relsdenta - along the
route. To aid a "pony" in difficulty
was a privilege, and woe be to the man
who would so much as throw a stone in
the way.
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And Hae Left $1,000 for the Great In
fidel to Conduct Ills FnneraL
Nearly twenty years ago Robert G.
Ingersoll promised James Tnttle of At
lanta, 111, that he would conduct the
tatter's funeral services, and now that
Mr. Tnttle Is 02 years of age he hns
completed the arrangements. Mr. Tnt
tle has set aside $1,000 to defray the ex
penses of Ingersoll's joui-ney to At
lanta, and, In order that the noted ag
nostic may be sure to receive the money
In spite of what hi3 heirs may think
about it he has drawn up his will and
given him a legacy of that amount.
JAMES TUTTLE.
I Beat Cough ojrrnp. Tawe Good. Oa I
L la tine, gold br dnnnrtwa, ' 1 1
Tuttle made the acquaintance of Inger
soll In 1800, and since that time his ad
miration has been unbounded. There
Is no one who has watched more eager
ly for the Issuing of a new lecture by
Ingersoll, and he has committed eact
to memory as soon as he could, quoting
long passages from them to bis friends.
In Tattle's opinion Ingersoll is the
greatest man in the United States and
one of .the greatest men who ever lived.
Servia'a Ex-King.
Ex-King Milan, of Servia, Is but 43
and yet he Is aged.. Ills grandfather
waa a swineherd and Milan Inherited
all of his bad qualities, while he culti
vated and accumulated others. In 180S
the assassination of Michael brought
the honor of reigning prince to him, and
after the treaty of Paris he ascended to
the throne in 1872. . In 1888 Queen Ka
talle became bo disgusted with him that
she obtained a divorce. The next year
the Servians gave him $1,000,000 to abdi
cate and leave the country, which, he
did, being succeeded by his son, Alex
ander, , Milan has Inherited seven for
tune and squandered them alL i
We're often wondered what will be
come of the self-made man in the final
roond-t '
When ever a man falla In an tmde
.talking be attributes It to fatalism, ;
- i A Thorough Sport, i
TheDeaoon "Young man, don't you
know that there's a rainy day coming?"
Spendthrift "Mebby there is, but
I've got $5 that says the weather, man
won't call the turn. ; Come, now, if.
you've got any nerve show your
money."
If you want the best wind mill, pumps,
tanks, plows, wagons, bells of all sizes,
boilers, engines, or general maehiuerv. Bee
or write JOHN POOLE, foot of ilorrlaon
street, Portland, Oregon.
I never used so quick a cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption. J. B. Palmer.
Box 1171, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 25, 18US.
Lottrrlei in Old Havana.
In Havana the stranger's attention
is arrested by the venders ol lottery
tickets, who stand on the street corners
with a pair of shears in one hand and
sheets of lottery tickets in the other,
ready to cutoff any number for buyers.
They are very adroit, and are apt to
persuade the oiedulous that they will
draw a fortune in the soheme. These
licensed lotteries are one of the great
evils there, especially to the Spanish
people, who seem to be born gamblers,
and for whom the chances of dice,
cards, and lottery tickets appear to
have an irrestible charm, all classes in
Havana dealing in them habitually.
CIT rermanmtly Cured. No flwor norvonsnM
II after Ural l:.y' use of ljr. Kllut'8 Great
Nerve Hemorer. Send for FBKB S.oo trial
bottle and treatise. DR. R. H, KLLNjjL Ltd., wo
Arch street, Philadelphia, fa.
A curious fact has been noted by
arotic travelers. Snow, when at a very
low temperature, absorbs moisture and
ih's garments.
No household is complete without a bottle ol
the famous Jesse Moore Whisker. It Is a pure
ind wholesome stimulant recommended by all
physicians. Dou't neglect this necessity.
The time required for Niagara to out
Its gorge has been variously estimated
at from 7,000 to 85,000 years.
Lateit for the Toilet Table.
The newest arrangements for Mi
lady's toilet table is that tiresome arti
cle, a hair receiver, or rather a new
variation on it. It is of chased silver,
gilt lined, and there's a hole in the
cover into which
f; ; , .tJliele Sam's W atch Doctor. '
, At the United States naval observa
tory is an expert official at the head of
a department probably the' most per
fect of its kind in the world whose
duty is to keep in hand foi the use of
the navy thoroughly tested chronome
ters, a wojrk; whioh requires much care
ana attention six montns in ura year
For this purpose, says The New York
San, a temperature 100m is connected
with the chronometer and time service
department, in whioh the testings are-
made, under the. influence of a hydro-
metrio condition of the atmosphere,
Comparisons are made daily between
II and, 11:40 o'clock, morning, with
the mean time standard clock, and the
errors and rates are worked up once
week, from these mean rates calcula
tions being made , and comparisons to
the nearest quarter of a second. The
temperature is closely observed each
day and reoorded for the previous 24
hours by a ohrnomethio thermometer,
and by self-registering maximum and
minimum thermometers. The room is
heated by circulation of hot water,
the fuel being gas, and is cooled by an
ice refrigerator when a temperature is
required below that of the outside at
mosphere. For the six colder months
the temperature room is kept within a
range of two degrees.
REDUCTION IN BICYCLE PKICE3.
Established 1780.;
WHEAT
Baker's
Chocolate,
celebrated for nrore- Sl
.Aiuau veiuuiy urn m jf
delicious, nutritious, 'O'
rrrung &
has our &
-r-r NONE OTHER OENUNE.
-v-WMim. by
.ir J V.'
and, j flesh-fo:
beverage,
.well-known, - 5
"Yellow Label 5
on the front of every
package, and, our
trade-mark,"La Belle gi
Chocolatiere," on the v
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Make money by surceerot
peculation iu Chicago. We
buy and sell wheat on nin.
ffins. Foruinpii hvn hw.
made on a small beginning by trading In fu
tures. Write for lull particulars. Best oi r
ereuoe given. Several years' experience on tha
CbloagO Board ot Trade, and a thorough know
ledge of the business. Bend for our free refer
ence book. DOWNIXG, HOPKINS & Co
Chicago Board of Trade Brokers. Offittts In
roniauu, vrwgou ana Seattle, wasn.
BUY THE GENUINE
SYRUP OtFIGS
r f-- MAh ujrAOTCTSED BY
CALIFORNIA FJCLSYRUP CO.
nr-NOTR THE SAME.
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fa it Wrong?
Get It Right!
Keep it Right!
Moore'i Revealed Eeinedy will do It Three
doses will make you feci better. Get it lrora
your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or.
trom Stewart & Holme Drug Co., Seattle.
YOUR LIVER
WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd, X
Dorchester, Mass. "
KWt5jSratSt54t3t5r5r5i!5S
WILUFIKCK UL1 2K,i7P.1Y. C"AI
xoe Dest needle In the maiv
eral merchuudlse stores, or by
WILL & FINOK CO.,
830 Market Street. San Francisco, CaL
So. 41,
Plato or with Cutter.
ket. Used by all sack sewers. For sale bv all euk
K. P. N. C.
08.
WSEII writing; to
1 T
IT to advertlaera
mention this iaper.
plea
K:MV(Jlfc; ENGINES
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Cawston & Co,
Succestori to H. P. Gregorj Co:
ATLAS SSQJSBS AND BOILERS.
48 and 50 First St
Portland, Or.
304 First Ave S
Seattle, Vash,
...Willamet Iron Works...
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INCORPORATED 1869.
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Manufacturers of Marine and Stationary Engines and
Boilers. Saw Mill. Flour Mill, Mining and Dredging
.' Machinery, . Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, water
Wheels, etc' Agents for the John T. Noye Co. Flout
Mill Machinery. Huntley Mfg. Cc's Monitor GnSn
' Separators and Scourers. Dealers in Excelsior Bolting
Cloth, Mill and Ekvator Supplies, Cotton and Leather
Belting, etc , v, -r
") ' fiend your orders direct to us ana et th beua
f' fit of manufacturers' prioee. - i't
... STKAMItOAT BUILDERS ...
Front and Everett Sts.
.PORTLAND, OR,
ABeautifiiliPresent
In order to further introduce ELASTIC STARCH (Bat Iron Brand),
! ' the manuIacturerB, I. C. Hubinger Bros. Co,, ol Keokuk, Iowa, have
decided to GIVE AWAY a beautiful present with each package of
starch sold. These presents are ih the form of
Beautiful Pastel PiGfuroc
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They are 13x10 inches In size, and are entitled as follows:
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Lilacs and
Pansies.
It is said that western capitalists are con
templating the organization of a great bicycle
company, which hopes to make flrst-class
wheels and sell them as low a flu. Whether
this be true or not, the fact remains that Hot
tetter's Stomach Bitters is a first-clans remedy
for the stomach, liver and blood, and the price
puts it within everybody's reach to be wellaud
strong. For fever and ague It it a tpecitlG,
Pansies
and
Marguerites.
In Sweden there are floating can
neries. They are small vessels, whioh
follow fishing fleets, and men on them
oan the fish while they are fresh.
There is more Catarrh In this section of tha
country than all other dlsestes put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors pro.
nounced It a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and bv constantly iKillntr to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it Incurable,
Boience has Droven catarrh to bo a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires constltu.
tional treatment. Hall's CaUirrh Cure, mniw
ufaotured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio,
la the only constitutional cure on the market.
j it is taken internally in doses from 10 drcrps to
and mucous surfaces of the system. Tbey offer
one hundred dollars for any case It falls to
cure, Bend for clrculam and testimonials. Ad
dress. F. J. I'll ENKY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 760.
Ball's Family Tills are the best.
J mquirh ho coowNC 1
ATO CCUJRS AND rtlFFS STTf CE WMf
LtliKtvmwi'.fiiv'wMfel
iMiMitiaiiuiiyf H':S&',
OIK PIMD Of THIS ITMItH WILL to t Vx A
-(1tw-T. -rm -
D "1.C.HLI9INGEB RHflTCO
Wlid
American
Poppies, tf
Lilacs and
Iris, i
These rare pictures, four in number, by the renowned pastel artist,
R. LeRoy, of New York, have been chosen from the very choicest subjects
in his studio and are now offered for the first time to the public.
The pictures are accurately reproduced in all the colors used in the orig
inals, and are pronounced by competent critics, works of art.
Pastel pictures are the correct thing for the home, nothing surpassing
mem in oeauty, rienness oicoior ana artistic merit.
One ot these pictures
will De given away
with each package of
purchased of your grocer. It is the best laundry starch on the market, and
is sold for 10 cents a package. Ask your grocer for this starch and get a
Deautiiul picture. ,r , r- - -
ALL GROCERS KEEP ELISTiO STARCH. ACCEPT KO SUSSTITUTE i
s uicuiur buu ariibtic mem.
Elastic Starch
In Sweedon there are floating canner
ies. They are small vessels which fol
low fishing fleets, and men on them
lost locks are thtnst, can the fish while they are fresh.
Seymour Keyes, a postmaster at
Manheim, N. Y., has an apple tree
which was brought from Holland in
the 17th century. It still bears fruit.
Under the laws of China the man
who loses his temper in a discussion
is sent to jail for five days tooool down.
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CURE YOURSELF!
Vis Dig j fnr aanatnrtl
dlaclmrgm, biilalBliiatloua,
Irnialioui or oli.rstloni
alnlim, i
JUS DlHUlbrMUM.
1 wuiMioa, Palnlnss. and unt utrin.
ITHtEvANS OhIMICXI Co. t'''' or PotsoBout.
UmoiNTlU) T J " r lrof ctata,
torn in Putin wratHta..
tl.ie, or S buttlos, S2.7S.
Why
don
you
use
mone?
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