10 OREGON CITY COURIER FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1902. NOTES OF NOTABLES. Josef Ilofmann la more than a piano player. lie is an expert mechanic and an Inventor as well. Senator Kearns of Utah carries n, timepiece oi' the finest Swiss workmau hip which cost $600. Cornelius Vanderbilt hag Instructed agents to I'oli for a suitable winter home for l:!s family and himself tn Washington. Jgnathan Parker, who was one of the pallbearers nt the funeral of General William Henry Harrison, is still living Id Rockpori, Ind. The late Cardinal Manning, Justly called a modern master of language, was accustomed, It Is said, to read Miss Austin's "Siansfield 'l'ark" once a year for the sake of the English. Ernest Brutiken, who was recently appointed I spector of the forests nf the rhllipp':ies, has resigned to accej t the management of George Vandoi bllt'a estates in North Carolina. Thomas P dgwlck Steele, the Boston artist, has four large scrapbooks which he compiltu on the civil war from newspaper rlipplugs. Every battle or klrmish is pasted in its correct chro nological on xt. Alphonse Le Due of the Chicago board of tn:de has Just received the decoration cf the Most Honorable Or der of the rown of Slam for services rendered to ;hat country, which he rep resented at the Paris exposition. General Eugene Grlffln has In his possession ;'.o American flag made by the sailors in Lieutenant Glllmore's party out of patches and strips of their clothing, after their rescue from the Insurgents in the wildest part of Lu zon. The late .! hn M. Palmer was one of the wits of public life. When he re tired from iiie senate, he showed no signs of di. counigcment, but said to some frlent'.t : "Patience is all I need. 1 come into fashion about every ten years in Illinois." George 1). Smith of New York city owus the original manuscript of Keata' sonnet, "The Church Hells Toll a Mel ancholy Kuund," which was signed by the poet and also has a line In his handwriting saying that It was writ ten In fifteen minutes. It Is announced that M. Marinoni, who for so many years has been at the head of the Petit Journal of Paris, is nbout to retire Into private life. He has led a remarkably active career. It was In a great measure due to his en rrgy that the Petit Journal attained Its circulation of over a million copies a Jay. . ORCHARD AND GARDEN. Make a fruit orchard of your poultry yard. Lew headed trees are less liable to tun scald. In grafting discard every scion con-i-erning which there is the slightest doubt. In pruning the grape it is usually afe to cut off half or more of the pre vious season's growth, as It Is only In "hese cases that fruit is produced. When trees are transplanted special ; are should be taken to keep the roots iiolst Drying of the roots Is very iu uHoub to the vitality of the trees. In growing strawberries the best re mits are obtained from rich soil, but oil not naturally rich can be made so .efore planting by applying well rotted luauuro. Wood nslics are a great help for ap ple trees. They kill the bugs and vorius n nd make the trees healthy and he fruit Bound. Scatter them under .fce trees. RULES WORTH KEEPING. Never obtrude advice unasked. Never w any occasion retaliate. Never dlspi.fo If you can fairly avoid t. NtTcr Judire n person's character by I'ttcrmil appearances. Never a licet to be witty so as to wound tbe feelings of another. Never shew levity when others are irofessedly engaged In worship. Never resent a supposed injury till ou know t'ne motives of the author of t. Never think worse of another be huso he dilVcrs from . : on religious r political ii tuitions. Always take the part of an absent erson who is censured 111 eompauy, so ir as truth and propriety will allow. Never ridicule sacred things, or what ever others nui.v regard as such, how ver absurd they may appear to be. . ew York News. CYNICISMS. Men hate to be called liars, buthey ,11 are A really and truly good man Is al ' ays ashamed of himself about some ulug. How some people hate to take a back at! And how often it Is' tbe ense int they deserve no other! About once every. six 'weeks before he Is twenty-one a girl decides that er troubles are too great, nud that h n never fiu He again. When n man is klud to his wife she rget that he wasn't kind yesterday :ovlded none of her relatives are round to remind her of It. A bride tells her husband cvery- tln.tr. but a newly married man, no tt!"r Ikuv youthful be may be, seems I t '. "iMird Pie wisdom of !N- !l i. ':i hi onliitcnces. AtcM OVER THE OCEAN. Forty-five hours constitute a week's work for women and girls in New Zea land. Next to Warsaw, Berlin is the lar gest Polish city. Its inhabitants In clude 70,000 Poles. The number of counterfeit Portu guese banknotes is said to be nearly as large as that of the genuine ones. Over 100,000 hogsheads of tobacco are now in store at Liverpool which has the largest tobacco warehouse In the world. Among 000,000 laborers in Belgium there are 85,000 men, 25,000 women and 15,000 children under sixteen who work more than eleven hours a day. Kuala Lnnipur, tbe capital of the Federated Malay States, now has an institute for medical and scientific re search, open to workers of any nation ality. A novelty in divorce Is reported from a little town In Austria, where the par ties in a recent case issued cards of In vitation to their friends to be present at the trial. The porte has issued an edict forbid ding all Tr.i kisb subjects, under pain of severe punishment, to take lessons in fencing, ..word exercise or in revolv er practice outside the army, as these practices form a dauger for the public security. Jerusalem Is now supplied with water from King Solomon's "Sealed Foun tain," seven miles south of the city. The water is conveyed partly through modern iron pipes, but partly by the old aqueduct known as Solomon's aqueduct. HORSES AND HORSEMEN. Effle Powers, 2:08, returned home to Baltimore after winning nine first, one second uud one third moneys. No full meeting will be held at Dcs Moines, la., this year owing to the Im possibility of securing suitable ) es. It is said that the Russians have been racing the gray stallion William C. K., 2:18' by Pilot Medium, as on Orion. The ten thousand three hundred dol lar filly Miss Previous has been turned out and will not be raced until next year as a three-year-old. German horsemen are negotiating for the fast trotting stallions Joymaker, 2:15, owned by Frank Jones of Mem phis, and Prince Selma, 2:11, con trolled by Thomas Griffin of Detroit. The fastest x trotter that began the campaign this season without a record Is Dulce Cor, 2:08V2, by Baron Wilkes. The fastest three-year-old trotting geld ing of the year to date is The Hajah, 2:14, by Prince of India, 2:13. J. J. Conley has purchased the Allen farm bred colt Kabul, two years old, by Kremlin, 2:07, dam Bravlssima, by Robert McGregor, 2:1712, her dam, Brava, 2:14' it by Baron Wilkes, 2:18, third dam Mary A. Whitney, by Volun teer. THE FASHIONS. Birds' breasts and wings are conspic uous on the latest French bats. Hibiscus and a color called pevolne, two shades deeper than Roman red, are among the latest of the popular crimsons and scarlets. Nothing In the way of a bright and becoming dress for a young girl can be more effective than a waist of turtau taffeta silk that tones well with the dress skirt. Iridescent taffetas are In several nov el styles, one being the glace taffeta lance. The combinations aiming the new shot materials are exceedingly rich and efli cllve. The new Venetian blue Is a favorite shade. It appears mining velvets. French wools, in ladies' cloth, drap d'ete, Syrian cloth, broadcloth and oc casionally among taffetas, corded silks and i , , ,c(l wools. Bastiucs to Jacket bodices are in creased In length, and If they do not meet In front folds of soft cllk confine the waist. Lines of featherbone are set beneath these folds to keep them In place, and a handsome buckle measur ing three or four Inches in length con fines them on the left side of the figure. New York Tost. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. Constantino von Sternberg Is back from a summer in Europe. Clifford and Burke, who have a unique black face act, are Pittsburg boys. Clyde Fitch Is back from Europe and has begun rehearsing "The Stubborn ness of Geraldiue." In Chicago Mrs. Flske will present for the first time Paul lleyse's histor ical romance, "Mary of Magtlala." Joseph Jefferson has been sixty years on the stage and for over forty years has been playing "Kip Van Winkle." "The Darling of the Gods" Is Un title of the play In which Blanche Bates Is to be seen under David Belas co's management. Kyrle BehYw, returning from Eu rope, says Mrs. Potter may come here this season as a reader, accompanied ! Grieg, the Norwegiau composer. SHORT STOR-IES. The greatest cabbage growing coun try In the United States Is In northern Michigan. A professional forger has been em ployed by one of the Chicago banks as an expert In the detection of bogus paper. So great is the Increasing demanI for machinery to make boots aud shoes that a plant to cost $750,000 Is -to be erected at Beverly. Mass. i big SPECULATING. OS THE NUMBER OF SEEDS IN THE COURIER PUMPKIN. Courier Subscribers Doing their Duty N'My. The last week has been the best yet in the Courieb pumpkin seed guessing contest.Nearly one hundred ol the good people of Clackamas county have paid their subscription to the Courier an have made a guess on the number of seeds in tbe Courier pumpkin. Just think of it. .The Courier is giving away to good gueasers $150 in gold to its sub scribers who pay up tbeir subscription to the paper between now and the first day of January nez. If you want the best paper in Clackamas county, sub scribe for the Courier. If you want the paper with the largest circulation sub scribe lor tbe Courier. It will give you all the news. At the sme time you will have the opportunity to guees on the big pumpkin. How many seeds does it contain? Fifty dollars for nothing. It will help you to enjoy the holidays. It will buy shoes for the little ones, Re member that every person who pays his or her subscription to the Courier is en titled to make one guess. You get an addiiioual guess for each additional dot. lar and half paid. Here is a lu-t of prizes we are giving away. Take a look at them. Don't wait for us to csll on you, Send in your money by registered letter, express or postal b.oney order or check . We will send you a receipt. Make out your guess and mail it to us at once, Get a good thing while you have a chance. For the first best guess $50 CO For the second best guess 25 00 For the third best guess 15 00 For the fourth best guess 10 00 For tbe fifth best guees 10 00 For the sixth best guess 5 00 For the seventh best guees ... 5 00 For the eighth best guess 5 00 For the ninth best guees 5 00 For the tenth best guess 5 00 For Ihe eleventh best guess 5 00 For the twelfth best guess 2 50 For the thirteenth beet guess 2 50 For the fourteenth best guess .... 2 50 For the fifteenth best guess 2 50 The following are the names of thoee who have paid during the past week, or since the las) issue of the Courier. The star indicates new subscribers. TTW Garong. Portland $1 50 J. PchwHbauer, Needy.. . f 1 50 J. S. Smith, LaCamas, Wash.... 1 50 August Hubert, Viola 1 50 P.M. Graves, Liberal ......... 60 Charles H. Cautteld, Oregon City. . 1 50 B. J. Vaughan, Oregon City.... 1 50 T. Matthies, Oregon City 1 50 K. G. Caufield, Oregon City 1 50 W.B. Shively, Oregon City 1 50 John Harlees, Molalla 3 00 T. Wf Watson, Needy 1 50 J, Bichner, Oswfgo 1 50 E. PTRands, Oregon City 3 00 W. W. Irwin, Aurora 1 50 William Smith, Carus 3 00 W. H. Brenener, Liberal 1 50 D. Pennon, Liberal 150 W. H, Howell, Oregon City 3 00 C. VV. Keseelring, Matksburg. . . . 150 Sam llarzig, Bailow 1 50 J. T. Grace, Clarks 1 50 J. II. McMilty, Molalla 1 50 A. Kaylor, Molalla 1 50 Harley Rainey, Cathlamet, Wash. 2 25' C. Hartman, Oregon City 3 00 R.L. Iloh'man, Oregon City 1 50 A. Engle, Molalla, Or..., 1 50 Charles Daugherty, Molala 1 50 George Redde way, Oregon City. . . 1 50 Miss M. Mclntyre, Oregon City.. 150 R.N. North, Highland "... 1 50 Duane C. Ely, Oregon City 3 10 James Wilson, Clackamas 3 00 T. W. Armstrong, Oregon City 1 51) Mrs. Charles J. Parker, Oregon City 0 00 W. J. Wileon, Oregon City 1 50 J.J. Gibson, Macksburg 1 50 J. E. Sprague, Logan 1 50 W. Trullinger, Mulino 1 50 O. VV. Mayfield, Highland 3 00 H. Thieesen, Milwaukie 1 50 E. W. Scoit, Oregon City 6 0l) Foils A Deadly Attack, ".My wife was so ill that good physic ians were unable to help her," writes M. M. Austin, of Winchester, Ind., "but was completely cured by Dr. King's New Liie Pills." They woik wonders in stomach and liver troubles. Cure constipation, Bick headache. 25c at Geo. A.HardinuV'rug store. CONTEST NOTICE. repunment of tl e Intnlor, I'uiieil State I1 Office, Oriuou Cliy, On-K-n teuiiwr Uth l'.tfcJ. A suttlciitit cnntiwt affidavit having beon 8M lu Hi id i tlict- by August K. SerliUL', contestant against tms eau niry No. lilioO. made Oct 13, li't'O for1, el ')j Savlinn 1?, Township 2 s, limine i e, liy Wlilmm H. Usher contested, in u hi, h ii U allri"t that CculvAtitnt -'knows tht-iri-ent ciiiutliion of tti same; also that eaiit eutryman hits wholly atmiuhmtKl sa'tl claim Hint thai lie has never ivsMmI upon (r cuKivutnl nr livvrovei! the same m ai.y mannrr whatever siut'a making ntrv thmucf or at ail nor lias anyone aeiint: for linn aucUtiat saiii alleged ahsrnct from the saei laml was not dnj to dis employment in the arm., Nsvy or Marine. t ei i h ,,f llie'l' lilted SlatYs a rmaie soldier,, oitii', r seaman, or marine, (hiring tlu was with i-patn or during any title: war pi which Ilia j I ni. tt Statw may he t-nyay said parti.'it Hi'0 hi r, l.y lio.lei'd 'to ainiV', respond and offer i t "Co touching s ii'i all, vit ons at 10 o'clock : . . .hi Match , t'.i :t the koKiter ,.ud K. ". r at the United Sie- Land Otlice in O re no 1 1 y UvtV'on. ! 'i a-J contestant Ioim-. tu a in-oiier aifldivit n i s. oil, ou 1 IV, t tor t! I.-wm which ' at alter dlllige i . : -dial service of tilts tin not be lc;c c. i: whs erdetect and i iht ii rii n, i , v po en l y due and ' i.'" ' 1 . ' . r b! c. I It I I- CHRISTMAS IS COMING And everybody who sees our beautiful display of holiday attractions Golden Rule 'Bazaar Popular Presents at Popular Prices Good Taste. It is easy to select from, supplies exactly what you want, and it would be a mistake to buy before you see it. Remember, this splendid assortment contains The Might Don't Miss Our we can make your money go. Oregon COUGHS AND COLDS. Recommendation of a Well Known Chi cago Physician. I use and prescribe Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for almost all obstinate, constricted coughs, with direct resultP. I prescribe it to children of all ages. Am glad tc recommend it to all in need and seeking relief from colds and coughs and bronchial afflictions. It fa non-narcotic and a.tfe in the hands of the most unpro fessional. A universal panacea for all mankind Mrs. Mary R. Melendy, M. D.. Ph. D.t Chicago, III. This remedy is for sale by G. A. Harding. OLDEN THE UNION STORE M. MJCIIVEL, PROP. Main Street, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, Oregon City, Oregon Read our cut prices and come at once before you are too late or you will miss the greatest opportunity ever offered you. " -t Columbia apron ginghams, All 6c and 7c calicoes to go at 5c per yard. v Extra fine white lawn, 23c value, 19: per yard. Extra fine white fawn, 15c value, tic per yard. Extra fine white lawn, 10c value, 'c per yard. Ladies; fancy lace and embroidered che mise, 1.25 value, 73c- Ladies' fancy lace and embroidered night gown", 48c. Children's eiderdown cloaks, 1.25 value, SSc Children's eiderdown cloaks, 75 value, 1.23. Children's r-11 wool Pannel cloaks, 3 50 to 4.50 value, 2.S5 . Ladies' jackets, only a few left, 7.50 value, 3-S5- Ladies' plush capes, 5.50 value, 3.2$. Ladies' heavy kangaroo calf shoes, 2.35 value, 1,95. Ladies' French kid shoes, turned soles, 3.50 value, 2.50, Thing for Every Person Old, Middle-aged or young. Holiday Pisilay gSiSaX SifE well InlULE City's Big Cash Store Saved At Grave's Brink. "I know I would long loi g ago have been in my grave," wiites Mrs. 8. H. Newsom, of Decatur, Ala., "if it had not been for Electric Bitters. For three years I suffered untold agony from the worst forms of Indigestion, Waterbrash, Stomach and Bowel Dyspepsia. But this excellent medicine did me a world of good. Since using it I can eat heart ih and have gained 35 pounds." For Indigestion, loss of Appetite, Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles Electric Bitters are a positive, guaranteed cure. Only 50c at Geo A. Harding's drug store. CJLOSINft UT 5c per yard . I is glad of it. Come to headquarters, we can fill your wants and how far BAZAAR A Million Voices Could hardy express the thanks of Homer Hall, of West Point, la., Listen why : A severe cold ha.t settled on his lungs, causing a moat obstiuate cough. Several physicians said he had con sumption, but could not help him " When all thought he was doomed he began to use Dr. King's New Discovery tor consumption and writes "it com pletely cured me and saved my life. I now weigh 2271bs." It's positively gua ranteed for Colds, Coughs, and Lung troubles. Price 50c and $1. Trial j bottle free at Geo, A. Harding. Children's heavy school shoes, 1,25 value, Infant's shoes, 50c and 6bc value, 33c. All appliques and laces, 1.25 per yard val ue, 7c. Cream while and ecru appliques, 50c value, 38c. Cream white and ecru appliques, 25c value, 19c. Cream white and ecru appliques, 15c value, lie. Japanese wash silk, in all colors, 29c per yard. ' A few left 10c and 12c Torchon keen, 5c per yard. F. 0 warranted corsets, $1.25 value, SSc. 75 corsets at 48 cents. Ladies' embroidered hose, 50c value, 3'c. Ladies' heavy ribbed hose, 25c value, 19c. ' Ladies' and children's fleece-lined hose. 25c valntf 19 cents C Misted corsetwaists, 20 cents. Large, heavy Turkish towels, 00c value, 45c nir pair. ' 1 0 . No. 110 factory all wcol cloth, 58 inches wide 75J per yard. uo yard W01 veniti' 4" inclies IJe' 75c value. 55c per Fancy crepon, in all bhades, 75c value, 50 cents. ' And lota of other bargains, too numerous to m, n f lion. A large stock of men's and children's clothing boots, shoes, etc., at the abevf cut prices. Remember that tins is a ban fide sale EveiV ' thing must go. Remember the name and nlaZ". Don't buy before you see me. I guarantee to you from i.0 to 40 Der cent. t0 6avei Seven rooms of furniture for sale. I So !:i;'.v iinpro-Tvients are it - 1 ' - '" nv t . - v. crs ., : iv initio;"