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CITY COUBIER, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1903. MANY RELIABLE WITNESSES Prove That Old Cases of Chronic Ca tarrh can be Cured. A Medicine That Will Cure Cases of Catarrh of Long Standing De serves a Very High Place in the Annals of Medical Discovery. Such, a Medicine is Peruna. THOUSANDS of testimonials are pouring in every day of old cases of chronic catarrh that have re sisted all treatment for years, being promptly and permanently cured by Peruna. These reports do not all come from Obscure places, signed by obscure peo ple. A largo proportion pf these letters are written by men and women proml ' nent in business and professional cir ; clos and many of them well known from Colonel John Franklin Waters occu pies a prominent position' among the leading trial lawyers of Chicago. He ""has probably obtained more verdicts against corporations in suits for personal injuries than any man of his age in the JJnited States, and during his practice Of over fifteen years he has not lost a single case in the Supreme Courts- of Illinois and Missouri. He Is a hard Worker and has the energy of four men. Tor a number of years he had been afflicted with chronic oatarrh and hav ing recently been thoroughly cured of his old affection, an interview was ob tained with him by one of our reporters In which he gave the following etate mae& to the public : Chicago, Ixl., Aug. 6, 1900. The Peruna Medioino Co., Columbus, Q. : ' Qentlemen"lt gives, me great pfoasure to testify to the merits at such a worthy remedy for catarrh a your Peruna. I had suffered tor a number of years from this very dis agreeable disease and had tried many so-called remedies, but until I used Peruna none had the desired effect I feel that I am perfectly cured and can cheerfully recommend Peruna to any one suffering from catarrh." ' 'JOHN P. WATERS, UOB. Randolph St., Chicago, IIL Another case equally well-known in Chloago, Is reported through a latter from a veteran Railroad man. iff. w . .. f i rf-i-Myswa : l pOLONEL JOHN FRANKLIN WATERS, OF CHICAGO. Deaths of a Wetk. Mrs. Emily Gibson, a highly reelected woman of Eagle Creek, died Friday, the :-3d inst. Htr remains were interred in the Eagle Cieek cemetery the following UDday. Deceased was 74 vears old and leaves, beeide a hutband, a number of grown children to mourn her demise. Mrs. Margaret Dodge, of Canbv, died at her daughter's home, Mrs, Paiey Mainee, on the West bide v ednesday afternoon, from typhoid fever. Mrs. Dodge was 63 years old and leaves a hus band, three daughters and a son to mourn her demise. She was an excel lent lady, wife and mother and her de mise is deeply dtplored by all who knew her. The remains will be taken to Caul y Saturday where fcne.al ser vices will be conducted after wh:'ch they will be laid to rest. The infant daughter of L. D. Shank, of Canby, died Wednesday afternoon and the remains were buried in the Can by cemetery Thursday atternoou. Prof. Wortman startles the World It is not known to the scientific sharps of the East that Dr. J. L. Wortman, professor of Paleontology in the Pea body Mueeum of Yale College, epenthis boyhood in Canemah his father sup porting the Wortman brood by store keeping in Oiebon City nor is it likely, on the other hand, that bis brother, Banker John, of McMinnville, is as proud of his brotker's, the doctor's scholarly renown as he is of his own ac cumulation of dollars. Be that as it may, the man from Canemah dug up in Wyoming the skull of a novel kind of monkey and now he has set the dry hones of the Anthropological Club of Yale to , rattling by announcing, aB deductions from study of the skull, that Eden was in the North Polar regions and that when the icy peaks began to form, he, the half-ape man, discovered fire. Prof. Condon, of the University of Oregon, maintains that before .the Cas cade Range uprose Alaska was kept tropical by the Japan current. Prof, Wortman is a man of authority in his department and his ideas will notes cape the consideration of investigators. Captain John H. Lyons, of Chicago, passenger agent for various rail r o a d com panies for the past twenty four years, oonnected with the Poatof f ioe Departm e n t tor, ix years, the Police Department , for ii years, and at res ent connected with the" Grand Trunk railroad, h4 a similar ease. He la a ....... .,.... , veteran soldier and a prominent mem ber of G. A. K. Camp No. 102. Captain John H. Lyons, 1612 Prairie Ave., Chicago, 111., writes: "For twenty years I suffered with chronic catarrh but thanks to Peruna I am now entirely cured. " It affords me much pleasure to make a statement in behalf of your meritorlou remedy, Peruna. I have used same for oatarrh and have found It to be all you claim for it. I had suffered for twenty years. I cheerfully recommend Peruna to anyone suffering from oatarrh, as I believe that, as in my oase, it will prove a sure cure." Captain John H. Lrona.' Address The Peruna Medioine Ob- of OolumbuA, Ohio, for Instructive nee literature ou catarrh, , Frank B$ use h 1 the Housefurnisher frank Busch th e Housef urnisber The Building Season will soon be on Place Your Money Right You will have to look for Dccrs and Win dows, for Bolts and Locks, etc. We invite you to call on us and get cur estimate of the possible cost of these articles. Everything you put on your house justifies the expense if the article is right. Our first qualiiy Build ers' Hardware and doors and windowswill give satisfaction ::::::!:: GOOD GRANITE ware is fthc most economical, most durable and most sat isfactory material for kitchen utensils It would be hard to find a larger assort ment or a better quality of graniteware than we have, and we want you to see it The good kind costs no more, or very littl more than the poor kind, If you bu y the good! kino here. We guarantee every f:cce.t ' Letter List. Following is the list of letters remain ing in the Oregon City postofflce Jan. 29, 1903: Women's . List Mrs Maud Eaton ,Miss Miryn Hay nee, Mrs Geo McGinnes,Miss Mary Stouffer. Men's List A S Brown, T F Brown, S D Carpenter, Leo Cook, Mr Ed monds, Lewis Freeman, Floyd Kirk, W DLampman, Mr Min.Wm M regor, J M Turner, Foreman Yoeman Lodge. I G. F. Hoeton, P. M. Frog Pond. f The garden spot of Clackamas county better known as Frog Pond, was lightly covered with snow Wednesday morn ing. ' C. T. Tooze was transacting some le gal business with Justice G. F. Aden Tuesday. " . John Aden had to remove some hay that he had in the warehouse for reason of high water. Henry Elligson was visiting at Wood burn the past week. George Peters is building Borne fence at Dead Man's Valley. Tualatin Gaange No, 111, will install their new officers Saturday, January 31, for the ensuing year. A good prog am will be rendered, and several of the state officers are expected to be present. A dance will be given in the evening. this is Your Chance to Buy 6oods at Prices to Suit Vour Purse : We have just finished stock-taking and must reduce stock to make room for spring and summer goods. Will Sell Everything at a Big Reduction Shirt Waists and Skirts, Latest Styles; Dry Gccds, Urdeiwear, Hcsieiy, Shces, Etc. cf the hst make sr.d quality. Men's and Eoy's Clothing, Hats, Glcves Mackin toshes, Etc. at prices that no prudent buyer ever overlccks. Come and See for Yourself THE. RED! TON! i GEO. T. HOWARD, PrcKgf f Court House Block, Oregon City, Oregon Not what is said of it, but what it does, has made the fame of the Elgin Watch and made 10,000,006 Elgin s neces sary to the world's work. ' Sold by : every jeweler in the land; guar . anteed by the greatest watch works. ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO. Elqih, Illinois. Roaat PI a la Lamb la China. A correspondent of the North China Herald writes this dissertation upon roast pig: "How little western writers understand the Chinese 1 Who has not read and rejoiced over Lamb's 'Dissertation Upon Roast Pig?' It is not everybody .who has the chance of seeing Lamb's " fascinating story workeJ, out in real life. In the begins ning of the present .Chinese year I passed through a busy market village Nvhere the people kept many pigs. In the middle of the night a fire broke out in the market-1 village and de stroyed the whole place. No lives had been loBt, but most of the pigs had been roasted, especially those too fat to run quickly. Roust pigs! Burning houses! Lamb's story in real life! Quite naturally I remnrked that some folk must have had a splendid meal of roast pork In those days. To my sur prise the natives asked with disgust: "A splendid meal! Who would eat that stinking, smoky stuff?' The palate of the Chinaman absolutely re jects smoky roast pork! All that niag nlllcont epicurean description culmi nating In the one word 'crackling' a delusion, a yarn, a lie! I gloated over that yarn when a boy and grew ex cited as the Btory went from one page to another. Now to find the whole thing go up In smoke!" The Best Laundry is the Cheapest The Troy Steam Laundry is tht Best Does not wear out or destroy your linen. Our Wagon will call for your soiled linen each week and deliver your laundried goods to your home. Perfect satisfac tion assured. E. L JOHNSON, The Barber, Agent. Solving; It. Patrick, a thrifty tradesman In the neighborhood of the Dublin docks, was, the story goes, a man who never spent a penny more than he needed to spend, but he was nevertheless as good a man at the making of an Irish bull as any who lived between Bantry and Bally castle. Having one day occasion to send a letter to a place some distance, Patrick called a messenger and asked him his price for going such a dlstanc. "It '111 be a shllllu'," said the man. "Twice too much!" said Patrick. "Let it be sixpence." "Nivver," answered the messenger. "The way Is that lonely that I'd nivver go It under a shillin'." "Lonely, Is It?" said Patrick, scratch ing his head, "Faith, an' ye're right Now, man, I'll tell ye what we'll do; make It sixpence, an' I'll' go wid ye to kape ye company!" New Era Flouring Mills We have purchased of frtrejc Bros, the New Era Flouring Mills and are now in possession and dung business at the old Btand. We guarantee satisfaction to all who may come our way. To our friends and patrons we ask a continuance of their kindness and courtesy to us and aBeure them that we shall do our very beBt to please them. Bread is the staff of life, without good flour you can not have gord bread Good Bread Wakes Tyappy domes ( ive us your trade and we will give you kind treatment and the BEST FLOUR that can be made. Sevcik Bros. !S"C0 New Era, Or. ' FEBRUARY WEATJIER. Record for Past Thirty -Two Years. The following data, covering a period of 31 years, has been compiled by the weather bureau records at Portland .Ore gon : . For the month ol February for 31 years. ' . Temperature Mean or normal tem perature, 42. The warmest month was that of 1885 with an average of 47. The coldest month was that of 1887 with an average of 32. The highest tempera ture was 68 on the 2Sth,1901. The low est temperature was 7 on the fifth, 1883. Average date on which first killing frost occurred in autumn, November 15. Av erage date on which last killing frost occurred in spring, March 17. Precipitation (Rain and Melted Snow) Average for month, 5.9; inches. Average number of days with one hun dredth of an inch or more, 18. The greatest monthlv precipitation was 13.66 in 1881. The least monthly precipita tion was 1.01 inches in 1895. The great est amount of precipitation recorded in any 24 consecutive hours was 3.51 inches on the first and second 1890. The great est amount of snowfall recorded in any 4 hours, (record extending to winter of 18S4-5 only was 8.5 inches on the third 1893. Clouds and Weather Average num ber of clear days, 3 , partly cloudy days, 7 ; cloudy days 18. Winis The prevailing winds have been from the south. The highest ve locity of the wind was 47 miles from the southwest on, the 6th, 1894. Wilsonville. The ferry boat here has been tied up since Saturday on account of high wa ter. There are Beyeral passengers on both sides of the river waiting for the Willamette to get down to its natural Aqw. Both of the bridges at Boise's mills are washed out by back water, and Mr. Taughman's high-water wood dock was completely swept away by a land slide. Peter Bros, have sold their real estate, which they recently purchased from Henry Miley, to C. T. Tooze. A7ery little snow has fallen in this vi cinity. The ground was barely coyered Wednesday moming. The basket social given by the M. B. A. lodge last Saturday night was well attended. A fine program was rendered, and several hitting remarks were made by V. J. Applegate, state manager of the order.