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8 OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1904 HOME CIRCLE COLUMN. A Column Dedicated to Tired Mothers as They Join the Home Circle at Eventide. A mother's heart, like primroBes.opens most beautifully in the evening of life. Many children develop into gloomy morbid, bitter men and women for lack of a happy childhood. If instead of a gem or even a flower, we would cast the gift of a happy tboug ht into the heait of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. When you find a home where all have learned the important lesson of helping one another, there you will find the per fection of true home happiness. FROM WHEELBARROW TO PRESIDENT. How often we hear a vounz man say, "We haven't been given a chance in life to make any thine of ourselves.'' We would point that young man to William E. Corey, who last year w elected president of the United Steel Corporation at a salary almost equal to that of the president of the United States. You say be had a "pull." He did Sixteen years ago Covey was pushing a wheelbarrow in the back yards of one of Carnegie's mills at Braddock. This was his "pull." He walked a little faster and put on bigger loads than the men at bis elbow.aud he was soon made fore man over them, in other words, be was not afraid to give his employer two dollars worth of work for one dollar, a fear that has taken possession of too many young men in this community. When he became foreman it was no ticed that the men under him did more work than formerly. He did not swear at his men. They never grumbled at their boss. They respected him, and it was a pleasure to work for him. Car negie began promoting Corey, and Corey worked haul. He had only a fair com. mon school education. He studied at night. He took up a course in a corres poudent Bchool. He became an expert chemist, lie was soon authority on ar mour plate. He knew more about ar mour plate than any one in the mills, He was soou made superintendent of that department. He increased the out put. Thai's all. But remember, that this was nil the result of wheeling more iron ore than the man at his elbow in a back yard at Braddock. Too many of our young men see how small a load they can wheel. To put in the hours add draw their pay is the height of their ambition and then because they do not prosper like young Corey they imagine they have not been given a fair chance 10 "Ie t . A cheerful atmosphere is important to happy home life. It is hard for children to be good when they are ex posed to an Incessant hail storm of fault finding from their parents. It is very difficult for a wife to maintain a calm and charmingly sweet demeanor when her husband is critical or sullen and takes all her tender efforts with indiffer ent appreciation. We would say, keep all knowledge of evil possible out of a child's life. Ig norance of this is the charm of child hood and youth) and its joyfulness. Show them the right side of all that comes to their knowledge. Because evil knowledge will come sooner or later is no reason for hastening it. Do not blast the bud for fear the blossom will be marred, or mar the blossom for fear the fruit will be worm eaten. Frosts cannot do as much harm after the fruit has Bet as while the buds and blossoms are growing. Be, what you wisn your children to be, and keep them uncon scious, innocent auQ sunshiny. When rolling years shall cease to move, when the days of all men will have been numbered, and when the earth shall have waudered away through space and been lost, mother-love will still live on as undying as the throne of God. MOTHER AND HOME. In the marriage vows the little band of gold placed on the bride's ringer by the groom is the pledge that the hus band has endowed the wife with all his worldly goods; that the has an equal interest in them. Yet with many who say, "With all my worldly goods I thee endow," the words mean nothing, and every dollar spent by the wife in person . al adornments or conveniences about tne house is grudgingly given, and we dare say that if soaie wives of this com munity spent as much for sweetmeats nd bon bons and ice cream soda as their husbands do for smote each year, there would go up a howl yon could hear for miles from the husbands with extravagant wives; and if the wives and daughters of this community spent as much on chewing gum as the husbands and brothers do for tobacco each year, the bridge would be full of men jumping into the river because their wives spent o much money foolishly. Mow we be lieve when a man asks a young woman to become his wife, and the relationship is consummated in marriage that the wife has an equal share in the finances of that home. Many wives slave and work for a life time. Where yon find one ektravagant, yon will find ten care ful and economical. The" road along which the man of business travels in pursuit of compe tence or wealth is not a Macadamised one, nor does it ordinarily lead through pleasant scenes and by well-springe of delight. On the contrary it it a rough path.beset with "wait-a-bit" thorne and full of pit-falls, which can only be avoided by the watchful eye of careful circumspection. After every day's journey over this worse than rough turn pike road, the wayfarer neede-soue thing more than rest, he requires solace' and he deserve it. lie ia weary of the dull prose of life and athirit for the poetry. Happy is the bnsinees man who can find eolaoe and that poetry at home. Warm greetings from loving hearts, fond glances from bright eyes, the wel come shouts of children, the many thousand little arrangements for oar comfort and enjoyment that silently tell of thoughtful and expedient love, the gentle ministration that disincum ber us Into au old and easy seat before we are aware of it; these and like to kens of affection mid sympathy consti tute the poetry which reconciles us to the prose of life. Think of this, ye wives and daughters of business men I Think of tho toils, the muieties, the 1 worries and wear that fathers undergo to secure for tou comfortable homes, and compensate them for their trials by making them happy by their nreBides. Carnival at Portland. The Federated Trades Council, of Portland, (composed of 56 Labor Unions with a total membership of more than 10.000) in connection with the Lewis and Clark Fraternal Bide.. Association, (composed of 34 of the Fraternal Orders represented in Portland), are to givo a Mardi tiras and Festival in the city of Portland, commencing on the morning of June 28th. and continuing until the evening of July 9th. This Carnival will be one of the most exteneive and elaborate ever held in the Northwest. The General Committee in charge has leased the enti-e Multnomah Club Grounds, and attractions have been procured from different parts of the United states. The War Department has ordered five warships to proceed to Portland, ar riving here on the evening of June 27. and remaining throughout the festivi ties. There will be three great paradeB . The first parade will occur June 26th, when the King and Queen will arrive in the city under the escort of the war ships and gorgeously decorated barges prepared for that occasion. N The second great parade will take place Saturday evening, July 2nd, and will be tl e much talked of, and adver tised Mardi Gras, electrical, spectacular parade. The third, and perhaps largest parade ever witnessed in the est will ocfcur on the 4th of July, and there will be not less than 30 000 men in line, together with patriotic and industrial floats in the procession. Ten bands will dis course inspiring music for the occasion. The railroads and transportation lines have all granted extra low rates to the city daring these twelve days of cele bration. The purpose of this undertaking is to raise funds for the benefit of both or ganizations participating in the man agement. It Is Up To The Doctor. A lady wrote us from Winchester, Va., (hat Bhe had been under a Doctor's care for four years tor dyspepsia, the pain appeared to center under the lett shoul der blade, was so severe at times that she could neither eat nor Bleep. Bhe had lost faith in her home Doctor, and asked us to send her sample of Dr. Gunn'a Improved Liver Pills, which had been recommended to her. We sent her two, pills, and in a few days Bhe sent for a box. Now she writes that the pain under her shoulder has left her entirely, she enjoys her meals, and never sleeps less than eight hours every night, and this has all come about in two weeks, and cost ber 50 cents, for two boxes of pills. Says the doctor charged her $50, and that she told him he bad better take the $50 and invest it all in Dr. Gunn's Improved Liver Pills and build up his practice. Sold by DruggiBtg for 25c per box. Anyone having dyspepsia, bilious spells or sick-headache can get t speedy cure by the use of these pills For scle by Cbarman & Co. An Immense Hdp Yard. Krebs Bros., of Salem, Oregon, have formed a corporation to be known as the KrebB Hop Company, the capital stock of whicn is SUoO.OOO. The incor porators and stockholders are John Krebs, Leonard Krebs, M. W. Krebs and John A. Krebs. The purpose of the incorporation is to buy land, plant, cul tivate and raise hods, as well as buy and Bell hops. The Krebs recently purchased a large farm near Independence, Polk county Oregon.on which they have set 400 acres of hops, it being the portion of the farm which lies in the Willamette river bot tom and receives its fertilization by be' ing annually overflowed by the river, All who have examined this land pro nounce it bent laad in Polk county and it is doubtful if better hop land cau be found in all Oregon. It is difficult to imagine what a beautiful sight it is to see such a large bop held all in one body, pegged in rows eight feet a part and a mile and a half long in one stretch. It takeB an enormous amount of labor to plant a yard of that size, not to speak of the cost, which is considerable. It required 272,000 pegs, 644.000 roots, two to the hill, 10,000 trellis poles to trellis yard, 280,000 pounds of wire, or seven carloads, 24 30-foot kilns to dry the crop, eight store looms, each 50125 feet and 18 feet high to hold the crop. A large warehouse will be built on the river landing. . In other respects this ranch will prob ably be conducted on the style of Krebs Bros.' 224 acre hop farm near Brooks, Oregon. To amuse the pickers the com pany proposes to erect a dance hall 40x150 feet, where an orchestra will play daily from 8 p. m. until midnight, a bakery with capacity of 3500 loaves daily, a meatmaaket, general grocery store, a restaurant with capacity . lor 1500 meals daily, amphitheatre where shows and boxing contests will be con ducted, a summer garden where soft drinks will be dispensed. In short, it will require about three-quarters of a million feet of lumber to erect the neces sary build In jt. The proposed camp grounds and the buildings will be lit by electricity. To pick the erop 2000 pickers will be required, and 34 passenger car will be necessary to bring the pickers to lode, pendsnce, beside 10 car for baggage. This yard will be the largest single hop yard In the world, there being nothiag in England or Germany to compare with it. Pacific Uomeetad. Wortt r All Experieioei. Can anything be worse than to feel that every minute may be your last? Such was the experience of Mrs. S. H. Newson, Decatur, Ala. "For three years," she writes, "I endured insuffer able pain from indigestion, stomach and bowel trouble. Death seemed inevit able wheu doctors and all remedies failed. At length I was indued to trv Electric Bitters and the result was mir aculous. I improved at once and now I am completely recovered." For Liver, Kidney Stomach and Bowel trouble Electric Bitters is the ouly medicine. Only 50c. It's guaranteed by Clur-ami & Co., Druk'giotu. MANYIHETHODS CARRYINQ MAIL. Curious Exhibit In the United States Government Building at the World's Fair. The manv methods of carrying the mail in the past and present are shown by the United States postoffice department in the Government building at the World's Fair. The exhibit contains pictures and models and a real Alaska dog sledge used for carrying the mails in the far north. 1 o tnis sieage are auacnea a xram or Alaska dogs, mounted and harnessed, locking as natural as if alive. This train doubtless has covered many miles over the bleak and frozen territory in the far north, carrying Uncle Sam's mails. The cowboy mail carrier on his trusty steed, galloping across the plains with his letter pouch, the footman carrying mail througWhe dense forest, and the mail carrier on snow shoes in the timber districts of the north, are also shovn in this ex hibit, and there is a horse sled and an old 'style buckboard, a reindeer sledge and an Esquimo driver. Coming closer to civilization, the rural mail waeon and citv mail waz.n, the electric mail car and the postal car, as used on the great railways of the country are exhibited, giving World's Fair visitors an idea of the magnitude of Uncle Sam's mail carrying business. Laxakola Guarante ed to Cure Constipa tion. Huntley Bros, aecommends it because the know it cures. "There are to many laxatives on the market" say Huntley Bros., "tha it is hard to tell which to recommend, how ever, it is a good deal of satisfaction to know there is at least ore we ean reo ommend with every confidence." Experience shows that Laxakola is sure to benefit every one in need of a mild, tonic laxative, and we aak our cus tomers to try it on our guarantee. Experience has taught us '.t doesn't pay to deceive the people and recom mend anything that might prove in the least unsatisfactory, but we know Laxa kola is all rfght and sure to do good." "It is the only liquid laxative in this store that we are willing to Bell with a guarantee, and it tastes so nice that children like it and ask for it." If the baby is colicky, or fretty, or teething there is nothing will do so much good as Laxakola. Try it, and if if it proves in the least diaap- pointing we Win return your money. Seedless Apples at the Fair. Several bushels of seedless apples from Colorado are on exhibition at the World's Fair. This improved seedless apple, like the seedless orange, is the result of the scientific work of horticulturists. The apple tree is blossomed and the fruit is free from worms and hardy enough to endure the frost. The blosomless feature of the new tree is one of its most striking peculiarities and will make it a favorite with truit growers, especially in com climates. Already seedless apple nurseries have been started in several states and seedless apple buds are In great demand. John r. bpencer, the producer of the seed less apple, is experimenting with various varieties. SURE TO CURE INDIGESTION. Unless Pepsikola Cures Your Dyspepsia Huntley Bros. & Co. Will Refund Your Money. It is not often that Huntley Bros. & Co. back up a new remedy with their own pen onal guarantee but they know that Pepsikola is sure to help all who have shro lie dyspepsia and indigestion the very hrst day they take it. Moreover Huntley Bros. & Co. are too buBy and their reputation is worth too much to take chances in recommending a new remedy to their customers that will not do just as represented. Pepsikola is a remarkable preparation and has performed some cures in Oregon Uity tnat Doraer upon tne miraculous, It is also a grand nerve tonic. It im' proves the appetite, gives new strength and new energy, tones up the stomach and digestive organs, and makes you feel better right off. When you buy a package of Pepsikola you are protected in every way. If it cures you the cost is 25 cents if it does not, Huntley Bros. & Co. will pay back your money without the least argument. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Furnished Every Week by Clackamas AbatractCo. the J Sager to O H Brown, lot 4, blk 1, flew .bra, i-'0. 1 E McDonald to E Williams, lots 7 A 8, blk 109 Oregon City. $1000. O&CKRCotoOL Standinger, of ne of Bee 11, 62 e, $320. M Behreodt to W X Davis, s of nw of eec 5, 42 e, 1850, L Ro-entbal to F E Gallogly, 20 acres in sec 17, 22 e, f 1,000. F Kaausbaar to P T Davis, 10 acres in sec 5, 22 e, $1800. , H Look to 0 Oechele roadway in sec 27, 1-3 e, $40. A J Perdue to J W Doores, 39 acres in ec 18, 51 e, $1600. E T Hall to E L Hall, 19 acres in tec 42, l-2e,l. 6 Vorheis Burrell Investment Co blk 6, Waverly Heights, $1000. Hedees 4 Griffith to D W Kinnaird, lots 5, 6. 7 and 8,blk 30, Canemah, $185. R W Henneman to 0 elimon, 10 u in ClmSS, 1, le. $1. P Drake to A Srxis tract, blk D, Wil lamette Fall, $200. A H Barker to M Mulvey. stf lot 2, blk 140, Oregon City, $300. 8 Swanson to J M Sweeney, lota 13, and 16, blk 66, Oswego, $1000. P Stoller to W J Lidell, tract 7, Pleas ant Hill Park, $500. II Knight to E Knight, lot 12, blk 3, Oanby, $100. U J Trullinger to A 1 Rhodes, n w of 84, sec 35, 4, 2 e, $1. U J Trollinger to F J Kelson, 27 as in sec 23, 4, 2 e, $285. The Clackamas Abstract & Trust Co. are owner of the only complete Ab stract Plant in Clackamas County. Prompt and reliable work on short no tice, in all work guaranteed. AbMrae made, mouey loaned, mortgages fore closed, trusts executed, estates settled, and titles perfected. J. F. Clark, Att'y at Law, President and Manager. Office over Bank of Oregon City. A Woman's Wealth. Paine's Celery Compound GIVES TIG0E AND STRENGTH TO DEBILITATED AND RUN DOWN WOMEN. It is maintained by many distinguished writers that the greatness of a nation depends much upon the physical condition of its women. The general conditions which con tribute to health and long life, are those which do not imply a rapid and unequal exhaustion of those powers by which life is maintained. While we assert that the women of our land stand peerless for beauty and the virtues that make them lovable, we cannot hide the fact that there are thousands in dmr midst who, owing to overwork, worry, household cares, and an unequal exhaustion of life power, have become weak, nervous, sleepless, and debili tated. We bring to the attention of all weary, desnondent. hoDeless. and sickly women earth's great rescuer and health builder, Paine's Celery Compound. Thousands of healthy women around us owe their present vigor, activity, and robustness to Paine's Celery Compound. Mrs. Stephen Smith, St. Paul, Minn., tells how she was snatched from the grave; she says: " I had a bad attack of la grippe this spring and was at death's door, and no one ever expected me to recover. I was so weak that as soon as they brought me out of one faint I was in another. I could not take any nourishment, and doctors' medicines did me no good. A friend advised my husband to get me a bottle of Paine's Celery Compound, which he did, but had no faith in it. The second day after taking the Compound, I began to get real hungry and took an interest in things. I had everything that money and loving care could supply, and with that and Paine's Celery Compound, I am now doing my own work, while three months ago I was almost in the grave. I know that I owe my health and strength to Paine's Celery Com pound, and shall always recommend it." f NEED OF SOILING THE HANDS WITH Diamond Dyes They are easy to use, and are made k home use and home econrxny. Diamond Dyes neve disappoint and will mafce the old clothes look new. 50 different colors. Direction bcok ud dyed tamplM frM. DIAMOND DYES, Burlington, Vt. Aottc Annual School Meeting . Notice is hereby given to the legal voter of School District No. 62, Clacka mas county, State of Oregon, that the annual school meeting will be held at the county court room in Oregon City, Or., to begin at the hour of of 7 :30 o'clock p. m., on the third Monday in June, being the 20th day of June, 1904, for the purpose of submitting the annual report of the directors and clerk and the transacting of general business. Dated this 3rd day of June, 1904 W. E. Carll, Chairman. . Attest : C.O. T. Williams, Clerk. Cures Old Sores. Westmoreland. Kane,, May 5,1902. Ball Snow Liniment Co: Your Snow Liniment cured an old Bore on the side of my chin thet was supposed to be a cancer. The sore was stubborn and would not yield to treatment, until I tried Snow Liniment, which did the work in short order. My sister. Mrs. Sophia J. Carson, Allensville, Mitlln Co., Pa., has a sore and mistrusts that it is a cancer. Please send her a 50c bottle. Sold by Charman A Co. iregon City Wins. Cn Memorial Day at Canemah Park Oregon City and Oswego played the national game with the following reiult: Oregon City 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 1 07 Oswego 00000000 00 SAVEKS New wash goods in variety. Hosiery, direct from mills. Child's Hose, fine values, 10c up. Ladies' Hose, loc up; with whits feet 15c Ladies' Vests. 10c up. . 6 Spools Best Thread, 15c. 3 Balls Lustre Knit Cotton, or Saa Silk, fer lee Child's Handkerchiefs lc. Ladies' Hairpins, lc bunch. Men's Felt Hats, 60c, fLooand up. Samples at price. Boys' Felt Hats, 3oc up. Childs' Slippers, 85c up. Ladies' Julia Marlowe t2.$Q Shoes ior fG 25 Ladias' Kid Shoes U. 35, worth 11.50. Ladles' $2.50 Shoes for $2.00. Our "Zenith" School Shoes are th best reasonably priced too. MllAlnerjr Trimmed hats at cut-prices. The prettiest hats now to be had at vsry low prtces.J bee our Bargain tables, batistactory uress making. Latest styles, perfect fit, reason able prices. RED FRONT OREGON CITY. We Want Your Trade At Harris Grocery And are going to make special inducements to close buyers. Cash and Small Profits is Cur Motto. A New Home Industry The Cascade Laundry Does not wearout or destroy your linen Our Wagon will call for your soiled linen each week and deliver your laundried goods to your home. Perfect satisfaction assured. E L. JOHNSON, Proprietor. B5KOWN & WELCH Oregon City Planing Mills All kinds Doors and F. S. BAKER Proprietor, ' Brunswick 'House and Restaurant " Newly Furnished Rooms, Meals at All Hours Open Day and Night Prices Reasonable. .Only FirstClass Restaurant in the City., Opposite Suspension Bridge, Oregon City, Ore. Elk Horn Livery Feed Sale Stable HORSES BOUGHT AND J SOLD Fine-RigstoLet at Reasonable Prices . D. R. DIMICK, Manager, SEWi oiREGrOisr cirrir, o:r,:eg-02t C. W. Ktllp hJI- Zbe Planet High Grade JJP and Wine$ Whiskeys Y v a Specialty . . SUCH CELEBRATED BRANDS AS OLDCROW i RED TOP RYE " HERM2Itc OLD SARATOGA PLANET, Spr. W CREAM RYE Imported Scotch and Irish JPhisieffs and French Brandies CORNER SEVENTH AND MAIN ST. T.W.COLE t All goods bougnt in bond Purity and quality guaranteed Seme famous Old brands James E. L Cor. Railrad Ave. and Ntiln Sis. Y VIarket 7th A. O. U. W. Building Oregon City, - Oregon of Building Material, Sash,. Moulding. Oregon Gty Oregon L. Jfucfnicb - GARDE BLD'6. 3 4 attd Cigars Pepper Kentucky Bourbon Old Sam Harris Kentucky Bourbon OldRoxbury Rye