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OREGON CITY ENTKRPRISE, FRIDAY, AUC1UST 3, 1900. OregonJ City Enterprise tit J an4 leaaty Official Paper. Published Erery Friday. L. L. PORTER, Panra.iToa. Bated from the question, rising materi- faotor lu Ihia Utter field, roust not only ! reason to coiigrelulata themselves upon UIMCHIPTION RATE, ally th scope of Ciin investigation. To be elected, Pryan will require T2i eloc torl votea. Where are they to be had? In the South there ia a group of state which everv one concede to the demo- tntkt iu own standing secure, but wield its influence to help rrJitn other Wet- tlx sunr of American diplomacy. To apiale fr mediation lth the ernttatce whoae Intereate are similar1 p..rra have been made by China during tat ahich have aandered from Uia folJ. lha aeck, one to Franca ami Ihe other to I the tinted Hate. Tha French reply cratic candidate, ahoever ha he. They 1 srittwi , or ( til rut oovrKMt;T announced Sunday, anil M. IVlce are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Miwisaippl. North tor on Tear. S cetita lor ail months, II paid la aoranc. Advertising rales given on application. Tt.atl..Jeacr.WionolChlneacharaci,, ,nIUU u,Hm 7 ter poetically ..reaented hr Prel n.rU China alth th. foiloalnrf coml.tlona pr Carolina. South Carolina, Tenne. I ,M , 0 , dlliI- m,M new cm-'lion ami ebaolul,. fle , m ' Texas, end Virginia. The Ute hav firnuljo0 ui j ,,,td ol communication for lh foreign 1 ' V total of electoral vote, huh may I .,- ..,n..,...;.i ......... - i- .1.. i ministers al I'ekln; Prince Tuan ami noniai w . i - 1 nere iri,.l pi.t,,... Ti, .n;i...l. i .1.. r- I wv, v ... tMMV "I 111 V V V CM year Hit month Tiul autwrintkin two nionlhi ' 1 1 1 t AdiarwitolMcnUonellsubeeripar.s 1 " a once couniru iv irjau Puherriher mill find the data of eipira turn elan rrd on thalr rattfs follow in their earn. If tab date it not citred 1 . . ii h-i it -ill - withlaiowe.ki after a r.TtnenL kindly I blfk beretbey wera befora.it will he ara to other Southern atatca ahich, though generally democratic, wera carried ly McKInlay on lha five-ailyer iaaoe. They ara Maryland aiul Ken-Itn-ky. IVing more Uian likely to drift within. two Wfai iftrr a paTtnent, ktnCiy D"0 ! and w will look aner IU leetial irovernment during lha paat week may ha briefly atate aa a Ueaira to gel out of Hie rent diincultlea by uatotf uther high funclionarira rrxmilile for the nrent diaurdera to ha dlimlawJ from lha Kvitrernment ; tha Chinee ail llioritira and trii lo l orderl lo tha foreigner in Pekln aa a weapon. If j4"r " ""'' i!alnal forelgnera; Intered at U p.it'f5c In lrecon City, Or., aa arcond cla matter. i3I5T8 FOB TBI IXTIiPilel, Beam Creek.. Canny ClwJtamaa Milwaokie Union Milli... Meadow Brook. hew Era VTilaonTiJIe Parkplara fiafford Malmo Cwroa ioia::a Marqosm , BaiVTLie , Aaron.. Ecle Creek.... Isurat haody Camnftl;e CbarrjTilla , Marmot , aafert lo adJ their 21 totea to lha Pryan cola mo in tha South already conceded, giving him a total of 1V. Next in con aiJeration cornea a gtoup of Weaiern mining atatea tha original itatnping grnond of fre alive r in ly."rt loyal to Bryan in tha )at election, anj though .L'r. T. B. Thomaa ahewinj aiirna 0 recorerr. hr no mnm Geo. Kuucbt A. Hatber to be counted on to return republican ....U. J.Tralnt.irr majontiea. They ara Cvrorado, IJaho, " u- : v- j Montana, Nevada, and l Uh. Being Henry Miy 1 probably tor Bryan, their total rota of , '. L. Kuuell I . ,, . ... j q uara I hould be added to the Bryan ... iLii lVr ,trf"tn Ifady nottl, bringing it up lo .... .Annie ftubfca i(3. We come Dow lo aome fc-attered ... E. M. Hart man B. Jennirn ' atatel, ahich. at the least, ara decided! v Henry A. Pnvaer ! . . uouoiint. jiciviniey cmrrtwi ieiaaare in r A. Pnyd li. I. hern ... J. C. Elliott , F. 0rtch Geo. J Cnrrln yrvM.J. Hammer Adolpb AicboB WTe way te kalU ap Orr tea City b U give Urrgea City Peeple jear.lon democratic eeven timee fatraucY, Tua big daiiiee no longer chronicle the death of Agninaldo in their headlinee. It baa been reported ao often aa no longer lo attract aUention. Thi bet way for a km lo appreciate bow time bare improved fa to contract Lie condition now with what it waa when Adlai E. Stevenaun waa vice-president. Thi adminintrationa backbone ia ap parent in the China muddle, just u it baa been in all the other creei oftbe paat tLree year. Iu r-plna la ootlorated in ita moutb, like Brvan'a, Thi on gloomy indication for the re-1 publican campaign ia the fact that Mary Ellen Leaee has renounced populiam and all ita work. If Mary mount the re publican itumD we are lost. Thi a"asination of King Hombert of Italy waa a daslardiy crime. A monarch who hal done much for bia people and who deserved a Ijetter fte. Ilia death will help no one, but will bring gloom to all Italy. Jr the Chinese Army ia not very effec tive, it i t Wat tha cheapest in toe World. The private aoldler ia paid $12 a year, against 38o for the Englishman, $240 for the Russian, and 255 for the Jtaliap. Oregonian. IS, bnt the party ia not in a very hope ful coodition there. Nothing but the money question saved It In the last cam paign. The party ia aplit into factiona, and ia the last thirty years the atate ba out of eleven election. Wyoming waa carried by Bryan in by 53 votea. The atate elected a republican fove rnor in 1S0S by 1,400 votea, InJ the republicana bave hep of carrying it again this year, flul ita record baa been unsteady for ten years paat Kansas gave ita vote in 1B'2 to populism and in 1890 to the Bryan fnalon. In the intervening year of m, 1S95, and iStti it elected re publican atate tkketa. What it will do lb ia year ia reasonably dvubtul. Na- braska baa not been a republican ' atate since 1S92. Let ua aasume that these states of tfelgware. Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraka, together with the equally uncertain atate of South Dakota, with their total vote of 23, will either join or remain i:b the Bryanites, and we shall have conceded that party a total of 194 electoral vnta. Bryan would ,t.!l need 30 tol?i. 7, , 1 10 m1 t-'1'1"-' their o0 lac not within reason that ha .W.ld tain I to lh" C"ntry re S!inlrWo them In New F.ng'.nd, iWylv.ni. "J C,n Vow, who are very dee Iowa, New Jejr. and Oregon. They 10 lL' th U in Chi"- ,D -tn 1- v.- v.w Ai : wuutrle, of Europ-lncre Is an ac- 111 in) cvua.ti au v auili llllll. 1-. 1 r. . ' creoueu tuinese the allied forvee are ilhdrawn, the for eign miniatera will 1 given safe trane- port to the aea board; if tha alliea ad vance, the luiniatera will pay the penally with their livea. It ia clear that no civilited gjvvrnment will order an ad vance ot ita troops upon the conditions and thus the aily Chinese have scored a pvnt. NeverUielt'M. there ara certain other oints lo be considered. Tha fact that lha foreigners in Pekin are atill alive ia by no means etabiiahel. It I rreta upon the assertions of Chinese ottiiials, w hich, unfortunately, do not carry weight with them. If the Chinese government la able lo communicate aith the legationa, a it claims to hae done, and to sebd reports asserting their well- being out ot Pekin altnoet daily, what ia to prevent their sending out a few re porte from the ministera themselves? A few auch reports, if proved to be authen tic, would do more toward allaying the eicite ment than volumes of diplomatic correspondence will accomplish without th 'tn. Again, if the Chinese Govern ment cau now deliver tha loreignera aaJely out of the country, Why could they not have done so before the landing of foreign troope became necessary? Tbe government ia no stronger now than it waa then. On Itie contrary, if reporta and reasonable presumptions baaed npon the arming and discipline of the Chinese are to be accepted, large bodiee of gov ernment troope have gone rn manse to the ranks of the Boxers, and more ere likely to go. The position of the Chinese Oomrl ment ia really untenable. They cannot eapect any agreement entered Into with them to be rectfuiicd when the force of and meaxurea to I taken for the rigid suppression of tha Boiera. The Amerl' ran reply aaa male public on Tuesday, and, ahile tha demands were not so ai Irrine, tha safety of tha minister and f.ireignera waa insisted lijon. The de mands of France were perhape extrema hrn made conditions precedent, yet no final peace ran be agreed upon until all o! them bave been accepted. The ac ceptance by this government of Minister Conger's message of July lih as genu ine is no doubt Influenced aoineahat by the consideration that no nrg- tiationa c uiKI be carried on utile tha statemetita of Ixjth atdea were acceptel in atolut gxxl fai)h, atill there ia lillla hope thai any elTorta at mediation aill 1 succes ful at the preaent time, Tha agreement of the European nations must first be obtained, and they are not likely to con lent Until military operations bave guns far enough to establish a basis fur larger demanda. China eeeme deteta.lned not only to refuse lo glre op more territory, but lo Jemand a rettoretuion of a part of what haa altVadv len taken by ttie Ku ropran poaera. In the present temper of tha Chinese people it ia dilbcult to see how anything leaa than the hole of wrlnhlcs Come To many a face whlrh should sM ill I intMith and fair. Wry ib-ran't Uing thrtn. There are n rate alkd aniirtie to furrow the fe. Thry are the signs r t.hvmal eufTerlne a'sven ly lha haiwl of Vain. It ia the a.ldrt result of the .1 . i.i. i. .1 Til frcl the aniniaiily oigsna th t they write plain! 1 lha sad record of euf fnlng on the face ami lufin. The skin l-imiea sallow, the ilieeks are siinVen, th eves l'k dull, the l!y falls away. Ni woman w ho values her health of g'iod lHks should nrglect to Use I. IV ire's I'avorlle preacrlption lof illa eaira of the wom anly orgaus. It rtirea iriegulsrity, inflaiiimatuin, ulrrr a I Ion and Irmale wrakiicaa. It lighta up the rye, light ens the roiii'l-irfi, and nniixla out the sunken curve of the U.iy. I ) fl Uw la rrvHumJiHg If 1 l'it. r-u Ti4- J k iiii.i l ttm 1 1 tnmmnmh frrmmrf 4 l t t tlur khtitr V . Trmsa l tn'l-l vllk icl( rina la my b W ! kiM tis ll IM rWfv for I Itlnl kU ' rr..MI r fitiMka ' sad mm laiw rifd m I a-l ilk a m p'" d I lhk l rwtr T kllfc ljt ! huidva la tmj KM llk.arf hratlk I ko 1.4.1 grl mmr ui mj ttUmi UnI lhart at .Iklittt I U- k. f'tr. Merct's Common rVnse Nfe.lical vlarr. VtA pagea, aent free i0 recrtiil of stamps lo pav coat of mailing I'n'r. Send ti one-cent stamp for Ix"!'' c ered lk, or 31 rents for rl4n. Aj dresa Ir. R. V. IHcr., Duflalo, N. Y. tWa1T.sareaa.il tad kats tear lilt I..;. Ta eu' kt.-re ilf t4 tarct.r. t mt aril, lull i'l I. fa. rrta and ". US No 1 11m, lb -oJr ut krr, ibl tkH txa stiifg. Al drufu. m of ll. I urt'n li'k!rl ad aamp.a rr. AM race hutlicg j:.b,a.! it, iki.a r Xum I r e- S win 1 i 'J- My II at m II I ll 1 ! l 1 FOR SAIJ2 tiY Oregon Homeieckert Immigration ExchanQ9 Y r. ( II A II VAN, Prrtl.t.M Kl wrlt I'lXiiN, l.l Vl.e lr.,1.1.,,, (I. WiMtlMiMt. -It VhaVi,t, II. W. KAHIIAM, Hreralaiy Chirac are danger jtis dnema, f..r j " "J ) itiey ate lietcltrr tl. Thai S why all fjuuierinta of iMVlu'a Witrn lltirl Ha've are dangerous. They uih lik lWttV but instra I of the all-healing 9 l.ooa) US l,: a 'aa niariearullldatrl, roo-t 7 rxtn l.oiia. 11 it and Olliar hull'llng-a; fn.l M ' star, nvl.ail. lu llunUM.a ii.u .111 .So. l 0 a fa mt ra rullivtlad , all limlsr ft nr T. a .t.v l. lullea -i .Nu. .; It si tae I J a. fee rullusUd, Id acrat tlaiIM), linaae. I'arti and oihar builll,i(a (l! Ii,il. IKIi'g aslar, t.fii,, Mai kahiiig. I ' Inl aa, lu t'anbr.a arrea All rullltalad , nt I'l room ki bain, and iiiiinaruu ollirf bulldinga. J r, low, I inn, i Au'oi I nilia l'frli,, running attar and ii;liili.g u mmii a Hn lion i'l ar A al sl.-rk ishrh. To (ai.lr, t rt.llra, l -.iiu(Tiia, I itiiie l o, 3 J.V trfrt i'U aires rullUtta-l. I'll arra it,tj raadf ! Id I'l"), '"l houaa tii'l olliar tuil'llhC; I'M hard, huihttui .if. ad It all uintar (erica) I'.nn So. 31 ") tfrs All illlltla-l. Iinuaa barn iivf oil.ar l.inl.lii r. all 'n ca.l; lltlog i, una an. I tii.rtli a-lili.li.g Tu ea ami I'lly. II luoa. 5 aaiS orthtid l i No. U -I trfaa Ji rat titlidl all laliraxl, ruii .t, ttar. To Ma ktbu'g, I ailla, lu ( t. br. a rnlica It'll No VS i arrra Ail taaily 1 ul In ruliltttin, rM rli'. Tu tufIioa, t Itil.a; lu Ilia. "i I nr. I.' On I a I .''.'i S.J, Al U arfat aj i'llln t'al . I.odte. U'n t' 4 Mktl buil'lii'ift ' all lei.ra.), f.i u. rbtfd lo M.iia.la, I rtiiiat, bi link. rrd n.ila itch ha.el, they all contain lngrelient China can be held p.tfltahly by foreign 1 to "' lh ikin tn I ran a ,... poaera, and the attempt to govern the ! P""o0'"' '"l"K 'njiriea and skla ,.,,.. . , . , j dia-a-ea, tia ,e original and grnudi entire tblneae empire ia a la.l far mora ,.., w jt, Ue , uilQcult than any that haa yet been un dertaken In the history of (be world. Around Tien Tain hostilities have been 'ieo. A. Harding Wedding stati'Mierv, tha latl atvlra ft til f(aiaaal at mw4 rja Si I . . ft . . .n.,.n.l.,l fe ll,. r.,.. TI.- n.Ll". ' "r U ' " v,,r,0 egt.fl Clival Ilia r.T. nese lorre naa ilisappeared and noaruie-l Chinese remain ekrept a few "nirs." who are not causing morh trouble. The lOFSM M0Tllr:R. Crtup i 11 e terror U I'-on.ajoH d commsndera of the allied fon-es have ! ' '"rt aiis lr)rri, , announced their deri.:. ..1,.. 1 ' ..'r '"V'Mly fUl, Shilfdl'a ('ml j'l an. I I - .i r nn P.liin till .11.. . - . vnr.uim: uon i ure their demands is derived from a viola-j the rnl ldte U Auau.t. an t. I.na ma.l- '.n en.r, 'i .,,,, m,M hition ol former agreements on Iheir part, j Moo,lni"fen,Pnt t, '-i,'t 'h run-j n''r l-n k.nown ,, (.1. Th w.n.t ' I . . t t. .a L..... 1 aaatL.aaa 1 I a . The only policy f0r tl.g ,l,e U g,l0j,i U il lertSV nprt-t by ii' wlmlnistration at !c"" r""-l luiftirvhnfely. pnre, 25rta. and 1. fx). C. (i. Iluntlry.the Washington. It aa even anggested llr Jgg'"t. t'lkt the American tviea thoti'd kdvan.- at once, without siting for the alii.-., , The Fn!er-,i d,,,,!,,, r jj C I but, aith ot.ly seven thousand troipsl year. anath, o'. aerat. n raltv litre' atil I'l lreg-n lilv. tpriiea) pla, and V) )ea'e franrbia lo fu'iu.t aalar .r riaah. W'tiar tapple ei tarn t r ii. i. nib. io. buuea a4 nrcba'd IHi ll'fe I far! lf. nuriuUs' II I from Waal Or? !'" tirw.l o n (ilfleton On ti.i.. Una, ' In Oregon Cltjt. ! No. i t f fit It arret eultlttlal tiad small lift bk'n and nut anil llnge, 5 arra orrbatit Heine ktar. to U, I Wile tet "n M. li mil J o. Jf SV :f a-rva rullltatxl; it rianns ItnaM; bn snd olliar bOlUllnre ; nmi.lftg elrf, orrbtrd ot nil tad frtt Iraaa t tlure, I Itilla, Id rwri t,) ml Ira Irl Sn. M 1.1 arret ') arret rultlittad. f'"-l orrhtrd: frnrad. runlillig (!. To Ibir. I rt.lie lo )lTk-ui, I'.iy , II itil a 1 1 j N. w It) arrt .) aura milliard: in. til hnue and btrri; tunne t ti(d , runtili'g . It sl-ifa, J r'Ht, lo Oregon ll't. II riillae. fciSAioH Josis ays that we are in the rnidr.of prosperity, and that for this li.a workim'men will vote for Illinois, Indiana, Xortti Dakota, Michi gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, West Vir ginia, and Washington, and nut of that large field it is easy to ste that one or a combination of two Or three etats 'might furnish Mr. Bryan with the srojtl sO votes. It has been anno-i rom the republican national mmUtee tutt the battle will be vir,y tIlig year we-it of the .MrsBii-sippi, and a slight computation vindicate the wisdom of this p'i in tj,e aat and Middle West republicans may fairly figure on carrying the states which voted for ti. .xr hn works tiimse I uryan. a... . . . . Ktu ,.L v.. around to this strange conclusion. W that y, w,lu io ea,Coo.. o. .c- tucky, Maryland, ana ueiaware. inese uiclude the New England states with 39 votes, the Middle elate without Dela ware with fa Votea, the North Central states with 110 votea, and West Virginia with 6 votes, making a total of 233. Any serious loss from these mast be replaced in the West. The strength most likely available in the West con sinta of 37 votes of California, Oregon, Washington, Kansas, Wyoming, and inasmuch as there is a demand for labor the workingmen will hbt I coerced into voting against his best Judgment tbr jrjgh (ear bt losing bis lob. The point which Jone' doesn't explain vety clearly is why th xkingman f.hould vote against an administration that has brought about this steady demand for labor. BATTLK OF BALLOTS. The following article is taken from the Argonaut and shows Mr. Bryan's hope less chance of election. To win, be has to make wonderful and almost impos sible gains, while McKinley has simply to bold his own : This is the season when the electoral votes of the states are being studied with immense interest by everybody alive to the results of the presidential , campaign. The political history of the states becomes important. Combina tions which will win or lose are closely scanned, and partisan predictions may be had to uuit any member of the only two parties with a ghost of a show to elect a president. When any person of ordinary informa tion takes up the table of the electoral college and begins its analysis, to de termine fur himself the chances of Bryan or McKinley, he finds at once a few facts on the surface which, when elimi- mt'Viister. Li Hung Char.g, and that aMe romancer Sheng, the director of t'.w-graphs, are both with in teach. Were these Ulkiala seiar-1 and held Wh an assurance to the CMn ere tovernnient that their lives would answer for the safety of the foreigners In I'ekin, the Celectial owera Vronld un doubtedly put forth all their strt ngth to protect those foreigners. The mmi'.?ra themselves could easily be persnaded to urge their government to ita utmost TbaaUireS pn-rflr of lh matnf' 0 tt.rli'rro' l n.rearlrrt Imtiilfrtlli'fl IT a against a force cf more than two hmi- tv, , i. , ' '. n.a-ga.rvai.ned on u.a n.o,iaiit i-ta . . ..in-., ...(in young uisn I r 1 ill l lark ir in"- nrMa ui ina-eru' t iri -nii.;. dre-l thousand, such a move would be , lr. eotmly .iw,,,, 0 ,lfr,,e fr the I """"''"i-1 vi-t to H.o lie lug real Jkei sf a'vas'wu e'llfc taf 0 f-wlbardw in the extreme. The rleH 'r ; coming Hallway Mail frrvh-e e.Minna-1 r t ai"rn:re. a l.lrre of the Tein Tsin commanders ia w,. i '' 'e fumleh Vrtrvtni og. In hi I n iM rV tlnlltVl.l;t'l.'Lv ,. I.I. .. 'VTU.WU.V. IMilll.l.lM.IVl "'I'" -, MH-.uaillg! Illlll,.l .1 ! I l''lllirt I i M I'tri.'l I IW.l UVI l. "' nledi.artlv to the la. k of f .i.v ... ., . I , i .i stamp, Inli-vState X orrrsporiilcm e Jr. genuineness of the Conger A, -a..!. a, . . n .n.i ii, and ititnle. ( ei r Kanuls. 1. partly to internal ion-;, 'A'00iMi j the meantime, the lr--i.ns have been having trouble wiiv'a.efi.in,, i M,n. Javatta chtiria, alo4,8(ve llfie c( c) io Siberian railroad , latter have even In- vailed. t3r(,!.aiiiern Silieria, capturii g t'1 ce.p'ital of the province of Amur, OAflTOniA, efforts, and to see that The dispatcheg I Blftestchenk. The Russians hare reached that government. Should (be allied powers permft thi Chinese" t.lrjfr to je successful, it woeld lay th. Inunda tion for unlimited tvjuble in le future. It would result Orrty in eitlr a posttone ment of the dfr.culty, or n forcing for eign governments to ithdr-.w ttieir le gations from Chi'ja tjermane fitly. Tl.'threatefla.l iratysis of the efforts rrf the alliea tfirongh inemational jeal ousies prom!., ruppiiy to be averted jirongh the efforts of thin government. Each of the powersrefused to permit an official of any other power to assume su preme command of the allied forces in North and South Dakota. The defec-jthe field. The proposition that an tionofNew York might be made good i American &r:neral should command was by the votes of these states, less Kansas, . the mo, reasonable one advanced, since or carrying Kansas and losing Wyoming and both the Dakotas, or by winning in all of them except Wyoming, North Dakota and Washington. The lost of Ohio or Illinois codld be madif good by California, Oregon and Washington, to aether with Wyoming and one of the Dakotas, or in combination with Kansas. The loss of Indiana could be replaced by California, "Oregon, and Washington. The defection of Wisconsin might be neutralized by California and Washing ton, and the loss of Minnesota might be met by the vote of California alone. In any combination that can be made, the republican struggle must be to hold ground in the middle west and to in crease the party's grasp on the farther West, California, being an important rocipturrd the town, but the incident ia lively to have serious consequence In forcing the Kustiana to make an inde pendent attack from the north. Bears lit yfW-lXVf l,.STKw&;-M K2 i)"eiri Cll)f, Oregon. I'atrnl Xrrortf. "MViry to patent g'iod Idra ln U secured by oar aid. addrvea The Patent Keroid, Kalliiuore, Md " Enterprise and W. Oregonian $2. this country alone among the powers crncerned is not seeking anv accession of territory. The sngestidn of Li Hung Chang that he thould command the allies was the most unreasonable, and naturally received no support. The plan that is likely to lie adopted is for each national force to retain its integrity, and for each day's operations to be decided upon in a council of the allied comman ders. This is a clumsy arrangement, since there will unquestionably be differ of opinion, that there is likely to be con tinual friction. The necessary flexibility to meet unexpected situations promptly will alto be lout, hut it is probably the I only working plan that could have been adopted. In this, as in several other in cidents, the people of this country bave In the New Store. Eilcrs Piano "House now Locatd at 31, Washington St., near Eighth Street, Portland. A constantly incri!iiHing bunim-M linn mnlo Jt ncci Hsary for us to wcuro larjtor rjunrterii and wo have lm built for u tho Irnautiful new "Manic liiiil.lini?" at the corner of I'ark ami VanhiiiKton HtrectH, wlicm wo have every facil ity for conveniently handling our wholcHalo and retail husinoHS, On our retail floor you will alwnyn find tlio finoHt Helection of nearly a dozen diilVrcnt makes of pinrioH and oriitin, ainonjr tlieni tho rnoMt valuablo and coHtly inntrumcnlii tnado in America. Tlia Cliickorinjr, of lion ton, tlm VdxT of New York and tlio Kiiulmll of CiiiciiKo. iloforo you dwido on tho purcliOHo of a piano elHowhere it will pay' you to invewtigato our inHtrumfnts andouriiicth(Ml. Full particulars and catalogue for tho asking. Writo today. Prevented A Tragedy. Timely information given Mrs. (leor? Ixmg, of New Htraitsville, Ohio, pre fj trantMil a flrAaltflll trdtlu.lv mnA mm .u l Wl lives. A frightful cough bad long kept her awake every night. 8he bad tried many remedies and doctors bat tteadily grew worse until urged to try Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle wholly cored ber, and she writea this marvelons mnlicinfl also cured Mr ja rA a " ' ki attack of pneumonia, finch cores are fj positive prorjf of tho matchless merit of f this grand remedy for curing all throat, p chest and lung troubles. Only oOcandlaj fl.OO. Kyery IkjIiIb guaranteed. Trial V bottles free at Geo. A. Harding's Drug iv! .SUue. V, I lie wolt tn the LiUe put on sheep's clothing liecaur if he traveled on his own reputation he couldn't accomplish . ! - ... ....... ins purpose, iouiiiennjiers Ol uen ill's rj Witch Hasel Halve couldn't sell their Y woithlens aalyes on their merits, so they Y ,.,il ll.arn in hf.VAa liLa, I ). 11' ! 1 1 'a V .... I. i . ' out for them. Take only DeWitt'a Witch Hazel Halve. It cures piles and all skin riiaoasoa. Geo. A. lfari.lni !t' YOU TIU ir. IfHblloh'a Cough and Consumption Cure, which is sold for the small price of ! N 25 cents and 60 cent, and $1.00, doe. not! H KT TiMlS V T A NO II fl TTS1 cure take the bottle back and we will re-' fund your money. Hold for over fifty j years on this guarantee. Price 25 cent ! and CO cents. CO. Huntley, the Drug-j gist. j Office 351 Washington St Portland's Leading Piano and Organ Dealers. I !