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oregion city yprRipBj ipAy, Avmi 1001. pNews of thp Week j L, .a. A A A A-S Friday, March 29. Fonston tells of Aguinaldo's capture. Fum.toh i( to be rewarded with brig avJiar generalship. Deadlock In Nebraska broken by the lection of C, H. Dletrlik and J. 11. Hillard. Binger Hermann is to be let out of the land office. Strike among the anthracite coal mineri hai been averted. Saturday, March 30. Many rebels surrender in the Philip pines. All the Japanese judges have struck for higher pay. President McKInley will be m Port land May 22. Sunday, March 31, President McKinley appoints Whea fton to be major-general and Funston and Jacob Smith brigadier generala ot the regular army. - Roland Reed the actor diee at New York. Ore iron hop e rowers look forward to good prices this year. Andrew Carnegie will give 1100,000 lor a free library In Portland. Monday, April 1. Great frauds have been discovered in the subsistence department at Manila. An attempt la made to sssaaainat the czar of Rossla. Portland labor unions order a boycott on Portland beer. Tneeday, April 2. Tom L. Johnson, democrat, is elected aaayorof Columbus, Ohio. Republican state ticket elected in Michigan. Army frands at Manila being investi gated. Mayor ol Havana resigns. Count Tolstoi banished from Russia. Botha will mobiltze 13.000 Boers to meet the British. J. P. Morgan want! to build the Pan ami canal. Wednesday, April 3. Carter Harrison, democrat, is elected mayor of Chicago for the third time with a plurality of 28,000. Bolla Wells, democrat, is elected mayor of St, Louis by about 10,000 plu rality. Republicans won out in the Denver election. Aguinaldo takes the oath of allegiance to the United States. Boer agents stop the English from baying moles in the United States. Thursday, April 4. Aguinaldo want to come to the United -States. Republican! will have a majority of ten in the Chicago city council. 8now storm at Pittsburg cause a .heavy loss. Active work will soon begin on a bridge cross the river at Portland, hnilt by the railroad companies. President of Portland Street Railway Mens Union is discharged. What Miall We Have For Dessert! This question arise in the family ev ery day. Let ns answer it to-day. Try Jell O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Prepared in tao minntes. No boiling! no baking 1 simply add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors: Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. Get a pack age at your grocer! to-day, lOcts. Another point of dissimilarity bae fceen discovered between Bryan and Bnoeeveltf The tatter wonld rather be 4lonel than president . The Best Remedy fur Rheumatism. QUICK BELIEF MO PAIN. ' All who nse Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism are delighted with the quick relief from pain which it afford. Whan epeaklng of this Mr. D. N. Sinks, f Troy, Ohio, says : "Some time ago I bad a severe attack of rheumatism in my arm and shoulder. I tried numerous remedies but got no relief until I waa recommended by Messrs. Geo. F. Par sons & Co., druggists ot this place, to try Chamberlain'! Pain Balm. They rec ommended it so highly that I bought a bottle. I was soon relieved of all pain. I have since recommended this liniment to many of my friends, who agree with hie that it is the beat remedy for mown- lar rheumatism in the market." sale by G. A. Harding, druggist. For Having exhausted the junk-shops and curio stores of Cbina, Count von Waldei see is now trying to steal a march on the Russian!. Tin FaHy to Feel (Jood. Counties! thousand! have found a blessing to the body in Dr. Kind's New Life pills, which positively cure Con tipation, Sick Headache, Dizziness, Jaundice, Malaria, Fever and Ague and all Liver and Stomach troubles. Purely vegetable ; never gripe 01 weaken. Only 25c at Geo. A. Harding's drug store. THE CENSUS OF 1790. rt rputi Tm Waa Laaa Tfcaa 4.OOO.0OO. TVhon the first ccnsu of the United States waa taken In 1700. there were Id states and the southwest and north west territories. The returns Died the population at 3.0.214. while those of l'.HK) g-lve over 7u.0ti0.ooo, a fourteen fold growth In H0 yearn.. In the first census nothing was songht but the number of Inhabitants. and the task was assigned to United States marshal, who performed the work for several censuses. In the cen sus library la a recorti or me nrsi crn sun, which shows that the census of 17TX) waa ordered In March and com pleted by October, 1701. a very credita ble showing when the difficulty of com munication Is considered. Tho popula- tlon was divided Into five classes free white males of 14 years and upward, Including heads of families; free white females. Including heads cf families; free white males under 16 years, other persona, slave. Fourteen enumeration district! were mapped out of the 10 states and the population of the towns, countlea aud states given. All of the states except Maine aud Massachusetts bad slaves, Virginia led with a popu- latlon of 747.010 white and 210,000 slave. North Carolina was second, with 303.731 whites and 100.000 slaves. Maryland had a population of 422,750, of which 103.030 were slave. The alave population of tho northern statee U given as follows: New Hampshire, 15S; Rhode Island, WS; Connecticut. i704: New York, 21,. 824: New Jersey, 11.423; Pennsylvania, S.237; Delaware. 8.SS7; Vermont, 1&. The population of the southwest ter ritory waa 33,601 white and 3.417 alave. . The record 1 full of errors In calcula tion and addition, but la Interesting In showing bow the population has In creased and bow the art of census tak ing has developed with the population. Baltimore Sun. A BOY AND A RIFLE. Am th Trick Iks-Father riaraa t Exact statistic on the subject are lacking, but It Is certain that the man who "didn't know It was loaded" kills and malms annually a great many per sona. The only safe rule with a gun Is never under any circumstance to 'point It at anybody. One should al I way act on the assumption that It la loaded. Unfortunately, though, an aver age human being learna only by ex perience, and where a gun la concerned that often entail an awful price. Bearing thla In mind a veteran sportsman of this city adopted a unique method of Impressing tbla les son on his son. This la bow ho told the story: "I want my son to be a sportsman, so that when be get to be as old as bis father be may have as many pleasant memories to look back to. Therefore, on his sixteenth birthday I gave him a rifle. And Instead of read ing him a long lecture on the necessity of handling the weapon carefully, I put up a job on him that would be far more effective. After be had spent a Couple or nour rooming u ana cleaning n and examining the mechanism, after I the manner of healthy boys, I contrlv eu unknown to him to slip a blank cartridge Into the breach. "Then I called him out into the yard and holding my hat In front of tne. ask ed blm to show me bow be would take aim at It There was an explosion, and be fell In a dead faint Too may think It mean of me, but I allowed blm to think that only the badness of his aim or some Intervention of Providence saved me from death. The lesson be learned will last blm through life, be cause a terrible fright accompanied It Borne day when he gets old enough to have a boy of bis own, I shall tell him of the trick I played on him." New York Herald. to It Was. "Mamma, come quick I The catsnp on the shelf. "Drat tbat cat! I'll make fiddle string of her In no time If I lay my band on ber! She's forever Into some thing, and the enraged tnaterfamllla! vigorously pounded ber way Into the pantry. "Where la she. Tommy? I don't see her." "See who?" "Why, you aald the cat was on the ihelf." "I never said there waa a cat on the shelf ..... , , . "Yea, you did. You said. Tbe'i cat up on the shelf.' " "So I did, and I lay lt yet The cat tup on the shelf right before your eyes. Don't you see It? There In that old wine bottle," and he quietly but very iwlftly dodged out Into th kitchen. Pearson's Weekly. Bid Track I a tba alewtas. First Burglar (In kitchen) Wouldn't I sail Into tbat grub If I wasn't under treatment fer me dyspepsyl Second Burglar That lust why rou'd orter do It Bill. All the detect- . Ives knows about your dyapepsy, and If , "'e c,ean out the Provision they'll nev ft niltmint aun.u a I, . I I All- A 1. sr 8unpect you of bcln In this lob. ilarlem Life. With Emphasis. "Say, Joe." remarked Stroller, who wag anxious for a Jaunt "what do rou say to a tramp after dinner?" "Generally," replied Joe Kose, "I say, 'Get out or I'll turn the dog on to rou.' "-Philadelphia Record. ' If the poor people did but know how little some millionaires enjoy their wealth, .there would be less envy In the world. Chicago News. When you sell an article by weight, remember that other people have icales. Atchison Globe. Baa Fa (he ). "Yea, I had to let bliu go." replied the ttoss barber to the regular customer when the Utter asked an explanation of the absence of his pet barber, "Wliyf "Well, be Insisted oo raining whisk ere," "Itnlslng whiskers? fit-eat fleottl Isn't this a free country, where a man may raise whlakera If be so chooses ?" "Yea. this la a free country, and a man can do pretty much as he likes. . imt there's one thing be can't do and work for me. and that's It" "Why do you object V "For thnv reasons. The first la that he was a rather cross looking fellow anyway, Whiskers would make him look crosser. In the second place, to ralv whiskers It would he necessary for Dm to look like a Weary Willie for two or three weeks. In the third ! place and thla la reason euough. even j If thei Bucecei ere were no other If he should d In raising a good looking beard, he would set an example that might be followed by eome customer. The result would be that Instead of getting shaved three or four tltuee a week, or even every day, they would content themselves with getting their whiskers trlumicd once a fortnight or once a week. Such a move would seri ously affect the cash box and for that reason Is Dot t be tolerated. "How many barber have you seen wearing beards? Every barber realise the force of my objection. Oh, yea, every man haa constitutional right that all should observe, 8o have 1." SL Louis Star. Taaaaaa Jaffrraaa aa a Lattar Wrll.r, Mr. Jefferson probably wrote more letter with hi own band than any other public ma 6 that ever lived. The extent of hla correspondence may be Inferred from the fact that 20.000 let ter neatly folded and briefed were preserved by him and found carefully filed away at the time of bis death. with copies of the replle sent to inor than 10.000. These, however, were on - ly a small portion of his correspond- ence, as he retained only those he con- sldered of future u.cfulne or Impor - tance Stenography waa not Invented at that rittn -i.h hi. . t,.n,i ith great care, although after breaking hi wrist while minister to France It be- I came a great labor to htm. Hla pen manship was small, plain and legible, every letter being perfectly formed, and his account books are kept In so small a band that many of the pages cannot be read without a magnifying glnsa. Jefferson waa ambidextrous. He could write equally well with either j band. When bis wrist was broken, he learned to write with hla left band, which became aa skillful as the other. It would have been Impossible for blin to have carted on hi extensive corns spondence without being able to re lieve his right hand at Interval. Chi cago Record. OlTlaea Rrntlr. The Philadelphia Record tell a story of a physician of that city who waa called to see an old Irishman and his wife, down with cold. He advised quinine and whisky aa an antidote. ..you must tj, ,ake j- De rtke lt ererjr n Uoor-two grain 1 of quinine and a swallow of wbl'ky." The next day be called again. The j man waa up and about but his wife 1 waa In bed. "Did you follow my In . structloniT asked the doctor, j "To the letther." replied the hu- band. "How much quinine have you left! was the next queitlon. "Sure, Ol t'lnk she have taken th whole av It" aald the man. ,"And didn't yon take It too?" aaked the doctor. "Dlvll th bit" waa tho reply. "Ito gorrah. It kept me busy takln th' whis ky every tolme she took a pill an sure he's In bed an Ol'm up." Taa Hangars a Prlasafa. There Is a story told of a candidate for the pulpit who was preaching an ex tempore trial sermon before the late Archbishop Talt and Dean Stan ley. In hli extreme nervousness be bo- 11 ,u " ""nn wsj, 1 win ni- V 11 A tVt W irkW HU.MWI il..n t usv a. L. t wuiinini auu uiv uucuurn leu. Tbl proved too much for the pri mate' sense of humor, and he ex- claimed. "I think, sir, a there are only two of aa, yon bad better aay which la which." London Standard. Eaaf Golan; Japa. Japanese business methods are In th lesa Important place of a very go a yon please description. At Nagasaki the other day a foreigner calling at th branch of one of the chief shipping com panic found the whole place de serted. It appeared that, the day being One, th manager and staff bad gone out on a mushroom hunting expedition. Mushroom bunting Is a pursuit that ap peal to every true Japanese. Mlssa tba H Guest of the Doctor (late home t the theater) Hurry up, old chap, aD(1 ,!t me In. ADsentmiDuea Doctor twno tins for gotten all about his vlaltor) Who are you? Gueut Mr. Trane. Doctor Mlaaed a train, have you? Well, catch the next London Fun. It Cam Off. Mother Willie, your face Is very clean, but how did you get such dirty hands? Willie Washln mo face. Tlt-Blta. The first photographic portrait taken was of a Mrs. Dorothy Draper In 1839 by her brother, Dr. John Draper. Ireland sends annually 41,000 torn of eggs, some WO.OOO.OOO In round num bers, to England alone. MITCHELL LEWIS & STAVER COMPANY. And a full lino of - Evans Potato Plantors Agricultural Implements, Vehicles and Bicyclos First and Taylor Streets, Portland, Oregon. The llnnrring cough following gtlpp calls for One Minute Cough Cur. For all throat and lung troubles ibis Is the on'y harmless remedy that give Immediate result. Prevents consumption, U. A. Ilstding. COLOR OF GOLD COINS. Raaaaa Far DIsTaraaaa I fiat i rlas af Fraara Mlataa, j florae time ago a Frenchman placed together a number of gold coin of French mlntagw of the beginning, mid-' die and end of the last century. lie was much surprint to , that tbry A urn i ...l... it. a. .... a a s t .. u" " ,u ""ur- ' ut lh rem. for thl.,. IfTerence. and j 'he rul .f Id. lovetlc.tloi.a hav-r published In I .a Nature. ! or ' UV 'U' " 1 of the 10 and 20 franc piece which bear tne emgie or ajoin i anu Louis X VIII that I nut observed In i the goldptece of later mintage. On aumirer 01 mes coins ih-ss 01 inrir TOlur in'liilltiui (Hlflin, Htm r- prenses rvgn-t that ll Is lacking In later coin. The explanation of It I very simple. The alloy that entered Into the French gold coin of tho day con tained a much silver a cpT. and It waa the all v.-r that gave the coin their tntereatlug paleness. The coins of the era of Napoleon III were more golden In hue. The silver bad been taken out of the alloy. The gold cuius of today have a still wanner aud deeix-r Hugo of yellow. ! " u bwMw the Pari. mint, a well j as that In Loudon, melts the gold and .... .7 . . the copper alloy In hermetically sealed boxes, which prevent the ropHr from , , ....... being somewhat bli-iulu-d. aa It always Is when It Is atin-krd by but air. Ho the present coins have the full warm ness of tint that a copa-r alloy can give. If the coins of tod.iy are not so blind notno In the opinion of amateur collect or a those lustied by the first Napo Icon, they are superior to those of ei ther of the Napoleons In the fact that It costs less to make them. The double operation of the oxidation of the copper and cleaning It off the surface of tho coin with acid la no longer employed, and the large elimination of copper from the surface of the coin, formerly practiced, made tbetu lea resistant un der wear and tear than are the col us now In circulation. So Krs to Walt lloaau. In these modern days the front door of the White House I not locked at night Practically no door are locked, and If the steward should look around for keya be would probably not find half of those formerly In use. Big po licemen are about the only doors at the executive mansion. They guard tho iryiln doors at all hours of day and night and there la no need to close and lock the Inner doors. Ilefore President Lincoln's time policemen were rare at the president' home, and when all the ckrk an(1 .ervnn,, ,,,, gnM ,. at m and carefully locked all the doors In side and outalde except to rooms occu pied by those going In and coming out Washington Star. Doa't Da Sparla at Tawr Lav.. The power of love la one of the great est gift to humanity. It generates the sunshine of the moral universe, with out which life would be a desert waste. Use this divine power without stint B prodigal of your lor. Let It radi ate freely. It will brighten the dark places. It will gladden the Borrowing. It will lift you above the petty, grind ing care that so soon corrode the mind and sap the energies. It Is the golden key tbat will admit you to tba palace of the true life. Success. Well Enoosh. "Didn't I tell you to let well enough alone?" said the doctor to tho convales cent who had disobeyed and was suf fering n relapse. "Yes. doctor." whined the patient, "but I wasn't well enough." Detroit Free Press. For Young Men and Toong rfomen. There is nothing that will aronse the ire of a young man or woman so quick aa to have interior laundry work put oil on them. They may drew ever so well, but if their shirt tront or shirt waist la mussy their neat appearance is spoiled. The troy laundry makes a specialty ol ladies' and gentlemen's fine work. There can be no better work than Is done at the Trov, Leave your orders at Johnson's barber shop. 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Arch Stewart Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat 317 Pekutn Bull. ling rOUTUND.OHF.UOS A Personal Matter A Wall illltad llOUM li Ilk a ! ly dra.wl raiiii alaays allraot lv and plasasul lo hsik upon. YOUR HOUSE Can b rlntd and (rtbnl op t a vary raaaonble prtre lnt are very ctisap now. Don'l lav It until the tun mak any mors mark and oraeki In U. Leave Orders at Ely's Store. MUHHOW Th I'alnta Do You Know the News You can have it all (or 50c Per Month Per Month In the Evening Telegram, of Port land, Oregon. It is the largest evening newHiaiier publlshoiT in Oregon; it contains all the new ofthaHtate and of the Natron. Try it for a month. A Sample cony will be mailed to you free, Address The Telegram, Portland, Or. VWJH wrw"a