ORSllON CITY ENTERl'KIPE FKIIiAY. FKHRUAUY 0, 190H System With a Mrthod. - "I have Hourly rim my log off going about n department-More making f' purchases for my wife." said I ho man with the bundics. "I believe Hint I was directed to six illfforoiit parts of tho establishment fir each article I bought. I was soi.t upstairs, down stairs, across tho shcp. along tho aislo and f r. in mil- point t; another, Just a though nobody know whoro nnytlilnir was." "You ov!d.n;ly Oon't understand tho ysti'in," suggested liis friend. "indeed I n't. If it is a systom. It la beyond my understanding." ho an swered. "Well, it is a systom that is not with out method." replied tho other. "You did not realise- it. vhut it was a groat exhibition of stock for your benefit. It would havo boon a print doal of troti llo to havo seated you im olio of tho re Tolvlng sto ls and brought all of tho Roods in tin store a'ld paraded thotu In front of you: so you woro started off and dirootod from place to plaoo so as to mako a tour of tho establishment and pot u general view of tho goods in each department. 1K you seo the ad vertising scheme'?" "I believe that yoi aro right, my boy. for that Is tho only rational ex planation of th. proceeding." New York Herald. Crrnt Ward IlullJInil Contest. See how many words you ran r.ial.o out of tho lot tors giviii below. Do not use any other letters save those given. You oan uso pioier names. Improper name, verbs, nouns, ndjeetives. prepo sitions, conjunctions and artieles. Do not use any one letter more than eight times in one word. I" so only nice words. Ilere are the letters: A B C 1 K K ! II I J K L M X 0 P Q It S T T V V X Y Z Here Is your chalice! See who can get tip the largest lists of words ly using these letters according to the roles of the contest. For the first largest number of words sent In a porterhouse steak inlaid with turquoises will be swarded: to the second largest num ber, an elastic glass bottle: to the third, a pound of medicated pastry. Every guess must 1k accompanied by a coupon from a -I per cent government bond. Xew Y'ork Telegraph. The Ancient Hoar. The enrly Egyptians divided the day ajid night eaoh into twelve hours, a cus tom adopted by the Jews or the Greeks I probably from the Babylonians. The day is said to have first boon divided Into hours from I!. I. Lti.'J. when a sun dial was erected in the temple of Quirl nus at Borne. Previous to the invention of water clocks, B. C. 158. the time was called at Itome by public criers. In arly England one expedient of meas uring time was by wax candles, three i Inches burning an hour. The first iht fect mechanical clock was not made until about A. D. Day began at sunrise among most of the northern na tions, at suns.-t among the Athenians and Jews, at midnight among the Uo mans, as with us. tVHty Hetort. When the celebrated physician Sir Floury Holland told Sydney Smith that be had failed to kill either one of a brace of pheasants that had risen with in easy range near the hitter's home, the witty divine asked. "Why did you not presenile for them';" One dav Sir Henry was engaged l.i a hot argument with "Holms" Smith, i a barrister, concerning the merits of j their respective professions. "You will admit." said Sir Henry, "that your profession does not nml:e angels of men." "No." rot' Tied Smith, "there you have the best of it." Took llrr Literally. Elizabeth Only .Stanton was once giving a piece of advice to a roomful of yotuijs'uien In a little village on the (subject of mati-ln o:iy. "When you marry," she said, "choose a woman with a spine ni d a s.cirid set of tith." "Good giaclius. .Mrs. Stanton." re marked one of her listeners In alarm, "do they ever come without sninesV" Mrs. Fred Unmlh, Prenldent 4'onniry Inb, BDlaa llatuot, Mick. -Mitt my first baby van bom I did not turn to rcstain my ttrtntfth although five doctor gave me a tonic which he consid ered very superior, but instead e? jetting better I grew weaker every clay. My hus band Insisted that I take Wine of Cardul (or t week and sec what it would do for me. I did take the medicine and was very grateful to find my strength and health slowly returning. In two weeks I was out of bed and in a month I was able to take up my usual duties. I am very enthusi astic in its praise." Wine of Cardui reinforces the organs of generation for the ordeal of prep nancy and childbirth. It prevents mis carriage. No woman who takes Wine of Cardui need fear the coming of her child. If .Mrs. Unrath hail taken Wine of Cardui Wore her baby came she would not have been weakened a4 she wai. ller rapid recovery should commend this great remedy to every expectant mother. Wine of Cardui regulates the menstrual flow. VVIiir. "CARDUI ?f '-A tv "'.V 1 '!x ir rw are Tif Motherhood is woman's natural destiny actual barrenness is rare comforting words to childless women Many women are denied the happiness of children R!mpi oeeousft of 6ome curabb derangemeut of tho gvnoralive organs. Amontr the many triumphs of Lytliil I.'. I'ir.kliuttrs YojjrotaWa Coinpouii'l is overcoming cases of supiKed barreiinc.- Thmisiinds of children owe their existence to Lydhi I, I'inklmm's Vcotublo I'ntn poillld. This great medieiuo is so well calculated t regulute every function of the generative organs that its ctHeienoy in this resK i t is Touched for by multitudes of women. Nine Years Vithout a Child. "Pear Mrs. Pixkham: We had Uvn i;u;niod r.ino years and never had children, and now we have a little baby nim tccn months old, the joy of our life. She owes her existence to Lydiu, II. rink bain's Vegetable Compound. "Before taking; Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vesretablo C'oinpMUl I was a constant sufferer. I lud jiaitw ia my back and sides, esn'cially before meiftruation. I had doctored but received no bene tit. Hearing so much about the Vegetable Compound I decided to try it, and after taking six littles was cured." Mas. T. II. Gocmiky, Nevada St, Kast Toledo, Ohio. Owes i-'-: .v.--K.-.tf.'v-3. V V.. i .V W . -vl A l k.' ' k V ' T r "V T-'T1! '7Vr & . ' ' I yCaj ' "1 cannot praise Lyma l.. ritik ViT" ham's Vegetable Coiniiouml enough for what I'h it has done for nie. 1 how other ehildlosH women will see this letter." 3Ii:s. Jous Uteifc. tACKxn, 1111 Broadway, Cleveland, Ohio. - Another Happy Case in Brooklyn. "Pear Mas. Pinkham : I wrote to you a year :;o telling yott of Try troubles. I had pains in the ovaries, lucn. ' d were painful, and I Lad never borne children. u Vou answered my letter and I followed pletcly cur-'d. Have just given birth to a line chili iiiirJi hi'l a very easy tune. " I.vilia K. Pinkham's medicines to be :iio:hcrs." Mrs. Scih-ltz, VI I'tnywnmoil whose letters v.e and lift lackeil all joy to tl:em Lynn, M:: without charge of which v "' -ti strict, i's"ft; A IlarbFlor' lout of l.lvlua. If the average bachelor, with a mil lionaire's Income, not the fellow who goes in for extravagant fails, hut the man w ho maintains pt d social posi tiou and who' entertains liherally. were to baljnce up his personal account for the year, it might contain these charges without comparative extravagance: i House or apartment and service $10 W Valet i"1'! Clubs : I -J''j i Kestauranl and entertaining 12 ' vc Clothing J.Wi Automobiles 5J Chartered yacht l'i'il Car! I.'j.'j Had loam 3"0); Horses, coach, grooms, ete lu.'Wij Total J These are the uiore or less flxi-d-Items of expense, nnil any one who: has ever attempted to keep a personal j account knows that when you have put down the necessary expenses you j may add uluiost uh much for the. thousand and one things that may he) grouped conveniently under the head ! of "Incidental expense." In a gen era! way It may be said that the mil llonuire bachelor who spends from tT.'i.'x) to llW.tjoo n year Is living his life In accordance with the demands of the time on men of wealth. Ainu lee'a. A Catch Bet. Turn round, and. with your back to the table, ask somebody to throw the dice. Then tell the person who threw them to double the number of the spots on the die on the loft, and keep the number to himself. Tell him to udd live, then multiply by live. To this fig ure have him add llw number of sliots on the die in the Middle and multipl) the product by ten. Then ak him to multiply the numbi-i of spots on the third die and give you the aggregate hum. From the amount subtract menially 1!50, and the remain der will show in the three tigurcs the number of spots on each of the three dice. I'or instance, take three dice. Their numls-rs are three, live and two Double the one on the left Ave plus five equals ten. Add five, equals fif teen. Multiply by five, equals seventy five. Add the numbfr of (units on the die In the middle, three, equals aeveuty eiiht Multlnlv by ten. eouuls 7so. Portrait of a Baby Girl Who her existence to Lydia 0. Pinkham s egetable Compound uPtun JIks. Piskiiam: I wrote to vou some time ago asking why I could not have a child. 1 explained that I had displacement ' the womb ami .arian trouble, ami stifle red with naekache and headache. Vou sent me a nice letter m reply giving me full instructions how to treat myself, and in accord ance V4th your directions I took your Vegetable Comiound, and I followed vour kind advice faith. fully in every respect, ami now I have a little girl, the joy of our I I - 111 I,l Vii innne. i ni'M'i riiniiu iiiio wi my baby if it had not been for your advice and medicine. vour ndvii'i'. I was coin-hi-aiihy balw, and during are a 'ed s'"td womou who want J.u-'.:'r Jir.T.kljn, X. Y. print wore c.f ici ly discouraged. wticn tin y wrote -Mrs. 1'Uikliaii), any hind. They rec.clv:tl advice '('. - I' - j iur ilii. Aim niiiniiir or spots on mc mini me. two. equals TNU. Subtract and ."2 remains, which are numbers on the dice. Whr t It- Aadlrnre Laaitbrd. At a public entertainment recently a conjurer hud no experience which was highly comical, though quite disastrous from u professional point of view. Having produced an egg from a pre viously empty bag, he announced that he would follow up this trick by bring lug from the bag the hen that laid the egg. This little nrrangement he left to his confederate to carry out. lie pro eeeded to draw the bird from the bag, hut what was his surprise on llnding that the alleged hen was un old rooster, which strutted ubout the Htuge with milled feathers and offended dignity und set up as vigorous a crowing us If it had Just awakened from lta noctur nal slumbers. The whole audience shrieked with laughter, mid the unfortunate conjurer made a bolt for the dressing room. The Tuniblrnrred. The tumblewei-d Is a curious plant. Indigenous to the western prairies. It grows In all directions from u central stem, making a large flat bead, close to the ground. In the fail, aftirf being touched by the frost or dried by the weather, the stem breaks off, the head becomes the iort of the wind anil Is driven off across the prairie, scattering seeds us it goes and finally bringing up against some obstruction which arrests Its progress. These weeds have been een piled ten feet high against a fence, driven there by the wind. ur fIanM I'jr firmer ari'l lf:trlMT 1" tjJiH ui'r,''i'i-riiri-TiWi'.t'. It IfJVH tit UHY ft HM" Ifl'if" (rf lm-ri mrul Tnu a rr 'it Hr,tl mor"! All Vii!TN. I V0 ! Akrmi prtinil trUi ftpi'i'aiU. D. M. FERRY . CO., Detroit, Mich. yW-tWoMt ' Seeds AN ALASKAN LANDSLIDE. linllirr l.rluvM . but tr'.al l i;roir niil lllirr HriU. All the ni'itibii; Its wo chopped hpougy c itt e.w od. blew out our lllllgs o,t the l'.r :'.ad 111','i'id water from t',10 bl.inLeis a dull roar which e itiought the lAcr swlled by the ram : s -'. uiu loii' hi, louder. I hald, "I guess a IIU'I; hie cbol.ed pond on till ;.huier has liiol.ett through," nod Just tlie-i Jack stippul out from under III koaUed tai'pi'fl'U. "l.ooK at tluiU Hobble, look at that!" I heard hiai i ii.mllng. thitslde ho vn polntliig lien ss the htream. A land slide was ; nvrliiK down n gully from tlie cry top of the ltalnbow hills. It was a stupiii Ion sight. We looked at It silently n:id tl.en said, both nt.oiiee, "I thought an UMilanehe was Hudd'ii." This thing wlg'ded like n huge stiiitu' down a t'.uvx .'tNiil fii-t of rock. The roar seemed forpver to luereiisc, l'ust or huioI.c tuuhd from this thing, mid enormous Low'.dcr skipped solemnly from side o MJc of Us path like peb bles. Water ni'iigled with It, and when it reached tho terrace It was a black stream, viscous and heavy. Jack bet It wouldn't cross the half mile oi' at to rhc rhir. but In a mo ment we saw boulders shooting out ocr the lui'.l'V and aspen givcs full as If laid Willi n scythe. A cancerous I'.m ate i ut ti the bank and gravely slupp. d owr I'e lumpy paint, cutting il -cp t hai m is i'uwu to the r!or.Out- li.g. A ('U i' Fur Ilia llo. Sol Smith lliiNsell, who saw humor In many coiiiuiouplacc hiippcnlnga, used frequently to tell of meeting an old farmer at a railway station In a small New York town whose philoso phy was particularly pat, even though his deduction were hardly cotupll tucntary to the actor, says the Chicago Tribune. Itiuwll and his companion were nwiiltui,' the train when the old gentleman wit'.ked up, eyed the star a minute or two and usked: "He you the feller that rut up capers ut I'arkcr's hall last night?" "My company and I gave n perform ance there last evening, yes," replied Iillssell politely. "1 thought so. I was there, and I had to laugh soiiietliui'. I wanted to tell you ubout my boy. He's Just your Wuy ain't no go d for work. Won't sticlt to anything, but wants to play clown and crack Jul.es all the time. lie's got u Job at the hub factory, but all ho docs Is to keep the men a laugliln' w hen they orter be woi klu'. Vmi orter take him 'long with your troupe, foi he's the ilerndest fool I ever seen:" Ntmril Aiilr. To stew apples so each qimrter Is un broken and mi ch ar one can almost seo through It I." an int. and yet It Is a dim ple thing to do If one only knows how. l'eel tart apples very thin, cut them In quarters and remove the cores and Seeds. As fi.st as you can peel mid quarter tin in drop the apples In u saucepan in which you hac already placed cold water to the depth of two inches. When tin- apples are all In. put the saucepan hut a slow lire, cover It till the wal'T reaches the boiling point, then remove the cover and let the ap ples shunur alliioM Iniperieptibly till you can pi ice them easily wllh il broom spi n); then sprinkle the sugar over them and let tin m Just simmer Hill i 1 it is all meltiil. lieiiiiive the taueepnii fni;i the lire ami let It stand here the apples will get cold before turning them lulu a dish for tin' table. Green's 1 rait Crowcr. The- Saiitotar. While It Is generally known that tho samovar Is a distinctly Itussian article, the fact may not be so familiar that In the land of the czar the manufacture of samovars is- n prlvibrc of the gov ernment, and the Imperil crest Is found upon every genuine Itussian tea urn. The r"ason given for the govern ment's engaging In this maiiiifactiiting business Is that the Hiimovar may he within the purchasing power of tin) humblest peasant, and it is therefore found In the humblest as well as the most pretentious home In the land. The real article Is always heated by char coal, but P'turni-d travelers, and par ticularly Americans, find It more con venient to have their samovar adapted for spirit lamp hinting when Intended for use In their own homes. 1 Kol Unliable. "Hare you any articles of value with you?" asked the customs Inspector. "Nothing," answered the returning traveler, "except a wealthy grass wid ow whom I expect to marry as soon as I land." "WelL mused the Inspector, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, "I guess you can take her through. Rectus to me she will come under the classification of baled bay, and that Is free."-UalU-more American. Not Ia Ills Lis. "What Is his status In this colniiiii Hty, If I may ask?" "lie ain't got none that I ever bevrd on. He run a grocery for awhile down to the Corners, but If he ever had any status there 'twa n't kep' out In sight where unybody could see It." Culcago Record-Herald. '' The Hejeeleil One. . "Let me see," remarks the Ignorant personage. "Uiine menus frost, doesn't It?" "Mine usually does," replied the un successful sst iibHeutmlndi-dly. Cin cinnati Commercial Tribune. H'nrlh W hile. She- I should like to knbw what good your college education did you? He Well. It taught me to owe a lot of money without lielnx annoyed by It-Life. i "FACT0RYG1RLS." Tho Graceful and ILindsomo Women who Work at tho Loom. Auv one who Ii.ih HmmI in a factory town und hii.s srtn the tele ol human lite which Hood the sttei'ts when the mills stuji Im the il.n , will have bci'tl struck bv the uiiiuliri ol giiierlul anil IiiiihImmiip Vouug gills nulling the timing. Light licai teil. Moiling, initlhfiil, it is luinl to rralie that they have just left a tUy's fatiguing wotk. Hut snother sight ut ttiicts the ouhMilii'i, lie sees groups of other women, thin of form, dull of. rye, languid of movement, nl he reuliiea that these were hut a Irw year ago ut bright and happy " '',rir younger fellow-workers. It i natural to ask the cause of such a physical change, which ia not to le cipl.iinnl by the stress and strain of daily lalsir, liecause there are not a few who. in pite of years of steady work, irtuin thegullnh attrai tivrnrsa of face and figure. IVthua the moat im portant cause of this chiinge is to l found in the pit-valence of a linents peculiarly famine, which drain the vi tality ami sap the ntirii)'tli. If thr truth were know u it would Ik- totiud thut llicae worn-out women h.id liern working undrr physical lotuhtious, which, it a man sullcred thrill would Vie enough to send linn to lied. With Ihroliing head ami aching back the w. ge r.irnrr plisls on, feeling that she cannot afford cither to rest or pay a physician's ires, ami every d.iv sees her grow nunc weary and more wr.ik. thkkk's no nk.kii To stop work or pay rxciisive fres In ordrr to lie cured of womanly iIim'.ivs. Hundreds of thousands of wc.ik und sick women have Im-cii itiude well and stnuig by the use of Dr. Tierce's Favorite Prescription. It est.ilihshrs rcgiii.nily, lines the drums which we.ikcii woinrn, heals inllatiiina. tic hi und ulceration and cures female weaknrsA It makes weak women strong and sick women well. "A few years ago I suffered severely with fem.ile weakness and had at times dreadful p.iitu," writes Mrs. V. Brown, of Cre.iwell, Il.irford Co., Maryland. "I went to t:iv iloclur, and he gave tnc medicine w hich did me g'ssl for a w hile, but I would get wiil-e again. 1 ll.ol sick headache neatly all the time; was weak around my waist could hardly bear anything to touch me. Mv feet would keep cold and I could hat.llv do my work. I would work a while and then lie down awhile; was completely run down. Suffered from disagreeable j drain and also severe paini at limes. ! After using five bottles ol . r Tu-rcc's V Koit Fink (Jandiks, Ni ts, kr! Ki:i its, Kir., Cam. On ii v, M V y KOSY KANDY KITCHEN MOTT'S PENNYROYAL PILLS or and bluish "pain, of menstruation." They aro "UFI3 SAVUUH" to girlaat woniauhood, nldinff developrnent of organs and body. I.o known remedy for women equals them. Cannot do harm Ufa becomes a pleasure. .M l'I'K KUX ItY MAIL. Hold by drucjflMts. VIU M(JTT'SCIIEMlCALCO.,Clevelttiid,Ohio. For Kale at lltJNTLKY'M DO YOU READ O THE ARGONAUT Sena Far Free Sample Copy. sctfUrS. I'OCnciS VUiuiiuiic oaiis,yiuie vupuio. UtrTfK A sta(dard and infani,e cure for KHEUMATISM and GOUT, COLCHICINE 1 cr"lorscd by the highest medical authorities' of Lurope and eaiirvi STr I AtneriLa. lispcnstu uiny in bjiih-i o.ui kanuii3, wiiiiii ui3- jALICYLATL I solve in liquids of the stomach without causing irritation or Ji'TTcS disagreeable symptoms. Price, $1 per bottle. Sold by 5UV-VJ drucgists. He sure and eet the genuine. WILLIAM MKU. For Halo at Enterprise and I'uvorite Prescription, threeuf his 'Coldeu Medical Discovery ' and one vial of Dr. I'leirc's Pleasant Pellets, und following Ihe advice vou gave Icguiding the ' l.o. tnui Tuhlrti,' I can truly say that I am fined. The doctor saiJ it was uteiine disease 1 hud." The sick woman who begins the Use of Dr. Pieicp's I'awiiile ptpscriptimt begins the clue with the first dose she takes. Women who have sulleied for long years and found no help lioiu duc tals or other tiiedieiiirs have found a iM'ilect and lasting cute jn the use ol '' Pavoiilc Prescription," IT At.WAVS lll!l.l'1 and almost always ctitrs, This state ment is bused Ukpii the fact that (if the huudirils of thousands of women who have used "I'uvorite Ptrscilplloll " ninety-right per cent, have been per. fectly and H'riuanriitly cuinl. Only two women in mcli hundred have lulled of u complete cine, aim even in these cases there Iiiih Im-cii itiiuked relief nnil imiirove. incut ; the hrmlache is less frequent, the back ache less severe, slid household duties long laid aside are under taken anew with com foit and satisfaction. " I can truthfully say that Dr. Pierce's la vorite Prescription is a wonderful medicine and deserves the praise given it," writes Mis. Imiiiii Spismer, of Lukevirw, i ........!... f.. Ml.. I. a '" null a ml vii., Iilliil., Ill' llos JSH. " I wits sick I I Ij four mouths ami thr ' medicine. nrcsT-rilied hv - i - the doctors did me no good, pinullv I wrote to Dr. R. V. Pierce for bis advice. He an swered in a very kind letter1, instructing mc what to do. I followed bis advice, and today am a well woman, thanks to Dr. Pierce." No woman should delay the use of " I'uvorite Prescription " if she is sutler lag from womanly disease. The longer womanly dtsruse Is neglected the greater its elfrc t on the general health, and the slower the cure. There is no object in esprrimrnting with other medicines when the eiperirncr of thousands of women proves lliu "Favorite Prescrip tion " is the surest and safest of put-up medicines for the cuie of discus jiecu liarly womanly. THK PHIVtl.ltdK Of SICK WOMHS. Sick snd ailing women are invited t consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, Jitt. All correspondence ia suciedly secret and the written conlideucrs of women are guurded by the same strict professional privacy observed by Dr, Pierce and his stair in jiersnuiil roiisiiltationi with women at the Invalids' Hotel and Suig ical Institute, Hullulo, N. Y. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Hullulo, N. Y. It ia liiirdlv possible to overestimate the value of this fiee consultation by letter with Dr. Pierce. In numerous cases such us Mrs. ,SMMiner's, when local medical advice mid treatment hud failed to give relief, a letter to Dr. Pierce has. Ieeii the means of restoring perfect health. Accept no substitute for " Favorite Pre scription." The substitute medicine is only the shadow instead of the sub stance und Is pressed on the customer la-cause it pays the deulrr a little more prolit than is paid by a high-el.i si. in. laid pieparution like " I'uvorite Pre scription." 4 ( fRKK TO WOMI'.N. 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