" '. W -WMWIti'8 THE XBW AGE, PORTLAND, OREGON. March April May There is a best timo for doing everything that js, a time when u thing am be done to the bcBt ad vantage, most easily and most ef fectively. Now Ib the host time for purifying your blood. Wh ? Because your system is now trying to purify it you know thiH by the pimples and other eruptions that have come on your face and body. Hood's Sarsaparitla and Pills Are the medicines to take they do the work thoroughly and agreeably and never fail to do it. Hood's are the medicines you havo always heard recommended. "I cannot recommend Hood's BarMparllla too hlKlily m a spring medicine. When wo tiiko It In the spring wc nil (eel belter llirnttnh the luramer." Mrs. 8. II. Nkal, McCrnj'F, l'u. Homd'm Snrmmparlllm prommem to euro mntl Mmepm thm promlma. A MUSICAL PRODIGY. Why He Drinks, Blinks When you nro tempted to take liquor, think of your wife at homo. Jinks I do. That's wlint driveH mo to drink. Baltimore World. Are Toil Using Allen's Foot-KnseT ' It Is tho only euro (or Swollen, Smarting, Burnlnp, Sweating Feet, Corns and minions. Auk (or Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to bn shaken Into tho shoes. At all liriiBglMs ami Bhoo Stores, 2ic. FamMescnt KUEE. Address Allen H. Olmsted, 1-eltoy. K. Y. Ucttlns Ready for It. "Slio novcr studied for tho stugo, did sho?" "Studied for itl Well, rather! Why, she's taken tho entiro divorco court course." Chicago Post. CATATCHIl CANNOT BE CORED With local applications, as they cannot reach the aeat ol tho disease. Catarrh. Is a blood or constitutional disease, and In order to euro It tou must tako Internal remedies. Hall's Ca tarrh enrols taken internally, and.actsdlrectly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Ca tarrh Curo Is not a nuack medicine. It was prescribed by ono o( tho best physicians In this country (or years, and Isa regular prescription. It Is composod o( tho best tonics known, com bined with tho best blood purifiers, acting di rectly on the mucous surfaces. Tho perfect combination ol tho two Ingredients Is what pro duces such wonderful results In curing-catarrh. Bend for testimonials, free. P. J. UHENKY it CO., Proprl., Toledo, O. Fold br druggists, prlco Tic. Halls Family rills aro tho best Desperate Case. Old Gont Whero are you going, my boy? , Jimmy I'm goin' nutty cuz mo girl's jilted mot Chicago News. WELL LIGHTED 8TORE8. The M. &. M. Arcs arc Causing Quite a Stir. Nothing is more annoying than a poorly lighted store. From the time of old tallow dipt) millions of peoplo havo been bothered by insufficient light when tho evening comes. But now it seems tho whole question is settled by tho beautiful, brilliant, economical "M & M" Arc Lamps that aro becoming so popular. They aro cheap, too. Write to C. W. Lord, Fortlund. Oregon, for u circular telling you all about them. You'll bo glad you wrote. Agents aro wanted in every town. Sht'i Prepared to Conquer. When a girl gets a roso in her hair and a white crocheted thing on her head she is urmed for anything bIio might meet in society. Atchison Globe. i TESTED AMD TRU-BUARAMTEEd I HOW I lm thm Tlmm to USE IT. An Athletic Armor. She Do you think Miss Elderly is trying to draw him out? lie No. I think sho is trying to persuade him to double up. Smart Set. lT c&a :mat w I -' ' 'S. -If Scrofula THE OFFSPRING OF HEREDITARY BLOOD TAINT. Scrofula is but a modified form of Blood Poison and Consumption. The parent who is tainted by cither will see to the child the same disease manifesting itself in the form of swollen elands of the neck and uiroat. catarru, weaaw eyes, offensive sores and abscesses and of tentimes white swell ing sure signs of be no external signs for 7 it r '.; 1 alontrtime. fortlie disease develops slowly in some cases, but the poison is in the blood and will break out at the first favor able opportunity. S. S. S. cures this wast ing, destructive disease by first purifying and building up the blood and stimulating and invigorating the whole system. J. M. Seals, 115 Public 8qua re, NashTtlle.Tenn., aay : "Ten years ago my daughter felt and cut ber forehead. From this wound the Elands on the aide of her face became swollen and bursted. Some of the best doctors here and elsewhere attended her without any benefit. We decided to try S, S. 8., and a few bottles cured ber est Urely." gWfm. gW dWm make new ad pure ml T blood to nourish and strengthen the body. LlaJLl and is a positive and WLW mW sate cure for Scrofula. It overcomes all forma of blood poison, whether inherited or acquired, and no remedy so thoroughly and effectively cleanses the blood, If you have any blood trouble, or your child has inherited some blood taint, take S. S. S. and get the blood in good condition and prevent the disease doing further damage. Send for our tree book and write our physicians about your case. We make do Charge whatever for medical advice. THE SWIfT SPECIf IC CO., ATLANTA. M. Traveled with Jenny Mnd and Earned $80,000 Before lie Was 14. Joseph Burke, who died hi New York a few days ago. had a wonderful ca reer. He was boru In Unlway, Ireland, In 1818. As an In fant lie developed the most remarka ble talcut both musically and his trionically. At the age of 3 he was an accomplished vio linist and he tour ed the principal cities of Ireland. At the age of C he appeared on the Dublin stnge. and a5Wsr7aTj I., i i ' ir JOSEl'll 11U11KK. then went to Loudon, playing at the English Opera House and the Hay market. After a tour of England he returned to Loudon. For threp years, beginning In 1827, he played almost continuously the leading roles of many of Sliakspeare's plays and performed In comedy, opera and burlesque. lie also appeared In tragedy. He drew crowded houses and was entertained at Brighton by George IV. At the age of 12 he came to the United States and his histrionic successes In Ireland and En gland were repeated In New York, Phil adelphia and Huston, and other Ameri can cities and In Canada. Beside play ing the principal roles In Shakspenro ho appeared In n number of pieces which had been especially written for lilin. Before he was 14 he had earned $80,000. In 1840 he left the stnge and studied law In the oltco of Gov. William L. Mnrcy and was admitted to the bar In 1843. 'The following year he went to Europe to perfect his musical education and, returning to the States, gave con certs In the principal cities. Soon after ward he moved here and bought Sumer vlllc farm, n few miles from the city. In 1850, when Jenny Llud visited America under the management of P. T. Ilanaim to make her concert tour. Mr. It u rite was secured to play the solos In the concerts and lead tho or chestra. Her contract with Itanium culled for her appearance ICO nights at $1,000 a night After she had given seventy-five concerts she canceled her contract, forfeiting to Mr. Baruum. Then she toured Independently, Mr. Burke acting ns her private secretary and treasurer as well ns orchestru lead er. A warm friendship spraug up be tween the two and one of the "night ingale's" gifts to Mr. Burko was a $000 violin. When he severed his connec tion with Miss Llnd he became a musi cal Instructor In New York and was for years president of tho New York Phil harmonic Society. Twenty years ago he retired from active life and had since spent bis summers In Batavla. Ills winters be spent in New York and Washington. Mr. Burke was never married. msrrt BY THE wmm&X mmSLJ plicated civilization. TRICK DOG THAT IS A MIND READER. "Doc," a trick dog owned by Fred P. Corning, an old-time showman, Is a lightning calculator. He will count the number of persons In a crowd, give BtStPeffTtniHBsar Beat Coosh Symn. Taatas flood. CaH V latlma. 8ol4 by draasuu. .B UQHTNINQ CALCULATOR. 0 fclL Vjl JAY COOKK AT 81. the number wearing glasses, tell how many aro smoking aud how many not, tell time by u watch shown blm by bo mo one. An Heirloom In the Family. The person who Is Inclined to boast of his valuable possessions Is likely to have the laugh turned upon blm on oc casions. A wealthy man wns once nroudlv exhibiting to Bouie acquaint ances a table which be had bought, and which bo said was BOO years old. "That Is nothing," said one of the company. "I huve In my possession a table which Is more thun 3,000 years old." "Three thousand years old!" said bis host, "That Is impossible! Where was It made?" "Probably In India." "In India! What kind of a table U itr "The multiplication table." London Tlt-Blts. USE AND ABUSE OF SLANG. By George de. The dictionaries, with each revised edition, grudgingly mnke room for n crop of new words. Whence como these words? Some aro deliberately made to order by scient ists and scholars In order to provide titles for the latest devices of our com Tho others spring from the playful Imagination of the peo ple In the street. These latter are "the parvenus and up starts of our vocabulary. They savor of the soil and come with a breezy Impu dence and they arc uot Immediately ac cepted as belonging to pollto dlctlou. They are on probation. Since our language Is constantly being enlarged, If not enriched, by words und phrases springing from our careless, Idiomatic, everyday dialogue, It Is Idle to make any sweeping condemnation of the use of Hlaug. It Is dangerous to suub and Insult one whom we may Hud hi very se lect society next year or the year after. The fact Is that a tremendously largo majority of the American people use more or less slang, principally more. It Is to he admitted that thcru are a few, a very few, persons who never, never use slang. But what an effort It must bo for them to restrain the mid vest Since the spoken laugiidge of any peo ple sooner or later crystallizes Into print ed literature, it Is certuin that tho "American language" Is constantly re ceiving additions and will con tin ue to re ceive them. But why become alurmedV .Most assuredly the law of the survival of the Itttest will continue to operate. Words which perform no good service or which are essentially vulgar and repul sive cannot endure. If tho others endure It Is hecanse they appeal to tho Ameri can love of picturesque brevity and the American sense of hiimnr. A man who cannot express himself ex cept In slang is poor Indeed. On the other hand, it Is mere prudlshncss to bo honored by offensive slang. In the mat ter of the use of slang, It might bo well for each person to adopt this rulo for his guidance: "Don't be afraid of slang and don't strain yourself In pursuit of it." ?m $$.& ft . vt;- 5fiw ?B9S(5SjSC B rmvM&sr BUSINESS LOCALS. PRESIDENTS WASTE TIME. AX Wta. E. Chandler. A President has now only three ob jects In life tlrst, to see 20.000 per sons a year; second, to accomplish 2,000 little things; and, third, to try to do 200 great things. In the seeing of so many thousand per sons about trivial matters, and In giv ing his attention to tho thousauds of little things, the President Is worn out, und becomes physically turn bio to grap ple with tho great problems to which ho ought to give his undivided attention. Presidents have almost succumbed under tho strain, particularly President Ar thur, and President McKlnley. to whoso Impaired health may be attributed his Inability to recover from the shock of the assossln's bnllpt. The great weight of tho pressuro for ofllco ought to fall upon tho cabinet ministers and the President ought to havo more time tor Important things. Whnt Is wanted In, the person of Mr. itoosevelt, and In every other person whom tho twentieth century may sec In the White House, Is a President who will be allowed to serve the whole peo ple with all his heart and strength, with all his inluil and body, In the discharge of his olllclal duties, unhindered by the pres sure upon him of so many thousauds of h'ls countrymen as have In recent years encroached upon the time and patience of our Presidents and kept them from their public work or compelled them to do it by Impairing their physical health and overstraining their mental powers. The time has como when access to the President, except nt public receptions, should be limited to the cabinet ministers, Senators, Representatives and ambassa dors, and to such other persons only as aro given Interviews for public purposes after written applications havo been re ceived and carefully considered, Tho pub lie receptions of the President should bo few, and there should he no intrusions upon his social life, which he should bo allowed to regulate according to his own will and pleasure. This needed change of custom will at first no doubt bo unpopular. It will re quire, to begin the new rule, a President who has been a man of tho people, who is known to be at heart thoroughly demo cratic In all his Ideas and ways, and who Is also strong In his convictions and fear less In his actions. 0 IMPORTANCE OF LIFE INSURANCE. By Rev, H. X. Ryan. I am no lnsurunco agent; but I do not healtato to say that modern Insurance comes nearor to giving something for nothing, and making this something sure and certain than any other known Institution of our times. Indeed, so sure, cheap and certain has It become that no man, however poor, Is without excuse who docs not tako advan tage of the Inducements offered him to lay up a little money to bury him when dead, and provide support for his afflicted and stricken loved ones when ho Is called away. It Is nothing short of an unpardonable crime when a father and husband, with a wife and children depending upon him for support, neglects this sacred obliga tion; uses up each week his wages, and In a moment of tlmo Is stricken by death; compels his friends to bury him; leaves his family destitute aud objects of pity and charity. Though I should live a thousand years I never could forget the picture of Just such a scene as this I saw in Mt. llopo Cemetery a few days ago the ono that Inspired this sermon. I was called upon to preach the funeral sermon of a man who was a clerk In one of the great rail road offices. He had a beautiful little home, a lovely wife and child. Ho lived a life of simple, happy case. In vain did Insurance agents importune htm to carry Just n little Insurance. He lived each week to tho limit of his small sal ary, saving nothing. He refused to be como n member of any secret order on account of tho expense. Ono day he was sitting at his desk writing and whistling, when suddenly his whistling ceased, his writing stopped, his head drooped forward on his book, and his heart, over light and gay, ceased to throb. When his accounts were footed up he had nothing. Tho boys in the olllce had to buy his coftln and defray all funeral expenses, ond they wero just as poor lis he. One dollar a week invested In life Insurance wonlil have avoided all this. The saddest sight I think I ever wit nessed In my life wns his frail, deli cate little wire, standing beside that open grave, with the cold winds whistling through the barren trees, sobbing ns It her heart would break, with not enough money In her pockethook to buy her n lunch and pay her way back to her cheer less home. And after sho returned to her home, what then? No bread In the pantry, no money In tho purse, no coal In the bun ker, and the next month's rent due. I have no sorrow for that dead husband. My sympathy Is all for tho poor, desti tute and unfortunate wife. It Is a pity that such men cannot suffer tho penalty of their own folly; but, unfortunately, tho suffering Is endured by their luckless wives and Innocent children. Always ask for the famous Goneral Arthur cigar. Esbcrg-Gunst Cigar Co., general agents, Portland, Or. THE COMPUTING SCALE COM PANY, 225 Pino street. Col. John L. Poolo. General agent for Orogon and tho Pacific CoaBt. Everybody smokes the celebrated Monogram und Pandora cigars, They have no equal. For first class dental work and prompt attention, go to tho New York Dental Parlors, Fourth and Morrison streets. Money to loan, on furniture, pianon, or any good securities. Notes and nioragages bouglit. 8. W. King, room 45 Washington building. , Portland Transfer Saloon Chas. O. Siglin, proprietor. Choico wines, i liquors and cigars. 321 Glisiui street, corner Sixth, Portland, Or. Call at the Casto Saloon, corner of Jefferson and Chapman Btrccta. Fine wines, liquors and cigars of tho best brands, and the best brands of case goods alwnys on hand. Wolnhard's beor. J. V. Campboll, proprietor. GROW OLD GRACEFULLY. By etltabeth Caiy Stanton. I attribute my vigorous old ago In part to advantage ous circumstances, In part to a happy, hopeful tempera ment, a keen senso of humor, sympa thies for all my fel low beings and u deep interest In all the vital questions of the hour. One must havo an earnest purpose In life beyond personal ambition and family aggrandizement. Self-centered characters do not possess the necessary elements f a high development. If one would have a happy old ago the tlrst condition Is a sound body; to that end exercise, diet, dress, sanitary conditions aro all impor tant My philosophy Is to llvo In the present. Hegrets for tho past aro vain; tho page Is turned; there is no remedy for what Is done. As to tho future, anxieties aro equally vain; wc do not know what ono day will bring forth; whnt we hopo or fear may novcr occur; the present Is all that Is ours. A BOY AT EIGHTY-ONE. Jay Cook In I'iihhIiik IIIh I.aut Dujs in Peace and Ilupplncnn. Jay Cooke, tho famous (launder, now 81 years old. still takes an active Inter est In business affairs. From Novem ber till April. Mr. Cooko seldom misses more thun a day or two at a tlmo In his regular morning visits to his of fice, at 4th and Library streets, New A Fox In Soapsuds. During the run of the Warwickshire bounds recently a fox. bard pressed, dashed Into a back kitchen at Nulley Hall, the seat of the Marquis of Hert ford, where a woman was at the time washing clothes. Seeking a place of concalment, the animal sprang upon the furnace, and then dived Into the almost boiling soapsuds, from which, however, be was quickly out again, and was thcu captured. London Telegraph. Why is a picture of a woman, show ing her bare feet, supposed to represent Hope? It Isn't every client who Is able to keep hi own counsel York, over the buuklng house of his successors, Charles I). Buruey & Co., where his son-lu-Iaw and grandsons lure successfully engaged In tho pur- j suits In which he gained fortune and I fame even before the oldest member of the present Hrm was born. Ho takes a lively Interest In the doings of tho money kings, and his advice is as eagerly sought as ever by mcu of largo . affairs. But school Is out, and It Is now play time with the man who stood by the United States Treasury In tho dark days when the very life of the uatlon was at stake, and whoso wonderful comldcuce aud enthusiasm In the cause of the Uuloti wns an Inspiration to tho patriotic mllllous, who hoped and feared as the fortunes of war shifted In the balauce. The gracefulness of passing years never was more charm ingly shown than through the evening of Mr. Cooke's well-spent life. He Is one of those exceptional men who nev er grow old: who slmpiy sail placidly over the receding waters, lenvliig the memory of happy ways and good deeds to brighten other lives. No one can visit the quiet and restful retreat at Ogontz without being lifted up ns ho listens to the delightful talk of n host who has always believed that this world was made for the highest enjoy ment of those who live In It. Ills owu life has been In faithful conformity to the highest precepts, yet without os tentation, a modest dally Illustration of the bencllcent Intluence of well-np-plied Christian principles. More thun half tho year Mr. Cooke spends In outdoor recreation nt his fa mous picturesque lodgo Itl the North ern Pennsylvania wilderness, tho seu Hide and at Gibraltar, Laku Eric. As a tlshcrmun his zeal und patleuce com mand the admiration of visitors, for ho seldom Is without guests. Ills fish ing prcservo covers eight miles of one of the best trout streams In this State. Here his enjoyment Is Intense, and far and wide he sends the speckled beau ties, with his best wishes, to friends In town and country. At Harncga't, In tho early spring, hu and Jolly old "Cap'n Sam" havo great sport. At the famous Put-ln-Bny resort, where hun dreds of tho best known men In tho land havo partaken of IiIh generous hospitality during tho past forty years, Mr. Cooko revels In buss llshliig and sailing for months nt a time. During the winter the Ogontz home, where Mr. Cooke lives with his son-ln-law, Mr. Barnoy, Is supplied with ap ples, elder, nuts, Jains, jellies, etc., from the well-cultivated mountain patch where tho Lycoming County lodge Is located, EX-EMPRE68 EUGENIE. filic Has Aaked Periulaslon to Copy Her Own LcttcrM in the Archive. Ex-Empress Eugenie, who has ap plied to the authorities In Paris fur permission to copy some of her old letters In the aehlves of the second KX-KUr-UKSS EUOE.MK. empire. Is now In her 77th year, nud Is reported to bo In excellent health. The former empress of the French has many friends and not a single enemy In all Paris, from which sho lied un der cover of tho night nearly thirty two years ago. On that memorablo occasion she landed at Hyde, In the Isle of Wight, aud soon uf forward Join ed tho emperor at Hastings. Tho Im perial exiles subsequently went to llvo at Camden House, Chlselhurst, whero the emperor died In 1870. Eugenlo began to dovoto her life to her young son, and has never recovered from tho shock occasioned her by his tragic death In 1870. ' Hurplua or Pill Mixers. "Why do druggists' clerks get sues, small snlarlcs and huve to work such long hours?" This question was recently asked of the Stur In a communication which wus published. A day or two later another letter was published from an unknown writer suggesting us it solution of tho problem Unit druggists' clerks Join thy body of union workmen. It Is u fact that druggists' clerks get less pay and work more iiouih each day than any other class of wagc-carncrs. Ono of the leading druggists of this city wus asked to tell why It was. Ho said: i "Because of overproduction. Drug clerks ure a drug on the market. There In a college In this town that turns out something like 200 druggists each yeur, There ure about l.'O drug stores In the town. And, besides, moro thun half these drug stores are training young men In the business. Of the ir0 drug stores only about tlfty ure making it good prollt on the Investment. The oth er 100 manage to skin along aud cannot afford to pay largo wages, As long as tho supply of drug clerks exceeds the demand their compensation will bo small. There Is no remedy for It thai I can see. My advice to the young man who contemplates learning tho drug business Is, don't. My advice to thu young man already In It who seeks to better his condition Is, get out of It." Competent druggists may be hired for U to $10 n week, and for this thoy are willing to work from ten to twelve hours a day. Kansas City Star, How Krenoliiiieii Jtulso I-'uikU, Tho paternal government of Franco has provided lire-purchasers with a new and Ingenious method of raising tho wind. A court decided that urtlcles bouglit on the hire-purchase system can be sold on tho day after receipt, und thu hirer is uot liable to prosecution so long as ho keeps up tho regular payment of the Installments. Thu Impecunious Frenchman Is consequently now able to realize the value of a grand pluuo or a set of dining-room chairs at the Initial expense of a slnglo month's Install ment This Is better thun the Mont do Plete.-London Tlt-Blts. Tho Graham Manufacturing com pany manufacture till kinds ot fur. nituro, woodwork and fixtures. Ore gon 'phone, Hood 202. Nos. 70, J172, '174 Front strcot, corner Montgomery, Portland, Ore. French Dyeing and Cleaning Works. Ml work dono at very modrcate prices. Dyeing and cleaning of all kinds of ladies' und gent's clothing. Morn ing cloth dyed in 48 hours. J. De lean, proprietor, 45 Glisan street. Tho proprietors of the Orogon Bakery, corner Fourteenth and Fland ers Sta,, Portland, aro both old and ex porloncod bakers, men who woro foro mon In tho boat shops onthocoast.und who mako a suporlor loaf of bread of any kind. Pullman loaves a special ty. Wo want your trade. Musio half Iirico; musical instruments of all :inds, cash or installments. II, II. Wright, wholcsalo and retail dealer in musiu and musical merchandise. Tho Musto building, 1140 Wasiglinton street, Portland, Oregon. The Plontcr Paint Co, The firm of F. E. Bcaoh A Co., corner of First and Alder streets, is ho oldest established concern in tho paint and oil business in thn Northwest. For over 20 years this houeo has maintained its roputaiidn for reliable busiucHS dealings with all patrons. F. K. Beauh & Co. car ry the highest grades of paints, oils and varnishes. Thoy also hiindlo all builders' materials, ami no ordor is too small to receive prompt atten tion. INVEST IN OIL STOCK. Now Is the tlmo to buy shares of tho Archuleta Oil Company, bocauso very HhorUy It will bo fully demon strated whethor their stock la worth nothing por share, or worth IC.OO und moro pur shnro. The drill Is purchased and will noon ponetruto tho oil deposits, aud thou tho stock will olthor bo withdrawn from tho market or olso go away up In valuo. Tho stock Is 10 conts por sharo now, Address either personally or by let ter, J. II. Hawloy, stock broker, No. 2 Chambor of Commorco building, Port land, Oregon. TO THE DEAF A rich, ladv, cured of her deafncHs and noises in her head by Dr. Nicholson's Artilioial Ear Drums, gave $2ri,000 to his insti tute, so that deaf people unable to procuro tho car drums may havo them frco. Address No. D .1381, Tho Nioh olson Institute, 780, Eighth uvonuo, New York. Pacific Refills Company, Manufacturers of badges, buttons, bannors, lodgo regalia and suppllos, Portland, Oregon. Pays Claims on Sight The Wash ineton I.ifo lnsurunco Company, of New York, bus just paid thu oluim of Henry Davis, of Medford. Mr. Duvis scoured his polioy just one week bo- foro his death, Tho proofs of claim arrived at the company's homo odice, July 2, 1001, and check in settluniuuk was sent to Mrs. Davis tho huiiio day. This company has not had u contest ed claim in the past drcadu, an envia blo record. Tho Washington Lifo is one of tho strongest and best of all tho great lifo insurance corporations. Its usacts aggregute ncurly $17,000,. 000; claims paid, over !10,(K)0,000. No other company in tho world oilers larger guaranteed cash returns at maturity than thoso contained in tho Washington Life's policies. This company's 15,000,000 ofllco building in New York City in ono of tht world's finest structures. It's a long racetrack that doesn't separate a fool from his cola, FREDERICKSBURG MUSIC HALL. SEVENTH AND ALDER STREETS Our Friends are All Cordially Invited To Attend, BROWN & GRANT.