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THE NEW AGKE PORTLAND, OREGON.
I
MILES OP VARYINd LENQTH.
Measures of Distance Differ drcntly In
Several Localities.
Among tho Englinh-speaking pooplos
of tho earth thoro nro four different
milea tho ordjnnry milo of 5,280 feot
and tho geographical mlloof 0,035 feot,
making a dlffercnco between tho two of
about ono-toventh; thon there nro tho
Scotch milo of 5,028 feot and tho Irish
milo of 0,720 feot four'vnrloiiB miles,
every ono of which Is still in use. Then
almost every country Iiob ite standard
milo. Tho German milo today 1b 24,318
feet, more than four and a half times
as long ns ours. Tho Dutch, Danish
and Prussian milo is 18,400 feot, thieu
and a half times ns long as ours, and
tho Swiss got moro exorciBO in walking
ono of their miles than wo get in walk-'
ing flvo (f ours, for their milo is 0,153
yards long.
Pico's Cure l the best medicine we ever
need fur nil nllectlons of tho throat nmt
lungs. Wm. O. Kndsi.kt, Vnnbureii, ItuL,
Feb. 10. WOO.
New Zealand Dairy Business.
Tho dairy business is increasing rap
idly in few Zealand, and tho govern
mont is-doing all in its power to boost
tho trade.
CASTOR I A
For Infanti and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Boars ths
Slgnaturo of
&
Uobrlkoff Octs Sensitive.
Governor General Bobriakoff has
commanded tho Finnish local govern
mont to mako extensivo preparations
for tho Not thorn Scientific congress, as
it would bo most regretlablo if any
thing should occur to lvo tho forolgn
visitors an unfavorable impression of
tho conditions in Finland. Tho local
government is quite willing, howover,
thnt tho visitors should roallzo fully
what Uobrlkoff lias dono for Finland.
CITC I'eritianciiUjr Curra So nil or ncrioune
ll I W nrtcrllri'lir'iu-nf lir. Mln'tUrrat Nerve
Scitorer. Stiul lor I'll KK 82.00 trial lxlllnnl treat.
1st. Di.It.lI.lUlNi.l,IiI..V31ArcliSt..I'LIIJclrUli,r
RoukIi on Pn.
"What is a vacuum, inn?"
"That part of your father that is di
roctly under his hair."
Raising Eagles.
Nils Dvag, a fanner living somo miles
from Korvlk, earns somo oxtra moony
by capturing eagles. Ho knows whoio
tho nestB aro and ucnlop tho high cliffs
and takes the young, which ho sells
for good prices in Ohristiania. He has
had many fights witli the parents, but
never harms or kills thorn, as by their
death his source of revenue would bo
gone.
His Occupation.
"Haven't you any occupation?"
asked tho woman at tho kitchen door,
after listening to his tale of woo.
"Yea, ma'am," said Tuffold Knutt,
"I am a hunter."
"A hunter? Of what?"
"Grub, ma'am."
Mothers will find Mrs. Vlnslow's 8oot)i.
Ing Syrup the best remedy to use tor their
Children during tho teething period.
What Find Me Done.
Husband (roiding tho paper) What
fools somo men will mako of tiiom
boIvos. Wlfo Now,H onry, dear, what havo
you dono this timo?
Millions of aufTerersuse Hamlin'a Wiz
ard Oil for pain every year and call it
blessed. Wsk ypur druggist; ho knows.
Heard In a Dook Store.
"I suppoeo that work in sixty vol
umes is an encyclopedia?"
"No; it is called 'The Love Letters
of a Mormon Elder.' "
Unforscen Results.
Dolly I believe Julia Gibbs Is a
mesmerist.
Polly Why?
Dolly I went to sell her a tickot to
our piacnica nd she sold mo one.
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY,
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Mutt Bear Signature of
t Fic-Stall Wrapper Bate.
ImrtmmUmmA
takM
CARTER'S
FMIEA1ACIL
rai uaiNEss
fid IIUIUSNEtt.
FNTORPilLIVEI.
FOR COMTIPATIM.
FIIIAUIWSKII.
niWECIMPLUIMU
una wmwiMMTim. i
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
ClKS WHIK AIL ELS IJUXS. I
I Best Coach Bjrrup. Tie OooO. Vm I
in lime, oota Dr oruranu.
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Ig-j I emu
QUARRYMAN'S BAnLE
WITH VICIOUS SNAKES.
Kvau Brannon, while working In a
stono quarty near Moundsvllle, V. Vn.,
uncovered a den of vicious copperhead
Biinkes. As soou ns the reptiles were
iucnrthed they showed ' light, but
Evans killed thirty-six, while at least
that number esenped to other dens.
They averaged two feet In length.
DON'T KNOW WHAT AILED MARY.
When John Dalton carao back from
the asylum where he had gone to place
his wife, his neighbor, Perry, met him
at tho station and went home'with him,
thnt he might not enter tho empty house
alone. The old man was stunned and
dazed.
"I don't know what ailed Mary," ho
said, dully. "You see how clean and
snug this hoiiHo Is? She nhvuys kept
things bo. Up before dnwu, milking
and baking and wnshlng.. Same thing
dono tit tho snme hour, year lu nnd year
out. She hadn't complained of sickness
for forty years. Then, nil at once, she
began talking of an Iron band nrouuil
her Jaws nnd queer pains In her head."
"She seldom went to town, did she?"
asked Perry.
"Never, hardly. "I'm not much of n
hand for gnddlng about to no purpose.
Sho used to want to go to church Sun
days, but I didn't Just like to hitch up
when there was no work to do. But
I wIbIi now I'd dono that for Mary."
"She didn't visit much with the neigh
bors, either, did she?" asked Perry.
"No. That was my doing, too. When
tho day's work Is dono, I want to put
on my slippers and rest, and then to
bed, and not go skirmishing about or
having a lot of company In."
Ho was silent a while. "I don't know
what ailed Mary," lie said again. "She
would Bit looking at nothing, straight
ahead of her, by the hour, and then cry
nnd cry, yet always saying sho had no
trouble. And sho got weaker every day,
and then her mind went altogether. B i
didn't know me, nor even her own
name."
"Sho will bo cured In that sanitari
um?" said Perry, cheerfully, "and como
homo well In tho spring." Ho watched
Ids old neighbor furtively a while, and
then said:
"Do you know, Dalton, somo years
ago my wife and daughter got peevish
and Irritable. I thought tho steady
work nnd loneliness wero telling on
them. So I got that parlor orguu, and
paid for a year's lessons for Susy, Wo
had music nnd singing every evening,
nnd tho young folks would gather In
with their reading clubs. Then I took
two or three papers; my wife Is a. main
hand for guessing tho riddles. And
onco a year I took her an' Susy up to
town for a week."
"Yes," said Dalton, dryly. "You spent
a lot of- money,- I've heard."
"It's bringing me hi good Interest."
They sat In sllenco a. while. Then
Perry put his hand on the old roan's
knee. "Whcu sho comes back, If sho
over docs 'come, I'd open up life for her
a bit, Dalton. You know how It Is with
potatoes. You plunt tho best kind In
good ground,, and they yield splendid
crops for a year or two. Then they be
gin to dwlndlo and rot."
"Of course tho ground runs out. Thoy
need new soil."
"Yes. You plant them In a different
lot, and they yield big, healthy crops.
Human beings are like them, Dalton.
You'vo got to renew tho soil, give them
fresh food for their minds, or they'll
dwlndlo and rot."
Dalton did not speak for a long time.
'There's something In It," ho said, final
ly. "I'll do different If I ever havo the
chance." Youth's Companion.
Painful Means of Suicide.
"Ilavo you ever 'noticed bow many
suicides uso carbolic acid?" asked a
druggist the other day. "Without hav
ing any actual data on tho subject, I
should say that fully one-third, perhaps
a half, uso that means of exit. It Is
something I could nover understand, be
cause there are so many more comfort
able ways of doing It There could not
possibly be a more agonising death than
carbolic acid poisoning produces. Tho
corrosive fluid burns tho mouth, tonguo
and throat, then passes Into the stom
ach, and must feel like so much hot
lead."
A Slight Misunderstanding.
A young man, whoso gallantry was
largely In excess of his pecuniary
means, sought to remedy h this defect
and to save the money required for the
purchase of expensive (lowers by ar
ranging with a gardener to let him
have a bouquet from time to time in
return for bis cast-off clothes.
So it happened that one day he re
ceived a hunch of the most beautiful
roses, which be at once dispatched to
his lady lore. In sure anticipation of a
friendly welcome, ho called at the
house of the young' woman tho same
evening, nnd was not a little surprised
rat tho frosty reception.
After a pause tho young woman re
marked, lu tho most frigid tones: "You
scut me a noto to-day."
"A note-ir
"Certainly, along with tho flowers."
"To be sure, I scut you flowers,
but-"
"And this noto was with tho bou
quet. Do you mean to deny It?"
And tho young man read: "Don't
forget tho old coat you promised mo
tho other day."
WAITERS AND EYEGLASSES.
Ilotela nnd Restaurants Object to Uelt
Wearlnit Optical Aids.
"Ever boo a waiter wearing glnsscs?"
demanded tho Inquisitor.
No oue could remember, nlthough Just
why a waiter should not bo Been with
glasses as well as any other mau was
not apparent.
"It's Just like tho wearing of beards,"
went on tho Inquisitor. "Tho proprie
tors of our Important hotels, restau
rants and cafes will not permit cither
benrds or glasses to bo worn by their
waiters. It Is possible that In somo old
fashioned family or commercial hotel
tho servitors may be found with their
noses straddled by optical helps, but
you won't And 'em along Broadway.
"Now, this Is n fact worthy of note,
because In every other calling In life
tho number of persons wearing glasses
Is on tho Increase, nnd even lu our
schools n considerable percentage of
very small children will be found wear
ing glasses. And while, as I say, hotel,
restaurant and cafe proprietors aro op
t08cd to tlie glnsscs, still I have seldom
found a waiter whose eyes Indicated
that ho was lu tho slightest need of
them.
''You may argue that restaurant wait
ers arc generally young men. Grant
you thnt Instantly, but, nil tho same,
thousands of men of similar ago havo
to wear them lu almost every other oc
cupation. "Tho majority of those servitors com
menco in boyhood, and tho demand of
their vocation causes no strain on tho
eyesight. Consequently thnt may ac
count In n measure for tho absence of
any necessity for the uso of specs.
Moreover, tho stenm from hot viands
would render them useless probnbly."
Now York Evening Telegram.
CANDLE MADE OP WOOD.
' For yours and years before our boys
In blue invaded Cuba there wero two
candlesticks on tho altar In tho chnpcl
of old Cabauas, one of the outer forts
protecting tho city of Havana. This
fort was used as n prison (principally
for Cuban patriots), ns well as for de
fense. ' ,
When a patriot was ordered to be
shot he was allowed time to go to the
little chapel lu the fort and say his
prayers beforo tho altar, after which
he was taken out and executed. It
would be Idle to speculate as to tho
number of poor fellows who had thus
offered up their prayers before these
caudlestlcks and then gono out to their
death. .
The body of the candlestick Is wood,
covered with a plaster of parls deco
ration and' then gilded. Tho 'candle"
Is of wood, with an Imitation dripping
of wax down tho side. The "wick"
Is in reality a small nail driven In at
the top.
The ono from which this Illustration
was made Is lu Brooklyn, while the
other Is In Detroit, Mich.
Carried Menagerie.
The thin man looked Just as If every
body In the world Imposed on him.
Even his mustache grow crooked. Ho
came Into the car of the suburban train
sldewlse, deposited his basket ginger
ly, and slid Into the scat beside It., As
soon as tho train cleared the tuuuel the
basket meowed. The thin man smiled
back at the man across tho aisle, and
gave tho basket a shake. Another
meow. A little girl In the seat lu front
stood up on the cushion and peered at
the basket.
"Like cats?" tho thin man asked.
"Yep," tho child answered. "Leramo
see It"
"No; It might get away," the thin
man said with another smile.
The basket preserved silence for sev
eral minutes, then It began to cluck.
The child's eyes opened wide.
"Like chickens?" the thin man asked.
Before the child could reply the bas
ket emitted a shrill whistle, and tho
man across the aisle, whose face was
as puzzled as the child's, asked:
"What have you there, anyhow?"
"Mockingbird," the thin man answer
ed,, New York Evening Post.
"Is he In good shape financially In
dependent?" "Well, he's In good shapo
financially, but as far as being Inde
pendent I guess he's like most of us
married men." Detroit Free Press.
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TACOMA ADVERTISING
s
win: wtuu co.
Tho most reliable plnco to buy drugA nnd
f latent iiU'illclncn, elc. Thin More In noted for
Is cnrefiilness hi idling treicrlitlotiH ami for
fair prices.
HOC I'BClflC Avcnuo
Tacoms, Waih.
i iii:iu)i:kn sti:am laundry
J. M. I.uptou, Mgr.
i:Uilletl with new uii-to-dnto machinery.
No roll nil or taw-eilKoctilta and collars. Itlgd
gloM or (InmeMIc llnlnh. Work llrat-clnss null
sure to plt'iue.
Telephone- RSI.
Corner Hume and II Htx., Opp. 1'lremen'e Unit
mm: l'.U'ino i.iquou and wini: noi'yi:.
X. ItKl'TKH, Proprietor.
The bent of Wines. Liquors anil Cigars.
Fnndly Triulo a Specialty.
Tel. lted 1731.
1W l'nclllc Ave.
1605 Commerce St. Tacoma, Washington
mm: junction.
M. CltltlBTIAN, Prop.
Fine Wines, I.luuors and Cigars. Telephone
Mack 1073.
Cor. Pacific Avenue ami Jefferson 81,,
TACOMA, WASHINGTON
LOCAI, HOUVKNIHH AND
UNMOUNTED PHOTOS.
HOI.T'8 AHT 8TOKK.
Frames Made to Order. Pictures of All Kinds.
Stationery and Art (loods. Tel. lllack Wiil.
No. 7C3 (,' Street, near L'hninlier of Commerce.
TACOMA. WABHIN11TON.
MICHAEL BROS.
DRuaaisTS.
Jetlersou and l'ncltlu Avenues,,
TACOMA, WASHINGTON.
V. W. Wing. (I. II. Wing, Jr.
KASTKIIN LAUNDRY.
WING lllt()S.,Props.
Wo Launder Anything.
711 l'nclllc Avo. Tul. MrIii SW. Tacoma, Wash.
D KXA11KL,
lX' Proprietor of
THK OKIIMAN IIAKKIlY AND COFFKK
1WIII.OHH.
Fresh Dread and Cakes dally. Ornamental
Cakes a specially. Only thu nest and purest
material used In our llakcry. llread delivered
frcu to any part of the city, Telephone Park
791. 11171
Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washington.
ROTHSCHILD & CO.
Port Towntend, Washington.
BH1PPING AND COMMISSION MKKG1IANTB.
Custom House llrokers and Stevedores.
Kstabllshed l&'A. llranch offices Tacoma and
Seattle.
JENTUGKY LIQUOR CO.
Peter Baudbcrg, Proprietor.
WINKS, t.iqUOItS AND CIOAIW.
Polo uncut for Gullies' Hlmit and llms' Ale,
(Head llros. Dottllng). Kstabllshed 1MI. Tele,
phono .Main GW. 1H0 Paclllu Avenues ll
Commerce St. Tacoma, Wushlligtnu.
THY
Fpye Bruhn & .Co.
1310 l'nclllc Avenue, Tacoina, Wash.
Wholesale and Retail Butchers
Meats furnished for Railroads
and Steamboat Lines.
OLLARD IRON WORKS.
Foundry, Machine
and Forge Shops.
Heavy Iron Work.
Iron and Brass Castings.
Northern Pacific Docks and at liulloy St.
f ACOMA, WASHINGTON.
Grand Central Hotel.
W. W. HAItMON, J-eskee and Mgr.
J,
Headquarters for Lumbermen
Miners and Tourists.
First class bar lu connection.
121M213 Pacific Avenue. TACOMA, Wash1
We have everything
you need in the Drug
and Patent Medicine
Line.
VIRGES & CO.,
Druggists.
1142 Pacific Ave.
DAVE GROSS
Dave Gross Co.
Cloaks at Wholesale
020 Paaltlo Ave.
TAOOMA and MEW irO?lf,TACOMA
TACOMA, WASHINGTON, ADVERTISING.
WILLIAM W. MILNKIt.
DEOE & MILNER.
Clothiers, Furnishers and Matters
Solo Agents for Hurt, Schnlinor & Marx and Alfred Ilenjainlii it Co.'s
Tallor-Mudo Suits, KnineimtH nnd Ovoreoutn. Finest Lino of llnber
dtyshory and Huts in Taeotna. Up-to-Date Murchandiso at Popular
Prices. : : : :::::::::
1108 Pacific Avenue.
G. L HOLMES FURNITURE COMPANY
Patronize the House that has but One Price, and that the
Right Price. "Live and Let Live" is our motto, Furniture,
Carpets, Stoves, Ranges, Crockery and Glassware, in fact,
everything to furnish a simple cottage or a palace, cither
for cash or on installments
Nos. IIOI to 1105 Second Ave.,
Nos. 923 and 925 C Street,
Tacoma Brass and Machine Works
J. HAMFOUD, Proprietor.
...MACH INISTS...
Agents and Bulldtn of the Flynn Shingle Machines and Meteor Gasoline Engines.
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS.
Telephone Main 477.
Merchants Delivery Co.
forwarding AkchIh for
Northern Pacific, Great Mort'fecrn, Wells
Fargo and American Express Compan
ies) Swift & Co.) Omaha Packing
Co.) American Paper Co. Etc.
Baggage to and from Trains, Hotels, Etc.
Telephone Main 168.
936 Commerce St. Tacoma, Wash.
CASCADE CEREAL COMPANY
MANUrACTUIIKKH OK
Rolled Oats.
Daily Bread Flour.
Cereals of All Kinds.
Feed.
John Donahue
Manufacturer of ami
Healer lu
...LUMBER
Hawmlll am! Olllio
Twenty-first nnd Dock Sts.
Telephone Main 289. Tacoma, Wash.
TKI.Kl'IIONK 4..
TACOMA CARRIAGE and BAGGAGE
TRANSFER COMPANY.
Onitu IK.' Tenth Ht ftutlii'Ht curuvr of A.
TACOMA, WASH.
Hacks, Coupes, Carriages, Baggage Wagons
At All llouri.
rn('MKcm ami IIhkicK" trnimfurrtM from
rclili'iiceM(l IiiiIvU to ami from all Ixrnl. ami
tralim. Hand your clii'cLa for Iirkkhko to our
mtncnKer, ulio will meet you on ail lucoiii
Inir Iralni ami )oat. Flr.t cliu l.httry. Open
aliiilKlit. All rlK markiU '!'. C, .t II. T. Co."
McLean, McMillan & Co.
Wholofitlo and Kotall
GROCERS.
ProjirlotorH of tho J.aurul brand of
high grudo (,'rocoricri.
TflcphonoH, Main 517 and Main 5M.
OlMIl 0 fitreot
012 Cominorcti Struct
WASH.
JAMK3 It. DEOB
TACOA1A, WASHINGTON
Seattle, Wash.
Tacoma, Wash.
Fifteenth and A Sts., Tacoma. Waik
THK
Puget Sound Iron X Steel Works
t
Machinists, Engineers
and Iron Founders
Marino, Saw Mill & Mining Machin
ery, l.onniiu,' KiinincH. -WorkH, corner
Twonty-llrttt nnd A SIh. Phono Main '-'7.
Tacomn, Wasninglon.
HUNT & MOTTET CO.
Dcalurt lu
General Hardware
MILL AND LOGGERS' SUPPLIES!
I50I-I503-IG05 Pacific Avenue
TACOMA, WASH.
H. Hohenschild Co.
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC
Dry Goods
Cents' Goods, Notions, Etc.
932 Pacific Ave. Tacoma.
CALIFORNIA HAND UUNDRT
Tolophono, Hliti-k 1713.
All work (,'iinruntcod. Gentlemen'
dotliinK kept lu thorough repair. Any
Iohnch made good Imiiiidiatuly,
1152 Commerce Street
TACOMA . VVASH.
THE BEE HIVE
Lunch Counter
and Restaurant
I). WISSINOIJK A A1. C KUSSUI.U, Propa.
Tho only flnd-clasH and up-to-tlnto
KoHtaiirant now open and doing IjuhI
iiciiH at
1544 Pacific Avenue.
Our eofll'o 1h unexci lied. Sido dlHhca
nerved hucIi Ih servo I in no other Res
taurant in tliindty.
Op6n A" JNight
POPULAR PRICES.
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