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TH"R MORNING OUEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY- 2, 1900.
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SUMPTER ALL RIGHT
has been found. May IS is the time set
for the opening: of the mining: season,
both in trade and mining development, j
THE ElGHf-HOUR DAY
demanded an eight-hour day, on Increase
of from 35 to 40 cents an hour, and the
exclusive use of the union label on plan-ing-mill
material.
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Merchants Preparing for Big
Spring Rush.
TRADE SITUATION IS FAVORABLE
Xevr Company Takes Hold, of the
Light and Power Plant and
May Bay Water System.
SUMPTBR, Or.. April 30. Sumpter's
merchants are making ready for the great
volume of business which the Spring rush
to the mines -will create. They aim not
only to hold the trade -which the past
year's development of tire country has
brought to them, but the new field which
will become available when the Sumpter
Valley Railway is exxended into Grant
County. The people beyond the divide
have ores to ship, stock, wool and other
commodities to sell, and many needs to
be supplied, and Sumpter Is going after
the business. All the stores are replenish
ing their stocks. One retail hardware
store carries a stock valued at $100,000, and
a general merchandise establishment a
560,000 stock. These are the largest stores
in the town. There are many smaller
establishments, carrying a large variety
of lines, "special and general, and almost
anything that any one wants can be sup
plied on call. This Is quite a change from
e year ago, when there was not a place
in town that could fill an order for, 200
pounds of sugar.
Waiting for the Rnh.
Sumpter is now in the waiting stage,
done -5 lth the rush that began last June
and waiting for the one that Is coming.
It is natural that there should be a quiet
spell in the Interim, but It has affected
the saloons and hotels, which are largely
benefited by transient trade, and not the
stores, which have steady custom. From
the latter there Is no complaint. The
main drawback is the almost impassable
condition of the roads leading to the min
ing' country. At one time not a wagon
wheel turned for three weeks. Thousands
of tons of "all kinds of goods merchan
dise, fire apparatus, machinery, wagons
and even slot machines are banked up
in the warehouses awaiting transporta
tion to the near-by mines, and over the
divide. Until the roads open, freight
cannot go forward, and until freight can
be moved business will naturally be some
what slack.
The business situation has been slight
ly complicated by the failure of W. L.
Vinson, owner of the Sumpter Water
Company and the Sumpter Light &
Power Company. People who are in
clined to attach undue Importance to this
event forget that it was Mr Vinson, per
sonally, that failed, and not the town of
Sumpter. The town will not pull down
the blinds on his account, and the public
utilities which he owned will not go out
of existence. Mr. Vinson did a great
deal of good, probably four times as muchi
good as harm. He was indefatigable in
his efforts to advertise the town and make
the richness of the mines known to the
outside world. He put out large sums
of money, but not judiciously. It is not
necessary to go any further into his pri
vate affairs than to say that he did not
give his enterprises the careful attention
and direction that are essential to suc
cess. He Invested $21,000 In the Sumpter
i.lght & Power Company. The plant
could be duplicated for $12,000 or $13,000.
That the plant dld'not lose value by reason
of Mr. Vinson's failure, that it is a safe
investment, end thai Sumpter can support
it, are well proved by the fact that the
new owners nave paid Mr. Vinson's cred
itors between $15,000 and $10,000 for the
property, and are putting $10,000 more into
it. "When Mr. Vinson's affairs became
tangled, and it was evident that the light
and power plane must pass out of his con
trol, Edward Cannon, of Portland; Sey
mour Bell, formerly of Seattle, and A. C
Little, Fish Commlsioner of Washington, !
organized the Sumpter Light & Power
Company, with $50,000 capital. They
readily agreed upon terms with Mr. Vin
son's creditors, and took hold of the plant.
Mr. Cannon was elected president of 'the
company and Mr. Bell secretary. The
company immediately began overhauling
the plant, and putting in new machinery.
They have bought a 1500-light Warren in
ductor dynamo, the second one to be in
stalled on the Pacific Coast. Besides this,
the plant consists of a 40-llght arc ma
chine for municipal and commercial pur
poses, a 2O0-horsepower Frasier & -Chalmers
Corliss engine, and a full comple
ment of boilers. The affairs of the water
company are in process of settlement,
and it Is quite likely that the property
will be taken up by the new owners of
the light and power company.
. Healthy State of Bunincns.
Many things could be related to show
the healthy condition of general trade at
Sumpter and the prospects for enlarged
operations. J. H. Bobbins, president of
the First Bank of Sumpter, a cool, con
servative business man, says that the bank
deposits of the town are larger than ever,
and that there is much money already
here for Investment this Summer. In
Mr. Robblns opinion, nothing can shake
Sumpter's grasp on Che trade of the sur
rounding country. A canvass of leading
merchants, including the Basche Hardware
Company, the Nell Mercantile Company,
the Johns Mercantile Company, the Sump
ter Forwarding Company, and many oth
ers, nets but one opinion the business
situation is satisfactory, and full of prom
ise A few figures will demonstrative this.
The cash receipts of a certain lumber com
pany in April, 189S. were $17 50. In April.
1S99, they were $770, and In April. 1D00, to
the 20th of the month, $7000. The cash
receipts of one of the mercantile compa
nies in April. 1S99, were ?275. In April.
1900. up to the 2Sth of the month, they
were $14,000. A few pessimists are doubt
ing the future because trade Is not 100 or
200 per cent better than it was in October
and November, 1S99. Trade Is just as
good now as It was last Fall. It could
not be very much better, except under
the most extraordinary conditions, for
the very satisfactory reason that the Fall
is the best season of the year for business.
It is then that the placer miners close
down, and come to town to Winter, and
the big mines lay in supplies to last until
the snow flies. ' Business methods in
Sumpter, particularly hi dealings with
'miners, differ from Willamette "Valley
.standards. The miner comes to town
with a settled idea of what he wants. His
time is money, and he does not haggle
about prices. When he backs a four-horse
team against the curb he tells the sales
man he wants so much beans, flour, ba
con, shingles, hay, say enough to make
10?0 pounds. When the stuff is on the
wagon the miner asks his bill, and settles
sin cash. That Is all there Is to the trans
action. This is a brief and impartial sum
mary of the business situation in Sumpter.
Sumpter Improvements.
As to Improvements. Many buildings
are being finished, and some new ones
are under way. Granite street Is being
planked from Mill to Ellis' addition. This
work will cost between $6000 and $7000.
Mill street has been graveled from North
to Austin as a cost of $2000. This
Improvement of the two principal otreets
has given Sumpter a citified appearance.
There is talk of laying a main sewer
to empty Into Powder River, but no steps
'have been taken for it. With the large
supply of pure mountain water which it
now has, and a sewer system which it
will surely have, Sumpter will soon be
arile to lay claim to the title of being
one of the healthiest towns in the United
States
Getting: Ready to Prospect.
Though the weather has not settled,
many prospectors are going to the moun
tains. Quite a number are testing" the
hills -which surround the town, and it is
said that rock of favorable appearance
PRETTY MAY-POLE PARTY. SECURED BY EW exglaxd unaD-
Slabtovrn Children Enjoy Soap Bub- IXG TRADES JOURNEYMEN,
hies and a May Day Dance. J ,
There was a Maypole party yesterday
morning down in Slabtown. Pretty invi
tations on blue paper had been sent out,
sealed with a tiny blood-red heart, witn
a great star In the corner where the post
age stamp usually goes; and every one
who received one accepted the invitation
of course: for all knew what it meant to
be entertained by Miss Efflnger and the
children of the free kindergarten. At 10
o'clock the fun began with clay pipes and
soapsuds, and for about half an hour
there was a melee of happy, upturned
faces, screams of laughter, rainbow bub
bles and dripping fingers. Then came the
merry Mayday song around the Maypole,
which stood In the middle of the room,
decorated with long streamers of pink and
blue ribbons, and crowned with a wreath
of snowballs. It made a pretty picture.
Fctt Strikes "Were Necessary to Se-
enre the Concession The Nevr
York Central Trouble.
BOSTON, May L The e!ght-nour day
was established In almost every district
in New England where journeymen of the
building trades have organized, and the
concession was obtained with little frlct'on
, and only a few strikes. The most wide
spread demand for the eight-hour day was
made some weeks ago by the granite cut
' tens throughout New England, and, while
j at most places the demands were granted,
there were a few echoes of that conten
j tion today.
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SUMPTER'S POSITION, RELATIVE TO THE GREAT MINING PROPERTIES
OF THE GOLD SELT.
the circling dance of the AS children some
of them mere ,2-year-olds against a back
ground of flowers: for the walls were gay
with great branches of the red hawthorn
the English Mayflower and Indian bas
kets filled with snowballs, roses, Solo
mon's seal and Scotch broom. And lining
the wall was a row of proud mothers with
their babies. After the ribbons had been
wound about the pole and merry games
and songs had been Indulged in till the
small entertainers had acquired good ap
petites, each one had a dainty ribbon tied
about the neck bearing a silver heart.
And then came a feast of popcorn-and
bonbons and ginger snaps, and confec
tions of various kinds in dainty little kin
dergarten boxes that had been made by
baby hands; and there were "snappers'
that went off like a cannon and left queer
paper caps ready to put on curly heads.
All this time the Queen of the May a
sweet-faced, dimpled 5-year-old named
Pauline was seated In great state hug
ging a doll on a throne banked with fir
boughs; a crown of scarlet Mayflowers
encircled her head and mingled with tho
halo of golden-forown ringlets. She was a
very happy little May Queen, indeed; and
she ruled over a band of happy subjects,
as their sunshiny faces testified.
Everybody agreed that it was a won
derfully successful May party; and there
Industry was at Barre, Yt., where the
granite, polishers went out, and a comm
ence In the afternoon failed to bring about
a settlement. In Providence, Pawtucket
and Boston there were strikes In otber
trades, chiefly among painters, carpenters
and kindred branches, "but the numbers
out were not large. No May day in the
recollection of the labor leaders in New
England has been so full of encourage
ment and success as that which ended tonight.
NEW YORK CENTRAL STRIKE.
Seven Ilnndred Car Repairers "Walk
ed Out Yesterday.
BUFFALO, May L Approximately 700
more car repairers have joined the strike
which was begun by the men of that craft
I employed by the New York Central Com
pany, and this constitutes today's active
developments. The much deferred ulti
matum stands over until tomorrow, when
Superintendent Wait, of the motive power
department of the New York Central, is
expected from New York to confer with
the executive committee of the strikers.
The strike of 550 Lackawanna and 10
Nickel Plate shop men this afternoon Is
not technically regarded as an aggressive
extension of the strike, according to labor
were many pleasant comments made on I ethics, but a logical sequence to a demand
tho artistic charm of the decorations and I that they repair crippled cars of the New
the remarkable improvement shown by
the children, both in their music and in
their deportment.
"KNOBS 0' TENNESSEE."
York Central. The railway freight hand
lers who went out last night have been
recruiting unorganised laborers today, and
claim great success.
There were several secret meetings of
organized railway men today. A meeting
of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
was regarded as significant, because these
men bad threatened to strike If required to
handle and travel on uninspected cars,
claiming that such was a menace to life
and limb. It is understood that the only
actlon taken at the meeting was tentative.
Thrilling: Melodrama Pleas In gr Aud
iences at Cordray's.
Hal Reid's reputation as a playwright
has grown considerably In the estimation
of Portland theater-goers since his flne
drama, "Knobs o Tennessee," has been
playing at Cordray's Theater. The drama
Is full of situations, which give the ca
pable company a fine opportunity for
their best work, and that they embrace
it as they should Is shown by the enthus
iasm, which has been created every night
the play has been produced. The cast
is an unusually strong one, the work of
Robert Germaine and Miss Alice Marble i Central division of the Great Northern
being particularly noteworthy, and the came out on a strike, and no freight is
size of the houses which have greeted , moving hero today. The cause Is putting
STRIKE ON GREAT NORTHERN.
Freight Men on Montana Central
"Walk Out.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., May L At 3
o'clock this morning the freight con
ductors and brakomen on the Montana
Kansas City Employers Refused.
KANSAS CITY, May 1. Contractors
and employers generally today refused
demands for increased wages, and about
1000 worklngmen struck.
St. Paul Plumbers Out.
ST. PAUL. Minn., May 1. All the union
plumbers of this city struck today in
support of a demand for shorter hours
and an Increase In wages.
them thus far show that they are fully
appreciated.
"What Is Kllllklnfckt
PORTLAND, April 30. To the Editor).
Thanking correspondents for their
obliging replies, I should still like to pur-
into effect a new wage schedule, making
ilO hours the basis of a, day's work, in
stead of a run of a certain number of
miles. The effect is to cut off extra- pay
j for terminal and intermediate switching.
Passenger trains ran as usual today. En-
gineers and switchmen of freight trains
sue the inquiry. Are not a number of I S'" 'Jt JT " "2 L-. "r
nlants known by the same nme? Th I "D"D ""V"7 """ "' " " -e
The
rhus, a sumac, of one reply, and the Cor-
nus, a dog-wood, of another, are entirely
strikers claim that the Montana Central
will not be able to run, and they hope
SSrViSLSfSS! i Tc ; jettE "-hi-- -?.
weeks since has this clause. "The trail
ing vines of the Killlklnlck, with their
glossy leaves, are loaded with pretty wax
en flowers." A few years ago in an Au
tumnal excursion, I found small trailing
vines with glassy, apparently evergreen
leaves, very similar to the partridge-berry
vine of Eastern states, and was told
it was killlklnlck, and that it bloomed
in Spring. This was probably the same
today, and that only a small number of
men are affected, and that the trouble will'
be ovsr in a few days.
Gompers Defies the Conrt.
NEW YORK. May L Samuel Gompers.
president of the American Federation of
Labor, has taken special pains to violate
the Injunction issued by Justice Freedman,
as The O'regonlan's kinniklnlck, and this I of he Supreme Court prohibiting officers
is the plant I wish to Identify and would
much like to see In bloom.
The application of the same name to
such different plants suggests a question.
3Iay not "killlklnlck" mean any plant
used for smoking, rather than the name of
any particular plant? Are not Indian
names usually more full of meaning than
ours? For Instance, I was told In Cali
fornia, that the Indians called the com
mon 'plantain by a name that signified
"white man's foot," saying it always fol
lowed his coming. F. E. B.
Webster's Dictionary describes killlkl
nlck as follows:
"Prepared leacs, or bark of certain
plants; used by the Indians of the North
west for smoking, either mixed with to
bacco or as a substitute for It. Also a
plant so used as the osier cornel (cornus
stolonlfera and the bear berry arctostap
hylus uva-urzi)."
Beth of these plants grow In Oregon.
Walter girls in Munich restaurants sel
dom receive any pay from their employ
ers. Their fees amount to from 50 cents
to $5 a day.
and members of the Cigar-Makers' Inter
national Union from navlnir benefits to
striking employes of S. Levy & Co. In a
letter to Morris Brown, secretary of
Cigar-Makers' Union, No. 444. Mr. Gomp
ers advises that the Injunction be abso
lutely disregarded, and incloses a check
for $5 to be used in paying a man to
picket Levy & Co.'s shop and to Inducing
their employes to remain on strike.
"Of course you understand," he con
tinued, "that although the headquarters
of the American Federation of Labor are
in Washington, my legal residence Is at
211 East One Hundred and Tenth street.
New York City. I shall be In New York
May 7."
Strike in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, May L According to
Secretary Allen, of the Allied Building
Trades Council, workmen representing
every branch of the building trades went
on a strike, to enforce their demands.
Nearly 3000 men are reported to have quit
work.
Omaha Carpenters Struck.
OMAHA, Neb., May L All 'union car
penters In the city struck today. They
Iron Molders "Want More Pay.
MEMPHIS. Mav L Five hundred Iron
molders employed In this city struck to
day for higher wage.
NEW STRAWBERRY PEST.
Two Found at Milvraukie Not Be
fore Reported In Oregon.
MILWAUKIE, Or., May L There has
been much complaint by the strawberry
growens that many of their strawberry
beds arc not promising more than a half
crop. Nearly all tho growers admit that
the trouble is with tho old plants and
where beds have been for several genera
tions of plants. When the diseased plant?
were pulled up and examined it was found
that the fibrous roots were eaten oft b7
a small white grub. Four distinct speci
mens were found, and tho infested plants
were sent to Professor A. B. Cordley, of
the department of zoology at tho Oregon
Agricultural College, Who examined the
eamples and reported on them promptly,
as follows:
"Judging from tho samples sent, you?,
strawDerry plantation is in a bad way
The small pink larvae boring In the crown
of the plants are- the larvae of the straw
berry crown miner. Tho large whitish lar
vae boring in the roots are the strawberry
root borer (Sesia rutllans). The specimens
feeding upon tho leaves are the larvae
of the species of Chryosmelld beetles,
somewhat closely related to the Colorado
potato beetle; while the small white grubs
feeding upon the fibrous roots are also
the larvae of beetles belonging to this
same family. Tho lost two, that Is, those
feeding upon the leaves and the small
ones upon the roots, have not before been
reported to me, and as they are sUU im
mature, it as impossible to determine their
exact nature, as they are new to our col
lection. I should be pleased it you would
send me a larger number of these two.
"The only remedy that can be dC all
successful in treating the worms that
work In or feed upon tho roots is rotation
of crops. The species that feed upon tho
leaves conk undoubtedly bo controlled by
spraying tho plants with a weak solution
of Paris green and without injury to the
plants or to Chose using: the fruit."
The little grub named Is probably the
worst enemy that the strawberry grower
has to contend with fetrawberry root
borers). This grub is produced from the
ess of tho May beetle or June bug. There
are about GO distinct species of this pestlv
crous beetle found in the United States.
All ore alike in their predatory habits,
feeding on the roots of grass and small
plants, among wnicb, is unfortunately in
cluded tho strawberry.
Cultivation seems to destroy many grubs.
Sod land, meadows and pastures that have
long been In grass are to be especially
avoided. In such the grub is almost sure
to abound. When a field of strawberry
plants begins to suffer from the grub,
there is no remedy for the affected plants.
A wise preventive of the trouble Is not to
keep any old beds, as they are about the
only ones that are troubled. All tine 1
and 2-year-old beds are safe. Tho only
effective treatment 13 to destroy the pests
by mowing the Infested beds late In tho
"Ball and burning tho leaves where they
lie as soon as dry. This should be re
peated In July or as soon as the crop
is gathered. It Is very imprudent to re
new a 'bed upon the ground where an old
strawberry bed has been burned the samo
season.
A DESERVED TRIBUTE.
The Indian Policy Pursued by Gen.
Stevens "Was Humane and "Wise.
Hon. Herbert Welsh, the groat cham
pion of the Indian Rights Association, af
ter reading the chapters of General Isaac
L Stevens' life, relating to his Indian pol
icy, councils and treaties, and his deal
ings with the Indians, has given the fol
lowing expression of his opinion: N
"Tho story of General Stevens' work as
a commissioner to the various Indian
tribes of what is now Washington and
Idaho, is most interesting, and Bhould be
read not only by all students of the Indian
question, but by all who wish to know how
effective may bo the application of com
mon sense and respect to the rights of
others in averting bloodshed botween a
strong nation and weak, uncivilized
tribes. It was always General Stevens'
desire to lead the Indians to a better and
higher life. He recognized a common
humanity, and in imagination put himself
in their place In dealing with them. The
treaties executed through his Instrumen
tality were wise, humane and far-reaching
in their effect. He Invariably Insisted that
the Indians should thoroughly understand
all the provisions of an agreement, and
not sign until they were satisfied as to its
fairness. He never resorted to threats
or force in order to accomplish his pur
pose of effecting an agreement. Had the
policy adopted by General Stevens been
generally followed by the Government, in
it3 dealings with the Indians, this country
would have been saved much of the scan
dal that is attached to its Indian manage
ment. The explanation of General Stev
ens' success, and what made his policy
so commendable, was his faculty for as
suming the Indian's point of view; and
then for making the Indian see his point
of view, and so making him realize, tha
change in conditions which was rapidly
being wrought by tho Influx of civilization.
He 'gave the Indian's slow-working mind
time to digest an idea. He allowed for
the untutored man's slow mental pace.
He once averted an Indian war by going
direct to the scat of the trouble himself
to explain matters, when others advocated
sending troops. In a word. General Stev
ens was a very rare man, since he was
honest in dealing with those too weak ef
fectively to resist dishonest dealing. He
recognized the extreme feebleness of force
in effecting results."
"Why lOOO Is Not a Leap Year.
ECKLEY. Or., April 30. To the Editor.)
Will you kindly answer through your
columns the following questions? First,
as this Is the fourth year from leap year,
way does not February have 29 days as
usual every fourth year? What Is done
or become of the odd day? It should be
in or accounted for In some way. Second,
at what time In the day does the eclipse
of the sun become visible here in Oregon
on the 25th of May? Will It be nearly to
tal or only partial? Three, when a birth
day Is the 29th of February, Is the last
day of February or the 1st day of March
the correct day? G. W.
1. The reason why there Is not 29 days
In February this year is much the same
as that for there being an extra day In
that month almost every fourth year. The
time occupied by the earth in making a
revolution around the sun is a year. Un
fortunately, this revolution is not com
pleted in exactly a certain number of days,
but occupies 3G5 days 5 hours 4S minutes
and 10.3 seconds. Thus by allowing only
355 days for a year the earth gets a little
ahead of time, almost a quarter of a day
every year. In order to make this loss
good an extra day is added to February
every fourth year, or every time the date
is dlvlsfble by 4. This scheme in a long
course of years gets the time a little
ahead of the earth, so. In order to make
things even up, Pope Gregory some 303
I years ago ordered that the extra day m
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SPRING FEVER.
Witen le peei gels M m iiie frees,
An' bees is a-comin' around agen,
la tkat sort of a lazy go-as-you-please
Old way they "fatam 'round iru
When the ground's all bald where txe
, hay-rick stood
An' the crick's riz, an7 the breeze
Coaxes the bloom from the old dogwood
When the green gets back in the trees.
Ja& Whitcomb Riley.
common thing to receive testimony of a restoration
to perfect health, after physicians had given up all
hope of a cure.
That is the one fever which no human being is
exempt from. When the sap begins to rise, and
"the green gets back in the trees," when the warm
wind blows across the field laden with spring odors,
there comes the attack of spring fever. The house
wife feels it and goes about her spring: cleaning
1 ., tm. r 1 j :i7. " in xne xaii oi IB92 i took a naru cola, wmctx seemea tc
languidly The farmer feels it and goes wearily srttie ,- my headt terminating in catarrh of the head, it both
a-field tO Stumble with heavy feet behind the plow, j eed me all of the time, but I did not think it was serious unti
Blood aii c&i of Orders '
"I believe that your medicines are the best in the world, and
I honesUy believe that I would have been in my grave to-day
had it not been for your medicine, and the mercy of the good
Lord," writes Mrs. James R. Moss, of New London. Stanly Co..
N. C "In the fall of 1802 I took a hard cold, which seemed to
heavy feet behind the plo-
Everybody knows the symptoms of spring fever; the
languor, heaviness, and lack of energy, the variable
appetite . and unrestful sleep. There seems to be
no ambition. Molehills of work look as big as
mountains. And perhaps to all other discomforts
is added the breaking out of boils or eruptions on
the' body's surface.
What is the cause of this outbreak'of fever?
The condition of the -blood. Winter is the time
of 'leisure on the farm and the farmer takes- far less
exercise than in other seasons. He eats heartily of
1 heavy foods. He sits at evening by the hot stove,
and -not seldom breathes . a vitiated atmosphere.
Thus with hearty living and diminished exercise
the body accumulates waste substances which should
be thrown off, and these substances corrupt the
blood and cause the heaviness of body and dullness
of brain so commonly associated with spring fever.
Health demands that these impurities shall be i
purged from the blood for they are not only the j jHgjyy REMARKABLE $$RES
cause of present discomfort but they offer a prepared . "" tn iee " wa -
breeding ground for disease germs. It's of no ulti-
the Storm? of l8or. when tnv health became so muek xm6aired.
My blood tvaz all out of order, and I had to go to the doctor.
He gave me medicine which helped me for a short time. In
the winter of 1895 I got worse than I had ever been. My tonsils
were enlarged and my neck swollen all out of shaoe : mv throat
was sore and I could not cure it. My husband v. ent for the doc
tor, but lie gave me no encouragement. He helped me a little,
bat it did not last long, and so he attended me for twelve
months, when I heard of a lady that was taking- your medicine
and was getting well. My husband went to see what kind of
medicine she was taking, and she was very happy indeed to tell
him, and sent some of your pamphlets. So I secured some of
the medicine and bagan taking it. In one week I was able to
do my cooking. "When I began taking the medicine I could
sit up only a few minutes at a time, and I could rest or sleep j
onlv a little while at a tine. Mv throat was so sore at timrs I
I could not even swallow sweet milk, and my tonsils were full
of little eating sores. My left side was swollen out of shape
and so sore I could not bear my clothes fastened, as I could
hardly get my breath. My victuals would souwbn my stomach
before I could leave the table. It seemed aslhough I was out 1
otnxau over. iuy ioiks ana inenas naa aoout given me up.
The doctor said I would not get well. My father said I would"
not live a month, but three bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery, three bottles of his 'Pellets,' three bottles of
Dr. Safe's Catarrh Remedy did the work and cured me."
mate value to resort to stimulants or use the alco
holic preparations sold as spring medicine. They
brace up but they don't build up. They make you
"feel good " for the time being, but that is all.
There is a non-alcoholic and non-narcotic medi
cine which is unrivalled for its blood purifying
powers. This medicine is known throughout the
land as Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It
cleanses the blood from the impurities which clog
and corrupt it. It increases the activity of the
blood-makine- glands, so that the supply of pure,
! healthy blood is increased, and the whole body built
up WllOX wuc guuu, OUUUU il&U., rv wJ r.-
Mood can make.
A Texas Fsmtsr
"I am a farmer and work the farm for a living," writes Mr.
EH Ashford, Raney, Hunt Co., Texas. "In the spring of iSqi I
The cures effected by Dr. Pierce's Golden Med-.
ical Discovery are so many and so remarkable that
an explanation of the theory of these cures seems
almost necessary. To understand the action of thes?
'"Discovery " we must" go beyond"-the blood. If we
follow the scarlet clue of vein or artery it leads us
at last to the stomach.
"The blood is the life? True. But what fe
blood made from ? Blood is made chiefly from what
we eat and drink. It is the food, whichafter being
properly digested and assimilated, nourishes the
body in the form of blood. But when the stomach
and the allied organs of digestion and nutrition at 1
diseased there cannot be a perfect digestion andj
assimilation of food. " Hence, in what is called 1
"weak" stomach the nutrition of the body is re
duced, and the various organs which depend on
this blood made from food are put on short rations.
Like soldiers in a siege they will hold out on this
But it is only
and "weak " i
S b3MdSLSyS? saVthat' I am nowwell, aid stomach is followed by " weak heart," weak lungs,
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I blood. -Mr neighbors said I would not live to see the -next reduced ration as long as they can.
I Christmas, but after reading your Memorandum book I com- a question of time when collapse comes,
can do as much work as anybody."
It quite often happens that diseases which have
long lain dormant manifest themselves in the spring
season. Some common form of diseases which is
looked upon as trivial, seems to send out rootlets
which strike in the very vital organs of the body.
Then comes a period of misery and suffering; with
nothing to show for all the medicines taken except
heavy doctor's bills. It is in just such cases as
this that "Golden Medical Discovery " proves its
wonderful efficacy as a blood purifying medicine.
The most hopeless congtrtions yield to it, and it is a
"weak " kidneys or weakness of some other principal
organ. The conclusion is obvious.- To help the
blood you must cure the stomach. The great suc
cess of "Golden Medical Discovery" is m chief due
to the fact that it begins with the stomach. It cures
diseases of the stomach and other organs of diges
tion and nutrition, and with these it cures diseases
which seem remote from tbe stomach but which
have their origin in the disease of that organ.
Accept no substitute for Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. There is no other blood puri
fying medicine which is "just as good."
Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets Gar
February be omitted In every centurial
year not divisible by 400, as 1700, 1S00, 1900,
etc. The year 2000 will have 29 days In
Its February. This arrangement forged
things so that It will take thousands o
years for them to get percepUbly out of.
whack. Of course, It Is a complicated ar
rangement, and causes many questions to
be asked every century, and It would
have been better If the pope had pushed
the regulator toward "fast" just a trifle
and made the earth come under the wire
In exactly 3C3 days. There Is no odd day
to be accounted for. The sun Is shining
all tho Ume, and a day Is only a figure
of speech, as It were, just a sort of tally
of tho number of revolutions of the earth
on Its axis. '
2. The eclipse of the sun May 23 will
bo total at New Orleans, and the path of
totality Is about EO miles wide. The eclipse
will probably be invisible In Oregon.
3. "When one's birthday la on February
23, he can properly celebrate It only every
fourth year. In other years he can take
his choice between February 2S and March
L. but the best plan Is to celebrate It on
both these dates. People should, as far as
possible, avoid being born on February 29,
as It Is unlucky, and they are not likely
to see their 25th anniversary of the occasion.
A Hen In the Triplet Business.
Heppner Times.
The Morrow County ewes haven't a mo
nopoly on the triplet Industry by a jug
full. One of L. "W. Brlggs mammoth
Plymouth Rock hens the first of the week
laid an egg that looks more like a flour
sack than the genuine article. It was 3&
Inches In circumference one way and T&
i the other way. In packing It was broken,
and Mr. Brlggs discovered that the in
terior contained one dlsUnct. hard-shelled
egg and the yolks of two others, making
triplets, If you please.
Yokohama, May 1. Arrived Victoria,
from Tacoma for Hong Kong. Sailed Ar
cyll, for Portland, Or.
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Usti by people
overhalf a Century
Because of its un
varying purity
and strength.
Quickly reduces
redness of skin,
chapping, chafing, tan or oily complexion. For itchings.
scratches, sprains, stiffness, or when overheated or espec
ially fatigued, thorough bathing with Pond's Extract and
brisk rubbing will be found most refreshing and invig
orating. After shaving. Pond's Extract is healing and
cooling, and leaves the face white, soft, and smooth.
Gives immediate relief to cyts irritated by winds or dust.
AS A REMEDY it cures all inflammation, heals
wounds and burns, stops pain and bleeding.
Used Internally and Externally
CAUTION: Witch Hazel is SOT Pond's Extract,
and cannot be mud for it. Ordinary Witch Hazel 13
sold iu bulk, diluted, easily turns sour and generally
contains "wood alcohol," which is an Irritant ex
ternally, and, taken internally. Is a deadly poison.
Pond's Extract is sold ONJ4Y in. SEALED bottles,
cnciosca in unit wrapper.
Thisfac timtte wiU guide you icTien
you call for a hotSe at the drug store.
Pond's Extract Co.. 76 Fifth Ave.. Nctt York
Pond's Extract Ointncat first soothes, taca
permanently CURES itching or bleeding Piles,
hovever severe. It is a specific in all skia dis
eases, sad gives joick relief to horns and bruises.
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