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-t IHEL SUKDATt OREGbNllK, VO&TL&KD, JUNE 3r 1900.. 11 OREGON MINES IN DEMAND EXPERTS AXD CAPITALISTS LOOK ING THE COUNTRY OVER. Big Dbb and Peirrr Plant at Swa Falls oh Snake River A Prem- r inlue OatlooU. BAKER CITY, June 2. Eastern Oregon is last gaining prominence as a mining center and Is daily attracting toe atten tion of capital to the wealth of its gold, copper and coal deports. Inquiries ore constantly being made by Eastern people regarding Investments in. these properties, and in many Instances agents are sent out and are now in the field prepared to make Investments on any hind of property that dhows real merit. "The groat drawback to this region," said S. W. Rlnobart yesterday, "is the difficulty in making terms Any one who has a gopher .bole thinks he has struck a fortune and is not willing to part with it unless he is paid a fabulous sum. This Is a great mistake and an Injury to the com munity. Capital should be encouraged, and sellers of mines, whether they be prospects or not, should give Intending purchasers every opportunity to invest and meet them half way. Otherwise they get discouraged and look to other mining regions where better and more favorab.e terms can be obtained." Mr. RInehart Is an old prospector and mining expert of Colorado. He has been looking over the field In Eastern Oregon for some time, acquainting himself with the various ore-producing districts. The country has Impressed him most favora bly, and he says if half the wealth of this country were known people would not pass by to the Klondike or Cape Nome in search of the hidden treasure. Mr. RInehart says that In his travel through the country he met with a copper property at the head of the Little Salmon, in the Pocahontas district, owned by Cy Straup, that had Just been sold to Bould er, Cok., capitalists, who are going to sink on it. The property was located only about four weeks ago. and has every Indi cation that it can be developed Into a big paying mine. He says there are good prospects all over this district, but that it takes capital to develop them. A number of six and eight-horse teams are engaged In hauling ore from the Brazos mine, near Pleasant Valley, to this city for treatment at the sampling w orks. The owners of the mine. say about 1000 tons will be deliered for a practical test. The ore is free milling, and after $5 a ton Is deducted for expenses, the own ers are sanguine that a neat profit wllLbe realized. The necessary funds to construct the dam and eectrlc power plant at Swan Falls, on Snake River, are now available, and the engineer's report and plans are all that are lacking to start this enter prise, which will give employment to about 250 men. It is confidently expected by the managers of the Consolidated Trade Dol lar Mining & Milling Company, who arc constructing the plant, that sufficient power can be generated at this point fully to operate both the mines and mills of the company. Henry Kennlson, ex-deputy postmaster of this city, came In this week from his placer claims on Long Gulch, near Bridge porti In this county, -with several hundred dollars' worth of gold nuggets, the largest piece -worth $50. In the assortment left at the First National Bank, were numer ous gold quartz pieces, which would indi cate that there Is a mother lode or ledge in close proximity to the placers, and this Mr. Kennlson will attempt to find as soon as his placer run is over. The last clean-up is one of several made by Mr. Kennlson.. The final clean-up of the season will be made in about three weeks. RICBT LEDGE AT DOLOMITE. New Camp That Has Spraag Up Xear Ketchikan. Alaska. KETCHIKAN, Alaska, May 29. Port Johnson will hereafter be known as "Dolomite" and a postoffice will be estab lished there under the new name, being so recommended by the postoffice Inspector. The place Is named after the Dolomite formation predominating in that vicinity, in which the richest veins of free milling quartz have been discovered. This little settlement that has come into being with in the last year is receiving much atten tion among miners and capitalists, as It is in the center of a rich mineral zone. It is situated on the east -shore of Prince of Wales Island, 2S miles south of Ketchi kan. Portland men claim the honor of mak ing some of the first and best discoveries at Dolomite. The Valparaiso group, which will soon be ready to ship fist-class ore Is owned by John Hurdt, Chales Guz man, A. B. Eardley, W. F. Schedd and J. B. Capp. all from Portland. The ledge of this fine property Is seven feet wide, running east and west and dipping to the north at an angle of 45 degrees, with a rich pay streak a foot and a half wide in the vein. It will average $2000 per ton. assays running as high. as 133 15-100 ounces of gold and DS ounces of silver per ton. The aevrage for the balance of the ledge, or 5 feet, from careful estimates will go $100 to the ton. The company Is building a road from tide water to the mine, a distance of one mile; also a wharf at which large vessels can He. The com pany will be ready to ship ore in a month, which Is all that Is needed to put Dolo mite In the first rank. Dunn & Company are building a tram way from Dolomite to the Golden Fleece mine. A 100-foot tunnel has been run In on the ledge, which shows up well. An other tunnel has been started 300 feet be low, which will cut the ledge. O. C. Clemens and J. A. Preston are working the Beauty group, a 40-foot shaft having been sunk on the vein. Another shaft Is to be sunk and the ledge cross cut. Mr. Clemens returned on the Rosa He Sunday evening from Seattle with hoisting and pumping machinery for the Beauty mine at Dolomite. Henry Hurdt and .family. Carl Cook and family, and Frederick Price, all from Portland, are now residing at Dolomite. Judge Munley. of Portland, went North on the steamer Alkl op Saturday evening. "While the steamer was at the wharf ho bonded, three mining claims to Russell It Dunn for $30,000, work to commence at once. These claims are located at Dolomite In the neighborhood of the Gold en Fleece, and near the side lines of the Valparlaso. Major Freeman Is here looking after mining interests for William A. Munley. Charles Campbell and family, of Port land, are here In the laundry business. Other Portland people located In Ketch ikan district are Surveyor N. B. "Whit field and son, who have their residence at New Town. Ketchikan; Mr. and Mrs. James "Wallace at Metlakahtla, and George McKenzle at Skowl Arm. Miners Wanted In Coos CoHnty. MARSHF1ELD. June 2. The ,lbby coal mine, tw o miles south of this city. Is ex periencing trouble In securing the neces sary labor to operate the property. The unemployed in this section have been appealed to with no success, and Super intendent Henrcsy has sent to Portland for men. The Llbby mine Is among the most Important on the coast, and has al ways enjojed a good reputation for fair treatment of Its employes. Advantage of Vivisection.. "Experiments on Animals." by Stephen Papet. Up to the time that Sir Charles Bell made his experiments on the nerves of the face. It was the common custom of surgeons to dhjde the facial nerve for the relief, of neuralgia, tlc-doloreaux, whereas It exercises, and was proved by Sir Charles Bell to exercise, no influence oyer sensation, and Its division conse quently.Xor the relief of pain was a useless operation. So far back as 1500 Frascatorlous had said that phthisis (consumption) came by "the giving of the corrupt and noisome humors of the patient into the lungs pt a healthy 'man." Surely, If clinical experience- could suffice, men would have made something out of this wisdom of Frasca toriou. They made nothing of It; they waited three centuries for VDiemln to In oculate the rabbits, and then the thing was done. En void lea preuves. Thus, within a few years experiments on animals have jet the, subject of typhoid In a new light. They have given to every body a new method for the diagnosis of obscure cases. They have illuminated some of the mysteries or immunity, nnd they haye brought about preventive Inoc ulation. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Record of the Past Seven Years "Will Be Trebled by 1007. Salt Lake Tribune. Somo years ago a shrewd observer ex pressed the belief that before 50 years the commerce of the Pacific Coast of our country would exceed that of the Atlan tic, and he was looked upon as a vision ary, and made of such stuff as dreams are. But now the Financial News, which Is not run by imagination at all. survey ing the field and noting the almost geo metrical progression of the Pacific trade. COLONEL T. B. "Who Commanded the Relief Colnmn concludes that It will be surprised If the next seven years do not more than treble the record of the period between 1893 and 1900. In which the commerce of the Pacific Coast has risen four fold. And it adds: "In fact, we expect to see the commerce of the Pacific In the next decade repre sent more than half the business of this country." It -says the conditlQns have all been changed by the purchases for- the Chinese market, and adds: "These states will be in closer touch with the Orient. ihe wi Enterprising and energetic, they will more I quickly read the wants of these new cus tomers, and will, of their own resources, as far as practical, supply their needs." In that the News has taken no account of -the tremendous northern trade which Is growing up, of which even the sands of the sea are this year making a very strong factor. It adds that one draw back Is the want of. International bank ing facilities, as all negotiations now have to pass through English or German hands, and through these facilities they are given greater control of the markets. We have often wondered why some of the great banking houses of the East did not establish branch houses at Yokohama Shanghai, Hong Kong and Sidney, Aus- tralia. The truth Is, our Nation, alert as It Is. never lifted Its eyes to Its own pos' slbllitles until they were suddenly opened wide to stare at the results of Admiral Dewey's victory. Some were Inspired by that sight They saw at a glance the effect that victory would have on the half-clvillzed people of the Orient. They knew that some classes of people respect nothing but force, and that when It should be told In the Chinese ports and the Jap anese ports that an American fleet had sunk the Spanish fleet and silenced the batteries along the shore without the loss of a man, that their next conclusion would be that a new power had come to the world which the world would have to re spect, nnd that It would be good, to have close trade relations with that power. In our own country there are millions of men who see no connection between a strong navy and the trade of a country, although It has been plain as the day light for B0 years that In this modern world no nation can ever get to be a great commercial nation unless behind the merchant ships there are those bulldogs of the sea which are ever ready to guard the Interests of Americans in foreign ports: to avenge insults to Americans In foreign lands and to guarantee Justice to faith ful allies. The Religion of Sovereigns. London Spectator, Kings arc rarely pious, though they are still more rarely unbelievers-. There have been plenty of bad men upon European thrones, and the lives of few Kings will bear study through an ethical microscope, but we can .recall only one King Fred erick the Great of Prussia who was a scoffing unbeliever. He even sneered at the British Ambassador for saying that ho would do something or other by "the help of God." and asked, with his nose in the air, whether the English counted God among their allies. "Yes. Your Maj esty," was the crushing reply, "and the enly ally whq asks no subsidy from us.' The temper displayed In Frederick's Jes: Is, however, most unusual among sover eigns, and though when they win victo ries they are often accused of hypocrisy for publicly professing their belief that God rules alL it is more probable, in nplte Of ther usual conduct, that the profession has been sincere. Many sinners believe, and sovereigns, who perceive eo plainly the complexity of human affairs, and the powerlessness even of the greatest to control events, must feel more than any men the neces sity for aid and guidance from some pow er higher than themselves. Who else is to give success to plans which are so large that foresight fails, and orders must constantly be given the future effect of which it is impossible to know? It Is cer tain, at all events, that they all eay so. and we see no reason for supposing that they are all liars, or are only, going through a form. On the contrary, the loneliness of sovereigns, who all, however much advised, think that they govern, their consciousness ofe a separate position, and their belief that when all is said they must bear rule by some special permis sion, and therefore must have some pe culiar relation to the Most High, all tend UKinake them at least strongly convinced thetsts. MAY. INCREASE RESERVES PROPOSED ADDITIONS LV OREGON, WASHINGTON AND IDAHO. Recommendations of Citizens, For est Saperlntcndcnts and Local Officers and Official Bodies. WASHINGTON. May 27. The recent letter of the Secretary of the Interior setting "forth the prpposed enlargements ot the various forest , reserves of the United States, showed the proposed changes in the reserves of Oregon, and other Paclfie Northwest States, and in regard to them said: The Cascade Reserve. "The proposed additions to this reserve are as -follows: "Recommendation by Forest Superin tendent S. B. Ormsby that townships 5 S. to 17 S." inclusive, R. 4 E., and townships 22 S. to 31 S. inclusive, R. 1 W., be added to the reserve on Its western boundary. "A petition, signed by George W. John son and many others, praying that "the east line of the Cascade Range Forest j Reserve be moved six miles farther east tnan at present, Detween me east torn of Hood River on" the north and White M. MAHON That Raised the Siege of MafeklnK- River on the south, and that all of town ship I N., of R. 11 E. of the Willamette meridian also be Included In said forest.! reserve." "Recommendation by Superintendent S B. Ormsby that the following lands be added to the reserve, viz: The S. of J township 1 S.r and townships 2. 3 and 4. S... R. 11 E., and townships 5 S., Rs. 9 and 10 E , and the strip of land lying between said last named township and the north line of the Warm Springs Indian Reser- vatlon. Reaerve for Sontlivrestern Oregon. "Recommendation by Special Agent Ed ward Bender that a- tract of about a dor en townships In Southwestern Oregon, forming the watershed of the south fork of the Coqullle River and neighboring tributaries, be set apart -as a forest re serve. 'Said recommendation indorsed by the Director of the United States Geological Survey, with the fuother recommendation that the reservation be -extended to the California state Hue. Cedar Lake Renerve, WaMhfnsrton. "Petition by the Mayor and. City Con' ; troller of the City of Seattle. Wash., on behalf of the City of Seattle, that forest reservation be established .to em brace the following described lands, vizc: All of township 22 N.r R. 2 E., W. merid ian. Washington; all of township 22 N., R. 9 E., except sections 1, 2, 3- 11 and 12; the S. y of township 22 N., R. 10 E.; the SW. H of township 22 N., R. 11 E.; the ! V.... WWMWWVIftWWVMWWtgWWM'WWWV &nt way to tell t rood Trttehain U '"MWMMWftWWVWyVwwvyvwyvMWWVMVyWWVWWWWVWV NW. of township 21 N.. R. 11 E.: sec- tlons 1 to 12 (both Inclusive) In township zi .. k. -3 .: and the . or. townsnip 21 N.. R. 10 E. r". -. Moent Rainier Reserve. "The proposed addition to this existing reserve Is as follows: A strip of land lying along the north- era and northwestern boundary; recom- mended by the forester of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Glfford Plnchot. - Mount St. Helena Reserve. "Recommendation by Mr. Glfford Pin- chot, forester of the Department of Agri- culture, that the Mount Rainier Forest Reserve be considerably enlarged on the west, resulted in an examination of the redon m aUestion and renort tharoon Kb- tag made; hy Forest -Superintendent D. B. Shelter, recommending tht creation of a new reserve, embracing the greater por tion of. the area to be. called Mount t St. Helens "Forest Reserve.,. - The .Washington Korest. Reserve. "Thc-proposed additions, tq this- existing J reserve are. as follows:- , . "A tract lying alongrftho eastern boun dary of about 19 townships recommended by Former Forest Superintendent E. B. Hyde. "A tract of about -20 townships lying along the western boundary,- and another of about 09 townships lying along the southern boundary-' recommended by the United States Geological Survey. "The general region lying"between this reserve and the Mount Rainier Forest Re serve, on the south; recommended by the forester of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. GlffOrd FInchot. It overlaps a por tion, of the area Tecomraended, as above stated, by the United States Geological Survey, and also Includes the proposed Cedar Lake Forest Reserve. Priest River Korest Reserve. "The proposed additions to this existing reserve are as follows: "An -addition on the- east, Including the lands lylngdetween the reserve -and the Kootenai River and the Great Northern Railroad, recommended by the Director of the United States Geological Survey ."A smaller enlargement on the east, suggested by Mr. William Ryan, of Coetir d'Alene, Idaho. . , "Recommendation by Mr. Glfford Pln chot, forester for, tbe -Agricultural Depart ment, that the .reserve be enlarged on both the east and the west to Include a slightly larger area on the east than that recommended by the Geological Survey, and to extend on the west tq the Pend d'Orellle River , , "Joint expression, of views by Hon. George L. Shoup. Hqn Henry,. Hfiltfleld and Hon. Edgar Wilson, stating that, In urging that certain lands -be- eliminated from this reserve. In order that the aggre gate area of the reserve may not be di minished, they are willing to consent that the easterly line of the reserve be extend ed eastward and northerly to Include a portion of the proposed addition to the reserve on the east, but protest- against any other extension of the reserve In Idaho. Reserves for AVeiser and Payette. "Instructions to" Superintendent James Glendinnlng to examine and report on the advisability of creatfng'one or more forest reserves In the region constituting the watersheds of the Welser River, therFay ette River, and .North Fork of Payette River, and their tributaries, as far .north as Meadows and south to Boise. "Report by Superintendent Glendlnnfng recommending the 'Proposed Seven Dev ils (Welser) Forest -Reserve.' "Report by-Superintendent, Glendinnlng -recommending the 'Proposed Sawtooth (Payette) Forest Reserve. Proposed Coenr d'Alene Reserve. "Letter from C. B. Lelberg. dated at Hope, Idaho, June 23, 1S3S, setting forth the great necessity existing for Immedi ate action to preserve the timber on-public lands in the basin of the Little North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River, in Idaho. " "Recommendation by Mr. Glfford Pln- chot, forester of the Department of Agrl-' culture, In regard to the.reserve. suggested by Mr. Lelberg, stating as follows:, The area Included in his proposed boundaries Is among the best suited for -the purpose of a forest reserve known to me. In the West. It includes the heaviest body of unbumed timber In Idaho. "Recommendation ,by Forest Superin-. tendent James Glendinnlng that a .forest -reserve be created v in, said region." LECKY ON THE1 OElLWAR. Rev. Dr. McICtm Furnishes Sojne.of the Statement of the Historian. Letter Mn Washington Poet, You have again and again aiertdt In 5 our eolumnd to. -the condemnation -of, the i course of Great Britain toward the Boer republics which has been given expression to hylhat "foremost writes: of critical dud dispassionate history, the Right Hon. W. E. H. Leckyi To i be supported in your denunciation of England by the opinion of a historian eo -calm, so judicial, so impartial so thorough as Mr. Lecky. you have Justly considered a point of no small -importance. "To- his: other preemi nent qualifications-for Judging righteous ly of this unhappy conflict In South Af rica, Is to be added the fact that through hie wife, a Dutch lady of. conspicuous talent, he has access to the pro-Boer J point of view. He is also one 0C the JeW leading British statesmen who hae known personally Paul Kruger 'and o.ther Transvaal leaders. V The conclusions of' such a- man, so able and so dispassionate, ought, asyou, truly euggest, to have .great 'weight , in this much-controverted -olsousslor. Now In or der that -your readers may , appreciate the full measure and axtent of .the. agree ment between the- lews of-thp Post and those of Mr, Lecky, and may see for themselves how thisigreat writer throws the enormous weight of, his, opinion Into the scale against' England and lit favor of the Boers, I subjoin a few extracts frcra the iraeant of feJcnj he captures. from an article published) by hlm over hl ; own signature in the month of March of' this year: .r ... ,. xne overwneiming preponuerance ot opinion in support of the necessity of. the present war would nqt have been attained If Its Immediate cause had. nqt been a , ?oer ultimatum which k was, manifestly ""a.uie - " T, T1 "f , KO f ment to have accepted, followed by an I invasion of British territory, wh ch it was the manifest duty of eiery British gov- eminent to repel. j "For my Qwn.jiart." he .continued, "I i am convinced jthat ihe war had, on the I English side. for. some tjme become Inevitable, and could not have been greatly , postponed. IL.waelmpPi3elblalhat aBrit- ish Government could permanently iznorc nnwu im. niDA . . . w.. wv wwun, - r Sores and That old sore or ulcer,. ichich has been a source of pain., worry and anxiety to you for five or ten years maybe longer doesn't heal because you are not using the proper treat "irtent, "but are trying to cure it wftK'silves and washes. While these are soothing and relieve pain to some extent, no real, permanent good can come from their use, because the disease is in xne moos ana i m. . vevmmBma anfJ trouble, and forced the have perfect use of the V3. W. W. 1Q UAl B k innade of roots .and herbs or wonderful purifying properties, -which no poison m resist. S S. S. qnickly and effectually clears the blood of all morbid, unhealthy humors, and the old, troublesome sore heals. At the same time the general health is invigoratecTand built tfp.f "When alittlc scratch, or hurt fails to heal .readily, you may be sure your blood is bad. S. S. S. will soon put it in order and keep it so. . Our. Medical Departmentjis in .charge, of experienced physicians, who hase made blood diseases a life stndv. If vou will write them about your case, they will gladly furnish all information or advice wanted, the -state, of subjection and Inferiority to vrh'ch a great body of British subjects at Johannesburg had been reduced. ... A long series of progressive disqualifications had deprived the English population of ev ery vestige of political power, and subject ed them to numerous and Irritating dls abilities. The ""CransvaaL. remained the only part of South Africa where one white race was Held In a position of ln- feriorlty to another. Considering the dls- , tlnct promise of equality that was made when England conferred a limited Inde- ! pendence on the Transvaal, considering the position of England In South Africa, ana the perfect equality granted to Dutch subjects In our own colonies. It .was impossible that the British Government should acquiesce In th's state of things, and once they formally took up the griev ances of the Ultlanders, It soon became evident from the disposition of the gov ernment at Pretoria that a peaceful solu tion was exceedingly Improbable." Again he eays: "Disqualification after .disqualification, utterly unknown when England conceded self-government rio Inhabitants of the Transvaal,' was in troduced. Laws raising the qualification for citizenship from two to .Uyearo' resi dence: interfering with the press, with public meetings, and with the right of res idence and reducing; the law courts to ut ter servitude by giving a simple resolu tion, of tie majority of the small Dulch Volksraad all the- force of law, clearly showed the policy of the. government, and there were abuses in administration which were probably even more irritating than the abuse in legislation.- "In England, no responsible politician desired the war. . . . There was not, I belle-, e, the smallest desire among the Ministers to annex the Transvaal, but there was a determination to "put an erid to the bad government at Johannesburg and to , secure for the English-speaking jopulat'on the same kind -of privileges which were enjoyed by the Dutch In our own colonies." '".The British Government was perfectly prepare'd to acquiesce in an arrapgement which would hae strict ly limited the Ultlander representation to a fourth or even a fifth part of the Volks raad. and , they w;ere ready at the same time to give the fullest, and most fprmal guarantee of the Independence of t the Transvaal! If this had been accepted frankly and' unreservedly the war would never have taken place'. . . . But the proposals of England were either evaded or disdainfully ejected." , The precise agreement of these utter ances sl Mr. Lecky with, the attitude, of trie. P6st istoo obvious" tb 'require cdm ment. , ' Jfc H. McKIM. .KING'S GIFT NOW WORTHLESS Tale of a Clalmnnt to. .Half aHIHon Acres of Louisiana Land.. "In the daysvof Spanish dominion in Lou isiana," said a Federal official athe Cus tom House.'to a-25" Orleans Times-Democrat reporter last Wednesday "afternoon. "It was a common -thing for the King to reward his loyal subject-jparticnlarly the members or nis court d- giving mem tracts of land In the New World. Somo of these grants are, of course, historic, and form the basis of well-known claims of title; but scores of them were no doubt, lost and forgotten. At mat time deeds to real estate In the unknown realms of New Spain must have been about on a par with first mortgages on corner lots in the.inopn, and I dare say a good, many of- thetfrej clplcnta regarded them merely in the lights of pretty compliments, not to-be .taken- as serious. Now and then, however, one of the musty old documents turns up, and a most remarkable Instance of that kind came to the surface only p. lew weeks ago. A resident of one of ttio upper parishes, who declined to give hls5name"'walked into the office of Mr. J.o-inston.. Receiver, of Public Moneys, and proddced' a blgr parchment, festooned with .ancient-seals, and covered with minute engrossing. To the astonishment of everybody It appeared to be a royal grant or .patent for,wJiat would be equivalent to aoout 500,000 acres of land. Ipcated somewhere in Louisiana. I am unable to give any minute particu lars, because he would not permit the document to be examined in detail, but it had every appearance of genuinencJ. The story he told was curious. He said, that the grant had been given to one of his an cestors by the King of Spain, In recogni tion for some service, but the beneficiary of this regal munificence thought So little of the gift that he never made tire -slighl eij euorx to ciiiim iuu uuui, -it; puicut turned up lately, when dome ancient rub bish was being" oyerhauledand the pres ent owner eytdoritlyi.hash exaggerated, Idea of its valuo.' I f&r-he will be sadly dlsappolntd.joi th.eu.bld don slept too long on his rights. But think of being pre sented w'lth'balf a million acres of United States land afed.not regarding It as worth while to 6iarid.:ldlin! The visitor put his grantjjinbJs inslde.j)ccket and went to noDnoo w.itn a lawyer. f The Migration ol Birds. St. Nicholas. A winged army undrea of miles lohff Is moving north right over our head. It travels under cover of the' night, so that, unless we listen for the calls of the regi ments, or turn our telescopes- to the moon and see them, as black specks crossing Its bright face, or else go to a lighthouse tower and watch for them to come to the light, we will know nothing about the advance of the main army. t . But when we go early to the fields and woods, we get exciting hints of what Is "happening In the dark. Squads of feath ered soldiers, not there the evening' before, surprise us at every turn. Some of them are stopping only for the day to get food and rest to enable them to go on their journey again at night, but some of them nave come to stay, for they have got back to their old homes where they built their nests last year. " It Is so. exciting to feel the country all filling up again with life and song.-eo good to see our old friends back and to dis cover new ones with them, that we want to,ask each .bird a hundred questions. V Where -did this army start frpm? How did tho leaders know the way home? How did they travel the thousands of miles- they bad to? It makes us want to I know everything--there Is to know about this wonderful movement of the "birds, called migration. - A groat many of the-birds are coming back from Central America, some as far as from Soutbetn Brazil, In South Amcrl da. The-questlon is. How do they travel "so" far wlthb'ift getting' lost? There 'are Ulcers iar ocyona inc. reaca oi exxcmai appiicauons. A sore heals promptly when the blood is m good condition, but rsowjBn it it is diseased. 'ia tendency of these old sores and ulcers is to grow worse, spreading and eating deeper into the flesh. They are a constant drain upon the system, gradually but sorely ruin the health and sap the cry hfe. A person's capacity for worlc or pleasure is soon lost in the great desire and search for something to care. S. ,S. &, makesa rapidL-and permanent, "cure of old sores and ulcers, and is the only medicine that does, because no other can reach deep-seated blood troubles. Ordinary Sarsaparilla and potash mixtures e too weak and watery Jo- overcome a deadly poison that has taken possession of the blood. Do not Svaste valuable time experimenting with. them. " Some Years aeo I was shot In the left lee", rsceivinz what I considered- onlv a silent woubd J ttUtmSnOX developed into a running sore and rt.tc me a great dial eonclBej to gjg. jt a trjat. The result was truly gratifying. S5S, seemed to'get rluht at the poison out of my blood ; joon afterwards th sore nedled up ami was enred sound nnd well I now leg. which was swollen aid very stiff for a long time. J It. McBrayer, LaiTTcncetnirg, Ky." C? e C i4tAn1t s1.- A.f1-.1j KlAs? vnv t,i'v,, V.UJJ UUtUJ IWgMUlU yiUUVL MU1-1U(.4 41&4WT,14 j without any charge whatever. Address no railroads or sjeamship lines for them. but they have roads that erve them just a well. Some of them follow "the coat lines north, others keep near to the great ranges of mountain and rher valleys that run generally northward and south- ard. - , - They fly eo high from one to . three miles- above, the. earth that they can see as well as we could from a balloon or mnntnin.nn- i,vttT- hin tto i,t,i rm- eir gy are sharper than ours They PnT, Sfift nroiSnhK-ioo ml nil nhont. Thim ! the old birds lead the way for the voung I respect, of candidate- and platform, thejr to follow, and as the army probably btrag- . cannot dect Mr, Bryan, and fo make sura gles along for hundreds of miles, the birds J of getting rid of him IlnaPy as a ds 00. .i..,,-. t,-u, ko,. r w ..,. turber of his party peace, and a Mr to so they are not very likeb' to get lo-t. ' Ks succss at the polls, ther should nornl-tt-i i. i,.oAh, t v. .-.r nate a sscond ticket In opprlUon to him. Frim the 1st to the20th of May most of the birds come back to the Middle East ern States, and you' will need to .go out eery day and" keep a sharp lookout not to miss "any of them. -THE BLIGHT OF BRYANISH. Democratic Part?- Xovr nominated by a Slnjcle Man. Philadelphia Public Ledger. , The Democratic party for the rirt time in many years, or during its, long life, has now to confront on the eve of a Presidential campaign not the unsubstan tial theory, but the material condition of being dominated absolutely -by one man, from whose controlling power it can find no means of escape. There Is-.convincing reason for the belief that at least three Intelligent Democrats out of Ave are dis satisfied with the candidacy Of Brjan, and would be gratified if Bryanism, in- cludlrg the free silver folly of 16 to 1, were dead .and buried beyond either the chance or hope of resurrection. But the other two-fifths, who are largely of the South and West, are determined that the next National candidate shall be Bryan or no one, and tho Chicago platform or nothing. The 'majority is held by the throat "by the minority; and so will the convention be held. The Bryanltes de clare that If the Kansas City cow, ention does not nominate him ther will' bolt it and nominate him elsewhere as their can didate. The Intelligent, public-spirited Demo crats, all the best and -ablest of them, are clearly opposed to Bryan arid his So cialistic and free-silver platform, but thera. do not appear to be as many now as r there were tn'lSSC to assert the courage of their convictions by arraying in oppo sition to him, a candidate who will stand for their wiser and safer principles. They are making angry and sullen protests against Mr. Bryan again being chosen the nominee of the" party of Jefferson and Jackson, but they sleep upon their protest, and do nothing to ghe It vitality and practical force. If nolltical expediency Is a higher dual ity than principle those DeijTOcrats who luwe maintained their-loyalty to the-hlgh-est Ideals and the best traditions of their party "may be excused for declining to wage a 'losing contest against Bryan and Bryanism in the approaching National campaign, b.ut jf jt 4s better -to.be right than to win the fight, or if principle Is superior to expediency in politics, then it should be plain to every faithful Demo crat that It Is his paramount duty to his country and to his party to speak w ork and vote for the defeat of the Presidential candidate who Insists that the Democratic platforih. of 1S96 shall be that of WOO Upon that platform Mr. Bryan Is cer tain to be defeated, whether there be two Democratic, candidates or one. and the Democracy jneed not hope for his election If Bryan alone should bear the Democrat ic standard. By- nominating a third ticket the genuine Dpmocracy may make tho measure of nls defeat larger, but they cannot make -It, more assured than it would be otherwise. The Intelligence and patriotism of the people of this country, of Democrats and Republican, will not consent tha" a candidate whose policy and principles, or lack of principles, are embodied 'In the Chicago platform' shall be elected to the great office of President. As the loyal, true "Democracy of the United States did four years ago, to wit, nominate one of their own number to represent their opinions and convictions, so should ttey do. now. Bryan and Bryan ism were the causes of the party's de- l tfiaff In i the; last National contest they will again tnjs. year lead to us aeicat. and tfoug. the Democracy will get rid of ,hlm Jor once, and auand at the same timer" maintain, their principles. Bryan, ' liver (2),pains in stomach or disordered digestion (3), fluttering of heart (4), pale, wan face (5), hollow, bleary eyes (6), head aches or dizziness (7), coated tongue (8)? Are you weak, ner vous, 'melancholy, gloomy, is your sleep disturbed.? Do you lack confidence in yourself? 'These arc all weak-nerve symptoms that Hudyan cures. Hudyarr's effect is unlike that of any other remedy. Hudyan makes one hearty, robust, strong. CiTPT HI IDVAIM From your druggist, 50c a package, six packages for 52.50. VJE.1 ilUIIAll If jour druggist docs not keep it, send direct to the HUD TAN REMEDY CO., corner Stockton, Ellis and Market streets, San Francisco, CaL Consult Huuvan Doctors About Yoar Case-rFrec of Charge.- Writa. SYSTEM, 9 LIFE, it of patu. 1 was treated br nianv doctors, and ""S SWIFT SPECIFIC CO,, ATLANTA, GA. thoroughly beaten In November, wt'l cease to be a burden atul a drag upon the Democratic partj. He wll no lorgr exNt as a politii.il factor, with th result that the organization having baen freed, from the unbearable load and hinflrar-ce of his hold upon It, the vDe:roraey can reform their lines, rqplje their broken ranks, and In 1VH nominate a candidate for whom all Democrat can oie wlJh confidence and elf-rfSDect. .and a rea- sonable e-cpectat'on of electtrg him. Divided-as they are this-year, both in They cannot. 'of coure. el?ctjt, but thcy can assert their convlctiors, maintain their principles and dig the political graves of Bryan ard Bryanism. Protjieronn, Therefore Republican. Kansas City, ,(Mo.) Journal. It Is generailjf understood throughout the country that Kansas will go Republican thlb year. It Is better understood in Kan Kis than anywhere else. Kansas ceased to be Republican and-became PopulUt frpm certain causes, intimately associated with the people's welfare. Those causes have disappeared. The Kansas people are now prpperoun and flourishing under rule of the same old party that was running things when they -formerly flourished' and prospered so greatly. Their prosperity was never so great and so general as to day. . . ' A POPULAR MISTAKE Resardins Remedies for Dyspepsia and Indigestion. The National disease of Americans Is in- 'digestlon or In its chronic form, dyspep sia, ana ior me very reusuu uiai n i-s su common many people neglect taking proper treatment for what they consider trifling- stomach trouble, w hen as a mat ter of fact Indigestion lays the foundation for many Incurable diseases. No person with a vigorous, healthy stomach will fall a victim to consumption. Many kidney diseases and heart troubles date their be ginning from.pocr digestion; thin, nervous people are reallv so because their stom achs are out of gear; wear;;, languid, faded-otitr women owe their condition to f imperfect digestion, When nearly every person you meet is afflicted with weak digestion ltisnot sur prising that nearly every secret- patent medicine on the market .claims to be a cure for dyspepsia, as well as a score of qther troubles, when. In fact, as Dr. Wer thier says, there is but one genuine dys pepsia jcure whjch is perfectly safe and reliable and. moreover, this rerpedy Is not a patent medicine but It Is a sclent'flc combination of pure pepsin (free from ani mal matter), vegetable essences, fruit salts and bismuth. It Is sold by druggists under name of Stuart's Dyspcpla- Tablets. No extravagant claims are made for them, but for Indigestion or any stomach trouble. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are far ahead of anv remedy yet discovered. They act on th food eiten, no dieting fa necessary, simply eat all the wholesome food you want, and these tablets will di gest It. A cure results, because all tho stomach needs Is a rest, which Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets give by doing the work of digestion.1 I will guarantee that kit KJreuniatlsm Cure will re'Ieyc. Ium ba;o. sciatica and ell rhermafic pains 3n W two or three hours. and cure in a few days. MUSTOj&f. At all druggists, 23c a vial. Guide to Health and medi cal advice free. 1505 Arch st. FhiJa. SmiS The WEAR AND TEAR Results in "debility," "exhaustion." Not only exhaustion of the body, but exhaustion of the mind as well. The nerve-cells of the body are robbed of their vital forces (their life); therefore all the organs of the body suffer from lack of nerve control, and the blood vessels that supply these organs arc not in proper tone. Hudyan corrects the evil. Hudyan pro vides the nerve force that is" lacking. Do you suffer with pains in limbs (1), torpid