THE BFKDAY OREGONIAN, POKTLAND, AUGUST 11, 1901.
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Touring With
Lecturer Aguinaldo
Being tKe Recital of Various Strange Hap
penings, by Mr. Wmlield Hogaboom. -
(Copyright, 1001, by "Wlnfleld Hogabooxn.)
(CHAPTER XIL (Continued.)
There was an. oppressive silence for
some minutes, and then he spoke again.
"Speakln' of looks, though, reminds me
of somethln' that happened down our
way last Summer. 01' BUI Branscom
don't reckon ye ever heerd o' Bill; uster
cook over to th' Diamond I. Ranch he's
'bout th 01711681-100151 cuss ye ever
see. Got a prize, conslstln o ten dollars,
at a gatherln' in town, for beln voted to
be th homliest man in th' hull territory.
Bwore he'd keep that ere tten dollars 'till
he seen a homlier man than he was, an'
then he'd give it to him. Kept lookln',
but never struck no galoot as seemed to
-fill th' bill. Got mad 'bout it after awhile,
an. said if he ever found th' cuss, darned
if he wouldn't pepper him, an' contribute
th' ten dollars towards his funeral ex
penses. Th' more he kept -a-lookln th'
madder he got.
"One day Bill was huntin' of bar down
in th Arivipe Canyon. Thought he heerd a
rustlln In th' brush longslde th trail,
an drawed a bead sudden. Jest then he
seen a head stickin out from behind a
tree, an', qulcker'n you kin say 'scat
he had th' cuss covered.
"'What th darnatlon ye doln? says
th' feller behind th' tree, gittln' sight o
Bill.
" 'Thought ye was a b'ar,' " says Bill.
" 'Darnation, no!' says th feller. He
was about to come out from behind th'
tree, but Jest then Bill he gits a better
eight o him. 'Hold on there, pardner!'
he says. 'Stick yer head out agin; I want
to git a shot at yer.'
" 'What fer? says the feller.
"Well yer a blamed sight homlier than
I he. an I took a solemn oath f shoot
th fust cuss I see that was homlier than
I be. It's dern unfortunit fer ye, but I got
to do it.'
"Th feller he shoved his head right out,
without no hesitatin any. 'Be gosh!' he
says; 'ef I'm homlier than you be, pard
ner, ye kin shoot me soon's ye git ready.'
While the cattle man was telling this
story, I was slowly recovering my breath
and trying all the while to think of a
plan to get Agulnaldo away from him
toefore he would have time to recall to
mind the Hassayampa-Rlver story. I
could see very plainly that my entire time
and attention would need to be devoted
to the task of getting Agulnaldo in safety
to the river without his ever learning of
the terrible influence its waters were pos
sessed of.
Just then the brakeman came along and
called our attention to some mountains in
the distance. Our train was slowly cross
ing a low, sandy plain, almost totally un
inhabited. On either side were the bare,
brown mountains, seemingly not very far
distant.
"Haw far from here do you think those
mountains are?" asked the brakeman.
I told him that I judged them to be'
about three miles or so away.
"Ten miles, exactly," he said, with a
very knowing look upon his face. I could
see that he enjoyed It. I knew what? was
coming next. too. He was going to
spring the story about the tenderfoot who
took off his clothes to swim across an
irrigating ditch, after having fried to
walk to a mountain that was 25 miles
away before breakfast. I knew that the
irrigating ditch would remind the cattle
man of a river, and the river would re
mind him of the Hassayampa story, and I
would be as badly off as I was before.
I was about tVj start an argument with
him. thinking that it might tako his mind
away from the story, when a party ot
tourists came Into the car, and the brake
man turned his- attention to them.
"How far off do you think those moun--tains
are?" he asked of one of the tour
ists. "About 10 miles," replied" th tourist.
"Eighteen miles, exactly," said the
J)rakeman, without bat'ting an eye.
The tourist looked at him In astonish
ment. "Eighteen miles?" he repeated.
""Why, it wasn't over three minutes ago
that I heard you telling soma people In
the other car that they were 12 miles
from us. Don't you call that pretty live
ly traveling for mountains?"
The brakeman didn't reply, and pres
ently he went out on the platform to think
Uhe thing over. I was glad that he was
gone. I had become convinced that he
had been drinking Hassayampa water,
and I feared that he would want to tell
us all about it.
The cattlemen had become engaged In
& controversy with the man in tho seat
ahead, meanwhile, so I now told Agulnal
do that we would find it much cooler in
the Pullman, and we made our way thith
er. As we passed through one of the cars,
I caught sight of Applegate, tho detec
tive. He was asleep, curled up in a seat
I did not disturb him.
The first person my eye fell upon as
"We entered the Pullman was the mys
terious woman. She was still with us.
As she caught sight of Agulnaldo, a
"bright smile flitted over her face, but she
.made no other sign of recognition.
I tried to draw Agulnaldo into a conver
sation regarding his past life and his old
home in the Philippines, thinking I might
get something that I could use in the
magazines, and, at the same time, keep
him amused. But he didn't care to talk
about himself, and. almost before I knew
it, he was talking to the porter about
Arizona.
"Never done bin in dat kentry, has ye?
Hit's a mighty good kentry, 'ceptln' hit's
powerful dry some places," he said to
Agulnaldo. "I alius did like dry kentrles
evah sence dat time I went on de ocean
in a blgsteamah. Done haihed myself
out for to be a waitah on de steamah.
Bimeby dah come up a mighty big stohm.
I done git powful skalred. I say to my
self, I say: 'Nlggah, ef yo 'evah git out
en dis trouble yo' gwlne live in dry ken
try. Ef dls boat go down de botcom da
ocean, yo gwlne go down do bottom ob
de ocean wid it Den dah ain't gwine
goln be nuffln left ob yo 'ceptln' what
goln be in de paper 'bout it de nex'
mornta'. Arizony mighty dry, sometimes,
but hit got some mighty line ribbers."
A cold chill went up and down my
.spine. He had paused, but It) was merely
to catch his breath and get a frejh start
He -was leading up to the Hassayampa
story; there could Jbe no doubt about that
Hlvers and Rivers.
He resumed: "Dah is de Gila ribber
an de Salt Ribber. an' de Hassayampa
Ribber. Say
"Tell us about the Gila River," I said
I was sparring for wind, as the sporting
men say. I thought I might be able to
sidetrack him somehow, if I could only
get a little time to think of something to
say that would consume any considerable
length of time.
"Gila Ribber, hit mighty fine ribber, but
de Hassayampa'
"They are all fine rivers, I presume'"
"Yes, sir, dey is so; I'se gwlne tell yo'
'bout dat ribber" J
"Wh'.ch way do the rivers flow in
Arizona?"
"Wasn't talkln' bout flowln', sah, but I
doan mind tellln' yo' dat dey flows down
hill. Somethln curious 'bout de watah
in dat Hassayampa Ribber'
"Then they all must flow towards the
ocean?"
"Watevah difference hit gwine make
which evah way dat ribber flow? To'
gwlne git fool notions into yo head pretty
soon."
I was about to make an Indignant reply
when the conductor appeared, and the
porter suddenly decided that he had some--thing
to do elsewhere. But just as he
went away, he said: "I gwine tell yo
bout that ribber latah."
Th conductor was evidently locking for
J
some one to talk to. "Well, we're making
pretty fair time," he began. '"Twon't
be long before we'll strike the Colorado
River."
I don't know whether he noticed that
I shivered or not. I had got so that I
shivered every time any one mentioned
water of any kind.
"Been having some rain down there;
the river's pretty high now."
I shivered again.
"The Gila's pretty high, too, and I
guess the Hassayampa's carrying more
water than sho has for a long time. Say,
there's a curious thing about"
"Yes, my heaven! I know there Is,"
I said excitedly. "It's the most curious
thing in all the world. I started the story,
myself, in the year 1732. Don't tell it to
me for God's sake don't! Tell it to the
people In the next car, if you have to
tell It, but spare us, oh, spare us; we've
heard it seven thousand times, and it
isn't true, anyhow."
The conductor gasped, and stared at me
In. amazement With the exception of
frothing at the mouth, I was "giving a
fair imitation of a man having a fit The
conductor edged away, and passed down
the aisle to the end of the car. Here he
turned to look at me again, and, noting
this, I was about to go off into another
fit, when he went out, slamming the door
behind him with a jar that actually shook
the whole train.
For the remainder of that day we were
left to ourselves. Just before I retired to
my berth for the night, a note was thrust
into my hand by the porter. It proved
to be from Applegate. the detective.
"She is aboard this train; I am on her
trail. She cannot escape. Say nothing."
Such were its contents.
I gave the porter a half-dollar, and
said nothing. I wanted to say something,
but there was no one present to say it to.
Soon I fell Into a light slumher, but 1
was troubled all of that night with hor
rible dreams, In which people Beemed to
be constantly trying to tell me something
that I did not' want to hear. They pur
sued me everywhere, shouting something
about curious water, and lies that had to
be told, until, at last, I fled to a dense
forest But I could not escape them. The
trees and the rocks got to telling me
about curious water and lies, and Anally
while I was fleeing to escape, I fell ovet
the bring of a precipice, and woke up,
and climbed back into the berth. I re
mained awake the rest of the night
CHAPTER XIII.
I hastened to call upon Major Lake
the very hour that we arrived in Phoenix,
leaving Agulnaldo in a room in the hotel,
guarded by Applegate, the detective, who
was Instructed to permit no one to con
verse with or even to see Agulnaldo until
my return.
The Major's face betrayed the anxiety
which he felt when we met "Is he safe
you understand me does he know any
thing. Does he suspect anything?" he
asked, as I took his hand.
"He knows nothing; suspects less. We
have the thing In our own hands. Listen:
We must get him to the Hassayampa
River tomorrow. Once there, I will And
a way to make him drink. Then we can
defy the whole of Arizona. Ha, ha, ha!"
I hissed these words between my teeth,
allowing them to Alter out slowly through
my mustache, after the manner of stage
villains. My laugh was particularly Aend
lsh. Had there been any ladles present,
no doubt they would have said that I
was perfectly horrid.
The Major, however, was delighted. He
took the part of associate villain very
well. "Are your plans all made?" he
asked, rubbing his hands together.
"Yes," I replied, "we start within the
SUMMER'S TRIALS.
These are days of grief and sadness,
Genevieve Is full of woes, '
For. the stroll she takes ot mornings
Brings new freckles on her nose.
Wpt
hour. We ore to go by stage. I shall
make arrangements with some good, re
liable stage robber, who will be on hand,
with an assistant to hold us up at a
lonely place eight or nine miles this side
of the river. Our driver will be ehot and
apparently mortally wounded, and as he
falls from the seat the thoroughly
frightened mules will dash on down the
steep mountain trail. The coach will be
overturned, throwing us all onto the
ground.
"The robbers will pursue us, and a run
ning flght will be kept up until we reach
the river. If Agulnaldo won't drink out
of the river after he has made that eight
rnlle dash for life, over mountain trails
and. across hot, sandy deserts, with a
couple of husky stage robbers firing blank
cartridges at him all of the way, then
we'll have to think of some other plan
to make him drink it an Indian out
break or something of that sort. But
the only thing we really have to fear,
Major, Is that he will drink too much of
the ,water, and go around afterward
claiming that he is Napoleon Bonaparte
or Julius Caesar, instead of being Aguln
aldo." "It is a grand idea you understand me
a superb idea," said the Major. "I
congratulate you, my boy; I congratulate
you." '
"Bat now I mus,t hurry away," I said.
"Can you be ready to Join me in half an
hour?"
"What! I Join you!" cried the Major.
"Impossible! You surely don't expect me
to that Is you understand me my work
here must not be neglected, however
much I might desire to you understand
me enter Into the sport ot the thing.'
As a matter of cold, hard fact, there
was nothing whatever for the Major to
do. Our lecture was not to be given for
two days yet, and already everything In
the way of preparation had been made.
However, I blamed myself for having
presented the plan in such a way that he
might imagine he would be compelled to
drink some of the water from the river
himself, and so I readily agreed that he
should remain and continue hl3 arduous
work of smoking two-bit cigars on the
hotel piazza, while listening to stirring
tales of early days in Arizona, when
'Apache Kid and Geronlmo used to.be In
the wholesale murder and rapine busi
ness in the territory, and were wont to
appear in six or eight different places,
from the Mexican border to the Colorado
State line, every night, doing little odd
jobs of murdering and horse-stealing in
each place.
Afapslnaldo Gives "Warning.
So I went at once to the apartments of
Agulnaldo to prepare him for the trip.
As I entered he came forward with a
happy smile upon his face. "Oh, I am
so glad you have come!" he cried. "I
have something very Important to tell
you something I wish to warn you of."
As he spoke these words my heart sank
within me. Could it be that Applegate
had played me false? Had Agulnaldo
learned all? I feared the worst
"You must be very careful while you
are in Arizona," he said, in his frank,
almost childish way. "Something dread,
ful may happen to you that would spoil
our tour, and perhaps ruin your whole
life. There is a river near here that has
the most peculiar water In It that you
ever heard of. If you should drink just
the least little bit of it. you "
I sank upon a couch that was fortu
nately near at hand.
"Why, Hogie, old man, what has hap
pened? I didn't mean to frighten you so.
What is the matter are you ill?"
"It Is nothing," I replied, feebly;
"nothing." I turned my face away from
his. "I have heart disease, and paraly
sis, and blood clots on the brain. But it
will soon pass away."
It was some little time, however, be
fore I was able to think clearly again.
My Arst thought, then, was of Applegate,
I must And him at once and learn what
had happened.
Excusing myself, saying that I wished
to go out into the fresh air, 'I left Aguln
aldo's apartments and sought the bar
room of the hotel, where I found Apple
gate busily engaged in combining busi
ness with pleasure. He was shaking dice
with the bartender for the drinks.
At first Applegate was inclined to dis
pute my statement that Agulnaldo had
been conversing with some one during my
absence, but later, when he had found
that such a course was useless, he broke
down and told me all. The chambermaid
had Insisted upon entering Agulnaldo' s
apartments to make up the bed, and
when he tried to prevent her from doing
so she drew a Colt's .45 on him and he
immediately decided that It would be
very ungentlemanly to quarrel with a wo
man, especially in Arizona. I could
readily understand how the chambermaid,
Andlng herself alone with a stranger in
the territory, who was" unguarded, had
grasped the opportunity to spring the
Hassayampa River water story on him.
Something: to Be Done.
I now found myself confronted by a
situation that was, indeed, desperate. We
had been In Phoenix 24 hours, and the
papers had contained nothing beyond the
bare statement that Emlllo Agulnaldo, the
well-known and affable warrior-statesman
of the Philippine Islands, "is in our
midst this week, and will lecture on
Wednesday night next under the auspices
of the local Y. M. C. A. We are pleased
to have Mr. Agulnaldo in our midst."
Either I must soon devise some means
of Inducing Agulnaldo to drink Hassay
ampa water or resign my position. I had
planned several good things for the papers
In Phoenix. Nothing, I had thought,
could please the people of Arizona better
than a nice, interesting account of an en
counter between Agulnaldo and a cinna
mon hear. It could be made so realistic,
so true to life, that even Major Lake
would shudder when he read how Aguin-
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aldo covered two miles in 18 minutes flat,
with the bear just three laps behind him
all the way. And it would remind Aguln.
aldo of old times, too. He could imagine
he was back in Luzon again. But, of
course, under the circumstances, it would
not do.
I had also thought of having him buy
Senator Clark's interest in the United
Verde mine, and use that as the basis for
a number of well-founded rumors of
trans-continental railroad combinations,
in which Agulnaldo's name would be'free
ly used with those of such other well
known magnates as the Messrs. "Vander
bllt Gould, Hill, Morgan end others. I
knew that would please tho people of
Arizona and awaken an interest in Aguln
aldo which would Insure a crowded house.
But again came in the old difficulty!
Agulnaldo had extracted a promise from
me. I would not could not break It
Nothing remained for me to do but to
get at least one good dose of Hassay
ampa water down him. I was more firm
ly resolved than ever to accomplish that
purpose. n
Just before I retlred"that night a note
reached me from Applegate. It was di
rect and right to the point It read:
"Still on trail. She cannot escape me.
Lay low. APPLEGATE,
"Detective."
(To Be Continued.)
Canadian Canners Want Traps.
Astoria News.
The disadvantages suffered by the Can
adian packers during the big run on Puget
Sound will probably result in a repeal of
the laws prohibiting traps. While the
canneries on the American side were re
ceiving more fish than they could handle,
delivered at the canneries from the traps
for ly cents, the Canadians were obliged
to pay 12 cents a fish to the glllnetters,
a different of 10 cents on each fish. The
Canners' Association, which embraces
nearly all the Canadian concerns, recent
ly took a party of members pf the Do
minion Legislature on an Inspection trip
and pointed out where the American trap
men captured salmon by the tens of thou
sands that were turned out from British
Columbia hatcheries and were en route
to the Fraser River when caught Colonel
Prior, M. P., has expressed himself as
In favor of allowing the construction of
traps on the southwest of Vancouver Isl
and to catch tho fish bound in to the
gulf. The Inspection trip is understood
to be the first gun in a determined cam
paign to bo waged by the Canners' As
sociation. Protests will be addressed to
Sir Louis Davis, Minister of Fisheries and
Marine, and others prominent in the Do
minion Government will be interested in
tho cause.
PULLMAN PORTERS UNITE.
Tlielr Purpose la to Get Hlgrhcr Sal
aries from the Car Company.
Chicago Chronicle.
Some want it called simply "the Pull
man Porters' Union," others prefer "the
Railway Men's Mercantile League," and
explain their reasons therefor in words
fearfully and wonderfully made; still oth
ers favor a name such as "the Amalga
mated Association of Promoters of Pub
lic Comfort In Palace Cars."
If they can ever agree on a title for the
organization the porters on Pullman cars
will organize. They are talking of it in
Chicago, New York and St. Louis, and
have issued a statement to the public ask
ing Its aid and sympathy, "as many ah
unfortunate traveler has received our min
istrations conducive to comfort when
most needed." The porters want, first,
more salary; after that less blame for
conditions of cars, a better arrangement
of hours for sleep and of stop-over privi
leges. Paramount to all else is the wage ques
tion. They declare that the Pullman
Company has long left to the public the
payment of their salaries, with a trifling
exception of a few dollars resularly hand
ed them each month.
Tips Are Getting: Small.
Travelers have of late been growing less
and less regardful of whether the porters
exist or not, and it has seemingly be
come a rivalry between the public and
their employers as to which shall pay
them least. The odds are now In favor
of the palace car corporation.
Back in the golden days of service on a
Pullman car the customary tip was 23
cents. If a person rode but a few hours
and was dusted off by a smiling Sene
gamblan he never thought of giving less
than a "two-bit" tip. Gifts of $1 were
not uncommon, and, on long journeys,
porters were not Infrequently the recipi
ents of $5 tips. But now conditions have
changed.
"Ef a man wuz to give me foah bits
nowadays I would drop In mah tracks,"
said a porter yesterday, whose run is be
tween St Louis and Chicago. He said
that 10 and 15 cents were more often the
size of tips these days, and he had been
insulted once or twice with a donation
of 5 cents- Everybody, he asserted,
seemed to be getting "wise" to the fact
that everybody else was less liberal than
formerly. The only way to again make it
possible for porters to live on their in
comes was to organize and demand bet
ter compensation from the company.
Small Salaries Are Paid.
Porters are paid in salaries 515 to $35 a
month, the amount depending on their
runs and length of service. Porters in
tourist cars get the highest figure, be
cause but one round of tips as a rule Is
to be collected during the Journey of many
hundreds of miles.
The headquarters of the new organiza
tion is to be in St. Louis. The promoters
say it-Is to mutually benefit the members
and that no high salaries will be paid to
officers. It is denied that a school for
new porters Is to be maintained at night,
In which the moro experienced will act as
passengers and beginners will bo in
structed in the devious processes of ex
tracting largo coins from reluctant per
sons. No information about tho union was ob
tainable from the Pullman Company's of
fices. It was said that there were nearly
4000 porters In its employ, and that If an
organization were being formed it was
the first of its kind proposed.
"I know porters who own houses and
lots and make $100 to $150 a month," said
a man in the auditing department.
A railroad man expressed the opinion
that the comic papers and the newspaper
paragraphers were largely responsible for
the shrinkage in tips. He said the public
had come to believe that all porters were
rolling in wealth, while tho truth is that
few of them make more than 50 a month,
and those who own houses are one In a
thousand.
TO KEEP FISH FRESH.
Some Useful Hints for the Disciples
of Isaac "Walton.
Field and Stream.
Among people of the better class an un
reasoning prejudice against the smell and
taste of fresh fish bars it from their ta
bles without giving It a fair trial or mak
ing the slightest attempt to cultivate a
liking for it. Properly handled after Its
capture and knowingly cooked its whole
someness cannot bo doubted, and served
tastefully It certainly presents an Invit
ing appearance on the table.
Tho commonest methods of Its handling
In preparation for retail sale are faulty
In the extreme. Its freshness, firmness
and flavor are deteriorated by the ice as
generally used in packing, which has
tens decay, the moisture favoring the de
velopment of putrefaction. The pressing
of flsh in close packing softens the mus
cles and induces putrefaction of the flesh.
Tho melting of the Ice quickly contami
nates Ash packed in unclean barrels and
boxes.
Careful scientific investigations at the
Biological Laboratory of the United States
Fish Commission at Wood's Hole for the
purpose of ascertaining to what degree
Ash are spoiled by carelessness, filth and
bad packing demonstrate:
That putrefaction takes place more rap
idly If the entrails are not removed.
That moisture hastens decay.
That free access to air retards putre
faction. That if the head and Intestines are re
moved and the blood completely drained
by suspension by the tail tho flsh will -remain
sweet for a considerable time with
out ice. In all cases bruising or rupture
of the muscular tissue must be avoided by
careful handling. And that the utmost
care in handling pays well is illustrated
by the well-known fact that certain ship
ments of shad from North Carolina bring
from 23 to 40 per cent more than other
shad from the same locality.
In devising methods for mitigating the
evils mentioned experiments were made
with various solutions In order to deter
mine how best to retard putrefaction.
One only proved entirely satisfactory. It
was a 3 per cent solution of boric acid in
sea water, which Is not injected by way of
embalming the Ash, and which Is not a
preservative, but used simply as an agent
of cleanliness. The abdominal cavity en
trails, of course, removed is washed with
a sponge dipped in the solution. As a
proof of Its efficacy it i3 said that 24 sque
teague (weakflsh), which is a Ash quickly
deteriorating after capture, were merely
sponged and closely packed in a box in
cloudy, foggy weather, with temperature
from 74 to 84 degrees, and 24 hours after
ward were found to be without odor, eyes
clear, and so Arm and hard that a native
flsherman could not easily bo convinced
that they had been kept 21 hours without
ice. Almost no trace of the solution was
found In the Ae9h, and Its employment
can have no Injurious effect upon tile con
sumer. Never take a fish from the hook and toss
k . jr &jj? &a SL IJL Jf .
BOTANICAL REPTILES
TKeir Stir&g Sets the SRiia. oaa Fire asid Fills
the Veins with a Violesit, Lingering Poison
These plants seem to partake of the nature and character of the
serpent; in winter time "being comparatively harmless, hut when warmed
into life by spring and summer heat they become extremely venomous
and spiteful, emitting a milky juice that burns and blisters like a fiery
acid, producing quick inflammation and painful swelling. Some persons
are so susceptible to these vegetable poisons that coming in their vicinity
will produce almost as much discomfort and pain as handling them;
their thin and sensitive skins seem to absorb from the surrounding
atmosphere the acrid juices emanating from these plants. There is
seldom a picnic or family gathering in the woods but that some mem
ber of the party comes in contact with Poison Ivy, Oak or some other
hurtful plant or weed, and through the open pores the poison is carried
to the overheated blood. Poison Ivy is found clinging to tree trunks,
BLOOD SATURATED WITH POISON OAK.
Mr. John Priol, of Bear Station, Del.,
writes: "I was poisoned with poison oak
which went through my blood, and my
condition bocamo so soriouB that tho
doctors all said I could not got well. I
remained in a precarious condition, con
fined to tho house, for six months, when
I saw S. S. S. advertised and hogan its
use, soon realizing' that it was doing mo
good. I continued tho medicine and was
oured entirely. I think it the bost blood
medicine made."
like edges and a downy appearance underneath. While the
in appearance, ine poisonous enects are very similar.
After the swelling subsides the skin remains for a long
time in a rough and inflamed condition, dotted here and
there with bad looking ulcers and little festering sores.
It is truly remarkable with what regularity and
certainty the disease returns, and always on schedule
time, appearing the same month, day and hour, almost,
that it did the year before. Don't be deceived should all
the signs of the poison vanish
through the open skin pores
external remedies can never dislodge them, and next season, and for years to come, you may
expect to endure the same bodily tortures; the blood in the meantime becoming so saturated
system the effects of Poison Ivy, Poison Oak, Virginia Creeper, Thunder Weed, Sumac and
vegetable poisons of every variety. S. S. S. will be found an invaluable and perfect antidote
for poisons of this class. There is never any" return of the aggravating symptoms after a
course of S. S. S., as it destroys every vestige of the poison.
Don't abandon hope because of repeated failures. State your case to our doctors; we feel
sure they can help you. Medical advice will cost you nothing and is strictly confidential.
Book on Blood and Skin Diseases free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, G,
it down onto the bottom of tho boat or
upon the ground to die a lingering, gasp
ing death which must necessarily Impair
its edible qualities. Mercifully kill your
capture at once, and do yourselves a
service.
Increase of Postage Stamps.
Leslie's Weekly.
A statement going to show the marvel
ous increase in the use of postal facili
ties by the American people 19 that of the
Director of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing at Washington, just Issued, in
which it appears that the number of post
age stamps sent out for use during the
current Ascal year includes l,300,0CO,000 1
cent stamps, 3,500,000,000 2-cent stamps, and
300,236,000 of higher denominations. The
total, Including special-delivery 10-cenc
stamps, is 5,116,236,000, against 4,377,727,000
for the previous Ascal year, an Increase of
over 1,500,000,000 stamps. It is not easy to
grasp tho full significance of these stu
pendous totals. A few calculations may
help. According to these Agures, suffl
clent stamps will be Issued this year to
supply every man, "woman and child In the
United States with at least 60 stamps
each. Distributed among the population
of the entire globe, they would supply
each person with postage for not less than
three letters. Placed side by side In a
continuous line, the total Issue would gir
dle the entlro earth three times, forming
a variegated ribbon around it nearly
three Inches in width. If spread out in the
same manner across the United States, the
stamps would form a paper sidewalk from
New York to San Francisco over thra
feet wide. Pasted Into a stamp-collector's
book of the conventional size, the Is
sue for the year would All 500,000 volumes,
which, placed one upon another, would
form a solid column over 25 miles high.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL UEPOUT.
PORTLAND, Aug. 10 Maximum tempera
ture, 81; minimum temperature, 55; river read
Ins at 1 A. M., 7.5 feet: change In 24 hours,
0.2 foot; total precipitation, 5 P. M. to B
P. M., none; total precipitation since Septem
ber 1, 1000, 42.70 Inches; normal precipitation
since September 1. 1900, 40 3S inches; deficien
cy, 3.08 Inches; total sunshine August 9, 0.C0;
possible sunshine August 9, 14:30.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER.
"Wind.
STATIONS.
Astoria
Baker City ....
Boise
Eureka
Neah Bay
Pocatcllo
Portland
Red Bluff
Roseburg
Sacramento
Salt Lake City.
San Francisco
Spokane
Seattle
Walla "Walla ...
esio.
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NW(CIear
N iCIear
NWlClear
78 0.
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860,
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5S0.00 6NW
Hear
001121 XV
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
Clear
860
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81 0
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sw
NWlClear
SW ICIear
S IPt. cloudy
N Clear
W Clear
Light.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
No rain has fallen In the states west of the
Rocky Mountains during the last 24 hours, and
the temperatures are moderate and faorable
for tho ripening of grain and fruit.
Tho indications are for fair weather In this
district Sunday. It will bo slightly "warmer
east of the Cascade Mountains.
WEATHER FORECASTS.
Portland and lclnlty Fair and continued
warm. Northerly winds.
Western Oregon and Western Washington'
Fair and continued warm. Northwesterly
winds.
Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and
Idaho Fair and slightly warmer. 'WInd3 most
ly northerly.
EDWARD A. BEALS, Forecast Official.
fences or rocks, sometimes reach
ing great heights; the leaves are
nearly square in shape, "smooth
and shiny and three on each stem;
the flowers are of a greenish white
color, and the berries pale green or
white. The Oak is a small
feet high, its size depending upon the nature of the soil
location, etc.; the leaves are lone and pointed with saw
Mrs.
caso is
I were
and
S. S.,
have
several
soon after the first attack the acrid juices have been taken
into the blood, and the most persistent and faithful use of
and charged with the poison that each succeeding attack
leaves the body weaker and recovery more uncertain and
slow, and thus the once simple malady ends disastrously.
For every poisonous plant, tree, shrub or flower, nature
has wisely provided an antidote or cure. The roots and
herbs of which S. S. S. is composed quickly, surely and
permanently overcome and drive out of the blood and
If It is true, as Edward Everett Hale
says, that the United States postal serv
ice is the greatest of popular educators,
these Agures will serve to show the ex
tent of Uncle Sam's present service as a
school teacher.
Domestic and Foreign Fort.
New York. Aug. 10. Sailed Nomadic,
for Liverpool; Marquette, from London;
Statendam. for Rotterdam via Boulogne;
Minneapolis, for London; Astoria, for
Glasgow; Campania, for Liverpool;
Werra, for Genoa; Peninsula, for Ham
burg. Antwerp, Aug. 10. Arrived Southwark,
from New York.
Liverpool, Aug. 10. Sailed Cevlc, for
New York.
Nagasaki, Aug. 10. Arrived Ching Wo,
from Seattle for London.
Hong Kong, Aug. 10. Arrived previous
lyDoric, from San Francisco via Hono
lulu. NEW TODAY.
MORTGAGE LOANS
On Portland real estate at lowest rates.
Titles Insured. Abstracts furnished.
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
7 Chamber of Commerce.
Ccf niIc CORNER LOT, 60x100. ON
Cdbl LaVli nth and East Da Is. Price
$Co0. W. H. MALL & CO., 87 Union ae.
fcOCnn 12-ROOM HOUSE. 12TH. NEAR
vwJUU Montgomery, lot 40x100. You'd bet
ter look at this.
A. D. MARSHALL. 82J Third st.
R - TlOmr TIOTIR'R TVTTTT A T.T.
modern Improvements, and lot 50x I
100. on i;ast Burnside st.. close to
ISth st. W. H. MALL & CO.. 87 Union ave.
lfin 7 - ROOM HOUSE, FULL LOT.
CplOUU East Side, very close In. all conven
iences; rented for $15, Insured for $1300; mort
gage $S00.
A. D. MARSHALL. 82J Third st.
Mtttoii&ple
ko. Baker &Coi
On Tuesday Next, Aug. 13
We are Instructed by Mrs. Kay, who Is leav
ing for the East, to sell the up-to-date furnish
ings of her residence, remoed to
Central Auction Rooms
Corner Alder and Park, for convenience of
buers, comprising: Handsome colonial and
leather-seat rockers of various designs; TURK
ISH COUCH, in rich coverings, made expressly
to order; Morris chair. In oak; high-grade com
bination bookcase and desk, in golden oak,
with French plate mirror; bamboo tea table;
oak centpr tables; lace curtains; 12x15 pro
Brussels rugs. In first-class condition: Brus
sels carpets; rugs; HANDSOME DINING
ROOM SUIT. In golden oak. viz., sideboard
(with circular front and oval French plate mir
ror, finely carved), round extension table (with
large twist legs, highly polished), set of box
seat chairs; heavy tapestry table coders; sew
ing machine; OAK WINDSOR FOLDING
BED, with mirror; white enamel iron beds;
odd dressers and washstands, with French
plate mirrors; fine oak bedroom sets, with
full swell front; hlehly polished chiffoniers:
silk floss and Quaker mattresses: best Y Y
springs; goose-feather pillows, in fancy ticks;
comforters and blankets; toilet sets; large
picture frames; matting. In good quality and
almost new; floor oilcloth; gasoline stove;
kitchen safe; household treasure; first-clais
Universal cook store; utensils, and other ef
fects. On view Monday. Sale TUESDAY at 10
o'clock. GEO. BAKER & CO., Auctioneers.
On Thursday Next, August 15, at
Central Auction Rooms,
Corner Alder and Park, we shall sell the fur- I
nlsMngs of residence, removed from South
Portland, Including parlor furnishings, dining
suit, oak and white enameled bedroom eets,
wardrobes, carpets, rtoves, etc.
Sale at 10 A. M.
GEO. BAKER & CO., Auctioneers.
Both phones.
241 Stark st., cor. Second.
I
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shrub, seldom more than thre
two plants are entirely unlike
RETURNED EVERY SPRING FOR 18 YEARS.
A. N. Bonnett, of Toccoa, Ga., whose!
similar to thousands of others who!
come in contact wim xneso plants, says:
"Whon eight years old my little brother and
poisoned by handling- poison oak, I
it broke ont on us every spring: for
eigrhteon years. Borne one recommended S.
which cured us completely, and we I
seen no signs of the eruptions fori
seasons.
NEW TODAY.
AUCTION SALES
By J. L Wilson
Wednesday, August 14, 10 AM., at Sales;
rooms, 182 First Street.
I will sell a choice lot of books, including soma
by the best authors. Also a select lot of furni
ture, comprising: Expensive sideboard, in
quarter-sawed oak; extension table, to match;
pictures; dining furniture and drawing:-room
effects; bedroom suits; springs; mattresses;
lady's desk; nice rockers and chairs, bamboo
furniture; several good carpets. In attractive
patterns; kitchen safes and treasures, entire
kitchen outfits, including several cook staves.
Also a lotof MASON'S FRUIT JARS
J. T. WILSON Auctioneer.
Friday, August 16. 10 A.M , at W2 fkkfyl
A Miscellaneous Clean-up Sale.
To close out conslznments. I will sell at auc
tion everything on hand, comprising furniture.
carpets, snoes, etc.
J. T. "WILSON. Auctioneer.
S.LN. OILMAN, Auctioneer
l
PEREMPTORYAUCTIONSALE
of fine Upright Piano and
Household Furniture.
We are Instructed to sell by public aucttua
ON TUESDAY NEXT. AUGUST 13, at 10 A.
M., at 411 Washington street, a handsome,
almost-new upright pano. In perfect order.
All the balance of the stock of fine furniture
from the furniture store closing out. Including
household furniture of every description, rugs,
mattings, mantels, ranges, office furniture, etc.
SALE TUESDAY, 10 A. M.
Buyers will do well to attend this sale.
S. L. N. GILMAN, Auctioneer.
AUCTION SALE
OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
We will sell by auction sale on FRIDAY
NEXT, at 411 Washington street, at 10 A. M..
nil the furniture of residence. Including house
hold effects of every description.
B. L. N. GILMAN. Auctioneer.
$3000
lOOxlOO, Harshall at., net. 10th and
20th.
COxlOO, Flanders st., het. 20th anil
21st.
ROUXTREE & DIAMOND,
211 Stark st., cor. Second.
2 DOZ. EGGS, 35c.
BITTER, 35c and 40c.
Sweet dairy butter 30c
Gilt-edge dairy butter 33o
Fancy creamery butter 40c and 43c
We handle the best hams In the market.
Premium hams, honey cured 13HC 1
0Oc tea 35a
Java and Mocha coffee. 40c, now 30o
Lion and Arbuckle's coffee. 2 for........ .,25s
All goods from first hand. We save you on
profit. All goods retailed at. wholesale prices.
Se the La. Grande Creamery Co., 2C4 Yamhill.
Both phones.
ACREAGE
4 acres, well improved,
vrest o
Piedmont.
" ncrcs, no Improvements, east ot
Piedmont.
O acres, all Improved, east ot Ladd's
farm.
10 acres, all Improved, at Mllwau-.
k!e.
And other tracts on White House
road, etc.
nOUXTHEE & DIAMOND,