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43 Peck's Bad Boy Traveling in Foreign Lands DAD AND HE GO TO RUSSIA TO STOP THE WAR THEY RIOT A LITTLE AND DAD GETS LASHED (By Hon- George Peek. ex-Governor Wisconsin; former editor of Peck's Sun. author of "Peck's Bad Boy." etc. Copy right. 1905, toy Joseph B. Bowles.) ST. PETERSBURG. Russia. My Dear j Groceryowskl: "Well, sir, I 'spose you -will be surprised to hear from i xae In Russia, but there -was no use talk ing -when Dad said he was going to St. ; Petersburg- if It was the last act o his llle. He got talking with a Japaneser in Rome and the Jap said the war in the Far East would last until every Russian Tras- killed, unless America interfered to put a stop to It, and as Roosevelt didn't appear to have sand enough to offer his services to the Gear, what it needed was for some representative American citi zen who was brave and had nerve to go to Bt. Petersburg and see the Czarevitch and give him the benefit of a good Ameri can talk. The Jap said the American who brought about peace, by a few well chosen -remarks, would be the greatest man of the century, and would live to be bowed down to by kings and emperors and all the world would doff hats to him. At first dad was a little leary about going on such a mission without creden tials from Washington, but as luck would have it he met an exiled Russian at a restaurant, who told dad that he re minded him of General Grant, because dad had a wart on the side of his noss. and he told dad that Russia would keep on fighting until every Japanese was killed unless some distinguished American should bo raised up who deemed It his duty to go to St. Petersburg and see the Little Father, and in the Interest of hu manity advise the Czar to call a halt be fore he had exterminated the whole yel low race. Dad asked the Russian if he thought the Czar would grant an audience to an American of eminence in his own country, and the Russian told dad that Nicholas Just doted on Americans, and that there was hardly ever an American "ballet dancer that went to Russia but "what the Czar sent for her to come and see him and dance before the Grand Dukes, and he always gave them Jewels and cans of caviar as souvenirs of their visit. Dad thought it over all night, and the next morning wo started for Russia, and I wish we had joined an expedition to discover the north pole instead of coming here. Say. it is harder to get into Russia than it would be to get out of a peniten tiary at home. At the frontier we wore met by guards on horseback and on foot, policemen, detectives and other grafters, who took our passports and money, and one fellow made me exchange, my socks with him. Then they imprisoned us in a stable with some cows until they could hold a coroner's Inquest on our passports and divide our money. "We slept with the cows the first night In Russia, and I do not "want to sleep again with animals that chew cuds all night and get up half a dozen times to hump up their backs and stretch and bellow. We never slept a wink, and could look out through the cracks in the stable and see the guards shaklns: dice for our money. Finally they looked at the great seal on our passports and Baw it was an American document, and they began to turn pale, as pale as a RusBian can get without using soap and when I said "Washington. Ambassador, Minister Ple nipotentiary, Roosevelt. Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight, E Pluribus Unura, whoople, San Juan Hill." and pointed to dad. who was just coming out qi me stable, looking like Washington at Valley Forge, the guards and other robbers bowed to dad, gave ,hlm a bag full of Russian money in -place of that which they had taken away, and let us trfke a freight train lor St- Petersburg, and they must have told the trainmen who wo were, because everybody on the cars took oft their hats to us and divided their lunch with us. Dad could not understand the change la the attitude of the people toward us -until 3 told him that they took him for a dis tinguished American statesman, and that as long as we were in Russia ho must try to look like George Washington and act like Theodore Roosevelt, so every little while dad would stand up In the aisle of the car and pose like George Washington and when anybody gave him a sandwich or a cigarette he should show his teeth and say "Dee-lighted," and all the way to St. Petersburg dad carried out his part pf the programme, and we were not robbed once on the trip, but dad tried to smoke one of the cigarettes that was given him by a Cossack and he died In my arms, pretty near. They make cigarettes out of baled hay that has been used for beddings and cov ered with paper that has been used to poison fliea I never smelled anything so bad since they fumigated our house by the board of health after the hired girl had smallpox. Well, we got to St Petersburg In an awful time, and went to a hotel, sus pected by the police, and marked as un desirable guests by the Cossacks, and winked at toy the walking delegates and strikers, who thought we were non-union mm looking for their Joba The next day the religious ceremony of "blessing the Neva" took place, whore n1! the population gets out on the bank of the rtver. with overshoes on, and fur csats. and looks down on the rivor. cov ered with ico four feet thick, and the river Is blessed. In our country the people would damn a rivor that had ice four feet thick, but In Russia they bless anything that will stand it. Wo got good place oh the bank of the river. with about a million people who had sheepskin coats on, and who steamed Uko r sheep ranch, and were enjoying the per formance, looking occasionally at the Winter Palace, where the Czar was peek' lng out of a window, wondering from which direction, a bomb would come to blow him up. When a battery of artillery across the river started to fire a salute. and then the devil was to pay. It seems that the gentlemen who handled the guns. and who were supposed to flro blank cartridges into the air, put in loaded cartridges, filled with grape shot, and took aim at the Wfntcr Palace, and cut loose at Mr. Czar. Well, you would have been paralyzed to efi the change that came over that crowd blessing the river one minute and damning the Czar and the Grand Dukes the next. The shot went into the Winter Palace and tore the furniture and ripped up the celling of the room the Czar was r. and in a moment all was chaos, as though every Russian knewtho Czar was f be assassinated at that particular moment, and all rushed toward the Win ter Palace as though they expected pieces of the Lattlo Father would be thrown out the windows for thom to play foot ba'l with. For a people who are sup posed to be lawful and law-abiding, and who love their rulers, it seemed strange o seo them all so tickled when they thought he was blown higher than a kite hv Ms own soldiers. Dad and I started with the crowd for t-f Winter Palace, and then to had taste of monarchical government. The crowd was rushing over us and dad got mad and pulled off his coat and said he could whip any confounded foreigner that rubbed against him with a sheep skin coat on. and he was just on the point of smiting a follow with whiskers that looked like scrambled bristles off black hog. when a regiment of Cossacks -amo down on the crowd, riding horses like e Wild West show, and with whips in their hands, with a dozen lashos to itach whip, and they began to lash the crowd and ride over them, while the peoplo covered their faces with their mrms, and run away, afraid of the whljfcc, which cut and wound and kill, as each lash has little lead bullets fastened to them and a stroke of the whip is like being shot with buckshot orkicked with a frozen, boot. Well, sir. dad was going to show the Cossacks that he was pretty near an American citizen, and didn't propose to be whipped like a schoolboy by a teacher that looked like a -valentine, so he tried to look like George Washington defying the British, but it didn't work, for a Cos sack rode right up to him and lashed him over the back (and about 15 buckshot in his whip took dad right where the pants are tight when you bend over to pick up something), and the Cossack laughed when dad straightened up and started to run. I never saw such a change in a man as there was- in dad. He started for our hotel, and as good a sprinter as I am I couldn't keep up with him, but I kept him in sight. Before we got to the hotel a sledge came along, not an "old sledge," such as you play with cards, high-low-Jack-game, but a sort of a sleigh, with three horses abreast, and I yelled to dad to take a hitch on the sledge, and he grabbed on with his feet on the runners, and a man in the sledge with a uniform on, who seemed to be a. Grand Duke, 'cause everybody was chasing him and yelling to head him off, hit dad in the nose with the butt of a re volver, and dad fell off In the snow and the crowd that was chasing the Grand Duke picked dad up and carried him on their shoulders, because they thought he had tried to assassinate the. Duke, and wo were escorted to our hotel by the strikers. We didn't know wiiat they were, but you can tell the laboring men here be cause they wear blouses and look hungry, and when they left us the landlord noti fied the police that suspicious characters were at the hotel, and came there es corted by the mob, and the police sur rounded the house and dad went to our room and used witch hazel on himself where the Cossack hit him with the load ed whip. He says Russia will pay pretty dear for that stroke of the whip by the Cossack, and I think dad is going to Join the revolution that is going to be pulled off next Sunday. They are going to get about a million men to take a petition to the Czar, work Ingmen and anarchists, and dad says he Is going as an American anarchist who Return o Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of the Solitary Cyclist P d Continued From Page 42 d& "And also unfrocked." i "Once a clergyman, always a clergy- j man." "I think not. How about the li cense?" "Wo had a license for the marriage. I have it hero in my pocket. -Then you got it by a trick. But, In any case, -ja. forced marriage Is no marriage, but it Is a very serious fel ony, as you will discover before you have finished. You'll havo time to think the point out during the Jiext ten years or so, unless I am mistaken. As to you, Carruthers, you would havo done better to keep your pistol in your pocket." I betrin to think so. -3Hr. iioimes. out when I thought of all the precaution I had taken to shield, this girl for I loved her, Mr. Holmes, and It la tho only time that ever I Knew wnax iovc was it fairly drove me mad to think that she was In. the power of the great est brute and bully In South Africa man whoso name is a noly terror from Klmbarley to Johanncsourg. Why, Mr. Holmes, you'll hardly be lieve it, but ever since that girl has been in my employment I never once let hor go past this house, where I knew the rascals wero lurking, with out following her on my bicycle, just to see that sho came to no harm. I kept my distance from her. and I wore a beard, so that she should not recop nize me, for sho Is a good and high spirited girl, and she wouldn't have stayed in my employment long If sho had thought that I was following her about the country roads." Why didn't you toll her or ner aan- gerr' Because, then, again, sne woum have left me, and I couldn t hear to face that. Even if stie couldn't love me, it was a great deal to me just to see her dainty form aoout tne nouse and to hear tho sound of her voice." "Well," said I, "you call that love, Mr. Carruthers. but i snoinj cau it selfishness." Maybo the two things go together. Anvhow. I couldn t let ner go. re sides, with this crowd about. It was woll that she should have someone near to look after her. Thon, when the cable came. I knew they were bound to make a move." "What cableTT Carruthers took a tola gram from his pocket. "That's It." said no. It was short and coucise: "The old man Ib dead." "Huml" said Holmes. "I think I see how things worked, and I can under stand now this message, would, as you sav. brine them to a head. But wnuo you wait, you might tell me what you can-' Tho old reprobate with tho surplice burst into a. volley of bad language. "By heavens!" said he. if you squeal On US, tSOO VUTUUierSi J. oerve juu as you served Jack Woodley. You can bleat about the girl to your hcart'3 content, for that's your own affair, but if you round on your pals to this plain clothes copper it will be the worst day's work that ever you did. "Your reverence need not be excited," said Holmes, lighting a cigarette. "The case is clear enough against you. and all I ask is a few details, for my pri vate curiosity. However, if there's any difficulty in telling me. Til do the talk lng, and then you will see how far you have a chance of holding back your secrets. In the first place, three of you came from outh Africa on this game you Williamson, you Carruthers, and Woodley." "Lie uumbor one," said tho old man: "I never saw either of them until two months ago, and I have never been in Africa in my life, so you can put that in your pipe and smoke It, Mr. Busy body Holmes!" "What he ays is true." said Car ruthers. "Well. wall, two of you came over. His reverence is our own home-made article. You had known Ralph Smith in South Africa. You had reason to be lieve he would not llvo long. Xou found out that his niece would Inherit his fortune. How's that eh?" Carruthers nodded and Williamson swore. ' "She wa next of kin. no doubt, and you were aware mat mc om isiiow would make no will." 'Couldn't read or write;" said Car ruthers. "Co you came over, the two of you, and hunted up the girls. The M?a was that cne of you was to marry ner end .tho other have a share of the plunder. For tiorae reason, "Woodley was chosen tis the husband. Why .was that"" is smarting from injustice, and I guess no native is smarting more than dad is. 'cause be has to stand up to eat and lie on his stummick to sleep. ' There is go ing to be a hades of a time here in St. Petersburg this next week, and dad and I are going to be in it clear up to our necks. Dad has given up trying to see the Csar about stopping the war, and ays the Czar and the whole bunch can go plum (to the devil) -and he will die with the mob and follow a priest who is stirring the people to revolt. Gee, I hope dad will not get killed here and bo buried In a. trench with a thou sand Russians, smelling as they do. I met a young man from Chicago, who is here selling reapers for the harvester trust, and he says it you are once sus pected of having sympathy with the working peoplo who are on a strike you might Just as well say your prayers and take rough on rats, 'cause the Cossacks will get you. and he would advise me and dad to get out of here pretty Quick, but when I told dad about it he put one hand on his heart and the other on his pants and said: "Arnica, arnica, arnica! and the police that wero on guard near his room thought he meant anarchy, and they sent four detectives to stay in dad's room. The peoplo here, the Chicago young man told me, think the Cossacks are hu man hyenas, that they have had their hearts removed by a surgical operation when young, and a piece of gizzard put in In place of the heart, and that they are natural murderers, the sight of blood acting on them the same as champagne on a human being, and that but for the Cossacks Russia would have a population of -loving subjects that would make it safe for the Little Father to go any where in Russia unattended, but with Cossacks ready to whip and murder and laugh at suffering the peoplo arc becom ing like men bitten by rabid dogs, and they froth at the mouth and havo spasms and carry bombs up their sleeves, ready to blow up the.members of the royal ram lly. and there you are. If you do not hear from me after next Sunday you can put dad's obituary and mine, in the local papers, and- say we died of an overdoso of Cossack. If we get through this revolution alive you will hear from me, nut this is tne last revo lutlon I am going to attend. Yours. HENNERY. "We played cards tor her on the voy aged He won." "I see- You sot the young: lady into your service, and there "W'ooJJcy was to do the courting. She recognized the drunken brute that he was, and would hat" nothing to. do with him. Mean- wralo your arrangement was rather upset by the fact that- you had your self fcllcn in love with the lady. You could no longer bear the idea of tn!s ruffian owning her" "No, by George, I couldn't!" Tharo was a Quarrel between you. He left you In a rage, and bogan to make his own plans independently of you. "It striken mc. "Williamson, there ', Isn't "very much that we can tell this gentleman." cried Carruthers, with a bitter laugh. "Yes, wo quarreled, and he knocked me down. I am level with him on that, anyhow. Then I lost sight of him. That was when he picked up with this cast padre here. I found that they had set up housekeeping together at this place on tho lino that she had to pass for the station. I kept my eye on her after that, for I knew there was some deviltry in the wind. I saw them from time to time, for I was anxious to know what they were after. Two days ago "Woodley came tip to my house with this cable, which showed that Ralph Smith was dead. He asked me if I would stand by the bargain. I said I would not. He asked me if I would marry the girl myself and give him a share. I said I would willingly do so, but that she would not have mc. He said, "Lot us get her married first. and after a week or two she may see things a bit different. I said I would have nothing to do with violence. So he went 'off cursing, like the foul- mouthed blackguard that ho was, and swearing that he would have her yet. Sho was leavkig me this week-end, and had got a trap to take her to tho station, but I was so uneasy in my mind that I followed her on my bicycle. Sho had got a start, however, and before ol could catch her the mischief was done. The ftrat thing I knew about it was when I saw you two gentlemen driving back in her dogcart." Holmes rose and tossed tho end of his cigarette Into the grate. T have been very obtuse. "Watson," said he. Whern in your report you said that you had seen tbo cyclist as you thought arranging his necktie in the shrubbery, that alone should have told me alL However, we may oongratulate our selves upon a curious and. In some re spects, a unique case. I perceive three of the county constabulary in tho drlvo and I am glad to see that the little ostler Is able to keep pace with them. so It Is likely that neither he nor the interesting bnaegroom win be perma Gentlemen: I suffered with Bczema on the hands and face for over ayear. It was not onlr annoying and painful, bnt very nnsighny, and I disliked to go out in the streets. I tried at least a dozen soaps and salves, which did me abso lutely no good, end became Terr smch discouraged, until I read in the papers of the cures per formed through the use of S. S. S., and. determined to give it a month's trial at least. I am pleased, to state that I soon no ticed a slight improvement, sufficient to decide me to keep it up. After the use of six bottles my skin was as soft and smooth as an infant's. This was a year ago, and I hare never had any trouble since. Miss Geneva Bkiggs. 216 S. Seventh Street, Minneapolis, Minn. All skin diseases have their seasons; some are active in the summer, -while others lie: dormant tmtil fold weather, -when the first breath of -winter brings them to life and tbey remain to toncents tmtil spring. Through the long hot months Winter Eczema sleeps in the system, and when cold -weather begins it breaks out. The head, hands and feet are the parts usually attacked, bnt other, parts of the body The skin becomes feverish, hard and dry", "cracks open and -often bleeds, arid ble shows on the skin the cause is. far deeper. This eruption' is but nature's way of telling; that the fountain of all health the blood is diseased and must have relief. It is filled -with uric acid and other -poisons -which, are forced through the pores, causing the natural oils, -which should keep the skin soft and pliable, to dry up. These acids strong and healthy again. S. S. S. is a purely vegetable remedy,, and therefore cures this disease safely as well as surely, and from a condition of torture the patient is brought to one of healthful pleasure Book on Skin Diseases mailed free, and our physicians will give advice, without charge, to all sufferers. THE SWIFT MTCJRfie COMPANY. ATLANTA. GA- Latest Photograph of Danderine Co., Chicago, with their name and address Miss Carrie Wilson, 3728 64th Place, Chicago, and ten cents in silver or stamps to pay postage. FOR SALE AND GTJARAKTEED BY WOODARD, CLARKE & COIVI RAINY. nently damaged by their morning's ad- ventures. I think. "Watson, that in your medical capacity you might wait upon Hiss Smith and tell her that if sho is sufficiently recovered we shall be happy to escort her to her mother's home. If she is not quite convalescent, you will find that a hint that we were about to telegraph to a young elec trician in tho Midlands would probably complete the cure. As to you, Mr. Car ruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot. There is my card, sir, and if my evidence can be of help to you in your trial, it shall be at your disposal. In the whirl of our incessant activity it has often been difficult for me, as the reader has probably observed, to round off my narratives, and to give those final details which, the curious might expect. Each case has been the prelude to another, and tho crisis once over the actors have passed forever out of our busy lives. I find, however, a short note at the end of my manuscript deal ing with this case, in which I have put it upon record that Miss Violot Smith did Indeed Inherit a large fortune, and that she is now -tho wife of Cyril Mor ton, the senior partner of Mortoa & Kennedy, the famous "Westminster electricians. Williamson and woodley were both tried for anduotion and as sault, the former getting seven years and the latter ten. Of the fate of Car ruthers, I have no record, but I am sure that his assault was not viewed very gravely by the court, srnce "Woodley had the reputation of being a most dangorous ruffian, and I think that a few months were sufficient to satisfy the demands of Justice. (Copyright, 1903, by A. Conan Doyle and Collier's "Wookly. Copyright, 1903, by McClure, Phillips & Co.) Cooking School for Portland Young; "Women's) Christian As sociation -trill establish one tomorrow. A N AGRICUL.T CRAXi Experiment Sta tion is in operation in nearly every state in tho "Union, and in many there are thorough equipped agricultural col leges where large sums of money aro an nually expended for the study of the food for cattle and other animals; but-it is only lately that any appropriation for the study of food for the human animal has been attained on this Coast. The body, both of brutd and of tho hu man being, is a living machine which must bo furnished with fuel to do its work as well as repair- its waste .About two-tmras ox ine iooa eaten goes to sustain existence;, that eaten over and above the amount needed is the source of the energy which gives us power to think, to create artistic designs, to write. to stimulate others to high endeavor, as well as tho activities which are purely physical. When its importance la thus measured. WINTER ECZEMA I tried, doctor's medkices, salves, washes and all lands of local applica tions, treatise Beam of long- stand ing, bat with only temporary relief. The itching and burning from Eczema was more than X caa describe. Msnv nights I was ratable to sleep on account bl the awfol itching. Seeing S. S. S. adver are constantly forming in the system to be absorbed by the blood, and thus the trouble is kept up. The treatment of this disease with, local applications, such, as washes, salves, .powders, etc, is useless in effecting a cure, because they can not get to the seat or beginning of the trouble.- The best they can do is to give the patient relief for a little, while. The blood must be cleansed of alTacids and poisons and the system toned andbuilt up before a cure can be had. S. S. S. cures by going into the blood, searchine: out all foreign matter, and making it Danderine drew Miss AND PRO VE IT. Banderlst is Ss Exhilarating, Invigorating acd strengthening to both tbo hair and scalp that even a 25c bottle of It is often enougn-to show wonderful Im provements. It at once imparts a sparkling brlflixncy and velvety softness to the hair, and a few weeks' use will cause nsir hair to sprout cut all over ths scalp, and grow abundantly, long and beautiful. Use 1 1 every day for awhile, after which two or three times a week will bo enough to complete whatever growth ycu desire. To show iB will send a any one who sends this it becomes a matter of wonder why tho j study of food Is a subject tha.t is so gen erally ignored. It is not enough that fuel should be shoveled into the locomotive to burn. It must bum. So food must be assimilated and made part of our bodies. and thus become the capital of the brain. It- is, therefore, necessary that the con ditions of nutrition should bo as favorable as possible. The engineer knows that he must not clog his drafts with smoke, nor load his firebox with strong coal. The student doesn't seem to know that his fire of genius will not burn clear if he clogs his brain with Intoxicating sub stances and loads his stomach with indi gestible food. It is necessary, then, to know just what foods will supply the body and then demand pure food. Much of the food material offered for sale is unfit for food, which emphasizes tho fact that an inspector is necessary. Even when the food purchased is in prime condition much Is spoiled by erroneous combinations and Improper treatments. Some one has said that the pathway of tho missionary lies through our kitch ens, and It seems to be true, so atro cious aro some- of the foods prepared there. The kitchen is the head center of our system of housekeeping, and the sooner the idea obtains a firm hold upon our oommon sense, that the work planned and executed there has & very impor tant influence upon the welfare of in dividuals and families, tho more un willing will home-makers be to turn it ! over to untrained hands. The more our j house mothers know of sanitation, ven tilation, chemistry of foods and. dietet ics the better it will be for present and future generations. "While our law-makers are busy with the prqper food for cattle, some of our intelligent and alert women are no less busy with the study of nutrition, proper food for growing children, how to care for the invalids and tho aged and a thought Intrudes that, under their regime, by and by there will be no invalids nor aged. "Which, think you, aro doing the most good? All honor to those who have brought about this study of dietet ics! and to this end. tomorrow from 3 to 5 and 7 to 10, under the auspices of tho Young "Women's Christian Asso ciation, the Domestic Science. School will organise for the enrollment of pur plls at 131 Tenth, street; with Mrs. Jes sie Honeyman for president; Mrs. A. E. Hockey, chairman Domestic Cooking School; Miss Lillian Tingle, director, and Miss Margaret "Wlshart, assistant. Miss Laurence will teach domestic art. Foods will be treated In all" ways from a scientific hygienic basis which will transform the kitchen Into an in viting food laboratory. In the domestic art department Individual . style will be taught as a study and each pupil will be instructed in designing and fit ting. Originality in costuming is the slogan of thi3 progressive age. Tho tea-room at Olds, "Wortman c King's Is also conducted by the Y. "W. C A. and Mrs. C C Palmer presides over the dainty cooking- served there. This work, will also be carried on at tho Iewis and ClarK Fair grounds, where all sorts of Oregon products will be thoroughly demonstrated, and they expect to nil visitors- with astonish ment when they hear how near the stato can come to feeding and clothing tised I began He use, and after taxing it for some time the dry eczematotts eruptions disappeared and I "was entirely relieved of this awf nl itching aad. onrning. It is a boon to Eczema, sufferers aad I can conscientiously recommend it to them; believing confidently that a permanent cure will be effected in all such cases where it is taken according to directions. TJrbtna, Ohio. R. F. D. No. I. C Otto. may be affected by this "flesh fire." the itching is terrible. While the trou Wilson's Hair WE CAN NOW at all druggists, in three sizes, 25 cents, 50 cents and $1,00 per bottle. how quickly Dander In B acts, we large sample free by return mail to advertisement to the Xnowlinn her entire population and have plenty to spare to buy luxurlos. Besides solving tho social economy question, too, tho study of household science will surely tend to thrift and economy in the family, thu3 Increas ing the wealth in our community. Do mestic science does not mean alto gether "Royal Diplomatic Pudding." Special attention will be given to training- girls in all line3 of domestic work. Miss Tingle is a graduate of the Gor don University, Aberdeen, Scotland, and taught one year in Chicago. I1L. and five years in Ellendale Manual Training School, North Dakota. Miss "Wlshart was graduated at the Ken sington School of Domestic Science. .London, and has "been assistant teacher for one year in Portland. FRANCES MORBLAND HARVEY. Champion RIngbiower. Kansas City Journal. Colonel A. S. Prather. of Taney, former member of the Legislature, enjoys tho unique distinction of being the cham pion "ringblower" of Missouri. "Colonel Prather is an artist in smoke, says an exchange. "He blows wonderful rings, which re volve as they soar, blows smaller ones to the number of some half dozen, one within another, each revolving. The pleasure In a cigar, says he. is in watch ing tho smoke, and through many years of steady wooing of the goddess N Ico Una ho has attained a skill that not only af fords himself but others entertainment. "One of the Colonel's favorite tricks is to put one ring of smoke within another on a table. For a moment they will He there, when by a quick movement of his hand ho generates a slight breeze which lifts tho smoke in the shape of a cyclone which goes floating off, a veritable twister. Again, after blowing tho rings to the table, another movement of the hand turns the smoke into the shape of tho flames of a prairie fire. These are but a few'of the many tricks performed by tho veteran, whp never tires of anuis ing any one irom -senator to page wno may admire his skill." Just the Nature o.f the Boy Ijoulsville Courier-Journal. "Let's go over to Baxter's "pond skate.' to "Oh, it's too fur. -Iiet's skate here on the crick." "But the ice 13 a heap thinner over at Baxters." "All right. Como ahead." BEAUTY. TO look vtH lake cxre of your complexion. Do not allow un sightly pimplis. blacknuds. tan. or freckles to blemish your sldn. Derma-Royale will remove these like natfc Cures Kcrrm and Tetter. Vtei-witb DESMA-ROYALE SOAP, a perfect skin Is Insured. SOLD BY DRUGOISTS, or my bo ordered &, Derma-RoyaJe, St per bottle, express paid. Denss-Royale Soap, 25 Cents, by malt. Beth In one package, $1.25, express paid. rortntts lad testiacnbls test on request. THE DERMA-ROYALE CO., CiaciiDlti.0- travelers cumn. COLUMBIA RIVER SCENERY PORTLAND to THE DAUES Regulator Line Steamers . Steamer Regulator leaves Portland X A. it. Tues "day. Thursday and Satur day; arrives alternate days. Connecting at Lyle. "Wash., -with. Columola. River & North ern Ry. Co., lor Qoiaeneuuo ana .Klickitat Valley points. Landlcs foot ot Alder sr. Phone Mb In 3W. S. It'DONALD, Agent, for South-Eastern Alaska leave SEATTLE 0 A. TACOMA C P. M. day Drl ,Yloc; uteaiaahip- COTTAGE Uii uew i una zsi via. KMIsaoo and SlUca (SKAG 'WAT DIRECT); RAilOXA maldnr. regular S. E. Alaska ports o; can; cottars City caiu aw Mjofuvcr; Xiamosa CALLS AT Vll-iuniA. FOR VANCOUVER. CUT OF SEATTLE leaver Seattle Tneadays, n.iitram ItetUralnZT leaves Van.-nitr.. Mondays, Wednesday and Friday -calling at Belllnsham only. - StcasseTS connect at San Francisco with, ccta pany. steamers lor ports la California, ilex leoand Humboldt Bay. For further informa tion ODtain. joiner, iutw itttnw uj cnanss tamAr or Hallliur date. TICKET OEFICSS. Portland z""?10 TVaahlnston sr. Sea-tilfl .......113 James st, and locks F yxanclsca.. ...w.. .......... JO Market at. C TJ. DTJNAXN, Gen. Pass. Ast., ,. 20 Market sr., Saa Francisco, 89 TRAVELER'S GTjTD Snot$ font An Hmm fticmc 3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY ThrOU3l tTdTfl JtTlrf tniMll Ing-cars daily to Omaha. CMtaso. Spokane: tourist sleeping-car dally to Kansas- City: throujh Pulimnn tourist sleecing-car (peraon ally conducted) -weekly to Chicago. Reclining tturon isea.es rree to tne fast daily. UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrives. CHICAGO- PORTLAND 9:15 A. M. 5:25 P. if SPECIAL for the East Dally. Bally. via. Huntington. , SPOKANE- FLYER it- 3:0p A. M. Dally. Dally. For Eastern Washington. Walla "Walla. Law. laton. Coenr d'Alena and Great XortiiAm points. ATLANTIC EXPRESS. ..s v ,r 7 J5 . , for tho East via. Hunt- 8-,;- 7Vn lngton. Dally. Dally. KlVHIt SCHEDULE. FOR ASTORIA and 3:00 P. M. 0;00 P. 1L. way points, connecting Dally. Dally, with steamer for Ilwc- except except co and North: Beach Sunday, Sunday. Steamer Hassalc, Ash- Saturday, street dock Oeuter perO 10:00 P. II. ron0?Mt?A0 Vkrn T:00 A. II. 3:B0P.M. Son city and iarnni u tmiv naiiT River InU. Ash-street Jn. exSun. dock (water permitting. " FOR LEWISTON 3:40 A.M. About Idaho, and way points; Daily. 5:00 P. M from Riparta, Wash. ex. Sat. (ex. Iri.- TICKET OFFICE. Third and Washington. Telephone Mala 712. C. W. Stlneer, City Tick et Agent; A. L. Cral. General Pajsengar Arant- SAN i?BANCISCO &P0ETLAND S. S. CO. Tickets on sale at 24:8 WASHINGTON STREET , For The elegant and capacious steamer ColumMsL March 7. sailing- from Alnsworth dock at a P.M. Throcsh tickets to all points from San. Fran. cisco. JAS. H. J)BWSON, AjeaC -xetepnona aiain -tis. EAST via SOUTH UNION DEPOT. I Arrives. OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS 8:30 P. 1L for Balern. HOso- 7:23 A.M. auxr. Ashland. Sao tramesto. Osden. San STancisco, jiojaTc, Paso. New Orleans Lmd the East, S:CO P. it. ' 8 .-30 A.M. heels at "Woodhural Klaliy except Bua-t day) with train, toil Jlount Ansel. Silver I Kon, BrovmflTllle.r' spnnsneia. vna- ung ana matron. 4:00 P. IT, Albany connects paaseaez10tlO A A. wooa- burn with Mt- Ans bad SUvertta local. btorrollls Bassenxer. 7:30 A. M. IHM P. if- .530 P-1& 5S:25 A. !. herlcan passengers Dally, (Daily, except Sunday. PORTLAND-OSWEGO SUBURBAN SERVIC3 AND TASIHILL DIVISION. -r.n-.Tr. Tni-tland dally for Oswes at 7:S0 A. H- 12:50. 2:05. 3:55, 5:20. 6:23. 7:45. 10OP 10:23 A. iL. 4:10. 11:30 P. il. Sunday, only, 3 A. St. ... Returning from Oswego arrives "arano uw j 8:30 A. ai., 1:53. 3:oo. e:io a, 11:10 P. at Daily except Sunday. 6:25, 7:25, 8-30. 10:20. 11:45 A. U. Except Monday. 12:23 A. ai. Sunday only. io:w a. Ja. Leave from same depot for .Dallas and later mediate points dally except Sunday, 4:10 P. at ArrlTe Portland. 10:10 A. at. The Indepandence-Monmouth motor Una oper ates dally to Monmouth aad Alriie. conaectLia with. IT P. Co. train at Dallas and Inda P FtaitSSass fare from Portland to Sacramento and San Francisco, S20; berth. JiSecoad. class fare. 315; eecond-class berth. TlcketB to Eastern points and Europe.' Also jar, an. China, Honolulu and AtrfltraUa. ClTr TICKET OFFICE, corner Third and Washington streets. Phone Mala Til TIME CARD OFTRAINS PORTLAND Depart. Arriva, Puget Sound Limited for Tacoma. Seattle. Olympla. South Bend and Gray's Harbor points &20aia 4:46 pnJ North Coast Limited for Tacoma. Seattle, Spokane. Butto. St. Paul. New Tork. Boston and all points East , and Southeast. 3:00 pm- 7rOOar3 Twin City Express for Tacoma. Seattle. Spokane. Helena, St. Paul. Minne apolis. Chicago. New -York; Boston and all points East Puget Sound-Kansas Clty- Tacoma, Seattle, Spokane. Butte, Billings. Denver. Omaha, Kansas City. St. Louis and all points East and Southeast,. S:30 axa. 7.-O0. ara aii trains dallr. except on South Bend, bxaach. I- A. D. CHARLTON. Assistant General-pas senger Agent. Jioimua corner 4. aire, Portland. Or. Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co: 0m - Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives. Bally. For Mayges. Rainier. Daily, Clatskanle. "Westport, Clifton. Astoria, "War 8:00 A. M. renton, Fiavel, Ham- 11 JO A. M. mond. Fort Stevens, Gear tart Park, Sea side. Astoria aad Sea- Express Dally. 7-00 P. M. Astoria Express. 9:40 p. K. . Dally. C A STEWART. Art- 243 Alder at. G. F. fc P. A, Phone Mala SOS. City Ticket Office, 122 Third St Pkee- SS O OVERLAND TRAINS DAILT O SPLENDID SERVICE UP-TO-DATE EQUIPiCENT - COURTEOUS EXPLOITS for ticket, rates, folders aad fall fca formation, call on or address H. DICKSON, City Passenger a&d Ticket Agi., 122 Third street. Portland, Or. JAPAN-AMERICAN LINE S. IYO MAU . ; For Japan, China aad all Asiatic Pert. w8C . Lcsto Seattle about Xarcsu l.