The Corvallis gazette., July 15, 1898, Image 4

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ON THE STILL RIVER.
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There was considerable lll-feellng be
tween the two camps. It all began with
Hilly Chetwynde declaring that be
could paddle from Silver Glen dam to
the railroad bridge In twenty minutes.
Nobody had ever thought of doing it la
less than twenty-five before, and Hal
Burgess, who heard Iiilly's boasting
from the other tent stuck his head
through the flap and said:
'What you crowing about, Dilly? !o
you want to make a new record for
Still Jtiver?"
"I can do a better sprint than you,
Rnyway, Mr. Smartle!" exclaimed Bil
ly, shying a sauce-pan at Hal's head.
But the head was Immediately with
drawn and there was only Hal's mock
ing laugh in reply to the missile, and
that was all the beginning. But the
ending
Hal took it up the next morning as
soon as Billy appeared. "When you
going to make that wonderful record,
Billy?" he asked, and before the day
was ove we were all squabbling over
the individual paddling of both crowds.
Nothing would satisfy us but a chance
tournament In which every member of
the Chetwynde crowd was pitted
against some member of the Burgess
fraternity. Now take my advice: when
ever two parties of school friends camp
out near each other see that there ts no
racing or triols of dexterity. At least
If you want a quiet time.
There isn't a more peaceful spot in
all the State than the stretch of quiet
water known as Still River. But from
the day Billy and Hal got to wrangling
over who could make the best time be
tween the dam and the railroad bridge,
the two tents full of fellows were In a
continual squabble. Before we were
all having a jolly good time and every
fellow behaved hiuisellf. But after the
"mild-eyed angel of peace folded Its
wings and fled" well, as my young
brother Teddy remarked with great
freedom of speech, "the Kilkenny cats
weren't in It!"
The race come off, and naturally the
greatest excitement was over the trial
between Billy and Hal. Both had the
"ALMOST IN FRONT
best canoes of the lot real Indian
blrchbarks made by Johnny Nose (or
Nosey Johnny, as We called hlm, a
half-breed Indian who was quite ft
character about Silver Glen. All we
could think or talk about were the
races, and fishing, ball play and swim
ming were forgotten while we prac
ticed our strokes on the quiet waters
of the Still River.
Well, Billy was Inclined to "blow" on
all occasions, and he had done an extra
amount of bragging before this race,
bo perhaps It served him right to be
beaten. But I hated to see Hal do It.
Hal was always so awfully "topping"
when he got the best of a fellow. Billy
had declared that he could make the
distance in less than twenty minutes,
and he was Just twenty-one minutes
and seven seconds In getting over the
course, according to Freddy Maxwell's
stop-watch, while Hal got In In a little
over nineteen minutes.
Well, the Burgess crowd was, of
course, too unbearably fresh to live
with after that, and when It was dis
covered that Ned Chetwynde, Billy's
cousin, had invited Hal's brother Dave
around behind the tents and thrashed
him royally, we older fellows, who
should have frowned upon any such
proceeding, never took either of the
youngsters to task.
So these were the strained relations
existing between the two camps on the
day the mill hands at Silver Glen
struck. We heard they were going to
strike the day before, for Jim Nolan,
Hal's father's gardener, drove by on
his way to Lonsdale and told us about
It Mr. Burgess was one of the chief
ownots of the mill, and Nolan had been
sent to telegraph him to come up from
New York and settle the trouble with
the men All the old hands liked Mr.
Burgess and they would listen to him,
knowing that he would give them fair
treatment
But the men who Srere stirring up all
the trouble at the mill did not want
Hal's father as arbitrator, and there
fore the messsago was to be sent him
from Lonsdale so that there would be
less liability of the strikers learning of
It I thought myself that old Nolan
was a pretty leaky sort of fellow to be
let Into the secret, for If he'd tell a
party of school boys like us, why
wouldn't he tell other people?
Naturally we were all excited over
the prospect of a row, and the day tho
strike came off Hal and two or three
of his crowd went over to Silver Glen
to see what was going on. Mr. Bur
gess wouldn't be able to tret uu till the
evening train, which reached the Glen
at about t. and the hands had ft whole
day to talk and get filled up on 8am
I'fckle's whisky. They'd bo In fine
fighting humor by night.
-Most of us forgot the recent race and
a good many of our differences In the
strike excitement. But Billy Chet
wynde was ns gloomy as an owl and
spent most of the day on the river. Ho
coiddn't get over his defeat at Hal's
hands. Heretofore Hal and him had
been as "thick as thieves" the chum
miest chums in the school and I don't
know but the fact that they were no
longer friends really troubled Billy
inoro than being beaten In the eanoe
race.
Hal didn't show up at supper time,
and Fred, who came down from the
Glen early In the afternoon, said he was
worried. The temper of some of the
strikers was bad and Fred said he fear
ed Hal had got Into trouble. BHly,
when he heard this, got out his canoe
again and puddled up stream. What
happened after that we only know
from Billy's own story, and for a won
der, as It Is hard work to get Billy to
talk about It even now.
He paddled up to the dam to gee If
he could hear or see anything of Hal.
It was getting dusky on the river, and
as he went up near the west bank he
was entirely In the shadow. Borne of
the men maybe half a dozen of them
were talking together under the dam
on the west side, having evidently met
there by appointment Billy's canoe
wasn't noticed at all and he heard
what they said, tn about two minutes
he had got the gist of the matter, ond
If ever there was a frightened boy In a
canoe, that boy was Billy Chetwynde,
and he was In that canoe on the Still
River at that Identical moment.
He learned that these men were the
ringleaders of the strike; that they
were determined the strike should go
on, and that Mr. Burgess should not
talk with the men until the trouble had
gone far Enough to make an amicable
settlement impossible. And to gain
their end they had Secured the assist-
OF THE ENGINE."
anee of two rascally tramps who had
agreed to "draw" the spikes out of a
rail at the bridge below, so that tho
evening train, with Mr. Burgess
aboard, would be ditched!
Some time after Billy left camp that
evening we saw something 6hoot by
our tents like a streak of light, it was
a boy In a canoe. We all Jumped up
and looked after the rapidly disappear
ing streak.
"It's that chump, Billy!" said Fred,
in disgust. "We shon't be able to get
him off the river all summer. Any
body'd think life or death depended on
his going over that course In better
time than Hal made."
And It did; but he didn't know it. Bil
ly had heard one of the conspirators
declare that It was half-past six. As
he turned his canoe's head around In
the shallow water be beard the mill
clock strike the half hour and the
evening train crossed the railroad
bridge at ten minutes to seven!
He couldn't stop to tell us anything
about It He had but twenty minutes
to reach the bridge, climb the bank and
flag the train, and it Is an acknowledg
ed fact that he made better time on the
Still River that night than was ever
made before, nor has It been equalled
since, for he did It!
The train came around the bend at
the Lonsdale crossing on time, and in
the half darkness the engineer saw a
figure wildly climb ""the trestle and
swing Its arms almost In front of the
engine at the edge of the bridge. The
engine-driver stopped the train in
time, the loose rail was discovered, and
after it was repaired they bore Billy
to Silver Glen In a state of mild col
lapse, but a good deal of a hero.
The canoe record of the Still River
course remains something like eighteen
minutes, and nobody has since eared to
scale down Billy's time. But 1 doubt If
Billy cares mnch about tho record
after all, now that Hal and he are
friends again. Rocky Mountain News.
Still Sadder.
"It Is sad," murmured the Musing
Theorlzer, "to think that every man has
his price. s
"Yes," admitted the Intensely Prac
tical Worker, "and it Is a sad fact that
half the time he can't get It." Cincin
nati Epqulrer.
The practice of kicking upon the oo
caslon of every little grievance, grows
until It becomes such ft habit that you
must kick, whether you have a griev
ance or nob ,; Y - --
TELEPHONES IN THE NAVY.
Our Warsbips Equipped with a New
get of Signals.
The present war between this country
and Spain Is credited with hastening
the equipment of United States naval
vessels with a new signaling system.
The apparatus of the Telephotos
Company, of Buffalo, has been ap
proved by the United States Navy De
partment and several sets are being
made for American warships. The
telephotos Is considered tho most rapid,
most powerful and effective night sig
nal system yet invented. It consists of
a series of four double lanterns, light
ed by powerful groups of incandescent
lamps, the four double lanterns being
hung vertically on strong wire cables,
the opper end of which can be run up
to a mast of yardarm, while the lower
end is intended to bo fastened to the
deck of the vessel. The upper half of
each lamp ts white and has within It ft
group of three lamps surrounded by
powerful magnifying lensesc.The lower
half Is red, and has four lamps, In or
der to make the red beams the strong
er, which are surrounded by heavy red
lenses.
The carefully Insulated cable con
pects the lamps and passes from the
lower one to the deck or bridge, where
ft keyboard enables the operator to spell
out the code signals about as rapidly as
ft typewriter Is manipulated, and very
much In the same manner. The key
board Is arranged on ft standard and
Inclosed like ft binnacle, the operator
standing In front of It while manipu
lating the keys. By a simple automatic
arrangement each key, as depressed,
lights a combination of the four red
and the four white lights, making a let
ter or a number, according to the code
of signals. All of these operations are
automatic and the combination Is made
by one touch of the key. Another fea
ture of the keyboard Is that when one
letter is down all the other keys are
locked so that another cannot be acci
dentally pushed down and confuse the
signals.
Any key pressed down can be turned
one-quarter way around, like a screw,
which motion locks It In place and
leaves the signal burning in case It is
desired to use It ns a standing signal
for an order In the secret naval code.
Thus tho keyboard can be used to tele
graph ordinary instructions by the usu
al letters, to send a cipher dispatch or
special code orders. Notwithstanding
all this apparent complication, the key
board Is compact and Its mechanism so
simple that It cannot be readily dis
turbed or gotten out of order.
A Memory.
How dear to this heart are the old-faah-ioned
dresses.
When fond recollection presents them
to view!
In fancy J see the old wardrobes and
presses
Which held the loved gowns that in girl
hood I knew.
The wide spreading mohair", the silk that
hung by It;
The straw-colored satin with trimmings
of brown;
The ruffled foulard, the pink organdie
nigh It
But, oh, for the pocket that hung In
each gown!
The old-fashioned pocket, the obsolete
pocket,
The praiseworthy pocket that hung In
each gown.
That dear, roomy pocket I'd hall as a.
treasure
Could I but behold It in gowns of to-day;
I'd find it the source of an exquisite pleas
ure. But all my modistes sternly answer me
"Nay!"
'Twould be so convenient when going out
shopping
'Twould hold my small purchases com
ing from town;
And always my purse or my 'kerchief I'm
dropping
Oh, tne, for the pocket that hung in my
gown,
The old-fashioued pocket, the obsolete
pocket
The praiseworthy pocket that hung in
my gown.
A gown with a pocketl How fondly I'd
guard it!
Each day ere I'd don It I'd brush It with
. caret
Not a full Farls costume could make me
discard it,
Though trimmed with the laces an em
press might wear.
But I have no hope, for the fashion is
banished;
The tear of regret will my fond visions
drown;
As fancy reverts to the days that have
vanished,
I sigh for the pocket that hung In my
gown,
The old-fashioned pocket, the obsolete
pocket,
Tho praiseworthy pocket that hung In
my gown.
Life, .
Some Long Beards.
Ferhaps the best-known beard In the
United States Is that of ex-Senator
Peffer, of Kansas, which was said to
measure three feet long, but there ore
many which exceed that In size. The
museums frequently contain men five
feet and over whoso beards sweep the
floor when they stand up, but perhaps
the longest of all Is that of Legrand
Larcrw, of Lamar, Mo., which Is said to
exceed any other in the world. It la
seven feet In length, and has measured
seven and one-half feet. Mr. Larow
was born In Tompkins County, New
York, jn 1852, and his relative? are
noted for heavy beards, but not extra
ordinary length. He Is six fee In height
and weighs 175 pounds. When standing
with his beard down tt extends two
feet upon the floor. He has not shaved
for over twenty years. In the year 1877
Mr. Larow went West, and was ft
farmer and stock raiser for many
years. He wears his beard braided and
wound around his body, or else wrap
ped and lodged inside his vest. Boston
Transcript
Dean Stanley's Handwriting.
Dean Stanley, though he wrote let
ters so illegible that his correspond
ents had. to guess at the meaning of his
scrawls, was loved because he was
transparent and guileless.
The first proofs of his "Slnal and
Palestine" Informed the reader that
from the monastery of Sinai was visi
ble "the horns of the burning beast"
The dean thought he had written "the
horizon of the Burning Bush." The
same proofsheets stated that on turn
ing the shoulder of Mount Olivet in tho
walk from Bethany, "there suddenly
burst upon the spectator ft magnificent
view of Jones!" The printer had read
"Jerus" tho dean's abbreviated way
of writing "Jerusalem" as "Jones."
Once ft lady who had Invited him to
dine was obliged to write back and ask
whether his note was an acceptance or
a refusal. A workman, to whose ques
tion the dean had written an answer,
wrote him humbly requesting that the
reply might be written out by some one
else, "as he was not familiar with the
handwriting of the aristocracy I"
It to easy to walk the tight-rope of
society If you have a good bank bal
ance. One of the surest ways to make a
mistake Is to permit an "agent" to use
your name It his scheme.
Victory at tho Polls.
An election to pass on tho proposi
tion to organize a special road district
six miles Square, with Versailles, Mo.,
as the center, was held there in May.
The proposition carried by a large ma
jority. Bonnd to Have Them.
The supervisors of Haycock Town
ship, Bucks County, Pa., have fixed
the wagon road-tax at $1 on $100 of as
sessed real estate valuation. Pennsyl
vanlans are determined to have good
roads, regardless of cost
What Iowa People Think,
The business men of Davenport and
Scott County, Iowa, held a largely at
tended meeting to promote the Interest
In good roads. The conclusions arrived
at were that all road taxes should be
paid In cash; that the office of road su
pervisor should be abolished; that the
use of wide tires on vehicles should be
encouraged by rebates on taxes, and
that when the roads have reached ft
proper state of development free deliv
ery of malls In the rural districts
shouJd bo one of the rewards.
Good Roads and the Mail.
If country roads were generally Im
proved by the modern plan of road
building, there would not be much de
lay In providing free delivery through
the more populous parts of the country.
One reason why England delivers mall
from house to bouse in the country as
well as In the city is because the coun
try roads are In so fine condition that
the work of delivery is greatly expedit
ed. If there were English roads all
through the Middle and Eastern States
It would not be a great undertaking for
this Government to establish free deliv
ery In those sections. Syracuse (N. Y.)
Post.
Crude Oil in Rood Worfe.
For many years It has been known
that the use of oil on troubled waters
greatly calms them. Recently some
railway companies have experimented
with It for the purpose of laying dust,
which It ts claimed that It will do for ft
very long time, end now rts value In
Improving country roads Is forcibly as
serted by J. G. Winger, of Grand Val
ley, Pa. This gentleman says that he
has devoted bis whole life, since the
discovery of oil, to Its development and
has made ft study of the great blessing
that It gives to man, and believes that
the time, to not far in the future wben
dusty and muddy roads will bo condi
tions unknown, and that crude oil wlD
bring this reform about. The experi
ence on which he principally bases his
opinion he described In a lette to the
Oil City Derrick:
"In the winter of 1894, near Grand
Valley, a small plug was forced out of
an oil line, and ft quantity of oil spurted
on the road. The snow was thoroughly
saturated with oil for about one rod In
diameter. The oil was spread over the
road by the feet of horses and the ac
tion of sleigh runners for the distance
of about four rods. The roads In this
valley are clay bottom and very dusty
In dry weather, and muddy In wet, and
It's no unusual thing to see ten to twen
ty Inches in ;he season.
"This bit Qf road, and the crude oil
referred to, have attracted my atten
tion ever since; for, when the dry
weather returned $nd 'dusty roads'
were the hailing salutation of every
Oho yon met these particular four rods
of road wero as free from dust as ft
well-kept brick-paved street, and after
a showe, when the dusty roads were
converted Into beds of mud, this section
of the road was as dry as If no rain bad
fallen. The writer has explained the
phenomenon to many observers who
were Ignorant of the cause. At present
and after the action of three summers
and winters, there Is still to be seen tho
unmistakable evidence of the preserv
ing Qualities of the crude oil. Now,
accepting the foregoing observations as
truth, Is It not safe to conclude that ft
solution of the greatest public Question
has a necleus oh which to test o hope?
"OH and earth have an affinity for
each other, and, when united in proper
proportions on a roadbed, are for a long
time Inseparable, The oil oh the road
bed prevents the eartii from rising in
dust, and excludes water, and hence
the Impossibility of mud. It looks rea
sonable that an oil-treated road, prop
erly shaped, will remain mudleas; when
snow falis, even In small Quantities, ft
will give good sleighing, and when the
snow goes In the spring it will be ready
for comfort, pleasure and business.
In the employment of crude oil for
good roads no change heed be mndo in
the mode of construction now in gener
al use. The roadbed should be properly
shaped with machinery, and Immedi
ately after working and forming,' and
while the earth is loose and beet adapt
ed for the absorption of oil, the oil
should be applied, after the manner of
sprinkling streets. The quantity of oil
to the rod of road can only be deter
mined by experiments and actual tests.
The writer's opinion, based on observa
tion, Is that one barrel of oil to each
three rods of road will suffice. This, If
the writer has not erred In bis figures,
will be oil to the depth of one-thlrd of
an Inch. Current price of oil, and cost
of applying, will determine expense of
treating a mile of road. Should not all
Join Issue for experiments in the inter
est of good roads, and a demand for
cheap oil." L. A. W. Bulletin.
Heroes Meet,
It Is not generally known that the
anteroom of No. 10 Downing street,
London the official residence of the
first Lord of the Treasury which Is
to bo spared In .the clearances about
to be made In Whitehall was the scene
of the meeting of Nelson and Welling
ton for the only time in their lives.
Both of them were waiting in the ante
room to see the Minister neither
knowing the other and they got Into
conversation. The great soldier, then
only at the beginning of his fame,
made so deep an impression on the
great sailor that Nelson afterward In
quired his name, and expressed his
pleasure at the meeting.
Massenet, the Composer.
Jules Massenet the French com
poser, whose "S- ppEo" has been a
great success In Paris, with Calve In
the title role, has announced that he
will write no more operas. Massenet
Is like General Grant in bis love for a
clga, having one between his lips al
most all the time. He never accepts
social invitations, never attends per
formances of his own works except at
rehearsals, and is of an exceedingly
nervous habit
It Is a great education to have a case
of sickness In the family; It teaches
one how to pronounce the names of
medicines and diseases.
Victorious
America's Greatest Medicine Con
quern Disease and Suffering.
Impure blood is the foe of mankind, the
cause and promoter of scrofula, salt
rhoum, boils, sores, pimples and erup
tions, catarrh, rheumatism, dyspepsia,
muluria, and that tired feelina. Hood's
Sursapiuilla overcomes these diseases by
making the blood rich and pure.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. (1; six for
Hood's Ills cure Indigestion. 26 cents
A Modish Idea.
In treating the tin summer fabrics,
says St. Paul's, the up-to-date modistes
have lilt on the happy plan of closely
tucking the upper part of the skirt
from the waist to above the knee,
whence the material hangs full and
free round the feet. The style is well
expressed in a green and white foulard,
the top of tho skirt vertically tucked,
tho item finished with two narrow
C inked -out ruches of white silk. The
odice, something of tho shape of a
meee jtioket, was entirely tucked, and
opened over a pretty vest of white silk,
adorned with green ribbon embroidery.
The sleeves of the green and white
foulard wore tucked from shoulder to
wrist, and ended with bell cuffs lined
with white silk.
TBI ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE.
A powder to bo sbaken into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous, and hot. and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Allen's Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
Sweating feet, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort Ten thousand tes
timonials of cures. Try it todai. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent
by mail for 2"e in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen a Olmsted, Le
Roy, New York.
The most ancient coin in Europe,
tlio ducia, was first struck in tho mint
of Venice in the year 1381. The build
ing is still in existence.
WAGONS IMPROVED.
The new improved Rtoughton wagons
stand the racket. Three more car loads are
onthewav. It pavs to have the best.
Write for free catalogue. JOHN POOLS,
fole agent, foot of Morrison street, Port
land, Or.
Not within living memory has there
been known so abnormally snowless a
winter in European Russia as the past
winter.
Dr. T. II. White, No. 271 Morri
son street cor. Fourth, Portland, Or.,
is the only representative in thePacifio
Northwest of the patented system of
Crown and Biidge Woik, invented by
Di. L L. White, of San Francisco. By
tills method you do not have teeth ex
tracted because they ore decayed to the
gums. In order to have now teeth in
serted. Instead you cab have crowns
put on old roots, restoring tho same to
natural conditions and artificial teeth
inserted where they have been re
moved. These operations are performed
qnickly jind painlessly. Dr. White,
by the use of electricity and other
methods, fills and extracts teetli with
out pa&.
Opium eating lias become a habit
with the Kaffirs in South Africa. The
Chinese are the chief purveyors of the
drug.
CITS Permanently Cured. No fltl or nervousnes
F" I alter Orst day's use or Dr. Kline's ureal
Nerve ltestorer. Send for FftKK SJ.OK trial
hot t Jp and treatise. DR. B H. Kl.IMR x&i 930
Arch street, Philadelphia, Fa.
Cobetz di Vaca explored the Gila
river country in 1535, and reported
that the natives were dressed in cotton
garments.
Pico's Cufe for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in inv house. R 0.
Albright, Miiflinburg, Pu.,t)eo. 11, 1893.
The highest waterfall in the world
is Cholock cascade, at Yosemite, Cal.,
which is 2,035 feet high, or just half
a mile.
Try Schilling's Dest tea and baking powder.
Centennial of Electricity.
A centennial of electricity will be
celebrated at Como, Italy, the birth
place of Volta, from May to October,
1899. It is understood that everything
perlaimng to the advancement of elec
tiicity will, be represented. At the
same time an electrical congress of the
world's prominent electrical engineers
will be held.
Trie leaf of a creeping moss found in
tho West Indies, known as tho "life
illafit," is absolutely indestructible by
any means except iromeri-ion in boil
ing water or tho application of ft red
hot Iron.
The two biggest fire engines in tho
world are in Liverpool; they can throw
1,800 gallons of water a minute and a
jet 180 feet high.
Oillingham, England, had a grave
digger aged 75. In 87 years he had
buried over 12,000 persons.
A new German antiseptic, called
protargoi, is a compound of silvor and
protien. A one per cent solution is re
ported to destroy the bacteria of an
ihrax and enterio fever.
A French journal states that among
the recent useE whicli have been dis
covered for acetylene gas is a motor
which has special advantages for use
in automobile vehicles.
Clocks can be accurately leveled by
a new shelf, which has a fixed wall
plate supporting a pivoted, adjustable
shelf, with levels in the top, to lie set
by thumb screws on the under side.
Stop drinking
colored tea. Try
Schilling's Best.
The Japansee have a gigantic coloni
zation scheme on foot in Mexico.
H Beat Co tSrratkTaiMM o Pse H
IVI In time. Sold or droarlsta, BL
Hatches Without Fhosphorua.
The Belgian government has scat
tered broadcast over the world an an
nouncement that a prize of 50,000 f.
(9,650) would be awarded to the orig
inator of a scheme by which matches
may be made without phosphorous.
The competition is international and
the matches must ignite on any sur
face. It is open until January 1, 1899,
and competitors must furnish a quan
tity of the material as well as 10,000
matches. All communications and
packages will be addressed to M.
Woeets, state minister, president of
tbe committee, department of Industry
and labor, No. 2 Roe Latcrale, Brus
sels. These communications and
packages can be forwarded any time
! from now until the first of January,
1809. The inventors whose matches
fulfill the aforesaid conditions under
title B will have to give proof that the
industrial manufacture of said matches
is practicable. They must pledge
themselves to the manufacture of at
least 1,000,000 matches on Belgian
territory, in some place designated by
agreement between the Inventor and
I the committee, and In tho presence of
the commltteo oi a delegation of tho
committee.
TDK CLIHATE OF CUBA.
Because of frequent rains In Cuba malarial
fevers arc a common ailment there, just as
tlicy arc in many sections of tho United otafi.
Ailments of this kind, no matter In what part
of the globe they occur, are quickly cured with
Hostetler a Htomach Hitters. Besides being a
specific for malarial troubles, these Bitters
also make pure blood, strong nerves and
muscles, and firm, healthy flcsn. They have
no equal for dyspepsia and constipation,
Longest Trolley Ride,
The longest eleetric railway in the
world is said fx) be that operated be
tween Kenosha and Waukesha Beach,
both in Wisconsin. This line is 62
miles long, and airangements have
been made by tho Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light Company to run
chartered cars from Milwaukee to
Waukesha Beach. Commutation
tickets, sold at a lower rate than the
regular eteam roads, and other induce
ments are expected to bring a heavy
traffic.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
As mercury will surely destroy tbe sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys
tem when entering It through the mucous sur-
iaces. uen articles snouiu never ne used ex-
oept on prescriptions from reputable physi
cuins, as tne aamago tney will 110 is ten 101a u
the pood you can possibly derive from them
Ball's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury,
ana is tasen internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. It is taken Internally, and made
In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 7Sc per bottle.
Hall's Family Fills are the best.
Paper was rst manufactured in the
East, and was introduced into Europe
by the Moois in the eighth century.
Calcium carbide finds a new applica
tion in the treatment of the black rot
of grapes. M- O. Rodier having dis
covered that sprinkling the gteen
grapes with this substance is effective.
The whale's nose is on the top of the
head, at least his nostrils are situated
there, through which he expels the
columns of water known as "spout
ing." Whales only spout when they
are feeding.
The green ants of Australia make
nests by bonding leaves together.
Established 1780.
Baker's
Chocolate,
celebrated for more
than a century as a
delicious., nutritious,
and flesh-forming
beverage, has our
well-known
Yellow Label
on the front of every
package, and our
trade-mark,"La Belle
Chocolatiere,"on the
back.
NONE OTHER GENUINE.
MADE ONLY BY
WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd.
Dorchester, Mass.
Bishop Scott ftcademy
Founded
1S70
A BoardlnK and Day School for born.
Military tllBCipHtrft In chorpe of U- ft
Army offloor. Primary, preparatory
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Speclul Instruction In munlc, modern
languages, stenography. Through col
lege preparation a specialty. Catalogue
on application to the principal, J. w.
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YOUR LIVER
Is It Wrougr
Get It Right.
Keep It Right.
Moore's Revealed Remedy will doit. Three
doses will make you feel better. Get It from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
trom Stewart fc Holmes Drug Co.. Seattle.
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Malte moneWCv auccealul
speculation lu Chicago. Wo
buy and sell wheat on mar-
us. Fortunes have been
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m
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Wrlta tor fttll oarticulais. Beat nf ref
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Chicasro Jjoaru 01 rraae, and a thorough know-
ledgo of tbe business. Bend for our tree refer
ence bpo. DOWNING, HOPKINS Co0
Chicago Boara ot Trane Drotcers. ooices lb
Portland, Oregon and Seattle, wash.
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Aug. 9th.
Modern Method fh the Old World.
The lighting of the tombs in tho in
terior of the pyramids and tho outlin
ing of the tops cf the pyramids with
arc lamps has brought homo to Western
mipds the fact that electricity is rapid
ly being adopted in the far Eastern
countires. Tho Western Electrician
In a recent issue states that electric
lighting, especially for household pur
poses, is rapidly progressing in Egypt.
It is offered at cheap rates, and is far
preferable in tho Egyptian climate to
the very ordinary quality ol gas sup
plied by the gas company at Cairo,
which has been granted a concession U)
supply electric light. Only two trains
on the government tail way are at pres.
ent equipped with electric lights, but
other installations are proposed. The
gas company mentioned has contracted
to light all Cairo by electricity in lieu
of gas, and it is confidently expected
that Alexandria will Soon adopt the
same method.
Burglars,' by boring a large bole in a
door of tbe courthouse at Impendhl,
Natal, gained admittance, smashed
open the safo and carried off 700
pounds sterling of native hut-tax money
just collected. Natal Mercury.
No parental care ever fails to the lot
of a single member of the insect tribe.
In general the eggs of an insect are
destined to be hatched long after the
parents are dead, so that most insects
are born orphans.
MEIER & FRANK CO.'S
..Great Removal Sale..
Draws immense crowds and is bringing in mail orders at a rate that has neces
sitated the employment of a largely increased clerical force.
Half a million dollars' worth of goods MUST be sold before we move into our
new store, and only
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on the entire stock can bring about this result.
All mail orders filled at Removal Sale Prices.
MEIER & FRANK CO.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
A Beautiful Present
In order to further introduce ELASTIC STARCH (Flat Iron Brand),
the manufacturers, I. C. Hubinger Bros. Co., of Keokuk, Iowa, have
decided to GIVE AWAY a beautiful present with each package of
starch sold. These presents are in the form of
Beautiful Pastel Pictures
They are 13x19 inches in size, and are entitled as follows:
Lilacs and
Pansies.
SEARCH
Pansies
and
Marguerites.
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These rare pictures, four in number, by the renowned pastel artist,
R. LeRoy, of New York, hare been chosen from the very choicest subjects
In his studio and are now offered for the first time to the public.
The pictures are, accurately reproduced jn all the colors used in the orig
inals, and are pronounced by competent critics, works of art.
Pastel pictures are the correct thing for the home, nothing surpassing
them in beauty, richness ot color ana
yne oi tnese pictures
will be given away
with each nackacc of
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is sold for 10 cents a package. Ask your grocer for this starch and get a
beautiful picture.
11 1 aurmFRs um n itia starch, accept nr substitute
American
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STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkhara.
Mrs. Jorrrr Williams, Engllshtown,
N. J., writes:
" Deab Mks. Pikkham: I cannot be
gin to tell you how I suffered befora
taking your remedies. I was so weak
that I could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. I had womb trouble
and 6uch a bearing-down feeling j also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
In womb, Inflammation of the bladder,
piles and Indigestion. Before I had
taken one bottle of Lydla E. Plnkham's
Vegetable Compound I felt a great deal
better, and after taking two and one
half bottles and half a box of your
Liver Pills I was cured. If more would
take your medicine they would do
have to suffer so much." '
Mrs. J08F.PU Petebsqh, 613 East St,
Warren, Pa,, writes:
I "Deb Mns. PijjkhaM! I have suf
fered With womb trouble ovr fifteen
years. I had Inflammation, enlarge
ment and displacement of the womb.
I had the backache constantly, also
headache, and was so dizzy. I had
heart trouble, It seemed as though my
I heart was in my throat at times cholt-
! ing me. could not walk around and
I could not lie down, for then my heart
would beat so fast I would feel as
though 1 was smothering. I had to
sit up tn bed nightbin order to breathe.
I was so wcajf I con Id not do any
j thing.
" I have now taken several bot
tles of Lydla E. Pink ham's Vegetable
Compound, and used three paek
eges of Sanative Wash, and can !ay
I am perfectly cured. I do not think
I cculd have lived long if Mrs. Pink
ham's medicine had not helped me."
Wild
American
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Lilacs and
Iris.
wren r
3 of color and artistic merit.
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ar. It Is the best laundry starch on the market, and
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X. P. H
No. 89, '98.
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