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"T" "T" E was only a boy, not yet six-1
I topn but thev were eolng to
-1- -i- shoot him, nevertheless.
The band of Insurgents to which he
belonged had been routed by tbe Army
of Versailles, and, taken red-handed
with some ten of his comrades, he had
been conducted to the Malrlo of the
Eleventh Arrondlssement
Struck by his youthful appearance,
and also astonished at the boy's cool
nesB In this hour of extreme peril, the
commandant had ordered that the fatal
verdict should, so far as he was con
cerned, be suspended for the moment,
and that he should be kept a prisoner
until his companions had met their fate
at the neighboring barricade.
Apparently quite calm and resigned,
his great eyes and his face tho pale
face of a Pa'rlslan child showed neith
er emotion nor anxiety. He seemed to
watch all that was passing around him
as though they held no concern for him.
He heard the sinister report of the
fusillade which hurled his companions
Into eternity without moving a muscle;
his calm, fixed gaze seemed to be look
ing into the great "Afterwards" which
was soon to become the "Present" to
him also. Perhaps he was thinking of
his happy careless childhood he had
hardly outgrown It; perhaps of his re
lations and their sorrow when they
heard of the chain of fatality which
had made him fatherless and had toss
ed him Into the seething turmoil of civ
il war, and now demanded his life at
the hands of fellow-countrymen; and,
perhaps, he wondered why such things
were.
At the time war was declared he was
living happily with his father and
mother, honest working folk who had
apprenticed him to a printer; politics
never troubled that little household.
It was not long, however, before tbe
Prussians had slain the head of the
SEKMS BETT1CR THAN
LIFE."
family. The privations of the siege, the
long and w-ry waiting at the butch
ers' and bakers' shops when the scanty
dole of food was distributed In the rig
ors of that terrible winter, had stretch
ed his mother oh the bed or suffering,
where she lay slowly dying.
One day when he had gone with oth
ers to dig for potatoes in the frost
bound plain of St. Denis a Prussian
bullet broke his shoulder, and after
wards, driven partly by hunger, partly
by fear of his companions' threats, he
had enrolled himself in the Army of the
Commune. Like many another, fear
and fear only had led him into and
kept him in the ranks; he had no heart
for a war of brothers, and now that his
life was about to pay the penalty he
was glad that he could lay no man's
death to his charge. He was Innocent
of that, at any rate.
The things he had seen and suffered
during the few last months had given
him a dread of life. He hated to think
of leaving his mother In this terrible
world his mother whom he loved so
dearly, who had always been so Inex
pressibly good to him; but he comfort
ed himself with the thought that before
long she would come, too she could not
have much more suffering to undergo,
She was so weak when he last saw her,
four days ago.
"Kiss me again, dear again," she had
said, "for I feel that I may never see
you more."
"Ah," he thought, sadly, "If they
would only trust him would give him
only one hour of liberty how he would
run to her and then come back and give
himself up to the hands that hungered
for his life. He would give his word,
and he would keep It. Why not? Slave
his mother and she, too, was dying
he had no one to regret. To see her
again, to kiss her dear lips once more,
console, encourage her, and leave her
hopeful then he could face death
bravely."
He was in the midst of these sad re
flections when the commandant, fol
lowed by several officers, approached
him.
"Now, my fine fellow, you and I have
a score to settle; you know what awaits
you?"
"Yes, mon commandant, and I am
ready."
"Really? So ready as all that? You
are not afraid of death?"
. "Less than of life. I have seen so
much the last six months such awful
things death seems better than such a
life."
"I wager you would not hesitate if I
gave you your choice. If I said: 'Put
your best foot foremost and show me
how soon you can be out of sight,' you
would soon be off, I'll warrant."
"Try me, mon commandant, try me!
Put me to the proof; it's worth a trial.
One more or less for your men to
shoot, what does It matter? One hour
of freedom only, not more; you shall
see whether I will keep my word, and
whether I am afraid to die."
"Oh! da! you're no fool, but you must
take me for one. Once free and far
away, and then come back to be shot
Just as you would keep an ordinary ap
pointment? You will hardly get me to
swallow that, my boy!"
"Listen, sir, I beg of you. Perhaps
you have a good mother; you love her,
your mother, more than aught else in
i the whole world. If, like me, you were
Just going to die, your last thoughts
would be of her. And you would bless
tho man who gave the opportunity of
seeing Mir once more, for the last rime
Mon commandant, do for me what you
would pray others to do for you. Give
me one hour's liberty, and I will give you
my word of honor to return and give
myself up. Is life itself worth a prom
ise broken?"
While he was speaking the command
ant was pacing to and fro, tugging vic
iously at his mustache, and evidently
struggling hard to appear unmoved.
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urchin talks of 'my word' as though he
were a Knight of the Round Table!"
He stopped abruptly in front of his
prisoner and asked, In a severe tone,
"Your name?"
"Victor Oury."
"Ago?"
"Sixteen on the 15th of July next."
"Where does your mother live?"
"At Belleville."
"What made you to leave her to fol
low the Commune?"
"For the thirty sous chiefly; one must
eat! Then the neighbors and my com
rades threatened to shoot mo If I did
not march with them They said I was
tall enough to carry a musket. My
mother was afraid of them, and wept
and prayed."
"You have no father, then?"
"He was killed."
"And where?" '
"At Bourget, fighting for his coun
try." The commandant turned toward his
staff as though he would consult them
at a glance. AH seemed to Interest and
Pity.
"Well, then, It Is understood," the of
ficer said, gravely, after a moment's
reflection. "You can go and see your
mother. You have given me your word
of honor to come back in an hour. C'est
blen. I shall know then whether you
are a man of character or simply a
cowardly boy. I give you until even
ing. If you are not here at 8 o'clock
I shall say that you are a braggart, and
care more for life than honor. Allons!
Quick march!"
"I thank you, mon commandant. At
eight I will be here,"
"You are sure?"
"Certain."
"We shall see when the time comes."
The-boy would have thrown his arms
about the officer In his wild Joy and
gratitude, but the latter repelled him
gently.
"No, not now," he said. "This even
ing, if you return, I will embrace you
in front of the firing party," he added,
grimly. "Off with you!"
Victor ran like a hare. The officers
smiled as they watched him disappear.
Twenty minutes later he knocked at
his mother's door, and the neighbor
who was tending her opened It to him.
She started and exclaimed when she
saw him, for like every one else, she
believed him dead. He would have
rushed to his mother's room, but the
woman stopped him.
"Go In quietly," she said. In a low
voice; "she is asleep. She has been very
ill since you went away, but she Is a lit
tle better now. The doctor said yes
terday that If she could sleep she would
soon get stronger; she must not be
awakened. Poor thing! she will be glad
to see you, for she has asked for you
so often. When she was not calling
you she was praying the bon Dleu to
preserve you and to restore peace In the
land. Helas! one would say He had
abandoned us, the bon Dleu, and let
men do Just as they like. It is awful!"
But, Victor, impatient, thought he
heard his name called in a faint voice.
He moved on tip-toe toward his moth
er's bed. He had not been deceived the
sick woman's eyes were opened wldo.
"Victor! my boy!" she cried, In her
thin, weak voice. Without a word he
lay down beside her, and her arms
closed round him hungrily.
And now the boy who had faced
death so Impassively could do naught
but sob. Now, In his mother's arms, he
became a child once more, timid, de
spairing. The sick woman, who seemed to gain
strength from his presence, sought In
vain to console him.
"Why do you distress yourself so, my
child, my best beloved?" she asked.
"You shall never leave me again. We
will throw that hateful uniform away;
I never want to see It more. I will make
haste and get well; I feel so much
stronger since you came. Soon you will
go to work again, and you wiii grow
up and marry some good girl. The past
will only look like a bad dream then,
and we will forget It completely; com
pletely, dear."
Poor soul, how should she know that
her picture of a bright future only
deepened her boy's anguish? She was
silent, telling herself that the best way
to dry tears Is to let them flow freely.
She kissed him and let his weary head
fall back on the pillow, and then she
gave herself up to dreams of happier
days In store for both qf them.
Victor's sobs grew less frequent and
less violent, and soon nothing could be
heard in the little room but the regular
breathing of the mother and child.
Ashamed of his weakness, the boy
forced himself Into self-control, and
when he raised his head from the pil
low, once more believing himself
stronger than love of life, his mother,
yielding to the reaction which her sud
den Joy had caused, was sleeping
peacefully.
The sight restored his energies. A
kind Providence, he thought, had wish
ed to spare him a scene which his
strength and courage could not have
borne, and he resolved to go at once, j
Lightly he kissed his mother's fore- I
head, and gazed at her earnestly for '
j a few moments. She seemed to smile, j
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iik muugut, un-u weui uui uuint-uij
:ind returned to bis post as quickly as
ne had come, not seeing a soul he met
nor daring to look behind him.
"What! so soon?" the commandant
cried, astonished. He had hoped, like
the good-hearted man he was, that the
boy would not return.
"But I had promised r
"Doubtless, bat why be in such a
hurry? Yon might have stayed with
your mother some time longer, and still
have kept your word."
' ''IIEFLEW HOME."
which seemed to take all my courage
tears of Joy for her, of despair for me
she fell asleep so calmly, so happily,
that I dare not wait for her to wake.
She fell asleep with her arms around
me, thinking I should never leave her
again; how could I have told her the
truth? Who knows whether I should
have had the courage to leave her after
doing so? And what would you have
thought of me if I had not come back?
"So I kissed her, and slipped away
like a thief whUe she was sleeping, and
here I am. Pruy God may be good to
her as she has been to me. Mon com
mandant, I have one more thing to ask
to finish quickly."
The officer looked at the boy with
mingled pity and admiration. His own
eyes were full of tears.
"You are quite resigned, then; death
does not frighten you ?" he asked.
Victor answered him with a gesture,
"And if I pardoned you?"
"You would save my mother's life,
too, and I would revere you as a sec
ond father."
"Allons! you are a plucky lad. and
you have not deserved to suffer as you
have done. You shall go. Embrace me
first blen! Now go, and go quickly.
Join your mother, and love her al
ways." As he spoke the last few words, the
officer took the boy by tbe shoulders
and pushed him away gently.
"It really would havo been a pity,"
he said, half apologetically, to his staff,
as he turned toward them.
Victor did not run he flew home. His
mother was still sleeping. He would
dearly have liked to cover her with
kisses, but he did not dare to wake her,
although her sleep seemed troubled. He
lay down again beside her.
Suddenly she sat up, crying: "Mercy!
Victor! My child! Oh! Mercy! Ah!
you are here; it Is really you?" she add
ed, waking.
Her thin, weak bands wandered all
over him; she pressed him close to her
and rained kisses on his face. Then
she was shaken by convulsive sobs,
which Victor could not calm.
"Oh! my boy! my boy!" she moaned,
"I dreamt they were going to shoot
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Lemons as a Foo 1 and Remedy.
The uses of lemons are manifold, and
the more we employ them the better
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In sickness or In health, lemonade Is
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Neuralgia may be cured by rubbing the
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The Town or " Is."
One of the most popular legends In
Brittany is that relating to an Imagin
ary town called Is, which is supposed
to have been swallowed up .by the sea
at some unknown time. According to
them the tips of spires of the churches
may be seen in the hollow of the waves
when the sea is rough, while during a
calm the music of their bells ringing
out the hymn appropriate to the day
rises above the waters. I often fancy
that I have at the bottom of my heart
a city of Is, with Its bells calling to
prayer a recalcitrant congregation. At
times I halt to listen to these gentle
vibrations, which seem as If they come
from immeasurable depths like voices
from another world. Since old age be-,
gan to steal upon me I have loved,
more especially during the repose
which summer brings with it, to gather
up these distant echoes of a vanished
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Value of Change.
One of the best prescriptions that can
Issue from a physician Ib a change, a
specialist friend of mine tells me. The
effects of mingling with new people
who have new methods of thought Is
very salutary, he says. Always to see
the same people do the same thing,
feel the same way, produces a stagnant
condition of the mind and heart that Is
very distressing to behold. There are
thousands of Invalids who might be
greatly benefited by getting away from
home, if only for a short time, to min
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the magnetism of the great world as It
courses In Its accustomed rounds. And
there are mental and moral Invalids
who need the same change to get their
heart and mind enlarged and let in
a little more of the great light of life.
The people are demanding more from
the Lord than they used to. A few
years ago, 25 cents was willingly paid
for a dish of Ice cream at a church so
cial. Now the people demand that the
price be 10 cents, and cake thrown In.
Every time a woman visits a com"
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Among the natives of the Philippines,
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person Buffeting from this disease be
comes angry he shrieks and raves like
a maniac, at the same time continuing
bis mimicking performances. Old
womch are the most common victims of
mali-mali, though men are sometimes
attacked. Some people believe that
the imitation mania, as it is sometimes
called, is always assumed and that the
ptetended victims can control theh
antics if they try, as they are often at
tacked In the presence of Europeans
fiom whom they hope to obtain alms;
but there is no doubt that the symp
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discovered Cervera'e ships hidden in
the harbor of Santiago on Sunday, May
29; Cervera's fleet was smashed by
Schley on Sunday, July S; tbe Spanish
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tbe first battle between our land forces
and the Spaniards at Manila began on
the night of Sunday, July 31, ending
in a victory for the American troops.
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Perverted Ideas of Beauty.
Some of the natives of Australia
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themselves with shells, keep the wounds
open for a long time, and when they
lieal huge scars aie the result. These
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Piho's Cure for Consumption has saved
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People of St. Thomas, Canada, were
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Representative William P. Hepbnrn,
of Iowa, is the great grandson of the
famous Martin Lyons, who represented
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cast the vote which elected Thomas
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A Rnrrp.v nnrann tfia nthnr dnv .
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hearers of bursting their silk stockings
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Hebrew guides in Rome never pass
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and in Paragraph ic Form.
Porto Rico lies seventy miles east of
Haytl, separated from it by the Mona
Passage. It is about 100 miles long and
thirty-seven broad, and has a coast
line of about 300 miles.
The island was discovered in 1493 by
Oolumbus and in 1511 the town of San
Juan was founded and settled by Ponce
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Commercially considered the Island
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appearance Is beautiful. The lowlands
consists of extensive savannas upon
which large herds of cattle are pas
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molasses and coffee, also cotton, maize
and rice are extensively cultivated.
The Encyclopedia Brltannlca declares
the exports of Porto Rico more than
double In value those of Jamaica.
San Juan, the principal town of Porto
Rico, Is well laid out and Is one of the
healthiest cities In the West Indies. The
population In peace time Is about 20,
000. The city of Ponce, second In size to
San Juan, has a population of about
17,000. It is lighted by gas and has
other modern conveniences. It is con
nected by cable with Jamaica and by
telegraph with the other large cities of
Porto Rico.
Porto Rico has a salubrious climate.
Being almost wholly agricultural, the
island is capable of splendid develop
ment. The Island Is governed by a captain
general with headquarters at Ran Juan.
He Is assisted by a Junta of military
officers.
Strategetlcally, Porto Rico Is admira
bly situated. It commands the Mena
and Virgin passes, the highways of
trade to and from the coast of North
ern South America and Central Ameri
ca. It would hold a commanding place
should the Nicaraguan Canal be con
structed, for it Is the doorway to the
Caribbean Sea.
The population of Porto Rieods about
050,000, of whom not more than 70,000
are native Spaniards.
Tbe foreign trade of the tsland In
1896 amounted to $30,500,000.
Tbe foreign trade Is chiefly with
Spain. The United States, Germany,
Great Britain, Cuba and France com
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RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to
Repentance.
f-pIMB whets the
sword of justice.
Truth wins
her battles In
the open.
Fancy makes
0 poor pillow for
a dying head.
A whining re
ligion is not a
Shining religion.
It scares some
people to See
brains and piety get married. -
God accepts no bribes. '
Pluck can outrun luck.
Policy sits on the fence.
Error fights from ambush.
Grit and grace win the race.
Principle flies no flag of truco.
Troubles strengthen true faith.
Some big men are very small In God's
sight
Christ towers above all the great men
of history, like an Alpine peak.
What better is a sinning man or
woman In the church than a sinning
sinner outside of the church?
Do you suppose that God thinks any
more of a baptized sinning sinner than
of an unbaptlzed one?
The question Is not what number of
blessings you have experienced, but are
you that "blessed" man of Ps. 1:1?
Yoa might have a multitude of the
ories about a plurality of blessings, but
do you live without committing known
sins?
Don't wait for God to chase you Into
the home of the saved with a Are brand,
but study faithfully Heb. 1:9 and do
likewise.
This world will soon pass away, or, if
It does not we will, and nothing but
God's righteousness will avail at the
Judgment seat of Christ.
A sectarian preacher is prismatic
he splits the light of truth Into parts
and thus presents the blue of uncharlt
ableness, the yellow of brazen bigotry,
and the green of envy.
A Royal Martyr to Kt quotte.
In Spain the etiquette to be observed
In the royal palaces was carried to such
length os to make martyrs of their
kings. There Is an historic Instance
Philip III. was gravely seated by the
fire; tbe flremaker of the court had
kindled so great a quantity of wood
that the monarch was nearly suffocated
with heat, and his grandeur would not
suffer him to rise from the chair; the
domestics could not presume to entei
the apartment, because It was againsi
the etiquette. At length the Marquis
do Totat appeared, and the king or
dered him to damp the fires; but he
excused himself, alleging that he was
forbidden by the etiquette to perform
such a function, for which the Due
d'Usseda ought to be called upon, as It
was his business. The duke was gone
out; the fire burned fiercer, and the
king endured It rather than derogate
from his dignity. But his blood .was
heated to such a degree that he was
seriously 111 the next day. A violent
fever succeeded which carried him off
in the twenty-fourth year of his age.
London Star.
Finds a Relic of Napoleon.
A relic of Napoleon in the shape of a
portion of the cockade worn by him at
the battle of Rlvoli has been found in
Brooklyn among the effects of Mile.
Marie Poncy, who perished In La Bour
gogne disaster. Miss Poncy-was a gov
erness In New York and had made ar
rangements to spend the summer In
Paris. She left her books and other
effects in the care of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Jacquard, of 120 Cleveland
street, Brooklyn.
The Napoleon memento was discov
ered by Mr. Jacquard while he was
preparing to send Miss Poncy's effects
to her sister in Geneva. It Is framed
In a medallion and bears this label:
"Fragment du penache de Bonaparte
a la batallle de Rlvoli, Le 14 Janvier,
1707."
The cockade was given to Josephine
by Napoleon soon after their marriage,
and over fifty years ago tbe fragment
came Into the possession of Miss Pon
cy's father.
Discovery of Tea.
Tea, according to Chinese writers,
was discovered In the eighth century.
The Dutch introduced It Into Europe
in 1591.
The umpire who renders a decision
against the home team knows what It
PRIZES SECURED.
tbe Great Hefelmans Coming to the
Exposition. v
Portland, Or., Sept. 12. (To the
Editor.) This is a most beautiful and
attraotive city, and its live people are
up and doing In the march of progress.
The Hegelmans are ooming to the
Oregon Industrial Exposition, and they
are an attraction that will be long re
membered, for they are the greatest
aerial gymnasts in tbe world. They
command princely salaries, and people
who have seen them in San Francisco,
where they are now playing, say that
they alone are worth ten times the price
of admission. They limit their per
formances this season to three places
in the United States San Francisco,
Portland and New York, then they re
turn to Europe. The exposition man
agement was bound to have star attrac
tions, and certainly secured a big one
in the Hegelmans.
Other attractions aie being arranged
lot, and people who come to the expo
sition this year will have plenty of
amusement In connection with instruc
tion and sight-seeing and promenading
through the big building.
Tbe full military band which has
been engaged to give concerts day and
evening during tbe exposition is now
giving daily concerts at a big fair In
San Francisco, and is delighting thou
sands of people. Such mnsio will be
appreciated in the Northwest, and
those who attend the exposition will
be given every opportunity to enjoy it.
Advices from all parts Of the North
west indicate that many people are
ooming to the exposition who have
not been in Portland for years. They
will find that many improvements have
been made hbre and that the city has
grown. And they can see all these
improvements at a cost of almost noth
ing in time and money, for Portland
has one of the best street-car systems
in the world. Electric cars vibrate to
all parts of the city and its suburbs,
and you can take a car every few min
utes. Excursions to the beautiful city
park, the heights, Willamette falls and
other attractive points are thus quickly
and cheaply made. At the city park
visitors not only see a very pretty
place, but also see a large collection of
bears, cougars, wolves, alligators and
other wild animals, besides eagles,
owls and all kinds of featheied fam
ilies. Tbe great Exposition building is be
ing rearranged and made attractive,
and every evening during the exposi
tion it will be illuminated with count
less electric lights, and the display
along that line will be the grandest
ever seen in the Northwest
The farmers and fruit-growers of the
Northwest are taking a very laudable
interest in the exposition, and the dis
play of their products will be large and
creditable, and many special features
are being arranged for their benefit and
edification, and tho farmers' wives and
daughters will find in the exposition
many exhibits and attractions that will
be specially interesting to them, not
the least of which will be the free
cooking lectures Jjy Miss Suzy Tracey,
who Is an acknowledged scientific ex
pert in that line.
The solid and enterprising business
men of Portland are all behind tbe ex
position, and are pushing it along.
They know that it is a good tiling for
the whole Northwest, and their com
mittees are meeting every night to ar
range for and engage new attraotionB
and make the exposition beneficial to
all, and tho railroad and steamboat
companies are going to give low special
rates, so that all may come and enjoy
themselves and be edified, instrncted
and amused. R.
The Australian aborigines are now
ranked by ethnographers as fifth or
sixth in the list of so-called natural
races, the Veddahs of Ceylon being the
lowest in the scale of savage culture.
The primitive inhabitants of Europe,
it is now believed, were the ancestors
of tha long-headed blonde Teutons of
the nortl), and the iong-headed bru
nettes of the Mediterranean.
A process has been recently psrfeoted
by which thin sheets of absolutely
transparent celluloid are silvered by a
similar piocess to that formerly used
on glass.
Two German professors at Bonn
have made a series of experiments
which negative tbe onrrent notion that
cutting the hair stimulates its growth.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FLYING MA
CHINES. Inventors are plenty who can make a ma
chine that will rise and float in air, but the
one lnjprovemcnt. which none has succeeded
In making Is an apparatus that will guide the
machine through the many treacherous cur
rents of air. In this respect humanity Is
fortunate in having Hosteltcr's Stomach Bit
ters, which acts as a safe guide by curing
treacherous stomach, liver and blood diseases,
giving a good appetite, a strong constitution
and nerves like steel.
It has been proved, as the result of
experiments, that the circulation of
the blood is affected by rnnsio.
riT Permanently Cured. No ate or nervoqsDes
rl I after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Send tor FKK8 S.QO trial
botUe and treatise. DR. ft. H. KT.1NE, Ltd., D30
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Peruivan Central railroad covers
a distance of ten miles at an elevation
only about 2,000 feet lower than the
summit of the highest mountain in
Switzerland.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYfiUP OF FIGS
is due not only ter the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig 8rBUP
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
rulne Syrup of Figs is manufactured
, the California Fig Sruup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding, the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get Its beneficial
effects, please remember th"ename of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CmL
You might as well be safe
in your tea-drinking, and enjoy
it more besides.
Try Schilling's Best your
money back if you don't like it.
Crown and Uridgo Work.
If you are in need of artificial teeth
be sure they ore modern and strictly up
to date. If you have a few teeth do
not have them extracted, but have
bridges made. The L. L. White sys
tem of crowns and bridges Is acknowl
edged to be the latest and best. All
Eersons who are fortunate enough to
ave crowns and bridges made accord
ing to this system are delighted, and
never oease in their praises oi tire com
fort they derive from their new teeth.
It also more perfectly restores the fea
tures of the face than any other method.
This svstetn of artificial teoth is more
easily kept clean than any other. A
large number of Portland people are
wearing our ifeake of artificial teeth and
crowns, and several of them had worn
crowns and bridges of other systems,
and they assert that for comfort, clean
liness and attistic appearance nothing
can equal the White system. Dr.
White also uses all the latest electrical
appliance for painless filling and ex
traction of teeth.
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From the well-known
Portland Business College
serves as a life long testimonial of thorough
preparation for an office position. The intro
duction of "Armstrong's Combined Theory
and Practice of Bookkeeping" enables us to
do better Work now than ever before. Investi
gate. Call, or write. A. P. Armstrong, Prin
cipal, Portland, Oregon.
f Ilfr T Make money by sucoesf ul
IIIUL 11 I speculation in Chicago. We
WW firil I buy and sell wheat on jnar-
flll gins. Fortunes have been
made on a small beginning by trading iu fu
tures. Write for full particulars, ltest of re
erence given. Several years' experience on the
Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough know
ledge of the business. Send for our free refer
ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS A Co ,
Chicago Board of Trade Brokers. Offices in
Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Wash.
YOUR LIVER
Is It Wrong?
Get it Right,
Keep it Right.
Moore's Revealed Remedy will doit. Three
doses will make you feel better. Get It from
yonr druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
from Stewart & Holmes Drug Co.. Seattle.
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Dr. J.C. Hoffman, 1M Isabella Blflg, Chicago, Hi.
ATLAS ENGINES AND BOILERS.
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A Beautiful Present
In order to further Introduce ELASTIC STARCH (Flat Iron Brand),
the manufacturers. I. C. Hubinirer Bros. Co.. of Keokuk. Inwa. have
decided to GIVE AWAY a beautiful present with each package of 0
starch sold. These presents are in the form of 2
Beautiful Pastel Pictures
They are 13x19 inches In size, and are entitled as follows:
Lilacs and
Pansles.
Pansfes
and
Marguerites.
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These rare pictures, four in number, by the renowned pastel artist,
R. LeRoy, of New York, have 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 in 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 of color and artistic merit.
One of these pictures sfia I
wlJLckof ElaStlC SlafC!!
purchased of your grocer. It is the best laundry starch on the market, and
is sold for 10 Cents a package. Ask your grocer for this starch and get a
beautiful picture.
ALL GROCERS KEEP ELASTIC STARCH. ACCEPT KO SUBSTITUTE
American
Type
Founders
Company
Cor.
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OREGON
Opens in
PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 22.
Closes
OCTOBER 22, 1898.
The Finest and Greatest Exposition Ever Held
In the Northwest.
Products of Oregon and Washington will be
displayed in wonderful profusion, includ
ing more varieties than ever before
gathered together in one exhibit.
GOLD, SILYin AND BRONZE MEDALS WILL BE AWARDED
Marvelously Rich . Specimen from Our
Gold, Silver and Other Mines.
Bennett's Renowned Military Band
Has been engaged for the season.
Astounding Aerial Feats and Acrobatic
Performances.
err Low Bates on all Railroads.
ADMI3SI' -N.
Adults, B5 Cents. Children, 10 Cent
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rtabr itnferc SUouncnieu mtrben uub ben
SPffraa bafflr. 92.00, )v dnffnben. Dlait
lofft ftd) 1"ro6t fRummetii fdicfrn.
"German Publishing Oo., Portland, Or.
CURE YOURSELF!
Um Iligfsl for tuiiiiiiural
(IfrtchurKfert, tiihiiuiimtlona,
frritntiuim or ultcr-itioiul
of hi ii c o ii ft Mcmtbhtneo.
1'pl ntid not iistrin
sold by Uruworiata.
by exproBH, prepaid, for
lun, or 3 botiiee, fre.
Circular pent on rtMjuest
WTLL & HNCK CO.'S iAcl!S,EEDLEEs.?.!!.A",
Plain or with Cutter. The best aeedle it) the mar
ket. Used by all sack sewers. For sale by all gen
eral merchandise stores, or by
WILL, & FINCK CO.,
fCO Market Street. San Francisco, CaL
H. F. H. C.
Mo. 38, '8.
I7HB1N writing; to nd vortiiters please
n
mention this paper.
Cawston & Co,
Succestors to H. P. Gregory & Co.
48 and 50 First St., 304 First Ave., S.,
Portland, Or. Seattle, Wash,
Wild
American
Poppies.
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Lilacs and
Iris.
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