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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
A pen carrying a small electric lamp
to prevent shadows when writing has
been patented in Germany.
Chileans never enter or leave a coach,
street car or other public vehicle with
out bowing to all Its occupants.
A Brighton (England) young man has
killed himself because his wife made
fun of him foi kissing the servant girl.
It is estimated that since the begin
ning of the historical era 18,000,000
persons have perished in earthquakes.
Ornithologists have discovered that
crows have no less than 2? cries, each
distinctly referable to a different ac
tion. The wages of Chinamen in Amoy
are $ 6 a month, which is 10 per cent
above the average wages prevailing in
China.
The first Chinaman to offer his ser
vices as a soldier in the present war was
Ong Q. Tow, a wealthy merchant of
Santa Ana, California.
The nests of the termites or white
ant are, proportioned to the size and
weight of the builders, the greatest
structures in the world.
There was sold In London the other
day a manuscript in the autograph of
William Cowper, comprising the varia
tions made from the first edition of his
translation of the Iliad.
The artificial serum of common salt
and cooking soda (sodium chloride and
soadinm carbonate) is used by an Italian
epeoaillst. Dr. Tomasoli, for the treat
ment of extensive burns.
When liquid air, containing from 40
to 60 per cent of oxygen is mixed with
powdered charcoal it forms an explo
sive which is said to be comparable in
power to dynamite, and can be explod
ed by means of a detonator.
There Is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
Incurable. For a great many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly tailing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has nroven Catarrh to be a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires oonstitu- '
tional treatment. Hairs catarrn t;ure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
a tcaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case It fails to
Sure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Ad
ress, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sr.ld by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
The time required for Niagara to out
its gorge has been variously estimated
at from 7,000 to 35,000 years.
Try Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
A French army surgeon claims sev
eral advantages for a bullet of com
piessed paper covered with polished
aluminum, the chief being that the
wounds are surgically clean, healing
with little risk of blood poisoning.
The Japanese are curiously alike
physically. Recent measurements
taken of pn infantry regiment showed
no.--TSrTa;'on except two inches ia
heightaW'uao w'gni.
Naturalists have ascertained that
scorpions and certain kinds of spiders
are able to make peculiar noises to
warn an enemy that an attack is at
tended by danger.
Electro magnets capable of picking
up a load not exceeding five tons aie
used by an Illinois steel company to
transfer steel beams or plates from one
part of the shop to another.
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps
Overcome Them.
Mrs. Mary Bollinger, 1101 Marianna
St. , Chicago, 111., to Mrs. Pinkham:
' I have been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb,
leucorrhcea, pains over my body, sick
headaches, backache, nervousness and
weakness. I tried doctors and various
remedies without relief. After taking
two bottles of your Vegetable Com
pound, the relief I obtained was truly
wonderful. I have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that I am entirely cured."
Mrs. Henry Dorr. No. 806 Findley St,
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham :
" For a long time I suffered with
chronic Inflammation of the womb,
pain in abdomen and bearing-down
feeling. Was very nervous at times, and
so weak I was hardly able to do any
thing. Was subject to headaches, also
troubled with leucorrhoea. After doc
toring for many months with different
physicians, and getting no relief, I had
given up all hope of being well
again when I read of the great good
Lydia E. Flnkham's Vegetable Com
pound was doing I decided immedi
ately to give it a trial. The result was
simply past belief. After taking four
bottles of Vegetable Compound and
using three packages of Sanative Wash
I can say I feel like a new woman. I
deem it my duty to announce the fact
to my fellow sufferers that Lydia
E. Pinkham 's Vegetable remedies have
entirely cured me of all my pains and
suffering. I have her alone to thank
for my recovery, for which I am grate
lul. May heaven bless her for the
food work she is doing for our sex."
PROGRESS OF CATAPHORESIS.
Medical Illustration of Whfct Can Be
Done With Electricity.
In dentistry no subject is more dis
cussed than the painless filling and
extraction of teeth. Regarding the
former Dr. Thomas II. White, when
seen in his office at 271 Morrison
street, near Fourth, said:
"That teeth can be filled absolutely
without pain is a positive fact, which
is demonstrated most every day in my
office. Teeth that are so sensitive that
the patient cannot endure an' instru
ment to touch them can be made thor
oughly insensible to pain or feeling in
from 10 to 20 minutes, and can be
then filled or treated with ease'. Yes,
electricity is a great boon to mankind.
Just think of taking the nerve out of a
tooth in 10 minutes from the time of
the application of the electricity with
out the slightest knowledge of it by
the patient." The late method of
bridge work invented by the brother
of Dr. White is a great improvement
on plates.
1 -4WA SOLDIER'S TARGET.-!'-1
BffiBfflfflffiBSffil
I ' bm l ACII man, as he
- ? H signed his name on
' C il the 'distment roll,
' An "iS- rr ! i d that war
meant fight, and
that fight meant
kill. This Idea was
further drilled into
us lu camp; It form
ed the basis of the
colonel's address as
we marched to the front; It
brought our muskets to an "aim as
wo caught sfeit of the enemy for the
first time, ffs had become soldiers to
march, fight and kill. It was to be look
ed upon as a matter of business, as
well as a patriotic duty. The sooner
the strength of the enemy was exhaust
ed the sooner we would have peace.
We thought that every man In com
pany "G" had the same feeling to kill
but we had not been long at the front
when we found an exception. A score
of skirmishers were ordered down in
front of the regiment to feel the
strength of the enemy In the fringe of
bushes along a creek. Ambrose Davis
was one of us. He was a man of 30
a plain, every day man who had laid
down the tools of a mechanic to take
up the musket of a soldier. He was not
g!vn to enthusiasm, but he was an obe
dient soldier and the best shot In the
company. As we clambered over the
fence and took "open order" on the
broad field which dipped down to the
creek, the enemy In the fringe had a
dead rest on every man. War with
them also meant kill. To kill one of
half a million men means little, and yet
It means kill. Zip! Ping! Zip! It was
not firing by file It was not firing by
volleys Into a battle line half hidden
in the smoke, but every bullet that came
pinging was meant for an individual
soldier.
We crouched down and ran forward.
We zlg-zagged to right and left We
took the shelter of every knoll, brush
and stump. The enemy had to develop
his strength to check us. In front of
Davis was an opening In the fringe
a spot where a farm road crossed the
creek. The enemy to the right and left
of this road was using the bank of the
stream as a breastwork and we were
firing a good deal at random. An oflicer
suddenly appeared in the center of this
opening, and raising a pair of glasses
to his eyes he took a cool survey of the
regiment far back of us on the hill. He
was within pistol shot of Davis and
he must have known- It, and yet he
stood there as cool and calm as you
please to take his chance. It was
Sheer bravado. Four of our twenty had
been killed, and the enemy was seek
ing the lives of the rest I was to the
right of Davis and could have almost
hit the officer with a stone; the man
on his left had just as fair a target.
He was not our "game," however he
belonged to Davis. We saw our com
rade thrust forward a barrel of his
musket and bring his eye down to the
sights. Then we watched the officer to
see him throw up his hands and fall.
Thirty seconds passed away, and we
glanced back at Davis. He had lifted
"SLEWED THE MUZZLE OF
his head and was looking at the oflleer
over his gun. At the end of a quarter
of a minute he dropped It again. It
was his duty to kill, but this was kill
ing In cold blood, and he had to have
a few seconds to nerve himself up.
Back went our eyes to the officer. He
was slowly sweeping the glasses
across a front of half a mile, and I
wondered If he would drop them as
the bullet struck h'm, or whether his
fingers would clutch and hold them the
tighter. My heart camo crowding Into
my throat as I watched and as the sec
onds passed, and at length I heard the
man on Davis left shouting at him:
"Shoot! Shoot! Why the devil don't
you drop that officer?"
I turned to look at Davis, and as I
did so he slewed the muzzle of his gun
to the right and fired Into the bushes.
A few seconds later the officer lowered
his glasses, and swinging them In his
hand and perhaps humming a tune,
he slowly disappeared Into the bushes.
Later In the day, when Davis' singular
action had been reported, the captain
said to him:
"Davis, I can't believe you are a cow
ard, bec-ause you went down on the
skirmish lino to be shot at but when
you had an enemy fairly under your
gun. and an oflicer at that, why didn't
you bring him dowrrT'
"I was going to, sir, but I I
couldn't," was the reply.
"But they were shooting at you to
kill."
"Yes. I know."
The captain could hardly reprimand
a man for not killing an enemy as he
would have shot down a rabbit, and
there was no one to hint that Davis
lacked courage. The Incident was for
gotten after a little, and such was the
soldiery conduct of the man that he
was made a corporal. When the enemy
withdrew bplilnd the works at York
town to bar MeClellan's road to Rich
mond he covered his wings with
sharpshooters, and our officers were
their special target. One day, as three
companies of us were dragging up some
of the heavy siege-guns to be put in
pollion, a msjvr and a private were kill
ed by a sharpshooter who was located
in a tree top. He could be plainly made
out, but the riuge was too far for our
army muskets. A Bcrdan rifle was sent
for, and when It arrived our captain
put It Into the hands of Corporal Davis
and said:
"Ton arc by long odds the best shot
tn our company. With a dead-rest over
that log you can tumble that man out
of b.s tree." -
Davis hi-ng back and turned, pale.
Just then a brigadier rode up to give
-lis f . . , i 1 1 . 1
r I .1
uCXJt.
come to tt'hn l!i when a bullet from the(
3CS
f .:. it
sharpshootei passed through the gen
eral's hat He was not only a bit
startled, but inclined to reprimand that
the fellow had not been disposed of.
When he saw the heavy rifle In the
hands of the pale-faced and hesitating
corporal he shouted out:
"Hurry up, man, and tumble him out
of that before he can reload! If you
bring him down I'll ask your captain
to make a sergeant of you five minutes
later!"
Davis advanced to a stump a few
feet away and knelt down and sighted
his rifle across it. We who knew his
marksmanship felt, sure that his bullet
would speed true. He took a long aim,
and we were holding our breath to hear
the report of the rifle, when he drew
back, rose up and said:
"I I can't shoot that man!"
The words were hardly out of his
mouth when the man In the tree fired
again, and his bullet struck down a
lieutenant within five feet of the briga
dier. "You Idiot but why don't you shoot?"
shouted the indignant general, as he
stepped forward.
"It Is cold blood, sir cold blood!"
whispered Davis, who trembled In ev
ery limb, and was as pale-faced as a
dead man.
"You poltroon, you coward!" raged
the general. "Here, you man cut the
stripes from his sleeves, and you, cap
tain, see that he Is reduced to the ranks
on the company roll! He ought to be
court-martialed and driven out of the
army In disgrace!"
A soldier stepped forward and with
his pocket-knife cut the chevrons frorh
the porporal's sleeves, and Poor Davis
slunk away In disgrace. Here was a
strange thing. A soldier who did not
hesitate to put himself In a position to
be killed could not be Induced to fire
upon the enemy. His soldierly quali
ties were such that he had been taken
out of the ranks, and yet he refused
to carry out a soldier's first duty to
kill. We could not call him a coward
no man Is a coward who will face death
but we called him strange and won
dered what was back of It all. The
men of the company fell away from
him, and In a few days he stood almost
alone. When we followed up the ene
my after Yorktown there was some
heavy skirmishing with the rear guard.
Ambrose Davis was with the company,
and upon one occasion, when the hun
dred charged and captured a gun, he
led us all In the rush and was the first
man to put a hand on It After that we
said It was a case of "nerves," or that
he had a hereditary fear of shedding
blood, and he was looked upon more
favorably.
We saw nothing more of the "strange
ness" of Ambrose Davis until the battle
which drove McClellan to make a
change of base. For half a day our reg
iment stood In battle line, waiting to at
tack or be attacked, and during this in
terval our company lost two men killed
and three wounded. It required all the
nerve the men could work up to stand
there and be shot at without firing a
shot In return, but Davis showed no
HIS GUN TO THE RIGHT."
more nervousness than any of the rest
When at length we moved by the left
flank for a quarter of a mile and then
dropped down to open Are and hold our
ground, Davis was the man on my left
and as I loaded my musket I noticed
that he was firing high. Five minutes
later a lieutenant came creeping along
In rear of us and warning each man to
aim low. I heard him cursing Davis,
and twice after that ere we fell back,
I saw the man firing Into the tree tops.
The enemy crowded us back day by
day and mile by mile, and there Was
fighting over every foot of the high
ways. We had a fierce grapple at Fair
Oaks, and again at Savage Station, but
all I knew of Davis was that he was
with us. It was only when weturned at
bay at Malvern Hill that I found my
self beside him again. He had been
three limes grazed by bullets, and that
was proof that he had stood up to a
soldier's work. Our regiment was sta
tioned at the base of the hill, strung
along in the bed of a dry creek, and the
banks gave us protection and a rest for
our muskets. " As the enemy came
swarming across the open every man
was a fair target I had fired three or
four times when my musket fouled, and
as I waited to clear It I watched Davis.
He was firing over the heads of the
enemy by thirty feet Our position was
one which could not be carried. The
enemy realized this at last and the
battle began to die away. On our front
we had only dead and wounded men,
as far as we could see, and all firing
had ceased, when a man suddenly rose
up from the ground about a pistol shot
away and stood staring at us. A thou
sand men shouted at him to come and
surrender, but after a moment he turn
ed his back and began moving away. I
do not know why any of the hundreds
of men who had him In range did not
fire, but they did not Some were even
cheering the man, when an officer of
artillery jumped down among os and
shouted:
"Shoot him shoot him why don't
some of you bring him down?"
His words were heard by fifty men,
but not a gun was raised. The oflicer
was storming at us when Davis sud
denly lifted his musket and fired, and
the retreating man flung up bis arms,
whirled about and sank down. Curses
and groans followed, and Day is threw
down his gnn and hid his face in his
hands and sobbed.
"A splendid shot!" cried the officer,
"and if I were your captain you would
be a corporal to-morrow I"
Davis had done a strange thing. We
looked at him and wondered over It
The heat of the battle waj yet strong
Jf32
jii us, but the killing vf the. man
seemed little short of cold bloodci mur
der. "Did I kill kill hlmr asked Davis of
a man beside him when he could con
trol himself.
"Yes, you shot him dead, the poor
devil Why didn't you let him get
away?"
"You have all been down on me bo
cause I wouldn't kill," moaned the
shooter, as he hid his face again.
That night we fell back to the James
Rivet. In the darkness and confusion
commands-were mixed up, and It was
night again before the company roll
was called. Private Davis was among
the missing. He had survived the bat
tlethe retreat was unmolested If
alive he was bound to find his command
within a few hours. And yet he never
found It When the returns were made
up his name was placed among the
dead. He had been disgraced because
he would not kllL He had nerved him
self up at last to fire upon a human
target and then? We spoke his name
in whispers after that and said only
good words for him. Charles B. Lewis,
in Denver News.
A FORTUNE OVERLOOKED.
The Unexpected Find Made by the
Kxecntors ot a Washington Estate,
"You may talk about the wonderful
discoveries of gold in the Klondike re
gion," said a lawyer a few days ago,
"but one of the richest gold finds of
the year occurred right here In Wash
ington. I will not mention names, but
the gentleman referred to was known
all over the country before he died as
one 6f the wealthiest pension agents
and publishers of the present day.
"A short time after the captain (I will
call him 'captain' throughout the story)
died, his executors were engaged in
making an examination of his effects.
His will had been carefully drawn and
all of his real and personal property
was supposed to be distributed among
his relatives and friends, according to
his last wishes. One day in clearing
out the safe in the building which
still bears the captain's name an old
chest was discovered in one of the dark
corners of the vault It had been there
for years, and was supposed to contain
only some plates and drawings of war
pictures, used in connection with a book
of war stories. The executors had
passed the old chest by without exam
ining Its contents, supposing, of course,
that it contained nothing but the plates
and drawings, as indicated by the
marking on the outside. One of the
clerks engaged in the work had curi
osity enough to take a peep Into the
chest When the loose drawings were
removed a sight met his gaze that fairly
took his breath away. There, nestling
among the sheets of war pictures, and
at the bottom of the chest was an im
mense pile of gold coin, which, when
counted, amounted to something over
$50,000.
"There were gold pieces of every de
nomination, from $1 to $20. The dis
covery was so unexpected that the ex
ecutors were at a loss for some time to
account for the pile of treasure. The
latest will was Carefully scrutinized,
but nothing in It could be found rela
tive to the unlooked-for gold deposit
Various theories were advanced to ex
plain the accumulation of coin, and It
was finally concluded that the ca.pta.ln
had followed the example of other cau
tious capitalists during the last raid on
the treasury gold reserve, and hoarded
the amount found In the chest. The
coin looked as though It might have
been dropped Into the chest carelessly,
for the various denominations and dates
were in happy confusion. The execu
tore were unable to account for the
omission of the gold pile in the will,
for although the captain was a great
spender, he usually kept a clear ac
count of his securities. It is possible
that he may have been quietly engaged
In hoarding gold pieces for a number
of years prior to his death, and when
his fatal, illness came on he may have
forgotten the gold lining to the old chest
containing the war pictures. Of course
the gold was carefully counted and en
tered up as a very desirable part of
the estate." Washington Evening
Star,
Short History of Alaska.
Purchased in 1807 from Russia for
$7,200,000; purchase negotiated by Wm.
H. Seward.
Area In square miles, 531,409.
Population (census of 1890) 30,320, of
whom but 4,416 were white, 8,400 Es
kimos, and 13,735 Indians.
Principal cities, Sitka (the capital),
Juneau, Wrangel, Circle City.
Principal rivers, the Yukon (more
than 2,000 miles long), the Kuskok
wlm, the Colvllle and the Copper.
Principal mountains. Mount Logan,
altitude 19,500 feet; Mount St Ellas,
18,100; Mount Wrangel, 17,500 feet.
Principal products besides gold, furs,
fish and lumber.
Principal occupations of the people,
hunting and fishing.
Gold first discovered in 1879.
Product of gold in 1890, $4,070,000.
Klondike in English Is Deer River.
Estimated product of gold to date,
$30,000,000.
Scene of the present excitement is
along the upper Yukon and its tribu
taries. Distance from Chicago to the Klon
dike gold fields, via the Yukon, is
about 0,500 miles; via Chilkoot Pass,
4,000 miles.
Time to make the trip by either route,
thirty days.
Cost of the trip, about $300.
Travel possible only in June, July
and August.
Climate in winter severe in the ex
treme; winter beginning in September.
During June and July continuous
daylight during December and Janu
ary continuous night
Origin of a Time-Honored Phrase.
The doornail in earlier times was the
plate of the door upon which the old
fashioned knocker struck to arouse the
Inmates of the house. As the plate or
nail was struck many more times than
any other it was assumed to be more
dead than other nails. Hence the
phrase "Dead as a doornail." If the
old Ideas are to be revived, as now
seems possible, the phrase may soon
have a present application.
Large Coffee Plantation.
The largest coffee plantation in Bra
zil, and perhaps In the world, is th
Dumont plantation, established by c
Frenchman In the state of Mlnas Ger
aes. The number of coffee plants Ii
1896 was 4,718,000.
Where "Switches" Come From.
Most of the black hair used In wigs
and "switches" comes from the Italian
and Spanish convents; most of the
blonde hair from the heads of Swedish,
Danish, Russian and German peasant
girls.
Paper Telegraph Poles.
Telegraph poles are now made of
compressed paper. Those of that ma
terial are said to be more durable than
those of wood.
When a man is continually talking
about his troubles, his neighbors nevei
trouble very much about his talk.
Ad Overworked Spain.
From the Record, Pierceton, Ind.
Determined to rise in his ohoeen
profession as an educator, Ernest Kem
per, of Pierceton, Ind., overtaxed him
self mentally and physically. He was
ambitions, his mind was always on
his work. From early morn until late
at night he continually poured over his
books.
"Burned the candle at both ends."
Few persons, even with the strongest
constitutions, can keep np under such
a strain.
In addition to his studies, Mr. Kem
per was teaching school some three
miles from bis home. Finally, his
excessive study and the exposure of
going to and from school in all kinds
of weather undermined his health.
He was taken to his bed with pneu
monia and his overworked brain al
most collapsed. For several weeks he
was seriously ill.
Catairh had taken root in his system
and bis mind was in a delicate condi
tion. He was sent to Colorado where
he spent three months without receiv
ing any benefit Then a noted special-
Oversludy,
1st from Cleveland treated him without
avail, and then a hospital in Chicago
was tried, but all absolutely without
benefit Finally his physician recom
mended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People, and from the first box he
began to improve. When he had taken
nine boxes he was completely cured.
This famous blood and nerve medicine
had accomplished what all his former
expensive treatment failed to accom
plish.. Mr. Kemper says his catarrh
has entirely left him: he is strong
again and weighs nine pounds more
than he ever did. He gives the pills
the entire credit. He is starting teach
ing again and feels abundantly able to
continue the work. To prove that
the above is true in every respect, Mr.
Kemper made an affidavit as follows:
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this the 10th day of September, 1897.
R. P. WATT, Notary Public
We doubt if these pills have an equal
in all the range of medicine, for build
ing up a run down and debilitated sys
tem. Five Iollarg Postage for Letter.
W. F. Bailey contributes an artiole
to the October Century on "The Pony
Express," from St. Joseph, Mo., to
San Francisco. Mr. Bailey eaysiJThe
letters, before being placed in the pock
ets, were wrapped in oiled silk to pre
serve them from moisture. The maxi
mum weight of any one mail was 30
?ounds; but this was rarely reached,
'he charges were originally $5 for
each letter of one-half ounce or less;
but afterward this was reduced to $2.50
for ach letter not exceeding one-half
ouncer this being in addition to the
regular United States postage. Spe
cially made light-weight paper was gen
erally used to reduce the expense.
Special editions of the Eastern news
papers were printed on tissue paper to
enable them to reach subscribers on the
Pacific coast. This, however, was
more as an advertisement, there being
little demand for them at their neces
sarily large price.
A Thorough Sport.
The Deacon "Young man, don't yon
know that there's a rainy day coming?"
Spendthrift "Mebby there is, but
I've got $5 that says the weather man
won't call the turn. Come, now, if
you've got any nerve show your
money."
If you want the best wiud mill, pumps,
tanks, plows, wagons, bells ot all sizes,
boilers, engines, or general machinery, see
or write JOHN POOLE, foot of Morrison
street, Portland, Oregon".
Lotteries in Old Havana.
In Havana the stranger's attention
is arrested by the venders of lottery
tickets, who stand on the street corners
with a pair of shears in one hand and
sheets of lottery tickets in the other,
ready to cut off any number for buyers.
They are very adroit, and are apt to
persuade the credulous that they will
draw a fortune in the soheme. These
licensed, lotteries are one of the great
evils there, especially to the Spanish
people, who seem to be born gamblers,
and for whom the chances of dice,
cards, and lottery tickets appear to
have an irrestible charm, all classes in
Havana dealing In them habitually.
No household Is complete without a bottle of
the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. It Is a pure
and wholesome stimulant recommended by all
physicians. Don't neglect this necessity.
A new filament for incandescent
lamps has bean discovered in osmium,
the densest and most refactory of all
metals, being infusible except at the
highest attainable temperature.
A queer exhibition was recently held
in Berlin, Germany, that oi the Vege
tarian Society, in which 60 children
were shown who had never touched
other nutriment than vegetation.
The application of the motor to the
bicycle has bsen tried, but as yet with
no great success. It seems to be evi
dent that a vehicle that cannot stand
alone is not adapted to self-propuls:op,
Seymour Keyes, a postmaster at
Manheim, N. Y., has an apple tree
which was brought from Holland in
the 17th century. It still bears fruit.
Under the laws of China the man
who loses his temper in a discussion
is sent to jail for five days to cool down.
In Persia a bonfire plays an import
ant part in the marriage ceremony, the
ceromony being read over in front of it. 1
Why
use moneyback
tea? m
Land-Crabs of Cuba.
These creatures are larger than a
sea-crab, and live entirely on the land.
They run with great speed, even out
stripping a horse. At seasons of the
year they migrate in large bodies from
one side of the island to the other, in
columns sometimes half a mile wide,
and so dense as almost to stop a car
riage on the road they may be crossing.
These columns overcome every obstacle
in their direct line of march, even high
mountains. It is supposed that these
migrations are prompted by the in
stinct of propagation, as the crabs seek
the sea shore, deposit their eggs, and
cast off the old shell. These crabs are
so common about the city of Matanzas
that the inhabitants often receive the
sobriquet of "cangrejo. " They are
frequently found in the houses, and in
some cases even under the'beds.
There is a species of conch which
makes similar marches through the
country in immense bodies. These are
called pirates, from a very curious habit
, they display. This creature, which re-
sembles a snail, has the ability of de
; tuching itself from the shell, which,
I for some reason, it temporarily leaves
at times; and while its house is thus
vacant, another, passiing, will back its
body, tail foremost, into the empty
shell, and keep possession.
The Pony Express.
At first the schedule was fixed at 10
days, an average of eight miles an hour
from start to finish. This was cut
down to eight days, requiring an aver
age speed of 10 miles. The quickest
trip made was in carrying President
Lincoln's inaugural address, which was
done in seven days and 17 hours, an
average speed of 10.7 miles per hour,
the fastest time of any one rider being
130 miles, from Smith's Creek to Fort
Churchill, by "Pony Bob," in eight
hours and 10 minutes, or 14.7 miles
per hour. Considering the distance
and difficulties encountered, such as
hostile Indians, road-agents, floods, and
snowstorms, and accidents to horses
I and riders, the schedule was main
tained to an astonishing degree. The
service created the greatest enthusiasm
I not only among the employes, but
'also in the ranks of stage employes,
freighters, and reisdents along the
route. To aid a "pony" in difficulty
was a privilege, and woe be to the man
who would so much as throw a stone in
' the way.
Uncle Sam's Watch Doctor.
At the United States naval observa
tory is an expert official at the head of
a department probably the most per
fect of its kind in the world whose
duty is to keep in band for the use of
the navy thoroughly tested chronome
ters, a work whioh requires much care
and attention six mouths in the year.
For this purpose, says The New York
Sun, a temperature room is connected
with the chronometer and time service
department, in which the testings are
made, under the influence of a hydro
metric condition of the atmosphere.
Comparisons are made daily between
II and 11:40 o'clock, morning, with
the mean time standard clock, and the
errors and rates are worked up once a
week, from these mean rates calcula
tions being made and comparisons to
the nearest quarter of a second. The
temperature is closely observed each
day and recorded for the previous 24
hours by a ohrnomethic thermometer,
and by self-reg'stering maximum and
minimum thermometers. The room is
heated by circulation, of hot water,
the fuel being.gas, and is cooled by an
ice refrigerator when a -temperature is
required below that of the outside at
mosphere. For the six corner months
the temperature room is kept within a
range of two degrees.
REDUCTION IN BICYCLE PKICES.
It is said that western capitalists are con
templating the organization of a great bicvele
company, which hope to make first-class
wheels and sell them as low as 110. Whether
this be true or not, the fact remains that Hos
tetter's Stomach Bitters is a first-class remedy
for the stomach, liver and blood, And the price
puts it within everybody's reach to be well and
strong. For fever and ague It is a specific.
Latest for the Toilet Table.
The newest arrangements for Mi
lady's toilet table is that tiresome arti
cle, a hair receiver, or rather a new
variation on it. It is of chased silver,
gilt lined, and there's a hole in the
cover into which lost locks ate thiust.
FITS Permanently Cured. lio Co or nervousnes
ri I v after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Uri-at
Nerve Restorer. Send tor Fl)K $2.00 trial
bottle and treatise. DR. R. H. rrT.rfjR. tja. 030
Arch street, Philadelphia, pa.
. 4
A curious faot has been noted by
arctic travelers. Snow, when at a very
low temperature, absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
I never used so quick a cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption. J. B. Palmer,
Box 1171, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 25, 1895.
In Sweden there are floating can
neries. They are small vessels, which
follow fishing fleets, and men on them
can the fish while they are fresh.
Foreign authorities assert that tuber
culosis is prevalent in all countries, ir
respective of climate and other condi
tions. In Europe Professor Leyden
states that it is responsible for at least
1,000,000 deaths annually.
Coronium, a chemical element hith
erto found only by spectroscopic exam
ination in the sun's corona, has been
found by Professor Naslni,In the gases
given off by Mount Vesuvius. It is
supposed to be much lighter than hy
drogen. The time necessary for the conver
sion of a forest tree, or a part of it,
into a printed paper in a recent test
made in Germany, was two hours and
85 minutes.
The use of oxygen gas, either pure
or diluted with pare air, is regarded
by Dr. George Stoker, of England, as
the speediest method of healing
wounds.
In Sweeden there are floating canner
ies. They are small vessels which fol
low fishing fleets, and men on them
can the fish while they are fresh.
A Schilling & Company San Francia$
established 1780.
! Baker's
e -&
I Chocolate.
celebrated for more
than a century as a
delicious, nutritious, "3
and flesh-forming
beverage, has our g.
well-known f
a
Yellow Label ?
. ,
on the front of every
package, and our &
trade-mark,"LaBelle
Chocolatiere,"on the 3"
NONE OTHER GENUINE.
MADE ONLY BY
g WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd.;
Dorchester, Mass.
ATLAS ESQ IKES AtD BOILERS.
...Willamet
Front and Everett Sts.
A Beautiful
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In order to further introduce ELASTIC STARCH (Flat Iron Brand),
the manufacturers. L 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
They are 13x19 inches In size,
Lilacs and
Pansies.
Pansles
and
Marguerites.
r KQU'RtS NO
ratrouKe or ths
AS FAR AS A FPUMD
Ot ANT OTKCK
.JIACTOtO
"J.C.KUoiNSER
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 arc 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 Deauty, rienness ot color ana
One of these pictures
will De given away
with each package of
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 ELASTIQ STARCH. ACCEPT U SUBSTITUTE
American
Type
Founders
Company
Cor.
Of "Armstrong's Combined Theory and Practice
?f Bookkeeping are nnmerous. Investigate
bis new method of teaching. It is extremely
Interesting, thoroughly practical.
Going to Business College ?
Do not fall to learn what and bow we teach.
PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE, Portland,
Oregon. Call, or write. Visitors always wel
come. - A. P. Armstrong, Principal.
That double faoed stuff with strik
ing plaid on one side and downy white
on the other, makes a most surprising
jacket, and a walk through the country
on a crisp winter day would be a de
light thus attired. The jacket is made
plaid side out, though the inside of
the oollar, the revers and the straps
show white. It Is double-breasted and
warm enough to make one long to face
a blizzard in it.
on't
WHEAT
speculation In Chicago. We
buy and sell wheat on mar
Kins. Fortunes h&vp h,..n
made on a small beginning by trading in fu
tures. Write for full Darticulars. Best of rat-
erence given. Several years' experience on tba
Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough know
ledge of the business. Send for onr free refer
ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS & Co.,
Chicago Board of Trade Brokers". Offices in
Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Wash.
BUY THE GENUINE
SYRUP OF FIGS
... MAirrjFACTTJRKD ETT ...
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
HTSOTE THE SAME.
YOUR LIVER Si
Moore's Revealed Remedy willdoit. Three
doses will mako you feel better. Get it from
yonr druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
from Stewart & Holmes Drug Co.. Seattle.
nlLUFWCK m IS5
Plain pr with Cutter. The best needle in the mar.
Ret. Used by nil sack sewers. For sale by all en
erul merchandise stores, or by
WIf.X, & FINCK CO.,
820 Mnrkot Street. San Francinoo. Oal.
. P. M. D.
Mo. 41, 'i)8.
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ilEX writing to u) vortiserg please
mention thin imper.
Cawston & Co.
Successors to H. P. Gregory & Co:
48 and 50 First St.,
Portland, Or.
304 First Ave.,
Seattle, Wash.
Iron Works...
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INCORPORATED 1865.
Manufacturers of Marine and Stationary Engines and
Boilers, Saw MHL Flour Mill, Mining and Dredging
Machinery, Shafting, Pulleys, Hangers, Water
Wheels, e'.c Agents for the John T. Noye Co. Flour
Mill Machinery. Huntley Mfg. Co.'s Monitor Grain
Separators and Scourers. Dealers in Excelsior Bolting
Cloth, Mill and Elevator Supplies, Cotton and Leather
Belting, etc
Send your orders direct to us ana get the beue
fit of manufacturers' prices.
... SIEAHliOAT BUILDERS ...
PORTLAND, OH.
Present
resi
and are entitled as follows:
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Wild
American
Poppies.
COOKIK'T" m
Lilacs and
Iris.
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Elastic Stare!
artistic merit.
EVERYTHING FOR THE
PRINTER....
We lead and originate
fashions in....
TYPE
Second and Stark Sts.
PORTLAND, OREGON
CURE YOURSELF!
Uu for inmiktiirnl
diccbaree?, tpflanimattoM.
Irritations i,r nlrri-Mtinna
of m u c o uji niciubraiM's.
Painless, ari'i nut astrin-
tTHEEyH3 0HEMIC1.0o. l'nt or Poisonous.
.cmcimuTi.o.O'iJ 0,tl nracarists.
"or aent in plain wrapper.
K-Ukflr :i bottles, S2.75.
Circular "cut nn n-quost.
The Sauciest Hats.
Undoubtedly the most bowitching,
sauciest hat is a sable lined little affair,
which just shades the eyes enough.
Its only trimming is any quantity of
airy black net, which has been plaited
until it can be fantastic enough. All
thi6 sombreness, which yon, of course
knew, was only an excuse and a back
ground for one finishing touch, is set
off by a brilliant sprinkling of vivid
red wings poised well in front.
Milk is notVendered less favorablo to
digestion by being sterilized.
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