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XII E HEAVENLY WORLD. (. T, WALK IE Oh, where It that heaven of glory, That beautiful home of the bleat, Where heart that are aid with life's stor Kind eaoe and the sweetness of rest? Do akin that smile on us at even Hold loved ones who wait for us there? Will that be the precious home given When we in their blessedness share? We look on the sky's perfect asure, And long with great longing U know, Just where it will be onr Lord's pleasure Our freed, happy spirits shall go. Sometimes there comes o'er us a shrinking At thought of the changing of place, Of breaking the bonds that are linking Our souls to this narrow earth space. If only we knew where the spirit Would dwell when the body doth sleep 1 What place in the vastoess inherit I Where God Uis beloved will keepl The babe that Is peacefully sleeping Tba s'ecp that no waking can know, In beaven, has gained and is keeping The knowledge we pant for below. Oh. poor troubled heart that is fretting To know what has not been revealed, Have faith that our Lord, not forgetting, Keeps part of the future concealed. But surely enough has been told thee To give to the souls jicrlect peace, for Christ's arms of love will enfold thee, And sorrow forever shall cease. Jfo tears will there darken vour vision ; The parting of friends will be o'er ; While all, in that region elysiaii, Shall dwell with the God they adore. People Who Doctor Themselves. "The extensive use of patent medicines and the enormous quantity of drags sold without prescriptions indicate how wide spread is the habit of self-doctoring." said a prominent physician to a Sun re porter, "l'o those who know how care lessly and ignorantly these drugs are used the thought of the harm they do is absolutely appalling. There is no tell ing how long a prescription onoe given will be used, or with what foolish risk it will be applied in a case where it will not only not do good, but is certain to do harm. "Do you think the habit of self-doctoring deoreases the practice of physicians?" "By no means. The effect is rather to increase thoir work. People who think to do without the services of a physician nill not only do themselves barm by de lav, but also with the medicines which they do not know how to use. It is like a man trying to mend a leak in a water pipe with a poker. Ha generally makes the hole bigger. It is, of course, the most diffioult part of the physician's duty to diagnose the disease, to tell what is the real trouble with the pationt. It is not uncommon for even educated physicians 4 lra tnintalrAO. in this rAgnect. The liw iuaao 1 science of medicine has progressed so far that every part ol tlie unman Douvnas .nUT. tliniTiii(Tilv Htnilinil. and the UDUU yiwvj 'tt ' - treatment of the ailments of each part is a specialty. It is impossiDie ior one ' physician to know all these diseases as well as specialists, and it is a common practice among honest physicians to re fer patients to those who have made a special study of the diseases which affect them. It is not uncommon for a man to go from one phy sician to another in the vain effort tn Aiannvor liia nil monk. Sometimes a patient will be treated by successive puysioinus ior lugwruugHiiiiwuucuiiuiio some of the symptoms of different dis eases are similar. How unlikely it is, therefore, that persons, who have not studied medicine can find out what ails them?" "Which do you think do the most self doctoring, men or women?" "Women, decidedly, especially moth ers and old women. The reckless temer ity of some women in this respect is wonderful. They rush in where angels fear to tread. Hastily judging from a few symptoms that a case resembles one which the family doctor has treated.they will hunt up an old prescription and administer the dose to some helpless child or confiding husband. I could tell you some amusing stories of the mis takes that are made in this way, as well as some instances where more serious consequences resulted. Take, for illus tration, a headache. It may come from a .dozen different causes from hunger, from indigestion, from over excitement of the brain, from eating too much, from inhaling foul air. The remedy for a headache varies with its cause. Yet you will find women who have a universal panacea for headache, regardless of its cause. Beware of such women." . "WTith what medicines is the most harm done?" "Opiates and aperients. The heed lessness with which morphine in various forms is now administered in families is alarming. The doctor comes to attend a patient who is in Dain. He prescribes morphia and directs its use and the pa tient is relieved. This is enough to start the average matron on a course of fell destruction with morphia. The next patient may be of a different tempera ment, or sex, or age, requiring either a different kind or quantity of tho opiate, but the old prescription will be used, or worse than all, will be revived from memory. Some dm? stores watch care fully and refuse to dispense such drugs without a proscription in each case, but there are many too eager to make money to care much whether the patient is being treated bv a doctor. The same is true of the use of bromide, of chloroform and of ether. The bottle that is left partly filled in a family after one patient bas been treated is pietty sure to be used for another without the doctor's knowledge, i - i i i . as ior paregoric ana iautiaauui. mo amount of stupefaction that is practised upon children by their use is so common as almost to cease to attract attention. Perhaps the child is naturally peevish, or is cutting teeth, or has some infantile ailments; out comes the paregoric or soothing syrup bottle, and before long the small dose ceases to take effect. Then larger doses are given, until the unfor tunate youngster's system is saturated with the drng and totally deranged. Sometimes the lazy and dishonest nurse, to relieve herself from trouble, admin isters the anodyne on her own responsi bility, and tbV hapless child shows a dullness and stupidity, for which no body can account. "I met a man once who was doctoring himself for dyspepsia and indigestion. Hs told me he wondered why he had not cured himself. He was apparently of muscular development and good consti tution, but he had somehow got the idea into his bead that he must exercise after every meal in ordor to promote digestion. "He took long and rapid walks after his meals. Of oourse, his indigestion got worse. He was apparently a man of or dinary intelligence, yet he was ignorant of the simplest law of health. I told him that if a cow could talk she would teach him more sense than to take any vigorous exeroise, either physical or mental, immediately after a hearty meal. Most horses are treated more Intelli gently than this man was treating him self. "What puzzles me is the fact that peo ple are not afraid to meddle with such a delicate organism as the human body. Few persons who have watches would attempt to repair them if they should get out of order ; yet they tackle the delicate mechanism of their own bodies with the recklessness of a blacksmith at tempting to adjust a chronometer. The evil is widespread, and reaches not only the cases I have alluded to, but many others more difficult and dangerous than these. I have known of women experimenting with drugs in cases were a simple surgical operation of a minute's duration was all that was necessary. The case is insidious and one that would be diffioult to reach by legislation. It is especially common among those who have that little learn ing which is a very dangerous thing. It is a question which are most to bo pitied, those who know nothing whatever of their own bodies or those who, having the presumption to act on vory slight and insufficient knowledge, are perpetu ally dosing themselves with nostrums and, with a blind faith equal to the most abject superstition, putting confidence in panaceas." Storj of a Toad. A writer in the Portland Transcript gives the following description of the trouble a toad get himself into by not taking care of what he ate. He swal lowed a wasp, thinking, no doubt, that it was a large but defenseless fly. The realization of this mistake came when the wasp began pricking his inter nal organs, as a guilty conscience pricks a sinner. The toad stood on His legs and reached frantically down his throat after that wasp. Failing to dislodge it he turned three somersalts in a manner that would have rivalod the boss tumbler in a circus. Then he stood up and exolaimed: "Woo onduel Woo onduol" which was supposed to be a call for a stomach pump or a quick emetic He then made several efforts to stand on bis head, but was unsuccessful. Next he bethought himself of the Greenback doctrine of inflation, and puffed out his sides until he looked like a bass-ball bat with legs to it. Inflation didn't hit the case, and was soon abandoned. Again he reached down his throat, but his arm was too short to reaoh the spot where the wasp was operating. His head, began to swim, and ho whooped over on his back and olawed the air like a man overboard. The wasp was evidently unable to continue Lis in' fliction of punishment, and the toad be gan to feel better. He cot upon his feet and with a fore' foot carefully examined his ribs upon either side. Finding them all in place, he stretched himself to hit) utmost height two or three times to see if his legs were in working order, and then hopped a hop or two to make assurance sure. Being satisfied that he was all there, he gave a croak of relief and hopped under the tomato vines. Solid Milk. To make condensed milk, says the New York Sun, the milk is subjected to a heat of some IM degrees, which, it is said, scalds it. By a new process, the heat is only about 130 degrees, and the product is called evaporated milk. Ween the time of exposure to that moderate heat ia suflioiently prolonged, all tue watery part of the milk is driven off, and the remnant is a touch, solid moss, creamy white in color, and much resembling a dried chunk of wheat-flour dough. That is granulated by nrtiflciul mcaDS; a little fine white sugar is added to make it keep and then it looks like corn-meal, and is called granulated milk. The evaporated mild is only about half as near solid as the condensed milk, but is vory rich.and so little affeoted by the process through which it has passed, that when water is added the most delicate aid cannot de tect a difference betwoen it and pure, natural milk; cream rises on it, and but ter can be made of it. 1 he same desir able peculiarities belong to the granU' luted milk. The evaporated milk is used in the Nursery and Child's Hospital, and on most of the steamship lines. The granulated is ' made to keep in all climates, for any desired length of time. A LawTtil Excuse. "Why didn't you attend my wife's funeral? asked an angry man approach, ing an acquaintance. "When vour wife was buried I was there, and now. sir, as you did not re turn the favor. I'm going to whale you until you can't stand up. People have been slighting me long enough and blamed if I'm going to stand it any loncer ." 'Hold on, my friend; I know that you attended my wife's funeral, and I know that it was mv duty to exchange courte' sies, but there was a good reason why I was not present. "Make a satisfactory explanation or T'll loltvou with an uneentlo Hand. The truth is. I owe that undertaker, and I knew that if he saw me he'd bone m fnrtliB monev. "Your excuse is accepted. I owe the fellow myself and am keeping out of his way. There is a new saloon wound her9. Let's go and stand off the barten der." Arkansaw Traveller. !.' VMtmlte Cherry Towtti Faafa An aromatic combination for the preservation or the teeth, ana gums. n ur .u(:... - preparation of its kind in the market In large, L.J.i,l mi, nriee fifty cents. For sale k- .ii j, .;.. Hndt-e. Davis A Co.. whole- UJ wiub'-' m agents, iVrtluad, Oregon. srriJ. SET OS" 1 EEFH FOB lift. LVst set. $15. Teeth filled at low rates; satis- i .i rm administered. Prenn Bros., Room M. Union Block, Stark street en- trance. Dental gradual. CINCHONA CULTUHE. Can Peruvian Bark be Produced la Southern California! , FaU and FlawrM Kelallva ( Bark Prod . MM la Ik KMC Sr4lea-raer eieaa Before Iks AnSraf f aclcevcaM. From an iuUrestini? paper on "The Cinchona Tree, and the Method of its Cultivation In the Last Indies," read recently before the Academy of Hclonces in Han Francisco, by W. I. For syth, a planter of Ceylon, the following sum mary has been made : Cinchona seed was first introduced Into In dia in 1862. It was afterwards extended Into Bikkim and adopted by planters on their cofftie and tea estate, as an auxiliary to those products In cane of failure of the crops, a fre quent occurrence, owing to the ravages of tho Hcmelda Yastatrix or coffee leaf dUease. About the period mentioned a little of the seed lounu us way into Ceylon. Up to tlie year 1880 there had beea planted on this island 40.000.000 cinchona nlanU. and in India onlv 6,000,000. Kmce that period the cultivation naa been largely extended, in every district many plantations of coffee and tea have been repluoed by cinchona. VARIKTTF.S Of CINCUOXa. Cinchona I classified luto many varioties. Those most cultivated are the Cinchona leg eriana, gsllsaya, officinalis, oondamania, saeci rnbra, ruboscens and robusta, or hybrid. This list is nearly according to the order of merit. Tho foliate of the legeriana is the prettiest of all the different kinds. The leaves are long, narrow and deep green in color, and when young hsve a soft velvety appearance Tlie seed of this kind Is more inclined to sport than mat oi otner Kinds, un this account It Is thought by many to be a hybrid and not a dis tinct type. The officinalis and condaraanii do not differ mnch in general appearance. Baccl rubra bears little resemblance to the other kinds. The plant is not as generally cultiva ted as other kinds. The bark in trade is called red bark. Cinchona robusta, the hybrid, has a blond of all tho thro latit named kinds. The rnbeaceut is little cultivated. CIXCHONA PESTS AND SEED. Cinchona generally has no peculiar disease. A large variety of caterpillar is the most troub lesome pent. It lice dormant most of the year, but springs Into life shortly before the burst of monsoon weather. The best class of tho legerlana Is crown in the government gardens of Java. A small par cel of the seed from these trees was sold at auc tion in Colombo, Ceylon, last year, tor the fab ulous sum of (400 a pound. This price will give some idea of the value placed upon the cultivation of the choicer varieties of cinchona. borne varieties, as the saecirubra and officinalis, will seed at two years. Seed, necessarily must be carefully selected, as everything depends upon securiug a large, vigorous troe when ma tured. In Ceylon all the seed-pods do not ripen at once. Many heavy losses in cinchona nursery investments may be traced to an inju dicious selection of seed. Many plants are lost during the dry season in the nursery be fore setting out. Formerly the cinchona wu propagated by means of cuttings or suckers, but this method has now boon abaudouod. A PLANTATION OB CLEAMNO. The success of a cinchona clearing deponds greatly upon a well-chosen site. Elevations suitablo for one variety will not do for another. The sacciruba thrives best at an elevation un der 5200 feet. Aboro this altitude other kinds do better. Thore are many cleariogs over 7000 feet above the sea level, but altitudes ranging betwoen 30U0 and 5000 feet aro thought the most suitable At these elevations there is a greater yield of bark per acre than in extreme heights. Regular rainfall throughout the year is not so essential to cinchona culturo as to other tropical products. In Ceylon, rain falls on an average about vuu days in tue year, in amount, generally about ten foot during tho season. A medium rainfall of from CO to 150 Inchon is the most snitablo if woll distributed throughout the year. There aro Bovcral meth ods of harvesting the Peruvian hark. Unmossod bark is bark stripped from tho stem of the tree; mo8ed or renewed bark is that renewed on the baro wound made by removing the original hark. To effect this latter result, tho tree from which the original bark is tukou, is eov ered over with moss in such a manner as to oludo both light and air. Long grims is son times used niHtead of moss, but it is not good. In Java the modo of gathering has hi governed by the necessity of thinning plants, and removiug all Inferior vsrictios. In British India thore aro two mothol known as mossing and coppicing. Both s tenm have their defenders and advocates. C Dicing is nothing moro than cutting the ti down to a stump and gathering all tho bar from the trunk or stem, noting snoots spnni up and make a field for subsequent harvest: Only ono shoot should be allowed to romai growing from the stump. FORMATION or THE BARK. The bark of tho cinchona consists of sops rate layers, and it seems cortain that tho alkJ bilrlu avlinHA AVIMtiinCQ cllleHv dntornil Ileal till value of the bark, aro found almoxt entirely Unf thooutsido layer, lor this reason there t--j! moro profit in gathering only the outside' bark, and allowing the more Ubrous portions to remain. On the Indian peninsula .the est isaya, or yellow bark, has been extensively cul tivated. This is the most valuahlo for medic inal purposes. The total amonnt of bark yielded in India up to tho your 1880 was 1,134, 901 pounds. In regard to the yield of a single cinchona tree it is related that the conservator of for ests, of tho Madras presidency, foiled a Baceir ubra tree, measuring fifty feet in length, and twenty-four inches in circumference, which yielded forty-nine pounds of bark. This tree had been shortened by snmo accident, and it is calculated that if it had attained its growth un checked, ono hundred and fifty pounds might have been obtained. In some places in Coy Ion, by coppicing, it is said that even moro than this amount bos been obtained. The cinchona tree will thrive in Mexico and along the coast of Central America, where, the soil is rich and bas a subsoil drainage. As wall-known, tho mother conntry of the tree is South America, but by energy and enterprise it has reached the highcxt state of cultivation in Java, Ceylon and British India. PBonTS or the ixDcsmv. The bark, after being gathered on tho planta tions or clearing, is dried and shipped to mar ket in distant cities. Manufacturers obtain samples and determine the value according to the amount of alkaloids fonnd. Prices range from a shilling to sometimes thirteen shillings a pound, or about $7280 per ton. This latter price i, of oourse, unusual. As has been men tioned, the government has large plantations in India, and a sum amonnting to over l.r0, 000 has already been invested. The receipts prior to 187K were moro than this amount, lie sides a funded capital of about $5,(W0,OOO. Some plantations have yielded twenty tons of saecirubra, mont from trees four or five years old, and the bark sold for about 4s, and some as high as 7s lid. One small charing of officinalis, was nproottd re cently, and yielded the marvelous sum of J5000 per aero. The trees hsd been planted about seven years a return of over $700 an acre per year! An aero at saecirubra, cloven yesrs old, yields about 4372 pounds per acre, which, at 4 6d a pound, rcilizcj about $3140 per care. This variety is of loss value than the officinalis. The government plantations in India comprise about 1200 acres, so that the investment theoretically is eiUitnittod to be worth over $5,000,000. It is said that there is little danger of the supply of bark and me dicinal quinine giving out. True, the sources from which the market has hitherto been sup plied the virgin forests of South America are nearly devastated, but the East Indian plantations are large and increaning. It is as serted that if planters based their calculations on the price of quinine falling one-half there would still remain a large margin of profit for them. There is little danger of the industry in the East Indies being overdone. The facts, figures, plan of culture and the experience of East Indian planters are given above. It might be well for enterprising California agri cultoruU or horticulturists to examine farther into the matter. X0TICE. To the Farmer and Mechanics' of Ortgon, Wathiwjton Territory and Idaho: We wish to call your attention to tht (act that our anmud Catalogue and price list for 1882-H3 ii now ready for dittribution, ll will be fouud very valuable and inttructi reading, and will beurnithtd gratuitoutly Send iwtr name and pottofKce addrtt to FARMERS and ilECH ASICS' STORE, 184 Firtt $trect, Portland, Oregon, ep7-lm 1'. O. Doxm. Book Ann Mine Bursas: Send to Wiley B Allen, IS3 Third street, Portland, for any book or mumo mibliehed. Orders by mail filled promptly. The "Musical Pastime," a monthly journal of music, 60 cts, a year. Bend stamp for big catalogue of music. D0XT BUY BOSS BOOTS UNLESS YOU WANT THE BEST. SEE THAT OUR NAME IS ON EVERY PAIR. AKIN. SELLING 4 CO. The Chapman Bitters, Miss Conchlta, Leo Brothers and hosts of new tulent at the Elite theater in Portland, the only first class variety theater in Oregon. For charming boudoir photographs go to F. G. Abell's gallery in Portland He has the best of assistants and does none but artistic work. The beat liver regulator known, sure cure for D;speia and indigesliou is bv. Henley's Cali fornia 1. X. Ii. Hitters. TrjRKiaa Ruas. Send to Jobn B. Garrison, 1G7 Third street Portland, for catalogues ol 1e igns. Garrison repairs all kinds ot sewlncr machines. T! HOOK. HIKDKKft. J. I. MOSITIM Ela.-lNirtlnnd blank book mun i factory, S1 WajdiliiKton itreet, Portland, Or. Tlie reliable eataliltnhment. Tiptop (or (ood worn. Plunk honk with pnMed hciollinpi made a ipcclalty. MAHBI.K WORK. MKKtiKSA VOftPKB, 4t MiarB.-.Mouumeiila, Tumltn, tltudninnwi, etc., (urnlnhed tn Italian and American nmrtilo. Oontitijr orders tilled promptly, Nelift for prtcew Mid di wlgnw. I HVKVORH. W. as. MAYKK.-t'tvllKiiriueer.t.'onlriu'Uir and nuncyor. oilier KiKim No. S Ijoie'n lKillitliiK, Kant Portland. All klndi ol mirveytug and drafting rionp fnrany pwrt of the country. HAHF.K1KH. EMMttiniAKlRYarWuWiVKlon. Vom A (Mlir, Props. ManuiactinYranf lllol bread, Hoda, Picnic, Putter, RuNton.HuKHrandHlioe Fly crackers. Order from tb trade solUled and promptly at telutt to. ATTOKSj'KV. it. s. R Kit &' tilts' Attorney and Uouuitcmr at Iw Room 4 Itekaia'a bull,iln. ll buslneM IH-rtnliiliig pi Itteni 1'ntenl fur uiventtnna, bofort ihe Pment Onto or In the (Vnirt. a Pcbltv. milK "W111TK." WK HAVK THIN PAY HOLD X our entire Intermit In, and transferred the agency of the White Hewing Muchum tnJHr. John P.. Onrrl on, of 107 Third sir et, Portland, Or. Mr. Uarrtaon will hereafter mipply the growing demand for tblr ulterior and popular tewing machine, tpia Hlf.t.ABABR. DRS. FREELAND L ROBERTS, DENTWTH Cur. t'lmt & Yntnb.il nil, Portland, Or. (Davidson's Photograph Gallery.) ?Flrtt-olass work at the most reasonable rate. Have both had many years experience In Oregon and California. SEEDS! SEEDS! yE HAVE NOW ON HAND AT THE OBEGON SEED DEPOT The largenl "tuck of sidn ever held by one linn ninth nf Hun t'mnelaeo, which will I ol(t at reiiMHi- uiiln ItKiireii. coiinlitlng of Or. Vegetable. ? "aN ele, eU'. J Ageuia ior "i"-- ' . J . -aL.at Jfc M 1 Dealer la Hew and . SECOND 1IAXD MACHIN'EUY, M M ndlaon -, Portland, Or. , Pirttri V1rln linllera. Engine or MAW MILL. UM III.M BY eunamiir then by addraaalna Mr. Collier, New and Second Hand Machinery bought and aold or traded to advantace. EYE & EAll INFIRMA11Y SANITARIUM, OR HOME FORTHE SICK Maeadum llunri, bet. Porter and Wood Nta Numb Portlitud, Or. Pr. rtlklnkrton.lale Professor nf Kye A Ear Ileiuieii In the MiilK'al IH'iiitrtnieni oi wiiuaineue i.'im.rim) Inw erii-te.1 a One liullillint. on a beittillfiil elevation In liePIHIIII Pl,ri III Uir l-ll.T, m,-iu date tialleiitamiireriiiK from all dineHnof the K1K, KAKorTHKOAT. ' wl1' Pav njwlal attention to permiui lalMirin under Chronic Nervuui all'eetlnin, anil to oeieUNill ieeiiuir w winiiru.,.,!,, ,n -. m ...... ,... ii,i,i...r nf ii.u. ninwLlinr eniitliieineiit. The Intention In to provide a Home fur mien raw with all the lieit byKlenie wenrien enninuieii wim un be.it meiii'M nkiu lo ne into in tue ini'iniiim. rv.,,Hi,iiii,v nhv.icliaii mid nunnun I kr. I'uMIn HarveYi Prof, nf dlm-nxe nf wiimeu and ehlldreii In the medical department Willamette univemity. ... . AIM) lir. J. 41. K Browne, Prut, of Physiology med, rfA..', L'lllu..,..ilu ITnlvurMll V. For any aiuouuinf reference and circular, address ltlt. al. . PILK.ISUTON. Cor. lot and Walilnifton "., I-aruuno, r, JOHN 1. CHILI). WALTER A. GRAD0X John A. Child & Co., DRUGGISTS, DEALERS IK Fine Chemicals, Toilet Articles, ' Kuhber Good and IIRIOOI1T' OMDRin. flpeclal attention (Ir eu w CAftla OBDF.RI Br Mail. S1000 KEWAJtt) WILL 11B PAID TO ANY PKHMftN PltOIrtX'' bitt a more effectual remedy than Dr. Keek's Sure Cure for Catarrh, Which haa atond the teat for fourteen yearn. I hyr ctana, Lruioti.u, and all who have uaed and tnor oughly teid It, prtinounr It aiaerl Be for the cure of Uiat loathaonae dueww. Try II. Your drug-flat ba It, price SI. Dr. Keck thoroughly ondeniUnda. and eminently aucceitaifiil In the treatment fif all ekramle auu dl St eals dlaraara of both eeaea and all . bavlne made a upeHaHy of their treatment fur fuurteen yeara He treat C'aaeer without ualnf the knife. Ila favor ite Drearrltnlon a furnished u, ladv BNtleale Free. No lady abould be without It. Vuuni. middle uel or old, male or female, ii.aanlty or a life of aurTertnE a your Inerltatile down unleat yon apply In time to tb pbyarlan who nndentanda, and la competent to treat your caae. Waate no oiore time nor money with In- ccrr.puiil pliyaa-iaoa. Aofoimuunirationa attennea to with dhpalrb. and are atrictly rouodentlal. Medl daea aent to any Dart of the country. Cinnlara. leatl- ninnlaJa, and a ISt of printed qnentlnna f'irtnalied on application. tJOMMiXTATIOM VHK.K. lnclnae a lliri'e-cnit atamp fur Uat aod addrtne iJrl. lAMkU au K. No. lat rmo aueet. roruaad. Ur. USE ROSE PILLS. . BEK HE. 11 FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! In placing before (he public onr recent ner, Mater ft Co of $35,000 Of good damaged by smoke at the late Are, we are enabled to lay before yon a lint ol Prices, an Array of Figure not quoted by any other House anywhere, solvent or 111. tolrent, no matter whether cash or credit, whether buying to break and to rob their credlton and steal what they may before the bolt falls, It matters not We place this price list before you and mean It to be final, decisive and crushing In Its logic, lmmen ilty of tarlcty, and It unapproachable, Stubborn Facts & Figures THAT CANXOT Canton Flannel, worth 10 cents Canton Flannel, heaviest, worth 25 Hest Calico, worth 6 cents Rest Lonsdale Mnslln Rest 8-4 Sheeting Rest t.lneliaru Irish Laee, worth 2o ceuts per doi is J cents per aoz Wood Felt SI Irts SO cents a piece Wood Kentucky Jeans 12 cents per yard Heaviest Kentucky Jeans - 25 cents per yard Heavy Chevolt -.10 cents per yard White Redsprends, worth $1 CO cents each Heavy Craah -11 yards for $1(0 Woolen Shlits, worth t- $1 00 each Ladles' Hose, (iernian liand knit - 10 a pair White Rlnnkets. worth $1 SO - 2 60 a pair Job Lot, Men's l'ercale Milrts 1 00 each Wents' Merino I'liilershlrts 25 each Job Lot, Ladles' Klioes, 40 cents on the Dollar. BIG PEIOES WILL NOT DO tn the times when even lor every dollar and every who baa the ability to buy at tb ehorttsl uianjtu of prunt tor money down. r money aown. OBSERVE: lat. That we have the lameat ttock of roodt of varied 2d. Aaareault uurtraile miMt be the larveaL Where the mnntaatlafactory; bound to be, In order lo have the trade. Sd. We have but Otie Price, aell for faati Only, and mark all foods with leUInf pncea In plain flaurea. Oot of uiwn cuslouiereaeud to ua for anytblug they want with a certainty of selUuj treatment the aatueas Hal ""thTwe il mall orders with can, tat te, speed and dlacnUoo. Tb oost of transit by mall, express or Irtlgbt loraoodalaoiily trilling. aiu. uoous not as oruerea may am reiururo. a, our eapeua. CATALOGUES AND SAMITES FREE. Address letters to J. SEIIiIiIIffG & CO., f (Successors to P. Selling) Corner First and Yamhill Streets, Portland, Or. 1 f! ,UUI Schenectady, New York. BRANCH HOUSE, PORTLAND ......r....ORKUON G. P. DART, Manager. V1 I i .-.i'aA -. "KV''.'i' MANl FACTrnKKH of THRKHHERH, LEVEIl TRACTION KNtllNEH, DIlAd HAWH, Ac. We do But we'll any we can prove that we have a machine cific Coaat. We clnlin we can threah cleaner from work In general than others. Neither do we have tn PKNHK of the FARMER. We wnrrant all machinery sold by tin. Ws KlIUTHKIt GUARANTEE that our Engine will do the SAME WORK with ONE TIIIRK LEPH FUEL and WATER than ANY ENCIINE In this MARKET. I)o not buy without neeliig our kihiiIh addreaal Ofllce, font nf Morrlaon street, a. Weatlnif BOSS BOOTS ARE BEST. THEY ARE ALL STAYED SEAMS. UVV NO OTHER. See that Our ame Is on Every Fair. AKIN. aEM.ISO A it., Portland, Orraua. SEWING MACHINE ST0CE 167 TDIED ST. narsmiat o ON SHORT NOTICE. S AQMaoinf OIXJH, MACHINES 'V-.-tiY aaAT.m. Gy THB.IAD, ATTACHXOTS.eU. vy a,nAi. um fob ni HOUSEHOLD i WHITE 1 USE ROSE PlLLa. J. ' ! J purchase of the wholesale house of Flelsh solid and AND WILL SOT LIE: 14 yards for $1 00 ceuts - M yards tor SO yards for .11 yards for 4 yards for 10 yards for 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 lha wealthy cannot afford to waate their money, and the poor require double duty penny. Popularity and prosperity can readily be commanded by any merchant (or cash, ihe knowledge of valuas to buy riant, and the prudeucc aud policy t saU character on thseoaat. trade k KrtMleat, Ibera prices must OS lowest-fOOda AtsoUeneral Agents for Tba We.ttnihoua. af ackla ','. New Ilonble Cylinder. Nlncle Aetloa , MelMaatala ed Engine, Vneacelled for Economy In every particular. Hkllled Engineer, unnecea aury. No PackltiK, no Adjimt liiR, no Pnundlni In boxei. IE -'It I '- i , vw , V III -' i N". Y Vtrf-r '"Til and TIIKAD 1IOHHK POWKR8, PORTA HMC and not clutm to havo the ONLY TIIRKHIIKR Ui Omsiiin. the beat adapted to the wuntn of the Farmer of the Pa Ihe strnv, aav the grain belter, and do more and better rebuild our machines In the Held at the Tl M K and EX- or hearing from ua. For rlrciilara or other information honee A l'o,, Portland, Orraon. PERUVIAN BITTERS. IS m fa V-., J f. . The Flne.t BITTEKSJ la Ihe HOBLU. T11EY EFFECTVALLY CTRE ' MALARIAL DISEASES, VI tul I ae Ihe Siyateaa and arreet the ravage, .f III IlreHiiriil Alcohol llublt, UIPMOMANIA. Aak yeur Drngaiat ar Wlaa Merchant the a. WILUrUDISO at CO., Agenta, aa rraa eleM. 4 If ARI.IVS KOIIN A fO , ftotr Agent. Worthwralera tou.t, Iko. 44 Front atreet. Portland, r. THE PIIOTOGRAPHElt, riBHT AND TAILOR TBEETa, Part laad, Oreaoa. Tke Wm Pfunder! Oregon Blood Purifier, , , , (PFUNDEKS) I I