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ta ar,Sj T ... i ' lot- i. but n 1 'itt 72 " "air II l.it H li: lWii u,,r. tv &-. U4 H. 't I Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY PURE SAMK OLD GAMES. : ARH PLAYING THOSE INVENTED CY THE ANCIENTS. I A,rrro Indiana 1'layed Hax-ball. rlcLt-l. I-"1" Ti-nnia, ine anu Hin t- .. .. fx...,! AtTAVlljrk N'flVnlllaiK Itl in l" ' ' Ilnrely Catch On. . .. i i ... - t ii.v i::,,nti,il every year boc-miie. mWt. '' ! J' "'"7 lc h,,,'u 'u ""7 "y ';(. l.v t! h- re luwu kiiuics 1 r r'1"1'''1 ' '"irilH ami pi:m-n kill, P ':,l's f')r J"mK f M. :i im l.iiH-li.il.v tiijjit, fur Ullt . if tin i-i will rvi'r tuko tlio iiluco of ;,1 of infancy iiinl Imy- ,, Kvi'it tl: names of most of them M mi v.r l.i licar.l of by tlio majonty ' . 1 ll . fl'l. :.: col li ."toiy. I, urn: an oxcy nm'.ter tu invent a ht 1.H ill .-l jiinn-n iu" p.i minimi, '1 ! I- ..r fc'.unn wa." iu'vit yi't iu- iK.L r.vrvy ono in in.'in nan puwii, ,1 il:, l.-t(f tlioiii luivo b"cn KfwitiK - lituii'ii f yearn. K'ii'iitillc mm Us tli.it all forts of queer creitttneit ,ni;v. il en tiii.-) earth .'rent lizard !liviiV; monster, half whale, ,',f neal, and l'liiniH'oroHes larger than li;;nts'. All these havf dieil away Ih .n'lNy ero not littol to live, whilo Huau:iali that were, lit for life havo :ic c ii Knwiiifj lx't tor iiml l: tter, till in the horw, for instance weconlil I iin v. iilii ut. It i.s just no with me, 'i'lii-'t' live that uio lit to live, ,1 ti e re t oVe. 0;irli't (jaiues form a sort (if iirin-rj-v. Their H'li;ree.s run hack to . rv iiiii'ieiit times, unil no uimleril tip- irt ra;i coii:H'io with them. Tako rfrliall ami cricl:"t, for instance, iinih !r the lim.-t ioml.ir nutiliHir panics (if ili'rii times, the inie in our own conn v, the ether in I'lilaml. Tliey are t (iiiisins, nf.il their lioM on Amer jn mm! liiylili boyn is in all imha- f.itTiluetothe fact that they each tmito oflri.iiK' lines of descent that of the ijii'l hall k:"'S to which teuniH, TK-e, h"ck ', croiinet and, moro dis :itlv, billiards also belong, mid that ' the putl panics, such as tajf, puss in xi.niir, I K.y and doens of others. All tlio tiatii.tis we know anything mt'.t IiimI hat ami hall uames nes ayo. ii'.;b !y invented the hat and hall. Thry rew up with our civilization from tho me vlu'll Y.ttM Kavacs used to knock milt a rcliblo or a fruit with a stick. f i with tho n ml panics they havo al kuvs lieen ptiimliir. Their name is still tfieii. The pial part that is, the run- ux fn.ui base tohasr is u much mnro militant part of the puno in baseball isu it is in cricket, and for tins reason e Anieiica'.is mo justified iu looking tlm baseball us tlio better Kame, ull btluT thiiiK beiiif? niua). To bo sure, ithcr lui. eball nor cricket is tho frame it was iidll years ago, but both have frown, not cluinfjed. Any ono w ho chooses may trace tho rruwtliiif cricket from the year liiOO. it is nut as easy to traeo the pedigree of fcascktll, fr.r, just lis with a ureat many American families, tliero is a break in the nvur.l back in colonial times. It is known to havo been played by tho In dians. It is n thoroiiK'lil.v Amcricnn k e, und no ono loves it less because Ionic penph) claim rounders us its an- vstor "ml others reject tho claim with k'urn. As fur indoor games, wo may prove iieir nobility iu just tho samo way. hess comes down to us from tho an ient Hindoos, by way of Persia. Chrck rs were played iu Kftypt, and then in ireiroand Koine. Cards made their ap- aranco in Kurijpo in IH50, and tho hiin so say that tliey used them two nturirs earlier thau this. Tcnjiins was i rtuinlv phivi d in the thirteenth ecu- ury, and probably much earlier. All havo crown, but they have not :iuuied their nature. Lawn tennis is only an offshoot of the ill 1 fjanio of court tennis, said to have en brouftht into Gaul by Roman sol liers ami still played. Affain only a nowth, not u new device. There is lalmsi only a variation of tho old pyr- inid Ki"1'"' checkers. How about larchesi? The pompons title, "A Royal lame of India," inscrilx'd on tho old larchesi board, is often tluaiyht to have aeon only au advertising dodge, but it Kiis quite true. Pareliesi, called by the Hindoos pachisi, is widely played iu Asiatic countries, and tho Spanish cx fclnrers even found the Aztecs playing it fcnder tho name of patulli in .Mexico, hither it may havo been carried across io Pacilie. These and many other instances are orth thinking over deeply, for they ach a lesson. If any one is tired of ie old games and wants something a tile different, li t him ultcr the old iu ii' direction of growth rather than try invent something qnite different. The i.-st successful inventors of games have ' ul.wed this rule. Indeed it is more ' lian a rule. It is a law of natnre. Ycm l ight as well try to please the human ilate with food made out of s.ml and !ji!ust as to force boy or man to get f-'jevmeiit out t a game Mat does not stain tlio old. well tried game ele- euts. New Vurk World. WnnU M'hlih Kliynie Not. The number of English words whii'h vm no ihynio in the languago is mt -Tge. I'jve or six thousand at ica.-i are rvn!ii.ut rhvine and coiiM-qui ntly can tie mi.h red at the end of tiie v. rse on.y transposing the accent, coupling "m with an imivrfirt consonant.' or itrncting an artiliciul rhyme oat of o words. Among other words to hich there arc no rhymes may men- till lilt K ,l,-..r 1 1 1 1 ii siiirit. himnev. warmth, culf. sylph, music. breadth, width, depth, honor, iron. e-ho. Well Mtdt I p. "C'onio, de.ir, kisi" my cheek and ake it np," she said forgivingly. I 11 kiss it, he answered, but 1 u't think it wants our wore making ul!" Figara NO REALLY WILD HORSES. I Ill Are Kalil to llr Ilrti rniliiuta of IhoM That Once Wrrc l"iiirllil. Is thete such a tiling iw the wild horse, an aboriginal or truly wild horse, in the world now ? The answer is more than doubtful Tho mustang of Mex ico, the wild horse of the houih Ameri can pa upas, thebrumbi of Australia, all are descendants of tho domesticated ani mals introduced from Europe. The first borse was landed iu America at lSucnos Ayres in lTilii. In l.Vjtl tliat is, iu less than lit) years horsi had spread to re gions us remote Patagonia. In Aus tralia the diffusion of horses that have escaped from civilization has been quite us rapid, and in lo it was found ncc tssary to shoot as many as 7,000 wild torses iu tho colon; of New South Wulejt alone. In somo parts of Australia the hor.-o pest has received legislative notice. Tlio wild horses tempt domestio horses to join them, und wild stallions also in vade, tho Australian horso runs and viti ate choice herds in a most annoying maimer. Tliey recur to the ancestral manners in a way that is always the same. Each stallion has his following of mares, ranging from a few- tip to JO and even fid, ami these parties way bo separate or banded together in herds of considerable size, even, it is said, 400 strong. The young and the weak mares remain witli a scanty or oven no follow ing. Tho stallion has to maintain his supremacy by frequent combats, which especially occur ut certain seasons of tho year. The animals are suspicious in tho extreme, swift in flight, but bold in de fense with tooth and heel iu emergency. They range exteusively in search of pas ture and water, und when hard pressed by danger and famine tho herds break np. It is said that each troop has a leader and implicitly obeys him. He is tho first to face danger and give tho hint to fly. When pressed, the horses form n ring, with the mares und foals iu tho center, und defend themselves vigorous ly with their heels, or they close in on their opponent iu dense masses and tramplo him to death. It is distinctly proved, then, that thero can be no aboriginal or wiid horso in cither America or Australia, although there are tens of thousands of unknown horses. Tradition points to central Asia as the original abode of tho horso, and thero tho original stock of wild horses may still possibly exist. Darwin's state ment that no aboriginal or truly wild horso is known to exist must still be held us explaining tho exact position of this question. Rut we must supplement it by stating that it is not certain that truly wild horses do not exist, und, on tho whole, conclude that tlio evidence is in favor of tho existenco of the wild hor.-o in centra) Asia, but that we have no evidence us to his pedigree iu rela tion to domestication. Tho wild horse of the British islands is now practical!; the Shetland pony, but ho is not the powerful animal described by Ca-sar. Tho domesticated utiiimil everywhere, however, reverts very easily to the sav age state. The paces of a wild horse ure a walk and gallop. The double und the canter are nrtidcial, and it is still a mooted question as to whether tho wild horse ever trots. Paper Read Refore tho Bombay Historical Society. A Salmon I'annrd tha (iulllotln. Tho Sansons havo a jilaco iu French history, not only because they continued bo long to hold their odious office, but because two of their number, n father and son, held office during the evil days of the reign of terror, wheu they were kept so busily engaged with their guil lotine. The last of tho Sanson dynasty was dismissed from his post iu thereigu of Louis Philippe, wider re markable circumstances. Although he had inheritinl a comfortable fortune from his father, tho executioner of tho revolution, he got into pecuniary difli cnlties and was guilty of pawning his guillotine, surely tlio most lugubrious pledge ever taken by mortal pawnbro ker. Au order came from tho procurator general for tho execution of a criminal, and tho necessary apparatus was not forthcoming. Tho prison authorities had perforce to get it out of pawn, and the execution took pluco. Rut the last of the Sansons was informed that his serv ices would ro lunger be required. What became of him ufterward does not ap pear to bo known. Loudon News. Conflntd Hound. The intensity of confined sound is finely illustrated at Cansbrook castle, lslo of Wight, where there is a well 2U0 feet deep nnd 13 feet in diameter. Tho well has 18 feet of water in it, and the pntire interior from top to water is lined with smooth masonry. This lining so completely confines the sound that a pin dropped from the top can bo heard very plainly to striko the water, ut a distance of 12 feet lieluw. Another in stance is cited from India, where work men ut tho waterworks often talk with tin o at the reservoir, 18 miles away, their telephone lieing an 1 inch water main that is no longer used for convey ing water. St. Louis Republic. A Year Clock. Queen Victoria has one dock which the indolent must ruvy her, esjiecially the man Matthew Mears, about w hom the verses of the eight day clock were written. Tho timepiece of royalty is a fintf examplo of Louis S ize work by the celebrated Lepante of Paris. The case is eU'iiized with ormolu tints. The movement, w hich is in perfect ordtr, re quires winding but onco a year. Nothing occupies ono like a conversa tion in which one hits failed to say what ono ought to have said. It haunts you like a nieliIy of which yon cannot find he end. ri... f () aimtilrst method of gain- 1 nig a disputathe person's good will ii i to Ix gin l v doubting his judgment and i then allow'itig oneself to be convinced. The first state as an oat producer is nimois, with 8,T0,;02 acre, and 1ST, 6J4,i:iS bu.-hela. r - - - I THE BETTER PART. I Thm't tnj old rhun-h on wind iw. j hll' I Whi rr Dm brnt yrw tr imwit. Ttw rywj r.M, Kn w ihciv .till, ' An,l Hip thyme unit St. J.,hii' ki.hl f ,vrr. , Tlif iu.li) Liu., vu.l. t tl..it li.ve tlu. . lull UniiT lti:lit retiml the li. ln n torn-. I And trl;nk- ilwlt. r anil k-r.it imla talk la tlw U'lf ry o' m-hu aluim. , It'a a tlvu-.mil li-ncie nn.l a th.niNinJ yiar I Fmiu I Iu) brn-k Knit, cm i.i u.n . To tlio i-liun h h.-ie the wild lli me h'-ara I Tin- Ih ami Hid tin-rut ut the down. Thti town in t-mwiliil ami Imrd un.l n.iik-h. lA't ih. tlk-ht III IU nH bu Kill, i But tilt- Utile rllllD hyant It, qu-.t-t ll .llk-h. ! And theft a niu m the i lmn hyiird :i!l. I -ill I M ill liudk-t t A CKIIMAN IIEKOIXR (The following talo was taken from a local Ilolstciii newspaper and translat ed ly tho eminent scholar, Max .Mulhr, 1 who says of it "that it r.uno to him in a 1 heap of othtr papirs, tly sheets, pain , phlrts und bonks, but it shone liko a di amond in it heap of rubbish, und," Max i Muller udds, "as tho talo of 'Tho Old Woman of Slcsw ick llnlstein' it may j help to give to many who have been j unjust to Hat inhabitants of the duchies 1 somo truer idea ot thu slut, thero it iu I that strong and stanch and Sti rling rai u to which England own its language, it ! btot blood und its honored n.inij. " I THE TALE OK tllK Ol II WoMAX OF DLKsH It K- I uoirKix. When tho war against Denmark be ! gau in thu winter of I still, oiiiccs w ere i opened in tin' principal towns of tier I many for collecting charitable contri ! but ions. At Hamburg Messrs. 1. ami j K. had set apart a large risun fur re- ceiving lint, linen and warm clothing or small sums of money, i One day, about t'hri.-tinas, a poorly clad woman from the country stepped i in and inquired iu the pure Ilolstciii ill j alcct whi tin r contributions were re ! ceived here for Sit swirk Ilolsteiu. Tlio clerk showed htr to a table covered with linen rags and such liku articles. Hut she turned inviiy und pulled out an old leather purse, and taking out pieces of money began to count ulond on tho counter, "Ouo mai k, two in. irks, three marks, "till she had tinislinl In i-tin marks. "That makes ten marks," she said un.l shoved tho little pile away The ( Ink, who had watche.l the pm r old woman wbilo she was arranging 1 her small copper mid silver coins, a-l;i-d her, "l-'itiui whom docs tho moiiey 1 come?" 1 "l-'rimi me, " sho said and began counting again, "One marl;, two marks, three marks." Thus sho went on imp tying her purse till site had counted out tell small heaps of coin of ten marks each. Then, counting each heap over onco again, sho suit!: "Tin-so mo my hundred marks for Sleswick Ilolsti in Bo so good as to send them to tho sol diets " While the old peasant woman was doing her sums several persons had gatln red aroiitid her, and as she w as leaving tho shop sho was u- knl again in a tone of surprise from whom tiio mon cy camo. "From im " sho said, and observing that sho was closely scanned sho turn.-d hack, nud lookin;' tho man full in the fuco sho added, binilin;,': "It is all hon est money. It won't hurt tho good cause " Tho clerk assured her that tin one had doubted her honesty, but that she her self had no doubt often known want, and that it was hardly right to let her contribute so largo a sum, probably the whole of her savings. Tho old woman remained silent for n time, but after sho had quietly scanned the faces of all present sho said: "Sure ly it concerns no ouo how I got tho mon ey. Many a thought passed through m; heart while I was counting that money. You would nut ask mo to tell you all? "Out you are kind gentlemen, and you take much troublo for us poor peo pla So I'll tell you whence tho money camo. Yes, I have known want, food has been scarce with me many a day, and it will bo so again as 1 grow old er, but our gracious Lord watches over us. Ho has helped me to bear the trou bles which he sent Ho will never for sake mo. My husband has beeii dead this many and many a year. I hud ono only sou, and my John was a fine stout fellow, and ho worked hard, aud ho would not leave his old mother. Ho mailo my homo snug and comfortable. "Then camo tho war with the Danes. All his friends joined the army, but the ouly sou of a widow, you know, is free. So ho remained at homo, and no ono said to him, 'Come along with us,' for thuy knew that ho was a brave boy, and that it broke his very heart to ituy be hind. 1 knew it a!L 1 watched him when the people talked of the war ot when the schoolmaster brought the newspaper. Ah, how ho turned piilouud red, und how he looked away and thought hil old mother did tiotseoit! Rut ho said nothing to me, and I laid nothing to him. Gracious God, who could have thought that it was so hard to drive our oppressors out uf tho land? "Then came tho news from Krc-derical That was a dreadful night. We sat in silence opposite each other. We know what was in our hearts, and we hardly dared look at each other. Suddenly he rose und took my hand and said, 'Moth er!' God be praised, I had strength in that moment. 'John,' I said, 'our time has coma. Go, in God's name. I know bow thuu lovest me and what thou hast suffered. God knows what will become of mo if 1 am left alone, but our Lord Josos Christ will forsake neither theo nor ma' "John enlisted as a volunteer. Tho day of parting came. Ah, I uiu making j a long story of it ull! John strssl bi foro i mo in his new uniform. 'Mother,' he ! said, 'one request before wo part if it in to be.' 'John, ' I said to him, 'I know ; what thou meanest. Oh, I shall weep. ; I shall weep very much when 1 urn j iloue, but my time will come, und we .'trill meet again in the day of our Lord, ' John, and Urn hnd shall lie free, John; t'ic land shall Isj free!' " Heavy tears stood in the pn old wo cian'a eyes us she repeated hi r sad tal", but she soon collected herself and con tinued: "I did not think then it wonld , bo so hard. The heart always hopes even against hope. Rut for alt that," and hero tho old woman drew herself up and looked ut us like a queen, "I have never rcgrotb-d that I bade him go. Then came dreadful days, but the most dreadful of all was when wu read j that the Germans had lietraytd the land, and that they had given up oar land, . with all our dead, to the Dunes! Then I culled on the Lord and said: 'O Lord, ; my God, bow is tbatpoanible? Why let- test thou the wicked triumph tad allow wl ths Itut to Mrtihr "Ami I was told that the Germain, were sorry for what they bud done, but that they could not help it I'ut thai, gc litlfUlf tl, I could never limlirst.ii.il We should never dowron;: m r ullow wrung lo be done. Ami thiuloie, I thought, it cannot always remain so Our good Lord knows hi own good time, and in his own good linio ho w ill come and deliver us. And 1 pruytd fi ery i veiling that our gracious Lord would permit mo to see that il.iy w hen tho laud should be free und our dear dead should sleep no mom in Danish soil And as I tuul no ol In r sou against that day I saved every year wli.it 1 could save, and on every Christmas eve I placed it U foro me ou a table, w here, in former years, 1 had always placed a small present for my John, and 1 said iu my heart, 'The wurwill come again, and I ho laud will bo free, and thou sliult sleep in a free grave, my only sou, my John!' "And now, gentlemen, tho pior old woman has been told that tho day ha come, and that her prayer has tuiu heard, and that the wur will begin ugmii, and that is why she bus brought her money the money she saved tor lu-r son. Good morning, gentlemen!" But before she hud left the room on old gentleman said, loud enough for her to hear: "Poor bud; I 1 hope she way not be decoived. " "Ah, "said the old woman, turning back, "1 know what you mean. I have been told ull is not right yet, but have faith, men. The wicked c.uui.'t prevail against the just Man cannot prevail ugaiust the Lord. Hold to that, guitle nii u. Hold fast ti gel her, gi ntliineul This very duy i begin tosavo up uuaiii. " Rless her, good old soul! And if Odiu were still looking out of his window iu the sky, as of Jure, when ho granted victory to tho women of the Lombards, mi'ht ho uot say even now-: wluu women ant lii-rnt. Wont niu.t the turn Ui likt f Thi-im m tin- victory. io utvd uf luu Exchange. rit-tiire of a llai-lirltir. Mr. Joseph Tipton w as a bachelor of exceedingly methodical habits. Prim and neat in appearance, ho never affect ed any new fashions but always looked exactly the same day ufler day pepper ami salt colored trousers, with black cutaway coat No ono had ever seen him in a different at tiro. Not even when ho was supposed to bo indulging iu a holiday did hu condescend to a more comfortable looking costuaiu. Ho was so much tho creature of routine that it would havo been no comfort to have been in any other garments than those, ho usually worn. Hu was short, his fig ure had a slight idea of developing into rotundity, but evidi ntly it was only a bulf formed idea, for hu remained com paratively thin. Hu bad anulil, ordiuu ry looking face, which ho tried to make severe by cultivating bin rather thick eyebrows will over his eyes, but if you took thu troublo to look underneath them ami behind tho gold rimmed glasses you would have discovered that his eyes weroof dull grayish hue, tho reverse uf what ho desired to make them up piar. Ktill tho littlo irritable, narrow lines about tho mouth ami chin prevent ed his face from wearing that bonevo lent look which would have made chil dren know ho was their friend. Ho was just tho miiu who held children and dogs at arm's longth, w hich showed a certain warp in tho little man's churuo tor. London Sociuty. The Writing- of "IW-B-Unf." General Lew Wallace iu his lecture on "Reii-Hur" recounts some facts iu connection with tho writing of that fa mous novel. At tho time he wrote the story General Wallace had never visited tho Holy Land, and under tho circum stances his accurate pictures nru littlo short of marvelous. All thu information ho had was obtained from personal ac quaintances who hud traveled through Palestine and from reading the writings of other authors. A largo map was bo fore him as ho wrote, and ho constantly had to draw ou his imagination, but m this respect ho was always fortunate and never made a blunder iu hisdescrip lions. In fact, tlio Palestine of "Heu Ilur" is generally regarded as author! tutive, amlGeuerul Wallace relates w ith keen relish how a younger author wroti a story, tho scene of which wus laid in tho Holy Land, and stole all liisdesenii tions bodily from "Ren-Hur. " Gmcral Wallace says that his hardest task in writing tho book wan to find a hero His favorite passage in the story is tin scone of Reii-Hur's house, where ho d scribes tho miracles of Christ. General Wallace believes that moro art is dis played in this passage than even in the f unions chariot ruce, which is generally regarded us tho strongest passage of thu book. Tha Clilfiion, 1771. , I had my heddus roll ou. Aunt Storor said it ought to intido less. Aunt Rein ing suid it ought not to bo mudo at ull. It makes my bead itch and ache and burn liko anything, mamma. This fa mous roll is not made wholly of a red cow tail, but is a mixture of that and horsehair (very course) ami a little hu man hair of yellow hue, that, I suppose, was taken out of the buck part of an old wig. Nothing renders a young person more amiable than virtuu and modesty w ithout the help of fulso hair, red cow tail und D (tho barber). "Diury of Anna Green Winslow," Alice Mono 'liurlo. Newfoundland. Not only havo her mother ami sisters been unkind, but even the elements of nature havo been spiteful to Newfound land. A fog worse than the Loudon veil continually frowns upon her shores. The fiercest storms of the continent buffet her. Minister IceWrgs hover about hi t harbors and threaten her fishing craft Fiequenl conflagrations make havoc with Inr antique, combus.tiblo build ings, tanking her poverty still more grinding. Though Newfoundland is big ger than Ireland and in urly us largo os all New England, very little of lu-r ter ritory is of use to her. Tho Interior Is either marshy or r.x ky, and thu difficul ty of building roads through such a country keeps back ugriculture. Untold mineral riches, however, are believed to be awaiting development, and Inr uutouclfi d beds of peat uro sufficient to supply with good fuel muny time thu population of tho colony. The cod is the great bulwurk of pro viuciol prosperity. The seal comes next, for Reriug K-a Is not the only home of this animul. Tho fish iiiduntry la so pre dominant that the pedestrian ou the sidewalks of the coast tow ns psct un der so endless arbor of drying flih. Boston Transcript A THANKFUL (JIKL. THE STORY OF A SAN FRAN CISCO YOUNG LADY. A Hutierrr From t'lilltllittml, and I na bte lo I'rrfuriu Her Mttiiartiold liullrs, ft lit I re ly Currd. Kn.n, the K.ammer. San Kr.,,.-lMs.. Call Miss Lottie Douell live with her parents at 7U3 Natoinu Street. Sun ', .11 i i ,,. riuiicisco. Mio is a young lady IW , jinn vi itpi1 , nun vi fit i'mn-nuia; ny penruiKV. Mio is one of many thous ands of young women w ho are blessed with many persoiiul charms, but who are hindered from au enjoyment of them by a constitution unpaired by constant diseuse. Ever since sho was Hi years old Miss Douell 1ms been a sutlcrcr trom a rheuiustio affection of the w rist, and since she wus 18 years of age sho hits becu subject to various feuuile w eaknesses w hich huve kept her physical vitality ut a very low stage. Thus, as she says, she has been a vic tim of disease ever since she cmi re-ineiuU-r. Win n sho was H littlo girl at school she was always placed at a disadvantage with her playmates ou account of her frulity of body und tim idity of manner. She could never join iu any of tlio more boisterous games, although she always longed to do so. Rut tho embarrassing conditions of Miss Dotiell's life huve all been elimi nated within tho pant year, and the change is w holly due to thu effective work of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. "It must U rcincuihcivtl," suid Miss Douell in telling of tho great relief that Dr. Williams' Pills hud afforded her, "that at the time I begun taking thu pills I had been for years a con firmed invalid. My wrist was swollen out of ull proportion by tho chronic rheumatism that hud long since settled iu it, Tho female complaints from which I had so long suffered had wasted my lsidy away until I was but a mere shadow of my former self and j I hud really cniuo to think that the brightness und happiness of life was I uot meant for me. 1 had not the en-1 orgy to perform even thu most simple of my household duties, and, iu a word : I was completely 'run dow n.' 1 begun to take Dr. Williams' Pills while I wus iu this condition ami liefore I hud taken half a lux of them 1 realized that they were doing mu good. I bo-1 gnu to let'l lively again und to lose that ; lux feeling iu my limbs. I felt so . happy over tho momentary relief that! hud Urn afforded mo that 1 resolved to 1 continue taking the pill. After tak-, iug several more boxes 1 wus more thau : convinced of the high merits of tho ' pills, for I was then wholly relieved from tlio rheumatic pains iu my wrist and 1 hud so far regained my vitality of body that I really N-lioved I had never experienced tho enervating effects ! of those) wasting disease which are so peculiar to women. It is u very great j pleasure to me to be able to tell my young lady friends of tho relief that bus becu afforded me by Dr. Williams' Pills ii ml 1 will surely continue to recommend their use to all who are ulllictod with thu complaints from which I have suffered." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in a condensed form, ull tho elements necessary to give new life and rich ness to the blood and restore shuttered nerves. They lire au unfailing specific for such diseases us locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, rst. Vitus' dance, sol ution, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous heaihiches, tho after effects of hi gripNi, palpitation uf the heart, pale und sallow complexions, ull forms of weakness either iu mule or female. Pink Pills uro sold by ull dealers, or will 1st m-llt post paid on receipt of price, (60 cents a Isix, or two boxes for ti.Mi they are uevor aold iu bulk, or by the I (HI) by addresniug Dr. Will iams Medicine Company, Kchnectady, N. Y. Mermaid Come wllh me In the rnral grofM nil I Mill Rive I Inn rarla and mil rare. Iiamp- And gt-l will pay, Mum), kut-u your Jooli. KM ALL HIV HWIMILICttS. Hume ol Ihs nisanenl ot thste are they who ice I in Hade iiiniii and make eaplial nut ol the ieiiiiailt)ii ul the sn-aii-il ol Ann-rlrsu Uiiilea, ll.iu..r Hiouiai h Miiterf, hy lnilinn Iu niiioaid Kulie. Ilrpuiablu ilmvslsU, however, alll ut-ver iihiii jnn aa suiuiine spurhma Itnliailnna ot or iiUlllute fur tlili Miveielsn reuii-ly lor nmlatla, rhi-iiniallaui, ilyiii, einiillpaliou. Ilvnr iiiinidalnt end iienuusm-M iNnnaiiil, ami II Ihe denier be liuiicil, Juil will gel the (uiiuiue arllele. Tvro Weil, now that you have heard m Tnlee, what d.iyt.u think nl lit 'IVai-ht-r Wall, my dear eir, till I have had you Isiiinil over tn kit u the vai-e, and 1 iliall be fili-avrd to tell yuti. CHICKEH Rftiswams lfv'.iiuetliHitilS rf Incabauu-e S Hiaatlna. I 1- lliki munrv whllelEiE-J oihrr are watting tune liyold priK-. Caial'jK-tclliall alunl it and dvac-nliea every Mid nretlrd hit the, puidlry buuneee. The "ERIE mechanically the Ml wheel, l-irilli-al model I Wc are rarihc C stall Aarenla. Btrvt'le rata luaue,liulll free.givea fnlMnrrlntlnn prlree etc. aosstTSwawTsn riTALDVA DICCIATOB CO.,Pttalsna.Csl. Saaxcu lluiiaa, tn a Main be, l.ua Anrln Tha LarfMt Miaatartann ef PURE, HICH CRADE Cocoas and Chocolates Oa Uila Coallsrat. I n-al4 HIGHEST AWARDS iV-t thai . Industrial and Food EXPOSITIONS i iu mnnnr nun itiroirA 1 1 , in CUnui e xnu naiLmuiv mit Ion ,n "' WSUIIUII t eianv ltnllalitw)f f.-t,..r 'rttt'l Nl-at llial wr pl- nt ii.aR'.'artnra, n.m.lt IS-r-kralrr. MM. U frtau4 a Sa.a-ta. tOLO BY 0OCI tVERYWMERC. WHITE I BAKU I C0.1TO. DORCHtSTlt, HAS. !f. P. N. 0. No. 0)0 -. F. N. U. No.60:; VUHta Wnini MA U HMUPe Ti .1 ...! At 1 1, L It.i S lAH-aa vfrop. 1 imw wAp v Ln Itjl ." 1 via inuairairti riK Calalugut 3 rsaa. ii (mm 1 i ua- 1 IT- '-. M M mm AMENT1 WANTKII. In every county in Oregon, Wajlilnifton and III a ho to tiandla the leleliratetl lihck ciiMlrrl'er Typewntier, price fli. Tbeouly practical iywniiiig .Machine st a low price, eighty-four Inters and clinranteia, ) nt-iKht ti pounds, no rihtMui, all lau-al , improvements, eyt-ry machine guaranteed. , Onlvciuu agents wauled. Add'esa Palmer I .v uey, sois SKenia. mn i.u, roilismi, Oregon. ""W WAY KAST-NO llf.T. Co Kat front Portland, Pendleton, Walla '!t- J-.1.0 N'""' ami Ureat Northern Uailaay to Montana, lUkotas.ht. M,,.i,. i i,-. ii,.h.. sl lAiuia, Kat and South. KiH-k-hallasl track tine scenery; near equipment Ureat 1 North ern 1'alai-e Sleepers and Diners; Family Tourist t ars; llultet-Library l am. Write (.'. C. Donovan, iienersl Agent, Portland, Orea-oii. or K. I. Whitney, ti. l 1'. A., St. ran), Minn., for printed matter and iu luruiatioii shout ratei, mutes, etc. I There is Inure catarrh in this section ol i the country than all other dtaet-s put to gelher, and until the last lew years was uipied to be ini'uralile. For a ureal , insuy years dia-ltirs pronounced it a local disease, ami perscribetl local remedies, and j Dy constantly tailing to cure with local I treatment, pronounced it Inouralile. Science liai proven catarrh to be a con slitulliuial disease, and therefore requites constitutional treatment. Hull's Catarrh 1 I'ure, luauiilai-tured hy K. 1. Cheney ,V Co., , Toledo, Ohio, is the only couslitiilionnl ciire on t ie market. It la taken internally 1 in dose from 10 drops to a teapooulul. It seta directly ull the hlood and mucous surfaces of the syitem. They otter one I hundred dollars Inr any case it fails to j cure. Send lur circulars and leitiiuonlals. Address K. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, 0. faV'Snld hy Druggists, T.V. KITS. -All ni , .i.l rr ,y ir Kllnn'a (it-eat Smr e Kealnrer. Nininr llit nrai tlft.t'ft u. MarvHmii runm. TrwaiiM anil J iu I rial Ixatle Iih i.i Kit ram-it Heutl lo Or. Klint., 1 41 a rt li hi . rtiiuavipiiia. I'a. j rise's Cure is the medicine to break up 1 children's Coughs ami I'uMi.-Mm. M. U. i Hi.l'ST, Sprague, Wash,, March 8, ltHH. Tsr Qisa fur breakfast. Peculiar In coiidiinsiioii, proportion and process, i Ibsst's Sarsaparilla possesses peculiar i curative swers unknown to any otliei ! preparation. This is why It has a re ord I .if cures unequalled In the history ol u Urine. It acls directly upon the blood : ami by nuiking It pure, rich and healthy b cures disease und gives good lieulth. Hood's Sarsaparilla j Is tbeouly true blisxl purifier p onilnenlly 'In i he public eve today. $1: six for tt. Unnri'c Dlllc cure batittual ettnitlia nOOQ S PHIS uoa. Prn-eMeeula. At Last. A PRACTICAL Type-Writing Machine.., ATA LOW PRICE The Blickensderfer No. 5 PRICE...S3S.00 M leiters and charaeteri. Wehihl only t ll Hipiali any hlU-irleed manliliie In fapneltf ml ipialllr ulwoik aud eacels Uiem all Iu onuvi-uleiiee. We Guarantee Every Machine. Twelve I'ltlnta Low prlee, Full ksy-board. Wrllli.lw. Inilthl, IVrialiimy, Kiot llenl maiillnliler, Tyte-whi.el, IHreel Bil ill Una aud li.ainu liiiHn-haiiBfahle Itiw. Moaf illirahle ma Hun majlr. least iniinher ul imru, Weight list., Nn rlhimna uaed. Aiienta wanle din every county In Oregon, nenhliiitnuaiid hlahn. TIIE BLICKLXSDEKFER MFG. CO. foan.isr. orncs with Palmer &V Rtv, Second and Stark St. DlKtA'TlOSSfur viinv CHE AM BAI.M. Avply a KiiliVfe of A Hiilm "''"t. in into the sxMlniJ. Ann a inninenl drnie ttiuiu hrrnth I Smug h Ih no". I tr thtn timet n ilou.aftrr inritlt prefrrrttl, audbrorr retiring. CATARRH r.l.T'B t'llKAM HALM Onens snd clesnees the Naaal l'axaea, Allnya I'aln Slid Intlaninia- tl Heals Ilia Hnrea, I'rutta the Memhrane tiuni Wil li, KitaUirea the rlenaea oMaate and Smell. The Balm ! quickly abeorbed sud fives rail Iff at niioe. A particle la applied Into each noatrll, and li ..riaon, r,U.W cenu. '- U Warren Hlreel, New York. HIGHEST AWARD WORLD'S PAIR. TIIE BEST PREPARED SOLD EVERYWHERE. JOHN CARLE A HONS, New Yerk. A SURE CURE FOR PILES lioltlna I'll-. k b, a;.e 0""V"'T InUliaa tlrliifta li-n iva 1 Ilia l.t ait.1 lilt-4, UU l,4 m I'MiuJiM film ylrld a I DPI. BO-SAN-KO' PIU IMIDV, ehlch du-rl It on par-) alTot. '" Urt Wflnaa. rt-Uf a D.rmai.rt.1 brau m a-uL Or. llaak, l'ala... ra. II NOW MRS. WINSLOW S sos0VNa: . ro CHILDMIN TIITHIHO ' rraal kr all tlrasa-Ula. Ufc la a k((l. 1 i f lu) I MALARIA I ti(W n.w iiiilv, T7 It. z GRASS SEEDS 13UY WEINHflRD'S "IT IS IGNORANCE THAT WASTES EFFORT." TRAINED SERVANTS USE SAPOLIO KNOWLEDGE Bring- comfort find improvement And tends to ncrxonal cnjiiyinent when rightly uio'ii. TIih miiny, who live tet ti r tlnin nthersand rnjny life more, with 'eis expeiulitilfi, hy more promptly .'I'ltiptintf tin) wtiilii's li't product to the needs of ihyicat U-ing, frill nttent '.he value to health of the pure liquid 'uxiitive principles embruccd in tho remedy, Syrup of Fipt. Its cxiellciii-c is due to its preventing iu the form most acreptnhlc and pleii nit to the tiisto, the rcf n ulling and truly bt'tieficiul proertics of a H'rfcct lax stive ; eHei tiiiilly clciiniing thu synteni,' diniH-lling cidds, tieaduches and fevers ami eriiiau!'titly curing constipution. It has (fiven sat inflict ion to millions and met with the approval of the medicnl profession, becaui it act on the Kid neys, Liver and Itowcls without weak ening them and it Is erfectly free from every ohjcrtlonahie subntiince. Syrup of Figs is for sale hy all drug gixU ill f0c and $1 Imttlea, hut it is mull tifacturvd by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, win we name is printed on every package, also the name, Hy nip of Figs, aud being well informed, you will Dot accept any aulwtitute if ollen-d. DR. GUMS UVLH rLLS A MILD PHYSIC ONR PI 1.1. FOIt A 0OR. A fortniil of tha Ue ch w nwrmttf fnf bixtliU '1 bo- pill wtpi-lr whtt tM j-4m kki to i rrgtulw-, TtHir cur llrtsvUcttax .irtjrtiissn (It . n1 1'ltwrtl UsinipWtion b'tlw than oamHi . Iiv iithf rits mir Mokri, Tu ftmiD' 9m. (fiUni.i. .intrfriir full ( .fe, h.4l Umx ' DU-vA.NkO MU CO., VuiWWIiaiU. t FRAZER HIT IN 1HI WORLD. AXLE CREASE Itswea-tnsquallllea are nntnrrauaed, actually millaatliiK two bosee nl any other brand. I'rtl Irom Aulmal Olll. IIKT TllK (IK Nil INK. roH HALK BY OKUUON ANIi (VW1IHINUTIIH MKKt'HANTI and Dealers generally. HERCULES Engines OAS and GASOLINE NOTED fOhV- SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH, ECONOMY -AND- SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP In Every Detail. These ens Inea are acknowledged hy ekpert en f lneera to lie worthy ol hlsheat onmuit-ndallon nr elinillc lly, blKh sratle material and aHaarlor workuienaliln. 'Ihtiy develop the lull animal hone power, and run wlllioul an Kleeirlo HmhS Halter. ; the ayalrin ol l(lilUon la simple, luoa penalve and reilalile. rnr puniplns oulflU tor Irrigating pnrpoae no better euglue oaa he louuii ou the facias Voaal. ror holatlng omnia tot mines they bars met with hltfheel approval. rut lutermllleut power tbelr economy la na. quectlooed. EHQINI MANUFACTCI-D BT PALMER I REY TYPE FOUNDRY. Cor. Front and Alder ite., PORTLAND, ORECON. Bend for eatalogiia. The txMit for stump ami bank bl Mi di if, Uml e vartiif and Knvral pur iNMfi. ri thai tho uanitt nl tha (ilaul I'owitarOix la bramlwl ou tha boii. othfrwlw it fa not gniuliit. JisUI LiWLif I CI, Mil. tt f int tl. rVttat Ir 1MJ YOU FKKL 11AUT 1MJKS YOUR HACK ache? every step seem a burden T Yon need MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY. BUELL UMBEBSOU 305 Third St.. Portland WELL-KNOWN BEER (IK KlliU OH BOTTLId) - Heonnd to unn TUT IT.. No malUir wtere) from. l OUTUSD, OR, oO o o