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Writ It Dow a-ri,e it down in book, so jot i ran u In day, that si- JcoU o.i is rZVtiUm, U.ck or Lumbago unto " 'along the coast. " .. -rite it down- ilialttad leaves behtn.J a care that in." A stroke Of liKl'tninu hM been the " , extraordinary arcl.se ogio- fl Vollaia. ine light' ... old Dine tree which ml 01 an , lliSOdVerV im! limes i r h in ppm , .. . t of h bill, and the tZot Uji pPW? ""'t1 ll,f .ut down When the workmen beoan the roots they unenrtbed a 10 "... ... H.MMM grave. It run- " j ' nf i ipnelottl vault reported bf I , net,-' P'llar. All ..round the nuni ,., vere arm planed In nlehee. Good Money ... Buv cood Medicine That 8hUWi,?Br.nKC00d Health. The best i,ic m"""y "'" ''"' '" ,, . ., -, ,r"l"' l'"-li''lnt. bliofl illh, ls'-""' " ""ik" K I lilo.nl. "' " Mit'rii''"1"- wtAibi riMunuUttM, "'U,VV niarrli uml other diseases that ttfiBf oril'i" ' bl 1 It prevent. 5dl rwfTpneumoula and the grip. Hood's Sarsaparilla I, Vi,iirii"i',lrlll,'"'t Medicine. I'rire$l. Hooo's Phis "" "v',f "" r' t'1'""'' gaw I A new form of ornamental panel do lignt'cl for interior or exterior Iteration or utility, is placed upon a base of wiie network, on which the atari is built Dp in relief in whatever itugn may he desired. iTin CP 0BI9, CfTT Of TOLEDO, I UoiComrrr, IT Fiivn J i M1.M.V make oath that he Is the KOU,r .rtt-r "I the Hrm ol F. J. f'HWIT A Co., diiiii(biiiii'- In (lie I'ltjr ol Toledo, County in.i -if ifor ttld, and met said firm will per uwiuuoinM M'KF.D DOI.I.ARH lc.rra. ti iikI svsrj I '-'- ol ('ntarrh that cannot be cured b, the uk' i.l Hall's Cataiirii Cm. FRANK J. CHENEY, faorn tn before me anil eubucrlbed In mv ririii'f. tbia il day ol December, A. 0. IhmI. "I Votary Public Hall'" Catarrh l ure In taken Internally and acta itlrerilv mi tlie bj land mucous surfaces ol iL.' ,v-u hi. "'1 l,,r tc-tiniouials, free. r. J. H ENEV 4 CO., Toledo, a ftnl.l I.V lrilL-L'Is. 7.V. Uall' 'Family I'llla are the best. It it reKirtel that there in a current jnler in the Pittsburg mar ket for about 13,0000 toini of ateel rails for Kast India, When com in! to San I'riinclsco go to Ihookrjl Hotel, Hush street. American N l.uropcau plan. Itooin and board 11.00 to M.fiu per day ; rooms .V) cents In f 1.00 per (lay; single meals & cents. Free coach. thus. Montgomery. Qrtal Britain, Iielaud not included, luis, lOoording to the latest returns, B.aoO.ODO cattle and 2ti.3U.O0O sheop. If you want tho btst wind mill, pumps, lank.'., plows, wagons, bells of all sizes boilers, engines, or general machinery, see k write JOHN POOLK, foot of Morruon street, l'oriland, Oregon. It is announced that an eztensivo lOpper field has been discovered in tho jlony of Natal. South Africa. Blavatata for Itapld Transit. The new iron elevators just installed in Chicago's liapid Transit Kloctric railway system, are modell of inven tion ami mechanical construction, two of them, capable of hoisting pas nngetl to the platforms of the "L" road, at the rate of 100 a minute, have ju.it been pit I. These elovators are nine feat sipinro; are provided with Utonatk sliding diMits, and are operat I by hyilranlie power. They will le nod to transfer from the platform of lbs mii face road to tho third Moor of the MP station, which in tain connects silent with the elevated platform by an ornamental iron bridge nine feet wide. New "Greek Fire." A new and what is considered a hik-lily important invention wsb tested in the Hernial) Navy recently. It con lisls of a soit of chemical combustible ST "(J leek fTfe," invented by a llerlin mgineer. It ignites, on oontact with lliu air and water, and cannot be jiiemlted by either water or earth. It burns with a brilliant flame, exceed ing the lug searchlights, and it can ho mnk under water or beneath the pound, ami when brought to the sur lace instantly bursts into-flames at any ksired point. It was tested at nigbt notations ol the navy and proved most efflcictit in detecting tho presence of an IppOtlng force. MRS. PINKHAM'S ADVICE. What Mrs. Noll Huret has to Say About It. Items of Oenaral Interest ....... I . ..... lit n s -elfle Slates. Cruel. j on tha l(h Haas. At Poilland, Or., on the 1Mb, sailors on the Merman ship Margsieths told startling stories of alleged oruel treat ment ou the part of Captsin Itasoh. The sailors, to man, relate a series of outrages iwrpetrated since tho vessel left her home port some eight months ago, mat ii irue, wlietber committed with oi without csuse, are exceedingly startling, cruel snd inhuman. They allege that evei since they started out they have been In danger of getting killed one way oi another, and they as seit that not for anything could thev be induced to again go to sea under command of Captain Kssch. The crew, 3S men all told, have laid their complaint before tho (ierman vie- . consul. Portland a lleeeree OtlJN Portland is now a reserve city, and thousands of dollars heretofore kept in San Kiancisco and New York by the bankers of Oregon, Washington ami Idaho will come tol'oitland. Thecon dition imposed uimn national hanks in reset ve cities is that they shall carry 26 pet cent of thoit deposits in avuil- ! able funds, instead of 15 per cent, Portland banks havj been carrying from 80 to HO per cunt evoi Since the panic of lHU'i and 'US, and the new condition will not be a haiship to them. Steelheaa Halmon Scaree flteelhead salmon are becoming scaioer as the season draws to a close. So fow ate being tsken that the cold storage plants at Astoria have refused to teceive any more, and the quantities delivered of lato wete so small that ' they did not pay toi tho tiouble of handling them. Piivate buyers are paying and fl cents a pound, hut the supply is only sufficient for local demand. Tho season euds Febroaiy 18. Paget Hound Cnlveretty. The new management of the Paget Sound university, of Tacoms. oroiHise to pay the debts of the univeisity and endow it under a subset iption scheme, . to he known as tho 20th century fund. All endowment notes given will bo mado payable within 10 yoars, and will dtaw interest at tho rate of & per cent er annum. It will require but 150,000 to settle all debts snd put the college in good financial condition. Waterworke fur Klgln. H. V. Hates, of Hillslioro, has con tracted to put in a gravity water sys tem and an electric light plant In El gin, Oi., construction soon to com mence. The water will be carried through a flume for a distance of over two miles. A part of this power will bn used in running a large flouring mill. Mr. dates has contracted to em ploy local labor in the construction of tho plant. Bee, W. Dent Dead. George W. Dent, brother-in-law of Oenetal U. S. Chant, and uncle of U. 8. Giant, jr., camlidato for Unitod j States senator, died at Oakland, t'al. He was 70 years of ago. For 10 years Mr. Dent was appraiser of oustoms at San Francisco. He was appointed by President Grant, and held office until retired by President Cleveland. Mr. Dent came to California in 1H52. Herring Fishing at Tort Tnwnaend. On the lHth the docks of Port Town send Were lined with people watching anglers catching heriing, which were so plentiful in the bay that in a single haul of tho jiggei one to four herring were landed. Tho tishetmen enjoyed tho sport, while the onlookers secured a mess of herring by simply picking them up off the dock. A Thief Caught. About a W.-.-U ago f in coin ami some valuable articles were stolen from an old man named John Weaver, near Canyonville, Or. Curtis llaitline, 22 years of age, was arrested there by Con stable T. J. Uutoher on a oharge of having stolen the money. After his arrest Hartline admitted his guilt hi.i1 was held to snswer. Dr.AB Mrs. Pinkham: When I wrote to you I had not lieen well for five years; bad doctored all the time but got no better. I bad womb trouble very bad. y womb pressed hack ward, causing Pes. 1 wuti in g(,h misery could Walk acroaa the floor. Men- tlruition was Irregular and too pro. fuse, was also troubled with lcucorrhcea. I had given up all hopes of getting well; everybody thought I had consumption. After taking five bottles of Lydla E. Pink ham's Vegeta ble Compound, I foil, wri' mneh hanVaeo 'oil was able to do nearly all my own wrk I continued the use of your medi ;me, and f,.,.i that I owe my recovery to f"0-1 can not thank you enough for your Mticc and your wonderful medicine. "y one doubting my statement may "te to me and I will gladly answer wi inquiries.-Mrs. Niax Hubst, Dcep er, Mo. LctUr, HUe the foregoing, eon y being received, contribute not Pi lv6 l th Ratls,"",tion felt by Mrs. TDkham that her medicine and counsel burden's1111 Women to be"kr thelr heaTy Mr Pinkham'saddrcsslsLvnn.Masa " suffering women are invited to TO0 to her for advice, which will be Ten without charge. It is an ex rwnced woman's advice to women. Hoggs Makra Uvvelatlnna. Ex-Treasurer Uoggs testified in court recently that about fTO.OOO of tho war tunts involved in tho warrant suit against the city weie not signed by him while he was treasurer of the citv, lint woie signed throe days after his term expired. Nuldler From Walla Walla Dead. F. J. Carlylo, of Walla Walla, re ceived a telegram from Manila, inhum ing him of the death of Allen Carlyle, his brother The ileocasod was a mem ber of company I, Washington voluii teeis, now at Manila. His death was ascribed to typhoid fever. The Astoria I'uah Club. Secretary Lyman, of the Astoria Push Cluh, has been authorised to visit the oreamerios at Albany, Itainiei and fikamokawa for the purpose of making observations and reporting to the creumery committee of the association. Flrat Columbia Itlver Smelt. The first Columbia liver smolt of the season weto ofTorod for salo in an Astoria market on the 18th. They wote taken at Cathlamet, and the con signment did not exceed over 50 pounds. The Dallee Slot Machines. As a rosult of the semiannual license recently placed upon all electrical slot machines by The uallos council, fou has already been collected and turned into the city treasury. F. E. Thompson, who left a trail ol bad checks on a local bank from Seattle to Kamloops, in the interior of British Columbia, is under srtest at tho latter epoint. He has drswn between 500 ami 11.000 on a I0 leosit made at Seattle tho day before Christmas. There will he more new fishing gear on the Columbia river daring the next season than there has been for seveial i years. The price for raw fish promises j to be good, and in anticipation of it, nearly every local fisherman is knitting himself a new net. snd, what is s more promising sign, tKo cannerymen are not hesitating alsmt giving toe u.uc. uen plenty of credit for twine. The totsl rainfall in Ashland thus far in January amounts to 2.06 inches, within half an inch of the sversge foi tho entire month of Jsnusry, ss ahowo by the records for 17 years psst. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Purllaud Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 60c; Valley, 62c; Blucsleiii, 63c per bushel. Flour Best grader, U.J0; graham 2.65. nparfla, 15 ,., b.rn.,t Outs Choice white. 40tJle; choice gray, Sumo,- ,-r burl,.. 1. Barley-Feed barley, 22(2s; brew ing, $28.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, ,17 per ton; mid dlings, 22i shorts, s, (bop, I1B.00 per ton. Hsy Timothy. $UJ!0; clover. 17 g8; Oregon wild hsy, 6 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 60t55c; oconds. 46(jt50c; dairy, 0j)s5o store, 26 ik 80c. Cheese Oregon full cresm, 12 V; Young America, 16o; new cheese, 10c per oml. Poultry Chickens, mixed, K.2&(i8 per dozen; hens, :i. 50u)s.O0; springs, l. I :t; K , il mi., i. ; 00 (,,r d, 4.60j"6 for young; docks, 6. 00(4) 6.60 per dozen; turkeys, live, 160 10c per pouad Potatoes 70(u;85c per Sack; sweets, 2c . r pound. Vegetables Beets, 0c; turnips, 75o per sack; garlic, 7o per pouud; rah huge, f 1 ii 1.U5 per 100 pounds; cauli flower, 75c pet doten; parsnips, 76c er sack; beans, 8c m-r pound; celery 70Ct 75c per dosen; cucumbers, 60c p, i box; peas, 83t,c tier isiund. Onions Oregon, 75eojl perssck. Hops 16 (d; 17c; 1H07 crop, 4t6u. Wool Valley, 10ol2u per (Miund; Kastern Oregon, 8oJ12c; mohair, 2l)c p. r pound Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 7c; spring lambs, lc per lb. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, .26; light ami feeders, 3. 00(44.00; dressed, 15.00(45.60 per 100 siuids Beef Gross, top steers. 8.60S.76; cows. f2. 60(4 8.00; dressed beef, 6(40 4c per siund. Veal Large, OijJO.igc; small, 7(3Sc per pound. Seattle Markets. Onions, 85c400o per 100 pounds. Potatoes, 201(425. Beets, per sack, 76c. Turnips, per sack, 60(3 75c. Carrots, per sack, 45 (4 60c. Parsnips, ier ssck, $1. Cauliflower, 60(4U0o per doa. Celery, U6(440o. Cubbage, native and California 1.001.60 per 100 ponnds. Apples. 86(450c per box. Pears, 60c 1.50 er box. Prunes, 60c ier box. Butter Creamery, 27c per pound; dairy ami ranch, 18(d)22c per pouud Eggs, 27c Cheese Native, 12(4 12 Wc. Poultry Old hens, 14u per pound; spring chickens, 14c; turkeys, 10c Fresh meats Choice diessed lieef steers, prime, 0's(4 7c; cows, prime, 6t,c; mutton, 7)tc; ork, 6(47o; veal, 6018a Wheat Feed wheat. 022. Oats Choice, per ton, $24. Hay Puget Souud mixed, $0.00(1 11; choice Eastern Wushingtou tim othy, $16. Corn Whole. $23.50; cracked, $24; feed meal, $23.60. Barley Boiled or ground, per ton, $25(420; whole, $22. Flout Patent, per barrel, $3.50; straights, $3.25; California briiids, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.76; graham, ior barrel, $3.60; whole wheat flour, $3.76; rye flour, $4. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14; shorts, er ton, $10. Food Chopped feed. $2022 per ton; middlings, pei ton, $17; oil . .ike meal, per ton, $35. INDIRECTION. Pair are the flowers snd the children, but their subtle suggt-atiou Is fairer. Bar is the roae-burat of dawn, but the secret that claape it la rarer; Sweet the exultance of song, hut the strsiu that preevdea it la tweeter. And n,-er wsa poem yet writ, but the uiesniug outuisatered the meter. Never s daisy thst grows but s mystery (iildetb the growing; Never s river that Hows, but a majesty accpter the flowing; Never s Shakapeare that soared, but a atronger than he did enfold him. N.ir hit a prophet foretells, but u might ier seer hath foretold him. Back of the canvas that throbs the paint er is bint. . I ami hidden; Into the atatue that breathes the soul of the sculptor Is bidden; I' inter the Joy that Is felt lie the Infinite Issues of feeling; Crowning the glory revealed Is the glory that crowns the revealing. Crest are the symbols of lieliiL-. but that which Is symbollid Is greater; Vast the create Slid beheld, but aster the Inward creator; Back of the sound broods the silence, back of the gift stands the giving! Back of the hand that receives thrill the sensitive nerves of receiving. Spa. e la ss nothing to Spirit, the deed Is outdone by the doing; The heart of the w, r Is warm, but warmer the heart of the wooing; And up from the ilt where these shiver, snd up from the BPtghtl w here these shine, Twlu voices ami shadows swim starw ard and ll -sen. of life Is divine. Washington Star. "Well, for s day or two a few nia remark my absence, and then " lie finished tin sentence with a care leas wave of his baud, to denote tin ephemeral nature of the friendship he comvlvetl was felt for bin, "Bui there are no nice girls there." shi' remarked, mlseblevnusly. She was trying to get back to the coquette again. But her eyes were moist. "That Isn't a consideration," he an IWtPOd, gloomily, "There's only one girl In this world for whose smile I'd give the hopes 1 entertain for my busi ness future, ami I'm afraid that In her eves I'm hut us all the rest of the world." Who Is the young lady, may I ask; do I know her?" she Queried, wlib an attempt at gajrety, Warrpa glanced at her. but she wasn't looking at him. she seemed to be manifesting to ai Iraordlnary Interest In picking at the end of a rlblKin on her drPSa. "I've Just Ik-cii rending the Social losslp." wrote Marlon, who had MHO Weal for a month on a business trip. ami 1 congratulate you. Hut why In the name of nil that's ulMtird did you hesitate to call for a show of hands, when you held a Mush? tin,, of these fine days you will want a crest. UoW would Ibis suggestion tms-t your up prO! all 'A bold bluff paint, d on a field of lilueV " And he underscored two words In the last sentence. Boston Herald. A GAME OF BLUFF. A San Fraurlaro Market. Wool Spiing Nevada, 10al2e per pound; Oregon, Eastern, 10(4 12o; Val ley, 15(4 17c; Notthern, U(4Tlc. Millstuffs Middlings, $18tf21.00; bran, $15. 60 (it 111. 50 per ton. Onions Silverskin,60(375cpet sack. Butter Fancy creamery, 28o; do seconds, 25(i' 20c; fancy dairy, 26c; do seconds, I02.'lc Hr ound. Kggs Store, 25(jj30o; fancy ranch, 3f 37c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valoncia, $2 (42.50; Mexican limes, $flp)6.60; Cali fornia lemons, $2.00(4.800; do choioe, $3.50(iJ4.60; per box. The SeVSfl Devils. It is currently believed that the Northern Paeilic is making strenuous elfoits to establish a line to connect will) the Seven Devils railroad, and thus tap a rich ooppei region. The Northwestern Hailway Company lias also three crows of surveyors in the Held, and is preparing the way for gtadets from Huntington to the Ox bend of Snake river, and from there to the Peacock mine. There are now 28 O. K. & N. surveyors wot king from Keating, on Lower Powder river, to Eagle valley, arranging for the con struction work fioiu Bakoi City to Seven Devils. A Good Showing. The Whatcom creamery has turned out 82,340 pounds of butter, or over lb tons since May I, 18U8. Patrons de liver their cream and roceive 24 cents Mir pound for the butter yielded. The sum ol $6,802 has thus been paid out to Whatcom oounty residents since May. The oreamoty will continue in opera tion all wintor. It is said that the eleotiio cabs in New York city did a recoid business during the blizzard snd proved their entiro efficiency. The Golden Spike. February 1 the citizens of Globe, Aria., will celebrate tho completion to that point of the Gils valley, Globe A Northern. The regulation golden spike will be driven, snd the citizens of Globe will make the event an auspi cious one. The probabilities sre that the Southern Pacific will make SK)cial ratets to Globe from all points between Los Angeles snd El Paso, and that tho inhabitants of that section of country will turn out in gala sttire. According to the Klectricsl Review, Prof Henry A. Kowland, the distin guished physicist of John Hopkins university, believes he has perfected s 12 message telegraphic system a do-L-ided advance on the qnadiuplex so tiniversslly used. According to s recent oompilstlon, Germany has 711 miles of electric rsll wsys, eqosl to those of sll the lest of Europestogether. England is ciedited with only 8 miles. Most of the Isrger towns of Germany iisve electilo lines, and the whole system of Beilin will by the year 1901 be convened to electricity. 4 4 A KM; and a b and a hank of hair,' " cyulrully quoted Marlon. The next moment he repented his words, when he noted the hurt look, accompanied by the flush of resent incut. In Warren's eyes. Marlon meant to be sympathetic, after the manner of men. by uttering philosophical platitudes us a balm for sentimental heart troubles, but DS quickly realized that the case la-fore him was too genuine and severe to lie cured by such superficial ointment as limitations from cynical Kipling. So be took another tack. "Of course, old man, there are women and women. Some can be bud for the asklmr. while others ulav for all the Hue they can get. It's Just like ilsh Ing" bis metaphor suggesting un 11- lustiulloti from out his sporting pro cllvltles -"a horupout will bite at al most unythlng. but n gniuy trout In slsts on a ulce fly for nu attraction, and even after you've got one really hooked you've got to play It until your patience Is almost gouc. Now, you'd ratfiPT have u glrj with some spirit, one who'd stand you off for a time, than one who was nil the time throw in-- herself at your head, wouldn't rout1 Warren vouchsafed a weak, doubtful "Ves." "By the wny. have you nsked her?' "No. That's the difficulty. I don't really get a chance. Just us 1 get my self spurred up to the mark some con founded Interruption Interferon, or sh switches me off on n sidetrack with some remark or other. "You think the girl really enres for you?" asked Marion, dropping his rail lory and becoming serious. "I think she doc," frankly answered Warren, "although sometimes 1 feel as If I dldu't know whether she did or not," he continued, somewhat dubiously. "Well, there's only one way to find out," remarked Marlon, "and that Is to say, I have a plan," hrcnklug abruptly Into his sentence. "1 have n plan," he slowly repeated, "and I be lieve It will work If you follow my ad vice. Put yourself In my hands," he con tinned, his face brightening as his plan was unfolded to his liilnd, "and I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that you'll win out." Then he buttonholed War ren, pulled him Into a corner, and nil lire Sled bin In a low, earnest tone. In- tsrspernlng his remarks with emphatic gestures. When he had llulshisl War NO still looked dubious, but somewhat more hopeful. "Oh, good evening, Mr. Warren. I m so glad to see you. We're Just park ing up, getting raady to go to tha moun tains." "Indeed! Lovely weather. Hope you'll have a pleasant time." But he might have been a phonograph, or a Punch nnd-Judy Operator, for all tho expression he put Into his words. "Oh, I've no doubt we will," she an swered, with a toss of her heud. "There's so much going on there nil the time, and so BUtny Interesting iieo ple to meet," she continued, with a bored air, as If her Immediate sur roundings were productive of nothing but eii mil. "Ves," he assented. In a listless mono tone, which might mean anything or nothing. She pretended ri"i to notice his ab stracted manner, and rattled on. "My friends write me there are ever so many nice pis. pie there, and with golf and driving and dancing there'll be no end of fun." "Yes." Again that lone of polite Indifference. "Well, I'm going for a trip myself," he added, rousing hlm-elf f.om his leth nrgy, and almost blurting out bis re mark. Indeed! Wnefpr This was her turn, and she countered forcibly In the matter of polite ind.f ference. "To Hongkong." To Hongkong'" This Una she was Interested, In spile of herself. She rcioBted his remark, with distinct emphasis on the words, snd s rising Inflection on the end of each. "oh. come, now, you're Joking. You're " "No, really," be asserted; "there's an opening there In our house. They want a young man 10 lake charge of their branch banking-house there, and I can have the place. It looks like B g I opening, and I thought Pd take It. Of ( out s.-. It means" clearing his that "tearing one's self away from one's friends, but then, i probably will not be g ready miss, d ' "Oh, Mr. Wurren," broke In the girl, reproachfully. The coquettish manner wss gone. The genuine woman was awaking. No bird can fly backward without turning. The dragon fly, however, can accomplish this feat and outstrip any swallow. Oysters, after they have been brought away from the sea, know by Instinct the exact hour when the tide Is rising ami approaching their beds snd so, of their own accord, open Ihelr shells to receive their food from the scu, as If they were still at home. The tongues of the cat family ore covered with nrurvlng spines. In the common domestic cnt these are small, but sufficiently well developed to give the tongue a feeling of roughness. But In the lion and tiger the spines nre strong enough to enable the uulinal to tear away the skin of a man's hand merely by licking It. There are several species of llsh, rep tiles and Insivts which never sleep dur ing their stay In this world. Among llsh It Is now positively known that pike, salmon and goldfish never sleep at all. Also that there are several others of tha llsh family that never sleep more than a few minutes during a month. There nre dozens of species of llles which never Indulge In slumber snd from three to five species of cricuts which the naturalists have never yet been able to.eutch napping. The ltp Wan Htolen. wnetxter a lie tou and stuck to afterwards Is as good as the truth was debuted at the dinner table where a mini was sitting one day, and It brought out the follow lug story from ii rather d.vHjH-pth- looking nmu who had eaten rery sparingly: "1 used to live In the country." said he. "One of my neigh bora, nn unlucky. unthrifty sort of n man, killed a pig one day with the aid of a local butcher. 'By Jinks, Sam, I hate to cut up that pig.' 'Why?' "Cause, you gj., ym ovrin' most everybody here n piece of I mid If I cut up the pig I'll have tO give most of him away.' i tell you what to do,' said the butcher, 'What's that?' 'I'd have the pig hung up out doors till twelve o'clock ut night, then take H I in In and give out the next morn lug that he's In-en stolen. ' 'By Jinks, I'll do It.' "It was n wonderfully fine plan, the farmer thought, and he left the pig iMinglng out, ns the butcher suggestisl. "At eleven o'clock the butcher him self came along and packed the sirk Into his cart. It was not there when the fiirim-r went out after It. "The next day, with a long face, he addressed the butcher In a hoarse whisper: 'I say, Sam, somebody did really steal that pig.' That's right,' said the butcher, nudging lilm nnd winking wickedly nt the same time. 'But, by Jinks, the pig was really stolen.' 'That's right; you stick to that and you'll Is- all right,' said the butcln-r, enisiuraglngly, and he hurried off, leaving his friend In a most tie-wlldcn-d state of mind, from which I don't think he ever fully emerged." Mos'. tlaih I 'harm. A couple of sailors, returned from a long voyage, strolled Into the bar parlor of a public house near tint docks. Above the rumble of the traffic In tho street could 1m- heard at Intervals a harsh, unmusical voice. After listening Intently for a moment one of the sailors turned to his com panlOD ami said: "Kb, Jack, lad; It's n long time since we heard that song." "What song?" "The one that fellow's singing In tin street The Light of Other Days.'" "Stow ll!" ejaculated the other gruff ly. "That fellow nln't singing 'The Light of Oilier Mays' ut nil, man. I've been listening to him. He's a piping 'The Bunks of Allan Water."' Kadi sailor w as certain he was right, ami, with characteristic contempt for money, n wager was made a mouth's w ages depended on the result. "Here, Tommy!" called out one of the men to the little sou of the land lord, "run out and get to know what that fellow's singing." Tommy departed on his errand, which lib! not take ninny minutes. "Well," bataanded Jack when the .youngster returned, "which of us is l ight V" "Naythur," replied Tijpimy, grinning. The feller's not singing. He's hawk Ing fly-papers!" Answers. "I must be getting oid," sa'.d a woman today. "AH the friends I go to ace are In trouble. I csu remember when I didn't have a friend who had s grief." If there Is anything particularly use less lying srouud the house, you can uiake up your mind It was wou as s nrlze at a card partr. t IRE DR. DIIN KIUH!1 This Queelloa la Ultra taked b, ihr ShvriMIe llirrn arliitln I'rmif l Thrlr i ' To the Editor: Bay In your paper th it ' Ir. lurrln cured me six years ago of sciatic rheumatism nf . are' stand tap, slid 1 wruih that nthrra should know It. hlrctrtcity cured m. and It has SSfSS relumed. My addrsas Is KM Minnesota avenue. Allot.., F. W. OODIfRBY. I IILrhamlag Kara Bad IlrafBraa Oaten, Pr. I'arrln: Seven years sen vou treat- ed me for dlacharelns ears and d.uf- ness of lu ypiirs' standing. 1 u totally driif. You cured mr In a short time. I am glad to see you hack to Portland again. Kefrr people to me at I'lvvt l.iud avenue, Alhlna MUM HAMIKI. KTTI'.H. Another o.iul Wadr Happy. To Use Ml tor I Per at. em one year prior to going under Dp, larrln's elec trical treatment. I had hrn troul.l. d with kidney nnd liver complaint, had rn at pala In my back so I could not ., dining that time. Ir larrln cured MS In less than one month. Itefer nny one to mr ut 14 H.con.i street, Portland, A. V QODWIN. Or. Iiarrln can Ih- consult,.! ut pa Morrison Street, Portland, from Id to C. 1 to b: 1 tu I. He treats all eUPabtS chronic, acute and private diseases, with ilsetrkity, and sets nil So medical treat ment, such as Bye, KkSlimSltsnl Asthma. Consumption, Catarrh. I lyspi peiu. Indi gestion. Hcroful.i. Female WsOjUMSn, l al liens, newual Diseases, Lost Itannoott, Ma laria, Urinary Troubles. Piles or any other curable disease. Uiw charses. with in the reach of all. combined with tlx heel medical skill. A friendly talk may save you thousands of dollars or year of suf fering and perhaps your life. Young, middle-aged or old men suffering from Ian effects of follies and excesses restored to perfect health, manhood and vigor. Kach visitor seen privately, and all communi cations received tn sacred conlbb nee. Out-of-town patients can write for ijih s lion tdanks and circulars free. Ily that means many may be saved the t ap. nso of a trip to Portland. The "Custer Hoys." "Tom" Custer, lU-year-old lien ten ia! in the Sixth Michigan cava'ry, wss evory whit as bravo ss his elder brother, the general. Twice he oaptmod colors From the enemy; on the second occasion st Ssllor's crook, only three days before Lee's surrender. Dashing up to the Confederate lino in a poifcct hail of bullets he (oil heck upon his horse, a ball having passed through his head from his cheek to his eai. Never checking his hotte, bo dashed on over the rifle pits from which the enemy had be. n driven, and, just ss the t on (derate oolor-besrer leolod baok from a wll aimed shot. Tom grssped the flag and made off with it at full gallop. When bo leached his own line he was so full of light that ho insisted on go ing back Into action, but tieneral Cus ter ordered Inn under ariest and sent him to a surgeon. "Fighting for llonot." Didn't Mean Tu. Little Bessie, having been ptinishhcd for misbehavior, walked to the othei end of the rtmm, ciyiug. When her sobs had subsided, hot mother turned to view her lepentance. but found her engaged in making faces at her. "Why, Bessie," said her mother, "how can you do so?" "Oh, mamma," answered tho g'ul quickly, "I was tiylng to smile at yon, but my (aco -lipped!" Cincinnati Kn qulror. From cork ehippings, once thrown sway, thousands of yards of linoleum siu now mado at Dolmunhorst, (lot many. THY A I, LBN'S POUT-BASK. powder to be shaken Into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, ner vous and uucomfortahle. If you huo smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Koot l'.ase. It rests and comforts; makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns snd bunions of all pslu and is a cer tain cure for Chilblains, Sweating, damp or frosted feet. We have over thirty thou sand testimonials Try It feifuy. Sold by all druggists and slits) i:tew for ".''. Trial parage KKKK. Address, Allen S. Olm sted, Co Boy, N. Y. Tho Jewish yeai Issik estimates that there aro in tho world alsmt II, UUU.0UU of that I ace, more than half being undor liusslau Jurisdiction. To Ours a Cold In One Hay Take Lnxatlvo Uromo (juinlno Tablets. All druggists refund money if u tuns to cure. Ittc. Ijtle Australian advices report a wild rush' In tho new din n I mines discovered at Nulliguno, in tho North- j w.-st. -in part of Western Australiu. CITf reruianenUy Cured. nisi.r nrreuusnrs THO after Srsl .u s m, of In. Kline's ureal ' Ncrvs llrslerrr. Henil for Fit r It es.OO Iflul SOtttS ami u-ratis. HP. IL It JUsUfU, Ltd., sju aruu street, Plili.i. ipnia. Pa. A Spanish newspaper announces that tho last two descendants of Chris- j topher Columbus atu now occupants of a p.i.o I... use at Cadis. Taken Hold. We car. wake op from sleep and find that soreness snd stiffness have taken hold of us. Wo can nso St. Jacobs Oil and go to sleep and wako up and find oursulves completely cured. There are 1 00 roads of ono kind or another over the Pyrenees between Francu nnd Spain, but only three of those ate passable for carriages. No household is comiiletn without a Ixit- tle of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. It Is a mire and wholesmuu stimulant rec ommended by all physiclstis. Don't ne glect this necessity. A statue of tho noted violinist, lie Bull, desingod by II. ir Minding, of Coienhugen, is about to be ereu'.uil at Bergen. l'iso's Cure for Consumption Is our only nie.li. i in- ..r coughs ami colds Mrs. (. Helix, 4.WHIII Ave.. Denver, Col., .Nov. s llo. For a number of years (heat Brit- sin's imports of butter have shown an snuual gain "' somo 300,000 hundred Weights, Klrked All Around. A correspondence is being published in the Times ou the subject of "Fiencb Feeling Toward Englishmen " A Mr. Jin kson has written to that paper to repeal that at Caen recently a student went nut of Ins wav to publicly Insult Great Britain. As a bOf I was first for some years at school in I'sns. I was then kicked for being an Kiilishmsn; sfter I wss trsnsferred In a school in England, where I Was kicked for Is. ing a Frenchman. Comm. i.i is nun.. - sary. leindon Truth. in the BlaetrlMl Wertd. A press dispatch from Little Hook, An... says that an ti. lord i nary long distance telephone test has been made bv CharleSJ. (Hidden, president of the Southwestern Telegraph A Telephone Company. Mr. QIMdJaO hel l a distinot and clear conversation over the wire with Frederick F. Farrar, of the linn of I'oor A- ( irecnoiigb. Boston. Tho distance f i tun Little thick is I.'.IUO miles. Mr. (Hidden says this is the longest aJrenll in the world, shad Peris Mae He a I Sate, OnrgnMflenssa sr. o, as eeesis what action ii. .ut. i is. taiteii regard lag las ssartM a Porto ateo We aavs sever before bad In deal w ah a similar condition a lo r. Si il a BUIIloa Meals of a istssgU loanee havs bees aaaexed. Neither gave ever hs.l rsyttev mm k s reliable saedlelae wr Malaria, tevef end sens a- Hoe. tellir's stomach Utters M .In... the pnlBsss mt .f in,- systsei and SStSbllMSS Btssagth lo rc-tat fg tafS aMscka. Japanese economy is one nf the chief ca s n( Japanese prosper ity. Kvell the charcoal dust is saved and moulded into balls with chalf or straw for fuel. tcasy Oneness. A slip may spiain, a thump may bruise; easy chances for pain ami trouble. An easy way to cure right oft is to use St. Jacobs s Sal. It takes no chances and knows what it can do. The total length of the streets, ave nues, houvclards, bridges, quays, ami thoroilghfaies of Paris is set down at about lino miles. Two bundled miles aie planted with trees. Schillings Best Jrpan Ceylon HngUh Drcaklast Oolong Ideal Dlcnd Tea How Knglanl dels I: Th- L'ugliah have always Is-en enter prising in their mctUsIs of recruiting and keep tl selves up-to-dato. Cap tain Kaidley Wilmot, of tho British navy, Is giving lectures on the develop luent of that sot vice. They are BAWs lar lectures, illustrated with lanioin . slides, and tho object evidently is to ' present tho navy to the ptihlio in an ( attractive and honorable light. In his I lecture Captain Wilmot dealt with tho seamen and marines, explaining their duties nnd manner of living on board ship Together these two lectin es have been a great success. A similar course would be valuable in this country. I When rent nils ate wanted in the navy tho government nould widl afford to try this system as a method of recruit ing. I Much could be done w ith lantern slides, Slid if thu vitasoope were used there would be no doubt of the extreme t p ularity of tho measuie. Army ami Nnvv Journul. JOB PRINTER WANTED An escelluul opportunity tor a man with a Job printing initnt and I In cash, to rngasa In a well-paying business In Portland. Ills money for the right man. Call on or address N. N.. care PACINI Coast Novsltv Co., IBI1, First Street, I'ortlsud, Or. FERRYS SEEDS IBfl wt n famotii yrein H If nam lllgr every )i..i im th senle H IBjBII i, ,e t'l !) It'll- '1 Mil It- Nil SS V I Dfll IHUlbr eHatl. tT ml ltuii.iib.llHl Ul iieah rs pvnrywlivrf Hvt 7jjWJ VftV tH ' ((" r awn. ttlrtrija Wurlli H fJJ M 1 1 mi trnvlng m KJ VB wo rink - buy Prrr '. Mml VB H'f, .. ,.1 Aiilillevl I frn ySbXj' m M u,iy YOUR LIVERS Bfoore'a llevealed Itemedy wllldolL Three doses will tasks you levl belter, (let It Irota your driiRitlst or any wholesale drug houae, of sroui Hlvwarl A II.. lines Prut Co., Seattle. MACHINERY for Mills, Mines. Shops and PsrniSJ IbMl l-"ir-gliiR and Hoisting Kuglurs; Hoe Chisel TiMith Ssws, Albany Urease, etc. TATUM&BOWEN Ti to HA first Street Portland, or. M itt Kn inont Street, Sail Francisco. TEETH WITHOUT PLATES Itfiotii OrawtMtfa HrlileTf" M ' , l -null Hlllnir anil rtirni'tiuii. Dr. T. H. White, THEY ALL WANT m in in lay i aSXafsfsW liuSiss B at exea a to siruiare Vgajjfx cisctssiri.o 'oaaBBaax. CURE YOURSELF! It i H fur uiiiisitiiral illei halgra, n 'I i 1 1 (ii, 'i.i ur i- 'n r Ii,',. U- I I ir,. H. Irressnu esintaslea. I'liliilian, aali1 MM 'ftnu- IthiEvini Ch(m cat Co. Br"' ,,r Wmm m s-.i.i b lis iim:ti, uf avt-i j t In pi t i it wrisMbpr. by riprs-ni, tifpatd, fur II- ulaf ai tit "ll risiuisjl. RUPTURE CURED. We eiiarnune to Ht every rsse o aadsnsia, lonri i. ot It off; write for particulars al once. I!. II. tVOOIIASII a I'll, r.xpert Truaa Killers, lis. s,.,. i sikci, Portland, or. 'I II K Ml Ai.LM V FOP and IDEAL BICYCLES aao, a -to. tan. aaa.so. aao. If yuu wsnl a i ins asvncy write al uuce be fore all territory Is taken. I in I T. bfBKRILL (lill CO.. pukTLANP, OB. afOKANB. TaCOMA. UATTLK OH. MAHTCL'8 FRENCH FEMALE PILLS rrtlt'tilara n.! ( all tnunlattn In i-tln noftltrtl UlMr Mali. i-n Kuu. FWENCN MU0 CO-. 38 1 A 383 Prl St., Ntw York REtJ.r WOMEN N. I". N. I'. WIISS writing to ad, smbUM tkla !. NO. 4 , to adterUaere pi