ALONG
THE COAST.
lutareal llean.it
.1 Ueuaral
Blatae.
lor. a Mi,,.
A Spokane diipatcli ,y, the minim
Mniatiotiof tUdy tl sale ol the
Enterprise. 8I00.1, iTtr-l .,1 p,op.
irty. ..1,- of the richest in that dun at
to the Lomlon & Britlth Columbia Gold
Field. Lid., of London, for ;50.000.
The Hltarpt it il owned bv Finch as
Campbell, of Spokane, and D. XI. Hy
man, of Colorado. Extensive weearlop
toent in the past haa been carried od
ay theae gentlemen, tin it ia under-
1 . , aft.- a
i kM it in nimni, rtiiiii'.inv 11
1 , to Ska.way and Alaska coast ' c""- 01 lh P'''ty t one.
"a,P' . fCSf will no...l-r .bunt 'V1' .'' 'relieved inexperienced
100. n. ,,, NkMNtlrtdl bonnnia in the Kn-
Itiri.rla. It ia the moat aiteusivelv
eiriirio" Moaaoi
... Saw Enuland dolegatee to the
..,,.,,,.1 rililorial
Association will be
tland by the New England
i ... p...
KD "... tha National Educational
. ... iMnfiiiin or iiHirr. .
ritoK o( old
Basra. Me.. nl William F. Jarvla.
htor' of the Journal of Education.
Sattd Mai-.. T working up the
The l'r"M '"""itie ami the
fiLf M lUtot i" Portland aie
C oaring programme that will keep
i Naiionni Editorial Association del-
tea there IW0 wreki if they cboOM
"'remain that long. Every m.n.l,
f the Oregon r'loita Asuociation In
' J.j . .lumitlee of one, and no
uer libera located within the state
, ,,npnng aomethinu unique
...i. which toanlertaiu the delegate!
iirialliZiitlOII.
to Ul m
Weak U out Market.
a ., a. I. . ...
g y judd, ol tne reuuieion wool
. i , , ; Cotnoanv. writna
tm the Eat that the recent orgnniaa
tiuii el the wonted null
ouralisB-l the wool
kaaalf leoponalbla Ml
i. r (irh e ol wool, ai buyera are at lea
u to lb.' future action oi UN trust
are unable to
defeloped property on Slocan lake, and
laxee nigra rank among- the minei ol
Blooan, having ore reaervua sufflcieul
to Iml for yearn.
land
truat haa de-
market anil ia
the decline in
what
and
their
deteimine
own actum n to ne. ar. .runu lays
that litis trust alone will consume
100.000, 000 pounds of wool annually,
which Is one-third of the total aunuul
product of the country. The wool
im-t has not yet entered the market,
sml hare given no hint of their inten
Hun. Al soon HH the uncertainty ol
tbsir action is rnmoved the market may
bars i tinner tone and it may not. The
oulluok fur wool this year ia not the
bat, M everybody ia timid on a de
dining niaikeft
Tha Fish Caniblna.
The control of the fish-taking appli
incM ol lower i'uget sound by the Pa
ci no American Fish Company la aa
sjitireil fact. The last dollar of the
(100,000 ot stock which the vendee
uked the trapmen to aobscribe haa
lawn taken. The capital stock of the
rt-mpany is Bo.UuU.ijnn. Ul tint
(1,000,000 is preferred and $4,000,000
roiurauii. In part payment, which
iiewfes alanit ? ' X)i vent of the pin -aftta
piiee. the tranmen are uiven ore-
ferreil ihak at par. Fot overy dollar
of preferred taken at par they are given
dollar's worth ol common atock. The
preferred stock II guaranteed to pay I
per cent jr annum.
Bug Markat rur Cattle.
Cattle-buyers are busy interviewing
the cattlemen ol Malheur and Harney
counties, and the outlook for atook
it better than last. Superintendent
(Jilorist, of the Pacific Livestock Com
pany, statea that all the shippii. of
that cattle coiiiDanv Won Id lit
they would, in all probability, slii
nimH at. i.-k this StHnn thati laat
Kastuiu stockholders ate located at On-
tiii i , ami aio now uimy oontraciiug
BlOCJb
la Favor of tha (owarnment.
Joiiga Koss. in the district court at
Los Angeles has handed down a tie
citiun in the case entitled the United
Mates against the Southern PacifU
Cnpinaiiy, which involved title to I,
160,000 acrea ol land in Southern
California. The decision ia favorable
to the United Htatea. The land it
contained iu the overlapping land
rants to the Southern Pacific Com
pany and other railways.
I.ailua'a Company Atlarhatt.
The sheriff's office in New York city
leceived an attachment for $10,000
iiiuit the Joseph Ladue (Jo'd Min
iog & Development Company, in favor
ol Morion C. Nichols, for money ad
'need lor stock in the company. Tin
company has a capital stock o( $5,000,
000, and was founded to take over tht
properties of Joseph Ladue, known a
the "founder of Daws in City."
aw I'lih CniiinilialoDar ror Oraann.
t- 0. Keed, of Astoria, hai lieen ap
pointed Bah eoiuuiissionei bv Uoveinoi
t'eer, to till the vacancy oaused by the
'lron-nli . Ilollister O. McUuire, ol
Portland. He will receive a salary ol
(1,500 a year and traveling and othei
newmary expenses. He will be re
Wired to furnish a bond lor $35,000.
Sharp Xot Ilolag Wall.
J H. JacklMin arlin liaa rntinna.l
row the Antelope countiv. aaya aheep
that section are not doing well. The
yomit Iambi are .lying piettv rupidly,
" 10 the fait that tlia nwei are
r and art not giving uffioieut milk
lu ep the lambs alive.
Taaarry ann (Hot Factory-
' ' the moat itn.u.rtai.t mil
""fHtnrini Industrie! ia that ol the
'ove leather tannery and factory of
, "" -Meyers, near Talent, Or.
Anolhar Mtaaoiahlp Tarinlnal,
Abont ten acrea of tide
nl water wav haa I,,.,.,, nam
chased for $34,000 in Seattle by agents
of the Kastern Steamship Compauy,
who will immediately commence im
provements at the Sound. It ia under-
tood that the property is to be utilised
for ocean and city docks, and coal
bunkers, oi, in other words, (or a ter
minal for coastwise and foreign ship
ping. The waterway has neeii dredged,
and has a depth of 80 feet at average
tide, with room enough for halt a doa-
en steamers. '
Haaklac Orrgoa Cattle.
A. L. Falkner, of Hutchinaon,
Minn., is in Portland, in quest of beef
cattle for Eastern shipment. Another
buyer now in the state is C. M. Thomp
son, repiesentative ol Allerton & Co.,
of Chicago, who is making purchases
of cattle foi his corporation'! pastures
near Chinook, Mont., for which he in
tends to purchase about 30,000 head.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Portland Markat.
Wheat Walla Walla. 68c; Valley,
59c; blueetem, 60u per bushel.
Flour Ueat gradee, $S.30; graham,
$3.05; aupertlne, $3.16 per barrel.
Oata Choice white, 44($4t)c; choici
gray, 41 (a) 48c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $33.00; brew
ing, $33.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 er ton; mid
dlings, $33; shorts, $1H; chop, $10.00
par ton.
Hay Timothy, $809; clover. $7
d&; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 600 55c;
seconds, 45060c; dairy, 40045c store,
36(.(80o.
Cheese Oregon full cream, : '..-,
Young America, 16c; now cheese,
10c per i on n, I ,
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $304
per dosen; hena, $4.0006.00; apringa,
$1.36 0 3; geese, $6.00O'-00 for old,
$4.60)6 for young; ducks, $5,000
6.60 per dozen; turkeys, live, 160
16c per )Kund.
Potatoes $10110. per aack; eweeta,
Ic per i -.unci.
Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 76c
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, $1 0 1-35 per 100 pounds; cauli
flower, 75o per doien; parsnips, 76c
per sack; beans, 8c per pound; celery
70O 6c per doien; cucumbers, 60c per
box; ieas, 30 3 c per pound.
Milium Oregon, 76cO$l per sack.
Hops 801-o; 1897 crop, 4o.
Wool Valley, luutl.v per pound
Eastern Orogon, 8013c; mohair,
10c per pound
Mutton Oroes, beat sheep, wethers
ml ewes, 4c; dressed mutton. 7 V;
priug lambs, 7Sc per lb
Hoga Oroea, choice heavy, $4.60;
light and feeders, $3.6003.00; dressed,
$6.00 00-00 per 100 pounds.
Beef tiroes, top iteers, 4.00O$4 50
cows, $3.6003.00; dreaend beef,
$6lac per Mjund.
Veal Largo,
per pound.
607c; small, ;',
'"ipioved
J "y kind has
nctorv
machinery for making glovea
been installed, and
r- oxory is llow iurmng out exce.
"n goods.
Bond Halo.
"'1II t V Cnmniiaainna.a ,.f l..fT..r.
SWy. Mont., recently sold $75.-
W Worth ,. . a f: . .
v.. r -11111, iing norms to
nariis & Co.. of Chioairo. The
''" hear intermit at tha aJ 4 la
cei.t. and are anl.-ia.-t ka ,....,.11 .Itar
"r 30 years.
Tin
I. W.
ondo
"lily-Poarth Anlnrury.
At t h. I f i- - . . .
u.. - b,. ciiuicii oi Salem
m week was oelebiated the 64th an
'irsary 0f the beginning of the work
P that chnr,.h i i
'.. '.rlill. w
Kama I.arrr Tlmhar.
a .-liDil i, . .
i ---a1 ur acaien
long anj
33,444 feet 48
nine in diameter. An
ml Mara in tnaiuever. rtii-
L8"l8d 18000 feel a"(1 weigh-!
(ounda.
A ftoeoad DUIdaed.
aacond dividend of 10 per cent is
iea.lv
"nt the
"ok.
or payment on claims
Bellingham Bay National
Tb,
Kaark.d Ooldawdala.
IU I ,r ' "'" aurTeyinf partv or
fivLt Wwtlll railway baa ar-
'"M It Unl.U.J.1. a ' ....
-muiu uom v.nieivine.
Maattla Markata.
Onions, 80cO$l-10 per 100 pounds.
Potatoes. $36040.
Beets, per aack, $1.
Turnips, per sack, 60 0 75c
Carrots, per sack, 40OS0c.
Parsnips, per sack, 76086c
Cauliflower, 90cO$100 par doa.
Celery, 85040c.
Cabbage, native and California
$3 per 100 pounds.
Apples, t)0cO$l per box.
Pears, 60cO$l M per box.
Prunes, 60c tier box.
Butter Creamery, 36c per pound;
dairy ami ranch, 16020c per pound
Eggs, 16017c
Cheese Native, lllfo
Poultry Old henl, 10c per pound,
pring chickens, 14c; turkeys, 16c
Fresh meats t'hoice dieased beet
ateers, prune, 8lgc; oows, prime,
$c mutton. 9c; pork, 7o; veal, w loo.
Wheat Feed wheat. $33.
Oata Choice, per ton, $38.00.
UyPuget Sound mixed, $8,000
f; chuioa Eaatern Washington tim
thy. $13.00.
Corn Whole. $33.60; cracked, 34;
feed meal. $34.00
Barley Kolled or ground, per ton,
- whole, $24.
Flout Patent, per barrel, $3.86;
atraights, $8.10; California brr-nds,
$8.35; buckwheat flour, $3.60; graham,
tier barrel. $8.60; whole wheat flour,
$3.75; rye flour, $4.50.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $17;
aborts, per ton, $18.
Feed Chopped feed, $31022 par
ton; middlings, pet ton, $33; oil cake
meal, per ton, $36.
aa Franelieo Markat.
Wool Spt Ing Nevada, 10013c pet
Kund; Oregon, Eaatern, lOOHoi Val
r, 15017c; Noithern, 8O10c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $1823.00;
bran, $16,600 17.60 per ton.
Onions Silverskiu, 600 90c per aack.
Butter Fancy creamery, 17018c;
do seconds. 16017c; fancy dairy, 16o;
do seconds, II' 1 1 V par poand.
Kgjpi Store, 16c; fancy ranch
17018c
Hope 1898 crop, 16a
"Mr aon is taking an exhaustive
course in political economy." "What'r
that for:" "I had to do something tn
keep out of my business. "
"Trade," remarked the snctioneer,
s be tacked up bis teal emblem to in
dicate a sale of furniture, "always fol
lows the flag. "
QUAINT OLD MMK1T,
-orn.r In llaltlntorr that Klval She
I ...... ... Vrrona
There la a curloua little old street
market iu Baltimore thai sjmoai vll.t
lu life ami . ..h.r. wltb that famous
so,uure lu Veroim. anltl to I. uu. ,0at
pli liireaue market 111 nil BUTOpa, Tin
MpatM elai' a-Hew-la-Htu e4" the Mel
Uilr .Market, on tiay irtrwt. .1Hte to
moat iwirt to their booths bv virtue f
Inheritance. From father to sou le
Ond theae gayly .hi ked atulla. which
Hue iHitb alJea of the Madwaya. aud
there Is an air of aristocracy here
which ia qnltt as exclusive us that of
auy court lu KuroK.
Threading their way In and out
among theae Ktulls, screened from the
sun aud rain by varl-colored cauvn
uinhrellua, may tie seen priests In cas
socks aud cups aud soiuetluiea. oddly
enough, with overcoat of modem type;
uuus In gowns of Indigo blue, with
blacks stoles tightly drawn across the
shoulder and uiain whose head real
a most curious headgear, a cap of stiffly
starched white tnuslln, whom- wlng
llke brim extends at least twelve Inch
es, bristling nil around. Many are the
pleasant greet lugs exchanijed over
shrimp and white bnlt, whose virtues
are extolled In softly modulated tonee.
From stiills where Early Hose potatoes,
Bermuda onions and Maryland sprouta
are temptingly displayed come shouts
af glee over a sharp bargain, In which
the thumb has played a promiuent
part.
The moat popular corner of the mar
ket Is tin- liooth whoae wares couslst of
birds of Impossible plumage, silk- of
Indescribable hue utid Jewelry of won
:lerful brilliancy. Its pntrona-for the
most part dusky maids-keep up a
swift tire of meaningless chatter while
purchases are Irelug made, retiring
uuder n strong volley of comment from
the surrounding lookers on, and over It
nil the demure, NtpvCtfuJ courtesy of
those In charge a lusting bit of the
long ngo, and lu sharp contrast with
the Independent, curt mnnner of the
Northern market men, all busluesa, uo
leutluieut. New York Herald.
LAW AS INTERPRETED,
Marriage on the high seas, where
there Is uo law rcgulutlug the matter,
I'lilered luto by persons who went there
with the avowed purpose of evading
the luwa of their residence, Is held, lu
Norman vs. Normau (CM.), Vi. Ea U. A.
34a. to be Invalid.
The right to shoot at n ersou who Is
merely running ft way from un offlcer to
MCftpa from arrest for it mlsdeineuiior,
Is denied In Brown vs. Weaver (MIsh.i,
12 L It. A. 438, aud, If the officer does
shoot wrongfully, It Is held to be au
offlciul act covered by his bond.
A stutute which, although expressed
In general terms, enumerates restric
tions which constitute ludentltlcatlon,
rather than classification, and Is applic
able only to it single highway Improve
ment, Is hold, In rt HennelKTEor (N, Y.),
42 L. It. A. 13'J, to be In violation of a
coustltutlotiul provision ngnliisl local
laws.
To picket the premises of a person
boycotted, lu order to Intercept his
teamsters or to prevent ihthoiis going
there to trade. Is held unlawful In Beck
vs. Hallway Teamsters' Protective
lulon (Mich.), 42 L. H. A. 407, on the
ground that It Is an net of Intimidation
un. I an unreasonable interference with
tbo right of free trade.
it
Money I arm- l by Dramatic Writer.
Wonderful atorles arc told of the
amounts puld to dramatic author.
writes W. J. Henderson lu Scrlbuer'
If they are true, they would prove that
the uulckt-st way to get rich was to
write a iiiccessful play. It take nliout
two years, however, for n skilled dram
atlst, like Brotison Howard, to make
a play, and he cannot guarantee that
It will I..- Ilk.-. by the uufuthoinahlc
public. I do uot know what Mr. How
ard receives, hut the typical pay or ft
dramatic author is 5 per cent, of tht
gross receipts weekly. But there Is no
fixed stuudurd of payment. 8ome play
wrights get a certnin sum down uud
the usual royalty of 5 tier coiit. Others
arc paid on a sliding scale. One noted
pair of colluliorotors received for ouc
of their productions (! DM c.t.ut. of the
gross receipt up to $tt,00 and 1 p.-i
over that figure. As their work drew
$10,000 ft week for the first lx weeks,
their manager hud to pay them $700 a
week for the use of their work. Iu the
case of partly theatrical hack-work
smaller prices are paid, uud the rate i
ofteu fixed at so much a night, $-5
Ix-lug a good fee. For adaptations roy
alties are seldom paid In this country.
A manager usually hires a hack dram
atist, aud pays him a lump sum for his
work. For operetta adaptations very
small prices ure paid, that Is why the
adaptations arc usually such poor
trash. No man who can do good work
caii afford to uccept the terms. Orlg
luul operetUtB, if successful, pay troth
malingers mill autliora very well.
Ii'Oyly Carte offered ClllM-rt and Sulll
van flo.Oiio down for the exclusive En
glish rights to the "Pirate of I'enx
ance." They declined the offer, accept
ed their customary royalty und got
12,1 "JO.
Illiteracy In Itusela.
The only obtainable statistics of the
ntimlMT of ersous In the HiikhIuu em
pire who can neither read nor write
ore to lie found In the report of the
army ami navy recruiting department.
A recruit Is always asked If he can rend
ami write, and his answer Is registered.
The latest reports show that 4l jt cent
of the youths who are raised by the con
scription are totally Illiterate. As a vast
uumlM-r more males than females ore
able to read lu ItUHsIa, aud as It Is rare
tu Uud an ' iteasant w ho can read
and write. It may lie accepted as a fact
that probably not i!" per cent of the
entire Nipuiauon oi me empire nas ob
tained the first rudiments of this knowl
edge Prolsibly the central province
.'. . i -i ....... ......
are t lie iiiom un. a - o. -. .u.,cicuin
ten thousand village la Kuasia where
no school exists. It Is calculated that,
by disbanding HUl men of his huge
. .. . i i. . .. . . ....
arrnv, roe i zar btvhmi uae iuu.a at ujr
llKsal for building lu.uw scncxHs and
lll.tsaj village scliooimamer s nouses.
and would have a million muim1( ster
ling over for paying the teachera sal
arte. And be would still nave iju,uiu
soldiers a number greater than the
combined land forces of Kuglaud, Ger
many and the l ulled Statea.-LeJaare
Hour.
Out of Sight
Out of Mind."
In other months ive forget
the harsh winds of Spring.
'But they have their use, as
some say, to blow out the
bad air accumulated after
Winter storms and Spring
thaws. There is far more
important accumulation of
badness in the veins and ar
teries of humanity, which
needs Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Thin great Spring Medicinr elarMea the
blood ,i- nothing alae can. Il curat scro
fula, kidney disease, liver tfenbtaa. rtteu
niatioi and kindred ftUmentl Thu It
givt- perfect hralth. itfeufth and appetite
for months to conit.
Kldneye "My kidneys trouhlfd me,
and on advice took Hood'l Haraiarilla
which gave prompt relief, tx-lirr ftppettte,
llj ileepii refreablag. It cured my wit
alao." HieatAtx Bovi.x, M7SDannj itraet,
I'ittihurg. l a.
Dyapepele "Comiilicatrd with liver
an ! kidney trouble, I aufftred for vram
With dj IpepaUV, with never pains Hood'l
Hamaiianlla niadr RM strong and hfarlv "
J. D, Kwaaros, Main street, Auburn, Me
Hip Disease "Five running lores on
my lup . a i-i-l me to use iTUU nrn Wan
Oonttnad to Ih-iI every winter. HoihI's Sar-
in-. ii. in saved my Ufa, a it rorad ma per
fectly. Am Itrong and well."- ftftail
ltolart. 4u Pourtfa itreai, Fall Hivr. Mam.
JccdSSaUafalff(i
t urn. rsceutl iwallowed ble falaa teatk I
Slid It drOVI him mad riloniat'hi will
land agirat deal, hut iml rtrrv thing. If
voun u wrak try noetelteri titomach
llittrr It i una loinach troublrr, m well
a malaria and frvrr aud ague. Il i
Irongly reromnieiMed at tiu iraaon of
the year. All druggist kp it.
Fotl I liundredwelght of realingw.il
per iii, mill la need l.y the great seal ol
winch the lord chancellor I the ofll-
oial custodian.
I
Hoot!' Pill curt liver Utt tb non-lrrlUlliic Mil
psely WsltasUilc to lain wlili iii Ntr.i m . . !
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
m. Li... nnd Hupplia.
RAKES
MOWERS
BINDERS
Write lor Catalogue.
J. I. FREEMAI. ipl
: Kat Water Street.
I'UKTl.AND. OR.
I k' tr I'luinler'i orrsuu Head Purlner now
The average life ol a ibip la about
ttl years.
Mothera win Bad Mr. Wtnalow'i Boots
lug Bynip Ihe brut remedy to ua for their
children during the teething period.
About 8,000,000 tons of coal are an
Muftll consumed Iii aOndoil,
I shall reeoniinend I'iao's rur for tVn
uinpiioo far aud wide Mr- Mulligan,
lMuiotead, Kent, Kuglaud, S,.v S.
Laplanders think nothing of cover
ing 160 miles a day on theii skate.
There wan a young man from l.euor,
Who boldly went off to the war,
The ta-ef' made him n-L,
lie reouverad nuite qulek
It y the prompt us of old Je Moore.
Thtt invention of the tyewriter has
given einployment tu 600,000 women.
far tha Wholw rattilly.
A tale, mre. mr. la-rhi-t ftMdtetea lor all the
famiu CataiStS Canity lalliartlc. hrlng
hi-a In, prSatrVI heallli In lliu huBaekulil
Orugsliti, lue, 2.V, 40c.
In Oerinany a cloi'k has I n made
that ia warranted tu go foi 11,000 years.
The clay piies of Knglaml, Franco
and Holland are tuoetly made by the
labor of children.
To t'ura Culil In One Ir
Take laiiaiive Ilromo (juiuin Tablets.
Ail tlruggiais refund money If 11 fall to
cure. '25c.
The yellow silk spidut ol Ceylon i
perhaps the largest of bis Sviea. HU
average weight is nine ounce.
CITf errniaiinitlr Oftfeft. No Htur nerroUNnrt
lie n, i mm ilay'a ua of Or. kllnr'a Ureal
t'ruellr.
"(lb, 1 know. I 1 would get it" said
the man who had been lined fm selling
tinted butter "aud I gneaa I can land
it. Uut il does reeui kinder bard to
have been tilled hy a Judge with dyed
whisker." Imlianapolia Journal.
The total value of IWh landed on the
Knglisb and Welsh coaala .lining iMl'v
amounted to tl, I '.'It, 74 1, an iuciease of
nearly a quarter of a in I II Ion over the
total for the preceding year.
Although the brain ia perpetually
active, yet the whole of it Is never at
work at one time. The two hemis
phere, or halves, do not operate ilmul
taueously, but alternate iu action.
NSOMNIA
"llutr, hem ileitis 4 M A It 11 1'" for
I' . n Ilk .1 1. 1. Ii I have In-1-a afflicted for
I I I r m nay tbat t'asrarel
kavscli mi re relief tbaaaeyeiber reme
dy I hat eeer Irled. I thell errtalnly mom
men. I ihrm iii uiy Irlewo aa being all ttiey ars
reureuriiiril ' 1'uo cil Liau, Klgla, UL
CANOV
tocoriao
raaoi auota aswiTiaio
The first mode ol public punishment
iu New Yoik city was the whipping
post, set up in 1036. Uti this ofimnl
ers were hoisted nu by the waist, and
suspended lor such length ol time ftl NO'TO'BAC ,
their offenee called for.
Plraiant Palatal.' I' lent Tails Omwt Do
auuu. Narar Hi.-kan. Waalai, or Uruw lr t Hie.
... CURE CONSTIPATION. ...
a..t ........ ..... a.. r.e. n
i - i iiiarftntaaa br alldroa-
lau n. . i ni Uakll
There are more medical men in Lon
don thau in all Scotland and Ireland
togethei, and in thoen two countries
the number has actually decreased dur
ing the past year.
"I." said Ihe orator, "am all Ameri
can of the good old stock, rooted deep
in the toil " "The 00)1 stock 1 ever
heard of that tooted deep in the roil,"
said the fanner in the audience, "was
hoga."
A well-known specialist on ear dis
ease haa made the announcement
that half the deafness pievalent at the
pteent time can he traced to the prac
tice of hming the eai of thildien.
in tii aartoa riaooaa iot by uiing
it Nseder's Orsfoa Himxi runner.
a Tries SI oo li
bolllranillrealla. nit H. IL tUlNk, Ltd.,
aB
In the humftn txly.
MACHINERY
For M l II. Mlnri. Rhnpa and Farms; Hteel Ixif
gliif and lloMlngKtiglni; Hoe Chlaal
Tooth Sawi. Alhanr i.-.a
TAT UM A, BOW EN
27 to Si K'r. i siren Portland, Or.
M-iai I'r. iu. .in blreel, bau limn
JOHN POOLK, POSTLABB, Oasuo
ran give you the best bargains iu general
luarliiiiery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps,
plows, belts and windmills. The new
Heel I X L windmill, sold hy him, Is Unequalled.
AIIIMII WANT Kit.
Aienta wanted tor a Whoh aale Hupviy Hoitae.
Addreai PeetfteVoast Nsvelt Ce., rurtlamt, nr
.Nrrrr K , .1 r . i H.-II.I for
Arv-U airvel, l'UUadel.lila. !.
There has been an increase of I4U,
000,000 in the asuessed values of the
pioperty of the city ol New Orleans
ince 1H80.
1 In- I'leaaatitril Moal Cowerfut and
Meetly Ni-verfalllni Hcaiedy for
r Qrippc, Catarrh,
Rheumatism.
Will rure anr ache or pain known
n bodr. Heii.l fur trial boiile .' -.-
rhi.offel laala J ilara uiilv. Larra U.llla lauO
d... a i b DUUPU eac h) 1 A)or i foi tL!A
SWANSON RHE U MAT 10 CURE CO.
Ikf an! Il Ogarsora IU Chicago.
There are more wreck in the illtio
.-.i than in any other place iu tbo
I world. The average ia one wreck a
i day throughout the year.
B II A H at INTO VOt It BHUBB.
Allen's Foot-F.asr, n (Hiwdrr for lb feet
It cures painful, swollen smarting fret ami
Instantly takes the sting out of coma and
bunions. It's the creaieM comfort disi-or-rryoftheag.
Allen's Foot-Kase inakri
tight-fitting or new sboea feel easy. It ia a
certain cure for chilblain, swratiug, damn,
callous and hot, ttrd, aching: fed We
have over lO.uno tehtlmottials of cures. Trv
it today. Hold by all tlrugglata and shoe
il In
The Kvuliltlon of tha Slanlalili.
When it seemed that the limit had
about been reached with wrought irou
as the main relianoe of the designer,
mild ateel had been so eifected aa to
enable progres to be maintained. The
large boilers necessary to withstand the
high pressures and fuinish the powol
for high seeda would have been im
possible but for mild steel, and the
same thing is true ol the moving parli
of the engine. It may he DOtod also
that workmanship had improved, and
the use of anti-friction metals for bear
ings, continued with this improved
workmanship, enabled the high rota
tional speeds to be cairn- I uut with
safely and reliability.
The machinery of Wampanoag, de
signed in lHtlfi, waa ao heavy that only
1.24 i. hi p. per ton of machinery was
obtained. The San Kiani isoo, one of
the earliest of the modern cruiser of
the United Ktatea navy in which ad
vantage was taken ol all the factors for
ruduotion of weight, obtained 10.113 i.
h. p. er ton of machinery. Commo
dore Q. W. Melville, U. S. N., iu En
gineering Magaaine.
The Italn Traa ut farro laland.
The island of Ferro il one of the
largest in the Canary group, and it has
received it name on account of its iron
bound mil, through which no river
por stream flows. In the midit of the
Island there grows a tree known as the
raining tree, tne leaves ot whimi are
long ami nariow. It continues in con
stant verdure wintet and summer, and
the branches are covered with a cloud
whirl; is never dispelled, hut, resolving
itsell into a moisture, cauaes to fall
Iioiii its leaves a very dear water In
inch abundance that cisterns placed at
its bait to receive it are never empty.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Tha Larffl Traaa In lha World.
The largest tree in the world Is to be
sen at Mascali, near the foot of Mount
Etna, and ia called "The Cheetnnt Tree
of a Hundred Holies." Ill name ruie
from the rejairt thst yneen Jane, of
Aragon, with her principal nobility,
took refuge from -i violent itorm under
it blanches. The trunk ii got feet in
Circumference. The largest tree in the
United Slates, it is said, stands near
Dear Creek, on the north fork of the
Tule liver, in California. It meaiure
140 feet in circumference. The giant
redwood tree In Nevada I 119 feet in
circumference. Ladies Home Journal.
Ileal Mlhud of Viitllalln a Hours.
The lest mode ol keeping a room
constantly ventilated without draught
ii to have the frame of the lower part
of the window supplemented by an ad
ditional piece of wood a' out Ave Inches
deep. This admits of the lower sash
being raised without draught fiom tha
bottom of the window. Air la admit
ted in the middle, where the lower
aash is raised above the end of the top
One. Ladiei' Home Journal.
stores, ilv in
pin Wage V H 1 1
fled, Le Hoy, N
lor'i"ic lit aiami.
Address Allen H.
Y.
trial
Olio-
The Insurance upon Bit 1'aul'a cathe
dral i alHiut i'116,000.
now Tiuar
We offer One H undred pollara Reward lor any
rase ol t'slarrh thai can not lis cursd by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
f. i. i III M V ft CO , I'ropa.. Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known r. J. t' limey
for tbapait 16 trara. an.l la-lieve tilm pertci ily
honorable In all blialuraa trauaarlloui Slid AB
an. -ial' able lorarrj out any obligations mad
by their flriu.
ViarrATst'ti.
W holeaalr Prussian, Toledo, o,
WaUWBB, Kissas ft Miavis,
Viiiohxale Urugn-lsts, twedo W
Itall'aCatarrlii'ur Ial. ti-nlni riially.artlul
directly ou tBe liliaal and mucous aurlacea oi
tlieayiuia. I'r I e TV per Iwillo. bold by all
drugi lsta Teal nu. .im. I. free.
Uall a ' ually I'll la -rt Ihe last.
Some of the machine for making
matches make SOU revolution a minute
each, and tuin out about 3,600,000
matches dally, or about UOO.000,000
annually.
Schilling's
Best
tea
sold only in
Packages
Artificial legs and anus were in me
in Egypt as eaily as II. C. TOO. They
were made hy priest, who wur toe
physicians of that eat It lime.
The habit of reading at the dining
tablo is strongly oou.luiuned by L'lly
0B0 Moilcrno, though it thinks look
ing over the paper at breakfast ii com
paratively harmless.
Important deposits of sulphur have
lately been discovered in Asiatic Rus
sia. In the Ferghana district there i
one which will yield about 10,000
1 .mil Is of pure sulphur yearly.
In thia country placing the thumb to
the nose and extending tint tlnguti is n
sign ol derision. Among OOttOtfl hill
ti ii.es in India il is the most expressive
manner of showing respect.
Duly 10 years bare elapied since the
Mist railway in the world waa finished.
Huiing that coin pa i at I ve It brief period
400,000 miles have been constructed.
A muddy atreet may look like
"hasty pudding" but it' hard to etit
.r..il III.
Ail
Anthony llopa'a Naar Humane.
Tbo Ladies' Home Journal has sc
oured the American righte of Authony
Hoie'a new romance "The Countess
Emilia" and will begin its publication
in the May issue. It is Ihe best ro
mantic story that the famou nuvelilt
has written since "The i'risonei of
'Zenda." "The Countess Emilia" ia
not unlike it predecessor In atvle and
lieatment and in it action. Its motif
is that of the marriage relation. It
will lie illustrated by Alice ltarbvr
Stephen! and will run in the Journal
l.i. .
tu i uugnon a too ii in . i . , ,
famous Arllala In Their Niudloa.
The April Lattice' Home Journal in
troduces its readers to ill favorite illus
trators, who are shown, In a page of
photographic reproduction, at work in
their itudioa. The little group of ar
tilts includes those whose work ii moat
popular with the Journal' readeia,
who will be pleased to be brought face
to face witli their favorites.
FOR MEN
DR. FOOTE
ONLY.
& STAFF
Hlood.
The duke wai beilde himself with
rage.
"Your family have only plebian
blood in their voiml" blued hii grace.
"Well, yon ought to know; you've
hied them enough," replied the tluch
ess. the fair American hei mien quite
tn keeping with the haughty legend,
"Nun Cura, Non Mercea" upon the
trade-mark of her father'a Juatly cele
brated Combined Hair Vigor and Utove
Poliih. Detroit Journal.
A Aeentlete sMoarer.
Sin- love Chrii, yet her love for him ii
dumb;
Hhe oan't afford tomairy and repent.
Uhe saya he ihould be called Chrii-
anthe-mum;
lie's splendid but hain't got a cent
I'arlla or lha Arellr.
The Sweet Young Thing I love to
lead of those dear daring explorer In
the Arctic but 1 should think icaling
icebergs all the time would become
monotonous.
The Havage Bachelor Part of the
time they were scaling tith. Indian
apolla Journal.
A Martyr to Brleaee,
"Why, doctor, you've just been read
ing a paper before thu medical society
claiming that kiising i dangeroui to
health, and now yon want a kia from
met"
"For yon, my dear, I would gladly
face any danger. " Chicago Journal.
nu AIIAMN ST.. (Jlllt'AtlO.
Men re.ulrliia unatiruaaaed Irrstitirnt ahould
et.n.uli orraonailr or hy letter "rea" with th
Vi..rr an. I only eichiaiis uiro's aon lalleta in tk
lillaal alalia In., oT mall natla lb
eluily or a llfr lliu. t'iinirlunala vrahrr
alioulil Inilnnlialrly i-iiinniunli-al a lib Dr. Kool.
of t'lili-ago. Kvrryllulil i-ourtilrnlial. Ilrtnrdira
cut everywhrr In aralnl iiaekaga and Irtlera tn
tlalllrnveliilira. l'orrra.uli.lani- aelli-ltad. I an -I
urelral. Medlral and Blaelrleal lurlbisla
a.lopTa.1 lirlnaliig Hi all. ma. I. allh VeSB kSSS
iliuied. Avoliloruga reoniniriulad by Ik ueaii
thorliiNl ami all alylnl apn-lallata in Waaiarn
loarna. Faw genuine aorclallala lo.au nnialSr of
Nrw York or Pklif n lu n,. -. eiile your prl
val Iftelfl are aar. I'nroualril trralnieul for all
dlaeasra and araknraara of the Uvii'to I Hum,
so ni ltrirndiietlvr anil NerToiie Byalruia lu.
Iinllmrnta to marriage removed. ''Mytihala"
poaltlvrly iiurtflra ilia bloisl, earra ey plillla and
rruiuvaa alt wlnt ulerra In throat SI inoulli. Mfj
par eoloiil apula un body ami rruptlona uu akin,
alao oalarrh and rhriiniatlam. " Vlgnrata," Ilia
only issrniaoaol rratorer and hivlioratnr, give
Vigor to vital organa ami nsrrra prrvrnla ami
cure, grip si i.rr iiutii. a rur ai. l rial m-niaa
i:tilhiil ( o in 1 1 i nut Ion.
The pleasant method and Wneflciul
efTecta of the well known remedy,
M in r or Fine, manufactured by the
t'Al.iroHNiA Flo SvhuI' Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa
tive principlea of planta known to lie
medicinally laiattre ami nrenenting
them in the form moat refreshing to the
taate and acceptable to the system. It
la the one perfect strengthening laxa
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling cold, heartaches and fevers
gently yet promptly anil rnublingone
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Ita perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sob
stance, and Ita acting on the kldneye,
liver and bowels, without weakening;
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing flga
are used, an tlicv are pleasant to the
taate, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna aud
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the California Fio Svbih"
i n only. In ortler to get its beneficial
effects and to avoid Imitations, pi. use
rememliertbe full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN KHAN' 1 M . 'I i ll.
I ' r I a V 1 1 I !- MY KBW TOBK, N T.
Por sale hy all IruHtat.-l'rlce Sue. par bottle
'nA.-.- . a
K(6ON0lpOOPUWf(R.
-ssar.s. aj r i aray srerisra
'Tjft HEALTH
RESTORER
USE IT!
eltbvr trmtsfy, half prica.
In Uuffalo a planer i iu 0eration
which at each cot remove a ihaving
full 111 inchea wide from solid oalt
iron. The knit i between 13 aud 19
inchei wide.
PEOPLE WHO SUFFER
with i n' k chr, tOMttMlkMa tttib
r-a'.Mh, inftlailrt. WOklhlhlVisi eVIld
IttDdradl ( other itlim nlo t u ti
by linimra lilood ihuuld try
Moore's Revealed Remedy
lt'i rur and plrMtnt to Ink p hull
itrt d ftsaVtr bru vtiretl It will not
fall to brim rpllef. fl.UU per but tin
at your drugKlita .
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should bo Osrafuily
Uuidod In Early Womanhood.
Nut Mar Ova.
Mollle Erer notioe how Dollie can
' ibake her ourli?
Pollie Ye; ihe hasn't had 'em on
for a week.
i
We are forming a new coal and coke
'trim, and intend calling It "The Coal
Trust and ' -.kn Ouit Clndercate. "
Alley Hloper.
What suffering frequently reiulta
from a mother's Ignorsncei or more
frequently from a mother'e neglect to
properly luitruct her daughter I
Tradition ay "woman mustauffer,"
end young women ars ao taught.
There la a little truth and a great deal
of exaggeration lo thia. If ft young
woman auffen aeverely ahe needa
treatment and her mother abould aee
that ihe getilt.
Many mother hesitate to take their
daughter to a physician for examina
tion; but no mother need hesitate to
write, freely about her daughter or
herself to Mre. I'inkham aud secure
the moet efUclent advice without
charge. Mra. i'inkham address 1b
Lynn, Mass.
The following letterfrom Mlsa Maaiat
T. Johnson, C'eutralla, Pa , show what
neglect will do, and tell how Mr.
Plnkham helped her:
"My health became ao poor tbat I
had to leave school I was tired all the
time, and had dreadful paina In my
aide and back. I waa also troubled
with Irregularity of menace. I was
eery weak, and lost so much flesh that
my frienda became alarmed. My
mother, who Is a firm belierer In your
re me. 1 1. s from experience, thought per
bape they might benefit me. aud wrote
you for advice. I followed the advice
you gave, and used I.ydia E I'iukham'a
Vegetable Compound and Liver Till aa
you directed, and am now aa well a I
ever waa 1 have gained flesh and have
good color I am completely cursd of
Irregularity."
jraa.a-a af-a-l DM. MANTCL'O
RELIEF FRENCH
11 FOR r CM ALE
Vl iMl ll Partlentan gad
1 T VlTILI 1 i lala In plain aralad
iellrr MaiLao reag.
nUBCH PaUQ CO., Sat ft Ml Pearl SI.. Ne York
RUPTURE CURED.
We auaranle to Bt evtry esse w uieh rtege.
po.t put It (Nil write lor partlcularg at one.
'. II. vv aim ft CO., Kspert True
i ii i.i a, iu n. I Htreet, Portland, Or.
OR. GUNN'S Tver" PILLS
Cura Hi. k II-., la. ha
nn.lraan.l I'urlff tba
BIimi4. AM Hlg.aiionaniirrea.iit Hiliouaaeaa I'
But OfflM urHli-krn Toeonalnea ?..a, we will mall
1 aample In,, or full tun fortrV. I'll. IION.4NKU
I !., ihiiaila . aVaaiaa. Bulil i.t brufglau.
ONE FOR A DOSE.
mCURE FOR PILES
r !(-. t O m stl 1 1 . And ft . lit lllB
wll 0 lliu, iiibi nr rr
1 i Dr. oaankto'aPllattamad
KtuM ll hiui ond Waaiiaa 4'a tum.ira a
..or at tliiififiatawr aaiit bf aitil Tral loa ft Writ
nil un.. aivji fti,rmiiiiia.
I aboutf uur t
YOUNG MEN!
Yr (JuDorrhii-ei ami UI- frt r'alaat'a Oaar Bpaa'lflc II
la tha iM V tl im- arhlrh will uro aavrb ailrl rry
nr NcraiK b"wb It havt ar falll to cura, no
' piftllew now as-rtouo or of lioa? tontf otit1lnf . lin'ilu
i tn in Ita ma will of ii loli j.'U. It la .uoiliitlr oavfa,
CiritU oth tnra, ami iWi I-- Ukm witi..ti lmOaa
ri.-o) an. I -l. u nil. tu fr-.n- bualtH-aa. fHUX. $S w 9
Hie bf all rnl-U ilnin lata, or aaut lreaaiiJ bj I H trmm,
tUaixill "rtpprl. re -liai "f j.rVw.. bj
Uix-uUr nioilHl q rr.owe.
I
I
r lo u joia 1
JBoV 'uual
ffaTfoV sal is aoioiore
aaaggeajrraeoaio ttaiOgiaO.
Va1rHiEual Chi a on Ctj
.aaam. ' afl
I bj. r. w. o.
I'M us wrltlaar la
It uiaimou mil paper
CURE YOURSELF!
'a- Hlf 4J fur unnatural
ilo liarifao. luflaiuinatlitua.
ii t iiai i ne af uli rraliooa
I m ii r o u foiauibraDaa.
I'alhlcaa, Bad bot Mtrta-
g-tit or ti'iiooiiouo.
aVaM by DranUU.
ur aat la alalu wrapar,
br M prapabi, ftMT
II r 3 tnitllaa, 75.
I If. u
tWuS
ular a. i.t uu rafUMt,
NO. II
d vartlaara ilaaa
ALABASTINE
Alabaailne, ihr .-uly durahl wall eoatlni.
takes the pise nf aeallna kalauBilnea. wall
ti' ai.1 iianii for walla It ran h uael n
staler, lrli k, oud or vaneaa.
aiabastlae ran be uanl over paint or paper ;
Aisaastine
Im. aaed aver
take uu auhatllule
l a . I.I or p.n.-r . au
Bar olr In ne pauoil pa. tag re
.al... i
atteuhi I
Krerr ehurch ami aeuooltiutiee
roatad oulr with Alabaatlue. Hunilraila ul
(irupart; toaa uaad rearlr lor tula work. Ucuulne Ala
I bullae dues uot tub gad Kale ut .
Alahaallne pa. kagea hare fuM dlraotlona
Anrou can brueb II en Ask palut dealer for
llntoard. "Alauaatlne Ira" fr. Alahaallne
Co., Cltsad Haulda, Mica.