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THE PLAINDEALER. Published Mondays and Thursdaj , W. V. "BENJAMIN... ;. Y. BENJAMIN Editor. .Manager. Subscription Rntca. One Year OD rtlx Months 1 03 Three Months M SEPTEMBER 24. 1S96. OUR STANDARD BEARERS. JFor President, AVM. McKIXLEY. For Vice-President, GARRET A. HOBART. For Presidential Electors, T. T. GEER, of Marion Connty. S. M. YORAX, of Lane. E. L. SMITH, of Wasco. J. F. CAPLES, of Multnomah. It tl Immaterial In vaj Judgment whether the wool grower receive any benefit from tho tariff on wool or nol; whether he doe or doe not .... I am for free wool." Extract Xrom William J. Bryan'a tpteth in concresf, January Slth, 1891; Concreitlonal Record Fifty third Consreu, second teuton, Vol. 36, . 30, p. 155-1. Ntrcrm a mere grleTona wroncdone the farmers of oar country than that ao najmtly inflicted dnrlnc the past three yean upon the wool growers. Although anf our most use fnl cltliec. their In terests haTe been practically destroyed. McKinley letter of acceptance. THE QUESTION ANSWERED. A correspondent, F. L. Finney of Elk bead, wants to know hor "free silver coinage will about double the value of silver mine omiera?" The answer is plain. If free coinage of silver becomes the law and has the effect it is claimed by the silver party, silver bullion will go np to $1.29 per ounce, whereas it is now only about 6S cents per ounce. Whether it will advance to that extent or nut, is I very much doubted but silver bullion ' would dcubtless advance somewhere to near 70 cents, possibly to SO cents an ounce. In such a case the mine owners would be the gainers by from ten to fifteen cents per ounce and thus add millions of, dollars to their output. This condition would doubtless last for a while but would not continue indefi nitely. It vrould soon drop back, not only to ita present market value but most likely go still lower, for lbs mar kets of the world would control it in the future as in the past. If .the output be large it would drop considerable and as there would not be a government back of it pledged to keep it np to a parity with gold, the more stable metal, it would have to yield to its bullion prices in the world's market. The Plaindealls is no sticklei for gold per ee, ie, simply for it self, bat because it is a metal that fluctu ates the least in value. We have no theory to advance why it is so, but know it is a fact ; and for that reason prefers the use of gold as the standard unit measure of value until a better money metal is found. For some inscrutible reason gold has been regarded the more precious metal for centuries not only for money uses but forjrrany rues in the arts. The lime was, we are told, when gold and silver were exactly equal in value whea of equal weight. But the law of commerce has operated to widen the gulf between them. THE NEW MOSES. It is said of Brjan that if he could for get the Vermont and Jlaine elections, and some one would close Tom Watson's mouth, be would he comparatively happy. He never reads newspapers that are not supporting him, and he supposes the crowds that gather to hear bim speak aro not only themselves en thusiastic supporters of his candidacy, but that they reflect the reutiment of the entire country. It is stated that Bryan himself claims that at least thirty-eight o! the states will go for him, with no state giving a majority of lesa than 25,000. His cs!i mate is based, however, upon informa tion furnished by enthusiastic friends, whose wish is father to the thought, but be will listen, it is said, to no suggestion of even possible defeat. He believes in himself and has no doubt that the Amer can people look upon him as being as necessary to them and the government as rain and sunshine are to vegetation. 31 r. Bryan was unfortunate the other day, though, in having himself intro duced as the "Moses who would lead the people into the land of promise." The crowd shouted "Moses" and the young man was mightily pleased, bat a wicked and etifT-necked old-line demo crat called a local paper's attention to the fact that Moses of old, after leading the Israelites up and down the wilder ness for many years went off Into the mountains and was never heard of again, leaving bis followers uot even in striking distance of tho good things he had promised them; that in fact Moses did nothing but make promises, and that but for the interiiosition of providence every one of the people who were fullutv- ing him must havo ttatvod to death. This old democrat U nuito agreed that Brj an should lu called "Moses," for, he says, Bryan will uot tho ooplo no nearer tho land of milk and hoooy thtn Moses did. Whatever Moses of old did or did not do for lib people it in very certain that the old-lino democrats intend to keep this now Moees out of tho lend of prom ise, and that the are able to do it thcro is no doubt whatever. Moan while- those who wish to sparo Mr. Bryan's feelings will uot speak of tho Vermont or Maiue elections nor mention Tom at sou's name in h'u hearing. Call. Bryan's Speech at Predricksburg. In Mr. Bryan'o sp?ech at Fredricks- burj?, Va., among many things, pome good and sotno bad, ho is reported as saying: 'Penplocau havo jast a b good a !ol lar as thoy want, because dollars are creatures of law, and you can determine the purchasing powor of a dollar when you determine tho number ot dollar? If yon want dollars dear, make them scarce and they will be dear. II our dollars are good enough now, when a dollar will buy (en bushels of oats, you can make it good enough so that it will buy 100 bushels of oats. (A voice: 'We don't want that kind of a dollar.") If anybody here has teen raising farm products and complaining because they are not cheap enough, you can make them cheaper if you vote the republican ticket this fall." Mr. Bryan, it will be noticed, s-ys tho people can havo as good a dollar as thoy want ; ie, a silver dollar, for that is w hat ha was talking about. The republican party has tuade the ail ver dollar as good as a gold dollar. Can Mr. Bryan, if elected, make it better than gold? Oar fathers sought to make gold and silver dollars equal iu 17t2 but failed on a ratio of 15 to 1. In 1S34 and 1S37 the government tried again to make them equal by chauging tho coinage ratio of silver to 15:95 to 1 to agree with the commercial ratio at those dates, and again failed to keep them on an equality on the plan of unlimited coinage of the silver. The government uniting tint silver weut abroad, it songht to keep the halves and quarters at home by an act of 1S53 by ledncing the number of grains in the halves from SOS1 grains to 192 grains and the quarter from 103,'s grains to 90 grains for subsidiary purpoies This was a success as these coins would not circulate abroad their coinage value being greater than their bullion valao. Money and Blood Circulation. It is .the circulatian of money that gives life to business and not its votun.e. Ten dollars in circulation is worth more than ten millions of dollars hoarded away or lying iJlo m banks. Money in commerce is analogcns to the Mood in the animal body, to long ss tho blood circa lates the animal lives, but when the blood ceases to circulate the animal dies. So with money, the life blood of trade when it circulates freely the body politic is infused with a vigorous life but when it ceaies to circulate the body politic languishes and its vigor departs. Protection to American manufacture, American labor will start money to cir culate and then prosperity will dawn upon us again. A Consoling Reflection, Los Anjrelc? Ttcc. And eo the poor but honest silver-mine owners have contributed an even 1,000, 000 to the Bryan campaign land. This is indeed a liberal contribution, and will greatly help out t!o party which has heretofore gloried in i'a poverty, and has indeed made i: cui of the corner-ttones of its faith. There is Eomo consolation however, in the reflection that even the million-dollar contribution of the mine- owners will not leave the syndicate en tirely without funds. They will still have in their exchequer a small matter of I699.0CO.O0O, and this will keep the wolf from the door for eomo time to come. Demonetization of Silver. We hear a great deal about the d monetization of silver in 1S73, but oot a word about the demonetization of the white metal in 1353 nor a word of re monetization of silver in 1S7S. If it was a crime to drop the silver dollar in 1S73 from coinage for four years, what an un pardonable crime it must have been for the father of democracy, Thomas Jeffer son, to stop the coinage of silver dollars in 1S0G, when for 30 years not a silver dollar was coicedTyet populists, who arc are an annex of the democrat party, never mention Jefferson's stoppings o! silver coinage or the demonetizition of silver in 1S53. Bryan in his Kansas City speech eaid "Money is the creature of law. There can be no money until tho government provides for that money." Thai aEsert tion stands contradicted by historical facts which cannot be successfully ilis proved. Un this coast, in California goiu uust lor .years passed current as money, ond also in Oregon. Then pn vate parties had 5, 10, 20 and 50 dollar pieces of gold struck, and in Oregon tnero was mo o-uouar beaver pieces struck which passed as money. Those pieces were not authorized by law, yet every body was glad to take them for labor or labor product and no ono was 0'er known to refuse to take them for a debt or in exchange) for any thing he bad to sell. Anything is money that performs the functions of inouoy. Louisville Courier-Journal : A glanco at these figures (returns from Maine) and at the reviEcd returns of lees than 5,000 plurality for Jones in Arkansas a fall ing off of 15, COO over the democratic plu rality in 1891 will pretty nearly con vince any ono how tho ulection is going. Call and see tho new line of ladies shoes, just received at i'arrott Bros. Senator Mitchell In Ashland. Ashland, Sept. 22. United States Senator John II. Mitchell delivered an address bore this afternoon, under the auspices of tho McKinlo Club, nnil was enthusiastically received. The Chautau qua tabernaclo was crowded with tho people, tho audience numbering about 1600. The building was hnudaomely decorated with flags and hunting, and prctented a patriotic-looking picture. Band music and vocal music by tho Ash land McKinloy quartet enlivened tho occasion. President George Lyndo, of thoMeKinley Club, presided, and the senator was introduced by II. E. Ankeny. ttato committeeman. Extracts from Senator Mitchell's "Planet Mara" speech had been printed and freely distributed under tho direc tion of the popocratic managers, hut they fell flat when Mr. Mitchell thanked the popocrats publicly for going to such au expenco. He was greeted with fre quent warm applauso during a speech that was univorsalty admitted to be a powerful exposition of the issues of tho campaign, and a splendid plea for the support of McKinley and Hobart by tho silver republicans, who, tho eenator said, have moro than ono plank cf tho platform to look .to, and, besides, there is tho pledge of the republican party to promote free coinage of silver by inter national agreement, which not even the most ardent independent bimetalist can object to, and which is tho safest and surest method to attain the cud desired by any reasonable and honest friends of silic. Pcnnoycr Explains Why. Mayor Pennoyer endeavors to explain, iu his own way, why an Increase in eala rica was made. It was at his instigation that tho raise was made, and yesterday afternoon he received a telegraphic in quiry from the San Francisco Examiner, asking if it was true that the rumored assessment had been made. In response ho wired to the Examiner the following ri ply ; "When I took office, my salary was re duced one-half and jtclicemen salaries were reduced from ?75 to fGo. Uacon sciouable bankers and brokers have re fused to cash policemen's warrants, bear ing Svercont interest, without a eliave ol nearly IU per cent, and salaries were raised from 165 to $70 to cover this in famous goldhug shave. Of course, tboso bankers and brokers are all honest, tound-money men. Under this admin istration, policemen are not assessed. "SVLVKHTEH PENNOYEE, "Mayor." One curious thing sbjut tho alleged reason is just how the broken are hart by tho advance in salaries. Oregonian Beginning and End of the Boy Ora tor. Buffalo News: Peroration, Jubilation. Nomination. Preparation. Notification. Peregrination. Argumentation. Trepidation. Condensation. Consternation. Lamentation. Extermination. Popocratic Interpretation of Events The popocrats deny that free coinage would put the United States on the same money basis as Mexico, India and Cbina. They also deny that a big re publican victory in Maine and Vermont foreshadows republican victories eltc where. The popocrats ehould take ont a patent on interpreting events to suit every taste. Prophetic Words. Main is the Pine Tree state, and it was a New England poet that prophetically wrote of last Monday : "Beware the pine tree's withered branch Beware the awful avalanche. Free trade did not redeem a single promise made for it. Free silver will do no better. The Number of democratic papers that have bolted the Chicago platform and ticket is said to have exceeded 200. and what is meant by that we eha.ll Eee in November. Considering what a reputation Hryau had as an orator when the campaign be gan it is strange how few things he says which even democratic organs think it worth while to repeat. When the workiogmen of tho country have good wages and can coosumo the products of our farms there aro good times for everybody, bnt there can be no good wages without protection. Freo silver may suit tho people of Montana and Colorado, but frea trade doesn't, and accordingly tho proplo o thoso states are not so eager to vote for Bryan as the Bryanites think they ore. The best campaigner for McKinley has been McKinley, and the worst cam paigner for Bryen has been Bryan, and that is why the people aro rapidly be coming unanimous for sound money and prot lion. '1 . u defeat of Bryan should bo made cm; hatic enough to show what the American peoplo think of a candidate for tho presidency who tries to stir up strife between labor and capital on any iesue whatever. Notice. PersonB who wish to avail themselves of the low rales on special train to Port land, September 29th accouut Oregon Industrial Exposition, should buy carry or request tickets, bo that coaches may be ordered for accommodation of the Koseburg parly. Tickols on sale at tho depot. Halo $0.95 round trip. A. J. Pickthoi;:.', Acting Agent. All the State Troops Ordered Out. Denvek, Sept. 21. At 2:30 this (Mon day) morning, Sheiiff Newman, of Lead- villo, and Judgo Oners, of tho dietrlct court of Like county, called upon Gov ernor Mclntyro for troop to quell tho riot at Leadvillo. Tho governor at onco iesuod tho call, nnd before daylight the entire military forco of tho Btato will be en route- for tho tceno of tho trouble. Tho troapa from this city, two infantry companies and a battory, will reach Leadvillo by noon. Guarded By Mllltln. Le.iuvu.le, Sept. 22. Over a thousand members of the Colorado Nntional Guard, under the command of Brigadier General Brooke, aro on duty in this city Some aro doing guard duty at tho Maid, Erin and other mines, hut the main body is eticamped near tho Denver & Rio Grende depot, awaiting develop ments, Tho streets are crowded with oxcited men, but no violence has been done siuco the attacks upon tho Coro nado and Emmet mines, early yester day, In which at least six men, it ia now known, wcro killed. No attempt has yet been made to re sume operations at any cf the mines closed on account of tho strike, but sonic may scon Lo reopened under tho protection afforded by tho presence of tho troop. The saloons arc all closed, aud a Sun day quiet prevails. The calm of tho sort that forbedea a etcrm, but it will no, break as tun' as the i.aticnal guard is on the ground. General Brooks will not decide upon what disposition will be made of his forco until after a conference with Sheriff Newman this aftornoju. The groups of tnii.era in tho streets are quiet enough to all appearances, but many complain bitterly Hut thu "work ingman can't get a fair thow." The hoadqu triers of the union has been closed since the noting. J. C. Amburn the prisident, and K. J. Dear, the secretary, have disappeared. Under an ample guard the Emmet aud Mario mines are working. It said the unneovniers have arranged to briug miners from Missouri, and hopo to have trooia hero until tho new men are put to work. The city cuiiucil and tituecs at joint uiuiiiing tlud afternoon decided to take vigorous measures to rid the town of the lawless clement numbering about 203 men. A coimnittca tias appointed to obt-ia legal opinions as to how this can be done. A Buddhist Missionary. New Yoek, Sep!. 21. "I bring bltssipg of peaM and love from ihe Buddhists of Asia to the people of .Voter ica." Sacb was tin titterancj of the Ktv. H. Dharntapala, general sccrelary of the Malm Bodhi Society, India, m.v on a mission to this country, when stea to day for information as to his plans with reference t- the prupossd introduction of Buddhism into the United Slates. Mr Dbarmapa'.a was Ihe delegite from India to the religtosa congress at the world's fair. IJ is aggressive movement at Chi cago, alters he made many friends, pre cipitatcd a religious controversy of soru! warmth. At that time the represenla live of liO.000,000 Buddhists faiJ he would retn.-n a, some future time ami enier upon me enlightenment ot our "pxir, tempct-toseJ fraction of be nichted huntanilv."' Quick Justice. S.is Francisco, Sep'.. 21 Olive Win- field Wintbrop, the chief conspirator in the abduction and robbery of Jamea Campbell, the Hawaiian millionaire was this morning sentenced to life i.-u prisonment for h'u crime. Campbell was one day last month iu- veigled into a tcUae at the west end of Cahforntan street where ho was robbed pf all tbe money he had on his person and kept for two days, the robbers, of whom Wintbrop was the leader, making repeated attempts to force the aged millionaire to pay a ransom of $20,000 to Eectire his release This Cample!' refused to do, and the conspirators liu.dly released their victim for fenr of lx- ng detected iu their crime. Wintlnop :u subsequently arrested, at the instigation of Campbell, and was tried with Ihe abve result. Carlist Agitation Growing. M.iDiiin, Sept. 21. The Cariist agita tion conticuss making headway slowly, and the organization in that interest is being perfected at every point. The Heraldo today publishes another interview with Don Carles, in which ho is quoted as blaming tho feebleness of Spain'd dealing with tho United States, and declares that thu cittiatiou is the same as that which preceded tho revo lution of 1S(3. I:t conchti-ion, Ton Carlos is said to' havo remarked that the Carlists were compbtoly organized and armed, mid that tiiev ouly await his word in order to rise against tho govern ment. Devouring Elements. in Fka.ncim.-o, Sjpt. 2 J. Oriental ad vices just at hand tlato that tho city of Kobe, Japan, was wiped out by a disas trous conflagration on August 20, at.d floods, Etortits nnd earthquakes caused the 1083 of 2300 livv a and tho destruction of millions of dollars' worth of property iu Northern Japan. The a'caincr Doric from tho Orient brought news of a series of catastrophes that have befallen thu mikado's realm that arc unprecedented in its history. In Gifu prefecture 1300 homes were blown down, and along Ihe IIoji-Gawn, 100 persons lost their lives. Tho sever est stornia occurred August 30, Along tho Isatsugawa, SI lives wero lost. Tho gtcat flood was preceded by a so yore earthquake. Then followed a down pour such as has never bsforo been ex perienced on thu island. The European residents wore panic-stricken, and sought shelter on tho highlands. The Minatjgawa overflowed its tanks at midnight of the 2Gth ult., and tho waters inundated streets and fields, sweeping away 350 housea and drowning 200 persons at Kobe. After 12 hours' work tho broken embankments wero re paired by sandbags. To tuako tho fate of Kobo worso, .a fire broke out late in the evening and, fanned by the high wiud, spread over the entire city. One thousand nino hundred block?, includ ing 22G0 houses and 12 godowns, were destroyed totally aud 10 houses, two po- lico boxes, one lire brigado station, four torales and one theater was nearly de molished. Tfio burnt area comprises 10 streets. Tho total damage by lire was 1,003,000 yen. September 1, in Kokugo district, a terrible series of f nrthquakca shook the country. Nine people were killed there and more than 40 at Ha taya, Senja, Takanaehi, Yokohori, Yo kohcawa, Nagaushida, Shimzu and Fu- jiki, where the disaster was especially great. Tho hills at Senya cracked. Fires broko out hero ond there. Water gushed out in ntauy places and rumb lings continue.!. At Obonai, 11 persons wero killed. At Rokugo, tho people killed were more than 20, and houses overturned about 1000. A ferry-boat at Hizuma C3paized, and 20 Japanese a ad whites lost their liyes. Japanese Ministry Resigning. Victoria, B.C., Sept. 22. The Era press of India, arriving from the Orient this afternoon, reports thc.resignation of practically the entire ministry of Japan, Count Ito being succeeded in the pre miership by Count Matsagata, who di rected the government three yeais ago, Internal dtescnEious and the dissatis faction cf tho people produces the changes. Advices just received also chronicle the terriblo earthquakes, typhoons and floods in Japan, by which many thous ands of Luildiugs were destroyed and uuedreds of persons lost their Uvea Catholic Young iMen. New Yoek, Sept. 22 The animal con vention of.the Catholic Your.g Men's Union began today in Madison-Square garden. Seating cf delegates and read tng congratulatory telegrams occupied today u session, and the convention ad jjiULe.l until tomorrow morning, Tee Commercial 'Advertiser says there is likely to be a hot fight duricg the con Vtfti'ion. It will come up over the ques tion of adopting a grip and pass word. Ii this le carried, the eo:iety will be come a "Eccret order," so Archbishop Corngan holds, under the classification oftho-c frowned upon by the church. It is not improbable that Ehould the grip and password plan be adopted, a ec cesiiou of a considerable, nunibir of members will follow. The debate over the matter will in anv esse be a hot one. Two Lives Lost. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas of Junction C.ty, Hi., was told by her doctors she had consumption and that there wis no hof e for her, but two bottles Dr. King's New Discovery completely cured her and ehe says it saved her life. Mr. Thomas Egg--rs, 139 Florida St., San Francisco, suf fered from a dreadful cold, approaching consumption, tried witnoat result every thing else then bought osc uo:tie of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks wo3 cured. Ho is nitnrally thankful. It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the wonderful effi cacy of this medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at A. C. Mars tera & Co.'s drug store. R?gular size 50.-. and $1.00. Hue leu's Arnica Salve. The Be Salve in the world for Cu:s Bruibes, sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Cnillbains, Corns, and all skin Erup, tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded Price 25 cents per 'iox. For" sale at A. O.Marsters &. Co. The First National bank of Heppner sold 27,000 pjumls of wool last Saturday for C cents a pound. One hundred and Eixty thousand pounds is all of the wool that has Veen sold in Heppner since the wool blockade ! cgan last June. Tlil Is Your Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stumps, a generous eamplo will he mailed of tho most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon strate the great merits of tho remedy. ELY BROTHERS, SG Warren St., New York City. IIcv. John Reid, Jr.. of Great FallsMoat.. recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can empbasizo hia Etotemcnt, ''It ie a posi tiro euro for catarrh if ued s.3 directed." Rev. Francis W. Poole, Tailor Ceutrairrcs. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is tho acknowledged euro for catarrh nnd contains no mercury nor any injurious drag. Price, CO cents. Is essential to health. Every nook and corner of the system is reached by the blood, and on its quality t he condition of every crgnn d: pends. Good blood means strong nerves, good digestion, robust health. Impure blood mean scrofula, dyspepsia, rheuma tism, catnrrh or other diseases. The surest wny to have good blood is to take Hood's Sarsnparillq. Tills medicine purifies, vi talizes, and enriches tho blood, nnd sends tho elements of health and strength lo every nerve, organ and tissue. It creates n good appetite, gives refreshing sleep nnd cures that tired feeling. Remember, Sarsaparilla Isw best In fact tho Ono True Iitood Purifier. W,r.,n,. n:n curo T'lvcr Bis; easy to HOOd'S PlIlS take, easy to operate, tsc. Blood Hoods Senator Mitchell's Speech. Senator Mitchell will speak at Kose burtf, Friday, September 25th, at 2:30 p. m. A fpecial half faro has baen arranged with tho S. P. Co. for all who desire coming from Coinstock and intermediate points on the north and from Glendale and all intermediate points in tho south. Person1! coming from the north will have to come on the overland on the inorniog of the 25th, and return on the overland at 1 1:30 that night, or on the local on the morning of tho 2Cth. Persons com ing from Ihe south will come on tho freight on the morning of tho 25th and return on the overland on the morning of the 26th. The overland will stop at Coinstock, Drain, Yoni-alla, Oakland and Wilbur to bring and return passen gers to thie meeting. Caro Bros Must sell their immcnte stock inside of sixty dayp, regardless of cost. If any one '.vishea to gei bargains they must call socnaa they mean business. This is no humbug. If you doubt their word, call and be convinced -g In a recent letter to the manufacturers Mr. W. F. Benjamin, editor of tho Spec tator, Uuthford, N. Y., says: "It may be a pleaeure to you to know the high esteem in which Chamberlain's inedi cines are held by the peaplc of your own state, where they must be best known An aunt of mine, who resides at Dexter, Iowa, was about to visit me a few years since, and before leaving home wrote me, askiug if thoy were sold here, Etat ing if thsy were uot she would bring quantity with her, as she did not like to bo without them." The medicines re ferred to are Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy, famous for its cures of colds and croup; Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism, Innia back, pains in the side and chest, and Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhtca Remedy for bowel complaints. These medicines havo been in cpnstant use in Iowa for almost a quaiter of a century. The peo ple have learnod that they are articles of great worth and merit, and unequaled by any other. They are for sale here by A. C. Msrsters & Co The Central House. W. H. Gordon ia now the proprietor of ibis popular house. The table will be supplied with the best in the market, good beds aud courteous treatment Meals 15 cents, and beds the same rate, riOTHERS and thost about to become mothers, should know that Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription robs childbirth of its torture, terrors and dangers to both mother and child, by aiding Nature in preparing the system for parturition. Thereby "labor" and also the period of confinement axe greatly shortened. It also promotes an abundant secretion of nourishment for the child. During pregnancy, it pre vents "morning sickness" and those distressing nervous symptoms from which so many suffer. Tcnks. Collie Co., Texas. Dr. R- V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. : Dear Sir took your "Favorite Pre scription " previous to confinement and never did so well ia my life. It is only two weeks since mv confinement and I an. able to do my work. I feel stronger than T ever did in six weeks before. Yours truly, ANOTHER'S EXPERIENCE. South Bend, Pacific Co., Wash. Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, X. Y.; Dear Sir began taking your "Favor ite Prescription " the first month of preg nancy, ana nave con tinued taking it since confinement. I did not experience the nausea or any of the ailments due to presrnancy, after I began taking your "Prescription." I was only in labor a short time, and the physician said I got along un usually well. We think it saved me a irreat deal of suSerinjr. Mrs. Eaeou I was troubled a great deal with leucorrhea also, and it has done a world of stood for me. Yours trulr. Mrs-'W. C BAKER. CITY ELECTION NOTICE. NOTICE i hereby Eivcn to wkoin itmay con cern: That there will be a City Election held in the City o( Kocburc. IVuslas Countr, Ore con, on the .'th dny ot October. 1SS6, at "which time there mil be elected the lollowlng officers, to-wit: 1 City Recorder. 1 City Treasurer. 1 City Marshal. A Couneilmen. In the 1st Ward two Couneilmen, one to scrrc one year and one to fcrvc two jears; in tho 2nd Ward one Councilman to servo two years; in the crd Wani one Councilrann to serve two years; in the 1th Ward one Councilman to serve two years. rhe election or polling places are a? follows: 1st Waul, Court IIoum'. Slid. Ward. Sloeum's Hall. 3rd Ward, topot Hotel. 1th anl, City Hall. Which election will be held at 9 o'clock iu the moraine and will continue until C o'clock in the afternoon of raid dav. Witness my 'hand and official teal this list dav of September, 1?96. e.Sl f. m. ZIULER, City Recorder. CATARRH is a LOCAL DISEASE and is the result ot colds and sudden climatic changes. It ran be cured by a pleasant remedy which is applied di recUy into the nostrils. Be ing quickly absorbed it gives relief at once. Ely's Cream Balm is acknowledged to be tho most thoroczh caro for Nasal Cstanh, Cold In Head and Hay Fctct ot all remedies. It opens and cleanses tho nssal passage, allays pain and inflammation, heals the sores, pro tects tho membrane from colds, restores the senses of tasto and smell. Price 50c. at Urnsclsta or b v mail. ELY BROTHERS, 6fi Warrca Street, New York. WW Administrator's Notice. TSJOTKE IS HEREBY UlVEN THAT THE L' uiulernisnetl was on the 10th dayof August, 1MV.. duly appointed by tho County Court of Dounlas County, Oregon, administrator of the estate of Joel T.Thompson Into of said countv, deceased. All persons indebted to said estate arc hereby f required to mako immediate pay ment, and all persons ha ing claims against tho sHid estate, are required to present tho same to the undersigned at his oftlce in Marstcrs Block In Roscbttrg in said Countv and State, within six months from the date hereof. Dated at Koseburg, Or., August 14th. 1SX. . , J- WKIOHT. K. n.Sxr.iTFoi;D,t Administrator. C. A. Sehlbrede, Attorneys for Estate. ni7 Xlic entireties. Biitist CiiUech corner ol Lane and Hot trceta. Sunday Seivlce: rrcacning, ll a. in. and 7:20 p. at.; Young Peopte'n Union, CO p.m.; Mrs. K. W. Black, President; Sunday School, 10 in.; Junes Chamberlain, Euperintenden Prsycr Meeting, Thursday evening at TiM. Jtrv. O. V. Buck Tutor. Residence, I.'o. 62! Main Street. MiTiiODMT Ciidecu corner of Main and Lane street. Sunday Service: Preaching, 11 a. in and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath school, 10 a. to.; F. W. Voollcy, Superintendent; CUus Meeting at close ol the morning service; Epworth League 6S50 p. m. Clare llume, President. Prajer Meet- lug, VedncdT, at 730 p. m. Rsv. G. w. Kbhmzdt, Pastor. Parsonage, comer Main and Lane. Pejcsettjcbiah C'hubch comer of Cass and Eose streets. Sunday Service: PupIIc worship, tin. and 7:30 p. m.; Sabbath School, 10 a. ra.: V. P. 3. C. B., 7 p. ra. Prayer Meeting, Wednes day, 7:30 p. m. E. B. Dilwobth, Pastor. Society .TlecUngm. BP. O. ELKS, KOSEBURG LODGE, NO. 2ZS, hold their regular communications at the I. O. O. F. hall on second and fourth Thursday of each month. All members requested to at tend rcguiariy, ana an visiting Drainers cor dially invited to attend. rll.V PAUE-TUbXI, E.K HERMAN MARKS, Secretary. pOUGLAS COUNCIL, NO. 21 JR. O. U. A. M.. meets every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in the Old JIasonIc HalL Visiting brothers ore cordially invited to attend. C. B. CAHSOIt, Geo. W. Pzbkt, Councilor. Recording Secretary. LAUREL LODGE, A. F. & A. M., REGULAR meetings the 2d and 1th Wednesdays in each month. J. B. Cawwield, W. If. C. W. Kibz, Sec'y. TTSIPQUA CHAPTER, NO. U. R. A. ST., HOLD u their regular convocations at Masonic hall on tho first and third Tuesday of each month Visiting companions ore cordially Invited. K. L. MILLER, H. P. Isadobe Caro, Secretary. pHILETARIAN LODGE, NO. 8, L O. O. F at meets Saturday evening of each week at their hall in Odd Fellow Temple at Koseburg. Members of he order in good standing are invit ed to attend. E. McBROOM N. G. F. G. Micelll .Sec'y. UNION ENCAMPMENT, NO. 9, MEETS AT Odd Fellows hall on second and fourth Fridays of each month. Visiting brethren arc Invited to attend. F. G. MICELLI, C. P. JOS. MICELLI, Scribe. ROSEBURG LODGE, NO. 16, A. O. U. W. meets the second and fourth Mondays ol each month at 7:30 p. m. at Odd Fellows halL Members of thb order In good standing are In vited to attend. D ENO POST, NO. 29, G. A. P... MEETS THE xv first and third Thursdays of each month. WOMEN'S BELIEF CORPS NO. 10, MEETS firsts and third Thursdays in each month. OARME ' ALLIANCE Regular Quarterly - Meeting's will be held at Grange Hall, Koseburg, the first Friday in December, March nd June, and the third Friday In September. D OsEBURG CHAPTER, NO. S.O.E. S., MEETS iN- the second and fourth Thursdays of each rasnth. ALICE SHERIDAN, W. M. D OSEBURG DIVISION NO 476, B. OF'L. E av meets every second and fourth Sunday. TJ OSEBUBG R. D. LODGE, NO. 41, 1. O, O. F. iv meets on Tuesday evening of each week at the Odd Fellows halL Visiting sisters and Brethren are invited to attend. MARTHA PARRY, N. G. ELA HENDRICKS, R. Sec. A LPHA LODGE, NO. 17, K. OF P.. MEETS every Wednesday evening at Odd Fellows HalL Visiting Knig&ts in good standing cor Hally invited to attend. K. M. CONKLTNG, C. C. I.B.RIDDLE,K.R,8. OREGON 1 INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION PortIand,Oregon, Sept. 19 to Oct. 17, m&runsT ks:jj:es cfthe Mr.FiclN:sTHwST Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, nines, Manu factureSjflachinery .Trans portation, Trade and Com- ' merce will be represented more completely than ever , before. Grand, Band Concert Every Afternoon and Evening-. Special Attractions Every Night. lotreil Sola Ertr Made on Alt Traj porfaifon Lina. Admission Children. -i5C -IOC For exhibit space, apply to GEO. L BAKER, Superintendent, at the bnild- 9 1S. E.C.MASTEN,Sccy. R. & IT. TO THE EAST Gives the Choice ot TWO Transcontinental ROUTES "VLV VIA Spokane Minneapolis -tVNX St. Paid Denver Oumlia AND Kansas City Low Kates to all Eastern Cities. OCEAN DIVISION. I'ORTLAND-SAN FRANCISCO. Steamers leave Aiusworth dock. Fortlnnd. t s p. ia., every live days. Cablu. 15.00, steerage, i50. For full details call on or addres V. C. IjONDON, Agent, Roseburg, Oregon, or address "W. XX. HTJjaLBTJXtT. Uencral 1'asseugcr Agent, TorUand, Oregon. Pieelduut aud Manager.