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ffixf ft s Vol. XXX. ROSEBURC ORKGON, MONDAY.. JWfe lg(,9 a.W 7 i HI'. (I. KI.Krt, UOHKIIIUKI UiDdlt, NO. Ml, hol'i lliitlr regular i'iiiimiiiiiriiinn at ih I. U, O. P. Iiall on kmmihI mnl fiiiirih I liutivlaj ill on moil in. aii niKiniHini rwiiaiei in at taint rwaiilarly. mi all vlalllng Imillii-ra cor tl illy I v IU'1 III niu ii.l. 1)114. I II4IM-KV, K, H ha n, numi.K, iwcrmary. w tltill fc 1 11 111 Ml II. Mil JI III fl If A u iiimii vvurr WitiliiomUir rmning at i o'elnek In lim ul.l Mn.iinlii 1111. Vialtliis ajniriirsarmriisiiy iiiviiou io ativuu. 0. II, 4NKOH. Oto. W, I'auar, Cotiiiullur. lueniiiiiii nonrviair. T AURItb I)IMIC, A. r. A A, M (MtUDLAB - biimUiiii the M and 4tli Wsdnaadara In aaah luuutU. MOCK JOIINhON, W, N.T. Jiwitt, H'acy. M, tiHll.KTA HIAN laJiiOK. NO. I. I. U. O. t. himiU HalnnUy rreiilna ol rli work all thnlr hull III Odd fellow 'Ivmi.la at k.iavtitira;. Mamhnra nl ha order In (mI mainline am Invlu ad to aiuinii. j, n , i nan., n. 'j. N.T. Jawarr, avo'y. nOHKilURO IvOIMIK. NO. IH. A. O. I). W. a- mu tha axeotiil and il and loiirin Miitinajrs ol aanh month al7;au p. m. at ihl'l rnuows uau. Mam ban til iheonlar lu ihmI iiaudlng are in- Vita to attaint. RKNOPOHT. NO. W, U. A. U., MKkTH Till Aral and third lliurln lit each muuUi, at 1 p. hi. lllUUtNH RKL1KP COHPH NO. 10. MKK'ID W am aud third rildajs In eaiili luutilu. TJ OHKRl' H(J ('II A ITER, NO. (. O, K. .. M gg'l A tha 111. I and tlilid Tburwlayi ol taut) ""B'h' MiH.I.IK HIIAMBRHOK, W. M. RKUINA RA4T, Hcu y. nflHKHUIlU U1VIHION NO 47S, II. UV U R. r. aaeala avary mmiuiiiI and Inurib Hiiuilay. A LI'HA UJlMIB. NO. 47. K. OF r., MKEit ...rt Wadnmtay avvnliil at Odd fellow. Hall. VUHIna kmaiiU In ood atanuini oor aiall Invllwl io alieuil. ..... lrollil C'orda. aauaoa a. aauwa. raio, raw Tt .Tia JJROWN TU8TIN, Attorney s-atLaw, Uwimi 7 aud 1 Wllaun Bluck. Ta UOhKUUKU, OH. Ay R. WILLIS. ' Attorney and CouriHclor at Law, Will praattaa la all tha atmiU ol Ua bum. -la la UuiUn Ualldlux, Douclaa aouatr, Or. O M. HAMDY, k ' DENTIST, Hariew llulldlDK, Talaphouo No. 4. KOHEIU HU, OUKliON. RA B. IUDDLE, Attorney at Law, Kootn , Taylor A llaon ink ROBIBCRQ. ORKOON. p W. BENSON, Attomey-at-Law. Roorai I and l HcTlaw HulldliiK. UOhKhlR'i.OREOON II. OflAWFOED, Attorney at Law, Room. I As 1. Mantvra Bld., KOH1UUKU. OR. f1aVBiul!)caa bo (ore tha V. H. Iud Office and mfuiiil caaea a iwolally. Late RooalTcr U. U. Laud Ofllco. Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Aie MlHutf tickets to all points KabI at ball tue regular ratva. I). K. K. LtciiK, Local Agent No. 'I, Maratora builjinK. M YRA BROWN, M. D. OFKICK, U JackauuRtrtx,'!, l rt -Idoucuol Mm. J. lilrter. HOSKbl'KU, OK. J A. BUCHANAN, Notary l'liMii-, , Attomcy-at-Lav. Collections a Specialty. HiHin 3 Martteu llulldliiR. KOEBIRU.OR STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. HOTEL .McCLALLEN. MRS. I). C. McCLALl.KN, I'rtip. BEAIQUABTER3 T01 TEAVELIN3 MEN. HATIiM HltAONABl.l!. Large, Flue 8aui)ili) Rnomi. Fraa 'Bui to aud From Tralni. S0SES7H9. Throwing Shoes After aUrlde. Tbt euetom of tbrowlng old bIiobb und rlco baa prevailed for uiauy oais in America, Knglaud and (Scotland, says the Woman'! Home Companion. It cauiu from tbe Kaetern oatione, and wai or iginally intended aa a elgn ol rulinqnUb ment by tbo rolativea of their authority OAer tbe bride. An old Jewleh custom provided that a brother of a child leat man bad the first privilege oj marrying tbe widow, and that until her brotber-in law refused hor she could not marry gain. Auother authority maintains tbat the throwing of the shoe was a ahaM assault on a groom, who was sup posed to bo carrying off the bride. A Oali dint may not blrenuthen tbe brain, but a little Uniting trip often tendi to Invigorate tbo imnginntinii. t New rn A FULL Staple and Fancy GROCERIES Country Produce Bought and 5o!d TAYLOR WILSON CLOCK Low Prices! Fall and Winter Just Received and More f Call and Examine our Mammoth stock. SOMETHING NKW! NEW STORK 1 The People's Store I. ABRAHAM, jProp'r. A complete line of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots & Shoes, Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Capes, Jackets, and a tine lineofMillinery Goods. Everything New, purchased manufacturers, especially for the Fall Trade. Call and cxaiminc Goods and Prices. Health is THEN Pure Fresh Drugs SOLD BY A. C. MARSTERS & CO. 4)4 Prescriptions Filled Accurately And With Dispatch. A Full Line of Patent Hedicines and Toilet Preparations, Special Sale Great Reduction in Prices of $75 Bed Room it it A Fine Line of Chairs, formerly $1.50, now 1.00, Now is the time to get Big Values. Call, examine aud be convinced. Alexander a Strong. New Goods! Vjrro rocery t 0 STOCK OP 0 i I Free Delivery Goods Coming VVOLLENBERG BROS. NKW GOODS! KVKRYTHING NKW ! for Cash direct from Eastern Wealth ! USE Furniture Suit u for $35 27.50 25 OLD LIKE Mi l hi V. Salts A Mine Near Canyonviile and Realizes on the Venture. AN ORLGON MINING jonn t. PendceaAt Tells Of Ilia Study Of Mineralogy and Know ledge of Mining. Joining my colkvo tourao ut K-rkeli r 1 ilt voted uioie cr Im lime to the sli.dr ol riiinorulov, spondiiig the innj jr itr lions i.f my rarutlous in trying to g.tin a practical knowkdgo of mining, in all its rrn.-licd, us thou cairitd on among the g'lWMifaiing diatribe ol the h'eirraa. Io tills I prided iiiwm h on l-j'tii uniio an exp rl 011 ItMgti f.irtijiiiniK. ta e a io plat.', f aud dep jmivrl j,o-ilr. I uiado it a cuitow I f.jr.;i ti.d cul.i vute ile ai'jiuittanir if nili-iiii; men, h-i r it was Ks.blf, andwasnell up in all I lie technical U-run and phrases po iilur to their calling; and I lock grrat pride in airing my awoiiMi!ij mints, in ihat purti-Milttr, w lit rii'Vcr able 0 Sfiure a listener. UKn leaving college I was appointed "itanl receiving teller in a city hank ol hiih my fmher was preaidei.t. This hitiiu I tilled for t yvutr, when I was o den-d by my pliH,iiii t i lake a vacation fur the enuimtr, an my health ha I In-eii grartiiilly f illing (.,.- Buii.e time. DeligM.rd ..t the profpt-c: u: a eove'ed outieg, I ln :n to prepare for enj ying it tJ llio utinoHt. lltni Jicre-' Ii'o visit ed n an ul the pronMnei t mi,,ii:g i cul- ilina of Caliii.rni.i. I d-l. rmii,.-,! l.i lib. tiip into Oreguii, und make l,ht cou: irifon I coiih I cf lb 1: invrai resjiin f e I the Uu Ha cs, r.e v. til us ol 'ie ini.dea lopled in mining iper.iti ji.p. I would then be mai led Io gratify m ,ie,ir.- Io prolle fottlier into the mutiii e of this inoet altraciivo iiuiuttiy, UV.j endeav oring, by out-door txercisi-, tj riia my call Li and alrensth. j ono m;duii:lil in Ju:ie, I .rii( tbe train at liorfcbiiiv. Le cuiintv seat of iJoogUa county, in w-b-kot state. Here f reared up Or a d( or to. em ployed my lit sure hours in making in- uiriea of tbe iuhabitv U concerning liilnee and mining in lint i.eUborhood. I liateueil to many glowing teles of ow Ibis or that ono bad ttruck it rich on Cow creek, or coo of the Umpquae; hat wonderful u unguis bad recently been brought in from Starve-out or Jump s' Joe; how Uravo creek or Tennessee gulch were ' jiM lrc!!y gjrg .d with tbe yaller stuff," aa one old chap put it, be tw(eo expretor-tioiia of tuliaicj iuice: 1 ud that llog'eiu was 4 "giLoviue golcon- der, wbero jou could tcocp up Dug jets J by the tub full." It was a matter cf tiui ecrii-e to me tbat these old fellows (ould be ontented to ait around on pocdi licxes and in bo lel chairs, and allow tilth opportunities (or aiL-asing wealth e.ip by. But I con cluded tbat wbero there was to much smoke thiro must le a liitie Cro, aud fi nally decided to rpend a few weeks in tiie vicinity ol Canyonville, au old min ing town and formerly a prumitin etagd station on the government road to Klam ath, about 3'.) miles from Koseburg. Procuring a couveyance for m self and luggage, I started out one blight morn ing accompanied l- a driver who wa to take tbo team back ta lUseburg tbat night. About 2 o'clock in (lie afternoon upon ueceudiug a c mttiilcrallo elevation, wo came iu eiht if Canyonville, a mile or bo away. At this point wu were opposite a small farm heiiH', standiug a few yards from fie rouJ, in tho t'oor of which appeared R neat comely woman, ol perhaiH 5J. Eveiything hoked so tidy aud liom- like about the place, I called a lia't, ud spoke to the old lady, a kill her whether or not she caul i Uk in i in for a montb or two Ftating ttut I wei in aearoh of a place where I could bo quiet, gad tree to g and come as I chose ; tbat I was not strong, but all I wanted waa a coaifortable place to Bleep and well cooked food of simple vaiiety. l?herei:ed that her "mun" waa out somewl ere with liia gun, aud she hardly knew what to say; but, it I thought I coulJ put up with their way o! living I mi;bt "light" and give it a trial. Whereupon I "lit," and lu l my trips takeu into the hoiH1. I then directed the driver tJ go on to Canyonville hihI givo the team it (cot b 'foro etartiiu on hie re utu trip to Koeel uig. While giving llioe diieetion.s, the driver, with tbe usual lov f jr gossip, in- forme J ue tbat tiie place where I had stopped was teuauted by old I.uko Mul- key, who bid judtiy earned the distinc tion ol being the laictt man in Oregon ; which was putting it pretty strong, con sidering that but let in uot euter into personalities auent tho webfootera. My hostess iutitalled me iu a small but ueat aud coiufoi table room, from tho wiudow of which I could look out upon a tall butte covered with a dense growth ol firs, very reatful ti tho eyea after a day spent in tho bright Oregon eun-shine. Hie MntiM i run "i.uko tnal a my inn i,0 home b sopttr time, aa iii"t a one thing yon can depend on him fur gittnr ti liia rooals regular.'. Khe ati Informed tne tbat they had "homoatcaded" this plare aboot a year wiure, articiugh there wad not ennngb g'od land on the nh ile q-inler a tio ) iel'l a huihel of har ey to tbe acre on tha averaun. if it warn all "nlnvarl and ajwod"; that atie bad a little STORY.!' "uek" grden, don llmra on tbe rjranch, but atride from that the had to d-pend entirely on ber cow and chickens for a livelihood, a, "I.oke, be Just won' work, and ' oat with hi gun nearly all Die tirnf tint whar he bom, and what he does, I ain't the least idee. lor be hardly ever brings borne any game. He s got a email tobaccer patch cut there, as yon can se, but aa he chawa aud smokes up all the to'iacter be raiaei bisself, they ain't no revenoo from tbat oorce." cupper time came ana with it came Luke. You could see at a glance that ho was thriftless. Tall, tbin, angular, bronzed by tbe ion, with long carved noee, straight, yelljwiuli-gray hair, smooth shaven, with the esceptioo ollhe regular bunch of whUkeis on his chin, cl id in brown jumper and overalls, that hung about bis person in the most nn gaitily manner, be folly looktd Hie char acter given bim by tbe driver and Lis better half. After Mrs. Molkey bad formally iuiro- iuced ua, e all eat down to a tempting supper, with fried chicken aa the prin cipal dish. I could see, from tbe relisb Mli which l.uke partook of J be viands, that, ordinarily, be wa4 not aaU4tomed u o eU'itrate a meuii. Duriug tbe meal he look time to remark tbat he 'o'iieu d he hadn't bet-n so tired for a uoi.th ol Suudays," whereiiuo bis wile gaye me a look of deep meaning. "How did you come to settle on (bit urren land? ' I asked mv best that evening, aa we sat outride, ei. joying the null siiminer air. Well, jou eee," eaid he, "this pUce a icik up by Milt (icord, alter it bad r ke about a dozeu, or maytio lilteen, other fellows. Milt ba I a dead thins. bowsoinever, aa be bad notl.iu' to be broke about. He kinder ebaped dp this lii tcx), and pretended to do a little tannin', and a little mi n in", ecetery, wo-kin for bis ueighbora. n and then, to git bis whiskey and tobaccer money. 'Sometbin' over a year ago be got angled up with a couple ol steers, be longing to Crlpe Hawkins, op here on tbe North Umpqaa, 'ud Cripe be got the leeetrict attorney aud the circuit judge to use their influence wtb 12 party good men they picked out, to procure Milt ituation at Salem, for the succeed iu' five year. Es bis dootiee ther would be very confinin' and would ahorely detain iui fur tbat length of time, I concluded 'd fquat bera myself, and ret op a lit tle. "Tney ain't much in it, but it's a good ace for a tired man ; and tbe old woman likes it because, as they's DO farmin' or other Uborous out door woik to do it conies easier on her." At this point a voice was beard from he interior of the house : "Luke!" " Ya-as 1" said that worthy.) '( ;'t me tbat wood I told ye to, 'ud git it quick, d'ye bear?" "Shore," said Luke, unwinding bim- ell elowly, aud aseuuilug as erect a po- ition as pcesible for him. He shouldered an old ax, with a shat tered handle, and strolled languidly away on bia errand. When ba returned be professed to be completely exhausted, and dropped into his chair with a heavy eigb. 'I guess," said be, taking a boge cbew of natural leaf, "I guess I've got tbe most exasperatin' woman in seven coun ties. She jest waiu till I've got near enough rested to begin to feel pretty comfortable, and then, by tbe wars! she drums up aomwtbin' fur me to do. It breaks into a teller's repose a derned (i;tit wors'n ef he hadn't started in to rest at all." Herd be spit, or rather 1 sbcald say it epit itself ; for, when he had masticated his quid HUtlicieutly to feel tbe paroxyiem coming on, tie would crane nis ceck tne east tiitle, when the saliva would eject itself without the remotest appareut ef fort on the part ol the epitter. 'Have you ever tried miuiug on your land, or even any indication ol gold on tho place?" I Bked "Well, they may be gold on this land, plenty of it, but I've never tried ti find it. I have seen a good deal of minin in mv brief existence, aud I tind it's about the hardest work for yer money thev is. Tb is ranch ought to be good iur miiiin' for I'll bj dad-fetched if it's good lor anything eloe. But somebody eleu'il bey to develop it if it's here. I took a homeetead on this quarter see tiou to trv aud take it easy fur awhile, and 1 don't propose to deviate from my system, bltney sauy gout about 1 ve never seeu auy indications of it from sooperticial ubseryaliou, and I don't b'lieve it a here, or my woman would bev discovered it long ago, and been aft er me to go to work diggin' it out. It'ud jest bo my darnel luck if sho did rua across a heavy body ol coarse gravel I've bee a t reuiblin' ever tdnce I equalled here lur fear soiuetblu' like that 'ud happen." For scyeral days I strolled about tbe neighborhood, and found many places wliera placer work bad been done on a scale of considerable magnitude. One day I ran acroia an old-fixer who was rea'e I by tbo ri-dsll-, enjoy Ing a smoke. He informed me tbat great r"eil of g ld had txen taken from tbe ban an I tnlchee around Canyonville Io past times, and that, in bis opinion many valutble deposits roDnine I yet to bo discovered. H was far from living an enlhasiatt on the subject, and told what he knew about it without undue elaboration. I finally arkel him if he thought there might be any paying ground on the Mulkey ranch. "Llke'a cot," Mid be. "Everybody that hie lived on that p'ece, and they's been a good many if 'em, was t o clang ed lazy and trifiin' Io ever even try to look fir It. Thev'e twj or tbree places on tbat hnn i'ed and tix'y that look like ther miht be worth prospectin bat Lake MilkeyM nver be the mm to do it. "Yoa might not have hrd it, but I gnees Lnke'4 about tbe laziest aao in Douglas county, el cot in tbe hail slate. They aio't no harm io him, particular, bat he's sborely tbe triflinut man I ever see. Tbe boys say tbat when be gits sot in tbat old rawbide-bottom chair of bis'n smokin' bis corncob, tbe old woman has to Interdoce a hot dishwater application to git a move on bim any time between meals, I mean at meal time they say it's different." Here I left the old chap still sitting on tbe roadtide, apparently indifferent to all things bit tbe comfort he evident ly derived from bis pipe. I (ould not di vas I my mind of tbe imprecision, how ever, tbat, iu this old soldier, Like had rival, in Indolent, of no mean calirre. For six weeks I remained with the Mn'keyr, and had almost regained my health. Jake went aid erne ai hii faacr aug- gtetef, and I seldom 'saw him heiwern breakfast acd sappt r, aa be generally took a "bile" itb bim to se-ve as bia midday meal. I had tbe ore of an old shotgun I bad picked np at the ranch, and frequent y aring tbe morniig and afternoon boa-s onld go out in nearch of a rabbit or nail. Thus I bad pretty well covered the covotry wi liin a radius of tbree or four miles of tbe "cliattoo, as L.nke called tbe boure. On these, and ether excursion', I always kept an eye upon tbe possibility of discovering gold indica. thns, tut, np to this time, bad sten otbiDg to wa-raut. serious attention. Oat afternoon, aa I left the booee, goo in and, Luke, who happened to be abou at tbe time, told me that be bad seen a ne flock of quail a short time before own nrar tbe northeast corner of tbe ranch. He thought I might bag a few of them if I were careful. J uet take tbat dry cut down thar, and fol'er it up, keepin' an eye to right and left, and I'm shore you'll eee tbe bird., es they're feediog on them blackberries along the edges of tbe cut." I knew tbe location of this cut, or ar- roya, and Dent my steps in tnat direction. Ileretoforj I had never followed it any distance, but this time, aa I lcoiel for tbe quail, I traversed tbe cut to ita entire length, finally reaching a a point where it terminated in an abrupt wall, thua im peding further progress. Tbia wail ap peared to be a conglomerate of a tough, bluish clay and round, smooth pebbles, so closely cemented as to withstand tbe action of tbe water that flowed over it during the rainy season. Thua tar I bad aeen nothing of the qosii, so I sat down on a little bench of gravel and sand at tbe bottom of tbe cut, thinking tbat per haps tbe birds might come along tbat way before eundow n. Aa I sat there mentally locking about me, and in a little while my eye was at tracted to several shining object?, em bedded in tbe clay ot tbe congtomoraie. With my knife I pried cat two or three of these, and saw at occa that they were nothing leea than pronounced gold cilorfl. Examiniug the face cf of tbe wall more closely I was surprised to find it literally studded trout top to bottom, with gold dust" ranging f-oui "colors" to parti cles the size of a common pea.. Scanning tbe bottom of tbe cat for several yardi I found the sand and gravel depesits there to be profusely interspersed with gold aimilar to tbat eceu in tbe clay of the wall. You can judge tbat I was considerably worked up over tbia discovery. From a cursory examination of tbe ground iu tbe immediate vicinity, I convinced my self tbat the Jepo3it must be of conei Jer able magnitude!, and ul once bean form ing plana for conducting waitr to the ground for the purpose cf op rating the placer. As 1 wended my way back to the Louse I resolved t j say uoibiug to the Mulkeys about the lied, bavini concludod to make them a cash otler for lie place, entire. On approaching tbe house I discovered old Luke eittiug outside, smoking, aud putting together his guu, which bo had evidently beeu cleaning. "Whar'e yer gaino?" bo asked, aa I came up. "I (ailed to run ucioes any," said I, ''except one cottontail, but the old guu snapped on me when 1 pulled the trig ger, nd he got away." "My old woman snapped ou me wl ile you Mas gcue," be remarked, "and I'd a doggoue sight rather hliie a iun oil with a full explosion. Wh: about? 0, uoihiu, notniu at all. She jus, merely wanted me to fill up that hogshead from the well, as she' took it Into ber bead to scroti the house and do a week's wasbtn' toroorrtr, I exprwed lome little reluctance nd endeavored to show her tbe footlllty of so h a pence lin', and then she got In nd done tLe anappln. Even went so faraa ti intimate that I was the laslest, trifiinlst, good-fur-nothln' critter on two legs, I I'd ever been her misfortune to In come acquainted with. . "Yon haven't notlcod any eech pecul iarities about me, bev ye?" he aaked, looking np with an expreaaion of inleml fled aerionenfea. I lon'd not help laughing es I denied ever I avirg r o'.icid any snch character istics as l ad been laid to bis charge. I tvien delicately appro-ached the sub ject nrpermojt In my mind. I told bim that the Caoycnniile air agreed so well With me that I had determined to pass a good portion of esch succeeding summer in (bat ctljhhorhcod; that I bad be come accj'tomed to tbe Molkey place, and would like nothing better than to call it my owo. Not because of its valoe ss a farm, bjt simp'y as a comfortable stopping placa for myself and any Invit ed guatta I might wish to briog with me from the city. All this led up t tbe question as to whether b nonld be willing to dispose of it at a reasonable figure. "Well, yon see," said he, "I've not, as y it, completed my title to the land, and couldn't only give a quit-claim deed; and in to din' I would loce my right of homestead. re lie?, while I always d business on my own hook, yit I think it proper to consult tha old woman on tbe subject. She'd btv to igu tbe papers, anyhow, and I leel tha. I couldn't hardly stand another rnappin' aworree, iu tbe pie-tent , state of my health." This appeared reasonable, ao Mrs. Molkey wai called in'o the consultation. 8be rather o1 jected at first on the ground that, as they were already located there, and managing to "g:t along and live," and th4 place wts so well snit. d for a man that was "born tired" she "namnl no nam-V 3ii:l, ii I was prepared to offer a it ffii (mt cat-b consideration, she supposed sl e mig'.t be willing to sign tbe deid. "Es I Lev told ve Uf ore," said Ltke, "tbe land, io far us a.riculture goes, i WJthleF? ; but the climate is O. K., and t ie Io atior, von tiy, is suitable to your purpose". "Taken a'tofce'her, tbero'ore, I sh'd say tbat two thousand would't be mu-;h out of the way. This would include tbe improvements, all the household goo lr, except our clothin' and tbe iivoatm-k, coubistin' of one cow and eight dxm domesticated fowls. I believo its eight -dczen, ain't it?" be asked, turning to tbe old lady. Eight dozen, aud one rooster over," said Bhe, evidently impressed with the idea that Accuracy was required in tbe premises. Now, aa I bad I r n in a bank for two years, 1 cou:U cot accept any Dasinefs proposition without looking at it, or, at least, p-eteodi-g o look tt it, from a conservative etardpoint. So I agreed to consider the matter and give them an answer next mornin. Wlea ihespO'. ifid hour arrived I closed ih dea', tod by Bupper time had the transfer pt p- rs in my oeaeaion ready to be aw. n to Roaebarg for riiord. This purchare Uok nearly all of my savings tor two years no'. 1 nu a re serve fund in tbe bands of my mother, upon which I con Id draw'at any time. Cuii'inued oi nd pwje. In Near York a abort while , . .-v. ago a oaoy waa ' i..l borniniail. Ita ir"i M St4T Ptn .waa be- sir- 1 Ul IT U1CU IUI . murder. Every heart DO baby's life. But a baby need not be born In jail to be unfortu nate. Any baby which is not welcomed into this world with lovintr heart and ready hands is unfortunate." Any mother who is physically weak and incapable of bestow ing a healthy constitution upon her baby may darkeu its future with weakness and dinea.se. , . A prospective mother ought to inaure her bahy'a welfare bv every means that Nature and science afford to keep her physical powers up to the very highest point. Kvery expectant mother ought to know and avail herself of the strengthening and re-enforcing properties of Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription. It gives health and endurance to the delicate organs concerned in motherhood. Taken, early during the period of expectancy, it makea the coming of baby perfectly safe and comparatively easy. It makes the mother strong and cheerful, and givea health and natural vigor to the child. It is the only medicine of its kind devised for weak and delicate women by an edu cated, experienced physician. For nearly y years Pr. Fierce has been chief consulting physician to the Invalids Hotel and Suigical institute, of Buffalo, N. Y. His thousand-page illustrated book, "The People's Common Sense Medical Ad viser" contains advice aud auggestiona which every woman ought to read. A pa per bound copy will be sent absolutely free, on receipt of ai one-cent stamps to pay coat of mailing only. Address Dr. K. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Cloth bound for 3 atanipa. A sure end permanent cure for constipa tion is Dr. Pierce'a Pellets. One ''I'e let" is a gentle laxative, two a mild cathartic, ("""""jr l' womanly t irl--4UKiveaathrobof r Ksvl t i thWht or the if " f blight upon the Ita 1 "W Sr.t'M ooor little i -e 1l: I! Vi 5 St 3i j Hi n la"" ii-