itfe
mm
iBvpIou of Icebergs sent against
.irfaee of the suu would melt at
... 1 ...1111., nul.li
Tjte of tnree mimucu immuu
(s of solid Ice a second, nnu ira neat
iiiiMted to produce a force of about
tliousand-horse power to every
re toot of Its surface.
the children born alive one-fourth
"fTkfore eleven mouths, oue-tlilrd be-
tbe twenty-third month, half ,be-
thelr eighth year, two-thirds or
kind die before the thirty-ninth
three-fourths before their fifty-
year, and of about 12,000 only one
lies a whole century.
:ood test for gold or silver Is a
of lunar caustic fixed Into a wood
like a pencil. Slightly wet the
l to be tested, and ruD it gently
the caustic. If gold or silver, the
will be faint; but If an Inferior
It will be quite black. Jewelers
purchase old gold and silver use
t. .. . ..
t are now cutting hair by elec-
j. The apparatus to perform this
Dhslstsof a platinum wire siretch-
r a comb. By pressing a button,
meat Is applied to the wire bring-
to a white heat. The comb is
passed through ttye hair, and .as
wire domes In contact the hair Is
off. The end of each linlr being
rtal when cut, prevents loss of
:ly substance of the hair. The ap
lasia attached to an ordinary lamp
ft by a flexible cord and can be
by any barber of ordinary skill.
lank W. Very of the Ladd Observa-
Provldence, It. I., has made some
as observations on the flight of
titlng birds seen at night crossing
ace of the moon, lie watched
flth a telescope of four Inches
ire, magnifying forty times. The
rratlons were made iu the latter
at September. The great majority
birds moved from north to south,
wiled In little companies. Their
w apeed, as calculated by Mr.
ns sixty-seven miles an hour,
ash some appeared to travel at
leof more than 100 miles an hour,
bin the past few years reindeer
ten Introduced into Alaska under
(nations from Congress, and the
wof the animals now there is es-
' at about 1,200. They were or-
ij Introduced mainly for the hpn-
' the destitute natives, but they
Proved themselves more useful to
pte Inhabitants than was antlcl-
Mil now it Is thought that they
aployed to great advantage In
Wing freight to and from the
eson the Upper Yukon River,
loner Harris thinks the rein-
Mr solve, "the ditllcult nroblPin
'""transportation
I1 la Northern Alaska."
';w power house which Is being
Wed for the Metmnolltnn sir
P'J Company in New York City
--, uie scientific American
. "e Urst aggregation of mo
Gr eyer gathered together In a
J" M08t renders will prob
nrprlsed at n.
'wflon has hitherto belonged,
'"sot the great ni.iniifnnt,H,.
Ki't b"t to
,,;r "'i as the Cam-
&ral,. j . '" I'vUl Wllicil
ped In Its en.Hna., oo
& New York pwer-
Z T ,' more tunn
. tor Its group of eleven en-
n aggregate of 72,000
'IU have
power.
SottIltyorMontllUno
in,erl0"8 ne"t'n is taking
Ce rf'"- ,,("I,nrt"'ent
Mm,,, lo ,)e 'I'asatisned
t an,, .'mill uiune.
taof ,i, ""'lent name of
t. JL be t'0",,t'-.v. Quite latelv
,.n'n,uri? that the
th. tne department
nf"0 BeDeral 0n3
I k. . . 01 'lie arrnnilittoomont
k i, T t0. their opinion
Wrd. , P,ftln tllat e
'xwhundtl,e PePle
H for .ii ... " to be understood
K ... Mont Hlnnn la In
U not in .... . " .
"Oounlr i. ,i "","l,"nnaf and
w ch,ef town of a
i-uln i. ; ',lCT tURt Pr-
PcWet , U(tl0mof thls
t Wu' "n"le- The fa
b hA.De 0111 of a hundred
"lofthT D1yeT Bppn Mont
tJr visit Chnmou.
mihit M ,wouM 8"y. " they
I worthy niUlllplnnl .
- ayu VVUAIW
at the door f ti,. .' V" he cllllrS
mt there is o d'o Z
their minds,. The tone of thetf r"
marks makes It clear tl,.,r t
n.uch ahyTZZ
their monarch of the Alps is of si I
nutionnlity, ond their gre.t re.son ,
Jieslring the change is m t !,
to all inen that Mont lanc, Chan o, w
and Aimeey are all In France, and are
not ashamed of the fact. Properly , ,
they ,.e In Italy, but there J","
ZlJ t should
" " me. Lomlou lilube.
HUMORS OF KLONDIKE.
Character Stu.lle to Kival Tllosc ol
I'.iirly California.
By the latest advices from the Klon
dike It would seem that if starvation
is staring the miners In the face thev
have not discovered It. The latest let
ters to the Call give a graphic- descrip
tion of the life at Dawson City It
seems to be strikingly similar to that
depleted by Kiu liurte In his earlier
manner. -The olden days, the golden
days, the days of MO" so cunningly de
pleted by Ilarte before he went to
Loudon and lost the cunning of his
pen, seem to have found a replica at
Klondike. Tales are told of a certain
Swiftwater Hill who Is not unlike the
John Oakhurst of Mret Harre's stories.
Swiftwater Bill Is apparently the kind
of a gambler who always want? to
play without limit, and, according tc
the Klondike stories, lie grew disgiKt
ed at the skinflint faro-banks in Daw
son City, and started one of his own
in order that there might be no limit
11c- came out twenty thousand dollars
winner hi a single evening, and tlijn
sold his faro-bank for ten thousand dol
lars. One of Swiftwater Bill's pecu
liarities is the wearing of diamond
rings on all the lingers of both hand,
and he Is snid,to offer fabulous Minis
for every diamond that' reaches Daw
son City.
; One of the rivals of Swiftwater Bill
Is "Antonio, the Italian prince," who
is apparently the Barney Barnato of
the Klondike. The Italian prince pays
Ids housekeeper five hundred dollars
a week pin-money, and she holds a
written contract for forty thousand dol
lars' nnnual stipend. The prince's
housekeeper Is called Miss Violet Ray
mond, and she has a fad of her own,
like that of Swiftwater Bill for dia
monds. Miss Raymond has bought up
all the silks and satins In Dawson City,
vestured In which, arrayed like one of
Solomon's lilies, she flaunts along the
Dawson boulevards, to the envy of the
other Klondike ladles, who, although
they have gold galore, can purchase
neither silks nor satins, for the reason
that Miss Raymond has them all. An
tonio, the Italian prince, Is said to own.
three claims on El Dorado Creek and
two claims on Bonanza Creek, and the
rumor runs that his claims are made
up of half gravel and half coarse gold.
Altogether the humors of the Klon
dike would furnish rich material for a
latter-day Bret Ilarte. It Is true that
Joaquin Miller Is on the ground, but It
Is also true that the latter manner of
Miller Is nothing like the earlier man
ner of Ilarte. Sau Francisco Argonaut.
To Still tlio !.... it-......
A scheme to increase the efficiency
"I oil to still the waves of the ocean in
"im lias been thought out bv Wil
iain Guthrie, of Chicago. - His notion
wsed on the aigument that if oil has
a pacifying rffeet when distributed on
he water in the immediate neighhor-i-1100,1
of 4l'o ship in trouble, its effect
I would bo magnified if the oil could bo
applied at a distance all about the ship
, t ms creating a calm circle, in which
i the ship could ride in safetv until the
I ttorin had spent its fury, liig proposi
! tion is to shoot
li.u cjU'liCB ur cut-
ion irom a pneumatic gun, that being
preferable to a powder gun, as there
Mould be no danger of igniting the oil
soaked sponge. Some people interested
in shipping have been impressed with
the idea and application is to be made
to congress for an approbation to test
its efficiency.
KNOCKKO OUT.
It knocks out all calculations of attend
ing to business in the right way for a day
L W' lti -"v Jimming sore mid
still. The disappointment lies in going to
bi-d all right and waking up all wrong.
There is a short and sure wav out of it. (io
to bed alter a good rub with St. Jacobs Oil
J, Vi "I"1" rlf-'"c; soreness and
" '"ess all gone. N sure is this, that men
I niueli exposed in e hniiirefnl nnih.r
a bottle of it on the mantel for use at night
to make sure of going to work in good nx.
A floral curiosity is on exhibition in
rh T,...1., r- 1 r ,
I v.. .o.illm! aniens, ijonuon. It is a
j So,000 orchid from Venezuela. It has
, a white flower which in shape rescin-
a pea-gnu witn outspread wings.
THE rtllSlIT OF HAITINESS.
When tlie Declaration of Independence as
serted man's right lo this, it emm -lated an
Im.norlal truth. The bilious sufferer is on the
ri'K.l to Imiipmess when he begins to tal;e Hos
teler s Hitters, the most eftk-aeioUB regulator
T, , n " 1n, ''"""'nee. Equally reliable is it
in chills anil fever, constipation, ilyseei.sia.
rheumatism, kidney trouble and nervousness.
I6e it regularly and not at odd intervals.
If you look at tho map you will find
that the mountain chains of the Old
World lie east and west, while those of
the New World lie north nnd south.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exch'sive use of the word "CASVOklA," and
" PITCHER'S CASTOK1A," as our Trade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of ' PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original "PITCHER'S
CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that It is
the kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March S, iSgj. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.D.
Benjamin Bissell, who lives near
Ballston Spa., N. Y., says lie has voted
for eighteen presidential candidates,
not one of whom was elected.
IIO.HK PKOIIUt'TS AND l'UUB FOOD.
The Timber of the Kearsarge.
In the life of Whlttier It Is told how
In the days of the civil war an old
Quaker from the New Hampshire hills
came down for an Interview with the
good poet. The Green Mountain disci
ple of Fox was the owner of a sturdy
lot of oak trees. The government had
set Its eye upon them and wanted to
buy thenr.' '
The Quaker knew that the purpose of
the bargain uiust be to get the timber
for the new warships that were build
ing. He hardly knew a sale for such a
purpose was consistent with the gospel
of peace.
Whlttier, either seeing that the man's
mind was pretty thoroughly made up
to the bargain, or else considering that
there was such a thing as pushing a
good creed too far, would only say:
"Well, friend, If thee dost sell any
timber to the United States, be sure
that it Is all sound."
The oak from the Quaker's fnrm was
In the Kearsarge when she fought the
Alabama to the finish.
All Eastern Syrnp, so-called, nanally very
light colored and of heavy budy, is mtide. from
gluei'Se. "Ten (ianlrti llriim"' is nmde from
Sugar Cane and ts strictly pure. It is for sale
by lirst-class grocers, in cans only, Mamilac
tured by the Pacific Coast syrup Co. A M gen
nine "Tea iim'tlru Jirim" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Tiso's Cure for Conrfiiitipthiifis the only
rough medicine used in invnouse.' D. 0.
Albright, Milllinhurg, I'a., lJec. 11, '05.
Tri Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
Diamonds have been discovered",! ih
rare instances, in the meteoiie stones
which have fallen to the earth.
! "King Solomon's Treasure," only Aphrodislacat
. Tonic knuwii. (Bee Dictionary.) IG.OU a box, 3
weeks' treatment. Mason chemical Co., P. O. Box
747, Philadelphia, Pa.
I In every mile of railway there are
seven feet four inches not covered by
the rails, the space left for expansion.
YOUIVG WOMANHOOD.
Simple and to the Point.
The Cherokee form of marriage Is
perhaps the simplest and most expre
slve of any. The man and woman
merely Join hands over a runnlii
stream, emblematic of the wish that
their future lives, hopes and aspira
tions should flow on In the same chan
nel. To Provide Domestics.
The Housewifery Club, of New
York, Is intended to facilitate domestk
work. It provides Its members wltb
maids having satisfactory references,
and stimulates the servant by paying
her a prize at the end of a certain time
If her work has been satisfactory.
The greater a country girls Is, the
larger the city she Imagines she would
like to live In.
Terbaps some children are naughty
because they have heard that the good
die young. '
Methuselah completed nine centurlw
and lie never even saw a bicycle.
Sweet young girls I How often they
develop into worn, listless, andhopeless
women because mother haa not Im
pressed upon them the Importan of
attending to physical development.
x wnmnn tft pvrnmt from DhVsical
weaitnessanaperiuuni
nit Trniin o- o-irls lust -
budding iu- ffi&rfMfc
,o woman-
hood snouia
be guided
physically
as well as
morally. If
you know of
any young
lady who is
sick and
needs moth-
I arlv ftdvice.
ask her to ad-A-aBB
Mm. Pink-
ham
Mass., and tell every detail of
her symptoms, surroundings and oceu-
Pashen'v7in get advice from a source
that has no rival In experience of wo
men's ills. Tell her to keep nothing
back. Her story will be told to a w,
man, not to a man. 6he need not hesi
tate in stating details that she may
not wish to mention, but which are
.gscntial to a full understanding of her
case, and If she Is frank, help -certain
to come I
tA XJ tip-
I PJl Best CoughHjrup. hT,"'"g,''.'r' p-j
S2000LO
The contest ends December 31st.
Schilling's Best baking powder and tea are
.because they are money-back.
What is the missing word? not SAFE, although Schilling's ist baking
powder and tea are safe.
Get Schilling's Best baking powder or tea at your grocers'; take out the
ticket (brown ticket in every package of baking powder; yellow ticket in the
tea); send a ticket with each word to address below before December 31st.
Until October 15th two words allowed for every ticket; after that only one
word for every ticket.
If only one person finds the word, that person gets f 2000.00; if several find
it, 2000.00 will be equally divided among them.
Every one sending a brown or yellow ticket will receive a set of cardboard
creeping babies at the enrl of the. r(,nt... Thre sendin; three or mora in one
envelope will receive an -1898 pocket calt-ndar-e-no advertising on it. These
creeping babies and pocket calendars will be ditlcient fiom the ones olluied in
the last contest.
Better cut these rules out.
Address: MONEY-BACK, SAN FRANCISCO.
aou
GET THIS GEMJIKE ARTICLE!
Walter Baker & Co.'s
Breakfast COCOA
Pure, Deficious, Nutritious.
Costa Xess than ONE CENT a cwp.
lie sure that the package bears our Trade Mark.
A
Mart.
T I.
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, Mass. T
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THE PRINTER.
Persons Who Are Magnetized.
Recent French experiments have de
veloped the onrious and unexpected fact
that certain persons possess a magnetic
polarity that is, they aot as magnets,
having north and south poles. Suoh a
person, when completely undressed
nnd placed near a sensitive galvanome
ter, will, when turned on a vertical
axis, cause a deflection first in one di
rection nnd then in the opposite, just
as a magnet would. All persons do not
possess this polarity. Professor Mu
rani.an Italian, upon whom' the experi
ment was tried, exhibited this phenom
enon, and it is was found that his
breast corresponded to a north pole and
his back to a south pole.
DEAFNESS CANNOT HE CURED
By local application at they cannot reach the
disposed portion ol the car. Tin-re Is onlv one
way to cure deafness, ami that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness Ik cans ly an ill
finmed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tuhe. When this tube is inflamed
you have a ruiiihlinjr sound ur iin-rfei-t hear
liift. and when it is entirely closed, deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored tu its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which Is nothitiK but an inflamed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will k'vc One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness, (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars; free.
F. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, "fw.
Hall's Family Pills are the beat.
-
It is reported from Bombay, India,
that Dr. Yerein has had much success
with his ant! plague Berum, the only
cases not amenable to treatment being
those where the disease is too fur ad
vanced. A fat men's club has been instituted
in Paris, with the novel aim of In
creasing the weight of the members,
the rules enjoining all the comrades to
sleep, eat and drink as much as pos
sible. In Illinois there is a big steel plant
where the redhot ingetB, billets and
plates are bandied by lingo electro-magnets.
They take steel weighing five
tons and transport it safely to any dis
tance. ,
A man well up in dog-lore, counsels
intending purchasers of a puppy to let
the mother of the puppy choose them.
In carrying thorn bacc to their bed, the
first the mother picks up will always
be the best
In the publication of the Berlin
Academy of Sciences, Professor Roent
gen has an article in which he confirms
the observation of Dr. Brandes that it
ia possible to make the X-rayi visible
to the eye.
The number of atari pictured on the
latest English and German photo
graphic atlasses ia about 68,000,000.
There are no rats, mice or cata in
Banta Fe, N. M. The air there is too
rariflcd for them to exist.
ft free Book for Heo
CMS
For men who have wasted their vigor and
youthful energy, who feel slow, stupid ami
weak. For young men, middle-aged nnd old
men who would like to be strong- r, Dr. Nuudcii
offers free a book that is worth $l,outtoauv
weak man. It tells and proves bv hundreds n't
grateful letters how lilt.S.A XliK'ri M.Ki "flllU
ItKl.T restores the old snap, the vim, tile vigor.
( all or send fur It. It ia 1 1;KK. II; mall ur at
the office.
SANDFN ELECTRIC RFIT CO.
53 Weit Wilihiloii .St., 1'oitlit.ntl. Or.
rltwtt ittciuton thu 'iiper.
m utn liw'roK
HILL IIILUIU L, LIUIJ MFN
How nflR"'loro Lost Manhood and
- rum, LrcviiopmeilC.
This peat work, plainly written by a hhrli
medical authority, chuws how nmnfy via-or
can be regained and obstac les to marriage
removed. It is a modern work for in.n who
sutler from nervous debility caused by over
work, youthful Indulgence or luter excesses.
It points out how to be cured of nervousness.
i,'iwn?'n;y,,.LmJ0it'ncy mt, without
Interfering with business. .
IT 13 AH.SOLU Ttt,Y FRRR.
.T!l!.J?''t.b"nk' entitled "COMPLF.TB
MANHOOD AND HOW TO ATTAIN IT,"
will be mailed free, In plain, sealed wrapper,
to the address of any sincere Inquirer by the
lvlM0m!?!,y' ?' Klr ht'eet,
Buffalo.N.Y. NoC.O.D.schemeinudeception
Ko'daks.
$4
YOUR LIVERS
Moore's Kevealed Remedy will do It. Three
doses will make you feel better, (let it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug bouse, or
from Stewart Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
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II ilrH I tiuyandseil wheal 00 mar.
II III gins. Fortunes have been
made on a small beginning by trading In fu
tures. Write fur full particulars, lie of ref
erence given. Beversl years' ex perlence on the
Chicago Hoard of Trade, and a thorough know
ledge of the biKlncss. Heiidforour free refer,
ence book. DOWNINO, IIOPKINB A Co,
Chicago Board of Trade Ilrokers. Offices Id
Portland, Oregou and tjvattle, Wash,
Mas. Win.iiw s hM'Tjiivo hiai'r .iiould alw.rs he
9 ttseU for ibil1rn IrrtMi.r. It soolbft. IK rlilln.soft-
a
p tti rum. Mn.vK nil In, cum wtntj rflr,ai.d If 4
DAHCf 'r rr,n n1 Inratlnff '
lr trivlnf mn4 Inratln flold or Hllrr
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outhlitstou.Corifi.
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IIKV writing to mA vertiiara, lMf
mvut.ua thii ppr