STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR. StraliibratlaJIEDmRAKEAN SEA J Tanglier , v . ( 5l -vwjwoggQQ Negotiation are said to be going on lietweeu France UU1 Spain whereby France is to si-cure territory on the const of Morocco directly opposite Britain's formidable nud famous rock of Gibraltar, thus competing with ,v....t nHrnin for control of the entr-iinee tn Hiu i...m. . . , , , . ... ------ '"-iium-iui. uussia is fredlteJ with having agreed to the arrangement, and Knnin' m!Sj.,.c;;3U l$io ue ruiuwu tut iii usauuM uiu umicii states. SHERMAN IN RETIREMENT. Hon the Famous Old Statesman Ia Fpendlns Hi Declining Days, Every evening after dinner an old Bun sits ut the library window In his handsome white stone bouse. In K street. Washington, and watches the people as they pass along the street or gazes alistraetedly at the licautiful park across the way, says a eorrespju dmt. He holds a cigar in his hand, but be seems to smoke little. He sits llitre quietly till the nun comes in to turn on the lights Thou he gets up anil seats hiui-Sflf by the table covered with tue paiiers of the day und his fa vorite books, or goes upstairs to Join his family In the Bltting-room. This Is John Sherman, the statesman who has liu a conspicuous lignre In the af fairs ot the nation for more than two score years, and is now entering upon a period of Well-earned rust. An old neighlwr or a distant relative can always lini the way through the manners. The deeper notos which go to make up her droning song are dua to the rapid vibration of the female In sect's wings ns she tiles; and these vi brations lire found by means of a sireu (an Instrument which measures the frequency of the waves In notes) to amount to alxiut 3,tKJO In a minute. The mosquito's wings must therefore move with this extraordinary rapidity, which sullicientiy accounts for the dif ficulty we have In catching one. But the higher and shriller notes of the complex melody are due to special Btrldulating organs situated like little drums ou the openings of the air tubes; for the adult mosquito breathes no longer by one or two air entrances ou the tail or back, like the larva, but by a number of spiracles, as they ore called, arranged in rows along the sides of tlie body and communicating with the network of internal air cham bers. The curious mosquito musie thus generated by the little drums serves al- letj in. mid ally bos- ! was lav reon and tie LS50- the plies 18SO i the to jtrwl . to raxll- ra perM r the d ait-rabof-b the irllled ictioo at in form .led era? jerate ooroi ttStW ooll indtol rented EX-SEC RETAH Y OF STATE SflEKMAN'. 1 formality of Shennan's manner to s:ni! i. i .... uvan. AltUoUgU he Will "r"5" "iu occasional visits to his m umo. 3ir. Shermaa will ' to live In Washington. He e th icii n . . , . " " notue there ami bn :at?e 'investments In rwil estate wuiugion properties. THE MOSQUITO'S SONG. 8 War Cry-How to totch the -InKcr. ' tn best a!.. " - icM.inK ""ovl,t; me mosquito :w . , , U'KK 01 your hand, and t tL, ' sUe Ulls hBr' wltli l'wwltfU C'n" eusllj' watetl ber llln, lekwl." she Is soon assl,ull'lt aud converts Mh ?,tly aud "obtrusively '" your flst hf fUr haml by e amL 8t bard- ? will find fe8" Wltharaw an bv tii u ''"But last lu uutw 0wn tnrloou-like UU 2 T ahc niU9 stop oc-cord- onln 'D.tlhe9Ual "nner. sia.LfulLof Wood, which most beyond a doubt as a means of at , tracting mule mosquitoes, fur It Is j known thut the long hairs ou the on- teunae of the males vibrate sympathet I lcally In unison with the notes of a i tunlug-fork, within the range of the sounds emitted by the female. In oth er words, hair und drums Just answer to oue another. We may, therefore, reasonably conclude that the female slugs lu order to please and attract her wandering mate, and that the anten nae of the male are organs of hearing which catch and respond to the buz zing music she pours forth for her lover's ears, A whole swarm of gnats can !mj brought down. Indeed, by ut tering the appropriate note of the race; you can call tlieui somewhat as you can call male glowworms by show ing a light which they mistake for the female. Strand Magazine. Organ Played by Electricity. Electricity Is used to operate a newly designed pipe organ, tbe keys closing circuits which operate magnetic colls, to control the air valves, and the stops being operated by switches arranged above the keyboard. Ancient Keys of Metal. Keys of bronze and Iron have been found In Greece and Italy dating from at least the seventh century before Christ. Time aud court-plaster heal all wounds. Scrofula Cars and Eyes Were Affected Little Cirl tho Victim. tr,'miy li!'U' t''ri v1"1'1 ,!l,vor-v ba 1 si-rofuia tr ..,.. .,, u-o alerted her ears and eves a.i . . 'a..--.! i:r great sutlVrina.- 1 got a "Ule.,i IIa's ftarit.aril!a and she b " Pi;akm . Ti.e s,.re,f, l,,le.l. Bil , f 'wo bottles he was cured. .Hi!.-. liuwAau Port, Alpha, Or. Mood's Sarsaparilla 'M'roatest MinHofno. f 1 : six fnr ti. Hoo-J'f: Pll-neuri! tii.Ttewtinn, MliTiiisiiena! Cow With Eurltlnga. A cow is the laa creature one would cxnect to see with ear-ringa, yet every ;'"w ' elis-uin must wear them now. Ihtf (Hroctor-general of agriculture has issued a regulation that all animals of the bovine species are to wear ear rings as soon as they have attained the H'je of three months. Breeders are obliged to keep an exact aocounl of the animals laised by them and the ring on which is engraved a number is fast ened in il10 aniiuiii s ear to prevent tho substitution of one animal for anothor. TKY ALLEN'S FOOT-EASB. A powder to lie shaken into the shoes. At tins season your (Vet feel swollen, ner vous, uml hot. anil get tired easiiv. If vou have sinnmm; reel or tiglit shoes, "trv AlK-u s I-oot-ICase. It cools the feet ami makes walking easy. Cures swuiien and sweating teet. blisters and eallous spots. Keiieveseornsaml bunions of all pain und (fives rest and comfort Ten thousand tes tiuiiinials of cures. Try it (-. . Sold hv all druggists ami shoe stores for Sk: Sen't i!.5i,I,,",l.ilf,"'2,'t'in slainps. Trial tiackaire 1-Khlv Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le ltoy, New York. The Peruvian Central railroad covers a distance of ten miles at an elevation only about 2,000 feet lower than the summit of tho highest mountain in Switzerland. WAGON liVfl'llOVED. The new improved Stouchron wagons stand the racket. Two cur ioads have lust arrived. It pnvs to have the best. Write for tree catalogue. JOHN 1'OOI.E, sole agent, foot of Morrison .Mreet, Portland, Or. A Chicago paper complains that $130, 000,000 worth of real estate in that city is held by absentee landlords. l'iso's eure fur consumption is our onlv medicine for coughs und colds. Mrs. (', beltz, -ia Sth ave., Denver, Col , Nov. S.Ui. The geographical statistical tables of Otto Hubner (dace the population of the globe at 1. Silo, 000, 000. A LIYIXG WITNESS. lira. HofTman Describes How Sha Wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for Advico, and Is Now Well. HolU In Jerusalem. Turks and Jews, aa well as Chrls tians.according to Tho Kolnschio Volks zeituug, have bein much excited bv the sound of tho threa hells oi the new Protestant Cliurch in Jerusalem. For several centuries the use of bells by the Christians in Palestino. or elsewhere within the Ottoman Ernpiro, had been prohibited by the lircnt Turk, who has conceded it now, however, to his friend and ally, the Evangelical German Kai ser. In the Theatre do la Twrquie, publislred in 1C8S, it is said, "The Turks hate bells, as a Rvmhnl of nii.ta. i tianity, and do not permit even the iirisiians to use them. Only in a fow remote mountain convents, oi in lonely islands, where there aro no resident Mohammediuns, is the use of a bell tolerated. " SAILOUS AND THEIR GRIEVANCES. The (rricvancos of Foilors examined bv the authorities in ports ol emrv, where lie seumen Iwlomr, often turn out to Ih; lmuttiunry orKreuth- exntgeratcil. lint there are plenty of cruel and eouscienceluss skip pers who abne their erews. Vlolenee Is al wysrtJeetiimable, ami pointedly so when it ''Vf,r! . "ji uiu, i.uiiuio liver, stoiutieh or hoivels by diwinii with drastic tnirnutives whieh weaken the intestines. Use Ilostetter s Stomach Hitlers. Torielo-riirrylnB llallnon. A Virginian has designed a torpeilo carrying balloon which has the explos ive suspended by a number of cords, with a guido rope to assist in holding it until it leaches the right current of air to carry it toward tho enemy, when a second cord is pulled which ignites a slow fuse to drop the torpedo at the proper place. Beware of Ointment, for Cutarrh That Contain Mercury, As mercury will surelv destroy the sense of smell ami completely d.Tunge the whole srs tersi whenenterliui it throui-h the mucous stir Ice. such articles should never be used ex cept on prescriptions from reputubio rilivsl-ci-ins, ii. the damage thev will do is ten fold to the Koodynn can possibly derive from them. Ilail s Catarrh Cure, manutaetured by F. J. (')ieney .v Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the svstem In buyimr Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure vou Ret the -genuine, i, u tni;(. internally, aud made in Toledo, Ohio, by K. J. Cheney & Co. Testi. uionials iriM-. fold by Prucgifts, prioe Trie, per bottle. Hail staniily i'ilis are the best. A curios fact has been Tinted hv Am. i tic travelers snow when at a very low temperature absorbs moisture and dries garments. FITS ''.nTf'"5; C!'rL"'- K. n""r K-'vcrasne. II I after lirsi day's use of Ur. Kline's lircat Nerve Uctorer. fkn.l lor FIth:f a.oo in" boltleaiidtreotNa UR. R. Jj, Kl.TyV Ltd. ki! Atcb s-j-ett, fuihuldiiLla, ia. ' Diamonds are not dug out of the ground, but are generally found in narioiv crevices of the rocks. ff'-f could not sleep I'KM a B;aA 3 I wrote you Dear Mrs. Pixkbam: Before using your Vegetable Compound I was a great suiferer. I have been sick for months, was troubled with severe pain in both sides of abdomen, sore feeling in lower part of bow els, also suffered with dizziness, headache, and ilec a letter describ ing my cusc and asking your advice. Vou replied tell- , . ing me jusi what to do. I followed your direc tions, and cannot praise your medicine enough for what it has done for me. Many thinks to you for your advice. Lj'dia E. Hnkham's Vegetable Com pound has cured me, and I will recom mend it to cy friends. Mrs. Flohe.nce It. Hoffman, 512 Roland St.. Canton, O. The condition described by Mrs Hoff man will appeal to many women, yet lots of sick women struggle on with their daily tasks disregarding- the urtrent warnings until overtaken by actual collapse. The present Mrs. Pinkham's experi ence in treating female ills is unparal leled, for years she worked side by side with Mrs. I.ydia E. Piukhara. and for sometimes past has had solo charpe of the correspondence department of her great business, treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailicg women during a single year. Good Health In the working capital of humanity. lie who rvw that Ifl wrecker! Indeed. I? your health Jailing you, your aia bitlon, vtK'r. vitality wasting awny T When others ftiil coo- fuilt mmmm DOCTOR m RATCLLPFE, Tnr the speedy, rare and permanent enre of all NeTToiM.t'hronieiiud Spcclnldlseaaes.eveu In imar moi ajijruraui! ibrmj. 1 here is no man I In the wurld who llM otr.?wd so many piTr.im. rit , curs In txith Meu aud Women of troublra wnlch iilhi-r ph)-slcua of nc'ki'wle.?edobtllty hadKlvun ! uprj liiii.-li a) Oin rjtn.'nl cpuelallsL ; NKilVol IlKlili.ITV and all Unattending nllnieiiw, of OCNir. MIldil.K-AiiKl) and OLD i tfl-N. The awful eftecu ut aeleeicl or Unprup- f-rly treated cs, caasini; f-.ri.itjs. weakness of ttiiu urai.i, .otiiuvss, lalltnu memory, lacti or eiir?y and cnfl leace, pain In back, fnlns and ki l'ifvs, and many other i!.trce.lri vmptoms. iifliuicirone for study, nuah.-ss or entovnicnl of lif-. lr llui'-liire cau care yuu, no ciaiU-r who or what hits tali.-. WEAK HEX. Herestoros l ist vtiror and vl tali'.y Ui weak men. Organs of the b'dv which Irnv,. b-en weakecf.i throuth d.-teas.'. (.ver-.vorii. I exi:t-is.M or In P.seretloni ur.- re-tl-ircl to full ji-.w-er. "m-.i-ii. n.i'i m..-i uiruuj uiwn buceessjui sys tem of ir'utiii. r.t. V.A lilCOCEI.E. hyurfx-elp.swr.lhnj): and ton-rJ-Tii.': 'ti ti e gat:,.l tr .T.:-'l with utilaUirur euccf ss. Sl'KCIAL DIStVSES, Influcicihllon, dl--rharsf-fl. rU:, winch. If litvi.fcted or tniprnperly trefte.l. break d.Avn the sysieoi, cauue kl luey aud bla".ft"r d:-'RH..4. etc. Iil'EASES OK WOMEN. Prnmtit nnd e- I pecivl i-ui-ruifni siven ti eti llir ir many ailmenta, I V.'KITK iry'.'iiareiovarDof any trouble. 10 XOT LEI.AY. Calloo It. liatelilfcto'lay. Ifvou I caioi'.t cJI. write him. II. ral'iaf.'f imoa fre to ! u.l -..itferers. CONS!. I,T,i flU-N FhEE aud contl- fit-urtfti at efii; or oy l.-tt- r. ; E. M. RATCLIFFE. T3 Til rn SIITTU. HUH ; n"LLt mi C.TS spring" eye crain : h.LL a liiUi Ui BAG NEEDLES Plain or with Cutter. The Ix-sl needle In the mar-kt-l. t -l l,y ull sai k fwer5. 1'or hale by all kch , eral merchaudiao uteres, or by j WILL & FINCK CO., ! KO Market Street, Kan Franclw. fal. hoitt'9 srnoot, Burlingame, Cnl., uccredited and limited to ot boys. Tue Kaatioti mid surround ings. together with the ulinot,t nerl'eet i li-miit-e and laivlul utteutitiu to mental moral and pliysiinl trainine, easily iihicea Hoitt's unions the l'ureinost scliools for Ixivs on the Coast. S. F. Clironiele. Eiphth year bein, August (J. Iin O. UoiTT, I'll. 1)., 1'rinrijiul. A Kansas inventor has patented a whiffletieo iittachnient to hold tho traces in place, consisting of a hooked rod rnnniny parallel with tho whiffle tree mounted on each end of the latter and controlled by a spring so that it may be pulled out to slip the tiace in position, the hook holding it in place. 4 8 i HuXI II- THE EXCELENCE OF SYSUP OF FIGS is due not only to tho originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to tho Calif-oioha Fio Svnop Co. only, and wo wissh to impress upon all the Importance of purchasing the true and orig-inal remedy. As tho (Tonuiuo Syrup of Figs is manufactured by tho Calipoiinia Fio Svrup Co. only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par ties. The high standing of the Cali fornia Fio Svkup Co. with the medi cal profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of Its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on tho kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken ing them, and it dcx-s not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name ot the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. BAN FUA CISCO, CI. MTMVILLE. K. MEW TOItK. W. V. mm THROUGH TIGKETS km. E2SI u souttieasi UNION PACIFIC R. R. THE THP.OUGH CAR LINE. YOUR LIVER WHEAT Mace money by fuceesful iiieeu.auon in cuieuKo. We buy aud sen wueat on rcar aiti!. fortunes nave bef-a made on a miail beginniiiK by tra t,m:iii ra mies. Write lor lull particulars. li.-.t of w. eience aiven. Severnl year?' expenenceon the Chicaeo Boarfl of Trade, and a tnorouich kro ledire of the b'i-ine. Send for our tree refer ence book. DOWNING, Hol'KISS fc Co., ChicHno Hoard of T-fle Kronen. Oflices in Portland, Oregon and seatCe. W ash. Is it Wrunij? Get it Riifhc. Keep it Right. 1 Moore'i Revealed Kemedjr wllldolt. Three ! doses will make you feel better. Get it from j your drticirist or any wbolerale drug house, or ! rom Stewart i Holmes Drug Co.. Seattls. : K. P. N. t. No. !. TI1EN wrltlne to aidTertlsera please mention tlila iaper. PfLLMAN PA LA CP. SI.KKI'ERS. PL'LL.MAN TOCUI.JT SI.KEPKRS. YREE KECLINIXG CHAIR CAIta Portland to Chicago Without Change A GOLDEN DISCOVERY. THE "ROYAL" H4IR P.ESTCRAT1VE. Grv hair restored to its natural coior and youthful he.nitv in I to s week. stop hair lallink out an 1 prevents bshlne-s. laues luiuriani (trowth of tiusj- hair in youth or an. LfUf.lly Miceef-ful with both sexes. It never isils. Try it. (old in bottles at Sec and 11. Sent in covert d i ackir- to any adilre.'S upon receipt of f'''ni.LoWfi. 2ii, viahnitt.on tr..-et, Portland, Or. MOKI'UINE lC- INK ... I ll t .M M .Stoi.-'l at..nie bidir.LhicSk-o.IU. Quirk Time. I Iliflll lCIOf. 1'erf.ontillv Cfindurted Exrurnlnna. llHKiciiire I het ked to l)elliiatloli. Low Kates. ldrect Hue to Triilis-Mlsslsslppl find International KxjHiition held In Omahttt ebruka. .lime t November. Write undersigned for rates, time tables and other inloruiatiou pertaining to Union Pacillo R. W. BAXTER, Gen. Agt-nt, 13S Third Ht., Portland, Oregon. 1?!? XJOS31Q 'pu-pjlJOJ psj;S uojSuitjsi? ILL in if Ia 1 wit mojj s'ltm .miiwj an & ujojj saMOf) Mpvj irnftn aa r(; ainp jain JO it jo riDjn1 xjzv qu 09at9i htm JiaiiJfl injwun V "lti inoi .i..iti. hi ivt 'jyti jftinq noi J-.tijhm aijJ t'iiU'M uiA uq.vv 'Mjd pu kuoi:.1;j..p i uf till u-no oMim.ra t'ljauo 1 pu.iXiH "VM1 .U i,w-"vi -ji.u uliJ . piiK 9,1iititllt i,J!P I UpmH PIURfli I'K. J.C. UorniAX. ei ifaiei.a Beart ( uufc-h bttud. T"t uciaI. V I ojos OAsnox3 ub ;ng iS33iHdiaa isaooo m ihhqisash' ffj In ti proUuceJ in two di.tlnct