CARNEGIE'S PHILANTHROPY.
Hi. fireat Task of fllirlncr
" Aw.r Hi- Fortune.
rew Carnegie in a recent lnter
. ' expressed his 6entiment8 as to
Z responsibilities of persons owning
' urge sum of money. So far as he
''nwelf is concerned, he said that he
u!( gradually give away his for
iine. bestowing it in Installments
wbere it would do the most good a
jn.st reasonable disposition, not only
u.nse there are no pockets in
brouils but also because lie can be
;0re that the money Is used as he
Irishes it to be.
It Is prouaDie no one dm Mr. uar
f?le knows how much money he has,
nt the rate at which he is giving it
jK-av Indicates that his fortune is an
umense one, as lie apparently contem-
' .t i t. I - ,1 i.i a
plates communis ui uvuuuuus ior sev-
eral years to come. This year he has
given over $2,5UU,UU0, and, with the ex
tentloa of about $150,000 given to edu
cational Institutions, it has all gone for
the building of libraries. The benefi
ciaries are Washington, D. C; Pitts
burg, Pa.; Atlanta, Ga.; Erie, Ta.; East
Liverpool, Ohio; San Diego. Cal.: Wa
co, Dallas and Tlttsburg, Texas;
Beaver Falls, Ta., and Emporia, Kan.
The largest gift was to Pittsburg. Pa..
amounting to $1,750,000. The latest Is
to Washington. D. C, the people of
which city heretofore have been de
pendent upon the Congressional Li
brary. Ills scheme for the erection of
a public library in the capital city Is
peculiarly interesting. He has twice
increased his original donation of
$230,000, bringing It up to $350,000.
It is not remarkable that Mr. Car
negie's donations should take the di
rection of libraries. He is fond of
j'arks and study and appreciates the
value or llCraries to the people. He
knows that they are the best means
ior eniigntenlng and helping them and
that they are essential auxiliaries of
education. The libraries which he Is
creating all over the country will be
permanent tributes to his generosity as
well as to his discernment of the in
tellectual needs of the people.
FAMOUS BULLDOG IN ENGLAND.
A Valuable Animal with an Almost
Unbeaten Record.
Probably the most famous bulldog In
England is Champion Baron Sedge
mere, who, with his kennel companion
md own sister, Champion Bartledora,
fos recently been bought from his
breeder and late owner, Sam Woodl
ess, by F. W. Taylor, of Sunnlslde,
Sunderland, for the large sum (even In
4ese days, when dogs of all breeds
fetch prices undreamed of a quarter of
century ago) of $3,000. Champion
Baron Sedgemere Is one of the famous
jjtterby Stockwell, ex-Champion Black
berry, born in 1805, which also Inelud-
iJHAXH'S FAMOUS $3,000 BULLDOG.
d Champion Boaz, G. It. Sims' well
"wn Harney Barnato and Baroness
Jogcmwc. The Baron is a. light
e'S'it, ami u a red dog with a white
vost niarklnirr h
a n.s head Is one that certainly haa
v been surpassed. Ills large and
MeDoiuonnUy wrinkled square skull,
tui lt8 groat k,Bgth froffl eye t0 Mri
magninwut turn-up and lay-back,
"the heart of every buUdog fancier
'U PllVr nn.l -J-.l .1 1 l-l-
at him iwv , vj-
""aost unbeaten record.
Vi ry Haw llecrulta.
ifle Hf.l nt ,. T i .
v . " v, uuBBinu soiuier is u
,0P ono nnd bondage of compul-
V service weighs cruelly upon the
j"sauts throughout the Czar's domin-
Attempts to escape enlistment
m? nide continually, but the slmple
2T Ponsaut Is no match for the
!M recrultlug otllcer.
EuVia rmmlnl? station In eastern
n fnnaa nnd
ANDREW CARNKGIE.
wouia not answer- .. . .
hIm question put to
"You can go home," said the exam-1
ning surge ln a ,ow vo
SIT f T,Ce Started for door.
The shout of the surgeon brought him
that he had successfully passed the
medical examination
The Philadelphia Record tells an
other story of an unwilling recruit. He
was a big strapping fellow, possessing
the strength of a Hercules; but he d
clared that the Index and middle fin
gers on his right hand were joined to
gether and could not be taken apart
The appearance of the fingers did not
Indicate, however, that such was the
fact, and the examining surgeons, who
were strong men themselves, tried with
all the strength they possessed to sep
arate the two fingers, and after a great
deal of exertion gave up in disgust
At last a clever thought struck one of
them.
"Tell me," said the surgeon, "how
were your fingers before? Were they
always like this?"
"This way," replied the unsuspecting
young peasant, and he opened his fin
gers as easily as anybody else. He was
astonished at the laughter his act
evoked. The surgeons did not attempt
to examine him further; he passed.
CHICAGO GIRL WEDS A COUNT.
Alls Lindblom Uecomes the Wite oi
Churl eii Ake PnuH, of Sweden.
Another Chicago girl has entered the
circle of European aristocracy by mar
riage. A few days ago Miss Vesta
Raven Lindblom, daughter of Robert
Lindblom, became the wife of Count
Charles Ake Paul! of Sweden. The
Countess Paull, who Is 23 years old, Is
not only decidedly pretty, but was one
of the eleverst business women In Chi
cago. She had acquired a thorough
knowledge of the office routine of the
brokerage business by being her fath
er's secretary for three years, and
when he failed a few years ago she
and her uncle formed the new firm of
Lindblom & Co., and reopened the old
offices. The business was successful,
and Miss Lindblom applied for mem
bership in the Board of Trade. This
made quite a sensation on 'Change
and brought the plucky applicant con
siderable notoriety. She was not ad
mitted to the Board, but she kept right
on doing a profitable commission busi
ness. While Miss Lindblom was thus
brought before the public, Count Paul!
became acquainted with her. He ad
mired her American dash and inde
pendence, and at once fell in love -with
her.
A Woman's Problems.
When breakfast things are cleared away
The same old problem's rising,
For she again sits down to think
Of something appetizing.
The dinner she must soon prepare.
Or give the cook directions,
And great Is the relief she feels ;j
When she has made selections.
When the dinner things are cleared away
The problem that is upper
Is just the same with one word chang
ed "What can I get for supper?"
She wants to give them something new,
And long is meditation,
Till choice is made, and then begins
The work of preparation.
When supper things are cleared awny
Again her mind is worried ,
For then she thinks of breakfast time,
When meals are often hurried.
She ponders o'er it long until
The question Is decided.
Then bustles 'round till she makes sure
That everything's provided.
Three times each day, week in, week ou
This problem she is meeting,
And often she is sore perplexed
In making plans for eating.
For one likes this, and one likes that,
And what is appetizing
To some hi by the others spurned
As food that they're despising.
That "woman's work is never done"
Has often been disputed,
But that she's worried Is a fact,
And cannot be refuted. !
The worry over what to eat
Is greatest of thee questions,
And glad she'd be If someone else
Would make the meal suggestions.
Flttsburg Commercial-Telegraph.
Boon to Impecunious Smokers.
Mr. Suchsland, a German scientist,
has discovered that the aroma of to
bacco is due to microbes, and It is said
he will patent, If he can, a process for
making cheap cigars smell like expen.
lve ones.
TUB COUNTK88 PAULI.
NEW IDEAS OF INSURANCE
ome Day Some One Will OrBanize a
company Like Thlfi. (
The Insurance solicitor snt. in hi nf.
flee In the Rookery, and he was abash
ed. It takes a great deal to abash an
Insurance solicitor, but the big man ta
the opposite chair has been venting his
views. The solicitor had herni hna-Ino
him for six months for a $10,000' policy, i
and then, after he had run his intended '
victim Into the home office, the doctor 1
had turned him down.
"Told me my liver was out of order,"
said the big man, indignantly. "Said 1
had a murmur In my luncrs. and tnlkwl '
about a sister who died thirty years age
and a lot more rot like that"
"All of which was no doubt true,'
said the Insurance man, "but," seeing
that the big man was going to flare uj
again, "you need not get alarmed alxnil
your health. Some of these days, when
I can't make more than $0,000 a yeai
at this business, I'm going to start ai
Insurance company on new lines.
will take all the men that have been re
jected by the other companies."
"That would be taking big risks
wouldn't it?"
"I don't think so. In the first place 1
would charge an extra premium. The.
I would bank on human nature.
Haven't you noticed that these big
strong fellows, who 'never-had-a-day's
slckness-ln-my-llfe,' go off like a chile
at the first serious illuess? Scured U
death, maybe. Anyhow, if you want
to see tenacity of life, just study th
case of a man In chronic poor health,
ne takes no chances, guards himseli
against changes of the weather, appliei
remedies Instantly, and the result It
that, while he never enjoys good health,
he prolongs his life twice as long ai
the healthy fellow who takes all kinds
of chances. Insurance examiners musl
report on the physical condition only,
and can't make allowances for humai
nature, but It's there." Chicago Times
Herald.
Fake Detectives.
"When a criminal or a witness during
some case says that he saw a detective
standing at a certain corner the public
opens its mouth wide and haw-hawj
until its sides ache," remarked a de
tec'tlve.
"When it. Is told that a whole armj
of fake detectives are specially kept to
be seen It will probably half shut its
mouth and strain its eyes. Yet sucb
is the case.
"Many years ngo It was found thai
the best way to capture a criminal red
handed was to let him think he knew
the police. So when a new man la
taken into the detective service he gen
erally has to act his part. He make,
himself conspicuous ln some way In
order to draw the 'victim's' attention
to him while the real detective works
metaphorically, behind his bnck. Tin
fact that this system has been, and
still is, followed by every country, bott
European nnd otherwise, that has I
police force Is perhaps its best recom
medatlon." Kleh Pootv.
In 1739 when Delhi was sacked bj '
Nadir Shah, after he had defeated th j
Moguls at Karnal, 100,000 of the In
habitants were put to the sword and
treasure was carried off to the valu
of at least $750,000,000.. Some say tin
value was $1,500,000,000, and on
writer says $3,000,000,000. Again,
when Alexander the Great overthrew
Darius, the Terslan, Babylon opened
Its gates to the conqueror, who ob
tained, though without plundering thi ;
city, enormous treasures that had
been collected by Darius. Three week! t
later at Sura he seized $00,000,000. A
little later Tersepolls, a magnificent j
city, and the favorite capital of Darius.
was captured by him. The place wai
sacked and the great palace burned
The plunder obtained is said to hav
been worth $140,000,000, and Included
enormous stores of gold, silver and
jpreclous stones, hoarded up there bj
the Persian monarchs.
Other Victim.
ThnmnA-Mv dear. It's a shame th
way that creature howls! If I had '
bootjack I'd throw it at her, and thes I
perhaps we'd get some sleep. .Ne
York Herald.
Colony of Epileptics.
In Bielefeld, Germany, there Is a col
ony of epileptics, numbering about
W r.an Tim -nlnnv it-da ontnlillshoil In
A.Ul'U. l wvu ' " ... -..ww - f
1080, and pntlents from all parts of thf
world so there for treatment
Mlaaonrlan'a Contempt for a Surf Bath.
A Missourian at Manhattan beach
looked with contempt at the men loll
ing in the sand. "Shucks," said he,
"they think they are having fun.
Have to come ashore to get in the sand.
They ought to live in old Missoury, on
the river. You get the sand and water
mixed there. Sometimes a man gets
more sand than water and has to go
home and be washed off. Them mud
baths in the northwest . that you hear
so much about ain't in it with, a wash
in the old Missoury."
Thorite, the New Explosive,
Distinguished itself by pushing through a
ii '"eh steel plate. If its success contin
ues", it will nmke as great a record in the
military world as Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters in the medical world. Nothing has
appeared which can equal this wonderful
medicine for all diseases of the stomach,
liver or kidneys.
Panama canal construction employes
over 3,000 men.
Piso's Cure for Coii8umption has saved
me large doctor bills. C. L. Baker, 4228
Regent Sq.. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8, '95.
Hartford plumbers get $3 for eight
hours.
Mothers will find Sirs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
Comfort depends on thinking, not on'
things.
TO CUBE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. W. Grove's eignature
is on each box. 25c.
The king's business requires haste,
but not hurry.
CIT Permanently Cured. Ko fltsornervoumeai
HO after first duy's use of Dr. Kline's Orent
Nerve Restorer. Bend for FREE JS'J.OO triul
buttle and treatise. S I. R. H. KUNK, Ltd., 830
Area st -eet, Philadelphia, Pa.
The recent raise of 20 per cent of the
wages of the employes of the Atlantio
(Ga.) Railway & Power Company,
without solicitation, is commendable.
SlOO REWARD 8100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
fearn that there is at least one dreaded disease
ill at science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the medical
frateruity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the syxtem, thereby destroying the founda
tion of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The pro
prietors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
lor any case that It fails to core. Send ior list
of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
A Burglary Story.
They were telling "burglary stories"
on the veranda in front of the grocery
store in a down-east town. "The
man's hand was thrust through the hole
he had cut in the door," said the star
talker, "when the woman eeized the
wrist and held on in spite of the strug
gles of the man outside. In the morn
ing the burglar was found dead, hav
ing cut his own throat when he found
escape impossible; but the brave wo
man had not known he was dead, and
so had not released her grasp on his
wrist all night long." "Huh!"
growled the skeptic in the corner;
"why didn't she feel of his pusle?"
Buffalo Commercial.
Th National Consumers' League
have adopted a label to distinguish
ladies' garments which are made in
sweatshops or under unfair conditions
as to wages and hours. It is not a ri
val of the regular trades union label,
but will be used on goods produced by
working men and women who get just
treatment from employers, even if they
do not belong to labor organizations.
The VTalter Steel Company's plant
in Reading has been absorbed by the
Walter Steel Company of Jersey City,
K. J., recently organized with a capi
tal of $100,000.
The agricultural department, Wash
ington, D. C, has a machine for tak
ing continuous photographs of growing
plants. It works automatically, tak
ing a picture each hour, and during the
night an electric light is thrown into
circuit as the exposures are made.
Duty Feed .
Man and Steed.
ft
Feed your nerves, aUo, on pure blood if
you tvould hive them strong. Men and
women tvho Are nervous are so because
their nerves sre starved. When they
make their blood rich nnd pure tuith Hood's
Sarsnpirillt their nervousness disappears
because the nerves are property fed.
BUY THE GENUINE
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IVNOTK THE NAMR.
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Best Ixiiwb Srrup. T antes Uoud. Use
in time. Com tir flr'ieiriv.
Soctors
lisagree
Herbert M. Fish, a Droiresslvs and
respected resident of Cape Vincent,
N. ., said: "The doctors disagreed
ln my case, one said 1 bad the grip,
another that It was Jaundice, and so
on. 1 tried many remedies but did
not receive the slightest benefit. I n
was low spirited and nervous and ft
had become reduced In weight from
155 pounds to less than 128. One day
a friend recommended Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People. 1 tried
them and the result was Indeed mar
velous. My appetite returned and 1
began to feel rested and restored.
At the end of the tenth box my phy
sical condition was better than It
bad been for years and I was a well
man.
" Herbert M. Frsn."
Sftorn to audi subscribed before as
this 17th day of November, 1898.
Lloyd O. Woodruff,
Notary Public.
'From the Eagle, Cme Vincent, If. T.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills lor Pale Peools ll
ar never oia dj ine cozen or nunurea,
but always In psckaaes. At ill druggists,
or direct from the Or. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N. Y., 60 cents per box,
6 boxes 12.60.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
Fence anil Wire Works.
PORTLAND WIRE A IRON WORKS; WIRS
and iron fencing; oillce railing, etc. 834 Alder
Machinery nnd Supplies.
CAWSTON St CO.: EXGINKS, BOILERS, MA.
chlnery, supplies. 48-50 First St., Portland, Or
A Bargain..
A twenty-five ton locomotive and tendei
with 3V track, for sale at a bargain. Call
on or write John l'oole, foot of Morrison
street.
SOLE AGENCY
Worth ington
8 earn Pumps
and Water
Meters.
Pumping Plants of
Any Capacity.
TATCM & BO WEN
29 to 35 Flint Street, Portland, Or.
Machinery All Kinus,
BARTER'S BNK
No household can afford to be with
out it. Kvery household can
afford to have it.
ir
SVSPENSION
IP BICKFURU. Washington. 0. C. they will re
I ceive quick replies. B. nth N. H. Vols.
Staff 20th Corps. Prosecuting claims since 1878.
Rupture
treated seien-
tltically and
confident! al
ly. Cornspontonct
Solicited.
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That tired, languid feeling, the pains in the
back and the chronic headache will disappear
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Hoore's Revealed Remedy
It is an ideal medicine for women, easy and
pleasant to take. (1.00 per bottle at your drug"
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and Magic Lantern Bargain List
No. 15 now ready for mailing.
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DR. GUNK'S
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LIVER
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ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Sick Headache
od Dyspepsia, Reuiore Pimples and Purify the
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This form, as well aa Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
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