0 AGE OF RAILWAYS
ciiPERIORITY OF THE AMERICAN
' SYSTEMS.
K What Respects They Are Invalu
able AW to the Life and Extension
0f commercial Activity Uaeil aa
jlodcte by Other Countries.
In making an address before the In
ternational Commercial Congress re
cently. George II. Daniels, General
passenger Agent of the New York. Cen
tral and Hudson Klver Railway and
president of the American Association
((General Tasseuger Agents, said:
One of our great writers has said of
this closing period of the nineteenth
century, that it is an age of transporta
tion. Transportation underlies material
prosperity In every department of com
merce. Without transportation com
merce would be Impossible. Those
States and nations are rich, powerful
and enlightened whose transportation
facilities are best and most extended.
The dying nations are those with little
or no transportation facilities.
Mr. Mulhall, the British statistician,
in his work on "The Wealth of Na
tions," said of the United States In
1695: "If we take a survey of mankind.
In ancient or modern times, as regards
the physical, mechanical and intellec
tual force of nations, we Cud nothing to
compare with the United States."
Mr. Mulhall proved by his statistics
that the working power of a single per
son In the United States was twice that
of a German or Frenchman, more than
three times that of an Austrian and
fire times that of an Italian. He said
the United State's was then the richest
country In the world, its wealth ex
ceeding that of Great Britain by 35
percent, and added that in the history
of the human race no nation ever be
fore possessed forty-one millions of
Instructed citizens.
In an address before the New York
rress Association, four years ago, I
referred to the future of our export
trnrfp. fls fnllnwn- "Onn nf Vio lnmlfn.
I - ' ' - - V. t HIV till. ( 1 in
We results of the war between Jnpan
ind China will be the opening to the
commerce of the world of fields here
tofore unknown, perhaps the richest on
the globe," and urged the members of
the New York Press Association to do
everything in their power to assist In
securing to the United States a portion
of the great eomjnerce to be developed
between the western nations and those
two old countries of the world.
At that time we had no idea that a
war between one of the old nations of
the earth and our young republic would
be fought; at that time we had no Idea
that American manufacturers would be
furnishing locomotives to the English
railroads ns well as to those of nearly
every other country on the globe. No
one thought four years ago that Ameri
can bridge builders would go into the
open market and successfully compete
'or the building of a great steel bridge
to Egypt; nor that In so brief a time
American engineers would be building
railroads into the Interior of China
from her most Important sea-ports.
At that time no one supposed that
the Trans-SIlerIan Railway would be
laid with steel rails made in Pennsyl
vania, upon cross-ties from the forests
of Oregon, and that its trains would be
hauled by American locomotives: nor
that this great railway which is to
Hreteu from St. Petersburg to Vladi
vostok and Port Arthur, a distance of
Bore than 0,000 miles, would be com
pleted two years in advance of the orig
inal expectation, as a result of the use
of American construction tools and
machinery.
In a letter from a friend In Toklo,
Jnpan, written only a short time ago,
were was this significant, sentence:
lou will he interested In knowing that
' have hanging on the wall of my of
a framed picture of your 'Empire
state Express, and we expect in the
"ear future to be hauling a Japanese
Empire Express with an American lo
comotive." They have now In Japan
""ore than one hundred locomotives
hat were built In the United States,
'o Hussia they Have nearly one thou
sand American locomotives, and prac
tically every railway in Great Britain
has ordered locomotives from this coun
try since the begUinlng of the war with
kpaln.
But It is not alone our locomotives
'hat have attracted the attention of for
e'gner9 who have visited our shores,
Ur rallway equipment generally hns
cmmaiided admiration and Is now re
viving the highest compliment, name
y. Imitation by many of our sister na
"ons. prince Michael IIIlkofT, Imperial
ulster of Railways of Russia, has,
pee his visit to the United States a
years ago, constructed a train on
"wn the same lines as the "Limited
gains' of the New York Central and
lennsylvanin.
SMOKELESS POWDER COSTLY.
Ba" a Million Dollars' Worth Proved
T) to He Worthless.
Ahe Vnstlv Inrmnvcrl o-rnnnan nf H
military establishment under the more
'entitle methods now employed is
"aarply Illustrated In-the discovery
t about half a million dollars'
i"th of smokless powder for sencoast
8 turns out tn ho wnrthloaa throllorh
unexpected deterioration In Its
luallty. Military experts have suppos
ed that thi nmAlrUin .
4. i . "' v owuer manurac.
tared for the United States army Jt 1
he best ever made, says the New York '
1 ost and a contract was not long ao
S trued w il,.i. , h "bU :
i i V" ",,un,u "e expend ture
? IT .OOWHMI for a sup lv of It
ot Bandy Hook showed that the smoke
less powder now on hand is worse than
valueless A ten-inch gun was being
fired with charges from a supply that
had been stored for about two rati a
and a delayed detonation occurred,
which burst the gun, a new one, valued
at $30,000. An examination of the
powder revealed the fact that It had
undergone chemical changes of some
sort and all of the supply on hand is
supposed to be equally affected. Ex
perts will now try to discover the cause
of the deterioration, so as to make th
needed change in the formula. Mean
while the contracts for manufacture
must be suspended, and if a war should
break out It might be necessary to use
the old variety of black powder. Ap
parently large charges to the profit and
loss account must be allowed for in
estimating the cost of keeping up with
the times in warfare.
One of the Michigan food inspectors
who has been making a tour of the
state, says that Michigan's pure food
law is working admirably in diminish
ing adulteration. He says that, of late
years, great quantities of imitation
fruit jellies have been sold; these are
made of glucose and corn jelly, colored
to resemble the desired fruit. In one
town the inspector stopped the sale of
imitation strawberry jam, which was
made of corn jolly and glucose, flavored
with strawberry extract, and further
improved by the addition of hayseed.
New Pas In Roc ky Mountains.
After numerous hairbreadth escuiies a
rnrty of explorers in the Ilockv Mountains
Mumbled onto n new pass. In ft like initii
lier, people who believed dyspepsia incur
able aiv astonished to Mid that, llostetter's
Komaeh Hitters used faithfully will make
the digestion stronp. the bowels regular,
the liver active. Try it..
An ordinance has been passed in
West Palm Beach, Fla., forbidding fe
males to enter saloons.
The Philosophy or Dead Gamenei.
"Now," said the man who had
yearned for riches, "I will go forth to-1
day and risk once more. Success has
attended all my ventures. I have $9,
090,000. If all goes well today I will
be ten times a millionaire. Then I
will risk no more. Then 1 will be con
tent aud some one else may step into
the place that 1 leave vacant." So he
risked again and won the $10,000 that
he thought he needed in his business;
but the man who lost the money was
not dead game. If he had been dead
game he would have said nothing and
hoped for better luck next time. There
fore, lacking the qualities that make
for gameness, he jumped npon the man
who had won and thumped him so
hard that he died on the way to the
hospital. There is in the heart of every
man who succeeds here below a soft
spot for the dead game loser. Chicago
Times-Herald.
HOW'S TUISi
OLDEST M 1H AMERICA
rp..lia U
Terrors of Many Winters
by Using: IVruna.
American sho9 manufacturers can
undersell the local producer in South
Africa.
Mr.
rare
Ilawall is said to have more tele
phones in use In proportion to the popu
lation than any other locality In the
world.
A newspaper printed on the excur
sion steamer Ophir published one num
ber in 80 degrees 2 minutes north lati
tude. It claims to be the paper pub
lished farthest north of any on record.
A series of experiments made by
Benno Erdmann and Raymond Do.lge
show that in normal reading the letvers
are not spelled out separately, and one
after the other, but that a short word
of not more than four letters can be
read off In less time than a single let
ter. The Pike's Peak Tower Company pro
poses to develop 3,200-horse-power for
distribution for mines In the uelghbor
hood of Cripple Creek, Colo. The source
of the water supply is Beaver canyon,
and a steel and rock dam will be built
having a storage capacity of 130,000,000
cubic feet.
On the principle of the sounding
board, which repeats a sound at so
short an Interval that the original aud
the repeated waves Impress the ear in
unison, a device called the polyphoue
has recently been applied to the phono
graph for the purpose of doubling the
volume of sound Issuing from that in
strument. A phonograph with the
polyphone attachment has two horns,
each provided with a diaphragm and
stylus. Not only Is t'e sound made
louder, but its quality is improved.
Lake Superior appears to exercise a
greater effect upon the annual amount
of precipitation of rain aud snow near
its shores than any other of the Great
Lakes. The average precipitation In
a year is about eight Inches greater on
the southern than on the northern side
of Lake Superior. Lakes Erie and On
tario also show more precipitation on
their southern than on their northern
shores, but the difference Is only three
Inches annually. In the case of Lakes
Huron and Michigan, it Is the eastern
shores as compared with the western
which get the largest precipitation, but
the difference Is not great.
The distances over which birds mi
grate vary between wide limits, and
are often surprisingly great. The bo
bolinks, which rear their young on the
shores of Lake Winnipeg, Canada, and
go to Cuba and Porto llico to spend the
winter, twice traverse a distance ex
ceeding 2,800 miles, or more than a
fifth of the circumference of our earth,
erm year. The kingbird lays Its eggs
as far north as the fifty-seventh degree
of latitude, and is found in the winter
in South America. The biennial pil
grimages of the little redstart exceed
three thousand miles and the tiny hum
ming bird two thousand.
Madame Ceraskl, of Moscow, has dis
covered in the constellation Cygnus a
star of between the eighth and ninth
magnitude which undergoes wonderful
variations In its light It belongs to
the same type of variable stars as the
celebrated Algol, but its variation is
larger. Its period is four days thir
teen hours and forty-five minutes.
When at a minimum it is three magni
tudes fainter than when at a maxi
mum; In other words, It periodically
loses and then regains so much light
that at one time it is sixteen uuit-
brighter than at another. In stars of
this type the changes of light are sup
posed to be caused by a dark body re
volving around the star, and produc
ing eclipses as It comes within our lino
of sight
When some people give parties, it la
not so much to entertain their friends
as for the satisfaction of not Inviting
their enemies.
There Is nothing so trying as a hard
day's work once a week. If you work
every day, you get used to It
The real test of a good country la
one where worthless men do welL
My doctor said I would die, hut IMho's
Cure for Consumption cured me. Amos
Kelner, Cherry Valley, Ins., Nov. 23, "J5.
Lawrence county, in the Black Hills,
claims the honor of producing a greater
amount of gold ore in a day than any
other country in the United States
4,650 tons, valued at $40,000.
A red-hot poker was used by Harry
Hale at Bellefontaine, Ohio, to open
a whisky barrel. He pressed the poker
into the bung, and the barrel exploded
into a thousand pieces, causing fatal
injuries to V.i. Hale.
Fev. G. Hay Morgan, of Stamford
England, is both a minister and a
lawyer.
Sponge fruit stains at once with cold
water.
We offer One Hundred Dollars Howard forartv
case, of Catarrh that cau not bo cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
P. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.. Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.J. Cheney
for the past 15 venrs, and believe him perfectly
honorable in ail bu&in ss transactions and fin
ancial1 t able to cany out any obligations made
by tuelr firm.
West 4 Tut' as,
Wholesalu Druurrlsts, Tole3o, 'J.
. Waldiko, Kinnan & Marvin,
I Vvnoleeaie Dfig- ists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure 1st. ken -n:-rnally, acting
cMrccily on the blood and m cous surfaces
thosystrm. Pri o Vf o per bo ile. Eoxd by all
. 6rug; ists. Testimonl. la free,
j Hall's Family VU- r th l est.
i Last ytsur G,89i iuceuuiury Hioa oc
curred. TO CUKE A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. E. V. Grove's signature
is on each box. 25c.
Lightning caused
tions in 1898.
3, 479 conflagra-
Day county, S. D., has produced two
crops of oats this season.
If yon haven't a rcKUlar. healthy movement of thd
bowels every day, you're sick, or will bo. Keep your
bowels open, and be well. Korce. In tliu shape of
violent physic or pill poison. Is ilanucrous. Tlio
smoothest, ouHlest. most perfect way of keeping the
bowels clear aud clean is to take
Kill Germs of IUense.
The modern w ay to cure disease is to destroy
its germs. Cnscarets Candy Cathartic are mod
ern ueriii-killers, and cleansers. Druggists,
10c, 2oc, 60c.
Natural gas was the cause of 94 fires
last year.
VITALITY low, debilitated or exhausted cured by
r. lvllne'R liivloi'KllnK Tonlu. KlIKKl. Trial
ltoille riinlalnlnp ! Weeks' trenimpiit. Dr. Kline's
Institute, tell Arch St., Philadelphia. Founded t71.
Horace Greeley is editor of the En
terprise at Thornton, la.
Lord Kitchener has given Queen
Victoria a large Arabian donkey.
t.M
Isaac Brock, the Oldest Man in the
United Slates.
Mr. Isaac Brock, of McLennan
county, Tex., has attained the great
age of 111 years, having been born in
1788. He is an ardent friend to le
runu and speaks of it in the following
terms:
"During my long life 1 have known
a great many remedies for coughs,
colds, catarrh and diarrhoea. I had
always supposed these affections to be
different diseases, but 1 have learned
from Dr. Hartman's books that these
affections are the Bame and are prop
erly called catarrh.
"As for Dr. Hartman's remedy, l'e
runa, I have found it to be the best, if
not the only reliable remedy for thesa
affections.
"Peruna has been my stand-by
for many years,and I attribute my
good health and my extreme age
to this remedy. It exactly meets
all my requirements.
"I have come to rely upon it almost
entirely for the many little things for
which I need medicine I believe it to
be especially valuable to old people."
ISAAC BROCK.
Catarrh is the greatest enemy of old
age. A person entirely free from ca
tarrh is sure to live to a hale and
hearty old age. A free book on ca
tarrh sent by The Peruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, O.
I Five fires last year were caused by
the sun's rays passing through window
glass.
2 CANDY
MbtaB CATHARTIC
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent. Taste Good. Do Oonrt,
Never Sicken, Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, 20c, GOc Write
for free sample, and booklet on health. Address
Etarlliis Binrd; l ompuy, ChlMgo, Bontrl, Raw York. 322a
KEEP YOUR BLOOD GLEAN
FOR.
NERVOUS
WEAKLY P
PALE
SICKLY
VIM MAR! AM 1
HAS STOOD THE TEST OP 35 YEAflS
E"XPE RIENCE
INDORSED BY THE MEDICAL FACULTY
4LU OVER THS WORLD
ARTER'SBNK
Bring your children
up on it.
25c SAMPLE BOTTLE FOR 10c NEXT 30 DAYS
&o BBSEASE lias so kaffieei the medical
skill 3 of all .agest as RHEUMATISM.
and no remedy has ever boon known
to euro It until "S Drops,"
tho Rheumatic Cure demonstrated its
wonderful curative power
It has never failed to euro RHEUMATISM
In any form, Aouto or Chronic
TYorA la vlict A Prnmlnant PTivnlMiin liita tn itr vhn hm hart Sit
ITKadu uakkj years 01 nciivo 'racuce ok lueuicuie I
I have never before in my 35 years of practice of medicine given my testimonial or recom
tnendation to any potent medicine, put there is a remedy, the result of winch lins come under my
own observation; fur there is no Disease which has ro baffled the medical skill of all ages as
Ithcumntism and to find a Keliable remedy for the same. At last we have found it ill
"5 DROPS," Manufactured by the Swansea Kheumatio Cure Company, Chicago, 111.
The "5 DKOPS," has proven itself wonderful for its curative power in Klieomntlsm, not
as a Temporary JKeliever only, but to give a Permanent Cure even in chroniccases. Sometime
ego, I hacf among others several Rheumatic casts, under my treatment and prescribed for these
patients the very best Kennedies which I skilll!y selected, but without desirable results. I then
heard of "5 DKOPS" and of its AVonderf . ("ures, and prescribed it to a few patients who
found relief from its use within a few days. Alter that I jirescnbed it to a great number and to my
surprise, I will say that in the course of Two or Three Weeks after they had used "5 DKOPS
and "5 Drop" Plasters they were Cured.
Among these were a few who had, for a number of years, been suffering with Chronlo
IMieuiiiaMsm, v ho had piloted themselves around on Crutches. They came to my office with
out Crutches and told me they were perfectly Well. They pive all the credit to " S DKOPS "
and to "tt Drop" Plasters and this is their testimony to the Swanson lUieumitllc Cure Colu
mn y lor their Kindness ann tor tne conscientious way in wlilcn they are placing these Wonuer.
ul Remedies amove suffering humanity, which thev told uie to write to the Com Da 11 v as an
acknowledgement.
As I have seen the Curative Power of "8 DROPS" and "S Drop" Plasters, in a great
many instances, 1 can Truly recommend them and also that the firm is perfectly honest and re
liable to deal with. C. A. JACKSON, Physician and Surgeon, Kearney, Neb., Aug. 29, 1(199,
How Long Have You Suffered with RHEUIKA TISM 7
How Long Hmvo You Road About "B DROPS" Without Tailing Thmntf
Do you not think you have wasted precious time and suffered enough? If so,
then try the " 5 drops " and be promptly and permanently cured of your afflictions.
" 5 Drops " is a speedy and Sure Cure for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
Lumbago (lame back), Kidney Diseases, Asthma, Hay-Fever, Dyspepsia,
Catarrh rf all kinds, Bronchitis, La Grippe, Headache, Nervous or Neuralgic,
Heart Weakness, Dropsy, Earache, Spasmodic and Catarrhnl Croup, Toothache,
Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Creeping Numbness, flclarla, and kindred dis
eases. " s Drops " has cured more people, during the past four years, of the above
named diseases than all other remedies known, and in case cf Rheumatism if
curing more than all the doctors, patent medicines, electric belts and batteries
combined, for they cannot cure Chronic Rheumatism. Therefore, waste no more
valuable time and money longer, but try " 5 Drops " and be promptly CURED.
" 5 Drops " is not only the best medicine, but it is the cheapest, for a i.oo bottle
contains 300 doses. Price per bottle Ji.ro, prepaid by mail or express, or 6 bottles
for s. 00. For the next 30 days we will send a 25c. sample FREE to any one
ending 10 cents to pay for the mailing. Agents wanted. Write to-day.
SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO., 160-164 E. LAKE STREET, CHICAGO.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
MACHINERY, all kinds
...TATUM & BOWEN...
29 le 35 First Strest PORTLAND OR.
Rupture
treated sclen. i
tlflcal ly (ind
confldentl al
ly. Corrttpondtnc
Solicited.
C. H. W00DARD A CO.. 108 Stcond St.. Portland.
Folic niil Wire Work.
rollTI.ANI) WIKK t IKON WOltKS: WIKK
ml Iron feiieinc: odiee mlliuc. eie. X"4 Alder.
M atrh inry ami .Miitlk.Ai
CURE FOR PILES I
5TU1UNU t'lUiiproonoii moltnri!ndoiiHe itching,
'nil form, wnll ii Blind, Blanllnc or Prntriidltiu
pilei irncnrci hj Or. Bonanko's Pile Remedy
Btupi Itnhlnc mil binding. Alnorbi tumors. Nit-
Jir it drug nmtxir wnt I17 mill. Tn'Mi.e Irre. Writ
Bit ibout jour cue. DR. UuSANltO, fliiladi.,Pi,
CURE YOURSELF I
I'm Dig ft fr unnatural
dliRbarKi'i.lnllHmmminni,
irritutluni or ulceritlnm
of mucool metiibrnnei.
J'alnli'M, and nut uitria
(g gent or pulmnuui.
ola by Dramrlil.
or lent In pliln wrapper,
hj expren, prepaid, for
I . Oil, or S ImtlliMi, l.lt.
Circulnr int nn miumt.
and Mairlo Lantern Bargain Mat
No. 16 now ready for inailliiK.
T. P. ANDKEWH, 108 Montgomery
St.. Ban Francisco
10 1 lo 6 dirl. l
iW-J Ouinud
Ba lot to nrlotiri,
fj3 PrtralU (tonuriog
V7VHEEv;;tCHEMict
CAWHTON & CO.: KSUIXKS, HOM.KKS, MA
cliinery, mi)ies. 4H-M) KimlHl., Portland, Or.
JOHN TOOLE, Torm-AND, ORFnow.
can cive you the best bargains in general
machinery, engines, boilers, tankx, pumps,
plows, belts Hiid windmills. The new
steel I X L windmill, sold by him, is unequalled.
W ELLA
DRILLING
S9
null !' mm Ilia
p
grow paying eropa becauae they're
freah and always the beat. For
sale everywhere. Refuse substitute.
Stick to Ferry' Seed and prosper.
1900 Seed Annual free. Write for It.
D. M. FERRY A CO., Dotrolt, Mich.
ilaTawAi alifU'
. LATEST
and BEST
HORSE,
STEAM
AND
CASOLINE
POWER.
LrH looaiis & mtman, tiffin, oeio.
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In tin ONLY mvdlelMi wlikh Kill cure fai-h and arory
cw. No CAHK known It hi evir fnll.il to cut. io
matter how u rioui or of how long Madding. Iti-mili
from lt me will antmilnh you. It la alwolutely nafo,
pmvi-nni atrleture, anil ian tm lakon without Inronro.
Llew and ili4rntlon from builmm I'HICK. ftJ.W. for
air br ill ndlabla dniirvlxt. or writ prepaid by eipruu,
plainly wrapped, on rt lot of price by
v ' I'AhHT CHLSdJCAL CO., Chicago, 111
Ocular mailed on roquut.
DR. GUNK'S
IMPROVED
LIVER
PILLS
ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Hick H.-nlache
nrl liyipcpila, lii-mote l'l tuple and Purlly the
Blond. Aid I'itrcatlon aiidPrerent llilionaiin. o
not (irlpe orHlrken. Toconlnr toii, we will mall
unmple free, or full box for'LV. IHt. 1IOHANKC
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