QALUSHA A. GROW, OLDEST MAN IN CONGRESS.
Ready to Use.
Wife "Why do you buy such a lot
of stamps at once?"
Husband "So there'll be a few that
won't get stuck together."
What Will Become of China?
None can foresee the outcome of the
quarrel between foreign powers over the
division of China. I t is iiitcsestiug to
watch the going to pieces of this ancient
bur. unprogressive race. Many people in
America are also going to pieces because of
dyspepsia, eonstiiiaiion, blood, liver and
stomach diseases." We are living too fust,
but strength, vigor and pood health can be
retained if we keep nti'mid cure the above
diseases with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
At this season the housekeeper must look
specially after the baking powder.
As she cannot make good cake with bad eggs,
no more can she make cake that is light, delicious
and dainty with inferior baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable for the
preparation of the finest food. It imparts that
peculiar lightness, sweetness and flavor noticed in
the finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc.,
which expert bakers say is unobtainable by the
use of any other leavening agent.
' The " Royal Baker and Pastry
Cook " containing over 800 most
practical mid valuable cooking re
ceiptsfree to every patron. Send
Mjiai cuiii wiiii your lull address.
There are cheap baking powders,
made from alum, but thrv are ex
ceedingly harmful to health. Their
astringent and cauterizing ounlfties
add a dangerous element to food.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK.
Danish Thrift.
Denmark leads the world for thrlft-
Idcss. Her Inhabitants have on an av
erage $50 in the savings banks. N. Y,
Sun.
(JftEGONfflOODpUFtflER
Cultured.
"She's from 13oston."
"I thought you told me you never
saw her before this minute?"
"True, but I Just now heard her call
those mountains in Asia the He-mol-yows."
Judge.
WA
Tbii signature la on every box of the genuino
Laxative BromoQuinine Tablet
the remedy that cures n cold In one day
He Was Emphatic.
"I am Informed that your husband Is
a professor of language, and I called
to And out what his terms are."
"Well, when he's excited, they are
unlit for publication." Richmond Dispatch.
Silk Worm In America.
There are from eight to ten species
of Bilk worms In this country.
Slop tho Cough and
Work Oft tho Cold.
Laxative Bronio-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in
one day. Mo cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents.
A Treasure.
Cynic What makes you have such
unlimited confidence in you wife?
Cheerful I gave her $10 to pay a
bill of $4.69 for me, and she brought
back all of the change. Detroit
Free Press.
Good, Live Agents Wanted
In all unoccupied terrltorv, for the
Best Wheels on Earth, the 1901
Ideal
AND
bicyu.es
$20 - $25 - $35 - $40
FRED T. MERRILL CYCLE CO.,
105-111 Sixth Street. PORTLAND, Ore.
TlUl IVIIIfl Villi I5:V AllVIVO ",. tvl-. l,ra 1...- ..,
ture ot Ch:is. 11. Fletcher, n:l has boon made under his
personal supervision for over CO years. Allow no ono
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and.
" Just-as-pootl are, but Experiment, and endanger tho
lieullh of Children Hxperieneo against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Costorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Par.
Korle, lrops ami Soothing (Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, JUorpliino nor other Knreotio
Mihstniiee. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
iind allays IVverlshness. It eures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
ami Flatulency. It assimilates tho Food, regulates tho
Stomach and liowcls, giving healthy ami natural hlcen.
Tho Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
WANTED LIVE AGENTS
In all towne of Oregon, Wai-bliigtou and Idaho,
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Modal 50,
$35,00.
PORTLAND DELIVIRT.
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....128 riRST STREET. . . .
Jobber of LVoyolo Sundries. Portland, Oregon.
Congressman Galusha A. Groir, the oldest member of Congress, celebrated a
golden jubilee the other day. It is just fifty years ago since he first became a
member of the national legislative body. In the last half century he has been
elected and re-elected to Congress twelve times, being defeated once in 180"',
when a gerrymander threw him Into a new and strange district. Previous to
that he had served six terms, three as a Free Soil Democrat and three as a Re
publican. At one of these elections previous to his one defeat he received every
vote cast in his district, there being no opposition, lie was Speaker of the House
during the first two years of the Civil War. When he entered Congress in 1851
he was the youngest member. In his third and fifth terms he was chairman of
the important committee on territories. In 1804 he was chosen one of the two
m!mbers-at-lurge for the State, and has since been re-elected with increasing
pluralities, once with a plurality of 297,440, the largest ever given a candidate for
any office in any State. Mr. Grow was born in 1823 in Susquehanna County,
Pa. His father died when he was 3, and his primary education was received
at winter school after the farm labor of the summer was done with. Later he
was enabled to attend Amherst College, and graduated from that institution in
1844. His aome is at Glenwood. From 1871 to 1876 he was president of the
International and Great Northern Railroad.
SETTLER'S CABIN STILL STANDS
Built of Loots In 1845, It Shelters To
day Ita Hrt Occupant.
A quarter of a block from the IMatt
County Courthouse In Montlcello, 111.,
In the ceuter of a bustling city of 5,000
people stands a quaint old log cabin.
It was built when there were but three
houses lu the towif and la to-day the
home of a woman who moved Into It
while wolves and bears were plentiful
In the wilderness around.
The cablu was built lu 1845. Aunt
Anna Honseliuan lives in it and It has
been her borne since 1847. All the
furniture Is the same as when she
moved In. There Is a bed with cords In
place of a spring mattress, an open flre-
comlng Inhabitants of the new colonies
of Peru and Chile. The object of these
laws was frankly stated as the preser
vation of the new countries from the
strife and trouble wblcb would certain
ly follow their advent. Up to 1871
there were statutes In force which pro
hibited lawyers from sitting In the
British House of Commons, but they
had long become obsolete and were re
pealed In that year.
The Straight Ticket.
The professor's eyes twinkled above
his evening paper. "My dear," be said
to his wife, "I fear that habit Is strong
er than principle with you suffragists."
"What do you mean?" demanded Mrs.
Professor.
HOME OF MRS. UOXSLLMAN IN MONTICELLO, BUILT IN 1845.
place with and Irons und a crane for
cooking, all just as the settlers had
them when Illinois was still a frontier
State.
Mrs. Honselman Is as remarkable as
her borne. Nlnety-tlve years old, she
still does all the work of the house.
She prepares the meals for herself, two
sons and a grandson and seems as well
and strong as the average woman of
50. Her two sons have a fruit farm
Just outside of Montlcello and could
provide a much better home for their
mother than the cabin, but she wants
to stay where she has lived so long and
so they all live there, in the style of
fifty-flve years ago. Rich business
blocks have grown up around the
cabin.
Ijiwycra Barred trom These Countries
When Yucatan was first colonized by
the Spaniards Charles V., in the ordin
ance which accompanied the appoint
ment of the first Governor, explicitly
stated that no lawyers were to be per
mitted to land from Spain or anywhere
else. This law was dated 1520. Three
years later an equally stringent pro
vision was made pjjaUst lawyers be-
"Why, here Is an Item from a West
ern paper which asserts that a recent
local election in Colorado, where, as
you may know, equal suffrage rights
prevail, the tellers found a dozen or
more cookery recipes lu a ballot-box."
"They were voted by mistake, I'm
sure!" returned Mrs. Professor, stoutly.
"They ought to count Just the Baine.
Tuesday Is an awfully busy day, any
way. And I am Just as sure as I care
to be that when men first began to go
to the pools they made mistakes in the
ticket, too!"
The professor's eyes twinkled behind
his paper, but be replied with the per
fect gravity of one who has been thrice
refined In domestic flres, "Without
doubt, my dear."
A Forehanded Lover.
"Shan't we elope, George?"
"Yes If you think it will plense your
father. Financially I'm not prepared
to get blm down on me."
Retribution Is slow but sure: The
gooseberry, made up of part grit and
part sand, Is becoming a rare product
and may be wiped out of existence.
Plenty of Time.
He And now, darling, when do you
think we would better announce our
engagement?
She Oh, there is no hurry, dear.
Any time within the next 24 hours.
Harper's Bazar.
SAW DARK SPOTS
A Victim of Biliousness and Inflama
tory Rheumatism Tells How
He Became Free From
Disease.
A recommendation that is not based
upon experience is without value but
in the following interview the reader
will at once recognize the fcrce of ad
vice that is the result of personal
knowledge.
Mr. Ned Yerkes Hawley is a travel
ing man whose home is at 1926 W.
Boon. Ave., Spokane, Wash. He has
recently had an experience of more
tuan general Interest and in an in
terview with a representative of the
Spokesman-Review, of Spokane, he
said:
"In June, 1899, I became bilious and
subject to dizzy spells. I had no ap
petite, my heart seemed to flutter at
times and beat irregularly, and dark
spots seemed to float before my eyes.
This continued for about six months.
During that time I was troubled with
lameness in my back and pains over
my kidneys. I was under a physi
cian's care and he told me my trouble
was biliousness and inflammatory
rheumatism. I was in bed for over
four weeks and did not seem to be
getting any better.
"One day I saw an advertisement In
which it was stated that a case simi
lar to mine had been cured by Dr.
William's Pink Pills for Pale People.
I procured some of the pills and with
in two weeks the Inflammatory rheu
matism which had become very ao
cute and caused me the most intense
suffering, was entirely cured.
"You will therefore realize tnat I
am a firm oeliever in Dr. William's
Pink Pills. They cured .me and I am
so sure that they will prove equally
valuable in otter cases that I have
recommended them to a great many
people."
NED YERKES HAWLEY.
Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale
People are an unfailing specific for
such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sci
atica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, after-effects of the grip; pal
pitation of the heart, pale and sallow
complexions and all forms of weak
ness either in malo or female!" Sold
by all dealers, or sent direct, from Dr.
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
N. Y., 50 cents per box, or six boxes
for 2.50.
Costly.
The Duke of Manchester Is a fine
Investment for a father-in-law. At
lanta Constitution.
IOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARB TAKING
When vou take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic,
because the formula is plainly printed on every
bottle showing that it Is simply Iron and Qui
nine In a tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay. 60c.
She Was Reassured.
Teddy Won't you come and see
our new baby?
Old Maid Taacher Yes, dear, when
your aunt Is better.
Teddy Oh, but it ain't catching!
Smart Set.
In the spring tnke Garfield Tea.
This wonderful Herb M-dicine pur
ifies the blood and given new and
vigorous life to systems deplet
ed by the trying winter season.
A Matter of Hearing.
Suburbanite You've got a new baby
at your house, I hear.
Townite Great Scott! can you hear
it away out there in the suburbs? De
troit Free Press.
I sm sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three vears iieo. Mrs Thos.
Kobbis, Maple street, Norwich, N. Y..
Feb. 17, 1900.
Avoiding the Rush.
Politician Tell me the best way' to
get out of politics.
Turn prohibitionist.
"Oh, that's very sudden; I want to
get out gradua..y." Smart Set.
The Best Prescription for Malaria
man! Feer. 11 f b0,ttle of Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine In
S tasteless form. lo Onre, No Pay. Price 60c.
Just the Patient for Him.
Young Dr. Fresh Here comes that
Mrs. Towler. Positively there isn't
the first thing that alls her.
Old Dr. Sage Evidently you are
Just the man for her case. Boston
Transcript.
Now that the winter season is
past. It Is well to clean e the
system and purifv the blood with
GarfleM Tea an Herb Medtc8ne
that briiiKS good health.
Albert EJward't Cigars.
The Prince of Wales pays rt tr
rate of $1,750 rer iooo for his cl tire.
These precious weeas are rvca
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