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l4 r St. Jaoobs Oil cares Rheumatism. St. Jaoobs Oil curea-Neuralgia. St. Jacobs Oil cures Lumbago. St. Jacobs Oil cures Soiatica. St. Jacobs Oil cures Sprains. St. Jacobs Oil cures Bruises. St. Jacobs Oil cures Soreness. St. Jacobs Oil cures Stiffness. St. Jacobs Oil cures Backache. St. Jacobs Oil cures Muscular aches. Patriotism. ' "Aw, yon know, you may celebrate Christmas as best you know how," said the supercilious Englishman, "but you cawn't come up to the old English plum pudding you know." "Sir," said the patriotic American, with asperity, "our home made, or still more the bakery-made mince pies can produce as fine a line of nightmare as any English plum pudding ever boiled." Indianapolis Journal. Rheumatism Is one of the troubles peculiar to this sea son, owing to the overworked condition of the liver and kidneys, which are unable to expel the impurities from the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is wonderfully suo cessful in curing this disease. It neutral izes the acid in the blood and permanently cures the aches and pains which otiier medicine fails to relieve. Eemember Hood's 8PZ?f.. Is America's Greatest Medicine for rheumatism Hood's PHIS cure sick headache. 25 cents. Floated to the Roof. A rather ingenius method of re placing the roof of a stand pipe was re sorted to recently by the water woika department at Napoleon, O. Some time ago, in a violent wind storm, tho roof was blown off, together with the upper part of the ladder leading to the top. Since then several plans for mak ing the repairs have been considered, bnt the following was decided upon as the most feasible: The Water was withdrawn from the standpipe and a raft was built inside. When the wa ter was turned on the raft, laden with workmen and their utensils, was grad ually sent upward at the rate of 25 feet per hour, it requiring five hours to make the ascent. Hooks and pulleys were then attached to the pipe and ma terial was drawn tip on the outside, while the men performed their work, using the raft for a platform. Didn't See Cause for Thankfulness. Mrs. Jackson (indignantly) Yo say yo' haven't got anything to be thank ful for! Why, jess look at Abe John son I He has jess lost his wife by con sumption and four children by diph therial Mr. Jackson But dat don't do me any good 1 Johnson ain't mel Judge. Under Two Flags. He was a soldier of fortune and a prisoner of wan "Come," they said, "sign the pa role I" But he only shook his head. "Neverl" he said, proudly, "but I've no objections to signing the pay roll." No, he wasn't in the war business for sanitary reasons. N. Y. Journal. If you want the best wind mill, pumps, tanks, plows, wagons, bells of all sizes, boilers, engines, or general machinery, see or write JOHN POOLE, foot of Morrison street, Portland, Oregon. 1 t Eveiyone who gets up an amateur entertainment says that he will never get up another. He has a harder time than the man who gets up a picnic that is rained on. Atchison Globe. When coming to San Francisco go to Brooklyn Hotel, 208-212 Bush street. American or European plan. Room and board $1.00 to $1.50 per day; rooms 50 cents to $1.00 per day; single meals 25 cents. Free coach. Chas. Montgomery. A Yarmouth r (England) : man was smoking a pipe when a spark dropped into the tuck of his trousers and burned a hole. He made a claim for loss un der his fire insurance policy, and the company paid the damage. To Care a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Life insurance companies reject about three-fourths of the applicants who have been gymnasts, because it has been found that most of them have strained their hearts by excessive ex ercise. The measurement of a degree of lati tude in Spitzbergen Is a Swedish pro ject, Russian co-operation to be invited. CONSULTING A WOMAN. Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Inspires Confidence and Hope. Examination by a male physician is a, hard trial to a delicately organized woman. She puts it off as long as she dare, and is only driven to it by fear of can cer, polypus, or some dreadful ill. Most frequently such a woman leaves a physician's office where she has un dergone a critical examination with animpression,more or less, of discour agement. - This condi tion of the mind destroys the effect of advice; and she grows i worse rather than better. In consulting Mrs. Pink bam no hesitation need be felt, the story is told to a woman and is wholly confidential. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass., she offers sick women her advice without charge. Her intimate knowledge of women's troubles makes her letter of advice a wellspringof hope, and her wide experi ence and skill point the way to health. " I suffered with ovarian trouble for ceven years, and no doctor knew what was the matter with me. I had spells which would last for two days or more. I thought I would try Lydia K. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. I have taken seven bottles of it, and am en tirely cured." Mks John Foreman, 20 N. Woodberry Ave., Baltimore, Md. The above letter from Mrs. Foreman is only one of thousands. - T3 CUKCS WHERE II L FISf FAILS. tsem cougn Byrup. Tastes uooa. use i in ume. toia vr anwgisw. TTHii -ssMMWstfssjiinf VJIoJl AGONCILLO'S I NERVE Hopes to Be Received Offi cially at Washington. TO ACT ON THE DEFENSIVE General Miller Has Been Ordered to Land His Troops at Ilo Ho at Once. "Washington, Jan. 9. Senbr Agon cillo, who is in Washington as the rep resentative of the Philippine govern ment, has asked to be recognized by the United States as such, and to be accorded the same rights as the other diplomats. His request is now in the hands of Secretary Hay. Today, Dona Sixto Lopez, the private seoretary of Senor Agoncillo, visited the state department, and presented to the officials a letter to Secretary Hay, requesting, on behalf of Senor Agoncil lo, an interview for the purpose of ar ranging to present his credentials to President McEinley, and inquiring when it would meet the convenience of the president to meet the Philippine representative. The letter of Senor Lopez further states that he is instructed by Senor Agoncillo, in view of recent develop ments, to urge the advisability of an nnderstading between the American government and the representative of the Philippine people as to the rela tions between the respective nations; such understanding to be reached either at Washington, through the joint rep resentatives of the two governments, or in the Philippine islands, in like man ner. The letter concludes with an ex pression of the earnest hope that the friendly relations heietofore existing between the two nations -may ever be maintained. Accompanying the letter is a memo randum setting forth the establishment of the Philippine republic, and tbe provision for a detailed system of gov ernment. From the facts submitted, says Senor Agoncillo, "it will appear that the Philippine government is now, and it has been practically ever since June 18, 1898, substantially in full possession of the territory of the people it represents." WILL FORCE THE ISSUE. General Miller Has Orders to Proceed JlgalnBtllo llo. Chicago, Jan. 9. A special to the Times-Herald from Washington says: President McEinley has decided to force the issue with the Filipinos. Hia decision may result in a battle at Ilo Ilo. It may lead to a harrassing war with the natives of the Philippines. It is hoped and believed that such calam ities will be averted, but it remains for the insurgents to determine what the results will be. . The president has ordered General Miller to land his tioops at Ilo Ilo. The order leaves the American com mander no alternative. . He is directed to be conciliatory toward the natives, but at the same time he is instructed to use force, if necessary, to, effect his landing and eatftkUsh. himself . in- the desired camp. ' In other words, Gener al Miller is to act on the defensive. He will not fire a gun unless attacked by the Filipinos. STEAMERS MAY BE CRUSHED. Yukon Craft Will Be In Danger When the Ice Breaks Seattle, Jan. 9. News from Dawson states that a number of Yukon river steamers, will be lost when the ice breaks up in spring. Some were caught in very unprotected places, and can scarcely escape being wrecked. The Robert Eerr, of the Moran fleet, is stuck fast on a bar 50 ; miles below Circle City. The fine steamer Arnold, of the Alaska Exploration Company's fleet, was caught by the ice while fast on a bar some SO miles below Forty Mile. A crack boat of the Empire line, the Seattle, is stuck 12 miles below Circle City. She is on a bar and ice is jam med np all around her. The Tacoma and John C Barr are also fast in dan gerous positions. Gomes' Ambition. New York, Jan. 9. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says: A colo nel in the insurgent army says that Gomez recently sounded the army on his old ambition of uniting Cuba and Santo Domingo under one government. The wily old chief thinks that the United States can offer no objection to this plan, which, if accomplished, would create a state strong enough to absorb Hayti soon. With this done, Gomez believes the foundation wculd be laid foi a republic which would soon take rank in the Western world second only to tbe United States. Dismissed Cadets. Richmond, Va., Jan. 9. News is received from Lexington tonight that today the superintendent of the Vir ginia military institute issued an order dismissing the entire first class of that institution, consisting of 85 cadets. The young men dismissed represent 13 states, and their offense was a breach of discipline committed on New Year's eve in tbe face of special warning England Will Welcome Choate. London, Jan. 9. The Daily News this morning in an editorial welcoming the expected appointment of Joseph H. Choate, of New York, as United States ambassador to tho court of St. James, says: "Englishmen will thank President McEinley for his choice. Mr. Choate will have an easy and pleasant task. He comes neither to take part in a quarrel nor to heal one, but to foster a cordial friendship into still more friendly cordiality." Tenpin Record Broken. Chicago. Jan. 9. The highest soore at tenpins ever recorded on the style with the American bowlini; congress alleys has been made by Louis Ullrich, of the Fellowship Club, in a contest with John A. Bender, of the Oakland Club. Ullrich scored exactly 300 pins, the maximum in a ten-frame game. The night previous he made an average of 223 in three games during a contest between his club and the Oakland Club in tiie Chicago League tournament. The latter soore is said to be the world's record for the highest average in three games. QUICK TIME FROM DAWSON.; Portlanders Break Overland Record New Yorkers Have Hard Luck. Seattle, Jan. 7. William Welch, Frank Rekole and W. Devine, of Port land, Or., who arrived here today from the Elondike, claim to have broken the overland record from Dawson to Skagway. They left Dawson, Decem ber 12. and arrived at Skagway, De cember 29. " ' Antone Grobesits , and Albert Ber nard, two young men from New York, met with very hard luck on the Way out. They broke through the ice on Thirty-Mile river and were in the wa ter some time. They finally were res cued and cared for by the police. Grobesita lost $2,800 in gold, which was tied on his sled. He arrived here today absolutely penniless. His part ner is at Tagish house in the police hospital, and will lose both feet as well as several fingers. Grobesits will need to have a toe amputated. " The Williams sawmill on the Elon dike liver, near Dawson, was totally destroyed by fire December 10. A number of horses perished. The to tal loss is estimated at 17.000. - Sulphur creek, which was disap pointing last year, is reported to ' be showing up well this winter. DAY IN CONGRESS. Several Bills of Minor Importance Passed in the Senate. Washington, Jan. 7. In the ab sence of tbe vice-president, on account of illness, Five (Rep. Me.) was presi dent pro tern at the opening of today's session of the senate. Berry' (Dem. Ark.) presented a protest from J.'E. Murray, camp of United Confederate veterans of Arkansas, against the adoption of the proposed amendment of Butler (Pop. N. C.) to the pension ap propriation bill, providing for payment of pensions to Confederate soldiers. Hoar (Rep. Mass) gave notice that next Monday he would address the sen ate on the resolution offered by Vest (Dem Mo.), relating to the acquisition of foreign territoiy by the United States. Caffery (Dem. La.) announced that he would address the senate to morrow on the same resolution. The senate passed a resolution direct ing the foreign relations committee to investigate the status of claims of United States citizens against Spain and passed bills to ratify agreements with the lower Brule and Rosebud reservation Indians, to grant California 6 per cent of the net proceeds of cash sales of public lands in the state, classi fying clerks in first and second-class p08toffices. The Nicaragua canal bill then came up, and Caffery made a speech on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. In the House. Washington, Jan. ' 7. Under a spe cial order adopted before the holiday recess, the house proceeded today to consideration of bills presented by the oommittee on judiciary. The bills were first considered in committee of the whole. The first bill called up was that to create an "additional cir cuit judge in the sixth judicfal circuit. The bill was finally laid aside with a favorable recommendation. Favorable action was also bad on a similar bill pro v-iding an additional jtsjge for thehirdjgdicial district. The TnTf was called . up providing loa the retirement of Judge, Cassius G. Foster. United States district of Kan sas, and occasioned some debate. Foster, Mr. Broderick explained, had served 24 years on the bench and had broken down physically, but had not reached age (70 years), when he can be legally retired. Open Door in the Philippines. Washington, Jan. 7. Senator Frye, of the American peace commission, said in the senate committee on com merce today that it was the under standing of the American commission ers that an absolute open-door policy was to be observed by the government of the United States with reference to trade in the Philippines, and , that other countries were to be given the same facilities as the United States in that trade. The question came up in connection with an informal discussion of the coast trade policy of this country and its extension to the Philippines. Frye also said the policy of exlouding tex tile fabrics would not, according to his understanding, be applied as in this country. May Exclude Americans. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 7.-Much talk is heard over the announcement in the speech from the throne at the open ing of the provincial legislature today, that a bill will be introduced to ex clude aliens from taking up or work ing placer mining claims within the piovince. The importance of this is in no" way to be gainsaid, for it will shut Americans out of the Atlin coun try completely, and it will preserve Atlin's riches for British subjects alone. At present Canadians are not allowed to take up mining claims in the United States. Leech Lake Indians Pardoned. Washington, Jan. 7. The president has pardoned the 12 Leech lake Indiana sentenced to various terms of imprison ment, and fined at the late term of the United States district court of Minne sota for resisting the United States marshal in making an arrest. Secret Treaty Respecting- China. London, Jan. 1. The Shanghai cor respondent of the Daily Mail says: Ac cording to Chinese report, a secret treaty exists between Great Britain and the United States to prevent any fuither alienation of Chinese territory. Killed In a Gravel Pit. Fnllerlon, Cal., Jan. 7. Martin and Hillery Nichols, boys, were killed to day in a gravel-pit by a cave-in. They were taking out gravel when the slide occurred. The Tax on Beer. Washington, Jan. 6. Attorney-General Griggs, in a recent opinion, holds that the tax to be assessed upon beer in case of attempted evasion and willful failure to affix the stamps should be at $2, and further that the additional tax to be assessed upon beer stored in warehouses on June 14, 1898, should be $1 a barrel, and not 92 cents. Rear Admiral Schley was presented with a sword in Philadelphia valued at $4,200 from citizens of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. PACIFIC COAST NEWS Items of General Interest Gleaned from the Thriving; Paclfle States. - The Country's Apple Crop. In connection with demand in the East and in Europe for our fruit, we quote from the Orange Judd Farmer in regard to the extent of the apple crop: This crop in the United States is smal ler than it has been since reliable sta tistics have been collected. The total Bupply from the 1898 crop of the Unit ed States is 27,000,000 barrels, as com pared with something over 40,000,000 barrels last year and 70,000,000 in the recoid-breaking crop of 1896. The fail are is widespread, reaching from the Pacific coast to Maine, and in none of the states does the output -of fruit ap proach an average. (This is not true, however, where the crop is not a fail ure). In the great apple states of the Central West the crop is almost a total failure, although tbe situation in Mich igan is better than elesewbere, having about two-thirds of the bumper crops of 1896. ' New York has only one-fifth of a fnll crop. The failure is attributed to the fact that during the blooming leason there -was an excessive rainfall, which washed out' the pollen and pre vented proper fertilization by insects, while a cold wave added to the injury, and subsequent moist, humid weather was very favorable to the development of fungus diseases. The Ontario crop is decidedly short. The crop of Europe is reported- below the normal. - Idaho's Mineral Output. The mines of Idaho have shared the general prosperity of tbe state. In every section of the commonwealth new strikes were made during the year just closed, and many of . them have de veloped into promising properties. The state's mineral production for 1898 is $1,659,570 more than it was last year, and $3,663,610 more than in 1896. J. W. Cunningham, superin tendent of the United States assay office at Boise, has made an estimate of the production of the state for the past year, upon - which the foregoing com parison is based. The following gives the actual pioduction for 1897, and the estimated production for 1898: 1 1898. 1897. Gold, ozs.... 110,000 I 2,273,700 2,125,833 Silver, ozs 6,000,000 7,740,000 7,103,321 Lead, lbs 141,467,260 6,375,755 "4,501,231 Total .. 115,389,455 $13,729,885 Increase, $1,659,570. In 1896 the gold production of the state was $2,823,700; silver, $4,464, 765; lead, $2,953,380; total, $11,751, 845. ' , New Milling Company. - A flour milling company, to be known as the M. M. & B. Co., has just been incorporated . at Chelan Falls. The incorporators are Messrs. R. T. Mutdock, James Marshall and George D. Brown. It is their purpose to at once inaugurate the building of a 100 barrel flour mill at the falls, although but 50-barrel machinery will be put in at the start. When it is remembered that at present there is but one flour mill between Wilbur and the Cascade mountains, in an area considerably more than 100 miles square, it will be seen that the present move means a large and profitable business from the start. ' Vr ' ' Olive Crnp. A Los Angeles Times man ..wjitea to his paper that throughout a great pait of Southern Califfornia the olive crop is this year a complete failure. At Fallbrook, in San Diego county, the large aoreage of olive trees on the Red Mountain ranch represents a con siderable production of the fruit, though neighboring orchards are bar ren. Beginning at Santa Paula, and extending westward through Santa Barbara county, there is a territory em bracing several large orchards, in which the trees are laden with heavy crops. This constitutes the production of Southern California for the present year. Aiding an Oregon Industry. The Portland linseed oil works are desirous of establishing a flax center at Dallas, and offer the farmers the fol lowing proposition: First, we will fur nish prime, clean seed to eaoh farmer who will sow from 20 to 30 acres oi more, this growing seed to be paid back at harvest of crop. Second, we will guarantee the farmers $1 a bushel of 56 pounds clean and f. . b. cars Portland. Any further iuforasation regarding the successful handing of the flax crop will be cheerfdully furnished by E. E. Lar rimore, manager Portland Linseed Oil works, Portland, Or. Improving Gas Plants. A new plant, double the size of the present works, will soon be built at Spokane by the Spokane Falls Gas Light Company, which now estimates spending $20,000 in improvements. The consumption of gas in that city has doubled within the past two years, necessitating an increased capacity. Twenty thousand dollars will also be spent at Butte, Mont., in doubling the capacity of the gas works there, which are controlled by the Spokane company. Bond Sale. The sale of the $2,000 worth of bonds issued on school district No. 1, of Ma son county, Washington, and to run six years at 5 per cent interest, have been sold to the directors of the school, who consider themselves quite lucky in se curing the investment. New Whiskey Distillery. The new plant for the manufacture of rye whisky is almost ready to begin operations at Logan, Or., by August Fisher & Co. The rye used will be raised in Clackamas county, and this will make the second whisky still on the Clackamas river. v By order of the court of Olympia, Wash., the bank building and fixtures of the First National bank of Olympia have been sold for $15,000 to George M. Heller, of Tacoma. DON'T DELAY.... In securing the COITJMBIA AGENCY or 1899; one day's delay may result in your competitor getting It. we are the only bicycle house having a delivery point in the North west. Prompt delivery of all orders assured. Dealers who handle the COLUMBIA and HAKTFOBl) line will have a double advant age over others who do not. We have im proved the quality of our products, while our .' Columbia Chalnless.. . 7 00 1 Hartfords.......,................".-.. 00 Columbia Models 67-58 60 00 Vedettes. Strictly Up-to-Date 00 oen. WriS!.'. : POPE MANUFACTURING CO., CntrolllnOrsgon,WMhlngtoii,MantaiiSMdl4abt 132-31 Slltl St., PflftllBlJ, Of PACIFIC COAST TRADE. - Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 60c; Valley, 62c; Bluestem, 63o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham, $2.65; superfine, $2.15 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 4041c; choice gray, 89 40c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $22 24; brew ing, $23.50 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $22; shorts, $18; chop, $16.00 per ton. Hay Timothy, $910; clover. $7 8; Oregon wild hay, $6 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c; seconds, 45 50c; dairy, 4045o store, 2580o. Cheese Oregon full cream, 11 13o; Young America, 15c; new cheese, 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.253 per dozen; hens, $3.504.00; springs, $1.253; geese, $6.00 7.00 for old, $4. 60 5 for young;, ducks, $5.00 5.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 15, 16c per pound. Potatoes 60 70c per suck; sweets, 2c per pound. Vegetables Beets, 90c; turnips, 75c per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, $1 1.25 per 100 pounds; cauli flower, 75o per dozen; parsnips, 75c per sack; beans, 3c per pound; celery 70 75c per dozen; cucumbers, 50c ptr box; peas, 8 8c per pound. Onions Oregon, 75c$l per sack. Hops 1518c; 1897 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 1012o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair, 26c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton. 7)c( spring lambs, 7)c per lb. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25 light and feeders. $3.00 4,00; dressed $5. 00 5. 50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, 3.50f3.75l cows, J $2.50 3. 00; dressed beef, 56Jc per pound. . ' Veal Large, 6Gc; small, 78 er pound. Seattle Markets. Onions, 8590o per 100 pounds. -Potatoes, 20$25. Beets, per sack, 75c. Turnips, per sack, 50 75c. Carrots, per sack, 45 60c. Parsnips, per sack, $1. Cauliflower, 5090o per doz. Celery, 85 40c. Cabbage, native and California $1.00 1.50 per 100 pounds. Apples, 85 50c per box. Pears, 50c$1.50 per box. . Prunes, 50o per box. Butter Creamery, 27c per pound; dairy and ranch, 18 22c per pound. Eggs, 30c Cheese Native, 1212c. Poultry Old hens, 12c per pound; spring chickens, 12c; turkeys, 16c. Freeh meats Choice dressed beef steers, prime, 67c; cows, prime, 6c; mutton, 7gC; pork, 67o; veal, 68o. Wheat Feed wheat, $22. Oats Choice, per ton, $24. Hay Puget Sound mixed, $9.00 11; choice Eastern Washington tim othy, $15. Corn Whole. $23.50; cracked, $24; feed meal, $23.50. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton. $2526; whole, $22. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.50; straights, $3.25; California brrnds, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $3.75; graham, per barrel, $3.60; whole wheat flour. S.'6rryeTtour, $4. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $14; shorts, per ton, $16. Feed Chopped feed, $1921 per ton; middlings, per ton, $17; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. San Francisco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 10 12c per pound; Oregon, Eastern, 10 12c; val ley, 1517c; Northern, 9llc. Millstuffs Middlings, $1821.00; bran, $15.50 16.50 per ton. Onions Silverskin,50 75c per sack Butter Fancy creamery, - 28c; do seconds, 25 26c; fancy dairy, 26c; do seconds, 2023c per pound. Eggs Store, 25 30c; fancy ranch, 34 87c. ' ( Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,' $2 2.60; Mexican limes, $6 6.50; Cali fornia lemons, $2. 00. 800; do choice, $3. 50 4. 50; per box. PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS. An average star of the first magni tude is one hundred times as bright as one of the sixth magnitude. Exports of flour from the Pacific coast to the Orient have grown in the last five years from 80,000 to 135,000 tons annually. The presence of a considerable quan tity of liquid carbonic acid in the rocks is among the surprising revelations of the microscope. A snake does not climb a tree by coiling round it, but by holding on with the points of its scales. A snake could not climb a glass pillar. The smallest salary paid to the head of a civilized government is $15 a year to the president of the Republic of Andorra, in the Pyrenees. Last year 852,000 persons were em ployed in the mines and quarries of the United Eingdom. The annual output of coal is about 200,000,000 tons. Only one-third of the world's popu lation use bread as a daily article of food. Fully one-half of the people of the world subsist chiefly on rice. . Some of the screws used in watches are so small that it takes 880,000 of them to weigh a pound. A remarkable dwarf pine from Green Mountain, near Boulder, Col., is report ed by Professor Bessey to be only five inches high with a single tuft of leaves, yet to show 25 annual rings. J. V. Cheney A sunbeam kissed a river ripple. "Nay, naught shall dis sever thee and me." In night's ' wide darkness passed the beam away, the ripple mingled with the sea. Columbia Model 40, S4s). Te Wolf Hopper's Bis; Business. De Wolf Hopper has good reason to be highly elated over the success his new opera, "The Charlatan," has re ceived on the road. Washington start ed the ball arolling to the tune ol $10, 000 a week, a like result was achieved in Baltimore, and now Boston has beaten the Washington week. "El Capitan" in its palmiest days was not received with anything like the favor that has been accorded Sousa and Elein's'latest effort. It was Mr. Hop per's intention to present "El Capitan" when he entered upon his postponed London season next year. But "The Charlatan's" drawing power is so strong that he has changed his plan, and will present it instead of Sousa and Elein's first joint work, "El Capi tan." It would appear from Washing ton, Baltimore and Boston critic'sms timt Mr. Hopper had discovered a mine of f un in the character of the wander ing fakir, and has added immensely to bis popujarjjjr as a cornelian. A Dottble Crop of Apples. On a Long Island farm is an apple tree which bore two crops of fruit tho past year, and the farmers are taking unusual interest in this pecaliarity of nature. Just as much interest has been shown in Hostetter's Stomach Bittt-rs, which has the peculiarity of curing dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation and blood disorders that other remedies fail to benefit. In chronic cases it rarely fails, and it cures whenever a cure is possible. "I think that the prospect for peace is very good," remarked one European. "Yes," answered' the other, "unless the czar and the kaiser get to quarrel ing ovei who deserves credit for bring ing it about." Washington Star. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED By local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion oi the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that- is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets In flamed yon have a rumbling sonnd or imper fect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflamma tion can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out ot ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Care. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 750 Hall's Family Pills are the best. Mr. Deadbioke "How are you, old man?" Mr. Bacout "Bad, very bad. Came near leaving this earth. Why, I've kept my room for over three months." Mr. Deadbroke "Call that bad? Why, .man, I had to give up mine the first time the landlady struck for rent." Harlem Life. TRY ALIEN'S FOOT-EASE, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, ner vous and uncomfortable. If you hare smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It rests and comforts ; makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callons spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and is a cer tain cure for Chilblains, Sweating, damp or frosted feet. We have over thirty thou sand testimonials. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoo tores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olm sted, o Roy, N. Y. ' - "These are remarkably fine biscuits of yours, my dear," said Mr. North side, as he balanced a specimen on the tips of his fingers. Mrs. Northside flushed with pride. "It is so good of you to say so," she murmured. "Yes, indeed," the wicked man went on; "I have rarely seen any so heavy for their size." Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. The Shortest Way. The shortest way out of an attack of neuralgia is to use St. Jacobs Oil, which affords not only a sure relief, but a prompt cure. It soothes, subdues and ends the suffering. Propeller Racing; Prevented. " To prevent the engines of a vessel from "racing" when the screw rises above the water, Signor E. Putalo has invented an electrical regulator. The contrivance consists of two vessels of mercury, connected at the bottom by a tub and mounted fore and aft in the ship. The vessels are about half full at normal depth. When the ship pushes forward so as to raise the screw the rods connected with the resistance are submerged one after the other, so that an electro-magnet is brought into play, the whole resistance being short circuited when the screw is entirely out of the water. The electro-magnet operates a throttle valve in the main steam pipe, which is thiown open by another magnet. By this arrange ment the steam is turned off and on. From experiments it has been shown that the mercury vessels need not be more than 84 inches apart on a ship 300 feet long. ' In the old cemetery at Cambridge. Mass., there is growing a pear tree which was planted by the Stone family when they came over from England 263 years ago. A SWORN STATEMENT. I. C. R. Rollins, M. D., of Grass Valley, Or., voluntarily make the following statement: After having my teeth extracted 1 have had five sets made at intervals of about nine months, three in Portland, one in San Francisco and one in Spokane. With neither of these have I been able to eat a meal's victuals or even an apple or ripe peach. On December 10. 1898, 1 had my sixth set made by Dr. Sirvker, I. O. O. F. Temple, First and Alder, Portland, Or., and within twenty minutes after the time they were put into my mouth I was able to eat a common hard winter apple and a piece of dried venison, and at this time, December 13th, have eaten every meal since with the greatest comfort and with no trouble at all. They are a perfect fit and. satisfactory in every respect. C. K. ROI.LIIiS, M. D. References: French Bros. Bank, The Dalles, Or.; Sherman Co. 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Venice without its waters would be a far less picturesque place than it ac tually is, says the London Chronicle. And such a state of affairs, we are led to believe, may eventually come about. The regular increase in the delta of tbe Po has been studied by Prof. Marinel li. Comparison of the Austrian map of about 1823 with the records of sur veys made in 1893 shows that the mean annual increase during those years has been about three-tenths of a square mile; and from all known data it ap pears that the total increase during six centuries has been about 198 square miles. The incease is continuing and the Gulf of Venice is doomed in time to disappear. No immediate alarm need, however, be excited, for Prof. Marinclli calculates that between 100 and 120 centuries will elapse before the entire Northern Adriatic will have be come dry land. Cnps for the Raleigh. An artistic set of punch cups to be presented to the cruiser Raleigh by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred W. Haywood, of Haw River, N. 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