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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withdrawn from the standpipe and a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.
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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
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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,
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At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
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"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. Bank, Wasco, Or.; Win.
Holder, Sheriff of Sherman Co.; Drs. A. 8. Nichols and Brother, Portland, Or.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of December, 1898.
Seal JOHN OGILBEE, Notary Public for Oregon.
TEETH WITHOUT PLATES
Roots Crowned. Bridges Made.
Painless fillingr and extraction.
Dr. T. H. White, r,ror.on'
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Venice Will Be Drained.
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. C, has just been com
pleted, says the Baltimore Sun. Mis..
Haywood, who is the daughter of Gov
ernoi Holt, of North Carolina, wa9
sponsor for the cruiser at the time ol
her christening. The cups are 12 ii
number and weigh 100 ounces troy.
Each cup is four inches high and three
inches in diameter, resting upon four
dolphins, whose bodies curve grace
fully about the body of the cup. They
are highly polished and lined with
gold. They are of the same design as
the massive punch bowl whioh was
presented to tbe cruiser by the citizens
,of North Carolina when she first went
1 into commission. The Raleigh is a
iseoond rate cruiser that formed part ot
Admiral Dewey's squadron and is now
on the Asiatio station.
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Insurance agent Pardon me, mad
am, but what is your age? Miss Ami
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' many times did you see them? Chi
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HOITT'S SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
Now at Burlingame, will remove to its
beautiful new home at Henlo Park, San
Mateo Countv, Cal., and re-open January
16th, 1899. Address Ira G. Hoitt, Ph. D.,
Menlo Park, Cal.
A new kind of cloth is being made
in Lyons from the down of hens, duckd
and geese. Seven hundred and Ity
grains of 'feathers make rather more
than a square yard of light waterproof
cloth.
No household is complete without a bot-
tie of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. It
is a pure and wholesome stimulant rec
ommended by all physicians. Don't ne
glect this necessity.
Miss Mary Kingsley, the daughter
of Charles Kingsley and the most fam
ous modern woman explorer, .is said to
be contemplating another trip through
Central Alrica.
I believe Piso's Cure is the only medi
cine that will cure consumption. Anna
M. Ross, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, 1895.
Originally the custom of raising the
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there is going to be another war?" "I
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mild man. "I only said I was afraid
so. I merely draw my conclusions by
observing people better informed than
myself. Magazine people used to wait
15 or 20 years before writing up a war.
The way they are rushing copy on this
one certainly looks to me as if they
saw more business ahead." Wash
ington Star.
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