DESERVING . POOH."
JUtcs and 1 on crowded, street
aged beggar chanced to meet;
I1t punned by with sterile frown.
And said, to argne conscience down,
I treat all snob, with rale unswerving.
now can one know when they're d
ingy"
"You're right," J cried, with nodding head
(I toil for Dives for my bread); -Bat
since the mind is heaven born.
And earthly fetters holds in scorn,
I thought, "That wretch and many more
.Starve through those words. 'Deserving
Poor."
And then, because i haply knew
How Dives rich and richer grew, .
I sneered (in thought), "Such careful alma,
- Snch nice, discriminating qualms.
Should be observed in rule unswerving
But by the rich who are deserving."
George Horton in Century.
' ' , True Gentlewomen.
When a working girl allows the faith
ful performance of her work to fall be
hind her devotion to dress she has used
the first coupon on her ticket to destruc
tion. The hand of Providence may in
terpose before the brakeman calls the
last station, but nothing short of such
uwivquuuu v;aii euv7 Aid . XI you lUOHt
come to this big city to earn your living
seek first the companionship of Christian
people. Ey Christian people I do not
mean church members necessarily, but
.all Bnch as have lofty standards and
crave to live up to them. Earnest, clean
hearted, pure lived people are the best
Christian people and make the best com
rades. Never be ashamed to Krnnrl fnr
your principled.
If you have been brought up to say
your prayers before retiring do not be
turned from the practice by the laughter
of fools. Be as brave as the little hero
in "Tom Brown's Schooldays," who
dared to stand by his colors in the face of
a swarm of tormenting boys. Be courte
ous always; a gentlewoman can always
be detected under shabby clothes, and a
-ay tnrougn the stress of ever so crew-
some poverty by the well bred affability
of their maimers. The shop girl who
cultivates a languid and indifferent style
of deportment would never be a lady of
the right stamp although you hung every
hair of her head with diamonds. Chi
cago Herald.
Nations Once Great.
From old writings many curious facts
are obtained. Among other things it
would seem that Corea, today more dad
. than alive, was at one time a formidable
power, military and naval; that the Jap
anese at long intervals changed from
peaceable neighbors into marauders and
freebooters worthy of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Frobisherand Drake; that Manipur, As
Bam, Burniah and Tonquin at various
epochs were strong belligerent commu
nities in the far east; that Cainbodia and
Cochin China were populous, rich and
warlike civilizations, where now the
tiger prowls and the serpent glides; that
. the island of Ceylon was the scene of
brilliant and brave dynasties, which fol
lowed one another like the waves-on the
shore, and at times the Tartar nomads
who live to the north, northeast and west
of Asia were gathered into great armies
and nations by unknown Tameriancs and
Zeaghia Khans. Philadelphia Times.
Kecltlng the Liturgy.
1171 r-.: 1 1 . a Vt- -i
nu:u(iu.o ucui-gs oi waies LOOK
command of the gunboat Thrush he also
took upon himself the usual duty of con
ducting the religious service on the ves
sel a Sunday mornings. Everything
went on well apparently, but at the end
of about four weeks some one suggested
to the prince that he was not reciting
the liturgy according to Cranmor, al
though the ship's company was highly
-flattered by his rendering. He had been
reciting fervently and humbly, "We
have done those things that we ought to
have done, and have left undone those
those things which we ought not to have
done," and the crew had been accepting
his statement of the "case and feeling
good. San Francisco Argonaut.
Simplify.
Simplify! That is the secret. Simplify
in household sen-ice and elucidate the
domestic problem. Simplify in food,
and solve the servant problem. Simplify
in weddings, and co-establish the old
fashioned practice of marrying and giv
ing in marriage. Simplify in what you
eat, and banish dyspepsia. Simplify in
protection, and abjure coIiIb. Bang out
your double windows, uncoil your steam
pipes, and go back to airy houses and
open fireplaces, and bid farewell forever
to contagions diseases. Chicago Herald.
lilesHiugs Easily Bestowed.
To read to the dear ones who are weak
or ill, to the sufferers in hospitals and to
aid those whose eyes are failing as the
long shadows of life's afternoon cloud
their brightness these are blessings
which we can easily bestow and by
which we are onrselves enriched. Har
per's Bazar.
Ueady for the Fray.
I Bee you obey military orders," ho
said as he looked admiringly at her deli
neate cheek.
"What do you mean?" she asked, won
dering. ;'; - -
"You keep your powder dry," he an
swer with sublime audacity. Detroit
Free Press.
Apple seeds are used in the manufac
ture of prussic acid. A Vermont farmer
picks them from his cider press and sells
i a - , s - ... .
uHsiu vu a cnezmsb uai oi 14U OUSnelS
of apples he gets about one bushel of
seeds.
In the manufacture of agricultural
Diem en ta. it is estimated that new i
chinery in the last fifteen or twenty
years nas displaced rally oo per cent, of
muscular labor formerly employed.
Paper properly treated with chemicals
and then subjected to great pressure is
being used for flooring material and for
general use in building as a fire resisting
ubstance. ' : ' -
A little girl whose attention was called
to the fact that she had forgotten to say
grace before beginning her meal shut her
eyes meekly and said, "Excuse me.
Amen."
JOHN JACOB ASTJIl.
HOW THE ' HEAD OF A GREAT
FAMILY SECURED HIS CAPITAL.
The liutctter Brother or the Great Fur
Trader Gave the Pioneer of the West
500 to Be' Rid of a I'oor Relative A
Princely Fortune Has Been Made Since.
Let me step back a hundred years and
tell you about the Astors. I may tell
you somethings - you did not know.
When John Jacob Astor worked his
way down the Rhine to the sea and
shipped to England away from his sloth
ful, lazy innkeeping father, he stopped
in London and went to work for his
brother, a successful manufacturer of
flutes and pianos', and unless I am very
much mistaken, junior "partner in what
is still the greatest piano making house
in England, though there are no Astorr:
in it now.
John Jacob was on . his way to Amer
ica, and only went to England to stoj
awhile and learn English a feat whict
he had not accomplished when he died.
When he reached New York city, not
very long after the close of the Revolu-,
tionary war, he had heard about the fui J
business and had determined to embark
in it. It does not matter whether 'hei
peddled a little before that any mor6
than it matters whether Jay Gould sold
rat traps before he became a railroad
operator. , v . . . .
In time John Jacob apprenticed him
self to a fur dealer and learned all the
tricks and secrets of the business. But
in the meantime he had come to this
city for the same reason he had gone to
London he had a brother here. This
brother was. Henry Astor, and in those
days nobody questioned which would be
tho more successful of the two, for
Henry was a mighty and a cunning
man in business. .
He was a butcher in the Bowery and
lived above his store there. He had
married a chubby, rosy German wom
an, of whom he used to boast, "She was
der pootiest gal by der Bowery."
THE TWO BROTHERS.
Now the Bowery was no ordinary I
street, ana tienry was no ordinary butch
er. The Bowery was the southern ter
mination of the old Boston post road,
and down it came the bulk of the
produce of the countryside which was
eaten in and shipped from New York.
Among other things all the cattle came
into town on that road on the hoof to be
sold to the butchers. Henry knew that
and so did all the other butchers, but
nenry put liis knowledge to practical
use. Ho drove out of town twice a
week on market days and met the cattle
on the road up in the country. There
he bought the best of all the steers an J
cornered the market. It was he who
thereafter set the prices and sold to the
other butchers. His young brother, j
John Jacob, was just as instinct with the !
ppeculative spirit, but he had no money,
to buy with and so he used to borrow of ;
Henry.
Henry did not like that. He distrusted
his brother's shrewdness, or else he was
close with his money. At any rate he
loaned it to John Jacob unwillinfflv. and
finally he met a request for a loan with j
a bluff "No." He said he would not be
bothered any more, but this is what he
would do. He would give John Jacob
the sum of $500 outright as a gift if John
Jacob would sign a paper promising
never to ask for the loan of another
penny from that date forever. John
Jacob jumped at the offer. He took the
$000, and perhaps that had more to do
with the foundation of the great Astor
fortune than any other sum he got in all
his life.
THE sri.IT IX THE FAMILY.
1 have beard that there are -some
Astors desceudent from Henry living np
the Hudson river, and that the great a:id
rich Astors have nothing to do with
them. 1 do not know whether that is
true or whether there are such Astors,
but if it is true it is all right, for Henry
unquestionably parted with the rest of
the family deliberately and in cold blood
when he paid that sum of money to John
Jacob so as not to be bothered by his
then poor relations any more. .
J ohn Jacob Astor prospered amazingly.
He made millions when it was something
that nobody else unconnected with roy
alty 'appeared able to do, except the
Rothschilds in Europe. With those
millions, made by putting the entire con
tinent under a tax for its furs, he estab
lished not only a landed estate, but a
family with a principle, -with a fixed
purpose.
He was of incalculable service in the
development of New York, because he
went to districts the city had not reached
and built dwellings for persons of mod
erate means. He built them very, well,
to last as long as possible, and ho rented
them for a fair return, thus establishing
a moderate system of rentals with all
the landlords of the city.
In another generation an unfortunate
split occurred, and the estate and the
family have since then gone forward in
two parts, much the larger part (nearly
two-thirds, I believe), going to the de
scendants of the elder son, and the small
er part to the descendants of a second
son. William. Waldorf Astor now rep
resents the bulk of the estate, and the
little babv. John ' JacnK in j
smaller part.; John Ralph in Providence
Journal.
Asbestos Three Thousand Tears Old.
Asbeetus differs from nearly all other
minerals in being fibrous and fext.n
dividing into fibers resembling in deli
cacy tnose oi'. Has and silk, and can be
spun and woven like any other textile
fiber,' eivine a varn or, cloth entirelv
fireproof - - and - acidproof. - - Although
known in Egypt . and elsewhere 3.000
years ago, the practical use of this ma
terial in considerable Quantities
delayed to the present age. India Rub-
oer worm. - : .
. . " .
A Reflective Mind.
Professor Greatmind Have yon ever
rellected on the mysterious wonders of
electricity?
Sweet Girl Indeed I have, and I don't
w yet why my bangs come out of enri
ir.g a thunderstorm. Good News.
The Bambino.
-In the old church of Ara Celia, near
the top of the" capito!" steps, in' the
city of Rome, is a little treasury room
where the sacred vestments are kept,
and where, in a wonderful little repos
itory, lies a wooden doll called the sacred
bambino, representing the Holy Child
Jesus. So strong is the superstition with
regard to this child that in cases of ill
ness it is sent for and taken in great state
by some dignitary of the church to the
bedsides of sufferers who believe in its
miraculous power 'to heal and bless. In
this old church, around the altars, are
the offerings of those who claim to have
been healed of their infirmities by the
miraculous power of this wonderful
child. ;
Here are repetitions in wax of maimed
limbs; pictures of people rescued from
burning houses; of children who fell
from windows, receiving no harm; of
men drowning in swollen streams, saved
by the sight of this little child appearing
on the brink. Before the altar may
always be seen a kneelinsr throne-. fnrtTio
hearts of a great many of the people have
upeuea ana iaKcn in a love for and a
faith in this wonderful little
At times there have Vwwn mmnn n
bambino having been stolen, or, because
: jtz i . ,i ...
vi xio uispieusure ac tne sins or tne peo
ple, having withdrawn itself from sight.
Harper's Bazar.
The Selection of rYult.
Care should be exercised in the selec
tion of fruit, as it is just as easy and as
cheap to buy good fruit as the bad stock.
Never buy a cat in the bag; or in other
words, fruits or nnts that are placed in
packages by the dealers, for the chances
are against the purchaser receiving the
same quality as is exposed to view. For
instance, the wagon fruit peddler's profit
is derived, not from ' the sale of short
measures, but from the disposal of the
bad and poor stock which he has. The
peddler will search the wholesale market
through for a damaged stock of grapes
or bananas which, he can purchase cheap.
After an hour or two of mysterious work
he has his wagon or handcart properly
arranged for appearance on the public
thoroughfares.
The first customers are almost sure to
find themselves cheated after examining
their purchases on their arrival at home.
The good stock is held to attract the
late trade. If you watch a peanut ped
dler just after he has located on a corner
for business you will see him with a
paper sack in hand picking out the dis
colored nuts, which will go to the first
customers, and so it is with all huck
sters. Pick your own goods and then
you are sure not to be cheated. Inter
view in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Humor from the Isle of Man.
In the Isle of Man, as in Scotland,
much of the humor depends upon odd
turns of expression, "If aver I get to
heaven pass'n" (parson), said an old
parish clerk, "it'll be under your patron
age." The notion here is funny enough,
giving a vivid glimpse of tho future state
as depicted by a man who had beldom
been outside his own parish. Or the
humor may consist merely in the unex
pected use of some particular word.
A queer old character who had been
given a new muffler and kept it carefully
wrapped up in paper instead of using it,
replied to all remonstrances, "I'm not
goin fur to make a hack of it at all.'
Upon another occasion he remarked to a
visitor, who had been much benefited in
health hy a residence in the island, "Yon
iss a much batter gentleman now till yoo
wass when yen came," with which may
be compared the courtly minister's "who
putteth her ladyship's" trust in thee."
London Saturday Review.
The Neptune's Head. .
Above a butchers stall on the west
Bide of prosaic Washington market
stands a peculiar relic. It is a beauti
fully carved idyllic head of Neptune,
and once upon a time it graced the prow
of some long gone clipper. Covered
with grime and festooned with cobwebs,
it looks down from its perch with the
same graven smile with which it once
met tempest and calm alike. It is cut
from a block of English oak, and the
craftsman who fashioned it was a mas
ter hand, for it has the breadth of treat
ment and firmness of detail of an an
tique Grecian bust. Properly mounted
it would make a most effective orna
ment for a mantelpiece or center table,
and in the hands of a curiosity collector
who knows his business would undoubt
edly bring a stiff price. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Value of Cold Sponging.
Accustom yourself to the use of spong
ing with cold water every morning on
first getting out of bed. It should be
followed by a good deal Of rubbing with
a wet towel. This has considerable
effect in giving tone to the skin and
maintaining a proper action in it, and
thus proves a safeguard to the injurious
influence of cold and sudden changes of
temperature.
Sir Ashley Cooper, the celebrated Eng
lish physician, said: "The methods by
which I have preserved my own health
are temperance, early rising and spong
ing the body with cold water immedi
ately after getting out of bed. a practice
which I have adopted for thirty years
without ever having taken cold."
Newport Observer.
Health of the Survivors of the War.
While the health of . some men have
been improved by their military service
during the war, even to the preservation
of lives that would have been lost had
the owners remained exclusively in civil
life, the health of the average 'veteran
has been deteriorated by his service, and
that he suffers more from illness and has
a somewhat less expectation of life than
other men of his age. " This conclusion,
based as it is upon an examination of the
census data for a small part of the coun
try, isa provisional one only. Dr. John
S. BiUgs in Forum.
The usual gentle Emerson can be cyn
ical sometimes. This sentence of his is
bitter enough for Timom'"JIost men
and most women are merely one couple
more."
Characteristics of Hungarian Women.
The Hungarian woman likes to eat
well, takes naturally to swimming, danc
ing, gymnastics, and has not: the least
objection to being-admired. Although
not specially inclined to 'sentimental ef
fusiveness, in one sense of the term, she'
may, in moments of love and passion,
give a profoundly stirring expression to
her emotions; she may clothe her senti
ment in words of enrapturing naivete
drawn from the depths of the national
temperament, if it does not find utter
ance in . the all expressive "jai," whis
pered in the acme of .ecstasy, accom
panied by an ineffably blissful glance.
This is true of the sd called girls of
the people no less than of women of the
.higher classes, for grace and beauty
know no difference between high and
low, and often bestow upon a poor,
barefooted, short skirted ' peasant giri
(with her face in a kerchief tied under
the chin) the same enchanting form, the
same ' magically attractive glance, as
upon her more favored sister. Wilhelm
Singpr in Harper's, . ' ,
i,. '
The Origin of a Famous Tree.
In the famous West Philadelphia Bar
tram Botanical gardens there flourishes
an enormous Florida swamp cedar, the
trunk of which is fully six feet in di
ameter. This tree was planted under
very peculiar circumstances, well worthy
of narration. One day, many years ago,
the great Bartram was riding 'through
the state of marshes and alligators, and
the beast he bestrode was a very Roci
nante. So, to accelerate his journey, he
dismounted at a neighboring swamp and
cut a switch, with which he belabored
to good effect the lean and hungry steed.
The switch did such good service upon
this occasion that he preserved it, and
upon his return to Philadelphia planted
it in his garden, and the- huge swamp
cedar is the switch.- " " --
yeomen
Tin. romiaoi; aSk: '.o -.r, of worncu :;ro sttk-iiccd-achc-,
iuuigehtio:! u::-.i iiervo::s troubles. Ihsy
ar-.si! luicc'.y from .t.-.ir.ut li isunZe-s. As Joy'
Vf;o'ab!o t arsaparilla is tin; only bov.-t.-l regit-la'.I-S
preparation, von con r.ivt v.-hv it "
effective than a:iy oilier Fu:ji arlllu ia tiicst
rv.uu.os. . it is oas.y rclicviaj i.uaclrcrls. The
ocllo:! is mild, direct nJ c:7'.. tive. We bavc
(cores of letters from grateful '.-.omen.
We refer to a few :
. Nervous debility, Mrs. .7. Eurroa, 1:2 7iU St., E. P.
Kcrvoi-.s debility, Mrs. Fred. l.oy, 327 Ellis St., S.F.
General debility, Jlrs. Eelilon, 610 irosou. St, B.F,
Xer" "v Sebility, Jlrs. J. I-amphere, 733 Turk St.,
Nervous ilebility. Miss E. Hoseublum, 2S2 17th
Stomnrh troubles, Jlrs. K. I Wheuton, 701 Post
Siek bcnc.ac!r, Mrs. 51. B. Price, 16 Prospect
I'ittce, S. F. r
Sick hcauacbc3, Mrs. M. Fowler,327 Ellis St., S.F.
Indigestion, Mrs. C. D. Stuart, 1221 Mission St.,
Constipation, JJi-s. c. Melviu, 126 Kearny St.&F.
Vegetable '
Sarsaparilia
Most modern, most effective, largest bottle.
Bame price, tl-00 or 6 for J5.00.
For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSLY
THE DALLES, OREGOX.
LH GRIPPE
By using 8. B. Hendacheand Liver Cure, and S.
B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were
" lSTTCJ033JSS2?TTIjiXj-Scr
used two years ago during the La tiripiie epi
demic, and very flattering testimonials of their
power over that disease are at hand. Manufact
ured by the 8. B. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Du fur,
Oregon. For sale by all druggists.
A Severe Law.
The English peo
ple look more closely
'to the genuineness
V 6- :i"& of these staples than
J$."v ( j we do. In fact, tbey
" ysMlf hove a, law uuder
which they make
a
i stroy adulterated
- products that are
not what they are represented to be. Under
this statute thousands of pounds of tea have
been burned because, of their wholesale adul
teration. .
Tea, by the way. Is one of the most notori
ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artifi
cially colored, but tliciu.tnrls of pounds of
substitutes "for tea leaves oro used to swell
the bulk of ehoari tea af U, sloe, and willow
loaves boins those most . commonly used.
Agiiia, sweepings fr.jiu tea warehouses are
colored and sold 3 tea. Even exhausted tea
leaves eatherevTfrom the tea-houses are kept,
' dried, and made over and find their way into
the chenp teas.
The English government at'.en:pts to jstamp
.lib, out by coailicaiin; but no tea is too .
poor for u-, a-.id the resul. is, that probably
1 the poorn t teasubcd by a:iy nation are those
Consumed lu America.
Leech's Tea is presented with tie guar
anty that it is Biicolorcd and unadulterated;
in fact, the suu-curea tea leaf pure and sim
ple. Its purity insnres superior strength,
about one third less of it being required for ,
an infusion than of Ihe a-!ifioial teas, and ita
fragrance and exquisite liavor is at once ap
parent. It will be a revelation to you. In
- order that its purity and quality may be guar
anteed. It Is sold only in pound package
bearing this rralc-mark :
BEEC
ISI VTM iUii I I ' l.'l I I
CTTIU3D
m, TEA
SUN "fc
WtfO ,....'..
'Pure AsWdhoodj
Price 60c per pound. . Fox sale at
Leslie S-u.-tlozr'is-
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expression of their approval. Independent in every
thing, neutral in nothing,
for what it believes to be
Commencing with the first number of the second
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while the price ($1.50 a
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