Experience
And Not
f.
Experim ents
Should be your guide in buying medicine.
Let others experiment; you should be
guided by experience. Experiments are
uncertain in result; experieuce is sure.
Experiments muy do you harm; exjieri-
ence proves that Hood's Sarsaparilla will
do you wonderful good. You muy rely
upon the experience of those who have
been cured by this medicine.
F u lfills a Duty.
“ I feel it my duty to let people know
bow much good Hood’s Sarsaparilla did
for me. My health was poor and I had
doctored and taken medicjne but found no
relief, so I thought I would try Hood's
Sarsuparilla. After taking two bottles I
felt better and I kept on taking it and now
I am well. I think it is the best blood
medicine in the world.”—C. W. C abey ,
Prineville, Or.
THE LUNCHEON HOUR
WHEN PEN SIO N O FFIC E CLER K S
LEAVE THEIR DESKS.
I n a n d A b o u t t h e B i g C o u r t—E n j o y
m e n t in a C up o f C o ffe e a n d a S a n d
w i c h —O n e o f t h e I n t e r e s t i n g C a p it a l
Citjr S i g h t s .
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A m o n g th e F ile C ases.
No more interesting sight can be seen
about W ashington than th a t which oc
curs dally a t the pension office during
th e half hour, betw een 12:30 and 1
o’clock, allowed the employes of th a t
branch of the governm ent for luncheon.
HO O Cl’ S ’ pa’“"«
Is America's Greatest Medicine. Sold by all
druggists, >1; six for |5. Get ouly Ho»id's.
H a a / I ’ c D i l l c are
I lV O tl s
g en tle, m ild , effec-
■ I l l s liv e. A ll druggists. 26c.
W a t e r w a y s in R u s s ia .
The Russian governm ent will shortly
open a water route into th e interior of
Russian Tnrkestan and thus furnish
th e country w ith com m unication, and
to some extent with water also. For
this purpose advantage will be taken
of a line of depressions or valleys ex
tending from a point on the lower
course of Am ur-Daria river eastward
to the Caspian sea. A canal to the
Caspian cati be built on a com paratively
easy lino The Russian experience in
Turkestun has shown th a t the ancient
fe rtility of the country can be restored
by irrigation, and large shipm ents of
cotton are now made to Moscow. The
promising m ineral deposits have also
been located and transportation in ad
dition to tho present trans-Caspian
railroad is much needed.
T h e W orld*» H ard W o o d M a rk et.
London is tho hardwood m arket ol
the world. American buyers of Mex
ican woods go to London to make their
purchases instead of Mexico.
The
woods are shipped to London and
then back to the U nited States, for the
reason th a t London is the exchange of
th e world.
" A N O PEN LETTER TO M O T H E R S .
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use o f the word “ CASTORIA,” and
“ PITCHER’S CASTORIA.” as our Trade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of “ PITCHER’S CASTORIA,”
the same that has borne and does now bear the
facsim ile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
everj’ wrapper. This is the original “ PITCHER’S
CASTORIA ’* which has been used in the homes
Of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
kind you have alwayt bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to nse
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
Match 8, 1897.
SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX
There Is som ething of a m ilitary pre
cision In the m anner lunches are eaten
at the pension office, very different
I from the w ay th a t proceeding Is con
ducted In other departm ents.
Commissioner E vans has Insisted
th a t as the lunch tim e Is from 12:30 to
1 o'clock th a t the net of taking nourish
ment shall be eonllned to th a t period.
Not a m inute sooner th an the pre
scribed hour the arm y of 1,000 clerks
emerge from the offices and sw arm
down the broad staircases to the e ast
ern portion of the court, w here a score
af Impromptu tables are set loaded w ith
sandw iches, pie, cups of coffee and v a r
ious concoctions of food to be devoured.
The venders of these provisions are In
structed not to sell anything before
12:30 o’clock, and previous to th a t time
a dollar M I would not be sufficient to
buy a piece of pie.
A hundred and fifty bicycles are
stacked In the court of the pension of
fice, and half of the ow ners of these
w heels mount them prom ptly during
lunch tim e and speed aw ay a mile or a
F o r Itic y c le R id er».
D inner pails are being fitted w ith
bails which will perm it th e ir a ttach
m ent to the top bar of a bicycle fram e,
th e bail having a circular spring
formed on either side close to the pail,
w ith spring braces extending to th e
cover to prevent a sudden ja r or Swing.
FIT# Permanently Cured. N o Itta or oervousnes
F i l o after llrsi day’s use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Seud for F R E K tts.OO trial
bottle anil treatise. DR. R. H. HLireif., ir e ojo
Arch street, Philadelphia, Fa.
a
A
ly Interesting subjects for conversa
tion. Of course, as In every gathering
of nieu ami women, all sorts of gossip
runs riot.
O ther signs th a t would be of Interest
to the visitor, but which have become
commonplace w ith the clerks nt the
pension office, are the great stretch of
file cases containing the claims for
pensions of a million brave soldiers ami
soldiers’ widows and minor children,
w hich cover nearly the entire Door
space of the court of the pension office
building, and the largest American
flag lu the U nit«! States, which floats
above them all. In no other place on
earth has there ever been such a m ass
ing together of claims of soldiers for
pensiona, the result of a single civil
w ar.
Men who rem em ber the tost time the
rem nants of the Grand Army of the
Republic, old men ami feeble, many of
them carrying evidences In their m aim
ed Ixxlies of the stirring scenes through
w hich they passed, m arched up Penn
sylvania avenue am id an applauding
audience made of a younger generation
have a peculiar feeling of veneration to
w ard the nuiss of papers which have
been filed since the w ar In the pension
office to prove their claims for recogni
tion through pensions. But this scene,
a m em orable one to visitors here. Is now
too commonplace to call forth much In
terest from the clerks of the pension of
fice who wend their way to the lunch
counters through this mass of docu
m entary evidence.
Finally a t 1 o’clock a gong sounds,
and before Its Intonations have died
out the I,(¡00 clerks of the pension of
fice are back at tlielr desks ami at
work. T here are no stragglers. This
precision Is unknow n In other d epart
ments, but a t the pension office It Is
ever present during lunch time. The
short half hour devoted to attentions
•to the Inner man Is a pleasant break
alw ays a t the pension office, and pleas
a n te r probably because of the stric t
ness observed In stopping and begin
nlng work.
“ Y o u r s T r u ly . ”
The habits of people In signing let
ters are receiving some attention, and
Interesting conclusions are draw n from
a study of the different w ays w riters
subscribe
them selves.
The
curt
•’Yours" and “Yours tru ly ” are found
not ouly In business letters, but In per
sonal notes as well, for there are plenty
of correspondents who don’t believe In
gush, and who think th a t “Yours tru ly ”
or “sincerely” means about all they
wish to convey. Opposed to these sen
sible and essentially practical persons
Is th a t class of w riters m ade up usual
ly of young and enthusiastic Individ
uals, as a rule of the gentle sox, who
throw w ords about as carelessly on pa
per as they do In conversation. The
use of the word love by such people
Is a distressing sign of emotional w eak
ness, or carelessness, or of Insincerity,
and possibly arises from the sam e im
pulse thnt prom pts women to kiss each
other indiscrim inately. One Boston
girl, who Is quoted by the Journal, has
taken her own stand lu the m atter, and
a t the risk of being considered “cold”
and “thoroughly Boston” she sticks to
It. In her childhood she wns tau g h t to
sign “affectionately yours’’ to her fa r
aw ay g re a ta u n ts and second cousins,
some of whom she had never seen, but
all of whom she tried to like, because
of the claims of kindred, and the word
“affectionately” came to m ean to her
nothing ut all except polite and neces
sary fiction. 80 she signs “affection
ately” to people she Is supposed to be
conventionally fond of, and when she
says anything more she m eans It. She
thoroughly approves of “Cordially
yours,” and this, by the way. Is seen
more and more frequently now In
notes betw een acquaintances who are
on distinctly friendly or cordial term s.
A fter all, “Your friend,” when It can lie
used truthfully, Is a simple and satis
factory w ay of ending friendly letters.
Some people have the habit of not pre
facing their nam es with any set form
of w ords a t the end of letters. They
stop when they get through, and w rite
their signatures w ithout any frills.—
W orcester (Mnss.) G azette.
A sleigh made by Colonel David
WITH A MUG OP MILK.
Moseley in 1776 has been in the family
service ever since. It is now owned by mile and a half to their homes, w here
Edw ard Moseley, of Westfield, Mass., they eat their mid-day meal w ith their
a great-grandson.
fam ilies. The others stand atxw t the
court w ith a mug of milk or coffee, a
sandw ich or a piece of pie, quietly gain
ing refreshm ent w hile they exchange
the news of the day.
To the outer world the doings of the
chiefs of divisions In the pension office
may appear to be a small m atter, but
And consider th a t In addressing Mrs. w ithin the barn-llke structure th a t ac
P in k h am you aro confiding y our private com m odates this branch of the govern
ills to a woman—a woman whose ex ment the chiefs are the personal ahis of
perience In tre a tin g w om an’s diseases th e commissioner. They see the com
la g re a te r th a n th a t of any living phy m issioner every day, talk over w ith
him the adm inistration of the bureau,
sician, male or female.
You can ta lk freely to a w om an when suggest changes th a t might Improve Its S p re a d o f th e E n g lis h L a n g u a g e .
Mr. G ladstone lately expressed him
I t Is revolting to re la te y our private methods of doing business, and to a
self
as believing th a t English Is to be
tro u b les to a man; besides, a m an docs greater or less extent the arm y of
n o t understand, simply because he 1s a clerks are dependent upon them for the language of the future. Mr. G lad
stone's rensons are based on w hat has
man.
happened w ithin his own lifetim e.
MRS. PINKIIAM ’S STANDING
W hen Mr. G ladstone was born English
INVITATION.
w as spoken by 30,000,000 of people. It is
now spoken by 12o,000,000. The num
Women suffering from any form of
ber of people In tho earth who s|s*ak
fem ale w eakness are Invited to prom ptly
English Is doubled every forty years.
com m unicate w ith Mrs. Pinkham , at
This forms the Itnsls of a very simple
L y n n , Mass. All le tte rs are re
calculation ns to when the entire jstpu-
ceived, opened, read, and answ ered by
lutiou of the earth shall speak English,
women only. A woman can freely
The tw o great Eagllah-speaklng coun-
ta lk of her private Illness to a woman.
trice are G reat Britain and tho United
T h u s has been established th e etern al
States. W herever G reat B ritain goes
confidence betw een Mrs. Pinkham and
she carriee tho English language, and
th e women of America which has never
w hoever come« to the United States
been broken. Out of th e v ast volume
o f experience which she has to draw
learns I t
from , it is more th a n possible th a t (ho
S u f f ic ie n t P r o v o c a t io n .
h a s gained the very know ledge th a t
Alkali Ike—W ot’s the m atter, pod-
w ill help your case. She asks nothing
ner? W hy did you hang th a t 'ere
ELABORATE.
In re tu rn except your good w ill, and
chap?
h e r advice h as relieved thousands.
“reputations” as good clerks. So H la
C actus Cal He got his g u itar out
Surely any woman, rich o r poor, Is very
thnt
any
word
th
a
t
may
have
dropped
last
night and begin playin' tho Span
foolish if she does n o t ta k e advantage
from the lips of a chief to passed ish fàndango — P ittsb u rg Chronicle.
o f tills generous offer of assistance.
around and devoured as eagerly as are
More th an a fair imoflt Is realised on
the viands which are procured of the
caterers. An accident happening to th e articles sold a t a church fair.
any of th e clerks is discussed and com
Boito are not considered fashionable,
mented on, and the various orders Is
sued bi' the commissioner form intense- I but they are always swell affaire.
Stop! Women,
Use only one heap
ing teaspoonful of
Schilling 5 Best Bak
ing Powder to a
quart of flour.
Y ou must use tzuo teaspoonfuls o f other baking powdir.
wo
There is an immense garden in China
—th a t embraces an area of 50,000
square miles. It is all meadow land,
and is filled with lakes, ponds and
canals.
In French trails, a m ixture of ten
parts of air and one part of acetylene
has proven suitable for ordinary gas
engines, giving three tim es the energy
of ordinary illum inating gas.
B IL L S O P F A K E IN F kSI1IO N A1ILE
B E S T A U ltA N T S .
The question has been mooted over and over
aural» whether the engrafting of French and
German dialing upon the bills of fare of the
better class of American restaurants ts or ts
not an Improvement. Many pretend that be
fore tlielr Introduction our cooking was coarse,
barbaric. This is an open question, but no bill
of fare presents attractions to the dyspeptic,
but they, like the bilious, malarious and per
sons with weak kidneys, can be cured by floa
ter's Stomach Hitters.
CLEVELAND
COTTAGE COLORS
PUBE PAINT
B est R ep u ta tio n .
Best P ain t for Dealer or Consumer.
Color Cards Sent Free.
Cleveland Oil & Paint Mfg. Co..
PO RTLAND, O REGON.
Good
Health
Sh iik eop eH re's S o n g i In M ualo.
Shakespeare’s songs put in musio
and sung by single and collected voioes
was the entertainm ent furnished the
members of the Chicago W om an’s Club
a t Handel hall the other evening.
TRY
A L L E N 'S
READY MIXED
In the working capital
o f humanity. He who
lone« that Is wrecked
Indeed. la your health
( k i l l ng you, your am
bition, vigor, vitality
wanting away T
When others fan oax>-
eult
F O O T -E A S E .
A powder to be shaken into the shoes.
DOCTOR
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
R A T C L IFFE ,
vous. and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try For the speedy, safe and permanent euro of all
Ailen’s Foot-liuse. It cools the feet and N e r v o u s , C h r o n * ic a n d ’ S p . e _ c ia l diaeanen, even
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and ; in their m ost aggravated forms. There In no man
In the world who has effected so many permanent
sweating feet, blisters ami callous spots. cures
in both Men and Women o f troubles which
Relieves corns ami bunions of all pain and other physicans of acknowledged ability had given
gives rest and comfort Ten thousand tes u p a s hopeleM as this eminent specialist.
S D E B IL IT Y and all Its attending
timonials of euros. Try it todnv. Sold by I N E R V O o f U YOUNG.
MIDDLE-AGED and OLD
all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Sent ailments,
MEN. The awful effects of neglected or Improp
by mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package erly treated case«, causing drains, weakness o f
FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le body and brain, dlssluess, falling memory, lack o f
energy and confidence, pains In back, loins and
Roy, New York.
kidneys, and many other distressing symptoms,
It Is said th a t a Scotchman planted
the first th istle in A ustralia out of love
for his native land, and now m illions
of th a t plant aflliot the land.
H OM E P R O D U C T S A N O PUK K F O O D .
so-called,
very
Eastern Byrtip,
llgl'l colore«£aiuT
of’heavy
body, is usually
made from
ml of
h
ducose. “ Tea Garden Prtui” is made from
Sugar Cane and 1« strictly pure. It is for sale
by flrst-clahs grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured bv the P acific C oast syrup C o . All gon-
uine ” 7Vn Garden P rint” have the manufac
turer’s name lithographed on every can.
• 1OO R E W A R D S1OO.
Tho readers of this r>tii>er will bo pleased to
learn that Ibero is at least one dreaded dlseaso
that HClenee has been able to cure in all its
(taxes, and that lscatarrh. B all's Catarrh Curo
Is tho ouly posltlvo cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis
ease, requires a Constitutional treatment.
Ball's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucons surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying tho founda
tion of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing Its work. Tho pro
prietors have so much faith in Its curative
powera that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any ease that ft falls to core. Send for list
of testim on ials Address
F. J. CBKNEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists. 78o.
B all's Family Fills are the best.
nnflttlng one for study, business or enjoyment of
life. Dr Ratcllfle can euro you, no matter who or
what has failed.
W E A K MKN. H e restores lost vigor and vi
tality to weak men. Organs of the body which
have been weakened through disease, overwork,
excesses or indiscretions are restored to full power,
strength and vlfor through his own successful sys
tem of treatment.
VA R IC O C K LK , hydrocele, swelling anil ten
derness o f the glands treated with unfailing success.
S P E C IA L DIHKAHKS, Inthunmutlon, dis
charges, etc., which, If neglected or Improperly
treated, break down the system , cause kidney and
bladder diseases, etc.
D I S E A S E « O F W O M EN . Prompt and es
pecial attention given to all thetr many ailmeuta.
W H IT E If you are aware o f any trouble. DO
NOT DELAY. Call on Pr n ate 11 Are today. Ifyoti
cannot call, write him. Ills valuable hook free to
all sufferers. CONSULTATION FREE aud confi
dential at office or by letter.
E. M. RATOLIFFB. TO Firri In. HUTU. HUI
° ‘ff PicTO’**'V
UfilOH PflG IFIG R. R.
THE THROUGH CAR LINE.
An ingenious h a tte r of P aris con
structed a house of felt made out of FLLLMAN FALACE KLKEPEK8.
34,000 old hnts. T his house consisted
PULLMAN TOCRIST SLKEPERS.
of a parlor, dining room and bed-room; !
FllEE RECLININO CBAIR CARA
also a, kitchen.
For lung and chest diseases Piso's Cure
i> the best medicine we have used.—Mrs.
J. L. Northcott. Windsor, Out., Canada.
The am ount of liquid refreshm ents
taken by a man of 70 years would equal
70,700 pints, and to hold th is a pail 12
feet high and more than 2,500 tim es
as large as uu ordinary pail would be
required.
All the land above sea level would
not fill up more than one-third of the
A tlantic ocean
Established 1780.
I B a k e r’s
Portland to Chicago Without Change
Q u ick T im s.
n io n D ep ot».
’«rsoiiM liy C o n d u cte d E x c u r n lo n s.
B a g C h e c k e d to D e n tln a tlo n .
L ow lin te a .
D ir e c t lin e to Tran»-M I»»l»A lppl a n d
I n t e r n a t io n a l E x p o s itio n h e ld In O m a h a ,
N e b r a a k a , J u n e to N o v e m b e r.
Write undersigned for rate», time table» and
other information pertaining to Union Pacific
U. K.
_____
>
R. W. BAXTER, Gen. Agent,
135 T h ir d Mt., P o r tla n d , O reg o n .
BUY TH E G ENU IN E
SYRUP OF FIGS
... MANUTAOTURiD BT ...
C A L IFO R N IA FIQ S Y R U P CO.
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Chocolate,
Will I
NIK
Ct'S ■ I S ' i i m
iM .® " ? "
Plain or with Cutter. T h . best needle In the m ar
ket. Used by all saeg sewers. For sale by all gen
eral merchandise store«, or by
celebrated for more
W IL L A F IN C K CO .,
»20 Market street, San Francisco, Cat.
than a century as a pji
delicious, nutritious, O'
Make money by succeetul
speculation In Cfilcago. W ,
a n d flesh-forming
buy aud sell wheat on mar
gins. Fortunes have been
beverage, has our
beginning by trading In fu
well-known
tures. Write for fuB particulars, lie n of ref
erence given. Several years* experience on the
Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough know
Yellow Label
ledge ot the business. Send lor our tree refer
on the front of every -5 ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS A Co.,
Chicago Hoard of Trade Brokers. Offices in
package, and our
Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Wash.
trade-mark,"LaRelie
Is it Wrong?
Chocolatière,"on the
Get it Right
back.
Keep it Right
WHEAT
NONE OTHER OENUINE.
M A O S O N L Y BV
WALTER BAKER k CO. Lt<L
D orchester, Maas.
YOUR LIVER
M oore’s R e v e a le d R e m ed y w llld o lt. Three
doves will make you feel better. Oet it from
your druggist nr any wholesale drug house, or
from Stewart A Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
N. r . N.
w
o.
N o.
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