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4 UNQRANTfcD. FROM THE PLAINS, Whre do they go the unran ted prayers. The baffled hope, lost love. and waatod jern- TheiwMt vain dreams, the patient alighted cares Cut on the tireless tide that has no turning I ipv. .ipAnless niehU. the weary, anxious day. The eaKy tht blossom, but for blighUnsr. The mocitn gleam that "0h'"- To yanlan in one moment ol delighting? Arw they utored np In some great solemn bank. Where Time holds or Eternity the key? As the rich hues that In the westward aans . Miy sleep, enshrined beneath the sleeping sea? Or do the, blended In a gracious breath. Pervade the atmosphere of common are. Softening the terror of the door of death. . ,ho f.t and fever of the strife? f .yjiuuft w Who knows, who know? Our darlings from us Imploring clasp and passionate prayer, are Our trust betrayed, mied aim, or shattered ThePgreat dumb river sweeps them to the snare. And jet. for something every gift Is given. Thiough age on age, o prifcst and poet salth. Cling fast, fond hand; look up. true eyes, te H V CD Through dusk and doubt hold to the raving faun! PASSION FLOWERS. "Take them away? "Why, Mr. Lin den!" And then Misa Nettie Darwin pouted most becomingly. "I thought thev were just the thing! And I am sure Tiothincr could be more appropriate for Easter Sunday than passion flowers!" "Appropriate to those who admire them only." replied Wesley Linden, slowlv. the red stain dying away from his face once more. "Miss Nettie, take them away, please. I can never preach to-morrow with passion flowers near me." "Ill take them to poor, sick Eva Gray then: I do not think she dislikes them," said Miss Darwin, not quite satisfied. "Then the church is all ready? "Yes, I think so," the rector answered, his grave blue eyes growing tender in expression as he viewed the decorations. Flowers, flowers everywhere; the pil lars hung with smilax, roses, carnations, sweet heliotrope and callas; "the holy of holies" separated from the rest of the church by sprays of English ivy and smilax, intermingled with pure white lilies. Just before the altar, against a background of crimson velvet, stood a vcro6s of ivy leaves; only that, no decora tions about the cross, nothing but the plain symbol in ivy, almost directly under the golden crown that formed the central fieure of the beautiful stained window in the chancel. A fine church, truly, was St. Paul the Apostle's in the village of E. on the Hudson river, and Westley Linden, standing just outside the altar, looked ' earnest and spiritual enough to be its pastor, lovely as it was. He was tall, slender, but finely pro portioned man, with a certain tenderness in his serions blue eyes that captivated the entire female portion of his congre gation, while his frank, earnest ways went far to win for him the admiration of the male portion. Miss Darwin, gazing half awe-struck into the noble face, thought that he looked amazingly youner for thirty -seven, despite the silver threads about his tem ples. He had been rector of St. Paul's for seven years, and he was thirty when he came, and she oh, Miss Nettie, you were a school girl, scarcely fourteen, then, with no thought of being Wesley Linden's wife, but all these seven years that subject had engrossed the ladies of E. . and no one did he seem to like as well as fair-haired Nettie. But to marry her was far indeed from his thoughts in his heart was a grave where the only love of his life lay buried. - The rector accompanied Miss Darwin to visit the sick friend, and stayed long er than did that young lady, in order to talk with the invalid on the only subject that could interest her, now that she would never mingle with the world again. The bright Easter sun peeping into the windowsof the rectory library,found Mr. Linden sitting by his desk, where he had been all night long, bis head . bowed in grief and prayer, whilo his cold lips were pressed to a withered bunch of flowers. "My darling, my darling!" he whisper ed at intervals. "God forgive me that I cannot forget yon, even in his work!" Once more, in fancy, he stood beside a slender, haughty girl, in a wide garden in the sunny South; the perfume of orange and magnolia camo to him as he eat there alone, and again he saw under the trees Leda St. Cloud, in a fleecy, amber colored dress, a light scarf of Ml a 1 11 m 1- V 1 crimson siixnung ugnuy irom uerfnoui ders, and a bunch of passion flowers (his gift) fastened in her throat. - No one but Leda St. Cloud could have worn that combinatiou of brilliant colors, but in some way they enchanced her royal beauty. They deepened the crimson on the dark cheeks, brightened the light in the great warm brown eyes, and made almost too tantalizingly lovely the mouth that was uttering hasty, haughty words. Ah, those words! Wesley Linden shuddered as he recalled them. He left college at twenty -five, and gave his whole energy to his work.encouraged by his only relative, the uncle who edu cated him, himself a clergyman, and rector of St. Paul the Apostle's. But he worked- too hard, and in two years he was obliged to accept a parish in Florida for his health's sake. it was--a poor parish enougn, a little Tillage on the St. John River, composed of lazy,thieving negroesand a few lazier, more thieving "white trash." Bat it boasted one wealthy aristocrat, old Her bert St. Cloud, who, at the first sus picion of war, had converted his negroes 'into money, and came out of the war al most as wealthy a3 he went in. His household consisted of himself, his only son, another Herbert St. Cloud, and his niece, who had lived there ever since her N father was killed in the war. And this girl was Leda St. Cloud. Wesly never knew how lie came to fall in love with her, though she was so warm and brilliant' and lovely of face and form; for she smiled at his efforts to convert the negroes, told him that he would never succeed, and that he was I foolish to try. But he did succeed in making the par ish orderly and God-fearing; and in more than that were his efforts crowned with success; when, after two years and more, he yielded to his love for the brilliant Southerner, and begged hers in return, she gave it without hesitation. They had been betrothed five months, and never quarrelled.for Wesley was too cool and practical, and Leda too deeply m love with him to permit that. Then his good old uncle died and Weslev was summoned North. It took some time to settle his affairs and then, after accepting a call from the vacant pulpit, he returned temporarily to Florida, reaching there late on Satur day of Passion Week. Early on that Easter morning he gathered a large bunch of passion flowers and sending them to Leda, repaired to the church, where he fully expected to ee the flowers and his betrothed daring service, .out aDoatn scnooi ana aiter noon service passed, and still no Leda "What of the St. Clouds? Tliey are all absent to-day," he said to a .respectable oolored vestryman. "Well. Mas r Lm n, returned tue old man, "deSt. Clouds am not turnin' from de error ob dere ways, I'se sorry to say. Been habin all sorts ob gimcracks dur ing Lent, and las' night all ob 'em went down to Jacksonville to a Dull, and came back after five dis mornin'." Mr. Linden did not speak, only shook his head in a half-dazed manner, and walked away. It was a mistake, of course. But a little further on he encountered two ladies from Jacksonville, discussing "how beautiful Miss St. Cloud was at the ball quite the belle, in truth." "My cousin Alice knows her well," said one, "but she never knew that she was engaged to young St. Herbert St. Cloud." "Well, everybody knows it now," re plied the other, with a peculiar laugh. Wesley waited to hear no more; the blood in his veins seemed on fire as he rapidly passed over the intervening ground to the St. Cloud place. Leda met him in the garden, near where the St. John River flowed Leda, the glorious girl who had won his heart would cast it aside! Lieda, his love, in her amber dress and crimson scraf, and could he believe his senses? his pas sion flowers on her breast! He simply told her what he had heard, did not accuse her, but the hot Southern blood boiled in an instant. Her faoe grew that ghastly prey color that only dark faces ever assume, and then a fiteadv red flame colored her cheeks. A shudder ran through the rector's form as those words that she uttered that Easter evening came back: to him with all their original force and cruelty. "A man who cannot trust me is un worthy of mv love! All our intercourse, Mr. Lindon, ceases from this moment; I will send all your gifts and letters to you to morrow, and request you to do the same with mine. You never loved me, else you had not condemned me without a hearing! But I would rather die than explain to you ! You dared to distrust me, and I fling our troth to the winds your ring there!" She drew the little gold ring from her finger and threw .it, with all the might ot her beautiful arm, into the heavy waters of the St. John. "And your " flowers, passion flowers. truly, back to you!" She loosed the great purple blossoms, gazed steadily at him for a moment, nung them deliberately in his face, and was gone forever. The morning sunlight fell upon the rector's head as he felt again, in fancy, the tender blossoms strike his face. That warm touch aroused him, and rising slowly he opened the window. "And she was innocent, he said in bitter self-reproach. "Innocent, dear God forgive tool bhe had kept Ijsnt most rigidly, her uncle told me, and all for my J sake. It was Mrs. St. ClouJ, the bride of the young heir, who was bei'.e of the Jacksonville ball. Leda, Leda, while you were watching by little Ctesar's dying bed, I was censuring your absence from service. May God forgive me! She never, never will!" .Freshening his toilet, but without Wreaking his fast, Wesley went to the church to gain strength for the day. He was kneeling by the altar, the flowing folds of his white surplice falling about him, his lip3 moving in prayer more for her than for himself when a long, low moan broke upon the stillness of the empty sanctuary. He raised his bead. A woman was bowed before the altar, her heavy fur- lined cloak concealing the outlines of her form. He watched her as she stag gered to her feet and almost ran to the door. Leda! No, that could not be; but the motion of the receding figure re minded him strangely of her. Wesley walked slowly over to the place where she had knelt; it was just in front of the cross of ivy leaves and there, at the foot of the cross lay a boquet of passion-flowers, yet wet with dew. "I thank God!" he said reverently. Miss Darwin looked spell-bound at the exquisite bunch at the foot of the cross, and even more so at the grave-faced cler gyman, whoso eyes, after resting on that beautiful symbol, were dazzingly bril liant. Such a sermon Wesley Linden never preached before. It was strong and elo quent, tender and beautiful, breathing of his love in an undercurrent that touched them while they could not un derstand it. The Bermon was ended, the minister gave the benediction, and the entire con gregation remained on their knees; one man, an old, white-haired "pillar," rose first and lifted his face toward the front of the church. j "Good Lord deliver us!" he ejaculated,' and at that fervent quotation from the Litany the people rose to their feet. Directly above the kneeling clergyman was an old-fashioned pulpit, that, al though he did not use it, he would not have removed, as his uncle had used it. Underneath it, half hidden by a curve in the wall, stood a lady, her slim hands holding in place a tottering beam that had long been loose, and was now just ready to descend upon Wesley's head. Even in that moment of horror they all acknowledged her loveliness. Her: cloak had half fallen, forming a back-; ground of fur for the queenly form in its rich dress of ruby velvet, a single purple blossom fastened in the lace about her throat. The hands that held the beam glistened with diamonds, but the lustre of the great brown eyes outrival! ed then. A moment they gazed speechless, then cries were heard from all portions of the church, and the minister arose. She smiled at him, a glad, sweet smile, as he looked and comprehended what she had done for him!' ; "Leda!" j It was all he could articulate, though he tried to say more; butthere were tears in his eyes and tears choked him. "Yes, Wesley," said the dear, familiar Voice, "and if you please, -my arms are tired!" He reached up his strong hands and held the beam in its place. ' "Take your hands down, my passion flower! my passion-flower!'' he said, very low, and in a voice still choked with tears. ; But a dozen or more gentlemen pressed forward and relieved the rector. i "Wasn't it splendid?" inquired Miss St. Cloud, coolly, taking possession of Wesley s arm. "(Jome, let us hnd Uncle Herbert-; he must be half dead with ter ror." "Well, he isn't!" affirmed that venera ble gentleman, approaching them.' "How do you -do, Wesley ? I declare I am rejoiced to see you! But Leda, I shall never go to church with you again if you cannot conduct yourseil properly. I Leda only laughed, and by the time the excitement had subsided Mr. St. Cloud was willing to acquiesce to any plan Wesley might offer, the first being that they should go to the rectory to dine. I lit was not until Uncle Herbert was en joying his after dinner nap that Wesley and ljeda were alone. Tell me, Leda, how did you do it?" asked the rector, seriously, lifting his eyes to her face. "Why, you see," she answered, with a nervous little laugh, "I did not kneel with the others, but looked straight at the altar. I saw that the beam would fall, and Wesley, in that moment I saw, also, that I did not hate you, as I had fondly imagined for seven years. Well, I just slipped up there, and caught it as it was falling, indeed." i She stopped, and put one hand over her eyes. When she removed it, he was looking earnestly at her. ! "Of what are you thinking?" she asked. "Leda, I know about my dreadful mis take, seven years ago and, forgive me, but can I hope you still care for me?" Her pride was up in an-instant. "Wesley, do you think I came here to ask you to marry me? To tell you that I still love you, and crave your love? In deed, you mistake me; I came solely on my uncle3 account, and and you in sult me so dreadfully!" The beautiful brown eyes were full of angry tears, and the red mouth quivered like n child's. "Oh, my passion-flower," the rector said gravely, taking the restless hands in one of his. "Leda, you seem to think I do not love you, but am offering you myself as a sort of reward for your heroism this morning; is not that it, my darling? Look! here next my heart, have I worn this for seven years!" And he held up the withered flowers. "Passion-flowers!" Leda gasped, her color fleeing. ' Oh, Wesley, you can never, never forgive mel" "Only on one condition," he rejoined, still very grave. "Give me one passion flower, and I shall be satisfied." "This one?" asked Leda, mischievously, touching the one that nestled in her laces. "Yes, this one," Wesley laughed, raising the tiny hands to his lip3. "And tell me, Leda, that I may have it." "Well, you may, if ' she stopped, thought a. moment, and drawing a long sigh that was a curious mixture of dis may and happiness, added if you are willing to take the most passionate of passion-flowers." Mothers and Daughters. Said one dark-eyed woman to her neighbor, in the public conveyance which accommodated a throng of passen gers: "She had completely effaced herself for her daughter. Everything is done to accommodate Helen and Julia, and Mrs is superseded. It don't seem just right to me that a mother should be kept altogether in the background. "Oh, said the sweet-looking lady to whom this was addressed, "self-denial is easy to mothers. What is a mother's life auy way but a sacrifice all through?" I agree with the first speaker. It don't seem right to me that the Helens and Julias, bright, beautiful, bewitching though they may be, should step to the front in selhsli absorption and monopo lize the best things, while "mother." a pale, colorless, wornout figure, is wear ing old dresses, reading old books, or none at all, seeing few friends, and living a humdrum life of routine, chiefly enlivened by conflicts with Bridget's stupidity and Noah s impertinence. In deed, it is not right, and Helen and Julia, flashing like butterflies in the sunny morning of youth, would be the last to enjoy their warm and cosy home if they fe:t that they were responsible for the monotony of their mother's ex istence. Mother is herself the person most to blame, x or seJi-cienial is easy indeed to a real mother. From the hour when her nature first over-brimmed with the tidal rapture which sweeps full blooded into the heart that cradles i babe, through the weary, watching hours of teething and whooping-cough, mumps and measles, on through school davs. and vacation days and courting days. the mother's life is poured out and given incessantly for her children. So itshoulu be in a sense. In every child the mother renews her youth, and each son and daughter is an addition to the homo wealth. But some of you mothers, to whom am tauungr. carry your sen sucrince so far that you forget that you have any Hie ot your own, for which you are re sponsible to liod. xou spend your strength so freely and so recklsssly during the year's of children's childhood that you have no elasticity, no resources no health left to spare by the time they are grown up. lou so devote vour skill and talents to the material eide of the house that you have no time to keep up with the current of the world's thought, or to grow up intellectually with your young people.' Many a good woman suffers her religious life to droop and languish because in her thoughtless giving up of every moment of time and of every remnant of nervous force to the daily demands of her households, she has absolutely no opportunity left for sitting at the Master's feet. Society is not, in our cities, given up so wholly to the young as it was a few years ago. In fact, there can be no social success where only the crudity of early youth appears on the scene. Older people who bring to the front the tact, the experience, and the knowledge which they have gained through the years, must mingle in the social gathering if it is to be witty, bril liant and attractive. The mothers must be in the van, and the daughters, as be fits their age, a little in the sheltering shadow if we are to have the ideal social life growing out of the ideal home life. I am very fond of the Helens and Julia?. I like their sparkle, their vivacity, their Ssprit, but I do not like their want of consideration for mother, if she is, perhaps, a little old-fashioned, a little tired, a little diffident and fright ened in the blaze of their splendor. True and tenderly-loving daughters will never be contented to let mothers efface them selves, even though self-denial be an easy maternal duty. Stories of Sanjj-Froid and Shyness. It is not every one who possesses the coolness of the Ambassador whose im pertuble sang-froid so piqued Louis XIV. The monarch vainly attempted to impress him with the glories of his Court, and then thought to embarrass him by interrupting Lis first speech by calling upon him to speak louder. The Ambassador merely bowed low, raised his voice and went on unmoved. There is a companionable story of a modern American debutate, at her first appear ance at a drawing-roOm, remembering that she had omitted to courtesy to one member of the royal group, and turned back to rectify the error with perfect sang-froid. But such people are the exceptions and not the rule. Sir Arthur Helps re marks that the manners of the majority of English people in society is the de meanor which Confucus prescribed to his disciples in the presence of their superiors "an air of respectful uneasi ness, in one of the eighteenth century magazines is an amusing de scription of the agonies endured by the shy man who has written a book or a poem, and becomes the fashion in con sequence. But "this fictitious story is fully paralleled by the event in the life of Gay. The Princess of Wales, hear ing that he had written a tragedy called "The Captives," desired to hear it read by the author. He accordingly attended her residence. Unfortunately, the poet being an extremely nervous man, was so overcome by the excitement of the intro duction that he never observed a large Japanese screen until he respectfully backed upon it, and sent it crashing to the ground, amid the screams of the Princess and her ladies. It is naedless to say that his subsequent reading of tragedy did his work little justice, and the Princess appears to have been but slightly impressed with his genius. The Bath. A man who resided not half a hundred miles from Pontiao objected to taking the warm bath which J prescribed for him a few years ago, declaring that a drop of water had not touched his back in fortv years. What must have been the condition of his system, leaving out all aesthetic considerations, and what must have been the condition of the great unwashed multitudes of Europe during the thousand years when the bath was absolutely unknown? In cold weather, this poten poison, or the moisture in which it is dissolved, may be seen condensing upon the window panes, sometimes forming a dense layer of frost, and often woven by the mys terious fingers of nature's silent workeis into the most fantastic designs, some times presenting views of startling beauty, as if thus designing to conceit the deadly agent of disease and suffer ing hidden .within its sparkling folds. A few weeks ago I stepped into an un ventilated railway car when the ther mometer was several degrees below zero outside, and found the accumula tion of this frozen filth upon the win dows nearly an inch thick. Did it ever occur to you that the same condensa tion is constantly taking plaoe upon the walls and ceilings of our homes? A layer of frost such as covers the win dows on a cold day would be also visi ble upon the walls were it not for the fact that our walls are porous and ab sorb the filth as fast as it condenses, thus preventing its visible manifesta tion. The accumulation goes on in a house, the rooms of which are not freely exposed to the disinfecting in fluences of air and sunlight, until the plaster and paper covering its walls are completely saturated with decom posing filth, which pours out contin ually upon the occupants of the house a stream of noxious gases and other forms of dirt. But the lungs and the skin are not the only sources of gaseous and organic filth, the cesspool, the gutter, the vault, the .neglected cellar, the wood box, .the back yard, the sta ble, the pigsty, the garbage barrel all theee and a hundred other sources constantly pour out a deadly stream of poisonous gases and organic filth. San itary News. The Diamond Rattlesnake. Of all the snake varieties of which we have yet any knowledge the diamond rattlesnake, as it is called, seems to be most deadly. It grows to a length of six or seven feet, and is somewhat thicker than a man's wrist. It is armed with the whitest and sharpest of fangs, nearly an inch in length, with cisterns of liquid pjison at their base. A terror to man and beast, he turns aside from no one, although he will not go out of his way to attack any unless pressed by hunger. A description of his movements by a trav eler who has encountered him, states that he moves quickly along, his gleam ing eyes seeming to emit a greenish light, and to shine with as much bril liancy $s the jewels of a finished coquette. Nothing seems to escape his observation and on the slightest movement near him he swings into his fighting attitude, raising his upper jaws and erecting his fngn, which in a state of repose lie closely packed in the soft muscles of his mouth. This snake is not so active as the famous copperhead of North Amer ica, nor so quick to stiike, but one blow is almost always fatal. His fangs are so long that they penetrate deep into the muscles and veins of th victim, who has ltttle time for more than a single good-by before closing his eyes forever. In one instance the fangs were found to be seven-eighths of an inch in length, and though not thicker than a common sewing needle they were perforated with a hole through which the greenish yel low liquid could be forced in considera ble quantities, and each of the sacks contained about half u teaspoonful of the most terrible and deadly poison. London Times. The Boston Herald wishes to revise its opinion that the President has a tal ent for recreation. A man, it says, who can be satisfied with two days' splendid fishing and can't stay contented in ouo spot for more than six hours, ha3 no real genius for repose. Slnveu'N Yoftemlte flierry Tootti Paale. 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Colt's, Remington's, Parker's, Moore's an Baker's Double and Three-Barrel BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUNS. TrsTTT xrn t a nxrT .tti t Of every description and qualitr. LEADERS, FLY 1IOOK. HASRETS, Braided aud Tapered Oil Ollk JLlne. SIX SPLICED SPLIT BAMBOO RODS, Sturgeon Llneaund Hook of all Kind. 165 and 167 Second Street, Portland. Phillip MILWAUKEE BEE Bottled expressly for tho PACIFIC COAST TRADE, Superior In quality and purity to all others One Trial Will Convince. SOLE DEALERS, CHARLES KOHN & CO., 4 4 Front Ntreet, Portland. Or. NORTHERN PACIFIC Laud and Immigration Company. Offices llooin 40 and 41 Union BlorkL PORTLAND. OREGON. P. O. Cnn.TROM. fresidi nt Frank Owe Secretary, This Company operates tlironuhout Oregon, VA.ih lngton, Idaho ami Montana. Ijinds ol all kinds liouglit and sold. Immigrant Colonization a Specialty. Headunarters f.,r all land seekers. T)i-H.-riitlon of (Jovernmenl and other wild lutids furnLshed free. Information Riven on all branches of business. Correspondenre sulioiied ami couimunioat promptly answered. I.0. box MOO. $1000 .HEW AUD WJ ILL BE PAID TO ANY PKRSON PHODTIC- T T In? a more effectual remedy than Dr. Keek's Sure Cure for Catarrh, Which has utood the test for fourteen yearn. Physi cians, .Druggists, and all who have used and thor oughly tented It, pronounce it BpevlOe for the cur of mat loatnsome aisease. Trj 1U xour druggist it. price tl. Dr. Keck thoroughly understands, and in eminently uccessiui in me treatment 01 an ettrame ano din call diseases of both sexes and till ages, having made a BDeclsltT of their treatment for fourteen veara He treats Caaeer without using the knife. His fayor Its prescription is furnished to Indy patients Frjee. No lady should be without it. Young. mlddle-age I or old, male or female, Itisanity or a life of sufierln ? Is your inevitable doom unless yoa apply In time to the physician who-understands, and Is competent to treat your case. Waste no more time nor money with In competent physicians. Ail communications atten led to with dispatch, and are strictly confidential. Mi dl class sent to any part of the country. Circulars, te jti moniala, and a list of printed questions furnished on application. OO SfSl'LTATIO.N I'KKH. Incite a three-cent stamp for list and add res- JDK. JA-MJiS jl is-ck.. xno. i nrat street, Portland, or. EYE & EAR INFIRMAlifr SANITARIUM, OR HOME FORTHESICK Macadam Baud. be. lrl-r and Wood Nka., Month Portland, Or. Dr. Pilklngton, late Professor of Eye Ear Dlseises in the Medical Department of Willamette I nivert.ity has erected a Hue hiiildliK. on a heauumi eievauc tlio vY.ntti imrl nt the oil v. und Ls irenared to in rl.itu mill. nt miir-i-1iitr from all diseases of the K pio- K, KARnrTHIWAT. Also will pay sjx'cial alteutio oersons laboring under Chronic JNervous aifecti' l to n.s Uli- and to diseases i-cullar to women. and receive al iiwi imiiitior of riuM ex Dectiiiir ctiiitiitemeiit. The Intention is to provide a Houie for such ciLses with all the best hvglenic agencies combined with thi best medical skill to be had in the metropolis. ( ViriHiiltlnir ithvsiciau and surgeon Dr. Philip Iiarvey, Prof, of diseasi-s of women and children In the medical riunartment Wllhirnefte I'niversit v. Also Dr. J. M. t Hrowne, Prof, of Physiology nled. clep't. Willamette University, for any amount of references and circular, add nic. j. ii. piLKiKu ni.v, Cor. 1st and Wellington Mia., l'ortlxnd. Ok-, LAND PLASTElt, For Male by EVE III) I NO & FAR 11 ELL, Aider and Front slrects, Portland, ------ Oregon. GRS FRFELAND &. ROBERTS, Cor. Flrt fo Yamhill Mi., Portland, Or. (lavidson's Photi;rain Gallery. ). S-Firtt-cias4 work st the mofet rtastnikbl? rates Have both bad msny years experience in Oregon and can forms. lUO. ! J. A. STR0W15R1D0E, DIRKCT TMPOHTKR AND DKALKR IX LEATHER & FINDINGS. NO. 1 FRO.T aTHKET, ortland. - - Orefroa. NTISELL O 10 000 Pianos HP' l.uuu Organs. II f'f i..nr.i-ti.r..i. la CaUlos... 1-W tl jJ&Wfl Fit 1 C. E. McHREEN'S vmiTivn nr ti ti iii7 lAIt 1 Morrtann Rtreet. Portland. Or.. THE L,EATIVO AVn furnishing Ktore In Tori rilKAPKRT irOU SE aer 'ortlrtii.l. Tea and III Vets a saeelxlly. All Woods twlow Flrt Street Prices. Best' o t1 USE ROSE PILLS GL WESnHGHQUSES CO r . - , Hi f1 Schcuectadj, 'ew York. i: : : BRANCH HOUSE, I J J PORTLASD OREGON Vi' Li ft G. P. DART, Manager. fe rj?? MANCFACTVF.EK.S of TIIRESIIERH, LEVER TRACTION ENGINES, DRAU SAW, Ac. We do But we'll say we can prove that we have a machine the fn rvinH. We claim we can thresh cleaner from the work in general than others. Neither do we have to rebuild our machlMes In the field at the TIME and EX PENSE of the FARMER. We warrant all machinery sold by us. We V I'RTIIER GUARANTEE that our Engiue will do the SAME WORK with ONE-THIKW LESS FUEL and WATER than ANV ENGINE In this MARKET. Do not buy without seeing our Koods or hearing from us. For circulars or Other Information addressl. . Weatlnirhouae fc Co.. Portland. Oregon. Office foot of Morrison (ft. i FKTrtCJt TlIAf .L.I. CALIFORNIA FRUIT SALT. A Pleasant and Efficacious Remedy. IF YOU HAVE ABUSED YOURSELF By over lndiilKer.ee in eatine or drinklnir: have sick or nervous headache; dryness of the skill, with a feverl.-h tendency; nujht .weals ami sleeplessness; by all means hmi; S'ayeh's California Fruit Salt, And f-el young otico more. It Is t'ie woman's friend. Vrv It: 1 ter bottle: f. hou'es fur i r or hale ov ail druKHiwts. IKHXiE, DA VIM & CO., Wholesl Portland. OrtKori. :ue ov an l A gen if, MAX X"" liotograplio t'orticr First ami Motrinon Streets. tnn.ANl OKKUON. IS I if 11 - - ."rr 'M?-Ctrl-,,. t "IT'S. AN UXPAKALLKLEI) OFFKK ! 1st -fJi'Pts' Or!de Guard; usual price, 7 SO; price 2 50. flit represents section. h',.'. '2d Elegant brilliant Scarf Pin ; regular p:lce. J5: i :m. 3d-Gents Ring: fit card over finger for size, f'2: usual price. 4th Itreiistn'n. ft gem. l ': nsunl price '.. 5th A beautiful lios'im Stud, Very brilliant, 1 .7); usual price. tit Ii Ladies' brilliant Ear Props.! .10. usual price. We will return money on any of these goods If they are not sup-rlor to your a'ltii-ipatioin, knowing that no such oflVr has been made before Send nionev or der if possible, and address Tl! K MORTON AGENCY. Portland, Oregon. P. . box StUtf. H. P. GREGORY & CO., Xo. 5 J?orth Front St., lie t ween A and li, l'ortland, Oregon. SawMills AND HAWK, Woodworking M.ulimer.v, teim I'nfclnea und llul era, Mi'iing W achinery lleltlng, Pnrklnit nnd Hoae r'lonr Mill Muclilner3', "Vuler Wheels Etc.. etc. ENLARGED PICTURES MADE IN TUE Highest Style of the Art, BY I. G. DAVIDSON, PHOTOGK A PJ riil ; . l'OUTLtXl), OKKUON. THE BALDWIN 1 TIIK OSI.Y F1K.NT I.1S Family ISestanrant i rortlsmiL "SFes' Snro Garo for Catarrir IEHIC JLJ Insutilator-." (trice -Sue. I'rv Vp and InsulMa Urs malksl on receipt of price, with full direction foi use.etc: s. G. SKIlJ.MOUK i Co.. Drugt 151 rlrst Btreet. I'ot'ai'd. Or. rM- AFeois for the N. facit.i a miTl II hi: 1H . I'lliriv Ii -rii rtfiusrui pel !rfM MMmi WA PimuH w! mmmm "-r.:.-UJJ:J:::::-. .. - Jf -I .!- ' -.(7)- 1 -r T - 3 FRAXCISfO (JALLKBY, 4 V n AlnoWeneral Agents forTks W eatln g U o use U a a a 'o.'s Srw luubl f lliMtrr, Mingle Art Ion, Mr.C.ll ed 1'jiglne, Vneaeelled for Kconomylu Mury particular. Skilled Kiiglneera unneces sary. No Tucking, no Adjus lug, no rounding in boxes. and TREAD IIORSE POWERS, PORTABLE and not cla'm to have the O.M,Y TH RKMIIEK In Oregon. best adapted to the wants of the farmers of the Pa- straw, save tne train ueuer, auu au more ana Better F. N. Akin, Bkn Skllino, 11. E. Dost H . BOSS BOOTS ARE BEST- THEY A HE ALL STAYED SEAMS. II V V AO OTHER. See that Oht Name Is on Every Pair. AKI.V f)EM.I.U fe .. l'ortland, Oman, - . saT arfV . M s.r'j, ' , 107 Third SU, rOKTLA.NU, OKKOON". JOHN B. GARRISON, Propr. All llio Iallnff ScwIiik Machines, OH. JScctllo. Attuclniieiit4 and tienu Ino 1'ai ls for sale. All kiiitN of Sewlnif Machines Kepalr! aixl ar;-ant'il. okm:kal agknt von Ihs Boueloli and White Seving Xuli&ei. (il-NKKAI, AOKM VOll THE TURKISH RUG PA TTERNS. ;i;m:i:ai. aoi:nt roie T.1E UNIVERSAL FASHION CO'S PERFECT FITTING PATTERNS.- DR. SPINNEY, BTo. 11 Kesu-ny street, . T., Treats lUl Chronic and 8peelMl Dlae YOUNG MEN WHO MAY RK, SI TFKRINO FROM TIIE KF feets of vootlu'ti' follies or Indiscretion, will do well to avail t Uen.selvi s i,f thN, the arestest boon ever laid ut the altar of HiitlViinK humanity. UK. SPINNKY wid Kua-aiiiee to for eit f-VW for eery case ol Seminal W'eaknoM or private diieases of any kind or character which he undertakes and fail to C"r' allOOI.AOF.I) MEN. There are many nt theatre of thirty to sixty who ara troubled with t o Ireii'ient evueualions of tliebiaddsr. often afcolii,a'M"il ' a sii. ht sniurtliiif or bnrnlnrf sensation and a weaVeislin; of the system in a mannsl the patient cannot af eciiii.t for. On examining tha urinary deposits a ripv se limeiit will often he found, and Komelimes omuli ji-irtU h sol albums will apiear, orthec-olor will be f a thin m Iklsh hue. Afalo eiiunclne to a dark and io' pl-1 pl-araiu'e. There rs msny m-n who die of tnis :ilhi u!ty. Ignorant of ths eatise, which Is the second st:ine of iseiniiiHl WeaKness. Dr. H. wiil Kuarunt-e a perteet cure in all such rasas, and a healthy restoration of tho fenlior unlnary of Vrtice Hours 10 to 4 and to . Kundsys from 10 ta It A. M. (,'oi'sultail n free, lhoroush eamlnauoa and advice, t. trail or ad.ire s 1IX- M'ISMKV AfO.. No. II Kearny nr-- t, Sail 1 ranc.sco, OaL OHEGO'I BIO CD PURIFIER JOHN Aa CHILD. WALTER A. GRADOJfi John A. Child & Co., TiwimniMTH. DKAUcka nr Fine ChemlcAls. Toilet Article, KabbrO4s u4 DRl'COUT' fCHBIIM. Ppeclal attention glr ea to CASH OBDEIU Ky KfalL 11 Meoml Nt., lm'M-nd. Or. TIIE PHOTO QK API IER, riUNTAMJ T.VYI.OK T11EET. I'url lud, Ortvitn, Till I Sit of Teeth for $10. lleat Net, 91S. TEETH FlI.I.K.n AT LOW HATE": HATISFAO tlou (;uarautei'd. Gas adnilnlsteicd. Ilenlal grad,. uates. 1'ortlund, Oregon. Itoom M. Union Uluck, atark ntrtet entrance. ltseIr, o k pills. cW! ' Bam unurOA ' i liiiiiiEii l k'pi IAD t-'-p ?Vi -