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About Union gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1899)
asm v vrvjw mm m The dainty cake, The white and flaky tea biscuit, The sweet and tender hot griddle cake, The light and delicate crust, The finely flavored waffle and muffin. The crisp and delicious doughnut, The white, sweet, nutritious bread and roll, - Delightful to the taste and always wholesome. Royal Baking Powder is made from PURE GRAPE CREAM OF TARTAR and is absolutely free from lime, alum and ammonia. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. WINNING OVER AN AUDIENCE A. Story of the Presidential Campaign In 1896. A clever bit ol campaign repartee is accredited to Lee Fairchild, the Cali fornia orator, who leaped into nation al repute in 1836. He was sent into a Southern Btate to advocate the gold standard. At a certain place he was informed by the committee that the "rally" would begin and end about the same time, and that not since 1883 had any republican speaker been per mitted to finish a speech there. Upon learning that the speakers, as rule, had been able to get out of town and fill their next appointments, Fairchild determined to make the at tempt as billed. He advised the chair man to have no music, and to intro duce him by . saying to the audience: "You are the people and here is the speaker." The chairman followed in structions a little too literally. He imply pointed at the audience and then at the speaker, and disappeared behind the scenes. -i.- - Fairchild began his speech at once with one of his famous stories. The audience was separated, the colored folk all being in the gallery, and only white people below. In about five minutes the speaker made a pointed thrust at the opponent party, when an organized body of young men in the center of the theater shouted' in con cert, "Rats!" Fairchild paused for a moment, and then, waving his hand at the gallery, said: "Waiter, come down and take the Chinamen's orders!" The effect was electrical. The speaker, in relat ing the incident to the writer, said: "You should have seen that black hill- i aide of faces sloping heavenward break into ledges of pearls." Denver Times. State Turtles. - Turtles aie very largely tound along ' the coast line of Burma and the impe- canious government has found means to make money out of it. .The right to - collect turtles and eggs is sold by auc tion annually by the deputy commis sioners within whoBe districts the banks are situated. The revenue from this source in the Irrawaddy division alone was about 28,000 rupees. For come time past a deorease in the nam ber of turtles and tortoises has been noticed and the government now pro poses that the islands on which the tor toises lay should be completely pro tected from January 1 to May 15 (the laying and hatching season) once in very five yeais and that a small estab lishment should be maintained for this purpose. Calcutta Amrita Bazar Pa prika. ' An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy, fjTRUP of Flos, manufactured by the California Fie Syrup Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa tive principles of plants known to be rnfedicinally" laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the tstste and acceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxa tive, cleansing the system effectually, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers gently yet promptly and enabling one to overcome habitual constipation per manently. Its perfect freedom from every, objectionable quality and sub stance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, without weakening or irritating them, make it the ideal laxative. In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatic plants, by a method known to the California Fie Syrup Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the full name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. BAM FRANCISCO. CAL. LOUTSVTLLK. IY. NEW YORK. W. T. For sale by all Druggist. Price 50c. per bottle. American Type Founders Company r will aid the cook as no other agent will to make There are many imitation baking powders, made from alum, mostly sold cheap. Avoid them, as they make the food unwholesome. PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL Congressman Tawney, of. Minnesota began life as a blacksmith's helper. When Captain Coghlan was in com mand of the Raleigh he was the small est man in stature on that ship, A Fall River (Mass.) lover has se cured a writ from court to compel tin parents of his sweetheart to permt thi latter to wed him. A Lawrence (Ky.) man fell from a small flight of steps and struck the side of his head on the pavement. ' The blow deprived him of sight. ' A Waldoboro (Me.) bachelor, while watching beside the couoli of his slot father last winter, made three as fine quilts as were ever produced at an old- fashioned quilting bee. . A St. Louis woman, after searching for six months for her husband, found his body in an embalmer's office, where it was doing service as an exhibit The man bad been accidentally drowned. . ' Perhaps the most extraordinary fam ily in the world is one now living al Arkansas City. The mother has been married five times, and for each hus band Bhe has had ' a child. The five children are living with her and each bears the name of his father. Professor G. K. Gilber, who appeaii to have been- investigating quietly foi several years, says the city of Chi cage is stalling into the lake at the rate ol nine or ten inches in a century. Thii is happening because of a gradual tilt ing of the earth's crust in the lakt region. The Conclusion. - "And yon say the idiot of a teacher told you that you bad air extravagant fool of a fatbei?" . "That's what be meant." "But what did he say?" . "He said it was criminal folly t waste money' on the education of-sue! a chump as I am." Indianapolis Jour nal. money-back tea and baking powder at Reporting- the Wedding. A reporter on a newspaper was giv6i the task of writing op a very swell wedding. He composed a fine acoount of the wedding ceremonies, but like man young writers, he tried to use too flow ery language, and, becoming excited h forgot to be accurate in the . use ol words. The description of the beau ties of natnre read something like this: "The silvery moon hovered over the scene and the stars twinkled merrily; the soft sighing of the wind in the trees near by came like a benediction of love to the happy couple entering upon the voyage of life together." The reporter sent in his-copy but just - as the paper was about to be sent to press be rushed into the editor's room all excitement saying he wished to make a correction in the account of the wedding as according to the alma nac there was no silvery or any other moon on that night. And the reporter also said that he had blundered in writing of the "con testing" parties instead of "oontraot-, ing" parties. After a few more corrections the ac count of the wedding was found avail able for the editor's waste basket. Tit-Bits. " ' - No Tobacco for Norwegian Boy. A law was recently passed in Nor way prohibiting the sale of tobacco to any boy under 16 years of age without a signed order from an adult relative or employer. Even .tourists who offer cigarettes to boys render themselves liable to prosecution. Ihe police are instructed to confiscate the pipes, cigars and cigarettes of lads who smoke in the public streets. A fine for the offense is, also imposed which may be anywhere between 60 cents and f 25. Chicago Inter-Ocean. . Schillings Best wur Grocers 9 riCDlTHVn Cft THfl PRINTER.... We lead and originate 'TT)P? fashions in.... I I MT XI ? Cor. Second and Stark Sts. .....PORTLAND, OREGON DISTRIBUTES GREAT WEALTH. Jacob H. Schlff, Who Has Given Si-tOO,-v OOO to Harvard. ""' The charities of Jacob H. Schiff, of New York, who has given $400,000 to Harvard, are very large. His first large gift was made about . twenty years ago, when he gave $25,000 for & building for the Hebrew Free Schools Association. He established a nurses' settlement on the East Side, a non sectarian charity. The Initiatory cost $30,000, and it costs $7,500 to maintain It. A handsome stone fountain in Rut gers Square, bearing the simple Inscrip tion, "Presented to the City of New York 1S95," was for a time an anony mous gift from Mr. Schlff, which cost $10,000. In 18S2-S3, when the Russian Hebrews were flocking to New York City, he gave $10,000 to erect temporary shelters for them. Two years ago he presented to the Young Men's Hebrew Association a $30,000 house. He prom ised them a larger, handsomer build ing as soon as the membership should grow large enough to support such a home. He has just redeemed his prom ise by giving the association a plot of ground at Ninety-second street and Lexington avenue, and Instructing his architects to erect a building thereon, the ground and bouse to cost $150,000. He originated the plan which led to the birth of the Monteflore home. He gave a few years ago $25,000 for., a country sanitarium In connection with the home at Bedford Station, on Har lem Railroad. He has also given $5, 000 as the nucleus of a fund In mem ory of the late Michael Heilbron, $10, D00 to the Hebrew Loan Society, and a large sum to Barnard College. The of fer of his gifts to Harvard for the Sem itic Department was made June 27. The next day President Eliot said in effect the university would accept the conditions imposed. These were that about seventy other persons who have contributed to the fund for a Semitic ball and museum release their contri butions for that purpose to a fund for the purchase of material for the muse um. In addition, Mr. Schlff founds a number of Semitic scholarships in the university, his total proposed gifts footing up, as stated, to $400,000.. The time when the gifts become available Is uncertain until the corporation has tcted upon them. Chicago Times-Herald. Holmes' comet, which was dlscov-' tred in 1892, and which aroused great Interest because of an unexplained lutburst of light that it exhibited while retreating Into space, was rediscov ered coming sunward once more, by VIr. Perrlne, of the.Lick Observatory, n June 11. Its period of revolution is ibout seven years. ; ' '. The new satellite of Saturn, recently llscovered by Prof. W. C. Pickering, with the aid of photography, has been Darned ' Phoebe., Owing to its small ilze, probably not exceeding 200 miles In diameter, and its great distance from the planet, about 7,787,000- miles, Phoebe bears no resemblance to such a satellite as our moon.4 Seen from Sat urn, it would appear only as a star, and t faint star at that, probably just no ticeable to the naked eye. Wide currency having been given to the statement that liquid air promises to do the work of coal at next to no cost, because an experimenter claims to have produced "ten gallons of liquid Ur by the use of three gallons in an engine," -President Henry Morton, of the Stevens Institute, has pointed out the fallacy of the claim. He shows that it really takes twelve times as much power to make a gallon of liquid ilr as that gallon -could develop In an Ideally perfect engine. The waves of the Indian Ocean in a strong west wind are three hundred to four hundred feet long and sixty feet high and have a speed of thirty-three miles an Lour. Such a wave weighs B04 tons to the foot. If a ship six hun dred feet long lies In the trough of the sea, a wave sixty feet high hurls against it 218,400 tons, more than nine teen times its own weight This weight does not fall , upon the ship at lea, because its buoyancy enables It to rise, but If it drifts upon the lee shore the power of a succession of 218,400 ton blows will tear to pieces any ship tuan has the cunning .or the power to build. . ' : ' . ' ; " "Mr. Darwin once wrote a book, which many readers pronounce as Interesting is'a novel, on earthworms and the wonderful way la which they plow up, turn over and Invigorate the soil. In i recent address. Dr. L. O. Howard, of Washington, showed that many species at insects are also important agents In soil making. "They are found be neath the ground," he says, "In Incred ible numbers, and they penetrate to a surprising depth. The minute Insects of the family Pudorldae which are wingless have been found swarming literally by the million at a depth of lx to eight feet in a stiff clay subsoIL" Among the means of protecting fruit trees against frost, practiced in Cali fornia, is the production of fog by a generator In the form of a wagon, In vented by George F. DItzler. The wagon carries a sheet-Iron tank, the upper part of which Is filled with wet straw, or similar material, kept moist by the automatic injection of water from a cask, while near the bottom is a grate upon which tar is burned, a blast, operated by a revolving fan, serving to maintain the combustion. All tb boat Is compelled to pass throu&n the wet straw before reaching the air, and In consequence the wagon Is burled in a dense fog, and as It pass es between the rows of low trees it envelops them In a mist so thick that the driver Is frequently compelled to lead the horses. QUEER WEDDINGS IN JAPAN. Odd Ceremony In the Iand of Flowera f and Sunshine. A woman who lived many years in Japan has an article in a late numbet of the London Graalilc on J"j, JACOB H. SCHIF-. clal customs. Of courtship and mar riage among the "little brown people she says that both are very curious i ceremonies and that they still savor somewhat of barbarism. These cere monies are described In an interesting manner in her communication. "When a young man," she Informs us, "has fixed his affections upon a maiden of suitable standing ho declares his love by fastening a branch of a certain shrub to the house of the damsel's parents. If the branch be neglected the suit Is rejected; if It be accepted so is the suitor. At the time of the marriage the1 bridegroom sends pres ents to his bride as costly as his means will allow, which she Immediately of fers to her parents In acknowledgment of their kindness In Infancy and of the pains bestowed upon her education. The wedding takes place in the even ing. The bride is dressed in a long white silk kimono and white veil and she and her future husband sit facing each other on the floor. Two tables are placed close by; on the one Is a kettle with two spouts, a bottle of sake and cups; on the other table a minia ture fir tree signifying Uie strength of the bridegroom; a plum tree, signi fying the beauty of the bride, and, lastly, a stork standing on a tortoise, representing long life and happiness, desired by them. both. At the marriage feast each guest in turn drinks three cups of the sake and the two-spouted kettle, also containing sake, is put to the mouths of the bride and bridegroom alternately by two attendants, signify ing that they are to share together joys and sorrows. ; The bride keeps her veil all her life and after death it is buried with her as her shroud. The chief duty of a Japanese woman all her life is obedience whilst unmar ried, to her parents; when married, to her husband and his parents; when widowed, to her sou." - His Text In "Roblnaon Crusoe." A humorous incident happened in Cleveland several years ago. . A certain pastor, widely known and greatly' be loved, was not as careful as be might have been in the preparation of hia sermons. He was hampered but little by his manuscripts, and had a way of wandering far from the written screed. However, be had the good sense to sub mit 'his texts, and usually his manu script sermons, to his highly intelli gent wife. He usually did this Satur day night, but on one occasion the lady happened to be away frorri home all the evening. So on Sunday morning she asked him for the chosen text. He gave it very gibly...- "Book, chapter and -- verse?" . sh queried. - The pastor hung his head. ? "The fact is, my dear, l'was in such a hurry that I couldn't quite turn to it. but I've built up a most interesting sermon around it." 'And you couldn't find it?" "No, my dear." "Well, it isn't much to be won dered at," said his helpmeet, dryly. "That text of yours is from 'Robinson Crusoe.' " "NoT gasped the shocked pastor. "What will I do?" ; "Give me tbe Bible," said the wife. And it wasn't but a few moments be fore she had . picked out a text that fitted the sermon almost as well as the Crusoe quotation. American Finger's Snccess. Miss Louise Homer, the new Ameri can soprano,' who has proved such an acquisition to the Covent Garden jcom pany, has already scored successes as Lola in "Cavallerla," as Amnerts in "Alda" and other parts. She Is a charm ing singer, with a clear, full voice, and is slight and pretty in person. Miss Homer is a native of Pittsburg, Pa., and since her marriage has lived in Boston, where her husband : is ' well known as a musician and composer. Three years ago they went to Paris that she might pursue her vocal stud ies under Mmes. Julian! and'Koenig. She also studied dramatic diction un der Paul Lherie. Her debut was made at Vichy In 1898, and, after singing at Alx-les-Balns, she was engaged for 'the chief contralto parts at Angers, an Important operatic center, where she created quite a furore as the Queen in "Hamlet," as Leonora In "La Favor ita," and as Amnerls. Among her other favorite roles are Dalila,' Ortrud and Herodias. Next winter Miss Homer Is engaged for the Theatre de la Mon nale In Brussels for several principal roles. .': ' . - A Roman io Story of Giving- The prettiest story of the giving of presents that I know anything about is a, chapter In the life romance of an adorable little woman who is the wife of an ex-Senator from a state In the .middle West, writes a correspondent. She was a widow when the Senator first met her, and he a wldoweR It was tbe afternoon of life, with both of them, but he wooed her with the ardor of a boy and the persistence of a man. At one time she had definitely made up her mind that her duty forbade her to marry him, and she told him so. She Was deaf to his pleading and he went away, asking only that he might give her some gift In token of his unaltera ble affection. She would accept noth ing but a trifle a book she said; and a book be gave her. It was the most magnificent edition to be had, and on the- back was emblazoned the title, ""Paradise Lost." ' But later -he added to his library their library, in fact "Paradise Re gained. When Black Hair Replaces White. Dr. Koveos, of Amorgos, Greece, tells of a relative of hia who died recently aged 90. He had never been 111 -in his life, but the hair of his bead and face had become prematurely white. Six months before his death, however hia beard and mustache suddenly became dark, the color continually deepening, "to the curiosity and stupefaction of all." Dr. Foustanos, the editor, adds a story of an old priest, whose white hair fell off as the result of erysipelas and was replaced by a thick growth of raven locks. . '. Coal In South Africa. Coal mining is making great strides in South Africa. Last year the output in the Witwatersrand district amount ed to 1,536,000 tons. There is consider able coal development going on brother eastern districts of Cape Colony aud in Natal. Philadelphia Record. Glass Brinks. Glass bricks are gradually coming Into use, and it is said that glass will soon be used for making statues for public places, as It resists the cor roding effect of the weather much bet ter than marble or granite. It is always a great shock to a woman to hear a preacher express a desire to go to Paris; his longing should be to visit the Holy Land. "Time is money," said the poet, as his "uncle" handed him the ticket for bis watch. Every time a doctor collects a fee he to his ill-gotten gains. A Good Word for John. "What did that man want?" "He wanted a correction made." "Did he leave his address?" ''No; be didn't want to." ; "All right; make the correction." Correction "John Smith wishes it stated that he is not the John Smith who was sued for board by his land lady." Puck. - 1 Look the Same. Yeast Did you ever take any of those mud baths? Climsonbeak Well, I ran for office once Yonkers Statesman. Still More Counterfeiting. The Secret Service has just unearthed another band of counterfeiters and secured a quantity of bogus bills, which are very cleverly executed. Things of great value are alwnvs selected for imitation, notably Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which has manv imitators, but no equals for disord ers like indigestion, dyspepsia and consti pation. Pennsylvania coal mines are prepar ing to substitute compressed air for mules as the motive power for the oars in the underground workings. PORTLAND-CHICAGO SPECIAL. A Gilt-Edg-ed Train Put on by O. R. A I All Modern Kqntpinetits, and Run Through Without Chance. ' Buffet-library cars of the latest build have been placed in service on the O. R. & N. fast mail trains. The library oar embraces a spacious smok ing saloon, furnished with easy chairs, writing desks, a well-selected library of standard and popular books, guide books and current periodicals, a well stocked buffet, a barber shop and an apartment for baggage. The Oregon Short Line have also in augurated a modern dining-car service, giving uninterrupted dining-car serv ice via the O. B. & N. and its connec tions to and from the East. New ohaii oars of the latest pattern and new bag gage and mall cars are to be added to the present through service of new Pullman palace and Pullman tourist sleepers, which have recently been placed in service and jnst out of the buildeis' hands. The entire train will be vestibuied, making East and West bound trains equal if not superior to many of the widely advertised limited tiains in the East. For about 10 years the Carnegie Company at Pittsburg has maintained a stvings fund for the benefit of its em ployes. This fund now amounts to over $1,000,000. The savings fund is the creation of Andrew Carnegie, who, in order to induce the workmen to save their earnings, obliged tbe Car negie Steel Company, Limited, to pay the depositors a higher rate of interest on their savings than could be obtained from any bank, building association or other savings institution. The com pany has met, this obligation at all times, regardless of adverse business conditions, of fluctuations in inerest rates, paying every one of its workmen who deposited his earnings with the company 6 per cent per annum. , Swift Direction. Mrs. De Pretty Horrors 1 That wo man who just passed is a young man in dixenise. Husband Well! Weill How do you know? Mrs. De Pretty She looked at my face instead of my dress. N. Y. Weekly. ' ' There were 5,920 suicides in this country during the last year, compared with 6,600 during the previous year. At the same time there was a falling off of nearly 50 per c?nt in tbe number of reported embezzlements. 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So fits or nervousness IO alter first day's use of Sr. Kline's Oreut Nerve Bestorer. Send fur FBEB S2.00 trial bottle and treatise. DH.au, JUJNJQ, 1M-, 930 Area street, Philadelphia, Fa. . .. The magnitude of the Carnegie Steel Company '8 operations may be under stood from the statement that in 1898 the company made 17 per cent of the pig iron produced in the United "States, 36 per cent of the product of Pennsyl vania and 66 per cent of the product af Allegheny county. They manufac tured 22 per cent of-Jthe Bessemer steel production of the United States and 43 per cent of the like product of Penn sylvania. ' A new industry is springing up in Northern Mexico the sinking of wells for salt water, from which salt is man ufactured for mining and domestic pur poses. One company has secured 120, 000 acres of salt water territory at Camaron, 120 miles south of Laredo, and has struck water containing 12 per cent of salt, worth from 1 to 3 cents a pound. " -. , Wanted Semethltis; Ketter. "Is there any place in this town where they telegraph - without wires?" he asked of the policeman on the cor ner. ., ." ; '. - '' "That discovery is too new and we haven't got it yet," replied the officer. "What's the matter with the old way?" ' - - "No good. I've kept five-" or six wires red hot for half a day trying to get my .brother-in-law to send me money to get home on, but I cant even raise him-. Philadelphia Press., PORTLAND DIRECTORY. Fenne and Wire Works. PORTLAND WIRE 4 IRON WORKS; WIRE ami iron fencing; office railing, eic. 334 Alder. Matclilriery kimI iiiills. CAWSTON A CO.; ENGINES, BO ILK US, HA-clilnerj-, supplies. 48-60 First St., Portland, Or. JOHN POOLE. Ported, Oregon. 08,1 g,ve yu the st bargains in general tiiaclnnerv. eneinea. boilon.. tanks, thuiids. plows, . belts and windmills. The new I leel I X L windmill, sold by him. is un- Wholesale Drueeisr. rikI Ibotogrrpliio Uplle. BLUMAUER-FRANK DRUG CO. 144 AND 1415 Fourth Street, Portland, Oregon. THE SECRET OF STRENGT" Of most strong, healthy people Is their perfect digestion. Dyspeptic and impure blooded peo ple will find permanent and quick relief in Moore's Revealed Remedy. It bnilds op the system. It's a wonderful strength giver. $1 per bottle at your druggists. ARTERSnrJK Is what the largest and best school systems use. True to Hit Principles. The exhausted traveler, fainting and half dead from thirst, and all unused to the climate ol the tiopics, lay gasp ing. - . 4 They brought him a cocoanut. "We will, crack this," they said. ".The contents, will revive you." "What is inside of it?" he asked. "Milk." "I wonjt touch it!" he said, hoarse ly. "I'm,, a vegetarian 1" Chicago Tribune s Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. Of 54,000 adult immigrants admit ted to the country in the last three months of 1898, 41,000 had nionev. Lobs than 9,000, though, had more than $30. Remember t hat you can buy Jesse Moore A. A. Whiskey for the same price that is paid for ordinary whiskey. For sale by all Lrst-class dealers and druggists. Uncle Bill's Ideas. The best laid schemes of mica or men generally catch a woman. Some fellows aim high enough, but they haven't tbe energy to pull the ti igger. A sensible fellow isn't afraid anoth er will win bis best girl because he's used to holding hia own. It is always dangerous to leave your front door unlocked all night; you may find the cook gone in the morning. Cleveland Leader. HOW'S THIS We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward !or any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the past 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all busln.ss transactions and fin ancial)? able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. Wist 4Trcax, i. Wholesales DruKfrista, Toledo '. . Waldinq, Kimnan St Marvin, Vfnolesale Drug -ists, Toledo, O. nail's Catarrh Cure Is t. ken n: :rnally , acting directly on the blood and m.cous surfaces ol the system. Pr! :o 7So per bo' de. o.d t; il diugrists. Testimonials free. Hill's Family Puis - re thi best, - A Safe ItefugB. "Tom," said Jimmy, "do you know that some day the world will be burned ud with fire?" ,."So I have heard," replied Tom. "But, Toa," went on Jimmy, who was deeply concerned about the ap proaching catastrophe, "what will you do when the world is burned up?" "Ob," replied Tom with an air of one who has provided for all the con tingencies, "I shall go out to Uncle Billy's and stay." Detroit Journal. The Flies of Keypt. The flies of Egypt deserve a tribute to their peculiar qualities. . A plague of American flies would" be a luxury compared to the visit of one fly from Egypt For untold 'centuries they have been in the habit of crawling over thiok-skinned faces and bodies and not being dislodged. They can stay all day if they like. Consequently, if theysee an American eye, and they light on it, not content with that, they try to ciawl in.' You attempt to brush them off, but they only move around to the other side, until you ate mad with nervousness from their etiokv feet. If they find out your ear they crawl in and walk around. You can not discourage them. They craze you with their infuriating persistence.- If 1 had been the Egyptians the Israelites would have been escorted out of the country in' state at the arrival of the first fly.' Lilian Bell, in Woman's HOrne Companion. ' Nothing, perhaps, is so bitter as olives freshly picked, yet after they turn purple and black, hogs soon learn to devour them. An analyst has made the discovery that California roses contain 20 per cent more perfume than those grown elsewhere. . ' amniQ Rupture treated scien titical 1 r and confident! ft 1- )y. CTuponSinci Solicits. 108 Second St.. Po Hind. OR. GUftft'S 'TIvIvr? PILLS ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Sick Hendache iDd Dyspepsia, ReoioTe Pimples and Purify th. Blood. Aid Digestion sndPrerent Biliousness. Do not (iripe orSicken. Toconrince you, we will mail ample free, orfull box for 25c. DK. BUSANKt' CO., Pliilada., sVcuna. Bold by Druggists. SURE CURE FOR PILES ITCHING Piles proaact mointure and ca a tie itching. This form, as well aa blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles arecur.d by Or Bosanko's Pile Remedy Bt.p itcbintf and bUedinjr. AhHurU tumors. fic a Jar at druaeiHtsursent bj mail. Treatitte free. Writ xue about jour cas. 1R- BOS AN KO, Pliilada., Pa, YOUNG MEN! For Gonorrhoea and Gleet pet Rabat's Okay Sped He. II Is the ONLY medicine which will cure each and every case. ISO CASE known it has erer (ailed to cure, no matter how serious or of how Ions; standing. Remits from Its use will astonish you. It is absolutely safe, prevents stricture, and can be taken without Inconve nience and detention from business. PRICE, $3.00. For sale by ail reliable drufirtrista, or sent prepaid by express. puimy w-pp!. OYiSSlCCO, Chtogo. HJ. Circular mailed on request. I r r;; pension I I" BICKF0R0. Washington. 0. C. they will re- I I celve quick replies. B. 5th N. H. Vols. Btafl 20th Corps. Prosecuting claims since 1878. C. H. WOODii.u A CO.. HOITT'S SCHOOL, Menlo Park. San Mateo Co., Cal., accred ited at the Universities. Location, climate, and careful attention to Mental, Moral and Physical training;, places Hoitt's among the foremost Kcnools for Bovs on the Coast. 5. F. Chronicle. Will ' re-o)n in the new building August loth, (9th year.) Ira O. Holtt, Ph. V.. Principal. The two puddling furnaces of the Mahoning rolling mill at Danville, which have been undergoing repairs, are ready for work again,' and 100 ad ditional men will be employed. ROBERT DOWNING Tells the Secret of His Endurance. Great Robert Downing, the Tragedian. : Robert Downing was recently inter viewed by the press oh the subject of his splendid health. Mr. Downing promptly and emphatically gave the whole credit of his splendid physical condition to Pe-ru-na, saying: - -' "I find it a preventive against all sudden summer ills that swoop upon one in changing climates and water. "It is the finest traveling companion and safeguaid against malarial influ ences. " "Tos sum it up, Pe-ru-na has done me more good than any tonic I have ever taken." Healthy mucous membranes nrotect the body against the heat of Bummer and the cold of winter. Pe-ru-na is sure to brine health to the mucous membianes of the whole body. Write for a copy of Dr. Hartroan's latest book entitled - "Snmuler Ca tarrh." Address Dr. Ilartman, Colum bus, O. Remember that cholera morbus, cholera infantum, summer com plaint, bilious colic, diarrhoea and dysentery are each and all catarrh of the bowels. Catarrh is the only correct: name for these affections. Pe-ru-na is an absolute specitio for these ailments, which are so com mon in summer. Dr. Hartman, in a praotice of over forty years, never lost a single case of cholera infan tum, dyeentary, diarrhoea, or .chol era morbus, and his only reinedy waa Pe-ru-na. ' Those desiring further particulars should send for a free copy of "Summer Catarrh." Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus, O. A Clean Kecord.' "I , wouldn't associate with ber. Whv, one of her ancestors was a char woman." "Well then she's sure that one of them at least had a clean rec ord." Philadelphia Bulletin. .. - Fnddy Joggles has moved out to the suburbs.' He says he does it for the exeicise that working about the place will give hi in. He bought Shandy's place. Shandy has moved into town. Duddy What induced him to sell? "To get lid of the work about the place." Boston Transcript. : 6 tOc 25c 50c DRUGGISTS ,00 EAST. -VIA- Through Palace and Tourist Stoppers: linimg and liuffet SuiokiDK Library Cars. FAST TIME.... Seislce and Scenery Unequalled. Foi Tidcets and all information apply to your nearest agent, or address A. B. C. DENNISTON, CP. and T. A., Portland. It. C. STKVENS, G. W. P. A., Seattle. CURE YOURSELF! U. Ki.U far i"in.l..l discharges, innaniniatioas. irritations or ulcrationa t . MrUttrt. of la u oo us ni.inbrann.. lPf.vrau mbucI.. Painless, and not astria- ItheEmMCheiiichCo. or Poisonous. old by Dnwsllls, or sent In plain wrapper. II .00, or S bottles, t2.75. """' "n on roauest. N. P. N. V. HO. 84 '99. w BIN writing to adwertlMri pleaa U1VHWVH fy- pfcy B We IP f la 1 . d.jfcXJ M - Ouril ta.d S CINCINMTI.O .rt