POBTO BICO'S EUINS.
terrible" devastation of the
great hurricane. '
'Wcturee of tlie Havoo Wrought in
Onr Peaceful Isle, Many Pathetic In
' cldenta and Deeds of Heroism Fol
! lowed the .Passage of the Storm.
f The recent West Indian hurricane,
with Its attendant loss of life and dam
age to property, was one of the worst
calamities of the century. In Porto
Rico alone the death list reached' near
ly 1,500, while the number of Injured
iwas three times larger. As to the
(damage and destruction of property,
fthat. Is Inestimable. Whole villages
were swept away; growing crops were
washed out by flood or leveled by the
wind, shipping was dealt a costly blow,
and the sea, for days and days after
the terrific storm, tossed upon the
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' A BADLY WRECKED VILLAGE.
shores of the Island a heterogeneous
mass of wreckage that told of disaster
to vessels, the crews of which perished.
Scores .of ghastly, bloaeed corpses
came floating ashore to add their
ghastliness and horror to the awful
scenes already depicted ' there. - Now
and then, after the storm, a disabled
and long-overdue steamer made Its al
most helpless way Into the harbor, and
from the men aboard these were got
ten the stories of the storm's awful
fury at sea. The entire Island of Porto
Rico was storm swept, but the worst
destruction, was wrought along the
southern coast In the vicinity of Ponce
and twenty miles Inland. Sickening
scenes abounded upon every side; half-
dazed, sunken eyed, weeping: men,
Wnmon anil ohilriifn went walling to
and fro; rows of dead, awaited Identifl
cation; strings of dead carts, with their
gruesome burdens, rattled away to the
cemeteries, white everywhere ". there
RUINS OV A KATIVK ABODE.
was an oppressive, heart-rending, fu
nereal atmosphere that seemed to hang
like a pall of despair over the stricken
Isle. v; '.. ". , ' .
: Full particulars of the terrible storm
show, the great destruction and ac
centuate, the horrible condition of the
peasant; or peon. Houses and roofs to
Shelter were as serious questions . as
food was before the government Issued
frnA rnHnnn nnd ituu1i other nrovlsiona
to feed the destitute. The ruins in
most cases consisted of a floor only,
jwlth a few articles left thereon. At
Ponce and along the southern shore
the hurricane spent its greatest fury.
The front of the storm reached there
about daylight and the wind and rain
continued to Increase til about noon,
jwhen they gradually subsided. This
advance guard had broken the palm
VX WAKE OT HUBBXCAXB. '
trees, snapped off and stripped of their
fruit the banana and, plantain trees
the chief food of the peons and had
torn and beaten down the coffee trees
and the sugar cane. Many houses had
been unroofed; but few, If any, lives
were lost, though many were injured
by the flying debris. . .'
1 At dusk the worst seemed to be over,
for the wind and rain had ceased. But
between 8 and 7 o'clock In the evening
the storm recommenced, accompanied
by torrential rain and gales. The lit
tle Portuguese River, usually a mere
creek, already swollen from the morn
ing rain, became a raging torrent- It
jumped out of Its banks at a curve Just
above Ponce, and swept down through
(the streets. Small houses, with whole
families, were borne down In Its re
sistless current and either lodged In
some fence corner or carried out to sea.
In one yard In the city were found the
bodies of daughter, father, mother and
.grandmother. "
At one place In the street where the
drift was checked, twenty-four bodies
'were picked up, most of tnem peons.
Some of them, however, gave evidence
of refinement and one was thought to
be an American, but so quickly does
decomposition set In in that hot cli
mate that it was impossible to recog
nize him. Dr. Sldley, an American
physician, had a narrow escape from
death. He had recently purchased and
fitted up a handsome home, prepara
tory to receiving the bride he expected
soon to bring from Chicago. He re
mained in his house as long as was pos
sible. Tying his money to his arm, and
m uib uuuerciowes oniy, ne struggled
through water up to his neck and at
times over his head. Fortunately
some one grasped him by the hair as
he swept past a house and he was
saved.' J
The flood was at Its height near mid
night and the scenes along the river
,were heartrending. House aftej house
-floated past toward the ocean, carry
ing its three, four, and even more,
wretched passengers, who uttered pit
eous cries for help. The night was
lighted by Incessant flashes of light
ning, though with little thunder. Many
persons held lamps At their windows
and balconies to aid the struggling and
their rescuers. ; . -
It was a "wonderful - but : horrible
sight. A city of 30,000 people was en
tirely under water, a foaming torrent
pouring through the streets; lightning
flashing; men, women and especially
Children struggling with the current;
r -
and then drowning; the raln.ccaseless
ly coming down In sheets. .
Many Heroic Incident.
There were many Instances of hero
Ism displayed. The Eleventh Infantry.
U. S. A., led by their adjutant, saved
at least 100 lives, by rescuing people
from the water. The adjutant person
ally saved fifteen from drowning. With
a life line tied to his waist, he dashed
bravely. Into the torrent again and
again, depending upon his men to draw
his body out. The firemen of Ponce
also worked bravely, and one noble
fellow lost his life. '- s .- - " : I i
A flat valley, usually ten or twelve
feet above-the water level, extends
along Del Rio "Portngues. stretching
from half a mile to amlle on either
side. On this plain the plantations are
situated. Around the planter's bouse,
and often near the rlyqr, bank, cluster
the huts of the peons, or laborers, from
twenty to fifty on each plantation.
Kmlla Quinones, a prosperous planter
living near the river a Tew mlle3 above
the city, and his whole household of
thirty souls, were carried away and not
one saved.
: Native estimates place the dead at
3,000 for the Ponce district alone; but
the real number will never be known.
All were burled In haste. ' Who they
were, what they were will never be
found out r
Love grows toy what It doesn't feed
on. . . . .:-::, . .-: -.; ..-.
. Love "never condescends to "reason;
that is why it 1b so reasonable, , -No
thin girl will ever admit that there.
Is a "family skeleton anywhere around
her house, v j : -. .
The average woman would rather
have a man think less of her and think
of her oftener.
You can always distract a woman's
attention bw showing her a new dolly
pattern or a baby. . ... ,. .
When a man has a piece of bad luck
there is always some woman around to
say it Is a judgment
Some of the worst gifts that Santa
Glaus ever put In a stocking are what
women wear In them. .' . '
The first time a girl kisses a man she
tries to pose just like the actress she
once saw kiss in some play.
,The average woman gets about half
her pleasure In life out of "misunder
standings" with people she likes."
After a girl has been engaged three
or four times she feels lonesome every
night a man doesn't propose to her., . .
The Lord probably made man: first
because be was afraid Eve would in
sist, on advising Him-, about making
Adam. ;,'",;: ' i-- ' i-" :
i A well dressed: woman looks as if her
clothes were-made for her, but a well
dressed man looks as If he was made
for bis clothes. " ' ' .....
A woman's's idea of society Is to talk
and act before people who aren't .her
own family like she thought the world
was nothing but a nice dish of atraw--
berries" and cream. '.. '.
He Sized Up His Customer.
A rather loudly dressed "gentleman"
stepped into the necktie department of
a big shop the other afternoon, and In
a supercilious tone that would have
nettled a graven image Into anger ot
tered the single mandatory word: . ,
"Neckties!",: ? , ,;;'.; . ;:
Then he threw back his head as If the
assistant was entirely beneath his no
tice. This top-lofty air aggravated the
assistant but he quietly displayed a
number of late patterns with a deferen
tial air. ' v-: - " .'
"These," he said obseqiously, "are
the -very newest things and are excel
lent quality at a shilling.".:. : -
"A shilling!" haughtily snapped the
customer; "a shilling! Do I look like
a man who would wear a shilling neck
tie.. Is there anything about .me to in
dicate that I " .
"I beg your pardon,; sir,"; meekly in
terposed the assistant; "the sixpenny
counter is at the other end of the shop."
London Tld-Bits. V :
Pianos and Literary Reform. -
A funny story about Miss Marie Cor
elli comes from Stratlord-on-Avon,
where that mystic novelist has been
living opposite a young ladies' school.
It appears that in this school are many
pianos, dally practice upon -which by
the pupils has been excessively dam
aging to Miss Corelli's nerves. Driven
to desperation, she wrote to the prin
cipal of the school, asking that when
piano-forte practice was going forward
the windows might be "kept closed, as
the noise interfered with the progress
of literary composition. To which the
schoolmistress replied that If the noise
would prevent the composition of an
other book like the "Sorrows of Satan"
she would order half ; a dozen more
pianos. New York Tribune.
Thought It Was a Cornet.
A parish beadle .- In Scotland . was
lately much exercised at theappearance
of a strange old gentleman who, when
the sermon was about to begin, took a
huge ear trumpet, In two parts, out of
his bag and began screwing them to
gether. The beadle watched him until
the process was completed, and then,
going stealthily up, he whispered: "Ye
manna play that here! : If ye dae, I'll
turn ye oot!" Answers.- ; : :: ' :.
Molluska In an African Lake.
Lake Tanganyika, in Africa, offers a
unique field for scientific exploration.
This region, like Australia, is one of the
few localities where animals still live
that have become extinct elsewhere,
certain whelk-Uke mollusks of this lake
appearing to have been driven, from
the ocean and to be identified with fos
sil forms of old Jurassic seas in Eu
rope.. . '
It's much easier to run up a bill than
It Is to foot it .
I Some men haven't ambition enough
to get out of their own way.
FBUITS AND DISEASE.
STRAWBERRIES ARE SAID TO
CAUSE RHEUMATISM.
Acid of Cherries Believed to Be an Cn
, failing- Cure for the Same Malady
Unreasonable Fear of Appendicitis
in These Times. ' ''''--' -
People suffering from that most dis
tressing of diseases, rheumatism, should
be ' careful In their diet at all times.
There is a general Impression that all
fruits are healthful and may be indulg
ed In freely by invalids, but this is not
the case. A South Water street fruit
merchant remarked the .other day:
"There Is an impression very prevalent
In the minds of many persons " that
there Is rheumatism in strawberries. It
may .be only imagination and due to the
season,-but- there Is no doubt that per
sons who are -subject to rheumatic- at
tacks suffer from them very frequently
during what Is known as the straw-,
berry season, whether they eat straw
. berries or not I am satisfied In my own
case that the acids in strawberries
work up a nice attack of rheumatism
for me every year, but I cannot resist
them, and do not know as I want to.
''But there is one satisfaction, and that
'Is that while strawberries may have
something to do with rheumatism, cher
ries, which follow them, are an abso
lute cure for rheumatism. Z have never
known a person to suffer from rheuma
. tism who ate freely of cherries, and I
know of hundreds who have been re
lieved of attacks by "eating them. I
have, of ten had cherries ordered two
or three . months before the season for
them opened hereabouts, and to supply
the orders have had to send to Cuba
and to California for them.:" The ordin
ary cherry contains an acid which re
lieves if it does not effectually cure. Of
course, It may an be in the season, and
that rheumatism would disappear any
how, but It Is safe to say there Is no
rheumatism during the cherry season.
I jdon't' know of anything more health
ful.' though even the best tasting, thor
oughly ripe and perfect cherries start
up. very fine cases of colic and cholera
morbus, which are very annoying. The
colored people of the South think, and
it; may be that the same belief exists
elsewhere,-and among others as well,
that all the cramp or colic is taken out
.of the cherry by. eating it, swallowing
stone ' and . all. ' That, unquestionably
was the practice once, but In recent
years - fears of appendicitis' may have
changed it somewhat, though for the
life of me I cannot understand why it
Is so dangerous now to swallow apple
seed, grape seed or cherrystones, when
In old-fashioned times It was the. rule
to do so, rather than, the exception."
Chicago Chronicle. -s . .
OLE OLESON AT THE RACES.
He Relates to a Friend His Eexperi
' . enco iu;Turf Speculation. :
'''Hello, Ole,' var yu baen: to-day?"
said John Johnson, ' a sunny-natured
son of Sweden, as he met his friend
Oleson alighting from a race train.
:' "Aye baen tu da races," replied Ole.
"Aye hav fren an ha ask ma tu go tu
da races an win sum mo nay. YaL Aye
go to has office an he say ve vill go an
get " Halgren. Halgren ha kno ebery
horsevta da contry. Val, va go an get
Halgren and va go to da train. -. On do
train Aye bar a man say ; da ; horse
Talked aen, an another ha say da horse
ha no com von two tra. an Aye tank ha
baen queer races yar da horse .valked
aeh, an ha no com von two tra. .
;"VeL ven .vay gat to da trak, vay go
aen, an Yonson, ha baen fine plac, Dar
baen vimmen, an yeldren, an Aye tank
Aye var at da piknik.; Den va go up In
da Widen. . Halgren ha say ha var gran
stan. Den purty quik Halgren ha say,
Dar baen ; da horses,' an ha tak has
glasses, an ha look at ham, an ha say
ha pik a vlnner sure.. An den ha say,
Dar baen da vlnner; nomber sax, ha
vin sure. VaL den va go an bet da mon
ey on nomber sax. Purty quik Aye
tank abberybody ha var krassy. Da
vas yellin, Da vas off,' an da all yufinp
on da shairs, an da yelL - Aye look to
say vot var da matter, an Aye say da
horses, com m In an Aye yell, too.. Aye
look for nomber sax to vin, an Halgren
say ha no com von two tra, an va loose
da money. - -''-:'v -
"Den da horses da com out again,' an
Halgren ha say ha pik a vlnner sure
nex time, dat da yockey ha no giv nom
ber sax a good ride. ., He tak his glasses
an ha look again,' an ha say nombei
von ha could vin sure. VaL va bet da
money oh nomber von.' Den da vas
yell 'da vas off,' again an Aye look for
nomber von an Aye no say ham. Aye
ask Halgren var nomber von baen, an
ha say ha baen left at da post an va
loose da money. -.l.U j .yii : : .' :.
"Halgren, ha say da nex race ha baen
steeple chas, and dat ha. kno all da
yumpers an ha pik a vlnner sure, an
Aye tal ham dat Aye go to sleep an ven
da horess com out to. yake ma up an
Aye vould bet da money on da first
horse Aye saw. Val, putty quik Hal
gren ha say, "Ole, vake up, an Aye
vake up, an da first horse bean nomber
for. Aye go an bet on nomber for.. Den
da horses da go out in da fiel an den da
vas off, an den nomber for ha yust run
an.yump da fenses an da ditches, an
ha yar yust beaten dem all, an Aye say
to'Halgren, Aye pik a vlnner sure,' an
Aye would vin ma money. Nomber for,
ha youst var vinoiin In a volk, ven on
da las f ense ha fall an break has nek,
an Aye loose da money. - Aye go da.rM
mor. .Aye baen busted sure." Chicago
Inter Ocean. ; . . . . ;..
Custer's Joke on Osborn.
The : late Charles Osborn, the New
York broker, and Gen. Custer were in
timate' friends, - and Osborn annually
visited the general at his camp on the
plains. During one of the Indian cam
paigns he Invited Osborn and a party
of friends out to Kansas, and, after
giving them a buffalo hunt arranged
a novel, experience In the way of an
Indian scare. As Osborn was lying in
his tent one night firing was heard at
the outposts and the rapid riding of the
pickets. "Boots and saddles" was the
order In the disturbed atmosphere of
the night, and Custer appeared to Os
born loaded' with rifle, two revolvers, a
sabre and a scalping knife. .
"Charlie," he said, in his quick, ner
vous way, "you must defend yourself.
Sitting Bull and Flea-in-Your-Boots,
with Wiggle-Tail-Jim and Scalp-Lock
Skowhegan are on us in force.'-1 didn't
want to alarm you before, but the safe
ty of my command is my first duty..
Things look serious. . If we don't meet
again, God bless you." . ,
: The broker fell on his knees. "My
God, Custer," he cried, "only get me out
of this! I'll carry 1,000,000 shares of
Western Union for you Into the firm to
. get me home. Only save me." - t :
t But Custer was gone,: and the camp
by shrewd arrangement burst, into a
blaze, and shots, oaths and war-whoops
were intermixed, until suddenly a
painted object loomed on Osborn "s
sight and something was flung Into his
face a human scalp. . He dropped to
Lth ground, said the Lord's prayer
backward, forward and sideways, until
the noise died away, and there was ex
posed a lighted supper table, with this
explanation on a transparency:
"Osborn's treat!" Chicago Record.
Walls Plastered with Coins.
Miss " Daisy Dentz, - of j Dentzville,
N. J., a suburb of Trenton, has prob
ably the largest collection of coins In
New Jersey. Some of them are many
hundred years old, and they represent
the currencies of nearly every country
m the world. Some idea of the size of
the - collection may be gathered from
the fact that the celling . of. Miss
Dentz's boudoir is completely covered
with United States money, while the
four walls are hidden behind the coins
of Asiatic, European, African and
South American countries. There is
considerable, history attached to this
collection, especially to the English
coins, which-were found near Prince
ton In a queer shaped hat by one of
Miss Dentz's relatives while in search
of minerals. The hat is similar In shape
to those worn by the Hessian soldiers
during" the revolution and Is still In
Miss Detnz's possession. There . are
many valuable coins in her collection,
and were she to convert them all Into
present American currency they wouhi'
yield quite a snug sum. Philadelphia
Record. ,, ..
Lord Kelvin in a lecture stated that
as a result of recent investigation It
was estimated that the earth had been.
the abode of life about thirty million
years.. -.. -. .
From recent statistics it appears that
the annual death rate in the United
States is eighteen per one thousand;
in Great Britain It is 19.4; Ireland,
18.2; France, 22.5; Germany, 24.4; Aus
tria, 29.4; Hungary, 32.4. In Norway
and . Sweden it is less than .eighteen.
Out of one thousand deaths , in .the
United States during the year, 100.93
will be In January. ' ."
Acclimatization of Europeans in the
tropics is regarded by Dr. Koerfer as
simply a matter of diet Nature has
made food to conform to climatic con
ditions, : from; the fish-oil polar zone,
through the pork-fat temperate zone,
to the oHve-oil and . vegetable tropic
zone; and to preserve health in hot cli
mates one must leave pork fat, meats
and alcohol toehlnd with bis furs and
heating stoves. In a tropical - experi
ence of several years Dr. Koerfer. has
met with no case of sunstroke.
"; It has often been suggested that the
brilliance of the sun's disk Is due to
incandescent particles of carbon,: and
within a few years past the presence
of carbon In the sun has been demon
strated : by the spectroscope. . Lately
Professor Hale, the director of the
Yerks .Observatory, has. shown that
there is a thin layer of carbon in the
lower part of the sun's atmosphere. It .
surrounds the solar globe like a lumin
ous shell, and, under normal - condi
tions, Is probably not more than 500
miles above the sun's ' surface, i- But
when an eruption takes place, , from .
beneath, the. carbon layer, like all the
Other constituents of the solar atmos
phere, is broken up and' locally dis
persed by the tremendous agitation.
... Near the head of the Copper River in
Alaska, in a very rough and broken
country, above which rises the cone of
the ' extinct volcano, ; Mount Wrangell,
there exists, "according to the report of
Captain Abercromble of x the United
States Army, a nest of gigantic geysers
which .may. even exceed those of the
Yellowstone, -Valley in power and. mag
nitude. The" captain was nnable to ap-'
proach near to the geysers, but be saw '
many in eruption from a distance, and
he- thinks that, the steam from these
geysers has given rise to erroneous re
ports .that. the crater of Mount Wran
gell is still active. . . The surrounding
country is so savage, with Its chasms,
glaciers and lava-beds, that Captain
Abercromble thinks it - would . be al
most Impossible for explorers to reach
the mountain. .' .' '.
Recent observations with the" seismo
graph at Mauritius have led to the sug
gestion that not only the' ocean and
the atmosphere, but even the land, may .
experience the effects of a daily tide
running round and round the earth at.
It revolves on its axis.; But While th
tides In the air and the sea are du
more to the moon than to the suiij the
supposed "land tide" arises solely from
the sun's, action.. Moreover, . It . it
caused, not by , the attraction of the
sun, but by its heat A wave of de
pression is supposed to follow the sun
from east to west caused by the ex
traction of moisture from the soiL At
Mauritius it Is found that there Is a
relative ' upheaval of the land to the
west of the place of observation from
morning until evening, and a relative
depression on the same side, or an up
heaval to the east during the night
, Detail In Hardware Business, '.
"In no other business in the world,"
said a Chicago hardware merchant, "Is
there such a multicipllty of detail as
there is In this. It Is not a thousand and
one objects you have to keep track of,
but ten thousand and one. The great
American Inventor Is forever at work
in this line, and there is not a day that
we do not add some new Items to our
stock, and. relegate some others to the
realms of the obsolete. It has become
a business of 'specialists' to as great an
extent as the profession of "medicine
has, and, although I : have been Jn 11
twenty years, I don't know it all yet
; "It takes a man's memory, too, as no
other business ever does.,, The other
day a man came in here looking for a
certain style of hanger for a folding
door. No other kind could be used on
his doors, and if he couldn't get them
he would have to have new doors made
at considerable expense. The hanger
was of an obsolete pattern, and, while
I didn't have it, I told, him I would try
and get it . ; r.r. :-,;j,;;, . . ..:
"I went to my friend L- 's store
n nd asked the clerks there if "thev had
any of them. No, not one. Then I went !
to L - himself. I told him that fif
teen years ago I had - bought ' some
there, and .asked him if he would help
me. He said those must have been the
last he sold, as they had been out of
date fifteen years, but, after thinking
a few moments, he took me upstairs,
and there, upon a high shelf, we found
two hangers such as I wanted, j; s - ' j
I just happened to think,' says Mr.
jj , that I stuck those away there
fifteen ; years - ago.' "Chicago ; Inter
Ocean. : .uu ,: .L :y:
Basis of Belief.
"Nicholas, are you an optimist or a
pessimist?" : """"' :' .
"Well, when Tve had a good dinner
I'm an optimist; when I haven't I'm a
pessimist." Detroit Free Press.
t ' v ' ' Cleanslna; JDisbes. ;
i When tin plates and dishes are very
dirty. It Is a good plan- to boll them In
strong soda and water before scouflna
and polishing them. , , , . . ,'.'.., "... 1
Creeping
Numbness
is a
Mr. O. H. SDTdsr. a wall known
citizen of Lawrence. Kan., said :
I am now seventy years of agv.
About three years ago I experienced
a coldness or numbness la tbe feet,
then creeping up my leg, until It
reached my body. 1 grew rery thin
In flesh, appetite poor and I did not
relish my food. Atlat I became un
able to move about... I consulted -several
- distinguished physici&ns,
one telling me I had locomotor
ataxia, another that I had creeping
paralysis. 1 took their medicines but
continued to grow worse. Almost a
year ago a friend advised me to try
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
&le. Before I had finished my first
ox I found they were benefiting me.
I used twelve boxes in all, and was
perfectly cared. Although it Is six
months since I used my last pill
there has been do recurrence of tli j
disease. "Pnm JUawrenca Journal. '
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills lor Pale People
srs neter sold by the down or hundred.,
but always In packages. At all druggists,
ar direct from the Dr. Williams Medicine
.Co.. Schenectady, N. t-, 60 cents per tax,
o sexes ic-ou.
The first Irish woman to be elected
a municipal councilor is Mrs. Maurice
Dockrell, who was third in the polls
in: the Blackiock distiict of county
Dublin, at tlie last elections, with nine
vacancies to be filled.
r Mothers will find Mrs. Wluslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
Children during the teething period. ,
Coisets made of aluminium are now
used by medical mon for the treatment
of. spinal disorders. . . . . .. .
rTS Permanently Cured.' Ko fits or nervousness
III after first' day's ese of Dr. Kline's tireut
Nerve Restorer. Send for FREE S.OO trial
bottle and treatise. DH.SL.li. gi.raK, ud 930
Arch street. Philadelphia, Pa. -
" Tlie average interval . between nigh
tides is 13 hours and 25 minutes.
" Two bottles of Piso's Cure for Consump
tion cured me of a bad lung trouble. Mrs.
J. Nichols, Princeton, Ind., Mar. 26, 1895.
! America has 4,000,000.. working wo
men. ' There is more Catarrh In this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last Jew years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors pro.
nounced it a local disease, end prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it Incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires constitu.
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on tbe market.
It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Bend for circulars and testimonials. Ad
dress, F. . CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Bold by Druggists, 75c. ' ,,, , ,
- Ball'B Family Pills are the best. ' . ; '
The 130-year-old vine at Hampton
Court, England, is reported to be as
vigorous as ever, although it is not now
allowed to produce as many grapes as
in its prime. '. . . .
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Pimples, eruptions, blotches, scales, ulcers, sores, eczema and chronic swellings are caused by bad blood.
CASCAkETS are wonder-workers in the cure of any disease caused by bad or impure blood. They eliminate
all poisons, build up and enrich the blood, enabling; it to make new, healthy tissue. Pure blood means perfect
health, and if you will use Cascarets they will give you good health and a pure, clean skin, free from pimples
and blotches. To try Cascarets is to like them, for never before has there been produced as perfect and so
harmless a blood purifier, liver and stomach regulator as CASCARETS Candy Cathartic 1 . ,
Don't be imposed upon with "something just as good", as CASCARETS you can't find it!
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: CASCARST8 are absolutely harmless j a purely vereUble compoond. Ho mercnrial or
cans every disorder of the Stomach, Liver and Intestines. They not only euro constipation,
Pleasant, palatable, potent. Taste good, do good. Never sicken, weaken or cripe. Be sure
to-day, and if not pleased in every respect, est your money back I Write us for booklet and
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- "An. TJnhappy' Marriage. '' '
. She This is the anniversary of ' our
wedding. : I suppose1 -we ought to ob
serve tiie day in some t-ay. -
; He Suppose we jend out for some
sackcloth and -ashes. N. Y. Journal.
" '- 'X.r-est Alphabet.
The Tartaran- alphabet contains 202
letters being the -longest in the world.
Some of : those are really symbols to
represent phrases and emotions. -;
. ' working' miner in a coal' pit in
September, 1890, a master of arts of
London University in June, 1896.
That is the remarkable "record of
Thomas Reese,. H. A., who has just
been appointed to a professorship at
Brecon college, one of the leading
theological institutions . in the principality.;"-;
'::'"-;'' ': - ' '' ' '-
; The finest looking. people, of. 'Europe
aro said to be tlie Tzigates. or gypsies.'
of Hungary.' Physically they, are
splendid specimens of men and women
and are rarely ilir--So pure- is 'their
blood that their wounds quickly, heal
without . the application of medicaments."-
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We toNATHAN PENSION
I l" BICKFURU. WasWnoton. 0. C. thev will .
1 1 ' cetve quick replies. B. 6th H. Vols.
Staff 20th' Corps. Prosecuting claims since 1678.
Bast Couah Syrup. Tutus Good. TJse I
1 i lnttma Boln by droKglsn.- H '
La ft la the March of Progress.
There are few quieter, more se
cluded villages in England than the
Meons, east and west, lying among tbe
Hampshire Downes. Old Winchester
Hill presiding over the scene seems to
tell of some old British city there
abouts, the forerunner of . the more
famous city of the plains. : And the
Romans weie busy about the hill
with camps and summer settlements
lang syne. But nothing much has hap
pened there since. Sturdy Cobbett
passed that way in his "Rural Ride "
and - marveled at the huge church of
East : Meoo-; in its mighty solitude.
Built to hold thousands, and now, in
Cobbett's time. -a few shepheids and
graziers, sparsely scatteretd. form the
whole population of the parish. And
still the process of depoaulation goes
on, aa census tables tell. , But tlie
Meons are to have, a railway at
last, and we read that the Meou valley
railway from Alton to Fareham, a dis
tance of., about 26 miles, will run
through- country hitherto-quite un
touched by any railway, and will afford
a rapid and direct means of communi
cation between Aldershot and the
southern ports and defenses of Ports
mouth... -Southampton anei . Qosport.-!
Household Words. " ! ''.' !t a '" " ' "
SHAKE INTO YOUR BROKS
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nerv
ous feet, and instantly takes the sting out
of corns and bunions. It's the greatest
comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy.
It is a certain cure for Ingrowing Nails,
sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching
feet. We have over 30.000 testimonials.
Try it today. Sold by all druggists and
shoe stores. .Bv mail for 25a in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen 8.
Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
.It is estimated that 40,000 Ameri
cans went to Europe this summer.
HOW TO TRAVEL.
Information for the Public.
' -71 selecting your : route to the East
you cannot ' afford to overlook the ad
vantages and comforts offered by the
Rio Grande Western Railway in con
ection with the Denver & Rio Orande
and Colorado Midland railroads. It is
the only transcontinental line passing
directly through ; Salt Lake City, and
in addition to the glimpse it affords of
the Temple city,' the Great Salt Lake,
the salt palace, and the picturesque
Utah valley, it offers choice of six dis
tinct routes to the East and the most
magnificent ' scenery in tbe world. A
double daily train service and through
Pullman palace and ordinary sleeping
cars,' free reclining chair cars and a
perfect dining car eervioe are now in
operation via these' tines. . .
- For pamphlets descriptive of ; the
VGreat Salt Lake Ronte," apply to J.
D. Mansfield, general agent, 253 Wash
ington street, Portland, Or.
.l "-v- Are You Going East? '
If so, you should see that
your ticket -reads via the
Great Rock Island route,
and: yon will get the best.
Pullman palace sleeping cars, elegant
reclining chair cars "free, " and library
buffet cars on all through trains. Best
dining car service in the world. - Popu
lar personally - Conducted excursions
once a week to all points East. For
full particulars call 'on or address any
ticket agent, or A. E. COOPER."
G. A. P. D., C. R. I-. & P. Ry., 246
.-" Washington street, Portland, Or.
The maximum' number of visitors to
the Royal Gardens at Kew, England,
on any one day last year was 71.871,
on May SO. The smallest, 61, on
November 21.
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ARTER'SDNK
Take no other it is the best that
can be made.
YOUNG MEN!
For Gonorrbcea and Gleet get Pabet Okay Speclflo. It
m the ONLY medlotne which will care each and ererr
ease. HO CASK known tt has ever raiid to cure, no
matter how serious or of how loner etandiny. Keaulta
from its use will astonish you. It Is absolutely aaie.
prevent stricture, aad can he taken without lnoonve
nienro and detention from basinet. PRICE, fS-Oa. For
sate by all reliable dnipfrlaU, or sent prepaid bj expns
plainly wrapped, on receipt of price, by
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Circular mailed on request.
DRGUMM'S
IMPROVED nil A
liver rlLLo
P!"J? pOR A DOSE. Cure Sick Headache
and Dyspepsia, Remove Pimples and Purify the
Blood. Aid Digestion andPrerent Biliousness. Do
BOt(IHtW.,flAh.. 1' . , ,,
--r. luwiiiiim "U , w, will mail
"rap'e free, or full hoi for 2iSc. DR. BOSANKC
, ....n1an., u. ooia ur iruggi.ts.
RHEUMATISM DISAPPEARS ; QUICKLY
If you put the blood In s pure, rich and healthy
condition. No matter how4ong; you have been
troubled or to what extent,
rioore's ; Revealed Remedy
will cure you. Thousands who have suffered
with rheumatism testify to its curat! ve powers.
Jt is 1.00 per bottle at your druggist's.
MACHINERY, allkinds
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Bridget's Mistake.
An Irish lady, having had a few hot
words with her husband one day, had
occasion a few a moments after to send
her servant for some fish for dinner.
"Bridget," said the mistress, "go
down to the town at once and get me a
plaice." .
"Indade, an' I will, ma'am," said
Bridget; "and I may as well get wan
for meself, for I can't stand the mas
ther no more than yerself." Spare
Moments.
. . Dewey Celebration.
.Americans are quick to appreciate merit.
The Dewey celebrations prove that, and it
is again forcibly demonstrated in the praise
and confidence which is accorded Hostet
ter's Stomach Bitters, one of the most mer
itorious remedies ever compounded for in
digestion, constipation, dyspepsia, bilious
ness, liver or kidney disease of any trouble
arising from a weak stomach, i
Tooling- the Public. '
''I'm about bushed in the matter of
curiosities," mused the owner of a
small store. . "It's a bad habit this
idea of drawing ., trade by making a
museum of ; the window, but I can't
stop nowbusiness won't allow it."
- A few hours later v the soda water
trade was rushing. The crowd outside
the window gazed until it was thirsty
at the remarkable bird that hung in a
big cage. The card attached bore a
handful of the alphabet hysterically
put together and ' designed for a scien
tific name. After it were the words:
"From Samoa."
A few days later the "curiosity"
was feeding in the back yard with the
rest of the bantam hens. Detroit Free
Press.
The famous clock - in the Palais de
Justice in Paris, dates from 1370, and
is the work of the celebrated De Vick,
whose turret clocks are the earlest on
reliable record. The carved figures of
Piety and Justice and tbe angles sup
porting the royal coat of arms were ex
ecuted by Gremaine Pi Ion. It js be
lieved that it was the bell of this clock
that rang the signal for ' the massacre
of St. Bartholomew in 1572.
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Necessity is the
Mother of Invention.
ft
tvas the necessity for a reliable blood
purifier and tonic thai brought into exist
ence Hood's SarsapariEa. S is a highly
concentrated extract prepared by a com
bination, proportion and process peculiar
to itself and giving to Hood's Sarsapa
riHa unequalled curative power.
'j. . Settliug- a Quisser. .
. Joseph Jefferson, some 10 years ago,
spent a week with a Scotch peer.
1 Among the guests was a haughty and
brilliant lady who made - a dead set at
quizzing him. He did not detect it at
i first and answered some of her absurd
questions about America quite inno
cently. At last he saw her purpose
and decided . to get even. His oppor
tunity came when, emboldened by her-
success, she said: "By the by, have
you met the ' queen lately?" "No,
Madam," Jefferson replied with per
fect seriousness, "I was out when her
majesty called upon me." She colored
slightly and then turned away and
never spoke to him again. Detroit
Free Presa.
The average duration of life in Chi,
cago has been more than doubled in
the last 80 years, resulting in the sav
ing of 42,050 lives.
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TMabatiua
f "CASCAKETS do all elalsne for
tbesa and are a truly wonderful medicine.
I have often wished for a medicine pleasant
to take, and at last have found it in CASCA
RETS. Since taking them my blood has been
pit rifled and my ootnplezien has improved
wonderfully, and I feel much better in every
way." - ,
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other mineral piU-potson in Casearets. Casearets promptly, effectively and permanently
bnt correct any and every form of irregularity of the bowels, tocludine diarrhoea and dysentery.
yon ret the Cenuins 1 Beware of imitations and substitutes I Buy abox of CASCARBTB
free sample I Address STBSLHf 0 BBHXDY COUP AST, CHICAGO or HBW T0EK-
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chinery, supplies. se-iO First St., Portland, Or.
JOHN POOLE, "' PoETLAifD, Obegos.
can give yon the best bargains in general
machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps,
plows, Jbelts and windmills. The new
steel I X L windmill, sold by him, is un
equalled. DR. MAETTL'S BOOK.
lief for Women
to-day for tfaie Book, coo tot ning Particu
Hflnt rtvw. in niun. sasbJivi AnTAione. wrae
lar and TeHUmoulals of DtL MA
lABTaX'S
French Female Pills.
Praised br thousands of astislled ladles
BoldbTalldruinrisrsln metal box. Freuca.
Vrenob Drug CoSBl & mi Pearl SU, Hew Xorfc Oltx
I on iajd in Bine, woice ana icea. xaice no otner.
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An Excellent Combination.
The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
Strup or Figs, manufactured by the
California Fig Strup Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa
tive principles of plants known to be
medicinally ' laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste 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 Fig Strup
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.
SAW FKAJT CISCO, GAI
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For sale by all Druggists. Price 50c per bottle
A Fable In Stocks, .
Once . upon a time an operator in
stocks was sold short, and ruin stared
I him in the face unless the market
should break. In . his desperation he
I remembered having heard that honesty
is the best policy. He tried to dis
miss the foolish thought, but .in vain.
:' Finally, like the drowning man catch
ing at the straw, he resolved to try be
ing honest.- The very next day he put
his design into execution, and he
hadn't been honest more than 15 min
utes when ' 1 of the leading balls fell
dead, they were so surprised at him.
Hereupon the market naturally broke,
and the operator could get all the stocks
he wanted at his own figure. It is
claimed that some, if not all, of these
bulls had taken radishes and ham for
breakfast, but that, it is submitted,
does not' destroy the moral of this fable.
Detroit Journal.
chinins
. '-. tea
sold only in ' '
FadKiges
It is said that some of the sheep
farms in Australia are as large as the
whole of .England.
. The sprinkler fitters of St. Louis won
a st'ike for eight hours and $2.50.
Helpers are now paid f 1.75.
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CURE YBURSELF
Use Bit7J for nn natural
dischargea, inllamniationa,
irritatioua or ulceration
of inuconi membrane.
PainleM, and not aetriu
lTHEEvN8CHEltnjif.C0. gent or poonou. ,
oia my uracriiis, -;
"or sent in plain wrapper,
br excrete. DreDuid. for
fl.iO, or 3 bottles, 92.76.
Circular went on requeet
Rupture
treated seten
ti Ileal ly and
confident! a 1-
'y. CgrmsMWM
108 tseosd St, Ps tlins.
WOODAhU A CO.
SURE CURE FOR- PILES
rrotilNG Piles pr ounce moletnre and oautte i to nine.
This form, a well a Blind, Bleedioffor Protruding
Pile are cured by Dr. Botanko't Pile Rmedtf
Stupe Itching and bleed in. Absorbs to mors. 50c a
Jar at drusrsistaoraent by mail. Treatise free. Writ
me about four cam. !&. BOttANKU, Pa ilad.. Pa,
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