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Does Your
.Baking-- Powder
Prof. Geo. F. Barker, M.D., University of Penn.: "All
the constituents of alum remain (from alum baking powders) in
the bread, and the alum itself is reproduced to all intents and
purposes when the bread is dissolved by the gastric juice in the
process of digestion. I regard the use of alum as highly injurious."
Drv Alonzo Clark : "A substance (alum), which can de
range the stomach should not be tolerated in baking powder."
Prof. W. G. Tucker, New York State Chemist : " I believe
it (alum) to be decidedly injurious when used as a constituent of
food articles."
Prof S. W. " Johnson; Yale College : "I regard 'their
(alum and soluble alumina salts) introduction into baking pow
ders as most dangerous to health."
In view of such testimony as this,
every care must be exercised by
the housewife to exclude the over
and over condemned cheap, alum
baking powders from the food.
Baking powders made from cream of tartar, which is highly
, ; - : , refined grape acid, are promotive of health, and more efficient.
No other kind should be used in leavening food. Royal Baking
Powder is the highest example of pure cream of tartar powder. -
The Advantage of On Eye.
During the late Spanish-American
war a certain old colonel who had lost
an eye at the battle of Gettysburg was
very indignant because Le was pnt j
aside as physically incapacitated, when
he applied for admission to one of the
New York volunteer reigments.
Villed with. wrath and chagrin the
colonel journeyed to Washington, bent
on having a personal interview, with
the president. He succeeded in gain
ing an audience, and the president,
after listening to his pier., said, kindly:
"But, my good Col. J , you
have only one eye.!" .
"Just bo, sir," was the prompt re
joinder, "but can't you see the great
advantage of my having only one eye?
When I aim my gun I shan't have to
close the other 1"
He fought at Santiago. ' Youth's
Companion.
Trip to Portland.
Now that the heat and dust of sum
mer are past and gone, there is real
pleasure in travel, and no trip can give
more pleasure or profit than a trip to
Portland to attend the Oregon Indus
trial Exposition, which runs in Port
land from September 28 to October 28.
All the railroad and steamboat lines
are giving specially , low excursion
rates, and the fair is well worth visit
ing. .
The least troublesome and most pro
fitable animal to raise in this country
is the sheep. N
OEIAH. JOE
PRAISES PEEIUMA,
The Great Catarrh Cure,
JOK WHEELEB'8 CHARGE
Major-GeneralJoseph Wheeler, com
manding the cavalry forces in front of
Santiago and the author of "The Santi
ago Campaign," in speaking of the
great catarrh remedy, Pe-ru-na, says:
"I join with Senat ts Sullivan, Roach
and McEnery in thoir good opinion of
Pe-ru-na. It is recommended to me
by thoso who have used it as an excel
lent tonic and pax-t'cularly effective
as a cure for catarrh."
United States Senator McEnery.
Hon. S. D. McEnery, United States
Senator from Louisiana, says the follow
ing in regard to Pe-ru-na:
"Pe-ru-na is an excellent tonic. I
have used it sufficiently to say that I
believe it to be all that you claim for
it. S. D. McEnery, New Orleans,
Louisiana.""
The microbes that cause shills and fever and malaria enter the system
through mucous membranes made porous by catarrh. Pe-ru-na heals the mu
cous membranes and prevents the entrance of malarial germs, thus 'preventing
and curing these affections.
American
Type
Founders
Company
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onfain
Alum?
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
The extreme point of Land's End,
the most westerly ' point of England,
has been described as resembling the
head of an aligator descending into the
sea. A - natural tunnel runs right
through it, and is about 60 feet high.
Why It Succeeds. "
There is nothing remarkable about
the grand success that attends the Ore
gon Industrial Exposition at Portland,
for it ia backed up by the enterprising
business men of . Portland, who spare
no expense to make the ' great . fair a
splendid . success. - The men who
conduct it are: H. C. Breeden, presi
dent; I. N. Fleischner, vice-president;
R. J. Holmes, treasurer; W. S. Stru
ble, secretary; E. C. Hasten, assistant
secretary; H. E. Dosch, auditor;
George L. Baker, superintendent; J.
P. Marshall, Ben Selling, H. L. Pit
tock, D. Solis Cohen, C. B. Williams,
Dan McAUen, A. B. Steinbach, J. E.
Thielsen, D. M. Dunne, R. C. Judson,
L. M. Spiegl, Sig. Sichel, H. D. Rams
dell, B. S. Pague, General O.- Sum
mers, Col. I. N.' Day, George Fuller,
Captain E. S. Edwards.
- If a child needs nourishment one of
the simplest forms . in which it can be
taken is by the raw whites of eggs.
Thsee are nutritious and easily digest
ed. The white is broken into a jar
with what milk is desired and the two
shaken thoroughly together. A pinch
of salt may be added before drinikng,
if preferred. ;
W HEELE
AT SAN JUAN HILL.
United States Senator Sullivan.
"I desire to say that I have been
taking Pe-ru-na for some time for ca
tarrh, and have found it an excellent
medicine, giving me more relief than
anything I have ever taken. W. V.
Sullivan, Oxford, Miss."
United States Senator Eoach.
"Persuaded by a friend, I. have used
Pe-ru-na as a tonic, and am glad to
testify that it has greatly helped me
in strength, vigor and appetite.: I have
been advised by friends that it is re
markably efficacious as a cure for the
almost universal complaint of catarrh.
W. N. Roach, Larimore, North Da
kota." A free book on catarrh sent to any
address by The Pe-ru-na Drug Manu
facturing Co., Columbus, Ohio.
EVERYTHING FOR THE
PRINTER....
We lead and originate
. fashions in
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Cor. Second aad Stark Sts. -
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FLINGS AT WOMANKIND.
Some of Which Smack Jmt a Little Bit
of the Tmtfi.
A girl was visiting in town who has
a diess trimmed with four miles of
lace, and her hostess is thinking of giv
ing a reception, for it
, A woman who knows how easily the
men ; oau be fooled tells everyone who
kisses her that it Is the first time she
was ever kissed by a man. -
It occurs to a man with some wonder
that his wife never got upas much
enthusiasm over him when she whs a
bride as she gets up over the new little
red baby. '.
: When a ' woman doesn't ' know of
anything else nice to say about another
woman she says she has such "cute
little ways."
. Every unhappy woman takes pleasure
in thinking of the time when he will
come back, and it will be too late.
A good many girls have the notion
that some day they may be compelled
to sell their hair and pay off the mort
gage on the family homestead, as the
story books relate. An Atchison girl
who had very beautiful hair became
very poor and agreed to sell it for $3.
After the' hair had been cut off the pur
chaser refused to take it, saying she
rould get a switch for $2 in Kansas
City that - would answer. Atchison
Globe. . '. v - v
Poor Facilities tor Coaling-.
Army officers in the Philippines who
have charge of the troop transports
complain of the lack of coaling - facil
ities and the annoyances which sur
round the replenishing of the fuel sup
ply of such ships. They write the war
department that the present method
involves great delay, troops being com
pelled to await transports, which make
long trips to the coal pile and baic.
The distance required to go for . fuel
is 70 miles, and the period taken for
this errand is from 10 to 20 days.
Sometimes, .it is said, a transport is
gone long enough while taking on coal
to make a trip from Manila to San
Francisco. It is probable there will be
an official inquiry into the system, and
some arrangements made by which the
transports can be coaled with greater
facility.! :. -f'.- - '; ""' : -:
. I"or the Children. - v'i '.
The management of the Oregon In
dustrial Exposition at Portland has pro
vided well for the children, whom we
have with us always, and whose lives
should be brightened. The feature of
the fair that gives them the most en
joyment is the big steam merry-go-round.
: They never tire of it, and as
they dismount from their prancing
steeds they are always happy and ready
for another ride. . r
- Improved Train Equipment.
The O. R. & N. and Oregon Short
Line have added a buffet, smoking and
library car to their Portland-Chicago
through train, and a dining car service
has been inauguarated. The train is
equipped with the latest chair cars,
day. coaches and luxurious first-class
and ordinary sleepers. Direct connec
tion made at Granger with Union Pa
cific, and at Ogden with Rio Grande
line, from all points in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho to all Eastern cities.
For information, rates, etc., call on
any O. R. & N. agent, or address W.
H. Hurlburt, General Passenger Agent,
! Poitland.
A snail's pace was carefully observed
in Florence, Italy. Several of the mol
luscs were placed between two points
ten feet apart, and started. . It was
ascertained that the fastest snail in
the race traveled at the rate of a mile
in 14 days.
War Museum. -
It is worth a trip to Portland to see
the war museum - at 'be exposition
there. Captain E S.-Edwards took
his ccat right off and went to work,
and has gotten together the largest col
lection of war weapons ever seen in the
Northwest. Most of them were cap
tured in the Philippines by the Ore
gon volunteers. The .museum is the
carrying out of an idea suggested and
followed up by Dan Mc Allen, one of
Portland's most enterprising business
men, and it is all for the benefit of the
monument fund.
Farii is to bar a 850-foot high am-
bralla.
A HOT" COLD BANQUET.
Some Inside Information by a Walter
. From the Bowery Who Helped to .
Serve It.
One of the waiters at a popular local
restaurant is a bird of passage from the
Bowery and was a member of the
small army that, served the famous
"Dollar Dinner" in 1 New .York last
April. - A good many stories have been
told of that memorable event, but none
of them surpass his own in point of
rjioturesqueness and inside detail. "It
was the funniest push I was ever In
in me life," he says, confidentially.
"The kitohen was so small they had to
cook everything on the outside, and
when it got there it was dead cold.
The second course was haddock, and
each fieh come, served in a linen bag,
so we could put 'era ' in tubs of hot
water and waim 'era up see? Well,
some of the boys got rattled and served
'em bags and all, with egg sauce over
th' outside. Say, you'd of died laugh
ing seeing them fellers tryin' to carve
their fish. 'This is the toughest auld
haddock I iver tackled in me life,' says
one' Tammany man at the head table;
'it's got a skin like a ihinooeiis,' says
he. In the kitchen there was a riot
all night long. It was so small the
waiteis couldn't reach the dishers-up
and they got to scrapping for front
places in the line. One man was
knocked stiff with a turkey, and when
they picked him up I thought he was
dead. - I did, on the level. But it
wasn't blood. It was only cranberry
iauoe. - Anothet flunkey fell into the
salad and one of the cooks put a can of
ice cream in the oven, thinking it was
brown gravy for . the beef. That's on
the square juet as I'm telling yout
But the woist of all was when we came
to the wine. It was 'Merican cham
pagne in half pints, without ice, and of
all the kicking and hollering! one
fresh gent told me it was the only
thing he had had that night that was
good and warm, and he hardly said it
when a waiter that was a little jagged
accidently poured about a "quart of boil-
in' coffee down tne back of his neck.
Say, you ought of heard him cuss.
Between you and me, a good many
waiters got to hitting the wine, and
they found one of 'em with 15 empty
bottles in his pants leg. That's hon
est. I saw it myself. It was the hot
test, banquet 1 was ever at." N. O'
Times-Democi at.
The Philippine Wax
Is proving more stubborn than anticipated
It needs a vigorous contest to straighten
matters out. ; We should tackle the Phil
ippines and overcome them as Hos tetter's
Stomach Bitters does dyspepsia, indiges
tion, malaria.-fever and ague. The battle
is short and decisive, and for fifty years ths
Bitter- have always won. .
Mexican Customs.
It la a little startling to newcomers
at first to notice the universal custom
In Mexico of addressing persons of high
and low degree by their first names.
As soon as friends are at all well ac
quainted they address, each other .by
the given name, and this Is done not
only by those of the same age and sex,
but Indiscriminately among young men
and young women, young people and
elder persons. In the latter case, or
between"" elder persons, a respectful
prefix is used, as "Don" Rlcardo. Pub
lic characters are also commonly re
ferred to by their first names, even the
wife of the president of the republic
being affectionately called . "Carmen
clta" by all classes. In the household
the head of the house is called Don
Jose or Don Manuel by the servants,
and a son In distinction Is known as
Manuelito (little Manuel). Among ser
vants the customs regarding the names
given superiors are not unlike those
of the negroes of the southern United
States... The lowest classes, or the ser
vants that have grown up In a family,'
speak to the heads of the house as Nino
or Nina (masculine and feminine for
child), call the wife and mother senor
ita, regardless of the fact that she may
have attained three-score. The ser
vants distinguish between one of their
own class and a friend of their master
or mistress by such distinctions. If a
caller is to be announced it Is a senor
ita, regardless of her age, that is In
the parlor. If a. woman of the common
class awaits the mistress it Is a senora.
A gentleman of the upper classes is re
ferred to as a senor, while a laborer
will be called a muchacho (boy).-Mod-en
Mexico. ;-..
Cannon.
. Cannons for use In warfare appear to
have been made, of many substances
which would appear very unsuitable to
our' modern ideas. It must, however,
be remembered that In the early days
of artillery powder was very coarse
and slow-burning, and the range was
very small. The wear and tear, there
fore,, on the bore of the gun was as
nothing compared to what It is now.
For Instance, the Swedes in the time of
Gustavus Adolphus used cannon, of
leather, and In 1639 similar weapons
were made in Scotland under the direc
tion of Sir Alexander Hamilton, who
had seen service In Sweden.- Cannon
have also been made' of. wood and
stone, sometimes lined with a bore of
metal and sometimes not. Cannon made
of almost pure gold have been found
In India. It Is said that after Cortea
left Mexico the Mexicans tried to imi
tate his cannon In terra cotta. Krupp
has been credited with an experiment
in paper guns, that- la to say, field
pieces of small caliber composed of a
metal core surrounded by compressed
paper pulp. Such guns would, of
course, be very much lighter, and
would be much easier to carry about
than metal guns. Of guns not nsed In
warfare the most curious were those
used to fire salutes at a winter fete in
Petersburg In the year 1740, when six
guns were made of Ice. It is said that
they had an effective range of sixty
yards, and that they all withstood the
test of firing without bursting.
- The Economy of Robber.
Rubbers are prodigious money sav
ersin two ways; they save shoe leath
er and doctors' bills. The best shoes
In the world soon crack and go to pieces
If you wear them in the rain and snow
and slush. A pair of $3 shoes with rub
bers will outwear a pair of $12 shoes
without rubbers. And as for doctors'
bills, a 50-cent pair of rubbers would
have saved many a hundred-dollar doc
tor's bill, to say nothing of the discom
fort of being sick and the danger ol
pneumonia or consumption or grip.
The Churchman.
'The Prudent Man Setteth
h His House in Order."
Your hitman tenement should be given
even more careful : attention than the
house you live in. Set it in order by
thoroughly renovating your whole system
through Jlood made pure by taking
Hood s SarsaparSU. Tf,
nWact promptly and regularly.
MILLIONS OF STAMPS.
POSTOFFICE FIGURES THAT.WILL
a ASTONISH YOU.
Enough Two-Cent Stamp leaned In
the Tear 1898 to Beach More than
Unco and a Half Aronnd the Earth
at the Equator. '
. TJncle Sam's ' printing office has an
enormous output of . postage stamps
during a year. A gentleman long con
nected with the service has collected a
mass of statistics ' regarding the Issue
which is simply paralyzing. He says
that the number of 2-cent stamps is
sued during 189S was about 2,500,000,
000. Such a number obviously is be
yond the grasp of the human mind, but
perhaps the matter may be made more
clear, by putting It otherwise.
, An ordinary. 2-cent stamp is exactly
one Inch long. From this fact, by a
little calculation, it Is easy to discover
that the number, of stamps of this de
nomination Issued in 1898, placed end
to end, would extend a distance consid
erably exceeding 39,000 miles. In other
words, they would make a continuous
strip of stamps, each one adorned with
the head of the father of his country,
stretching In a belt more than once and
a half around the equator.
Of course, though the 2-cent stamps
are those principally used, there are
others. Enough 1-cent postage stamps
have been issued during the year 1S9S
to stretch from New Xork city by way
of Europe and Asia to Bombay, India,
if similarly arranged in one strip. All
other stamps as to production and sales
are of minor importance, comparative
ly speaking, , but it la interesting to
know that almost exactly one mile of
$1 stamps were manufactured for the
demand of 1898. Of $5 stamps the
production was equivalent to a little
more than half a furlong, or about one
fifteenth of a mile. . ; ," .
Mow, if all the postage stamps print
ed by the United States Government in
1898 Were placed one on top another
as nearly as might be without putting
them under pressure, how high do you
suppose the pile of them would be?
There Is no use guessing, yon would
never get it nearly right, unless you
went to work to calculate It for your
self. The 3,500,000,000 stamps of all
denominations printed .the current year
the statement Is of course approxi
matewould tower to an elevation of
twenty-one miles. This is more than
three times the height of the highest
mountain In the world Mount Everest
in the Himalayas. If the same number
of stamps was plied up in the form of
the ordinary sheets of 100 each It fol
lows that the stack would be over a
fifth of a mile high.
During the year 1898 the number of
special delivery stamps sold was about
6,200,000. It is only reasonable to sap
pose that the average Journey of the
special delivery messenger Is half a
mile. Indeed, that Is an absurd under
estimate, but let it go at that On this
assumption the total distance traveled
for special delivery In 1898 was about
2,625,000 iniles. That is a very consid
erable space to traverse, as may be re
alized when It Is considered that a
messenger boy ia order to accomplish
the total distance would have to go
about 1,100 times around the world, or
five times to the moon and back. -'
It appears from figures furnished by
the Postoffice Department that the av
erage person in Massachusetts, includ
ing men,, women and children, spends
f 2.30 on "postage per annum. New York
tomes second with an expenditure of
$2.27 and the District - of Columbia
third with $2.16. Colorado Is fourth
with $1.93 and Connecticut is fifth with
$1.80. The States ranking lowest In
this regard are South Carolina, with 25
cents per capita; Mississippi, with 34
cents; Alabama, with 35 cents; Arkan
sas, with 37 cents, and North Caro
lina, with 41 cents.
A FUTURE KING.
Prince Edward of York, Grandson of
the Prince of Walem.
"Prince Edward of York, Our King to
Be," is the subject of an article in the
Ladles' Bealm, and concerning him
there are one or two amusing stories
told. The royal nursery. It seems, is
not without skirmishes between the
two young princes, who , are . evenl?
matched in the matter of spirit. Prince
Edward makes the most of his slight
seniority, but Prince Albert has no
idea of accepting the place of younger
son when it Is a question of riding a
rocking-horse. One day the Duchess of
York was - quite shocked . on entering
the nursery - to find the two young
princes "having It out" in proper style,
and was about to have them punished,
but the Duke said: "Oh, let them fight
it out; they will be the better men for
it" ..
It Is customary for the royal children
to kiss the Queen's hand, not her
cheek. But Prince Edward objected to
th.is arrangement and declined to fall
in with it One day he heard two of the
servants speaking about "her majesty."-"!
know who 'her majesty' is,"
said Prince Edward; "It's 'granny.'"
"And who wa the naughty little
Prince who would not kiss his gran
ny's hand?" "It was I." said Prince
Edward, unabashed, "and I am not go
ing to kiss granny's hand." Now. of
course, being 5 years old. and consider
ing himself quite a big boy. Prince Ed
ward kisses the Queen's hand In the
most approved fashion, and doffs his
cap quite prettily when in her majes
ty's presence.
LAW AS INTERPRETED. -
Notice that an unearned premium
will be restored and holding the amount
subjeot to the call of the insured is
held, In Tisdell vs. New Hampshire
Fire Insurance Company (N. Y.), 40
L. R. A. 765, insufficient to satisfy the
obligation of an insurer to return the
premium as a condition of canceling the
policy.
The duty of an operator or an agent
of a coal mine to employ a competent
mine boss being Imposed by statute is
held, in Williams vs. Thacker Coal and
C. Company (W. Va ), 40 L. R. A. 812,
to be fully performed by the employ
ment of such a mine boss, and for the
hitter's negligence the operator or agent
is held not to be liable.
A "standard guaranty to maintain 80
per cent insurance," stamped on the
face of a policy of fire Insurance Is
held -in Cutler vs. Royal Insurance
Company (Conn.) 41 L. E. A. 159, In
effectual to supersede a provision that
the policy shall be void In case of other
insurance at least when the policy It
self is for more than 80 per cent of the
value of the property.
Insurance on merchandise kept lor
an Illegal business, such as a stock of
drugs and liquors kept by a dealer who
did not have the permit required by law
to sell them, is upheld, in Erb vs. Ger
man - American - Insurance Company
(Iowa), 40 L. It A. 845, against the
claim that It was void aa against public
policy. With thia case to a review of
the authorltiej on this somewhat
rmlquo question of the validity of taurax
ecce on property illegally used.
v An Albino Tree.
Much interest has been caused lately
by the appearance of a horse chestnut
tree In the Thlergarten. .. The numerous
branches around the lower part of the
trunk have a pure white foliage, such
as Is seen on trees growing In dark
places, where no chlorophyll can de
velop on account of want of light The
same whiteness of the leaves is alsc
noticeable In a few of the neighboring
branches through the crown to th
top. People are often puzzled aa to the
cause of. the pecularity, and man;
strange explanations are sometimes
given. The singular appearance of the
tree has been noticed regularly foi
some years. This particular tree.
seems, bad been attacked by a swarm
of caterpillars and other creatures ol
the same species, and the foliage had
already been destroyed, but still mass
es of caterpillars continued to crawl up
and down the trunk, and finally clung
there In clumps. To preserve the beau
tiful tree, after other means had been
tried in vain, a solution of acid was
used, and the ground all round was
watered with it as well as the trunk
and the branches, which were espe
daily drenched. This treatment proved
successful. The tree gradually recov
ered, and . now stands in its ful!
strength and freshness, but has evei
since shown the already described
whiteness in its leaves, which presents
a by no means unpleasant contrast tc
the otherwise dark green foliage. Lon
don Standard.
- A Polish schoolmaster, Szcepanlk bj
name, claims to have Invented an elec
trical device which utilizes a beam ol
light to.explode bombshells. He is alsc
alleged to have perfected an Instru
ment by means of which objects at a
considerable distance can be seen, tint
ed with their natural colors.
' Notwithstanding the many traditions
concerning mysterious lights seen hov
ering over swamps at night and in
spite of the attempted explanations ol
such phenomena in some popular books
on science, Prof. N. S. Shaler says he
is ' Inclined to disbelieve In the exist
ence of these luminous appearances.
He has studied swamps for many
years, but has never seen a will -o' -the
wisp, and he suggests that the reports
about : moving lights visible above
swamps may be due to subjective im
pressions Induced by gazing Into dark
ness. -i - , . ,
Following an Idea first developed In
Germany, pictures have recently been
printed in . this country which, when
viewed through spectacles, appear in
stereoscopic relief. The object pictured
Is first photographed from two points
like ah ordinary stereoscopic view,
Then the two pictures are printed In
two complementary colors, nearly but
not quite overlapping. The glasses of
the viewing spectacles are also of com
plementary colors corresponding to
those used in the printing, and 'when
the picture is seen through these glass
es, it stands forth with a startling ap
pearance of solidity.
A writer in Forest and Stream de
scribes a victory which he saw gained
over a rattlesnake by the inhabitants
of a prairie-dog village In the Indian
Territory, '.the ugly invader crawled
Into one of the dog-holes, whereupon
fifteen or twenty dogs gathered about
the place, and began to push dirt Into
the hole.' The snake stuck his head up
through the dirt and the dogs took to
flight; but the moment the snake en
tered another hole they flocked about
It again, and this time pushed in the
dirt so rapidly that the rattler was ef
fectively entrapped. Then the - dogs
tamped the dirt down hard with their
noses, and left the snake to suffocate.
; As is well known to botanists, but
not so well known to the general pub
lic, the white powdery coating on some
leaves and fruits Is waxy In nature
and Is called, "bloom" in technical
works on botany.' Its function has re
ceived . some attention, Mr. Darwin
having made it the object of some stud
ies in his later years. In a recent num
ber of the Laboratory Bulletin of Ober-
Un College is a short paper by Miss
Roberta Reynolds, giving the results
of a series of experiments which show
that when the bloom is removed from
the epidermis the transpiration of wa
ter is greatly Increased. Thus In case
of agave utahensls the loss was about
two and one-half times as much from
the leaf which was without bloom as
from that with the bloom. It was ob
served also that on damp days the dif
ference between tt- leaves was less
than on dry days; so, too, there was
less difference in the case of young
leaves than when old ones were used.
Seven Ages of Woman. '
At first the infant's cap, soft warm and
white, ' , : . -
With strings well mouthed and mauled,
in sorry plight
The giddy schoolgirl's hat a waif and
stray;
Any old thing that hinders not her play.
The budding maiden's hat, pert smart
or trim,
According to "sweet sixteen V mood or
- whim. .
Bravest of all, the bridal wreath and
.. veil, ' . . ...
Which marks life's great event and turns
the scale.
The new-fledged matron's "dream," by
Worth designed,
Which "Hubby" pays for, sighs and
looks resigned.
The well-planned bonnet of the chap
eron. Which hides Time's ravages from her
alone.
Last scene of all, the widow's ruche and
weeds' : .
Sans feathers, flowers, ribbons, lace or
beads. .
New York Sunl
Spider aa Mechanicians.
The spider that Beeks out a pebble
and anchors her web with It clearly
makes use of a tool. The pebble is
analagous to the Iron anchor used by
man." - Spiders have been seen to use
nails for anchors. Scientific American.
Women Student Persecuted. :
Women students at the University
of Berlin are not allowed to wear their
hair in braids down their backs. Two
girl students who persisted in doing
this were expelled. ,
"Now, boys,'! said the Sunday school
teacher, "can any of you name the
three great feasts of the Jews?"
- "Yes'm, I can." replied one little fellow.-
:- "Very well, Johnny. What are
they?" "Breakfast dinner and sup
per," was the unconsciously logical re-
pur, Buffalo New, :-
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. Amateur Art.
In these days, when so many people
nave cameras, a great many good pic
tures -are produced, and the amateur
photographers of the world are now
competing for cash prizes at the Ore
gon Industrial Exposition at Portland.
Many good pictures are on exhibition.
CITS Permanently Cured. Ko fltaor nerrognneaa
1 1 1 alter first day' use of Dr. Kline's Qreut
Nerve Restorer. Bend fur KB EE 3.00 trial
bottle and treatise. DH. B. U. KSJ3S1L iitL. W0
Arch street. Philadelphia, Pa,
Anthraoite coal on Bellingham bay
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Mothers will find Mrs. Wiuslow'a Sooth,
tng Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
Rochester marble cutters now enjoy
the eight-hour day.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
God-send to me. Wm. B. McClellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept 17, 1895. ,
Cleveland high school teachers earn
$800 a year.
There is more Catarrh In this section of the
country than all oher diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
Incurable. For a great many years doctors pro.
naunced It a local disease, and 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 therefor requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure on the market.
It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
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one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Ad
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Ball's Family Pills are the best. .
The cathedral of Cologne is naturally
the chief place of interest in that fam
ous city. It took almost six centuries
and a half to build, having been begun
in 1248 and finished in 1880. Its style
of architecture is Gothic, and it has
eight chapels, which contain the re
mains of eight archbishops, and the
skulls of "the three wise men of the
East." The Church of St. Ursula is
decorated inside with the bones ' of
some of the 11,000 virgins who, with
St. Ursula herself, were murdered by
the Huns. -
To keep onions any length of time
the tops and roots should be left on,
but should be throughly dried before
putting away. They will keep a long
time any place in the barn where no
rain can get to them, with a free circu
lation of air and not much light. - They
should not be piled more than three
inches deep.
Port Patrick is the nearest place on
the coast of Scotland to that of Ire
land, the channel being only 21 miles
across about the same distance as that
which separates Dover from Calais. It
has the reputation of being the tradi
tional point at which St. Patrick land
ed from Ireland.
The first Australian newspaper, the
Sydney Gazette, was published March,
6, 1803, 15 years after the rise of the
colony. The delay was caused through
there being no printers among the
convicts, who represented every pro
fession, including the legal. tThe plant
was brought out in the first fleet, but
it could not be used until the authori
teg caught a compositor.
When
Pain
the
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lw.w t wIiaIIvm mm, Tjinnnn.
Hich., says : " I was taken with a pain
In my back, and I was obliged to take
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companied by lumbago.
"I gradually became worse, until 1
.thought death would be welcome re
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ple, and after using five boxes, was
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stamp be enclosed for reply,
Feikx Lowo."
Sworn to before me at Venlost
Hloh., this ISth day of April, 1898.
O. B. Goldsmith, Justice of the Ptaee.
From th Voeerver, nutnmg, jawn.
tv ,., Pink Pllla I er Pala Psssle
re nrnsr sola si h donn or hundred,
but always in sckasss. at all druoalsta.
w awscHrsrs h Or. WIIMams Msdlcla
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sexes 12.60.
Racks
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To Do Away With Ear Trumpets.
A .1 1 1 . 1 . . .
1 a. koicpuuiiB nu iieeii m yen too. tor
deaf people which is intended to dp
away with tho necessity of carrying
large and clumsy oar trumpets which
are now in common use. The . new de
vice consists of a small transmitter
which is fastened to the coat, while
the receiver can he carried in the
pocket except when wanted. It is
thenjto be placed to tho ear exactly as
is an ordinary telephone receiver. Th
whole apparatus is worked by a emtll
electric battery, which also Pads a
place in the pocket. Not only is the
new apparatus more convenient than
the old-fashioned ear trumpet, but it is
claimed by the inventor that it entire
ly does away with the necessity of talk
ing in a loud tone of voice. Chicago
Tribune.
Fair at Portland. ' .
-i The music at the Oregon Industrial
Exposition is simply grand. It is by
Bennett's full military band, which
gives popular classic concerts after
noons and evenings. The amusement
features of the fair are never neglected,
and there are astonishing acrobatic and
aerial feats, grand cake-walks and
many other good things to delight,
surprise and please all who come. '
. -
. Thtere is nearly $13,000,000 in the
United States treasury, the proceeds of
salaM of cotton which fell into the
federal hands during the ojvil war.
This money belongs . to the owners of
tho ' cotton - or their heirs, if they can
prove their claims. ' :
.. ' . .'
There are about 500 species of hum-,
mihg birds, all natives of America,
and most of them confined to Central
and South America. " .
The secretary of the Massachusetts
board of health has issued the state
ment that codfish is as nutritious aa
sirloin steak or oleomargarine.
Recently a ship of only 2,500 tons
carried from Para, Brazil, to New
York a cargo of rubber, which was
insured for $3,000,000.
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