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Newspaper Page TextsmssWsmsmaw-rTV WeTOsWer7 I ' A PATENT 66 fTl VISITOR, Jabez." Old , Farmer Smith rose I ' 'from the dinner-table and picked up his hat from the side of the chair. - "Who Is It, wiie7 he asked. "A. young man," she replied. The farmer's Hp set tight as he wit nessed a glance which passed between bis wife and his daughter. "1 understand," he eald, severely, with a determined look at the anxious face of the girl. "That London chap, Leslie Austin." - ;'" J ' "Yes, father," she replied. Til settle his business for him," and Farmer Smith strode Into the parlor, his heavy boots sounding a death-knell to the faint hopes In the sinking heart of pretty, winsome Alice Smith. "So you're here again, eh?" The brusque Interrogatory did not seem to crush the courteous, handsome young man, who arose and faced the farmer. x : "Yes, Mr. Smith," was his reply. -! "And on the same old errand, I sup pose 7" - - ' "Tea, sir; I came to ask your con sent " Ton can't have it!" Interrupted Farmer Smith, savagely. "Alice ain't going to marry you or anybody else. Just yet" "But time " "Xou've heard me, Mr. Leslie Austin. Ton can't have my daughter." , . "I love her. Mr. Smith." "Nonsense! She'B too young to know her .own mind. I have said my Bay, and the harvest hands are waiting. Good-day, sir!" Under such determined resistance, Leslie Austin retreated. He bit bis lips angrily, as he walked rapidly down the road to the village hotel. "It's a shame," decided his friend Bob Townsend, as he heard the dis appointed lover's story. "We think so much of each other," murmured Leslie, mournfully. "lou ain't going to give up this way, are you?" asked Bob. Leslie looked np Inquiringly. , "What else can I do?'' he asked, j "Marry her," said Bob. "Her father won't consent." ; s . J "Suppose he don't." ' Leslie started, but shook his head lowly. "I know what you're hitting at, Bob en elopement" "Xou'ro right" "But It could not be."- ' i "Why notr : "Because Alice is bound to obey her father, and I am, too, for that matter." Bob scowled Impatiently. ' "Nonsense!" he aspirated, angrily. "See here, Leslie. If you were the Ir responsible chap old Smith thinks ypu, I'd hesitate; but you ain't you're an honest well-to-do lawyer, respectably connected, and only laboring under a prejudice on the farmer's part that because neighbor Jones' girl married a worthless man from the metropolis all such matches must end similarly." I "Granted." ' "Therefore, being In the right and the old farmer being in one of his mad moods, I'd outwit him." "How?" j ' , The query was encouraging. i "Run away with Alice," said Bob. : "I can't" i "Why notr' ,. i "Her father watches her too closely." ' "That's the only reason, is it?" "I believe so." 7 "She's willing?"" 3, - .. .J "Presumably." ! . Ij i "And you?" f "O, Bob, you're talking nonsense's I Blight as well go back to London and wait until Mr. Smith changes his mind." , "And let some other fellow have Alice. You're a brave lover!" Leslie was despondent . i "I I have a plan. If you're Dluckv enough to follow It out" suggested Bob. Leslie's face grew expectant at the hint wnai is nr ne asKea. .; i, i "Listen!" --ti- What Bob told the discouraged lover need not be repeated. The subsequent acts of the conspirators afford a suf Oclent explanation. It was the next day that faithful Bob reconnoltered the ground, and found that Farmer Smith had Indeed taken due precaution to prevent his daughter meeting or running away with Leslie. But Bob managed to get a letter to the fair prisoner a letter after reading which secretly she manifested her ac quiescence to its contents by an intel ligent nod to the messenger. It was the afternoon of the day fol lowing. Just as Farmer Smith had sent his boys to the town with a load of po tatoes, and was seated, resting for an hour or two. on the front porch, with Alice Industriously sewing by his side, that a vehicle driven by a single occu pant came down the road. Old Jabez looked in profound amaze ment as the vehicle came to a stop. It was a kind of skeleton wagon, with a tlouble seat and behind It was attached a small rubber hose, with several wheels distributed here and there, near the axle. "In the name of wonder, what have we here?" he said, as he walked to the gate. The driver sprang down. i "Jabez Smith?" he asked. ' xne iarmer nodded a dignified as sent little dreaming that the bearded stranger was Bob Townsend in - dis guise. "I learn from inquires in the village that yon are quite a scientist Mr. Bmlth." . - Science, of which old Jabez knew nothing, but affected much, was his salient point Flattered by the strang er's words, he replied pompously: ' "1 reckon I know something about it" "I have come, Mr. Smith," said the stranger, "to show you a new. motive power for hay rakes." , The farmer's face fell. "A patent right!" he muttered. "I don't want to buy one," he said, aloud, turning to re-enter the house. "Buy onef' replied the stranger, "This Is not for sale, sir," declared Bob, with quiet .dignity. "I desire your opinion as a scientist In regard to the principles involved In its con struction and operations. The farmer's face grew pleased Sain. f ELOPEMENT. "Happy to give it, sir. If I can be of any use to the world at large by my knowledge of science -" ; ; ' - "Or make your fellow beings happy, you're ready to sacrifice your valuable time eh, Mr. Smith?" insinuated Bob. -'Certainly, sir." "You can you can, believe me, sir,' asseverated the - wicked conspirator, earnestly and truthfully. "Have you a raker "Yes.". ' "I'll help you bring It out here, and we'll make a trial trip of this wonder ful machine." , A few minutes later the farmer's hay rake was brought out Bob ' made much ado of fastening it by a rope to the rear of the vehicle, and the farmer watched him curiously, - as he turned the wheels and adjusted the hose to what he called position. "This hose Is an air brake, sir. The Idea is, if we can make it do so, to have the rake operate as usual. The air brake might offer a resistance to the ground, push forward the front vehicle, and ventilate the hay. Man and brute creation demand air why not' ve hicles?" " v "Quite true," replied jabez, some what dubious and perplexed over the apparent uselessness of the machine. "Utility and nonrefraglbility, Mr, Smith," rattled on Bob, recklessly. "The hypothenuse of the curve of the diameter of the axle, you perceive, has a circumferential" effect .upon the spheroid concavity of the brake.- You will.' understand these terms, Mr. Smith, as a mathematician and scient ist All ready?" Farmer Smith, overcome by the lofty words, obeyed mutely, as Bob requested him to get into the rake seat "I'll drive the preliminary vehicle,!' explained Bob, with a serene chuckle at the fun of his oratory,- "and you will watch the effect of the air, brake if the friction of the wheels generates air -over yonder stretch of meadow. By the way, is one of your hands around?" "They've gone to town," replied Jabez, blumly. He had a vague consciousness that the stranger was a charlatan, for he could not for the life of him see what possible use the clumsy combination of wheels and hose could be. "Ah, there's a young lady! Your daughter, Mr. Smith, I presume?" said Bob, raising bis bat politely. "There must be more weight on the seat of the front vehicle. If you'll let her take her seat beside me, in the interests of sci ence, Mr. Smith? He almost lost his dignified, gravity as he Saw the suspicious look on the old farmer's face. The last words, "In the interests of science," however, decided Mr. Smith. 'Jump in, . Alice," he said, desper ately. The stranger whipped up the horse. Old Jabez. in the - rake-seat behicd. Clung on wildly as the horse was driven briskly. He almost fell forward as there was a break caused by the rope parting. Bob had deftly cut it with a knife. ' , - 'Hold on hold on!" cried old Jabez, as the new motor-power vehicle dashed forward. He stared blankly as it traversed the field, made a sharp turn to the road, and, . gracefully rounded a curve in the highway, disappeared from view. - What did it mean? The boys bad taken the horses to town, and he could not start in pursuit; but he grew white as he discerned a fact: He had been tricked r He had cooled down considerably .when, at nightfall, a carriage drew up before the gate. . He looked grimly np from beneath bis shaggy eyebrows as Leslie Austin and pretty, blushing Alice came for ward. '-. ' . --' i " Bob, following them, was the first to speak. The new motor power took up a new passenger -down the roaa, farmer Smith," he said. shly. "You wanted to make mankind happy, neighbor you've done it" Jabez made a feint to declare hos tilities, then and there, against the con splrators, but he sank back disarmed in his chair as the gentle voice of his wife said, pleadingly: "Forgive them, father they are so happy!" -' And Farmer Smith had not the .heart to say nay. Reasonable. The reasons for orthography are among the things which pass man's un derstandlng. Some explanations, how ever, have a plausible sound. ' A minister was recently called upon to marry a couple In private, and, had occasion to ask how the name of one of the witnesses was spelled. '. "M-c-H-u-g-h," replied the. man. . '"Haven't you a sister Margaret?" in quired the clergyman. -, . "Yes. sir." "Well," said the minister, "she spells her name, 'M-c-C-u-e.' " . "That," said the witness, "Is because my sister and me, we went to different schools." - Jowett's Extinguisher. : The late master of Balllol was so well known as a resourceful antagonist that It Is a matter for wonder that any wom an, however youthful and sure of her self, should have had the temerity to take liberties with him. . , The Hon. Lionel Tollemache tells In the Spectator of a young woman who had the effrontery to say to him: "I want to know, master, what yon think of God." "I am more concerned to know what God thinks of me," was Jowett's felic itous reply. Soldiers' Handkerchief. Russian soldiers are supplied with handkerchiefs at the expense of the Government In every newspaper society depart ment conducted by women there ap pears once a week,, and sometimes twice, the following item: "A man never realizes what a prize he willfully threw away until some other fellow gets her." When a small boy wants a match with which to light a cigarette, he prefixes his request for one with the word "please." He then goes horn and says: "Pass the butt," LIFE ON ST. HELENA, LITTLE ISLAND WHERE NAPO LEON BONAPARTE DIEU Its Inhabitants at the Present Day Are Happy and Contented, and Crime ' is Almost Unknown on the Island Industries of the People. ''. Few people ever think of St Helena except as a rock in the sea on which Napoleon lived a while miserably and then "more miserably died. That the greatest of anti-climaxes was not the end of the little island's history is hard to realize, possibly because a poet or romancer would have made it the end, and a continuation is therefore more or less unnatural and absurd. Be that as It may, St Helena has remained the abiding place of ordinary human beings who concern themselves very . little about the colossal ghost generally sup posed to be the island's only inhabit ant and the report to the English gov ernment just made by their governor shows that they have joys and sorrows exactly like those of the folks dwell ing in places less tragically famous. For instance, the revenues of the island last year were 9,152, a decidedly com fortable - sum,, but alas! the expendi tures amounted to 12,349, and that is an excess of outgo not comfortable at alL The governor says,, however, that the bad balance was due to some extra ordinary drains upon the island's re sources, and that he anticipates a sub stantial surplus for the current year. A recent increase of the garrison and extensive improvements now making by the colonial and Imperial authori ties assure the immediate prosperity of the Islanders. St Helena has no public debt but Is paying off by small annual install ments a non-interest-bearing- grant of 5,000 made by Parliament in 1871. The imports, chiefly foodstuffs and building materials, amounted last year to 62,985, and the exports, almost wholly potatoes, to 4,391. . Lawmak ing has been introduced among the g'rls of the island with great success, and the' Governor Is experimenting with the manufacture of brick and tile. The whalers have now entirely deserted St Helena, the few ships engaged In that Industry keeping far to the north or south. - The total population of the island Is 4.543. :. The cbvernor hopes that winter vis itors from England may be tempted byl the salubrity of the climate to try St Helena, which is superior, he says. In some respects to that of Madeira and the Canary Islands. He says the people as a whole compare favorably with the English agricultural population; with few exceptions, all can read and write. and the language is spoken with great er purity than in many districts at home. As a rule, the people are happy and contented, with little crime among them and much kindness In helping each other. Strangers are greatly Im pressed with the general civility shown to them by old and young. New York Times. LOCATION OF SOLOMON'S MINES Supposed to Be Near "Where Transvaal "War Will Occur. The present prominence of the Trans vaal from a political aspect . makes everything connected with that region of special Interest The country, though it has only, in comparatively ; recent times attracted the attention of our present civilization, has had a past a very remote past, civilization of which all records and even traditions - have disappeared, but which' has left its mark on the landscape in the shape of a number of stone ruins of peculiar structure, the purpose and probable history of which is now puzzling archaeologists. - 1 : These buildings are scattered over the plateau of southern Masbonaland and Matabeleland, from -its mountain ous edge on the east to the neighbor hood of Tati on the west They con sist of fragments of wails built of small blocks of granite resembling paving stones, about a foot long by six Inches high, chipped or trimmed to a uniform size. : They are built without mortar or cement but the stones are neatly adjusted, and the walls, which taper from the base toward the top, are so thick that stability is insured. The only ornamentation consists m placing some of the stones at an acute angle to the other layers above and below, so as to produce a herring-bone pattern. The group of ruins which have at tracted the most attention are situated seventeen miles from Fort Victoria, in southern Mashonaland. They are known by the name of the Great Zim babnye. This Bantu word is said to denote a stone building, but has Often been, used to describe the residence of a great chief. It Is a common noun and not the name of any particular place. It has, however, been applied by Europeans to these ruins, -which consist of two buildings, one on the top of a hill, the other in a valley. ' Simple and rude these structures un doubtedly are, but for what purpose were they built and by whom? An explanation of a historical char acter has been suggested. The Egyptian monuments teach us that In very re mote times there was a trade from southeast Africa into the Bed Sea. In the book of Kings we find that Solo mon and Hiram of Tyre entered Into a trade venture from the Red Sea port of Ezion-geber to a country named Ophlr, which produced gold and dia monds. Other historical facts are con firmatory of these and indicate at some very remote time this region was visit ed by a people in search of gold, who were much more civilized than the Kaffirs, but the mystery is not yet solved. . Are they the lost diamond mines of King Solomon? - Rare Books. The free library of Philadelphia has in one of its collections of books a re markable and precious possession. The collection Is the result of twenty years' labor by one of the foremost experts of Europe, and consists of 500 works out of 21,000 said to have been published between the discovery of printing and the year 1500. It is not only that 500 books of the earliest age of printing have been here brought together, but also that speci- ments of the work of 314 different presses and types are shown, and that the development of the art of printing is Illustrated from its very earliest stages. It is claimed that more than fifty of these volumes were printed prior to any issued by Caxton's press, and many are from presses which never Issued more than one or two books. So says the Public Ledger. In some cases specimens of the work of that particu lar press are not known to exist else where. - r It is a gratifying feature of the col- lection that a large proportion of the books are In their original bindings. Among other books of exceptional rarity are the first Bible .Concordance, issued probably about 1466; the first octavo edition of the Bible, by Froude, printed In 1491, and known as the Poor Man's Bible; two of tho flv books printed In Greek capital Jettem in the fifteenth century; a Latin Bible printed In Lyons in 1479, and regarded as the rarest of all the Latin Bible editions. It is so scarce that noted bibliographers doubted its existence. This copy is the only known specimen of the work of the press that Issued it It Is said of twenty of the works .that copies are not to be found even in the British Museum. Cities Wear Out the Horses. Horses wear out much faster in the large cities than they do in country dis tricts. Immense numbers of these ani mals annually succumb to hard usage. combined with the Inevitable labor of hauling heavy loads over granite-paved streets. As fastas the city supply be comes exhausted it must be replenished by horses from the country or from for eign ports. It is stated that in the sub urbs of London alone there are 750,000 horses in use, and that 100,000 horses must every year be sent into these aabf- urbs to take the, place of those worn out The city of Berlin takes 100.000 new horses every year. . A large num ber of the horses used in omnibuses and on tram lines both in England and on the continent are Imported from the United States. The horses from the United States are shipped from Ihe ports of New York and Boston to the ports of London, Liverpool and Glas gow, and quite a large number are transshipped at London for the ports of Antwerp and Havre. The ocean rates on horses from New York and Boston are from $25 to $30 per head, including feed - and attendance, insurance for the voyage and for ten days after land ing and dock charges. Chicago Chron icle. The Department of Agriculture re norts the discovery that a dangerous European scale Insect net hitherto re ported on this side of the Atlantic, nas recently established itself among fruit trees In New York and Ohio, and per haps in other parts of the country. Its entomological name Is Aspidiotus os treoeformls, and It Is well known in Europe. It attacks apples, pears, cher ries and other fruits. , How it got across the ocean is not yet known. ; Dr. Moreno, the director of the La Plata Museum, during a recent visit tc London gave a lecture on Patagonia, in whioh h declared that that countrj does not deserve its bad reputation Although its present population is smau oA ...attared- it has. he avers, a healthy soil ' capable of supporting a large population, and it presents a vast field for human industry, in ur. aiurc no's opinion, Patagonia Is a remnant of an ancient Antarctic continent Trees, and, Indeed, all terrestrial veg etation, will live for months In winter whon their roots and stems are wholly under water, but are killed In a few days if a sudden overflow keeps tne roots under water In the growing sea son. The roots, needing air at that sea son, are suffocated.. The practical cut tlvator, of an observant turn of mind. miiro ndmlrable use of this knowledge In many gardening operations. Plant desired in low situations, wnere iney would not under usual conditions sur vive, should not be set deeply. T. S. C. Lowe, of Pasadena, Cal., the founder of the Lowe Observatory, sug gests that some storms In which elec tricity plays a leading part like torna does, might be dissipated on the light ning rod principle by bonding the rails of railroads with copper, as in electric railroads for return currents, and at intervals sinking large conductors into the ground until they reach the water. Railroads running north and south, he suggests, would be especially avallabla because the tracks of tornadoes are almost Invariably from west to south' west toward east or northeast The marvelous effects that are some times produced by music may eventual ly receive a scientific explanation. It a recent lecture at Oxford University Prof. McKendrlck said that while th intricate connections of the audltorj nerves are only Just being unraveled It Is probable that the roots of thost nerves are more widely distributed and have more extensive connections thai those of any other nerves in the humax body. Researches .on the auditor nerves Indicate that there is scarcely a function of the body which may not be affected by the pulsations and harmonic combinations of musical tones, - If the sponge as brought up fresh from the sea-botiom were a familial ohlect savs-Dr. Lvdekker. few would be In doubt as to its being an animal. When fresh,", it is a fleshy-looking sub stance covered with a firm skin, and If cut It presents somewhat the appear nnre of raw meat Its cavities are filled with a gelatinous substance called "milk." American sponges, and those of all other -parts of the world, are in ferior to the sponges of the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. The finest of all SDonees is the Turkey toilet sponge, which Is cup-shaped. . The American sponge most nearly approach ing It in quality Is the West Indian glove sponge. ' . Age and Marriage. A woman's prospect of marriage is distinctly affected by age. The statis tics of all countries show that the great majority of women marry between the ages of 20 and 30. : Before reaching 20 a woman has, of course, a chance of matrimony, but the objections raised by parents or friends to marriage at a tender age frequently outweigh the de sire of the young woman to acquire a husband, and lead her to defer the wedding day. S All the statistics that have . been gathered bear out the statement that a woman's best chance to marry is at the age of 25, that over six-tenths of the marriages take place between 20 and 30, and consequently that a wo man's chance increases up to 25, and steadily decreases after that age until it reaches, the vanishing point some where about 60. 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Yet there was a certain degree of discipline among the waiters and they seemed to know their custom ers and their usual choice of dishes. For instance, when a pair of lantern jawed actors without an engagement entered, the waiter that listened to the order yel'.id to the cook: "Two soups and a Ham -omelet 1" Detroit Free Press. . - . . Electricity for Brain. A scientist has discovered an apparatus which will stimulate the brain. It consists of an electric band. While scientists have been inventing unnatural ways of making the brain work, Hos tetter's Stomach Bit ters has for tifty years been doing it natur ally. It cures dvspepsia and all stomach troubles and builds up the system.. "Out of 1,100,000 in Massachusetts engaged in gainful occupations, only 87,000 are employed on Sundays. HOWS THIS I We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any ease of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Props;, Toledo, O. We the undersigned, hare known F.J. Cheney for the past 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fin anciallT able to carry out any obligations made by ttieir firm. West & Truax, Wholesalo Druggists, Toledo, 1. WiLBINQ, KlNNAN A MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Sail's Catarrh Cure Is t - ken .nt ?rnally , acting directly on the blood and m. cons surfaces ot the system. Pri :e 75c per bo- lie. Sold by all drugrists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Puis - re Un best. The wages of every employe of the United Salt Company, of Cleveland, have been increased voluntarily. Town Farthest Removed From Sea. Enldja, which is said to be the cen ter of Asia, is claimed to be the farthest removed town from the sea in the world. This town, which formed part of the ancient kingdom of Dzoungaria, is between 1,800 and 1,900 miles from the sea. Euldja is the point from which numerous races have migrated to the low and arid steppes of the Aralo Caspian depression, and the still more distant and better favored regions of the west. On the fertile banks of the Hi and Irtish, the migrating hordes lingered for a time, loth, as it were, to venture out into the unknown plain be fore them, stretching far away into sandy deserts that separate Europe from Asia, until a new tide of popular migration forced them at last to strike their tents and depart westward from their mountainous halting ground. Los Angeles, Cal., is distinguished for the number of pretrolium oil wells it possesses. ' The output for .1898 ap proximated 1,100,000 barrels, and that for 1899 is estimated to be about the si Henry Timrod was one of the sweet singers of the South, who died . more than 80 years ago. His poems have great beauty in form jand expression, but they have long beei out of print, and even in his . lifetime bad little vogue. "The Timrod Memorial Asso ciation of South Carolina" has been organized to promote the publication of a volume of his poems. . President Steyn, of the Orange Free State, is suave, cultured, and, unlike Kruger, is careful of his personal ap pearance. WOMEN WHO FRET And are constantly unwell will And quiet and permanent relief In rioore's Revealed Remedy. No Injurious drags In it; easy and pleasant to ate. Your druggist has it for L00 per bottle. MACHINERY. alls mTATUM BOWIttn 29 to 35 Pint StrMt ,;' PORTLAND. OR. o) ' J yi - ittle . . - toV VI ANNUAL GALES. 5. . 0!llrt Wiillf JlfVilllii CJS "ssssJm '"MetPaW at. Sea flux tw!i! KX&lS&tSmlr'iZ 8 ALT LA Kg QITY. An Important Factor in Tranaoonti- mental Travel. No one crossing the continent can afford to cut Salt Lake City from his route. The attractions of the place, including the Mormon Temple, Taber nacle and Church institutions, the Great Salt Lake deader and denser than the Dead Sea in the Holy Land the picturesque, environment and the warm sulphur and hot springs,' are greater to the square yard than any lo cality on the American continent. The Rio Grande Western Railway, connecting on the East with the Den ver & Rio Grande and Colorado Mid land Railways and on the West with the Southern Pacific (Central Route) and Oregon Short Line, is the only transcontinetnal line passing directly through Salt Lake City. The route through Salt Lake City via the Rio Grande Western Railway is famous all the year round. On account of the equable climate of Utah .and Colorado it is just as popular in winter as in summer. Send 2c to J. D. Mansfield, 253 Washington St., Portland, or Geo. W. Heintz, Acting General Passenger Agent, Salt Lake City, for a copy of "Salt Lake City tha City of the Saints." - Climate, Scenery and Nature's Sanl " tarlam. Scenery, altitude, sunshine and air, constitute the factors which are rapid ly making Colorado the health and pleasure grounds of the world. Here the sun shines 357 days of the average year, and it blends with the crisp, 'electric mountain air to produce a climate matchless in the known world. No pen can oortrav. no brush can picture the majestic grandeur of i the scenery along the line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado, j Parties going East should travel via this line which is known all over the j world as the Scenic Line of the world. For any information regarding rates, ; time tables, etc, call on or address R. j C. Nichol, general agent, 251 Wash ington street, Portland, Or., or any agent of the O. R. & N. Co.. or South- ' em Pacific Company. . Ara Ton Going BastT If so, you should see that your ticket reads via the Great Rook Island route, I and you will get the best, j Pullman palaoe sleeping cars, elegant ' teolining chair cats "free," and library buffet cars on ail through trains. Best dining car service in the world. Popu lar personally conducted exoursiona once a week ' to all points East. For full particulars call on or address any ticket agent, or A. E. COOPER, Q. A. P. D., C. R. I. & P. Ry., 246 Washington street, Portland, Or. For the turn of the stairs,, that ugly place in the old city houses, tall silver taper holders of Russian workmanship or the old Dutch candlesticks four feet high will be found effective adjuncts. lb 5 e LttJ i&x. 'I'.. uak i .niM with, on. Inauuiapolia Jot.ual. "I ahnll never ho wlthont CASCAKFTSw Hy chlldrsn are always deughte4 wken 1 (It them a portion of a tablet, and ery for mora. Tney are the most pleasant aieaioln I hare ever tried. They hare f and a permanent plans In my home." Ilss. John Fugil, Box Caa, Michigan City, Ind. U. chl. Th h. cent ant P in V hou PORTLAND DIRECTORY. Feline nufl Wire Works. PORTLAND WIRE A IRON WORKS: WIRE and iron leucine; cilice railinir. etc. 834 Alder. IHncnliiwry mill SmHe. CAWSTON & CO.: ENGINES, BOILERS, MA cblnery, supplies. 48-50 First St., Portland, Or. JOHN POOLE, Portland, Oregon. can give you the best bargains in general machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps, plows, belts and windmills. The new steel I X L windmill, sold by him, is nn equalled. Rupture treated scien tifically and CoffNMlMM Stlicitea. C. H. W00DAR0 A CO.. 108 Second St. Portland. Ton Can't Hake a Mistake by Taking tne For it Is -the favorite through Dining Car and Buffet-Library Car Line East. For further particulars call on or address J. R. NAGKL, O. P. A. W. E. COMAN, . A. C. O. TERRY, T. P. A. . 124 Third Street, Portland, Ob. Makes writing a comfort. American Type Founders Company Cor, IT An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial effects of th- well known remedy. Syrup of Figs, manufactured by the California Fio Sybdp 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 Fio 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. BAST FRANCISCO. CAX XAxrxsvrzxE. kit. vtkw york, k. y. Por sale by all Druggists. Price 50c. per bottle. 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 inaagnarated. The- train is equipped with the latest chair cars, day coach es : and luxurious first-class and ordinary sleepnis. 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, Portland. -. .-' TOofYWA mitffnn rt ttto .r 1 i rmfl fata MM that it is thoroughly dried and well aired. Nothing collects dampness quite as quickly as linen. Should linen show signs of turning yellow wring out in lukewarm soap and water, then dry and store again. 'Southerners affirm that the people of the North spoil watermelons by too much chilling, which renders them in digestible. tOc 25c " 50c DRUGGISTS PHOTO and Magic Lantern Bargain List No. IS now readv for mailing. T. P. ANDREWS, 109 Montgomery St... 8an Francisco. R DR. USmS BOOK. elteffor Women" DV SentyVw, in plain, Mated enTflloiw. Write wtmj iw uub iwoK.coDiaiiune radicu lar, and TwUmouial. ot SO. HAKIKI.'S French Female Pills. Pralaed by tboaaanda of satisfied ladiw a. af always reliable and without an equal. Sold bvalldruinriiiralii metal hn i.-h top in Blue, wblte and Red. Take no other. 'rug KMaai m i-earmt., Jew 1 or a city. OR. GUNETS '"uvER D PILLS ONE FOR A DOSE. Cure Sick Headache nd Dyspepsia, Remove Pimples and Purify the Blood, Aid Digestion andPreT.iit Biliousness. Do not Gripe or Sicken. Toconvince voa, w. will mail ample free, or f a II box for 26c. Bill. BOSANKO CO., Philada., cuna. Sold by Druggists. YOUNG MEN! For Gonorrhoea and Gleet get Pallet's Okav Specific It la the ONLY medicine which will core each and every ease. NO CaSS known It has ever failed to cure, no matter bow serious or of bow long standing-. Result, from Its urn will astonish you. It Is absolutely safe, prevents stricture, and can be taken without Inconve nience and detention from boslnesa. PRICE. $3.00. lor ale by all reliable drufriflrts, or arnt prepaid by express, plainly wrapped, on receipt of price, by PABHf CHtmciX CXX, Chicago, W. Circular mailed on request. CURE YOURSELF I CURES via iin uuuni iir.i disoharges.lnflamniatloas. Irritations or Ulraratlnna TTu U .' . ..... ' nil teed lTHltVAagWMitMlCo. gent or poisonous. VomomiMTV N. P. N. V. NO. 8 . WHEN writing to ad vertlaera pica. mention tbia paper. EVERYTHING FOR THE PRINTER.... We lead and origiriate fashions in.... 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