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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.
Out of 1.000 married women 149
marry before the age of 20, 680 be
tween 20 and 30, 111 between 30 and
40, -the woman in the thirties having
not so good a chance as' the girl in her
teens; between the ages of 40 and 50
the falling off is enormous, only 41 in
1,000 contracting an alliance in that
decade, while past 50 the chances still
further diminish, for the woman who
has celebrated the semi-centennial of
her birth has only nineteen chances in
a thousand.
The men are gradually, by their in
ventions, making all work easier for
the women, except the catching of
them for husbands, which they are
making harder.
Don't slander the dead; if you do
justice to the living you will be kept
Dusy. - ,
"Vo It and
Stick to It"
If you at sick and discouraged -oxth im
pure blood, CitArrh or rheumatism, take
Hood's SarsMparSU faithfully and persis
tently, and you kjOI soon have cure.
This medicine has cured thousands of
others and it witl do the same for you.
Faithfully taken.
1 ssmmsmm
Tn Canada, tha Grand Trunk is re
ported to have called in several of its
traveling freight agents owing o me
fact that they cannot secure cars for
the tremendous rush of business offer
ing. . - -
Tha nn fantnriefi of Kokomo. Ind..
now using natural gas as fuel are filling
up their cellars and sheds with wood .
and coal for use in case the gas gives
out. ' There has been'ho: coal in that I
town for 13 years until a few days ago.
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sootb-
Ine Svruo the best remedy to use for the
ohlldreu during the teething period.
An hour of careful thinking is worth
more than ten of caieless talking.
I never used so quick a cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption. J. B. Palmer, Box
1171, Seattle, Wast)., Nov. zo, isao.
A man of integrity will never listen
to any reason against conscience.
VITAlTTY low.debtMttted or exhausted enredby
Dr. KHne'n Invigorating Tunic. nlKl-ifl. Trial
Bottle uuntainiiiK 2 Weeks' treatment. Dr. Kline's
Institute, mi Arch St., Philadelphia. Founded IttTl.
True education never induces con
tempt of the ignorant. -
- TO; CURE A COLD IN ONS DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. .- . W. Grove's signature
Is on each box. 25c. .-
- Live as though life were earnest and
life will be so.
, SHAKK INTO YOUR SHOKS
- Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painfiU, swollen, smarting, nerv
ous feet, and instantly takes the sting out
of corns and bunions. ' It's the ereatest
comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot-
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It is a certain cure for Ingrowing Nails,
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Try it today. Bold by all druggists and
shoe stores.' Bv mail' for 25u in stamps.
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Olmsted, I.e Roy, N. Y.
A striking eivdence of the scarcity
of workingmen is a great placard which
has been hung:, out in front of the post-
office, Ottawa, Canada, by one - of the
lumber companies asking for 1,000 la
borers and 300 shantymen.
When hat is wet with rain it should
be dried with a silk handkerchief,
crushed with- a soft brush and when it
is nearly dry with a harder brush.
Hush f Don't you hear your baby cry? Babies often grow peevish, fretful, restless and feel bad, poor little
things, without being able to tell you why. How much the little innocents suffer, unable to tell the cause of their
distress! It is almost always some trouble in their little insides, sour curd on the stomach, indigestion, wind
colic, bowel complaints, that start the ills of childhood. CASCARETS make mother's milk mildly purgative,
and increase the flow of milk in nursing mothers. Mamma takes a Cascaret, baby gets the benefit
In this way," Cascarets afford the only safe laxative for babes in arms. A
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Mr. Beerbohm, a London grain trade
authority, is of the. opinion that Europe
will this season require 85 per cent of
the American surplus supply of wheat,
in which event the reserves at the end
Of t"he present crop year may be even
smaller than they were at the begin
ning of the harvest in 1898.
Dr. Horace Howard Furness, of Phil
adelphia, has received the degree of
doctor of laws from the University of
Cambridge, EnglanJiu recognition of
his achievements , as a Shakesperean
soholar and editor. ' ,T
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Benedietine Salve.
sperlence of Many Tear. Clearly Dem
onstrates the Great Kfllelency of
This Liniment. Postpaid,
28o a Box. Address
Benedictine Priory, Mt Angel, Or.
New Oblians. La., Nor. 8, 1898.
Rer. Father Enclosed find money order for
another box of your Salve. I find it very good
Indeed, and try not to be without It.
PATRICK GA RE Y, 623 Boll Tar 8t. .
Locisvillb, Kt., Jan. 19, 1899. '
Rev. Fathers I find your Salve to be the best
Salve that I ever msed.
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onirh Syrup. Taate
tn time. Bold by druggists.
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Tha Waiter Kmw, qtm,
A- downtown restaurant was fa the
turmoil of the busy dinner hour. Care
worn business men rushed in and swal
lowed a lunch as though millions de
pended on their haste. Waiters bal
anced Bteaming platers on the tips of
their little fingers with the ease of Jap
anese jugglers, and everythig seemed
confusion. 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
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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
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29 to 35 Pint StrMt ,;' PORTLAND. OR.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Ton Can't Hake a Mistake by Taking tne
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For further particulars call on or address
J. R. NAGKL, O. P. A. W. E. COMAN, . A.
C. O. TERRY, T. P. A. .
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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.
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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. -.
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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
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