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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1900)
"MY OWN SELF AGAIN.' Mrs. Gates Writes to Mrs. Pinkham, Follows tier Advice and is Made Well. "Bear Mrs. Pinkham : For nearly two and one-half years I have heen in feehlehealth. Aftermy little child came it seemed I could not get my strength again. 1 have chills and the severest pains in my limbs and top of head and am almost insensi ble at times. I also have a pain f just to the right of breast bone. It is severe at times that I cannot lie on my right side. Please write me what you think of my case." Mrs. Clara Gates, Johns P.O., Miss., April 25, 1898. Dear Mrs. Pinkham: Ihave taken Liydia E. Pinkham "s Vege table Compound as advised and now send you a letter for publication. For several years I was in such wretched health that life was almost a burden. I could hardly walk across the floor, was so feeble. Several of our best physicians attended me, but failed to help. 1 concluded to write to you for advice. In a few days I received such a kind, motherly letter. I followed your instructions and am my 'old self again. Was greatly benefited before I had used one bottle. May God bless you for what you are doing for suffer ing women. " Mrs. Clara Gates, Johns P. O., Miss., Oct. 6, 1899. t THREE DAILY TRAINS BETWEEN OGDEN AND DENVER. The increase in transcontinental travel by way of Salt Lake City in con sequence of the scenic and other attrac tions of the route, has recently justified the Kio Grande Western Railway in connection with the Denver & IUo Grande and Colorado Midland Railroads says the Salt Lake Tribune, in estab iishii; a triple daily last passenger service between Ogden and Denver. All of these trains are equipped with the late t appliances, improvements and cars. This road now operates through sleepers between Chicago, Ogden and San Francisco, also a perfect dining car service. Send 2c postage for literature, rates or other information to J. D. Mansfield, L'53 Washington street, Tort land; or Geo. W. Ileintz, general pas senger agent, Salt Lake City. Three thousand stonemasons, brick layers and stonecutters in Westchester county, N. Y., struck for an eight-hour day and 44 cents an hour. The warring labor tactions of Louis ville, Ky., have at last buried the hatchet and amalgamated nnder the banner of the Central Labor Union. Trouble has been continuous for two years. SHAKE INTO TOUR SHOES Alien's Font-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nerv ous feet, and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. A lien's Foot Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for Ingrowing Nails, sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet. We have over 30.000 testimonials. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. ' Py mail for 'Inc. in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, I.e Roy, N. Y. Kerbs, Wertheirn & Schiffer, New York cigar manufacturers, applied to the sapreme court for an injunction re straining striking nnion employes from picketing their factory and threatening non-union workmen. State of Ohio, City op Toledo, ( Lucas County. j Frank J.. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior parter of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum ol ONE II UNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 18M. J lj AW-GA80PN',;. f ) notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold bv druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Fills are the best Tennessee has become the leading phosphate producer of America. There are 248 valuable mines in the Htate and over 21,000 men are employed in the business. New mines are being opened daily. Sentaor Beveridge is an enthusiast on the subject of the practical benefits Df college fraternities. He is himself a D. K. E. man, and was steward at its chapter house, while a student of De Pauw University. Not a union bricklayer in North America is now working more than nine hours a day, and in 130 cities the eight-hour day prevails among the members of that craft. COOK BOOK FREE. A postal addressed to P. O. Box 41, Portland, Oregon, will bring you a handsome Ko-Nut Cook Book. Ko-Nut is the latest lard substi tute; and purer, cheaper and more economical. For Sale by all Grocers. To fully introduce oar Famous "SOI Til EKX BELLI! 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The death of Lady John Scott Spot tiswoode, who composed the music of "Annie Laurie" and other melodies, recalls many of the old-time songs of sentiment with which our mothers charmed the beaus and chevaliers of their day and generation, says the Phil adelphia Ledger. She was 91 years of age. In noting the passing of this vener able lady, who was a golden link con necting the past with the present, It may be a matter of interest to recall some of the melodies of the olden time that lent such tender charm to home: "When the hours of day were numbered, And the voices of the night Woke the better soul that slumbered. To a holy calm delight." Among such melodies none is more exquisite than "Annie Laurie," the poem with which Lady Scott's name will always be associated. Scarcely less beautiful are such songs of sentiment as "Highland Mary," by Robert Burns, and those two other sweet Scotch melodies, "Comin' Thro' the Bye" and "We'd Better Bide a Wee." Of other fa mous old ballads there are "Auld Rob in Grey," "Douglas. Tender and True," "Gypsy Maiden," "Juanita," "Then You'll Remember Me," "Suwanee River," "In Days of Old, When Knights Were Bold," "In the Gloam ing" and "Lily Dale," of which a very amusing parody was written, entitled "Billy Dale." Some of these old songs were In spired by a peculiarly tender senti ment What could display filial piety more divinely than "We'd Better Bide a Wee?" As the story goes, this was composed by a Scotch lassie, who met the plea of her ardent lover with the .noble sentiment that her first duty was to her aged parents. What a ten der appeal Is made to the experience of most readers by the mere mention of such gems of the heart as "The Last Link Is Broken that Binds Me to Thee," "Won't You Tell Me Why, Rob in?" and "When You and 1 Were Young, Maggie." Next to Burns in point of sentiment as an author of exquisite songs of sentiment was Tom Moore. Among his most famous songs that still survive are "Oft In the Stilly Night," "Origin of the Harp," " 'Twas Ever Thus from Childhood's Hour," "The Harp that Once Thro' Tara's Halls," "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms," etc. There are many modern songs of less fame, such as "When I Saw Sweet Nellie Home," "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still," and, coming down to a still later date, "Sweet Marie" Is one of the most popular. "The Girl I Left Behind Me" was a confederate air and as popular in the South during the war as "Jumping the Bounty" was in the North. The former, appealing as it did, to Southern and Northern soldiers alike," was caught up by the Federal bands and played by them with zest. Many of the famous ballads have been compod by the fair sex. In the field of poefc sentiment, at least, she has proved a dangerous rival of man. The charming ballad, "In the Gloam ing" owes its birth to Lady Arthur Hill, and the Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Mor ton was the proud mother of that languorous melody, "Juanita," while "Douglas, Tender and True" was the happy oflispring of Lady Scott Gattie. "Maryland, My Maryland," owed the thrill of Its spirited tune to a woman, the late Mrs. Newell Martin of Balti more. The musical pathos of "Auld Robin Grey" originated in the brain of Lady Ann Lindsay. Mrs. Fitzgerald was responsible for the melody, "I Re member, I Remember," and it was a woman who wrote the words to "Rock ed in the Cradle of the Deep." Lady Nalrne, a charming Scotchwoman, has contributed two songs that need only to be sung In any clime to cause every wearer of the tartan to throw his plaid cap to the breeze. These are the "Campbells Are Coming" and the "Land of the Leal." A HORROR OF WAR. Demoralizing Influence of the Big Long-Distance Shells, There Is something devilish In the crack and scream and explosion which follow the firing of one of the big Creu sot guns. When the gun Is fired the shell gets a long way ahead of the sound, so that at short ranges the projectile would hit before one heard the report. But in its long flight of more than five miles across the valley the big nfaell gets tired, so to speak, and goes a bit slower. A little more than half way across it has slowed down so much that the sound of the report, jogging along at its steady, un varying thousand or so feet per sec ond, overtakes it, and the report and the shell travel together for another mile. Then the shell finds it cannot keep up the pace, and the report goes on ahead in Its proper place, and so we poor wretches, quaking behind a rock and wondering if it Is big enough to shield us from the splinters, hear first a terrific crash, as if the heavens were splitting; an Instant after a faint whis tle, which grows louder with fearful rapidity, until it becomes a scream that fills the whole atmosphere and sets ev ery kloof and valley "soughing" with the volume of sound; then, when you think the hideous thing is about to fall at your side, it flies over your head with a shriek that makes the bravest crouch closer to the earth, and with a shock that seems to shake the very foundation of the eternal hills the 100 pounds of steel and gunpowder, trav eling nearly a thousand feet per second, buries itself in the earth, tears up the red soil in tons, and expends the last particle of its mighty energy in hurling whizzing fragments of rock and stone and humming, buzzing splinters of jagged steel hundreds of yards away from the yawning gap dug by the ex plosion. There is no man living who can re man unmoved in the vicinity of an ex ploding heavy shell such as I have tried to describe. Sharpnel shell, with its wicka't cruel shriek, la one of tht most disagreeable of all war's horrid sounds; but for real nerve-shaking, de moralizing effect it is as nothing com pared to the noise and explosion of a big shell. Strangely enough, the Boei heavy guns have caused comparatively little loss of life. On only one occasion did they succeed in hitting many men. That was the sad evening when the six inch gun on Bulwan killed four and wounded seven of the Liverpools with three shells. The poor fellows were taken by surprise as they cooked their evening meal on a stony slope, where they had no shelter, and eleven of them were stricken down before they got un der cover. On the other hand the Light Horse have had hundreds of sim ilar shells come into their camp with out any fatality, because they are camped on sand, into which the shells bury themselves and explode harm lessly. Ladysmith Correspondence London Telegraph. Check stamps required by the act ol June 30, 1S(!4, were abolished by act of March 3, 1883, after July 1 of that year. No less than twenty-four steamers sailed out of various ports last year and have never been heard from, and seventy-nine sailing vessels cleared and never reached their destination. , In China, twelve and one-half miles from the village of Liou Chek, there is a mountain of alum, which, in addi tion to being a natural curiosity, is a source of wealth for the inhabitants of the country, who dig from it yearly tons of alum. In Belgium organ grinders are com pelled by law to play each morning be fore the police magistrate, who must be satisfied that their instruments are in tune. An organ which is out of tune must be put in order before a license is issued to the player. George H. Allen, of Manchester, N. H., while making a survey in HooU sett discovered what he blieves to be the most ancient landmark in that vi cinity. It is an old millstone bearing the date 1798, and two inscriptions, one 179 M and something obliterated, also under th'e above 30 M. H. It is situated in the woods halfway between the Hooksett road and the railroad on the east side of the old turnpike or stage road from Stanstead, Quebec, to Newburyport, Mass., all of which is discontinued in that section. The fact is pointed out by Engineer ing that for every one hundred tons of shipping Britain possesses the United States have only nineteen and one-half tons, Germany sixteen and three fourth tons, Norway thirteen tons, Fiance eight and one-fouith tons, Italy six and one-fourth tons, Spain barely five tons, Russia four and three-fourths tons, Sweden four aud one-half tons, Holland three and three-fourths "tons, Denmark three and one-third tons and Austria-Hungary two and three-fourths tons. We can well afford to see these countries adding to their respective fleets, espe cially when, as our contemporary shows, the increase is still nearly three British tons even to one German, or two to one of the United States. The total tonnage of the ships frequenting British ports is 90,9li3,9(!0 tons, and 70.0 per cent, of this is British owned. He Engaged t.'ie for. Dr. McTavish, of Edinburgh, was something of a ventriloquist, and it be fell that he wanted a lad to assist in the surgery, who must necessarily be of strong nerves. He received several applications, and when telling a lad what the duties were in order to test his nerves, he would say, while pointing to a grinning skele ton standing upright in a corner: "Fart of your work would be to feed the skeleton there, and while you are here you may as well have a try to do so." A few lads would consent to a trial, and receive a basin of hot gruel and a spoon. While they were pouring a hot mass into the skull the doctor would throw his voice so as to make it appear to pro ceed from the jaws of the bony cus tomer, aud gurgle out: "Gr-r-r-gr-h-uh! That's hot!" This was too much, and, without ex ception, the lads dropped the basin and bolted. The doctor began to despair of ever getting a suitable helpmate until a small boy came and was given the basin and spoon. After the first spoonful the skeleton appeared to say: "Gr-r-r-uh-r-hr! That's hot!" Shoveling in the scalding : gruel as fast as ever, the boy rapped the skull and impatiently retorted: "Well, jist blow on't, ye auld bony!" The doctor sat down on his chair and fairly roared, but when the laugh was over he engaged the lad on the spot. Tit-Bits. An Interesting Experiment. Cut a sheet of writing paper in thin slips, leaving about an inch margin at the top. Then roll up the uncut por tion aud hold it in one hand. Heat the strips well before the Are, and when they are quite warm lay them on the table, still keeping hold of the uncut portion. Now give them about a dozen strokes with a brush, and they will immediately spread out so that no two strips stick together, each one of the strips repelling the other. Russia's Armies. Russia has three armies, with differ ent terms of service. In Europe her men are five years in the active army, thirteen In the reserve and five in the second reserve; In Asia they are seven years in the active army and six in the reserve; in Caucasia they are three years in the active army and fifteen in the reserve. Bank Stock or Women. The amount of national bank stock held by women In America is esti mated at $120,000,000, and the amount of private and State bank stock at $137,000,000. It tort Courteous. "My dear," said Growells, "you are simply talking nonsense." "I know it," replied his better half, "but it's because I want you to under stand yrb&t I say." Chicago New. jTHE OTHER FELLOW. HZ IS NOW HOLDING THE JO! YOU WANT. Gov. Shaw's Advice to the College Grad- ! wates: If Ton Want the Position You Must Do the Work Better than the Uneducated Man Ahead of You. "When you go out from school," said Gov. Leslie M. Shaw, of Iowa, in a re cent address to the students of North western University at Evanston, 111., "you will find 'the other fellow,' as Sam Jones says. He has not been to college, but he is occupying the place which you want, and he is four years aheaft of you. He will stay there, too, unless the training you get in college better pre pares you for his place." This is a plain statement of an indis putable fact, and one which college stu dents should commit to memory. A mere college training will not enable any one of them to get "the other fel low's" job unless the training the grad uate has secured is of the practical kind, which makes him better fitted for the place than the man without a col lege education, who holds it. He will not be able to secure the place on his diploma, on his standing in his class, on his fraternity affiliations, on his good looks, his good clothes, or even his good recommendations, and If by chance he shall obtain a position on the strength of these he will not be able to hold it if be does not possess in an equal degree the merit which enabled the other fel low to make his way without any of these advantages. Everything else being equal, the roung man who is fortunate enough to enter upon a career in these days with a. college education has an advantage over the other fellow, but he cannot afford to rest or play upon that advant age for a moment. If he depended upon it to carry him through, the other fellow will pass him in the race. "If a person can do one thing and do it well he will be worth something" said Gov. Shaw. "It makes no difference what you do, as long as you do it better than it has ever been done before. There is ao visible opening in any line you might select. On the other hand, there is a splendid opening if you can try a case better than any other attorney. There are many attorneys, but not so many lawyers; ..many pedagogues, but few teachers; many medical men, but few doctors. One-fourth of the lawyers in Chicago can try a case no better now than when they began,, and all through Wisconsin there are women who can sook no better than they could the day they were married, and they are told so three times a day. The world is ready to pay any price for excellence. The difficulty with the average man and the rest of them is that they do not pay enough attention to detail. No matter what profession you master, you must also master detail." All this is true. It is so demonstra bly and palpably true that recognition of Its truth has revolutionized the sys tem of higher education in this country within the past twenty-five years. It was in response to the demand that the colleges should turn out graduates with some fixed purpose in mind, with some special training, with something like in equipment that would enable them to compete with the other fellow, and, f possible, excel him, that Harvard, 1'ale, Princeton, Williams, Cornell, and jur Western universities adopted whol ly or in part the principles which ob tained exclusively in purely technologi cal institutions only a few years ago. The danger for a time was that the reaction in favor of the practical branches of education as against the cultural might go too far, and it is to the credit of the faculties of the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology In Boston and Armour Institute of Tech nology in Chieago that the danger was avoided. As the purely cultural col leges have exhibited a tendency to be come more practical, the purely tech nical institutions have exhibited even a stronger tendency to become more cultural, so that the latter are equip ping their students to-day, not only for :he Inevitable hand-to-hand encounters with the other fellows, but for the ligher places in life for which their college training qualifies them. The college students of our times, it is cheerful to know, are having the doc :rines enunciated by Gov. Shaw ground .nto them on all sides. They are made :o realize now that they cannot step Dut of a university Into a big legal or medical practice, Into a daily newspa per editorial chair, into the presidency of a bank, or to the forefront in any walk of life, just because they gradu ate with honors. They are being taught now that, while education gives them a tremendous advantage, nothing short of actual contact with the sharp cor ners and actual experiences in the hurly-burly of life will finally enable them to compete with the other fellow. He Is not only four years ahead of them be may be twenty he often is In prac tical knowledge, and he will always re- 1 main about that far in advance of tha man who thinks he has nothing more to learn when he bids good-by to his alma mater. Chicago Inter Ocean. An Arizona Bill of Fare. T was at a restaurant out in Arizona nce," said a salesman for a well inown revolver corporation, "and was looking over the bill of fare. It gave a better description of some features of the country than a whole volume. For 10 cents you could get some delicious lamb chops and fried potatoes. But bread and butter were extra, while a dish of milk toast was 15 cents. You see that meant that they raise eattre out there for their meat and not for dairy purposes. Milch cows are scarce and dear. But the Chinese broil beaf steak by frying it and then making the -marks of the griddle with a 'red hot poker." The Mafia. It is in Sicily that both poverty and crime have reached their most porten tous development. Here, again, we find diverse strains of blood, language and tradition, and an unfortunate historic development. We cannot, indeed, ex plain the social facts of Sicily in our time without reference to the past. Centuries of turbulence and misgovern uient produced a condition of affairs in which every man's hand was against $very other man's, and In which, the ilea of Just and Impartial law becom ing weak, the inevitable alternative of the rude Justice of revenge became widespread. In our day, with the pos sible exception of some of the outlying districts of European Russia, Sicily is the poorest part of Europe.' The wages earned in the sulphur mines and the horrible condition of the people em ployed therein have been so complete ly exposed that it is not necessary to dwell thereon. Suffice It to say that with the factors of wretched poverty and a long historical training in crime, superadded to a quick-blooded, violent people, we may understand the growth and power In Sicily of that murderous society, the Mafia, which the Italian government is now attacking in ear nest at Messina. The Mafia is to all in tents and purposes a murderous organ ization, which sticks at nothing to se cure its ends. But formally, and on one side, it is a kind of mutual benefit society. Its members are bound to pro tect and benefit one another und?r giv en conditions, or pay the dread penalty for failure or neglect. Spectator. Henry Fielding was once asked by Lord Denbigh why he wrote his name "Fielding" instead of "Feilding," as his lordship's family used. "I can not tell, my loid," replied the novelist, "ex cept it be that my branch of the fam ily were the first that knew how to spell." Sir Robert Peel was once going through a picture collection with a friend where there was a portrait of a prominent Englishman who was fa mous for saying sharp things. "How wonderfully like!" said the friend; "you can see the quiver on his lips." "Yes," replied Sir Robert, "and the ar rows coming out of it." They are telling a story In Chicago about an advance agent for the Thomas Orchestra who recently went to New Orleans to book dates for concerts. He was told that it would be well for him first to talk the matter over with a wealthy woman who is a leader in the musical circles of the city. So he called at her residence, and a ring brought out an old negro, who took the caller's card, on which printed the legend, "Representing the Thomas Orchestra." Presently a young woman came to the door holding the card in her hand. She did not seem to understand the object of the call. The agent attempted to explain, but was cut short by the young woman, who said: "I don't think we want any music to-day." The president of a manufacturing firm in Chicago has two letters from a man in Michigan. The first set forth that the writer had settled upon a piece of land that had "rite smart pin tim bur on it;" that his neighbors, with the exception of "sum french Canucks at the nort end of the lak," had also "rite smart" of timber, and would hail the advent of a "sormil" with delight "How mutch woud a smol sormil cost? N. B. If a Frenchman name Ike Lamor to rites you to ask about this hese no gud and a ded beat of the first water." The firm wrote back to Inform their correspondent that a sawmill such as he seemed to want would cost about three hundred dollars. A catalogue was inclosed, which would give him an idea of the plant, and the firm hoped to be favored with his order. The firm had no idea that its letter w'ould give seri ous offense. There was no doubt, how ever, that the Michigan man was quite annoyed. He wrote: "You must take me for a fool. If i had three hun dred dollars what In wud I want a sormil for?" Many years ago, when President Kruger was in England, he was ap proached concerning some concession, railway or otherwise, by a business man in London. Toe negotiations last ed for some time. One evening the Londoner, who waff staying at the same hotel, having spent many hours with Mr. Kruger and his companion, went to bed much exhausted, and feel ing he had not got quite all he wanted. Next morning he arose at nine o'clock, and went along the corridor to Mr. Rruger's bedroom. To his astonish ment it was empty, and all the luggage was gone. "Oh, sir," said the cham bermaid, "Mr. Kruger and his friend left at six this morning." Then, with a giggle of amused reminiscence, the girl added: "They was a queer couple, sir, and no mistake. When 'e passed your door, sir, Mr. Kruger, 'e started dancin' right outside your door, sir, 'e and his friend. They didn't know as any one saw them, sir, but Bessie and I see them, unbeknown, from the top of the stairs. Then they went downstairs, sir, fairly splittin their sides with laughin', though they didn't say word." During an advance in Manila recent ly, says the Chicago Tribune, one com pany had to lie down at the side of the road for shelter from the well-directed volleys of the Insurgents. One of the privates had dropped his haversack in the middle of the road away back, and, after the company had laid down, he calmly stood up and walked down the road toward the lost haversack. He made a fine target for the insurgents, and the bullets rattled around him pretty lively. "Here, come back here, O'Malley," yelled the lieutenant of the company; "you'll be killed." "Well," reiiliod O'Malley over his shoulder, "I might jest as well be killed as have Gen. Otis a-runnin' me up hill and down dale and comln' over to me house ivery mornin' and a-sayin', 'O'Malley, why don't you pay the government for that haveysack T " Then he calmly walked on and got the "lost piece of property, and as he came back and sat down Just in time to escape a volley of Mausers, he threw the haversack on the ground and said: "And when he does come to-morrow mornin' to me house I'll say, 'Otis, me little man, you're dead wrong. I never lost no haveysack. There's your bloody old potato bag. Take it to the Government with me compliments.' " It isn't so much what a man thinks as what be does that counts. Ke wards for Andree Relics. Notice has been received at the Swedish and Norwegian consulate in New York that the king of Sweden and Norway has decdied to reward peisons who have found objects belonging to the Andree polar expedition, and that a fund has been set aside for rewards for persona who may hereafter find ob jects rom the expedition. It is sup posed that the hope of reward is meant to be an incentive to whalers and other mariners who go far north to search for traces of the explorer and penetrate places out of the beaten path for that purpose. Electricity In Capsules. This new compound, which is made from cheap chemicals, is put uo in capsule form and when added to a certain quantity of water will furnish electricity enough to light a house, drive an automobile or even a railroad train. But this is nothing com pared to the strengthening power con tained in a bottle of' Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It cures indigestion, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver and kidney troubles and tills tne system with the vigor of health. Its Saddest. Aspect. The Liverpool Post, calling atten tion to the report ot Dr. Wiglesworth on the Rainhill asylum, says: "The evil of drunkenness has many sad as pects. But perhaps the saddest of all is the fact that as drunkenness increas es so does insanity. Last year 186 pa- j tients were admitted to the asylum as a result of drunken excess. Of these 78 were women. During the year 38 recovered and were discharged. At the end of December over 130 remained, of whom less than 50 are regarded as cur able. This refers to one year only and to one asylum." Decision of Character. Without decision of character no man or woman ever amounts to much. Chicao Daily News. That operators shall at no time with hold more than two weeks' wages from miners is a recent mandate expressed by the Iowa state senate. "For the recognition of the union and the nine-honr work day," is the cause of a recent strike of 230 brass workers in Chicago. Better Blood Better Health If you don't feel well today you ran be made to feel better by making your blood better. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the great pure blood maker. That is how it cures that tired feeling, pimples, sores, salt rheum, scrofula and catarrh. 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CAWSTON A CO.: KNUINUS, HOII.KRK, MA chinery, 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 un equalled. THE PROSPEROUS FARMER Always has a McCORMICK. Call on the Agent, or address A. H. Boy an, General Agent, 321 Hawthorne Ave., Portland, Or., for Catalogue. HARD WORKING WOMEN Can find quick and permanent relief for serious and strength destroying troubles in Moore's Revealed Remedy Thousands have used it and .housands now praise it. It cures permanently. 81 per bottle at your druggist's. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS. Building or remodeling residences and stores. Vtecarrva complete line oi snosu, Grates and Tiling, Tile Flooring, Tile Wain scoting, Andirons, Fenders, Screens, Electric, Gas and Combination Chandeliers, and all sop pltes pertaining to Electric anil Gas Lighting. 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One hundred and twenty-five boiler men in the Standard Oil Company's works, Bayonne, N. J., struck for an increase of wages. Mothers will lind Mrs. Winslow's Sooth ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. Cutters in seven granite quarries in Maine have stmck on being refused a new scale of hours and wages. Section men on the Tiffin division of the Big Four at Tiffin, O., struck for $1.25 a day, which the company refuged. 1 Makes the BEST PUMPS for IRRIGATION and RECLAMATION. MINE DRAINAGE. Capa cities from one gallon to J 00,000 gallons per minute. They aleo 17 D Ap IT TWO STAMP MILLS, build the JXliUufl Oement Gravel Mills, and the Celebrated Drake Amalgamatob. Special Machinery for CAPE NOME. Send for Catalogue. If RAP II Mi NT. Tfl to 17 Stevenson Sr.. ( San IVnUUfl Juftfl U liU. Branch. 134 & 136 Main St., ( Francisco A TOP BUGGY FOR $50.00... 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To convinceyou 11 mall samp e free; full box, 23c DR. BOSANKOCO.,Palladalala,Fa. Sold by Druggists. N. P. N. V. tlo. 831900. jTaW In 1 to 5 davB. V not to urictor. r Prevent. Contaclon. l4MAr,Nnir.HTi.n. IB WHEN writing: to advertUort pi' at xnantlon this papar, -V