Nothing
Tnsfes Good
And eating is simply perfunc
tory done because it must be.
This is the common complaint of
the dyspeptic.
If mating sparingly would cure
dyspepsia, few would suffer from it
long.
The only way to cure dyspepsia,
which is difficult digestion, is to
give vigor and tone to the Btomach
and the whole digestive system.
Hood's Sarsanarilla cured the niece of
Frank Fny, 106 N, St., South Boston,
Mass., who writes that she had been a
great sufferer from dyspepsia for six Tears!
had been without apetite and had been
troubled with sour stomach and headache.
She hud tried ruanv other medicines in
vain. Two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla
made her well.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Don't wait till you are
worse, but buy a bottle today.
Perpetual Motion Discovered.
James Conroy, of Jersey City,. N. Y.t
claims to have devised a system of
springs and weight which, operating
as a balance, will run machinery with
out the aid of fnel, electricity or any
other motive power.
Slop thm Cough and
Works Off tha Cold.
Laxative BromoQuinf ne Tablets cure a cold in
one day. No cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents.
George Washington in the Civil War.
The attention of the pension bureau
has been called to one regiment in the
civil war in which, according to the
rolls, 28 colored George Washingtong
served.
1IFK OF QUEEN VICTORIA..
Complete life of Queen Victoria. Best
book, best terms. Outfit mulled free.
Address S. C. Miller Co., Portland, Or.
Stock Exchange Membership Not Taxable.
The appellate division of the supreme
court of New York state has decided
that memberships in tha New York
stock exhcange are not taxable.
Btatk of Ohio, City of tolxdo, I
Lucas County.
Frank J. Cuehet makes oath that he is the
senior parter of the firm oi F. J. Cheney A Co.,
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
frank J ranmv
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
Ihgbcuui;, uim via uay oi xjecemoer, a. is. loob.
"( A.W.GLEA80N,
Notary Public.
Ball's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
we system. ena lor testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a
Sola by druggists, 7oc.
Ball's Family Pills are the best.
Fried Smelts.
Smelts can be fried to perfection in
the blazer. Clean them, wipe dry.
season and dip in flour or fine bread
crumbs. Egg them, dip in crumbs
again and fry in plenty of hot butter
Serve with tanoe tartare and Saratoga
chips.
THE HERB CUKE FOR GRIP.
Grip and colds may be avoided
by keeping the system c eansed,
the blood pure, and the diges
tion good. Take Garfield Tea.
To the Housewife.
Never leave canned goods in the oan
after it has been opened. Their con
tents should be placed in an earthen
dish immediately. Many people have
been poisoned from eating goods that
have stood in open cans.
That Dull, Awful Pain!
It's a sick headache. Cure it? Avnln iff
carets Candy Cathartic give quick relief and
prevent neaaacnes u taken in time. All drug
gists 10c, Udc, 60c.
Care of the Eyes.
If von would bave good eyes, never
read, write or sew immediately after
coming from comparative darkness
Into a bright light.
Carter's ink .
has the largest sale of any ink in the world,
because it is the best ink that can be made,
A Municipal Pawn Shop.
Chicago has the only jnnnioipal
pawn shop in the oonntry. Paris and
other European cities nave had them
in operation for many years.
CJo External
Symptom
The blood may be in bad condition,
yet with no external signs, bo skin
eruption or sores to indicate it. The
symptoms in such cases being a variable
appetite, poor digestion, an indescribable
weakness and nervousness, loss of flesh
and a general run-down condition of the
system clearly showing the. blood hat
lost its nutritive qualities, has become this
and watery. It is in just such cases that
S. S. S. has done some of its quickest and
most effective work' by building up the
blood and supplying the elements '"'Hrif,
to make it strong and vigorous.
" My wife used sev
eral bottles of S. S. S.
as a blood purifier and
to tone up a weak and
emaciated system, with
very marked effect by
way of improvement.
"We regard it a
great tonic and blood
purifier." J. F. Direr,
Princeton, Mo.
is the greatest of all
tonics, and yon will
find the appetite im
proves at once, strength
returns, and nervousness vanishes as new
rich pure blood once more circulates,
through all parts of the system.
S. S. S. is the only purely vegetable
blood purifier known. It contains no min
erals whatever. Send for our free book
on blood and skin diseases and write out
physicians for any information or advice
wanted. ' No charge for medical advice.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO. ATLANTA. OA.
CURES WHrUF All FlJsf Fill 5L
I Beat Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Vm I
in time, sold by omsKists.
5? -
WHAT ARMY OFFICERS EAT..
Great Variety of Food la Dispensed by
the Comm aiary Department.
No one outside of the army has an;
idea of the variety of commissary ar
ticles which are carried in the sub
sistence storehouses at army posts.
The present extensive stock la a grad
ual growth since 1866, when the old
army sutler was supplanted by the
post trader, who in turn was driven out
of the service by an exposure of cor
ruption and collusion which involved
even the wife of a cabinet officer and
dragged the latter into retirement.
The post trader carried a few ar
ticles which be sold to the officers and
men at exorbitant prices, and one of
the choice government "snaps" was a
post traderslilp, for which men were
willing to pay large sums that they
might bave the protection and license
of the government In robbing the help
less army officers and soldiers of re
mote frontier garrisons. The variety
of the post trader's stock was as lim
ited as its quality was indifferent.
When the post trader was banished
the subsistence department of the
army extended its system so as to em
brace something besides the ration
which it purchased and Issued to
troops. It began to keep such articles
as smoked fish, sirups, canned oysters
and lobsters, jellies. Jams, flour, hams,
coffee, candles and salt The list was
a meager one, but It was the beginning
of an elaborate system and an exten
sive stock. The department has Im
proved its supplies year by year, keep
ing In mind the needs and the desires
of the enlisted men, the officers and
their families. These supplies are out
side the regular ration and are sold at
contract prices even to officers and
men on the retired list, provided they
certify that the supplies are Intended
for their own consumption.
In the list of foods there are now all
kinds of canned and evaporated fruits,
canned vegetables, fish and meats,
four varieties of soup, four varieties of
crackers and three varieties of white
sugar. There are all kinds of spices
and seasonings, sauces and Jellies,
among which are four varieties of
pickles and two varieties of table
sauce. There are four brands of ci
gars and four varieties of smoking to
bacco, with other smoking articles and
supplies. Sometimes these varieties do
not meet all the demands of the army,
and additional kinds are provided, but
there Is a limit placed on certain arti
cles, and the department does not pro
vide more than ten varieties of cigars
(none costing more than $6 per $100,
or $12 in the open market), six varie
ties of pickles or crackers and five of
smoking tobacco or soup. Saturday
Evening Post.
DRUNKEN COWS IN A FIGHT.
Sanguinary Conflict Takes Place After
a Meal on Fermented Cane.
The most exciting affair In the vicini
ty of Bronson, Fla., of late was the fero
cious combat between two of Farmer
Hawkins' Intoxicated cows the other
day, causing the death of one after a
fight that would put a modern bull
nght to blush. .
Hawkins lives four miles from Bron
son and prides himself upon his fine
stock. He makes lots of cane sirup
also. In the grinding season most of
the farmers in this country make beer
for home consumption from the "cane
skimmings," but Hawkins is a stanch
teetotaler and vowed he would give the
SKimmings to his cows. So he filled the
trough full the other afternoon, not
dreaming of the tragic consequence to
roiiow.
Soon two of his pet cows came up
and began drinking the liquid. It tast
ed good, and the caws wanted more.
Soon they had on a goodly "Jag" and
they got belligerent One plunged at
the other, trying to get possession of
the trough." The other, with a bellow
of defiance, gored her antagonist in the
side with artistic skill. The other turn
ed tail for a moment and then came
rushing back, pinning the cow to a post
and goring her frightfully. "
The fight then became general. The
infuriated animals bellowed and
plunged at each other and fought with
deadly earnestness. This was kept up
for a half an hour, when one was
knocked down In a dying condition, and
the other was just able to walk around
and bellow triumphantly. The men
folks heard the uproar, but did not get
to the scene of the warfare in time to
stop It
Mr. Hawkins Is out one cow, but has
lots of experience. The old settlers
around there say this is a common oc
currence where cattle drink this skim
mings, as it makes them fighting drunk
and a scrimmage follows. , In the old
times it was one of the boys' sports to
get a drove of cattle In an Inclosure
and feed them with cane skimmings
and watch the fight that would follow.
. When He Held the Jack
"He was a softish sort of chap, but
played a tolerably fair game of seven
up," said ex-Sheriff Warren K.-Ridg-way,
of Pike County, Pennsylvania.
"We were sitting in, up at Lacka
wanna, playing for a quarter, a corner.
I knew he was dead gone on a girl up
at the Narrows, and so remarked, casu
ally, early in the game: .
" 'Every time a fellow gets the jack
of trumps in seven-up it's a sure sign
his girl is thinking of him.'
"Then I sort o' watched the young
fellow, and the very next hand he
picked up I noticed his eyes light up
and a real nice flush of pleasure spread
over his face. So I led out and, sure
as pollywogs! I caught his jack, as I
thought maybe I would. And it worked
so well all the evening that I had a
whole lot of his quarters when we
quit :cBut he seemed pleased, and
went up to the Narrows on the next
train." New York Evening Sun.
New Jersey Fossils. '
In the blue shales of a valley a few
miles from Montclair, N. J, are found
fossil fish of a kind which is almost
extinct only three specimens now sur
vlving. They belong to the order of
ganoids, which possessed no interior
bony skeleton, but only an outside cov
ering of bony or cartilaginous plates.
They were the earliest known verte
brates. A number of excellent speci
mens show distinctly the shining, bony
scales of this peculiar species of fish,
which, according to geologists, must
have existed ages ago.
The wrong Is doubled when a book
agent is Jolly. -
Increase of Working Women.
Only 50 vears atro. bnt one women
worked to every 10 men. At nresent
the ratio is one to four. Thirty years
ago two-tbirds of all the self-support-
inz Women were rlnmAfitirt servant
Today only one-third are so employed.
World to End This Year.
This is the recent decision of one of the
prominent societies of the wurlri hue ih
exact day has not yet been lixed upon, ami
t, line mere are very lew people who believe
this prediction, there are thousand nf
others who not only believe, but know that
niiMBieri Biomacn riltters is the best
medicine to cure dvspepsia. indigestion.
constitution, biliousness or liver and kid
ney troubles. A fair trial will certainly
convince you of its value.
As She Remembered Him.
Mr. Bkimmerborn (as the nartici-
pants in the debate became personal)
I was a thundering fool when I asked
you to marry mel
Mrs. Skimmerhorn Well, von look
ed it, dear.
Remedy fur Grip Sufferers:
Garfield Tea cleanses the 'system,
purifies the blood, aids diges-
tion and helps nature throw off
disease. It is made from H EK BS.
Rather Ancient
Criteek "That western Napoleon of
finance whom you have written up in
today's paper must be a man of enor
mous longevity."
Editor "Why?"
"You pay 'He is reputed to have
made $6,000,000 in as many years.' "
CITS Permaneatlr Cured. So Ota r nerrotuneaa
after first Any' n.of lr. KliBe's Great Nerve
BeMMvr. Fend far Fit E K trial bottlesnd treat-
is. Da.B.H KliKt, Ud.,Kll Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Three Rules of Life.
Edward Everett Hale gives the fol
lowing three good rules for life: First,
lire as much as possible in the open
air; second, touch elbows with the
rank and file; third, talk every day
with a man you know to oe your su
perior. Mqthers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
Syrnp the best remedy to use for their
3hildren during the teething period.
Home Truth.
Mr. Biddle Those shoes are absurd
ly small for you, my dear; but one
must suffer to be beautifnl, I know.
Mrs. Biddle Ah 1 bnt how one suf
fers trying to be polite you will never
know.
This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative BrornoQuinine Tablets
tha remedy that cares h cold in one day
Literary Note From the Century Co.
The Century is to. have a serial story
by Irving Bacbeller, the author of that
popular novel, "Eben Holden." It is
a border tale of 1812. Two types of
the men who have helped to make
America are set forth in it: one, a
Northern Yankee, quaint, rugged and
wise; the other, a man who has the
hardy traits of a Puritan with the ro
mantic temperament of a cavalier.
The scene of the stoty is in the neigh
borhood of Lake Cake Champlain, and
the title is "D'ri and I." It will b
gin in the March Century and run for
six months.
I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump
tion has an equal for coughs and eolda.
Johw F. Botes. Trinity Springs, Iud., Feb.
15, 1900. -
Steam Patrol Wagon.
Hartford's nw steam patrol wagon,
which cost $2,SS0 weighs 3,000 pounds
and is operated at an expense of two
and a half cents a mile. It is of 12
horse power and runs from 15 to 20
miles an honr. In five minutes a
steam pressure of 200 pounds can be
generated from cold water.
TO CTJKB A COLD IK OKI DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the monev if it fails to cure.
E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c.
To Remove Paint From Clothes.
A painter advises how paint may be
removed from clothes that will wash.
For a white garment or any goods that
will not fade, boiling water is suffi
cient. For colored cottons rub com
mon kitchen soap thoroughly on the
spot, and let it soak in clear water
over night, when the paint will readily
peel off, leaving no stain and without
any injury to the fabric
AVfcgetabk Preoaralionfor As
similating the Food andBegula
ting the Stomachs anslBowels of
rTrwST7?S-77CT7f7,HSSP,l
Promotes Digestion.Cheerfur
ness and Rest.Contains neither
Opium,Morplune nor Mineral.
1sot3Jarctic.
Ave tfOUn-SAMUELPtTCKKIl
BtCmtcnmltSlala
JffspseVrSHsVs' rMmjWK
Aperfecl Remedy for Constipa
tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions Jcvensh
ness and Loss of Sleep.
' Tax Simile Signature of
NEW YORK.
EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER.
GOVERNOR
Uses Pe-ru-na
For Colds
CAPITOL BUILDING,
Mm
I
A Letter From the Executive Office of Oregon.
The governor of Oreeon is an ardent
admirer of Pe-ru-na. He keeps it
continually in the house. In a recent
letter to Dr. Hartman he says:
State of Oregon,
Executive Department.
. Salem, May 9. 1898.
The Pe-rnu-na Medicine Co., Co
lunibns, O.:
Dear Sirs: I have had occasion to
use your" Pe-ru-na medicine in my
family for colds, and it proved to be
an excellent remedy. I have not had
occasion to use it for other ailments.
Yours very truly, W. M. Lord.
Any man who wishes perfect health
must be entirely free from catarrh.
Catarrh is well nigh universal; almost
omnipresent. Pe-ru-na is the only ab
solute safeguard known. A cold is the
beginning of catarrh. To prevent
colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh
Ink Used by Ancient Romans.
Pliny says that the liquor of the cut
tlefish was often used by the Eomaas
as an ink. It was considered superior
to the lamp black preparation, but it
was not used so freely on account of
its much greater cost.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING
When vou take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic,
ukj me luiuiuiiiii piainiy pnntea on every
bottle showing that it Is simply Iron and Qui-
Range War in Wyoming.
A fierce range war has been prevail
ing in Northwest Wyoming between
the sheep and cattle men. in one day
the cattlemen drove the sheep over a
precipice andkilled 2,000 of them.
Population vs. Miles of Railroad. .
While New York state is" first in
point of population it is seventh in
miles of railroad, according to one au
thority. Illinois, the third in popula
tion, is the greatest railroad state,
with nearly 11,000 miles of track.
Pennsylvania is second both in popula
tion and in railroad tracks.
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY,
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Must Bear Signature of
See Fac-Shalle Wrapper Below.
Vary aaaall and as aaay
to take as sngaa.
CARTER'S
FOR HEADACHE.
FOR DIZZINESS.
FOR BILIOUSNESS.
FOR TORPID LIVER.
FOR C0XSTIFATI0H.
FOR SALLOW SKIM.
F0RTHEC0MPLEXI0I
iniE
IVER
PILLS.
j OJUVUJm Ml ST MVt U0MATUM C.
tieSiB 1 Jnrely TeretsMe.
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
For InfantB and Children.
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
For Over
Thirty Years
ft:
. THC CKKTJIUR COMPANY. MCW YOHH CITY.
E-missiMsl
AW
OF OREGON
in His Family
and Grip.
SALEM, OREGON.
out of its victims. Pe-ru-na not only
cures catarrh, but prevents. Every
household sJiouh' be supplied with this
great remedy for coughs, colds, and so
forth.
It will be notioed that the governor
says he has not had occasion to use
Pe-ru-na for other ailments. The lea
son for this is., most other ailments be
gin with a cold. Using Pe-ru-na to
piomptly. cure colds, he protects his
family against other ailments. This is
exactly what every other family in the
United States should do. Keep Pe-ru-na
in the house. , Use it for coughs,
colds, la grippe, and other climatio af
fections of winter, and there will be
no other ailments in the house. Such
families should provide themselves
with a copy of Dr. Hartman's free book,
entitled "Winter Catarrh." Address
Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio.
Needs to Be Unselfish.
We have an idea that a woman has
to be unselfish to live comfortably
through that period when her sons pre
fer young girls to her, and ber husband
begins to take his daughters out and
leave her at home.
The Best Prescription for Malarial
MK8,J?ni Fev.CT 18 a bo18 f Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in
a tasteless form. No Cure. No Pay. Price 50c.
New Proposed National Park.
The national park of 1,297 square
miles proposed at the head waters of
the Mississippi will, if it is estab
lished, be the first in the central region
of the country.
To Prevent the Plague.
Ceylon is setting its house in order
against the arrival of the plague. In
the past year in Colombo the munici
pality has bad 60.000 rats killed.
BEST FOR THE
BOWELS
If yon haven't a regular, healthy movement of the
bowels every day, you rs sick, or will be. Keep your
bowels open, ans be well. Force. In tbe .nape of
Tiolent pnysic or pill poison. Is daoKerons. Tbe
'imootbest. easiest, most perfect way oi aeepina tha
ocitjIs clear and clean is to take -
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Hot
ever SireAn. Wan trn n.fJrina in- ft nr.i.
Merer Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 60c Writ
ior iree sample, and booklet on bealtb. Address
Storlhi lonlj I'npu,, CM. Hntrral, X.wTort. SSb
KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN
POULTRY NETTINC.
Buy from the manufacturer. Price in lull roll
2 feet wide, ISO feet long . 11.65
3 ' " ; " a 47
4 . u .. g g,,
5 ' " " " : 4,li
' " " " 4.95
All Kinds of Wire and Iron Work.
PORTLAND WIRE A IRON WORKS
149 Front St., Portland, Oregos.'
NOTHING BETTER MADE
Yoa can't make a mistake it yon get t
..Mitchell..
Jtflitehell, Iieoiis & Staver Co.
PORTLAND. ORECON.
Don't You Want
The prrttiest Calendar out this season?
If no, send your uame and also uaiues and
addresses of five ranchers in rour neigh
borhood, and one will Le n ailld 3 011 freo.
Audress:
A. H. B DYLAN,
Gen. A gt., McveriLi ;k H. M. 1 o.
' 321 Hawthorne Ave., Portland, Dr..
MONEY
FOR SOLDIERS'
-HEIRS-
Heirs of Union tftiiiers who liomsieadcd les'
than 160 acn s i-efore June 2, 1874 (no matter i
abandoned ), Bhould address
UENKT N. COPI-, Washington, D. C,
PATENTSili
HOD1 FT..
access fa
descriotion
eet free opinion
HILO. B. STEVENS & CO., Estab. 1364.
Div. 4. 817 14th Street, WASHINGTON D. C.
Branch offices: Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit
' FAT FOLKS Reoucel
from 16 to 35 lbs. iter month tor a
harmless treatment. Thousands
eared. Mrs. M. A. MarCrone, 431
Haw ley St., Rochester, N. Y.,
writes: "Fonr rears ago I was.
reduced 48 pounds by your ralu
ablA trMttnAnt: Mr experience
as Trained Nurse has taught me the dangers of Fatty
Degeneration- Hare not gained." Patients treated
by mall confident) a Ut. For psrtleiilar&evddress.with
tisip, DP.c.CVKYDER. 1314 &.c TBDkthieigo,U.
SUBE CURE FOR PILES
ITCH i N ti Flies produce moisture and cause Itching.
This form, as well sa Blind. Bleeding; or Protruding
Piles are cured br Dr.Bosanko's Pile Remedy.
Stops ltcblne and bleeding. Absorbs tumors. 50c a
Jar atdruffgigta or sent by mstl. Treatise free. Wrtt
me about jour esse. DB. BVSAJ1KO. Pb lads. Pa
H. P. N. U.
Sio. S ISOl.
w
HEX writing t advertiser pleas
menuou tn paper.
f J CATHARTIC jJk
NO NEQR6ES IN THIS TOWN.
Oma KeutHckr Villare from Which the
ssiacs: man xa isarrea.
Calvert City, In Marshall County, In
Kentucky, la one of tbe few places In
the world that has effectually solved
the race problem. Not a negro Is to be
found within a radius of a dozen miles,
and the negro is yet to be discovered
who has any permanent desire to come
he.re.
To threaten a' negro with Calvert
City Is to bring before his frightened
vision pictures of death more horrible
than by lynching.
The peaceable, law-abiding spirit that
prevails in the little Kentucky town is
swiftly banished when a negro ap
pears. If he keeps going be is not
molested, provided be attends strictly
to his own affairs and does nothing to
provoke the ever-alert hostility of the
residents. But he can neither take up
his abode there nor remain over all
night, and so disastrous bave been ail
past attempts to break this unwritten,
but none the less, stringent law, that no
negro would to-day dare to move Into
Calvert City and announce his intention
of remaining.
The town itself Is a small place of a
few hundred inhabitants, situated on
the Illinois Central railroad, only a
dozen miles from Paducah, tbe metro
polis of Southwest Kentucky.
The intense hatred of the negro dates
back twenty years or more. Pew pro
fess to know its origin, and many claim
that it was born in the people, but some
of the older inhabitants declare that It
had its inception years ago, when two'
negroes married white women and set
tled there. The aversion of the people
became so great that numerous at
tempts, resulting In considerable blood
shed, were made to expel the mismated
couples, and eventually they were
driven away. ,
This aroused the bitterest hostility
among the negroes, and the white peo
ple soon grew to so hate the sight of
one that every negro was aultimately
run out of the vicinity, and one has
never been known to live In those parts
since.
In recent years there has been no
serious trouble, but It is estimated that
no less than ten or a dozen negroes who
had settled in the neighborhood have
been shot from ambush or otherwise
mysteriously killed.
This reprehensible means of exter
minating them, however, was always
adopted as a last resort, and no one
was ever punished for relieving the
community of their presence.
Old Servants Prizes.
On the Austrian emperor's fete day a
number of prizes were distributed to
servants who have been a long time
in the same situation. The prize was
about 15 in each case. First on the
list was a valet, aged 71, who had
served forty-six consecutive years in
one family. The second was a nurse,
72 years old, who had served forty-two
years in one family; a maid of all work,
77 years old, who had served forty-one
years in a nunnery, came next; then
an under cook, aged 51, who had
served thirty-nine years in a boy's or
phanage. There was a maid of all work, aged
76, who had served thirty-nine years
in one family; a kitchen maid, 69 years
old, who had been in the household of
Princess Clementine of Coburg for thir
ty-nine years, came next, and then, 68
years old, came one who had been a
lady's maid to Baroness Chley for thirty-eight
years.
Altogether there were twenty-one
names on the list and the shortest term
of service was thirty years. Our cor
respondent remarks that the mistresses
Of these good people deserved prizes,
too, for they must surely have lovable
tempers If they can go on being waited
upon by ladies' maids and maids of all
work of the ages named.
Siberian Rivers Well Lighted.
One of the most remarkable features
of the Russian navigation of Siberian
rivers consists in the thorough way In
which each verst of the navigable 3,000
or more is lighted. There Is always a
lamppost in sight, and these are paint
ed white or red, so as to be easily dis
cernible during the day. This must
necessitate the employment of at least
1,000 lightkeepers, who also patrol and
sound the river's depth within their re
spective beats. Each Isolated woodpile
must have Its guardians, who live near
by In a log hut or two.
An Exceptional Lake
.An Interesting exploration of Lake
Tanganyika and the country north of
it, finished recently, revealed the fact
that while certain sea molluscs are
found In this lake, it Is the only one
of all the large African lakes in which
such phenomena are observed. This
lake Is only a short distance, some
eighty miles, from the great Congo ba
sin, much of which, without doubt, was
once covered by the sea.
Bicyclists in France.
k There are in France chiefly in Paris-
over half a million registered bicyclists.
In 1894 the number .was 203,026 and in
1899 483,414. Each one pays a tax and
carries a license. The above number
does not Include motor-cycles and mo
tor cars, which are far more plentiful
In, France than In England. Motor
cycles are to be used by postmen for
collecting letters In Paris. '
Female School Teachers.
Women are rapidly displacing men as
teachers In the schools of New York.
During the last year there was a de
crease of 217 in the number of men em
ployed, while tbe number of women
teachers increased 1.073U-
Prairie Chickens in Kansas.
Prairie chickens are said to be more
abundant In Western Kansas than for
years, and the farmers are disposed to
give tbe birds a chance to multiply by
keeping a check on tbe hunters. -
Superstition of Chinese Women.
Chinese women believe that the evil
spirit holds possession of all the high
points of the earth, and that is why no
Chinese woman can ever be induced to
climb a mountain.
' Holland's Canals. ,
Holland has nine miles of canal for
every 100 square miles of surface, 2,700
miles in all. . .; . - -
Usually the man who is good when
lie's asleep Is troubled with Insomnia.
AH IHTERESTIKG CASE.
fiEESTS OF GROWING GIRLS WILL
APPRECIATE IT.
The Story Is Told br a Fatber Who Is
Grateful for Hia Dang-hter's
Recovery.
No. 91 Lincoln avenue, Cortland, N.
Y., was once a bouse of sorrow and
sadness. Tbe daughter of George
Loucks, the pride of the household,
seemed going into a deoline as she
reached her early womanhood and ber
condition oaused the greatest anxiety
in the family. The happy ending of
the matter oaused considerable excite
ment in the neighborhood and, when
questioned by a reporter, Mr. Loucks
made tbe following statement:
"About two years ago my daughter,
who was then in ber 16th year, was in
bad health. She was pale and thin,
without strength or vitality, intact ber
condition was that which is generally
called all run down. We were, of
course, worried about her and employ
ed the best physicians to attend her.
They studied her case and although
they did everything possible, gave her
no relief which was permanent. The
late Dr. Angle had first called my at
tention to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People, and my wife bad heard
they were a fine tonic, so we decided
to try them for my daughter. - We did
so and inside of eight weeks the pri
mary cause of her trouble was remov
ed and she showed a decided gain in
health, strength and flesh.
' 'A great many people will buy a
medicinb and take a few deses. Then
if they are not cured they throw it
aside as no good, or take it spasmodic
ally. We believe in a lair trial in
strict accordance with directions and
our faithfulness was rewarded for she
was, greatly benefited by them. Her
color came to ber cheeks and she con
tinued to gain in weight and strength.
We have told a great many people
about them and bave been glad' to do
ao."
Signed, GEORGE LOUCKS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 29th day of June, 1900.
F. C. PARSONS,
Notary Public.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills fjr Pale
People are sold by all dealers, or will
be sent to any address postpaid, on re
ceipt of price, 60 cents a box, or six
boies for $2.50, by Dr. Williams Med
icine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Spends Millions for Amusement
The American people are great theater-goers
and spend about $112,000,
000 annually for such amusements.
SEED DEALERS.
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