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Newspaper Page TextROYAL Baking Powder is indispen sable to the preparation of : the finest cake, hot-breads, rolls and muffins. Housekeepers are sometimes importuned to buy other powders because they are " cheap." Housekeepers should stop and think. If such powders are lower priced, are they not inferior ? . -l i: ..: i - is it economy 10 spoil a few pennies? The " Royal Bakfer and Pastry Cook" containing over 8oo most practical and valuable cooking re ceipts free to every patron. Send postal card with your full address. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO, 100 Judicial Gallantry. Judge to female witness How old are you? -' Miss Passeigh I guess I am "Pray dp not be reckless with your guesses, madam. We can allow you but three chances at it."' -" ' Thla signature ia en every box of the genuino Laxative Brorao-Quinine Tablet. the remedy that eana eeld la vmm day Probabilities. , . "Will nothing induce you to change your mind and marry?", he asked. , "Another man might," she replied. For $12 we sell one of the finest 4x5 cameras made. Equipped with all improvements. Send for full descrip tion. At dealers, or Kirk, Geary & Co., 330 Sutter St., San Francisco, Cal. . Art Inspiration. Mrs. Parkville I have bought you a splendid box of cigars for your birth day, Mortimer.. . Mr. Parkville Oh, ah er I have been thinking what luxury that I par : ticularly enjoy, I should give up dur ing Lent, my dear, and I er have decided I had better give up cigars The Beat Prescription for Malaria Chills and Fever Is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No Cure, No Fay. Price SOc Z- Z. Force of Habit ; " - Mrs. Shoppen Give me a dozen - stamps, if you please. Postoffice Clerk Yes'm. Two cent? Mrs. Shoppen (absent mindedly) Are they the best you've got? CITS Pormaiteutly Cured. "No fits op nervonsneai rllO sfterl1rit(tav'iinfofIr.KlinerreatNerve Restorrr. frend for FR KK 8.4. 00 triad bottle .vnd treat Im. 1-B.U KLiNK,l.WiArcbSt.,PbiUdelpaiia.Pa. The Teacher's Fault "I'd like to know why it is," ex claimed the angry father to his indo lent sonf "that you always stand at the foot of your class in school?" "It's 'cause the teacher won't let me sit down," drawled the lazy youth. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine after s Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Sea Fae-Slmlia Wrapper Below. Tear eaaaJl and aa away te take ass SFM HEADACHE. i CARTERS FOR DIZZINESS. for Biuousmss. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION afgU 1 Partly TealCyWg CURE SICK HEADACHE. - - No Danger. -. .y -y Mrs. Featherweight ' (to cabby) ' You're sure you won't run away with me? . :--.-:'.-' .-i - Cabby No, , madam;- . .'I've been : married these twinty Jrears! . . ; TO OCBK A COLD INTONE SAT ' ' Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All; Iruegists refund the money if it fails to care. B. W. drove's signature is on each box. 25c. Enfant ferftbie. j. Mrs. Bilkins (sweetly) JDo ; have another piece df cake, Cousin John. -: Cousin John Why, really, I!ve already had two; but it's a--good J believe I will have another.' i Little Johnny (excitedly! Ma's a winner! She said she'd bet you'd make a pig of yourself! - - . laiKtS WHtriE All ELSE (AILS. j Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. ill 3 I Hi 1 -a your uigcsuuii iu sit "Alum is used in some baking pow ders and in most of the so-called phosphate powders, because it is cheap, and makes a cheapfer powder. : But alum is a corrosive poison which, taken in food, acts injuriously upon . the stomach, liver and kidneys. WILLIAM ST.. NEW YOBK. Putting It Gently. "Ladies." said the speaker at' th annual meeting of the Boston bean: bund, "I shall, in eluciadating mj subject, give you nothng but the-er- the-that it to say, I shall give you-er- the-the decollete truth." - .'. " Conflict of Authority. "How quiet uncleis this morning." "Yes, his coins and his rl eumatii i don't indicate the same kind of weathe." Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth- ins; Syrup the best remedy to use for their Good Reason. Ladv Oh, how dirty your lace is, little boy. Boy .Yes'm: we hain't had n company.for more'n a week. BEST FORTE 11 BOWELS If yon haven't a regular, healthy movement of tat bowels every day, yoa're sick, or will be. Keep youi boweli open, and be welL Force, in the shape oi violent physic or pill poison, is dangerous. Thj '.mootbest, easiest, most perfect way of Keeping Uu M'R(UCIBa.r ttBUAWUIUi W WfcM Plfimitant. P&1a.t)isv Pntant TaitaflAra4 TViftstrut Never Sicken, Weakenr Gripe. 10c, 60e Writ for free sample, and booklet on health. Address BtarUatg at j Csnapaaij, ftkm, Mta.lg.ml, law Ytwfc. S2Sa KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAR ;Far-Reaching. - ' Watts This Carrie Nation crusade is going to. have a . wider and more lasting eftect than most people think. Potts I don't doubt that.- ' There will be Carrie Nation vaudeville jokes for 10 years to come. - ' :, Piso's Care cannot be too hisrhlv spoken of as a cough cure. J. W. 6'Brieh, 329 imra Ave.. A., Minneapolis. Minn;; Jan. Small Returns. Subbubs No 1 won't bother with a garden this year. I had one last year and it kept me thin as a rail. .Citiman Worked too hard in it, eh? Subbubs No, I tried, to live on what I raised. :-r -. ' . ' " -,: -" . -;' . ": Stop tha Cough ami Work Cfff tha Cold. Laxative Bromo43uinjne Tablets cnre a cold ia oneaay. . wo cure, no ray rrlce cents, ' An Instance. - s "Thomas," said the teacher in the third class in physiology, "can you give a familiar instance of the ' power of the human system to adapt itself to changed conditions." - "Yes'm," responded Tommy Tuck er.- "My Aunt Abigail' gained 100 pounds in flesh in less'n a year, an' her skin didn t crackle a particle. - No Wonder. ' .;: . . . - : - "Great Caesar! It is stated hers that $d,bUU,UUU is paid annually in New York for the protection of vice 1" "Calm yousself, man, and stop and think of the amount there is to pro tect." Hard Bread. Mr. Newlywed Come, won't break bread with us today? you " Jack Jester No; thanks, old man ; ydil See, I Can t stand manual' labor. By the way, ia-it her first attempt? Not for His Health. Hubbubs Why are you moving from your suburban home? Subbubs I'm all run down. . Hubbubs Malaria?. ." Subbubs No .gossippy neighbors. " What She Could Do. , Mrs. Fitz-Browh thought she . had Solved the great servant question when she employed a bright, young Norwe gian girl. In attempting to acquaint the girl with her new duties, however, she was surprised at ; her ignorance. f inally, in diryair, she asked "What can you dq?. . ., The face of the new found treasure brightened, and she replied : ; "I can milk reindeer. " " Those Absurd Dictionaries. ? . Uncle Jethrb -There ain't no sense in dictionaries, nohow. ; " Edgar How did you arrive at that conclusion, Uncle Jethro? Uncle Jethro They spell "hoss"j with an "r," and leave it out when they come to "horsepetaL" yyffJy CANDY j: g 9 GOOD Sbort 5tofle$ I! k T It is said that Henry Gay Carleton, the playwright, who stammers very badly at times, not so long ago stopped Nat Goodwin on the street and said to him: "Nat, will you g-giTe me half an lb-hour for f-flve minutes' con-verg-sa-! tionr '. - - When Bishop Potter the other AblsMiOOU. S SCLfSCLDCLrtllG. tried to open the door of a Fifth Ave nue stage In New York, It was play fully held closed by the Rev. Dr. Ed ward Judson, the pastor of the Judson Memorial Baptist Church, who was in side. 'Ah, Judson," exclaimed the Bishop, when he saw what Dr. Judson was doing, "I have' discovered tbat you are a dose-communion Baptist. Booker Washington says that during the earlier days of freedom, almost every negro who learned to read would receive "a call to preach" within a few days after tie began reading. He tells of a colored man in Alabama, who one hot day in July, while he was at work in a cotton-field, suddenly stopped, and looking toward .the skies, said: "O Lawd, de cotton am so grassy, de work am so hard, and the sun am so hot, I b'lieve dis darkey am called to preach!" A gentleman -who was once being taken over an Insane asylum, asked an attendant how they knew when an idiot was considered to be sufficiently restored to sanity to be discharged. "Oh," said the attendant "It Is easily managed. We take them into a yard where there are several troughs.' We turn on the taps and then give the idiots buckets to bail out the water and empty the troughs. Many of them keeps balling away while the taps keep ruuning, but them that isn't Idiots stops the tap." . - ; The New York Sun's Pekln correspon dent says that once during a dry season in China, the viceroy. Earl Li Hung Chang, called on the American minister. Mr. Conger, and spoke of the weather. Yes," said Mr. Conger, "it seems to be dry everywhere. It Is dry in my coun try, too. I read In one of our papers the other day that in "many places in the West the people, were praying for rain." "What!" said the earl, 'do your people pray to. their God for rain?" Oh, yes, " said y -the minister, ' they ' of ten pray for rain. And does their God send it when they pray for Itr asked the earl. . "Yes, sometimes their prayers are answered and sometimes they are not." "All the same like Chinese joss, hey?" said the earl, with a grin and a chuckle. The following is an extract from a bona -fide letter which a woman froni New Haven, ,Conn.;v wrote, to Clyde Fitch, the other day ."I have , been reading of the vast amount of money you have been' making; this : year by writing plays. I do not approve of the theatre myself, but I would like to ask a small favor -of you. , 1 am a lady who has seen better days, but with God's help and your assistance I think the sun of prosperity may shine on me -again. I am , a widow , with three daughters. The eldest died two years ago and ever since I. have been most anxious to have her grave sodded, Won't you please sod her grave for me, my dear Mr. Fitch?.-My second daughter could make. a very good mar riage if you would only send her $200 with which" to buy her trousseau.. My third daughter has a beautiful voice. The doctor says it cannot be properly trained tor less than $150. In short, dear Mr. . Fitch, send me a check for $500, and Just see what an amount of good you will be doing in the world. My daughter's grave will be sodded, my second girl will be made a loving wife, and my baby will have a voice to earn money for her mother with; and I shall have enough of your money left to hire a second-hand piano. Be sure and send the money by registered let ter, as I think the ordinary mall Is so unreliable." z1." Paderewski Caught. One evening last season, at a famous restaurant in New York, Paderewski happened to be dining there at the same time that the New York Goldsmiths' and Jewelers' Association were having" a celebration dinner hi another part of the building. - At the close of the feast the pianist made his way to the cloak room and was busy washing his hands when one of the other party came in' on the same mission. The newcomer stared at the fair-haired Pole, and at last, as he dashed his hands through the water, said: "You're very like Paderewski; do you know him?" 'I am Paderew ski,". rejoined the ' maestro, modestly. "What!" whooped the American, and, dashing at him, shook both his hands without waiting for the ceremony of wiping his own. Before there was any time for Paderewski to escape the man from the goldsmiths' dinner rushed to the door, and, calling to the chiefs of his party, yelled: "I say, Brown, Jones, Robinson, Smith, all of you, come here; I want to introduce you to my friend, Paderewski.";; Improved Proverbs. -Quacks are stubborn things. It's a wise girl who knows her own mind. - . " ; " - Society Is the mother of convention. Home was not built in a day. : Modesty is the best policy. Circumstances alter faces. A rolling gait gathers remorse. . All's not old that titters. - Let us eat, drink and be married, for to-morrow we dye. ' - Charity uncovers a multitude of sins. -Smart Set, ; . -z- '. ' '- '" Ground Plan Complete J. Naggus (literary editor) How is your new society novel getting on, Borus? Borus (struggling author) Splendid ly. I've got -the French phrases I am going to use in the story all selected There's nothing to do. now but to fill in the English and divide it into chapters. -Chicago Tribune. -. Photographic Talk. ' - Summer Girl Do you think you can take a good picture of me? . Cholly I'm afraid I must answer you in the negative.- - .. Wise-men are conservative. Only fools give their candid oplnlous on all occasions. .. OutofTone Conditions Marked by failure of appetite, loss of vitality, that tired feeling, bilious turns, dull headaches, indigestion and other stomach troubles, as well as by pimples, blotches, boils and other eruptions, are all referable to an im pure or impoverished condition of the blood. Corrects all these ' conditions it's the medicine that makes the blood pure and rich the peculiar tonic that strengthens every weak function and builds up the whole system." " We think there ia no medicine that can equal Hood's Barsaparllla. It has eared me ot rheumatism and relieved my hus band ot catarrh. I have tried it for boils and haveToond.it fine. When we have that tired feeling we take Hood's and in a short time the trouble is gone." Mas. J. A, Bxtholds, Stockton, Cal. " -; Accept No Substitute. v A Slim Menu. "I presume yoau are 'always filled with the divine afflatus,," said the ad miring friend to the dreamy poet. Yes, answered the dreamy poet; "yes, and that's about all as a general thing." . " - Thinking of buying a camera? If so, send for our 1901 catalog contain ing fully illustrated description of every camera made. Kirk, Geary & Co., 330 Sutter St., San Francisco, Cal. Not Any Better Than Women. A Boston club put up "theatricals for "ladies only," and some of the lords of creation almost racked them selves into brain fever trying to get in. - ;' - '..'" -' - - : i Domestic Opinions. ? -' Husband I think .only sensible women ought to marry. " ; : :. ' Wife Well, you d be a bachelor tf that were the rule. ' , " 1 A Tramp's-Work, 'Hello, Walker! What y' up to now '-days?" '-- Well, Lazy,: -I'm- Iookm' fer a chance t' work 'Aw, come off! " You don't - expect me to believe that?" : '-. . ; - Cert. It's de truth. I'm looikn' fer a chance t' work some soft guy fer the price of a drink."; NOTEWORTHY ANNIVERSARY IN THE HIS TORY OF THE YOUTH'S COMPANION. With its issue ol April, 18th The Youth's Companion entered upon its Voth year. : . " : ' - . To. commemorate, this anniversary, the publishers prepared a richly print? ed souvenir, illustrating the growtfi of the nation and of The Youth s Com paniOn since the year--The Companion was founded, 1827,1 5 Perhaps the most significant features ., of the souvenir are its three maps.- The first showr the small section of the continent oc cupied by the United States of 1827, when The Companion began life with practically no subscribers. . Another shows the system of railways which cover the United States in 1901, an aggregate ' of .187,781 miles, The Youth s Companion traversing every mile of this system once a week. : The third map shows the number of sub scribers to The Youth's Companion in every state of the union m 1901, the paper being delivered every week to o4o,342 American homes. 'Z Clearly True. . -" "What do you think -of this idea that Mars is sending signals?" asked Mr. Heechwood. - j "There's nothing on earth in it !" replied Mr. Homewoed, emphatically. yOU KNOW WHAT IOC ABB TAKING When too take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, because the formula ia plainly printed on every bottle Bhowine that it ia simply Iron and Qui nine in a tasteless form. No Cuie, Vaj. 60c. Responsibility. Dodger I wouldn't be in the shoes of that New York clergyman who has married d,ulZ couples in his life. - Codger Why? Dodger Just think what he'll have to answer tor. SlOO BIWARD 8)100. The readers ot this oaper will be cleased to nun that there ia at least one dreaded disease that science baa been able to core in all its stages, and that Is catarrh. HaU'aCatarrh Core is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional die- ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly uoon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the founda tion or tne aisease, ana giving tne. patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in oomg its work. The pro prietors have so much faith in its curative powera. that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list 01 testimonials. Aaaress F. J. CHESiY & CO, Toledo, O. Ball's Family Pills are the best. , . Accustomed to Them. 'Do you know, Willie, what horrible example is?" said the fond mother. - J ' - , - "Yes." said the school boy, with a frown; "I never saw any other kind." Kill Germs ot Disease. The modern way to cure disease is to destroy Us eerms. JCasearets Candy Cathartic are mod. ern germ-klllers,nd cleansers. Druggists, 10c, i :' A Lively Wake. -"I hear there was "doings at Mc- Ghoolighan's wake." 'Doings? There wor so many foine fights, me boy, thot th' wake was reported in the sportin' column." Only four of the Rank. - The only persons who have held the rank of general of the United States army were: - George Washington, U. g. Grant, William T. Sherman and Philip H. Sheridan. - . . The Worst Yet ' . Stubb I hear that Falcon is going to stop writing poetry. ; Penn Yes ; the position in which the paper brought out his last sonnet discouraged him. " Stubbs Did they run it on the "Children's page?" Penn Worse- than that. It- appeared-in the puzzle department. - A Marked Man. Jasper Why do you consider Bond rocks so especially lucky? -, Jumpuppe Why all his friends had gone back on him before he had suc ceeded, and he was able to begin life with a clean slate. . Impossible to Say. Johnson Do you mean to insinu ate that I can't tell the truth? . Jfarkinsoc By no means. It is- impossible to say what a man can do until he tries. ' In the Enemy's Country. . "I know well enough, fellow citi zens," exclaimed the fierce browed, shaggy haired orator, "that the views that I advocate are not popular. Not 10 days ago while advocating them from a public platform, I was struck on the head' by a brick and knocked jenseless." . ' "Why didn't you wait until , you got your sense back before you went to talking again?" inquired a man in the outskirts of the crowd. . in a loud Itancous voice. V' A Crushing Outcome. - "Joe, have you ever experienced heartfelt disappointment?" : "Yes; I once tried to dye this old red mustache brown and it turned green." . .. . , Preservation of Eyesight, ' . An Ontario oculist thinks that the eyesight of one fourth of the blind patients he has had might have been saved by prompt precautions taken in infancy. ... - . Unreasonable Request, " Unceasingly ; the prayer of man went up: Backward, turn backward, O Time, in thy night ! " Make me a boy. again just for to- " night! Father Time whetted his scythe im patiently. ,. "And if I should," muttered he, they'd say I was making monkeys ot them I Printing;-Without Ink. : A coninauv has been formed to control the process of printing without ink, and in a. short time it is expected that old methods will be revolutionized. There is one thing, however, that has resisted all in novations; tnat is, no8tettier s stomach Bitters." It is a wonderful medicine foi dy spepsia, indigestion, biliousness, insomn ia, constipation ana nervousness, it also prevents malaria, fever and ague. Try it ana you wui not ueuisappointea. . His Explanation. "What do you mean by having womans letter m your pocket?" his wife inquired sternly. For a moment his face went white, Then a shade of-relief chased it away. "On my word, Maria, I forgot to mail it for you. THE SALESWOMAN WHY IT IS SOMETIMES HARD FOR HER TO BE PLEASANT. A Clerk in a Bf inneapolla Dry Gooda Store .; Tells How She Became Able to Per- form Her Duties Easily. ! From the Mirmeetpolit Journal, Have you ever stopped to think that the position - of a saleswoman in a large dry goods store is a particularly trying one? Working long hours, be ing compelled to stand most of the time, and being -. expected to look pleasant regardless of suffering which she may be enduring, is it any wonder -that weak, nervous women find it im possible to follow - this occupation? Everyone will be interested in the ex perience of Miss .Nellie M. Tomlinson of 3118 Minnehaha avenue,' Minne apolis, Minn., who is a clerk in one of the large dry goods stores of that city. She says: 7 "When I was eight years of age had the scarlet lever and it lelt me with weak kidneys and a complication of diseases. I was nervous and finallv became so bad that I left school and did not go for an entire term. I had headache all the time and was too ir ritable to talk with any one. '. The least excitemnt seemed to make my heart flutter; and a fainting spell would follow.: At tianes 1 became so dizzy that I would have to sit down until the feeling passed away. : My blood seemed to have turned to water and I had no color - whatever ."in my face. 1 was a mere skeleton and had to lie down several times during the day. I had one of the best physicians in the city but he did not help me. : "My parents read about Dr. Wil liams fink fills lor rale feople in one of our city papers and thought it would be wise for me to give them a trial. I began to get better when had taken the. first' box and by the time I had used two and a half boxes I was cured. : I can perform with ease my duties as clerk, in a dry goods store. -1 was never so well as I ; am today and it is all due to Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills for Pale People." ' Signed, NELLIE M. TOMLINSON. . Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of December, 1900. K. M. Thompson, Seal Notary Public. ;. At all druggists or direct from Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Pice50 cents per box ; 6 boxes, 2.50. . i - - ln Boston. Gray Yes; I tell my wife every thing I do. Don't you? ' . White--I did for awhile, but I had to quit. My wife said it was too stupid for anything. Lv THE BEST - POMMEL SLICKER IN THE WORLD t 6EAR5 THDTRAPE HASH THOUGH OFTEN MTATER ASASaIEeCOAT IT HAS NO EQUAL CATALOflUL. rtL SMCWNC rUkk hlNt or A AtMIMTS AND HAt& A.W.TOWtft CCL.ftOSTON.MASi. i wm mm 1 eveki": Help for Women Who Are Always Tired. "I do not feel very well. I sun ao tired all the time." Yon hear these words every day ; a often as yon meet your friends just so often are these words repeated. More than likely yon speak the same ignifl. eant words yourself, and no doubt you do feel far from well most of the time Mrs. Ella Bice, of Chelsea, Wis., whose portrait we publish, writes that she suffered for two years with bearing-down pains, headache, backache, and had all kinds of miserable feelings. Mbs. Ella Bice. all of which was caused by falling and Inflammation oi the womb, and after doctoring with physicians and numer ous medicines she was entirely cured by Jjydia m. Jfiukham a Vegetable Com pound. It you are troubled with pains. fainting spells, depression of spirits, reluctance to tro anywhere, headache. backache, and always tired, please re member that there is an absolute remedy which will relieve vou of vour Buffering as it did Mrs. Rice. Proof is monumental that JUydia a. rink- ham's Vegetable Compound is the) greatest medicine for suffering women. Machinery, Implements, Farm Supplies, Etc. FREE TO FARMERS Our 1901 Vehicle Book Our 1901 Implement Catalogue JUST ISSUED. Send yoar name and P. O. address and we will mall one or both, as -desired, free of all charge. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., First and Taylor Sts. PORTLAND, OR. buy the Mccormick mowers The best hope of competition is to make -machines ''just as good as McCormick." Fifty out of every hundred mowers sold around the world bear the name McCormick. Bis Four. New Four. Tattle Four. . - Vertical Lift. Call on the agent or address H. BOYLAN, Portland, Oregon, . For Catalogue and prices. ADAMANT" LAND PLASTER. Use our Land Plaster and increase yonr crops. . Testimo-. nials, circulars and expert information on application. Office and Factory: Foot of Fourteenth Street, Portland, Oregon. Agents Chas. L. Mastick G. CASH BUYERS OF HIDES. PELTS AND TALLOW. Consignments solicited. Pay highest market price. PROMPT RETURNS, i . Dealers in Leather and Findings. Refer to Wells. Fargo & Co. Bank, Portland, Oregon. as (US IN (i 4V 4S to rn 4S 4 4S What Does It Cost ? We have just issued an excellent little Cat alogue on Fence subjects. Full illustrations; all the newest Fence information. A postal card will bring it to you. ' , Portland Anchor Fence Co. 742 Nicolai-St., Portland, Or. 4 4V 4V 4 4S IF! 5J"..tsthf;?s pension BICKFOKD, wasMnaton, D. c. ioct win re ceiTe quick replies. B. 6th N. H. Vol.. Stall 20th Corp.. Prosecuting claims since 1878. - is best trtne to care Catarrh, Bronchitis and Consumption. Oar remedy is guaranteed. $L t. U. BOX VTafi IU. SMITH 2 CO., Buffalo, N. Y . P. K. V. Ma. Si ISOl. WHEN wrltinc tfc advertisers please , mentian this raper. The People ot Porto Rica. . Porto Rico is only a thirteenth the size of Cuba in. area, but it has more than half as many inhabitants. ' It is the most densely populated of all the West Indian islands, and a larger proportion of this population is white than is found in any of the other islands in its part of the world. There is a higher grade of intelli gence among the Porto Kicans than among the Cubans. Perfumed Dervishes. The Sudanese natives eagrely buy clothes, cotton goods, 6ugar, per fumes, tea, nails, chains, wire, leath er, false jewelry and iron trinkets of Geneva. Great Britain furnishes the cotton gooda, but Germany, Austria and Italy have almost the monopoly of the other articles. Germany does a huge trade in perfumes. A single caravan started off recently with 0, 000 francs' worth of German scenta for the natives. Sobriety Among Railroad Men. The number of railroad men dis charged for excessive use of liquor during the past 22 years has decreas ed from 20 to one per cent, and dur ing the past 25 years the proportion of men owning their homes has in creased tenfold. , Mandarins Never 'Seen to Walk. Most Chinese mandarins pass the whole of their lives without taking a single yard of exercise. The late Nanking viceroy (father of the Mar quis Tsene) was considered a remarka ble character because he always walk ed 1,000 steps a day in his private garden. Under no circumstances whatever is a mandarin ever seen on foot in his own jurisdiction. It Would Hix Has your Seem So- friend Wederly a hobby? Dix Well, I wouldn't call it a hob by. It's more like insanity. "How's that?" "He's been married five times."- ADVANCE THRESHER CO. Factory, Battle Creek, Michigan. . We present above a cut of the latest and most popular Traction Engine built. - We bave just received a full line of Advance Engines and Separators of different styles and sizes, and invite our friends to call and inspect same or write us for descriptive catalogue and ' circulars. 7l ADVANCE THRESHER CO., No. 214 Front St Portland. Oregon. Or call upon our nearest ageut. ' MILWAUKEE MOWER. CHAIN DKIVE. IiGHT DRAFT. ASY FOOT LIFT. ' ? VICTOR STEEL RAKES With Steel Wheels, made for the " "Wild and Woolly West.". J. A. FREEMAN, General Agent, 890 K. Water St. PORTLAND, Ore. Complete Stock of WALTER A. WOOD EXTRAS. The perfection of Wall Plaster. Saves yon time and money. Investigate. wanted everywhere. . & Co. 75 Front Street, Cor. Oak Portland, Oregon. k's-j MA I JOHN POOLE, Portland, Oregon, ' ; Foot of Morriaon Street, -Can give- yon the beat bargains in Buggies, Plows, Boilers and Engines, Wiuilmills and Pamps and General Machinery. See as before baying.