mmmMmjmm - ----- LEADING SINS OF SOCIETY. By Her- Br. (Km. J?. Bunting ton, et Mew York. What are these stories we hear about the spread of an uncontrollable passion for gambling? Is It possible that there are leaders of society in all the chief cities of the country who lend their countenance to forms of amusements that are against the very law of the land? What avails crusades in our leading cities against pool rooms and policy shops, if behind doors which no detective ventures to pass such things air these go on? "In our modern society there is need of the spirit of Cis cipline. If not, what is to become of society? With Sunday lapsing into a mere tra- DB. htjhtihgtow. Anioa. with the day which a New Eng land mystic; not over friendly to Christianity, made bold to call the "backbone of our civilization turned by common con sent from a holy day to a holiday; with marriage, the corner stone of the family life which in its turn is the corner stone of the state with holy wedlock generating into a mre fast and loose contract and with love of pleasurl so omnipresent and omnipotent as to have obliterated the very landmarks of de cency, who shall say that the call for a revival of the spirit of discipline is ill-timed? Yon may start at my speaking of the social life of our great cities as calling for renewal. But it is so. THIS A DAY OF GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. By S. W. Perkins. J. P. Morgmn's Right Bower. I am interested in Young America, and I like to see our boys push ahead and come to the front. These -are days full of opportunities. All that a young man who has brains and health need to do is to take advantage of the chances offered. Nor are the opportunities limited to any one line or occupation. They are found in every direction. It is more and more true, however, that a boy must fit him self for some specialty. Therefore, he must find out as soon as he can what he is specially adapted for and pitch into it. Too many young men in this country don't want to work hard. They prefer to take things easy stay up late at night and lie abed too long in the morning. They never can get ahead in that way. Times and conditions may change, but the old rule remains that there is no success without everlastingly keeping at it. G. W. PEBKINS. SHORTCOMINGS OF MEDICINE. By W. S. Christopher, M. D., University ot Illinois. The medical man of to-day combats the same dis eases, which his professional forefathers faced a cen tury ago, but he enters the contest better armed, and so lias more successes and fewer defeats. But the medical man' a century hence will still face the same diseases that are fought to-day, and his armamenta rium will be still better. Hence there must be loop holes in the medical knowledge of to-day. There certainly are many and serious ones which 'earnest effort is striving to close. What are they? A mere attempt at enumeration would occupy more space than is placed at my disposal. First come the great problems of heredity. Many obscure nervous diseases, of which Pried rich's ataxia is a type, show by their recurrence in several generations of the same family that they are hereditary, but why they are hereditary Is utterly unknown. To what extent tuberculosis is subject to heredi tary influences Is stilMn dispute. Equally with his endow ment of life by heredity each one bears from the same source a tendency to a certain mode of death. Some things of this nature are known, but not enough. Even a satisfactory classi fication of the tendencies themselves is not at hand. Next to heredity the problems of nutrition are to be noted, and these are not comprised entirely in foods and their diges tion. What becomes of the food after its digestion and ab sorption? The liver takes care of some of it. but what it docs in this direction physiologists have not yet been able to deter mine as fuHy as could be desired. Then certain so-called ductless glands act jipon the blood in a way to influence nutri tion. Nutritional abnormalities result in numerous forms of self-poisoning, both acute and chronic, of whose nature we need much fuller knowledge. When will the last word be said on diabetes, which is one of these self-poisonings? Infections show in many ways the incompleteness of our knowledge. Th specific germs are known for tuberculosis, pneumonia, malaria, diphtheria, and some 'other Infections. But the specific organisms are not known which produce smallpox, chicken pox; measles or scarlet fever. : It Is not yet known why the great remedy for diphtheria, antitoxin, fails so often to prevent one of the great dangers of the disease, pobV-diphtheritic paralysis. This barely touches upon the many medical problems crying for solution, and whose solution would not only amplify the conception of disease but would aid diag nosis and enrich therapy. " v . The case of 'President McKinley exemplifies one of the limitations of diagnosis. There is no "means now known by which the unique complication of gangrene in that case could have been determined during life. The medical profession carries the torch of medical light, but the community bears the burdens of the shortcomings. , GOVERNOR OF OREGON Uses Pe-ru-na For Golds in His Family and Grip CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON. A Letter From the Executive Office ofJOrcgon. Pernna is known jrom the Atlantic to the Pacific. Letters of congratula tion and commendation testifying to the merits oi Pe-ra-na as a catarrh remedy are pouring in from every state in the union. Dr. fiartman is receiv- mean that we have not yet reached t 'V " Umi t: i . classes write these letters, from the highest to the lowest. The outdoor laborer, the indoor arti san, the clerk, the editor, the states man, the preacher all agree that Pe-ru-na is tne catarrh remedy of the age. DIVORCE DOESN'T LOWER THE MORAL STANDARD. " By Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The frequent demands for divorce sim ply the ideal marriage state. Divorce' is a challenge to our present system. Evolu tion has been the law of life. The rela tion of the sexes has passed through many phases and 4s likely to pass through admirer of Pe-ru-na. . He keeps it -continually in the houfe. In a recent let ter to Dr. Hartman he says: ' State of Oregon, -. -Executive Department, Salem, May 9, 1898. The Pernna Medicine Co.,CoIumb5s,Q.: - Dear Sirs I have had occasion to use your Pe-ru-na medicine in my fam ily fpr colds, and it proved to be an ex cellent remedy. I have not had occa sion to use it for other ailments. . Yours very truly; W. M. Loid. It will be noticed that the governor Better Than Home Canned. Some people think that the only really good canned peaches, apricots, cherries and the rest are the ones which are canned at home. The reason these people think this is that they have never tried Monopole canned peachs ana apricots and cbtmes. If you will buy a can from your grocer and don't think they are even better than your mother ever pat ap,, we'll not have an other word, to say to. you about Mono pole. If your grocer doesn't handle MonopOle groceries send us his name. Wadhams & Kerr Bros., Portland. r " " May Not Bevr;: ' Wigg Bjones has patented a new pocketbook. , Wagg There ought to be money in that. - t Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnsiow's Sooth ing Syrup the best remedy to use tor their Children during the teething period. Certainly Seemed Strange. "Yes," she. explained to Johnny, "we have asked God for a little baby." Not long after twins arrived. "Well," commented Johnny to his father, "It's mighty fanny that von didn't know how big an order you gave." For coughs and colds there is no better medicine than Piso's Cure for Consump tion.' Price 35 cents. "I had a bad cough for siz weeks and could find no relief until I tried Averts Cherry Pecto ral. Only one-fourth of the bottle cured me." L. Hawn, Newington, Ont. Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. Dbn't wait, but take Ayer's -Cherry Pectoral just as soon asyourcough begins. A few doses will cure you then. Tkra tiic : ttc Sc, ft. An Coaralt yonr doctor. If h ray take It, thou do u ho says. If ho tolls yon no to toko It. then dont toko it. Ho knows. Lear, it with him. Wo are willing. J. C. AVER CO.. Lowell. Hw many more. . i I would recommend every rational man 'The stage and rostrum, recoenizine ca mes stanton and woman thinking and writing on the tarrh as their greatest enemy, are es-! says he has not had occasion to tose Pe- ot divorce to run through t heir pecially enthusiastic in their praise and ru-na for other ailments. The reason life experience, summon up all the divorced people they know, timon . for thifl j moat other alimenta gauge their moral status and,: if possible, the influence of their. . v v . i. u.u -t-u u Vr - VT ' lives as writers, speakers, artistTand philanthropists and seel Any man who wishes perfect health ; with a cold. Using Pe-ru-na to if they do not compare favorably with the best men and women . must be- entirely free from catarrh. promptly cure colds, he protects his of their acquaintance. In my own circle of friends f can recall Catarrh is well nigh universal; almost family against other ailments. This is at most two dozen all as gifted, moral and refined men and omnipresent. Pe-ru-na is the only ab- exactly what every other family jin the women as I ever knew. But few of the' women married again.'1 solute safeguard known. A cold is the j United States should do. Keep Pe- and those who did have been exceptionally happy in their new relations. ' J '. The rapidly increasing number of divorces so far from showing a lower state of morals proves exactly the reverse. Woman is In a transition period from slavery to freedom," and she will not accept the conditions In married life that she has heretofore meekly endured. - . When the mother, with her steadfast love of home and chil dren, demands release, we may rest assured her reasons for sundering the tie are sufficient to herself and should , be to society at large. ' i safeguard known. A cold is the j United States should do. Keep beginning of : catarrh. To prevent ru-na in the house. Use it for coughs, colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catrarh ' colds, la grippe, and other climatic out of its victims. Pe-ru-na not only I affections cf winter, and there will be no cures catarrh, but prevents. -Every household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds and so forth. The governor of Oregon is an ardent other ailments in the house. Such families should provide themselves with a copy of Dr. Hartman's free book, en titled "Winter Catarrh." Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio. NEED OF WOMEN -JURORS. By ' Wu Ting Fang, Chinese Minister mt Washington. I want to enter a strong plea for the admittance of women.on the juries of the various law courts of the country. The disadvantage of the present system was brought home only recently, when a woman was placed on trial charged with murder. 'This woman was, I believe from the evidence produced at the trial, guilty of the crime which was brought against her. Nevertheless because she had the advantage of eminent counsel and be cause she was young and beautiful she 'scot free." A woman told me that she would have rendered an entirely different verdict. I think that when a woman is placed an trial if not the judge at least the jury should be wholly composed of women. Let each sex try and convict the members of its own sex. I would like to warq women who enter a profession against the evil of becoming unsexed. Retain your charms, retain your gentleness and remember that, although . you have a ' profes sion, you are still a woman. WU TITO FANQ, was allowed to go AN AUTOMOBILE HARVESTER. and A California Machine that Cuts Threshes lOO Acres a Day. Among the products of California, says the American Monthly, Is a com bined automobile harvester and thresh er, which has been at work on the Pacific slope, doing Its part toward garnering the great crops of 1902. This harvester includes and is pro pelled by an automobile having a 30 horse power' engine. The reaper cuts nations of postage stamps. Washing ton correspondence. New Yorbf Even ing Post . Its denomination is 13 cents; Benja-' min Harrison occupies the center of the field. This will be the first 13-cent stamp ever issued by the United States; up to 1879 a stamp of the value of 7 cents had been in use ten years, but was . discontinued when the rate of foreign postage was reduced to 5 cents. The ; new Harrison stamp will be little used : turban, denoting him in domestic mails. Wanted Another Wife. A traveler In Persia tells the follow ing: "My hunthl walks into the veran da. He is an aged man, wrapped in a long black cloak and wearing a green a seyd, or a de- Its Issuance Is the scendant of the prophet He Is very outgrowth of the increased iiilllliiillll mi i ... . . . ... foreign ! ponsnea to-aay; nis Deara is ayea tne Dngntest orange witn nenna ana he tells a string of beads while he waits. We plunge Into stories of the Caliphat and dictation written from left to right with a reed pen and presently the rea son of his smartness Is told. He has a favor to ask. Would it please me to advance him three months' pay In order to buy a wife? He Is old and he'Is poor, yet he has fallen a victim to the moon face and stag eyes of a damsel of 14, but her dowry Is large. 'Why do you not support your old wlfer I Inquired sternly. 'She Is crippled and nearly blind; you do not give her suflJ cient sustenance and I send many things to her.' 'She Is too old,' he re plies, with a shrug. 'She Is ugly as an afreet; added thereto she has no money nor children and of what good Is an old woman unless she Is rich?'". CALIFORNIA AUTOMOBILE HARVESTER. a swath 36 feet wide; the barley beads are caught on a-moving belt 48 Inches wide, and carried -to the threshing de partment of the machine. A half min ute after the boss sings "all right" and the Juggernaut begins to move, grain comes pouring into the thresher's bin, not only shelled but carefully cleaned. The grain Is transferred Immediately to sacks, which are sewed and removed from the machine as soon as 12 are filled. This mighty product of American ma chine making is 60 feet long, weighs over 100 tons, and cuts and threshes under favorable conditions as much as 100 acres a day. Four horses are in constant use supplying It with fued oil and boiler water. It defies hills of any reasonable grade, and travels at an average rate of three and a half miles an hour. The great wheels prominent In our picture have tires four feet high. These harvesters are made near Oak land. In California. Men that farm on a large scale came from neighboring States, and from as far east as Kansas to see the machine work. Three giants of the same type were made In Califor nia and sent to Russia for use on the great grain fields of the steppes, but the train carrying them was seized by the Boxers and sidetracked for two years. . THIRTEEN-CENT STAMP. The First Foon Be Ever Iasned Will Placed on Sale. -. As soon as the die-proof of the first of the new series of United States post age stamps is approved by the Post master General plates will be made and the stamp Issued to the public. registration service; It will cover the postage and" registration fee upon a let ter weighing one-half ounce anywhere within the limits of the Postal Union, which now includes practically all the organized nations of the world. Stamp experts who have examined the drawing for the new stamp say it will be one of the finest specimens of a postage 6tamp ever produced, not excepting the famous Columbian se ries and the Pan-American set In ad dition to the usual "United States of America' and "Postage Thirteen Cents," the inscription "Series of 1902," together with "Harrison" and figures giving the date of his birth and death, appears upon the design. The portrait was selected by Mrs. Harrison and is said to have been the late President's favorite. When the Postofflee Department ordered this wide, with ridges one and a half Inches rnew series it asked the Treasury De partment that special efforts be made to provide stamps that should be not only distinctive, but indicative of the progress in the engraver's art In which the United States has become famous. The Bureau of Engraving and Print ing has entered into the spirit of the occasion and will produce the best work of which it is capable. When the 13-cent stamp Is Issued there will be only three eligible ex Presidents who have not been honored with a place In the postal gallery of the nation, during the last forty years Johnson, Hayes and Arthur. No liv ing ex-President is. of course, eligible. President McKInley's portrait now ap pears on the new postal cards. It Is understood that later a change will be made, and. that his likeness will be J placed on one of the principal denoml- M ulicine in Bombay. A Swedish consul at" Bombay says that "because ef their fear of sanitary inspection and modern methods of pre venting and curing disease the natives of -India In vast numbers are the vic tims of plague. In consequence of the hatred and fear of hospitals and med ical men the population of Bombay has decreased 40,000 In the last ten years, while the Increase In the whole of In dia In the same time was about 15 per cent Bombay now has 760,000 people. The hospital and general medical ser vice In India are of the best and do much good in the affected districts In spite of the prejudice which prevails against such things. The plague is gen erally fatal without the most skillful medical attention. The natives In their ignorance seek only to be left to die In peace. The ancient traditions of the country are extremely difficult almost Impossible, to eradicate." A Wonderful Ray of Ugh. Albert Nodon reports to the French Academy of Science his' discovery of a hitherto unknown form of radiation analogous to the X-rays and the rays from the metal radium, but differing from them In striking particulars. When rays of light' fall on a thin metal plate the newly discovered Invisible rays are found to emanate from the back of the plate, as If the plate sifted out part of the rays and let others through. . Charging Women Liess than Men. At the old-fashioned Inns and taurants In Sweden it Is customary to charge less for women than for men on the theory that they do not eat so much. At some hotels In Sweden a man and a wife are charged as one and one-half persons if they occupy the same room. A husband and wife may travel as one and one-half persons by railway, and also by the post routes, furnishing their own carriage. You can't convince a girl that she Isn't in love until after she gets hint ' The . Remark was Ambiguous. - "That young man has a brilliant future before him," said the phrenolo gist. And the little Boston boy who was having his bumps examined polished his spectacles and exclaimed: "Pardon me,-but you openup a very interesting field of inquiry. Where else could my future be if it were not before me?" , ; Genuine Philosopher "Craps all burnt to flinders?" "Yes." : "No rain in eight?" ' "Not a drap." . "Tootally mint, ain't you?" "Tetotaliy!" . "Well, what air you a-smilin' over?" - "I'm smilin' at the prospect of the eheiiff comin' to levy on nothin'l" Atlanta Constitution. ' Dividing ihe Blame. ."I see it stated that the Alps have cost 301 lives in the past ten years." "Yet it doesn't seem quite right to put all the blame directly on the Alps." "Why not?" "Don't yon think most of them were killed by the climbitT'" . CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Ttia Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of XCaC . Few Savers In Sheffield. Not 10 per cent oT the large wage earners In the English cutlery trade save a farthing, declares the Lord May or of Sheffield. . A Stay-at-Home Traveler. Stranger What wonderful tales eld Blinks relates! He must have been a great traveler in his day. Native He was never outside the codnty in bis life, but, you see, his mind has wandered foi years. "1 - For frost-bite, chilbains, sore and lame joinls, stiffness of muscles try Hamlin't Wizard Oil. It won't disappoint you I Simple Rule In Harmony; A mingling of the two colors a green veil disposed over a blue hat, or knots of velvet ribbon of the combined shades, gives tone to the simplest toi lette. r His Suit Hodge I've got a suit of clothes every day in the week. Podge (auspiciously) I never you wear any but the one you have now. . Bodge (cheerfully)-That's the suit. for on Monsa -ma It is the right of every child to be "well born, and to the parents it must look for health, and happiness. How incon ceivably great is the parents responsibility, and how important that no taint of disease is left in the blood toJbe transmitted to the helpless child, entailing the most oitiable sufferiner and marking its little body with offeri- sive sores and eruptions, catarrh of the nose and throat, weak eyes, glandular Swellings, brittle bones, white swelling and deformity. . 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