A DAQTflB WHO WAS BEFRIENDED rHOlUn BY AN EMPEROR SAVED BY PE-RU-NA Kev. H. Stubenvoll, of Elkhcrn, Wis., is pastor of the Evangelical Lu theian St.John's Church of that place. Kev- Stubenvoll is the poseesor of two bib es presented to him by Emperor William of Germany. Upon the fly leaf of one of the bibles the Emperor has written in his own handwriting a text. This honored pastor, in a recent letter to the Pernna Medic. ne Co., of Columbus, Ohio, says concerning their famous catarrh remedy, Peiuna: The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio. , Gentlemen: "I had hemorrhages of the lungs for a long time, and all despaired of me. 1 took Peruna and was cured. It gave me strength and courage, and made healthy, pure blood. It increased my weight, gave me a healthy color, and I feel well. It is the best medicine in the world. If everyone kept Peruna in the house it would save many from death every year." tl. STUBENVOLL. Thousands of people have catarrh If you do not derive prompt and eat who would be surprised to know it, be- isfactory results from the use of Peru cause it has been called some other ; na, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giv name than catarih. The fact is ca- j in a full statement of your caee, and he tarrh is catarrh wherever located; and "will be pleased to give you his valuable another fact which is of equally great , advice gratis THE CARDIFF GIAKT. FAMOUS HOAX RECALLED BY THE DEATH OF ITS MAKER. Twelve Feet High and Apparently the Petrified Body of a Man Oliver Wen' dell Holmes, ' Emerson and Otherv ' Believed It Genuine." ' importance, is that Peruna cures ca tarrh wherever located. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O, For bronchial troubles try Piso's Cure for Consumption. It is a pood cough medicine. At druggists, price 25 cents. 'Uneasy Lies the Head." A chiropodist now in Berlin adver tiaes that he "has removed corns from all the crowned hears of Europe." CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of New Turkish Edict. ' Owing to a Turkish imperial order the teaching of Armenian history has been prohibited in Turkey. ABSOLUTE SECURITY, Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of See Fac-Slmile Wrapper Below. Yary aaaan aad as easy 4o take a ragaa. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKI If. m. V, I V MAURI rviAM ! mi mm nun inc. uumrLLAiufl I lascMb I Purely TegetaMev'&i CARTERS llTTLE. IVER PILLS. CURE SICK HEADACHE. If yoa haven't a regular, health y movement of tlKf Dowel every day. you're sick, or will be. Keep your bowel open, aud be well. Force, in vbe shape of violent physio or pill poison, is dangerous. The amooUiest. easiest, most perfect way 01 keeping toe feowaU clear and clean la to take TftADt MAKR C9IBTtaCO t ant. 'PalatarjlA. Potent. Tuf. OttoS. Tin (VnA. 5 lever SickenL Weaken, or Gripe. 10c 6Dc Write or free samp., and bookiot on healta. Address l 1 1 n. im i i n.n, Cbkag, aoaUial. torn tetk. sale KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAN JOHN POOLE, PORTLAND, ORE. Foot of Morrison Street. Can jrtve you the best bargains to Boilers and Engine. Windmills, rump and Gene ral Macninery. Wood Sawing Machine a specialtT. 6ea us before buying. lil til KK'i WrifSf All CiSE faHS. sat otug-n oyrup. xaMea uooa. uas In time. toid or arncmsta. CO-OPERATIVE PIANO CLUBS. A New and Popular Move by the Famous Eilers Piano House. This house, whose progressive meth ods are coming to be known and recog nized throughout the Northwest, has recently inaugurated a system of piano club Eel ling which exceeds anything ever attempted in thin country in the way of providing the people with standard pianos at low prices. By this method members joining the clubs secure their pianos at strictly wholesale prices by paying down an exceedingly small sum. The piano is immediately delivered and they are given a wide limit of time in which to finish their purchase. The principle is merely, that applied to wholesale purchasers, the club standing in the light of the wholesale buyer. High grade as well as medium grade pianos are included in these clubs. The world famed KimbaJls, Chickerings and Webers can be secured by this method at a saving of from one hundred to one hundred and fifty dol lars. All the pianos included in the club are on the floors of the pales rooms at Eilers Piano House in Portland, and prospective cluW joiners may thorough ly inspect their instruments before making their selection. All the in-' etrumenta in the clubs are standard makes and are brand new. In addition to those above mentioned, there are the famous Decker. Col, Hobart M. Cable, VVeser, Lester and man others. Pianos are delivered to club members upon their making their first payment, and a written guarantee for five years comes with each piano, signed by its j manufacturer and also by Eilers Piano House. The clubs are four and each ' numbers 100. Members of Club A pay but $5. CO and finish their purchase ' with weekly installments of $1.25. Club B members pav but $7.S0 upon delivery of the piano and finish paying at the rate of f 1.60 weekly. Club C make an initial payment of 12.00, and balance in $2.00 weekly. Club D members pay $20 down and the re-t mainder of the purchase price in $2.00 weekly payments. Those desiring to pay all cash will save the additional interest. I Pianos that sell regularly for $225.00 go to club members for $137.00; 1275.00 instruments for $168.00; $300.00 ones for$187.00; and the very , best medium grade pianos that cannot be sold under the regular retail condi- j tions for less than $350.00 will go to club members for $218.00. The saving throughout is equally great and these contemplating the purchase of an in. strumnet will do well to investigate thia proposition. . Good Cakes and Biscuits. I The finishing touches which the good housewife gives to a cake .or pie or pan of biscuits or other dish is what makes it either delicious and healthy or in sipid and nnhealthy. If Monopoly Spices and Baking Powder are used no fear need be had about the result, j Monopole Spices are stronger and more fragrant and Mouopoje Baking Powder better in every way than any other brand. You'll thank as for calling your attention to it after you try thefQ. Get them from your grocer. YVadbams -& Kerr Bros., Mfgrs., Portland, Ore.. ( I C1TC Permanently Curcq So fits a nervonsneei 1 1 1 fc after first lav's lwof )r Mine's Ureal Kerr 2astorr. Jend for FREE Si.tM tftpi bottle and treat, tea. DM.&.H &JJN. Lld..ll Archdl. j'hiiadelpbia.l'a. The Cardiff Giant, the most famous hoax of the nineteenth century. Is re called by the recent death at Bingham- ton- of - George Hull, who gave the " thing promi nence and gained notoriety" for him self by . means of it The whole country was dup ed. Oliver Wen dell Holmes and .Ralph Waldo Em erson believed in george hull. . the thing. Judge William C. Rnger said-. "No one can look upon that calnr. grand smite of mingled sweetness and strength with out being convinced - that the giant once lived and had a being." Cardiff, where the giant was found, is in Onondaga County, New York State, a few miles from Syracuse. Near by Is a depression in the earth known as Onondaga Hollow. In this hollow are to be found petrified fish and rep tiles. Geologists , say this "hollow once formed the bed of an ocean. It was here, on the Newell farm, that the giant was ostensibly discov ered on Oct. 16, 1869, while William Newell, nicknamed "Stub" Newell, and his men were digging a well. To at test the authenticity of the find at the time, Newell, Gideon Emmons, Henry Nichols, John Parker and Smith A. Woodman solemnly made affidavit to the circumstances in order to be able to meet any possible charge of fraud. The news of the discovery of the giant spread across the country in an incredibly short time, and soon vehi cles of all sorts were headed for the pit, loaded with peoplecurious to look upon the face of this wonder, this pre historic giant With admirable promp tltude, Newell erected a tent over the pit and charged an admission fee of 50 cents. In .this way he made over $7, 000 in a few weeks. He sold a three- quarter interest to some Syracuse men one of whom was Dr. Westcott father of the author of "David Harum." It is said that Newell got $30,000- for this three-quarter interest It was not long before the giant be gan to attract the attention of eminent scientific men. One of the first to view the giant was Prof. Hall, the New York State geologist who pro claimed it to be the petrified body ot a man. The newspapers and maga zines of the country went Into a learn ed discussion of the subject Heated arguments between scientists were published, some declaring that the giant was a petrifaction, others deny ing this, but asserting it to be an Im age of great antiquity. Among those who held to the latter theory were a committee from the Geological Society, of Boston, composed of Oliver Wen dell Holmes, Prof. Jackson and others. Judge Uuger gave the delightful tes timonial already quoted. Powers, the sculptor, whose statue, The Greek Slave, is known all over the world, declared that no" chisel could have carved such a man. Both Snaked Bad Ones. . f Hewitt How do you like the cigar I gave you Jawett -Oh, I have smoked worse cigars. Hewitt Yon have if yon ever smoked any of the kind you gave me. Judge. Mothers will fina Mrs. Wlnslow's Sooth -me Syrup tbe best remedy to use tor tbeir shudrea during the writhing period. Families Quarreled Over It. It is said that in central New York families were virtually disrupted by the aggressiveness of the discussion over the genuineness of the giant - It is doubtless true that the four or five men who became the owners and ex hibitors of the giant were as badly de ceived as the public, the originator of the humbug having in that way made a master stroke. One of these was Dr. Amos Westcott, the father of the author of "David Harum." Dr. West cott was a gentleman of the highest respectability to Syracuse, and when the giant was finally shown to have been a fraud, his health gave way and he died shortly after. It is said, of a broken heart. He felt the world would never believe him innocent of an intention to hoodwink it. At the time the giant flourished P. T. Barnum had a museum in New York, and he recognized the" worth of the giant for his show. He offered $60,000 for it for three months. This offer was rejected, but Barnum was not to be defeated thus easily. There was a chemist In Syracuse named Otto, who knew something about mod eling. Barnum commissioned ' him to make a plaster giant as near like the original as possibje. Otto produced a duplicate giant Rjade of plaster on a wire madel and weighted Sith iron to give the weight pf the original. This imitation Barnum .exhibited in his mu seum, and many who saw it wonder ed how such a composition could de ceive the learned men ,eyen for a mo ment Meanwhile the original gint w&s shown in different cities, causing no end of wonderment On one day in Syracuse 4,000 people paid 50 cents apiece to see it. The Mayor and all the public officials of Rochester made an official Journey to Syracuse to. see It Trains on the New York Central road stopped ten minutes at Syracuse to afford passengers an opportunity to run across the street and see it Even tually the fraud was discovered and then Hull, made a confession that he was the originator of the gigantic "fake." The idea of the Cardiff Giant Hull got from an argument foe had wjth a Methodist minister. In which the min ister claimed the earth was at one time peopled with giants, as the Bible says. His 'resourceful mind grasped the Idea of a great .and grand sell, and he at once set to work to materialize it After a long search for the proper kind of a stone be at last found one to an swer his purpose at Fort Dodge, Iowa, In a gypsum bed. After many difficul ties in transporting the very heavy stone oyer forty-five miles and across the Des Moines river to a railroad, he finally succeeded to haying It secretly housed in an out-of-the-way place in I'-icago. He then secured G. Faprisco I ula, an Italian sculptor, to carve a gt- f mantle figure of a man apparently in the throes of extreme pain. Tbe marks cf the chi&el were removed and the figure treated with a wire brush and acid to give it an old appearance. He then securely packed it and shipped it marked "machinery.'! to Union, N. Y in.. the fall of 1868. From there it was taken by wagon in the night to Cardiff, near Syracuse, where "Stub" Newell, a cousin of H nil, had a farm. They had fixed it up between them to bury it. which they did, and planted a crop of grain over the spot. The next year Newell had some neighbors dig a well on the spot and they discov ered the giant Then the fun com menced.' - '." -. . I Coughs "My wife had a deep-seated congh for three years. I purchased two bottles of AVer's Cherry Pectoral, large size, and it cured ber com pletely." , ' . . :- . J. H. Burge, Macon, Col. NEWSPAPER GROWTH. fttarvelona Development of the Ameri- ". '' . can Preaa. Weed, Bennett Greeley, Prentice and Raymond the grand "we" of the old school were in a small -company when they virtually ruled public opin ion; says the St Louis Republic. There were only 254 daily papers In exist ence in 1850. To-day there are 2,226. In 1850 the combined circulation of the papers was 758,454, while in 1900 the circulation of the 2,220 was 15, 102,156. The aggregate number of copies Issued during the year 1850 was 426,409,978, while In 1900 it was 8, 168,248,749. It must be admitted that this growth In circulation has follow ed a change in the so-called - mission of the newspaper. . A half century ago no statesman felt secure unless he had the' editorial support of the papers. The press did not then, as now, ex press and lead public opinion, but form ed it To-day the highest calling of the newspaper Is to truthfully furnish the news. No daily can make editorial expression the leading feature and sur vive. Railroad, telegraph and cable have made communication so easy that the desire of the people for the latest news has made the circulation of the better papers increase by leaps and bounds. With the betterment of transporta tion facilities the weekly press has failed to keep pace with the daily. From 1880 to 1890 the increase in the daily was 25,9 per cent; from 1890 to 1900 it was 30.2 per cent; while the in crease in weekly circulation dropped from 2G.7 per cent between 1880 anil 1890 -to 14.7 ..per cent in the last de cade. ., There was $192,443,708 invested in newspapers and periodicals In 1900. They had 27,579 salaried employes, who received $27,015,791, and 94,604 wage earners, who receive $50,333,051. Material cost $50,214,904, and the mon ey value of products was $222,983,569. There is no way of promoting the ac tual value of the product in promoting advancement and saving the cost of mistakes which . ignorance makes at every turn. Probably you know of cough medicines that re lieve little coughs,, all coughs, except deep ones The medicine that has been curing the worst of deep coughs for sixty years is Ayes Cherry Pectoral. . mm i Three aizea: SSc., enough for an ordinary eold; SOc. jnst right tor bronchitis, hoarse ness, hard colds, etc; SI, most economical toe chronic cases and to keep on hand. J. C AYKB CO, lowell, Mass. SAVE KOXET and YCUR EYESIGHT By Using- the : . Perfected Ma!cb Lighter Gasoline Gas Lamp. The PFRFF.rTFT pan roaA- fly be lighted with a parlor match. It gives 10 times the light of a common kerosine lamp at ha) f the expense and care. It tas a Nickel-Silver gen erator which does not scale from the action of heaU- and clog the tip, as brass does. We have Hatch Lighting Lamps from $2.75 up. Write ior circulars and prices. STEWART & GRANT LIGHTING CO. Inventors & MTs 43 Third St.. PORTLAND, ORE. - Long Distance Phones Oregon, North 281 Columbia, 6o9. . gj Agents wanted In every town in U. S. . P. N. V. Preparing for I Holiday Trade. MR. STOREKEEPER: We sell you Nnfs. Raisins, Dried Fruits, Vermont Maple Sugar, Dates, Figs, Hooey, everything you need for the holidays; better quality and lower prices j thaa you can find elsewhere. Send for our Special Holiday Price List, or writ us and w will call on you. i TO GROWERS: We always buy eggs, butter, ' cheese, apples, pears, onions and spuds. Have i you any to sellf Let us tuow, if you want a t good price. - " - WOLF & SONS. rl $ Wholesale Fruits and Produce. I , .- j g - lOS FRONT ST.. PORTLAND. OR. wmtmBmmamammimmmammm -, . p. n. o. . 48 xeoa. - I TTTHEN wrlUng: to adverUaer pleaaa lfeUUY BACKED BY OUR GUARANTEE f SSwS 1251323 ASK YOUR DEALER. I jfZ 1 FRE E CA LOGUei Or GARMENTS ANDMAT3. , f ? ' -J mMij A .1 -TQWER C0..BO5T0N.rlA3.Jj i J , ' - ' ' ' 4 There is always a "best" in everything 4 4 under the sun. In Spices and Baking 4 Powder it's name is i 1 1 AtOINOROL,13 T Your dealer handles them or can get X J them for you. J WADHAMS & KERR BROS.. Mfrgs. T Portland, Oregon. 44 LAUGH AT THE "TOMMIES." Boer Prisoners Played a Clever Joke on Their British Guards. When the 5,000. Boes prisoners were confined on the islands of the Great Sound,7 Bermuda, there was; a constant rivalry between the wits of the burgh ers and those of their guards every whit as keen as that displayed by the contending generals on the far-off Afri can battle-fields. Now it was a "take off" on the Tommies, now a laugh on the hirsute burghers, and things- had about split even until the eventful night when not only the whole English camp but the English fleet as well fell victims to the plotting Boers. A Brltsh sentry was stationed on a promontory overlooking the sound, when something suspicious caught his eye on the calm surface of the water between himself and a battleship ly ing at anchor. Not wishing to arouse the whole camp on a false alarm, be watched the object for some minutes. Suddenly his heart jumped into iis mouth. The object was not only mov ing slowly through the water, but it had taken the shape of a man on a raft. Was it a prisoner escaping? "Guard turn out! Sound the alarm! Searchlight! Searchlight!" he shouted. The English camp was astir in a moment. The alarm was sounded and the armed Britons came flocking from every quarter. Signals were made to the battleship, and in a few moments she was a scene of pommption. Her great searchlight was turned on the ocean and lighted up the promontory with the brightness of noonday. Boats filled with armed soldiers shot out af ter the escaping Boer. Then the search light fell upon the raft, as it did so a roar from 5,000 Boers told the British that they had been taken In as Brit ish soldiers had never been taken in before. The supposed prisoner escaping, says the Detroit News-Tribune, was a dum my dressed up in burgher's clothes and tied to a raft. Did Pelee Rob Oil Wells ? . Speaking of the decrease or almost total disappearance of the gas pres sure hicb was so long one of the great peculiarities of the Beaumont field, there Is a nov g'l theory advanced. Some men who study such tilings say that just .about the time pf the erup tion of JMont pelee and the destruer tion of St. Pierre the gas pressure be gan to fesspn and in a shjjrjt while al most entirely disapepare. . The theory Is that the gas which was under the ground at Beaumont exr tended laterally under the earth all the way down through the Caribbean Sea and when it accumulated in large quantities under Mont Pelee tbe ex plosion came and the supply was ex hausted there. In support of this won derful theory attention Is called to the fact that the famous oil pool in the Gulf of Mexico, south -of Beaumont many miles, and which has been the wonder of - mariners for years and years, if on a direct line lKtween Beau mont apq Monf freiee. so tne people who deal in synejineis and" monoclines and anticlines, says the Ney "gh-l'ea'jjs ficayune. nna cemtort in peueying that the eruption ef the rolcang i what has caused all tbe damage at Beaumont. . - Not So Far from It Teacher "What great invisible force is that of which we hear so much now adays?" Small Boy "The p'Uce fprc.e. ma'am." Philadelphia Buletin. Biggest of Ail Jotiou JUilIa. What ""is to be the biggest cotton mill in tne world is to be lopated soon near Kansas pity. Mo.' The invest ment will reach about S10.0o6.0OO. A F?I1NB UMBRELLA Is the best present in Oregon or Washington you can give your wife, your daughter, your lady friend,-or yourst-lf for Christmas. We sell beauties, of best quality, at very reasonable prices. JOHN ALLES1NA. Portland. Ore. T-arn Cns J 236 Washington St., Near Woodard, Clarke & Co. i wo oiorca j Morrison St., near Meier & Frank Co. DIDN'T HURT A BIT! Portl nd Dividend Company 214 and 215 Commercial Bldg. 242 Washington Street, Portland, Oregon. 25 will earn you... . 1-25 per month $.t0 will earn you.. ....... ........ 2.50 per month 100 will earn you... 5-00 per month Payable monthly. Call or write. L. AI. Davis, Pres. . We extract, crown and bridge teeth without inflicting pain, Our methods are modern and meet with the approval . of the most exacting. Call and 'see us. Examination free. Fees reasonable. Both 'phones: Oregon South 2291 : Co lumbia 868. Open evenings till 9. Sun days from 9 to 12. min wmwiii,i ia,, muni V7121? RPOS Dentists 200,209, 2iO.2il.2i2. 21S. Faflin?Bldg. Wide: r DrCWC?., UCIlLUtUi. Cor. Third and Washington Sta, PORTLAND. OKKGON. V ,'.S"J'' t...Ml THE CHILDREN ENJOY Life out of doors and out of the games which they play and the enjoy ment which they receive and the efforts which they make, conies the greater part of that healthful development which is so essential to their happiness when grown. When a laxative is needed the remedy which is given to them to cleanse and sweeten and strengthen the internal organs on which it acts, should be such as physicians would sanction, because its component parts are known to be wholesome and the remedy itself free from every objectionable quality. The one remedy which physicians and parents, well-informed, approve and recommend and which the little ones enjoy, because of its pleasant flavor, its gentle action and its beneficial effects, is Syrup of Figs and for the same reason it is the only laxative which should be used by fathers and mothers. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy which acts g'ently, pleasantly and naturally without griping, irritating, or nauseating and which cleanses the system effectually, without producing that constipated habit which results from the use of the old-time cathartics and modern imitations, and against which the children should be so carefully guarded. If you would have theni grow to manhood and womanhood, strong, healthy and happy, do not give them medicines, when medicines are not needed, and when nature needs assistance in the way of a laxative, give them' only the simple, pleasant and gentle Syrup of Figs. Its quality is due not only to the excellence of the combination of the laxative principles of plants with pleasant aromatic syrups and juices, but also to our original inethod of manufacture and as you value the health of the little ones, do not accept any of the substitutes which unscrupulous deal ers sometimes offer to increase their profits- The genuine artic'lp may be bought anywhere of all reliable druggists at fifty Gents per bottle. Please . to remember, the full name of the . Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYR.UP CO. is printed on the front of every pack age. In order "to p-et its beneficial effects it is al- .- Art i Sii '(miSSPfSi aSe- la order to get its sjy m p&. r rWSi i - -a ;-it I Co'Operaiiire Pi'mno Clubs, the Latest in Piano Buying Alt C'ub Toetl.er. to Cheapen the Price to Each. ALL ABOUT THE PIANO CLUBS t will post you fiothipg to investigate and will surely save you money. If you are interested and cannot call in persqn, please fill put the attached inquiry blank and send to hp Piano Club Manager, Eilers Piano House, Portland, Oregon Catalogues, prices and all particulars will be promptly supplied. Outoftown residents may , join any of the clubs now forming: INQUIRY BLANK "X" EILERS PIANO HOUSE, Portland: Please send me catalogues and all information about the new Piano Clubs to Name ... Address. JQTE. If Interested in Organs, please specify "Organ Club" in above blank. It costs you nothing to investigate thi money-saving opportunity. We guarantee to supply Pianos and Organs to Club members at a bgria fide saving of many dollars. Attend to this today. EILERS PIANO HOUSE 351 Washington St., (Both Phones) . Portland, Ore. : Other Stores at San Francisco, Spokane and Sacramento.