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Get Rid of Scrofula Bunches, eruptions, inflammations, sore ness of the eyelids and ears, diseases of the bones, rickets, dyspepsia, catarrh, wasting, are only some of the troubles it causes. It is a very active evil, making havoc ot the whole system. Hood'sSarsapariUa Eradicates it, cures all its manifestations, and builds up the whole system. Accept no substitute. ESKIMOS REUNITED TO WORLD. Those of Greenland's East Coast Again in Tsncn with Civilization. The Eskimos of the east coast of Greenland hare been reunited to the m orld, after having forgotten, perhaps for many years, the little they ever know of it, says th9 Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger. The Danish supply steam ship Godthaab has returned to Copen hagen from a visit to Angmagsalik, a station established by the government for the purpose of improving the con dition of the Greenland natives and developing a trade with them. It Is an Interesting enterprise, because Den mark's dealings with aboriginals are humanizing and philanthropic, and the material it had to deal with here was In its natural condition. As far as is known, the natives of Greenland's east ceast had never come Into contact with the white race until twenty years ago, when they were dis covered by Capt Holm, a Danish ex plorer. It was six years later before anything store than fragmentary infor mation about them was given out, and then Denmark published a sumptuous work in three volumes devoted to the people and their habitat Probably no other book so exhaustive and costly has orer been printed about a handful of primitive people. They numbered only MS when they were discovered. The supply steamship reports at Copenhagen that the East Greenland station Is In thriving condition. It has simply transformed the life of the na tives. They have knives, timber, metal points for their harpoons and a hun dred comforts and conveniences they never knew before. The Danish gov ernment buys their oils, furs, skins and feathers. The station takes every thing they have to sell In exchange for the commodities they require. A way has been found around the glaciers jutting out into the sea which se long barred attempts to travel around the south end of Greenland. A few parties have made sledge jour neys to the Eskimo settlements of the west coast, and seme of them have set tled there. They have never beard of spirituous liquors. They are pure-blood Eskimos,' the only unmixed natives in Greenland, ex cepting In the Smith sound region; but their features are thinner and longer than those of other Eskimos, and they a HttlA Ta11i than thn At tho west coast They have the dimmest tradition that their fathers came from the north, and considerable evidence has accumulated pointing to the prob ability that they are the descendants of natives who reached northwest Greenland from the archipelago north of our continent and then 6klrted the , north and east coasts of Greenland to their present abode. Two Ways. Magistrate You are charged, sir, with trying 10 commit suicide. Prisoner I was driven to it, your li n n nr i! t-iti tn it t.v a wam. Magistrate H'm! Did she refuse you, or marry you? To curb his wife's extravagant habits, a carpenter in Budapest keeps her locked In the bouse on week days, but kindly lets her out on Sundays, when the stores are closed. In July, 1883, I began to break out with Eczema on my head, legs and arms, and began treatment with local doctors, but did not get much relief. They said the dis ease hadbecome chronic. I then quit them and tried various ointments and soaps for anoiner two Tears, cat as soon as cold weather came I was as bad off as ever, so I finally decided to let medicine alone, and for twelve or thirteen years did nothing towards curing the Eczema, except batli . fng. Thi3 seemed to do about as much good as anything I had tried. During the time I lost about one-half of my hair. I began S. S. S. doubtful of a cure, because the disease had run so long, but soon discovered your medicine was doing me good, and continued to take it I used seven bottles, when I was com pletely cured, not having a single spot on my body, which before was almost com pletely covered. F. C. Norfolk. 1017 Hackberrr St, Ottumwa, la. The head, feet and hands are usually the parts affected, though the disease ap pears on other parts of the body. While ex ternal applications allay the itching and burning temporarily, it is the acids thrown off by the blood that cause the irritation and eruptions upon the skin. The acids must be neutralized and the system cleans ed of all humors and poisons before the cure is permanent. c. S. fc. 13 guaran teed entirely - free . of Potash, Arsenic and other miner als. Book on the skin and its dis eases sent free. Medical advice furnished free. Ha Swift Specific. CoBiaoy, Atlanta, 6a. IV l I I Beat Conch Syrup. Tiimaiot UH f C 1 to time. Sold by dragytrte. Lights the Fire on Time. There are not many inventions of foreigners patented, at the United States Patent Office, but occasionally a good one, generally out of the or dinary, is sent there and a patent ap plied for. In the illustration below will be found an appartus, the inven tion of an Australian, which contains several good features. It Is called a time fire lighter, and the mechanism is so constructed that by placing it under a fire the latter can be auto- HATCH TJGnTS AT TIME DK8IBKD. mattcally lighted at a predetermined time. Its uses are varied, net only for domestic, but for manufacturing pur poses as well. The clock Is set similar to setting an alarm clock, with an at tachment for regulating and project ing a trigger at the time determined. A match is Inserted In a slot designed for that purpose, and when the right moment has arrived the trigger is re leased, which projects a bolt in eon tact with the match. The surface of the bolt Is rough, so that the friction which is caused by coming In contact with the head of the match ignites the latter. Emil M. G. Coiman, of Melbourne,' Victoria, Australia, is the patentee. Delivery Chute. Many of the numerous Inventions patented contain novelties more theo retical than practical, and for this rea son never get on the market The ideas are generally good, but when it comes to putting them in use it Is often impossible to do so. A delivery chute, which is exceedingly novel, in Its features. Is shown in the illustra tion, and it is a device that could read ily be used fox a groat many purposes. It is a common sight to see several men- delivering barrels and storing them in the cellar of a building, the usual method being to allow the barrel to gradually slip down a pair of ropes. BEQUXATES SPEED OF THE BABREL. Of course, the barrel could not be al lowed to roll down the steps or chute, for the " velocity attained would be sure to cause damage or possible in jury to anybody that happened to be in the way This seems to be a cum bersome method in comparison to the one . shown here. This inclined chute is . constructed similar to ordinary chutes, with side extensions to guide the course of the barrel or package. AN AUTUMN NIGHT SCENE. Vivid Word Picture of a Clear Night in the Focono Mountains Wonderfully clear and distinct the myriad s tiers appeared. South of the zenith a planet blazed.' Like a broad band overhead stretched the milky way with familiar constellations on each side. Almost in the center was Casseopia's chair. Near by gleamed Andromeda and the stars of Perseus. Just above the northern horizon lay the big dipper, and In the east Alde baran was rising, with the stars in the belt of Orion twinkling near. A faint streak which lasted but an In stant showed where a meteor's career had been burned to dust There was no moon to dim the light of the lesser stars, and everywhere around the brighter ones they, crowded, leaving no spot of this rare autumn sky with out its sparkling points of light Out of a dusty corner of memory came a thought which youthful fancy had conceived; that the stars were tiny holes in heaven, used by the angels to peep through to see if people were good or bad, and the light of the stars was the glory of the . (Treat white throne shining through the peepholes. - To senses steeped in the quiet of this brooding scene came like a shock the realization that in the north, close to the summit of a dimly outlined mountain spur, a faint phosphorescent light was glowing in the sky. A long pale finger , crept silently , upward to ward, the senitn. men anotner ana another, until. Its weird beauty thrill ing the heart, there flamed . in the northern heavens the. mysterious lum inous arch of the magnetic pole, the first aurora borealls of the autumn and EL V On one side the extension is divided into suitable sections, each section controlled by a brake operated by means of a lever placed opposite the entrance of the chute. By operating the lever the lower end of the exten sion is pulled across the surface of the chute toward the opposite side. When the barrel has been started on Its jour ney down the chute it naturally gains momentum, but by application of the brake of the first section its speed is diminished, or it can be stopped en tirely. As it passes through eacn sec tion the necessary brake Is applied, so that it can be brought gradually to a standstill at the bottom. Charles W. Weld, of Southbridge, Mass., is the patentee. ADDaratus for Firemen. Few persons, except the small boy who is going to' be one when he gets old enough, realize the, many dangers firemen face every day of their lives, but statistics prove that only a very small number die a natural death a falling wall or other part of a bum mg building generally carrying death to some brave fire fighter after he has spent the greater part of his life on STJFJUJZS FRESH AIR. duty. Just think, how often a fire man Is called upon to enter a build ing full of dense smoke, to rescue some person who has already been overcome, and the wonder Is that he is not supplied with some protection for his own life. There does not seem to- be any reason why he should not for Instance, wear an apparatus like the one shown In the illustration. He could then with absolute safety to himself enter any burning building, with an added chance, of saving any lives that might be endangered. The upper portion is made In the form of a hoed or mask of air-tight and fire proof fabric, to be placed over the head of the wearer, with glass clos ures for openings for the eyes. There is also a dtp opposite the month, which closes against air from without but opens fer the discharge of exhaled air which has been breathed. Reservoirs which contain compressed air or oxy. sen for sustaining life are attached to. the back of the wearer by straps, and connected by a tube to the back of the hood, with valves for regulating the supply. The compressed air can thus be readily supplied from the res ervoirs to the interior of the hood, to be breathed by the wearer. After en- tering a building filled with smoke fireman using this apparatus could re main for some time, while his hands and arms would be free. Charles E. Chapin, of Berkeley, Cal., is the patentee. The fingers of fleeting light contin ually changed their position and form, but so mysteriously that the eye could not follow. They broadened and deep ened, narrowed and glowed, faded un til almost invisible, appeared again, died down into the evanescent cloud at the horizon, stretched upward once more, one ray going almost to the pole star, another piercing the cup of the dipper hovering, shimmering, all keeping close to, that source of mag netic power, the point to which swings the quivering needle of the compass. Book News. y Straggling with the Language. A story Is told of a German teacher at an American girls' college who was not thoroughly acquainted with the English language and the college slang had not helped her In solving the puz zle. She had heard the girls talk about going off on larks. Returning one day from a picnic she said to some of the girls, "Oh, I have been on such a ca nary." She startled her class one day by complaining against some of the cold days of September, saying: "Why, it was so cold one day I had to stay In my room all the morning and sit with my feet over the transom trying to keep warm." ' Bad to Have It. "Tou "married me for my money!" she exclaimed angrily. , . "Oh, well," he replied soothingly, "don't blame me. I couldn't get It any other way, yon know." An equal suffragist on a farm is as rare as a churn in town. , There seems to be something, about' the easier life in town that makes women discontented, Pa, what's capital punishment?" It's the six months' sentence a man gets for stealing a million dollars." Chicago Record-Herald. She My,' but Mr. Flaxyman is stingy. He I should say so. 'Why, be wouldn't laugh at a joke unless it was at somebody else's expense. Ex. Clara Did you lose your presence of mind when he attempted to kiss you? Maud Yes, for a moment Why, nearly told him to stop. New-Tork- er. Chauffeur Is there an ordinance limiting the speed of antos in this town? Native No, they can't get through too quickly to suit us. Brook lyn Life. Foreigner1 What is the significance of the eagle that Is stamped on Ameri can money? United States Citizen It is the emblem of its swift fight De troit Free Press. My sakes! How well your hus band is trained. How did you ever do it?" "I didn't He was a widower when I got him. It saves a lot of trouble. "-Chicago Record-Herald. Margie If you don't quit teasing me I'll tell mamma and she'll tell papa, then papa will whip you. Harry Then I'll cry and grandma will give me some candy, and I won't give you any. Ex. "Did you notice how I moved the audience last night?" asked the ama teur elocutionist. "Moved isn't the proper name for it." rejoined his critl cal friend. "It was little short of 8 stampede." Little Willie Say, pa, is the pen mightier than the sword? Pa So some people claim, my son. Little Willie Then why don't the Russians arm themselves with fountain pens? Minneapolis Times. I'm sure I saw a cat over in that corner," said Tommy, sitting up in bed. "No, dear; go to sleep," said his mother; "it was just imagination.' Has a. imagination got shiny eyea?" Philadelphia Ledger. Mr. Skinflint The paper says skirts are to be worn longer than ever. Mrs, Skinflint Well, you needn't be Agger- in on me wearin' mine any longer. I've worn It five years this comln fall!" Harper's Bazar. ' Passenger This .train is nearly one hour bebl-d time, is it not? Guard Yes; but uiaf a all right We'll get In the usual time. Passenger What time Is that? Guard Two hours late. Glasgow Evening Times. I thought Smeargie was a friend of yours?" "He was until lately. had to drop him. He was always wanting to borrow money. "Refused him sharply, did you?" "No, I lent him some." Chicago Tribune. . "She's a lovely girl, and so simple in her tastes. I told her that I hadn' much of an Income yet but that hoped I could provide for her every want" "And what did she say?" "She said that would be all she could ask." London Tit-Bits. Caller Kitty, is that your parrot? Little Girl No, indeed, ma'am. The folks next door left him with us when they went away on their vacation. 'Fore he begins to talk I want to tell you that he doesn't belong to our church.- Chicago Tribune. Wife John, don't you think that our house is altogether too small for our present needs? Husband Yes; I've been thinking seriously of putting an addition to it. Wife Something in the shape of a wing? Husband No; something in the shape of a mortgage. I shot a rabbit the other day. Some kind of a warden came out of the bushes and objected." "That was a game warden." "No, It wasn't" "Why not?" "Because there was nothing game about him. He ran when I point ed my gun at him." Baltimore Her ald. "Yes," remarked the party who sometimes lets an audible thought es cape, "it's a sure sign- a man is get ting old. "What's a sure sign?" queried the youth with the rubber hab it. "When he goes around telling peo ple that he feels just as young as he ever did," explained the noisy thinker. "You know how father insists upon talking all the time whenever Skates comes to call on me " "Yes." 'Well, we fixed him up last night We got him to read the Russian and Japa nese names in the war dispatches, and his jaw was soon so sore that he could not talk above a whisper." London Tit-Bits. Jennie That spiteful Mrs. Chatter-J ton, said your husband was old and ugly and that you only married him for his money. Nettie And what did you say, dear? Jennie I said I was sure you didn't do anything -ef the sort Nettle Did you ever meet my husband? Jennie No'; I never had that pleasure. Nettie I thought 'so. Some Very Long Names A directory Issued In Honolulu con tains what is believed to be the long est name appearing in any such publi cation. It is that of Miss Annie K. Ceohoanaakalainhu eakaweloaikanaka, which means substantially "Jack and the Bean Stalk." . Pauline Nabuchodo Dosowlazowna, a resident of Milwau kee, Is probably champion ot America, though Salvatore Schlianoditonnariello of Providence, B, I, and Bernard O. Ahrenhoersterbaumer of St Louis may be regarded as entitled to honorable mention. 7 . Dent apologize to a worthless loafer because you favor the Peace and De A Happy Horse. Said the man whose equine acquaint ances outnumber the humans he knows Intimately, and who seems glad of it: "There Is a wise old horse belong ing to a grocer in Wentworth avenue, and he might appropriately be called the children's friend. The store is close to a schoolhouse, and this horse 1 friend of mine spends much of his time standing in front of the store when his wagon is not in commis sion. . J 'He has a habit of standing with his forefeet en the sidewalk gazing into the store. At such times the chil dren fairly swarm on him. They jump into the wagon and hold the reins; they climb on top of and walk under-' neath the kindly animal, and he looks benlgnantly down upon them, and is often rewarded for his good nature with bits of sugar and candy and oth er things that horses like. "There are few happier faces In town, if you know how to read horse faces, than this of my four-legged friend. May he" jive long and always be as happy." Chicago Inter Ocean. For forty year's Plso's Cure for Con Sumption has cured coughs and colds. At druggists, .race 20 cents. The Hillcreesz Phllospher. The man who can dress in the latest style and still be a genius surely is a genius, or. else he gets money from home. Reformers seldom succeed, because they are too pure-minded to be politi cians and too narrow-minded to be statesmen. If I thought an elastic currency would help me ' stretch my credit I sbeul certainly pull for it Politicians usually vote as they prey. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. v TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug gists refund the money if it tails to cure. . W Grove's signature, is on each box. 25c. Feminine Diplomacy. Husband Why is it, my dear, that I never hear you ask any one if your hat is on straight as I so often hear other women d? Wife Well, if you must know, it is because I leve you so much. Husband But I fail to see what your love for me has to do with it Wife Why, just think how it wonid disgrace and humiliate yeu if I were to call any one's attention to the only hat I have had in three years. N. B. And it came to pass that on the fallowing Sunday she appeared in the very latest creation of the milliner's art. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Her Only Wish. "Ton told me that when we were mar ried you would see that my every wish was gratified," remarked the bride of a few weeks. "Well?" replied her husband, rather curtly. "Well, I wish I was single again." Philadelphia Press. ' Soft wood is now- artificially hardened and toughened by a process of vulcaniz ing. . rijn Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness rl 10 afterfirstday'suseofDr.Kline'sUreatiierve Restorer. Send for Free t2 trial bottle and treatise. Sr. K. H. Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch St., Philadelphia, Fa. i -JPinal Leap-Year Effort. Have you a sister?" asked Miss Will- ! ing of her brother's college chum. i "Alas! no," he replied. "But I have often longed for the soothing influence of a sister's love." ' "How sad," she sighed. "But fortu nately you may be able to secure a sat isfactory substitute."- ' . "And what is that?" queried the young man. "Why, the love of some other fel low's sister," answered the artful maid.. One of Her Habits. Sentimental He Hy dear, you actu ally look sweet enough to eat Practical She Of course; and that's just what I do three or four times daily. "Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothine Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period. . How It Happened. Geraldine Did you hear about Miss Elderleigh's elopement? Esmeralda Elopement! Geraldine Yes. Her horse ran away with her yesterday. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES Itching Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINT MENT fails -to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 5Uc Heroism in Animals. -Animals are capable of what we should call heroism in man. In one field was a donkey, in another a horse. Through the first went a mastiff and made for the ass, seized him by the throat pulled him down, and that so suddenly that the donkey looked like ly to be killed. The horse in the next field leaped the hedge dividing the-two pastures, collared the dog with his teeth, swung him on the fall ball teeth, swung him and like a baseball player caught him on tne fall with his heels. The mastiff was whisked over the hedjge which the horse had just crossed, and the donkey was left In peace to recover from his Wounds. RUSSELL im BOILERS & High Grade sis Machinery Write for Catalogue and Prices Ayer's Cherry Pectoral quiets tickling throats, hack ing coughs, pain in the lungs. It relieves congestion, sub- Cherry Pectoral dues inflammation. It heals, strengthens. Your doctor wilf explain this to you. He knows all about this cough medicine. "We hTO used Ayer Cherry Pectoral in ear family tut 25 yean tor throat and lung troubles, and we think no medicine equals it. Mas. A. Pomkbot, Appleton. Minn. 29c..Me..l.M. J. O. ATBR CO- Twell. Mass. Weak Throats Ayer's Pills greatly aid recovery. Purely vegetable, gently laxative. What's ibe Matter. In a certain town In the North ol Ireland there is a fishing-tackle shop, the sign whereof is a brazen trout hanging at the end of a fishing-rod of .' massive proportions. Late one night townsman who had been dining "not wisely but too well" happened to see this fish. He looked at it then went cautiously to the door and knocked gently. "Who's there?" demanded the shop, keeper from an upper window. "Sh-h! Don't make a noise, but come down as quickly as you can,' was the reply. Thinking something serious was the matter the man arose and stole down stairs. "Now. what's the matter?" he in quired. "Pull your line in quick; you hav got a bite," roared the tipsy one as he erratically turned a corner. Dakar, a French port in Senegal, West Africa, is' being connected with France by a direct cable. The connecting point on the French side will be Brest During twelve hours an average of 60, 750 foot passengers passed over Black friars Bridge, 95,330 over London Bridge and 24,920 over South'wark Bridge. LAND SCRIP FOR SALE Forest reserve script for seenring title in any quantity to farming, grazing, desert or timber land without residence or Improvement for sale at lowest mark et prices. H. M. HAMILTON, Tha Portland, Portland, Ore. If you want to get the Tf(5. biggest returns for ffjUSlit . your labor and fiAhfwlb your ground. itfJPf'fS you can't afford plant anything bat nSKgiTto the standard after 49 years' ' test. - They always produce the largest and surest CTOD8. All dealers mil mfr'asj them. Our 1903 fTm j" Seed Annual g0 wssaV" f J free on request, f J JO. M. FERRY & 06".. 1 DETROIT, MICH. L f "Ail Signs Fail in a Dry Time'?-. THE SIGN OF THE FISH NEVEB FAILS IX A "VVET TIME In ordering Tower's Slickers, a customer writes: "I know they will be all right if they have the 'Fish' on them." This confidence is the out growth of sixty-nine years of careful manufacturing. A. J. TOWER CO. The sign ortmrwi Boston, U. S. A. ffCNvERS Tower Canadian Co. ;i Toronto, Canada JSH B8P llakert of Warranted Wet Weather Clothing SOT For the Study of BOOKKEEPING OR SHORTHAND is important. We can shpw results, . for every . one of our graduates are employed. Write fofour Catalogue HOLMES BUSINESS COLLEGE Y. E C A. BUg. PORTLAND, ORE. P N U No. 31905 WHEN writing to advertisers please I mention this paper. I The A. H. Averill Machinerv Co. PM' winter. cency PoQejr. . .. '