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OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHANCEY, Publishers IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? Vis lifo worth llvingf" Ash of him J Who tolls both day nnd night To mnko n little home for thoso So dear unto his sight. "Is life worth living?" Ask of her j Who. crowned with widow's weeds, . Doth find sunrcmest happiness ( In kind nnd noblo deeds. "Is life worth living?" Ask ngain Of thoso whoso highest nlm : Is to assist their fellow man, j Without one thought of fame. "Is llfo worth living?" Ah 1 dear friend, Let these good peoplo tell: A better question fur Is this Is life worth living well? Columttti Dltpatch. A IfflAVE LADY. How "Hor Royal Highnoss" Fought for Hor Lifo. Only those who have experienced it can realize the excitement caused by witnessing a hand-to-hand conllict be tween two savage, untamed beasts. I have witnessed bull lights in Mexico, nnd seen a python crush the lifo out of a calf in South America, but never gazed on u more thrilling episode than on one hot Algerian night at a water pool about two hundred miles in the in terior. Reside the pool were several trees of a fair size, in the bunches of ono of winch had been placed a small platform hidden among the clustered leaves, from which hiding placo it was convenient to shoot any animals that might como to the pool to drink during the night, Thither repaired one even ing soon after sundown, Maccovoy and myself, accompanied by his Arab ser vant, a young man named Asilla, who tore our spare guns and acted as gen eral factotum to its both on expeditions of this nature. It is difficult for ino, in my cooler moments, to climb a tree, and tho smooth, straight stem proved extremely troublesome to swarm. How ever, with tho help of Mac and Asilla, I managed it and secured a comfortable porch. They followed with great fa cility, being both slight, activo men, und at onco made tho guns ready. Tho moon rose gradually, and I hairn good opportunity to study perfect si lence. Nothing can bo more deeply silent than a still night in the desert. As there is little or no vegetation in these vast oceans of sand, there is no insect life, and for 'several hours after tho moon rose absolute silence reigned. Wo did not speak. There was no wind. It seemed as if there was no living thing In that wide spread expanse of country. 1 was beginning to feel sleepy and nod frequently, when "a prolonged roar sounded close at hand. In an instant we were wide awake and grasped our guns nervously. At tho next instant tho roar was answered from a location immediately beneath us. On looking down wo saw a lioness, lying on her belly, hor head between her paws, and hor long tail waiving luxuriously to and fro. She looked like a huge eat enjoy ing some pleasurable sensation. Almost instantly a third "woof! woof!" sounded at our backs, "(lad, Doe!" ljreathed Mae, "wo aro in for a bag to night!" and a moment later two mag nilicont males stepped slowly and ma jestically into view. Tho female con tinued to purr and wave her tail gently. As soot, as the two lions spied each other they prepared for action. Slowly nnd carefully they neared eaeli other, tho lioness meanwhile watching them ns a cat does a mouse. Closer and closer they drew, while we, spellbound, reserved our llro to witness the terri ble duel that was impending. , And now they crouch and with mu tual roars of rage spring at each other, and, meeting, in midleap, fall, biting and tearing, to tho earth. Wo can hear their bones crush between their powerful jaws like cgg-shels beneath a man's bout-heel. Tho lioness, main taining her tranquil attitude, watched tho conllict, as It seemed to my excited , eyes, with a devilish smile on hor face. Over and over they rolled, while the sickening sound of champing bones tilled tliu air, mingled with their fran tic roaring and tho movement of their bodies as they thrashed through the whirling sand. Hy this time my nerves wore so wrought up that I could stand tho torrilio spectacle no longer, and, taking deliberate aim at tho lioness, behind her shoulder "blade, 1 let Hy. Abovo tho nimble of the smooth-bore sounded the shriek of tho lioness as tho heavy hall crashed into her vitals. Tho two duelists at onco ceased their encounter, and as ono of thorn turned ho received Maecovoy's rifle bullet In tho head, tho missile piercing tho hollow over the eye, where tho skull is weak, and entering the bruin; death was almost instantaneous. Tho other male with a thundering "woof!" gave a mighty spring and landed half way up tho tree trunk, nearly shaking us from our porch. Asilla hastily discharged one of the spare guns, slap-bang into his face, but probably the charge only grazed aim for falling back ho disappeared into tho darkness toward where the moan and cries of tho lioness grew fainter ami fainter every moment. Tim moon being on tho wane, after nil sounds had ceased wo returned to camp, with many promises to each other to take up ino spoor oi our wounded enemies In tho morning and track them to thoir death. According ly at daybreak", with a party of fifty Arab boaters) we retm.ia t ti "ulmul" tld were won on ti s4moi' it tho wounded lioness. Tho sand was torn up for quito a space, ns if the ani mal had suffered, terrible ngony, nnd following the trail for nt least nino miles in a southeasterly direction, tho dogs gavo tongue at a tatnerisk brake, that extended on three sides of quito a body of brackish water. Somo four or live of the dogs, of better blood than tho average Arab cur, dashed into tho tangle, and the next instant wo had tho satisfaction of seeing the mangled re mains of one Hung up in tho air, from about tho center of the patch. A chorus of yelp3 and snarlings now vi in, and ono disconsolate cuv limped painfully out, his ribs bare of flesh wlicro the lioness' paw had struck him. Wo were now in a predicament. After an hour's infernal clatter by the beaters, wo were as far from getting her royal highness out as ever, for show herself she would not. "If tho tamarisk is only dry enough," quoth Mae, "wo can miou smoko her out;" and lie galloped round through tho beaters and a volley of flaming torches rained into the brake. This fetched her. She made a gallant cliargo out and almost up to us, before wo gavo her all four barrels. It stopped her, and for a moment the noblo beast seemed stunned. Then, as tho smoke cleared away, we saw her return to the shelter. More torches were thrown in, and four times did the desperate Holi ness charge us dauntlessly, and receive our lire, before finally biting the dust. She had cloven bullet holes in hor beside the smashed shoulder I had given her the nisrht before. With that bullet in her, (which had pas:;cd through her and lay against her ribs on the op posite side to that it had entered) sho had traveled nearly nino miles, hail made iivo determined rushes, killed and disabled four dogs, and died like tho heroine sho was, in mid-charge. And Maccovoy, turning to mo, asked: "Doctor, do you still hold to the opin ion that a lion is no better than a big dog?" And I could find no answer, save words of praise for the noblo creat ure that lay dead before us. Too much time had elapsed for us to track tho other lion successfully, tho spoor hav ing been obliterated by tho feet of other game. Hut two lions out of three wasn't such bad work for twenty-four hours, after all, and wo returned to camp fully satisfied with our day's sport. Alijcrian Cor. London Standard. VALUABLE RELICS. Tlirpn Curious Meini-iitocfior Iti'VoliiHoiiury Iuvm I'rrm'rwil In u l)t!iiviiruTnvii. One is a silver strainer, which Benja min Franklin had inane out of his first dollar that lie had ever earned. An other is a worn prayer book, which also belonged to Franklin. In it is written tho name of Hetty Parker, a young girl to whom he gavo it, with these words of advice: "Go to church constantly, whoever preaches. Tho act of devotion is your principal business there, and if properly attended to, will do more towards mending tho heart than sermons gener ally can do. Yet 1 do not mean that you should despise sermons, oven if you dislike the preacher, for tho discourse is often much better than tho man, as sweet and clear water comes through very dirty earth." The other memento is of a different character. It is a bullet, covered With a thick coating of rust. At tho battle of Hrandywino General Lafayette was shot, and fell. "General, I am wounded," ho said to Washington, as he was carried past tho chief. "1 am sorry for it," was tho reply. "Sir, 1 am not sorry!" the young Frenchman answered, quickly. Tho bullet had passed through tho leg and could bo felt under tho skin at tho other side. No surgeon came to dress the wound. A woman named Hell MeClosky cut out the bullet with her scissors ami bandaged the leg so skilfully that when tho surgeon ex amined it nothing more was needed. This woman was the wife of a poor soldier who followed her husband to every battle-field, and gave what help sho could to tho wounded and dying. When Lafayette returned to this country in 1821, ho visited Delaware, and re ceived a splendid welcome, civil and military. Hut ho did not forget the woman who had come to his help. Hell MeClosky was brought to Wilmington and presented to him. Sho had pre served the bullet and it Is clienslicii iy her descendants as the memento. of a brave man and a good woman. Youth' Companion. Meteor Showers. Prof. Kiehard A. Proctor maintains that most of tho meteor streams with which tho earth comes in contact are derived from tho earth Itself; that is, thrown oil" by volcanic .notion at a time when the internal forces of our planet were sulllelontly active to give the Initial velocity, somo twelve miles a second, requisite to carry them beyond tho earth's attraction. Comets, which ho regards as tho parents of tho meteor streams.hu thinks may have originated outside our solar system. Most of the comets whose orbits belong to our sys tem, ho thinks originated in the larger planets. Tho sun Is now, perhaps, giving birth frequently to comets which probably pass beyond tho limits of its attraction. --icii'Jiio American. New York Is tho greatest hay mar ket of tho country. It receives 'i.oOO, 000 bales every year, and most of it is consumed on the Island. Tho average price Is lo. .V. Y. VYhics. Telegraph messenger boys of Al bany, N. x., carry dark lanterns, wliluli thoy use at night to find the numbeis on Iljuv:. In tl.c dink fitrmls of the town. PIG-MARKETING. How rnnin-rs Could Kindly Increase Their luconio from live-Stock. Fanners could bo a little more inde pendent in the marketing of their pigs. City peoplo will buy sausage, head cheese, hams, shoulders, bacon and spare ribs of a farmer if lie has a repu tation worth any thing in his business, and if lie has not it is his own fault. If he has a habit of taking his produce to the market in a slovenly and miserable form, lie can not expect people to want his pigs when retailed by himself. When cut up and sold from a butcher's shop, no one knows where they come from and no one seems to care. Here is a chance for reform. A farmer who wears clean clothes and does not go round with the tobacco juice running down the corners of his mouth, nnd who blows his nose with a handkerchief can go into a city man's placo of busi ness and say: "My name is Curtis. I have n nice' lot of hogs which have been grown on my farm. They have been fattened on milk, corn and wheat middlings and are healthy and will make the best of meat. Thoy have been kept clean and have had pure air to breath. I want to kill them and re tail tho parts. I can sell you sausage, also head-eheeso made by my wife; and spare ribs for ten cents a pound; also tho lard. I will deliver these fresh and in good order, and at the proper time I will sell you hams, shoulders and bacon at, I think, twelve cents a pound. Tho jowls aro made into head-ohecsc. Wo will also have some scrapple, which is an excellent food and very healthy, for ten cents a pound." Unless this city man was a fool he would see that his opportunity had come to buy healthy meat in the most desirable forms, at considerably less than the grocers' or butchers' prices, and at the same time by a little side trade with a countryman win a customer, and ho would say: "When you conic to town bring me a few pounds of sau sage, head cheese, scrappel and a spaiu-rib or two, and when tho time conies, two sides of bacon, a ham and a shoulder." This conversation is no romance. It has occurred and ought to bo repeated until it lias lixed a business relation be tween producer and consumer, which will benefit both. The farmer will get more nnd tho cit' men pay less. To carry it out the farmer must have pigs, and ho4 must know how to do things, and if lie has not had the experience and does not possess the gumption, then ho should hire some ono who is an expert in butchering and in cutting and pro paring meats. By taking tho pains alluded to, and tho trouble, any good fanner can mar ket his pigs at about twice the amount the butchers are -willing to pay there is no justice in a butehcrgetting double the cost for the meat he sells. The big gest folly I know of in lids line, is tho custom wnien nas grown up among uie farmers of selling all their calves, lambs, sheep, pigs and beeves to a horde of country butchers who buy at their own prices and sell the same meats right back to tho farmers at double and treble the amount they paid for them. Littlo work aud big pay is thoir motto. A neighbor asked mo tho other day what I got for my lambs Merinos. I told him "From four to five dollars." I explained: "We ate them and so saved buying meat which would have cost, from twelve to sixteen cents per pound." Tho year before tho butchers offered two dollars each. This offer was declined, and tho lambs wore killed and dressed, a dozen at a time, by an experienced butcher, and cut into quarters and sold at tho village at eight and nino cents a pound, and twice as much as the butchers had olfered was obtained for them. Anybody who has a family to support will buy a quarter of lamb, or a lot of fresh pig when it can bo had at a wholesale price. liurul Xcw Yorker. LAVISH DISPLAY. I'll vu to Kvtruviigiiiu-o Iti'snonsllilu for the llnwnfiill of .Many I'mnlllcs. Tho frequent exposures of defalca tions aud betrayals of t.ust generally give stock-gambling as tho cause, but there aro few instances in which tho defaulter has not lived extravagantly at his home. Tho ctl'ort to make a display of wealth in private aud public lifo in this country is unprecedented, its possession, no ditlerenco how ob tained, is at once made tho occasion to indulge in habits of extravagance and display. It is not confined to ollieials, but is more especially noticeable in private life. A man accumulates wealth in some honorable employment after years of hard toil and rigid econ omy, and ho or his family aro at onco seized with the ambition to endeavor to eclipse their more fortunate neighbors, whoso wealth is not of such recent date. Wo spend money lavishly, foolishly ami aro unpardonnbly extravagant in this country. In Kurope, Americans aro famous for their fashionable reck lessness of expenditure. They spend a dollar whore an Englishman, French man or Gorman, with more money, would spend ten cents. They valuo a thing, not according to its real worth, but according to tho price paid for it. because this price is a flattering re minder of their ability to pay tho bill. Kconomy is characterized as meanness, ami to bo careless of money is lauded as commeudablu generosity. Tho consequence is that wo have dis play for display's sake, and tho pres sure of fashionable lifo aud the demand of society drags into ruin and disgrace many a "family who, under other elr eumstnncoti, would bo honest. Uihor aud industry can not compete :u a race of this kind. Diamond j, vel-.t- ind goi,;iMu-t -furnished pr.x.iu .v i, i in c an neither be procured nor maintained by the ordinary nnd legiti mate means of monc-mnking. Tho only remedy for this is more simplicity in our mode of life, dress and living, nnd this can only be secured by tho co-operation of thoso whose posi tion nnd wealth is assured and unques tioned. A rigid ignoring of this fash ionable demand for the exhibition of wealth by thoso whoso financial ability and real worth was admitted would have a most salutary and beneficial effect on society. Tho complaint is not altogether against tho poor, or those dishonest, or who suddenly accumulate wealth, but our millionaires, with money in bonds and banks, have joined in the reckless stylo of living. A man does not seek to live within his income, but is ready to take the chances of somo fortunate accident to Mipply the deficiency; then comes the pressure of debt, the persistent de mand for money, and the opportunity presented to procure the money to re lievo the pressure is seized with avidity and with a moral nature already blunted and honesty tarnished, the road to ruin and crime is easily en tered. It is time to call a halt. It is tire less to longer attempt to cover up the necessity for a change in our social life; extravagance has grown on us as a peoplo, so that from the highest offi cial to tho humblest citizens the race seems to bo for display- Tho placo to reined' it is at the head and tho time to do it is now. It was said in Romo.in her days of prosperity, by ono of her most eloquent orators, on tho occasion of tho dedication of a statue to a Roman whoso lifo had been offensive to the humble citizens of that republic, "thar if there was a Roman youth who had courage enough to behead that statue, that he would be cherished and honored in tho memories of his countrymen. " If some bravo man in this country, whoso position gives him tho power, will behead this vile monster called Fashionable Society, ho will be a hero, with a prouder distinction than if lie had led an army to triumphant victory. Boston Jittdijet. SPLENDID EXERCISE. TVncing n Sport Which dourly I'qiiiil.'.oi the 1'owern of Man P:nl Woman. The charm of fencing for beginners is that when you take position before a good swordsman you need not be hope less of making a point. After a reason able amount of practice with tho foils you are able occasionally to slip through his guard and enjoy the simple canity of touching the supposed un touchable. This uoines from the per-' fcetion of fair play readied after sev eral centuries of minute changes in the positions, weapons and accoutermeuts of the masters of fence. No other ath letic sport equalizes so closely the powers natural to a man and a woman, a gray-beard and a boy, a Hercules and a consumptive. .Ladies in the best ranks of life fence more and more as they discover its valuo for health and good looks, instead of leaving it entirely to actresses, who have always used the exercise for learning how to plant and move their feet intelligently. All over Europe the universities foster sword or foil play of one kind or another, and in that nation apart which wo call the city of London, a club for fencing has existed those- twenty years. Tho London Fencing Club, under the patronage of tho Prince of Wales, and having on its list many Peers of the realm, is as aristocratic in its aim as the Fencers Club of New York, is democratic. It was founded in 18U15 as a club of fencing and gymnastics with a membership of three hundred, and helped to its present quarters by a paternal government. It lias two French and three English teachers, and from its nearness to St. James' is of practical use to tho officers of the Queen's household troops. On tills side of tho Atlantic a few large cities have always had professors of the art, but like unhappy Hulett of New York in 1770, seldom has one been able to make a living from lessons in fencing alone. At New Orleans tho chances havo been better, owing to the largo Creole and French population; there oftener than elsowhero have duels in this century been decided by the sword. Ono must not forget, more over, that tho German Turn Yeroin of Now York makes something of fencing, and that at West Point and Annapolis it is a branch of study employing a number of instructors, a study which, unfortunately, ofiicers of the army and the navy promptly forget, Century. Refreshing Colors. There is no color so restive for tho eyes as green. It is especially the best tono for a library, for hero everything ought to bo characteristic of study and meditation. Tho parlor may bo bright and such as will promote pleasurable conversation, and this is afforded often times by the littlo tritles, drawings, aud articles of vertu scattered around. A bedroom should be quiet and cheer ful in tone. No paper with a striking pattern should irritate the eye, either for tho well person or an invalid, who is apt to wlirry his brains in counting tho patterns from ceiling to lloor. A little exercise of good taste, utility, and beauty will make tho homo pleas ant and harmonious without lavish ex pense. Detroit Tribune. Tho larviu of tho borer lives sov eiiil years in trees. Hence, bo sure to probe for tho borer and remove him if it bo possible. Borers have done more dnmago to tho punch than all tho dis eases known. Troy Times. - Fashionable note paper mu-t h ive the nlilivs, stamped upon it. f 7.i ": lit rail i. PERSONAL AND LITERARY. r1n1 .T Armmr TvHOV. ono Of the editors of Texas Siflings, is said to- mnl-n fu-nnttf nirrnrs dnilv. That St what makes him so funny. A'. 1. Times. Tho lato Emcrv A. Storrs could. -i ,.,. ,nnnf. His nnnunl iiicomo- f.VJb Dil'U w.j. " wa twenty-live thousand dollars a year, but ho left no personal estate. Chicago Actus. u.ir Mncna A. Honkins. rorentlv Appointed Minister to Liberia, n od to Pittsburgh, nnd prepared himself for college whilo in that employment. i -lusuuryi i i. Mr. Spuroroon lias at tongin com- Dieted "XIio ureasury oiiiiiw, '-" ho commenced to wnto twenty-one ,... rtr. I fi li rw r!ro in tho urcss a now work cnt tied. "Storm Signals." Oscar Wilde has written a poem about his baby, beginning with tlicso lines: " () Imbvboy! thlno eyes nro llko mino own, As bilious henvon. ns tender ns tho novo. r"otT-!n V. Stmvn wns n lino scholar. tho first in his class in college, of great wit, a most attractive speaKui una nnco very prominent before the world. Hut tho fanio of his second wife author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" bc- r,, an rrfnof tlint. 1 H Snntliwl tO flltlll aJ nil out, and was finally only known as . 1 .11 ?.!-. flit. .. "Mrs. JStoWO s llUsUanu. r.vuy vaier Saturday. Robert Homier is past sixty aud worth tfi.OOO.OO1) or SU.OOO.OOO. No man is better satisfieJ with his paper, I.;. f-Hin liU Pi'i'shvtnrinni.sni. his horses and himself. And he ought to b having begun as a type-setter, witn U nr influence, and havinc achieved his present position by un- llaggmg energy anil perseverance. iv. j. iournai. PnHmns llm lr.ost notable example of a story which was offered to pul- liulinr .ifti-.r iitilillaliMi nnlv' In hi', rn- tumcd to its author, is that of Robinson Cruso. it was at last "pnntetl lor . Taylor, at tho shop in Pater Noster !(. , iiivvi v ." It. rirnvnil n. fold m'no for the plucky publisher. He I I!. t I... .!.! .1. ,,,-..,,. I UJilUU tl JJIUUL Ul UI1U IllllltliUiL llJWMaitit pounds out of tho venture. -V. 1". Tribune. Mr. Spofford, tho Librarian of Con- irrcss. recent r to u a correspondent mac literary activity in the United States is on the increase, nnd that about ouo thou sand more copyrights have been granted during 1885 than at a corresponding f!..m it. 1 HQ 1 Tli! iitnrnncn 1 tniMrf.ll' 1illJU 111 iU'JZ. 111.? iiiv.uucu J ..w.t-ij ilno in flin o-rn.-if-. number of nrtil'lus copyrighted by newspapers 'and maga zines, yjl ills "iinurii;.iu jwinuuau, Mr. Spofford said: "It has not a very large circulation. Tho library edition reached last year a!out eisrhtccn hun- ureil, ami seven tliousaiiii ot tnc paper rwlWtit, wn.-a Cfllfl Mm "l;lst llflWnVnl'. so heap a price that they barely pa.d tlie cost of publication." A'. Y. 1'osL HUMOROUS. Rufus Hatch says that tho farmer is 1 oss of tho situation. So lie is, but still the boys will get away with tho ap ples occasionally. fitiaaeipnia vu. - Tho groat advantage of being rich is that a man can wear o'd clothes without exciting remark. There are other trilling advantages, but not worthy of mention just mnv. Tohdo blade. "I can't make head nor tail out of this loiter from George," remarked Mr Porcine to Irs wife." "Pm not sur prised," returned that estimable lady, "George stutters so badly, you know." ChutHjo hamb er. Passenger Oh, Captaii., is thiro any euro lor seasickness? Captain Oh, yes; suro cure. Passeng-r (as steamer pitches and rolls) Give ino somo quickly. Captain Onlf cure I know of is to lie on your back um groou grass and look at the star I'liiui' de phia Cali A dry-goods advertisement says: "Everybody knows that Faille Fran caiso is crowding hard upon g-os-grahi slk." Wo beg leave to ilitfer w ith tho statoinont. There are no doubt a dozen per-ons right hero in this town who are not aware that such a momentous occurrence was eventuating. A"om loiau Herald. Wife (at a lato hour) -- Well, when) in tho world havo you been? Husband To toll you tho (hie) truth, m' dear, somo of tho (hie) boys nt tho o lis gone 'way on (hie) vacations, y'know, an an shorthandod, hones' truth, in' dear, s' help mo. Wife Yon seem to havo filled tho vacancy pretty full. Materfamilias (to Tommy, who is helping himself liberally to currant jam at tho supper table) Tommy, altor tho solemn warning I should think you would not eat so much pro serves! Tommy What solemn warn ing, mamma?" Matertamilins Tho death of Jiimba: ho died of too much jam. y u kiutw-.Fitttiburgli Chronielc- JCiegrapt. A Useful Tmepiece: Si Jackson, from the Del Yallo settlement, came to Austin not long since, and his first ea!l was' on a watchmaker. "Dis heali watcli has gotten suinlin' do matter wid hit." Tho wutchmakor examined it carefully, aud asked how long smco it had been runninir. '"Hit hain t ho u running for moah don a yeah." "Why didn't you br.ng it sooner?" "Uokasu 1 couldn't set aionr widout it" '. cxns Siflitms. This country is exporting plum pudding to England. Wo havo boon sending beef thuro for many years. By and by, perhaps, wo will send mistlotoe and ale. Then whero will Britain s glory bo? Chioago Herald. Mr. Kd. P. Wells, Thetis P. O.. Stevens C ., Wash. Terr., was entirely cured of rhuiinatism by the usoot at. jncoos uu. lie says: "I consider it a wonderful remedy and will alwnysspeakngood word io r u. Tho Cascade tunnel when completed will be tho second longest in thin country. Tin longest In the world Is Mount tot. Go hard, 10,300 yards Architect Kdmond Logendre, 419 Sutter street, San Francbco. Cal., states that having suffered for i long time with a nevero o ugh, and falling to obtain any re lief from doctor and tho numerous pre pnr.ttloiiH he took, he became alarmed. Tried Red Star Cough Cure, and ono bottle entirely cured him. THE BECEITFULNEES 0E ALCOHOL. Mil Ions of people, when thor fed a lit tle out of sorts, take some alcoliollc drink or other, cither as a bcvcrar.o or ns med icine. Almost nt onco they think they feel better. As soon ns tho stimulus looses Its power they feel badly ngatn.and so they again resort to the alcoliollc dose because, ns they thought It made them better when thoy first took It, It may make them better again. Doctors deceive theniBclves and their paticutH by prescrib ing alcoholic doses. The patients gener ally liko It, too, and so the doctors contlnuo on p estrlbing for them what they like. Few are cured and many aro made tip plers to their permanent disadvantage. Alcohol la at best nothing but a stimu lant. That Is not what chronic nervous stillerers want. They want permanent strength to throw oil" and resist, disease. 'Pliov wntif n rnnl iifnlizrr? nnrl hiipIi n. vltallzer Is found In Compound Oxvcen. The merits of this vitnlizer havo forniany years been abundantly tested. There is no secret about It. Tho history of the army of the ielleved Is fully on record so thattall may rend It. It Is well worth reading, cither by sick people or well. To obtain It write to Dra. fc-TAUKKV & Palek 1520 Arch street. Philadelphia. P. It will be sent to any address free ot charge. Orders for tho Compound Oxygen Home Treatment will be tilled by II. A. Mathews 015 Powell Street, San Francisco. In New. York there are f.03-1 saloon keepers. Of these f.(8t have, been in mates of the county prit-on, 1,7C4 havo been conlinctt m ponce stations, and l.uio havo been tried for crim and acquitted. A SUGGESTION T0.THE IRAVEL1NGC3 PUBLIC. Tourists. cinlcrnnt8 nnd mariners find Hint Ilnstcttcr's Stomach Jlilters is n medicinal safeguard ngaintt unliraltliful influences, up on which they can implicitly rely, since it pre vents the ellects of vitiated atmosphere, unac customed or unwholesome diet, hud water, or other conditions twfuorahlo to liculth. On Ionic voyages, or journeys in latitudes adjacent to ino equiuor, li is cs-pcciuny utci ui ua n preven tive of tho febrile complaints and disorders of tho stomach, liver and bowels, which nie apt In nttnek nntivi'R of tho Iciniici ulc y.ono bo- journing or traveling in such regions, nnd it is un excellent protection ngnmsv mu mniiciieu ui extreme cold, sudden changes of temperature, exposuro to damp or extremo fatigue. It not only prevents intermittent and remittent fever, and other diseases of a malurlal type, but eradicates them, a fact wlilcn lias been notor ious for years past in North and Soutli Amer ica, Mexico, the West Indies, Australia und other countries. It takes a crew of sixty men to sail W. K. Vanderbilt's million dollar pleasure. yacht. THE HOUSEKEEPER'S COMPLAINT. "I am di8cournKed. I have too much to do, I am tired. 1 am sick. I suppose I was put into this house to keep it clean, but It is too much work. I won't try. I will ko to sleep. I don t caro what be comes of the house." The above is an allegory. Tho discour aged housekeeper is tho liver, which, in deed, is often called "tho housekeeper of our health." If it does go to sleet) as it threatened, a crowd of diseases are all ready to spring up as consequence. Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" acts upon the liver and assists it in its work of housekeeping and house-cleaning. It is the great liver remedy and blood cleanser, and cures all the long tiain of chronic maladies resulting from a torpid or slug gish, sleepy liver, such as s'ek-headnche, seroiuious oiseuses, ns ulcers, iever sores." "wbito swellinus." bin-joint di sease, consumption of the lungs (which is reawv only scrotum miinili Biing ltseii m the delicate tissues of thco onuns). also ail skin diseases, as blotches, phonies and eruptions, anil all uiocu tainis. However acquired. According to recent i stiniates nearly 50.00U suicides occur in Kurope every year. I'iiIiiici V Kev manufacture their own goods, and can sell 25 per .cei.t. lower than any other house. SAFE, SURE, AND SPEEDY. No external remedy ever yetdevisedhas so fully ami unquestionably met these three prime conditions as successfully as A m, cock's 1'onous Pr.ASTints. They are safe because they contain no deleterious drugs snd are manufactured upon scien tific principles of medicine. Tin y are sure because nothing goes into them except in gredients which are exactly adapted to tho purposes for which a plaster is required. , Thev are sneedv in their action because their medicinal qualities go right to their work of relieving pain and restoring tho natural and healthy performance of tho functions of muscles, nerves, and skin. .J1 imrt cwc lnls, tho only complete stock, will bo lound at Palmer & Hey's Portland house. 1'or Con;; lis, Axllnuii, ami Bronchial troches." 25 cts. a box. II months' treatment for 50c. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. Sold by druggists. I:itin,.i- .V lfv will continue to sell their type and printing material lower than auy other house on the uoast. When Baby was sick wo gave hor Castorla. When sho was a Child, she criod for Castorla. When Bho became Miss, sho clung to Castorla, When shohad Chlldrnn.aho gave thorn Custoria. Oilier aiyrw'u-'i5 of Kastern type founders have to pay frelgts and will ad vance their prices. Baking soda put on a burn will take out tho heat. Dr. Pierce's "Pellets" euro sick and bil ious headache, sour stomach, and all bil ious attacks. A mill at Lehigh Gap, Pa., is making 3,t00 tons of metallic paint per year. TnY Gi:rmi:a for.breaktast. SKIN & SCALP CLEANSED PURIFIED and BEAUTIFIED BY CUTICURA. VOll CM5ANSING. PURIFY INO AND 1 beautifying tho skin of children and infants und curing torturing, dUtiKuring. itching, scaly and pimply dl-Okct of tho skin, sculp nnd blood, with loss of hair, from Infancy to old ime, tho C'UHCUKA Hkmkdikh aro infallible, CL'Tlct'ltA, tho great Skin I'l'HK, and Curl cuka -oai an exquisite Skin Ilcuutitler, pro pared from It. externally, and Cuticl'ha He solvkxt. tbolnew Blood luritier. Intently. Invariably succeed when all other remedies und the best physicians full. Cuticuju ItKMEDiKs areubsolutcly pure anil the only Infallible sVin beuutltlora and blood purifiers, free from poisonous ingredient. Sold everywhere. lVice,f :uticiiu.50cj: bOAi'. 26c,: Rksolvext, 91. Prepare.! by the I'ottkk Dituo ani Ciikmicai. Co., IIowik. ausn. Jnil for How to t'liroBKinm?? 11 k li V luawin amt .loatp presorved und beaiitl DAD! 0 tied by CmcuitA Mihucatku boAiy J J J ii V i I X 9