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
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