The Oregon scout., June 11, 1891, Image 3

THE QUEEN'S FORESTER.
They chose me for my sturdy frame,
Thai is so tail and stroup.
Fur my swift step, and my sure aim
She dioe him for his sock,
Ad I sine he doth, and rarely sing.
And In her eyes retwiltil,
I know a s-onc a fairer thine
Than speaks from Hood or field.
I bear his song float through the air,
Melodious and crand;
I free the lislit their faces wear,
Uut cannot understand.
Ay. 1'ie the liisly. he tbo soul.
Yet theiv's it look between,
Theio Is iHit one cotnmainU the whole.
There only is uiy (Jueen.
My fnee is ruddiest brown, but white
Ilia brow, unci fKisinc bleb.
Do narhleth mhi 'neulh the moon's light,
t.iken tired liouml I lie.
I wish I IomiI vtuo morn than sleep,
Sonpi inoiv than plainest fare
I wish my suffering went lee
More divii m cltidue were.
And .vet this hunt, much ivnnnt hand
Ami iiram and liemt ll -jwnti.
If, l'oet. I murhi lake my stand
Heslilo you at tin end.
Might but the uueei.s iioint one way.
And My "No liar lietween
Unlike in soul and lody they.
Yet had they both one Queen I"
-May Kendall la Longman's.
MKG.
iflcro was nothing raro or fine about
her. On tlio contrary, there was a groat
ileal of the animal in her face; a touch
of the man in her pose, si bold suggestion
of the- woman in tlio cheap jewelry al
ears and neol;, and an unmistakable ail
of tho circus in her tout ensemble, Ilei
eyes were gray and full. Hold eyes thev
were, that s-eemed to belong of right tc
tho over full lips, and sensual curves ol
tho over full figure. Her toetli were
white, and when tho litis parted they
glittered, and that was all of brightness
nbout her. Everything else suggested a !
slothful, easy tfinKrameut, thickness ol
mental filler, dullness of moral percep
tion. 1
Suddenly her face was transformed.!
She was undergoing one of her rare sea- j
sons of animation, and the face she
turned to the man before her was full ol
play and lile.
Her eves sought his boldly, with a kind
of snap in them, and when she laughed
tho snap was communicated to her
whole frame, redeeming it from its low
bloth to sonu'tliing keener and higher.
Hut perhaps it was tho man that sug
gested keenness, and lent a phase of his
own tei-sonulity to her.
Lit lie and tall and dark, with a wiry
strength of phM(ue, ho gave ono tho
impression of a panther, anil a panther
just prepared to spring.
From his long, slender fingers to tho
glaneo of his eye, everything suggested
alertness. Yet the suggestion was evil,
too, and marked him as a man to bo dis
trusted. Thero wits a play of low cunning about
his eyes, and the very deviltry of jeal
ous) l:i rk'ed round liis thin lips. As tho
two stood logether you felt irresistibly
that the i-K'Uients of domestic tragedy
were bef ore you tho hruto that would
not shrink from beating a woman tho
woman that would tamely submit to bo
U-aten.
"Well," he said, roughly, "aro you go
ing to do that cigar business?"
Meg shrank back, fearfully: tho vivac
ity passed from her face and was suc
ceeded by a gray shadow of terror.
The man laughed seoliingly.
"You're only it woman! Showing tho I
while leather lirst oil!" i
She glanced al him deprecatingly, and I
ho returned the glance with an "air of I
Hwaggering assurance. Evidently 6I101
wiis in his power, and both knew it. 1
"Very well." he said, with an assunip- j
tion of easy indiirerenee: "1 know Liza
will do it. ' 1 'I uck enough alxnit her!"
Tho implied taunt took eirect. 1
"And wh.it if there iV" Meg cried
fiercely. "She don't know what sho is
doing. She don't know what you are,
Jim. You'd shoot at 1110 in ono of your
tempers just as soon us you'd shoot at
tho cigar. And Liza don't know you,
mid that's how she ain't afraid."
Ho was switching oil' tho daisy heads,
and he paused to look at her; it was a
cruel look, containing in it that implica
tion of secret power.
Ho did not deny the charge; ho simply
looked tit her. and .Meg's face took on a
new expression of deprecation, while her
uttitude became cowed and limp.
"Anil it's because you know mo that
you should know better than to refuse,"
bo paid at last.
Meg glanced furtively at him, and
with a bhow of reassurance answered
doggedly.
" Well. I don't mind. You can try if
you like, only not today."
This was not enough for Jim. With
tho obstinacy of tho petty tyrant ho
would test hi'sinlluenco to the uttermost,
"Youbhall do it now," ho said, pas
M'onatoly, seizing Meg by tho arm.
Then ho" tos..i d her roughly from him
with a nulo "t'omo on, now, to tho van,"
Sho followed him, yielding involun
tarily tlio oUdienco of the weaker to tho
stronger, but lie took no further notice
of her and continued his walk across tho
field to the ( onii r where tho hluo smoke
was rising from tho circus caravans.
Tho sun mis totting, throwing a red
glare upon uio gayly painted wagons,
whoo twin .nig windows, touched by
tlw rays, loo!:ed like lurid eyes gazing at
tho two aopnuching.
Tho glaro ft II ujion Jim walking jaunt
ily along, wiih his hands behind him.
It touched tlio slim, murderous looking
lingers, and was it fancy that made
them uppear red to Meg following bo
hind? "Jim," sho raid, slowly, "what's tho
matter with your hands? You'vo got
blood on them."
Ho drew his hands from his back and
examined them, for it was ono of his
characteristic, that ho kept hii hands as
white and dehcato as a woman's.
"Bahl" ho exclaimed, "wliat do you
mean? Mv hands uro right enough."
So they were, and Meg was not quick
wittcd enotigti to see that tho red color
had been duo to tho crimson Bky in tho
west. Sho followed in 6ilence, aud when
Jim climbed into his wagon faho walked
on to her own, thinking idly that ho was
becoming too unreasonable and master
ful for her. Nevertheless when, o few
minutes later, ho camo into tho wagon
sho turned to him witli no aversion on
her broad, luipassivo face.
Sho watched him carelessly na ho
loaded a pistol, and tho did not refuso to
tako tho cigar ho hold out to her when
his preparations wero complete.
"nit it in your mouth ond etand by
tlio door," ho aaid coolly, retreating to
tho other end of tho van.
Nay," said Meg sulkily, "I won't do
it now; I'vo told you before, I won't do
it now,"
Tito ring of terrified appeal In her
toIco hould liavo aroused what manli
ness was in him. but he took slight
I notice of her terror.
I "All right." he raid carelessly; "Liza
! will do it. She's 11 younger woman than
I yon; her nerves will lv stronger."
lie slouched across the van and ilo'vn
tho steps. Meg lazily watching him as ho
passed out into thoYcd light of the sun
set. And she stood watching not Jim.
but something far away and beyond
Jim until the sun, elowing and red,
1 dipped into "the under world.
I rritchftt's Universally Itcnowned Circus Daring
I Knuestrinn Keats Marvelous listol Perform
j aiKv .1 tin. the World's Wonder, Will Shoot a
) Cisnr from n. Woman's Litis at a DUtauce of
Twenty arils
The bills were posted on tho walls of
Blessington early on the following day.
The excitement 'in the circus was almost
as great as that anions the inhabitants
bf the town, for, though Jim had often
spoken of "the cigar business, none of
the company had expected that Meg
would consent to stand calmly to bo
shot at.
Meg was herself surprised to find that
she had vielded to Jim's masterfulness.
They hail lecn practicing all tho morn
ing, and she had so often gone safely
through the ordeal that already it had
iH'gun to Iom its terror. Why should
Meg with a character elemental, animal,
gross rt'iKo in this Jim a passionate
confidence which touched her whole
lK?ing to liner issues? Who can tell? It
may bo the divine spark never wholly
becomes extinct in any human soul. He
cause the lower nature loved, the higher !
trusted. 1
Jim himself had not given her so much
as a word of commendation, but it
pcarcely mattered to Meg.
It was enough
to know that
for her apathetic nature
sho had proved herself as brave as Liza
and that he could not now taunt her
with "nerves." or institute comparisons
between her age and that of her rival.
Alono in her caravan she shuddered
ntid grew cold at the thought of the
evening performance, when liefore the
excited spectators she would have to
stand, cigar in mouth, to be shot at.
That was how the action alwaysappeared
to her: it was not the cigar at'which Jim
was aiming, but herself.
A sudden fear shot sharply through
her and roused her to a vivfd sense of
peril. She would not do it! Not h in
should induce her to become a target for !
Jinn biie would reluse at tlio last mo
ment, when the presence of the manager
would protect her from Jim's anger.
As she dot ided thus, Jim came in and
tossed a small parivl into her Ian.
"That's for your pluck, Meg,' he Raid,
a faint show of admiration in his voice.
"You must wear it to-night, and when 1
see it I shall know how to tako aim."
Meg opened the parcel slowly, debat
ing with herself whether to tell Jim she
was not going through any erforinanco
that night. Hut when she saw the gaudy I
ml stone in its setting of cheap metal
ene looucu up smiling.
"It's a beautiful brooch. You never
gave me anything before. Jim. I'll bo
certain to wear it to-night."
She had decided her fate. Nothing
would induce her to disapK)int Jim now,
and den herself the pleasure of daunt
ing the brooch Jim's gift before Liza's
envious eyes. She stood firmly enough
on the platform that evening, aud she
did not Hindi ulu n Jim took up his osi
tion twenty arils from her and aimed
deliberately, as it seemed, at her head.
It was a moment of terrible tension,
yet the cigar in her white lips was held
firmly and steadily.
Her profile wa.i 'toward tho man, and
after the first glance sho could not see
him, but she was conscious of every
movement he made.
Then, a quick, sharp shot. Tho cigar,
cut in two. fell to the irround: a wild
cheer burst from the spectators, and'
Mi"', unharmed, went slowlv out of the !
tent.
Lifo in the circus, even lifo colored
with the varitoned light of love, waii
neither a beautiful nor an eventful
thing. The sunroaoand Eet, tho daily
jierformiinces took place, Meg went
through her ordeal until it ceased to bo
one, and onlv the rise and fall of human
passion broke the monotony of the
camp.
Yet it had its romances, too; its sea
sons of birth and burial; its episodes of
lovoand marriage, tho latter not always
regarded as n sine qua 11011 by the lovers,
and now and I hen a tragedy would be
enacted ujioii its small stage.
Humor had been busy of late with
Meg's name.
Of her past the company knew little
it was as well not to peer too closely into
wrsonal histories u hen so few would
bear looking into. A stono thrown at
one's neighbor might rebound uoii one's
bclf.
Meg's past was therefore allowed to lie
buried.
The past is our own, not our neigh
bor's, and it may remain peaceably in
its grave; but the present belongs to tho
community, and an olleuse against the
Now is an insult to our owu times.
Meg's name began to bo freely whis
pered alKHil.
Among the women at first: then the
rumor spread, and the men disposed to
look tolerantly at unv lap&o in morality
which testilied to their influence ovei
tho frail sex would wink slyly when
sho passed them. Jim was (ho last tc
hear tho u hir.pi r tliat was circulating,
and when he did so, ho laughed and
winked with the rest, und abstractedly
turned over in his (sockets somo strav
ehots remaining from tho pistol charge
of tho prc ions night.
"They say he has given her a gold
brooch," he heard, as ho moved
away; but tho words fell unheeded on
his ears, and ho sauntered oil in the
direction of Meg van. IIo entered
and, finding it empty, sat down, mood
ily, to wait the woman's arrival.
IIo had not long to wait. Msg's step
slower and heaier than of old, un
heard ascending tho ladder, and Mv
herself stood bieathless at tho door.
Sho gate a slight start upon 60l'ih.
Jim, then came in and greeted him iu
her usual nnpatsuo manner.
The man mamtaiueu a suiKy silence
and, used to his moods, tho busied lu-r
self quietly about tho small matter ol
her ineuage.
All at onco ho Rpoko, and his tone of
wrathful contempt had power to over
turn Meg's composure.
"What's tlflit you aro saying, Jim
Y0uyou to say I've been ewtt'theartiiu.
with Will? It's not true you know it
not true!"
"It's what they'ro all Baying," ho bunl
fiercely; "it's tho talk of tho place."
"It's not truol" bho repeated passion
otely. Tvt been faithful to you, Jim
always. Don't belie vo them 1 bwwji
it's, not tnio.M
"Ilow'il yon nrovo it?" ho ofiked In
eolontly. "Will you ask him yourself to
bear out what you oro eaylngi"
Somo womanly prido lingered In tho
woman, and rose up in rebellion .gainst
such outrage.
"If vou don t believe me," she said
doggedly. "I'll nut ask him to prove tuy
words."
Her sulky u-r, taken In connection
with her reft, .il, was conclusive evi
dence of guilt, and Jim strotfo from the
caravan with a muttered throat:
"I'll murder vou both, you shall pav
for it."
As he disappeared Meg pressed her
hand to her heart and sank down on the
nearest seat, trembling and faint. It
was not the lirst time she had felt that
deadly faintness. and Jim's words were
not calculated to reassure her.
She was roused by the entrance of a
girl, who came forward and asked, not
unkindly, what ailed her.
"It's my heart, Liza; there's something
the matter with it."
Liza smiled cynically. She, too, had
heard the whi.sjHrs.
"Well," she said roughly, "you have
need to be frightened, l'met Jim just
now, and he looked as black as thunder.
He's the very devil when he's roused. 1
say, Meg. 1 wouldn't In? you!"
"What do you mean?" Meg asketl
wearily.
"Well, you see, Jim has heard about
you and Will. He's mortal jealous.
He'd do anything. He wouldn't stop at
murder. 1 say. Meg. you won't do that
cigar business to-night?"
The sudden question following tho sug
gestive word needed no enlargement, and
Meg stirred uneasily.
"Why shouldn't I? Jim knows it's
false what they're saying. There's been
no sweethearting ln'tween Will and me.
1 never kept company with any ono but
j J"11;"
i Ijzi
iza laughed again.
Just as vou please, but I wouldn't
stand in vour shoes to-night for anv
thing." "
When the hour for the evening per
formance came Meg stood before tho
glass nutting the finishing touch to the
gay dress in which sho usually went
through the cigar anil pistol episode.
She had not recovered altogether from
her faintness of the afternoon, and she
opened tho little window of tho van to
let in Kinie air. The sun's rays flashed
in, striking upon tho shelf that served as
a dressing table.
Thev lit up the trinkets Ivlng there,
"' touched the red stono of tho brooch
Jim had given her, until it looked like a
clot of palpitating blood.
Meg put out her hand mechanically to
take it, but at the sight of its color she
remembered, with a sickening shudder,
the "red hands" that had roused her ter
ror a few months before, and she drew
back. Then she took up another brooch
Iroin the shelf, fastened it in her gown
and went out to the tent.
Tho cheer that greeted her apjearanco
restored her self possession, and she
lwod smilingly to the spectators before
she look up her stand at the correct dis
tance from Jim,
She glanced furtively at him. and saw,
relieved, that he was looking at her in
restored good humor.
He nodded reassuringly at her, and
signed that lie was ready to begin. Meg
turned her profile toward him, and put
the cigar in her mouth, thinking idly
how loolish she had been to tuuko so
much of a trifle.
Jim and sho were good friends again,
so she &toed bravely, no emotion on her
broad, sensual face, whilo Jim raised bis
pistol U take aim.
In the iict his hand trembled, his
whole fiiee changed, and a fierce glare
came into his eyes; ho bent forward
gesture and eyes alike horribly suggest
ing the panther about to spring and
gnashed his teeth.
He had caught sight of n 3'cllow glitter
In place of the red sparkle of the brooch
hv which he had always beforo taken
aim.
1 he whole air seemed
to havo become
yellow, and the strained silencoof the
spectators to be a background on which
a sentence was embossed: "They say ho
has given hern gold brooch."
Meanwhile Meg stood rigidly still, won
dering at the delay, anil thinking that
Jim must have heard from Will how
littlo reason ho had for jealousy.
Jim's eyes were staring at tho sentence,
his ears ringing with the words ho had
heard heedlessly that afternoon. "Thev
sav ho has given her a gold hrooch.v
Who had given Meg tho brooch that had
taken the place of his gift?
I'or 11 moment his senses reeled. Then
he straightened himself sternly, and
affected to i-xainine again tho priming
of his pistol.
IIo raised it ut length, and with steady
hand aimed was it at tho cigar, or at
the brooch Meg wore, ut his request, a
littlo on one side?
Steadily and long he stood, his pibtol
poised, his hand on the trigger, his eyes
on tho woman who had given him her
all.
Steadily and long he stood; then bharp
aud sudden the shot rang out. And
sharp and sudden rung out its echo u
woman's wild, shrill scream.
In the silence that followed, Meg fell
forward.
Almost Ix'fore tho spectators renlized
what had hapiiencd, the curtain fell and
screened from their curious eyes the
pitiful thing iqion thobtago poor, sinful
Meg, lying with the blood flowing from
a wound 111 hei neck just above the
brooch.
Jim had aimed well; tho shot had &c
ered the jugular vein aud entered tin
carotid urtery.
Tho manager stooped to raiso her, bin
Jim pushed linn aside and would huvi
lifted her himself. Hut when ho toucln
her ho felt his bauds warm with tho llov
of her lifoblood.
"Oh Ood!" lie cried, shrinking back, "I
havo murdered her."
Meg opened her eyes ut tho words, ami
a world of tenderness was in them an .!..
gazed on the man she loved, und win
had done her to death.
A great light flashed in her faco uno
traustigurcd it, so that the di vino proun
of what sho might have leen nay,
it not tho fulfillment of tho promise .
which they gazed? was levealed t. lh
men around her.
Sho reached out und touched Jim's n ,
hand, and us tho light fuded sho gasjx o
"No, Jim. it wasn't your fault I h..
it. Will, do you hear? 1 moved on pui
pose. And, Jim I've been true to"
And so bho proved her faithfuluos. -Keith
Chriitio in Holgrai ia.
Nile Itidll't Cure.
A young teacher prided herself on lie
closo relation of I runt and confidein
existing between hcrelf aud tho tilth
onaa in tho primary deartment,
CXiu day a httlu fellow mado his wu
to tho teacher's dunk, and with iiiuiij
blubhes and other blgns of embarrua
mailt, finally managed to mys
"You don't euro, do you, IIIbs -,H
my juiuta don't mutch my coal?
Youtli'd Companion.
a xkw school rim hos.
Iru. Hoitt. ex-State Superintendent of
I'tiblic liiMrmtion of I'ldilnniiu. has lea-isl
the Hcddiiigton pl.ue at Oak Grove, two
miles from Mi Urue, Sua Mateo county, and
will open a Ixjiirdiiii; school for lo s August
4, 1NU. There are l.Mi acres ol land, partly
covered with natural ami aii'iieiul I o rests
and partly devoted to landscape gardening
and Iruit, with ample play ground. The
place has its own gas and water works.
For climate, beauty of surrounding, inug
nilicence of scenery and adaptability to
school purposes it cannot be surpassed on
the l'ucillc (.'oat. The uuiiiUt of pupils
will he limited, and the course of study
will cover the ground front the primary
grade to admission to the best university
and college. Mr. und Mrs. Hoitt are well
known in educational work, and may be
addressed at Millhrue, Cal.
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KahtSovnp, Wash., April 10, 1S!1.
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rlieo; Mm I'aullne Von, 2)il0 Manchester utrii-l.
Han l-'ranHico: C Y. Krkert, (lllroy, Ca I.: .Ml ley
lulaii. 131 Ivy utrt-ot, Han Kraliclneo.
TDK COSMOPOLITAN IMHI'KNHA UY. Willi
ItJ tair of eminent HpeclallitH, w (minded aud
Clittilered to brlllic help In the atlllded, If yen
prefer le lp and health to rlcknra and xympath)
all and eoiHult tliein. Coniullallon, udvlce and
thorough eiaiulnatloii Iree. iu patients A friendly
talk may iiu ve you tliotiiaiida of dollar or yearn ol
utrerlug, and perhap your life. Voting, mldil'i
aiil or o'd uiriiHUirerlnii from the eirecUof follli
or mcwni reilored to perlect hltli, manhood
ami vigor. Kaoli victor aeeu privately, und al
ooiiiiiiuiilenlloni nti Ived In tacred eon llileni e. 1 1
lliBHlairof iliyfluat lliol'inmopolllaii Dmrrn
wry rnnot cure yu no power on earth can
K'very character of illn awi trealiil. Hufferer frem
lllieuinail.m Aiuna. Consumption, lalarrh. J k
peeila. Iiidletiloii, Hcroima, Kemule Weakne.
IlialliHM, any Hedlal DlneaaeH, Lout Manhood.
Malaria, t'rliiary Trublen, 'le. Ilowel Trouble,
or any other dlteu'r, aliuuld call at once.
chargm, wlllitn tbu reaeli of all, lumbinett with Hie
but Moll al and Hnrgtrul ale ill.
COHMIU'IM.I I AN Mn.rter.-d) )hl'KeAII V .
ruruer pilorkloii, .Mtikrt and Kill blrrrU, han
flanrUiu, Cal,
()ul-of iwii iiatlenU trealeil Willi nlnllxti iw
rtil Ihruugh iirre4io"deiwe. one vinll dw'rablr,
but liul UK'MKary. MmIIi lueneotKafely Mild free
from obwtrvailou to any jirluf llieoountry. W ilie
fur irmaxitu or nenil for ayiupluiu blank lo till
uqt, audit luller uilaliilag your itlneaar. giving
ilvlc,etc, 1U h) rrlured fre. Opuii dally Iruni
4 . m. Ki U f. H. Hundyiltlei bourn, Mlo I. Hrml
IM tut tlm lnok,Siiui ovfl," a tvwk tvtiy
ll)U itiieUld frail.
Powder?
s-rrf.' .
tviMyta.a
1 tfc-wwa
TUItlHOlt TIIK M KAUV not' its
Of mittir n tilKlit. mR'le iloubly lnnc by It pro
irnctetl RKony, tin rlieumalle millerer toi to
and fro mi Uli oletjileM eonrli, alnly vr Ihr
for Unit ret wlilcli only romes ly fits hih! start.'.
Hik mnlHily l vitc whleli onilimry medklres too
often f!! to relkve. lint teere l ample evidence
to prove Hint the eilicient MtKHl ilepuretit, llos
teller's Momach Ultlen. atUirii' the rheutimlle n
retlnhle means of relief, check the inaliuiy in
Its tlielptetit utanes, when the llrt vreinotiltorv
tKlngts einne on. lth this nereenMe liie.liclue.
ami avoid yxars of torture. Mintever be the ra
tloualo of thoactiu-lntlucticcof the Hitlers upon
this malady, certain It Is that tin evidence relnt
lint to Its oltect l more illreet and jltlvo thau
that which telntes to Its action In chhcs of rheu- i
uiatlsm. I.Ike all (.UrlliiK remislle, however. It ,
deserves a protracted, Kyatematlr trial, and
should not lv almndotieil because not at once re
medial. It Is i-uiially elllOHClous In ilspopsla,
Indigestion ami kindred dlseiues.
The man who la religious anywhere U rell
Klous everyw here.
Don't you unnt to .nr hioiicv. clothes,
tinif, hilior. fuel und health ? All' thcM- can
le Mived if you will fry Hobbm' Hlii'trie
Soup. We siiv " fry," liuowin: if you try
it mire, you will always um- it. llat' your
grocer onler. "
Flattery Is the llat money o( society, ami la
even the more readily repudiated.
KlirTUKK AND 1M1.KH CtlllKl).
We ivosltlvely euro rupture, ntid all rectal ills
case without jialn or detention Irom biulness.
No cure, no pay: and no pay until cured. Ail
dress for pamphlet lln, l'orterflolil A lxisey, ikto
Market street, San Francisco. l
A man never fuliy realizes the wealth of in
formation ho doesn't possess till his lirst hlld
begins to ask questions.
UseKnamellneSiove Polish no ittist, no smell.
Both tho method nnd results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
niul refreshing to tlio tnsto, niul acts
gently yet promptly on tho Kidneys,
Liver ntid Bowels, cleanses tho sys
tem ellecttinlly, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures liahittinl
constipation permanently. For salo
in 50c and $1 bottles by all druggists.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN ftiANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N.Y.
WANTED Thaddresvesof nil soldiers who
col niroci iiirit( a less number of
auuultla acres than 1M) and nnido Una)
HOMESTEADS snW" T. rsFK
box iisi, Denver, Colo. Mention tills paper.
FOR MEN ONLY!
For LOST or FAILINO MANHOODi
ILIHn MANTtOnill
uenerai anantuvuuo jj.uu.ii X
WeikneH of Body and Mind, Effect
of Errori or Esoeaiet in Old or Younr.
Rtliail, tlobU (UMIOOIlrullr lU.lorrd. llo lornli'o i
BlrSBtllirallktb, I .MIKI K I OI'SII OIIII1AS I'llll Hilt flOIir
ih.olol.l. nsrlllir IIOIIK TKEirilK.NT ll.n.CU lnlv,
tn Uillfj rrom AO HUtfl ind Vrgm Countrl.s. Hrllt tbm
HsMriptlte llADk, VbplAsfttlsn asd prooti nall.d (t alfdl fr.
Addrs.i ERIE MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO. N. V.
BIIIMIKI.V IIO'l'i:iM Hush St., Iwt. Mont
Kmnery A Hutisonin, H 1' , mmlticted on Isitli the
Kunns'iin ami Ainerlrun llaii. Tills Hotel Is iimlttt
tlie niuniitft'iiii'iit of ChurliH Miiulvnuiery, anil Is llio
U'st I'hiiiIIj niul llusiiii'ss Mi ll's Hotel In Nun Fruii
clivo. Iloint) comforts, culMmi iinuici'lUsl, Hrst-cUss
serrlw, lilulitwt sUndiird of riss:Uililllty k'lmraiiUuil.
Hoard and room h t day, SI '& to fi.OO; slimiii loom, CO
viiU to 1,UJ i'r nliiht. Kris) coach to aud from the
Hotel,
J. McCRAKEN & CO.,
--DKAI.KKS IN
Hocho Harbor Ume, Portland Cement, Gol
den Gate and Utah Platter. Hair. Fire Brick
and Fire Clay. LAND PLASTER.
(10 North Front Street, Cor. 1,
I'llltTLANII, OK.
mm
INIl Molll'lllNF UAH
MltrUirr u.,1 hy tlis
ii iiitl, ir li ink niilnJIf
Kltlv kImiIiiu sihIai'
mlio.l cum ! IU I J
MiKthirb) AVrilMJII.
l',illilrM, lmiiili.s Atnl
Hurw. Us. ilis.l tlm u.t nl 11 i.aks till the l'i illo l',Htt,
sltliuuts folurf wl u tlins'lliiiis sm fi llow 1. I i lusiwr tlisii
llltf llrillf, Sllll IHMlLVIItV IU I Hill M J. I. M lIKK lYIH Ol'll M 111
ny funiL Si I, Hue Anllili In I.' .rr I .tl!i ur 9 l.itlli ..r II.
Iitdlrliliisl trf4liucut tor otlirr miHlrs u( u.hu All I'uiiiluiiiilt's
tlomriiiitliltiitlsl Wntni 1'Aiiiie AlriiiriMtt Cu , bsi 1'rsii
cImu, sulu aytlili. Mi.il siKlrtss, I auk. Itux
Tbla ricturo, Panel sfzs, mallod for 4 cento.
J. F. SMITH & CO.,
Makers of " Dllo Beans,"
255 L 237 Greenwich St., N. Y. City.
I
pISO'M KKMhUY l'UK I. A 1 AKKIt. Iti-Mt. P.U81
x est to uho, Clieajiest. Uelief Is immediate. A
euro ia certain. For Cold in tlio Head it lias no equal.
It ia an Ointment, of which nunmll imrticlo ia applied
tn the noutrils. I'ricu AOc. Hold by ilruiHtH or sent by
mall. Address: K. T. IIazi i.tink, Warren, I'a.
THE PRACTICAL FEATURES OF OUR MAIL DEPARTMENT
Will commend themselves at onco to out-of town consumers, who havo not tho facllltle ol vUlt
liiK our cnlahlliihmuiit anil makliiK a wrmial selection of anytliltiK "anted.
SPRING GOODS NOW READY.
gW" KamileH with rules for belt measurement will ho sent on appllratlou.
A. B. STEINBAGH 8 CO., POPULAR ONE-PRICE CLOTHIERS AND HATTERS,
BOX 430. PORTLAND, ORECON.
sHStTdvnge indeed l"hH-
gjrB like SA
"A needle cloThes obhers.ivnd is ihselj:
ncvkedVTry ihinyquxnexbhouse-cIecninS
Vhnt folly it would bo to cut graua with r pair of Bcisaoru! Yet peo
pie do (ifjuiilly Hilly tliinga every tiny. Modom progrcstt haa grown up
from tho hookod riicklo to tho uwiuijiug ooytho aud tbooco to the Uwa
mower. Ho don't tiso BciHHors!
Uut do you ubo SAP0LI0 ? Tfryou don't you are aa much behind th
4o &h if you out graiM with n dinnor knifo. Onca there were uo sonpn.
Then one uoup Borved h11 purpoucn. Now the nemlble folks um one ioab
in the toilet, another in the tub, one wup in the atablon, aiid 0jU'OL1U
tor til ftoouHng ami kouw'dMOiiug.
'I rfll'I'I
i R ' t" 'ij AND
DABY ijUMORS.
IH.Wi'y
1
At) COMPLKXIONS,
WITH PIMPLY
- " .. . , ..... -mn, miiikii i.n.iup nit
blotchy, oil skin, ni
rough hands tilth
nni't. I'nii.i.ii uiit i f-inisniOi i'iiiii'ihi una.,
ami simple t-aby humors prevented and cnrcdl
b Cl'TUfiiA Sou- A niHrvelons l-'aiitlfler ot
orld-ble celebrit , it Is simply lueomimrablo
as n skin purify iug soap, iiueiuafel for tn toi
let ami without n rlxul for the nursery. Abso
lutely pure, delicately medicated, evjuisitely
perfumed. I'nn t'K.i so.ii' iiroduees the whitest,
clearest skill ami softest hands, and pievents lu
tlammntion ami elocKlug of the )re, the cause
of pimples, blackheads Hn(l mot complexloual
disfigurations, while It admits of no eomparlsnti
with the best oi other skin soaps, and rivals lit
delicacy the must noted mid expensive of toilet
and nursery soaps. Sale greater thau the com
bined sales of all other skin soap.
Sold throughout the world. Price, 'lrc.
Send for Mow lo Cure Skin aud Ulood Dis
eases." Address Pottfk Dltfo ANnCllEMlCll.Cosroit.
ation, proprietors. Huston. Mass.
Achlnc sides and back, ueakklduevs auil
rheumnium rcllcMsl in one minute ' tho
eclelrati ll itki ha Ami Pun Plahter i-o
b . I. X
!l1$B6f&P Mcrproot
ftnf1 for t11.ntri.tM Owf 1igni, A. J. Hntton
Pirn Gm$
m
SMOKING TOBACCO
HAsfJUMPEDTDTHtrFRONT.
TilE BE57 6A0'IL
IN A NOVEL
ANDCWEHIEHT PACKAGE
VsGjVs-
UIV CnUPR CUnED T0 STAY CURED.
Ilil ILlIall YVe want the name and Ad
drcssof every sufferer in the
&AOTUMA l' S and Canada. Addrcs.
HO I nllln r. Harold Hares, M.D.Buffala.S I.
WALTER A. WOOD
Mnwurs Mm Rah
mwiiwi VI WIIIMWI s swv iiniivwi
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
Handsome entaloi'iie and urlees mulleit free.
Address WALTER A. WOOD, President.
70 Front Street, I'ort IhiiiI, 11 r.
3 SB
BUY THE
Regan VaporEngine
Kor PiimpliiK Water or Wine, Hjirnylne Fruit
Tree, SawliiK Woial, HuiuiliiK Lathes, Klectrlc
I.lKht l'lauls, etc.
REGAN VAPOR ENGINE CO.,
Ultl-'J II l'lrst .Street, Snn Frunclseo.
""So.''sl
' u aateTalab
.83.00"
QURE Biliousness,
Sick Headache,
Malaria.
BILE BEANS.
POLIO should-
ii..,, "no rssawzsss