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United States Officials. P MHictent.... William McKinley V -lreflldent Garret A. Hobart Secretary of State John Sherman Ctooimary of Treasury Lyman J, Gage benrotary of Interior Cornelius N. Bliss Secretary of War.., Hussell . Alger Secretary of Navy john D. Long Fpetmaster-General ...James . Gary Attorney-General Joseph McKenna Seorotaryof Agriculture James Wilson State of Oregon. iovernor yf p l0P() Secretary of State H. K. Kinoaid Treasurer...... ...Phil. Metsohan Knpt. Public Instruction G. M. Irwin auwrney uenerai (J. M. Idleman Senators f tt. W. McBridt ' I J. H. Mitchei r.nnrraanman ' J Hi ! Dinger Hnrmanr )w. R. Ellis nw W. H. Leeds , K. 8. Bean, Supreme Judges ) F. A. Moore, (R. k K. WolvertoE Sixth Judicial District. C'rcuit Judge Stephen A. Lowell t'rosouT,ing Attorney.,.. H. J, Bean Morrow County Officials. Joiut Senator A, W. Qoww Kepresnntativo J. N. Bruwn "nnty Judge A. (t. Bartholomew '.onmipsioner J, K. Uowar,, J. W. Beckett. " )' k J. W. Morrow " Sheriff...., E. 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TRANSACTS A GENERAL BAXUF8 BUSINESS COLLECTIONS Made on Favorable Terma. EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOLI) HEPPNER. t OREOON First National Bank OFUEFrNER C. A. Rhea, f T. A. Rhea President Vlee President - Cashier Ass't Cashier cto. w. cNt, S. W. SPE.NCCA, Tracts a General Baokiog hmsi isx change On all parti ot the world Bought and Sold. Collections mad on all point on reasonable Terma. Surplus end undivided Profit, :i 5.0O0.0O, Ontario-Burns Staic Line BlSS-iliiGELIHE H A. WILLIAMS, P op, OSTAklO-BUllSS Leave Barn Daily at 6 p. m. tod ar rive at OuUrio to 42 boors. S"iflle Fare $7.00. Round Trip $1B.00 aTThmtich freight S1, rttu pr p"tin,l. BURSS-CASYOS mm Hum dally, atcapl tn1r, Cntinarl t I anyJ i ity Willi Hlpiv- MnimataM afar swrt rtt In lntnf frt l'.,mti.i t vn u with ti itiiUflo, Irtia-iiiia d Li tal Burti. A SEA TRAGEDY. The Startling Btory of the Amerloaa Barkentlne Herbert Fuller. The sea has ever been a favorable scene with romancers for desperate conspira cies and tragic crimes. This has been due to the seclusion which it offers and also, perhaps, to the traditions of piracy which hang about it. There was a time when the line of demarcation between the pirate and the peaceful mariner was not very sharply drawn, and the late Prentice Mulford, who grew up in a seafaring town and had even, served on shipboard before the mast, once wrote an article maintain ing that the relations which still pre vail between, the master and the crew of a ship are a relic of the days when all seafaring men were practically pi rates. Possibly a juster explanation of the harsh treatment to which sailors are subjected would be found in the arbitrary authority which law and cus tom necessarily bestow upon a shipmas ter, for it is almost an axiom that un restricted power always leads to tyran nythat nothing but lack of author ity prevents every man from misusing it. At all events, the reader of a sea novel expects to meet with various sorts of mysteriously dark deeds, while the reader of the marine columns of a newspaper is regaled with plenty of actual crime, albeit of a irenerallv com. monplace and uninteresting character. ,The story of the American barkem tine Herbert Fuller, which the newspa pers have been recently telling, however, is as tragically startling as any ever related by Stevenson or Eussell. The officers of a vessel have often enough been murdered by the crew, who then seized the vessel, and it has sometimes happened that some officer has joined the crew in mutinying against the cap tain, as in the case of the Bounty. What adds especially to the sensational fea tures of the crime on board the Herbert Fuller is that it does not seem to he known positively who killed the cap tain, his wife and the second mate. mi .1 ... .me evidence ugainst the first mate appears to rest on his supposed un .......moo uu uiukc port, arter tne ai covery of the murders. He is even sus pected of having intended to turn the vessel over to the Cuban insurgents. What most have been the astonishment of the pilot on going on board to find tne vessel in charge of the colored steward and a Harvard sophomore pas' senger, the mate in irons, and the bodies o., me tnree murdered persons towing oouciu m me small boat I That last touch is characteristic. The survivors aid not dare throw the tKQies overboard because they were needed as evidence to protect themselves as well as to con- vic l-ne ffwmy; VJieir a.qxsretHou no tions were appalled at the notion of Keeping the bodies on board the ves sel; bo they compromised by towing unaouDtecuy the Herbert Fuller tragedy will form the plot of many a iu,i.ure sea novel, iiut no romancer could have afforded to invent so extraor- ciinary a tale. He would have W.n laughed at on account of the inherent improbability of his incidents. The murders might have passed muster, but the Harvard student and the colored steward In their extraordinary role would ha-e been pronounced simply Impossible. BuSalo Courier. Heppner to Pendleton via Heppner Eoho 8tHBe tine. PereoDB desiroos pf visUiog Peodletoo on eave time and money by taking this route. By ao qualnting tbe aeats the previoni even fog the tae will make conneonon with 2 "'clock train at Echo for PendlRton OlHoe at City Drug 6tdT. W. D. Ird, Proprietor. (STOCK B BANDS, Whil rou keep oor ubcrlption paid op joo o keap four brand is fraeof ehvg. Bor, P.O., Heppnar. Or.-Hoi, PBci left ihoolder; eattle, Hmtnn left hip. Chapln, H.. Hardman. Or.-He.re branded Ton rtaht hip. Cattle bramled 111 Mini, Alx. brmnda (,I on horn rmht thluh; ca'tl m brand on nght shoulder, and out off and o rinht oar. , . . . i ' A..,In.Or. Horww.WoB rirhtihorft dxr, ( attle, mine on rishthip: aar mark annar crop off left aod split in right . Doiif laaa. W. M . flalhiwar. Or.-Tttla, H I) an riRht ida.swailow.furk in aaeh aar; kuraaa, it JJ on left hip. E'r. Mr-ia .. Donclas. (b.-Rma kn vr v pa l(t houlder, oattla aama on Mltiip. bolt In rutht ear. Flnranoa. L. A.. Hannna T.u t right hips borsaa f with bar under on haul houlder. Jonea, Harrf Hoppnar. Or Hone hraodad H i on tha left ahiMiliiar! Mf(i. I, .,! i nt.t hip. ali sndnrbit in left aar. Kanca u Mcjrrow count jr. inl,ii.m. ralii, Lan, Or.-Roa, nlrolaT n irt atina: oallla. aama na kin i imp In nt and aula n left aar Rainr. Mika. RnnM fk " -- L. j KMY on laft bip oallla aama and enp oil laft r: nn.lor alopa on tha rliiht anmfwlard.W.n. Monnt Varnoa 0 I !.,. sail la on nht and Uft atibai. awUotr fork in U h nr aau un rn mop is naht aar. Horaaaaaiw brand oa laft shouUlw, Ilanaa In Gram Lnftan. HlanHMv. toa.Ov.a I. i. li. on omnia. np and split n rtbt aar, il,,rvi "'ao on tart ahoojdnf. Umntm Umni nntT. Laaha. J. W M a..,n f w u i . . and no laft nldr; eattla aama nn lf) hip, vatUa irvar riht .re. Uira aiiu Id r,.hi ir. Minir. flanar HMiiuf rw . . , i . u r. rt.blhipik.w-a M m lafl ah,,IM, prn( H. N ttappaar. Or.-IIoraaa.il) oa Ml ah).W, ft.it u aamaonlnfihiD. rtt,rn. J W n.n.1. 1 1. . l . . . . . honldar: ml I la mud up rlatit hip. , Lf.,-1 """a. Hardma.(rf,-Hfaaall'- Pip. i. H tf Ina-bm. r. .l,,n 19 parfad m. lafiahoail.lar; Oallla, aama on taf hip. nda hti In aaen w. Kt,M J. W H.i.mw II in ta't aJMoktar. ( atlla. ( m rtattt hip. Htawrr. K. fl tlabona Itr r...l. w 1 lft hip, rrnp of n', and nnaWbii in laft aw dlail lNraa W C oa tatt afaool.W. ' Tli.m, t.,fi. t. A H.n.t,o.r (r.-H,maa. f or laft atMHiMrr: raitla, 1 na lfl ah.mlrW Taraar H. W Hnua, at.ii ,..i laf alMmldar, horaaai aattia amis aa ta't h e " ai.lit la Krna aara. ' Taiinm. II. at fw 11 j , Ht laifiivrtad on i-H atifta: t. aama brand. Wa'ttttH,'(f, W, J , liillmii. II,,, l,m qnartar -ifl. iW tm nht atwailclrs nut it qiwriar airalaiW nn nM hip ami ntMrnl., "'P "d nta in Ml aar. K -a in Mnrrua mnA K mat, ila ntMint tMa Wanted-in Idea g aaTkaa W -a HEPPNER, MORROW McClure's For 1897 SEVEN GREAT SERIALS Rudyard Kipling's first American serial. "Cantains CourairHniiii " mi.n i KmKo. Rbe(Beg!f in MttyV)enS0"'S "St" Ive"-" vearrt?h XT; Dana was three of the most critical nttthan Rnv n Cabinet, and is probably better gWean authoritatlve hl8to-y thlB P PrtoVto?ftu??. w,c??s- y,anJ of unpublished. 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Mew Tmk Cite COUNTY, OREGON, Magazin e The only novel of Stevenson' still unpublist animal tnrlo In h .om. a.m o- r, "one, in which the same u uujiiptum in iiseii. Harte Robert Barr Clark Russell NSURANCE Co. trn , To be educated one must read the best literature. The best literature 1 expensive. Lealle'a Illustrated Weekly, Published at 110 rifth Jtvenne, New York, Is full of the best things! Its illustrations are superb; it torloa charming; and its literary departments are edited with coii- educator, It should be In every It $4 pe nnum. Houthiog, sod pot irritating, strength log, and not weakmg, mall but. fac. tiye aoeh are the qialitle of DeWitt' Little Early Itim the f.moo little Pille. CJonaer A Brock. Now le the time to gat tbe VTmkly Oregoumn, tbe grnateat newepaper of the Weat. With tbe 0eetta, both etrict ly In adeanpe.oiie yeer. T.1.6(). No bHter oowhination of neppcr oaa be made o tbe etate. Walt. Tboiupfin runa etage batweao Uappncr and Monument, arriving erery day einept Monday and leaving every day exoept Suoday. Hhorteet and eheap eet ronte ti the latarior. 0near t Brook, ai"r 'a. e On the morning of Feb. 20, WW, I a eiok with rhtirntitn, and lay lo bad ontil My 21t. whan I got briltl of Cbemlwrlaio'e I'alo Balm. Tbe Aral p. phealioo of it rehared tne el mo I eo Iraly from the pain anj lb aaoond af forded rimplala rallaf. Id a ah-.rt time I waa able to )e up and alnint enin. A. f. Moraaot, Lnearne, Minn. Hold by Corlr k Brock. I hroiigh train on the O. RAN. will run i, Umatilla. Walla W.lla and !tidlalo. Through elpar, firt and aeeond flaa. will run in omnaetiio with lb Union Perifia, the aarna a bar!,,. 'r. A through fjrat-claa l-par I'ort. land lo ffpokoe, eouoarting with tbe nralclna, apaf to fci. PbuI, and a through, toariai alrpf l'tB.f to HI Pl, will ran la ieinn with tha Oraat Nnrtbara reilwey. if t Mle-Aboat thirty ton of rye bay, loeatad boat two and one-balf ntilaeof Hardman, Alao iH) nra of ""I raege, fbad, to go wiib am. I'laaty of cut!, gari.maal rang ar at hand. Hbaitar for 2.KI0 had of baep or Urg band of enl. CJood booaa oe f laea. C. ,m O. latt bfflo for l articular A rarai . hai,", , gt bay oh-np. Alt einne ladieat e bard wialet aod dale are daogarua. If DO TUESDAY, MARCH SPITZBERGEN. An English Explorer Penetrate the Ia terlor of the Island. A dispatch from Tromsoe, Swedenv says that the expedition organized in England by' Sir W. Martin Conway for the exploration of the interior of Spits bergen crossed the islands from west to east and back from east to west in the middle of July. The crossing was ex tremely difficult owing to the preva lence of storms, fogs and floods. This is the first crossing of Spitsbergen, oa record. Sir William Martin Conway, who, it is reported in, the above dispatch, haa succeeded ia crossing the icy wastes of Spitzbergen, set out on his daring jour ney, from London early in June. His purpose was to explore the interior of the islands. He sailed from Tromsoe. . in Sweden, in company with his nephew, Mr. irevor Uattye, and four other per sons. The expedition was provided with Norwegian ponies, sledges, tents and other supplies. They reached Spitzber gen in safety, as letters received in Lon don a few weeks ago testified. It now seems, if the above report is true, that they have succeeded in accomplishing their purpose, and it may be hoped will soon be ready to turn homeward again. Spitzbergen is not one island, but a group of islands, lying in the Arctic sea about 400 miles north of Norway. The three largest members of the croup are West Spitzbergen, Northeast Land and Stans I"greland. By far the largest and more important of these is West Spitzbergen, with an area of 15,260 square miles. The entire region is ice bound, and there are splendid glaciers and several sharp peaks almost a mile in height, whence the German name Spitz(needle like) Bergen (mountain) comes. The eastern shores are usually very difficult of access owing to their being swept by a cold arctic current from the north, but the Gulf Stream tempers the climate on the west aide of the group. For this reason nearly all attempts at exploration have heretofore been confined to the east. According to reports previously re ceived, Sir W. Martin Conway may add mucn mat is new to our knowledge con cerning this land no vegetation flourishes in Spitzbergen but a polar willow -and a couple of berry bushes, barring, of course, several species of mosses and lichens. Reindeer, polar bears, arctic foxes and vast swarms of sea fowl, such as gulls, eider duck and wild geese, are the chief nn.imnl in. habitants on the islands, though arctic explorers and whale hunters frequently visit the land. Earlier, whales and seals were very, abundant in these waters, but, on account of wholesale depreda tion by the hunters, they have been al most exterminated. The islands are laid to have been discovered aa early aa 133.1. Sir William Martin Conwav is an ex plorer of wide experience. He won his spurs in the Himalayas. In 1894 he con ducted important explorations among the mountain summit of India, and by reason of his discoveries he was knighted by the late liberal govern ment. He has also done much climbing in the Alps, and a few months ago pub lihed a book called "The Alps from End to End," which described his jour neys among the high peak, pause and Ice fields of Switzerland. Sir William Martin Conway was ot one time pro fesHor of arts in, University College, at Liverpool, and he cliniba and explorea because he enjoys it. Detroit Free Press. TO BUY AN AMERICAN GIRL. rropoaltlon of a China Grand at the Russian Coronation. At the recent celebration of tj.e coro nation of the czar a la-eut.iful AnM-ricnia girl, who had tlut honor of a special In vitation to all the atate function, at tracted muoh attcntion, and anmnp; her many admirera waa a iimgni fluent and altogether illut.rioua young graniWof tlie east, attar-hi-d to the suite of Mm am bANwuror extraordinary, LI Hung Cheng. Tbl youth calmly announced to her rienpln that he would like U buy her, whatever tha prim might lie. Wlar-n it wa explained to him that AdiitItbh girU were not reganh-d a mnrktnbl rsirnmodrtif, ami that In any everttiirr family did not drwlr to part with bT, Im wan greatly diaappninti'd; but grace fully accepting hi IU,mlwial, iu nelu-d leave to perform to hrr aa "ar t of hom age," aiu h aa waaoffnd In hi country to prlirn-aaMi of th blond royal. 1 Hie eourUy, of mrw, could not ba refuel, and a rbw waa aiiriirtl fr tlwi cremmila,l, the young lady and tier irlfluda) fwjitig naturally vkmt rirrUci and a trifle nervotw aa to what thia "act of homage- might er.iiawt of. At eh tlm apxmifend the yoiuig orient! n. tie arriviwl, arnrrmpan,ird by a nurrwrau retinue of frienda and wmrnnta, quit like Aladdin In th atrry of tln wondT- ful lamp. All war rind In the moat maTnJflcnit gamnnt. IVy dr-w up twfom the houim where lm girl wna at ay In g, while Uae rejurti-d suitor, or rather tli would -Im ptin hr.r, with a smaller following, eotcrad, hi at trndnta Inuring an ermrna-nM Urrvo- alma or half rirrlrlof flowrra. Thus hi laJd at tU yraing ktdv'a fnrt, whila- fan drJier an equally flmr-ry ralkm In Uia native tongue, w hirh wa tranaJatrd for her la-ln-fil by hi lntrprptr. It, waa aJto-Ui'T an iiiharrawi(njr but vary prr-tty cwmonW.Tarrj Tribune. Trtir-r, hali-lthr-uin and l cioaw The liiU-nm. Iti hlng aod aiuartlng, tm t d utti tli'-aadli iuaa, UlriaUiilly ailayml hr applying Cbamba-rlain'e Lya and Kkla Oiiitim-nt. Many vary Wl raw- have bwn pr-rmanaritly rnrxl by H. It t einlly eflU Vnt t hlng plli and a favortut ramwlv f, aom nlptih-a, chapped hand, chilblain, frat Idtraj and throtilcja-re eye. jfi eta. ir Uji. Ir. f'adj'a (ondltlaa f.w4era, are Juat wfcat a bora) nU bn In bavl .tj.wvJii.on. Tonic, bhaal rurin.r and , vn.iifiH'e. Th-r ar not ru1 but I !' and the Uat In uj t trut a jbotae la prima oitdjUJB. Ilk Zi au pwr pai kag. 16, 1897. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. Berlin, having determined to be come a seaport like Paris and Manches ter, is now debating whether its outlet shall be Stettin and the Oder, which means the deepening of the Oder-Spree eanai, or Hamburg and the Elbe. England's nickel trade is passing through a severe crisis, owing to the diminished consumption of the metal in German coinage and the competition of the French Nickel company, which has reduced the price from four dollars a pound to 27 cents. Kussia is a gold-producing country, so it is not remarkable that the circulat ing medium comprises $422,000,000 of gold, to only $41,000,000 of silver. The deficiency in subsidiary money is made up by an enormous mass of outstanding paper rouble, the total amounting in our money to $550,100,000. The range of the human, voice is quite astounding, there being about nine perfect tones, but 17,592,186,044, 515 different sounds; thus 14 direct muscles, alone or together, produce 16, 363; 30 indirect muscles ditto, 173,741, 823, alld all in cooperation produce the number we have named; and these in dependently of different degrees of in tensity, A Hamburg young man has just had his sanity proved by the Roentgen rays, ne declared ten years ago that he had a bullet in his head which he had fired into it in trying to commit suicide, lie complained of the pain and, as he attacked his keepers and the doctors could find no trace of a wtmnd, was locked up as a danccrous lunatic. The Boentgen rays have now shown the exact place of the bullet. Japanese coal is to be placed upon the California market in competition with the standard grades that have been used there for years. Three large steamers are loading coal at Kobe for San Irancisco, and two more steamers are under charter to carry similar car goes lor the same destination within the next 30 days. The bulk of the coal confcumcd in California now comes from Puget Sound and British Colum bia mines, while a big ahare is supplied Dy Australia. The production of coal in India is steadily increasing. In 1885 there wore mined 1,295,000 tona, while last year the ngurea were increased to 3,167,000 tons, ine iiengol collieries are responsible ior about 2,500,000 of the total. Much attention has also been paid of late years to the discovery of mineral oil wells, but the success attained has not been very encourngiug so far, though some 36,000 gallons of oil were obtained from the Digboi field in 1895. The bor lug at Sukkur has failed to reach an oil bed, though it has been carried to a depth of 1,500 feet, and is to beeunk 200 icet further before being abandoned. REPUTATION TOO GOOD. Coafeulon of a Jocular Man Who Lived Up to III Reoord. I have been told that I came into this world with a grin on my piuk face. In stead of protesting w hen theelerirynion who baptized me aprinkled the water in my left eye, I took tbe whole thing aa a good joke, which led my nunie to predict that I would have a short life. My conduct during my first couple of years showed that I hod mado up my mind to make it a merry one. The reputation for good nature which I have bod from my earliest childhood has proved my greatest affliction. The popularity which I enjoyed a a baby with all those who came In contact with me haa stuck like a leech. Having reachad the age of discretion. I am ex. pected to lie happy under all poaaiblu circumstance. My friend tell me that they never met anyone who eoiuiled me In evenneea of temja-r. They are care ful to spread my renown among thoae who are stronger to me. The result I that I feel obliged to live tip to my re pute. I go almut ready to turn on a fictitious amlle at a moment' notice. My tailor may be preening me for pay ment of his bills, I may Ire Buffering irom the remorse that follow a late dinner. I may have Indlireatlnn. or. In fact, aufTi-r from any of the ilia Unit afflict humanity! yet If I see a friend In the street I must irrln like a nionki. and laugh like a mule. Why? Ite- cause I am a good-natured man. Smil ing haa become auch a habit that I beam unroncioiily, and If there la a baby in the elevated ear or Mreet enr at the time, the Uttl wretch I aura to eipreaa di-slre to alt on my knee and pun my mustache, all of whic h I a cauaa of extremn enil,rraan-nt Naturally aby and diffident, my albved good-nature givea ro an air of elreme eaan In nValing with at ranger, eaiic. elally old maid, rlergymim and police. my lire i ona Jong bluff. I am a whlUnl acpuli her. There I dwelt In the corner of my month and tha twinkle of my eye. I am not allowed to Indulge In the blur or to miar-rable. If any one I di-apondi-rit, he or h would rem-nt my fnilura to nmke fun a a per sonal Insult. I hava taren In lova many tlniaa, hut In no rnm f,s tha gli di lfc-ncd to take me aeriotlaly. I'arhnpa It I Juat a wall, Irrranar- In tha nw- jrW aUile tha niaak Uquli kly torn off. j What a revalntlnn my rr al tmture would i have bwri! The wort thing of all I I that f am loofcd nn a hrtnl-. Tha I world K.itivalv r'fi to aaaor-Uta guile with ao pr-ninl a min. Vat I f.- that I routd I a mast and hlatorln criminal If I had th opportunity. I uppra i anon I unrbtiirr. to the lf, ,h 1 k l,.L . I. I . . t a . r,rr.-,i, i "" , 'Haw ta Car all ski litaaaaa I liT no Othaf rrnaly, Aak Ifial for Hra' ()iaimnt. oar drag lb Ualail will Uka Mitatoaa, t pla ira of butter 00 leriptNin aei'ai.'a. Any owing I hi nffina rn aattl lhaf ateoaata la thi aaaaf a4 aan'l da it toa awas U tail m. Himply applr ,Mwyn' Otrsttti.!.' la Japan, both actually and In nrotaie- Nolntarnal tiia.ll. io r,qirl. Unra Ikm to te total nnmtar-r nf AMha. In lar, white aa. b.althy. It r..l b-ed '7 T ,ta ,,"r,",t- d.aaa.l enr.liaa r.,..,. ... I H't" o4 rvr tluU dlirltitf theaM WEEKLY pIO. 7411 SEMI-WEEKLY NO 5251 to i:ii tv v '"jns POVJBER Absolutely Pure Celebrated for Its great leavening strength and healthfulnesa. issnres the food against alma and all forms of adulteration common to the eheap brands. ROY AI, BAKING POWDER CO., NKW Y UK Btqd9pBplqj-aTp3i TJ aaois puucxI-009 u J3aiAojq una airie-n 'ESH ut 81iloai;uifjsuo3 jo eSais q ni sioiq aqj sniBSu -ji iiauioqujfl ijiinq aioix suna aSaui .0,3a 'sjtoHqAVBjp aeaqi jo 8ids ui -aizznui eq u uj pajaAoqa SU M, aapAvod aq; pu 'oqs' 10 pasn adA azts aqi tns jo soaojg -pasop pua uo qiA 'ssuaq jo ;no aqn JSatjasa Xq nsq iaqti; v uuoj o sdooq qqiiAV aaqjaSoi s.ioq uoai 3aipatq Xq ag aq- 'ponj-js -uoa uii3 pun dn uo bum. norjsiaa -flns q-j otnsi siq aaja noog n'loap jo sauiSua u asti sp i9a33ns o sjrr aq sb,w 'uoaa; jaSotf '3uoai qstiaua S9SI noqn juq aM0U5( sj j'gBdaotn -ei aqj uj io japAvodunJ jo eanijoBj nuuw aq; jo uiaijo aq wq-) aujUBJQ V&ioism japatodnno I t SAai oaBaiq amoq v pip aCBAvrB qa sn ejairj pip aqa 'jaASAtoii uouoq ub qons o patuoj -snaaB aaaM. Xaq joj 'oaa sauaA" Maj b aaaq; Surjunq sbav ssajdma q uaqM puTqajr u asua q iCpjjoadsa sum srm pua 'erana mjaadoii un eBpomuioo !b & paSB iCuappn Sujaq mn HBqB uaiBj fiBqAwuios uaaq 9Aq old -oad urm pooa e iCirBjnd 'nj majp o jBsodajp g.safBui jaq i paod aq jCbuj mooa j qi wnbM pub aniSica ubuijooj qj uaqA 'aatn aqj jo pooqjoq -qSjaa aq- uj aq oj suaddsq qajqAi osnoq s.uutnanuaa iJaa o dn 9Aup o gjapjo sq naujqoBoa aqx aSBixrtia aaqiono ta; moijoj oqM 'saaswaap 9q; Xq qSnojq I Jiireqasaoq no 4B9a ,saadura q ioj pajpnbaa iJuiqjaAa m aaa 04 s Anp 9soqA 'aaiiBA. uj eoipiq oa jb iCeofBui jaq q-jjv 'aam eanjiasa rtaBuipao fluiJBaAi 'uiuqanojq b nj jo no.vqp aoq a n(q).ia o aaAjip uri ua3 aqa oou.ipisaj jq ujojj 9q &i aaad -dBq qwia oq; pire J8urjnnq i tmaiduia oq u,qA 'AVofom Jq jfq Uii8b nappji WAau j pua jadiua jo aua Moqs jo aauaj n v aitrjisaq aouo -jar jnq aoj Ib oj ai!i jbumo 0qj eojad iCiiB .soaii spunuiuioa jajunq 88fla-'sag jChbsj y ifuipja tiAo wq aoj aatuoq uoodojn nj ntmiOAV jairio Xu traq uoiu tpuada aijsny jo asajdui aqi iqaqoaj fxiMoit aai jq Dr. King' New Dlaoovery for Consumption. Thii i the best medioine lo the world for all forma of Oongln and Cold and for Cousnmption. Every bottle ia guar anteed. It will on re and not disappoint. II baa no equal for Whooping Cough, Ailbma, liny Fever, Pneumonia, bron- tihitia, Ijh Grippe, Uoh ia the llad and mr Uouaiimptmn. It ia safe for all eg, pleaaaut to take, and, above all, a aura enr. It ia alwaya well to taka Dr. King's Naw Life Pilla in connection with Dr. King's New Discovery, aa they regulate and tone tbe atomach and bowel. We goarantee perfect stifa Hon or return monay. Fraa trial bottle at Oonaer A Itroi-k'a droir store, ltaanlar sir. 60 centa and $1 IK). Prasarvad I'aarhaa. ' Tare the peaches or drop them Into boiling water, letting them atand for two minute, then the skins can be tripped oft easily. Drop thcra, when akinnrd. Into cold water to prevent dia coloration. Allow three-fourths of a jKiund of augar to one pound of fruit. and one cupful of water to each xiund or sugar, wnen the sirup boil, add the pea he, a few at a time, and cook until tender, then put thern in Inra. When all are done, fill up the jnr with sirup. i-raciie may be halved or ucd whole, a fpw atone li ft In the halve give a good flavor to the irrrve. (Jood liuuaekceplng. Mr. Whiffle (rending) "The em- preaa of Austria Buffer from liijoninla." Mr. Whiffle (nirdifltlvey) "Well, no wonder. I'm aura If I wna an rtunrra I'd lie ao proud of it I couldn't sleep a !iik.M-.N. Y. Weekly. You can make the ac of Schilling's quaintmcc Best Ira Hiffa al Ixltnf poortar flavmin lliarls nd fcH a for nothing and welcome. Your grocer knows. tm salt lif J. W. Vauuhan SaMda la Japan. An vrtr on tlte IiretJ.ira nf ai.UULa In Japan haa liwn written bv Mr Haitu . , . ' noHuiu, a naiiv alatlatu-ian. Ilia a I a. tiaUca eitoiHl over ten year and atxrw hit uiriilf baa tiecn on tba lotrfaa yr thar was a graat rla In the prlca pf tha necaarU of lifn, Ia the raaa of Jaftantwe wonwn llm aga at w hirh auiciiln U roost fraquant la alaiui 80; the corn ai-iij I r 7 raxl wiib men la 25, CintHMiralitflv trw moiiicu n.minil tuh-ala afu r tla tw.-t.ty-rifiii jaar. but Uta r 1,0 1 tU uulil tUy are awil to.