. The Mission Of thoao co'puaclaa In your blood that havo boon called “Little Boldlara,'* la to fight for you against the disease germa that oonstantly endangor your health. These corpusclos are made healthy and atrong by the use of Mood’s Sarsaparilla. This medicine is a combination of more than 20 <1 iffrrrnl rvni«Mlial agriita in |>ro|M»rtioiis itn oiirwrlv«*« and it I imm for thirty years Imrn constantly proving Ila worth. No substiluir, none ”Just as*good.” M h LI nd li l*lra»anC faP Ifltw. "Gentleuien,**said thè U ni »*tu«star at tha Imnquel. **we bava Hatrned io sosas eseel« , leni oratore tbi» evsuing and I sin aura we bave enjoyed their afforts very tutK'h. I bave pt>r|M»»ely kepi un» uf our l**«t speaker» for thè test, and after you bava htard bini ! know you wlll Iw glad t<> go bum» Genlletnru, I bave thè honor to 1 preeent Mr.lr<*«» voti,*’ Cblrflfo Tribuna. ♦ F Old Favorites Rural Telephones * '* Do you realize that rural telephones, more than anything else, tend to increase the earning power of every farm and farmer ? Do you realize that llraullful » mow . Oh, th« snow* (be beautiful snow, About K imni - Filling the sky and th« rarth below; A l»oy waa asked to explain the dif­ Over Hi« boiiMetups, over llie street«. ference hrtwwn animal Instinct miff Over <1ie head» of the people you meet; t)uninn Ititclllguncr "If we had In­ lMiii<*ltig. flirting, swimming «long. al I net/* be said, "wr should know ’ Ibsutiful snow, it can do nothing wrung. everything we iioediWI to know with- , Flying to kiss a fair lady's ciievk, Iler Objeelluw. out learning It; but we've got n-asou. Clinging to lipa In a frolicsome freak, "T wish my «r !.«•• On II day» ur m**nvy refunded. aoc Mau With the Bulbous Noae- It ain’t half as sloppy for you as it is fur to». II a nr F r»o«M rornt, "It’a a <’ hm 1 thing llmi man wants My overcoat's In soak but little here below," rrtnarkml ths latrsgs»l»s Mor bmiii' grown phlloaoplit'r. "Johnny*** said Mr». Mpallng, putting "Because *by?" quvrlad the y«»utli on her wr»|>a, ‘‘I've been in the house ail j ••Be* hub « that's nil there la left after day and I need Hie frr»h air. If you'll ■ woman gets shat she wants** answered mmd baby a little while I'll go and tak* a preamble around the block ** the philosophy grtwratur. ---- I ( urlu«ltr Grntl«e«l. FITK ** **••• «»••** '•••• Mtaa«MW Former <’u»*omer (after a long ab- ■ 11 J KM*Uy *«r*4 I.; IH • los » or«*l h* r«p 11« ouMot mom . i (••• rars •> «a inai hmi« •«* »mao«« score) What ha» bscouw of ths pretty I n A 11 AI mm . Id . SU Aroh m . Pblto4ei»hu. Pa- blonde that uaed Io feed the hungry at I rrmlNuiug y. thia lunch counter? Park Skinned Waiter Girl--I'm her. OflV-lou» Malroman Wouldn't you like to look at some of our overcoating» at What you goln* to order, sir? hulling»? Yootbfwl rhllu»opher. l>y»p«ptlc IxMtking Customer No, but A five year-old boy on bearing grac* If you will be kind «sough to tell tpe where th* drug department !• I'll take a aaked f Tribune. ¡ rnyrrs gt night That is the danger ous H um . ’—Life. A Ur»«m t i» Baby. Befforw Ml|»e Wladum < <>«»»•. "Tou’d like to l»e in Hou III America | ‘There Is a daiigvroua »tage In every- ’ during a revolution, would you? What one« career when bls friends are i fur?’’ “O. I’d like to are tbs wheel« <<• «fruit! t<> tell him a compliment for round.** fear It w ill make him inure conceited. • —Boaton Globe. It I;as brrn »tatr l on British authority ill....II..« t(r«ulullOR. that Amrricun immigrant» into l anadn , are taking fifty million dollar«* worth uf Report er Hut. M-nator, In « govern- property Into that country ea* h year. mrnt like ours, don't you believe m the piinriple of rotation In office? The following aign is dl»|dayrd by a Eminent Ht«te«nian I certainly do. firm of cycle and motor manufa.’turrrs at y«.*!!jg man That’s why I have a revolv­ llorn»«y, I'.ugh ml, ’’To a«r«»uauts l>rop ing chair In my office. here fur tx»trol.’’ Nul Wurlh While. The gnldrn created wren la the smallest "Don’t you think. Mr Kply,** ««Id the ef British bird** It 1» three and a half . be*», “you might •• well take off your . Inches long and artrnty i*0 of them i hat ?'* ‘‘What‘a th« use?*’ asked the new man. ■ wall '• who was Alling a temporary vacancy In The fact that no death from hydro : the clerical departnumt. "I'm only goi D| phobia ha» been recorded in Kngland to bold this job two week».** since !!»•»' i. • i'r<| n» an illustration of More llumene. the orev-’i»tivr trentim-nt of dl»«mse. "They tell me, Mr. Smithers.** slavered Il la estimated that 1I3<»M) ¡w*rsona In the fluffy young thing, “that you ar» quits New York City make Ibeir living by a lady killer." ‘’’I*hey do me an injustice, upon my their wits, which means the lack of wit in word, MI m Giggley." rr»|>ondrd tbs gal- < others. lant old l>rau. laying hi« hand on hia heart Hblpbuilding In Japan mploys 10,000 «nd making a profound bow ; *'I catch 'em men at Nagasaki. R, at Kobe and 4,(MIU aliva," at Osaka All the Japanese yards an l or Apiari. full of order» _ "MI m Eaaton," »aid th« ho*teas, "this The Grenoble district in France 1« 1« Mr. Weston." "Delighted to know you. Miss Easton." Do I mi In the etport trade of that country for two very different prod mis walnuts said the young man. "Nominally, how­ ever. we seem to I m - antipodes." and kid glntee. “ActtmUy. too. perhaps. Mr. Weston." Jamra Warren, a farm laborer. *2 year« she answered. »<> distantly that he instant­ old. died r« « utlv at ISdwurih, I '-.gland ly felt hlmse'f to be 12.500 miles away. after having worked on the uni” farm Absent-Minded Alderman. for seventy Ave years. A Lynn t Mu»* » alderman at a re­ In rejily Io advertisement for a cent aldcrninnlc meeting Inquired what woman typist st a »nhry of $3 75 a week, had beouae of an order hr had Intro­ a l,oiidon Arm on March 4 reccifsd do duced some time twforr calling for an arc light on WHIow street. The city , (ewoQ than .T j 7 replies. clerk, after digging Into hla Ah*«, In New York City ha» more asylums, formed him that the order hnd come homes, hoapital« and organiiationa for before thr board nearly a month pre­ the relief of human suffering tliau auy vious and that hr hnd voted against It. ’ other city in die world. M m »« Re Hard Work. At Bheima. France, portable bathtubs, In 11 u » m I a there la n cheap reaping filled with hot water, are delivered to or­ ma<-bine which baa a reel, but no an- j der toniatlc rakr. A man sits on the plat The folding envelope was Aral used io form and rakrs off thr grain with a pitchfork Thr niiinr of this machine 1R3I». ______ 1>. "Iob«rk matter with my llp«Y* City, «»3,714 tenant» have gone into now Rome of the saloons in Liverpool dis- I flat house». piny the sign "laidicn cun not b« served without their hats on." • - ... - - Ix>«t In th« Australian httah. near Port Ths aecrct of the glow worm and firefly Darwin, for Ave days, engineer-commander la yet unsolved by »< fence. Their light is E. 8. Hilk was found alive and well by a entirely unaccompanied bv heat. black tracker. ___ ___ Three hundred girls ar» employed In the : The average rent paid for New York harness trade in New York, and Keutucky City tenements and apartment hou»M baa a girl jockey. built within Ave years amounts to IlW Manhattan's poet office receipts amount annually for each person living in them. Three story bedstead« are now made for use in apartment», steamer», campa sud wherever floor apace is limited. Io 154.370 daily. Much of the fuel used In Italy la made •f the refuse of olivas from which the oil has been pressed. Ixird Kelborne is the first British cab­ inet minister who ha« accepted an ap­ pointment In the coluntsa. Those who have wintered In Alaska say that It Is not the cold, but the nuMqnlto, that I» U m I ii H'I’- m ! tu,ng t*«n«lur» m the North. The munlclpa Iy of Copenhagen baa »pened war on rats, and will pay 1H I rnts for every tail. The breeding of rats for their tads is a criminal ode use. me postmen or r»p«in nre unable to read and write hr h rule, and it ia a com­ mon saying that who treatN ths postman best get» rhe moat letters. How the flake« gather and laugh «« they g ”. Whirling along in Its maddening fun; It pl«y» in its glee with everyon«, Chasing, laughing, hurrying by. It lights up tbs face and It sparkles the •y>; And even th« dog» with a bark and bound Knap «t the <-ry«t«l» that eddy around. Ths town is alivs and its hesrt's In a glow To welcome the oomiug of beautiful snow. ALL of the material needed to build the very best rural telephone line—exactly the same as the Bell Company puts up—will cost you and your neigh bora less than half a bale of cotton or twenty bushel* of wheat each ? Over 4,000,000 Western Electric Telephones are in use in the United States to-day. We made the first telephones and we have made the most—in fact, we have made mure than all other manufacturers combined. We have brought the rural telephone within the reach of every farmer, and with our Free Bulletin* before him a boy can install and operate the system. Our telephones are guaranteed. Cut out this advertisement, write your name and address on the margin and mail it to-djy so that the Free Bulletins, which describe the entire plan in detail, may be sent you immediately. mcthus Atlanta ( w. .unad DaMaa luUiaUfAMU ornea Kaavas City How the wild crowd gv*es swaying along, l'iXtsUMXtk ba>a< L oa Hailing each other with humor and song. b« raauaa How the g«y »ledges like meteors flash by. Bright fur a moment, then lost to tb« «ye, 112 Kinging, swinging, daahlng they go Over the crest of the lieautiful snow, Know, »o pur» wbeu it falls from the K»«a»ale. ■ky. “To mak. a long atory abort.” aal4 t’n- To be trampled In tnud by the crowd clr I'hinnrr, “*• collect«! thr tnapl. aap. rushing by, To b» trampled and tracked by the thou enipti«! it Into a bug. iron krttle, and put It over a big wood tire to boil It sands of feet Till It blend» with ths horrible filth In down------ " "To make your long atory abort, uncle.” the at reek Interrupted on« ot the liateuera, "auppoae One« 1 was pure as the enow, but 1 fell; you boil that down, too.“ if sM’ificttjyMrg and S-ipp!ca|ing in shame for a morsel of bread. Hating the living and fearing the dead. Merciful God, have 1 fallen so low And yet I waa uni's like tbi» beautiful snow ? One* i ww» fair as the beatitiful snow. With an eye like Its crystal», a heart like Its glow ; (Ini's I was loved for my innocent grace. Flattered and »ought fur the charm of my face. Father, mother, sisters, all, God and my»rlf I hove lost by tny fall. The verie»t wretch that goes shivering by Will take a wide sweep lest I wander too nigh For of all that ia on or about me I know There ia nothing that’s pure, but the beautiful snow. How strange it should be that this beau tifui snow Should fall on a ainner with nowhere to go. How strange it would be when the night comes again If the snow and the ice struck my dea­ perate brain; Fainting, frveaing, dying alone. Too wicked for prayer, too weak for my moan To be heard in tbe crash of the craiy town (■one mad in Ils joy that thr snow's com­ ing down To lie and to die In my terrible woe. With a I mh I and a shroud of th« beauti­ ful snow. —J. W. Watson. Kverybaiy l.urky. An old farmer of the County of Dur­ ham calle«! nt n roadahle public house where lie waa well known. The land­ lady askctl him to buy a ticket for a lottery they had on there. "Well." he Mild, "I hue naught In ma ¡HM-kvt, or 1 might." "Ob, that’s n’ rvet. John." she any»; "take the ticket and pay for it any time." Some time Inter John culled again and the Inmilady asked him If he knew who had won the lottery. "No," he an id. "who won?" "Well, hardly durst tell you. but oor Sam won. Wasn’t he luckyT" "Aye." said John, "he was lucky. And who was-second, then?" "I durst hardly tell you. Who would you think now?" she said. "1 couldn't say." Mid John. "Well, It waa oor Sally. Wasn’t shs lucky?" "Aye, she was lucky." said John, "and who was third?" he asked. "Well." she said, "you would never guess, and I might as well tell. 1 waa third. Wasn’t I lucky?" "You were." he said. "Did I ever pny you for that ticket, missus?" •’No, John, you didn’t." she Mid» fawning upon him. "Well," Mid John, ‘‘Isn’t I lucky T* The Better Part, A delightful little etor.v is told of A youth of seventeen, who banged him­ Prosper Merlinee, tb, French author, self at Bristol, England, painted himself i lie wns once guest st n royal hunt, with given from Lead to foot just Lefors when hares pheasants and other ths act. gniue were driven ts'fore the emperor and his followers, and the servants picked up the victims of the sport. Anvmt all the members of the hunt­ ing party. Prosper Merlinee alone had no trophy to display. “How does this happen?” asked some one. “Where game Is so plenty, the merit of a marksman seems to me to lie In hitting nothing.” replied Merlniee, with grave courtesy, "so I flred be­ tween the birds.” A man never wants to be a woman except when a woman abuses him; then he would like to be a woman, to talk back. Mother, will find Mra. Wln.iow*. a--.thlng Syrup in. t> .1 r.iuedr u, uaa lv< ibair cbUdiaa Surlbg ih. leatblug peruwl. Mew Flabe. la tbe a**. In a communication to the Royal So­ ciety of Quecnaland. Houglc* Ogilby re- corda the dlacovery of one new genu* and seven new at>«-iea of flah. Among tbeee are aien<1>-r dog almrk. Howea needle Bab, long beaked gurflab. til« Somber leather jacket nnd other*. V/.U Paper, Mouldincs, P.cture* and other sim­ ilar goods, for Urr.brr land, farm 'and or cash. Lowest wholesale prices. Write me. : & E. H. MOOREHOUSE : 144 Seventh St. Portland, Oregon Only One “BROMO QUININE" That 1» IJkXATIVE BROMO QUININE Look for the Rirrature of E W. GROVE. Used the work I ovt^j to Cure a Cold in One Dav. 25c. The long feathers of a bird's wing are fastened to the bone. It ia this which gives the wing tbe strength and surface Therewith to beat the air. Ita Claim to 1 mmorfallty. "I don’t see anything remarkable in your poem," said the editor. Lauding it back. “You don't?” howled the would-be con­ tributor, pointing with a quivering finger at the word "loathes" at th« end of the fourth «tans«. "Did you ever see a poem before that had a perfect rhyme for ’clothe«’?"—Chicago Tribune. i i I ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ WE WANT Far njs i ♦ w’e want stock, wheat, da ry and fruit farrow. Having a lance Eastern corre- «pondenee we are in a position to make quick pule». Drop us a card if you have ary thing or know of any faHns for wale. ♦ ♦ ▼ • ▼ ▼ ATLAS LAND CO., ♦ ♦ * Had n Itraaon. Editor (of Daily Thunderbolt)—Yoop- er, you have fallen down on two or three assiSniDents lately. You used to Lave the beat nose for new» there waa in the office. Reporter—I think I had—but it’s been pulled once or twice lately, and I'm