NUHSEKYMEN WILL ATTEND
fía* the
Annual Rose Nhow in Portland to
Be Great Event.
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BANDMEN:
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< f Mualral M.-r. har.ll«. In (ha Northw«al
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BEST PLACE TO KEEP FRUIT
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HUNTERS! TRAPPERS!
Ifeal dlract with manufar.
turvr, W. pay th. hiyh«-t
i.rlr«« for Haw kur«. Writ*
f<>r traa prira Ual and ahippiiur
sea,
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Portland, Or. The National Nur-
scryrnen’s association of
America
will hold its annual convention in
Portland next June and u la'Ko rnajor-
Ity ut the 3000 delegates will come to
Portland In time to take inf the Rose
show and Rose festival.
The Rose
festival week comes June I» to 14,
and the floral exhibit will be one of
the greatest drawing cants for the first
three days of the celebration. The
National Nurserymen’s association is
the most Important floral organization
in the United States i nd in the mem­
bership and among the delegates who
will bo here will be the foremost pro­
fessional rusarians in the country.
Special attention will be given to
their entertainment while here and
th« judging in the Rose show compe­
titions will probably be done by some
of these uX|>erta.
roiruku OU
A Toy for Cats
THE CATNIP BALL
For fun and health.
At
■Ini*. toy «nd d.partrn.nt
.<.««•
Writ» ML A. C BM
U 15. le IVUll.lfeafa,.
t‘rr l«.»k >*n Cals.
Putting It Delicately.
He was a stage aspirant, and bad
contrived somehow to gain an Intro­
duction to a well known mauagor,
who agreed to fix a date for a trial. I
This duly came off. and expectantly
the aspirant awaited
the verdict.
"What do you think of It?” he asked,
after a deep silence. “Well,” the man­
ager implied slowly, "all I can say te
that If ever you are put In prison for
acting It will be a grave miscarriage
of justice."
,
Erratic Traveler.
1
Opportunity Is th« slowest thing tn
the world when It I« approaching you;
but when It la going tn the other di- ,
rectlon It (rm«!« taster than light.
i
I
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Where persona have a house with
eight or ten Inch beams on which the
floor Is laid In the first story, the
spaces between the b**ami make an eg-
oeUent place to keep canned fruit in
tha collar
Boards can be nailed firmly to the
underside o' the beams, forming
shelves oh which the fruit can be *eL
Wide boards are best
The air la dryer In this point In
the collar than nt any other place, and
there Is a freer circulation, too. keep­
ing the fruit In a mor« even tempera­
ture and better atmosphere than Io
possible In a fruit cupboard or on
shelves built along the side walls.
In erecting such shelves care should
be taken to secure the boards well
with nails
A good plan In to saw the
boards to fit a certain place, allow­
ing tha ends to be just even with the
sides of th« beams.
Then a small
board can be nailed firmly on the end
of the shelf and. when ,n place, nail­
ed to the outside of th« beams.
Meddling Stage Directors
In a recent lawsuit regarding the
ownership of a play a stage director
testified that In thirty two years'
theatrical experience he had never
heard of a play being produced as
1 |M < hlef duty
originally «rill* n
of a stage director.' ,’’ he said, "Is med-
dllng with manuscripts, I have even
beard of stage directors who tried to
Improve on Shakespeare by revamp­
ing his works ”
N
W»rr not macU to do Markin« Work, but
thrra la a marhinr- mad# to do Wumrn’a
Wurb, and It do«« it quirkvr and bettor
than It’« erer b*an done brfor*.
THE MEADOWS
POWER WASHER
TAKEN THE WORK OUT
OF WASH DAY.
Fr** Illustrated ratal«»* arnt upon receipt
of th* roti pun below or postal men t lent ng
thia paper.
Space Batwaan Bearne Provid** Dry
Spot th* Moot Fitted for Ita
Proper Precorranoti.
Mother« irti! find Mr». Winslow"« Soothing
Syrup i.‘ « beet ret ><-dv t<> u«u tut m«U «trituren
?uilu* .“is teothing period.
The Wrong Burna.
At the town of Ayr, two mll«a out
of Glasgow, aland* the cotta«* built
by William Borns, In which li a son
Robert was born A Californian, who
waa In Scotland recently, was asked
If ho would Into to see the cottage of
William Burns. "Sure, 1'11 go." r»
• ponded the American, "but I'm
bleaeed If 1 see how he finds time to
live there very much."
ONES
free Meadows
Washing Ma­
chine catalog.
CARD SERVES AS DIAPHRAGM
Intertstlng and Instructive Expert
m«nt May Be Tried With Any
Talking Machine.
Here Is an amusing and lnstructlvs
experiment that may be tried with
any talking machine. Heretofore It
baa been supposed that the needl*
and sound box were necessary tc
transmit the words or music etched
In the disks or rolls used as record»
on these machines. You may be sur­
prised to know that an ordinary visit­
ing card, or any similar card, will be
quite effective an a diaphragm.
As
tho disk revolves push aside th«
needle and apply the corner of th»
N mm .
Oldest Known Prescription.
The oldest prescription In the world
Is In the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
It Is on a piece of stone 3x4 inches lt>
size and was probably written 3.601!
years ago In Egypt. The prescription
takes up both faces of the stone and
la written In the old cursive charao
ters, tho compound being a remedy
that was used for a fumigation.
bhuid blu* !■ a writk solution. A mid It. Buy
Red Cr<j*a Ball blue, th* blue that*« all blue. Aaa
you j aru*«r.
Awake.
"That man talks a great deal, but
you must admit that he's wide awake.*
Card as Diaphragm.
"Well," replied Farmer Corntossel, re
card
to
the
surface. It will receive
flectlvely, "you couldn’t expect a matt
to fall asleep during one of his own and transmit the sounds perfectly
clearly. Of course, such a primitive
speeches."
transmitter has neither the volume
FOR EVE
nor the expression of the regular ap
DISEASES
paratus, but It Is most Interesting a»
a scientific experiment and will af
Not Many.
"Women are living longer tha:* they ford a great deal of amusement as
did a generation ago,” says a statie well as furnish food for thought.
tical authority
Yes, but will they
own up to being any older?—Ex­ REAL MEANING OF “POTLUCK”
change.
Inhabitants of Limoges Make One
Plunge With Ladle and Take
Whatever They Can Get.
L
Happy?
The real origin of the word "pot­
luck* is unknown to most of the peo­
ple who use It In Limoges, France,
however one runs Into potluck Itself,
My Symphony,
It’s really only
remarks the New York Sun. In a cer­
To live content with email means.
another word for per­
tain corner of that quaint city of jost­
e seek elegance rather than luxury,
fect dtgesiKMi — ac!ive liver
ling roofs there is still segregated,
ind refinement rather than fashion;
— bowel regularity. Sick­
much as If in a ghetto, a Saracen pop
■o be worthy, not respectable, and
ness always brings
ulatlon. probably a remnant of the
sealthy, not rich; to study hard, think
discontent and “the
wave of Saracens that swept over
lulckly, talk «ently, act frankly; to
blues,” but why re­
Europe hundreds of years ago. Here
Isten to stars and birds, to babes and
main so? Get a bot­
they live In their crooked, narrow
tongs, with open heart; to bear all
tle of
streets, following old customs handed
iheerfully, do all bravely, await oc-
down from generation to generation.
Misions, hurry never—In a word, to1
There are many butcher shops in the
rt the spiritual, unbidden anif uncon-
quarter and outside of each steams a
iclous grow up through the common— |
great pot of soup over a glowing bra
!hls is to be my symphony.—Chan- >
zler. In each pot stands a ladle as
ting.
Leisurely.
ancient as the pot.
ONLY
ONE
"nnoMO
QCININE"
“The hired man fell off the fenc«
When a customer comes with a pen­
today.
It
will
make
That fa LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Ixink
down In tho meadow lot just now!* for th« ni»inature uf E. W. (¡ROVE. Cur«* a Cold
ny in goes the ladle and comes up full
the “inner man”
"Had he hit tho ground when you in Ona Day. Cum* Grip in Two Day*. 2£c.
of savory broth and chunks of meat,
strong and healthy
left?"—Louisville ' *<r|r r Journal.
odds and ends that the butcher has
Dlre^ Hint.
and prevent Stomach
had left over. And what comes up the
Boy’s Idea of the Veit.
They had been talking as they walk­
Ills, (’olds, Grippe
customer has to take. One can imag­
Little Hurney attended a wedding ed. She had remarked pathetically:
and Malarial Disor­
ine how anxiously the hungry urchin
where tho bride wore a veil. Whllf "Oh. It must bo terrible to a man to
ders.
or the mother of seven must eye the
going homo ho said: "Mamma, when be rejected by a woman!" "Indeed It
Inexorable ladle and how a pretty girl
you married did you wear curtains?* must.” was his response. Then, after
REfUSt SUBSTITUTES
might get another draw from the
a while, with sympathetic ingenuous­
butcher's boy.
ness. she exclaimed: "It doesn't seem
At any rate "to take potluck" means
that I could ever have tho heart to do
to take what you get and say nothing
Poetry and Music.
It.” And there camo a silence be­
If I hnd to live my life again I would whether the pot is In Limoges or In
tween them as he thought it over.
Save made a rule to read some poetry the flat of the man who eagerly In­
rtt.ES CVRET» IN S TO 14 DAYS
•nd listen to some music at least once vites a friend of his youth to dinner.
Toar drusviet will rt-fund money If PAZO OÍNT- •very week; for perhaps the parts of
MKNT falla to euro anv ra.-w of ltching, Btind.
UlMüinir or Protrudins Piles in 6 tu 14 Java. 60c. my brain now atrophied would thus
RIDDLES.
Save been kept active through use
Was Even More Upset.
The loss of these tastes Is a loss of
Which Is the largest room In the
Fi1
“I can't understand how you have Sappiness, and may possibly be Inju­ world?
the presumption to think I would rious to the Intellect, and more prob-
The room for improvement
Li
permit my daughter to become your xbly to the moral character, by en­
When cm you drink out of a flag­
wife.” “It does seem rather surprie- feebling the emotional part of our na­ staff?
FOR CONSTIPATION
Ing.
I suppose; but
cheer up, ture.—Charles Darwin.
When ft holds a flagon.
nnd nil fórma of
You’re not half so badly upset as 1
How high ought a lady to wear her
DIGESTIVE DISORDERS was when she suggested it to me.' »»
Band Cure for Fatigue.
dress?
One of the most efficacious cures
A little higher than two feet.
for fatigue from overwork consists in
Why do little birds In their nests
DISTEMPER
walking barefoot In sand. The nerves
agree?
CATARRHAL rtVER
of the sole and heel are slightly Irri­
Because they are high men (Hy­
AND ALL NOSE
tated by coming in contact with the
AND THROAT DISEASES grains and accelerate the circulation men).
Which la the most dangerous bat
Cure, the sick and acts as a preventive for others. Liquid of the blood tn all parts of the body.
g ven on the tongue. Safe for brood mares and al! others. Best The effect produced Is highly Invig­ that flies in the air?
kidney remedy; 60 cents and $1 n Imtll*; (Sand tlOtho dozen.
A brickbat
Hold by all drurgl.t« and horse goods houses, or sent, express orating. Besides this, the monotony
Why Is a flirtation like plate pow­
paid, by the manufacturers.
of an ample extent of yellow sand ex- der?
erclses
a
soporific
effect
on
the
brain
SPOHN MEDICAL CO.. Chemists. Goshen. Ind.
Because It brightens up spoons.
which Induces sleep.—Harper's Week-
How long did Caln hate his brother?
As long as he was Abel.
Saving of Men.
Why is a bad cold a great humilia­
Men are led away from threatening
destruction; a hand Is put Into theirs tion?
Because ft brings the proudest man
The North Pacific College was estab­ which leads them forth gently toward» to his sneeze (his knees).
lished in 1898.
It has departments of a calm and bright land, so that they
Why Is a tumbler like a pugilist?
Dentistry and Pharmacy.
No school in look no more backward, and the hand
Because he can’t get his living with­
America has better facilities for the train­ may be a little child's.—George Eliot
out some assaults (somersaults).
ing of young men and women for success­
Love as Form of Religion.
ful professional careers. The annual ses­
Why is Ivy climbing a tree like a
sion begins October First. An illustrated I Love at Its highest point—love sub watch?
catalog of information will be forwarded lime, unique, Invincible—leads ui
Because it's a stem winder.
I
upon application to
straight to the brink of the greal
When are roads like corpses?
abyss, for It speaks to us directly ol
When they are men-ded
tho Infinite and of eternity. It Is emi­
Why la cold cream like a good chap
nently religious; It may even beoom« eron?
Eul Sixth and Oregon Sti., Portland, Ore.
religion.—Amlel.
Because it keeps off the chaps.
When is a blow from a lady wel­
come?
When she strikes you agreeably.
What snufftaker is that whose box
gets fuller the more snuff he takes?
A pair of snuffer*
No ttoUffhtful 1 »«»rw«.n U*M liquid blu*. It’d*
pinch of blu« in a larir« Ix-ttl« of wulrr. Ank fur
Hud Cm** Bali Blu*, the blu* that'* ali blu*.
ET us put aside the official gog­ Ing Chinese were scattered her« an«
gles of Peking and the jere­ there on the hulk, and if the vessel
miads of Chinese worthlessness, sailed before the game was finished it
and notice some of the ripplea made little difference to the travel Bid­
stirred by the little white stone tie simply waited for the next boat.
of western progress that has been
8cores of coolies In their eagernesd
dropped into the well-nigh stagnant to make a few "cash'’ in unloading tbs
pool of Chinese thought The point cargo of rice sacks, tea. flour, cottorn
of Impact Is small, but the ripples are goods and bales of silk, leaped frosa
expanding.
the hulk to the vessel before it cams
Geographically, almost In the .ery to a standstill, and I was told thsg
heart of the yellow empire, nestles a some were drowned in the effort to b*
beautiful summer resort. The lovely, first
white bungalows, imposing churches'
Little attention Is paid him whs
and school buildings, telephones and thus falls Into the water. A rope Is
telegraphs scattered over this garden sometimes thrown, but before this
valley 6.000 feet above the level of life-thread can be availed of the vesast
the sea, seem as though dropped from often closes in and be is heard of ns
the hand of some giant fairy, and the more.
more so when we consider that a
The Chinaman's Idea Is that tbs
hundred years ago there was not a dragon wants those who are thus un­
Protestant Christian in China, writes fortunate, and It Is tempting the de­
Thomwell Haynes tn the Philadelphia mon’s ire to Interfere with his de­
Record.
signs, not to speak of the responsibil­
But during the hot, trying days of ity of the rescuer for all the future
every year at thia summer resort of life of the rescued.
When the cargo-!»-handled, malls
Kullng. just off the great yejlow
Yangtse. over 100 miles below Han­ exchanged and the passengers aboard,
kow, the "Chicago of China." some the steamer pushes itself away from
1,500 foreigners, consisting mostly of the hulk and twists Its nose on up
missionaries. Interspersed with Amer­ river, past every conceivable kind eff
ican, English and German government craft
The Pagodas.
officials and tourists from all over the
Farther on up the river, on tbs
east, gather for two or three months
to regain depleted strength and store north side, was passed Nanking, tbs
HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
75 YEARS
OF PUBLIC APPROVAL
PINK EYE
North Pacific College of Dentistry and Pharmacy
Registrar, North Pacific College
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
A Chinese Pagoda
ap energy for another year's on­
slaught against Chinese apathy.
All travelers to Kullng must go by­
way of the Yangtse to Kluklang, the
river port, whence they go over and
up the hills toward the south for sev­
eral miles to Kullng, and these jour-
news to and from that Mecca of
health are as Interesting and helpful
as the residence there.
Luxurious Boat*.
While American consul at Nanking
I took this journey. "Lazy John’ had
begun to bespeak the coming of the
hot summer months, and one early
morning of June found myself at
Hslakwan. the port of Nanking, the
old southern capital of China, await­
ing the up-river steamer toward Han­
kow.
These boats are models of luxury,
the staterooms are large, the berths
resemble beds, your servants are al­
lowed free passage, wine Is served
free at meals, electric bells, fans,
lights vie to be nearest at hand—In
fact, every convenience and luxuary
abounds.
When our vessel docked at the
hulk, native passengers began crowd­
ing on board, and luggage carrying
coolies were clamoring for pay
Groups of card-playing, oplum-smok-1
capital of Nganhui province, which
contains one-third as many Inhab-
l'ants as the United States. Just at
the water's edge is a beautiful pa­
goda. a most interesting type of that
peculiar class of buildings that ria*
three, five, seven, nine—always an
odd number—stories high in the form
of a narrow and polygonal obellsK
which Is tenanted mostly by Idols and
bats. The stiffness of the lines of thia
pagoda has been toned by time; de­
cay has thrown off a brick here and
there; the lightning and winds bava
robbed It of several corners, and Na­
ture has dropped seed on Its roofa
which the fierce tropical sun hu
warmed Into maturity.
At so frequent intervals on both
sides of the river are seen these pago­
das that they seem almost a natural
feature of the landscape. From them
magnificent birdseye views of the sur­
rounding country are obtained; but
not all are open to ascent
The purpose of erecting pagodas la
the same as that for which we mor«
civilized nations install systems of
sewerage. The pagoda secures health,
old age and prosperity. The wind«
may blow, but they bring no harm,
floods may come, but they cause m
damaxe