Mis Desire.
He was teaching her how to iwim.
To tench a girl how to ew im it is not
8i,ihitelv necessary that one shouUl
h'll on to her all the time, hut it is
netter so, if she happens to be pretty
anl otherwise attractive.
"! you think I will learn quickly?"
die asked.
"1 hope not," he replied.
It Puzzled Him.
We give the savage a ruiny-dav skirt
for hi" wi'e.
Tell me," he ventures, timidly,
"does this indicate that we are gradii
ally l eing brought up to your standard
oi drs cr tllht you are gradually com
ing down to ours?"
As It Seemed.
'What's his business?"
'Everybody's."
Unwilling to Take Chances.
'o yon have at last settled on a
name f'H The baby."
' Yesm. First, we named him Hob
son then changed it to do Dewey, an'
afterward to Funston Schley Johnson.
Hut now we've named him jes' plain
Jim. W nevah find you've made a
mistnke whon you calls 'emjes' nothin'
but Jim."
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Must Bear Signature of
m Facsimile Wrapper Below.
I YtST email and 0Uf
to take us rasas.
CARTERS
FOR HEADACHE.
FOR DIZZINESS.
FOR BILIOUSHESS.
FOn TORPID LIVER.
FOR CONSTIPATION.
FOR SALLOW SKIN.
FOR THE COMPLEXION
ITTLE
PILLS.
m
OSNUiai MUST stAVt tUAHATUM C. J
n ctnts I Purely XetttiblG.MSc
CURE SICK HEADACHE.
Founded 1810
A Homo School for Soys
Military mnd Manual Training
M r ho lor llluatratod Catalogua
No Pure Food Law Needed
If everybody used Spleen, linking Powder.
Colleen and canned gouilB called
MONOPOLE
the Purest and Bent obtainable.
WADHAMS & KERR BROS., PACKERS.
Portland, Oregon.
FOR SALE.
One Second Hand Nlcholn A Shepard
rei'aratur, size lu-tki, with wind stacker,
einy run 4u daya; a bargain, lnquira of
JOHN POOLE,
Foot Merrlson St., Portland, Or.
Mitch 11 Wagon,
Best on Earth
wans. II m made or the bent material pm'lble
J DJiy. The miinulacturem absolutely pay M
ww percent above the miirltet price or oes
Iriulmor WHt-oh tlmlier for Ihe pr'vllmeof eni
"R over and ulcliuiniii).' off Ihe cream of the
eon slock, which lucarried sir a in 4 yearn he-
maklnn up. which means an Investments
ol stock ot nearlroue million dollars.
"IIUHKLL WaKona are unsurpassed fur
'""'"v, proportion, hnlati. .trvngili and '"
running.
J hy tak. chancea on any other?
"liv-not (ret the best? A MITUHRnt.
MKohmJI Lmwilm t. Zimvmr Da.
vtuaua, beattle. bpokaue.
Ageiiu Kverywhera.
JM PENSION LAWS
JJT'r k Naihan Hickkokd.
Tft
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tti aJiWj1 ' Utrputie. It i tha U..1 dottier utd
OM,t JtkAL UKIta IIUITllllVKK. On. Im UCI
IT EXPANDS
WHIIEINUSE
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"-h " Wo'"n only " VaiCS in pUla n,.t He
te p aoi vtocS r",h d"u"torM' Uil mU "OUi
PORTLAND, OREGON.
T,,.T. ' fTn.- '"ge , .T..
But Cough Syrup. Taste. Good. Cte
In time. Sold bv dniwuta. I
3 p. N. u.
No. 401908.
B7HEH writ's.; to (tdvartlaera plaaaa
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ABSOLUTE
SECURITY,
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in
MAISOLEIM OF A
Thf ? 1 ."Vt1, 'l"" ' mn"80l,"m verinK the remnina of a Voodoo privet.
trnr.?. " IZ T'h' f, C!"jr:thc 8"nU kiml ,hB, P1I "' tor the ,-o-tract
on of tlu-.r huts. t is 15 fert hich and 2T foet k.na. Curio,,,, face ar.l
P in, treea havi- la-en palnt.-.l on th sidos of the tomh. The wprewntation of
the cotlin ia nla made of day and ia about the me of an ordinary one. The
1. c I !rMi .,",1''r thl" """"'"'-'"n the chief 'Taps Loi" In Treai
ar,u . , ,',"""rB , U",1SS'- nml the ,,M,,1" "orahipera have freent .athorinea
nrounl the tomb Hiey wl to anc-riliee children durins their reliwiona ritea,
but tlna custom died out, or rather, waa alopped by the nnth,.rltie. anJ they
now are content will, killing Bonta in connection with their ceremonies.
hew white people have aiu-ceeded in nttei,diK Voodoo festivities but I coined
a clear account of how they are rarriird on throuph an old negro. The cer.mo.nv
ts a long chant, hach amger keeps on one chord, and aa they all aing in a diff-r-etit
key the chant linn a weird and unearthly sound. The aong is accompanied
by three tamboura (druma). each of which ia of a different aize. One ia very
large and ia atruck regularly and slowly nil through the chnnt. Another is Kmail
and has a tint sound. The third, n mediimi-aized drum, is plnved with both
handa and feet. The player moves hia feet up and down the aidea of the dram to
produce either a high or low Bound. They end the ceremony by drinking the
blood of a freshly killed goat. There are still many adherents of Voodooiam in
Hayti, which dates back to the time the Spaniard brought negroes as slayes
from Africa to the West Indies.
JttEFDGE FOR SLAVES.
ONE OF THE STATIONS ON THE
"UNDERGROUND RAILROAD."
Located in the Hill, of West Virginia,
Where Fugitive Blocka from the
South Were Given Shelter and A
iatunce Micholl'a Log Cabin.
Scattered here and there throughout
the States which border on Mason and
lUxon's line are ninny relics of the fa
mous "underground rnllrond," which
furnished fleeing slnves a menus of es
enpe to the next station and thence
onwnrd until they reached their ulti
mate destination and place of refuge In
Canada. One of these Is an old log
house In West Virginia, which once
connected with the celehrnted "rail
road," and Its mysterious apartments
are characteristic of the stations along
the route.
Hidden away In the hills Is this relic
of slave days. The house was kept
In the MOs by John Mitchell, an aboli
tionist, who made a practice of shelter
ing, negroes till they could be passed
along to the next station. The build
ing Is two stories in height, with an
opening through the middle of the low
er story. The cellar takes up all the
space under one end, the rest standing
on solid ground. The mystery to-day
Ib how the house could ever have con
cealed anybody. This whs explained by
Uentley, one of the present residents,
who said the other day to a visitor
who was examining the premises:
"Look here," pointing downward to
the broad, thick doorslll: "that sill looks
mmtm
'mm
ULU MAS MITCH i.LU
solid, dou't It. and It looks Just as if
It were part of the long, bottom sill log?
Now lojk!"
Knterinit the Cave,
rtntitlor stooiied over and removed a
couiile of woothiii pins on either side
which appeared to have been amen
into the heavy duor casing to hold It
llrmly In Its place. After he hud re
n,,,',! the nets Uuntlcr touched one
end of the foot-thick sill with his foot
and the huge block settled down at one
end, disclosing an opening over a foot
in width and about twenty Inches In
"Now wait till I liRht n lantern, said
Bentlev, lighting a piece of candle In
nn old-time tin perforated lantern.
"Take holt of them pegs, they're good
an' strong, for I put new ones In only
bout a year ago; they'll hold ye, an'
f oiler me."
The visitor (lid so. descending about
ten feet, when his feet touched solid
ground, and he found himself at the
narrow entrance to a cave or tunnel
twenty feet or mdre in length. The
walls of the cave were built of solid
logs and the roof was composed of the
same material. Half a dozen pieces of
logs two feet long, strewn about the
flow; a few pegs In the rotting oaken
81
VOODOO PRIEST.
walls; the crumbling remnlns of two or
three wooden bunks alongside the walls
composed the furniture of the under
ground cave.
"Here's one of the air holes, an' here's
another," said Bentley, Indicating two
holes about three or four Inches squnre,
on opposite sides of the enve, one near
the roof and the other about two feet
alrove the floor. "The air cum thro'
wooden pipes made out o' oak bo'ds
'bout six Inches wide. That one," point
ing downward, "cuius out on the crik
bank under the roots of a big beech,
an' t'other cums out In a thicket of
brush 'bout thirty yards from the
Tilt; L'.MiLltUHur.ND KAILKOAU" bTA
TION. house. Of course they're rotted oway
now nn' caved In, but they was ail
right when ole Mitchell lived yer."
Clever Deception.
Houses like Mitchell's, with tunnels
leading to places of safety, were com
mon throughout the border States In
slavery days. When the band of sher
iffs would come in pursuit of the es
caping negroes, with bloodhounds to
aid them, the people about the house
would resort to a clever expedient to
save whatever negroes were there.
When the news of an approaching
posse reached the house the negroes
would be led to the river and then
back to the house, their tracks being
obscured by vilely-smelling turpentine.
There were twenty-seven stopping
places between Mitchell's and Ohio.
Mitchell was arrested nt least half a
dozen times. Once he was taken to
Hlchniond, Va.. where a inch wauted to
hang him. Another time he was taken
tt Wythe County, where n mob broke
into the jnll and took him out. but the
sheriff saved him just as they were
putting a rope around his neck.
Keep mt Cnr Seats Dry.
An English commercial traveler re
siding t Leeds he ought to have been
a Yankee drummer In order to make
the story consistent appears to have
solved the hitherto Insoluble problem
of providing a dry seat In an open
street car In wet- weather. He has
adopted the principle of the roller
topped desk. When the cover Is on
the ordinary electric car suggests a
double-decked railway saloon; when It
Is off the vehicle resumes Its usual
aspect, with the addition of the light
circular girders which sustain the
roller covering In position, says the
1eeds Mercury. To remove the roller
covering all that Is necessary to be
done Is to release It and allow It to de
scend into casements provided for It
at the sides of the cor. This It does In
three sections on each side first the
windows for windows are provided
and then successively the other two
sections, the casement accommodating
them side by side. The roller coverlug
Is sandwiched with India rubber and
thus made not only water-proof but
also electric proof.
A Puriat.
Teacher What are you drawing?
Tommy A locomotive.
Teacher Why don't you draw the
cars, too?
Tommy 'Cos de locomotive draws de
cars.
A wotuan never knows her own
mind until she wants something sua
can't ftft.
THE KIKUYU COUNTRY.
A Fine Region In Africa Right on tha
Equator.
The Kiknyn country In K:tst Africa
Is famous for having within Its bor
ders une of the greatest snow moun
tains i.f Africa. Mount Keula. whose
summit Is always white with snow,
though It lies directly- under t'je
equator.
All travelers have been enthusiastic
over the beauty and fertility or this
region of forest and plain that rise
from a height of about -l.otH) feet to
the summit of Kcuin. more than 1S,hhj
feet above the sea. In this land, ex
ceedingly rich In agricultural possibili
ties. It is said the white man can live
and work ns be does In Europe, anil
very likely die of old age. It Is prac
tically the only region yet studied In
tropical Africa of which It may be
truthfully asserted.
Travelers, however, have given the
Inhabitants of these uplands an evil
reputation. In other words, the Akl
knyu are said to be suspicious, j
treacherous and hostile to all strau- :
pers. Hut the latest testimony, coming
from Major Klchard Crowshay, of the
British army, who has lived among
those people for years. Is to the effect
that they are the finest African peo
ple he ever met. and he has had long
experience among many tribes In Brit
ish East Africa. It will be Interesting
to rend some things that Major Craw- I
shay says about the country In which
white men may live In good health ;
ami anont t:ie remarkable natives who
Inhabit It.
The first traveler to describe this re
gion was the late explorer, Joseph
Thomson, who wrote as follows of the
large area of Kikuyu lying between
U.KMj and 9,000 feet above the sen,
where It Is said white men may live
and work:
"Drought is unknown and astonish
ing . fertility Is everywhere seen.
Streams abound In great numbers.
Enormous quantities of sweet pota
toes, yams, cassava, sugar cane, mil
let, etc., are raised, and the supply
seems to be quite Inexhaustible. On
my return Journey I found a caravan
of over Lfioo men who remained a
month and carried away little short
of three months' provisions, yet It did
not seem perceptibly to affect the sup
ply or to raise the ridiculously low
prices. Extremely fat sheep and goats
abound and there are cnttle in consid
erable numbers." New York Sun.
ESTABLISHING HER IDENTITY.
Mre. Miller Mil Highly Indignant
Over the Teller'. Ilbtnaene...
Mrs. Miller had received a small
check from her father, and went down
to the bank to oush It without consult
ing her husliund. The bank-teller was
very iollte. but was obliged to Insist
tluit for business purposes Mrs. Miller
was n perfect stranger to him. When
Mr. Miller returned at night his wife
loured out to hliu her grievances,
which had accumulated and gathered
momentum during the day.
"Well, my dear," he answered. "I'll
cash the check for you."
"But that doesn't make up for all
the time I lost. 1 couldn't do all my
shopping while I was down town be
cause 1 didn't have quite money
enough. That teller ought to be dis
charged. The Idea of having such a
stupid man hnndl.ng all that money!"
"But, my dear." said Mr. Miller, In
apologetic sympathy for the teller, "It
Is one of the rules of the bank not to
pay money to strangers. You have
to be identified first!"
"Identified! Identified! Couldn't the
man read? There was my name right
on the back of the check. How stupid
you men are! And that wasn't all"
"But. Annie." broke In Mr. Miller,
"how could the teller he sure It was
your name Just because you wrote It?"
"Well, maybe he couldn't. Hut I'd
Just stopped In at the photographer's
and got those plctuns of me that you
said looked exactly like me! and that
I showed the man nil six of them. I
explained that If I'd hud only one I
might have stolen It; but the six all
together proved that 1 must be the
one that signed by name on the check.
The stupid way the man looked at
me was simply ridiculous!"
HISTORIC HITCHING POST.
Cuatiron Figure of Chinaman Ha. Held
fMeeda of General.
One of the oldest signs In Washing
ton is the'eust iron figure of a China
man, about three and a half feet lu
height, that stands in front of a liv
ery stable on Sixth street northwest,
between Pennsylvania" and Louisiana
avenues. It has been there since 180.
and Is one of the familiar landmark
of the city.
During the civil war Generals Grant.
MeClellan Hooker and others -who
patronized this stable a great deal
tied their steeds to this hitching post,
and since then other distinguished
personages have had occasion to use
this post during every presidential In
auguration that has occurred since
Lincoln's second term.
As a matter of fact, this much of
Sixth street northwest, between
Pennsylvania and Louisiana avenues,
Is au historic locality In more than
one sense. It was on the corner of
this street and Louisiana avenue that
General Kobcrt E. Lee bade farewell
to his. old commander, General Win
field Scott, when the former withdrew
from the Union army to Join that of
the Confederates. During the first
two years of the war , General Me
Clellan and others came here regu
larly to purchase and inspect horses. It
being at that time a sort of horse mar
ket Baltimore American.
Hot Water Direct iron, Wei's. .
Hot water Is supplied from wells di
rect to houses and offlces in Boise,
Idaho.
French Mustard.
Slice an onion thinly, cover it nith
vinegar and set to F.k for 24 honrs.
Strain off the vinegar and add 'to it a
tablespoonfnl ( f salt, the fame quantity
pepper and suthVient mustard floor to
thicken. Mir all Wether hik it
tomes to the boil and Untie (or use.
FkTS '""'"'' t'.r Curi c f. w
W :lnni t'. i.(f' MWiiimuiimi
J"pru '"' ' FU K K IMIOr, .! i. ,v rf trri
- nw.h U...WI aud?
That Was Different.
Fond Parent Whv in the rame of
gumption is that kid of Neiilore's jell
ing around our yard?
Fond Parent) a ,y. George! I'm
surprised at yon! Thai is our own lit.
tie Ciladys singing!
Fond Parent Oh! Los Angeles
Herald.
Comparison.
"Would yon like to trade yonr mulo ;
for th autonubtie?" asked the face- 1
tious tourist. '
"No, Huh," snswered Erastus Pink-j
ley. "Efa mule geta contrary, you
kin alius depen' on him to move when
he pits hungry. But when a automo
bile balks, de case is hopeless." ;
. .
She Was Willing.
"Mrs. Weeds." said Mr. Rinks, "I
aeked your riaught -r to marry me and
she referred me to you."
"I'm sure that's very kind of Ru.!, j
but then she always as a dutiful girl. '
Really, Mr. Rink', I hadn't thought of j
marrying again at my time of life, but
tince you insist suppose we make the
wedding day the 20th of this month."
A Russian Law.
No Russian is allowed to return to
his native country if he has while away
changed his religion.
A Mountain Town.
There is a town of 600 Inhabitants
on the top of the Mount of Olives.
Mothers will find Mrs. A'lnsiow's 8ooth
tng Syrup the beat remedy to use tor their
Ohiloren during tbe teething; period.
One Result.
"I understand," says the well read
person, "that witnesses of the corona
tion aere limile I to It! square indie
of space. I cannot help wondering
what was the effect of this restriction."
"Effect?" tellies Ihe other man.
"It will do more for the nobility than
all the straight front corsets that have
been advertited in the luBt 10 years."
Hamlin's Wizard Oil battles success
fully ugainst pain from any cause what
ever; wuy should yoii bo without it.
Whetstones,
In the United States rocks suitable
for making wheti-tonon are found in
nearly all of the uta es eaft of the Mis
sissippi and in a num'er of thoi-e to
the west of that river, but the supply I
is obtained from Arkansas, Indiana,
Ohio, New York, Vermont and New
Hampshire.
This Means You.
If you have not yet had a samplo
tin of Monnpole spices we want to talk
to you. We are so positive that no
other brand of sp'ces will compare
with Mono). ole in etrength, purity and
fragrance that e will tend yon a full
weight 2-on. tin for a two cent ftatfip
and the name of your grocer. These ,
tins retail for 10 to Vii cents each, so i
that if we didn't think yon wculd I
continue nsing Mnnnpole spires we ;
couldn't afford to make this' ffer. rend
in your stamp and grocer's name at.
once. Address Wadhauis & Kerr Uros., i
I'ortland, Oregon. :
Flalt Sauce.
A delicious fish ranee to serve with
fish or meat is ina.ie by putting six
spoonsful of water to four of vineuar; '
set on the tire, thicken with yolks of
two eggs; make hot, not boiling, and
squeeze the juice of half a lemon befote
set ving.
Eczema, Psoriasis, Sail
Rheum, Tetter and Acne
Belong to that class of inflammatory ami disfiguring skin eruptions that
cause more genuine bodily discomfort and worry than all other known
diseases. The impurities or sediments which collect in the system Ucauso
of poor digestion inactive Kidneys and other organs of elimination are
taken tip by Uue blood, saturating the system with acid poisons and fluids
that ooze out through the ghuls and pores of the skin, producing an inde
scribable itching; and burning- and t v . ,.
the yellow, wateVy dischar Arm, a. aX.Chrr..r.d0ir,:..0VroSuSi.9ci
into crusts and sores or little brown wlth " f 8 year, and tried man?
and white scabs that drop off leavinr r,n"dtas with no tood cBeeta, but aft.r
the skin tender and raw! The effect XTVZ
of the poison may cause the skin to 813 W. Central St., Wichita; Ean.
crack and bleed, or Kiye it a scaly, fishy appearance; again the eruptions may
consist of innumerable blackheads and pimples or hard, red bumps por
the face. Purification of the blood is the only remedy for these vicious i,kin
diseases. Washes and nowilers rnn nni r,;,i f,. ,t... ., .
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relieve the sktn. S. S. f. is the only guaranteed purely vegetable blood
purifier. It contains no Arsenic, Totash or other harmful mineral .
Write us about your case and our physicians will advise without charge
We have a handsomely illustrated book on skin diseases, whic h will be scut
free to all who w.sh U. VHt, swlrT SPECiriC CO.. A.la..
DIDN'T HURT A BIT!
f I
We extract, crown anil bridge teeth
without Indicting pain, Our niethmla
are modern and meet with the approval
of the moat exacting. Call and f .-eu
Examination free. Feci reasonable.
Both 'phones: Oregon South 2J91-' Co
lumbia 3tiS. C)n evening, till ll. Sun
day, from t to U.
WISE BROS., Dentists.
A. Cough
"I have made a most '.'tc-ough
trial of Aver's Clieirv Pie ::! riij
am prepared to av tn.-i! o- rlui-s-eases
of the lunjs it r.ecr t!.--?-pomis."
J. Early Fm!cy, Irontrr, O.
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SAycr's Cherry rcc:crl
won't cure rheumatism ;
we never said it wculd.
It won't cure dyspepsia;
we never claimed it. liut
it will cure coughs rr,d
colds of all kirn s. W'c
first said this sixty ycrrs
ago; we've been saying it
ever since.
Tkra. .lift: 2k., Jtt.. tl. All trifrlu.
Comult yonr doctor. If he , tk. It,
then ,to u le . If he tell, von eot
to lake tt. then dur't take It He kuowt.
Leave tt with turn. w tie miltiiv
J. C. aYfcK CO.. Low. II. Mia.
THERE IS NO gEgr.
SUCKER
Forty years o$o and after nwy years
of use or, the eastern coaat. Tower'a
Waterproof Oiled Coats were Introduced
in the West end were called dickers by
the pioneers and cowboys. This graphic
name has come Into such f eneral use that
it is frequently though wrongfully applied
to many substitutes You want the ecnune
jLJv LooRior inejisnoT uverisaana
the name lower on the buttons.
mam m n c am vntow ua
soid Y sepRf rtNTATive trad
THt would oven.
A. J. TOWtR CO, BOSTON. MAM.
Unconvinced
"Is your wife ever speecnlea. with
indignation?"
"She says she is, but I have reason
to doubt it."
Anthracite Coal.
It Is estimated that, allowing a year
ly output of 110,000,000 Una, the stock
of anthracite in l'ennsylvania will last
80 years.
A Clock of llrcaii.
Milan has a curiosity in a clock
which is mad) entirely of breul. The
maker ia a native of IndU and devoted
three years of his life to the construc
tion of this curiosity. The clock js of
good the and goes well.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Boujht
Bears the
Signature o
- Oranlte.
Granite is the lowest rock in the
earth's crust. It ia the laidrock of the
world and shows no evidence of animal
or vegetable life. It is the parent ris k
from which all the rock havo been'
either directly or indirectly derived.
A Spreading Chestnut.
"It doesn't take nint h to make some
people conceited."
"What now?"
"Why into the village blacksmith
learned how to mend uiitouiobilea he
calls liiinnelf a blacksj.ythu." Chica
go News.
For Toothache.
Kipial part- of alum and salt, or even
salt alone placed on a piece of cotion
wool and inserted in t:ie hollow of an
bing tooth will often give relief
when other means he utile. I.
...j t,IUC luring
craiiicaies an no niinniw arc,,,, di
lations, antidotes the Uric and other acids, and
restores the blood to its wonted purity, and stimulates
and revitalizes the sluggish organs, and the impuri
ties nasa riff ll-rnturli el.- ....i.. t i ,...
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tor. Third and Washington 81a.