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Banking by Mail WE PAY INTEREST On savings deposits of a dollar or more, compounded twice every year. It la just as easy to open a Savings Account with us by Mail as if you lived next door. Bend for our free book let, "Banking by Mail." and learn full particulars. Address Oregon Trust & Savings Bank Portland, Oregon Sixth and Washington Sts. As Cheap as Can Bs Bought In thi East Delivery Much Quickar WiilBlh Today BHDB BRING YOUR TOOTH TROUBLES TO US Before Going Elsewhere. DR. B. E. WRIGHT. Washington St. Portland, Oregon ST. HELEN'S HALL PORTLAND, OREGON A Girl' School of the highest class. Collegi ate department. Music Art. Elocution. Gym nasium. 1'all term opens September 16. SEND EOR CATALOGUE ENGRAVING Write Us PLATES FOR PRINTING HICKS-CH ATTEN Portland Oregon am j Ml nnO The Estey Organ is the standard. Everybody known the Estey to be first class, rich of tone and durable. Estey Parlor Organs range In price from fOO to (160. The cut shown above is style 801, price D5. We also have Packard and Chicago Cottage Organs, Victor Talking Machines, and twenty different makes of Pianos steimvay, Knabe, Cable, Ludwlg, Conover, Kings bury, Packard, Wellington and many others. Write for oatalogue and price list. You can buy Just as cheap by mail as by visiting one of our stores. Be sure and address your letter to G. F. Johnson, manager Sherman, Clay & Co. , Opposite Postoffice PORTLAND OREGON Automatic Wagon Drake. A wagon brake which operates au tomatic-ally has been recently patented by a Mississippi man. The ordinary ar rangement of attaching a foot lever tie- neath the driver's seat, connecting with the brake, Is entirely dispensed with. The driver Is not required to handle the brake in any way, the simple halt ing of the horses only being necessary. As shown In the illustration, the brake is pivoted so as to come In contact with the rim of the rear wheel. On the extreme outer end of the shafts is vertical pivoted lever, one end of which connects with a rod extending to the brake. The upper end of this lever Is connected by a strap or chain to the harness on the horse. As shown, C. Gee Wo The Well-Known Reliable CHINESE Root and Herb DOCTOR Hat made a life Itucy of roots and herb, and in that may discovered ana is giving to ine wmiu -v- No Mercury, Poison or Droge Uaed-THe Core YVlinouK u Deration, or v nmwi nl Knife. He guarantee to Cure Catarrh, Asthma, Long, Throat, Rheumatism, Nervousness. Nrvwi Debil ity, iomacn, Liver, rianr , iuuui... Manhood. Female Weakness and All Private Diaeaaei A SURE CANCER CURE Just Received from Peking, ChinaSafe, Sure and Keiiaoie. IF YOU ARE AFLICTED, DONT DELAY, DELAYS AKE UnutnuuJ. If you cannot call, write for symoton blank and circu lar. Inclose 4 cants In stamp. CONSULTATION FREE THE C. GEE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO. 1 62i First St.. Cor. Morrison, Portland. Oregon Please Mention This Paper. LevftR at BNO o For Stacking- Wheat. To stack wheat before threshing so that It will be dry when that time comes. Is the desire of every farmer who raises that cereal. Mr. C. T. Pritchard, of Randolph, Clay county, Mo., has a system that he has used for a generation, and be never lost a bit of wheat by dampness in the stack. He has a great reputation In his home for this class of work, and he spends a large part of his time In showing oth ers how to do It. He gives a descrip tion of his method as follows: "To stack wheat or oats so stack will not take water. Commence the stack or rick any way you wish. But when you have the stack five or six feet high, just reverse the usual way of stacking, and do It fwm the center to the outer edge, Instead of from the outer edge to the center. When you begin at the center to stack out, lay two or three bundles so as to keep the center highest, with a good slant to ward the outer edge. If at any time the outer edge gets too high, stop be fore you get there, and go back to the center and commence again. Be sure to keep the center highest, with a good slant to the outside. "This way Is Just about the same as one shock on top of the Other, only more slant to the bundles. 'There Is no slip or slide. It Is fast and easy, and sure keeps the stack dry. If you are stacking the usual way, and ttie stack should begin to slip, Just go J to the center and work out. nnrl bap how quickly you stop the slipping. Mix It up a little work from the center part of the time. Try It," THBOWS A BRAKE AUTOMATICALLY. the top of this lever is normally In advance of the lever end. Obviously a pulling pressure exerted by a back ward movement of the horses In stop ping will force the brake against the rear wheel. The driver in stopping his horses In this way automatically throws on the brake. Coat of Hauling- Crops. The bureau of statistics recently sent out a special Inquiry circular to ascer tain the cost of hauling farm crops to shipping points, and the compiled re sults representing replies from nearly 2,000 counties In different parts of the United States indicate that the quan tity of farm produce annually hauled amounts to '49,000,000 tons. The cost of hauling the same is estimated at ap proximately $85,000,000, which Is an average of 8 cents per hundred weight In general, the hauling cost Is to a large extent dependent upon the value of the articles hauled, the more valu able products taken to market oftener and In smaller loads, and therefore at a greater cost Corn, wheat hay and potatoes are hauled at from 7 to 0 cents per 100 pounds ; tobacco and hogs at 10 cents per 100 pounds; cotton, 16 cents, and wool, 44 cents. Prey of the Sparrow Hawk. The sparrow hawk almost Invariably catches a flying bird for its meal, even striking down birds as large as the wood pigeon, though usually going no higher than a black bird. It does not exactly swoop like the larger hawks, yet It must have conditions of chase of Its own choosing. That Is why the small birds usually mob It with Impu nity when they are numerous enough to bewilder It Once, however, I saw a sparrow hawk that bad been molest ed for some minutes by a perfect cloud of green finches, dart among them and secure a victim. The other day I bad one of these birds pointed out as the one which, a few days earlier, bad come close to the bouse toward dusk and .caught a bat on the wing. That however, Is a very unusual meal. London Newt. The Cow aa a Machine. As an Illustration of the efficients of a good cow, as a machine for the man ufacture or mui ana Duuer rrom grain, the record Is given of a Hoi stein cow at the age of 3 years, which, during one year produced milk amounting to 18, 1573 rounds, or over nine tons of milk containing 620 pounds of butter. The net profit figured In maintaining such a cow Is stated to be about $156 per annum. The Gill Strawberry. Gill still beads the list as a first early strawberry of rare merit at the Ohio experiment station. Its small stocky plants fairly bubble over with business and berries. The berries run small at the close of the season, but not until after It has produced an aston ishingly heavy burden of fruit of fair size and mild, pleasant good, though not high, flavor. Aarrlenltnre la France. Agriculture gives employment to 7, 800,000 persons In France, or one-fifth of the population. CGITMOlJSMOWOISCi NO'LIMT TO ITS P0ESS IW EVIL' Contagious Blood roison lias brought more suiTering1, misery and humilaS .? non into me worm tuan au other diseases combined ; there 13 hardly any limit to its powers for evil. It is the blackest and vilest of all disorders. wrecking l-ie lives of tliose unfortunate enousrli to contract it and often The Ess; and the Chick. That Immutable law of physics that matter cannot be annihilated, or, vice versa, created out of nothing, appears to have some doubters even In this day of general education. The old query, which weighs the most, the egg or the chicken that Is hatched from the egg, Is a very good example of this lack of faith. To settle the matter for the hundredth time, experiments were re cently undertaken at one of the agri cultural stations engaged In poultry studies. It was found that a fertile egg during the process of Incubation lost a little over 20 per cent In weight, while the chick hntched from such an egg weighed 30 per cent less than the egg before Incubation. A sterile egg receiving similar treatment lost not quite 16 per cent In weight The Canon Apple. The original tree of the Carson, apple was obtained from an apple seedling nursery In Ohio, owned by a family named Carson. Its excellent record for pro duct lveness, beauty and quality In northern Ohio for half a century renders It worthy L of experimental planting through out the lake region and the New En gland States, both ror the home' or chard and as a commercial variety. In commending this variety William A. Taylor, bureau of plant Industry, gives the following description : Form oblate, sometimes slightly conical ; size large; surface smooth, with occa sional russet knobs and patches; color pale yellow, wash ed splashed and narrowly striped with bright crimson; dots rather large, conspicuous and pro truding; cavity medium, regular, deep, russeted ; stem of medium length and rather slender; basin very large, deep, abrupt, furrowed and sometimes rus seted; calyx segments converging; eye large, closed; skin thin, tough; flesh yellowish, with satiny luster when fresh cut; texture fine, tender. Juicy; core small, broad, oval, clasping, near ly closed ; seeds few, plump, medium brown ; flavor subacid, pleasant ; quali ty very good. , Season November to March In northern Ohio. Tree vigorous aftd upright In habit very productive. beinc transmitted to innocent offspring, a blighting legacy of suffering and shame. So highly contagious is the trouble that innocent persons may contract it by using the same table ware, toilet articles or clothing of one in whose blood the treacherous virus has taken root. Not only is it a powerful poison but a very deceptive one. Only those who have learned by bitter experience know by the little sore or ulcer, which, usually makes its appearance first, of the suffering which is to follow. It comes in the form of ulcerated mouth and throat, unsightly copper colored spots, swollen glands ia the groin, falling hair, offensive sores and ulcers on the body, and in severe cases the finger nails drop off, the bones become diseased, the nervous system isshat tered and the sufferer becomes an object of pity to his fellow man. Especi ally is the treacherous nature of Contagious Blood Poison, shown when the infected person endeavors to combat the poison with mercury and potash. These minerals will drive away all outward symptoms of the troubles for a while, and the victim is deceived into the belief that he is cured. When, however, the treatment is left off he finds that the poison has only been driven deeper into the blood and the disease reappears, and usually in worse form because these strong minerals have not only failed to remove the virus from the blood but have weakened the entire system because of their destructive action. S. S. S. is she only real and certain cure for Contagious Blood Pol son. It is made of a combination of healing blood-purifying roots, herbs and barks, the best in Nature's great laboratory of forest and field. We offer a reward of $1,000 for proof that S. S. S. contains a particle of mineral in any iorm. a. a. s. goes down to the ery bottom of the trouble and by cleansing the blood of every particle of the virus and adding rich, healthful qualities to this vital fluid, forever cures this powerful disorder. So thoroughly does S. S. S. cleanse the circulation that no signs of the disease are ever Seen flTniri. nnd nfl;nrmr ia nrntuntwl Write for our special book on Contagious Blood Poison, which fully ex plains the different stages of the trouble, and outlines a complete home treat ment for all sufferersof this trouble. No charge is made for this book, anj if yon wish special medical advice about case or any of its symptoms, oux physicians Will be glad to furnish that, too, without Large, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CA. PURELY VEGETABLE Some Natural Hlatory. F. A. Whitney, of Meeteetsee, Wyo., a rich rancher. Is greatly Interested In nil charities that help children. In a recent visit to New York be told a story obout a little slum urchin whom he had sent on a month's vacation Into the country. "The lad was so Ignorant," he said, "that he tboiiKut we got mush from mushrooms and milk from the milk weed. One morning a woman pointed to horse In a field and said : " 'Look at the horse, Jimmy.' "'That's a cow,' the boy contra dicted. " 'No,' said the lady, 'It's a horse.' " ' 'Taln't. It's a cow,' said the boy. 'Horses has wagons to 'em." New Xork Tribune. 11. A Word for Farm .Groves. The uses of farm groves are numer ous. They add to the beauty of the landscape by breaking the monotony of the prairie, furnishing wood for vari ous uses and for fuel, so we need not be dependent upon the coal trust They shelter our premises from the cold northern blasts during winter, and In summer, when the thermometer Is playing about the 100 degree mark, we linger in their cooling shade with a feeling of thankfulness: Feaehee and Pleas, The peach will not thrive on low ground, but prefers an elevated situa tion always ; plums prefer a stiff, damp soil to a light one. Therefore, plum stocks are often used for an orchard of peaches where the latter are to be planted In low ground. New Treatment for Lice. Two bens, badly Infected, were dip ped In a bath of boiled elder flowers, twigs and leaves, the elder concoction being mixed with some soft soap. In both instances all the lice were killed and Use plumage la nowise damaged, Fooling; a Wolf. A boy 12 years old, the son of a pioneer In Montana, observed a wolf sneaking about one day last January, lie took a Bbeep skin and spread It over a low bush In such a way that It resembled the live animal, and after a time the wolf made a dash for It He detected the fraud at once, and Instead of galloping away with the pelt, which would have made a good dinner for him, he dropped it and sneaked off with his tall between his legs. lie realized that he had been made the victim of a Joke, and he felt the same as a boy who had been April fooled. One Who MlaKrd It. "Did the niau act afraid when be was lynched?" "How do I know? I am one of the loading and mast prominent citizeus of this community, sir." "That's what I thought, and the pa pers said that the most prominent citi zens took part In the lynching."- Houston Post. Mothers will find Mr. Winslow Soothing Syrup the b it rumedv to ubo for their clitliirea iuriug the teething iwrlod. Onght to Know How. The animal trainer having been tnken suddenly ill, his wi;e reported for duty la his si end. "Have you ever had any experience In this line?" asked the Owner of the circus and menagerie, with some doubt. "Not just exactly in this line," aha snid, "but my husband manages the beasts all right, doesn't he?" "He certainly does." "Well, you ought to see how easy I manage him." Convinced Him. Police Justice Whnt is the charge against this man? Ollicer Lonfin' in the park, y'r honor, an' refusin' to move on. Ho pretended lo be asleep an' dreauiln'. That's why I pinched 'im. P. N. U. 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