A
Cough
The First newspapers.
New end Popular Move by the Famoui
Ellers Piano Houic.
The first cewspaier in the modern
im provem en t. H a v e E n t e r e d In t o the
L iv e s o f H a w a i i a n ..
j sense was issued monthly at Venice in
This house, whose progressive meth­
It is a far cry from a grass-tbatehed | 1636; the first Eng.ish newspaper was
ods are com ing to he known and recog­ ml to a modern palace with pillars and I published in 1622; the first American
nised throughout tiie Northwest, has lorticoes, stone foundations and marble in 1704.
recently inaugurated a system ol piano Joors, but a few short years has wlt-
club selling which exceeds anythin* icssed this change in H aw aii, the beau-
evet attempted in this country in thi
Iful summer garden o f the Pacific
« a y of provid in g the people with Jcean. It is less than a decade since
standard pianos at low prices.
the people o f that country lived almost
By this method members joining the exclusively In huts, windowless and
clubs secure th eir pianos at strict!* w Ith but one door for ingress and
Bears the
wholesale prices by paying dowu an
Signature o f
exceedingly small sutn.
The piano is
im m ediately delivered and they are
Days of Qrace.
given a wide lim it of tim e in which to
Landlord— I w ill just give you three
finish their purchase.
days to pay your rent.
Tiie principle is m erely that applied
Artist — A ll right.
Suppose you
to wholesale
purchasers,
the clnh
make it Thanksgiving, Christmas and
standing in tiie ligh t of the wholesale
fchs Fourth of July.— Life.
buyer. H igh grade as well as medium
grade pianos are included in these
flood Cakes and Biscuits.
clnhs
T iie world famed Kimballs,
The finishing touches which the good
Chickerlnga and W ebers can be secured
housewife gives to a cake or pie or pan
by this method at a saving of from one
of biscuits or other dish is what makes
hundred to one hundred and fifiy dol­
it either delicious and healthy or in­
lars. A ll tiie pianos included in the
sipid and unhealthy.
I f Monopole
club are on the floors of the sales rooms
Spicas and Baking Powder are used no
at KilerB Piano House in Portland, and
fear need be had about the result
prospective ciuh joiners may thorough­
Monopole Spices are stronger and mon
ly inspect their instruments before
fragrant and Mouopole Baking Powdei
making th eir selection.
A il the in­
better in every way than any other
struments in the clubs are standard
brand. You’ ll thank us for calling
makes and are braml new. In additioa
your attention to it after you try them.
MODERN HONOLULU HOME.
to those above mentioned, there are
the famous Decker. Do), Hobart M. egrc»HH. From a distance these hablta* Get them from your grocer. Wadhams
Cable, Weser, Lester and many others. tlons looked not unlike haystacks that k K err Bros., Mfgrs., Portland, Ore.
Pianos are delivered to club members dot the prairies o f the W e s t But civili­
Life on Islands.
upon their making their first payment,
zation took root easily in the tropical
People usually live longer on islands
and a written guarantee for five years
country. The brown-skinned, sunny- and small peninsulas than on conti­
comes with each piano, signed by its
disposltioned people were apt at Imita­ nents.
Barbadoes, Greece, Madeira
manufacturer and also by Eilers Piano
tion, and the manners and customs of and the Shetlands are all favorable to
House. The clubs are four and each
America soon became the maimers long life.
numbers 100. Members of Club A pay
and customs o f Hawaii. N ow the isl­
but $5.00 and finish their purchase
F o r b ron ch ia l troubles t r y P is o 's Cure
with weekly installments of $1.25. ands are modernized and Americanized.
fo r Consumption.
It is a g o o d cou gh
Club U members pav but $7.50 upon The huts have given w a y to handsome m ed icin e. A t druggists, p rice 25 cents.
palaces
and
well-built
domiciles.
The
delivery of tbe piano and finish paying
at the rate of $1.00 weekly.
Club C dirt floors have been replaced with pol
Glazing ol Pens.
make an in itial payment of 12.00, and ished woods and glancing marble. Th«
The glazing of penB, In some varie­
balance in $2.00 weekly.
Club D
ties considered an important opera-
members pay $20 down and the re­
{ tion, ia done with lac dissolved in
mainder of the purchase price in $2.00 j
naphtha.
weekly payments.
Those desiring to j
pay all cash will save the additional
interest.
Pianos that sell regularly for $225.00
go to club members for $137.00; j
$275.00 instruments
for $108.00;
$300.00 onea for $187.00; and the very
best medium grade pianos that cannot
be sold under tiie regular retail condi­
tions for less than $350.00 will go to
club members for $218.00. The eaving
throughout is equally great and these
contemplating the purchase of an in*
etrumnet w ill do well to investigate j
this proposition.
“ My wife h id a deep-seated cough
for three years. 1 purchased two
bottles o f A yer’ s Cherry Pectoral,
large size, and it cured her com ­
pletely.”
J. H . Burge, Macon, Col.
C For A Infants
S T tnd
O Children.
R IA
H is Kind You Hare A lw ays Bought
MR. STOREKEEPER: - We sell you Nuts,
Raisins, Dried Fruits, Vermont Maple Sugar,
Dates, Figs, Honey,—everything you need fo»
the holidays; better quality and lower prices
than you can find elsewhere. Send !or our
Special holiday Price List, or write us and we
, will call on you.
TO GROWERS:—We always buy eggs, butter,
cheese, apples, pears, onions and spuds. Have
you any to sell? Let us know, if you want a
good price.
W OLF & SONS.
W holesale Fruits and Produce.
Three sizes: 26c., enough for an ordinary
Cold; 50c., Just right for bronchitis, hoarse­
ness, hard colds, etc.; fll, most economical
lo r chronic cases and to keep on liand.
10S FRONT ST., PORTLAND, OR.
BSEEBBBSEBEB B 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 0
J. U. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass.
As He Found It.
Church— Did yoti ever know a for­
eigner to come over here and take this
country as he found it?
Gotham— Certainly I have— Colum­
bus.— Yonkers Statesman.
SAVE MONEY and YOUR EYESIGHT
By Using the
Perfected Match Lighter
Gasoline Gcs Lamp.
The PERFECTED can read­
ily be lighted with a parlor
match.
It gives 10 times the light
of a common kerosinclampat
half the expense and care.
It has a Nickel-Silver gen­
erator which does not scale
from the action of heat, and
clog the tip, as brass does.
We have Match Lighting
Lamps from $2.75 up.
Write for circulars and
prices.
Materials for Glass.
For making the best mirrors the ne­
cessary eilica ia obtained from ordinary
white qnartz, while common window
panes are produced from sea sand to a
large extent.
P o rtl nd
«s s a u n o K H K i
Preparing for
Holiday Trade.
g
Probably you know of
cough medicines that re­
lieve little coughs, all
coughs, except deep onesl
The medicine that has
been curing the worst of
deep coughs for sixty
years is Ayer’s Cherry
Pectoral.
D iv id e n d C o m p a n y
STEW ART & GRANT
LIGHTING GO.
214 and 215 Commercial Bldg.
242 Washington Street, Portland, Oregon.
$25 will earn you...............$1.25 per month
$50 will earn you...............$2.50 per month
$100 w ill earn you.............. $5.00 per month
Payable monthly. Call or write.
Inventors & MTs
43 Third St.,
L. M . Davis, Pres.
ABSOLUTE !
SECURITY.
Genuine
JOHN P O O LE , P O R T L A N D , ORE.
Foot ol Morrison Street.
Can give you the best bargains in Boilers
and Engines, Windmills, Pumps and Gene-
ral Machinery. Wood Sawing Machines a
specialty. See us before buying.
PORTLAND. ORE.
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Oregon, North 281
Columbia, 609.
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under the sun. In Spices and Baking
Powder it’s name is
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Agents wanted In every town in U. S.
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M O N O PO LE
Your dealer handles them or can get
them for you.
WADHAMS A KERR BROS., Mfrgs.
Portland, Oregon.
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No. 48—1902.
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H E N w r itin g to a d vertisers ploaat
m e n ilo * tb ie paper.
W
Carter’s
Getting the Drop on Him.
A R 1 IN E U M B R E L L A
Spenser S[*asor (presenting a sonnet) j
Is the best present in Oregon or Washington you can
— You see, l drop into poetry occasion­
give your wife, your daughter, vour lady friend, or
yourself for Christmas.
We sell beauties, of best
ally.
quality, at very reasonable prices.
thatched
roofs
are
supplanted
by
those
E ditor
Gadgrind
(g rim ly )— You
JOHN A L L E S IN A , Portland, Ore.
o f tile, slate and shingles. The towns j
M u at B e a r S ig n a tu re of
acem to have dropped clear through.
c fA , AC ( 288 Washington St., Near Woodard, Clarke A Co.
I w o stores* j 309 Morrison 8 t., near Meier A Frank Co.
have been changed as If by magic from
slovenly, irregularly massed houses to
His Florida Trip.
Boggs— Jones is going to Florida for straight streets, handsome dwellings,
nnd H aw aii is now abreast o f the
the winter.
A m Foe-Simile Wrapper Below.'
world.
Noggs— What for?
Boggs— Because he laid in eighty tons
C u rio u s W a y s o f th e W a s p «.
of coal last May
An Interesting tenant o f the farm
Noggs— Then why doesn’ t he stay
We extract, crown and bridge teeth
Is the mud dauber, the best-known o f
home?
FOR HEADACHE.
without Inflicting pain, Our methods
the
solitary
wasps,
whose
nests
are
Boggs— Because he has just made
are modern and meet with the approval
FOR DIZZINESS*
of the most exacting. Call and see ug.
the price of his southern trip out of found stuck to the rafters in the attic
FOR IILIO U SH ESf.
and
outbuildings,
or
to
a
nail
In
the
Examination free. Fees reasonable.
the diamond dealer across the way by
FOR TORPID LIVER.
wall
or
on
an
old
coat
sleeve
behind
the
Both ’phones: Oregon South 2291: Co­
telling him coal.
FOR CONSTIPATION.
door. She places several cells about an
lumbia 368. Open evenings till 9. Sun­
FOR
SALLOW
SKIH.
days
from 9 to 12.
Inch
long
inside
or
on
tiers
above
an­
W ar According to Hoyle.
FOR THE COMPLEXION
First Colombian Revolutionist — A t other without any regard to regularity.
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O K T O l i r n M UTUAVI »40 *A T U »g■ _ J
any rate, bo far we haven’ t been ac­ As she tolls Bhe sings squeaky little
n c Srts 1
i l i o c t d i
cused o f violatin g any o f the rules of solos in a high key, which sounds like
W
U CH U M h.
Cor. Third and Washington 8U.
a tidy circular saw as It Issues from
civilized warfare.
PO KTl.AND . OUKCCON.
CU R E S IC K H E A D A C H E ..
Second Colombian Revolutionist— a piece of hard wood. The moment the
No; w e’ ve stopped firing when railway Industrious little mason has completed
trains were
passing, and
haven't the cell she sets about to fill It with
fought at any tim e over eight hours a spiders, all o f the same species, o f
C o -O p e r a t iv e Pim no d u b s , th e L a te s t In P la n o B u y i n g - A l l C lu b T o g e t h e r to
which It takes eighteen on an average,
working day.— Judge..
C h e a p e n the P r i c e to E a c h ,
writes a contributor to Country L ife In
Both Stroked Bad Ones.
America.
On one o f these an egg is
H ew itt— H ow do you lik e the cigar deposited, which soon hatches Into a
I gave you’
grub, which Immediately begins to de­
Jewett— Oh, I have smoked worse vour the feast o f paralyzed spiders.
cigars.
When It has eaten all it spins a dark-
H ew itt— You have if you ever smoked brown covering for itself, which Is
aay of the kind you gave m e.— Judge. about transparent. A t the proper time
it breaks through the walls o f its mud
Stilton Cheese.
house and proudly Jerks Its pretty,
Stilton cheese acqnires its green steel-blue wings with the same graceful
color from a vegetable growth, while flirt as did its mother when she was
some other kinds are rendered green by busily engaged with her nest-bulldlng.
the addition of powdered sage leaves.
B r ita in V ie w e d a « a F a r m .
Britain may be view ed as one farm
Slate.
E N Q U IR Y B L A N K
“ X ”
Slate forms naturally in layers, and extending from county to county, in­
the “ splitter,” follow in g the grain, or terrupted by towns, it is true, but sur­
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HOUSE,
Portland:
“ ribbon,” with a large chisel, separates rounding them like the ocean surrounds
Please send me catalogues and all information about the new
the blocks into strips of about the an archipelago o f lslnnds. Great B rit­
Piano Clubs to
ain possesses n total area o f 32,437.389
proper thickness for roofing slate.
acres o f cultivated land, o f which
Name ........
7,325,408 acres are under corn, the rest
W eil Trained.
being
In
permanent
pasture,
temporary
Address
Old Lady (t o boy who has fetched
her a glass of w a ter)— Thank you, my pasture, root crops, fodder crops, anil
so
on.
It
Includes
over
51,000
acres
o
f
bov; you were very quick about it.
Boy— T h a t’ s nothn’ , m a’ am. I ’ m hops, 73,000 acres o f fruit, and 308.000
used to it.
I had a job carryin’ water acres of bare fallow . The capital em­
to the elephants in a circus. — Pick- ployed is enormous, and can be roughly
estimated at £227.000.000, w hile the
Me-Up.
amount paid In wages has been esti­
mated at £30.000.000 per annum. There
“ Uneasy Lies the Head."
are at least 1 , 0 0 0 .0 0 0 men, women and
A chiropodist now in Berlin adver­
boys employed in agricultural pursuits
tises that he "h a s removed corns from
In Great Britain, w ho not only culti­
all the crowned heads of Europe.”
vate the ground, but attend to 1,500,000
horse*. «.806.000 cattle. 26.500,000 sheep
The Bright Little Bey.
and 2.381,000 pigs, besides countless
poultry.
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Little Liver Pills.
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n i.sirw * . Failing Bid*.
ALL ABOUT THE PIANO CLUBS
It will cost you nothing to investigate and will surely save you money.
If you are interested and cannot call in person, please fill out the attached
inquiry blank and send to the Piano Club Manager, Eiiers Piano House,
Portland, Oregon. Catalogues, prices and all particulars will be promptly
supplied. •
Out-of-town residents
may join any of the
clubs now forming . . .
NOTE. If interested in Organs, please specify “Organ Club” in above
blank. It costs you nothing to investigate this money-saving opportunity.
We guarantee to supply Pianos and Organs to Club members at a bona
fide saving of many dollars. Attend to this today.
E ID E R S P IA N O H O U S E
“ What do you expect to be when you
become of age, my little man?” asked
the visitor.
“Twenty-one, sir,” was the bright
one'» reply.— Yonkers Statesman.
351 Washington St.,
The people have a w a y o f saying
“ Things taste better In the country”
te excuse their enormous appetites.
(Both Phones)
Portland, Ore.
Other Stores at San Francisco, Spokane and Sacramento.