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About The Argus. (Hillsboro, Or.) 1894-1895 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1894)
Highest of all it Leavening foWef-Latest V. S. Gov't Rcjibrt . " (SA ABSOLUTELY PUDE beau government; THE WAY OLD MRS. BRUIN KEPT HER NOISY CHILDREN QUIET. The Shaggy Mather Bear Cuffed the Ear of the Uttle Onei and Shook the Cube Bepeatedly Becauna the Youngsters Squealed and Played. "I once saw a she bear act toward her cobs just as I've seen women act toward their children," Mid an old Zoyalsock bee hunter lust week. "Late one August I lined a lot of wild bees to a big beech tree two miles back in the woods on Elk nioun tain. I located tire bees in a hollow part of the trunk, far np.toward the top, and when I went to mark the tree so that no one else would claim it 1 .noticed that a bear had gone up and down the tree several times enly a little while before. . . . "There was a lot of loose green beech bark at the butt, and looking up I saw that a bear had been clawing ami biting to g in the hollow where the honey lay. 1 didn't want to cut the tree for two or three weeks, as the bees were gathering honey from the wild flowers of late summer, and, for fear that the bear might dig into the tree and teal the honey before I got ready to chop the tree down, I decided to see if I couldn't catch the bear at it that night and shoot it in the act. "The next night I climbed the hemlock, heard the brush crack at a distance, heard something that sounded like the whining of a cub, followed by a low growl, and soon everything was as still in the woods as it had been. The bear didn't make its appearance at the bee tree that night, and on my way heme a little after daylight 1 topped at the house of an old bear hunter nd told him of my experience in the woods. "The old man chuckled over my lack of knowledge concerning the habits of bears, ' for he saw through it all at once, and then he told me that the cracking I had heard was caused by a bear's feet, and that a bear always makes three or four circuits around a bee tree in the night before it ap preaches it. The bear I had heard tramp ing on the dead limbs, the old hunter Raid, had run across my track while it was niak ing the first circuit, and that it had made Itself scarce mighty quick after it had got cent of my boots. 'And I'll bet a dollar that it was a she bear with one or two cubs,' be added. "Then he told me to take a couple of pieces of boaid with me when 1 went after the bear the next time. 'From the time you strike the woods till you get to the tree,' he said, 'keep your boots on the boards by taking one up from behind you and placing it in front of you all the way Don't let your boots touch the ground, and when you reach the tree strap the boards and boots to your back and take them up.' "That night I followed the old bear hunter's directions to the letter. A little after midnight I heard the brush cracking around in a circle, for the night was calm and clear, and no wind rustled the leaves. The sound of cracking came nearer and nearer, and when three circuits had been made by the lieavy steps I was rewarded for my long watching in the big hemlock by seeing ashe bear steal cautiously toward the bee tree, with two cubs tagging at her heels. "The old bear sniffed around the butt of the tree a couple of times, gazed at the top for a moment, and then stuck her claws in the bark and started to climb. The cubs began to whine and whimper before their mother had gone the length of her up the tree, and immediately she began to stop . them by giving a low growl and looking back at them. But the cubs didn't stop their noise, and all at once the old bear backed down, gave each cub a cood-"" ing, sat it uj on its bauu"' ears, shook h5r.ii ' 1 1 " V thereto "jjlilL T, ana tne jwflo the top of the 1 to tear at the wood with teeth. I had intended to shoot the bear in the tree, but when I saw that the one that was trying to steal my honey was mother with two young ones to look after my heart failed me. I might have killed her easily with a charge of buck shot, but I was so deeply interested in her cubs and her work that I made up my mind to let her live and watch her while she was doing her best to dig through the wood to where the honey lay. "In the course of fifteen or twenty min utes the cubs became tired of sitting on their hind quarters, got down on all fours and started to play with one another. They rolled and capered in the under brush, and in a little while they began to squeal and look up at their mother, as though they were coaxing her to come down. The old bear flew into a rage over the way they were acting, and hurriedly backing down she gave them another se vere shaking, scolded them, cuffed their ears and set them up on their haunches. Then she climbed the tree once more, and for nearly an hour, while she worked like beaver with tooth and claw to get at the honey, the cubn sat as still as stumps and didn't give vent to a single whimper. "By that time the old bear had torn through the wood to the honey, and when he had eaten a lot of it she backed down with a pawful of honey for her young ones. The cubs gobbled it greedily, and the old bear Boon climbed up and fetched down another pawful, which they ate quickly. All of a sudden the old bear started the cubs off in front of her, aud in a moment the bear family was out of sight. The next night I chopped the tree down and secured the rest of the honey. I got a washtub full out of the hollow tree, and I wasn't a bit sorry that I had let the bear nd her cubs have their fill of it for once." Cor. New York Tribune. Ingenuity ota Naughty Boy, Joliann Meyer, 11 years old, one of the wickedest boys in Vienna, had been spanked many times for running away. Finally, to enable bira to gratify his desire to escape, late at night he Btole the big door key, sawed the handle through, filed the ends ati sharp as a needle poiut, drew them through the skin of his waist, and then hammered them together, and the key hung from bis body like a ring from the nose of a savage. He was thus enabled by stand ing on a chair to open the door and leave the house whenever he liked. This went on for weeks until he got in a fight with other bad boys and was bit a heavy blow where the key was. He was taken sense lees to a hospital, and the doctors were un able to remove the key till they sawed it In two. The boy's life was in danger for sev eral days, but now it is expected that he will live to be spanxea many times more. A Dead Letter. Health Officer Under the law, sir, your family must remain in strict quarantine for thirtv davs. Paterfamilias-Do you expect to be able to enforce the law! Health Officer Of course, "Well, you can't do 1U" ' "Wbvf" . ' . "Mv wife's made an arjDointment to try W. a dress this afternoon." Detroit Trlb- .-"KM A PENNILESS PRINCESS. The Strange Flight In Which Stephanie of Austria Recently Found Herself; One of the peculiarities of royal person ages is the practice of never carrying about any money with them, and this leads them into all kinds of odd scrapes and adven tures. The popular notion that their pock' ets are generally full of gold and notes which they scatter with a lavish hand is a fallacy, and m nine cases out of ten kings, queens, emperors, as well as princes and princesses of the blood, do not hare a sin- STEPHANIE ASD HER DAUGHTER. gle cent in their pockets. In the first place. in their own country no one would ever dream of asking them to pay for anything in cash or to refuse credit, and, secondly, they rely upon the purses of their gentle men and ladies in waiting to furnish any chance goldpiece that they may need. Con sequently when, by any unusual hazard, they find themselves without the attend ance of their suit and alone they are gen- erally penuiless. An amusing illustration of this which happened recently on the south slope of the Semmering mountain, an hour or two's distance from Vienna, is told by the Mar quise de Fontenoy. The widowed Crown Princess Stephanie and her 12-year-old daughter Elizabeth had undertaken mountain excursion together and either in tentionally or accidentally bad become sep arated from the gentlemen and ladies in at tendance. Hungry and thirsty, j,hey stopped at a small inn and had asked for some re freshments, when suddenly the crown prin cess remembered that she had nothing in her pocket wherewith to pay. Accordingly she took the landlady into her confidence, informed her who she was and asked her if she would trust her. It is to be regretted that the landlady had, as she claimed, "been there before." She declined to believe that the simply at tired aud dust covered lady and child were archduchesses and declined to serve them with anything unless they paid for it in ad vance, eveu requesting them to relieve the inn of their presence if they had no money, Crown Princess Stephanie took the matter quietly enough, sensible of its ludicrous side, but the little archduchess was infuri ated and protested with flashing eyes to the landlady, "Aber r;it sind doch ehr Hebe Leute." (But I assure you we are honest people.) In the same way the king of Denmark was once apostrophized as a confidence man by a suspicious jeweler at Hamburg and ordered out of his shop merely because, finding that he had not sufficient money in his pocket to pay for the trinkets that he had bought, he had shown some embarrass ment and asked that they should be sent to bis hotel. The Prince of Wales and his equerry got financially stranded when vis iting the battlefields just after the Franco German war and were only able to pay their hotel bill at Sedan by pawning Gen eral Teesdale's watch at the mont de piete of the locality. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. A Man Convicted of Murder With the Testi mony of a Printed Talmage Sermon. Some time in August, 1887, a man named- Coker was placed on trial in the criminal court of Henderson county. One of the principal witnesses against the defendant was Tom Fulton, and it was upon his evi dence that the conviction was held. Lee Coker, a son of the defendant, on the even ing after the trial remarked to a young lady whom he met: 'While my father is serving a term in the penitentiary Tom Fulton will be serving term in hell." On the night of the 10th of August, a few days after, Tom Fulton, while standing on his front gallery, was shot dead by an un known assassin. The threat made by Lee Coker to the young lady led to his arrest. Near Fulton's dead body were found some pieces of newspaper which had been used as gun wadding. Coker was granted change of venue to Canton, Vanzandt coun ty. Here two trials were given him, both resulting in mistrials. On the 16th of April of this year Coker was tried for the third time, and a decision was reached, fix ing the penalty at life imprisonment. He was convicted solely upon circumstantial evidence. The pieces of paper found by the body proved to be a copy of The Comanche Chief. The pieces of paper found by the body and those found inCoker's shot pouch when placed together fit perfectly, and reading across a part of Talniage's sermon was deciphered, which read as follows: "Who watched you last night? Who has been good to you all your lifef Methinks the goodness of God would convert this whole audience to repentance." On the other side of the paper was an ad vertisement which read evenly. This is the most remarkable feature of the whole af fairthe words uttered by Dr. Talmage seemed to apply sodirectly to the murderer, who divided the words by tearing the paper and tming a part for a gun wad, which was found beside his victim. Three sizes of shot were extricated from the body of the deceased, and three sizes of shot were found in (Joker's shot pouch which compared identically. The loaded barrel of Coker's gun was also examined ind it contained three sizes of shot, compar ing with the shot in the pouch and those taken from the dead body. His trial was set and continued 10 times. The Fighting MeCooka.' The McCook family was well represented in the war of the rebellion, und the mem bers were generally "bunched" as the "fighting MoCooks." General Alexander McCook had as one of his staff officers Ad jutant General Dan McCook, of Illinois. Other members of the family were Captain Edwin McCook, who belonged to Logan's regiment; Lieutenant Edward McCook, who was in the regular army ; Major Anson G. McCook, of the Second Ohio; Captain Henry McCook, of Illinois, and Sheldoc McCook, lieutenant in the navy. They bore themselves bravely and won the title "Hunting McCooks" where the battle raged fiercest. Washington Star. A Bravo Man. The maf""lias never needed to have any teeth but is the loudest in ad-1 Vlfiinrr fW at t li.oio tin lilra m I r ti vraa nn lib mau and 0 thing out at once."- t Exehani ARM AND GARDEN An Economy Our Land Tillers Should Look After. HAY MULCH FOR FERTILIZING Ha Tries the Kflect of Spreading Cut Grass, After It Bad Dried, Along Through the Drills BetwVeu Rows of Potatoes Planted In Poor Land. Wishing to use a piece of land that was apparently a most barren, worthless plot of ground, one of my neighbors tried some experiments. The only veg etation apparent was a scanty growth of daisies, a few buttercups and a large quantity ot sour grass or field sorrel. The soil was of hard clay, and in a drouth it was baked to the depth of five or six inches, and possibly more ; and I have seen a lieavy snower, tasting Beverai hours, pour down upon it until it seemed as though it would deluge the whole sur face, but to my surprise, after it had ceased raining for two hours, this ground seemed as hard and dry as it nad been before. Two years ago last summer this land was broken up, manured ana planted with potatoes, which yielded almost nothing. But it was here that my neigh bor tried a new plan, at least new to me and possibly many others. He had a par-tiallr-mead'owed piece of Und close by, and during the summer, when the pota toes were hoed for the last time, lie cut the grass on the meadow, and after it had dried ha spread it along through the drills between the rows of potatoes. He cut the meadow the second time, and spread the cutting as before ; and by the time tne potatoes were reauy lor uigging the hav had settled well, down on the surface, and the hay was covered with the sou when the potatoes were dug. The next spring it was plowed much easier, appeared more friable than be fore, and alter tilling it well be sowed a varied assortment of vegetables, and among them peppers, which, when ready for picking, were the largest in this vi cinity. Some of the vegetables did not do quite) as well as they would had they been in other sou : but, taking an in an, he had a surprisingly tine crop on his hav fertilizer, which he continued to ap ply whenever the meadow was ready for cutting. Last summer, much to my surprise, ne put several trenches tflrough the lowest part of the clav bank, which broke up even better than before, and set out some 400 or 600 Dlants of White Plume celery using a liberal quantity ot wen-roitea bar 11 vara manure. i,verv one Knows about the drouth we experienced last summer, but he continued his applica tion of hav and the result was marvel ous. The iiav protected tne scorcning sun from striking directly on the soil, and all the moisture was available for the plants. To be sure, there still re mained lumps of earth which were ex ceedingly hard, but these were utilized in a telling manner, in noeing tus cei erv he would set these hard lumps clay around each plant, about two inches away from the stalks, and carefully draw the looser and finer earth up to it. The result was that he had some ot tne finest celerv I have ever seen, and it was as clean and white when taken from the ground as though it had been carefully washed ana scruDDea. American Agri culturist. A NKfiLKCTED CHANCE. Another Economy Our Land Tillers Should Look After, A writer in the American Agriculturist says : "1 suppose that eacn year 1 am giv ing away a thousand pounds of honey for bees get a good deal from raspberry gardens and from nearly all our fruits when in flower. Clearly here is another economy that our land tniers snouiu look after more carefully. It is not al together as a market product that honey is valuable, but as a food product for home consumption. It is a concentrated food of the greatest value. Every effort should once more be put forth to make farm life independent. So long as it is dependent on markets, the drop in the prices of wheat, hops, corn and apples bankrupts us. A great diversity of crops, and a purpose to raise as far as possible our own necessities, enable us proportionally to be independent of fluct uating prices. But t ie bee industry is to be commended as a complementary necessity to successful fruit growing. Many of our grapes are not self-polleniz-ing. Some of our pears are of the same deficient nature. All fruits are more or less dependent on bees to carry pollen from one to another. I have no doubt but the possession of a small house of bees in the orchard will be worth thou sands of dollars to a man who grows half a dozen or more acres of fruit. Some years the need of this help is not so great as in others, but there are years when our fruit crop is lost for lack of pollenation. ' The year 1890 was of this sort; but that year I saw two small orchards loaded with apples. Each orchard had a few hives of bees.' The cold rains prevented any general and extensive aid from insects until it was too late. This co-operation of industries is of vital importance. It holds the key of the situation, A complete home ought to include the production of nearly all that we need for food and comfort and clothing. In reality we waste, or allow to go to waste, a large part of the natural products of the land. Honey making as an industry should not be separated from fruit and flower growing, or from general farming. The art is easily reamed, and in a family of six persons there will generally be found one who finds especial pleasure in bee culture. Fruit, flowers and honey are a perfect and natural combination of industries. It is not the amount of money that we can make from honey that settles the question, but the fact that what honey we secure is a desirable supplement to our income, and is so much withdrawn from waste. We have the honey if we have the flowers, but we need the bees as extractors and manufacturers, who will store it very carefully for future use." Salt for Animals. Salt is necessary for all vegetarian animals and aids in the digestion of the food. The belief that it is a preventive of intestinal worms is well founded, for these parasites are found mostly in ani mals of imperfect digestion. The un digested food encourages these pests, as they feed upon it or upon the copious mucus secreted in tne ooweis 01 animais suffering from indigestion. Salt should be given regularly with every feed, il cut food is used, otherwise in the form of a lump of rock salt kept in the manger, where it may alwayB be reached. 1 It aoes not mane mucu ainerence h,etber Jhe e? is ?iltl ?r, " elten a dav or two after being laid, but when stored for future use it is important. THE PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Market. There is nothing doing In the local market, and prices are entirely nominal, 5c per ntal for Walla Walla and 80(j? 82'gc for Valley being quoted. Produce Market. Flour Standard brands are quoted as follows: Portland, Salem, Cascadia and Davton, 2.06 per barrel ; Wnlla Walla, 2.tH); Snowtlake, $2.70; gra ham, $3.40; and superfine, $2.25. U.vrs steady at atiwbf c per bushel for white and 35c for gray. Kolled oats are filiated as follows: 'Bags, 5.75gb00 ; barrels, 0.0U(ic.L'6; cases, fS 76. Mu.i.sti'fks Bran, (low 17: shorts, $ltlufl8; ground barley, $20; chop feed, $15(if 10; whole feed barley, $17 per ton; middlings, t2df2a per ton; chicken wheat, G6o(if$l per cental. hay Uood, (lOttCla per ton. Bi'ttbu Steady. Quotations are as follows: Oregon fancy creamery, 20(f 22c per pound; fancy dairy, niggle; fair to good, 12(crl5c; common, 9(U0c. (Jiikksk Oregon. HM'f lHVc per pound; young America, 13,lo(il4c; fcwiss, imported, 30(d32c; domestic, ltK'flc Kilos Sales were made at 12lc for ordinary stock and 14c for candled. 1 oultry eak. Old chickens are worth $3, and young $2tf3, according to size. There is no demand lor old din ks or geese. Young ducks, t2 3, and young geese, $4.60(a,7.60. Turkeys are slow at (. 10C. Onions New California red, lc per pound ; yellow, lc per pound. roTATOKs uiu are nrni at hdqcmuc per sack. New Oregon are slow at 05c per sock on account of being very small. Vkoktablks Oregon cabbage, 40(ifiH)c per dozen; California cabbage, (1.60 per cental ; cauliflower, $2.00 per crate, $1.00 per dozen ; parsley, 4Uu per dozen ; string and wax beans, 3l85c per pound; peas. 1(S 2c per pound; cucumbers. 90c(T$l per small box, $1.36(31.50 per large box; Calitornia tomatoes, l.lU(it 1.2o per zo-pound crate; corn, aoc per dozen ; egg plant, 10c per pound ; green peppers, 10c per pound. 31 elons. watermelons sen at about $3.50(14 per dozen. Canteloupes are now on the market at $3.50 per dozen Tkoi-ical rRUiT Ualitorma lemons, $4.50; common, $2M3; Sicily, ( Mediterranean Sweets, $3.50c3.25; bt. Michael. 3.25(?3.50 per box ; bananas. $1.75(2.50 per bunch ; Honolulu, $1.75(3 2.50; seedlings, $3.UUij!3.Zo ; pineapples, Honolulu, $3.00(it3.5O; sugar loaf, $5. Bbrrikb Raspberries. 4taoc per pound; blackberries, 4(rf6c per pound; currants. 4(u&c per pound. Frksu Fruit Oregon cherries, I0(aauc ?r box ; apricots, 80(u!90c per 25-pound )x ;Ualilornia apples, Jl.zo perbu-pound box; 75c per 25-pound box; plums and prunes. 90c per box : Bartiett pears, si . . ' - . ... A. . , per box; grapes. i.i per zu-pouna crate ; Oregon peaches, 40(tt5c per box ; California Uraw lords, TOMKoe per box Dried Fruits 1893 pack, mite prunes. 6(38c: silver. 10(2 12c; Italian, 8(10c; German, 68c; pluniB, 610c; evaporated apples, 810c; evaporated apricots, 15 16c; peaches, 12 14c; pears, 7(siic per poumi. Wool Dull. Valley, 9C410C per pound: Umpn.ua. 910c; eastern Ore gon, 57c, according to quality and shrinkage. Hops Quiet ; 18')3, poor to choice, 6 l0c. Contracts for new bops are made at 10(12c. according to locality. Provisions Eastern hams, medium, c per pound; large c; hams, picnic, ll12c : breakfast bacon, short clear BideB, 9'cllc; dry salt sides. 9(oj10c : dried beef hams, 12M(313c lard, compound, in tins, 8i10c; lard, pure, in tins, 10(ail)jc; pigs' feet, 80s, $o.b0; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.zo; kits, fl.zo, Meat Market. Bkef Top steers, $2.502.75; fair to good steers, $z.oo(sz.zo ; cows, fl.Vo(5 2.00; dressed, 4 (a 5c per pound. Mutton Best sheep, $1.752.00; ewes. (1.60(31.75. Hoos Choice, heavy, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.75; dressed, oc per pound Vbal Small, choice, 5c; large 34c per pound. Merchandise Market. Wheat Bags Calcuttas, 6!c, cash Beans Small white, No. 1, 8c per pound; Ho, 2, 3?c; large white, 3c: pea, 33c; butter, 3)c; bayou, 3jc; Lima, 4c. Rice Island, $5.255.50 per sack Cordage Manilla rope, Ji-inch, is quoted at 9c, and Sisal, 7c per pound. Ooffee Oosta Kica, z.ic; Kio, T(az.W.: Salvador. 22c: Mocha. 26(228c: Pa- dang Java, 31c; Arbuckle's Columbia and Lion, 123.80 per lOU-pound case. (Joal bales are slow and prices Bteady. Domestic, $5.00(g7.&0 per ton j foreign t8.60ll.00. 5c ; drv granulated, 6kc ; cube, crushed and powdered, 6c per pound ; c per pound diBcount on all grades for prompt cash; maple sugar, iO(gioc per pound SAN FRANCISCO MABKKTS. Flouk Family extras, I3.403.50 bakers' extras, t3.303.40; superfine, 12.5UZ.75. WH8AT blow; -good to choice ship ping qualities, 87)ft90c; milling grsttdes are easier, $1.00(21.06,. Babi,by A small consignment from Oregon came down bv steamer: feed new, 80Ci82c; old, 82jj 85c ; brewing, new, 87;.(aiX)cj Chevalier, standard, il.2Uwi.zo. Oath The recent lowering of asking figures has not developed any new busi ness; milling, $1.151.25; surprise, $1.30 Qn.oo; lancy leed, il.ziHal.zo: good to choice, $1.101.17M; poor to fair, 90c , ac. ii-i- I 1 . i ; . fi.uuj uiaea, nominal, reu, nominal grav. I1.55(ftl.l5 .: Hops Nominal at 912c per pound . Potatoes Early Rose, 2026c in sacks and HUW4UC per cental in boxes ; whites, zoW4Uc in sacks ana bumouc in boxes sweets, 23c per pound. Onions Quotable at 2535c per cental lor red and cwuc tor wiute. Wool, Spring, year's fleece, B7c per pound: six to eight months, ean Joa quin, poor, 5fftc: six to eight months San Joaquipfair, 6(38c; Humboldt and Mendocino, fair, 810c; Humboldt and Mendocino, choice, 12(&13c; Northern California, 910c; Calaveras and foot hill, 8ft0c; Oregon and Washington heavy and dirty, 6(7c; good to choice, 8lzc; Valley, iuizc; Nevada, heavy Bc; choice ugnt, iuc. Ts Sentence Drunkards to the Keeley Cure, A scheme is being talked up in Augusta to make the state a patron of the Keeley cure. The plan is that the police and municipal judges shall be empowered, after a man has been sentenced a certain number of times to jail, to send him to the Keeley cure at the state's expense, Judge Andrews, of the Augusta munic ipal court, is a strong advocate of the scheme. He would have the county bear the expense, and if a man relapsed to his aid habits after taking the treatment sentence him to state prison for a year. -Lewiston (Me.) Journal. Jonathan Hulls in 1736 made a small steamboat. It failed to work, but had alj the germs of Fulton's later invention. The best woman ban always somewhat .f 11 man's strength! the noblest man, n n'omiin's gentleness. Grnlk. A. $15,000 PICK UP. A WELL KNOWN DALTONIAN MAKES A BIG HAUL Prom the Honduras National Lottery rawltig Mr. W. H. Prudenor Unlton Kujrn nTI.-kel For Ills Wife and Makes a Stn.OOO Drawing. I) altiin, tin , June IS. Spocliil.)-tn yUU iinitUtioun om'-ktory brick building, on one of. I he aiilo 'alrt'i'U ol Pulton. Oh., I'ruden A I ylt', insurance wilts, have Mu-lr uttW-e. I'ru den, ol th tiiiii, In a rvumrknlile man. lie li HrhH tlfty wan old, with Kmy mumache and bvard, and look al you Willi h pair ol eve aliiHWt keon euniiih lo road oiib'i mini. He Iih the repiilntion of twinir the bunt tliiiiiu'lcr in Uitlkm and Imx, lor a number of yean, been Alderman ami I'halrman of the KtimiH'e Com mitter, both of which olllcea hi- now holds. He U held In htuhi'nimn bv nil whn know Mm n,l has never been beaten for an omw within tlm Rift of Ualloira cltlwtw. AmoiiR other hnnora conferred upon hint, he was, for quite a while, .iinvi.r. mhiiy a i u i w uu una neen n rn.ifH.uMM. fill 111 life, It anddeuly thrown tntopossemton of uiip-uuu ui me etiimm pnxe 01 tno ttonaura National lottery (Uiilsana State Lottery) would have iniorined the whole town of hie niioii luck DViure uikiu. diu inn so wim w. tl. rniiltm. Outside of the runnier of Dnlton'a hank tint a mini in town Known mat ne la llS.ooo richer to day than he waaa month ko. the local iiauera tried to run down me rumor of a cardial priae having beon drawn by some one In the town, but failed atiriiall)'. The Onnatltut on'a correspondent, therefore, htdamall hopes of getting much Information when he naked Mr, frinlen il he rxullv hail KiHioii f ne ri'tniuti: " No, air ; l Ul.l not net it. I wish I had." "But we have KIM.iluto ni-oof that vim dn.w the money from the New Urleana National bank." " 1 do not deny that, but I Kit It for annie one else and not myself. 1 simply acted a agent In mv nimiur. " Vi ho rea.ly drew (he money theiiT" " I do not can' to say." " Hoes the parly reside In Pulton t" 11 That. air. dues not eoneerti von. I wrntA tlm lottery people and told them thai I did not want my name used at an. me lottery people know that I trot the money, and that la aumciiut. 1 do not mind tellhiK yon peiaonnlly about It. I oougnt tor l OHO-niin ot ticket, No. K,tll7 which drew 115,1X10, III the May drawing, for my wue, huh auer ti urew ine money (i;,u.u) 1 col lected It for her, and she haa it now." Vt hat will your wile do with It T I do not ki.ow. I sutui e ahe wl 1 Invest It In some way, but It is hern and I shall leave mat mailer entirety 10 ner." " Has she been buying tickets lonir?" "Off and on f ir ncrhtina two or thn.Avea.ra I always lecitrcd them for her, sending the monev direct to thucoiiinunv." " How did she receive the newi of her good 111,'H I "Xhe wn delighted; who wouldn't bet" Mr. I'ruileu aald he did not cmmlder huvlna- lottery tickets wor.e than deallm in futures. and concluded bv sarins: that the onlv thlinr he regretted about the matter was the probable Sublicliy, which, being a very retiring man, he id not relish.-zlltoafa (Ju.) Chut ilufion, Junt Color rercepllon In Savage Kacea. From various Invest igations made of tin subject the opinion would appear to I justineu that ttavHKe races dohhchh the per ceptiun of color to a greater degree than do Civilized races. Tula Is made evideut by the facts presented by Dr. Webster Fox before the KrankliD tuUitute, Pliiladel pliia, his statement covering the reaulU of some iM examinations among Indian cull dren, 100 of these ueiiiir bova. Researches of this character show that lu a selection of 100 white boys from vart ous parts of the United States at least Ave Of tne number would have proved color blind. Among all these Indian boys not a ingle case of the klml was discovered. - New York Tribune. HKACK THK NKKVKS, Sedatives and onlntea won't do It. Tip se ner- lies do not make the nerveastrom to do this, full short of producing the esaen of their quietude-vigor. And while In extreme eases ana inese omy-oi nervous irritation such drugs may be advisable, their frequent use is nigtuv prejuuiciai to me iiencato (. ridiuixm mum whleh thev ant. a.nil In (trilei to rntiew their quieting etiect increiiaed and dangcroui ooaes eventually oeoome necessary, nostoiter s Hlnmach Hitter Is an etlicleut substitute for audi pernicious drugs. It quiets the nerves by Dracing, inning, tirengineiiiuit mom, Tne eon nectlon between wenkuesB of the nervous sys tem and that of the organs of digestion is a strong and sympathetic Unit. The Bitters by Imparting a beiiltliful impulse to the digestive and assimilating functions promotes I hroiighout the whole system a vigor in which the nerve come lu for a In rue share. Use the Hitters In malaria, constipation, uiuoua and kidney iroui-li. Mrs. Jenks Do yon know I always look best in calicoes? Mrs. Thoipe Who told job io? Airs, jciiks aiy nusuauu. 100 SEWARD, moo. The renders ol this t aper will bo nleased lo learn that there la at least one dreaded disease that science tins been able to cure lu all Its stages, and that h catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tne only pnsiuve cure now Known to tne med ical fraternity. Catarrh, being a constitutional dlreuse, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of ine system, inereoyiiesiroying ine lounumion of the disease anil giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature In doing Rs work. The proprietors have so much faith in Its curative powers that they offer O e Hundred Polliire for any case that it fails to cure. Kami for lilt of testimonials. Ad dress F. J. CH KN E Y ji CO , Toledo, O. Hold by druggists; 75 cents. IT GIVES WARNING that there's trouble ahead if you're getting thin. It shows that your blood is impoverished, and your organs deranged, so that whatever you eat fails to properly nourish you. And just as long as you remain in this condition, Consumption, Pneumonia, and other Scrofulous and dangerous diseases are likely to fasten upon you. You should build your self up with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Purify and enrich thn blood, rouse every organ into natural ac tion, and build up healthy, wholesome, I" ocean Port, N. J. Db. R. V. Piircs: Dear Sir-We have used your " O.M.D." In our family and And nothing else to equal it. One of our children bad the Sneumonla, and one lung become consoll ated, but by the use of the "Discovery " she baa entirely reoovored, and Is now in good health. ( fVJIUFICt fgw FPU , CAST. IT WILL MOT CUBaVU An agreeable Laxative and NERVE TONIC. Sold by Druggists or sent by mall. 26c.. 60a, and t00 per package. Samples free. If VTT The Favorite TOOTH rffwm JJLw UU r the Teeth and Breath, 260. LIEtl DR. LIEBIG & CO., Special Doctors for Chronic, Private Dr. I.lebla'a Invlgorator the rtalent remedy for Seminal WeakneM, hon of ManLood and Private Dlaeasea, Overcomes Prematurenena and preparea a'l fur marriaxe life's dutlea, pleasure and reapon Mthllltiea; 91 trial hittle given or aent free to any me deiurlblnu; a mptoma ; call or addreaa 400 (ieary it , private entrance 406 Maaon Bt., Han Francisco. t a i P "HE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS SUCCESSFULLY." CLEAN HOUSE WITH SAPOLIO muRiti Three rtoaea onlv. Try It. tHi BKSt Of BKAIOM9. The reason why Atxcocg's Poaocs Plas ters are popular is that they may be relied on to oure: 1. Lame back, sciatica, slttTiiess ortwltoh- ng of the muscles. . Chest troubles, such as pleurisy, pneu monia, consumption. H. Indication, dyspepsia, biliousness, kidney complaint. The success, however, will depend upon the genuineness of the plaster used. The popularity of ALLtwa's Porous V has been so great that multitudes of imita tions have sprung up on every hand. The only sure cure is to get the genuine An- Cot'g'l PoKOUS Pl.ASTKIH. Hkandrkth's Pills improve the diges tion. Woman's success as an engineer la phenome nal, rdie gets many a wiuhuut ou the line, hut uo disasters are recorded. Use Inamellne Store Fellah; no dust, no smell. Tit G im i a for breakfast. ONU ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts fenily yet promptly on the Kidneys, iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem etiectually, dispels colds, bead aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action aud truly beneficial in its "fleets, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most nonular rcmcdv known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c and VI bottles by all leading- drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it, Do not accept any euusiitute. CALIFORNIA HQ SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAl. tOMrnu, ky. t iv forni, .r. Holes n your lungs are the Homes of Consumption Gorms. The diseased spots are wiped out with new tissue made by Scott's Emulsion the Cream of Cod-liver Oil, and hypophosphltos. This acts immediately upon the Lungs and makes new tissue there. Physicians, the world over, endorse It. Don't be deceived by Substitutes! prepared by Scot! A Donne, N. V. All Drugilita. Sat Money, lime and Trouble and Curi CATARRH by utlni Ely's Cream Balm Ai'Pi.v nm Into thk Niihthiiji. Price 50 cc.-utH.. Druniiiata, YOU TRAVEL 7 IF SO, YOU WILL FIND THE BIG FOUR ROUTE THE BEST LINE VESTIBULE TRAINS. ELEGANT DINING CARS. QUICK TIME. Aak for Ticket via Big Four Route. e. o. Mccormick, d. b. martin, Paul. Traffic Manager, Gen. Pail. 4 Tkt. Agt. CINCINNATI. FRUIT PRESERVED I LABOR SAVED I LU PRESERVES FRUIT WITHOUT HEAT. A NTIFEKMESTINK preserve" CIDER, MILK, BUTTEK, CATHUP, PICKI.K4, etc., and doee It iUCCKHSFUILY by preventing fermentation. The uae of this wonderful preservative assures su-cessln canning and pre'ervlng fruits and vegt tables of all kinds. NO MOULD on top of fruit, Saves time and labor, and Is In every way a decided success. Antifermentine Is sold by all dragglsti and grocers, and Is guar amtkbd lo do what we say it will, SNELL, HEITSHU A WOODARD, Portland, Or. ..hi. 2- iinenw DO YOU FEEL BAD? DOES YOUR BACK ache? Does every step seem a burden? You need MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY. I Can't Sleep I have a tfrtd, worn-out feeling. Thin means that the nervous system Is out of order. When this complaint l made, Hood's Hiirsnparilla Is needed to purify and vltallie the blood, mill thus supply ner vous strength. Take it now. lt.member Hood's Sarsa parilU ?e sure to get Cures Hcxl'saml only Hood's. Hood's PIUS r-uronll I Ivor ll', U'llouhuoa W. L. Douclas S3 dHwENOSOUKAKINa WO. KOKUWVHn, - FRENCH A. ENAMELLED CALR VFlNEGALP&kANGAHO 3.VP0LICE,3Soua, -. 2.I.Boys'SchoiilShB1 . LADIES k 3END FOR CAIALUQUB W-L'DOOOLAS. BROCKTON, MASS. Too cm aTo moaer br weorlof tka W. L. Dooilno ta.00 Bboo. a Brcaoao, w are the larai'il manufacture 4 lilairaaeufahuea lntliurld,uidi(UarautieUie Tolue by alamplui the name anil price on HO bottom, which protect jrou aaalnat high prlcoa onS the middleman a pronta. uur emie e.uai ci.i work In atyle, ea Biting and wearing qualltlea We hare them enlil everywhere al lowrr prima f' the value alven than aur other make. Take nn iub- outulo. U lour Uaalac sauout auiiplruu, oao . Engines CAS and CASOLIN -NOTED FOR SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH, ECONOMY AND SUPERIOR WORKMANSHIP In Every Detail. These engines are acknowledged by expert en. hirers to be worthy of hlnlieat commendation for aimplleliy. high-grade material and superior workinaiiahlp. They develop the full actual horae ixiwur, and run without an Kleutrlc Hpnr Battery 1 the ayatem of Ignition Is simple, Inex pensive aim reuaoie. For pumping omflta for Irrigating rm r noses no better euglue can be found ou the I'aclllo Const. For hoist ng outfits for mines tlmv have mot with highest approval. For Intermittent power their economy Is un questioned. jTTIOPirliY -MANUFACTURED BY PALMER 2 REY TYPE FOUNDRY, Cor. Front and Alder Sti., PORTLAND, ORECON Send lor catalogue. 0NT Bread made with QOLb BAKING POWDER. It makes a llo-h t. live, swank loot n.ira It on the manufacturer!' guarantee, CLObSET DEVIRS, Fortlaud, Ol. ' vi,"DOJ" THE ERICKSOM PATENT SQUIRREL BOMB Is sure death to Ground Bqnlrreli, 1 PceUt Gophers, Rabbits and all anl- i ai? nam inai narrow in the ground. Him. ne, uie ana certain. lrloe,3p 11-100 imhl' Krivorf In .kl ... "artilttges.wlth directions for using, tent trtt 0t ?PTcaiion. ror sale by BHIKLDB EXTKRM1- a,v. vv.i auiwiv. luino. N. P. N. U. Ho. 6M-8. F. N. U. No. 633 m s' i' ii j m. "Ja HERCULES & N " WEST 3 R&5CfSaSQ 1 In time, gold by druaglata I 11