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There ia an Interesting anecdote
given/In the Boston Herald of a Mr.
Capen, an old resident of one o f the
seaport towns of Massachusetts. He
is now employed as driver of the coach
which conveys travelers from the
trains to tho hotel.
One Saturday evening In the latter
part of September three men arrived
on the afternoon train from Boston.
Mr. Capan was sitting on tho driver“!
■eat of the coach, waiting to take
them to their destination. They looked
about the station, and evidently were
not favorably Impressed by the sur
rounding!, for one man waa beard to
say:
“W hat a dytolate country! W e cer
tainly have come to tho Jumplng-off
place this time. I don’t bolleve we
can even gat a Sunday paper In this
place, can we, driver T”
There waa allenca for a moment,
and & an Mr. Capen drawled out
" W a t not to-night"
group« of sloops and estimate which
were so familiar at the fishing villages
A THRIFTY GUEST.
a few years ago are fast giving place
to ngly, mast lees power launches,
mostly of tho gasoline and petroleum
A fe w years ago Mrs. Boevas paid types.
Tho reason for this chance Is that
a visit to some distant cousin*—tw o
rich old maiden ladle* who live togeth the fisherman, who, even If be te pic
er In a remote village of Canada. On turesque, le a business man, has found
that It pays. In the old days unfavor
the night before she left their bon
able
weather might delay him
for
And you know why, too. It's
■a tho throe eat on tho veranda 1
hours, or even days, in getting from
gather, one of the hostesses remarked
those gray hairs I Don’t you
the fishing grounds, and his fish were
speculatively: “ Well, It hasn’t
cost
know thst Ayer's H sir Vigor
■polled. Now ho can figure almost to a
Drusllly and me so much ns 1
certainty on the time of Ms run to mar
restores color to gray hair?
thought It would to have you bn
ket and be lands bis fish In bettor con
You a o « every time you were Invited
W ell, It does. And it never
dition and gets better prices.
out,
wo
wore
asked,
too,
and
that
fails, either. It stops falling
In Narraganeett bay, wMcb la ona
saved the price of a maal for each of
hair also, and keeps the scalp
of the sources of supply for N ew York,
us; so it almost evens up!” *
the fisherman «an get to-day’s catch
clean and healthy. D o not
This story has been a byword among
Into the markets to-morrow morning
the members of the Reeves family
grow old too fasti
by running to Newport and catching
ever since, and only recently
they
the regular boats. Formerly It took
have
acquired a companion-piece
s day longer and the result o f tms
which, Mrs. Reeves declares, balances
change Is exemplified by the experi
It beautifully.
ence of a little partnership of three
Tbeir home la In Washington; so
fishermen, who own a power boat, and
W a r r a n te d a S p eed y C ere.
that It forms a convenient target for
who In the first year that tbey bought
Dr. William Osier, In one of hlR Bal
any and all of their friends who elm
It cleaned np 88,000 In excess of the
timore lectures, recited a quaint old
at “doing” the national capital, but
previous year's profits.— N ew Tork
cure for tho gout— a cura, from a sev
their spirit of hospitality has eever
Time*.
enteenth century medical work, that
grown tired. Not long ago Mr. Reeves
w as designed to show gout’s hopeless
received word that his Uncle Abner FIVE S H IF T S IN Q A R B A DAY.
ness. “First pick,” aald this odd cure;
J u t a W ay Tbey H a rt.
and w ife were coming to visit him.
“ Say, conductor," ssksd tb * inqal*Ittv* “a handkerchief from the pocket of a
“N ow don’t you think,
Burton," C o n fo rm ity to R a s k i n * O ffic e r's Preen
p u u n i t r , "in speaking o f tha tin # which spinster who never wished to wed; sec Mrs. Reeves asked her husband, when
K e p t 4 ,0 0 0 N a v y M en Busy.
ia proper, ‘a quarter to aix* o r a ‘quarter ond, wash tha handkerchief in an hon she beard the news, “that it would do
Four thousand officers and bluejack
o f six.’ ”
est miner's pend; third, dry It on tho
to let yonr U n d e Abner pay at least ets, constituting tho crews of fire first-
“ N eith er," replied the railroad naan. hedge of a person who never waa cove
part of Ms own expenses wM la he’s class battleships and one gunboat
• I alw ays say, ‘flra-forty-flve.’ "
tous: fourth, send it to the shop o f a
York navyyard,
sightseeing round here? I wouldn’t now in the N ew
physician who never killed a patient«
speak of It, only, you know, ho has changed their uniforms simultaneous
H e H a d K n o n «h .
fifth, mark it with a lawyer's Ink who
Enpeck w as dining at tha home o f a never cheated a client; and, sixth, ap more money than he knows what to ly five times Sunday, aaya the N ew
York Tlmea. The reason o f so much
do with."
friend.
ply It, hot, to tho gout-tormented p art
“That's true enough, igy dear," ad changing of drew waa doe to the reg
“ W ill yon hare some of tb# tongue?” A speedy cure moat follow."
mitted Mr. Beeves with Ms genial ulation which requires that each offi
asked the hoeteea.
smile, “b u t he’s going to ho our guest, cer and man must at all times wear
Too Good so Lose.
“No, thank yon,” replied Enpeck, " I
The peculiar state of affaire has re and I Intend to givo him and Aunt a uniform to conform with that worn
Hit too much of that at home."
sulted from the recent orders that Huldah the time of tbeir Uvea. I by the commanding or senior officer o f
twenty Cincinnati poltcemen should guess ‘Drusllly and me' can manage the fleet or squadron.
How’s ThUT
Rear Admiral Robley IX Evans, the
Each day to pay their car taro for a few days."
We oflkr One Hundred P o lla n Inward tea bring down tbeir w eight
any case ot Catarrh that oanaot he cured by the men wrestled, Joggled Indi
Bo U n d o Abner and Aunt Huldah commander-in-chief of th* North At
H a ll’s Catarrh Cure.
d ab s, heavy dumbbells, flapped over cam«. Mr. Reeves met them at the lantic fleet five of w h o w battleships
horisontal bars and circled the track station, and for the next week devot are at the navy-yard, is, of coarse, tho
In the police gymnasium until their ed himself to giving them a glorious ranking officer o f the yard. H e Is
uons ana nnanciaiij soie io carry out any oo-
Ups were blue. Then Chief Mllllken holiday. Not a point o f Interest w a s away on leave of absence. N ext to
UaaUons nada by their t i n .
W ir <k T bdax . wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. had a report filed with him as to the missed; not a oar 11ns anywhere round him comes R a w Admiral Coghlan, the
W aldino , K is has A M asyui , wholesale brut-
weights of the officers. To his amass Washington faUed of patronage. Just commandant of the yard. After Mm
■ix is, Toledo. O.
Hall'e Catarrh Cure la taken Internally, act ment several had increased In avoir- ones, In all their visit, the two w ent comes R w r Admiral Daria, command
ing directly npo:
"
of the sy
system. Price Ite. per bottle. dupols. The others had cut down their out together, unaccompanied, and th* ing the second division of tho battle
— *—L Testimoni
* ^ free.
"
Bold by all Druggists.
Testimonials
weight a very little. The chief win twenty-five cents that U n d e Abner ship squadron. However, it warn said,
H alla Family Pills are the beet.
ask tho mayor to allow tho heavy paid for six car tickets on that occa absences of commanding officers were
weights to remain In tbeir class.
sion waa the only money be spent frequent and this made the ranking
Noted fo r H e r Beauty.
a good deal of a puaaie to anybody
The Coonteaa of Northbrook, until a
Marriagss on board ship are consid w M le In Washington.
abort while ago known aa Viscountess ered unlucky. I f you can’t be married
As tbey were riding to tho train, in but a navy man.
At any rate, tho officers and man of
Baring, ia looked upon as one of the on dry land remain unwed.
tho street-car, on tha morning o f their
handsomest women in London society.
departure, Mr. Reeves paid the fare the Kearaarge, Kentucky, Alabama,
AM USEM ENT NOTES.
During the Ufa e f the late Earl, says
aa usual, and then dropped into a seat Maine and Missouri and tha second
The Tattler, she always spent much
class gunboat Dubuque had to
beside Uncle Abner.
o f her time with him at bis conn try
“W ell, unde.” he satd, heartily, " I some lightning change« of drees. The
Perhaps the most important even
home. In Hampshire, and there shone of tho present season w ill be the en hope you’re 'not sorry you came?"
' changes began at reveille, when *
as the moat brilliant hostess in the gagetnent of Isidore Witmark and Fred
“Oh, no,” U n d e Abner replied, ah- signal from the Alabam a sboweft that
country, arranging tha shooting parties eric Rankin’! comedy opera “ The
ntly. H e waa fumbling In Ms pock the commanding officer was going to
entirely herself and superintending Chaperone,’ ’ which w ill bo seen at tha et-book for something. A t last he pro breakfast dressed In bln*.
the very smallest detail aa to the eom- Marqoam Theater aix nights and W ed duced two car tickets. "Bay, Burt,"
Thla Information w as quickly w ig
fort of her father In law ’s guests. The nesday and Saturday matinees, open
he said, “I had these left from the wagged to all the ships and when the
•art was devoted to her and w as never ing Monday night, Sept. 18th. “ The
quarter's worth I bought tho day your men lined np- for m ew inch o f thorn
tired of showing off her portraits and Chaperons” has become whet la known
Annt Huldy and I rod« out to Cabin was d a d In tha bine uniform of the
pictures, o f which ho had no fewer as A standard attraction, that ia, the
John’s Bridge. Tbey won’t bo any service. After breakfast tb* men
than fifty different kinds, and always amusement going public of tho country
0 to mo after I'leave here; so If yon lounged about decks or strolled around
talked o f her as bis "baautlfnl daugh at large has some to look forward to
want to give mo a dime and take ’em the yard. About 10 o’clock another
ter-in-law."
tho regalar annual visit of this charm
off my hand«, we’ll call It square]"— signal waa wigwagged from the flag
ing musical play aa to a genuine pleas
ship. The signal Waa to tho effect
Tooth’s Companion.
ure. It is always new and up-to-date.
that th* ranking officer was wearing
A regiment e f soldiers w as drawn Managers of theaters are also always
up far church parade in the barrack glad to book “ Tho Chaperons” because P R E S E R V E T H E B A T T L E F IE L D S . a white cap. Ten minutes later all
the eBtcera and nearly S,S00 men had
square, but the church w as being re they are invariably sure of big bualneea
a a a * e f C u b es C oeU icto r a i l mi H is discarded tbeir caps of bin« and had
paired and could only bold half of and that their patrons w ill be nuns
t o r ic l e t * root.
reappeared ia caps made . of pure
them.
than satisfied. The oompany this year
It la true that the great battles of wMta duck.
“Sergeant-major,” shouted the ee
ia bigger, better and made up of more th* Civil W a r and those o f th* pres
The next change waa at the lunch
nel, “tell all the men whe don’t went pretty young girls than over before,
ent on* In Manchuria, where th* man hour.
Hardly had that meal ended
to go to church to fall out on the re and tha scenery and costumes ara en
killed and wounded in a day outnum when there was some more w igw a g
verse flank."
tirely new.
“ The Chaperone” ia the
ber all thosa who fought on both sides ging between the ships.
The com
O f coarse a large number quickly first of the big musical 00 medies to ap
at Ban J u s , make that battle read manding officer waa In the fall uni
and gladly aralied themselves ef the pear daring the Lewis and Clark fair.
like a skirmish'. But tha Spanish war form e f white dock.
H a lf an hour
The Chas. A . Taylor company ia just
privilege.
had Its results. A t least It made later the officers still on ships and
“Now, aergeent-major,"
said tha comnleting a successful engagement at
Cuba Into a republic, end so enriched every bluejacket on ship or In tho
colonel, “dismiss ail the men who did The Empire this week.
or
burdened us with colonise that our yard had returned from a harried visit
This company has been a great and
not FaTI' oatJU|d march the others to
republic changed Into something like to M s quarters, where he had changed
pleasing
surprise
to
oar
theater
goere
ehnrch; they need It
London
an em plro But I do not urge th at It th* bine for the white dnek.
Standard. '
.
—
w ill never be because Ban Juan
BIX bells sounded. When the Jingle
changed our foreign policy that people died aw ay the ranking officer wore his
T H K D A I R T F L T K I I . I . K R Conroy« all th.
aim and afford,
w ill visit the spot, and will send from cap o f bin«. So did everybody else a
comfort tm y.ry
i t picture postal cards. The human tittle later.
,
boua-ln doing
room, «Imping
Interest Stoma w ill keep Ban Juan
Just before the dinner call another
-F. room aog all
« »n' . plaom «rh.ro
alive.
The men who fought there signal appeared. “Off with the white
bio-
Ä
'tn s 'X
:
t Aim art Iron
came from every State In oor coun and on with the blue" le a literal
Cleon,
id will
try and from every class of our so tranaUfttes of what the man with the
'•h i'
V,,,,'*
not «di oriniti«*
'
anything. Try
cial Ufa. W o sent there tho best of signal flags said. It was nearly sun
th.m onm and
you will a
nrv«r k. without th«m. i f not k.pt by
oor regular army, and with them, down, bat th* Interval between sig
duelers, tent
se prepaid for Wc. Harold Somara,
cowboys, clerks, bricklayers, football nal and mesa call waa s u fflc is u t lir
M Dettoli b Avo-, Brooklyn, H. T.
players, thro« future commanders of another rapid change of garb and
4
the greater army that followed that whan tho “laat call for dinner” sound
f. $ ■ V
war, the future Governor of Cuba, fu ed the decks of «very battleship and
K O U C M 7 -/£ 7 A /
ture commanders of tho Philippines, the tittle gunboat showed formations
tho commander o f our forces In China, of smart aeamen, every one of whom
•
CR* tW« sot. istwra te as with the u m i .
• «ad addresses e f yourself and two ef year *
future President o f
the
United waa clad In the full blue uniform of
• friends, end the dete when you will probably *
Its tee.
tho United States service.
• enter a business college, end we win credit ,
And, whether these men when they
e yon with 05.00 on our «5.00 scholarship. •
“1 believe we bold tho record In
• Our school oCrrs exceptional advantages to •
returned to their homes again became ■hooting, but I know we hold It when
• students of Business. Shorthand, English, etc. *
clerks, and millionaires and dentists, changing clothes la under discussion,”
l
B u t letmocTioe—L owest T uitior
«
or roe* to be presidents and mounted remarked an officer aa be darted
•
«sirs res cataissu is — it -« re d
«
*
policemen, they all remember very around a twelve-inch turret on hie
• T H E M U L T N O M A H •*
kindly th* days they lay huddled to w ay to his quarters to change
his
: B U S IN E S S IN STITU TE .*
gether in th* trenches on that hot and
white duck for a blue uniform.
•
m . a. A Law , Race.
.
Madefy* M irili■!L With **T* Chaasfwm"
glaring sky Una. And there most be
ce sixth er.
PORTLAND, ORE.
W h ore Ha F e ll D ow n .«
by the excellence of ite performances, many more besides who hold tho place
Archibald— 1 will do anything In tho
There are fe w In th*
for although unheralded and almost la memory.
unknown it haa given ns one of the United States so poor in relatives and world for yon, daareet!
Helena— W ill yon?
beet, If not tho very beet, renditions of friends who did not In Ms or her
AreMbqjd— I f yon would only try
melodrama ever seen in this city. They heart sand a substitute to Cuba. For
w ill be followed for the week starting thee« it seems as though Baa Juan
Helen«— Then take this collarette to
Sunday, Sept. 17th, by a company in might bo better preserved, not aa it
’Fabio Romain,” and we are promised
for already Its aspect Is too far Oatehom’a department atora and ex
another Intellectual treat. The Baker changed to wish for that, but as It change it for a six« larger; T v * loot
has been crowded at every perfomanoe waa.— Scribner’s
the slip.— Puck-
Pumps water for
this week of the “ Kentucky Belle«”
On O th e r N t «h t * .
hones and Irrigation.
burlesque oompany.
U S E Q A S O L IN E F ISH E R S
NO W .
Mr.
GoodtMng—
H ow does yonr sla
Displaces wind mills
One of the principal reasons for the
ter like the engagement ring I gave
aad gasoline engines.
Up-ta-Dak*
Hen
Find
Them
More
success of this excellent company lies
her, Bobby?
Bnrne gasoline, wood
P ro*table then S a llie s Craft.
in tho jingling melodious music sung
or oo«l.
Haa auto
H er Young B ro th e r-W e ll. It’s a Ut-
Tboee
who
bewail
the
death
o
f
ro
by rarely cultivated voices.
matic stop. Shipped
mance at aea because o f tho displace tle too small: ah* has an aw fnl hard
This
cosy
little
theater
seems
to
bo
on approval. Write
reganiing with a bound its old popular ment of sail by staam have now an- time gotttng it off when the other fel
for catalogues end
*r cause for wo*.
Whatever of low- call I— Puck.
ity and the management are to he con
priesa.
romance
lingered
about
a
aea faring life
gratulated on the suooeee of their new
a Ooaatotrot O o r e ta '
the opinion o f these persona at-
venture.
" I can remember whan the wealthy
Wheeler A Markell’s merrymakers, tacbed Itself to tb* fishermen, those Mr. Hldem didn’t have a dollar o f Ms
who follow the “ Kentucky Belles,” are “eaptalna courageous,” who In little ow n," aald the man who disparage«.
■aid to be a first class organisation of aail-drlvqn dories risked their lives to
321 Hawthorne Ave.
, Ora.
"W e ll,” answered the misanthrope,
singers and fun maker« and w ill keep supply tho shore-living folks with fooo. I t Is sold that he le atlQ doing bnst-
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up and add to the reputation their Now, however, the fisherman la follow nass entirely with other people’s dol
ing Ms brother of the deep aea trade
predecessors have established.
ft ft a
lar«."— Washington Star.
They w ill start up on next Sunday, and 1* bsesnrtag a mem meebanio.
Whan tb* farm ara klok for rain thay
the 17 th, Inst, and w ill play a ll the F ew er I* displacing an sail, even ta th*
l w s .
Httt* M B « b oat and th
■•/I T M r la tha aritiaal tim a r
weak.
tm Growing
Old F a s t
j j l f f B E S T T O N IC
W hen the system gete debilitated and in u
nut-down condition it needs a tonic and there has never
been one discovered that ia the equal of S . S. 8. It 1 s especially adapted for
a system ic remedy, because it contains no strong minerals to derange th *
. Stomach and digestion, and affect the liver and bowels. I t is made entirely
o f roots, herb* and barks selected for their purifying ai
and
ju st the ■
¡ 1
that are needed to restore to the body
strong robust health. W hen th * blood becomes impure and clo gged w itk
waste matters and -poisons
the body does not receive sn f-
I have used year 8. & & and fon&d it to be a*.,
ficient nourishment and snf- excellent took to build np the general health and
f e n from debility, weakness.
tJ S V S i
sk e p ly t e s s ,
nervousness, J J J ^ ^ g ^ g M y £ S £ h £ ^ S n h £ < L
a !
loss of appetite, bad digea- ^ k ,
properties it gives a splendid appetite,
tion and m any Other d u a - rafrvahing sleep, and the system undergoes A g o «
greesble symptom s o f S dis- «sal building up under its invigorating influence,
ordered blood circulation, 348 Woodland A t *., Warren, O. M as. K a n B s c s ,
and if it is not corrected some
«
form of m alignant fever or other dangerous disorder w ill follow. 8. 8. 8 .
builds np the broken down constitution, clears the blood of all poisons « M
im parities and m akes it strong and healthy. T h e nerves are restored to a
calm restful state, refreshing sleep ia had again, the appetite returns and tha
whole system is toned np b y th is great remedy,' ’ S. S. 8. is a blood puri
fier and tonic and acts prom ptly in this run-down depleted condition o f tha
System. Book on the blood and medical advice furnished b y our physicians.
without charge.
C O . , ATLAMTA, G A r
R e a l Unkind.
Hattie— My music teacher aaya I have
the moat wonderful vole* he ever heard
for on* of my age
* Carrie— Well, you shouldn't allow a
little thing like that to worry you.
Hattie— Worry met Why, what do
you mean?
Carrie— Ton are young yet, and the
chances are yon will outgrow it
P f T n f W H W tIy Cate*. Ifo a u o r ncrronancoa
f l l O after a m day*« am of Dr.ltllae’sUreat N err*
jU o to w . Seed for F r e » S t trial bottle and Irratiaa.
Dr.K.H.JUlae,Ltd.. Ml A rc « St.. Philadelphia, P a
Yon Can Oat Allan’ s Foot-Ease I
W rite alien & Olmsted, In K o y,H . T ., tor
n ’*
’s Foot-Tarn. I t ea
bee mm pie of A lle
llen
tweeting, hot swollen, aching fert.
n
It makes
Don’t imagine that every sad-eyed saw or tight shoe« eery. A certain cure lea
Ingrowing naHi end bunion*. A ll drug,
woman yon meet has loved aid loot. It’e corns.
gist* roll It. 25c. Don’t aeropt any ■utetttats
more th*a likely she loved end gat him.
W aa a Nbooter.
Mother*will «a d Mr*. Wlnniow’» Soothing
Nevada Nad— Thar goes Miracle Mika«
Syrup th* bam remedy to M e lor thalr children
daring tha teething period.
He’s ambydextrous.
Eastern Tourist— A h ; I suppose he can
Knowledge and timber shouldn't be write with either hand.
mnch need till they are seasoned.— O. W . „ Nevada Ned— Nop«.* Can’t writ* at
llolmee.
ati. H * shoots two-handed.
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8 0 quickly en d w e ll as P r n n t e n Stock P o o d added
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truth folly s a y fro m o u r experience Prussian Stock
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pell. It**
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PORTLAND SCFD CO.. Portland. Orsgsn, Corot Agents
era em igrating to
A lb a n a and Coa-
ode by tha thoun-
Wbere there Is a
Unde Sam’s People
B E A L L & CO.
rar
In visib le.
The Judge— You say yon arc not n
vagrant, yet you have no visibl*
mean* of support.
The Hobo— I did have die Doomin',
y er honor.
T b * Judge— Then why isn’t it visi
ble at the present time t
The Hobo— ’Cause I went an’ eat it.
berte affords th*
greatest opportunity of any country la th* world for good In rest-
menu. Land can be bought of the C. P. R. company on easy pay
manta of one-alxth to one-tenth down, * per eent Internet, yearly
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Information cheerfully (Iran. JAM!* M. LEWIS, Special loa d Agent Alberts end
Canadian Ballway lsad*.
71* Riverside Ave.. 5— kune. Wash.
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